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Robbie Robertson and Martin Scorsese’s cocaine-fuelled bromance is the basis of a bracing memoir
Malibu, 1977. Martin Scorsese’s mansion is heaving with Hollywood royalty. Brian De Palma’s holding court somewhere. Francis Ford Coppola is there too. Prowling from room to room is Jack Nicholson with that lupine smirk. “I like the setup you boys got here,” he tells Scorsese. “Big speakers for music. A cave for movies and charming the ladies.” They’ve gathered for drinks before heading to a screening of The Last Waltz, Scorsese’s masterful film about The Band’s farewell concert in San Francisco.
Robbie Robertson and Martin Scorsese’s cocaine-fuelled bromance is the basis of a bracing memoir
In an exclusive excerpt from his new memoir, Robertson recalls how he and Scorsese averted disaster ahead of a Cannes screening of their epic 1978 …
Robbie Robertson and Martin Scorsese’s cocaine-fuelled bromance is the basis of a bracing memoir
Malibu, 1977. Martin Scorsese’s mansion is heaving with Hollywood royalty. Brian De Palma’s holding court somewhere. Francis Ford Coppola is there too. Prowling from room to room is Jack Nicholson with that lupine smirk. “I like the setup you boys got here,” he tells Scorsese. “Big speakers for music. A cave for movies and charming the ladies.” They’ve gathered for drinks before heading to a screening of The Last Waltz, Scorsese’s masterful film about The Band’s farewell concert in San Francisco.
Descubren a niños trabajando en “peligroso” turno de limpieza en planta de carne
Una empresa de limpieza ha recibido una multa de $171,000 después de que los investigadores federales encontraran a 11 niños trabajando en un "peligroso" turno de noche en una planta de procesamiento de carne en Iowa. El Departamento de Trabajo de EEUU dijo en un comunicado que encontró a los niños trabajando para la empresa de saneamiento Qvest LLC en la fábrica de carne de cerdo Seaboard Triumph Foods en Sioux City, Iowa.
Unlocking the Night: Exploring with Night Vision Binoculars
In the realm of exploration, the night has long remained an enigmatic frontier, concealing its treasures in darkness. However, with the advent of technology, we have been granted the ability to peer into the nocturnal world like never before. Among the arsenal of tools designed for this purpose, night vision binoculars stand out as indispensable companions for those who dare to venture into the shadows.
As 'Social Inflation' Helps Fuel 'Nuclear' Verdicts, Insurers Address 'Legal System Abuse'
Clean Your Data to Win the Customer Retention War As more customers “unbundle” their insurance products and spread their business among many carriers, agents must look for creative strategies to retain and grow business. Download this white paper to learn top strategies to ensure success in 2024.
As 'Social Inflation' Helps Fuel 'Nuclear' Verdicts, Insurers Address 'Legal System Abuse'
James Whittle with the American Property Casualty Insurance Association believes nuclear verdicts fueled, in part, by social inflation, or the belief that large corporations are “bad actors with deep pockets,” can lead to “legal system abuse.” Want to continue reading?
How SLAs are transforming data storage consumption
A good experience is fundamental to any storage as-a-service (STaaS) offering. However, in the IT industry, the stakes are especially high. Enterprise customers must rely on vendor service levels in order to make meaningful guarantees to their own users and customers.
A modern data platform - how organizations will benefit
In the first of this two-part series we looked at the all-flash data center and the evolving needs of business in a digital world. What emerged is the need for organizations to be able to react rapidly to new business requirements, meeting performance needs for different workloads, and the simplicity brought by a single operating environment. In this second article we drill down into some other key components of a modern data storage platform.
How can businesses capitalize on the AI gold rush without compromising sustainability goals?
There’s no denying that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become one of the fastest growing and largest areas of enterprise technology investment and innovation in recent years. Given there are so many practical applications for this technology, it’s no surprise that AI is supporting mainstream use cases, ranging from healthcare and life sciences to semiconductor and chip manufacturing, automotive, financial services, and beyond.
Preparing the infrastructure foundations - how to get ready for successful AI
Generative AI is making headlines globally and organizations are facing increased pressure to have a strategy for their AI deployments. As the hype increases, the key question facing buyers is: how do we make AI work for us? Data is the key, but in order to take full advantage of the opportunity, laying the correct infrastructure foundations is essential. And lots of companies are not prepared.
Creating An All-flash Datacentre: The Final Nail In The Coffin For Legacy Hard Disk
Home Articles Creating An All-flash Datacentre: The Final Nail In The Coffin For Legacy Hard Disk By Patrick Smith, Field CTO for EMEA at Pure Storage Simplicity and innovation are the foundations on which John ‘Coz’ Colgrove started Pure Storage in 2009. He wanted to keep these principles while achieving a vision to take flash storage mainstream and create an all-flash datacentre. Innovative vision Today there are well-known advantages of flash over legacy disk-based storage.
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