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To lower prices, we need better answers on railroad merger
The Union Pacific railroad logo appears on a locomotive in April 2022 in the Jackson, Mississippi, terminal rail yard. Associated Press President Donald Trump recently praised one of the country’s largest retailers for lowering prices on essentials and encouraged other retailers to do the same. Every American family benefits when businesses compete to keep costs down.
Memories of Crookhall Colliery – By John Willis.
The darkness down a coal mine is total. Without any form of lighting I could hold up my hand a few centimetres from my face and I would be unable to see it. In my early days working at the colliery before the onset of electric cap lamps and hard headwear, we used to have to provide our own lighting. This was in the form of a carbide lamp. These lamps were constructed in two parts, an upper chamber and a lower chamber.
Gene expression variation across genetically identical individuals predicts reproductive traits
eLife Assessment This important study addresses the role of non-genetic factors in individual differences in phenotype. Using C. elegans, the study finds that non-genetic differences in gene expression, partly influenced by the environment, correlate with individual differences in two reproductive traits. This supports the use of gene expression data as a key intermediate for understanding complex traits. The clever study design makes for compelling evidence.
Water Strategies For Climate Adaption
Arnt Baer, Head of Politics and Associations, Gelsenwasser Arnt Baer, Head of Politics and Associations, Gelsenwasser Climate change reached the water economy To supply the citizenry with immaculate drinking water at any place and all times is considered the core of the local public utility services. In fact it is therefore a task for society as a whole. Man-made climate change affects the entire German water economy, including GELSENWASSER AG, with concrete challenges.
Existing Subsurface Utilities In 3d
Joseph Romano, Principal, Surveying and Mapping, Langan Engineering Joseph Romano, Principal, Surveying and Mapping, Langan Engineering From a surveyor’s point of view, utility information is critical for many types of surveys that we prepare, from design level base mapping to as-builts, to boundaries to ALTA surveys, and much more. The need to provide accurate and complete subsurface utility information is vital to designers, landowners, and others.
Gene expression variation across genetically identical individuals predicts reproductive traits
Abstract In recent decades, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have been the major approach to understand the biological basis of individual differences in traits and diseases. However, GWAS approaches have limited predictive power to explain individual differences, particularly for complex traits and diseases in which environmental factors play a substantial role in their etiology.
Dr. John Thabiti Willis announced as inaugural Kesho Scott Endowed Chair in African Diaspora Studies
Following a process that began in the spring of 2023 of introducing an African diaspora studies department, Dr. John Thabiti Willis has been named the inaugural Kesho Scott Endowed Chair in African Diaspora Studies (ADS). He will officially start on August 1, 2024.
Cobalt R8 Surf 2024 review
Australians have always enjoyed a love of surfing and boating. In fact, way back in the 1960s, Australian surfing legend Midget Farrelly won the inaugural World Surfing Championship at Bondi Beach heralding a new breed of professionalism and aquatic lifestyle. Of course, surfing was an ancient ‘sport of kings’ in Hawaii which developed in the American mainland after the islands joined the union in 1959, becoming the 50th state.
Cobalt A29 2024 review
There’s a ‘feel’ to American sports boats which is a cut above the competition. I guess it's little wonder when you consider the size of the population and the vast waterways the country offers to both fresh and saltwater enthusiasts. Cobalt Boats has been manufacturing high quality sports boats since 1968, retaining a distinctive DNA that defines versatility, quality and performance. The Cobalt A29 is a big bowrider with exceptional capabilities.
Transcriptomic sexual conflict at two evolutionary timescales revealed by experimental evolution in Caenorhabditis elegans
Abstract Sex-specific regulation of gene expression is the most plausible way for generating sexually differentiated phenotypes from an essentially shared genome. However, since genetic material is shared, sex-specific selection in one sex can have an indirect response in the other sex. From a gene expression perspective, this tethered response can move one sex away from their wildtype expression state and impact potentially many gene regulatory networks.
Pervasive conservation of intron number and other genetic elements revealed by a chromosome-level genomic assembly of the hyper-polymorphic nematode Caenorhabditis brenneri
Abstract With within-species genetic diversity estimates that span the gambit of that seen across the entirety of animals, the Caenorhabditis genus of nematodes holds unique potential to provide insights into how population size and reproductive strategies influence gene and genome organization and evolution. Our study focuses on Caenorhabditis brenneri, currently known as one of the most genetically diverse nematodes within its genus and metazoan phyla.
Climate Adaptation Summit
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Climate Solutions Summit
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Climate and Nature Finance: Time for Action
Biodiversity, Food Systems, Thought Leadership, Policy, Transparency & Traceability, Multi-Asset By Richard Folland & John Willis 2024 is meant to be the year for international climate finance. It was widely acknowledged that COP28 in Dubai and the Global Stocktake did nowhere near enough on finance – and in particular on the needs of emerging and developing economies (EMDE) – to manage the challenges of climate change mitigation and adaptation, and of the energy transition.
Existing Subsurface Utilities In 3d
Joseph Romano, Principal, Surveying and Mapping, Langan Engineering Joseph Romano, Principal, Surveying and Mapping, Langan Engineering From a surveyor’s point of view, utility information is critical for many types of surveys that we prepare, from design level base mapping to as-builts, to boundaries to ALTA surveys, and much more. The need to provide accurate and complete subsurface utility information is vital to designers, landowners, and others.
Ice boating on Block Island
From time to time there have been writings or stories about ice boating out here on the island. In fact, there is a legacy and tradition of this very thing going back over a 100 years and maybe more. Pictures abound on Facebook and the internet of ice sailors braving the elements whenever the weather is cooperating. The island ponds need a real cold winter for this activity to take place, which only happens with many years in between.
Tropical cyclone winds and precipitation stimulate cone production in the masting species longleaf pine (Pinus palustris)
Data availability All data used in this study were compiled from publicly available sources, including data on cone counts (Brockway, 2018; Willis & Brockway, 2022), satellite imagery (USGS, 2022), weather data (PRISM Climate Group, 2004), and hurricane data (Landsea & Franklin, 2013; Cannon, 2022). Weather and satellite imagery analyses were performed using custom scripts in Google Earth Engine available from Cannon et al. (2023).
They Made It to the Top 0.2%-in Age. Here’s What Helped Them Get There.
By Gretchen Tarrant Nov. 17, 2023 Good genes may be a big piece of the longevity puzzle, but there are some strategies that seem to help people maintain vitality later in life. Wall Street Journal readers shared their own and loved ones’ stories about reaching and surpassing the age of 95, which would put them in just 0.2% of today’s population, according to the Census Bureau. Below, their advice on living long and well.
Widespread changes in gene expression accompany body size evolution in nematodes
Abstract Body size is a fundamental trait that drives multiple evolutionary and ecological patterns. Caenorhabditis inopinata is a fig-associated nematode that is exceptionally large relative to other members of the genus, including C. elegans. We previously showed that C. inopinata is large primarily due to postembryonic cell size expansion that occurs during the larval-to-adult transition. Here, we describe gene expression patterns in C. elegans and C.
Existing Subsurface Utilities In 3d
Joseph Romano, Principal, Surveying and Mapping, Langan Engineering Joseph Romano, Principal, Surveying and Mapping, Langan Engineering From a surveyor’s point of view, utility information is critical for many types of surveys that we prepare, from design level base mapping to as-builts, to boundaries to ALTA surveys, and much more. The need to provide accurate and complete subsurface utility information is vital to designers, landowners, and others.
Epigenetic context predicts gene expression variation and reproductive traits across genetically identical individuals
Abstract In recent decades, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have been the major approach to understand the biological basis of individual differences in traits and diseases. However, GWAS approaches have proven to have limited predictive power to explain individual differences, particularly for complex traits and diseases in which environmental factors play a substantial role in their etiology.
Post-insemination sexual selection in males indirectly masculinizes the female transcriptome
Abstract Sex-specific regulation of gene expression is the most plausible way for generating sexually differentiated phenotypes from an essentially shared genome. However, since genetic material is shared, sex-specific selection in one sex can have an indirect response in the other sex. From a gene expression perspective, this tethered response can move one sex away from their wildtype expression state and impact potentially many gene regulatory networks.
Are nest boxes for Swifts a good idea?
Swifts have experienced dramatic declines – in Britain numbers have fallen by 60% between 1994 and 2019 – and the loss of nest sites in our urban areas is a significant factor. The installation of nest boxes is an effective yet simple way to mitigate these losses, and Dick Newell and John Willis describe the different types of nest boxes available and how these can be used to improve the fortunes of the Swift in Britain.
Travels across the Roof of the World
Overview - • This book is undoubtedly among the most beautiful and comprehensive photographic renderings of the Himalaya region • It combines artistry with travel and a true sense of place • It reveals how Tibetan Buddhism is an unforgettable foundation for land and life in the world's highest reaches Travels across the Roof of the World provides a sweeping yet intimate view of the breathtaking peaks, splendid valleys, and extraordinary people of this vast region, from the Pamir Mountains in...
Four Ways to Support Learning Coaches More Effectively — the Learning Counsel
As we approach the three-year mark since schools in North America closed their doors to slow the spread of COVID-19, a lot of attention is being given (and rightfully so) to supporting the mental health not only of students, but also of teachers and principals. Educators and administrators have been under a great deal of stress since the pandemic began, and this stress has taken a significant toll on their wellbeing.
The Derwent Valley Partnership (DVP) is Looking for Members of the Public to Join its Board.
New CDP Derwent Valley AAP logo The DVP Board is made up of 21 members which includes 7 public representatives, 7 elected representatives and 7 partner representatives and is responsible for making decisions relating to the Partnership and for allocating the Area Action Partnership Budget. Anyone aged 16+ who lives, works, studies or volunteers in our area can apply.
Start your transformation with a security mindset
Shifts in the banking industry landscape, occurring at an ever-increasing pace, have highlighted the need for resiliency and automation in digital transformation, especially in challenging times when business continuity is paramount. Successful digital transformation takes a village—from the IT partners and internal staff who help implement the tools to executives communicating the efforts to the team members interfacing with the new technology each day.
The DevOps Handbook, Second Edition
settings About The DevOps Handbook, Second Edition settings This award-winning and bestselling business handbook for digital transformation is now fully updated and expanded with the latest research and new case studies! Over the last five years, The DevOps Handbook has been the definitive guide for taking the successes laid out in the bestselling The Phoenix Project and applying them in any organization.
The DevOps Handbook
Increase profitability, elevate work culture, and exceed productivity goals through DevOps practices. More than ever, the effective management of technology is critical for business competitiveness. For decades, technology leaders have struggled to balance agility, reliability, and security. The consequences of failure have never been greater - whether it's the healthcare.gov debacle, cardholder data breaches, or missing the boat with Big Data in the cloud.
Profound
Ramblings about W. Edwards Deming in the digital transformation era. The general idea of the podcast is derived from Dr. Demming's seminal work described in his New Economics book - System of Profound Knowledge ( SoPK ). We'll try and get a mix of interviews from IT, Healthcare, and Manufacturing with the goal of aligning these ideas with Digital Transformation possibilities. Everything related to Dr. Deming's ideas is on the table (e.g., Goldratt, C.I. Lewis, Ohno, Shingo, Lean, Agile, and DevOps).
The DevOps Handbook — Book Review and Top Ideas — Brian’s Notes
Quality engineering is about creating and tightening feedbackloops As an engineering manager or leader, your job is to improve feedback loops and primarily through speed: Faster feedback from code reviews Faster feedback from automated test suites Faster feedback from monitoring Faster feedback from customers and users Engineers instinctively know that faster feedback is better. Waiting 2 minutes for a test suite is much better than 30 minutes.
Treat the cause, not the symptom
As Colorado considers improvements to its oil and gas regulations, some will undoubtedly point to its idle well program as a beacon of success. That program currently requires the “riskiest” wells —those that are no longer producing oil and gas — to be individually bonded at $10,000 per well instead of being included in blanket bonds that cover an unlimited number of wells for only $100,000. Unfortunately, idle well bonds treat the symptom, not the cause.
Qualitative Analysis for Digital Transformation
Transcript Willis: My name is John Willis, also known by Botchagalupe. You can find me at jwillis@redhat.com these days. This presentation is called Qualitative Data Analysis for Digital Transformation. I joined Red Hat last October, effectively a year here in a couple of weeks. The gentleman to the far left there is Andrew Clay Shafer. Him and myself, were probably five pioneers that were originally involved in the whole DevOps conversation.
The DevOps Handbook: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations (English Edition) eBook: Kim, Gene, Humble, Jez, Debois, Patrick, Willis, John, Allspaw, John: Amazon.es: Tienda Kindle
Gene Kim is a multiple award-winning CTO, researcher, and author. He was founder and CTO of Tripwire for 13 years. He has written four books, including The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win. He is passionate about IT operations, security and compliance, and how IT organizations successfully transform from "good to great." He lives in Portland, Oregon.
Chromosome-Level Assembly of the Caenorhabditis remanei Genome Reveals Conserved Patterns of Nematode Genome Organization
Genetics April 1, 2020 vol. 214 no. 4 769-780; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.119.303018 Open Access Abstract The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is one of the key model systems in biology, including possessing the first fully assembled animal genome. Whereas C. elegans is a self-reproducing hermaphrodite with fairly limited within-population variation, its relative C.
Is the Cronovirus (COVID-19) a Black Swan?
I heard Nassim Taleb (author of Black Swan and Antifragile) talk about the COVID-19 pandemic the other day on the news. I have a little bit of history with Taleb in that we got into a Twitter fight a few years ago where he called me an idiot (I was honored). Most of the people I know who have interacted with him know he is thin-skinned or some people have called him a lot worse. You’ll have to search for my Twitter fight to get my opinion.
Security and Compliance Theater - The Seventh Deadly Disease
[Note: please be advised that this transcript contains strong language] Transcript Willis: I'm John Willis, I work a Red Hat. I'm jwillis@redhat too. I've done a bunch of stuff. If you're really interested, I've been involved with every one of those companies, and that's only the last third of career. I'm old too so I've been doing this for a long time. Ubuntu; I was early at Chef. I sold a company to Dell, sold a company to Docker. One of the founding members of DevOps, itself. DevOpsDays, DevSecOps.
Patterns of Hybrid Seed Inviability in the Mimulus guttatus sp. Complex Reveal a Potential Role of Parental Conflict in Reproductive Isolation
Highlights • Mimulus decorus is a cryptic species complex within the M. guttatus species complex • M. decorus is reproductively isolated from M. guttatus by hybrid seed inviability • Patterns of hybrid seed inviability conform to the predictions of parental conflict • Differences in conflict between species scale with genome-wide diversity Summary Genomic conflicts may play a central role in the evolution of reproductive barriers.
John Willis on DevOps Evolution, Leadership and Burnout
InfoQ Homepage Podcasts John Willis on DevOps Evolution, Leadership and Burnout In this podcast Manuel Pais, InfoQ Lead Editor for DevOps, talks to John Willis, Director of Ecosystem Development for Docker and co-author of the "DevOps Handbook", on DevOps evolution, leadership and burnout. Key Takeaways DevOps got watered down along the way, but its principles and practices will stay.
DevOps Enterprise Review #8
Gene’s links, DevOps resources, industry musings, & more Hello, DevOps Enterprise Summit (DOES) Community! In the eighth edition of the DevOps Enterprise Review, we continue to try and elevate the state of technology work and quantify the economic and human costs associated with sub-optimal IT performance. Why? In order to help improve the lives of the millions of IT professionals around the world.
2/14 WWE NXT IN BARTOW, FLORIDA RESULTS
2/14 WWE NXT IN BARTOW, FLORIDA RESULTS By John Willis on 2019-02-15 08:54:00 *Denzel Dejournette & MJ Jenkins defeated Luke Menzies & Deonna Purrazzo. *Kassius Ohno defeated Eric Bugenhagen. *Babatunde & Lacey Lane defeated Vanessa Borne & Kona Reeves. *Aliyah & Riddick Moss defeated Xia Li & Big Boa. *Jeet Rama & Kavita Davari defeated Raul Mendoza & Reina Gonzalez. *Rhea Ripley defeated Mia Yim. *The Street Profits & Bianca Belair defeatedThe Undisputed Era & Marina Shafir.
Rhinomax Scorpion Review
By: John Willis, Photography by: Alison Kuiter Date: 06.02.2019 Decked out for long trips and offroading, the Scorpion is a dependable battler that stays by your side no matter what. The rhinoceros family is one of the largest remaining megafauna from our planet’s evolutionary history. Although scorpions are not quite megafauna (thankfully), they too have a lengthy past, dating back 430 million years.
CARAVAN REVIEW: MARVEL SEA BREEZE
Not too big, not too small, not too street, not too dirt — Marvel's Sea Breeze manages to be all things to all people Spiderman, Wolverine, Thor, Iron Man, Hulk and the Sea Breeze; they are all Marvel creations, but only one will be your true friend on the road — or off it for that matter. The Marvel Sea Breeze Sport 18 is a strong, offroad caravan that will stay true in your quest for the perfect campsite.
30 Items From Our Inventory: Canon, Civil, Common & Roman Law
Albany Law School Confronts a Hostile Takeover Albany Law School. Statement of Fact. Albany, NY, December 23, 1876. 8" x 10" broadside. Seven paragraphs of text. Signed in type by Isaac Edwards. Toning, several fold lines, light wear and a few minor tears to edges, annotations in light pencil to... More
Port Lincoln, SA
Feast on freshly caught seafood from the boat and camp along the coastal hamlet of Port Lincoln, SA. If I ever disappear off the face of the earth don’t look for me at Port Lincoln – you just may find me. This seems to be a common theme among the so-called locals.
DevOps Reading List: Top 30 Best DevOps Books You Should Read in 2018
As we discussed, DevOps has become a business buzzword in recent years. However, it is still something new. There are many excellent resources on DevOps that can help to clear some of the doubts you may have about the movement and its ideals. I spoke with our team of software architects, software developers, and DevOps experts and we came up with the DevOps reading list. We believe that these books should be read by people, who are interested in doing DevOps right.
DevSecOps - It's Just a Name. Get Over it.
For years I resisted the numerous attempts to change or modify the name “DevOps”. Different groups, mostly analysts, would make attempts to call it things like DevMarOps, DevNetBusOps, DevNetOpsSecBus and numerous other variations that would take many characters to express in this post. In fact, my personal favorite was the ill-fated “NoOps”. At the time my general pushback was always to simply say - “It’s just a name. Get over it”.
Beyond the Phoenix Project (audiobook)
Gene went into the studio with John Willis to create an oral history of the DevOps movement, as well as discuss the pivotal figures and philosophies that DevOps draws upon, from Goldratt to Deming; from Lean to Safety Culture to Learning Organizations. The nine-part series is a great way for listeners to take an even deeper dive into topics relevant to DevOps and leading technology organizations.
John Willis on DevOps Evolution, Leadership and Burnout
In this podcast Manuel Pais, InfoQ Lead Editor for DevOps, talks to John Willis, Director of Ecosystem Development for Docker and co-author of the "DevOps Handbook", on DevOps evolution, leadership and burnout. How DevOps Started and Its Evolution QCon is a practitioner-driven conference designed for technical team leads, architects, and project managers who influence software innovation in their teams.
DevOps Fundamentals, Part 6: Automated Testing
This is the final installment of our series covering the DevOps Fundamentals: Implementing Continuous Delivery (LFS261) training course from The Linux Foundation. So far, we have looked at: This time we’ll cover automated testing. There are nine principles; these are based on work by Elisabeth Hendrickson, Pivotal's Vice President of Data R&D, who did a brilliant presentation on Agile testing overview.
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