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Largest-ever migrant caravan of 15,000 people gathers in Mexico Former Texas assistant Attorney Gen. Robert Henneke weighs in on the largest-ever migrant caravan gathering in Mexico and on gas prices that have doubled since President Biden took office. A Haitian migrant taking part in what could be the largest ever migrant caravan through Mexico to the U.S. is demanding that President Biden keep his promise to allow them to stay once they reach the border. "He promised the Haitian community he will help them," the migrants, who were interviewed by Fox News Friday, said. "He will recall Title 42. He will help us have real asylum." The migrant is taking part in a caravan that could become the largest ever to reach the U.S. southern border, with the current number of close to 10,000 migrants, is expected to swell to about 15,000 before it reaches the border. The caravan departed Tapachula on the Mexico-Guatemala border on Monday. The migrants, which mostly come from Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua, will travel what is known as the coastal route to reach the U.S. border. Migrants walk in a caravan heading to Mexico City, in Pijijiapan, Mexico in 2021. The new caravan is expected to be the largest ever. "We consider we are around 9,500, it measures 51/2 km from the start to the end, people keep on joining, in the first police check there were approx 100-150 national guard, INM, state police and let us through freely," the caravan's organizer, Luis Villagran said. The migrant's comments come as the Biden administration continues its fight to end Title 42, a Trump-era rule that allows the U.S. to expel asylum seekers without the typical legal process. The policy was enacted early in the COVID-19 pandemic as a way to help prevent the virus from spreading, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announcing earlier this year that it planned to lift the order. But a lawsuit filed by 24 states at least temporarily put plans to end the rule to a halt, with a Louisiana U.S. District Judge ruling that the restrictions can stay in place until the lawsuit is resolved. The states have argued that lifting the rule would lead to a "wave of illegal migration and drug trafficking." President Biden. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Critics have blamed the president for creating what has become a crisis at the southern border, arguing Biden's reversal of Trump-era immigration policies has created an incentive for migrants to make the dangerous journey through Mexico to the U.S. border. MIGRANT SAYS HE CAME TO US BORDER BECAUSE BIDEN WAS ELECTED, WOULD NOT HAVE TRIED TO CROSS UNDER TRUMP The crisis has become politically challenging for the White House, seemingly leading to Biden's change of tune when it comes to migrants seeking refuge in the U.S. "Don't leave your town or city or community," Biden said in an interview with ABC last year. "We're gonna make sure we have facilities in those cities and towns run by department of — by DHS and also access with HHS, the Health and Human Services, to say you can apply for asylum from where you are right now." U.S. Border Patrol agents capture a migrant near the U.S. and Mexico border fence in Calexico, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. The number of undocumented immigrants apprehended trying to cross the southern border is down slightly compared to this time last month, when crossings were at a 21-year high, NBC News reports. Photographer: Eric Thayer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (Eric Thayer/Bloomberg via Getty Images) But the administration's fight to end Title 42 has seemingly sent a different message to migrants amassing for the caravan, who are calling on Biden to allow them into the country." "Now we need him to keep his promise." the Haitain migrant said

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Before Stormy Daniels, disgraced attorney Michael Avenatti was in hot water in Biloxi Jesse Lieberman Fri, June 3, 2022, 2:28 PM Michael Avenatti, the prominent California based attorney that rose to fame representing porn star Stormy Daniels, was recently sentenced to four years in prison for defrauding his client. Avenatti was already serving a sentence of two-and-a-half years for an attempted extortion of Nike. According to ESPN, the U.S District Judge that oversaw the case called his behavior “outrageous.” His most recent sentence comes for stealing more than $300,000 from Daniels’ book advance in 2018, according to the New York Daily News. The tell-all highlighted her experiences with former U.S. President Donald Trump. Before both of these incidents, the disgraced attorney found himself in hot water in Biloxi over a $500,000 loan from The People’s Bank. According to Sun Herald archives, Avenatti secured the loan in 2015 after paying off two previous short-term loans totaling $3.6 million from the Biloxi bank. He had requested a $2.5 million line of credit but only received $500,000 after the bank requested extensive financial records that resulted in Avenatti’s submission of false IRS records, according to a federal complaint. Avenatti failed to pay off the $500,000 on time but eventually squared up before it was turned over to collections.

And the NFL is planning something similar too, WTH.

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Toyota’s prototype 'cartridge' is a way to make hydrogen portable Toyota Steve Dent ·Contributing Reporter Thu, June 2, 2022, 7:00 AM One of the myriad issues with hydrogen as a clean energy source is infrastructure, as it's very expensive to move around and store an extremely explosive gas. Toyota and its subsidiary Woven Planet believe they may have a solution with a new portable hydrogen cartridge prototype. The idea is that they can be filled up at a dedicated facility, transported where needed, then returned when you receive your next shipment. The cartridges would be relatively small at 16 inches long, 7 inches in diameter and about 11 pounds in weight. Toyota calls them "portable, affordable, and convenient energy that makes it possible to bring hydrogen to where people live, work, and play without the use of pipes.. [and] swappable for easy replacement and quick charging." They could be useful for "mobility [i.e. hydrogen cars], household applications, and many future possibilities we have yet to imagine," Toyota said. It didn't mention any specific uses, but it said that "one hydrogen cartridge is assumed to generate enough electricity to operate a typical household microwave for approximately 3-4 hours." In its press release, Toyota acknowledges that most hydrogen is made from fossil fuels and so not exactly green. But it thinks that it'll be generated with low carbon emissions in the future, and that the cartridges could help with some of the infrastructure issues. Toyota plans to test that theory by conducting proof of concept trials in various places, including its "human-centered smart city of the future," Woven City in Susono City, Zhizuoka Prefecture in Japan. The company is also "working to build a comprehensive hydrogen-based supply chain aimed at expediting and simplifying production, transport, and daily usage," it said. Hydrogen is an impractical fuel for automobiles, mainly due to the expense and lack of places to refuel. It's more viable for things like trains and semi trucks, where electrification can be more of a challenge. It also holds promise for air transportation, as batteries are too heavy to be practical in that situation. However, Toyota seems to be pitching the cartridges for personal and home use, but it's not yet clear what you'd use them for.

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Biden keeps repeating false Second Amendment claim, despite repeated fact checks President Biden has revived a pro-gun control talking point in the wake of the Uvalde mass school shooting that has been repeatedly debunked throughout the years. Biden told reporters on Memorial Day that the Second Amendment didn’t allow for the ownership of cannons when it was adopted as part of the Bill of Rights in 1791. BIDEN REPEATS DEBUNKED SECOND AMENDMENT CANNON CLAIM, SAYS ‘NO AMENDMENT IS ABSOLUTE’ "The Second Amendment was never absolute," he said Monday, according to a White House transcript. "You couldn’t buy a cannon when the Second Amendment was passed. You couldn’t go out and purchase a lot of weapons." President Joe Biden speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on May 4, 2022. Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images Biden has repeated the claim at least five times during his presidency, despite it earning him "Four Pinocchios" from the Washington Post in 2021 and a "False" label from Politifact on three separate occasions dating back to May 2020. Biden made the claim again just last week after the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School. "The Second Amendment is not absolute," he said during a signing of his police reform executive order. "When it was passed, you couldn’t own a — you couldn’t own a cannon, you couldn’t own certain kinds of weapons. It’s just — there’s always been limitations." President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden attend Mass at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Uvalde, Texas, on May 29, 2022. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images "The Second Amendment, from the day it was passed, limited the type of people who could own a gun and what type of weapon you could own," he said in June 2021, White House transcripts show. "You couldn’t buy a cannon." The Second Amendment as it is written does not limit who can "keep and bear arms" or what kind of arms people can keep and bear. Federal gun regulation didn’t come until 1934, decades after the Second Amendment was introduced, according to Politifact. The Constitution does, however, give Congress the power to "grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal," which were government licenses that allowed civilians to attack and detain vessels of countries at war with the U.S., The Washington Post pointed out in 2021. "Individuals who were given these waivers and owned warships obviously also obtained cannons for use in battle," The Post reported at the time.

I'd say to those who continuously complain about how bad the USA is should run for office and make changes to their liking.

And yet there are 100's trying to get into the USA every day.

9mm

MC thinks Biden is doing great.

Biden calls 9mm ‘high-caliber weapons,’ suggests banning them Bradford Betz Mon, May 30, 2022, 2:32 PM Joe Biden 46th and current president of the United States President Biden on Monday took aim at 9mm handguns, appearing to suggest that the "high-caliber weapons" ought to be banned. The president made the remarks outside the White House after returning from a visit to the site of a mass shooting in Texas where 21 people, including 19 elementary school children, were killed last week. Recounting a visit to a New York trauma hospital, Biden said doctors showed him X-rays of gunshot wounds. "They said a .22-caliber bullet will lodge in the lung, and we can probably get it out — may be able to get it and save the life. A 9mm bullet blows the lung out of the body," Biden said. "So, the idea of these high-caliber weapons is, uh, there’s simply no rational basis for it in terms of self-protection, hunting," Biden added. "Remember, the constitution was never absolute." "You couldn’t buy a cannon when the Second Amendment was passed," Biden said. "You couldn’t go out and purchase a lot of weaponry." The president, however, ruled out the possibility of issuing an executive order on guns, saying: "I can’t dictate this stuff." UVALDE, TEXAS - MAY 26: A memorial is seen surrounding the Robb Elementary School sign following the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on May 26, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas. According to reports, 19 students and 2 adults were killed, with the gunman fatally shot by law enforcement. Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images More "I can do the things I’ve done and any executive action I can take, I’ll continue to take. But I can’t outlaw a weapon. I can’t change a background check. I can’t do that," he said. Biden’s comments were in line with his tough stance on guns during the 2020 presidential campaign. Speaking during a fundraising event in Seattle in November 2019, Biden said he supported the Second Amendment but called absolutist arguments about gun-rights "bizarre." "Why should we allow people to have military-style weapons including pistols with 9-mm bullets and can hold 10 or more rounds," he said. The 9mm round is the most popular handgun caliber in the United States, accounting for well over half of all handguns produced in 2019, according to Shooting Industry magazine. The data showed that throughout the 2010s, 9mm pistols made up more than 40% of all pistols produced in the United States – or roughly four in every ten pistols.

Never said it was.

Actually 1905 was the 1st. Hemi.

Hemi's were out years before that car was built.

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Uvalde gunman, isolated and bullied, was teased about being 'school shooter.' Then he bought guns. Chris Kenning, Rafael Carranza and Will Carless, USA TODAY Sun, May 29, 2022, 11:20 AM UVALDE, Texas – Living across the street for nearly a decade, Ruben Flores watched Salvador Ramos grow up. He’d often come over to play video games and sports with his son, a quiet kid who would respond in quick and short answers. “When he was here, he was a normal kid. But once he hit high school freshman year, he totally changed,” Flores told USA TODAY, speaking at his home in a modest neighborhood of the community of 16,000 about 75 miles from the Mexico border. Some of that made sense, Flores said. Teenagers change, sometimes a lot. But even after he stopped coming over, he could see the growing tumult in Ramos’ life from across the street. He didn’t get along with his mother. Flores sometimes heard yelling. Ramos’ grandmother, a regular presence, confided about their family tensions and hardships. The last time Ramos came over was about three years ago, Flores said, when he was left alone on New Year’s Eve. He came over and stayed with them to set off fireworks. Now, Flores and others who spoke to USA TODAY, including Eduardo Trinidad, whose son attended the same high school, are struggling to reconcile past impressions with the 18-year-old who wounded his grandmother before walking into Robb Elementary School and shooting fourth grade students and teachers. The death toll stands at 19 children and two adults. “I hate to say it, but Salvador deserved what he got. I mean, little kids. You don't kill kids, you know?” Flores said. 'TRAGIC': List of what went wrong in Texas school massacre grows 'WRONG DECISION': Police should have confronted Texas school gunman sooner, official says MaryAnn Garza, 37, completes a sign showing community support in Uvalde, Texas, on Wednesday, May 25, 2022, outside the Sno-Ink restaurant she owns with her husband. 'Forgive me, forgive my son' In the wake of the worst U.S. school shooting in nearly a decade, interviews and published reports portray a teen, largely scorned by peers, who may have spiraled as he approached his 18th birthday – leaving his mother’s home after a fight, unable to graduate after dropping out, and leaving his fast-food job. But what sparked Ramos to buy two AR-15-style semi-automatic rifles just after his 18th birthday, wounding his grandmother before the school massacre, remains unclear. Officials said Ramos had no known history of mental illness, and it’s also not yet known if attempts at intervention were missed. Texas Department of Public Safety officials said Friday that in September 2021, Ramos asked his sister to buy him a gun, a request she refused. He also discussed buying a gun in online chats in March. Investigators are examining whether anyone helped him. Ramos lived for years near Flores with his mother, Adriana Reyes, in Uvalde, a majority-Latino town 85 miles west of San Antonio. They lived in a working-class neighborhood on a long, narrow dirt road with pooled water and mud and lined by mobile homes. Whether his father played a role in his life wasn't clear. In March, he moved to his grandmother’s house in another part of town after an intense fight over Wi-Fi, the latest fight in a tumultuous relationship, said Juan Alvarez, 62, who told NBC he was in a relationship with Reyes for about a year and lived with her. Alvarez said he didn’t get along with Reyes’ son. “When you try to talk to him, he’d just sit there and walk away,” he said. His mother said her son could be aggressive if he got mad – giving her an “uneasy feeling” at times, according to ABC. But he wasn’t a “monster,” he said. And she told the Daily Mail she had a good relationship with her son, who wasn’t violent even though he kept to himself and didn’t have many friends. She said she was surprised by the attack. "Forgive me, forgive my son," she told CNN. Rose Conner, a substitute teacher in Uvalde, hugs a woman outside of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Uvalde, Texas, before a 10 a.m. mass on May 25, 2022. Conner was subbing at the high school when a gunman entered Robb Elementary School and killed at least 19 people. She said she the school was in lockdown until around 5:30 p.m. More Isolation and ridicule At the 1,100-student Uvalde High School, Ramos faced isolation and ridicule and was often alone, according to interviews with former friends and classmates in various news outlets. Students made fun of him when he was a freshman, Jeremiah Munoz, who has since graduated, told The New York Times. Another student said he heard people call him a homophobic slur but thought Ramos was provoking people rather than being bullied. One former classmate who sat with Ramos in high school and played Xbox with him said he "would get severely bullied and made fun of a lot" for the clothes he wore and his family's financial situation, CNN reported. "People would, like, actually call him school shooter and stuff like that," he said. Others who knew him cited instances of troubling behavior. Santos Valdez Jr., 18, who once played video games such as “Fortnite” and “Call of Duty” with Ramos, suggested his behavior deteriorated, The Washington Post reported. He once showed up to a park with cuts on his face, claiming a cat had scratched him but eventually admitting he had cut his face with knives "for fun." Not fitting in Eduardo Trinidad, who lives two blocks from Robb Elementary, told USA TODAY his son Abelardo, 18, went to high school with Ramos. He said Ramos didn’t seem to fit in. Trinidad stressed he didn’t know the shooter personally but said he urged Abelardo to always talk to fellow students and engage them – even those who were picked on, like Ramos. “I said, ‘Be friendly with everybody, don’t ignore him like the others,’” Trinidad said. Trinidad wouldn’t speculate about Ramos’ home life, but he said he knew the attacker’s grandmother well and said any family in the neighborhood was probably struggling financially. “That kid, how he was living, where he was at, of course, he was in poverty,” Trinidad said. “Everyone wants money, everyone wants to get out of this small town and make a life for themselves, but it’s hard here in Uvalde – being Hispanic here in Uvalde is really hard. “The media is saying, ‘Oh it’s a really nice little town, but there’s a lot of dark secrets behind all this.” Several former friends told the Daily Beast that Ramos had stopped showing up at school and was not going to graduate with the senior class this year. He was working five days a week at Wendy’s. Evening manager Adrian Mendes told CNN he was quiet, while other co-workers told the Daily Beast he had an "aggressive streak" and sent inappropriate messages to female employees. He moved in with his 66-year-old grandmother in March, officials said. Rolando Reyes, her husband, told ABC he lived in a front room and slept on a mattress on the floor and was quiet. Reyes would take him to work and urge him to finish school, he said. Ramos was so quiet that Wendy Arrillos, 40, a convenience store worker who lives three doors down and said she has known the grandmother casually for more than five years, told USA TODAY she never saw him. But around that same time, online chats suggested Ramos planned to buy a gun, Texas DPS officials said at a news conference Friday. Victor Escalon, Regional Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety South, speaks to the press during a news conference outside of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Thursday, May 26, 2022. 'Are you gonna shoot up a school or something?' On March 3, Ramos was part of an online four-person Instagram chat that included the line "Word on the street is you're buying a gun," Texas DPS Director Steven McGraw said at the news conference. Ramos replied, "Just bought something rn." On March 14, he referenced "ten more days" in a social media post, McGraw said. A user replied, "Are you going to shoot up a school or something?" Ramos replied, "No. And stop asking dumb questions. And you'll see." Two weeks before the shooting, Ramos stopped showing up to his job at Wendy’s, according to an employee who declined to give their name to the Los Angeles Times. Ramos' mother said that the last time she spoke with him was last Monday, on his 18th birthday. She had a card and a Snoopy stuffed animal to give to him, she told the Daily Mail. A day after his 18th birthday, Ramos legally bought an AR-style rifle from Oasis Outback, a federally licensed gun dealer in Uvalde, according to a state police briefing given to Democratic state Sen. John Whitmire. He bought another on May 20. Ramos shared hints of the plans and guns on social media. A school friend said he sent him the photos of his guns, too. "He would message me here and there, and four days ago he sent me a picture of the AR he was using … and a backpack full of 5.56 rounds, probably like seven mags," the school friend told CNN. "I was like, 'Bro, why do you have this?" and he was like, "Don't worry about it." The gunman also sent messages to a 15-year-old girl in Germany he met online before the attack saying he’d bought ammunition, CNN reported. Asked what he was going to do with it, he replied, "Just wait for it.” Ramos' grandfather said his family had no idea he bought guns. 'I didn't know he had weapons. If I'd have known, I would have reported it,” he told ABC. No warning signs The morning of the shooting, Ramos' grandfather said there were no warning signs. A neighbor, Gilbert Gallegos, 82, said he was in his yard across the street and heard the shots, according to The Associated Press. The gunman then got into a truck and sped away, and his grandmother came out of the house covered in blood. She had been shot in the face but survived after being flown to a hospital in San Antonio. Ramos sent social media messages that day. "I'm going to shoot my grandmother,” then, "I shot my grandmother” and then "I'm going to shoot an elementary school," officials said. Flores told USA TODAY that when his son texted him about the shooting, he rushed to the high school to get him. Students were placed on lockdown, he said, so he had to wait several hours. When he finally picked up his 15-year-old, Flores said, his son was also in disbelief that Ramos had been the shooter. Officials said Ramos was not among two Uvalde juveniles, ages 13 and 14, who were arrested in 2018 on suspicion of planning to target students in a mass casualty event. It’s not known whether Ramos or his family ever sought mental health support, but Uvalde Justice of the Peace Eulalio Diaz, who helped identify some of the bodies of the children after the shooting, lamented the lack of mental health resources in the city. "This child was probably suffering from something that was never diagnosed," he said. "The way you get diagnosed here is you end up in jail. This kid never made it to jail." Flores is now left sifting through those memories while also mourning the lives cut short by someone he watched grow up in front of him. “I don't think a kid should be able to go buy a rifle at 18, especially an assault rifle,” Flores said.

How a cheap component could help kill off combustion cars How a cheap component could help kill off combustion cars FILE PHOTO: Employees work at a wire harness and cable assembly manufacturing company that exports to the U.S., in Ciudad Juarez Nick Carey and Christina Amann Mon, May 30, 2022, 12:14 AM By Nick Carey and Christina Amann LONDON/BERLIN (Reuters) - The humble wire harness, a cheap component that bundles cables together, has become an unlikely scourge of the auto industry. Some predict it could hasten the downfall of combustion cars. Supplies of the auto part were choked by the war in Ukraine, which is home to a significant chunk of the world's production, with wire harnesses made there fitted in hundreds of thousands of new vehicles every year. These low-tech and low-margin parts - made from wire, plastic and rubber with lots of low-cost manual labour - may not command the kudos of microchips and motors, yet cars can't be built without them. The supply crunch could accelerate the plans of some legacy auto firms to switch to a new generation of lighter, machine-made harnesses designed for electric vehicles, according to interviews with more than a dozen industry players and experts. "This is just one more rationale for the industry to make the transition to electric quicker," said Sam Fiorani, head of production forecasting firm AutoForecast Solutions. Gasoline cars still account for the bulk of new car sales globally; EVs doubled to 4 million last year, but still only comprised 6% of vehicle sales, according to data from JATO Dynamics. Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida told Reuters that supply-chain disruptions such as the Ukraine crisis had prompted his company to talk to suppliers about shifting away from the cheap-labour wire harness model. In the immediate term, though, automakers and suppliers have shifted harness production to other lower-cost countries. Mercedes-Benz was able to fly in harnesses from Mexico to plug a brief supply gap, according to a person familiar with its operations. Some Japanese suppliers are adding capacity in Morocco, while others have sought new production lines in countries including Tunisia, Poland, Serbia and Romania. THE TESLA MODEL Harnesses for fossil-fuel cars bundle together cables stretching up to 5 km (3.1 miles) in the average vehicle, connecting everything from seat heaters to windows. They are labour-intensive to make, and almost every model's is unique, so shifting production is hard to do quickly. The supply disruptions in Ukraine were a rude awakening for the auto industry. Carmakers and suppliers said that early in the war, plants remained open only thanks to the determination of workers there, who kept a reduced flow of parts moving in the face of power cuts, air-raid warnings and curfews. Adrian Hallmark, CEO of Bentley, said the British luxury carmaker had initially feared losing 30-40% of its car production for 2022 due to a harness shortage. "The Ukraine crisis threatened to close our factory fully for several months, much longer than we did for COVID." Hallmark said finding alternative production sources was complicated by the fact the conventional harnesses themselves had 10 different parts from 10 different suppliers in Ukraine. He added that the supply problems had sharpened Bentley's focus and investment on developing a simple harness for EVs that will be run by a central computer. The carmaker, a division of Volkswagen, plans a fully-electric lineup by 2030. "The Tesla model, which is a completely different concept of wiring, we couldn't change to that overnight," Hallmark added. "It's a fundamental change in the way that we design cars." The new generation of wire harnesses, used by electric natives like Tesla, can be made in sections on automated production lines and are lighter, a key factor because reducing an EV's weight is crucial for extending range. Many of the executives and experts interviewed said fossil-fuel cars, which face looming bans in Europe and China, would not be around long enough to justify redesigns to allow them to use next-generation harnesses. "I wouldn't put a penny into internal combustion engines now," said Michigan-based auto consultant Sandy Munro, who estimates EVs will make up half of global new car sales by 2028. "The future is coming up awful fast." 'CHANGE OF PARADIGM' Walter Glück, head of Leoni's harness business, said the supplier was working with carmakers on new, automated solutions for wire harnesses in EVs. Leoni is focusing on zonal or modular harnesses, which would be split into six to eight parts, short enough for automation in assembly and reducing complexity. "It's a change of paradigm," Glück said. "If you want to reduce production time in your car factory, a modular wire harness helps." Among automakers, BMW is also looking at using modular wire harnesses, requiring fewer semiconductors and less cable, which would save space and make them lighter, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The person, who declined to be named as they not authorized to speak publicly, said the new harnesses would also make it easier to upgrade vehicles wirelessly - an area Tesla now dominates. CelLink, a Californian-based startup, has developed an entirely automated, flat and easy-to-install "flex harness", and raised $250 million earlier this year from companies including BMW and auto suppliers Lear Corp and Robert Bosch. CEO Kevin Coakley would not identify customers but said CelLink's harnesses had been installed in close to a million EVs. Only Tesla has that scale, but the carmaker did not respond to a request for comment. Coakley said CelLink's new $125 million factory under construction in Texas will have 25 automated production lines which will be able switch different designs in around 10 minutes because the components are produced from digital files. The company is working on EVs with a number of carmakers and looking at building another plant in Europe, he said. While the lead time for changing a conventional wire harness can be up to 26 weeks, Coakley said his company could ship redesigned products in two weeks. That kind speed is what legacy carmakers are looking for as they go electric, said Dan Ratliff, a principal at Detroit-based venture capital firm Fontinalis Partners, which was founded by Ford Chairman Bill Ford and has invested in CelLink. For decades, the industry has not needed to move fast to rethink a part like the wire harness, but Tesla has changed that, Ratliff added. "On the EV side, it's just go, go, go."

Irish Man Loses His Memory 10 Minutes After Having Sex With Wife: Report The man's long-term memory was not compromised, and was able to provide his name, age, and other basic background information. WorldAsian News InternationalUpdated: May 29, 2022 1:07 pm IST A rare condition like this usually affects people between the ages of 50 and 70. (Representational) Limerick, Ireland: In a bizarre incident, a 66-year-old Irish man was rushed to a hospital with short-term amnesia after having sex with his wife. The anomalous case was analysed in the May issue of the Irish Medical Journal, published Wednesday, and doctors explained that gender was the trigger for short-term amnesia-formally known as Transient Global Amnesia (TGA). The Mayo Clinic defines TGA as "an episode of sudden transient global amnesia that is not caused by more common neuropathy such as epilepsy or stroke". In the case of this Irish man, the medical journal reported that he lost his short-term memory 'within 10 minutes of sexual intercourse. After their sexual intercourse, the man took notice of the date on his mobile phone and he 'suddenly turned distressed that he had forgotten his wedding anniversary the day before.' Although the man had celebrated the special occasion the previous evening, he had no clue about it. "He repetitively questioned his wife and daughter over the events of that morning and the previous day," according to the journal. A rare condition like this usually affects people between the ages of 50 and 70 and has the ability to "just disappear" from recent events. Some people who are experiencing TGA may not remember what happened a year ago. Affected people usually regain their memory within a few hours. In this case, the subject's long-term memory was not compromised, and was able to provide his name, age, and other basic background information. The man had previously experienced TGA in 2015, and this incident also occurred shortly after having sex. Thankfully, he later regained his short-term memory. Realizing that he may be suffering from another TGA episode, the man went to a local emergency room. There he was found by neurological examination to be "completely normal". After a while, his memory returned. The author of an article in the Irish Medical Journal, who works in the Department of Neurology at University Hospital Limerick, said that up to 10 per cent of people with TGA have another episode. The authors additionally added that "precipitation of TGA has been linked with several activities including physical activity, immersion in cold or hot water, emotional stress, pain and sexual intercourse." Talking about TGA in 2009, one expert said, "It's not enough of a stimulus or deprivation that it permanently injures the brain. The brain recovers. There should be no deficit other than memory and it should be brief." The incident is horrifying to the affected people and their loved ones, but the TGA is not considered much serious.

'Top Gun' studio borrowed fighter jets for $11K an hour but Tom Cruise was not allowed to touch controls Landon Mion Sat, May 28, 2022, 3:26 AM The U.S. Navy allowed the "Top Gun: Maverick" studio to use F/A-18 Super Hornets for more than $11,000 an hour for the upcoming film, but Tom Cruise and his fellow actors were not allowed to touch the planes' controls. Cruise wanted all the actors portraying pilots in the movie to fly in one of the fighter jets, so they could know what it feels like to operate an aircraft under the pressure of immense gravitational forces. Cruise also flew in a jet for the original "Top Gun" in 1986. Cruise was able to fly in several sorties for the new movie, but the Pentagon prohibits non-military personnel from controlling Defense Department equipment other than small arms in training scenarios, Pentagon entertainment media office chief Glen Roberts said, according to Bloomberg News. The actors were, however able to ride behind pilots after completing required training on how to eject from the jets in the event of an emergency and how to survive in the sea. Roberts said the Navy allowed the film to use planes, aircraft carriers and military bases despite the script portrayal of the Top Gun pilots. He noted that the real Top Gun pilots are studious airmen who put in long hours in the classroom and participate in intense training flights, a drastic difference from the rule-bending pilots portrayed in the movie. Tom Cruise attends the UK premiere of "Top Gun: Maverick" at Leicester Square on May 19, 2022, in London. Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures Roberts explained that a movie "does not have to be a love letter to the military" for the Pentagon to cooperate, but it does "need to uphold the integrity of the military." Filmmakers are required to have funding and distribution for their film and must submit their script for the military to review. And while the Pentagon can request changes, Roberts said he did not know any for the new "Top Gun." Paramount Pictures said in the movie's production notes that Cruise established his own flight training program to prepare the film's young actors for the nausea-inducing rigors of plane maneuvers, and so they could perform their roles with "real Navy pilots taking them on the ride of their lives."

Nina Golgowski Sun, May 29, 2022, 3:19 PM House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is seen with her husband, Paul Pelosi, in April. (Photo: Paul Morigi via Getty Images) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is seen with her husband, Paul Pelosi, in April. (Photo: Paul Morigi via Getty Images) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) husband, Paul Pelosi, was arrested Saturday for driving while under the influence of alcohol in northern California, according to a public booking report. The financier was taken into custody just before midnight and held on $5,000 bail, according to public information posted on the Napa County government’s website. His arrest was first reported by TMZ. Nancy Pelosi’s office said she would not be commenting on the incident. “The Speaker will not be commenting on this private matter which occurred while she was on the East Coast,” her deputy chief of staff Drew Hammill said in a statement to HuffPost. Additional details about his arrest were not immediately known. Nancy Pelosi was in Rhode Island on Sunday to deliver a commencement speech to recent graduates. Paul Pelosi was not listed as remaining in custody Sunday afternoon.