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This course is an introduction to Logic from a computational perspective. It shows how to encode information in the form of logical sentences; it shows how to reason with information in this form; and it provides an overview of logic technology and its applications - in mathematics, science, engineering, business, law, and so forth.
Introduction to LogicStanford University
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The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is an American private research university located in Stanford, California on an 8,180-acre (3,310 ha) campus near Palo Alto, California, United States.
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Lesson 1 - Introduction
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Lesson 4 - Propositional Proofs
Lesson 5 - Propositional Resolution
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This course was so helpful. I think I now understand the fundamentals of mathematical logic. I truly recommend this course to anyone who is interested in studying logic!
Somehow difficult in the last several weeks. As almost all the materials are all in words, students may sometimes feel bored seeing all lines and complex tables.
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I feel like some things could have been explained better, maybe a better description of how the fitch tool worked. Other than that, it was a great course!
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- £600 per week
- £86 per night
- 5 Guests
- 3 Bedrooms
- 2 Bathrooms
- 2 Pets
Beds & bedrooms
- Bed linen provided
- 1 king/super-king bed
- 1 double bed
- 1 single bed
- Washing machine
- Dishwasher
- Freezer
- 2 WCs
- Towels provided
- En-suite bathroom
- Bath
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- Garden or courtyard
- Private parking
How far to...?
- Beach 60 miles
- Pub 0.1 miles
- Shop 0.1 miles
Special Features
- WiFi
- Open fire or woodburner
- Welcome pack
Nearby activities
- Walking
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House Rules
- Check in: 7:00pm
- Check out: 9:00am
To give our cleaners enough time to complete the additional cleaning and sanitising that is currently needed to keep our guests safe, check-in and check-out times at the majority of our properties have been temporarily revised. The revised times for this property are reflected above.
- Ground floor toilet
- Ground floor bedroom
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This traditional stone-built cottage is located in the heart of the popular market town of Hawes in Wensleydale, close to the waterfall and church with its beautiful stained-glass windows. Chapel House is full of character and charm, the cottage provides an ideal holiday home for a small group or family looking to get away from it all and enjoy the many delights of this thriving old Dales town. This well-equipped property benefits from beamed ceilings and a wood burning stove in the upstairs lounge, the views from the front windows overlook the famous Hawes bridge over the waterfall. The owners have put a lot of thought and detail into Chapel House and this shows in the Chapel dining chairs, soft furnishings, comfortable bedrooms and the attention to detail in each room. There is also a sunny patio area with a bench to the front of the cottage. For those of you who like to visit the many traditional Dales pubs in this town the first one is only 160 steps away! Why not spend a day visiting the local attractions such as the famous Wensleydale Creamery where you can taste all the local cheeses that are made on the premises. Asysgarth Falls, Hardraw Force and Askrigg are all a short drive away. Then why not cosy up in front of the woodburning stove after a busy day exploring all that the Yorkshire Dales national park has to offer.
Entrance: Hallway, Coat and boot storage, stone floor.
Bedroom 1: Double bed, wardrobe with drawers, chest of drawers, chair and Smart TV
En suite: Shower, washbasin, toilet.
FIRST FLOOR: 13 steps up:
Kitchen/Dining room: Electric oven, grill, hob, Smeg fridge/freezer, microwave, dishwasher, washing machine, dining table and chairs, dresser, Bluetooth/WiFi speaker. A spacious entertaining area with views over the Hawes bridge. Feature Victorian fireplace.
Lounge: Wood burning stove (welcome pack of fuel provided), Smart TV, two comfortable sofas, one chair. Beamed ceiling. Coffee table, side tables. Views toward the Hawes waterfall.
SECOND FLOOR: 12 steps up:
Bedroom 2: King-size bed in wrought iron surround, fitted wardrobe, dressing table, chest of drawers, wooden blanket box, beamed ceiling and Smart TV.
Bedroom 3: Large singe bed in brass surround, fitted wardrobe, chest of drawers, blanket box and Smart TV. Views over Hawes stone bridge.
Bathroom: Bath with shower over, washbasin, toilet.
Pets: Two pets welcome.
Parking: Parking at the front of the property for one medium car.
Heating: Gas central heating, woodburning stove (welcome pack of fuel provided).
Garden/Patio: Small patio at the front of the property. Bench.
Short Breaks: Accepted all year round.
Shop: 0.1 miles. Pub: 0.1 miles.
Notes: Towels are provided, please note that this property does not allow smoking, Unlimited super fast WiFi is available free of charge.
Thank you for allowing us to stay in your cottage. We had a wonderful time. You should be very proud of the Town you have here. The surroundings are beautiful and the people are very friendly. It is also incredible how self sufficient Hawes is with it being remote. t was lovely to visit the surrounding community and go for long walks.
Overall, very good. A super property in a great location. A credit to the owners. Super property in a great location in the centre of Hawes. Highly recommended. Good service from the staff in the Hawes office when I spoke to them
Good standard of decor and well appointed cottage. Small parking area but large enough for our people carrier. Three large bedrooms, comfortable living room and well designed kitchen with everything required for self catering. Within easy walking distance of shops and pubs and lots of walking on the doorstep.
Amazing holiday, so lucky with weather. Lovely cottage and location. Would definitely recommend
Lovely stay. Could not fault the cottage, everything you need. Set in a beautiful village.
"We stayed at Chapel House in July and loved it. The cottage has plenty of space - our group included two adult couples and we were never cramped as we have been at some other places in the past. The kitchen is really well equipped, including with plenty of ovenware etc. and a big dining table, and it was useful to have two bathrooms (one en suite, one family) when trying to get out promptly in the mornings. The location is perfect for exploring the Dales (under half and hour from great walks around the three peaks, Swaledale, and Kettlewell, and with some nice circular walks from Hawes itself) and the town has everything you need, including a great butchers and bakers, lovely cafes, and a handy Spar. The parking space outside the house wasn't huge, but was fine for our little Polo, and although there was no space for our friends' car, there is quite a bit of free street parking in easy walking distance. Highly recommended!"
Really enjoyed our 5 nights in this quaint cottage - great central spot and loved Hawes. I would definitely recommend this cottage and village. Thank you for having lovely items in the kitchen area.
Stunning and all we could have wanted - thank you
location is amazing. I have mobility issues but could walk everywhere. We will be back
Had a really relaxing weekend and didn't want to leave! Amazing location and beautiful countryside.
Attention to detail in this cottage is spectacular! I could live here, beautiful cottage, had the most lovely of times. Perfect!!
Area Information
The charming market town of Hawes has been around as far back as 1307 and is still delighting visitors to this day. Standing between Buttertubs and Fleet Moss, the name Hawes literally means 'a pass between mountains' and the town's beautiful setting in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales means you're never far from a breathtaking view and ideally located to access many of the Dale's most popular visitor attractions. The town's market is held every Tuesday selling a great selection of locally produced food and drink, however if you can't wait until then to sample some of the area's lovely food- pay a visit to the the Wensleydale Creamery, located just on the outskirts of the town to see how the famous cheese is made (and try a bit for yourself!). For lovers of the outdoors, there are many fantastic walks in the area such as the Hawes Mosaic Trail and circular walks to nearby Aysgarth Falls, a stunning waterfall over limestone steps.


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It is the mission of The Baton Rouge Irish Club to promote Irish Culture in the Greater Baton Rouge Area through the arts which includes the presentation of film, theater, literary arts, music and dance, and to support other community activities and organizations that also promote Irish Culture.
The Baton Rouge Irish Club began the tradition of supporting Irish culture, history and festivities in the Baton Rouge area over 60 years ago. Since the 1950's and 1960's, South Louisianans have been celebrating St. Patrick's Day with parades, grand dances and large dinners, permanently ingraining the Irish Culture into the Baton Rouge landscape. Today, the annual St. Patrick's Day parade draws the largest audience for any one-day event in Louisiana.
Over 40 million Americans consider themselves Irish or of Irish descent, bringing about a revival of genealogy and the study and enjoyment of rich Irish culture, including Irish works of literature, film, food, music, dance, folklore and art. The Irish Club in Baton Rouge continues to celebrate and promote its Irish Heritage through a variety of both educational and social events that are scheduled throughout the year. Some of these events include: St. Patrick's Day Parade; Bloomsday Celebration in remembrance of noted Irish author James Joyce; The Irish Film Festival, a three-day event celebrating Irish films and Dinner Theatre, featuring a play written by a well-known Irish playwright. These events are in addition to the regular membership meetings that take place locally in Baton Rouge every month.
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Ex-Strictly star Brendan Cole says Norwich choir gave "perfect" performance
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Former Strictly star Brendan Cole has praised young members of a Norwich dance school who joined him on stage at Theatre Royal.
The professional dancer, who hails from New Zealand, performed twice in the city on Saturday as part his Show Man Tour.
He was joined by 26 children from the Norwich Central School of Dancing and Performing Arts which formed a choir to sing in three of his acts.
Mr Cole, who won the debut series of BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing, said the children's performance was "perfect".
He said: "Sometimes you never really know what you are going to get because we haven't rehearsed with them. But they were absolutely fantastic.
"It adds such a beautiful element to the show and it was 10 times better than I thought it would be - and I already thought it would be special."
Georgia Taylor, 11, from Central, was chosen to do a solo dance with Mr Cole in a scene where she played his daughter.
Mr Cole is visiting 31 towns and cities across the UK and Ireland as part of his tour.
His show features high energy dancing, live music and special effects.
Speaking after the matinee performance on Saturday he also had praise for the Norwich audience.
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It seems breathtakingly bold to include a Congressional bonus in the Omnibus bill. Or perhaps it is merely shameless, arrogant, and entitled.
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In what may be the most (and least) shocking turn of events in the battle over curbing government spending, we learn that the omnibus bill will give every member of Congress and their staff a big bonus courtesy of the American taxpayer.
Hopefully, Donald Trump will become too disgusted to sign it!
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The Washington Free Beacon reports, "Congress Gives Itself a Bonus in Omnibus."
The House and Senate increased their own budgets in the $1.3 trillion omnibus spending package.
The Senate increased its total salaries of officers and employees by $12.6 million in the 2,232-page bill that lawmakers had fewer than 48 hours to read and vote on. The bill avoids a government shutdown that would take place at midnight on Friday[…]
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The legislation increases the Senate budget to $919.9 million, up $48.8 million from fiscal year 2017, according to the congressional summary of the bill.[…]
Meanwhile, the House of Representatives increased its budget to $1.2 billion, which is $10.9 million above 2017 levels.
Salaries of staffers in the Senate are also set for an increase. Division I of the legislation breaks down the total salaries of officers and employees, which are being raised from $182 million in 2017 to $194.8 million in the final bill, an increase of $12.58 million.
The Senate also increased its expense account, as expense allowances are going from $177,000 to $192,000, an increase of $15,000.
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What are Weather-Responsive Management Strategies (WRMS)?
More than 20 percent of crashes are weather-related, and weather-associated delays can result in significant losses in productivity and efficiency. Weather-responsive traffic and maintenance management strategies support State and local transportation agencies in deploying improved traffic control and traveler information systems that will significantly reduce highway crashes and delays resulting from adverse weather.
Weather-responsive traffic management strategies provide relevant and timely information to agencies on the need for appropriate traffic intervention methods to mitigate the impacts of weather-related road and traffic conditions. The result is improved mobility, reduced delays, and safer travel during inclement weather. Weather-responsive maintenance management strategies are also used by agencies to improve mobility and safety in adverse weather, as well as reduce the negative environmental impacts and costs associated with road salt use.
Learn more about this EDC-5 Innovation.
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Before EDC-5 began, NJ had integrated several weather-responsive management strategies:
NJDOT Awarded Their First Accelerated Innovation Deployment (AID) Grant from FHWA. The award supports a weather savvy roads pilot program, installing video camera dashboards and sensors onto NJDOT maintenance trucks and safety service patrol vehicles to collect streaming video and weather / pavement information to support road weather management throughout the state. The project has been authorized, with a contract awarded to New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). NJDOT and NJIT staff are working together to coordinate details, including identifying and inspecting vehicles for possible placement of equipment.
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In our vision of the future, people work together to find ways to live with a lot less reliance on fossil fuels, much reduced carbon emissions, improved wellbeing for all and stronger local economies. The Transition movement is a social experiment, in which communities learn from each other and are part of a global and historic push towards a better future for us and the planet.
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When you look up the list of online kratom vendors, you will surely see the name "Organic Kratom." They entered the kratom business when kratom became popular and when a lot of people saw its benefits.
They have a website where you can read a lot of information about different kratom strains as well as Organic Kratom reviews.
Aside from the description of each kratom strain, you can also read the history of each. You can learn from the website the effects of different strains, some recommendations, and the advised dosage for each strain.
There is no verified information regarding this vendor's office location or how long it has been in business. Nonetheless, you will surely be enthralled not only by the design of their website but the completeness of the information regarding their products.
What Are the Products Available in Organic Kratom?
This vendor focuses on kratom products rather than selling products or substances that are much like the effects of kratom. Other websites claim to sell kratom products, but their products are not made from 100% kratom.
As a result, people avoid or become extra cautious in buying kratom products from online sources.
Fortunately, Organic Kratom is a lot different from those websites, and they provide full information about several kratom strains. They offer strains like green veins, white veins, red veins, Bali strains, Maeng Da strains, Indo strains, and green Malay strains.
They offer kratom products in powder form, and those powder kratoms came from Malaysia and Thailand. Apart from those kratom origins, this vendor also provides kratom in other forms like capsules and kratom extracts.
If you go to their website and choose a particular strain, you will see a complete description of that strain. You will know its effectiveness and potency by reading the product description.
This vendor claims that they have visited the source of their products to get first-hand knowledge and to ensure the security and the quality of their kratom products.
Such a claim makes this vendor legit which leaves no doubt to customers like you.
What Are the Prices at Organic Kratom?
With concerns regarding the pricing of Organic Kratom, you should know that there is a limited quantity of kratom powder. However, with kratom extracts and kratom capsules' availability, be assured that there is a lot in stock.
The prices of the products sold by this vendor are just like the prices of other online kratom vendors.
What Are the Drawbacks of Organic Kratom?
There is only one major drawback of this vendor's website. People are accustomed to seeing customer reviews or product reviews on a vendor's site, but you cannot find an Organic Kratom reviews page on their website. Even if you try to search on the internet, you still cannot find one.
If you are a first-time buyer on their website, it is inevitable that you may become a bit suspicious. If other kratom vendors online especially the established ones have written reviews all over the internet, then why does Organic Kratom doesn't have one?
You can find an Organic Kratom Facebook page, but it only has a few likes and no comments on any of their posts at all.
The website might be still starting that they are not receiving any Organic Kratom reviews or comments yet. This vendor claims to be America's number one kratom vendor. If their claims are true, isn't it inevitable that they would receive a lot of reviews all over the internet world and on every social media platform?
For now, you can only discover more about this vendor if you try to purchase products from them.
Organic Kratom can give you a lot of information about the kratom products that they offer.
Unfortunately, they do not have a large number of kratom powders in stock at their store. The good thing is, they seem to be selling a wide selection of high-quality products.
Another negative side of this vendor is you cannot find any Organic Kratom reviews on the internet which decreases the chance of this site to be recommended as no one is sure about the quality of their products.
However, some users have claimed on their respective blogs that products from this brand are legit and of high quality.


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FDIC, OCC issue notices of proposed rulemaking to raise asset threshold and reduce scope of stress testing requirements
On December 18, the FDIC issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) that would revise stress testing requirements for FDIC-supervised institutions, consistent with changes made by Section 401 of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (the Act). In particular, the proposed rule will (i) change the minimum threshold for applicability from $10 billion to $250 billion; (ii) revise the frequency of required stress tests for most FDIC-supervised institutions from annual to biannual; and (iii) reduce the number of required stress testing scenarios from three to two. Among other things, the FDIC proposes that, in general, FDIC-supervised institutions that are covered banks as of December 31, 2019, will "be required to conduct, report, and publish a stress test once every two years, beginning on January 1, 2020, and continuing every even-numbered year thereafter." The proposed rule will also add a new defined term, "reporting year," which will be the year in which a covered bank must conduct, report, and publish its stress test. However, the proposed rule notes that certain covered banks will still be required to conduct annual stress tests, such as covered banks that are subsidiaries of global systemically important bank holding companies or bank holding companies that have $700 billion or more in total assets or cross-jurisdictional activity of $75 billion or more, under rules proposed by the Federal Reserve Board. Furthermore, the proposed rule will remove the "adverse" scenario—which the FDIC states has provided "limited incremental information"—and require stress tests to be conducted under the "baseline" and "severely adverse" stress testing scenarios.
Separately the same day, the OCC also issued a NPR to amend the agency's stress testing rule for covered financial institutions to be consistent with Section 401, which incorporates the revisions described in the FDIC's NPR.
Comments on both NPRs are due by February 19, 2019.


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There is "nothing to fear" from leaving the European Union if David Cameron is unable to renegotiate Britain's relationship with Brussels, leading economists and academics say today.
In a letter to The Telegraph, they warn that the debate over the UK's membership of the EU "has been characterised by half-truths and outright fabrications".
The Prime Minister has pledged to renegotiate Britain's relationship with the EU before holding an in-out referendum in 2017 and is coming under growing pressure to set out his plans.
A number of Tory MPs want the Mr Cameron to state that he would be prepared to campaign to leave the EU if he is unable to achieve significant reform.
In the letter, organised by the Business for Britain campaign group, the experts write that they want a new relationship between Britain and the European Union and support an in-out referendum.
Signatories include Dr Ruth Lea, the chairman of Economists for Britain, and John Mills, chairman of JML and a key Labour Party donor
The letter states: "The wholly misleading claim that millions of jobs would be lost if the UK were to leave the EU has been comprehensively disproven and refuted."
George Osborne, the Chancellor, said that he did not "expect us to fail" in renegotiating Britain's role in the EU ahead of a referendum.
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Polish death metal heavyweights VADER opened the Nuclear Blast era with a strong effort in "Necropolis", yet it is its follow up "Welcome to the Morbid Reich" that feels like a more complete, definitive type album. There is just something about the overall feel of this one that is immediately identifiable as the kind of feral, teeth-baring and thrash-informed death metal that VADER patented long ago, albeit with modern touches and updating. Of course, when it comes to VADER, product quality is never an issue of concern.
The beauty of this album, as well as the last couple releases from the long running act is that vocalist/guitarist Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek and his crew of assassins have retained the rudiments of that patented style without sounding recycled. As is the case with kindred spirits SLAYER, it is what the fans expect. Few bands are able to keep a recognized formula as fresh and relevant as either of these legendary acts. In the case of VADER, it is done by tweaking the precision-kill riffs and tightly wound rhythm chunk (most notably on "Black Velvet and Skulls of Steel"), as well as incorporating varying degrees of symphonic effects, which are comparatively more prominent this time around. You'll hear it on tracks like "Return to the Morbid Reich", "Come and See my Sacrifice", which bears noting for its impacting arrangement, and "I am Who Feasts Upon your Soul", one on which the choral effects work in splendid contrast to the savage delivery. The best part about it is that any of those tracks are distinctly VADER in their murderous ways, with or without the symphonic infusion. Classic assaults like "Don't Rip the Beast's Heart Out" and the speed-addled insanity of "Decapitated Saints" (featuring an unbelievable display of frantic vocal patterning) are further justification of the act's uninterrupted reign as part of the circle of kings, while the soloing of guitarist Marak "Spider" Pajak is nothing short of exceptional. Pakak's playing really stands out on here. The periodic layering of Peter's trademark guttural vocals with sadistic screams is noteworthy as well, no more so than on "I Had a Dream…"
Much like CANNIBAL CORPSE, VADER is a model of death metal consistency. Not even close to sounding like a band that is riding waves of past successes or nostalgia, much less churning out albums of questionable appeal, VADER — and Peter specifically — is in simplest terms a friggin' machine. "Welcome to the Morbid Reich" is all the proof you'll need.


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The assessment under Section 143(3) was originally done on 19.12.2008. The notice under Section 148, which is impugned herein, has been issued beyond the period of four years from the end of the relevant assessment year. The reasons for initiating the reassessment proceedings which were supplied to the petitioner on 16.01.2014 are as under:-
Reasons for issue of notice u/s 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 :-
Return declaring Nil income for AY 2005-06 was filed by the assessee on 30.10.2005, which was later revised on 30.03.2007 declaring an income of Rs.3,62,68,927/- and the assessment was completed u/s 143(3) on 19.12.2008 at an income of Rs.37,61,13,121/-. The reasons for the variance in the assessed income from the returned income was that Discovery Communications India (DCIN) was held to be the assessee's PE in India and profits were attributable to it. Further, the subscription revenues received by the assessee were taxed as royalty income.
2. Article 12(6) of the DTAA between India and US provides that the provisions of Article 12(1) and 12(2) shall not apply if the royalties or fees for technical services arise through a permanent establishment (PE) and are attributable to such PE and in such a case, the provisions of Article 7 shall apply. Further, as per the provisions of section 115A(b) of the Act, where the total income of a non-resident or a foreign company includes any income by way of royalty/fees for technical services received from government or an Indian concern in pursuance of an agreement after 31st March, 1976, subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), the Income tax payable shall be 20% where such royalty is received in pursuance of an agreement made after 31.05.1997 but before 01.06.2005. Therefore, in such a case, the provisions of section 44D(3) of the Act would apply, which provides that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in sections 28 to 44C, in the case of an assessee being a foreign company, no deduction in respect of any expenditure or allowance shall be allowed under any of the said sections in computing the income by way of royalty received from government or an Indian concern in pursuance of an agreement made by a foreign company after 31.03.1976 but before 01.04.2003.
3. Perusal of the assessment record reveals that in the assessee's case, the royalty income amount to Rs.336,754,388/- was taxed @ 15% under the DTAA. However, as the royalty income had been earned through PE based on agreement dated 18.08.2004 identical and renewal / remaining to the main agreement that was entered into on 02.12.1996, it should have been taxed @ 30% on gross basis. The correct calculation regarding royalty income would be as under:-
Calculation Sheet
Amount of Royalty – 336,754,388
Tax @ 30% on above – 101,026,316
Add: Surcharge @ 2.5%- 2,525,658
Total 103,551,974
Add : Education Cess @ 2% – 2,071,039
Total Tax- 105,623,013 "
3. The petitioner preferred objections on 04.02.2014 which were rejected by the Assessing Officer by virtue of the impugned order dated 10.02.2014. One of the points urged by Mr Syali, appearing on behalf of the petitioner, was that the reasons do not mention anything about failure on the part of the assessee to fully and truly disclose all the material facts necessary for the assessment. He submitted that this is a pre-condition prescribed in the first proviso to Section 147 of the Act before the reassessment proceedings can be undertaken. It is submitted that there is not even an allegation that there has been any failure on the part of the assessee to fully and truly disclose all the material facts necessary for the assessment. Reliance was placed on Haryana Acrylic Manufacturing P. Ltd. v. CIT : (2009) 308 ITR 38 (Del) as also on the Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd. vs. CIT & Anr.: 355 ITR 356 (Del).
We have examined the reasons which have been quoted above and it is evident that there is no whisper of the petitioner having failed to disclose fully and truly all the material facts necessary for its assessment. It is therefore clear, based on the said decisions, that the necessary ingredients for invoking the provisions of Section 147 beyond the period of four years are missing. As such, the initiation of the reassessment proceedings pertaining to the assessment year 2005-06 is without the authority of law.
We may also point out that the very issue which has been raised in the reasons has been considered in detail in the course of the original assessment proceedings. In fact, the reasons themselves indicate that what is sought to be done through reassessment was already available in the record of the assessment proceedings. The agreements which have been referred to in the reasons were available before the Assessing Officer and had been examined in detail by the Assessing Officer. Therefore, there is also substance in the submissions made by Mr Syali that the reopening of assessment is nothing but a mere change of opinion also. Thus, in either eventuality, the reassessment proceedings cannot be sustained in law.
Consequently, the impugned notice dated 28.03.2012 issued under Section 148 of the said Act as also the proceedings pursuant thereto including the order dated 10.02.2014 disposing of the objections are quashed/set aside.


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Jarvin Bealyx
Jarvin "Scalefist" Bealyx
|Race: Dragonborn (Green), Class: Barbarian
Background: Criminal, Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Patron Deity: None
Factions: The Zhentarim
Ability Scores
|Strength 16 (+3), Dexterity 13 (+1), Constitution 15 (+2);
Intelligence 12 (+1), Wisdom 10 (+0), Charisma 9 (-1)
|Bonus: +2
Saving Throws: STR & CON
Skills: Athletics (+5), Deception (+1), Intimidation (+1), Stealth (+3)
Tools: Thieves' Tools (+3)
Languages: Common, Auld Wyrmish
Armor: Light, Medium, Shields
Weapons: Simple, Martial
|Attacks: • Breath Weapon: DC 12 Con Save, 2d6, Poison, 1x/SR, hits all in 15' cone, save is half damage
• Greatsword: +5, 2d6+3 Slashing, Heavy, Two Handed
• Shortsword: +5, 1d6+3 Piercing, Finesse, Light
|Personality Traits: •I know what the fuck I'm doing. Get off my tail before I eat your nose.
•"Pretty" doesn't equal "good". The uglier someone is, the more I trust them.
•You can assume I'm stupid because I'm big. That's on you.
Men are naturally barbarians, and that will remain forever. The passion, the love, and the lust is intensifying with time. - Fawad Khan
Racial Traits
Poison Breath Weapon:
As an action, I exhale destructive energy in a 15 ft cone. All in the area must make a Con saving throw with DC 8 + Con modifier + prof bonus. It does 2d6 poison damage, half as much damage on a successful save. The damage increases to 3d6 at level 6, 4d6 at level 11, and 5d6 at level 16. I can't use this feature again until I finish a short rest.
Class Traits
Rage (Barbarian 1, PHB 48) [+2 melee damage, 2× per long rest]
Start/end as bonus action; add damage to melee weapons that use Str; lasts 1 min. Adv. on Strength checks/saves (not attacks); resistance to bludgeoning/piercing/slashing/ Stops if I end turn without attacking or taking damage since last turn, or unconscious
Unarmored Defense (Barbarian 1, PHB 48)
Without armor, my AC is 10 + Dexterity modifier + Constitution modifier + shield
Specialty Traits
Background Traits
Criminal Contact: I have a reliable and trustworthy contact who acts as my liaison to a network of other criminals. I know how to get messages to and from my contact, even over great distances; specifically, I know the local messengers, corrupt caravan masters, and seedy sailors who can deliver my messages.
- Coins: x cp • x sp • x ep • 15 gp • x pp • Other coins: x
- Gems: x
Magic Items
- x
Carried Equipment
- In Hand: none
- Worn: Greatsword (on back), javelin case (on back), black jacket with shredded sleeves, black pants tucked into black leather boots
- Belt: Shortsword (in scabbard on left hip), coin purse, waterskin
- Backpack: Bedroll, Mess kit, tinderbox, torches (10), rations (10 days), 50' hemp rope, crowbar
Stored Equipment
- none
- Poor: (2 sp/day)
Jarvin never really gave a flying fuck about his family's "honor" or "upholding their name" bullshit. The fucking "metal dragons" beat the shit out of him because he was chromatic. They did it to all the chromies. His clutchmates got the same treatment, but because they believed in the hype, they submitted to it and tried to just ignore it. He tried to do the same, but after his best friend's head was removed during a "lesson" because he didn't intervene, he vowed that anyone who tried to "teach him a lesson" was going to get one of their own.
A lot of his attitude about familial honor meaning piss-all came from an event as a hatchling. When he was a wee four-year-old, he fell asleep inside a caravan wagon while cleaning it, and the wagon was picked up by Klauth, the great wyrm of the North. Jarvin never really liked heights, and he knew he was going to be yelled at by the gold dragonborn who'd put him to work, so he wasn't happy about what happened. When Klauth clawed open the roof of the caravan and stuck his nose in to see what was inside, Jarvin balled up his little fists and bopped the dragon on the nose, yelling "PUT ME BACK".
The old wyrm laughed heartily at how earnest and brave the little dragonling was, and took him under his wing. He told his worshippers the young dragonborn was to be taught the ways of magic, but after a few had been burnt to a crisp for failing to do so, Klauth, now known as "Uncle Snarl" to the little dragonborn (and only to him), decided to teach him how to fight instead. The stronger worshippers taught the youngling how to punch, kick, and fight dirty, and Jarvin took to this with ease. He grew in strength as well as in boldness, and Klauth saw that he would someday become a great warrior.
Nearly a year later, Klauth decided it was time for the young dragonborn to return to his family, he held a great ceremony with his followers. They had successfully raided another red dragon's lair and stolen 2 of their prized eggs. The first was used in a ritual to increase Klauth's life force, while the second, a nearly-born red dragon, was broken open and drained of its blood and stripped of its scales. Klauth used his claw to carve a sigil of his patronage into Jarvin's chest, then painted with the blood and scales from the dead wyrmling. Klauth was impressed the young dragonborn did not cry out or moan during the ritual (though Jarvin later spent many days crying in pain once Uncle Snarl was out of sight). He then flew Jarvin to a point outside of Mithral Hall, where he dropped him off and pointed him to the dwarvenhold. "Show your mark to the dwarves, and tell them that I order them to deliver you home." Jarvin patted Uncle Snarl on the snout, said thank you, and walked to the Hall. When he showed his mark, the dwarves gawped at him, then ran inside to gather supplies and such for the trip.
Eventually, Jarvin told everyone to piss off when he turned 13 and got big enough to turn the metal's attacks against them consistently. No one, not a single fucking adult, backed him up, not even his parents. When his friend Syrial and he had refused to clear the silver dragonborns' steps of snow in the winter, she was held down and her head was slowly cut off in front of Jarvin to teach him a lesson. As a result of this, the following summer he packed up his clothes and ran from the clutch. A couple of days later, the bodies of five silver dragonborn were discovered, and their eyes had been removed. Shortly thereafter, a flagon of water was discovered that contained the missing eyes.
He spent a couple of years on the streets living rough, getting into fights and using his brawn and ability to breathe poison at folks to scrabble up money and food. Soon enough, Old Kickel took him into his gang as a rough, and he started guarding Kickel and the faster, smaller ones, like Heidi the Dyke and Strop. Him and Shayel did all the heavy lifting when needed. He didn't need armor, he was tougher than that. Hell, he didn't need a weapon either, though when he got his hands on a greatsword after beating the shit out of a couple of "guards" during a heist, he didn't hesitate to figure out the balance of it so he could start applying extra force when someone refused to give their shit up.
Then, he fucked up. Hard. Got greedy while backing up Kickel and Heidi while raiding some magician's house and saw a ring that looked really cool. He could tell it probably could do some stuff, so he grabbed it and put it in his coat pocket. When he got back to his hidey-hole, he put it on, and everything went fucking berserk. His brain felt like it was being squeezed, his arm went hot, cold, numb, all electric, and his guts were being moved around without his permission. This... this PISSED HIM OFF. He'd never felt anger like this before. His vision went black, and he started screaming and punching and kicking and knocking everything around him. He was not in control, but he loved feeling like he was beating the shit out of this thing purely through spite.
When things were said and done, his arm had patterns of glowing lines in various colors, his coat was in tatters, all his shit was broken, he was breathing heavy, and when he looked in a mirror, his eyes had gone pure black, except for a ring of the prior green they'd been around the edges and around the iris.
He looked badass. He needed to take this shit on the road to see what he could do now.
Important Individuals
- Old Kickel, leader of Underside Bugbears
- Heidi the Dyke, 2nd in command
- Shayel, the other Heavy
- Baz Landen, the "face" of the group
- Biddie Softfoot, the intel-gatherer
- Strop, the fence


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I'm not sure what's going on in our house, but we've been in "fixit" mode the last few weeks. Both my cameras, the oven, the dishwasher, the espresso machine, and the foil dispenser all required repairs recently. Now some people might focus on the negative and wonder why so much is going wrong, but I happen to be a "glass half full" kinda guy. I'm just glad I have the resources to get everything back in tip-top shape. Soon all will be back to normal.
So what does fixing things have to do with grilled meat? Not much. I know, I digress, so let's talk about steak. As you know by now, I'm cooking outside as much as possible this time of year. Stuffed flank steak finally topped my to-do list and for today's post—a grilled and stuffed version with spinach, sun-dried tomatoes, and mozzarella cheese.
- 1 2-pound flank steak, butterflied
- 1 teaspoon salt, separated
- 1 teaspoon black pepper, separated
- 1 10-ounce package frozen, chopped spinach, thawed and well-drained
- 1/2 cup chopped sun-dried tomatoes
- 2 cups grated mozzarella cheese
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- Preheat grill to high heat.
- Place butterflied steak on a cutting board. Season steak with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Spread cheese over steak. Top with spinach and sun-dried tomatoes, leaving a 2 inch border on top side of steak. Begin rolling steak tightly with the grain going the length of the roll, starting with the side closest to you. Tie roll with kitchen twine at 1 inch intervals.
- Brush outside of roll with olive oil and season with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper.
- Place steak on grill, browning on each side for two minutes. Turn off one burner and lower the others so the temperature stabilizes at 400 degrees. Cook over indirect heat for about 30 minutes or until internal temperature of steak reaches 135 to 140 degrees for medium rare or 140 to 145 for medium.
- Remove steak from the grill, cover with aluminum foil, and rest for 10 minutes. Slide and serve immediately
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Bootstrap 3
Bootstrap 3, formerly known as Twitter's Bootstrap, is a CSS and JavaScript framework for building application frontends. The third version of Bootstrap has important changes over the earlier versions of the framework. Bootstrap 3 is not compatible with the earlier versions.
Bootstrap 3 can be used to build great frontends. You can download the complete framework, including CSS and JavaScript, and start using it right away. Bootstrap also has a grid. The grid of Bootstrap is mobile-first by default and has 12 columns. In fact, Bootstrap defines four grids: the extra-small grid up to 768 pixels (mobile phones), the small grid between 768 and 992 pixels (tablets), the medium grid between 992 and 1200 pixels (desktop), and finally, the large grid of 1200 pixels and above for large desktops.
The grid, all other CSS components, and JavaScript plugins are described and well documented at http://getbootstrap.com/.
Bootstrap's default theme looks like the following screenshot:
Example of a layout built with Bootstrap 3
The time when all Bootstrap websites looked quite similar is far behind us now. Bootstrap will give you all the freedom you need to create innovative designs.
There is much more to tell about Bootstrap, but for now, let's get back to Less.
Working with Bootstrap's Less files
All the CSS code of Bootstrap is written in Less. You can download Bootstrap's Less files and recompile your own version of the CSS. The Less files can be used to customize, extend, and reuse Bootstrap's code. In the following sections, you will learn how to do this.
To download the Less files, follow the links at http://getbootstrap.com/ to Bootstrap's GitHub pages at https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap. On this page, choose Download Zip on the right-hand side column.
Building a Bootstrap project with Grunt
After downloading the files mentioned earlier, you can build a Bootstrap project with Grunt. Grunt is a JavaScript task runner; it can be used for the automation of your processes. Grunt helps you when performing repetitive tasks such as minifying, compiling, unit testing, and linting your code.
Grunt runs on node.js and uses npm, which you saw while installing the Less compiler. Node.js is a standalone JavaScript interpreter built on Google's V8 JavaScript runtime, as used in Chrome. Node.js can be used for easily building fast, scalable network applications.
When you unzip the files from the downloaded file, you will find Gruntfile.js and package.json among others. The package.json file contains the metadata for projects published as npm modules. The Gruntfile.js file is used to configure or define tasks and load Grunt plugins. The Bootstrap Grunt configuration is a great example to show you how to set up automation testing for projects containing HTML, Less (CSS), and JavaScript. The parts that are interesting for you as a Less developer are mentioned in the following sections.
In package.json file, you will find that Bootstrap compiles its Less files with grunt-contrib-less. At the time of writing this article, the grunt-contrib-less plugin compiles Less with less.js Version 1.7. In contrast to Recess (another JavaScript build tool previously used by Bootstrap), grunt-contrib-less also supports source maps.
Apart from grunt-contrib-less, Bootstrap also uses grunt-contrib-csslint to check the compiled CSS for syntax errors. The grunt-contrib-csslint plugin also helps improve browser compatibility, performance, maintainability, and accessibility. The plugin's rules are based on the principles of object-oriented CSS (http://www.slideshare.net/stubbornella/object-oriented-css). You can find more information by visiting https://github.com/stubbornella/csslint/wiki/Rules.
Bootstrap makes heavy use of Less variables, which can be set by the customizer.
Whoever has studied the source of Gruntfile.js may very well also find a reference to the BsLessdocParser Grunt task. This Grunt task is used to build Bootstrap's customizer dynamically based on the Less variables used by Bootstrap. Though the process of parsing Less variables to build, for instance, documentation will be very interesting, this task is not discussed here further.
This section ends with the part of Gruntfile.js that does the Less compiling. The following code from Gruntfile.js should give you an impression of how this code will look:
less: { compileCore: { options: { strictMath: true, sourceMap: true, outputSourceFiles: true, sourceMapURL: '<%= pkg.name %>.css.map', sourceMapFilename: 'dist/css/<%= pkg.name %>.css.map' }, files: { 'dist/css/<%= pkg.name %>.css': 'less/bootstrap.less' } }
Last but not least, let's have a look at the basic steps to run Grunt from the command line and build Bootstrap. Grunt will be installed with npm. Npm checks Bootstrap's package.json file and automatically installs the necessary local dependencies listed there.
To build Bootstrap with Grunt, you will have to enter the following commands on the command line:
> npm install -g grunt-cli > cd /path/to/extracted/files/bootstrap
After this, you can compile the CSS and JavaScript by running the following command:
> grunt dist
This will compile your files into the /dist directory. The > grunt test command will also run the built-in tests.
Compiling your Less files
Although you can build Bootstrap with Grunt, you don't have to use Grunt. You will find the Less files in a separate directory called /less inside the root /bootstrap directory. The main project file is bootstrap.less; other files will be explained in the next section.
You can include bootstrap.less together with less.js into your HTML for the purpose of testing as follows:
<link rel="bootstrap/less/bootstrap.less"
type="text/css" href="less/styles.less" /> <script type="text/javascript">less = { env: 'development' };</script> <script src = "less.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
Of course, you can compile this file server side too as follows:
lessc bootstrap.less > bootstrap.css
Dive into Bootstrap's Less files
Now it's time to look at Bootstrap's Less files in more detail. The /less directory contains a long list of files. You will recognize some files by their names. You have seen files such as variables.less, mixins.less, and normalize.less earlier. Open bootstrap.less to see how the other files are organized. The comments inside bootstrap.less tell you that the Less files are organized by functionality as shown in the following code snippet:
// Core variables and mixins // Reset // Core CSS // Components
To compile your own version of Bootstrap, you have to change the variables defined in variables.less. When using the last declaration wins and lazy loading rules, it will be easy to redeclare some variables.
Creating a custom button with Less
By default, Bootstrap defines seven different buttons, as shown in the following screenshot:
The seven different button styles of Bootstrap 3
Please take a look at the following HTML structure of Bootstrap's buttons before you start writing your Less code:
<!-- Standard button --> <button type="button" class="btn btn-default">Default</button>
A button has two classes. Globally, the first .btn class only provides layout styles, and the second .btn-default class adds the colors. In this example, you will only change the colors, and the button's layout will be kept intact.
Open buttons.less in your text editor. In this file, you will find the following Less code for the different buttons:
// Alternate buttons // -------------------------------------------------- .btn-default { .button-variant(@btn-default-color; @btn-default-bg; @btn-default-border); }
The preceding code makes it clear that you can use the .button-variant() mixin to create your customized buttons. For instance, to define a custom button, you can use the following Less code:
// Customized colored button // -------------------------------------------------- .btn-colored { .button-variant(blue;red;green); }
In the preceding case, you want to extend Bootstrap with your customized button, add your code to a new file, and call this file custom.less. Appending @import custom.less to the list of components inside bootstrap.less will work well. The disadvantage of doing this will be that you will have to change bootstrap.less again when updating Bootstrap; so, alternatively, you could create a file such as custombootstrap.less which contains the following code:
@import "bootstrap.less"; @import "custom.less";
The previous step extends Bootstrap with a custom button; alternatively, you could also change the colors of the default button by redeclaring its variables. To do this, create a new file, custombootstrap.less again, and add the following code into it:
@import "bootstrap.less"; //== Buttons // //## For each of Bootstrap's buttons, define text,
background and border color. @btn-default-color: blue; @btn-default-bg: red; @btn-default-border: green;
In some situations, you will, for instance, need to use the button styles without everything else of Bootstrap. In these situations, you can use the reference keyword with the @import directive.
You can use the following Less code to create a Bootstrap button for your project:
@import (reference) "bootstrap.less"; .btn:extend(.btn){}; .btn-colored { .button-variant(blue;red;green); }
You can see the result of the preceding code by visiting http://localhost/index.html in your browser.
Notice that depending on the version of less.js you use, you may find some unexpected classes in the compiled output. Media queries or extended classes sometimes break the referencing in older versions of less.js.
Use CSS source maps for debugging
When working with large LESS code bases finding the original source can be become complex when viewing your results in the browsers. Since version 1.5 LESS offers support for CSS source maps. CSS source maps enable developer tools to map calls back to their location in original source files. This also works for compressed files. The latest versions of Google's Chrome Developers Tools offer support for these sources files.
Currently CSS source maps debugging won't work for client side compiling as used for the examples in this book. The server-side lessc compiler can generate useful CSS source maps.
After installing the lessc compiler you can run:
>> lessc –source-map=styles.css.map styles.less > styles.css
The preceding code will generate two files: styles.css.map and styles.css. The last line of styles.css contains now an extra line which refers to the source map:
/*# sourceMappingURL=boostrap.css.map */
In your HTML you only have to include the styles.css as you used to:
<link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet">
When using CSS source maps as described earlier and inspecting your HTML with Google's Chrome Developers Tools, you will see something like the following screenshot:
Inspect source with Google's Chrome Developers Tools and source maps
As you see styles now have a reference to their original LESS file such as grid.less, including line number, which helps you in the process of debugging. The styles.css.map file should be in the same directory as the styles.css file. You don't have to include your LESS files in this directory.
This article has covered the concept of Bootstrap, how to use Bootstrap's Less files, and how the files can be modified to be used according to your convenience.
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Further resources on this subject:
- Getting Started with Bootstrap [Article]
- Bootstrap 3.0 is Mobile First [Article]
- Downloading and setting up Bootstrap [Article]


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By a 2-1 vote, the Cole County Commission on Tuesday approved Victory Enterprises/Strategic Capitol Consulting to provide economic development services for Cole County instead of the Chamber of Commerce, which has contracted with the county for economic development services for more than 20 years.
Eastern District Commissioner Jeff Hoelscher and Western District Commissioner Kris Scheperle voted to hire Victory/Strategic, with Presiding Commissioner Sam Bushman voting against.
"The chamber is disappointed in that decision and believes it is more efficient and effective to work together as a team for community growth," Chamber of Commerce President Randy Allen said in a news release issued after Tuesday's meeting.
Commissioners put out requests for proposals for economic development services in June seeking a firm "capable of providing consulting for the commission in the attraction and retention of businesses and the promotion of the county before the Missouri General Assembly and other state of Missouri governmental bodies," according to the request for proposal.
Some specific items the commission wanted included developing a community relations plan for the county to work with Jefferson City, the chamber and "key influencer group officials to execute county priorities."
Victory/Strategic and the Chamber of Commerce presented their proposals to the County Commission in August.
The work Victory/Strategic will do for the county includes writing and submitting grants for state and federal opportunities as they arise and participating in industrial relations, business development activities, and community support and development.
Part of the agreement calls for Victory/Strategic to serve as the registered lobbyist for the county on state matters, a duty previously not included in the county's contract with the Chamber of Commerce.
"A lot of it came down to the lobbying part of the plan, although it was not intended to be that way," Hoelscher said.
Hoelscher said he believes everyone — the county, Victory/Strategic and the Chamber of Commerce — should be involved in working to help the county grow.
"When I came up here 10 years ago, we were in survival mode," he said. "Right now I think we're stable, but I think we should be having a lot more successes. I think we should try something different, which can maybe give us more resources and lead to more relationships."
"I think we need to be more diverse," Hoelscher added. "The chamber and many other groups like them work on economic development matters in what I would call a traditional way. With Victory/Strategic, I believe they'll be able to bring more people to the table and get before more groups that can help us. Maybe we try this for a year and see what happens."
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Bushman, who opposed the change, noted the chamber's work with the Cole and Callaway county commissions and Jefferson City Council to assemble a proposal for a Missouri River port facility in Mid-Missouri. The Missouri Department of Transportation approved the application to form the Heartland Port Authority earlier this month.
"I think we have a lot of things going on with the chamber right now, and I still want to be a part of that," Bushman said."I know I want us to be involved with the port project, and I don't know what will happen if we don't have a relationship with the chamber."
The County Commission's vote was a surprise to Jefferson City Mayor Carrie Tergin.
The Jefferson City Council on Monday approved a $185,000 contract, effective Nov. 1, 2018, through Oct. 31, 2019, for the Chamber of Commerce to continue handling economic development for the city. The agreement carries up to three additional one-year renewal periods at the city's discretion.
"It's unfortunate we can't keep this going," Tergin said. "I was not informed that the commission would be going in this direction. I attended the presentations by both groups in August to the commission, and I felt the chamber was clearly stronger and had a proven plan for growth. Victory/Strategic did not have as strong an economic development plan, in my opinion.
"In the last two years, the chamber has been involved in working to bring a port authority to our community, prison redevelopment and getting economic incentives that have helped bring in companies. They've worked with the city and the county to do this."
Victory/Strategic stated they would work to develop and locate a port in the Algoa area and support research to extend JeffTran bus service to current and potential employers in the Algoa area.
"Victory Enterprises and Strategic Capitol Consulting will bring local experience and national reach to our region's economic development efforts," Scheperle said in a news release Tuesday afternoon. "We look forward to working collaboratively with their teams and all stakeholders, including the Jefferson City Chamber of Commerce, to create jobs and opportunities through potential projects like the port and many others."
Allen said the Chamber of Commerce will continue to provide joint economic development support to Jefferson City and Cole County until the end of this calendar year.
"Chamber leadership will be working with the city in planning changes under the single representation model beginning Jan. 1," he said."We are disappointed in the decision by the county to separate efforts from those of the city and business community."
Victory Enterprises is a political and corporate consulting communications firm based in Davenport, Iowa, with many politicians among its clients as well as corporations. Strategic Capitol Consulting represents large companies, professional associations and municipally owned utilities.
In their proposal, Victory/Strategic officials said they would analyze the county's existing policies, infrastructure and amenities, and how they relate to business attraction and retention, then develop and execute an "exhaustive public relations, messaging and media delivery plan to better tell Cole County's story on why businesses should locate here."
Victory/Strategic officials had proposed a fee of $10,000 a month — $120,000 a year for the annual contract. Scheperle believes they will start that contract at the beginning of 2019.
The County Commission in April approved a contract with the Chamber of Commerce through the end of 2018 for $150,000.
The chamber's new proposal would have kept its current economic development fee at $150,000, adding $18,000 for lobbying efforts, which would have brought the total cost to $168,000. Jefferson City firm RJ Scherr & Associates would have handled the lobbying efforts.
During the chamber's annual report to Jefferson City and Cole County governments, chamber officials said the organization has helped to attract more than 2,000 jobs to the area over the last 11 years, resulting in over $97 million in new wages and $272 million in new real and personal property investment.


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This is a very traditional tapas dish, simple to make and very tasty. It is also vegetarian, for those looking to cut down on meat or cater for those who are, but is still punchy enough for most carnivores. At the same time, it works brilliantly as a side to a simple grilled fish or meat dish, or a just a big salad.
I make this kind of meal often after a long day cooking in the Barrafina kitchens. There's a lot of tasting in my job, with a complexity of flavours going on all day, so it's relaxing to have something simple.
This recipe is all store-cupboard ingredients or those you could easily nip to the corner shop for. Because it's quite boldly flavoured, it's very good with a cold beer or wine, and puts me in mind of being in a bar back in Barcelona, where I'm from.
If this becomes a staple dish for you, there are a few twists you can add to keep things exciting. Sometimes I add prawns or scallops to the mushroom mix. Or you could add cream to the mushrooms and stir through pasta instead of serving on bread. Or serve the mushrooms on top of a nice steak. Experiment by adding different herbs – thyme is good, as is rosemary or bay leaf. I like to go for woodier, drier herbs in the colder months and fresher, lighter ones in summer.
Angel Zapata Martin is executive chef of Barrafina
(Serves 4)
80g extra virgin olive oil
2 garlic cloves, chopped
320g baby button mushrooms
85g fino sherry
1tsp chopped parsley
4 slices bread (ideally coca bread)
In a frying pan, drop a small amount of the olive oil and fry the garlic a little until it starts to brown. Add the mushrooms, then add the fino and continue to cook until the alcohol is evaporated. Add the rest of the olive oil and sprinkle with the chopped parsley, salt and pepper.
Toast the bread and serve the mushrooms on top.
Angel Zapata Martin is executive chef of Barrafina