Assault on Precinct 13 (1976). – What the Hell is this Horror Movie?
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The latest episode of the WTF Happened To This Horror Movie? video series looks back at John Carpenter’s Assault on Precinct 13
We’re getting the week started with a new episode of the WTF Happened to This Horror Movie? video series, and in this one we’re looking back at an early film from one our of legendary “masters of horror”: John Carpenter. The movie in question is the very cool action thriller Assault on Precinct 13 (watch it HERE), and you can find out all about it in the embed above.
Written and directed by John Carpenter, who was drawing inspiration from the Howard Hawks / John Wayne Western Rio Bravo and George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead, Assault on Precinct 13 has the following synopsis: When the LAPD kills several members of the South Central gang Street Thunder, the remaining members avenge themselves by way of a bloody war waged against cops and citizens alike. Lt. Ethan Bishop is caught up in the melee as he manages a skeleton team at the precinct’s local, soon-to-be closed police station. The film stars Austin Stoker and Darwin Joston. Fox, Marc Ross and Henry Brandon star.
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WTF Happened to This Horror Movie series.Hollywood has seen its fair share of troubled productions in the past. These films were plagued by problems such as casting changes, actor deaths and fired directors, delays, budget cuts, studio edits, and in-production rewrites. Sometimes these films are huge hits, and sometimes they are box office disasters. Below are a few episodes from the past episodes. You can see a few episodes of the show below. Let us know by leaving a comment!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMiowLOF7Ichttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NP1bGiyJ6I
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 30, 2023 (Newswire.com)
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StormForge, the leader in Kubernetes resource optimization, today announced their partnership with Kumina. The Netherlands-based company with over a decade of experience in providing mission-critical IT services will offer StormForge's Kubernetes resource optimization solution Optimize Live.
Together, Kumina and StormForge will provide Kubernetes users with an all-inclusive package comprising managed Kubernetes services and advanced optimization capabilities.
This partnership will help users enhance the performance and efficiency of their Kubernetes clusters, reducing costs and freeing up resources to focus on other aspects of their business. Consequently, Kumina's expertise in managing Kubernetes clusters with customized IT solutions will assist users in maximizing the performance of the optimization platform provided by StormForge.
Kumina's CEO Tim Stoop is enthusiastic about the benefits customers gain from integrating StormForge:
"I was impressed how Optimize Live has solved a whole class of customer issues with one solution, reliably and deterministically, while actually allowing resource usage to go down as a whole. We can help customers scale with confidence and cut costs with StormForge without sacrificing user experience. I am really excited about the potential that StormForge brings to the table."
Optimize Live
StormForge Optimize Live applies machine learning to existing Kubernetes metrics to make real-time, actionable recommendations to resource settings for any deployment running in Kubernetes. By optimizing CPU and memory settings, customers can save cloud resources and money, reduce the business risk of poorly performing applications, and get their developers focused on innovating, not tuning their Kubernetes environment. StormForge's Solutions Architect Niels Roetert expresses enthusiasm regarding the benefits afforded by the solution:
"StormForge Optimize Live provides Pod resource right-sizing and can set optimal TargetUtilisation values for Kubernetes HPA to operate on. It does so continuously and without any human effort (configurable) at large scale. This results in resource and cost savings most of the time, when beneficial, resources are actually added to facilitate a better performing and more reliable application, which is a win-win for the application owner either way."
About Kumina
Kumina supports its customers by a fully managed Kubernetes solution that includes consulting, training and unlimited support hours. The company focuses on enhancing the infrastructure and cloud hosting capabilities of its customers in order to improve the performance, reliability, and security of their IT systems. For more information, please visit: https://kumina.nl/
About StormForge
StormForge brings together world-class data scientists and software engineers to enable breakthrough IT and operations efficiency. StormForge is set apart by its unwavering focus on building AI-powered software products that are designed to help people, not replace them. The StormForge platform uses ML to significantly reduce cloud costs and improve reliability by right-sizing Kubernetes application resources, automatically and continuously. For more information, please visit: https://www.stormforge.io/.
NEW YORK, March 29, 2023 (Newswire.com)
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