Ben Rubin (16771182724)
Ben Rubin or Benjamin Rubin may refer to: * Ben Rubin (legislator) (1886–1942), Wisconsin Socialist and Progressive state legislator from Milwaukee * Ben Rubin (Magic: The Gathering player), American ''Magic: The Gathering'' player * Ben Rubin (Entrepreneur) (1988—), Co-founder of Meerkat *Benjamin Rubin (1917–2010), microbiologist and inventor of the bifurcated vaccination needle for smallpox *Ben Rubin (artist) Ben Rubin (born 1964) is a media artist and designer based in New York City. He is best known for his data-driven media installations and public artworks, including '' Listening Post'' and ''Moveable Type'', both created in collaboration with stat ...

Ben Rubin (legislator)
Ben Rubin (December 20, 1886 – February 24, 1942) was a cigar maker, zookeeper, union activist and member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Milwaukee who served four terms. He was elected in 1930 and served one term as a Socialist. He was later elected as a Progressive on a fusion ticket, serving for six years (1937–1942). Rubin's district had the largest concentration of African-Americans in Wisconsin, and he was the author of a number of civil rights bills on topics such as insurance, employment by regulated utilities, and public accommodations. Background Rubin was born December 20, 1886, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He attended public school to the age of ten, when he became an apprentice in a cigar factory. He worked as cigar maker up to 1919, and during these years was a member of and served offices in the Cigar Makers' Union. In 1919, he went to work as a zookeeper in the Washington Park Zoological Garden. When first elected to the Assembly in 1930 he ha ...
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''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pr ...
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Ben Rubin (Entrepreneur)
Meerkat was a mobile app that enabled users to broadcast live video streaming through their mobile device. Once signed up, Meerkat users had the option of connecting their Facebook and Twitter accounts, to stream directly to their followers as soon as they went live. The app was available for both iOS and Android. The app was released in February 2015, and quickly found popularity after its debut on the website Product Hunt, as well as widespread use during the South by Southwest Interactive Festival, both in March 2015. On October 4, 2016, Meerkat was shut down. It has been replaced by Houseparty. Development Meerkat was developed by Life On Air, Inc., a team headed by founder and CEO Ben Rubin. The back-end powering the app was developed over the course of two years for a previous video product of theirs. The company raised $12 million in venture capital funding from Greylock Partners in March 2015. On October 4, 2016, The app was withdrawn from the App Store and Pl ...
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Benjamin Rubin
Benjamin Rubin (September 27, 1917 in New York, New York – March 8, 2010) was an American microbiologist, known as the inventor of the bifurcated vaccination needle, which played an important role in the eradication of smallpox. Rubin invented this device by taking the eyelet of a sewing machine needle and grinding it down. In 1992, Rubin was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame The National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF) is an American not-for-profit organization, founded in 1973, which recognizes individual engineers and inventors who hold a U.S. patent of significant technology. Besides the Hall of Fame, it also oper .... References 1917 births 2010 deaths American microbiologists Jewish American scientists Vaccinologists 21st-century American Jews {{US-biologist-stub ...
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