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Sylvester Mauro, S.J. (1619-1687) noted that human intellects can grasp what is,what is not, what can be, and what cannot be. The first principle, 'it is not possible that the same thing simultaneously be and not be,' involves them all.
The present volume begins with Greeks distinguishing 'being' from 'something' and proceeds to the late Scholastic doctrine of 'supertranscendental being,' which embraces both. On the way is Aristotle's distinction between 'being as being' and 'being as true' and his extension of the latter to include impossible objects. The Stoics will see 'something' as the widest object of human cognition and will affirm that, as signifiable, impossible objects are something, more than mere nonsense. In the sixteenth century, Francisco Suárez will identify mind-dependent beings most of all with impossible objects and will also regard them as signifiable. By this point, two conceptions will stand in opposition. One, adumbrated by Averroes, will explicitly accept the reality and knowability of impossible objects. The other, going back to Alexander of Aphrodisias, will see impossibles as accidental and false conjunctions of possible objects. Seventeenth-century Scholastics will divide on this line, but in one way or another will anticipate the Kantian notion of 'der Gegenstand überhaupt.' Going farther, Scholastics will see the two-sided upper border of being and knowing at God and the negative theology, and will fix the equally double lower border at 'supertranscendental being' and 'supertranscendental nonbeing,' which non-being, remaining intelligible, will negate the actual, the possible, and even the impossible.
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Chapter 1Sprouts from Greek Gardens: Antisthenes, Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoics
Chapter 2Suarez on Beings of Reason and Truth
Chapter 3Extrinsic Cognoscibility
Chapter 4Impossible Objects
Chapter 5The Teleology of Impossible Objects
Chapter 6Beings of Reason and Imagination
Chapter 7Four Degrees of Abstraction
Chapter 8From Transcendental to Transcendental
Chapter 9Supertranscendental Nothing
Chapter 10Wrestling with a Wraith
Chapter 11The Borders of Knowability
Chapter 12Conclusion
This volume draws our attention to a still neglected, but important period in the history of philosophy and to an equally important topic that directly leads into the heart of traditional metaphysical debates. One can only hope that more scholars will devote their attention to this fascinating period. John Doyle's works will be of invaluable help for them.Thomas Dewender, Bochumer Philosophisches Jahrbuch für Antike und Mittelalter 18 (2015)


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By: shauntanner, 5:43 PM GMT on February 26, 2010
In our constant effort to provide the best possible weather experience for our users and members, the Weather Underground Broadcast Network has undergone a major makeover. This change will be live this week and will include new features and more direct information relayed to you by Weather Underground meteorologists. The first broadcast will be at 4 p.m. Eastern, 1 p.m. Pacific on Tuesday and will last for one hour. The schedule will be as follows:
4:00-4:10: National Forecast
4:10-4:20: Regional Forecast
4:20-4:30: Dr. Masters Blog Recap Or Learning Corner
4:30-4:40: International Forecast
4:40-5:00: The Weather Show with Shaun and Tim (Call ins welcome)
The new show will be called "The Daily Downpour" and will consist of 10 minute segments of:
--National weather: A general forecast of national weather for the days to come.
--Regional weather: A productive breakdown of each region's weather.
--International weather: What is going on around the world? Let's not be so America-centric.
--Dr. Masters' blog recap: There is no question that Dr. Masters is a phenomenon in the world of weather. So, the show will recap what Dr. Masters has said in his most recent blog posts
--Member profiles: This will be the show's ode to you, the member. We will interview a member every couple of weeks to let you know what they are up to and how they got interested in the site.
--Phone calls: The phones will be open near the end of the show for phone calls. You can call us about anything you want to talk about.
--Learning corner: Ever wanted to learn about the atmosphere? This segment will let you in on its secrets.
Weather Underground will remain very open for your communication to our expert meteorologists about whatever you want to talk about. What other weather source gives you this capability?
Updated: 11:10 PM GMT on March 01, 2010
By: shauntanner, 8:46 PM GMT on February 23, 2010
Please join us at 4 p.m. Eastern, 1 p.m. Pacific for The Weather Show with Shaun and Tim. On today's show we will discuss what the weather is doing around the country, or rather what it is not doing.
Get caught up on your current weather events as well as exciting new developments in the Weather Underground Broadcast Network.
You can listen to the show by going to the show's homepage.
By: shauntanner, 5:37 PM GMT on February 18, 2010
Please join us at 4 p.m. Eastern, 1 p.m. Pacific for The Weather Show with Shaun and Tim. On today's show we will discuss what the weather is doing around the country, or rather what it is not doing.
Get caught up on your current weather events as well as exciting new developments in the Weather Underground Broadcast Network.
You can listen to the show by going to the show's homepage.
By: shauntanner, 5:49 PM GMT on February 16, 2010
The Weather Show With Shaun and Tim will once again air an original broadcast at 4 p.m. Eastern, 1 p.m. Pacific. We will discuss current weather, the games going on in Vancouver, and the Mavericks competition that went down over the weekend on the West Coast.
Please join us on the discussion. You can access the show by going to the homepage.
I have had multiple requests to archive the show and I wanted to tell you that we are working on just that. We hope to have the shows podcasted very soon for downloading. I will also be replaying past shows before the live show begins at 4 p.m. Eastern.
The WunderCast Competition has been completed. I am sorry for updating it late as I was out of town this past weekend. If you have trouble viewing the scores, just break your cache. The winner of the competition is beell after winning by over 3 points. Only two contestants beat MOS, while 5 people beat consensus. Thank you all for participating!
If you cannot get to the results, just go here.
Updated: 7:17 PM GMT on February 16, 2010
By: shauntanner, 5:28 PM GMT on February 11, 2010
Be sure to join us for The Weather Show with Shaun and Tim at 4 p.m. Eastern, 1 p.m. Pacific for the latest news on yesterday's record-setting storm in the East. We will also be discussing this storm in the context of Global Warming as it has revived this debate once again. We both will have some interesting things to say regarding this issue.
To listen to the show, all you have to do is to go to the Weather Underground Broadcast Network homepage.
Link to WunderMap of storm off East Coast.
Updated: 8:56 PM GMT on February 11, 2010
By: shauntanner, 7:40 PM GMT on February 10, 2010
There will be a live update of the conditions in the East caused by the most recent blizzard at 4 p.m. Eastern, 1 p.m. Pacific. You can listen to the live update by clicking here.
We will discuss what has occurred as well as what is expected to happen over the next few hours. Please join us for the most up-to-date information about this storm.
Updated: 10:17 PM GMT on February 10, 2010
By: shauntanner, 5:22 PM GMT on February 09, 2010
A new storm is barreling toward the East and today is the perfect time for The Weather Show With Shaun and Tim. Please tune in to the show at 4 p.m. Eastern, 1 p.m. Pacific, today for the latest updates on this storm as well as a recap of the previous record-breaking snowstorm.
To tune in, all you have to do is go here. Join us and get informed!
By: shauntanner, 8:39 PM GMT on February 08, 2010
The Weather Show with Shaun and Tim will resume on Tuesday at 4 p.m. Eastern, 1 p.m. Pacific. Of course, we will be discussing the more recent record-breaking snow storm that pummeled the Mid-Atlantic. We will also be talking about the next storm that will wreak havoc on the East. Please join us!
You can access the Weather Underground Broadcast Network by clicking here. There is also a chat room on that page where you can submit questions to Shaun and Tim and have a conversation with other listeners. I hope you enjoy it.
By: shauntanner, 6:19 PM GMT on February 05, 2010
Have you heard about the storm that is ravaging the country? It is wrecking havoc throughout the East, closing schools, causing accidents, and generally causing headaches and stuff? Well, that's enough about that storm, let's talk about what is going on in the West.
The typical El Nino pattern has once again brought precipitation to the West, but especially the Southwest. Just as a recap, let's look at some of the precipitation numbers in the area to date. Phoenix, Arizona gets most of its annual precipitation in the Summer due to the monsoons, but it is way about average to date with 2.44 inches of rain. Tucson is up there too with 2.16 inches. This is all good news if you look at the Drought Monitor in Figure 1. The drought conditions in the Southwest have waned in the past few weeks, as you can see in the week-by-week animation in Figure 2. You can see in the animation that the drought conditions really slacked in the last frame, mostly because of the precipitation the area has received recently.
Now, take a look at Figure 3 which shows the Severe Weather in the country. I know the glowing colors are in the East at this moment, but something is also happening in the Southwest. The green shades represent Flood Watches and Warnings, while the blues represent Wind Advisories. The whites represent Winter Storm Warnings. It is interesting to note that it doesn't take much precipitation for hills to begin to slide or for standing water start to accumulate. This is partly because there is not much vegetation on the hills of Southern California, but also because the soil just does not absorb much moisture. Thus, all that moisture immediately runs off into the watershed and out into the ocean.
Snow depths in the Sierra Nevadas are running better good, with nearly 90 inches currently near Donner Summit. This is good news not only for the ski resorts, but for thirsty people down in the lower elevations as well.
The floodgates appear to be open at least for the weekend for the West Coast. Another Pacific storm will slam into the coast (Figure 4), renewing rain and high elevation snow, especially in California. Southern California will get hit again, so expect flooding concerns to continue.
Figure 1. Drought Monitor showing the drought conditions throughout the country.
Figure 2. Week-by-week Drought Monitor.
Figure 3. Severe Weather map for the country.
Figure 4. NAM surface analysis for Saturday.
Updated: 6:20 PM GMT on February 05, 2010
By: shauntanner, 5:32 PM GMT on February 04, 2010
In an unforeseen turn, MOS has taken first place in PANC, although only a handful of people have stuck around through the entire forecast period. Only six days left in the contest and beell remains in first place. Can anyone catch him? Does anybody want to move to Anchorage after seeing what temperatures are going on out there?
Also, a reminder that The Weather Show with Shaun and Tim will stream live today at 4 p.m. Eastern, 1 p.m. Pacific. You can find the show by going here. You can also join the chat room on that page to chat with us doing the show.
On today's show, we will be talking about the upcoming major storm that will sweep through the East, as well as the active weather that will hit the opposite side of the country.
Also, lesson of the week will be El Nino. We will discuss what is going on with the most current event and what El Nino even means.
By: shauntanner, 4:28 PM GMT on February 03, 2010
WunderCast has begun in its final location for this installment. There was a trace of precipitation in Anchorage yesterday, but it wasn't measurable, of course. It was a somewhat balmy day with a high of 28 degrees.
Who will be able to pull it out as the winner? There are only 7 days left in the contest so time is scarce.
In case you haven't heard, the Weather Underground Broadcast Network debuted yesterday with the Shaun and Tim Weather Show. In case you missed it, the show will be replaying on the network's page at 4 p.m. Eastern, 1 p.m. Pacific. An original show will air Thursday at the same time and will continue to air every Tuesday and Thursday. We would love for you to listen and participate in the show.
On Thursday's show we will be talking about the active weather that is set for the country later in the week and through the weekend.
By: shauntanner, 6:13 PM GMT on February 02, 2010
The Weather Underground Broadcast Network will debut today at 4 p.m. Eastern time (1 p.m. Pacific time) with The Shaun and Tim Weather Show. I hope you will all join us in listening to the show, which can be heard by clicking here. The show's aim is to be informative, yet entertaining about weather and climate. This will include a look at current national and global weather as well as a rundown on the current events in the world of meteorology. You may also learn a few things every now and then from Shaun and Tim, who are professional meteorologists.
The show will run 30 minutes and we hope it is enjoyable to everybody. Again, to listen to the show, all you have to do is click here.
Updated: 8:20 PM GMT on February 02, 2010
By: shauntanner, 3:17 AM GMT on February 01, 2010
As promised link to the show.
I wanted to take this opportunity to introduce the Weather Underground Broadcast Network. It probably sounds more official than it actually is at this point. The network will be streamed live over the internet and at this point will have one show twice a week. The Shaun and Tim Weather Show will debut this Tuesday and Thursday, February 2nd and 4th. It will start at 4 p.m. Eastern, 1 p.m. Pacific and will run for 30 minutes. The show's format will be mostly weather related and will do a good job and catching all listeners up on the weather around the country and the world. It is our hope that East Coast members will listen to the show on their way out of work to go home, and people who are already at home will listen for the entertainment. People on the West Coast (including us) will want to tune into the show at 1 p.m. to get information about various weather stuff. Basically, it will be a weather show, so if you are interested in the atmosphere or interested in learning about the atmosphere, you will want to tune in.
Also, as the show gains in popularity, we will be airing information about new Weather Underground events and products, interviewing various Weather Underground employees, and adapting the show to fit listener interests. All in all, we hope you have a good time listening to us and we also hope you get your weather fix all in a short 30 minute time span.
As I said, it will be a 30 minute show streamed live over the internet with an mp3 format. All you need to do is go to the Weather Show Download Link and open the link into iTunes or another player. You can also go to this link on your smartphone and listen to it as well. Eventually, the show will be podcasted so people who didn't have a chance to listen to it the first time will be able to on their schedule.
Lastly, we have set up a community chat room so that people who are listening to the show can contact Tim and myself during the show itself. Just go here and enter the room having to do with our show. You can also find the chat room by mousing over Blogs at the top of the page and going to "Community Chat."
I hope everybody has fun with it.
Updated: 10:47 PM GMT on February 01, 2010
The views of the author are his/her own and do not necessarily represent the position of The Weather Company or its parent, IBM.


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3 Core Components Of An Employee Management System:
1 – Company Policy Manual
The Company Policy Manual is a detailed breakdown of all relevant State and Federal laws as well as all specific Company data relevant to your business. This is where you put the details of what you expect as far as conduct as an employee of your company.
2- Job Description
This is the shortened version of the Company Policy Manual. The Job Description should list all relevant tasks associated with that position which you are describing in as much detail as possible.
3- Scorecard
The Scorecard is a tool to measure the performance and compliance of your employees tying back to the Company Policy and Job Description.
So why should you care? Think about it, are you as profitable as you could be? No BS here, we all do it, we all hang on to employees much longer than we should. Here's why you need to think about why that is a bad decision.
Contractors Payout 50-60% To Employees and Suppliers
The majority of your expense as a contractor is the direct payout of labor and materials. When money comes in, you first pay your employees and then your suppliers. This can account for up to 50-65% of your gross sales receipts.
For example, if you bring in $1,000,000, you turn around immediately and pay employees and supplier's $500-650,000 of that money and the largest share of that is employee wages averaging approximately 30-35% according to industry averages.
When You Go Over The Estimated Hours, Down Goes Your Profit
If it takes longer for your employees to get a job done over the estimated values, the more you're going to pay out and your profit will be smaller than you would like. The quicker your employees get a job done, the more profitable you will be.
In our example above, if wages account for 35% or $350,000 in a baseline year, how much additional profit would you make if your workforce was 20% more efficient over last year?
$70,000. That is a lot of money in an industry with single digit profitability.
We get that number by multiplying $350,000 by 20% = $70,000. That $70,000 has a direct relationship to your Net Profit assuming all of your overhead would remain the same whether your workforce was 20% more efficient or not. See figure 1. Follow the Green line (the Money Line) down to Net Profit.
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Document Your Process
One of the main components of that process is to create a system to manage the workforce and develop accountability within the workforce. You need a document to explain what the rules are and what boundaries to operate within as well as details of the types of tasks you expect those individuals to perform. If you are going to maintain the best employees, you need to score them to indicate overall performance of the employee.
Do Your Employees Know What Is Expected Of Them?
If an employee does not know what is expected of them, you have not created a daily task list for them and you are not measuring their performance on a regular basis, you will literally have people showing up to collect a check. They could care less what contribution they make to your Company or team. One of the best ways to illustrate the relationship and importance of performance is to look at sports.
Take A Look At Professional Sports Teams....
Everyone has a favorite team or sport. Teams seek out the best talent possible, pay the talent what they are worth and lay out the rules of the team. When looking at our own companies, they should follow the team structure of most professional sports organizations;
NFL rules = Company Policy
Quarterback, Lineman, Coach, Line Coach = Job Description
Win Loss record and Individual Statistics = ScoreCard
Nascar rules = Company Policy
Driver, Crew Chief, Gas Man, Tire Changer = Job Description
Race Standings / Sprint Cup Standings = ScoreCard
MLB rules = Company Policy
Pitcher, 2nd baseman, 3rd baseman, Manager = Job Description
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- How long will a Quarterback remain a starter if they throw 10 interceptions in a game?
- How long will a driver in Nascar stay behind the wheel if the team finishes in the bottom 10% all the time?
- How long will a pitcher remain in the big leagues if they lose 3 or 4 games in a row?
You know the answer, but why don't you run your company that way?
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Granted, we don't deal with salary levels of the professional sports leagues, but why shouldn't we have the same expectations?
- Can you be at the top of your game with people who don't do their job?
- Can you be at the top of your game with people who break the rules?
- Can you expect something from an employee that you never clearly laid out in writing?
We all have a favorite sport. We all know how competitive sports can be. Do you realize that the business you are in is likely just as competitive, if not more competitive than Professional Sports?
Can You See The Similarities?
Yet, we often complain and ponder why we can't make any money while we watch our favorite sport every week. We don't make the connection between the way a Professional Sports team is managed and how we run our companies.
Professional sports only accept TOP performers, anything less is not tolerated, period. That is how the best teams perform at the highest level. They have the best coach, best players and an organization that performs at the TOP.
You have to identify your TOP performers so your company can win the Superbowl or World Series of your industry; be better than any of your competition and be world champions.
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If someone is not pulling their weight, it is time to release them and "Draft" a new team member to do the job. If they don't work, we "Draft" another until we have the best team. There are three components you need to establish a system to identify your top performers.
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Fix xptcall on OpenBSD/powerpc
As of now mozilla segfaults on OpenBSD/macppc if the attached patch is not present. We're shipping it with thunderbird/seamonkey/firefox* ports. it makes the xptc{invoke,stubs}_asm_ppc_openbsd.s files use c++-style for comments, and sets AS to CC, as done for linux/ppc*.
Don't ask me to comment on why/how/where/when this patch came around... i have no idea.
Oh, and this patch fixes the packaging error i was seeing in https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=670719#c19. And it allows mozilla-central to run fine on openbsd/macppc, (with a bunch of other patches..) here's a proof : http://rhaalovely.net/~landry/stuff/ffx-8.0a1-openbsd-macppc.png (built on my ibook g4, running on my mac mini)
and the full build logs here : http://buildbot.rhaalovely.net/builders/mozilla-central-macppc/builds/46
Since this is not part of the regular mozilla builds and that patch can't break other parts of the tree, could this get commited before the next m-c->m-a shift ? That'll be one less patch to maintain for me...


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Dallas held Atlanta to 41.7% from the field on Saturday, as the Mavericks downed the Hawks 97-84 at American Airlines Center.
The Mavericks covered the 8.5-point home spread, and the 181 points scored were UNDER the posted total of 189.5.
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Trump Starts Talking About Running Mates After Nevada Winby
A day after running the tables in the Nevada caucuses, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he'd likely look for someone with political experience as a running mate if he wins the nomination -- maybe even someone he has run against.
"I would want somebody that could help me with government, so most likely that would be a political person," the billionaire said Wednesday during an appearance in Virginia, a state voting on next week's so-called Super Tuesday. "You want somebody that can help you with legislation, getting it through."
Trump didn't mention any names from the 2016 Republican field, but did say that "some of the people I've dealt with I do have a lot of respect for and I like."
Trump's 22-point win on Tuesday in Nevada placed more distance between himself and his nearest competitors, Senators Marco Rubio of Florida and Ted Cruz of Texas, and gave his unorthodox candidacy a major boost heading into next week.
Ahead of the Pack
The political newcomer now has won in the Northeast, the South, and the West by riding a wave of anger at the Washington establishment among voters who feel left out of the political process.
The almost 46 percent of the vote that he won Tuesday was the highest level of support he's received yet and could quiet skeptics who have argued he has a ceiling in the 30s. He also helped spur significantly higher turnout in Nevada than what was recorded in 2008 and 2012.
Trump's backing has come from a broad swath of demographic groups that leaves him well-positioned to capture the nomination in the contests ahead -- the rich and poor, college educated and less educated, and, in Nevada, Latino voters. In his victory speech Tuesday night, he said he's in position to put the race away.
"It's going to be an amazing two months," Trump said, referring to the nomination calendar. "We might not even need the two months, folks, to be honest."
Is it time to embrace Trump, a CNN host asked Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus on Wednesday? "I think it's pretty clear we're going to embrace whoever the nominee is," Priebus said.
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"The main quality that you want is somebody who can be a great president," a subdued Trump said on Wednesday of a potential running mate at the Virginia Beach event, where he took questions from televangelist Pat Robertson. "I'm not thinking about it a lot. I'm thinking about getting the ball over the line and, you know, get this thing done."
The Nevada results dealt a blow to Rubio and Cruz, who finished far behind Trump in second and third, respectively. Rubio was counting on picking up the supporters of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, who dropped out of the race on Saturday, to position himself as Trump's top challenger. But there was little evidence of Republicans coalescing behind Rubio, as Trump beat him nearly two-to-one.
"This is what every presidential campaign dreams about: big wins in early states and all the momentum on your side as you swing into Super Tuesday," said Kevin Madden, a senior adviser to Mitt Romney's 2012 Republican presidential campaign. "There's still an opportunity for Rubio to bring together elements of the electorate that are anti-Trump or open to an alternative, but every day from here on out is another day where that opening gets smaller."
Trump's win also comes just ahead of Republicans gathering in Houston for their 10th debate -- the first since Bush suspended his campaign after a poor showing in South Carolina.
Rubio said in an interview with CBS on Wednesday that the race isn't over yet and the state contests scheduled between now and the middle of March are key. "The Republican nomination is decided by delegates," he said. "It's not based on how many states you win."
Cruz, the only candidate to best Trump so far, entered the race as the standard-bearer of conservative Republicans and evangelical Christians, but those groups have not rallied to his campaign since his win in Iowa. In addition, Cruz has spent recent days battling charges from both Trump and Rubio that he's running a dirty campaign. His third-place finish in Nevada after a third-place finish in South Carolina is sure to raise questions about the viability of his campaign.
With all of Nevada precincts reporting, Trump had 45.9 percent of the vote. Rubio narrowly held on to second place with 23.9 percent followed by Cruz with 21.4 percent. Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson and Ohio Governor John Kasich, who campaigned less aggressively in the state, were at 4.8 percent and 3.6 percent.
Nevada awards delegates proportionally, based on the caucus vote, and Trump won 14 of the 30 in play, according to Associated Press estimates. It takes 1,237 delegates to win the nomination.
The win makes Trump the victor in three of the four states that have voted on the Republican side. The big prize will be delivered on March 1, the first multi-state day in the race and one that demands more money and campaign infrastructure. It's like a mini-national campaign, where coffee-shop campaigning gives way to the kind of state and national media coverage where Trump has thrived.
Hispanic Vote
While just 9 percent of those voting were Hispanic, entrance polling posted by CNN showed that Trump won 44 percent of that group, despite running against two Hispanic competitors. They found less traction, according to the polling, with Rubio supported by 29 percent and Cruz by 18 percent.
"We won the evangelicals. We won with young. We won with old. We won with highly educated. We won with poorly educated -- I love the poorly educated," Trump said in his victory speech. "This is an amazing night."
In a state where 21 percent of the population is of Mexican ancestry -- and where Trump owns property and has employees -- he sought to tap into resentment among white Republicans by repeatedly promising to build a wall along the Mexican border.
In a rare TV interview on Wednesday, Trump's wife, Melania, said her husband "didn't talk about everybody" when he railed against Mexico, "he talked about illegal immigrants." Originally from Slovenia, Melania Trump said, "I went by the system, I went by the law, and you should do that."
While turnout was heavy, Nevada Republican Party officials downplayed accounts of disarray at caucus locations. There were reports that some volunteers were wearing candidate-themed clothing, but the party said that wasn't prohibited.
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|Water and Electricity for Residents of San Isidro Village, Toledo
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|Thursday, 22 April 2010 00:00
On Friday April 16th, the Ministry of Economic Development, Commerce, Industry and Consumer Protection, in collaboration with the European Union, officially inaugurated the San Isidro Village Rudimentary Water System and Electrification Project. The project in San Isidro Village, located about a mile from Bella Vista Village on the Southern Highway, was financed by the Government of Belize and the European Union as part of the Banana Belt Clean Water Project.
The Banana Belt Clean Water project aims to provide clean potable water to over2,035 residents in Trio, Bladen, San Isidro and San Pablo villages in the Toledo District and is a collaborative effort between the European Union and the Social Investment Fund, a statutory body under the Ministry of Economic Development. The targeted villages are poor communities, which experience critical water shortages especially during the dry season. The situation in these villages has continuously posed health hazards from water borne illnesses. The provision of potable water to these four communities is therefore considered urgent and beneficial to their social and economic development.
The scope of works for the San Isidro Rudimentary Water system included the construction of a 20,000 gallon Ferro-concrete elevated tank reinforced for earthquake resistance, a pump house with generator, a submersible pump with chlorinator unit and 17,910 feet of transmission and distribution lines. The cost for the project is estimated at just over $451, 000.00. Of this amount, the Government of Belize contributed $113,000.00. Over 300 persons in San Isidro Village will benefit from the project.


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As regulation on bonuses at investment banks in Europe advances, the effects are being felt in Brazil, albeit slowly
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This Turkish restaurant is one of five branches of Haz in the City. This is the one to pick if you're after a vista – the westward-facing floor-to-ceiling windows offer some great views out over Cheapside and across to St Paul's Cathedral.
The menu ranges from mezze dishes of houmous, imam bayildi, borek and falafel to Turkish salads and charcoal grills of lamb shish, chicken kofte and iskender kebabs, lamb chops, filet steaks and ali nazik – a dish of grilled and puréed smoked, spiced aubergine with cubes of sautéed lamb.
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This well established restaurants has became City`s best culinary destination. you will be welcomed with a warm smile and enjoy the dining experience of sharing mezes and beautifully cooked charcoal grills, variety of wine choices from old and new world. Staff is friendly and atmosphere is super buzz.
I have been to Haz on a number of occasions, every time the food has been great and so has the service! It great for a quick tasty lunch without feeling like you are in the door and out the door!
They have a number of locations and St Pauls is really lovely! They have a beautiful few of St Pauls and they also have a great area to hire!
But most important the food is good!
I took my husband to Has St Pauls for a dinner to celebrate his birthday. We were met by a nice host and showed to our table. However from here on our experience went downwards. The order was taken by a waitress with a displeased expression on her face, which made us feel unwelcome. As we were waiting for our food I have noticed that the white wall we were sitting by needed a good wipe off, there was used Christmas cracker laying on a floor near me, the knife had some cloudy residue on it so I had to polish it. The interior reminded me of a large canteen, because it lacked a character, intimacy and warmth. Soon the waitress brought out some yogurt and pita bread, which was disappointingly cold. For dinner we had lamb tagine, which was even more disappointingly bland with no spice on it what so ever. We had to share one bawl of some sort of chutney to go with lamb, which was rather nice, but far to little to cover large portions of tasteless main dish, which consisted of either lamb neck or spine peaces, some tasteless almonds and same overcooked veggies of which majority was carrots. I managed to find 2 apricots and no prunes, although they were mentioned on a menu. Apparently we did not have even solt and pepper on a table. The restaurant had only couple tables occupied and seemingly the were more staff then customers, but throughout the whole time we were eating no one could be bothered to check on our table. Only when we were ready to pay another waiter came up and asked how was our dinner, but did not show any further interest, when I said that the meal was so so. Yet another person came to charge the card and did not even thank us when he was done. I really wished to speak to a manager, but because we did not want to ruin what was left from our evening, we just left. Today I have also noticed that we were charge a service charge of almost £4! These people don't even know what a service is, so how dear they to charge for it! My advice would be run fast and far from this place.
We decided to do our christening party here and what a mistake we made. Food was OK but service was absolutely terrible. Staff we're very slow in putting the starters and drinks out (mainly because they were very short staffed) and as a result took ages for people to get their food and drinks. For the mains, instead of putting food platters in the middle of the table as agreed, they put plates of food with no spoons to serve the food. When I complained the waiter put out the spoons for two tables and then dumped the rest on the side. For long periods of time no staff were around as they were busy serving customers on the other side of the restaurant, needless to say we were extremely embarrassed. When we complained to the manager (who made sure he wasn't around until it was time to pay) he admitted that they were short staffed but took no responsibility and offered no apology. He then rudely walked off saying that we didn't know what we were talking about. Considering we had just spent £1500 in his restaurant I was pretty shocked how we got treated, but maybe we should haven't been too surprised given that when we had paid our deposit, the manager didn't take or return any of our phone calls.


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The Tel Aviv Magistrates Court is scheduled to hold a hearing, Tuesday morning, into further disclosures regarding a fatal 2009 shooting at the Bar-No'ar homosexual youth club in Tel Aviv, including the names of the suspects arrested last week. The police publicized most of the details of their investigation on Monday and are expected to ask that a gag order on other information be lifted.
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So, when will you come to KL again, sir?" asked the hotel receptionist as I fumbled for my cigarette pack in my pocket before my cab arrived.
I was so exhausted I had to pause and think before I replied. "When they find the plane," I said with a weary smile.
The day I left Kuala Lumpur and returned home to Singapore, I had an unfamiliar and unsettling feeling.
Something just wasn't right.
There had always been some sort of finality at the end of reporting assignments. A judge would pass his verdict on a case, a team would win the championship, an official death toll would be given after natural disasters, and so on.
But when it came to the MH370 saga, there was no light at the end of the tarmac. Indeed, right now we are still at square one.
Flight MH370 went missing on March 8. After about three to four weeks, media interest began to wane. It was getting extremely tough to find anything new to report on. One by one, members of the international media, including myself, had our final drinks at the hotel bar, exchanged e-mail addresses, added each other on Twitter and said our goodbyes.
During the first week of the entire saga, no one thought this story would play out longer than a week. I had been confident authorities would quickly find the plane somewhere in the sea. So, I only packed for three nights but I ended up staying in the Malaysian capital for 33 days.
There was a cloud of haze shrouding parts of the capital's skyline due to nearby forest and bush fires during the first few days.
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The hazy conditions uncannily mirrored the confusing atmosphere at the media centre. As if highly speculative stories weren't bad enough, the utterly bizarre communique with Malaysian authorities made everything worse. They were providing the media with much fodder to write about their incompetency and gaffes – many of which were too shocking to ignore.
The media centre was at the basement of the Sama-Sama hotel, just beside the airport. The press conferences were held in a smaller room that could barely contain all the photographers, camera crews and reporters. Why they chose such a small room for daily pressers regarding a story that gripped the entire world is still beyond my understanding.
Most of us would reserve seats by placing bags or simply grabbing a seat two or three hours before the scheduled time.
Every morning and late at night, the staff at the hotel I was staying at would ask me for updates. Initially their question was: "Have they found it?"
After some time had passed, the question was: "So, what are they refusing to say now?"
I would always indulge and give them a standard two minute spiel on what had transpired. Soon, I needed another minute to debunk conspiracy theories they had picked up online.
At the nearby coffee shop where I had my late night dinners, the roti canai cook would ask me for daily updates too. The coffee shop had two TV screens. I asked him if he watched the pressers on TV daily.
"The radio and TV is always running but there's no point. I have no idea what these people are talking about," he said.
"Sometimes, I don't get what they're saying too," I said cheekily and we both laughed.
One of the reasons for the lack of understanding and the confusion was made clear to me during the first week. My first few stories from KL included a profile piece on the country's civil aviation chief and it required me to get background information on the man and why there were so many gaffes initially.
That's when I learnt the various government agencies weren't used to talking to one another and being coordinated. According to a senior government official who spoke on the condition of anonymity, there were also some egos that needed to be stroked and it wasn't easy for cooperation to take place between different governmental stakeholders.
While initially the focus in KL was all about the incompetency and the gaffes as well as the conspiracy theories, it was tough to have a feel of the real human elements. Sometimes it was all about coordinates, radars and fancy names of warships. It was easy to get swept away with minor details and forget the bigger picture.
In Beijing, the stories always involved the family members at the briefings at Lido Hotel. But in Malaysia, it was different.
Spending considerable time at the Sama-Sama Hotel and away from the family members made it tough sometimes to remember that actual human lives were involved. There was a disconnect and a distance from the human element of the story, especially because it wasn't very easy to reach out to the family members, many of whom had been housed at different hotels with very tight security.
The human tragedy part of the story only hit me like a truck after a couple of days in KL when I was among the reporters who went to stake out one of the hotels where the Chinese families were staying at. We were told that Malaysian Airlines officials would be briefing both Chinese and Malaysian family members that evening.
The look on a particular young teenager's face as he approached the hotel to attend the briefing is something that I won't be able to forget. His face was blank. It was worse than seeing someone who was horrified. It was a look I had not seen before, not even at the saddest funeral I've attended.
To make sense of things and to get away from it all, the only place to turn to was either your hotel room or the only bar in the vicinity – The Traveller's Bar at Sama-Sama Hotel.
In the initial weeks, most reporters always ended up there after filing their stories or completing their live reports. The service was terrible, but where else were you going to go?
After the first week though, the bar was totally tapped out of Tiger and Heineken beer. And as if wanting to taunt us, the pub band played classics like Leaving On a Jet Plane and Hotel California where the line "You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave" struck a chord with a couple of journalists.
But the day finally arrived for me to leave.
And 24 hours before I left KL, I called one of the affected family members I had been in close touch with. I thanked him for all the time he had given me over the previous four weeks.
I also informed him that I was leaving and that quite a lot of the reporters were packing up too. "When will they give us the information we want?" he asked. I didn't know what to say to the man whose beloved son had been on the flight.
"Don't worry, as long as there is no debris, my son is alive," he said. "I'm sure of it and I won't listen to anything or anyone till there is solid proof."
We spoke about his health and his family for a while. He thanked me for calling him and wished me a safe journey home.
I couldn't help but notice the cruel coincidence of the 100-day mark falling on Father's Day on Sunday.
It's hard to imagine the psychological black hole the family members must be feeling they are stuck in, as we surpass 100 days since the Boeing jet vanished. It represents a psychological defeat. There'll be another one again, on March 8 next year. If the plane or debris is never found, this will be Malaysia's Hiroshima. A stain that will cast a long shadow on the country for years to come.
They say time heals everything. That's probably not true in this case, I think. Without any closure and world attention drifting to other topics, each day might just be a bigger black hole than the previous one.
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