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October 9, 2019
ICT students and teachers compete in the field of ethical hacking. For the first time in history, the Netherlands is represented at the European Security Challenge (ECSC) from 9 to 11 October 2019 in Romania, or the largest European competition for ethical hackers. No fewer than two Fontys Hogeschool ICT students have been selected for the Dutch team: Robin van den Hurk and Henne van der Vegt. Teacher Ron Mélotte is coming as a coach. In Bucharest they compete with the best Cyber security students from 22 European countries. One thing is certain: a high degree of concentration and a high level of perseverance is a requirement to solve the challenges. Time for an in-depth interview with Ron and Henne.
Why participate?
"I mainly participate because I want to develop further in this field. This is an extremely suitable way to do that, "says an enthusiastic Henne. Ron adds: "Participation in this event is probably a once in a life time experience. It is incredibly instructive and challenging to compete with the best Cyber Security students from twenty-two European countries. "
How did the selection process go?
"Dcypher and NCSC initially made a selection of MBO, HBO and WO educational institutions that were invited to participate in the national competition in Zoetermeer. Dcypher and team coaches (UT-Twente, Haagse Hogeschool and Fontys Hogeschool ICT) subsequently put together the Dutch ECSC Team (read Dutch selection) based on team performance (ranking during the national CTF) and personal performance of the participating students. . "
What is your expectation for your participation?
"The expectation is that it will be a super nice experience, on the one hand to make contact with other Cyber security students from Europe and on the other because of the challenge of the CTF Challenge. In addition, we hope to get a little taste of Romanian culture. We aim for the highest attainable position in the final ranking. It is difficult to estimate whether that will be number 3 or number 20, as the Netherlands is taking part in the ECSC for the first time. Ultimately, participating in the ECSC is an opportunity to give the excellence (students) in the field of Cyber security a stage that allows them to grow to the next level. You hear it right: stimulation is not only good for "minimalists" but also for "above average," explains Ron. Henne is also positive. "My expectation is that the challenges will be difficult, but they are resolvable. The preconditions all seem good arranged, but I personally am not sure if it will go as technically as smoothly as in the Dutch preliminaries. "
Do you have a secret weapon?
"Regarding a secret weapon: I don't really think there is such a thing, or there must be a security flaw in the scoreboard or something," Henne jokes. "It is probably just a matter of which team a) can hack best, and b) work together."
Tip for students and teachers who also want to do this in the future?
"Participating for students (and also teachers) is certainly not reserved for minimalists, publishers or sloths. It requires love for the field (Cyber security), perseverance, a high degree of focus and concentration, and being willing to develop yourself during your free time. So not only develop a lifetime (during your work or study) but even want to sacrifice your (precious) free time for this! So start developing yourself today in the areas of: Reverse engineering, Exploitation, Machine Learning, Web security, Programming, Cryptography, Forensics, Networking, Wireless & Radio Hacking, Hardware hacking, Mathematics & Probabilities. Because these are the challenges that you will face during the European Cyber Security Challenge. Happy Hacking !, "says Ron.
More information
Website: (https://europeancybersecuritychallenge.eu/)
Twitter: (https://twitter.com/ecscnl)
Artikel Fontys BRON: https://bron.fontys.nl/ethische-hackers-fontys-ict-naar-wedstrijd-roemenie/.


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US STOCKS-Wall St set to recover after selloff driven by Italy turmoil - Reuters News
30-May-2018 09:17:16 PM
- Italy renews attempt to form a government
- U.S. private employers added less-than-expected jobs in May
- First qtr GDP growth revised to 2.2 pct from prior 2.3 pct
- HP Inc, Salesforce.com gain on strong results
- Futures up: Dow 0.51 pct, S&P 0.37 pct, Nasdaq 0.21 pct
Adds comment, adds details, changes prices
By Medha Singh
May 8 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks were set to open higher on Wednesday, indicating a rebound from the steep selloff driven by a political crisis in Italy that had pushed the S&P 500 and the Dow Industrials to their worst day in a month.
A renewed attempt to form a coalition government in Rome by the two anti-establishment parties, the 5-Star Movement and League, raised hopes that Europe's third largest economy could avoid a new election.
A surprise breakthrough to form a hung government would ease uncertainty, but still usher in a coalition planning to ramp up spending in the heavily indebted nation and push for changes to European Union and euro-zone fiscal rules.
Equity index futures pared some gains after the second revision to first-quarter GDP data showed U.S. economic growth slowed slightly more than initially thought.
GDP grew at a 2.2 percent annual rate, the Commerce Department said, instead of the previously reported 2.3 percent pace.
"It's a rebound from yesterday on hopes that there may be some agreement on forming a government. But these kind of perceptions are going to bounce back and forth," said Scott Brown, chief economist at Raymond James in St. Petersburg.
"Markets are a little bit fragile because it's a holiday week. That could lead to some sharp moves either way."
On Tuesday, the S&P 500 and the Dow posted their first 1 percent drop in May as investors scurried for safety assets such as U.S. bonds on fears of political instability in Italy.
At 8:58 a.m. ET, Dow e-minis were up 125 points, or 0.51 percent. S&P 500 e-minis were up 10 points, or 0.37 percent and Nasdaq 100 e-minis were up 14.75 points, or 0.21 percent.
ADP National Employment report showed U.S. private employers added 178,000 private sector jobs in May, below Reuters consensus view of 190,000.
Investors also kept a wary eye on the developments around tariffs and trade. In an unexpected change in tone, the United States said late on Tuesday it could still impose tariffs on $50 billion of imports from China unless it addressed the issue of theft of American intellectual property.
China said on Wednesday it was ready to fight back if Washington was looking for a trade war, days ahead of a planned visit by U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.
Shares of big U.S. banks rose about 1 percent in premarket trading. The Federal Reserve is set to consider a proposal to modify the "Volcker Rule" at 3:00 p.m. ET.
The proposal, which marks another step by Trump administration regulators to ease banking rules, is aimed at preventing lenders from making market bets while accepting taxpayer-insured deposits.
Among stocks, cloud-based business software maker Salesforce.com rose 4.9 percent, while computer and printer maker HP Inc jumped 4.2 percent after raising full-year profit forecasts.
Michael Kors slipped 5.0 percent after a disappointing yearly earnings forecast.
(Reporting by Medha Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur)
UPDATE 5-Oil rises to $76 as tight current supply in focus - Reuters News
30-May-2018 09:22:41 PM
- Saudi, UAE, Kuwait ministers to meet this weekend-source
- OPEC-led output curbs have pushed down inventories
- U.S. crude stocks expected to show fall in weekly reports
- OPEC meets on June 22
Updates prices
By Alex Lawler
LONDON, May 30 (Reuters) - Oil climbed to $76 a barrel on Wednesday, supported by tight supplies despite expectations OPEC and its allies will pump more in the second half of 2018 and helped by forecasts U.S. inventories fell.
Global benchmark Brent crude has dropped more than $4 from a 3 1/2-year high of $80.50 a barrel on May 17, after reports that OPEC and Russia may increase supply at a June meeting, reversing policy after 17 months of supply curbs.
Brent rose 83 cents to $76.22 a barrel by 1315 GMT, after trading as low as $74.81 earlier. U.S. crude was up 40 cents at $67.13.
"Fundamentally, not much has changed. Oil remains well supported, although the sweetspot has entered a mature phase," said Konstantinos Venetis, senior economist at TS Lombard.
"Some air is fizzling out of the market and position-squaring raises the likelihood of an overshooting to the downside in the run-up to OPEC's June meeting."
Political turmoil in Italy has sent the euro to a 10-month low against the dollar on concern a snap election would lead to a eurosceptic government in Rome. A stronger dollar makes dollar-denominated oil more expensive for holders of other currencies.
"A dearth of bullish catalysts will make hard work of any recovery," said Stephen Brennock of oil broker PVM.
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and non-OPEC producers led by Russia have had a pact to curb output by about 1.8 million barrels per day since January 2017, driving down inventories and pushing up oil prices.
Amid concerns the price rally has gone too far, Saudi Arabia and Russia are discussing raising OPEC and non-OPEC oil output by around 1 million bpd, sources told Reuters on May 25. OPEC meets in Vienna on June 22.
Still, some analysts remain cautious as the details have yet to be worked out. Ministers from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates meet this weekend, a source said.
"Clarity will likely take some time to emerge," said JBC Energy.
Lending some support to prices were expectations that U.S. crude inventories probably fell by 1.8 million barrels last week according to a Reuters poll.
Industry group American Petroleum Institute (API) releases its weekly supply report at 2030 GMT on Wednesday, followed by the official government data on Thursday.
(Additional reporting by Roslan Khasawneh and Rania El Gamal
Editing by Edmund Blair and Alexandra Hudson)
PRECIOUS-Gold holds steady in face of robust dollar due to Italy crisis - Reuters News
30-May-2018 07:27:21 PM
- Dollar near 6-1/2 month peak
- Italy crisis sparks stock sell-off
- China ready to fight back if U.S. ignites trade war
By Zandi Shabalala
LONDON, May 30 (Reuters) - Gold prices were steady on Wednesday as concerns about political turmoil in Italy and over a trade conflict between China and the United States outweighed strength in the dollar.
Italy kept the dollar at 10-month highs versus the euro amid concerns that repeat elections may become a de-facto referendum on Italian membership of the currency bloc.
The turbulence underpinned gold due to its appeal as a store of value during political and financial uncertainty.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of six major currencies, hovered near its 6-1/2 month peak from the previous session. A stronger dollar makes assets such as gold more expensive for holders of other currencies, curbing demand.
"There has been a little bit of support from what has been happening in Italy and the potential implications for the Eurozone from the Italian crisis," Capital Economics commodities economist Simona Gambarini said.
"But it doesn't seem like the worries are big enough to warrant an increase in prices," she said, adding that price support was slightly eroded by the potential for an interest rate increase in June by the U.S. Federal Reserve.
U.S. benchmark 10-year Treasury yields on Tuesday registered their largest one-day drop since Brexit nearly two years ago. Higher rates could dent demand for non-interest-paying gold.
Spot gold was barely changed at $1,297 per ounce by 1120 GMT, while U.S. gold futures for June delivery fell 0.2 percent to $1,297 per ounce.
China on Wednesday lashed out at Washington's unexpected statement that it still holds the threat of imposing tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese goods, saying Beijing was ready to fight back in any trade war.
But Capital Economics' Gambarini said the potential trade war between China and the United States was mostly priced into gold, which would need an escalation or resolution to become a catalyst to prices again.
Holdings of SPDR Gold Trust, the world's largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund, rose 0.35 percent to 851.45 tonnes on Tuesday.
In other precious metals, spot silver was steady at $16.40 an ounce.
Platinum fell 0.3 percent to $901.24 an ounce, while palladium was 0.2-percent higher at $981.
(Additional reporting by Karen Rodrigues in Bengaluru Editing by Alexander Smith/David Evans)
METALS-Copper slips as Italy crisis, U.S.-China trade row feed risk aversion - Reuters News
30-May-2018 08:11:17 PM
Updates with official prices
By Jan Harvey
LONDON, May 30 (Reuters) - Copper fell to a three-week low on Wednesday as a retreat in stock markets on worries over political turmoil in Italy kept up pressure on cyclical assets, offsetting a weaker dollar.
Concerns over the prospect of a U.S.-China trade war also simmered, weighing on appetite for stocks and industrial metals.
China warned on Wednesday that it was ready to fight back if Washington was looking for a trade war. That came after the United States, in a change of tone, said it still held the threat of imposing tariffs on $50 billion of imports from China.
Given those pressures, copper is sliding towards the bottom of its recent range, Saxo Bank's head of commodity strategy Ole Hansen said.
"The U.S.-China trade spat seems to be hotting up again after yesterday's announcement from the White House," he said. "The global growth and demand outlook does not need a new political/financial crisis in Europe and a potential trade war between the world's two biggest economies."
* COPPER PRICES: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was down 0.6 percent at $6,815 a tonne in official trading, having earlier touched $6,727, its weakest since May 8.
* FINANCIAL MARKETS: Italy's political crisis and renewed trade war fears sent world stocks lower for the sixth day in a row on Wednesday.
* COPPER INVENTORIES: On-warrant copper stocks in London Metal Exchange warehouses - representing metal not earmarked for delivery - eased to 191,200 tonnes, data showed on Wednesday. That was the lowest level since January.
* INDIA SMELTER: Vedanta Resources is working on a legal challenge to an Indian state's closure of one of its copper smelters but will not proceed until tensions have eased over the deaths of 13 people during protests last week.
* TARIFFS: European Union Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said she would seek a full exemption from new U.S. steel and aluminium tariffs when she meets her U.S. counterparts on Wednesday.
* ALUMINIUM: LME aluminium was 0.1 percent lower at $2,272 a tonne in official trading.
* ZINC STOCKS: On-warrant zinc stocks in LME warehouses eased to 195,225 tonnes, their lowest in a month. The proportion of cancelled warrants - metal earmarked for delivery and therefore not available to the market - rose to nearly 15 percent from 6 percent last week.
* ZINC SPREADS: Cash zinc held in a 25 cent premium over the three-month contract, versus a discount of $6.50 a tonne a week ago, indicating near-term market tightness.
* ZINC PRICES: LME zinc was untraded in official rings, but was last bid up 0.7 percent at $3,110 a tonne.
* OTHER METALS: LME lead was 0.5 percent lower in official trading at $2,433 a tonne, while tin was down 0.1 percent at $20,405. Nickel, also untraded in official rings, was last bid at $14,910, little changed from Tuesday's close.
(Additional reporting by Manolo Serapio Jr. in Manila
Editing by David Goodman and Susan Fenton)
VEGOILS-Palm rebounds from three-week low, tracking related oils - Reuters News
30-May-2018 07:15:47 PM
- Palm edged lower for a third straight session
- Weak demand, overnight commodity markets hit sentiment - trader
Updates quote, closing prices
By Fransiska Nangoy
JAKARTA, May 30 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures closed higher on Wednesday, rebounding from their weakest levels in over three weeks, as they tracked related oil prices in the Chinese market.
The palm oil contract for August delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange rose 0.9 percent to 2,440 ringgit ($611.99) per tonne by the end of the session.
Earlier in the day, it hit 2,395 ringgit, its lowest since May 8. The benchmark fell nearly 3 percent in the previous two sessions to Monday. The Malaysian market was closed on Tuesday for a public holiday.
Trade volume stood at 32,864 lots of 25 tonnes each on Wednesday.
"Market was tracking Dalian closely in the afternoon, even when we are hearing that exports may be underperforming," said a palm trader in Kuala Lumpur.
September soybean oil on China's Dalian Commodity Exchange jumped as much as 3 percent, while the Dalian September palm oil contract closed 0.6 percent higher.
Palm oil is affected by movements in rival edible oils as they compete for a share in the global vegetable oils market.
Meanwhile, shipping surveyors are due to release May export data on Thursday.
Palm prices may be "adjusted accordingly" in Thursday's session if the data came in below expectations, the trader said.
Palm, soy and crude oil prices, as of 1105 GMT
(Reporting by Fransiska Nangoy, Editing by Adrian Croft)
CBOT Trends-Wheat down 8-10 cents, corn down 2-3, soybeans down 4-6 - Reuters News
30-May-2018 09:29:22 PM
CHICAGO, May 30 (Reuters) - Following are U.S. trade expectations for the resumption of grain and soy complex trading at the Chicago Board of Trade at 8:30 a.m. CDT (1330 GMT) on Wednesday.
WHEAT - Down 8 to 10 cents per bushel
- Wheat lower on technical selling after Tuesday's technical reversal to the downside, improving U.S. winter wheat crop ratings and beneficial rains expected in the northern U.S. Plains and Canada.
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture late Tuesday rated 38 percent of the U.S. winter wheat crop in good to excellent condition, up from 36 percent the previous week. Analysts on average had expected no change.
- The USDA also said the U.S. spring wheat crop was 91 percent planted, ahead of the five-year average of 89 percent.
- CBOT July soft red winter wheat last down 8 cents at $5.28-1/2 per bushel. K.C. July hard red winter wheat last traded down 8-3/4 cents at $5.47-3/4 and MGEX July spring wheat was down 4 cents at $6.24 a bushel.
CORN - Down 2 to 3 cents per bushel
- Corn lower on better-than-expected initial U.S. crop condition ratings, favorable U.S. weather forecasts and follow-through selling after Tuesday's technical reversal to the downside.
- The USDA late Tuesday rated 79 percent of the U.S. corn crop as good to excellent, above a range of trade expectations.
- The USDA also said the crop was 92 percent planted, ahead of the five-year average of 90 percent.
- CBOT July corn last traded down 2-3/4 cents at $3.97-1/4 a bushel.
SOYBEANS - Down 4 to 6 cents per bushel
- Soybeans lower on increasing tension over U.S. trade relations with China, the world's biggest soy importer, and technical selling.
- Market underpinned by soy logistics problems in Brazil due to a truckers' strike.
- The USDA late Tuesday said the U.S. soybean crop was 77 percent planted, above an average of trade expectations for 73 percent and the five-year average of 62 percent.
- CBOT July soybeans last down 5-3/4 cents at $10.24-3/4 per bushel.
(Reporting by Julie Ingwersen)

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Elder Patriot – The fate of the Democratic party was sealed years ago when they took control of our inner cities and proceeded to destroy their once great educational systems in order to create a permanent underclass.
These urban plantations would keep blacks and other poor populations dependent on, and voting for, Democrats for the foreseeable future.
It has been reported that former President Lyndon Johnson confided in two like-minded senators aboard Air Force One about his underlying intentions for his "Great Society" agenda :
"I'll have those nig*ers voting Democratic for the next 200 years."
As time went on Democrat candidates found it necessary to remind African-Americans of who their daddy was.
Bill Clinton used an arsonist's attack on a black church to paint all Republicans as racists. In light of what we now know about his wife's role in Spygate can we dismiss the possibility those churches were burned by Clinton operatives to gain a political advantage?
Hillary Clinton spoke in "black voice" while campaigning in Selma, Alabama believing it would curry favor with blacks:
"I don't feel no ways tired…"
Barack Obama followed with his incessant co-option of every incident between blacks and whites to claim that we remain a racially-divided country. His intent? Blacks continue to seek protection from their Democrat masters.
Now come the newest crop of 2020 Democrat pretenders kissing the ring of Al Sharpton as they seek to secure the black vote. Sharpton is a despicable race-baiting scumbag and has been since he first burst onto the scene in NYC.
His incendiary rhetoric led directly to the deaths of nearly a dozen persons. Shapton's history as a flame-throwing race-baiter with no regard for the consequences, is well documented
- In 1988, Sharpton wrongfully and very publicly charged Steven Pagones with raping Tawana Brawley. Actually, he convince Brawley to charge Pagones and she was forced to repay more than $430,000 in damages to Pagones.
Brawley's advisers in the infamous race-baiting case — the Rev. Al Sharpton, and attorneys C. Vernon Mason and Alton Maddox — have already paid, or are paying, their defamation debt.
For Sharpton this was a small price to pay to gain acceptance by the Democrats as their in-house magnet for disaffected black voters.
- In 1991, the "reverend" Sharpton led a march during the Crown Heights race riots that led to the death of a young Jewish man, Yankel Rosenbaum.
- On December 8, 1995, Al Sharpton incited the violent fire-bombing of the Jewish-owned Freddy's Fashion Mart in Harlem, causing the the deaths of Angelina Marrero, Cynthia Martinez, Luz Ramos, Mayra Rentas, Olga Garcia, Garnette Ramautar, and Kareem Brunner – the seven victims of the massacre. There was an eighth death, Roland James Smith, the man who burned the store down.
How many others died as a result of the racial hatred he stirred up is undetermined.
Enter Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Never one to be outdone, the new leader of the Democratic Party, used the time Sharpton granted her to give her speech to connect with black voters in the most denigrating possible way – she invoked verbal blackface:
In case you're wondering, this is what blackface sounds like. https://t.co/oQVynsDxpc
— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) April 5, 2019
What the heck would have been the difference if Ocasio-Cortez had delivered her speech wearing blackface?


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Per Shri H. S. Ahluwalia, Judicial Member - The only dispute in this appeal relates to the assessees claim for registration. In the earlier years, the business was being carried on by the assessee as a proprietary concern, but the same was converted into a partnership during this year. The application for registration had, therefore, to be made before the close of the accounting year, i.e., 10-11-1977; the same was made only on 3-7-1978. When asked to explain the delay, the assessee filed an affidavit sworn by its accountant to show that the original partnership deed along with copies and application form was given to him by one of the partners but he was under the impression that they are to be filed with the ITO along with the return. The ITO, however, refused to condone the delay and rejected the assessees claim for registration. The said conclusion was upheld by the AAC on appeal.
The assessee has come up in second appeal before us.
2. We had heard the representatives of the parties at length in this appeal and in our opinion there is no force therein. One argument advanced on behalf of the assessee was that there was sufficient cause for the delay in filing of the application for registration which should have been condoned in the peculiar circumstances of the case. In this behalf, our attention was drawn to an affidavit of Shri Maruti Kapale in which it has been sworn that the original partnership deed along with photostat copies and necessary forms of application had been given to him before the close of the accounting year by Shri Dipak Ruparel, a brother of Shri H. D. Ruparel, for necessary action after consultation with his counsel. According to him, there was the bona fide belief that the application was to be submitted along with the return of income which normally is to be filed on 30th June. It was for the first time that he noticed that the application had to be filed before the close of the accounting year. According to the assessee, the affidavit filed by the accountant could not have been ignored in the absence of contrary evidence. For this purpose reliance was placed on a decision of the Honble Supreme Court in Mehta Parikh & Co. v. CIT [1956] 30 ITR 181 in which it has been held that an affidavit should not be discarded in the absence of contrary evidence of cross-examination of the deponent. However, this authority has no bearing on the facts of the present case. Both the application forms in Form No. 11 filed before of the ITO containing the date of signatures of the partners as on 28-6-1978 whereas, now the position taken by the deponent of the assessee is that the partners had duly signed the papers and sent them to the counsel before the end of the accounting year. If it is so, the signature of the partners would be a of of date earlier than the close of the accounting year. At the time of hearing before us, Shri Daga contended that the partners of the assessee-firm signed blank application forms which, accordingly, had actually been filled in by Shri Daga when the papers were received by him in June 1978. This means that the date of June 1978, filled in by him, was actually not the date of the signature by the partners on those application forms. In other words, either Shri Daga had added the date of his own which is not in accordance with the spirit of law, inasmuch as the date is to be insert on which the application is actually signed or the affidavit is wrong. If the application was signed by the partners before Diwali 1977, then the same should bear that date, but no application signed on that date was produced before us. So that, the affidavit is prima facie unbelievable and contrary to the facts. The decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in CIT v. Khemraj Laxmichand [1978] 114 ITR 75 holding that the Tribunal was justified in condoning the delay and allowing registration to the firm would, therefore, not help the assessee because there the finding was that it was a bona fide mistake. Now here, the partners of the assessee-firm are not ignorant to the legal position as they are partners in several firms. They have been absolutely careless in not seeing that the application was presented before the ITO within the time prescribed by Law. In Sri Ramamohan Motor Service v. CIT [1973] 89 ITR 274 (SC) it has been held that before a person can claim the benefit of section 26A of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (the 1922 Act), he must strictly comply with the requirement of that section and the relevant rules. Even a substantial compliance with the rules was not sufficient. The assessees appeal against the order refusing registration was rejected by their Lordships for the reasons that in filling column No. 6 of the form some mistake had been committed by the assessee.
3. The other point urged on behalf of the assessee was that the partners of the assessee-firm having been assessed on their share incomes no fresh assessment as an unregistered firm could be made as it would involve double taxation. For this purpose, reliance was placed on a number of authorities namely, CIT v. Blue Mountain Engg. Corpn.
[1978] 112 ITR 839 (Mad.) Laxmichand Hirjibhai v. CIT [1981] 128 ITR 747 (Guj.) and Universal Commercial Co. v. CIT [1981] 130 ITR 775 (Mad.). All these authorities lay down that once the ITO has exercised the option of assessing the partners on the share income of the firm, it would not be open to him to assess the firm as an unregistered firm.
We are afraid we are inclined to accept the assessees contention raised in this behalf. Firstly, most of these decisions are under the 1922 Act and in this behalf, the AAC has rightly drawn the distinction between the language of section 3 of the 1922 Act and the present section 4 of the Indian income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act). The schemes of the two Acts, according to the AAC, were different. He, therefore, chose to rely on the decision of the Calcutta High Court in Ramanlal Madanlal v. CIT [1979] 116 ITR 657. This decision has subsequently been endorsed by the Andhra Pradesh High Court in Deccan Bharat Khandsari Sugar Factory v.CIT [1980] 123 ITR 802 where it has been held that the observation of the Honble Supreme Court in CIT v. Murlidhar Jhawar & Purna Ginning & Pressing Factory [1966] 60 ITR 95 would no longer apply to the case of assessments made on unregistered firms or partners of such firms, particularly when the assessment on the partners is provisional. It is correct that in the present case the partners have been assessed substantially but the ITO assessing them is not the same ITO who had to decide the present application for registration. They had been assessed by the ITO at Bombay and there is nothing on the record to show that it had been brought to the notice of that ITO that the assessee-firm had not been granted registration by the ITO at Satna at the time of these assessment so that the share income from the assessee-firm added was on provisional basis subject to rectification. If the assessee is already taxed on this income as an unregistered firm, naturally the assessment of the partners at Bombay can be rectified.
4. Lastly, it was contended that there would not be much difference in the tax effect if the assessee-firm is taken as registered firm and the partners are assessed on their share income as against treating the assessee as an unregistered firm. It was contended that the partners have their individual income at a fairly higher figures so that the revenue will not suffer much as a result of refusal of the present so that the revenue will not suffer much as a result of refusal of the present registration. According to the assessee, the total difference was only Rs. 210 as per chart shown at page 10 of the paper book. Apart from the fact that the tax effect is not material because the registration has to be granted according to law, we find that the calculation by the assessee at page 10 is not final one. It has been stated that in case of Shri H. D. Ruparel, the share of loss from Premji Valji and Co. had been taken at nil. But this person had actually suffered a loss of Rs. 9,695 for which he had filed an appeal so that there may be material difference in that tax effect also.
Therefore, this argument raised on behalf of the assessee has equally no force.
5. In the result, we are of opinion that there is no force in this appeal. It is hereby dismissed.


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Twice as many bugs at the same time, i.e. React Native testing
I will tell about automation testing of native mobile apps, created with React Native – a framework for building native Android and iOS apps with JavaScript. During my presentation, I will answer to few question, among others: How to write same code for testing iOS and Android apps using Appium? How should look cooperation between developers and testers, to make automation testing possible and effective? What are the benefits and risks of this new Facebook's technology? The presentation will contain examples from the practice.
Mateusz Bernat
I have been working on testing for over five years. Initially I was involved in e-commerce projects, in which I was responsible for integration and acceptance tests. Currently, I am involved in the automation testing of mobile and web apps (including cryptocurrency wallets and social applications) and the creation of test plans for manual testers.


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It is beyond the mid afternoon hour. I am sitting against a high pile of pillows of differing styles and sizes, on my bed.
Earlier I visited with Mr FD in his hospital room. I drove through the McDonald's drive though to buy him a large flat white, one sugar, to relieve the boredom of his day trapped in rehabilitation. Sunday, a day of rest and no physiotherapy for Mr FD, just a lost day in nothingness.
Homeward bound, I listened to the Book Show on RN radio. It is probably not called the Book Show, it probably has some snappy, witty, intellectual name to brand it, but to me it is the Book Show, and so it will remain. There was a woman being interviewed who indulges in roof walking. I guess it is one way to get your big jollies. The interviewer made a comment about roof walking bringing to mind a lot of self indulgent, rich, bored, Oxford twits of another era, and I found myself nodding in agreement. That said, she was enchanting to listen too.
Before that, there was a music show. A female, English acapella group sang their version of Bridge Over Troubled Waters. My heart skipped a beat, then two, as memories of teenage years and the depth of my enduring love for the song filled my emotions. It is the song I wish played at my funeral. I want it to be my last message on earth to those I love. I hope too, that it is how I will have lived my life.
A sunny Sunday afternoon, and yet I also felt myself plunged instantly into a dark hole. Too many years of running on empty, especially the last three. I am depleted. I have no reserves left. Every morning I wake with just enough to get through another day. I need the night to make it into the next day. But, every day is taking a little more from me, and each night delivering a little less than I need.
I wish for another world, parallel to this perhaps, where I could live an existence of quiet solitude, seeking adventure when I chose. Great adventures with happy endings, and warm cups of tea. But, life it not like that is it? Be careful what you wish for, comes into my head, but my wishing remains undaunted.
Perhaps a long winter's nap is what I need. To lay my head down upon the cool, white cotton on my pillows and to enter a nowhere, nothing realm for an hour or two. To rise again another day…


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Is the system broken? Is OA nothing more than a pipe dream? Clearly not, but in order for it to move forward, it has to be done with a critical eye on the weaknesses in the OA system — something that can be challenging when OA seems to offer such a positive alternative to the dominant proprietary landscape. I'll wrap things up with links to two posts that take on the OA movement's sometimes un-self-critical stance. Neither author — J. Britt Holbrook and Diane Harley — is an opponent of OA. However, both offer up the idea that the conversation around OA (and other alternatives to the traditional publishing cycle) might be reframed and brought to a more localized level (as opposed to the "totalizing" doctrine Holbrook sees governing the OA movement). It's certainly food for thought as things move ahead. The traditional scholarly publishing cycle served the academy and researchers well for many years, but it shouldn't be impervious to change. At the same time, it may not be in need of a wholescale transformation. Just a fair amount of tweaking.
Open Access — a pipe dream?
Yesterday, we left off on a high note. Seemingly every stakeholder involved — from authors to audience, institutions to commercial publishers — are supportive of Open Access in one form or another. However, Open Access has yet to become the law of the land. What's the hold up? Could it be that Open Access too good to be true?
While Open Access has many advocates it has garnered a fair amount of skepticism within the scholarly community. Perhaps the biggest bombshell to land on the movement fell just three weeks ago.In the journal Science, a report by biologist and journalist John Bohannon revealed that a faked scientific paper, riddled with intentional errors, had been accepted by over 150 Open Access publications, representing more than a 50% success rate with his submissions. This caused an immediate uproar among the OA community, with many commentators jumping to the defense of OA and questioning the validity of Bohannon's study. And while it's true that there is much to quibble over about how Bohannon conducted the study, it highlights some vulnerabilities of the OA movement.
The strongest indictment from Bohannon's article — and the one leveled against OA most often — is of the lax peer-review methods of OA journals. Peer-review is an essential mechanism for ensuring the quality of published articles, but it can also a real drag on getting new research out to readers as quickly as possible. Many proponents of OA are looking to alternatives to the traditional peer review process (rather than getting rid of peer review wholesale) to speed up publication and to rethink how peer review shapes what is and is not available to researchers.
In Bohannon's study, he says in many instances his article was accepted with no sign of peer review. The biggest culprits were so-called "predatory" journals, journals that are set up to take advantage of the "Gold" OA model, which asks authors (or the institutions they work for) to pay a fee for publication. These predatory journals are certainly bogus, and informing authors of the traps laid across the OA landscape by them is imperative. To say that there are bad OA journals out there is nothing new. In fact, to say that there are junky, predatory journals of any kind is a conversation that's been happening for decades now. However, predatory journals have certainly received a great deal of attention within OA, and Science's major "expose" is certain to stir up much conversation, probably not all of a positive kind.
In addition to questions regarding the quality of OA journals, many have begun to question if they are best served by publishing OA. As mentioned yesterday, concerns over promotion, tenure, academic freedom, and the like, play an important role in the debate surrounding Open Access. For young scholars, these matters are often out of their hands. Which is to say that if they wish to enjoy the benefits of promotion, etc., they will likely have to play by the rules of the body that grants them. The criteria for promotion will vary from institution to institution, but many worry that OA publishing is looked upon with distrust or skepticism. And many young faculty-members, some of whom would plant their flag firmly in the OA camp, must sacrifice their philosophical stance in deference to the demands of their career (or vice-versa, as the case may be). Alongside this, some are casting a skeptical eye towards mandatory electronic submission of dissertation policies found at many institutions. These policies, generated with the best of intentions for making research freely available, have begun to have unintended consequences for PhD students. In response to concerns about the adverse effect dissertation-submission policies have on new graduates' job placement, the American Historical Association has suggested a six year embargo for all history PhD dissertations. The AHA's policy statement ignited a debate among academics, librarians, and administrators about the role OA plays in PhDs career advancement. Some argue that publishers are discouraged from signing on authors to revise their dissertation for publication if it is already available freely online, hindering the authors' ability to land a teaching position. On the other side of the debate, OA advocates point to larger structural problems — not the open availability of graduate work — that add to new PhD's professional struggles.


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Dr. Kelly J. Clark
Founder, Addiction Crisis Solutions (ACS)
President, American Society of Addiction Medicine
Medical Expert Consultant: Dr. Kelly Clark, PLLC
Board certified in both addiction medicine and psychiatry, Kelly J. Clark, MD, MBA, DFAPA, DFASAM is the Founder of Addiction Crisis Solutions, a company focused in educating all stakeholder groups in the service of transforming addiction care into evidence-based, cost-effective practice. Dr. Clark also serves as President of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, representing over 5,300 addiction physician specialists and allied health professionals. She has provided expertise about the opioid crisis to the US Presidential Opioid Commission, FDA, SAMHSA, the Office of Comptroller General; the Pew Trusts, National Safety Council, and National Business Group on Health; as well as numerous provider and payer organizations.
A sought-after national speaker on addiction, Dr. Clark's expertise in health care delivery systems, financing, and quality stand upon her vast breadth of clinical work including emergency, acute, sub-acute, and chronic institutions; community, county, state, federal sites; voluntary, involuntary, criminal justice and correctional settings. She served as faculty of the University of Massachusetts Medical School for eight years training students and resident physicians on the inpatient dual diagnosis unit as well as in outpatient, partial hospital, and consultative settings. She was founding faculty at the VTC Carilion School of Medicine, and she continues her work as a founding member of the National Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit Advisory Board.
In addition, Kelly has been Chief Medical Officer of two private equity backed companies and a medical director at a health plan, a pharmacy benefit management company, and a pharmaceutical company. She brings this unique background to addressing the needs of the range of stakeholder groups through ACS.
With active medical licenses in 11 states, in her practice of forensics Dr. Clark has been recognized as an expert witness in multiple states. She has provided opinions in civil and criminal cases, to both plaintiffs and defendants, in cases regarding competency, wrongful death, malpractice, and healthcare fraud.
Master of Business Administration with Additional Certification in Health Sector Management, the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. Board Certified in Psychiatry by American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and Board Certified in Addiction Medicine by American Board of Preventative Medicine. Doctor of Medicine, the University of Wisconsin. Bachelor of Arts, Phi Beta Kappa, Coe College.


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A Saudi Arabian student attending South Plains College purchased chemicals to build a bomb and was researching targets in the United States - including former President George W. Bush's Dallas home - before his arrest Wednesday by federal authorities, according to a statement issued by the U.S. Attorney's office Thursday morning.
Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, 20, was arrested late Wednesday by FBI agents on a federal charge of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. He was set to appear Friday morning in federal court in Lubbock.
He remained jailed at the Lubbock County Detention Center on Thursday for the U.S. Marshal Service.
Aldawsari received a visa to study in the United States in 2008 and entered the country in September of that year, according to court documents.
He completed a one-year English as a Second Language program before he enrolled at Texas Tech from August 2009 to January 2011 with a major in chemical engineering.
A former classmate and fellow Saudi described Aldawsari as a loner who did not interact with other Islamic students or Saudis.
"He was completely anonymous. The guy was, like, so to himself," said Moha Almodaifer, a fellow chemical engineering student. "He doesn't like to interact with people. He has his own life and stuff."
Aldawsari's studies were funded by a Saudi-based industrial corporation, according to court documents.
On Thursday he was still enrolled as a full-time student at South Plains College.
Aldawsari came to federal attention after a chemical supplier reported a suspicious attempted purchase of a concentrated phenol, a chemical with legitimate purposes that can be used to make explosives, in early February. Surveillance and searches on his apartment - in a building behind Cong. Randy Neugebauer's district office and shared with a U.S. Army recruiting office - revealed wiring, beakers, flasks, Hazmat suits and clocks, according to the affidavit in support of the warrant for Aldawsari's arrest.
Neighbors across the hall from his apartment recognized him from news reports, but Tech Food Science senior Sally Dierschke said they'd never really noticed him while he lived there.
"I'd just seen him in passing, but nothing ever spectacular or weird about him," Dierschke said.
"We've never met any of our neighbors," said Audra Kiesling, her roommate, a senior civil engineering major.
"There's never anyone in the hallways here," Dierschke added.
According to that document, which outlines the FBI's investigation into Aldawsari's activities, federal investigators also found several journal entries and email messages he sent to himself with instructions on how to build an improvised explosive device.
Additional emails with the subject lines such as "NICE TARGETS" he sent to himself described reservoirs and dams in Colorado and California, nuclear power plants, night clubs and the Dallas home of former President George W. Bush, according to the court documents.
Emails also contained the names and home addresses of three former U.S. military members who had been stationed for a time at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, according to court documents.
The statement did not describe any targets in the Texas Panhandle.
"The FBI has assured us that there was no threat to any of our campus locations," South Plains College spokeswoman Myrna Whitehead said in a statement issued Thursday morning.
According to the FBI investigation, Aldawsari operated an Arabic-language blog under the username "fromfaraway90."
The blog was still up Thursday morning.
One entry from March of 2010, roughly translated to English, indicated he had been planning something subversive for quite a while.
"Give me martyrdom in your path and pleased me and jihad in your path alone," Aldawsari wrote.
According to court documents, Aldawsari wrote about his plan in a notebook as well.
"I excelled in my studies in high school in order to take advantage of an opportunity for a scholarship to America...And now after mastering the English language, learning how to build explosives, and continuous planning to target the infidel Americans, it is time for Jihad. I put my trust in God, for he is the best Master and Authority."
Almodaifer, a Tech chemical engineering student and former classmate of Alsdawsari, said Aldawsari avoided people and kept to himself.
He didn't attend Islamic activities, nor Saudi activities, Almodaifer said.
Almodaifer said he hadn't seen Aldawsari in a couple years, but that the FBI questioned him, other Saudis and former roommates Wednesday.
The FBI did not tell Almodaifer why they were questioning him, he said.
He was shocked to find out Aldawsari had been arrested on suspicion of terrorism.
"I really don't know what to say, I mean I wasn't expecting that or that he would go that far," Almodaifer said.


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With plenty of exposure to the catering and hospitality sector, our consultants have extraordinary knowledge of the Cotswolds and the delights that are hidden here. We have turned to them for their advice on the best places to eat in Gloucestershire. As we come into summer, days become longer and socialising increases, we search for new settings and ideas of where to go.
Who better to turn to than those that have first-hand experience with so many local venues, restaurants and bars. CaterCrew have highlighted their top recommendations for various requirements:
Starting with the first and most important meal of the day; breakfast at The Farmshop in Gloucester Services. The Farmshop offers a high-quality breakfast, serving fresh local produce and even an option of haggis! If you are looking for a breakfast whilst out on your Saturday morning wander through Cheltenham, then CaterCrew cannot resist the welcoming and friendly service of The Curious Café on the Bath road. Not only is the experience hard to beat but the food is consistently high quality and quantity! Following a feast, coffee is likely needed to fuel the day. Just a few steps up the road, you will find CaterCrew's choice for coffee, Brew & Bake . The clue is in the name really; exceptional coffee and even better cakes.
The top pick for eating out with the family is The Kings Arms in Stow. It is an unpretentious Cotswolds inn, serving great food and relaxed atmosphere to create the perfect day out. If you have the children for the day, then they would recommend heading to The Langton where there is a dish suited to any palette, and particularly yummy pizzas and fish & chips for the children. Alternatively, the Cosy Club, located in central Cheltenham, offer a wide range of great food to suit any requirements. The relaxed atmosphere and friendly, helpful staff contribute to a pleasant dining experience with family.
If you are looking for somewhere to dine with your friends then CaterCrew would suggest Bar & Wok in Cheltenham high street as the perfect spot to meet. A favourite of many, you will never go hungry with large portion sizes of authentic Chinese cuisine and the beef-patties are a must-try. The Bottle of Sauce, also located in Cheltenham town centre, is a lively, unique bar, highly recommended by CaterCrew for their amazing burgers and pleasant service.
If you are searching for a drink before or after dinner, then head to The Clarence Social, full of atmosphere and serving an eclectic array of wines by the glass, cocktails and beers. The Clarence will guarantee a good time.
Perhaps you are in need of something a little fancier for your dining experience? Then The Daffodill located in Suffolk Parade in Cheltenham, not only provides divine food, but the setting in an old cinema tops the whole experience off. If you are looking to impress your date, then The Ivy Montpellier Brasserie would do that and so much more. This restaurant definitely doesn't need an introduction as it drew outstanding attention to its tables before opening at Christmas. Located inside the beautiful Montpellier Rotunda and excellent food on offer, it is the ideal setting for a romantic evening. Maybe you would prefer a summer setting of No.131. Found on The Promenade, the bar has an appealing outside setting where you can enjoy a glass of champagne and a light snack while watching the world go buy.
The Vanilla Pod Bakery has grabbed the attention of CaterCrew with their tempting array of cakes. Located in Fairview Street, Cheltenham, the bakery offers a wide range of delicious wedding cakes, birthday cakes and special occasion cupcakes. Or why not try the homemade delights of Huffkins, renowned for the Classic afternoon tea and clotted cream and fresh scones. Huffkins have several locations in the area, and source all their ingredients locally right here in the Cotswolds, making them a number one choice for a deliciously authentic experience.
CaterCrew has a keen eye for foodie talent, so they have noted two hidden gems within Cheltenham worth visiting. The first is The Coconut Tree, located in St Pauls, Cheltenham. The Coconut Tree specialises in delicious Sri Lankan dishes, quirky décor and a vibrant atmosphere. If you are into trying something a little different, the Coconut Tree can guarantee this to be done with enthusiasm. The other spectacular place to be sure to try is KibouSushi, in Cheltenham town centre. Traditional Japanese experience is offered at a high standard and staff are attentive and informative. There are plenty of options to suit all, and platters to try a bit of everything.
Our consultants don't only know the best places to eat in Gloucestershire, they also know where the best jobs are at in the catering and hospitality space, so if you're looking for your next role please do check out our latest job listings or contact us to learn more about working with our consultants to land your next gig.
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UPDATED July 6: Important information about COVID-19 and the 2020/21 season
An Update on Our 2020/21 Season
It is with heavy hearts that we share our decision to cancel our previously announced 2020/21 season of concerts. All of us here at the TSO—musicians, artists, and staff—feel your disappointment. Performing is the life-blood of who we are—and that is why we remain fiercely committed to bringing live performances to our audiences as soon as it is possible and safe to do so, as health regulations allow.
We plan to perform in smaller ensembles across the GTA, including at our home, Roy Thomson Hall, for audience sizes aligned with health regulations. In collaboration with the musicians of the TSO, Music Director Gustavo Gimeno is developing programs that are reflective of the current environment. He wants to "ignite a passion for extraordinary music in more intimate settings and to connect with our patrons in unique ways."
Our musicians will continue to perform virtual concerts for you—so be sure to follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Since the beginning of the pandemic, our virtual concerts and events have been viewed over 2 million times!
While we redefine what this coming year will look like for all of us, we can also look further ahead to what we believe will be a monumental 100th season in 2021/22. We are very happy to share that some of our favourite offerings—including Yo-Yo Ma, our Star Wars film performances, and FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE—have been rescheduled to be part of our 100th season.
We would like to thank our community for your support and commitment. We look forward to seeing you soon.
Matthew Loden
Chief Executive Officer
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Updated July 15, 2020
Your Questions Answered
Why did the TSO make the decision to cancel its previously announced 2020/21 season?
Replacing the 2020/21 season with alternative programming is the most responsible option given the uncertainty caused by the pandemic. A constant cycle of likely cancellations threatens to erode the organization's stability and increases our financial risk. This decision will allow us to more accurately allot resources toward alternative performances next year as health restrictions evolve.
What options are available to 2020/21 season subscribers?
2020/21 season Curated Series subscribers can automatically renew their packages for the TSO's 100th season, locking in the same seats and prices without increases.
2020/21 Compose Your Own subscribers can instantly transfer the full ticket value to their 100th season subscription renewal. 2020/21 CYO per-concert pricing will be honoured in the 100th season for CYO subscribers who maintain their investment in the TSO.
Patrons may also receive a full refund, donate their funds for a charitable tax receipt, or explore a combination of these options.
If you purchased add-on tickets with your subscription order or have credit on account, you can redeem the total value until June 30, 2022.
What happens to credit on account from other cancellations?
Thank you for retaining your funds with the TSO! All credit on account will now be valid through the 100th season in 2021/22, until June 30, 2022. You can redeem your credit for newly announced performances or subscriptions for the 100th season.
Will Yo-Yo Ma's performance with Gustavo Gimeno and the TSO still happen?
Yes! We are very much looking forward to welcoming Yo-Yo Ma in 2021/22, the TSO's triumphant 100th season. More details will be announced with the rest of our 100th season programming in early 2021.
When will you be able to provide more detailed information about new programming?
We anticipate being able to share our new concert plans with you close to the end of the summer as we consider the evolving health landscape. All announcements will be made via email, so be sure to join our email list.
When will the TSO's 100th season programming be announced?
We hope to announce our 100th season programming no later than mid-February 2021.
Will subscribers get to keep their seats and prices for the 100th season in 2021/22?
Yes. 2020/21 Curated Series subscribers who maintain their investment in the TSO will retain their seats for the 100th season with no price increases. The full ticket value of 2020/21 Compose Your Own subscriptions will be automatically transferred to a patron's account for future use through the 2021/22 season, including subscription-renewal purchases. Per-concert pricing will not increase for 2020/21 CYO subscribers who maintain their investment in the TSO. Prices in the TSO's 100th season may be higher for new subscribers or 2020/21 subscribers who cancel their subscription and request full refunds.
Is FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE Orchestra World Tour also cancelled?
Performances of FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE Orchestra World Tour have been postponed to October 8–9, 2021, at Roy Thomson Hall. We are disappointed that we once again need to delay these performances, but can't wait to see you in the concert hall as soon as it's safe to do so.
No action is required on your part if you are a current ticketholder—your seats have been automatically transferred into the new equivalent performance date, and you will receive your new tickets via your preferred delivery method in August 2021.
Original Date & Time
Previously Rescheduled Date & Time
New Date & Time
Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 7:30pm
Fri, May 21, 2021 at 7:30pm
Fri, Oct 8, 2021 at 7:30pm
Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 7:30pm
Thu, May 20, 2021 at 7:30pm
Sat, Oct 9, 2021 at 7:30pm
Is Star Wars: The Force Awakens—In Concert cancelled? What about Star Wars: The Last Jedi—In Concert?
Performances of Star Wars: The Force Awakens—In Concert have been postponed to September 30–October 2, 2021, at Roy Thomson Hall. We are disappointed that we once again need to delay these performances, but can't wait to see you in the concert hall as soon as it's safe to do so.
No action is required on your part if you are a current ticketholder—your seats have automatically been transferred into the new equivalent performance date, and you will receive your new tickets via your preferred delivery method in August 2021.
Original Date & Time
Previously Rescheduled Date & Time
New Date & Time
Thu, May 7, 2020 at 7:30pm
Thu, May 13, 2021 at 7:30pm
Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 7:30pm
Fri, May 8, 2020 at 7:30pm
Fri, May 14, 2021 at 7:30pm
Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 7:30pm
Sat, May 9, 2020 at 12:30pm
Sat, May 15, 2021 at 12:30pm
Sat, Oct 2, 2021 at 12:30pm
Sat, May 9, 2020 at 7:30pm
Sat, May 15, 2021 at 7:30pm
Sat, Oct 2, 2021 at 7:30pm
Performances of Star Wars: The Last Jedi—In Concert have been postponed to March 3–5, 2022, at Roy Thomson Hall.
How long will it take for requests to be processed, including refunds?
Cancellation requests are processed weekly, and you will be notified by email when your request is completed.
Please note that refunds are taking longer than anticipated and may take up to 30 days or longer to show up on banking statements. If you have not received your refund within 30 days of your request, we can help. Call TSO Patron Services at 416.598.3375 (Monday–Thursday, 9:00am–5:00pm, and Friday, 9:00am–3:00pm), and we will verify the amount of the refund and the date it was processed, and provide you with the Credit Card Refund Reference Number, which you may use to follow up with your financial institution. We appreciate your patience and support during this high-volume period.
What is the difference between credit on account and a Gift Certificate, and how can I redeem them?
Credit on account and Gift Certificates both provide an opportunity to use your credit for future TSO performances or subscription packages, or toward your annual charitable contribution, with no additional service charges.
Credit on your patron account is valid for use until June 30, 2022. At that time, any unredeemed credit will be automatically converted into a charitable contribution with a tax receipt issued. You can redeem your credit over the phone by calling TSO Patron Services at 416.598.3375.
Gift Certificates never expire and can be redeemed through TSO Patron Services at 416.598.3375, or online at TSO.CA. Click here for more information on how to redeem Gift Certificates on TSO.CA.
Is the box office open?
TSO Patron Services Representatives are working from secure, remote locations and ready to assist you over the phone (416.598.3375) and via email (email@example.com) during summer business hours, Monday–Thursday, 9:00am–5:00pm, and Friday, 9:00am–3:00pm. In-person service at the TSO Patron Services Centre and Roy Thomson Hall Box Office is unavailable until further notice.
How will the TSO afford to stay together and perform in the absence of box-office revenue?
Performances will be scaled in size according to the current health regulations and the TSO's fiscal realities caused by the pandemic. Since the cancellation of one-third of the TSO's 2019/20 season due to COVID-19, the priority has been to keep the Orchestra and staff intact and be nimble enough to seize opportunities to perform whenever, and however, possible.
We are grateful for federal support through the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy and emergency funding provided by the Canada Council for the Arts, and other public funders.
Our philanthropic community and ticketholders who have asked us to hold on to the value of their tickets for when we are once again performing at Roy Thomson Hall have made a significant impact.
Will there be any subscriber benefits offered during the 2020/21 season?
Exclusive virtual events—similar to the Music Talks Series in June—will continue throughout the 2020/21 season. Additional benefits will be announced as more information is revealed about new performances. Subscribers will also be the first to hear about the TSO's 100th season, receiving priority access. 2020/21 subscribers who maintain their subscription investment will lock in prices for the 100th season without increases, and Curated Series subscribers will keep their seats.
What donor benefits will be offered in the 2020/21 season?
We are working on adapting the TSO's membership donor benefits for the coming season to recognize donor support in alternative ways. All Friends, Maestro's Club, and Impresarios Club members will be kept up to date and engaged through member communications, invitations to exclusive virtual performances and events, behind-the-scenes informative talks and learning opportunities, advance notice of on-sale dates for any newly scheduled concerts, and more.
If you have questions regarding your annual donation, Friends membership, or Impresarios Club membership, please contact TSO Donor Services at 416.598.5311 or email@example.com.
If you have questions regarding your Maestro's Club membership, please contact the Maestro's Club at 416.598.5380 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
How will my donation be used in the 2020/21 season?
Philanthropy is a significant source of funding for the TSO every year, and now more than ever. Your support will fund the TSO's continued and expanded work in the community, our live performances when they are possible, our expanding and evolving digital offerings, our ongoing education and mentorship programs like the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra and school programs, and the artistic engagement and growth of our TSO musicians as we prepare for our 100th season.
How can I help support the TSO during this time if I can't attend concerts?
A great way to continue to support the TSO and remain connected to our music-making is to maintain your annual giving or become an annual donor (monthly giving is a great option). You will receive regular updates on how your donation is making a difference and advance notice of any performances and concerts, as well as special behind-the-scenes learning and engagement opportunities (digital or live where possible) to bring you closer to the Orchestra and the music you love. For more information, visit TSO.CA/Support.
What is the future of the Harry Potter and Joe Hisaishi performances at Meridian Hall?
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows™ Part 1 in Concert at Meridian Hall has been postponed to November 4–6, 2021. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows™ Part 2 in Concert has been postponed to May 5–7, 2022. If you have any inquiries, please contact the Meridian Hall Box Office team at 416.366.7723, 1.800.708.6754, or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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As we enter into December and prepare for the New Year, I decided I want to take inventory of all that I've accomplished this past year, and all that I'd like to accomplish as 2019 comes to a close. It's been a great year full of ups and downs, and it's not over yet. There's still plenty of time to cross some things off my bucket list before we enter the new decade.
See the Christmas tree in NYC
I've always dreamed of taking a trip to New York City during the holidays, but have never found the time or money. This year, I'm determined to make it happen. I haven't visited Times Square since I was a little girl, and there's no better time of year to go. It's my mission to see the city lights this year and to snap a picture in front of the tree. Stay tuned!
Solidify my workout routine
Ever since I graduated college and began working full time, I've found it hard to create a workout regime and stick to it. I'm lazy after work and hate how crowded the gym gets at 5pm. Working out is something I love to do, and lately it's begun to feel like a chore. I want to create a routine that'll make exercise exciting again, and even more importantly, find a time where I'm motivated to go. I'd love to use the winter to get myself healthy and in shape!
Eat healthier foods
Something else that I've struggled with lately is my diet, and the holiday's definitely don't help. This month, I want to limit my sugar intake and up my protein intake. Of course, I'll allow myself to splurge on Christmas, but the rest of the month I want to stay focused on eating clean.
Have an alcohol free month
To go along with clean eating, I'd like to eliminate my alcohol intake for a whole month. This is going to be quite challenging, as I do enjoy going out on the weekends, and I'd like to take a New York trip this month, but I think detoxing my body from alcohol would be very beneficial for myself this month. Although, I might be doing some cheating on New Year's Eve!
Book a vacation
I haven't traveled in awhile, and I'd love to have some time away. I want to treat my mom to a vacation of her choice, and I'd love to have it booked by Christmas. I'm not sure where or when we're going, but I'm determined to make it happen! I love traveling, and even more so I love traveling with my family.
Build my savings
Although it'll be difficult to do this while also booking a vacation, I'd like to put more money into my savings account this month than usual. I did some heavy shopping on Black Friday and have mostly completed my Christmas shopping which took quite the toll on my bank account, so this month I'd like to get back on track to make sure my savings account is thriving.
Reconnect with old friends
Over the years, I've lost touch with many of my friends for all reasons you can think of. I've done a bit of moving around over the years, I've had some falling outs, and the most common reason, I've kinda just grown apart from old friends. As we get older, we gain more and more responsibility which can make it difficult to maintain friendships. My goal for this month is to reconnect with at least one friend I haven't spoken to in awhile. Whether we catch up briefly over text, or make time to grab a quick coffee, I'd like to rebuild a lost friendship.
Redo my room
My bedroom has been a work in progress, and overall isn't the aesthetic I'm looking for. I'd love to do some heavy cleaning and get rid of some old clothes and things I no longer need, and I'd like to do some reorganizing. I think moving my furniture around and maybe redecorating will provide some much needed change.
Have a DIY spa day
It's been awhile since I pampered myself, and I think one weekend this month it'd be a good idea to spend some time enjoying some "me" time. Plus, the cold has made my skin quite dry and thirsty, so i think it's important to spend time nourishing my body. Items on my to-do list include a warm bath, face and hair mask, and nail treatment!
Spend more time outdoors
I'm a bit of a hermit when it gets cold outside. I rarely go outside and don't see much sunlight (hence the reasoning I tend to feel SAD). I'd like to spend more time outdoors this month – even if it's just 30 minutes each day. Going for a walk, working outside, exercising outdoors, and going sight seeing are all ways I can incorporate more time outside into my daily life.
Volunteering was one of my favorite things to do in college, and I don't find much time for it anymore. There are a lot of opportunities to get involved this time of year, and I'd love to spend a few hours this month volunteering. Along with volunteering, I'd like to donate some old clothes and toys to those who can use them. Every year, I begin by donating my Halloween costume. Here are some places you can donate yours.
Spend more time with family
Of course, the holiday's are all about spending time with your loved ones. This month, and every month, I'd like to dedicate some time to spending much needed time with my family.
2019 has overall been a great year full of positivity and growth, and my number one goal above all is to end it off this way as well. I'm ready to continue through the holiday season with excitement and momentum. I hope you all enjoy the holidays and kick 2019's butt!


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Police Investigate Fatal Collision on Darnestown Road in Beallsville
UPDATED 8:03 p.m. Montgomery County police officers are investigating a one car fatal collision that occurred Friday afternoon in Beallsville.
According to police, it happened at 3:40 p.m. at the intersection of Darnestown Road and Beallsville Road.
Police said the preliminary investigation indicates that the vehicle was traveling westbound on Darnestown Road near Beallsville Road, when for reasons still under investigation, the car left the roadway and struck a utility pole. According to police, the driver died from his injuries at the scene of the crash. Police have not released the identity of the driver, pending next of kin notification.
This collision remains under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Police Department's Collision Reconstruction Unit at 240.773.6620
ICYMI (345p) 19800blk Darnestown Rd., fatal crash, PD investigating, 1 DOA, van off road into pole, Road closed pic.twitter.com/840MIjtL3s
— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) May 27, 2016
UPDATE: Collision Reconstruction Units on scene Rt 28/Beallsville Rd. Single veh involved w/ single occupant adult male deceased at scene.
— Montgomery Co Police (@mcpnews) May 27, 2016
Traffic Advisory- Darnestown Rd CLOSED, PD investigating, pole down, power outages in Dicketson area(Potomac Edison) pic.twitter.com/Rll6ZUtPFE
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MCP onscene of serious collision Darnestown Rd (Rt 28) & Beallsville Rd. Intersection of Rt 28/Beallsville Rd CLOSED. MORE
— Montgomery Co Police (@mcpnews) May 27, 2016
CONT Ref collision at Rt 28/Beallsville Rd, Rt. 28 at Martinsburg Rd also CLOSED. Initial call received at 3:40 p.m. Updates to follow
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Traffic Advisory – Darnestown Rd CLOSED/BLOCKED btwn Marttinsburg Rd & Beallsville Rd, collision w/ pole down, wires down
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Update – Bardstown Road & Beallsville Road, car into a pole, pole down/wires down wires, causing some brushfires, Road closed
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I wonder how much time they devote to crafting these messages + how much they get paid. If they get paid by click-backs then they need to seriously up their game. Or maybe they're made from computer programs that surf the web and string together sentences that they've found to statistically go together.
Every so often there's a clever one in the bunch though…so I guess they're learning?
Either way, I get a laugh every time I skim through my spam.


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Digitalization: Integration of digital technologies into everyday life by the digitization of everything that can be digitized. (via Business Dictionary)
With definitions like the one above, it's no wonder so many organizations struggle on the journey towards digital procurement. The problem is, it's not just one thing we're trying to wrap our brains around: we need to comprehend digital, digitization, AND digitalization. Seriously?
In this article, I'll explain the difference between the three; touch on some of the benefits and challenges of taking procurement digital; and address the biggest question most organizations have on this topic: WHY ALL THE FUSS?
First, the definitions:
- Digital data (or content) can be captured in binary code, which makes it possible for it to be stored, retrieved and shared via computers. Basically, if you have something in "soft" copy, it's technically digital.
- Digitization is the process of converting data from analog form into digital form (think typing your handwritten notes into an email or scanning a sheet of notes as an image that can be uploaded).
- Digitalization is the process of using digital technology to change the way businesses operate. It's a pervasive shift in mindset and approach, and may significantly alter individual companies or industries.
From procurement's perspective, the best way to assess whether or not you're working in a fully digital environment is to look at the procure to pay (P2P) process in the broadest sense, searching for places where anything happens in hard copy. If you find any examples of that, the process isn't digital from end to end.
The "easy" places to take procurement digital include recording product/service specifications, creating RFxs and storing supplier proposals and documentation/communications involving suppliers. But there are also some areas where companies are likely to struggle to achieve full digital procurement status:
Contract Signature: While eSignature platforms have come a long way in terms of functionality and security, not all legal departments are on board with considering a contract to be fully executed without a traditional signature – something that must be captured in hard copy. This is especially important to point out as "smart contracts" are being touted as one of the early applications of blockchain within procurement. Part of the benefit would be to use blockchain to validate the identity of the signatories. If legal teams can't warm up to more traditional eSignature technology (like DocuSign, PandaDoc, EverSign, SignRequest, etc.) it'll likely be a long time before they're ready to put their trust in blockchain-enabled contract signatures.
Payments: Yes, to be fully digital even payments to suppliers need to travel in "soft copy" – meaning no paper checks. Electronic funds transfers (EFTs) may take a number of forms, such as wire transfers or direct deposits. With same-day ACH being rolled out this past July, electronic payments can travel even faster from buyer to supplier; still not in real time, but progress all the same.
"Three-Way Match" Documents: Near the end of the P2P process sits the "holy grail" of the three-way match: purchase orders (POs), invoices and order receipts/packing slips. To be fully digital, procurement must prevent these from needing to be managed in hard copy. The real challenge is that it means suppliers need to be on board with the digital initiative as well. In fact, far from being so far downstream that they're hardly given a thought by procurement during the supplier evaluation process, each supplier's ability to conduct business digitally should be a key question that has bearing on the award decision.
There's digital, and Then There's Digital
Technically, you can digitize a contract by taking a picture of each page with your smartphone and uploading them to a company shared drive, but this defeats the entire purpose of digitalization. Going digital should change the way a company works – largely through the accessibility of information from a virtual, centralized location. Unless someone takes the time to fully index the photos of the contract, it'll be nearly impossible to locate when it's needed.
A better option is having the full text of the contract and its metadata in digital form. The metadata would include a record of the redlining process, the signature timeline and all additions and amendments made to the agreement over its lifetime. And, of course, having the contract in a system designed for such a purpose rather than saved to a shared drive is better as well.
Why All the Fuss About Digital Procurement?
Centralizing all information, from the identification of a business need through payment and the management of supplier relationships, is a powerful accomplishment. It can change the value created and risk mitigated by procurement every single day, and have an impact far into the future. But just like taking a picture of a contract doesn't realize the full benefits of digitalization, running a legacy process through a computer program leaves significant value on the table. Procurement needs to reimagine their talent, processes and data/document management frameworks to take full advantage of digital technology.


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Netflix's has been streaming the first five Rocky movies. The sixth one, Rocky Balboa is worth the effort to find. Too bad Netflix does not have this streaming. And the upcoming Creed (about Apollo Creed's son going into boxing) looks promising.
I have downloaded the first one to my Kindle. I have to say that after almost 40 years since it was first released it still holds up. I also think that Sylvester Stallone is underrated. I know his career has had its Ups and Downs. His mannerisms open him up to parody. Yet, he is still going.
I was reading some back story about the first Rocky movie. Stallone was living paycheck to paycheck when he wrote the screenplay. There were many groups interested in making the movie. However, there was one point. He could not be the star of it. He held firm it was his movie to star in. The producers were even willing to pay him more money not to be the star. He stood firm. And the rest was history.
Boxing movies are filled more times than not with a bunch of clichés. In fact, the final fight is anticlimactic. Here what makes it a good story is that everything in Rocky's life outside of the ring is in conflict. Those conflicts are driving the drama of the story. Too many times, audiences over look this and base their opinion on the Final Fight.
The Rocky series was up and down as a whole. First two were good. The third one was a bit excessive. The fourth one was definitely a product of the 80's. Although, Putin is trying to revive the Hollywood image of the Evil Russians. But he does not have the charisma to pull it off. The fifth one was practically pointless. And the sixth revived the series and was a good way to wrap up the series.
I have the Rocky Balboa: The Best of Rocky soundtrack. It features music from all of the movies. The rock songs on the album were mostly used for the cliché workout montages that were common in 80's movies. A side effect of the MTV programming. The songs that work the best are the orchestral ones by composer Bill Conti. I like listening to those types of songs for movies. Because if close your eyes and listen you can imagine the story of the movie. (Star Wars by John Williams are another favorite). Listen to Gonna Fly Now ("Theme for Rocky"). You feel like you're walking into a Coliseum. You can sense a fight coming.
The song I really like is Going the Distance. Here is a performance. You can imagine the fight.
The part people overlook about the first movie is that Rocky lost the fight. It was not about winning or losing for him. All he wanted to know was that he was capable of lasting all the rounds in the match.
This scene is tied to one in Rocky Balboa where he is challenged by a younger box to fight in an exhibition match. He needs go up against the usual bureaucrats to get approval.
This is the relatable scene. We live in a world of social media judgment. By people, who will never get up and roll up their sleeves to help. We have created a political class of people who say they know better than us how life should work. We get impeded by more paperwork and insurance requirement than is logical. Too many "What if's" not challenged by enough "So What's". Whether we Win or Lose. Because that is not ultimately in our hands. It is about Opportunity to do so to our abilities.
And that scene is why the character of Rocky resonates with us. And why after all these years he still has a place in our culture.


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Freidrich Miescher Isolated "Nuclein". What is "Nuclein" now known as?
What did Griffith do in his experiment?
He infected mice with Streptococcus Pneumoniae, of both Living R-strain,and heat killed S-strain. Through this he discovered transformation of the live R-strain.
What did Avery do in his experiment?
He followed on from Griffith by using enzymes to degrade the molecules in question for heredity.
Trypsin and Chemotrypsin break down...?
What is Chromatin
A complex of DNA and its associated proteins.
What were the purpose of Nucleases in Avery's experiments?
Nucleases, more precisely Ribonuclease and Deoxyribonuclease broke down RNA and DNA respectively. In this way it was possible to determine hereditory material in Transformation.
Briefly explain Ultracentrifugation. State how it helped confirm DNA for Avery.
Ultracentrifugation is centrifugation (seperation by mass, high speed spinning) at especially high speeds.
Avery found the hereditory molecule quickly dropped to the bottom of the tube, indicating an large, heavy molecule, such as DNA.
Briefly explain Electrophoresis. State how it helped Avery confirm DNA as hereditory.
Electrophoresis analysis by observing behaviour of a substance in an electric field.
Avery found the hereditory material responded greatly to an electric field. DNA is a negatively charged molecule, as a result Avery's experiments suggest DNA.
Avery used UV absorbtion to determine DNA as the hereditory material. What results suggested this?
The peak absorbtion was wound to be ~260nm. Characteristic of DNA.
What wavelength of UV light does DNA absorb most readily?
What wavelength of light do proteins absorb most readily?
Avery used Elementary Chemical Analysis to determine the ratio between phosphorus and nitrogen.
This was low suggesting DNA
(Proteins have a lot of nitrogen but no phosphorus)
(DNA also has a lot of nitrogen, but it has a lot of phosphorus too. This gives a low ratio.)
What was chagraff's contribution to understanding DNA?
Chagraff's rules. Chagraff discovered that bases were not found in equal proportions in DNA.
What bacteriophage did Hershey and chase use to demonstrate DNA as hereditory?
What is a Nucleoside?
Base + Sugar = Nucleoside (No phosphate)
What is a Nucleotide?
Base + Sugar + Phosphate = Nucleotide
Nucleosides are named based on their base. For each base, state its DNA name
(Uracil is not common in DNA)
Name each base in RNA nuceosides...
(Thymine is not common in DNA)
Phosphates on a nucleotide are termed alpha, beta and gamma with respect to the exocyclic 5' carbon.
That is all...
Define Exocyclic. Give an example.
Exocyclic means "outside of the ring". In genetics, this often refers to the 5' carbon on the nucleotide sugar.
Charge charge repulsion from the sugar-phosphate backbone is destabilizing. What stabilizes this?
Captions in aqueous solution.
What is helical pitch?
Helical pitch is the number of base pairs per helical turn.
What is the helical pitch of DNA?
10 base pairs or 3.4nm pass pairs are 0.34nm apart)
What is the helical width of DNA?
2nm in B-form DNA
Right handed DNA can also be called ___. It indicates that the structure spirals to the right.
What is the process for naming nucleotides?
Name the base (considering which type of base it is), determine which carbon the phosphate lies on, then state how many phosphates, e.g,
What can cause DNA to bend?
Either proteins binding with major and minor grooves, or A-T rich DNA sections.
What are the characteristics of B-form DNA?
-> Right handed
-> Neatly stacked bases
-> It has intermediate helical width and pitch
What are some characteristics of Z-form DNA?
-> Largest helical pitch (more space between bases)
-> Smallest helical width
-> Left handed
-> Bases "zigzag"
What are some characteristics of A-form DNA?
-> Large Helical Width
-> More bases per turn (shorter turn length)
-> Right Handed
When my Z-form DNA arise?
A -GCGC- pattern in the correct aqueous conditions will form Z-DNA
Why is Z-form DNA important?
Some proteins only recognize Z-form DNA. Therefore is is useful for gene expression.
What is the DNA melting temperature?
The point at which 50% or more of DNA molecules are completely seperated.
What affects DNA melting temperature?
-> Strand length
-> Composition (G-C content)
-> Aqueous conditions (Salinity)
-> Presence of Formanide and Urea (Destabillizing)
Why do Formanide and Urea destabilize the helix?
They compete for hydrogen bonding interactions.
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