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3. USE OF SITE Your use of the Site is at the sole discretion of LightBridge, who may deny you further use of the Site at any time, for any reason, with or without cause. Your use of the Site does not entitle you to continued use of the Site. Your use of the Site must always comply with applicable law. In particular, but without limitation, you agree and represent not to use the Site to: mpersonate any person or entity or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity; upload, post, e-mail or otherwise transmit any content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable; upload, post, e-mail or otherwise transmit any content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party; upload, post, e-mail or otherwise transmit any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software, network, hardware or telecommunications equipment; or post chain letters or pyramid schemes; harvest or otherwise collect information about others (including email addresses) without their consent; or post the same information more than once or "spam."
4. ACCESS AND INTERFERENCE You agree that you will not use any robot, spider, other automatic device, or manual process to monitor or copy our Web pages or the content contained herein without our prior expressed written permission. You agree that you will not use any device, software or routine to bypass any code that may be included to prevent you from breaching the obligations in this paragraph or to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site. You agree that you will not take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our or our host's infrastructure. You may not engage in the practices of "screen scraping," "database scraping," or any other practice or activity the purpose of which is to obtain lists of users, portions of a database, or other lists or information from this site, in any manner or in any quantities not authorized by LightBridge. 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 LightBridge or its affiliates without prior express written consent. You may not use meta tags or any other "hidden text" utilizing LightBridge's name or trademarks without the express written consent of LightBridge. Systematic retrieval of data from this site to create or compile directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, a collection, compilation, database or directory without the express written permission of LightBridge is strictly prohibited.
5. DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT You agree not to upload or transmit any communications or content of any type that infringes or violates any rights of any party. It is our policy not to permit materials known by us to be infringing to remain on the Site. LightBridge has made every effort to secure appropriate clearances for all proprietary intellectual property used on the Site. If you believe any material on the Site is infringing, please contact us immediately. Pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA"), we have registered an agent to receive copyright claims ("Designated Agent"). You may notify us of alleged intellectual property rights infringement by contacting our Designated Agent at: LightBridge Healthcare Research, Inc. P. O. Box 201001 San Antonio, TX 78220 Email:
Please be aware that, in order to be effective, your notice of claim must comply with the detailed requirements set forth in the DMCA. You are encouraged to review them (see 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3)) (available at http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/512.html) before sending your claim. Upon receipt of notice of claimed infringement, we will respond expeditiously to remove, or disable access to, the material claimed to be infringing and will follow the procedures specified in the DMCA to resolve the claim between the notifying party and the alleged infringer who provided the content at issue. Please do not send any other communications to the Designated Agent, who is appointed solely for the purposes of receiving copyright notices under the DMCA.
6. USER SUBMISSIONS/ONLINE COMMUNITY The Caregiver Forum (the "Forum") is a service intended to provide care providers with a forum for the free-flowing exchange of information and opinions. LightBridge encourages your participation but asks you to remember that you are responsible for the content of messages you post. LightBridge does not and cannot review every message posted (but reserves the right to do so). Please read carefully the policies below, if you cannot comply with these policies, please do not use the Forum. As a member of the Forum provided by LightBridge, you acknowledge and agree to the following:
By voluntarily submitting information, communications or content to the Site, you agree that such submissions are non-confidential for all purposes. You agree not to reveal any private information, including but not limited to health, financial and personally identifiable information, if you do not wish this information to be published.
You further agree that such submissions become the property of LightBridge and that all title and interest therein, including all rights of copyright, shall rest with LightBridge at the time they are submitted and/or posted. Such submissions are subject to being used, reproduced, modified, published, edited, translated, distributed, performed and displayed in any media or medium, or any form, format or forum now known or hereafter developed, for any purpose, in perpetuity without further notice. The submission of such materials in no way creates any obligation or duty on the part of Family Service to post or use such materials or, if we do so, to give you credit.
Content available through the Forum is provided "AS IS," and you are solely responsible for your reliance on and use of such content. LightBridge is not responsible for the consequences of any communications made through the Forum. In cases where you feel threatened or believe someone else is in danger, you should take appropriate action such as contacting your local law enforcement agency immediately. If you think you may have a medical emergency, call your doctor or 911 immediately.
The Forum may be used only for non-commercial purposes. You agree not to, without the express approval of LightBridge, distribute or otherwise publish any material containing any solicitation of funds, advertising or solicitation for goods or services. You shall remain solely responsible for the content of messages you post. LightBridge does not and cannot review every message posted in the Forum, and is not responsible for the content of these messages.
Your participation in the Forum is solely at your own risk. In addition to your obligations under the Indemnification section of this Agreement, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold completely harmless LightBridge and its affiliates from and against any and all claims, damages, costs, and expenses they may incur (including, without limitation, attorney's fees) arising out of a violation or alleged violation by you of these policies or arising from content posted by you in the Forum. You agree to cooperate as fully as reasonably required in the defense of any such claim. You agree not to disrupt the normal flow of dialogue, or post comments that are not related to the topic being discussed (unless it is clear the discussion is free form), or otherwise engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits any other person from using or enjoying the Forum or the Site, or which, in the judgment of LightBridge, exposes LightBridge or any of its affiliates to any liability or detriment of any type.
If you become aware of a violation of these policies, please notify LightBridge by sending a detailed email message to administrator@LightBridge.com. If you are writing to report a copyright infringement, please follow the procedure set forth in the section entitled "DMCA Notice" in this Agreement.
LightBridge reserves the right (but is not obligated) to do any or all of the following: Record the dialogue submitted through the Forum.
Investigate an allegation that a communication(s) do(es) not conform to this Agreement and determine in its sole discretion to remove or request the removal of the communication(s).
Delete, move or edit communications that are determined, in the sole discretion of LightBridge, to be abusive, defamatory, obscene, in violation of copyright or trademark laws, otherwise illegal, disruptive, or otherwise unacceptable for any reason.
Terminate a user's access to any or all of the Forum and/or this Site upon any breach of this Agreement.
Monitor, edit or disclose any communication posted in the Forum.
Edit or delete any communication(s) posted in the Forum or anywhere on this Site, regardless of whether such communication(s) violate these standards.
LightBridge reserves the right to take any action it deems necessary to protect the personal safety of our users or the public. LightBridge has no liability or responsibility to users of this Site or the Forum or any other person or entity for performance or nonperformance of the aforementioned activities.
7. LINKS TO OTHER SITES The Site may contain links to third party websites. Any links that are provided are not intended to state or imply that LightBridge sponsors, is affiliated or associated with, or is legally authorized to use any trade name, registered trademark, logo, legal or official seal, or copyrighted symbol that may be reflected in the links. LightBridge makes no warranties, explicit or implied, regarding the performance of the links, the performance of the outside sites or the contents of the outside sites. If you decide to access linked third party websites, you do so at your own risk. LightBridge's liability and responsibility in relation to any information on any third party site or any product purchased through such third party site is expressly limited by the terms of this Agreement.
8. INDEMNIFICATION YOU AGREE TO DEFEND, INDEMNIFY AND HOLD COMPLETELY HARMLESS LIGHTBRIDGE AND ITS AFFILIATES FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, DAMAGES, COSTS, AND EXPENSES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION CLAIMS BASED UPON THE NEGLIGENCE OF LIGHTBRIDGE, ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SITE, THE MATERIALS IT CONTAINS, AND ANY SITES LINKED TO THIS SITE.
9. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT:
YOUR USE OF THE SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SITE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. LIGHTBRIDGE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, NON-INTERFERENCE WITH INFORMATION, AND ACCURACY OF INFORMATIONAL CONTENT.
THERE IS NO WARRANTY THAT INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THE SITE WILL FULFILL ANY OF YOUR PARTICULAR PURPOSES OR NEEDS. ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SITE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.
NO INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM LIGHTBRIDGE OR THROUGH THIS SITE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THIS AGREEMENT.
10. LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS OF LIABILITYYOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT LIGHTBRIDGE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF LIGHTBRIDGE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (a) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SITE; (b) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (c) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE SITE; OR (d) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE SITE. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE SITE, OR ANY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED THEREON, OR REFUSE TO ABIDE BY THIS AGREEMENT, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE YOUR USE. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, LIGHTBRIDGE'S LIABILITY TO YOU SHALL IN NO CASE EXCEED $100. YOU FURTHER AGREE NOT TO JOIN IN ANY LAWSUIT WITH ANOTHER PERSON OR SERVE AS A CLASS REPRESENTATIVE OF ANY CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST LIGHTBRIDGE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE SITE. LIGHTBRIDGE SHALL NOT BE HELD LIABLE FOR ANY REPRESENTATIONS ON THIRD PARTY SITES IN RELATION TO THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS SITE.
The Site is protected by copyright, trademark, trade dress and other intellectual property rights. (a) LightBridge grants you a personal, revocable, non-transferable, and non-exclusive right and license to use the object code of the Site on a single computer; provided that you do not (and do not allow any third party to) copy, modify, create a derivative work from, reverse engineer, reverse assemble or otherwise attempt to discover any source code, sell, assign, sublicense, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer any right in the software for the Site except and only to the extent that such activity is permitted by applicable law notwithstanding this limitation. (b) The logos, and other service marks and service names included on the Site ("Marks") are owned or licensed by LightBridge. You agree not to copy, display or otherwise use any of the Marks without the prior written permission of LightBridge. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Marks may not be used in any manner likely to cause confusion, disparage or dilute these marks and/or in connection with any product or service that is not authorized or sponsored by LightBridge. (c) The entire Site, and all object code and source code, text, graphics, multimedia content, including but not limited to images, illustrations, html and other mark up languages, and all scripts within the site associated therewith, are Copyright 2000-2007, LightBridge Healthcare Research, Inc. All rights reserved worldwide. The copyrighted and proprietary property of LightBridge may not be duplicated or used without LightBridge's express prior written consent.
12. MODIFICATION LightBridge may update, revise, supplement, modify or amend this Agreement at any time. Any updates, revisions, supplements, modifications or amendments shall be effective immediately upon its posting on the Site. You agree that you will be bound by this Agreement, however and whenever it is updated, revised, supplemented, modified, or amended, whether you have actual or constructive notice of, and whether you have used or continue to use the Site after, the updates, revisions, supplements, modifications or amendments.
13. ENTIRE AGREEMENTThis Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and LightBridge with respect to your use of the Site. There are no other representations, warranties, terms, agreements or conditions, either written or oral, with respect to your use of the Site except as set forth in this Agreement. If you are a customer of LightBridge who has a written agreement with LightBridge, this Agreement is subject to, and governed by, the terms of any such written agreement you have entered into with LightBridge.
14. SEVERABILITY If any provision of this Agreement is deemed unlawful, void, voidable or unenforceable for any reason, then that provision shall be deemed severable from this Agreement and shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any remaining provisions.
15. GOVERNING LAW AND VENUE LightBridge's principal office is in the State of Texas and this Web site is controlled by LightBridge Healthcare Research, Inc. from its offices within the State of Texas, United States of America. The Site can be accessed from all 50 states, as well as from other countries around the world. As each of these jurisdictions has laws and regulations that may differ from those of Texas, by accessing this Site both you and LightBridge agree that the statutes and laws of the State of Texas, without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof, will apply to all matters relating to use of this Site (whether grounded in tort, contract, law or equity). In the case of a dispute, you and LightBridge agree any litigation arising between the parties hereto shall be brought only in the state or federal courts having subject matter jurisdiction in Bexar County, Texas. You hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consent to the jurisdiction of any such court and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive any defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of any action or proceeding in any such court, any objection to venue with respect to any such action or proceeding, and any right of jurisdiction on account of the place of residence or domicile of any party thereto.
16. TERMINATION LightBridge may terminate your right to use this Site, with or without cause at any time in its sole discretion, including, without limitation, your violation of this Agreement, failure to provide accurate registration data, and lack of use. In the event of termination, all representations, warranties, indemnifications, and promises made by you shall survive.
17. CONTACT INFORMATION If you have a comment, question or request, or if you need to contact LightBridge for any other reason, there are four easy ways to do so.
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Fax: You may fax us at 210.822.8220
U.S. Mail: Send mail to LightBridge at: LightBridge Healthcare Research, Inc. P.O. Box 201001 San Antonio, TX 78220
MISC INFO This website is updated on a weekly basis by our webmaster and editors. They can be contacted via email at with a subject line of webmaster. LightBridge Healthcare Research and its products are supported by Grant #2R44AG019996-02A2 from the National Institute on Aging (NIA). The content is solely the responsibility of LightBridge and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIA or NIH. LightBridgeHealthcare.com does not accept or host any advertisements or banners.
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