Tim Chavez, the love-him-or-hate-him Tennessean columnist known for his advocacy of the poor, afflicted and otherwise marginalized, has survived a two-year-long battle with leukemia that nearly killed him. But while he ultimately managed to keep his life, he couldn't hang on to his job.
The Hispanic Nashville Notebook has approached Chavez about writing for this site.
"Titled Nashville's Internationals, the show features contributions from artists representing Haiti, Venezuela, Belgium, Germany, Croatia, Russia, China, The Philippines, Nigeria and Sudan. In some cases, their work couldn't be more different, but all represent a common urge to give voice to their experiences through painting, sculpture, drawing and other visual media."
"Nashville's Internationals is timed to coincide with Metro Parks' and Scarritt-Bennett Center's Celebration of Cultures, a free festival in Centennial Park on Oct. 6-7. This art exhibit lends an added dimension to what should be a fun, family-friendly occasion."
Nissan North America, Inc. announced in August that it had contributed $50,000 to the Hispanic Achievers – a program of the YMCA of Middle Tennessee.
The Hispanic Achievers Program's purpose is to help children, youth, and adults in the Hispanic community achieve their educational goals and better their lives.
The Hispanic Achievers Program also seeks to direct families on the right path, looking for ways to develop strong academic and educational foundations, to discover their cultural identity, and to establish leadership roles among its participants. Nissan recognizes the numerous strides that the Hispanic Achievers Program has made since its inception in 1992.
In North America, Nissan's operations include automotive styling, design, engineering, consumer and corporate financing, sales and marketing, distribution and manufacturing. More information about Nissan in North America and the complete line of Nissan and Infiniti vehicles can be found online at www.NissanUSA.com and www.infiniti.com.
Pictured, from left, are: Lucia Munoz, Hispanic Achiever; Karla Munoz, Hispanic Achiever; Josias Arteaga, Hispanic Achievers Director; Jim Barr, Harding Place YMCA Board Chair; Amy Kerr, Harding Place YMCA Executive Director; Dennis Bermudez, Hispanic Achiever; Stephanie Valdez Streaty (Nissan), Alexandra Amelang (Nissan), Stewart Bronaugh, YMCA of Middle Tennessee We Build People Co-Chair; Senora Munoz, Hispanic Achiever; and Jan Berry, YMCA of Middle TN Sr. Regional Development Director.
"Most prestigious national award presented by SHPE to a SHPE member"
Christella J. Chavez of Visteon/Ford Motor Company in Nashville was selected to receive the Jaime Oaxaca Award, the most prestigious national award presented by SHPE to a SHPE member. Chavez is being honored for her unselfish and outstanding contributions to the fields of engineering and science and to the Hispanic community. Chavez has established two new professional chapters in Oklahoma and Tennessee and was instrumental in establishing SHPE student chapters at the University of Tulsa, Tulsa Community College, Oral Roberts University and Tennessee Technological University. She has served in the U.S. Army and U.S. Army Reserves for the past 18 years and is dedicated to SHPE and a number of other Hispanic initiatives.
The annual awards recognize the year's highest level of achievement in Hispanic engineering in several different categories and will be presented at the 2007 SHPE Conference in Philadelphia on Oct. 31-Nov. 4.
Chriss Chavez, a manufacturing superintendent with Visteon Corporation's (NYSE: VC) Nashville (Tennessee) Glass Plant, has been honored with the company's Summit Award for her outstanding commitment and dedication to the community, as well as her leadership abilities.
An employee since 1998, Chavez has been helping the local community through such activities as the United Way, the Corporate Challenge program, Executive Women International, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers and the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
Formerly an employee of the Tulsa Glass Plant, Chavez works as a manufacturing superintendent in the Gravity Sag windshield manufacturing area of Visteon's Nashville Plant.
"Chriss' dedication and passion for reaching out and helping the community is a great example of the kind of spirited, enthusiastic employees we have at Visteon," said Mike Johnston, president and chief operating officer. "Through the Leading the Way program, we are focused on identifying those individuals and teams that go above-and-beyond, and then recognizing them for their efforts."
Chavez's passion for participating and dedicating her time to local organizations not only earned her a Leading the Way award, she is also one of six individuals and/or teams being recognized with a 2003 Leading the Way Summit Award. "I feel it's critically important to give of your time and talent to make the world a better place," said Chavez. "Each of us was provided with certain skills and abilities and it's up to each one of us to put them to good use."
Putting her talents to work is what Chavez has been doing for the past five years supporting the Tulsa Glass Plant's United Way fund-raising campaigns, coordinating the United Way Day of Caring activities and other philanthropic events sponsored by the plant.
During her time at the Tulsa Glass Plant, Chavez's passion to support local organizations didn't end at the four walls of the plant. She was also active in sponsoring the Corporate Challenge program in 2000 (a city wide corporate physical fitness competition), and earned a Gold Medal in the Most Physically Fit category for the Tulsa Glass Plant. Chavez also represented the Tulsa Glass Plant in the local chapter of Executive Women International for three years, serving as the Public Relations committee chair and volunteering on several other committees.
In 2000, she helped found the Oklahoma Professional Chapter of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE-OK), where she served the first year as president. She later held the role of treasurer of SHPE-OK. In 2003, she was recognized by the SHPE regional organization with a leadership award for her work in the local and national organizations. Chavez volunteered at the Tulsa Engineering Challenge, where local engineering groups provide an opportunity for children in grades 6-9 to compete in engineering build competitions at the Tulsa Technology Center.
Chavez brought the plant into the Greater Tulsa Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and helped plant management recognize the business value in understanding Hispanic culture and language, which is especially important since Visteon continues to conduct business in many Latin American countries. In 2003, she was selected to the position of vice-chairperson of the Board of Directors and was slated to be the next chair. In addition to working closely with the Greater Tulsa Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Chavez served on the Hispanic American Foundation's Board of Trustees, which provides scholarships and educational awareness to Hispanic students. She acted as chair of several community fund-raising projects that benefited local Hispanic charities and also served on the Board of Directors for the YWCA in Tulsa.
As a single mother of two boys, it might seem that carrying out her job at Visteon while participating, supporting, coordinating and sponsoring so many community activities would leave Chavez with little time for herself. Although she admits it was a challenge to juggle her schedule and her two son's schedules, she managed to further her education by completing a master's degree in business administration from the University of Tulsa in August 2002. Chavez earned her undergraduate degree in engineering and political science from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1989. She is also a military police officer in the United States Army Reserves, holding the rank of major.
"My maternal grandmother went to college and raised her three young daughters by herself after her husband passed away," said Chavez. "She believed in hard work and a good education to get ahead in life … she truly was an inspiration."
Chavez's enthusiasm for helping people extends to her job at the glass plant.
"Working out on the floor with the teams is a terrific experience," said Chavez. " Helping them realize they can make a difference is what makes me most proud. It's very rewarding for me to be able to work side-by-side with the employees in an effort to bring about positive changes in processes and in helping to contribute to the bottom line."
Launched in 2003, the Leading the Way recognition program honors employees who demonstrate exemplary performance, accomplishments or behavior that is significantly above-and-beyond expectations, or results that produce noticeable improvement in areas such as quality, value to the customer, speed and people. The Summit Award is granted annually and is the most prestigious award associated with the Leading the Way program.
Visteon Corporation is a leading full-service supplier that delivers consumer-driven technology solutions to automotive manufacturers worldwide and through multiple channels within the global automotive aftermarket. Visteon has approximately 72,000 employees and a global delivery system of more than 200 technical, manufacturing, sales and service facilities located in 25 countries.
Chavez is a 1989 graduate of West Point.
A month ago today, on Wednesday, August 15, 2007, at 6:41pm CST, Peru experienced one of the worst earthquakes in its history. The magnitude and images of the disaster, already widely reported (e.g., 1, 2, 3, 4), have more dramatic impact when we compare it against the destruction caused by hurricane Katrina: Accounting for ratios of population size, number of deaths, and national GDP, the August earthquake has meant for Peru almost 10 times the losses and damages experienced by the Gulf Coast.
Next Saturday, the United Peruvian Association in Nashville (UPAN) is organizing a special event to channel further assistance to the devastated areas. UPAN's website offers details in Spanish, that we translate and summarize below.
Latinamerican food for sale, music shows and performances (Oscar Perez, Danny Salazar, Grupo 830, Sheyla Hicks, Marlene Gutierrez).
As reported a few days ago in this website, the Nashville Symphony recently named Costa Rica native Giancarlo Guerrero as its next Music Director. The 38-year-old conductor was unanimously selected to be the Symphony's 8th Music Director by a 12-member search committee, half of whom were musicians from the orchestra.
Last night marked the first returning engagement of Maestro Guerrero this season in a program that included the world-renowned violinist Midori. Fur thermore, the Symphony extended a gracious invitation to close to 30 Hispanic residents of middle Tennessee as special guests who also joined the conductor in a "meet-and-greet" gathering immediately following the performance. The adjacent photographs show part of the group (members of the Nashville Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce*) and a candid moment between the maestro and Ms. Renata Soto, who is a fellow Costa Rican and executive director of Conexion Americas.
*Hispanic Chamber clarification - There are two Hispanic chambers of commerce currently active and with offices located within Davidson County: the Nashville Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and the Tennessee Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
Hispanic Heritage Month runs from September 15 to October 15. Local celebrations include Conexion Americas' invitation-only event at Cheekwood this Friday night, an invitation-only SunTrust Affinity Group Cocktail Reception on September 25, and the open-to-the-public Fiesta at Vol State on September 29 (details below).
Two other events are tonight's Beats Beyond Borders concert and "Eternal Beauties," an art exhibition at the Williamson County Public Library featuring nature photographs of Javier Arrieta. A reception will be held tonight from 5:30pm to 7:30pm, and the exhibition runs through October 13.
More activities are planned around town and will be announced here when possible.
"Fiesta de Otoño en Vol State" is the Spanish name for a new fall festival coming up on September 29 in Gallatin. It means Autumn Festival at Volunteer State Community College, and it's designed to be a celebration of Hispanic culture for the entire community.
The Fiesta is a collaborative effort with local businesses and community groups.
Highlights of the Fiesta include Tango and Bossa Nova music from the critically acclaimed Nashville Latin band: Serenatta Romantic Latin Ensemble. The soccer shootout contest will give local players a chance to show off ball handling skills and take shots on goal. It features prizes for the winners. Food will include Fajitas, chips, rice and beans. There will be a DJ spinning modern Latino tunes and games for the kids. There will also be an emphasis on community resources available to the Hispanic community.
"Fiesta de Otoño en Vol State" will be held on Saturday, September 29 from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on the Volunteer State Community College Campus, 1480 Nashville Pike in Gallatin. It is free and open to the public. For more information in English call 615-230-3570 and in Spanish call 615-230-3398.
Why is it OK to make assumptions about Hector the day laborer?
I'm glad to see that Jim Boyd, in his response to a letter that states he is a racist, sees a problem with making assumptions and accusations about a broad swath of people—in this case the anti-illegal immigration community—based on the words of a few extremists ("Love/Hate Mail," July 26).
I only wish that Jim would require the same level of proof when it comes to undocumented immigrants. His website peddles a theory that undocumented immigrants are coming to take over the Southwest and either return it to Mexico or create a whole new country. He bases this assumption on the words of a few Chicano extremists and then extrapolates their views onto the 20 million or so undocumented immigrants.
If it is not OK to assume Jim Boyd is a racist because he shares parallel views with some White Nationalists on immigration policy, then why is it OK to assume that Hector the day laborer is secretly plotting the destruction of America because a few Mexican Nationalists feel that way?
The Nashville Scene reported here on the shutdown of one of Nashville's "notario" businesses, Ceja Enterprises, for workers compensation law violations.
Mario Ramos reports here that "notario" business Ceja Enterprises has been enjoined from offering legal services. A copy of the court order is here (PDF).
Miguel Torres announced the resignation of Viviana Milam as president of the Board of the Middle Tennessee branch of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP). The Board has appointed Torres as interim president and chair of an effort to reorganize the group.
Torres was fundamental in bringing the group together in 2004 (story here).
Nashville Symphony President and CEO Alan D. Valentine announced today that Giancarlo Guerrero will become Music Director of the Nashville Symphony beginning with the 2009/100 season. A native of Costa Rica and current Music Director of the Eugene Symphony, the 38-year-old conductor was unanimously selected to be the Symphony's 8th Music Director by a 12-member search committee, half of whom were musicians from the orchestra. Leonard Slatkin, who has served as Music Advisor of the Nashville Symphony since 2006, will conclude his tenure at the end of 2008/09.
Mr. Guerrero has developed a relationship with the Nashville Symphony through four subscription engagements over the past two years and was the first guest conductor to lead the Symphony following the death of its last Music Director, Kenneth Schermerhorn, in 2005. He is currently in his sixth season as Music Director of Oregon's Eugene Symphony and will continue in that post through the 2008/09 season. Under the terms of an initial 5 year contract extending through 2012/13, Mr. Guerrero will conduct 10 weeks of concerts with the Nashville Symphony in 2008/09 as Music Director Designate and 14 weeks as Music Director beginning in 2009/10.
"We are all truly excited about Giancarlo's appointment," commented Alan D. Valentine. "From his first concert with the Nashville Symphony in the week following Kenneth Schermerhorn's death, the chemistry between Giancarlo, the musicians and the audience was apparent. Each return engagement since then has strengthened our relationship and reconfirmed what we already knew – that Giancarlo is the right conductor to take our orchestra to the next level. I speak on behalf of the musicians, staff and board in welcoming Giancarlo and his family to Nashville and to the Nashville Symphony."
"It is a great honor to become the next Music Director of the Nashville Symphony," remarked Giancarlo Guerrero. "I look forward to wonderful music-making with the musicians of the orchestra in their terrific new hall and to continuing the orchestra's rich and long recording tradition. This is an exciting time in the orchestra's history and it is my privilege to accept the responsibility of leading this orchestra to new artistic heights. I am thrilled about working with President Alan Valentine, the orchestra's staff, board members, and the musicians of the Nashville Symphony, and my family and I are looking forward to becoming a part of the Nashville community."
"The appointment of Giancarlo Guerrero ensures the continued growth of the Nashville Symphony," said Nashville Symphony Music Advisor Leonard Slatkin. "His dynamic leadership with the Symphony over the past several seasons made him the clear choice for this position. I know that he will add vitality and excitement to the community, as well as be a perfect fit for the orchestra."
Giancarlo Guerrero will lead the Nashville Symphony as its first Music Director since the opening of its new home, the $123.5 million, 1,844-seat Schermerhorn Symphony Center, which opened on September 9, 2006 to critical acclaim. Both Mr. Guerrero and the Nashville Symphony are champions of American music, which the Symphony has highlighted through its American Encores initiative – featuring "encore" performances of works by living American composers and American masters that have been performed rarely or only once previously (at its premiere) - and through its award-winning recordings on Naxos' American Classics series. Mr. Guerrero initiated a guest-composer series in Eugene, where under his leadership the ensemble has hosted several of America's most respected composers, including John Adams, John Corigliano, Jennifer Higdon, Aaron Jay Kernis and Michael Daugherty.
Hailed for his precise yet sensitive performances, Mr. Guerrero has guest-conducted many major American orchestras including the Baltimore Symphony, The Cleveland Orchestra, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, Seattle Symphony and the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl. He served as Associate Conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra from 1999-2004 and made his Minnesota Orchestra subscription debut in March 2000 leading the world premiere of John Corigliano's Phantasmagoria on the Ghosts of Versailles. Mr. Guerrero recently made his European debut with the Gulbenkian Orchestra and his UK Debut with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
During the 2007/08 season Mr. Guerrero will conduct the Nashville Symphony's first classical series concerts on September 13-15, as well as Verdi's Requiem on May 8-10, 2008. In addition to his performances in Nashville and Eugene, Mr. Guerrero's conducting engagements this season include his return appearances with The Cleveland Orchestra both in Cleveland and on tour including the orchestra's residency in Miami. He also leads the Australian premiere of Osvaldo Golijov's chamber opera Ainadamar at the Adelaide Festival. Additional engagements include appearances with the symphony orchestras of Dallas, Kansas City, Milwaukee, San Diego, among others, and the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra in Venezuela.
In June 2004, Mr. Guerrero was awarded the Helen M. Thompson Award by the American Symphony Orchestra League, which recognizes outstanding achievement among young conductors nationwide. Born in Nicaragua and raised in Costa Rica, Mr. Guerrero began his musical training in Costa Rica as a member of the Costa Rica Youth Symphony. He received his bachelor's degree from Baylor University in Texas and his master's degree in conducting from Northwestern University in Illinois. Mr. Guerrero's principal conducting teachers were Michael Haithcock, Stephen Heyde, Victor Yampolsky and Guillermo Scarabino. Prior to his tenure with the Minnesota Orchestra, he served as Music Director of the Tachira Symphony Orchestra in Venezuela. Mr. Guerrero plans to reside in Nashville with his wife Shirley and daughters Virginia and Claudia.
Recognized as one of the nation's fastest growing orchestras, the 84-member Nashville Symphony gives more than 200 performances annually and is rapidly developing an international reputation for unique programming and high musical standards. The Symphony's award-winning recordings and focus on new American music, coupled with the high-profile opening of Schermerhorn Symphony Center, have thrust the Symphony into the national spotlight. The Nashville Symphony has 11 recordings on Naxos and one on Decca, making it currently one of the most active recording symphony orchestras in the country. The recordings have received four Grammy nominations, including one for "Best Classical Album" in 2004 for the works of Elliott Carter. In the 2007/08 season, the Symphony's American Encores series will include performances of seldom-heard works by Richard Danielpour, John Corigliano, Michael Torke, Robert Sierra, Paul Creston, Claude Baker, Paul Hindemith, Erich Korngold, Kurt Weill and Aaron Copland, among others.
Pages 65-67 of the latest issue of Nashville Parent showcase an informative overview of the practice of Spanish Immersion in different learning environments in middle Tennessee (check also the story online and included in the sister publications Rutherford Parent and Williamson Parent, too).
"We feel that learning a second language increases your chances of becoming a global citizen and a life-long learner. We have people moving into our zone so they can be guaranteed a spot at our school. When our children come in kindergarten they know no Spanish. [Four years later, when they move on to middle school] the students are developing Spanish speakers. The grammar study doesn't come until the fifth and sixth grades. Ours is more conversational Spanish. We study the culture and the history. We try to put a Latin flavor on things. [Vanderbilt University's Spanish and Iberian Studies department] works closely with our teachers. When they bring in speakers, dancers, authors and painters, they always share those people with our school."
The Parent magazine article by Ashley Driggs, managing editor and mother of three children under 7, is best at providing broad coverage of opinions, approaches, issues and resources most relevant to the learning of Spanish as a second language. We invite you to read the full story.


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Gwyneth Paltrow testifies against her alleged stalker of seventeen years
Gwyneth Paltrow testifies against alleged stalker of 17 years. (AAP)
Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow has told a court that she feared for her safety after receiving dozens of letter from a man accused of stalking her for 17 years.
Paltrow read aloud from the letters sent by Dante Michael Soiu, 67, which detailed her death as well as his intention to marry her, at the Los Angeles trial on Monday.
"I have a goal to marry Gwyneth Paltrow," one letter read.
He also sent her pornography and unsolicited gifts, and at least one letter was sent directly to her home, the court heard.
Paltrow said Mr Souis sent her about 70 letters since 1999, as well as a cook book, clothing and other items between 2009 and 2014, California wire service CNS reported.
The mother-of-two testified for three hours, telling the court that she feared for her family.
Paltrow said she feared for the safety of her family. (AAP)
Mr Souis has pleaded not guilty to one felony count of stalking.
WA man once hailed a hero for saving neighbour's life spared jail over fraud
Vic carjack attempt allegedly false report
He has previously faced trial on separate charges of stalking Paltrow, which included him sending pornography and sex toys.
In 2001 he was found not guilty by reason of insanity, and spent more than three years in a mental health facility.

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Black tea produced in Yunnan province, fermented tea with depth and solid body in flavours. The Pink and White Rose buds adds on to the smooth finish.
A blend of Pu Erh tea, pink and white rosebuds, rose petals.


Space is the limitless three-dimensional degree in which articles and occasions have relative position and bearing. Physical space is frequently imagined in three straight measurements, albeit current physicists generally think about it, with time, to be a piece of an endless four-dimensional continuum known as spacetime. The idea of room is thought to be of essential significance to a comprehension of the physical universe. Notwithstanding, difference proceeds between scholars about whether it is itself a substance, a connection between elements, or part of a theoretical system.
Discussions concerning the nature, pith and the method of presence of room go back to artifact; specifically, to treatises like the Timaeus of Plato, or Socrates in his appearance on what the Greeks called khôra , or in the Physics of Aristotle (Book IV, Delta) in the meaning of topos , or in the later "geometrical origination of place" as "space qua expansion" in the Discourse on Place of the eleventh century Arab polymath Alhazen. Many of these traditional philosophical inquiries were examined in the Renaissance and after that reformulated in the 17 th century, especially amid the early improvement of established mechanics. In Isaac Newton's view, space was supreme as in it existed for all time and freely of whether there was any issue in the space. Other common thinkers, prominently Gottfried Leibniz, thought rather that space was in certainty an accumulation of relations between objects, given by their separation and bearing from each other. In the eighteenth century, the savant and scholar George Berkeleyattempted to discredit the "perceivability of spatial profundity" in his Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision. Afterward, the metaphysician Immanuel Kantsaid that the ideas of room and time are not experimental ones got from encounters of the outside world—they are components of an effectively given deliberate system that people have and use to structure all encounters. Kant alluded to the experience of "room" in his Critique of Pure Reason similar to an abstract "unadulterated from the earlier type of instinct".
In the nineteenth and twentieth hundreds of years mathematicians started to look at geometries that are non-Euclidean, in which space is imagined as bended, instead of level. As per Albert Einstein's hypothesis of general relativity, space around gravitational fields digresses from Euclidean space. Experimental trial of general relativity have affirmed that non-Euclidean geometries give a superior model to the state of room.
Space is the unlimited three-dimensional degree in which items and occasions have relative position and bearing. Physical space is frequently imagined in three direct measurements, albeit present day physicists more often than not think about it, with time, to be a piece of an unlimited four-dimensional continuum known as spacetime. The idea of room is thought to be of key significance to a comprehension of the physical universe. Be that as it may, contradiction proceeds between rationalists about whether it is itself a substance, a connection between elements, or part of a theoretical structure.
Discussions concerning the nature, pith and the method of presence of room go back to relic; to be specific, to treatises like the Timaeus of Plato, or Socrates in his appearance on what the Greeks called khôra , or in the Physics of Aristotle (Book IV, Delta) in the meaning of topos , or in the later "geometrical origination of place" as "space qua augmentation" in the Discourse on Place of the eleventh century Arab polymath Alhazen. Many of these established philosophical inquiries were talked about in the Renaissance and after that reformulated in the 17 th century, especially amid the early improvement of traditional mechanics. In Isaac Newton's view, space was outright as in it existed for all time and autonomously of whether there was any issue in the space. Other regular savants, strikingly Gottfried Leibniz, thought rather that space was in reality a gathering of relations between objects, given by their separation and bearing from each other. In the eighteenth century, the savant and scholar George Berkeleyattempted to disprove the "perceivability of spatial profundity" in his Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision. Afterward, the metaphysician Immanuel Kantsaid that the ideas of room and time are not observational ones got from encounters of the outside world—they are components of an effectively given deliberate system that people have and use to structure all encounters. Kant alluded to the experience of "room" in his Critique of Pure Reason similar to an abstract "unadulterated from the earlier type of instinct".
In the nineteenth and twentieth hundreds of years mathematicians started to look at geometries that are non-Euclidean, in which space is imagined as bended, as opposed to level. As indicated by Albert Einstein's hypothesis of general relativity, space around gravitational fields veers off from Euclidean space. Experimental trial of general relativity have affirmed that non-Euclidean geometries give a superior model to the state of room.
Even if you don't keep up with developments in space propulsion technology, you've still probably heard about the EmDrive. You've probably seen headlines declaring it the key to interstellar travel, and claims that it will drastically reduce travel time across our solar system, making our dreams of people walking on other planets even more of a reality. There have even been claims that this highly controversial technology is the key to creating warp drives.
These are bold claims, and as the great cosmologist and astrophysicist Carl Sagan once said, "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." With that in mind, we thought it'd be helpful to break down what we know about the enigmatic EmDrive, and whether it is, in fact, the key to mankind exploring the stars.
So without further ado, here's absolutely everything you need to know about the world's most puzzling propulsion device.
This article is periodically updated in response to news and developments regarding the EM Drive and the theories surrounding it.
A leaked NASA paper obtained by the International Business Times via a post by a user on the NASA Spaceflight forums. The post was originally deleted by the forum's moderators, however, the document has since been posted and remains currently viewable here. The paper is ostensibly the same that was discussed earlier in the year (reported below). The information in the paper clearly points to a working version of the EmDrive, and while it's yet to be published, it is still set to run in the Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics' scientific journal, AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power.
As discussed below, this is a massive step forward for the EmDrive and for those who believe in the theoretical technology. If the paper on NASA's findings does in fact pass muster and see the light of day — which seems very likely — it'll be a boon for further research and development of the EmDrive tech. This would open the door for continued study and tests, and may finally put humans on the road to fast, lightweight space travel.
Originally, this article pointed out that previous studies and papers on the EmDrive have either not been submitted, or passed peer review. Those days are in the past, however, given a NASA Eagleworks' paper on the EmDrive test which has reportedly passed the peer review process and will soon be published by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics' AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power.
This is an important step for the EmDrive as it adds legitimacy to the technology and the tests done thus far, opening the door for other groups to replicate the tests. This will also allow other groups to devote more resources to uncovering why and how it works, and how to iterate on the drive to make it a viable form of propulsion. So, while a single peer-reviewed paper isn't going to suddenly equip the human race with interplanetary travel, it's the first step toward eventually realizing that possible future.
Simply put, the EmDrive is a conundrum. First designed in 2001 by aerospace engineer Roger Shawyer, the technology can be summed up as a propellantless propulsion system, meaning the engine doesn't use fuel to cause a reaction. Removing the need for fuel makes a craft substantially lighter, and therefore easier to move (and cheaper to make, theoretically). In addition, the hypothetical drive is able to reach extremely high speeds — we're talking potentially getting humans to the outer reaches of the solar system in a matter of months.
We're talking potentially getting humans to the outer reaches of the solar system in a matter of months.
The issue is, the entire concept of a reactionless drive is inconsistent with Newton's conservation of momentum, which states that within a closed system, linear and angular momentum remain constant regardless of any changes that take place within said system. More plainly: Unless an outside force is applied, an object will not move.
Reactionless drives are named as such because they lack the "reaction" defined in Newton's third law: "For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction." But this goes against our current fundamental understanding of physics: An action (propulsion of a craft) taking place without a reaction (ignition of fuel and expulsion of mass) should be impossible. For such a thing to occur, it would mean an as-yet-undefined phenomenon is taking place — or our understanding of physics is completely wrong.
Setting aside the potentially physics-breaking improbabilities of the technology, let's break down in simple terms how the proposed drive operates. The EmDrive is what is called an RF resonant cavity thruster, and is one of several hypothetical machines that use this model. These designs work by having a magnetron push microwaves into a closed truncated cone, then push against the short end of the cone, and propel the craft forward.
This is in contrast to the form of propulsion current spacecraft use, which burn large quantities of fuel to expel a massive amount of energy and mass to rocket the craft into the air. An often-used metaphor for the inefficacy of this is to compare the particles pushing against the enclosure and producing thrust to the act of sitting in a car and pushing a steering wheel to move the car forward.
The cause of "travel" is in all likelihood lost to history. The expression "travel" may begin from the Old French word travail. As per the Merriam Webster lexicon, the main known utilization of the word travel was in the fourteenth century. In English we still infrequently utilize the words travail and travails, which mean battle. As per Simon Winchester in his book The Best Travelers' Tales, the words travel and travail both offer a significantly more old root: a Roman instrument of torment called the tripalium.
Today, travel might possibly be significantly simpler relying on the goal you pick (i.e., Mt. Everest, the Amazon rainforest), how you intend to arrive (visit transport, voyage ship, or oxcart), and regardless of whether you choose to "harsh it (see extraordinary tourism and experience travel). "There's a major distinction between essentially being a visitor and being a genuine world explorer," notes travel essayist Michael Kasum. This is, in any case, a challenged qualification as scholastic work on the way of life and human science of movement has noted.
Wherever you go, run with your entire being.
Specialists underline the significance of playing it safe to guarantee travel security. When voyaging abroad, the chances support a protected and occurrence free outing, in any case, explorers can be liable to challenges, wrongdoing and savagery. Some security contemplations incorporate monitoring one's environment, abstaining from being the objective of a wrongdoing, leaving duplicates of one's international ID and schedule data with confided in individuals, getting therapeutic protection substantial in the nation being visited and enlisting with one's national consulate while landing in a remote nation. Numerous nations don't perceive drivers' licenses from different nations; anyway most nations acknowledge global driving grants.
Accident coverage approaches issued in one's own nation are regularly invalid in remote nations, and usually a necessity to acquire transitory collision protection substantial in the nation being visited. It is likewise prudent to wind up situated with the driving-rules and – controls of goal nations. Wearing a safety belt is exceedingly fitting for wellbeing reasons; numerous nations have punishments for damaging safety belt laws.
The beginning of "travel" is doubtlessly lost to history. The expression "travel" may begin from the Old French word travail. As indicated by the Merriam Webster lexicon, the main known utilization of the word travel was in the fourteenth century. It likewise expresses that the word originates from Middle English travailen, travelen (which intends to torment, work, endeavor, travel) and prior from Old French travailler (which intends to work strenuously, drudge). In English we still sporadically utilize the words travail and travails, which mean battle.
Today, travel could possibly be substantially less demanding relying on the goal you pick (i.e., Mt. Everest, the Amazon rainforest), how you intend to arrive (visit transport, voyage ship, or oxcart), and regardless of whether you choose to "unpleasant it (see extraordinary tourism and experience travel). "There's a major distinction between essentially being a visitor and being a genuine world explorer," notes travel essayist Michael Kasum. This is, in any case, a challenged refinement as scholarly work on the way of life and human science of movement has noted.
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Tehran (ISNA) – The most advanced homegrown destroyer in Middle East, Jamaran-class Sahand destroyer officially joined Iran's Navy fleet on Saturday.
During Today ceremony at Iran's southern port city of Bandar Abbas in Persian Gulf region, Sahand destroyer joined the country's Navy fleet.
The launch ceremony was attended by Iran's Army Commander Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi, Navy Commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi, and other high-ranking military commanders.
Sahand's offensive and defensive capability is two-fold comparing to Jamaran destroyer.
The most advanced homegrown destroyer in Middle East are designed and produced by Iranian Navy's young specialists.
In producing Sahand destroyer, the weapons, radars and missiles on the advanced destroyer have been upgraded comparing to Jamaran destroyer.
Sahand has been equipped with a locally-manufactured point-defense weapon system dubbed 'Kamand'.
The Kamand close-in weapon system can destroy any target approaching the destroyer from a distance of two kilometers by firing between 4,000 and 7,000 rounds per minute.
Sahand has also been furnished with anti-ship cruise missiles and a helicopter deck and enjoys electronic warfare systems.
The Sahand has a flight deck for helicopters, torpedo launchers, anti-aircraft and anti-ship guns, surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missiles and electronic warfare capabilities.
"This vessel is the result of daring and creative design relying on the local technical knowledge of the Iranian Navy... and has been built with stealth capabilities," Rear-Admiral Alireza Sheikhi, head of the navy shipyards that built the destroyer.
"Among our plans in the near future is to send two or three vessels with special helicopters to Venezuela in South America on a mission that could last five months," Iran's deputy navy commander, Rear-Admiral Touraj Hassani Moqaddam.


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DPEs are private contractors paid by applicants. The shut down has no affect.
IACRA is up an running, the controllers are working, Flight Service isn't unplugged.
You may want to check out this thread on reddit where a user, your friendly asi, supposedly a safety inspector, is talking about it. Here is what he has to say to a doe about what the asi doesn't think a dpe will be able to continue giving checkrides during the shutdown.
"Exactly, you are a representative of the FAA, and you conduct work on behalf of the FAA. Without the FAA operating like normal, your designated work is suspended until we are open again.
Your POI will probably get ahold of you on Wednesday since Monday and Tuesday are holidays, and give you the run down if they haven't resolved the budget by then."
There is another post by someone who checked with their testing center and confirmed they are not allowed to administer written tests.
I agree that following logic would suggest this shouldn't affect checkrides, but I urge you to separate what seems logical to you from the "logic" of the gubimint.
I certainly hope this isn't the case, as I passed my IR checkride Tuesday, so I hope my plastic isn't held up. I also wanted to take my CAX test next week. So I hope this all to be internet lore.
Stop and think about this for a minute. If the POI has been furloughed how is the DPE getting that call?
Here is what AOPA posted for last shut down.
Fortunately, what I think or what you think doesn't matter. Time will tell.
But the aircraft registry and airmen's database appear to be down.
It's not quite the bit bucket, but close. In the ordinary course of events, ATC doesn't see and doesn't care about your alternate. I'not sure how yo negotiate somehting they don't see.
The exception to not seeing is lost comm. ATC can ask what your filed alternate is if they want some idea where you might go. But there is still no requirement to go there.
At what point are you authorized to proceed to YYY? Your clearance did not include a route to YYY. Under emergency authority do as you are required to meet the emergency.
For reference, here is the exact quote from the King video. I tried as best I could to transcribe it word for word.
DPE Mary: When is the only time that you would have to use your alternate that you filed? When is the only time that you would really have to go there?
Martha King's somewhat rambling answer: The only time you'd really have to go to your alternate is if you lost communications somewhere on the trip and you're in IFR the whole time and you go to your destination and shoot it and miss it. They're expecting you to go to your alternate that you filed and they're protecting the airspace from your destination to your alternate and that's where you need to go if you lost comms. Otherwise as long as you're talking to ATC at any time you can say "I don't like whatever, I want to [go somewhere else]".
I am kind of big on throughly planning your flight and flying your plan. If I am planning a flight in poor weather, I am selecting a very solid option as an alternate. Preferably the primary airport in a Class C complete with surveillance radar, weather radar, and that those nice bright ALSF-2 lights. I am also planning other alternates for departure and long my route should I need to divert. This includes reviewing the approaches and NOTAMs preflight.
Sunday AM has come and gone . . . Don't leave us hangin.
thats not on the paper map. Maybe generated by what ever @dtuuri took screen shot with perhaps.
Is that holding pattern west of Jake Arner (22N) based off the airport?
Is that a "6" or "9" mile distance shown south of KRAZE?
Sorry, can't help myself. Used to be a DPE.
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Lol, damn, took me a little while, but I would say that hold is west of Biley, based of the 298 radial of FTX. Let me know if I got it right. The distance is 6. Keep them coming.
Bingo. Having planned for an alternate, including reviewing the approaches, transportation availability, etc, in by far most cases, I am going to go there in a pinch rather than pick a new location. But sometimes I plan two destination alternates. If, for example, the poor weather flight is to a coastal airport, I usually think in terms of two alternates. One coastal and one inland. Those systems are unpredictable and either one could be the one which socks in. I am going to go the better one when I miss at my destination and ATC queries, "say your intentions." Actually, I am going to the place where I have the best chance of getting in, based on the most current weather information, not my planning exercise 3 or more hours earlier.
Lost comm? No different. No regulation, rule, or FAA guidance I know of saying you have to go to the one you filed to show you thought about fuel reserves. I'm still going where I can get in based on the most current information I have. I'm not going to take a chance on another missed approach just because ATC might take a look to see what I filed.
The pilot experiences lost comm.
The pilot does not encounter conditions which would allow a visual diversion.
The pilot does not consider the lost comm an emergency and diverts to the nearest acceptable airport. For me, "emergency" means the highly reliable communication radios in the aircraft I fly are the only things not working and I'm completely satisfied it's not the first indication of an electrical problem.
The pilot goes to the original destination and the weather at the destination is indeed bad enough to go missed.
I guess you could add a 5th - The controller decides to ask for your filed alternate instead of watching yo on radar to get an idea of your intentions.
Probably just a typo but check the identifier again.
FJC, don't know where FTX came from.
Where did you get that picture? The current GOV and JEPP charts make it clear that the hold is BILEY on the FJC298r. The 6 south of KRAZE is on the other side of the Airway line where it's supposed to be.
Where did you get that picture? The current GOV and JEPP charts make it clear that the hold is BILEY on the ABE 298r. The 6 south of KRAZE is on the other side of the Airway line where it's supposed to be.
It looks exactly like that on the current FAA low enroute chart. And "ABE" is an airport, not a VOR. No radials there.
Sorry. I though I posted. Ceilings too low need 5000' ceiling for checkride. All week forecast good till evening. Day before it started to change. I could have gotten to KSEG for the ride. I thought that I would just go out and get done paperwork wise and oral wise done and see what weather looked like. But he said that they can't start checkrides without our intention of finishing, something about cracking down on rides postponed during flight due to weather. Was possible opening in afternoon if his commercial checkride cancelled but no avail.
It is now scheduled for Thursday at 1pm. Weather now looks good...so it will probably be a hailstorm!!!
Yep. That's exactally the way it looks on the paper chart.
Now that Paul has answered, I'll say that's a great chart segment. I can definitely see someone mistakenly thinking that the holding pattern has something to do with 22N, particularly because it's an off-airway hold. The 6 is easier, but with folks holding and displaying charts track up, I can kind of see it.
I looked it up on FF, the racetrack moves dynamically as you zoom, sometimes it's right over the airport other times it's as shown above. Once I zoomed out it was pretty clear which fix and radial it was depicted on.
Skyvector, L-30 view for the OP's home 'drome (HZL). It's hard to find mileages posted above the airway, but they're there sometimes. I can see how getting used to the usual location below it could lead to misreading a six as a nine and vice versa. So, to be sure, you need to add up the other distances to see how many miles are left--then you'll see the math doesn't add up either! Good luck, bennyflyguy.
And of course holding patterns aren't based off airports, but newbies born with "Direct to" tattoo'd on their bellies might think so.
I see what you mean. They are slightly different in that the hold is "west" of 22N on the L30 and right over the airport on the L34, neither of which is accurate. But other than that and the location of the frequency box for FJC, I don't see a difference. They both depict the hold at BILEY on the 298-degree FJC radial.
Both the L30 and L29 show that 6 over instead of under. The L34 shows it under which is the norm and how The Chart Users Guide depicts it. T route MEA's supposedly guarantee Communication and I'm assuming they do it based on adequate Radio comm. You're from around there, how's the Radio with Wilkes-Barre Approach along that segement?
The guy drawing the 29 and the 30 seems to have had 22N on his mind. He centered the inbound leg on the airport. On the 34 it's relation to BILEY is typical. There just happened to be an airport there.
Yes, and it is typical to move the depiction to avoid the over-write as in L-30. The atypical one to me is L-34 where the holding pattern is superimposed over the airport.
But in both cases the holding pattern picture is not where the holding pattern actually is, and that is typical. That's why I said there really isn't any difference between the chart snippets - substantive difference, that is. There should be no confusion either way.
Yeah. I still think it's sloppy work to have aligned the inbound leg with center of the Airport symbol. It could have been moved down just a tad, aligned with the extension of the radial and kept green and gray from touching. But I don't think the green and grey touching on the L34 depiction is a problem. If it had been done that way on the other charts I doubt if there would have been any confusion that it was BILEY and started this. What say you @dtuuri ?
T route MEA's supposedly guarantee Communication and I'm assuming they do it based on adequate Radio comm. You're from around there, how's the Radio with Wilkes-Barre Approach along that segement?
Me? I haven't flown that area in over 20 years since when I had an Arner check me out in a Twin Comanche for insurance purposes. I think the airport is his father's namesake.
I say L-30 would only confuse "Direct to's". Everybody else knows not to hold at an airport.
Hello op, thursday has come and gone - how did you get on ?
Oh God. This is getting ridiculous. I feel bad. So goto bed Wednesday. More prepared. Calmer. Weather was going to be perfect. Ceilings 10k, wind light variable. Vis great. Checkride planned for 1. I'm at work for half day so I send a text at 1030 confirming to DPE. Get a call 5 min later from my CFI, "did he call you. I just got off the phone with him. He was frantic, uncle passed away 5 min ago. He has to cancel." Arrrgghh!!!! Of course I feel bad and my anger is selfish. But that day was the perfect day!!! I was despondent. But got over it. Took brother in laws and their little kids for a short ride for fun. Next window he had was Sunday but I haven't heard from him and don't expect to, but that is a potential good weather window. Then he is away for Citation training for a week In Jan. Sigh. Keep the faith. Committed to finishing this!! But not committed to buying a freshly dated Chart Supplement and some up for date paper charts!!!
I feel your frustration. In regard to IFR practice and prep including post qualification maintaining proficiency economically I have found huge value in pilotedge. I havent posted enough to post a url, but google will find the site for you. so you need a pc capable of running xplane 11. pilotedge have an excellent series of free ifr (and vfr) workshops and membership means you can do ther i-ratings tests. After you pass all of those you will be in a good place for ifr flying and ATC.
Yeah, welcome to aviation, but you already know this. Condolences to your DPE if he is following this. You will get there benyflyguy, patience.
Yeah, welcome to aviation, but you already know this. Condolences to your DPE if he is following this. You will get there venyflyguy, patience.
its kinda funny. My wife reminded me that I had the same issue with my ppl. I went to a flight school in summer between junior and senior year of college in Daytona for training. I was all set to do my long XC down there when wild fires set in a smoke later that reduced vis for seemingly forever. I could get nothing else done. So I had to come home and finish here. I was so close. But had to change plane I trained in. 172 to pa-28. New CFI, 2 actually. Had to do on weekends- took a few extra months instead of days. I should be used to this!!
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Crash! The window of an antique shoppe shatters as a 50-year-old mahogany chair comes hurtling through. A peek inside shows a pizza delivery boy with his fingers to his forehead. A lamp hovers over him. Suddenly, the lamp flies towards a little girl. Before it reaches her, it bursts into flames.
Further inside the store, dark figures levitate grandfather clocks, musty armchairs, ceremonial daggers, and all manners of old-fashioned curiosities, sending them spinning through the air. It's hard to make out the figures, but in the dim light you see a tiny robot's eyes flash, and one woman's laugh sounds straight from a jazz lounge. It's just a few of your regular Joes duking it out telekinetic cage-match style.
Welcome to Myr's Antique Shoppe, where psychics fight for supremacy. This is Clairvoyance, a 2-5 player card game in which a battle of wits is literally a battle. Each player selects a different character with their own unique ability. Players draw cards, ready attacks, and send furniture flying at each other. May the best psychic win!
Pick a character and place it in front of you. Put a health counter on the 10.
Shuffle the deck and deal 5 cards to each player.
Each player says a number from 1 to 8. Roll the die. Whoever guessed the face the die lands on goes first. If no one guessed correctly, roll again.
Place the die in front of the first player, with that face up.
Turn order goes clockwise. Pass the die to the next player to indicate whose turn it is.
You win when all other players have 0 (or less) health.
When a player loses all their health, they discard their hand and possessed items (see possession) and are now out of the game.
On your turn you can take up to 2 actions. If there are more than 2 players currently in the game, or if you started the game with just 2 players, then only 1 of these actions may be throwing an item.
Possess an item or put an item into another player's possession.
Throw an item from your hand.
Discard up to 2 cards.
After you finish taking actions, draw up to your max hand size of 5 cards. If at any time the deck run out of cards, replenish it with the shuffled discard pile.
At any point in the game, you may use character abilities, utilize single-use item's effects, or play instant cards from your hand for no action cost.
Whenever you play an item card from your hand, reveal the card and declare your intention to throw the item or to put it into your or another player's possession. Other players now have a chance to interfere by playing instant cards, activating single-use abilities, or using character abilities. Once everyone who wants to interfere has done so, you must then turn the die along 1 of the 3 edges to an adjacent face. (You will only ever turn the die more or less than 1 face if directed to do so by a card or character ability).
Gertrude takes an Armchair from her hand to throw at RX-97. To activate the card, she must get the die to show a 6 or a 1. The die currently displays a 3 face-up.
Gertrude looks at the 3 faces adjacent to the 3 and see 2, 6, and 4. She turns the die so the 6 faces up. This activates the Armchair and it hits RX-97, dealing it damage.
If the number on the displayed face matches one of the card's activation faces, the card succeeds in being played. If the number does not match, discard the card. You must still turn the die, even if you cannot make it show the needed activation face. This unsuccessful attempt to throw or possess the card still counts as using an action.
An item becomes possessed when you take it from your hand and place it in front of yourself or another player. The possessed item stays on the table. Whomever the card is placed in front of (regardless of who placed it) owns the card, and can use its ability or throw it.
You may have up to 3 possessed items. If at any time you would gain a 4th, you must first discard one of your existing 3 possessed items.
To attempt to throw an item, select one of your items (possessed or in your hand), and choose a player as your target. Once you have declared your intention to throw a possessed item, it is no longer considered possessed.
Players (including the current player) have a chance to interfere with your throw by activating their possessed items' single-use effects or by playing instant cards.
If you throw an item from your hand, then after players have had a chance to interfere with the throw, you must turn the die. If this fails to reveal one of the item's activation faces, then the throw fails and no damage is dealt. If your throw successfully lands, the targeted player is dealt the amount of damage indicated on the item card.
If you thrown an item from your collection of possessed items, do not turn the die; the throw automatically succeeds. However, players may still interfere to reduce how much damage is dealt. After anyone who would like to interferes does so, the targeted player takes the remaining damage.
Normally, you may only throw 1 item during your turn. However, the moment the number of players in the game is reduced to 2, even if this happens mid-turn, any number of your actions may be throws. (Note that if you started with 2 players this does not apply).
Items are cards you can possess or throw from your hand. Some items have effects that are either single-use or continuous.
You may either utilize a single-use item's effect or throw the item. After either, discard the card.
To use the effect, first possess the card. You may then use the single-use effect at any time, without using an action or turning the die.
Claire already possesses Music Box.
Harold uses the effect from Jack-in-the-Box, a single-use item he has possessed, to destroy Music Box. Harold then discards Jack-in-the-Box.
An item marked with a continuous symbol is not discarded after its effect is used (unless the card says otherwise). The effect can occur more than once. Continuous effects are not optional.
It is possible that 2 or more players will try to play an item or instant, activate a single use ability, or activate a character ability at the same time that another player is trying to do one of these things. Should this happen, the person closest to the left of the turn-holder gets to have their move take place first.
Once that player's move is resolved, the next player (going in turn order) chooses to either follow through with their originally intended move or withdraw it. If a player withdraws their intended move, the card that would have been activated is returned to its original location and/or the ability is considered not to have been used.
Instant cards may be played at any time (including others' turns) and their effects are resolved immediately. Discard an instant card after use. Playing an instant does not use up an action.
Sebastian announces he's throwing a Lamp at Mama Rita, which will do 2 damage.
Mama Rita plays Pyrokinesis, an instant, to destroy the Lamp. Sebastian still turns the die 1 face.
Each character has a unique ability that can be used once per game at any time. When a player declares they are using the ability, it immediately takes effect, and the current player must pause their turn to allow anyone to respond to it.
Mama Rita is your one-and-only psychic phone service, direct from Earth to the hereafter and beyond.
Care to find out what secrets old great-grandma had? No? How about Lincoln? Gandhi? Cleopatra? These and any figure of the past, big or small, can be yours to call with the help of Mama Rita, the world's greatest medium and spiritual contact specialist!
For a small fee, Mama Rita can set you up with a direct line to the deceased person of your choosing, and will be on hand should the call become less informational and more spectral possession.
All sales, and clients, final.
Charges Apply: Take 1 possessed item from any player and put it into a different player's possession.
Gertrude never wanted to be a psychic. She never wanted to burn down the orphanage either. Shadow did though.
Miss Gertrude Patricia Sloan was born Friday, October 13 under a blood moon and a fortuitous alignment of the planets, gifting her with the amazing ability to be quite terribly unfortunate. While other girls her age were learning the rhymes to jump rope, Gertrude was trying to convince Shadow that everything was just fine the way it was, not on fire.
If you hadn't guessed, Shadow is a tough sell. Gertrude still tries though.
Harold believes the key to great service is knowing what your customer wants, as soon as they think it.
Have you ever had a hankering for pizza and gone to the phone, only to hear a ring at the doorbell and see a pizza boy standing there with exactly what you would have ordered? No? Well, you must live outside Harold's route, which is a shame. Really, you're missing out. There are, no doubt, many pizza delivery legends, but Harold is the greatest.
Guaranteed Delivery: Only character abilities can affect your next thrown item.
Hobo. Street Prophet. Possible Wizard.
Ed's seen the future, read the lifelines in the sidewalk cracks, read the love lines in the tread marks left by wet sneakers, watched how the pennies fall. If he looks strange wearing a banana rind under his nose, know that it's only to keep aliens from sliding up his nostrils and into his brain. He knows when Atlantis will rise to take back the world and he knows when they'll fix that pothole on Fountain Street. One's coming too soon, the other not soon enough.
Forget your momma's back, it's the future breaking like so many sidewalk cracks. It's written between the letters of the road signs. When will the world end? Yesterday. Tell your children. Time's ill, in bed with the flu, and we're all paying through the nose in paradoxes.
Don't believe him? The government does. Men in black jackets pour spy-cams into his coin cup. Of course we're being spied on; think real buskers sound that good? Check out the dollar bills, see how George Washington's eyes follow you as you twitch.
Scrounge: Take 1 card from the discard pile and put it into your hand.
This little robot is the hottest toy your child never wanted. RX-97's sound effects include shrieks and moans that sound just like it's possessed by a malevolent spirit, and its claws grip with an unearthly force!
RX-97 comes without batteries, but that's okay, it runs on the most eco-friendly fuel of all: fear and nightmares!
RX-97's eyes glow and alternate colors, so you can know when it's coming around the corner to get you. With so many features, RX-97 always has new ways to keep playing and playing and playing, even long after your child wants to stop.
You may be wondering, "how can I get away?" Oops, you can't! Instead try wondering, "how can I best help RX-97 plunge the world into darkness?"
Circuit Breaker: Change the target of the current thrown item.
Curator of antiques and organizer of psychic competitions, Myr is a… shopkeeper of many talents.
A long-time supporter of the local practitioners of the aetheric arts, Myr gathers fellow psychics to his store, Myr's Antique Shoppe, where, during the day, he sells nearly curse-free curiosities for curiously-good prices.
Since all the participants at his competitions are psychic, there tends to be a lot of property damage and what could be called spontaneous arson. It's okay though, there are always plenty more curiosities in the shoppe.
It may seem strange, but it's tradition.
Eminent Domain: Search through the deck and put 1 item into your hand. Then shuffle the deck.
Sebastian runs a successful business as an "aetherial romantic coordinator" or just a ghost dating service if you're boorish about it.
Sebastian can hook you (the ghoul, spirit, or apparition with a desire for earthly contact) up with the perfect host, guaranteed to suit your ectoplasmic tastes.
For the discerning human, perhaps you want to know what kind of benefit you can get. How does unearthly power sound? For a small transaction of time as a vessel, you too can have that power.
Whether you're looking for some precognition, prognosticatin', or a snappy tune, Claire's your gal. Not every psychic can support herself on her aetheric gifts entirely. Luckily, Claire has the kind of pipes that bring a house down and fill the soul with joy or sadness at the drop of a note.
Some of her lyrics are oddly audience-specific and her choruses repeat some truths better left unspoken, but at least they sound nice.
Prognosticate: Set the die on any face.
In a 2 player game, you can only throw 1 item each turn. When determining first player, each player picks 2 numbers instead of 1.
Players can form teams. Make sure each team has an equal amount of players, and sit across from your teammate. The only difference in play is that your team wins when all other teams' players have 0 health.


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DC Report Finds Racial Bias In Speed Camera Use
Speed cameras in Washington, DC are placed in minority neighborhoods to generate higher ticket volumes.
Speed cameras in the nation's capital are overwhelmingly placed in minority neighborhoods according to a study released earlier this month by the DC Policy Center, a non-partisan think tank. Analyst William Farrell used Census Bureau data to determine the racial makeup of the sections of Washington, DC where cameras have been installed. He then compared this information with the geographic distribution of speed camera tickets and the amount of fine revenue collected in 2016.
"My analysis of moving violations, citations and crash data suggests that the racial geography of DC does play into in the enforcement of traffic violations," Farrell wrote. "Census tracts with higher proportions of black residents are associated with a higher incidence of traffic fines, despite not experiencing a greater number of crashes."
The District collected $115 million in profit from traffic tickets in 2016, 97 percent of which were issued by red light cameras and speed cameras. Neighborhoods where 80 percent or more of residents are black on average paid $322 per capita in automated traffic tickets compared to just $20 per capita in 80 percent white neighborhoods. Residents in black neighborhoods were 17 times more likely to receive a photo ticket.
Cameras placed in black neighborhoods produced a large amount of revenue, but these areas are not inherently more dangerous. The per capita rate of crashes in black neighborhoods is essentially the same as the rate in white neighborhoods.
While the District has used its speed camera contractor to produce numbers claiming the system has reduced accidents, an independent investigation by The Washington Post found a 107 percent increase in accidents at the intersections where red light cameras were used. An analysis of accident records conducted last year by Howard University researchers found that the District and its for-profit vendor placed cameras on safe, high-volume roads, not locations with a history of fatal accidents (view study).
"As with many technologies, even 'neutral' automated traffic cameras can be used in ways that unintentionally further racial disparities," Farrell concluded. "Given the District's high degree of residential racial segregation, decisions about where and how to use 'neutral' technology like speed cameras can still have a disparate impact in terms of outcomes."
A copy of the report is found on the DC Policy Center website.
Source: Predominately black neighborhoods in DC bear the brunt (DC Policy Center, 7/8/2018)
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TimeLine Theatre is located at 615 W. Wellington Avenue in Chicago, near the corner of Wellington and Broadway, inside the Wellington Avenue Church building. The theatre entrance is adjacent to the church's main entrance, through a small courtyard.
Before and after your visit, we invite you to enjoy the wide variety of restaurants and other shops within walking distance of the theatre, in the heart of Chicago's vibrant Lakeview East neighborhood!
Take the Kennedy Expressway (90-94) and exit at Kimball. Turn right and go immediately into the left lane. Turn left at the first light (Belmont Avenue). Take Belmont east to Clark Street. Turn right onto Clark Street, proceed south to Wellington Avenue. Turn left onto Wellington Avenue.
Take Lake Shore Drive north. Exit at Belmont and go west about three blocks to Halsted Street. Turn left onto Halsted. Go south to Wellington Avenue. Turn left onto Wellington Avenue.
Take the Kennedy Expressway (90-94) and exit at Armitage. Turn right on Armitage (East) and head east to Ashland Avenue. Turn left on Ashland and proceed north to Diversey Parkway. Turn right on Diversey and proceed east to Halsted Street. Turn left onto Halsted. Proceed north on Halsted to Wellington Avenue. Turn right onto Wellington.
Exit at Belmont stop. Walk one block east to Clark Street. Turn right on Clark and proceed south two blocks to Wellington Avenue. Turn left onto Wellington.
Exit at Wellington stop. Turn right out of the station and walk east approximately 3 blocks.
#36 (Broadway); #8 (Halsted), #22 (Clark) and #151 (Sheridan) stop at Wellington.
Lakeview East is a densely populated residential and business neighborhood. Street and metered parking is available but very limited. Note some streets are zoned for resident parking only. Currently, it is best to look on the side streets east of Broadway for free, non-permit parking.
Metered parking on Broadway, Clark and selected side streets is generally in effect from 8am – 10pm and costs $2 per hour for up to 2 hours at a time. Check individual meters to confirm details. For greater convenience while attending a performance, we recommend trying the ParkChicago app, which allows you to refill a meter remotely via your mobile device.
Self-park lot located about 1.5 blocks south of TimeLine, this public roof-top lot is well-lit with elevators. Closes at midnight. Price with validation (up to 6 hours) is $8. NOTE: The Broadway at Surf lot closes at midnight. Please ensure you remove your car before that time to avoid any inconvenience.
Self-park lot located about 2 blocks southwest of TimeLine, this public garage next to the Landmark Century Centre complex has several floors of parking. Open 24 hours. Price with validation (up to 6 hours) is $9.
Small self-park surface lot with driveway entrance located south of Ceres' Table. Use automated pay station to pay fees in advance and leave receipt in windshield. Prices are $7 for 1-5 hours; $11 for 5-8 hours. NOTE: This lot features special pricing on Cubs game days.
Self-park garage with driveway entrance located between Apartment People and Lakeview Dental Arts. Use automated pay station (credit card only). NOTE: This garage is not well lit and involves stairs/no elevator.
Hospital parking garage open 24 hours, located just north of Halsted and Wellington with an entrance on Halsted. Prices are $12 for 2-4 hours; $14 for 4-6 hours.
Hospital parking garage open 24 hours, located on Wellington Avenue with entrance near the El tracks. Prices are $12 for 2-4 hours; $14 for 4-6 hours.
Dine at The Bagel Restaurant and Deli and park for free in their surface lot behind the restaurant. Spend at least $10 per person and you can leave your car in The Bagel lot during the show. Be sure to inform restaurant management that you are attending the show to provide car identification and confirm parking arrangements. You may be asked to present your TimeLine order or reservation confirmation.
Parking facilities and operators are not directly affiliated with TimeLine. Hours, prices and availability are subject to change. Details as of November 2017.
TimeLine is located about 6 blocks south of Wrigley Field. If you are traveling to the theatre during baseball season, we recommend checking the Cubs schedule and planning your travel time and routes accordingly!


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The dry winter, between May and October.
This period offers you the best game viewing as wildlife gathers around water sources.
The rainy summer, between November and April.
This period offers excellent bird watching and a couple of special tourism packages.
Botswana holidays are much similar to those in other countries, especially those of Christian orientation.
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Talented racer calls for financial support
James East in need of help to take his career to the next level
TALENTED motorcyclist James East has enjoyed a successful campaign in the British Supersport Cup Championship so far – but the 22-year-old admits it is necessary for him to secure much-needed financial support in order to complete the season.
The Litlington-based racer recently took his 12th podium of 2012 and first win in the British Supersport Cup Championship at Brands Hatch, but now faces a seemingly far more challenging task of finding the funds to continue this form, and help take his career to the next level.
East is in need of �7,500 to complete the season, and is in search of local support to contribute towards this total in the form of sponsorship.
East says he is desperate for the help of any racing fans and businesses who would like to be a part of his team moving forward.
"I have been working very hard this season on and off the track to get to this point," said East.
"Brands Hatch was a tipping point, we found the set-up, made the Kawasaki work for me and we won the cup and was competing with the best in the country as a privateer.
"I'm asking for any race fans and businesses to get in touch, I can offer sponsorship packages from �500, advertising packages including corporate days at British Superbikes which are available also.
"There is one more step for me from here and that will mean me becoming a professional motorcycle racer in a leading team. That is my goal and everything I work for.
"Ultimately I want to follow in the footsteps of past British World Champions like Carl Fogarty, Barry Sheene and James Toseland. I've been told from others I can achieve this and I believe it myself, that with support, I have what it takes to become a world-class rider."
East is hoping to continue his fine form in the next race at Cadwell Park in Lincolnshire on August 25-27.


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Hulu, Viacom Extend Streaming Deal for MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central Shows
VH1, TVLand, Spike, BET and Logo programs will also hit online library
Tony Maglio | October 28, 2014 @ 8:25 AM
Hulu and Viacom have extended their deal to bring shows from Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, MTV, VH1, TVLand, Spike, BET and Logo to the online platform.
The thousands of episodes will be added to Hulu's library over the coming weeks, senior vice president and head of content Craig Erwich wrote in a Tuesday blog post.
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The expansion of the deal between Hulu and Viacom, which began in 2011, will bring more library episodes of shows from Comedy Central, MTV, VH1, BET, Logo, Spike, TVLand and others, and will add a selection of Latino kids' programming in Spanish from Nickelodeon.
Under the agreement, Hulu Kids will also offer more titles from Nickelodeon.
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On the grown-up side of things, users will be able to watch full seasons of Comedy Central offerings such as "Key & Peele," "Drunk History" and "Tosh.0," along with reality offerings from Viacom properties including "Catfish," "Ink Master," "Snooki & JWoww" and "Basketball Wives."
Read Erwich's full announcement below.
When we launched our first major agreement with Viacom in 2011, shows like The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report quickly became top shows on Hulu. Three years later, these shows – as well as many more from the Viacom family of networks – still remain among the most popular series on Hulu. Therefore, it was a natural choice for us to extend that relationship with Viacom to bring fan-favorite kids titles, comedy series and reality series from networks including Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, MTV, VH1, TVLand, Spike, BET and Logo to Hulu.
Today, I am excited to share the news that we are extending our partnership with Viacom -to continue bringing thousands of episodes from some of Viacom's most popular series and a selection of kids content to Hulu. We will be adding top titles from Nickelodeon to our Hulu Kids offering that have never before been made available to stream on Hulu. That means that, soon, viewers will be able to stream episodes of classic series such as Invader Zim, The Ren & Stimpy Show, Drake & Josh, Hey Arnold!, and many more.
Over the coming weeks, Hulu and Viacom will also be refreshing a library of past seasons from some of the funniest shows airing on television today. If you're a fan of hilarious comedy, you can watch full seasons of Key & Peele, Drunk History, Ridiculousness, Tosh.0, Kroll Showand Inside Amy Schumer, from your living room, on your lunch break or on-the-go with Hulu. If you need a reality TV-fix, you'll be able to binge watch Catfish, Ink Master, 16 & Pregnant, Teen Mom 2, Snooki & JWowwand more, and catch even more episodes of guilty pleasures like The Hills, The Jersey Shore, Basketball Wives, Love & Hip Hop, and Mob Wives.We are also adding select scripted series including Comedy Central's Workaholics, MTV's Faking It, and TVLand's Hot in Cleveland.
In addition to all of the great English-language programming that will be available, we will also be expanding our offering of Latino programming for kids by adding a handful of family-friendly Nickelodeon titles such as SpongeBob SquarePants and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in Spanish to Hulu.
The great selection of in-season programming from across the networks that we've had on Hulu for the past several years will remain. Hulu will continue to be a go-to destination to stream The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, as well as the final season of one of my all-time favorites, The Colbert Report. MTV's scripted series Awkward, Happyland, and many more will also continue to be available to stream the day after new episodes air.
All episodes will be added to Hulu over the next few weeks, giving you the perfect excuse to continue your fall TV binge. We are thrilled to continue our partnership with Viacom and even more thrilled to be bringing these great shows to our Hulu viewers. Happy streaming.


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Pete Buttigieg will miss SC Democratic dinner and Clyburn fish fry amid South Bend strife
The South Bend, Indiana, mayor will instead take part in a march in his city that comes after a white police officer fatally shot a black man Sunday.
Pete Buttigieg will miss SC Democratic dinner and Clyburn fish fry amid South Bend strife The South Bend, Indiana, mayor will instead take part in a march in his city that comes after a white police officer fatally shot a black man Sunday. Check out this story on greenvilleonline.com: https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/2019/06/21/sc-democratic-convention-jim-clyburns-world-famous-fish-fry-12-things-know/1510450001/
Kirk Brown, The Greenville News Published 7:30 a.m. ET June 21, 2019 | Updated 1:12 p.m. ET June 21, 2019
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, who is the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, will miss Friday's Blue Palmetto Dinner and James Clyburn's World Famous Fish Fry in Columbia to take part in a march in his city.
Buttigieg's campaign announced that he would return to South Bend after speaking Friday morning in Miami at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials.
"He will be in South Bend to be with the community and participate in a march this evening," Chris Meagher, Buttigieg's national press secretary, said in an email.
The march comes after a white police officer in South Bend fatally shot a black man on Sunday.
Buttigieg is still expected to speak Saturday morning at the Democratic state convention and a Planned Parenthood forum in Columbia.
Buttigieg would be the youngest and first openly gay president if he is elected to the White House next year. He has surprised many pundits with impressive polling numbers and fundraising prowess.
He has been seeking to forge a connection with black voters in South Carolina who are expected to cast a majority of votes when the state holds the South's first Democratic presidential primary next February.
But that task may be even more challenging because Buttigieg has faced scrutiny this week for his handling of the fallout from Sunday's shooting. After leaving the campaign trail to return to South Bend, the mayor did not attend a vigil at the scene of the shooting, and his brief meeting with the victim's family did not go well, according to published reports.
In addition to Buttigieg's absence from Friday's events, here are 10 things to watch as Democrats gather in Columbia this weekend:
Political spotlight on SC as 22 Democratic presidential candidates converge on Columbia
The nation's political spotlight is on South Carolina as a record-breaking 22 Democratic arrive for a series of events today and Saturday that hundreds of voters and scores of reporters will attend.
They will campaign at the Blue Palmetto Dinner and U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn's World Famous Fish Fry on Friday before speaking Saturday at the South Carolina Democratic Party Convention and a women's health forum hosted by the political arm of Planned Parenthood.
The events "give us a great opportunity to display the best of the New South," the Rev. Jesse Jackson said during an interview Thursday with The Greenville News and Independent Mail.
Adding Democrats: Jesse Jackson launches effort to register 100,000 new voters in South Carolina
Top issues as Democrats visit SC: Immigration and abortion
Analysis released this week by researchers at the University of South Carolina found that immigration and abortion are dominating public social media conversations in the 2020 race for the presidency both in South Carolina and nationally.
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Other issues such as climate change, tariffs and gun control lag far behind in public social media posts, according to the university's Social Media Insights Lab at the College of Information and Communications. The lab used used artificial intelligence-powered software to analyze a database of more than 70 million social media mentions nationally — including nearly 300,000 in South Carolina — between Jan. 1 and June 17.
All eyes will be on Joe Biden as he gathers with Democratic rivals
The events in Columbia will mark the first time that Biden has attended a gathering with a large number of his rivals since he announced his candidacy in April. He skipped the Democratic state convention in California last month that 14 of the party's presidential candidates attended. Biden also was a no-show for a Democratic Hall of Fame event in Iowa earlier this month that drew 19 presidential hopefuls.
The best-known of the Democratic candidates, the former vice president is presently the clear front-runner in the race. But his national and South Carolina poll numbers have started to dip, and Biden has endured a rough couple of weeks that began when he expressed continued support for a ban on federal funding for abortions and then changed his position a day later. Earlier this week, his comments at a fundraiser about working in the past with segregationist senators drew widespread criticism.
"This is a good chance for Biden to get his feet back under him," said Danielle Vinson, a politics and international affairs professor at Furman University.
But this weekend's events also could pose risks for Biden and his handlers, Vinson said.
"It is going to be harder for his staff to keep him protected from the media," she said.
A total of 151 press credentials have been issued for Saturday's Democratic state convention, and those journalists will be watching closely when Biden takes the stage as the last speaker shortly before 6 p.m.
Will Elizabeth Warren build on her momentum, and can Bernie Sanders reverse his slide?
Warren, a U.S. senator from Massachusetts, has surged past Sanders, a U.S. senator from Vermont, into second place behind Biden in two recent national polls as well as a South Carolina survey conducted last week for the Post and Courier in Charleston.
Warren and Sanders are jockeying for voters who want a candidate with more progressive views than Biden. In the South Carolina poll, Warren is now the most popular candidate among voters in the 18-34 age group. She also has erased the lead that Sanders held over her among black voters, though Biden still leads among that demographic.
Will the time Cory Booker and Kamala Harris have invested in SC pay off?
Booker, a U.S. senator from New Jersey, and Harris, a U.S. senator from California, already have made seven trips to South Carolina this year. Both have made campaign stops in Greenville.
But despite those visits, Booker and Harris remain mired in the single digits in polls conducted in the state. This weekend's events present an opportunity for them to gain some much-needed traction.
Can a lesser-known candidate score a breakthrough? Probably not
There are a number of presidential hopefuls that South Carolina Democrats are not very familiar with. Could the events on Friday and Saturday lead to a breakthrough for candidates such as New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper or U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio?
Vinson said the odds of that happening are low, given the amount of attention that Biden and other top-tier candidates will likely receive. But she said the lesser-known candidates will have a chance to see how crowds respond to their pitches.
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What is almost certain is that Montana Gov. Steve Bullock won't see a spike in his popularity. He is the only Democratic presidential candidate who won't be in Columbia.
Jim Clyburn's World Famous Fish Fry
About 1,100 people are expected to attend the Blue Palmetto Dinner at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center on Friday night. But an even larger crowd is expected to be on hand for Clyburn's annual fish fry, which will be held a few blocks away at the EdVenture Children's Museum's Coble Plaza.
The event has become can't-miss for serious candidates.
"Every politician that's worth their salt wants to get up on the stage and get introduced by Jim Clyburn," Jaime Harrison, the former chairman of the state Democratic Party who's running for U.S. Senate against Republican Lindsey Graham, told The State.
The event will feature 4,400 pounds of fish, 6,400 slices of bread and an open bar. The 22 Democratic presidential candidates will be given a "generous moment" to address the audience.
Big crowd expected at Saturday's SC Democratic Party convention
A crowd of 1,700 to 2,500 is expected to attend Saturday's state Democratic convention, which will be an all-day affair. In addition to electing state officers, there will be a tribute to the late U.S. Sen. Ernest "Fritz" Hollings, who died in April.
But the main event will speeches by 21 presidential candidates, starting with Harris on Saturday morning and concluding several hours later with Biden's remarks. Candidate Wayne Messam, the mayor of Miramar, Florida, will be at the convention, but his campaign did not make the necessary arrangements for a speaking slot, according to state Democratic Party spokesman Tim Sullivan.
20 candidates to speak at Planned Parenthood Action Fund forum
Twenty of the candidates are expected to field questions Saturday morning at a Planned Parenthood Action Fund forum in downtown Columbia.
The event comes as abortion bans recently enacted in Georgia and Alabama have received national attention.
Abortion protesters are planning a rally outside the forum.
South Carolina's events set the stage for next week's first Democratic debate
The events in Columbia will be followed by the first Democratic presidential debate next Wednesday and Thursday in Miami. Twenty candidates will take part in the debate — 10 each night. The three who did not qualify are Bullock, Messam and U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts.
Vinson said the candidates likely will use their speeches at Saturday's convention to hone their message for next week's high-stakes televised debate.
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Statement Attributable to the Spokesman of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan
The Special Representative of the Secretary General, Akhtar Brahmi expressed his deep regret that student had been injured in the attack and hoped that he would soon recover. He said the United Nations has been helping and working with the people of Afghanistan for many years. "We are not armed, we have no protection, our protection is provided by the Government of Afghanistan and more importantly by the people of Afghanistan", he stated.
Mr. Brahmi said: "I do not believe that anybody who attacks the United Nations in Afghanistan is a friend of the people of Afghanistan. The United Nations has been here for many years helping the Afghan people. We did not in the past, and do not now have any agenda for or against anybody. Our only agenda has been and remains to help the people of Afghanistan establish peace and stability and reconstruction."
Mr.Brahimi said he hoped the Government of Afghanistan would find out who's behind this outrage and bring them to justice. He appealed to Afghan President Hamid Karzai and to the Government of Afghanistan as well as the people of Afghanistan to provide more security for the United Nations so that "we continue to provide the services that we can give to the people of Afghanistan."