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Will hot Tampa Bay market convert St. Petersburg high-rise to condos?
Downtown St. Petersburg's 330 Third explores a sale to eschew its apartment plans.
A booming condo market could mean the 330 Third high rise in downtown St. Petersburg could become condos.
By Susan Taylor Martin
Published March 10 2015
Updated March 11 2015
Due to the "tremendous resurgence" of downtown St. Petersburg's condo market, the developer of a 358-unit high-rise originally planned for rental apartments is exploring a sale that could convert it to a condo project.
American Land Ventures has hired a South Florida real estate brokerage to try to arrange the sale of 330 Third, a 17-story high-rise under construction on Third Street S a few blocks from the waterfront.
The project, whose months of relentless pile-driving drove nearby residents to despair, "is well-positioned for condo conversion as it offers dramatic open-water views and was designed with condo-quality finishes and amenities," according to a 46-page offering memorandum obtained by the Tampa Bay Times.
The memorandum says the downtown market has shown a "significant price appreciation," with prices for luxury condos increasing 34 percent over the past year and 68 percent since August 2012.
Among 330 Third's advantages are its proximity to a central business district with 4 million square feet of office space, more than 25,000 workers and 1,800 businesses and "employment centers," including the University of South Florida St. Petersburg and All Children's Hospital, the memorandum says.
Downtown St. Petersburg is also part of a vibrant metropolitan area whose beaches, golf courses and pro sports teams "have established Tampa Bay as a premier destination for visitors and provide its permanent residents with year-round activities."
In all, the memo concludes, 330 Third's "extremely desirable location" makes it a "unique investment opportunity for a condo converter."
Darron Kattan, managing director of the Tampa real estate brokerage Franklin Street, said he's not surprised that 330 Third's current owner is testing the water on a possible sale and condo conversion.
"Obviously, they wouldn't do it if it didn't make economic sense," Kattan said Tuesday. "Really, what's at play here is that to finance a new condo development right now, lenders have to have a hefty presale requirement before giving funding. To finance an apartment building, there's no presale requirement, so it's a lot easier to get funding."
Kattan added: "At this stage in the cycle when things are really heating up, you're going to see a lot (of projects) starting out as apartments and finishing as condos."
Units in 330 Third, due to be finished in early 2016, will range from studios to three-bedrooms averaging 1,499 square feet. That would make them smaller than those in downtown's priciest high-rises like Parkshore Plaza and 400 Beach, or even in the 74-unit Salvador, soon to start construction near the Dalí Museum.
As the economy picks up, several bay area developments are converting from rentals to individual ownership, including the nearby Sage in downtown St. Petersburg and Back Bay at Carillon, a community of 55 luxury townhomes in mid Pinellas County.
In Tampa, Grand Central at Kennedy, which rented out many of its 392 units when sales slowed during the housing bust, now hopes to have all sold within a year. And Element, a sleek 34-story apartment tower, is due "to begin a retail sales program within the next 12 months," according to the 330 Third offering memorandum, which cited several existing projects in the bay area.
Executives of Crescent Heights, which paid $98 million for Element two years ago, did not return phone calls.
However, the Miami-based company "traditionally has been a condo player, so it would not be a surprise to the marketplace if they do convert" Element to condos, Kattan said.
Despite the demand for condos in prime locations, apartment complexes remain extremely attractive investments, as shown by the just-announced sale of the 308-unit Azure Luxury Apartments in the Carillon office park.
California-based Passco Cos. paid $54 million for the recently completed complex, which is already 94 percent leased due to pent-up demand.
Many young professionals prefer maintenance-free apartment living, while thousands of people who lost their homes to foreclosure during the recession have no choice but to rent.
The future of St. Petersburg's 330 Third could hinge on that strong demand for rentals.
"I'm sure they're getting plenty of activity," Kattan said of the current owners. "Whether they will find someone to go condo is different but as a rental they'll have plenty of interest."
Contact Susan Taylor Martin at smartin@tampabay.com or (727) 893-8642. Follow @susanskate.
Susan Taylor Martin
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Q: C Win32 API display Opencv Image cv::Mat + Resizing, results in distorted, wrong colored images So I've been looking for some simple code, on how I can display opencv images in a windows window, without using extra libraries. Most solutions that I have found use the StretchDIBits() method of the Windows API. This works fine, until I resize the window, although I call my display function after WM_SIZE and resize my image with opencv before I display it with StretchDIBits(). Sometimes the image is displayed fine, but most of the time it's distorted or even in greyscale, even though it is a RGB image.
The image resizing with opencv works fine. When I display the resized image with cv::imshow("test", imgResized); the image is displayed as expected in the same size as the resized window.
This is an image at application launch (works fine)

This is an image after resizing the window (distorted and greyscaled)

My Code
VOID ImgviewShowImg(IMGVIEW* imgView)
{
    if(imgView->img == NULLPTR)
    {
        return;
    }

    cv::Mat imgResized;
    POSZ inner  = GetInnerPosSize(imgView);
    INT width  = inner.w;
    INT height = inner.h;

    cv::resize(*imgView->img, imgResized, cv::Size(width, height), 0, 0, cv::INTER_CUBIC);

    INT bytesPerPixel = imgResized.elemSize();

    BITMAPINFO bmpInfo;
    memset(&bmpInfo, 0, sizeof(bmpInfo));
    bmpInfo.bmiHeader.biSize = sizeof(BITMAPINFOHEADER);
    bmpInfo.bmiHeader.biWidth  = width;
    bmpInfo.bmiHeader.biHeight = height;
    bmpInfo.bmiHeader.biPlanes   = 1;
    bmpInfo.bmiHeader.biBitCount = (bytesPerPixel * 8);
    bmpInfo.bmiHeader.biCompression = BI_RGB;
    bmpInfo.bmiHeader.biXPelsPerMeter = 100;
    bmpInfo.bmiHeader.biYPelsPerMeter = 100;

    PAINTSTRUCT paintStruct;
    memset(&paintStruct, 0, sizeof(paintStruct));

    HDC hdc = BeginPaint(imgView->hWnd, &paintStruct);

    INT result = StretchDIBits(hdc, // HDC              hdc,
        0,                          // int              xDest,
        0,                          // int              yDest,
        width,                      // int              DestWidth,
        height,                     // int              DestHeight,
        0,                          // int              xSrc,
        0,                          // int              ySrc,
        width,                      // int              SrcWidth,
        height,                     // int              SrcHeight,
        imgResized.data,            // const            VOID       *lpBits,
        &bmpInfo,                   // const            BITMAPINFO *lpbmi,
        DIB_RGB_COLORS,             // UINT             iUsage,
        SRCCOPY                     // DWORD            rop
    );

    EndPaint(imgView->hWnd, &paintStruct);
}

A: Thanks to the anwser of @IInspectable and a quick google search where I found this https://gist.github.com/AhiyaHiya/6e455a3a6c846766f1017044131bfab7 with the simple solution resize(frame, frame, Size(frame.cols / 4 * 4, frame.rows));
I finally got my code to work and it now looks like this:
VOID ImgviewShowImg(IMGVIEW* imgView)
{
    if(imgView->img == NULLPTR)
    {
        return;
    }

    RECT clientRect;
    GetClientRect(imgView->hWnd, &clientRect);

    INT wndWidth  = clientRect.right - clientRect.left;
    INT wndHeight = clientRect.bottom - clientRect.top;
    FLOAT32 aspectRatio = (FLOAT32) wndHeight / (FLOAT32) wndWidth;

    INT imgWidth  = (INT) ((wndWidth / 4) * 4);
    INT imgHeight = (INT) (imgWidth * aspectRatio);

    cv::Mat imgResized;
    cv::resize(*imgView->img, imgResized, cv::Size(imgWidth, imgHeight), 0, 0, cv::INTER_CUBIC);

    INT bytesPerPixel = imgResized.elemSize();

    BITMAPINFO bmpInfo;
    memset(&bmpInfo, 0, sizeof(bmpInfo));
    bmpInfo.bmiHeader.biSize = sizeof(BITMAPINFOHEADER);
    bmpInfo.bmiHeader.biWidth  = imgWidth;
    bmpInfo.bmiHeader.biHeight = imgHeight;
    bmpInfo.bmiHeader.biPlanes   = 1;
    bmpInfo.bmiHeader.biBitCount = (bytesPerPixel * 8);
    bmpInfo.bmiHeader.biCompression = BI_RGB;
    bmpInfo.bmiHeader.biXPelsPerMeter = 100;
    bmpInfo.bmiHeader.biYPelsPerMeter = 100;

    PAINTSTRUCT paintStruct;
    memset(&paintStruct, 0, sizeof(paintStruct));

    HDC hdc = BeginPaint(imgView->hWnd, &paintStruct);

    INT result = StretchDIBits(hdc, // HDC              hdc,
        0,                          // int              xDest,
        0,                          // int              yDest,
        wndWidth,                      // int              DestWidth,
        wndHeight,                     // int              DestHeight,
        0,                          // int              xSrc,
        0,                          // int              ySrc,
        imgWidth,                      // int              SrcWidth,
        imgHeight,                     // int              SrcHeight,
        imgResized.data,            // const            VOID       *lpBits,
        &bmpInfo,                   // const            BITMAPINFO *lpbmi,
        DIB_RGB_COLORS,             // UINT             iUsage,
        SRCCOPY                     // DWORD            rop
    );

    EndPaint(imgView->hWnd, &paintStruct);
}

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Burundi: A year of President Evariste Ndayishimiye's power, 554 Burundians killed by his services and his militia Imbonerakure.
He told it himself during the prayer crusade organized in Gitega from June 17, 2021 to thank the Almighty for this year that Evariste Ndayishimiye has just passed to the head of the Burundian state. He requested forgiveness to the Lord for the sins committed by him and by men under his command. He was sworn in June 18, 2020, after stealing power to the Burundian people who wanted to be directed by Agathon Rwasa; But Evarist Ndayishimiye and his military clique forced, by the force of arms, Burundians to accept it. He did not hesitate a second to thank the Lord who gave him that power. Yes, the Bible tells us that any power comes from God. Divine things are mysteries; It is possible that the Lord wanted to give the CNDDFDD power the opportunity to correct or multiply their sins . Evarist Ndayishimiye does not miss any Dominicial Mass, but his men redoubled forces to commit crimes of blood and economic crimes without worrying. Nobody knows what God reserves to Ndayishimiye and his military click.
During his prayer in Gitega, he recognized that he and his men violated human rights, but he did not speak about the most important right, the right to life. He should be ashamed to appear before God with the blood of 554 Burundian killed, including 250 corpses discovered on the public roads, others and the majority of them were found on the rivers and lakes. Among these people killed during the year that Evariste Ndayishimiye has just passed to power, 118 are women and girls. These figures are given by the Iteka league, which has antennas anywhere in the country. They also appear in a letter that the president of this organization against human rights violations transmitted on June 18, 2021 to President Evariste Ndayishimiye. It recognizes that this assessment is not exhaustive; What is observed by people from outside, that's exactly what intelligence services, police and immbonerakure who kill them could not hide; This means that the balance sheet is much heavier.
Another important element in the Prayer of Evariste Ndayishimiye is the recognition of differences in points of view within his leading team. He asked God to give them a uniqueness of heart so that they can work in good agreement for the good of the Burundian people. Nobody knows that his power is very fragile because among the closest in the military clique at the head of the state, there are some who do not recognize his skills; Reason for which some decisions he takes are not implemented and sometimes, he is obliged to contradict himself to save his place, why not his skin.
Bishop Ntamwana has not forgotten to win a nod to President Ndayishimiye, asking him to avoid exclusion, to consider all Burundians at the same level, to initiate love, cohesion, reconciliation between Burundian and work for the rapprochement with other countries. All this missed throughout the reign of Evariste Ndayishimiye.
URN Hitamwoneza had the opportunity to take the exhaustive assessment of Evariste Ndayishimiye power in all areas of the country's life. The finding is that its balance sheet is far below zero. The country has been ranked first poor country on the planet. The killings, the corpses collected every day on the banks of the lakes and rivers, especially on the Russizi, arbitrary arrests, multiplied during the current year of President Ndayishimiye. The targets are Tutsis, Ex Fab and members of the CNL of Agathon Rwasa; This takes a look of genocide or simply the continuity of genocide has long begun by a Hutus extremist group. We ask Burundians to do everything to stop, as long as it is still possible, this descent from Burundi to hell by barring the road to the power of the military clique led by Evariste Ndayishimiye. He has just demonstrated what he is capable of; allow him to make another year at the head of the state would be synonymous with betraying the country and the people.
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Barclays Bank may be looking to blockchain to streamline fund transfers and know-your-customer processes, according to newly-released patent applications.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published two applications by the U.K.'s second-largest bank Thursday, both of which revolve around account security. Perhaps most notably, however, was an application for a patent which outlined a blockchain-platform which could facilitate cryptocurrency transfers. The bank also proposed streamlining know-your-customer processes by storing identifying information on a private blockchain.
Though the existence of a patent application does not necessarily mean the bank is planning to develop any products with the technology, the releases indicate members of the bank are examining the nascent technology.
And that's not all. The application details a "super" user authority, which would have the right to migrate old information to present blocks, and perhaps even delete old ones with sufficient support from other user authorities in the system. This use could theoretically mitigate blockchain size and storage issues.


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Trump hits election trail threatening troop surge on Mexico border
At the core of Trump's message to his raucous, adoring supporters is the now near daily warning that America is literally under attack from an "invasion" of illegal immigrants. (Yuri Gripas/Reuters)
President Donald Trump further hardened his pre-election anti-immigration rhetoric in a Florida campaign stop on Wednesday, after threatening to deploy as many as 15 000 soldiers on the Mexican border — equal to the size of the US contingent in Afghanistan.
"They got a lot of rough people in these caravans. They are not angels," he said in Fort Myers, referring to migrants from poor Central American countries moving towards the United States in hopes of a better life or to escape violence.
"We're gettin' prepared for the caravan, folks," he said.
Brushing aside accusations that his divisive rhetoric on immigration is stoking extremism, Trump made the troop announcement before flying to Florida for the last stage of campaigning ahead of next Tuesday's midterm elections.
He will host 11 rallies across eight states in the next six days.
Trump hopes to fire up core Republican voters and spur the party to retain dominance of both chambers of Congress. Democrats are threatening to light a fire under Trump's feet if they win even partial control, raising the spectre of ever more brutal Washington politics.
At the core of Trump's message to his raucous, adoring supporters is the now near daily warning that America is literally under attack from an "invasion" of illegal immigrants and that Democrats would throw open the borders.
On Tuesday, Trump announced that more than 5 000 active duty soldiers were being sent.
That was already highly unusual, but on Wednesday, he told reporters at the White House: "We'll do up to anywhere between 10 and 15 000 military personnel."
Trump frequently describes illegal immigrants — a tiny minority of whom have formed groups to attempt walking hundreds of miles to the US border — as "rapists" and "thugs."
"It's a dangerous group of people," Trump said of the latest group of a few thousand migrants, who are still deep inside Mexico far from their goal. "They're not coming into our country."
The situation, according to the Department of Homeland Security, is "an unprecedented crisis."
However, the department's own figures show that the number of illegal immigrants intercepted in 2018 was only 400 000, a mere 25% of the 1.6-million figure in 2000.
Guns, bombs
The president has revelled in his anti-immigrant rhetoric for months.
At his "Make America Great Again" rallies, like the one in Florida on Wednesday, Trump leads supporters in chanting "build the wall" — a reference to his so-far unrealised dream of erecting a partition along the entire US-Mexican frontier.
But the nationalist — or what critics say is the racist-tinged — policy was engulfed in deep controversy last week when an alleged anti-Semitic fanatic gunned down 11 people in a Pittsburgh synagogue.
According to US news reports, the shooter had taken inspiration from Trump's speeches in his stated desire to fight for white people. Similarly, a Florida man arrested last week on charges of mailing homemade bombs to more than a dozen Trump opponents was an ardent supporter of the president.
The alarming escalation of extremist politics threw Trump on the defensive, with opponents claiming that he had helped create an atmosphere in which the two attackers felt comfortable to carry out their plans.
On Tuesday, Trump made a politically tricky visit to Pittsburgh, accompanied by his wife Melania, Orthodox Jewish son-in-law Jared Kushner and daughter Ivanka.
Trump played the traditional presidential role of healer-in-chief at the Tree of Life synagogue, laying memorial stones and spending more than an hour at a nearby hospital with the widow of one of the slain.
The experience was "very humbling and very sad," Trump said.
Opponents and noisy groups of local protesters said, however, that he shouldn't even have come.
Starkly illustrating the controversy, there wasn't anyone available, beyond the local air force base commander and his wife, to meet the president on arrival from Washington.
Pittsburgh's mayor was among those who suggested that Trump stay away.
Brushing off, doubling down
White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders pointed out that Trump "was also asked to come by some" and insisted that he'd gone to "represent the country in this moment."
Certainly Trump was back in fighting mood on Wednesday, tweeting that he and Melania "were treated very nicely yesterday in Pittsburgh."
"Small protest was not seen by us, staged far away," he said. "The Fake News stories were just the opposite-Disgraceful!"
He then explored his latest eye-catching plan for curtailing immigration: removal of a constitutionally protected right to citizenship for anyone born on US soil.
The automatic right, which is also given in neighbouring Canada and Mexico, has been criticized as outmoded, providing a loophole for the children of illegal immigrants.
"The World is using our laws to our detriment. They laugh at the Stupidity they see!" he tweeted.
The World is using our laws to our detriment. They laugh at the Stupidity they see!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 31, 2018
However, the nature and timing of Trump's proposal — first aired Tuesday — has been controversial, particularly given his insistence that he can personally overrule something so far protected by the constitution.
AFP White House correspondent. Previously Rio, NYC, Moscow, Tbilisi, London, Paris -- and a couple years at sea.
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Q: How do you put a string starting from a specific position? I've been trying to figure out a shortcut in putting a long string text positioned in a specific coordinate without using Console.SetCursorPosition and Console.WriteLine multiple times. I plan on using the shortcut especially in positioning ASCII text.
I've tried doing Console.SetCursorPosition then the @ to put the long string text altogether only to discover that only the first line is affected by the Console.SetCursorPosition.
Console.SetCursorPosition(50, 1);
Console.WriteLine("Hello");
Console.SetCursorPosition(50, 2);
Console.WriteLine("World");
Console.ReadKey();

I expect the output to display Hello somehow at the middle with World just below it.

A: You can write a function to do this. For example:
static void Print(int left, int top, params string[] lines)
{
    foreach (string line in lines)
    {
        Console.SetCursorPosition(left, top);
        Console.WriteLine(line);
        top++;
    }
}

And call it like this:
Print(50, 1, "Hello", "World");

Or equivalently like this:
string[] lines = { "Hello", "World" };
Print(50, 1, lines);

If the text consists of words separated by spaces, and you want to put a single word on each line, then you can split the text at spaces, inside the function. That way you would be able to pass a single line of text.
static void Print(int left, int top, params string[] lines)
{
    foreach (string line in lines)
    {
        string[] words = line.Trim().Split(new char[] { ' ' });
        foreach (string word in words)
        {
            Console.SetCursorPosition(left, top);
            Console.WriteLine(word);
            top++;
        }
    }
}

And call it like this:
Print(50, 1, "Hello World");

A: It should work if you wrap it in a function:
public static void WriteAtPosition(int x, int y, stfing text)
{
    Console.SetCursorPosition(x,y);
    Console.Write(text);
}


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Glenn Richards
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Moment killer yoga teacher, 53, was arrested covered in blood - as she is jailed for life
www.dailymail.co.uk, December 2, 2022
Dawn Lewis, 53, (right and inset) was convicted of stabbing Glenn Richards, 61, (left) to death at her home as she wanted to evict him and will now serve at least 20 years behind bars The trial heard Mr Richards moved to Glastonbury after being released from prison for killing his former wife in 2011. She moved in with the defendant in August last year but prosecutors heard they would often argue and he would complain about her noise. Giving evidence during her trial, Lewis claimed she feared for her life during a 'struggle' with the knife and claims he had tried to kill her. But after nearly nine hours of deliberations, the jury rejected her claim that she was only defending herself when she carried out the fatal stabbing in April. Before sentencing was passed today, a tearful victim impact statement was read out by the victim's son Jamie Richards, who said it brought back horrific memories of what he witnessed as a boy.
Yoga teacher guilty of murdering her ex police officer lodger - two decades after he killed his wife
A yoga teacher has been found guilty of murdering her lodger who she wanted to evict and is facing life in prison after a jury rejected her claim she acted in self defence. Dawn Lewis (inset) was convicted of stabbing Glenn Richards (left) to death at her home. The trial heard Mr Richards moved to Glastonbury after being released from prison for killing his former wife in 2011. She moved in with the defendant in August last year but prosecutors heard they would often argue and he would complain about her noise. Giving evidence during her trial, Lewis claimed she feared for her life during a 'struggle' with the knife and claims he had tried to kill her. But after nearly nine hours of deliberations, the jury rejected her claim that she was only defending herself when she carried out the fatal stabbing in April. The guilty verdict was a majority one with 11-1 finding her guilty. As part of the trial, CCTV footage (right) was shown of the moment Lewis was arrested in her home on April 18 while Mr Richards was 'unconscious' and dying of his injuries.
Yoga teacher accused of murdering her lodger says she stabbed him because he was trying to kill her
www.dailymail.co.uk, November 18, 2022
Dawn Lewis, 53, knifed former cop Glenn Richards, 61, to death at her home in Glastonbury in April. She told Bristol Crown Court that he had 'lunged' at her before she stabbed him. Mr Richards had moved to Glastonbury, Somerset, after being released from prison in 2011 and moved in with Lewis in August 2021. The former Metropolitan Police sergeant pleaded guilty to killing his estranged wife, Karen Richards and was convicted of manslaughter in 2002 due to diminished responsibility.
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Author: Jeanie Mackinder
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License: CC-BY-2.0


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Гачек снизу (◌̬) — диакритический знак, используемый в МФА и УФА.

Использование
В МФА используется для обозначения звонкости, а также преозвончения и постозвончения (если ставится перед буквой и после буквы соответственно). Был введён в этом значении в 1900 году. Противоположным по значению знаком является кружок снизу (реже — кружок сверху).

В УФА обозначает большую открытость гласного или меньшую напряжённость согласного, а также неогублённость (если ставится после буквы).

В варианте транскрипции Дания 1925 года обозначает глухость.

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Artist activists Mike Bonanno and Andy Bichlbaum--AKA the Yes Men--specialize in what they call "identity correction." It began when they collaborated on satirical websites, particularly one mocking the World Trade Organization's. Their WTO site looked so similar to the real thing that Bonanno and Bichlbaum began receiving requests to appear at lectures and conferences around the world--which, of course, they accepted.
Armed with suits from thrift stores, talented friends and helpers, and cleverly rendered PowerPoint videos, the Yes Men set off to represent what they felt were the true motives of the organization they were impersonating. Astonishingly, they were met with overwhelming approval by the business elite, despite the absurd and horrendous statements they made (for instance: that third world hunger could be solved by recycling feces into hamburgers, or that corporations should reinstate slavery to help their bottom line). And they kept taking it further.
The Yes Men documents their hilariously theatrical (yet always serious) exploits, and encourages those inspired by their successes to join the Yes Men movement. The Mercury caught up with Bichlbaum to find out what's shakin' in the world of creative activism.
What were you hoping to gain with this documentary?
We approached the filmmakers right after the first [stunt appearance] we did in Salzburg. We thought that [the businessmen] would react badly to our speech, and that maybe we'd get arrested or whatever. When nothing happened at all, and we got two more invitations, we realized this was bigger than us and it was too much to handle all by ourselves.
When they didn't react, we had to do something with it. We sent out a press release on what we'd done, and it got a lot of news coverage... but with a movie, you can sit people down for an hour and a half and make them listen to you or watch you do ridiculous things.
Was the lack of reaction depressing?
I always thought the point we were making isn't that these people are stupid, but rather that the policies we were satirizing are actually just as grotesque as our versions of them. And that's kind of why people weren't reacting--there isn't that much of a distinction between them. We just sort of mastered the theory that these people live by, and so when we would propose these things it wasn't just in their language, but [correct] according to the basic ways these people think. So they just didn't notice the details were wrong.
Do you think your playful, creative strategy gives you a guerilla advantage over the stereotypical rigidity of "The Man"?
Ridicule is very powerful. You can just ridicule these people, 'cause they are ridiculous. If you can see that for a second--how absurd it all is--it's tragic, but it's also hysterical. You just have to laugh. If you can get people to laugh, it conveys quickly how wrong it is... I think.
Well, they say that people laugh at what makes them uncomfortable.
Yeah. Boy, it makes a lot of people uncomfortable. I mean, I guess starvation and being bombed and all that--that's a form of discomfort.


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Home » Sport » Dani Alves slams 'disrespectful' ex-Barcelona team-mate Lionel Messi for Copa America 'corruption' claims – The Sun
Dani Alves slams 'disrespectful' ex-Barcelona team-mate Lionel Messi for Copa America 'corruption' claims – The Sun
DANI ALVES has slammed former Barcelona team-mate Lionel Messi for his Copa America "corruption" claims.
The Argentine maestro lashed out at South America's governing body Conmebol after his side beat Chile 2-1 in the third-place play-off.
Alves, 36, triumphed at the Copa America with Brazil, claiming the 40th trophy of his career.
The Samba Boys had beaten Messi and Co 2-0 in the semi-finals, prompting the Barca star to rage about "bulls***" refereeing.
But the Argentine went even further after he was sent off for an alleged headbutt on Gary Medel against Chile.
Messi, 32, suggested his side could have done better at the tournament if hosts Brazil had not been favoured by "corrupt" referees.
And Alves had none of it, saying Messi's outburst was "disrespectful" towards his countrymen.
He told SporTV: "A friend is not always right just because he's a friend. You can say it in the heat of the moment, but I still won't agree.
"Firstly, he's disrespecting an institution such as the Selecao, in my view.
"Secondly, he's being disrespectful with several professionals who put a lot of things aside so they could be there fighting for a dream.
"I'm a friend who always tells the truth when it's due, and I think he was wrong for saying these things."
Copa America chiefs blasted Messi for his post-match rant which, they claimed, "misrepresented the truth and put to judgement the integrity of [the tournament]".
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And the Barcelona star could now face a two-year ban from international competition.
There are rules in place that prohibit insulting the South American Football Federation or anyone working with or for the organisation.
But whether Comnebol would want to ban Messi, their biggest name, remains to be seen.


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The Gospel According to Orange is the New Black
Steven McCurdy
"I believe in science. I believe in evolution. I believe in Nate Silver and Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Christopher Hitchens. Although I do admit he could be a kind of an asshole. I cannot get behind some supreme being who weighs in on the Tony Awards while a million people get whacked with machetes. I don't believe a billion Indians are going to hell. I don't think we get cancer to learn life lessons, and I don't believe that people die young because God needs another angel. I think it's just bullshit, and on some level, I think we all know that, I mean, don't you?… Look I understand that religion makes it easier to deal with all of the random shitty things that happen to us. And I wish I could get on that ride, I'm sure I would be happier. But I can't. Feelings aren't enough. I need it to be real."
In the final episode of the first season of 'Orange is the New Black', the protagonist Piper Chapman offers this scathing commentary on Christian belief and God. The series is well past the first season now but her assessment has stuck with me. There is something that rings true about it. Her tirade articulates some of the most common problems people have with God: His followers, anti-intellectualism, theodicy, hell, salvation and hollow clichés. Her rant is offensive because it's often true.
"Orange is the New Black" is a hit TV show on Netflix that follows a group of women in a correctional facility. At its heart, it is a drama, but it's also smart and funny. It offers hard-hitting social commentary so it is unfortunate that the show is also sexually explicit. It may not be suitable for everyone. Be warned, it can be vulgar.
Tiffany "Pennsatuckey" Dogget is the unlovable antagonist of the first season. She becomes a Christian shortly after being arrested for killing an orderly in an abortion clinic. Her newfound faith doesn't make her a better person though. She is still imperfect. Pointing out her flaws and, consequently, the flaws of Christianity becomes a recurring theme. The writers don't hesitate to criticize the pro-life movement, faith healing, anti-intellectualism and the overall fickleness that Christianity is known for.
Piper and Tiffany come to blows in the climax of the season finale. After a false conversion and other unsuccessful attempts to "save" Piper, Pennsatuckey declares herself an angel of the Lord and stabs Piper. But not before Piper has a chance to vocalize her distaste for this particular brand of fundamentalist religion. It just may be the most authentic representation of the world's view of religion.
Do we actually want to know what the world thinks about God? It can hurt to admit weakness, but Piper's diatribe is a real look into the perceptions that many have of Christian faith. We may be offended by it, but we should still consider that it may also be true. Her criticism can be a good lesson for Christians because it reveals some of our faults.
Christians are anti-intellectual
The world thinks that Christians want to substitute religion for science. Sometimes, we do. Piper is criticizing believers that exercise blind faith. She selects Neil Degrasse Tyson as a representative for critical thinking because he is a scientist. She doesn't realize that many people of faith are just as rigorous about their worldviews as Neil is. Unfortunately, the low-hanging fruit has come to represent Christianity.
The world needs to know that believers aren't all stubborn and anti-intellectual. Secular society trusts people like Neil Degrasse Tyson because he is intelligent. In contrast to religion, they appreciate the lack of certainty that science provides because the scientific method implores theories to change when new evidence is found. We should concede the need for certainty because that certainty on uncertain topics betrays our intelligence.
God is arbitrary and cruel
This has to be the most profound criticism of God in the show and in our society.
Some Christians do believe that God weighs in on the Tony awards. Some Christians believe that God makes their sports team win. Non-believers have a problem with a God that controls the outcomes of petty things but doesn't seem to care about the millions of people that suffer every day, and rightfully so.
The world thinks that all Christians believe that sinners will suffer eternally in hell, an idea that doesn't make sense to most people. They can't reconcile an eternal conscious hell with a Loving God. It's hard to fathom the damnation of millions that were never given a chance to repent.
Our apologetics on these topics are getting us nowhere. It may be time to admit that we just don't know.
Christianity is nothing more than platitudes
The world is forced to listen to shallow Christian cliches like "God needs another angel". They think that is what Christians believe. It sounds hollow and is only meant to make people feel better. It doesn't.
Why can't we accept that fact that we don't really know why bad things happen?
Religion makes everything easy
In the show, Piper Chapman had a legitimate episode of grace and forgiveness. She may have even "felt" something during her false conversion earlier in the season. But it had no lasting effect because she was under the impression that religious belief would make everything easier, that it should be certain and unshakeable. It isn't. For many, religion is supposed to explain all of life's problems but It doesn't.
People aren't stupid, they know that we are just pretending to have it all figured out. It's time we stop.
Christianity must be proven to be real
Piper assumes that feelings aren't real. I blame scientism, but Christianity is guilty of minimizing feelings and the experiences of individuals. Feelings are real. Love and heartbreak. Trust and mistrust. Anger and sadness and happiness. Those feelings are just as real as anything else.
Our post-enlightenment need to prove the existence of God is tiresome and unhelpful. In the end, I suspect that most people are willing to appeal to mystery because we are all just agnostics in the end. Not everyone is willing to jump the mental hurdles necessary to reconcile seemingly contradictory evidence. The good news is that they don't have to. God doesn't have to be proven to be real.
The Gospel isn't what Piper thinks it is, though
We need to re-evaluate the gospel that we present to other people because we have failed them. The only gospel that secular society seems to hear is the one that Piper espouses in this episode and that is a weak and ineffective gospel. We need to do better.
And yes, Piper is right, sometimes it is just bullshit. We should be willing to admit that occasionally.
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V's David Richmond-Peck Nominated For Leo Awards
Versatile and talented Canadian-born actor David Richmond-Peck. Photo copyright of The Promotion People.
CONSUMMATE performer and internationally recognized actor David Richmond-Peck is nominated for two 2010 Leo Awards for his standout performances. The actor is nominated in the Best Guest Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series category for his role as Georgie Sutton in the hit ABC series V as well as the Best Performance by a Male in a Short Drama category for his role in the short film Instant. In 2006, David was honored with a Leo for Best Supporting Performance in a Feature Length Drama for Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Mork and Mindy. He was subsequently nominated in 2009 for Best Supporting Actor in a Series for his role as Geoff McAlister in the Canadian-made TV comedy Robson Arms. This year's Leo Awards ceremony takes place at the Westin Bayshore in Vancouver on Saturday, June 5th, 2010. For more information please check out www.leoawards.com
Known as one of Canada's most versatile and chameleon-like actors, David Richmond-Peck is flawlessly adept at tackling a variety of big and small screen roles that span all genres. He has used his talents to bridge both feature film and television across North America. As noted above, the actor most recently played resistence leader Georgie Sutton on V, which also stars Elizabeth Mitchell (Lost) and Morena Baccarin (Firefly). The series follows an extraterrestrial race that arrives on Earth with seemingly good intentions and gifts of scientific and medical marvels, only to slowly reveal their true intentions as they work tirelessly as well as in a duplicitous manner to ingratiate themselves to humanity.
Among David's impressive and distinctive film roles are Agent Dom Dumare in Joe Carnahan's Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball, which was directed by P.J. Pesce, and the polygraph operator in The Day The Earth Stood Still, starring Keanu Reeves. His memorable scene with Keanu, known as "The Interrogation," became a YouTube sensation before the movie's release. The actor also played Academy Award winner Chris Cooper's son-in-law in Married Life, directed by Ira Sachs. His many other film credits include 2012, Fantastic Four, Beyond Sherwood Forest, 24/7, She's The Man and The Zero Sum. David's much talked about performance in Instant has earned him a second Leo nomination this year. The film, almost a one man show, follows a man who, after losing his wife, mends his broken heart by accidentally gluing himself to a kitchen counter while alone in his cabin.
On TV, the actor is recognized for his role of CSI Detective Kassel on this season of Fringe, starring Joshua Jackson, Anna Torv and John Noble, along with guest-spots on such series as Sanctuary, Smallville, The L Word, Battlestar Galactica, Stargate Atlantis and Traveler.
Born and raised in Oakville, Ontario, David now calls Vancouver home. When he isn't busy working on a project, the actor enjoys spending his free time being active outdoors, and counts sailing and snowboarding among his favorite activities. He also spends time with his fiancée, writer/director Kelly-Ruth Mercier and their two dogs, Henry and Josephine.
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Stargate Universe ' s Julia Benson Nominated For A Leo Award
The beautiful and talented Julia Benson. Photo copyright of The Promotion People
MULTIFACETED performer Julia Benson is nominated for a 2010 Leo Award in the category of Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series for her recurring role as 2nd Lieutenant Vanessa James on the hit Sci-Fi series Stargate Universe. The Leo Awards honor the best in British Columbia film and television, with this year's gala award ceremony taking place on Saturday, June 5th, 2010 at the Westin Bayshore in Vancouver. For more information on the Leo Awards please visit www.leoawards.com
Julia's popular recurring role on Stargate Universe allows her to play a versatile and engaging character - a woman who embodies a fighter and can hold her own, but also has a softer side and is able to reveal her vulnerability. The series follows a band of soldiers, scientists and civilians who must fend for themselves as they are forced through a Stargate when their hidden base comes under attack. The desperate survivors emerge aboard an alien spaceship, which is locked on an unknown course and unable to return to Earth. The danger, adventure and hope they find onboard the Destiny will reveal the heroes and villains among them. For more information on Stargate Universe visit http://stargate.mgm.com/view/series/3/index.html
Julia has amassed a list of impressive television and film credits throughout her acting career. Her small screen credits include guest-starring roles on the popular CBS miniseries Harper's Island, the Fox comedy Reaper, the CW hit shows Supernatural and Smallville as well as Whistler and Masters of Horror.
Her recent film credits include the family comedy Mr.Troop Mom starring George Lopez and Jane Lynch. The actress also appeared in the comedy Blonde and Blonder starring Pamela Anderson, the romantic comedy Numb starring Matthew Perry, and the recent made-for-TV movie Lying to be Perfect, directed by Gary Harvey.
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Casting Call and The Envelope Please...
Earlier today the Sci Fi Channel announced the casting of the lead roles in two of their four-hour back-door movie pilots. Tahmoh Penikett (Battlestar Galactica, Dollhouse) and Laura Vandervoort (Smallville) star in Riverworld, which is based on the popular award-winning series of novels by Philip Jose Farmer. Penikett plays Matt Ellman, an American war zone reporter who, together with his fiancee Jessie (Vandervoort), is killed by a suicide bomber. The two wake in a strange world where anyone who has ever died on Earth has been "reborn" along the banks of a seemingly endless river. Matt and Jessie team up with a female Samurai warrior named Tomoe (Jeananne Goossen) and American novelist Sam Clemens a.k.a. Mark Twain (Mark Deklin). The foursome set sail on the river in an effort to find its source as well as more about this world and why they have been brought there. Alan Cumming (who played Glitch in the 2007 Sci Fi Channel miniseries Tin Man) guest-stars as the enigmatic Caretaker. Stepping into the title role of The Phantom and his alter ego Chris Walker is Ryan Carnes, whose credits include Doctor Who, Desperate Housewives and the daytime TV soap opera General Hospital. Carnes plays a re-imagined version of this classic comic strip superhero whose battle with the criminal element continues in the present day. His heroic alter ego matches wits with the villainous Lithia, played by Isabella Rossellini (High Priestess Thar in the 2004 Sci Fi Channel miniseries Earthsea). Rounding out the cast is Cameron Goodman (Mad Men, The Closer) as Chris Walker's love interest Renny, and Sandrine Holt (24, The L Word) as The Phantom's trusted advisor Guran. Riverworld has begun production in Vancouver, B.C., while The Phantom is shooting in Montreal. Both TV movies are slated for a 2010 broadcast. On Monday, the nominees for the 2009 Canadian Leo Awards were announced on the Leo's official site. A Celebration Awards Ceremony will take place in Vancouver, B.C. on Friday, May 8th, with a Gala Awards Ceremony following on Saturday, May 9th. Among the nominees are a number of familiar names in the Sci-Fi/Fantasy genre including: Best Direction in a Feature Length Drama - Martin Wood (Stargate Continuum) Best Screenwriting in a Feature Length Drama - Brad Wright (Stargate Continuum) Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama - Sebastian Spence (Ice Blues: A Donald Strachey Mystery) Lead Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama - Dan Payne (Mulligans), Roger Cross (Playing for Keeps), Michael Shanks (Stargate Continuum) Lead Performance by a Female in a Feature Length Drama - Amanda Tapping (Stargate Continuum) Best Dramatic Series - Reaper, Smallville, Stargate Atlantis Best Screenwriting in a Dramatic Series - Sam Egan (Sanctuary - "Edward"), Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie (Stargate Atlantis - "Remnants"), Brad Wright (Stargate Atlantis - "The Shrine"), Alan McCullough (Stargate Atlantis - "The Queen") Best Production Design in a Dramatic Series - James Robbins (Stargate Atlantis - "Search and Rescue") Best Costume Design in a Dramatic Series - Valerie Halverson (Stargate Atlantis - "The Queen") Best Make-Up in a Dramatic Series - Todd Masters, Nicholas Podbrey, Sarah Pickersgill, Harlow MacFarlane (Sanctuary - "Warriors"), Todd Masters, Holland Millar, Kyla-Rose Tremblay, Nicholas Podbrey, Brad Proctor (Stargate Atlantis - "Vegas") Best VFX in a Dramatic Series - Lee Wilson, Lisa Sepp-Wilson, Sebastian Bergeron, Les Quinn, Matthew Belbin (Sanctuary - "Sanctuary For All"), Mark Savela, Shannon Gurney, Kodie MacKenzie, Vivian Jim, Dan Wier (Stargate Atlantis - "First Contact") Best Guest Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series - Ryan Robbins (Sanctuary - "Edward") Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series - Christine Willes (Reaper - "The Leak"), Teryl Rothery (The Guard - "Sound of Loneliness") Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series - Tyler Labine (Reaper - "Coming to Grips"), Steve Bacic (The Guard - "At Sea") Best Lead Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series - Missy Peregrym (Reaper - "Coming to Grips"), Amanda Tapping (Sanctuary - "Requiem"), Jewel Staite (Stargate Atlantis - "Tracker") For a complete list of catagories and nominees check out www.leoawards.com
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mne.cuda.init_cuda¶

mne.cuda.init_cuda(ignore_config=False, verbose=None)[source]¶

Initialize CUDA functionality.

This function attempts to load the necessary interfaces
(hardware connectivity) to run CUDA-based filtering. This
function should only need to be run once per session.

If the config var (set via mne.set_config or in ENV)
MNE_USE_CUDA == 'true', this function will be executed when
the first CUDA setup is performed. If this variable is not
set, this function can be manually executed.

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Parameters:

ignore_config : bool

If True, ignore the config value MNE_USE_CUDA and force init.

verbose : bool, str, int, or None

If not None, override default verbose level (see mne.verbose()
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