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Development Board enables smart meter customization.
Texas Instruments Oct 15, 2012
Modular and scalable, Smart Meter Board supports 1-phase to 3-phase smart electricity meters. Developers can include multiple wired and wireless communication protocols including power line communication, NFC, Wi-Fi®, sub-1 GHz and 2.4 GHz ZigBee® Smart Energy Profile on e-metering and pre-payment metering applications to showcase automatic meter reading and automatic metering infrastructure systems. Board supports processors ranging from ARM® Cortex™-M microcontrollers to Cortex-A8 processors.
Texas Instruments Connects the Smart Grid with a New Modular and Scalable Smart Meter System Solution with Multiple Communication Protocols
New Smart Meter Board development platform lets developers customize their design tools, hardware and software to their exact needs
AMSTERDAM -- Enabling developers to add multiple connectivity, processor and metrology options to their smart meter designs, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today announced a modular and scalable Smart Meter Board (SMB) development platform that supports one-phase to three-phase smart electricity meters with the smart grid's most prolific communications protocols. The Smart Meter Board is an innovative development platform that incorporates key smart grid devices from TI's broad portfolio of embedded, analog and connectivity solutions to demonstrate the capabilities of a smart meter.
The SMB is a unique modular and scalable environment that lets developers include multiple wired and wireless communication protocols including power line communication (PLC), near field communication (NFC), Wi-Fi(®), sub-1GHz and 2.4GHz ZigBee® Smart Energy Profile (SEP) on e-metering and pre-payment metering applications to showcase automatic meter reading (AMR) and automatic metering infrastructure (AMI) systems. Developers using the Smart Meter Board development platform benefit from TI's robust smart grid software libraries when implementing key communication standards and typical utility meter functions. The software libraries, combined with TI's Smart Meter Board, let developers choose which development tool matches their project needs.
The new Smart Meter Board system integrates TI's expertise in the smart grid and connectivity markets and highlights TI's broad portfolio of smart grid solutions. TI's recently announced Smart Meter system-on-chip (SoC) is compatible with the Smart Meter Board system and can be plugged into the board for development and expand the functionalities of the SoC. For more information, visit www.ti.com/smb-pr-lp.
Features and benefits of TI's Smart Meter Board:
-- Modular and scalable smart meter development platform helps developers design low-end to advanced smart meters for AMR and AMI systems.
-- Open platform lets developers customize their designs for further development and/or differentiation.
-- Supports processors ranging from ARM® Cortex(TM)-M microcontrollers to Cortex-A8 processors so developers can choose the device features that best suit their project.
-- Support for low-power RF (sub-1GHz and 2.4GHz ZigBee) implementations connects a meter to a home area network (HAN) for short-range communication.
-- Supports PLC for PRIME/G1/G3/P1901.2 for low-frequency narrowband communication.
-- NFC capabilities introduce options for pre-payment of energy.
-- Wi-Fi capability allows smart meters to connect to an IP network so customers can communicate with the smart meter through a Wi-Fi-connected computer, smartphone or tablet, without the additional cost and complexity of a gateway.
-- Easy software integration with support for TI Smart Grid software libraries, including ZigBee SEP 1.x and 2.0, WMBUS, 802.15.4g, one-phase/two-phase metrology, THD, DLMS, pre-payment, MIFARE(TM) and encryption.
The Smart Meter Board is available immediately for sampling. Please contact a TI sales representative for samples and pricing information.
Visit TI @ Metering Europe 2012
Texas Instruments will be demonstrating and distributing samples of the Smart Meter Board at the Metering Europe 2012 Expo in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Oct. 9-11. Stop by booth #G30 to see other TI smart grid demonstrations, solutions and meet our team of TI smart grid experts at Metering Europe 2012.
TI's smart grid solutions
With millions of energy meter ICs shipped over the past decade, Texas Instruments is the global systems provider for innovative, secure, economical and future-proof solutions for the worldwide smart grid. TI offers the industry's broadest smart grid portfolio of metrology expertise, application processors, communication systems, wireless connectivity and analog components in readily available silicon, with advanced software, tools and support for compliant solutions in grid infrastructure, utility metering and home or building automation. Learn more at www.ti.com/smartgrid.
Find out more about TI's Smart Grid solutions
-- TI's smart grid solutions: www.ti.com/smartgrid
-- New Smart Meter Board (SMB) development platform: www.ti.com/smb-pr-lp
-- New Smart Meter SoC from TI: www.ti.com/smartmeter-pr-lp
-- TI's Smart Metering solutions: www.ti.com/smartmeter
-- TI eStore: www.estore.ti.com
-- TI E2E(TM) smart grid community: www.ti.com/smartgride2e
About Texas Instruments Texas Instruments semiconductor innovations help 90,000 customers unlock the possibilities of the world as it could be - smarter, safer, greener, healthier and more fun. Our commitment to building a better future is ingrained in everything we do - from the responsible manufacturing of our semiconductors, to caring for our employees, to giving back inside our communities. This is just the beginning of our story. Learn more at www.ti.com.
TI E2E is a trademark of Texas Instruments. All registered trademarks and other trademarks belong to their respective owners.
CONTACT: Patty Arellano, Texas Instruments, +1-214-567-7828, parellano@ti.com
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Axalta: Watch profitability during the repair — not after car leaves
By John Huetter on September 24, 2019
Business Practices | Education | Market Trends | Repair Operations
If your auto body shop tries to capture profitability after a repair is complete, it's too late, according to Axalta North American strategic accounts manager Steve Trapp.
Trapp said he sees collision repairers attempting tactics like trying to do "creative accounting" on a Saturday to make a repair profitable.
Or instead of risking a backlash over a supplement, the repairer just eats their additional costs, he said.
"They think that's a form of marketing," Trapp said.
Both practices make life harder for the 90 percent of shops doing it right, he said.
A repairer's profitability should have been determined and managed before the vehicle leaves, Trapp said.
The shop should be able to calculate the profitability of the repair at the time of the estimate and reapir plan and check 12 hours to a day before the delivery date to ensure the repair has met that financial objective, he said.
Profitability could be calculated at the time the estimate is written, according to Trapp.
Trapp will teach collision repairers how to calculate and improve their profitability at "Make more money: Improve overall gross profit," 3:30-5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 4, during SCRS' Repairer Driven Education SEMA series. He called the class "very practical" and gave us a look at some of its lessons on Monday.
Trapp said "its not uncommon" for a shop's gross profit to be as low as 37-39 percent when Axalta beings working with them, and it's "very reasonable" to push that gross profit up to 44-46 percent.
Asked if one particular department tends to trip up the industry, Trapp said it truly varied by shop. The course will teach repairers how to calculate a weighted average based on department gross profit, according to Trapp.
However, he did note that labor probably mattered the most, as it represented 50 percent of sales.
"We will be reviewing the basic formula and then going into process enhancements to drive improved overall gross profit per department," a description for Trapp's course states. "We will use a model financial statement and ask them to assess what the shop might be able to do with a manual worksheet they can take home and fill in for themselves compared to an industry standard."
Trapp said the solution was a matter of "being disciplined" rather than a single earth-shattering idea being the answer, he said.
"There's no one silver bullet," he said. He said the course would teach a variety of "little tricks."
For example, it might be more convenient for an estimator to click to replace a part, according to Trapp. However, if the part could be repaired "safely and properly" in conjunction with OEM procedures, then writing to repair might be the right move, he said.
Trapp also pointed out that a repair operation could begin immediately, while a part replacement would need to wait for the component to arrive. He also noted the administrative burden that could arise if the part were to be returned.
Trapp also during the interview mentioned examples like understanding the distinction between price-matching and cost-matching and the difference to the bottom line if a detailer performs an operation instead of a body technician.
The shop can calculate the profitability of the work at the time of the estimate and full repair plan, and they should do so again in what Trapp called a pre-closing 12 hours to a day before the vehicle leaves. However, he pointed out that since the repair plan ought to be the "final plan," the pre-closing could technically be done immediately after it.
If a repairer executes the repair plan as anticipated — for example, buying parts at the negotiated rate expected by the estimator — "you should know the profitability of that job" immediately.
The pre-closing is meant to capture items that changed during the course of the repair and supplement accordingly, according to Trapp. He illustrated this with the following example:
The estimator writes a sheet with 5 hours of paint time anticipating 2 ounces of materials, for 10 ounces. If the painter checks the paint scale at the end of the job and sees 20 ounces were used, either the painter mismatched the color or the estimator underestimated the paint time. If the painter documented the additional labor that consumed that material, the shop can file a supplement and justify the work — thereby preserving their profitability.
"We need to provide justification," Trapp said. Documenting the work will get the repairer paid; otherwise, "you're just asking for money," he said.
Sign up for Trapp's Nov. 4 class for $75 during early registration, or get access to both events and everything else that week by purchasing the $375 full series pass. The latter lets you into any Monday, Nov. 4-Wednesday, Nov. 6 Repairer Driven Education course, the three-part OEM Collision Repair Technology Summit and the Sky Villa afterparty on Thursday, Nov. 7, and IDEAS Collide on Friday the 8th. Learn more at www.scrs.com/rde.
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Featured image: If you're trying to capture profitability after a repair is complete, you're too late, according to Axalta North American strategic accounts manager Steve Trapp. (burakowski/iStock)


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3.3 List of Books written by Ben Shapiro
3.4 Ben Shapiro Yearly Net worth
3.5 Ben Shapiro's Zodiac Sign
3.6 Is Ben Shapiro Alive Or Dead?
3.7 Popular Quotes By Ben Shapiro
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According to Forbes.com, Ben Shapiro net worth is estimated to be around $20,000,000.
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Benjamin Aaron Shapiro
Net Worth $20,000,000
Date of Birth/Age January 1984 (age 35 Years old)
Nationality United State of America
Occupation(s) Commentator, author, radio talk show host
Spouse Name Mor Shapiro
Celebrated Name Ben Shapiro
Height 5 ft. 6 in (1.60 m)
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Benjamin Aaron Shapiro is an American conservative political commentator, public speaker, author, and former attorney.At age 17, he became the youngest nationally syndicated columnist in the United States.
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Ben Shapiro is the founder and editor-in-chief at The Daily Wire. He also writes a column for Creators Syndicate. Shapiro co-founded and previously served as editor-in-chief at the watchdog group TruthRevolt.
He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles and earned his JD from Harvard University.
Ben Shapiro's Early Life
Benjamin Aaron Shapiro born January 15, 1984, grew up in a Jewish family in Los Angeles, California. He developed a talent for violin at a young age,having performed at the Israel Bonds Banquet in 1996 at twelve years of age.
Shapiro's parents both worked in Hollywood. His mother worked as an executive of a TV company and his father David worked as a composer.
Shapiro went from Walter Reed Middle School to Yeshiva University High School of Los Angeles where he graduated in 2000 at age 16.He graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2004, at age 20, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and then cum laude from Harvard Law School in 2007.
He then articled at the law offices of Goodwin Procter. As of March 2012 he ran an independent legal consultancy firm, Benjamin Shapiro Legal Consulting, in Los Angeles.
He authored the Book Brainwashed: Indoctrinate America's Youth. Shapiro began writing the book when he was just 17, and at that age he became the country's youngest nationally syndicated columnist.
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In 2004: He wrote his first book titled Brainwashed: Indoctrinate America's Youth.
In 2011: HarperCollins published Shapiro's fourth book, Primetime Propaganda: The True Hollywood Story of How the Left Took Over Your TV, in which Shapiro argues that Hollywood has a left-wing agenda that it actively promotes through prime-time entertainment programming.
In 2012: Shapiro became editor at Large of Breitbart News,, a conservative website founded by Andrew Breitbart.
In 2013: Threshold Editions published Shapiro's fifth book, Bullies: How the Left's Culture of Fear and Intimidation Silences Americans.
In 2015: Shapiro and Boreing founded The Daily Wire on September 21.
Shapiro speaks at college campuses across the United States. In his speeches, he often presents a conservative viewpoint on controversial subjects. He spoke at 37 campuses between early 2016 and late 2017.
In 2019: Shapiro published the book The Right Side of History: How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great which focuses on the importance of Judeo-Christian values and laments the decline of those values in modern America.
List of Books written by Ben Shapiro
Ben Shapiro published more than 10 books. Here is the list of all his books..
Some of the Books he has written which include:
Brainwashed: How Universities Indoctrinate America's Youth (2004)
Porn Generation: How Social Liberalism Is Corrupting Our Future (2005)
Project President: Bad Hair and Botox on the Road to the White House (2008)
Primetime Propaganda (2011)
Bullies: How the Left's Culture of Fear and Intimidation Silences Americans (2013)
The People Vs. Barack Obama: The Criminal Case Against the Obama Administration (2014)
The Left's Phantom Wars (2015)
True Allegiance (2016)
A Moral Universe Torn Apart (2017)
Evil in America (2017)
The Establishment Is Dead: The Rise and Election of Donald Trump (2017)
Say It's So: Papa, Dad, Me, and 2005 White Sox Championship Season (2017)
And We All Fall Down (2017)
America 2030: What the End of the Free World Looks Like, and How to Stop It (2017)
D. C. 's Dirty Politics (2018)
Soul Sick (Expected release date: May 7, 2019
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Ben Shapiro Yearly Net worth
Ben Shapiro's net worth from 2017 to 2020
2020 $7.1 million
2018 $5 million
Ben Shapiro's Zodiac Sign
Ben Shapiro's zodiac sign is Capricorn.
Is Ben Shapiro Alive Or Dead?
As at the time of writing this post, Ben Shapiro is still very much alive and living.
Popular Quotes By Ben Shapiro
Of all the things human beings do on the planet, bearing and rearing children is the most important things.
Life isn't about feeling comfortable. Life is about bettering yourself.
Never before in our country's history has a generation been so empowered, so wealthy, so privileged – and yet so empty.
Having children truly ends adolescence. We are all either parents or children: responsibility-takers or those who demand from others.
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After moving out-of-state for college, I found myself feeling lost. I grew up as a competitive gymnast for 11 years and after retiring from the sport at 18 I found myself without a hobby and passion. I struggled with body image, carried a lot of negativity around and was not in a healthy mental or physical state. After two years, I decided I no longer wanted to play victim and found something new to love... the gym.
My personal mantra- It's a beautiful day to be alive.
A person who inspires me- my dad.
My favourite meal- a hot dog at the Great American Ballpark on a cool summer night.
In my gym bag you will find… jump rope, barbell pad, protein bar and BCAA's.
On my rest day I… Rest! I tend to stay at home and relax. I take the time to get organised and mentally prepare for the coming week.
My motivation comes from... wanting to live a long, happy and healthy life. I strive to wake up everyday and become better than my very best.


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EAD & Advance Parole Card Changes USCIS recently indicated a significant change in policy regarding issuance of Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) and Advance Parole for green card applicants. "Combination cards" have been issued for many years as part of the green card process and serve as proof of both employment and travel authorization during […]
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Corey Woods aka Raekwon The Chef, has been a staple in the Entertainment industry since his debut in 1993 as an integral part in undeniably one of the greatest hip hop groups to date, the legendary Wu-Tang Clan. Rae's verbal ability took center stage early in the original cult classic Protect Ya Neck, but little did the world know, that we were merely indulging in delicious appetizers delivered by Rae. It wasn't until 1995, when Raekwon The Chef emerged from the kitchen and invited the hip hop faithful into his personal chamber and the world was privileged to partake in the perfectly sautéed full course meal… Only Built 4 Cuban Linx.
Critics and fans alike unanimously agreed, Cuban Linx was an instant classic. An opulent sonic journey defined by Raekwon's cinematic narratives and narcotized hooks. The production delivered by Wu Tang's Abbot, The Rza, was simply supreme – his best comprehensive work to date. And never had a co-star been so illustrious: Cuban Linx also managed to showcase the talents of then under represented Wu-Tang band mate, Ghostface Killah. This was also the beginning of the "Rae and Ghost" collaborations which have yielded some of hip hop's most beloved songs.
To follow up this success, Rae later released Immobiliarity in 1999 and The Lex Diamond Story in 2003. All of these lyrical offerings were well received; Immobilarity going gold, yet there was always the persistent request of the fans to release a follow up to the classis OBFCL. After anticipation and some label turbulence, The Chef finally found a new home at the EMI Group. The seasoned label has joined forces with Raekwon and his independent label, Ice H2O Records Inc. to power the sequel to his 1995 masterpiece: Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
No one could have anticipated the break away success of this album. Released on September 8, 2009, the instant success spent its first four days number one on itunes. Then selling 66, 000 copies in its first week on the charts . Critics and fans both heralded it the best album of 2009. Receiving accolades from: Times Magazine, iTunes, Complex Magazine, The Source Magazine, Rolling Stone Magazine, Hip Hop DXX, Canada's Exclaim Magazine and countless online music sites.
With a renewal rarely seen in the music industry, Raekwon has experienced a career resurgence few have ever witnessed. With an ever-growing fan base, Rae's music has managed to place him back on the forefront of hip hop's elite. Having been featured on countless features in 2010, Rae has lent his talents to fellow musicians: Kanye West, Bun B, Fat Joe, Justin Beiber and participated with is Wu Brothers, Ghostface and Method Man in the highly anticipated, Wu Massacre.
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I am getting married in the spring. While there is much of my specific personal life that I keep separate from my blog, this is a life event I do not want to pass without me directly addressing you about it. I have written some of my most popular posts from my perspective as a single person. I have also written many posts about the ways the church and society's emphasis on marriage is damaging to people and relationships of all kinds. So, I want to be honest about what this change may mean for you and for me.
First and foremost, to those of you who are single and to those of you for whom my singleness represented something else for you, I want to say that I am sorry. I am sorry if my engagement makes you feel abandoned in some way. I know I have felt that way many, many times. It is a heartbreaking feeling, especially when the world says you're not allowed to hurt. Everything that I am going to say below cannot change the way you feel, and if this announcement upsets you, I am truly, deeply, sorry.
At the same time, I want to be exceedingly clear: My principles have not changed. I am firmly committed to my belief that marital status does not make one person "more than" or "less than" another. I also continue to hold fast to my belief that marriage is an earthly part of some people's stories, but not everyone's story, and that's more than ok (it's actually Biblical). I wish you could feel the fervor with which I type these statements. If you have trouble believing me, I only hope that my writing in the coming months and years can convince you.
I can't deny that my voice will change. My voice would change with the passing of time regardless of whether I marry, but there will probably be some ways it changes specifically because I am married. Even if my writing weren't to change, I know that my being married will ever so slightly change the way you hear me. I wish that weren't true, but I know that it is.
Still, it's not like I'm going to start writing a marriage blog, or that all (or even any) of my posts will discuss my own marriage. I write about lots of other topics, and even in the past two years of dating my fiancé, I have rarely mentioned our relationship (I think maybe twice?). Much of what I write about will be very much the same, and when I do write about marriage, I hope that being a married person who is vocal about what marriage is and isn't will cause even more people to take what I say seriously.
I hope it is encouraging to you to hear my thoughts and expectations. I also hope it is encouraging to you to know that I have been and am approaching dating, engagement, wedding, and marriage in a way I believe is consistent with many of the beliefs I have written about here and elsewhere. Mentally holding the ever-constant Christian-y pressures about relationships at bay, I have been able to truly enjoy dating and our developing friendship and love for one another. I am so excited to pick out a colorful (not white) dress. I love my custom wedding ring (which I'm wearing on my right hand—instead of an engagement ring—until the ceremony, when I'll switch it to my left). It has been incredibly affirming and joyful for me to live out my convictions in these practical ways, especially to discover that they have been just as meaningful and freeing as I hoped they would be.
It may seem strange that I haven't actually said anything about my fiancé, who is obviously the most important other person involved in this decision. I'm not going to say much about him, because I can't and won't speak for him. He's also a very private person, and would never open himself up to the internet the way I often do.
But, for practical purposes, in the way of introduction: His name is Tom. We met through an online dating site, after two years of my own on-again off-again venture into online dating. Tom is incredibly kind and supportive, and I know you would like him. I am not just saying that because I am in love with him. I know you would like him because everyone he meets likes him. He is helpful and considerate and listens carefully in conversation.
We are both very excited to live together and share much of life with each other, even as we continue to be individuals. There are ways he and I are very similar, and there are ways we are very different. There's a quote I love that says, "What do you say we be independent together?" Sure, it's from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, and it's the elf-dentist talking to Rudolph. But I love that phrase, even if it seems contradictory… "independent together." Tom is a man with whom I can joyfully live out that kind of marriage.
That said, dear readers: Please feel the way you need to feel about my decision. Feel upset, feel happy, or feel indifferent. Above all, be honest with yourself, and if you feel the need—now or in the future—be honest with me. You are welcome to comment or ask questions below or to send me a note through my "contact me" page.
Thank you for reading. I hope you will continue to read my thoughts and to share yours with me.
Recommended Read: Do Singles Need More Christian Dating Advice?
"…marriage is an earthly part of some people's stories, but not everyone's story, and that's more than ok (it's actually Biblical)." Amen!!!


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Open data platform requirements
May 14, 2016 Liveblog, ODCamp3infrastructure, platformsLyn Whitfield
What should an open data platform look like? This was the question addressed by a session triggered by Martin Howitt of ODI Devon in relation to Bristol's plans to develop its platform.
"[There is] an open data platform that was brought in by the council [to release] data sets, but it wants to move on to next level: e.g. citizen sensing projects, citizen data sets, information from third sector and even private sector partners," he said.
"At the same time, there's a move towards creating a more general data infrastructure. So there's a new control centre going in, streaming from sensors, wild and whacky stuff coming in from different places. So the question is: what requirements does this lead to?"
Practical & technical
Kev Kirkland from Data Unity stressed that the council really wanted practical examples of things to include. Ideas, once they started to flow, ranged from deeply technical requirements to ways to help citizens find and use data relevant to them.
On the technical front, one participant said: "I am involved with portal for Ireland [and it] puts up information about licences, which says 'this is the data and this is what you can do with it…' He argued that this would make it easier for people to handle data with confidence.
Other participants suggested that data management tools should be built into the platform, to provide "hooks" to pull out information items that related to an issue of interest that were included in different data sets, uploaded by different providers at different times, along with effective and multiple tagging.
There was also enthusiasm for forums and feedback, to enable developers to ask questions about the data; and the providers to respond and provide updates. Martin asked whether a register of who had used APIs were a good idea.
Opinions were divided, with some session members feeling that having to register and get an API key would act as a barrier for those who wanted to use the data, and others arguing that it could encourage dialogue and prove the benefit of the whole venture.
Demystifying the data
On the citizen front, ideas included: "demystifying the data" by explaining basic terms, such as 'CSV'; adding contextual information to the data sets, such as newspaper articles, that would explain why the data might matter; providing signposts, such as colour-coding for data sets like those used in the Datapolis game; and "providing a really big search box that works really well."
Kev asked whether any sites already pulled off this trick "that we could just go and nick." Suggestions included the New York parking fines site, the London Data Store, and the NHS' attempts to open up APIs that used its data.
But, overall, one session member pointed out that there were really a number of users whose needs had to be considered. "You need something really technical and you need something that looks nice. You don't want something that's so tough only a few people use it, but you don't want it to look really nice but to have nothing behind it."
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Gregory Marler says:
Sounds like there were some great comments on what the data platform should and could include.
When doing a report on exemplar UK councils, I usually included what platform system they use and how they've used it. http://www.nomoregrapes.com/posts/open-data-activity-of-uk-councils/
Has anyone done a report/comparison of the different platforms available with links to where they're being used?


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Q: Union all dataframes stored in a nested dictionary - Pyspark I have a dictionary that essentially looks like:
dct = {'a':{'df':dfa, 'group':1, 'att':col1},
       'b': {'df':dfb, 'group':2, 'att':col2},
       'c': {'df':dfc, 'group':3, 'att':col3},
      }

My dictionary is much longer which is why I'm looking to union all the of the dataframes in a more efficient way than I'm currently doing:
df = dct['a']['df'].union(dct['b']['df']).union(dct['c']['df'])....etc.

A: try this:
from functools import reduce
from pyspark.sql import DataFrame

output = reduce(DataFrame.unionAll, [dct[key]['df'] for key in dct.keys()])

A: You could use union() or also unionByName() which has the advantage of combining dataframes with different columns if you specify allowMissingColumns=True. You may also want a distinct() at the end if you don't want to retain duplicates among the dataframes in the dictionary:
df = dct['a']['df']
for k in list(dct.keys())[1:]:
    df = df.unionByName(dct[k]['df'], allowMissingColumns=True)
df = df.distinct()

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Rod Page Talks Bioinformatics, Linked Data, and Primary Literature at the Smithsonian
On 22 September, Dr. Rod Page, Professor at the University of Glasgow and creator of BioStor, gave a presentation at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History Library about ideas for extracting and linking data across biodiversity repositories and primary literature. The talk, entitled "The Sam Adams Talk," covered topics including phylogenetics, geophylogeny visualizations, linking article and specimen data across repositories, annotations, the biodiversity knowledge graph, and data as source code.
September 29, 2016byGrace Costantino
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Information about Upcoming Changes to BHL API
The BHL API will be updated on 25 July 2016 to support changes to the BHL site. These changes will accommodate identifying additional Contributors for Items and Parts of items. First are changes to the API that may affect your existing processes. The Contributor and ContributorID elements in the result sets of API methods that return "Part" information will move. ContributorID will be included as a PartIdentifier in the Identifiers list. Contributor will be included in a new Contributors list. These changes are being made to accommodate more than one contributor per part.
July 12, 2016byJoel Richard
BHL joins the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
The Biodiversity Heritage Library has joined the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) as an Associate Participant. GBIF operates through a network of global nodes to develop and maintain an open data infrastructure for sharing digital biodiversity data. As an Associate Participant, BHL will encourage open access and use of biodiversity data among its stakeholders and actively participate in the implementation of the GBIF Work Programme. "BHL provides open and free access to over 250 years of biodiversity information via web services and open APIs," said Martin Kalfatovic, BHL Program Director.
August 26, 2014byGrace Costantino


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10 Signs of Alzheimer's – Download Guide
May 22, 2012 May 23, 2012 HomeInsteadMPLS
Home Instead Senior Care of Minneapolis is all settled into our new office space and we hope you had a nice time being entertained at our open house. Our home care staff and CAREGivers had a great day giving tours and connecting with clients and associates. Now, that we have this large conference room, we're ready to welcome and educate! First topic…Alzheimer's Disease.
Why have we chosen such difficult and sobering topic? Because it's a reality for so many Americans, including our senior home care clients. According to the Alzheimer's Reading Room, someone is diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease every 70 seconds. Yet it's often difficult to tell if your loved one in Minneapolis has Alzheimer's, Dementia or just has brief lapses in memory.
Dementia is the umbrella term for the variety of conditions that can cause the brain to fail. One of those is Alzheimer's disease, which represents the majority of cases, noted Dr. Jane F. Potter, chief of the Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. One thing to consider is, "Normal old age does not cause memory loss. It's not normal when people can't take care of daily business, such as paying bills and writing checks." Dr. Potter said.
It's imperative to consult a Minnesota physician to hopefully catch the disease early so following are 10 warning signs of Alzheimer's compared with typical age-related changes, according to the Alzheimer's Association.
Disruption of daily live due to memory loss: Forgetting information recently attained is more common with Alzheimer's than forgetting past events. Typical age-related change? Forgetting people's names or appointments, but remembering them later.
Inability to solve problems or plan: Some people may have difficulty working with numbers or are unable to plan an event or follow a sequence of events. Typical? Making occasional errors when balancing a checkbook.
Difficulty completing tasks they do every day: Pay close attention if a senior in your life forgets the rules of their or gets lost driving to a familiar Minneapolis destination. Typical? Occasionally needing help using a microwave or recording a television show.
Are not able to retrace steps to find misplaced items: We all lose things, right? A person with Alzheimer's might put things in unusual places or accuse others of stealing. Typical? Misplacing things from time to time, such as a pair of glasses.
Confusion with time or place: Forgetting what day it is, holidays or loses track of time. Typical? Getting confused about the day of the week, but figuring it out later.
Trouble understanding images and spatial relationships: They may not realize they are the person in the mirror. Typical? Vision changes related to cataracts.
Decreased or poor judgment: The inability to make a decision-making or making detrimental choices are behaviors to look for with Alzheimer's. Typical? Making a bad decision once in a while.
Withdrawing from work or social activities: Continuing to reject social activities, refrain from hobbies or not go to work should cause concern. Typical? Sometimes feeling weary of work, family and social obligations.
Difficulty speaking or writing words: Does your loved one have trouble joining or following a conversation when they've been quite social in the past? Typical? Sometimes having trouble finding the right word.
Changes in mood and personality: Some can become confused, suspicious, depressed, fearful or anxious. They may be easily upset at home, at work or with friends or in places where they are out of their comfort zone. Typical? Developing specific ways of doing things and becoming irritable when a routine is disrupted.
* Source: http://www.alz.org/alzheimers_disease_10_signs_of_alzheimers.asp.
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The Home Instead Senior Care® network is a corporate member of the Alzheimer's Association Alzheimer's Early Detection Alliance, whose goal is to educate about the warning signs of Alzheimer's, the importance of early detection and the resources available to help them.
What to Expect with Alzheimer's
The diagnosis is clear…a senior in your life has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease which can trigger anxiety and fear. What can someone with an Alzheimer's diagnosis expect?
Based on Home Instead Senior Care® network research, those with Alzheimer's disease or other dementias who live at home without in-home care reported these common problems, in addition to the warning signs identified above:
Nighttime wakefulness and other sleep problems
Refusing to eat
Rummaging around or hiding things
Belligerence, anger or aggressive behavior
Hallucinations, delusions or paranoia
Despite this grim expectation, there is hope on the horizon. "One of the promising areas under study is exercise; it appears that avid exercisers have a lower risk of dementia. So identifying people at risk and developing an activity program are among therapies being considered", said Dr. Jane F. Potter, chief of the Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. "The currently available treatments are used when dementia has fully developed," "All of the new trials are focused on early identification to target the stage before dementia – mild cognitive impairment. In the future we should be able to identify and treat people with mild cognitive impairment to keep the disease from progressing," she said.
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Mala Mala's Sable Camp is a more private camp than Mala Mala's main camp.It can take only 14 people at a time.
Its location which is a elevated position overlooks the the Sand River and surrounding bush. each of the suites has been located to take advantage of the views.
Mala Mala's Sable Camp is a small private remote camp. Only 6 guests per safari vehicle on Game Drives .
This safari camp is located in the Sabi Sands Reserve of the Kruger National Park.
A wooden safari deck from which you can observe the wildlife by the Sand River's.
Mobile Phone coverage and Wireless internet available.
Family rooms able to accommodate a third adult are available on request.
Children Age Restriction : Above 12 yrs only.


Erin Suliak, Yellowknife NWT, where I was born and returned to after grad school.
What type of fibre art do you make/practice?
I currently primarily make modern quilts, but I enjoy a variety of techniques and fibres. I love dyeing fabric, yarn and fleece with both natural and synthetic dyes. I spin, knit, felt, stitch and make 3D work too.
How did you start doing this art?
I made my first mini quilt as a kid in elementary school but started making quilts nearly 20 years ago. I was inspired by a library copy of Jean Ray Laurie's 1970 book 'Quilts & coverlets, a contemporary approach.' I recognized one of the projects that my aunt must have used ages ago to make a treasured family quilt, and was electrified by all of the techniques, the featured artists, and Ms. Laurie's precise and encouraging tone. Good craft writing is eternal!
What inspires your fibre art?
I'm inspired by process, temporality, and exploring craft history and practices. I enjoy using thrifted and repurposed materials, and am always drawn to texture and colour!
Matin, 2017. Cotton fabrics (including thrifted and hand dyed), hand quilted with cotton, silk and metallic threads.
Thoughts about the difference between art vs craft?
The only true differences between art and craft are formed from these combined factors: skill, thoughtfulness, and gendered notions of value.
Plaid Tapes, 2016. Cotton fabrics (including thrifted), machine quilted.
My fibre art work is part of the Yellowknife Heritage Committee municipal art collection, the INAC 'Artists on Site' collection, has been supported by the NWT Arts Council, and has been juried in to the Modern Quilt Guild QuiltCon show. My work and writing has also been featured in the journal Curated Quilts.
Sulicat is an internet handle I've been using for ages.
Thank you Erin for introducing yourself! And remember, give us a shout if YOU want to profiled as well.
It's that time of the week again, please share with us!
Other things to look forward to: Quilt Canada opens in Vancouver in just one more month. Yes, I'm a titch excited.
ALSO! On Friday come back here as we have a profile of Erin Suliak, of Yellowknife, NWT. Erin is a self professed "fibre obsessed northern dork" and we are looking forward to introducing her to all of you.


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Is it the flu or COVID-19? Brockton hospitals plan to test for both this flu season
Mina Corpuz
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BROCKTON — A patient comes into the doctor's office or hospital with a fever, shortness of breath and muscle pain. In past years, seasonal influenza may have been the likely cause. Come fall, it may be harder to know.
The city's hospitals are preparing for flu season to collide with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Through testing for both of the viruses, staff will be able to determine how to best help patients.
"The symptoms of the flu are very, very similar to COVID-19, which is going to make discriminating against the two difficult," said Stacey Ryan, infection control manager of Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital.
Influenza and COVID-19 are both infectious diseases, but they are caused by different viruses. It's possible to have both at the same time, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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They are spread similarly through respiratory droplets and secretions, which can be minimized by wearing a face mask, covering coughs, hand-washing and wiping down surfaces.
There is a "whole spectrum" of how COVID-19 and the flu affect the body, said Dr. Kenneth Lawson, chief medical officer of Good Samaritan Medical Center.
The vast majority who have either will have mild symptoms and be able to recover. Both can kill and affect the elderly and those with preexisting health conditions more severely, he said.
If a person's symptoms worsen and can't be managed at home, they should call their doctor and may need to seek hospital care, Lawson said.
"I'd rather have people be overly cautious up front," Lawson said.
For someone admitted for care, health care staff provide mostly symptomatic care, like keeping a patient hydrated or keeping a fever down, he said.
Lawson said there is some antiviral therapy that helps with flu and some promising medications or antibodies for COVID-19 that will hopefully be released in the coming months.
For the flu, treatment should begin within at least three days after symptoms start, Ryan said.
During last year's flu season, hundreds were tested at Brockton Hospital and Good Samaritan. Between 15 and 20 percent of those tests came back positive.
Of the 100 positive patients at Good Samaritan's emergency department, 11 people were admitted for treatment.
This season, testing for the flu and COVID-19 will go on at doctors offices or at the hospitals.
The time frames to receive test results back may be different this year, Lawson said. There is expected to be some wait with COVID-19 results, he said.
Another way to help determine whether people have the flu or COVID-19 is through screening.
For outpatient care, Ryan said the plan is to ask people about their symptoms over the phone to determine if they need to be seen in-person or if they can see a doctor through teleconferencing.
Similar to how the hospitals set aside space to treat COVID-19 patients, they will have isolation rooms to see patients with potential flu symptoms.
A lot of the practices that the hospitals have in place to handle infectious diseases like flu and COVID-19 will continue, Lawson said.
"It will work for the flu, it will work with the common cold, it will work with COVID," he said.
During previous flu seasons, the hospital would put out signs with information about the flu, including hand-washing, covering coughs and wearing face masks.
"This year the entire world has been trained on this and knows it intuitively," Lawson said.
The flu usually starts spreading in mid-to-late fall, is more widespread in the winter and slows down in the spring, according to the CDC.
Its onset varies. Last year's flu season started about three weeks earlier than the previous year.
Flu season typically starts in other parts of the world, like Australia and the Southern Hemisphere, and other parts of the country, like the West, before arriving on the East Coast. That gives doctors in Massachusetts some warning or an idea of what kind of flu season they will face.
Ryan said the hospital will monitor flu and COVID-19 rates in the community to hopefully know in advance if there is going to be another surge of patients.
In the past several months there haven't been as many public gatherings and people being together in tight places, which is how the flu typically spreads. Those situations have been reduced since the coronavirus pandemic.
Most people are wearing masks, Ryan said, which might minimize people affected during this flu season.
It's important to continue to wear masks when in public or when social distancing isn't possible, she said.
Hospital leaders and state leaders are recommending flu shots.
On Thursday, Gov. Charlie Baker and state health officials received flu shots at a Roslindale CVS. They encouraged people to get a flu shot to protect not only to protect against seasonal virus and but also to avoid overburdening the health system with flu and COVID-19.
"Having the flu and COVID-19 surge in the commonwealth at exactly the same time would be an incredibly difficult situation for them to manage their way through," he said about conversations from the health care community. "They urged us to step up our game, which is already pretty good relative to states in the country, on flu vaccines."
Flu shots are recommended for people six months and older, according to the CDC. People should aim to get them in September or October.
Ryan said the shot is safe and it can help people have a less severe case of the flu and avoid hospitalization.
Flu shots will be available through Steward and Signature primary care doctors at their offices. People can also go to a pharmacy clinic, like CVS or Walgreens.
People will be safe wearing a regular mask when they go out to get their flu shots, Lawson said.
"Ensuring that people continue or start getting routine vaccinations during the COVID-19 pandemic is essential for protecting people and communities from vaccine-preventable diseases and outbreaks, including flu," the CDC says on its website.
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Pairing music with meals: an international flavour
Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali
I love live music, I love eating out, and I love spending time with my friends, so I'm pretty excited about my birthday as I'll be doing all these things in one evening.
I'm going out for a meal with my friend Emily before watching a band at the Howard Assembly Room (one of my favourite Leeds venues). We're off to see Orchestra Baobab, an African band formed in the 70s "playing multi-lingual, multi-ethnic music with a strong Cuban flavour."
The only thing better than a night out with food and music is a themed night out with food and music, so we're going to head somewhere beforehand to get us into the mood for some Cuban beats – probably a tasty meal with some rum cocktails at Revolucion de Cuba.
Cocktails at Revolucion de Cuba
This got me thinking about other themed nights you could have involving world music and matching cuisine. There are loads of events coming up at the Howard Assembly Room that sound pretty cool, so I've come up with some suggestions for some 'themed' evenings. I've not been too precise with the regions as it's quite hard to match the exact countries with restaurants in Leeds, so in some instances I've gone for places which will give a general flavour!
Germany – 19 January
Music: Anne Schwanewilms and Malcolm Martineau. "Praised by the New York Times for her 'vocal refinement' and 'pliant lyricism', Anne Schwanewilms ranks among today's finest lyric sopranos… In partnership with pianist Malcolm Martineau she showcases her soaring, crystalline voice with a compellingly beautiful and varied programme of Strauss and Wolf songs."
Food and drink: The Bierkeller (Headrow). A favourite with stag and hen parties, this can get pretty lively later on, but is a little quieter earlier in the evening. You can actually get "Bavarian inspired" food (mainly bratwurst!) from here, as well as steins full of beer. If you plan ahead, you can buy some Germanic biscuits from Bloom Bakers – a home bakery in North Leeds – to enjoy for desert.
New York – 27 January
Music: Douglas – Ribot – Ibarra: New Sanctuary. "New Sanctuary brings together three of New York's most protean improvisers: Dave Douglas on trumpet, Marc Ribot (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, John Zorn) on guitar and Susie Ibarra on drums and electronics. The group plays an energetic and lyrical new composition by the relentlessly inventive Douglas, improvising with new sounds and approaches."
Food and drink: Manahatta (Merrion Street). "Bringing a taste of New York to downtown Leeds", Manahatta serves both food and cocktails in a funky 'Big Apple' bar. Better still, they have a 50% off food offer in January when you pre-book.
New Sanctuary
Nordic – 3 March.
Music: múm. "Playful electronica, ambient sounds, experimental indie pop: the prolific and globally fêted Icelandic band múm has never fit into conventional categories. Fresh from a collaboration with the Kronos Quartet, the founding members of múm… perform an improvised live score to People on Sunday, a masterpiece of silent film." The film is actually about Berlin, so maybe you could combine your evening with the Bierkeller!
Food and drink: Stories Cafe (Roundhay Road). Stories Cafe closes at 5pm so it's a place for lunch rather than dinner. It's an independent cafe "inspired by Scandinavian design and nordic cuisine". I've not been before but as two of its suppliers are North Star coffee roasters and Noisette Bakehouse, I trust that it's good! It's breaking my Leeds barrier, but there's also Norse in Harrogate which I've heard very good things about.
Britain – 6 March
Music: Bill Laurance. "Bill Laurance is a British pianist and composer; a world-renowned multi instrumentalist, composer and producer dubbed a 'jazz maestro' by The Guardian."
Food and drink: There are plenty of British restaurants in Leeds but Crafthouse came up on top when I did a Google search! Known for its excellent steak, Crafthouse is somewhere I've been meaning to go to forever after hearing friends regularly mention it. Or there's always fish and chips of course at Nash's Fish & Chip Restaurant just around the corner from Leeds Grand on Merrion Street.
For drinks, the first place that sprung to mind was The Adelphi on Hunslet Road. Again, there are plenty of British places to go for drinks in Leeds, but the Adelphi has a very British pub feel to it. It's also are one of the few places that serve my new(ish) favourite non-alcoholic drinks – those Cawston Press cans. (Try the Rhubarb one – it's delicious.) If you enjoy Bill Laurance and fancy some more jazz, there are plenty of bars in Leeds where you can listen to some jazz with a drink throughout the week (check out Leeds-List for some suggestions.)
Bill Laurance
France – 23 March
Music: Peter Donohoe and Martin Roscoe. "Four hands, one piano. Long term collaborators Peter Donohoe and Martin Roscoe draw out the orchestral qualities of the piano to the full, in this joy-filled programme of Classical and Late Romantic music." Okay, so I've cheated a bit here. This concert features pieces by composers from around the world, but as Ravel and Debussy are on the billing, I'm going to lean towards a French theme.
Food and drink: Sous Le Nez (Quebec Street). I'm more of a street food fan nowadays and am quite happy to eat off a paper plate rather than in a fancy restaurant, but if given the choice to "go somewhere nice" for a special occasion, Sous Le Nez is always a strong contender. They do classic meat, veg and wine very well. It sounds like such a small thing, but the vegetables are always served piping hot here and are so delicious. C'est magnifique!
India – 25 March
Music: Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali. "Rizwan-Muazzam is a Qawwali group headed by the internationally acclaimed Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's nephews, Rizwan and Muazzam… They sing in Farsi (Persian), Punjabi, and Urdu with an intensity that has led one commentator to call them, only half in jest, 'the Qawwali Clash'."
Food and drink: Bundobust (Mill Hill). I'm sure there are plenty of excellent places to eat South Asian food in Leeds, but Bundobust is by far my favourite. I've already raved about how excellent it is, but my view still stands.
Africa – 7 April
Music: Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars. "Formed in refugee camps, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars have risen from the ashes of civil war and destruction to create their glowing brand of Afro-pop inflected with baskeda (Sierra Leonian reggae) and defined by a jubilant spirit of resistance. After a decade-long adventure that has taken them from the squalor of the camps to the world's biggest stages, this most inspirational band has evolved to become one of Africa's most recognised."
Food and drink: Cafe Moor (Kirkgate Market). Cafe Moor serves North African and Middle Eastern street food. It's only open until 5pm so you'll have to go for lunch or an early tea. Serving fresh and flavoursome food, this is a favourite with Leeds workers on their lunch breaks. This would be another good place to go if you're seeing Orchestra Baobab.
It's worth keeping an eye on what new street food vans are in Trinity Kitchen as well as they have new vendors often offering international dishes every six weeks.
If you fancy going for a drink after your concert, North Bar is just a few doors down and you can get 10% off when you show your Howard Assembly Room ticket. With "imported beers from the continent and the US" you can get a taste of the world one drink at a time, without having to leave the city centre.
Let me know if there's anywhere I've missed out – I'd love to discover some new international restaurants.
(All artist descriptions and images have been taken from the Opera North website and used with permission.)
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There can be scheduling problems when people are working from different time zones. One solution is to choose an IT project management company in the same area as your business. But if you are working with those outside your time zone it's important to establish the availability of those involved in the project and determine the times that everyone will be available simultaneously.
Perhaps the biggest setback to remotely managed IT projects is the lack of face-to-face communication. There's a certain dynamic that's lost when team members can't gauge facial expressions, body language, and tone of voice. But remotely managed projects can still be a success if team members are good about staying in contact, having regular meetings where everyone involved can participate via video conference.
For a successful project, it's crucial that everyone on the team has the necessary technology and tools available. Projects can get off course if team members can't access data they need when they need it. But IT project groups also need to be careful when sharing sensitive data with each other over long distances that they don't open themselves up to security breaches and lost data. Everyone involved needs to have the necessary tools and technology and everyone must understand the security protocols for the project.
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Driven to achieve her dream: Nokuphila Khumalo now proud owner of service station
By Karabo Ledwaba - 23 January 2019 - 12:33
Nokuphila Khumalo has achieved her goal of owning a service station and convenience store and is believed to be one of the youngest BP fuel station owners in the country. / Supplied
Nokuphila Khumalo was so inspired by her petrol attendant father that she is now the proud owner of a BP fuel and service station.
The 27-year-old is believed to be one of the youngest BP fuel dealers in the country.
She bought her service station in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, last year - nearly 40 years since her father last worked as a petrol attendant. He later became a police officer and a businessman.
"At the moment I think I am the youngest black female in fuel and convenience. In most cases I noticed there are females in the industry but [they] don't fully own the business. They are either assisting the fuel company in running the site or are in a partnership with other shareholders," Khumalo said.
Khumalo, who hails from Umlazi, studied interior design at the Design School Southern Africa in Pretoria and quit as a project manager last year to realise her dream of owning the fuel station.
After seeing the low number of fuel station owners who are women, Khumalo said she was pushed to ensure that she fully owns her business and she is the sole shareholder and director. She also owns the land where the service station is located.
"The service station industry has been something I've always been intrigued by and have always wanted to be a part of. I began my research and seriously pursued my interests in mid-2010," she said.
Khumalo said she opened a savings account after matric where she saved money each month with her goal in mind.
She landed a job during her studies as a model and as a bar lady and used her earnings and allowance to save R3,000 a month. By the time she had landed herself a corporate job she was able to save up to R5,000 a month depending on how much money she could afford to put away.
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"Gathering my funds after the sixth year didn't exceed my expectations considering the in-depth research I did in terms of acquiring and expenses involved to operate such a business. I struggled for some time with getting funding despite all my efforts."
But when a service station in KZN came up for sale last year she was able to use money from her family trust to add to her savings to buy it.
"The opportunity presented itself and I grabbed it with both hands having to take a risk of using immediate funds from my family trust on a loan basis to secure the deal."
She said she went on to pursue her licence to operate which is mandatory for anyone who wants to deal in fuel to ensure they have the necessary skills and knowledge.
The young fuel dealer said it is challenging to establish a place in an industry that is dominated by men.
"There are numerous aspects that entail a successful service station operation. You have to be an all-rounder and constantly have your finger on the pulse. As dealers, we face challenges every day whether from the consumers, the company you represent or the staff etc," said Khumalo.
She employs 25 young people at her fuel station and this has made her very proud.
"The ultimate dream is to inspire other young women through my work and continuously grow within the industry. I would love to expand in attaining more service stations with my experience and create other business opportunities within the oil sector."
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Teen Honors Father Killed In Afghanistan With 'Angel' Graduation Photos
One teen from Nebraska just honored her father in the sweetest way, with angel graduation photos. Her father died as a result of an IED explosion in Afghanistan more than a decade ago. Now, she is honoring him in her high school graduation photos.
Julia Yllescas requested a photographer to turn her photos into "angel pictures" of herself and her deceased father, Army Capt. Robert Yllescas. The photos show a faint shadowed version of her father in his army uniform alongside Julia. She holds a folded American flag in one of the photos next to her "angel" form father.
The angel graduation photos were beautiful, yet tearjerking
Julia and her father graduation photo / Snapshots by Suz
"Why it has hit my heart so hard is that I almost felt when I saw those pictures that he truly was there," Julia tells news outlets. "And to have a piece of him with me throughout my senior year. Because sometimes it feels like where are you, why did you have to go?"
As previously mentioned, Julia's father was injured by an IED explosion in Afghanistan in 2008. One month later, he would die from his injuries in the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. He was, fortunately, buried in his home state of Nebraska.
The photographer of the session even tears up a bit
The photographer during the session, Susanne Beckmann, is an active-duty military wife herself. She has also known the Yllescas family for several years and say was teary-eyed while editing the beautiful and sentimental photos.
"All I could think in my head is I don't ever want to have to do this for my own kids," Beckmann says.
Army soldier in combat / Spc. John Lytle
While the ordeal was definitely tugging at everyone's heartstrings, Julia is glad she did this. "Just to have that on my wall and be like no, he is with me, even though I can't physically see him," she says.
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One teen pays tribute to fallen marines by wearing a prom dress made up of the names of Marines who died in the battle of the 3rd Battalion. Take a look at the dress here!


I recently purchased a used Tacoma from a dealership (not going to name the dealership at this time). On the test drive everything felt fine and normal. The sales guy said they perform a 1 million point inspection and they already put 3 grand into the truck fixing the rack and pinion and a few other items that needed replaced. The morning after the purchase I noticed a vibration coming from the front end, it was a consistent slow vibration. My first thought was they just rotated the tires and I am getting a vibration from that. That afternoon the dealership called to ask how my experience was, I explained my new found concern and they said "bring it down, we will take a look and fix it if we find anything." I took it down, spent half a day away from work (losing money) for them to say they could find nothing. Whatever... They obviously didn't drive it. So, I left and figured if it got worse I would go back and bring the concern up again (now that it has been documented in their system).
Today I look at the paperwork I had left on my desk, read line 1 and then read line 2. I really hope that is some special code they use to say they test drove the vehicle and everything looked fine? I haven't called the service writer yet, when I get a break in a few I am going to call.
Wait... I think I read that wrong. I was pissed at them initially and then I read the floor mat part and it sent me through the roof. I thought they had disregarded what I was talking about and did a floor mat inspection and that is all. No clue where the floor mat part came in. I definitely did not complain about my floor mats being weird. Hahaha, that calmed me down some.
I am with you. Why is floor mat inspection even a thing?
Because Toyota spent billons of dollars defending themselves against floor mat issues, "unintended acceleration", recalls, appeared before congress, etc.
I'm not seeing what has you triggered on the paperwork but I'm assuming they automatically insert #2 for every job that comes into the shop per Toyota corporate.
Yes, you're looking at two different "complaints", the 2nd of which is the floor mat which they likely put on every single repair order that comes through the door.
I guess Toyota can make awesome and reliable cars, but not floor mats. I still think it is sad that floor mat inspection has to exist. That is a crazy thing to cost a company billions of dollars.
Welcome to America. Customer puts all-weather mats on top of their carpet mats. Pedal jams against balled up floor mats and Toyota spends billions to resolve. They did massive recalls to have a tech put a new clip on the mat, shorten pedals and verify there was a single floor mat per side. Now they are total knee-jerk about floor mats and every dealer has a mandate to ensure a floor mat doesn't get balled up against the pedals.
Wow... thanks for the insight on floor mat inspections.
What initially triggered me was when I took the truck in they said they were unable to replicate the vibration. I feel it every time I drive the truck and even had two other people drive it to make sure I wasn't nuts and it was there (they agreed). Then I quickly glanced at the paper and saw line 1 where it states I could feel the vibration and saw the second line. I didn't read much more because I felt they were discarding my complaint and the tech or writer thought they were being funny with a "floor mat inspection". I am glad I waited to call them because I would have looked like a jackass. I usually wait a few hours if possible to send an email or call to complain.
I heard a different story, and that the floor mat was what it was blamed on as a "cover up." I heard it was actually faulty software in the drive by wire system. Then that was seemingly further confirmed when my wife had a case study in here software engineering classes detailing what I had heard.
NASA couldn't find a fault. Toyota didn't flash any computers, they didn't recall any ECU's... yet the complaints and problems went away as they fixed floor mats Sounds like a great narrative for a software engineering professor. False yet a fun paroble.
"Earlier this year, the Department of Transportation released the results of its study into the blizzard of reports that various Toyota and Lexus models were accelerating out of control. The DOT concluded that, other than a number of incidents caused by accelerators hanging up on incorrectly fitted floor mats, the accidents were caused by drivers depressing their accelerators when they intended to apply their brakes. "Pedal misapplication" was the DOT's delicate terminology for this phenomenon...."
"...A field examination of 58 vehicles said to be involved in unintended-acceleration crashes revealed no evidence of brake failure or throttle malfunction. Moreover, these Toyotas were equipped with simple event data recorders (EDRs, or "black boxes"), as about 85 percent of new cars are. Of the 39 vehicles that fit the unintended-acceleration pattern and had usable EDR data, none showed sustained, pre-crash braking taking place and 35 revealed high or increasing accelerator position.
The reported high-speed incidents were far more rare. After examining the various cases, most of them turned out to be related to alcohol use or drivers' medical problems: The EDRs showed no pre-impact braking or substantial acceleration, suggesting drivers who were unaware of impending crashes..."
With my Tundra they'd always put my floormat in the back because it wasn't "Toyota Approved" and I'd get a sheet that said something like that. Now, with my Tacoma, which has WeatherTechs, I don't have that on any of my sheets anymore.
My brother had a truck in High school with those cool 90's metal pedal covers we had to throw on it. They screwed on, and the screws poked out the back. It was quite frequent that the mat would get caught by the screws on the pedals and let the truck keep accelerating. It was always a trip to experience while driving. We got pretty good at shuffling our feet the right way to correct it quickly.
The adult in me is now wondering why we just didn't take the pedal covers off??
Because then you would have lost at least 10HP. Pedals get medals...or something like that.


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