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At least 15 people are dead after a suicide car bomber posing as a milk delivery van detonated at a district headquarters in Somalia's capital, police said Tuesday.
The death toll may rise, as some were badly hurt in the explosion at Wadajir district headquarters in Mogadishu, Capt. Mohamed Hussein told The Associated Press.
Most of the dead were civilians, Hussein said. Aamin Ambulance service said it had transported 18 wounded, seven of them women. Two of the eight bodies it transported were women, it said.
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The al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group quickly claimed responsibility for the attack via its Shahada News Agency, according to the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors jihadist groups.
Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire said the attack targeted civilians preparing for Eid celebrations and demonstrated the extremists' "evil-mindedness."
At the blast scene, debris was burning and bricks and body parts were scattered among destroyed cars. One man was pulled alive from under a large stone after a wall fell on him in the explosion. Weeping women stood nearby, anxiously waiting for news about loved ones.
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The blast comes less than a week after al-Shabab gunmen carried out an overnight siege on a popular restaurant in the Somali capital, killing at least 31 people.
The Somalia-based al-Shabab often targets high-profile areas of Mogadishu, including hotels, military checkpoints and areas near the presidential palace. It has vowed to step up attacks after the recently elected government launched a new military offensive against it.
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Al-Shabab last year became the deadliest Islamic extremist group in Africa, with more than 4,200 people killed in 2016, according to the Washington-based Africa Center for Strategic Studies.
The extremist group also faces a new military push from the United States after President Donald Trump approved expanded operations, including airstrikes, against al-Shabab.
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President Uhuru Kenyatta has told traders at Mombasa's Kongowea market to only pay for services offered to them. The President said the new market was built by the national government at a cost of Shs 500million and that the National Youth Service will from next week embark on cleaning of the market.
Addressing traders at Kongowea on Monday, the Head of State said there was no need for the county government to continue taxing the traders and yet it doesn't provide services to them.
"There is no need for the county government to continue taxing the traders and yet they do not provide the services they have paid for," said Mr Kenyatta.
He said the Government has launched investigations to establish claims that traders at the Kongowea market were not being served despite paying taxes.
He said the national government would not hesitate to take action against those who failed to deliver.
"We cannot allow the people to suffer in the hands of some few individuals. Wananchi should only pay for services offered to them," said President Kenyatta.
He warned police against harassing wananchi if they don't pay for the services not offered. The President and Deputy President William Ruto, at the same time, told opposition candidate Raila Odinga that Kenyans will go to the polls on October 26 whether he participates or not.
The leaders said the Opposition leaders were scared of the elections because they have sensed defeat, saying they were scheming to have the elections delayed in another three months for their selfish gains.
They said the Opposition was bent on inciting Kenyans through demonstrations to cause confusion with the hope of getting into power through the backdoor.
"We know their games and we have said enough is enough. There will be no postponement. Mr Odinga should retire and honourably go home," said the Deputy President.
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President Kenyatta and DP Ruto told Mr Odinga to retire from politics if he was not ready to participate in the October 26 polls.
Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala (Tourism), Governor Mike Sonko (Nairobi), Nyali MP Mohammed Ali, among others, also spoke at the meeting.
The Deputy President said Opposition leader was now opposed to the elections because he knows that he will win.
President Kenyatta said Jubilee was ready and prepared to face the Opposition at the ballot and will not allow any attempts to have the elections postponed.
"The Opposition should stop sideshows and prepare for the next elections. Kenyans want to move away from elections to concentrate on development activities," said President Kenyatta.
DP Ruto said the mass exodus of Kenyans who supported Nasa during the August 8 elections has shaken the Opposition and that's why they want to interfere with the elections.
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"We are tired of their rhetoric and stories and the country wants to move on. We must conclude elections on October 26. If those in Opposition are not ready, they should retire from politics," said DP Ruto.
He added: "There is exodus of Kenyans from Nasa because they are tired of their empty rhetoric and want to support Jubilee which is committed to improving their lives."
Mr Balala and Mr Sonko urged residents in coastal region to turn out in large numbers and support the reelection of President Kenyatta.
"It is time for us to move away from politics of propaganda and support Jubilee that is committed to improving our lives," said Mr Sonko.
President Yoweri Museveni has told a meeting of African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) troop-contributing countries (TCC) that their role in Somalia is purely for Pan African reasons of helping to stabilise Somalia. Uganda was the first country to deploy peace keeping troops in Somalia in 2007, under AMISOM to restore peace in the Horn of Africa. President Museveni addressing a meeting of AMISOM contributing countries said Uganda is not an employee of the United Nations.
AMISOM is the regional peacekeeping mission operated by the African Union with the approval of the United Nations in Somalia.
"This is a Pan-African venture. We are not employees of the United Nations (UN) or Somalia," he said.
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The President was last Thursday chairing a closed-door meeting, one of a kind, for countries contributing troops to AMISOM including Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda host Somalia and Djibouti in which they agreed to improve political and military co-ordination to ensure that peace and security is guaranteed in Somalia. A member of the African Union also attended the meeting.
According to a release from State House sources at the talks, priority centered at helping Somalia in building a strong national army and taking stock of the political situation. All parties agreed to keenly follow a review on AMISOM by the UN Secretary General.
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The UN provides logistics, technical and training support to AMISOM and to the Somali National Army. The UN believes with enhanced support to AMISOM, the African Union Force and predictable funding, along with a co-ordinated effort to build the Somali National Army and Police Forces, Al Shabaab can be defeated.
Uganda was the first country to deploy in Somalia in 2007, under AMISOM to restore peace in the Horn of Africa.
During the meeting, Uganda was elected as official spokesperson of the troop-contributing countries.
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The meeting was attended by the Prime Minister of Somalia Hassan Ali Khare, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia Desalegn Hailemariam, foreign affairs minister of Kenya Amina Muhammed, commissioner Ismael Chergui of the African Union, Allen Nyamitwe, the foreign affairs minister of Burundi.
Others were Yusuf Mahmoud, the foreign affairs minister of Djibouti, Abdullahi Rachid the defence minister of Somalia, foreign affairs minister Sam Kutesa, Chief of Defence Forces Gen. David Muhoozi, Uganda's permanent representative to the UN Adoniya Ayebare and Maj. Gen. Kayemba, Uganda's military adviser at the Uganda Mission in New York.
Arriving in Djibouti on 16 September to take part in the first Djibouto-Tunisian investment conference, Tunisian businessmen members of the Tunisia Africa Business Council, a newly created Business Council dedicated to Investments in Africa, were introduced yesterday to the head of State by the Minister to the presidency responsible for investments, Ali Guelleh Abd.
President Ismail Omar Guelleh warmly welcomed the Tunisian delegation led by Mr. Bassem Loukil, CEO of the eponymous group and president of the TABC
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The head of State welcomed the Tunisian businessmen to Djibouti and spoke with them about the relations of friendship and cooperation between Tunisia and the Republic of Djibouti, the many similarities between the two countries and the partnership Between the two countries-which is in the process of being set up-and whose economic conference is the founding act.
The efforts made by the SDI to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) and the provisions that have been made in the area of investment guarantee have also been mentioned.
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At the end of the interview, the head of the Tunisian delegation, Bassem Loukil did not conceal the determination of the TABC to quickly ratify economic projects in Djibouti in many areas, including information technology, Telecommunications, agro-food and housing.
"We are all the more motivated to launch these projects quickly in Djibouti as your country offers all the successes for important investments," said Mr. Bassem Loukil, who thanked the people and the Government of Djibouti for the reception received at Djibouti.
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The Minister to the Investment presidency, Mr. Ali Guelleh Abd, has expressed his pride in the interest of Tunisian investors in our country. For him, the two countries, bound by a long and old friendship, are about to write together a new page of their common history.
Oswego Police and the Kendall County Sheriff's Office say a 76 year-old Wheaton man is in custody after he allegedly sexually assaulted and sexually abused an adult female victim in Oswego in 2016.
In a joint release, the agencies say 76 year-old Woldekidan Gebremedhin of W. Roosevelt Rd. in Wheaton is charged with two counts each of Criminal Sexual Assault and Criminal Sexual Abuse after he was arrested on a warrant at his home in Wheaton on Friday.
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Authorities say Woldekidan Gebremedhin allegedly sexually assaulted the adult female victim, who was not further identified, in Oswego in July of 2016.
On Tuesday the four felony charges were approved and a warrant for arrest was issued.
Woldekidan was taken to the DuPage County Jail and was then transported to the Kendall County Jail where is he is being held on $250,000 bond.
Qatar's alleged support of terrorist organizations, which has already frayed its relation with Saudi Arabia, the UAE and other Gulf states, is also destabilizing East Africa.
Qatar's withdrawal of its peacekeepers on June 14 from the Djibouti-Eritrea border was a form of punishment to the disputing countries which supported the quartet of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt, according to a senior researcher at a US Department of Defense think tank.
"Punishing Djibouti and Eritrea for breaking relations with Qatar was one reason for the withdraw of Qatari peacekeepers," said Joseph Siegle, director of research for DOD funded African Center for Strategic Studies.
Qatar responded almost immediately after the two embattled countries announced support and removed nearly 500 troops it had kept since 2010 in a border.
Eritrea, which is larger and better armed than Djibouti, quickly moved into the disputed territories of Dumeira mountain and Dumeira Island.
Although no shots were fired, tensions have increased dramatically in the area. In June 2008, the two countries fought a brief war that claimed roughly 200 dead and wounded. Qatari peacekeepers arrived in 2010 as part of a Doha led mediation process.
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In a renewed round of open conflict, the odds would heavily favor Eritrea. Eritrea has a veteran military as well as larger numbers of armored fighting vehicles and combat aircraft.
"The military and the state apparatus are full of veterans of previous conflicts," Siegle said. "In fact, the state as an institution is more focused on conflict than Djibouti."
He said the tense situation is yet another unhappy consequence of Qatari policies that have provoked a range of harsh responses from its neighbors. The persistent efforts by its Gulf neighbors to punish and isolate it since June have strained its resources so that the removal of peacekeepers is as much an act of redeployment as retribution.
"I think it's a combination of the reason that is most strategic and Qatar has a limited number of forces and it is dealing with the more threatening situation given the current embargo," Siegel said.
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"It has bigger strategic interests than the border dispute between Djibouti and Eritrea. I think punishing Djibouti for breaking relations with Qatar was a factor but, it was secondary in the context of the current crisis. Qatar has other ways of punishing Djibouti in the regional context."
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The dispute lies along a small section of the 110-kilometer-long Djiboutian-Eritrean frontier. An agreement signed in 1900 between France and Italy left the precise location of the border along the Dumeira Mountain and Dumeira Islands ill defined.
Djibouti is a founding member of the Islamic Military Alliance to Fight Terrorism founded by Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, Saudi Arabia's Minister of Defense and the small Red Sea nation has also formally joined the US-led and anti-ISIS coalition.
Qatar's sudden withdraw may not have only cost Djibouti a strip of its territory. Djibouti also worries about the fate of its Djiboutian prisoners of war held by Eritrea – an issue that Qatar had attempted to negotiate.
At the end of the 2008 conflict, Eritrea held 19 Djiboutian prisoners of war. Four were later were released, and two escaped according to the Djiboutian government.
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"[Eritrea] continues to spread blatant lies about the prisoner's condition and has refused to account for them despite repeated calls by the Security Council," according to Mohammed Dualeh, Djibouti's ambassador to the United Nations.
Djibouti hosts several foreign military bases, Camp Lemonier, a former French Foreign Legion outpost, has been America's only permanent military base in Africa since 2001.
The country has also welcomed military bases from China and Japan in recent years.
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Six men who cut off the hand of a 6 years old Albino Tanzanian boy for money ritual in 2013 has been sentenced to 20 years in imprisonment each by a Tanzanian Court.
Albinos has been hunted like wide life in Tanzania as their body parts is said to be of huge importance in witchcraft and rituals. For Tanzanians where sentenced to death in 2015 after they abducted a 15 years old Albino boy, killed him and dismembered his body for rituals
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An estimated 75 Albinos where kileed in Tanzania between the year 2000 – 2015, United Nations sources said. This is just a rough estimate and does not represent the actual number of Albino victims in Tanzania, as most rituals occur in remote villages where not included in the statistics.
While a man was sentenced to 30 years in jail by Tanzanian court for impregnating a school, many has been wondering why adults who where convicted of hacking off a minors hand, which is tantamount to murder where given a paltry 20 years in imprisonment.
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The Supreme Court of Kenya had annulled the August 8th presidential election in which incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta was declared winner by the IEBC having obtained 54% of the total vote cast. Kenya's Independent Electoral And Boundary Commission (IEBC) has set the date for re-election on the 17th of October 2017.
Recall that a similar incident took place in 2007 and sparked a chain of violence which claimed the lives of about 1100 persons. The election violence that took place on August 8th was mild in comparison to that of 2007 as about 20 persons were reported dead.
Why the first election was cancelled
The August 8th election was cancelled by Chief Justice David Maraga on Friday, saying that the Independent Electoral And Boundary Commission had failed to hold a lawful poll, as a result, the outcome of the election is invalid, null and void.
The Chief Justice added that IEBC had committed irregularities and illegalities during the process of collation of results from polling units and transfer to central counting center.
Raila Odinga's Concerns
Having conducted an election viewed by the supreme court as marred by illegalities and irregularities, Odinga has no trust on the IEBC as a result. He is demanding that the head of IEBC and other big shots in IEBC be replaced before the nation polls.
They are also demanding that a different company should be given the contract to print the ballot papers for the forth coming elections.
Meanwhile, the incumbent president, Uhuru Kenyatta has continued to campaign for the for coming October 17th election
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MOGADISHU – Al Shabaab terrorist invaded an army barrack in Kismayu, a port city in the southern region of Somalia in the early hours of Sunday morning, said a Somalian military official. He added that the details of casualties is not yet known.
Though, Al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the raid, saying that 26 army personnel were killed in the event, but it could not be verified by other reliable sources.
Spokesperson for the dreaded terrorist group, Abdiasis Abu Musab, told Reuters: "This morning, we stormed Bula Gudud. We killed 26 soldiers and burnt 2 cars." However, Al Shabaab terrorist group who are linked to Al Qaeda Terrorist Network is known to exaggerate casualty figures.
Somalian National radio station also announced that the base has been raided by Al Shabaab terrorist but could not ascertain the number of casualties.
Kenya's supreme court has declared Uhuru Kenyatta's victory in presidential elections last month invalid and ordered a new poll within 60 days.
The six-judge bench ruled 4-2 in favour of a petition filed by Odinga, who claimed the electronic voting results were hacked into and manipulated in favour of the incumbent. Kenyatta had won a second term with 54% of the vote.
"The declaration is invalid, null and void," said Judge David Maranga. "The first respondent failed, neglected or refused to conduct the presidential election in a manner consistent with the dictates of the constitution."
The hearing followed a petition filed by Odinga in the aftermath of his defeat last month.
Opposition officials repeatedly described the election results as a "fraud" and claimed that Odinga, who leads the National Super Alliance (NASA), was the "legitimate" winner.
Odinga was jubilant as he welcomed what he called a "precedent-setting ruling" by the court
"For the first time in the history of African democratization, a ruling has been made by a court nullifying the election of a president," he said. "This indeed is a very historic day for the people of Kenya and by extension the people of the continent of Africa."
A lawyer for President Kenyatta said the decision had been "very political" but had to be respected.
Violence erupts in Kenya as Opposition Party President RAILA Odinga claims Uhuru Kenyatta has rigged elections by hacking Computers at the totalling Center.
The figures at the Constituencies are not matching with the figures at the totalling centres.
19 registered voters in Kenya, and the turnout was good, many People casted their votes.
This happened in Zambia too, Emmanuel Mwamba was in a hotel with a computer which was linked to the totalling Center, he had a pass words and was able to manipulate figures. The ECZ was announcing figures which didn't match.
This is the time to appeal to African UNION and SADC to change the way elections are conducted in Africa. This will help to Promote DEMOCRACY in AFRICA. It will also help to save lives, to alleviate poverty and CORRUPTION. A PROSPEROUS AFRICA will emerge once AFRICAN UNION CLEAN UP THEIR HOUSE.


'well you'll be needing one today to try to loosen the tendons, and this, along with stretching exercises and bla bla bla, will help your foot to get better.
(running late for my appointment, so i quickly gave myself a pedicure on the injured foot only and shaved that leg right above that ankle – my general rule is only in summer, or going on a hot date or the doctor, but heck it was only one foot affected, so he would never see the other foot, and i had no date that day, who would know the difference?
i did as asked and he told me to walk around to see if i was favoring the healthy one. not too bad until i looked down. one foot had dramatically chipped up tangerine polish on every toe along with a clearly unshaven calf, the other had a nicely pedicured bright red set of nails and a shaved ankle. if there was ever a person attuned to noticing the details of a foot, it is a foot doc. he said nothing.
yes, i thought , as i walked very gingerly like a geisha towards the front desk: stretch before exercising, wear good shoes, and most importantly – always get a pedicure on both feet.
We heard it's your special day — and didn't want to let it go by without wishing you all the best!
while out shopping i wondered – why does anyone possibly need a pot this huge?


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We have a line of electro dots for fast, close in action, alongside our reflex sight range, for both hunting and competition work. All of our variable scopes have the reticle in the second focal plane. This means that the reticle does not magnify when the power ring is adjusted, unlike scopes with reticles in the first focal plane.
You will find an Arctic Fox scope or optical sight to suit just about any form of shooting.


The Game Day 10 of the FINA Women's Water Polo World League 2019, as part of the European qualification phase, was played last night (Tuesday, March 5) in Szentes (HUN) and Rotterdam (NED) respectively.
Group A's game, Greece-Spain, will conclude the European preliminaries on March 19. However, six teams have already secured a berth to the brand new Europa Cup Final, to be held in Turin (ITA) from March 29-31, 2019.
The FINA Men's Water Polo World League resumes on March 12.


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This month, National Geographic Channel's "Hometown Baghdad" shows rarely seen images of the homes and lives of regular people in Iraq. This two-part documentary series is about three college students who were living in a war zone. In the summer of 2006, NGC interviewed these students. They talked about their daily struggles to stay alive in a place where "there is nothing fair..." and "innocent people die every day."
Adel, Ausama, and Saif were attending schools in Baghdad, Iraq, when the documentary was made. At the time, Adel was in engineering school. He shared with NGC the dangers of simply going to class because students were being killed just for being students. He also took a big risk to share the truth about his home country when he carried a hidden camera around his neighborhood. Adel knew that if he was caught, he would be killed. However, this did not hold him back, nor did it stop him from informing US troops of who had weapons and who was doing the killings. Despite the hardships, Adel still wants to help rebuild his country when peace returns.
Reporters competed to interview the mayor.
This movie is about a man's struggle to become a successful businessman.
No one should mistreat innocent kids.
Rita bought the ring despite the high price.
Ted overcame the hardships on his own.
At the time, no one thought Ben was lying.
Sal's illness held him back at school.
Lucy was informed of her test scores.
...who was doing the killings.
Anna will do some cleaning tonight.


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atemporality at work?
Re: Duchamp says viewer finishes the work of art?
...went to read "The Creative Act" within a copy of the latest reprint of Salt Seller... ...before reading "The Creative Act" (re?)read the text right before it, namely, "Regions which are not ruled by time and space....", text of a television interview of Duchamp by James Johnson Sweeney January 1956 filmed at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. [I was in Philadelphia at the time, but still in my mother's womb, waiting for the last hours before Spring it turned out.] This reading turned out to be completely apropos...
Being now more aware of "Regions which are not ruled by time and space...." I propose Museum Studies 6.1 where visitors to the PMA Duchamp Gallery are encouraged to bring along a copy of the Duchamp/Sweeney interview text and then speak some of the passages while in the Duchamp Gallery, thus somewhat closely reenacting sound waves first produced by Duchamp and/or Sweeney within the same space, yet at a different time, obviously.
The next time I visit the PMA Duchamp Gallery you can be sure I'll reenactingly speak "There is a symmetry in the cracking, the two crackings are symmetrically arranged and there is more, almost an intention there, an extra--a curious intention that I am not responsible for, a ready-made intention, in other words, that I love and respect."
"The reflection of a footnote in a mirror is sometimes a new chapter."
Classic camp interlude: the statue's umbilicus becomes the plug for a telephone cord. Symbolic connection is symbolic communication is symbolic connection.
in the thick of reenactment season
Today: I purposefully walked from the front door of the Philadelphia Museum of Art down the Benjamin Franklin Parkway to the far side of Logan Circle and then back to the Art Museum. I did this to get a real sense of the scale of the virtual axis of life within Piranesi's Ichnographia Campus Martius.
In reality I was walking across the forecourt of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, then down the steps that Rocky made famous running up, then across Eakins Oval, where the largest painting in the world once was, then down a tree covered allee along the south side of the Parkway stretching for three long blocks, then around Logan Circle, and then back in the direction I came although this time along the north side of the Parkway.
In virtuality I was walking through the Nympheum Neronis high on the Vatican Hill, through the Porticus Neronis, through the Templum Martis (Temple of Mars), through the Area Martis where the Triumphal Way begins its "march" (this is around where the Rodin Museum is on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, and, as luck would have it, where the route of many of today's Philadelphia parades begin), then I walked around Hadrian's tomb, and then I walked back.
"In fifteen minutes, there'll probably be an APP for that."
atemporality at work? from tammuz
it seems that there is a bit more to be said...
in the agamben sense, atemporality catches up with temporality and henceforth, atemporality is synchronized to temporality. instant archiving and the instant rendering of the world into a taxonomy of order. taxonomy is no longer engendered merely to understand the world by; the world now serves as vassal to taxonomy.
yes, i totally understand the sentiment although i think it is also both a depressive and an acquiescent one - the postnecrotic twitchings of a leftism caged in the awareness of its own death. its a postmortem philosophy.
i'm not content with that. its clever but unimaginative - by unimaginitive i mean it accepts to argue within the logic of its enemy...therefore acquiescent. . and your purpose - if i understand from your projects- is to forge connections through the cracks of temporality or rather forge cracks in temporality through discovering or fabricating connections. i don't see that as atemporal; in fact, quite the opposite. i think it disturbs the orthodoxy of archivism and incurs a twist-of-the-head in a new direction, therefore a nudging -even if fictional- away from the world as a self-anesthetized reification (where the process of its own self production infuses the system with an anaesthetic to make it appear inevitable....this is the greatest self defense mechanism for neoliberalism).
so you may be right in that ahistoricity may better describe your domain than atemporality. can one not speak of an ahistorical moment in time? doesn't that also pertain more relevantly to your regard for reenactment. i think agamben's quote is placed diametrically opposite to your direction. perhaps used as a mirror to shatter than to stare in...
Yes, tammuz, there is indeed still more to be said, and I'm glad to be saying it to you. As I 'discovered' last night, my last post within 'Theory needed: contextualism/transparency' was a reaction to a passage you wrote earlier within the same thread. I used your words (which seem to be critical of work I was presenting) and attached them as labels to more of my work. You, in fact, introduced 'atemporal' into the discussion. [I still want to go over that whole thread to fully understand how things turned there as they did.] Precursive you, too.
Regarding Agamben's 'muse[um]ification,' note how I suggest 'using' the museum then as antidote, thus, yes, "agamben's quote is placed diametrically opposite to [my] direction." Quondam--a virtual museum of architecture has always been an experimental project, e.g., "What can a virtual museum be that a real museum can't be?" Because Quondam's collection is entirely digital, all the data is fluid and pliant, and, as much as the data can render historical taxonomy, it is equally possible to 'use' the data/collection to render ahistorical taxonomy. It is the fluid and pliant [and networked] nature of the data/collection that proffers temproal and/or atemporal taxonomies. Conversely, a museum of architecture comprised of drawings on paper and physical models does not readily offer a fluid and pliant 'use' of the data/collection.
The Driver's Seat real and virtual
The Driver's Seat at the Altar of Peace "It's not so much a presence. It's more a lack of absence."
The Driver's Seat terrorist attack in front of the Altar of Peace
The Driver's Seat "What time is it?"
Are cracks being forged in temporality, or are cracks being forged in temporal taxonomy?
The Driver's Seat (Warhol asks Taylor, "This movie really sucks, doesn't it?")
Is there such a thing as ataxonomy? Is there such a thing as an ataxonomic museum?
quondam,
my mind is pretty lethargic at the moment but here goes...no i wasn't being critical of your work. note that i had conceived of the cut and paste artisan work in terms of economic valorization. i know the sort of professionals i had in mind (and they might be very good and have good intentions). they view architectural history as an ATM, deriving different stylistic currencies depending on the client. a mock versailles for a sheikh, a mock-vernacular persian gulf style for a rich businessman, a mock levantine mountain house-style apartment buildings for a developer, andalusian style for a hotel..etc.
a member of the team was an exceptional philippino architect who was able to take on any style, especially neoclassical ('western') ones and churn out designs that betray a sufficiently astute sensibility when it came to proportion, weight, usage of ornament..etc. he had a lot of experience that he had gained working in offices. he had not undertaken any neoclassically dedicated academic course (i say this somewhat in response to the neoclassical thread running concurrently). but, as gifted as he was, the work could only, disclose its own banality as a product intended to fit a recognizable fantasy. the architect as the Architectural Teller Machine. yes, there was a lot of work behind it, but it was never intellectual. it was largely an exercise in harmonization. intellectually a neoclassicism as outstanding as elevator music.
so no i didn't have your work in mind.
ataxonomy. i am reminded now of peter greenaway's criticism of narratival films, films structured around the linear development of psychological melodrama and how he viewed literature as the true home for such an imagination - not an audiovisual one. thus his films find other structuration devices and orders, other taxonomies than those fettered to the conventional psychological melodrama (character-centric). alphabetic, polychromatic, numerical, calligraphic and above all of course pictorial reliant on the history of painting.
can one say that his work is ataxonomical one? i would definitely disagree. i think in a sense he does/did jar expectations and therefore possibly detaxonimized his work from the psychological point of view (although this is not always true - some of his films are marked by a strong line of narrative and are provided with strong focal psychological character cores). but ultimately, he champions other taxonomies. so, he is highly taxonomical by choice and not by default.
whereas perhaps I don't know understand how you position yourself and the virtual museum on the grand scheme of taxonomy or its lack or subversion thereof. for instance, i did enjoy your analogous building (i think that was the name) . i went to the source buildings and i could read the architectonic associations that you performed , one of which was implicitly allusional (carving out the circular courtyard) and the other was subrogational (replacing part of a building with another building). the composite design turned into a narrative to be read of this very process. in some way, this bestowed upon the source buildings an anonymity of sorts: their identity as integral buildings - as authored designs, completed-had been subverted, the signifying code or insignia of completion had been broken and the building had become an adjunct, something without an identity of its own. and this is interesting and witty. but is there yet another covert narrative? yet another thematic intention encircling this new closure from above? i mean, is there an extra-architectural intention in the hybridization of the three particular buildings?
and, on a yet larger scale, your virtual musuem....the structuration of its entries/exhibits...the lessons that one can derive from them other than the given fluidity of data and its malleability...is there an even larger system at work? i think this will determine the position apropos taxonomy, right?


"I'd like my money back. I run a sheet metal shop and was looking for the design of an ogee fitting which it looks like you had on your website. You're fitting isn't actually correct and you didn't explain the layout. If you would have laid it out I would have been happy to pay the $25.
Check out his video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyRKtTF35bc), this is how you lay out an ogee fitting. I'll be doing this tomorrow with a large offset. I think it's great what you're doing but the ogee offset, the only fitting I was really interested in, is not correct. Please refund my $24.99.
First of all, if you're interested only in one tutorial, why would you buy the e-book as a whole?
Secondly, I never mentioned ogee offset on my site! The closest by shape to ogee layout is in the Chapter 7. How to Make Radius Offset with Hand Tools. So, if you're interested in only one tutorial do not purchase this e-book or any e-book on my site as a whole. Buy only one chapter and if you like it or thinking that you may need to have an access to entire e-book then buy it as a whole and I'll refund your first purchase!
Below you can see and compare pictures of the ogee offset layout and two offset layouts made by using my method presented in the e-book.
As far as I'm concern, the size of the "cheek" in any given spot should be the same (20") and it is 20"! Other than that is irrelevant, and leading to unnecessary waist of time, materials and money. However, if any of you still want to try to make an ogee offset and not happy with the explanations given in the video above, please email me all measurements and I'll make one for you. By the way, the way I draw the layout is a bit less complicated than in the video and you may benefit from that too. The price for this tutorial will be in the same range as the others - $2.50, unless you will insist on the larger size.
So, after my explanations I never heard from Tim again – and this is a good sign!
If you compare this radius offset (on the left) to square throat offset below there is not much difference. However it looks better and it has lower resistance to the airflow. Of course it's a bit more complicated to make - it might take extra 10 minutes or so to draw an outline, make and put all parts together, but it worth the effort.
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I think one thing is that anybody who's had to contend with mental illness – whether it's depression, bipolar illness or severe anxiety, whatever – actually has a fair amount of resilience in the sense that they've had to deal with suffering already, personal suffering.
I didn't want to wake up. I was having a much better time asleep. And that's really sad. It was almost like a reverse nightmare, like when you wake up from a nightmare you're so relieved. I woke up into a nightmare.
I honestly don't know what I want in life. I don't even know what I want right now. All I know is that it hurts so much inside, and it's eating me alive. One day, there won't be anything left of me.
I honestly don't like getting close to people. In my mind, they're just going to walk out of my life anyway no matter how close we were.
You never want people to see you cry because you want to be strong. But you hate how nobody seems to notice that you're completely broken and torn apart inside.
Sometimes, you keep all the pain in yourself because you don't want people to laugh at you or to judge you because of what you feel.
Depression is like a bruise that never goes away. A bruise in your mind. You just got to be careful not to touch it where it hurts. It's always there, though.
So why am I depressed? That's the million-dollar question, baby, the Tootsie Roll question; not even the owl knows the answer to that one. I don't know either. All I know is the chronology.
The five stages – denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance – are a part of the framework that makes up our learning to live with the one we lost. They are tools to help us frame and identify what we may be feeling. But they are not stops on some linear timeline in grief.
But if somebody dies, if something happens to you, there is a normal process of depression, it is part of being human, and some people view it as a learning experience etc.
I start to think there really is no cure for depression, that happiness is an ongoing battle, and I wonder if it isn't one I'll have to fight for as long as I live. I wonder if it's worth it.
I'm happy, I would say that I'm one of the happiest people I know but I've certainly had periods of profound sadness, depression and heartache and those are the kind of things that are interesting to me to write about.
Having anxiety and depression is like being scared and tired at the same time. It's the fear of failure, but no urge to be productive. It's wanting friends, but hate socializing. It's wanting to be alone, but not wanting to be lonely. It's feeling everything at once then feeling paralyzingly numb.
Whenever I have a good few months and I think I've gotten over the worst on my depression, it silently returns. This isn't a battle I asked to fight. I'm tired of knowing it's always coming back.
Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say "My tooth is aching" than to say "My heart is broken.
When you're surrounded by all these people, it can be lonelier than when you're by yourself. You can be in a huge crowd, but if you don't feel like you can trust anyone or talk to anybody, you feel like you're really alone.
She says she's fine but she's going insane. She says she feels good but she's in a lot of pain. She says it's nothing but it's really a lot. she says she's okay. but really she's not.
That's the scary thing about depression: humans can survive just about anything as long as we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. But depression is sneaky and it continues to build up each day. Ultimately, it becomes impossible to see the light. The fog is like being trapped in a cage without a key.
I don't want any more of this try, try again stuff. I just want out. I've had it. I am so tired. I am twenty and I am already exhausted.
No matter how bad things are right now. No matter how stuck you feel. No matter how many days you've spent crying and wishing things were different. No matter how hopeless and depressed you feel. I promise you that you won't feel this way forever. Keep going.
Recovering from the suicide of a loved one, you need all the help you can get, so I very much recommend a meditation program. The whole picture of how to recover from this has to do with body, mind, and spirit. That's applicable to any kind of depression.
The deepest fear we have, 'the fear beneath all fears,' is the fear of not measuring up, the fear of judgment. It's this fear that creates the stress and depression of everyday life.
I might look successful and happy being in front of you today, but I once suffered from severe depression and was in total despair.
It feels like everyone else is moving on with their lives while I am stuck here, in this hole that I can't climb out of.
Depression cannot be explained, it's impossible, even if two people with depression come together to talk about it. No one knows how to explain it properly but, if you get it you'll know what it is straight away, it changes your whole perspective on life & in a way in the long run depression can sometimes be a good thing.
When I was in high school, I used to have breakfast with my grandpa every morning. He instilled a lot of values in me: hard work, loyalty. He grew up during the Great Depression in Philly in poverty – he didn't have enough to eat as a kid. Sometimes his family would get kicked out of their apartment because they couldn't pay the rent.
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I've always liked depressing music because a lot of times, listening to it when you're down can actually make you feel less depressed. Also, even though a person may have problems with depression, sometimes you can actually be kind of comfortable in that space because you know how to operate within it.
There isn't anybody out there who doesn't have a mental health issue, whether it's depression, anxiety, or how to cope with relationships. Having OCD is not an embarrassment anymore – for me. Just know that there is help and your life could be better if you go out and seek the help.
You say you're 'depressed' – all i see is resilience. You are allowed to feel messed up and inside out. It doesn't mean you're defective – it just means you're human.
I feel like a defective model, like I came off the assembly line flat-out fucked and my parents should have taken me back for repairs before the warranty ran out.
If I can't feel, if I can't move, if I can't think, and I can't care, then what conceivable point is there in living?
Depression is like a bruise that never goes away. A bruise in your mind. You just got to be careful not to touch it where it hurts. It's always there though.
I'm fine, I'm just tired". My depression is setting in but I don't want to bother you with it.
Depression is not a sign of weakness. It means you've been strong for far too long.
To get rid of depression, I swim with dolphins.
I used to be good friends with my depression, saying oh I'm so depressed, or life is terrible.
Depression is living in a body that fights to survive, with a mind that tries to die.
Often the people with the strongest hearts carry the heaviest ones.


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OFID signs loan agreement with Vietnam for road rehabilitation project
HE Nguyen Thiep, Ambassador of Vietnam to Austria, andOFID Director-General Mr. Suleiman J. Al-Herbish.
On April 10, 2013, OFID signed a US$34.2 million loan agreement with Vietnam to help finance a rural road rehabilitation project. The agreement was signed by OFID Director-General Mr. Suleiman J. Al-Herbish and HE Nguyen Thiep, Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to Austria.
The project, which will also be funded by the Government of Vietnam, will construct all-weather roads to help alleviate transportation constraints and ease isolation in the rural, impoverished provinces of Ninh Binh, Quang Tri, and Quang Nam. At least 532,000 people are expected to benefit from the expected reduction in tranport costs, improved access to social services and facilitation of the movement of agricultural produce and inputs.
OFID and Vietnam have been partners in development since 1978, having supported projects aimed at helping strengthen the country's agriculture, transportation, health, energy, national development banks and education sectors. Vietnam has also benefited from regional grants for HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment programs, as well as agricultural research and technology exchange schemes. National grants have also been extended that provided emergency aid; helped fund a cancer control program and a rehabilitation center for the disabled; and, supported a rural water supply and sanitation project.


Need. To. Eat. This. Now.
Bippity boppity ... blueberry? In honor of the return of Fantasmic!, Disneyland is selling a limited-edition line of foods and beverages, and the most popular one is absolutely magical: A Mickey Mouse–shaped blueberry beignet covered in purple sugar and edible stars has everyone on Instagram flipping out. But beware, it may turn your mouth blue.
Fantasmic!, the water and light show that has entertained Disneyland park-goers for years, shut down a year and a half ago while construction on the upcoming Star Wars Land was underway (Star Wars Land will open in 2019). Other special park treats include a Sour Watermelon Churro and a S'Mores Churro, both found at carts in Frontierland. As to whether they're as magical as Lightsaber Churros, well, you tell us.
For the purple beignets, you'll have to head over to the Mint Julep Bar in New Orleans Square, according to Delish. Per the site's research, "a three-pack of blackberry beignets cost $4.49 and a six-pack is $7.49." Compared with the price just to get into the park, we say that's not so bad.
There's no word yet on how long exactly these treats will be available, but if your next Anaheim vacation isn't coming up soon, no worries; the regular powdered-sugar Mickey beignets aren't going anywhere. They're a delicious and popular park treat that, as an added bonus, won't dye your tongue.
The beignets and churros are far from the only Insta-worthy Disneyland treats. The Disneyland Starbucks recently had an exclusive "Pink Pegasus" frappuccino, and the adjacent California Adventure park now sells glowing lavender lemonade. And if your cotton candy doesn't light up, what are you even snacking on? Oh, probably Groot bread.
But seriously, Disneyland, where can we buy a massive box of edible glittery stars? We need to add a sprinkle of magic to all of our meals.


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Challenge: To design and install a rooftop Healing Garden to provide a multi-functional outdoor space for the entire hospital community.
Results: Considering the architectural detailing of the existing redwood privacy screen, the Pressley Associates design team created a welcoming garden with several intimate seating areas and an event space for large-group gatherings.
Redwood raised planters and benches were incorporated to match the existing screen wall. A water feature was designed to calm the space and to block adjacent noise. The design solution strengthened the efficiency of the space by increasing the number of users that the garden could accommodate. Additionally, LED light fixtures within the raised planters and water feature allowed the Hospital to house evening events and gatherings.


On behalf of Michael A. Manna & Associates posted in Estate Planning on Friday, January 21, 2011.
When someone famous passes away, it is still possible for his or her estate to continue earning money. Consequently, the deaths of many celebrities give rise to litigation based on estate planning documents, such as wills and trusts, because their beneficiaries often stand to lose or gain a great deal of money.
Recently, a lawsuit was filed in relation to the will of a popular singer. No, it wasn't Michael Jackson. Instead, it was Ellen Naomi Cohen, better known as Cass Elliot or Mama Cass of the 60's music group The Mamas & the Papas. Although she died in 1974, a lawsuit was recently filed in regard to a supposedly lost will that had been drafted in 1967.
The new lawsuit claims that the firm that drafted the 1967 will of Mama Cass either lost or claimed to have lost the will. In either event, since the will could not be found in 1974, the estate of Mama Cass was passed on in its entirety to her daughter under intestacy laws. Under the terms of the 1967 will, it appears that one-third of that estate should have gone to Bess Cohen, Mama Cass' mother.
The lawsuit is being brought by a brother and sister of Mama Cass, both of whom stood to inherit a share of that one-third interest in Cass' estate upon the death of their mother. According to the lawsuit, Cass' estate has produced more than one million dollars in income since the 1980's.
In response to the lawsuit, the firm that supposedly had lost the will claims that the allegations of concealment or fraud are absurd. They also claim that there is no evidence to support those allegations and even if there were, such claims would be barred by a statute of limitations.
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Cubic Telecom: partnering with global automakers, connecting 2 million cars worldwide
Cubic Telecom is a global connectivity platform company offering solutions for leading Internet of things (IoT), machine-to-machine (M2M), automotive and device manufacturing companies around the globe. The company's technologies enable end users to extend their digital lives into a multitude of devices including their car and Cubic is now recognised as a connectivity leader to automakers.
As an enabler at the forefront of a technological revolution, Cubic Telecom is bringing automakers and connectivity together in unique and innovative ways. The Cubic solution provides advanced connected services through one global partner and one platform across all regions, with complete freedom of vendor choice for the automotive manufacturer.
"Our technology does not replace the role of network operators, rather we partner with operators to integrate Cubic into their core architecture," said Emma Behan, Communications Executive, Cubic Telecom. "This ensures that Cubic is the trusted enabler to connect the car onto any network globally. Automakers are provided with a secure architecture that meets local requirements and regulatory compliance for global deployment, which is paramount within the industry."
The solution Cubic offers takes the complexity out of delivering global connectivity. Device manufacturers (OEMs) can connect seamlessly using a single SIM, ensuring global scalability with local connectivity anytime, anywhere. To date, Cubic Telecom has technically enabled more than two million cars since launching its connected car software platform in June 2016. Cars are connecting every day in multiple countries across 75 mobile networks. Customer automotive OEMs include Audi, Volkswagen, Porsche, Lamborghini, Bentley, e.GO, Harley-Davidson, ŠKODA, and the partner list continues to grow.
"We make the complex problem of global connectivity simple," said Behan. "Through Cubic Telecom's advanced eSIM technology, applications and technologies are embedded into vehicles at the manufacturing stage, enabling simple logistics, over-the-air software updates, and giving automakers the power to collect data on cars' performance."
As a trusted partner, Cubic works collaboratively with customers and partners. The company's software is device, SIM, and mobile operator agnostic, ensuring there is no lock-in.
"For our partners, by having a single integration into Cubic, a single contract, and a single point of contact, we have removed complexity and cost from their supply chain and operations," added Behan. "Where previously these global companies would have had multiple contracts and contacts in multiple regions, we have removed all that."
Within a recent press release outlining the Cubic Telecom partnership with Panasonic Automotive to deliver connected motorcycle technology, a Panasonic representative summed it up best:
"Panasonic Automotive strives to offer value-added quality solutions for our category-leading clients. By partnering with Cubic Telecom, we have accelerated development and have taken a leap forward to the most advanced solution available in the industry today," said David Taylor, Executive Director, Product Strategy and Business Development at Panasonic Automotive Systems. "We have no doubt that our telematics solution will revolutionize and drive innovation in connected vehicle technologies for the future."
For more information about Cubic Telecom solutions, please visit: https://www.cubictelecom.com
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The New York Giants and Green Bay Packers met in the postseason for the third time in the last decade, but this time the latter won.
Everyone had this circled as the game of the weekend and it certainly lived up to the hype. FOX had an amazing stat during the broadcast: Seven times have the Packers and Giants have met in the playoffs. Each time the winner has gone on to win the Super Bowl.
Will this be a foreshadowing of things to come?
We now know that Green Bay emerged victorious, 38-13, and will now travel to Jerry World for a rematch with the Cowboys. Meanwhile, New York will deal with such a disappointing loss that ended a promising year. This spoiled another sequel to the 2007 and 2011 seasons.
Aaron Rodgers, who should be the MVP of the NFL, was in the midst of playing the worst half of his career. Yes, it was worse than last year's loss against Denver when he totaled just 77 yards. That had more to do with the issues of the offensive line, not having Jordy Nelson and the Broncos defense just imposing its will on all fronts.
Against the Giants, Rodgers looked uncomfortable and was visibly frustrated, muttering to himself during a stretch where GB punted on its first five possessions. He had great protection, but holding onto the ball too long led to sacks. He missed open receivers, something we're not accustomed to. Also, Rodgers made two inexplicable mistakes in the red zone, costing his team at least six points in a game the Giants led 6-0.
He took a terrible sack that knocked the team out of field goal range on 1st-and-10 from the Giants 30. Then a few possessions later on 3rd and 4 from the Giants 34, he danced in the pocket before firing an incomplete pass with no receiver in the vicinity. Intentional grounding. Both led to punts by the Packers.
But did he ever turn things around. Last week, I mentioned that the cardinal sin of stopping the Packers' high-octane offense is giving Rodgers all day long to throw. Regardless of how good your secondary is, it's impossible to ask them to defend for this long.
Rodgers is too good and his receivers are trained to be able to alter the play when they see him scrambling and buying this much time. And this is when the game changed. Rodgers figured out this Giants defense that had given him a bunch of trouble. He finished 25-of-40 with 362 yards, four touchdowns and zero interceptions.
This vaunted defense fell apart after a dominant start, but it wasn't because we overrated that side of the ball for the Giants. The offense gave them nothing and as a result, the defense was worn down by long Packer drives. Much of the Packers's offensive success came as a result of this development.
This was arguably the best defense in the league. They instilled a level of fear in opposing teams because they pressured the quarterback, made receivers pay with hard hits over the middle and turned mistakes into takeaways.
So the easy, but lazy, analysis would be to criticize them for not showing up in the biggest game of the season. Giving up 38 points isn't something you want on the resume, especially when you finished No. 2 in the NFL in scoring defense and gave up the second-fewest amount of touchdowns.
That's flat out remarkable, whereas the outcome in Green Bay was that of an embarrassment.
It's also easy to to point to the loss of Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie. Sure, this was a significant blow for a unit that found a way to effectively utilize him in the slot. This allowed for Janoris Jenkins to emerge as the clear No. 1 corner while paving the way for rookie Eli Apple to cause havoc against the lesser talented receivers.
But the fact of the matter is that the offense simply didn't show up. This proved to be the overwhelming problem. Once Rodgers caught fire, this became a shootout between two sides with a bevy of talent on offense. Unfortunately for Ben McAdoo's team, they weren't up for the challenge.
And for probably the first time all year, you couldn't point to Eli Manning as the main culprit. He was locked in for much of the first half, but his receivers kept dropping passes.
The expectation coming into the season was that this offense would hover around the top of the pack, putting up huge numbers. The reality is: that was nowhere close to being the case.
In, perhaps, the biggest moment of the game to that point, the Giants defense didn't shy away amidst a boatload (see what I did there) of pressure.
And motivated by the ferocity of the G-Men's defense, the offense finally cashed in. Manning fired a strike to Tavarres King to pull them to within one.
But Rodgers, with all the confidence in the world that he had solved that defense, marched his team down for another score on the ensuing possession and they never looked back.
It'll be a long, arduous offseason for the Giants. So close, yet so far from the ultimate goal of bringing the Lombardi trophy back to the Big Apple. This was a game they could've legitimately won, though the final score isn't indicative of that. And we know they're capable of being Dallas, as they did twice during the regular season.
But now they'll have to live vicariously through the Packers, who will get that shot against the 'Boys. The prize on the line is a chance at the NFC title game. Green Bay will roll in riding the scorching hot wave of a seven-game winning streak that has seen Rodgers throw for 22 touchdowns and zero interceptions.
Giants fans are in the unfortunate predicament of having to root for the team that just ended their season. No chance they want to see the Cowboys advance.
In this situation there is good news though. If Aaron Rodgers just torched one of the best defenses for 38 points, imagine what he'll be able to do against Dallas.


You can make backups of your management server data and OpenStack database.
For information about backing up Cinder, see Configure the Backup Service for Block Storage.
Prepare an NFS server to store backup information.
Use the viocli backup command to back up desired information.
Backup files are stored in a folder named vio_ms_yyyymmddhhmmss.
Backup files are stored in a folder named vio_os_db_yyyymmddhhmmss.
If an error occurs on your deployment, you can recover individual nodes or the entire deployment. To recover individual nodes, see Recover OpenStack Nodes. To restore your deployment, see Restore Your Deployment from a Backup.