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Hasbro Pulse Fan Fest. El evento virtual tendrá lugar el 9 de abril a las 11:00 a.m. EST

Hasbro, Inc. Hasbro ha anunciado oficialmente el lanzamiento de un nuevo evento centrado en el coleccionista, Hasbro Pulse Fan Fest. El evento virtual, que tendrá lugar el 9 de abril a las 11:00 a.m. EST, será presentado por el reportero, escritor y productor de SYFY Wire Jackie Jennings y solo se verá en la página de Hasbro Pulse Fan Fest.

El evento traerá contenido nunca antes visto y demostraciones de productos directamente a la apasionada comunidad de coleccionistas de Hasbro, en lugar del evento anual Fun Brand Preview de la compañía que se lleva a cabo en la Feria anual del juguete de Nueva York.

Los fanáticos pueden esperar emocionantes paneles y activaciones de marcas de Hasbro como GI Joe, Power Rangers y Transformers, así como co-marcas de primer nivel. Maravilla,

Hasbro Pulse Fan Fest Coming April 9th

el futuro de las aplicaciones de la realidad aumentada: microsoft mesh

Imagina que tienes una reunión de negocios desde casa y en lugar de tener que unirse a Teams, Google Meet o Zoom, has de usar gafas de realidad aumentada. En lugar de ver a tus colegas en la pantalla, puedes interactuar con sus avatares en el espacio virtual.

Incluso puedes pasar y recibir objetos a través de Microsoft. Ese es el objetivo de Mesh, una nueva plataforma de realidad mixta basada en la nube anunciada por Microsoft Ignite durante la conferencia anual de desarrolladores de la compañía.

La misma periodista que contó su experiencia en Mashable dijo que durante la transformación, Sullivan le dio una serie de hologramas, como la luna, medusas o tiburones, todos en movimiento.

Microsoft Mesh es compatible con todas las gafas de este tipo de Windows. Con el tiempo, Mesh funcionará con teléfonos inteligentes y computadoras sin gafas de realidad aumentada, por lo que algún día será posible transformar las reuniones de Microsoft Teams en un espacio de realidad virtual.

Para llegar a este nivel, todavía falta, porque Microsoft se está enfocando más en empresas que actualmente estaban trabajando con muchos prototipos físicos.

Origen: Microsoft da la bienvenida a las videollamadas con hologramas

El futuro de las tiendas de disfraces online: caen en picado por la pandemia

Las ventas de las tiendas de disfraces cayeron. El futuro de las tiendas de disfraces online: caen en picado por la pandemia.

Se habla de caídas de hasta un 60% y un 70% debido a la crisis de salud. Las ventas de las tiendas de disfraces online para la fiesta de Halloween, por ejemplo, del año pasado, cayeron entre un 60 y un 70 por ciento que durante el mismo período del año anterior. Sólo cosas como la máscara de Dalí de la serie ‘La Casa de Papel’ aguantaron el tirón.

Las tiendas online de disfraces hacen frente a las restricciones que impone el uso de máscaras, porque en algunas escuelas los niños pueden disfrazarse, pero sin complementos ni maquillaje, es decir, solo disfrazados y con mascarilla. Para evitar que los menores compartan elementos contaminantes con sus compañeros.

En cuanto a los disfraces más vendidos aún con todo, se conservaron los clásicos. Cuando se trata de niñas, el personaje de cómic Harley Quinn está golpeando fuerte, mientras que Chucky y Joker lo hacen bien entre los niños. En cualquier caso, lo que suele gustar a la mayoría de las mujeres adultas, La Catrina, la calavera mexicana, el disfraz de zombis lo es entre los hombres.

El futuro de las tiendas de disfraces online: caen en picado por la pandemia
El futuro de las tiendas de disfraces online: caen en picado por la pandemia

Dominan las máscaras de la película ‘Saw’ u otros «clásicos».

Finalmente, debido a que también se han suspendido los carnavales y estas tiendas están viviendo estas fechas extraordinarias hay que animar a comprar disfraces aunque no nos permitan ir de fiesta o desfilar.  Pocos clientes están interesados ​​en mejorar sus disfraces para el carnaval y fiestas posteriores estos días.

Disfraces de animales para bebés, princesas de Disney o superhéroes como Batman y Spider-Man son solo algunos de los disfraces que habitualmente se piden en épocas normales en tiendas especializadas que no recuerdan una temporada peor. La gente quiere escapar de casa, pero es cautelosa.

Las comparaciones tampoco fueron fáciles. En otros años amanecía a las seis de la mañana para los responsables de las fiestas. Tradicionalmente los carnavales, por ejemplo, son días con muchos nervios. Se revisa el maquillaje, si la música funciona. Y así, todo el día… Pero hoy todo tiene un color diferente.

Durante la emisión del documental Cromatic Fusion el viernes en los 40 años del Carnaval de Tarragona se dejaban caer lágrimas. Somos más sensibles a las emociones. Despertamos la melancolía y nos pasamos pensando todo el día: ¿ué vamos a hacer ahora?. Pero hay quien tiene la esperanza de que el Carnaval se celebre como lo conocemos por lo menos el próximo año.

Ahora es cuando nos damos cuenta de que estas herramientas de fiesta son mucho más de lo que pensábamos.

Un rostro conocido de Corralejo (Fuerteventura) durante las fiestas y especialmente durante el Carnaval, dedicado a asegurar que los eventos se desarrollen y transcurran según lo previsto afirma tener sentimientos extraños y encontrados. En circunstancias normales, vigilaba que todo se realizara según lo previsto. 

Dice que el Carnaval ha sabido reinventarse y ha aprovechado esta pausa necesaria para mirar hacia adelante y hacia atrás. Es una forma de consolarse porque la realidad son cosas como nos encontramos con hasta un 50% de descuento en disfraces dentro de las tres semanas posteriores a los carnavales, y eso no es lo habitual. 

Fiesta, entretenimiento y despreocupación, es lo que no tenemos. Pero también una importante actividad económica en muchos lugares, como Gijón. La ley de oferta y demanda no respeta ni siquiera al conocido localmente como Antroxu. Los conocedores de las telas aseguran que la venta de Antroxu en Gijón se realiza en dos etapas. Pero este año lo único que las tiendas venden son obras de Mari Cruz en las que han podido vender «cuatro disfraces para niños».

Y las celebraciones en las escuelas son el único incentivo para las empresas que viven de las vacaciones en estos días. Las restricciones de hospitalidad también afectan las ventas porque todo está relacionado. La cancelación de carnavales ha afectado a algunos comercios y ya está lloviendo sobre suelo húmedo.

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La epidemia también se robó Halloween, época en la que tenían que empezar a hacer la caja. La hospitalidad y el cierre de restricciones también afectaron las ventas de este año. Falta la referencia a la cultura gastronómica y las fiestas junto con unas tapas o una cerveza.

Un propietario de una tienda en Salamanca, asegura que el 90% de las pérdidas son lo mismo que nada vendido. No hay trabajo al que no haya llegado la epidemia de coronavirus. También Salamanca, incluso a los que llevan décadas en pie.

Sin el virus, innumerables pueblos como Ciudad Rodrigo estarían viviendo hace días su tradicional carnaval, calles llenas de desfiles, haciendo reír a lugareños y extranjeros. Parece que lo único que logró ‘defenderse’ fue el juguete, pero con una caída del 25%. Es imposible salvar el año y recuperar las pérdidas. Serían muchos pedidos, y ni siquiera llega nada en la web.

Desde el comienzo de la epidemia, muchos comercios probaron el ajuste de la ‘nueva normalidad’. Crearon sitios web y los fortalecieron con el tiempo, pero también hay que invertir, aunque esta será otra forma de vender. Empiezan mal 2021, creyendo que no se venderá demasiado hasta que no se solucione el problema de Covid.

Casi 18 cosas y aplicaciones de carnaval que hay en la Red

¿Disfraces de carnaval? ¿Cosas para el carnaval? 18 cosas y aplicaciones de carnaval que hay en la Red.

Carnival ha logrado hacerse un hueco en las aplicaciones móviles con la última tecnología. Podrás seguir con ellos el horario de los carnavales más famosos, probarte disfraces y maquillaje, e incluso hacerle bromas a un amigo, siguiendo el espíritu divertido y festivo de estos días.

Pero esta es solo una de las aplicaciones y las cosas que tenemos para usar en carnaval. Aquí tienes cosas y aplicaciones con las que podrás disfrutar del carnaval desde tu smartphone y encontrar también disfraces de carnaval baratos para todos y todas.

La mejor aplicación para el Carnaval de Cádiz para Móvil.

¡Actualizado durante todo el año!

Todo sobre Concurso de Fallas y Carnaval de Cádiz ahora mismo de una forma sencilla, atractiva y gratuita en tu tablet y smartphone. Video y carta en vivo, Noticias, Sesiones, Grabación grupal, Galería de fotos, Fechas y mucho más contenido para que te lleves el Carnaval contigo en todo momento.

Esta es la única aplicación donde puedes ver todos los grupos participantes en el Concurso Oficial de Grupos de Carnaval cada año.

Carnavaleando

En otra de las mejores aplicaciones de Carnaval para iOS y Android encontrarás un librito digital de coplas de carnaval clasificadas por modalidad, autores y años, y si sus letras tienen acordes. Lo mejor es conocer las canciones para encontrarte como pez en el agua en la fiesta. Si vas al carnaval de Cádiz, podrás aprender los cantos de chirigota, comparsas, coros y cuartetos con la app Carnavaleando.

Es un folleto digital de coplas de carnaval. 

Otra alternativa podría ser YouCam Makeup, que tiene consejos, trucos e ideas tanto para el maquillaje como para los peinados. También puedes ver cómo quedará el diseño gracias a la cámara frontal. Puedes encontrarlo para iOS y Android.

 cosas y aplicaciones de carnaval que hay en la Red
cosas y aplicaciones de carnaval que hay en la Red

Circle

Haz un círculo para compartir los gastos: si has tenido que comprar disfraces para todo el grupo de amigos, definitivamente te duele conseguir todo el dinero que has ahorrado. Con la aplicación Circle, que te permite compartir dinero fácilmente con tus amigos, puedes solicitar lo que te deben con un solo mensaje y recordar a los más olvidadizos.

Circle es una aplicación gratuita que te permite enviar y recibir dinero a cualquier correo electrónico o número de teléfono de forma gratuita. Descarga para Android o iOS.

Una buena aplicación es Foto Fun Uniforme

Es gratuita y está disponible tanto para teléfonos Android como para iPhone. Con ella es posible realizar fotomontajes humorísticos con tus propias imágenes o con amigos y familiares disfrazándose con diferentes uniformes como policía, bombero, médico, azafata, enfermera. Publicas las instantáneas más tarde, como en WhatsApp o directamente en Facebook.

MSQRD

Se lanzó a principios de 2016 y ahora es propiedad de Facebook. Al igual que Snapchat, te permite aplicar filtros especiales a la cara del usuario, moviéndote simultáneamente con el, con animaciones muy fluidas y un efecto sorprendentemente realista. El resultado se puede tomar en una foto o grabar en un video corto y luego compartirlo en aplicaciones de mensajería o redes sociales. MSQRD se puede descargar de forma gratuita en dispositivos iPhone y Android.

Tilted Mirror Carnival

Ahora que estamos en el carnaval, no solo nos vestimos en la calle, ¿por qué no en línea? Con la aplicación móvil Tilted Mirror Carnival para iOS, puedes hacer muchas cosas con una imagen: agregar un sombrero, una nariz de payaso o lo que quieras.

CarnavApp

Esta aplicación se basa principalmente en puntuaciones y clasificaciones. De esta forma, conocerás la actuación de cada grupo dividido en categorías: Coros, Chirigota, Cuartetos y Comparaciones. Conocerás sus puntos y dónde están ocupados actualmente entre otros.

Pero la mejor parte es que puedes marcar tanto favoritos como votar en la edición actual, al igual que en las versiones anteriores. Tendrás diferentes bares con premios de hasta 40 puntos incluyendo Presentación, Pasodoble, Cuplé y Coro.

CoacTV

Este es en realidad un sitio web que puedes abrir en cualquier navegador móvil o de escritorio. Es una recopilación de todos los videos de los grupos pero tiene una interfaz un poco más cómoda que te permitirá tenerlos todos. Es un catálogo que contiene una lista de videos de YouTube.

Casi 18 cosas y aplicaciones de carnaval que hay en la Red
Casi 18 cosas y aplicaciones de carnaval que hay en la Red

Carnavalea

Fácil, anónimo y geolocalizado con Carnavalea. Puedes tomar una foto y compartirla. La aplicación perfecta para obtener ideas sobre disfraces. También puedes votar por tus disfraces favoritos desde la propia aplicación.

Fiestas de radio de carnaval.

Esta no es una aplicación, sino una página web donde podemos seleccionar la región y ver el horario de las próximas fiestas de la ciudad. Puede ayudarnos a ver los horarios de carnavales y otras fiestas cercanas.

Cádiz Tangai

Otro gran ejemplo de aplicación para seguir la actualidad del Carnaval de Cádiz, donde se siguen todos los detalles y novedades ocurridas durante su desarrollo, así como los hechos que tuvieron lugar en el Teatro La Falla.

Carnival Best

Tiene una gran función, además de excluir los eventos menos conocidos, resaltar los detalles más impactantes dentro de cada uno, y mostrarte lo que más te puede interesar.

Smartphone Onda Cádiz

Para cerrar esta lista, una de las mejores aplicaciones para seguir el Carnaval de Cádiz y, por supuesto, la transmisión digital del canal más importante de la región, no te perderás ningún detalle de todo lo que fue cubierto por la prensa local.

se ponen de moda los juegos de mesa online de humble store

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El juego de mesa digital está ganando popularidad en gran parte debido a la demanda social. El viernes, Humble Store anunció que se ha asociado con Asmodee Digital para crear una nueva serie de juegos de mesa digitales que incluyen Pandemic, Small World y Terraforming Mars.

Asmodee Digital es un experto en juegos de mesa digitales. La compañía aceleró el ritmo alrededor de 2017, pero ha estado creando juegos como este durante la mayor parte de la última década.

Uno de sus primeros títulos digitales, Ticket To Ride, incluso incluía juego cruzado entre dispositivos móviles, consola y PC.

La pandemia mundial está afectando la forma en que la gente usa los juegos de mesa y cómo los crea.

Origen: New Humble Bundle features digital versions of some excellent board games

Aplicaciones que puede que te ayuden a tener sexo de una puñetera vez con tu pareja: Couple

Aplicaciones que puede que te ayuden a tener sexo de una puñetera vez con tu pareja: Couple

Couple

Ya se sabe que al comienzo de una relación todo marcha sobre ruedas. Lo malo puede llegar más adelante. Con el tiempo muchas parejas comienzan a entrar en una rutina que puede terminar siendo bastante contraproducente si no se pone algún antídoto. Couple es una aplicación destinada a ello… Lo que hace es crear un pequeño cosmos solo para dos.

Es así como la App da un cierto halo de romanticismo a cada instante. Couple crea un espacio compartido solo para los dos en el que se pueden mandar fotos o vídeos. Nos deja mandarnos dibujitos, mensajitos de voz, comparticiones varias y hasta chatear. Se trata de que tu pareja sepa que estás pensado en ella con solo que aprietes un botón. Estando los dos conectados al unísono, podemos dibujar juntos o bien utilizar Thumbkiss, que no se que carajo son, pero eso es lo que dice la gente que lo ha probado. Yo os cuento lo que a mi me han dicho…

Esta alternativa deja ver dónde se encuentra nuestra pareja solo tocando la pantalla para pulsar en exactamente el mismo punto y hacer que los dos móviles vibren simultáneamente. ?????? ¿Para que puede servir esto? La aplicación además de esto crea recordatorios de nuestro aniversario, aunque me parece una bobada porque ¿acaso alguien es tan estúpido como para que se le olvide la fecha de su aniversario…? ¿? ¿? :cry:

Hasta nos deja compartir una lista de labores y tareas para cerciorarnos de que absolutamente nadie se olvidará de comprar el pan o tirar la basura, o sacar al perro, o fregar los vasos, o quitar la mesa, o hacer la cama, o hacer el amor de una puta vez, que llevamos ya quince días sin roce de ninguna clase y ya estoy un poco harto del xhamster…

Sin duda, Couple es la aplicación mejor para relaciones a distancia o para quien no sabe usar una enorme herramienta, perdón, para quien para parejas que necesitan de una gran herramienta como esta para estar más cerca, aún estando, metafóricamente, un poco lejos…

Creo que nos cuentan más cosas de aplicaciones de estas en: Las mejores aplicaciones para tener sexo con tu pareja

APLICACIONES PARA REFORMAR CASAS Y DECORAR COMO DIOS MANDA

APLICACIONES PARA REFORMAR CASAS Y DECORAR COMO DIOS MANDA 3APLICACIONES PARA REFORMAR CASAS Y DECORAR COMO DIOS MANDA – ¿Te gusta la decoración? ¿Eres de quienes gusta de jugar a juegos como Sim City o Los Sims y crear casas a tu gusto? Te voy a hablar de aplicaciones sobre bricolaje, decoración, reformas y construcción, y de cosas relacionadas para que aproveches la Red para sacar tu vena creativa, en cuanto al interiorismo se refiere.

APLICACIONES PARA REFORMAR CASAS Y DECORAR COMO DIOS MANDA 4El DIY o Do it yourself es algo así como el hazlo tu mismo. Y hay aplicaciones que te ayudan. También en las distintas redes sociales y en todo Internet hay tutoriales, foros, vídeos, blogs y mucho más en donde lo mismo nos enseñan a hacer una pérgola de madera como a colocar Ventiladores de techo o hacernos nuestro propio jacuzzi.

Una de esas aplicaciones, y como primer ejemplo de lo que hablamos es Planner 5D. Se trata de que encontremos planos en los que poder plasmar nuestras ideas en 2D, 3D y en resolución HD. Planner 5D nos lo deja hacer todo desde cero. Pero también integrando elementos ya creados. Del catálogo que tiene accedemos también a inventos que se pueden añadir y a cientos y cientos de texturas, con múltiples objetos y colores.

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Planner 5D nos permite ver nuestra creación en diferentes ángulos. Es una App ideal para la decoración de oficinas y pisos. En iOS y Android

También Ikea tiene su propia aplicación que nos sirve para ver cómo quedarían sus tablas en nuestro hogar. Ikea intenta ponerlo fácil, pero yo no los creo… De ser así deberían llevarnos los muebles e instalarlos en casa tal y como hacen y han hecho desde siempre todas las tiendas de muebles en España. Al fin y al cabo los precios no varían tanto de las tiendas de muebles de toda la vida a ese almacén de tablas y tornillos en donde también venden albóndigas. Eso sí, estas te las dan ya montadas…

Pues resulta que su aplicación móvil nos deja acceder en un momento a su catálogo. Y por si esto fuera poco nos deja experimentar con su probador de muebles. Haces una foto a la estancia, accedes al catálogo, y ¡hala! a pasarte horas soñando en cómo vas a montar tus muebles. Más simple imposible que ración de patatas fritas del MarDonals.

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APLICACIONES PARA REFORMAR CASAS Y DECORAR COMO DIOS MANDA – Paleta de colores en tu mano

Coolors sirve para que sepas si aciertas con los colores en tu decoración. La paleta de matices es esencial. En esta App podemos navegar entre infinidad de opciones para encontrar la que se acople a nuestra idea. MyPantone es similar e ideal para los expertos en el diseño. Esta aplicación tiene en torno a trece mil tonos para crear paletas adaptadas. Y Palettes, para los de la manzana mordida, hace lo mismo que las demás pero todo bastante más caro y «exclusivo».

OLIOBOARD

Esta es para los entusiastas de Pinterest, como el menda. Nos deja crear nuestro propio tablero con las imágenes de Pinterest preferidas para decorar. Permite la superposición de imágenes, y así lograr un propio diseño de interior original. Pero nada como ARKit, que está «superdemoda». Con esta app entramos ya en el reino de las utilidades de la Realidad Aumentada, y eso es muy entretenido, cuanto menos.

APLICACIONES PARA REFORMAR CASAS Y DECORAR COMO DIOS MANDA 7Buen ejemplo es un vídeo que he visto publicado por MadeWithARKit, en el que se nos demuestra cómo es posible completar una habitación vacía con muebles virtuales escogidos de una extenso catálogo. Podemos poner el sofá, una mesa, una planta, la chimenea…

No puede faltar que no hable de Home Design 3D. Para jugar con los colores y el entorno, en 3D. ¿Quien no conoce ya esta App? Con ella podemos diseñar desde cero patatero y sin límites. Dónde poner una pared, una ventana, un tabique, los Suelos laminados…

APLICACIONES PARA REFORMAR CASAS Y DECORAR COMO DIOS MANDA – REDECORAR CON MUEBLES

Y para terminar con los consejillos mencionar brevemente a SNAPSHOP SHOWROOM. Porque tras tirar, levantar, pintar y dibujar hay siempre un momento para el que poner, pero de verdad. Lamentablemente aún no hay una Aplicación ni una casa inteligente ni «na» que nos coloque los muebles por nosotros.

El día que inventen los muebles inteligentes, que se desplacen solitos en un dron, pasen por una ventana y se coloquen en su sitio, el inventor se forra en billetes de cinco mil, de esos que tienen algunos ricos guardados. Pero sí que hay aplicaciones de Realidad Aumentada que nos permite enfocar el móvil y ver cómo quedará nuestro salón, dormitorio, cocina, etc.

micrófonos economicos podcast: fifine usb studio recording microphone

FIFINE USB Studio Recording Micrófono Ordenador Podcast Mic para PC, PS4, Mac con botón de silencio y conector para auriculares de monitor, cuatro patrones de captura para voz, YouTube, Streaming, Juegos, ASMR, Z oom-Class Three Matrix Tablets.

Entrega de audio de transmisión legendaria. Cuatro tipos de grabación. Los tipos de grabación cardioide, omnidireccional, bidireccional y estéreo ofrecen una flexibilidad increíble, lo que le permite grabar de formas que normalmente requerirían varios micrófonos.

Plug’n Play en Mac y PC: comience a grabar y transmitir instantáneamente en Mac o PC.

Micrófono de grabación de hermoso diseño con un diseño visual inspirado en el equipo de audio clásico: vibraciones elegantes y vintage complementan cualquier sistema de escritorio, tipo negro metálico para combinar con la estética de su cámara.

Volumen de los auriculares y silencio del micrófono: controle el volumen de audio en sus auriculares y presione el botón de silencio durante los tiempos de transmisión cuando necesite toser o estornudar

Aumente el volumen del micrófono, cambie el patrón de recepción: cambie entre los estilos Cardioide, Omnidireccional, Bidireccional y Estéreo. Monitoreo sin latencia: monitorea tu voz en tiempo real combinado con el sonido de tu computadora para asegurarte de que tus transmisiones suenen bien.

Las mejores puertas blindadas inteligentes para mi casa conectada

¿Qué se debe tener en cuenta a la hora de comprar puertas de aluminio? ¿Las mejores puertas blindadas inteligentes para mi casa conectada?

Es posible que muchas pequeñas empresas e incluso familias estén buscando alternativas al botón tradicional para sus pequeñas oficinas y hogares. ¿Solución? la cerradura inteligente. Pero hay multitud de gadgets para ahorrar en seguridad, aunque eso sí, empecemos por tener una buena puerta, probablemente de aluminio, inteligente y blindada, para nuestra seguridad.

Podemos encontrar una gran cantidad de modelos de cosas inteligentes y de domótica en Internet. Incluso si se conecta algo a tu «enrutador», te permite abrir la puerta simplemente haciendo zoom en tu teléfono móvil a través de bluetooth o incluso administrándolo de forma remota a través de una aplicación o asistente de voz.

También hay modelos asequibles que funcionan con baterías, que incluyen un pequeño control remoto para evitar la manipulación constante de la perilla y la reducción de riesgos. Pero lo dicho, principalmente, para la seguridad del hogar, cerraduras inteligentes y puertas de aluminio

Las mejores puertas blindadas inteligentes para mi casa conectada
Las mejores puertas blindadas inteligentes para mi casa conectada

Nuki

Es una de las marcas más conocidas en este sector de la domótica. Su principal producto es Nuki Smart Lock 2.0, que nos permite gestionar el candado que queramos desde nuestro teléfono sin tener que cambiar la inserción original. Debes tener en cuenta los detalles si prefieres la instalación más simple posible.

La característica básica que puedes aprovechar de esta herramienta es obtenerla junto con un puente de conexión. Este accesorio conecta la cerradura directamente a nuestro router y solo así podremos gestionarla de forma remota desde cualquier lugar.

Sensor de puertas y ventanas

Te avisa cuando las puertas o ventanas se abren inesperadamente. Su reducido tamaño permite su instalación en multitud de lugares, como armarios o galpones. Se dispara una alarma cuando el ancho de puertas y ventanas es superior a 1 cm. Esto es lo que hacen los sensores de puertas y ventanas, que nos alertan cuando se abren sin nuestro permiso, con alarmas fuertes y claras.

Las mejores puertas blindadas inteligentes para mi casa conectada
Las mejores puertas blindadas inteligentes para mi casa conectada

Los sensores de puertas y ventanas de Konyks y otros…

Se destacan principalmente por su capacidad para conectarse a dispositivos Amazon Echo o Google Home y poder detectar si las puertas o ventanas están cerradas.

El sistema IntelliTag de los sensores Somfy consiste en detectar pequeñas vibraciones y golpes para enviar notificaciones antes de entrar a tu casa.

El sensor de puerta / ventana Wi-Fi destaca el sensor de seguridad del hogar de la aplicación, y el sensor inteligente magnético de la puerta de la ventana funciona con Alexa Google Home IFTTT. Una de las características más destacables de este sensor de ventana inteligente es la posibilidad de instalación por separado, sin necesidad de ningún otro sistema de alerta o cámara de seguridad, y así tener información solo en las puertas o ventanas de tu casa.

Los mejores sensores de puertas y ventanas tienen tecnología inteligente incorporada para una fácil conexión a tu sistema de seguridad monitoreado. Gracias a la seguridad doméstica interconectada, podrás recibir alertas móviles de puertas abiertas y utilizar cámaras de seguridad conectadas para saber quién está en tu casa.

Las mejores puertas blindadas inteligentes para mi casa conectada
Las mejores puertas blindadas inteligentes para mi casa conectada

Instalación inalámbrica

Los sensores de las puertas deben ser medidas de seguridad sencillas para el hogar. Para los inquilinos, los sensores de puerta inalámbricos son una excelente, rentable y mayor seguridad que no causa problemas al moverse. Son asequibles y fáciles de mantener.

Control remoto

Una vez que la alarma de la puerta esté conectada al marco de la puerta, deberías poder operar fácilmente el sensor. Las mejores alarmas de puerta se pueden controlar fácilmente con un sensor de control remoto o un teléfono inteligente.

¿Cuáles son los diferentes tipos de sensores de puerta / wifi inteligentes?

Existe una amplia gama de opciones de sensores para puertas y ventanas. Comprender las diferencias te ayudará a elegir los mejores. Los sensores de contacto de superficie son la opción más accesible de sensor de puerta. Son imanes instalados en la superficie de la puerta. Además de un sistema de bloqueo fiable, los sensores de puertas y ventanas son una medida de seguridad perfecta.

Estas pequeñas pero potentes alarmas te alertan sobre la entrada y el peligro potencial para tu hogar y familia sin la necesidad de levantar cargas pesadas y sin dolores de cabeza. El beneficio principal de las alarmas de puerta que se puede esperar es una mejor seguridad: con un sensor de puerta o ventana conectado a cada una, tendrás la tranquilidad de saber cuándo una puerta está abierta con una alarma sonora o alertas móviles automáticas.

Funciones inteligentes y de automatización

Si deseas mantenerte conectado cuando no estás, considera los sensores de puertas y ventanas con aplicaciones móviles y alertas. La mayoría de los sensores se conectan a la red Wi-Fi de tu hogar y pueden enviar actualizaciones directamente a tu teléfono. La ubicación de los sensores cambia la forma en que funcionan.

Los marcos de ventanas y puertas son los lugares más comunes para los sensores táctiles, pero también son adecuados para gabinetes médicos, cajones, cajas fuertes, refrigeradores o cualquier cosa que se abra y se cierre.

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Advertencias y precauciones

Cuando se abre la puerta y no hay nadie en casa para responder, ¿emite algún sonido? Lo hace si tiene una alerta o notificación móvil a través de un sensor táctil. Cuantos más sensores de puertas y ventanas haya en tu hogar, más control. La mayoría de los sensores de puertas y ventanas usan imanes para crear un campo cuando están cerrados. Una vez que este campo está roto, el sensor se activará y alertará o emitirá una alarma.

¿Cómo se prueba un sensor de puerta o ventana?

Para los sensores que usan la aplicación, puedes verificarla en tu teléfono. Otros pueden tener un botón de prueba adicional que puedes presionar para probar la alarma o el sensor emite un sonido.

8 consejos rápidos sobre mercadeo en red

En el Mercado y en el mercadeo es indispensable buen marketing y buena estrategia de mercado. Estos son unos consejos rápidos sobre mercadeo en red.

Los primero consejos para iniciar un negocio de mercadeo en red pueden ser los básicos. Por ejemplo elegir un producto en el que pueda ser fácil de ahorrar con su compra. Después será imprescindible contar con un equipo de vendedores apasionados y asegurarse de que el conjunto de muestra no sea demasiado caro para el vendedor. 

Hay que mantener contentos a los mejores empleadores. 

¿Cómo hacer negocios en una red?

Lo ideal es que no requiere una gran inversión y es bastante fácil de aplicar. Pero para que funcione, se requieren algunos pasos y  no es negocio para cualquiera, por más que traten de «venderte la moto». Piensa que muchos de estos negocios se sostienen más que en el producto, en la solidificación de una Red, que en muchos casos, no es más que un castillo de arena.

Aún así, pueden encontrarse oportunidades de negocio si se sabe separar el trigo de la paja, pero siempre con mucho cuidado, sabiendo detectar a los miles y miles de charlatanes y charlatanas que abundan por ahí. 

Ten un plan estratégico

Toda estrategia de marketing necesita un buen plan para funcionar. Y con el mercadeo en red, pero también con cualquier emprendimiento de mercado en la Red, no será diferente. Si bien es relativamente fácil lanzar un proyecto de reclutamiento o representar una marca, es importante considerar esos  puntos importantes que empiezan siempre por adecuadas estrategias de mercado

consejos rápidos sobre mercadeo en red
consejos rápidos sobre mercadeo en red

Si tienes la intención de actuar como revendedor, comienza a investigar los productos más populares en tu red social. Esto da una buena indicación de lo que el público quiere comprar. Una vez que hayas enumerado un producto que te defina, es muy importante saber cuales son las empresas que operan en ese nicho y los pasos a seguir para convertirte en su representante.

Lo mismo ocurre con las personas que ya poseen el producto y están considerando comenzar un programa de reclutamiento. Analiza el comportamiento de su audiencia y asegúrate de que las empresas de su nicho ya estén trabajando con el mercadeo en red y comprueba cómo están adoptando esta estrategia.

Ten en cuenta que este patrón puede y debe cambiar con el tiempo a medida que cambian los mercados.

Elección de buenos negocios

Si representas a una marca, busca un negocio sólido que ya tenga una reputación establecida entre el público. Al hacer esto, evitarás serios problemas, como retrasos en la entrega, mala calidad del producto y mal servicio.

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consejos rápidos sobre mercadeo en red

Las asociaciones comerciales son la clave del éxito en el mercadeo en red.

Una forma de asociarse es reclutar nuevos especialistas en marketing para tu red. En este caso, recibirán parte de la comisión, pero ayudarán a multiplicar los ingresos y las ganancias. Otra opción es contactar las marcas que operan en el nicho relevante para ayudar a hacer público su contacto.

La clave es encontrar socios que coincidan con tu negocio y que tengan objetivos similares. Esto aumenta la probabilidad de que aumenten los ingresos.

Apostar por varios canales de distribución

Es importante no olvidar revelar los productos que has elegido representar. Puedes utilizar una variedad de canales, como las redes sociales o los blogs. La clave es tu presencia en los medios utilizados por el público objetivo. Y cuando produzcas contenido para estos canales, intenta diferenciarte de la competencia.

Proporciona información relevante a tu audiencia y se transparente sobre los productos que vendes. Lo más importante es construir una relación sólida y cercana con la audiencia. Fomenta la participación y asegúrate de responder a los comentarios y sugerencias de tus seguidores.

El Network Marketing es una estrategia de ventas basada en el talento y en la construcción de una sólida red de relaciones. Se trata de crear un modelo de negocio sólido, legítimo y sostenible. Sin embargo, para tener éxito con la estrategia, es fundamental planificar bien cada acción. Tienes que expandir tu red facilmente.

La ventaja del mercadeo en red

La creación de redes es el verdadero modelo económico de la «microfranquicia». Su ventaja es el bajo costo de insumos, con un potencial de ingresos excepcional. La ventaja del mercadeo en red es que con una inversión muy pequeña, las personas pueden trabajar desde casa y obtener las herramientas y el apoyo que necesitan directamente del negocio o de las personas que los patrocinan.

La preocupación de todos, de la empresa y las personas que los patrocinan, es garantizar que los nuevos miembros del equipo tengan éxito en una situación de beneficio mutuo. Quizás el Network Marketing ha iniciado una revolución en el emprendimiento. El Network Marketing le da a la persona promedio la capacidad de generar ingresos residuales o pasivos, lo que significa que ingresan mes tras mes de un trabajo que alguna vez hicieron en el pasado.

¡Ah siii…! ¿Cómo funciona eso?

Básicamente, una vez que a una persona le gusta y usa un producto o servicio, sigue comprando una y otra vez mes tras mes, lo que le generará ingresos recurrentes. Pero recuerda, elige productos no redes. Es decir, toda estrategia de marketing es buena si no falla lo principal: el producto o servicio. Porque si falla esto, ya puedes hacer lo que quieras… Por otro lado, lo dicho, desconfía de los miles y miles de gurús que te van a dar la charla por youtube para que formes parte de una magnífica Red en la que te vas a hacer rico. Si oyes aquello de «No es lo que la red puede hacer por ti, sino lo que tu puedes hacer la Red…» ¡Huye!

consejos rápidos sobre mercadeo en red
consejos rápidos sobre mercadeo en red

El mercadeo en red puede ofrecer la oportunidad con una inversión mucho menor que la de iniciar un negocio tradicional.

CÓMO EMPEZAR A CREAR LA RED

Es simple: déjate ayudar y ayuda.  Si vas a iniciarlos o ya los ha hecho y deseas cambiar tu negocio, busca a alguien que ya esté aplicando el sistema de mercadeo en red. Puedes romper los prejuicios y las ideas preconcebidas que tengas sobre el marketing, pero no caigas ni en lo piramidal ni tampoco en las franquicias, ambos sistemas se parecen en aquello de que siempre pierde el que invierte. 

Iniciar un negocio de mercadeo en red

El mercadeo en red es muchas veces también, mercadeo multinivel, y este último es una forma de negocio basada en la venta y el reclutamiento de persona a persona. Se dice que las personas obtienen una pequeña ganancia de cada venta pero suelen ser redes construidas para que los compradores sean los mismos «emprendedores». Estos y estas entran en una espiral de gasto sin freno para auto-sostener su «capacidad de liderazgo» dentro de la Red.

Si estás interesado o interesada en este tipo de negocios… ¡Quítatelo de la cabeza!

Pero sí que puedes emprender en el Mercadeo en Red partiendo de tu propia iniciativa, representando a un buen producto o servicio. Una de las ventajas de los sistemas de distribución en red es que no necesita centros de venta ni tiendas físicas. Elige un negocio o producto de buena reputación porque estás invirtiendo tu tiempo y dinero en ese negocio.

Junkyard Classic/Automotive History: 1955 Rambler Cross Country – How Rambler Won The Compact And Price Wars Of The 1950’s And Saved AMC

Junkyard Classic/Automotive History: 1955 Rambler Cross Country – How Rambler Won The Compact And Price Wars Of The 1950’s And Saved AMC 9original junkyard photos by Jim Klein

 

Automotive history of 1950s is commonly reduced to an orgy of fins, chrome, V8 engines and the inexorable influence of the longer, lower wider mantra. They were heady times for the Big Three, especially GM and Ford, as they rolled up ever bigger sales, market share and profits and steamrollered the independents. But one of those independents, Nash, started the decade with a brilliant and unique vision for a different sort of American car, the Rambler, as the way to survive.

Unlike the common image as boring cars for the thrifty and practical, Rambler started out very different, with Buick-territory prices targeting an affluent demographic—particularly women. Rambler in the early-mid ’50s was the closest thing there was to a chic, upscale continental-style American “import”; the BMW of its day. That’s how it survived the onslaught of three other new compacts in the first half of the ’50s and then just barely staved off extinction from a price war by Ford and GM. It then leveraged that image—along with more affordable prices—to fight back and take on the Big Three at the end of the decade. By 1960, Rambler had increased AMC’s market share by a whopping 270%.

How Rambler pulled that off is the biggest and most unlikely automotive story of the 1950s.

Defining “Compact”:

Before we take what’s going to be a deep dive on this subject, a brief note on the terminology of “compact”. Prior to 1962, when the Ford Fairlane introduced the concept and term “mid-sized”, which then defined compacts as a specific category, the term “compact’ was used to define any car that was relatively smaller than the traditional cars (not yet called “full sized”) from the Big Three and other independents. That leaves a bit of gray area, as the traditional big cars were mostly not all that big at the beginning of the decade, but grew dramatically throughout it.

For this exercise, compacts are defined as having a maximum 110″ wheelbase. That leaves at least two somewhat smaller cars out of the discussion, which I’ll address here briefly.

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The 1949-1952 Plymouth P17, P21 and P22 series had a 111″ wheelbase, and was 185″ long. It was essentially a shortened (at the rear) version of the regular 118.5″ wb Plymouth, and only accounted for some 13% of total Plymouth sales, the majority of those being the wagon (more on that later). There was also a related Dodge Wayfairer with 115″ wb and only available in two-passenger business coupe and roadster body styles. They were a short-lived attempt at something a bit shorter, but fall outside of our criteria.

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Some may suggest that the Studebaker Champion should be considered a compact, due to its relatively narrower body and lighter weight. But there’s two arguments against that: in the early ’50s, its body wasn’t all that narrow in relation to other full-size cars, and its length was always very much full size. At 197″, this ’51 Champ is the same length as a ’51 Chevy. And in the later ’50s, the same was the case: the ’55-’58 Champion was a couple of inches longer than a ’57 Chevy. Length creates the visual indication of size, and impacts maneuverability and such. And its wheelbase (112″-116.5″) was always solidly in full size territory. For what it’s worth, the smaller of Nash’s “full size” cars, the Statesman, had a 112″ (later 114″) wheelbase, but was a bit over 200″ long too.

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Although the term “sub-compact” didn’t exist in their time, I’m going to use it for the Crosley (l) and the Metropolitan (r), as they’re clearly well below the size and passenger capacity of the compacts in this analysis. But they are a reflection of the interest in such a category, as they both sold in not-utterly insignificant numbers during their peak years, the Crosley attaining a 0.8% market share in 1948, thanks in good part to the post-war seller’s market.

 

Setting the Stage:

Before we jump into what actually transpired in the great compact war of the ’50s, we need to consider what almost happened, but didn’t. The Big Three all had various experimental small car projects going back to the 1930s, when their cars started to grow and the Depression created interest in smaller and cheaper cars. These efforts were stepped up during WW2, as there was a widespread belief among economists that the country would fall into a deep recession after the war ended, as had been the case after WW1.

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This resulted in some very well developed compact cars, and in one case, a quite ambitious one, in the form of the 1947 Chevrolet Cadet (above). The brilliant engineer Earl MacPherson headed up a development team and was given wide latitude to explore the concept of what a modern American compact car could be. The result was a compact and light (2200 lbs) sedan that seated four comfortably, and some of the solutions to achieving that end were novel. It had a 133 ci (2.1L) ohv six, with the transmission under the front seat for maximum space efficiency, four wheel independent suspension via the first intended application of MacPherson’s famed struts, as well as other advanced features.

It never went into production because i deemed yo be too expensive to achieve the high internal profit goals at GM at the time (30%), and GM anticipated the very issue that occurred in 1960 with Ford’s Falcon, that the Cadet would cannibalize the full size cars, which would then hurt their profitability from reduced volumes. Why build two lines of cars when one will do, especially when one has the volume to price the lowest trim versions at unbeatable prices?

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Similarly, Ford developed a compact car in during and after war, intended to go into production in 1949. But when the 1949 Ford was reduced in size from its original Mercury body, Ford also anticipated the 1960 Falcon scenario of cannibalization and pulled the plug, sending off the final version to France in the form of the Vedette. I’m not sure what engine the US version would have had, as the French version was also given the old V8-60 flathead.

Chrysler also had various experimental small car programs active at the time, as a fall-back in case either Ford or GM put theirs into production. If any one of the Big Three had put their small car into production, the other two would almost certainly have put theirs into production also, as a defensive measure. This acted as a brake, as none of them wanted to start an unwinnable compact war. If it had happened, the independents would almost certainly never have jumped into the compact segment, and the automotive landscape altered very significantly. Nash/AMC almost certainly would have died along with the other independents. The Big Three’s resistance to building compacts created an opening for the independents. It turned out to be a very compact opening.

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As is invariably the case, the success story behind Rambler and the survival of Nash/AMC was written by an exceptional man. George Mason was not the typical automobile industry CEO. Highly intelligent, energetic, and visionary, Mason had a keen insight into human psychology behind consumer decisions.  A key protege of Walter Chrysler, Mason moved on to head up appliance maker Kelvinator, where he quadrupled profits in the depths of the Depression, and made the firm the second largest appliance maker after GM’s Frigidaire. His experience successfully selling appliances mainly to women would color many of his future decisions at Nash/Rambler.

Approached by aging founder Charles Nash to be his successor, Mason insisted he would only come if Kelvinator came along too. The subsequent merger in 1936 created Nash-Kelvinator, and by 1940 the firm was enjoying strong profits.

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Mason was progressive in his thinking, and adopted new ideas and technology readily. During the war years, he and his team of engineers explored aerodynamics in a wind tunnel. The result was the aerodynamic 1949 Airflyte range of full-sized cars, the 112″ wb Statesman (top) and the 121″ wb Ambassador, commonly referred to as “bathtub” Nashes.

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Mason (r) had always been intrigued by smaller cars, which would eventually lead to the two-passenger Metropolitan, the Nash-Healey sports car, and of course the Rambler.

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What arrived late in the 1950 model year was utterly different than anyone might have expected an American compact to be, certainly so what GM, Ford, and Chrysler had in mind, and as we’ll see, what Kaiser, Hudson and Willys actually built. It was not just a smaller, cheaper sedan; it was a high-content, high-style small car with a body style utterly out of the ordinary: a fixed-profile convertible dubbed “convertible landau coupe” by Nash. The fixed roof rails allowed the unibody to be very rigid, and an electric motor opened and closed the top, not unlike a Fiat 500 and a few others.

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The Rambler came fully equipped with standard features that even Cadillacs didn’t have: whitewall tires, full wheel covers, clock and even an AM radio. Price? $1808, almost 30% more than a basic Chevy full size sedan and $5 more than a Buick Special fastback 8 cylinder coupe. Now that was different and unprecedented.

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The Rambler’s target demographic was all-too obvious: style-conscious women who could afford a stylish car.

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Like Lois Lane, reporter for the Daily Planet. “Superman” was my tv screen introduction to the Nash Rambler, as I don’t ever remember seeing one of these convertible landaus in Iowa City after we arrived in 1960.

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What would this demographic be buying in 1960? A Karman-Ghia or Corvair. And in 1965? Mustangs, of course. And in 1980? A VW Cabriolet or a BMW 320i. George Mason was way ahead of his time, and playing the long game. He rightfully anticipated that the Big Three would crush the independents’ big cars through their huge volume and pricing, so he was positioning Rambler in a niche of its own, along with some of the early imports. Establishing the right public perception was more important than volume; that could and would come later. It’s the same playbook used by almost every successful new premium-brand introduced in the US; mostly imports, of course.

The convertible landau was just the opening act.

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Quite late in the 1950 MY, a cute little wagon appeared, being admired once again by only women. And yes, that body style was almost as radical as the convertible landau. It’s easy to forget, but before WW2, essentially nobody bought station wagons for personal use; they were expensive, built out of maintained-intensive wood, and were bought for commercial use or for ferrying guests at a rich man’s hunting lodge or country house.

 

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Willys broke the mold with their all-steel 1946 wagon (with faux wood-grain paint). It was the first step in domesticating the station wagon, if a bit too Jeep-like for women. The Willys Wagon essentially saved the company after the war, as its Jeepster was a sales dud.

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Plymouth went one step further with their 1949 all-steel Suburban. It was on the short 111″ wheelbase, and only 185″ long, and as such can be considered a near-compact. To put it in perspective, its dimension are almost identical to a modern Toyota RAV4; no wonder the Plymouth wagon was a hit with women and young families: compact, easy to drive, and plenty of room for kids and whatever needed hauling.

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1951 brought the third addition to the Rambler line: a hardtop coupe. Still no sedan! Hardtop coupes were the hot new thing, having been pioneered by GM just two years earlier. Rambler beat both Ford and Chrysler as well as the other independents in the hardtop race.

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It’s easy to dismiss these little Ramblers from a modern perspective as dumpy and silly little cars, but that would be missing what was the most important story of the early 1950s. They were bold and stylish at the time, and the choice to start with these three highly unusual body styles was  radical and unprecedented.

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A key part of making the Rambler appealing to fashion-conscious women was that its interior fabrics and trim were designed by the renown Helene Rother, who had been GM’s first woman interior designer back in 1943. A woman’s touch can’t be easily faked.

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Let’s take a closer look at the technical aspects of these initial Ramblers, as they largely formed the basis of every Rambler to come until 1963/1964. Nash was a pioneer in unitized body construction (unibody) having switched to that back in 1941. This alone was technically advanced and almost unique in the US at the time, along with Hudson. It created a strong, stiff structure, which contributed to the Rambler’s feeling of solidity and more worthy of a premium price, especially compared to the oft-willowy BOF cars from other manufacturers.

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The Rambler’s front suspension was similar to that used on the large Nashes, with long coil springs seated above the upper control arms. Ford (and others) would adopt this with their 1960 falcon, and use it for two decades. Although the trunnions that were necessary in that pre-ball joint era later got a bit of a bad rep, it was also a very advanced design at the time, offering a very good ride as well as decent handling.

 

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The following description of this system (and related issues and repairs) is from this site, which describes more detail and rebuilding:.

This is a double wishbone and trunnion system, with the road spring directly over the steering knuckle, in line with the virtual kingpin. This design has wonderful control over understeer in turns, and a anti-roll bar is unneeded (and not available). The spring carries load directly, not multiplied by moment (distance from fulcrum) so the spring is softer and lighter. Spring-over-knuckle also eliminates decreasing roll resistance in turns, a characteristic of most American suspensions through the 1980’s, often compensated for by anti-roll bars. The downside of the spring-over-knuckle system is that it is very tall — this really limited AMC’s styling choices until the adoption of the new system in 1970.

The upper control arm trunnion system fails more often than not. The head of the trunnion pivot bolt is supposed to “jam” on the leading arm, and a nut and lock washer jams the bolt to the arm on the other (at pink Y). This does not survive ordinary use patterns.

The bolt is supposed to rigidly connect the arm halves, and pivot within the casting. What usually happens is that given the large contact area the bolt freezes in the casting. This forces the bolt to rotate in each arm half, stripping the threading in the thin, stamped arms. No longer a stiff A-arm, all of the components shift around in operation, ruining the arms.

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The rear suspension was a typical Hotchkiss set-up, with a live axle suspended on semi-elliptic leaf springs. This would be used on the 100″ wb Ramblers until their end in 1964, and on the 1954-1955 108″ wb Ramblers before being replaced by a coil spring and torque tube drive design in 1956.

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The Rambler’s flathead six displaced 172.6 ci, and was rated at 82 (gross) hp. This small Nash six dates back to the semi-compact Nash 600 from 1941. Weighing 2430 lbs, the Rambler had a favorable power-to-weight ratio for the times, and was deemed to be relatively nimble. A test by the British Magazine Motor yielded a 0-60 time of 21 seconds, which was quite typical of the times, and a top speed of 81 mph. Fuel economy was 25 mpg. Overdrive was optional, and Ramblers quickly established a reputation for good mileage; 30 mpg was possible with a light foot.  Handling, steering and braking were all deemed to be good to very good.

As is quite obvious, the engine is a rather wedged in between the massive inner fender bulges, due to the narrow track of the front wheels (52.25″), in order to provide adequate movement for them inside the covered outer fenders. The turning circle was 37 feet, not superb but not bad considering the design of the skirted fenders.

 

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The Rambler had a stylishly simple instrument panel—not unlike the recent Fiat 500—which reinforced its image. The column shifter was nicely enclosed unlike most at the time, and the single round combo instrument was easy to read. It had a decidedly European air, as did much of the car. Nash’s vastly superior integrated heating and ventilation system only enhanced the positive qualities further.

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The Rambler was billed as a five passenger car; three in the front and two in the back, where the wheel wells intruded into the seat cushion. Its exterior width was fairly ample at 73.5″, thanks to its bathtub styling. Interior width was of course not quite up to the bigger cars, but at 56.2″ inches at the front (hip and shoulder room) it was just a hair less than the 1960 Falcon would have.

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We’ll get to some detailed sales analysis with charts a later, but sales for an abbreviated 1950 totaled 11k and 69k in 1951. But here’s the most significant number: 50% of those were for the wagon. That is utterly unprecedented; as a point of comparison, the popular Plymouth all-steel wagon represented all of 6% of 1950 Plymouth sales and at Chevrolet, wagons were 2% of the total. Although those percentages would not quite hold up, Rambler would go on to consistently have much higher share of its sales be wagons than any other manufacturer.

Despite the addition of two and four door sedans in 1955, that year Rambler wagons’ share of sales increased further, to 55%. And in 1959, it was still at 44%.

As a point of comparison, wagons made up 9% of Chevrolet’s sales in 1955, and 17% in 1959. It was slightly higher at 19% for Ford in 1959. Rambler had staked a claim to compact wagons, and held it. It became a key aspect of their image, which continued to resonate with a key demographic; buyers who eschewed excessive size and poor space utilization for the inherent advantages of a wagon. They really were the Volvo wagon of its time.

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quinta revolución industrial: ¿Cuál es la próxima revolución industrial?

Revolución Industrial 4. La Industrial Revolution 1.0 marcó la transición a nuevos procesos de producción y muchas innovaciones tecnológicas. Cada vez más personas comenzaron a trabajar en fábricas. Cambió muchas tareas existentes…

Pero también creó muchas otras tareas de fábrica.

La automatización podría representar una amenaza para las tareas existentes. Según un informe de PwC, a mediados de la década de 1920, un tercio de todos los trabajos podrían verse amenazados por la automatización.

Los trabajos repetitivos podrían verse seriamente afectados, mientras que los trabajos relacionados con la creatividad podrían verse menos afectados.
Los efectos de la automatización variarían según la industria.

La industria del automóvil autónomo podría eliminar muchos trabajos existentes en el futuro. Las industrias de la salud y la educación podrían transformarse mejorando la tecnología de IA, AR / VR. La inteligencia artificial y los robots podrían actuar como una herramienta eficaz para ayudarlos a trabajar en lugar de reemplazarlos.

La automatización podría conducir a una mayor actualización de habilidades y la adopción de nuevas tecnologías.

Origen: Industrial Revolution 4.0

5 New SUVs You Didn’t Know You Needed

∗Some of the best new family haulers you need to test-drive∗

There’s no stopping the snowball that is the SUV onslaught in the USA, and with so many new utility vehicles in the market, it stands to reason that manufacturers will try to outdo each other. Some offerings, like the new Genesis GV80 read here, are proof that carmakers are upping their game in terms of what they offer to prospective buyers. The benefits of the sport utility segment are not just limited to increased space in the cabin and cargo hold, due to larger body sizes, but many offer true practicality and versatility in terms of performance on, and off, the tarmac. And, with the family-hauling nature of these cars, the vast number of standard and available safety features is a boon, too. Carmakers continue to try and top the charts with what these beasts offer.

It’s not just homegrown brands that are pouring their energy into better designs, however, with the Genesis SUVs as only one example in a wide range of contemporary offerings that have recently flooded the market. SUVs from German brands like BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Audi remain popular as luxury choices for their ability to merge comfort and practicality, but what about those with more reasonable price tags? With that in mind, here is a list of excellent SUVs that you simply must test drive if you’re shopping for a new family vehicle.

1. Genesis GV80

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All-new for 2021, this luxury mid-size cruiser has yet to hit US shores, but has been launched on home turf in South Korea. Embodying the “athletic elegance” design philosophy from Genesis, this is the manufacturer throwing down the gauntlet in the luxury segment and making a very clear stand that it, too, can compete with the likes of the premium marques we are accustomed to seeing in this category. The beautiful exterior comes courtesty of the input of Luc Donckerwolke, Chief Design Officer at Hyundai, who has credits such as the Lamborghini Murcielago and Bentley Flying Spur to his name.

More than just a pretty face, though, the GV80 is equally lovely inside, with space for two or three rows of seating, depending on your needs. The cabin is also jam-packed with the latest technology, including a 14.5-inch split-screen infotainment display and a plethora of active and passive safety systems.

2. Ford Bronco

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Brought back to life after a 25-year absence, the Bronco can be had in either two-door or four-door bodystyle and doubles as a daily driver and an off-roading adventurer. Built to rival the Jeep Wrangler, the Bronco looks as tough as it is, with an advanced 4×4 system available with dual-range gearing and numerous terrain modes. It has around 8.4 inches of ground clearance, give or take a smidge depending on body type, although if you equip the optional 35” tires, this increases to a height of 11.5/11.6 inches. It can also wade through up to 33.5 inches of water. This is ideal for those who take the road less traveled, much more often than not, and as retro-cool as the exterior is, the interior is comfortable and contemporary, too.

3. Volvo XC40 Recharge

 

The first ever fully electric vehicle from the Swedes, the XC40 Recharge is based on the gas-fed compact crossover of the same name, but boasts a platform designed for an electric motor and floor-mounted battery pack. While it looks much the same as it’s combustion-driven sibling, the Recharge has a unique grille and some special wheel designs to set it apart, too. The carmaker claims there’s a total system outpt of 402 horsepower from the electric powertrain, and features standard all-wheel-drive. What sets this SUV apart is not just it’s striking good looks, but the ability of the car to manage EPA gas mileage figures of 85/72/79 MPGe while getting to 60 mpg in the mid-four-second range. Add to that a full consignment of safety features, and you’ve got a winning recipe – not that we’d expect anything less from Volvo.

4. RAV4 Prime

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Toyota’s RAV4 nameplate has long been the best-selling crossover from the brand, and after the original variant underwent a full redesign in 2018 and the popularity of the hybrid version became clearer, the manufacturer has decided to add a plug-in derivative to the family. It’s powertrain setup is efficient, with over 40 miles of pure EV range, making it much quieter from in the cabin, and is still thrillingly quick off the line for the segment, with a 302-horspower kick to get to sixty in 5.7 seconds. It’s boldly styled and packed with creature comforts like dual-zone climate control, heated front seats, dynamic radar cruise control, lane trace and lane departure warning, and wireless charging on the top-spec trim. Although it’s a pricey option from the lineup with a starting price just under $40k, it is an option that should definitely be on your short list.

5. Kia Seltos

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The Korean brand has made waves in the industry for its superb contributions of late, with its most recent range being truly contemporary, efficient, and high quality. The Seltos is brand new for this year and brings an affordable starting price, a top-notch interior, ample space, and a number of safety elements as standard to the party. Although in review, some have found the base engine to be a little dull and the DCT to be somewhat iffy, the Seltos presents a brilliant value-for-money package and remains one of the most highly recommended new sports utility vehicles in the category. For only around $22k, the base model comes fitted with keyless entry, an eight-inch touchscreen with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and a six-speaker sound system. Upper trims get heated seats and premium audio, to name but a few.

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Why Tavares can make Stellantis succeed

carlos tavares The Frenchman talks a bold game about the fourth largest car firm and has the credentials from his time at PSA to back it up

Stellantis, the newly minted (and strangely named) firm created by the merger of the PSA Group and Fiat Chrysler, is a bit of a beast.

With the merger now formally completed, thanks to the filing of more than 12,500 pages of official documents, Stellantis becomes the world’s fourth largest car firm – but arguably the most disparate. It includes 14 brands, sells car in more than 180 countries, has operations in more than 30 counties and employs more than 400,000 staff.

And those 14 brands represent a more disparate portfolio than those of other car giants such as Toyota, the Volkswagen Group, Daimler and Ford. There are brands with roots in France (Citroën, DS, Peugeot), Italy (Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Fiat, Lancia, Maserati), the UK and Germany (Vauxhall-Opel) and the US (Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram). Those brands range from mass-market manufacturers to off-road experts, to premium firms to an American pick-up specialist. The group’s Ram truck-led US division is its major profit pool, but much of its base is in the European mass market.

Basically, Stellantis has scale, but as yet little in the way of a common thread, and it’s going to be a major challenge to get those disparate, diverse elements working in a unified fashion. That task will be led by CEO Carlos Tavares, who as head of the PSA Group reinvigorated both Peugeot and Citroën and led the purchase of Vauxhall-Opel before rapidly turning that long-struggling firm into a profitable operation.

Leading Stellantis will be a challenge on a new level, but past experience suggests it’s one Tavares is fully capable of meeting – and that was evident from his performance in his first post-merger press conference. For nearly two hours, Tavares fielded a series of difficult questions like a pro and presented a clear vision of how Stellantis can succeed – while wielding both carrot and stick.

Tavares insisted that the vast scale of Stellantis could be an asset and that the diversity of the firm and its brands wasn’t a problem but an asset, claiming: “We don’t need to have one culture. We will leverage the diversity of our people”. Tavares said he sees his role as being “to leverage this diversity to offer exciting opportunities for customers”.

Yet, while celebrating diversity, Tavares also highlighted the opportunities the synergies the merger would enable. The aim is to achieve €5 billion (£4.4bn) of cost savings in the next five years and a big chunk of that will come from shared development and engineering. Tavares hinted the use of shared platforms – as PSA has successfully done – will “make the business plan fly” and enable brands such as Fiat to expand ranges in a way they couldn’t justify previously.

Tavares pushed Stellantis’s commitment to become carbon neutral and electrifying its range because that will be required by future regulations, but he also questioned whether those regulations were actually the best way to truly reduce emissions.

He pledged that Stellantis will not cut any jobs or close any plants as a result of the merger but made clear the future of its plants will be contingent on the ability to make a business case from them – particularly in the fast-changing regulations from various governments. That was most fiercely expressed when he was asked about Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port plant, when he railed against the UK government’s 2030 non-zero-emission ban for “brutally” changing the rules and essentially called on it to offer incentives to Stellantis to commit to eventually producing EVs at the site.

It was a strong performance from Tavares: bold and outspoken, both cheerleading and challenging, and reassuring yet combative. It suggested a deep understanding of the many challenges ahead, and that he has a plan to face them.

In many ways, Tavares is one of the last of his breed as a ‘big beast’ car industry boss. Pushing through the merger to create Stellantis was a major challenge. Ensuring it can thrive will be an even bigger one. But on first impressions, it’s hard to think of anybody better suited to the job.

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Re: How to understand all that’s going on with GME [GameStop]

Nathan Drake wrote: Sun Jan 24, 2021 10:56 pm
As for PC parts, that seems a little strange. What would GameStop be selling that isn’t immediately known online at other major PC part retailers? Is this a big enough enthusiast market to really matter? Most PC enthusiasts are pretty well knowledgeable in terms of making their computers and can find better prices online. I don’t see a big market for this.

Fry’s Electronics is one of the last significant brick & mortar retail chains to offer competitive pricing on PC parts for custom builds. They’re fairly regional and also appear to be in decline. Last I heard, they were closing stores and failing to restock shelves, although they were being fairly quiet about whether it was pandemic-related or permanent. Other major retailers like Best Buy more or less gave up on that business many years ago, although they still offer a few parts, but not really with the intention of competing with online suppliers. The more common approach seems to be partnering with custom PC builders. I’ve seen people walking out of Best Buys and Walmarts with custom orders from companies like iBuyPower.

The problem here when it comes to Gamestop is they have A LOT of ill will in the PC gaming community that some of the more optimistic investors seem to be glossing over. I vaguely remember it being around the time when the 1st Crysis came out in 2007 that the gaming media world seemed to have declared PC gaming all but dead. At the time, the trend was away from PC exclusives towards cross-platform console-first games with poorly done PC ports. Steam wasn’t nearly as established or popular back then (it actually had immensely negative early reviews, in part because people were still not sure about the paradigm shift to digital), and stores like Gamestop and Walmart were steadily decreasing their PC offerings in favor of console games because that’s where the money was. I remember Crysis being a notable exception, as it made a big splash on PC amidst a sea of bad ports. Furthermore, companies like Gamestop were really doubling down on the exclusive preorder bonus marketing method, which often meant that PC versions of games simply lacked content that was available on console versions from various retailers. It wasn’t until Steam took in a bunch more publishers and opened the floodgates to indie games, plus the rise of Twitch streaming, that PC gaming really made a big comeback, but most physical retailers, especially Gamestop, missed the boat. When Gamestop is mentioned, PC gamers are usually the quickest and loudest to ask, «Wait, that company still exists? Why haven’t they gone out of business?» I suspect most Gamestop bulls forget this important history because they’re either drooling over the growth of PC gaming as investors, or they’re looking at it from the perspective of console gamers who were never really negatively impacted by those decisions.

Gamestop can continue to do okay in tangentially related businesses like selling collectibles and retro games, although even those are dangerous businesses. Retro games are hampered by the fact that they can mostly be pirated and emulated, so there’s a limited pool of buyers willing to pay for old, potentially damaged copies sold at a high markup. They also have the same issue as PC gaming where the company built a lot of ill will from retro gamers for their ripoff trade values and gobbling up all the mom-and-pop retail competition in the 90s. I just don’t see Gamestop sitting well with a lot of retro gamers, and there is already competition dedicated to that space anyway. Collectibles face cheap knockoff competition, although I don’t know how big of an issue that is for limited-run high-dollar items.

I also don’t see how Gamestop fits in the new world. I already went over how they face an uphill battle when it comes to bringing PC gamers back. On PC, there’s just so much digital competition. Steam is obviously king, but you also have Humble Bundle, Epic, Big Fish, G2A, GOG, GMG, Uplay, EA Origin, other publisher-direct stores like Square Enix, the F2P portals, etc. Why in the world would anybody favor Gamestop over all these established players? And when it comes to consoles, you have the online retailers selling physical copies, such as Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart, etc., the 1st party digital stores from Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo, and now you even have some of the digital code retailers offering console codes as well, such as PS4 codes via GMG (I have no idea how the business deal between them and Sony works, but I can’t imagine there’s much profit for GMG). Are Sony and Nintendo really likely to partner with Gamestop to sell digital codes online? I know they have the physical cards with the digital codes that they sell in stores, but that relies on Gamestop, you know, actually having stores to provide any kind of value, which is losing them money.

I think Gamestop is hopeless as far as returning to its former profitable self. I do think it can come back as a much smaller, leaner digital version of itself, but the question is how small and how much will it be worth? Also, somebody mentioned that Gamestop could revive itself by providing extremely good customer service. Yeah, good luck with that. The company became the antithesis of customer service in the hopes of sucking every last penny of profit out of customers, and when that strategy began to fail, it doubled down. Anybody who has walked into a Gamestop in the past 5 years is emotionally scared from the constant up-selling of garbage. Gamestop could create the best online service ever and it would still have to spend millions just to convince people to give it a chance again. Expecting Gamestop to come back on good customer service would be like expecting Enron to come back on financial transparency in mid-2001. And the 300% growth in online sales is a bit tricky because a lot of that is due to bulk pre-owned deals they offered around the holidays, which were heavily discounted and relied on having substantial used stock, something which they’ve yet to prove will work with an online-first model. They’re talking about mailing in trade-ins, but that’s still an unproven model, and it may well be that without customers going into the store and seeing new games to trade in towards, they may just opt to buy digitally from home in the first place. And even if it works, physical is still a declining market, and one which console makers can pretty much eliminate any time they want.

The only thing that gives me any faith is that it seems the new wave of investors are legitimately interested in rebuilding the company, and I suspect they will go through as many iterations as it takes to find what works. I would not be surprised if they ended up becoming a Microsoft-only retailer that specialized in unique digital game bundles, something like a Humble Bundle for Xbox.

Mike Tyson and Frank Bruno reunite to celebrate iconic rivalry after two brutal fights

MIKE TYSON welcomed Frank Bruno into his home with open arms, instead of clenched fists, to celebrate their reunion 31 years on from their undisputed heavyweight world title battle.

In February 1989, with Iron Mike perhaps at his terrifying peak after recently demolishing an aging but all-time great Larry Holmes and Michael Spinks, Bruno went to Las Vegas for his second crack at gold.

Frank Bruno met Mike Tyson in the US to film a documentary for SkyMike Tyson and Frank Bruno boxed twice with the American former monster winning both world title clashes but remain friends

The build-up was ferocious, the fight was even delayed after Tyson battered former opponent Mitch Green in a street brawl, slashing a gash into his eye and breaking his own hand.

The Sky Original documentary that brought the two fighting icons back together captures how vastly different each Adonis was depicted leading up to the clash.

On the mouth-watering press tour, Tyson said he could not imagine Bruno even being a prize fighter because he was such a “sweet and docile guy”.

While Tyson was billed as ‘an animal’ a warped human being who took immense pleasure from inflicting pain.

The childhood bullying victim lisped little more than threats now he was a fearsome man whose fanbase seemed to grow in tandem with his rap sheet.

Bruno, in stark contrast, was the 6ft 3in powerhouse still struggling to convince hardcore fight fans – who doubted his courage and chin could match his bodybuilder muscles – that he was the real deal.

The Englishman’s adoring family, including daughter Rachel, did not want their hero to leave them for the fight and she had good reason to be cautious.

The gentle-giant Londoner was battered into the canvas from Tyson’s first trademark attack but bravely beat the count.

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And he even wobbed the 22-year-old Brooklyn monster, for the first time in his career, with a peach of a left hook.

At the end of the third, Tyson clumped Bruno after the bell but in typical fashion the Brit was a gentleman and did not retaliate or make a fuss.

Bruno was brutalised in the hard-to-watch fifth but refused to return to the canvas. But the proud nation was relieved when referee Richard Steele dived in to save him from any more punishment.

Tyson, though, did not revel in his one-sided victory. Even with his new and toxic entourage clambering for his attention, the Baddest Man on the Planet walked back across the ring to embrace Bruno in a hug that marked the start of the sort of friendship only boxing can create.

Seven years later, with enough water under the bridge to drench the desert, the pair crossed swords again.

Bruno had finally been crowned WBC champion six months earlier, at the fourth time of asking, by beating Oliver McCall in a tear-soaked night at Wembley. 

Tyson had lost four prime years of his career to a rape conviction and saw a ripe and vulnerable 34-year-old Bruno as easy prey for the green and gold belt.

Back in Sin City, Bruno’s left eyelid was slashed open in the opening round and his jaw and brain reminded brutally of Tyson’s ferocity.

Mike Tyson and Frank Bruno reunite to celebrate iconic rivalry after two brutal fights 42News Group Newspapers LtdIn 1989 a prime Mike Tyson butchered Bruno in their first clash in Las Vegas[/caption] Mike Tyson and Frank Bruno reunite to celebrate iconic rivalry after two brutal fights 43News Group Newspapers LtdGentle-giant Bruno took a savage beating from Tyson in their first 1989 meeting[/caption] Mike Tyson and Frank Bruno reunite to celebrate iconic rivalry after two brutal fights 44ReutersThe Brooklyn bad boy brutalised the brave Brit in their 1996 rematch for the WBC title[/caption]

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The housewives’ favourite was rescued by ref Miles Lane in the third and, having suffered eye a torn retina, he retired with his name etched into the history books forever.

Both men went on to suffer mental health breakdowns and addictions and seemed destined to live out the remainder of their lives unhappily.

But in 2021 they are both in superb shape, so much so that 54-year-old Tyson just boxed Roy Jones Jr in a pay-per-view smash hit.

It was in December when Sky managed to get Bruno on a Covid-compliant trip to the US to break bread, instead of bones, with his old foe.

At the time, the national treasure could not hide his boyish excitement, telling his Facebook friends: “I am delighted to say after almost 9 months waiting we have filmed the Sky film special of Mike Tyson & myself.

“I went to the USA last week and yes we were all tested a number of times!”

The documentary airs in February, SunSport has an exclusive look at the trailer today, and it looks like a heartwarming tale of two brutally broken men rebuilding themselves and finally finding peace again.

When the pair first reunite, Bruno’s unmistakable giggle cracks the ice and Tyson smashes it by whispering “I’m here for you, baby, I’m here for you.”

Bruno v Tyson is available on Sky Documentaries and NOW TV from Friday 26th February at 21:00. The exclusive trailer was made available by Sky as part of announcing a record line-up of new and exclusive original TV shows and films for 2021 and 2022.

Mike Tyson and Frank Bruno reunite to celebrate iconic rivalry after two brutal fights 46ReutersThe Londonder was almost smashed through the ropes in the third round when Iron Mike secured the win.[/caption] Tyson and Bruno rekindled their friendship 31 years after their first, pulsating fightTyson and Bruno have both battled addiction and mental health problems and are winning the battle

Ensure Your Deck is Smooth with the Right Sander

Ahh, a deck. The perfect place to hold family reunions in the summertime, have casual drinks with friends anytime, spend time with your sweetheart underneath the stars, or chill with a nice thick book and glass of lemonade (or cabernet) on quiet evenings.

best deck sander

Whether you’ve just had a deck installed or plan to DIY soon, there’s at least one thing that all woodworking projects have in common: you’re going to need a sander sooner or later.

Anytime we talk about power tools, things have the potential to get murky. But in this article, I’ll do my best to provide you with all of the information you need to make an informed sander purchase. But first…

How to Build a Deck

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Believe it or not, spring is on the way and summer is right on its heels. That means fresh, breezy mornings, delightful afternoons filled with family fun, and long evenings that draw on till eight or nine p.m. in the company of friends and loved ones. What better way to savor the coming seasons and entertain guests than with a brand-new deck?

While this is a time-consuming task and requires some attention to detail (and a whole lot of patience), it’s absolutely worth every second and penny spent. To keep things simple for the sake of this article, here’s a quick breakdown of how to make your very own deck. Feel free to click on the provided links to learn more about how each step works.

Clear the Porch

This step is pretty self-explanatory. You’ll need to clear away everything that is currently on or near your porch.

Remove Concrete

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The next step is to get all of the concrete removed. This might be the most strenuous step, but Homedit has a few tips to make the process go smoother for you. Using only a pry bar, a sledgehammer, and a high lift jack (and maybe a second set of hands) you can have the concrete removed by day’s end.

Make the Concrete-Mounted Frame

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Depending on your preferences and where exactly your deck will be built, you can make a concrete-mounted frame. Essentially, this means that you’ll secure the frame right onto the concrete of your existing steps and along the side of your house. This can be done using a rotary hammer drill and just a few other tools. See Homedit’s dedicated project page to learn the specifics!

Prepare the Footings

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Of course, not all of your intended deck area is going to be next to concrete. To finish making the frame, you should prepare footings. Homedit suggests a simple method: dig an appropriately sized hole, insert a concrete form, place the lumber piece inside, pour in concrete mix, and let it set. Do this for each footing you’ll need.

Build the Deck Frame

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Using the concrete-mounted frame and footings, you’ll begin building the deck frame. This is a complex process with many steps, but the gist is that you’ll end up with pieces of lumber extending from one end of the framing to the other. These lumber pieces will be fastened in key areas to shorter lumber pieces, which will be positioned vertically to hold the actual floor.

Install the Deck Joists

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The deck joists will run perpendicular to the deck flooring and will be the main component supporting it. The core concept here is that these perpendicular boards will be secured to the frame using brackets and nails. You can find all of the details you need in our dedicated article. Good news: This is the final step before you install the flooring!

Install the Flooring

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The glorious moment has arrived: it is time to start installing the flooring. But before you get too excited, pace yourself. You’ll need to ensure that your framing is done correctly and take a few measurements before getting started. To learn the best method for how to lay your deck flooring, see our detailed article. (Alternatively, you can read up on how to install the flooring if your deck will be curved.)

Install the Deck Trim

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All you need to install the deck trim are a few basic tools and some key measurements. Adding the trim will enhance the overall appearance of your deck, giving it a clean and “finished” look.

Stain and Seal the Deck

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You’ve hung in there all this time, huh? Then you more than deserve the honor of putting the final stain and sealant on your deck! A stain goes a long way toward adding color and character to your deck, working together with the sealant to protect it from UV rays and other environmental elements.

Pros and Cons of Sanding the Deck

A common concern many people have before staining their deck is whether it needs to be sanded or not. The consensus is that you should absolutely do so! That said, you should be aware of the pros and cons associated with deck sanding so you can prepare for the project in advance.

Pros

  • Prevents wood splinters from forming
  • Sands off any damaged or discolored wood
  • Gets rid of the old stain color
  • Provides better results than the chemical stripping alternative

Cons

  • Involves a lot of prep work and cleanup
  • Can cause gouges in wood if using a rough grit
  • Can negatively affect absorption of the new stain
  • Is a time-consuming task

Keep in mind that you can avoid or offset most of the cons by using the proper tools and techniques!

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How to Choose a Deck Sander

Now that we’ve (hopefully) convinced you to purchase a dedicated deck sander, you’re probably wondering how to choose the best one for your project. Because deck sanders come in many types and with varying features, there is an overwhelming selection on the market today—but not to fear! We’ve compiled a practical list of characteristics to consider before buying.

Type

One of the first things you’ll want to determine is which type of sander you’ll need. To help you make this critical decision, here is a little information on the three sander types we’ve mentioned.

Belt Sander

Belt sanders are perhaps the most useful tool for deck sanding. They work in a linear fashion to provide a clean finish and work wonders on rough or coarse wood surfaces—like your deck! In addition, belt sanders are known for their versatility. This means that even after your deck sanding project is over, you’ll be able to find other uses for your new belt sander in the future.

Orbital Sander

As opposed to belt sanders, orbital sanders are ideal for finish work rather than rough work. The orbital sander features a square foot, which makes it perfect for sanding in otherwise hard-to-reach corners or edges. In addition, the orbital sander is known to remove less of the surface material a belt sander would.

Random Orbit Sander

Random orbit sanders are known for their round shape and the random oscillating motion they use to remove wood. This type of sander has a lot to offer: more material removal than orbit sanders but less than belt sanders, less impact on the wood grain, and a more user-friendly design. However, they tend to be more expensive than their orbital cousins, and they are not ideal for sanding corners or edges.

Features

Depending on the type (or types) of deck sander you decide to purchase, there are a few features you should look for.

Dust Collection

Sanding, by nature, produces a lot of dust. One way you can avoid a huge sawdust mess is to purchase a sander that has a dust collection unit built in. The unit will collect a good amount of the dust while sanding so there’s less of the stuff floating around in the air (which is a health hazard, by the way!).

Variable Speed

Sanding projects are not one-speed-fits-all, so investing in a sander that has multiple speed options is a great idea—better still if it’s easy to switch between speeds while sanding!

Power Options

In a similar vein, you’re going to want different levels of power depending on what you’re sanding. Spending a little extra cash on a sander with different power options will save you a lot of frustration later.

Tracking Window

A tracking window allows you to see the area of the wood you’re sanding, while you’re sanding it. This is convenient for so many reasons, chiefly in that you can worry less about over-sanding.

Comfort

Survey says that sanding…kinda sucks. But you can make your deck sanding experience just a tiny bit better by opting for a sander that’s comfortable to use. Make sure the product you purchase is relatively light in weight, features a user-friendly design, and has other comfortable amenities such as an ergonomic grip. Emotionally, you might be ready to kick the bucket by the time you’re done sanding—but your hands and muscles will feel great.

Noise Level

If you’re the kind of person who goes months without vacuuming because you hate turning it on, pay attention here! Unfortunately, many sanders (and power tools in general) lean toward the excessively loud end of the spectrum. Make sure you check the noise level on any sander you’re thinking of purchasing, and opt for one with the least amount of volume. Most belt sanders can reach volumes of 103dB(A), while orbital and random orbit sanders tend to hang around 85dB(A).

Budget

As with any major purchase, you need to consider your budget before setting out to buy your new sander. In many cases, the price of a sander correlates to the item’s quality as well as how reputable the brand is. For a belt sander, you can expect a median price of around $150 with higher-end models costing more and lower-end models costing less. A quality orbital sander will cost you upwards of $50, while a random orbit sander can range anywhere from $35 to $300.

Check Out These Awesome Deck Sanders

Alrighty. You now have all the information you need to build a deck, know which types of sanders are best for sanding it down, and are aware of what factors to consider before making a purchase. That means you’re ready to dive in and see our top picks!

1. BLACK DECKER Mouse Detail Sander

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It should come as no surprise that BLACK+DECKER has created such a user-friendly sander. Its Mouse Detail Sander, featuring 1.2 amps of power and 1400 orbits per minute, is perfect for small sanding projects or detail work. Its compact and lightweight design further adds to its ability to provide a nice finish, as it’s comfortable to use and can reach those hard-to-get-to corners with ease.

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Throw in its ergonomic handle (which provides three possible gripping positions), its dust collection unit, and its included sanding pads and finger attachment, and you have one heck of a sander. Best of all, it comes with a two-year limited warranty and won’t break the bank!

2. SKIL 7510-01 Sandcat 6 Amp 3-Inch x 18-Inch Belt Sander with Pressure Control

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Anyone who has sanded before knows how easy it is to press down a little too hard and end up with a worse problem than you started with. The folks at SKIL know this too, which is why they’ve created a practical belt sander that employs a pressure control system.

This system gives an alert any time you start applying excess pressure, so you’ll never again have to worry about damaging the wood while sanding. Its 6 amps of power make it quite the powerhouse for all your belt sanding needs, and its auto track belt and dust collection unit will make each and every sanding experience so much easier for you. And all of this convenience is at such an affordable price for the quality…what are you waiting for?

3. DEWALT Random Orbit Sander

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As per the norm, DEWALT has crafted yet another tool keeping the end user firmly in mind. Everything about this random orbit sander ensures comfort and ease of use, from its short stature for extra user control to its easy-to-lock dust bag. This bad boy boasts a moderate 3 amps of power and an OPM range of 8000 to 10,000, lending it more than enough power to get that detail work just right.

If you have a large project up ahead or plan on using this product often, you’ll certainly appreciate the efforts taken to minimize vibration and keep the user—you—feeling up to the task with reduced fatigue. Oh, and it comes with convenient carry bag. What more could you ask for?

4. Makita 9403 4″ X 24″ Belt Sander

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If you’ve done any research before coming to this article, you’ve probably seen the name Makita come up quite a few times. That’s because, quite frankly, it is the best of the best in so many categories! Considering its 11 amps, 4-inch belt, and crazy-fast removal rate, you may be surprised to find out that it’s one of the quietest belt sanders on the market at 84 decibels (about the same noise level as a diesel truck, but still…).

Its motor is kept safe from dust buildup via its labyrinth design, it has a cleverly placed grip on the front for comfort and control, and it comes with a one-year warranty. I mean, come on. If you’re a professional in any woodworking field, you have to get this.

5. TACKLIFE 5-Inch Random Orbit Sander

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Affordable, attractive, compact, comfortable…need I go on? This 5-Inch Random Orbit Sander from TACKLIFE does more than get the job done: it gets it done well, while providing you with all of the comfort and maneuverability you could need. It runs at 3 amps with an OPM of 13,000 and it features six different speed settings so you can choose the best option for your current project.

When you add in its effective dust collection unit, ergonomic rubberized grip, and vibration reduction, you have yourself a sander you’ll just love to use! Finally, you’ll appreciate that it comes with twelve sandpaper pieces (half of them 80-grit and half 180-grit), which is one less thing you’ll have to buy. The reviews speak for themselves—see why others are raving about this random orbit sander and try it out for yourself!

Frequently Asked Questions

If you’ve never sanded a deck before or are still new to the DIY game, you probably have some questions. To give you a hand, we’ve answered a few of the most frequently asked questions for you!

What type of sander do you use to sand a deck?

As mentioned above, there are three main types of sanders used for deck sanding: belt sanders, orbital sanders, and random orbit sanders. Of these, professionals tend to lean toward belt sanders as they offer plenty of power and make for a more efficient sanding process. Some people prefer to use a palm sander as well for the finish work.

Can you use a floor sander on a deck?

Floor sanders are not an ideal option for sanding decks. Though it may be tempting to use a floor sander—especially if you happen to have one on hand already—it’s much better to spend the money on a more suitable sander option. This is because floor sanders are specifically designed for use on flat surfaces; because the boards of your deck are curved, it will render the floor sander ineffective.

How can I sand my deck fast?

Unfortunately, there is no fast way to sand your deck. The typical deck-sanding job takes upwards of eight hours. The best way to speed up your sanding time is to use the proper tools and techniques.

Conclusion

We hope our article helped you get your DIY affairs in order and gave you a better idea of which sander is best for your upcoming project. Any of the products we listed will be a fantastic addition to your tool collection, but you can always keep looking if you haven’t found your perfect match yet. Remember: Taking the time and effort to find the best deck sander for you will pay off big in the end. Good luck!

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Update: Fashion Designer for Girls (Games)

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Fashion Designer for Girls 1.1

Device: iOS Universal
Category: Games
Price: $1.99, Version: 1.0 -> 1.1 (iTunes)

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*****Fashion Designer for Girls*****

It’s time to design your own model just for walking down on the red carpet!
It is sure to be a game your kids will love.

** Features **
– Different hair style to choose
– Lots of Party Dresses
– Huge variety of party items, including earrings, necklaces, bags and bracelets.
– 5 models of different colors to choose
– Dress her up in the gown of your dreams
– Pick out a handbag
– Lots of beautiful scenery with different background music
– Drag your model to anywhere
– Select one partner with your model
– share your dress up girls easily over Facebook or E-mail with one click

This is full version game,No Adds & In-App purchase.this game is optimized all Devices.

What’s New

Minor bug fixes.

New devices support added.

Fashion Designer for Girls

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[[File:US_Nuclear_Power_Plant_Status_9-2013.PNG|thumb|350px|Status of U.S. nuclear power plants, September, 2013.]]
 
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Like all other countries, the U.S. stands to benefit significantly by liberating herself from fossil fuels not only because they are not renewable but because they are the driving engine behind anthropogenic [[global warming]. The road to freedom from fossil fuels involves aggressive investments in not just in green energy, such as [[wind turbine|wind]], [solar energy|solar]] and [[geothermal energy|geothermal]] energy, but also in nuclear energy. However, many government officials and members of the general public believe that nuclear energy should play no role in a future energy policy of the United States, citing concerns about the operational costs and possible hazards of nuclear power plants and the [[nuclear waste|radioactive wastes]] they create. Investments in civilian nuclear power virtually stopped after the Three Mile Island Incident in 1979. Fears of the consequences of a nuclear meltdown were proven wrong. No deaths or illnesses have ever been linked to the incident. In fact, the staff did a fine job of preventing the worst from happening. A nuclear meltdown does not mean a nuclear explosion (of the plant), unlike some people like to think. Rather, it simply means the fuel rods are sufficiently hot to melt their way through the container, exposing themselves. (Chernobyl employed Soviet rather than American technology.) After recovering somewhat, public opinion on nuclear power took another nose dive after the Fukushima Incident in 2011. Although American technology was in use this time, once again, no deaths or illnesses due to radiation exposure have ever been directly linked to the incident.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0P9S4F4KpQ&t=367s Three Mile Island Documentary: Nuclear Power’s Promise and Peril]. Retro Reports. The »New York Times». April 29, 2014. </ref>
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Like all other countries, the U.S. stands to benefit significantly by liberating herself from fossil fuels not only because they are not renewable but because they are the driving engine behind anthropogenic [[global warming]]. The road to freedom from fossil fuels involves aggressive investments in not just in green energy, such as [[wind turbine|wind]], [[solar energy|solar]] and [[geothermal energy|geothermal]] energy, but also in nuclear energy. However, many government officials and members of the general public believe that nuclear energy should play no role in a future energy policy of the United States, citing concerns about the operational costs and possible hazards of nuclear power plants and the [[nuclear waste|radioactive wastes]] they create. Investments in civilian nuclear power virtually stopped after the Three Mile Island Incident in 1979. Fears of the consequences of a nuclear meltdown were proven wrong. No deaths or illnesses have ever been linked to the incident. In fact, the staff did a fine job of preventing the worst from happening. A nuclear meltdown does not mean a nuclear explosion (of the plant), unlike some people like to think. Rather, it simply means the fuel rods are sufficiently hot to melt their way through the container, exposing themselves. (Chernobyl employed Soviet rather than American technology.) After recovering somewhat, public opinion on nuclear power took another nose dive after the Fukushima Incident in 2011. Although American technology was in use this time, once again, no deaths or illnesses due to radiation exposure have ever been directly linked to the incident.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0P9S4F4KpQ&t=367s Three Mile Island Documentary: Nuclear Power’s Promise and Peril]. Retro Reports. The »New York Times». April 29, 2014. </ref>
   
 
Now, of course, new reactors are more efficient and safer than their predecessors. What these people do not know is that nuclear recycling and reducing nuclear wastes are real possibilities, actively pursued by multiple countries, including the United States, at the moment. Indeed, the U.S. could power itself for the next thousands of years using just the uranium it has already mined.<ref>[http://www.anl.gov/egs/group/safe-secure-and-sustainable-nuclear-energy Safe, Secure and Sustainable Nuclear Energy]. Energy and Global Security. Argonne National Laboratory. U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science.</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMhruDLNwBI Doing the Impossible: Reducing Nuclear Waste]. Argonne National Laboratory. U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science.</ref> Meanwhile, researchers and engineers continue to work on ever safer and more efficient designs for nuclear power plants, sometimes even testing completely new concepts. These could potentially replace the 100 nuclear power plants currently operational in the U.S., but which are scheduled for retirement in the 2030s. Completely replacing them with renewable energy instead may not be a workable strategy.<ref name=»next-gen-nuclear»>[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/demand-clean-energy-inspires-new-generation-innovate-nuclear-power Demand For Clean Energy Inspires New Generation to Innovate Nuclear Power]. PBS »Newshour». January 4, 2017.</ref> Unlike nuclear energy, which is stable and efficient, the most popular forms of [[renewable energy]], wind and solar, are inherently intermittent. The missing ingredient is thus a high-capacity and durable means of storing the electrical energy generated but not used. Unfortunately, the commonly used lithium-ion battery degrades far too quickly to be economically used for such large scales. Something better is in order.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBjHRfc-HMo How Building A New Battery Could Change the Game for Renewable Energy]. PBS »Newshour». December 15, 2015. </ref> Until the suitable battery technologies become commercially available and possibly even after that, nuclear energy continues to have an important role to play in the shift away from [[Fossil fuel|fossil fuels]], especially at a time when demand for energy is on the rise. In fact, due to growing awareness of the need to reduce greenhouse emissions and the promise of nuclear power, many young engineers and entrepreneurs nationwide are working on the next generation of nuclear reactors, collectively known as [[Nuclear_power#Generation_IV_reactors|Generation IV reactors]]. Some of these might be able to run on [[depleted uranium]], (low-level radioactive) leftovers from the uranium enrichment process.<ref group=»note»>In order to build a nuclear explosive device, one needs uranium enriched at 90% or more. Thus, depleted uranium cannot be used that way.</ref> At present, the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Kentucky, home to the biggest deposit of depleted uranium in the entire United States, has enough of this material to power the entire country for 750 years.<ref name=»next-gen-nuclear»/> Nuclear power is thus practically renewable. After decades of a «nuclear winter» for the industry, a nuclear renaissance is just around the corner.<ref name=»next-gen-nuclear»/> It is unwise to throw away this opportunity because of [[Anti-nuclear movement|anti-nuclear hysteria]] or because of falling oil prices.
 
Now, of course, new reactors are more efficient and safer than their predecessors. What these people do not know is that nuclear recycling and reducing nuclear wastes are real possibilities, actively pursued by multiple countries, including the United States, at the moment. Indeed, the U.S. could power itself for the next thousands of years using just the uranium it has already mined.<ref>[http://www.anl.gov/egs/group/safe-secure-and-sustainable-nuclear-energy Safe, Secure and Sustainable Nuclear Energy]. Energy and Global Security. Argonne National Laboratory. U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science.</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMhruDLNwBI Doing the Impossible: Reducing Nuclear Waste]. Argonne National Laboratory. U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science.</ref> Meanwhile, researchers and engineers continue to work on ever safer and more efficient designs for nuclear power plants, sometimes even testing completely new concepts. These could potentially replace the 100 nuclear power plants currently operational in the U.S., but which are scheduled for retirement in the 2030s. Completely replacing them with renewable energy instead may not be a workable strategy.<ref name=»next-gen-nuclear»>[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/demand-clean-energy-inspires-new-generation-innovate-nuclear-power Demand For Clean Energy Inspires New Generation to Innovate Nuclear Power]. PBS »Newshour». January 4, 2017.</ref> Unlike nuclear energy, which is stable and efficient, the most popular forms of [[renewable energy]], wind and solar, are inherently intermittent. The missing ingredient is thus a high-capacity and durable means of storing the electrical energy generated but not used. Unfortunately, the commonly used lithium-ion battery degrades far too quickly to be economically used for such large scales. Something better is in order.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBjHRfc-HMo How Building A New Battery Could Change the Game for Renewable Energy]. PBS »Newshour». December 15, 2015. </ref> Until the suitable battery technologies become commercially available and possibly even after that, nuclear energy continues to have an important role to play in the shift away from [[Fossil fuel|fossil fuels]], especially at a time when demand for energy is on the rise. In fact, due to growing awareness of the need to reduce greenhouse emissions and the promise of nuclear power, many young engineers and entrepreneurs nationwide are working on the next generation of nuclear reactors, collectively known as [[Nuclear_power#Generation_IV_reactors|Generation IV reactors]]. Some of these might be able to run on [[depleted uranium]], (low-level radioactive) leftovers from the uranium enrichment process.<ref group=»note»>In order to build a nuclear explosive device, one needs uranium enriched at 90% or more. Thus, depleted uranium cannot be used that way.</ref> At present, the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Kentucky, home to the biggest deposit of depleted uranium in the entire United States, has enough of this material to power the entire country for 750 years.<ref name=»next-gen-nuclear»/> Nuclear power is thus practically renewable. After decades of a «nuclear winter» for the industry, a nuclear renaissance is just around the corner.<ref name=»next-gen-nuclear»/> It is unwise to throw away this opportunity because of [[Anti-nuclear movement|anti-nuclear hysteria]] or because of falling oil prices.

Update: Strange Snake Puzzle (Games)

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Strange Snake Puzzle 3.0

Device: iOS Universal
Category: Games
Price: Free, Version: 1.0 -> 3.0 (iTunes)

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Remember that addictive SNAKE game the whole world used to play? It’s BACK! Check it out! Looks different but it’s the good old fun all over again!

Feeling nostalgic for retro games? Download Strange Snake, one of the best classic games, and dive into the memories of the classic snake game.

When was the last time you played the classic snake game? Wanna give it a try again? This fun game takes you back to the time when cool games were simple, yet addictive.

Snake only TURNs RIGHT. While there are not only 99 mysterious mazes but also many kinds of monsters and obstacles blocking your way, how can he pass all these hard-to-die levels of Snake Game? Fortunately, a fabulous elixir can make him TURN LEFT. During your journey, you should take the elixirs on time to guide the Snake to escape the maze. Each maze has many problems for you to solve and there are many ways to solve them.

Therefore, Snake Game is not purely an action game, it is a strategy game. Players have to utilize every single item, from a teleport hole to an elixir. Find the best way and Escape the area or complete the Level.

Everything must be taken and used on time. Especially, you can change the skin of the Snake to make it gorgeous.

How long can you last before your tail becomes your dinner? Take the challenge! Test all the snake games within the game and join our hall of fame by being one of the longest-lasting players. Ready? Go for it!

Get ready for the new exciting gameplay of Strange Snake in the exciting world of fun. There are 9 Different Snakes you can play with, each one is of its own type. There are 3 chapters containing more than 70 levels. You would surely love its gameplay.

Classic games have never been more fun! Download Strange Snake Game and add this simple game to the list of the cool games you have recently played. Retro games are in so do not hesitate to join the craze!

What’s New

⊙ Added Annoying Fly during Gameplay
⊙ Haptice feedback of Device on collision

Strange Snake Puzzle

What It’s Really Like To Live In Canadian “Socialism”

It’s true that Canada has one of the highest quality of life ratings around the world and has an international reputation for being prosperous, modern, and good to its citizens. But we seldom hear the truth about how the socialist programs in Canada have many drawbacks that need discussing to get the whole picture. Canada Is a Liberal Democracy It’s important to start this discussion with the fact that Canada is not in fact a socialist country. Canada is a liberal democracy. Equality is the top virtue among most Canadian people, which is one of the main reasons why we’re thought of as being socialist. Even though we have a free-market that certainly provides much of the prosperity we enjoy, there’s a great degree of skepticism that the free-market alone can provide equitable results for everyone. There’s a generalized belief in the public that the government should enforce and secure equal outcomes where the market fails to do so. Other ways that Canada is not socialist is that we enjoy a thriving private and public sector, property ownership is common, and we operate under a capitalist economic model. The means of production don’t belong to the people, nor do we have regulations that prohibit corporate monopolies or market domination from huge conglomerates. Ask any Canadian about their cell phone or internet provider to hear much lamenting about the lack of choice, over-priced plans, and abysmal customer service.  There’s a great degree of skepticism that the free-market alone can provide equitable results for everyone. Resources, wealth, land, and power are not equally distributed among the population in Canada. We don’t even have free post-secondary education like Switzerland or the Netherlands. So it would be a completely false statement to say that Canada is a socialist country. We simply aren’t. We do have certain social programs that are lifted from the socialist model though, and this is the main cause for the popular misconception that we are a functioning socialist nation.  The Problems with Canada’s Health Care System Arguably, Canada is successful and prosperous because we aren’t socialist, but you won’t hear about that in the mainstream media. The socialist economic policies we do have, such as our extensive welfare or health care system, are the aspects of Canadian society that have some of the most extensive and complex problems.  The health care system in Canada provides all people with access to health care and a large discount on all treatments and prescription medicine. Sounds great, right? Wrong. The problems with our health care system begin with the absolutely unbelievably long waiting times to see doctors, schedule life-saving surgeries, and receive that precious high standard of health care in a timely and efficient fashion.  We have an aging population in Canada. This means that in many cities we simply have more people seeking medical attention than we have health care providers. Most doctors are absolutely overwhelmed with the number of people in need, are overworked, and as a result, are often not functioning at top performance. We don’t have the benefit of seeing the same doctor every time we need health care. Canada is notorious for malpractice — something not often spoken about when outsiders dream of a health care system like ours. Tens of thousands of people die and are harmed by malpractice every year in Canada. One in 13 people who see a Canadian doctor will be the victim of malpractice, and when malpractice happens, victims often lose their lawsuits because doctors are awarded millions of dollars in legal defense by the goliath state-funded health care system.  We don’t have the benefit of seeing the same doctor every time we need health care either; we’re subject to seeing whoever happens to be in the clinic that day. We can’t choose to pay for speedy, top of the line health care services if we wish, and finding and locking down a “family doctor” is near impossible in some locations, further degrading the quality of care we receive.  Our health care system also faces the challenges brought forth by chain migration and family reunification laws which allow for elderly immigrants to enter Canada, having never paid taxes or paid into the health care system, but reap the benefits of free health care services just like everyone else. While turning the sick and needy away purely from an economic standpoint raises certain ethical considerations, it’s clear to see how the ballooning amount of need is not proportional to the availability of care on offer here in Canada. As a result, everyone suffers. It’s important to state here that I’m not saying there aren’t good, caring doctors in Canada, there are. I’m also not saying that it’s bad that we don’t have to go into debt or remortgage our homes to pay for expensive medical treatments. Paying nothing when you have a baby or break a leg is a huge advantage for low-income citizens. What I am saying is that the system we have overburdens our doctors, limits timely access, and in some cases reduces availability to a high standard of health care for patients. In other words, you get what you pay for.   Sick People Are Faced with an Excessive Wait or with Seeking Care out of the Country Some anecdotal evidence to this fact, of which almost any Canadian can offer: My grandfather contracted cancer of the kidney’s five years ago, and he was waitlisted for six months to receive surgery, in which time he might have easily died. These six months were excruciating for our entire family to endure, and when the time came for the scheduled surgery, my grandfather went to the hospital, but they had no record of his surgery being scheduled at all.  We will never know exactly why this happened, but I will highlight that sheer incompetence does play a role in our substandard health care too. The surgery had to be rescheduled, and the wait time increased by another three months. Thankfully, my grandfather pulled through and survived this absurdly long wait time for the removal of his kidney. Others with more aggressive forms of cancer and illness are not so lucky.  My family and I are grateful that he was cured of his cancer without it bankrupting our family, which it might have if we were American.  When my grandfather contracted kidney cancer, he had to wait nine months for surgery. Popular social media influencer Lauren Chen’s father was diagnosed with cancer, and due to the lack of responsiveness from Canadian health care providers, she was forced to use her large platform to save her father’s life. She was met with hypocritical criticism from socialists in Canada for doing so. She asked for help from any and all doctors worldwide and had to resort to crowdfunding to pay for the surgery. Luckily, due to Lauren’s widespread reach online, she was able to get her father’s surgery done in the United States rapidly. Other Canadians without the benefit of a large social media platform are not so fortunate.  Statistics Canada reports that over 200,000 people traveled abroad for medical reasons in 2018, and the death toll of people who died waiting for surgery is upwards of 3,000. Remember these numbers the next time someone begins to speak longingly about Canadian health care. The Welfare System Has Caused Social Degeneration  The extensive and bloated welfare system is another issue that’s a result of well-meaning but ultimately naïve socialist efforts. Welfare is supposed to be a social safety net that citizens pay into in the event that, due to no fault of their own, they lose the ability to work. This safety net provides people the benefit of not having to go without food or shelter when they’re in between jobs or healing from injury. In theory, it’s a very good idea that provides humane living conditions for the most vulnerable and impoverished people in society.  Welfare is supposed to be a social safety net that citizens pay into in case they lose the ability to work.  Unfortunately, though, welfare has become a way of life for some people as it is too tempting to put one’s feet up and rake in the dole rather than work for a living. As the welfare state has expanded, with it has grown fatherlessness and single motherhood, drug addiction, criminality, and other signs of social degeneration. This is not unique to Canada; it seems that as the challenges of survival are removed from people’s lives, with it comes new issues of social deterioration.  Loss of Freedom of Speech in Canada   Culturally, we face other hurdles where the reigning socialist worldview on people and society is spreading swiftly throughout the public and private education system. The radical, progressive, and revolutionary movements champion ideas like “trans women are women” and “gender is a social construct.” They executed it into the law here in Canada with little actual resistance. Laws have been made which force people to use the preferred pronouns of trans people or else be fired, have their lives ruined, or be hauled in front of a human rights tribunal and be fined heftily.  A human rights tribunal is essentially a kangaroo court that’s not restricted by the burden of providing hard evidence. All that’s needed to justify the infringement on an individual’s right to freedom of speech is the accusation that a person has offended a minority by deviating from the acceptable standards of the current progressive paradigm.  We’re forced by law to not offend, so we give the impression of friendliness when what we really are is afraid. In an attempt to protect those deemed most vulnerable to discrimination, we’re forced to accept increasingly restrictive limitations on what we’re allowed to say and, by proxy, what we’re allowed to think. We Canadians have the reputation of being the world’s friendly neighbor and a group of well-mannered, enlightened people, when in reality the truth is more like we’re forced by law to not offend each other, and so we give the impression of friendliness when what we really are is afraid.  Bill C-16 Bill C-16 was passed in Canada back in 2016 as a measure expanding the human rights legislation prohibiting discrimination against people on the basis of their gender or gender identity. This piece of legislation doesn’t simply prohibit actual hate speech against sexual minority groups like trans people, which likely few would oppose, but it compels speech. It compels us to play along with their version of reality. Regardless of if we disagree with their opinions on neutral political or religious grounds, we have no choice but to play along. The compelling of speech is a part of the very scary ideological aspect of socialism in Canada that many find intolerable. One could make the argument that these efforts are not meant to be tyrannical, but emerge from the left’s desire to be compassionate to those of us who are weak. The unfortunate reality though is that it has the effect of tyranny in that we all are forced to accept (at least publicly or at our place of work) that it’s only okay to be progressive. To be conservative or right-leaning is to be seen as literally evil.  The conditions of progressivism are enforced socially among the public as well, adult hall monitors delight in tattling on their fellow citizens for infractions of various forms of “hate speech.” Since Bill C-16, this is also enforced legally. Jordan Peterson rose to prominence for resisting this very bill and is famously quoted saying, “In order to be able to think, you have to risk being offensive.”  In order to be able to think, you have to risk being offensive. In Canada, you’re highly discouraged from taking the risk of being offensive, and thus in Canada, there isn’t much thinking outside the framework of what the government, media, and academic establishment deem acceptable. This is the truth of socialism in Canada. We’re all forced to be equally obedient, subservient, and mediocre. Punishing Christians for Speaking about Their Beliefs It’s against the Christian belief system to accept that a man can ever literally become a woman via medical or surgical interventions and vice versa. This is a fundamental aspect of the Christian worldview. There has been an attack on religious freedom in Canada in that expressing these beliefs publicly has become synonymous with committing a hate crime.  Bill Whatcott is a socially conservative Christian man from British Columbia who’s story rose to international prominence when he was hauled in front of a human rights tribunal to atone for distributing flyers around his neighborhood regarding a trans politician named Morgane Oger.  Morgane Oger is a B.C based politician who is well known for pushing gender theory and sex ed programs into the elementary public school system. Bill Whatcott obviously opposed her actions on the basis of his Christian belief system, not on the basis of hate as was reported by the media. By simply circulating a flyer around his neighborhood alerting people to who Oger was and why he believed people should be wary of Oger’s intentions, Bill was slapped with a human rights hate speech violation and a fine totaling 55,000 Canadian dollars.  Bill Whatcott was slandered by every mainstream news publication as a bigot who was motivated purely by hate, which further exposes the problem with socialist groupthink. If you dare step out of line and voice your opinion opposing ideological beliefs held by the socialists in this country, then you’re ostracized, slandered, fined, and made into an example for others.  Socialists Can’t Accept Hierarchies of Competence Socialists would rather live in a pretend world where they can day-dream of their utopia indefinitely. In this fantasy, all people are equally abled and equally rewarded for their efforts. They wander about in a daze of egotistical self-aggrandizement, believing themselves to be a modern-day Che Guevara until their rage and hatred are revealed when confronted with anyone who’s at the top of a social hierarchy. To them, these hierarchies are evidence of the tyranny of power politics, not competence.  They will never accept that highly intelligent and skilled people are able to rise in social hierarchies more easily than others because they worked hard and deserve to be there. To them, inequality is always undeserved and always unfair; they believe the game is rigged by such forces as white supremacy and the patriarchy. Thus, ironically, creating a culture of discrimination against men and the white population. To socialists, inequality is always undeserved and always unfair.  Rather than attacking the government, or corporate and international oligarchs that truly hoard power, wealth, and influence, socialists in Canada would rather attack one another over trivial disagreements in politics and worldview, and maybe that’s the point. Inherent in socialism is the desire to be taken care of by the powerful nanny state. To have the harsh conditions of existence, survival, and personal limitations leveled so that life is easier. What this actually creates is a drone population of people terrified to think for themselves or to question the narrative being fed to them, who are hopped up on their own sense of personal virtuousness without ever actually having to do the work of being a person of virtue.  Closing Thoughts Canada is by no means a “bad country” to live in, but busting the myth of Canadian socialism has been a long time coming. If we’re a good country, it’s in spite of the ways in which Canada has adopted Socialism not because of it. Beware the unchecked power and tyranny behind the idealistic socialist dream. It’s just that, a dream and nothing more.  It’s a dream that takes away the opportunity for excellence in the misguided pursuit of vanquishing all forms of failure. A dream that favors spared feelings over unveiling truth. We must be free to succeed and free to fail if we want to be truly human. If we want people to thrive in society, truth must be the chief virtue, not equity.

‘RHOA’: Kenya Moore Shades Nene Leakes on Andy Cohen’s Show ‘WWHL’

Kenya Moore of The Real Housewives of Atlanta is known for throwing shade. The reality TV personality has infamously feuded with Nene Leakes over the years and never misses a moment to take a jab at her former co-star. During an appearance on Watch What Happens Live, Moore made sure to call out Leakes and fans took to social media to react to the dig.

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What did Kenya Moore say about Nene Leakes?

Things didn’t end well between Moore and Leakes after season 12. Since then, Leakes has left RHOA but the animosity between the two stars has seemingly lived on. When Moore made an appearance on WWHL, she took the opportunity to allude to the “tastiest peach” in Atlanta.

Cohen put up Shereé Whitfield to play a game called “The Shady Bone Collector.” Whitfield was tasked with asking shady questions to Moore.

“Name a Real Housewife from any franchise who went too far in efforts to, ‘fix that face,’” Whitfield asked.

Moore laughed at the question as she even knew it was completely shady. Although she hesitated to answer in the beginning, she did hint at the name of the housewife.

“Oh, God! Uhhhh… Ohhhh…,” Moore said as she thought about who to shade. “I mean, most of them have been improvements but I probably would say one that’s not on a franchise right now. So, that’s all I’ll say.”

Cohen pressed Moore to say which housewife she was referring to and the former beauty queen said, “The one that originally said, ‘Fix your face.’”

RHOA fans know that the moment Moore was talking about was a feud Whitfield and Leakes had during a reunion. The shade toward Leakes could not be more evident.

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Nene Leakes calls for Bravo boycott

After Moore alluded to Leakes, Cohen quickly changed the subject and took to break. The relationship between Leakes and Cohen deteriorated drastically after the former quit the franchise she helped make a mainstay. Leakes has called out Bravo and even suggested a boycott of the network on Twitter.

“Y’all ready to start this boycott yet? What has happened behind the scenes is WRONG,” Leakes tweeted in December 2020. “While others were being promoted, BLACK WOMEN who created shows, created genres, built franchise, and built networks were being DEMOTED…TURN OFF YOUR TV’S.”

Y’all ready to start this boycott yet? What has happened behind the scenes is WRONG! While others were being promoted, BLACK WOMEN who created shows, created genres, built franchise and built networks were being DEMOTED…TURN OFF YOUR TV’S

— NeNe Leakes (@NeNeLeakes) December 21, 2020

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Leakes also linked to a petition that demands justice as they feel there has been an unfair treatment toward their Black talent.

“We have witnessed her sacrifice her physical health, have her mental health jeopardized, and her spiritual well-being tested,” the petition reads. “It is also evident that your disciplinary actions are far more stringent when it comes to your black talent. This is not acceptable and needs to be more balanced.”

The Fashion Police alum has also alluded to taking her former employer to court for the treatment she has received.

“If you know someone that works in the U.S. Department of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in California, New York or Georgia, please have them contact me,” the tweet read.

Leakes has been focused on opening a new lounge in Atlanta and other projects for TV.

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