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winph99 xom Tommy Mellott has career day in No. 1 Montana State win over UT Martin in FCS second roundIsrael launched waves of heavy airstrikes across Syria on Tuesday, hitting what it said were military targets to prevent abandoned weapons from falling into the hands of rebel fighters. The intensified aerial campaign, carried out in parallel with Israel’s first ground operation in Syrian territory since the 1973 Yom Kippur War, drew international condemnation and added another dangerous variable to the fast-moving situation in Syria, where armed groups are trying to create a new political order after the overthrow of dictator Bashar al-Assad. The Israel Defense Forces said in a statement Tuesday that warplanes had launched 350 strikes on Syrian territory since Sunday, destroying dozens of missiles, an airfield, weapons production sites across five cities, and 15 naval vessels — effectively eliminating the Syrian navy. Images of the aftermath on Syrian television showed sunken boats and smoldering wreckage in the western city of Latakia, the country’s main port and a former stronghold of Assad and his minority Alawite base. Other videos showed scorched buildings, a destroyed aircraft hangar and loud explosions from the heavy bombardment. Israeli officials have characterized the extensive strikes as preemptive in nature, protecting the country from future attack rather than responding to a current threat. They invoked a similar rationale Monday in defending the movement of troops beyond a U.N.-monitored buffer zone in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. “I approved the air force bombing of strategic military capabilities left by the Syrian military so that they will not fall into the hands of the jihadists,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video address Tuesday. Netanyahu said Israel wants relations with the new government in Syria, but he warned the rebels against attacking Israel or allowing Iran or its proxies to regain a foothold in the country. “We will respond with force and exact a heavy price,” he said. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the rebel group that led the lightning offensive — sweeping south from its home base in northern Idlib to the presidential palace in Damascus in under two weeks — has yet to comment on the Israeli strikes. Its members remain largely preoccupied with navigating the transition from a military to a political force, and they are scrambling to address cash and food shortages in the capital and beyond. Elsewhere in the country, other armed groups are still vying for influence, seeking to fill the sudden power vacuum after more than half a century of Assad family rule. “We are continuing to see Israeli movements and bombardments into Syrian territory,” Geir Pedersen, the U.N. special envoy to Syria, said Tuesday. “This needs to stop.” Similar urgings have come from governments across the Middle East, from Baghdad to Riyadh. The Saudi Arabian Foreign Ministry accused Israel on Monday of violating international law and “sabotag[ing] Syria’s chances of restoring its security, stability and territorial integrity.” The United States, Israel’s main military and diplomatic backer, described its ally’s military activities as “non-permanent” in nature and taking place under “exigent circumstances.” “We don’t want to see any actor ... move themselves in such a way that makes it harder for the Syrian people to get at legitimate governance,” John Kirby, the U.S. National Security Council spokesman, told reporters Tuesday. Israel has simultaneously taken credit for the fall of Assad — with Netanyahu boasting Monday that he had “reshaped the Middle East” by weakening Iran and its proxies Hamas and Hezbollah — while expressing fears over the shape of the new Syrian state. HTS was formed as an offshoot of al-Qaeda during the country’s civil war but has sought to rebrand as a moderate Islamist organization, vowing to protect religious minorities and restore the country’s standing in the region. Israel’s defense minister, Israel Katz, said the military was aiming to establish a “sterile defense zone” in southern Syria and “prevent the entrenchment and organization of terror.” As Syria’s military largely melted away in the face of the rebel advances, it vacated military bases believed to store significant munitions and gear, including the remnants of Assad’s chemical weapons stockpile. A nerve-gas attack by the Syrian government on a Damascus suburb in 2013 killed nearly 1,500 civilians, including at least 426 children, according to U.S. intelligence. The attack was described by American officials at the time as an “indiscriminate, inconceivable horror.” Under a deal brokered between then-President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin, hundreds of tons of chemical weapons were removed from Syria and destroyed — depleting but not eliminating Assad’s arsenal. By striking the sites now, Israel is acting within a “window of opportunity,” said Yossi Kuperwasser, a former Israeli military official now with the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs. He said the attacks on chemical and other munitions were necessary “to make sure whoever is going to be the next ruler [of Syria] is not going to have state-of-the-art weaponry.” And Israel couldn’t have launched the strikes while Assad was in power, he added: “It would have been considered belligerent activity. Now I think everyone understands.” That understanding does not extend to ordinary Syrians, whose euphoria over Assad’s ouster is now tempered by renewed anxiety over insecurity as explosions rock the capital. “The feeling of fear has now started to go,” Hani Qusebatuy, 27, said Monday as he joined hundreds of people celebrating in Damascus. “Now the only feeling of fear is the Israeli attacks.” The United States has also launched strikes on Syria this week, with the Pentagon saying it hit 75 Islamic State targets Sunday in the central desert. About 900 American troops remain in Syria, a vestige of the forces deployed a decade ago to fight the Islamic State, which sought to establish a “caliphate” spanning parts of Syria and Iraq. Ryan C. Crocker, who served as the U.S. ambassador to Syria, warned during an event at the Middle East Institute on Tuesday that Israel’s military operations in Syria risk “repercussions beyond which the Israelis intend.” Addressing their moves in the Golan, he said any long-term occupation of the area “could add fuel already to a fire.” “So the Israelis, in presumably taking preemptively defensive moves, need to be very careful that they don’t spark a new militancy directed at them,” he said

ATLANTA (AP) — President Joe Biden's administration announced Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Energy will make a $6.6 billion loan to Rivian Automotive to build a factory in Georgia that had stalled as the startup electric vehicle maker struggled to become profitable. It's unclear whether the administration can complete the loan before Donald Trump becomes president again in less than two months, or whether the Trump administration might try to claw the money back. Trump previously vowed to end federal electric vehicle tax credits , which are worth up to $7,500 for new zero-emission vehicles and $4,000 for used ones. Rivian made a splash when it went public and began producing large electric R1 SUVs, pickup trucks and delivery vans at a former Mitsubishi factory in Normal, Illinois, in 2021. Months later, the California-based company announced it would build a second, larger, $5 billion plant about 40 miles (64 kilometers) east of Atlanta, near the town of Social Circle. The R1 vehicles cost $70,000 or more. The company plans to produce R2 vehicles, a smaller SUV, in Georgia with lower price tags aimed at a mass market. The first phase of Rivian’s Georgia factory is projected to make 200,000 vehicles a year, with a second phase capable of another 200,000 a year. Eventually, the plant is projected to employ 7,500 workers. But Rivian was unable to meet production and sales targets and rapidly burned through cash. In March, the company said it would pause construction of the Georgia plant. The company said it would begin assembling its R2 SUV in Illinois instead. CEO RJ Scaringe said the move would allow Rivian to start selling the R2 sooner and save $2.25 billion in capital spending. Since then, German automaker Volkswagen AG said in June it would invest $5 billion in Rivian in a joint venture in which Rivian would share software and electrical technology with Volkswagen. The money eased Rivian's cash crunch. Tuesday's announcement throws a lifeline to Rivian's grander plans. The company said its plans to make the R2 and the smaller R3 in Georgia are back on and that production will begin in 2028. “This loan would enable Rivian to more aggressively scale our U.S. manufacturing footprint for our competitively priced R2 and R3 vehicles that emphasize both capability and affordability,” Scaringe said in a statement. The Energy Department said the loan would substantially boost electric vehicles made in the United States and support Biden’s goal of having zero-emission vehicles make up half of all new U.S. sales by 2030. “As one of a few American EV startups with light duty vehicles already on the road, Rivian’s Georgia facility will allow the company to reach production volumes that make its products more cost competitive and accelerate access to international markets,” the department said in a statement. The loan includes $6 billion, plus $600 million in interest that will be rolled into the principal. The money would come from the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program, which provides low-interest loans to make fuel-efficient vehicles and components. The program has focused mostly on loans to new battery factories for electric vehicles under Biden, but earlier helped finance initial production of the Tesla Model S and Nissan Leaf, two pioneering electric vehicles. The loan program, created in 2007, requires a "reasonable prospect of repayment" of the loan. Under Biden, the program has announced deals totaling $33.3 billion, including $9.2 billion for massive battery plants in Tennessee and Kentucky for Ford’s electric vehicles. Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff , who has been a vocal supporter of electric vehicle and solar manufacturing in Georgia, hailed Tuesday's announcement as “yet another historic federal investment in Georgia electric vehicle manufacturing.” Ossoff had asked Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm to support the loan in July. “Our federal manufacturing incentives are driving economic development across the state of Georgia,” Ossoff said in a statement. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp says his goal is to make Georgia a center of the electric vehicle industry. But the Republican has had a strained relationship with the Biden administration over its industrial policy, even as some studies have found Georgia has netted more electric vehicle investment than any other state. Kemp has long claimed that manufacturers were picking Georgia before Biden's signature climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act, was passed. Efforts to bring Rivian to Georgia predated the Biden administration and "our shared vision to bring opportunity to Georgia will remain no matter who resides in the White House or what party controls Congress,” Kemp spokesperson Garrison Douglas said Tuesday. The loan to Rivian could rescue one of the Kemp administration's signature economic development projects even as Biden leaves office. That could put Rivian and Kemp in the position of defending the loan if Trump tries to quash it. State and local governments offered Rivian an incentive package worth an estimated $1.5 billion in 2022. Neighbors opposed to development of the Georgia site mounted legal challenges. State and local governments spent around $125 million to buy and prepare the nearly 2,000-acre (810-hectare) site. The state also has completed most of $50 million in roadwork that it pledged. The pause at Rivian contrasts with rapid construction at Hyundai Motor Group’s $7.6 billion electric vehicle and battery complex near Savannah. The Korean automaker said in October that it had begun production in Ellabell, where it plans to eventually employ 8,500. Associated Press writer Matthew Daly in Washington contributed to this story.

F1 closer to approving expanded grid for GM entryCES 2025 is looming around the corner, and while the annual tech show is usually full of high-tech goodies, this year is going to be especially important for gamers. Nvidia’s Jensen Huang is hosting the big CES keynote this year, so you can expect Team Green to be going big. Likewise, we haven’t seen new graphics cards from AMD, so it’s a very strong possibility that CES is going to usher in an entirely new generation of graphics hardware . CES 2025: When is it Happening? CES 2025 officially kicks off on January 7, 2025. However, the real show starts a day earlier, on January 6, when Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang takes the stage for the CES 2025 keynote at 6:30pm PST. CES 2025 will wrap up around January 10. We expect announcements to happen throughout the week, as the hundreds of tech companies all vie for attention. Companies like Intel, AMD, Samsung and Sony all have their own keynotes scheduled, likely brimming with announcements of their own. There’s going to be a lot of stuff. What is CES? CES, or the Consumer Electronics Show, is an annual tech convention, where tech companies big and small show off concepts and new products for the new year. Unlike some other trade shows, a big part of CES has always been concepts that give a glimpse into the future, rather than just the products we’ll see at our local Best Buy later in the year – though the latter is still a huge part of the show. You can expect everything from gaming laptops to flying cars to make an appearance at CES, though this year we suspect the former is going to be the star of the show. What to Expect From CES 2025 While CES usually has a wide variety of technology on offer, and likely will this year too, the thing we’re most interested in is new GPUs. After all, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang is hosting the big keynote that kicks the event off, and I couldn’t imagine Team Green not taking that opportunity to announce something big. We’re overdue for new graphics cards anyway. Typically, new graphics cards – both from AMD and Nvidia – release on a roughly two-year cycle. Given that the RTX 4090 launched in October 2022 and the Radeon RX 7900 XTX launched in December of the same year, we’re officially overdue for a new generation of graphics cards. It doesn’t hurt that Intel beat both of these companies to the punch with its new graphics card, the Intel Arc B580, either. With the Intel card already out in the wild, and with the company’s disappointing Core Ultra 200S processors already out, it’s less clear what Intel will have to bring to the table. The Lunar Lake architecture behind AI PCs has been out since September, and it's unlikely that Team Blue will have a follow-up to that architecture already. However, we are still waiting on a new generation of H-series processors from the company. H-series processors are typically reserved for gaming laptops, and offer substantially better performance than the chips behind your thin and light devices. If AMD does announce new graphics, it’s possible that we might at least get a sneak peak at the AMD Z2 – or whatever the follow-up to the Z1 Extreme will be called. Handheld gaming PCs have blown up over the last year or so, with hits like the Asus ROG Ally X and the Lenovo Legion Go really taking the idea popularized by the Steam Deck and running with it. MSI is heading into the show with the MSI Claw 8 AI already up for preorder, and we can’t imagine it’s the only manufacturer with a handheld to show. After all, we’re still waiting for Alienware to make its Concept UFO from CES 2020 a reality. Given that it’s been 4 years, we wouldn’t be surprised to see it make an appearance. Beyond PC gaming, though, Sony and Samsung both have major press conferences at the show. While it’s exciting to see Sony at the show, it’s likely that the company is going to focus primarily on their non-gaming segments – think TVs, audio, etc. Likewise, I don’t expect Samsung to announce new phones at the show, though with the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra being nearly a year old at this point, we could be surprised. Like any year, though, there’s no way to predict everything that will be at the show. There are hundreds of companies showing off what they’ve been cooking up, and there is always something huge that takes everyone by surprise. Luckily, because we’ll be on the ground, we’ll be updating this article with all the cool stuff we see in Las Vegas in January, so be sure to keep this page bookmarked. Jackie Thomas is the Hardware and Buying Guides Editor at IGN and the PC components queen. You can follow her @Jackiecobra

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Table of Contents: 1 Executive Summary 2 Market Landscape 3 Market Sizing 4 Historic Market Size 5 Five Forces Analysis 6 Market Segmentation End-user Hospitals Ambulatory Surgical Centers Pharmaceuticals Homecare Settings Academic And Research Institutions Product Dual Flow Tube Flow Geography North America Europe Asia Rest Of World (ROW) 7 Customer Landscape 8 Geographic Landscape 9 Drivers, Challenges, and Trends 10 Company Landscape 11 Company Analysis 12 Appendix About Technavio Technavio is a leading global technology research and advisory company. Their research and analysis focuses on emerging market trends and provides actionable insights to help businesses identify market opportunities and develop effective strategies to optimize their market positions. With over 500 specialized analysts, Technavio's report library consists of more than 17,000 reports and counting, covering 800 technologies, spanning across 50 countries. 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( MENAFN - ACN NewsWire) ASEAN Ceramics & ASEAN Stone 2024 Reaches New Heights with Record-Breaking Visitor Turnout - ASEAN Ceramics & Stone 2024 closes with an increase of 65% in visitorship, with unique buyers from 40 countries attending over the 3 days. - The event hosted 200 conference delegates, and tailored factory tours, manufacturer's gallery, hosted buyer program and seminar organized by Vietnam Building Ceramic Association (VIBCA). - ASEAN Ceramics & Stone establishes its position as the largest gathering for the ceramics and natural stone industries in Vietnam across the ASEAN region. HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM, Dec 18, 2024 - (ACN Newswire) - Messe München proudly announces the successful conclusion of ASEAN Ceramics & ASEAN Stone 2024 , the premier international trade fair for Machinery, Technology, and Materials for the Ceramics industry. Co-organized in partnership with the Vietnam Building Ceramic Association (VIBCA), the tradeshow drew in a global audience of over 3,500 industry professionals and hosted over 300 international companies and brands right at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre (SECC), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, into a vibrant hub of innovation. The event experienced exceptional success, featuring its largest-ever edition with an increase in exhibition space, and both attending exhibitors and visitors. The inclusion of country pavilions from Italy, Germany, China, India, Thailand and Vietnam added to the international diversity of the exhibitor profile, solidifying the exhibition as the ultimate platform for unveiling industry advancements and fostering collaborations among key players. The three-day event was buzzed with activities, including leading companies and brands showcasing the latest developments of raw ceramic materials, a world-class conference program featuring over 30 conference sessions and panel discussions focusing on solutions to the latest challenges faced by both ceramics and natural stone industry and the innovative strategies presented by industry leaders and experts. Other features include pre-event factory tours, buyer-seller programs, beer networking function and hosted buyer delegations from Thailand, India, Vietnam, and China. The Opening Ceremony, graced by Deputy Minister Mr. Nguyen Van Sinh from the Ministry of Construction in Vietnam, set the tone for the event. A total of 500 buyer-seller meetings occurred, connecting exhibitors with their potential buyers. The VIBCA seminar featured industry leaders from the local ceramic and building associations, sharing country projects and insights. The 2024 trade fair exhibitors include national and international industry giants from both the ceramics and stone industries – CERTECH Group, Esmalglass-Itaca (Vietnam), Puresil India, Minnovation Group, VITIS JSC, TQT, Imerys, Kyocera, Sedlecký Kaolin from the Ceramics industry, and Breton SpA, Fortune Stones, SIMEC SPA, Rithy Granite (Cambodia) Co., Ltd, The Square Stone, and Bao Lai Stone from the Stone industry. The exhibition shows featured international exhibitors from – [VF1] . The ACIMAC, Confindustria Marmomacchine, the Deutsche Keramische Gesellschaft (DKG), CCPIT, the Federation of Indian Export Organizations (FIEO), and the Thai Ceramic Society supported the exhibition with Italian, German, China, Indian and Thailand Pavilion respectively. The formation of international pavilions offered buyers, specifiers, and influencers the opportunity to source products, gain design inspiration, and expand their businesses with the latest innovations in materials, equipment, tools, and technology. Mr. Michael Wilton, CEO and Managing Director of MMI Asia, expressed during the exhibition,“ASEAN Ceramics has once again proved that it is the number one meeting place in Southeast Asia for the ceramics industry. ASEAN Ceramics has played its role, bringing these people together, and it enables the industry to innovate, collaborate, work together to further enhance the industry here in Southeast Asia. This edition is also special because we introduce a new segment, ASEAN Stone. ASEAN Stone is again bringing together the stone manufacturers, the stone producers, the quarries to further the technology, the advancement, the understanding of the industry here in Southeast Asia.” Plans for ASEAN Ceramics 2025 are already in progress for the next edition, scheduled to be held on October 15-17, 2025, at Hall 5, IMPACT Exhibition & Convention Centre, Bangkok, Thailand. ASEAN Stone exhibition will be continued in Hanoi in 2026. The remarkable gathering at ASEAN Ceramics and ASEAN Stone 2024 underscores the increasing demand for ceramic and natural stone machinery, technologies, and materials in the region. The event has set the stage for further advancements in the industries, playing a pivotal role in driving innovation, promoting investment, and facilitating knowledge exchange in the ceramic manufacturing sector. About Messe München As one of the world's leading trade fair organizers, Messe München presents the world of tomorrow at its about 90 trade fairs worldwide. These include twelve of the world's leading trade fairs such as bauma, BAU, IFAT, electronica, and ISPO. Messe München's portfolio comprises trade fairs for capital and consumer goods, as well as for new technologies. Together with its subsidiaries, it organizes trade fairs in China, India, Brazil, South Africa, Turkey, Singapore, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Thailand, and the U.S. With a network of more than 15 affiliated companies and almost 70 representations worldwide, Messe München is active in more than 130 countries. The more than 150 events held annually attract around 50,000 exhibitors and around three million visitors in Germany and abroad. About MMI Asia Pte Ltd Established in 1992, MMI Asia is the wholly owned subsidiary and the regional headquarters of Messe München GMBH (MMG) and is one of the world largest and leading exhibition organizers. MMI Asia's portfolio of events include editions of world-leading trade fairs from Munich – transport logistic & air cargo, analytica, ceramitec; as well as industry-specific events such as Glasstech and Fenestration Asia, Asia Climate Forum, and Singapore International Water Week. MMI Asia also provides consultancy in professional trade fair and conference management to government bodies, international trade and promotion organizations, and trade associations. For more information, please visit About Vietnam Building Ceramic Association (VIBCA) Vietnam Building Ceramic Association is a professional organization, non-governmental, voluntary, established under Decision No. 41/1999 / QD - BTCCBCP dated 04-10-1999 of the Minister, Head of the Organizing Committee Government personnel. Currently VIBCA includes around 100 members are enterprises of different economic sectors, operating mainly in the field of building ceramics, including the associate members are research institutions, investment consulting, manufacturing and mechanical engineering. VIBCA is a member of the Association of Asean Ceramics Industry CICA and intimate relationship with the Association Ceramics of countries in Asean and in the world. Contact: MMI Asia Pte. Ltd. Valerie Fang – 65 8498 5538 Marketing Executive ... Vietnam Building Ceramic Association Ms Vu Thi Kim Dung – 84 915114000 Chief of Foreign Affairs ... 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