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"Set your sights firmly on your own star.
You are the captain of your ship. You hold the compass."
Kathy Eldon
Author, Lecturer, Film & Television Producer
Kathy speaking at the Points of Light Conference in Atlanta in June 2014 in front of 4,000 people
AUDIENCE COMMENTS
"TERRIFIC, TERRIFIC, TERRIFIC!"
"An inspirational example of a woman who has taken the hardships of life and has used them as fuel for creative energy- a worthy role model!"
"The energy and optimism she brought is wonderful, contagious and inspiring!"
"Dynamite, from the heart!"
"Very inspirational to all who dream- follow the vision."
"She has so much to say! And such marvelous energy!"
"How can I begin to enumerate all that she has given us?"
"SO inspirational- WOW!"
"Fabulous speaker! Joy."
"Dynamic! High energy, motivational, great speaker!"
"Inspiring! Also practical and informative. She gave specific suggestions"
"Grateful for your energy, wisdom and enthusiasm!"
"Wonderfully empowering"
Kathy Eldon is an award winning, internationally acclaimed lecturer, writer, activist, journalist, television and film producer who galvanizes audiences with her passionate belief that each and every individual can experience a rich and fulfilling life as "an active soul". Drawing on the extremes of her own life, with wit, humor, and passion, Kathy awakens people to their full potential, convincing them of their power to soar.
In a troubled world, Kathy offers a new sense of purpose and direction, as she illustrates the resilience of the human spirit, and its power to transform tragedy into hope and renewal. Her moving speeches, illustrated with award winning film clips and peppered with humor, interweave her own story with universal themes of love, forgiveness and redemption.
Kathy Eldon is a popular and inspiring speaker who has been featured in countless newspaper and magazine articles and has appeared on radio and television programs around the world, including the Producer's Favorite segment on the Oprah Show. Audiences are captivated by Kathy's message to "know thyself", and leave her events believing in their own power to overcome adversity and to live the life of their choice.
For Kathy's full bio, please click here.
LECTURE TOPICS
Forbes 6.18.13 from Creative Visions Foundation on Vimeo.
Kathy has a variety of speeches appropriate for different types of audiences
1. "Never Give In! Creating the Life of your Choice"
Winston's Churchill's immortal words provided inspiration for Great Britain during World War II. They also supported Kathy during major crises in her life – a divorce, a devastating illness, and the tragic murder of her son. In a moving speech illustrated with film clips, illuminated with humor, and laced with wisdom, Kathy, now an acclaimed filmmaker and best selling author, tells her remarkable story, inspiring audiences to believe there is nothing that one cannot do.
Audience: students, authors, artists, educators, female entrepreneurs, journalists, world peace agencies, political institutions, community organizations, business leaders, arm chair travelers, adventurers and philanthropists.
2. "The Gift of Grieving: Transforming Tragedy into Hope"
We are all affected by loss. We lose a job, our kids leave home, parents pass on and friends move away. Kathy tells the story of how she transformed her loss into a powerful force that energized both her personal and professional life. Using clips from her award-winning films and images from her best-selling Angel Catcher guided journal, Kathy captivates audiences with her compelling message of hope and inspiration, and offers an entertaining and enlightening look at our never-ending potential for joy.
Audience: corporate retreats, women's groups, and writers' conventions.
3. "The Art of Life: Journaling your Way to Success"
When Kathy was faced with hardships in her life, she wrote in her journal and discovered a seemingly limitless source of creativity and courage within her. Her collection of black bound journals became the foundation for an abundant and joyous life, as well as a series of documentaries and best-selling guided journals, Soul Catcher, Angel Catcher and Love Catcher. In a lively speech packed with film clips, drawings and doodles, Kathy, offers insight and practical tools for anyone interested in achieving his, or her potential, both for ourselves as individuals – and for the world as a whole.
Audience: keynote speeches for corporations, foundations, universities, schools, and motivational events.
4. "The Journey is the Destination: A Traveler's Guide"
Explorer, adventurer, humanitarian, and young Reuter's war photographer, Dan Eldon lived life to the fullest having traveled to more than 50 countries, attending four colleges, and studying five languages – all by the age of 22. Stoned to death by an angry mob while on assignment in Somalia, Dan left behind l7 bulging black bound books detailing his many adventures. Kathy collected pages of his journals and transformed them into a book entitled The Journey is the Destination, inspiring millions around the world. In a stunning media-rich presentation, she tells his story and explains how each of us can live more fully, while impacting ourselves and others positively.
Audience: keynote speeches for corporations, foundations, university convocations, middle and high schools, conferences and motivational events.
5. "Beyond My Wildest Dreams: Finding Home in Hollywood"
In a delightful multi-media presentation liberally laced with wit, wisdom and moving film clips, Kathy Eldon describes her extraordinary journey, an action-packed "safari" which took her from a small town in Iowa to an exotic life in England, Africa, and now Hollywood. Kathy tells how she transformed the challenging obstacles she met along the way (including the horrific murder of her son) into opportunities for creative growth and new purpose. Her remarkable story of triumph over tragedy offers hope and encouragement to all who yearn to transform their lives into an exciting "safari of the soul".
Audience: keynote speeches for corporations, foundations, universities, middle and high schools and motivational events.
6. "Transform Yourself and the World Around You—the Creative Activist's Journey"
Kathy takes audiences on a rollicking journey that brings life to her remarkable story of transformation. It depicts how she worked with others whom she supported through her foundation to impact the world around them. This presentation includes a workshop that will share the principles embodied in the "Creative Activists's Toolkit," that has determined the basis of countless successful projects launched by individuals who believe in the "Power of One" to create positive change.
Audience: This inspiring speech is appropriate for all audiences.
7. "Taking the Leap: Inspiring You to Take a Leap and Live Life ON"
Have you ever felt drawn to change the world or change yourself, but never felt brave enough to take the leap to actually make it happen? Have you ever felt inspired to make a difference, but have no idea where to start? In this compelling speech, Kathy teaches us how to take flight and how testing her limits, acting courageously, and taking responsibility revitalized her life.
Audience: Motivational events, middle and high school students, those looking for a change, for the young and the young at heart
Kathy accepting the Planet Award at Global Green's Pre-Oscar Fundraiser, Four Seasons Hotel, Beverly Hills, 02/20/2019
The Journey Is The Destination: Both 60 or 90 minute versions are available of this moving, Emmy-nominated, TBS Special about Journalists at Risk
The Art of Life: Dan Eldon in Africa: l5-minute award winning CNN film (can be viewed on Youtube.com)
Dan Eldon: Safari as a Way of Life: A moving 45-minute National Geographic film
Current Television: a 9 minute overview of the Creative Visions Foundation (can be viewed on Youtube.com)
Soldiers of Peace: a powerful and uplifting 45 minute CNN Film about the Children's Peace Movement in Colombia
Dan Eldon: Art, Adventurer, Activist. A stunning traveling exhibition of Dan Eldon's journal pages and photography is available for museums and galleries.
An easy-to-erect "Pop-up" Gallery of Dan's collages is also available for galleries, stores and other public spaces.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT KATHY ELDON
"Kathy Eldon is a powerhouse who has turned her own personal tragedy into a mega blast of creative energy and vision. She believes everyone can be a force for positive change as long as they do what they do. . . with conviction."
CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR
"I was a young reporter when I first met Dan Eldon in Somalia. Now I have his picture on my office wall and look at it every day for inspiration. His mother has taken the tragedy of his death and transformed it into a powerful force for good."
"Kathy Eldon inspires everyone she meets, from the elevator operator on the way up here– to heads of state and world leaders. She is my spiritual advisor."
ROSIE O'DONNELL
"I want to thank you for the ways you have woken me up from 'the mother slumber', happily blind to anything that happens outside of my blissful home. Thank you for being wonderful and wonder full."
"Kathy Eldon is one of the most inspirational people I know. She is the definition of forward motion."
"I have been involved with the Overseas Press Club for more than a decade and I would say that Kathy Eldon on that night was the bravest, most eloquent and moving speaker I heard over all those years. She found the courage…to hearten us to accept responsibility for lifting the consciousness of this world and to galvanize individuals to action. Kathy is enormously sensitive and articulate, she is the best kind of person we have. Needless to say, her presentation was well received."
LARRY SMITH, MANAGING EDITOR at PARADE MAGAZINE
"Her words flow smoothly. Her eloquence pours through a crucible of sadness and grief. She is both tough and tender, ingenuous and savvy."
TOM CURWEN, LOS ANGELES TIMES
"I can't call what you did 'remarks' or 'speech' because it was something beyond technique or category: sheer direct impact, person upon person…I happened to glance at Dan Rather's face and it must have bee a mirror of mine. He was fighting to control his emotions, as was I.
JOSEPH MEHAN, PROFESSOR at COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
"No one can remember a greater display of courage…I can almost guarantee that lives were changed this morning."
CLAYTON W. LEWIS, PRINCIPAL at THE AMERICAN SCHOOL IN LONDON
"Her presence at the podium is charismatic and powerful…She is at ease, composed and above all else personable, all characteristics she projects as comfortably to hundreds as she does one-on-one"
VINCENT ALABISO, VP at THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
"Students were fired up about the issues raised in "Dying To Tell the Story" and in the discussion afterwards: global conflict and citizenship, photographic testimony and historical evidence. Most of all, they wanted to talk about how their own lives intersect with world issues, and how their professional and personal lives can impact those issues. Kathy Eldon a wonderful speech, tied to crucial, relevant topics."
MAJORIE FELD, PROFESSOR at BABSON COLLEGE
"Your talk and actions inspired me to go out and try to live as an "active soul."
JACOB DONNELLY, STUDENT at BABSON COLLEGE
"Powerful and inspiring talk – it was such a perfect piece for our closing plenary."
TRACY HOOVER, PRESIDENT at POINTS OF LIGHT
"Your closing plenary session was nothing short of incredible. Your authentic passion and graceful story-telling of turning terrible tragedy into something powerful for the world was transformational."
AMY SMITH, CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICE AND PRESIDENT at ACTION NETWORKS
A SAMPLING OF EXHIBITONS/SYMPOSIA/SPEECHES
Lawrenceville Academy Emcee: UN Peace and Tolerance
United Nations Awards
Sundance Film Festival American School in London
The Freedom Forum: Washington DC University of Texas, Austin
Boston College Boston University
Wellesley College Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
Union College: Convocation Speech Colombia University
Cornell College Snap Orlando
Duke University European Freedom Forum/London
KCET (Women's History Month) Overseas Press Club (OPC)
Hamilton Gallery (London) Michigan School of Journalism
Paley Center NYC Telluride Film Festival
University of North Carolina Pima Writers Conference
Telluride Film Festival Traveling Women Luncheon (LA)
Sundance Film Festival Babson College
Invisible Children: "Dispatch Me"—(before an audience of 7000 people)
Dedication of the Newseum (Washington D.C.)
Alleghany College Hollywood Improv
Union College IAB MIXX Conference on Digital Media
TED x Teens—Scholastic United Nations: Premiers of Dying to tell the Story, Soldiers of Peace, a Children's Crusade
Articles about Kathy, her films, books, her son and Creative Visions have appeared in countless publications and syndicated newspapers in the United Stated and internationally. Here is just a small sampling of press received:
Oprah Magazine The Washington Post
Baltimore Sun Vanity Fair
International Herald Tribune Time Magazine
Newsweek People Magazine
Boston Herald The Times of London
Independent of London The Hollywood Reporter
Variety Elle
Biography Magazine The New Yorker
USA Today Los Angeles Times
More Magazine Natural Health Magazine
Kathy is a popular motivational speaker and has been profiled in a number of books including Arianna Huffington's "On Becoming Fearless", Katherine Martin's, "Those Who Dare: Real People, Real Courage", and Nancy Alspaugh, Marilyn Kentz, and Mary Ann Halpin's "Fearless Women."
RADIO AND TELEVISION APPEARANCES
Kathy Eldon has been the subject of countess radio and television interviews in the US and abroad, a few of which are listed below:
The Oprah Show (three times) Jane Pauley Show
Good Morning America Rosie O'Donnell Show
NPR's Morning Edition Hard Copy
CNN To The Point Jane Pauley Show
National Geographic Today Show Late, Late Show
ABC's Saturday Morning Show Fox News Show
Kathy pictured above receiving the 2015 Media for Social Impact Award at the UN
Kathy was named one of MSN's "10 Amazing Women You Have Never Heard Of," together with Nobel Peace Prize winners Wangaari Mathai and Jodi Williams. Kathy is a recipient of the Euro- American Women's Council's Artemis Goddess Award, the Wayuu Taya Foundation's Award and was named a Purpose Prize Fellow. She and daughter Amy have also received the "Young Audiences, New York Children's Award" for their work with young creative activists and in 2010, Kathy was honored as a Lifetime Television "Extraordinary Woman."
Together with Julia Roberts, Kathy exec-produced "Extraordinary Moms," for the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) about the power of mothers to transform the world. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Rosie O'Donnell and Christiane Amanpour are among those featured in the Mother's Day special. Currently in development is "Prized Women," a series with the Nobel Women's Initiative about the nine living women Nobel Peace Prize winners; "State of Grace," a series about death and dying in America, and "Journey," a feature film about Dan, written by Jan Sardi ("Shine"), directed by Bronwen Hughes ("Harriet the Spy," "Forces of Nature," "Stander.")
A Civic Ventures Purpose Prize Fellow, Kathy has also received the Euro-American Women's Council's Artemis Goddess Award, the Waya Taya Foundation's Award and the "Young Audiences New York Children's Award" for her work with young creative activists.
On the birthday of their grandfather, Nelson Mandela, in 2013, Kweku and Ndaba Mandela nominated Kathy for the George H.W. Bush "Points of Light" award. In 2014, Kathy was named the winner of the Unite4Humanity's Inspiration Award in the Arts at a ceremony in the presence of President Bill Clinton and was given a grant for $25,000 for her foundation. Thanks to the PVBLIC Foundation, Kathy was awarded the 2015 Media for Social Impact Award at the United Nations.
Kathy hosts "Caught in the Act", a Huffington Post video blog that features dynamic creative activists, and has herself been featured in countless articles and on countless television and radio programs globally, including several appearances on Oprah and a segment featured on Oprah's "Producer's Favorites." Kathy has served on the board of the Overseas Press Club Foundation, and is currently on the board of Video Volunteers and CALL2ACTION. Kathy lives in Malibu, near the Dan Eldon Center for Creative Activism, global headquarters for the Creative Visions Foundation and Productions and a vibrant hub for creative activists who are changing the world around them.
Raised in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and educated at Wellesley College, Kathy Eldon has worked as a teacher, journalist, author, film and television producer in England, Africa and the United States. She and her daughter Amy Eldon Turteltaub are co-founders of Creative Visions Foundation, a global organization that supports "creative activists" who their creative talents to change the world around them. Creative Visions Foundation was inspired by the life of Kathy's son, Dan Eldon — artist, adventurer and activist — killed in 1993 while on assignment for Reuters News Agency in Somalia. CVF has assisted more than 100 artists, filmmakers, playwrights, leaders of social movements on five continents who use media and the arts as vehicles of social change.
Kathy is also the founder of Creative Visions Productions, which produces socially conscious films, including "Dying to tell the Story", a TBS special about about front line correspondents hosted by Amy; "Soldiers of Peace, a Children's Crusade, a CNN film profiling the Children's Peace Movement in Colombia, and "Global Tribe," a cutting edge PBS series hosted by Amy featuring grass-roots creative activists. Together with Julia Roberts, Kathy is the Executive Producer of "Extraordinary Moms," a special for the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) about the power of mothers to transform the world. Included in the show are Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Rosie O'Donnell, Christiane Amanpour and three less famous, not no less incredible mothers. Currently in development is "Prized Women," a series with the Nobel Women's Initiative about the seven living Nobel Peace Prize winners, and "State of Grace, Dying in America."Creative Visions Productions is producing "Journey," a feature film about Dan, directed by Bronwen Hughes ("Harriet the Spy," "Forces of Nature," "Stander.")
Kathy is the author of 17 books, including Angel Catcher, Soul Catcher, and Love Catcher (Chronicle), a series of popular self-guided journals written with her daughter Amy Eldon that help people negotiate loss and grief, find their purpose and introduce more love in their lives. Kathy edited the acclaimed collection of Dan's journals, Journey is the Destination: The Journals of Dan Eldon (Chronicle), and has also written a variety of popular cookbooks, eating out guides and children's social history books. In 2013, Harper One published her memoir, In the Heart of Life.
Kathy has been profiled in a number of books, including Arianna Huffington's "On Becoming Fearless," "Those Who Dare: Real People, Real Courage" and "Fearless Women." Kathy was named one of MSN's "10 Amazing Women You Have Never Heard Of," together with Nobel Peace Prize winners Wangari Mathai and Jodi Williams. Some of her other awards include the Euro-American Women's Council's Artemis Goddess Award, the Way Taya Foundation's Award and the "Young Audiences New York Children's Award" for her work with young creative activists. Kathy was also named a Civic Ventures Purpose Prize Fellow. On Nelson Mandela's Birthday in 2013, Kweku and Ndaba Mandela nominated Kathy for the George H.W. Bush "Points of Light" award and in February, 2014, Kathy was awarded a grant of $25,000 after being named the winner of the Unite4Humanity's Inspiration Award in the Arts at a ceremony in the presence of President Bill Clinton. Thanks to the PVBLIC Foundation, Kathy was awarded the 2015 Media for Social Impact Award at the United Nations. Los Angeles Confidential Magazine named Kathy one of Los Angeles' Most Influential Female Power Duos with actress and activist Maria Bello.
Kathy hosts "Caught in the Act", a Huffington Post video blog that features dynamic creative activists- and has herself been featured on countless television and radio programs globally, including several appearances on Oprah and a segment featuredon Oprah's "Producer's Favorites." Kathy, a popular motivational speaker, has served on the board of the Overseas Press Club Foundation and is currently on the board of Video Volunteers and CALL2ACTION. She lives in Malibu next to the Dan Eldon Center for Creative Activism, a vibrant hub for individuals who want to help change their bit of the world.
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A Bob Dylan Primer
A BOB DYLAN PRIMERA Podcast by Michael Hacker
Teaser: Welcome to A Bob Dylan Primer
A short intro about what is happening with this series of broadcasts – launching in January 2019. It's rolling, Bob.
A Thousand Miles From Home
Before television, a boy was born in springtime Minnesota. 25 years later he was the most beloved, and most reviled – pop star on the planet.
The Voice of a Generation
Once, a single song could change the world. In 1963, a 22-year-old kid wrote a song called Blowin' In The Wind … and it changed the world.
The First Rock Star
What does it mean to be a "rock star?" Attitude? Swagger? Shades? Can a folk singer turn into a rock star? Let's find out –
1966, I Don't Believe You
Imagine you've bought a ticket to see your favorite artist in concert. Imagine then that you're horrified at what that artist plays – would you consider them a traitor? Would you call them Judas?
Basement Medicine
"Live fast, die young" is the mantra of many a dead rock star – but what happens if you live fast, and survive? Maybe that's the toughest test of all.
In 1969, America is coming apart at the seams. Rock music is exploding into densely complex forms. Bob Dylan releases an album of pure … country music
The sixties are ending, long live the sixties. How does the single most iconic performer leave the decade that defined him and move in the 1970s? Find out in Episode 7 of A Bob Dylan...
The Movie'll Be Like A Song
Would you believe Dylan almost became a movie director?
Blood, Desire, and The Last Waltz
It seemed like Bob Dylan was finished.
A Voice in the Wilderness
Twenty years into his career, Bob Dylan unleashes his most shocking transformation
Synthesizer Dylan
Few who lived through the nineteen-eighties would claim the decade as their greatest era. Dylan is no exception.
Beginning the Next Beginning
Dylan somehow stops his creative slide at the end of the 1980s and turns it all around, again.
Time is in the Mind
Never a dull moment for Mr. D, he contracts a serious infection of the heart, sings for the Pope, and releases his strongest album in 20 years.
Modern Times, Olden Times
40 years after showing up in New York, Dylan propels himself headfirst into the 21st century with a quartet of ferociously strong albums and a sweet book that tells more than the most telling tell-all.
Goodbye is too Good a Word
As we say fare thee well, Dylan drops his best music in years
A Bob Dylan Primer © 2019

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Writers need ideas. Articles, blog posts, opinion pieces, stories, books—these all start with ideas. You have something you want to share with your readers. Some topic or topics you'd like to talk about or explore. A new technique you've learned that made a huge difference.
Ideas are great. And necessary. But what if you can't organize your thoughts? How do you create order out of a mess?
Mind mapping is an excellent way of bringing structure to your thoughts. A mind map graphically records the thoughts (or possibilities) in a diagram. At the heart of the diagram is your main idea. Then you write down whatever comes to mind when you think of that idea. Those thoughts (or possibilities) connect with lines (spokes) to the main idea and will usually form groups.
A true mind map (as described above) allows for free association. There are no correct or incorrect possibilities. To make things a little easier, I designed the mind map below with common areas that arise in writing articles and stories.
Let's imagine an article on mind mapping to see how this might work.
What is the story idea? We're using Mind Mapping for this example, so you would put the words "Mind Mapping" in the center.
What is the underlying message? This can be one word or several items. In this case, Mind Mapping is simple, fast, and easy to understand.
Who are the characters in your story / who are you writing for? We're targeting writers. This article is for people who write articles, blog posts, stories, and books.
What problem are you trying to solve? Too many thoughts can create overload. Mind mapping solves the problem of how to organize your thoughts, what to do with too many thoughts, how to keep track of them, how to group them.
What features and benefits does this provide? I want to show what Mind Mapping does for you, how it can help. Mind mapping relieves the struggle of trying to keep all your thoughts in your head. Instead of hoping to remember everything, you write it down. It makes it easier to organize your thoughts. And it gives you a tool that you can use anytime, anywhere.
Feel free to use the map above to help you explore ideas for your next article or story. Or, if you prefer more free association, browse the web for more examples. Whatever you do, let your imagination go. Then tell me how it works.
I am so grateful to have learned this mind mapping technique from you, Nanette! It has helped me formulate my blog posts and workshop presentations much more efficiently. Thanks!


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The long awaited ghetto worship song by the Nigerian Fast rising Afro high life singer "Jimmy X" a.k.a "Mr Egwueji 1-of-Africa" finally unveils titled "OBIOMA" (Good heart) produced by Mr E on dbeat. The Final Year student of LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY in the department of THEATRE ARTS AND MUSIC whose real name is Obioma Anyanwu Vitalis but popularly called Jimmy X is no doubt the next big thing in the Afro High life Music world. The video which drops in no distant time was shut somewhere in Lagos state Nigeria by Director i-Zick. Enjoy!!¡!!


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"""
Tests for python wrapper of state space representation and filtering

Author: Chad Fulton
License: Simplified-BSD

References
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Kim, Chang-Jin, and Charles R. Nelson. 1999.
"State-Space Models with Regime Switching:
Classical and Gibbs-Sampling Approaches with Applications".
MIT Press Books. The MIT Press.
"""
from __future__ import division, absolute_import, print_function

from distutils.version import LooseVersion

import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
from nose import SkipTest
from numpy.testing import assert_equal, assert_allclose

from statsmodels.compat import cPickle
from statsmodels.tsa.statespace import sarimax
from statsmodels.tsa.statespace.kalman_filter import KalmanFilter
from statsmodels.tsa.statespace.representation import Representation
from statsmodels.tsa.statespace.structural import UnobservedComponents
from .results import results_kalman_filter

# Skip copy test on older NumPy since copy does not preserve order
NP_LT_18 = LooseVersion(np.__version__).version[:2] < [1, 8]

if NP_LT_18:
    raise SkipTest("Old NumPy doesn't preserve matrix order when copying")

true = results_kalman_filter.uc_uni
data = pd.DataFrame(
    true['data'],
    index=pd.date_range('1947-01-01', '1995-07-01', freq='QS'),
    columns=['GDP']
)
data['lgdp'] = np.log(data['GDP'])

def test_pickle_fit_sarimax():
    # Fit an ARIMA(1,1,0) to log GDP
    mod = sarimax.SARIMAX(data['lgdp'], order=(1, 1, 0))
    pkl_mod = cPickle.loads(cPickle.dumps(mod))

    res = mod.fit(disp=-1)
    pkl_res = pkl_mod.fit(disp=-1)

    assert_allclose(res.llf_obs, pkl_res.llf_obs)
    assert_allclose(res.tvalues, pkl_res.tvalues)
    assert_allclose(res.smoothed_state, pkl_res.smoothed_state)
    assert_allclose(res.resid.values, pkl_res.resid.values)
    assert_allclose(res.impulse_responses(10), res.impulse_responses(10))

def test_unobserved_components_pickle():
    # Tests for missing data
    nobs = 20
    k_endog = 1
    np.random.seed(1208)
    endog = np.random.normal(size=(nobs, k_endog))
    endog[:4, 0] = np.nan
    exog2 = np.random.normal(size=(nobs, 2))

    index = pd.date_range('1970-01-01', freq='QS', periods=nobs)
    endog_pd = pd.DataFrame(endog, index=index)
    exog2_pd = pd.DataFrame(exog2, index=index)

    models = [
        UnobservedComponents(endog, 'llevel', exog=exog2),
        UnobservedComponents(endog_pd, 'llevel', exog=exog2_pd),
    ]

    for mod in models:
        # Smoke tests
        pkl_mod = cPickle.loads(cPickle.dumps(mod))
        assert_equal(mod.start_params, pkl_mod.start_params)
        res = mod.fit(disp=False)
        pkl_res = pkl_mod.fit(disp=False)

        assert_allclose(res.llf_obs, pkl_res.llf_obs)
        assert_allclose(res.tvalues, pkl_res.tvalues)
        assert_allclose(res.smoothed_state, pkl_res.smoothed_state)
        assert_allclose(res.resid, pkl_res.resid)
        assert_allclose(res.impulse_responses(10), res.impulse_responses(10))

def test_kalman_filter_pickle():
    # Construct the statespace representation
    k_states = 4
    model = KalmanFilter(k_endog=1, k_states=k_states)
    model.bind(data['lgdp'].values)

    model.design[:, :, 0] = [1, 1, 0, 0]
    model.transition[([0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 3],
                      [0, 3, 1, 2, 1, 3],
                      [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0])] = [1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1]
    model.selection = np.eye(model.k_states)

    # Update matrices with given parameters
    (sigma_v, sigma_e, sigma_w, phi_1, phi_2) = np.array(
        true['parameters']
    )
    model.transition[([1, 1], [1, 2], [0, 0])] = [phi_1, phi_2]
    model.state_cov[
        np.diag_indices(k_states) + (np.zeros(k_states, dtype=int),)] = [
        sigma_v ** 2, sigma_e ** 2, 0, sigma_w ** 2
    ]

    # Initialization
    initial_state = np.zeros((k_states,))
    initial_state_cov = np.eye(k_states) * 100

    # Initialization: modification
    initial_state_cov = np.dot(
        np.dot(model.transition[:, :, 0], initial_state_cov),
        model.transition[:, :, 0].T
    )
    model.initialize_known(initial_state, initial_state_cov)
    pkl_mod = cPickle.loads(cPickle.dumps(model))

    results = model.filter()
    pkl_results = pkl_mod.filter()

    assert_allclose(results.llf_obs[true['start']:].sum(),
                    pkl_results.llf_obs[true['start']:].sum())
    assert_allclose(results.filtered_state[0][true['start']:],
                    pkl_results.filtered_state[0][true['start']:])
    assert_allclose(results.filtered_state[1][true['start']:],
                    pkl_results.filtered_state[1][true['start']:])
    assert_allclose(results.filtered_state[3][true['start']:],
                    pkl_results.filtered_state[3][true['start']:])

def test_representation_pickle():
    nobs = 10
    k_endog = 2
    endog = np.asfortranarray(np.arange(nobs * k_endog).reshape(k_endog, nobs) * 1.)
    mod = Representation(endog, k_states=2)
    pkl_mod = cPickle.loads(cPickle.dumps(mod))

    assert_equal(mod.nobs, pkl_mod.nobs)
    assert_equal(mod.k_endog, pkl_mod.k_endog)

    mod._initialize_representation()
    pkl_mod._initialize_representation()
    assert_equal(mod.design, pkl_mod.design)
    assert_equal(mod.obs_intercept, pkl_mod.obs_intercept)
    assert_equal(mod.initial_variance, pkl_mod.initial_variance)

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The HAG H04 4100 is the first chair in the popular HAG H04 collection.
The HåG H04 4100 has a small seat, low back and standard 150 mm gas lift. A footbase, 200 mm gas lift, armrests and HAG step up are optional.
Low back model with partly upholstered seat and low back.


The Everpure SR-X Scale Inhibitor Feeder is a deliming system for steam equipment used in food and beverage services. The clear housing bowl and clear Scalestick cartridge make it easy to know when the cartridge needs replacing. The system comes complete with SR-X housing, SS-10 cartridge, dip tube assembly and ScaleKleen remover.
The EVERPURE-EV9797-20 does not reduce fluoride.


What is a Command Template?
To create a command template, navigate to Command Templates on the navigation sidebar of the Command Management page and then click New Template. You will be taken to the form afterwards.
Key-in the Name, Tag and Description for your command template, and then attach the icon you want to use.
Once provided, click Add Command. Select the device commands you want to share from the pop-out window, and then click Add.
If you want to keep your command template private but still want to share it to a specific account, click the Sharing Options tab. Tick the Make Private box and then select the account(s) you want to share your commands with from the drop-down menu. This will allow the selected account(s) to view and download the shared commands.
Once you've completed the wizard, click Create Template. You should be able to see a notification saying that your command template has been created.


It's that time of year again – spring – or for 20 percent of the population, Seasonal Allergic Conjunctivitis (SAC) season. Seasonal allergies cause red, itchy, watery, and burning eyes, all thanks to blooming trees, flowers, and weeds releasing pollen. Sufferers may have chronic dark circles under their eyes, their eyelids may be puffy, and bright lights may be bothersome. If the eyes are rubbed too much, it can lead to secondary infections requiring medical attention.
When the pollen comes out, allergy sufferers should close their windows, turn on their air conditioning in their homes and cars, and stay indoors for the mid-morning and early evening time periods, when pollen counts are at their highest. If they do go outdoors, sunglasses or eyeglasses are their best defense against blowing pollen.
Obviously, pollen is not completely unavoidable, requiring a trip to the pharmacy for supplies to help alleviate the symptoms. Artificial tears, decongestant eye drops, and oral antihistamines can help to get through the season (just be aware that antihistamines can have a drying effect on eyes).
While seasonal allergies tend to affect sufferers during the active growing months of plants (spring, summer, and fall), Perennial Allergic Conjunctivitis (PAC), is a year-long affair. According to the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, perennial allergies are typically caused by the indoor allergens of dust mites, pet dander, mold spores, or other household/indoor irritants.
The symptoms will appear the same as for its seasonal allergy counterpart and is treated the same with over-the-counter remedies. Sufferers are strongly encouraged to keep their homes, offices, and cars (interior environments) clean and to regularly wash linens and other fabrics (i.e., rugs, draperies, curtains, upholstery) to eliminate dust mites, spores, and dander.
These two types of eye allergies are the most common, affecting 50-85 million Americans each year. If you find yourself being affected, wash your face, use a cold compress on your eyes, try the over-the-counter remedies, keep your environment clean, wipe surfaces with a damp cloth, and if all else fails, see your eye care professional for prescription medications.
The staff at All About Eyes wish all our clients, readers, and friends a Happy New Year! To start the new year off with some fun, we decided to get musical and asked each of our staff members what their top three favorite songs are – and since we're all about eyes – the songs are all about eyes. We'd love to hear what your favorites are as well!
*Wherever possible, highlighted songs link directly to the artist's official page/song.


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Home > News > Blackstone Partners With Aakash Educational Services, One Of India Largest Test Prep Education Companies
Oct 2019 Source: MOTACHASHMA
Mumbai, October 30, 2019: Blackstone (NYSE: BX) announced that private equity funds managed by Blackstone ("Blackstone") have partnered with Aakash Educational Services Limited ("AESL"), to build India's largest digitally enabled, an Omni-channel education company.
AESL is India's largest medical test preparation provider with a network of more than 200 centres across 130 cities, teaching more than 250,000 students, along with a fast-growing digital business. AESL was founded as Aakash Institute around three decades back by Mr J.C. Chaudhry. AESL has demonstrated a consistent track record of results in both medical and engineering entrance examinations over the last three decades. In 2019, nine of the top ten NEET rank-holders were AESL students.
"AESL has grown tremendously, emerging as one of the largest and most trusted brands in the education sector. The entire management team is excited to partner with Blackstone, a leading alternative asset manager. We believe Blackstone is a likeminded partner that shares our values and culture. As we embark on the next trajectory of growth at AESL, Blackstone will complement our team with its deep expertise and network in the education sector globally and a team of highly accomplished professionals with a proven track record of creating value. Blackstone's value creation has been visible already, as they have helped bring Deborah Quazzo, a leading education technology investor, onto the board of the company. Given Blackstone's unique partnership philosophy, we engaged exclusively with the Blackstone team for this transaction. This investment is a testament to the dedication of our outstanding employees who have built this company by keeping with our founder's motto of 'Student First'."
"It is heartening to commence our partnership with the Blackstone Group, which is one of the world's largest private equity firms. AESL has seen significant growth in the last decade, becoming one of the largest education companies in the country. By leveraging Blackstone's global reach and expertise, this partnership will aid our push into newer areas and cutting-edge education technology, enabling us to deliver long-term value to our students, employees, investors and other stakeholders."
"We are investing in AESL since it is the most scaled-up test preparation business in India with a professional management team and best-in-class corporate governance. Live tutoring, whether in physical or online classrooms, has proven to be an effective model globally for delivering consistent results in standardized tests.
AESL has been a leader in this model in India, delivering exceptional results in NEET and JEE examinations year after year. Our thesis is to accelerate AESL's push in online live tutoring, both organically and through acquisitions. We are excited to partner with Aakash and his management team to deliver on this vision."
"Unlike most other players, AESL's mission and business model have been to take high-quality test preparation education closer to the student's home rather than the student needing to migrate for it. AESL's 200 pan-India centres, powered with institutional academic pedagogy, enable this distributed delivery currently. We plan to supplement this strong physical network by growing AESL's digital segment to create India's largest Omni-channel test preparation company."
Kotak Investment Banking acted as the exclusive financial advisor to the sellers. S&R acted as legal advisor to sellers. E&Y, KPMG, Trilegal and Clifford Chance acted as advisors to Blackstone.
About AESL
AESL is one of the largest test preparation companies in India, preparing students from grades 8 to 12, to prepare for medical, engineering and other competitive examinations like Olympiads and NTSE. Established around three decades back as Aakash Institute, AESL has a long history. Today, the company has more than 200 centres across 130 cities, employing over 2,200 teachers to help teach more than 250,000 students.
Further information is available at www.aakash.ac.in
About Blackstone
Blackstone is one of the world's leading investment firms. We seek to create positive economic impact and long-term value for our investors, the companies we invest in, and the communities in which we work. We do this by using extraordinary people and flexible capital to help companies solve problems. Our asset management businesses, with approximately $554 billion in assets under management, include investment vehicles focused on private equity, real estate, public debt and equity, non-investment-grade credit, real assets and secondary funds, all on a global basis.
Blackstone has been active in India since 2006 and has committed over $13 billion of investments in India through private equity, real estate and tactical opportunities.
Further information is available at www.blackstone.com. Follow Blackstone on Twitter @Blackstone.
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One thing I'm glad my Mom kept from my childhood was our "I Can Read" books. One of my favorites was Lucille. Garner picked this book out a long time ago and wanted it read night after night. She memorized the book and was able to "read" to me – almost perfectly. Tonight I overheard JD and Garner having bedtime story time. JD read Lucille to her and it reminded me of her reading it to me. Her little voice – so precious talking about Lucille and her friends. That's a memory I never want to forget.
I'm not sure it's even in print anymore but if it is…it's worth the read.
This book is about a horse named Lucille. Lucille belongs to a farmer, and helps him to plow his fields. One day Lucille realizes that she is `dull and dirty'. The farmer's wife has also realized this. She takes it upon herself to turn Lucille into a lady. First Lucille gets a hat with pink roses on it. Next she gets four shiny, red, high-heeled shoes. And last but not least she gets a white dress. Now Lucille is all dressed up as a lady. The only problem is, she doesn't know how to act like one. When the farmer's wife invites some other ladies over to meet Lucille, she gets nervous. Finally she runs out of the farmhouse and back to plow the fields with the farmer. She has realized that you shouldn't hide who you are.
This story is told in a very straightforward manner that endeared it to me. Every page has wonderful illustrations. The pictures of Lucille all dressed up in her finery are really precious.


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The advertisement of Amazon searching for a new location for its headquarters has brought to the forefront the specific search criteria that the company is using to evaluate potential locations. In response to this advertisement, the New York Times wrote an article, "Dear Amazon, We Picked Your New Headquarters for You," applying their search criteria, including economic data, to estimate which city has the highest likelihood of being selected.
A reason for this request is likely because continued growth in technology-oriented businesses in urban locations will require increasing reliance on mass transit. This same point was pursued in a national report by EDR Group, called The Role of Transit in Support of High Growth Business Clusters in the U.S. The report examines the extent to which in technology-oriented business clusters already have, and will increasingly in the future, turn to bus and rail investment to support their growth. It describes how growth in these business sectors are enabled by "agglomerations economies" -- the ability of business firms to realize productivity gains because of greater access to pools of specialized workforce skills within larger labor markets. These insights are of strategic value as technology-oriented businesses are fast growing drivers of America's economy, and cluster (agglomerate) in urban locations where they can best access research centers, information sharing, and a large, skilled workforce.
Transit is becoming the solution of choice for these businesses who require access to a skilled labor market because these cannot simply move to less crowded or congested locations without losing many of the productivity and competitiveness advantages of the cluster business environment. Given constraints on continued roadway system expansion (detailed in the case studies), there is a solid case for expanding the future role of public transportation to support growth of high tech business clusters.
The study by EDR Group focuses on eight high-growth knowledge-oriented business clusters and their transportation conditions in six US cities and finds that the degree of transit access could potentially affected by the year 2040 between 379,000 and 480,000 jobs, depending on steps taken to address the transportation capacity constraint.
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Everybody Wants Some (Blu-ray)
Posted in: Disc Reviews by Brent Lorentson on July 12th, 2016
For the Gasparilla International Film Festival, to nab the latest film from writer/director Richard Linklater is kind of a big deal. GIFF was the second festival to show Everybody Wants Some after its debut at the acclaimed South by Southwest festival. With the film being lauded as a spiritual sequel to Linklater's cult hit Dazed and Confused, I had to admit I was a bit skeptical about this film and its ability to even match up to its predecessor, after all it was the indie darling that helped launched the careers of Matthew McConaughey, Ben Affleck, Milla Jovovich, and many others. This ensemble of talented up-and-comers managed to capture this cinematic lightning in a bottle about high school, that for me is a film I manage to watch at least once a year when I come across someone who hasn't yet seen the film. So how does the film hold up in the face of such expectations? For me this isn't just a fun film, but I'm taking a stand and calling this the best party film to date (and yes, I'm daring to say it's better than Animal House).
It's time to take a trip back to 1980, a time before social media was ever a thing, and when cars came with tape decks filled with cassettes and people who had record collections were not hit with being called hipsters. The star of this film for me is the music that is beautifully strung through the film, whether we're listening to Van Halen, Sugar Hill Gang, or The Knack, what we have is a great assortment of music to set the tone of the film, and we get a musical bag of ear candy to indulge.
With the mood music set, it's time to meet Jake (Blake Jenner), who is a freshman pitcher who has arrived to his campus just days before school is about to begin. Jake gets to bypass living in an on-campus dorm and instead is rooming with his teammates in an off-campus home. It's the college dream with only two rules: no alcohol in the house and no girls upstairs; we already know it won't be long till these rules are broken.
The rest of the team is comprised of McReynolds (Tyler Hoechlin), the team captain and star batter, Willoughby (Wyatt Russell), a stoner transfer student who is also a pitcher, Dale (J. Quinton Johnson), who for the most part is Jake's more grounded navigator to adjusting to college life, and then there is my personal favorite of the group, Finn (Glen Powell), whose words of wisdom border between profound and simply absurd. I think for many viewers everyone will find their own characters they either relate to or simply just can't get enough of. This is one of the few casts I've seen put together where the chemistry between them all is just a special kind of movie magic that doesn't come along too often.
As for the actual plot of them film, it's a bit thin; after all, it really is simply us following the team around as they travel between every club and party as we watch them get drunk and laid. It's the conversations we get in between and the interactions between these young men as they bond and evolve into a team that make this something special. Between the innocent hazing, we also get some charming moments where the more seasoned students are attempting to train the freshmen how to handle college women. All this occurs as we watch the team travel from a disco bar, to a country bar, to eventually a punk show. As we see the cast maneuver through the different clubs and parties, we get to see what Linklater is really trying to say here: that college isn't just about school and baseball for these guys, but it's really the place where everyone gets the opportunity to discover who they really are. A profound notion, for a film surrounded by massive amounts of alcohol consumption.
By the time we finally get to see the guys get together for their first practice and see them in action, we are already fully invested in each of the characters. I'd love to see these guys together in a film with the attention just on their actions while in a gameplay atmosphere. As much as I dug this sequence, the part of the film that hooked me the most involves the girl in room 307, Beverly (Zoey Deutch) and Jake's immediate puppy-dog affection towards her. Though the interactions between Jake and Beverly are all too brief in my opinion, they are the moments we get to see Linklater shine. If you haven't seen his "Before" trilogy, seek them out and enjoy them. Linklater knows how to create beautiful honest moments with characters as they are dipping their toes into romance. And for a film that manages to pull you into the heart of the party, it also manages to pull on the heartstrings and hope for the best for this potential couple.
There is no slick photography, or CGI effects, not even a collection of big-name star power. Instead, Everybody Wants Some is a fun film that captures the optimism of life in those early days when you are leaving home and embarking on the adventure of college. Is it a film with more optimism than reality? Of course it is, but that's the point; this is the film that captures that moment where we all are just ready to cut loose and have a good time, and the movie delivers that from start to finish. Is this the kind of film that gets handed awards? Not a chance. For me this has been the most fun I've had this year at the movies, and it left me with a big stupid grin on my face. I will happily take another trip with these guys, as I already foresee this becoming a new film I'll revisit often.
Everybody Wants Some is presented in a 1.85:1 aspect ratio. The 1080p image is arrived at with an AVC MPEG-4 codec at an average of 30 mbps. Staying true to the time period, there is a lot of color that simply pops on the screen. All through the film we get sharp detail from the off campus housing to the clubs the team heads out to. One of the best sequences where we see the color pop the most is when we see the team hit the baseball field. There are no artifacts or compression issues; this is as close as it gets to seeing what the early 80's was like without the use of a time machine.
The DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track is just about the coolest soundtrack you can experience. Not only does this have one of the best collections of songs for a film, but the sound is also quite impressive. The dialog is clear throughout despite many of the sequences taking place during parties. No, there may not be any big special sound effects, but thankfully with this mix the music won't drown out the dialog, and in a comedy that's actually a good thing.
Everybody Wants Some!! More Stuff That's Not in the Movie: (25:24) A mix of bloopers and behind-the-scenes footage of the film
Rickipedia: (3:57) a little segment about how the cast feels director Richard Linklater is an encyclopedia of knowledge about the late 70's and early 80's.
Baseball Players Can Dance: (6:42) A look at the rehearsals the cast had to do to pull off their dance moves in the film.
Skills Video: (5:17) A fun little segment that shows the cast and the videos they had to submit while auditioning for their roles demonstrating their athletic skills.
History 101: Stylin' in the 80's: (4:20) A behind-the-scenes look at the cast as they get their trademark hairstyles from the past as well as their costumes for the film.
We're midway through the year, and for me this is still my favorite film of the year (so far, at least0. I've seen the film four times now, and it still holds up. This is the kind of film you can sit back and enjoy with friends; it's the perfect hang-out movie just like Dazed and Confused was. Really, I don't know what more I can say other than, if you're ready to take a trip back in time and relive the 80's or just want to have a good time, this is the movie to check out.
Brent Lorentson
Brent Lorentson is a horror writer and film critic based out of Tampa, Florida. With a BA in Digital Film, he co-wrote and co-directed Scavenger Hunt. His short stories have appeared in various horror anthologies. In 2019 his short script Fertile Blood will be a part of the anthology horror film Slumber Party. He is currently working on his first novel A Dark and Secret Place set to be released in late 2019. Favorite Films: Taxi Driver, Fight Club, I Saw the Devil, The Wild Bunch, Dawn of the Dead, A Clockwork Orange, Pulp Fiction, Heathers, The Monster Squad, and High Fidelity.
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Susan Robinson. Finally, a book that describes the beach stones found along Lake Superior shorelines. Beautifully illustrated with full color realistic paintings. Small enough to carry in your backpack. 23 pages.


Earlier this week, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson filed to run for president in 2020 and now we might have another celebrity trying to get in to politics. Kid Rock might be trying to run for senate! Check out his WEBSITE.


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KNYSNA, South Africa, 29 March 2019 – Castrol has joined the Jaguar Simola Hillclimb as the official lubricants partner, as well as the media service partner from 2019. The three-year agreement sees one of the world's leading lubricants brands join an elite group of sponsors and partners of the annual Knysna-based Hillclimb, which is widely regarded as South Africa's premier motoring and motorsport lifestyle event – taking place this year from 3 to 5 May.
According to Ian Shrosbree, managing director of the Jaguar Simola Hillclimb, the Castrol partnership brings together two strong brands with a lot of synergy, and it opens up many exciting possibilities for the event going forward.
"It is our pleasure to welcome Castrol to our portfolio of event partners," Shrosbree says. "Castrol is a global household name renowned for its premium quality lubricants and for pushing technological barriers to constantly improve the product. Likewise, the Jaguar Simola Hillclimb is regarded as the premium motorsport event in the country which we have achieved by pushing the barriers to always improve the event.
Castrol is a world-leading manufacturer, distributor and marketer of premium lubricating oils, greases and related services to automotive, industrial, marine, aviation, oil exploration and production customers across the world.
Castrol has an esteemed and exceptionally proud motorsport history dating back to 1906, with a deep-rooted passion for racing. It is also the global lubricants supplier to Jaguar and has enjoyed a long association with the illustrious British marque. Castrol helped power the legendary Jaguar XJR-9 to victory at the 1988 Le Mans 24 Hours, followed by the Jaguar XJR-12 taking the title in 1990.
In Formula 1, Castrol won the Formula 1 Drivers and Constructors title in 1997 with Jacques Villeneuve and the Williams Renault F1 team.
Castrol is the official partner to a wide range of teams, including the 2016 Le Mans-winning Ford Chip Ganassi Racing, and the Ford M-Sport team in the World Rally Championship which claimed the world title in 2017 and 2018 with Frenchman Sébastian Ogier.
The lubricants specialist has also won the Dakar Rally three times in a row (2009 to 2011) and the World Rally Championship title an unprecedented four times in succession between 2013 and 2016 with Volkswagen.
In an incredible run that will be hard to beat, Castrol and Audi claimed an astonishing 13 victories at the Le Mans 24 Hours between 2000 and 2014.


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require File.expand_path('../../test_helper', __FILE__)

class AliasTest < MiniTest::Spec

  def assert_same_content(c1, c2)
    assert_equal c2.length, c1.length
    c1 = c1.dup.sort { |a, b| a.id <=> b.id }
    c2 = c2.dup.sort { |a, b| a.id <=> b.id }
    c1.each_with_index do |a, i|
      b = c2[i]
      assert_equal b.id, a.id
      assert_equal b.class, a.class
    end
  end

  context "Aliases:" do
    setup do
      @site = setup_site
      @template_root = File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "../fixtures/templates/aliases"))
      @site.paths.add(:templates, @template_root)
      @renderer = S::Output::Template::Renderer.new(false)
      S::Output.renderer = @renderer

      Content.delete

      Page.field :title
      Page.box :box1
      Page.box :box2
      # class ::Page < Spontaneous::Page
      # end

      # class ::Piece < Spontaneous::Piece; end

      class ::A < ::Piece
        field :a_field1
        field :a_field2
        field :image, :image

        style :a_style
        def alias_title
          a_field1.value
        end

        # def alias_icon_field
        #   "/aliasicon.png"
        # end
      end

      class ::AA < ::A
        field :aa_field1
        style :aa_style
      end

      class ::AAA < ::AA
        field :aaa_field1
      end

      class ::B < ::Page
        field :b_field1
        layout :b
      end

      class ::BB < ::B
        field :bb_field1

        box :box1
      end

      class ::AAlias < ::Piece
        alias_of :A

        field :a_alias_field1
        style :a_alias_style
      end

      class ::AAAlias < ::Piece
        alias_of :AA
      end

      class ::AAAAlias < ::Piece
        alias_of :AAA
      end

      class ::BAlias < ::Page
        alias_of :B
        box :box1
      end

      class ::BBAlias < ::Piece
        alias_of :BB
      end

      class ::MultipleAlias < ::Piece
        alias_of :AA, :B
      end

      class ::ProcAlias < ::Piece
        alias_of proc { Content.root.children }
      end

      @root = ::Page.create
      @aliases = ::Page.create(:slug => "aliases").reload
      @root.box1 << @aliases
      @a = A.create(:a_field1 => "@a.a_field1").reload
      @aa = AA.create.reload
      @aaa1 = AAA.create(:aaa_field1 => "aaa1").reload
      @aaa2 = AAA.create.reload
      @b = B.new(:slug => "b")
      @root.box1 << @b
      @bb = BB.new(:slug => "bb", :bb_field1 => "BB")
      @root.box1 << @bb
      @root.save.reload
    end

    teardown do
      [:A, :AA, :AAA, :B, :BB, :AAlias, :AAAlias, :AAAAlias, :BBAlias, :BAlias, :MultipleAlias, :ProcAlias].each do |c|
        Object.send(:remove_const, c) rescue nil
      end
      Content.delete
      teardown_site
    end

    context "All alias" do
      context "class methods" do
        should "provide a list of available instances that includes all subclasses" do
          assert_same_content AAlias.targets, [@a, @aa, @aaa1, @aaa2]
          assert_same_content AAAlias.targets, [@aa, @aaa1, @aaa2]
          assert_same_content AAAAlias.targets, [@aaa1, @aaa2]
        end

        should "allow aliasing multiple classes" do
          assert_same_content MultipleAlias.targets, [@aa, @aaa1, @aaa2, @b, @bb]
        end

        should "be creatable with a target" do
          instance = AAlias.create(:target => @a).reload
          instance.target.should == @a
          @a.aliases.should == [instance]
        end
        should "have a back link in the target" do
          instance1 = AAlias.create(:target => @a).reload
          instance2 = AAlias.create(:target => @a).reload
          assert_same_content @a.aliases, [instance1, instance2]
        end

        should "accept a proc that returns an array as a target list generator" do
          assert_same_content ProcAlias.targets, @root.children
        end

        context "with container options" do
          setup do
            @page = ::Page.new(:uid => "thepage")
            4.times { |n|
              @page.box1 << A.new
              @page.box1 << AA.new
              @page.box2 << A.new
              @page.box2 << AA.new
            }
            @page = @page.save.reload
          end

          teardown do
            Object.send(:remove_const, 'X') rescue nil
            Object.send(:remove_const, 'XX') rescue nil
            Object.send(:remove_const, 'XXX') rescue nil
          end

          should "allow for selecting only content from within one box" do
            class ::X < ::Piece
              alias_of :A, :container => Proc.new { S::Site['#thepage'].box1 }
            end
            class ::XX < ::Piece
              alias_of :AA, :container => Proc.new { S::Site['#thepage'].box1 }
            end
            targets = lambda { |a, target|
              [(a.targets), @page.box1.select { |p| target === p }].map { |a| Set.new(a) }
            }
            expected, actual = targets.call(X, A)
            actual.should == expected
            expected, actual = targets.call(XX, AA)
            actual.should == expected
          end

          should "allow for selecting only content from a range of boxes" do
            class ::X < ::Piece
              alias_of :A, :container => Proc.new { [S::Site['#thepage'].box1, S::Site['#thepage'].box2] }
            end
            class ::XX < ::Piece
              alias_of :AA, :container => Proc.new { [S::Site['#thepage'].box1, S::Site['#thepage'].box2] }
            end
            assert_same_content X.targets, @page.box1.select { |p| A === p } + @page.box2.select { |p| A === p }
            assert_same_content XX.targets, @page.box1.select { |p| AA === p } + @page.box2.select { |p| AA === p }
          end

          should "allow for selecting only content from within one page" do
            class ::X < ::Piece
              alias_of :A, :container => Proc.new { S::Site['#thepage'] }
            end
            class ::XX < ::Piece
              alias_of :AA, :container => Proc.new { S::Site['#thepage'] }
            end
            assert_same_content X.targets, @page.content.select { |p| A === p }
            assert_same_content XX.targets, @page.content.select { |p| AA === p }
          end

          should "allow for selecting only content from a range of pages & boxes" do
            page2 = ::Page.new(:uid => "thepage2")
            4.times { |n|
              page2.box1 << A.new
              page2.box1 << AA.new
              page2.box2 << A.new
              page2.box2 << AA.new
            }
            page2.save.reload
            class ::X < ::Piece
              alias_of :A, :AA, :container => Proc.new { [S::Site['#thepage'].box1, S::Site['#thepage2']] }
            end
            class ::XX < ::Piece
              alias_of :AA, :container => Proc.new { [S::Site['#thepage'], S::Site['#thepage2'].box2] }
            end
            assert_same_content X.targets(@page, @page.box1), @page.box1.contents + page2.content
            assert_same_content XX.targets, @page.content.select { |p| AA === p } + page2.box2.select { |p| AA === p }
          end

          should "allow for selecting content only from the content of the owner of the box" do
            class ::X < ::Piece
              alias_of proc { |owner| owner.box1.contents }
            end
            class ::XX < ::Piece
              alias_of proc { |owner, box| box.contents }
            end
            class ::XXX < ::Piece
              alias_of :A, :container => proc { |owner, box| box }
            end
            assert_same_content X.targets(@page), @page.box1.contents
            assert_same_content XX.targets(@page, @page.box1), @page.box1.contents
            assert_same_content XX.targets(@page, @page.box2), @page.box2.contents
            assert_same_content XXX.targets(@page, @page.box1), @page.box1.contents.select { |p| A === p }
          end

          should "allow for filtering instances according to some arbitrary proc" do
            pieces = [@page.box1.entries.first, @page.box2.entries.first]
            _filter = lambda { |c|
              pieces.map(&:id).include?(c.id)
            }
            ::X  = Class.new(::Piece) do
              alias_of :A, :filter => _filter
            end
            assert_same_content pieces, X.targets
          end

          should "allow for filtering instances according to current page content" do
            @page.box1 << AAA.create
            @page.box2 << AAA.create
            @page.save.reload
            allowable = AAA.all - @page.box1.contents
            ::X  = Class.new(::Piece) do
              alias_of :AAA, :filter => proc { |choice, page, box| !box.include?(choice) }
            end
            assert_same_content allowable, X.targets(@page, @page.box1)
          end

          should "allow for ensuring the uniqueness of the entries" do
            aaa = AAA.all
            ::X  = Class.new(::Piece) do
              alias_of :AAA, :unique => true
            end
            @page.box1 << aaa.first
            @page.save.reload
            assert_same_content [aaa.last], X.targets(@page, @page.box1)
          end

          should "allow for returning an arbitrary list of results generated by a proc" do
            results = [mock, mock, mock]
            ::X  = Class.new(::Piece) do
              alias_of proc { results }
            end
            ::X.targets.should ==  results
          end

        end
      end

      context "instances" do
        setup do
          @a_alias = AAlias.create(:target => @a).reload
          @aa_alias = AAAlias.create(:target => @aa).reload
          @aaa_alias = AAAAlias.create(:target => @aaa1).reload
        end

        should "have their own fields" do
          @a_alias.field?(:a_alias_field1).should be_true
        end

        should "provide access to their target" do
          @a_alias.target.should == @a
        end

        # TODO
        should "reference the aliases fields before the targets"

        should "present their target's fields as their own" do
          @a_alias.field?(:a_field1).should be_true
          @a_alias.a_field1.value.should == @a.a_field1.value
        end

        should "have access to their target's fields" do
          @a_alias.target.a_field1.value.should == @a.a_field1.value
        end

        should "have their own styles" do
          assert_correct_template(@a_alias,  @template_root / 'a_alias/a_alias_style')
        end

        should "present their target's styles as their own" do
          @a_alias.style = :a_style

          assert_correct_template(@a_alias,  @template_root / 'a/a_style')
        end

        # should "have an independent style setting"
        should "not delete their target when deleted" do
          @a_alias.destroy
          Content[@a.id].should == @a
        end

        should "be deleted when target deleted" do
          @a.destroy
          Content[@a_alias.id].should be_nil
        end

        should "include target values in serialisation" do
          @a_alias.export[:target].should == @a.shallow_export(nil)
        end

        should "include alias title & icon in serialisation" do
          @a_alias.export[:alias_title].should == @a.alias_title
          @a_alias.export[:alias_icon].should == @a.alias_icon_field.export
        end

      end
    end

    context "Aliases to custom models" do
      setup do
        @target_id = target_id = 9999
        @target = target = mock()
        @target.stubs(:id).returns(@target_id)
        @target.stubs(:title).returns("custom object")

        @custom_alias_class = Class.new(::Page) do
          alias_of proc { [target] }, :lookup => lambda { |id|
            return target if id == target_id
            nil
          }, :slug => lambda { |target| target.title.to_url }
        end
      end
      should "be creatable using a custom initializer" do
        a = @custom_alias_class.for_target(@target_id)

        a.target_id.should == @target_id
        a.target.should == @target
      end

      should "be able to provide a slug for pages" do
        a = @custom_alias_class.for_target(@target_id)
        a.target.should == @target
        a.slug.should == "custom-object"
      end

      should "ignore styles if object doesn't provide them" do
        a = @custom_alias_class.for_target(@target_id)
        a.style.template.call.should == Page.new.style.template.call
      end
    end

    context "Piece aliases" do
      should "be allowed to target pages" do
        a = BBAlias.create(:target => @bb)
        a.bb_field1.value.should == "BB"
      end

      should "not be loadable via their compound path when linked to a page" do
        a = BBAlias.create(:target => @bb)
        @aliases.box1 << a
        @aliases.save
        Site["/aliases/bb"].should be_nil
      end

      should "have their target's path attribute if they alias to a page type" do
        a = BBAlias.create(:target => @bb)
        a.path.should == @bb.path
      end
    end

    context "Page aliases" do
      should "be allowed to have piece classes as targets" do
        class ::CAlias < Page
          alias_of :AAA
          layout :c_alias
        end

        c = CAlias.new(:target => @aaa1)
        c.render.should == "aaa1\n"
      end

      should "respond as a page" do
        a = BAlias.create(:target => @b, :slug => "balias")
        a.page?.should be_true
      end

      should "be discoverable via their compound path" do
        a = BAlias.create(:target => @b, :slug => "balias")
        @aliases.box1 << a
        @aliases.save
        a.save
        a.reload
        a.path.should == "/aliases/b"
        Site["/aliases/balias"].should be_nil
        Site["/aliases/b"].should == a
      end

      should "update their path if their target's slug changes" do
        a = BAlias.create(:target => @b, :slug => "balias")
        b = BAlias.create(:target => @b, :slug => "balias")
        @aliases.box1 << a
        a.box1 << b
        @aliases.save

        a.save
        a.reload
        a.path.should == "/aliases/b"
        b.path.should == "/aliases/b/b"
        @b.slug = "newb"
        @b.save
        a.reload
        b.reload
        a.path.should == "/aliases/newb"
        b.path.should == "/aliases/newb/newb"
      end

      should "update their path if their parent's path changes" do
        a = BAlias.create(:target => @b, :slug => "balias")
        b = BAlias.create(:target => @b, :slug => "balias")
        @aliases.box1 << a
        a.box1 << b
        @aliases.save
        a.save
        a.reload
        a.path.should == "/aliases/b"
        b.path.should == "/aliases/b/b"
        @aliases.slug = "newaliases"
        @aliases.save
        a.reload
        b.reload
        a.path.should == "/newaliases/b"
        b.path.should == "/newaliases/b/b"
      end

      should "show in the parent's list of children" do
        a = BAlias.create(:target => @b, :slug => "balias")
        @aliases.box1 << a
        @aliases.save
        a.save
        a.reload
        @aliases.reload
        @aliases.children.should == [a]
        a.parent.should == @aliases
      end

      should "render the using target's layout when accessed via the path and no local layouts defined" do
        a = BAlias.create(:target => @b, :slug => "balias")
        @aliases.box1 << a
        @aliases.save
        a.reload
        a.render.should == @b.render
      end

      should "render with locally defined style when available" do
        BAlias.layout :b_alias
        a = BAlias.create(:target => @b, :slug => "balias")
        @aliases.box1 << a
        @aliases.save
        a.reload
        a.render.should == "alternate\n"
      end

      should "have access to their target's page styles" do
        BAlias.layout :b_alias
        a = BAlias.create(:target => @b, :slug => "balias")
        @aliases.box1 << a
        @aliases.save
        a.reload
        a.layout = :b
        a.render.should == @b.render
      end
    end

    context "visibility" do
      should "be linked to the target's visibility" do
        a = BAlias.create(:target => @b, :slug => "balias")
        @b.hide!
        @b.reload
        a.reload
        a.visible?.should be_false
      end
    end
  end
end


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Photo Credit: Shambhala Music Festival
How to Get to Shambhala Music Festival
Shambhala Music Festival is a wonder in human connectivity. It started with only 500 people attending the first year in 1998 when it was just a gathering to showcase local art and music. Through word-of-mouth alone Shambhala has grown to now having over 15,000 people attending. Today Shambhala is less focused on growth and instead puts its attention on creating a genuine experience deeply rooted in its original intention: community.
Where is Shambhala?
Shambhala takes no corporate sponsors. It prides itself in staying close to the people and reflecting the community as purely as possible. The festival focuses on being one of the most heady and underground music festivals while also providing cutting edge visual and audio productions. It takes place on the Salmo River Ranch in the West Kootenay region of Southern British Columbia. In 2015 Vice called it the "The definitive Canadian bass music festival."
The ranch is a real working farm for most of the year and is tucked off far away from civilization. Then for 5 days out of the year Shamabhala is actually the largest city in the region. The closest gas station and grocery store are in Salmo, BC about 12 km (7.5 miles) away, but the experienced folks at Shambhala suggest stopping in Nelson, BC which is 47 km (29 miles) away for better selections.
How to Get to Shambhala
If you're traveling from the States, the closest border crossings are Nelway (11.7 miles away), Waneta (34.1 miles away), and Paterson (49 miles away.) It's recommended to use Paterson however, because it is open 24 hours a day and is less backed up around the time of the festival.
A note on international travel:
You will need a passport to go to Shambhala if you live outside of Canada, and it's a good idea to check in with your phone carrier and ask about any restrictions that may apply in different countries.
It's also a good idea to know what the COVID-19 restrictions are for Canada at this time. It does look like there are some requirements for what you'll need to do before you can cross the border, so check the Canadian government website here to make sure you have everything.
The nearest airports are Trial, BC (about 27 miles away), Castlegar, BC (about 27 miles away), Cranbrook, BC (about 122 miles away.) If flying internationally is a pain and you're from the States, there's an airport in Spokane, Washington about 169 miles away.
If you're driving your car to the festival make sure it is safe for taking off road and in good working condition because the road can be rough. Or you can skip the vehicle line and give your car a break by taking the shuttle from Vancouver. Parking and camping packages are also included in ticket purchases.
Shambhala Music Festival does not mess around. Your experience is at the forefront of everything they do. With world-class stages each with their own unique creative direction, no alcohol allowed, yoga, food, some of the best DJs in the world, and even its own parade, Shambhala is truly a pure blessing. It's heady, it's spiritual, it's underground. It's wild and it's free. If you're interested in attending this historic event you will not regret it.
Tags: Author - Nick Hampton Festivals Shambhala


Last night I did the new firefox update and every since then I have been getting the following error on multiple sites. Including Tumblr, Google, yahoo mail, and many others.
I have tried searching out the answer on here and most said to just clear out the cache which is what I did and I am still receiving the error at random times on different sites. I can refresh and the site will load but then if I got to another page of the same website or a different site the error will just appear again. Thanks in advance!
Last night I did the new firefox update and every since then I have been getting the following error on multiple sites. Including Tumblr, Google, yahoo mail, and many others. "Network Protocol Error Firefox has experienced a network protocol violation that cannot be repaired. The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because an error in the network protocol was detected. Please contact the website owners to inform them of this problem." I have tried searching out the answer on here and most said to just clear out the cache which is what I did and I am still receiving the error at random times on different sites. I can refresh and the site will load but then if I got to another page of the same website or a different site the error will just appear again. Thanks in advance!
As a test, disable the Norton main program(right-click its icon). Then try 'Safe' websites.
I started it in safe mode and it wasn't showing the errors so I restarted into normal mode and it seems to not be showing the errors anymore. Thanks for the help!
Update: So 6 minutes after I said it seemed to not be showing the error, the error appeared again.
I started it in safe mode and it wasn't showing the errors so I restarted into normal mode and it seems to not be showing the errors anymore. Thanks for the help! Update: So 6 minutes after I said it seemed to not be showing the error, the error appeared again.
Did you check the other links I posted?
I did yes, but I can't seem to find the solution. I clicked on the show site information when the error happened and it is saying the connection is not secure. These sites are ones I have been using daily for years and have never had a problem until this latest update. I followed the instructions to to check my network settings and proxy. It was already on the no proxy choice. I'm just not sure where to go from here.
Network protocol error when trying to see "what's new" in latest update 3/22/19.
Got some errors with the new 66.0.1 Update. I kept Reloading the sites in question and they are now working. I don't know if it's a FF Bug-a-Boo or what. I'll keep an eye on it.
netsh int ip reset then restart the device to apply all changes.
Isn't this just for Windows 10? I have Windows-7 Tagged here, so I only deal with Windows-7 Q&A here in the Forum.
If the command won't work, the computer will tell you.
If the command won't work, the computer will tell you. Is your problem settled?
I am glad to hear that your problem has been resolved. If you haven't already, please select the answer that solves the problem. This will help other users with similar problems find the solution more easily. Thank you for contacting Mozilla Support.
...which does not fix anything, but is somewhat illuminating.
Also found a comment indicating that errors in this arena could be triggered by antivirus programs, with a recommendation to use MS Security Essentials (MSSE aka MSE) rather than Norton etc ... but MSSE is what I've had for several years, and I still received the errors mentioned.
Bottom line is, we haven't hit bottom yet!
This problem appeared on my up-to-date Windows 7 laptop in the past 24 hours. Found the following resource: https://www.ostechnix.com/how-to-fix-network-protocol-error-on-mozilla-firefox/ ...which does not fix anything, but is somewhat illuminating. Also found a comment indicating that errors in this arena could be triggered by antivirus programs, with a recommendation to use MS Security Essentials (MSSE aka MSE) rather than Norton etc ... but MSSE is what I've had for several years, and I still received the errors mentioned. Bottom line is, we haven't hit bottom yet!
BillM Did you try the above?


At first sight it might seem that the scales were heavily weighted against this new recording of Debussy's hauntingly atmospheric opera: ranged against it in the current lists are historic issues conducted by two eminent Debusssy interpreters—Desormiere (EMI) and Inghelbrecht (Disques Montaigne/Harmonia Mundi)—and a fairly recent one under the most famous of today's conductors, Karajan (also EMI). But a coldly objective critical appraisal reveals some drawbacks in all of these, despite their very considerable merits. The Desormiere set (with a splendid cast except for a less than exact Arkel) is only in mono Inghelbrecht's well-nigh perfect cast is occasionally swamped by the orchestra, and (this being a public performance) there are some slips and quite a little audience noise; Karajan's Wagnerian reading, for all its voluptuous orchestral sound and the outstanding Melisande of von Stade, still strikes me as feverishly overwrought for a work where the composer asked that ''la musique doit etre discrete''; it also has a not entirely accurate Arkel, and casts a misty veil over the singers which impedes the clarity of their articulation.
However, altogether apart from such imperfections, the new issue on its own account makes very positive claims on our attention. John Carewe, a conductor hitherto little heard on records (and then only in contemporary, or near-contemporary works), handles the score in most sensitive and idiomatic fashion part of his training, in fact, had been in Paris—and secures eloquent playing from the Nice orchestra which, if it does not match the velvet of Karajan's Berliners (what could?), is of impressively superior quality. The recording, while avoiding the extreme dynamic range which characterizes the Karajan version, presents a very true and warm orchestral sound without allowing it to overwhelm the singers, and almost every word of the text that Debussy treated with such finesse comes through clearly. The performance derives from the stage production (conducted by Carewe) at the Nice Opera in 1987, and there is a well-oiled feel about most of it that underlines the advantages of such a preparation.
Central to the success of this issue is the Golaud of Vincent Le Texier, a young artist of whom I hope to hear much more: alive to every verbal inflexion, he admirably depicts the varying moods, from tender benevolence to suppressed tension harshness and insane jealousy, of the selftormenting character. Peter Meven makes an appropriately mature-sounding but steady-voiced Arkel (quite the most accurate available reading of this part), and there is a truly astonishing performance by a treble (whose name should, in justice, have been divulged) as Yniold: real children in operas are often faintly embarrassing, or even downright unsatisfactory, but this lad has a good voice and a totally secure production, is dead in tune and sings in impeccable French. It is when we come to the two title roles that reservations start to creep in. Eliane Manchet has sung Melisande at La Scala and elsewhere in Italy as well as in Vienna and Munich, and on the stage she probably makes an appealingly fragile timorous heroine: to the ear alone her timbre seems, in the early part of the work, self-consciously childlike, so bright and trenchant as to be almost soubrettte-ish—the tone in which she says ''Il fait sombre dans les jardins'', for example, is quite at variance with the sense of the words. She sounds more committed in the latter half of the opera, and the same is true of her American Pelleas, Malcolm Walker. One's first impression of him is of an unromantic, somewhat grainy voice with little verbal nuance and wooden rhythm—too often he seems to be beating time with his voice. Only in the love scene (from ''On dirait que ta voix'') does warmth colour his tone.


Dropped a pound. 10st 11 this a.m.
Still feeling motivated and not too put off that my efforts aren't being rewarded by lightening results.
It is coming up to time of the month so water retention is a big issue.
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University of Geneva Scholarship 2022 [ Fully Funded ]
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Nowadays students are looking for Fully Funded scholarships in Switzerland? Good News! applications are currently open to the University of Geneva Scholarship 2022. students from all over the world are eligible to apply for this scholarship program. These scholarships are only for Master's degree programs.
The University of Geneva is one of the top universities in Switzerland. A public research university located in Geneva, Switzerland. The university was founded in 1891 by John Calvin as a seminary and law school. We are advising you to apply for the University of Geneva Scholarship 2022
It is a great opportunity for all students if you want to pursue a Master's degree in the world's top-rated university which is considered a good place to enter professional and academic careers. There are a lot of scholarships for Physics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, Biochemistry, Prehistoric Archeology, Environmental Science, Geology, Pharmacy, Proteomics, Neuroscience, and Bioinformatics.
. For more info and to application procedure please read the full article provided below.
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Description of University of Geneva Scholarship 2022
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Scholarship Benefits:
TERMS OF ADMISSION
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How to apply for the University of Geneva Excellence Masters Fellowships 2022
Sponsor Country: Switzerland
Countries: All International Students
Sponsor University: University of Geneva
Degree programs: Master's Degree
Last date: March 15, 2022 (annual)
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The University of Geneva Excellence Masters Fellowships contains amounts ranging from CHF 10'000 to CHF 15'000 / year.
It will provide one year and extend the normal duration of the selected Master's program (three or four semesters) as long as the applicant successfully completes the course at the end of his or her first semester of studies.
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The medium of instruction is English in most (MS) Master's programs (There are also French programs) French exams are not required to follow the Master's program. The requester should contact his / her liaison for more information.
Bachelor's degrees recognized by the University of Geneva. The requester must contact the relevant Senior Liaison Officer for further information.
If you are experiencing issues related to past performance recognition and deadline issues, contact your Education Adviser.
For the University of Geneva Scholarship, the Faculty of Science has also given Action for outstanding international and highly motivated international students who aim to pursue a Master of Science in any field of science.
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Master's tuition fees are reasonable (can be 500 CHF per semester, or 430 € to 530 $ US)
Whether you are a graduate or have a bachelor's degree and are one of the best in your year, the University of Geneva Scholarship is for you. The applicant must meet the entry process for the Master's degree program and be selected on the basis of the Excellence Fellowship application file.
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The digital processing and circuitry ensures that the audio output is of the highest quality.
2 x 30W provides plenty of power for even the most demanding of museum installations.
Output can be muted remotely to comply with safety regulations and to economise power usage.
3-band EQ per channel allows for final fine-tuning of the sound.
Over 90% power conversion efficiency means very little heat dissipation.
Volume can be reduced by simply closing a contact remotely.


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By United States Army
Shortly after converting to Islam, then-Sgt. Khallid Shabazz struggled to find his way while his devout Lutheran family and fellow soldiers questioned his move.
And with a few Article 15s for insubordination on his record, Shabazz, a fiel…