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UFP Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:UFPI) Shares Acquired by Natixis Advisors LLCOnly one more half stands between Evansville and the win they were favored to collect coming into this afternoon. They have jumped out to a quick 34-28 lead against Campbell. Evansville has yet to string together two consecutive wins, but this may be their chance. For now, things are looking good for them. Campbell Fighting Camels @ Evansville Aces Current Records: Campbell 3-3, Evansville 2-4 When: Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 4 p.m. ET Where: Ford Center -- Evansville, Indiana TV: ESPN Plus Follow: CBS Sports App Online Streaming: Catch select College Basketball matches on Fubo (Try for free. Regional restrictions may apply.) Ticket Cost: $21.65 The Campbell Fighting Camels' road trip will continue as they head out to face the Evansville Aces at 4:00 p.m. ET on Sunday at Ford Center. The Fighting Camels are expected to lose this one by 4.5 points, so we'll see if that gives them a bit of motivation. There's no need to mince words: Campbell lost to Ohio State on Friday, and Campbell lost bad. The score wound up at 104-60. The Fighting Camels were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 53-27. Campbell struggled to work together and finished the game with only six assists. That's the fewest assists they've posted since back in November of 2023. Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Evansville). They enjoyed a cozy 98-81 victory over Green Bay on Friday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Aces considering their 30-point performance the contest before. Evansville's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Cam Haffner led the charge by shooting 5-for-9 from beyond the arc and almost dropping a double-double on 27 points and nine rebounds. Haffner had some trouble finding his footing against Ohio State on Tuesday, so this was a step in the right direction. Another player making a difference was Tanner Cuff, who had 15 points in addition to seven rebounds and six assists. Campbell's loss dropped their record down to 3-3. As for Evansville, with the win, they broke their three-game losing streak and moved their record to 2-4. Campbell came up short against Evansville in their previous meeting back in December of 2022, falling 72-66. Can Campbell avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough. Evansville is a 4.5-point favorite against Campbell, according to the latest college basketball odds . The oddsmakers had a good feel for the line for this one, as the game opened with the Aces as a 4-point favorite. The over/under is 144.5 points. See college basketball picks for every single game, including this one, from SportsLine's advanced computer model. Get picks now . Evansville won the only game these two teams have played in the last 2 years. Dec 07, 2022 - Evansville 72 vs. Campbell 66

Daily Post Nigeria 2025 Club World Cup draw confirmed [Full fixtures] Home News Politics Metro Entertainment Sport Sport 2025 Club World Cup draw confirmed [Full fixtures] Published on December 5, 2024 By Ifreke Inyang The draw for next year’s Club World Cup was confirmed on Thursday. Manchester City have been drawn with Juventus Wydad AC and Al Ain. Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami will face Palmeiras, Al Ahly and FC Porto. Group B would seem to be the most difficult, with Paris Saint-Germain, Atletico Madrid and Botafogo. The expanded tournament will be played in 12 stadiums across 11 cities in the United States next summer. The top two teams in every group will advance to a single-elimination knockout stage. DRAW IN FULL Group A: Palmeiras, Porto, Al Ahly, Inter Miami Group B: PSG, Atletico Madrid, Botafogo, Seattle Sounders Group C: Bayern Munich, Auckland City, Boca Juniors, Benfica Group D: Flamengo, Esperance de Tunis, Chelsea, Leon Group E: River Plate, Urawa Red Diamonds, Monterrey, Inter Milan Group F: Fluminense, Dortmund, Ulsan HD, Mamelodi Sundowns Group G: Man City, Wydad AC, Al Ain, Juventus Group H: Real Madrid, Pachuca, Al Hilal, RB Salzburg Related Topics: 2025 Club World Cup Up Next Serie A: Milan boss tasks Chukwueze to improve on weakness Don't Miss NPFL: Ezeaku tasks Rangers players on successful title defence You may like 2025 Club World Cup: Chelsea, Man City to play in new 32-team format Advertise About Us Contact Us Privacy-Policy Terms Copyright © Daily Post Media LtdThe Sabarmati Report declared tax-free in Uttarakhand CM DhamiCowboys G Zack Martin, CB Trevon Diggs out vs. Commanders

Every core element in entrepreneurship is about making the best use of all factors available. In a fast-paced world populated with technology, that is the reason why companies strive to be effective. Today, for a company like Meta the challenge is to utilize infrastructure properly while avoiding exceeding capacity limits. Entering this challenge was Siddhant Benadikar, who worked in distributed systems with Meta during a time when the company was acquiring new capacity and traffic demands were mounting but no new capacity was allocated for the year. It was in such an environment where transformation of the existing strategies became a necessity owing to Siddhant’s concern for the operational targets of the Meta Company. Transforming Platform Productivity: Optimisation Dynamics Siddhant impressively showcased his leadership when he took the lead in a very strategic project intended to re-engineer the performance of Meta’s platforms and at the same time reduce utilization. The problem solution was that Meta had to cope with the same performance of workloads under similar conditions of infrastructure availability, which allowed for the growing trends of system usage, efficiently serving its purpose. This was not an easy task when considering the size of Meta and the overwhelming amount of traffic that its infrastructure supports every day. One of the most impactful aspects in this case was the improvement of the K-nearest neighbor (KNN) search algorithm and its application to Meta’s FAISS library. This algorithm is part of several systems for data retrieval and recommendation employed within the wide ecosystem of Meta. The team of Siddhant made substantial upgrades in memory optimizing techniques and FASS integration and as a result, they managed to increase the KNN searches runtime efficiency by 15 times over its previous performance. This waste amount was not only a fast and efficient way of accessing data but also cut resource use by 40%. Such an accomplishment however meant that the same amount of data processing by meta’s platforms took place with over 60% less computational resources, which meant more capacity available to repurpose for other important system-enhancing programs. Beyond the optimization activities of KNN and FAISS, Siddhant also took active responsibility for the political aspect and integrated the platform into Meta’s quota management system. Such integration was necessary for curtailing resource allocation abuse, ensuring that every user of the system got their due portion of it according to the quota they had purchased. Focusing on efficiency and rational distribution of resources turned out relevant also for the optimization of particular user pipelines, in the processes of which Siddhant was able to implement some changes that made the data processing cycles more effective by eliminating unnecessary steps. The $20 Million Impact: Efficiency and Cost Savings All these development efforts had a compounding effect. In these facts, under Siddhant, the Meta company had approximately $20 million in savings added to the capital expenditure (CapEx). Reducing the required resource footprint to accommodate increasing traffic demands is where Siddhant’s project empowered Meta to stay within its capacity limits, even where the user traffic continued to increase. This project didn’t just solve immediate capacity issues – it laid the foundation for future improvements in efficiency as well as controllable growth in capacity. However, the full integration with the quota management system, specifically, was important in making sure that the system does not cause an overload and that Meta is always able to honor the service level agreements (SLA) with its internal business units. Thanks to introducing such capabilities as automated supervision and rational resource allocation within a specified time, the team led by Siddhant managed to avoid congestion and guaranteed that critical applications were always provided with sufficient computing resources. This project, probably, highlights strong technical knowledge and the out-of-the-box thinking from Siddhant. His capacity to spearhead efficiency strategies in a high-performance distributed system was not only a quick fix to the pressing issues that had been experienced at Meta but was also a step toward the enhancement of resource management concepts at Meta. Siddhant showed that optimization in terms of meeting commercial objectives is possible without delay in performance through the use of a blend of algorithms, memory management skills, and integration styles. Beyond Optimization: Establishing the Cornerstones for Future Runway Expansion As successful as the resource optimization project turned out to be, its effects were not only limited to the quick wins in terms of efficiency and cost reduction. Siddhant’s efforts succeeded in raising the bar of how such projects were undertaken at Meta within resource constraints. By decreasing reliance on additional infrastructure, the project also allowed Meta to reallocate resources towards other most critical projects within the company and hence advance its overall strategic goals. Enhancing the Technology Results: Scalable Integration of a Compute TPL with Heterogeneous Accelerator Clients. Lending entity computing industries recently supported this initiative granting the company’s growth inconsistency within a critical market image. Certainly, incarceration or In such prospect, we prognosticate augmentations of scale currently delineated in the data and to similar bifurcated systems. The optimizations that Sith carried out have been adopted in the other architectures of META enabling different teams to achieve the KNN and FAISS progress in other data-heavy devices at the same time. This interchange of ideas between different units and the application of the best concepts regarding the technology layers has enhanced the connectivity and the effectiveness of the technology stack allowing META to grow in the future. From Aspirations to Achievements: siddhant's Journey in Distributed Systems Siddhant’s rise to assuming the position of a resource optimization expert at Meta shows his furrow of innovation and problem-solving capability. At first, he wanted to join a medical course, but since he loved how technology works and how complex problems are solved, he decided to change to computer science. He obtained several degrees in computer science, emphasizing the areas of distributed systems, machine learning, and large data architecture. His combination of machine learning, graph algorithms, and system optimization gave him an upper hand in solving some of the toughest challenges at Meta. Siddhant has recruited and retained talent while executing complex, high-impact projects perfectly blending deep technical skills alongside high-level strategic thinking. The resource optimization work was not relayed to merely addressing current issues but rather transformed the norm in which Meta views a potentiality in greater efficiency and scalability. The Human Side of Technology: Leadership and Mentorship In addition to contributing research ideas, Siddhant has always spearheaded mentoring and team-building activities. The management of such an intricate project takes more than technical expertise; it consists of motivating and leading a group through complicated and frequently unclear situations. Leading him, as a leader towards a target is collaborative, explicit, and through unceasing advancement. Siddhant created a culture of innovation and resilience by nurturing an atmosphere where all the team members are encouraged to submit their ideas and knowledge. He has been a mentor to junior engineers in this area, helping them grow and become proactive so that they may take on greater challenges and responsibilities and add value to Meta. Looking Forward: The Future of Resource Optimization Siddhant has thoughts beyond the immediate present and believes there is still scope for improvement in resource optimization as well as distributed systems. Data-intensive applications; large-scale infrastructure; and economies of scale have always required efficiency in resource allocation and optimization more than any other. He foresees this phase as the afternoon of day_two where optimization will be an inbuilt design philosophy rather than a reactive strategy. He has expressed a great inclination towards the combination of resource optimization and new persuasive technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). Elaborating on this point, Siddhant considers it feasible to design systems of resource management that incorporate the use of AI and ML, making them more efficient yet inherently more flexible and smarter. These subsystems would forecast capacity requirements, reconfigure existing resources on demand and in real-time, and refine operation strategies and policies considering the actual level of workloads and changing business objectives. About Siddhant Benadikar An experienced professional with a particular focus on distributed systems, resource management, and large data architecture design is Siddhant Benadikar. His contributions while working for Meta helped in implementing various efficiency measures that resulted in substantial reductions in capital expenditures for the corporation while improving the performance and scalability of the platform. Over the past few years, there have been numerous achievements and progress in the work coupled with the thirst for tackling new high-level problems, which has propelled Siddhant to explore many new heights in large-scale distributed computing. There are new standards that have been set by his leadership and vision about how resources can be optimized making him a central figure in the tech world that continually yearns for efficiency and optimization.

Reports: Bill Belichick interviews for North Carolina jobIn what ways has Chinese scientific knowledge influenced Western scientists – especially in fields that are still salient today? There are people who believe that China only has traditions in technology, but not in science. However, in fields like astronomy, China actually has a very long tradition of astronomical observation dating back more than 2,000 years. China has the longest and most complete records of astronomical observations, including solar and lunar eclipses, and records of stars, meteors and supernovas. Europeans do not have the same level of observational astronomy records, so Chinese records have actually had an influence on the West. In the 17th and 18th centuries, many people began to study the universe. For a long time both Western and Chinese astronomers were not sure about the changing rule of the values of the obliquity of the ecliptic. In 1722, a French Jesuit missionary named Antoine Gaubil arrived in Beijing and checked over numerous Chinese historical records. After compiling the records, he sent them to France. In the early 19th century, there was a famous French astronomer and mathematician named Pierre-Simon Laplace who read the compiled manuscript and performed some calculations and conducted research based on it. This was a way in which Chinese astronomical observations have had a very direct impact on science up until today. So these ancient Chinese scientific observations have influenced both European and American astronomers. Even now, some people are still using these records to find the earliest star explosions using large telescopes. This is the influence of Chinese astronomical records on both current and past astronomy. Have Chinese historical records also enabled the development of climate modelling and the study of climate change?

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ST. LOUIS — If the Boston Bruins hadn’t fired Jim Montgomery on Tuesday, Drew Bannister would still be the St. Louis Blues head coach. That’s how Blues general manager Doug Armstrong explained his decision to fire Bannister on Sunday morning, after just 22 games this season, and replace him with Montgomery. Advertisement “There was no inclination to make a coaching change,” Armstrong said. “When Jim got let go in Boston, he was someone I’ve respected, someone I’ve admired, someone I felt had all the attributes to be a long-term coach for the Blues. This decision was based, I would say, almost 100 percent on having someone of Jim’s caliber become available.” Montgomery and the Blues agreed on a five-year contract, and after a conference call with Armstrong and the team’s captains Sunday morning, he is expected to join the club in New York on Sunday night ahead of its game against the Rangers . The news wasn’t a complete shock. The Athletic laid out the possibility last week because the Blues weren’t living up to Armstrong’s expectations of competing for a playoff spot this season along with Montgomery’s sudden availability. The club went 39-31-6 in 76 games under Bannister. It dropped to 9-12-1 on the season after a 3-1 loss to the New York Islanders on Saturday — six points back of a wildcard spot in the Western Conference standings. In 22 games this season, the offense has scored two goals or fewer 13 times and one goal or fewer seven times. The power play is ranked 25th in the NHL (16.7 percent) and the penalty kill is No. 24 (75.9 percent). “When I talked to Drew today, the situation that we were in — a young coach learning, learning with young players — it wasn’t an easy situation for him to walk into,” Armstrong said. “I thought he did a good job. He was making mistakes. We were all making mistakes. So Drew was learning as we went on. “I was more than prepared to go through the peaks and valleys with Drew until Monty became available, and then it just felt like that might not be available over the next few years. I didn’t know when the next opportunity would come, and I felt it was the right thing to do for the Blues franchise.” The Blues had interest in Montgomery last offseason, but when Boston advanced to the second round of the playoffs, Armstrong took the interim tag off Bannister and announced a two-year contract for him to be the head coach. When asked Sunday if Montgomery was indeed the focus of the Blues’ internal discussions last summer, Armstrong replied: “He really wasn’t because he had a job. I don’t spend a lot of time on the wish list of what’s out there. Quite honestly, I didn’t spend much time thinking about Monty this summer.” Advertisement But it’s clear after Montgomery’s hiring that he would have been on the wish list had there been one. Armstrong said he’s a coach who can help the club now and in the future. “He’s really at the prime of his coaching career right now, and we’re the benefactors of that,” Armstrong said. “He’s the full package, or at least we hope he’s the full package. He can coach a team that’s evolving and coach a team that is evolved and ready to win. As we continue to learn how to be competitive on a nightly basis, Monty can push us all to get better, and then when we get there, he can take us to the promised land.” It was evident, too, that Armstrong didn’t see Bannister as that guy, making references to the fact that inexperience behind the bench can no longer be used as an excuse as the team tries to find its way in the coming weeks. Montgomery was 120-41-23 in Boston, including the highest single-season win total in NHL history (65-12-5) in 2022-23. “I go back to when Ken Hitchcock came in — coaching is not an issue,” Armstrong said. “He is a hell of a coach. The game is old. It’s 100-plus years old, and he’s got the best record in any one season. He knows how to coach. So if there were any questions marks about that, that is gone now.” Despite making the move that he felt was best for the organization, Armstrong acknowledged the perception of a coaching carousel in St. Louis, which will have its third guy behind the bench in less than a calendar year on Wednesday. Bannister was promoted to replace Craig Berube in mid-December last year. He becomes the fifth coach fired by Armstrong, after Davis Payne, Ken Hitchcock, Mike Yeo and Berube. “I certainly understand if that’s how people are viewing it,” Armstrong said. “I think the one with Craig, it was a heck of a run and a change was needed. I think Drew coming in and doing a good job as the interim was positive. We went through the process last year of thinking about other coaches and I came back that Drew had done enough to warrant the opportunity to learn on the job here in the NHL and work through that. Advertisement “As I said, I woke up (earlier this week) and had no plans of doing this type of a news conference at all. Except a coach that I believe is a difference-maker became available, and we reacted to it.” Armstrong insisted the move says nothing about the state of the Blues’ retool. “When we first talked about the retool, we used the (Los Angeles Kings’) model for three or four years, and we’re 1 1/2 years into it,” Armstrong said. “One of the things that we’re doing is we’re waiting on (Dalibor) Dvorský, (Jimmy) Snuggerud, (Otto) Stenberg, (Theo) Lindstein and (Adam) Jiricek. Those are five first-round picks that we’re excited about having. “It’s very important for me to say that our vision of where we’re at has not changed. When we said that we were going to retool, bringing in Monty today doesn’t put Dvorský, Snuggerud, Stenberg ... any closer to playing. That comes with maturity. What it does, it gives us a really good coach for today and tomorrow.” As for today, are the Blues a potential playoff team this season with Montgomery now at the helm? “Our record would indicate that no, we’re not headed to the playoffs,” Armstrong said. “I think our season to date has fluctuated. We’re obviously having a hard time on both ends of the special teams and scoring goals, and that’s not a good recipe to have success. “I think getting those ( Philip Broberg and Nick Leddy ) back will help stabilize things. Losing Robert Thomas , like we did, took away from the offense, and it hasn’t come back since he’s come back. So we have our work to do. We have a lot of things that Jim has to get organized to his satisfaction, and we’re able to move ahead.” (Photo of Jim Montgomery: Bruce Bennett / Getty Images)