With two-way star Travis Hunter of Colorado and Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty leading the field, these certainly aren't your typical Heisman Trophy contenders. Sure, veteran quarterbacks Dillon Gabriel from top-ranked Oregon and Cam Ward of No. 15 Miami are finalists for college football's most prestigious award as well, but the 90th annual ceremony coming up Saturday night at Lincoln Center in New York City offers a fresh flavor this year. To start with, none of the four are from the powerhouse Southeastern Conference, which has produced four of the past five Heisman winners — two each from Alabama and LSU. Jeanty, who played his home games for a Group of Five team on that peculiar blue turf in Idaho more than 2,100 miles from Manhattan, is the first running back even invited to the Heisman party since 2017. After leading the country with 2,497 yards rushing and 29 touchdowns, he joined quarterback Kellen Moore (2010) as the only Boise State players to be named a finalist. “The running back position has been overlooked for a while now," said Jeanty, who plans to enter the 2025 NFL draft. "There's been a lot of great running backs before me that should have been here in New York, so to kind of carry on the legacy of the running back position I think is great. ... I feel as if I'm representing the whole position.” With the votes already in, all four finalists spent Friday conducting interviews and sightseeing in the Big Apple. They were given custom, commemorative watches to mark their achievement. “I'm not a watch guy, but I like it,” said Hunter, flashing a smile. The players also took photos beneath the massive billboards in Times Square and later posed with the famous Heisman Trophy, handed out since 1935 to the nation's most outstanding performer. Hunter, the heavy favorite, made sure not to touch it yet. A dominant player on both offense and defense who rarely comes off the field, the wide receiver/cornerback is a throwback to generations gone by and the first full-time, true two-way star in decades. On offense, he had 92 catches for 1,152 yards and 14 touchdowns this season to help the 20th-ranked Buffaloes (9-3) earn their first bowl bid in four years. On defense, he made four interceptions, broke up 11 passes and forced a critical fumble that secured an overtime victory against Baylor. Hunter played 688 defensive snaps and 672 more on offense — the only Power Four conference player with 30-plus snaps on both sides of the ball, according to Colorado research. Call him college football’s answer to baseball unicorn Shohei Ohtani. “I think I laid the ground for more people to come in and go two ways,” Hunter said. “It starts with your mindset. If you believe you can do it, then you'll be able to do it. And also, I do a lot of treatment. I keep up with my body. I get a lot of recovery.” Hunter is Colorado's first Heisman finalist in 30 years. The junior from Suwanee, Georgia, followed flashy coach Deion Sanders from Jackson State, an HBCU that plays in the lower level FCS, to the Rocky Mountains and has already racked up a staggering combination of accolades this week, including The Associated Press player of the year. Hunter also won the Walter Camp Award as national player of the year, along with the Chuck Bednarik Award as the top defensive player and the Biletnikoff Award for best wide receiver. “It just goes to show that I did what I had to do,” Hunter said. Next, he'd like to polish off his impressive hardware collection by becoming the second Heisman Trophy recipient in Buffaloes history, after late running back Rashaan Salaam in 1994. “I worked so hard for this moment, so securing the Heisman definitely would set my legacy in college football,” Hunter said. “Being here now is like a dream come true.” Jeanty carried No. 8 Boise State (12-1) to a Mountain West Conference championship that landed the Broncos the third seed in this year's College Football Playoff. They have a first-round bye before facing the SMU-Penn State winner in the Fiesta Bowl quarterfinal on New Year’s Eve. The 5-foot-9, 215-pound junior from Jacksonville, Florida, won the Maxwell Award as college football’s top player and the Doak Walker Award for best running back. Jeanty has five touchdown runs of at least 70 yards and has rushed for the fourth-most yards in a season in FBS history — topping the total of 115 teams this year. He needs 132 yards to break the FBS record set by Heisman Trophy winner Barry Sanders at Oklahoma State in 1988. In a pass-happy era, however, Jeanty is trying to become the first running back to win the Heisman Trophy since Derrick Henry for Alabama nine years ago. In fact, quarterbacks have snagged the prize all but four times this century. Gabriel, an Oklahoma transfer, led Oregon (13-0) to a Big Ten title in its first season in the league and the No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff. The steady senior from Hawaii passed for 3,558 yards and 28 touchdowns with six interceptions. His 73.2% completion rate ranks second in the nation, and he's attempting to join quarterback Marcus Mariota (2014) as Ducks players to win the Heisman Trophy. “I think all the memories start to roll back in your mind,” Gabriel said. Ward threw for 4,123 yards and led the nation with a school-record 36 touchdown passes for the high-scoring Hurricanes (10-2) after transferring from Washington State. The senior from West Columbia, Texas, won the Davey O’Brien National Quarterback of the Year award and is looking to join QBs Vinny Testaverde (1986) and Gino Torretta (1992) as Miami players to go home with the Heisman. “I just think there's a recklessness that you have to play with at the quarterback position,” Ward said.Winnipeg Jets (18-6, in the Central Division) vs. Dallas Stars (14-8, in the Central Division) Dallas; Sunday, 4:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: The Dallas Stars host the Winnipeg Jets after Mason Marchment scored two goals in the Stars' 5-3 win over the Colorado Avalanche. Dallas has a 14-8 record overall and a 5-2-0 record in Central Division play. The Stars have a +17 scoring differential, with 76 total goals scored and 59 conceded. Winnipeg has an 18-6 record overall and a 7-1-0 record in Central Division play. The Jets have gone 10-1-0 in games they score at least one power-play goal. Sunday's game is the second time these teams square off this season. The Jets won the last matchup 4-1. Cole Perfetti scored two goals in the victory. TOP PERFORMERS: Marchment has nine goals and 14 assists for the Stars. Roope Hintz has five goals and one assist over the last 10 games. Kyle Connor has 13 goals and 16 assists for the Jets. Mark Scheifele has scored five goals with three assists over the past 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Stars: 6-4-0, averaging 3.9 goals, 6.6 assists, 3.3 penalties and 8.6 penalty minutes while giving up three goals per game. Jets: 5-5-0, averaging three goals, 4.7 assists, 4.2 penalties and 11.7 penalty minutes while giving up 2.7 goals per game. INJURIES: Stars: None listed. Jets: None listed. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar . © Data Skrive. All rights reserved.
Orla Mining may be new to the mining scene in Ontario, but the Musselwhite gold mine is not new to them. The Vancouver company’s pending acquisition of the remote northwestern Ontario underground mine from Newmont probably sent more than a few people scurrying to Google last month to dig into the details of the expanding seven-year-old outfit. Unlike other mining newcomers to the region, Orla isn’t buying a broken operation that was mismanaged and in dire need of cash-infused resurrection. Musselwhite is one that, by all accounts, is well-run operation that no longer fit into Newmont’s ambitions to invest in so-called Tier 1 assets. Newmont placed Musselwhite and its Porcupine mines in Timmins up for sale last February . Orla, of which Newmont is a major shareholder, stepped up to secure an $850-million deal in November for the 27-year-old underground mine, 500 kilometres north of Thunder Bay. The deal closes in early 2025. Orla believes Musselwhite has a lot more gold to give and, with a few operational tweaks here and there, new ownership believes it can become a low cost and bigger producer. “We look to make great strides on the cost side in 2025 when we take over the asset,” said Orla president-CEO Jason Simpson to Northern Ontario Business . Simpson said Orla is stocked with industry veterans at the board and management level who know their way around Northern Ontario. Musselwhite is familiar turf for Orla chair Chuck Jeannes, who presided over the mine as Goldcorp CEO between 2006 and 2008. COO Andrew Cormier was project manager at AuRico Gold when the Young-Davidson mine at Matachewan was being built. Simpson spent 15 years of his formative years in the industry working underground in Sudbury for Inco and then Vale before venturing out to manager its Labrador base metal operations in Voisey’s Bay. The transaction catapults Orla from a company with a single mine in Mexico into mid-tier status. With another gold project under development in Nevada, Orla projects it can grow the entire company into a 500,000-ounce-a-year producer with Musselwhite now in the mix. In a slide deck presentation posted last month , Orla is looking to lengthen Musselwhite’s mine life beyond seven years through more exploration, boost gold production from 200,000 ounces a year to 300,000 ounces, and generate more cash flow, while lowering the cost to produce an ounce of gold. Orla projects it will lower Musselwhite’s all-in-sustaining costs (AISC) from $1,557 an ounce this year to $1,292 in 2025, then drop it further to $1,023 in 2028. The company said it will shave a few hundred dollars off the AISC by growing gold production while simultaneously reducing costs. The all-in sustaining cost per ounce is a vital metric used by the industry to calculate the ‘all-in’ cost of a gold mining operation. “I believe we can bring down those costs,” said Simpson. Their forecast prompted a few industry watchers to question how Orla can pull off what a global player like Newmont couldn’t. One online mining analyst labelled Orla’s AISC projections as unrealistic and “absurd,” considering Newmont’s lowest AISC over the last two years was $1,397 an ounce. That’s fair comment, said Simpson, but he responds that small companies have certain advantages in being able to do things to shave costs. “One of the benefits to being a smaller company is there’s less overhead. We will be able to, as a small company, run things differently.” Simpson references their Camino Rojo open-pit mine in Mexico, once shelved by Goldcorp due to construction costs that escalated to more than US$700 million. “We built it for $134 million.” He reminds all that Newmont had its share of challenges at Musselwhite with a 2019 conveyor fire and other issues with the pandemic, which impacted the AISC. Straight away, Simpson said Orla will see benefits from infrastructure investments made by Newmont to upgrade Musselwhite’s ventilation system and an improved cemented rock fill system, which should help lower the costs. They’re also inheriting a profitable mine led by a good team that Orla wants to keep in place. More than 1,000 employees and contractors work at Musselwhite. Close to 30 per cent of the workforce is Indigenous. When Orla introduced itself last month, the company wanted to alleviate any uneasiness among its workforce by announcing that there would be no job losses and the current operations team would remain in place. Simpson said they’ll need all of them — and possibly more workers — for their future plans ahead. Orla wants to fill its processing mill to full capacity, which is only operating at two-thirds at 200,000 ounces produced a year, and boost it that to 300,000 ounces. “Geology will determine whether that’s possible or not,” Simpson said. During months of due diligence by their geologists and engineers, some favourable geology strongly suggests Musselwhite has the legs to last. They’re confident they can replace mining depletion while adding more resources to extend mine life beyond seven years. Musselwhite has 1.5 million ounces in reserve with 1.8 million ounces of resources in the measured and indicated category at an average grade of 6.23 grams per tonne. Mussewhite sits in the midst of a banded iron formation where mining has continued along the same plunge for 28 years. Drilling evidence indicates more gold mineralization extends out two to three kilometres from the last known resources. Next year’s approach will be to drill in and around the deposit while stepping out over a greater distance on the 65,000-hectare property to get a better handle on the geological structure. Orla’s 2024 exploration budget for Nevada and Mexico amounted to $35 million. Simpson said that’ll stay much the same for 2025 with $10 million to $20 million tacked on for exploration in Ontario, though they have yet to define a budget for Musselwhite. Four drill rigs are currently at the site. Simpson said they may add one or two more. The company also made it clear last month that it intends to honour and abide by the Musselwhite Agreement, a landmark impact benefit document signed in 1996 with area First Nations. It become an industry standard. Simpson is quite aware of it since the Voisey’s Bay agreement was based on it. Simpson said he’s already met with local Indigenous leadership and was planning to fly up to the region again this week to meet again for a planned celebration, “I look forward to spending the day with them.” He said they plan on having an open conversation with the communities in the years to come on to how all the parties can derive mutual benefits through employment and business opportunities across the region. Simpson said they see advantages to source services and supplies from local businesses, similar to what they’ve done in Mexico and Nevada. With three properties in the fold, Simpson said they don’t abide by the philosophy that they need to acquire more assets to get bigger and avoid being taken over by a larger mining player. They’re all about finding, building and operating more mines, responsibly, he said. “We don’t run the business trying to protect our jobs; we run the business trying to create value for shareholders. If there’s a proposal that creates value for all of our stakeholders, then it’s our responsibly to consider it.” The next immediate steps are to integrate Musselwhite into the company, he said, and focus on making sure 2025 is a successful first year under the Orla flag.NEW YORK (AP) — Same iconic statue, very different race. With two-way star Travis Hunter of Colorado and Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty leading the field, these certainly aren't your typical Heisman Trophy contenders. Sure, veteran quarterbacks Dillon Gabriel from top-ranked Oregon and Cam Ward of No. 15 Miami are finalists for college football's most prestigious award as well, but the 90th annual ceremony coming up Saturday night at Lincoln Center in New York City offers a fresh flavor this year. To start with, none of the four are from the powerhouse Southeastern Conference, which has produced four of the past five Heisman winners — two each from Alabama and LSU. Jeanty, who played his home games for a Group of Five team on that peculiar blue turf in Idaho more than 2,100 miles from Manhattan, is the first running back even invited to the Heisman party since 2017. After leading the country with 2,497 yards rushing and 29 touchdowns, he joined quarterback Kellen Moore (2010) as the only Boise State players to be named a finalist. “The running back position has been overlooked for a while now," said Jeanty, who plans to enter the 2025 NFL draft. "There's been a lot of great running backs before me that should have been here in New York, so to kind of carry on the legacy of the running back position I think is great. ... I feel as if I'm representing the whole position.” With the votes already in, all four finalists spent Friday conducting interviews and sightseeing in the Big Apple. They were given custom, commemorative watches to mark their achievement. “I'm not a watch guy, but I like it,” said Hunter, flashing a smile. The players also took photos beneath the massive billboards in Times Square and later posed with the famous Heisman Trophy, handed out since 1935 to the nation's most outstanding performer. Hunter, the heavy favorite, made sure not to touch it yet. A dominant player on both offense and defense who rarely comes off the field, the wide receiver/cornerback is a throwback to generations gone by and the first full-time, true two-way star in decades. On offense, he had 92 catches for 1,152 yards and 14 touchdowns this season to help the 20th-ranked Buffaloes (9-3) earn their first bowl bid in four years. On defense, he made four interceptions, broke up 11 passes and forced a critical fumble that secured an overtime victory against Baylor. Hunter played 688 defensive snaps and 672 more on offense — the only Power Four conference player with 30-plus snaps on both sides of the ball, according to Colorado research. Call him college football’s answer to baseball unicorn Shohei Ohtani. “I think I laid the ground for more people to come in and go two ways,” Hunter said. “It starts with your mindset. If you believe you can do it, then you'll be able to do it. And also, I do a lot of treatment. I keep up with my body. I get a lot of recovery.” Hunter is Colorado's first Heisman finalist in 30 years. The junior from Suwanee, Georgia, followed flashy coach Deion Sanders from Jackson State, an HBCU that plays in the lower level FCS, to the Rocky Mountains and has already racked up a staggering combination of accolades this week, including The Associated Press player of the year. Hunter also won the Walter Camp Award as national player of the year, along with the Chuck Bednarik Award as the top defensive player and the Biletnikoff Award for best wide receiver. “It just goes to show that I did what I had to do,” Hunter said. Next, he'd like to polish off his impressive hardware collection by becoming the second Heisman Trophy recipient in Buffaloes history, after late running back Rashaan Salaam in 1994. “I worked so hard for this moment, so securing the Heisman definitely would set my legacy in college football,” Hunter said. “Being here now is like a dream come true.” Jeanty carried No. 8 Boise State (12-1) to a Mountain West Conference championship that landed the Broncos the third seed in this year's College Football Playoff. They have a first-round bye before facing the SMU-Penn State winner in the Fiesta Bowl quarterfinal on New Year’s Eve. The 5-foot-9, 215-pound junior from Jacksonville, Florida, won the Maxwell Award as college football’s top player and the Doak Walker Award for best running back. Jeanty has five touchdown runs of at least 70 yards and has rushed for the fourth-most yards in a season in FBS history — topping the total of 115 teams this year. He needs 132 yards to break the FBS record set by Heisman Trophy winner Barry Sanders at Oklahoma State in 1988. In a pass-happy era, however, Jeanty is trying to become the first running back to win the Heisman Trophy since Derrick Henry for Alabama nine years ago. In fact, quarterbacks have snagged the prize all but four times this century. Gabriel, an Oklahoma transfer, led Oregon (13-0) to a Big Ten title in its first season in the league and the No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff. The steady senior from Hawaii passed for 3,558 yards and 28 touchdowns with six interceptions. His 73.2% completion rate ranks second in the nation, and he's attempting to join quarterback Marcus Mariota (2014) as Ducks players to win the Heisman Trophy. “I think all the memories start to roll back in your mind,” Gabriel said. Ward threw for 4,123 yards and led the nation with a school-record 36 touchdown passes for the high-scoring Hurricanes (10-2) after transferring from Washington State. The senior from West Columbia, Texas, won the Davey O’Brien National Quarterback of the Year award and is looking to join QBs Vinny Testaverde (1986) and Gino Torretta (1992) as Miami players to go home with the Heisman. “I just think there's a recklessness that you have to play with at the quarterback position,” Ward said. Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-football
In a significant development, Palestinian officials from Fatah and Hamas are reportedly nearing an agreement to establish a committee of politically independent technocrats to oversee the administration of the Gaza Strip. This move could potentially conclude Hamas' reign and accelerate ceasefire discussions with Israel. Sources confirm that although previous reconciliation efforts have failed since Hamas seized control in 2007, recent talks in Cairo have yielded a preliminary consensus. A proposed committee, consisting mainly of Gazans, is expected to work under the aegis of the Palestinian Authority, headquartered in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, to aid in humanitarian and reconstruction efforts. While the specifics of the agreement are still being negotiated, with an official announcement pending a comprehensive meeting in Cairo, the potential agreement fulfills one of Israel's war objectives. Both U.S. and Arab mediators have engaged in ongoing ceasefire negotiations, which have yet to resolve, amidst ongoing conflict and significant casualties. (With inputs from agencies.)Phone service has been restored at PIH Health’s three hospitals where a debilitating ransomware attack purportedly compromised 17 million patient records. The Dec. 1 breach downed computers and most phone systems at PIH Health Downey Hospital, PIH Health Whittier Hospital and PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles. It also compromised systems at the organization’s urgent care centers, doctors’ offices and a home health and hospice agency. PIH announced on its website that services at hospitals for incoming and outgoing calls are available, while phone systems at physician offices should be functional this week. “We are still facing some limited functionality, which we are working on internally,” PIH said in the statement. “However, patients can call the hospitals’ main phone numbers to reach services and patient rooms.” PIH said it has increased staffing to handle an anticipated high volume of phone calls, but noted some medical procedures and surgeries may be cancelled due to ongoing technology issues. “We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this incident, and all our teams continue to work diligently to resolve this issue quickly and bring the rest of our systems back online securely,” Amanda Enriquez, a spokesperson for PIH, said in an email. Last week the Southern California News Group obtained a copy of a threatening typewritten letter purportedly faxed by the unidentified hackers to PIH outlining the scope of the attack. The cyber thieves said they found PIH’s network “highly vulnerable,” with data stored insecurely on servers, and claimed to have stolen about 2 terabytes of files, documents and reports, including: It is unknown if PIH has paid a ransom to the hackers. No known group has publicly claimed responsibility for the attack. PIH said it is working with a cyber forensic specialist and the FBI to unravel the breach. If the hackers’ claims of stealing 17 million records are accurate, the PIH ransomware attack could potentially become the second-largest health data breach this year, according to bankinfosecurity.com. The incident marks the second time hackers have successfully targeted PIH. In June 2019, a targeted email phishing campaign against PIH employees compromised personal and protected health information for nearly 200,000 patients. However, PIH didn’t report the breach to the U.S. Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights until seven months later. According to Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations, covered entities must report breaches affecting protected health information within 60 days of discovering the breach. The recent ransomware attack has prompted several law firms to aggressively solicit plaintiffs online for class-action lawsuits against PIH. “Our attorneys believe that any health entity that collects and stores your sensitive data has a duty to properly protect it from ransomware attacks,” the Lyon Firm, which has offices in Irvine, said in on its website. “If a company is deemed negligent and has not maintained reasonably secure IT security systems, they may be held accountable.”
Is Enron back? If it’s a joke, some former employees aren’t laughingLakhs of people travel by train every day in India. It is also possible to travel comfortably at a low cost. Therefore, all sections of people use train travel. In this situation, Indian Railways releases new announcements from time to time regarding train travel. In that way, the action taken by IRCTC has created a stir among train passengers. While Indian Railways is continuously introducing new trains and increasing passenger facilities, before the start of the new year, IRCTC has taken a major decision and put an end to a facility. This decision of the Railways has caused dissatisfaction among many passengers. Also read: Income Tax Return filing deadline 2024: Everything you need to know The railway has withdrawn the rule of refunding ticket money if trains are delayed. IRCTC has discontinued this facility. Earlier, if the train was delayed beyond a certain time, the ticket money was refunded to the passengers. But now this facility has been removed. According to this change, no fare will be refunded to passengers if trains are delayed. The fact that there is no relief for passengers if the train is late has made many people dissatisfied. For the past few years, refunding money for delayed trains has cost the railways a lot of money. In 2022-23, the railway refunded around Rs 7.74 lakh. This year it has increased to Rs 15 lakh. This refund method was used to provide some relief to passengers in case of inconvenience. But now this facility is completely gone. Also read: Stocks to track: Major UPDATES on Ola Electric, Hero MotoCorp, JSW Energy, Reliance Power After this action taken by IRCTC, railway passengers, especially those traveling on private trains, will not get any such financial relief. This change will be challenging for train passengers. Especially if the train is delayed for a long time, there is no compensation for the inconvenience caused to the passengers. This new rule is only for private trains. The facility of refunding money if government trains are delayed continues.ATLANTA , Dec. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Following the initial launch in July of this year, Nurse Daisy now includes both Patient and Clinician panels available on Web, iOS and Android platforms. The app's new features include HIPPA Compliant Patient Centric Messaging and Prioritized Patient Listing. The Prioritized Patient Listing is based on the patients most recently reported symptoms and their severity. These features will prove useful in assisting clinicians with organizing their daily schedules and maximizing their efficiency and the well-being of their patients. The HIPPA Compliant Patient Centric Messaging allows all clinicians treating the same patient to securely communicate between themselves. All providers associated with a shared patient can easily access and review any thread of communication made within the Nurse Daisy app. This app capability makes for a hassle-free search of any relevant messages that need to be reviewed. Similarly, a separate chat channel provides a secure HIPPA complaint messaging between the clinicians and the patient. This eliminates the need for buying another standalone platform just for the purpose of HIPPA complaint messaging. Nurse Daisy leverages cutting-edge technology to streamline healthcare operations and improve patient outcomes, by providing automated Remote Symptom Monitoring (RPSM) plus Remote Vital Sign Monitoring (RPM), Triage, Follow-ups, Daily Check-ins, Request and Workflow Management. Nurse Daisy's RPSM engine automatically detects declines in health and alerts clinicians and family members, for proactive care and crisis prevention. It also provides management of medication and daily activity. "We are very excited to launch the HIPPA Compliant Patient Centric Messaging in Nurse Daisy as another example of our deep understanding of the daily challenges faced by healthcare providers and our commitment to provide them the necessary tools to facilitate their jobs in delivering quality care while differentiating and growing their businesses," said Mallie Sharafat, Founder and CEO of BUDS Technology. Some of the key benefits of Nurse Daisy are: Quadruples patient interactions with clinicians. Increases Nursing efficiency by 20% and Request Handling efficiency by 75-85%. Alleviates staff burnout by being an intelligent virtual assistant to the clinical staff and providing task and workflow management automation. Improves communication within the Care Circle, fostering transparency and trust. Ensures adherence to healthcare regulations and standards through integrated compliance measures and improved documentation. Provides a platform to differentiate and grow your services. Nurse Daisy represents a significant advancement in healthcare technology, offering tangible benefits to healthcare providers and patients alike. Nurse Daisy stands poised to revolutionize the healthcare industry. For more information about Nurse Daisy and its transformative impact on healthcare, please visit budstechnology.com . For media inquiries, please contact: Anna Boisse , (678) 977-7273, [email protected] . SOURCE Buds Technology
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Dec. 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Iridex Corporation (Nasdaq: IRIX), a worldwide leader providing innovative and versatile laser-based medical systems and delivery devices for the treatment of glaucoma and retinal diseases, today announced the publication of a landmark peer-reviewed study in Ophthalmology Therapy . This study highlights the sustained safety and efficacy of MicroPulse Transscleral Laser Therapy (TLT) (also referred to as Transscleral Cyclophotocoagulation) in managing both primary and secondary glaucoma over five years. Conducted by Dr. Ronald de Crom and colleagues at the University Eye Clinic Maastricht, Netherlands, this research is the first to evaluate outcomes of MicroPulse TLT over such an extended period. The study assessed 165 pre- and post-cataract eyes treated between 2016 and 2019, with 112 eyes completing the five-year follow-up. Treatment was delivered using the Iridex Cyclo G6® Laser in its MicroPulse® Mode and the original MicroPulse P3® Delivery Device. Results demonstrated that MicroPulse TLT achieved significant (pThe Ukrainian president said the use of a ballistic missile to hit Dnipro was a “clear and severe escalation in the scale and brutality of this war” and he warned that Russian president Mr Putin would attack or destabilise other countries unless stopped. Mr Putin said the use of the new weapon was in response to the UK and US allowing missiles they have supplied to Ukraine to be used to strike targets in Russia. “In response to the use of American and British long-range weapons on November 21 of this year, the Russian armed forces launched a combined strike on one of the facilities of the Ukrainian defence industry,” Mr Putin said in a televised address. “One of the newest Russian medium-range missile systems was tested in combat conditions, in this case, with a ballistic missile in a non-nuclear hypersonic warhead.” He added: “We consider ourselves entitled to use our weapons against military facilities of those countries that allow their weapons to be used against our facilities.” But Mr Zelensky urged world leaders – his “dear partners” – not to be cowed by Mr Putin’s actions otherwise there will be “endless Russian strikes” and “not just against Ukraine”. Today, Putin admitted to taking a second step this year toward escalating and expanding this war. A new ballistic missile was used. Putin struck our city of Dnipro, one of Ukraine’s largest cities. This is a clear and severe escalation in the scale and brutality of this war—a... — Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) “A lack of tough reactions to Russia’s actions sends a message that such behavior is acceptable,” the Ukrainian president said on X, formerly Twitter. “This is what Putin is doing. Putin must feel the cost of his deranged ambitions. “Response is needed. Pressure is needed. Russia must be forced into real peace, which can only be achieved through strength. “Otherwise, there will be endless Russian strikes, threats, and destabilisation-not just against Ukraine.” The UK is believed to have allowed its Storm Shadow missiles to be used by Ukrainian forces within the Kursk region of Russia, while the US has given permission for its ATACMS weapons to be fired at targets in Mr Putin’s country. Mr Putin confirmed Russia has tested the new intermediate-range weapon in an attack on Dnipro in response. The US said the weapon was a new, experimental intermediate-range missile based on Russia’s existing RS-26 Rubezh intercontinental ballistic missile. In Westminster, the Prime Minister’s official spokesman said: “My understanding is that it is the first time that Russia has used a ballistic missile in Ukraine with a range of several thousand kilometres.” Defence Secretary John Healey said it was “yet another example of Putin’s recklessness”. He said: “Since the illegal invasion of Ukraine began, Russia has consistently and irresponsibly escalated the conflict while Ukraine continues to fight in self-defence for a democratic future.” The missile’s range far outstrips that of newly authorised US and British-supplied weapons, which can hit targets around 250-300km away. The distance from Moscow to London is around 2,500km, suggesting the range of the new missile could threaten the UK. Mr Healey said the UK knew Russia had been “preparing for months” to fire a new ballistic missile. Downing Street and the Ministry of Defence have repeatedly declined to comment publicly on Ukraine’s use of Storm Shadow. “It risks both operational security and in the end the only one that benefits from such a public debate is President Putin,” Mr Healey told MPs. I had a meeting with the UK delegation led by Chief of the Defence Staff . We discussed defense cooperation between Ukraine and the United Kingdom, focusing on developing and enhancing the technological capabilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Particular... — Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) The head of the UK’s armed forces, Chief of the Defence Staff Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, met Mr Zelensky in Kyiv to discuss the war on Thursday. Mr Zelensky said: “We discussed defence co-operation between Ukraine and the United Kingdom, focusing on developing and enhancing the technological capabilities of the armed forces of Ukraine. “Particular attention was given to Ukraine’s current military needs and the continued support from our partners.”
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TEXAS, USA — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit accusing a New York doctor of prescribing abortion drugs to a Texas resident in violation of state law. This lawsuit is the first attempt to test what happens when state abortion laws are at odds with each other. New York has a shield law that protects providers from out-of-state investigations and prosecutions, which has served as implicit permission for a network of doctors to mail abortion pills into states that have banned the procedure. Texas has vowed to pursue these cases regardless of those laws, and legal experts are divided on where the courts may land on this issue, which involves extraterritoriality, interstate commerce and other thorny legal questions last meaningfully addressed before the Civil War. In this case, Paxton accuses Dr. Margaret Carpenter of mailing pills from New York to a 20-year-old woman in Collin County. The woman allegedly took the medication when she was nine weeks pregnant. When she began experiencing severe bleeding, the lawsuit says, she asked the man who impregnated her to take her to the hospital. He had not been aware she was pregnant or seeking an abortion, according to the filing. The lawsuit does not say whether the woman successfully terminated her pregnancy or experienced any long-term medical complications. Mifepristone and misoprostol, the medications Carpenter is accused of sending, are more than 95% effective if taken before 10 weeks of pregnancy. Paxton is asking a Collin County court to block Carpenter from violating Texas law, and order her to pay $100,000 for every violation of the state’s near-total abortion ban. Texas’ near-total abortion ban comes with up to life in prison, fines of at least $100,000 and the loss of a provider’s Texas medical license. Carpenter is not licensed to practice in Texas, according to the complaint. She is the founder of the Abortion Coalition for Telemedicine, a national group that helps doctors in states with shield laws provide telemedicine consultations and abortion pills to patients in states that have banned abortions. The group was founded after the overturn of Roe v. Wade by Carpenter, Dr. Linda Prine, and Julie Kay, a former ACLU lawyer who successfully argued the case that overturned Ireland’s abortion ban. They support doctors who want to become “shield providers” by advising them on licensure, data security, pharmacy contacts and legality. Carpenter also works with AidAccess, an international medication abortion provider, and helped found Hey Jane, a telehealth abortion provider. Neither Carpenter nor Kay immediately responded to a request for comment. This article originally appeared in The Texas Tribune at https://www.texastribune.org/2024/12/13/texas-paxton-abortion-pill-mail-lawsuit/. The Texas Tribune is a member-supported, nonpartisan newsroom informing and engaging Texans on state politics and policy. Learn more at texastribune.org.
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SLP Political Leader Receives Unanimous Vote of ConfidenceMumbai, Dec 30 (IANS): The Indian stock market opened lower on Monday as selling was seen in the auto, IT, PSU bank, financial service, FMCG, media, energy and metal sectors on Nifty in early trade. At around 9:30 am, Sensex was trading at 78,523.25 after declining 175.82 points or 0.22 per cent, while the Nifty was trading at 23,758.20 after declining 55.20 points or 0.23 per cent. The market trend remained negative. On the National Stock Exchange (NSE), 815 stocks were trading in green, while 1,454 stocks were in red. According to experts, "as investors leave 2024 behind and look forward to the New Year, there will be more concerns than confidence, at least in the early days of 2025." "The biggest concern for stock markets, globally, is uncertainty surrounding Trump 2.0. The concern is that since market valuations are high any negative news might cause corrections," they added. Nifty Bank was down 74.80 points or 0.15 per cent at 51,236.50. Nifty Midcap 100 index was trading at 56,796.90 after dropping 182.90 points or 0.32 per cent. Nifty Smallcap 100 index was at 18,673.75 after dropping 82.10 points or 0.44 per cent. On the sectoral front, buying was seen in the Pharma and Healthcare sector. In the Sensex pack, Tata Steel, M&M, HCL Tech, Tech Mahindra, Maruti Suzuki, Bajaj Finserv, Titan, Kotak Mahindra Bank and Reliance were the top losers. Adani Ports, Bharti Airtel, ITC, Zomato, Nestle India, ICICI Bank, NTPC and UltraTech Cement were the top gainers. The Dow Jones declined 0.77 per cent to close at 42,992.21. The S&P 500 declined 1.11 per cent to 5,970.84 and the Nasdaq declined 1.49 per cent to close at 19,722.03 in the previous trading session on Friday. In the Asian markets, Bangkok and Seoul were trading in green while China, Japan, Jakarta and Hong Kong were trading in red. Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) sold equities worth Rs 1,323.29 crore on December 27, while domestic institutional investors bought equities worth Rs 2,544.64 crore on the same day.Mizzou football landed its third recruit of the week Tuesday night when three-star running back Brendon Haygood committed to the Tigers over Texas Tech, announcing his decision on Instagram. Running back Marquise Davis and wide receiver DaMarion Fowlkes joined Missouri’s Class of 2025 Sunday and Monday, respectively. Haygood, who was formerly committed to Boise State, decommitted from the Broncos’ while he was in Columbia last Saturday, just minutes before Missouri’s regular-season finale against Arkansas kicked off. On Nov. 7, Tigers’ running back coach Curtis Luper visited Haygood in Texas. The 5-foot-9, 190-pound running back out of Sachse High School in Sachse, Texas, is a three-star recruit and the 24th best running back in his class, according to 247Sports. He received offers from Texas Tech, Boise State, Houston and Kansas State among others. Haygood helped lead his team to a 9-2 record in 2024. He racked up 1,703 rushing yards and 17 touchdowns on 149 carries, averaging 11.4 yards per carry and 154.2 yards per game and was named the MVP of the 9-6A Division. With Haygood’s commitment, the Tigers are up to 16 commitments and their class ranks No. 21 nationally, according to 247Sports. Morrow, Rogers to Texas A&M It has not been all good news for Missouri, as the Tigers saw two players who were formerly committed to them join the Aggies’ class. Four-star running back Jamarion Morrow flipped his commitment from Missouri to Texas A&M. Morrow made the announcement on social media Tuesday. The Germantown, Tennessee, product had originally committed to the Tigers in June. Morrow was the 13th-highest ranked athlete and 317th-highest rated overall player in the Class of 2025, according to 247Sports. Throughout his senior season at Melrose High School, momentum had been building towards Morrow flipping his commitment, and less than a week after the high school senior visited Texas A&M, he will now join the Aggies’ 2025 recruiting class. Offensive tackle Lamont Rogers, who decommitted from Missouri on Monday, will also be signing with Texas A&M. Rogers made his announcement on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Tuesday morning. Rogers, a consensus five-star prospect and the No. 27 prospect in the Class of 2025 by 247Sports, had committed to the Tigers on July 6. Rogers is a Texas native, and had been heavily pursued by multiple in-state powers programs such as Texas, Houston, Baylor and SMU, but he ultimately landed with the Aggies after a heated recruitment battle that included six official visits across four states. The Tigers have three remaining offensive line prospects committed in the Class of 2025. Eureka’s Jack Lange, the top-rated player in the state of Missouri, headlines the Tigers’ incoming offensive line reinforcements. Lange committed to Missouri on April 24. The Tigers’ staff also extended an offer to Chastan Brown, a three-star offensive tackle from Georgia. Brown decommitted from UCF on Nov. 30 and received an offer from Mizzou on Tuesday. With the additions of Rogers and Morrow, Texas A&M’s class is up to No. 9 in the country. National Signing Day preview It’s already been an eventful week on the recruiting trail for the Tigers, and that might continue Wednesday. As Missouri looks to put the finishing touches on its 2025 class, there are a few more players that fans should look out for. Javion Hilson, a five-star defensive end and a consensus top-80 player in the Class of 2025, according to Rivals, decommitted from Florida State in September and picked up a Mizzou offer Nov. 20. The high-profile prospect out of Florida visited Columbia this past weekend, which came as a surprise as some speculated he’d be making a visit to Texas A&M after his high school teammate — quarterback Brady Hart — flipped his commitment from Michigan to the Aggies. Hilson has an impressive offer list that includes programs such as Ohio State, Michigan, Texas A&M, Texas, Miami, LSU and Florida. Syracuse is another team that is rumored to be among his top schools. On Tuesday, On3’s Steve Wiltfong entered a prediction for Hilson’s recruitment in favor of the Tigers. Should he commit to Missouri, he would become the third-highest ranked recruit in the class according to 247Sports. He is expected to make a decision sometime Wednesday. Tobi Haastrup, a four-star defensive end out of Texas, is also expected to announce a decision Wednesday. Haastrup, originally from England, has only played organized football for one year, but his build and athletic ability make him an exciting prospect for college coaches across the country. He is the No. 270 overall player in 247Sports’ Composite Rankings and holds offers from over 20 schools. Haastrup’s top-six schools consist of Michigan, Texas Tech, Oregon, Florida State, USC and Mizzou. He will announce his decision at 1:40 p.m. Wednesday on Instagram. Wiltfong also predicted Haastrup to sign with the Tigers. Another player to watch is North Carolina commit Javion Butts. The Tigers have been recruiting the safety hard, and they even got him on campus for a visit this past weekend for the Arkansas game. He is the 649th-ranked player and 53rd best safety in his class, according to 247Sports’ Composite Ranking. Butts is currently still committed to the Tar Heels, but coach Mack Brown was let go last week, so a flip to Missouri is not out of the question.
