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Acceptance of Terms of Use

Please read the Terms of Use carefully. This agreement is a legally binding contract between you ("you" or "your") and Practical Perspectives ("An-Answer," "Practical Perspectives," "we," "us," or "our"), owner of An-Answer.com, regarding your access to and use of the An-Answer.com Web site (the "Site"). An-Answer requires that all visitors to our sites on the World Wide Web adhere to the following Terms of Use. By accessing the Site, you indicate that you acknowledge and accept the Terms of Use. An-Answer reserves the right to change these Terms of Use from time to time at its sole discretion by posting such revised Terms of Use on the Site. Your continued use of the Site following any such change constitutes your acknowledgement of such change and your agreement to follow and be bound by the modified terms and conditions, if any. If you do not agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement, do not use or access our Site.

Privacy

Please review our Privacy Policy, which also applies to your visit to this Site.

Access to Password-Secure Areas

An-Answer may restrict certain secure areas of this Site to authorized users and permit access to these secure areas only by the use of a confidential password. Unauthorized individuals attempting to access such areas of this Site are in explicit violation of these Terms of Use and may be subject to prosecution and applicable damages.

For all users, please note that you are solely responsible for any and all activities that occur under your account and ensuring that you exit or log-off from your account at the end of each session of use. You shall notify the Site Administrator immediately of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security that is known or suspected by you. User accounts cannot be "shared" or used by more than one individual.

Copyright and Your Conduct

Copyright © 2000 - 2004 by Practical Perspectives. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

All information and content included on this Site, including but not limited to (i) text, graphics, logos, slogans, icons, images, audio clips, digital downloads, and product demonstrations; (ii) data and content compilations; and (iii) software, is the property of An-Answer or its content or software suppliers and is protected by United States and international copyright laws.

Without the express written consent of An-Answer (Contact), you agree not to:

a. use text, graphics, logos, icons, images, audio clips, digital downloads, product demonstrations, and content compilations;

b. modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, publish, sell, or license any information from this Site;

c. create derivative works, or use any information, content, or software available on or through this Site for commercial or public purposes;

d. reproduce, transmit, transcribe, store in a retrieval system, or translate into any human or computer language any part of the material and databases on this Site in any form or by any means whatsoever;

e. upload, transmit, post, email or otherwise make available to the Site, any content or other material in any format that: (i) is false, inaccurate, misleading, fraudulent, unlawful (including, but not limited to, laws governing consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination, or false advertising), harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, invasive of another's privacy, libelous and/or otherwise objectionable; (ii) infringes any third party's intellectual property, whether a copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy; or (iii) contains viruses, worms, Trojan horses, time bombs, cancelbots, easter eggs, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs designed to interrupt, interfere, intercept, expropriate, destroy or limit the functionality of any data, personal information, computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;

f. alter, remove, or falsify any attributions or other proprietary designations of origin or source of any other content appearing on the Site or contained in a file that is uploaded to the Site;

g. impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, an An-Answer official or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;

h. attempt, through any means, to gain unauthorized access to the Site, or another user's account on the Site;

i. forward or share any information regarding the services and/or the Site furnished through its services, to any third party;

j. link directly or indirectly to or include descriptions of goods or services that are prohibited under these Terms of Use or that you do not have a right to link to or include;

k. use any robot, spider, other automatic device, or manual process to monitor or copy web pages or the content contained herein. Additionally, you agree that you will not take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on An-Answer's infrastructure; or

l. create liability for An-Answer or cause An-Answer to lose (in whole or in part) the services of its ISPs or other suppliers.

The use of any device, software, or routine that interferes or attempts to interfere with the proper working of the Site is expressly prohibited. You may not disclose or share your password with any third parties or use your password for any unauthorized purpose. In any case, you remain solely responsible for any authorized or unauthorized use of your password.

An-Answer alone shall own all right, title, and interest, including all related intellectual property rights to any suggestions, ideas, feedback, recommendations, or other information provided by you relating to the service, and you agree to assign such rights to An-Answer free of charge. An-Answer may use such information (not to include personal member information) as it deems appropriate in its sole discretion.

Trademarks

The trademarks, logos, service marks, graphics, and trade dress displayed on this Site are the intellectual property of An-Answer and other applicable parties that have licensed their property and/or material to An-Answer. You should assume that any product or service name is a registered mark, trademark, or service mark and the intellectual property of An-Answer or a third party. You are prohibited from using any An-Answer or third-party trademarks or service marks noted on the Site for any purpose, including but not limited to use as metatags on other pages or sites on the World Wide Web, without the express written permission of An-Answer or such third parties. If An-Answer grants such written permission, you may not use the trademarks and service marks in any manner that (i) is likely to cause confusion among customers or the public, or (ii) disparages or discredits An-Answer.

License and Site Use

An-Answer grants to you, the user, a limited license to access and make personal use of this Site; but you may not download (other than page caching) or modify it, or any portion of it, except by way of purchase and/or with the express written consent of An-Answer. This license does not include any right to (i) resell or use this Site or its contents for any commercial purposes; (ii) collect and use any product listings, descriptions, or prices found on this Site; (iii) make any derivative use of this Site or its contents; (iv) download or copy account information found on this Site for the benefit of any individual or corporation; or (v) use data mining, robots, or similar data-gathering and extraction tools in connection with this Site or any information found on this Site. You may not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell, visit, or otherwise exploit this Site or any portion of this Site for any commercial purpose without the express written consent of An-Answer. You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) of An-Answer or any third party without the express written consent of the applicable proprietary information owner. You may not use any metatags or any other "hidden text" using An-Answer's name or trademarks without An-Answer's express written consent. Any unauthorized use immediately terminates the limited license granted to you by An-Answer.

An-Answer grants to commercial web search engines a limited license to index this site by any manual or automated method and to display the titles of pages and brief excerpts from those pages as search results.

You are granted a limited, revocable, and nonexclusive right to create a hyperlink to the home page of this Site as long as the link does not portray An-Answer or its products or services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive manner. You may not use the An-Answer logo or any other proprietary graphic or trademark of An-Answer as part of such link without An-Answer's express written permission. Nothing in this license shall confer on you or any third party any rights to or under any patent, copyright, or trademark of An-Answer or any third party.

Linked Internet Sites

Except as noted above, An-Answer expressly prohibits unauthorized hypertext links to the Site and the framing of any content available through the Site. An-Answer reserves the right to disable any unauthorized links or frames and specifically disclaims any responsibility for the content available on any other Internet sites linked to the Site. Access to and use of any other Internet sites linked to the Site is at the user's own risk.

Although An-Answer maintains high standards regarding the protection of your privacy and personal data and information, linked sites may contain rules and regulations, privacy provisions, confidentiality provisions, transmissions of personal data provisions, and other provisions that differ from the provisions provided on the Site. An-Answer is not responsible for examining or evaluating these provisions and expressly disclaims any and all liability related not only to such provisions, but also to any of the content found on any linked sites. You should carefully review both the privacy statements and the terms or conditions of use applying to any linked site.

Information You Provide

Should anyone visiting the An-Answer website respond to An-Answer by sending information, including data, questions, comments, or suggestions, such response, with the exceptions provided by An-Answer's Privacy Policy, shall be non-confidential, and An-Answer shall have no obligation of any kind with respect to such information and shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose, and distribute said information to others without limitation. Further, An-Answer shall be free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in such information for any purpose whatsoever, including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing, and marketing products incorporating such information.

Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability

A. ALL CONTENT, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES ON THIS SITE, OR OBTAINED FROM A WEBSITE TO WHICH THIS SITE IS LINKED, ARE PROVIDED TO YOU BY An-Answer "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

B. THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND CONTENT PUBLISHED ON THIS SITE OR A LINKED SITE MAY CONTAIN TECHNICAL INACCURACIES OR ERRORS, INCLUDING TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. An-Answer SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL LIABILITY FOR SUCH ERRORS AND RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS OR CHANGES TO THE SITE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE.

C. YOU AGREE THAT An-Answer WILL NOT BE LIABLE, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE, FOR ANY DIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INDIRECT DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOST PROFITS OR LOST OPPORTUNITY) ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THE SITE OR A LINKED SITE, OR WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE OR A LINKED SITE. THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, THE TRANSMISSION OF ANY VIRUSES WHICH MAY INFECT A USER'S EQUIPMENT, FAILURE OF MECHANICAL OR ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT OR COMMUNICATION LINES, TELEPHONE OR OTHER CONNECTION PROBLEMS, UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, THEFT, OPERATOR ERRORS, STRIKES OR OTHER LABOR PROBLEMS, OR ANY FORCE MAJEURE. An-Answer CANNOT AND DOES NOT GUARANTEE CONTINUOUS, UNINTERRUPTED ACCESS TO THE SITE.

CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless An-Answer, together with its respective employees, agents, directors, officers, and shareholders, from and against all the liabilities, claims, damages, and expenses (including reasonable attorney's fees and costs) arising out of your use of this Site; your breach or alleged breach of this Agreement; or your breach or alleged breach of the copyright, trademark, proprietary, or other rights of An-Answer or third parties.

Local Laws and Export Controls

The Site provides services and uses software and technology that may be subject to United States export controls administered by the U.S. Department of Commerce, the United States Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control, and other U.S. agencies and the export control regulations of the European Union. You acknowledge and agree that the Site shall not be used, and none of the underlying information, software or technology may be transferred or otherwise exported or re-exported to Afghanistan, Burma, Cuba, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Sudan or any other countries to which the United States and/or the European Union maintains an embargo (collectively, the "Embargoed Countries"), or to or by a national or resident thereof, or any person or entity on the U.S. Department of Treasury's List of Specially Designated Nationals or the U.S. Department of Commerce's Table of Denial Orders (collectively, the "Designated Nationals"). The lists of Embargoed Countries and Designated Nationals are subject to change without notice. By using this Site, you represent and warrant that you are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of an Embargoed Country or a Designated National. You agree to comply strictly with all U.S. and European Union export laws and assume sole responsibility for obtaining licenses to export or re-export as may be required.

This Site may use encryption technology that is subject to licensing requirements under the U.S. Export Administration Regulations, 15 C.F.R. Parts 730-774 and Council Regulation (EC) No. 1334/2000.

Any diversion of the content of this Site contrary to United States or European Union (including European Union Member States) law is prohibited. None of the content of this Site, nor any information acquired through the use of the services, is or will be used for nuclear activities, chemical, or biological weapons or missile projects, unless specifically authorized by the United States Government or appropriate European body for such purposes.

Employment Opportunities

An-Answer may place notices of employment opportunities on this Site. At An-Answer, we fully recognize and are sensitive to all confidentiality issues surrounding the online employment application process. Therefore, in accordance with An-Answer's privacy guidelines and principles, if you choose to submit your name, address, contact information, resume, and/or any other personal information to An-Answer in response to an employment opportunity, you can be confident that An-Answer will use this information only for lawful and legitimate employment purposes. An-Answer does reserve the right to distribute the information you submit among its employees for legitimate business purposes. Furthermore, nothing in these Terms of Use or contained on this Site shall constitute a promise by An-Answer to interview, hire, or employ any individual who submits information to it, nor shall anything in these Terms of Use or contained on the Site constitute a promise that An-Answer will review any or all of the information that users or applicants submit. An-Answer is an equal opportunity employer.

Changes to Terms of Use

An-Answer reserves the right to revise these Terms of Use at any time. Users are deemed to be apprised of and bound by any changes.

Severability

If any condition is deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that condition shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining conditions.

Violations of Terms of Use

An-Answer reserves the right to seek all remedies available at law and in equity for violations of these Terms of Use, including the right to block access to this Site.

Jurisdictional Issues and Applicable Law

You acknowledge and agree that the laws of the State of Texas without regard to conflict of law principles, and applicable federal law, will govern these Terms of Use, your use of the Site, and any dispute of any kind that might arise between you and An-Answer in connection with the Site. Any action you, any third party, or An-Answer brings arising out of or in any way connected to this Site and/or these Terms of Use shall be brought exclusively in either the state or federal courts located in Dallas County, Texas, and you expressly consent to the jurisdiction of said courts.

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