![]() That means you can use the same key to lock the box as you use to lock the rack to your vehicle (locks for the box are included, but the same keyed locks for the towers are sold separately as 2, 4, 6, or 8 packs). The latch is also lockable and compatible with the Thule One Key System. The Motion XT boxes can open from either side with a simple sliding latch system. It’s also available in either Glossy Black or Glossy Titan finish. The Motion XT sits around the middle of Thule’s product line and is built to be practical, sleek, and easy to use. There are a number of options when it comes to cargo boxes, but the Thule Motion XT seems like a great place to start without going over the top. I did add some wood blocks under the lips of the upper shell to better support the straps, and keep them from deforming the plastic during long-term storage. While annoying, you can still get it to work, and I’ve been using it for a year now with no major issues. That can make it a little tricky to lock and unlock the system since the cargo box wants to get in the way of the rope. The StoreYourBoard hoist has a pulley system directly in line with the center of the box. That means that the crank clears the box, up or down. The Thule MultiLift operates via hand crank system that is offset from the centerline of the cargo box. At $47.99, it seemed like it was worth a try.Īnd it is–with one big caveat. Since I was spending my own money on the lift, I was inclined to check out the much cheaper option from StoreYourBoard. Thule actually sells their own MultiLift system for this very purpose, but at $269.95, it’s a pricey option. ![]() Note that Thule does not recommend storing the box vertically.įor me, I found the best storage option to be a ceiling-mounted hoist system in our garage. The box itself isn’t that heavy at 46lbs, but it is awkward to carry for one person. Rigid boxes like the Thule Motion XT don’t collapse any smaller, so either you’ll have to keep it on your roof permanently (not recommended), or find a place to store the full-size box. ![]() One other potential negative to consider is storage. Parking in the garage and some drive-throughs will be out of the question depending on the vehicle and the situation. You also have to remember you have something on the roof. In this case, though, the Thule proved to be great on both accounts. ![]() It can be harder to reach because of the height, and as mentioned, rooftop boxes can negatively affect gas mileage and create additional wind noise. There are a few drawbacks to a rooftop cargo box – which are mostly due to putting something large on the roof of your vehicle. Enclosed models like the Thule Motion XT make it very easy to load and store smaller and awkward-shaped items–though it’s still best if they’re anchored inside the box to prevent them from sliding around. The best models will be aerodynamically designed to have a minimum impact on gas mileage, while also cutting down on wind noise. They easily attach to roof racks (more on that below) and offer varying amounts of additional storage. If you need extra cargo space, a rooftop box is a great place to start. Products like the Thule Motion XT XL Roof Box. Even with the worst of the pandemic (hopefully) in the rearview mirror, driving to your next getaway may be more appealing than flying – but what about all that gear? Whether you’re a new parent toting around way too many things for the latest addition to your family, or a weekend warrior trying to maximize your weekend, it’s easy to quickly surpass the cargo-carrying abilities of your vehicle.įortunately, there are many different products out there to make your next journey a little easier. For a number of reasons, the great American road trip is making a comeback.
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![]() What are the benefits of LinkedIn Groups? Once a user is a group member, they can share posts, ask questions, and reach out to each other for free. They’re similar to groups on other social platforms, such as Facebook. LinkedIn Groups are closed communities of members with similar interests. They’re a fantastic way to warm up contacts, interact with high-level decision makers, and niche down to focus on audiences with pain points you can actually solve.Īnd the best part? LinkedIn makes it easy to connect with and message shared group members and event attendees, without using up precious connection requests. ![]() These incredibly useful social selling features do a great job of bringing like-minded users together. LinkedIn limits the amount of connection requests it’s possible to send in a day or week decision makers are busy and inundated with requests they’ll only selectively accept and it can be hard to find a way into an account if you’re starting out completely cold.Įnter: LinkedIn Groups and Events. These buyers that use social media are more senior, have 84% larger budgets, and make 61% more purchasing decisions compared to those that don’t.ĭespite these members being active on LinkedIn, they’re sometimes a bit inaccessible. Why use LinkedIn Groups and Events for lead generation?ħ5% of B2B buyers and 84% of C-level executives use social media in their buying decisions. Below, we’ve put together a guide to help you understand what they are, how to use them, and why they’re great for prospecting. If you want to reach these leads, LinkedIn Groups and Events are a vital way to nurture relationships and foster connections with key decision makers in your industry. Want to know what they do respond to? Timely, personalized outreach and meaningful interactions on LinkedIn. 90% of C-level executives say they never respond to cold calls or email blasts. On the patch notes page, you can now see whether an Experimental card is active or not. Overwatch experimental cards are usually live for at least a week before Blizzard decides whether to bring them into the live game. These are pretty fair changes for the most part, but I can’t imagine Widow mains will be too happy with them. It reduces her effective range, so she’ll need to be closer to her targets than she might have been in the past. More significantly, the damage falloff change would have a huge impact on her ability to instakill low-health enemies from across the map. She’ll be able to fire scoped shots seven times instead of 10 before reloading. Widowmaker is getting the biggest nerf of all in this experiment, I reckon. Scoped shots now have up to 50% damage falloff from 60-85 meters.You might soon find it harder to instakill enemies from across the map with Widowmaker. Since it’s a little slower, it’ll be less difficult to control, and you’ll find it a bit easier to pull enemies into its grasp. This’d be a slight revert of a major recent nerf to that ability. The nerfs to her healing output are more interesting though, since Blizzard has been looking at ways to enable her to make “big game-impacting plays.” Lowering her overall healing utility is an odd way to go about that. MORE FROM FORBES Blizzard Is Taking Another Stab At Major Moira Changes In 'Overwatch' By Kris Holt ![]() The narrower attach angle for the damage beam (which was also tested in previous experimental patches) means she’ll need to be more accurate with it, though the increased self-heal is a nice trade-off. She’s been a focal point of several recent experimental patches, but none of the proposed changes have stuck so far. Team 4 is really trying to figure out the right changes for Moira. Healing resource gain rate increased by 50%.Healing resource consumption rate increased from 11 to 14 (27%).Healing per second increased from 65 to 70.Lingering heal reduced from 4 seconds to 2 seconds (Total healing from 65 down to 35).They’ll still decimate squishy targets at close range though. Impact damage reduced from 50 to 40 (Total 130 to 120)įewer shields to destroy means Junkrat’s frag grenades don’t need as much power.Junkrat's damage output will be a bit lower should the changes make it to the live game. Zarya will still be able to go to town on close-range targets if she’s fully charged, though. Ashe has been getting a lot of play in the Overwatch League lately, but if these changes come through to the retail build, she’ll have significantly less carry potential. ![]() They’ll have less overall damage output in slightly different ways. The planned changes for Ashe, McCree, Pharah, Symmetra and Zarya fall along similar lines. Aim-down sights damage reduced from 85 to 80.The Regenerative Burst changes are intriguing, since it should increase his survivability while lowering the ability’s utility for the rest of the team. ![]() ![]()
![]() However, if you have an older car with adjustable ignition timing, you need an ignition timing light to check the timing. Unfortunately, newer cars control the ignition timing completely electronically, so you will not find it possible to manually adjust the timing. This only applies if you have an older car with adjustable ignition timing on either the distributor or an adjustable cam or crankshaft position sensor. Because of this, a faulty ignition timing could, of course, cause an engine knock. Too advanced ignition timing will cause the engine to start knocking or pinging. If this knock sensor has gone bad, it can send false signals to the engine control unit, which will cause a knocking engine. Therefore, the knock sensors’ job is to monitor for any knocks and, if one occurs, tell the engine to retard the ignition further to prevent engine damage. If you fill your tank with fuel with a low octane rating, the engine will require a more retarded ignition timing to run without engine knock. The engine control always wants to have as advanced an ignition as possible for higher performance. ![]() The knock sensor is made for exactly this purpose – to prevent your engine from knocking. The next common cause of engine knock is a bad knock sensor. If the issue occurred after you refilled fuel and if you filled the gas tank entirely, you could try using an octane booster to boost up the octane a little bit rather than replacing all fuel in the tank. If you get fuel with a low octane number in your fuel tank, premature combustion may occur. The most common reason why your engine is knocking during acceleration is you have the wrong fuel in your car or just fuel with a low octane rating.Įither you filled your gas tank with the wrong gas type the last time you were at the gas station, or the gas station supplied you with bad fuel. Here is a little bit more detailed list of the most common causes of a knocking car engine: 1. These are the most common reasons why your engine knocks. Incorrect ignition timing, lean fuel mixture, or the incorrect type of spark plugs can also cause your engine to detonate. The most common cause of engine knock is either the wrong fuel type in your car or a bad knock sensor. Can low oil cause engine knock? Causes of Engine Knock ![]() All rights reserved. Bannon, is distributed by a fledgling news network called Real Americas Voice. In a clip of the interview posted to the Real America’s Voice. Real America’s Voice 11 Mar, 2022, 19:50 ET. Users viewing the content on the right-wing media site Rumble were quick to point out various irregularities with Trump’s speech. 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Americas Voice Network is a Conservative multiplatform news & entertainment media organization featuring content focused on Conservative values. I have files saved from ToonBoom Harmony from when I had a free trial but it's ended and I dont' know how to open them in After Effects. TLDR I have Adobe After Effects and don't know how to use it. I have them on a flash drive but I don't know how to transfer those files since they were saved in ToonBoom? I could be ignorant about a way to open those files without using Harmony but to me, it seems like I'll have to start over again. ![]() The thing is I have Adobe Suites so I could try to use After Effects, though I don't know how to use it at all and all my files were saved in Harmony. ![]() I was working on a project that I wanted to continue, but now I don't really have access to Toon Boom Harmony. I already activated the 21 day trial on that second account, but because I couldn't properly reinstall it, it's like I don't have access to it. I uninstalled the program and then attempted to reinstall it but when I downloaded Harmony again, it remembered my old account and told me my trial had ended. I deactivated my account and made a new one with a secondary email address. Even with the student discount, I wouldn't be able to purchase that for at least another month, SO I tried to be sneaky. I have just finished my first animation class and I got comfortable working with Harmony, however my trial expired and it's an expensive purchase (what with the holidays and the fact that I'm a broke college student). To start off with some background info, I already know how to animate in ToonBoom Harmony. IF YOUR POST DOESN'T APPEAR IN THE NEW QUEUE PLEASE MESSAGE THE MODS AND INCLUDE A LINK TO YOUR SUBMISSION. 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![]() ![]() Planting in a no-dig garden consists of pulling back the mulch to drop in a small number of seeds. This will also depend on the variety, which we’ll give examples to below. Others report that broom corn can rise up to 5 m (15 feet). We live in a cooler, mountainous climate, so that was to be expected. Our crop reached a maximum height of 2 meters (just shy of 7 feet). Think carefully about this, since broom corn does have the potential to shade other garden crops. Planting Broom Corn in Your No-Dig Gardenīroom corn grows best in full sun, so start there.įind a nice place in your garden, even against a fence or wall to sow your seeds. While most sources state that the soil must be plowed and harrowed, we’ve had great success with planting broom corn seeds in our no-dig garden. ![]() What it does prefer, however, is moist, well-draining soil that is rich in organic matter. That being said, it can be grown in most locations. At the same time it tolerates both heat and drought. Though it doesn’t tolerate frost very well, it can be grown in many different soils. The requirements of broom corn are very similar to that of growing corn, or sorghum.įor starters, it takes a long growing season to obtain a plentiful crop. Growing broom corn isn’t a skill to simply sweep under the rug, so let’s go over what you need to know.Īfter all, it is a survival skill, that can grow in your survival garden, and can help keep your house clean for years to come. Yet, sometimes we grow plants for the nostalgia of it all. It takes a ton of broom corn to produce several hundred brooms. The reason you don’t see large fields of it anymore, is because it isn’t exactly a high-value crop. Large acreages were planted in the 1830s, and for several decades more, as the popularity of broom corn production, along with the making of brooms, moved west. However, if you consider the number of people needing brooms before electricity came along, you can envision a need for an alternative. We’ll get to this later on, but it’s worth knowing that it takes several plants to make your own broom. It’s known that broom corn was originally planted in home gardens, not plantations. The sweeping sensation of broom corn production… But my question to you is this: have you ever seen fields of it waving in the breeze? Probably not, though you can attempt this by planting it in your backyard. From there it spread west as far as New Mexico and Colorado. In the 1700s, Benjamin Franklin was credited with introducing it to the United States. ![]() ![]() Metabolism, training experience, and hydration levels are just a few examples, Husain notes. Plus, there are a ton of individual components that determine whether someone feels sore. “But if you bring the resistance back to a controlled starting point-rather than letting it fly back on its own-you’re more likely to cause muscle soreness.” When you curl up, you’re in that concentric action, and that’s where most people focus their efforts,” Saint-Dic explains. Is soreness really an indicator of an effective workout? Read articleĬan’t tell the difference? “Think of a lying hamstring curl. Training Does Soreness Equal Muscle Growth? ![]() It could just be that you’ve focused more on the concentric, or shortening, action and allowed momentum to help you through the eccentric portion. But if you don’t feel sore, it doesn’t mean your workout wasn’t effective. lengthening the muscle fibers during any given movement), Saint-Dic says. In general, soreness is most likely to occur after bouts of controlled eccentric contractions (i.e. Physiologically, it’s a side effect of micro-tears within muscle fibers, adds Kamraan Husain, DC, recovery specialist at Tone House in New York City. “In its simplest terms, DOMS is caused when a muscle is worked in a way that it’s not accustomed to, or at a volume or intensity that it hasn’t worked at before,” Saint-Dic says. You probably know it as that “oof, it hurts to get out of bed” type of sore. ![]() Instead of the acute soreness you might feel right after a workout, DOMS is a more intense discomfort that comes 24 to 72 hours after, according to Alain Saint-Dic, CPT, a coach at Stretch Relief and Mile High Run Club in New York City. That soreness, known commonly as DOMS, or delayed-onset muscle soreness, affects countless athletes and bodybuilders in the days after a tough workout. It will be open from Monday through Saturday from 4pm to 2am beginning Friday, March 4.Walk into any gym, and there’s a solid chance you’ll hear someone talking about how sore their muscles are from a workout they did the other day. Reservations are recommended, but walk-ins are also theoretically welcome.ĭom is located at 287 Park Avenue South. Snacks like cheese, charcuterie, oysters and caviar will also be available. Trummer’s previous ventures include the ultimately headline making Apothéke. The cognac-flavored cigar leaves in the barrel-aged negroni (a Pain Killer), and unspecified herbs from the South of France in the large-format house absinthe (a Euphoric Enhancer) are among other noteworthy ingredients. Many drinks incorporate liqueurs like walnut elderberry from owner Albert Trummer’s own eponymous line. Photograph: Courtesy of Domĭom’s opening cocktail menu is divided into the categories Health and Beauty, Pain Killers, Stress Relievers, Aphrodisiacs, Pharmaceuticals, Stimulants and Euphoric Enhancers. Art programming across various mediums is planned for a gallery space and exhibition wall. The “retro-future” space, replete with high ceilings and fancy furnishings intended to evoke “the image of a modern age La Dolce Vita lifestyle” seats 50, exclusive of a private tasting room. “Looking towards tomorrow as well as paying tribute to yesterday, DOM will reference the clubs of the Rat Pack age with Frank, Dean and Sammy being played on the Hi-Fi, and people dressing for a night out in the greatest city in the world,” a press release reads. The roaring 2022 speakeasy-inspired bar boom reverberates apace this week with the opening of Dom (styled as DOM) a subterranean cocktail lounge in Gramercy. ![]() Animate objects at 60 frames per second (FPS) and manage multiple independent objects using Object-Oriented Programming (OOP).Learn game development concepts, such as collision detection, animating sprite sheets, simple tracking and following, AI, parallax backgrounds, and particle explosions.Respond to a player's touch, and program intelligent enemies who challenge the player in different ways.Implement screen locking, screen rotation, pixel graphics, and play sound effects. ![]() Set up a game development environment in Android Studio.In the later chapters, you will create a time-trial, open-world platform game.īy the end of the book, you will not only have grasped Java and Android but will also have developed six cool games for the Android platform. You will build games such as Minesweeper, Retro Pong, Bullet Hell, and Classic Snake and Scrolling Shooter games. The difficulty level will grow steadily as you explore key Java topics, such as variables, loops, methods, object oriented programming, and design patterns, including code and examples that are written for Java 9 and Android P.Īt each stage, you will put what you've learned into practice by developing a game. This new and expanded second edition of Learning Java by Building Android Games shows you how to start building Android games from scratch. However, this book is unlike other Android books in that it doesn't assume that you already have Java proficiency. ![]() It uses the most popular programming language, Java, as the primary language for building apps of all types.
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