As originally aired on NPR ---National Public Radio--- this is a true story of Danny's and Annie's love for one another over these past 27-years. It can best be seen and heard in its entirety with animations by Tim Rauch by going to
http://vimeo.com/12562270
But if that is too much for your computer's internet speed, this works too.
As originally aired on NPR ---National Public Radio--- this is a true story of Danny's and Annie's love for one another over these past 27-years. It can best be seen and heard in its entirety with animations by Tim Rauch by going to
http://vimeo.com/12562270
But if that is too much for your computer's internet speed, this works too.
Winter Stom Warning on Sunday, March 1, 2009 came to southwest Virginia, and here is its effect at the end of Magnolia Lane. The temperature was 34 degrees at the time and so there was very little accumulation even after about 4-hours of fairly heavy snowfall.
Three letters written to home by me, H. Bruce Downey, on Uncle Tom and Aunt Mollie Brown Hounsley's farm outside Carlinville, IL in the mid-1940's to my mother, Blanche Smithson Downey.
George Carlin's remembrance of his wife--- with musicBruce
Subtitled: "Bloom and Grow". George Carlin died in June 2008 and his wife before that. As unlikely as it may seem, George Carlin--- a somewhat obnoxious, hard-line comedian if there ever was one--- is said to have written these words upon the passing of his wife prior to his own demise in 2008. This has been circulating the e-mail circuit of the Internet for sometime now and is not original with me. The background music is from "The Sound of Music"--- the haunting strains of "Edelweiss" are heard throughout this presentation.
Enjoy.
...Bruce***********
Beautiful art featuring kids having fun--- the old fashioned way--- and once upon a time. No electronics here--- just fun in the snow. Are we really any happier today with our 'Christmases Present?' I don't think so!
...Bruce**********
This guy found these 2 grizzly cubs with the dead mother in Alaska . One cub survived and he managed to raise it to maturity.
You can see how his family interacted with the bear as it matured. Look at the size he has grown to. The bear must feel he's another pet (notice the honored guest at Thanksgiving dinner) and the humans are his "family".
He's housebroken, very gentle and comes and goes as he desires. Can you imagine having something like this as a pet? You certainly wouldn't have to worry about someone breaking into your house if you happened to be gone for a few days would you?
...Bruce***********
An e-mail that I turned into a SlideShare Slidecast featuring children's notes to God with background pics by Cebarre and the music, "Amazing Grace". In a word, this is quite 'beautiful'. ...Bruce*******
"The History of the World" --- from a perspective not seen or heard before. Who's a conservative? --- Who's a liberal? That, and the importance of "beer, beer, beer"! --- All in the name of fun --- with the right music to move everything along at a lively pace --- this YouTube clip of mine. ...Bruce******
These 1950's:--- "This Land that Made Me, Me"Bruce
These 1950's:--- "This Land That Made Me, Me" --- The 1950's were a time which shaped much of who I am today --- for I graduated from High School in the 1950's --- I graduated from College in the 1950's --- I earned a master's degree in the 1950's --- and I got married and became a father in the 1950's.. This presentation recalls the themes, the photos, and the music of the 1950's. And so I think of these 1950's as "the land that made me, me."
Beautiful Places, Words, and Music:---"these three; but the greatest of these...Bruce
The pictures of these places are breathtaking, but they are not original with me. The words are 'words-to-live-by' --- but neither are they original with me. And the music is 'forever-and-ever' for each of us --- but that too is not original with me. A friend of mine sent me these places and these words--- but neither were they original with him. Putting these places and these words with this music --- well, that's what I did!
Music by the Celestial Life Orchestra. Words by Gabriel Garcia Marques, a writer from Columbia.
"From Russia With Love":--- A Memorial to 9-11-01Bruce
The world-wide struggle against terrorism began with the tragedy of 9-11-01 when al-Qaida, led by its leader, Osama bin Laden, hyjacked three domestic flights in the United States and crashed two of them into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in NY City and the other into the Pentagon in Washington, DC. This is a review of the responses made, beginning with the 'Teardrop Memorial' given by the people of Russia and so symbolic of the world-wide struggle with terrorism, and ending with what two Presidents of the United States have done about it.
"The Way We Were" was 'what we watched on TV'Bruce
"The way we were" was 'what we watched on TV'. This is a review of at least some of those TV shows we all watched from 1949 to 1978, with a moving tribute at the very end to honor those Hollywood men who served their country in the military during the WW II years...most all of whom are now gone.
Katie Malua sings her featured song from the 2006 motion picture, "Miss Potter" starring Renee Zellweger and Ewan McGregor:---
"When You Taught Me How to Dance"
The clips in this presentation are from "Final Fantasy X and X-2." The music here is featured in "Peter Pan" ---a live action movie --- and this scene is called 'Fairy Dance' --- written and composed by James Newton Howard. Just sit back, let your imagination run, and enjoy this beautiful classical piece...
Sudheer Mechineni, Head of Application Frameworks, Standard Chartered Bank
Discover how Standard Chartered Bank harnessed the power of Neo4j to transform complex data access challenges into a dynamic, scalable graph database solution. This keynote will cover their journey from initial adoption to deploying a fully automated, enterprise-grade causal cluster, highlighting key strategies for modelling organisational changes and ensuring robust disaster recovery. Learn how these innovations have not only enhanced Standard Chartered Bank’s data infrastructure but also positioned them as pioneers in the banking sector’s adoption of graph technology.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to ProductionAggregage
Join Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, in this new session where he'll share a practical framework to transform Gen AI prototypes into impactful products! He'll delve into the complexities of data collection and management, model selection and optimization, and ensuring security, scalability, and responsible use.
SAP Sapphire 2024 - ASUG301 building better apps with SAP Fiori.pdfPeter Spielvogel
Building better applications for business users with SAP Fiori.
• What is SAP Fiori and why it matters to you
• How a better user experience drives measurable business benefits
• How to get started with SAP Fiori today
• How SAP Fiori elements accelerates application development
• How SAP Build Code includes SAP Fiori tools and other generative artificial intelligence capabilities
• How SAP Fiori paves the way for using AI in SAP apps
GraphSummit Singapore | The Art of the Possible with Graph - Q2 2024Neo4j
Neha Bajwa, Vice President of Product Marketing, Neo4j
Join us as we explore breakthrough innovations enabled by interconnected data and AI. Discover firsthand how organizations use relationships in data to uncover contextual insights and solve our most pressing challenges – from optimizing supply chains, detecting fraud, and improving customer experiences to accelerating drug discoveries.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 5DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 5. In this session, we will cover CI/CD with devops.
Topics covered:
CI/CD with in UiPath
End-to-end overview of CI/CD pipeline with Azure devops
Speaker:
Lyndsey Byblow, Test Suite Sales Engineer @ UiPath, Inc.
Threats to mobile devices are more prevalent and increasing in scope and complexity. Users of mobile devices desire to take full advantage of the features
available on those devices, but many of the features provide convenience and capability but sacrifice security. This best practices guide outlines steps the users can take to better protect personal devices and information.
GridMate - End to end testing is a critical piece to ensure quality and avoid...ThomasParaiso2
End to end testing is a critical piece to ensure quality and avoid regressions. In this session, we share our journey building an E2E testing pipeline for GridMate components (LWC and Aura) using Cypress, JSForce, FakerJS…
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Communications Mining Series - Zero to Hero - Session 1DianaGray10
This session provides introduction to UiPath Communication Mining, importance and platform overview. You will acquire a good understand of the phases in Communication Mining as we go over the platform with you. Topics covered:
• Communication Mining Overview
• Why is it important?
• How can it help today’s business and the benefits
• Phases in Communication Mining
• Demo on Platform overview
• Q/A
Climate Impact of Software Testing at Nordic Testing DaysKari Kakkonen
My slides at Nordic Testing Days 6.6.2024
Climate impact / sustainability of software testing discussed on the talk. ICT and testing must carry their part of global responsibility to help with the climat warming. We can minimize the carbon footprint but we can also have a carbon handprint, a positive impact on the climate. Quality characteristics can be added with sustainability, and then measured continuously. Test environments can be used less, and in smaller scale and on demand. Test techniques can be used in optimizing or minimizing number of tests. Test automation can be used to speed up testing.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
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
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
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