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It is tradition for men to play women roles in these plays and women are placed in male roles at the RSC all the time. Tamsin Grieg was very acclaimed in Twelfth Night. The overall tone of the plays are sometimes modernized with artistic changes made. https://www.rsc.org.uk/news/archive/women-playing-male-roles

Well, they never took new biometrics on my husband.

Ouch am I glad we're done with the USCIS. I was wondering if the free filing in that package would be removed and looks that way.

Hi Tiff, So you both are really young, and you're probably tired of hearing about that aren't you? So I'd like to give you some perspective of what was once another young couple, and by that I mean me and my husband. See long ago, I met my best friend, and eventually he was 18 and I was 19 and he was all the way across the pond. He always promised he'd visit me though and so the crazy guy flew out here to meet up. Of course we hadn't a clue about immigration, and boy oh boy did they grill him up and down. I honestly don't know why they let him in, but for every question they had, he had an answer so they just couldn't find a reason to deny him or maybe they were feeling charitable or we were just lucky. We knew that first week that one day we were going to get married and go through the immigration thing, but he was a student going into college soon, and I had a tiny bit of money saved, but had a lot of responsibilities at home. So we made the decision to wait. Years of college, and employment and saving. Life got in the way at times which caused delays, but a lot more visits were possible. By the time we'd studied up on immigration, had our co-sponsor and saved what we thought was enough money (it's never enough money btw) - we had nearly left our 20s behind. Now that's a long time to wait. It's not the norm I'd say for a lot of people, and I would not suggest that for anyone. We also chose a K1, and would I recommend that for anyone knowing what I know now? Well... no... or maybe. It depends on the circumstances. Respectfully, K1 leaves you as a couple financially unstable for a significant period of time and I think those couples that have not built up a lengthy resume or educational experience can create even more problems. You may have a lot of savings - we had about 15k, with an additional amount put aside for our wedding (something I don't recommend planning at the same time as a K1 either), and honestly? We had a co-sponsor and a whole extended family to support us. We had a car. That was not enough. Why? Health insurance, car insurance, and other bills. A K1, once married, must adjust status - that means they cannot work or travel until authorized. That authorization is increasingly becoming slower than it was before - and back then it was still too slow. So let's say you get the authorization. Do you have the skillset to find a job, a good paying job with benefits, and fast? I figured my husband wouldn't have a hard time - he's a very educated man with skills. But everywhere in every state is different - job markets are different. No one wanted to hire him, and eventually he was so frustrated he considered low paying jobs anywhere. They didn't understand what an EAD was vs a green card. This town also prefers unskilled labor vs skilled. We had medical bills to keep paying all this time and the funds were draining. He felt embarrassed and worthless, but eventually after an even longer wait, the green card came. Suddenly, lots of jobs were interested, but all were not for full time with benefits work and late hours. Everyone has to start somewhere though, and a very nice person took a chance on him. The money helped but it was a struggle with still paying for benefits - six more months and he finally went full time. By then we were so close to losing our health insurance because we could no longer afford it and as luck would have it, it wasn't long after both he and I ended up in the hospital. Over the years here I have encountered many K1 couples that have no idea the struggle that the cost of health insurance can cause or the pain that is suffered by not having it. Most Europeans do not understand because their system is fundamentally different and as Americans in the relationship we have to try to protect them. Most younger Americans will not understand either, because they are usually covered by their parents insurance. For a poor person like me growing up, we were always financially insecure and didn't have insurance, and health suffered because of it. Some immigrants in America may believe that it will be very easy to find work when they want it (we are the land of opportunity and we are... but it isn't always fair) - and bless them I hope they do. They believe illness won't hit them because they are young. I hope not, but we are in a pandemic now, and the likelihood of severe illness is high. We are not as immune from accident, injury, and illness as we like to pretend. If you see some people here that tell you bluntly to take a step back, they've been through it. They've had their own struggles with the immigration process, felt the strain, and maybe can't imagine why someone that is young would try it without more preparation. No disrespect is intended, because even when you are prepared you will go through it too. If I had chosen a spouse visa, we'd need to change a lot of plans we had and take a different approach, but my husband would have had his green card and we'd have hopefully reached a starting point without draining our entire savings. Knowing what to do with the forms is only one part of the struggle. As for visiting a lot, I'd encourage as many as you can afford, if you can afford them. That doesn't guarantee you'll successfully visit though. Just never ever overstay. VWP is not a thing you want to abuse either. If you have concerns about not having strong ties, I'd point out that your fear over that isn't an unrealistic thing. Having employment will help you both financially in the future. It gives you experience you can use in the US, and it gives you money and boy are you going to need it. How do you prove you don't want to live somewhere? No matter how much proof you give it will always be up to the officer to decide. K1s are fine. We did it. We made it like everyone else that uses it. It's more appropriate for those that cannot get married in the US or in another country for some reason and it is useful for a couple that really is done with their home country, is very financially secure, and for a couple that absolutely does not wish to be separate once they've said vows. Because I get it, it's hard to be apart. But life and the system as it is in the US is increasingly making using this process harder. Whichever way you choose, tread carefully.

I don't know why MD isn't listed as the worst to drive in... but things that often make driving an even worse experience is the out of state drivers that either think they own the road or they wish to take a nap on it. 9 times out of 10 if you see someone erratically driving here, it's from PA/DE/NY, or they are old, drugged out, or on a cellphone. There's also the people that don't seem to know about right turn on red or conversely, those that don't know how to read specific signs that say DO NOT turn on red. In the city, you've got the pothole problem and aggressive driving. In my town you've got the druggies walking in all black at night and the ones that just black out at the wheel at a red light and start slowly rolling backwards... Today on 95 I saw a man on the overpass waving an upside down flag and giving motorists the finger. Hope his day gets better.

Unfortunately no. Everywhere I've asked - nursing homes, library, charity places all stated that they would not accept them or are not accepting anything due to covid or some kind of regulation involving 'textbooks and learning materials'. A few years back they wouldn't even accept a sports almanac and a bible concordance. The guy at the dump took them off me moments before I pitched them. At least he got some use out of it. Even more strange lately when I've stopped at the local goodwill they still claim to accept glassware and other items but when the guys take them they throw them in the trash.

So this location would have huge stacks of ammo loaded on wheelie carts in the middle of aisles, sometimes not even near the guns. The place is overrun with customers but I never saw many employees, and certainly no one watching these carts.

Interleukin 23 is an inflammatory cytokine for your T-helper cells (the good things that COVID and other diseases eviscerates). In English - it's a molecule that T-cells secrete. When your T-cells go haywire, they start leaking out too much of these things and thus your body says "hey dude whatcha doin'?" and causes inflammation.. so much inflammation that you start attacking your own cells. They can even cause neurological and psychological disorders. There are many types of cytokines in both humans and pets. IL23 seems to trigger psoriatic conditions, but may also be linked to seemingly different diseases of the stomach and intestines. These can also trigger severe allergic reactions in the body too. My dog takes a similar injection that targets IL31 which is linked to allergies, and the added bonus that it has positive response to IBS/IBD too - which combined with steroids means my dog goes from chewing his feet raw, vomiting, and refusing all food - to thriving. 🤪 It's big business to promote these drugs, they are very expensive indeed.

Awoke yesterday to discover my FiL had been in a serious hit and run accident. Police cannot find the scum that did this. He's pretty badly banged up. Husband is beside himself. It's a small town and it's the UK where there's cameras everywhere, they've got to find these guys somehow? Met with the friend going through divorce. Implored to seek out lawyer and gave a list of some good ones I think will be helpful. As much as I'd like to take this chick to task for hurting this guy and his child, no sense in me getting too involved. Only keep stressing he needs to stand up to her and get angry enough to fight legally. I'm pretty sure she's got to be having an affair and he doesn't realize it yet. Spent the rest of the day doing housework. The smell of bleach in a freshly clean bathroom gives me joy. Cleaned out fridge... and found a jug of six day old expired milk (I don't drink this but others do and I just... how do you not notice???!!). Then noted all the stuff that needs to be taken to the dump in spring. I don't know where my parents manage to constantly collect stuff but it's crazy. They have a set of encyclopedias from the 60s. No one wants to take them or has some kind of restrictions on taking them, but my parents don't want them to go to the dump.... well what else can I do here?

Apparently this investigation and case has been going on for a while. Cabela's in Delaware sits at the Christiana Mall location, which is one of the busiest tourist malls in America. Over the course of a year the investigators found a scheme to steal over 500,000 rounds of ammo, which was distributed and used in crimes throughout the east coast. This location had all ammo in unsecured areas and routinely looked the other way as a gang of individuals stole boxes upon boxes a day. This made the gang lucrative amounts of money and were surprised themselves with how easy it was. The DOJ has been demanding to documents pertinent to the investigation but Cabela's does not want to show them. It was only after the company was issued a subpoena did they start locking the ammo behind counters. I have been to this location and have seen previously how ammo was stored, unsecured in any way. It was baffling to me. Is this common?

*sigh* I loved the movie. Ryan Gosling deserves that nomination. No other actor could have pulled that off and committed to the role that well. Barbie isn't just a movie about women, it's a movie about men too... and to some degree perhaps there's a lot larger message regarding men (they weren't shy about that as it's even in the taglines). That might be upsetting to some people, but imo it works very well. I'm kind of annoyed that he nearly had to apologize for being nominated. He might not win, it'd be funny if he did though. Tremfya is a monoclonal antibody treatment targeting IL23 cytokine/protein for those suffering from extreme plaque psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. IL23 can be the problem in many different serious diseases including COVID. As it is an antibody treatment it can weaken the immune system, as it's goal is to reduce your immune system from attacking your body. There's risks to that of course.

I would also agree it's a waste of ketchup. 😕 I don't think the failure to clean up anything properly is a gender related issue, more like an idiot related issue.

Working on Chrome now. 👍

Also when trying to post here it got stuck on "submit/saving" reply for about two minutes. I could only see that my reply is above by duplicating this thread tab and checking replies.

I have only been able to access unread content once yesterday (the load more activity once on that page does not work at all), otherwise the page just either times out after a lengthy wait or never connects. This happens on any browser I try.

Oh good. I thought this was just me. It started yesterday. A few others could also replicate it too.. 🫠

Over the years there's been many persons on this forum that have inquired about returning to the UK with their American spouses and children. There has always been visa requirements involved with that, which included financial requirements that for some, were too great. Based on yesterday's announcement by the UK government, they intend to increase that burden further. The old rules required that the UK citizen and only the UK citizen had a UK job and guarantied salary held for six months or more of £18,600 (roughly $23,000), or a large sum of savings of £62,500. This amount increased with each non-UK citizen child. As of yesterday and becoming effective in spring 2024, these guarantied salary amount will be increased to £38,700 (roughly $48,800). No doubt that means the amount for savings and for any additional child will also increase. If the math works out that would increase to £112,000 in savings. No joint sponsors or joint income may be used. There is also price rises in the visa fees itself, as well as significant increase to the amount you would have to pay each year under the health immigration surcharge. This was a part of additional changes and measures which will negatively affect legal immigration to the UK. This post is just for informative purposes. I've had numerous discussions with UK-based lawyers and legal immigration support organizers. I'm sure that everyone will have a variety of thoughts on it. There may be legal challenges to come and things could theoretically change in a new election. My advice is always: make sure you have your UK citizen spouse's status settled here first, before thinking of uprooting yourselves and be aware that the UK's requirements are a lot harsher than the US. For more information: https://news.sky.com/story/tougher-visa-rules-for-foreign-workers-including-ban-on-bringing-families-and-raising-minimum-salary-requirement-13022936 https://freemovement.org.uk/government-attack-on-families-as-minimum-income-requirement-to-rise-to-38700/ https://kittyfallsimmigrationlaw.com/2023/12/05/partner-visa-minimum-income-requirement-is-going-up/

My husband had his Naturalization interview last week. Ironically the day after Kevin McCarthy got tossed out of speakership, so we wondered how that question could be answered correctly if it came up. It was quite a long trip for us, as we were on vacation in another state and I wasn't sure if I would be allowed in with him so he went in by himself. He arrived 20 minutes before his appointment. It wasn't too busy. There was TSA style security first, and then waiting for his appointment was about 45 minutes. You are given a number which is supposed to show up on the screen. His number took about 20 minutes to appear on the screen, so if your number doesn't appear immediately don't worry. His interview was about 10 minutes in length. The officer was very polite and no-nonsense. He asked for his NOA and asked for his US ID and his green card. My husband was very nervous and accidently handed him his UK driving license instead of his US one without realizing it. The officer was confused by this, but eventually that got cleared up, and had a laugh. He asked to confirm personal details and a few of the N400 questions. Keep in mind we had been initially nervous about tax questions, since we were unable to obtain every single tax transcript from the IRS (the IRS won't give them to you after a certain date), but were able to give them tax forms. But the officer did not want to see any of it. So I'd say as long as you have some sort of a combination of transcripts and forms this is not really an issue. He asked the six questions: 1) What is the economic system in the United States? 2) In what month do we vote for President? 3) What is the name of the Vice President? 4) Who is the Commander in Chief of the military? 5) What is one responsibility that is only for US citizens? 6) Who was President during the Great Depression and WW II? (hilariously the question that would trip him up the most) The reading was: When is Columbus Day? The writing was: Columbus Day is in October. He was informed that he had passed the test and that he needed to confirm the information that was going to be on his naturalization certificate. After showing him the Oath, my husband requested a modified oath, which was granted. He was then informed that he would be notified by mail that his oath ceremony would be scheduled. Later in the day the website updated to reflect his Oath ceremony would be scheduled, and the next morning his Oath appointment letter was uploaded. The ceremony is next week. All in all this has been a shockingly fast and easy process. Afterwards, since we were all dressed up we went on a nice date in the city before making the long trek back to our hotel. I hope this review helps others as to what to expect for Baltimore. It's a nice big facility that is not in the best area these days unfortunately. All in all the end of the journey has been the most simple experience. Thank you to all the guys and gals on VJ that has helped us through this whole process over many years.

Whelp, this one is a doozy of an indictment. That's a lot of cash and gold bars laying around your house for the feds to find. Seems he was also selling secrets to the Egyptians. You can read the indictment here. It is INSANE. You could make a movie about this: https://int.nyt.com/data/documenttools/robert-menendez-indictment-document/e9ff4e956cb8dfc9/full.pdf There is a passage that caught my eye: "Third, MENENDEZ promised to and did use his influence and power and breach his official duty to recommend that the President nominate an individual as U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey who MENENDEZ believed could be influenced by MENENDEZ {....}" Was the President interviewed? What did the President know and when did he know it?

Rachel Morin told her boyfriend that she was going for a run on a popular trail in the small town of Bel Air, Maryland. When she did not return, her boyfriend contacted police. The police said they had looked through the trail and could not find her, so it was initially thought of as perhaps a kidnapping. What was concerning to me is that they allowed the public to come to the trail and search, potentially contaminating the scene. We go to the trails and woodlands in the Bel Air area a lot, and after a few very frightening incidents, our list is growing smaller unfortunately and now we do not go walking/hiking without some sort of weapon. There were reasons to be suspicious of the boyfriend. He has a past criminal history, it was a very recent relationship. There were a few other suspects too - a creepy man was seen stalking women where she worked. There is also a homeless camp at the end of this particular trail. None of these panned out. Rachel was easily found by members of the public search party, within 24hrs of her going missing on the trail in a small tunnel, that is not very well-lit, but certainly open enough I have no idea why the police could not find her initially. While the police haven't mentioned the particulars of the case, it is said to be a brutal murder and rape. This is usually a busy trail, and no one questioned is said to have seen or heard anything. A few days later a creepy man claiming to have found her, was interviewed by the news and gave many horrific but confusing details to the press. Some of these 'details' continue to be falsely written today. They did not verify his story, and ultimately the police said this man was not only a grifter but he was lying for 'fame'. Rachel's family has tried very hard to enlist the public and media's help to find her killer. They have funds set up for her children. Have asked profilers to assist, and have had many charity events and held public pleas for help. The trail is now basically a memorial, and many from the town no longer feel safe walking. Some time later the police held a conference to announce that through DNA evidence, Rachel's killer was involved in a crime LA last year. We know little about the case as it involved the rape of a minor. But there was video of the suspect from behind - he appears to be Hispanic with some distinguishing features. As the weeks have gone on, it is possible the FBI has found links to another case in Chicago - and it is for this reason the police believe the suspect to be a serial killer or serial rapist. Rachel Morin left behind five children and a family that is desperate. Her killer is traveling and could be anywhere. Here are links to the case with videos of the suspect from the LA incident. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/09/11/rachel-morin-case-updates-criminal-profiler/70825144007/ https://www.fox5dc.com/news/rachel-morin-murder-maryland-sheriff-says-suspect-on-the-loose-could-strike-again https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/rachel-morin-memorial-walk-bel-air-PYYWZG7PPJFDJMJKMTNFRGPCJI/ https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/harford-county/detectives-pursue-leads-in-la-chicago-in-rachel-morin-murder-investigation-7Y7VTH4OEVE6XEARKOYSIK47XM/ https://www.gofundme.com/f/rachel-morin-funeral-and-memorial-fund