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Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Aggravating Parenting Conundrums, Part 329
Notice the position of the dishwasher approximately two feet beyond the table upon which the remnants of a peanut butter sandwich, potato chips and a glass of milk lie.
Is there an invisible shock line drawn from here to there? Is it impossible to remember that one must clean up one's dirty plates upon completion? Does it make one weary beyond all weariness to walk toward the sink, turn on the tap, rinse the plate and place in the dishwasher? Is one saving the remnants for a later in the day nosh? Does one secretly love the sound of one's mother's voice, whether for remonstrance or praise?
Reader, please answer.
14 comments:
- Deana said...
I have no answers...just like I have no answers as to why the trash can be taken to the inside garage door through the house, but not open the garage door and deposit the trash in the bin outside. It makes no sense!
- July 8, 2014 at 4:01 PM
- From the Kitchen said...
Bonnie - July 8, 2014 at 4:18 PM
- lily cedar said...
It's one of those unanswerable questions.
I have to laugh because my middle daughter was the worst offender when it came to dirty dishes. She was explaining to me a month ago about how dishes are not allowed in their bedroom. I asked why not. She said because she decided she didn't want dirty dishes in the bedroom.
This from the same girl whose room always looked like a bomb had gone off in her bedroom. WTF! - July 8, 2014 at 4:45 PM
- A said...
I can't even stick to my own rule for myself to keep the sink cleared of dishes and food scraps, even though a clean sink is so calming. Relatively speaking.
- July 8, 2014 at 4:56 PM
- Ms. Moon said...
Lily's comment made me laugh. My own Lily was the same- such a slob. Now she hates to go to her MIL's house (please don't tell anyone I told you this) because it's so dirty and untidy.
It'll all work out. But it is the most aggravating thing. I agree. - July 8, 2014 at 4:58 PM
- beth coyote said...
I would eat the uneaten from their plates. I think 50 % of my calories came from the leftovers.
Now I cook way too much and when it's just for myself, kinda silly. I can get real tired of turkey chili five days in a row.
If food from the kids hit the floor, the dog ate it. I did draw the line. I had to have some boundaries. - July 8, 2014 at 6:30 PM
My ex-husband would always walk over and leave his empty beer bottle to the counter next to the recycle can. Same with the dishes; get up from the table walk across the kitchen and leave his dirty plate and silverware next to the sink on the counter not in it or in the dishwasher...89% of the cleaning effort was already put in, why not just finish the job?
- July 8, 2014 at 9:25 PM
- suzymom said...
It's the same with replacing the empty toilet role, no? That must be nuclear science or something.
- July 8, 2014 at 10:17 PM
- Steve Reed said...
LOL -- I have no answers, but I'm sure I probably did the same thing as a kid and drove my own mother crazy.
- July 8, 2014 at 11:32 PM
- Mama D said...
I had to laugh! The situation on my house that drives me to insanity is the empty yogurt cup, carefully carried to the kitchen along with the cereal bowl but then left on the counter DIRECTLY ABOVE THE TRASH CAN instead of being placed in it. ;)
- July 9, 2014 at 3:17 AM
- Jill said...
I can tell you that in the last 12 hours I have rinsed a milk glass and washed a counter after my almost 20 year old made breakfast but couldn't clean up after herself.
This problem seems to occur in the Midwest states as well as the West Coast. - July 9, 2014 at 4:39 AM
yea well I used to constantly find my son's boxer shorts less than a foot from the hamper!!! ARG!!!!
- July 9, 2014 at 7:46 AM
- jwg said...
Haven't a clue, but that's a great glass.
- July 9, 2014 at 11:29 AM
- Francesca said...
this makes me laugh, though when it happens at my house it makes me crazy - maybe his is "perspective" :)
- July 11, 2014 at 7:09 AM


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Curt Prchal likes the notion of students gathering to compete with nothing more than what they've got in their heads.
"You bring a skill set here, and you hope it's good enough," he said.
Prchal, who teaches at Will James Middle School, helps run the Montana Technology Student Association State Conference, which continues through today in the Montana Pavilion at MetraPark.
Nearly 200 students from 20 middle and high schools have been competing at the event for two days, racing CO2 cars and hill-climbing vehicles that they built over the past few months with their Technology Student Association clubs at school.
Building projects
But most of the action happens as students arrive and are given projects to build while at the competition — projects as varied as bridges, gliders, and cars powered by propellers and rubber bands. Much of the project building is trial and error.
"These kids are failing, and then they're having to go back and fix it," Prchal said.
And, for many of the students, that's the fun.
"It's actually really enjoyable," said Josh Slavin, a senior from St. Regis High in Western Montana.
The students at the conference from St. Regis, a high school of about 45 kids, like attending the event. They get out of class for a few days and get to test their mettle against bigger schools.
But they also enjoy simply meeting new people.
"Other than this, we don't compete with these schools," said Morgan Hill, a senior.
Trevor Brooks, an eighth-grader from Castle Rock Middle School in Billings, was working with fellow clubmates Darryl Ostermiller, Austin Samek and Cammry Lapka — who are all seventh-graders — to build magnetic levitation vehicles, a glider and a late-break speeder, one of the propeller-and-rubber-band-powered cars.
As a club, they had worked on projects before arriving at the conference, but were now devoted to getting their conference-assigned tasks up and running. For most of them, it's why they joined Castle Rock's Technology Student Association.
"I'm interested in building things," Cammry said. "I always dreamed of inventing something special for the world."
Darryl agreed.
"I like tech ed," he said. "It's fun to build things."
Work on display
Many of the participating schools set up displays of the projects they've undertaken — everything from triangular track and field jump pit covers from Glasgow to metal recycling bins from Gardiner.
"Practical application of math and science is what it is," said Dave Jensen, the St. Regis club adviser.
The conference will finish out today with an awards ceremony at 2 p.m.
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How to Work with Bridge CC and the Adobe Output Manager
Photoshop CC does not automatically install Bridge CC, the asset management program of the Creative Cloud programs. Not only do you need to download/install Bridge CC separately, it doesn't include the powerful Adobe Output Manager (AOM), used to create web galleries and stunning PDF presentations.
There is a plan to — hopefully — make AOM an optional install for Bridge CC. Until that time comes, however, there's no reason why you can't leave an earlier version of Bridge installed and use that version's Output panel.
The first step in getting familiar with Adobe Bridge's automation options is Bridge's Tools menu. Note that if you have other Adobe programs installed, you'll also see them listed in addition to Photoshop.
Here's an overview of some of the tasks you can perform through the Tools menu:
Batch Rename. Rename a whole series of images in a single process! Select the image thumbnails or a folder of images in Bridge, open Batch Rename, construct the new filenames, and click the Rename button.
When building the new file names, use the plus and minus buttons to the right to add or subtract each element. The various choices are shown in the box to the right. Each element will have one or two fields or pop-up menus to the right.
Absolutely do not use a period (.) in any text field of the new filename. The only period that can be used in a filename is the one that's automatically added immediately before the file extension. In the text fields, use only letters, numbers, underscores (_), and hyphens (-).
To use a period or any other symbol in the new filename risks making the file unrecognizable by Photoshop or any other program. (This means you, too, Mr. & Ms. MacUser!)
Work with metadata templates. Metadata, that useful information about an image stored with the image, often is repeated from file to file. You might, for example, add exactly the same copyright information to each and every image you shoot. Or you might return from a job or trip or vacation with gigabytes of images shot at the same location or of the same subject.
Using metadata templates enables you to quickly and easily add metadata to a series of (or even folders of) images, in just a couple of clicks.
Manage Bridge's cache. The cache is where Bridge stores thumbnails and metadata of images with which it has already worked. Accessing the cache for a folder (rather than re-processing each image every time you open the folder) can save loads of time.
However, sometimes the cache can get corrupted. Should you see, for example, thumbnails of images that have been moved or deleted, go to the Tools→Cache menu and elect to purge the cache. You can also build and export the cache for the current folder through this menu, which is a great thing to do just before burning the folder to DVD or CD as a backup!
Access automation in other programs. As you can see, Bridge's Tools menu also gives you access to a number of Photoshop's automations and scripts. (If you have Illustrator and/or InDesign installed, you'll have access to some of their features as well.)
Device used to attach certain lenses or filters to your digital camera.
The leading professional image-editing program for your computer.
A program that enables you to view one or several of your images at the same time, all in one easily navigated workspace.
A less expensive version of Photoshop with fewer of the ultra-high-end features the professional version includes.
A process that smoothes the rough edges or jaggies in images by creating partially transparent pixels along the boundaries that are merged into a smoother line by our eyes.
An opening made by an adjustable diaphragm, which permits light to enter the camera lens and reach the image sensor.
A semi-automatic exposure mode; the photographer sets the aperture, and the camera selects the appropriate shutter speed to produce a good exposure.
A digital camera mode in which both the aperture and shutter speed are set automatically.
A digital camera feature that turns off the camera after a certain time period of inactivity.
A feature that puts the camera in control of choosing the proper exposure settings.
A camera setting that allows the camera to choose the correct focus distance for you, usually based on the contrast of an image or set by a mechanism, such as an infrared sensor, that measures the actual distance to the subject.
A lighting effect produced when the main light source is located behind the subject. Backlighting is also a technology for illuminating an LCD display from the rear, making it easier to view under high ambient lighting conditions.
Attachments for flash devices that feature movable flaps, which allow you to finely tune light output.
A device that recharges rechargeable batteries by connecting to a power source.
A device that holds multiple batteries with which you can power your digital camera.
Refers to the number of bits available to store color information. A standard digital camera image has a bit depth of 24 bits. Images with more than 24 bits are called high-bit images.
Short for Web log. A Web site where journal-like entries are made and displayed in reverse chronological order.
Term to describe an image or part of an image that's over-exposed with no detail.
Shooting mode in which you choose both aperture and shutter speed.
A Windows bitmap file format; the default graphic created by Windows graphics programs.
The quality of the out-of-focus areas of an image that a lens produces.
Taking a series of photographs of the same subject at different settings to help ensure that one setting will be the correct one.
Range of options that gives you limited or total control of picture-taking settings.
A digital camera's internal memory, which stores an image immediately after it was taken until the image can be written to the camera's memory or a memory card.
Shooting mode in which the shutter stays open so long as the shutter button is fully depressed.
A special capture setting, offered on some digital cameras, that records several images in rapid succession with one press of the shutter button. Also called continuous capture mode.
A variation on the camera bag that you strap across your back.
A portable container for your camera and any additional photography equipment (such as lenses and extra batteries).
A padded, protective container in which you can store your digital camera when not using it.
A kind of wagon that lets you roll your camera/tripod rig back and forth, as needed.
A file format offered by some digital cameras; records the photo without applying any of the in-camera processing that is usually done automatically when saving photos in other formats. Also known as Raw.
The resolution of an image that you take with your digital camera.
A device into which you insert a digital camera's memory card, then attach to your computer to make that memory card appear as just another drive to your computer.
Short for charge-coupled device. One of two types of imaging sensors used in digital cameras.
A device on a computer that allows you to copy (or burn) information to a CD-ROM.
A compact disc that functions as read-only memory, used to store programs and data files.
Metering mode that reads the entire scene but gives more emphasis to the subject in the center of the frame.
A variation of a traditional camera bag with which you can harness your camera and equipment to your chest.
A set of functions and messages that enable applications to transfer data.
The area of a digital image that you want to clone.
The process of copying one area of a digital photo and painting the copy onto another area or picture.
A lens add-on, resembling a filter, that allows you to take pictures at a distance that is less than the closest-focusing distance of the prime lens alone.
Pronounced see-moss. A much easier way to say complementary metal-oxide semiconductor. A type of imaging sensor used in digital cameras; used less often than CCD chips.
The print color model in which cyan, magenta, yellow, and black inks are mixed to produce colors.
A tinge of color that discolors your image in whole or in part.
A printer in which a laser beam produces electric charges on a drum, which rolls toner onto the paper. Heat is applied to the page to permanently affix the toner to the page.
The purity of color; the amount by which a pure color is diluated with white or gray.
The arrangement of the main subject, other objects in a scene, and/or the foreground and background.
A process that reduces the size of the image file by eliminating some image data.
A mode in which the camera updates focus when the subject moves as long as you continue pressing the shutter button halfway.
A mode in which the camera continues taking pictures as long as you press the shutter button.
The range of difference in the light to dark areas of a photo.
An image distortion that makes vertical structures appear to lean toward the center of the frame.
An image-editing program that allows you to do all the standard image-editing activities and includes photographer-quality tools.
An easy-to-use image-editing program that includes basic fixes and guided projects.
An image-editing program with a fairly comprehensive set of retouching tools, but it's not quite as tool-rich as Adobe Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. It comes as a part of the CorelDRAW graphics suite.
A bundle of image-editing software (described as a graphics suite). It includes tools for vector illustration and page layout, photo editing, and bitmap to vector tracing.
To trim an image or page by adjusting its boundaries.
Cathode ray tube. A vacuum tube used as a display screen in a computer monitor.
The breaking up of a ray of light into dark and light bands or into the colors of the spectrum, caused by the interference of one part of a beam with another.
The zone of sharp focus in a photograph.
A thin screen-like material that diffuses or softens a light source's illumination.
A feature offered on most digital cameras; crops the perimeter of the image and then enlarges the area at the center. Results in reduced image quality.
A viewfinder feature that corrects for common eyeglass prescriptions so eyeglass wearers can use the viewfinder without wearing their glasses.
Remove pixels from a digital image.
Stands for digital print order format. A feature offered by some digital cameras that enables you to add print instructions to the image file; some photo printers can read that information when printing your pictures directly from a memory card.
Setting that determines whether a camera takes a single picture or a series of pictures.
Software that enables a computer to interact with a digital camera, printer, or other device.
Digital video disc. A high-density compact disc for storing large amounts of data, especially high-resolution audio/video material.
A device that allows you to copy (or burn) information onto a DVD.
A device that displays the information contained on a DVD.
Digital Video Interface. A specification to accommodate analog and digital monitors with the same cable.
A type of printer that uses a printing technique in which inks are heated and transferred to a polyester substrate to form an image.
An area where neighboring image pixels are significantly different in color; in other words, an area of high contrast.
Exchangeable Image File Format. Developed to standardize the exchange of image data between hardware devices and software.
The amount of light allowed to reach the film or sensor, determined by the intensity of the light, the amount admitted by the iris of the lens, and the length of time determined by the shutter speed.
A setting used to increase or decrease the exposure manually when the camera gets it wrong.
EV settings are a way of adding or decreasing exposure without the need to reference f-stops or shutter speeds. For example, if you tell your camera to add +1EV, it will provide twice as much exposure by using a larger f-stop, slower shutter speed, or both.
A camera attachment that moves your camera lens farther from the sensor, enlarging the image captured by the camera. Also called a lens extender.
The distance your eye can be from the camera viewfinder's window and still see the entire view.
A small bag worn around the waist like a belt.
A position, represented by a square, where an image-editing program anchors a magnetic selection outline.
To fade the borders of an image element so that it blends more smoothly with another layer.
A way of storing image data in a file.
Also called forced flash. A camera setting that causes the electronic flash to always fire, which produces the effect of filling in shadows in brightly illuminated images.
In photography, a device that fits over the lens, changing the light in some way. In image editing, a feature that changes the pixels in an image to produce blurring, sharpening, and other special effects.
A device on your camera that fires a burst of light when you take a picture to illuminate your subject.
Capturing a series of photos, each with a different exposure, by pressing the camera's shutter button once.
The distance between the film and the optical center of the lens when the lens is focused on infinity, usually measured in millimeters.
To adjust the lens to produce a sharp image.
In photography, composing your image in the viewfinder. In composition, using elements of an image to form a sort of picture frame around an important subject.
The default kind of electronic flash synchronization technique. The flash fires at the beginning of the exposure — in the instant that the first curtain of the focal plane shutter finishes its movement across the film or sensor plane.
Refers to the size of the camera aperture. A higher number indicates a smaller aperture. Written as f/2, f/8, and so on.
File Transfer Protocol. A set of communication rules that allow data or files to be transferred between computers over a network.
Short for graphics interchange format. A file format often used for Web graphics; not suitable for photos because it can't handle more than 256 colors.
A graph that maps out brightness values in a digital image; usually found inside exposure-correction filter dialog boxes.
A kind of tape whose two sides adhere to each other, with one having rough hooks and the other soft, fuzzy material.
The device on a camera that holds an external flash and provides an electronic connection to the camera.
A bright area in a photograph that come from reflections on eyeglasses or unevenly spread lighting.
Hypertext Markup Language. A computer language used to structure text and multimedia documents, and to set hyperlinks between documents; used for display on the Internet.
A digital camera's solid-state capture device, made up of a grid-like arrangement of red-, green-, and blue-sensitive elements.
Setting that helps correct for any up-and-down movement you make while pressing the shutter button.
Using film, a filter, or a censor that is sensitive to infrared light and also blocks visible light. The effect produces a dreamlike effect, with dark skies and brightly colored foliage.
A computer connection point that lets you transfer computer data from one device to another by using pulses of infrared light, rather than a physical wire.
A printer that works by forcing little drops of ink through nozzles onto the paper.
Traditionally, a measure of film speed; the higher the number, the faster the film. On a digital camera, raising the ISO allows faster shutter speed, smaller aperture, or both, but also can result in a grainy image.
Internet Service Provider. A company that supplies your Internet access for a fee.
Pronounced jay-peg. The primary file format used by digital cameras; also the leading format for online and Web pictures. Uses lossy compression, which sometimes damages image quality.
A camera setting that creates both a Camera Raw file and a JPEG file of a picture.
The orientation of an image in which the longest dimension is horizontal; also called wide orientation.
A way of managing elements of an image in stackable overlays that can be manipulated separately, moved to a different stacking order, or made partially or fully transparent.
A four-sided awning that covers a digital camera's LCD screen from bright sunlight, making the LCD easier to view.
Stands for liquid crystal display. The display screen included on most digital cameras.
Light Emitting Diode. A lighting technology used in many electronic devices.
One or more elements of optical glass or similar material designed to collect and focus rays of light to form a sharp image on the film, paper, sensor, or screen.
A device that shades the lens, protecting it from extraneous light outside the actual picture area that can reduce the contrast of the image.
A plastic dome that diffuses light and eliminates reflections in photographs. You place the objects you want to shoot under this dome.
A white cloth teepee-shaped tent that diffuses light and eliminates reflections in photographs. You place the objects you want to shoot inside this tent.
A file-compression scheme that doesn't sacrifice any vital image data in the compression process. Lossless compression tosses only redundant data, so image quality is unaffected.
A compression scheme that eliminates important image data in the name of achieving smaller file sizes. High amounts of lossy compression reduce image quality.
A lens that provides continuous focusing from infinity to extreme close-ups, often to a reproduction ratio of 1:2 (half life-size) or 1:1 (life-size).
The dotted outline that results when you select a portion of your image; sometimes referred to as marching ants.
In an image editor, selecting an area of an image to prevent that area from being modified accidentally.
Also called multizone metering. A metering mode that calculates exposure based on the entire frame.
One million pixels.
A camera's removable storage media.
Extra data that gets stored along with the primary image data in an image file. Metadata often includes information such as aperture, shutter speed, and EV setting used to capture the picture, and can be viewed using special software. Often referred to as EXIF metadata.
Refers to the way a camera's autoexposure mechanism reads the light in a scene.
A multimedia presentation program.
Parts of an image with tones of an intermediate value, usually in the 25 to 75 percent range.
Incandescent lamps built into a studio flash that give you a preview of exactly how the light from the flash will look.
A belt that can hold a variety of photography equipment.
A one-legged support, or unipod, used to steady the camera.
A setting that allows the camera to find more than one area of contrast to focus on.
A technique in which a small aperture gives you a long exposure, allowing your subjects to move within the frame during shooting, which creates a photo that looks like it has been exposed more than once.
An online discussion forum where people with similar interests send messages back and forth about a particular topic.
A special program, or client, through which you can access newsgroups.
Graininess in an image, caused by too little light, a too high ISO setting, or a defect in the electrical signal generated during the image-capture process.
Internet sharing services that allow you to post your images to the Web.
The degree to which a layer allows layers beneath it to show through.
A glass-covered opening in your camera that you can look through to frame and compose your image.
A traditional zoom lens; has the effect of bringing the subject closer and shortening depth of field.
When too much light hits the camera's film or image-sensor array, resulting in a washed-out image.
A broad view, usually scenic. Some digital cameras also have a panorama mode used with software to stitch the images together.
The difference in views between the lens taking the photo and the external optical viewfinder.
A device attached to your computer that allows another device attached to it to register on the computer and be used as if it was directly connected to that computer.
A type of removable memory card used in some digital cameras. Also called PCMCIA Card (PCMCIA stands for Personal Computer Memory Card International Association).
A digital camera built into a cell phone.
A full-color printer that can produce photo prints.
A particle of light.
A universal standard that allows digital cameras and photo printers to connect directly by USB cable, without the computer serving as a middleman. Any PictBridge camera can connect to any PictBridge printer, regardless of whether both are made by the same manufacturer.
Print Image Matching. A proprietary Epson camera technology that saves image information to assist in printing a digital image more accurately.
A camera whose lens is covered except for a pin-sized hole. You have a very small aperture, so you have to shoot long exposures.
Short for picture element. The basic building block of every image.
A small program or utility that runs within another, larger program. Many special-effects filters operate as plug-ins to major photo-editing programs such as Adobe Photoshop Elements.
A file format designed to work well with online viewing applications.
A type of digital camera that has automatic settings for most features (such as focus and exposure).
Camera filter that reduces the glare bouncing off shiny surfaces in your photos. Can also help deepen the contrast of the sky from certain angles.
The orientation of an image in which the longest dimension is vertical, also called tall orientation.
Stands for pixels per inch. Used to state image print resolution. Measured in terms of the number of pixels per linear inch. A higher ppi usually translates to better-looking printed images.
The number of pixels per linear inch (ppi) in a printed photo; the user sets this value inside a photo-editing program.
Also called native format. The format used by only that particular type of camera.
A digital camera model that includes many features on professional cameras but also offers automatic settings.
Short for personal storage device. A standalone battery-operated burner or hard drive.
A mount on some digital cameras that allows you to easily attach the camera to a tripod.
Random Access Memory. Your computer's system memory.
A type of camera that includes a focusing mechanism which allows the photographer to measure the subject distance and take photographs in sharp focus.
An electronic flash synchronization technique in which the flash fires only when the second (rear) curtain of the focal plane shutter begins to move at the end of the exposure.
An effect from flash photography that appears to make a person or animal's eyes glow red. Caused by light bouncing from the retina of the eye.
A term used to describe the capabilities of digital cameras, scanners, printers, and monitors; means different things depending on the device.
The standard color model for digital images; all colors are created by mixing red, green, and blue light.
A way of mentally dividing your picture horizontally and vertically into thirds, then placing important subject matter where these lines intersect.
The number of pixels both horizontally and vertically in each squared inch scanned by a scanner or recorded by a digital camera.
A device that captures an image of a piece of artwork, a slide, or a negative, and then converts it to a digitized image or bitmap that the computer can handle.
Digital camera's special picture-taking modes that are designed to automatically set all the available focus and exposure controls for a certain type of subject matter.
Mechanism that delays the opening of the shutter for some seconds after the release has been operated.
Devices modeled after rifle stocks that brace the camera lens into your shoulder, thus helping hold it steady.
The device in a camera that opens and shuts to allow light into the camera.
The button on your digital camera that you press to take a picture.
The length of time that the camera shutter remains open, thereby allowing light to enter the camera and expose the photograph.
A semi-automatic exposure mode in which the photographer sets the shutter speed and the camera selects the appropriate aperture.
A setting in which the camera focuses on a single object.
An accessory flash unit that supplements the main flash, usually triggered electronically when the slave senses the light output by the main unit.
A type of camera that includes interchangeable lenses, manual focus and exposure controls, and connections for an external flash.
A tube-like device that focuses the flash's light to a very small area.
An attachment that mounts on the head of the flash and extends out about 6 to 8 inches, with a frosted white panel at the end, which softens the light.
Metering mode that bases exposure on light in the center of the frame only.
Creating a panorama from multiple images by overlapping those images.
Another name for an electronic flash unit, especially when it's used as the only source of illumination.
A type of digital camera that's small enough to fit comfortably in a shirt pocket.
Removable storage devices; the best-known option is the Zip drive.
The part of a tripod to which the camera attaches that you can move to some degree.
A special bracket that fastens to the tripod socket on the bottom of a digital camera; allows you to connect an external flash to your camera.
A computer attachment that acts like a pad on which the user can write or draw on a computer.
A lightweight tripod with shorter legs than a standard tripod. Also called a mini-tripod.
A lens that magnifies an image.
Pronounced tiff, as in a little quarrel. Stands for tagged image file format. A popular image format supported by most Macintosh and Windows programs.
Taking a picture at specified intervals to capture an event occuring over a long period of time.
The range of color or tonal values that will be selected with a tool such as an image editor's Magic Wand, or filled with paint when using a tool such as the Paint Bucket.
The ink used in photo printers.
A three-legged supporting stand used to hold the camera steady. Especially useful when using slow shutter speeds and/or telephoto lenses.
A type of digital camera that's the size of a credit card, with a depth of less than 1 inch, that fits comfortably in a front jeans pocket.
When too little light hits the camera's film or image-sensor array, creating an image that's too dark.
Add pixels to a digital image.
Stands for Universal Serial Bus. A type of port now included on most computers. Most digital cameras come with a USB cable for connecting the camera to this port.
Video Graphics Array resolution. A display of 640-x-480 pixels with 16 or 256 colors.
A computer adapter card used to manage the display on the monitor.
The device in a camera used to frame the image.
To add dark corners to an image; often produced by using a lens hood that's too small for the field of view or generated artificially by using image-editing techniques.
Simple video cameras designed for video conferencing and Internet telephony.
Adjusting the camera to compensate for the type of light hitting the photographic subject. Eliminates unwanted color casts produced by some light sources, such as fluorescent office lighting.
A lens that has a shorter focal length and a wider field of view than a normal lens for a particular film or digital image format.
A step-by-step onscreen guide offered on many computer programs.
The order in which you perform all the various tasks associated with image editing under particular circumstances.
A type of removable storage device known as a super floppy drive; store information on Zip disks.
A lens that can change focal lengths at your command to provide more or less magnification of the image.


text: Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper are brilliant physicists, the kind of "beautiful minds" that understand how the universe works. But none of that genius helps them interact with people, especially women. All this begins to change when a free-spirited beauty named Penny moves in next door. Sheldon, Leonard's roommate, is quite content spending his nights playing Klingon Boggle with their socially dysfunctional friends, fellow CalTech scientists Howard Wolowitz and Raj Koothrappali. However, Leonard sees in Penny a whole new universe of possibilities… including love.


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We have had this townhome for 3 years, it was brand new. The water in our area has a high concentration of calcium and it builds up like crazy on the faucets. CLR gets rid of it but it takes a lot of scrubbing, time and patience, and then I have to do it all over again just a few months later. It's really bad. The shower in the master bath - there is a regular shower head, a handheld shower head that extends off of that, and 4 small ones coming out of the wall. The handheld hasn't worked in 3 years, clogged up after a few months. The main showerhead still works but I don't use it anymore because the water pressure is so bad it doesn't even do anything (this happened about 1 1/2 to 2 years ago). The little 4 ones on the wall are what I use and they are fine, but they have a shell of buildup on them. I've cleaned them numerous times. The buildup is white and hard. How do I clean out the shower heads? We took the head off but there isn't a way to get inside. Do we have to buy new ones, and then buy new ones every time they stop working? How can I get it off the faucets around the house? Also, is there a way to treat the water so there isn't so much calcium? We have a water softener but it doesn't seem to do anything to affect that. Everything is chrome - I've heard it you let this stuff sit in lemon juice or something like that over night it will come off but I don't know if that would damage the chrome. Thank you - I am so frustrated with this and am praying there is a solution out there! |
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A correctly sized and properly set up softener is THE way to remove hardness. Your water softener is apparently not working. Bear in mind that that calcium is also collecting in your plumbing, fixtures, and appliances. You should resolve this problem as soon as possible. Are you on a well or water system? Do you have the results of a water test? Hardness, iron, manganese, PH? What brand and model softener do you have? How long have you had that softener? Has the softener been using salt regularly? |
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We got a bit of a surprise when we found out that this wasn't actually a hostel and, though the owner said she had explained this, I couldn't find any relevant emails. This turned out as we had a great time with the host and other guests in the house but it did start a bit awkwardly as this meant that the owner had been waiting especially for us at their office so we felt really bad that we arrive late! But the location, rght by the beach and bus links into the city, was ideal!
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> Here are my logs. You'll find some warnings in the configuration > stage, I hope they'll mean something to you. Also, there's no trace of > libclapack.so in > ldd /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/scipy/linalg/clapack.so. The output of ldd /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/scipy/linalg/clapack.so is very suspicious with Atlas it should look like this: ldd /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/scipy/linalg/clapack.so linux-gate.so.1 => (0xb7890000) liblapack.so.0 => /usr/lib/liblapack.so.0 (0xb732a000) libpython2.7.so.1.0 => /usr/lib/libpython2.7.so.1.0 (0xb71bb000) libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0xb7035000) libblas.so.0 => /usr/lib/blas/atlas/libblas.so.0 (0xb7014000) libcblas.so.0 => /usr/lib/blas/atlas/libcblas.so.0 (0xb6ff2000) libatlas.so.0 => /usr/lib/libatlas.so.0 (0xb6933000) libgfortran.so.3 => /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux- gnu/4.5.2/libgfortran.so.3 (0xb6871000) libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0xb684b000) libgcc_s.so.1 => /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.5.2/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xb682d000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0xb6813000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0xb680f000) libutil.so.1 => /lib/libutil.so.1 (0xb680b000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7891000) So nothing from blas/cblas/lapack was linked into your scipy which is very worrying. It may be that there is a problem with your current blas&co setup. what's the output of ls -la /usr/lib64/libcblas.so Francois
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Can drinking a lot of cranberry juice help flush your system qucker?
Yes, cranberry juice is a powerful antioxidant. The combination of two to three glasses of cranberry juice and 64 ounces of water a day will decrease the amount of toxins in your system faster than just drinking water. If you need to speed the process up drink a combination of cranberry juice, than water, than a beer... Repeat the process for a few hours.. Up too five or six beers. You may become intoxicated, but your system will be flushed a lot faster due to your body trying to get ride of the alcohol in your system..


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Silver Restaurant has transformed the interior of its vintage brick building, which was built in 1926, into three modern and distinct floors. Next to the dining room, an open kitchen provides patrons with glimpses of the chefs as they transform fresh, seasonal, and local ingredients into new interpretations of classic American dishes. Though the menu changes based on availability, dishes may include organic chicken thighs with heirloom vegetables, roasted squab with foie gras, and fig-wrapped kurabuta pork chops. Whatever the season, a selection of local beers and artisanal cocktails—with playful names such as the Toe Tapper and the Thyme Stopper—help wash down every flavorful bite. These drinks are often crafted at the mezzanine-level bar. If one were to head downstairs instead, they'd enter a cozy lounge with a wine cellar stocked with more than 3,000 bottles.
Grappa Italian Restaurant is named after the Northern Italian brandy distilled from grape skins left over from the wine-making process. The eatery keeps a handful of varieties on hand for people to sip in between bites, and the approach to cooking is appropriately rustic, given that name.
There is seasonally-inspired risotto and house-made linguine blanketed in creamy clam sauce. Chefs pepper the meat entrees with slightly unexpected burst of flavors, from the horseradish that encrusts salmon to the roasted tomato and red pepper chicken jus that surrounds herb-kissed cuts of chicken. The wine list is largely Italian as well, though there are plenty of Californian offerings as well.


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The Jazz Studies program is based on the African American jazz idiom as a language for learning that focusses on Australian music but embraces a wide selection of musical styles including jazz, world music, Brazilian, Indian, free, electronic, popular, Latin and blues to name but a few styles.
The philosophy of the course is to offer a strong technical and musical foundation that allows the student to develop a personal 'voice' which is a result of their broad musical education and an awareness of their social and cultural being. Academically, there is a focus to learn research skills in performance (practice-based research), musicology and ethnomusicology, which can equate to further study in the postgraduate area.
Within the music undergraduate degree, students are also offered classes in jazz arranging/composition, ear training, improvisation materials, theory, instrument specific workshops, keyboard skills, Indian rhythms, Brazilian music (Choro–Samba), composition, performance workshop, stage band, world music ensemble and small ensembles.
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Why study Jazz and Popular Music at Monash?
- More opportunity to play and learn from the best local and International artists – this is an International course with a global outlook.
- Staff – leading performing staff with National and International profiles
- International Units – As part of the undergraduate course you can study 3 week units O/S in New York (New York University) and the Monash Centre – Prato (Italy)
- Record CD's with greats including Hermeto Pascoal (Jazzhead 2013), George Garzone (Jazzhead 2013), Alex Foster and Alex Sipiagin (Jazzhead 2013), Vince Jones (release 2014), Paul Mcandless (release 2014) and Enrico Rava (release 2014).
- Play (learn) in the Melbourne International Jazz Festival (Monash is the Education Partner) with the likes of Charles Lloyd, Dave Douglas, Maria Schnieder, Terence Blanchard, John Abercrombie, Jim Black (Alasnoaxis), George Garzone (The Fringe), Mark Helias – Tony Malaby (Open Loose), Tarbaby etc.
- Get a comprehensive music education – playing changes (harmony), creativity, great time, style, arranging composition, music business, teaching music, film etc.
- Learn about practice-based research (performance/composition) – the undergraduate course prepares you for honours (then masters and PhD)
- Learn about musics of the world – specialise and diversify = 21st century musician
- Play in a huge array of ensembles that promotes Australian Music
- Perform at leading venues in Melbourne for recitals and assessments including Bennetts Lane Jazz Club and Paris Cat Jazz Club.
- You have the opportunity to audition and play in the MAE (Monash Art Ensemble) with members of the AAO (Australian Art Ensemble) and staff – Directed by Professor Paul Grabowsky.
- Equipped for a career in music
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Good morning, Lily Bee fans! Melissa here, and back sooner than I expected with another Project Life layout. I hadn't intended to post two so close together, but when another team member needed to swap days with me and had a Project Life slot to be taken over, I took the opportunity to get another week of my 2012 album done!
Lily Bee Supplies: Autumn Spice (6x6 Tiny Tablet, ABC Cardstock Stickers, Mixed Cardstock Stickers, Index Journaling Cards), Persnickety (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Index Journaling Cards)
At the end of December I shared a bit of my laid-back approach to project life, so it's no surprise that I'm just now getting to election week in my album! I've actually scrapped a week or two after this one, but since I skip around a lot it seems that there are usually earlier weeks hanging around to complete. Since I like to be inspired by the supplies I want to use when I scrap a week, I let Lily Bee's Autumn Spice Tiny Tablet lead me to these photos full of fall colors!
I did mix some of the Persnickety collection in, as well, to bring a more "everyday" theme to these pages. The Mixed Cardstock stickers and Index Journaling cards were especially useful!
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I got this product in a swap and I adore it from first swatch! I love the chunky glitter and the shimmery highlight effect the powder gives my cheek bones :) I will say that this is not for those of you that do not like tons of glitter.
I was recommend by MAC SA, for highlighting you feature and to make your complexion glow you can use Iridiscent powder... At first I was introduced to the regular version which only have Belightful. However... when the time comes that I want to buy one, I was introduce to this Fafi version, Verve-acious. I love the shades... it is much more brownish and yellowish and suit my skin tone better than Belightful.
I love this product, using brush, I buff it on my cheek bones, dragging it to my apple of the cheek... I also put it on the bridge of my nose and if pump up th 'glowing' I also put on my chin and fore head... result, a well define face structure.
However, if you have acne prone skin like mine with acne scars, make sure you cover all that blemish first well and then buffing this powder will be smooth... I just love how it turn out in picture, I was glowing...
for day, probably minimise the application (cheekbones and nose bridge would be enough) since it can make as if you are sweating.
I still have a lot of this after almost a year... I don't think I will repurchase since it is the limited edition. Probably I'm going to get the Mineralize Skinfinish next.
I got this in a swap, and was expecting to hate it.
I am not overly enthused about chunky glitter, but to me, this is somehow "tactful" glitter. The kind you would wear out to a concert, or another event when you want to feel cute, and get noticed.
It is so smooth, like liquid powder, and the glitter isn't all that chunky. It is a gorgeous shimmering light beige, with amazing highlight power. The glitter is noticeable, but not outrageous, just little gold sparkles that enhance the glow.
I love the Fafi compact, but even in regular packaging this is still a nice product.
I would repurchase, but since I only use it for special occasions I don't think I'll ever run out.
I recommend you at least try it : )
I wish this hadn't just been a limited edition. This was a fabulous beauty powder. It made my pale skin glow without giving it that "dirty" look that bronzers or highlighting powders can give to fair skin.
Loved, but it broke all over my bathroom floor a few weeks ago, and is no more :(
the mac fafi collection didn't really stand out to me, the only thing i think really caught my eye was the iridescent powders. the packaging isn't bad either. yes the packaging has stickers on it but i dont touch it nonstop for it to peel anyway so its not a big deal. but! onto the product review. its like a peachy color with alot of golden shimmer so if you dont like shimmer i wouldn't recommend you to get this product. it makes my cheeks glowy and also i love the shimmer. and the shimmer isn't so obnoxious either. i always get compliments on this when i wear it from my friends.. however the only thing that i could complain about this product is that it does look caked on easily if you dont apply it right. if only it were less thin..? i would repurchase again though!
i like this a lil better than sassed up
the sparkles are not OTT and its pretty over blush i still would not buy it again since i like the MSF skinfinishes better
but i do not regrett buying this with the Fafi collection
I bought this and returned.
It has too much sparkle for my liking. I mean if you like sparkles get this. IMO it is more sparkles then color, as the color pay off is light.
Also, after using it twice, the powder got a bit clumpy looking and not smooth anymore. I find that if you look in the photo posted above , you can see a bit of that clumpy effect occurring.
The only reason I wanted to keep this was cuz the packaging. The irridescent powder packaging was the greatest as the pakaging was sturdy and the fafinette photo was NOT a sticker but part of the packaging.
Well i didnt keep it cuz i was not willing to spend 25 dollars canadian just for packaging.
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Go ahead and use your GPS to get you and a plus one to Casanova, Virginia-about 50 miles from the bustle of Washington, DC-for a one- ($172) or two-night ($299) stay from Thursday through Sunday. As soon as you've confirmed your arrival to this stone manor in the tree-dotted countryside, lend your ears to sounds that don't require a plug-in.
You'll first notice the cozy quiet of your traditionally decorated room, and the way the goose down duvet rustles as you prop your head up against the sturdy headboard. It may be tempting to have satellite TV within your comfortable view, but since it's just the beginning of your tech-break trip, take in the entertainment value of your private patio instead.
Take a short drive to wander the aromatic Seven Oaks Lavender Farm, then experience in a bit of small-town Americana as you roam around nearby Old Town Warrenton.
Grab an unlimited amount of cookies from the complimentary cookie jar and go for a stroll, surveying the inn's 200 bucolic acres. When you can hear your stomach grumbling over the crunch of leaves underfoot, it'll be time to use your $60 credit at The Manor House Restaurant.
Try the roasted lamb loin with tomato lemon gnocchi, and then order the bittersweet chocolate with peanut butter mousse for dessert, and you'll see why Chef Howard Foer's cuisine earned OpenTable's diners' choice award in 2010 and 2011.
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Drama Mamas: A moment of silence, please
Been devouring all the articles at WoW.com designed to help you dig into this week's new content patch? Obviously, we have too -- but not everyone feels that way. There are quite a few players out there who'd like nothing more than to work their own way through the new content in a little peace and quiet.
Dear Drama Mamas: I've been really enjoying the new content that came out a few days ago, now that instances are actually available to run. But I've encountered a problem that has bothered me ever since WoW started releasing patches. One of my favorite things about WoW is the story and the discovery of an unfolding plot. This new expansion has great story elements, from the raid to the new five-mans. Having been a member of my guild from patch 1.5 or so, I've been through thick and thin with the group. I am a regular guy with a standard job and normal demands of a social life. So perhaps I can't play quite as much as some others, which leads me to hit content hours to days later than some of my guildmates.
Just like watching a movie, I enjoy watching the plot develop and discovering my own strategies to boss fights. But I seem to not be able to convey this to guildmates, and any attempts to insulate myself from unsolicited advice and "helpful guildmates" is met with confusion and astonishment. I have very clearly stated how I like to enjoy new content and have asked for people to respect my wishes. I certainly understand I can't prevent giddiness in guild chat or chatting over Vent.
But my filtering out of guild chat (along with a statement that I can be reached by whisper or Vent) and my near-constant requests for guildmates to stop offering advice while I am running something really seems to offend my guild. I get cutting remarks about not being social and frustrated comments about how they are just trying to help. I don't know how to explain it any more clearly to them, and I have not asked them to converse amongst themselves as normal ... Am I missing something? Do I just need to /ignore the chatty ones for a week? Am I justified in wanting to see the content in the way I want? What hurts even more is that I am made to defend myself on every content patch ... It's like all the explanation before has fallen on deaf ears. I just want a week of peace. Is that asking too much? Signed, Krabork
Drama Mama Lisa: It's not that you're blind to the solution, Krabork -- it's that you'd simply like to run your content blind. Going into new content free of spoilers and strategies seems to have gone the way of the dodo for most WoW players. By persisting in playing through new content in discovery and exploration mode, you've chosen a path that confuses many and annoys others.
As Scott Andrews explained to a reluctant blind raider in his Officers Quarters column, going into any new content blind requires the explicit agreement and cooperation of the entire group. Even one "non-blind" player in a group can spoil the entire story or reveal the big gotcha with one careless remark. But beyond that, there are the feelings of the "spoilerites" to consider, as well. They may crave knowing how the story ends. They may want to progress as quickly and painlessly as possible. Repeated wipes may wipe their spirits. They may be unwilling or unable to move forward without the comforting hand of a tried-and-true strategy. There are all sorts of reasons to chatter excitedly about the very details you are striving so diligently to avoid -- and all of those reasons are equally as valid to them as your own approach is to you.
You've already seen that this philosophical difference is a recurring issue for you and your guildmates. What makes the situation even more problematic is the prospect of all the additional content and the expansion still ahead. I don't see the situation improving, Krabork. All signs point to making this your opportunity to hook up with a more compatible group.
What about a guild that takes things at a slower rate? If they're not gobbling down content, they won't be constantly "ahead" of you. Consider a roleplaying guild, where /ooc talk is discouraged. Or you could go all the way and try to find (or create) a blind content guild -- plenty of players avoid blind play like the plague, but plenty of others relish the challenge and excitement it can offer. Consider the change an investment in your gaming future. Good luck, and may the road rise up to meet you!
Drama Mama Robin: Krabork, you are asking too much of your current guild. It's actually really unfair and unreasonable to insist that your teammates not discuss strategies and interesting plot lines and speculate about future developments. Most players consider this good guild chat. I'm not saying that it's unreasonable to want to play your way, however. In fact, the Blizzard developers most certainly wish that everyone played blind to really appreciate their hard work, not to mention make the content last longer.
It's kind of like you are trying to play in single player RPG mode, with the other players as NPCs -- annoyed NPCs who send you tells. Though many also use guides for single-player games as well, I agree with you that the exploration and development of strategies is more fun when you do it yourself. WoW is a multiplayer game, however, and there is absolutely no way to control the actions of other players -- no matter how often you beg, plea or demand. When you enter an instance, you are agreeing to play by the team rules and, as Scott and Lisa have said, the entire team has to agree to play the instance blind.
Leave your guild immediately and start shopping for a blind content guild. You will almost definitely have to move servers. Start your search in the forums of roleplaying realms and don't stop until you find a group of people who agree with you. You have some time before the next expansion -- uh, Krabork, don't go to that link; it will spoil things for you -- and you should be able to find a good guild that also wants to play the new content innocently.
Perhaps our readers can recommend the right home for you in the comments. Good luck!
Drama Buster of the Week
Make no mistake: WoW is "real life." Talk to others in trite, dismissive cliches much? Ugh. If you talk with people, not at them, and treat them the way you would treat people in any public setting -- no hiding behind "it's just the internet" -- you'll find that they react to you in a much more genuine, personal and enjoyable way.
Remember, your mama wouldn't want to see your name on any drama. Play nice ... and when in doubt, ask the Drama Mamas at DramaMamas (at) WoW (dot) com.
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The doom and gloom is beginning to lift after the poor display on Saturday. Alan Pardew – shown today in the sunshine of Tenerife
The doom and gloom is beginning to lift after the poor display on Saturday. Alan Pardew – shown today in the sunshine of Tenerife
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We don't think there's anything wrong with Alan Pardew taking the first team squad away on a sunshine break for a few days in January. Alan Pardew – taking a break in Tenerife
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20 year-old Guingamp striker/winger Anthony Knockaert is saying that Newcastle are interested in signing him. Anthony Knockaert – Newcastle interested in 20 year-old
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It was an awful display in the final 45 minutes of the game at Craven Cottage on Saturday, but Alan Pardew will not be changing his plans in the transfer market. Alan Pardew – smiling before the game started on Saturday
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The board of prison terms and paroles is without statutory authority to change the titles of parole and probation officers to parole board agents.
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September 18, 1963
Honorable Wes C. UhlmanState Representative, 32nd District2315 North 40thSeattle 3, Washington
Cite as: AGO 63-64 No. 57
Dear Sir:
By letter, previously acknowledged, you have requested the opinion of this office on a question which we paraphrase as follows:
Does the board of prison terms and paroles have the authority to change the titles of "state parole and probation officers," as they are designated in RCW 9.95.250, to that of "parole board agents"?
We answer your inquiry in the negative.
You have enclosed with your letter a copy of the memorandum directed to all supervisors and parole officers issued by the chief parole and probation officer of the board of prison terms and paroles. The subject of this memorandum as noted thereon is "Title Changes" and in the body of the memorandum there appears the following language:
"As announced at recent Area Meetings, the Board has decided on a number of changes in working titles of field staff. The title changes will take effect Monday, May 6, and are as follows:"
In so far as pertinent to your inquiry the foregoing statement is followed by a listing of the present titles of the parole and probation officers and adjacent thereto is a listing of the proposed new title designations which are principally parole board agents of various classifications. Under this enumeration is found the following [[Orig. Op. Page 2]] language:
"Changes on calling cards, stationary [[stationary]]and so forth will be made as new supplies are ordered. It will not be necessary for office signs changed at this time.
"Would you please instruct the clerical staff to begin using these new designations on May 6."
We have verified the authenticity of the memorandum which you enclose and, in addition, have conferred with the Chairman of the Board of Prison Terms and Paroles, Mr. Harris Hunter, and he advises that the memorandum was issued pursuant to a memorandum rendered by himself to the chief parole and probation officer after a majority of the board had determined that such changes should be effectuated.
RCW 9.95.250 provides:
"In order to carry out the provisions of this chapter the state parole officers working under the supervision of the board of prison terms and parolesshall be known as state parole and probation officers." (Emphasis supplied.)
The language employed by the legislature is clear, precise and unambiguous in its terms and upon a search of the laws relating to the board of prison terms and paroles, we do not find a statute specifically or impliedly granting to the board the authority to make a change in the designation of titles of "state parole and probation officers."
It is fundamental that where the language employed by the legislature is clear and free from ambiguity, the rules of statutory construction and interpretation are not applicable. In re Baker's Estate, 49 Wn.2d 609, 304 P.2d 1051 (1956); State ex rel. Evans v. Brotherhood Etc., 41 Wn.2d 133, 247 P.2d 787 (1952).
The legislature of course has the power to designate the legal title of the parole officers under the supervision of the board of prison terms and paroles as "state parole and probation officers." Until such time as the legislature, by an appropriate enactment, gives authority to the board of prison terms and paroles to make a change [[Orig. Op. Page 3]] in the official title, the board is without authority to make such change administratively.
Accordingly, we are of the opinion that the board of prison terms and paroles is without statutory authority to change the titles of the parole officers under its supervision from "state parole and probation officers" to "parole board agents."
We trust the forgoing will be of assistance to you.
Very truly yours,
JOHN J. O'CONNELLAttorney General
STEPHEN C. WAYAssistant Attorney General


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Backhand Shelf's previews for the 2013-14 NHL season are going to work like a choose your own adventure novel, because fans only hear what they want to hear anyway, so we might as well embrace it.
You'll get the flippant barstool prediction, the push-the-glasses-up-your-nose numbers take, the team is going to be good take, the team is going to be bad take, and then we'll try to bring it back full circle at the bottom. Let's get to it.
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The Penguins are going to be good
It's ridiculous that I even have to explain this to you. I should just cut a paste a picture of their roster. They have the World's Best Hockey player Sidney Crosby, for one. Like, thee actual guy. Not someone "in the conversation," the universally accepted "best in the world at this sport." That guy. Last year he played in 36 of the 48 games and lost the scoring title by a few points. He was dominating the league when he left, and uh-oh, he's healthy this year and had a healthy summer of training. Ohhh, and they also have a guy who's arguably the second best player in the world in Evgeni Malkin. He's only won a Calder, a Hart, a Lindsay, an Art Ross, a Conn Smythe and a Stanley Cup. Then they have some fill-in schulbs like James Neal, who has a 40 goal season on his resume, and scored 21 times in 40 games last season.
It's an embarrassment of riches: Pascal Dupuis scored 20 times in a shortened season last year, and hit 25 the year before. Chris Kunitz might make Team Canada after scoring 22 in 48 games last season (and was coming off two prior 20+ goal seasons). Jussi Jokinen has scored 30 before. Brandon Sutter is a stalwart defensive center who's scored 20+ in the past. It never ends, even coming from the back-end, where they have one of the best defenseman in the league in Kris Letang (over a point-per-game last year, 38 in 35), and other talents like Paul Martin. Then they've solidified the group with tough-to-play dudes like Brooks Orpik and Rob Scuderi, who play in front of Stanley Cup champion Marc-Andre Fleury. You know, the guy people give a hard time to who finished with an above average save percentage last year? (.916 with a 2.39 goals-against). If they don't win the Cup, it's been a disappointing year. They're stacked.
The Penguins are going to be bad
This section should just be .GIFs of Marc-Andre Fleury flailing away in the crease as he pisses away games the Penguins should never lose. This guy is literally seeing a sports psychologist to figure how he's somehow ended up this bad at stopping pucks. He's worse than a sieve. He's a funnel. And that's going to be highlighted when guys like Letang and Martin, who barely care about D at all, give up chances going the other way, or even when boats like Derek Engellend and Rob Scuderi get roasted wide multiple times a night. Kunitz and Dupuis are "meh" players being dragged to pretty numbers by Crosby, who is physically incapable of playing a whole hockey season. He should switch namebars with number 15 on his team so he can have the more accurate "Glass" label on his jersey. They've paid so much money to such a small pool of guys that they're forced to have at least a handful of players you couldn't pick out of a police lineup for "depth." This team is going to give up way too many goals to be a good team.
Flippant barstool prediction
This team will have it in neutral by November and will coast to a top seed.
The numbers:
When your team finishes first in the Conference, your numbers will be good, or say, great. They were first in the league in goals-per-game by a sizeable margin (scoring 3.38 per, over Chicago's 3.1), which comes from having the second best powerplay in the league (24.7%), and the second best 5-on-5 goals for/against ratio (1.35). Their +46 goal differential in 48 games was literally double the second place team in the conference, Montreal. They kept the puck out of the net fairly well overall (12th in the league, 2.48 against per game), but their penalty kill needed some work (79.6% success rate, 25th overall).
Okay, but seriously:
It comes down to two things: is Sidney Crosby healthy, and can Marc-Andre Fleury play goal anymore? If Crosby is healthy, it's like having Tom Brady – I don't care who he's playing with, that team has a chance to win. As for Fleury, I actually don't think he's that bad, he's just such a debacle in playoffs. If he gets things figured out and at least provides them with average goaltending, they can win. If healthy, they've just got too much talent to not be among the top teams in the league. Obviously one of the contenders for the Cup.
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text: Vernon Duke (1903-1969) was a Russian-American composer/songwriter. He was born Vladimir Dukelsky on October 10, 1903, in Parafianovo, Belarus, then Russia. He studied at the Kiev Conservatory. He arrived in the United States in 1921. His first full Broadway score was for a 1932 revue called "Walk a Little Faster." His first full musical comedy was "Cabin in the Sky" in 1940. He is best known for "I Can't Get Started" with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, "April In Paris" with lyrics by E. Y. ("Yip") Harburg (1932), and "What Is There To Say" for The Ziegfeld Follies of 1934 also with Harburg. He wrote the words and music for "Autumn in New York" (1934). Musical theater credits


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Reviewed Eggplant Parmesan
Dec 10, 2010 in Food Network Community Toolbox on FoodNetwork.com
"OMG! The guy from Friendswood Texas.....Dont attempt to cook Italian food ever again in your life with that comment. lol That is a major insult to all using a jar sauce/gravy. You probably dont even know that Ragu is actually a type of tomato sauce/gravy that contains atleast 3 different types of meat and is carefully cooked all day. I need to go..."


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Turn your gnome into Chromie with transmogrification
The outfit was put together by Hedgewocket on Lightbringer (EU) and is a close replica of the outfit worn by Chromie. Chromie is, of course, the
Anyway, when I first saw Hedgewocket's transmog, I knew right away that I'd have to feature it on WoW Insider one day. Fortunately for you (because I know you all love Chromie), that day is today.
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One thing is for sure, Aussies have the fabulously disheveled look down pat, and the U.S. has taken notice. And if anyone is going to have the latest and greatest from down under, it's going to be ShopWasteland.com. The sitehas given some of these influential Australian brands a bit of praise in their latest mini lookbook featuring MINKPINK, Evil Twin, One Teaspoon, and Finders Keepers.
Now if only the accent came with the clothes..