Program, a local Toyota dealer should be contacted for appropriate diagnosis and repair. If an owner thinks that he/she has experienced the condition described in this Warranty Enhancement What should an owner do if experiencing this condition? *Torque Converter Kit (Includes Torque Converter, Gaskets, Additional Transmission Pan Magnets) The specific component(s) covered by this warranty enhancement is/are as follows: Which part(s) are covered by this Warranty Enhancement Program? Other vehicles equipped with the U760E transmission have different Why are other vehicles, with the U760E transmission not covered by this Warranty Enhancement Program?Ģ012-2014 Camry vehicles equipped with the U760E transmission are covered in separateįield actions (E05 and ZE5). There are approximately 433,200 vehicles covered by this Warranty Enhancement Program. Which and how many vehicles are covered by this Warranty Enhancement Program? If the condition is covered by the terms of this warranty enhancement program, the repair will be performed at NO CHARGE. Owners who experience torque converter shudder should contact their local authorized Toyota dealership for diagnosis and repair. Owners of vehicles covered by this Warranty Enhancement Program will receive a notification letter by first Toyota is nowĮxtending the warranty coverage for repairs related to Torque Converter Shudder. Miles (whichever occurs first), we at Toyota care about the customers’ ownership experience. Some customers may describe this as a vibration.Īlthough the Torque Converter is covered by Toyota’s New Vehicle Limited Warranty for 5 years or 60,000 This shudder may be observed while driving under light throttle conditions between approximately 25 – 50 mph. In these vehicles, Toyota has received some reports where vehicles may exhibit a brief intermittent shudderĭuring torque converter flex lock up. Technical instructions for this warranty extension program can be found in T-SB-0023-15 (RAV4). Toyota will begin to notify owners in September 2017, and owner notifications will be mailed over several months. Approximately 5,800 vehicles involved in this Warranty Enhancement Program were distributed to Puerto Rico. **After the Primary Coverage, the Secondary Coverage is applicable for 8 years from the date of first use or 150,000 miles, whichever comes first. *The Primary Coverage offers warranty enhancement until December 31, 2018, regardless of mileage. If the condition is verified, the vehicle will be repaired with a new torque converter, additional transmission pan magnets, and updated engine control software under the terms of this Warranty Enhancement Program. This Warranty Enhancement Program provides a Primary and Secondary coverage extension to the vehicle’s “New Vehicle Limited Warranty” for repairs related to Torque Converter Shudder. Toyota is now extending the warranty coverage for repairs related to Torque Converter Shudder. This shudder may be observed while driving under light throttle conditions between approximately 25 – 50 mph.Īlthough the Torque Converter is covered by Toyota’s New Vehicle Limited Warranty for 5 years or 60,000 miles (whichever occurs first), we at Toyota care about the customers’ ownership experience. In these vehicles, Toyota has received some reports where vehicles may exhibit a brief intermittent shudder during torque converter flex lock up. In our continuing efforts to ensure the best in customer satisfaction, Toyota is announcing a Warranty EnhancementProgram to extend the warranty coverage for repairs related to U760E Torque Converter Shudder. Subject: Warranty Enhancement Program ZH1Įxtension of Warranty Coverage for U760E Torque Converter Shudder
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It is widely used in construction materials, tools, vehicles and as a catalyst in the manufacture of ammonia. Iron is often made into steel, which is stronger and more easily shaped than iron on its own. Transition metals have a wide variety of uses, with some of the main ones listed below: There are exceptions to this and not all transition metals will possess these properties though. They are usually hard and tough with high densities.They are less reactive than alkali metals.They are good conductors of heat and electricity.Some of the main shared properties of transition metals can be identified as the below: Transition metals are generally hard and dense, and less reactive than any of the alkali metals. These include the formation of compounds whose colour is due to d-d electronic transitions, the formation of compounds in many oxidation states and the formation of many paramagnetic compounds due to the presence of unpaired d electrons. There are several properties identified in the transition elements that are not found in other elements, as a result of their partially filled d shell. Three of the most noteworthy elements are iron, cobalt and nickel as they are only elements known to produce a magnetic field. Some of the more well-known transitional metals include titanium, iron, manganese, nickel, copper, cobalt, silver, mercury and gold. The Suorin Air V2 Ultra-Portable System presents a cutting-edge platform with one of the most ergonomic chassis in the market, featuring 400mAh of rechargeable battery and a 2mL juice reservoir in a beautiful two-piece structure. Each kit also comes with a 0.4ohm V12 Prince-Q4 Quadruple Coil with a wattage range of 40 to 100W. he TFV12 Prince integrates a brand-new coil family, headlined with the 0.12ohm V12 Prince-T10 labeled as Decuple Coils with five cylinders design in vertical orientation capable of firing up to 120W. 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On first application Duo Unifiant feels very lightweight and soothing, it applies smoothly, blending out with minimal effort (great if you’ve got skin that’s easily irritated). I was a fan of Duo and Duo, but what do I think of Duo Unifiant? Let’s find out… I have no doubt this will be a must-have for those that already use and love Duo, but, if Duo is news to you, then here’s an overview of its blemish busting ingredients… The last thing people with blemish-prone skin want to do is overload their already congested complexion, so, Duo Unifiant is a multi-tasking miracle in my eyes!ĭuo Unifiant, in simple terms, is a spot treatment and BB cream in one that works to reduce blemishes in 24 hours. Because why change something that works, eh? The difference is that Duo Unifiant contains mineral pigments, which give the formula a tint that evens and smoothes the complexion. T hose of us that are prone to imperfections can now enjoy the skin-loving benefits of Duo, whilst evening out our skin’s tone and texture. The first thing to clear up is that Effaclar Duo Unifiant has all the same award-winning ingredients as Duo. Whether this is the first time you’ve heard about Duo or you’re a serial re-purchaser, Effaclar Duo Unifiant is a product you’ll want to know about… It really works! And now, after two years of unwavering Duo love, La Roche-Posay are bringing us a new skincare hero to fall for, Effaclar Duo + Unifiant. The blemish-busting treatment is more than a skincare product to many, offering them hope and the results they crave so badly.įollowing on from the success of the original Effaclar Duo in 2009, La Roche-Posay brought us the reformulated Effaclar Duo in 2014 – and let’s just say it flew off the shelves, with one being sold around the world every 5 seconds. Think I’m exaggerating? You can read people’s stories here. Since its first launch, Effaclar Duo has changed lives. Because, let’s admit, we can all get a little spotty sometimes. The La Roche-Posay Effaclar range is a slice of skincare cake everyone will want to take a bite of. Your line art can be in grayscale color space, this is a unique feature in Krita which allows you to keep a layer in a color-space independent from the image. it will make the white transparent leaving only the line art. This will convert the white color in your line art to alpha i.e. If you have imported scanned art and need to select another color for the paper color then you would do it here. The Color Selector is set to White by default. Use the dialog box to turn all the white areas of the image transparent. You can learn more about doing a sketch from blue sketch to digital painting here in a tutorial by David Revoy.Īfter you have a clean black and white line art you may need to erase the white color and keep only black line art, to achieve that go to Filters ‣ Colors ‣ Color to Alpha… menu item. If you are drawing digitally in blue lines use #A4DDED color as this is closer to non-photo-blue color. It is good to use non-photo-blue pencils to create the blue lines as those are easy to remove. Go to Filters ‣ Adjust ‣ Desaturate or press the Ctrl + Shift + U shortcut. Now apply the color adjustment filter, yes we still have lots of blue on the artwork. If you still see them, then go to Blue Channel in the color adjustment and shift the top right node towards left a bit, Or enter a value around 190 (one that removes the remaining rough lines) in the input box. Now the whole drawing will have a blue overlay, zoom in and check if the blue pencil lines are still visible slightly. Or you can click on the top right node and enter 0 in the input field. Now select Red from the drop-down, click on the top right node on the graph and slide it all the way down. If you draw in blue pencils and then ink your line art you may need to remove the blue lines first to do that go to Filters ‣ Adjust ‣ Color adjustment curves or press the Ctrl + M shortcut. You can clean the unwanted grays by moving the white triangle in the input levels section to left and darken the black by moving the black triangle to right. If you want to clean the line art a bit you can press the Ctrl + L shortcut or go to Filters ‣ Adjust ‣ Levels. Place the line art at the top of the layer stack and set its layer blending mode to Multiply. If your images have a white or other single-tone background, you can use either of the following methods to prepare the art for coloring: This can be either an image created digitally or something that was done outside the computer and has been scanned. Often an artist, for example a comic book colorist, will need to take a pencil sketch or other line art of some sort and use Krita to paint underneath it. You can view the recorded speed painting demo for the above image on Youtube. Below is an example of speed paint done by David Revoy in an hours time. Krita has some efficient brushes for this situation, for example, the brushes under Block Tag like Block fuzzy, Block basic, layout_block, etc.Īfter the composition and a basic layout has been laid out the artists add as many details as possible in the given limited time, this requires a decent knowledge of forms, value perspective and proportions of the objects. Generally, artists first block in the composition by adding patches and blobs of flat colors, defining the silhouette, etc. Speed painting then can be taken forward by adding finer details and polish to create a final piece. Some artists set a time limit to complete the painting while some paint casually. Finishing and finer details are not the main goals of this type of painting, but the representation of form value and layout is the main goal. As the name suggests a technique of painting done within a matter of hours to quickly visualize the basic scene, character, look and feel of the environment or to denote the general mood and overall concept is called a speed painting. Some artists work only on the digital medium, sketching and visualizing concepts in Krita from scratch. Below are some of the common workflows used in Krita: Speed Painting and Conceptualizing ¶ However, let us look at what artists do in Krita. The brush tool is selected by default and you just have to paint on the canvas. When you open a new document in Krita for the first time, you can start painting instantly. This section explains some common workflow that artists use in Krita. Krita is used by comic artists, matte painters, texture artists, and illustrators around the world. Krita’s main goal is to help artists create a digital painting from scratch. "The Tesla Trade Secrets are extremely valuable to Tesla and would be to a competitor. The automotive company states that this information would be highly valuable to other parties, especially those looking to develop thermal management systems for other supercomputer projects. Yatskov was part of the team responsible for running simulations of how different thermal designs affect heat distribution and trade-off between aspects such as speed, power and cost, it said in the complaint, claiming that he had access not only to thermal-related data, but other unspecified confidential information concerning the Dojo project. A trade secret owner deciding to license or provide its trade secret to third-parties should be mindful that doing so could later involve litigation over its trade secrets that it does not initiate.In the court filing, Tesla said it has an entire team of engineers dedicated to designing cooling systems for Dojo, and has collected large volumes of data regarding the thermal characteristics of Dojo operating with various cooling configurations. On the other hand, AFS’s naming of the company that later operated the facility (which claimed to be the legal owner of the trade secrets following its acquisition of the space authority) as a defendant provides a caution to trade secret owners. The Huber Court qualified its holding to “circumstances like this.” Still, the Third Circuit’s ruling provides a path for those who possess, but do not own, trade secrets to sue for misappropriation. Adopting the Fourth Circuit’s reasoning in an earlier case, it explained that the value of a trade secret comes from its secrecy: an ownership requirement does not account for “the substantial interest that lawful possessors of the secrets have in the value of that secrecy.” Even without an “explicit license” to AFS in its contract, the Third Circuit found sufficient facts establishing AFS’s “permission to hold and use the secrets,” thus entitling it to sue. The Third Circuit agreed, reasoning that neither the statutory text nor the legislative history of either the uniform law or the Pennsylvania statute discuss legal ownership as a prerequisite. On appeal, the Third Circuit affirmed the district court’s ruling that AFS had standing to assert trade secret misappropriation even though AFS’s contract with the space authority designated the information as the space authority’s “exclusive property.” The district court had rejected the defendants’ reliance on common law references to ownership based on more recent understanding of the “knowledge-driven value” of trade secrets. After a subsequent bench trial, the court held the competitor to which the employee had been feeding information jointly and severally liable. AFS won on summary judgment when the district court found the ex-employee and his company liable for misappropriation. The engineer resigned from AFS, formed his own business, and successfully outbid both companies for another project contract.ĪFS, having lost out on the contracts, sued its ex-employee, his company, the other competing company, and the company that took over the facility alleging trade secret misappropriation under Pennsylvania’s Trade Secret Act. He helped that competitor obtain the contract, while simultaneously working on (and undermining) AFS’s bid. An AFS sales engineer who was “intimately involved” in AFS’s project gave the drawings to an AFS competitor. When a company using the facility for its rocket launch took over from the space authority, it solicited new vendors. The company’s retention of these materials became key in the tale of “disloyalty and deception” that followed. Still, AFS retained them and marked them as AFS’s confidential information. AFS’s contract with the Virginia Commonwealth Space Flight Authority deemed these materials “work for hire” and the “exclusive property” of the space authority. The trade secrets at issue were Advanced Fluid Systems' engineering drawings from its design and installation of a hydraulic system for the facility. Huber involved competing hydraulics companies vying for contracts with a NASA rocket launch facility in Virginia. Other courts, including the Fourth and Tenth Circuits, have ruled similarly, signaling a growing consensus among courts to focus on possession rather than ownership when evaluating standing in trade secret cases. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that a company that did not own, but lawfully possessed, a trade secret could bring a misappropriation claim. So there’s a program in Woodstock called Woodstock Children’s Summer Theatre. I knew that Gigi was always a kid who could sing and dance and really needed somewhere to channel all that energy. Kristi Geggie: No! I’m definitely not a stage mom. So Kristi, are you a stage mom who had a dream of raising a perfect Drag Race contestant? Gigi Goode: Well, the very first play I was in, that my mom bribed me to be in, was High School Musical Jr. And then when I found out that I could be on stage and not have to sing, I could just do whatever I wanted…. One thing led to another, and that snowballed into my love of being on stage. Whether it started from watching the Wizard of Oz movie for the first time, and then moving into my mom bribing me with American Girl dolls in childhood to do summer theater. Theater has always been in my life in some way or another. Gigi, you always back them up with movement that I think tells a story about these characters. The theatricality comes through in these outfits on the runway, for sure. It is the most fun thing ever to get a picture and make something and see something that you’ve created come to life. I have people ask me all the time if I’ll make costumes for them, and I’m like, if I had a dress form exactly your size at my house in Woodstock, Illinois, I might be able to do that, but I can’t take somebody’s measurements and make something that fits them perfectly. Kristi Geggie: I don’t know how other costume designers are able to do it. I can make a garment, but up close, you can’t really look at the inside of it. My mom is really good at getting the fabric, the materials, and putting the puzzle together. Because it’s something so unheard of, and picture perfect. Gigi Goode: This is why I talk about it so much on the show, and really any chance that I get. I live in Illinois, and then I FedEx things to Gigi, and they usually fit. On my Instagram page, it shows pictures of the process. I’ll pick fabric, and we’ll go back and forth. So I take the design that Gigi draws and I have a dress form at home that is exactly her size. So I can take a story and make costumes for the story, but in terms of fashion, it’s not really my strong suit. My expertise is more in theatrical costumes. I did actually try to design stuff for her, and she’s always like, oh, that’s cute. Kristi Geggie: Usually, Gigi and I will talk about something, Gigi will come up with an idea and send me the design. What is your collaboration process like? How do you both take an outfit from concept to the runway? Happy Mother’s Day!! /gYEP3KZms1- the “e” is silent May 10, 2020 Kristi Geggie: And I did a lot of screaming. I did not finish my chicken tenders combo. And Maggie, who’s my roommate and best friend from high school, we had just gotten Jack in the Box, and I was just about to take my first bite into my chicken tenders and then I got the call. She was the first person that I called when it happened. Kristi Geggie: I remember! I believe that you were in a drive thru at Jack in the Box. Gigi, how did you break the news to your mom that you were going to be on Drag Race? □□ Author Voice Penĭo you know Bunny? The sheepadoodle that presses buttons to communicate in a human-like manner. These are meant to be funny, and even by me explaining them here, I'm being too literal and ruining the fun. We also have □Speaker□Voice□ to get your message across to the creator of the video. On TikTok it's basically a ✍️Lesson✍️Pen✍️ but converted into □Clapping□Hands□Pen□ to convey the lesson, in a more active format. Rarely used sincerely on TikTok, the clapping hands is usually found written comedically, more than for activism like its origins. I regretfully report that this format is alive and well on TikTok. Many will be aware of (and possibly annoyed by) the □clapping□hands□to□make□a□statement□ format on Twitter. This is related to the Lesson Pen, but uses a different emoji to convey the point. ✍️Wrong✍️Location✍️Pen✍️ lets the creator know you liked it, despite it being absolutely useless to you. Content we wouldn't have chosen to watch, but have decided to because it was served by the almighty algorithm. It's relatable, because niche TikToks can be interesting as a glimpse into a different world. ✍️Wrong✍️Location✍️Pen✍️ would like to point out that we're finding this content very interesting, even if it couldn't be less useful or relevant where we are.ĭetailed instructions about checking the depth of ice: Sometimes this results in niche TikToks that are only useful in their original location but now being shown to millions in a very wide audience. This often means it will be relevant.Īs a video or creator grows in popularity, videos are shown globally. A key factor in this is showing videos to people in your geographical area. The TikTok For You Page specializes in delivering content that you'll like. Learned some facts in a video about how you can't have herd immunity from the common cold because of all the variants? Bring on the Wrong Lesson Pen: ✍️❄️□✍️□ Sub-sub-type: Right Lesson, Wrong Location Pen Wrong Lesson Pen is the same as the ✍️Lesson✍️Pen✍️ but requires identifying the point of the TikTok, and using the same facts to come to a different conclusion. ✍️□ Sub-type: Wrong Lesson PenĪs with all memes, these mutate into variations over time. It's a simple format, and works in many scenarios. ✍️Lesson✍️Pen✍️ can be summarized as: “I watched this video, and here is my amusing and/or serious take on what I learned” Introducing mysterious grades for your boyfriend? Male dolphins and their troubling behavior? Lesson from a flight attendant on how passengers can help their job? Watched a video about how to get people to talk to you on your first day? ✍️Lesson✍️Pen✍️ is only writen in the first person. If a skin-tone is chosen, it's for self-representation. Writing the lesson of the video, using ✍️ Writing Hand in place of spaces. This might also serve as a guide, preventing you using emojis 'like a boomer' when joining TikTok. Here's a rundown of the 'emoji comment memes' (for want of a better phrase) that you'll find on TikTok today, and likely on a social media platform of your choice tomorrow. But the same video cross-posted from TikTok to Reels doesn't bring the same community with it, nor the duets, the video-replies, or the comments. Instagram's Reels rip-off aims to clone TikTok in nearly every way. The social aspect of any platform is what makes it feel distinct. Missed in the discussion: what happens in the TikTok comments. The sounds that are remixed and reimagined. No matter whether people are talking about Pool Cleaning TikTok, Sea Shanty TikTok, or Musical Theatre TikTok the focus is usually on the video content, and rightly so. You're consuming TikTok content, but out of its natural habitat. Seen a funny video on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter recently? Chances are it's from TikTok. The RISE has been on Long Island since 2012. Buses are not permitted so please plan accordingly if you are attending with a large group. Parking is available on-site for passenger vehicles only. We recommend wearing comfortable walking shoes. The RISE trail at Usdan is nearly 1 mile with some hills. Most people spend anywhere from 45 minutes to 1 hour and 15 minutes on the trail. The RISE at Usdan is a self guided tour and guests move at their own pace. The Partners Program supports scholarships to Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts. The Partners Program offers the community access to Usdan's pristine woodland campus and facilities, by offering cultural and nature-based fairs for the general public in every season. Have questions? Email Is The RISE a Usdan Program? Purchase your tickets today to ensure you don't miss out on this special event! The RISE sells out every year and tickets are not sold at the door. Tickets are now available for purchase at /usdan. We can't wait for you to see what The RISE has been carving up for us this year! TICKETS All jack o'lanterns are hand-carved by some of the best jack o'lantern artists in the country.Ĭrowds no more! Usdan offers 140 acres of space resulting in less than half the nightly visitor count and allowing for a more intimate trail experience for your family. Come see the longest jack o'lantern trail in the world featuring over 5,000 hand-carved jack o'lanterns spread out along a 4,200 foot-long trail in the woods.Įxperience over 50 themes and 40 music sequences along the trail. Coulton wrote a new song for the game's ending credits, "Want You Gone", also written from GLaDOS's viewpoint. Jonathan Coulton's song " Still Alive", which is sung by GLaDOS (voiced by Ellen McLain) over Portal 's end credits, was considered a large part of Portal's success in designing Portal 2, Valve desired to incorporate more music into the game, including further involvement from Coulton. "Want You Gone" Jonathan Coulton, who provided the song " Still Alive" for the first Portal, was asked to compose the game's final credits song, "Want You Gone". The bulk of the music was released as a freely-available download across three volumes, entitled Songs to Test By, and later in a four-disc retail Collector's edition that included music from Portal. The game's music includes original scores composed by Valve's Mike Morasky, and two original songs provided by Jonathan Coulton and the band The National. The game expands on the original Portal by adding new puzzle elements, such as paint that imparts properties to surfaces, plates that can launch the player and objects over distances, tractor beams and bridges made of light. The game, set in the desolate, labyrinthine Aperture Science facility, challenges the player to navigate test chambers created by the artificial intelligence GLaDOS, using a portal gun, a device able to create portals that link two points in space like a wormhole. Portal 2 is a physics-based puzzle-platform game created by Valve and released on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Linux in April 2011, followed by a Nintendo Switch version in June 2022. "Deleting" Carolyn, "killed" her mother, in a bid to ensure she would have no reason to return with that relationship wiped out.and used the turrets to bid her farewell in a language she wouldn't understand.Soundtrack and related music of the video game Portal 2 But GLaDOS knew if she didn't get Chell out of Aperture her hardware would force her to use Chell for testing again, and eventually it would kill Chell. And that GLaDOS did not actually delete Carolyn, but faked it for Chell's benefit.their having listened to the recordings in the older test tracks and such could have clued the both of them in to their family relationship. Chell was definitely there for bring your daughter to work day as evidenced by one of the science experiments bearing her name. They seemed to have some connection in the recordings, and I just can't see Cave handing over the GLaDOS (and thusly the control of the entire premises in effect) over to his secretary, unless they had shared some bond beyond that. Chell being the daughter of Carolyn & Cave. No one usually expects cold robotic machines to express emotion.Įven if it's no canon, it's still good headcanon to me. Love As A Construct is the best name for their relationship I think. I like how the Opera is foreshadowed even before it plays, like the Companion Cube singing or the Lasers, Bridges. It was a beautiful scene, i will admit, really tugged at the heartstrings, and She's too proud of course and had to pretend that everything they endured was just corrected by a prompt deletion of a file, but really, we know Caroline and how she likes to lie. I don't really see a mother daughter link between them, and relationship wise it seems they're in the frenemy stage or have passed that. Realizing their only true friend they've ever known. The lyrics of Cara Mia Addio were bits of Spanish that Ellen made up on the spot, and she herself has addressed that people have reached for things that aren't there or weren't intended upon listening to the performance, Valve does tend to use a lot of symbolism in their games so maybe it was representing GLaDOS relationship with Chell. Overall, I am disappointed to say that I think the only way GLaDOS could have instructed the turrets would be to ask them to sing, and that the turrets could have easily organized it on their own. Wheatley specifically chooses to use turrets to make "boxes with legs," so I think it is likely that turrets can move on their own. For all robots in the building, her control is limited to moving robots around and giving them orders. Elsewhere in Portal 2, we see that GLaDOS is not aware of changes in the turret production or quality control systems. The Oracle Turret is proof that the turrets don't play pre-recorded messages or follow specific instructions for what to say, and proof that GLaDOS does not completely control them. Some people suggest that the turrets in the game lack free-will and are just following orders, but we know from the Oracle Turret that this cannot be the case. I like it when these little details have every bit of significance. Someone had to have chosen those lyrics, and I hope they were not unintentional. |
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