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July 13

The diversity visa lottery and screening

My dad previously told me that, in the past (15 years ago), if someone won the diversity visa lottery but was unable to complete their screening/background check in time, then they would not actually get a US green card. However, my dad also said that there has been a lawsuit (or more than one lawsuit) that changed the rules in regards to this and allowed diversity visa lottery winners to provisionally get their green card even if their screening/background check isn't actually completed--with the caveat that these winners could see their green card revoked if their screening/background check will find anything sufficiently suspicious about them later on.

Anyway, does anyone here know anything about this lawsuit/these lawsuits that apparently resulted in such a change? I tried Googling this but couldn't find any relevant information. Futurist110 (talk) 05:09, 13 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Some information here: FBI Name Check#February 2008 USCIS policy change. 2A00:23C5:C708:8C00:B18A:406E:9654:B2B7 (talk) 10:48, 13 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! That said, though, does anyone know why exactly this change was made? Was it the result of a lawsuit/lawsuits like my dad said? Or was it for some other reason--and if so, what reason? Futurist110 (talk) 20:25, 13 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Italian connections

Did TWA have any connections, such as hubs and/or focus cities, in Italy?142.255.69.73 (talk) 12:24, 13 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

See Trans World Airlines#1980s. 2A00:23C5:C708:8C00:B18A:406E:9654:B2B7 (talk) 12:33, 13 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

How about Pan Am?142.255.69.73 (talk) 12:45, 13 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

According to List of Pan Am destinations... no. Blueboar (talk) 14:14, 13 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much.142.255.69.73 (talk) 18:25, 13 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

drawing by Leonardo da Vinci ("Studies of water, and a seated old man")

What is the inscription on this drawing (original)? Looked around the web for about 20 minutes. Even the official website is not stating the words[1]... --Mateus2019 (talk) 17:30, 13 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

See here (original and English translation). For comparison with the original, you can view the inverted text here, and that site also gives a more modern Italian translation. (Can't link directly. Just click on "TESTO INVERTITO" for the inverted text, and "TRADUZIONE DEL TESTO" for the translation). 77.58.230.187 (talk) 21:43, 13 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Have you seen that bloody Leonardo da Vinci cartoon? DuncanHill (talk) 22:11, 13 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@77.58.230.187: Thank you very much! --Mateus2019 (talk) 08:14, 14 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]