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SurveyEngine GmbH Terms & Conditions for the provision of Data Collection Platform Services
Last updated 22.11.2019
- Acceptance
Subject to your compliance with these Terms and your payment of any applicable fees, SurveyEngine grants You a non-exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-free, revocable license and lease to use the Services.
Unless specifically agreed by SurveyEngine in writing, the use of the Services in this agreement, applies only to the Customer as per the Definitions Section below.
- Definitions
Account: An online management interface into the SurveyEngine Platform accessed via login credentials and comprising all Customer content and respondent data.
Customer: The entity or individual (interchangeably referred to as "You" or "Your") accepting this agreement or receiving the benefit of the SurveyEngine Services or any person accessing the SurveyEngine Service by any method on behalf of that entity.
Customer Servers: A server or servers specifically owned or operated by the Customer running SurveyEngine Platform.
Content: Any information including but not limited to questions, responses, panels, instructions, data, specifications, graphics, text, video (interchangeably referred to as "Materials") produced by, uploaded to or related to provision of the Services.
Monthly Respondent Cap: The number of monthly Respondent completions before the Usage Overage rate is applied.
Respondent: An individual who participates in an online survey by providing responses to questions in that survey.
Servers: A server or servers owned or operated by SurveyEngine running the Platform.
Services: Any benefit provided by SurveyEngine including but not limited to the SurveyEngine Platform, Analysis, Interpretation, Reporting, Content, Training, Technical Support, Consulting or Advice.
Subscription: An agreement to use the SurveyEngine Services which may involve provision of an online account and login to the Platform for either a fixed, optionally recurring, period.
SurveyEngine: The company SurveyEngine GmbH (referred to as "Us" or "We") providing the Services.
Platform: Refers to the functioning SurveyEngine Software delivered on servers and administered by SurveyEngine. In this context it specifically refers to the servers hosting the Customers's account and content.
Website: Refers explicitly to the site at http://surveyengine.com.
- Intellectual Property
Neither these Terms nor your use of the Services grants you ownership in the 'Services or the content you access through the Services (other than your Content). Except as permitted by SurveyEngine's Brand and Trademark Use Policy, these Terms do not grant you any right to use SurveyEngine's trademarks or other brand elements.
SurveyEngine is the licensor of all Software and documentation provided to allow use of the Services. Software title, interest and rights to the Software remain the property of SurveyEngine. All intellectual and technical concepts contained within the Service are proprietary to SurveyEngine and are protected by Copyright.
SurveyEngine holds a license to the patent for Choice Modelling Process & Method, protected by International Patent Cooperation Treaties (PCT/AU2011/001405) in force in the United States and Australia and pending in the European Union.
SurveyEngine owns all right, title and interest in and to the Services as delivered, all related software and technology, and all SurveyEngine content provided in connection with the Services, including all intellectual property rights. Nothing contained on the Platform or "Website" should be construed as granting any license or right to use any trademark without the prior written permission of SurveyEngine.
SurveyEngine reserves the right to include traffic generated by all Servers it hosts in its overall accounting of page views, unique users, and other usage measures. This includes providing web traffic measurement companies with all URLs hosted by SurveyEngine for use in their projection of SurveyEngine' overall traffic.
Certain content and information provided through the Platform, including, without limitation, instructions, presentations, demonstrations, documents, graphics, layouts, computational procedures, computer code, reports; collectively, the "SurveyEngine Materials", are provided to you by SurveyEngine and are the copyrighted and/or trademarked work of SurveyEngine.
SurveyEngine grants the Customer a limited non-exclusive and non-transferable license to use and to display the SurveyEngine Materials solely for the Customer in connection with the SurveyEngine Platform.
This limited license terminates automatically, without prior notice to the Customer, if the Customer breaches any term of this Agreement. Except for the limited rights granted hereunder, you acknowledge that you have no right, title or interest in or to any SurveyEngine Content.
Except as expressly permitted in these terms, the Customer has no right to modify, edit, copy, reproduce, create derivative works of, reverse engineer, alter, enhance or in any way exploit any of the SurveyEngine Content or Platform in any manner.
The Website and the SurveyEngine Platform and all information and screens appearing on both, including documents, site design, text, graphics, logos, images and icons, as well as the arrangement thereof, are the sole property of SurveyEngine. Except as otherwise required or limited by applicable law, any reproduction, distribution, modification, retransmission, or publication of any copyrighted material is strictly prohibited without the express written consent of the copyright owner or license. SurveyEngine reserves all rights in the Website and the Platform that are not expressly granted.
You retain ownership of all of your intellectual property rights in your Content used in connection with the Services. SurveyEngine does not claim ownership over any of your Content. These Terms do not grant SurveyEngine any licenses or rights to your Content except for the limited rights needed for SurveyEngine to provide the Services, and as otherwise described in these Terms.
You own all rights, title and interest in all Content provided to SurveyEngine as part of the Services including the survey look-and-feel, textual and graphical content and response data. In addition, all reports and downloads derived from your Content and response data are also owned by you.
You grant SurveyEngine a worldwide, royalty free license to use, reproduce, distribute, modify, adapt, create derivative works, make publicly available, and otherwise exploit your Content, but only for the limited purposes of providing the Services to you and as otherwise permitted by SurveyEngine's privacy policies. This license for such limited purposes continues even after you stop using our Services, though you may have the ability to delete your Content such that SurveyEngine no longer has access to it. This license also extends to any trusted third parties we work with to the extent necessary to provide the Services to you. If you provide SurveyEngine with feedback about the Services, we may use your feedback without any obligation to you.
SurveyEngine responds to notices of alleged copyright infringement in accordance with the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). If you believe that your work has been exploited in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, you may notify SurveyEngine for claims of copyright infringement.
SurveyEngine may publish links in its Services to Internet websites maintained by third parties. SurveyEngine does not represent that it has reviewed such third party websites and is not responsible for them or any content appearing on them. Trademarks displayed in conjunction with the Services are the property of their respective owners.
The Services display content provided by others that is not owned by SurveyEngine. Such content is the sole responsibility of the entity that makes it available. Correspondingly, you are responsible for your own Content and you must ensure that you have all the rights and permissions needed to use that Content in connection with the Services. SurveyEngine is not responsible for any actions you take with respect to your Content, including sharing it publicly. Please do not use content from the Services unless you have first obtained the permission of its owner, or are otherwise authorised by law to do so.
- Confidentiality
Confidential Information includes these statements of work, license agreements, business and marketing plans and strategies, non-public business and technology information, trade secrets, know-how, Content included in surveys by you, any written materials marked as confidential and any other information, including visual and oral information, which reasonably should be understood to be confidential. SurveyEngine will use commercially reasonable technology and industry best practices to ensure the integrity and security of all confidential information with respect to theft, piracy, and unauthorised access.
All such Content are deemed Confidential Information as described below and will not be utilised by SurveyEngine for any purpose other than to perform its obligations as the service provider.
We do not sell or make available specific information about our Customers or their data, except in cooperation with law enforcement in regards to violations of applicable laws. We maintain a database of Customer information that is used only for internal purposes such as technical support, notifying Customer of changes, or enhancements to the Service.
You acknowledge that, in order to ensure compliance with legal obligations, SurveyEngine may be required to review certain content submitted to the Services to determine whether it is illegal or whether it violates these Terms (such as when unlawful content is reported to us). We may also modify, prevent access to, delete, or refuse to display content that we believe violates the law or these Terms. However, SurveyEngine otherwise has no obligation to monitor or review any content submitted to the Services.
- Indemnity
To the extent allowed by law, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless SurveyEngine against any and all claims and expenses, including reasonable legal fees, arising from the use of the Services and this web site. This indemnification expressly includes your responsibility for any and all liability arising from the violation or infringement of copyrights, trademarks or other proprietary rights and from the use of any libellous or unlawful material contained within your survey or web site.
Where materials are used in the production of Surveys through the Platform the Customer shall be responsible for:
Obtaining all necessary permission, authorisations, licenses and consents required as well as being responsible for the payment of all royalties or license fees associated with the use of the materials; and
Ensuring that the material provided is not obscene, offensive, upsetting, defamatory, personally offensive or in any way unsuitable for people under the age of eighteen (18) years, and does not comprise and cannot be used for any purpose or activity of an illegal, fraudulent or defamatory nature.
Where the Customer provides material it indemnifies SurveyEngine against the loss, costs, expenses, demands or liability, whether direct or indirect, arising out of a claim by a third party alleging infringement of its intellectual property rights or any other rights.
The Customer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless SurveyEngine, its affiliates, and their respective directors, officers, employees, servants and agents from and against all claims, demands, damages, liabilities and costs (including legal fees on a full indemnity basis) arising out of or in connection with:
The Customer's use of the Services, including Customer's use of or reliance on any information or materials including survey results or responses obtained through the use of the Services, any other use of the Services by a third party using Customer's account (whether or not authorised by the Customer,
The Customer's breach of this Agreement, including any of the Customer's representations and warranties under this Agreement, or
The Customer's contravention of any law applicable to the Customer.
- Liability
SurveyEngine disclaims any liability for damages caused by its services or the contents of this web site, unless due to its intentional wrongdoing.
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing exclusions of liability, SurveyEngine, any of its affiliates, or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, servants or agents is liable to the Customer for any amounts under this agreement under any theory of recovery, whether based on contract, tort, strict liability or otherwise, SurveyEngine's (or such affiliates', director's, officer's, employee's, servant's or agent's, as applicable) total liability in respect of such amounts shall not exceed the fees you have paid to SurveyEngine.
In no event shall SurveyEngine be liable for lost profits, lost data, interruptions of business, or any special, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of or inability to use this web site or the services or products, regardless of whether SurveyEngine has notice of the potential for such loss or damage.
SurveyEngine makes no guarantee of the accuracy, correctness, or completeness of any information on these web pages, surveys, databases, or results, and are not responsible for:
any errors or omissions arising from the use of such information;
any failures, delays, or interruptions in the delivery of any content or services contained on our servers; or
losses or damages arising from the use of the content or services provided by SurveyEngine.
- Reasonable Use
Acceptable Use
The Platform is intended to be used for legitimate research purposes and willing survey respondents using a modern web browser/operating system and an Internet connection.
Normal use of the Platform means operation by a single human user to create and preview surveys, invite respondents to participate, collect data and analyse and download the results.
A vulnerability assessment or penetration test on the Service is permitted with permission from SurveyEngine. The results from any assessment or test are considered confidential information as defined in the terms.
It is permitted to collect up to the Monthly Respondent Cap of respondents per calendar month, as agreed in the Enterprise License with SurveyEngine.
If the number of completions exceeds the Monthly Respondent Cap, the Customer will be charged for each Respondent over the Monthly Respondent Cap at no less than the rate of 3.00 Euros per Respondent.
It is the Customer's responsibility to manage the number of completion to ensure they are not charged over the Monthly Respondent Cap.
The Monthly Respondent Cap is not cumulative, non-transferable and non-redeemable outside of each month.
Customer Responsibilities
The Customer acknowledges and agrees that they, and not SurveyEngine, are responsible for all activities occurring in connection with the use of that account, whether or not the Customer authorises such activities.
The Customer is responsible for controlling access to their account by creating a strong password, protecting that password and to prevent unauthorised account usage or users.
The Customer warrants that the information provided for the use of the account complete and accurate and that such information is kept up to date.
The Customer is responsible for creating backups of any Content entered, uploaded, collected or received through the use of the Services. SurveyEngine shall not be liable for any removal, deletion or failure to retain any such Content.
All survey questions, information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, images, video, survey responses, messages or other materials communicated, submitted or transmitted by the Customer or Respondents of Customer's surveys through the Services, whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, are the sole responsibility of the Customer. The Customer may be held legally liable for survey(s) or for the manner in which Customer Content is distributed to third parties.
When emailing surveys or invitations to surveys, you are responsible to ensure that the recipients have opted in to, or otherwise validly consented to, receiving communications from you or another sender on whose behalf you may be acting.
The Customer must comply with all other rules or regulations applicable to the Customer, including, among other things, securities regulations.
The Customer must comply with the current SurveyEngine privacy policy (http://surveyengine.com/privacy.html) and all privacy policies or similar policies or procedures to which the Customer may be bound that are related to these of the Services; or that comprises or includes any "junk mail", "spam", "chain letters", "pyramid schemes", or any similar form of solicitation.
Furthermore The Customer acknowledges that:
SurveyEngine may withdraw from the Account any content which in SurveyEngine's reasonable opinion is likely to subject or has subjected SurveyEngine to unfavourable regulatory action, violate or has violated any law or has been subject to errors or omissions in transmission or transcription.
SurveyEngine may disable the Customer's account and Customer's access to use the Services and SurveyEngine may recover from the Customer any losses, damages, costs or expenses incurred by SurveyEngine resulting from or arising out of the Customer's non-compliance with any provision of these Terms.
By using the Platform, the Customer may be exposed to User Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, libellous, vulgar, obscene, offensive, indecent, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable.
SurveyEngine does not monitor Customer Content. However, we reserve the right to remove any Content from our Service that we determine is in violation of our Terms.
SurveyEngine does not control the Customer Content originating from the Customer, Respondents to Customer's surveys or other users of the Services, and does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content. Notwithstanding the foregoing, SurveyEngine may, but is not obligated to, review all Customer Content and block, modify, terminate access to, or remove any such Customer Content that SurveyEngine, in its sole discretion, considers to be non-compliant with any of the requirements of these terms.
SurveyEngine reserves the right to remove Customer Content from its databases at any time and from time to time without notice.
The Customer, and not SurveyEngine, is responsible for all Customer Content that Customer or Respondents of the Customer's surveys upload, post, email, distribute, communicate, transmit, or otherwise make available using the SurveyEngine Platform or that is otherwise made available through the use of Customer's account, whether or not authorised by the Customer
Unacceptable Use
SurveyEngine may suspend accounts or terminate any aspect of Service at any time without notice for conduct that violates these Terms. Additionally, Users who violate these Terms or have knowledge of misuse in their surveys or accounts are subject to legal liability and prosecution. The following is a non-exhaustive list of content and behaviours that are UNACCEPTABLE to SurveyEngine.
Customer may not:
Reverse engineer or tamper with the security or operations of any aspect of the SurveyEngine Platform or Servers;
Remove, obscure or alter copyright information obtained from SurveyEngine Content, the Platform or the Website;
Make unauthorised copies of any content in the SurveyEngine software;
Except for valid research purposes, upload Content that contains or contains links to for example but not limited to: nudity, pornography, adult content, sex, profanity, or foul language;
Upload Content that condones, promotes, contains, or links to warez, cracks, hacks, their associated utilities, or other piracy related information, whether for educational purposes or not;
Upload Content that infringes any copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets or other intellectual property;
Upload Content that is racist or otherwise extremely offensive to others, including content that aggravates, harasses, threatens, defames or abuses others;
Upload binary files or executable code to the Platform;
Use the Services to send SPAM nor to send SPAM in any connection to the Services. The Customer must comply with all local and international laws applicable to the Customer and a a minimum, Customers must comply with the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 (USA);
Use the Services to send surveys, polls, or other materials to individuals under the age of majority in his or her place of residence ("minors") unless the Customer is permitted to do so under all applicable laws, or to harm minors in any way, and shall not send surveys, polls, or other materials to minors that would subject SurveyEngine to any local or international law, rule or regulation governing children's privacy, rights of personality or otherwise related to protecting minors;
Interfere with or disrupt the Services or Servers or networks connected to the Services, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies, or regulations of networks connected to the Platform;
Engage in excessive usage of the Services, as determined by SurveyEngine in its sole discretion, including usage that adversely affects the speed, responsiveness, or functionality of the SurveyEngine Platform, or disrupts the availability of the Services for other the Customer
Use the SurveyEngine Platform to create surveys that would generate an amount of Bandwidth unreasonable for a standard survey, specifically, no single survey should generate in total and (inbound plus outbound) more than 10Mb bandwidth for a single Respondent;
Attempt to damage, deny service to, hack, crack, reverse engineer, or otherwise interfere with the Services in any manner;
Upload, post, email, distribute, communicate, transmit, or otherwise make available Content that:
contains viruses or similar malicious software that may damage the operation of a computer using the Services;
is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, libellous, vulgar, obscene, offensive, indecent, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other intellectual property right of any party;
that the Customer does not have the right to make available by reason of any law or contractual or fiduciary relationship (including inside information, and proprietary or confidential information obtained or disclosed in connection with an employment relationship or pursuant to a confidentiality agreement).
- False Representation
The Customer shall not impersonate any other person or entity, including SurveyEngine, or a SurveyEngine official, forum leader, guide or host, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent the Customer's affiliation with any other person or entity;
The Customer shall, if a Customer uses the Platform to send a survey, not mislead the recipients of that survey that the Customer may have the ability to associate individual responses to that survey with the individual email addresses to which that survey was sent by stating that the Customer has no such ability (unless the Customer has requested SurveyEngine to disable such feature).
The Customer shall not upload survey links to message boards or newsgroups that are not relevant to the subject matter of the survey, or that prohibit such uploading without SurveyEngine's prior written consent.
The Customer further acknowledges and agrees that SurveyEngine may cooperate with any governmental authority in connection with any investigation into the Customer's use of the Services, including use in contravention of applicable laws, and may, in accordance with applicable laws, disclose any the Customer Content, and any other information pertaining to the Customer or to the Customer's use of the Services, to such governmental authority in connection with any such investigation.
- Termination
SurveyEngine reserves the right to suspend or terminate the Customer's use of the Services at any time, without notice, if the Customer is found in violation of these terms.
This Agreement shall become effective upon first use of the Services or by the date indicated in a separate agreement, whichever is the sooner and continue indefinitely until it is terminated.
Unless otherwise agreed, Subscriptions to the Platform will have a default period of 6 months from the first Customer login.
On the lapsing of a Subscription period, SurveyEngine will at its sole discretion cancel that subscription and terminate this agreement.
SurveyEngine may cancel the any Subscriptions and automatically terminate this Agreement immediately by notice to the Customer in the event that the Customer breaches any of Customer's representations, warranties, or obligations under this Agreement (including any of the Customer's obligations or contravenes any applicable law.
The Customer may cancel any Customer's Subscription and terminate this Agreement by written notice to SurveyEngine in the event that SurveyEngine materially breaches any of its obligations under this Agreement, if such breach is not cured within sixty days of SurveyEngine's receipt of notice of breach from such the Customer.
Upon termination of this Agreement for any reason, the Customer shall immediately cease all use of the Platform, and the Customer acknowledges and agrees that SurveyEngine may, in its sole discretion, take any measures SurveyEngine reasonably deems necessary or desirable to prevent further use by the Customer of the Platform, including by blocking the Customer's IP address.
The Customer acknowledges and agrees that upon termination of this Agreement, SurveyEngine shall not be obliged to retain any the Customer Content (including survey or poll results or responses) or to provide the same to the Customer, but may elect to do so in its sole discretion.
Termination of this Agreement for breach shall not entitle the Customer to a refund of any unearned Subscription fees previously paid by the Customer.
The Customer may terminate this agreement early by providing 30 days written notice prior to your required termination date to SurveyEngine, and by immediately paying 50% of all future monthly payments due.
- Provision of Platform and Servers
SurveyEngine reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify, suspend, or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Platform or any part thereof, or the Customer's access thereto, and to modify, suspend or delete the Platform or any part thereof, and SurveyEngine will use commercially reasonable efforts to provide reasonable advance notice of changes that significantly impact the Services in a negative manner.
In the case of changes that significantly impact the Services in a negative manner, the Customer is entitled to cancel the Customer's Subscription, if any. The Customer acknowledges and agrees that SurveyEngine shall not be liable to the Customer, or to any third party, for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Services or any modification, suspension or deletion of the Platform.
If the Customer engages in excessive usage of the Platform as per the provisions of the Reasonable Use Section, SurveyEngine may take such action as it considers necessary to prevent such excessive usage and to restore the availability of the Platform to other the Customerd, including by limiting or suspending the Customer's access to the Platform, or by cancelling any Subscription and terminating this Agreement.
The Customer acknowledges and agrees that the Platform are provided "as is," "where is," "as available," and "with all faults," and that, SurveyEngine has no responsibility or liability for the loss or deletion of, or failure to receive, process, or store any the Customer content (including survey or poll results or responses) maintained or transmitted using the Services.
The Customer acknowledges and agrees that the information, software, products, and services contained in or available through the Platform, including information, software, products and services made available by other Customerd of the Platform, may include inaccuracies or errors.
The Customer further acknowledges and agrees that the Customer, and not SurveyEngine, is responsible for evaluating the accuracy, reliability, completeness, and usefulness of any information obtained through the use of the Platform.
SurveyEngine makes no representations or express warranties, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, regarding the suitability, reliability, availability, timeliness, quality, or lack of viruses, or other harmful components of the Platform, or the accuracy of such information, software, products and services.
SurveyEngine does not make any warranties, representations or conditions with respect to any third party content, express or implied.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, SurveyEngine, its affiliates, and their respective directors, officers, employees, servants and agents hereby disclaim all warranties, express or implied, with regard to such information, software, products or services, including any warranty of non-infringement of third party rights, and the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for purpose.
In the case where the Customer operates the SurveyEngine Platform on their own servers, the Customer:
Is responsible for all aspects of server management including but not limited to suitability; CPU, RAM and bandwidth capacity; payment; upgrades; domain name and IP records.
Is expressly forbidden from reselling the any component Services without written consent from SurveyEngine.
Allows SurveyEngine administrator access to the Customer Servers.
Informs SurveyEngine as to any changes in the location, state, operation, access, authorisation, capacity or termination of the Customer Servers.
May not remove or alter any SurveyEngine attribution, logos or contact information from webpages produced by the SurveyEngine software.
The Customer will be forewarned of software upgrades and have the opportunity to defer upgrades to a suitable time.
- Payment
Unless expressly outlined in a separate agreement, payment terms are as follows:
Monthly Subscription Fees, if applicable must be paid 7 days in advance of the month the usage is billed for.
Ad-hoc consulting and support fees must be paid in advance or within of 7 days of receipt of Invoice.
Unless agreed separately, project invoices require a 50% upfront payment before work can begin. At the end of the project the remaining 50% will be invoiced along with variations incurred or deducted.
Technical or Consulting will be charged at an hourly rate of 200 Euros unless agreed otherwise
Unless specified, use of the Platform will incur a subscription fee of 1,500 Euros per month
Payments may be made by direct debit, electronic transfer, cheque or money order.
Payments for Services may be liable for Value Added Tax (VAT) in addition to any amounts quoted.
Failure to meet payment terms will result in termination of this agreement with SurveyEngine within 7 days of the date payment was originally due.
Termination of this agreement will result in the immediate deactivation of the Account.
- Other Terms
These Terms and any other relevant terms, conditions, policies or agreements constitute the entire agreement and understanding between you and SurveyEngine. If there is a conflict or contradiction between the provisions of these Terms and any other agreement, the relevant section of the agreement shall prevail in the following order:
a) SurveyEngine License Agreement or other valid agreement between SurveyEngine and your organisation;
b) SurveyEngine Statement of Work;
You are not permitted to sub-license the Services in whole or in part to third parties without prior written permission of SurveyEngine.
In the event that any one or more of these provisions should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, such provisions will be modified, if possible, to the minimum extent necessary to make them valid and enforceable, or if they cannot be so modified, then severed, and the remaining provisions contained herein will not in any way be affected or impaired.
SurveyEngine's failure to enforce strict performance of any provision of these Terms does not constitute a waiver of the right to subsequently enforce such provision.
These Terms create no rights for third party beneficiaries.
In no event shall SurveyEngine, its affiliates, or their respective directors, officers, employees, servants or agents be liable for any direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special or consequential damages whatsoever, including damages for lost profits, lost revenue, loss of use or data, or costs of cover, arising out of or in any way connected with this agreement, whether based on contract, tort, strict liability or any other legal theory, even if SurveyEngine has been advised of the possibility of such damages, including damages arising out of:
the use or performance of, the delay in providing, the failure to provide, or the inability to use, the SurveyEngine Platform or the services, or
any information, software, products or services contained in or available through the SurveyEngine Services, including information, software, products and services made available by other the Customers of the Platform.
Unauthorised access to or alteration of any transmissions or data, any material or data sent or received or not sent or not received, or any transactions entered into through the Site or the services or in reliance upon any information obtained through the use of the Services,
any threatening, defamatory, obscene, offensive or illegal content or conduct of any other party or any infringement of a third party's rights, including intellectual property rights, or any content sent using, or included in, the Site or the services by any third party.
If the Customer is dissatisfied with any portion of the Services, The Customer's sole and exclusive remedy is to terminate this agreement and discontinue using the Services.
The Customer acknowledges and agrees that without the foregoing exclusions and limitations of liability, SurveyEngine would not be able to offer the Site or the services, and that such exclusions and limitations of liability shall apply, even if they would cause the Customer's remedies under this agreement to fail of their essential purpose.
- Severability
If a provision of this agreement is or becomes legally invalid or if there is any gap that needs to be filled, the validity of the remainder of the agreement shall not be affected thereby. Invalid provisions shall be replaced by common consent with such provisions which come as close as possible to the intended result of the invalid provision. In the event of gaps such provision shall come into force by common consent which comes as close as possible to the intended result of the agreement, should the matter have been considered in advance. Any changes of or amendments to this Agreement must be in writing to become effective.
- Governing Law
This Agreement, and the respective rights and obligations of the parties hereunder, shall solely be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, protection laws, excluding the UN Sales Convention.
- Force Majeure
If performance by either party is prevented, restricted or delayed due to any cause arising from or attributable to acts, events, non-happenings, omissions, accidents or acts of God beyond the reasonable control of the party due to perform, the party so affected shall be excused from performance to the extent of such prevention, restriction or delay. No party shall have any liability to any other party for delay or non-delivery in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, when attributable to acts of God, compliance in good faith with any applicable foreign or domestic governmental regulation or order whether or not it proves to be invalid, fires, war, riots, labour disputes such as strikes or lockouts, sabotage, unusually severe weather or any other cause beyon the reasonable control of such Party.
- Provision of Technical Support & Consulting
Unless otherwise agreed, SurveyEngine will provide technical and consulting support at the rate specified under the Payment section.
Except by other arrangement, SurveyEngine provides support weekdays during business hours (CET). Response time and Resolution as specified in the table below are only guaranteed within normal business hours.
Service Levels
|Severity Level
|Issue Description
|Response Time
|Resolution Time
|1 Catastrophic
|Admin Platform outage or Data collection outage- Not possible to log in, collect data or access server.
|30 minutes
|1 hour
|2 Critical Function
|Function Outage- failure of any single ordinarily working function not included under 'Catastrophic'
|4 hours
|24 hours
|3 WorkAround
|Sub optimal operation of normally working functionality or display. – An immediate short term 'work around' is possible.
|4 hours
|1 week
|4 Request
|Any issue not included above and not included in standard functionality
|Within 1 Day
- Support Requests of severity level 4 have no obligation for SurveyEngine to remedy.
- Work on Support requests of levels 1,2,3 will not be charged.
- Ad hoc consulting will be treated as a level 4 support request. Consulting hours will be tracked in 15 minute increments and billed at an agreed rate or at the standard rate specified under 'Payments'.
- Project work will be quoted in advance as a level 4 support request.


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From a press release we received this afternoon:
The Round Rock Express has notified Minor and Major League Baseball that the club intends to seek a new Professional Development Contract (PDC) for the 2019 season and beyond. The Express has been the Triple-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers since 2011.
"The relationship that we've developed, both professionally and personally, with the Texas Rangers over the last eight years has truly been an honor for our organization," Express President Chris Almendarez said.
The Express became the Triple-A affiliate of the Rangers in 2011, where the club went on to post a franchise-best 87-57 record en route to capturing the American Southern Division Championship. The team came within a victory of the 2015 Pacific Coast League Championship, finishing with a 78-66 overall record.
In eight total seasons as a Rangers affiliate, the Express posted a 579-560 overall record and saw 43 different players make their Major League debut straight from Round Rock during a stretch in which the Rangers made four playoff appearances, including a trip to the World Series and three American League West Division titles.
"From all the managers, coaching staffs and players to grace Dell Diamond, to PCL Division titles and World Series appearances, the Rangers have been a first-class parent club throughout and we're very thankful for the longstanding partnership," Express General Manager Tim Jackson said.
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Earthquake scares are prompting lawmakers to prepare for worst-case scenarios and to introduce bills that could protect consumers.
State Sen. Clark Jolley, of Edmond, is introducing State Bill 1947, which would give the state insurance commissioner's office the authority to step in and offer insurance if companies abandon the state.
"If Oklahoma was, at a time of need, to be able to create an earthquake authority if by chance the competitive market was to collapse," Commissioner John Doak said. "We're nowhere near that. We have more than 100 markets in the state of Oklahoma."
Doak said it's important for lawmakers to be forward thinking and keep the conversation going about how to best serve and protect Oklahomans.
The bill is mirrored to be like the California Earthquake Authority, a nonprofit, privately funded, publicly managed company.
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Doak said details of how the Oklahoma authority would be funded have not yet been discussed.
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Zakk Wylde is in good form when I pick up the phone on your behalf to have a chat about all things Black Label.
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We've all heard the list of suggested wellness practices a million times: Maintain proper sleep/nutrition/exercise. Practice self-care. Choose a good attitude/positive thoughts/thankfulness. Pursue a passion. Find life/work balance. Build a spiritual practice. Get outside. Find supportive friends. Challenge oneself.
…an epic plan for sweeping reform would obviously be the most exciting route to transformation.
Check! Check! Check! I've generally got the basics down. Isn't that good enough? And if I wanted to make changes, an epic plan for sweeping reform would obviously be the most exciting route to transformation. Just give me a detailed list with bullet points to follow and I'll try to implement it all immediately—at least for a day or a week until I slide back into comfortable old routines. Ugh! This large-scale self-improvement thing too often becomes a guilt-producing merry-go-round.
A few years ago, I heard a seemingly simple phrase that changed everything for me. "Just do the next, best thing." By following these little words, I'm happier and healthier today than I was as a young adult. These words help me filter the large amounts of information swirling in my head from all of the books and blogs and articles I read. This phrase helps me focus on tiny steps that eventually form better habits, without causing the self-care to come to a screeching halt because I'm overwhelmed.
I try to be aware of decision points throughout the day: what to eat, what to do with my time, what to do with emotions, how to respond to frustrations. I take a moment to ask myself "what is the next best thing in this situation?" Then I do that little thing—no stress, no fuss, no angsty inner debates. Devour a rich piece of chocolate cake? Sure, have one or two bites. Make a difficult phone call or read a junk book? Get the call out of the way, and then savor the story. Need some milk or toilet paper? Forget the car—walk the few blocks to the store. Spend time on creativity or chores? Okay…this one gets messy (pun intended)! My house unfortunately shows that I much prefer enjoyable hobbies to cleaning or organizing. There is freedom in this routine: if I make a bad choice, it is easy to get back on track for self-care with the next decision I make, or the next one after that.
The point is that improving self-development and personal wellness practices is most effective by focusing on taking small, incremental steps in a few areas at a time. Currently, I try to walk for local errands. I choose to spend time outdoors every day—noticing beauty and savoring the changing seasons. And I focus on looking for God in the mundane details of daily living. Hopefully, as I become more consistent in these small life changes, they will eventually become epic transformations!
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I called him all the time because he was not only among the most perspicuous interpreters of the business of marketing autos, but because, with his oddly British accent (I think he came from Detroit; I know his dad worked for Ford), it was genuinely a pleasure to speak with him.
Anyway, no callbacks, no answers. Nothing. And after nothing, a message on his phone, when I called: "This is a non-working number." I was sure that he had gone to work for Coda, the startup electric car company in Silicon Valley for whom his firm, Iceology, has been doing market research. But no. Not there.
Finally, I left a message on Chris Cedergren's phone. Chris runs Iceology. If anyone would know where Wes went, he would. I can't remember when I left that message. Last week? Early this week?
Yesterday, I was feeling a bit odd from morning till night, just a bit out of sorts. Late last night I got on the computer to watch that BP robot video of the leak to see how the "top kill" was going, then checked my email out of habit. A note from Cedergren: "I have sad news." He wrote that Wes Brown had passed away. Not a month, maybe two, after my finally having met him in person, he was diagnosed with liver cancer, per Cedergren. That was December; he was gone in February.
My meeting with Wes Brown last fall was during one of my rare trips to L.A., and the fact is, I almost wasn't able to stop by Iceology at all because my schedule was packed tight. I was, however, able to shoehorn Wes in between a breakfast meeting somewhere and a meeting with Hyundai folks that afternoon, just before my flight back East.
We took a walk, had coffee, talked about Coda. Seeing him in person was astonishing. We all get a mental snapshot of someone we speak to all the time but never meet. Same for me. Although I knew he was probably in his late 30s, my image of Wes was that of a teenager because of the way his ideas tumbled out, and his enthusiasm, and his offbeat take on things.
And when I met him finally, he really did look pretty much the way I had imagined. Kind of a big kid -- I think he was wearing a soccer jersey -- and he grabbed me off the elevator, hauled me into his office, and then out to coffee at a place across the street. "I gotta get back to work," he said. I split, promising that we would hook up when he came east. I'd show him Brooklyn.
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If you haven't seen it here is the video:
He is my hero. The first time I saw it I was like "SWEET ZOMBIE JESUS! THAT WAS AWESOME!" If you don't think that's impressive then you're insane and should be shot several times. I wish I could meet him. I bet he has the ladies all upons and is super suave. I have made an artist's rendition of what he would be like if I met him.
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Ischgl is an Austrian ski resort that is perhaps best known for its traditional ski school. This is one of the best places in the country to learn how to ski or snowboard, as more than 100 certified instructors who have been nationally tested are on hand to help beginners maximize their time on the slopes. You don't have to be a beginning-level skier or snowboarder if you want to improve your skills on Ischgl ski holidays, however, as there are lessons for all levels. Maybe you need some help with moguls or you want to learn how to do some cool tricks.
Whether you take a lesson or not on your winter visit to Ischgl, you can expect to enjoy a rewarding getaway. The ski resort in this small village is actually linked to the Samnaun Ski Resort in Switzerland, so you can enjoy the thrill of skiing or snowboarding in two different countries.
The village of Ischgl Austria can be found in the southwestern part of the state of Tyrol. Both the ski area in this small village and the ski area of Samnaun across the Swiss border help to comprise one of the largest ski areas in all of Europe. In other words, visitors will have plenty of different runs to choose from. Good quality snow often blankets the various slopes that are found between these two ski areas, and if Mother Nature isn't cooperating, snow machines are in place to help coat the trails. Complementing the diverse terrain and the good snow is the ultramodern Ischgl infrastructure. The lift and cable car system is high quality, for example, which helps to make waiting in lift lines a rare thing. One of the cable car lifts even has heated seats.
On Ischgl ski holidays, visitors who are interested in hitting the slopes will have approximately 1,250 total skiable acres at their disposal between the village's ski area and the ski area in Samnaun. The Ischgl Ski Area itself offers an impressive 950 total skiable acres. It also offers the longest run between the two resorts. This run is appropriately named Eleven, as it stretches nearly eleven kilometers, or nearly seven miles. As is true at most of the Austria ski resorts, the slopes at Ischgl cater mostly to intermediate-level skiers and snowboarders. That being said, there are plenty of advanced slopes, not to mention beginner-level ski runs.
Ischgl Austria isn't only known for its excellent slopes. For some time now, it has been renowned for its lively nightlife. The apres-ski scene definitely caters to those who like to party after a day on the slopes. Some have criticized the nightlife scene in Ischgl in the past, though the village has made significant attempts to eradicate lager louts, or people who become overly intoxicated and behave in a not-so-attractive manner. The apres-ski scene is more refined, you might say, thus catering to a wider range of people.
On Ischgl ski holidays, there is plenty to do when you're not enjoying some world-class skiing or snowboarding. Hiking, snowshoeing, ice skating, and cross-country skiing are among the other possible activities, and you can interest yourself in some tobogganing or a horse-drawn sleigh ride as well. As for indoor activities, the village features tennis courts and at least one bowling alley. Swimming, relaxing in a sauna, and taking a steam bath are also among the indoor options for things to do on Ischgl ski holidays. When you get hungry, a number of great restaurants stand poised to deliver a most satisfying meal. This ski resort is often named among the very best European ski resorts, and it's not hard to understand why when you consider just how complete it is.
As is true of the Ischgl restaurants, the Ischgl hotels offer a lot in the way of variety. The most upscale hotel in town is arguably the Hotel Trofana Royal, which offers fantastic facilities and a location that is hard to find fault with. Should the Hotel Trofana Royal be full or you just want to spend a little less, there are a number of Ischgl hotels that should more than suffice. These hotels include the Hotel Sonne and the Hotel Brigitte. Hotels that are easier on the budget are also available, and if you really want to save on your accommodations in Ischgl, area pensions such as the Pension Prennerhof offer some of the lowest rates around. This pension, or guesthouse, is close to everything that the village has to offer, and as is typical at most ski area hotels in Austria, breakfast is included in the rates.
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Wireless Carriers Agree to Send Alerts About Potential Charges
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"Moving forward, the FCC will take a 'trust but verify' approach. We will put our pending rule-making on hold, but we will be closely monitoring industry. If we see noncompliance, we'll take action," Genachowski said at a seminar at the Brookings Institution, where officials from the wireless industry group CTIA were planning to announce new standards for wireless billing notifications and disclosures.
Genachowski defined "bill shock" as "a sudden, unexpected increase in a monthly bill." He said some consumers, caught off-guard by overseas roaming or data charges, can incur thousands upon thousands of dollars in unexpected fees.
Consumers Union welcomed the announcement.
"Consumers have been telling us about 'bill shock' for a long time, and we've been pushing for reforms to crack down on the problem. We're encouraged that the industry is offering to provide free alerts to help customers avoid 'bill shock,' and we urge them to do it as quickly as possible," Parul Desai, policy counsel for Consumers Union, said in a statement.
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I am in the home stretch of this frigging stupid stent and frankly,
what has helped keep me sane is these crazy challenges on Facebook. I am heavily drugged on pain killers and frankly, that does not make me creative. Having a challenge prompt is something I can just DO — without thinking — and so I challenged myself a bit to make it interesting and am playing with layouts as well. The prompt for the above sketch was "leave it alone" — and so, three versions of an image of me taking pictures, and I did them quickly and then did not touch it to "fix" them — hence, "leave it alone!"
I was to do a wash, something blue, and a sacred object — and combined them in the painting sketch above. The wash is the sky and the earth. I actually LIKE this one!
Next to it I placed a "collection" of hearts — these were fun to paint!
Again, I liked the overall effect on the page (bottom).
Challenges love to ask people do draw shoes. Not sure why. . . but this is also a political statement. I love Uggs, and have lived in them in winter for years. My first pair lasted several years (worn daily) and then became my inside studio paint splattered shoes. My second pair also lasted years, same story. Now they are made in Chin a and are CRAP. The begin to unravel within a year or two, tops, and I am sure they are also made with cheap child labor and all that , so, this winter I have to find another shoe *SOB*
Staying LITERALLY in "bed" with my feet up has been a bi-atch. Jai has kept me company and gone back and forth from office to home, partly because at his age we don't leave him alone in the studio anymore. Yes, our night-lite is a Bubble light from the Christmas tree!
A sketching friend is doing this month's challenge in a loose contour sketch —
and so I also have done pages like this for fun.
This page is all about Sammy's toys and his attachment to his daddy!
Dinner. I have done little cooking throughout this time and both of us miss my cooking. Mitchell is a good cook but has little time, and so pizza pizza pizza has been out fallback. This night I marinated a ginger-lime-teriyaki (from Ginger People) with chopped garlic (yes from a bottle, Christopher Ranch's organic garlic) and Sugar Chili pesto.
Slow roast, yummo.
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Basic Status and Control Schema
- 1 Basic Status and Control Specification V1.3, 16 July 2004
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Basic Status and Control Specification V1.3, 16 July 2004
(a summary of the changes from BSC v1.2 is included at the end of this document) By Kevin Hawkins, Edward Pearson and Mark Harrison.
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Basic Status and Control (BSC) is a set of xAP Schema intended to provide a common interface to "Basic" devices. BSC provides a simple mechanism to allow discovery, control & status reporting and as such provides immediate interoperability across compliant devices and software applications.
It should be stressed that a xAP connector capable of controlling a device using BSC may also be capable of controlling the same device using a more abstract Schema. If a BSC device is so controlled, it should be capable of reporting in BSC no matter how it is controlled. An example might be an X10 lighting controller which is capable of controlling X10 devices using either BSC or the X10 schema.
Basic Devices are categorised in two ways. Indeed the definition of a Basic device is, in round terms, whether it can be so categorised.
- Input or Output
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An Input device is defined as a device that only provides input into a xAP domain. Specifically, it has no mechanism for control of its state from xAP. An example might be a temperature sensor, which can only report temperature. Another example might be a switch input, which will tell whether a manual switch is in "On" or "Off" position. An input device reports its state within an input.state body section
An Output device is defined as a device that can additionally be controlled from xAP. An example might be a relay. It should be noted that Output devices can also have their state changed from outside the xAP domain for example a relay might have a manual switch. It is, of course, vastly preferred if an Output device is physically constructed so as to allow such external changes to be notified back using xAP. Output devices are contained within output.state body sections
All three types of devices must support a State= key value pair that reflects the devices state as On , Off or ? Additionally a State=toggle may be sent to a device to ask it to change state from Off to On or On to Off.
A Binary device has only one of three possible states. On, Off, or ?. The ? state is used to designate a state either unknown, or in error. An example binary device might be a relay, or an input switch. Careful consideration should be given to whether the "open" position on a switch should represent "on" or "off" - for momentary switches, the "on" state should indicate that the switch is being pressed, irrespective of whether the press forces open or closed. Binary devices report using one mandatory key value of State=
State= Off
A Level device can be set to a level between 0% and 100% or to an exact level. It uses the additional key name Level and always repots its level as a value in the format Level=current/max where max reflects the resolution of the device based on a 0 to maxvalue index. For example Level=128/255 for an 8 bit device at 50%. Again, the ? state is used to designate a state either unknown, or in error (Level=?). A dimmer would be the classic example of a level device. For consistency across BSC devices the 0% to 100% are a way of being resolution independent, and if a device's internal representation uses some other upper and lower bounds, these should be scaled so that "on full" is always represented as 100%. A level device can be set to a specific level at its native resolution using Level=45 for example (no % sign) or Level= 64/1023. In the latter example if the level device does not support 1024 discreet levels it should scale proportionally accordingly. Note that a level device can be set to a % but should never report as a %. Level devices report two mandatory key values of State= and Level=
State=On Level= 256/511
A Stream device is a data based device where some other value, typically text might be used. An example might be the display text on a simple LCD driver. Stream devices include two mandatory key values of State= and Text=
State=ON Text=23.5°
All 3 types of devices can include one more optional defined key value of DisplayText= this is used as an annotation for display purposes to provide more appropriate feedback. For example a door sensor may report as a binary device using State=On and State=Off but would wish to display as Open or Closed
State=Off DisplayText=Closed
State=On Level=250/255 DisplayText=Full
Additional key/value pairs may be included in a BSC body part and applications should either interpret these appropriately or gracefully ignore unexpected key/value pairs
|BSC Device Type
BSC v1.3 defines four schemas that are used with Basic Devices.
- xAPBSC.cmd
- xAPBSC.query
- xAPBSC.event
- xAPBSC.info
The Schema Overview
Messages in xAPBSC.cmd are used to instruct a device to change the state of its outputs.
Messages in xAPBSC.query are used to query the state of either an Output or an Input device.
Messages in xAPBSC.event are sent to indicate that the state of an Input or Output device has just changed.
Messages in xAPBSC.info are sent to report the current state of an Input or Output, but to indicate that this message has not been triggered by a state change. (It might be sent periodically, or on device startup, or in response to a xAPBSC.query )
Subaddressing, Targeting and Wildcarding
The xAP specification allows for a sophisticated level of wildcarding of addresses, using multiple operators.
It should not be assumed that wildcarding is supported by all BSC devices, particularly wildcarding of hardware subaddresses. It is, of course, strongly recommended that devices support it where possible. (This will help with discovery and configuration later.)
However, all devices must respond to the wildcard address *.*.>
One of the key principles of BSC is that each "endpoint" within a xAP device has a unique UID subaddress (subUID). This is a two-hex-digit address, and forms the last two digits of the UID header field, it is a unique numerical identification equivalent to the human readable sub address name which is everything after the : in the source address
UID=FF123403 Source=ACME.Controller.apartment:BedsideLamp
It is the responsibility of the programmer to determine the mapping between actual endpoints and subUID's. It is generally to be recommended that the subUID's used should be contiguous wherever possible. In any event, the mapping should be deterministic and documented.
Messages in xAPBSC.cmd are used to set the state of an Outputs within one device. They are typically sent TO a device supporting BSC.
A message in xAPBSC.cmd must set the header field Class to "xAPBSC.cmd".
A message in xAPBSC.cmd must include a TARGET field in the xAP header. This target field must match the device being controlled. It may include wildcarding (but see the note above.)
A message in xAPBSC.cmd will include a body part(s) titled output.state.n. One body part per endpoint to be controlled will be included and these will be indexed sequentially output.state.1 output.state.2 etc. Thus several endpoints can have their state changed instantaneously.
This body part contains a series of key/value pairs appropriate to the device being controlled. Included in every body part is an ID= key which is a two-hex-digit number corresponding to the UID subaddress of the endpoint to be controlled. Alternatively a single body part can be used with ID=* to address all endpoints that match the target address.
- If the two-hex-digit number given does not match a UID subaddress that exists, then no
response should be given and no action taken.
- If the two-hex-digit number does not align with the TARGET address (taking into account
wildcarding of the subaddress and the internal mapping of targets to UID subaddresses), then no response should be given and no action taken.
The other key values included in the body should be appropriate to the device being controlled ie Binary, Level or Stream.
If the control causes a value to change, a xAPBSC.event message must be raised in response. If the control does not cause the value to change then you should issue a xAPBSC.info event.
{ v=12 hop=1 uid=FF123400 class=xAPBSC.cmd source=ACME.Controller.Central target=ACME.Lighting.apartment:> } output.state.1 { ID=03 State=ON Level=50% } output.state.2 { ID=1B State=OFF }
In this case, the xAP device is a lighting controller, configured with apartment as the instance ID. The message is generally targeted at all UID subaddresses on this device by using the `>' wildcard. Within the body two sections change outputs corresponding to subUID 03 (BedsideLamp) and 1B. device 03 we already know to be the BedsideLamp
{ v=12 hop=1 uid=FF123400 class=xAPBSC.cmd source=ACME.Controller.Central target=ACME.Lighting.apartment:outside.> } output.state.1 { ID=* State=OFF }
This message would cause all binary outputs named outside.<anything> to turn off Eg these would all turn off
- ACME.Lighting.apartment:outside.Floodlights
- ACME.Lighting.apartment:outside.sprinklers
- ACME.Lighting.apartment:outside.porchlight
Messages in xAPBSC.query are used to query the state of either an Output or an Input device.
A message in xAPBSC.query must set the header field Class to "xAPBSC.query".
A message in xAPBSC.query must include a TARGET field in the xAP header. This target field must match the device being controlled. It may include wildcarding (but see the note above.)
A message in the xAPBSC.query must include at least one body part (to conform with the xAP specification.) This body part may be called anything (though "request" is recommended), and its contents will be ignored and may be left blank.
The BSC device responds with a separate xAPBSC.info message for each and every endpoint matched by the TARGET (including wildcarding.) As such, a xAPBSC.query message targeted to subaddress > can be used as a rudimentary form of discovery for endpoints as every endpoint will respond individually.
xap-header { v=12 hop=1 uid=FF123400 class=xAPBSC.query source= ACME.Controller.Central target= ACME.Lighting.apartment:BedsideLamp } request { }
In this case, the status of the BedsideLamp is being requested from by the ACME controller. The Acme lighting controller will respond with a xAPBSC.info message.
Messages in xAPBSC.event are sent to indicate that the state of an Input or Output device has just changed.
A xAPBSC.event must be returned by a device supporting BSC whenever an endpoint changes status, irrespective of how that status change was triggered. Some devices with rapidly changing inputs may choose to modify this behaviour (see below) but must always respond to any xAPBSC.cmd message requesting a state change. For the avoidance of doubt, this includes the following:
- A xAPBSC.cmd message
- A message in another xAP schema affecting that device
- An externally triggered event (such as a button press)
- A change caused by an event within the xAPplication (such as a Homevision Macro)
NB. If a xAPBSC.cmd is received but the device is already in the state requested a xAPBSC.info response should be sent and not a xAPBSC.event
A message in xAPBSC.event must set the header field Class to "xAPBSC.event".
A message in xAPBSC.event must contain a fully qualified source specifying the hardware endpoint generating the event. This source is in human-readable format, and need not contain the two-hex-digit representation of the endpoint. The UID must be set to be that of the endpoint affected.
A message using xAPBSC.event must contain one of the following body parts: input.state or output.state. Which part is contained depends on whether an input or an output device has changed state.
The body part must contain key/value pairs appropriate to the device type being reported ( BINARY|LEVEL|TEXT/STREAM). The value should correspond to the new value for the device.
xap-header { v=12 hop=1 uid=FF776107 class=xAPBSC.event source= ACME.Lighting.apartment:BedsideLamp } input.state { State=ON Level= 64/255 }
In this case, the hardware endpoint with subUID is reporting that it is on at 25% brightness. The device supports 256 discreet levels. All level based devices report in their native resolution and not as % values.
NB At the hardware developers discretion a rapidly changing input may choose to not report each and every change instead electing to report periodically or after a certain degree of change or when a certain counter value has been reached for example. For example it's probably pointless to report a fluctuating voltage level at 12 bit precision and instead perhaps elect to only report when the most significant 5 bits changed. Such devices however must always send xAPBSC.event messages rather than xAPBSC.info messages if their new value is different to their last reported valur, including responses to xAPBSC.query messages.
Messages in xAPBSC.info are sent to indicate the current state of an Input or Output, but to indicate that this message has not been triggered by a state change.
A xAPBSC.info must be returned by a device supporting BSC whenever a xAPBSC.cmd message is received querying the status of that endpoint.
A xAPBSC.info should be returned for each hardware endpoint when the xAP connector / device start up.
A xAPBSC.info may be returned periodically.
A message in xAPBSC.info must set the header field Class to "xAPBSC.info".
A message in xAPBSC.info must contain a fully qualified source specifying the hardware endpoint generating the event. This source is in human-readable format, and need not contain the two-hex-digit representation of the endpoint. The UID must be set to be that of the endpoint reported.
A message in xAPBSC.info must contain one of the following body parts: input.state, output.state. Which part is contained depends on whether an input or an output device has reported its state. The body part must contain key/value pairs appropriate to the device type being reported ( BINARY|LEVEL|TEXT/STREAM).
The value should correspond to the value of the device.
xap-header { v=12 hop=1 uid=FF776147 class=xAPBSC.info source= ACME.Lighting.apartment:Outside.Floodlights } output.state { State=OFF }
In this case, the hardware endpoint known Outside.Floodlights corresponding to subUID endpoint 47 (Hex) has provided information. It is a binary device and is currently off. However, this information represents a request to a query, or a startup, or a periodic notification. It is explicitly NOT a state change (because that would have been a xAPBSC.event message instead.) However, it may be a "new" state as a result of device startup.
Revision History
BSC v1.3 16th August 2004 Public Release
Level values clarified to be based on a 0 index ie Level = 128/255 rather than 128/256 previously. To aid consistency any fractional values should be adjusted to nearest integer with .5 values rounding upwards as above for 50%.
BSC v1.3draft 16 July 2004
- Existing single subUID= parameter segmented into STATE LEVEL and TEXT
"subUID=" key values are now deprecated
- Multiple individual indexed body sections are used to address individual endpoints
- All endpoint addressing using ID=*
Schema names changed as follows :
- DisplayText optional key/value added for labelling
- Level devices may be set by % or specific value in any resolution
- Level devices report in native resolution only (never %)
- Added toggle STATE change
- Unexpected extra key/value pairs within body sections must be gracefully ignored (true in headers too)
- Developer may `opt out' of continual xAPBSC.event reporting for frequently changing input values


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Hillary Clinton comes to Fort Greene for a book signing of 'What Happened,' her personal account of the 2016 presidential campaign, its aftermath and potential implications for the nation�s future
Hillary Clinton is coming to Fort Greene�s Greenlight Bookstore on Wednesday, September 27 to promote her upcoming memoir What Happened, in which she shares her personal experiences with the unprecedented 2016 presidential campaign, its aftermath and its potential implications for the nation�s future.
�In the past, for reasons I try to explain, I�ve often felt I had to be careful in public, like I was up on a wire without a net. Now I�m letting my guard down,� Clinton wrote in the introduction of What Happened.
In What Happened, Clinton gives a very personal account of her experiences as the first female presidential candidate of a major party, what it was like to run against Donald Trump, the mistakes she made and how she has coped with the shocking loss. She lays out how the 2016 election was marked by an unprecedented assault on US democracy by a foreign power, warns how dangerous these forces are and why Americans need to understand what happened to protect America's values and democracy in the future.
Tickets for the event cost $32 ticket and include a wristband that will be handed out on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 4:00pm, as well as a hardcover copy of What Happened. Attendees should know that the event is a book signing only and signatures won�t be personalized.
Hillary Clinton presents What Happened at Greenlight Bookstore
When: Wednesday, September 27, 6:00pm
Where: Greenlight Bookstore, 686 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217


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Long John Baldry
14 articles
List of articles in the library by most recently added
Long John Baldry: LJB sticks his neck out...
Interview by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 25 July 1964
IF YOU really want to bore Long John Baldry, ask him if it's cold up there. His height is 6ft. 7½in., which makes him — ...
Various Artists: Buttercups and Rainbows – The Songs of Macaulay and Macleod
Sleeve notes by Kieron Tyler, Castle Music, September 2001
TONY MACAULAY and John Macleod had the Midas touch. When their 'Baby Now That I've Found You' hit number in November 1967 it was replaced ...
A Bird's Eye View of Long John Baldry
Interview by Maureen O'Grady, Rave, February 1968
Long John, over six and a half feet tall, fair, lean and good-looking, is a well-known face around the pop world, but it was a ...
Elton John: How fat Reg lost lbs, and won dollars
Profile and Interview by Phil Symes, Disc and Music Echo, 8 May 1971
Long John Baldry: The Walking Skyscraper
Interview by Peter Jones, Record Mirror, 16 May 1964
IT IS NOT often that you see a skyscraper actually walking around the streets of London. ...
The Stones Roll Out Again — And It's The Wildest Tour Ever To Hit Britain
Report by Alan Walsh, Melody Maker, 1 October 1966
MM MAN-ON-TOUR with the Rolling Stones and Ike and Tina Turner, ALAN WALSH ...
Long John Baldry Meets Mad Mark Leviton
Interview by Mark Leviton, UCLA Daily Bruin, 10 August 1972
WHEN I ARRIVED at the hotel for an interview with Long John Baldry during his most recent swing through Southern California, I half expected to ...
The Long, Long Way To The Top For Long John
Profile and Interview by Alan Walsh, Music Maker, February 1968
LONG JOHN Baldry looked down on life below him in a crowded Fleet Street hostelry, sipped a Courvoisier and reflected on his tardy, though well-earned ...
The American Folk-Blues Festival: All About The Croaker!
Report and Interview by David Griffiths, Record Mirror, 10 October 1964
Long John Baldry talks to RM's David Griffiths about the Folk-Blues Festival ...
Long John meets John Lee Hooker
Interview by David Griffiths, Record Mirror, 27 June 1964
THEY COULD hardly have been a bigger contrast in background and appearance: the young, very tall, bright white Englishman Long John Baldry, and the mature, ...
Long John Baldry: It Ain't Easy
Review by Jon Tiven, Phonograph Record, August 1971
IT REALLY DOESN'T matter whether you like Long John Baldry or not, if you like Elton John and Rod Stewart that's good enough. The chances ...
Savoy Brown/Fleetwood Mac/Long John Baldry: University of New Haven, Connecticut
Live Review by Jon Tiven, Phonograph Record, May 1972
ASHMUN & REYNOLDS, two singers (one of whom also plays bass) with the Baldry band, opened the show with a couple of numbers of their ...
Profile and Interview by Chris Salewicz, Let It Rock, March 1973
PITY, I THOUGHT, when I heard Long John Baldry was in panto. It used to happen to faded rock'n'rollers – not very good rock'n'rollers, mind ...
John Baldry: Everything Stops For Tea
Review by Greg Shaw, Rolling Stone, 25 May 1972
WHEN IS someone going to come out and say that, despite all the hype and hoopla, John Baldry is a non-talent poseur that would never ...
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Most mum are sensitive to where your children are living. Nowadays, sleeping on the floor is almost universal in most households. Modern houses may contain several bedrooms, but most families still find it is convenient to sleep on the floor. Well, many questions about this subject have come up. Can the baby sleep on the floor?
You are not the only parent who has chosen to let her child sleep on the floor. The Montessori method allows children to sleep on the floor since it supports giving your child independence by clothing and furniture to their level which they can access. However, before you make such a decision, there are several aspects that you should be knowledgeable about.
Things to Consider for Baby Sleeping on Floor
Letting your baby sleep on the flow is not wrong in any way so long as you ensure where your baby is sleeping is comfortable. In case you have chosen to make a bed on the floor. The following are safety measures that you should in mind.
• Ensure the roll or mattress that you have selected as your bedding is not too soft or too hard. Let it be cosy so that your child can sleep comfortably.
• Ensure you keep away kinds of stuff like beanbags, pillows and carpets that can suffocate the baby
• Ensure the room is well vacuumed and clean by ensuring there is no accumulation of dust which could expose your baby to the risk of getting infections.
• Place your baby away from curtains, drapes electrical appliances such as wiring and plugs. All these can tangle up the baby, and it increases risks such as suffocation and electric shocks.
• Ensure the room is well ventilated to allow free circulation of air which is elementary for the child's growth. Additionally, maintain the room temperature between 27-28 degrees
• Keep away household items such as chairs, lamp shades, stools and speakers so that he might not knock it over at night which might lead to accidents.
• Keep the windows and doors closed to ensure there is no entry of insects such as mosquitoes.
• If you are using pesticides in your house ensure they are chemical free and they don't pose a threat to your child's health.
• Train your child to sleep on her back to prevent cases of sudden infant death syndrome
• If you train your child to sleep on the floor consistently she will get used to it.additionally, follow bedtime routine like applying lotion and changing dresses so that she can know it is time to sleep.
Don't worry if your child doesn't like sleeping on the floor because with time she will get used to it. However, some ethnic communities discourage this idea because they believe dampness from the floors can cause arthritis or rheumatism in later life.However, research has been done to disapprove this traditional belief because it doesn't have scientific justifications.
8 benefits for sleeping on the floor You Should Know
Well, to make further justifications why you can let your child sleep on the floor we shall not miss exploring related benefits.
• It is cost effective
• Sleeping on the floor is more natural
• It creates a nursery that is baby-friendly
Sleeping on the floor gives a chance the baby to explore the room on their own instead of yelling from the crib only for the mother to come to him or her. All you require as the parent is to ensure there are no dangerous objects in the room which can expose the baby to injuries.
• It helps parents to get extra sleep
Babies can be disturbing when they don't get enough sleep.Therefore once the baby can sleep on the floor when she wakes up, she will find a lot of activities to get involved in hence she will rarely cry. You can even provide dolls and other playing materials to where she sleeps so that when she is up, she can have what to keep her busy. Therefore when you successfully achieve this, you will enjoy adequate sleep as a parent.
• More snuggles
Bedtime routines like changing child clothes can be cumbersome on a crib.therefore when you embrace this idea you will go and lie next to the baby and snuggle her back to sleep. It also creates a binding experience.
• It eliminates the transition to a more massive bed when she grows up
The choosing bed floor is convenient since you will not have to shift from different sizes of bed because your child is growing. It never gets outdated you child will enjoy sleeping on the floor for long, so you don't have to change beds regularly.
• The baby receives access to cooler air
Sleeping on the floor guarantees access to fresh air which will reduce sweating effect at night. This improves overall blood flow, and it is also ideal for the proper functioning of the respiratory system.
• It provides maximum rest and conserves energy
Sleeping on the floor allows your baby to have enough rest because your baby will get quality sleep. However, at first, it can be uncomfortable, but as she gets used to it, your baby will enjoy the relaxation effect that it offers.
I have exclusively covered why you should allow your child to sleep on the floor. It helps your child to grow well and attain the right posture when she is growing up. Try it, and you will notice a difference. Free your child from the slavery of cribs and let her enjoy every moment of her childhood.