Pets can bring an overwhelming amount of fun, joy, and love to our lives—additionally, they can help to soothe any feelings of loneliness.
Dogs, cats, and other pets love their owners unconditionally and in showing this love are able to help us feel happy again.
The positive impact doesn't stop there: pets are also scientifically proven to reduce stress and blood pressure, alleviate pain, lower cholesterol, and increase their owner's social interactions, too.
Another plus is that these pets aren't judgmental; they won't let anything get in the way of loving you.
If you're looking for your perfect pet, you can check out adoptable pets near you on Petfinder and FoundAnimals.org.
Mila is a dog, and she's one of my best friends. I'm sure all of the pet owners and animal lovers out there understand, but for those of you who don't, here's why my dog is my best friend: First, she's fun; Mila is always up for exploring the neighborhood and going on new adventures. She's also incredibly loyal; even when I lose my cool or smell not-so-great after a workout, she tolerates (even prefers) my company. And finally, the cherry on top is that she's loving—Mila loves me no matter what, and she shows me that love every single day. With a wag of her tail, a slobbery kiss, or a loud cry, she expresses this love and soothes any feelings of loneliness: something I've struggled with my whole life.
In fewer words, my dog is my best friend because she brings a great deal of joy to my life. She brings a smile to my face and ensures that I don't suffer from lonely feelings anymore. She is self-care wrapped into one honey-colored, 65-pound package. While Mila is special to me, she isn't the only of her kind. In fact, you can experience the same unconditional love and other benefits I've just described—all it takes is caring for you very own furry friend.
Who Takes Care of Who?
1. Reduce stress and blood pressure: Researchers at the State University of New York at Buffalo saw that when people with high blood pressure cared for a dog, their stress levels dropped, as did their blood pressure.
2. Alleviate pain: Pets also prove to ease our pain, especially when we're dealing with chronic pain that manifests as migraines or fibromyalgia. In fact, one study found that 34% of fibromyalgia patients reported pain relief after spending as little as 10 minutes with a therapy dog, compared with only 4% of patients who sat alone in a waiting room.
3. Lower cholesterol: According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, owning a cat or dog translates into lower cholesterol too. While it isn't clear why, pet owners (especially men) do, indeed, have significant lower levels of cholesterol and triglyceride.
4. Take the edge off: Your pet can also aid your social efforts. A study from Australia found that owning a pet leads to an increase in social interactions. This further helps to soothe those lonely feelings I mentioned earlier.
Petfinder: This site allows you to put in your location and then find all pets available for adoption near you. You can even narrow your search to filter out other animals if you know you want a dog, cat, hamster, or horse—you name it.
Found Animals: This nonprofit is dedicated to putting pets in loving homes and, like Petfinder, allows you to find adoptable animals nearby. Additionally, it offers a ton of informative resources about caring for your pet.


Commissioned by Yan Restaurant, this is an interesting take on the humble dining menu. What makes the design unique is the type of fabric material of the cover, as well as the smooth gradient printing effect. The result? A memorable first point of contact with dining guests.


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Burberry releases the spring/summer 2012 advertising campaign Featured
Starring Cara Delevingne and Eddie Redmayne
Burberry has presented its spring/summer 2012 mainline and sunglasses campaign starring Cara Delevingne and Eddie Redmayne, shot by Mario Testino. The pair also front the Burberry Prorsum SS12 campaign.
The latest campaign images feature the gorgeous British actor Eddie Redmayne, and first model on the Burberry catwalk for the autumn-winter 2012 collection, Cara Delavigne. This time Burberry's focus is tailoring using exclusive fabrics developed in London, produced in English mills and hand-cut and tailored in Italy, with over 100 tailors involved in the construction of each garment and over 40 pressing processes taking place, with 20 during the construction of the jacket and a further 20 once finished. Attention to detail and delivery par excellence.
Burberry has always been famous for highlighting a modern selection of sartorial tailoring, with a uniquely British attitude. Close fitting silhouettes and fabrics are inspired by the English town and countryside.
The global images will be available on all Burberry platforms on-line and off-line, including: Burberry.com, Facebook, You Tube, Google, Twitter and Instagram.
Follow this link to see a list of Burberry boutiques worldwide and the current Burberry collection
Click to see the Burberry Facebook page
Click to visit the Burberry website

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So, as I've mentioned, I bought my Asus Eee PC 901 a few weeks ago. I'm quite pleased with it, and have been enjoying playing around and tweaking, not only the default Xandros linux, but also Ubuntu on an SD card. Well, I stumbled upon this page and video today, which reviews many of the netbooks currently on the market. He pretty much sums up the process I went through when deciding on the 901. Basically, it's a little more expensive than the average netbook, but it's fairly powerful as compared to some others, a good size and weight, and has one of the best battery lives. That was a key point for me, if I didn't care about the battery, I would have probably gone with an Eee PC 900 (which has 2-2.5 hours of life).
Anyway, I'm very happy with it, but I'm sure that within a few months, new Netbooks will put mine to shame but isn't that the way with all computer purchases? Though, with the projected specs of Lenovo's or Dell's new Netbooks (which are cheaper, but not really superior), it might not be till the new year.
Oh yes, and I just read about a Commodore-branded netbook, which gives me a warm and fuzzy nostalgia feeling. Then again, I still have 2 C64s (a C64 and a C64C), and an Amiga 2000, and 4000 working at home, so I can really get the nostalgia whenever I want.
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Q: Google Photos API - Is there a way to get direct, permanent, link to images? Quite simple question about these new APIs: I already created a system fetching album images, but the baseUrl expires after a while.
Is there a system to get a non-expiring URL? Until today I was using Picasa APIs (now closed), giving me a permanent URL.
I need a direct access to the picture.

A: There is no way around the expiration of the baseUrl.
You need to save the mediaItem.id as it is a permanent, stable ID used to identify the object.
Then you can fetch the GET https://photoslibrary.googleapis.com/v1/mediaItems/{mediaItemId} when you need the baseUrl.
You can also save the baseUrl and on a 403 error get a fresh one with the mediaItem.id
My understanding is that the calls to:

GET https://photoslibrary.googleapis.com/v1/mediaItems/{mediaItemId}

and

GET https://photoslibrary.googleapis.com/v1/mediaItems:batchGet

do no count against the daily quota.

A: My background is in Nodejs but I thought I'd still share my findings as it'll give you an idea on how to solve your issue.
It's not possible to get permanent URLs for Google Photos because they expire after 60 minutes.
If you're planning to use OAuth 2.0 which asks for user credentials before displaying images every time, please see this code sample that does exactly that (in Nodejs):
https://github.com/googlesamples/google-photos
Alternatively, there's a simpler way to share images - which is to store the images on the Google Drive instead of Google Photos and then creating a 'service account' on the Google Developer Console to link the drive to this account. This method provides permanent links to the images.
Please see this very helpful article on this implementation:
https://medium.com/@abhimanyuPathania/google-drive-service-accounts-and-nodejs-a038b8ec482f
Hope this helps.

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A degree will require at the least two years for completion, while a career training course can be completed in a very matter of few months. Now, lots of people get angry about another thing or another when they go to some pharmacy, be it the wait time, insurance problems, or possibly a medication is soldout and has to get ordered. Another good reason that many pharmacists give a great deal value to pharmacy technician certification is really because it's their protection against possible malpractice lawsuits.
However, the risk of losing an e-mail is low as long while you have configured the email client never to to automatically delete junk messages, and add important senders to accepted lists. You need to ensure you question them about their services to ensure that you will be compliant. Cu transformed a straightforward data entry company into becoming one of the country's largest outsourcing service providers.
You will either obtain a call or nothing will happen. Listed underneath are a summary of just some with the medical items which Axis Medicare Ltd wish to supply you with at discount prices, provided by this specific UK Online Chemists;-Children's wellbeing products for example Bepanthen, Calpol plus Bio-Oil. It is difficult to acquire pharmacy merchant card account from a normal charge card processor.
It is vital to note that doesn't every pharmacy technician receives this type of low wage understanding that when working in private pharmacies, it is more than likely that one turns into a wage of $17 by the hour minimum. I must add, I have never had just about any emotional disorder within my life and am a skeptic of anti-depressants. If you obtain prescriptions every month make sure your pharmacy has your most up-to-date prescription insurance information.
Although vitamin B2 may be found in spinach and it is easy to grow inside home garden, we're able to diversify just a little here and choose different tastes. This triggered various senior medical care companies to create online pharmacy locators that enable older persons to receive their medications without being forced to leave their homes. There can be an exception towards the pharmacist tech training program.


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Q: How to create hyperlinks linked to javascript functions in Chrome's console.log? I'm trying to write entries to the console that would contain links to trigger javascript functions upon clicking on them:
console.log("javascript:alert('Hello World');");
console.log("test");
console.log("[DisplayObject 'Hello World' reveal]");

All these attempts fail.

Is there any way to print it similarly to an "http://..." link, like so...

... only, have the text linked to a javascript statement or function instead?
The reason I'm doing this is to be able to quickly reveal which items on the screen are tied to a specific log entry (example: Making a CreateJS sprite scale-up when the log entry is clicked on).

A: The Google Chrome console, like many other browser's developer tools consoles, automatically parses any URL into a link to that exact page. This is the only way of obtaining such URLs, and, unfortunately, you cannot actually log "custom URLs".
This means that the following logs will be turned into a clickable link automatically:
console.log('http://example.com');
console.log('www.example.com');
console.log('ftp://mysite.com');
console.log('chrome://history')
console.log('chrome-extension://abcdefg...');

but, on the contrary, the following ones won't:
console.log('example.com');
console.log('Link');
console.log('javascript:doSomething(someValue);');

A: It's been four years since OP asked this, but they can accomplish their stated goal as follows:
Create a getter that has a side-effect. (The side effect can be to directly animate your thing.)
class YourThing {
    get __doAnythingYouWant() {
        // ...like console.log('my thing:', this);
    }
}

Alternatively:
var yourObject = {
    get __doAnythingYouWant() {
        // ...like an animation in DOM... this.myDomElement.style...
    }
};

How to use it:
console.log(yourObject);
> {
      get __doAnythingYouWant: (...)  <-- click here!
  }
> "you clicked the dots!"

The downside is you can only invoke the getter once. You could maybe get around this by deleting it and redefining it from within itself, with every invocation. You could make that less hackish by creating some kind of getter-defining function with Object.defineProperties, and some wrapper that takes a regular function and returns a function that does what it normally does, then redefines the getter. Clicking on it once was good enough for me, but if you wanted to you'd do it like this:
function addDebuggerButton(obj, f) {
    var buttonName = `__${f.name}`;
    Object.defineProperty(obj, buttonName, {
        get: function() {
            f.apply(this, arguments);
            delete this[buttonName];
            addDebuggerButton(obj, f);
        },
        configurable: true
    });

    return obj;
}

It's important to set the configurable property, which just lets you redefine it after defining it.
It works:
let numTimesPressed = 0;
addDebuggerButton({a:1,b:2}, function myButton() {
    this.c = Math.random();
    console.log(`you pressed the button ${++numTimesPressed} times!`, this);
});
> {a: 1, b: 2}
      a: 1
      b: 2
      __myButton: (...)       <-- click here!
      get __myButton: ƒ ()
      __proto__: Object
> you pressed the button! {a: 1, b: 2, c: 0.27574428165568676}
                              a: 1
                              b: 2
                              c: 0.27574428165568676
                              __myButton: (...)      <-- click here again
                              get __myButton: ƒ ()
                              __proto__: Object
> you pressed the button! {a: 1, b: 2, c: 0.43171172657344337}

You can modify this as appropriate to work with classes.
If you wanted clicking on different links to have their own different timelines of state (rather than shared state like numTimesPressed above, which is a global, or somewhat more global, in scope; i.e. such state is shared between different objects), then you could make the function return a callback containing the rest of your computation. You'd have to modify addDebuggerButton accordingly (let callback = f.apply(this, arguments);, addDebuggerButton(obj, callback)).

The other horribly hackish way to do this is to write a url like http://127.0.0.1:9999/myLocalWebserver/horribleWorkaround?{"metadata":"etc"}. The URL would be interpreted by your local webserver you're testing your app out of, and would initiate some kind of push mechanism (or queue onto a poll mechanism), that would propagate to the webpage live. This would flash open a new tab, in which you could display a dummy webpage which auto-closes itself. You could also maybe make this entirely client-side with a webworker that intercepts requests.
... Of course, it would probably be more elegant to compile Chromium yourself with a custom patch...

The third way, since chrome-extension:// urls are allowed, is perhaps to write an extension that converts certain clicks into javascript. There may perhaps be security implications (to be safe, you would not let this run except on whitelisted pages, but even then there are security implications I have not thought of since I'm not entirely familiar with that area).

A: If it still comes up for somebody:
You can more-or-less log "custom URLs":
console.log('There is a good link: %o', 'http://stackoverflow.com');

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Language Policy in Schools
(a) whether it is a fact that the Government has roped in NCERT to make Sanskrit popular in schools and also to train five lakh teachers in the next three to four years under Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and if so, the details thereof;
(b) whether it is also a fact that NCERT has been asked to submit a status report within three months indicating the details of schools, classes covered, number of periods and marks alloted to Sanskrit and nine languages and also on the implementation of the three language formula in secondary schools and the two language formula in higher secondary schools; and
(c) if so, the details thereof?
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 189
ANSWERED ON: 18.07.2016
R. VANAROJA
Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:-
MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)
(a) Government has not asked the National Council of Educational Research & Training (NCERT) to directly Sanskrit teachers. However, there is a provision of in-service training of teachers by the States/Union Territories under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme, namely, Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), which includes Sanskrit teachers.
(b) & (c) Government of India had constituted a Committee under the Chairmanship of Shri N. Gopalaswami, Chancellor, Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati to suggest a long term vision and road map for the development of Sanskrit. The Committee has, inter-alia, recommended that the NCERT may be asked to submit a status report within three months on the implementation of Three Language Formula in Secondary Schools and Two Language Formula in Higher Secondary Schools in all the Secondary & Higher Secondary Education Boards, which may indicate the languages offered, classes covered, marks and period allotted to Sanskrit and other languages The report of the Committee has been sent to NCERT for appropriate action.
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Hello! I'm Tana, a lifestyle, portrait and destination wedding photographer, based out of Boise, Idaho.
Weddings are one of life's fascinating events, and it's a full experience witnessing the best emotions from the couple, their family, and friends. It's a day of special energy that can't be repeated, and capturing it is an amazing way to make a living.
I was in my father's darkrooms and involved with photography since I was a young girl, and I've been photographing in the Northwest, and wherever else people bring me, for over 15 years. My studies and professional background also include advertising, marketing, fine art, and makeup artistry.
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Q: Pattern "allocate memory or use existing data" I have field
std::map<std::string, std::map<unsigned int, float>> widths;
I copy data to widths[key] from another map or insert custom data to widths[key] depending on runtime criteria. However, copying is too slow.
I am going to use pointer to std::map<unsigned int, float> as widths::value. Thus(depending on runtime criteria):

*

*Pointer has address of existing map.

*Allocate memory and write custom data.

Also I need flags to decide if delete widths::value in destructor. Do you know better pattern to resolve this task?

A: So you want to reference an std::map<unsigned int, float> inside another container based on some criteria?
In this case you need a map of pointers, like: std::map<std::string, std::map<unsigned int, float>*>. This way you shall be able to do:
if(criteria)
    widths[key] = &targetMap;

Using std::map to sort stuff and then iterate over is not a bad idea, but of course really depends on a real context. By speculating we can only say that is the best method ever and never use something else, which doesn't make sense

A: Following wrapper is created:
class Widths
    {
    public:
        Widths() : widths(new std::map<unsigned int, float>), to_be_deleted(true)
        {
        }

        Widths(const std::map<unsigned int, float> *arg) noexcept : widths(const_cast<std::map<unsigned int, float>*>(arg)),
                                                                    to_be_deleted(false)
        {
        }

        ~Widths() noexcept
        {
            if (to_be_deleted) delete widths;
        }

        Widths(Widths &&arg) : widths(arg.widths), to_be_deleted(arg.to_be_deleted)
        {
            arg.widths = nullptr;
            arg.to_be_deleted = false;
        }

        Widths(const Widths &arg) = delete;
        Widths& operator=(const Widths &arg) = delete;

        const std::map<unsigned int, float>* operator->() const
        {
            return widths;
        }

        std::map<unsigned int, float>* operator->()
        {
            return widths;
        }

    private:
        std::map<unsigned int, float> *widths;
        bool to_be_deleted;
    };

std::map<std::string, std::map<unsigned int, float>> widths; is changed to
std::map<std::string, Widths> widths;


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Q: Error "ORA-00936: missing expression" for below SQL statement Please help to check why below SQL statement got error of "ORA-00936: missing expression" when executed on Oracle 11g R2.
    select part.*,
        decode(pv.dspuom, null, part.untqty, part.untqty / prtftp_dtl.untqty) dsp_untqty,
        decode(pv.dspuom, null, pv.stkuom, pv.dspuom) untqty_uom,
        decode(pv.dspuom, null, cast(null as int), pv.stkuom, cast(null as int), mod(part.untqty, prtftp_dtl.untqty)) rem_untqty,
        decode(pv.dspuom, null, null, pv.stkuom, null, pv.stkuom) rem_untqty_uom
   from (select @select_on:raw sum(untqty) untqty,
                sum(catch_qty) catch_qty,
                invadj.prtnum fixed_prtnum,
                invadj.prt_client_id fixed_prt_client_id,
                invadj.wh_id fixed_wh_id,
                invadj.play_prc_id
           from invadj
          where exists(select 'x'
                         from prtmst_view
                        where prtmst_view.prtnum = invadj.prtnum
                          and prtmst_view.prt_client_id = invadj.prt_client_id
                          and prtmst_view.wh_id = invadj.wh_id
                          and prtmst_view.prdflg = 1)
            and @+moddte:date
            and @+invadj.play_prc_id
            and @+invadj.prtnum
            and @+invadj.prt_client_id
            and wh_id = @wh_id
            and @*
          group by @result_string:raw,
                invadj.prtnum,
                invadj.prt_client_id,
                invadj.wh_id,
                invadj.play_prc_id
         having sum(untqty) <> 0
             or sum(catch_qty) <> 0) part left
   join prtmst_view pv
     on pv.prtnum = part.fixed_prtnum
    and pv.prt_client_id = part.fixed_prt_client_id
    and pv.wh_id = part.fixed_wh_id left
   join prtftp
     on prtftp.prtnum = pv.prtnum
    and prtftp.prt_client_id = pv.prt_client_id
    and prtftp.wh_id = pv.wh_id
    and prtftp.defftp_flg = 1 left
   join prtftp_dtl
     on prtftp.prtnum = prtftp_dtl.prtnum
    and prtftp.ftpcod = prtftp_dtl.ftpcod
    and prtftp.prt_client_id = prtftp_dtl.prt_client_id
    and prtftp.wh_id = prtftp_dtl.wh_id
    and prtftp_dtl.uomcod = nvl(pv.dspuom, pv.stkuom)

A: I think the syntax may be off a bit.
Look at this line below
FROM (SELECT @ select_on:raw sum(untqty) untqty,

The @ character seems odd


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Education Next level for Education
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Translated from the Icelandic. In the event of any discrepancies between the translation and the text in Icelandic, the original text shall take precedence.
Name and domicile
The Public Procurement Complaints Commission operates on the basis of Chapter XI. of the Act on Public Procurement no. 120/2016, as subsequently amended, whereas the processing of cases before the Board shall in other respects be in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act no. 37/1993, as subsequently amended.
The full name of the Board is "the Public Procurement Complaints Commission". The domicile and postal address of the Board is with the Ministry of Finance, Arnarhváll, 150 Reykjavík. E-mail: [email protected]
The submission of a complaint
A complaint shall be submitted or sent by mail to the Public Procurement Complaints Commission. Nonetheless, it shall be permitted to send a signed copy to the Commission by e-mail, and such a communication shall be viewed as having been received if the original document is received by the Commission within 72 hours.
Along with the delivery of postal communication, the complainant shall pay a complaint fee according to paragraph 5, Article 106, Act no. 120/2016, cf. Article 11, Act no. 58/2013. A complaint will not be taken under substantive consideration unless the fee has been paid.
A determination as to whether a complaint has been received within the complaint time limit shall be based on the date of receipt of a complaint.
The form of complaint and supporting documents
A complaint shall be signed by the complainant, the representative of the complainant or its attorney.
The complaint shall be accompanied with a copy of all documents referred to in the complaint plus other documents that the complainant considers as supporting its complaint.
The complaint along with supporting documents shall be submitted in six duplicates. The complainant can request that supporting documents be submitted in electronic form when the volume of documents is large. The complainant can also request that only one copy of certain documents be submitted.
The content of a complaint
A complaint shall contain the following:
a. The full name of the complainant and its representatives, the id. number, domicile and e-mail, if applicable.
b. The name and domicile of the respondent.
c. The decision, action or lack of action being complained about.
d. The claims of the complainant that shall concern the action of the Commission according to Act no. 120/2016.
e. Request for an opinion on the restitution obligation of the respondent, if applicable.
f. A short description of circumstances of the case, its grounds and the substantiation therefor. Whether it shall be permitted that notices, decisions and awards shall only be sent to the complainant by e-mail.
g. If a complainant requests that confidentiality be respected concerning certain issues, it shall specify such issues and at the same time specify to which extent confidentiality is requested and the reasons therefor.
Notice of receipt of a complaint
Upon receipt of a complaint, the Commission immediately informs the respondent of having received the complaint. In case of a complaint regarding a decision to choose a particular tender, the notice to the respondent shall call attention to the fact that the award of a contract may not be permitted until the Commission has finally resolved the complaint.
The processing of a case
When a complaint is taken under consideration, the Commission gives the respondent the opportunity to respond to the content of the complaint, as well as a company that has a financial interest in the complaint. The period allowed shall normally not be longer than 10 days from the date of the letter of the Commission.
The complainant shall normally be allowed a brief period to respond to the statement of the respondent as well as others which have been given the opportunity to comment in writing. The period allowed shall normally not be longer than 10 days from the date of the letter of the Commission.
Upon having received the final comments of the complainant, the Commission takes the case under judgment unless it is decided to hear oral arguments or further procurement of documents is called for at the initiative of the Commission.
Procedure of a claim to temporarily stay a contract award
A respondent, including a company that may have a financial interest in the complaint, shall normally be given a brief period to comment upon the possible temporary stay of an invitation to tender or award of a contract. The period shall normally not be longer than 72 hours.
In case of a clear and obvious violation of public procurement rules, a temporary stay shall be permitted without allowing the respondent the opportunity to comment.
When comments according to paragraph 1 have been received, the Commission shall decide upon the claim as soon as possible. If it is clear that conditions for the temporary stay of a contract award are not satisfied, it shall nonetheless be allowed to postpone the consideration of a claim for a final decision with a written record in the minutes of the Commission.
Procedure for rescinding the stay of a contract award
The Commission can decide to rescind a stay of a contract award that emanated from the receipt of a complaint within a lawful waiting period according to Article 86, Act no. 120/2016, whether due to a claim by a respondent or at its own initiative.
Should a respondent call for the rescission of a contract award, the Commission can decide to rescind the stay without procuring further documents or comments from the complainant.
Before the Commission decides to rescind the stay of a contract award at its own initiative, it shall normally accord the parties with the opportunity to comment.
Form and content of the statement of the respondent
and supporting documents
The form and content of the statement of the respondent shall be in accordance with Articles 3 and 4, as applicable.
Should a respondent request that confidentiality should apply to certain issues, it must specify such issues and state as well to what extent confidentiality is requested and the reasons therefor.
The appointment of the Commission
At a Commission meeting where a final decision in a case is arrived at, the full Commission shall be present. In other instances, it shall be sufficient that two Commission members be present.
The chairman shall request the presence of alternate members if necessary. In selecting an alternate, an effort shall be made to equalise the number of cases that alternates participate in. In place of a member with general experience and business know-how, an alternate shall be called in who has been appointed due to a comparable experience.
In the absence of the chairman, another member, trained in law, shall act as chairman. In the absence of two appointed members, both trained in law, a drawing of lots shall decide which alternate, trained in law, shall act as chairman.
Commission members shall sign decisions, awards and minority opinions they support.
The decisions of the chairman
The chairman shall call meetings of the Commission and manage its work.
The chairman shall decide upon the delivery of documents to parties of the case and other parties.
Minutes and case records
The secretary of the Commission shall record minutes of meetings as needed. A record of cases coming before the Commission shall be kept as well as their conclusion.
It shall be allowed to send notices, decisions and awards by e-mail or other electronic means to a party, should it have approved such an arrangement. A confirmed duplicate of decisions and awards shall also be sent by letter or with a fully verifiable electronic signature.
The publication of resolutions of the Public Procurement Complaints Commission
The awards and decisions of the Commission shall be made accessible to the public by further decision of the chairman. If a party to a case wishes that certain parts of an award will not be published, it shall inform the Commission thereof as soon as possible and the reasons therefor.
Information to the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs
The Commission shall provide the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs with a duplicate of decisions and awards in cases before it.
Entry into effect
These regulations are issued in accordance with the authority provided in Article 113, Act no. 120/2016 on Public Procurement and shall enter into effect immediately.
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Saskatchewan Polytechnic
Launched in 2014 out of the former Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology (SIAST), Saskatchewan Polytechnic is a new post-secondary brand with a new global view.
Saskatchewan Polytechnic is a progressive new educational institution that launched in 2014. Specializing in meeting the needs of both students and employers through industry partnerships, applied research initiatives and other unique and forward-thinking programs, Sask Polytech was ready to take its brand to the next level with a high-quality custom magazine to tell its story to a broad audience of alumni, donors, partners, students, staff and the public at large.
Working closely with Saskatchewan Polytechnic's marketing team, which was in the middle of a major rebranding exercise, RedPoint created a magazine that elevated the new brand by telling the genuine human stories that are its legacy. Dealing Our art direction team worked with photographers in several location across Saskatchewan (our neighbouring province to the east), as writers gathered the stories that brought the magazine to life. With an eye to Saskatchewan Polytechnic's newly minted brand guidelines, our design team put together a bright, engaging package that captured the spirit of the institution in an editorial setting.
Saskatchewan Polytechnic Magazine is being produced twice yearly. The response has been very positive, and it's being seen as a way to celebrate the successes of alumni and raise awareness of the calibre of education the institution offers.
"Overall, everyone was very impressed with the final product. We were really happy with the way RedPoint interpreted our new brand and implemented it into a magazine format."


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With no artificial sweeteners or stevia, Mother Earth Better Bars are a great way for the family to snack better. The new muesli bars are made in New Zealand and feature plant-based ingredients such as oats, chicory root fibre, buckwheat, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds and puffed sorghum. Better by nature, Mother Earth Better Bars are also a source of fibre, are low in sodium and have a 4.5 Health Star Rating.
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product in the snack aisle of the supermarket featuring wholegrains and reduced amounts of added sugar," she says.
Caramel Flavour Better Bars feature an enticing caramel flavoured chocolate, and Raspberry Better Bars are made with tasty raspberry fruit pieces.
family in mind. They're a great lunch box bar for the kids, a perfect desk drawer snack for the 3pm slump at work, or a handy choice for anyone on the go.
Mother Earth Better Bars are available in leading supermarkets nationwide.
RRP $3.99 per box (includes 6 x 30g bars).
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Journalists (who have written for Glamour, Vogue, InStyle, The Times and The Telegraph), editors and the two halves Wear & Where.
Alex: Balance for me is that very rare time when I feel like I have all my ducks in a row. The kids are happy, I'm on top of work, I'm getting on well with my husband, I haven't forgotten any appointments/meetings/deadlines and I'm feeling well-rested and have enough time to do something I love, like go for a run. It's when life seems to be running to plan and the see-saw isn't tipping too much in one direction.
Natasha: In theory: when the family is happy and an even keel and I feel like I'm in control of work/life/domestic admin. In practise: accepting that, sometimes, done is better than perfect; you can't keep everyone happy all the time; and that life ebbs and flows: today might be about the children, but next week is all about work – and that's okay. Oh, and having a tidy house. I find living in a mess really unsettling and unbalancing!
Natasha: Being by the sea: I grew up there and find it hugely calming and restorative. My first cup of coffee in the morning (usually brought to me in bed by my lovely husband because he is a morning person and I am not!). Fresh flowers. An early night with clean sheets and a good book. Cuddles with my children.
Alex: Any book really. To lose yourself in another world is always a comfort (unless it's traumatic, but I don't tend to read those kind of books!) PG Wodehouse is always great fun.
Natasha: I love reading – it's almost as essential as breathing for my well-being. If I'm in need of comfort, it's Jane Austen or a retro murder mystery (i.e. nothing too grisly).
Alex: Not enough! I used to write and draw a lot more, and loved it. Does gardening count? I've also started playing around on Adobe Illustrator, which is creative and challenging in equal measure.
Natasha: I spend most of time writing for work, which is pretty creative, but I also love planning and curating (awful word – sorry) the interiors of my house.
Which self-care ritual makes you feel good?
Alex: Cleansing my face properly before bed always makes me feel better. Since I started properly cleansing and not simply applying and washing foam off my face as possible, my skin has always felt and looked better. I do also like a really good body and face moisturiser.
Natasha: In the morning: a gorgeously scented shower gel to wake me up. In the evening: a facial oil and rich, comforting moisturiser (I have dry, sensitive skin and I love going to bed with a shiny face.) I'll also light a scented candle any chance I get.
Alex: Radiance Face Oil is a dream.
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This page refers to the Website Privacy Policy. Details of the Practice Privacy Policy can be found here:
Practice Privacy Policy
Llynyfran Surgery is committed to maintaining the on-line privacy of its existing and future clients. We use the information we collect from you to both help us understand more about how our site is used and can be improved, and to be able to send you further information about our activities that may be of interest to you.
Since 26th May 2012, all UK websites need to comply with the EU E-Privacy Directive 2009/136/EC. Cookies are only a small part of this directive, and whilst you are still allowed to use cookies on a website, it must be made clear to visitors to your site that cookies are being used. On first arrival at our site, there is a message to warn you that the website makes use of cookies.
A cookie is a small amount of data, often including a unique identifier, sent to the browser of your computer or mobile phone (referred to here as a "device") from a website's computer. It is stored on your device's hard drive. Each website can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser's preferences allow it. To protect your privacy, your browser only permits a website to access the cookies it has already sent to you, and not the cookies sent to you by other websites. Many websites do this whenever a user visits them to track online traffic flows.
This website uses cookies to monitor site performance and for functionality only.
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If you wish to restrict or block cookies set by this or any other website, you can do this through your browser settings. The Help function within your browser should tell you how. Please be aware that restricting cookies may impact on the functionality of this website.
If you have any concerns please contact us via our contact form.
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We collect the following information regarding visitors to our website: IP address, information regarding which pages are accessed, and where voluntarily supplied by visitors, personal information such as email addresses and names.
If you choose to supply personal contact details (name and email address via our Newsletter signup form), we will use this information to provide you with our future newsletters. We may also use it to provide you with additional information about future services.
Contact data held will be used solely by Llynyfran Surgery, and will not be passed on, or transferred to, third parties, except where we request your permission to do so, or under special circumstances where we are legally required to do so.
If your contact details change, or you wish us not to send you further information, you can contact us via the contact form.
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Costumes are what Halloween is all about, but did you know costumes also add excitement to mundane events? Within our costumes ideas you'll find looks for theme parties, theater productions, fan collections or everyday adventures. We feature adult and child costumes inspired by movies, cultures, history, occupations, holidays and more. Pair these costumes together with your friends or family for excellent couples costumes or group costumes. Whether it's for Halloween or a small get together, you'll discover costume ideas here that will jazz up any event!


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Coldplay Announce 2012 North American Tour
Coldplay have announced dates for their North American tour in support of their recent album, Mylo Xyloto. Their 21-date tour kicks off Edmonton, AB on April 17th and will take them across the US and Canada concluding in St Paul, MN on August 11th, 2012.
Tickets for these shows go on sale on December 17th except for the two LA Bowl shows which will go on sale in January 2012. For more information regarding ticket links and pre-sales, visit Coldplay's official site. If you plan on attending any of these show, don't forget to share your concert pictures with the world on UpVenue!
Coldplay Mylo Xyloto North American tour 2012:
April 17, 2012 - Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Place
April 18, 2012 - Calgary, AB @ Scotiabank Saddledome
April 20, 2012 - Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
April 24, 2012 - Portland, OR @ Rose Garden Arena
April 25, 2012 - Seattle, WA @ KeyArena
April 27, 2012 - San Jose, CA @ HP Pavilion At San Jose
May 1, 2012 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl
June 22, 2012 - Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
June 25, 2012 - Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
June 28, 2012 - Tampa, FL @ St. Pete Times Forum
June 29, 2012 - Miami, FL @ American Airlines Arena
July 2, 2012 - Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena
July 5, 2012 - Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
July 8, 2012 - Washington, DC @ Verizon Center
July 23, 2012 - Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
July 26, 2012 - Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
July 29, 2012 - Boston, MA @ TD Garden
August 3, 2012 - East Rutherford, NJ @ Izod Center
August 7, 2012 - Chicago, IL @ United Center
August 11, 2012 - St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
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First step to the cloud is knowing how it can help you
A lot of companies in Australia lack understanding of the cloud and what the technology can offer to their business. Many firms are keen to innovate, but clearly there is some need for guidance.
Educating the market about the cloud was a key issue discussed at a recent roundtable of leading Australian IT specialists, ARN.net.au has reported.
One of the attendees, Allan King, managing director of Infront, admitted his surprise at the general confusion in some sectors.
"Businesses have different [cloud] adoption and maturity rates. But, overwhelmingly, I'm surprised by the lack of knowledge around cloud, even from the CIO through to the technologists and how best to move forward," King said.
"On the whole, I think most organisations are excited by cloud, but they just don't know why they are excited."
While many companies have indicated an interest in pursuing a cloud strategy, uncertainty prevails.
Overall, the roundtable participants generally agreed that cloud adoption rates within Australian organisations would continue to rise in the years to come.
However, it is still an unknown quantity for many, suggested Alex Kennedy, national cloud manager at Datacom.
"Businesses still don't really understand what they want [with respect to cloud adoption] and that's part of the navigation process for a partner," he said.
"Businesses still don't really understand what they want [with respect to cloud adoption]."
A key part of innovating
A 2016 survey by IDC showed that two-thirds (67 per cent) of firms in Australia are interested in pursuing a cloud-based strategy. However, a mere 13 per cent think their existing strategy is optimal.
Of note, the vast majority of organisations (80 per cent) indicated they were interested in adopting a hybrid cloud environment, a mix of private and public cloud services, but there was significant inconsistency in terms of how respondents defined it. Many companies appeared to be attracted to this model for cost-reduction reasons, the survey found.
Roundtable attendee Nathan Lowe, managing director at ASI Solutions, said he believes that Australian enterprises want to innovate.
With that in mind, discussions between technology vendors and the organisations they are servicing is evolving as the market is recognising the need for better understanding of cloud technology and how it can be utilised.
"For the partners who have taken a while to get up to speed, now's the time to work with customers to deliver business outcomes," said Lowe.
"That's the key message, address business outcomes as opposed to IT whether that be across public, private or hybrid."
The cloud enables employees to have much greater control and access to the data they need.
In 2014, the Australian Department of Finance released a policy report that highlighted two main advantages of using the cloud for business – on-demand self service and broad network access.
Cloud capabilities give employees much greater control over and access to the data they need, while allowing for easier collaboration and pooling of information between different departments.
How can recruiters benefit?
Recruiters face stiff competition in terms of finding roles and high-quality job seekers to fill them. Their work day can be daunting as they seek to make progress towards achieving their targets.
In order to excel, they must show initiative in researching and contacting potential candidates and following up with clients, and they must be available – even after hours – to take calls or respond to emails. A recruiter's success depends on their ability to communicate, through various platforms or devices, with a range of stakeholders.
Recruitment agencies that embrace cloud-based solutions such as advanced telecommunications systems, integrated recruitment software platforms and unified communications will empower their employees.
At FastTrack, we believe that such technology can play an important role in your long-term success.
Let FastTrack guide you
Today's digital world is in a state of rapid change, and an increasing number of Australian companies are adopting cloud computing in order to stay relevant. At FastTrack, we believe that such technology can play an important role in your long-term success and are ready to help you gain better clarity about what is required to bring it on board.
Our cloud-based end-to-end recruitment software – FastTrack360 – is an outstanding recruit, payroll and billing solution that is helping many agencies stay competitive. In addition to its core functions, an integrated marketplace add-on also allows users to connect with third-party services, which your recruiters will find useful.
We understand that no two organisations are the same – all require a different solutions. As experienced and trusted suppliers of recruitment software to a wide array of hiring organisations in Australia and abroad, we at FastTrack have come to know our customers and the market well.
Contact us today to find out how cloud computing and a solution like FastTrack360 can work for you.
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Sometimes watching a film on the big screen can make all the difference. I had seen Dror Moreh's The Gatekeepers in tiny form some time ago and while I didn't question the film's emotional capacity, I identified it unfairly as a typical historical/political documentary. However, my recent viewing on the big screen changed my feeling quite a bit. Documentary has been nothing if not an ever-evolving form. Yet, The Gatekeepers appears as a classical, straight-forward, and talking heads presentation reminiscent of the most typical nonfiction media. This type of documentary has been on its death-bed over the past few years. It might have just taken a film like The Gatekeepers, with its candid, morally-conflicted, and relevant subject matter to resuscitate the stilted execution.
Tracking decades of conflict between Palestine and Israel, The Gatekeepers tells the story of the last six surviving men in charge of the Shin Bet, an Israeli internal secretive service that controls all major military decisions regarding the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. With little historical or religious context given, The Gatekeepers, similar to another compelling Oscar Nominee, How to Survive a Plague, allows its subjects to explain their roles in the saga without seeing any easy answers or putting on an agenda-driven overview of the greater scope. From within these characters, the spider web of political and public emotions becomes clearer. These men wittingly took lame duck jobs where success seems to be measured only by the degree to which massive amounts of people did or didn't die. As peace settlements fail and further murders occur, each "Gatekeeper" emotes a sense of failed power and helplessness.
Central to The Gatekeepers is the moral quandary between hard-line self-preservation and assuming the responsibility of overseeing military action in the longest lasting international conflict of the past 50 years. The issues between Palestine and Israel have too many threads for there to be any way out. By focusing on the people literally ordering the triggers pulled, director Moreh allows for the conflict to remain objective yet uniquely personal. Most compelling is when one "Gatekeeper" defends his actions but questions others. For instance, the elder and most engagingly taciturn Avraham Shalom defends his decision to kill Palestinian hijackers, only to later condemn the actions of the Shin Bet in charge of a bombing that murdered innocent people. At a level deeper than national conflict, The Gatekeepers is a story about humans and the stories we tell ourselves even when we know we are lying.
On the grander scale, The Gatekeepers is entirely about justification, or the ways in which we need to justify to exist. To fight for your country is to stand for something you are told to believe in. Even when faced with the corruption of your side as deeply as on the opposite side, there's a moral code that you must stand by. The word "morals" comes up again and again, sometimes as a deflection and often as a point of contention. To think that millions of people over several decades have woken up either committed to a cause that could take their lives or in fear of being killed at any moment, is the hard reality that The Gatekeepers conveys. Similar to national pride, on the edges of The Gatekeepers is religious commitment. At one point, one of the subjects discusses a very intelligent man who, because he's intelligent, "Must have Judaism in his lineage." Perhaps the most trying moment in the film comes when Israelis begin turning on their own people as a response to the widely despised Oslo Accords. Each of the "Gatekeepers" expose a sadness at having never really understood what they were fighting for or who they were fighting against. In this regard, the lack of historical base gives the film a sense of confusion that works in its favor.
It's easy to dismiss The Gatekeepers since its presentation has numerous hang-ups for American audiences. It's a subtitled film about a difficult and uncomfortable subject. Save only a few very creative and inspired (in ways lacking from many of these kinds of docs) animated sequences, the story is told only in stock footage and talking head interviews. What keeps this from being a Social Studies video is the human beings at the center. There's something earnest about what's burning under the surface of The Gatekeepers and that makes it one of the most important films to come along in a while. By avoiding any answers at all, the film becomes a reflection of the kinds of knots people allow themselves to be tied in. As a global community we still have a long way before making the kinds of change that might relieve terror and irrational pride.
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If I DON'T CARE wasn't the very first stab at songwriting by JOEY, it was among the twentyish hopeful's very earliest attempts. According to the oft-repeated legend, his younger brother MICKEY LEIGH stripped an acoustic guitar down to just the low E and A strings, making the strumming of rudimentary melodies with approximated barre chords simpler for his novice sibling. Shortly afterward, he then taught his older brother the basics of his favorite song: ALICE COOPER's I'm Eighteen. The following day he was surprised to find that JOEY had written a new tune by shamelessly distorting the changes he'd learned, and adding a few phrases of childish-- but stunning-- lyrics. In time, the blunt composition would find a comfortable home inside the primitive outsider rock of the RAMONES.
Transposing the source melody from the original's E-C-D to the more power chord friendly A-F-G (and unsurprisingly ignoring any minor shadings), JOEY had unthinkingly stumbled onto a foundation he would utilize continually in decades to follow. Eventually the framework would dominate his songcraft, and become one of the stock melodic tactics the band wielded with regularity, along with 1-4-5, and its related 'doowop' changes. Later applications would include some of their most famous material-- I JUST WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO, PET SEMATARY, WE WANT THE AIRWAVES, I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES, to name only a few. This is not to suggest that all of these songs end up sounding the same. After all, the appearance of I DON'T CARE shortly after HERE TODAY GONE TOMORROW-- another extremely early piece by JOEY built around a similar grouping of chords-- in the running order of ROCKET TO RUSSIA hardly makes any resemblance conspicuous. If anything, it makes their dissimilarity more pronounced, despite their common lineage. Such was the dexterity with which the band tinkered with fretboard patterns.
Quickly embraced after the band's formation, I DON'T CARE was amongst the tracks first attempted at the RAMONES' initial 1976 demo session (see I DON'T CARE demo). Although steps were taken to beef up the sound for ROCKET TO RUSSIA's official version, including an extra overdub of guitar crunch, in the end it falls into the cache of numbers which might have benefited from LEAVE HOME's heavier production. An almost comedically weak response vocal from DEEDEE detracts considerably, and the effectively affected tone of JOEY's earlier blase performance is not matched. The demo is also pitched a step down lower in G, adding to its sludgier superiority.
The unprecedented, understated nihilism of the four sentence lyric ironically brings the band to the verge of self parody, despite the song's prototypical stature. JOEY's unschooled approach landed him onto a title phrase of deeply obvious personal resonance, however, his ceaseless usage of those three words in comparable later material (such as I DON'T WANT YOU and WHAT'D YOU DO) would finally beg the question: Didn't the defensive repetition indicate that he actually cared quite a bit? Still, that here, on perhaps his very earliest attempt, JOEY managed to help codify not only the RAMONES' trademark raw musical approach, but also the bleak humor of their outcast world view, remains impressive. In their disdain for even 'these words,' the RAMONES staked a claim where few bands, even as a joke, would dare to go.


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public:
    MainWindow();
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signals:
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    void playbackStopped();

private:
    void setupStatusBar();
    void setupPlugins();

private slots:
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    void onClientConnected();
    void onClientDisconnected();
    void onClientConnectionError(int code, const QString &message);
    void onJsonRpcError(mopiqy::core::JsonRpcHandler::RpcErrorCode ec, const QJsonObject &jsonRpcErrorObj);

    // Event handler
    void onEvPlaybackStateChanged(mopiqy::mopidy::PlaybackState oldState, mopiqy::mopidy::PlaybackState newState);
    void onEvStreamTitleChanged(const QString &title);

    // CoreController
    void onCcVersionReceived(const QString &version);

    // LibraryController
    void onLcRootBrowsed(const mopiqy::mopidy::Refs &refs);
    void onLcImagesReceived(const QMap<QString, mopiqy::mopidy::Images> &uri_images);

    // PlaybackController
    void onPcCurrentTlTrackReceived(const mopiqy::mopidy::TlTrack &tlTrack);
    void onPcStateReceived(mopiqy::mopidy::PlaybackState state);
    void onPcTimePositionReceived(int tp);
    void onPcStreamTitleReceived(const QString &title);

    // MixerController
    void onMcVolumeReceived(int volume);
    void onMcVolumeSetted(bool ack);
    void onMcMuteReceived(bool isMute);
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    void updateVolumeIcon(bool isMuted, int volume);

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    mopiqy::mopidy::LibraryController m_libraryCtrl;
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Book review — Diary of a disciple - Peter and Paul's story
Book: Diary of a disciple - Peter and Paul's storyAuthor: Gemma Wilis and Emma RandallPublisher: Scripture UnionRetail Price: £9.99 (buy now)
Review by Nichola Napper1 minute readNovember/December 2018, page 31
This is a contemporary, quirky retelling of the book of Acts for children aged 7-11. It has the look and feel of modern fiction, using a variety of pictures, doodles and illustrations which could be coloured in. It is written in the style of a diary, and as well as telling the story of Acts, the book explains and applies the text. There is also a version with Luke's story which takes the reader through Luke's gospel and a mini version of the first three chapters of Luke's gospel for £1 which is ideal for a giveaway. It is an excellent way to get children with no church background into the Bible text.
Nichola Napper is a member of St Mellons Baptist Church, Cardiff.
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