The document provides brief biographies of famous scientists, inventors, artists, writers, civil rights leaders, air and space explorers, entertainers, world leaders, revolutionaries, and US presidents. Some of those highlighted include Aristotle, Leonardo da Vinci, Benjamin Franklin, Jane Goodall, Jonas Salk, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, the Wright Brothers, Vladimir Zworykin, Raymond Tomlinson, Gandhi, Iqbal Masih, Mother Teresa, Howard Hughes, Laika, the Red Baron, Yuri Gagarin, the Beatles, Joan Baez, Josephine Baker, Leon Trotsky, Winston Churchill, and thirteen US presidents from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Barack
28 January 2012 - English Speaking Club.
Today’s session at Window on America center Dnipropetrovsk (Ukraine) started with a cross-cultural topic about “Prominent Italian Americans”. This topic was illustrated with a colorful book display about US entertainment celebrities and included documents about Madonna, S.Stallone, L.Di Caprio and others.
The slide show introduced famous American directors of Italian background. The movies by these directors from the WOA collection were presented to the club members.
28 January 2012 - English Speaking Club.
Today’s session at Window on America center Dnipropetrovsk (Ukraine) started with a cross-cultural topic about “Prominent Italian Americans”. This topic was illustrated with a colorful book display about US entertainment celebrities and included documents about Madonna, S.Stallone, L.Di Caprio and others.
The slide show introduced famous American directors of Italian background. The movies by these directors from the WOA collection were presented to the club members.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere, promising self-driving cars, medical breakthroughs, and new ways of working. But how do you separate hype from reality? How can your company apply AI to solve real business problems?
Here’s what AI learnings your business should keep in mind for 2017.
Social Change After World War IRadio was an early example of m.docxwhitneyleman54422
Social Change After World War I
Radio was an early example of mass media, linking people over long distances. Here, an invalid woman uses radio to keep in touch with events in the outside world.
The catastrophe of World War I shattered the sense of optimism that had grown in the West since the Enlightenment. Despair gripped survivors on both sides as they added up the staggering costs of the war. Europeans mourned a generation of young men who had been lost on the battlefields.
Many people talked about a “return to normalcy,” to life as it had been before 1914. But rebellious young people rejected the moral values and rules of the Victorian Age and chased after excitement. Gertrude Stein, an American writer living in Paris, called them the “lost generation.” Others saw them as immoral pleasure-seekers.
The Roaring Twenties During the 1920s, new technologies helped create a mass culture shared by millions in the world’s developed countries. Affordable cars, improved telephones, and new forms of media such as motion pictures and radio brought people around the world closer together than ever before.
Duke Ellington was a composer, pianist, and bandleader. He referred to his music as "American Music" rather than "jazz." His career spanned the 1920s to the 1970s.
In the 1920s, many radios tuned into the new sounds of jazz. In fact, the decade in the West is often called the Jazz Age. African American musicians combined Western harmonies with African rhythms to create jazz. Jazz musicians, like trumpeter Louis Armstrong and pianist Duke Ellington, took simple melodies and improvised endless subtle variations in rhythm and beat.
Throughout the 1920s, the popularity of jazz moved from the United States to Europe. Europeans embraced American popular culture, with its greater freedom and willingness to experiment. The nightclub and jazz were symbols of that freedom. Jazz came to embody the universal themes of creativity and self-expression.
Much of today’s popular music has been influenced by jazz. It has transcended the "Roaring Twenties" American culture to become an international musical language.
After the war, rebellious young people, disillusioned by the war, rejected the moral values and rules of the Victorian Age and chased after excitement. During the Jazz Age, this rebellion was exemplified by a new type of liberated young woman called the flapper. The first flappers were American, but their European sisters soon adopted the fashion. Flappers rejected old ways in favor of new, exciting freedoms.
The Flapper awoke from her lethargy (tiredness) ... bobbed her hair, put on her choicest pair of earrings and a great deal of audacity (boldness) and rouge and went into battle. She flirted because it was fun to flirt and ... refused to be bored chiefly because she wasn't boring ... Mothers disapproved of their sons taking the Flapper to dances, to teas, to swim, and most of all to heart.
—Zelda Fitzgerald, flapper and wife of author F. Scott Fitzge.
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State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
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The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
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Search and Society: Reimagining Information Access for Radical FuturesBhaskar Mitra
The field of Information retrieval (IR) is currently undergoing a transformative shift, at least partly due to the emerging applications of generative AI to information access. In this talk, we will deliberate on the sociotechnical implications of generative AI for information access. We will argue that there is both a critical necessity and an exciting opportunity for the IR community to re-center our research agendas on societal needs while dismantling the artificial separation between the work on fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics in IR and the rest of IR research. Instead of adopting a reactionary strategy of trying to mitigate potential social harms from emerging technologies, the community should aim to proactively set the research agenda for the kinds of systems we should build inspired by diverse explicitly stated sociotechnical imaginaries. The sociotechnical imaginaries that underpin the design and development of information access technologies needs to be explicitly articulated, and we need to develop theories of change in context of these diverse perspectives. Our guiding future imaginaries must be informed by other academic fields, such as democratic theory and critical theory, and should be co-developed with social science scholars, legal scholars, civil rights and social justice activists, and artists, among others.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
Let's dive deeper into the world of ODC! Ricardo Alves (OutSystems) will join us to tell all about the new Data Fabric. After that, Sezen de Bruijn (OutSystems) will get into the details on how to best design a sturdy architecture within ODC.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
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Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
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Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and Grafana
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1. Famous Scientists
Aristotle
His works include Physics, Metaphysics, Politics, Poetics, Nicomachean Ethics and
De Anima.
Leonardo da Vinci
He designed bridges, war machines, buildings, canals and forts.
Benjamin Franklin
He is arguably the most famous 18th century American after George Washington.
Jane Goodall
She is a world famous authority on chimpanzees.
Jonas Salk
He developed a vaccine for polio in 1952.
Alexander Graham Bell
He is the inventor of the telephone and the metal detector.
Famous African American Scientists
There are numerous African American scientists and inventors who have made
notable inventions and creations in different fields. However, here are only some of the
most popular ones whose contributions have changed the world.
Daniel Hale Williams (1856-1931)
Daniel Hale Williams was the first African American cardiologist who is also considered
as the innovator of the open heart surgery. Daniel Hale Williams opened the first non-
segregated hospital in America so that other Afro-American people wouldn't face
problems due to racism.
George Washington Carver (1864-1943)
George Washington Carver is one of the most popular African American scientists. He is
the pioneer of developing commercial uses of peanuts, soy and sweet potatoes; and
also finding different methods for improving the quality of soil. As his work was
dedicated to help others, none of the works of George Washington Carver were
patented.
Sarah Goode (1850-1905)
Among famous African American female scientists, Sarah Goode is the most popular
as she is the first African American woman to receive a patent in the US. Her invention
of the folding bed or the cabinet bed has been the most useful inventions which will be
2. applicable forever. Read more on famous African American women.
Inventors
Thomas Alva Edison: Born on the 11th of February, 1847, Thomas Edison is famous
for inventing the light bulb, which he did towards the latter part of 1879. In fact, the
version he created in 1880, had practically all the features of the modern light bulb,
including an incandescent filament in an evacuated and transparent glass bulb, along
with a base that could be screwed on to a holder. He is also credited for inventing the
phonograph and the fluoroscope, which is an X-ray machine that has a source of X-
ray along with a fluorescent screen that enables direct observation. He died on the
18th of October, 1931.
Alexander Graham Bell: He was born on the 3rd of March 1857, and died on the 2nd
of August 1922, and was one of the most eminent American inventors. It was in the
early part of the 1870s, while he was experimenting with the telegraph, that Alexander
Graham Bell realized that perhaps the human voice could be transmitted through a
wire with the help of electricity. In fact, he had made a transmission by the month of
March, in 1876, however the sound that was carried was very faint. He continued
working on it, and on the 26th of November he demonstrated that sound could be
transmitted clearly, in a critical test, between Cambridge and Salem, in Massachusetts.
The instrument functioned as a transmitter as well as a receiver.
The Wright Brothers: Orville Wright, who was born on the 19th of August 1871 and
died on the 30th of January, and Wilbur Wright, born on the 16th of April 1867 and died
on the 30th of May 1912, are credited with inventing the airplane as well as making the
first controlled and powered human flight, which they demonstrated on the 17th of
December 1903. Within two years of that first flight, they developed their flying aircraft
into a fixed wing airplane, the first of its kind.
Vladimir Kozmich Zworykin: Born on the 30th of July 1889, he was a Russian born
American inventor who pioneered television technology. He was the inventor of a
television system that transmitted and received signals using cathode ray tubes. He
was partly instrumental in the development of television from the early part of the
1930s, which included charge storage type of tubes, infrared image tubes, as well as
the electron microscope. Many biographers have named him the real inventor of
television, although others dispute it. He died on the 29th of July 1982.
Raymond Samuel Tomlinson: Born in 1941, and a graduate of MIT, along with being
one of the pioneering figures of the Internet, since he worked on ARPANET, which was
the precursor of the Internet, his greatest gift to society was an email system, which he
devised in 1971, thus fostering the global communication system of today.
3. Artists & Writers
William Shakespeare is regarded as the greatest writer and poet ever known in the
English language who authored world's greatest poems, drama and sonnets.
Andy Warhol :
Andy Warhol was one of the most important artists of pop art, which became
extremely popular in the second half of the twentieth century. Though he is best
remembered for his paintings of Campbell's soup cans, he also created hundreds
of other works.
Stephen Ambrose:
Popular historian Stephen Ambrose, most well-known for his numerous World War
II books, wrote over thirty books and made history a popular pastime.
J. K. Rowling:
J. K. Rowling is the author of the hugely popular Harry Potter books. How did she
come up with the complex story of the wizarding world? Where did the name
Potter come from? Who was Hermione Granger based upon? Learn more about
this famous author in this biography of her life.
Civil Rights Around the World
Gandhi:
Mohatma Gandhi is considered the father of the Indian independence movement.
Gandhi spent twenty years in South Africa working to fight discrimination. It was
there that he created his concept of satyagraha. While in India, Gandhi's obvious
virtue, simplistic lifestyle, and minimal dress endeared him to the people. He
spent his remaining years working diligently to both remove British rule from
India as well as to better the lives of India's poorest classes.
Iqbal Masih:
Iqbal Masih was a young Pakistani boy who was forced into bonded labor at age
four. After being freed at age ten, Iqbal became an activist against bonded child
labor. He became a martyr for his cause when he was murdered at age 12.
Mother Teresa:
Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Catholic order of nuns
dedicated to helping the poor. Begun in Calcutta, India, the Missionaries of
Charity grew to help the poor, the dying, orphans, lepers, and AIDS sufferers in
over a hundred countries. Mother Teresa's selfless effort to help those in need has
caused many to regard her as a model humanitarian. Learn more about this
amazing …
4. Air and Space Explorers
Howard Hughes:
Howard Hughes was a businessman, a movie producer, and an aviator; however,
he is perhaps best remembered for spending his later years as an eccentric,
reclusive billionaire.
Laika:
Aboard the Soviet's Sputnik 2, Laika, a dog, became the very first living creature
to enter orbit. However, since the Soviets did not create a re-entry plan, Laika
died in space. Laika's death sparked debates about animal rights around the
world.
Red Baron:
During World War I, there was one man, Baron Manfred von Richthofen, who liked
to fly in a blazing red airplane and shoot down plane after plane. His
achievements made him both a hero and a propaganda tool. With 80 credited
victories, Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the "Red Baron," defied the odds and
became a legend in the air.
Yuri Gagarin:
On board Vostok 1, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin made history on April 12,
1961 when he became both the first person in the world to enter space and the
first person to orbit the Earth.
Entertainers
Beatles:
The Beatles shaped not only music but also an entire generation. People
mimicked all that they did, including haircuts, clothing, and outlook. Learn more
about John, Paul, George, and Ringo and how they came to be The Beatles.
Joan Baez:
Joan Baez is a famous folksinger, best known for her life-long passion for
activism, performance at the 1969 Woodstock music festival, and several popular
songs in the 1970s.
Josephine Baker:
Josephine Baker became famous in France and Europe for her very sensual act
which often included her performing with barely any clothes. Baker also helped
the French underground during WWII and fought for integration in U.S.
5. Nightclubs.
World Leaders & Revolutionaries
Leon Trotsky:
Leon Trotsky was a Communist theorist, prolific writer, and a leader in the 1917
Russian Revolution. Exiled from the Soviet Union after losing a power struggle
over Lenin's successorship to Stalin, Trotsky was brutally assassinated in 1940.
Sir Winston Churchill:
A biography of Sir Winston Churchill, two-time Prime Minister of the United
Kingdom and the inspirational leader of his nation during World War II.
The U.S. Presidents
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945)
Harry S. Truman (1945-1953)
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961)
John F. Kennedy (1961-1963)
Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969)
Richard M. Nixon (1969-1974)
Gerald R. Ford (1974-1977)
Jimmy Carter (1977-1981)
Ronald Reagan (1981-1989)
George H. W. Bush (1989-1993)
Bill Clinton (1993-2001)
George W. Bush (2001-2009)
Barack Obama (2009-)