International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi is set to visit Tehran for crucial talks on Iran's nuclear programme, warning just ahead of his trip that room for manoeuvre is narrowing.

COP29 negotiators welcomed a pledge by major development banks to lift funding to poor and middle-income countries struggling with global warming as an early boost to the two-week summit.

Israel suffered one of the deadliest days of its ground offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon when six of its soldiers were killed in combat near the border.

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.

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

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.

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.

Government's renewable energy programme has brought billions in investment, decreased load shedding, and empowered black South Africans.

Building a strong, compassionate relationship with your doctor can significantly improve your healthcare outcomes.

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

The following article, FBI Pushed To Spill Details On Bureau’s Monitoring And Censoring Of Americans, was first published on Conservative Firing Line.

Congressional committees already have determined that the FBI “improperly interfered in presidential elections in coordination with social media companies,” and now U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, chief of the Judiciary Committee, wants to know what the bureau still is doing to monitor Americans’ social media posts in order to “censor lawful speech.” Jordan has dispatched a …

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The following article, House, Senate Leadership Fights Dominate The Week After GOP Secures Trifecta, was first published on Conservative Firing Line.

This week the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives are scheduled to choose their leadership after Republicans won majorities in the Senate and House in the 2024 elections and President-elect Donald Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris for the White House, securing the trifecta for the GOP for the first time since 2016. The Senate …

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The following article, Planned Parenthood Sounds Alarm As Liberals Weaponize Abstinence (Video), was first published on Conservative Firing Line.

Without a consequence-free hook-up culture, Planned Parenthood’s business model collapses. The left’s response to Trump’s election is an existential threat… to itself! If you ever wondered why Democrats are all-in with abortion, Planned Parenthood is a massive cash source for Democrat candidates. As just one example, WaPo wrote a 2017 story about Ralph Northam (the one whose …

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As Republican senators prepare to select a new leader, Republican Seb. Rick Scott of Florida has picked up public support prior to Wednesday’s secret vote. Republican Sens. John  Cornyn of […]

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Two people were killed Tuesday when a massive explosion took place in a food dye factory in Louisville, Kentucky. Twelve people were injured in the explosion, according to WLKY. Two […]

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A new report said that a draft order creating a mechanism for reviewing America’s top military leaders is being considered by President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team. The Wall Street Journal […]

The post Trump Team Prepping 'Warrior Board' Executive Order in Bid to Purge Military of Wokeness: Report appeared first on The Western Journal.

Senate Republicans on Wednesday elected Sen. John Thune of South Dakota as their new leader. Thune was elected in a second-ballot contest, defeating Sen. John Cornyn of Texas 29 votes […]

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The incoming Trump administration is reportedly planning to add more pro-MAGA outlets into the small White House press briefing room, which may mean some traditional establishment outlets getting the bump […]

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President-elect Donald Trump’s landslide victory in the 2024 election has given his MAGA supporters eight straight days of euphoria. In a secret-ballot vote conducted Wednesday, however, Republicans in the U.S. […]

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President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is his pick for Director of National Intelligence. “For over two decades, Tulsi has fought for our Country and […]

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A CNN anchor sounded surprised by the level of interest President Joe Biden’s staff members showed regarding President-elect Donald Trump’s arrival at the White House Wednesday. As “Newsroom” host Pamela […]

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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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Illegal immigrants facing deportation in the Trump administration may not have to travel far from the sanctuary cities that have protected them. A report from NBC, based on sources it […]

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Veteran Irish prop Cian Healy is set to equal Brian O'Driscoll's record of 133 Irish caps after being named on the bench for Friday's one-off rugby union Test with Argentina.

As Rory McIlroy's nearest challenger for the season-long Race to Dubai title, South African golfer Thriston Lawrence is looking to make history at Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai this week.

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.

Marco Jansen's late pyrotechnics were not enough to save South Africa as they slid to a 11-run defeat against India in the third T20 at SuperSport Park on Wednesday.

More than 800 million adults around the world now have type 1 or type 2 diabetes, a global analysis has estimated—more than four times the number in 1990.Almost six in 10 adults aged over 30 with diabetes, equal to around 445 million people, did not receive treatment in 2022, three and a half times as many as in 1990, research in the Lancet found.1 The study found that while treatment rates had improved in many high income and industrialised nations and some emerging economies, treatment had stagnated at low levels in many low income countries where diabetes has drastically increased.Majid Ezzati, senior author and a professor of global environmental health at Imperial College London, said that the results highlighted “widening global inequalities” in diabetes treatment. “This is especially concerning as people with diabetes tend to be younger in low income countries and, in the absence of effective treatment, are at...

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

CIA official Asif W. Rahman was arrested by the FBI Tuesday in Cambodia on two counts of violating the Espionage Act in classified documents leaks about Israeli military plans. He will appear Thursday in a Guam court.

Erik Spoelstra, who is widely known as one of the NBA's top coaches, shouldered blame for a brutal timeout infraction, calling it a "serious mental error" in the final seconds of a Miami Heat loss to the Detroit Pistons.

The Atlanta Dream hired Florida Gulf Coast University women's basketball coach Karl Smesko as its next head coach, the WNBA franchise announced Wednesday.

The University of Texas at Dallas seeks qualified candidates for two full-time HPC Research Scientist positions. Learn more at https://hpc.utdallas.edu/jobs (after Nov 18, 2024) and apply immediately at https://jobs.utdallas.edu/postings/27131. The High-performance Computing (HPC) Research Scientist will be responsible for assisting customers using complex research computing resources for advanced research purposes. The position will providing consulting, technical support, and training to users of high-performance computing resources. Responsibilities include assisting customers with onboarding on HPC systems; porting, debugging and optimizing code; troubleshooting and general assistance in using HPC systems; training faculty and students on use of HPC resources and programming; and tracking the use of HPC resources and the resulting research outcomes and publications. The position reports to the Director of HPC Facilitation. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: * Assist customers with onboarding by sharing information about system capabilities, how to obtain accounts and access the systems (within UTD, across Texas, and national resources), running customer’s own programs or packages software, using the batch system, and monitoring systems usage * Assist customers with porting and optimizing code including selection and usage of appropriate development tools to match application requirements with available system resources; porting code to run on HPC systems; and code optimization within the node (shared memory multiprocessing, OpenMP), across the nodes (MPI), for GPUs and similar accelerators (CUDA, HIP or oneAPI), and higher-level problem domain specific libraries (BLAS, PyTorch, etc.) * Assist customers with guidance on appropriate computing tools for general mathematical, scientific, engineering or computing tasks. Guide researchers in research management practices as described in NIST and NSF guidelines * Assist customers with troubleshooting and debugging including common issues, debugging code errors, and debugging performance bottlenecks (profiling, resource usage monitoring, benchmarking). * Consult and train HPC users about system capabilities, using HPC resources, porting and optimizing code, using packaged software, and debugging routine and complex issues * Track system usage and prepare reports that include resource consumption, what research problems are being solved using HPC resources, track publications like journal articles, conference papers, dissertations, theses, and technical presentations; prepare reports by gathering, analyzing, and reporting the data to HPCRE and university leadership MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: * Master’s degree in field directly related to research – Two (2) years of experience/expertise performing research relating to a specified field of study – Or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience totaling at least eight years. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: * PhD or Master’s degree in Computer Science, engineering, science, Mathematics, Data Science or similar quantitative subject area * Current knowledge of HPC systems, best practices, and research customer support * Ability to troubleshoot customer code, porting code, and optimizing code for HPC environments * Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills are essential * Multitasking, ability to work with diverse teams and with varied customer needs * Ability to gather data about the use of HPC systems, analyze the data and prepare reports for leadership * Ability to manage support tickets and prioritize considering varied scope, scale, and technical requirements * Know multiple programming and scripting languages * Knowledge of parallel programming techniques including shared memory and message passing parallel programming * Experience with scientific computing code development and support * Knowledge of Linux usage, scripting, Git, development tools and an HPC batch processing system * Experience in using HPC resources within a university or from national cyberinfrastructure resources * Previous work with faculty in research projects, worked with and mentored students, written and presented academic/research papers * Experience attending conferences, representing one’s institution, and gleaning trends and opportunities in the field and industry * Familiarity with secure research management practices (e.g., NIST and NSF frameworks)

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.