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Breaking: Trump Chooses Tulsi Gabbard for Huge Role in Cabinet as He Adds Firepower for Second Term

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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CNN Anchor Calls White House Staffers' Response to Trump Visit 'Really Stunning'

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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Sport | Pollard or Libbok? Boks looking for 'same player' to drive attack despite differences

Handre Pollard and Manie Libbok are obviously two very different players, but attack coach Tony Brown views them as the same when it comes to driving the Springbok attack.




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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 | Lungani Zama | Rassie's charges looking for that sweet Twickenham chariot once more

Rassie Erasmus is ruthlessly building a squad that can overcome the inevitable losses of decorated veterans and others to come, and still dominate the matches that matter most in world rugby, writes Lungani Zama.




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Sport | Twelve tries, 3/3 wins... Boks THRIVING these days at Twickenham

Cavernous Twickenham is fast turning into a surprisingly joyful playground for the Springboks, reminds Rob Houwing.




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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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Sport | India lead T20 series: Jansen heroics can't save Proteas after top order struggles to kick on

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.




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Sport | Denis Onyango explains how Uganda rose from the ashes to sit on the brink of Afcon qualification

Denis Onyango didn't think that Uganda would find themselves in the driver's seat of their group in the Afcon qualifiers, with two games to go, when he saw the teams they were pitted against.




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Sport | Simnikiwe Xabanisa | Nuke Squad may get tongues wagging, but Bomb Squad gets the job done

About the only thing that could tip over the Nuke Squad frenzy gripping the north would be Rassie Erasmus deploying another 7-1 bench against England. But he'll probably go with the reliable Bomb Squad, writes Simnikwe Xabanisa.




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Sport | Rise and fall of Danny Jordaan: 'You have to pledge allegiances to him. If you don't, you're gone'

Danny Jordaan's star as an administrator shone so brightly that he received praise from Nelson Mandela. He looked destined to illuminate the top office in world football by shooting to the top seat at FIFA, but ended up accused of fraud and theft.




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Sport | Too big or too good? Former Bok Francois Louw questions logic behind Bomb Squad naysaying

The fierce debate about the Springbok Bomb Squad is starting to border on the absurd, reckons former loose forward Francois Louw.




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Cleared homeless encampment leaves more than 155k lbs. of waste in its wake




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First-Ever Amber Discovered in Antarctica Shows Rainforest Existed Near South Pole




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Tech consultant testifies that 'bad joke' led to deadly clash with Cash App founder Bob Lee




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Researchers confirm new battery design that could change the way we think about EVs: 'Across-the-board improvement'




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Boeing starts issuing layoff notices as planemaker trims 10% of workforce




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Taliban carries out public execution in sports stadium in Afghanistan




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Exclusive-Chinese giant CATL pushes beyond batteries into power grids, EV platforms




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Shocking study questions Einstein’s gravity theory after examining 100 million galaxies




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




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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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Exclusive-Pfizer explores sale of hospital drugs unit, sources say




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Driver dies, northbound I-95 shut down Tuesday after fiery crash in Harford County




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US envoy says Mexico not safe, blames ex-president for failed security




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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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Diabetes: Global treatment gap is widening, study finds




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Diabetes: Global treatment gap is widening, study finds

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...




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Russia launches massive missile, drone attack on Kyiv as it ramps up airborne offensive

Russia launched a massive combined missile and drone attack on Ukraine, the third in three days, but Ukrainian air defenses shot most of the airborne ordnance out of the sky with only one person reported hurt.




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FBI arrests CIA official in document leak of Israeli military plans against Iran

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.




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Watch: Moose wanders into company's garage, tramples BMWs

A moose wandered into a company's garage in Sweden and trampled all over three BMW cars, causing about $20,000 worth of damage before fleeing.




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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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WNBA's Atlanta Dream hires Florida Gulf Coast's Karl Smesko as head coach

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




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HPC Research Scientist

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)




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Liquor, wine, beer: Preferred alcohol may reflect your lifestyle

Beer drinkers are more likely to have an unhealthy lifestyle than folks who prefer wine or liquor, scientists report.




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News story spares $1M Powerball ticket from the trash can

A news story about an unclaimed lottery prize in Missouri rescued a $1 million Powerball ticket from ending up in the winner's trash can.




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Ontario man bench presses his own weight to break world record

A Canadian man bench-pressed his body weight and unofficially broke a Guinness World Record with 38 repetitions in 30 seconds.




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Online sales of morning-after pills surge post-election

In the wake of Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election, retailers report that online sales of emergency contraceptives have soared.




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K.C. Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes 'frustrated' after home burglars target him, Travis Kelce

Police are investigating burglaries that occurred at the homes of Kansas City Chiefs players Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce.




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After latest hit to helmet, Dolphins' Tua Tagovailoa says it's 'too hard' to protect himself

Tua Tagovailoa often gives fans pause by putting his head in harm's way, but the Miami Dolphins' quarterback, with a history of high-profile concussions, says it's "too hard" to protect himself in High-speed action.




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IBM’s Latest Quantum Tech Pushes Boundaries Toward Quantum Advantage in Science

YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y., Nov. 13, 2024 — Today at its inaugural IBM Quantum Developer Conference, IBM announced quantum hardware and software advancements to execute complex algorithms on IBM quantum computers […]

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Multiverse Computing Launches Singularity ML Classification Function in IBM’s Qiskit Functions Catalog

DONOSTIA-SAN SEBASTIÁN, Spain, Nov. 13, 2024 — Multiverse Computing, a leading quantum AI software company, today announced the launch of Singularity Machine Learning – Classification within IBM’s recently launched Qiskit […]

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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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