Write an article based on this "Be sure you're staying legal. Be aware of potential complications."
article: The United States federal government places no restrictions on private citizens recording their phone conversations, but many states require consent from all involved parties. Without such consent, your records will be legally useless in those states, and could even get you in trouble.  There are 11 states that require consent from all parties: California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Washington. In addition, the state of Hawaii requires full consent any time a recording is made inside a private residence. If you're planning to tap a phone line instead, there are federal laws you must abide by in addition to state laws. Tapping a phone is the act of recording a conversation without the knowledge of either party. It is generally illegal except in certain law enforcement situations. Recording your phone calls can be very useful, but it can also have unexpected consequences. Arm yourself with knowledge and play it safe.  You may get into a state jurisdiction snafu if you record a conversation without two-party consent, and it turns out that the other conversant lived in a state where two-party consent is mandatory. Even though you aren't breaking the law in this case, your phone records might be thrown out of evidence. Your friends and family may be upset with you if you begin to record all your calls and they find out. It's better to speak to those close to you before you start, and respect whatever boundaries they set with you. Depending on how above board your own calls are, there could be trouble if your records fall into somebody else's hands. Be sure you're living on the straight and narrow with regards to your love life, your finances, and any illicit activities you might be tempted to discuss over the phone.

Write an article based on this "Clarify if the person wants help. Discuss and set boundaries. Persuade the person to get help. Hide the person’s keys so he can’t drive. Stage an intervention. Suggest a drug rehabilitation program. Visit when appropriate."
article: Basic human rights allow a person to ask for and accept help. Those same rights allow a person to reject the help he might need. This creates friction among everyone involved; and the more deteriorated the situation becomes, the more desperate you might feel.  How involved do you want to be in the process? If you are reading this right now, you are probably invested in making a difference in a person’s life. Plenty of people don’t want to get involved in helping someone who is addicted to drugs, so bravo to you for wanting to get involved. Healthy boundaries need to be discussed focusing on what is most helpful for the person with an addiction without being enabling. Behaviors that will enable a person with an addiction include but are not limited to: you ignore undesirable behavior; you lend the person money to buy drugs so he won't steal; you sacrifice your needs and desires to consistently help the person with an addiction; expressing your own emotions with difficulty; you lie to cover for the person with the addiction; you continue to provide help when it is unappreciated and unacknowledged. Tell the person with an addiction that you will help him and support him and his efforts to manage his addiction, but you will not engage in anything that promotes his continued use of the addictive substance. All the signs are there that he needs help. Now, it's time for you to show him the realities of the situation. Sometimes you need to compassionately force a person to consider the consequences of not getting help.  If you know he needs the help, but refuses, you can call the cops on the person to shock him into realizing he needs help. He doesn’t have to know you called the police. Warn the person by saying, "Jail is a horrible, dangerous, and disgusting place where no one cares about you. You don't want to go there. You will lose yourself in there and you might never recover." Show the person statistics and videos about drug addiction overdoses and traffic deaths caused by people who drive while intoxicated. Do not flush drugs down the toilet because it will pollute the water system with dangerous substances that end up in the food supply. Driving with a person who is in  possession of a controlled substance will lead to everyone in the car being cited and likely arrested. This is a perfect example of when a person's drug addiction infringes upon other people's lives. Help comes in many forms, and must be forced sometimes. It is a hard decision to make, but one that is necessary if the addiction has spiraled out of control and the person’s life is in danger. While an intervention will likely be overwhelming to the person, the intent is not to put the person on the defensive. Those who will participate in the intervention should be carefully chosen. The person’s loved ones can describe how the drug abuse is affecting them.  Prior to the intervention, develop at least one treatment plan to offer to the person. Make arrangements ahead of time if the person is going to be escorted to the drug treatment center directly from the intervention. The intervention will mean little if he does not know how to get help and does not have the support of loved ones. You will likely have to trick the person into coming to the location where the intervention is supposed to take place. Be prepared to offer specific consequences if the person rejects seeking treatment. These consequences must not be empty threats, so the person’s loved ones should consider the consequences to be imposed if he does not seek treatment, and be willing to follow through. An  intervention may also include the person’s colleagues and religious representatives (if appropriate). Participants should prepare specific examples of how their loved one’s drug abuse has hurt the relationship. Often, those staging an intervention choose to write letters to the person. A person with an addiction may not care about their own self-destructive behaviors, but seeing the pain his actions inflict on others can be a powerful motivator for seeking help. Contact several rehabilitation clinics and inquire about their services. Don’t be afraid to ask specific questions about their daily schedules and how the center handles relapses. If an intervention is not necessary, assist the person in researching both the addiction and recommended drug treatment plans. Be supportive and allow the person to feel in control of the impending rehabilitation. Tour the suggested programs and keep in mind that the more receptive the person with the addiction is of the treatment plan, the better the chances of overcoming the addiction. If the person is admitted into an in-patient treatment program, there will be rules for visitation that will need to be clarified. Understand that you need to allow the person to participate on his own without influence from anyone on the outside. The rehab staff will inform you when to visit, and the visit will likely be deeply appreciated.

Write an article based on this "Meet the age requirements. Bring your resume. Bring a current headshot. Arrive early."
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Laker Girls are required to be at least 18 years old at the time of auditions. While there is no maximum age, most Laker Girls are in their late teens and early twenties. Bring a photo ID to prove that you’re 18 or older. As you craft your resume, include all of your dance experience as well as past employment and performance credits. Education is relevant if you’re attending (or already attended) a well-known performance school like Juilliard or the School of American Ballet. Include experiences like being a dance extra in a music video or a commercial. You may be disqualified from auditioning if you don’t have a photo with you, so bring a couple copies just in case. Consider hiring a professional photographer to take your headshot. Avoid just taking a selfie and printing that off to give them; it doesn’t look nearly as professional to the judges. Registration begins promptly at 9:00 a.m. There are hundreds of women who show up to audition, so get there an hour or two before 9:00 to get in line. Be prepared for a long day – tryouts start immediately after registration.