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World leaders express shock at pro-Trump supporters invasion of U.S. Capitol
World leaders expressed their shock as supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump stormed here the U.S. Capitol building where Congress meets in an attempt to overturn the results of the November 3 election won by Joe Biden.
Iran's president said it proved the weakness of Western democracy while officials in China and Russia compared the storming to protests in Hong Kong and Ukraine.
Here are reactions from around the world:
UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was "saddened" by the events at the U.S. Capitol, his spokesman said.
"In such circumstances, it is important that political leaders impress on their followers the need to refrain from violence, as well as to respect democratic processes and the rule of law," U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement.
China drew a comparison between the storming of the U.S. Capitol and last year's often-violent pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, but noted that no one had died when demonstrators took over the legislature of the China-ruled city. Four people died in the Washington violence, police said.
"We also wish that U.S. people can enjoy peace, stability and security as soon as possible," foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told a daily briefing.
"Quite Maidan-style pictures are coming from DC," Russia's deputy U.N. Ambassador Dmitry Polyanskiy posted on Twitter, referring to protests in Ukraine that toppled Russian-backed President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovich in 2014.
"Some of my friends ask whether someone will distribute crackers to the protesters to echo the Victoria Nuland stunt," he said, citing a 2013 visit to Ukraine when then-U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland offered food to protesters.
"What happened in America showed what a failure Western democracy is … A populist man (Trump) damaged the reputation of his country," Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said in a televised speech.
"Distressed to see news about rioting and violence in Washington DC," Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a tweet. "Orderly and peaceful transfer of power must continue. The democratic process cannot be allowed to be subverted through unlawful protests."
"We decline to comment on President Trump's political style as this is about U.S. domestic affairs," Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato told reporters.
"But we hope to see democracy in the United States overcome this difficult situation, calmness and harmony regained, and a peaceful and democratic transfer of power."
"Since its independence, America, our great and true friend, has been a beacon of democracy, and stood for the values of freedom, justice and independence," Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi said on Twitter. "I am sure that the American people and their elected representatives will know how to fend off this attack and will continue to defend the values on which the United States was founded."
"What happened today in Washington DC is not American, definitely," French President Emmanuel Macron said in a video message on Twitter.
"We believe in the strength of our democracies. We believe in the strength of American democracy," he said, speaking in English.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a tweet called the events in the U.S. Congress a "disgrace", saying the United States stood for democracy around the world and that was it was "vital" now that there should be a peaceful and orderly transfer of power.
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said democracy's enemies would be cheered by scenes of violence at the United States Capitol, and he called on Trump to accept U.S. voters' decision.
In a Tweet, Maas said the violence had been caused by inflammatory rhetoric. "Trump and his supporters must accept the decision of American voters at last and stop trampling on democracy."
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg called the violent protests in Washington "shocking scenes" and said the outcome of the democratic U.S. election must be respected.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said in a tweet: "I am following with concern the news that are coming from Capitol Hill in Washington. I trust in the strength of America's democracy.
"The new Presidency of @JoeBiden will overcome this time of tension, uniting the American people."
Ireland's foreign minister Simon Coveney called the scenes in Washington "a deliberate assault on Democracy by a sitting President & his supporters, attempting to overturn a free & fair election! The world is watching! We hope for restoration of calm."
Turkey's foreign ministry issued a statement expressing concern about the violence and called for calm and common sense while urging its citizens to avoid crowds and the protest area.
Charles Michel, chairman of EU leaders, on Twitter expressed his shock at the scenes in Washington. "The US Congress is a temple of democracy…We trust the US to ensure a peaceful transfer of power to @JoeBiden"
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said: "I believe in the strength of US institutions and democracy. Peaceful transition of power is at the core. @JoeBiden won the election. I look forward to working with him as the next President of the USA."
"What happened in USA is unacceptable and unprecedented attack on democracy," Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis said on Twitter. "Transition of power needs to be smooth and peaceful.I firmly believe that these incidents should cease."
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed his concern about events in Washington. "Obviously we're concerned and we're following the situation minute by minute," Trudeau told the News 1130 Vancouver radio station. "I think the American democratic institutions are strong, and hopefully everything will return to normal shortly."
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven in a tweet described the scenes as "an attack on democracy". "President Trump and many members of Congress bear significant responsibility for what's now taking place. The democratic process of electing a president must be respected."
Norwegian Prime Minster Erna Solberg posted on Twitter: "This is an unacceptable attack on the U.S. democracy. President Trump is responsible for stopping this. Scary images, and unbelievable that this is happening in the United States."
Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said in a statement: "The attack on Capitol Hill in Washington DC is a very serious and worrying matter. It shows how important it is to firmly and strongly defend democracy at all times."
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison described the scenes in Washington as "distressing." "We condemn these acts of violence and look forward to a peaceful transfer of Government to the newly elected administration in the great American democratic tradition," he posted on Twitter.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Twitter: "Democracy – the right of people to exercise a vote, have their voice heard and then have that decision upheld peacefully should never be undone by a mob. Our thoughts are with everyone who is as devastated as we are by the events of today. I have no doubt democracy will prevail."
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza tweeted: "Venezuela expresses its concern for the violent events that are taking place in the city of Washington, USA; condemns the political polarization and hopes that the American people will open a new path toward stability and social justice."
Argentine President Alberto Fernandez tweeted: "We express our condemnation of the serious acts of violence and the affront to Congress that occurred today in Washington DC. We trust that there will be a peaceful transition that respects the popular will and we express our strongest support for President-elect Joe Biden."
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#Owling: why working with #TeamIdio is such a hoot!
COMPETITION: If you work at an agency, why not get involved in #interagencyowlingcomp and tweet your office's best owling photos! Even if you're not too into this – get an office intern to do it for your amusement.
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Inspired by an article in this morning's The Daily Mail, the girls at reception initiated an inter-office owling competition with each office submitting their best attempt.
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Coccolino è un marchio commerciale globale di ammorbidenti posseduto da Unilever conosciuto sul mercato per l'omonimo orsacchiotto che compare come mascotte sulle confezioni e nelle pubblicità dei prodotti nonché come franchise per alcuni gadgets.

Storia
Dopo che Procter & Gamble ebbe lanciato sul mercato una propria linea di ammorbidenti, conosciuta con il marchio Downy negli Stati Uniti d'America e con il marchio Lenor in Europa, Unilever intendeva concorrere con tale marchio lanciando sul mercato un proprio marchio di ammorbidenti denominato Comfort che, nonostante avesse conosciuto nei primi anni un numero sempre crescente di consumi, non riuscì a contrastare il ruolo dominante detenuto da P&G. A ciò la dirigenza di un'azienda tedesca sussidiaria di Unilever rispose sviluppando un nuovo marchio di ammorbidenti che, secondo essa, avrebbe conosciuto un enorme e rapido successo commerciale dovuto alla mascotte dei suoi prodotti, un orsacchiotto denominato Kuschelweich, che trasferirebbe al consumatore un'immagine desiderevole di morbidezza. Il marchio, già diffuso sul mercato tedesco, è entrato anche nei mercati degli altri Paesi sviluppati alla fine degli anni Settanta del XX secolo e Unilever diffuse il marchio stesso negli Stati Uniti d'America a metà degli anni Ottanta del XX secolo dove assunse il nome locale di The Snuggle Bear e riceve tuttora una discreta fama anche come franchise dopo che Kermit Love, già creatore del personaggio di Sesame Street Big Bird, creò il pupazzo di un omonimo personaggio.
A fine anni 80 e primi anni 90, lo stesso marchio era disponibile anche come detersivo per lavare la lana e i capi delicati (noto quindi come Coccolino Detersivo), che si distingueva per il flacone rosa, in contrapposizione al blu di quello per l'ammorbidente.

Varianti internazionali

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Bibliografia
 Luca Lomi, Pupazzi Story - il mondo dei pupazzi in tv, Edizioni Efesto, 2021, ISBN 9788833811635

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

 Pagina di Coccolino su Facebook

Marchi Unilever
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How a Blind Rescue Horse Helped Others Learn to See
Author: Jennifer Marshall Bleakley
Narrator: Emily Durante
The heartwarming true story of a blind horse named Joey. At the height of his show career, this beautiful Appaloosa's majestic stature, strength, and willingness to work made him the perfect partner. But when an injury cost Joey his show career, he moved from one owner to the next, ultimately experiencing severe abuse and neglect. A rescue group found Joey nearly dead from starvation-and blind. Then he came to Hope Reins-a ranch dedicated to helping hurting kids who had been abused, emotionally wounded, or unwanted. By teaching these children to care for rescued animals, the Hope Reins staff were convinced they could reach kids with love and hope and show them that we are never forgotten by God. But could the financially struggling ranch afford to take care of a blind horse that no one else wanted? Could Joey somehow learn to trust people even though the world had hurt him so badly? And what would happen-to Joey, the kids, and Hope Reins-if they failed? A true story of friendship destined to become a classic, Joey will touch your heart and reveal the power of finding light in the darkness.
The Napalm Girl's Journey through the Horrors of War to Faith, Forgiveness, and Peace
Author: Kim Phuc Phan Thi, Translated by Ashley Wiersma
Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller
Get out! Run! We must leave this place! They are going to destroy this whole place! Go, children, run first! Go now!These were the final shouts nine year-old Kim Phuc heard before her world dissolved into flames―before napalm bombs fell from the sky, burning away her clothing and searing deep into her skin. It's a moment forever captured, an iconic image that has come to define the horror and violence of the Vietnam War. Kim was left for dead in a morgue; no one expected her to survive the attack. Napalm meant fire, and fire meant death.Against all odds, Kim lived―but her journey toward healing was only beginning. When the napalm bombs dropped, everything Kim knew and relied on exploded along with them: her home, her country's freedom, her childhood innocence and happiness. The coming years would be marked by excruciating treatments for her burns and unrelenting physical pain throughout her body, which were constant reminders of that terrible day. Kim survived the pain of her body ablaze, but how could she possibly survive the pain of her devastated soul?Fire Road is the true story of how she found the answer in a God who suffered Himself; a Savior who truly understood and cared about the depths of her pain. Fire Road is a story of horror and hope, a harrowing tale of a life changed in an instant―and the power and resilience that can only be found in the power of God's mercy and love.
Runaway Amish Girl
Author: Emma Gingerich
Narrator: Amy Melissa Bentley
Growing up Amish and leaving the fold, Emma Gingerich left her Amish community in Eagleville, Missouri, at the age of eighteen. Her memoir Runaway Amish Girl: The Great Escape captivates even the timid listener. Disagreeing with the beliefs of Amish traditions and upbringing, the pressure became too much for her to bear. Forced to make a personal decision, Emma found the courage to leave the only life she had ever known. She had no idea the emotional turmoil she'd inflict on her family and friends. The emotional reactions of her parents, brothers, and sisters, were gut-wrenching. Considered no longer a daughter or a sister, temporarily exiled, Emma found a way to be free. Education became her priority as she found her place in the 'English' world. This true story is a rare glimpse into the life of a brave young woman.
Walking with Henry
Big Lessons from a Little Donkey on Faith, Friendship, and Finding Your Path
Author: Rachel Anne Ridge
Narrator: Xe Sands
Just when you think it's the end of your story . . . grace shows up. Sometimes it arrives as a moment of joy in the middle of despair. Sometimes you find it next to a trusted friend along an old, well-trodden path. And sometimes, grace has fuzzy ears, a bristled mane, and hope for a new start. Join Rachel Anne Ridge, author of the beloved memoir Flash, in a journey back to the pasture. As she adopts a second rescue donkey as a little brother for Flash-a miniature named Henry-she finds that walking with donkeys has surprising lessons to teach us about prayer, renewing our faith, and connecting to God in fresh ways. Readers all over the world fell in love with Flash and with Rachel's thoughtful, funny, and poignant stories about what life with a donkey can teach you. Now, meet Henry and join him on a walk that could change everything about how you hope, trust, and move forward from past regrets.
Exporting the Rapture
John Nelson Darby and the Victorian Conquest of North-American Evangelicalism
Author: Donald H. Akenson
Narrator: Paul Boehmer
Runtime: 17.5 Hrs. - Unabridged
Apocalyptic millennialism is one of the most powerful strands in evangelical Christianity. It is not a single belief, but across many powerful evangelical groups there is general adhesion to faith in the physical return of Jesus in the Second Coming, the affirmation of a Rapture heavenward of 'saved' believers, a millennium of peace under the rule of Jesus and his saints and, eventually, a final judgement and entry into deep eternity. A key figure in this process was John Nelson Darby. Akenson emphasizes that, as strong a personality as Darby was, the real story is that he became a vector for the transmission of a terrifically complex and highly seductive ideological system from the old world to the new. So beguiling, adaptable, and compelling was the new Dispensational system that Darby injected into North American evangelicalism that it continued to spread logarithmically after his death. By the 1920s, the system had become the doctrinal template of the fundamentalist branch of North American evangelicalism and the distinguishing characteristic of the bestselling Scofield Bible.
His Life, Teachings, and Practice
Author: Jon M. Sweeney
Narrator: Bob Souer
An introduction to St. Francis's life and his most profound teachings of faith St. Francis of Assisi is one of the most venerated Christian figures, and his profound teachings, deep love of nature, and commitment to simplicity have resonated with generations of followers. St. Francis of Assisi, a title in the Essential Wisdom Library, offers a simple and universal introduction to Francis's life, his key teachings, and the spiritual practices that enriched his faith and the lives of those who follow his legacy. Author Jon M. Sweeney, one of the most popular Francis interpreters, introduces the iconic Christian as a man of his time and as one whose wisdom transcends eras. Beginning with a timeline of the saint's life, St. Francis of Assisi includes the teachings that made Francis such a unique and powerful figure. His words apply to a diverse set of situations-from advice for people in positions of power, to teachings on gratitude, and the Rule of Life which governed every facet of life for Franciscans. The book concludes with explanations of some of his most powerful practices, which can offer wisdom and insight for our own lives.
Surprised by Oxford
Author: Carolyn Weber
Narrator: Nancy Peterson
Surprised by Oxford is the memoir of a skeptical agnostic who comes to a dynamic personal faith in God during graduate studies in literature at Oxford University. Carolyn Weber arrives at Oxford a feminist from a loving but broken family, suspicious of men and intellectually hostile to all things religious. As she grapples with her God-shaped void alongside the friends, classmates, and professors she meets, she tackles big questions in search of Truth, love, and a life that matters. From issues of fatherhood, feminism, doubt, doctrine, and love, Weber explores the intricacies of coming to faith with an aching honesty and insight echoing that of the poets and writers she studied. Rich with literary references, Surprised by Oxford is at once gritty and lyrical; both humorous and spiritually perceptive. This savvy, credible account of Christian conversion and its after-effects follows the Oxford liturgical calendar as it entertains, informs, and promises to engage even the most skeptical and unlikely listener.
A Harrowing True Story of Disaster at Sea
Author: Thomas Thompson
Narrator: Shawn Compton
In July 1973, Bob Tininenko; his wife, Linda; and his brother in-law, Jim Fisher, set sail from Tacoma, Washington, on a thirty-one-foot trimaran down the West Coast to Costa Rica. The journey was expected to take a matter of weeks, but ten days into the cruise, the party encountered a freak storm off the coast of northern California. When gale-force winds and fifty-foot waves capsized their boat, the voyage became a nightmare. For seventy-two days, the trio was lost at sea. Challenged by nature and compromised by a bitter rivalry, their courage and will to live was put to the ultimate test. Jim, the owner and skipper of the boat, was a devout fundamentalist whose recognition of God's will in every event brought him into increasing conflict with his brother-in-law. As the two men battled to take control of a dire situation, Linda kept a secret that would lead to heartrending tragedy. A 'hair-raising' (Houston Chronicle) account of shipwreck and survival and a searing portrait of faith without reason, Lost! is an unforgettable true story from 'a writer of tremendous power and achievement' (Detroit Free Press).
The Unpredictable Moments That Make Life Extraordinary
Author: Ernie Johnson, Jr.
Narrator: Ernie Johnson, Jr.
Ernie Johnson, Jr., has been in the game a long time. With one of the most recognized voices in sports broadcasting, he is a tireless perfectionist when it comes to preparing and delivering his commentary. Yet he knows that some of sports' greatest triumphs-and life's greatest rewards-come from those unscripted moments you never anticipated. In this heartfelt, gripping autobiography, the three-time Sports Emmy Award winner and popular host of TNT's Inside the NBA provides a remarkably candid look at his life both on and off the screen. From his relationship with his sportscaster father to his own rise to the top of sports broadcasting, from battling cancer to raising six children with his wife, Cheryl, including a special needs child adopted from Romania, Ernie has taken the important lessons he learned from his father and passed them on to his own children. This is the untold story, the one Ernie has lived after the lights are turned off and the cameras stop rolling. Sports fans, cancer survivors, fathers and sons, adoptive parents, those whose lives have been touched by a person with special needs, anyone who loves stories about handling life's surprises with grace-Unscripted is for all of these.
God In My Head
The true story of an ex-Christian who accidentally met God
Author: Joshua Steven Grisetti
Narrator: Joe Hempel
This odd, irreverent spiritual memoir chronicles the author's accidental hallucinogenic journey to God and back with blunt comic undertones, undercutting the lofty gravitas typically associated with the 'meeting God' genre. While making no claims regarding the 'proof' of God in any way, this light-hearted true story is an entertaining and thought-provoking journey into the psychology of religion and the existence of God.
My Son and the Afterlife
Conversations from the Other Side
Author: Elisa Medhus
Narrator: Hillary Huber
Dr. Elisa Medhus never believed in life after death. As an accomplished physician, she placed her faith in science. All of that changed after her son Erik took his own life and then reached out from the other side. Intimate, heartbreaking, and illuminating, this book takes listeners on an incredible journey from grief and skepticism to healing and belief. Based on Medhus's wildly popular blog, Channeling Erik, My Son and the Afterlife provides answers to the most universal questions of being human. At once tragic and uplifting, Erik speaks from the other side with candor, wisdom, and depth as he describes his own experiences and provides new answers about the nature of souls, death, and the afterlife-answers that have the potential to change our lives forever.
Pioneer Prophet
Author: John G. Turner
Narrator: Stephen Hoye
Brigham Young was a rough-hewn craftsman from New York whose impoverished and obscure life was electrified by the Mormon faith. He trudged around the United States and England to gain converts for Mormonism, spoke in spiritual tongues, married more than fifty women, and eventually transformed a barren desert into his vision of the Kingdom of God. While previous accounts of his life have been distorted by hagiography or polemical expose, John Turner provides a fully realized portrait of a colossal figure in American religion, politics, and westward expansion.After the 1844 murder of Mormon founder Joseph Smith, Young gathered those Latter-day Saints who would follow him and led them over the Rocky Mountains. In Utah, he styled himself after the patriarchs, judges, and prophets of ancient Israel. As charismatic as he was autocratic, he was viewed by his followers as an indispensable protector and by his opponents as a theocratic, treasonous heretic.Under his fiery tutelage, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints defended plural marriage, restricted the place of African Americans within the church, fought the U.S. Army in 1857, and obstructed federal efforts to prosecute perpetrators of the Mountain Meadows Massacre. At the same time, Young's tenacity and faith brought tens of thousands of Mormons to the American West, imbued their everyday lives with sacred purpose, and sustained his church against adversity. Turner reveals the complexity of this spiritual prophet, whose commitment made a deep imprint on his church and the American Mountain West.
My Battle Against Hitler
Faith, Truth, and Defiance in the Shadow of the Third Reich
Author: Dietrich von Hildebrand & John Henry Crosby
Narrator: Michael Page
Dietrich von Hildebrand was a German-Catholic thinker and teacher who, in response to the rise of Nazism, devoted the full force of his intellect to doing public battle with Hitler for the hearts and minds of the German people. In My Battle Against Hitler, von Hildebrand tells of the scorn and ridicule he endured for sounding the alarm when many still viewed Hitler as a positive and inevitable force. He tells how he defiantly challenged Nazism in the public square, prompting the German ambassador in Vienna to describe him to Hitler as 'the architect of the intellectual resistance.' And throughout it all, he conveys his unwavering trust in God, even during his harrowing escape from Vienna and his desperate flight across Europe, with the Nazis always just one step behind.
Dorothy Day: The World Will Be Saved By Beauty
An Intimate Portrait of My Grandmother
Author: Kate Hennessy
Narrator: Randye Kaye
Dorothy Day (1897-1980) was a prominent Catholic, writer, social activist, and cofounder of a movement dedicated to serving the poorest of the poor. Her life has been revealed through her own writings as well as the work of historians, theologians, and academics. What has been missing until now is a more personal account from the point of view of someone who knew her well. Dorothy Day: The World Will Be Saved by Beauty is a frank and reflective, heartfelt and humorous portrayal as written by her granddaughter, Kate Hennessy. Dorothy Day challenges ideas of plaster saints and of saintly women. Day is an unusual candidate for sainthood. Before her conversion, she lived what she called a 'disorderly life,' during which she had an abortion and then gave birth to a child out of wedlock. After her conversion, she was both an obedient servant and a rigorous challenger of the Church. She was a prolific writer whose books are still widely read. While tenderly rendered, this account will show her as driven to do good but dogmatic, loving but judgmental, in particular with regards to her only daughter, Tamar. She was also full of humor and laughter, and could light up any room she entered.
Dagger John
Archbishop John Hughes and the Making of Irish America
Author: John Loughery
Narrator: Joe Barrett
Acclaimed biographer John Loughery tells the story of John Hughes, son of Ireland, friend of William Seward and James Buchanan, founder of St. John's College (now Fordham University), builder of Saint Patrick's Cathedral on Fifth Avenue, pioneer of parochial-school education, and American diplomat. As archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York in the 1840 and 1850s and the most famous Roman Catholic in America, Hughes defended Catholic institutions in a time of nativist bigotry and church burnings and worked tirelessly to help Irish Catholic immigrants find acceptance in their new homeland. His galvanizing and protecting work and pugnacious style earned him the epithet Dagger John. When the interests of his church and ethnic community were at stake, Hughes acted with purpose and clarity. In Dagger John, Loughery reveals Hughes's life as it unfolded amid turbulent times for the religious and ethnic minority he represented. Hughes the public figure comes to the fore, illuminated by Loughery's retelling of his interactions with, and responses to, every major figure of his era, including his critics (Walt Whitman, James Gordon Bennett, and Horace Greeley) and his admirers (Henry Clay, Stephen Douglas, and Abraham Lincoln). Loughery peels back the layers of the public life of this complicated man, showing how he reveled in the controversies he provoked and believed he had lived to see many of his goals achieved until his dreams came crashing down during the Draft Riots of 1863 when violence set Manhattan ablaze. To know 'Dagger' John Hughes is to understand the United States during a painful period of growth as the nation headed toward civil war. Dagger John's successes and failures, his public relationships and private trials, and his legacy in the Irish Catholic community and beyond provide context and layers of detail for the larger history of a modern culture unfolding in his wake.


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Xperi Ups Commitment To 'Maintaining Radio's Prominence In The Dashboard.'
Sep 2, 2021 | News
Read the original article on Inside Radio.
During a year that saw its merger with TiVo, the rollout of DTS AutoStage and the continued growth of HD Radio and all-digital AM, Xperi has doubled down on its mission to keep broadcast radio front-and-center in the connected car.
"All the new technologies we develop around radio are not only to help broadcasters connect with their audience on mobile or enhance their experience on RDS, but directly drive and improve user experience in the car," Xperi Senior VP, Broadcast Radio Joe D'Angelo, the focus of NAB's latest podcast, says. "We're now in the connected car businesses in over 60 countries, working with close to 70,000 radio stations. It's been a tremendous expansion of our services and technology, but it's always been focused on helping radio compete in this connected world."
The Xperi-TiVo merger has made the company a larger player in the metadata business, which has positively impacted its hybrid radio system, DTS AutoStage. "The core of that product is all around delivering rich metadata related to broadcast radio, to make radio more discoverable and engaging, and to help radio maintain its prominence in the dashboard of today's connected vehicles," D'Angelo says. Citing the company's work with Daimler, which has adopted the system in their new cars in 60 countries, D'Angelo stresses the importance of metadata for radio. "In this digital world where discovery is critical and we're looking even at voice interfaces, making sure that you inform your audience about how to find your platform is all about attaching meaningful metadata to your audio services."
In terms of HD Radio, D'Angelo says, "The automotive industry continues to support the technology. We're [at] about 2,500 stations now in the U.S. [with] around 80 million cars on the road with [HD], adding 8½ to 9½ million cars a year. We're currently available on over 312 different vehicle models from all 44 major car companies, and of those, 193 are actually standard, where you can't get the car without HD Radio." As for its U.S. penetration, D'Angelo notes that while the average is at 33%, certain markets index higher such as New York (52%), Houston (38%) and Ft. Myers, FL (41%). "[If] you're a broadcaster thinking, should I make the investment in HD Radio, is there an audience out there that can listen to it, the answer is yes," he says. "In some markets, upwards of 50% of your in-car listening will be done on HD Radio."
Xperi's D'Angelo is also upbeat about return on stations' investment for these technologies. "We're seeing radio stations monetizing the multi-cast channels, [especially] leveraging the Quu Interactive technology to create synchronized and enhanced visuals around their audio ads, realizing an increased price point for ads that include visual text or a visual image," he says. "We're encouraged to see broadcasters taking advantage of all the capabilities the technology offers and presenting that to their customers, and their customers are reacting: they want this new, enhanced radio product."
Another area where the company sees growth? All-digital AM. "We have about 35 stations that have licensed the technology," D'Angelo says. "Currently, only three are on the air, but all of those have seen a significant uptick in ratings."
During the podcast, D'Angelo focuses on Xperi's longtime commitment to broadcast radio's battle for in-car listening. "What you're up against is what Apple, Google, Facebook and YouTube are doing to get into the car to take your ear share from the driver," he says. "We designed DTS AutoStage [so] that radio would always have prominence. The threat from Big Tech is real, the response has to be coordinated and reliable and deliver a compelling user experience. I think AutoStage checks all those boxes."
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Q: Why is this for loop code as fast as apply()? EDITED to provide re-producible results
It wasn't clear initially, but I need the results to take into account NAs in the raw data (df)
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I initially wrote my code with for loops to get the proof of concept working, but now I need to speed things up.  It runs in ~2-3 minutes with the for loops, but when I re-wrote it using apply(), it wasn't any faster. I thought apply() should be the vectorized solution and therefore faster, but maybe my whole premise is incorrect?  (I am not new to R, but computational speed is not usually an issue for me.)
I am working with 1000+ cases and ~100 variables and need to perform 5000+ simulations with the data (turning on and off different conditions).
Starting definitions & sample data:
cases = 1000
variables = 100
simulations = 5000

df <- as.data.frame(array(rnorm(cases * variables, 0, 5), dim=c(cases, variables)))

montecarlo <- matrix(rbinom(simulations * variables, 1, 20/variables), simulations, variables)
montecarlo[montecarlo==0] <- NA

calc <- array(,dim=c(cases, variables, simulations))
interim <- array(,dim=c(cases, variables, simulations))
results <- array(,dim=c(variables, simulations))

for (j in 1:simulations) {
  calc[,,j] <- exp(t(t(df) * as.numeric(montecarlo[j,])))
}

For loop version:
for (j in 1:simulations) {
  interim[,,j] <- t(apply(calc[,,j], 1, function(x) x/sum(x, na.rm = TRUE))) # re-share
  results[,j] <- apply(interim[,,j], 2, sum) # aggregates results
}

Apply() version:
interim <- apply(calc, c(1,3), function(x) x/sum(x, na.rm = TRUE)) # re-share
results <- as.data.frame(t(apply(interim, c(1,3), sum))) # aggregates results

I am open to any suggestions to speed things up and/or a reason why the apply() version is not any faster.  Thank you!

A: Generally speaking: for-loops aren't inherently slow. If you're preallocating output (i.e. not growing a vector, causing multiple copies), they're pretty much comparable to *apply() functions in speed. The overhead in iterating comes from repeatedly calling R functions from C code; and the advantage of using functionals is simply clarity. Here's an example with a for-loop wrapped in a function:
foo <- function(x, f, ...) {
  out <- vector("list", length(x))
  for (i in seq_along(x)) {
    out[[i]] <- f(x[[i]], ...)
  }
  out
}

x <- replicate(10000, rnorm(30), simplify = FALSE)
bench::mark(foo(x, mean), lapply(x, mean))
#> # A tibble: 2 x 6
#>   expression           min   median `itr/sec` mem_alloc `gc/sec`
#>   <bch:expr>      <bch:tm> <bch:tm>     <dbl> <bch:byt>    <dbl>
#> 1 foo(x, mean)      36.9ms   38.4ms      26.1   157.3KB     52.3
#> 2 lapply(x, mean)   42.6ms   44.9ms      22.3    78.2KB    100.

The way to get speed improvements in these cases is to move all of the calculations into compiled code.
That said, there may well be other optimizations for your specific problem. You might want to provide a reproducible example, and ask a new question on Code Review about performance improvements.
Created on 2019-09-02 by the reprex package (v0.3.0.9000)

A: As @Mikko Marttila noted, the apply() family does not guarantee faster code. Using sweep and aperm(), the code below is about 3x faster for a 1,000 x 100 x 70 array (i.e., only 7 million elements).
results4 <- colSums(sweep(calc, c(1,3), colSums(aperm(calc, c(2,1,3)), na.rm = T), FUN = '/'), na.rm = T)

Or, for slightly less performance but is more similar to what you originally had:
interim3 <- sweep(calc, c(1,3), apply(calc, 3, rowSums, na.rm = T), FUN = '/')
results3 <- apply(interim3, c(2,3), sum, na.rm = T)

Performance:
Unit: milliseconds
          expr      min       lq     mean   median       uq      max neval
      for_loop 510.9131 514.9030 537.0344 518.2491 524.5709 705.4087    10
      apply_OP 446.0352 458.4940 491.6710 500.1995 523.1843 533.9654    10
 sweep_rowSums 225.5855 233.2632 252.6149 240.7245 284.1517 292.3476    10
   sweep_aperm 136.2519 140.8912 163.7498 154.6984 191.5337 217.8015    10

Data
cases = 1000
variables = 100
simulations = 70

set.seed(123)
calc <- array(sample(cases *variables * simulations),dim=c(cases, variables, simulations))

interim <- array(,dim=c(cases, variables, simulations))
results <- array(,dim=c(variables, simulations))

# Original Loop
for (j in seq_len(simulations)) {
  interim[,,j] <- t(apply(calc[,,j], 1, function(x) x/sum(x, na.rm = TRUE))) # re-share
  results[,j] <- apply(interim[,,j], 2, sum) # aggregates results
}

# original apply

interim2 <- apply(calc, c(1,3), function(x) x/sum(x, na.rm = TRUE)) # re-share
results2 <- apply(interim2, c(1,3), sum) # aggregates results

# using sweep

interim3 <- sweep(calc, c(1,3), apply(calc, 3, rowSums, na.rm = T), FUN = '/')
results3 <- apply(interim3, c(2,3), sum, na.rm = T)

#using sweep and aperm
# interim4 <- sweep(calc, c(1,3), colSums(aperm(calc, c(2,1,3)), na.rm = T), FUN = '/')
results4 <- colSums(sweep(calc, c(1,3), colSums(aperm(calc, c(2,1,3)), na.rm = T), FUN = '/'), na.rm = T)

all.equal(results4, results3, results2, results)

library(microbenchmark)

microbenchmark(
  for_loop = {
    for (j in seq_len(simulations)) {
      interim[,,j] <- t(apply(calc[,,j], 1, function(x) x/sum(x, na.rm = TRUE))) # re-share
      results[,j] <- apply(interim[,,j], 2, sum) # aggregates results
    }
  }
  ,
  apply_OP = {
    interim2 <- apply(calc, c(1,3), function(x) x/sum(x, na.rm = TRUE)) # re-share
    results2 <- apply(interim2, c(1,3), sum) # aggregates results
  }
  ,
  sweep_rowSums = {
    interim3 <- sweep(calc, c(1,3), apply(calc, 3, rowSums, na.rm = T), FUN = '/')
    results3 <- apply(interim3, c(2,3), sum, na.rm = T)
  }
  ,
  sweep_aperm = {
    results4 <- colSums(sweep(calc, c(1,3), colSums(aperm(calc, c(2,1,3)), na.rm = T), FUN = '/'), na.rm = T)
  }
  , times = 10
)

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May 10, 2005 Updated: Oct. 5, 2016 10:52 a.m.
Franchise owner Patrick Asuncion, decided to get his feet wet and get involved in the community by contributing to The Woodlands High School's Operation Graduation when he heard the school's plea for fast funds.
By CHEVALIER MAYES
Cold Stone Creamery, an ice cream parlor located at Market Street, will soon offer Woodlands seniors more than just a cool treat.
Franchise owner Patrick Asuncion, decided to get his feet wet and get involved in the community by contributing to The Woodlands High School's Operation Graduation when he heard the school's plea for fast funds. In the weeks Leading up to Operation Graduation, Cold Stone Creamery will give 20 percent of its proceeds, accumulated on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, from 3-10 p.m., to Operation Graduation.
Asuncion said the fund-raiser is a way to show his appreciation to those customers who help sustain his business the most - high school students.
"I've worked with Project Graduation with other high schools," he said. "Project Graduation is a great concept and it is for a good cause. I try not to always take from the community; I try to give back, especially to high school students. They really support Cold Stone. They are always here hanging out, and a lot of them work here."
Operation Graduation will be held on graduation night, May 26, from 10 p.m. until 6 a.m. The event is a huge celebration that transforms the gym at The Woodlands High School into a casino. A game of mock Jeopardy! is played, as well as a number of other games. Students will have several opportunities to win prizes including gift certificates, TVs, DVD players, refrigerators and additional merchandise for fun and first year of college.
The main purpose for holding Operation Graduation each year is to supply students with a safe environment and somewhere to go after graduation. The school hosts the event in hopes of discouraging students from drinking and driving and engaging in other harmful activities the night of graduation. About 90 percent of the senior class usually attends Operation Graduation.
Cindy Hailey, a former Operation Graduation chairperson, said teaming up with organizations and businesses like Cold Stone in the community will not only help get the word out about Operation Graduation, it will help advertise for those participating businesses.
"The more establishments that get involved, the more awareness is created about Operation Graduation," she said. "It gets students involved in the community, and brings them to the different establishments. We could not put Operation Graduation on without community involvement. It keeps students in a safe environment, and it is something they look forward to."
Hailey said the effort the Operation Graduation committee puts into raising money for prizes and games is well worth it in the end. She said students are always excited about the prizes and activities they have awaiting them at the event.
"We definitely give out prizes that peak the interest of the students," she said. "Raising money for those prizes and games is a yearlong process. The more funds we raise, the better we are able to entertain students with great prizes and games."
Asuncion said he is going to give one lucky student an opportunity to win free ice cream for a year.
Those associated with Operation Graduation want to make partnering with local business a long-standing thing. C.J. Haynes, former Operation Graduation president and secretary of the Conroe ISD school board, said local organizations have gladly supported Operation Graduation this year and in previous years. She said it is a great way for students to get familiar with what is going on with the local businesses and vice versa.
"Cold Stone, along with other restaurants, has been very supportive in participating in the community and with Operation Graduation," she said. "We want this to be a more ongoing effort. It is important for businesses to support the community and for the community to support the businesses. It is a great partnership and a great opportunity for kids. They like Cold Stone and they do hang out at Market Street."
Cold Stone opened in February and sells traditional ice cream flavors, flavors modeled after desserts and flavors customers can customize. Some of those flavors include Apple Pie A La Cold Stone, Banana Caramel Crunch, Oreo Overload, Peanut Butter Cup Perfection, Germanchokolatekake among others. The creamery also sells ice cream cakes.
For more information, call Cold Stone Creamery at Market Street at (281) 812-6221.
Chevalier Mayes may be reached at cmayes@mail.hcnonline.net.


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package com.azure.messaging.webpubsub;

import com.azure.core.http.rest.RequestOptions;
import com.azure.core.util.BinaryData;
import com.azure.core.util.Configuration;
import com.azure.messaging.webpubsub.models.WebPubSubContentType;

public class BroadcastingSample {
    private static final String CONNECTION_STRING = Configuration.getGlobalConfiguration().get("WEB_PUB_SUB_CS");

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // build a sync client
        WebPubSubServiceClient chatHub = new WebPubSubServiceClientBuilder()
            .connectionString(CONNECTION_STRING)
            .hub("chat")
            .buildClient();

        // send a text message to the entire hub
        chatHub.sendToAll("{\"message\": \"Hello world!\"}", WebPubSubContentType.APPLICATION_JSON);

        // send a text message to a particular group
        chatHub.sendToGroup("admin", "Hi admins!", WebPubSubContentType.TEXT_PLAIN);

        // send binary data to the entire hub
        byte[] data = new byte[10];
        for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
            data[i] = (byte) i;
        }
        chatHub.sendToAllWithResponse(BinaryData.fromBytes(data), new RequestOptions()
                .addRequestCallback(request -> request.getHeaders().set("Content-Type", "application/octet-stream")));
    }
}

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Now, Lizzie is a part of the first iteration of SPNN's Doc U Fellows program, where she will create her first feature length documentary that will explore her understanding of her own family's medical history, as well as delve into why the scientific study of women's bodies has been slow coming and neglected for so long.


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Thank you for the kind words and continued support, Sam!
One note: TSA (the people searching you on the way into an airport) and CBP (Customs — the people you show your passport to in order to enter the country) are different groups with different rules. In theory, TSA is only looking for weapons, while CBP is looking for smugglers. If I were you, I'd put that phone they took on eBay and buy a new one.
The description they give for grading is still not accurate. The total max score for Oct. 2017 was 780 something not 800. If the pass score is always 560, and the total score possible changes every time (and it does) this is improper grading because it's always a different percent.
I don't think I passed this time, my 3rd time and I will also be filing suit if I didn't.
So, did you get your money back for the second attempt at the exam?


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• You're broke. If you can't pay your half of rent and the bills, you're a horrible roommate. No explanation needed.
• You invite family over. If you have your parents or grandparents over for dinner, make sure your roommate isn't there. It's exhausting to make small talk and be polite to people, especially in your own home.
• You don't buy groceries. You either eat a ton of fast food (and probably leave the wrappers all over the house) or if you're too lazy to go out and get anything, you end up eating your roommate's food. You also don't help out with buying toilet paper, garbage bags, or cleaning supplies.
• You have a live-in girlfriend or boyfriend. Your roommate didn't sign up for two roommates, or they'd only be paying 1/3 of the rent instead of 1/2. Sure, have your significant other over for dinner or to watch some TV, but don't have them over every day.
So there you have it. If you identify with any of the things I listed above, you're probably a bad roommate and you should think about changing some of your habits. In all honesty, none of those things would actually bother me if any of my roommates did them. I've lived through much worse!


The Online Publisher's Association released a study on native advertising this week that pretty much validates everything we (or I, at least) thought about native campaigns for news publications these days.
Based on their survey of publishers, the study reveals that native solutions aren't for every publication, or for every campaign. "There's a place for it, but I don't think we're moving away from banner advertising…publishers know their audiences better than anyone and they know what's going to drive engagement." Horan says.
Lesson: If you're publication is going native — you probably need a really good team in the newsroom to help create and oversee the process.
I still cringe when I think about The Atlantic's Scientology campaign. Best practices are still the main concern for publishers, namely how to best distinguish sponsored content, integrate it into the overall aesthetic of the publication, and ensure that there's as much value in the sponsored campaign as there is in regular editorial content.
That being said, maybe when it comes to news, it's best to remember that native advertising doesn't have to be for everyone.


Both as a parent of 9 kids and a persona injury attorney, I worry about every teen that hits the road. Car accidents are the most common way of death for the 16-24 age group. Inexperience and inattention are often the culprits in teenage car accidents, but there is another threat out there that parents choose to think won't affect their child—alcohol. In fact, 60% of fatal teen accidents are the product of underage drinking.
Though the percentage of these incidents have decreased dramatically since the legal drinking age was changed to 21 in the 1980's, underage drinking still contributes to a significant amount of teenage accidents and deaths. With 58% of high school seniors (ages 17 and 18) admitting to being drunk at least once and most of these having parents unaware of their drinking it is no shock that underage drinking contributes to such a high number of deaths. Luckily, studies show there is something parents can do to help prevent their child from becoming one of these horrible statistics. By simply talking to your teen and outlining your expectations the chance of them drinking underage drop significantly.
Starting the conversation can be difficult- but without clearly defining your rules and the consequences for breaking them your teen may not make the wisest decisions. This conversation would preferably start at an early age- by simply sharing your beliefs on drinking and its dangers and as the child matures you go into more depth providing facts to your teen.
The conversation doesn't end with telling your teen not to drink and drive- 28% of teens admitted to riding in a car with a driver under the influence. You must let your teen know that if their ride has been drinking they need to call home and not get in the car. If your teen is afraid of being in trouble for being around intoxicated people they may not make the best decisions.
For more tips on starting the conversation and some material you can use to talk to your teen about the danger of drinking and driving read the article: Talking to Your Kids About Drunk Driving. This article written by Seattle personal injury lawyer Jason Epstein can help you keep your teen safe.
Drinking and driving is extremely dangerous and sadly, drunk drivers are more likely to end up in an accident than to be arrested with a DUI- if you have been affected by a drunk driver contact an attorney to discuss your rights. We've got tons of information at BenGlassLaw. If you are in the Seattle area contact Jason Epstein's Seattle car accident law firm, Premier Law Group.


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Cover Story: Prevost Builds on 95 Years of Success
Published: 2019, April 18
By Madeleine Maccar
Cover Art: The Volvo 9700 in front of downtown Orlando's Amway Center. Photography by Minion Media and provided by Prevost. A company has to be doing something right to have nearly a century of success to its name.
When it comes to Prevost, the North American bus manufacturer that's owned by The Volvo Group and known for its flagship H3-45 luxury bus, Marketing Director Michael Power believes that the company's longevity all comes back to never straying from the ideals first espoused by its founder Eugene Prevost.
"We're celebrating our 95th anniversary right now and we're very, very proud of that," Power said. "We're the oldest coach manufacturer here in North America, and our commitment to quality was ingrained into the company from the get-go by our founder."
The nearly centenarian company has built its foundation on its namesake's three core values: premium quality, which prioritizes safety and solid construction; customer intimacy, or a deep-rooted understanding of what clients demand not only from the Prevost and Volvo brand but also buses and motorcoaches in general; and sound innovation.
"When we say 'sound innovation,' what we mean is that we're maybe not going to be the first ones to market; when our products do come to market, however, you can be sure they're going to uphold the standards of Prevost and the standards of our operators—and the standards of Volvo, too, which is a brand that is synonymous with quality and safety," said Power. "We make sure that when we deliver a product, it has been tested well first."
"Prevost is the Rolls-Royce of the motorcoach industry even our customers recognize that, and they're more than happy when we put them in a Prevost because of the ride quality, the technology, and the overall experience."
– Prevost customer Jason Sharenow of Broadway Elite Worldwide
The new Winter Garden Prevost Parts & Service Center, which is just outside Orlando, Fla. But for as long as the company has been around, Power explains that Prevost didn't specifically position itself to appeal to luxury ground transportation operators until fairly recently. While it began to "dabble" in the chauffeured car world about five years ago—just as the industry was fully embracing buses and motorcoaches to its fleets in earnest—Prevost didn't ramp up those efforts until two or three years ago.
And it has been, as both Power and Prevost see it, a match made in heaven.
"Luxury vehicles are something we're very familiar with," he said. "Our products fit very well with that high-end level of service and presence that the limousine market offers. So for us, we saw that as a perfect fit, and we've seen in the past two years how many operators are looking to branch out and have approached us looking for new business opportunities. That's how we started seeing that these are great operators who were willing to help us understand how to best support their market. We've been looking at all kinds of opportunities to bring the right technology and types of products to the market for limo operators."
Power describes how Prevost packs its vehicles with a keen eye for aesthetics, comfort, and the little touches that go a long way. Those amenities are included in everything from its bestselling favorite H3-45—the 45-foot mainstay that boasts elevated seating and generously expansive luggage space—to its similarly popular and reliable Volvo 9700 that comes in a "limousine edition" specifically for this industry to the brand-new X3-45, which debuted at January's United Motorcoach Association (UMA) Expo and, according to Power, has already proven to be a hit.
"We just launched our X3-45, which is a redesigned vehicle with a new look and feel," he explains. "We launched that at UMA and we're already pre-sold 'til at least the end of the year, if not until February 2020."
And that's not all: The aforementioned Volvo 9700's limousine edition demonstrates that Prevost is committed to delivering not only the luxury that this industry's passengers demand but also the safety that separates it from TNCs.
Orlando Service Center Employees (L to R): Branch Manager Mike Fitch, Customer Service Coordinator Michelle Burkhalter, and Service Team Lead Dave Leclerc"The 9700 is one of the only vehicles to offer reinforced front-end impact protection systems," Power says. "In a face-to-face accident, not only are the driver and passengers protected as much as possible, there's also a front under-run protection system that stops the other vehicle from going under the bus."
Aside from the company's high-end conversions, which include motorhomes fetching $2.5M and coaches outfitted for celebrities' long-haul entertainer or music tours, Prevost's more group-mover focused offerings for corporate work and ground transportation in general do not skimp on safety, luxury, highly customizable options, and well-appointed extras. It has also embraced technology in a big way, and particularly benefits from its exclusive partnership with Icomera.
"Technology is in the DNA of both Prevost and Volvo," Power says. "We're bringing in things like the Prevost Entertainment System, which is similar to what you see in airlines as a way to view movies or TV shows or listen to music or eBooks, for example, via a system that pushes it to passengers' handheld devices instead of having four or five TV monitors or ones in the seats. It's very user-friendly: It's web-based so you don't even have to download an app, and it s among the best WiFi in the industry when it comes to reliability."
Of course, passengers aren't the only ones Prevost wants to win over, and the Volvo subsidiary makes sure that the operators running their vehicles are well taken care of, too. Because, as Power says, if there's anything that both chauffeured ground transportation companies and Prevost share an equal passion for, it's nurturing an intimate client relationship and delivering above-and-beyond customer experience.
"The service side of Prevost is where we really shine in the limousine market, particularly since Prevost and limousine operators are dedicated to maintaining our brands' integrity and reputation," says Power. "Prevost is well-known, and our reputation is built on the quality and reliability of the product, but also the service and the support we back up our products with. We're always there to support our customers."
"The company that I bought four years ago, Passaic Valley Coach, is Prevost's longest-running customer. When I went to their factory two years ago to buy two brand-new coaches, the entire staff were so over-the-moon excited that their longest continuous customer was in the house. It was remarkable." – Jason Sharenow
The Volvo 9700 coach with lower mirrors comes in a limousine edition that was built specifically with the luxury ground transportation industry in mindThat after-sale support begins with its Prevost UPTIME service contracts, a three-tiered program that includes Service Agreement, Sound Service, and Prime Service. The UPTIME model is designed to both lessen the hassle of and eliminate the guesswork in tracking and scheduling maintenance procedures, as well as ensuring that warranty claims and repairs are handled as quickly as possible.
While its customizations have been shipped to as far as Saudi Arabia and Russia, the bus side of Prevost maintains a strict North American presence. This allows the company to focus on the services it offers throughout Canada and the United States, including 15 service locations across America. Prevost's most recent facility opened in Orlando, Fla., in the second half of 2018, and it has "an aggressive plan" to open up four or five more service centers in the next year, with a location just outside San Francisco scheduled in September.
For those operations that don't yet have a Prevost plant within easily accessible proximity—or if there are there are a number of Prevost buses congregated around one event like, for example, this year's Super Bowl in Atlanta—there are more than 55 service trucks dispatched all over North America serving as mobilized garages at a moment's notice.
Prevost's deepening commitment to the chauffeured transportation space itself even spawned a new training program through Prevost Technical Institute, which aims to help operators bridge the gap between what they know about operating sedans and SUVs and what they need to know about running buses and motorcoaches while giving them full access to the Prevost team's knowledge as they adjust to having buses in their fleets.
Black leather seating in the Volvo 9700's limousine edition"As the limousine market gets more into motorcoach operations, our technical institute helps them by training their mechanics on how to upkeep the vehicles, which I think is crucial for them," Power says. "Plus, we offer service contracts so we'll support them while maintaining the vehicle for two or three years, allowing them to get used to our vehicles. Our mindset is to give them the time to evaluate the feasibility of motorcoach operations in their organization with our full support behind them. That's where we feel we really differentiate ourselves from other OEMs"
Prevost isn't content to rest on its laurels, however, and is already looking ahead to what more it can offer all of its clients in the years to come.
"I'm very excited for the future because of the markets that we're getting more into and the commitments we're making to them," says Power. "There's a lot of new technology developing, and Volvo especially keeps us directly tapped into all kinds of different opportunities, from autonomous driving vehicles to electric vehicles. We're in a good seat to be able to achieve a lot of things for our brand—and especially our clients."


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Alvin 'Al' Skoda, 90
Dec. 24, 1930 — Dec. 16, 2021 CRESCO - Alvin (Al) Eugene Skoda of Cresco, Iowa died peacefully in the early morning of Dec. 16, 2021, at the age of 90 years in his home, just a few days short of his 91st birthday. A celebration of life was held in his home on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, by all...
Greg Thies, 68
Jan. 28, 1953 — Dec. 13, 2021 NEW HAMPTON - Gregory John Thies, age 68, of New Hampton, Iowa passed away unexpectedly on Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, at Mercy One New Hampton Medical Center. Friends may greet the family from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021, at Hugeback-Johnson Funeral...
Mary Ann Troy, 80
Aug. 1, 1941 — Dec. 14, 2021 Kieler, Wis. - Mary Ann D. Troy, age 80, of Kieler, Wis., passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021 at MercyOne Hospital in Dubuque, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 18 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Kieler, with Fr. Bernard...
Frances Wilson, 100
Jan. 23, 1921 — Dec. 13, 2021 PROTIVIN - Frances A. Wilson, age 100, of Protivin, Iowa, passed away at her home on Dec. 13, 2021. A visitation will be held at Hindt-Hudek Funeral Home in Cresco, Iowa, on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, from 10-11 a.m., followed by a funeral service at 11 a.m. Burial...
James 'Jim' Kuennen, 89
June 4, 1932 — Dec. 5, 2021 CRESCO - James "Jim" Kuennen, age 89, of Cresco, Iowa, died on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021 at his home. A Mass of Christian Burial was held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021, at Notre Dame Parish in Cresco. Visitation was held from 4-7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 10 at the...
Patricia 'Pat' Recker, 81
Jan. 4, 1940 — Nov. 26, 2021 FORMERLY OF ALTA VISTA - Patricia Ann Recker, age 81, formerly of Alta Vista, Iowa, passed away on Nov. 26, 2021 at Mayo Clinic Health Systems in Mankato, Minn. Memorial services will be held on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022 at 11 a.m. at Conway-Markham Funeral Home in...
Lester Lueck, 83
Nov. 20, 1938 — Nov. 27, 2021 CRESCO - Lester Lueck, age 83, of Cresco, Iowa passed away on Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021, at Evans Memorial Home in Cresco. Memorial services will be held in 2022. Burial will take place in Oak Lawn Cemetery in Cresco. Online condolences may be left at Hindtfuneral...
Ronald Aberg, 82
Jan. 30, 1939 — Nov. 15, 2021 FORMERLY OF CRESCO - It is with the heaviest of hearts the family of Ronald James Aberg, age 82, of North Hollywood, Calif., shares his passing, on Monday, Nov. 15, 2021. Ronald was born and raised in Cresco, Iowa. He graduated from Cresco High School in 1957. He...
Leona Whalen, 90
May 25, 1931 — Nov. 26, 2021 CRESCO - Leona Mae Whalen, age 90, of Cresco, Iowa, passed away after a brief illness on Nov. 26, 2021, at Evans Memorial Home, surrounded by her loving family. A Funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 3 at Notre Dame Catholic Church in Cresco. Burial...
Elizabeth 'Liz' Duneman, 80
May 25, 1941 — Nov. 5, 2021 NEW HAMPTON - Elizabeth "Liz" Duneman, age 80, of New Hampton, Iowa died on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021, at Maple Crest Manor in Fayette, Iowa. Funeral services were held on Nov. 10, 2021, at Trinity Lutheran Church in New Hampton with Rev. Kevin Frey officiating. Interment...


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Characterization of AGN from the XMM-Newton Slew Survey
Abstract: We present optical spectroscopy of candidate active galactic nuclei (AGN) pinpointed by a Swift follow-up campaign on unidentified transients in the XMM-Newton Slew Survey, increasing the completeness of the identifications of AGN in the Survey. Our Swift follow-up campaign identified 17 X-ray Telescope-detected candidate AGN, of which 9 were selected for optical follow-up and a further two were confirmed as AGN elsewhere. Using data obtained at the William Herschel Telescope, Very Large Telescope and New Technology Telescope, we find AGN features in seven of the candidates. We classify six as Seyfert types 1.0-1.5, with broad-line region velocities spanning 2000-12000 km s-1, and identify one as a possible type II AGN, consistent with the lack of a soft band X-ray detection in the Slew Survey. The virial black hole mass estimates for the sample lie between 1× 108 and 3× 109 M?, with one source likely emitting close to its Eddington rate, LBol/LEdd ~ 0.9. We find a wide redshift range 0.08 < z < 0.9 for the nine now confirmed AGN drawn from the unidentified Slew Survey sample. One source remaining unclassified shows outbursts rarely seen before in AGN. We conclude that AGN discovered in this way are consistent with the largely non-varying, Slew-selected, known AGN population. We also find parallels with XMM-Newton Bright Serendipitous Survey AGN selected from pointed observations, and postulate that shallow X-ray surveys select AGN drawn from the same populations that have been characterized in deeper X-ray-selected samples. © 2017 The Authors. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society.
QUIJOTE scientific results - II. Polarisation measurements of the microwave emission in the Galactic molecular complexes W43 and W47 and supernova remnant W44 - Artículo de Revista
Fuente: MNRAS 468, 378?388 (2017)
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx455
Proyecto español: AYA2016-76730-P
Url de la publicación: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx455
STARLING, RHAANA L.C.
WILDY, C.
WIERSEMA, KLAAS
SILVIA MATEOS IBAÑEZ
SAXTON, RICHARD D.
READ, ANDREW M.
MINGO, B.


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import React from 'react'
// import FontIcon from 'material-ui/FontIcon'
// import FlatButton from 'material-ui/FlatButton'
// import Badge from 'material-ui/lib/badge'
import Slider from 'material-ui/Slider'
// import AutoComplete from 'material-ui/AutoComplete'
// import MenuItem from 'material-ui/MenuItem'
// import Popover from 'material-ui/Popover'
// import Menu from 'material-ui/lib/menus/menu'
// import GMProjectSearch from './GMProjectSearch'
import GMToolbar from './GMToolbar'
// import GMManhattanDialog from './GMManhattanDialog'

const styles = {
  slider: {
    width: '300px'
  },
  sliderValue: {
    // word-break:'normal',
    // display:"inline-block",
    position: 'relative',
    fontSize: '14px',
    fontFamily: 'Roboto,sans-serif',
    fontWeight: 'bold',
    // left: '-40px',
    // bottom: '7px',
    marginLeft: '15px',
    marginRight: '20px'
  },
  sliderValue_L: {
      position: 'relative',
      fontSize: '12px',
      fontFamily: 'Roboto,sans-serif',
      fontWeight: 'bold',
      // left: '-70px',
      // bottom: '7px',
      marginLeft: '15px',
      marginRight: '20px'
  },

  disclaimer: {
    fontFamily: 'Roboto',
    color: '#BDBDBD',
    fontSize: '0.9em'
  },
  webLinks: {
    color: '#9E9E9E',
    textDecoration: 'underline'
  }
}

const GMSliderName = React.createClass({
  render: function() {
    var labelStyle = {
      position: 'absolute',
      fontSize: '15px',
      fontFamily: 'Roboto, sans-serif',
      fontWeight: 'bold',
      textAlign: 'center',
    };

    var slider = document.getElementById('slider');
    if (slider) {
      var sliderBounds = slider.getBoundingClientRect();
      var left = slider.offsetLeft;
      labelStyle.left = left + 'px';
      labelStyle.bottom = '15px';
      labelStyle.width = sliderBounds.width;
      labelStyle.visibility = 'visible';
    } else {
      labelStyle.visibility = 'hidden';
    }

    return (
      Effect Size Threshold
      // max:{(this.props.max).toFixed(3)} min:{(this.props.min).toFixed(3)}
    )
  }
})

const GMMatrixToolbar = React.createClass({
  getInitialState: function () {
    return {
        open: true,
        slider: {
          threshold: 0
        }
    };
  },
  handleToggle: function () {
    this.setState({open: !this.state.open});
  },
  onThresholdChange: function(event, value) {
    this.props.slider.onThresholdChange(event, value);
    this.setState({
      slider: {
        threshold: value
      }
    })
  },
  render: function () {
    return (

        <GMToolbar
          open={this.state.open}
          height={60}
          style={{
            overflow: 'hidden',
            margin: '0 auto',
            width: 'calc(80vw + 40px)'
        }}
          left={this.props.left}
          right={this.props.right}

        >
          <Slider id={"slider"}
            style={styles.slider}
            onChange={this.onThresholdChange}
            defaultValue={0}
            step={0.1}
          />

          max:{(this.props.max).toFixed(3)} min:{(this.props.min).toFixed(3)} | {this.state.slider.threshold.toFixed(1)}
          {this.props.name_value} {this.props.position}:{(this.props.label).toFixed(3)}
          <GMSliderName />
          {/*<GMManhattanDialog*/}
            {/*pageParams={this.props.pageParams}*/}
            {/*traitLabels={this.props.traitLabels}*/}
          {/*/>*/}

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        </GMToolbar>

    )
  }
})

export default GMMatrixToolbar


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Q: rllib - obtain TensorFlow or PyTorch model output from checkpoint I'd like to use the rllib trained policy model in a different code where I need to track which action is generated for specific input states. Using a standard TensorFlow or PyTorch (preferred) network model would provide that flexibility but I can't find clear documentation on how to produce a usable dat or H5 file from a trained rllib agent that I can then load into a torch or tf/Keras model.

A: The easiest way to get the weights from a checkpoint is to load it again with rllib and then save it with the Tensorflow/Pytorch commands.
If you have a keras TF model you can simply call:
model.save('my_model.h5') # creates a HDF5 file