What do you do if you have a Texas-sized problem on your hands? You apply a Texas-sized solution to it.
The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA)--which provides electricity, water and other services to 58 counties in central and southeast Texas--realized that while big is good, unmanageable is bad. Its handling of technical planning, engineering and construction documents had become inefficient, and the problem was compounded by the hundreds of miles over which the agency was spread.
LCRA, a conservation and reclamation district, was formed in 1934 by the Texas Legislature to manage water supplies and flooding on the lower Colorado River, supply electricity, help develop rural communities, and protect the area's natural resources. Its facilities generate and transmit electricity, and provide water for communities and agriculture, partly through a series of dams and reservoirs.
"For the last 60 years, the people here were managing their drawings, redlines and other documents the old-fashioned way: with paper, pencil and great document-tracking skills," says Wes Miller, senior computer design analyst with LCRA. "But over time, no paper-based system could keep up. We used to lose track of versions and even lose originals. And the engineering design change process at the power plants was incredible. It could take weeks to mail drafts between different locations.
The agency tried developing its own computer system to deal with CAD documents. But while it allowed some computerized access to documents, it was the equivalent of trying to balance the federal budget using a spreadsheet.
Plus, time delays were still a problem, he adds.In trying to solve the problem in-house, LCRA officials gained a good grasp of what they needed: a solution that would allow them to keep track of any document through every stage of its life, provide access to people in different locations, and have the capacity to work well into the future. Another goal was to find a system that could handle multiple document types.
The product also had to be able to accommodate in-house users at multiple sites, plus external users like contractors and vendors. And it had to be compatible with applications like Excel, Word, AutoCAD, MicroStation, as well as with the Web browser.
LCRA eventually chose EDGE from Green Pasture Software.
LCRA recently upgraded to a newer, Web-based version of the Green Pasture application called W/EDGE.
Web-based access has made Miller's life a lot easier, too.
"The fact that it's centrally administered is a huge plus," he explains. "I used to have to drive 100 miles to spend 15 minutes fixing a software problem, or else spend days in another town installing software. Now my administrators--and my family--are thrilled that we're using Web-based software. Remote users can access the software on the Internet, and I can answer troubleshooting questions over the phone while I'm working in real time on the same software.


According to the NYMTC Safety Advisory Working Group (SAWG), pedestrian fatalities represent approximately 50% of all fatalities resulting from motor vehicle crashes in New York City and 20% in the suburban counties of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Putnam and Rockland. The UTRC research team will provide the SAWG with an overview perspective of pedestrian safety issues, reflecting studies completed to date and efforts underway by each of NYMTC's member agencies. Therefore, this study will assist the SAWG by identifying the existing pedestrian safety activities of its members, documenting the status of efforts to assess pedestrian safety investment needs, and compiling a sourcebook of pedestrian safety technologies and strategies in use in the region and around the nation. The results of this study are intended to be used by the SAWG in developing recommendations on how NYMTC can best assist its member jurisdictions in developing and implementing effective strategies to reduce the number and severity of pedestrian accidents at the street level (i.e. sidewalks, crosswalks, highways and bridges).


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Posts Tagged 'Broadcast'
People Is Place
Little Scream breaks silence in big way
Simoneau GuillaumeI first made the acquaintance of Iowa native and Montreal resident Laurel Sprengelmeyer's stage persona Little Scream almost exactly two years ago, when she opened up for Land Of Talk at The Horseshoe. At the time, she had no web presence whatsoever – not a website, not a Myspace, nothing – but her solo electrified acoustic performance made enough of an impression to stick with me.
Enough so that I made sure to see her again a couple months later during Canadian Musicfest and while she still hadn't discovered the internet – my previous review seemed to be the authoritative statement about her online – was able to see that while her sound had gotten more electrified thanks to picking up a solidbody guitar, her distinctive approach to folk and rock – but not folk-rock – was still inscrutable and compelling. And I figured that her being relatively local and obviously up for gigging, I'd be getting plenty of opportunity to figure out what she was about.
Or not so much. Though I'm sure she showed up on more Toronto stages over the last couple years, she basically fell off my radar until just recently when she began showing up in concert announcements – a lot of concert announcements. Over the next few months, she's touring Ontario with Julie Doiron including February 3 at the Horseshoe, returning for Canadian Musicfest at the Opera House on March 11 with Land Of Talk and then traversing the United States with Sharon Van Etten, including her April 12 date at the Drake Underground. Which is to say she's no longer going to be out of sight, out of mind but rather constantly underfoot.
And the reason is the impending elease of her debut album The Golden Record on Secretly Canadian in the US and Outside Music in Canada, which features production from Arcade Fire's Richard Reed Perry and guitar contributions from The National's Aaron Dessner, amongst other high-profile contributors. Which is to say Little Scream has made some impressive friends. The record is out on April 12, which makes that Drake show a record release party, and while the first MP3 is a good deal gentler than I'd have expected from those early live shows, the additional samples on her Facebook (she's certainly got an online presence now) point at a lot more range being captured on the record, to say nothing of the intensity I saw back in 2009. In other words, this is a record that will be worth hearing, start to finish, because if you don't you'll likely have missed something crucial.
MP3: Little Scream – "The Heron & The Fox"
Those Who Dig has an interview with Sharon Van Etten who, as mentioned above, will be at The Drake Underground on April 12.
Nicole Atkins discusses her new record Mondo Amore with Knox Road. The album is out February 8 and she plays The Horseshoe on February 26.
Spinner and The Montreal Mirror talk to Lisa Milberg of The Concretes; they're at The Horseshoe on Monday night, January 17.
Pitchfork and Clash talk to PJ Harvey about her new record Let England Shake, due out February 15.
The Ottawa Citizen profiles Two Door Cinema Club, in town at the Kool Haus tomorrow night, while The State is streaming a documentary feature on the band. And the band's new video ably demonstrates the perks of being a young man in a rock band… which is to say dancing girls.
Video: Two Door Cinema Club – "What You Know"
It would have been nice if British Sea Power could have announced their North American tour in support of Valhalla Dancehall a couple days earlier so I could have included it with my review of said record, but that's not so important – what is is that the British are coming and they'll be at Lee's Palace on March 24. Incendiary has an interview with Martin Noble while The Guardian has a live session video of the band performing "Who's In Control?".
Patrick Wolf talks to NME about the cleanliness of his in-progress new record, which despite what they say is unlikely to be called The Conqueror but will likely to be out in May.
The Fly checks in with Glasvegas and Elbow amongst others about their 2011 album plans. The former's build a rocket boys! will be out March 8 while NME reports the latter's Euphoric Heartbreak will be out April 4.
Condolences to the friends, fans and family of Broadcast's Trish Keenan, who has passed away from pneumonia. The statement from Warp Records.
Tags: British Sea Power, Broadcast, Concretes, Elbow, Glasvegas, Little Scream, Nicole Atkins, Patrick Wolf, PJ Harvey, Sharon Van Etten, Two Door Cinema Club
CONTEST – Broadcast and Atlas Sound @ Lee's Palace – October 24, 2009
PitchforkBroadcast are a band whom I've not really kept up with since their 2000 debut The Noise Made By People, though I'm aware that they've downsized considerably since that album and now exist mainly as the duo of Trish Keenan and James Cargill. Similarly, Deerhunter are a band whom, on paper, I should adore but the little I've heard from them appeals superficially but has yet to actually grab my attention and not let go. So I have less to say about Atlas Sound, the solo incarnation of Deerhunter leader Bradford Cox than I do about the main band, which is not a lot.
But I can tell you that Broadcast are releasing a split EP with The Focus Group entitled Broadcast and the Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age, out on October 27, and Atlas Sound have a new record entitled Logos out next week. They are also co-headlining a tour which hits Lee's Palace next Saturday night, October 24. Tickets are $13 in advance but courtesy of Rootmeansquare, I've got two pairs of passes to give away for the show. To enter, email me at contests AT chromewaves.net with "I want to broadcast sound around the atlas" in the subject line and your full name in the body. Contest closes at midnight, October 21.
MySpace: Broadcast
MySpace: Atlas Sound
Tags: Atlas Sound, Broadcast
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Monday, August 3rd, 2009
So Slowly
Early Day Miners head inland for Treatment
Rebecca DrolenIt was a small bright spot and pleasant surprise last week when mail call brought a copy of the new Early Day Miners album, The Treatment. Pleasant because their last album, 2006's Offshore, was an unexpected epic that turned out to be one of my favourites of the year and surprise because though the band had announced that The Treatment would be coming out this year back in late 2008, more specific information wasn't forthcoming and I was beginning to assume that it would be pushed back indefinitely. But as it turned out, snail mail actually outpaced electronic mail and the CD got to me a day before the official press release.
Also to file under "surprise" what the CD held. Offshore won my heart and mind with its sprawling and often desolate sonic topology, all slow and brooding and beautiful. It's a record where the vocals don't enter until nearly 10 minutes into its running time, so imagine my surprise when I pressed "play" on The Treatment and was met with singing barely one second in. And the reinvention continues throughout the record, with the Bloomington, Indiana outfit having scaled their lineup down to a four-piece and focused on more compact, pop-structured songs. And though it takes some getting used to, initial listens reveal that they can indeed handle the tighter melodies – first MP3 "So Slowly" is a gem – and for those who preferred them for their mopier sentiments, don't worry – even when you hear them smiling, it's evident they're still frowns turned upside down.
Early Day Miners gave a taste of their new direction via a Daytrotter session back in January of 2008, but that was over a year and a half ago. I'd forgotten what they were up to. The new album is due out September 22 and there will be some touring to follow, though mainly in the midwest and nothing up this way.
MP3: Early Day Miners – "So Slowly"
MySpace: Early Day Miners
Funnily, even when the world seems to stop, it doesn't actually and so all last week local concert announcements kept piling up in my inbox and RSS. And here they are in chronological order.
Do Make Say Think will play the Polish Combatants Hall on August 19 as part of the kick off for the Bicycle Film Festival, which is indeed a clever name for a film festival celebrating bicycles. Tickets for that are $22.
After always playing the billing bridesmaid, New Jersey's Titus Andronicus are setting out on their first headlining tour this September in support of their debut The Airing Of Grievances and will stop in at the Horseshoe on September 5, tickets $10.50.
MP3: Titus Andronicus – "Titus Andronicus"
Video: Titus Andronicus – "Titus Andronicus"
A Hawk & A Hacksaw have a date at the Drake Underground on September 16, tickets $12.50. Damon & Naomi starting the very next night in Montreal.
That Wavves guy is probably disobeying some doctor's orders in touring this Fall so catch him/them on September 22 at the El Mocambo and make it worth his/their while. Tickets $13.50.
MP3: Wavves – "So Bored"
And a week later, fellow garage-dwelling San Diegan buzz band The Soft Pack will be across the street for a show at The Silver Dollar on September 29 as part of a Fall tour that will not be in support of their debut full-length, since they're only starting to record it this month.
MP3: The Soft Pack – "Nightlife"
Long unofficial, the two Built To Spill dates at Lee's Palace have been confirmed – October 6 and 7, tickets $26.50 – as part of a massive Fall tour. One assumes that their next album There Is No Enemy will be out by then but there's no release date yet. Doug Martsch talks to Spinner about what you might expect from the new record, though those attending the show may not want to expect to hear the new record.
Sea Wolf's second album White Water, White Bloom is due out September 22 and, of course, touring will follow with the band accompanied by Port O'Brien and Sara Lov. The Toronto date is October 9 at Sneaky Dee's. Grab bonus track from White Water, White Bloom at Dangerbird Records.
Mike Doughty is coming to town for three shows over two nights at the Drake Underground. One the eve of October 10 and two on the 11th, one early one late. $25 for each.
Video: Mike Doughty – "27 Jennifers"
The Gossip are hitting the road in support of their new album Music For Men, including an October 14 date at the Opera House in Toronto. Beth Ditto tells Spinner she's a big nerd.
Video: The Gossip – "Heavy Cross"
Video: The Gossip – "Love Long Distance"
And if that's not your speed, that same evening finds Alaska's Portugal. The Man at the Horseshoe promoting their latest, The Satanic Satanist. Aquarium Drunkard talks to John Gourley about growing up in Alaska while The Minnesota Daily and Time Out New York also have interviews.
MP3: Portugal. The Man – "People Say"
Lucero were just here back in April – with Titus Andronicus, actually – but will be putting out their major-label debut 1372 Overton Park on October 6 and hitting the road to support, of course, including an October 20 date at Lee's Palace. Tickets for that are $16.50.
MP3: Lucero – "What Else Would You Have Me Be"
El Perro Del Mar will release her new album Love Is Not Pop on October 20 and tour as support for Peter Bjorn & John, presumably including their November 11 date at the Phoenix. NME has album details.
Broadcast and Atlas Sound have opted to split gas money this Fall as co-headliners and will be at Lee's Palace on October 24. The former will be putting out a split EP with The Focus Group on October 13 while the latter's new album Logos is out October 20.
Julie Doiron has an October 27 date at Lee's Palace and has invited Herman Dune along for the show. Tickets are $13.50.
MP3: Julie Doiron – "When Brakes Get Wet"
MP3: Julie Doiron – "Consolation Prize"
And finally, the Fran Healy and Andy Dunlop half of Travis are doing an acoustic tour this Fall, which includes an October 30 date at the Mod Club, tickets $29.50.
I think that's enough for today – it's a holiday after all. And I'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who offered condolences and kind words last week in the wake of my father's passing. I was more than a little floored by the support, and on behalf of myself and my family, say thanks for the well wishes. It was a tough, tough week but we're doing alright.
Tags: Atlas Sound, Broadcast, Built To Spill, Do Make Say Think, Early Day Miners, El Perro Del Mar, Gossip, Hawk & A Hacksaw, Herman Dune, Julie Doiron, Lucero, Mike Doughty, Port O'Brien, Portugal. The Man, Sara Lov, Sea Wolf, Soft Pack, Titus Andronicus, Travis, Wavves

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I was set to write an in-depth analysis and assessment on the entire fiasco that is the Army PVT Bradley Manning case. It's beyond absurd that Manning is being considered for active duty and full healthcare benefits. Manning is a felon who shared mass amounts – like over 700,000 classified documents that led to the deaths of some who were assisting the United States against Islamic jihadists. To think we're going to reward a traitor, who under any other time of combat would have been summarily executed, because of some ill conceived sympathy for the mental condition of gender dysphoria from which he suffers. And if anyone believes the American taxpayer should be on the hook for $30,000 for a surgery to accommodate this mental instability, well, you are nuts.
I was also considering the lunacy of the left – especially those Senate Democrats – who are threatening to block the nomination of a new FBI director if they don't get a special prosecutor to investigate Trump-Russian collusion. In other words, the Democrats have a "conviction looking for evidence" mentality, which is truly insane, not to mention a violation of legal standard. When it came to Hillary Clinton and a private email server, destroying computers, uranium deals with Russia – hey, nothing to see here. Even as Barack Obama promised more "flexibility" after reelection, there were no calls for an investigation into what he meant by that "off-mic" moment…not to mention the incessant forays into foreign electoral issues such as Brexit and the Israeli elections.
There's just so much ammunition to use against the progressive socialist left…so why shoot yourself in the foot? But that's what seems to keep happening.
"President Trump revealed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador in a White House meeting last week, according to current and former U.S. officials, who said Trump's disclosures jeopardized a critical source of intelligence on the Islamic State.
The information the president relayed had been provided by a U.S. partner through an intelligence-sharing arrangement considered so sensitive that details have been withheld from allies and tightly restricted even within the U.S. government, officials said. The partner had not given the United States permission to share the material with Russia, and officials said Trump's decision to do so endangers cooperation from an ally that has access to the inner workings of the Islamic State.
To have a meeting with the Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, famous for receiving the Hillary and Barack "reset button," and the Russian Ambassador Kislyak one day after the dismissal of FBI Director James Comey is perfectly fine, but the politics of optics is against you.
Furthermore, to only allow Russian photographers, no American media, to be present for the meeting violates the common sense of the politics of optics. It's perfectly permissible to do so, but one has to question the prudence. To go off script in what should have been a very carefully scripted meeting knowing the political atmosphere comes with ramifications and consequences. Yes, we're all very aware the liberal progressive media is not supportive of President Trump and is doing everything possible to undermine and delegitimize his presidency. However, that doesn't mean you give a clear political opposition the ammunition with which they can fire upon you. There comes a point where you cannot blame folks for handing you another shovel as you continue to dig yourself a deeper hole.
And what of these leaks occurring? Perhaps it is an imperative to drain that swamp and rid the Trump administration of those pesky Obama holdovers who are doing everything possible to sabotage his administration.. Needless to say, this story from the Washington Post comes from someone inside, and this will continue to happen. However, if you understand the politics of optics, you don't give the leakers anything to leak, if you choose not to eliminate their existence in your administration.
This story may be totally innocuous, but the problem is it will now take up oxygen and gain a life unto itself. The White House press conference will be all about this item. The communications team of the White House will once again find itself on the defense because they will have to confront the optics. The chuckleheads like Schumer, Waters, Pelosi, and the rest will have a field day and say this is the evidence they know exists. Remember what the folks used to say down South, "people will know you by the company you keep." Yes, it ain't fair that the progressive socialist left can get away with all their unconstitutional and illicit behavior. Yes, it ain't right that they have the majority of the media as their accomplices to spin whatever story they desire.
But the prudent commander doesn't give the opposition the high ground, as they understand "perception can lend itself to reality." And of course it was Nazi Minister of Propaganda Goebbels who claimed if you tell a lie enough, it will become truth in the minds of some.
Yes Mr. President, we want to talk about growing the economy and the failure of Obamacare. We want to discuss how we rebuild our military deterrent capability and capacity. We want to elaborate on the endeavors to rid our streets of violent criminal illegal gangs such as MS-13. But ya gotta help us out and recognize the politics of optics and you must consider every move carefully when you know you are surrounded by those meaning you no good, and certainly no success.
This is not a fair fight, and we who voted for you are on your side and want to see you do well…we want America to do well. But sir, ya just gotta stop pulling the pin on those grenades and dropping them on your own foot.


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/***************************************************//**
 * @file    QEPro.cpp
 * @date    May 2017
 * @author  Ocean Optics, Inc.
 *
 * LICENSE:
 *
 * SeaBreeze Copyright (C) 2014, Ocean Optics Inc
 *
 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
 * a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
 * "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
 * without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
 * distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
 * permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject
 * to the following conditions:
 *
 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
 * in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 *
 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
 * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
 * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
 * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
 * CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
 * TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
 * SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 *******************************************************/

#include "common/globals.h"
#include "api/seabreezeapi/ProtocolFamilies.h"
#include "common/buses/BusFamilies.h"
#include "vendors/OceanOptics/devices/QEPro.h"
#include "vendors/OceanOptics/buses/rs232/OOIRS232Interface.h"
#include "vendors/OceanOptics/buses/usb/QEProUSB.h"

#include "vendors/OceanOptics/protocols/obp/impls/OceanBinaryProtocol.h"
#include "vendors/OceanOptics/protocols/obp/impls/OBPIrradCalProtocol.h"
#include "vendors/OceanOptics/protocols/obp/impls/OBPStrobeLampProtocol.h"
#include "vendors/OceanOptics/protocols/obp/impls/OBPSerialNumberProtocol.h"
#include "vendors/OceanOptics/protocols/obp/impls/OBPNonlinearityCoeffsProtocol.h"
#include "vendors/OceanOptics/protocols/obp/impls/OBPStrayLightCoeffsProtocol.h"
#include "vendors/OceanOptics/protocols/obp/impls/OBPShutterProtocol.h"
#include "vendors/OceanOptics/protocols/obp/impls/OBPContinuousStrobeProtocol.h"
#include "vendors/OceanOptics/protocols/obp/impls/OBPI2CMasterProtocol.h"

#include "vendors/OceanOptics/features/spectrometer/QEProSpectrometerFeature.h"
#include "vendors/OceanOptics/features/light_source/StrobeLampFeature.h"
#include "vendors/OceanOptics/features/data_buffer/QEProDataBufferFeature.h"
#include "vendors/OceanOptics/features/serial_number/SerialNumberFeature.h"
#include "vendors/OceanOptics/features/nonlinearity/NonlinearityCoeffsFeature.h"
#include "vendors/OceanOptics/features/stray_light/StrayLightCoeffsFeature.h"
#include "vendors/OceanOptics/features/shutter/ShutterFeature.h"
#include "vendors/OceanOptics/features/continuous_strobe/ContinuousStrobeFeature.h"
#include "vendors/OceanOptics/features/irradcal/IrradCalFeature.h"
#include "vendors/OceanOptics/features/raw_bus_access/RawUSBBusAccessFeature.h"
#include "vendors/OceanOptics/features/thermoelectric/QEProThermoElectricFeature.h"
#include "vendors/OceanOptics/features/i2c_master/i2cMasterFeature.h"

using namespace seabreeze;
using namespace seabreeze::oceanBinaryProtocol;
using namespace seabreeze::api;
using namespace std;

QEPro::QEPro() {

    this->name = "QE-PRO";

    // 0 is the control address, since it is not valid in this context, means not used
    this->usbEndpoint_primary_out = 0x01;
    this->usbEndpoint_primary_in = 0x81;
    this->usbEndpoint_secondary_out = 0x02;
    this->usbEndpoint_secondary_in = 0x82;
    this->usbEndpoint_secondary_in2 = 0;

    /* Set up the available buses on this device */
    this->buses.push_back(new QEProUSB());
    this->buses.push_back(new OOIRS232Interface());

    /* Set up the available protocols understood by this device */
    this->protocols.push_back(new OceanBinaryProtocol());

    /* Set up the features that comprise this device */
    this->features.push_back(new QEProSpectrometerFeature());
    this->features.push_back(new QEProDataBufferFeature());

    /* Add serial number feature */
    vector<ProtocolHelper *> serialNumberHelpers;
    serialNumberHelpers.push_back(new OBPSerialNumberProtocol());
    this->features.push_back(new SerialNumberFeature(serialNumberHelpers));

    /* This creates a specific ProtocolHelper that this device can use to
     * handle irradiance calibration.  This makes for better code reuse
     * and allows devices to support a given feature through multiple protocols.
     */
    OBPIrradCalProtocol *obpIrrad = new OBPIrradCalProtocol(1044);
    vector<ProtocolHelper *> irradHelpers;
    irradHelpers.push_back(obpIrrad);
    this->features.push_back(new IrradCalFeature(irradHelpers, 1044));

    /* Add nonlinearity coefficients feature */
    vector<ProtocolHelper *> nonlinearityHelpers;
    nonlinearityHelpers.push_back(new OBPNonlinearityCoeffsProtocol());
    this->features.push_back(
        new NonlinearityCoeffsFeature(nonlinearityHelpers));

    /* Add stray light coefficients feature */
    vector<ProtocolHelper *> strayHelpers;
    strayHelpers.push_back(new OBPStrayLightCoeffsProtocol());
    this->features.push_back(new StrayLightCoeffsFeature(strayHelpers));

    /* Add thermoelectric feature */
    this->features.push_back(new QEProThermoElectricFeature());

    /* Add continuous strobe feature */
    vector<ProtocolHelper *> contStrobeHelpers;
    contStrobeHelpers.push_back(new OBPContinuousStrobeProtocol());
    this->features.push_back(new ContinuousStrobeFeature(contStrobeHelpers));

    /* Add lamp enable feature */
    vector<ProtocolHelper *> lampHelpers;
    lampHelpers.push_back(new OBPStrobeLampProtocol());
    this->features.push_back(new StrobeLampFeature(lampHelpers));

	/* Add i2c master feature */
	vector<ProtocolHelper *> i2cMasterHelpers;
	i2cMasterHelpers.push_back(new OBPI2CMasterProtocol());
	this->features.push_back(new i2cMasterFeature(i2cMasterHelpers));

    this->features.push_back(new RawUSBBusAccessFeature());
}

QEPro::~QEPro() {
}

ProtocolFamily QEPro::getSupportedProtocol(FeatureFamily family, BusFamily bus) {
    ProtocolFamilies protocols;

    /* The QEPro uses one protocol for all buses. */
    return protocols.OCEAN_BINARY_PROTOCOL;
}

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In this guide we investigate, score and rank the ethical and environmental record of 6 providers.
We also look at crowdfunding, financial risks, the projects offered by the platforms and give our recommended buys.
By Tim Hunt Last updated: Monday 25th of February 2019
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Much has been made of the impact of crowdfunding especially in the light of the banking crisis of 2008. According to the European Central Bank, the availability of bank loans to SMEs declined 23% immediately following the crash.
The crowdfunding revolution that sprung up as a result of the rise of the internet may not have completely filled this funding gap, but has led to what some call the democratisation of capital, allowing people to invest with greater ease. It allows organisations to raise finance at reduced interest rates, and also breaks down some of the power once held by larger financial institutions and even governments that had something of a monopoly on finance.
We can see this most clearly in the markets for alternative energy and social housing which have had some success under the crowdfunding model despite a lack of consistent help from governments. Abundance, one of the companies in this report and a well-known innovator in this space, was instrumental in the creation of the idea of Innovative Finance ISAs, which were launched in 2016. Why, they reasoned, should the tax advantages of a stocks and shares ISA not also be available to people wanting to invest ethically into smaller community-oriented projects?
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What is an Innovative Finance ISA?
Innovative Finance ISAs are a type of tax-free savings account (like a stocks and shares ISA or a cash ISA). As mentioned above, an IFISA contains peer-to-peer loans – that is loans directly to businesses, social enterprises or co-operatives through crowdfunding platforms. With an IFISA, you make loans and get interest payments. You do not invest in companies and get shares or equity. The UK government has indicated that IFISA participation had topped £290 million during the 2017/18 tax year, or 8 times more than the 2016/17 figure of £36 million.
They are a great option for ethical investors who are looking for transparent investments. This is because you usually invest directly in a project and can see exactly where your money is going rather than into a mutual fund or a unit trust. They are also great for ordinary savers because the minimum sums you can 'invest' are usually really low. Abundance allows you to invest as little as £5 and Energise Africa's minimum investment is £50. This makes small direct ethical investments accessible to most people. They tend to offer better returns for those who are willing to take some risk.
Platforms and projects
Projects seeking crowdfunding will tend to issue a call or campaign to raise a specific sum within a fixed period. Typically a fundraising call might last for around two or three months before it closes.
If Ethical Consumer were to try to write a product guide to specific IFISA projects then it would be out-of-date soon after we were published. In this guide we are therefore focussing on organisations which help projects launch crowdfunding campaigns. For simplicity we will call these organisations 'platforms' since websites are usually at the centre of how they work.
There are quite a few Innovative Finance ISA platforms currently operating on the market. Many of them lend to property developments like pubs and hotels or to small and medium-sized enterprises looking to expand and do not claim to have an ethical angle.
Lending to care homes was another common area for IFISA loans. It is well known that government austerity measures are putting financial pressure on this sector particularly. Some of these could arguably be ethical loans, but we didn't include such platforms in this report if this was the only 'ethical' loan they had.
There are therefore six platforms clearly offering ethical crowdfunding projects which can be linked to ISAs. They arrange crowdfunding projects for a range of social and environmental goals like affordable rent, making public transport greener, or producing more renewable energy.
Four of them – Abundance, Ethex, Triodos and Energise Africa – only work with ethical projects, so they all got an extra plus point in the Company Ethos category.
The score table above rates the platforms and not the projects. We have also included a written section for each platform below which has an example of a previously funded project so you can get an idea of the kind of projects they support. Confusingly, and finally, not all the projects on all the platforms are eligible for ISA investment.
How much can I put into an IFISA?
UK Investors have an annual tax-free savings allowance of £20,000 in 2018/19. They can split this however they like between the three current types of ISA:
a cash ISA, a stocks and shares ISA, and the new IFISA.
For example you could save:
£10,000 in a cash ISA,
£5000 in a stocks and shares ISA and
£5000 in an IFISA.
You can only open one new Innovative Finance ISA each tax year. However you can open a new one every year and there is no limit to the number that you can have. You can also transfer money that's in an existing ISA to an IFISA.
What are the financial risks and returns?
IFISAs have a generally higher risk profile than cash ISAs or stocks and shares ISAs. The ISA providers in this guide tend to offer returns of between 6-8% – a much higher rate than many traditional bank or building society cash ISA accounts are currently able to offer. However some commentators have described IFISAs as the 'wild west' of ISA investing, and you should be aware that the rate quoted is an expected rate and is not necessarily the rate you receive. In addition, you could receive no interest at all or lose all your money depending on how the individual projects in your portfolio perform.
Whilst only Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)-regulated platforms can offer an Innovative Finance ISA, they come with no other protection. IFISAs don't qualify for the savings element of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) that protects up to £85,000 should a firm go bust. Neither do they get the FSCS investing element that covers up to £50,000 in case your investing platform goes bust and hasn't done what it is meant to with your money. Some platforms have "reserve funds" that they claim can cover you in the event of defaults with loans or businesses failing. However they are under no obligation to use these funds and it is at the discretion of the platform.
It is also more difficult to access your money with an IFISA. Most of the assets (or loans) will be fixed term, making instant access impossible. You should, therefore, take into account the length of time the asset is held for when making a decision about what projects to invest in. Some of the platforms offer secondary markets to sell on your bonds but you are not guaranteed to get a buyer for anything you are trying to sell.
All the platforms we cover here do their own due diligence work on each project seeking funding both in terms of ethics and financial risks. After all it is in the platform's interest to have projects that perform well – poor performers could damage the platform's reputation.
For example Triodos get to know the people behind the projects before they launch on the site, they look at the business planning, management team, the options they have considered and previous financial performance to help ensure the projects deliver for investors. For more information on how to limit risks see The Innovative Finance ISA page.
The social returns of individual projects
Mainstream ethical investment tools, like assessments against the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), are not really that useful for many of the small scale opportunities available via crowdfunding platforms.
Bruce Davis from Abundance told us, "Our experience is that investors prefer to make up their own minds about the 'impact' of the investment against their personal set of values and priorities. For some this can involve quite detailed due diligence above and beyond our own offer document and for others it is a general set of principles that they want their investments to work with."
He added that, "The conventional Environmental, Social and Governance approach, we find, is more of a marketing idea than necessarily a robust assessment of impact on the ground."
The Energise Africa project, which has some larger institutional backers does have some formal impact figures to track project success in relation to the SDGs. As such they monitor the number of people that have access to green energy thanks to funded projects and the amount of CO2 mitigated per year.
Triodos also have different impact metrics for different projects. For example the Mendip Renewals project has an aim of helping people back to work and tracks how well its participants have performed in the job market after their time working with the project has ended.
Abundance Investments
Companies behind the brands
Ethex
Ethex promotes ethical investing as well as offering its own IFISAs. From the table you can see it offers ISAs under two brands, Ethex and Energise Africa. Ethex is a not-for-profit company (limited by guarantee). Its ISAs are offered through a third party company called ShareIn which is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
Ethex is based in Oxford and is staffed by a team of 10, working on developing the website, handling customer orders, finding new businesses and investors and fulfilling regulatory requirements. It has much the best formal ethical policies of all the platforms in this Guide.
Ethex Funded Project – Solar for Schools
The Solar for Schools Community Benefit Society (CBS) was set-up in 2016 to enable schools in England and Wales to derive some financial and environmental benefit from solar panels. It was designed so that schools could share in the expected long-term financial returns without having to invest their own money.
Over 500 schools registered an interest in having solar panels installed. The project closed in January 2018 having raised £250,000 from 67 investors.
Energise Africa
Energise Africa is designed to provide working capital to projects that install and sell solar home systems in sub-Saharan Africa. The aim is to provide more than 111,000 rural families access to renewable energy over the next three years. Home systems tend to provide simple electric lighting and phone charging facilities.
Some of the projects are managed by UK companies such as BBOX which is based in London. Others have been run by companies based in Africa such as Sollack (see below for more details). Most of the investments target returns of between 4-6% and offer bonds with a term of 2 to 4 years with interest paid every 6 months.
Ethex runs the Energise Africa project alongside Lendahand, a Dutch company that initiates renewal energy projects around the world.
Energise Africa is also supported by a number of other partners such as the UK's Department for International Development, the Virgin Unite fund (the non-profit foundation of the Virgin Group), Good Energies Foundation and Partnering for Green Growth. These organisations help to match-fund some of the projects helping to limit the risk to individual investors.
Energise Africa Funded Project – Sollatek Kenya
29 million individuals in Kenya are currently 'off-grid' and without access to clean, renewable electricity. Sollatek is 100% Kenyan owned and managed, and has been operational in East Africa for over 30 years. Over the last 7 years Sollatek has sold over 650,000 solar lanterns and solar home systems providing approximately 3.8 million people with access to solar energy.
The most recent bond offering on Lendahand platform helped to fund the provision of clean energy to 217 families in Kenya. Kenyan families pay for these systems in affordable installments over 18 months.
In 2018 Triodos became the first UK bank to launch its own crowdfunding platform. Most of the projects available to invest in are eligible for the bank's IFISAs.
Since its launch the Triodos crowdfunding platform has raised £20 million for eight pioneering organisations delivering positive change. The investments available on the site tend to be longer term investments (up to 18 years) so investors need to be aware that their money could be tied up for a considerable amount of time.
Most of the projects pay interest annually and some even offer inflation linked returns.
Triodos does its own due diligence on each project which includes analysing the companies' business plans, numerous meetings with the project leaders and some investigation of the track record of the senior people involved in each project.
It is also possible to invest in many of the projects using paper forms instead of online. You can call 0330 355 0355 for more information.
Triodos Funded Project – Mendip Renewables
A £1.8 million bond was successfully raised for Mendip Renewables in 2018, which owns and operates a 5MW community solar scheme and uses its retained profits to support charities in Somerset. The bond offered a 5% interest rate inflation linked over 17 years.
The company donated £25,000 to Key4Life to help support its South West 'At Risk' programme which supported disenfranchised young men who were at risk from offending. The charity's programme includes mentoring, employability skills and specially-designed workshops to manage emotions and overcome negative behaviours. Six months into the programme 62% of participants are in employment or meaningful activity.
Abundance has been a pioneer of raising green finance ever since it launched in 2012. Its first investment was to fund the construction of a community-sized wind turbine in the Forest of Dean. The project was by far the biggest investment of its kind at the time, but more importantly it broke the mould of what investment was all about. It was the first crowdfunded energy investment, allowing anyone to invest from just £5 at a time when green energy investments could usually only be accessed by those with far deeper pockets.
It only funds what it calls 'socially useful' projects. These have largely been green energy in the form of wind turbines and solar farms, but have also included a project to recycle used cooking oil into bio-diesel and, most recently of all, affordable housing.
Abundance recently achieved a B Corp status – a certification scheme looking at social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability to balance profit and purpose. The company carries out due diligence on prospective projects which can last between 6 weeks to six months. This involves a series of stages from face to face meetings, to financial model testing, to helping them produce the offer document. They then have ongoing, usually monthly contact with each project.
Abundance has also helped when projects get into difficultly. For example, when a decision by the energy regular OFGEM cut subsidy payments to the Monnow Valley CHP, Abundance helped the organisation to find their way through the problem.
Abundance Funded Project – Merseyside Assured Homes plc
Merseyside Assured Homes plc raised £4,250,000 in the summer of 2018 to fund the construction of 30 social housing properties at three locations in and around Liverpool.
The homes will be offered to people and households on local waiting lists who are eligible to receive Local Housing Allowance, and nine flats specifically cater to people in need of supported living.
The money is being spent on three specific developments. The first consisting of 8 semi-detached and detached 3 bedroom houses and one 4 bedroom house. The second of 9 flats in a single 3-storey building and will provide supported living accommodation for its tenants. The third site will have 12 semi-detached and detached 3 bedroom houses.
The Downing Crowd
The Downing Crowd platform is owned by Downing LLP, an investment manager which also operates funds investing in not exclusively ethical areas.
Downing Crowd was launched in 2016 and has raised almost £50m since launch. Similar to the Abundance site, the investor chooses the company bonds they want to invest in from those available on the platform at the time. The interest offered typically ranges from 4% to 7% p.a., with terms usually from one year to three years.
It offers renewable energy investments and also other, not-marketed-as-ethical, opportunities like hotel renovation, care homes and pubs. Downing Crowd Bonds are often secured against a business' tangible assets (such as wind farms, hydro plants and care homes) to help reduce the risk for investors.
Downing's other products offered investments in companies, such as Drax and Shoe Zone, which have been criticised in categories used for our ratings such as Climate Change and Workers' Rights. It was marked down in these categories because it did not score best in our Financial Transparency ranking.
Downing Funded Project – Alternate Energies
The first bond offer to be included in the Downing IFISA featured a £1.39m funding opportunity for Alternate Energies, which owns an established portfolio of solar panel systems on residential buildings owned by Colchester Borough Council.
Goji Investments
Goji Investments specialises in direct lending and offers 'renewables' IFISAs that invest in UK renewable energy . It also offers not-marketed-as-ethical, 'diversified UK lending' – to property, education, and SMEs. Its Renewables Lending Bond finances renewables projects, which are originated and managed by the Prestige Group. We have therefore combined the rankings for Goji and Prestige on our table for this product.
Unlike the other IFISAs in this guide, it does not appear that the investor can choose which companies to invest in – the portfolio is chosen for you.
As of Goji's Annual Return February 2018, AXA held 3% of its shares whilst a company called Anthemis held around 21%. Anthemis' parent company was registered in Luxembourg, a tax haven, and Anthemis had investments in Atom Bank.
Prestige Group's funds did not disclose which companies they invest in. As a likely holder of shares in companies receiving criticism across all our ratings categories, and scoring worst for transparency, it lost half a mark in all of our categories.
Prestige also owned companies based in tax havens such as the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands.
Goji Funded Project – Renewables lending bond
The Renewables lending bond is spread over 33 individual renewable energy loans, totalling £1.6 million. The minimum investment is £5,000. The bond funds UK wind, solar and anaerobic digestion (agricultural, food and water treatment waste is diverted from landfill and broken down to produce biogas). The Portfolio aims to provide a yield of between 6% pa for 3 year investments and 8.3% pa for 5 year investments. The first 20% of any loss will be underwritten by Prestige. There is no details on the individual loans that are funded.
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A national land database will be completed in 2020 and information on land from the smallest administrative unit to the central level would be available.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) said at a recent conference that the public will also be able to access the database.
The moving of land records from paper to digital format is part of Vietnam's e-government programme, signifying the Vietnamese Government's latest attempt to catch up with the digital age and the advent of the fourth industrial revolution.
The land database is not just an archive of information, it will also serve as a crucial tool for State management and satisfy the demands to access land information as well as land policies of all organisations, businesses and the public in a transparent, objective and convenient manner.
The land database would also serve to make sure that efforts to reform administrative procedures by various ministries and State agencies – especially between the environment ministry, tax and customs bureaus – will be conducted in sync with each other.
Therefore, aside from consolidating land-related policies and legal frameworks, as well as planning and financial tools, the modernisation of the cadastral document system, as well as building the land database and national land information system are top priorities on the ministry's upcoming agenda, said MONRE Minister Tran Hong Ha.
At the conference, experts and businesses discussed optimal ways to build the land database, with user experience remaining among the top concerns – how to make the information portal such that even those without advanced knowledge of IT could easily browse the portal and make use of the service.
Dao Trung Chinh, deputy director general of the General Department of Land Administration (GDLA) under MONRE, said that the Government and the ministry itself has issued several legal frameworks providing details on the building of national land database and land information system. In addition, the ministry is submitting to the Government for review two decrees on land e-transactions and on regulations for the building, operating, and use of the land information system, as well as other accompanying circulars to help clarify the decrees.
According to Chinh, the deployment of the land information system must be consistent across all 63 municipalities and provinces in the country. The technology must also be transferred to land registration offices in these localities to ensure full exploitation of the product, he added.


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Nenteriidae es una familia de ácaros perteneciente al orden Mesostigmata.

Géneros
La familia comprende los siguientes géneros:
 Austrodinychus Trägårdh, 1952
 Dobrogensisnenteria W. Hirschmann, 1985
 Longitrichanenteria W. Hirschmann, 1985
 Nenteria Oudemans, 1915
 Perstructuranenteria W. Hirschmann, 1985
 Ruehmnenteria Hirschmann, 1979
 Stammernenteria Hirschmann, 1979
 Unguisnenteria W. Hirschmann, 1985

Referencias

Nenteriidae

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Kisłowszczyzna – dawna wieś. Tereny, na których leżała, znajdują się obecnie na Białorusi, w obwodzie witebskim, w rejonie brasławskim, w sielsowiecie Achremowce.

Historia
W czasach zaborów zaścianek w powiecie dzisieńskim, w guberni wileńskiej Imperium Rosyjskiego.

W latach 1921–1945 folwark a następnie wieś leżała w Polsce, w województwie wileńskim, w powiecie dziśnieńskim (od 1926 w powiecie brasławskim), w gminie Jody.

Według Powszechnego Spisu Ludności z 1921 roku zamieszkiwało tu 123 osoby, 24 było wyznania staroobrzędowego, a 71 mojżeszowego. Jednocześnie wszyscy mieszkańcy zadeklarowali polską przynależność narodową. Były tu 25 budynki mieszkalne. W 1931 w 26 domach zamieszkiwało 118 osób.

Wierni należeli do parafii rzymskokatolickiej w Zamoszach. Miejscowość podlegała pod Sąd Grodzki w Brasławiu i Okręgowy w Wilnie; właściwy urząd pocztowy mieścił się w Zamoszach.

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Opuszczone miejscowości na Białorusi


First and foremost, thank you for taking time to read about me. I enjoy connecting with my patients, and the public, both personally and professionally.
We moved from Chicago to Streamwood, Illinois, when I was three. I spent most of my life in Streamwood and went to Heritage Elementary, Tefft Middle School and Streamwood High School. I was a student athlete, and played baseball, football and basketball. I recall having several injuries throughout my childhood that my coaches and parents dismissed as minor. "Shake it off," was a common phrase I heard from my football coaches.
Then, I believe God intervened. I opened the mail and found a Val-Pak ad for a chiropractor. Within 12 visits I was pain-free, and free to perform all my activities of daily living without relying on medications. Chiropractic saved my life! I had such a great, valuable experience that it influenced my decision to change my career path from dentistry to chiropractic. One can replace their teeth; however, they cannot replace their spine! All these years later, I have been a witness to the miracle of the human body. The body is a self-healing, self-regulating machine that, when given the right care, is capable of extraordinary health and wellness. If one eats, sleeps, drinks, exercises, breaths and thinks right, along with a wellness plan which includes chiropractic structural alignment, then optimal health and well-being is possible.
I love chiropractic so much that I married a chiropractor! My wife, Dr. Maryam Ahsan-Forgeron, shares office space in the same location. She owns and operates a separate corporate entity, A Wellness Physician Group, LLC. We love helping, serving people, and living in the Schaumburg community. We have plans to expand and run several locations in the future. In closing, I truly desire to be your chiropractor for life. Please give me the opportunity to help, serve, educate, coach, challenge and support you, your family, your friends and co-workers about the benefits of life-long chiropractic and wellness care.
Pictured above is Dr. Karl Forgeron adjusting his wife, Dr. Maryam Ahsan-Forgeron.
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Fifty years ago, UCL elevated its traditional Hebrew studies, established in 1826, to an independent Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies, as we all know it today.
Since then we have remained the only university department in the UK dedicated exclusively to the field of Hebrew and Jewish Studies.
We are planning a special celebration of this fifty-year anniversary with the UCL academic community, our students, our alumni and friends. The event will take place on the evening of 7 February 2018 at 6pm, offering an opportunity to meet old friends and make new ones.
The event will feature a rich programme of music and presentations including a ten-year memorial tribute to the late Professor John Klier, our Head of Department from 1994 – 2002.


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Q: Animation for a period I Asked this question before yesterday but it was closed because -maybe- of my bad english . so i will try to explain the best that I can . I have a div with background image , the png background is a set of images (contain many images and by changing css background position I can choose which image to appear in the div - I think it's a popular usage) .
The problem is that I want to do an animation to do this:
$('div').css('background', "url('back.png') 0 -750px");

then :
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that's moving background up and down ,I want to do that for 4 sec ,I hope you understand
I tried delay(); setTimeout(); but they keep doing that forever !!
Update:  to explain more imagine a Gif image that flash for 4sec then stop !!

A: Take a look at this tutorial, it may help point you in the right direction:
http://snook.ca/archives/javascript/jquery-bg-image-animations
Hope it helps!

A: Possibly something like this should work (didn't test it though):
$('#div').animate({
  background: 'url("back.png") 0 -100px'
  }, 4000, function() {
  // What to do when the animation is done
});

Take a look at http://api.jquery.com/animate/

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Tech News July 8 LIVE Updates: Samsung Galaxy Note 20 launch date announced
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A recent report by Tech Maniac, Samsung will hold its next Unpacked event on August 5. (Image: Samsung)
Tech News July 8 LIVE Updates: Samsung India has confirmed the launch date of the Samsung Galaxy Note 20. The smartphone is all set to launch globally on August 5. In addition, OnePlus has also confirmed the launch date of the upcoming OnePlus Nord. The affordable OnePlus phone will go official in India on July 21. The smartphone will first launch in India and Europe later followed by North America. Here are the details.
Rumours suggest that the South Korean smartphone manufacturer will launch three devices under the series including Galaxy Note 20, Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra and the Galaxy Fold 2. According to reports, the Galaxy Note 20 will be priced at Euro 1,249 (approximately Rs 1,05,000) in Greece, and the Galaxy Note 10 Ultra will be priced at Euro 1,499 ( approximately Rs 1,26,000). Notably, all of these devices will be made available at a lower price in the rest of Europe due to lower tax rates.
The Galaxy Fold 2 is expected to be unveiled at the event but will not be made available until late September or October due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The device will be priced at Euro 2,199 (approximately Rs 1,85,000). Samsung is said to start shipping the Note 20 series on August 27.


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Verizon, Cable Scuttle Tech JV
By Jeff Baumgartner
Add another item to the growing list of cable/mobile joint ventures that didn't pan out.
Verizon Wireless and three of its cable-operator partners — Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks — have terminated a technology innovation joint venture that was born out of a larger deal signed in December 2011 involving the sale of MSO-owned spectrum to the mobile carrier. That deal also paved the way for them to co-market cable and wireless services.
The commercial agreements of the deal, including the spectrum sale and service-bundling component, will remain in place. Cox Communications also sold spectrum to Verizon and latched onto the co-bundling piece, but was not formally part of the tech JV.
Verizon Communications chief financial officer Fran Shammo broke the news last Thursday (Oct. 17) on the telco's third-quarter call, noting that the tech JV had been "terminated," a decision that comes into play amid Verizon's pending deal to snap up U.K. cell provider Vodafone's 45% stake in Verizon Wireless for $130 billion.
Verizon Wireless and its cable partners were using the JV to develop integrated wireline/wireless products and services, but apparently decided they could develop those on their own. The venture was dissolved in late August.
"Evolving technology and market changes since the joint venture was formed have led all parties to conclude that a joint venture, per se, is no longer needed to deliver innovative services to customers," Verizon Wireless said in a statement.
The move spells an early-but-expected end to the tech venture. As part of the conditions set on the deal by the U.S. Department of Justice in August 2012, Verizon Wireless and its cable partners were to dissolve the JV by December 2016, unless they received government permission to extend it. The JV had kept quiet since its inception and did not formally announce any specific products.
At the 2012 Cable Show, Verizon Wireless and Comcast unveiled "Viewdini," a mobile search/discovery portal optimized for Verizon Wireless's 4G/LTE network that provided access to movies, TV shows and other content from Comcast, Hulu Plus, Netflix and other content sources. Verizon Wireless confirmed that Viewdini was a product of Verizon Wireless, and not part of the innovation JV, adding that the app was shut down in October.
A casualty of the terminated JV, according to GigaOm, is "NUON," a secretive project that aimed to offer over-the-top video services and promote Verizon and cable services via a dedicated device to be made by China-based Huawei Technologies. It was reportedly slated to launch before the end of 2013 and, according to a leaked mock-up of a sign-on page, was expected to also involve TWC, Cox, Bright House and Verizon FiOS.
Comcast declined to comment on NUON, referring questions to Verizon Wireless, which did not respond by press time. However, the mobile carrier told GigaOM that NUON was simply a "brand," but would not comment on services that were under development at the now-defunct JV.
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Paramount to Provide CBS Network Feed to Fubo if Affiliates Balk at Terms


After the Razer Kiyo webcam, the company announced another new peripheral, the Razer Seiren X, a condenser microphone that claims to offer professional quality, and for that it uses 25mm capacitors for a better sensitivity when recording our voice or perform a live transmission. The microphone has its own built-in mounting system in the form of a base to become a compact solution.
In terms of specifications, the microphone uses an audio codec to record at 16 bits 44.1-48 kHz with a sensitivity of -38 dB, a response frequency of 20 Hz to 20 kHz, a sensitivity of 17.8 mV @ 1 kHz, and has zero latency monitoring to avoid lag, also having a headphone amplifier with an impedance of 16 ohms and a maximum power of 125mW.
"When Razer invited me to take a look at the first prototypes, it was amazing to see idea about the features and needs I have in my day-to-day life," said Jericho, a well-known streamer on Twitch and YouTube.
"Content creators and streamers are a key part of our community," said Min-Liang Tan, Co-founder and CEO of Razer.
The Razer Seiren X will be available for purchase from next week at a suggested retail price of € 109.


An example of a good part: the pivot point is whole on both sides of the plate.
The left side of the pin is broken.
The right side of the pin is broken.
With so many parts required to make the average automobile run, even the slightest defect can cause a dangerous situation. That is why numerous suppliers and automakers have implemented machine vision for 100% quality inspection.
A supplier of automotive exhaust system components realized the need for such inspection when an end customer reported that some parts were flawed upon delivery. The supplier did not have a process in place to detect defects on the part in question - a butterfly valve - so the company reached out to Neff Group Distributors to develop a machine vision inspection system that verified not only the integrity of the valve but also its proper assembly prior to shipment.
Because the part inspection took place in a space-constrained workstation, Neff designed a compact, all-inclusive machine vision system. The company selected a Cognex In-Sight 7200 smart camera equipped with PatMax pattern detection, as well as two LM45 lights from the Smart Vision Lights Mini-Lini product family.
At one end of the butterfly valve is the point where the rotating closure plate, or vane, pivots. That pivot point is critical to the function of the valve. A misshapen, broken or otherwise damaged pivot can hinder the valve's operation.
At the inspection station, the valve is manually placed into a fixture, and prior to the final assembly/weld application, the camera and lights are triggered to inspect its internal integrity. The camera and lights sit just above the side of the valve body, looking directly at the pivot point. The closure plate is placed in the completely open position so as not to obscure the pivot point. The two LM45 lights are placed on either side of the closure plate because the plate bisects the image.
The machine vision system uses two Cognex PatMax tools, one on each "half-moon" side of the part. Neff taught the pattern on the full, intact part and set the match percentage high enough to fail any defective parts. Parts that pass inspection are welded and sent on to the next operation. Failed parts are manually removed and placed into a "failed" containment system for future rework.
SVL's Mini Linear lights proved to be the suitable size and brightness for the application, according to Kerry Whitt, Field Application Engineer for Neff Group Distributors. "They are rugged enough for the metalworking environment in which they were installed," Whitt said. "Being able to control them both with one output from the camera made the application much simpler."


Socialism and the social movement.
Socialism and the social movement in the 19th century.
By: Dumrath, O. H. (Oscar Heinrich), 1844-1929.
Socialism and the social movement in the 19th century : with a chronicle of the social movement, 1750-1896.
Lantbruket under det nittonde århundradet.
By: Steenstrup, Johannes C. H. R. (Johannes Christoffer Hagemann Reinhardt), 1844-1935.
Socialism och social rörelse i det nittonde århundradet : med ett tillägg, Tidstafla öfver den sociala rörelsen från 1750-1896 / af Werner Sombart ; bemyndigad öfversättning af Thor Andersson.
Stockholm : G. Lindström, 1898.
178 p. ; 20 cm.


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HomeStorage
Gadzoox Introduces HA Slingshot Products For the Entry Level SAN Market
By InternetNews Staff
Gadzoox today announced the new Slingshot 4218HA, an Open Fabric 2Gb, high available, SAN switch and the Redundant Power Supply Unit (RPSU) for Slingshot 4218 SAN switches. Both Slingshot products solve high availability requirements by providing necessary redundancy and data continuity features.
"SAN switches are important devices in building a true high availability storage network. Unfortunately, high available features in SAN switches have increased the cost of the devices to the point that it has become difficult for IT professionals to justify the cost especially at the entry-level," said Steve Dalton, CEO and President, Gadzoox Networks. "We specifically designed the Slingshot 4218HA and 4218RPSU for the entry-level SAN market to offer customers a way to solve their high availability requirements at a value that is unmatched in the market today."
For mission critical applications requiring five 9's reliability the Slingshot 4218HA is an 18 port, multi-protocol, multi-speed, SAN switch with redundant, high quality, hot-swappable N+1 fans and power supplies, and an aggregate switching bandwidth of 18Gb half duplex/36Gb full duplex. The Slingshot 4218HA is based on Gadzoox next generation switching ASIC, the foundation for the recently announced FabriCore Engines(TM) technology suite.
Gadzoox new Open SAN OS for Slingshot comes standard with the Slingshot 4218HA and is architected to support customization in the GUI and CLI as well as in-band and out-of-band updates, industry standard MIBs, and SNMP-based applications. A key benefit of the Open SAN OS is the management of the N+1 power supplies and fans by ensuring if there is a failure of either component, the remaining fan or power supply will take over operations with no interruption to the switch or the data passing through the switch. Additionally, the Slingshot 4218HA, through the Open SAN OS, can be set to notify the customer when a power supply or fan is in the process of failing. This enables the user to take preventive action before the actual failure occurs. The Open SAN OS also supports non-disruptive cut over to new firmware as part of the switches high availability features.
The Slingshot 4218 RPSU is a simple and easy way to add power supply redundancy for continuous data availability for new and existing Slingshot 4218 customers. In today's economy where cost is the biggest factor in building SANs, customers that wish to add high availability features are now able to do so with the RPSU at a fraction of the cost of competitive switches. The Slingshot 4218RPSU can house up to three power supplies and, in a 1:1 ratio, can support up to three switches. Each of the power supplies is independent and managed by the Slingshot switch it is connected to for seamless operation. The switch monitors the power supply status, and if a failure occurs in the primary power supply, the RPSU will be automatically brought up and an alert will be sent to the customer. Each power supply within the RPSU is hot-pluggable and can be replaced in seconds. The RPSU, with three power supplies, attached to three switches can provide cost-effective redundancy for 54 2Gb ports in a compact 4U high chassis.
"Even though companies have been willing to pay a premium in the past to protect their data, the slow economy and IT department cut backs are driving the need for reliable, accessible data but for a reasonable investment," continued Dalton. "Customers have been mislead to believe that high availability and data availability features should cost them a premium and Gadzoox Networks is proving that false with the introduction of the Slingshot 4218HA and the Slingshot 4218RPSU."
The Slingshot 4218HA will be available Q4 at less then $500 per port. The newly announced Open SAN OS is included at no additional charge with the Slingshot 4218HA.
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Mon Ami
Words PORT Magazine
Alexandre Mattiussi and Tomo Campbell on their latest shows
"For the days are long
From the first milk van
To the last shout in the night,
An eternity. But the weeks go by
Like birds; and the years, the years
Fly past anti-clockwise
Like clock hands in a bar-mirror."
– Derek Mahon
For many months, days have bled into one another and there has been little to tell them apart. Time has both stood still and sped by, routines and ruts snuffing creative sparks. But, for creative director and founder of AMI, Alexandre Mattiussi, and painter Tomo Campbell, this year has been as productive as any other. Recently working together, they have presented and are presenting their latest collections in Paris and London respectively. Mattiussi, who founded the award-winning Parisian fashion brand in 2011, showcased his cool, carefree, laissez faire SS21 menswear and womens- wear collection – titled 'Suddenly Next Summer' – during Paris Fashion Week, while Campbell is currently presenting 'Go On Then', a suite of new mixed media works on canvas as his second solo exhibition at Cob Gallery, during London's Frieze week.
Since graduating from Central Saint Martins, Campbell has exhibited internationally and was awarded the first artist in residence place at the English National Ballet. His abstract, large-scale oil takes on traditional subjects are best described in the British artists own words: "they are never quite solid or whole. I try to paint in a way that makes the paint vibrate, to make it look light and delicate and on the cusp of shifting. The more you look, the more you get, and I like making people really have to look."
In addition to both presentations, the two have worked together on a commissioned artwork for in store that will be displayed within AMI's Duke Street boutique. Their creative processes have also been captured in a short film by Frieze Creative Publishing and Rose Forde titled 'The Day, Before', premiered and released online today. Following the pair over a single day, viewers can step into their shoes from morning to dusk, keenly feeling their routine and rhythms, as well as their hopes and anxieties about sharing their work at this time.
Port caught up with Mattiussi and Campbell to discuss their shows, inspirations and the need for optimism in our current climate.
How has your life and creativity been affected by the pandemic?
TC: I think there's two ways in which it's affected my life really. On a macro scale, nothings the same, you can't interact with friends and family the same and the usual way of living has completely been disrupted. But on a micro scale it's also had its upsides, like a reset button. I've spent more time with my family, more time on my own in my studio. It's helped me in that regards to reconsider what's important.
AM: Few of us have been prepared to live like this. We've been surprised by the intensity of the period and it has crushed many of our habits. I'm ok with that. What happens often needs to happen and the times in our lives when we feel vulnerable are important. In a professional capacity I had to look after my team and we didn't know what to expect from lockdown, but we still had to work on our collection. It has been as surprising as it has disturbing. I experienced everything by myself as my team were working from home. Alone in the studio, I tried to figure out how to be as creative as possible. It took time for ideas to flow, but it was very peaceful and serene sketching by myself. It felt like when I started AMI 9 years ago, I was forced – in a good way – to bring back my original energy and go back to basics. We've very lucky to make and present this collection – it's a miracle really!
Could you talk a little about your shows, what you wanted to express, what was new?
AM: I tried to find a balance between what AMI is and what AMI could be, building on our strong foundations of what is pure, clean, necessary. Going straight to the point of what a wardrobe is. I loved this collection because it feels romantic, simple (which is difficult to do), fresh and useful. It's sophisticated but not pretentious. I'm writing a book and every season is a new chapter. Every day there are new protagonists, characters, locations, colours, fabrics. The men and women I designed this for I see everyday in the streets of Paris and this was a chance for me to pay tribute to the city, which is one of my many inspirations. I still feel like there's a magic here, even with lockdown.
TC: I'd say the overall themes of the work are the same, but what's evolving is how I'm going about expressing them. I've always been interested in the idea of things repeating and distorting, but in this show I've taken the repeating one step further by actually repeating sections of paintings onto other paintings using a printing technique. So in the show you hopefully get this feeling of everything being linked but shifting.
What is inspiring you at the moment?
TC: A lot of how I work is about cracking open my own practice, reworking ideas over time. I'm very rarely struck by 'inspiration' but do have little 'breakthroughs' that only really come about by working through things repeatedly.
How did you find working on the artwork for in store? Did you find parallels between your process and practices?
TC: We share a lot of beliefs and have similar approaches to creativity. It's interesting for me to see how different people go about creating what they do. I think Alex is a wonderful designer, we share a similar aesthetic. It has also been great to develop a friendship over these weird times.
AM: I've loved Tomo's work for a long time so it was a lovely surprise to work together, we have a similar energy. In the end, he dedicated a painting to me and in a way, I could say I dedicated my collection to him. Intellectually and intuitively, we shared a lot and I feel like I know him well already, even if it was only over Zoom! Sometimes when an artist collaborates with a fashion designer it always ends with a print on a t shirt and we did not want to do that at all, we wanted something more substantial.
Tomo Campbell, To Alex, 2020 Mixed media 130 x 120 cm © Tomo Campbell Courtesy AMI and Cob Gallery
What makes you optimistic about art and fashion?
TC: I honestly don't know how to answer that. I suppose there is a lot of hope in creativity in general, and hope is always going to be a driving force for things, so I think art itself is optimistic and hopeful – or at least the art I look for is.
AM: I believe in a point of view, in people who resist, who think that love is bigger than hate, who are trying to point us in the right direction. We're living in strange times, but I can see hope and joy everywhere, a desire for change. I am as passionate as I've ever been and believe in myself. As a fashion designer, you're making clothes for people to feel comfortable or confident in, to help them express their own identity through a uniform, to explain who they are. We create things that become a part of people's lives and clothes are essential parts of them. They allow us to play the characters we want to play.
Go On Then runs at Cob Gallery until 30th October 2020
Campbell and Mattiussi will be in conversation with Love Magazine editor Harriet Verney, taking place via Zoom, on 15th October
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Known as great food and shopping paradise as well as many local souvenirs, clothing and other accessories with affordable price compared to other shopping spots in Hat Yai. (Close on Monday).
Come to Hat Yai Municipality Park to escape chaos of the city. Being located on a mountain area taking up flower gardens and temples, you can enjoy the pleasant view by taking a cable car up to the mountain or hiking to see all the sculptures along the way.
Wat Hat Yai Nai is one of the major temples in Hat Yai city. There are the world's third largest reclining Buddha enshrined and many features with massive multi-roof tiers which its intricate exterior design makes the temple a formidable sight from afar.
Built in several decades ago, the pagoda features multiple shrine rooms accentuated by murals of Chinese landscapes. Dragons and longevity symbols are emblazoned on detailed walls, bright lanterns hang in the corners and the smell of incense joins soothing Chinese Buddhist music to set the mood.
The temple is situated on a top hill not far from town. It is a unique temple as it is totally built of stainless steel. As you step inside, you can feel serenity which is ideal for self-meditation.
Here you can experience a variety of activities organized by Chang Puak Camp. Not only elephants but the camps also offer some exciting activities such as elephant talent show, ATV, BB gun, Archery, etc.
Samila Beach is one of the tourism landmarks you should visit as there is Golden Mermaid statue located on the beach. White delicate sand that really blends together with the pine trees and contrasts with the sea color will persuade you to take off your shoes to feel the softness of the sand.
Songkla Old Town is located in Mueang District and is a center where three important roads, Nakorn Nok, Nakorn Nai and Nang Ngam meet and maintains traditional unique. There are Chinese terrace houses, Chino-Portuguese classic buildings, The spirit house of Guan Yu, Nang Ngam Hotel (the hotel of beauty queen), ancient wooden hotel decorated with exquisite wooden-engraved pattern and Hokkien Chinese terrace houses mingled with other buildings along the road side.
Tang Kuan Hill is a tourist attraction in Songkhla's Muang District. It is about 2,000 feet above sea level. From the top of the mountain, you can see panoramic view of Songkhla town. Chedi Phrathat Koo Muang, Buddha relic of Songkhla, is also enshrined on the top of the mountain.


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What happened this week? Looks like charter-school questions are back on the docket for 2020. Also some stories about racist professors . . . and of course anti-LGBTQ chicken. Enjoy!
Sen. Booker bucks the trend, jumping back on the charter-school train, at NYT.
So it is largely up to Democrats — especially those of us in this presidential primary race — to have a better discussion about practical K-12 solutions to ensure that every child in our country can go to a great public school. That discussion needs to include high-achieving public charter schools when local communities call for them.
Sen. Warren talks with charter-school protesters, at Chalkbeat.
In that meeting, [Howard] Fuller, former Milwaukee schools chief and advocate for private school vouchers, told Warren that her language is helping anti-charter efforts across the country. A number of states, including California, Illinois, and Michigan, have recently moved to limit charter schools or cut their funding. . . .
"Your plan starts out with an attack on charter schools," he tells Warren.
"What you may see as an attack is designed to say everybody's got to meet the same standards," Warren counters.
Were those protesters stooges for Wal-Mart? At GOTW.
Indiana University makes a tough call: Condemning a professor's racist comments while defending his right to free private speech. At IHE.
"We cannot, nor would we, fire Professor Rasmusen for his posts as a private citizen, as vile and stupid as they are, because the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution forbids us to do so," [Provost Lauren] Robel said. That's "not a close call," either.
Leading historian describes the long tradition of conservative evangelical politics, at WaPo:
White evangelicals' pragmatic and self-serving approach to political power has been consistent for at least a century, dating to fundamentalists' adoration for Warren G. Harding in the 1920s. . . . Harding and Trump have much in common. They are among the most allegedly corrupt presidents in U.S. history. Their Cabinet teams have been racked by scandal. Like Harding, Trump's personal morals are the antithesis of what religious Christians profess to demand. But, like Harding, Trump maintains the support of the faithful because of his policies and the attention he lavishes on Christian voters and their faith leaders.
We at ILYBYGTH ask again: Why does the myth of apolitical evangelicals never die?
Does Jordan Peterson save the internet from racism? Or does he serve as a "gateway drug?" At HxA:
these data support the notion that those who are already affiliated with the alt-right eagerly engage with and promote Peterson's content. . . . participants in Peterson's comments sections on YouTube migrate twice as quickly to alt-right YouTube channels over time relative to controls (see Figure 2). In other words, it appears that participating in Peterson's YouTube channel predicts increasing flirtation with alt-right content.
Chik-fil-A stops funding anti-LGBTQ allies, at NBC.
"Staying true to its mission of nourishing the potential in every child, the Chick-fil-A Foundation will deepen its giving to a smaller number of organizations working exclusively in the areas of education, homelessness and hunger," the organization announced Monday.
The conservative response:
Rod Dreher: "I love Chick-fil-A, but it's going to be a while before I go there again. This is nothing but gutless surrender."
Mike Huckabee: "[Chik-fil-A] betrayed loyal customers for $$."
Christianity Today: "The strategic shift has disappointed evangelicals who admired the chain's stance and leaders at Salvation Army, who say its outreach supports members of the LGBT population facing homelessness and poverty."
Some guy: "[Chik-fil-A] backstabbing the people who made them successful."
How does Chik-fil-A's decision echo evangelical anti-racism efforts from the 20th century? Here at ILYBYGTH.
Fuller Seminary gets in hot water for expelling non-heterosexual student, at LAT.
Though the college does allow same-sex relationships, it does not allow "homosexual forms of explicit sexual conduct" and has made clear that it believes sexual intimacy is reserved for a marriage between a man and a woman….
I admit it. I'm stumped. Even knowing the world of evangelical higher ed, this story doesn't make sense to me, at ILYBYGTH.
Student reporters at Brigham Young University—Idaho pressured to squelch a story, at RNS.
Two days before BYU-Idaho formally announced the change on Nov. 15, the school's student newspaper, the Scroll, published an article highlighting frustration among students whose requests to use Medicaid as an alternative to the student health plan were rejected by the school. Students are required to have insurance or use the student health plan in order to enroll in classes.
In-depth articles on the controversy at the Scroll then abruptly stopped, with coverage mostly limited to the school's official statements on the matter as BYU-Idaho was beset with backlash over the decision.
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Squaring the LGBTQ Circle
Can We Talk about Charter-School Politics without Using the "BD Word"?
"Also some stories about racist professors" You mean Jordan Peterson?
Well, mainly that Rasmusen guy, but also Jordan Peterson in a snarky way.
I've listened to Jordan Peterson. I'm curious what your specific criticism of him is. If you want to say.
I don't know much about him, but I thought the article asked some interesting questions. If I'm reading the authors correctly, they don't accuse Jordan Peterson of intentionally fomenting alt-right ideas, but they do find that readers who encounter his materials are somewhat more likely to also read alt-right materials.


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Q: Meaning (Definition) of "Decays Exponentially"? When I look this up I get an unambiguous definition that $f(x) $ decays exponentially if it is a function of the form $f(x) = Ae^{-\lambda x}$ for some real $A$ and $\lambda > 0$. This fits my expectation up to a point, but doesn't deal with an exercise I'm doing: "show $x e^{-x}$ decays exponentially as $x \to \infty$". Clearly this is not a function of the form $Ae^{-\lambda x}$.
Might exponential decay mean that there exists some real $A$, $\lambda > 0$, and $x_0$ such that for all $x > x_0$, $|f(x)| < Ae^{-\lambda x}$ ? In that case I can complete the exercise as follows"
Proposition: for $x > 2$, $x < e^{x/2}$. Proof: for $x > 2$, $x^2 > 2x$ so $e^{x/2} = 1 + x/2 + (1/2!).(x/2)^2 + ... > 1 + x/2 + x/2 + ... > x$.
Proposition: for $x > 2$, $|x e^{-x}| < e^{-x/2}$ and therefore decays exponentially. Proof: $ 0 < x e^{-x} < e^{x/2}e^{-x} = e^{-x/2}$.
However, I'm left with some doubts about my interpretation. Does $f(x) = 0$ decay exponentially ? I would think it fails to satisfy the "decay" part. So, should the term refer to a non-zero function with modulus bounded by a diminishing exponential, or even a function which is approximated in some way by a diminishing exponential ?
To take the given exercise further ...
Proposition: for any $\epsilon > 0$ there is $x_0$ such that for all $x > x_0$, $ x < e^{\epsilon x}$. Proof: for any $\epsilon, n$ there is $x_0$ such that $x_0 > ((n+1)!/\epsilon^{n+1})^{1/n}$. Then $(\epsilon  x_0)^{n+1}/(n+1)! = x_0.\epsilon  ^{n+1}.x_0^n/(n+1)! > x_0 \implies e^{\epsilon x_0} > x_0$
Proposition: $xe^{-x} $ is "approximated" by a decreasing exponential function. Proof: for any $\epsilon > 0$ there is $x_o$ such that for $x > x_0$, $e^{-x} < xe^{-x} < e^{(\epsilon - 1)x}$
I'd appreciate feedback on the meaning of this term.
Actually, to clarify my question following some feedback, it's the definition I'm looking for rather than an interpretation of its meaning.

A: In the field of Partial Differential Equations, we use to say that

a solution $u$ of some differential equation decays exponentially fast (at infinity) if it can be bounded in the following way: $$|u(x)| \leq C \exp (-\alpha |x|)$$ for every $|x| \gg 1$, where $C>0$ and $\alpha>0$ are suitable constants.

This is a very important property for solutions of a PDE (mainly of elliptic type), and it has been widely investigated in the literature. In our dialect, the exponential decay never refers to being equal to an exponential function, since this would (almost) never happen. The case that $u \equiv 0$ may, in principle, happen: anyway, for our purposes this is a trivial and totally clear situation.

A: The meaning of the exponential decay is essentially a decay so strong that it beats the growth of any polynomial: for any $\lambda>0$,
$$\lim_{x\to\infty}P(x)e^{-\lambda x}=0.$$
You could claim that $P(x)e^{-\lambda x}$ is not a "pure" exponential decay. But considering
$$A:=\max_x\left(P(x)e^{-\lambda x/2}\right)$$ we have
$$P(x)e^{-\lambda x}\le Ae^{-\lambda x/2},$$ so that $P(x)e^{-\lambda x}$ actually decreases faster than an exponential of coefficient $\lambda/2$.

You can feel it by looking at a plot of $\log\left(P(x)e^{-\lambda x}\right)=\log(P(x))-\lambda x$ for various polynomials, which is always asymptotic to a straight line.

A clean definition is indeed:
There exists some real $A$, $\lambda > 0$, and $x_0$ such that for all $x > x_0$, $|f(x)|\le Ae^{-\lambda x}$.
Or, in the big-O notation, simply
$$f(x)=O\left(e^{-\lambda x}\right).$$


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Q: Working with both SPM and Cocoapods in the same project I have an Xcode project, consisting of a swift packages, a custom cocoa pods and one target dependency.
In workspace I have:
Project ProfileUtil - xcode project of type Framework. This project contains Firebase SPM dependencies
Project DatabaseUtil - xcode project of type cocoapod. This project contains Firebase pods dependencies
Project MeditationApp - Xcode project of type iOS Application. This is the main application, and it should include ProfileUtil as a framework swift packages, and DatabaseUtil as a Pod
When I try to compile the main iOS application, Im seeing errors like:
Error: Redefinition of module 'Firebase'

module Firebase {
  export *
  header "Firebase.h"
}

So that got me wondering if I can mix both SPM and Cocoapods in the same project if both uses the same library internally? (I couldn't find any useful ressources online about that use case, which surprise me)
Is there a bypass I could do to fix those, because as in the moment I have to keep my custom pod DatabaseUtil as a cocoapods.

A: Nope. Firebase does not support being installed from both CocoaPods and Swift Package Manager in the same project. It might be possible to hack into place by hacking the workspace after a CocoaPods install, but it would be fragile.