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...doesn't matter what is in the federal database if you aren't required to look. It's as if the federal government decided you only need a license to practice surgery if you do it professionally; if you are more of a surgical hobbyist, well, then, by all means, give...
WATCH YOUR BUDGET. Don't count on being profitable. The average hobbyist has other income of $75,000 a year, says Ekarius, and many have a working spouse with insurance and benefits. You can pay $1 million or more for 15 pristine acres (6 hectares) near a city or $150,000 for 40 decent acres (16 hectares) in the middle of nowhere...
...discovered" until 1967. Nomadic Masai tribes had pried balls of the stone from outcroppings on the surface of the earth, but it was only when outsiders noticed that the stone took off. One of them, Manuel D'Souza, an Indian tailor living in Tanzania who was a hobbyist prospector, helped bring it to the attention of Tiffany, and the New York City jeweler signed on for an exclusive. Tiffany is said to have named the stone tanzanite?after judging the technical name, blue zoisite, to be too close to the English word suicide. The company promoted it for several years...
...professional photographer, nor am I a devoted hobbyist, but I do like to take good pictures. Digital SLR cameras resemble older single lens reflex film cameras in form and function but don't mind if you shoot mostly in "auto," that is to say, "idiot" mode, so I like them...
...Chatterton, began to explore the mystery U-boat. At that depth they could stay down for just minutes at a time, so they had to work methodically, room by room, dive by dive. The wreck began gobbling them up just as methodically: the first to die was an affable hobbyist named Steve Feldman, who lost consciousness and drowned. Others didn't go as peacefully, but with each death the divers only became more determined...