Word: tap
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...kiosks at the movie theater. Why not one for the camera? The key is screen size: the N1's roomy 3-in. LCD makes touching, even without a stylus, easy. The interface is well designed. While shooting, you can control flash, shooting mode, file size and more with a tap, and then enter a menu for more options. Immediately after powering it up and shooting a few pictures, I found myself tapping this way and that, like I was the author of the user's manual or something. I was able to jump right into slideshows and long term storage...
...then a quick jump to that date in any given year shows you how you celebrated. Once you've found a set of pics you want to show off, you select one of four generic music tracks and a slideshow style like Stylish, Active or Nostalgic, and then tap Start. What you get may not be DVD-ready, but it looks smooth and sounds surprisingly good. You can even scrawl on pictures in your album, using finger as paintbrush, though sadly you cannot export those shots. Not yet, at least...
...spend the full $15,000. “The number was arrived at not because we wanted to spend that much,” said Haddock. “Our goal in doing it in the way that we proposed was to set aside some money that we can tap into later.” UC Treasurer Matthew R. Greenfield ’08 also said that there was a misunderstanding over the initial budget proposal. “I think there was some miscommunication whether the number we were talking about was a bare minimum or whether we were...
...bottled water or get a home water purifier if your tap water tastes of chlorine or other contaminants...
...parish that spends an estimated $3 million to $4 million a year on levee maintenance alone, it may be time to ask some difficult questions. Some suggest that the parish could tap into a FEMA grant program to buy out the most flood-prone properties on the condition that they never be developed again. Others say it is foolish to maintain a continuous 100-mile levee, that the parish should be converted into a string of islands of development with marshland between them. Ultimately, it may be up to individual landowners to decide if they want to roll the dice...