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The River Inn west of Reno on W 4th Street is one of our great enigmas. How can this hulking remains of a hot springs resort still be sitting there vacant after more than 25 years, one of our great industrial archeology sites? I've had posts started about the River Inn for a couple of years, but there just wasn't a whole lot of information available. Then an inquiry from renowriter came in with some new information that got me digging again.
The River Inn is built on the site of a natural hot spring, spewing 140 degree water into the Truckee from a granite bluff. Originally called Granite Hot Springs then later Lawton Hot Springs, there has been at least a roadhouse on the site since 1870. There is a generally accurate more detailed history HERE.
By 1925, Lawton Hot Springs was a small spa and resort attracting the Reno Elite.
From the late 1920s until the opening of Interstate 80 in the early 1970s, Lawton Hot Springs was the western gateway to Reno along US 40, the cross-country Lincoln Highway. The resort continued to grow. It was a really peaceful place to wait for your divorce to come through!
By the 1970s, the resort had been renamed the River Inn and a motel and cabins had been added to the indoor and outdoor pools and baths. The property was purchased for $2.3M in 1979 by the family that controls Westlake Development Group in San Mateo (think Westlake Shopping Center and the entire Westlake district of Daly City). Then the River Inn as you see it today began to take shape.
Now we enter a period of gossip, hear-say, and urban legends. This is what I have been told or have read, but I can't vouch 100% for its accuracy. The owners of the River Inn entered into a development agreement with some local movers and shakers to create a "world class" casino resort spa. The development group may (or may not) have been connected with Joe Conforte of Mustang Ranch fame. The casino / spa building that dominates the site today was completed in 1983 and work began on an expansion. One small problem – someone ran off with the money, nobody paid the contractors bankrupting many of them, and the whole scheme imploded. Supposedly, one of the developers ended up doing hard time for his involvement. By the time the legal mess was sorted out, 4th street was well into its decline, and the land owners just never found a feasible plan to reopen the facility.
Today, the fenced off property is used for SWAT training by Reno police, quite a sight the first time you experience it. There is a very cool portfolio of photographs from 2006 posted on Flickr.
But development attempts continue. Van Woert Bigotti Architechts, Reno's best architects in my opinion, did a feasibility study in 2006 or so. The idea was to renovate the current casino structure, complete the expansion building, demo all the motel units, and build a 300 unit resort spa village spanning the river. There are some comments on this annotated site plan.
On the negative side, much of the project including the main building is in FEMA Flood Zone A.
The main entrance to the River Inn is over a grade crossing over the Southern Pacific Rail Road, and they are loath to allow greater access. This will require a "fly-over" the tracks from 4th Street higher up the hill to a parking structure. The trains will still sound their horns 4 times at the grade crossing and one 1/3 mile to the west of the project.
On the positive side, the Lawton Verdi sewer extension is complete, and the River Inn can connect to the city sewer system instead of septic. Reno has adopted the West 4th Street Transit Oriented Development Plan, mandating a greater level of development on the site (see the Western Gateway Post). Reno is counting on the River Inn becoming a major hub to allow the plan to be successful.
25 year old rebar
Target Practice.
Suspended animation. Compare this shot to the Flickr photos from 6 years ago. The cone hasn't moved an inch, but it has faded a bit.
Can this foundation be saved? Not likely.
In the end? I can see the site being deed to the City / County as open space. Maybe a small roadhouse and hot springs spa would remain, sort of 1870 all over again. And that wouldn't be at all bad.
36 thoughts on "The River Inn"
Steve Herschbach said:
Great post. Love the history. Thanks
Reno Ignoramus said:
It has been almost 50 years since any financially successful business has been operated at that location. Back in the days of Lawtons, (the 50s and 60s) it was a small local swimming pool with water from the hot springs that had a steady clientele. (There was a similar pool out at the corner of the Mt. Rose Highway and Va. St. at the same time.) From the middle 60s to the end of the 70s it was at various times, a small casino, a coffee shop, a motel, an RV park, and a mineral spa. It did not thrive as any of those endeavors, but it did modestly endure. As you note, the beginning of the end started in the 80s, and you are correct that one of the "developers" did go to prison after a conviction for bank fraud (it was BoA) in obtaining the financing for the "improvements."
It has actually been closer to 30 years that the place has been a "great enigma". Right up there with the Kings Inn in tems of enigmahood.
Phil said:
The name of the man who went to prison was George Benny, who was the developer who set out to renovate the property. If I recall correctly, Mr. Benny was convicted of bank fraud, but it was not for the River Inn property, it was for a project at Double Diamond that never got unfolded. I think the bank was Wells Fargo, but I could be wrong about that. Mr. Benny did go bankrupt with the River Inn, the project was never completed, and has been decaying on 4th street for about 30 years.
Ralston said:
I can remember as a kid going to eat at the River Inn one day with my parents in the mid 70s. It had a coffee shop with an outdoor area right on the river. I remember all the bugs and insects from the river flying around. They obviously had no insect abatement program. My mother wasn't too happy having to fight off the buzzing insects while she ate, but I thought it was pretty cool. We never went back.
renowriter said:
Phil- George Benny's name sure opened google up. Thanks.
Pecans said:
Maybe Fernando Leal could buy the place and build $400 a sq. ft. condos. Maybe put in a climbing wall and a zip line across the river. The place need somebody with the midas touch.
BanteringBear said:
Is there anyone stupid enough to loan Leal another dime?
Craig A Marlar said:
Phil, you are correct about George Benny (aka George I Benikowski). Benny was actually a brilliant guy, but he didn't play by anybody's rules but his own. He was forced into bankruptcy by Chicago Title who (mistakenly) thought Benny had defrauded them of over $5.0 million through an escrow scam, which turned out to be completely erroneous. It was true that Benny had scammed hundreds of trust deed investors in San Francisco, but he was on the verge (within 48 hours) of getting a $500 million loan from a Canadian bank, which would have paid everyone in full, plus left plenty of money to develop the River Inn and the Double Diamond, when Chicago Title's obnoxious bankruptcy attorney (Ed Weiner) forced Benny into BK. It later turned out that Chicago Title's Vice President, James Fagerhough, was on Benny's payroll and was instrumental in facilitating the loan fraud, and was ultimately forced to pay ALL of Benny's creditors in full (companies are responsible for their employees actions), even after it turned out that they really hadn't lost a dime. Ironic, isn't it? George served 20 years in Federal prison and just got out a few years ago. As for the River Inn, the Westlake investors (from China) foreclosed on the property after getting released from Benny BK proceedings. FYI, Benny had completed a sewage treatment plant at the RI before everything came crashing down.
Butch de Playa said:
In the 70's, I worked at Alpine Meadows. Every other Friday we would get paid and dozens of us would head down the hill for the seafood buffet at Boomtown capped off by naked revelry at the River Inn's Hot Springs. Great times. Today, as an Architect, I see the River Inn as a sad reminder of bad decisions. The re-routing of US Hwy 40 (I-80) has made it obscure and the omnipotence of the Railroad, which will never relocate nor stop there, makes it irrelevant for future development. I have always wondered if could be re-invented as a geothermal plant.
calia386 said:
As Paranormal Investigators, does anyone know of any way to get onto the Property for one night? Does anyone know who to speak with about this Property or the contact info?
REreno said:
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geopower said:
Butch,
It would be next to impossible to build a commercial geothermal plant on the site. First, the water under the site would need to be much hotter than the spring- a minimum of 270F, preferably over 300F. That's possible, but not particularly likely. An analysis of water chemistry could give some indication of deeper temperature.
If the deeper water were that deep, the flow rates needed to run even a small 20MW gross plant would be in the neighborhood of 10,000 gallons per minute. Even though the water would need to be injected back in the ground, it's not likely pumping that hard next to the Truckee River would pass environmental review.
The area needed to provide a heat reservoir that would last for the duration of a commercial Power Purchase Agreement is several square miles. You wouldn't need to own all of it, but you would need lease agreements and permission to build pipelines around that area- all of which promise to be nearly impossible to obtain from current owners.
We have the good fortune to have one commercial geothermal area in south Reno, but that was permitted and built before the area around it filled in with development. They have a number of costly measures in place to ensure they are not harming their neighbors, but you can bet that those plants couldn't be built today if there had never been commercial power there before.
The resource and land use constraints at the River Inn are best suited to some sort of direct use- hotspring resort, commercial greenhouse heating, public pool, or the type of direct heating that the Peppermill now uses its geothermal wells for.
Don Bachman said:
George I. Benny continues to be immortalized by the UPRR grade crossing marker
at the entrance
indy said:
If You are Planning an investigation i'm in!!!Contact me at franmelino@gmail.com!!!!
Jim Manning said:
George Benny was convicted of 21 counts of mail fraud and one count of racketeering (RICO). BofA and Wells Fargo were involved but so was Imperial Savings, Cal Fed, Crocker Bank, Security Pacific and most of the others at the time. I ought to know…I was an expert witness in the case and I reviewed hundreds of appraisals performed by them all. The development in question with respect to the fraud was Diamond Heights in San Francisco. He also owner (for a time) the Carolands Mansion (Hillsborough) and the San Francisco Armory. His other developments were in Las Vegas and the one you speak of near Reno.
Ronald King said:
The photo at the top is of the Riverside on Virginia Street, some time before the federal building and post office was built across the street.
Suzanne Kessler said:
Reblogged this on santafemous and commented:
The River Inn on the Truckee River has laid idle for decades. It was a popular hot springs once, serving the Reno community. I hope it makes a resurgence one day…soon!
Kimmie Anne JunkyardJohn Larsen-Crisp said:
I VOTE FOR A PUBLIC POOL! our river parks have already proven our kids need something to do! and how about us baby boomers? We do too!
I J Larivers said:
I remember the large indoor pool and then the smaller rooms – my Dad used to take us there as kids – before River Inn.
Victoria Smith said:
I miss going to the River inn.. When my husband and I were young (early 70's) and Boomtown was just a whistle stop.. We'd go to boomtown on Friday nights then to River inn.. The private rooms and springs were so fun and romantic for young lovers..
To the " paranormal" thrill seekers .. We had some weird unexplained experiences there on more than one occasion … It's been a lifetime ( literally) but we need the River Inn again.. The "hay day" of the 50s with the public pool and dinning and just good ol' fashioned relaxation and spooky thrills.. Reno isn't fun anymore.. It's dirty and fast…I wish someone with real money and can cut thru the politacal bullshit, would make "the River Inn" come back to life … Just dreamin
nostatic8 said:
I agree what seems to be the hold up on development of the river inn
If you read the article above, you'll see that redevelopment of the site is going to be an expensive permitting nightmare. I'd assume the owners don't see enough upside to justify that effort.
AMALIA BEECK said:
Does anyone know who owns the site now? I would like to reach out to them.
Hasn't changed. You can look up ownership yourself at the county assessor website.
Mick Lazer said:
I remember going there, when I was very young, and the lawn in front of the fence there. Having lunch on the lawn, is where I first heard the song Locomotion by Little Eva. It still sticks in my mind. Later as a teenager, a friend hit a hole in one at a short course they had there. All the guys present there, fell down laughing when it happened! Hate to see that area in such an abandoned state, but right at that spot, there has been major earthquakes just a few years ago. Those hot springs are heated by rising magma, which also tells the tale of what could happen to a possible rebuild of the site. Unfortunate.
MyNameisKim said:
Sad state of affairs. I would go out there to soak in one of the private rooms or use the big pool with the gravel bottom, and when I got to hot I'd run outside and take a quick dip in the Truckee.
H Wayne Day said:
It is very sad to me when I think of all that the River Inn could have been, not to mention all of the other development plans that George Benny had for Reno, including the ones for the Double Diamond Ranch just South of Reno.
I was actually employed by Mr. Benny for the construction of The River Inn from 1980-1982 . Mr. Benny treated everyone involved with that project well and with great respect and everyone I worked with were some of the best people I have ever worked with. The River Inn was a great project but would have paled next to what he had planned for the Double Diamond Ranch.
It is a shame that the financial fiasco Mr. Benny got into deprived the citizens that live there and visitors to Reno of all the community benefits his vision would have brought there.
If his plans had come to fruition, I would still residing in Reno.
Glen said:
The current access to the site is an improved protected access at the railroad crossing ie: there are gates that come down and warning lights and sounds when a train is coming, etc. You have a similar crossing a short distance to the east off of W. 4th Street at Woodland Ave. which provides access to that huge industrial area as well as the large residential area south of the river accessed by White Fir St. Why would/should redevelopment of the River Inn be required to burden the huge cost of a new grade separation structure when the current protected crossing should be very adequate? This requirement alone probably makes any private sector proposal for a nice upscale redevelopment of the property to be unfeasible from a financial perspective.
Sara Lee said:
The two railroad crossings have very little, if anything in common.
The River Inn railroad crossing allows one car to safely idle in the turnoff while waiting for a train to pass. Any additional vehicles would block the only lanes of traffic traveling both ways on West 4th Street, presenting a very frustrating and dangerous situation as the speed limit is 55mph in that zone (if I remember correctly … might be 45 in that particular stretch).
The railroad crossing into the White Fir Street industrial area is set far enough down the road that it allows for roughly 10+ vehicles to idle while waiting for a train to pass. Traffic going east and west on West 4th Street also have turn-in lanes that keep them out of the flow of traffic. Even with that though, longer trains — or two in a row which does happen — frequently cause traffic issues in that area even with all the advantages the White Fir crossing has over the River Inn crossing.
They would have to come up with an actual solution to the River Inn railroad crossing … perhaps by the residential unit across the street that's up for sale. Turn it into a parking lot and install a gondola, ha!
A couple of recernt videos I made at the crossing:
and ….. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqUDVPyYW4Y
Thanks Don! I think I've corrected the link to the 2nd video – which is SPECTACULAR!
I have lived on the hill above the Inn for almost 19 years now and my curiosity (plus my desire to do photography of old local sites before they get plowed) led me to always be vigilant every time I pass by there.
I believe there had been a person living onsite for the last couple of years but I noticed during this year there has been limited signs of people with access to the grounds. I had always wanted to ask permission to document the Inn with my camera but could never catch anybody to do so.
through my deep interest and observation I do know how to enter the property without getting wet in the Truckee. I went last night form 1 am to 3 and today I am so happy to have found this thread. Once is not enough for me and I will go back. I do not ever see myself breaking in to any of it but some of the old trees on the property alone are worth getting close to ( I love how nature just keeps doing its thing).
As far as the paranormal I had at least two chills pass over me mostly near the building beneath the old billboard sized sign that has its shorts sides facing north and south.
thanks to the folks that have shared such beautiful stories about the older site.
I wish I was a billionaire, I would rebuild it and open it to all.
I will post a link to my site of my images from last night. If it interest some of you I already have some images of local historic things and some of them are now plowed and developed:(
WOW!!! Thanks for the post and photos. I can get you the owner's contact info if you ever want legal access. eabo56@charter.net
I finally got permission from a "very protective" property owner to sit on a high point directly across from the main building and photograph the Benny Crossing and the S-Curve beyond.
William said:
My mother and I were treated to a couple of afternoons there, in 1973 IIRC. I'd spend some time in the indoor, gravel-bottomed pool, and then go out to the circular wading pool with a concrete island in the center to cool off. I taught myself to swim in that wading pool. I remember the indoor pool had several metal chair frames in the water that you could sit in while bubbles were pumped through holes in the tubular frames. I loved their club sandwiches–the first I'd ever had.
Fred Atcheson said:
Lawton hot springs was the name in the 50's. It was Spanish design then with a really cool diving tower. High end for Reno and the ladies would have a gin fiz lunch while we swam. Later dancing was regular on Fridays then the fraudsters took over and ruined the whole thing. Same tragedy struck the Verdi Inn, Reno hot springs, Moana pool and Geiger lookout. The County is richer and the citizens are poorer. Oh well!
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Hamburg, welcome to your autonomous driving future!
The roadmap for autonomous ridepooling in Hamburg is ready – and we'll be starting before the year is out.
Autonomous ridepooling
Major potential for traffic reduction
With MOIA as an on-demand ride-sharing service we have already established a new form of mobility. Our CEO Robert Henrich gets to the heart of why driverless ride systems are a key technology: "For MOIA as a mobility service and fleet operator, autonomous driving vehicles are an important element of our business model. Cities all over the world are seeking to make their transport systems more efficient and environmentally friendly. Autonomous ridepooling could improve urban mobility and enhance road safety, thereby making cities better places to live." The grand aim is thus to develop an autonomous ridepooling system by 2025 which is integrated into Hamburg's transport infrastructure and internationally scalable. But until we get to that stage, we will of course keep you informed of every milestone along the way!
Press conference on 15.09.
The pilot project is picking up speed
At a shared press conference in the MOIA Hub in Wandsbek, we and our project partners Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge and Argo AI presented the roadmap according to which Europe's first autonomous ridepooling project will continue to take shape and undergo further developments and trials in Hamburg in parallel to its regular operation. Present for the occasion were Robert Henrich (MOIA), Christian Senger (Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge), Reinhard Stolle (Argo AI) and Dr. Anjes Tjarks, Senator for Transport and the Mobility Transition in Hamburg.
Alongside the pilot project's planned milestones, the prototype for the self-driving ID.BUZZ AD was also presented. The aim is to have an autonomous ridepooling service up and running on the streets of Hamburg as of 2025. To allow this schedule to be met, Argo AI is starting its work of mapping the streets this year. The test fleet will be integrated into normal road traffic, and the initial test zone will be located to the east of the Alster. It will include parts of Winterhude, Uhlenhorst and Hohenfelde and be gradually expanded.
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PAW Patrol Live! Lands in Orlando June 24 & 25th
PAW Patrol is on a roll with the first-ever live tour! It's the day of the Great Adventure Bay Race between Adventure Bay's Mayor Goodway and Foggy Bottom's Mayor Humdinger, but Mayor Goodway is nowhere to be found. PAW Patrol to the rescue! For the mission, Ryder summons Chase, Marshall, Skye, Zuma, Rubble, Rocky, and the newest pup, Everest. Their mission is to rescue Mayor Goodway and run the race in her place. Using each of their unique skills and teamwork, the pups make several heroic rescues on their race to the finish line.
Show date: June 24 & 25, 2017
Show time: Show times vary
Tickets start at $21.75
Walt Disney Theater
A VStar Entertainment Production. Presented by Pedigree
Be a VIP – Very Important Pup!
VIP package includes:
Exclusive access to a Meet & Greet with Chase, Ryder and Skye after the show
Each adult & child in a group must have a VIP ticket. Pick up your VIP Packet at the VIP Check in table prior to the show. One adult may accompany up to 4 children. For any remaining questions, please contact info@vstarentertainment.com.
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® is Bringing XTREME to Orlando!
Disney On Ice Presents "Follow Your Heart" This September in Orlando
Disney On Ice presents Follow Your Heart Featuring Disney•Pixar's Record-Breaking Animated Hit Finding Dory and Inside Out Heads to Orlando
Peppa Pig Live! Arrives This Weekend at Hard Rock Live Orlando!
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Director Jon Cassar Talks About His New Film, "Forsaken" and the Possible Return of "24"
You may know the name Jon Cassar from his Emmy Award winning association with the popular television series, "24." But when he's not putting Jack Bauer through his paces, he's taking the reigns of one of the best Westerns of the past decade.
"Forsaken," which Mr. Cassar directed, boasts a strong script and an even stronger cast, including Donald and Keifer Sutherland, who star as father and son. Mr. Cassar took some time out to talk to me about "Forsaken," the return of the Kennedys and what may be next for "24."
MIKE SMITH: What attracted you to "Forsaken?"
JON CASSAR: Actually I was there when the project was born. A few of us were sitting around on the set of "24" talking, waiting to set up a shot when we started asking each other, 'what would be a great thing to do once "24" ends?' Eventually we all decided, 'let's do a Western together.' So that's really where it started. Once we decided on that Keifer came along. He wanted to do a film with his father so everything just worked. I'm happy to say that I was there at the inception. We got a brilliant writer (Brad Mirman) who not only wrote us a classic Western but also a touching father/son story. So by then I had Keifer, I had a great script and THEN I get Donald Sutherland? There's no way I wasn't going to be involved!
MS: Any trepidations about taking on a Western? They seem to be so hit and miss these days.
JC: Yeah, of course. I mean you do worry about it. I mean at one point it was the most popular film genre'. The most popular television genre' also. I mean, it's amazing how many popular television shows were Westerns. But it did, of course, begin to fall out of favor, all though it is making a little bitty comeback over the past few months. But you're right. But I knew I had a great Western story. And I knew I had a great father/son story that people could connect with. I knew that relationship was really the heart of it and if we did it right I knew if would connect. And it's fun doing something that isn't a true CGI film. It's fun doing something where the effects are more simple.
MS: What was it like as an observer to watch Keifer and his father work together?
JC: It was great. I'm very fortunate to have had a front row seat to watch Keifer and Donald working together. From the first time it was fantastic. They are both veteran actors and, in my opinion, two of the best actors of our time. To watch them work together was a pleasure. As it was watching all of the actors. Demi Moore. Brian Cox. Michael Wincott. They are all so experienced. I was very lucky to have a front row seat and watch them work.
MS: Keifer. Michael Wincott. Greg Ellis. You used quite a few of your "24" company in the film. Was that because you already had a good familiarity with them and their work?
JC: Absolutely. First of all, you have to know that all of the actors in the film were basically my friends. I didn't have a studio dictating who was going to play what part. We actually got to pick who we liked. A lot of them were Keifer's friends. And of course, by having done "24," they knew me so it made the connection easier for sure.
MS; The recent return of "24" was very successful. I've heard rumors that Fox is considering re-booting the show. Is that something you plan to be involved with?
JC: Nothing is official yet. I am involved and we have talked. I can say that if it goes forward I won't be involved in the pilot but I do hope to be involved in the series. However, at this point I'm not.
MS: What else are you working on now?
JC: A few years ago I did a mini-series called "The Kennedys," which was an eight-part mini-series that starred Greg Kinnear as JFK and Katie Holmes as Jackie. We're doing a sequel to that, called "After Camelot," based on a book. It will deal with what happened to the Kennedys after John and Robert died. It's mostly the Jackie story and it follow her during her marriage to Onassis as well as John Jr. and Ted Kennedy. It will encompass all of that history. We shoot that soon in Toronto. It will run on the Reelz Channel. It's actually a fun project for me to do because we're re-creating all of the history that we all grew up with.
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"The Dark Knight Trilogy: Ultimate Collector's Edition" Blu-ray Debut September 24
All Three Films, New Special Features, and Memorabilia
Burbank, Calif. July 1, 2013 – Christopher Nolan's reimagining of the Batman franchise beginning with 2005's Batman Begins enjoyed phenomenal critical and box-office success.
Now on September 24, Nolan's three Batman films – Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and The Dark Knight Rises – will be released by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment as The Dark Knight Trilogy: Ultimate Collector's Edition. The six-disc set will feature all three films with their existing extra content, two new featurettes and exclusive new collectible memorabilia. This must-own collection for fans of DC Comics' Caped Crusader is available in premium packaging and will sell for $99.97 SRP.
About the Ultimate Collector's Edition (UCE):
*Disc 1 – Batman Begins Feature and Special Features
*Disc 2 – The Dark Knight Feature
*Disc 3 – The Dark Knight Special Features
*Disc 4 – The Dark Knight Rises Feature
*Disc 5 – The Dark Knight Rises Special Features
*Disc 6 – Bonus Disc of New Special Features (details follow)
NEW Special Features:
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy – The inside perspective on the fascinating story behind the creation of one of the most celebrated franchises and how it changed the scope of movie making….forever. Full of never-before-seen footage, rare moments, and exclusive interviews with Guillermo Del Toro, Damon Lindelof, Michael Mann, Richard Roeper, Zack Snyder and others.
Christopher Nolan & Richard Donner: A Conversation – For the first time, Directors Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight Trilogy) and Richard Donner (Superman) sit down to discuss the trials and triumphs involved in bringing the two most iconic superheroes of all time to the big screen, and how Superman influenced Nolan when developing Batman Begins.
IMAX® Sequences: The Dark Knight; The Dark Knight Rises – See your favorite scenes as they were intended in the original IMAX© aspect ratio
Exclusive NEW Memorabilia:
Premium Mattel Hot Wheels Vehicles: Batmobile, Batpod and Tumbler
Newly commissioned collectible art cards by Mondo featuring Scarecrow, Joker, Bane, Harvey Dent, and Ra's al Ghul
48-page hardcover book featuring production stills and behind the scenes images from all three movies
About The Films
Batman Begins explores the origins of the Batman legend and the Dark Knight's emergence as a force for good in Gotham. In the wake of his parents' murder, disillusioned industrial heir Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) travels the world seeking the means to fight injustice and turn fear against those who prey on the fearful. He returns to Gotham and unveils his alter-ego: Batman, a masked crusader who uses his strength, intellect and an array of high tech deceptions to fight the sinister forces that threaten the city.
The follow-up to Batman Begins, The Dark Knight reunites director Christopher Nolan and star Christian Bale, who reprises the role of Batman/Bruce Wayne in his continuing war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), Batman sets out to destroy organized crime in Gotham for good. The triumvirate proves effective, but soon find themselves prey to a rising criminal mastermind known as The Joker (Heath Ledger), who thrusts Gotham into anarchy and forces Batman closer to crossing the fine line between hero and vigilante. Maggie Gyllenhaal joins the cast as Rachel Dawes. Returning from Batman Begins are Oldman, Michael Caine as Alfred and Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox.
Dark Knight Rises (2012)
It has been eight years since Batman vanished into the night, turning, in that instant, from hero to fugitive. Assuming the blame for the death of D.A. Harvey Dent, the Dark Knight sacrificed everything for what he and Commissioner Gordon both hoped was the greater good. For a time the lie worked, as criminal activity in Gotham City was crushed under the weight of the anti-crime Dent Act.
But everything will change with the arrival of a cunning cat burglar with a mysterious agenda. Far more dangerous, however, is the emergence of Bane, a masked terrorist whose ruthless plans for Gotham drive Bruce out of his self-imposed exile. But even if he dons the cape and cowl again, Batman may be no match for Bane. Christian Bale stars, along with Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Morgan Freeman.
THE DARK KNIGHT TRILOGY: ULTIMATE COLLECTOR'S EDITION (BD)
Street Date: September 24, 2013
Order Due Date: August 20, 2013
Catalog/UPC #: 1000372133 / 883929308002
Pricing: $99.97 SRP
Note: All enhanced content listed above is subject to change.
The Dark Knight Rises – Blu-ray Event of the Year Arrives on December 4th
Feel the Heat When "#EM3" Hits Redbox April 15th
"Grudge Match" Arrives Onto Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and Digtial HD on April 8th
Michael Biehn Takes on Different Kind of Role in This Latest Dark Thriller, "Treachery", to Be Released on VOD September 1st.
"Gasper Noe's LOVE" Available on Blu-ray and DVD on January 5, 2016
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Christina Cha talks about competing on Season 24 of CBS' "Survivor"
Christina Cha appeared on season 24 of the CBS hit reality show "Survivor". Christina talked recently with Media Mikes.com about her experience on the show and also about some of her current projects.
Adam Lawton: What first prompted you to try out for "Survivor"?
Christina Cha: I had been a fan of the show since I first saw it back when I was still in high school. I thought it was amazing to see a show that takes someone from their normal adapted elements and puts them into these really harsh environments. I also am a very competitive person and I love playing games. In about 2010 I was working in corporate America and due to the economy I got laid off twice. I felt really sorry for myself as I didn't understand why this happened. I took it very personal which is something I normally never do. I saw an open casting call for "Survivor" and did it absolutely last minute. I think there was only about 48 hrs. left to submit a video. I thought that it was something I had to do and I knew it was something I could be good at. I took my phone and shot a video of me being as obnoxious as I could be. (Laughs) From there I started going through the audition process and ended up on the show.
AL: Can you tell us anything about the audition process?
CC: I can't say too much about the audition process. There are multiple stages that you have to go through. You start with your video and go from there. I had got through on my first try but I have talked with other people who have applied a bunch of times and they didn't even get a call. I had gone in to a couple interviews and I also did one over the phone.
AL: Is there a certain memory that sticks out for you from the show that the viewers didn't get to see?
CC: There were parts. When they are taping these reality shows they are taking about 3 days of footage and condensing it down to a 40 minute segment. There was a lot of stuff missing. You didn't get to see me strategizing a lot which had fans thinking I was the most clueless player on the show. There really is no way to be a clueless player and make it as far as I did. I think the editing on me was a little unjust because I am not the type of person who likes to speak ill of anyone. That's just something I don't do. I tried to play the game very honest and true. What I did in the game was to not give out any information. I am a terrible liar so I would just stare at people. I really was just trying to figure out what was going on in the game and figure out my placement from there.
AL: Was having the cameras around the entire time one of the more difficult parts of the show for you?
CC: In the beginning it was really weird. There were questions like where do you go to change your clothes? Or where do you go to the bathroom? A lot of times I would just say I need to use the rest room and swim out in to the middle of the ocean. Strategizing was difficult also with the cameras around. My name came up so many times that it made things even harder. Every time the camera was on me they thought I was strategizing. I never got a break from anyone. You get paranoid all the time.
AL: Did you find that the producers were often trying to stage conflicts or issues between players?
CC: Of course! That's their job as a producer. If they weren't doing things like that then they wouldn't be doing their job at all. I was pretty aware of what they were doing as I have some friends that are also in this industry. I think that's a lot of the reason why my edit was so unjust because they wanted me to answer things a certain way and I didn't do that. In the back of my mind I wanted to win a million dollars so I didn't want to leak any information out. I also knew there was life after "Survivor". If I didn't win the million dollars I would need to find a way to make myself look good. Whatever I did on the show would stick with me for the rest of my life. You have to be careful of what you say. Talking badly about someone as a form of strategy I thought was just bad taste.
AL: Is "Survivor" something that you would think about ever doing again?
CC: I love the game so I would definitely consider it. I think I would play it a little differently as I would want to make some big plays and strategize more. When you play the game the first time after watching it as a fan you think you know everything thats out there. Now that I have a little bit better understanding of things I think I would definitely play the game again.
AL: What types of things are you currently working on?
CC: I am still doing some recruiting and consulting on the side. I also am doing marketing and social media for a bunch of companies and I want to get in to hosting. I studied broadcast journalism in college and have a few shows that I also wrote that I am working on. I am really excited about some of the things that are happening right now.
AL: Is writing something that you have always wanted to do?
CC: I have been a life style journalist for the last 3 years now. In about 2008 I was talking to a client and he asked me what I was doing there? I was there selling a software platform so I asked him what he meant. I gave him my job description and he told me I didn't look like I belonged there and that I looked like I belonged on television. I looked at him and started crying. I told him I had been doing the job for X amount of time because it's safe. He happened to be a publisher and he told me he is always looking for really good writers. He then asked me if I would be interested in being an associate editor and write about travel and various luxury products. I took his offer and have been writing for him and some other online publications. I am writing for about 12 online publications and I have my own blog. Hosting has been a side thing lately and I have some stuff also on the web. Survivor has been a wonderful stepping to help me get acknowledged more.
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Blu-ray Reviews "Death Wish 2-4"
Directed by: Michael Winner / J. Lee Thompson
Starring: Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Vincent Gardenia / Kirk Taylor, Martin Balsam, Ed Lauter / Kay Lenz, John P. Ryan
MPAA Ratings: R
Distributed by: MGM Entertainment
Running Time: 89 / 92 / 99 minutes
Blu-ray Scores: 3.5 out of 5 stars
When I think Charles Bronson, I always think about ass-kicking. I watched "Death Wish" at as young teen and was taken over by its violence. At that time in the 80's, the violence was completely over-the-top. If you are wonderingwhere is "Death Wish" and "Death Wish 5" in the series. The original is owned by Paramount and the last is owned by Lionsgate, neither have plans for Blu-ray. My really only issue is that "Death Wish 2" is not the unrated edition, it would have been great to finally seeing it get a proper release. Nonetheless, if you are looking for some awesome revenge films, don't miss out on these Blu-rays.
Paul Kersey takes on the role of vigilante again in "Death Wish II". He sets out to to find and seek revenge on the the five street punks who murdered his daughter and housekeeper on the streets of Los Angeles. In "Death Wish 3", Paul Kersey hits back on New York City and is forcibly recruited by a crooked police detective to fight crime against a large gang that is terrorizing the neighborhoods. "Death Wish 3" also packs a great score by Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page and also the film debut of Alex Winter ("Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure"). "Death Wish 4: The Crackdown" was back in the day, the first Isaw in this series (sorry). Even though it is not the best entry in the series, it still features vigilante Paul Kersey who kicks major ass against members of a vicious Los Angeles drug cartel. This time he is trying to stop the flow of drugs after his girlfriend's daughter dies from an overdose.
I really enjoyed the 1080p Blu-ray transfers for these films. They are all also presented in their original aspect ratio: 1.85:1. They are not perfect presentations but they are a real bump from past DVD's. The audio on each release come with DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 tracks. They are not really spec for Blu-ray but still sound decent. The transfer and audio are very similar to the recent Chuck Norris films released on Blu-ray, which I also enjoyed quite a bit. It is not a Criterion release but if you are a fan you should be satisfied overall just to have the films in HD.
Filed Under: DVD/Blu-Ray Reviews Tagged With: 24, bluray, death, reviews


Morongo Golf Club at Tukwet Canyon is located between the 10 and 60 freeways in Beaumont, California. Beautiful course and canyon views serve as a perfect backdrop for your wedding day. Indoor and Outdoor ceremony and reception areas are available. Experienced staff will assist with planning and coordination, so that you can enjoy your day.
Parking is ample and convenient. Restrooms are clean, stocked and fully accessible. The Clubhouse features wood elements throughout that are enhanced by vaulted ceilings, stone fireplace, wooden dance floor, grand bar, and large windows. With views of the peaceful water, rolling hills, and breathtaking sunsets, the open terrace lets you take it all in. Whether you are planning a large event or a small, more intimate gathering for your wedding, the club can accommodate up to 240 of your closest guests.
Morongo Golf Club at Tukwet Canyon offers an inclusive wedding event package to ensure an enojoyable day,...with a price range of $100 per person on weekdays to $125 per person on weekends, the highlights listed below are included.
This place was amazing!! I cannot say enough good things about them! April helped me with my wedding, she was so sweet and extremely helpful! Whatever I wanted she helped me make it happen, you will not find a better venue for the value! Everyone who came thought we spent a fortune because of how amazing everything looked. the grounds are a photographers dream, and a brides dream! Thank you guys so much for giving me the wedding of my dreams!
I believe that our wedding went well at Tukwet Canyon! The venue itself was a good size for our guest count. We had about 180 people and the room was full but intimate. They set up the decor beautifully and the way I envisioned it. The food was delicious, wish I was able to eat more! I was too involved in talking to my guests than enjoying the food. They have different ways of helping you out on your big day! The venue has a coordinator, Kristy Hoff, to help you through the process. I loved Kristy!! She made the experience of booking and planning our wedding seamless. With her being apart of my day I felt confident and reassured that things would go well and according to plan. Anytime I had questions she made herself available for a meeting and if she was not able to meet we were able to communicate through email or text. Being that this process can be overwhelming she made it seem possible to throw an awesome and beautiful wedding! She had vendor suggestions, linen samples, and decor ideas if you did not know what to do. Her suggestions were extremely helpful to making my day the best it could be! During rehearsal she addressed every detail. We had a military wedding and the Marines doing a sword arch needed to practice, she was able to help them by accommodating them a wider aisle. Overall the venue was awesome! I would suggest it to any looking to have their wedding in the Inland Empire! With Kristy's touch I was able to have a worry-free day she made the whole day run smoothly!
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Beautiful location for a wedding! Great indoor space that looks out to the golf course!!


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I have been looking around and I find it crazy that I cannot find a header for my 325is for uner $800 bucks. Ireland sells the Stahl for $790. Then after that I have to get the thing modified for racing. I can buy a header for a 240Z for $150. What gives? What do all of you do?
Check out topend performance. I purhcased a header for my E21 this spring and it and fit good.
Here is a shorty header for a E30 M20. You did not say what body style you are using.
search classifieds for a used supersprint. the can be found for <$500.
Brian. When I had my E30 I started with a Stahl, good header, but hung down too low, wasn't long before I demolished that. Then I got a Supersprint, much tidier and no slower. Then for my E36 I bought a system from James at Bimmerworld. Was over $2000.00 for the whole system front to back including muffler. Damm!! That's a lot of money I thought. But when I opened the box I realised that it was worth every penny. It fit great, it worked great, and it's the best looking part of my car! That system from top-end looks kind of funky. I think you get what you pay for. A good system will work well for a long time.
I can second everything BMW racer mentioned. I had a Stahl (bought direct) on my E30 325is and it was THE lowest part of the car. I ended up welding a skid plate on the collector to keep it from getting destroyed.
I now have the Kromer Kraft header and exhaust on my E36 and it is the nicest engineered exhaust (and nicest looking) products that I have ever purchased. Prior to the KK system I had a Supersprint and the fitment was excellent.
A couple of points of interest since I just finished looking for a header. It is correct that the Stahl is too low. I too purchased a weld-it-yourself kit and did not use it. I ended up making my own. I looked at the set Ron mentioned, but the front and rear sections are identical which makes it necessary to have the convuluted front pipe with a serious restriction where it crosses over the motor mount. Those headers are made by MSDS. I ended up making my own set (NOT INTERESTED) before I saw the set made by Ground Control. I think they will be your best bet for size/ground clearance and with a merge collector should make good power.
I spoke with Kromer Kraft, and they will make a set for about 800 but they need a car to build a set. That was 6 weeks or so ago, so they may have engineered a set by not.
As you can see, there is practically no easy/cheap way to header the e30. Look at what www.ground-control.com (http://www.ground-control.com) has and I think you will be pleased. IMHO, there's is the best money/clearance solution. Then you still have to build or buy a merge collector and weld everything. Good luck.
Are you sure Ground Control? I thought they only made suspension parts. I cannot find anything about headers on teir website. Maybe I could get you to make me one? How much?
i had an msds header on my e30 first. fit ok, not impressed with power.
then i got a supersprint used. nice. well made, fit well, good power. highly recommended.
as with bmw racer and bruce, i now have the full tilt kromer kraft header/exhaust on my e36. sweet! i wanted to just leave it on the living room table as a decoration. too nice to hide on the dirty side of the car.
It's funny, we're all on the same page regarding the KK header. I want to get an extra 6 into1 collector I think it would look great on the dinning room table with 2 red roses in each pipe!!
I've used the MSDS header on my car since 2001. The header has worked out perfect for me. AT $225, I can justify spending 600+ for another header that really won't gain me that much more (if any) over the MSDS. On an engine with a ported head and MAS instead of the restrictive AFM, a $600 header may be worth the extra $$$, but not on a stock motor.


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Q: train model with dataset A and test with dataset B In this example I have a hypothetical  balanced dataset containing several attributes about college students and one target attribute indicating whether they passed their exam or not (0=fail 1=pass). I have created and fit a GBM model (scikit-learn xgboost) with 75% of my original dataset (18000ish records) and am seeing 80% accuracy and 91.6% precision  on my holdout set (4700 records) in regards to students that have failed the exam.
At this point, I would very much like to now use 100% of this dataset as training data and use a new set of 2000 student records (balanced) as test data. I want to make predictions for dataset B based on the training of dataset A. Ultimately, I would like to offer these predictions to my boss/superior as a way to validate my work and then begin feeding new data to my model in order to predict how future students might perform on that exam. I am currently stuck on how to go about using my entire original dataset as my training material and the entire new dataset as testing material.
I have attempted to use
X = original data minus target feature
y = original data target feature only
X_train, X_test, y_train, y_test = train_test_split(X, y, test_size =
0.00001, random_state=0)

and
N = new data minus target feature
z = new data target feature only
N_train, N_test, z_train, z_test = (train_test_split(N, z, test_size =
.999, random_state=0))

to create my test and train variables.I then attempt to fit and pass new records to my model using:
# Fit model with original X and y data
xg_class.fit(X_train, y_train)

# Generate predictions based off of X_test
new_preds = xg_class.predict(N_test)

I'm not getting any errors and but my output is FAR lower than my initial results from splitting dataset A.
Accuracy (75%/25% split of dataset A):  79%
Precision (75%/25% split of dataset A): 91.1% TP / 71.5% TN

Accuracy (99% trained dataset A, tested dataset B): 45%
Precision (99% trained dataset A, tested dataset B): 18.7% TP / 62.4% TN

Is this due to the disparity in size of one/both of my datasets or is this to be expected? From what I'm reading, this could be a methodology issue from using two unique datasets for training and testing. However, if that is the case then I don't see what the point in building a model would even be, as it can't be fed unique data with any reasonable expectation of success. I obviously don't believe that to be true, but I haven't found any info through my searching about how one performs this part of model evaluation. If anyone could help me with some general insight, that would be appreciated.

A: turns out part one of my question is an easy answer: do not use train_test_split(). you assign your particular algorithm to a variable (ex. 'model') and then fit it with all the data in the same manner as train_test_split.
model.fit(X, y)

you then pass new data (for example, N as feature data and z as the label)
new_predictions = model.predict(N)

the second part of my question still eludes me.

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Caregiver Thought Leader: Dale Bell • December 26, 2014
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Dale Bell
It is always fun to be able to interview a friend as well as a colleague whose work I highly respect. And Dale Bell is both of those. Dale Bell has earned an Academy Award, two Emmys and a Peabody. He and his long-term colleague, Emmy Award-winning producer/director, Harry Wieland, joined forces in '99 to create a media that matters for Public Broadcasting. In 2003, the two created the Media Policy Center Foundation with the goal of leveraging media to provoke civil discourse and community engagement. So, from "Woodstock" to "Thou Shalt Honor" to "Homes on the Range."
Gary Barg: Dale, you have really chronicled the journey of America's boomers and seniors, and I am so impressed with your new special, Homes on the Range. Can you tell me about the program?
Dale Bell: Homes on the Range derived from basically two sources. One of them was my mother, who, when she was passing and I was her caregiver, kept holding onto my arm, shaking me as she was dying, saying, "Someday, Dale, you will do something with this; you will do something with what you are doing with me." I never knew what that would mean until Harry and I got together in 1999 to start talking about caregiving for both of our respective parents. Along the way, in 2001, just as we were finishing our filming, I went to San Diego, where I heard this absolutely charismatic guy on a stage. Birkenstocks, dungarees, beard and energy. At the back of the room, I listened and said, "This guy has got to be part of our film." People next to me, who I did not know, said, "You will never get to him. It is impossible; he is just too busy." At the end of his speech, I walked up to the edge of the stage, put my hand out, and said, "Hi, I'm Dale Bell. I produced this movie called Woodstock and right now we're focusing on caregiving."
Dr. Bill Thomas took my hand, gripped it, shook it and said, "Count on me, I'm in; call me anytime."
Gary Barg: I was at that event in San Diego where I met you and Harry in the lobby. As an ex-video guy, not involved as deeply as you guys were, what you were doing really rang a bell for me. I think Bill Thomas was on the cover of Today's Caregiver magazine at that moment. You guys are the chroniclers of a specific generation that thought they would never grow old, and now you have changed how people consider aging.
Dale Bell: Absolutely right, and we feel very humble and honored to be in that position. Bill called us maybe two weeks before he opened the first model of Green Houses in Tupelo, Mississippi, in May of 2003. We filmed for about a week and caught the absolute miraculous, if you will, transformation of a couple of the elders who had been in the standard nursing home. Once they got into the environment and received the vibes of the hearth, they became awake, they became human beings, they fed themselves, and they began to walk.
This little film of 25 minutes, the Green House Project, we got to Bill almost immediately—within two or three weeks of having filmed it. He used it to raise the first $10,000,000 from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. We took that film to share it in Wyoming, where I had roots from my days as a summer ranch hand in 1955. Sheridan was a town that took me in and I loved it. I thought there was an opportunity that I could give back, if you will, to the community, and give them a gift. I planted the 25-minute film in the hands of Carmen Rideout, then Executive Director of the Sheridan Senior Center, and her President of the Board of Trustees, Ray Clark, the pastor at Saint Peters Church. I said to them, "I will bet you guys might be able to do this in Sheridan. And if you do, I will follow you with my camera wherever your journey takes you." That was a challenge.
Twelve years later, after a 120 odd hours of filming in locations across the country, including Sheridan, I finally raised enough money to be able to ask Beverly Bareoff, our producer/writer/editor, to sit in the editing room with me and go through these hours to craft three different versions: a theatrical film of 85 minutes, a 90-minute Public Television broadcast and a 60-minute Public Television broadcast. This year, on November 21st at 6:00 p.m., we had laid out a red carpet underneath the marquis of the historic WYO Theater in Sheridan. Just a few minutes after the carpet was down, a van from Green Houses pulled up, crunching the snow, and, I am going to cry, the first elders from the Green Houses crossed the red carpet in their wheel chairs, maneuvering themselves down the ramp carefully, being unstrapped and rolling across the red carpet.
Gary Barg: This says everything to me—that your celebrities are your seniors.
Dale Bell: They felt important; that they were the stars of this film. And they were so right. This film is about a series of exhortations that I was fortunate enough to be able to capture from Dr. Bill over the course of six or seven years. But, I rolled them into the stories of the community of Sheridan coming together to make a dramatic difference in how they cared for their elders and their frail. This is a 25,000-person community in Northern Wyoming. It has got two traditional nursing homes, a hospital and things like that, but this effort on the part of the community of Sheridan resulted in the very first entirely grassroots, not-for-profit, skilled nursing facility in the United States.
Gary Barg: Looking at that video, I felt that we are on the threshold of the future of elder care we all hope to have ourselves.
Dale Bell: Because it is a grassroots effort and not dictated from the top, it can become a model of its own. We are not pretending that every community has the financial resources and organizational capability that Sheridan has, but we do know that even on the surface and really deep down, communities want to change themselves. They look inward, they evaluate, they assess, and they say, "Let us try a new tact." Our film is an effort to inspire other communities to look at themselves and at their eldercare and at their frail, because some members of the Green Houses Residence are not elders; they are in their 40s and 50s, you know.
Gary Barg: You know that conversation about boomers being the python that ate the elephant demographically? We changed everything as we grew up. From clothes to fashion to sexual morays, to now even what we consider acceptable care as we age. This consideration should filter down through regular senior facilities and nursing homes, don't you think?
Dale Bell: We hope so. We think that Bill has discovered a model and we can be his, if you will, Pied Pipers to carry that message across the country. We are not in the business of building Green Houses. We are in the business of encouraging people to change their attitudes by providing them with aspirational and inspirational stories.
Gary Barg: What can we, as family caregivers, do if we are interested in making sure that Homes on the Range is seen in our local communities?
Dale Bell: As a caregiver interested in this subject, the first thing to do is to identify your local Public Television station. The second thing to do is to write them a letter or send them an e-mail or give them a call and/or do all three. Say that you have heard and read about this new film called Homes on the Range and urge that the programmers at the local public station secure broadcast rights for it in the second quarter—April, May, June of 2015. Our goal will be to saturate all Public Television stations, particularly in May, which is Older Americans Month. And a caregiver should put together a coalition in the community, if one does not already exist, identify other members, and get together to watch the broadcast. Then create a task force and do what Sheridan did—look inward, ask the questions about how to change what they have in their community, how to improve and enhance what exists in their community. Then set out an agenda, a timeline and a methodology to be able to create social change through media.
Gary Barg: Can you share your website address with us?
Dale Bell: Mediapolicycenter.org is where we will be putting up a lot of stuff that we collect from Wyoming and across the country. It will be used as the hub of the wheel that we expect will go across this country in the next six months.
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Britain's Duke and Duchess of Cambridge paid an emotional tribute to the victims of the 9/11 bombings this week (09.12.14).
In the pouring rain Their Royal Highnesses admired the re-built One World Trade Center, which was completed in November 2014, following the horrific terror attacks in September 2011.
The royal couple, both 32, looked sombre as they stood beside the two memorial pools in New York City, before Catherine delicately placed a bouquet of white roses on the memorial, which is engraved with the names of the almost 2,900 victims, including 67 British citizens.
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By Streaming Media Editorial Staff
Video: Browsers, Codecs, and Standards in a Transitioning Post-Flash World
Tim: Welcome back to Streaming Media East 2017 we're nearing the end of the second day, I'm Tim Siglin, contributing editor with Steaming Media magazine and media strategy principal at Reel Solver, a company that I just recently joined. With me I have my good friend Robert Reinhardt who used to come to everything in a white lab coat but he's now upgraded to Mr. Rogers cardigans and actual sweater vests. Well now you haven't done sweater vests.
Robert: No I don't do sweater vests.
Tim: I'll tell you my sweater vest story at some point after the interview.
Robert: Okay.
Tim: So VideoRx, tell me what you do and I know you do a lot of ninja stuff but it's with Wowza not with the actual throwing star.
Robert: It's a difficult question to answer for lay people because I generally just call myself a video solutions architect.
Tim: Okay.
Robert: And that's pretty broad and encompassing and honestly a lot of my work is, I'm usually I don't want to say I'm the fixer like Harvey Keitel but I am sort of like that kind of, or the cleaner, was he called the cleaner?
Tim: The cleaner, yeah.
Robert: The cleaner. I clean up other people's messes. People who thought they were doing it right, they call me in to fix it up and it could be I mentioned those three silos all the time, there's encoding, deployment, and playback.
Tim: Right.
Robert: I know there's a whole lot more to each of those.
Tim: Sure.
Robert: But, generally speaking, I do work in all three of those.
Tim: It's an interesting model, you're saying essentially rather than going out and doing something from scratch for somebody, they have tried it, they haven't quite been able to master it and they call you in to fix what they're doing.
Robert: 99% of my work falls into that, or maybe 90. I would say there are bigger projects I get involved on, it's usually about one big project a year where I am working with, I do assemble other subs of mine to work on a project for a company, but those are bigger budgets and they're not too plentiful, I'm gonna be honest. Once a year I feel really good if we get a big project.
Tim: So I know Wowza recommends you as a consultant on some of the things you've clearly done Wowza workshops and things like that, why has that become sort of a go-to for you from a media server standpoint?
Robert: Well I put a lot of investment in the server end of it, I started as a Flash app developer and all that kind of stuff and so the flash aspect to adobe media server which was originally was called Flash communications server through Macromedia.
Tim: Right. Sure.
Robert: At a certain point I start, you know and I got in deep with media server but it had its restrictions.
Robert: And when I finally took the leap to look at Wowza, I knew Chris Knowlton for a long time and he said, "You should take a look at this." When I started to look at it, I thought, "Wow, I can do a whole lot more than I could in this other technology." And so for me it was just more that it enabled the people I work for to do things or for me to suggest to them "well hey if you want to do this we can actually do that in Java" we don't have to cause like flash media server you either wrote that in server side action script or C++--both very difficult languages.
Tim: And you went from AS2 to AS3 you'd have to change up things and a number of those kinds of issues.
Robert: Exactly.
Tim: So were you involved with things like flash on the beach and max?
Robert: I used to do 12 Flash conferences a year.
Tim: Wow.
Robert: And so I do a lot less travel and I'm okay with that. I live in a wonderful place in the world so I don't.
Tim: What's your take on Flash's demise? I understand even those of us who write we sort of go back and forth on Flash is dead, now it's not dead, yes it is dead and no it's got some life. I mean what's your take on Flash as a player technology and what will ultimately force the supplanting of it going forward?
Robert: At this point, historically, we're going to see the trend of the other big companies--Google, Apple, and Firefly--anyone who's got a browser is really the one, they're responsible for killing Flash. It's not like Adobe said, "We're gonna stop releasing Flash Player." You could still download Flash Player and they keep updating it.
Tim: Are you still seeing clients who want to deliver in Flash?
Robert: That's a very good question. I brought that up in one of my sessions this time. I'm in the middle of three projects that all have active Flash elements still in them.
Robert: All my clients want to move away from Flash, but one of my clients right now is a real-time auction environment, and they're not going to spend money on mobile app yet they make enough money thankfully, it's more of a B2B auction model.
They hired me to move them away from an all-Flash Adobe Media Server setup to Wowza--just handling the video aspects of it--and now we've got a little video player and publisher. So they publish from the auction site in and they play back. We could do HLS and all this other stuff, but for a live auction you're not going to have the latency, the latency is too high.
Tim: The latency would definitely be too high and so would they still use RTMP?
Robert: Yeah.
Robert: It's all RTMP. And if they wanted to go mobile and this is what I complain about a lot in my articles in the magazine: it's easy enough to say "Yay, Flash is dead," but where is the money coming from now to take over the replacement of that tech and so you know, you're gonna be even if you're hiring offshore to build maybe you could get decent mobile app for 10 grand but probably not, if you're a smaller company.
Tim: Sure. Sure. Sure.
Robert: I mean this is Streaming Media, we're in the haves and the have nots where. You've got enterprise, where it's just like, "What do you mean, have a budget for a mobile app? We've had a mobile app for years." Well of course not, you're a big company, you're a Fortune 500.
Tim: And you were willing to pay $400,000 to have that built.
Robert: I do work all across the spectrum, big companies hire. I've done work for Nike, ABC, you name it--but when it comes down to you know the more nuts and bolts of things, people need cheap solutions.
Tim: It's interesting to hear your perspective on Flash, because it's clearly something that the browser companies as you say Mozilla, Google, Apple are actively trying to suppress in favor of HTML 5 video. But there are limitations.
Robert: I guess no plug ins. I mean they're not picking on Flash--it's pretty much all plug ins. Like let's make it virtually impossible to have any features to our browser. That's a very negative slant on it--it's like, "Hey, don't mess with our tech."
Tim: In doing so that means that you have to have replacements for that in the browsers or people are going to be forced to the apps and that point you know.
Robert: And the Google and Apple want that, I mean that's not conspiracy theory it makes financial sense and I mean.
Tim: Absolutely it makes financial sense.
Robert: And it allows them to control content.
Robert: I mean I'm not you know I mean I, when you look at like you know devices and those kind of web services, I'm not saying I'm you know a fan of any of these things but gambling, adult anything that has to do with like what I still call the blue laws of this country and the mentality, they can still be gatekeepers. That's why I don't like this whole, well if you can't do it in mobile just make an app. Well show me it, show me a gambling app, like show me one. I haven't seen one yet.
Tim: Okay so let's talk about future technologies, what future technologies do you see, I mean HTML5 is finally sort of getting traction but in and of itself that's not that interesting.
Robert: That's the whole standards approach: we just need people to agree. WebRTC's looking good, Google and Mozilla are behind it, you got Microsoft sort of supporting it. Apple, once again, if it's not something they've invented they don't really want to be at the table right away. Although I was just told by someone who was at my session on live streaming, like, where are we now with live streaming? I talked about WebRTC. He's actually trying to make a business around WebRTC solution and he said Apple is finally at the table but they're not making any commitment on when they're actually going to say cause that's not how they roll. They're not going to say, "Oh yeah, our next release is Safari." You're going to find out if it's supported when they release Safari.
Tim: And, in fact, people who work at Apple will probably find the same thing out at the same time. We had somebody from Streamroot. Streamroot is peer-to-peer, and it is based around WebRTC so they're clearly people making business around that.
Robert: If you're on an old version of IE, then you have to install our plug in to make it work otherwise we don't have these nice things available that the modern browser stack has so I think it's just a matter of time. Like and there's so much in our industry it's about having patience.
Tim: You know we've had format wars, we've had player wars, we've had browser wars, we're back to browser and plug in wars, so you're right I mean there's that sort of constant back and forth as we think we get one piece fixed then the next piece comes in. Codecs. What do you see in Codecs?
Robert: Again we're in this transition timeline. No one wants to invest now in a having any Flash in their system and if they do it they want to minimize, as minimal as possible.
When it comes to codecs, we're in this hybrid world like, okay, you might need Flash, you might need WebRTC if you want to do some live offering. It's just more money cause you have to keep spinning branches of software that's going to work on the platform. Codecs are going to be the same way in that you know I'm hoping you know, this guy, Jan Ozer keeps talking about AV1. I'm really excited about this idea of an open codec and I wouldn't lose any sleep if HEVC suddenly evaporated in two years because along comes AV1 and it's gonna solve everyone's problems. I'll believe it when I see it.
Tim: Do you think AVC has legs?
Robert: Oh yeah I don't think it's going anywhere fast. You've got so much content already encoded in that form
Tim: Great Robert, thank you very much for your time.
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