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Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Sophia Brooks - Mar 08, 2010 2:37:54 pm PST #14832 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

All this time, I was pictureing Zoe Saldana as the girl who plays Zoe in Caprica. I was wondering why so many people cared about it!

Are there and lawyer/HR buffistas about. My boss is a professor of nursing. One of her teaching assignments is as a clinical supervisor, which means she is going to a clinical site and supervising students on a floor. The site she happens to be assigned to is not part of the University payroll/recording type system (although it is owned by the University). She will be working there and being paid by her teaching job. The site (which is not employee her) has asked that she have a background check, which means she has to give them her SS#, maiden name, and other pertinant identifying information. They have told her that they will keep this information on file "forever". She feels that she oes not want to give this place her information, an the University should conduct the background check and give the OK to the site. The University an the site have ony given her the option of submitting to the site or paying for her own background check.

Any thoughts?


§ ita § - Mar 08, 2010 2:41:15 pm PST #14833 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I read that someone tried to get him to cut it before the show and he declined. I also read that his date's dress ripped and he stitched it up. He can come over and do my mending anytime.


DavidS - Mar 08, 2010 2:53:27 pm PST #14834 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I don't know if she's got much leverage there, Sophia. Probably depends on state law but any employer can ask for whatever background check they deem they need to meet minimum standards of accountability.

I don't know why she's feeling so hinky about them having the file "forever." It just means it's in a file somewhere. Is she just worried about identity theft with her SS# or something?

ION, the heavy rain here turned into heavy hail and has now returned to rain. I am disinclined to leave.


msbelle - Mar 08, 2010 2:55:06 pm PST #14835 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

oh my, did people see hilary swank? [link]


Steph L. - Mar 08, 2010 2:56:49 pm PST #14836 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

oh my, did people see hilary swank?

That takes a LOT of double-sided tape.


javachik - Mar 08, 2010 2:58:41 pm PST #14837 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

Wow, msbelle! Swank looks good in that dress from the straight front, but the close-ups from the side show that side booby was looking kind of weird. Still, though, what a body!


Sophia Brooks - Mar 08, 2010 3:00:37 pm PST #14838 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Is she just worried about identity theft with her SS# or something?

Yes. She would be OK if they destroyed her information after the check.

Her issue is that they aren't her employer. They are an outside agency that she is supervising a group of students at the behest of her employer.

I on't know I would just do it if I were her, but it is making her crazy.


Barb - Mar 08, 2010 3:03:27 pm PST #14839 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”

oh my, did people see hilary swank? [link]

Ha! Blogged about how scary she looked. Seriously, back plunge or front, pick one and go with it.


Sophia Brooks - Mar 08, 2010 3:05:26 pm PST #14840 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I should add that her name is VERY common, and she has been the victim of identity theft several times.


Trudy Booth - Mar 08, 2010 3:06:25 pm PST #14841 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Ah, that makes it make more sense.