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Many materials can stop bullets, but they are not all created equal some are best for armor and some are best for cover. There are alsosomethat have yet to be truly tested.

Beloware examples of intermediate barriers that can deflect bullets from their intended trajectory and impede their performance by forcing them to shed velocity and deform or even break into pieces. Your car the body, doors, engine block and windows offer very different results

Testing by firearm instructors suggests that auto glass may change the trajectory of a bullet, BUT it won’t stop it and neither will the dashboard or steering wheel.

The body of your vehicle, like the door, might stop bullets depending on the type of bullet and the angle of fire.

Engine blocks have always been accepted as a good cover and arguably the only part of a vehicle you can consistently rely on to stop bullets, according to Jacob Paulsen, founder and president of ConcealedCarry.com. Filing cabinets full of paper

There has actually been a lot of research on file cabinets due to their general availability for cover in a workplace under active shooter situation.

Research conducted by ConcealedCarry.com suggested that an empty file cabinet will not stop most handgun rounds, but a filing cabinet full of paper is likely to be effective. Sandbags

When filled with sand or dirt and placed in strategic positions, sandbags can provide protection from small arms fire and shrapnel.

The dense layers of sand or soil rapidly deplete projectiles of energy until they come to rest harmlessly inside the sandbag. At worst, bullets penetrate them only after having lost much of their velocity.

You can also use sandbags to reinforce or fortify common structures. Some sandbags can be piled in front of a window or door during times of trouble to provide protection from bullets or to prop up plywood coverings to prevent entry.

Even a basic U- or V-shaped barrier of sandbags can prove to be an excellent defense in times of civil unrest. Masonry brick, concrete, stone

Brick, concrete and genuine stone are conventional, durable and long-lasting exterior and indoor construction materials that typically exhibit excellent bullet-resistant properties, and will usually stop small-caliber handgun rounds entirely.

The only downside to these materials is that they degrade comparatively quickly with each bullet hit and the fractures that radiate out from each impact can lessen the resistance of the nearby material. Steel/aluminum plates

Often regarded as one of the better bullet-resistant materials available for reinforcing or building a wall, steel is used for purpose-made armor in both vehicular and individual applications because it typically endures multiple-bullet hits quite well with very little degradation.

The downside is that steel plates are also extremely heavy and difficult to fabricate or modify on a work site.

And like most other metallic armors, steel is highly vulnerable to high-velocity projectiles and extremely vulnerable to high-velocity armor-piercing projectiles. One must also be cautious of spalling (the breaking away of a concrete surface), which occurs on a major hit or near-penetration. Tiny fragments of the steel de-laminate and break off with lethal velocity on the back side of the plate, potentially injuring or even killing people struck by them.

Aluminum is best used as a component in composite armor solutions. Polycarbonate

Due to its exceptional strength, impact resistance and toughness, bullet-resistant polycarbonate is a unique and valuable material.

Polycarbonate has the advantages of being optically transparent, lightweight and shatterproof. Additionally, it has strong dielectric strength, low moisture absorption and excellent UV protection.

These characteristics make polycarbonate sheet one of the best materials for resisting both physical assaults and multiple-shot ballistic assaults. Kevlar

Made of tightly woven synthetic fibers that can endure incredible amounts of punishment, kevlar is the lightest material for stopping bullets and used all around the world by both militaries and civilians for ballistic protection. As far as armors go, the plates are also lightweight, versatile, durable and heat resistant. (Related: NYC residents are buying body armor in record numbers as lawless Democrats defund police and protect violent criminals.) Polyethylene

Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene is a highly durable, water-resistant material that won’t degrade as fast as ceramic or kevlar.

In overall performance, polyethylene is the best material to stop a bullet. Polyethylene can take multiple hits where a plate of ceramic or kevlar would shatter or crack.

While it isn’t as light as kevlar, its strength-to-weight ratio is about 15 times that of kevlar. The material is used to make plates similar to steel plates, only a lot lighter. Non-Newtonian fluids

Researchers in Poland have developed a liquid that’s super-light and flexible. Upon impact,its specially designed shear-thickening fluid, or STF, turns into a solid that is more comfortable than kevlar.

Created by the Moratex Institute of Security Technologies, the liquid is known as non-Newtonian fluid which only changes its structure according to temperature or pressure fluctuations.

In other words, they can quickly change from liquid to rock-hard solid when they’re hit with something forceful,such as a stray bullet.

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Amazon CEO Jassy says AI will lead to ‘fewer people doing some of the jobs’ that get automated

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AI will change the workforce, says Amazon CEO Andy Jassy

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said the rapid rollout of generative artificial intelligence means the company will one day require fewer employees to do some of the work that computers can handle.

“Like with every technical transformation, there will be fewer people doing some of the jobs that the technology actually starts to automate,” Jassy told CNBC’s Jim Cramer in an interview on Monday. “But there’s going to be other jobs.”

Even as AI eliminates the need for some roles, Amazon will continue to hire more employees in AI, robotics and elsewhere, Jassy said.

Earlier this month, Jassy admitted that he expects the company’s workforce to decline in the next few years as Amazon embraces generative AI and AI-powered software agents. He told staffers in a memo that it will be “hard to know exactly where this nets out over time” but that the corporate workforce will shrink as Amazon wrings more efficiencies out of the technology.

It’s a message that’s making its way across the tech sector. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff last week claimed AI is doing 30% to 50% of the work at his software vendor. Other companies such as Shopify and Microsoft have urged employees to adopt the technology in their daily work. The CEO of Klarna said in May that the online lender has managed to shrink its headcount by about 40%, in part due to investments in AI and natural attrition in its workforce.

Jassy said on Monday that AI will free employees from “rote work” and “make all our jobs more interesting,” while enabling staffers to invent better services more quickly than before.

Amazon and other tech companies have also been shrinking their workforces through rolling layoffs over the past several years. Amazon has cut more than 27,000 jobs since the start of 2022, and it’s announced smaller, more targeted layoffs in its retail and devices units in recent months.

Amazon shares are flat so far this year, underperforming the Nasdaq, which has gained 5.5%. The stock is about 10% below its record reached in February, while fellow megacaps Meta, Microsoft and Nvidia are all trading at or very near record highs.

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PM faces threat of major rebellion during key vote today

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PM faces threat of major rebellion during key vote today

Sir Keir Starmer continues to face the threat of a major rebellion during a key vote on welfare reforms later – despite making last-minute concessions to disgruntled Labour MPs.

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall has confirmed that all existing claimants of the personal independence payment (PIP), the main disability benefit, will be protected from changes to eligibility.

The combined value of the standard Universal Credit allowance and the health top-up will rise “at least in line with inflation” every year of this parliament.

And an additional £300m for employment support for sick and disabled people in 2026 has been announced, which will rise every year after.

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Welfare cuts ‘needed to be made’

Ms Kendall has also promised that a consultation into PIP – “co-produced” with disabled people – will be published next autumn.

She said the U-turn on welfare cuts will cost taxpayers about £2.5bn by 2030 – less than half the £4.8bn the government had expected to save with its initial proposals.

Modelling by Ms Kendall’s own department, released yesterday, suggested the proposals would push 150,000 more people into poverty by 2030, down from the 250,000 estimated under the original plan.

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But after announcing the U-turns, Labour MPs were still publicly saying they could not back the plans as they do not go far enough to allay their concerns.

Disabilities minister Stephen Timms would not say he was “confident” the proposals would pass the Commons when asked on Sky News’ Politics Hub with Sophy Ridge.

“We’ve got a very strong package, I certainly hope it passes,” he replied.

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‘Disabled people thrown under the bus’

A total of 86 charities united yesterday to call on MPs to reject the reforms, saying they will harm disabled people and calling it “a political choice”.

The likes of Oxfam, Child Action Poverty Group, Mind and Shelter said the bill has been brought to a vote without consulting disabled people and without any assessment “of its impact on health and employment outcomes”.

When asked to name “a single” disability organisation in favour of the reforms, Ms Kendall declined to do so.

Several Labour MPs indicated they would still vote against the changes, leaving the government in the dark over how big a rebellion it still may face.

Ms Kendall tried to allay their fears, telling MPs: “I believe we have a fair package, a package that protects existing claimants because they’ve come to rely on that support.”

Richard Burgon presented a petition to parliament yesterday evening against the cuts, signed by more than 77,000 people.

Several Labour MPs questioned why the vote was going ahead before the review into PIP is published – including Rachael Maskell, who said she could not “countenance sick and disabled people being denied support” and added: “It is a matter of conscience.”

Connor Naismith said the concessions “undoubtedly improve efforts to secure welfare reform which is fair”, but added: “Unfortunately, I do not believe these concessions yet go far enough.”

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Labour rebel Nadia Whittome said the government was ‘ignoring’ disabled people

Nadia Whittome accused the government of “ignoring” disabled people and urged ministers to go “back to the drawing board”.

Ian Byrne told the Commons he will vote against the “cruel cuts” to disability benefits because the “so-called concessions go nowhere near far enough”.

The vote will take place this evening, with coverage on Sky News’ Politics Hub live blog and on TV.

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Benjamin Netanyahu to meet Donald Trump next week amid calls for Gaza ceasefire

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Benjamin Netanyahu to meet Donald Trump next week amid calls for Gaza ceasefire

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be meeting Donald Trump next Monday, according to US officials.

The visit on 7 July comes after Mr Trump suggested it was possible a ceasefire in Gaza could be reached within a week.

On Sunday, he wrote on social media: “MAKE THE DEAL IN GAZA. GET THE HOSTAGES BACK!!!”

At least 60 people killed across Gaza on Monday, in what turned out to be some of the heaviest attacks in weeks.

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According to the Hamas-run health ministry, 56,500 people have been killed in the 20-month war.

The visit by Mr Netanyahu to Washington has not been formally announced and the officials who said it would be going ahead spoke on condition of anonymity.

An Israeli official in Washington also confirmed the meeting next Monday.

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the administration was in constant communication with the Israeli government.

She said Mr Trump viewed ending the war in Gaza and returning remaining hostages held by Hamas as a top priority.

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The war in Gaza broke out in retaliation for Hamas’ 7 October 2023 attacks on southern Israel that killed 1,200 people and saw a further 250 taken hostage.

An eight-week ceasefire was reached in the final days of Joe Biden’s US presidency, but Israel resumed the war in March after trying to get Hamas to accept new terms on next steps.

Talks between Israel and Hamas have stalled over whether the war should end as part of any ceasefire.

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