JAPAN: Toyota to halve costs on component production
Toyota plans to cut capital spending on parts production by half within four years by standardising component designs.
Executive vice president Shinichi Sasaki said that Toyota is beginning to design parts using a new method under the company’s New Global Architecture programme.
Body designs and interiors will reflect local market characteristics, but the design of components not visible will be standardised. Toyota aims to commonise around half of a vehicle's 4,000 to 5,000 components.
Sasaki said that standardised component designs will help streamline processing facilities, allowing the company to rein in capital spending and fixed operating expenses. Increased order volumes of standardised components will also spur cost-cutting by autoparts makers and in turn bring down expenses to purchase components.
Toyota has been undertaking a project that pares back parts costs by overhauling manufacturing processes and materials. Sasaki added that this new effort, which is spread across vehicle models, will speed cost savings.
"The benefits of this reform will begin to show up in one year and be full-blown in four," he said.


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Vintage 1980?s British H.G. Long Sheffield Made Limited Edition
Teddy Roosevelt Commemorative Bowie Horse Head Knife with Box
Cross guard is a little loose
This knife is pre-owned but has never been used,
does have some light wear from storage.
Size: 12 3/4" total length, the blade is 7 7/8"


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Well, my latest book club read has been quite a doozie, or should I say Tookie, in honor of the main character of this talked about novel. Unfortunately the general consensus was lackluster from our group, below I share why.
In many ways it was a great read- there was crime and intrigue, love in many forms, historical elements, especially narratives around the American indigenous peoples, and some good old fashioned witchcraft and ghosts. However, and I think many readers can relate to this, when the ending is off, the story is off.
The feeling with Louise Eldrich’s work is that maybe new forces came into play as she was near the finish line. In particular, there is the pandemic storyline and the black lives matter movement that seem crammed into the ending. It is like Ms. Eldrich thought her story was going to finish one way, then these two social upheavals occurred in realtime and she felt obligated to thread them in.
Was it a move to be relevant?
Was it her ethical and political mindset?
Or was it both?
I suspect the second. It is a noble intention, however it took away from the sublime story that it really is. Without too many spoilers, I will just share that Tookie is a robust character. She is tough, fiercely loyal, and lives in a consistent purgatory. Sometimes I think she is torn by her sexuality and her indigenous roots, and I believe she has some regrets. Tookie starts out very non-perpetually beta: brash, hardheaded, and selfish. However her evolution helps her, she is humbled by experience, and proves to be a woman who picks her own self up from the many fires that come her way in the plot. Very ß.
Tookie’s character, within the plots and subplots of a haunting, indigenous mixed histories, prison time, a marriage, unique friendships, and her bookstore job is more than enough for a story of my ideal design. Where you have a lot to chew on and question, but can find small aspects to relate to. And to Eldrich’s credit, she also wrote some scenes and experiences in the book that left my jaw dropped, and were unlike anything I had read before.
Regarding the title, The Sentence is from what I have researched, a polysemy: A word with multiple meanings. Which in this book is true, the sentence has many applications to Tookie’s live. My favorite application however, was when Tookie (and other characters) share their favorite sentences in the English language.
Tookie, an avid reader and wordsmith, shares a beautiful passage which is a favorite of the ghost who haunts her. I will leave you with this readers:
A little tap on the window-pane, as though something had struck it, followed by a plentiful light falling sound, as grains of sand being sprinkled from a window overhead, gradually spreading, intensifying, acquiring a regular rhythm, becoming fluid, sonorous, musical, immeasurable, universal: it was the rain.
Marcel Proust, Swann’s Way
So readers, tell me below, what is your favorite Sentence?

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Divorces for the week of Dec. 7, 2011
Published 11:12 am Tuesday, December 6, 2011
The following couples were granted divorces in Shelby County from Nov. 19-28:
-Constance Leigh Russell of Birmingham and Brian Cecil Russell of Birmingham.
-Melissa Ann Touchstone of Alabaster and Semi Yilmaz of Hoover.
-Michael Shane Oglesby of Maylene and Stacey Lynn Oglesby of Maylene.
-Maria Brown Binns of Maylene and Alvin Binns of Alabaster.
-Cameron Brooks of Shelby and Misty Brooks of Shelby.
-Fidencia Arlene Solis of Alabaster and David Gustavo Solis of Laredo, Texas.
-Jenni Hambrick of Birmingham and Brett Hambrick of Birmingham.
-Brittania Marie Valone of Calera and Stephen Jay Ellis of Birmingham.
-Carla Tyler Grodsky of Alabaster and David Cary Grodsky of Birmingham.

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WinZO announced the launch of its app in Brazil. This move will help the platform’s 100+ partner game developers export games such as Carrom, Chess, Car Race etc, and gain free access to Brazil, the fourth-largest mobile gaming market with over 90 million users. This expansion initiative is a testament to WinZO's commitment to creating and enabling world-class gaming technologies that are 'Made in Bharat’ and exported to the global markets.
The initiative makes WinZO the first major gaming platform from India to enable the export of technologies and IP by over 100 Indian game developers. The partner game developers will get access to the new market and users without any cost of technology, marketing, and distribution. WinZO intends to invest $25 million to expand and build the Brazil gaming market which will allow further growth opportunities for export of computing, technology, and consumer tech from India.
Commenting on this milestone, Paavan Nanda, Co-founder of WinZO, stated, "It’s imperative to acknowledge that the realm of the online gaming industry extends far beyond entertainment; it plays a pivotal role in shaping the trajectory of emerging technologies. WinZO is committed to developing a Made in Bharat consumer tech product that resonates with and caters to the interactive entertainment needs of young users worldwide. We have built a tech stack that caters to over 150 million young users from Bharat today and can be scaled across the world.”
Brazil, the largest economy in Latin America, has witnessed a significant surge in the popularity of mobile gaming with about 4.6 billion mobile game downloads in 2022. India and Brazil, both members of BRICS, have a shared objective of enhancing cooperation and trade among member countries and WinZO’s expansion into Brazil aims to build upon this collaboration by extending it to the realm of technology. This expansion will contribute to the development of peripheral sectors such as payments, the gig. economy, and the creator economy of Brazil while also creating significant employment opportunities.
The expansion comes at a pivotal moment in India’s Gaming ecosystem as companies explore ways to steer through challenges posed by a 400% hike in the GST, which threatens the survival of most content/ IP creators in their nascent stages which have the potential to catapult India into a leadership position within the global gaming arena and replace behemoths like Google and Facebook that originated in the West.
It is noteworthy that taxation rates globally, including countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Germany, are applied to the commissions for casual games of Skill that are treated differently from Fantasy Sports. They levy tax rates of 6.75%, 21%, and 19%, respectively, on commission fees. Brazil levies indirect taxes such as 2-5% as municipal tax, applicable to the commission earned by the company. The right taxation policies will help India’s gaming industry expand its footprint in the global gaming ecosystem by investing cash flow in technology and innovation. In 2020, MEITY announced the establishment of a dedicated gaming center to encourage game development in India. WinZO will continue to work closely with policymakers in India to make a strong case for an globally competitive and conducive environment for the Gaming Sector to help India become a global technology and innovation leader
This month, WinZO will also launch and represent the first-ever India Pavilion at the Brazil Game Show, the largest gaming show in Latin America. This will enable the representation of game developers from India to the global gaming ecosystem and showcase their games to a global audience. The company plans to further expand its collaborations with game developers, to export their games to the remotest corners of the world.


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In-line Manufacturing of Load Adapted Multi-Ply-Laminates
CETEX Institute, Chemnitz, Germany
L. Kroll, S. Nendel, M. Mueller
Department of Lightweight Structures and Polymer Technology (SLK),
Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany
In many parts of the automotive industry and in the fields of mechanical engineering an increasing demand for affordable lightweight structures with high mechanical properties and manufacturing processes meeting demands of mass production capabilities is obvious. Through the use of new methods, the continuous fibres in thermoplastic fibre composites are placed via in-line processes and are simultaneously adjusted to the load direction resulting in high-performance devices of the next new generation of composite parts. The reinforcing fibres within the Ce-Preg®-process are totally stretched, whereby the highest potential of weight reduction can be used in fibre-reinforced structures. With appropriate processing technologies, the unidirectional 'Ce-Preg®- tapes' are utilised in load-optimised structures. The tapes are tailored for each individual application with
different reinforcing fibres, such as carbon, glass or basalt, with different fibre volume contents, in combination with the matrix materials polypropylene or polyamide high-performance thermoplastic materials meet the demands of the clients.
ITHEC 2012 Manuscript D6
Publication date: 07/04/2015
Manuscript D6 published in Conference Proceedings ITHEC 2012
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So, now that we know for sure that Arrested Development will be back for one more season, the major players behind it are now talking. MovieWeb got the show's narrator (and executive producer) Ron Howard to extrapolate on the plan for both a mini-series and a movie. Yes, you heard right... a movie! "There is a lot of work to be done," Howard says via phone. "There are a lot of business issues to be resolved before it can really happen. But, clearly, fans want it. The creator the show wants it. The cast wants it. I would be shocked if we didn't get to do everything, creatively, with it that we want to do with it."
And one of those creative things the cast want to do is pull a Larry David and reunite the Happy Days cast on the big screen. The Fonz, Henry Winkler, is already a character on Arrested Development, but we imagine the writers will just rework Arthur Fonzarelli's story to fit his current role as Barry Zuckerkorn. Think about it, everyone on that show is a criminal one way or the other, anyways, right?! Couple the exciting update with news that Tobias Fünke (played by David Cross) gets his own Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream flavor, based on the series called "I Just Blue Myself," and we may need hone our "cat-like reflexes."
Arrested Development: The Movie may not be in theaters anytime soon, but "I Just Blue Myself" will be in your local supermarket very soon.


Jorelys Rivera was buried in a white dress and white flowers adorning her hair. Her casket was filled with some of her favorite toys.
A memorial service was held for Jorelys this past weekend in Georgia, where she lived, but her body was flown to Puerto Rico and she was laid to rest in her hometown.
Joselinne Rivera tells The Associated Press she appreciates her community's support following the death of her daughter.
She spoke Tuesday just before a procession to the burial plot in the town of Penuelas, where Jorelys was born.
Jorelys was abducted Dec. 2 after leaving the playground near her home in Canton, Georgia. Jorelyn had returned to her apartment to get sodas for her friends when she disappeared.
Her body was found days later. Police say she had been sexually assaulted, stabbed and beaten to death.
A 20-year-old apartment complex maintenance worker, Ryan Brunn, is being held without bond on a murder charge. The girl’s mother has called for the death penalty, calling Brunn “an animal” who “killed my little angel.” Brunn lived in the apartment complex where the family lived.
A gathering for Jorelyn last Saturday drew hundreds to the First Baptist Church in Georgia, where doves were released at the end of the service. It was followed by a private ceremony at a local funeral home.
Based on reporting by The Associated Press.


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Many appreciate that damaging your car is an emotional and stressful experience, which is returned to the dealer and its condition is inspected for extra charges. For one thing, an automotive center that offers full-service car repair and maintenance will have cutting edge diagnostic services that for each mile over the agreed upon mileage stated in the contract. In an ideal world your provider won’t make wild claims, qualified automotive mechanics holding certifications from the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence ASE . This eliminates any depreciation of your vehicle resultant from having a non-standard time then they will come back and take care of the problem for free. Lessees need to make sure this fee is stated clearly in with to organize a traverse to drop off and pick up your car and the waste in time and money is much less. Aside from being in the right location, what other Sheng failure of Qi Ju Neng to repair shop for maintenance, and technical maintenance personnel can use the vehicle self-diagnostic function to find the fault code for the failure to accurately repair the problem fast.


More Americans Feeling Serious Financial Distress
The average American household is slipping deeper into financial distress, according to the latest Consumer Distress Index report by CredAbility, a credit counseling agency.
According to the report, the average U.S. consumer has been in financial distress for nine consecutive quarters. For the quarter ended September 30, 2010, American households scored a 64.4 on the distress index, down from 65.2 in the second quarter of 2010. A score below 70 indicates financial distress.
The average consumer in all but six states scored above 70 on the index's 100-point scale, and 41 states saw their index scores drop in the third quarter, indicating that the level of financial distress in those states is increasing. The index is calculated using statistics covering employment, housing, credit, household budgets and net worth.
"To see the index drop in 41 of 50 states tells you just how fragile this recovery is, especially since 70% of our economy is dependent upon consumer spending and consumer health," said Mark Cole, CredAbility's chief operating officer who manages the index.
Some Improvements, but Unemployment Still Holds Sway
Cole said the drop in the index scores is particularly disappointing because there had been signs that things were getting better for consumers in the first half of the year. He said there is evidence that consumers are continuing to clean up their balance sheets, mortgage delinquencies are stabilizing and credit scores are improving. Consumers have also begun spending again using cash, not credit.
"Unfortunately, the vast majority of Americans remain in financial distress," Cole said. "Unemployment and housing remain stubbornly weak and until this improves, the American consumer will likely continue to experience financial anguish."
Michigan (58.11) was the state with the lowest score and thus the highest financial distress, followed by Mississippi (58.76) South Carolina (60.10), Alabama (60.23) and Indiana (60.68). High unemployment and housing-related problems like delinquent mortgage and rental payments hurt their overall scores. The six states with scores above the financial distress level were North Dakota (79.45), South Dakota (76.19), Nebraska (74.87), New Hampshire (72.77), Wyoming (72.54) and Vermont (70.88).
Cole said that although it appears consumers slipped a bit in the third quarter, there is hope that the positive movement from the first half of the year will return soon.
"Consumers are acting in more responsible ways and that's going to bode well for us over the long term," he said. "If we can find solutions that can get people back to work and sort our way out of this mortgage mess, then the behaviors that consumers are exhibiting now will bode well for a long-term sustainable recovery."


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The premise of his argument is rather straightforward:
- There's substantial overlap between UTI and asymptomatic bacteruria, leading to overdiagnosis.
- Even when the diagnosis is correctly made, prompt treatment does not prevent complications.
This will be published in an upcoming issue of Annals of Emergency Medicine.
"Pediatric Urinary Tract Infection: Does the Evidence Support Aggressively Pursuing the Diagnosis?"


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A started by noting how the party is entering a unique period as none of its activists have ever experienced a crisis of this scale and depth. It is a situation pregnant with dangers and opportunities, and one that will see quite dramatic shifts in consciousness. By way of a small example A cited a journalists' meeting at the Financial Times, called in response to management's leaked plan to lay off 18 staff. Tony Benn spoke and concluded his contribution by observing that "capitalism isn't working". This was reportedly met with "thunderous applause". If staff at the bourgeoisie's house journal are hailing the arguments of a well known socialist, then capitalism's got some serious legitimacy issues.
The scope of the crisis mean it cannot be escaped. Even China and India, the capitalist success stories of the last decade, are facing difficulties as their overseas export markets shrink. Already Eastern Europe and the Balkans have witnessed serious unrest, France has been convulsed by strikes, Britain(!) has had the first successful wildcat action since anyone can remember, and even nominally stable states such as Iceland have brought their government down (joke - what's the difference between Iceland and Ireland? One letter and six months ...)
The effect the crisis has had on politics has been profound. This is especially true in Britain where a seemingly sclerotic government lurched from crisis to crisis seemingly began exuding dynamism and the appearance of competence. The speed with which neoliberalism was discarded was almost indecent. But the government had no choice - either massive injections of cash were pumped into the banking system or the whole financial edifice would come crashing down, which would not only have devastated the British economy, but also have torn a massive hole in the fabric of global capital. Brown and Darling may not have saved the world, but their actions did head off an even greater catastrophe. The problem is the crisis has been temporarily stabilised, but the price paid is financial stagnation. We are told time after time that recovery depends on getting things moving - and the measures so far introduced such as the two per cent off VAT, the availability of government loans to banks, the reduction of interest rates to a single percentage point have all done very little. While it is true lending capacity has dramatically shrunk as foreign banks have withdrawn from the UK market, it is also the case the British economy is caught between the horns of overproduction and underconsumption.
All this adds up to possibly the greatest crisis British capital has ever faced, and the government are now effectively paralysed. When the IMF forecast a devastating 2.8 per cent GDP contraction for Britain this year, all Brown could do was mutter how Japan and Italy would have it much worse in 2010!
The impact on the working class is uneven. As the party and this blog has predicted previously, the crisis has had a stunning effect on sections of the class, perhaps best illustrated by how the collapse of Woolworths and the scale of job losses on the high street has not provoked generalised resistance. And with jobs disappearing at the rate of 1,600 a day, struggles are more likely to be of a defensive character. Take the public sector, for example. Throughout the neoliberal years this has been the bastion of British trade union organisation. It has taken action over government attacks on pensions, job cuts, wages, and so on. With the public sector now targeted for £5bn worth of cuts and some local authorities plan to completely privatise their services, the focus of action will increasingly switch to preserving jobs rather than agitation over wages. But because of union slovenliness in the previous period, particularly on the part of those still formally affiliated to Labour, there is some movement among trade unionists leaving one union and taking up membership in another. On the one hand, it's a positive sign that workers are looking for an organisation prepared to stand and fight, but on the other it could serve to divide union strength in the workplaces. The SP while understanding these sentiments will nevertheless pursue strategies aimed at reclaiming unions and discourage jumping ship.
Staying with the public sector, the massive failure of the market and the part-nationalisation of the banks has put the N-word back on the political agenda. This offers a foot in the door for socialists to make our arguments, but we must carefully differentiate between the state capitalist nationalisations carried through by Brown and co, and those pushed by re-animated Keynesians. Our idea of nationalisation put democracy and the interests of our class at its core and are of a different order entirely of anything the government would consider.
The existence of a new workers' party would have a tremendous positive impact on the consciousness of working class people. But founding a new party between now and the next general election is an increasingly unlikely prospect. Nevertheless the SP will continue pushing the CNWP as well as building its own ranks. Where the Labour party are concerned, the 'Brown bounce' is well and truly over and the polling gap has re-opened between it and the Tories. Its not beyond the realm of possibility that Brown might face his own Iceland-style scenario, but should things proceed normally as per the electoral cycle, people are so fed up that it is increasingly likely Cameron will be forming the next government. From the SP's point of view, it would be better if Labour stayed in power, not least because opposition could allow it to rediscover social democratic values and the aspirations of its core vote. Such a repositioning could see it act as a counterweight to emerging radicalism by sucking in new layers of working class militants and dissipating their energies down harmless institutional channels.
For the SP, recruitment for the last quarter and the year to date is well up on the same period 12 months ago. The level of subs - the regular financial contribution every member makes to the party - is now its highest for 12 years, indicating the difficult period of decline is behind us. But we should not overplay what lies ahead, we're not facing a revolutionary situation or capitalism's Waterloo. That scenario will only come to pass when the workers' movement is strong enough to put the continued existence of capitalism into question. But what we do have is a generalised crisis where the party's organisation and influence could grow significantly. This means paying attention not just to recruitment but also the integration and development of new members. The cultivation and encouragement of new cadres is essential if the SP is to make the most of the new situation.
The main problem facing a small revolutionary organisation is knowing what work to prioritise. As more workers enter into disputes, as the government claws back public services, as national scandals and political crises erupt, the danger consists of spreading ourselves too thinly and getting swamped by the pace and scale of events. For this reason the party is prioritising the Youth Fight For Jobs campaign and march - its demands will act as a strategic anchor and focus enabling us to intervene effectively across workplaces, universities, colleges and schools.
In the discussion, R raised his concerns about the government's intent to implement its workfare programme, which could undercut the pay and working conditions of existing workforces. F said he'd looked into it further for his union branch and found that of the 10 contracts in the process of being finalised, only two are for public sector projects. In other words business will be receiving an indentured labour force it doesn't pay for. For P, as well as being utterly disgraceful, immoral and exploitative in and of itself, he argued this could be a very bad move on the government's part. Unemployment typically atomises workers, but forcing people to work for their dole will throw them together, making collective action not only possible but extremely likely. This is nothing to say of the workers whose jobs will be threatened by this unfree labour - it is a combustible recipe for more Lindsey-style disputes. For F, the consciousness of the 'boom' years with its general antipathy toward the unemployed will melt away as ever more are sucked onto the dole.
Remembering his Militant days under Thatcher, R suggested that an electoral victory for the Tories could catalyse opposition. A thought this might not be the case seeing as Cameron will want to play his soft Conservatism hand. But P replied that whether the Tories play good cop or bad cop, the trade union leaders without a government to embarrass any more might be more likely to fight. But J, going from his experiences on the stalls, believed there was little enthusiasm out there for any of the mainstream parties.
The discussion then moved on to local strategy and how the YFFJ campaign can tie all our work together. I'm sure readers will understand why that won't be receiving a public airing on here. We then elected our new branch committee and delegates to the WestMids regional committee - it was heartening to see new comrades taking up organising roles.
Overall I think comrades came away with a clear understanding of the challenging year the branch has ahead of it. But also of the political rewards that are within reach.

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So, I told you all what seems like ages ago that I was going to make my daughter a dress. I finally managed to get it finished just before i got the flu and then my DD got sick and we had some bad weather so I didn't get pics until the week of Spring Break(last week). I'm happy to report the dress turned out beautifully...and that's not just my opinion,lol, I was told by several people if I had more they would buy them so, I'm thinking about starting another venture. So it makes me a little nervous to show you all here, but here goes...
DD likes to call this her princess dress and she loves it!! Thank goodness! I actually used two different patterns one for a peasant dress found here and the other was for a skirt wrap found here both from a wonderful store called Create Kids Couture. The patterns are downloaded and you print out the pieces you need and the instructions are clear and to the point and filled with pictures, so easy. I got most of the dress done in one day and the skirt I made for DD at christmas took me three and that was mostly because I couldn't understand the instructions.
Ok, so I let DD have some fun in her dress too, here's a couple more pics...
She quite enjoys twirling in this dress and I actually made a whole photo strip of it, but it wouldn't fit on here...at least in any size you could see very well, so I opted for just these two. Be on the lookout for more pretty dresses to come and hopefully I'll be able to sell some in my ETSY shop. It's empty now, cause they seemed to have changed things since I last posted anything and I can't seemed to get my pics sized right so they won't upload...if I make them any smaller they are going to disappear, so I don't know what I'm doing wrong, but it's sucking! Hope you all are well!
Thanks for stopping by and taking a look today. I should have some more paper crafts up soon!
Have a wonderful day!

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Concerned about a chinch bug infestation in your South Florida lawn? You should be–these nuisance pests can cause significant damage to an otherwise healthy lawn. If you suspect you’re dealing with a chinch bug infestation in your lawn, here’s everything you need to know, including the signs and symptoms of a chinch bug problem, and whether you can expect your grass to grow back after an infestation.
Chinch Bugs Can Do Serious Damage to Lawns
While browning, wilting grass can be caused by drought conditions, a chinch bug infestation can cause the same type of stress to your turf. At around 1/5-inch long, the tiny chinch bug pierces grass blades to ingest the nutritious fluids within.
Unfortunately, chinch bug saliva enters the grass and prevents moisture from moving throughout the blades’ internal vessels. As chinch bugs feast on your lawn, they do serious damage to the turf—and grass can only grow back if the infestation isn’t severe.
The Consequences of a Light Chinch Bug Infestation
The best way to deal with a chinch bug infestation is to catch it early. Light infestations are characterized by less than 15 chinch bugs in a 1-square-foot area. Even a small infestation can cause visible damage, and you’ll likely notice dead patches of lawn that look like brown puddles in your green turf.
After you work with Service Choice of Ft. Lauderdale to remove a light infestation, our lawn care technicians can typically restore damaged areas of turf. It may take several weeks to notice recovery as the chinch bugs’ toxic saliva works its way through the damaged grass.
Heavy Chinch Bug Infestations Cause Significant Damage
If you notice 20 to 25 chinch bugs in a 1-square-foot area, you’re dealing with a heavy chinch bug infestation in your lawn. Often, heavy infestations cause widespread yellowing or browning to the turf as it slowly dies. The turf usually can’t recover from this damage because the grass blades can’t produce energy as it’s dying. Without photosynthesis as a catalyst, no new growth is possible at both the root and blade level.
Service Choice of Ft. Lauderdale can treat a heavy chinch bug infestation and provide solutions to create a lush lawn once again. From re-seeding to sodding, we’ll restore your lawn in the best way possible for your situation.
Prevent Long-Term Damage to Your Lawn by Dealing With a Chinch Bug Infestation Right Away
If you notice areas of your lawn that look thin or discolored, it’s important to have a pest control professional inspect your lawn for chinch bugs. Early detection and treatment are key to protecting your lawn from serious damage.
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December 16th, 2010
Yesterday I went to the theater; I saw a play called “Love, pain and what do I wear” (based on the book of Ilene Beckerman) and I just loved it! Five actresses performed a set of monologues about women of different ages and backgrounds, stories always related with what they wore on each situation. I loved it, because the play made me realize how important is the role of our clothes in our life. Our clothes have been with us in many adventures, accomplishments and even romances.
It is interesting that we start to define our personal style since we are child. In my case, I had to fight a little to be able to wear what I wanted. My mum, as any mother of that time, loved to buy exactly the same clothes for my sister and me, she loved to see us as twins. Any one that knows me will understand how difficult was that, since we have very different personalities. So, imagine the nightmare every time that we went shopping! So, when I was 7, we went shopping and I finally I stopped accepting matching clothes and I started to choose my own style. As you can imagine, my mum was kind of devastated because all of a sudden her children were not matching dresses any more.
Later on, my mum finally accepted that we were different and she let us choose our clothes for everything, including special events. We, my sister and I, were invited to a first communion and my mum let us choose what to wear. My sister, as she always does, chose the more feminine dress, everything was matching, lot of flowers, perfect hair, perfect shoes, all was perfect.
Me … well since my plan was to have fun with my friends, I chose my favorite outfit: 70’s green trousers with squares and circles, and a green t-shirt with a little chicken in the front. I was feeling so perfect that I went down the stairs and I got shocked when my mum started to jell at me. The worst thing in my look was that my t-shirt had a big hole in the shoulder, which of course, I didn’t even notice … it was my favorite shirt! So, my mum sent me back to my room to “fix the disaster”, and I did so … I came down to the living room with a safety pin on my shoulder, the disaster was fixed! …
God! It is not necessary to tell you how my mum reacted; I end up wearing a beautiful and feminine dress … just like my sister…
I told you this story, because I am sure you also have a lot of memories attached to your clothes, clothes that made you feel special, sad or happy. For example, your first communion dress, your prom dress, your wedding dress, your first miniskirt, your favorites high hills, your favorite shoes … any way if our clothes could talk, how many stories will they tell?
The year is ending and I believe it’s a great moment to make a balance of everything that you have done during 2010. Try to think in all the good moments that you spend and try to remember what did you wear for it? Was that a dress that made your feel special?
Do you have any story based in a special dress that changes your life? If you don’t have any story, is a great time to create one! As I always tell you, have fun choosing your clothes, create magic looks and enjoy remembering good moments with the clothes in your closet!

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Salman Rushdie, and an American lured into a tryst at a Las Vegas hotel room, have already fallen victim.
According to Islamic State, even Shiites are controlled by the Jewish conspiracy.
A situation that could encourage unending war.
For too long, Washington has underestimated its leverage.
Meanwhile, a Shiite cleric who fought the U.S. is about to send his followers into the streets.
A lesson for the illiberal left and the illiberal right.
To the caliphate, murdering Shiites takes precedence.
A Shiite twist on the war against the Jews.
Could it seek to create a new Iraq or Syria?
Cultivating terror networks and threatening U.S. forces.
While the regime flouts the recommendations of its own health ministry.
Nor is Tehran in a position to go to war with Israel.
It can be dangerous to set your neighbor’s house on fire.

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You are now on the world’s biggest island. An island that is almost six times bigger than Japan and covered with approx. 85 per cent ice. This corresponds to the size of 38 million Tokyo Domes or three times the size of France. Due to these enormous amounts of ice, Greenland counts for more than seven per cent of all fresh water on earth.
Geographically, Greenland belongs to the North American continent, but geopolitically the country has historical ties to Scandinavia. Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark, however with extensive autonomy with a Home Rule Act granted in 1979 and recently a Self-Governance Act in 2009. For more information on the Government of Greenland please visit: www.naalakkersuisut.gl.
With a population of app. 57.000 Greenland is one of the most thinly populated areas of the world. This means that for every km2 in Greenland, there is a population density of 0.03 persons. In Japan the population density is 337.2 persons per km2. The capital Nuuk has app. 16.000 inhabitants and is one of the smallest capitals in the world. Greenland is known for its extensive and beautiful nature and its fascinating wild life, which attract many tourists every year. The enormous regional differences foster adventures for small and big, young and old. East Greenland is famous for dramatic mountains and glaciers. South Greenland has milder temperatures and greener landscapes, while North Greenland offers enormous icebergs and the opportunity to dogsled in the cold, captivating landscape. For more information on tourism please visit: www.greenland.com.


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Gracefully linking one posture to the next, Christine's Power Vinyasa is an energetic flow of moving meditation and a graceful dance between ease and effort. This is an all-levels practice for yogis of varying abilities. Props, such as blocks and straps, are incorporated into the practice.
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Photos: Deepika Padukone seeks the blessings of Lord Ganesha in Lalbaugcha Raja
A week ago Deepika Padukone returned with her actor-husband Ranveer singh from London after completing the filming schedule of '83' by Kabir Khan in the British capital. The duo was photographed at the airport and all smiles for the paparazzi .
And today, the diva was seen in Lalbaugcha Raja Ganesh Pandal in Mumbai. The actress took the darshan of the elephant god and sought the blessings of Bappa. For the occasion, the actress wore a golden sari with heavy embroidery on the border. He completed his look with large earrings and hair tied in a bun.
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Meanwhile, at the front of the job, Deepika will be seen next Meghna Gulzar 's' Chhapaak', a film based on a survivor of an acid attack Laxmi Agarwal. The actress will also star in Kabir Khan's sports drama. She will be rehearsing the role of Kapil Dev Romi Dev's wife in the movie.

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Try being there for readers regularly. Treat the time you spend on your blog like you would an appointment you’ve made with friends. Once you connect to your blog’s followers, they expect your presence to be consistent. If you want to give up on blogging, keep in mind that you’re not the only one who will be disappointed.
Blog on a regular basis. One way that many new bloggers fail is that they start a new blog and only update it once every two weeks or less. Readers’ interest may be piqued at first, but they will become annoyed if they have to wait for new posts all the time. Generally speaking, aim for at least one new blog every week. Send your readers an email to let them know about your new content,
It is extremely important that you are authentic. Don’t appear like something who thinks they know everything. You want to show that you are being open and honest, as well as being transparent. Keep this in mind all the time. Your blog is a revelation of who you really are. Don’t try to reach a state of perfection; simply get better at what you do daily. Everyone makes mistakes! You are unique and no one is like you.
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You want to make sure your blog stays healthy. This means that it is important to perform regular maintenance and change small features on your blog every now and then. This can help keep your readers interested, and in addition, will ensure that your visitors will not encounter any problems on your blog.
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To celebrate their anniversary every year, Cary and Kerri Bozeman host a garden-deck party for friends. Their Manette home offers the perfect setting for an August summer party, with Sinclair Inlet providing a stunning backdrop.
Eight years ago, the party started. Today, it’s a mix of friends, neighbors and new faces, with about 60 people in attendance.
Central Market provided all of the barbecue dishes: St. Louis pork ribs, Tex-Mex beans, potato salad, smoked hindquarter chicken, Georgian cornbread, plus an Asian appetizer platter, jumbo prawns, as well as crunchy kale and orzo salads from the deli.
Kerri cooked 15 pounds of fresh sockeye salmon that she also bought from Central Market.
The desserts were prepared by chef Patricia Horton, the baker at Butcher & Baker provisions (www.butcherandbakerprovisions.com), and included: chocolate decadence cake, carrot cake four layers and weighed about 10 pounds, lemon tarte with fresh bluberrries, coconut crème tarte.
“We look forward to this every year,” Cary says. Kerri notes, “We also have four wonderful helpers, many of whom have been at our party for years.”

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|Publication number||US7180503 B2|
|Application number||US 10/006,171|
|Publication date||Feb 20, 2007|
|Filing date||Dec 4, 2001|
|Priority date||Dec 4, 2001|
|Also published as||US20030103039|
|Publication number||006171, 10006171, US 7180503 B2, US 7180503B2, US-B2-7180503, US7180503 B2, US7180503B2|
|Inventors||Jeremy Burr, Rajgopal Ramamoorthy|
|Original Assignee||Intel Corporation|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (12), Referenced by (85), Classifications (19), Legal Events (3)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
This disclosure relates to inductively providing a power source to peripheral devices, and, more particularly, to a system for inductively providing power to peripheral devices during the normal use of the peripheral device.
Devices peripheral to personal computers are used for a variety of input or output purposes. Computer input devices include keyboards, mice, drawing tablets, cameras, etc., while computer output devices include speakers, printers, monitors, etc. Almost without exception, peripheral devices require a power source for proper operation. Oftentimes the power source comes from a standard cable coupling the peripheral device to the computer, such as connection cables for using Universal Serial Bus (USB, developed by the USB Implementers Forum, Inc.), PS/2 (International Business Machine's Personal System 2), RS232 (now renamed to EIA232 of the Electronic Industries Association), FireWire (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.'s 1394–1995 standard), etc. These cables typically provide a 5-volt dc voltage at a given current capacity to drive the device. Computer mice, for example, are typically powered at ˜500 mA, to power the various internal circuits within them that track their movement and communicate the status of their mechanical buttons to their host computer.
Because a mouse cord can be cumbersome and unwieldy, there is a consumer demand for cordless mice. Thus, a new generation of mice have been developed that communicate their signals to their host computer via “wireless” signals, such as infrared (IR), radio frequency (RF), or ultrasonic signals. These wireless mice generally contain their own power source, because including a cord only to supply power to the mouse defeats the purpose of making the signal communication wireless.
The typical solution to self-powering a mouse is to include batteries within the mouse itself. Normally, high-energy batteries such as alkaline batteries are used so that they can provide power for a relatively long time between battery changes. In order to reduce overall power consumption, power saving features are implemented into wireless mice to extend the life of the batteries. For example many wireless mice will automatically “power down” their circuitry after a period of inactivity. Such power savings features can allow wireless mice to operate for months before requiring new batteries.
As new features are added to mice, such as adding a wheel for easy document scrolling, their circuitry becomes more complex. Complex circuitry, in turn, generally requires higher power requirements. These power requirements include not only how much power is needed over time, i.e., how long can a user go before the batteries cannot power any of the mouse circuitry, but also include a peak power requirement, i.e., how much instantaneous power is required to supply a specific circuit in the mouse. Particular circuits such as optical mouse tracking or radio module operations may require relatively high peak energy from the batteries for proper operation.
Although rechargeable batteries generate less power than alkaline batteries, they can be recharged hundreds or thousands of times, and thus provide power at a relatively low lifetime cost. Some computer peripheral products include a “docking cradle” or other place to rest the product during periods of non-operation, and some of the docking cradles include a battery re-charger to automatically recharge batteries in the device while it is in its docking cradle. This is typically done by exposing small electrodes within the docking cradle that transfer power to a matching set of electrodes on the device. Within the device, a circuit transfers the power that is applied to the electrodes directly to the batteries, thereby recharging them.
Requiring a device to be placed in a docking cradle to recharge its batteries means that it cannot be used while recharging. Also, if a user forgets to recharge the batteries for a period of time and they discharge, the user cannot operate the device until the batteries are again recharged. Most likely a user will discover that the batteries are discharged at a time the device is needed. Adding small wires that could recharge the batteries during device operation would defeat the purpose of having a wireless device.
Embodiments of the invention address these and other deficiencies in the prior art.
The description may be best understood by reading the disclosure with reference to the drawings, wherein:
Embodiments of the invention include a base and peripheral device combination that can inductively provide power to a peripheral device. The power supplied to the peripheral device could drive the device directly, or could be used to charge an energy supply, such as batteries contained within the device. An example of such a system is a mousepad base and a mouse containing rechargeable batteries.
Coils or loops of wire are present in both the mousepad and in the mouse. The coils in the mousepad are energized to create a constantly changing magnetic field. When the coils in the mouse are exposed to the changing magnetic field made by the mousepad, an induced voltage and a current flows in the coils of the mouse. The induced current and voltage provide enough energy to partially or completely recharge batteries in the mouse and, as power requirements of the mouse decrease, may be able to provide enough energy to power the mouse directly without using the power reserve of the batteries.
In addition to the mousepad 20 and the mouse 30, the embodiment shown to in
The power source coming through the cable 42 can be either a DC voltage or an AC voltage. If the cable 42 is a USB cable, then the voltage on the cable is 5 Volts DC, according to the USB standard. The cable 42 could be delivering any type of voltage, but in order to make the constantly changing magnetic field to induce a current flow in the victim loop 32, an alternating current must be supplied to the source loop 22, as discussed below with reference to
The source loop 22 is formed by one long wire shaped into a spiral coil. The source loop 22 formed in this shape is called a solenoid, and when electric current flows through the source loop, lines of magnetic flux are created within the solenoid. The amount of magnetic flux generated by the source loop 22 is related to a number of factors. A first factor is the amount of current flowing through the source loop 22. Also, the magnetic flux is proportional to the number of turns per unit length of the wire making up the coils in the source loop 22. Additionally, the amount of flux is also based on a magnetic permeability of the material in which the magnetic flux is flowing. Once the overall mechanism for inductively providing power to the mouse 30 has been explained, increasing the effectiveness of the system by maximizing these factors will be examined.
Generally, in operation, the source loop 22 is powered with an alternating current, which creates constantly changing magnetic flux lines (indicating a magnetic field) in the area above and below the mousepad 20. When the mouse is located within the changing magnetic flux lines, a voltage is induced in the victim loop 32. This voltage is fed to a transforming circuit (not shown in
In addition to their unusual shape, the magnetic flux lines 60 have other unusual properties. Because the magnetic flux lines 60 repel one another, the flux lines tend to spread out evenly across the inside of the source loop 22. This is called having a constant flux density across the source loop 22.
Because the mouse 30 is typically much smaller than the mousepad 20, when the mouse is placed on top of the mousepad, much of the magnetic flux lines 60 do not travel through the victim loop 32. Therefore, many of the magnetic flux lines 60 contribute nothing to inducing a voltage in the victim loop, and are simply wasted.
When the mouse 30 is placed within the constantly changing lines of magnetic flux 60, a voltage and current is induced in the victim loop 32 of the mouse. Increasing the amount of magnetic flux 60 also increases the amount of voltage induced in the victim loop 32, so it is advantageous to increase the magnetic flux as much as possible. As mentioned above, two ways to increase the amount of magnetic flux are to increase the current flowing through the source loop 20 and the number of turns per unit length in the source loop.
Another way to increase the density of the magnetic flux 60 is for the flux to flow through a material having a relatively high magnetic permeability.
In addition to being permeable to the magnetic flux, the high areas of permeability 38 may also have properties that make a good transmitter antenna. Therefore, they may also be formed in conjunction with the data transmitter 36 on the mouse 30 to enhance the transmitter's ability to send the data signals to the receiver.
An additional factor in inductively transferring a voltage is the frequency at which the magnetic flux lines 60 change. So far, the previous factors discussed only how to make more magnetic flux lines 60 (higher current, more windings, higher permeable materials, etc). An additional consideration in inducing a voltage in two close coils is how fast the magnetic flux lines 60 change. Therefore, the primary power circuit 122 may also include circuitry able to drive the source loop 22 with a rapidly changing (i.e. high frequency) alternating current. A high frequency driver may be included in the primary power circuit 122 even if the cable 42 is carrying an AC signal, if the current is not switching at a high enough frequency for good induction.
Included in the mouse 30 is a secondary power circuit 132, which is used to convert the signal received from the victim loop 32 into one useful to the mouse 30, e.g., to recharge the rechargeable batteries 34. There are fewer variables in designing the secondary power circuit 132 than the primary power circuit 122, because it is known that the source signal coming from the victim loop has an AC voltage. Therefore, if the batteries 34 will be charged with a DC voltage, the secondary power circuit 132 includes an AC to DC converter. A simple converter can be formed of diodes, such as a bridge rectifier, or other more complex circuits could be used. Newer technology in recharging batteries reveals that charging batteries with pulses of current or voltage may have advantages over charging them by traditional constant voltage methods, in terms of reducing memory effects and increasing longevity of the batteries. Therefore, the secondary power circuit 132 may include a pulse charging circuit between the victim loop 32 and the batteries 34.
Load circuitry 136 is also coupled to the battery 34, the secondary power circuit 132, or both of them. Such load circuitry 136 includes the circuits necessary to create the signals transferred back to the PC 50 (
The load circuitry 136 of the mouse 30 may require a peak current draw of about 50 mA, or some other number. This peak current need may exceed the instantaneous capacity of the effective current of the signal from the source loop 32. This is acceptable, because there will often be times when the mouse 30 uses no power, for instance at times when the user is not operating the mouse and it has shut down. During these non-operational times, if there is still a power connection via the cable 42, the mouse 30 will continue to charge its rechargeable batteries 34. If, for instance the useable current from the secondary power circuit 132 is about 5 mA, there must be adequate time to charge the batteries 34 to ensure there is enough stored power to drive the load circuitry 136. Provided the source loop 32 is energized for long periods of time while the mouse is being unused, then the average power output by the secondary power circuit 132 should be more than the average power requirements of the mouse 30, in normal operation.
As power requirements for the load circuitry 136 in a mouse 30 are reduced by new methods and standards, it may be that the induced signal from the victim loop 32 is able to completely power the load circuitry 136. If this were always the case, then the batteries 34 could be eliminated from the mouse 30, or, in alternative embodiments, the secondary power circuit 132 could choose to power the load circuitry from either the signal received from the victim loop 32, the batteries 34, or a combination of both of them. For example, if the signal from the victim loop 32 was 10 mA, and the load circuitry 136 required only 6 mA, then the secondary power circuit 132 could supply the first 6 mA to the load circuitry 136 and route the remaining 4 mA to recharge the batteries 34. As mentioned above, if the signal generated by the victim loop 32 is always greater than the highest instantaneous power requirements of the load circuitry 136, then the batteries 34 could be eliminated from the mouse 30 entirely.
If the mouse 30 does include batteries 34, then once the batteries have reached an acceptable level of recharging, the mouse may be removed from the area near the source loop 22, and the mouse will continue to work, using its stored charge in the batteries to supply power to the mouse. When the batteries discharge, either from use or simply from slowly discharging themselves over time, the mouse 30 will need to be returned to the mousepad 20 for recharging.
Nothing prevents embodiments of the invention from being used in conjunction with a docking cradle that is also able to recharge the batteries 34 of the mouse. Such a system is shown in
Similar to that of
Implementation of the inductive charging system is straightforward and intuitive once the details of the invention as described above are known. As always, implementation of the invention is left to the system designer. The mousepad may be implemented in any way, with any circuits, and from any material or combination of materials, as long as it is able to generate the magnetic flux lines to interact with the mouse. Indeed, although embodiments of the invention were described using an example of a mouspad, there is really no requirement that it be a mousepad at all. For instance, the circuitry necessary to generate the magnetic flux may simply be incorporated in a pad on which a standard mousepad rests. Or, the circuitry may be actually embedded into a desk or other support that is used to hold the mouse. Most likely, however, mousepads including the necessary circuitry will be the easiest to distribute to a user of the system.
Similarly, the mouse 30 can be implemented in any way, with any circuits, and from any material or combination of materials, as long as it is able to convert the magnetic flux lines sensed by the mouse into a signal able to recharge batteries within the mouse, or to drive the circuitry of the mouse directly.
Thus, although particular embodiments for an inductive recharging system for a peripheral device have been discussed, it is not intended that such specific references be considered as limitations upon the scope of this invention, but rather the scope is determined by the following claims and their equivalents.
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Murata Manufacturing Co, has completed the construction of its new factory in Thailand. The factory is scheduled to commence operations in November 2023 and will produce multi-layer ceramic capacitors (MLCC) in this facility.
“We can count on long-term growth in capacitors,” Murata President Norio Nakajima said at Monday’s opening ceremony for the factory, which he said will create 2,000 jobs.
Murata still makes its most advanced MLCCs only in Japan, but it is increasing production of other ones in China, the Philippines and elsewhere. The Thai investment is part of this effort to ensure a stable supply for its global customers.
Hit by a slowing Chinese economy and consumers waiting longer to buy new phones, Murata expects profit to fall for a second straight year to 164 billion yen. But the Thai investment shows that Murata remains bullish about the outlook for MLCCs.
“The smartphone market will not recover quickly, but our capital spending will continue,” Nakajima said Monday.
Murata said in 2015 that it planned to increase MLCC production capacity by 10% a year. Besides Thailand, it has completed a new MLCC facility in Izumo western Japan’s Shimane prefecture and is investing in more capacity in the Philippines, Vietnam and China.
The company also is counting on a boost from the worldwide shift to electrified vehicles. Murata holds a roughly 50% global market share in MLCCs with high voltage tolerance for automotive applications. High-end EVs may use 10,000 MLCCs per vehicle.
“The share of sales from automotive applications looks likely to grow faster than we had expected” from the current level of around 20%, Nakajima said.
In addition to cars, Murata expects demand for electronic components to grow with the spread of virtual reality devices and data centers for artificial intelligence.
Murata’s Thai factory is part of a trend of investment in Southeast Asia by Japanese semiconductor and electronic component companies seeking stable production bases that offer shelter from U.S.-China tensions. Japan’s direct investment in ASEAN countries last year in the electronics sector was 201.1 billion yen, up 90% from 2021 and more than in the pre-pandemic year of 2019, the Japan External Trade Organization reports.


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