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With only 500php each in our pockets we left the busy world of the Metro and went to Tagaytay for some much needed relaxing and fun trip in a place of cold climate. We planned the trip ahead, however circumstances (south traffic) led us to arrive in Tagaytay at a quarter to 10 in the evening, Having most of the itineraries planned already closed we decided to just go with the flow and rode around to find a place of solitude that suits our budget.
The food at Java Jazz Cafe is so affordable and budget friendly. We did not expect much given the prices they had, the taste is typical and the serving is ample, here you get what you paid for.
The ambiance is awesome it's very reminiscent of those artsy cabins in Baguio, the place is very homey with lots of paintings all around, as Java Jazz Cafe is an art gallery, cafe, and lodging house all in the same.
Bag Of Beans has 4 branches in Tagaytay, Charito, Athena, Main Branch, and the Twin Lakes Branch. We were at the Athena Branch.
One thing that set me off during our dining there was the staff, I asked if we can sit at the lower terrace cuz of the view and one waiter gave us the go signal and said yes while the other staff said "Hindi na pwede sarado na" in an agitated manner, only to have guest who came in later than us sit there. Also there was this thing at the restroom when my partner used the restroom the Janitor bangs on the door asking him to leave as she wants to clean the bathroom, well clearly my partner was still using it and there were no signs or what not to say that the restroom was closed or under cleaning at the time.
However, what we all do best is turning the other cheek and turning things around from a horrible situation into an awesome one, we had had alot of fun conversing the night away not even realizing the time that's gone by.
Tagaytay is a special place for it's spectacular view, and awesome restos, cafes, bars, and recreational attractions. It's a place for those who are out for a fun time with friends and/or family or a romantic "sweep you off your feet" kind of date with your partner.
There's no question that food parks are the rising trends in business and recreation, aiming to satisfy our gastronomical needs these food parks offer a huge variety of cuisine choices from various food vendors. North Hive Don Antonio is the most recent addition to this. Said food park boasts of a special kind of twist. Unlike your standard Food Parks, North Hive offers to be more than the rest as it is the pioneering park that fuses the food park concept with a bazaar plus much more.
On top of the unique food stalls, North Hive has its own treehouse bar, an old pool converted into a sunken dining area, (which the severs refer to as the "sunken garden" both covered and al-fresco dining areas, a stage for live bands, and the vast space that you usually just do not get with the other congested food parks.
I haven't been to their weekend bazaar but I heard that North Hive is also enticing because it has its own regular Weekend Bazaar which can accommodate around 50 stalls. Moreover it seems like North Hive will keep on expanding as there are lots, and spaces yet furnished, so we gotta keep our eye out for that.
North Hive Don Antonio is the newest destination of the North. Situated along Holy Spirit Drive (formerly Don Antonio Ave.) in Quezon Cit Try out this food park and see for yourself.
I'm inlove with breakfast food, if I can I would eat one for the rest of my life. Luckily we found B&P All Day Breakfast which is a casual dining restaurant that offers a modern take on well-loved breakfast specialties. B&P is quite famous specially the Ortigas and Mckinley branch, but not a lot knows about their Il Terrazzo Mall branch which is conveniently located in Tomas Morato.
Another seafood that we ordered was the Bistek Bangus Belly, This one tastes good, however the fish was overcooked and burnt. We ordered this with the scrambled egg which was fluffy but lacks seasoning. The adobo rice was good tho, that's the one redeeming factor of this dish.
This one we liked, there's a certain je ne sais qua to it. The crab meat and tuna omelette are seasoned well, although the tuna kinda overpowers it, but that's fine, there's a certain sweetness to it from the corns and the rice is kinda good.
This one's our favorite amongst all the dishes we tried. You can really taste the different meats incorporated into it, and the flavor simply explodes in your mouth which is so awesome. One thing tho, they forgot to add the egg when they served it to us, but we'll get to that later. The only downside to this is that the meat, as you can see is burnt.
Ok, we were simply disappointed with this one, to the extent that we ended up eating only the crispy chicken which was not and should not be the highlight of this dish, trust me, I know my pastas. The pesto cream was simply bland, I don't know, and can't even tell if it had any seasonings to it, it was that bland.
For a restaurant that specializes in breakfast food, you are expected to cook pancakes well. The pancake tastes good, it was fluffy and moist however, upon removing the nutella spread (so that we can taste the pancake alone without the spread) we've uncovered that the pancake is burnt, like the top part of the pancake is literally black.
This one did not disappoint, we ordered Lime Lemon Mango Cooler, Lime Celery Pandan, Strawberry Berry and Choco Loco and we loved it.
There was this instance where the meatloaf surprise, in their own description, had sunny side eggs, but when the food arrived it did not have any, Ken, who ordered it pointed it out to the server, and the server claimed that the egg was incorporated to the meatloaf itslef, although it was very clearly stated in the description of the dish that it comes with a sunny-side egg, we decided to just let go and let them be, but upon much discussion between the server and the cook, they brought us the sunny-side egg and apologized for the incident.
I couldn't complain much about the staff because of their friendly and approachable nature, I was willing to look past the incident as they were very gracious with it.
I'm loving this dog salt and pepper shaker, I want one!
I give this restaurant a 2.5/5 because of the burnt food, again considering that we were the only people dining at the time, they had much time to get the food perfectly done. Their only redeeming qualities would have to be their drinks, the staff and the ambiance.


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Q: Xcode and Eigen Library for linear algebra Im trying to use the Eigen library in Xcode. So far i have installed the library with homebrew into /usr/local/Cellar/eigen/3.2.1/include/eigen3/Eigen/Dense and use it within my project with the absolute path like so:
#include "/usr/local/Cellar/eigen/3.2.1/include/eigen3/Eigen/Dense"

The project is shared via git, thus the absolute path is not working for everyone contributing to this project. Is it somehow possible to replace the absolute path with #include <Eigen/Dense> so Xcode will automatically look up in the correct path? Can i include the path to these libraries?

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NEW JERSEY PAID SICK LEAVE ACT SIGNED INTO LAW | Lavery, Selvaggi, Abromitis & Cohen, P.C.
On May 2, 2018, the New Jersey Paid Sick Leave Act (the "Act") was signed into law by Governor Phil Murphy. The Act takes effect October 29, 2018, preempts all existing New Jersey earned sick leave municipal laws and one (1) hour of sick leave per thirty (30) hours worked.
Requires employers to keep records of hours worked and earned sick leave time used by each employee for five (5) years and to post a notice in the workplace of employees' rights under the Act.
There are some exclusions such as employees in the construction industry covered by a bargaining agreement and per diem health care workers. Importantly, the Act permits the recovery of compensatory and liquidated damages in the case of an aggrieved employee. Further, employers with existing paid time off (PTO), personal days, vacation days and sick-day policies may utilize those policies to satisfy the requirements of the act as long as employees can use the time off as required by the act.
If you are an employer or employee with questions regarding how the Act may affect you, please contact one of the attorneys at Lavery, Selvaggi, Abromitis & Cohen for assistance.


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Note: An edited version of this story appeared last week at Open Source Delivers.
We all know what happens when a big company comes in and takes over a popular open source project.
It's not pretty.
What happened to Java, OpenOffice and Solaris under Oracle was not pretty, but the community did all it could about it. Those projects had already been under a big company, Sun Microsystems, so Oracle's takeover was something in the natural order of things.
What we may soon see, however, what we're starting to see, are big companies taking on support of projects that already have a corporate sponsor. A small company devoted to the code that has been fighting to monetize it suddenly looks up and finds a giant hovering over it. The cat eating the mouse becomes food for the coyote.
Revolution Analytics recently found itself in this position. The corporate sponsor of the R big data language recently found out that Oracle will be offering support for R in its data center offerings.
David Smith, the company's vice president of marketing and community, doesn't feel like the cat before the coyote, however.
"Oracle is just catching up," he told me, and their price of $23,000/core raises eyebrows. They may persuade some of their existing customers to use R at that price, but it's not going to keep him up at night.
Besides, Revolution has been swimming with big data sharks for years. The whole idea of R is to analyze big data. Big companies are the target market. Smith even has a white paper on that. So it doesn't surprise him that companies specializing in the creation and maintenance of big data are interested in his project.
So far, he reports, it's all been good.
Netezza, now part of IBM, brought R into their data appliance. Terradata, Greenplum, even the big statistical vendors have integrated R. "The statisticians and data scientists who have learned R at university want to use the environment they're productive in," he said.
What has happened in the past is "we do joint sales deals. The customer buys from both the data warehousing vendor and from us. We provide integration between our software and the client's software. As a user I can be looking at my client and have those computations done within Netezza.
"For the R community it can mean that these big companies do contribute to the R ecosystem in general," and IBM has already contributed packages using R to the community. "The way the software grows, via commits, isn't by modifications to the core engine, which is stable. The way it's set up is people put in changes via packages, or modules in the Linux world. As these companies contribute more packages the project grows.
"It's not clear how things will be with Oracle," he added. "They haven't released a lot of information on how the integration works."
That's often the way it is with Oracle. The company looks for profit, from its customers, where it can get profit. If it can buy out a company and then jack up its prices, using customer lock-in against customers, that's just business.
Just not in open source.
"Oracle is much more focused on Oracle than on R," Smith concluded. "You need their stack and our module within it to get it. So there won't be many users. I don't see it as a big difference for us. I see no moves toward Oracle taking over the R community."
What happens with bigger organizations is more delicate, but perhaps more profitable.
Take for example Amazon.Com, which recently announced it would provide support to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) users within its AWS cloud.
For Red Hat it's all good.
AWS has been running RHEL for years, which has helped it launch Gluster virtual storage appliance technology within Amazon's cloud. Allowing license portability between AWS and other Red Hat installations is also part of Red Hat's larger plans for an open cloud, said Scott Crenshaw, vice president and general manager of its Cloud Business Unit.
"Organizations should be able to use all their resources," and the AWS public cloud is going to be part of his customers' solution, he said. He called Red Hat-Amazon relations "a very strong partnership" adding "We've got many large enterprise customers using Red Hat on AWS. The usage of Red Hat on AWS is growing exponentially."
Big open source companies like Red Hat can defend themselves from enterprise companies using their products as a halo over devil horns, even profiting from that. Smaller companies like Revolution Analytics can't, but so far they're not complaining.
The real question here may be for the future. It's clear that enterprise software companies see the "halo" over open source and want a piece of that. So far, most have played nice.
But what will happen when one company doesn't? What will happen when a big company "discovers" an open source project and sees it can grow that business, without needing to support the small open source company that's been trying to keep its flame alive?
We know what happens in other businesses. It's a cliché. The big agent poaches the small agent's clients. The big record company grabs the small one's stars. The big city clubs sign tomorrow's soccer stars at younger-and-younger ages, cutting local clubs out completely.
As the halo over open source grows, will the big companies continue to play nice? And if they don't, what will the community do in response?
February 27, 2012 in business strategy, intellectual property, open source, software | Permalink
Tags: Amazon, open source, open source business models, open source support, R, R software, Red Hat, Revolution Analytics

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Hauts-commissaires de France au Levant (1919-1941)

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5th July, Barton's Mill, Old Basing. A little uncertain about dancing at only one venue, and one where we are often joined by another side, we were given an amberlicious welcome by the landlord, which prompted our first dance "Landlord, fill the flowing bowl", even if post hoc.
The Wadworth's beers were on fine form, especially, in your author's opinion, the Horizon golden ale.
Our efforts were encouraged by fine weather and an enthusiastic (and generous!) crowd, and we danced two good sets, separated by a double jig by Andy and Baz who seemed determined to compete over the most inelegant "manhole cover" step.
The men's financial burdens were further lifted by a group of Canadians over on business, astonished by the entire event, who, competing with their British host for generosity (paper money landing in the hat in unprecedented amounts), insisted on buying us pints all round: motion for the AGM – write a dance to the tune of 'O Canada'.
On parting, one of the Commonwealth cousins expressed a desire to own a tankard; your author was so moved that he gave him Cliff *. Cue manly hugs.
Barton's Mill has more than justified its regular place on our programme.
* of unknown provenance, the tankard was inscribed "To Cliff from the HRC Novice IV 1989". A substitute vessel from Ross's collection of pre-loved articles has been pressed into service.


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Loopholes in the vehicle salvage system need closing to help cut the market for stolen vehicles, according to the organisation that represents British car insurers.
Vehicle salvage, or scrapping, is seen by some as creating a market for stolen cars, with vehicles broken up and sold off for spare parts. Now, though, James Dalton, the director of general insurance policy at the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has told the salvage industry that its existing code of practice has six problems that need to be tackled in order to thwart car thieves.
According to Dalton, the current code of practice - a voluntary agreement on how written-off vehicles should be processed - is open to exploitation by criminals. Speaking at the salvage trade body's annual general meeting, Dalton said weaknesses in the online notification process for changing registered vehicle keepers, a lack of vehicle identity checks and the ability to purchase written-off vehicles at auction were all among the issues making it easier for thieves to profit from stolen cars.
Dalton also said deficiencies in the process for obtaining duplicate or replacement logbooks was potentially enabling criminals to easily "clone" a vehicle's identity, while the lack of a sufficiently robust 'know your customer' and ID verification process at vehicle salvage auctions was also making life easier for crooks. Finally Dalton also criticised the the fact that a vehicle will retain its MOT certificate even if it is a financial write-off.
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"What we as an industry are not prepared to do… is to mandate an increase in the number of vehicles that should be repaired given the safety issues that would pose," he said. "Nor are we prepared to crush a larger number of vehicles that are perfectly repairable. This would increase costs and represent significant unnecessary waste and damage to the environment. That, it seems to me, would be a disproportionate response to the problem of increased vehicle theft.


Boy, does it hurt. Is there anything quite as debilitating as back pain? Yes, it's true, there are some contenders. Toothache can drive you to the point of wanting to knock yourself out with a frying pan. Earache, especially when caused by an infection, can leave you feeling as though your brain is on fire. And then there are the kinds of pain caused by terminal illnesses like cancer. But for sheer agony, back pain is right up there in the Top Three of physical agonies. For some sufferers, it enforces a life of lying down, with simple actions like getting up and turning on the kettle requiring military levels of forethought, planning and strategy. Gay massage, shiatsu, osteopathy and other helpful treatments can certainly do a lot to diminish this most galling of pains. Now, however, a piece published earlier this year has given us a new insight into how we use our backs and what we should be doing to keep them out of pain's way.
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Chapter 16C
Section 16C.03
16C.02 16C.04
Computers and information systems
Federal agencies and officers
Federal surplus property
Joint powers agreements
Management and budget department
Minnesota state colleges and universities system (mnscu)
Rehabilitation facilities
Sales and use taxes
State information services
State surplus property
2014 16C.03 Amended 2014 c 196 art 2 s 2
2014 Subd. 19 Repealed 2014 c 196 art 2 s 16
2008 Subd. 10 Amended 2008 c 277 art 1 s 2
2007 Subd. 2 Amended 2007 c 67 s 1
2007 Subd. 3 Amended 2007 c 148 art 3 s 3
2007 Subd. 3a New 2007 c 148 art 3 s 4
2007 Subd. 10 Amended 2007 c 139 s 1
2007 Subd. 10 Amended 2007 c 83 s 1
2007 Subd. 16 Amended 2007 c 148 art 2 s 33
2007 Subd. 19 New 2007 c 148 art 3 s 5
2005 Subd. 18 New 2005 c 3 art 5 s 1
2003 Subd. 17 New 2003 c 1 art 2 s 46
2001 Subd. 2 Amended 2001 c 10 art 2 s 34
2001 Subd. 4a New 2001 c 10 art 2 s 35
1998 16C.03 New 1998 c 386 art 1 s 4
16C.03 COMMISSIONER'S AUTHORITY; POWERS AND DUTIES.
Subdivision 1.Scope.
The commissioner's authority in this section applies to an agency and is subject to other provisions of this chapter and chapter 16B. Unless otherwise provided, the provisions in this chapter and chapter 16B do not apply to the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities.
Subd. 2.Rulemaking authority.
Subject to chapter 14, the commissioner may adopt rules, consistent with this chapter and chapter 16B, relating to the following topics:
(1) procurement process including solicitations and responses to solicitations, bid security, vendor errors, opening of responses, award of contracts, tied bids, and award protest process;
(2) contract performance and failure to perform;
(3) authority to debar or suspend vendors, and reinstatement of vendors;
(4) contract cancellation;
(5) procurement from rehabilitation facilities;
(6) organizational conflicts of interest; and
(7) surplus property acquisition, distribution, and disposal.
Subd. 3.Acquisition authority.
The commissioner shall acquire all goods, services, and utilities needed by agencies. The commissioner shall acquire goods, services, and utilities by requests for bids, requests for proposals, reverse auctions as provided in section 16C.10, subdivision 7, or other methods provided by law, unless a section of law requires a particular method of acquisition to be used. The commissioner shall make all decisions regarding acquisition activities. The determination of the acquisition method and all decisions involved in the acquisition process, unless otherwise provided for by law, shall be based on best value which includes an evaluation of price and may include other considerations including, but not limited to, environmental considerations, quality, and vendor performance. A best value determination must be based on the evaluation criteria detailed in the solicitation document. If criteria other than price are used, the solicitation document must state the relative importance of price and other factors. Any or all responses may be rejected. When using the request for bid process, the bid must be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, taking into consideration conformity with the specifications, terms of delivery, the purpose for which the contract or purchase is intended, the status and capability of the vendor, and other considerations imposed in the request for bids. The commissioner may decide which is the lowest responsible bidder for all purchases and may use the principles of life-cycle costing, where appropriate, in determining the lowest overall bid. The duties set forth in this subdivision are subject to delegation pursuant to this section.
Subd. 3a.Acquisition authority; construction contracts.
For all building and construction contracts, the commissioner shall award contracts pursuant to section 16C.28, and "best value" shall be defined and applied as set forth in sections 16C.02, subdivision 4a, and 16C.28, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), and paragraph (c). The duties set forth in this subdivision are subject to delegation pursuant to this section. The commissioner shall establish procedures for developing and awarding best value requests for proposals for construction projects. The criteria to be used to evaluate the proposals must be included in the solicitation document and must be evaluated in an open and competitive manner.
Subd. 4.Contracting authority.
The commissioner shall conduct all contracting by, for, and between agencies and perform all contract management and review functions for contracts, except those functions specifically delegated to be performed by the contracting agency, the attorney general, or otherwise provided for by law. The commissioner may require that agency staff participate in the development of enterprise procurements including the development of product standards, the application of accessibility standards, specifications, and other requirements.
Subd. 4a.Commissioner approval.
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, after January 1, 2002, any contract entered into by the Department of Transportation must be approved by the commissioner, unless the commissioner has delegated approval authority to the Department of Transportation under subdivision 16.
Subd. 5.Amendments, cancellations, and appeals.
The commissioner shall, in addition to the duties set forth in subdivisions 3 and 4, make all decisions regarding amendments, cancellations, and appeals of all agency acquisition activities unless the duties are delegated pursuant to this section.
Subd. 6.Lease and installment purchases.
The commissioner is authorized to enter into lease purchases or installment purchases for periods not exceeding the anticipated useful life of the items acquired unless otherwise prohibited by law.
Subd. 7.Lease, rental, and installment agreements.
The commissioner is authorized to enter into lease, lease purchase, rental, or installment agreements for the use or acquisition, whichever is applicable, of real or personal property.
Subd. 8.Policy and procedures.
The commissioner is authorized to issue policies, procedures, and standards applicable to all acquisition activities by and for agencies. Consistent with the authority specified in this chapter, the commissioner shall develop and implement policies, procedures, and standards ensuring the optimal use of strategic sourcing techniques.
Subd. 9.Employee purchasing.
The commissioner is authorized to enter into contracts under which a vendor agrees to sell computer equipment and related products to state employees, for their own use related to work, at contract prices. Employees may make only one purchase under this subdivision. Under no circumstances shall the state be liable for purchases made under this subdivision. The provisions of section 43A.38, subdivisions 4 and 5, clause (1), do not apply to this subdivision.
Subd. 10.Cooperative purchasing.
The commissioner is authorized to enter into a cooperative purchasing agreement for the provision of goods, services, and utilities with one or more other states or governmental units, as described in section 471.59, subdivision 1; entities defined in section 16C.23, subdivision 1; a registered combined charitable organization and its affiliated agencies as defined by section 43A.50; a charitable organization defined in section 309.50, subdivision 4, that is also a recipient of a state grant or contract; or a nonprofit community health clinic defined in section 145.9268. The commissioner is authorized to enter into cooperative purchasing agreements for the purchase of goods, services, and utilities with health care facilities that are required to provide indigent care or any entity recognized by another state's statutes as authorized to use that state's commodity or service contracts.
Subd. 11.Surplus property.
The commissioner is authorized to purchase, accept, transfer, warehouse, sell, distribute, or dispose of surplus property in accordance with state and federal rules and regulations. The commissioner may charge a fee to cover any expenses incurred in connection with any of these acts.
Subd. 12.Central distribution center.
The commissioner is authorized to provide and manage a central distribution center for federal and state surplus personal property, as defined in section 16C.23, and may provide and manage a warehouse facility.
Subd. 13.Central stores.
The commissioner is authorized to provide agencies with supplies and equipment and operate all central stores and supply rooms serving more than one agency.
Subd. 14.Provision of goods, services, and utilities.
The commissioner has the authority to provide goods, services, and utilities under this chapter to state legislative and judicial branch agencies, political subdivisions, the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, the University of Minnesota, and federal government agencies.
Subd. 15.Reimbursement for goods, services, and utilities.
The commissioner is authorized to charge a fee to cover costs and expenses associated with operating a revolving fund or an enterprise fund to acquire goods, services, and utilities. The fees are appropriated to the commissioner to administer and manage the programs and facilities covered under this section.
Subd. 16.Delegation of duties.
The commissioner may delegate duties imposed by this chapter to the head of an agency and to any subordinate of the agency head. Delegated duties shall be exercised in the name of the commissioner and under the commissioner's direct supervision and control. A delegation of duties may include, but is not limited to, allowing individuals within agencies to acquire goods, services, and utilities within dollar limitations and for designated types of acquisitions. Delegation of contract management and review functions must be filed with the secretary of state and may not, except with respect to delegations within the Department of Administration, exceed two years in duration. The commissioner may withdraw any delegation at the commissioner's sole discretion. The commissioner may require an agency head or subordinate to accept delegated responsibility to procure goods or services intended for the exclusive use of the agency receiving the delegation.
Subd. 17.Contract extension.
The term of a contract may be extended for a time longer than the time specified in this chapter, up to a total term of ten years, if the commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of management and budget, determines that the contractor will incur upfront costs under the contract that cannot be recovered within a two-year period and that will provide cost savings to the state and that these costs will be amortized over the life of the contract.
Subd. 18.Contracts with foreign vendors.
(a) The commissioner and other agencies to which this section applies and the legislative branch of government shall, subject to paragraph (d), cancel a contract for goods or services from a vendor or an affiliate of a vendor or suspend or debar a vendor or an affiliate of a vendor from future contracts upon notification from the commissioner of revenue that the vendor or an affiliate of the vendor has not registered to collect the sales and use tax imposed under chapter 297A on its sales in Minnesota or to a destination in Minnesota. This subdivision shall not apply to state colleges and universities, the courts, and any agency in the judicial branch of government. For purposes of this subdivision, the term "affiliate" means any person or entity that is controlled by, or is under common control of, a vendor through stock ownership or other affiliation.
(b) Beginning January 1, 2006, each vendor or affiliate of a vendor selling goods or services, subject to tax under chapter 297A, to an agency or the legislature must provide its Minnesota sales and use tax business identification number, upon request, to show that the vendor is registered to collect Minnesota sales or use tax.
(c) The commissioner of revenue shall periodically provide to the commissioner and the legislative branch a list of vendors who have not registered to collect Minnesota sales and use tax and who are subject to being suspended or debarred as vendors or having their contracts canceled.
(d) The provisions of this subdivision may be waived by the commissioner or the legislative branch when the vendor is the single source of such goods or services, in the event of an emergency, or when it is in the best interests of the state as determined by the commissioner in consultation with the commissioner of revenue. Such consultation is not a disclosure violation under chapter 270B.
Subd. 19.Training.
Any personnel administering procurement procedures for a user of best value procurement or any consultant retained by a local unit of government to prepare or evaluate solicitation documents must be trained, either by the department or through other training, in the request for proposals process for best value contracting for construction projects. The commissioner may establish a training program for state and local officials, and vendors and contractors, on best value procurement for construction projects, including those governed by section 16C.28. If the commissioner establishes such a training program, the state may charge a fee for providing training.
1998 c 386 art 1 s 4; 2000 c 420 s 1; 1Sp2001 c 10 art 2 s 34,35; 1Sp2003 c 1 art 2 s 46; 1Sp2005 c 3 art 5 s 1; 2007 c 67 s 1; 2007 c 83 s 1; 2007 c 139 s 1; 2007 c 148 art 2 s 30-33; art 3 s 3-5; 2008 c 277 art 1 s 2; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109; 2009 c 131 s 2