You need time to get comfortable, learn the layout and practice. You are the representative of the event, so it should feel like your home for the next few hours or days. Make sure you have an AV person who will troubleshoot for you if something goes wrong. This should include both the people running the venue and the event. They will be your support if something goes wrong. You may be considered "the boss" during the event, and you must be able to direct people about how they should exit the venue. If someone doesn't show up, you will need to streamline the schedule or fill a gap. Tell the presenters their order of appearance. This old cliche is extremely important for an emcee because you must look professional, well groomed and poised. Establish whether you should be in formal, semi-formal or business casual clothing before the event starts.
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One-sentence summary -- Get to the venue several hours in advance. Do a stage check with the microphone, lighting and other audio/visual (AV) aids at least one hour before the guests arrive. Introduce yourself to the staff at the event. Ask for emergency information. Review the order of presenters or performers in advance and on the day. Dress for success.

Q: The right product for you will depend on your needs. For instance, some dye-removal and leather cleaning products are intended for light-colored leather. Other products are meant only for suede, while others are meant only for automobile leather. Dye removal products are designed to remove dye and ink stains from leather. They might be able to clean dye stains caused by blue jeans dye, newspaper print, fresh ballpoint ink, paint, shoe polish, and permanent marker from leather. Leather is a sensitive material. In order to avoid damaging your leather, read manufacturer directions carefully before utilizing any cleaning product on your leather. Do not use your leather cleaning product in a way that is not recommended. All products intended to remove dye from leather are a bit different. It is therefore impossible to give specific directions regarding use. Generally, though, you'll need to apply a bit of the cleaning product to a rag, then wipe the dye away using the rag. Some products might direct you to scrub the leather with steel wool, a horsehair brush, or sandpaper after applying the dye-removal product. Before you commit to a particular dye removal product, test it on your leather object in an out-of-sight spot. For instance, if you're cleaning a leather jacket, don't wipe the product across the arms and back of the jacket. If the cleaning product has an adverse reaction with your leather jacket, you will ruin the whole jacket. Instead, test the cleaning product on a small portion of the jacket that will not be regularly seen. For example, you might wipe the product on a small area on the inside of the jacket and observe its effect.
A: Select the right product. Follow the manufacturer directions. Test the product.

Article: Search online for the official Kansas online voter registration page. This page is run by the Kansas Secretary of State's office. The Kansas registration page can be found at https://www.kdor.ks.gov/apps/voterreg/secure/default.aspx . The first step in registering is figuring out if you are eligible to vote. You must be 18 years of age, a citizen of the US, and a resident of Kansas. Click yes or no to the questions related to these requirements. You will also be asked about any felony convictions you have. Those that are currently under supervision for a felony cannot vote in the state of Kansas, so answer this question to determine if you are eligible to vote. Once you have answered all of the questions, click on the "continue" button. The second page of online registration asks for your legal name, birth date, and Kansas driver's license number or ID number. The third page of the registration asks you to enter your address information, phone number, and party affiliation. Click on the "continue" and "back" buttons to move between pages. Make sure all of your personal information is correct, as mistakes can delay your registration. Typing in your name at the end of the form will give the form an electronic signature, which is your guarantee that all of the information you provided is true. Once you receive it, review it for errors. Mail it back to the elections office with corrections if there are any needed. It typically takes a few weeks to receive your registration card in the mail. If any of your information changes, such as if you move, be sure to re-register so you can continue to vote.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Go to the Kansas voter registration webpage. Confirm that you are eligible to vote in Kansas. Type your personal information into the provided boxes. Review and sign your registration. Wait to receive your registration card in the mail.

Article: Asylum is a benefit offered to refugees who are fleeing persecution in their home countries. If you win asylum, you can stay in the United States and eventually apply to become a permanent legal resident by getting a "green card," known more formally as a United States Permanent Resident card. Asylum applications can be "defensive" or "affirmative." A defensive asylum application is one made when you are in removal proceedings in the U.S., either because you are attempting to enter the country without proper papers or because you broke an immigration law when inside the country and are about to be deported. Affirmative asylum applications are ones you file when not in removal proceedings. In order to apply for asylum, you typically need be physically present in the United States. . You must also have suffered from (or fear that you will suffer from) persecution in your home country. This persecution must be shown to be based on at least one of the following personal attributes: race religion nationality membership in a particular social group political opinion In affirmative asylum applications, you can include your spouse and any unmarried children under the age of 21. Any other children must apply for asylum on his or her own. There are several bars to winning asylum in the United States. Many of these involve criminal activity undertaken either in the United States or elsewhere. For example, if you participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular group, you would be ineligible for asylum. Other bars include: a conviction for a serious crime (which includes aggravated felonies) the commission of a serious, nonpolitical crime outside the United States your posing a danger to the security of the U.S. your being already firmly resettled in another country before arriving in the U.S. You must make an application for asylum within one year of arriving in the United States. However, you can make an application later if there has been a material change of circumstances. For example, if people from your political party are suddenly targeted for assassination while you are in the United States, you could claim that circumstances have sufficiently changed so that an application after the deadline is acceptable. If there has been a change of circumstances, you should file for asylum within a "reasonable" amount of time. USCIS does not define "reasonable" with any precision, so you are best advised not to wait.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Understand asylum. Verify that you are eligible to apply. See if you can include your family. Confirm that you are not disqualified from applying. Do not wait.