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I wonder... Since the BP disastrous oil spill, all that has been talked about (or what I have seen) is President talking about BP paying for the clean up, etc. Some people do actually talk about how disastrous this has been on the nature but I don't hear what kind of legal implications this incident will bring to BP due to a direct crime against animals. I've never been a big animal right activist or anything but this incident is different. It's not like US doesn't have laws about this. The Animal Welfare Act of 1966 has been there for a long time now. Many people have been convicted with very serious crimes with significant sentences. I don't know law that well but with direct correlation I have to imagine that BP has to get some kick-butt significant punishment. Will it happen under this corporate-run political world with money being the most important power? We'll see...

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It's been a while since I bought a digital camera. I used to own an Olympus C-4000 Zoom which worked like a charm until I abused it. It was working on and off for a while but recently I gave up my hope on it and took it apart for personal experimentation. I bought it back it early 2000's which is a loooong time ago.

After a long debate between point-and-shoots or DSLRs, I tentatively decided to go for the DSLR. I have my iPhone and seems like this year they are coming up with a better and greater phone with much better camera on it so that should do the trick. Besides, most of the time I have someone with a mini camera on them whom I can harrass to get the pictures in original quality soon after we hang out. So why fork $200-$400 into that when I can spend that money toward a much more sophisticated machine, I figured.

Now, I am by no means an expert in this which plays a major role in my decision making process. Therefore I don't have the capacity to buy a high-end camera. Same capacity limitation is heavily applied in my financial situation as well. I'd like something good, that I can take another step forward from my Olympus, practical, but yet affordable. It took me almost 6months to a year when I picked my Olympus, so I know finding that right balance takes time for me when I am investing a lot of money. Getting most bang for my buck is always essential!

So, I've been looking for some time now. I wanted to share my finalists... I'm curious to know what you think. Please share...

In order or preferance:

Canon EOS 550D is fantastic -however too pricey which is also why I am not considering Nikon D90

Tier2: Nikon D5000 & Canon EOS 500D

Tier3: Canon EOS 450D & Canon EOS 1000D

all pictures are from http://www.dpreview.com/

I don't watch too much TV, especially lately, but I have watched the latest History Channel documentary "JFK: 3 Shots That Changed America" where they start with and deeply investigate JFK assassination. One thing about (sometimes good sometimes bad) these channels is the repetition of the programs which provided the opportunity to see certain parts of the long and very well done documentary multiple times.

This particular one was a very well done documentary with almost nothing but live shots from the actual days and years of the incidents. Knowing some things about the incidents that are covered in this show, it still taught me many things and gave me a whole new perspective on things after seeing what "actually" happened with live footage back then.

This was not a simple assassination. Oswalt might not even been the person at guilt. There was a huge cover up by the government which almost leads me to believe that there is some kind of involvement by them. Watching how the police and other officials handled the situation and what they actually "said" during those live footage leaves no doubt in my mind that there is many things that weren't found out because of Oswalt's murder, but they were intentionally hidden by certain people with government involvement. "Government" is a big fish... It wouldn't be fair to blame all of its parts but some people with some connections were behind this. It was clear.

What was amazing was that while this was so clear and so obvious, nobody couldn't do anything about it! R.I.P. JFK and MLK, you are missed and wish you lived long enough to leave the world as much better place to live.

I don't understand one thing. We are getting so obsessed with eating low calorie food that we are not even eating tasteful food anymore. Not that all of these campaigns are stopping the calorie giants from selling their yummy food but the paranoia is a little ridiculous. We don't just eat a Big Mac and sit without a single movement all day. We also burn a lot of calories during our daily activities. So, for a normal person excluding the over-doers of course, there is no need to worry about calories. It's very important to enjoy our food and to do that we need to eat tasty food. Unfortunately, most of tasty food has a lot of calories and it is okay! Just eat it! Just make sure you move during the day.

Examples of amount of calories burnt during daily natural activities: (click here to see more)

Activity (1 hour)                                                 130lbs  155lbs  190lbs
Walk/run-playing with child(ren)-moderate               236        281     345
Walking, 3.0 mph, mod. pace, walking dog             207        246     302
Walking, upstairs                                                        472        563     690
Cleaning, house, general                                       207        246     302
TOTAL                                                               1122      1336   1639

As you can see, you can easily have a Big Mac menu a day and most likely you will be just fine! :) Everything is good and harmless as long as done in moderation!

I was looking at my App Store the other day and under categories I saw a gun picture next to "Entertainment" group. Makes me think, Apple is so strict sometimes on social values when evaluating the applications but yet they are portraying guns as a tool of entertainment. Isn't that ironic?

Is it just me or the newer tv commercials of freecreditreport.com are getting more and more terrible? I really liked some of their commercials like the seafood restaurant and the girlfriend's parents house but then they came up with the roller-coaster one and then the cellphone one and, ugh, terrible. I am sorry guys but you took a wrong turn somewhere and hope you can get back up!!

here's one of my favorites: