Go for a low-end used or new Nikon SLR body and buy either their 50mm f/1.8 ($90 or so) lens or their 50mm f/1.4 lens (about $300). The f/1.4 is very expensive, but it takes photographs in very low light.
Definitely start off on the fixed 50mm, because it will force you to think about composing the frame; you can just zoom it away.
There are no slander laws. What you are referring to is a civil proceeding, in the court of common law; the government does not prosecute the cases, but instead the aggrieved party brings suit. Slander is not an unreasonable concept; if you make untrue statements about someone that clearly damages their reputation, then the aggrieved has every right to sue you for compensation for his defamed character.
And political speech is protected under slander/libel laws. In order for a public figure to prove slander or libel, he has also to prove malice.
I always liked the idea of an alternative stone. My mother actually does not like diamonds, so her engagment ring is a modest emerald set in platinum. I have always liked the blue of a saphire myself.
What about getting a pre-owned (for lack of a better word) diamond from an estate sale or some such thing? You could probably get a decent discount, and the resale depreciation wouldn't be quite as big a deal.
Actually, the BBC adapted a few (all?) of the books into a mini series in 1988. As I recall (and it has been since the fourth grade that I have seen them), they were all very good.
Here is the link for the video (I don't feel like coding a link, sorry):
I don't necessarily agree that it is racist, but I have always wondered why is it that in this country every time someone has a problem they look to the government to solve it. It used to be that the government was small and did very little, and at that time people made their own opporunities instead of relying on corporations and government to create opportunity for them. I think the US would be in much better shape if people would stop whining and stop doing.
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Go for a low-end used or new Nikon SLR body and buy either their 50mm f/1.8 ($90 or so) lens or their 50mm f/1.4 lens (about $300). The f/1.4 is very expensive, but it takes photographs in very low light. Definitely start off on the fixed 50mm, because it will force you to think about composing the frame; you can just zoom it away.
There are no slander laws. What you are referring to is a civil proceeding, in the court of common law; the government does not prosecute the cases, but instead the aggrieved party brings suit. Slander is not an unreasonable concept; if you make untrue statements about someone that clearly damages their reputation, then the aggrieved has every right to sue you for compensation for his defamed character.
And political speech is protected under slander/libel laws. In order for a public figure to prove slander or libel, he has also to prove malice.
I always liked the idea of an alternative stone. My mother actually does not like diamonds, so her engagment ring is a modest emerald set in platinum. I have always liked the blue of a saphire myself. What about getting a pre-owned (for lack of a better word) diamond from an estate sale or some such thing? You could probably get a decent discount, and the resale depreciation wouldn't be quite as big a deal.
Actually, the BBC adapted a few (all?) of the books into a mini series in 1988. As I recall (and it has been since the fourth grade that I have seen them), they were all very good.
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Here is the link for the video (I don't feel like coding a link, sorry):
http://www.bbcshop.com/bbc_shop/dept.asp?dept_id=
Shouldn't you be talking smack about Princeton? We never have a problem routing Yalies at basketball.
Excuse me, I meant "start doing". And perhaps I should start learning how to write.
I don't necessarily agree that it is racist, but I have always wondered why is it that in this country every time someone has a problem they look to the government to solve it. It used to be that the government was small and did very little, and at that time people made their own opporunities instead of relying on corporations and government to create opportunity for them. I think the US would be in much better shape if people would stop whining and stop doing.