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Frequently Asked Questions
The following lists questions by category that are specific to the University or are more commonly asked. In addition to this resource, I-9 Central has an extensive Q&A.
Completing Form I-9
- Q: We onboard so many employees at one time, can I speed up the process by just summarizing the Form I-9 instructions and then have the employee complete Section 1/page 7?
- A: No. You must make available to the employee the complete instructions to the form and the Lists of Acceptable Documents.
- Q: Does Form I-9 need to be completed in a specific color of ink?
- A: No. Form I-9 does not need to be completed in a specific color of ink. However, the information written on the form must be readable for the entire retention period of the form. The preferred medium is black or blue ink. *
- Q: Should pages 7 and 8 of the I-9, the pages completed by the employee and employer, be copied separately or as a two-sided form?
- A: The two page Form I-9 (pages 7 & 8), should be copied or printed as a two-sided form.
Section 1 - Employee Information & Attestation
- Q: Can I have a new hire complete Section 1 of Form I-9 prior to their first day of work?
- A: Yes. Once the individual has accepted the job offer, they can complete Section 1 of Form I-9. Section 1 of Form I-9 must be completed no later than the first day of employment.
- Q: What address should employees use in Section 1?
- A: Employees should provide the address where they currently live.
- Q: Is it acceptable for employees to use a P.O. Box as their address in Section 1?
- A: No, employees may not use P.O. Boxes as their address on Form I-9. The employee must put down the actual location of their residence. If the employee's residence doesn't have a house number and street name, he/she should write a description of the location.
- Q: Is it mandatory for an employee to provide their Social Security number?
- A: Providing a Social Security number is voluntary, unless the employee will be E-Verified, in that case, they must provide their Social Security number.
- Q: Is it mandatory that employees provide their email address and telephone number in Section 1 of Form I-9?
- A: No. Employees may provide their email address and telephone number. This is voluntary.
Section 2 - Employer Review & Verification
- Q: How much time does an employer have to complete Section 2 of Form I-9?
- A: Section 2 of Form I-9 must be completed and signed within three business days of the date of hire of the employee (the hire date means the first day of work for pay). For example, if your employee began work for pay on Monday, you must complete Section 2 by Thursday of that week. If the job lasts less than three days, you must complete Section 2 no later than the first day of work for pay.*
- Q: What should be used as the employer's business name and address in the Certification portion of Section 2?
- A: Employer's Business or Organization Name - The Pennsylvania State University
Employer's Business or Organization Address – The office address of the individual signing the Form I-9 on behalf of Penn State
- Q: To save time, can I prefill my information as the Employer in the Certification portion of Section 2?
- A: Yes. The following may be may be prefilled:
- Title of Employer Representative
- Last Name & First Name
- Employer's Business Name
- Employer's Business Address
- City or Town, State and Zip Code
Questions About Documents
- Q: What is my responsibility as the employer's representative regarding documents?
- A: You must ensure that any document the employee presents is on the Lists of Acceptable Documents or is an acceptable receipt. You must accept any document(s) from the Lists of Acceptable Documents presented by the individual that reasonably appear on their face to be genuine and to relate to the person presenting them. If the document(s) do not reasonably appear on their face to be genuine or relate to the person presenting them, you must not accept them.*
- Q: May I accept a photocopy of a document presented by an employee or view documents via webcam?
- A: No. Employees must present original documents in person. The only exception is that an employee may present a certified copy of a birth certificate in person.
- Q: May I accept an expired document?
- A: No. Expired documents are no longer acceptable for Form I-9. However, you may accept Employment Authorization Documents (Forms I-766) and Permanent Resident Cards (Forms I-551) that appear to be expired on their face, but have been extended by USCIS. *
- Q: Can I tell a new hire which documents I'd like them to present to verify identify and work authorization for I-9 purposes?
- A: No. It's up to the employee to choose which document(s) he/she wants to present from the Lists of the Acceptable Documents. You must accept any document (from List A) or combination of documents (one from List B and one from List C) that reasonably appear on their face to be genuine and relate to the person presenting them. If the employee will be E-Verified and they choose to present a List B document, the document must have a photograph.*
- Q: When I review an employee's identity and employment authorization documents, should I make copies of them?
- A: Yes, it's a Penn State practice to make copies of these documents, so we must do so for all employees. Photocopying documents does not relieve you of your obligation to fully complete Section 2 of Form I-9, nor is it an acceptable substitute for proper completion of Form I-9 in general.*
- Q: If an employee enters an Alien Number or Admission Number when completing Section 1 of Form I-9, may I ask to see a document with that number?
- A: No. Although it is your responsibility as an employer to ensure that your employees fully complete Section 1 at the time employment begins, the employee is not required to present a document to complete this section. When you complete Section 2, you may not ask to see a document with the employee's Alien Number or Admission Number or otherwise specify which document(s) an employee may present.*
- Q: An employee has attested to being a U.S. citizen or U.S. noncitizen national on Section 1 of Form I-9, but has presented me with Form I-551, Permanent Resident Card, or "green card." Another employee has attested to being a lawful permanent resident but has presented a U.S. passport. Should I accept these documents?
- A: In these situations, you should first ensure that the employee understood and properly completed the Section 1 attestation of status. If the employee made a mistake and corrects the attestation, he or she should initial and date the correction, or complete a new Form I-9. If the employee confirms the accuracy of his or her initial attestation, you should not accept a "green card" from a U.S. citizen or a U.S. passport from an alien. Although you are not expected to a be an immigration law expert, both documents in question are inconsistent with the status attested to and are, therefore, not documents that reasonably relate to the person presenting them.*
- Q: My new employee presented two documents to complete Form I-9, each containing a different last name. One document matches the name she entered in Section 1. The employee explained that she had just gotten married and changed her last name, but had not yet change the name on the other document. Can I accept the document with the different name?
- A: You may accept a document with a different name than the name entered in Section 1 provided that you resolve the question of whether the document reasonably relates to the employee. You may also wish to attach a brief memo to Form I-9 stating the reason for the name discrepancy, along with any supporting documentation the employee provides. An employee may provide documentation to support his or her name change, but is not required to do so. If, however, you determine that the document with a different name does not reasonably appear to be genuine and relate to the person presenting it, you may ask the individual to provide other documents from the Lists of Acceptable Documents.*
- Q: Do all documents need to be reverified when they expire?
- A: No. Employers should not reverify:
- U.S. citizens
- Lawful permanent residents who presented a Permanent Resident Card (Form I-551) for Section 2
- List B documents
List of Acceptable Documents
- Q: How do I find the document number on a Permanent Resident Card (Form I-551)?
- A: The document number is 13 alphanumeric characters (3 letters and 10 numbers). This is a different number than the USCIS# or A#. The document number can be found on the back of the newest version of the Permanent Resident card and on the front of the previous version.
- Q: What should be input on the IBIS Foreign National Data Screen for a Permanent Resident who presents a Permanent Resident Card (Form I-551)?
- A: Input the following on the Foreign National Data screen:
- Visa Type: NA
- Perm Res: U (unconditional)
- Perm Res End: 12/31/2099
- Work Appr: Y
- Q: Some employees have presented Social Security Administration printouts with their name, Social Security number, date of birth, and their parents' names as proof of employment authorization. Are these printouts acceptable as a List C document?
- A: No. Only a person's Social Security card or a receipt for a replacement card issued by SSA is acceptable.*
- Q: Is an unsigned Social Security card valid?
- A: Yes. A signature on the card is not required for the card to be valid. You may accept an unsigned Social Security card as long as the card reasonably appears to be genuine and relate to the person presenting it.*
- Q: Is a laminated Social Security card valid?
- A: It depends. If the card states on the back "not valid if laminated" then the laminated Social Security card is not valid. The Social Security Administration (SSA) advises cardholders not to laminate Social Security cards. Metal or plastic reproductions of Social Security cards are not acceptable for Form I-9 purposes.*
- Q: Is the Certificate of Naturalization an acceptable Form I-9 document?
- A:Yes. The Certificate of Naturalization (Form N-550 or N-570) is an acceptable List C, #8 employment authorization document issued by the Department of Homeland Security.*
Retention of Form I-9
- Q: What do I need to retain for each employee?
- A: Only the pages of the Form I-9 on which you/the employer or the employee enter data must be retained. Only retain the two-sided Form I-9 (pages 7 & 8) and copies of the supporting document(s) (i.e., passport, driver's license, social security card, etc.). Only forward these pages to OHR. Do not save or submit copies of the I-9 instructions (pages 1-6) or Lists of Acceptable Documents (page 9) to be stored with each individual Form I-9. Please no longer complete the I-9 Checklist.
- Q: How long do we have to retain Form I-9?
- A: We must retain the pages of the form on which the employee and the employer enter data, and copies of employee's documents. Once an individual's employment terminate, this paperwork must be retained for either 3 years after the date of hire or 1 year after the date employment ends, whichever is later.
Correcting Form I-9
- Q: If a mistake is discovered on Form I-9, how can we make a correction?
- A: If you discover a mistake on Form I-9, correct the existing form, redo a section of the form or prepare a new Form I-9.
- If you choose to correct the existing Form I-9:
- You may only correct errors made in Section 2 or 3; section 1 errors should be corrected by the employee
- Line out the incorrect portions, enter the correct information, and initial and date the correction
- Do not conceal changes, do not use correction fluid
- To correct multiple errors in one section, a section of the form may be redone on a new Form I-9 and attached to the old form. Please only use this option after consulting with Recruitment and Compensation.
- A new form can be completed if there are "major errors" such as entire sections being left blank or Section 2 being completed based on unacceptable documents. Please only do a new Form I-9 after consulting with Recruitment and Compensation. If you do a new Form I-9:
- Retain the old form
- Attach a short memo to both the new and old Forms I-9 stating the reason for your action.
- If you choose to correct the existing Form I-9:
- Q: What should I do if I discover that correction fluid has been used on an I-9?
- A: Never use correction fluid or a pen to "black out" an error. Errors should not be concealed. If changes have been made to a Form I-9 with correction fluid or by "blacking out" information, attach a note to the form explaining what happened.
- Q: What if one or more Sections of a Form I-9 are completed late?
- A: If any portion of Form I-9 was not completed in a timely manner, you must attach a written explanation to the Form I-9 explaining why this occurred. DO NOT backdate signatures on the Form I-9 or misstate the hire date to make the form appear to be completed in a timely manner.
- Q: What should we do if we realize that we are missing Form I-9 for an employee?
- A: Contact Recruitment and Compensation for assistance in looking for the form. If the paperwork is not immediately located, the following must take place:
- Immediately provide the employee with a Form I-9.
- Allow employee 3 business days to provide acceptable documents.
- DO NOT backdate signatures on the Form I-9, or misstate the hire date to make the form appear to be completed in a timely manner.
Remote I-9s
- Q: At times, it may be necessary to hire an employee who will work remotely and will not be near a Penn State campus to complete their paperwork, including Form I-9. How do we ensure that these individuals properly complete Form I-9?
- A: We'll need the assistance of a third party to act as an authorized representative of the University to complete Form I-9 for remote hires. An authorized representative could be a Human Resource professional usually from another college or university, a notary public or an attorney. The authorized representative should be a Human Resources professional whenever possible. These individuals are familiar with the Form I-9, so errors are very limited. Notaries and attorneys are often not familiar with the form which results in errors, and they usually charge for their services which should be paid for by your campus/unit. Therefore, it's recommended that I-9s for remote new hires are completed by a Human Resources professional whenever possible. Once you find a contact/authorized representative, put the employee in touch with them directly. Be sure to give the new hire a link to the Form I-9 including the Lists of Acceptable Documents so they'll know what documentation to bring when they meet with the authorized representative. The authorized representative will oversee the completion of Section 1 of Form I-9 and complete Section 2. If they are not familiar with Form I-9, they'll need to read the directions to the form and you may want to speak to them to ensure that they know how the form is to be completed. Be sure to let them know:
- The start date for Section 2 (The employee's first day of employment)
- We make copies of the documents presented to prove identify and work authorization, so we'll need them to make copies of the documents to be submitted with Form I-9.
- The following instructions for Section 2/Certification signature box:
- The authorized representative should complete the following in reference to themselves:
- Signature of Employer or Authorized Representative
- Date signed
- Title of Employer or Authorized Representative
- Last Name and First Name
- The following should remain blank to be filled in by Penn State with Penn State information as the employer:
- Employer's Business or Organization Name
- Employer's Business or Organization Address
- The authorized representative should complete the following in reference to themselves:
- Q: What is the best way to make a correction if the authorized representative makes a mistake on an employee's Form I-9?
- A: The authorized representative acts as an agent of the employer. Therefore, either the authorized representative or the employer may make corrections to Form I-9 as needed. To make corrections, you or the authorized representative may line through the incorrect information, and initial and date the change.*
- Q: When logging I-9 information in IBIS for I-9s completed remotely, what "authorized by" name should we put on the I-9 screen?
- A: The "authorized by" name for remote I-9s in IBIS should be the name of the University employee who was responsible to ensure that the form was completed
Shared Employees/Employee Transfers
*Questions taken from I-9 Central or Handbook for Employers - Guidance for Completing Form I-9


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Nosebleeds are common for some people. Typically, a nosebleed occurs when the membranes inside your nostrils become irritated and inflamed.
A person can suffer from two different types of nosebleeds, which include:
- Anterior – This comes from the front of the nose. It happens when the tiny blood vessels in your nose break, often due to dry air.
- Posterior – This happens higher up in the nose and often flows back down through the throat. This type of nosebleed is much less common and sometimes requires a physician's assessment and diagnosis.
Why Do You Get Nosebleeds?
A person's nose can bleed for a variety of reasons. While some people get nosebleeds more often than others, it is often because of:
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- Dry Air
- Smoking
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- Blood Clotting Disorders
- Tumors
- Medication Side Effects
- Hereditary Problems
If you have a nosebleed after an injury to the face or head, then you may have a serious condition. Contact a physician or visit the emergency room right away to have an assessment.
Got a Nosebleed? How to Take Care of it at Home
Nosebleeds are not always an emergency situation. If you have a simple nosebleed at home, there are things you can do to stop it. This includes:
- Sitting down and then leaning forward. This will prevent the blood from draining back into your throat.
- Squeeze the nostrils gently for five minutes.
- Use an ice pack or cold pack on the bridge of your nose to help encourage clotting.
- After five minutes, see if the nose has stopped bleeding.
- Gently blow your nose in attempt to remove any clotted blood inside.
- If your nose is bleeding after five minutes, then try a nasal decongestant to help close off vessels.
- Try squeezing and icing for another 10 minutes.
If your nose continues to bleed after 15 minutes, then seek medical attention.
Can You Prevent a Nosebleed?
While not all nosebleeds are preventable, certain behaviors increase the likelihood you will have one. If you or your child suffers from frequent nosebleeds, there are things you can do to prevent them in the future, including:
- Stop smoking
- Do not pick or violently blow your nose
- Use saline nasal sprays to prevent dryness
- Use a humidifier inside when the air outside is dry
Got Frequent Nosebleeds? See an ENT
Frequent nosebleeds may require medical attention. If you or your child suffers from nosebleeds once a week, then you should visit an ENT to make sure there is not something more serious going on. Dr. Light can help diagnose the cause of your nosebleeds. Contact our office today to schedule an appointment.


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The risk-takers who run the Shaw Festival have revived the late 1990s musical Ragtime as the centerpiece of its 2012 season. Emsworth's is a divided verdict. Ragtime is hardly one of the great musicals. But the show at the Shaw Festival is a sharp-looking, great-sounding production with a full-sized Model T, a burlesque girl on a swing, slick dance numbers, fine singing, and crisp sound engineering. It's still worth the ticket.
Ragtime the musical is based on Ragtime the book, which is a 40-year-old novel by E. L. Doctorov that is set in the first couple of decades of the last century. When I first read the novel in its bright red paperback edition as a teenager, it seemed an odd book with too many characters and storylines. There were Father and Mother, with their fireworks business and their New Rochelle household; there was Younger Brother and his obsession with the scandal-celebrity singer Evelyn Nesbitt; there were the Jewish immigrant Tateh, the street artist who ends up inventing motion pictures, and his little girl; there were socialist meetings and a strike; and there was Coalhouse Walker, a ragtime pianist who becomes obsessed with getting justice for an ugly assault on his Model T by racists, and his romance with his girl, Sarah.
And there was a parade of seemingly randomly chosen historical figures whose lives crossed with the fictional characters: Emma Goldman, Henry Ford, Admiral Peary, Booker T. Washington, Harry Houdini, and J. P. Morgan. The end of the novel leaves readers unsure whether some of the events in the novel were historically based or not — an effect the author surely intended.
The lives of all these characters eventually intersected, like a Venn diagram, in ways that struck me (as a teenager) as contrived. The characters themselves seemed only lightly sketched. My idea of an American novel was something like An American Tragedy, Alice Adams, or The Last Hurrah; this was very different.
We didn't see Ragtime when it was first on Broadway about 15 years ago, so I was surprised to find that the musical includes most of the novel's many plots, subplots, and characters. (By contrast, 42nd Street, the musical at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival this summer, which we've seen and can warmly recommend, is devoted to a single, simple storyline.) The songs of Ragtime naturally cut into the time for telling the story; unsurprisingly, the characterizations are even thinner than in the novel, and the story is even more condensed. The narrative is told mostly in song and in in underscored monologues, as in "His Name was Coalhouse Walker."
Although the songs, as songs, leave much to be desired, the singing in this show is outstanding. As Coalhouse Walker, Thom Allison is masterly, and he and Alana Hibbert, as Sarah, have rich, thrill-inducing voices that blend superbly in several duets. Jay Turvey is a most convincing Tateh, and Kate Hennig is all that could be desired from an Emma Goldman. (Goldman is the historical character who gets the most stage time; the truncating of the plot leaves you wondering exactly why there are appearances by Harry Houdini and Henry Ford). I also enjoyed Aadin Church as Booker T. Washington.
Emsworth, who has played a good deal of ragtime piano himself, was disappointed to find that there wasn't much real ragtime in Ragtime. A tune called "Gettin' Ready Rag" was a lot closer to 1920s jitterbug music than to the ragtime of Scott Joplin and Joseph Lamb. Only a handful of the 20 or so musical numbers in the show are in a style that can fairly be termed "ragtime," including the lively "His Name was Coalhouse Walker," "Crime of the Century," and the slower "Sarah Brown Eyes."
Instead, Ragtime is dominated by overwrought ballads in the soft-rock style of all too many forgettable musicals of the last 40 years. The best of a forgettable lot is the cliché-ridden, over-orchestrated duet "Wheels of a Dream," in which Coalhouse rhapsodizes about his hopes for his infant son's future. At the show we attended the performance of this song was warmly and justly applauded — but during intermission and after the show I didn't hear anybody in the audience humming the tune, or any other of the show's melodies either. It is hardly surprising that none of the songs from the show ever become popular hits. There's no "On the Street Where You Live," "Till There Was You," or "The Music of the Night" in Ragtime.
"Wheels of a Dream," like several other musical numbers, does next to nothing to advance the musical's storylines or themes. And some of the lyrics could have been written by any reasonably bright third-grader, like these from the thoroughly unnecessary "Our Children" (a duet sung by Tateh (Jay Turvey) and Mother (Patty Jamieson)):
See them running down the beach
Children run so fast
Toward the future/From the past
How they dance/Unembarrassed and alone
Hearing music of their own/Our children
The tunes in Ragtime simply aren't that memorable, and some of them, like "Your Daddy's Son" and "Till We Reach That Day," are so generic that they they could have been transplanted with little or no tweaking into any number of recent Broadway musicals. Fortunately, the quality of this production makes up for the weakness of the material.


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1. How many speeding tickets have you gotten? umm, do I have to answer this? I got three before I turned 18, and I've gotten three since then.
2. Can you pitch a tent? It depends on the tent. If you mean one of the small, fancy ones with interlocking tent poles, then yes. (but not as fast as my husband)
3. What was your worst vacation ever? I love vacations, so this one is hard. Have I had a "worst" vacation? Umm. Once I slept for over 27 hours, sick from an allergic reaction on a camping trip in the middle of nowhere, but the rest of the vacation was good so that still doesn't count. I think getting sick over Christmas year after year when we visited my cousins (when I was a kid) was the worst. I thought for a while that I was allergic to Christmas. (my food allergies were unknown at that point - but ham, wheat, mayo (eggs), and corn all played a large role in Christmas dinners at my Aunt's house. Ham makes me puke repeatedly, and the others make me nauseous or break out in rashes, or worse)
4. What was the last thing you bought over $100? Groceries. Oh, you mean, a single ticket item . . .umm, each of three family season ski passes - my husband teaches lessons so his season ticket is less than $100, but the girls and I get the big ticket ski pass)
5. We're handing you the keys to what? Too many dream cars . . .a convertible VW bug, a Jeep Wrangler, or a Dodge Viper - all preferably stick shift, not automatic.
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8. What was your first car? a Mazda GLC - it was an awesome car, and the one in which I received the most speeding tickets.
9. Your best friend falls and gets hurt. Do you ask if he/she's okay or laugh first? It depends on the fall . . .if it's a tripping kind of fall, then laughter.
10. What's the worst song ever? Lady in Red . . .really, it's way too slow of a slow song, and I don't like the tune. I know that so many people love it, but I just don't. Really, really don't. The singer's voice gets on my nerves as he holds out reeeeeeeeeeeeed. AAAAGH. The bad part of this is that my husband really likes this song. Our taste in slow music is so different that we didn't have a special slow song at our wedding . . .and I love dancing with him (even cheek to cheek as long as it's not that song).
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Both spur Christa to bolt, to start fresh yet again, but there's something about Jack that intrigues her enough to stay. The only problem? Someone else wants her to leave, and they won't stop until she's dead.
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How to Spot a POS Vulnerability Before It Becomes a Security Breach
If you're a restaurant operator and you haven't heard of the blog Krebs On Security, definitely check it out. Former Washington Post journalist and self-taught computer security expert Brian Krebs is often the first to break major news about restaurant security breaches. For instance, in February, Krebs got Arby's to acknowledge a data breach at its fast-food restaurants. Frankly, the cause is enough to lose your lunch: malware on payment systems once again!In a 2015 interview with Eater, Krebs warned that any restaurant company that uses point-of-sale (POS) systems is vulnerable to attack. POS systems are often set up to be accessed remotely, making them vulnerable to hackers. As identified by Krebs, other security vulnerabilities with POS systems include enabling the same password for each system and running on outdated operating systems that don't offer security updates and are simpler to hack. It's no coincidence that chain restaurants are being hacked with greater frequency; often, several restaurants are linked to one internal system.Now you might be asking (because I definitely did): how a guy like Krebs breaks a story. As it turns out, hacked credit cards are often sold on the black market, usually web forums, and when there's a major breach, there's an influx. Krebs then reaches out to banks to see if they're seeing or hearing anything suspicious. If there's a pattern, Krebs then reaches out to the suspected chain to confirm whether or not they had a breach. Voila! That's what led him to Arby's in February. The company confirmed that it had recently remediated a breach, but had not publicly revealed the incident at the request of the FBI. Arby's confirmed that malware was placed on payment systems inside corporate stores, but franchised locations were not affected. In other words, the Arby's breach was evidence of the vulnerabilities Krebs warned about two years ago!
Learning the Lesson
Here at Zenput, we try to provide our customers with the mobile tools to communicate better about their POS audits as well as possible breaches. We've discussed measures to prevent ATM skimming, and we offer a mobile form for audits of payment terminals in stores or at the pump. See below screenshot for an example:But in the case of Arby's, they were a victim of a malware attack through their central system. Of course, we're not privy to the inner workings of Arby's security system, but you have to hope that they regularly ran updates and that software was updated. Keeping systems updated and making sure employees understand the POS terminal and its functionalities are critical tasks for any restaurant operator. When you create a procedure to protect against physical POS breaches, you can also create a checklist for POS employee training. Security is a team effort and one that's executed from the top down, so make sure your team is in compliance with best practices. Also make sure they know the right steps to take if a breach is detected. That kind of preparedness can go a long way when recovering from an attack. Arby's now faces class-action litigation with strong accusations: "The Arby's Data Breach was the inevitable result of Arby's inadequate data security measures," says a credit union suing on behalf of its customers. Arby's denies those allegations and plans to offer a vigorous defense. But one company's struggles are a reminder that any multi-unit restaurant operator is at risk, and it begs—or rather, demands—the question: are you up to date on your security measures? To learn how Zenput is helping convenience store operators audit their POS systems, click here.
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Continuing my advent look at what we mean when we call Jesus king, because we sing all of our Christmas Carols about this newborn king. The newborn whom we would ultimately call King of Kings, and Lord of Lords. But, the question is, what do we mean when we call Jesus king?
The book of Daniel is the great apocalyptic book of the Old Testament. By apocalyptic we mean "revealing of the end." It's a showing forth of where this thing is headed. And, of course, the great apocalyptic book of the New Testament is the book of Revelation. Interestingly, the book of Revelation borrows heavily from the book of Daniel. The book of Revelation depends on a lot imagery and symbol that has already been given and established centuries earlier in the book of Daniel.
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Second year without Fireworks in Pottstown borough. Many opinions have been offered, and some sincere folks made a Power Point slideshow. Four queen contestants have worked hard to reverse this situation.
Please express your sincere wishes, and SHARE this poll. Keep the comments clean. This will serve as a testament of your commitment to your town.
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These are the kinds of incidents we can expect more of under the unconstitutional Arizona immigration power-grab and racial profiling law.
LOS ANGELES — The family of a mentally disabled man claims that the federal and local governments mistakenly had an American citizen deported and said U.S. officials should help find him in Mexico.
Relatives of Pedro Guzman, 29, are suing the Department of Homeland Security and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department in Los Angeles federal court.
The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit this week over what the civil rights group contends was the wrongful deportation of a developmentally disabled man.
Pedro Guzman was serving time in Los Angeles County's Men's Central Jail for misdemeanor trespassing when he was deported to Tijuana on May 10 or May 11, according to the ACLU. The family said they've been looking for their loved one in Tijuana for a month. Michael Guzman said his worst fear is that his brother is "no longer living."
He said Michael can't read, gets lost and often can't remember the family phone number.
The suit said Pedro Guzman was sentenced in April to 120 days in jail for a misdemeanor trespassing violation. The suit said that sometime after that the Sheriff's Department identified him as a non-citizen, obtained his signature for voluntary removal from the United States and turned him over to federal authorities for deportation.
Guzman, who knows no one in Tijuana, was last heard from on May 11, when he phoned his brother and sister-in-law's home to say he had been deported to that city, but the call was interrupted before he could say exactly where he was, according to the ACLU.
Guzman's mother, brother and sister-in-law traveled to Tijuana and searched shelters, jails, churches, hospitals and morgues, but have not found him and fear for his safety, ACLU officials said.
"This is a recurring nightmare for every person of color of immigrant roots,"
Mark Rosenbaum, the legal director of the ACLU's Southern California branch, said in a statement.
There are no circumstances under which a U.S. citizen can legally be deported.


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The Loser
You're lucky your body is attached to your inflated head, missy, her mum always says. Else you'd have lost it years ago!
Zara sighs; a particularly long one, dripping with self-pity.
The Loser, people call her, close friends included. The term 'loser' here, mind you, has entirely different connotations than the usual.
When one is labeled a 'loser', it usually indicates that the person has utterly failed to match society's insane standards of 'coolness'. In simpler words, a 'loser' is a social pariah.
Zara, however, is a rather unusual species of loser. In her case, the label itself gives the meaning away. To put it bluntly, she loses things.
Be it the popular favourites like car keys, money or watches, or her very own specialties: rucksacks, shoes, the very glasses on her nose— name it, and Zara will lose it. This has been thoroughly tested and proven by time and certain over-eager friends.
It is with a heavy heart and a heavier bag (dare you lose this one, Zara) that she sets off on a hopefully calming stroll around her colony.
Zara pulls out a crumpled piece of paper from her pocket.
"My Ex-Things." the bold, ironic title reads. Her heart sinks a little lower at the latest additions.
"Favourite New Pumas." Check. Just last week, she had woken up to a gloriously sunny day, and a gloriously empty shoe-rack. Stolen by the garbage-collectors, the story went. As Zara lifts her head to sigh once more, a flash of blue catches her eyes. She rubs them vigorously, not daring, heck, not wanting to believe the sight.
A young girl of her age is standing at the bus-stop right ahead. Gleaming proudly on her feet, are none other than Zara's stolen Pumas.
She has half a mind to pounce on the girl right then and there. Luckily (for the girl), a couple of deep breaths clear the scarlet fog, and she realizes that the girl couldn't have possibly stolen them. Just another one of Fate's cruel co-incidences. So Zara keeps on walking.
"Knitted Purple Sweater." is second on her sad list. How does one lose a sweater, you ask? Zara smirks bitterly; nothing is impossible for the Loser. This one is a fresh wound, nonetheless. She had come home after a shopping trip with her friends and the sweater was to be found nowhere. A thorough search of all the little shops on the street had yielded no results, and Zara had lost herself a beautiful, hand-woven garment. But wait, what was that? Surely not…
A Caucasian man is jogging along on the other side of the road, sporting, yes you guessed it, a bright purple sweater. Was the universe playing some sort of a twisted joke on her?
Zara is torn between bursting into sobs and laughing her head off. Neither bodes well, though, so she swallows hard, and heads to the nearest bench, plopping herself down noisily.
She's almost afraid to look at her list again. But she does, albeit with a trembling lip.
"Silver eye-liner." This time, Zara chuckles a little. Even Fate would have a hard time using this one, she thinks viciously.
Just then, there is a tap on her shoulder.
"Can I borrow your phone, please?" comes a soft voice.
Zara whips her head towards the voice so fast; she almost hears the crick of her neck.
A pretty lady is smiling tentatively at her, awaiting her response. And do you know what makes her even prettier? Her expressive, silver-rimmed eyes.
That's it. She has to get the hell out of here, or she just might really lose her head.
So Zara grabs her bag(ha-ha), sucks in a deep breath and flees.
She's sprinting back home, and her thoughts are trying to outrun her.
What on Earth just happened back there? Had all her ex-things somehow flown out her window and into other people's lives? Had they all collectively decided to mock her in their sick, warped way, that very afternoon? Was this whole sham just a terrible, terrible nightmare?
Zara pinches herself hard to make sure. The rapidly reddening skin assures her that she isn't, in fact, asleep and what is happening is quite real, thank you very much.
To hell with it, she thinks all of a sudden. If her things so enjoyed disappearing and reappearing in other people's possession, she couldn't care less. They were mere objects, after all. She could always get new ones.
Fortunately, the things that really count in life, Zara has in abundance.
A family who loves her through thick and thin. (Except when she loses their house keys.)
Friends who make her laugh every second of the day, everyday. (Except when they make her cry.)
A dog who worships the ground she walks upon. (And pees on it frequently.)
Zara sighs; a happy one, for a change. She'd deal with her absent-mindedness just fine as long as she never lost what really matters. She's home, finally. In more than one sense of the word.
Giving herself a smug little pat on the back for her philosophical epiphany, she unlocks the main door, neatly hanging the keys on the assigned hook. Ha, she'd show Fate that you just don't mess with Zara.
As she lets herself into her warm, cozy room, Zara snuggles down in her favourite armchair, reaching for some nice, therapeutic bubble-wrap.
Popping the little bubbles of heaven with one hand, she thrusts the other one into her bag to retrieve her phone.
The phone isn't there.
The Loser strikes again.
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Sika Deer (Cervus nippon) also known as the spotted deer or the Japanese deer, is a species of deer native to much of East Asia.
The sika deer is one of the few deer species that does not lose its spots upon reaching maturity. They are medium-sized herbivores, though they show notable size variation across their several subspecies.
Their population status varies significantly in different countries. Although the species as a whole is thriving, it is endangered and extinct in many areas. Japan has by far the largest native sika population in the world. This is mainly atttributed to recent conservation efforts and the extinction of its main predator, the wolf, over a century ago. China used to have the largest population of sika, but thousands of years of hunting and habitat loss have reduced the population to less than 1,000.


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"Keeping it simple and natural" is the new trend followed by both Bollywood and Tollywood celebrities. Applying rich or heavy makeup is no longer a trend. Rather keeping the makeup minimal is the way to stand out from the crowd.
Currently nude makeup is grabbing the headlines and more and more celebrities are opting for this style. Basically this makeup look comprises the application of minimal makeup on the face (according to the skin tone) and finishing the look with nude shade lipstick.
Off late, we spotted this adorable makeup on South Indian actress Nivetha Pethuraj and it looked flawless on her. For a recent event, the actress wore a beautiful saree with designer blouse and ended here understated look with a smoking hot eyes and nude lips.
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My Wishlist And The Desire To Acquire05/22/2019
While sorting through some old posts, I ran across a wishlist from two years ago. Of the ten items on the list, only two were purchased: a small packet of Tomoe River paper and a Robert Oster ink. The ink went to a friend and the paper is on my desk as yet unused. Wishful thinking on the other items. I don't miss them. There are other pens, paper, and ink on hand to keep me content.
Had I acquired all of the products, would I still be using them or would I have lost interest? Mostly the latter. It's a lesson in buying stuff. So many items are unnecessary if gorgeous and satisfying to own. Regardless, there are essentials and of those, I have an abundance. Who really needs anything more?
In the future, I intend to keep a more regularly updated, dated wishlist. Reviewing past iterations is amusing in a "what was I thinking" sort of way.
Do you keep old versions of your wishlist? Does it include things you would/could never purchase or is your list comprised of items you might truly acquire?
My favorite stock-nibbed pens list has remained the same for years. The only one I would add today is the Pilot Metropolitan medium. Which just proves I can be happy with what I have even if my wishlist is everchanging.


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Energy and Climate Research Innovation Seed Fund
The Vice Chancellor for Research is pleased to announce the 2013/14 round of awards for the Innovation Seed Fund in Energy and Climate Research, a program funded by the Berkeley Energy & Climate Institute (BECI) that is based in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research.
For 2013/14 the Innovation Seed Fund seeks proposals that will advance UC Berkeley research in the renewable energy and energy efficiency domain. There is a special interest in multi-disciplinary projects that address current gaps in the scientific, technological and policy areas of Berkeley's renewable energy portfolio as well as projects that will further define the frontiers of energy science and policy and have strong potential for scalability and implementation.
The call for proposals encourages focus in the following areas:
- "Accelerating Impacts on Energy and Climate Change through Policy"
Developing strategies, policies and programs which accelerate or promote the precipitation of impacts on climate change, energy efficiency or further engagement from stakeholders.
- "Technologies for a Lower Carbon Future"
Research and development of technologies pertaining to alternative energies, energy efficiency, cleaner fossil fuels or energy storage.
- "Reducing Carbon Emissions Today"
Research and development of carbon capture, carbon sequestration and scrubber technology or the development of industry engagement programs which directly curb an industrial partner's energy consumption or carbon emissions.
- "Developing Resilience and Adaptation Strategies for Climate Change"
Development of climate assessments, integrative climate modeling (including atmospheric or hydrological) and forecasting technologies which can be applied to the protection of societal interests and assets, such as: food and water supply, transportation systems, the urban environment, and grid security from climate change and extreme weather events.
The application deadline was Sunday, October 20, 2013. A multi-disciplinary team of faculty will evaluate the submissions and select proposals each of which will be awarded up to $80K--$120K per year with the possibility of renewal for one more year. Please submit your application materials online here. Please contact firstname.lastname@example.com with any questions you may have.


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Red Hot + Blue
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|Red Hot + Blue
|Compilation album by
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|September 25, 1990
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|Steve Lillywhite, Afrika Bambaataa
|Red Hot Organization chronology
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2006 CD/DVD re-issue
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Red Hot + Blue is the first compilation album from the Red Hot Organization in the Red Hot Benefit Series. It features contemporary pop performers reinterpreting several songs of Cole Porter, and the title of the album originates from Cole Porter's musical Red, Hot and Blue.[2]
Released in 1990, it sold over a million copies worldwide and was heralded as one of the first major AIDS benefits in the music business. The accompanying ABC television special featured music videos for the songs.[2] The clips portrayed the societal effects of AIDS.
Neneh Cherry's reworked version of "I've Got You Under My Skin" was released as the lead single for the album in the UK and Europe and reached number 25 in the UK Singles Chart.
Although no singles were released from the album in the United States the song "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?", covered in a techno style by Thompson Twins, received regular airplay on San Francisco's Live 105 (KITS). This was one of the two songs not to have a video counterpart. U2's cover of "Night and Day" reached #2 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, and presaged the electronic sound the band would explore on Achtung Baby the following year.
In 2006 Red Hot + Blue was re-issued as a two-disc set including the original CD remastered, and a DVD of the video collection.
Track listing[edit]
- "I've Got You Under My Skin" performed by Neneh Cherry (Video by Jean-Baptiste Mondino)
- "In the Still of the Night" performed by The Neville Brothers (Video by Jonathan Demme)
- "You Do Something to Me" performed by Sinéad O'Connor (video by John Maybury)
- "Begin the Beguine" performed by Salif Keita (video by Zak Ove)
- "Love for Sale" performed by Fine Young Cannibals
- "Well, Did You Evah!" performed by Deborah Harry + Iggy Pop (video by Alex Cox)
- "Miss Otis Regrets / Just One of Those Things" performed by The Pogues + Kirsty MacColl (video by Neil Jordan)
- "Don't Fence Me In" performed by David Byrne (video by David Byrne)
- "It's All Right with Me" performed by Tom Waits (video by Jim Jarmusch)
- "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" performed by Annie Lennox (video by Ed Lachman)
- "Night and Day" performed by U2 (video by Wim Wenders)
- "I Love Paris" performed by Les Négresses Vertes (video by Roger Pomphrey)
- "So in Love" performed by k.d. lang (video by Percy Adlon)
- "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" performed by Thompson Twins
- "Too Darn Hot" performed by Erasure (video by Adelle Lutz and Sandy McLeod)
- "I Get a Kick Out of You" performed by Jungle Brothers (video by Mark Pellington)
- "Down in the Depths" performed by Lisa Stansfield (video by Phillippe Gautier)
- "From This Moment On" performed by Jimmy Somerville (video by Steve Mclean)
- "After You, Who?" performed by Jody Watley (video by Matthew Rolston)
- "Do I Love You?" performed by Aztec Camera (video by John Scarlett-Davies)
- ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute To Cole Porter". AllMusic.
- ^ a b Holden, Stephen (October 21, 1990). "POP VIEW; Why Cole Porter Prevails – Be It Pop, Rock or Even Rap".
- Red Hot Organization albums
- Albums produced by Steve Lillywhite
- 1990 compilation albums
- 2006 video albums
- Music video compilation albums
- Pop compilation albums
- Rock compilation albums
- Rock video albums
- Pop video albums
- Chrysalis Records compilation albums
- Chrysalis Records video albums
- Cole Porter tribute albums


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As leading experts in the field of concussions, our sports medicine doctors at HFM Lakeshore Orthopaedics provide diagnostic concussion evaluations and concussion management services as well as ongoing education and community service. Through our Sports Concussion Clinic and social media (such as Twitter and blogs) and lectures, our sports medicine doctors strive to continue to raise awareness and promote education about proper concussion management with athletes, parents, coaches, and area schools and sports teams.
What Is a Concussion?
- A concussion is a brain injury.
- Concussions are caused by a bump or blow to the head. Even a "ding," "getting your bell rung, " or what seems to be a mild bump or blow to the head can be serious.
- You can't see a concussion.
- Signs and symptoms of concussion can show up right after the injury or may not appear or be noticed until days or weeks after the injury. If you experience any symptoms of a concussion, seek medical attention right away.
Common Signs & Symptoms of a Concussion:
- Headache or "pressure" in head
- Nausea or vomiting
- Balance problems or dizziness
- Double or blurry vision
- Bothered by light
- Bothered by noise
- Feeling sluggish, hazy, foggy, or groggy
- Difficulty paying attention
- Memory problems
- Confusion
- Do not "feel right
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- Follow your coach's rules for safety and the rules of the sport
- Practice good sportsmanship at all times
- Use the proper sports equipment, including personal protective equipment (such as helmets, padding, shin guards, and eye and mouth guards). In order for equipment to protect you, it must be:
- The right equipment for the game, position, or activity
- Worn correctly and fit well
- Used every time you play
If You Suspect a Possible Head Injury, Take These Steps:
- Seek medical attention by a physician trained in concussion management or an athletic trainer. A healthcare professional will be able to decide how serious the concussion is and when it is safe to return to sports.
- Remove yourself from ALL physical activity. Concussions take time to heal. Don't return to play until a healthcare professional says it's okay. Those who return to play too soon — while the brain is still healing — risk a greater chance of having a second concussion. Second or later concussions can be very serious. They can cause permanent brain damage, affecting you for a lifetime.
- Tell your coach about ANY recent concussion. Coaches won't know about a recent concussion in another sport or activity unless you tell them.
Please use the link below to learn more about concussion prevention and treatment.
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Dear Perfect Stranger,
How are you today? I hope you're doing well and if not, I hope that this note serves as a pick-me-up during your day. The ideas of what to write in this note came to me today when I finished writing my last exam of the year. It was one of those exams that everyone finishes early and is just waiting until they can leave. I'm pretty sure that everyone left as soon as they could. Anyways, while I was waiting, I started to get really excited about the upcoming spring/summer. I usually don't get excited until I am a few weeks into my break but this time was different.
I am looking forward to seeing old friends and making new ones. I am looking forward to old habits and hang outs and discovering new ones. I am looking forward to new adventures and reminiscing about old ones. Most of all though, I'm looking forward to the personal growth that I seem to go through each summer. What are you looking forward to?
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Decided: April 1, 1991.
ROBERT W. BAUTER, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT,v.HANOVER INSURANCE COMPANY, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT
On appeal from Superior Court, Law Division, Monmouth County.
Deighan and A.m. Stein. The opinion of the court was delivered by Deighan, J.A.D.
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Plaintiff Robert W. Bauter seeks to recover under an underinsured motorist (UIM) provision of an insurance policy issued to him by defendant Hanover Insurance Company (Hanover). After discovery was completed, the parties cross-moved for summary judgment. On October 27, 1989, Judge Peskoe denied plaintiff's motion and granted defendant's motion for summary judgment. We affirm.
The facts are not in dispute. In March 1986, plaintiff's wife, Kathleen Bauter, was killed in a motor vehicle collision while a passenger in an automobile operated by plaintiff. Plaintiff brought a personal injury and wrongful death action against the intoxicated driver of the other car and settled that claim for $25,000, the proceeds of the intoxicated driver's automobile liability policy. Plaintiff also settled a dram shop action against Ralph's Tavern & Liquors, the liquor establishment that served the intoxicated driver, for $500,000, the proceeds of a dram shop liability policy issued to Ralph's Tavern & Liquors.
Plaintiff's insurance policy with Hanover provided for UIM coverage in the amount of $300,000. He made a claim against Hanover for $275,000, the policy limits on the UIM coverage less the $25,000 recovered from the other driver. Hanover denies liability and contends that since the dram shop action was settled in excess of the $300,000 UIM coverage, it has no obligation to pay plaintiff under the UIM coverage provision of his automobile policy.
N.J.S.A. 17:28-1.1(e) defines UIM coverage as follows:
For the purposes of this section, (1) "underinsured motorist coverage" means insurance for damages because of bodily injury and property damage resulting from an accident arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of an
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underinsured motor vehicle. Underinsured motorist coverage shall not apply to an uninsured motor vehicle. A motor vehicle is underinsured when the sum of the limits of liability under all bodily injury and property damage liability bonds and insurance policies available to a person against whom recovery is sought for bodily injury or property damage is, at the time of the accident, less than the applicable limits for underinsured motorist coverage afforded under the motor vehicle insurance policy held by the person seeking that recovery. A motor vehicle shall not be considered an underinsured motor vehicle under this section unless the limits of all bodily injury liability insurance or bonds applicable at the time of the accident have been exhausted by payment of settlements or judgments. The limits of underinsured motorist coverage available to an injured person shall be reduced by the amount he has recovered under all bodily injury liability insurance or bonds. [Emphasis added.]
Plaintiff argues that the legislative intent was to trigger UIM coverage when all of the tortfeasor's automobile liability coverage is exhausted and that a dram shop policy may not be set off against UIM coverage. Hanover maintains that the statute clearly and unambiguously requires a set off against all liability policies of the parties and not merely automobile liability policies.
This case presents a novel issue as no New Jersey case to date has considered whether the statutory language, "all bodily injury and property damage liability bonds and insurance policies," includes non-automobile insurance policies such as dram shop insurance. In interpreting N.J.S.A. 17:28-1.1(e), it is important to keep in mind the purpose behind New Jersey's UIM statute. The states are split in their approach to underinsurance. M. Bender, No-Fault & Uninsured Motorist Automobile Insurance § 30:40(2)(c) (1984). In some states, the coverage is designed and interpreted to compensate an injured party only for the amount of UIM coverage purchased. In other states, however, the coverage is designed to compensate the plaintiff for the full value of the injuries, allowing plaintiff to collect UIM benefits above and beyond recovery under other liability policies. Id. The purpose of New Jersey's statute is to protect the insured up to the UIM limits purchased and not to make an injured person whole again. See Nikiper v. Motor Club of America Cos., 232 N.J. Super. 393, 399, 557 A.2d 332
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(App.Div.1989). In Nikiper, this court stated that "the purpose of the UIM feature is to provide as much coverage as the insured is willing to purchase, up to the available limits, against the risk of an underinsured claim." Id. at 399, 557 A.2d 332. Referring to the provision of the statute requiring a setoff of prior recoveries against the UIM limits, the court noted that the theory behind UIM coverage is that "there is underinsurance relative to the limits for which the injured party has contracted for as opposed to protecting the individual against any particular tortfeasor." Id.
Several New Jersey decisions that involved only automobile insurance proceeds have concluded that the statutory language, "all bodily injury and property damage liability bonds and insurance policies," is clear and unambiguous and should be read literally to require an offset of all available automobile insurance policies. See Prudential Ins. v. Johnson, 238 N.J. Super. 1, 568 A.2d 1193 (App.Div.1989); Nikiper, 232 N.J. Super. 393, 557 A.2d 332; Tyler v. New Jersey Auto. Full Ins. Underwriting Ass'n, 228 N.J. Super. 463, 465-67, 550 A.2d 168 (App.Div.1988); Longworth v. Van Houten, 223 N.J. Super. 174, 176-78, 538 A.2d 414 (App.Div.1988). ...
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The ol' blogs been sitting idle for a while due to work and moving house. But here is a quick picture of my 2 homemade guitars (well, one homemade 4 string slide electric guitar and one home-modified acoustic one.) and practice amp.
Going to build an optical pick-up for the slide guitar at some point, and will update blog with the build details.


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I seem to be having an issue opening up ports on WAN side for services running the router. I have installed transmission and twonky and they are accessible just fine from the LAN. However, I have tried both using IPTABLES command and using TomatoUSB web UI to open a peer and rpc port for transmission and a port for twonky browsing and according to canyouseeme.org none of them are open. I have Qwest DSL and noticed in my "modem" there is also a port forwarding section and I have forwarded ports in there as well. However, still I can see nothing. I have seen some issue with port forwarding on recent tomato usb builds due to firmware issues. I am running the latest build. Is anyone else seeing issues or have ideas on how to fix this?
Port Forwarding Not Working
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Date: 13 Dec 2010 02:38
Number of posts: 3
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Unfold Port Forwarding Not Working by acetate (guest), 13 Dec 2010 02:38
Re: Port Forwarding Not Working
teddy_b 13 Dec 2010 03:35
Port forwarding to the client machines running behind the router is not the same as opening ports for applications running on the router itself. Searching the forum could have helped:
Don't forget to either put your modem in "bridge" mode, or put the Tomato router in the DMZ of your modem (and don't use any modem' port forwarding).
Also, when checking the port being open via canyouseeme.org make sure you have the process(es) running that will actually respond on that port.
Unfold Re: Port Forwarding Not Working by teddy_b, 13 Dec 2010 03:35
Putting the router in the DMZ of the modem did the trick. For whatever reason looks like the port forwarding on the modem was not working. Thanks for the help.
Unfold by acetate (guest), 13 Dec 2010 06:50


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The 25 Most Powerful Stylists in Hollywood 2018
Do fashion and feminism still match? Hell yes, say the tastemakers who've guided stars from Margot Robbie to Saoirse Ronan to Octavia Spencer through the most sensitive awards season ever and are ranked by THR in this eighth annual celebration.
Every year, THR assesses the hits and misses of Hollywood's most star-studded red carpets (or black carpets, as they were at the Golden Globes and BAFTAs). The culmination of a fashion season that — for the entertainment industry — begins with the Cannes Film Festival and wraps at the Oscars, this eighth annual list ranks the town's most influential stylists. Factors considered include taste, star power of a stylist's client roster, social media impact, and relevance in the awards-season conversation and beyond.
Even as #AskHerMore morphed into #WhyWeWearBlack and feminist messaging elevated red carpet moments, let's not forget that green is still part of the mix whenever a stylist works to craft the right image for the right star and takes him or her to the next level. Margot Robbie, whose glamour guru Kate Young ranks No. 1 this year, was named Chanel's new face on Oscar Sunday (for an idea of what that could mean: Emma Stone's Louis Vuitton deal reportedly scored her up to $10 million).
"Fashion is a big business, especially in this industry," says Elizabeth Saltzman (No. 2), who dressed Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan. "It gives people escapism and a little relief — let's let it be."
Kate Young
Clients: Margot Robbie, Dakota Johnson, Selena Gomez, Natalie Portman, Michelle Williams, Sienna Miller
WHY SHE MATTERS THR's most influential stylist, who also topped this list in 2012 and 2016, boasted 1.3 billion media impressions in 2018 for her styling during Oscar week of Robbie alone, who was named the new ambassador for Chanel the day of the show. Young dresses a roster that fronts some of the most coveted luxury labels — Gucci (Johnson, 28), Louis Vuitton (Williams, 37) and Dior (Portman, 36), which are Nos. 1, 2 and 7 of Google's most searched brands in 2017.
TOP LOOKS Young outfitted Robbie, 27, in everything from Versace butterflies to Miu Miu feathers and an embroidered white Chanel Haute Couture gown for the Oscars that took Karl Lagerfeld 550 hours to create (Robbie topped Instagram's list of Oscar stars with the most buzz). Says Young: "Our '90s supermodel theme informed the clothes, hair and makeup choices [for Margot]. I just love the bright, minimal feeling from that era."
Elizabeth Saltzman
Clients: Saoirse Ronan, Gwyneth Paltrow
WHY SHE MATTERS Saltzman, a former Vanity Fair fashion director, set trends with her more extreme "editorial" approach for Lady Bird nominee Ronan's looks. "It's never just about a pretty dress on a rack," says the London-based stylist, who mixed it up with a '60s-inspired Prada minidress for the Spirit Awards and pink and orange Gucci satin in Palm Springs. Says Saltzman, "I saw it on the runway and grabbed it."
TOP LOOKS Ronan, 23, graced the Oscars in Calvin Klein by Appointment with a dramatic bow back (detachable for parties). "Pink seemed iconic," says Saltzman, who also loved Ronan's "powerful" sculpted, padded-shoulder Versace at the Globes. "It was a moment that wasn't about fashion — it was about strength."
Samantha McMillen
Clients: Elle Fanning, Dakota Fanning, Daisy Ridley, Ashley Judd, Brie Larson
WHY SHE MATTERS The youngest Fanning sister shut down Cannes in 21 looks, including a hand-painted Vivienne Westwood unicorn gown. "We were like, 'Yes!' " says Elle of Westwood's offer to paint the dress. "It had the unicorn and my name." Adds McMillen: "It's like a museum piece. Really incredible."
TOP LOOKS Fanning, 19, channeled Grace Kelly at the Berlin Film Festival in caped Valentino Couture. "It was different for me because it was very closed up and it wasn't pastel," says Fanning, who has six upcoming films including Reed Morano's I Think We're Alone Now.
Elizabeth Stewart
Clients: Gal Gadot, Viola Davis, Cate Blanchett, Jessica Chastain
WHY SHE MATTERS Two words: Wonder Woman. Gadot was the year's biggest breakout star, gaining 13.8 million Instagram followers as her film pulled in $821 million worldwide at the box office. Stewart posted a Boomerang of the heroine, 32, flashing flat sandals under her fiery red Givenchy gown for the premiere. "I'm not complicated. I like to look a little bit sophisticated, clean, simple and elegant, and I really like to be comfortable," says Gadot, who also was one of the most tweeted-about Oscar stars in Givenchy fringe with a jaw-dropping Tiffany & Co. aquamarine necklace that had more than 1,000 diamonds. Says Stewart, "Gal is very confident, so fittings can go quick."
TOP LOOKS The actress wowed in Altuzarra's gilded warrior dress at the Justice League premiere. Says Gadot, "We had a gunmetal dress, and two days before the premiere, Elizabeth came with the golden one — it was perfect."
Julia von Boehm
Clients: Nicole Kidman
WHY SHE MATTERS Von Boehm consistently lands the most coveted runway pieces (Valentino, Rodarte's silver sequins in Cannes, Versace from Donatella's epic Tribute Collection) for Kidman, who delivered high-impact styles for her Big Little Lies awards sweep. The New York-based stylist commissioned a crimson Calvin Klein by Appointment pleated silk dress with $2 million worth of Harry Winston diamonds for Kidman's big win at the Emmys.
TOP LOOKS The Australian actress, 50, was the evening's best dressed in cobalt Armani Prive with a bold bow at the Oscars.
Ilaria Urbinati
Clients: Armie Hammer, Dwayne Johnson, Donald Glover, Shailene Woodley
WHY SHE MATTERS Urbinati is a menswear tastemaker, putting forth such trends as rich velvet and 1970s looks, as showcased by Hammer's retro gold Dolce & Gabbana tuxedo in Palm Springs. Says Urbinati, "I used heavy bow ties, '70s colors and cuts, pinky rings and a lot of unbuttoned shirts with gold chains."
TOP LOOKS Urbinati's favorites include Hammer, 31, in Armani red velvet at the Oscars. And, in lieu of a white rose pinned to his lapel, she dressed Glover, 34, in an all-white Zegna tux at the Grammys, the ultimate nod to women's rights. "Initially, no one was clear on whether the men were supposed to participate in Time's Up," says Urbinati. "I posted about it on Instagram, stating yes, the men would be standing by the women and wearing black. The Rock commented, and the whole thing went viral."
Micaela Erlanger
Clients: Meryl Streep, Lupita Nyong'o, Common Diane Kruger
WHY SHE MATTERS "I dressed seven people for the Oscars," says Erlanger, who styled nominee Streep, 68, in a plunging red Dior Couture dress. "We loved the bold color — it was an added bonus that it was designed by a woman" (Maria Grazia Chiuri).
TOP LOOKS The New York-based stylist wanted a "warrior-inspired" wardrobe for Nyong'o's Black Panther press, including a violet bejeweled Atelier Versace for the premiere of the billion-dollar box-office behemoth. Nyong'o, 35, captioned a photo for her 5.4 million Insta followers: "Purple Reign."
Karla Welch
Clients: Tracee Ellis Ross, Sarah Paulson, Justin Bieber, Elisabeth Moss, Demi Moore
WHY SHE MATTERS While Welch's Oscar "It" girl Ruth Negga wasn't out on carpets this year, the stylist never played it safe with her other "strong, vocal, independent" clients. Welch collaborated with Ross on 2017's Comme des Garcons-themed Met Ball, where the Black-ish actress, 45, in sculptural blue, was one of a few attendees who dared to wear a Rei Kawakubo extreme look.
TOP LOOKS Welch, who topped THR's list in 2017, turned out 11 outfits for Ross' American Music Awards hosting gig: "It was an awards season in one night."
Cristina Ehrlich
Clients: Greta Gerwig, Allison Williams, Laura Dern
WHY SHE MATTERS The bicoastal stylist pulled off an awards-season trifecta: quirky-chic for Lady Bird director Gerwig, timeless glamour for Get Out actress Williams and fearless chameleon looks for Big Little Lies nominee Dern, 51.
TOP LOOKS Oscar nominee Gerwig, 34, brought the "wow" factor in sky blue Rosie Assoulin at the Spirit Awards. Says Ehrlich of Dern's Calvin Klein at the Oscars, "Laura's choice of white, the opposite of black, felt symbolic of the cultural shift that has already occurred and will continue to grow."
Jill Lincoln and Jordan Johnson
Clients: Jennifer Lawrence, Jennifer Garner, Kiernan Shipka
WHY THEY MATTER The duo dress Dior brand ambassador Lawrence in sexy yet feminist-minded fashions such as her metallic, rainbow-pleated gown at the Red Sparrow opening in London. Lincoln says that Lawrence's sheer Atelier Versace at the mother! London premiere was gangbusters on social, and Johnson cites Garner's arms as the inspiration for the presenter's knockout electric blue at the Oscars. Says Lincoln, "The dress had to show off her arms."
TOP LOOKS Lawrence, 27, made headlines when she stepped out in a revealing and plunging black Versace at a London photocall, while her male co-stars bundled up in the brisk cold. She snapped back at critics on a Facebook post: "This is sexist. … Everything you see me wear is my choice. And if I want to be cold THATS MY CHOICE TOO!" Boom.
Petra Flannery
Clients: Reese Witherspoon, Emma Stone, Amy Adams, Zoe Saldana, Emilia Clarke
WHY SHE MATTERS THR's No. 1 stylist in 2015 called on Zac Posen this year to create something simple for her powerhouse actress-producer-entrepreneur client, who helped spearhead the Time's Up movement and all-black Globes carpet. "Reese knows what she wants, and Petra brings the magic polish," Posen tells THR. Witherspoon, 41, captioned a photo of her gown on Instagram: "This year's look means so much more. Standing in solidarity. #WhyWeWearBlack."
TOP LOOKS Flannery's longtime client Stone landed a two-year Louis Vuitton deal in October rumored to be worth between $6 million and $10 million. The Battle of the Sexes actress, 29, eschewed a gown for a pink and red suit by the brand for the Oscars carpet.
Law Roach
Clients: Mary J. Blige, Zendaya, Celine Dion, Tom Holland
WHY HE MATTERS Instagram's most followed stylist, Roach started working with Blige, 47, for her Mudbound press tour. The singer and Oscar nominee shifted her style from curvaceous sparkle to more elegant looks by Vera Wang and Cushnie et Ochs. A winged Jean-Louis Sabaji Couture dress with door-knocker David Webb earrings at the SAG Awards kept the drama levels high.
TOP LOOKS Zendaya, 21, wore a monarch butterfly dress by Moschino to The Greatest Showman premiere in Australia. "I was so inspired by the costumes and also took into account that the monarch is native to the country," says Roach. He also pulled out the stops for 49-year-old Dion's white Stephane Rolland with exaggerated shoulders at the Billboard Awards. "That one went viral. I got calls and texts from people telling me they cried [when they saw Dion]."
Rob Zangardi and Mariel Haenn
Clients: Jennifer Lopez, Lily Collins, Hailee Steinfeld, Jessica Biel, Gwen Stefani, Ciara
WHY THEY MATTER The in-demand duo are known for megawatt glamour and have a massive audience thanks to the 126.3 million-plus collective Instagram following of their superstar clients.
TOP LOOKS "We like to do the unexpected," says Zangardi, as evidenced by 21-year-old Steinfeld's purple metallic knee-high boots with a classic strapless white gown at the Grammys. Says Haenn, "Stylists are making bolder choices not only for the talent to make a statement but also for themselves."
Jason Bolden
Clients: Yara Shahidi, Ava DuVernay, Storm Reid, Taraji P. Henson
WHY HE MATTERS Bolden keeps his roster of activist, accomplished women looking fashion-fierce while they rewrite the Hollywood rules. DuVernay's midnight Armani Prive on Oscar night showcased her sophistication, while Shahidi deftly balances couture with youthful edge. Says Shahidi, 18, of Bolden's picks, "There's never been a situation in which I felt like the dress was wearing me."
TOP LOOKS The former SoHo vintage shop owner was inspired by one of his favorite TV shows growing up, 227, for Shahidi's dramatic Ralph Lauren bow at the SAG Awards. "Jackee Harry's character wore major bows — I really wanted a modern moment of that," he says. The Grown-ish actress adds that she also loved her gold Zimmermann for the VMAs: "I felt like Athena."
Wendi and Nicole Ferreira
Clients: Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer, Elizabeth Banks, Tom Cruise, Chris Pine
WHY SHE MATTERS The Ferreira sisters juggled two Shape of Water nominees — Hawkins, 41, and Spencer, 45 — and both actresses made a splash in Armani Prive and Brandon Maxwell at the Oscars, respectively. "Sally's dress was customized to actually be wearable because the one shown on the runway was too heavy," says Nicole of Hawkins' long-sleeved crystals. Adds Wendi of Spencer's satin organza: "Octavia wanted 'Shape of Water blue or green.' "
TOP LOOKS Banks, 44, was red hot in a spangled Jeffrey Dodd dress at the Pitch Perfect 3 premiere in Hollywood. Says Wendi, "Our inspiration was a simple slip, but we still wanted it to have Elizabeth's personality — it was simple, sexy, dynamic."
Leslie Fremar
Clients: Charlize Theron, Julianne Moore
WHY SHE MATTERS A mainstay whose stellar output is consistent, New York-based Fremar draws inspiration from the "incredible women" she works with: "You need to stay confident in your vision; people can give you direct feedback on social media, and they don't hold back."
TOP LOOKS Fremar remains the film fest queen, whipping up crystal and scarlet tulle Valentino for Moore, 57, in Venice and a Prada flapper gown with Chopard gems for Theron, 42, in Cannes.
Tara Swennen
Clients: Allison Janney, Kristen Stewart
WHY SHE MATTERS The L.A.-based stylist elevated Janney's style over the course of her I, Tonya Oscar run-up. She outfitted the star, 58, in a slinky Mario Dice gown with sequin cutouts (originally white, then reconfigured in black for the Globes), but Swennen was most proud of Janney's Bibhu Mohapatra gown with elaborate sleeves at the BAFTA Awards: "It exuded couture-like elegance while supporting the Time's Up movement."
TOP LOOKS Swennen dressed Janney in two winning Oscar looks — a red Reem Acra gown with Jimmy Choos and a custom Brandon Maxwell top and skirt.
Erin Walsh
Clients: Thandie Newton, Sarah Jessica Parker, Maggie Gyllenhaal
WHY SHE MATTERS "Fashion is meant to contribute to the narrative. This awards season was a good indicator of that," says Walsh, who dressed Parker, 52, in Sophia Loren-esque Dolce & Gabbana with "La Dolce Vita accents" for the black Globes dress code. "We used fashion as a tool for the bigger picture."
TOP LOOKS Newton, 45, stole the show in a lilac Jason Wu gown with crystals at the Emmys.
Nicky Yates
Clients: Claire Foy, Vicky Krieps
WHY SHE MATTERS The London-based stylist keeps the Crown star looking modern. "I loved the contrast of an ultra-feminine cape against masculine trousers," says Yates, referring to Foy's custom Oscar de la Renta jumpsuit for the Emmys.
TOP LOOKS Foy, 33, dazzled in embellished Gucci at the Breathe London premiere. Yates says fans also reacted to Foy in Stella McCartney at the Globes: "Claire's suit had its own Twitter page at one point." Another crowning feat for Yates was Krieps, 34, in red Alexander McQueen lace at the Phantom Thread NYC premiere: "It was a special moment."
Thomas Carter Phillips
Clients: Millie Bobby Brown, Danai Gurira
WHY HE MATTERS The New York-based stylist makes his debut on THR's list after working with the Stranger Things fashion darling, who was named the new face of Calvin Klein Jeans. Aptly, Phillips dressed Brown, 14, in pink Calvin Klein by Appointment sequins with Converse kicks for the SAG Awards.
TOP LOOKS The ex-assistant to Flannery (No. 11), Ehrlich (No. 9) and E!'s Brad Goreski teamed with Gurira for her Black Panther tour: "It was an honor to have a small part in such a historic moment in film. We drew inspiration from Danai's heritage and worked with African designers," including Lisa Folawiyo from Nigeria, Sindiso Khumalo from South Africa, and EDUN, which sources across Africa. The actress, 40, was gifted a striking turquoise necklace in South Africa. Says Phillips, "She wore it over a The Row dress at the Johannesburg premiere."
Jen Rade
Clients: Angelina Jolie, Rumer Willis
WHY SHE MATTERS The veteran stylist has worked with red carpet queen Jolie, 42, for the past 15 years. Rade's secret weapon? "My tailor and couture designer Laura Basci — she takes everything and makes it better."
TOP LOOKS Rade especially loved Jolie's fitted Ralph & Russo with feathers at the Critics' Choice Awards ("Classic Hollywood glamour but also totally fresh and modern"). Of the several carats worn by the First They Killed My Father director at the BAFTAs, Rade says, "Graff hadn't loaned to celebrities in probably 50 years, so that was a moment."
Jason Rembert
Clients: Issa Rae, Rita Ora, Zayn Malik
WHY HE MATTERS The stylist turned Insecure star Rae, 33, into one of the year's breakout fashion "It" girls — she'll host the CFDA Awards in June.
TOP LOOKS "Issa in Marc Jacobs got a big response!" says Rembert of Rae's graphic sequin dress at the NAACP Image Awards. Other hits included Malik, 25, in a dusty pink Richard James suit with a white rose lapel patch at the Grammys.
Annabelle Harron
Clients: Oprah Winfrey, Salma Hayek
WHY SHE MATTERS It's all about Oprah. "My Golden Globes look got the biggest response, and it was more about a moment than the clothes," says Harron. Winfrey's impassioned Cecil B. DeMille Award acceptance speech rallied the audience and 19 million viewers, with #Oprah2020 becoming one of the evening's top trending hashtags. The 64-year-old icon's off-the-shoulder Atelier Versace black velvet gown was nice, too: "It was custom-made on a very tight timeline to stand in solidarity," says Harron.
TOP LOOKS See above.
Penny Lovell
Clients: Chrissy Metz, Anne Hathaway, Kristen Wiig, Rose Byrne
WHY SHE MATTERS The L.A.-based British stylist started working with the This Is Us star, 37, in September. For their first red carpet outing, Lovell commissioned a custom Daniela Kurrle ombre chiffon gown, and from then on it was rainbow crystals, swishy fringe and pearl-accented lace for Metz. "People really responded to Chrissy enjoying her red carpet moments," says Lovell.
TOP LOOKS Byrne, 38, hit the G'Day USA Los Angeles Black Tie Gala in an elegant Oscar de la Renta tulle frock, while Wiig, 44, donned Galvan's green hammered velvet at the Governor Awards. Up next? Hathaway, 35, will return to the red carpet for the Ocean's 8 press tour.
Wayman Bannerman and Micah McDonald
Clients: Tessa Thompson
WHY THEY MATTER The duo help define avant garde when dressing their leading lady. The Westworld and Thor: Ragnarok star, 34, twirled her way down the Emmys carpet in Boomerang-friendly rainbow-lurex Rosie Assoulin pleats.
TOP LOOKS Thompson's "elliptical galaxy" gown by Miu Miu for the Wrinkle in Time premiere was accented with a crystal crescent moon Judith Leiber bag. "Her dress had cascading embellishments," says McDonald. In Sundance, "she wore an Altuzarra skirt with a female directors sweater that read 'Ava Greta Patty & Dee,' " says Bannerman. "It was important to Tessa to honor these women — we were proud to be a part of the process."
This story first appeared in the March 21 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe.


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I am not sure if this is a Publisher Issue, since I have seen this relatively often with games published by Focus, but It feels like a lot of their titles suffer from bad communication. No idea if NWI has to follow certain " guidelines" here, set by Focus or not. But the overall communication feels lackluster.
The last update was good and made some much needed improvements, especially in regard to performance, but the job is not far from being done in my book.
The game made good steps forward, but to me it is still not something I would call a "finished product". Not in the term of of a DLC strategy, but with more improvements and needed content for that a game should have on release.
To be frank,y the beta was terrible and while I applaud to have the launch delayed, the launch was also not exactly awesome. A lot of devs and publishers seem to forget that the most important resource a game can have is trust from existing and potential customers. The previous development did not create huge amounts of trust in the customer base and they only gained some trust back with the last update. It was been almost two months now since the last patch.
People can wait for a patch, but people get rightfully annoyed and impatient when they get no information about what is going on. This is something the developers needs to improve. Players want to know what is happening, in order to build or just maintain trust.


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There's a Passport with Your Name on ItSTAFF, TRAVEL PREP — By Milli Thornton on September 17, 2011 at 01:17
Story by Milli Thornton. Photo Copyright © Milli Thornton.
Today, Saturday, September 17 is Passport Day in the USA 2011. How wonderful that there's a day not only to commemorate it but also to expedite the process for people who've been meaning to get around to it.
I've had a passport since I was a little kid—or, rather, I was included on the family passport. I remember seeing a photo of all ten of us in my dad's passport. Not sure they still do that (this was back in the 1960s) but suffice to say I was familiar with what a passport looked like when I was still a little tyke.
Then, at the ripe old age of 12, I became conscious of what they're used for when we moved from Great Falls, Montana to Australia on the S.S. Orsova (we departed from Vancouver and landed in Sydney 21 days later).
Going a Whole Lifetime Without a Passport
Having experienced international travel so young, I'm saddened by the number of people who never attempt to get a passport or ever think about going beyond their known borders.
For instance, living here in Northern Ohio, we're only a few hours drive from the Canadian border. As soon as we moved here Brian and I couldn't wait to access Canada from our house, and our first foray was to see Niagara Falls from the Canadian Side.
We've also been to Georgian Bay, Big Chute, Toronto and the Twenty Valley in Ontario and the Montreal Jazz Fest in Québec—but we feel like we've barely scratched the surface.
We've yet to meet anyone here in Youngstown who has been into Canada. Probably because they don't have a passport.
(Brian likes to point out that we see very little of Canada on our news programs here in the U.S. What's up with that? Maybe they're afraid that if Americans find out how cool it is, they'll want to move there en masse.)
You Just Never Know When You Might Need to Live Overseas
They say travel broadens the mind—but that's an understatement for what it does when you actually change countries. It would take a book (or at least a lot of blog posts) to describe my own experience as an expat/repat (moving from the USA to Australia in 1972 and then back to the U.S. in 1997) but it changed me profoundly.
This was something I had no way to describe to Brian. But then, when he couldn't get work where we lived and we couldn't pay the mortgage, he worked in Russia for two months (see Sakhalin Road Trip). After that, he understood the way in which it adds dimensions to your very being to live in another country, even if only for a few months. And now he's keen on the idea of working in other overseas countries, as well.
But such choices are not possible without a passport.
Even if you think you'll never do something crazy like go work in Russia (parts of it were kind of crazy ), if you've never had a passport, please consider getting one. The intention that goes along with it just might change your life, even if it's just so you can plan to someday see Niagara Falls from the Canadian side.
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P.S. Besides the massive flow of water, Niagara Falls is an incredible river of international peoples. You can't stand in the crowd at the waterfall without feeling like a part of humanity, rather than just a citizen of whatever country you live in right now.
STORY UPDATE: A few hours after publishing this post, I was attending the local Fall Harvest Festival with a new friend and she talked about her trips into Canada. Yay!
Milli Thornton (aka Milliver) is the author of Fear of Writing: for writers & closet writers. She is owner of the Fear of Writing Online Course, where her mission is to put the fun back into writing. Milli blogs at Screenwriting in the Boonies and the Fear of Writing Blog and coaches writers individually at Writer's Muse Coaching Service.
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I think applying for my passport was the most stressful part of preparing to go to New Zealand last year! I was using the application check service at the post office and everytime I got to the window I got sent sent back to fill out a new form, which meant traipsing back to college to get one of my tutors to fill out the referee section again. Five times this happened, totalling 3 and a half hours standing in post office queues!
I was in tears by the time they finally approved it.
But now if the opportunity comes up, I can dash back to New Zealand at a moments notice, and god forbid if I'm ever offered an international show, I can snap it up!
Passports are awesome!
I, too, had a passport as a child! Dad was in the military and we moved to the Philippines in the 70s. It was SO cool! Then I married a military man and we moved to Sicily for 3 years. Again – cool! I'm glad I still have my passport….I can't wait to see my daughter next year – she jus moved to London!
BTW – My passport was the Bicentennial passport, so when I turned it in for renewal as an adult, they punched holes in it to show it was expired, but let me keep it!
I have had a Passport since Mike joined the Air Force. We updated them in 07, for our cruise with friends. Turned out we didn't need them, but now I have them for our next trip. One less thing to worry about!
Great article, and advise Milli!
I had no idea there was a passport day (which I have now missed). I've been to Canada twice, and didn't need a passport. Is that just because way back in ancient times, they didn't worry about that so much? You don't need a passport for Mexico either… which is, sadly the extent of my international travel.
I love your statement about the intention that goes along with getting a passport. I think that's right. I'm going to do it.