Terms and Condition of Use

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE.The operator of this website ("Operator") provides complimentary Internet-based communications and information services to a person or persons accessing the website (a "User" or "Users"). By using this site, you signify your agreement to these Terms and Conditions of use. You must agree to these Terms and Conditions in order to use the website. Please read this document carefully. If you do not agree to all of the Terms and Conditions of this agreement, do not use this site!

Operator may revise and update these Terms and Conditions at anytime. Please periodically review the Terms and Conditions posted at this location because your continued usage of the website will mean you accept those changes.

Section 1. General Disclaimer; No Professional Advice.

THE CONTENT ON THE SITE IS PRESENTED IN SUMMARY FORM, IS GENERAL IN NATURE, AND IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.

Operator does not recommend or endorse any specific products or procedures that may be mentioned on the site. Any opinions expressed on the site are the opinions of the authors. Operator does not assume any liability for the contents of any material provided on the site. Reliance on any information provided by Operator, its contributing authors, or other visitors to the site is solely at your own risk. Operator assumes no liability or responsibility for damage or injury to persons or property arising from any use of any product, information, idea, or instruction contained in the materials provided to you. Operator reserves the right to change or discontinue at any time any aspect or feature of this site.

You understand further that the Internet contains unedited materials some of which may be offensive to you. You access this material at your own risk. Operator, its licensors and its suppliers have no control over and accept no responsibility whatsoever for such materials.

Section 2. Use of Content; Copyright.

Upon acceptance of these Terms and Conditions, Operator authorizes you to view or download a single copy of the material on this website solely for your personal, noncommercial use. Special rules may apply to the use of certain software and other items provided on the website. Any such special rules are incorporated into these Terms and Conditions by reference.

The contents of the website, such as text, graphics, images and other material including software licensed by Operator to permit Users to access the website ("Content"), are protected by copyright under both United States and foreign laws, and title to the Content shall not pass to you or any other User. Unauthorized use of the Content may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws. None of the Content may be reverse-engineered, disassembled, decompiled, reproduced, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, translated into any language or computer language, re-transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photoreproduction, recordation or otherwise), resold or redistributed without the prior written consent of Operator, except that you may reproduce limited excerpts of the data for personal use only.

For information obtained from Operator's licensors, you are solely responsible for compliance with any copyright, trademark and other proprietary rights and restrictions and are referred to the publication data appearing in bibliographic citations, as well as to the copyright notices appearing in the original publications. You may not sell or modify the Content or reproduce, display, publicly perform, distribute or otherwise use the Content in any way for any public or commercial purpose. The use of the Content on any other website or in a networked computer environment for any purpose is prohibited.

Content is subject to change without notice at the editorial discretion of Operator. If you violate any of these Terms and Conditions, your permission to use the Content automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any copies you have made of any portion of the Content.

Section 3. Company's Liability; Disclaimer of Consequential Damages.

The Content comes from sources believed to be accurate, but may contain inaccuracies or typographical errors. Operator makes no representations about the results to be obtained from using the website or the Content. The use of the website and the Content is at your own risk.

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IN CONNECTION WITH THE WEBSITE, INFORMATION WILL BE TRANSMITTED OVER LOCAL EXCHANGE, INTEREXCHANGE AND INTERNET BACKBONE CARRIER LINES AND THROUGH ROUTERS, SWITCHES AND OTHER DEVICES OWNED, MAINTAINED AND SERVICED BY THIRD PARTY LOCAL EXCHANGE AND LONG DISTANCE CARRIERS, UTILITIES, INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS AND OTHERS, ALL OF WHICH ARE BEYOND THE CONTROL AND JURISDICTION OF OPERATOR AND ITS SUPPLIERS. ACCORDINGLY, OPERATOR ASSUMES NO LIABILITY FOR OR RELATING TO THE DELAY, FAILURE, INTERRUPTION OR CORRUPTION OF ANY DATA OR OTHER INFORMATION TRANSMITTED IN CONNECTION WITH USE OF THE WEBSITE.

THE WEBSITE AND THE CONTENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. OPERATOR, ITS LICENSORS, AND ITS SUPPLIERS, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTIES' RIGHTS, AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE. OPERATOR, ITS LICENSORS, AND ITS SUPPLIERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, COMPLETENESS, CURRENTNESS OR TIMELINESS OF THE CONTENT, SOFTWARE, TEXT, GRAPHICS, LINKS, OR COMMUNICATIONS PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THE USE OF THE WEBSITE. OPERATOR, ITS LICENSORS, AND ITS SUPPLIERS DO NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTY THAT THE CONTENT CONTAINED ON THE WEBSITE SATISFIES GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS REQUIRING DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION ON PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRODUCTS.

IN NO EVENT SHALL OPERATOR, ITS LICENSORS, ITS SUPPLIERS OR ANY THIRD PARTIES MENTIONED AT THE WEBSITE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INCIDENTAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOST DATA OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) RESULTING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE WEBSITE OR THE CONTENT WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT OPERATOR IS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. OPERATOR SHALL BE LIABLE TO YOU ONLY FOR GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT AND ONLY TO THE EXTENT OF ACTUAL DAMAGES INCURRED, NOT TO EXCEED US$1000.00 (ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS). REMEDIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT ARE EXCLUSIVE AND ARE LIMITED TO THOSE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED FOR IN THIS AGREEMENT.

Section 4. User Submissions.

Except as described herein, any communication which you post on the website is considered to be non-confidential. You agree that you will not upload or transmit any communications that infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party. By submitting communications to any part of this website, you automatically grant -- or warrant that the owner of such Content has expressly granted -- Operator a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, world-wide nonexclusive license to use, reproduce, create derivative works from, modify, publish, edit, translate, distribute, perform, and display the communication alone or as part of other works in any form, media, or technology whether now known or hereafter developed, and to sublicense such rights through multiple tiers of sublicenses.

Section 5. Links to Other Sites.

The website contains links to third party websites. These links are provided solely as a convenience to you and not as an endorsement by Operator of the content on such third-party websites. Operator is not responsible for the content of linked third-party sites and does not make any representations regarding the content or accuracy of materials on such third-party websites. If you decide to access linked third-party websites, you do so at your own risk. Your use of third- party websites is subject to the Terms and Conditions of use for such sites.

Section 6. Advertisements.

The website may contain advertisements by third parties, and these advertisements may contain links to other websites. Unless otherwise specifically stated, Operator does not endorse any product or make any representation regarding the content or accuracy of any materials contained in, or linked to, any advertisement on the website.

Section 7. Indemnity.

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold Operator, its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors and suppliers, harmless from and against any claims, actions or demands, liabilities and settlements including without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees, resulting from, or alleged to result from, your use of the Content (including software), or the Interactive Areas in a manner that violates or is alleged to violate these Terms and Conditions. Operator shall provide notice to you promptly of any such claim, suit, or proceeding and shall reasonably cooperate with you, at your expense, in your defense of any such claim, suit or proceeding.

Section 8. Export Control.

The United States controls the export of products and information. You agree to comply with such restrictions and not to export or re-export the Contents (including software) to countries or persons prohibited under the export control laws. By downloading the Contents (including software), you are agreeing that you are not in a country where such export is prohibited or are a person or entity to which such export is prohibited. You are responsible for compliance with the laws of your local jurisdiction regarding the import, export, or re-export of the Contents (including software).

Section 9. General.

Operator is based in the United States of America. Operator makes no claims that the Content is appropriate or may be downloaded outside of the United States. Access to the Content (including software) may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the website from outside the United States, you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction.

Section 10. Jurisdiction.

You expressly agree that exclusive jurisdiction for any dispute with Operator, or in any way relating to your membership or use of the website, resides in the courts of the State of Washington and you further agree and expressly consent to the exercise of personal jurisdiction in the courts of the State of Washington in connection with any such dispute including any claim involving Operator or its affiliates, subsidiaries, employees, contractors, officers, directors, telecommunication providers and content providers. These Terms and Conditions are governed by the internal substantive laws of the State of Washington, without respect to its conflict of laws principles. If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms and Conditions, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any of these Terms and Conditions shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or any other term or condition.

Section 11. Complete Agreement.

EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN A PARTICULAR "LEGAL NOTICE" ON THE WEBSITE, THESE Terms and Conditions CONSTITUTE THE ENTIRE AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND OPERATOR WITH RESPECT TO THE USE OF THE WEBSITE AND ANY SOFTWARE AND CONTENT CONTAINED THEREIN.

Thank you for your cooperation with these Terms and Conditions. We hope you find the website helpful and convenient to use!

If you still have questions and need further information, please feel free to contact us.