ABSTRACT

Use of Website

This site is offered for your personal and non-commercial use.

As a condition of your use of this site and the publications, you warrant to Ascendant-Online that you will not use this Site or the Publications for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Use.

All contents of this site are: Copyright © 1997 - 2007 Ascendant-Online and/or its suppliers. You may not reproduce, copy or redistribute the design, content or layout of the site or the publications, individual elements of the web site design, Ascendant-Online logos or other logos appearing on this Site, photographs, and graphics, without the express written permission of Ascendant-Online.

All news/book/blog/comment and multimedia source contents are the copyright of their respective owner. Ascendant-Online does not warrant or claim any ownership or affiliate with the news sources offered as part of its service.

Ascendant-Online and the names of Ascendant-Online products and/or services referenced herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of Ascendant-Online. All other product or service names referenced in this site are used for identification purposes only and may be trademarks or service marks of their respective owners.

Links to Other Sites

This Site and the scheduled emails may contain hyperlinks to web sites operated by parties other than Ascendant-Online. Such hyperlinks are provided for your reference only. Ascendant-Online does not control such web sites and is not responsible for their contents. Ascendant-Online's inclusion of hyperlinks to such web sites does not imply any endorsement of the material on such web sites or any association with their operators. If you decide to access third-party web sites, you do so at your own risk.

Copyright Infringement

Ascendant-Online may, in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion, remove, or disable access to, material on the site that infringes on the rights of others. If you believe that your work has been used on the site in a manner that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide Ascendant-Online with a written notice (e-mail is sufficient) that includes the following information:

- An electronic or physical signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
- identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed;
- a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the site;
- your address, telephone number and e-mail address;
- a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner or authorized to act upon the copyright owner's behalf

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Liability Disclaimer

THE INFORMATION, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES PUBLISHED ON THIS SITE  MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN. ASCENDANT-ONLINE AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THIS SITE AT ANY TIME.

ASCENDANT-ONLINE AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF THE INFORMATION, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES CONTAINED ON OR OBTAINED THROUGH THIS SITE AND/OR THE PUBLICATIONS FOR ANY PURPOSE, OR THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM USING THE SITE AND/OR THE PUBLICATIONS. ALL SUCH INFORMATION, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. ASCENDANT-ONLINE AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS INFORMATION, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL ASCENDANT-ONLINE AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF THIS SITE AND/OR THE PUBLICATIONS OR WITH THE DELAY OF OR INABILITY TO USE THIS SITE AND/OR THE PUBLICATIONS, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OBTAINED THROUGH THIS SITE AND/OR THE PUBLICATIONS OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SITE OR THE PUBLICATIONS, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF ASCENDANT-ONLINE OR ANY OF ITS SUPPLIERS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

General

Ascendant-Online is concerned with protecting your privacy. You may read the most recent published privacy policy statement at http://www.ascendant-online.net/privacy. This policy may be changed at any time, with or without written notice. All changes to the privacy policy will be posted on this site.

Ascendant-Online reserves the right to change the terms, conditions and notices under which this site is offered. Ascendant-Online provides information on, accepts advertising from, and provides links to third-party vendors. Offers from these vendors that may be mentioned on the site or in the Publications are often subject to change at any time, and may have many additional restrictions and limitations. Users of Ascendant-Online's content agree to confirm all aspects of third-party offers with the offering party, and to hold Ascendant-Online harmless for any circumstances that may arise from interactions with a third party.

This agreement is governed by the laws of the Ontario, Canada, without regard to the conflicts of laws principles thereof. You hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the Courts of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of this Site and/or the Publications. Use of this site is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these terms and conditions, including without limitation this paragraph.

You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment or agency relationship exists between you and Ascendant-Online as a result of this agreement or use of this Site or the Publications.

Ascendant-Online's performance of this agreement is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in this agreement is in derogation of Ascendant-Online's right to comply with law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of this Site or information provided to or gathered by Ascendant-Online with respect to such use.

If any part of this agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect.

This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the user and Ascendant-Online with respect to this site and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between the user and Ascendant-Online with respect to this site. A printed version of this agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form.

Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.