Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Decide where to get your picture taken. Get a haircut about one to two weeks in advance. Pluck your eyebrows if that's your thing. Get enough sleep.

Answer: There are dozens of options, and they all have different benefits. Choose one that's conveniently located and fits your budget. You can get a good photo without shelling out a lot of cash, but of course a professional photographer will offer the highest quality photo. Some places require appointments, so plan ahead. Some options include shipping centers (in the U.S., this includes Fedex and UPS) places with memberships (such as Costco and AAA) Costco offers some of the cheapest passport photos. AAA will sometimes do it for free if you've booked a trip through their travel services. pharmacies and retail stores (CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens, and Walmart all offer this service) professional photography studios passport offices (many offer this service, but not all, so call ahead) registered passport expediters (if you need it in under two weeks) in your own home (but be sure to follow the strict requirements) Give your hair a little time to get over that fresh cut look by planning a haircut in advance if you need one. About a week or two should still leave your hair looking neat and tidy by picture time. Of course, if you want the fresh cut look and trust your stylist not to botch it, you can wait until the last minute. If you like to shape your eyebrows, it's best to do it about a day in advance to get rid of any redness before the photo but not give strays enough time to return. You could also get them waxed if you want to shell out a few bucks for this special occasion. If you find that the skin around your eyebrows gets red after you pluck them, try applying cool, wet tea bags or a bit of aloe. To prevent dark shadows under your eyes and redness in your eyes, try to get enough sleep for several days before you take your passport photo. This will also help brighten your skin and make you look healthier.

Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Find a private place to smoke it. Timing your smoke breaks. Block gaps in the door. Use a window. Use a fan.

Answer: If at all possible, make it an outdoor spot. Part of the garage, or an area under your deck are both good choices. If an outdoor spot isn't an option, you can use the bathroom. A bedroom isn't a great spot to smoke if you're trying to hide it. There are a lot of fabrics that will soak in the smoke and it will be hard to mask the smell. If you're disappearing to smoke every hour, your parents will get suspicious. Time your breaks wisely. Use other excuses to get a moment away. Before you shower. Using the bathroom after a meal. Nightly phone call from your boyfriend/girlfriend. Using a towel, plug the cracks between the door frame and the door. Freshly laundered towels will produce a more pleasant smell as air moves through them. If you're outside or using a garage, don't worry about this. If you're inside, be sure to exhale through an open window. Not only will this force the majority of the smell outside, but it will help aerate the smell that's inside. Having ventilation planned is key to hiding the smell of smoke. Placing a portable fan at a window can help control air flow and diffuse the hazy, smelly cloud of smoke. Use a room that already has a fan. Carrying a fan around with you is suspicious.

Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Twist the exposed ends of your wires together. Coat the wires with the soldering flux. Press the soldering gun onto one side of the wires to melt the flux. Feed the solder into the wires to hold them together. Let the solder cool and harden.

Answer: Overlap your two wires to make a small cross symbol and begin twisting each together over and around the other wire. Keep wrapping the wires together until the ends of each wire are pushed down into the other wire. There should be no pointed ends, but a clear, intertwining pattern along your wires. If you want to apply heat-shrink tubing over your soldering, you should do so before twisting the wires together. Make sure the tubing is as small as you can get it, to ensure it shrinks tightly to the wires. You can also mesh the two wires together to hold them together. Unravel and spread apart the individual strands of each end of wire before pushing them together. Twist the wires together to keep them connected. You should only need to expose around 1 inch (2.5cm) of each wire to wrap them together. You should be twisting the two wires around each other, so that the wires cross and intertwine near the middle of the joint. This is about holding the wires together more than it is intricately connecting them. Use a small paintbrush or your fingers to scoop up a small amount of soldering flux. Spread the flux over the area you will be soldering, making sure to cover the wires fully. Wipe any excess flux off your fingers or brush before soldering. Soldering flux is only corrosive once it is heated up and in its liquid form. As long as it is still a paste when you start working with it, you don't need to worry about getting any on your skin. You should coat the portion of the wire that has been twisted together, as this is the area that needs soldering. You don't need to solder any point closer to the wire insulation where the wires don't overlap. It may help to get something that can hold the wires off of your work surface as you solder them together. A "helping hands" wire holder or another similar clamp will work perfectly and should be available from your local hardware store. Once the soldering iron is hot, press it against one section of the wires to start heating it up. The flux should very quickly melt and turn into a liquid that will run into the wiring. Keep holding the iron to the wires until the flux has melted, just before it starts bubbling. To speed up the heat transfer between the iron and the wires, press a tiny amount of solder onto the tip of the iron just as you press it to the wire. With the iron still pressed against the wires to keep them hot, press the tip of your solder onto the opposite side of the wires. If the wiring is hot enough, the solder should melt immediately as you press it to the wires and cover the connection entirely. Make sure all of the wires are coated in solder before removing the iron. You only need a very small amount of solder to keep the wires connected. Press the tip of your solder onto the wires for a second or two at first, adding more solder if you need it. It may help to grip the solder wire around 5 inches (13cm) from the tip of the wire that is being soldered, so as to distance your hands from the hot solder. For extra safety, wear heat-resistant leather gloves while working. Take the soldering iron away from the wires to let them begin cooling. As they do, the solder should very quickly solidify over the course of a few seconds. Once the solder has set, you should see no exposed wiring, and the two wires should be very strongly connected together. If you are covering your soldering with heat-shrink tubing, feed it over the connection at this point. Use a heat gun to begin shrinking the tubing, starting at the middle and working to each edge to prevent air from getting trapped inside.

Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Identify controlling behaviors Accept responsibility for your actions. Do not obsess about pleasing your parent(s). Make an objective action plan. Accept that you cannot change your parent(s).

Answer:
. Some parents are demanding of their children, but this does not always mean that they are controlling. People who are controlling use certain tactics to control others. The tactics can be obvious or subtle. The behaviors can vary from outright criticisms to making veiled threats. Some signs your parent may be controlling include: Isolating you from other family members and/or friends, such as by never allowing you to spend time with friends or other family members. Criticizing you constantly about trivial things, such as your appearance, your manners, or your choices. Threatening to hurt you or threatening to hurt him or herself, such as by saying, "I will kill myself if you don't come home right now!" Giving conditional love and acceptance, such as saying, "I only love you when you keep your room clean." Keeping score of your past mistakes, such as by listing off mistakes you made in the past as a way to make you feel bad or to get you to do something. Using guilt to get you to do things, such as by saying, "I spent 18 hours in labor to bring you into this world and you can't even spend a few hours with me?" Spying on you or otherwise not respecting your privacy, such as by searching your room or reading the text messages on your phone when you leave the room. Though your parent(s) may be controlling, you are responsible for how you respond to them. You decide whether to let them dictate your decisions, or stand up to them. You are also in control of whether you react respectfully or allow yourself to get overly angry and escalate the situation. Some ways that you can begin to think about your actions are to look in the mirror and talk to yourself. Play out different scenarios that are likely to happen with your parents and practice responding the way you have decided that you will respond. This makes it easier to be in control when the time comes. It is a parent's job to make sure that you grow up into a happy, healthy, decent human being. It is your job to be a happy, healthy, and decent human being. If what makes you happy isn't what your parent(s) envision for you, you have to please yourself, not them. It is your life to live. It isn't likely that you'll be able to totally break away from a controlling situation in one swift move. You will need an action plan that is subtle and realistic to start making your own decisions. The plan could start with something as simple as telling yourself everyday that you are in control to start building your confidence. Ideally, it will move you slowly forward into making more and more decisions for yourself. Just as your parent(s) are not able to control how you think or feel, you cannot change the way that they think or feel. You can change how you respond to them, and sometimes this will change how they treat you. It is up to your parent(s) when and if they will change their personality. To force your parents to change would be similar to the control that they are trying to assert over you. If you remind yourself of this, you will be forced to accept that they can make their own decisions about changing.