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Army refutes claims that Pinnacle Armor's product superior to troops' armor, and plans to brief Congress on subject.
By Arthur Bright
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An NBC report on the US Army's rejection of a new type of body armor has sparked a widespread debate over the safety of US troops in the field.
The NBC investigative report, which aired over the weekend, suggested that Interceptor body armor – which the Army current uses, calling it "the best in the world" – may be inferior to a privately-developed armor called Dragon Skin. Dragon Skin, made of a series of overlapping ceramic disks "like Medieval chainmail" that defend against bullets, has been sought by military personnel and their families in the belief it offers better protection than the Army-issued Interceptor vests, NBC said.
NBC News tracked down the man who helped design Interceptor a decade ago, Jim Magee, a retired Marine colonel:
LISA MYERS: What is the best body armor available today in your view?
JIM MAGEE: Dragon Skin is the best out there, hands down. It's better than the Interceptor. It is state of the art. In some cases, it's two steps ahead of anything I've ever seen.
MYERS: You developed the body armor that the Army is using today.
MAGEE: That's correct.
MYERS: And you say Dragon Skin is better?
MAGEE: Yes. And I think anybody in my industry would say the same thing were they to be perfectly honest about it.
But Brig. Gen. Mark Brown, who oversees the Army's body-armor program, told NBC that the Dragon Skin armor "failed miserably" in Army testing, which NBC says he suggested led to its ban from use by personnel. But NBC notes that the Army banned soldiers from using Dragon Skin two months before the Army tested the armor.
The report adds that the CIA has tested and approved the armor for use by its own operatives, and one former Army ballistics expert, Nevin Rupert, says he was fired for supporting the use of Dragon Skin, and believes that the Army is eschewing the armor because "it threatened their program and mission funding."
NBC later posted the results of its own testing, which found Dragon Skin to be superior to the Army's Interceptor vests. In two tests, performed earlier this month by the Beschussamt Mellrichstadt laboratory in Germany, an Interceptor vest was penetrated by gunfire after several shots, while the same number of shots did not penetrate a Dragon Skin vest. A third test of a Dragon Skin vest against a more lethal caliber of bullet - one that the Army does not require its vests to protect against - also showed no pentration of the armor.
The Associated Press writes that, in response to the NBC report, the Army "in a rare move" released the results of its Dragon Skin testing on Monday. In a press conference (transcript available on the Defense Department's website) General Brown said that the armor suffered "catastrophic failures," failing to stop 13 of 48 armor-piercing rounds.
"Zero failures is the correct answer," he said. "One failure is sudden death and you lose the game."
Brown added that the armor failed to endure required temperatures shifts - from minus 20 degrees to 120 above zero - which weakened the adhesive holding the discs together. And he said that the Dragon Skin's heavy weight was also a problem for soldiers who need to carry a lot of gear.
The Dragon Skin, he said, weighs 47.5 pounds, compared to the Army-issued Interceptor armor, which weighs 28 pounds.
The NBC report was also met with some skepticism on military community websites. DefenseTech, a military technology blog run by Military.com, points out that in NBC's video of the armor tests, the Dragon Skin armor is on a flat surface, which maximizes the overlap of the protective disks that make up the armor. When worn, however, the armor would be curved, reducing the disks' protection. DefenseTech also notes that the armor's excessive weight reduces its "operational suitability." A post at the military website ProfessionalSoldier.com, run by and for members of the Special Forces, also criticizes the testing in a lengthy article endorsed by the site.
Stars and Stripes, a daily paper for the US military authorized by the Defense Department, writes that Murray Neal, the founder of Dragon Skin manufacturer Pinnacle Armor, says the Army is lying about the test results.
Murray Neal said eight of the rounds that penetrated the Dragon Skin vests were specifically aimed where there were no ballistic discs.
Of the remaining shots that went through the vests, five needed to be verified by a follow-up test, but the Army failed to do so, Neal said.
As for the Army's contention that the mesh of ceramic discs falls apart after being exposed to extreme temperatures, Neal said, "That's a bold-face lie."
Army spokesman Paul Boyce said Neal has made similar accusations against the Army in the past, but, "the test results speak for themselves."
ABC News affiliate KFSN in Fresno, Calif., reports that Mr. Neal says third-party testing is needed to resolve the issue of which armor, Interceptor or Dragon Skin, is safer. "[The test] won't be conducted by the Army. It won't be conducted by me. That's the whole issue here."
Military.com reports that Brown said the Army has "gotten a flurry of interest" from Capitol Hill since the NBC report was released, and that the Army will be meeting with members of Congress this week to discuss the armor issue.
Army uses 'Xena: Warrior Princess' as inspiration for new body armor for women
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COOKIE'S PIGSKIN PICKS FOR WEEK FOUR
Cookie, The Good Luck Gnome was very wrong last week. See who he is picking in this week's game against the Packers… (Cookie's record: 1-1)
And that is the way the cookie crumbles????
THE PICK:
Packers 24, Bills 23
Here's what others think:
Pete Prisco of CBS Sports:
The Bills are playing consecutive road games outside the division. That's brutal for a young team. They played well last week, but the Packers are coming off a loss. I think that combination will make it tough on the young Bills. Packers take it big.
Vikings 31, Bills 17
Ryann Wilson of CBS Sports:
Is there a chance the Bills can turn this thing around? A week ago, there's no way they're going into Lambeau and doing anything other than taking a beating. Now, after what they perpetrated against the Vikings, maybe there's a method to coach Sean McDermott's madness. Then again again, maybe the Bills just got the Vikes on a bad day. There's also the matter of a suspect offensive line and the lack of playmakers around rookie quarterback Josh Allen. But the Packers are coming off an uninspiring loss to the Redskins, and apparently the officials have been instructed to flag Clay Matthews every time he makes a tackle, so that's clearly a disadvantage as well. Still, Aaron Rodgers is Aaron Rodgers, even with the bum knee and here's a fun fact: Since 1997, these two teams have played six times. The Bills won all three games in Buffalo; the Packers won all three games in Green Bay.
David Steel of Sporting News:
If the Packers keep struggling to stop opposing offenses as much as they have so far, and have to keep relying on one-legged Aaron Rodgers to counter that, they might have to seriously look into sitting him for a few weeks. Unless, as some reports have said, his knee won't actually get better with rest. If so, they're in deep trouble. Maybe not this week against the Bills, whose dominating performance in Minnesota truly came out of nowhere. But this smells like a long season in Green Bay.
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US may scale back Huawei trade restrictions to help existing customers
Sat, 18 May 2019 15:26 GMT
The US said on Friday May 18th that it may scale back its restrictions on China's tech company Huawei after this week's blacklisting, which would make it nearly impossible for the Chinese company to service its existing customers, Reuters reported.
The government's Commerce Department, which had effectively halted Huawei's ability to buy American-made parts and components, is considering issuing a temporary general license to "prevent the interruption of existing network operations and equipment," a spokeswoman said.
Potential beneficiaries of the license could, for example include access to the Internet, and mobile phone service providers in thinly populated places such as Wyoming, and eastern Oregon, that purchased network equipment from Huawei in recent years.
In effect, the Commerce Department would allow Huawei to purchase US goods so it can help existing customers maintain the reliability of networks and equipment, but the Chinese firm still would not be allowed to buy American parts and components to manufacture new products.
The potential rule rollback suggests changes to Huawei's supply chain may have immediate, far-reaching and unintended consequences.
The blacklisting, officially known as placing Huawei on the Commerce Department's entity list, was one of two efforts by the Trump administration this week allegedly made in an attempt to thwart national security risks. In an executive order, president Donald Trump also effectively barred the use of its equipment in US telecom networks.
The US believes Huawei's smartphones and network equipment could be used by China to spy on Americans, allegations the company has repeatedly denied.
The latest Commerce Department move comes as China has struck a more aggressive tone in its trade war with the U S, suggesting that further talks between the world's two largest economies would be meaningless, unless Washington changed course.
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Close Up: Death Stranding 12″ Single
June 22, 2017 November 7, 2021 Nyxus 20 Comments
Coincidences are a funny thing. If Hideo Kojima hadn't walked into a small record shop – recommended to him during a chance encounter – while visiting Iceland in 2014 for location scouting, and if they hadn't been playing LOW ROAR's track at that exact time, this product probably wouldn't have existed right now. Charmed by this band's music Kojima ended up using two of their tracks for his Death Stranding trailers. The song 'I'll Keep Coming' was used for the E3 2016 trailer, and 'Easy Way Out' was featured in the trailer at PlayStation Experience later that year. During the latter event Kojima also announced a limited edition single on vinyl containing both tracks.
First some details on this single. It was sold through web store Mondo for a price of $15, though it is currently out of stock. According to the product description, it is pressed on a 12" 180 gram vinyl, clear with heavy black splatter.
The artwork on the album jacket is created by Randy Ortiz, and it features a hand with what looks like the 'strands' that will play a role in the game somehow.
On the back of the jacket are some more details. There's a PlayStation logo, a Kojima Productions logo and a Mondo logo, and a list of credited names – the artist behind the music and record, and trademarks associated with Death Stranding.
The art seems to be mostly inspired from the setting of the first trailer for the game, with the black sand beach on what appears to be Iceland. Considering LOW ROAR is from Iceland as well this is fitting in more ways than one.
The record itself looks really cool. The black spatter almost make it look organic, or like something from a science fiction movie.
It has 'I'll Keep Coming' on the A side, and 'Easy Way Out' on the B side. Below are the two trailers that featured these tracks.
I'll Keep Coming
Easy Way Out
To conclude, this is a nice collector's item. The presentation is great, from the jacket to the record itself, and both tracks are well worth listening to. Since the company selling these items, Mondo, is based in the US, the shipping costs for those living outside America can be a bit high though. But we do need to compliment the company on their customer service: the jacket was slightly damaged, however they immediately proposed sending a replacement jacket free of charge. Currently the item is out of stock.
The single was also sold at the PlayStation Gear store outside of the convention centre during E3 2017, and will likely be available at future events.
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The 2017 Eden World Women's Championship has now reached its knockout stages following three days of action at the Lagoon Billiard Room in Singapore.
Of the 32 players that began the week at a spectacular opening ceremony on the Flight Deck of the stunning Marina Bay Sands on Sunday evening, just 16 remain in contention to become 2017 world women's champion following the conclusion of the group stage.
11-time and reigning champion Reanne Evans has made an imposing start to her latest title defence, winning 15 frames from 15 to ensure that she will be installed as top seed for the last 16. She will next meet Germany's Diana Schuler, who by reaching the knockout rounds has equalled her run from 2016.
Also making a strong start to the tournament is the player who defeated Evans at the most recent WLBS in Dunstable, Keighley's Rebecca Granger, who dropped just one frame during her three matches and will therefore be seeded second, an improvement from her group stage seeding of number eight.
Of the eight group seeds, Suzie Opacic was the sole player who failed to make it through to the last 16, with Thailand's Siriphaporn Nuanthakhamjan and Eden Masters runner-up So Man Yan progressing through a strong section of the draw.
Joining Evans and Granger as group winners, were 2015 champion Ng On Yee and fellow Hong Kong player Katrina Wan, while the unseeded Nuanthakhamjan, Waratthanun Sukritthanes (both Thailand), Varshaa Sanjeev and Vidya Pillai (both India), complete the top eight seeds for the knockout rounds.
The players not progressing to the last 16 of the main competition have been entered into the Challenge Cup, to be played over the next three days alongside the main competition.
The action continues from 12pm on Wednesday with the start of the Challenge Cup, before the main competition resumes at 6pm with the start of the last 16.


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Q: ASP.NET|Process Class- Runing And Stoping Process few days ago, my freind asked me to build him a proagram that start and stop process.
so, as easy as it is. i did the next code:
(using System.Diagnostics)

Process process;
process = Process.start("SOMEONE.exe");
Process.Kill();

Now, thats it the easy part. everything works. but. when i do the same code in asp.net, its strat the process, but when you kill the process, nothing happnd. no matter what i did, any one have any solion to the next problem :(?

A: From MSDN:

The Kill method executes asynchronously. After calling the Kill
  method, call the WaitForExit method to wait for the process to exit,
  or check the HasExited property to determine if the process has
  exited.

A: AppPool in IIS needs to run under LOCAL Account - otherwise ASP.NET doesn't have enough rights to start/stop processes on the server.

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After the Northern Pass Failure, Is It Time for 'Rayno Regionalism'?
By D. MAURICE KREIS, Power to the People | July 29, 2019
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Power to the People is a column by D. Maurice Kreis, New Hampshire's Consumer Advocate. Kreis and his staff of four represent the interests of residential utility customers before the NH Public Utilities Commission and elsewhere. It is co-published by Manchester Ink Link and InDepthNH.org and distributed as a public service to news outlets across the state.
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Garry Rayno is right, as usual.
As one might expect from a journalist who has been writing about energy and other contentious New Hampshire topics for three decades, the InDepthNH.org reporter drew the right conclusion in his July 21 column about the recent decision of the New Hampshire Supreme Court about the Northern Pass transmission project.
The state's highest court affirmed the decision of the Site Evaluation Committee to reject the controversial power line that would have sliced through New Hampshire to deliver massive quantities of hydroelectric power from Quebec to greater Boston. Rayno's conclusion: What New Hampshire and the rest of New England need is a "true regional approach to electricity, beyond the Independent System Operator system controlled by the power generators."
Rayno is referring to ISO New England – which, in the parlance of federal energy law, is technically a "regional transmission organization" (RTO) even though ISO does indeed stand for "independent system operator." The distinction is important because RTOs have more authority and more independence than ISOs do.
ISO New England is a nonprofit organization that has been tasked by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to discharge key functions for all six New England states. First and foremost, the RTO operates (but does not own) the bulk power transmission system. That means ISO New England is our major bulwark against major, cascading power failures.
Another critical ISO New England function is overseeing the open wholesale markets by which electricity is bought and sold throughout the region. Once upon a time, electric utilities were vertically integrated, meaning they owned everything – including generation plants. Now the electricity produced by generators is considered a free-market item even though wholesale power prices are still subject to FERC regulation under the Federal Power Act.
That's not good enough, according to Rayno.
He wants New England "to look at electricity in the same way the Northeast viewed carbon emissions when former New York Gov. George Pataki spearheaded the regional effort to cut greenhouse gases called [the] Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative or RGGI." Rayno points out that New England has some of the highest electric rates in the country and so he calls for "joining together to try to stabilize and reduce the state-to-state cannibalization of neighboring states' landscapes."
Such cannibalization was a fair allegation against Northern Pass, since all of the power would have been sold in hydropower-thirsty Massachusetts (and, in fairness, the project would have been entirely paid for by customers in the Bay State). There would have been some modest, region-wide wholesale price reductions, but New Hampshire will now get the same benefits without any local impacts (assuming that Plan B for Massachusetts, the equally controversial NECEC transmission project across Maine, is built instead of Northern Pass).
Unfortunately, Rayno's plea to our altruistic rather than cannibalistic instincts faces a formidable obstacle: the U.S. Constitution.
The framers did not provide for regional authority; we have only a national government and 50 sovereign states. The only exception is the Constitution's "interstate compacts" clause. Basically, states can make treaties with each other, but it requires congressional approval. An interstate compact creating a regional energy authority for New England seems unlikely in the present political climate.
We do have the Federal Power Act, but it explicitly leaves to individual states the responsibility to decide what kinds of generation facilities get built within their individual borders. Under the federal statute, only wholesale energy prices, and interstate transmission, are regulated by the FERC.
This is why the FERC did not require utilities to surrender control of the power grid to RTOs – indeed, in the southeast, there is no such thing – but, instead, simply encouraged the utilities (and their states) to go along with such arrangements. Ergo, ISO New England is a relatively weak confederation, and one whose governance is subject to a system of stakeholder input so byzantine as to be truly worthy of ancient Byzantium.
Therefore, the pathway to the "true regional approach" urged by Garry Rayno is by getting the FERC to force ISO New England to be a more dynamic organization that is less vulnerable to the kind of conventional thinking that legacy generators and transmission owners promote.
In that regard, attorney David Ismay of the Conservation Law Foundation recently made an interesting presentation to the FERC about ISO New England. He had the good luck to be presenting after ISO New England did.
When ISO New England had the floor, they put two graphs up on the screen, one above the other. One showed that pipeline gas was dangerously scarce during key hours of the infamous cold snap that occurred from December 25, 2017 to January 8, 2018. The other graph showed that wind power generation during that period was variable.
Ismay simply drew some green lines between the two graphs to show that the wind power, though variable, tended to be available during exactly those hours when the natural gas generation was limited due to fuel constraints. "Fuel diversity brings fuel security," Ismay concluded.
That's good news for ratepayers, even ones who don't care about renewable energy. It suggests that emerging technologies and a diverse portfolio can mean lower rates and good reliability.
Ratepayers need more good news from ISO New England. For example, it's time to do away with the ISO New England capacity market, an elaborate mechanism designed to shovel so-called "missing money" to big generators that use nuclear energy and natural gas. ISO New England should stop tinkering and start euthanizing that one.
Ending the capacity market would likely require lifting the current cap on wholesale energy prices – since the cap is where the missing money goes missing. That could be disruptive, but perhaps an inducement to the kind of regional cooperation for which Garry Rayno yearns.
Ultimately, Rayno Regionalism would require reinventing ISO New England in a manner that only a muscular and vigilant FERC can require. The five-person commission will soon be down to three members with the impending departure of the only New Englander on the FERC, Obama-era appointee Cheryl LeFleur.
Will the FERC vigorously assert the public interest, which demands regionalism and innovation? Or will New England remain balkanized and captive to old ways of thinking about energy? Here's hoping it's the former and not the latter.


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New Grants Announced: ED Continues to Pour Millions into Charter School Black Hole
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Today, the U.S Department of Education announced today that it had approved $245 million in grants to eight states under the federal Charter School Program. The states, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Texas and Washington, will receive $177 million in grant money. In addition, 15 charter management organizations, including IDEA Public Schools in Texas and KIPP's public charter school network in California, will receive $68 million in taxpayer dollars.
This means the federal government has spent nearly $4 billion on charters in the past nearly 25 years, according to Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) analysis.
These awards continue to fund a program that has been plagued by significant fraud and waste; at least $200 million and counting as the Center for Popular Democracy has detailed in two reports.
As CMD documented in its report "Charter School Black Hole," federal tax dollars have even gone to "ghost schools," charters that never opened, in addition to charters that opened and failed—with almost no accounting for the money spent or assets, let alone accountability to the school children affected by charter fraud, waste, and incompetence. Indeed, as CMD documented late last year, in state after state charters overall performed no better than traditional public schools—and virtual charters like the K12 operation performed markedly worse—and charters were subject to little transparency or real accountability.
Meanwhile, at the American Legislative Exchange Council, corporate lobbyists, special interest groups, and legislators turned their attention to vouchers—another way to divert cash from public schools to the private or quasi-private sector but with even less accountability. This comes in the wake of the numerous failures caused by ALEC's deeply flawed charter school bills, which were passed into law in numerous states.
Twenty states applied for the new round of grants, and here are the new charter school state grantees along with a snapshot of their complex history and/or documented problems:
California: More than $4.7 million in federal taxpayer money was handed out to create charter schools that subsequently closed within a few years. CMD's investigation found that California's record on charters is marked by continued failures, including squandering of taxpayer money, along with deference to unaccountable authorizers and resistance to federal efforts to mandate better state oversight.
Florida: Florida landed a grant worth up to $104 million in 2011, and has one of the worst records in the nation when it comes to fraud and lack of charter school oversight. More than 120 charter schools have closed in the little more than a decade that Florida began authorizing charters for reasons that include poor academic performance, unsafe conditions, lack of running water, financial mismanagement, and fraud.
Georgia: Here's one of many examples of problems with charter schools in the state. Atlanta's Latin Academy Charter School, Latin Grammar Charter School, and Latin College Prep Charter School discovered that the founder of the schools, Christopher Clemons, had allegedly misappropriated approximately $600,000 from school accounts through ATM withdrawals. The FBI arrested Clemons. "The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports Clemons allegedly used that money on travel, meals and clubs. A records check by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution revealed cash withdrawn from an ATM at the same address as a strip club...Clemons also allegedly borrowed hundreds of thousands of dollars in the schools' names but without their authorization. The financial hit put the viability of Latin Academy at risk despite fundraising efforts by parents and an anonymous pledge of $1 million. The boards cut salaries and expenses in an attempt to remain in operation."
Massachusetts: The Gloucester Community Arts Charter School was closed in early 2013 due to low enrollment, high rates of attrition, and financial instability. An investigation by the state's Charter School Office found myriad problems with the school, including the lack of a coherent curriculum, violations of the State's bidding laws in the contract for its facility, among other concerns. The schools trustees surrendered their charter and the school closed down in the middle of a school year, putting about 100 students on the street in search of new schools.
Tennessee: In 2013, Tennessee's governor told the Tennessee Virtual Academy, an online charter school operated by for-profit K-12, Inc., that it had one last chance to improve its students' academic performance after a history of low test scores. The school responded by, in Diane Ravitch's words, by becoming the "worst school in the state" and posting the very lowest test scores of all of its 1,300 elementary and middle schools. But state's effort to close the school failed after a fierce public relations campaign from K-12, and it remains open today.
Washington: In 2012, after three failed efforts, billionaire school privatization philanthropist Bill Gates spent an estimated $30 million to win a referendum to allow charter schools in his home state. The state's Supreme Court ruled charter schools unconstitutional in September 2015, but the nine charter schools that were operating at the time remain open as their backers attempt to oust the Justice who wrote the court's decision. Microsoft billionaires Connie Ballmer and Paul Allen, and Netflix's Reed Hastings have given money to the political arm of "Stand for Children" to spend on behalf of Justice Barbara Madsen's opponent in the November 2016 election.
Texas: The state was awarded up to $41 million under a CSP grant in 2010, and has landed another big grant even though it lacks strong statutory authority to hold failing charter schools receiving federal or state tax money accountable, as a 2013 WestEd audit obtained by CMD showed. An unknown number of schools seeded by federal CSP grants, in fact, housed in churches; some of these are sponsored by, or closely tied to, religious groups. For example, "UME Preparatory Academy" in GrandPrairie, Texas, received $600,000 under CSP during the previous grant cycle. Created by the founder of the Christian schools group the "National Association of University-Model Schools," the academy added a disclaimer to the bottom of every school webpage: "UME Preparatory Academy is not a member of the National Association of University-Model Schools (NAUMS) since charter schools are required to be non-sectarian in nature and NAUMS is a private Christian organization.
Louisiana: Among other scandals, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reported in January 2016 that the former principals of ReNEW SciTech Academy in New Orleans are accused of special education fraud, failing to follow federal special education law and breaking state testing rules. Louisiana Recovery School District officials said the principals secured almost $320,000 in taxpayer money for the school in the 2014-15 academic year by artificially inflating special education services. They also broke numerous test security rules by directing at least three teachers to review testing booklets to improve future results.
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Just to note, charter supporters got the state superintendent of public instruction to bend over backwards last fall when the charter law was thrown out. Then, charter supporters got a new law passed even as the legislature was under sanctions from the state Supreme Court for not fully funding public education. (And NO charter schools or charter supporters stood with real public school parents to get that done for all kids in our state.) What I find odd is the DOE giving this grant to WA state even as the new law is now in the courts. (This new law also appears to be unconstitutional. And, if it is found unconstitutional, that grant will be wasted.)
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*Los fotogramas clave mantienen qué estilos tendrá el elemento en determinados momentos.

Rendimiento de CSS en comparación con JavaScript
Existe una gran cantidad de páginas y comentarios en la web en los cuales se tratan las ventajas relativas de las animaciones de CSS y JavaScript desde la perspectiva del rendimiento. A continuación se muestran algunos puntos que debes tener en cuenta:
Las animaciones basadas en CSS, y las animaciones web cuando exista compatibilidad nativa, generalmente se manejan con un subproceso conocido como "subproceso compositor". Es diferente al "subproceso principal" del navegador, donde se ejecutan el estilo, el diseño, la pintura y JavaScript. Esto significa que, si el navegador tiene en ejecución algunas tareas con alta demanda de recursos en el subproceso principal, es muy probable que las animaciones se sigan ejecutando sin interrupciones.
En muchos casos, el subproceso compositor también puede administrar otras modificaciones de las propiedades transforms y opacity.
Si alguna animación activa elementos de pintura, diseño o de ambas clases, el "subproceso principal" deberá hacer el trabajo. Esto se aplica a las animaciones basadas en CSS y JavaScript, y es probable que la sobrecarga de diseño o pintura reduzca la cantidad de trabajo asociado con la ejecución de CSS o JavaScript, por lo cual el asunto sería irrelevante.
Fuente: developers.google.com


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Sara McDowell is executive director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Central West Virginia. The Charleston Gazette-Mail quotes her as saying the organization won't recruit or match volunteer Big Sisters and Big Brothers in Raleigh County or fill two vacancies until it has adequate funding.
Organizers said the program lost $80,000 in local grants after donors learned the agency accepted a $20,000 national grant to provide resources and training to promote inclusiveness of LGBTQ volunteers and youth. McDowell says the agency has since raised more than $30,000.
The program currently serves 34 children from ages 6 to 11.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Central West Virginia is facing backlash after it accepted a training grant to better serve gay and transgender children.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Central West Virginia received a $20,000 grant in September to increase staff knowledge of gay and transgender issues and develop local partnerships to help LGBTQ children.
After receiving that grant, a representative from three foundations – not disclosed – discontinued funding, and, as a result, Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Central West Virginia is facing the loss of several programs.
Executive Director Sara McDowell says the funding was pulled as a direct result of accepting the grant. She says the result could be devastating.
McDowell says if she can't replace the funding by the end of the month, she will have to suspend services in Raleigh County, where the Beckley office is located.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Central West Virginia began 25 years ago.
It serves Jackson, Kanawha, Putnam, Boone, Logan, Mingo, McDowell, Wyoming, Fayette, Mercer, Clay, Summers, Raleigh, and Nicholas Counties.
*Editor's Note: This story originally stated Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Central West Virginia would lose funding in eleven of the 14 counties it serves, however, it was later clarified by Executive Director Sara McDowell the group only receives funding in 3 counties, but does serve 14.


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Bastiat's Malthusian theory of the growth of the state (1847)
Found in Economic Harmonies (FEE ed.)
The French economist Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) believed that the state would continue to expand in size until it over-reached the ability or willingness of the taxpayers to fund it:
And yet the state, which, after all, is composed of men (although nowadays this is denied, at least by implication), obeys the universal tendency. It wants to serve us a great deal—more, indeed, than we desire—and to make us accept as real services what are often far from being such, and all this for the purpose of exacting some services from us in return in the form of taxes.
The state too is subject to the Malthusian law. It tends to expand in proportion to its means of existence and to live beyond its means, and these are, in the last analysis, nothing but the substance of the people. Woe to the people that cannot limit the sphere of action of the state! Freedom, private enterprise, wealth, happiness, independence, personal dignity, all vanish.
Although Bastiat rejected the dire predictions made by Thomas Malthus about the inability of the economy to produce enough food to feed an ever expanding population, he did believe a Malthusian principle applied which limited the ability of the state to expand its size. In the two opening chapters which he inserted rather awkwardly at the beginning of the second series of the Economic Harmonies (published in Jan. 1848) he sketches his theory of plunder which he hoped to turn into a book. At each stage through which society passed - slavery, theocracy, monopoly, socialism - the state and the privileged elites which controlled it would increase its size, the taxes it extracted from the tax payers, and the number of vested interests it supported as exploiters and beneficiaries of privilege, until the people either could not or would not continue to pay for its upkeep. The state would then face a fiscal crisis, would have to contract in size to fit the means of existence it could extract from taxpayers, and then the entire process would begin again until another fiscal crisis was reached. Bastiat did not live long enough to write this book on the sociology of the state and the nature of plunder.


Richard Lutz visits a favourite spot.
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Prestige awards to showcase the region's best media talents.
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Hot stuff to provide help for children in emergency care.
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Bernie Jackson puts Kodak's latest through its paces.
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Richard Lutz takes a wander through a small valley.
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The preparations are in full swing for the Derby Cordoba 2014 and we have already received a lot of applications, so we are very optimistic for the year 2014.
January Pearson from Australia, who has visited us to the final 2013, wrote a four-page report about our Derby and she published in the Australian Racing Pigeon Journal. She sent us the magazine and a few photos, which we would like to share with you. The report can be read on the photos.
On Friday we are flying to England for the Blackpool Pigeon Show.
More details when we are back.


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BYWAYZ WITH RANDY ROADS
a blues-rock soundscape in odd-time written and performed by actor/musician/composer L P f u n K
BYWAYZ follows a first-generation American, coming to terms with the shifting shape of the American Dream, via an exploration of the lost highways and scenic byways of the greater American landscape; while trying not to break the Four Rules of the Road. More here and on Instagram.
INVICTUS MINGUS (working title)
by Frank Harts
It's 1966. Tomorrow legendary Jazz maestro Charles Mingus is to be evicted from his cluttered New York City apartment. Tonight though he drinks wine; cuts up with his crew on the bass and talks love, Hitler, racism, and politics with a twenty-something Jewish documentary filmmaker. This while his five-year old bi-racial daughter plays in piles of treasure and junk absorbing it all.
Invictus Mingus will receive a one-night-only presentation, directed by Jackson Gay, as part of the 2018 Pipeline Series at Dorset Theatre Festival, co-produced by New Neighborhood, in Dorset, Vermont, on July 31.
EVERLASTING LAWN PARTY
A gymnasium for the theatrical soul
New writing. Potential adaptations. An old play with a new take. Devised shit. Any neighbor can bring something to the Everlasting Lawn Party and use the gifts of the other neighbors to flesh it out. This happens for weeks. Random. Quixotic. But eventually something emerges. One of these ideas starts banging and everyone in the room looks around and says….yeah….yeah….this is something. And then the Everlasting Lawn Party focuses in on that project and we start dedicating more and more time to that project in the ELP, which is held almost every Monday all year long in New York City.
ELP special guests have included David Anzuelo, Will Arbery, Hilary Bettis, Prema Cruz, Dakota Grandos, David Greenspan, Jacqueline Guillen, Jeremy O. Harris, Sam Henderson, Amandla Jahava, Greg Keller, Aubie Merrylees, Bobby Moreno, Adriana Sananes, Bradley Tejeda, John Leonard Thompson, and Dustin Wills.
Poster design by Seth


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Unisoft Retail Solutions
Presentation new Unisoft retail management solution and renewed Point of Sale during the Euroshop
During the Euroshop which will take place from February 26 till March 2 in Dusseldorf, Unisoft presents its new Point of Sale and the new retail management solution RetailVision Enterprise at stand C44, in Hall 6 together with partner Höltl.
Realtime retailing with renewed Point of Sale
Unisoft shows its renewed Point of Sale, which enables retailers to scan online returns, provides realtime insight in their stock and rewards customers with online bonus points.
Marketing & Sales Director Ivo Tonk explains: "Our Point of Sale offers extensive opportunities for all sales and customer-focused operations such as checkout, returns, orders, complaints, customer relationship management (CRM), loyalty and promotions management. In addition, through timesheets the working time and reason for absence of the store staff are captured on the Point of Sale system. Through the online inventory system at the Point of Sale system, the retailer has real-time insight in his stock. Moreover, our Point of Sale offers features like fraud prevention, integration with internet and e-mail, document scanning, etc."
New retail management system through Cloud Computing
Besides that, Unisoft also presents RetailVision Enterprise. With this retail management solution, the retailer will be able to centrally manage goods and shops and has all the information stored both central as decentral. The retailer has ultimate control over its organization and improves the efficiency and profitability. The retailer doesn't need to invest in software and a server anymore and isn't responsible for maintenance and management. The retailer pays a monthly fee for the software he uses. Tonk: "Retailers will save costs and are able to run their business without concerns. The system is available online and suitable to expand in number of users, stores, cash registers and functionality." RetailVision Enterprise is suitable for use in various retail branches and different organizational structures.
About Unisoft
Unisoft Retail Solutions is a renowned Point-of-Sale supplier and offers store solutions which enables the retailer to run his organization by the standards of today and tomorrow. Fifty thousand people in various branches, retail environments and countries work with a proven solution of Unisoft on a daily base. Unisoft has a leading role in developments, like Multichannel Retailing, fingerprint and RFID (Radio Frequency Identification). Unisoft helps retailers running their retail businesses more efficient and without concerns through innovative store automation.
www.unisoft.nl
www.euroshop.de


Back to School time is always such a stressful time for parents, especially when it comes time to start thinking about school lunches. Why not start making some of your own school snacks? You will save money, there are heaps of healthy options, and you'll know exactly what goes into them.


Children's home Bolle, Berlin 2011.
In Germany, more than 2.5 million children live in poverty. A good education often seems to be the only way out of this one-way street. To increase the chances of these kids to lead a self-determined life, the association Straßenkinder e.V. founded the Kinder- und Jugendhaus Bolle (children's home) in April 2010.
At Bolle, kids do not just receive a warm meal but are also prepared for exams or even receive free tutorials if necessary. A rich offer of leisure activities promotes creativity and improves the kids' social skills.
Last year, Charity Cat, a non profit made up of PUMA employees from Herzogenaurach, made an individual contribution and donated €1.500,- which was then used to buy Christmas presents for the kids.
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Super Typhoon Yutu and Recovery Efforts in US Territories
One of the strongest storms to hit the U.S. since 1935 struck western U.S. territories Oct. 25, leaving more than 100 injured and one dead, according to KUAM News. Relief efforts continue, now with help from federal funds as a Major Disaster Declaration for Super Typhoon Yutu was confirmed Oct. 27. With such devastating damage, rebuilding efforts will include construction, which will likely trigger a larger customer base and much-needed attention in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam where the storm hit hardest.
Yutu comes just a month after Typhoon Mangkhut, another serious storm that hit Guam and the Philippines. Recovery efforts for Yutu are expected to be slow predicted Brandon Aydlett, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. Especially given the lack of Western media attention throughout the week of Oct. 25 and onward, construction efforts may be overlooked but are still necessary.
"This is the worst-case scenario. This is why the building codes in the Marianas are so tough," Aydlett said in a CBS News story. "This is going to be the storm which sets the scale for which future storms are compared."
When working with customers in U.S. territories, like U.S. states, all laws vary. Guam last updated its Mechanic's Lien Law in 2009, repealing the 1962 law that was previously in place. To learn more about doing business in Guam and other U.S. territories during times of natural disasters, visit NACM's Secured Transactions' Lien Navigator.
—Christie Citranglo, editorial associate
For more construction news, visit NACM's Secured Transaction Services.
Posted by National Association of Credit Management at 10/31/2018 01:19:00 PM


Next HIGH TIDE in Keysfield, Waccamaw River is at , which is in from now.
Next LOW TIDE in Keysfield, Waccamaw River is at , which is in from now.
The local time in Keysfield, Waccamaw River is . See the detailed Keysfield, Waccamaw River tide chart and tide table below.
Tide Times are EDT (UTC -4.0hrs). Last Spring High Tide at Keysfield, Waccamaw River was on Tue 09 Apr (height:0.50m 1.6ft). Next high Spring Tide at Keysfield, Waccamaw River will be on Tue 07 May (height:0.53m 1.7ft).
Keysfield, Waccamaw River Tide Chart. The largest known tidal range at Keysfield, Waccamaw River is 1.01m 3.3 feet.
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The Akashic Records are an energetic database that contain an imprint of every thought, feeling, action and experience for every soul that has ever lived. Akasha is a Sanskrit word meaning sky, space or aether. The database is also referred to as 'The Book of Life' or 'Hall of Records'. The Records contain all knowledge of human experience and the cosmos. The Records have been referenced in all religions and spiritual traditions and are described as a metaphysical library or universal supercomputer.
Additionally, the Records can connect us to the limitations present in our flow. These limitations can show up as challenges in our relationships, finances, career, and health because we are constantly attracting experiences that are a vibrational match to who we are energetically. Many of us carry limiting beliefs in our unconscious and subconscious thought patterns as well as numerous other blocks that prevent us from fully stepping into our potential.
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