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NEW MATAMORAS - The sounds of laughter mixed with the sizzle of the deep fryers at New Matamoras VFW Post 6387 as community members gathered for the post's second fish fry of the year Friday.
The dinners began a week earlier, an early start to the fish fry season, which coincides with Lent and includes meals across the county.
"It's more of a get-together than just eating. We really like the company and just seeing the community," said New Matamoras resident Mazie Dunn.
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New Matamoras VFW Post 6387 member Carl Trapp drops a fish into the fryer during Friday night's fish and shrimp dinner. Community members will gather at Post 6387 for the next six weeks to partake in the food and company offered up by the events.
Dunn's husband, Ralph, a charter member of Post 6387, held up his warm slice of homemade apple pie in cheeky disagreement.
Some of the Dunn's relatives from Sistersville, W.Va., also made the trip Friday night. The food and the company make the event well worth the 45-minute drive, said Blaine Smith.
"Plus I don't have to cook," he added.
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Upcoming Fish Fries
Salem Township Volunteer Fire Department Fish Fry
* When: 4 to 7 p.m. Friday.
* Where: 39 Mills-Firehouse Lane, Lower Salem.
* Cost: A donation.
* Menu: Will also include french fries, applesauce, bread and butter, hot dogs, desserts and beverages.
Our Lady of Mercy Church Lenten Fish Fries
* When: 4 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 22, March 8 and March 22.
* Where: The church hall at 5001 Lowell Hill Road, Lowell.
* Cost: $7.50 for adults, $4 for children 5 to 12 and free for children under 5.
VFW?Post 6387 Fish and Shrimp Fries
* When: 4 to 7 p.m. Fridays through March 22.
* Where: 208 Front St., New Matamoras.
* Cost: $8.50 for choice of fish or shrimp, $11 for both and $4.50 for children 12 and under.
* Menu: Will also include french fries, coleslaw, dessert and a drink.
St. Mary Catholic School's all-you-can-eat
Lenten Fish Fry Firdays
* When: 5 to 7 p.m Fridays through March 22.
* Where: 506 Fourth St., Marietta.
* Cost: $8.50 for adults, $8 for seniors and take-out meals and $4.50 for children.
VFW?Post 5108 Fish Fries
* When: 5 to 7:30 p.m. every second and fourth Friday of the month.
* Where: 319 Pike St., Marietta
* Cost: $8 meal, $5 half-dinner and $6 fish only.
* Menu: Will also include french fries, baked beans, cole slaw and rolls.
The fish fries are a big fundraiser for the post, which is hoping to construct a new building soon.
"At least a bigger kitchen," joked post member Carl Trapp, who was taking money and helping in the kitchen. The post averaged 80 to 100 people Friday night, said post member Don Lutes.
"The community supports us greatly and we do a lot of community activities in turn," said Lutes.
Though the post's fish fry is not timed to directly coincide with Lent, it is one of several area fish fries that take place during the Lenten Season.
The St. Mary Catholic School's all-you-can-eat Lenten Fish Fry Fridays will begin Friday and will last six weeks, said organizer Cathy Rauch.
"We're ready. We're awaiting a big crowd and we've got lots of fish," said Rauch, who has been helping with the event for 11 years.
The St. Mary fish fry typically draws between 700 and 800 attendees a night, she said.
The group goes through 1,000 pounds of fish, 175 pounds of french fries, 120 pounds of coleslaw, 50 gallons of green beans and 20 gallons of applesauce in a single night, she said.
"It has become a huge event in the Marietta community. People enjoy it very much," Rauch said.
It is no surprise then that it takes a whole lot of volunteers to make the event happen.
The event starts with a Monday crew which unloads and stocks the fish, a Thursday crew who makes sure the fish are properly thawed, a Friday morning set-up crew and a 50-person team to handle the event itself, said Rauch.
Still, all the hard work is worth it because it benefits the school, she said.
"All of our children have attended St. Mary and I'm a teacher there now. This is just one way of helping out the school," Rauch said.
In Marietta, VFW Post 5108 hosted around 110 people at a fish fry Friday evening. The post holds fish fries every second and fourth Friday of the month throughout the year, said post Quartermaster Ronnie Davis.
"We won't have any more than that during Lent because we want the churches to benefit," he said.
For its culinary offering, the post cooks up Alaskan pollock in a batter brought in from Kentucky, as well as french fries, coleslaw, baked beans and rolls, said Wilda Horton, a member of the post's ladies auxiliary and post cook.
The money made from the fish fries helps fund activities that honor veterans and their families, said Davis.


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The debug log shouldn't show anything regarding that as those are defined settings/outputs of the different passthrough transcoding programs.
As for the file you're trying to stream, since it's H264 (x264 is just an H264 encoder) with DTS, the new PMS 1.10 release (due out soon) should be able to handle this with just a remux and no need for the CoreAVC-CUDA GPU help. The link to the Win 1.10RC installer can be found here: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=675&start=120#p4193.
My understanding is that Avisynth/FFMpeg is really only used for enhanced subtitle support. If the other engines are working fine and there are no subtitles with this file, is there another reason why you want to use Avisynth/FFMpeg?

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Leon Hiebert was pastor of Andover Assembly of God (Generations Church A/G) from 1989 to 2009. He is a Viet Nam veteran who spent 10 years in the US Navy most of the time as a corpsman serving with the Marine Corps. A native of Belleville, Kan., Hiebert is semi retired and lives in Andover with his wife, Sharon. He is a school bus driver for USD 385, Andover, Kansas.
Scripture: 2Timothy (NIV) 2:24 And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful.
Observation: Teaching is not only how information is presented by speaking in public, but also presented by setting an example of how to live. It can be easy for leaders to become resentful because of the actions of those they are leading. It helps to remember how people treated Jesus and follow His example. God forgives and forgets. He has no hidden barbs with which to jab us when we get close. He does not hold us at arms distance when we draw close. He is an amazing example of how we are to treat others.
Application: I have had several great examples of people who did not become resentful when mistreated. Like Jesus, they freely forgave and did not hold grudges. I definitely need the help of the Holy Spirit to keep out resentment from the past. And I need His help to reveal resentment before it takes hold in my heart.
Prayer: Lord, I want to follow your example in teaching and living. Amen
Pastor Leon
Making friends for time and eternity!


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my absolute favorite Giant season outside of the Superbowl years
a rough and tumble rag tag bunch that fought tooth and nail every single Sunday
very little talent and more heart than a jungle full of lions
Big Red had those guys fighting harder than any Giant team I have seen before or since
that was a dangerous team that just missed the playoff by the skin of their teeth
they would have been dangerous in the playoffs
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My goal had been to win a championship, work toward the Hall of Fame, have my jersey retired by the team and I`d go in as a lifelong New York Giant, but I`m now resigned to the fact that this won`t happen. -- Michael Strahan, just when you think you're down...
1997... first winning Giants season I got to witness firsthand in my life...
1993. After watching Parcells abandon the team and having dismal 8-8 and 6-10 seasons, Reeves restored respectability to the franchise... Great mix of veterans like LT and Simms along with new blood like Strahan and a still young Rodney Hampton. Went toe-to-toe with the defending champ and eventual champ that year Cowboys and all the marbles in the last game of the season, an epic game that we lost. Despite how it ended in SF it was a hell of a ride. I felt that was the ending the 1990 team deserved.
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8-Time NFL Champions - 1927 1934 1938 1956 1986 1990 2007 2011
"You win close games because you're prepared to do it. It doesn't just come down to luck." -- Bill Parcells
My goal had been to win a championship, work toward the Hall of Fame, have my jersey retired by the team and I`d go in as a lifelong New York Giant, but I`m now resigned to the fact that this won`t happen. -- Michael Strahan, just when you think you're down...
My favorite was definitely 1981. My first playoff appearance for my team. I started when I was 8 as a Giants fan and I was 22 with my first playoff game. And we beat Philly with a huge first half, then losing to SF the next week.
These young fans have no idea what we went through as Giants fans.
Lifetime member of the "specific element" and proud of it.
Will you guys stop with that "young people don't know what it's like" bullcrap? Because honestly it's insulting to me, someone raised from birth as a Giants fan, and whose first memory of the Giants was Dave Brown (I was born in 1988, and was 6 years old at the time). I had to wait 13 years myself for a super bowl title. So STOP attacking me because I "don't know what it's like".
If I complain about our current team's problems, it's because I know we don't have Eli forever, and another Dave Brown is likely waiting in the wings. This is the greatest era of Giants history we're living in, and I for one don't want it to go to waste...
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Faced with the possibility of working with a potentially bankrupt partner on a facility expansion, the Lee County Solid Waste Division in southwest Florida took the unusual step of assuming full procurement and performance risks for the $119 million project. By executing more than 55 procurement contracts, the division shaved an estimated $5 million to $7 million from the overall price.
The division has been a leader in other ways since its inception in 1989, having created an integrated waste management system that included two incinerators used in an energy recovery component. To limit the amount of material sent to its landfill, the division also does recycling, curbside electronics collection, free mulch distribution, and a household chemical waste program.
In 1990, the division selected Covanta Energy (formerly Ogden Martin Systems) to design, build, and operate a 1,200 ton/day waste-to-energy facility for 20 years. The facility has a ferrous and nonferrous metal recovery system for metals recycling and produces approximately 36 megawatts of electricity.
Despite aggressive recycling programs, by the year 2000 population growth forced the division to look for more disposal capacity. It decided to add a third combustion unit with a boiler and a second turbine generator.
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection issued a Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permit allowing the facility to incorporate a mass burn grate system manufactured by Martin GmbH. Energy efficiency of the German company's moving grate and combustion-control system is similar to medium-pressure coal combustion units.
Popular in Europe, Martin's system meets strict European Community standards for air emissions similar to the EPA's requirements under the "New Source Performance Standards" that limit the emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and particulates. It was the first refuse combustion unit to be permitted under these more stringent standards during the previous 10 years.
Meanwhile, Covanta had filed for bankruptcy. Because the outcome of bankruptcy proceedings was uncertain, the division decided to build the new unit on its own, using Covanta as a design adviser and making other decisions on procurement and contract strategies that differ from the typical contract procedures for similar projects.
In addition to the bankruptcy, two other developments complicated the project: Hurricanes created equipment and labor shortages throughout the region and increased costs for critical commodities such as concrete and steel, and many waste-to-energy equipment suppliers had vanished (see sidebar on page 40) since the division bought its first incinerator in 1990.
Suppliers for all equipment were eventually found, but the number of qualified contenders had fallen significantly.
Stoker technology and equipment supply was sole-sourced to Martin; the rest of the equipment was competitively bid using principals set forth in a "Basis of Design" (BOD) document developed between Covanta and the division. Burns & Roe Inc. of Oradell, N.J., was chosen as the architect/engineer to provide engineering, design, and procurement consulting services to the county.
Long lead items were bid and awarded to:
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for a 20-megawatt turbine generator
- Babcock Power Inc. for boiler supply and erection
- Alstom Power and Fuel-Tech for air pollution control.
The balance of plant equipment (such as pumps, electrical transformers and switchgear, conveyors, ash-handling components, water treatment systems, cooling tower, heat exchangers, valves, etc.) was specified, bid, and bought by the division.


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Mercedes receives statewide honor
Vance plant named Alabama Manufacturer of the Year
Published: Saturday, April 20, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, April 19, 2013 at 11:42 p.m.
Mercedes-Benz U.S. International in Vance on Friday was named the Alabama Manufacturer of the Year for the state's largest manufacturers.
The honor was given by the Business Council of Alabama and the Alabama Technology Network. The honor was given to manufacturers in three categories based on the size of their employment.
MBUSI was honored as the top large manufacturer, which includes companies with at least 400 employees. Other finalists in that category were BP America Inc. in Decatur and Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company in Gadsden.
MBUSI is the only U.S. automotive assembly plant for German automaker Daimler AG, which announced plans to build the plant in Vance 20 years ago.
MBUSI started producing its first vehicles in 1997, marking the start of Alabama's modern-day automotive industry. Since then, Honda and Hyundai also have built automotive assembly plants in the state, and dozens of automotive suppliers have built factories here to serve a growing number of automotive plants here and in other Southeastern states.
In naming MBUSI as Manufacturer of the Year at a luncheon in Montgomery, the BCA noted that Mercedes has continued to increase its investment in Alabama from its initial $300 million to a total projected investment of $4.5 billion by 2015.
MBUSI builds all of Mercedes' M-Class and GL-Class sport utility vehicles and its R-Class crossover vehicles. It will begin building C-Class sedans later this year, with the first C-Class destined for sale scheduled for 2014. Mercedes also has announced plans to build a fifth model, a new SUV.
MBUSI employs about 2,900 people and has announced plans to add another 1,000 positions.
Last year, MBUSI built a record 180,379 vehicles, bringing the 15-year total production to more than 1.7 million vehicles.
The 3M plant in Guin was honored as the medium-sized Manufacturer of the Year, and GATR Technologies Inc. in Huntsville received the small-sized Manufacturer of the Year honor.
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HOUSTON -- A pitcher they'd hardly heard off -- hey, Collin McHugh was 0-8 before this year, so not many people had heard of him -- dominated the A's in a 5-1 Houston win Sunday. Now Oakland is off to face the Rangers riding a two-game losing streak.
McHugh, claimed off waivers by the Astros from Colorado during the offseason, couldn't make the Astros rotation out of spring training. But he threw 6 2/3 scoreless innings in his first big-league win to beat the Mariners last week, then was one out away from a complete-game shutout of the A's before being knocked out of the game.
"I thought he changed speeds well," third baseman Josh Donaldson said. "He was good."
If Donaldson wasn't exactly gushing, it was because the A's spent the day popping up against McHugh on pitches they thought they should be able to handle. He worked the corner and kept the ball down, but his 91-mph fastball wasn't generating Nolan Ryan comparisons.
"There was a lot of off-speed pitches," catcher John Jaso said of what McHugh showed him. "He pitched in and away. And when you don't have 96 (mph) in the tank, it's important to do that."
Now the A's head north for a three-game set with the Rangers, who swept Oakland in three games in the Coliseum last week. The A's send Sonny Gray against the Rangers' Yu Darvish in a battle of aces.
When the A's saw Darvish on Monday, they were coming into the game having won seven of eight and were carrying the added knowledge that they owned a 6-1 record on Darvish. For all of that, they scored just three runs in the second inning against him and wound up losing 4-3. They still have that 6-1 advantage, but two of the wins were by 1-0 scores. This time around Oakland is coming off getting two hits against a pitcher whose name Darvish probably doesn't know, either.
McHugh's pitching motion is a little unorthodox, but that hardly explains how he shackled the A's. Still, he was within an out of his first complete game and first career shutout, both vanishing with the A's second hit, an RBI single from Alberto Callaspo that ended McHugh's day.
McHugh came in with a 1-8 career record and had never pitched more than seven innings in any start. In the wake of his first win last week, the right-hander didn't take his foot off the gas pedal Sunday. He loaded the bases in the first inning, pitched out of the jam, then allowed just one base runner until the ninth when he hit Brandon Moss with a pitch with two out.
McHugh had the A's off-balance and hitting under the ball as evidenced by eight of the game's first dozen outs by A's hitters being recorded in the air. Before he was done, 14 of the 26 outs recorded while McHugh was pitching were caught in the air, six of them by infielders and four more by outfielders drifting into shallow territory.
And now, the Rangers.
"It's going to be a great pitching matchup," manager Bob Melvin said of Darvish vs. Gray.
Gray has opened the season with five consecutive quality starts, but he was perhaps least sharp in his last outing against Texas, giving up one run in the first and others in the fifth and sixth in a game the A's lost 3-0.
For more on the A's, see John Hickey's Inside the A's blog at ibabuzz.com/athletics. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/JHickey3.


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Steps to create a .jks keystore using .key and .crt files...
By Puneeth-Oracle on Oct 04, 2013
How to create a .key and .crt file ?
If we already have a .key and .crt file how do we import them into a .jks keystore file ?
How to convert a certificate from DER format to PEM format ?
Keytool cannot import/export a private key into a keystore file.
To import a private key we need to use other tools like openssl.
We have seen situations when in we get a .key and .crt file from our vendors and we need to import the same into a .jks keystore to configure SSL with WLS.
Here .crt is the signed certificate from a CA and .key contains the private key.
To import these two files into a .jks keystore we can use the following command :
Syntax : $ java utils.ImportPrivateKey keystore storepass storetype keypass alias certfile keyfile keyfilepass
The ImportPrivateKey utility is used to load a private key into a private keystore file.
You can use the CertGen utility to create a .key ( testkey ) and .crt ( testcert ) and then use the ImportPrivateKey utility to create a .jks file.
Note: By default, the CertGen utility looks for the CertGenCA.der and CertGenCAKey.der files in the current directory, or in the WL_HOME/server/lib directory, as specified in the weblogic.home system property or the CLASSPATH.
Alternatively, you can specify CA files on the command line. If you want to use the default settings, there is no need to specify CA files on the command line.
1. Enter the following command to generate certificate files named testcert with private key files named testkey:
Command : $ java utils.CertGen -keyfilepass mykeypass -certfile testcert -keyfile testkey
2. Convert the certificate from DER format to PEM format.
Command : $ java utils.der2pem CertGenCA.der
3. Concatenate the certificate and the Certificate Authority (CA).
Command : $ cat testcert.pem CertGenCA.pem >> newcerts.pem
4. Create a new keystore named mykeystore and load the private key located in the testkey.pem file.
Command : $ java utils.ImportPrivateKey -keystore mykeystore -storepass mypasswd -keyfile mykey -keyfilepass mykeypass -certfile newcerts.pem -keyfile testkey.pem -alias passalias
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Wendy Ketelsen was a woman on a mission-a Christmas shopping mission, that is.
She had been walking the aisles of Walmart in Marietta since early afternoon Thursday, at the ready to snag gift items for the children whose names she had with her.
Right down to her sturdy white tennis shoes, Ketelsen was dressed for shopping comfort.
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Wendy Ketelsen, shopping coordinator for the Secret Santa program at Washington-Morgan Community Action in Marietta, loads Christmas goodies for boys and girls into her van after an afternoon of shopping Thursday.
"My legs and my feet hurt by the end of the day," admitted Ketelsen, shopping coordinator for Washington-Morgan Community Action's Secret Santa program.
In one of the two shopping carts she pushed was Ketelsen's well-used black notebook called "Wendy's Secret Santa Folder."
Her folder held the names-and holiday wish lists-of some of the children whose families are participating in the 2012 Secret Santa program, held each year by Washington-Morgan Community Action.
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Secret Santa program
Sponsored by Washington-Morgan Community Action.
Program money is raised through donations, sponsorships and fundraisers.
This year, the Secret Santa program will provide Christmas presents to 633 children, ages birth through 12.
To learn how to donate to the Secret Santa program, call Washington-Morgan Community Action at 373-3745.
The wish lists are provided by the children and their families. Secret Santa shoppers try their best to find those items or a substitute that works, said Ketelsen.
For 2012, the Christmas wishes of 633 children in Washington County ages birth through 12 will be granted, according to Catherine Rees, Secret Santa program coordinator.
The number of children assisted by the Secret Santa program was higher in 2011, Rees said.
"It just depends on donations and sponsorships (each year)," she added.
Rees said she sees the Secret Santa program as an "incredible reward" for helping those who need a helping hand at Christmastime.
"When I was a child, Christmas was a special time with family," she said. "I can't imagine a child who wouldn't have that special Christmas."
Back at the store, Ketelsen was manning two shopping carts like a true professional.
Loaded into the carts were lots of goodies for boys and girls including a pair of board games, two skateboards, a set of Matchbox cars, finger paints, a mood light, Legos and a "Barbie the Popstar" Barbie.
As Ketelsen rolled up to register 21 for checkout, Jennifer, the sales associate, greeted her with a warm smile and called Ketelsen by her first name.
"I see her at Walmart a couple of times a year," said Jennifer, who has worked at the store for 10 years.
The gifts are arranged into piles that are separated according to family, with all the coordinating paperwork on the top of each pile.
As checkout is done, each stack of gifts is whooshed into a numbered black garbage bag.
"That way, the gifts are hidden from the children (at pickup time)," said Ketelsen.
Thursday's total shopping bill rang up at about $850.
On an earlier Secret Santa buying binge for this year's children, Ketelsen and volunteers from her church's youth group did a power shopping trip that tipped the register at more than $4,000, she said.
A couple of excited elves at Washington-Morgan Community Action have also lent their shopping talents to the Secret Santa program.
"It's just a good opportunity to give back to the community," said Susan Henrie, staff accountant.
"Once you read the list you think of the kids as almost your own. You want them to be happy on Christmas," she added.
It's also about the children for Rachel Shipley, director of Head Start and Early Head Start.
"I love kids," Shipley said. "A lot of those children are served by our Head Start program. We know we've been part of that behind the scenes, and it just fills your heart."
Exhausted after her buying spree, Ketelsen dropped off the bags Thursday at the program's Marietta distribution center.
After being wrapped, the bagged gifts will be stored until pickup time on Dec. 11 and 12.
This will be the second year that families have come to the Secret Santa distribution center for gift pickup.
"We tried it last year and it worked really, really well," said Ketelsen.
"It helps the parents feel a little bit more involved," she added.
To learn how to donate to the Secret Santa program, call Washington-Morgan Community Action at 373-3745.


text: As winter falls upon Charlotte, NC, more and more members of the homeless community need shelter from the cold. They rely on services like the Charlotte Rescue Mission to access food, safe places to stay, and other support services, but the Rescue Mission's West First Street home was becoming woefully outdated. See full article.


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Experience using Quality by Design in upstream processes has identified several things that can improve the application of the method. When the experimental environment is diagnosed and strategies are developed to match the environment, experimentation moves more quickly and the critical process variables are identified with higher probability. This article presents a process for developing experimental strategies. The approach focuses on enhancing process understanding by developing the right data, at the right time, and in the right amount to maximize the time-value of the data collected. The development and operation of robust measurement methods that produce high quality data and streamlining of experimentation work processes also is discussed.
With the leadership of the FDA, there has been considerable focus on the use of Quality by Design (QbD) to accomplish the goal of speeding up development and reducing costs in research and development and manufacturing; producing better quality products and more effective, efficient, and robust manufacturing processes. Much has been learned about the use of QbD since it was first proposed by the FDA.1–4 QbD also can be used to enhance the performance of existing products and processes.
Hubert, et al. point out that there are a lot of data involved in improving upstream productivity. The data can't be collected all at once. The strategy selected must enable us to collect the right data, at the right time, and in the right amount, as discussed by Lonardo, Snee, and Qi.6
Two methods can be used to increase the speed of upstream development, which in turn speeds up the development of process understanding:
The overall strategy therefore is to speed up the experimental process by adopting strategies that collect the right data when needed and to improve the work processes used for experimentation. The result is that the experimentation is speeded up, in turn speeding up the development of process understanding, which is fundamental to improving upstream productivity (Figure 1). Some critical principles in conducting upstream experimentation are summarized in the sidebar and discussed in the following paragraphs.


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It's TV's equivalent of a summer beach read. 'The Bachelorette' returns to ABC on Monday (May 19) to launch another season of steamy shenanigans, romantic dysfunction and mascara-running drama.
The lucky woman this time? She's Andi Dorfman, the take-no-guff, 26-year-old Atlanta resident who boldly rejected Juan Pablo Galavis after a disastrous overnight date on "The Bachelor" last season. Will she have better results now that she's calling the shots?


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POSITION: Left Wing
SHOOTS: Left
BIRTHPLACE: Bowmanville, ON, CAN
DRAFTED: CHI: 2004-41 overall
|Recorded NHL career highs in goals (17), assists (20) and points (37) in the 2010-11 regular season … Set an NHL career-long six-game point streak (4G, 3A) from Dec. 13-26, 2010 … Logged a career-high 19:32 of ice time on Oct. 22, 2011 vs. COL ... Compiled a career-long four-game goal streak (4G) from Oct. 19-26, 2013 ... Tallied postseason career highs in goals (9), assists (8) and points (17) in 2013 … Won the Stanley Cup in 2013 with Chicago and was a member of the 2010 Cup-winning team.
|2013-14: Tallied 15 points (11G, 4A) in 59 regular-season games with Chicago … Skated in a season-high 18:26 of ice time on Oct. 5 vs. TBL … Scored goals in a career-long four straight games (4G) from Oct. 19-26 … Tallied his 100th career point (1G) on Feb. 3 at LAK … Scored his 50th NHL goal on March 6 vs. CBJ … Recorded a season-high seven penalty minutes on March 18 at PHI … Posted a season-high five shots on goal on April 4 at CBJ ... Missed 20 games due to injury (Nov. 21-Dec. 15, March 21-30) ... Recorded 10 points (7G, 3A) in 19 Stanley Cup Playoffs games … Ranked third on the team in goals … Ranked third in the NHL with a team-high 80 hits … Equaled a postseason career-long five-game point streak (5G, 3A) from April 23-May 4 … Tallied a playoff career-best six shots on goal on April 27 vs. STL … Set a postseason career high with three points (1G, 2A) on May 4 vs. MIN.
2012-13: Split the season between Chicago and Orlie Znojmo of the Austrian League ... Shared sixth on Chicago with 23 points (9G, 14A) in 48 regular-season games … Posted a career-best +12 plus/minus rating … Matched a career-high three assists on March 16 at DAL … Netted a career-best two goals on March 5 vs. MIN … Paced the club with 108 hits … Posted a season-long three-game point streak (2G, 1A) from April 4-7 … Ranked second on Orli Znojmo with 27 points in 28 regular-season games … Shared the team lead with 18 assists … Notched four assists on Oct. 19 … Set career highs in every statistical category in 23 playoff games en route to the 2013 Stanley Cup championship … Ranked second on the club and fifth in the league with 17 points … Shared second on the team with nine goals, including two game-winning goals … Paced the club with 85 hits ... Ranked fifth in the NHL with a team-high eight road points and ranked second in the league with club-best five road goals … Set a postseason career-long five-game point streak (3G, 4A) from June 1-8 … Posted nine hits in a career-high 28:18 of ice time in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final vs. BOS on June 12 ... Notched the game-tying goal with 1:16 remaining in the third period of Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final at BOS on June 24.
2011-12: Registered 24 points (9G, 15A) in 71 regular-season contests with the Blackhawks … Paced club forwards and ranked second on the team with 128 hits … Notched two multi-point outings, registering two points (1G, 1A) vs. MTL on Dec. 21 and an NHL career-best three points (1G, 2A) on March 18 vs. WSH ... Recorded four points (2G, 2A) over a season-long four-game point streak from Oct. 8-18 … Posted a career-high 7 SOG on March 31 at NSH … Logged a regular-season career-high 19:32 of ice time vs. COL on Oct. 22 … Shared the team lead with two goals in six postseason appearances in the Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. ARI … Paced Blackhawks skaters with 32 hits … Netted his first career multi-point playoff game with a power-play goal and his first NHL overtime tally (regular and postseason) in Game 2 on April 14.
2010-11: Recorded NHL career highs in almost every statistical category in 78 regular-season games in his first full NHL campaign … Ranked ninth among NHL rookies with a career-best 17 goals and shared 12th with 37 points … Matched a professional career high with 20 assists … Finished with 178 hits, second among club forwards … Posted four multi-point efforts, all consisting of one goal and one assist … Fired a career-high 7 SOG on March 5 at MTL … Set an NHL career-long six-game point streak from Dec. 13-26 (4G, 3A), including a three-game goal streak (3G) from Dec. 13-17 … Posted the first multi-point game of his NHL career with two points (1G, 1A) on Dec. 8 vs. DAL … Missed one game due to injury (March 17) … Recorded four points (2G, 2A) in five games vs. VAN in the 2011 WCQF … Tallied two points (1G, 1A) in Game 4 on April 19.
2009-10: Posted four points (3G, 1A) in 16 regular-season contests with the Blackhawks … Netted the GWG in a 1-0 win at VAN on Nov. 22 for his first goal of the season … Recorded one assist and 2 PIM in four contests in his Stanley Cup Playoffs debut … Registered his first NHL postseason point (1A) in Game 4 of the WCQF on April 22 at NSH … Ranked fifth on the American Hockey League's Rockford IceHogs with 16 goals and added 15 assists in 65 games … Tallied a season-high three points (1G, 2A) on Feb. 3 vs. Grand Rapids.
2008-09: Limited to just 42 regular-season games with Rockford due to injury … Notched 14 points (6G, 8A) and 60 PIM with the IceHogs … Picked up a pair of assists in four playoff games with Rockford.
2007-08: Held scoreless and posted 2 PIM in four games with the Blackhawks … Ranked third on Rockford with 19 goals and sixth with 20 assists and 39 points, all professional career highs, in 73 regular-season contests … Shared fourth on the club with six power-play goals … Recorded professional career highs with four points (2G, 2A) and a +5 rating on April 5 vs. San Antonio, one of five multi-point outings on the season … Posted a career-long six-game point streak (2G, 4A) from Dec. 15-26 … Posted three assists and five points in 12 Calder Cup Playoffs games, including two assists and three points on May 3 vs. Chicago.
2006-07: Made his NHL debut, notching his first two career goals in three tilts with the Blackhawks … Recorded a goal in his debut on April 5 vs. DET in a 3-2 shootout win … Netted his second goal in his third outing on April 8 at DAL … Notched 10 goals, 15 assists, 25 points and 66 PIM in 48 contests with the AHL's Norfolk Admirals … Dished out an AHL career-high three assists in his first professional contest on Oct. 14 vs. Springfield … Started his professional career with points in four straight games (2G, 6A) … Matched a season high with three points (1G, 2A) on Jan. 13 vs. Albany.
2005-06: Split his final junior season with the Ottawa 67's and Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League, tallying a junior career-best 83 points (45G, 38A) in 67 regular-season games combined … Led Windsor with 17 goals … Ranked second in assists (16) and points (33) in 26 contests … Paced the Spitfires with five goals and ranked second with 10 points in seven playoff outings … Ranked third on the club in goals (28) and fifth in points (50).
2004-05: Ranked sixth on Ottawa with 54 points (22G, 32A) … Tied for fifth with an OHL career-high 95 PIM … Helped the 67's to the OHL Final and a berth in the Memorial Cup with 12 assists, 17 points and 32 PIM in 21 postseason contests.
2003-04: Shared third on Ottawa with 20 goals and ranked ninth with 36 points in 58 regular-season contests … Tallied three goals and racked up 11 PIM in seven playoff outings.
2002-03: Made his OHL debut, totaling seven goals and 17 points in 50 regular-season outings, both third-best among Ottawa rookies … Recorded eight points (5G, 3A) and 12 PIM in 20 postseason tilts to help Ottawa reach the OHL Final.


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swfdoc1 wrote:I'm really interested in your theory.
By the way, this is the story I was referring to when I mentioned that BOTH antagonist and protagonist were "dark."
That was my theory. Glad I was right!
Be A Better Writer--ANTAGONISTS
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That was my theory. Glad I was right!
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I just wanted to jump in and say that I love all three of Jan's entries posted here. But I wanted to comment in particular on "Hope With Wings".
In the seven years since Jan submitted this entry the situation has only gotten worse. Advances in prenatal genetic testing and in reproductive technologies are making it easier and easier to detect "undesirable" genes in the unborn. Even more important---many people are happy to use these technologies to "delete" the "undesirables".
Eugenics is truly an antagonist who looms larger than ever.
The Bear
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I'm so thankful for this lesson, Jan!
In the first novel that I wrote, it's very clear who my antagonist is, but she was originally very evil and "flat." I took a writing workshop that taught me to ask a lot of questions about my antagonist to make them well-rounded. I was surprised to find out that my protagonist and antagonist really wanted the same thing--love--but they were going about it in very different ways.
I've been worried that the novel that I'm writing now doesn't have an antagonist, because I thought that the antagonist had to be a person. Thank you for clearing that up for me! In this novel that antagonist would be the "system."
I'm going to look through some of my challenge entries and look for the antagonist. I think it is often "self."
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Rachel, that was true of my challenge entries, too. Being a moody, introspective person myself, that's the kind of characters I tended to write. I also wrote an awful lot of stories in which the main character wasn't typically a "good guy," so he or she was sort of an antagonist/protagonist. To be sure, it's not necessary to have clear "good guy versus bad guy" dynamics going on; it's far more interesting if both the antagonist and the protagonist are written in shades of gray.
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You chose some interesting examples for us to ponder... and of the books I've read, I found my first instinct going with a non-physical antagonist. Here are some of my thoughts...
To Kill a Mockingbird…
the Harry Potter Series…
Valdemort by name, but essentially.. evil
the Little House on the Prairie series…
The Elements/Nature, but underlying that is Pa's restless spirit - his unquenchable desire to go and conquer something new.
Gone With the Wind…
My first thought was "war", but underlying that are Change? Progress?
The Scarlet Letter…
Legalism, or what ever the opposite of forgiving grace is....
The antagonists in the two links you shared generated opposite emotional reactions in me. I absolutely hated the first...until that last, awesome, redeeming mini-scene. The second I wanted to grab up and love on, but I don't have the patience of your foster-mom MC.
As I think back over my challenge entries, I realize I may have very few with a clear-cut antagonist. Obviously, this is a weak point for me - thanks for making me see it!
This story was my first EC, and it remains my husband's favorite.
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Interesting, Cat, and that brings up another point--in a novel, you're going to have more than one antagonist. Certainly your main character will always have emotions and decisions and consequences, and there will be those big picture things like "racism" and the like. I love that you pointed those out. Often they are embodied by a specific person or people, and I'll mention a few of those here"
To Kill a Mockingbird--Bob Ewell and Mayella, the all-white jury
The Harry Potter Series--in addition to Voldemort, Malfoy and the Dursley family (among others)
The Little House series--Nellie Oleson, Mrs. Oleson
Gone With the Wind--Scarlett O'Hara herself. She may be the main character, but she has few redeeming characteristics. She'd say that Rhett Butler was the antagonist, or maybe Melanie Wilkes. Or all northerners.
The Scarlet Letter--Roger Chillingworth
I'll respond to your story in another post, as I already have too many tabs open.
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Cat, I love this story! It reminds me very much of one of the best television shows ever, Friday Night Lights--and I don't even like football!
I think your story and many of mine have this in common; the main character is really a sympathetic antagonist, and the role of the antagonist in the story is played by someone who'e really a "good guy" (although the main character has reason not to feel that way).
I like that kind of character; they're fun to write and interesting to read.
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Thanks for the lessons, Jan. I always learn something!
Everyone loves a well-written antagonist and all those that you cited are classics for a reason.
I've noticed in going back through my challenge pieces that I, like Cat, don't often have a physical antagonist. I don't like to write "bad guys", but I think that is definitely something I need to practice more. I'm working on a novel right now and I think there are several internal conflicts, but there is an ex-wife that I want to make sure is not a cliched, trite, nasty ex-wife type, but has some nuance. I'm interested to see if I can write that kind of character, because it's a bit of a stretch for me.
I had a hard time finding even one of my pieces with a real antagonist. Maybe a naughty dog counts? This is one of my favorite pieces (and now that I see that it was my last challenge piece, I realize I really need to get back into writing them again!)
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I definitely feel that the conflict in this sweet story is "Person vs. self," so that the antagonist here is Agatha herself (her loneliness, depression, etc.). Daisy isn't really an antagonist--she's more like a tool for making your two characters meet.
I'd encourage you to work on writing realistic, well-rounded antagonists, especially if you're working on a novel. It's fine for very short stories like those in the writing challenge to lack an antagonist, but when you're populating a novel, there really should be characters who work against the goals of your main character.
And yes--you definitely need to enter the challenge again!
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Oh, I love "The Daisy Chain"! And it certainly deserved to win.
I agree with Jan that the antagonist was Agatha's loneliness and depression.
An additional antagonist is our society which makes it difficult for older people to meet each other. With Daisy's help Agatha and Phillip overcame this antagonist.
The Bear
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Yes, you're right-on all accounts! I love reading well-rounded characters, but I've realized that good writers make it look easy and it's not!
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I'm late responding but...
So many of the entry examples that have been given are truly wonderful. I hope it's okay but I didn't use one of my challenge entries for this lesson. I picked one of my general entry stories for a reason. I want to know, Jan, who the real antagonist is in this one. It is either jealousy, the main character, or maybe even the innocent room mate who may have known all along what was happening. I would love it if all three were antagonists and there were no good guys at all... except for the poor guy at the end.
The story is "The Way to a Man's Heartburn". http://www.faithwriters.com/article-det ... p?id=78440
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Fun story!
Letha is definitely the antagonist, and you've written her delightfully.
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"The Way To a Man's Heartburn" is just the best story!
I hope Letha comes up with something else to serve for supper. She's the antagonist but I wish her well. In her place I would be jealous too.
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- San Jose stowaway: Teen speaks about flight to Hawaii, mom
- Jun 3:
- San Jose stowaway: Pilot on tape talks of teen in the landing gear
- May 5:
- With return to California, San Jose police looking to interview stowaway teen about airport breach
- May 3:
- Teen who stowed away on Hawaiian Airlines flight is now in custody of Santa Clara County social services
- Official: Boy who stowed away on jet leaves Hawaii
- Apr 30:
- San Jose airport fences passed inspection three weeks before teen's breach
- Herhold: The messy moral of the stowaway story
- Apr 28:
- Hawaiian Airlines stowaway's mom in Ethiopian refugee camp cries for son
- Apr 27:
- Santa Clara: Teen stowaway 'a good kid who I love dearly,' father says
- Apr 25:
- Stowaway: For advocates, survival tale shines light on national 'runaway crisis'
- Apr 22:
- Stowaway: San Jose airport eyes security changes after 'very serious' incident
- Santa Clara High student who stowed away on flight to Maui reportedly eyed African destination
- Apr 21:
- Santa Clara teen stowaway's survival in jet's wheelwell was literally death-defying
- Santa Clara teen stowaway's feat highlights airport security concerns
- Mercury News editorial: San Jose airport stowaway does us all a favor
SANTA CLARA -- After Yahya Abdi hopped the fence in the darkness at the San Jose airport before climbing into the wheel well of a Hawaii-bound 767, airport security cameras caught a shadowy figure scurrying across the tarmac and lingering near the plane.
But no one was watching.
Staff members in the airport operations center who monitor security screens were likely distracted by other duties, including taking phone calls and dispatching security officers to deal with door alarms or other routine issues, airport spokeswoman Rosemary Barnes said. No one can watch the monitors at every moment, she said, revealing for the first time how airport officials might have missed the breach that resulted in the teen taking a death-defying 5-1/2-hour flight in the wheel well to Maui. And the teenager -- a Somalia refugee whose father said Wednesday had trouble adapting to American life -- was easy to miss, sources said, hiding in the first plane he encountered after hopping the barbed wire-topped fence from a remote corner of the airport grounds under the cover of night.
While Yahya's escapade, which began either late Saturday or early Sunday, didn't attract airport security's attention, it sounded alarms among local politicians worried about security breaches in an era of terrorist threats.
"There's no fail-safe system, but surely there has to be one that can prevent the intrusion of a teenager with too much testosterone," said San Jose City Councilman Sam Liccardo, who walked out to the airport's fence line to see how easy it is to scale. "What's disconcerting is how long they could stay out there. It may be a lot less about the fence and a lot more about what we're doing inside the office where we monitor the cameras."
Just how long Yahya was hiding in the wheel well before the 8 a.m. takeoff is unclear. The Transportation Security Administration told officials at Mineta San Jose International Airport not to reveal the time stamp on surveillance video, Barnes said.
But Yahya was clearly on a mission. When he stepped out of the wheel well in Maui and was picked up by airport security there, he told the airport manager there was trouble at home, and he wanted to get to Somalia to find his mother, whom he hadn't seen in several years.
"It appeared that there was an argument at home ... some disagreement with his dad and his stepmom, so he decided to, you know, leave," Maui airport Manager Marvin Moniz told ABC News. When Moniz asked the teen how he got to the plane undetected, Yahya said, "Well, I jumped the fence."
Yahya's father, Abdilahi Yusuf Abdi, said in an interview Wednesday with the Somali service of VOA that he is happy that "Allah has saved" his son, who survived the flight with little oxygen and temperatures dipping as low as minus-85 degrees.
The teen emigrated as a refugee with his father and stepmother about four years ago, sources said, arriving in San Diego before moving to the Bay Area. Yahya, who was learning English, was struggling to keep up in school, his father said. The teen transferred five weeks ago from Oak Grove High School in South San Jose to Santa Clara High.
"He did not receive education when he was in Africa," Abdi said in the VOA interview. "Since we came here, he had learning challenges at school. He was not good at math and science, and I think he had a lot of education problems bothering him. He was very quiet person. He was always busy with watching the TV and using computer."
Abdi is a cab driver and routinely takes passengers to and from the San Jose airport.
Abdi did not discuss the boy's mother or whether there was discord at home. But he said that Yahya was "always talking about going back to Africa, where his grandparents still live. We want to go back, but due to the current living conditions, we can't go back."
He said he saw his son Friday afternoon while the family prayed together. They worship at the Muslim Community Association Islamic Center in Santa Clara, which has been buzzing with the news of the stowaway.
One Somali woman there who declined to be identified said the teen was one of "eight or nine" children. Family members continued to hole up in their modest Santa Clara home for a second day on Wednesday, declining to answer the door for news crews from across the country.
However, Mukhtar Guled, the cousin of the boy's stepmother, told ABC7 News that Yahya had been at odds with his stepmother over household chores.
"He has to watch the house, do the dishes, and even cleaning. He thought he was not supposed to do that. He didn't want to take it. The other children, willing to take it, but he wasn't," Guled said.
He said that the boy recently learned that his stepmother was not his biological parent, which may have fueled feelings of resistance.
—'This woman is not my mom and is treating me like this. And don't do anything about it. I need my mother,' " Guled told ABC7.
He said the boy "was running away from pain of some sort," and added that two days after he'd gone missing, his parents had not reported his disappearance to police.
At the San Jose airport, Barnes said the surveillance video does not capture the teenager scaling the fence, but "we have some video surveillance that shows an unidentified individual on the tarmac, during darkness, in the vicinity of the aircraft."
The airport has about 2,800 people with badges allowing them access to the airfield, and each one is responsible for challenging anyone they see without a badge, Barnes said.
South Bay's elected officials say the incident has sounded a wake-up call for airport security nationwide.
The incident "raises serious concerns affecting passenger safety," said Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Dublin and the only California congressman on the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation Security. He wrote to the Government Accountability Office on Tuesday to bolster other lawmakers' earlier request for a new review of airport perimeter security. The GAO's last such review was in 2009.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren, whose district includes the San Jose airport, said she talked with Swalwell Wednesday and her staff has been getting updates from airport officials. Lofgren, D-San Jose, said it's lucky that the teenager -- who wasn't hurt and meant no harm to others -- exposed this security flaw rather than someone more malevolent.
"Nothing is ever perfect, but you can't have these kinds of breaches and have unsecured access to airplanes," she said. "We've got to make sure that every technology and protocol is in place to prevent that, not just at San Jose but at any airport."
She's confident that San Jose airport officials are taking the situation seriously. "They're aghast at what happened, and in overdrive to make sure nothing like this can ever happen again."
How Yahya survived the flight in the wheel well -- a feat that has a 76 percent death rate, according to Federal Aviation Administration figures -- is a source of wonder worldwide. The FAA said in prior cases of survival, people fell into a hibernation-like state. FBI Special Agent Tom Simon said that once Yahya hid in the wheel well, he said he fell asleep, waking up only when it was taking off. He blacked out soon after, Simon said.
Authorities say the teen woke up about an hour after the flight touched down at Kahului Airport and climbed down to the amazement of grounds crews. Surveillance video captured his legs dangling from the wheel well before he emerged.
Abdilahi Abdi told VOA he expects an imminent return of his son to the Bay Area. The teen is at a Honolulu children's hospital under the care of Child Welfare Services in that state. He has not been charged with any federal crimes, nor is he expected to face charges in Santa Clara County.
Staff writers Eric Kurhi, Mark Gomez, Mike Rosenberg and Becky Bach contributed to this report.


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7.3-5 Promoting Prostitution in the First Degree (By a Minor) -- § 53a-86 (a) (2)
Revised to May 20, 2011
Note: Public Acts 2010, No. 10-115, §§ 2 and 3, amended § 53a-86 (a) (2) and deleted § 53a-87 (a) (2), making Promoting Prostitution by a Minor a first degree offense when against anyone under 18 years of age. If the offense was against a person 16 or 17 years of age prior to October 1, 2010, it was second degree.
The defendant is charged [in count __] with promoting prostitution in the first degree. The statute defining this offense reads in pertinent part as follows:
a person is guilty of promoting prostitution in the first degree when (he/she) knowingly (advances / profits from) prostitution of a person less than eighteen years old.
For you to find the defendant guilty of this charge, the state must prove the following elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
Element 1 -
Knowingly advanced or profited from prostitution
The first element is that the defendant knowingly (advanced / profited from) prostitution. A person acts "knowingly" with respect to conduct or to a circumstance when (he/she) is aware that (his/her) conduct is of such nature or that such circumstance exists. <See Knowledge, Instruction 2.3-3.>
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A person "advances prostitution" when, acting other than as a prostitute or as a patron thereof, (he/she) knowingly causes or aids a person to commit or engage in prostitution, procures or solicits patrons for prostitution, provides persons or premises for prostitution purposes, operates or assists in the operation of a house of prostitution or a prostitution enterprise, or engages in any other conduct designed to institute, aid or facilitate an act or enterprise of prostitution.
A person "profits from prostitution" when, acting other than as a prostitute receiving compensation for personally rendered prostitution services, (he/she) accepts or receives money or other property pursuant to an agreement or understanding with any person whereby (he/she) participates or is to participate in the proceeds of prostitution activity.
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The second element is that the person acting as a prostitute was less than eighteen years of age.
In summary, the state must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that 1) the defendant knowingly (advanced / profited from) prostitution, and 2) the person acting as a prostitute was less than eighteen years of age.
If you unanimously find that the state has proved beyond a reasonable doubt each of the elements of the crime of promoting prostitution in the (first/second) degree, then you shall find the defendant guilty. On the other hand, if you unanimously find that the state has failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt any of the elements, you shall then find the defendant not guilty.
"An act of promoting
prostitution does not necessarily constitute a violation of the
statute that prohibits risk of injury to a child, and vice versa.
Promoting prostitution requires a specific intent; the actor must
knowingly advance or profit from prostitution of a person less
than sixteen years old." (Internal quotation marks omitted.)
State v. Aldrich, 53 Conn. App. 627, 635, cert. denied, 250
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Teen Health
Survey: Increased Health Risks for Gay Teens
June 7, 2011 -- High school students who identify as being gay, lesbian, or bisexual are more likely than heterosexual students to smoke, drink alcohol, use drugs, and take part in violent and suicidal behaviors, a CDC survey shows.
CDC researchers analyzed survey results from about 156,000 high school students.
"This report should be a wake-up call for families, schools, and communities that we need to do a much better job of supporting these young people," Howard Wechsler, EdD, MPH, of the CDC, says in a news release. "Any effort to promote adolescent health and safety must take into account the additional stressors these youth experience because of their sexual orientation, such as stigma, discrimination and victimization."
The study is the first time the federal government has conducted an analysis of such a large magnitude and across a wide array of states, large urban school districts, and risk behaviors.
The gay, lesbian, or bisexual students reported having sexual contact only with people of the same sex or both sexes. The heterosexual students reported having sex only with members of the opposite sex.
The study of data for the years 2001-2009 was published as a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Surveillance summary.
Health Risks for Gay Teens
The report highlights 76 health risks in 10 categories:
- Behaviors that contribute to unintentional injuries, such as rarely or never using a seat belt.
- Behaviors that contribute to violence, such as skipping school due to safety to concerns.
- Behaviors related to attempted suicide, such as coming up with or having a suicide plan.
- Alcohol, such as binge drinking.
- Current use of other drugs such as marijuana.
- Dietary behaviors, such as eating vegetables three or more times per day.
- Physical activity and sedentary behaviors. This might include, for example, being physically active at least an hour daily for seven days.
- Weight management. This included not eating for 24 hours or more in order to lose weight, or keep from gaining weight.
When sexual identity was taken into account, gay or lesbian students had higher prevalence rates for 49% to 90% of all health risks measured.


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Eliminated by Argentina's Guillermo Canas in the first phase, Roger will try to bounce back this week at the second Masters Series of the season. Having won the tournament in 2005 and 2006, Roger will try to capture the title in Florida a third consecutive time.
Not having to compete in the first round, Roger will meet the winner of the match between America's Sam Querrey and Russia's Igor Andreev. Should he go on to the next round, Spain's Nicolas Almagro (ATP 34) and France's Richard Gasquet (ATP 16) could be up after that. Tommy Haas (ATP 9) or Spain's Tommy Robredo (ATP 6) are possible opponents in the following rounds and towards the end Roger could cross paths with Nikolay Davydenko (ATP 4) or Croatia's Ivan Ljubicic (ATP 7).
Roger's early defeat and Rafael Nadal's victory in Indian Wells only had a relatively small influence on the world rankings. The Spaniard moved up to Roger by 770 points, but still lies 2960 points behind him. Andy Roddick occupies the third rank at a fair distance.
Go on and tell the world why r u no1?
Good Luck Roger
I do.........
New rounds, new chances....
Be there with you in spirit!!!!
get the miami title, it's there
wish you all the best.....play good...stay healthy and fit...believe in yourself w/c you always does....start again that winning streak...
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George Strait is coming to San Jose.
The so-called "King of Country" will bring his The Cowboy Rides Away Tour to the SAP Center on Jan. 29, according to ironclad music industry sources.
Now, they tell me.
I drove all the way up to Sacramento in January to see Strait, thinking it was my last chance in Northern California to see the man who gave the world such smash country hits as "A Fire I Can't Put Out," "You Look So Good in Love," "Let's Fall to Pieces Together," "The Chair" and "What's Going On in Your World."
Well, at least I got to eat at Jimboy's Tacos during the road trip -- and, anybody who knows Jimboy's knows the significance of that. Plus, I got to see the Martina McBride (in my book, the current "queen of country") open up for Strait in Sacramento.
No word on who will be the opening act in San Jose, or when the show will be officially announced by promoters.
There is, however, little doubt that this will be the country music event of the season.
Strait's credentials are simply beyond compare. He has scored a staggering 60 No. 1 hits in his career -- which is more than any artist (country or other) in history. He's also sold some 70 million albums in the U.S. alone, which puts him a tad short of AC/DC's tally and just above the Rolling Stones' total. The only country artist to have sold more than Strait, at least in the U.S., is Garth Brooks, who has moved more than 128 million units.
He's one of the all-time greats -- and this could be your last shot to see him in concert. Hope to see you there.
Follow Jim Harrington at http://twitter.com/jimthecritic, www.facebook.com/jim.bayareanews and http://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/category/concerts.


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RANDOLPH – Experts from Gifford Medical Center will lead a free breast cancer awareness talk on Oct. 22 from 6-7:30 p.m. in concert with Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Ob/gyn Dr. Anne Galante and radiologist Dr. Scott Smith will discuss screening and prevention of breast cancer among women of all ages. Specific topics include breast exams, clinical breast exams, the importance and limitations of various methods of breast imaging, and genetic testing for hereditary breast and ovarian cancers.
Time will be provided for one-on-one questions with these local experts.
Michele Packard, Health Connections specialist, will also be on hand to enroll qualifying women ages 21 and up in Ladies First as well as explore other insurance options.
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women in the United States and in Vermont. It's also the nation's leading single cause of death overall in women between the ages of 40 and 55.
According to the Vermont Department of Health, about 473 breast cancer cases are diagnosed among Vermont women each year. About 92 people each year die from the disease. Nationwide, there is a new diagnosis every three minutes and a death from breast cancer every 14 minutes.
While advances have been made in prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure, early detection still affords the best opportunity for successful treatment.
"We hope to increase awareness of breast cancer risks, prevention, screening and insurance opportunities available to Vermont women," Dr. Galante said. "Early diagnosis offers the best chance of surviving breast cancer, but if we don't know about the disease, we can't treat it.
"This is an opportunity for women of all ages, and whoever they want to bring with them, to learn more about breast health."
The talk, titled "The Importance of Breast Cancer Screening," will be held in the Gifford Conference Center at the medical center at 44 S. Main St. (Route 12) in Randolph.
The event is free and open to all. No registration is required.
For more information, call the hospital at 728-7000 or visit www.giffordmed.org.


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Barcelona design #2
Category: Designers/Studios, Events/Exhibitions,
Posted: Mar 10th 2014
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As the BCN:MCR tickets go on sale today we thought it would be fitting to have another look at some of the amazing studios who are taking part in the event. Laura Meseguer has showed us some images of her awesome typography skills while Solo has shared with us some of their inspiring branding projects! If you like what you see you should definitely check out the exhibition at 2022NQ in Manchester, it opens for four weeks from the 27th March!
Laura Meseguer also gave us some brilliant advice to pass on to students about to enter the design industry;
Get an online portfolio
"Some companies will like to see your work along with your CV, before they even consider calling you for interview. Be extremely focused on the design, get to the point, don't put unnecessary things, explain the briefing, the idea and the solution."
Contacting studios
"First, get to know well the work they do. Then contact the designer or the art director in the agency that you would like to work in by sending an email, and write a personal and different letter for every one, not a generic one. Once you get the interview, talk about your work, ask questions and make comments about the studio work and why you'd like to work with them."
Once you are in
"Once you are in, work hard, and be ready to accept any kind of duties. Show interest in other people's work, listen and don't be afraid to offer and ask for help. Be nice to everybody."


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Definición de prima donna en inglés:
prima donna
1The chief female singer in an opera or opera company.
Oraciones de ejemplo
- But, there is no denying the fact that she has been among the first among equals to replace Lata Mangeshkar or Asha Bhonsale in being the prima donna of female playback singing.
- There's even audience participation when their prima donna, Madam Rodrigue, comes onstage.
- Thus Sandor quickly finds himself forced to save the skin of his prima donna, the heart of his composer and soul of his operetta.
leading soprano, leading lady, diva, (opera) star, protagonist, heroine, principal singer, female lead
informal songbird
1.1A very temperamental person with an inflated view of their own talent or importance: [as modifier]: the prima-donna behaviour of some of the stars
Más ejemplos en oraciones
- His prima-donna star has walked off his latest movie, which looks increasingly like his last picture.
- Architects can help a little in all such areas, but only if they forget their prima-donna role and learn from the poor, who can be (far from always) remarkably ingenious and inventive with the slender resources they can command.
- This prima donna's behaviour has become so appalling that her colleagues have started making official complaints about her.
temperamental person, unpredictable person, self-important person
prima donna-ish adjetivo
- Oraciones de ejemplo
- Now turn it in and stop getting all prima donna-ish.
- A more prima donna-ish showman might not appreciate such active involvement of his fans but there is nothing aloof about JD and he actively encourages his audience to join in.
- It does seem sort of prima donna-ish to play up the fact that, in some circles at least, you're well-enough known that a resume is not necessary.
Late 18th century: Italian, literally 'first lady'.
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What's up with Leagues this year??
I heard there will be 3 leagues??
Monday – Singles??
Tuesday – Doubles??
I heard these will be handicapped as well. I assume nothing changing with the A, B, C divisions??
Any truth to any of this?? Just curious. Also it looks like we are starting League the first week in May. Why are we not taking advantage of the moving up of Day Light Savings?? A few years ago we would start League the week after we got back from Bowling Green. i.e……2nd week of April.
Thursday – Shane's Throwdown
I guess it may actually be 4 counting the Humdinger on Wednesday's.


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Tune In – Dr. Geri Dawson on the Radio Show "Radio in Vivo"
Autism Speaks' Chief Science Officer, Dr. Geri Dawson, will appear on the radio show "Radio in Vivo" on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 from 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. EDT/8:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. PDT. To listen, go to http://wcomfm.org and click the link to the streaming signal on the home page.
The show will cover a wide range of topics including autism prevalence, genetic and environmental factors, new directions in research and treatment, and Geri's areas of specific expertise – early detection and early intervention. The purpose of the program is to provide information and education.
We look forward to hearing your thoughts about the program!
UPDATE (7.19.10): The show is now online. You can access it at http://radioinvivo.net – click on the Schedule/Program Archive link, scroll all the way to the bottom of that page, and you'll see the link to the podcast, as well as links to Autism Speaks, the AGP, and the PBS webinar.


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Fiat Suspends Dividend
Fiat SpA on Wednesday scrapped its annual dividend for 2012 after burning through €2.59 billion ($3.49 billion) in cash last year, as strong earnings at its Chrysler Group LLC unit in the U.S. masked another weak quarter for the Italian car maker's unprofitable European business.
Europe's No. 6 auto maker by unit sales said it needs to conserve cash because it wants to purchase the shares it doesn't already own in Chrysler, facilitating the merger of the companies' auto-making activities.
The Turin-based company, whose brands also include Ferrari and Alfa Romeo, paid out €40 million in dividends last year on its ordinary shares and preferred stock. It last suspended dividend payments on its preferred stock in 2009.
Fiat expects its earnings to continue to be propped up by Chrysler this year, though debt is likely to rise as it attempts to revive its European operations.
Fiat said fourth-quarter net profit after minorities more than doubled to €102 million, compared with €43 million a year earlier, as strong sales in Brazil and the U.S. offset weakness in Europe.
Trading profit, a closely watched figure that excludes extraordinary items from operating profit, jumped 29% to €987 million for the quarter, on an 11% rise in revenue to €21.78 billion. For the full year, trading profit rose 18% to €3.81 billion.
In the region of Europe, the Middle East and Africa, or EMEA, Fiat said the loss at the level of earnings before interest and taxes, or Ebit, for its mass-market car brands halved in the quarter from a year earlier. For the full year, the loss narrowed to €738 million from €897 million in 2011 on a pro forma basis.
Revenue in EMEA fell 10% to €4.6 billion in the quarter and 11% to €17.8 billion for the year.
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Warning signs like piles of unpaid bills, neglected personal hygiene or scorched pots and pans may be an indication an older relative is in need of additional care.
Locally, there are a number of businesses and agencies that offer such services, but in many cases they supplement the care provided by the individual's own family.
Family caregivers "arrange their schedules around work, around their own families," said Cathy Ash, Caregiver Advocacy Program manager for the Area Agency on Aging 8. "They're really the backbone of providing care for people staying in their homes."
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EVAN BEVINS The Marietta Times
Interim Healthcare home health aide Susan Brunoni, left, plays a game of Scrabble with client Sharon Shreve Tuesday at Shreve's Marietta apartment. Home health aides assist clients with a variety of daily activities as well as providing social activities.
According to statistics provided by the agency, 65 percent of older people with long-term care needs rely exclusively on family and friends for their assistance. Another 30 percent supplement such assistance with paid providers.
"We can do everything from just a few hours to 24 hours," said Dorthy Kratche, account executive with Interim Healthcare in Marietta.
Red flags
Fact Box
10 warning signs senior loved ones need help
Poor eating habits resulting in weight loss, no appetite or missed meals.
Neglected hygiene - wearing dirty clothes, body odor, neglected nails and teeth.
Neglected home - it's not as clean or sanitary as you remember growing up.
Inappropriate behavior - acting loud, quiet, paranoid or making phone calls at all hours.
Changed relationship patterns that friends or neighbors have noticed.
Burns or injuries resulting from weakness, forgetfulness or misuse of alcohol or medications.
Decreased participation in activities such as attending the senior center, book club or church.
Scorched pots and pans showing forgetfulness for dinner cooking on the stove.
Unopened mail, newspaper piles, missed appointments.
Mishandled finances such as losing money, paying bills twice or hiding money.
Source: Senior Helpers.
Family meeting guide
The person leading the meeting can be the elderly relative who anticipates needing care in the future. If that person already needs care, an adult child, friend or relative can lead.
Encourage discussion and get input from everyone. Make sure everyone makes their feelings known.
Discuss money. Who will pay? How? If the money is coming from the elderly relative's estate, who will be the executor?
At the end of the meeting, everyone present must commit to support the plan.
Write it down. Good intentions are often forgotten over time and family members must have their responsibilities right in front of them.
Source: Senior Helpers.
Holiday gatherings may provide an opportunity for families to assess the needs of older relatives and determine whether they need some help in their day-to-day lives. Senior Helpers, an in-home care company that serves this area with offices in Vienna, W.Va., said in a recent release that adult children who come home for Thanksgiving and Christmas may be surprised to see their parents aren't doing as well as before. The company offered a list of 10 signals that a loved one needs help, including not only evidence one sees around the home - like unopened mail, inappropriate behavior or injuries - but also changes in participation in church or social activities.
"What's been changing? What's not been done that would normally be done?" said Kelly Fabbri, owner of Senior Helpers in Vienna.
These can be tip-offs to people who see their relatives more regularly as well, she said.
Sometimes, though, that familiarity could be a hindrance, Kratche said.
"When you are close, when you're working with your family member, you're seeing them every day, sometimes you miss some red flags," she said.
Interim and Senior Helpers both offer free assessments from a third party that can look at the situation more objectively.
Making the case
Sometimes that third party can also broach the subject of getting assistance more easily, said Pat Drake, Interim office manager.
"A lot of times family is afraid to approach," she said. "I always tell people not only is it easier for someone to assess them, it's easier for someone else to tell them what to do."
Issues of pride and financial concerns can sometimes make the family member wary.
Marietta resident Larry Proctor, 65, ran into that when he hired an agency to provide a few hours of help a week to his father, Pete. The elder Proctor seemed to appreciate the service - until he got the bill.
"He's a Depression-era man; he doesn't spend a dime on (anything)," Proctor said. "When they sent him the bill and it was for $60, he just about had a heart attack."
Lisa Turner, adult day center program manager with the O'Neill Center in Marietta, said if families are struggling with whether an elderly relative needs assistance, it's best to get the input of a doctor.
"A lot of times if it comes from the doctor, they're going to be more willing to listen than if it comes from a family member," she said.
Assistance can also be difficult to accept because it seems to represent a loss of independence. Drake suggested having the family member talk with a peer who receives assistance to get a better idea of how the process works. She and Fabbri also said it helps to stress the benefits to them, including staying in their home.
"It's to make your life easier, not to take your independence," Fabbri said. "It's helping you stay independent."
That's how Marietta resident Sharon Shreve sees the assistance she receives from Interim and a Columbus-based provider for six hours a day on weekdays and four hours a day on weekends.
"It's better this way than going to an assisted (living) program," said Shreve, 65, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2001. "This way, I am independent. If they're not here and I need something done, I'll do it myself."
And Shreve doesn't just sit around and expect her caregiver to do everything for the time she's there.
"There's a lot of things I cannot do, like run a vacuum cleaner," she said. "(But) sometimes I say, 'Oh, let me help you make the bed.'"
That's fine with Susan Brunoni, a home health aide with interim.
"We don't want to take away from them doing things," she said.
In addition to cleaning, helping out around the house and taking Shreve to doctor's appointments, Brunoni provides companionship for her client, like playing games or just lending a friendly ear.
"They're my family," Shreve said of her caregivers.
Respite care
Some family members opt to be the primary caregiver for a loved one.
Warren Township resident Susan Wunderlich, 60, took on that responsibility for her mother-in-law, Ethel, about three years ago.
"If I had been working a full-time job, I couldn't have done this," she said. "But we wanted to care for her as long as we could."
Her mother-in-law is in pretty good physical health but suffers from dementia.While Wunderlich is glad to be able to care for her, it can be taxing at times.
Her brother-in-law comes over twice a week so Wunderlich can go to church and run errands. A few months ago, she was also accepted into the Area Agency on Aging's Caregiver Advocacy Program, which provides 10 hours of respite care a week.
"It's a lifesaver," Wunderlich said. "It just feels in a way like it's an answer to a prayer."
Ash, the program's manager, said federal funds allow the agency to contract with caregiving entities to provide that respite care. Funding for the caregiver program is limited; only 33 people in the eight counties the agency serves participate, and Wunderlich was on a waiting list for more than two years.
The agency also administers the PASSPORT program locally, which provides in-home care to nearly 900 residents who meet income requirements, are at least 60 years old and need assistance with daily living.
Ash said these programs are valuable. Not every person needs round-the-clock assistance, and it's a cheaper option than using public funds to keep an individual in a nursing facility.
"It's less costly for the taxpayers," she said.
Proctor's father has significant hearing loss, interfering with his ability to go to church, play cards or participate in other social activities. In addition, he has dementia issues that resulted in him getting lost just four blocks from home in Marietta, the city he's lived in all his life.
Proctor now lives next door to his father and serves as his primary caregiver.
"It becomes very emotionally draining," he said.
Proctor's respite comes from the O'Neill Center's adult day center, where he takes his father five days a week. It gives him time to do things like shopping and other daily activities without worrying about his dad's well-being.
"I can go to breakfast, I can go to the grocery store, I can run errands," he said. "It's a great break in the action, let me tell you. I don't know what I'd do without them."
Proctor said he feels what he pays the center is worth every penny. Turner noted that while it's open to anyone, financial assistance, through the Washington County senior levy and grants, is available to county residents age 60 and older.
"It just provides them a safe place to go during the day," she said. "And it provides them with that socialization so many older adults need."
Making the decision
Whether to utilize a professional service, family care or some combination thereof is a decision that must be made by each family for each individual.
"Every individual is different. And everybody has to have an individualized care plan," Drake said.
If family members do need outside help, Ash recommended against simply advertising for someone to come and help out around the house or stay with them for a while. Agencies "have trained their staff. They have a certain level of supervision," plus insurance, she said.
Interim and Senior Helpers officials both said they can provide whatever level of care a senior citizen needs, whether it's regular hours or occasional assistance needed to supplement a family's.
"We don't put any minimums or maximums on our services because we try to stay as flexible as possible," Fabbri said.


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Students will have access to a computer on site for the last week (July 26-28).
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Students will have access to a computer on site for the last week (July 26-28).
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Procedures to Enroll in AC21
Highly-qualified teachers, present in our labs Monday through Friday from 9:00am - 3:00pm, work with students in the areas of english, mathematics, science and social studies. We also offer 100 electives, such as Job Skills, Career Management, Business Law, Gothic Literature: Monster stories, Fundmentals of Digital Media, Real World Parenting and Veterinary Science.
1. I have heard that each student has a mentor. What does this mean?
Each student DOES have a mentor. The mentor monitors the student's progress by weekly contacts/conferences.
2. Do you have someone that I can talk to about credits or transcripts?
Yes, we have a student support coordinator. Mrs. O'Connor can be reached at 586-510-2066.
3. How can I keep informed about my child's progress?
You may contact your child's mentor, the student support coordinator and/or come to parent/mentor/conferences. If your child is using Odysseyware, there is a parent portal. Ask your child's mentor to enroll you in this program.
4. I know that students can come to your lab from 9AM-3PM Monday through Friday. Who is in the lab to help them?
We have staff members available to help throughout the week. They possess valid teaching certificates and are highly qualified in the areas in which they teach: English, social studies, math and science.
5. Can my child complete coursework at home?
Students may work at home, in the lab or a combination of both. However, they are strongly encouraged to come to the lab whenever extra help is needed. Students may text, message through Odysseyware, email or call their mentors or content teachers as well. Our teachers are very anxious to help.
6. Virtual learning is so new. Why should I consider it? Is it for everyone?
Here are some advantages.
There are times, however, when an online program is not in the best interest of the student and another placement should be considered.
7. Some online programs are very expensive. What does this program cost?
There is no charge. The only time cost is involved is if a computer is damaged. The student/parent and student support coordinator work together to establish repair or replacement cost.
8. Do you offer transportation?
Transportation is offered on a limited basis and only within the Center Line and parts of Warren area.
Talk to your mentor for more information.
My friend told me about Academy 21. I like the idea but is there anything I should consider before enrolling?
First of all, you should think about whether an online school is right for you. It is a big commitment and it is important to consider WHY you want online. Students need the time and most of all they need the motivation to do the work. Generally speaking, choosing online is a very good decision, but sometimes online is not right for a student. At that point, the student should consider another placement. Before enrolling, ask yourself these questions:
You might want to know, also, that online schooling covers a broad spectrum of learning opportunities. Some programs range from small providers offering single courses to large institutions. Some programs are fully online while others offer web-based delivery with some elements of traditional classroom learning. Some programs are highly structured in their curriculum and teaching, while others are flexible. Academy 21 is almost fully online with some traditional classroom learning, such as small group study skills, writing workshop and group counseling in combination with online psychology classes.
As you can see, there is an enormous amount to consider before enrolling. Good luck.