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Across the world, the United States recalls troops to combat civil unrest after the biggest economic meltdown in history. Marine Sergeant Ronaldo Salvatore’s platoon comes home to a powder keg that could ignite a civil war. While some see the coming collapse as the end, others see opportunity. Fleeing Naples after rival crime lords decimated his family, Don Antonio Moretti settles in Los Angeles to rebuild his criminal empire. But he is far from alone in his ambitions.

The Great Digital Convergence of all media types into one universal digital medium occurred, with little fanfare, at the recent turn of the millennium. The bit became the universal medium, and the pixel conquered the world. Henceforward, nearly every picture in the world would be composed of pixels. In A Biography of the Pixel, Pixar cofounder Alvy Ray Smith argues that the pixel is the organizing principle of most modern media, and he presents a few simple but profound ideas that unify the dazzling varieties of digital image making.

Yolanda Yates’ life has been one of hardship and despair. She finds a new lease on life when she discovers an abandoned baby behind a dumpster in a back alley. She will do everything in her power to love, protect, and teach her daughter that families aren’t always born together, sometimes you have to find and make them.

Your heart and mind are constantly racing with anxious thoughts, and you are so desperate you would do anything to put an end to your anxiety and regain control of your brain and body—but what you have tried so far has not worked. You shouldn’t beat yourself up, however, because it’s not your fault. Your brain has developed, over countless years, the ability to caution you and be ready for fight or flight.

The Lord Nelson Tavern: a Halifax watering hole in the early 1960s. The group of young university students who hang out there - a ramshackle coterie of aspiring artists, economists, poets, and philosophers - come together to gossip and ponder the big questions of art and life, all the while pining after the vain and untouchable Francesca. Though these friends soon drift apart, their early rivalries, jealousies, and conquests will continue to reverberate.

Just an everyday woman navigating through life while attempting to maintain my sanity. I will gab about my perspective as it relates to friendships to stubborn chin hair. NOTHING is off-limits! Let's be candid about life, love, and laughter, as we drink all the wine in between!

After he failed to find his missing sister, whose remains finally turned up in a bag in an overgrown field, Texas PI Truman Smith retired to become a housepainter on Galveston Island. But when an alligator is killed and its carcass left on display on a family friend's property, Tru is persuaded to search for the culprit. Soon the brooding gumshoe is stumbling over the bodies of dead humans, is shot at and run down by a souped-up four-by-four as he's embroiled in a plot complete with crooked police, a possible land-grabbing sheme and assorted "bad guys".

This is the story of the Benton Family Massacre, previously thought to have been a murder-suicide but re-opened when new evidence surfaced in 2022 after a second series of murders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A show about aggressively positive nerd opinions on movies, TV shows, comics and media, where it's all subjective.

Ray Smith -- Cock and Bull’s #1 adversary! Join Ray, the Warrior of Facts, on his odyssey for truth. He exposes the lies, battles the absurd, and unlocks the unknown. This podcast features interviews with real ghosts, cult members, and a dream demon. It also features Ray's opinion on everything from Alien encounters to luxury bird feeders. If you’re scared, maybe you should be...

Ray Sidney-Smith, Evernote Certified Consultant and Evernote Regional Leader for North America, brings timely updates, powerful note-taking and workflow techniques, and interesting conversations for getting more done with Evernote.

Roguish Londoner Milkie leaves a glittering society gala to do a favour for glamorous actress Beth Williams. But no good deed goes unpunished, as Milkie soon discovers when an unexpected trip to the Welsh mountains sees him embroiled in a murderous conspiracy.

A virtual reading group that meets to discuss books in the personal productivity genre. We also publish book reviews by Ray Sidney-Smith and Dr. Frank Buck.

The Bible is the most important book in the world because it contains the best news for the world – the gospel of Jesus Christ! For over 50 years, our passion at the Atlanta Bible Baptist Church has been to tell people about God and help them understand His Word.

A virtual reading discussion club for personal productivity enthusiasts.

The Podcast of Personal Productivity Lessons in Two Minutes or Less

Huge industries, incredible events, and amazing individuals fuel unprecedented growth in the Lone Star State. But who are these people that make Texas stand out from the crowd? And what opportunities and pitfalls do they see on the horizon? Sean Bukowski, a commercial real estate lawyer from Austin talks to these trailblazers about the what the future holds and how we can build a Greater Texas.