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import argparse
import re

from string import printable
from textwrap import dedent

from .constants import (
    LIVESTREAMER_VERSION, STREAM_PASSTHROUGH, DEFAULT_PLAYER_ARGUMENTS
)
from .utils import find_default_player

_filesize_re = re.compile("""
    (?P<size>\d+(\.\d+)?)
    (?P<modifier>[Kk]|[Mm])?
    (?:[Bb])?
""", re.VERBOSE)
_keyvalue_re = re.compile("(?P<key>[^=]+)\s*=\s*(?P<value>.*)")
_printable_re = re.compile("[{0}]".format(printable))
_option_re = re.compile("""
    (?P<name>[A-z-]+) # A option name, valid characters are A to z and dash.
    \s*
    (?P<op>=)? # Separating the option and the value with a equals sign is
               # common, but optional.
    \s*
    (?P<value>.*) # The value, anything goes.
""", re.VERBOSE)

class ArgumentParser(argparse.ArgumentParser):
    def convert_arg_line_to_args(self, line):
        # Strip any non-printable characters that might be in the
        # beginning of the line (e.g. Unicode BOM marker).
        match = _printable_re.search(line)
        if not match:
            return
        line = line[match.start():].strip()

        # Skip lines that do not start with a valid option (e.g. comments)
        option = _option_re.match(line)
        if not option:
            return

        name, value = option.group("name", "value")
        if name and value:
            yield "--{0}={1}".format(name, value)
        elif name:
            yield "--{0}".format(name)

class HelpFormatter(argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter):
    """A nicer help formatter.

    Help for arguments can be indented and contain new lines.
    It will be de-dented and arguments in the help will be
    separated by a blank line for better readability.

    Originally written by Jakub Roztocil of the httpie project.
    """
    def __init__(self, max_help_position=4, *args, **kwargs):
        # A smaller indent for args help.
        kwargs["max_help_position"] = max_help_position
        argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)

    def _split_lines(self, text, width):
        text = dedent(text).strip() + "\n\n"
        return text.splitlines()

def comma_list(values):
    return [val.strip() for val in values.split(",")]

def comma_list_filter(acceptable):
    def func(p):
        values = comma_list(p)
        return list(filter(lambda v: v in acceptable, values))

    return func

def num(type, min=None, max=None):
    def func(value):
        value = type(value)

        if min is not None and not (value > min):
            raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError(
                "{0} value must be more than {1} but is {2}".format(
                    type.__name__, min, value
                )
            )

        if max is not None and not (value <= max):
            raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError(
                "{0} value must be at most {1} but is {2}".format(
                    type.__name__, max, value
                )
            )

        return value

    func.__name__ = type.__name__

    return func

def filesize(value):
    match = _filesize_re.match(value)
    if not match:
        raise ValueError

    size = float(match.group("size"))
    if not size:
        raise ValueError

    modifier = match.group("modifier")
    if modifier in ("M", "m"):
        size *= 1024 * 1024
    elif modifier in ("K", "k"):
        size *= 1024

    return num(int, min=0)(size)

def keyvalue(value):
    match = _keyvalue_re.match(value)
    if not match:
        raise ValueError

    return match.group("key", "value")

parser = ArgumentParser(
    fromfile_prefix_chars="@",
    formatter_class=HelpFormatter,
    add_help=False,
    usage="%(prog)s [OPTIONS] [URL] [STREAM]",
    description=dedent("""
    Livestreamer is command-line utility that extracts streams from
    various services and pipes them into a video player of choice.
    """),
    epilog=dedent("""
    For more in-depth documention see:
      http://docs.livestreamer.io/

    Please report broken plugins or bugs to the issue tracker on Github:
      https://github.com/chrippa/livestreamer/issues
    """)
)

positional = parser.add_argument_group("Positional arguments")
positional.add_argument(
    "url",
    metavar="URL",
    nargs="?",
    help="""
    A URL to attempt to extract streams from.

    If it's a HTTP URL then "http://" can be omitted.
    """
)
positional.add_argument(
    "stream",
    metavar="STREAM",
    nargs="?",
    type=comma_list,
    help="""
    Stream to play.

    Use "best" or "worst" for highest or lowest quality available.

    Fallback streams can be specified by using a comma-separated list:

      "720p,480p,best"

    If no stream is specified and --default-stream is not used then a
    list of available streams will be printed.
    """
)

general = parser.add_argument_group("General options")
general.add_argument(
    "-h", "--help",
    action="store_true",
    help="""
    Show this help message and exit.
    """
)
general.add_argument(
    "-V", "--version",
    action="version",
    version="%(prog)s {0}".format(LIVESTREAMER_VERSION),
    help="""
    Show version number and exit.
    """
)
general.add_argument(
    "--plugins",
    action="store_true",
    help="""
    Print a list of all currently installed plugins.
    """
)
general.add_argument(
    "--can-handle-url",
    metavar="URL",
    help="""
    Check if Livestreamer has a plugin that can handle the specified URL.

    Returns status code 1 for false and 0 for true.

    Useful for external scripting.
    """
)
general.add_argument(
    "--config",
    action="append",
    metavar="FILENAME",
    help="""
    Load options from this config file.

    Can be repeated to load multiple files, in which case
    the options are merged on top of each other where the
    last config has highest priority.
    """
)
general.add_argument(
    "-l", "--loglevel",
    metavar="LEVEL",
    default="info",
    help="""
    Set the log message threshold.

    Valid levels are: none, error, warning, info, debug
    """
)
general.add_argument(
    "-Q", "--quiet",
    action="store_true",
    help="""
    Hide all log output.

    Alias for "--loglevel none".
    """
)
general.add_argument(
    "-j", "--json",
    action="store_true",
    help="""
    Output JSON representations instead of the normal text output.

    Useful for external scripting.
    """
)
general.add_argument(
    "--no-version-check",
    action="store_true",
    help="""
    Do not check for new Livestreamer releases.
    """
)
general.add_argument(
    "--version-check",
    action="store_true",
    help="""
    Runs a version check and exits.
    """
)
general.add_argument(
    "--yes-run-as-root",
    action="store_true",
    help=argparse.SUPPRESS
)

player = parser.add_argument_group("Player options")
player.add_argument(
    "-p", "--player",
    metavar="COMMAND",
    default=find_default_player(),
    help="""
    Player to feed stream data to. This is a shell-like syntax to
    support passing options to the player. For example:

      "vlc --file-caching=5000"

    To use a player that is located in a path with spaces you must
    quote the path:

      "'/path/with spaces/vlc' --file-caching=5000"

    By default VLC will be used if it can be found in its default
    location.
    """
)
player.add_argument(
    "-a", "--player-args",
    metavar="ARGUMENTS",
    default=DEFAULT_PLAYER_ARGUMENTS,
    help="""
    This option allows you to customize the default arguments which
    are put together with the value of --player to create a command
    to execute.

    This value can contain formatting variables surrounded by curly
    braces, {{ and }}. If you need to include a brace character, it
    can be escaped by doubling, e.g. {{{{ and }}}}.

    Formatting variables available:

    filename
      This is the filename that the player will use.
      It's usually "-" (stdin), but can also be a URL or a file
      depending on the options used.

    It's usually enough to use --player instead of this unless you
    need to add arguments after the filename.

    Default is "{0}".
    """.format(DEFAULT_PLAYER_ARGUMENTS)
)
player.add_argument(
    "-v", "--verbose-player",
    action="store_true",
    help="""
    Allow the player to display its console output.
    """
)
player.add_argument(
    "-n", "--player-fifo", "--fifo",
    action="store_true",
    help="""
    Make the player read the stream through a named pipe instead of
    the stdin pipe.
    """
)
player.add_argument(
    "--player-http",
    action="store_true",
    help="""
    Make the player read the stream through HTTP instead of
    the stdin pipe.
    """
)
player.add_argument(
    "--player-continuous-http",
    action="store_true",
    help="""
    Make the player read the stream through HTTP, but unlike
    --player-http it will continuously try to open the stream if the
    player requests it.

    This makes it possible to handle stream disconnects if your player
    is capable of reconnecting to a HTTP stream. This is usually
    done by setting your player to a "repeat mode".

    """
)
player.add_argument(
    "--player-external-http",
    action="store_true",
    help="""
    Serve stream data through HTTP without running any player. This is useful
    to allow external devices like smartphones or streaming boxes to watch
    streams they wouldn't be able to otherwise.

    Behavior will be similar to the continuous HTTP option, but no player
    program will be started, and the server will listen on all available
    connections instead of just in the local (loopback) interface.

    The URLs that can be used to access the stream will be printed to the
    console, and the server can be interrupted using CTRL-C.
    """
)
player.add_argument(
    "--player-external-http-port",
    metavar="PORT",
    type=num(int, min=0, max=65535),
    default=0,
    help="""
    A fixed port to use for the external HTTP server if that mode is enabled.
    Omit or set to 0 to use a random high (>1024) port.
    """
)
player.add_argument(
    "--player-passthrough",
    metavar="TYPES",
    type=comma_list_filter(STREAM_PASSTHROUGH),
    default=[],
    help="""
    A comma-delimited list of stream types to pass to the player as a
    URL to let it handle the transport of the stream instead.

    Stream types that can be converted into a playable URL are:

    - {0}

    Make sure your player can handle the stream type when using this.
    """.format("\n    - ".join(STREAM_PASSTHROUGH))
)
player.add_argument(
    "--player-no-close",
    action="store_true",
    help="""
    By default Livestreamer will close the player when the stream ends.
    This is to avoid "dead" GUI players lingering after a stream ends.

    It does however have the side-effect of sometimes closing a player
    before it has played back all of its cached data.

    This option will instead let the player decide when to exit.
    """
)

output = parser.add_argument_group("File output options")
output.add_argument(
    "-o", "--output",
    metavar="FILENAME",
    help="""
    Write stream data to FILENAME instead of playing it.

    You will be prompted if the file already exists.
    """
)
output.add_argument(
    "-f", "--force",
    action="store_true",
    help="""
    When using -o, always write to file even if it already exists.
    """
)
output.add_argument(
    "-O", "--stdout",
    action="store_true",
    help="""
    Write stream data to stdout instead of playing it.
    """
)

stream = parser.add_argument_group("Stream options")
stream.add_argument(
    "--default-stream",
    type=comma_list,
    metavar="STREAM",
    help="""
    Open this stream when no stream argument is specified, e.g. "best".
    """
)
stream.add_argument(
    "--retry-streams",
    metavar="DELAY",
    type=num(float, min=0),
    help="""
    Will retry fetching streams until streams are found while
    waiting DELAY (seconds) between each attempt.
    """
)
stream.add_argument(
    "--retry-open",
    metavar="ATTEMPTS",
    type=num(int, min=0),
    default=1,
    help="""
    Will try ATTEMPTS times to open the stream until giving up.

    Default is 1.
    """
)
stream.add_argument(
    "--stream-types", "--stream-priority",
    metavar="TYPES",
    type=comma_list,
    help="""
    A comma-delimited list of stream types to allow.

    The order will be used to separate streams when there are multiple
    streams with the same name but different stream types.

    Default is "rtmp,hls,hds,http,akamaihd".
    """
)
stream.add_argument(
    "--stream-sorting-excludes",
    metavar="STREAMS",
    type=comma_list,
    help="""
    Fine tune best/worst synonyms by excluding unwanted streams.

    Uses a filter expression in the format:

      [operator]<value>

    Valid operators are >, >=, < and <=. If no operator is specified
    then equality is tested.

    For example this will exclude streams ranked higher than "480p":

      ">480p"

    Multiple filters can be used by separating each expression with
    a comma.

    For example this will exclude streams from two quality types:

      ">480p,>medium"

    """
)

transport = parser.add_argument_group("Stream transport options")
transport.add_argument(
    "--hds-live-edge",
    type=num(float, min=0),
    metavar="SECONDS",
    help="""
    The time live HDS streams will start from the edge of stream.

    Default is 10.0.
    """
)
transport.add_argument(
    "--hds-segment-attempts",
    type=num(int, min=0),
    metavar="ATTEMPTS",
    help="""
    How many attempts should be done to download each HDS segment
    before giving up.

    Default is 3.
    """
)
transport.add_argument(
    "--hds-segment-threads",
    type=num(int, max=10),
    metavar="THREADS",
    help="""
    The size of the thread pool used to download HDS segments.
    Minimum value is 1 and maximum is 10.

    Default is 1.
    """
)
transport.add_argument(
    "--hds-segment-timeout",
    type=num(float, min=0),
    metavar="TIMEOUT",
    help="""
    HDS segment connect and read timeout.

    Default is 10.0.
    """
)
transport.add_argument(
    "--hds-timeout",
    type=num(float, min=0),
    metavar="TIMEOUT",
    help="""
    Timeout for reading data from HDS streams.

    Default is 60.0.
    """
)
transport.add_argument(
    "--hls-live-edge",
    type=num(int, min=0),
    metavar="SEGMENTS",
    help="""
    How many segments from the end to start live HLS streams on.

    The lower the value the lower latency from the source you will be,
    but also increases the chance of buffering.

    Default is 3.
    """
)
transport.add_argument(
    "--hls-segment-attempts",
    type=num(int, min=0),
    metavar="ATTEMPTS",
    help="""
    How many attempts should be done to download each HLS segment
    before giving up.

    Default is 3.
    """
)
transport.add_argument(
    "--hls-segment-threads",
    type=num(int, max=10),
    metavar="THREADS",
    help="""
    The size of the thread pool used to download HLS segments.
    Minimum value is 1 and maximum is 10.

    Default is 1.
    """
)
transport.add_argument(
    "--hls-segment-timeout",
    type=num(float, min=0),
    metavar="TIMEOUT",
    help="""
    HLS segment connect and read timeout.

    Default is 10.0.
    """)
transport.add_argument(
    "--hls-timeout",
    type=num(float, min=0),
    metavar="TIMEOUT",
    help="""
    Timeout for reading data from HLS streams.

    Default is 60.0.
    """)
transport.add_argument(
    "--http-stream-timeout",
    type=num(float, min=0),
    metavar="TIMEOUT",
    help="""
    Timeout for reading data from HTTP streams.

    Default is 60.0.
    """
)
transport.add_argument(
    "--ringbuffer-size",
    metavar="SIZE",
    type=filesize,
    help="""
    The maximum size of ringbuffer. Add a M or K suffix to specify mega
    or kilo bytes instead of bytes.

    The ringbuffer is used as a temporary storage between the stream
    and the player. This is to allows us to download the stream faster
    than the player wants to read it.

    The smaller the size, the higher chance of the player buffering
    if there are download speed dips and the higher size the more data
    we can use as a storage to catch up from speed dips.

    It also allows you to temporary pause as long as the ringbuffer
    doesn't get full since we continue to download the stream in the
    background.

    Note: A smaller size is recommended on lower end systems (such as
    Raspberry Pi) when playing stream types that require some extra
    processing (such as HDS) to avoid unnecessary background
    processing.

    Default is "16M".
    """)
transport.add_argument(
    "--rtmp-proxy", "--rtmpdump-proxy",
    metavar="PROXY",
    help="""
    A SOCKS proxy that RTMP streams will use.

    Example: 127.0.0.1:9050
    """
)
transport.add_argument(
    "--rtmp-rtmpdump", "--rtmpdump", "-r",
    metavar="FILENAME",
    help="""
    RTMPDump is used to access RTMP streams. You can specify the
    location of the rtmpdump executable if it is not in your PATH.

    Example: "/usr/local/bin/rtmpdump"
    """
)
transport.add_argument(
    "--rtmp-timeout",
    type=num(float, min=0),
    metavar="TIMEOUT",
    help="""
    Timeout for reading data from RTMP streams.

    Default is 60.0.
    """
)
transport.add_argument(
    "--stream-segment-attempts",
    type=num(int, min=0),
    metavar="ATTEMPTS",
    help="""
    How many attempts should be done to download each segment before giving up.

    This is generic option used by streams not covered by other options,
    such as stream protocols specific to plugins, e.g. UStream.

    Default is 3.
    """
)
transport.add_argument(
    "--stream-segment-threads",
    type=num(int, max=10),
    metavar="THREADS",
    help="""
    The size of the thread pool used to download segments.
    Minimum value is 1 and maximum is 10.

    This is generic option used by streams not covered by other options,
    such as stream protocols specific to plugins, e.g. UStream.

    Default is 1.
    """
)
transport.add_argument(
    "--stream-segment-timeout",
    type=num(float, min=0),
    metavar="TIMEOUT",
    help="""
    Segment connect and read timeout.

    This is generic option used by streams not covered by other options,
    such as stream protocols specific to plugins, e.g. UStream.

    Default is 10.0.
    """)
transport.add_argument(
    "--stream-timeout",
    type=num(float, min=0),
    metavar="TIMEOUT",
    help="""
    Timeout for reading data from streams.

    This is generic option used by streams not covered by other options,
    such as stream protocols specific to plugins, e.g. UStream.

    Default is 60.0.
    """)
transport.add_argument(
    "--stream-url",
    action="store_true",
    help="""
    If possible, translate the stream to a URL and print it.
    """
)
transport.add_argument(
    "--subprocess-cmdline", "--cmdline", "-c",
    action="store_true",
    help="""
    Print command-line used internally to play stream.

    This is only available on RTMP streams.
    """
)
transport.add_argument(
    "--subprocess-errorlog", "--errorlog", "-e",
    action="store_true",
    help="""
    Log possible errors from internal subprocesses to a temporary file.
    The file will be saved in your systems temporary directory.

    Useful when debugging rtmpdump related issues.
    """
)

http = parser.add_argument_group("HTTP options")
http.add_argument(
    "--http-proxy",
    metavar="HTTP_PROXY",
    help="""
    A HTTP proxy to use for all HTTP requests.

    Example: http://hostname:port/
    """
)
http.add_argument(
    "--https-proxy",
    metavar="HTTPS_PROXY",
    help="""
    A HTTPS capable proxy to use for all HTTPS requests.

    Example: http://hostname:port/
    """
)
http.add_argument(
    "--http-cookie",
    metavar="KEY=VALUE",
    type=keyvalue,
    action="append",
    help="""
    A cookie to add to each HTTP request.

    Can be repeated to add multiple cookies.
    """
)
http.add_argument(
    "--http-header",
    metavar="KEY=VALUE",
    type=keyvalue,
    action="append",
    help="""
    A header to add to each HTTP request.

    Can be repeated to add multiple headers.
    """
)
http.add_argument(
    "--http-query-param",
    metavar="KEY=VALUE",
    type=keyvalue,
    action="append",
    help="""
    A query parameter to add to each HTTP request.

    Can be repeated to add multiple query parameters.
    """
)
http.add_argument(
    "--http-ignore-env",
    action="store_true",
    help="""
    Ignore HTTP settings set in the environment such as environment
    variables (HTTP_PROXY, etc) or ~/.netrc authentication.
    """
)
http.add_argument(
    "--http-no-ssl-verify",
    action="store_true",
    help="""
    Don't attempt to verify SSL certificates.

    Usually a bad idea, only use this if you know what you're doing.
    """
)
http.add_argument(
    "--http-ssl-cert",
    metavar="FILENAME",
    help="""
    SSL certificate to use.

    Expects a .pem file.
    """
)
http.add_argument(
    "--http-ssl-cert-crt-key",
    metavar=("CRT_FILENAME", "KEY_FILENAME"),
    nargs=2,
    help="""
    SSL certificate to use.

    Expects a .crt and a .key file.
    """
)
http.add_argument(
    "--http-timeout",
    metavar="TIMEOUT",
    type=num(float, min=0),
    help="""
    General timeout used by all HTTP requests except the ones covered
    by other options.

    Default is 20.0.
    """
)

plugin = parser.add_argument_group("Plugin options")
plugin.add_argument(
    "--plugin-dirs",
    metavar="DIRECTORY",
    type=comma_list,
    help="""
    Attempts to load plugins from these directories.

    Multiple directories can be used by separating them with a
    semi-colon.
    """
)
plugin.add_argument(
    "--twitch-oauth-token",
    metavar="TOKEN",
    help="""
    An OAuth token to use for Twitch authentication.
    Use --twitch-oauth-authenticate to create a token.
    """
)
plugin.add_argument(
    "--twitch-oauth-authenticate",
    action="store_true",
    help="""
    Open a web browser where you can grant Livestreamer access
    to your Twitch account which creates a token for use with
    --twitch-oauth-token.
    """
)
plugin.add_argument(
    "--twitch-cookie",
    metavar="COOKIES",
    help="""
    Twitch cookies to authenticate to allow access to subscription channels.

    Example:

      "_twitch_session_id=xxxxxx; persistent=xxxxx"

    Note: This method is the old and clunky way of authenticating with
    Twitch, using --twitch-oauth-authenticate is the recommended and
    simpler way of doing it now.

    """
)
plugin.add_argument(
    "--ustream-password",
    metavar="PASSWORD",
    help="""
    A password to access password protected UStream.tv channels.
    """
)
plugin.add_argument(
    "--crunchyroll-username",
    metavar="USERNAME",
    help="""
    A Crunchyroll username to allow access to restricted streams.
    """
)
plugin.add_argument(
    "--crunchyroll-password",
    metavar="PASSWORD",
    nargs="?",
    const=True,
    default=None,
    help="""
    A Crunchyroll password for use with --crunchyroll-username.

    If left blank you will be prompted.
    """
)
plugin.add_argument(
    "--crunchyroll-purge-credentials",
    action="store_true",
    help="""
    Purge cached Crunchyroll credentials to initiate a new session
    and reauthenticate.
    """
)
plugin.add_argument(
    "--livestation-email",
    metavar="EMAIL",
    help="""
    A Livestation account email to access restricted or premium
    quality streams.
    """
)
plugin.add_argument(
    "--livestation-password",
    metavar="PASSWORD",
    help="""
    A Livestation account password to use with --livestation-email.
    """
)

# Deprecated options
stream.add_argument(
    "--best-stream-default",
    action="store_true",
    help=argparse.SUPPRESS
)
player.add_argument(
    "-q", "--quiet-player",
    action="store_true",
    help=argparse.SUPPRESS
)
transport.add_argument(
    "--hds-fragment-buffer",
    type=int,
    metavar="fragments",
    help=argparse.SUPPRESS
)
plugin.add_argument(
    "--jtv-legacy-names", "--twitch-legacy-names",
    action="store_true",
    help=argparse.SUPPRESS
)
plugin.add_argument(
    "--gomtv-cookie",
    metavar="cookie",
    help=argparse.SUPPRESS
)
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 Schwärz (Kastl), Ortsteil des Marktes Kastl, Landkreis Amberg-Sulzbach, Bayern
 Schwärz (Lappersdorf), Ortsteil des Marktes Lappersdorf, Landkreis Regensburg, Bayern

 Schwärz (Gemeinde Schlierbach), Ort bei Schlierbach, Bezirk Kirchdorf, Oberösterreich

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Leif Segerstam (b. 1944) is an awarded conductor, composer, violinist and pianist with a prominent international career. He received diplomas from the Sibelius Academy in violin and conducting. He won the Maj Lind Piano Competition in 1962 and gave his first violin recital in 1963. He rounded off his studies at the Juilliard School in New York, where he was awarded a conducting diploma in 1964.
Segerstam was Chief Conductor and Music Director of the Royal Opera in Stockholm from 1970-72 and Director of the Finnish National Opera in 1973-74. Since then he has conducted in most of the world's leading opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden and La Scala. Segerstam was Chief Conductor of the Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra from 1975 to 1982 and of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra from 1977 to 1987. He was Music Director of the Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz from 1983 to 1989 and was appointed Chief Conductor of the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra in 1988. In autumn 1995, he was reappointed Chief Conductor of the Royal Opera in Stockholm (until 2001) and became Chief Conductor of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. In autumn 2007, Leif Segerstam stepped down to become the Helsinki Pilharmonic Orchestra's Emeritus Chief Conductor. Since 2012 he is Chief Conductor of Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, which as Finland's oldest symphony orchestra will celebrate its 225th anniversary in 2015.
From autumn 1997 to spring 2013, Leif Segerstam was Professor of Orchestra Conducting at the Sibelius Academy. He was the winner of the 1999 Nordic Council Music Prize for his work "as a tireless champion of Scandinavian music" and the Swedish Cultural Foundation's Prize for Music in 2003. In 2004 Leif Segerstam was awarded the annual Finnish State Prize for Music and in 2005 the highly esteemed Sibelius Medal. He has gained wide acclaim due to his multiple recordings with different orchestras.
While pursuing his conducting career, Segerstam has also produced an extensive oeuvre as a composer. His production includes 285 symphonies, violin concertos, piano concertos and numerous chamber music and vocal pieces.


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Canadian hotels investment dips, but sector still healthy: Colliers
Colliers International senior analyst Fraser Macdonald says Canada's hotel sector remains healthy in both major and secondary markets. (Courtesy Colliers)
Canadian hotel transactions dipped by more than half to $1.5 billion during 2018, but are expected to stabilize or even rise in 2019. Despite a decline from several very active recent years, a new report from Colliers International indicates activity remains healthy in both primary and secondary markets.
"We've been in the current market cycle for eight years, with $17.3 billion transacting during this time," said Fraser Macdonald, a senior analyst with Colliers International, which just released its 2019 Canadian Hotel Investment Report.
The cycle led to a spike of $3.5 billion in activity during 2017, which was topped by the $1.1-billion sale of a British Columbia Investment Management Corporation/SilverBirch Hotels & Resorts portfolio to Hong Kong-based Leadon Investment.
"This one cycle totals over 80 per cent of the aggregate transaction volume recorded over the preceding quarter-century," said Macdonald. "That's just impressive."
Record operating metrics, a low Canadian dollar, increased inbound tourism, historically low financing costs and active construction pipelines across the country are fuelling optimism in the hotel market.
Investors are showing increased interest in smaller markets such as Kitchener-Waterloo, Quebec City, Windsor, Sudbury and Kelowna, which are providing superior returns compared to the traditionally strong markets in Vancouver and Toronto.
"When it comes to geographic focus, buyers will continue to seek investment opportunities in major urban markets," Macdonald told RENX. "The lack of product available for sale and the pursuit of stronger yields is driving investors to consider secondary and tertiary locations across the country."
Biggest hotel deals of 2018
The five biggest hotel deals of 2018 were:
* Westmont Hospitality Group's acquisition of the 825-room Le Centre Sheraton Hotel Montreal from Marriott International for an undisclosed price;
* Tidan Hospitality & Real Estate Group's acquisition of the 611-room Montreal Marriott Chateau Champlain from Ocean Properties Hotels and Resorts for $86.7 million;
* Sunray Group's acquisition of the 366-room Delta Toronto East from KPMG for $60 million;
* Crown Group of Hotels' acquisition of the 261-room Holiday Inn Ottawa East from Holloway Lodging Corporation for $50 million;
* and Paramount Properties' acquisition of the 218-room Extended Stay Canada Ottawa – Downtown from Place Dorée for $48 million.
Limited service hotels accounted for 70 per cent of the deals in 2018, which Macdonald said was "a reflection of the type and location of product that came to market."
Combined with more transactions in smaller markets, this helped account for the average deal size dropping to $11.4 million from $21.7 million the previous year. Sixty per cent of transactions were for less than $10 million.
Sixty-four per cent of national transaction volume took place east of Manitoba, with Ontario being the most active with 42 deals valued at $612 million. Quebec sales tripled to $303 million year-over-year, boosted by the sales of Le Centre Sheraton Hotel Montreal and Montreal Marriott Chateau Champlain.
Western Canada experienced a 30 per cent increase in the number of deals from 2017. However, uncertainty in energy markets and limited available product continue to impact transaction volume.
Hotel investors
Macdonald expects 2019 to bring "an up-tick in large single-asset and portfolio deals over last year. The market for 100- to 200-room hotels across the country should remain the most significant component of the market."
Private investors represented more than 90 per cent of the sales volume total. Hotel investment companies and real estate companies were the largest buyers of national portfolios.
"We expect private capital groups — including private investors, hotel investment companies and real estate companies — will account for the lion's share of activity in 2019, with public and institutional groups active on a few larger acquisitions during the year," said Macdonald.
While foreign investment drove transaction activity to a record high of $4.1 billion in 2016, Chinese capital restrictions are now in effect and there seems to be limited American interest, so Canadian investors are now playing a much bigger role and are expected to be the most acquisitive in 2019.
Foreign purchases accounted for just $96 million in volume last year.
"Over the long term, domestic investors have historically represented 90 per cent-plus of transaction volume," said Macdonald. "There were a few elevated years of foreign acquisitions in the current cycle, and that was a function of the large deals that were brought to market.
"We expect the muted levels of cross-border purchases in 2019, but again it's a function of what larger deals and portfolios are offered."
Growth in hotel supply
While national supply growth has averaged about one per cent annually for the past decade, new supply is expected to rise by 2.7 per cent this year, according to the report. That would be a 10-year high.
Macdonald said some of the highest profile hotels that recently opened or are expected to open in 2019 are: the 130-room Ace Hotel in Toronto; the 262-room The Sutton Place Hotel Halifax; the 390-room Residence Inn Calgary Downtown; and the 362-room JW Marriott Edmonton ICE District.
"Canadian lodging supply growth has historically been quite moderate," said Macdonald. "The more robust pipeline for 2019 is being driven by attractive supply-and-demand dynamics and a lack of existing properties available for sale in most major markets.
"We've also seen a trend of older properties coming out of inventory for conversion to alternate-use, which is supportive of new hotel development."
Revenue per available room is expected to increase by 5.1 per cent to $113.90 in 2019, according to the report.
"Despite some softness in certain markets, Canada has seen several consecutive years of strong operating performance growth with tailwinds from a generally strong economic backdrop and elevated inbound tourism with the support of the low Canadian dollar," said Macdonald.
"This is expected to continue into 2019."
* Morguard opens 'crown jewel': Two new Ottawa Hiltons
* Fairmont Royal York at 90: 'Transformation' nearly complete
* Canadian hotel values set for another large jump: Colliers
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Here you will learn techniques to grow and maintain your long distance relationship.
Couples find themselves in long-distance relationships for many different reasons, but they are not always easy to maintain. No matter how good your intentions may be, it's difficult to stay intimate and romantic when you live in separate time zones.
The good news is, there are many things you and your partner can do to keep the romance alive no matter how far apart you may be. The key is to commit yourselves to the plan and keep communication open no matter what. Here are some of the best tips for keeping your bond strong.
One of the easiest ways to retain intimacy when you and your loved one are apart is to exchange physical items that can be touched, tasted, or smelled. A favorite soft t-shirt sprayed with perfume or cologne, a box of chocolates from the last city you were both in together; these things work to keep the senses involved and may help when you miss your significant other more so than photographs will.
Nowadays, there's no excuse for going days or weeks without seeing your loved one in some form. With Skype, you can video chat with one another at the end of a long day and "share" a glass of wine. Chrome extensions like Showgoers will let you both watch the same show in real time and interact, so you can talk about what you're watching. Pick a show you think you'll both like and choose a date night when you can watch together.
Understand that both of you are putting in the work to make the relationship as strong as possible; don't keep count of how many times one of you calls the other or drives for a visit. As long as both of you keep communication open, those little disagreements can be averted.
It's important to find ways to relax together when you're face to face; your relationship is most likely under some strain already, so talk about places you'd both like to visit and start saving for a trip. Making those memories together will certainly strengthen your bond.
When you are able to visit one another, do mundane things together like grocery shopping or dog walking. It's important that you both understand how the other lives their everyday life so you can work on being an everyday couple.
Sometimes it may seem like friends and family who don't understand the long-distance relationship are just waiting for you to fail. There can be quite a bit of pressure to measure up to a preconceived notion of what a relationship is, so it's important to break free of those constraints once in awhile. Check your seriousness at the door and invite your loved one to play a video game online with you, or use Snapchat filters to send silly messages to one another.
Keeping things open and honest is, of course, essential to maintaining a long-distance relationship going. Avoid temptation and build up the trust, because without it, your foundation will crumble.
Fitness nerd Paige Johnson has a passion for strength training, yoga, and weightlifting. She also loves cycling and hiking with her dogs, who she likes to think of as her children. You can find her at LearnFit.org.


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Author_Balk February 11, 2020, 5:10pm #1
Strawberry Alarm Clock doing Wake Up Little Susie
Annie-Xmas February 11, 2020, 5:30pm #2
Grand Funk Railroad took The Loco Motion to #1, so why not record the songs from Starlight Express?
Stray Cats could record CATS.
Jesus and Mary Chain for Jesus Christ Superstar
And Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys could record Kinky Boots!!
KneadToKnow February 11, 2020, 5:40pm #3
Buddy Holly and the Crickets cover "The Sound of Silence."
TreacherousCretin February 11, 2020, 10:03pm #4
I would like to have heard The Turtles do "Daydream Believer."
Shoeless February 12, 2020, 1:59am #5
Have the Old 97s ever actually covered "The Wreck Of The Old 97"? If not, they should.
RealityChuck February 12, 2020, 2:08am #6
Obviously, Deep Purple doing "Deep Purple."
The Guess Who could have covered "Who Are You?"
The Four Seasons doing Vivaldi.
Did The Rolling Stones ever cover Bob Dylan's Like A Rolling Stone?
Cyndi Lauper covering Tom Paxton's Cindy's Crying
whitetho February 12, 2020, 2:56pm #8
Every morning I wake up hoping to hear Bob Dylan's version of "Stuck in the Middle With You". And every night I go to bed disappointed…
Ludovic February 12, 2020, 2:59pm #9
Meat Loaf covering Harry Chapin's Taxi. He could perfectly pull off the self-effacing bombast in "i go flying so high…".
EinsteinsHund February 12, 2020, 7:10pm #10
Annie-Xmas:
They did in 1995.
Colibri February 12, 2020, 7:26pm #11
The Zombies could cover The Cranberries' "Zombie."
The Animals could cover The Bloodhound Gang's "The Bad Touch" (You and me baby ain't nothin' but mammals, So let's do it like they do on the Discovery channel)
Author_Balk February 12, 2020, 10:40pm #12
A collaboration…
Adam Ant and Eve 6 doing In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
The_Other_Waldo_Pepper February 12, 2020, 10:45pm #13
Tiffany, singing about Breakfast At Tiffany's.
EinsteinsHund February 12, 2020, 11:15pm #14
Jackie Wilson singing Van Morrison's Jackie Wilson Said. Hey, he was still alive in 1972 when the song was released.
RealityChuck February 12, 2020, 11:31pm #15
Jefferson Airplane covering the Beatles' Flying
The Monkees covering Apeman by the Kinks.
Annie-Xmas February 13, 2020, 3:09pm #16
EinsteinsHund:
Thanks! Now maybe Dylan can cover Pete Seeger's "Eyes on the Prize." As in Noble Prize.
Sparky812 February 13, 2020, 3:20pm #17
KISS covering Prince's "Kiss".
Alice Cooper getting whatever he wants at "Alice's Restaurant"
"Bus Stop" by Chicago Transit Authority
The Miracles singing "When Smokey sings" by ABC
RealityChuck:
/nitpick- monkeys are not apes.
And Gwen Verdon could cover the Kinks Lola, her role in the film of Damn Yankees. The baseball team could cover the entire score of the film.
And Chicago Transit Authority could rewrite the Kingston Trio's MTA to CTA.
WOOKINPANUB February 13, 2020, 4:02pm #19
Panic at the Disco covering The Smiths Panic(hang the dj hang the dj hang the dj!)
Los Lobos performing Little Red Riding Hood
Buddy Holly singing A Holly Jolly Christmas
The Big Bopper singing Big Bad John
America covering American Pie


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One day long ago, the Pope decreed that all the Jews had to convert to Catholicism or leave Italy. This produced a huge outcry in the Jewish community, so the Pope offered a deal: he would conduct a religious debate with the leader of the Jewish temple in Rome. If the Jews won it, they could remain in Italy; if the Pope won, they'd have to either convert or leave.
The Jewish people were represented in the debate by a wise and ancient rabbi. However, as he spoke no Italian, and the Pope spoke no Yiddish, they agreed that it would be a silent debate.
On the chosen day, the Pope and the rabbi sat down opposite each other.
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The rabbi looked back across at the Pope, and raised one finger.
Next, the Pope waved his finger around his head.
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With that, the Pope stood up and declared himself beaten, and said that the rabbi was too clever. The Jews could stay in Italy.
Later, the cardinals met with the Pope and asked him what had happened.
The Pope said, "First, I held up three fingers to represent the Trinity. The rabbi responded by indicating the God who is common to both our faiths. Then I waved my finger around my head to show him that God is all around us. The rabbi replied by pointing to the ground, to demonstrate that God is also right here with us. I pulled out the wine and wafer to show that God absolves us of all our sins. Then the rabbi pulled out an apple to remind me of the original sin. In short, he outmanoeuvred me at every turn, and I just couldn't get the better of him".
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Idoling!!!'s Sakai Hitomi to temporarily halt her activities
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It's been announced that Idoling!!! member Sakai Hitomi will temporarily halt her activities due to medical treatment.
This was revealed through Sakai's official blog. The staff wrote, "Due to her poor health, and as a result of examination at the hospital, she will take a rest for awhile." In addition, it was announced that she will be absent from 'Chikacchi to Mitsuko no Heya vol.3 ~Chikacchi Tanjousai~' on May 3 and 'Idol Renaissance Kouhosei ~Renaissance Hajimemasu~' on May 4.
SEE ALSO: Endo Mai announces her first solo single after graduation from Idoling!!!
Sakai is currently hospitalized, "I thought about the scheduled events, but after discussion with my doctor and manager, I didn't know if I would be completely better by the event, so I will be prioritizing treatment at this time."
Sakai's condition and upcoming schedule will be announced through her Twitter, blog, as well as Idoling!!!'s official website.
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You may have a child graduating from school or a relative in need of a vehicle. Whatever the reason, there may be a time in your life when you'd like to gift a car.
The first step to gifting a car is owning it outright — you'll have to pay for the car in full or finish paying off your auto loan before giving the vehicle away.
You'll also have to insure the car in the giftee's name and find out if you're required to pay a gift tax.
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There may be a time in your life when you're feeling extra generous and want to gift a car. Maybe your child just received their driver's license or your best friend is struggling financially and needs a way to get around.
Since gifting a car is a bit different than simply buying a car for yourself, make sure you do the following before putting a big bow on a vehicle and gifting it to a loved one.
How to gift a car
Pay off your car loan
You won't be able to gift a car or transfer a title if you don't own a car outright. So, if you have an outstanding balance on your car loan, focus on paying it off and reach out to your lender once you do to ensure you're good to go and own it free and clear.
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Think about the giftee's financial situation
If you gift a car to your child, parent, friend, or anyone else, they'll need the cash to pay for insurance, gas, maintenance, and repairs. If they can't afford these common car ownership expenses and you don't want to cover them yourself, you may want to reconsider gifting them a car.
Make sure you can afford to pay gift tax
If you gift a car, you may be responsible for paying gift tax on it. While the requirements differ every year, for 2019, a gift tax is necessary if the fair market value of the car is more than $15,000 for a single person or $30,000 for a married couple. The gift tax can be anywhere from 18% to 40%.
Don't worry about sales tax if you already own the car
One of the greatest perks of gifting a car is that you don't have to pay sales tax on it if you already own it. Although car sales tax varies by state, it's often a large chunk of change. For example, if the car sales tax in your state is 10% and you gift a $20,000 car, you can save $2,000 on sales tax. Of course, if you buy a car and then gift it, you will have to pay sales tax on the initial purchase.
Write up a bill of sale
Without a bill of sale or contract in place, you may still be responsible for the car you gifted. To protect yourself, write up a bill of sale and make sure it's signed by you and the giftee. Your bill of sale should include:
Make and model of the car
Purchase price of the car
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)
Transfer your car title
To officially release ownership of your car to the person you're gifting it to, you must transfer your title. You can do this by heading over to your local DMV, paying a fee, and filling out some paperwork. Check your state's laws to learn about title transfer laws and fees.
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Of course, your giftee can't legally drive your car unless they are covered by car insurance. If they already have it, all they have to do is reach out to their car insurance company and add your gifted vehicle to their current policy. If they don't have car insurance, you may want to help them find a good rate and sign up for a new policy.
As long as you follow these steps, you can successfully gift a car and make someone's life a little brighter.
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These 10 amazing physics stories were massive news in 2020
Let's admit it: It's been a pretty rough year for our neck of the Solar System. But it's been a great year for scientists studying more distant reaches of the Universe. From a colossal explosion to mystery burps deciphered, here were some of the top stories in physics in 2020.
10. Boom!
What might have been the Universe's most powerful known explosion was detected back in 2016 – but it really happened over 390 million years ago. While the first four-legged critters crawled onto land, a supermassive black hole in the Ophiuchus cluster launched a jet that blew a gargantuan cavity in the surrounding gas.
(X-ray: Chandra: NASA/CXC/NRL/S. Giacintucci, et al., XMM-Newton: ESA/XMM-Newton; Radio: NCRA/TIFR/GMRT; Infrared: 2MASS/UMass/IPAC-Caltech/NASA/NSF)
In 2020, astronomers revisited the old data and realized just how powerful that explosion was: five times 10^54 joules of energy. For perspective, that's enough energy to literally rip apart all 300 billion stars in the Milky Way and a hundred more galaxies.
9. I can see my Solar System from here
If you want to navigate among the stars, you're going to need a map. And that's exactly what the European Space Agency's Gaia space observatory created, using data on over 1.8 billion cosmic objects.
The haul includes stars near and far, asteroids, comets and more. Want to know the position, velocity, spectrum and more for 0.5 percent of the population of our galaxy? You're in luck. Over 1,600 papers have already been published with Gaia data, and astronomers will be sure to mine the database for years to come. And here's the best part: There's even more data to come.
8. Loss of a legend
In 2020, the world lost one of its foremost and celebrated supersmart folks, Freeman Dyson. A man of unbounded imagination, he is perhaps best known in popular science circles for his conception of the Dyson sphere. (He didn't name it after himself; that came later.)
A Dyson sphere is a hypothetical megastructure that completely encloses a star to harvest 100 percent of its solar energy – exactly the energy a hyper-advanced civilization might need to do hyper-advanced things.
So far, astronomers have not detected any Dyson spheres in our galaxy or any others, but Freeman's dream lives on.
7. We found life on Venus, and then we didn't
It was too good to be true: claims of solid evidence for life in the cloud tops of Venus, an otherwise hellhole of a world. The reasoning was based on phosphine, a peculiar (and stinky) chemical emitted on Earth by anaerobic bacteria.
To get as much phosphine in the atmosphere as was claimed, scientists proposed, Venus would need a large population of airborne microbes. Alas, further analysis reduced the observed amount of the stinky stuff (to levels barely considered noteworthy, let alone a sign for life), and in some analyses, removed it altogether as just another noisy signal.
Don't worry, alien life: If you're out there, we'll keep looking.
6. 2020's hottest new toy: FRBs
Everyone loves a good fast radio burst (FRB), right? The source of these enigmatic, energetic signals has been an annoying puzzle to astronomers for more than a decade. FRBs are fast, high-powered, frequency-hopping radio signals coming from all over the sky, which makes it hard to pinpoint their origin.
But finally, in 2020, astronomers got lucky: They found an FRB source in our own cosmic backyard. Follow-up observations revealed the culprit: an exotic star known as a magnetar (a super-magnetized dead stellar core).
Apparently, magnetars sometimes burp out a tremendous amount of pent-up energy, which appears to Earthbound observers as a quick blast of radio emission.
5. Wet Mars after all
Mars has liquid water. No, it's bone-dry. No, wait; it sometimes has water. No, nope, never mind. The Red Planet has been teasing astronomers for decades on the vital question of whether it's home to any liquid water at all.
Astronomers care because, where there's water, there's a potential home for life. Earlier this year, astronomers claimed that there isn't just one, but four lakes of liquid water on Mars. The catch?
They're incredibly salty – more like a briny sludge than something to take a dip in – and buried under a mile of frozen carbon dioxide at the southern polar cap. Not everybody is convinced, though, so don't pack your Martian swimsuit just yet.
4. Taking it home
2020 was surely the year of the Solar System. Three independent spacecraft have successfully acquired samples and sent them on their way back to Earth.
(NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona)
NASA launched its OSIRIS-REx mission to the asteroid Bennu, which collected so much material that its sample container leaked. The Japanese Hayabusa2 mission took a poke at the asteroid Ryugu and landed the material safely back to Earth.
And the Chinese Chang'e 5 lander went on a mission to the Moon, managing to launch a sample back to Earth before the lander broke down.
3. That's a big black hole!
Astronomers have used gravitational waves (ripples in the fabric of space-time) to observe so many black hole collisions that by now, it's hardly newsworthy.
But in 2020, astronomers announced the discovery of the biggest collision yet: a titanic merger of an 85-solar-mass black hole and a 66-solar-mass black hole. Post-merger, the resulting black hole tipped the scales at 142 times the mass of the Sun. (About nine Suns' worth of mass was converted into pure energy.)
In other black hole news, the Universe's ultimate Pandora's box was the subject of this year's Nobel Prize in physics.
2. Is it getting hot in this superconductor?
Superconductors are super-neat. Due to the weirdness of quantum mechanics, under very special conditions, electrons can buddy up, with the pairs traveling together without losing energy. That means a game-changing technology where electricity can flow forever without resistance.
(University of Rochester/J. Adam Fenster)
Unfortunately, to make superconductors work, physicists have had to make everything super-cold. But in 2020, researchers announced the discovery of a superconductor at nearly room temperature, just 59 degrees Fahrenheit (15 degrees Celsius). The catch? You need to re-create the pressures found in Earth's center.
1. Take that, COVID-19
The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has devastated humanity, reaching pandemic levels in only a couple of months and washing across the globe. But we're fighting back with one of our most powerful weapons: vaccines.
(Jason McLellan/Univ. of Texas at Austin)
The current vaccines target a very specific part of the virus, a "spike" protein that it uses to invade our cells. One of the first steps in the war against COVID-19 was to identify and map that protein, which researchers accomplished earlier this year, using a physics-based technique called cryogenic electron microscopy.
Using this map, drugmakers could target this feature of the virus for vaccines to mimic, giving our immune systems a fighting chance.
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Coaches' challenge stays in NBA, game-night rosters go to 15
The NBA coach's challenge is back, and here to stay.
Following the recommendation from the league's competition committee, the NBA's board of governors voted Thursday to keep the challenge as an option for coaches going forward. It was introduced last year on a one-year trial.
Coaches challenged 700 calls last season, including the playoffs. Calls were overturned 308 times, or a rate of 44%.
"Our coaches were receptive to the pilot version of the coach's challenge, increasing usage and becoming more comfortable with the concept and strategic aspects as the season progressed," said Byron Spruell, the NBA's President for League Operations.
Also approved by the board of governors Thursday: a plan to give teams the ability to expand their active roster on game nights from 13 to 15 for this season — a move being made largely in response to the coronavirus pandemic and in anticipation of the likelihood that teams will be missing players from time to time.
"There will be people that get the virus. It's going to happen and we have to adjust," Toronto guard Kyle Lowry said Thursday, a few hours before the board of governors convened, when asked about the health and safety protocols for the season. "And when it happens, no one's going to know how ... no one's going to understand how it happened. But we have to be able to have an adjustment, to understand that things are going to happen. We have to adjust, to go on and figure it out."
Plus, the trade deadline is finally set for this season: It'll be March 25, or about two weeks into the "second half" of the schedule. The schedule is known through March 4, with the remainder to be determined in the coming weeks.
The league tweaked two parts of the challenge rule from last season. Teams can no longer challenge the preceding call if they incur a delay of game violation before asking for the review, and — in situations where officials meet to determine what call to make — the time window that a team has to challenge that call now will not begin until they get the final ruling on the play from those referees.
And just because the rule is staying doesn't mean it can't be further tweaked in the future. The league has acknowledged in the past that it is a bit of a tightrope between wanting to shorten games, not interrupt the pace of a game and wanting to get as many calls as possible correct.
"We'll continue to monitor the data and see how that can be refined," said NBA vice president Monty McCutchen, who oversees referee development and training. "This is a tool to serve the game. The data will help drive where that tool should be refined and how it should go forth in the future."
The challenge option wasn't the most popular addition in the league last season. Teams must have a time-out remaining to use their challenge, they are limited to one challenge per game regardless of the outcome of the reviewed call and retain the time-out only if they win the challenge.
"I'm generally not a fan of replay," said New Orleans coach Stan Van Gundy, who was a television analyst last season. "I think I've made that pretty clear. And so, as a result, I'm not really a big fan of the rule. ... We have a strategy. I had my assistant coaches do some research on it and I think we have a pretty good idea of when we'll use it and when we won't."
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Q: Make ul element Starting in the left side I write the next jsfiddle:
http://jsfiddle.net/alonshmiel/Ht6Ym/2409/
I try to put the ul in the left side:

I tried to do:
margin-left:0px;
float: left;

but it doesn't work.
any help appreciated!

A: You can add:
ul#advancedTargeting {
    padding-left: 0;
}

Updated Fiddle
It's because some browsers has some default styles for HTML elements.
You can reset your padding-left value of your ul to default 0 using above code.
It's a good habit to use a css reset script to reset all the default styles applied by browsers to make your css compatible with various of browsers. You can find it from cssreset.com

A: Your <ul> element is positioned as fixed and has a left: 55px; inline style.
Change that to left: 0; at first. Or avoid using fixed positioning if you don't want to remove the element from document normal flow (to get the float property to work).
Also, web browsers apply a left padding on the HTML list elements, such as <ul> and <ol>. You need to reset the padding as padding-left: 0.
However, it's better to reset all the default user agent stylesheets by using a CSS reset.
Either a tiny one:
* { padding: 0; margin: 0;}

Or a well-known version.
UPDATED DEMO.

A: You should set:
padding-left:0px;

http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_boxmodel.asp - check this to get a clear picture.

A: here is the solution, just use padding-left:0;

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Lots of glamorous stars attend the premiere of the new Judy Garland & James Mason film.
Documentary (14 mins long) about the premiere for the Judy Garland / James Mason film "A Star is Born" - most of the action takes place at the Warner Theatre, Leicester Square, London. Commentary by Richard Attenborough and Sheila Sim.
SV. Exterior, people entering theatre - arriving at the film premiere "A Star is Born". Flashback to preparations for the premiere during the daytime - neon lights and signs erected, flowers are delivered, polishing and cleaning etc. Organising committee look at a plans for the evening. Stars are seen preparing for the evening. Diana Dors looking super glamorous leaves a film studio (Pinewood?) in an amazing car. Janette Scott has a dress fitting by Michael Whittaker (?), Sheila Sim and Richard Attenborough get ready together and rush out of a room after grabbing their tickets.
Miss Walters the manageress of the cinema inspects her usherettes. Jock McGregor (?) hands out programmes and heart shaped collecting boxes to "starlets" who have volunteered to help out for the evening . Proceeds will go to the Actor's Orphanage and Variety Club's Heart Fund. Good shots of photographers and cameramen getting ready to take pictures of the star guests. Also girl reporter with notebook. Various shots of crowds outside Warner Theatre, Leicester Square and their counterparts at the earlier American premiere on New York's Broadway (more rowdy). We see stars: Danny Thomas, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, Clark Gable, Jack Carson and Judy Garland.
Guests at the London Premiere include: Phyllis Calvert, Eunice Gayson, Finlay Currie, Thora Hird and Janette Scott, John Gregson, Robert Beatty, Jack Buchanan, Gene Nelson, Jill Adams, Leo Genn, Sir John Gielgud, Diana Wynyard, Mai Zetterling, Patricia Roc, Ann Todd, Mary Parker, Cecil Madden, Peggy Cummins, Elizabeth Allen, Sir Laurence Olivier, Kay Kendall, Richard (Dickie) Attenborough, Jack Hawkins, Sheila Sim, Kenneth More. Guests are received upstairs by Sir Laurence Olivier, the chief Barker of the Variety Club, Mr and Mrs C.J. Latta and Kenneth More.
Scenes in the projection box - technicians waiting for a signal. Guests are seated. Signal given. Various shots of the projectors being set up and started. We then see section from the film
Check copyright before using following section. We see the Warner Brothers logo then several clips from the feature film "A Star is Born" Judy Garland performs "Born in a Trunk". This is followed by a clip showing a love scene between Garland and James Mason then a scene of Judy emoting over the end of her marriage (I think - from memory).
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American film star Clark Gable teaches men of the U.S. Air Force to use guns.
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British ballet dancer Christopher Gable at home and at work.
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Veterans and First Responders are among those who benefit the most from the unique combination of benefits that floating and sensory deprivation offer. In combination with other traditional therapies, it can be an incredible tool for unwinding the effects of PTSD and its many co-factors – such as depression and anxiety – in addition to aiding recovery from traumatic brain injuries, concussions and blast-induced neurotrauma. The large transdermal (via skin) exposure of magnesium-rich Epsom salts is also one of the most effective ways of physically de-stressing the body and helping return it to peak performance. There's even some preliminary evidence suggesting that neurological changes that occur during a float – stimulation of the nucleus accumbens, the dopamine center, with simultaneous de-activation of the medial prefrontal cortex, where (often compulsive) decisions are made – may aid in recovery from addictive behaviors that often follow sufferers of PTSD.
Watch the 3 minute video below to see how one veteran is dealing with his PTSD using Floating.
Many vets and first responders find the solitude of the float tank environment to be a refreshingly different and comfortable space for processing their personal thoughts and memories. The following video captures what the experience of floating can be like for many veterans, and also contains interviews with veterans and others who use floating to deal with PTSD, TBIs and concussions.
You can book your appointment at Cloud Nine Flotation by going to www.FloatTucson.com/book Today!
The active and retired military/veteran community is one that Cloud Nine Flotation really loves to serve. Veterans are in the "sweet spot" of beneficial gain from floating, and are often highly underserved by the existing institutions available to them, or the traditional solutions that are made available (typically pharmacology and psychotherapy) just don't work for them. We also realize that veterans often find themselves in a lower economic bracket due the physical and psychological issues afflicting they transition back into civilian life.
This clip from Big Think, featuring Jamie Wheal of the Flow Genome Project, explains how Navy SEALs are using floating not just for recovery from injuries and exertion, but also as a superlearning tool, to compress six months of language study into just six weeks.


$71,339,552 proposed budget for the 2018-19 school year.
The proposed budget, which carries a spending increase of $1,606,356 or 2.3 percent, will result in a tax levy increase of 1.68 percent – an increase that meets the district's legal limit as defined by New York's tax levy cap legislation.
What is behind the increase in spending?
Although the district will not add programs or personnel, rising contractual costs related to employee salaries and benefits are the main reason behind the budget-to-budget increase for next year.
approximately 75 percent of the district's budget goes to salaries and benefits.
for salaries and benefits, although the increase in benefits for next year is largely due to retirement contributions.
New York school district employees (outside of New York City) belong to one of two public pension systems: The New York State Teachers Retirement System (TRS) and the New York State Employee Retirement System (ERS). TRS and ERS are mostly funded by investment income, and New York is one of only a handful of states that has a fully funded pension system.
New York teachers and employees are required to participate in ERS and TRS, and school districts are required to participate in its contributions.
The New York state budget provides Goshen only a slight increase of approximately $3,425 in state aid for next year – or 0.02 percent – for a total of $15,545,456. This is the district's smallest year-to-year state aid increase since the 2011-12 school year, when it saw a reduction of more than $1.2 million in state aid.
However, prudent financial planning has allowed the district to balance its budget without cutting programs or personnel, using additional fund balance or exceeding the tax levy cap.
academic program that ensures our students are college- and career-ready," said Superintendent Daniel Connor.
What else will I be asked to vote on?
What happens if the budget is defeated?
Under the tax levy cap law, if a district adopts a contingent budget, it cannot increase its tax levy from that of the prior year by any amount – a zero percent increase.
For Goshen, a contingent budget will cut approximately $840,433 from the proposed budget. The district would be subject to various limits and controls on how the money within the contingent budget is spent, and would have to charge fees for public use of school buildings and grounds.
More details about the proposed budget will be mailed as an eight-page budget newsletter to all district residents. Be sure to check your mailbox!


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How to 'categorically' reduce chronic inflammation
Some inflammation is actually necessary for our survival, but it can easily get out of whack.
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The purpose of inflammation is to protect the body from harm or further harm. Image: iStockSource:BodyAndSoul
One in three Aussies lives with some kind of chronic inflammatory disease. While some products may offer anti-inflammatory properties, there's one thing Dr Harrison Weisinger recommends.
Inflammation is a natural process in which immune cells, such as white blood cells, proteins and fluid, are attracted to a site of injury.
The purpose of inflammation is to protect the body from harm or further harm.
If you were to twist your ankle, for example, your ankle would be hot, swollen and painful within minutes. This response is your body's way of telling you to not hurt it further by standing on it.
Inflammatory processes occur within our bodies every second, without them we couldn't survive, but our bodies constantly manage the balance between switching inflammation on and off.
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Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease. Image: Stephen Hocking via UnsplashSource:BodyAndSoul
We run into trouble when that balance is disrupted, and we get inflammation in places where it's a nuisance or, worse still, harmful to us.
Approximately one in three Australians lives with a chronic inflammatory disease, such as diabetes, obesity, endometriosis, multiple sclerosis, irritable bowel disease, and arthritis, to name just a few.
How to reduce chronic inflammation
Reducing inflammation can greatly enhance the quality of life, as well as significantly extending it.
Chronic inflammation has an incredibly negative effect on lifestyle, interfering with sleep, daily activity and therefore work and general enjoyment of life. It also takes a grave toll on relationships.
Eating a balanced and nutritious diet, while paying particular attention to reducing the intake of refined sugars and simple carbohydrates can reduce inflammation.
I can categorically say that lowering dietary carbohydrates reduces inflammation. Image: UnsplashSource:BodyAndSoul
Though it's always important to discuss dietary changes with your doctor, I can categorically say that lowering dietary carbohydrates reduces inflammation. This also improves body composition, mood, physical and brain function throughout the day.
Other promising studies
There have now been thousands of scientific publications articulating the anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer effects of curcumin (an extract from turmeric).
To this end, big pharma is investing a lot of money into how best they can harvest the benefits of curcumin, so it's definitely something worth incorporating into your diet.
There are also numerous studies on the health benefits of fasting and good sleep to help reduce inflammation as well.
Tumeric is known to possess anti-inflammatory properties. Source: iStockSource:BodyAndSoul
But without question, the single most important thing anyone can do to improve their lives is to pay attention to the signs of inflammation – and do everything they can to reduce it.
Dr Harrison Weisinger MB.BS, M.Sc., Ph.D. is a medical practitioner, optometrist, scientist and university professor and Medical Director of Truth Origins. His passion for teaching and educating as many people as possible in nutritional intervention and health is continuous.
Dr Harrison Weisinger MB.BS, M.Sc., Ph.D. Image: SuppliedSource:BodyAndSoul
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We are planning a lively 40th Anniversary celebration for August 15 at our Hwy 20 Harmony Ridge Office in conjunction with a Nevada City Chamber Mixer. Sgt Funky Band will entertain with their Vintage Rock and Roll! Mark your calendars for 6-8:00 pm Thursday August 15. We want you all to celebrate with us.
Summer will soon be here! Nevada County goes all out to have a good time throughout the summer months. In addition to a wide range of recreation options on our beautiful lakes and hillsides, locals take to the streets for play and entertainment throughout the Summer. Visit our site for more details … but here a some highlights of what is to come.
Starting June 15 and continuing through November, Nevada City Farmers Market takes over Union Street every Saturday. And in conjunction with the first Farmers Market, Nevada City Rotary will host its first Treasures for Scholars, Bargains for You sale of new and gently used items in the Alpha Building next door to the Market. All proceeds will go to fund scholarships for local youth and adults!
June 16 Nevada City will host its 53rd Nevada City Classic. The second oldest bicycle race in the country, the Nevada City Classic on Father's Day each year attracts the nation's top cyclists and thousands of visitors.
No community loves a parade more than ours! Join us in downtown Grass Valley for the 2013 4th of July Parade. The parade starts at 2pm in downtown Grass Valley.
Following the parade is a traditional family celebration under the pines at the Nevada County Fairgrounds in Grass Valley. Gates open at 3pm and entertainment begins at 4pm. Live music and entertainment, food and refreshments are offered. The fireworks spectacular blasts off at 9:30 p.m.
Wednesdays July 17, 24, & 31 is Nevada City Summer Nights. Nevada City Summer Nights is a delightful outdoor festival of art and music with local musicians performing on outdoor stages throughout the downtown area.
Thursday evenings July through August Grass Valley's Thursday Night Market. Local farmers line Mill and Main Streets with fresh produce and food products. Artists, merchants and food vendors offer a wide variety of products in downtown stores and on the streets.
July 11-14 – California World Fest features eight stages of continuous music and dance from around the world. Celebrate mid-summer with us under the cool, tall pines of the Sierra foothills Nevada County Fairgrounds with workshops, international food, fine crafts, and the renowned children's program. The Nevada County Fairgrounds is a beautiful setting to camp with family and friends during the festival.
August 7-11 is "Under the Big Top" at The Nevada County Fair! The LA Times claims it is one of the top 10 County Fair's in the Country.
As we do each year, once again we will be serving pulled pork and other treats at the Nevada City Rotary booth on Treat Street!
And the highlight of the summer will be our 40th Anniversary Celebration the week after the Fair. As this big anniversary approaches, we are especially mindful of the contributions each of you have made to our success!
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