Record bird flu outbreak keeps egg prices high heading into holidaysALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Jurors in New Mexico have awarded a man more than $412 million in a medical malpractice case that involved a men’s health clinic that operates in several states. The man’s attorneys celebrated Monday’s verdict, saying they are hopeful it will prevent other men from falling victim to a scheme that involved fraud and what they described as dangerous penile injections. They said the jury award for punitive and compensatory damages is likely the largest in history for a medical malpractice case. The award follows a trial held in Albuquerque earlier this month that centered on allegations outlined in a lawsuit filed by the man's attorneys in 2020. NuMale Medical Center and company officials were named as defendants. According to the complaint, the man was 66 when he visited the clinic in 2017 in search of treatment for fatigue and weight loss. The clinic is accused of misdiagnosing him and unnecessarily treating him with “invasive erectile dysfunction shots” that caused irreversible damage. “This out of state medical corporation set up a fraudulent scheme to make millions off of conning old men by scaring them with a fake test,” Nick Rowley, the man's attorney, wrote in a social media post that detailed the verdict. Rowley went on to say that the scheme involved clinic workers telling patients they would have irreversible damage if they didn't agree to injections three times a week. NuMale Medical Center President Brad Palubicki said in a statement issued Tuesday that the company is committed to high-quality and safe patient care. He said NuMale disagrees with the verdict and intend to pursue all available legal remedies, including an appeal. A message seeking additional comment was left Wednesday with the company and its attorney. NuMale also has clinics in Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Nevada, Nebraska, North Carolina and Wisconsin. According to court records, jurors found that fraudulent and negligent conduct by the defendants resulted in damages to the plaintiff. They also found that unconscionable conduct by the defendants violated the Unfair Practices Act. Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. Get local news delivered to your inbox!
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LeBron James And Bronny's Opening Game Jerseys Hit Auction BlockBritish-Canadian computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton and co-laureate John Hopfield are set to receive the Nobel Prize for physics on Tuesday in Stockholm. The pair landed the accolade because they used physics to develop artificial neural networks, which help computers learn without having to program them. These networks form the foundation of machine learning, a computer science that relies on data and algorithms to help artificial intelligence mimic the human brain. Hinton and Hopfield’s path to the Nobel began when Hopfield, who is now a professor emeritus at Princeton University, invented a network in 1982 that could store and reconstruct images in data. The Hopfield network uses associate memory, which humans use to remember what something looks like when it’s not in front of them or to conjure up a word they know but seldom use. The network can mirror this process because it stores patterns and has a method for recreating them. When the network is given an incomplete or slightly distorted pattern, the method then searches for the stored pattern that is most similar to recreate data. This means if a computer was shown, for example, a photo of dog where only part of the animal was visible, it could use the network to piece together the missing part of the image and recognize it was depicting a dog. Hinton, who was working at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh in 1985, used the Hopfield network as the foundation for a new network he called the Boltzmann machine. Its name came from the nineteenth-century physicist Ludwig Boltzmann. The Boltzmann machine learns from examples, rather than instructions, and when trained, can recognize familiar characteristics in information, even if it has not seen that data before. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which gives out the Nobel, likens this to how humans may be able to identify someone as a relative of one of their friends, even if they’ve never met this person before, because of they share similar traits. The Boltzmann machine works in a similar way, classifying images or creating new examples based on the patterns it was trained on. This kind of technology can help suggest films or television shows based on a user’s preferences and past viewing history The Hopfield network and Boltzmann machine are considered to have laid the groundwork for modern AI. Hinton, a professor emeritus at the University of Toronto, went on to win the A.M. Turing Award, known as the Nobel Prize of computing, with fellow Canadian Yoshua Bengio and American Yan LeCun in 2018. He is often called the godfather of AI. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 8, 2024. Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press
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A woman has died and two people were injured after a single-vehicle crash in Lanark Highlands on Saturday afternoon, according to Ontario Provincial Police. Police say the crash happened in a rural area on Black Creek Road near Loves Road, about 100 kilometres west of Ottawa at around 3:20 p.m. A small sedan-type vehicle was found to have rolled over onto its roof and one of the occupants was trapped inside. Emergency services at the scene found a 41-year-old woman with serious injuries who was later pronounced dead at the scene, according to police. Two others were taken to hospital with minor injuries. The investigation into what led to the crash is ongoing by OPP and the Chief Coroner of Ontario. Roads in the area were closed for about seven hours on Saturday and have since re-opened. Shopping Trends The Shopping Trends team is independent of the journalists at CTV News. We may earn a commission when you use our links to shop. Read about us. 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Election results on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean have set the background for the final stretch of campaigning for Irish parties ahead of polling day on Friday. Donald Trump’s presidential election victory in the US has brought heightened concern that his administration’s proposals around corporation tax and tariffs would significantly impact Ireland’s economic model. Mr Harris, leader of Fine Gael, has argued Ireland and other EU countries need to prepare for the possibility of trade shocks as he criticised the scale of Sinn Fein’s spending pledges as well as their saving plans. He said: “I think that is irresponsible, I think it is dangerous and I think it is reckless.” He accused Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald of not being able to say what her party was prepared to do in the event of an economic crash, adding that Fine Gael would borrow and stop putting money towards a rainy-day fund. Asked if the party was engaging in “project fear” to dissuade voters against Sinn Fein, Mr Harris said: “I call it ‘project truth’. It’s telling people what’s being discussed right across European capitals.” Ms McDonald told an RTE interview on Wednesday morning that a Sinn Fein government would also be prepared to start borrowing in the event of an economic downturn. Both Mr Harris and Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin, who were partners in the last coalition government in Ireland, have made clear they will not countenance Sinn Fein as a potential partner in the next administration in Dublin. One day after the only three-way debate featuring the leaders of the main parties, Mr Martin accused Sinn Fein of being “dishonest” about how they will fund their manifesto plans. Speaking in Dublin on Wednesday, he said he is anxious to get clarity on the issue. “I think Sinn Fein have been very dishonest, frankly, in terms of the funds, because if you go through their figures, and this is a matter of fact, not opinion, they’re predicting a surplus of a billion in 2026, a billion in 2027. “Even in 2025, they’re talking about a mini budget, which would mean reducing the surplus that we’re anticipating in 2025. “There’s a legislative obligation now on any new government to put 0.8% of GDP to one side, and into the funds. There’s no way you can do that with a surplus of a billion in 2026 or 2027, and we would argue they would not have enough funds next year either to put into the funds.” He added: “It means they have no room to manoeuvre if things go wrong, if there’s headwinds come externally, or there are shocks internationally, Sinn Fein is not allowing any headroom at all in terms of room to respond or to move it.” Ms McDonald accused the other two parties of conspiring to keep Sinn Fein out of government and prevent change in Ireland. She said the two men were now “indistinguishable” from each other as she claimed they were suffering “acute amnesia” in regard to their records in government. On a visit to Naas fire station in Co Kildare, she said: “To listen to them, you’d imagine they had just arrived on the scene and that they were going to come up with all of these solutions. “They have had ample chances, ample opportunity, to make things better, and they have failed, and in between the two of them I make the case that now we ask for our chance, with our plans, with our team, to demonstrate how change can happen, how your community, your family, yourself, can be supported when the government is actually on your side.” Mr Martin’s and Mr Harris’ coalition partner Roderic O’Gorman, the leader of the Greens, issued a warning to the public over a future government without his party. On Wednesday, he said it is looking likely that Fianna Fail and Fine Gael will be returned to government – but cautioned they may not want the Greens to continue “fighting hard” on policies. He told reporters: “My sense is certainly the mood music from Fianna Fail and Fine Gael is that they’d like an easier life in the next government – and my concern is they use these small populist parties and right-wing independents.” Mr O’Gorman argued that the Greens could continue to provide stability to government at a time when economic shocks may be around the corner. As the Green leader suggested that relying on independents would be unstable, Mr Martin has also argued that “too much fragmentation would lead to incoherence in government”. Reflecting on Tuesday night’s debate, the Fianna Fail leader said the race remained “too close to call” while Mr Harris said it is “all to play for”. The leaders of Ireland’s three main political parties clashed on housing, healthcare and financial management in the last televised debate before Friday’s General Election. The tetchy debate, which was marked by several interruptions, saw the parties set out their stalls in a broadcast that commentators said did little to move the dial before polling day. The latest opinion poll on Wednesday put the parties in a tight grouping, with Fianna Fail slightly ahead of Sinn Fein and Fine Gael in joint second. After the 2020 general election delivered an inconclusive result, Fine Gael and Fianna Fail, two parties forged from opposing sides of Ireland’s Civil War of the 1920s, agreed to set aside almost a century of animosity and share power – with the Greens as a junior partner. From 2016 to 2020, Fianna Fail had supported Fine Gael in power through a confidence-and-supply arrangement from the Opposition benches in the Dail parliament. Sinn Fein won the popular vote in 2020 but a failure to run enough candidates meant it did not secure sufficient seats in the Dail to give it a realistic chance of forming a government.When the 30-day transfer portal window opens on Sunday, Dec. 9, UCF can expect plenty of activity. The Knights ended a disappointing 4-8 campaign, their second consecutive losing season that saw them miss the postseason for the first time since the 2015-16 season. Vitals: 6-foot-1, 200 pounds Resume: Colson, a 4-star quarterback from Ellenwood (Ga.) Cedar Grove High School was reclassified after his junior season, allowing him to sign as part of the 2024 recruiting class rather than the 2025 class. He led Cedar Grove to three straight state title appearances, winning the Georgia 3A state crown in 2023. Role: Colson was an early enrollee who started the season as one of the backups to KJ Jefferson and Jacurri Brown. He became the first true freshman to start for the Knights since Mikey Keene in 2021 when he took the field against Cincinnati on Oct. 12. That staff decided to redshirt Colson, limiting him to three appearances, including in the final minutes of the season finale against Utah. Outlook: Colson’s shocking transfer announcement came less than an hour after the Knights’ 28-14 loss to the Utes on Black Friday. It was a game in which he was 8 of 12 for 70 yards with a touchdown and an interception. His departure leaves UCF with three quarterbacks: redshirt freshman Dylan Rizk, true freshman Riley Trujillo and Brown. Vitals: 5-10, 195 pounds Resume: Threats was a 3-star product out of Dublin (Oh.) Coffman High School before signing with the Cincinnati Bearcats. Role: The safety played four games with the Knights after arriving in December following three seasons at Cincinnati, where he helped the team reach the College Football Playoff in 2021. Outlook: Threats’ role was seen primarily as a backup in the secondary. He had 7 tackles with 1 tackle for loss. Vitals: 5-11, 185 pounds Resume: The former 4-star receiver at Tampa’s Berkley Prep was a midseason enrollee with the Knights. Role: Townsend has been the Knights’ starting slot receiver since arriving in the 2022 recruiting class. He’s appeared in 29 games (14 starts) during the last three seasons, including every game this season and finished with 66 catches with 521 yards and 4 touchdowns in his career, including 10 catches for 69 yards and a score in 2024. Outlook: Townsend’s departure had a double impact on the Knights, who missed his abilities as a receiver and as the team’s primary kick returner on special teams. Vitals: 5-10, 175 pounds Resume: Boomer joined the program as a walk-on after starting at Lake Mary High School. Role: He appeared in 29 games at UCF, connecting on 30 of 42 field goals (71.4%) and 109 of 113 extra points (96.5%). This season, Boomer was 3 for 6 on field goals but missed his final three kicks — two were blocked during the Knights’ 35-34 win at TCU on Sept. 14. Outlook: Boomer’s departure opened the door for redshirt freshman Grant Reddick, who connected on 67% (6 of 9) field goal attempts and was 25 of 25 on extra points. Vitals: 6-1, 205 pounds Resume: Moore attended Sanford High as a 3-star linebacker for the Seminoles before signing with UCF as part of its 2022 recruiting class. He helped lead the team to the 8A state title in 2020. Role: The junior appeared in 23 games (1 start) during his three seasons with the Knights, registering 23 tackles with 2 tackles for loss, a forced fumble and a pass defended. Moore appeared in three games this season, totaling 2 tackles. Outlook: Moore’s departure leaves the Knights thin at the linebacker position, particularly with the departures of seniors Ethan Barr, Deshawn Pace and Jesiah Pierre. Vitals: 6-3, 240 pounds Resume: Call was a 3-star prospect out of Apopka High School who signed with the Knights as part of their 2023 recruiting class. He helped the Blue Darters win three state titles in four appearances during his high school career. Role: Call registered 2 tackles in three games this season, primarily as a backup to Nyjalik Kelly and Malachi Lawrence. He appeared in 16 games at UCF, mostly on special teams. Outlook: His departure from the program was controversial. He posted a letter on social media claiming he was kicked off the team after requesting a redshirt during the season. Coach Gus Malzahn denied that accusation, stating he’s only removed one player from the team due to off-the-field issues. Matt Murschel can be reached at mmurschel@orlandosentinel.com
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