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Speaker Johnson Is Just What The MAGA Movement Needs

By Michael McKenna A friend of mine recently asked me why, despite my generally contrarian nature, especially towards politicians, I respected House Speaker Mike Johnson. It is an immediately relevant question, given that the House Republicans are scheduled to vote this Wednesday for their leaders, including the speaker. As you may remember, the last time […]

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News24 | Mozambique protests: Border Management Authority temporarily suspends operations at Lebombo border

The Border Management Authority has confirmed that it has temporarily suspended operations at the Lebombo port of entry due to ongoing post-election unrest in Mozambique on Wednesday.




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News24 | 'We are going to smoke them out,' says Ntshavheni about trapped Stilfontein zama zamas

Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni had no sympathy for illegal miners trapped in a shaft in Stilfontein, saying it is not the government's job to retrieve the bodies of criminals, and law enforcement officers' lives should not be risked to help criminals.




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News24 | I have been stripped of my dignity, says disabled passenger after Uber driver cancels ride

Uber is enhancing its driver partner training programmes following claims from a 22-year-old Gauteng woman that one of its drivers discriminated against her because of her disability by cancelling the trip and charging her a cancellation fee.




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News24 | US Navy repels Houthi attacks on warships off Yemen coast

US warships came under sustained missile and drone attack from Houthi fighters as they sailed off the coast of Yemen, the Pentagon has confirmed.




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News24 | 'Lone wolf' suspected bomber dead after trying to enter Brazil Supreme Court ahead of G20

A man killed himself with a bomb outside Brazil's Supreme Court after trying to enter the building, officials said, stirring security concerns before the country hosts global leaders from the Group of 20 major economies.




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News24 | Two pupils stabbed in suspected gang-related attacks at Meriti Secondary School in Rustenburg

Two pupils were stabbed in suspected gang-related attacks at Meriti Secondary School in Rustenburg on Tuesday morning.




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News24 | Woman pleads for husband's rescue, but minister says government won't help trapped zama zamas

Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said illegal miners trapped underground are criminals, and the government won't send help.




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News24 | 'Indefensible': Judge slaps ANC mayor with costs after he suspends municipal head unlawfully

ANC Mayor Bongani Hadebe's attempts to suspend Dannhauser municipal manager Mandla Sithole without following due process, and in the middle of the municipality's regulatory audit, has backfired spectacularly.




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News24 | Sex toys, death threats and unpaid rent: Executive evicted, property seized in dispute with landlord

Sparks are flying at a Lowveld luxury estate as an American businessman and his landlord fire off at each other over an eviction and seizure of his assets when the businessman withheld his rent.




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News24 | Property laundromat: Prominent African families used SA properties to wash dirty money - report

An investigation by NPO Open Secrets has accused heavyweight South African estate agents and law firms of facilitating money laundering - allegedly helping African kleptocrats use dirty money to acquire luxury properties in the country.




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News24 | FESTIVE READING | Enchanting new kids' books for year-end: Perfect gifts to spark imagination

Children’s books are the ideal gift, and they also help foster a reading culture.




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Kamala Harris Upstages Israel President at White House with Bizarre Spectacle

Before Israeli President Isaac Herzog met with U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House, the ceremonial head of the Jewish state made it clear just how dire and grave […]

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Elizabeth Warren Insults All Service Members with Attack on Secretary of Defense Pick Pete Hegseth

What would an election cycle be without Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren making a fool of herself? After President-elect Donald Trump made headlines Tuesday for picking veteran and Fox News host […]

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Breaking: Matt Gaetz Tapped for Cabinet Position

President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz is his pick to become the next attorney general. “Matt is a deeply gifted and tenacious attorney, trained at the […]

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Sport | Ex-Wales flanker Popham hopes next World Rugby chairman heralds new dawn in concussion issue

Former Wales flanker Alix Popham has told AFP he hopes the new chairman of World Rugby will push for the changes required to prevent players from suffering the long-term effects of successive head injuries, as he has done.




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Sport | Fernandes hopes Amorim can 'change the energy' at Man United

Bruno Fernandes hopes new manager Ruben Amorim can "change the energy" at struggling Manchester United after the Portuguese coach checked in at the Premier League club.




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Sport | Alcaraz beats Rublev to open ATP Finals account, Ruud misses last four chance

Carlos Alcaraz opened his account at the ATP Finals on Wednesday with an entertaining 6-3, 7-6 (10/8) win over Andrey Rublev which boosted his hopes of reaching the semi-finals.




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Sport | All the Bomb Squad fuss: 'If anybody else had done it...' says Bok No 8 Jasper Wiese

The Springboks aren't too perturbed by all the commotion in the Northern Hemisphere about their fearsome Bomb Squad. Actually, they welcome it.




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Mayor Brandon Johnson abandoning $300 million property tax hike, says he proposed it to ‘get people’s attention’




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‘He will turn DOJ into a petting zoo for Trump’: Fmr. DOJ official sounds off on Gaetz nomination




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I’m a Self-Made Millionaire: Best $100 I’ve Ever Spent To Grow My Wealth




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Beirut bombing victims' $1.68 billion Iran judgment overturned by US appeals court




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Exclusive-Trump's team drawing up list of Pentagon officers to fire, sources say




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Rodent/roach activity: State inspectors temporarily closed two Bay County restaurants




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A Mysterious Extinct Species Seeded Their Genes in Modern Humans




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Southern California high school closed due to ‘unspecified threat’




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China's president will unveil a megaport in Peru, but locals say they're being left out




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U.S. confirms North Korean soldiers have begun combat operations against Ukraine

North Korean soldiers deployed to the Kursk region of Russia have begun combat operations against Ukrainian troops, the U.S. State Department confirmed Tuesday.




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Emu spotted three months after two giant birds escaped in S.C.

South Carolina residents reported sightings of an emu in Horry County, prompting the owner of the bird to share a pair of shocking revelations: there are actually two emus, and they've been on the loose since June.




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College Football Playoff: Texas, Penn State join Top 4; Georgia, Miami plummet in rankings

Oregon, Ohio State, Texas and Penn State are the Top 4 teams in the latest edition of the College Football Playoff rankings, the selection committee announced. Week 11 losers Georgia and Miami plummeted in the rankings.




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Lead High Performance Computing Architect

Roles & Responsibilities: The Scientific Computing and Data group at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai partners with scientists to accelerate scientific discovery. To achieve these aims, we support a cutting-edge high-performance computing and data ecosystem along with MD/PhD-level support for researchers. The group is composed of a high-performance computing team, the research clinical data warehouse team and a research data services team. The Lead HPC Architect, High Performance Computational and Data Ecosystem, is responsible for architecting, designing, and leading the technical operations for Scientific Computing’s computational and data science ecosystem. This ecosystem includes high-performance computing (HPC) systems, clinical research databases, and a software development infrastructure for local and national projects. To meet Sinai’s scientific and clinical goals, the Lead brings a strategic, tactical and customer-focused vision to evolve Sinai’s computational and data-rich environment to be continually more resilient, scalable and productive for basic and translational biomedical research. The development and execution of the vision includes a deep technical understanding of the best practices for computational, data and software development systems along with a strong focus on customer service for researchers. The Lead is an expert troubleshooter and productive team member. The incumbent is a productive partner for researchers and technologists throughout the organization and beyond. This position reports to the Director for Computational & Data Ecosystem in Scientific Computing. Responsibilities 1.Lead the technical operations including the architect, design, expansion, monitoring, support, and maintenance for Scientific Computing’s computational and data science ecosystem consistent with best practices. Key components include a 50,000+ core and 30+ petabyte usable high-performance computing cluster, clinical data warehouse and software development environment. 2.Lead the troubleshooting, isolation and resolution of all technical issues 3.Lead the design, development, implementation and management of all system administration tasks, including hardware and software configuration, configuration management, system monitoring (including the development and maintenance of regression tests), usage reporting, system performance (file systems, scheduler, interconnect, high availability, etc.), security, networking and metrics, etc. 4.Ensures that the design and operation of the HPC ecosystem is productive for research. 5.Collaborates effectively with research and hospital system IT, compliance, HIPAA, security and other departments to ensure compliance with all regulations and Sinai policies. 6.Partners with other peers regionally, nationally and internationally to discover, propose and deploy a world-class research infrastructure for Mount Sinai. 7.Prepares and manages budgets for hardware, software and maintenance. Participates in chargeback/fee recovery analysis and provides suggestions to make operations sustainable. 8.Lead the integration of HPC resources with laboratory equipment such as genomic sequencers, etc. 9.Researches, deploys and optimizes resource management and scheduling software and policies and actively monitoring. 10.Designs, tunes, manages and upgrades parallel file systems, storage and data-oriented resources. Researches, deploys and manages security infrastructure, including development of policies and procedures. 11.Lead and assist the team to resolve user support requests from researchers. 12.Assists in developing and writing system design for research proposals. 13.Lead the development of a framework for effective system documentation. 14.Works effectively and productively with other team members within the group and across Mount Sinai. 15.Provide after-hours support in case of a critical system issue.




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Florida museum attempting paper rocket world record

A Florida museum is seeking to gather science enthusiasts of all ages to set the Guinness World Record for the most people flying paper rockets simultaneously.




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Penguin Solutions End-to-End AI Infrastructure Solutions on Display at SC24

FREMONT, Calif., Nov. 13, 2024 — Penguin Solutions, Inc. today announced its participation at Supercomputing 24 (SC24), which will include product demonstrations, speaking engagements, and presence on the show floor. […]

The post Penguin Solutions End-to-End AI Infrastructure Solutions on Display at SC24 appeared first on HPCwire.




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NEC Secures Order for Advanced Supercomputer to Drive Fusion Science Research at Japan’s National Institutes

TOKYO, Nov. 13, 2024 — NEC Corporation has received an order for a next-generation supercomputer system from Japan’s National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST), under the National Research […]

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Argonne Researchers to Highlight Breakthroughs in Supercomputing and AI at SC24

Nov. 13, 2024 — Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory will highlight their work in using powerful supercomputers to tackle challenges in science and technology at SC24, […]

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NVIDIA: Blackwell Delivers Next-Level MLPerf Training Performance

Nov. 13, 2024 — Generative AI applications that use text, computer code, protein chains, summaries, video and even 3D graphics require data-center-scale accelerated computing to efficiently train the large language models […]

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GIGABYTE’s R183-Z93 Achieves Leading Scores in Latest SPEC CPU Benchmarks

Nov. 13, 2024 — Giga Computing, a subsidiary of GIGABYTE and a leader in generative AI servers and advanced cooling technologies, today announced that the innovative GIGABYTE R183-Z93 server has […]

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HPE Expands Direct Liquid-Cooled Solutions and Unveils Full HPC Portfolio for Scientific and AI Model Training

HOUSTON, Nov. 13, 2024 — Today, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) announced its new high performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure portfolio that includes leadership-class HPE Cray Supercomputing EX […]

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NVIDIA Supports SoftBank in Building AI Supercomputer, Unveils AI-Driven Telecom Network

TOKYO, Nov. 13, 2024 — NVIDIA has announced a series of collaborations with SoftBank Corp. designed to accelerate Japan’s sovereign AI initiatives and further its global technology leadership while also unlocking […]

The post NVIDIA Supports SoftBank in Building AI Supercomputer, Unveils AI-Driven Telecom Network appeared first on HPCwire.






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Competition heats up for potential sale of 7-Eleven chain

Canada-based Alimentation Couche-Tard isn't the only retail giant proposing to buy the 7-Eleven stores from its Japanese owner.




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Amazon Haul to compete with Chinese retailers on ultra-low price products

Amazon Haul was unveiled Wednesday in beta form, designed to compete with Chinese retailers Temu and Shein on sales of ultra-low price products.




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John Krasinski is People's Sexiest Man Alive

John Krasinski is officially the sexiest man alive. The star, well known for his roles in "The Office" and "A Quiet Place," won People's coveted 2024 honor, which Stephen Colbert announced on his "Late Show."




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Special counsel Jack Smith to wrap up Trump criminal cases, resign before Inauguration Day

Special Counsel Jack Smith will wrap up the two criminal cases against Donald Trump and will resign with his team before Trump's Inauguration Day in January.




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October CPI inflation up 0.2% to a 2.6% annual rate, meeting expectations

Consumer Price Index inflation increased 0.2% in October for an un-adjusted annual rate of 2.6%, meeting expectations, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.




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Competition heats up for potential sale of 7-Eleven chain

Canada-based Alimentation Couche-Tard isn't the only retail giant proposing to buy the 7-Eleven stores from its Japanese owner.




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Amazon Haul to compete with Temu, Shein on ultra-low price products

Amazon Haul was unveiled Wednesday in beta form, designed to compete with Chinese retailers Temu and Shein on sales of ultra-low price products.