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A Covington man is among 24 students U.S. Rep. Jody Hice, R-Greensboro, has nominated for appointment to the four U.S. service academies.
Hice nominated Connor LaChappelle of Covington to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, and the U.S. Air Force Academy, a news release stated.
LaChappelle is a student at Georgia State University.
“Congratulations to these 24 outstanding young Georgians who will compete for an appointment to one of our nation s service academies,” said Hice. “Each one has demonstrated excellence in character, scholarship, leadership, and physical fitness, and I proudly applaud their desire to serve as the next generat
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SVI Appoints Former SoftBank Robotics Executive, Steve Carlin, and Retired U.S. Army LTG Ken .
StereoVision Imaging, Inc.January 12, 2021 GMT
CALABASAS, Calif., Jan. 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) StereoVision Imaging, Inc. (SVI), a leader in facial/object recognition and remote sensing technology, has appointed former SoftBank Robotics America senior executive, Steve Carlin, and retired U.S. Army Lieutenant General Ken E. Tovo to its new advisory board.
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“Steve and Ken bring to our advisory board decades of proven leadership experience and an extensive record of executing successful go-to-market strategies for numerous organizations,” said Gregory Steinthal, president and chairman of SVI. “Steve’s product development expertise and Ken’s high-ranking military background are both highly synergistic to our mission. They will provide us valuable insight and guidance
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, January 12, 2021. [Andrew Harnik/Pool via Reuters]
In September 2002, United States President George W Bush began a speech in Nashville with some typically eloquent charm: “There’s an old saying in Tennessee – I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee – that says, fool me once, shame on – shame on you. Fool me – you can’t get fooled again”.
This was exactly six months before the launch of the war on Iraq in all of its carnage, which the US endeavoured to fool the world into thinking was justified by Saddam Hussein’s alleged weapons of mass destruction and links to al-Qaeda. In reality, there were no weapons, and al-Qaeda only came to flourish in Iraq as a result of – what else? – the US invasion.
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Regenesis Biomedical Names Tom Eisiminger, Jr., Chief Executive Officer
January 11, 2021 GMT
Safe, Non-Drug, Pain Management
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Jan. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Regenesis Biomedical, Inc., a medical device company focused on safe, non-drug, pain management, announced today that the Board of Directors has unanimously elected Mr. Tom Eisiminger, Jr., as the next President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Eisiminger succeeds Mr. Scott Brooks who recently retired.
Scott Brooks’ career spanned senior management positions in BSN medical, KCI, Hill-Rom Company and Kimberly-Clark Healthcare, across sales and marketing, business development, national accounts, and operations. Scott served as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and CEO of Regenesis, where he helped shape corporate strategy for market expansion. Regenesis thanks Scott for his guida