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There are no special tools or procedures required. The internal components are all accessed by removal of the transmission pan and filter only. The entire lock up system can be installed by anyone with minimal mechanical skills. This pulls the converter out of lock up to allow the car to easily accelerate back up to speed before the lock up re-engages. We also include a cruise control style brake switch that works perfectly to disconnect the +12 volt power to the lock up module when the brakes are applied. Unlocking the torque converter is achieved by disconnection of the +12 volts, or the transmission downshifts out of 4 th gear. This connection stays active as long as the transmission is in 4 th gear and the circuit is completed. This completed circuit activates a 10 second delay timer that when finished, connects the ground signal to the torque converter lock up solenoid, thus locking the converter clutch in. Once the ground is established, that completes the circuit in the timing module which is receiving a +12 volt signal from the fuse panel. When the transmission has shifted into 4 th gear, the pressure in the valve body closes a pressure switch that then creates a ground input. The solution was a timing based module system that activates the converter only after the transmission has shifted into 4 th gear. It had to be simple to install, and most importantly it had to work without any interface from the driver. We wanted to create a lock up system that would work with any engine combination in any vehicle. Here at Bowler Performance we designed our lock up module with simplicity in mind. ![]() Some aren’t much more than the old toggle switch some are much more advanced and include adjustable parameters to dictate how and when the converter lock up is activated. There are several variations of lock up kits available on the market today. That was all fine and good unless you forgot to turn it on or off. ![]() The old school way was to tap into the case connector and manually turn it on or off via a toggle switch in the dash. This primarily had to do with what type of engine was being used with the transmission, as well as, under what circumstances the lock up needed to be turned on or off for maximum efficiency.Īs these transmissions gained popularity as transplants into hot rods and customs it became necessary to figure out a way to get the lock up to function when the original equipment was no longer being used. Sometimes it was just electrical and sometimes it was electrical and vacuum operated. When GM installed these transmissions in a particular vehicle they had a few different ways to activate the lock up for the converter. Many times it will seem as if the transmission has a 5 th gear or extra over drive when the converter locks up since it will typically reduce engine speed by about 300 RPM. It takes stress off the fluid coupling of the torque converter and it helps decrease the amount of heat being generated at higher cruising speeds. ![]() The GM 700-R4 & 200-4R transmissions utilize a lock up converter to help create a more efficient transmission. The lock up converter was introduced many years ago but due to the extra costs, it never gained popularity until the late 1970’s when the energy crisis demanded a more efficient operation of automatic transmissions. This way it gives you the opportunity to get up, get dressed, meet other people." As you get older, you can fall into the routine of just staying home and not even getting dressed. ![]() “I just like to get out and go somewhere. “I don’t care whether or not I win bingo,” she said. Stratton wants to make sure the construction doesn’t cause she and her friends to miss out on activities. This space gives us the full complement of opportunity to program and provide services for that demographic." The demand for those services, not just for what we call seniors, but active agers continue to grow. “They are an amazing part of our community,” said Logan Wagler, director for the city of Lenexa Parks and Recreation Department. GALLERY: Renderings for updated community and senior center in Lenexa The City of Lenexa says they will consolidate the two buildings, expand the dedicated senior area, its own entrance, update locker rooms, the gym floor and siding, add murals, pickleball and outdoor gathering areas.Ĭity staff says they heard the feedback and are on top of it, adding additional ADA spaces and increased square footage specifically for seniors. “If it’s really going to be increased to 118 people capacity to play bingo, then we need handicap parking.” “The handicap parking, we need handicap parking,” she said. She’s focused on accessibility, safety, audio equipment and kitchen space for meals on wheels. “Space, we need more space,” Stratton said. She talked about her wish list for the new construction. We’ve kind of quit going because it’s so crowded, but we do go to bingo every Tuesday.” “I mean, we went to bingo today, and they had to turn some people away because there’s not enough room,” Stratton said. “Everybody feels comfortable there, everybody knows each other."įrom fiestas, to ice cream socials, potlucks, holiday parties and birthday Wednesdays, Stratton has had good times in Lenexa. The project will now cost a total of $12.1 million project council members cited inflation as the reason for the increase.įor much of the last six years, Bonnie Stratton and her husband have gone to the Lenexa Senior Center in Old Town. On Tuesday, the Lenexa City Council met to increase the budget for the project by about $2.5 million. The city says it plans to build up the senior community and add outdoor space. The current centers near Santa Fe Trail Drive and Pflumm Road were previously slated for updates in 2018, but the pandemic put the project on hold. ![]() The Lenexa City Council is preparing for a facelift in Old Town Lenexa, turning the community and senior centers into a new hub of action. ![]() IB grade boundaries are the minimum marks required to achieve a certain grade on an IB exam. Understanding IB Grade Boundariesīefore we dive into the changes in the IB grade boundaries for 2023, let’s first understand what they are. We have provided IB grade boundary summaries of popular IB subjects in the article below, and we have also attached a pdf of grade boundaries for all IB subjects for M2019 and M2022. In this article, we will explore the IB grade boundaries for M2023 and how they are affected by the pandemic. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the IB exams were disrupted, leading to changes in the grading system and the setting of the IB grade boundaries. The IB exams are taken by students all over the world, and their results are used by universities to evaluate students’ academic abilities. Comments must not beĬalculators are not allowed in IB geography examinations.The International Baccalaureate (IB) is a highly respected educational program for high school students that emphasizes critical thinking, creativity, and global-mindedness. Annotating maps requires students to includeĬomments on the map itself and to place these comments in the relevant locations. Only metric maps will be used for examinations.Įxamination questions frequently refer to “annotated maps”. Students are expected to include well‑drawn, large, relevant maps, sketches, tables and diagrams as oftenĪs applicable. Not require students to have prior knowledge of any specific model. Students can study models to illustrate concepts relevant to particular topics but examination questions will For example, using theĭestruction of Pompeii as an example of volcanic destruction is not recommended. The use of historical case studies could lead to students losing marks. Selected should be recent that is, they should have occurred within the student’s lifetime and should notīe historical. Select, use and apply techniques and skills appropriate to a geographic research questionĬase studies and examples must be used where appropriate to illustrate content.Ī case study is a detailed, located example for discussion or a discursive approach.Produce well‑structured written material, using appropriate terminology.Select, use and apply the prescribed geographic skills in appropriate contexts.Select, use and apply a variety of appropriate skills and techniques At HL only, demonstrate synthesis and evaluation of the HL extension–global interactionsĤ.Evaluate materials using methodology appropriate for geographic fieldwork.Use geographic concepts and examples to formulate and present an argument.Examine and evaluate geographic concepts, theories and perceptions.Demonstrate the extent to which theories and concepts are recognized and understood in particular contexts.Identify and interpret geographic patterns and processes in unfamiliar information, data and cartographic material. ![]()
![]() We need to make sure that this is addressed. But by 2026, the next time this contract is up, it really feels like that technology will be very refined. “In 2023, AI is not replacing us-AI is not being used to write exactly what we’re doing. But by 2010, you started to see those inklings,” says August. “You know, in 2007, streaming wasn’t there yet. For the writers, it’s critical: Their contract is only up for negotiation every three years. The efforts of a union with the relative power of WGA trying to assert control over AI implementation are instructive for everyone. Katya Klinova, head of Al, labor, and the economy at the Partnership on AI, points to Unite Here, which represents hospitality workers, who in 2018 successfully won the right to negotiate how Marriott plans to bring in new technology, like online services, computers, and even robots.ĭigital technologies are inherently isolating: They do not lead people into factories to discuss concerns with their fellow workers. They won, leading to a reduction in job losses and an increase in productivity. In their book, Acemoglu and Johnson cite West Coast longshoremen who demanded to be retrained in new technology. There are examples of times when worker perspectives on new technologies, not just those of management, have been successfully taken into account. And he sees a possibility that the tech could create opportunities for more diverse writers, improving the scripts of someone for whom English is not their first language, for instance.Īutomation and redundancy are not necessarily conjoined, and introducing disruptive technology-like the self-checkout machine-is a choice. ChatGPT is already useful for brainstorming: If you need 15 different names for a Mandarin bagel shop, as August puts it, AI does an alright job. Commentators are unsure, however, whether that increase in productivity will lead to tangible improvements, like an increased standard of living. More positive outcomes include improved productivity, like moving from a typewriter to a word processor. And that feels very obvious if we don’t get this resolved.” “So that’s a fundamental nightmare scenario. “That’s a crisis in our compensation, it’s a crisis in our residuals, and a crisis in our artistic ability to do the things we are put in this industry to do,” says August. (“You cannot protect studio execs from their bad ideas,” he says.)Īnd then there is the most likely bad scenario, the one worth getting out in front of right now: a producer requesting that a writer edit a script (which pays less than producing an original work) and not telling them it was generated by a chatbot. Studios likely won’t employ AI scabs during this strike, not least because having AI tools cross the picket line introduces a host of copyright issues, but it’s not hard to imagine that this could happen at one point. August’s personal dystopia is what he calls the Nora Ephron scenario, where AI learns to mimic cultural titans, eclipsing new human writers. “Whereas if you focus on making machines useful to people-nurses, doctors, teachers, and so on-that will be much more helpful to productivity and therefore, potentially, to pay.”įutures range in awfulness. “We argue that this obsession with machine intelligence is not helpful because it’s all about replacing people,” Johnson explains. Generative AI fits neatly into this historical context. Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity, a book from MIT economists Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson that’s due out next month, chronicles a thousand years of elites-from European nobles in the Middle Ages to modern-day tech CEOs-gaining from technological advancements at the expense of workers. “The machinery, in turn, was used to discipline and pace the operators who attended it, thereby reducing the “labor problem” indirectly via the seeming requirements of the technology of production itself.” “‘Automatic’ or ‘self-acting’ machinery made it possible for management both to eliminate workers altogether and to control more directly the production process,” he wrote. Noble summarized in Forces of Production, his account of the implementation of machine tools in America. It’s an echoing pattern, one the late historian of technology David F. ![]() There’s a long history of management painting automation as something as inevitable as sunrise. ![]() He graduated from Cuba City High School in 1972.īill moved to Rockford, Illinois and earned a BFA degree in Theatre and later an MBA degree from Rockford College. Casey-McNett Funeral Home & Cremation Services of Cuba City is assisting the family.īill was born on November 8, 1954, at Xavier Hospital in Dubuque, Iowa, the son of John and Marcella (Hesseling) McAuliffe. A private family service will be held Friday, October 27, 2023, at Holy Ghost Church, Dickeyville, Wisconsin, with Rev. “Bill” McAuliffe, 68, of Chicago, Illinois, passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 21, 2023, at University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City, Iowa. Donations in Barbara’s memory can be made to Hospice of Dubuque, at /donation The family wishes to thank the staff of Prairie Ridge of Galena, Midwest Senior Care, Galena, and Hospice of Dubuque for the compassionate and comprehensive care Barbara received. Blust, and granddaughter, Barbara Ann Kimball. Ellers step-grandchildren, Donald (Jessica) Steffan, Carolanne Steffan, Kelly (Jason) Brown great-grandchildren, Adelyn, Noah and Eliana Sandlers, Katerina and Sophia Melnikov, Austin Kimball, and Ronnie and Calvin Brown.īarbara was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years, Ralph L. Blust, Jacqueline (David) Ellers grandchildren, Sarah (David) Sandlers, Rachel (Toly) Melnikov, Ruth Kimball (John Hutzler), Alexandra Blust, Naomi Kimball, Joshua Kimball, Rebecca (Josh) Anderson, David M. She is survived by her brother, James (Patty) Bletsch, children, Susan (Donald) Steffan, Ralph J. Barbara enjoyed baking, sewing, and quilting. Barbara was a devoted wife and mother, holding positions in many school and church organizations. These positions included ER nurse, floor nurse, charge nurse, Assistant Director of Nursing, Director of Nursing, and Patient Care Plan Coordinator. She held nursing positions in numerous healthcare facilities throughout Northern Illinois. Luke’s School of Nursing in Chicago and continues her education through lifelong in-services and ongoing accreditation programs. A celebration of life will be held at Noon, on Sunday, November 5, 2023, at the Furlong Funeral Chapel, Galena where friends may gather after 11 AM until the time of the celebration.īorn in Chicago, the oldest child to John and Henrietta Bletsch, Barbara spent her life in and around the city of Chicago, where she met her high school sweetheart, Ralph L. 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American Nut Company is a premium nut store in Columbus, Ohio with vegan and gluten free options that support Elephant Sanctuaries. ![]() You can verify that you now have two remotes, “origin” and “upstream” using the following: $ git remote -v We usually call this remote “upstream” and can add it using: $ git remote add upstream So we want to add another remote pointing to the original repository so that we can periodically git pull any changes that have occurred in that repository such that we are working on the must up-to-date version of the code. While we are making changes, others might also be making changes and the original repository might be getting updated during the time you are adding a feature. However, the goal here is to contribute to the original repository and we want to keep up to date with the original. This means that when you do git add/ git commit/ git push you can push your local changes to the forked repository. When you cloned the forked repository onto your local computer, git automatically added a remote repository named “origin” pointing to the forked repository on GitHub. Then, at the command line, clone the repository, for example: $ git clone Navigate to your forked repository on GitHub, click the “Clone or download” button and copy the url. This is as simple as using git clone on the forked repository. Clone the repository locallyīefore you can make changes to the repository you’ll first want to make a local copy on your computer. To fork a repository, find it on GitHub and then click the Fork button. ![]() A “fork” is just an independent copy of a repository that you can develop on without affecting the original. The first step is to fork the GitHub repository you want to work on.
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In one of the options, we took a well-known “yelling guy” icon concept that was popular amongst the competitors such as Clash of Clans, Game of War, and other similar games. Two of them show 2D and 3D versions of the battle tower from the game. We also had several ready-made icons with different concepts. We launched the test for all countries that were available at the soft launch. For example, if the conversion increased by 28%. We only took icons that showed an unambiguous result if Google gave the green zone. The icons were tested on the Android platform using Google internal experiments and were evaluated on the same basis. First, we launched the game in Canada, Australia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. launching the app in a limited number of countries, where the user behavior is similar to the target markets. Developers always start with a soft launch i.e. ![]() In order to choose the most effective icon that will help increase the conversion rate to install, we decided to conduct A/B testing. A/B testing of the app icons during the soft launch The goal of the game is to defend the castle from waves of enemies using a battle tower. Towerlands is between a casual and mid-core game type. This flagship appeared on the App Store and Google Play in 2020 and is often featured in various countries. ![]() ![]() Towerlands is a game about castle defense. Our team has been developing games for 9 years and more than 10 million users have already played our games. I manage the process of User Acquisition and ASO. My name is Konstantin Shabanov and I am Head of Marketing of the Black Bears team. I’ll share my insights and show you which icon options worked best and worst for Towerlands. In this article, I will tell you how to conduct A/B tests of the gaming app icon. |
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