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Video claiming to show Rachel Maddow getting emotional while reporting on Elon Musk meme is fakeNone( MENAFN - EIN Presswire) Cognitive Diagnostics Global market Report 2024 - Market Size, Trends, And Global Forecast 2024-2033 The Business Research Company's Early Year-End Sale! Get up to 30% off detailed market research reports-for a limited time only! LONDON, GREATER LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, December 13, 2024 /EINPresswire / -- The Business Research Company's Early Year-End Sale! Get up to 30% off detailed market research reports-limited time only! What is the Projected Growth Rate and Market Size in the Cognitive Diagnostics Market? The cognitive diagnostics market has seen remarkable growth in recent years, growing from $4.13 billion in 2023 to an expected $5.07 billion in 2024 at a compound annual growth rate CAGR of 22.9%. This growth during the historic period can primarily be attributed to an increased prevalence of cognitive disorders, advancements in neuroimaging technology, growing awareness of early diagnosis, a rising geriatric population, government funding for research, expanding clinical trials, and increased demand for personalized medicine. This exponential growth is projected to continue even further with an estimated worth of $11.6 billion by 2028 at a CAGR of 23%. This forecast period's growth can be ascribed to the adoption of digital health technologies, an increased focus on early and preventive diagnostics, development of advanced biomarkers, and other key driving factors. Get a detailed insight into this rising market with a sample of our report: What Are the Key Drivers and Factors Influencing the Growth of the Cognitive Diagnostics Market? The escalating incidence of neurological disorders is a key factor expected to drive the growth of the cognitive diagnostics market. Neurological disorders, including conditions such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, are largely due to increased prevalence of age-related conditions, hereditary factors, exposure to environmental toxins, stress, unhealthy diets, and sedentary lifestyles. Cognitive diagnostic tools come into play by assessing, detecting, and monitoring cognitive impairments, thereby ensuring early diagnosis and management of such conditions. These tools play a vital role in managing neurological diseases. For instance, according to a report by the Alzheimer's Association in May 2024, the number of Americans aged 65 and older diagnosed with Alzheimer's dementia rose from 6.5 million in 2022 to an estimated 6.9 million in 2024. Such escalating incidences of neurological disorders strongly point towards an increasing need, and thus, the growth of the cognitive diagnostics market. Learn more about the market and its projections with our full report: Who Are the Key Players in the Cognitive Diagnostics Market? Leading companies operating in the cognitive diagnostics market include Cogstate Ltd., Viz, Redcliffe Labs, Mind Maze, Neurocare Group AG, Pathway Genomics, Diadem srl, Cambridge Cognition Ltd., Posit Science Corporation, Anderson Diagnostics & Labs., Altoida AG, and others. These companies, amid competitive market dynamics, are keen on leveraging technological advancements and innovation to maintain their leadership in the market. What are the Emerging Trends in the Cognitive Diagnostics Market? Technological advancements in diagnostic tools such as neuropsychological testing platforms offer real-time insights into cognitive health. This innovation can enhance the accuracy, efficiency, and comprehensiveness of cognitive assessments. 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The market report covers various segments like: 1 By Diagnosis: Brain Imaging Tests, Laboratory Testing, Mental Status Testing, Rapid Home Screening Tests, Neuropsychological Testing, Electroencephalogram EEG, Cognitive Function And Behavioral Tests, Neuropsychiatric Inventory Questionnaire NPI-Q 2 By Indication: Alzheimer's Disease, Attention Deficit Or Hyperactivity Disorder, Dementia, Epilepsy-Related Cognitive Dysfunction, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Parkinson's Disease-Related Cognitive Dysfunction, Stroke-Related Cognitive Dysfunction, Traumatic Brain Injury, Other Indications 3 By End User: Hospitals, Neurology Clinics, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Centers, Rehabilitation Centers, Academic And Research Institutes, Diagnostic Imaging Centers, Home Care Settings What Are the Regional Insights in the Cognitive Diagnostics Market? North America emerged as the largest region in the cognitive diagnostics market in 2023. 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Fastenal Co. stock underperforms Monday when compared to competitors despite daily gainsThe election of Emmanuel Tjibaou as the new president of New Caledonia's main pro-independence party, the Union Calédonienne (UC), has triggered a whole range of political reactions, mostly favourable, some more cautious. Within the pro-independence camp, the two main moderate parties UPM (Progressist Union in Melanesia) and PALIKA (Kanak Liberation Party), have reacted favourably, although they have recently distanced themselves from UC. UPM leader Victor Tutugoro hailed Tjibaou's election while pointing out that it was "not easy", "given the difficult circumstances". "It's courageous of him to take this responsibility," he told public broadcaster NC la 1ère . "He is a man of dialogue, a pragmatic man." PALIKA leader Jean-Pierre Djaïwé reacted in similar terms, saying Tjibaou "is well aware that the present situation is very difficult". Both PALIKA and UPM hoped the new UC leadership could have the potential to pave the way for a reconciliation between all members of the Kanak Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS), which has been experiencing profound differences for the past few years. On the pro-France (and therefore anti-independence) side, which is also divided, the moderate Calédonie Ensemble's Philippe Michel saw in this new leadership a "real generational change" and noted that Tjibaou's "appeasing" style could build new bridges between opposing sides of New Caledonia's political spectrum. "We'll have to leave him some time to put his mark on UC's operating mode,"Michel said. "We all have to find our way back towards an agreement." Over the past two years, attempts from France to have all parties reach an agreement that could potentially produce a document to succeed the 1998 Nouméa autonomy Accord have failed, partly because of UC's refusal to attend discussions involving all parties around the same table. Pro-France Rassemblement-LR President Alcide Ponga said it's a big responsibility Tjibaou has on his shoulders in the coming months. "Because we have these negotiations coming on how to exit the Nouméa Accord. "I think it's good that everyone comes back to the table; this is something New Caledonians are expecting." Gil Brial, vice-president of a more radical pro-France Les Loyalistes, had a "wait and see" approach. "We're waiting now to see what motions UC has endorsed," he said. "Because if it's returning to negotiations with only one goal, of accessing independence, despite three referendums which rejected independence, it won't make things any simpler." Brial said he was well aware that UC's newly-elected political bureau now included about half of "moderate" members, and the rest remained more radical. "We want to see which of these trends will take the lead, who will act as negotiators and for what goal." UC has yet to publish the exact content of the motions adopted by its militants following its weekend Congress. Les Loyalistes leader and Southern province President Sonia Backès also reacted to Tjibaou's election, saying this was "expected". Writing on social media, she expressed the hope that under its new leadership, UC would now "constructively return to the negotiating table". She said her party's approach was "wait and see, without any naivety". Tjibaou's first post-election comments Tjibaou told journalists: "Now we have to pull up our sleeves and also shed some light on what has transpired since the 13 May (insurrectional riots)." He also placed a high priority on the upcoming political talks on New Caledonia's institutional and political future. "We still need to map out a framework and scope - what negotiations, what framework, what contents for this new agreement everyone is calling for. "What we'll be looking for is an agreement towards full emancipation and sovereignty. Based on this, we'll have to build." He elaborated on Monday by defining UC's pro-independence intentions as "a basket of negotiations". He, like his predecessor Daniel Goa, also placed a strong emphasis on the need for UC to take stock of past shortcomings (especially in relation to the younger generations) in order to "transform and move forward". Asked about his perception of the role a UC-created "field action coordinating cell" (CCAT) has played in the May riots, Tjibaou said this remained "an important tool, especially to mobilise our militants on the ground". "But (CCAT) objectives have to be well-defined at all times. "There is no political motion from UC that condones violence as a means to reach our goals. "If abuses have been committed, justice will take its course." At its latest Congress in August 2024 (which both UPM and PALIKA decided not to attend), FLNKS appointed CCAT leader Christian Téin as its new President. Téin is in jail in Mulhouse in the north-east of France, following his arrest in June and pending his trial. In the newly-elected UC political bureau, the UC's Congress, which was held in the small village of Mia (near Canala, East Coast of the main island of Grande Terre) has maintained Téin as the party's "Commissar-General". Tjibaou was the only candidate for the president's position. His election on Sunday comes as UC's former leader, Daniel Goa, 71, announced last week he did not intend to seek another mandate, partly for health reasons, after leading the party for the past 12 years. Goa told militants this was a "heavy burden" his successor will now have to carry. He also said there was a need to work on political awareness and training for the younger generations. He said the youths' heavy involvement in the recent riots, not necessarily within the UC's political framework, was partly caused by "all these years during which we did not train (UC) political commissioners" on the ground. He told local media at the weekend this has been "completely neglected", saying this was his mea culpa. After the riots started, there was a perception that calls for calm coming from UC and other political parties were no longer heeded and that, somehow, the whole insurrection had gotten out of control. The 48 year old Tjibaou was also elected earlier this year as one of New Caledonia's two representatives to the French National Assembly (Lower House).

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Donald Trump on Friday said he would nominate Scott Bessent to be the 79th U.S. Treasury secretary and frontman for the president-elect’s aggressive economic policies, a slate that financial markets already anticipate will add to economic growth in the near term but also rekindle inflation. Here are five charts sensitive to that agenda that the incoming cabinet official may want to keep on his radar: The U.S. is already more than $35 trillion in debt, with roughly $28 trillion of that floated in the global bond market in the form of U.S. Treasury securities. Total debt grew by more than $7.8 trillion in Trump’s first term, with Treasury debt rising by $7.2 trillion. Under President Joe Biden, total debt is up by a further $8.2 trillion, including nearly $7 trillion of new Treasury market debt. Those totals, according to the latest baseline forecast from the Congressional Budget Office – which does not take into account Trump’s ambitions for additional tax cuts and tariffs – are expected to rise to about $42 trillion and $35 trillion, respectively, by the end of 2028 just before the Republican president-elect’s second term in the White House expires. Often touted as the safest asset pool on Earth, the Treasury market nonetheless has grown increasingly sensitive to the rapid growth of the federal debt, with concerns over just how much longer global investors will be willing to fund the country’s liabilities at advantageous interest rates. In light of Trump’s desire to lower taxes, which is likely to reduce tax revenues, Bessent will have to hope the cuts stimulate economic growth that outpaces growth in the federal budget deficit. Bessent has said he would like to reduce the deficit as a share of gross domestic product to 3%. For fiscal 2024, which ended on Sept. 30, it was 7.8% of real – or inflation-adjusted – GDP. It has not been 3% or below since 2015 during the Obama administration. In Trump’s first term, it ranged from 3.4% in fiscal 2017 to 15.2% in fiscal 2020, a year when COVID-19 pandemic relief spending blew out the deficit. The CBO’s projection underestimated the actual deficit-to-GDP ratio in 2024, but its baseline forecast estimates it at 6.1% next year and 5.6% just before Trump leaves office. It then starts to expand again beginning in 2030. Federal debt service costs topped $1 trillion in fiscal 2024 for the first time on a combination of more debt and higher interest rates resulting from two years of Federal Reserve rate increases to rein in inflation. Interest on the debt in the last fiscal year was exceeded only by the Social Security retirement program as a spending line item. And, even as the Fed has started cutting interest rates, Treasury yields have risen notably in the last two months in anticipation of much of Trump’s agenda taking effect – and the country’s borrowing costs have continued rising with them. So far, recent auctions of new U.S. bonds have been well bid, but that is not guaranteed should the market size continue its rapid growth. The U.S. dollar has been on a tear, climbing more than 7% since late September against a basket of major trading partners’ currencies, and is at its strongest level in about two years. A strong dollar will help mute some of the inflationary impetus of the Trump economic agenda, with currency effects making imported goods cheaper. But it will make U.S. exports less attractive, complicating any effort to put a dent in the trade deficit even with the expanded slate of tariffs Trump has in mind to slow the flow of imports. Bessent will be the chief liaison between the Fed and the administration. Fed Chair Jerome Powell meets most weeks with the Treasury secretary – now Janet Yellen and Steven Mnuchin before her – giving the new secretary ample opportunity to offer views on what is going on with Fed policy, particularly interest rates. Trump famously soured on Powell soon after elevating him from Fed governor to the U.S. central bank’s chief because Powell continued with a rate-increasing regime begun by his predecessor, who happened to be Yellen. As Trump takes office this time, the Fed is in the process of lowering rates – but perhaps not as much as central bank officials themselves had anticipated just two months ago and perhaps also not as much as Trump would like to see. That’s because inflation is again proving to be a bit slower in returning to the Fed’s 2% target, and the job market – the other focus of the dual mandate assigned it by Congress – remains pretty healthy. Powell’s term as chair expires in May 2026, and if history is a guide, Bessent could be an influential voice advising Trump on who next to pick to lead the central bank. Earlier this year Bessent floated the idea of nominating Powell’s successor as early as possible to undercut Powell’s authority – a so-called “shadow chair” appointment – but he has since backed away from the idea. Source: Reuters (Reporting By Dan Burns; Editing by Paul Simao)Women more likely to need walking aids but less likely to use them – studyWomen more likely to need walking aids but less likely to use them – study

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This year has proven to be a tough year for B.C.’s real estate market, defined by sluggish sales and rising inventory. Despite the Bank of Canada’s series of interest rate cuts in 2024, key issues like affordability, high construction costs, rising taxes on developers, and red-tape at the municipal level continued to hinder the success of buyers and sellers. “All the damage has been done,” Trevor Koot, CEO of the BC Real Estate Association (BCREA), told 1130 NewsRadio. One of Koot’s main concerns is the lack of new development this year. “We’ve seen good numbers for purpose-built rentals, but there’s a balancing act with policies surrounding foreign investment, foreign buyers, and changes to non-permanent residents. These policies are intended to amplify opportunity, but we still need that investment to incentivize building.” The reality, according to Koot, is that large-scale projects — often worth hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars – require speculation and risk. “The government can’t do it all. We need investment to make these projects happen. We need more supply in order to start to dampen some of the pressure on housing,” he explained. In reflecting on the past year, Koot highlighted several key points the BCREA pushed for, including a greater focus on trades training to address workforce shortages, revisiting tax policies like the property transfer tax to ease barriers for first-time buyers, and the provincial government’s efforts to promote densification. While the provincial government has made progress in removing some barriers, Koot says municipal approval processes — especially in terms of cost and time — remain a significant challenge. Looking ahead to 2025, Koot is cautiously optimistic. He anticipates a more balanced market and sees promising signs, particularly in the spring, when he expects a surge of activity from buyers who have been waiting for the right moment. “We expect that there’s going to be some movement with some of the inventory that’s that stocked up,” he said. However, Koot notes that sellers who are still holding onto expectations from earlier in the year may need to recalibrate their expectations. “Sellers often look at past prices and think they can still achieve them, but it takes time for the market to adjust.” Koot emphasizes that success will depend on a range of factors, such as how many buyers return to the market, the pressure they put on available inventory, and the psychological environment surrounding the market at the time. “Both buyers and sellers should work with their realtors for guidance and understanding of the market to ensure they’re confident in getting the best price in that moment.”Robinson scores 25 in Mercer's 90-89 OT win against Jacksonville

George Norcross III, right, and lawyer Michael Critchley speak to reporters in Trenton on June 17, 2024, after hearing Norcross has been indicted by the state Attorney General's Office. (Photo by Hal Brown for New Jersey Monitor) State prosecutors have urged a judge to deny Democratic power broker George Norcross III’s motion to dismiss his racketeering indictment , accusing defense attorneys of trashing their investigation to “indoctrinate the press, the public, and, worst of all, the prospective jury pool.” In a new filing, state prosecutors implored Judge Peter E. Warshaw Jr. to reject Norcross’ argument that he and five co-defendants were engaged in “hard-bargaining,” not extortion, conspiracy, and other crimes, in deals since 2012 to secure land, easements, and tax incentives along the Camden waterfront. “Defendants resist any further scrutiny of their actions, claiming that this is all just ‘garden-variety politics,’ ‘how deals get done,’ and even ‘a feature of democratic self-government.’ But the grand jury did not think so, and nothing about its view is manifestly or palpably wrong,” prosecutors wrote. In a letter Friday, Attorney General Matt Platkin also asked Warshaw to reject a separate motion defense attorneys filed last Wednesday to compel prosecutors to produce the applications and other documents authorizing the federal wiretaps. The defense plans to press Warshaw to suppress the wiretapping evidence but needs the underlying documents to do so, they wrote. The wiretaps initially were approved for a federal investigation into John “Johnny Doc” Dougherty, the disgraced labor leader in Philadelphia who went to prison this year for embezzling from the labor union he had headed. Investigators listening to conversations in that probe shifted their focus in 2016 to Norcross — but they did so without a fresh wiretap order, defense attorneys said. “These circumstances raise obvious red flags as to whether prosecutors and agents followed Department of Justice policies, the letter of the federal wiretap laws, and truly established probable cause as to Mr. Norcross,” defense attorneys wrote in their motion. The documents prosecutors did provide were so heavily redacted that defense attorneys accused them of “playing a cynical game of hide-the-ball.” The defense also accused Platkin of overreach by taking on a case that investigators had first “shopped” around unsuccessfully to U.S. attorney offices in New Jersey and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Federal prosecutors in those offices closed the case because they “saw no crime,” the defense alleges. “There is just one conclusion to be drawn — that the Attorney General prizes headlines over prosecution standards,” defense attorneys Jeffrey S. Chiesa and Lee Vartan said in a statement. The two represent William M. Tambussi, Norcross’ personal attorney and co-defendant. Platkin bristled at defense attorneys’ claims that his office shirked their legal duty to turn over such documents during discovery. “So far, the State has turned over to the defense more than 4.3 million files ranging in length from one-page documents to documents that are thousands of pages long,” Platkin wrote. “The State has also given the defense more than 6,000 wiretap recordings and at least 700 hours of audio recordings, which include the interviews of about 100 people.” Defense attorneys sought additional documents his office doesn’t have, and the office requested them accordingly from federal prosecutors, Platkin added. He dismissed defense attorneys’ claims that his office improperly picked up an investigation the feds abandoned. “That the U.S. Attorney’s Office on the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River used wiretap materials that federal officials alone generated to prosecute a Norcross associate while declining to pursue Norcross and his codefendants for different criminal schemes in New Jersey is no barrier to this prosecution,” he wrote. New Jersey will “safeguard its residents from corruption — even if it invites the wrath of powerful people like George Norcross or less powerful people like Tambussi,” Platkin added. Federal prosecutors did not pass on prosecuting Norcross and his associates because they saw no crime, Platkin said. Instead, prosecutors close cases without taking them to court for all sorts of discretionary reasons that have nothing to do with guilt or innocence, such as whether their office has the bandwidth to handle such a prosecution, he said. Defense attorneys in the Norcross case say federal prosecutors in New Jersey who closed the probe without charges in 2018 cited “a review of the applicable law and evidence obtained during the investigation,” while federal prosecutors in Pennsylvania gave up last year “based upon review of the available admissible evidence, the applicable law, the probability of a successful trial and the prosecution standards of the office.” Platkin attributed defense attorneys’ “distorted” claims to “their months-long effort to barrage the media with inflammatory rhetoric designed to sway the jury pool.” Norcross was charged in June in a 13-count indictment along with Tambussi and four others — Norcross’ brother Philip A. Norcross, an attorney with Parker McKay; former Camden mayor Dana Redd; Sidney Brown, the head of trucking company NFI and a Norcross business partner; and John J. O’Donnell, a real estate developer and president of The Michaels Organization. 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NoneFollowing a two-month stint in hospital, Waratahs general manager and former Fiji coach Simon Raiwalui says he’s back on track after suffering a life-threatening stroke at work just days shy of his 50th birthday. Raiwalui, who masterminded Fiji’s World Cup hammer blow over the Wallabies last year in Saint-Etienne, was just weeks into his new role as the Waratahs’ new general manager when he suffered a stroke at the Super Rugby side’s headquarters in Daceyville in late August. Raiwalui was engaged in a meeting with Rugby Australia high performance director Peter Horne and recently departed Waratahs chief executive Paul Doorn when the symptoms arose. “I was at work and I was at a meeting with Paul Doorn and Peter Horne and I just started slurring,” Raiwalui tells The Roar in the gentle giant’s first interview since being released from hospital. “I could tell that something was wrong. I didn’t feel bad, but I just felt there was something. I pride myself on my speech and being able to explain myself and I couldn’t get it out. “Pete said, ‘Are you alright? You might want to go see the doctor.’ “I went down to the team doctor and he said, ‘Let’s get you to a hospital, I think you’re having a stroke.’ “I ended up staying in hospital for two months.” Although Raiwalui never lost consciousness, the former Fijian forward lost his speech for days and movement in his body. Never one to want any excess attention drawn his way, Raiwalui downplayed his health battle at every moment and asked for his health battle to be kept out of the headlines, especially with his daughter in the process of finishing her schooling. But Waratahs and Rugby Australia officials were left sweating about Raiwalui’s health. More Rugby Doorn and Horne regularly visited the former international in hospital. For a man who barely got injured during his long-career at the top that saw him run out for Fiji and carve out a successful career in England with Saracens and in France, being told to stay still wasn’t easy. “I played until I was 37 and I retired because I got a knee injury the year before, but I was lucky,” Raiwalui says. “I didn’t miss any games, really. “It was quite a shock to just be in hospital for so long. I wasn’t the best patient, and my wife will tell you that, and the doctors will tell you that. “I was very stubborn, and I left hospital early and I went back to work early. They didn’t want me to go back to work, but I couldn’t help myself really. (Photo by Alex Livesey – World Rugby/World Rugby via Getty Images) “But I’ve been good, and the Waratahs have been brilliant. They haven’t rushed me. I went back for a little bit and then they said to come into Rugby Australia and do a little bit. Peter Horne’s been brilliant. “Rugby Australia and the Waratahs have been brilliant and allowing me to come back at my own pace. There’s some great people in Rugby Australia at the moment that are really looking after me.” Raiwalui hopes to hit the ground running early next year, but recognises, for now, that his health is the number one priority. “I’ve still got stuff that’s still paying up, like physically, the left side’s still playing up and they said that’s normal, but mentally I’m back,” Raiwalui said. “What I lost was my speech for a couple of days. It’s been more physical for me. I’ve always kept the mental side. The biggest thing for me is fatigue. “I’m definitely going back. [New Waratahs coach] Dan’s [McKellar] been really good, he’s been really understanding and Andrew Cleverley stepped into my role. “I’ve got a meeting next week. I’ll talk with HR and Peter about what my role is going to be. And then hopefully I’ll go back into the role with the Waratahs in January. “I’ve got a big role with the Waratahs looking after the academies and the men and women. It’s a big transition period this year. I was really excited to join, obviously, and I’m looking forward to the role still.” While Raiwalui undoubtedly would have wanted to enjoy his 50th birthday celebrations, the former Flying Fijian recongises he was fortunate to suffer the stroke in Sydney rather than on a remote island is his traditional homeland – the country he spent the previous four years. “I could have been in Fiji when this happened and that would have been a nightmare,” he quips. Raiwalui is seeing the stroke as an opportunity to reassess his priorities. After a whirlwind four years, where Raiwalui would regularly only get two to three hours of sleep a night, the former Test lock now acknowledges that his lifestyle and huge workload had impacted his health and likely contributed to his stroke. “It was a wake-up call,” said Raiwalui, who as Fiji Rugby’s general manager took over from Vern Cotter on the eve of the World Cup and led them to the quarter-finals in France. Simon Raiwalui and Eddie Jones ahead of last year’s World Cup clash, won by Fiji. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images) “They went through my life and I was obviously burning the candle at both ends with Fiji, all the stresses of coming back and doing a job . “I thought I was Superman. But you can’t live your life staying up until three o’clock, four o’clock, not eating well. “It’s been a wake-up call and a reminder that I’ve got to rest, I’ve got to eat properly. I basically wouldn’t eat all day and then have a massive meal at three in the morning. And your life is not only about work. “That’s what the stroke was telling me to settle down for a bit and calm myself and get your life in order. “So, I’m a great advocate now of just saying, you don’t have to work yourself to the bone. It’s good to be a hard worker and a good employee, but it’s not everything.” Part of Raiwalui’s decision to open up on his health struggles is to get the message across that enjoying a sustainable work-life balance is essential. “I’ve been blessed with the support,” he said. “I’m quite a private person and I don’t like to share. It’s part of the biggest problem with me, I just put things in the back and ignore it. But the support has been great. “It’s actually good to get back on Twitter and say hello and get some normality back in my life. “I love rugby and I’ve been so happy with Australian rugby this year. It’s really good to see the job that Joe and his team have done to really bring back a good feeling with rugby in Australia, which is really important to me. “I was part of the problem with Fiji (defeating the Wallabies last year), but it’s great to see Australian rugby really turn a corner, and there’s some really positive vibes coming out of this last year. “This next year is going to be a very good Super Rugby season, it’s going to be the best one in a long time, and then you’ve got the Lions tour, so it’s going to be a massive 2025.” So what’s on for the coming weeks? “We’ll enjoy Christmas, I’ll just stay away from the bad food and alcohol,” he said.