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Terms of Service
IMPORTANT- READ CAREFULLY: BY USING THE SERVICES YOU (as defined below) AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS ARE BETWEEN PGi (as defined below) AND YOU (collectively the "Parties"). IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS DO NOT USE THE SERVICES.
In these conditions: –
"Agreement" means these terms and conditions, the PGi privacy policy which is located at 'https://cn.pgi.com/privacy-policy/' or any successor website thereto and the Customer Service Agreement/Particular Agreement conditions.
"Customer Service Agreement"/"Particular Agreement Conditions" means the terms set out in a separate document and that are incorporated by reference into this Agreement.
"Data Act" means the EU Data Directive 95/46/EC and all applicable domestic data protection legislation implemented under it, which within Ireland are the Data Protection Acts, 1988 and 2003.
"Disclosing Party" shall mean each of the Parties as the context so admits and being the Party disclosing the Confidential Information to the other Party, whether by itself, its officers, employees, agents or representatives.
"Minimum Commitment" shall mean any minimum commitment of time and usage for use of the Services by You during the Term of this Agreement.
"Monthly Subscription Charges" shall mean the minimum monthly fee payable by you where You have entered into a Subscription Plan
"Named User Licences" For the avoidance of doubt, Named User licenses cannot be shared among multiple individuals and separate Named User licenses must be purchased for each individual. Named Users may only include up to the total number of Maximum Meeting Participants in any single conference. For the purposes of this provision and the GlobalMeet®/iMeet® services, a "Named User" is an individual designated and identified by the Customer as an organizer/administrator who is authorized to schedule conferences using the GlobalMeet®/iMeet® services and "Maximum Meeting Participants" means the maximum number of meeting participants, including the Named User, that may be in a conference using the GlobalMeet/iMeet® services at the same time as designated by PGi. Only one conference using the GlobalMeet®/iMeet® services may occur at any given time (i.e. no concurrent meetings) per licensed Named User. Named Users may not combine with other Named Users or otherwise expand a conference using the GlobalMeet®/iMeet® services scheduled by a Named User to allow more than the Maximum Meeting Participants. For each conference using the GlobalMeet®/iMeet® services scheduled by a Named User, the Named User must (1) initiate or schedule the conference; (2) host the conference by entering as a presenter; and (3) act as an organizer of the conference through use of their organizer identification. Customer is at all times responsible for monitoring and maintaining the use of the Named User licenses within the forgoing parameters, and the Customer shall indemnify PGi in the event a claim is brought or damages are incurred due to Customer 's misuse of the Named User license. A Named User designation may not be transferred to another Customer employee except upon (a) termination of the Named User's employment with Customer, or (b) in all other instances, PGi's express prior written approval.
"PGi" means Premiere Conferencing (Ireland) Limited whose registered address is situated at the West Cork Technology Park, Clonakilty, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland, a company incorporated under the laws of Ireland with company registration number 350634 and VAT ID number IE6370634N
"Processing", "Personal Data", "Data Subject", "Data Controller", and "Data Processor" shall have the meanings contained within the Data Act.
"Confidential Information" shall mean any and all information of a confidential nature disclosed by the Disclosing Party to the Receiving Party in connection with the provision of the Services.
"Receiving Party" shall mean each of the Parties as the context so admits and being the Party receiving the Confidential Information from the other Party whether by itself, its officers, employees, agents or representatives.
"Related Products" shall mean all available licences for the use of the PGi web conferencing solutions.
"Related Services" shall mean the verbatim transcription of any recorded communication between You and a third party or parties, recorded by PGi, and which shall include the proof reading of the transcription created against the recorded communication.
"Services" shall mean PGi audio and web conferencing services, Sites, Related Services and Related Products.
"Site(s)" any and all web sites offered by PGi to provide the Services, including the team portal created to provide the Customer with quality tools, applications and template documents for project planning and implementation.
"Subscription Plan" means a fixed term plan which relates to the Services as specified in the Customer Service Agreement
"Term" means the duration of the Agreement as more particularly set out in the Customer Service Agreement/ Particular Agreement Conditions and as may be further agreed in writing between the Parties from time to time.
"You", "Your" or "Customer" means a party acting strictly in the course of a business and with whom PGi has entered into this Agreement and You accept this Agreement on behalf of that business.
2.1 PGi will provide the Services and procure the provision of the Related Services and Products to You in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
2.2 To gain access to and use the Services You may be required to create a log-in ID that will enable You to get Services´access numbers, keys and passcodes ("ID"). You are responsible for keeping Your ID safe and secure. Each subscription to the Services is for a single organisation only. You may choose to authorise Your employees to use Your ID whilst carrying out the business of Your organisation. You must however ensure that Your employees comply with the terms of this Agreement and, in particular, You must ensure that access to ID is immediately terminated in the event of the early termination or expiration of this Agreement.
2.3 If PGi believes that Your ID is being used in any way which is not permitted under this Agreement it reserves the right to immediately suspend Your access to the Services and to block access to Your ID until the issue has been resolved to the satisfaction of PGi. Please also note the terms of clause 4.5 below which deals with payment by You for unauthorised and/or fraudulent use of the Services.
2.4 The Services may be used for Your internal business purposes only. You will not market, resell or reproduce the Services for any purposes other than those intended under the Agreement and in conjunction with Your lawful use of the Services. You also agree to not offer or use the Services as a service bureau by which the Services can be accessed by third parties or by which information produced pursuant to the Service is sold or given to third parties via pay per call or any other such arrangements whatsoever.
2.5 No Emergency Calls
PGi is not a traditional telephone service, and THE SERVICES ARE NOT INTENDED TO support OR CARRY any emergency calls to any emergency services of any kind. Customer needs to make additional arrangements in order to access emergency services.
3.1 Following Your acceptance of the Agreement and subject to the payment of any fees due (and any other terms of this Agreement), PGi grants You a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sub-licensable revocable right to use the Services for the Term. You shall not reverse engineer, modify, decompile, disassemble, translate or otherwise attempt to derive source code from any part of the Services or (for the benefit of any doubt) any associated software.
3.2 You shall not remove, alter or obscure in any way any proprietary rights notices or marks e.g copyright notices). Except as required for use of the Services, You have no right or license to use any of the trademarks or trade names owned by, licensed to or associated with PGi and its suppliers (the "PGi Marks") during the term of this Agreement without prior express written consent from PGi. However, and notwithstanding, even in the event of such prior approval, You agree to immediately cease and desist using the PGi Marks upon notice from PGi or upon termination of this Agreement for any reason.
3.3 PGi warrants that it is entitled to grant the rights as referred to under clause 3.1 above.
4.1 You warrant and represent that You are the owner or licensee of any content that You upload, store, record or otherwise transmit through the Internet Services, including but not limited to photographs, caricatures, illustrations, designs, icons, articles, text, audio clips, and video clips (collectively, "the Content"). You are solely responsible for the Content including making and keeping backup copies of the Content. You warrant and represent You will not publish, store, post, upload, record or otherwise transmit the Content that: (i) infringes any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy; (ii) violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including without limitation the laws and regulations governing export control, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising); (iii) is defamatory, trade libelous, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing; (iv) is profane, indecent, obscene, harmful to minors or child pornographic; (v) contains any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, corrupted files or other computer programming routines that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information or property of another; or (vi) is materially false, misleading or inaccurate.
4.2 You agree not to: (1) use the Internet Services in connection with chain letters, junk mail, surveys, contests, pyramid schemes, spamming or any duplicative or unsolicited messages, or any use of distribution lists to any person who has not given specific permission to be included in such a process (commercial or otherwise); (2) harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail addresses, without their consent; (3) use, download or otherwise copy, or provide (whether or not for a fee) to a person or entity that is not a user of the Services any directory of other users or usage information or any portion thereof other than in the context of Your use of the Services; (4) knowingly interfere with or disrupt networks connected to the Services or violate the regulations, policies or procedures of such networks; (5) attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Services, other accounts, computer systems or networks connected to the Services, through password mining or any other means; or (6) use the Services for illegal purposes (including without limitation, gambling or betting). PGi or its suppliers may, at their discretion and upon reasonable belief, take any reasonable action they deem necessary, if Your conduct fails to conform with this Agreement or which may create liability for PGi or its suppliers.
4.3 You agree to indemnify PGi against all claims, liability, damages, costs and expenses (including but not limited to reasonable legal fees) arising out of related to breach of clauses 3 and 4 of this Agreement.
4.4 You acknowledge that PGi has no control over the content of the information transmitted by You through the Services and that PGi does not access, view or listen to any Content in order to examine the use to which You put the Services or the nature of the information You send or receive except as necessary for the performance of the Services.
4.5 You agree that You will be responsible for and be liable for the payment of all usage on Your account which expressly includes any unauthorized or fraudulent access of the Services.
4.6 Images
Customer understands that by using the Services with a webcam or other photographic or video device and/or a microphone, Customer will transmit images and audio to users. Customer hereby releases, discharges and agrees to hold harmless PGi, its officers, directors, employees, affiliates and its suppliers from and against any and all claims and demands, including but not limited to, any claims for copyright infringement, defamation, invasion of privacy or right of publicity, arising out of or in connection with any use of the images and/or audio.
4.7 Links
The Services may include links to other web sites ("Linked Sites"). Customer acknowledges and agrees that such links are provided for convenience only and do not reflect any endorsement by PGi with respect to the providers of the Linked Sites or the quality, reliability or any other characteristic or feature of the Linked Sites. PGi is not responsible in any manner (including without limitation with respect to any loss, damage or injury Customer may suffer) for any matter associated with the Linked Sites, including without limitation, the content provided on or through the Linked Sites or Customer's reliance thereon. PGi MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO ANY LINKED SITES. CUSTOMER'S USE OF ANY LINKED SITES IS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO THAT SITE AND SOLELY AT CUSTOMER'S OWN RISK.
You agree to comply with all applicable United States and/or European Union export laws and regulations regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States and/or the European Union through the Services. The application of the United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods is hereby expressly excluded. You acknowledge that the laws and regulations of the United States and/or the European Union restrict the export and re-export of commodities and technical data of United States and European Union origin, including the Services and any associated software. Without limiting the foregoing, You understand that the Services and associated software are an "encryption item" subject to controls under the Export Administration Regulations promulgated by the U.S. Department of Commerce and those of the European Union. You agree that You will not, and will not cause others to, export or re-export the Services or any associated software in any form in violation of the export laws of the United States or the European Union or any foreign jurisdiction. You will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless PGi and its suppliers from and against any violation of such laws or regulations by You or any of Your agents, officers, directors, or employees.
6.1 This Agreement shall commence as per the start date specified in the Customer Service Agreement/ Particular Agreement Conditions as specified above.
6.2 Termination. Either party may terminate this Agreement at the end of the Term as agreed in the Customer Service Agreement/Particular Agreement Conditions by providing written notice to the other party of such termination at least 60 days prior to the end of such term or as the Parties may otherwise agree in writing.
6.3 You understand and accept that unless written notification is provided to PGi under clause 6.2 above that the Services shall continue to be provided and You shall continue to be responsible for payment of the fees due.
6.4 In the case whereby a specific term has not been agreed or an agreed term has been exceeded or is under negotiation, You agree that the use of services will imply your acceptance to these Terms and Conditions. In this case, You must notify PGi in writing of your wish to terminate services respecting a notice period of 60 days. Your accounts will be terminated at the end of the month following receipt of that written notice, assuming that You abide by Your obligations until that date.
6.5 On or at any time after the occurrence of any of the events outlined below, either Party may terminate this Agreement with immediate effect and by way of written notice to the other Party.
The events are:
- Either Party being in breach of an obligation under this Agreement and in the event of breach capable of remedy fails to remedy the same within 14 days after receipt of a written notice by the other Party giving full particulars of the breach and requiring it to remedy that breach;
- Either Party passing a resolution for its winding up or a court of competent jurisdiction making an order for either Party winding up or dissolution;
- Either Party being unable to pay its debts as they fall due or makes an arrangement or composition with its creditors generally or making an application to a court of competent jurisdiction for protection from its creditors generally;
- At the sole discretion of PGi, Your illegal, fraudulent or improper use of the Services or if deemed reasonably necessary by PGi, to prevent interruption or disruption to the PGi network, its business or other customers or suppliers.
6.6 Notwithstanding the provisions of clause 6.5 above, if You fail to pay any amount due PGi may at its sole discretion either: (i) immediately suspend the supply of further Services to the Customer and deactivate the its account; or (ii) terminate the Agreement with the Customer with immediate effect.
6.7 In the event of early termination of the Agreement which is not due to a breach by PGi, or if PGi terminates Your account due to Your breach, You agree to promptly pay to PGi a sum representing a reasonable estimate of the loss to PGi following such termination which shall be calculated as follows:
- In the rest of cases, the shortfall resulting from Your failure to meet any Minimum Commitment or Monthly Subscription Charges for the Term, which amount shall equal the difference between the Minimum Commitment or Monthly Subscription Charges multiplied, as applicable by the number of months, quarters or years in the Term left unexpired less any payments for actual usage made by You during the Term; and
- In those cases where it is specified that charges are based on usage basis, the amount will be the difference between the agreed minute rate of the Services as provided on appendix to this Agreement ("the Old Rate") and the official list rate applicable as of the date of early termination ("the New Rate") which shall then apply. The New Rate shall be calculated retrospectively from the Commencement Date of the Agreement and until the end of the Term as agreed in the Customer Service Agreement/Particular Agreement Conditions; and
6.8 It is understood and agreed between the Parties that any payments made during the Term that exceeded the Minimum Commitment or Monthly Subscription Charge for any particular month, quarter or year (as applicable) shall not apply to, or in any way be credited against, any other, past or present Minimum Commitment or Monthly Subscription Charge or the overall shortfall amount during the Term.
6.9 Upon termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Clause 6 any indebtedness owed to PGi becomes immediately due and payable and PGi is relieved of any further obligation to provide the Services to You pursuant to this Agreement.
6.10 Clauses 3, 8, 11 and 12 shall survive termination of these Terms and Conditions
7.1 All orders made pursuant to these Terms and Conditions are subject to credit verification and acceptance by PGi in writing. Notwithstanding PGi´s express or implicit acceptance to the provision of Services, including execution of this Agreement, PGi will not be bound to supply the Services unless and until PGi accepts such credit verification.
7.2 Charges for the provision of the Services shall be invoiced at the end of each calendar month. The payment of invoices is due within thirty (30) days from the date of the invoice and without any deductions by way of set-off, counterclaim or otherwise and time for payment shall be of the essence. All invoices which amount on average to £380/€450 (excl. VAT) per month or below and that are invoiced to Customers with a United Kingdom and Germany VAT number will require payment by direct debit into its bank account.
7.3 Interest is payable on all overdue accounts at the maximum rate legally applicable under the Late Payment in Commercial Transactions Regulations 2002 (being 7% above the base rate of the European Central Bank). PGi reserves the right to recover from You any direct cost of effecting collection of any amounts due as well as any related costs or expenses such as solicitor and/or collection agency fees.
7.4 You must notify PGi of any charge disputed in good faith, and with supporting documentation within 30 days from the date of the relevant invoice, or You will be deemed to agree that such charges are validly due and payable in full. You remain responsible to pay all undisputed charges by the due date.
7.5 All rates are exclusive of value added tax and this will be charged by PGi where appropriate and will be payable at the applicable rate as detailed on schedule attached hereto.
7.6 Standard basis charges. Where it is specified in this Agreement that the usage charges payable by You are to be determined on a usage basis, then You must pay all costs incurred in relation to the Services as set out in this Agreement.
7.7 Minimum commitment. Without prejudice to clause 6.7, in the event You have agreed to a Minimum Commitment and You do not meet it in any given month, quarter or year (as applicable) You shall pay the shortfall equal to the difference between the Minimum Commitment less any actual usage made by You during that particular period
7.8 Subscription plan. Without prejudice to clause 6.6, in the event You have agreed to a Subscription plan as defined under clause 1, if at the end of each month it is determined by PGi that You have utilised the Services in excess of or in addition to the level set forth in a particular tier during that month, then You shall pay to PGi all charges for actual usage or consumption incurred during that month on account of the Services utilised in excess of or in addition to the Services set forth in that particular tier at the overage Rate detailed in the Customer Service Agreement, provided that You may adjust the package to an upward level at any time by providing PGi written notice and receive the benefit of the lower price. Fees payable for overage amounts shall be invoiced monthly, in arrears, on the basis of minutes of use.
7.9 PGi reserves the right, to change and adjust charges and/or fees at any time for access to or use of Services particularly due to changes in (inter alia) telecommunication costs, tariff costs or hardware costs. Accordingly, it is Your responsibility to consult the PGi price list and instructions prior to and during the usage of the Services. New charges and/or fees shall become applicable upon being communicated directly or indirectly to You by PGi.
7.10 International sales. You acknowledge and agree that Services to affiliates that are provisioned or deployed outside the European Union may be subject to additional terms and conditions to reflect localized billing and taxation requirements and distinctions between foreign and European Union laws, rules and regulations in connection with the Services ("Localized Terms") provided You accept such terms in writing. For any conflict between any Localized Terms and the terms of this Agreement, the Localized Terms shall control. Without limiting the foregoing and for the avoidance of doubt, localized billing is not authorized and will not be permitted under this Agreement unless and until duly-authorized representatives execute a mutually-agreeable Affiliate Agreement or a written amendment to this Agreement and then solely to the extent as set forth in such Affiliate Agreement or amendment. Use of Services after receipt of Localized Terms will be deemed acceptance of the applicable international rates, billing terms and such Localized Terms.
8.1 The terms of the Privacy Policy apply to all of the services and websites offered by PGi located at '.http://uk.pgi.com/.'privacy-policy/ or any successor website thereto, and the terms of this clause 8 govern the use and disclosure of Your personal information manually or digitally processed by PGi. It does not apply to information PGi´s customers collect or receive from You.
8.2 Information Collection and use. PGi may collect personal information from You on the Site in order to: (a) to facilitate the delivery of the Services; (b) to provide You with information You request in order that PGi may provide You with a customised interactive experience; (c) to measure interest in various services; (d) to inform You about new services and features; and (e) to help us develop new services and features that meet Your needs. The information PGi requests may include personally identifiable information such as Your name, billing and shipping address, telephone number, e-mail address, credit card information or bank account numbers. It is solely Your choice whether or not You provide this personal information. However, should You choose not to provide the information, PGi may be unable to process an order, fulfil a service or display certain content on it's website. PGi does not sell or rent personal information, including personally identifiable information, to unrelated third parties.
8.3 The use of cookies. When You browse the Site, You may do so anonymously as personal information is not collected during browsing. There is a technology however called "cookies," which can be used to provide You with tailored information. PGi may use cookies or other tracking technologies to provide You with better service. Cookies are pieces of information that a Web site transfers to Your computer's hard disk for record-keeping purposes. Cookies can make the Web more useful by storing information about Your preferences for a particular site. The use of cookies is an industry standard and many major Web sites use them to provide useful features for their customers. Cookies in and of themselves do not personally identify users, although they do identify a user's computer. Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. If You prefer, You can set Your browser to refuse cookies. PGi treats any personal information that may be contained in cookies with the same level of protection as other personal information You provide.
8.4 Information Disclosure. PGi shall only disclose Your personal information in limited circumstances. These circumstances include, but are not limited to, the following: (a) when PGi has Your consent or request for such disclosure (b) to the extent required by law or to respond to judicial process or a good faith belief that such action is necessary under law or to comply with legal process served on us; (c) to take precautions against liability; (d) to correct technical problems and malfunctions in how the Site operates or processes visitors' information; (e) to provide to our customers pursuant to Your request in furtherance of ensuring that You do not receive further communications from our customers or from us; or (f) pursuant to our customers' specific direction in connection with a service we are providing on behalf of our customers and we need to send the information to any of the PGi´s companies of the group, or any other company who work on behalf or partners with PGi.
8.5 Information transfer. PGi may need, and You acknowledge and agree that PGi may wish to transfer Your personal information across national boundaries and process it in other countries around the world in which PGi maintains offices, including the United States. European data-privacy laws protect personal information that is transferred from the European Union to the United States.
8.6 Access to Personal Information. Data Subjects seeking access to their personal information that PGi collects directly from them may contact our Privacy Compliance Officer (contact details below). Data Subjects seeking access to their personal information that PGi has received from a customer must contact the customer directly. PGi requires their customers to comply with applicable privacy laws and regulations pertaining to the use of the Services including, but not limited to, that all messages sent by our customers utilising the Services, in whatever medium, contain the valid name and required contact information for the customer.
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
FreePhone: + (1) 877-771-8283
8.7 Security. PGi utilizes reasonable and appropriate protections to ensure that personal information in its care is not misused or accessed without authorisation. Personal information is stored on PGi´s own platforms or on the platforms of its agents/contractors, with access restricted to those employees or contractors who have a need for such access to perform a legitimate business function relating to the Services or for maintenance, internal security or related issues. Moreover, PGi generates audit logs that record all access and use of personal information stored in our databases. Any contractor whom PGi retains to provide services for us and who will have access to personal information must generally agree to abide by the terms of this Policy.
8.8 Third Party Web Sites. The Site may contain links to third party Web sites. While PGi tries to link only to sites that share its high standards and respect for privacy, PGi is not responsible for the content or the privacy practices of any third party Web sites.
8.9 Consent and Modifications to Privacy Policy. PGi reviews its compliance with this Policy on a periodic basis. By using the Site, You signify Your assent to this Policy. If You do not agree to this Policy, please do not use the Site. PGi reserves the right to make changes or modifications to this Policy at any time without notice. Please check this page periodically for changes. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes to This Policy constitutes acceptance of those changes.
8.10 Customer hereby grants PGi express consent to contact all individual account holders and moderators to communicated information regarding PGi's services and products, including without limitation, upgrades, enhancements, end-of-life, modifications and/or other feature changes. Without limiting the foregoing, Customer grants PGi express consent to periodically contact customers and/or to forward to customer's e-mail address(es) on file information regarding PGi's services and products, including without limitation, upgrades, enhancements, end-of-life, modifications and/or other feature charges and/or various promotional and advertising materials regarding other PGi's products, services, marketing plans and other business related items.
9.1 PGi will maintain a 99.9% platform availability for conference bridging ("committed service availability"). "Availability" or "available" is defined as the time that a service is operational and available for use by You. Calculation: Platform availability is calculated monthly per service as a percentage by dividing the number of hours the platform is available during the applicable month by the total number of hours in the applicable month, excluding in all cases Service Outage Time. Bridging Platform outage time is based on the total (scheduled and unscheduled) hourly outage time across a service. Platform outage time is measured from the time a PGi trouble ticket is opened to the time availability is restored to the customer. An outage condition exists when the customer does not have availability to a service. Scheduled outages include those outages planned by PGi as preventative or to accomplish platform growth or upgrades.
9.2 Exclusions. Outages resulting from the following items shall be excluded from the calculation of service outage time: (a) Scheduled maintenance; (b) Force majeure events meaning any act or event beyond the reasonable control of PGI, including but not limited to geographic or climatic conditions, wind, fire, flood, Act of God, riot, war, strike, carrier outages, governmental acts or orders or any other similar or dissimilar act or event (c) Customer negligence or wilful misconduct or the negligence or wilful misconduct of others authorized by the customer to use the services; (d) Any incompatibility or failure of the customer's own equipment; (e) Any other occurrence for which liability has been disclaimed under this Agreement; ((f) The act of the customer.
9.3 Performance quality. PGi will provide conference calling services at a 99% success rate. "Success" is defined as no material degradation in a conference call. Such success rate is measured by the number of trouble tickets raised against the number of conference calls that have taken place.
9.4 Customer support. Customer Support is available 24 x 7, 365 days per year.
9.5 Remedy. In the event that PGi breaches the Committed Service Availability for three consecutive months or for any four months in any six month period, then You may terminate this Agreement without further obligation as to its Minimum Commitment.
10.1 PGi shall provide the Services with reasonable care and skill and PGi disclaims as far as the law allows any and all other terms, conditions and warranties relating to the Services, whether express or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
10.2 The entire liability of PGi, its affiliates, suppliers and resellers under or in connection with the supply of the Services, whether for negligence, breach of contract, misrepresentation or otherwise is limited to an amount equivalent to the fees (if any) paid to PGi by the You for the Services performed during the twelve (12) month period immediately prior to the date of the event, act or omission giving rise to the liability.
10.3 Neither Party is liable to the other, based on any theory of liability including negligence, breach of contract, misrepresentation, breach of warranty or otherwise, for (a) indirect, special, punitive or consequential damage suffered by the other, including, without limitation, loss of profit, goodwill, business opportunity or anticipated savings; (b) damages arising from lost data, lost technology, loss of rights or costs of procuring substitute services or any other substitution or solution; and whether occasioned by the Parties or their respective employees or agents.
10.4 PGi shall not be liable for any failure to perform, or delay in performance of, its obligations under this Agreement caused by reasons beyond its control.
10.5 In order to protect Your account from unauthorised usage PGi will automatically set certain security features on the account which shall include (i) music whilst on-hold, (b) random passcode selection, and (iii) post-conference usage reports. You acknowledge that PGi will invoice you for all usage on the account and will not take responsibility for any cost incurred by you for fraudulent activity on any account where You have selected to disable these security features.
11.1 The Receiving Party shall use its reasonable endeavours to keep secret and confidential the Proprietary Information disclosed to it by the Disclosing Party.
11.2 The obligation of confidentiality contained in Clause 11.1 shall not apply or (as the case may be) shall cease to apply to information which:
- At the time of its disclosure by the Disclosing Party is already in the public domain or which subsequently enters the public domain other than by breach of this Clause 11, or subsequently comes lawfully into the possession of such party from a third party; or.
- Is required to be disclosed by applicable law or order of a court of competent jurisdiction or government department or agency, provided that prior to such disclosure the Receiving Party shall advise the Disclosing Party of the proposed form of the disclosure.
12.1 You acknowledge that where PGi carries out activities on Your instructions using Personal Data (as defined under the Data Act), that You are the Data Controller (as defined under the Data Act) and PGi is the Data Processor (as defined under the Data Act) in respect of the Personal Data provided.
12.1.1 PGi agrees that in so far as You are liable for PGi's Processing (as defined under the Data Act) activities it shall: (a) Process Personal Data only in accordance with Your written instructions and under the terms of this Agreement; (b) not disclose any Personal Data supplied by You to any other third party (other than as may be strictly necessary in the provision of the Services) without Your prior written consent (such consent to not be unreasonably withheld or delayed); (c) take all reasonable technological and organisational measures to prevent unauthorised access, alteration disclosure or destruction of any Personal Data in the custody of PGi and PGi shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that its personnel are aware of and comply with those measures.
12.1.2 As between You and PGi all Personal Data shall remain Your property.
12.2 You acknowledge that PGi´s audio and web conferencing solutions may allow You to record meetings and to collect and utilise identifying information about You and Your participants. You acknowledge that the law requires to gather the express consent of the Data Subject prior to any recording of communications and that there are restrictions on the collection, storage and use of Personal Data.
12.3 You shall indemnify PGi against all claims, demand, proceedings, damages, costs and expenses (including but not limited to reasonable legal fees) incurred or suffered by PGi in any way as a result of Your breach of the Data Act or the provisions of this clause.
13.1 The failure by either Party to exercise, or delay by either Party in exercising, a right or remedy provided by any Agreement or by law does not constitute a waiver of the right or remedy or a waiver of other rights or remedies. No single or partial exercise of a right or remedy provided by any Agreement or by law prevents a further exercise of the right or remedy or the exercise of another right or remedy.
13.2 You may not assign or transfer or purport to assign or transfer any of Your rights or obligations under this Agreement without first having obtained PGi's prior written consent.
13.3 The Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties' successors, legal representatives and authorised assigns.
13.4 PGi may perform any or all of its obligations under this Agreement through agents or sub-contractors.
13.5 A notice under or in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed served:
- If notice has been sent by e-mail to the addresses depicted in the Customer´s contact details, at the date of the email;
- If delivered personally, when left at the address referred to above;
- If sent by facsimile transmission, on the next following day;
- If sent by post within 48 hours of posting (exclusive of the hours of Sunday) if posted to an address within the country of origination and seven days of posting if posted to an address outside the country of origination.
13.6 If any provision of this Agreement is deemed to be or becomes invalid, void or unenforceable under applicable laws, such provision will be deemed amended to conform to applicable laws so as to be valid and enforceable, or if it cannot be so amended without materially altering the intention of the Parties, it will be deleted, but the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of the Agreement shall not be impaired or affected in any way.
13.7 PGi may in its sole discretion amend these terms and conditions from time to time and such amended terms and conditions shall thereafter apply to You. You agree to be responsible for regularly reviewing the PGi web site to obtain timely notice of such amended terms and conditions. Any such amendments shall not affect any agreement concluded prior to any such amendments and each amendment shall be identified by a reference date. By using the Services after posting or delivery of the amended Terms, You will be deemed to have accepted and be bound by such amended terms and conditions.
13.8 This Agreement shall be interpreted and governed by the laws of the Republic of Ireland, and the parties agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Republic of Ireland to resolve any disputes arising hereunder.
The following additional terms of service (hereinafter "Additional Terms of Service") will apply in the event that You are purchasing or subscribing for one or more of the following Services in addition to the Terms and Conditions. To the extent that the Additional Terms of Services conflict with the Terms and Conditions, the Additional Terms of Service, as may be applicable, will prevail.
14.1 GlobalMeet®
GlobalMeet® Services are part of the PGi Services offer. By using the GlobalMeet® Services, Customer agrees to be abide by the GlobalMeet® Terms and Conditions and the PGi standard Terms and Conditions. In the event of conflict in between them, the GlobalMeet® Terms and Conditions will prevail.
GlobalMeet® Web Active Host
Active Host is the licence business model under which you are purchasing GlobalMeet® Web Services.
Calculation of Licence Quantity
You do not have to pay for each Named Host account issued. However, you will always pay a minimum licence fee, which is based on the greater of (a) a percentage of the total number of Employees, or (b) a determined number of Active Hosts. Prior to the end of each licence terms, PGi will calculate the minimum licence fee for the next licence term. This change in the licence quantity will occur when invoicing in the next billing period.
Calculation of the Minimum Licence Fee
The minimum licence fee is based on the licence quantity. The minimum licence fee is billed monthly for the licence term. The licence term is calculated as follows:
First Licence Term
A new licence – the greater of:
15% of the total number of Employees
100 Active Host Accounts
All Subsequent Licence Terms:
The greater of:
15% of the total number of Employees
100 Active Host accounts, or
The Active Host Average
Active Host Average
One month prior to the end of the first licence term (and subsequent renewal terms), PGi will calculate the average number of Active Hosts in the immediately preceding three (3) month period to determine the "Active Host Average." An Active Host Average is used in the calculation of the minimum licence fee, above.
Licence Term
Licence Term purchased under the Active Host model is a two (2) year "licence Term" from the effective date (the "Term"). Thereafter, this Agreement shall automatically renew for success one (1) year terms (each a "Renewal Term", the Initial Term and Renewal Terms are collectively the "Term". A purchase of an Active Host Licence is an obligation on the part of customer to purchase that Service for the duration of the Licence Term. A licence may not be terminated without cause by customer in the middle of a Licence Term.
Organic Growth of Employees
The Active Host Licence includes an accommodation for organic corporate growth in the total number of Employees of twenty percent (20%) over the term of the contract. If, at any time, the then-current total number of Employees exceeds twenty percent (20%) of the initially identified total number of Employees, you are obligated notify PGi of this increase in the total number of Employees and execute an updated Order reflecting the revised total number of Employees and change to the applicable Service fees, if any.
Active Host Commercial Terms:
Licence Model
You are the Licence Holder. A Licence holder is the company purchasing the GlobalMeet Licence directly
As a licence holder, you are buying Active Hosts. Active Hosts are Names Hosts that hold one (1) or more meetings in a month using the GlobalMeet Services. Holding one (1) or more meetings is any given month means that the Names Host is active that month, that is, an Active Host.
Names Host accounts are individualized accounts assigned to an Employee. Named host accounts may not be shared or used by anyone other than the one employee to whom the Name Host account is assigned. The identification of those individuals assigned a Name Host account must be unique to the individual and may not be of a generic nature. Subscriber shall identify those employees assigned to Named Host Account on the "Manage Hosts" List (the list). The list will be maintained by the subscriber's site administrator and provide to PGi upon request. A Name Host account may not be transferred to another employee except upon (a) termination of the Named Host employment with the licence holder, or (b) in all other instances, PGi's prior written approval.
Active Host Usage
Active Host can hold an unlimited number of meetings, provided that each active host may hold no more than one (1) meeting at any point in time. Each meeting must be hosted by a Named Host and is limited to the maximum number of participants as determined by the Capacity of the GlobalMeet service offered.
Employees are the full and part-time employees or third party contractors of licence holder and its subsidiaries, and affiliates. Employees do not include licence holders parent company, unless the licence holder intends to assign a Named Host account to an Employee of the parent company, which is an option, but requires that the parent company Employee is an Active Host of the purpose of usage calculation.
14.2 iMeet®
iMeet® Service are part of the PGi Services offer. By using the iMeet® Services, Customer agrees to be abide by the iMeet® Terms and Conditions and the PGi standard Terms and Conditions. In the event of a conflict in between them, the iMeet® Terms and Conditions will prevail.
Payment Terms
Customer will pay PGi a monthly service fee per Named User (as below defined), such monthly fee being defined as the "Service Charge(s)" in addition to any additional fees or charges for use of the GlobalMeet®/iMeet®/iMeetLive® services, including without limitation any set up fees, overages fees, per minute fees or other fee or charge associated with use of the GlobalMeet®/iMeet®/iMeetLive® services provided, including without limitation any and all fees and charges payable and not otherwise designated as specifically and expressly waived pursuant to an applicable promotional offer. Service Charge(s) will be billed in advance, usage is billed in arrears, and payments are due within thirty (30) days from the date of the invoice. Customer will be billed for and Customer shall pay invoices, in their entirety, for each applicable period during the term of the Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, Customer is not and will not be entitled to any partial month billing or credits or refunds of any kind, including without limitation in the event Customer elects to not use the GlobalMeet®/iMeet®/iMeetLive® services during any billing period. Customer FURTHER acknowledges and agrees that PGi RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHANGE PRICING OR MODIFY OR DISCONTINUE ANY OR ALL OF GlobalMeet®/iMeet®/iMeetLive® SERVICES AND ANY RELATED DIAL IN NUMBERS OR OTHER METHODS OF ACCESS AT ANY TIME. Without limiting the foregoing, PGi reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change or institute new or additional charges and/or fees for access to or use of GlobalMeet®/iMeet®/iMeetLive® services (including for ancillary services, new or additional features and/or "APPS") at any time as provided in this AGREEMENT.
Where permitted by PGi, at its sole discretion and subject to Customer meeting all pre conditions identified or communicated to Customer for the upgrade offer to Customer on this Web Site, Customers may upgrade subscription plans for GlobalMeet®/iMeet® services. Nothing herein shall be deemed to require PGi to permit and/or allow any upgrades. For the avoidance of doubt, to the extent permitted by PGi and Customers meet all pre conditions Customer shall remain responsible for all fees and charges due and incurred for GlobalMeet®/iMeet®/iMeetLive® services provided under an existing subscription plan through the upgrade effective date and is not and will not be entitled to any partial months credits or refunds of any kind as a result of the upgrade. After any upgrade effective date, Customer shall be responsible for the increased fees and charges associated with the upgrade, including without limitation any new and/or additional charges associated therewith, which may include without limitation, for any overages.
14.3 iMeetLive
PGi (or any Affiliate of PGi) hereby undertakes to produce webcasting events utilizing the iMeetLive software application platform (the "Platform") and various services and tools (the "Webcasting Services") that PGi offers Customer for use (a "Webcast Event").
License/Platform. PGi hereby grants to Customer the non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable right to access and use the Platform, solely to the extent required to use the Webcasting Services and produce a Webcast Event. Customer shall not allow someone other than Customer or PGi to manage a Webcast Event.
Modifications and Releases. From time to time after the date of this Agreement, new releases to the Platform may add, enhance or change the features and services available hereunder. Customers shall be entitled to use, if they choose, any such new features and services but additional charges may apply. PGi reserves the right to withdraw, suspend or discontinue any functionality or feature of the Webcasting Services.
Submissions. As between PGi and Customer, PGi alone will own all rights, title and interest, including all related intellectual property, to any suggestions, ideas, feedback, improvements, recommendations or other information created, conceived, or reduced to practice, by or on behalf of Customer, any viewer or any subscriber to a Webcast Event..
Recordings. Certain Webcasting Services provide functionality that allows a Customer to record audio and data shared during sessions. Customer is solely responsible for complying with all laws in the relevant jurisdiction when using recording functionality. PGi expressly disclaims all liability with respect to Customer's recording of audio and/or shared data while using the Webcasting Services, and Customer releases and agrees to hold PGi harmless from and against any damages or liabilities related to the recording of any audio and/or data.
Cookies. By using the Webcasting Services, Customer agrees to the use of cookies which PGi uses to facilitate use of the Webcasting Services. More information about PGi's use of cookies is contained in PGi's Privacy Policy available at www.pgi.com.
Payment Terms
Customer will pay PGi a monthly service fee per Named User (as below defined), such monthly fee being defined as the "Service Charge(s)" in addition to any additional fees or charges for use of the GlobalMeet®/iMeet®/iMeetLive® services, including without limitation any set up fees, overages fees, per minute fees or other fee or charge associated with use of the GlobalMeet®/iMeet®/iMeetLive® services provided, including without limitation any and all fees and charges payable and not otherwise designated as specifically and expressly waived pursuant to an applicable promotional offer. Service Charge(s) will be billed in advance, usage is billed in arrears, and payments are due within thirty (30) days from the date of the invoice. Customer will be billed for and Customer shall pay invoices, in their entirety, for each applicable period during the term of the Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, Customer is not and will not be entitled to any partial month billing or credits or refunds of any kind, including without limitation in the event Customer elects to not use the GlobalMeet®/iMeet®/iMeetLive® services during any billing period. Customer FURTHER acknowledges and agrees that PGi RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHANGE PRICING OR MODIFY OR DISCONTINUE ANY OR ALL OF GlobalMeet®/iMeet®/iMeetLive® SERVICES AND ANY RELATED DIAL IN NUMBERS OR OTHER METHODS OF ACCESS AT ANY TIME. Without limiting the foregoing, PGi reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change or institute new or additional charges and/or fees for access to or use of GlobalMeet®/iMeet®/iMeetLive® services (including for ancillary services, new or additional features and/or "APPS") at any time as provided in this AGREEMENT.
Where permitted by PGi, at its sole discretion and subject to Customer meeting all pre conditions identified or communicated to Customer for the upgrade offer to Customer on this Web Site, Customers may upgrade subscription plans for GlobalMeet®/iMeet®/iMeetLive® services. Nothing herein shall be deemed to require PGi to permit and/or allow any upgrades. For the avoidance of doubt, to the extent permitted by PGi and Customers meet all pre conditions Customer shall remain responsible for all fees and charges due and incurred for GlobalMeet®/iMeet®/iMeetLive® services provided under an existing subscription plan through the upgrade effective date and is not and will not be entitled to any partial months credits or refunds of any kind as a result of the upgrade. After any upgrade effective date, Customer shall be responsible for the increased fees and charges associated with the upgrade, including without limitation any new and/or additional charges associated therewith, which may include without limitation, for any overages.
14.4 Agenday
To access and use the Agenday Services, you acknowledge and agree to and shall ensure any person or entity accessing the Agenday Services through you or your account ("Your Users") provide PGi only up-to-date and functional means for contact, such as a voice phone numbers, SMS phone numbers or email addresses, that are accurate, complete and for which you and Your Users have all rights, permissions and licenses ("Contact Information"). You hereby represent and warrant that you have all rights and authority to and do now: (i) grant PGi express consent to contact all individual account holders and moderators to communicate information in connection with the Services, and (ii) expressly consent to PGi's collection of information, including personal information, about you and Your Users' calendars, contacts, messages and devices, including without limitation IP address and other uniquely identifying device, operating system and browser type information, as well as date, time and location information, and information contained in third-party accounts and other services used in connection with the Agenday Services (e.g., social media or other accounts), including profile information. You represent and warrant that you have obtained any necessary consents from Your Users to allow the aforementioned collection of information by PGi.
You agree it is your sole responsibility to use and you represent and warrant that you shall and shall ensure Your Users' use the Agenday Services in accordance with all applicable laws, including but not limited to, those pertaining to telemarketing, personal data privacy and export control. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE TRANSMISSION OF UNSOLICITED VOICE MESSAGES, MAIL OR TEXT MESSAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE ADVERTISING OF GOODS, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES, AND THE SENDING OF SUCH MESSAGES, E-MAIL OR TEXT MESSAGES WITHOUT PRIOR EXPRESS CONSENT, MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS AND MAY SUBJECT YOU TO PENALTIES FOR WHICH YOU SHALL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE AND LIABLE. Breach by you of these Terms of Service is grounds for immediate suspension by PGi of Agenday Services.
You shall indemnify, defend and hold PGi, its officers, directors, employees, affiliates and suppliers harmless from any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties or costs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorney's fees) arising out of your or Your User's: (i) content, Contact Information and use of the Agenday Services; (ii) violation of or alleged violation of any applicable laws or regulations with respect to the Agenday Services, including but not limited to, any claims that your use of the Agenday Services violated the rights of any third party (including those claims relating to the content provided by you, Your Users, or any person or entity accessing the Agenday Services through you or Your Users' account or PGi's use of distribution lists on behalf of you, Your Users, or any person or entity accessing the Agenday Services through you or your account), claims relating to the transmission of unsolicited documents or messages or calls of any types (including but not limited to text messages), or the attempted transmission of a document or a message of any type to a telephone or for any errors in data or distribution information provided by you, Your Users, or any person or entity accessing the Agenday Services through you or your account; (iii) infringement of any intellectual property rights of any third party; or (iv) contaminated file, virus, work or Trojan horse originating from you or Your User or from any linked areas.
14.5 WebEx
If it is specified that the Services or part of the Services are WebEx Services, You agree to be bound by the WebEx Terms of Service to the extent that the Services are WebEx Services. The Terms of Service can be found at http://www.webex.com/terms-of-service.html. By using the product You agree to these Terms of Service.
Term and Termination:
After the initial agreed Term, the Webex Services agreement (with exception of Enterprise Edition and 3+12 month agreements) shall automatically rollover for successive one (1) year terms (each a "Renewal Term"; the Initial Term and Renewal Terms are collectively the "Term"), unless the Customer notifies PGi of its desire to terminate the Agreement by written notice not less than 60 days prior to the end of the Initial term or 60 days prior to the commencement of a Renewal Term whereby the Customer does not wish to renew.
In the instance of Webex Enterprise Edition Services; contract shall automatically rollover for successive twelve (12) month terms (each a "Renewal Term"; the Initial Term and Renewal Terms are collectively the "Term"), unless the Customer notifies PGi of its desire to terminate the Agreement by written notice not less than 60 days prior to the end of the "Term".
In the instance of Webex 3+12 terms; contract shall automatically rollover for a single twelve (12) month term after the initial 3 month initial term, and then for successive one (1) month terms (each a 'Renewal term'; the initial term and Renewal terms are collectively the 'Term'), unless the Customer notifies PGi of its desire to terminate the Agreement by written notice not less than 60 days prior to the end of the Term.
All WebEx Products come with 1 GB free storage, any additional uncommitted storage used will be charged per GB used. Additional committed storage can be purchased (5 GB minimum).
14.6 Microsoft Services
If it is specified that the Services or part of the Services are Microsoft Services, in addition to the terms and conditions contained here, You agree to be bound by the Microsoft Terms of Service to the extent that the Services are Microsoft Services. The Terms of Service can be found at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA101063371033.aspx. By using the product You agree to these Terms of Service.
Terms of Use for PGi Audio for Microsoft Skype for Business™ Online
Provision of Audio Conferencing Services. Customer acknowledges that the audio conferencing Services subject to this Agreement are provided by PGi (and not Microsoft or its affiliates). Customer must subscribe for, or acquire a license to, Skype for Business Online as a pre-requisite for operation of such Services.
Permitted Audio Conferencing Countries. Customers that acquire subscriptions for Services outside countries permitted by PGi or its suppliers, as determined in their sole discretion ("Permitted Countries") may not be able to use the Services in their home country or any other country that is not a Permitted Country. The Services may be restricted or unavailable to a conference participant that accesses a conference from a country that is not a Permitted Country. PGi may suspend or terminate the provision of Services without notice if deemed necessary by PGi to ensure compliance with applicable laws.
Consent. Customer hereby consents to the provision of Customer information to Microsoft in connection with the Services, and consents to Microsoft's receipt and use of Customer information in connection with Microsoft's provision of Skype for Business Online and Microsoft's fulfillment of all of its obligations in connection with the delivery of Skype for Business Online. Customer hereby grants permission to Microsoft to use Customer information in connection with Microsoft's provision of Skype for Business Online and support services. In addition, Customer hereby consents to disclosure by Microsoft to PGi of Customer's call detail records related to Skype for Business Online for billing and technical use.
User Conduct. Customer has all necessary rights to all data, software programs or services that Customer uses in connection with its access and use of Skype for Business Online, and Customer's use of any of the foregoing does not infringe intellectual property or other proprietary rights of any third party. Customer warrants and represents it will not publish, post, upload, record or otherwise transmit content that: (i) violates the rights of any third party or subjects Microsoft to any other obligations to Customer or any third party; or (ii) violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation.
Microsoft as Third Party Beneficiary. Customer acknowledges and agrees that Microsoft and Microsoft's affiliates are intended third party beneficiaries under the relevant sections of the Agreement and shall have a direct right of action to enforce the same against Customer.
For the avoidance of doubt, in addition to the foregoing "additional terms," all terms and conditions set forth in the Agreement do and will apply to Customer's use of PGi Audio for Skype for Business Online.
14.7 Adobe Services
PGi is a fulfillment agent for Adobe Services and provision of all Adobe Services is expressly conditioned upon Your acceptance of the terms of the applicable end user license agreement ("EULA") which are available at http://www.adobe.com/products/eulas and other terms for use of the Adobe Services as set forth in a Schedule/Quotation for Adobe Services attached to this Agreement. Unless otherwise expressly agreed in a written Schedule/Quotation for Adobe Services, all charges for Adobe Services require a non-refundable advanced payment, on an annual basis. You acknowledge and agree that notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, You are not and will not be entitled to any partial month or partial term credits or refunds of any kind (including but not limited to pre-paid charges) for Adobe Services in the event of termination for any reason, and in the event of termination for any reason, You shall pay to PGi as liquidated damages, but not as a penalty, the shortfall resulting from Your failure to meet any commitment for Adobe Services for the full term of such services, which shall represent a reasonable estimate of the probable loss to PGi.
Currently PGi can support Adobe for T1/2 but T3 and NEW customers must go directly to Adobe
14.8 Conflict
To the extent that the WebEx Terms of Service, the Microsoft Terms of Service, the GlobalMeet/iMeet Terms of Service, or the Adobe Terms of the EULAs conflict with the standard terms and conditions of this Agreement, those Terms of Service, as may be applicable, will prevail.
15.1 Freephone pricing indicated designates Freephone access from landline unless otherwise specified. Please note that additional charges may be incurred should Freephone numbers be dialled via mobile and/or payphone.
15.2 Pricing for moderator dial out is specific to dial out to landline unless otherwise specified. Additional charges may be incurred for dial out to mobile phones.
15.3 PGi defines a typical conference call as 3 participants or more. For GlobalMeet® and ReadyConference® calls with less than 3 participants, PGi will apply a minimum conference connections charge at the UK local access rate. This does not affect operator assisted calls.
15.4 Where no rates have been agreed, PGi standard list rates will apply. Standard list rates can be obtained from your account manager.
15.5 PGi offers billing in a number of currencies. PGi shall bill and You shall pay PGi in the currency so designated in this Agreement. Notwithstanding, where Parties have agreed to local currency billing, the Parties shall use the following methodology to set exchange rates for the purposes of converting the rates set forth in this Agreement to other currencies. PGi shall use, and shall bill You according to, the end of day exchange rates as published in the Wall Street Journal on the Start Date for the Term of this Agreement. If international sales, please note that clause 7.10 of these Terms and Conditions may apply.
15.6 PGI invoices the cost of the call on a per minute and per participant basis and rounds the price of the call to the nearest whole cent.
15.7 Call set-up and disconnect charges apply to all inbound and outbound legs of all calls.
15.8 PGi applies a per minute surcharge to each Minute using US Freephone access originating from Alaska, Hawaii or any US Territory, the Caribbean or Canada.
15.9 Customer will be charged for each full monthly detail paper invoice, unless and until Customer specifically elects to receive online detail bill pursuant to the PGi bill selection process: €21.00 / £17.00 / $26.00 (these fees are subject to change).
15.10 Customers will be charged overage fees for minutes used and exceeding minimums available to the Customer pursuant to the specific price plans offered from PGi and agreed by Customer.
15.11 Pooling of audio minutes from multiple Named Users is not permitted.
15.12 Customers will be charged a minimum charge for the per minute portion applying to Operator Greeted Entry, €450/£325/$500 & Passcode Greeted Entry and Greeted Entry Connection services, €300/£250/$400 (these fees are subject to change).
15.13 PGi applies a 4.3% Service Fee on all pre-tax charges.
15.14 A Conference Call Minimum charge will be applied per conference call held. The charge is €3.75 / £3 / $5 / 32 SEK / 29 DKK / 5 CHF and 30 NOK
15.15 Custom Prompts – Where you have ordered custom prompts, subsequent to the initial one year term, there is an Annual Maintenance Fee of €1,000 / £850 / $1,300
15.16 For each integrated Skype for Business call PGi charges a connection fee, per meeting, which is equal to the contracted per minute Softphone rate times the duration of the call in minutes.
These Terms and Conditions were last revised in January 2017 and are subject to periodic revisions and updates.


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Ugly Dougly wrote:Who would like to share some okonomiyaki with me?
Nandekore? It's a Japanese pancake/pizza with shredded cabbage, egg and a bevy of other ingredients and a savory brown sauce.
Well this one looks like it might have bacon on it. So even if all the other ingredients were missing, it would still be good.

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A 17-step tutorial on how to draw the cool Commando Droids from Star Wars: The Clone Wars. This guy looks simple, but is a little more complex than he appears.
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Whatever you think, plug-in hybrids like the BMW i8 are coming. Influential industry figures think they are the only way the motor industry will meet the EU's proposal of a corporate average of 95g/km CO² emissions by 2020.
BMW says people power put the i8 - which goes on sale next June at about £95,000 - into production, however.
Its precursor was the 2009 Vision Efficient Dynamics concept, for which BMW had no production intention. The company's eco "i Project" was all about the i3 electric supermini (which goes on sale this November at £30,680 before subsidies), but the orgiastic reception for this futuristically transluscent two-plus-two forced the mastodons of Munich to reconsider.
The body shape was retained, including the most audacious automotive flying buttresses since the Jaguar XJ-S, although the production i8 is a little bit shorter, with cleaned up aerodynamics, working air intakes and legal sill sections, but it's visibly the same car. The concept's diesel engine has been dropped, however.
"It was never going to have a diesel," says Carsten Breitfeld, the i Project head. "That would not be suitable for a sports car and the i8 is also going to be sold in world markets and not all countries buy diesel cars."
Top of that list is China, where BMW is under fire for its less-than-stellar environmental record and also for a massive recall on the 5-series steering systems. BMW needs some good news there and the petrol/electric i8 can also limbo dance under the Chinese registration plate rules, under which new plates are issued by lottery.
In America, wealthy silicon valley types will be queuing up to trade their Prius or Tesla for the latest sexy green machine, so you can see why this BMW has such a head of internet steam behind it.
Next year we'll see supercar hybrids from McLaren (P1), Ferrari (La Ferrari) and Porsche (918). They'll all be mind-warpingly fast and expensive, with all the environmental benefit of turning your toaster down a notch. At the same time, the Volkswagen Group has plumped for plug-in hybrid technology as the most suitable for the entire group and its own super eco car, the XL1, is a plug-in.
The i8's spiffy-looking carbon-fibre body tub has aluminium subframes front and rear on to which the driveline and all-round wishbone suspension are hung. The main power comes from a 1.5-litre, turbocharged, three-cylinder petrol engine, which will also go into the next Mini. It sits across the back of the car, driving a six-speed automatic gearbox and the rear wheels.
Running forward under the middle of the cabin is the fuel tank and then the 220lb, 7.1kWh lithium-ion battery pack. Between the front wheels is BMW's own 129bhp/184lb ft AC electric motor driving them via a GKN-made, two-speed transmission. That means the i8 is not only fast (155mph) but also accelerates briskly (0-62mph in 4.5sec).
BMW i8 Concept
To prevent the instant torque of the electric front end dominating the petrol-powered rear, the three-cylinder motor is assisted by a 13bhp/74lb ft starter/motor/generator belt, which helps the twin-scroll turbo to spool up a bit faster.
Like all plug-in hybrids there are a number of driving modes. Comfort is the default start-up setting, where unless you've pressed the hold button the system will empty the battery to about 30 per cent charge then juggle gasoline and volts to maintain it at around that state. E mode uses only the front electric motor and the 5kWh available charge for up to 22 miles and 75mph.
Sport uses both power sources at full boost, even using the petrol engine to drag the electric motor to recharge the battery, which is spectacularly inefficient, but means the battery charge is enough to give a kick in the back if required.
BMW i8 Spyder Concept
Not that the i8 kicks for long if you're driving hard. That's probably why BMW has not produced a lap time for the 12.9 miles of "green hell" of the Nordschleife circuit at the Nürburgring in Germany, where presumably the i8 dims half way around. That's an issue for all plug-in hybrid sports cars unless they carry just-in-case battery capacity, which is expensive and heavy.
Wearing BMW's blue and white disguise tape, the i8 looks almost more daring than the finished article. This was a pre-production drive, at BMW's Mirimas track in France, and it is immediately clear that modelling agencies will be issuing instructions on alighting from the i8 without revealing more than you intended. The doors are neither scissor nor gullwing, but hinged off the windscreen pillars and their demand for extra width means tight parking spots are a no-no.
The interior was covered in disguise mats, although underneath the cabin comes straight from the austere but luxurious BMW parts bin and is none the worse for it. The driver's instrument binnacle has an analogue power indicator showing the electric motor input/output and a battery-charge meter. The gearlever is entirely conventional, with a Drive and Sport positions, while the steering wheel has gear-change paddles behind the rim.
BMW i8 Concept
The front seats feel supportive, but a little uncomfortable for the tallest drivers. The rear seats are vestigial at best. They'll carry small children and luggage, however, which is a distinct benefit since the tiny 154-litre boot will only accommodate one airline-sized carry on.
It starts with an artificial polyphonic whoosh and, unless you demand a fast getaway from the traffic lights, will pull away using battery power only, with the engine quietly whirring. It drives well, although it's swift rather than blindingly quick and the standing starts don't feel as fast as BMW claims.
The low centre of gravity means it corners flat and feels agile, with good feedback to the major controls, but with a gentle, supple ride quality. There's a bit of mismatch between the steering and ride in front-drive electric-only mode, where it feels slow-witted, and full-on Sport mode, but BMW says this is being attended to.
Only once did I feel a mismatch between the volt-powered front wheels and petrol-powered rears, which was a strange understeer about half way through a corner. The three-pot engine doesn't idle like a supercar, but has a melodious and muscular whirr on the move largely thanks to subtle modification by BMW's audio department.
BMW i8 Concept
"I don't want to get out of it," says Patrick Müller, the project leader for powertrain. He's right – there are conventionally sporting BMWs that are a lot less fun to drive than this.
BMW claims a fuel consumption in the EU's wildly unrealistic plug-in Combined standard of 113mpg, with CO² emissions of just 59g/km. Back on planet earth, it feels like a 40mpg-plus sports car, a hunch born out by Breitfeld, who says even if owners never bothered plugging in, the i8's fuel economy would better the BMW M3's by half as much again. Recharge time, incidentally is two hours on a domestic supply.
Norbert Reithofer, BMW's chief executive, describes the i Project as a "calculated risk" but for the i8 the sums seem pretty simple. It might be fantastically expensive and have little practical environmental benefit, but it ticks all the political boxes, is gorgeous proof of concept and it outwows and undercuts next year's eco supercars.
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Pompey deducted 10 points
The Football League have confirmed Portsmouth have been docked 10 points after the club went into administration for the second time in two years.
Portsmouth, who face a winding-up application by the taxman next week, applied to go into administration and this was approved by the High Court on Friday. The club now drop to 21st place in the npower Championship - out of the relegation zone on goal difference alone.
The Football League said in a statement: "Portsmouth Football Club have been deducted 10 points in accordance with Football League rules and regulations."
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In trying to assess the impact of P2P file sharing on paid-content sales, we have been measuring paid sales four weeks before and four weeks after content for a title is first seeded. In our initial data set (eight titles), sales in the four weeks after a file was first seeded increased 6.5%; in the most recent report (all 21 titles), sales decreased 4.8% in the four weeks after seeding first occurred. The average lag time between first paid sale and first instance of seeding on a P2P site remained relatively constant at about 19 weeks.
With a larger data set, we tried plotting the average paid sales of pirated and unpirated content using a common starting point (that is, we plotted sales data week-by-week after publication). The results of the week-by-week and four-week rolling averages for both pirated and unpirated titles showed similar growth in sales in the first few weeks after a title is published, followed by a decline after peak. Average sales for unpirated content start higher and peak later, although this may reflect the specific nature of titles in a small sample.
The primary difference between sales of pirated and unpirated content appeared in weeks 19 through 25, when sales for pirated content peaked a second time at a level higher than that seen in the first, sell-in period. This second peak followed the time (19 weeks) at which the average pirated O'Reilly front list title was first seeded on a P2P site.
This is correlation, not causality, but the difference in the sales profile is notable and persists even when using rolling averages. Since these initial reports, we have continued to monitor the data on an ongoing basis to establish a more complete profile. Other publishers are also joining the study, including Thomas Nelson, whose fall 2009 front list has been monitored since August 2009.
A publishing veteran with 25 years of consulting, management and operational experience, Mr. O'Leary is founder and principal of Magellan Consulting Partners, whose clients include major media firms as well as smaller and not-for-profit entities with significant publishing and media commitments.
The firm's practice areas include operational improvement, revenue development, market analysis and business planning. Work done by the firm most often results in both immediate and mid-term changes in processes, structures and in some cases technologies used to produce client content. For Magellan clients, Mr. O'Leary has also written several business plans to guide start-up and growth opportunities.
Prior to starting Magellan Media, Mr. O'Leary served as senior VP and associate publisher with Hammond Inc., an internationally recognized geographic reference publisher. Responsible for editorial content, database development, production and operations, Mr. O'Leary restructured editorial operations to benefit from the firm's prior technology investments. He also substantially increased the pace of the company's new-product development efforts.
Before Hammond, Mr. O'Leary directed operations at several of Time Inc.'s weekly magazines and was part of the team that launched Entertainment Weekly. He joined the firm in 1983, after earning an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Mr. O'Leary also holds an A.B. in chemistry from Harvard College.
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4 is a number in the Arabic Numeral System—the most widely used numeral system in the world. The number 4 first sponsored Sesame Street in its second week, beginning with episode 0006. The number 4 has since sponsored many episodes of Sesame Street and was featured prominently in episode 0734.
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WEDNESDAY, July 3, 2013 (HealthDay News) -- Children born to first cousins or older mothers have a twofold higher risk of birth defects such as Down syndrome and heart and lung problems, but the absolute risk to any one child remains low, researchers say.
The findings from the study of more than 11,000 babies born in Bradford, England, between 2007 and 2011 are to be published online July 4 in The Lancet.
The absolute risk of a birth defect is small, rising from 3 percent in children born to unrelated parents to 6 percent for children born to cousins, the authors said. For mothers aged 35 or older, the risk rises to 4 percent, compared to 2 percent for women under 35.
This means that "only a small minority of babies born to couples who are blood relatives or older mothers will develop a [birth defect]," lead author Eamonn Sheridan, of the University of Leeds, said in a journal news release.
Bradford has a large Pakistani community. About 37 percent of Pakistani marriages in the study were between first cousins, compared with less than 1 percent of British marriages. The large number of marriages between first cousins accounted for 31 percent of birth defects for Pakistani babies.
The rate of birth defects among the babies born in Bradford was nearly double the U.K. rate, about 306 versus 166 per 10,000 live births. Low socioeconomic status did not explain the higher rate of birth defects among children born to first cousins, nor did mothers' smoking, drinking or obesity.
A high level of education among mothers halved the risk of having a baby with a birth defect, regardless of race/ethnicity, the researchers said.
Sheridan's team noted that marriage between blood relatives is common in many parts of the world. These communities need to be provided with clear information and counseling about the increased risk of birth defects among children born to blood relatives.
More information
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has more about birth defects.


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by Zev Lowe, KF8 Indonesia
Over the course of my Kiva fellowship with DINARI Foundation – Bali, I have had the chance to meet clients who engage in various kinds of business activities. I've met small shopkeepers who shrug matter-of-factly when they tell me that their main source of revenues come from cigarettes, I've met pig farmers who have been able to rattle off stud fees, gestation periods and prices per kilogramme over the last few months, and I've met incredibly hardworking people who sort through trash in order to collect recyclables, who are often shunned because of the way they smell.
I enjoy listening to all their stories. But my favourite clients to visit, by far, have been artisans, because it's so much fun watching them at work. I'd like to share two videos I took of clients who were kind enough to demonstrate their craft on video.
First, we have Heri Priyanto, originally from Java, who takes us through the process, from start to finish, of making a leather wristband (video is 2m 33 seconds long). He can braid one of these every minute. When I asked him how many he can make a day, he laughed, and reminded me to take into account his need to sleep, shower and eat.'
Heri is unusual as a DINARI client because he doesn't actually need the small loan he took out (for 1m IDR, or about USD 100). He is just hoping to build up his credit history to the point where he can borrow enough to buy one tonne of leather scraps (20m IDR, or about USD 2000). He is clearly a thoughtful and resourceful guy, and I wished him luck in achieving his dream.
The second video (1m 5 seconds long) is of Ni Putu Dian, who demonstrates how to make "Banten" or traditional Balinese Hindu offerings. The containers for the offerings are made from coconut fronds, and this is what you'll see in the video. Later, she will place flowers and shredded lemongrass leaves in the container to complete the offering. Sometimes food items are added, like a piece of fried banana or a prawn fritter (krupuk). This craft runs in her family, and she started learning it when she was just 10 years old.'
Offerings are a large part of Balinese Hindu culture. Simple offerings are placed outside the home twice a day – once in the morning, and once at sunset. A stick of incense is usually lit on top of it, and a prayer is also said. More elaborate offerings are made for special occasions. Every month, the Balinese calendar has 5 minor festivals, all of which require offerings. Ibu Dian is even busier during major festivals, which happen twice a year – first, the celebration of the victory of Dharma over Adharma, which is commemorated with the Galungan festival and then 10 days later with the Kuningan festival, and second the occasion that celebrates Dewi Saraswati, who brings books and knowledge to humankind.
Zev Lowe is enjoying his last week as a Kiva Fellow in Bali. He is tweeting his heart out as @zevlowe. If you enjoyed these videos, please consider signing up for a Kiva Alert which will inform you when a DINARI client is requesting funds. You can also join the DINARI Foundation lending team here./>


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Yet another investment bank is chirping away in its cage about potential near-term risk for stocks.
This time, it's UBS. In a note Wednesday, the investment bank says its "concerned about the short-term performance outlook for global equities," noting that some of its own sentiment indicators, such as Bull-Bear and Relative Strength Indicators, are looking stretched.
You'll recall Goldman Sachs' call earlier this week. The investment bank downgraded global stocks to neutral from overweight on a three-month view, saying potential for a rally from here is limited owing to the big runup markets have seen thus far. But investors barely seemed to blink at that one, as Credit Suisse pointed out on Tuesday, noting that it has also been cautious near term after recent market moves.
Futures are showing signs of building on that five-year closing high for the Dow industrials Tuesday. Read Watch for these 8 signs of speculation
So here is what UBS has to say:
Some of our sentiment indicators are starting to look stretched, such as Bull-Bear and Relative Strength Indicators. The RSI for the World index is at 64, close to overbought territory (Chart 1). What's noticeable is this is broadly true across global sectors: Financials, Industrials and Consumer discretionary look stretched, but so too do Consumer Staples and Healthcare. Our Flow Watch data has shown investors rotating into riskier assets (such as cyclicals and peripheral Europe) a.nd out of defensives, where they have been sellers for 10 weeks in a row.
UBS also notes its Global Economic Surprise index is up sharply since the summer, a support to those equity moves, but even that is starting to roll over now. They point out plenty of risks on the global event calendar, such as Italian elections, Cyprus, sequestration in the U.S., and the recent rise in Spanish yields. .
But whew, even UBS is not going into total canary cardiac here. UBS says that despite these near term concerns (and this is not far off what Goldman has to say), the firm is fundamentally bullish for the year, looking for double-digit returns.
"The U.S. economy appears to be moving towards a self-sustaining recovery, China is re-accelerating and even the Eurozone is showing some signs of stabilising. Core bond yields have backed up from last summer lows, but at these levels higher bond yields likely mean higher, not lower, P/E multiples. With this backdrop and still-low valuations, multiples and Global Equities can grind higher through the year."
If you really want to alarm yourself today, check out Paul B. Farrell's Dow 17,000? Main Street lambs led to the slaughter. This chart from Financial Iceberg is also a little uneasy on the eye.
-- Barbara Kollmeyer
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Stamford police seek to revive SWAT team
STAMFORD -- Years after it disbanded, the SWAT team at the Stamford Police Department is poised for a comeback. Chief Robert Nivakoff is securing funds to train and equip a 20-officer tactical team designed to serve high-risk warrants, diffuse hostage situations and handle potential counter-terrorism emergencies.
"Do we need an emergency services and counter-terrorism unit?" Nivakoff said. "It was clear to me after 9/11 we were one of the few departments that didn't have one."
Throughout the past several years, attempts to bring back the SWAT team at the Stamford Police Department never left the negotiating table during contract talks. Nivakoff, however, is using money from federal grants, capital accounts and the department's nonprofit organization to revive the tactical unit, much like he did with the department's canine unit.
The chief this past week went before elected finance officials to reallocate $59,000 in federal grant money in order to pay for ammunition, ballistic shields, door-spreaders, tactical mirrors, bolt-cutters and more SWAT team gear. The department already ordered new assault rifles for the unit, which will hold tryouts next month. The department refurbished a hand-me-down rescue vehicle from the Stamford Fire & Rescue department to use for the emergency services team.
The Stamford Police Department is the only law enforcement agency in southern Fairfield County without some form of a SWAT team, Nivakoff said. Bridgeport, Greenwich and Norwalk have tactical units; smaller towns belong to a regional team. A tactical unit is needed in a city with 120,000 residents and a handful of potential terrorist targets in close proximity to New York City, Nivakoff said.
While the Stamford Police Department operated without a SWAT team for the past several years, law enforcement agencies in cities big and small nationwide have formed paramilitary units and SWAT teams, and one retired FBI agent and college professor argues that the proliferation of such forces has been a detriment to law enforcement.
"With regard to Stamford, I think citizens need to ask the question -- in a relatively small city with a low crime rate, do you need a SWAT team?" asks Jim Fisher, a professor emeritus of criminal justice at Edinboro University in Pennsylvania. "Just because a police department wants a SWAT team, doesn't mean they should get them."
Fisher said SWAT teams were designed to intervene in hostage situations and incidents with barricaded suspects or armed gunmen -- not act at shock troops in pre-dawn "no-knock" drug raids, as they often are.
In his recent book, "SWAT Madness and the Militarization of the American Police," Fisher argues tactical units are too expensive and unnecessary in a time of declining violent crime rates and smaller city budgets. He added the paramilitary teams expose police departments and cities to potential lawsuits.
Fisher cited a recent incident in New Haven as an example of paramilitary policing that garnered bad press for the police force. Earlier this month, a New Haven police SWAT team armed with assault rifles raided nightclubs and arrested several Yale University students. The incident drew national media attention because of the inordinate use of force, but the raids came weeks after New Haven police officers were in a shootout with downtown club patrons.
Still, Fisher argued that the use of SWAT teams distances police forces from the communities they are supposed to serve.
"I like the public servant model of law enforcement, when cops are basically social workers with guns and badges rather than combatants in a phony war," Fisher said.
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ROCKLEDGE, FL - Breaking news on Friday's Brevard County Sheriff's Office carbon monoxide victims from Cape Canaveral Hospital was released first on Twitter, marking the first time Health First, Brevard County's largest hospital system, has used the service to update media in a breaking news situation.
Health First operates four hospitals on Florida's Space Coast, including Cape Canaveral Hospital, Holmes Regional Medical Center, Palm Bay Hospital, and Viera Hospital.
Throughout the incident, Health First sent out the following tweets:
Brk news: Cape Canaveral Hospital anticipates treating approx 7 from BCSO dispatch CO incident. More info TBD. Media calls: 321-412-8810
Update: Confirmed 7 cases at Cape Canaveral Hosp. Prelim triage shows no serious exposure to CO. More testing underway.
Brk news update: Cape Canaveral PIO avail on camera 2-2:30p in hosp lot entrance near roadside. PIO avail for phoners now. 321-412-8810.
Brk news update: 1 of 7 from BCSO incident released from Cape Cnvrl Hosp. Rest prob released soon. No serious inj. PIO avail 2pm.
Final update: All 7 BCSO patients treated and released from Cape Canaveral Hospital. No further info upcoming. PIO at hospital until 2:30.
To ensure you receive breaking news first from Health First, follow Health First on Twitter: @HealthFirstNews.


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Note! donate your unused CPU cycles to mcplots, via the Test4Theory project (based on LHC@home).
← Select beam, process, and observable
Navigate these pages by using the menu to the left. The default for each topic is a comparison of a small number of models to available data, but look for links at the top of each page for comparisons with more tunes/generators. Scroll down each page to see plots at other collider energies. To choose specific generator version(s), use the Generator Versions link towards the top of the menu (the default is to just display the most recent ones). More plots will be added, as new tunes become available, and as the available data increases.
Note: For a description in layman's terms, and/or to find out how to donate your unused CPU cycles to help generate more statistics for mcplots see the Test4Theory project, the first volunteer cloud computing project to be based on Virtual Machines via the LHC@home platform.
MCPLOTS is intended as a simple browsable repository of MC (Monte Carlo) plots comparing High Energy Physics event generators to a wide variety of available experimental data, for tuning and reference purposes. Apart from individual plots contained in papers and presentations, there has so far not been any central database where people can quickly see how tune X of version Y of generator Z looks on distribution D. The idea with mcplots is to provide such a repository, mainly based on the Rivet analysis tool.
On each page, selected by clicking in the menu on the left, you will see a number of plots at different collider energies, comparing a set of default generators/tunes to each other and to the data (if there is any). If data for several different fiducial cuts are available at the same energy, these will be arranged horizontally. At the top of the page, you can select other generator/tune groups. The default ("Main") is a comparison of the main generators. Each additional tab then gives access to illustrations of more specialized tunes/variations for each generator.
The millions of different possible combinations of beam energies, cuts, generators, versions, and tunes, means that a lot of attention has been paid to how to simplify the site, in particular how to organize the site visually, and how to minimize the number of user clicks/inputs required to get what you want. The current site is based on a prototype developed by P. Skands in the context of workshops in Les Houches and Perugia [LH08, Ska10], but obviously it also draws heavily on the lessons and tools developed as part of the JetWeb project, in particular the Rivet analysis tool. The result is intended to look and feel much like any old-style browsable/clickable set of pages, with the more advanced technologies it is based on having been hidden 'under the hood', for the most part.
Ultimately, we aim to include a possibility for more interactive use of the site, with a special "USER" generator/tune group in which users can compose their own comparisons and even upload their own files for overplotting.
Missing an Interesting Plot / Tune / Generator?
Write to P. Skands (peter.skands.AT.cern.ch) if you are interested in adding more analyses, distributions, generators, tunes, etc to this site. We have endeavoured to make this as easy as possible.
- If your plot is based on Rivet, the procedure is almost automatic, with the user just having to furnish a few additional pieces of information.
- If you want to add a new generator, this requires a little bit more work.
While we are working on full documentation on how to do this, just write to us for information on how to get your favourite plot / tune / generator up on this site.
Problems with the Site?
Write to A. Karneyeu (anton.karneyeu.AT.cern.ch) if you are experiencing technical problems with this site, or to report problems with interpreting the contents of the site, such as menu names, insufficiently labeled cuts or plots, ranges, etc.
The MCPlots site is being developed with participation by
- The CERN Theory Group
- The MCnet Monte Carlo network
- CERN's Generator Services project
- The CERN LHC Physics Center (LPCC)
Funds may be available to support development and integration of new features / new analyses / new tools on the site.
Write to P. Skands (peter.skands.AT.cern.ch) if you have a project to propose and would be interested in a short-term stay at CERN.