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Audi Cutting Distracting Apps from 4G LTE Service, Only Available for 2015 A3

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By Clifford Atiyeh

Because Audi drivers are important, they need to access information immediately. As they’re riding your backside in the right lane, they’re checking stocks and grabbing Google searches with their fingers, all thanks to an embedded 3G data modem. Now that Audi is increasing data speeds for its vaunted MMI system by nearly tenfold, we can expect their drivers to exhibit even less patience.

In Europe, Audi has just launched the industry’s first in-car 4G LTE service on the 2014 S3 Sportback. By November, 4G LTE will be introduced across all European A3 models; we won’t see it until the 2015 A3 sedan launches next spring. Just like cell phones, the switch to 4G requires a hardware upgrade, which means it’ll trickle up the Audi lineup when each model receives its scheduled refresh. For the R8 and TT—the only two models on sale without Audi connect internet services—4G won’t roll out until they see a new generation.

The announcement comes months after General Motors said it would install 4G LTE connections in most 2015 models. While Audi expects to be first to market, GM is adding the feature on several models next year, not just one.

With speed comes the ability to multitask, and that means some of Audi’s most noteworthy features—the reading of emails and ability to dictate text messages—won’t be offered in the U.S. because of distraction concerns. Audi said it’s currently talking with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration—our take on NHTSA’s distracted-driving guidelines can be found here—to decide which features it can offer without incurring the wrath of government regulators. That means you’ll have to stop first to read about your buddy’s late-night hookup and your aunt’s expert political opinions.

Currently, Audi offers unlimited 3G service through T-Mobile that’s free for the first six months and then $15 per month thereafter. Audi said it was negotiating among carriers (GM has selected AT&T) and would announce pricing closer to the L.A. auto show in November. We wouldn’t be surprised if the rates doubled to $30 per month, which is what most wireless carriers charge for a single smartphone.

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Video: UK driver bricks father's Audi TT into side of house

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By Jeffrey N. Ross

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A family in Lowestoft, UK woke up to quite a surprise Sunday morning when they found a bright red Audi TT parked in their living room. While the details of the crash are unknown, the video shows the TT lodged halfway into the side of a house after the car somehow drove through a hedge, launched in the air and drove over two parked cars.

From the angle of the accident shown on the BBC video, it appears the roads may have been snowy or ice and there was a berm behind the hedges, which apparently launched the car into the air helping it drive over a parked BMW 3 Series Coupe and an Audi A4 Avant. Reports indicate that the driver was in his 20s, and he suffered serious head injuries and was taken to the hospital in critical condition; there were three people inside the house, but none of them were injured. The car belonged to the driver’s father.

Scroll down for three videos showing the aftermath of the accident, and head over to BBC for that news report.

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UK driver bricks father’s Audi TT into side of house originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Should You Buy TUI Travel?

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By Royston Wild, The Motley Fool

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LONDON — In my opinion, travel operator TUI Travel  — whose established brands include Thomson and First Choice — provides great investment potential through robust earnings growth and rising shareholder payouts.

February’s first-quarter update revealed the company had made a promising start to the current financial year. And I expect the firm’s exclusive package portfolio to continue delivering growth in future years.

The sun always shines on TT
Last month, TUI Travel said its summer 2013 bookings in the U.K. and Nordic regions were up 9% and 10% respectively on the previous year, with average holiday prices and margins in key markets higher than in 2011. The operator also noted it had already sold almost a third of its mainstream summer holiday packages.

The company continues to grab market share in Britain and boosted its share of exclusive holiday bookings by 15% in the October-December period. Around nine-tenths of domestic sales now come from direct distribution.

As well, TUI Travel is making inroads with its online sales platform. Within the U.K., online transactions accounted for 38% of all booked summer holidays, up a percentage point on the year, while in the Nordic states the proportion rose two percentage points to 66%. Rising Internet sales bode well for future growth.

Solid dividends at decent prices
Analysts expect TUI Travel to maintain earnings-per-share growth in the medium term — a 7% rise to 28p for the year ending September 2013 is predicted, with a 9% advance next year to 30 pence.

In addition, the firm offers a dividend yield in excess of the 3.5% average for the FTSE 100. According to broker estimates, yields of 4.1% and 4.5% are due for 2013 and 2014 respectively.

TUI Travel has continued to raise its annual dividend, even when earnings have come under pressure in recent years. A payout of 11.7 pence per share for 2012 is projected to rise to 12.6 pence and 13.6 pence per share for this year and next. And these payments are well protected, with anticipated coverage of 2.2 times.

The shares of the travel specialist currently change hands on P/E ratios of 11.5 and 10.6 for 2013 and 2014 respectively, which compares favorably to an average forward earnings multiple of 14.8 for the wider travel and leisure sector.

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Linux

String Manipulation in a text file

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By John Trevor

Hi

I have a requirement to write a script but not sure which is the best way to approach this

I have not worked in sed but I’m aware that its robust for file extraction requirements

I have a scripting task. I already developed the code in perl but the script is taking almost 2 mins for execution . (Input file size is almost 5 MB).
I believe this can be done in a better way using awk or sed.
Which is the best way to approach this ?

Expecting expert advise from the awk and sed gurus here

Requirement in Detail:
a) Capture all the Ticket IDs from a text file in a linux box
Ticket ID will be the 16 digit string (beginning with TT) after the string “TicketNumber===>” (highlighted in red in the sample input file content below)

b)Based on each Ticket Id, search the entire file and calculate the response time delays (difference of the date and time fields at the beginning of each line) for every alert

eg: For 00000052605, the requirement is to pull the delay b/w Request and Response Time for (highlighted in red in the sample input file content below)

1)acknowledged
2)assigned
3)analyse
4)Task Set

Also, It’s not necessary that the line containing the Request log text should be followed by the the Response log text. .Multiple Alarm info could be mixed up..Ticket ID is the the only unique field..

c) Finally, the delays for each alert should be saved into another file in csv format

Let me know if you need any other relevant info

Sample Input File:

28 Jan 2013 21:45:22,279: [TEP_CreateTicket][MessageProcessor-Dog#8]Parser log: T3E===> Create ticket Request===> 1359431122 Trap Forwarder on server01 HCL-INFRA on 192.168.1.9 RJ741RJ 903 environmentfailureevent Minor 1359431111
28 Jan 2013 21:45:26,710: [TEP_CreateTicket][MessageProcessor-Dog#8]Parser log: T3E===> Create ticket Response===> 1359431126 Trap Forwarder on server01 HCL-INFRA on 192.168.1.9 RJ741RJ 903 environmentfailureevent Minor 1359431111
28 Jan 2013 21:45:27,256: [TEP_CreateTicket][MessageProcessor-Dog#8]Parser log: T3E===> TicketNumber===> 000000052605 Trap Forwarder on server01 HCL-INFRA on 192.168.1.9 RJ741RJ 903 environmentfailureevent Minor 1359431111
28 Jan 2013 21:45:27,731: [TEP_CreateTicket][MessageProcessor-Dog#8]Parser log: T3E===> Ticket State Change Request===> TT-000000052605 openactive.assigned 1359431127 Trap Forwarder on server01 HCL-INFRA on 192.168.1.9 RJ741RJ 903 environmentfailureevent Minor 1359431111
28 Jan 2013 21:45:30,328: [TEP_CreateTicket][MessageProcessor-Dog#8]Parser log: T3E===> Ticket State Change Response===> TT-000000052605 openactive.assigned 1359431130 Trap Forwarder on server01 HCL-INFRA on 192.168.1.9 RJ741RJ 903 environmentfailureevent Minor 1359431111
28 Jan 2013 21:45:32,633: [TEP_CreateTicket][MessageProcessor-Dog#8]Parser log: T3E===> Ticket State Change Request===> TT-000000052605 openactive.acknowledged 1359431132 Trap Forwarder on server01 HCL-INFRA on 192.168.1.9 RJ741RJ 903 environmentfailureevent Minor 1359431111
28 Jan 2013 21:45:34,608: [TEP_CreateTicket][MessageProcessor-Dog#8]Parser log: T3E===> Ticket State Change Response===> TT-000000052605 openactive.acknowledged 1359431134 Trap Forwarder on server01 HCL-INFRA on 192.168.1.9 RJ741RJ 903 environmentfailureevent Minor 1359431111
28 Jan 2013 21:45:35,093: [TEP_CreateTicket][MessageProcessor-Dog#8]Parser log: T3E===> Ticket State Change Request===> TT-000000052605 openactive.analyzed 1359431135 Trap Forwarder on server01 HCL-INFRA on 192.168.1.9 RJ741RJ 903 environmentfailureevent Minor 1359431111
28 Jan 2013 21:45:37,021: [TEP_CreateTicket][MessageProcessor-Dog#8]Parser log: T3E===> Ticket State Change Response===> TT-000000052605 openactive.analyzed 1359431137 Trap Forwarder on server01 HCL-INFRA on 192.168.1.9 RJ741RJ 903 environmentfailureevent Minor 1359431111
28 Jan 2013 21:45:37,477: [TEP_CreateTicket][MessageProcessor-Dog#8]Parser log: T3E===> Ticket - Task Set Request===> TT-000000052605 1359431137 Trap Forwarder on server01 HCL-INFRA on 192.168.1.9 RJ741RJ 903 environmentfailureevent Minor 1359431111
28 Jan 2013 21:45:39,688: [TEP_CreateTicket][MessageProcessor-Dog#8]Parser log: T3E===> Ticket - Task Set Response===> TT-000000052605 1359431139 Trap Forwarder on server01 HCL-INFRA on 192.168.1.9 RJ741RJ 903 environmentfailureevent Minor 1359431111

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Automobiles

Next-Generation Audi TT to Move Upmarket, Narrow Gap to R8

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By Jens Meiners

The next-generation Audi TT will be a sharper, far more angular vehicle, Audi chief designer Wolfgang Egger told us at the Detroit auto show this week. The third generation of the compact coupe and roadster—along with the next-gen A4—will introduce the brand’s new design strategy, which will emphasize the differences between its cars and its Q line of crossovers and SUVs. “We understand the criticism of our cars being too similar to each other,” Egger said, but he also hinted that his brand would not undergo radical changes such as those seen at BMW a decade ago. Key elements of future Audi models will be more-angular lines and more-daring headlight styling, made possible by the advent of full LED technology.

Under its lightweight skin, the next TT will be based on the MQB modular-transversal architecture, a front- and all-wheel-drive platform equipped with four- or five-cylinder engines. The straight-five, in fact, will play a growing role in Audi’s lineup. It will be offered in several power levels across the brand’s lineup. The top-of-the-line TT RS will produce close to 400 horsepower.

As the mid-engine sports car known as the R4 has been put on hold indefinitely, there is a considerable gap between the current TT and the R8. Taking the TT upmarket will narrow the gap between the two. And the sharpened styling language offers the chance to create a new icon—a quality that has been lost with the second-generation TT, which toned down its predecessor’s unique look.

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CES: Nevada grants Audi third license to operate autonomous vehicles

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By Michael Harley

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A mere eight months after Nevada first licensed Google to test autonomous vehicles on its public roads, the state has granted Audi a permit as well. Including automotive supplier Continental, licensed just last month, brings the total of licensed companies to three (Audi will be recognized as being the first automotive original equipment manufacturer to obtain the special license).

Audi is no stranger to autonomous technology, as it was the automaker’s TT research car, developed with the Volkswagen Group ERL and Stanford University, which autonomously completed the 12.42-mile Pikes Peak climb in just 27 minutes in late 2010.

While Audi’s next autonomous research car, reportedly an A7, won’t be climbing mountains it will be capable of “piloted” parking and driving. The automaker is discussing an autopilot-like system at CES this year. The envisioned system would see operators allowing the vehicle to handle mundane or challenging tasks (like stop-and-go driving or parking in tight spots), while still letting the human take control when needed.

Like the vehicles from Google and Continental, it is expected that Audi’s autonomous cars will be identified with a special red license plate bearing an infinity sign.

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Verify the header and trailer in file

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By mirwasimplease see my requirement, I hope I am clear.

in a directory there are many file.now I want to write a script which will verify the headed trailer of a file
and verify count in triler with the count of file

let me show you how we verify manully

Code:
head -1 filename
HH2012122415091600009547This is the usage/nonusage extract file for MICA from infranet

Code:
tail -1 filename
TT201212241509160000954702100000This is the usage/nonusage extract file for MICA from infranet

Code:
wc -l filename
2100002 filename
NOw here

Code:
header HH2012122415091600009547 = TT2012122415091600009547
we also need to check whether header has HH and trailer has TT

Code:
in trailer 02100000 = 2100002 -2 (because this 2 is from header and trailer which need to be excluded)

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