ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
Paul M. Provencher ("Paul M. Provencher") makes available for your use on this Web site (the "Site") information, documents, software and products (collectively, the "Materials") and various services operated by Paul M. Provencher (collectively, the "Services"), subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this document (the "Terms of Use"). By accessing or using this Site, which includes your access to or use of any of the Services, you agree to the Terms of Use. Paul M. Provencher reserves the right to change the Terms of Use from time to time at his sole discretion. Your use of the Site will be subject to the most current version of the Terms of Use posted on the Site at the time of such use. In addition, when using particular Services or Materials on this Site, you shall be subject to any posted guidelines or rules applicable to such Services or Materials that may contain terms and conditions in addition to those in the Terms of Use. All such guidelines or rules are hereby incorporated by reference into the Terms of Use. If you breach any of the Terms of Use, your authorization to use this Site automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any Materials downloaded or printed from the Site.
COPYRIGHT; LIMITED LICENSE
The Materials and Services on this Site are protected by copyright and/or other intellectual property laws and any unauthorized use of the Materials or Services at this Site may violate such laws. Except as expressly provided herein, Paul M. Provencher and his suppliers do not grant any express or implied right to you under any patents, copyrights, trademarks, or trade secret information with respect to the Materials and Services.
Except as specifically permitted herein, no portion of the information or documents on this Site may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of Paul M. Provencher.
Use of Software. The software and accompanying documentation that are made available to download from this Site are the copyrighted work of Paul M. Provencher and/or his suppliers. Use of the software is governed by the terms of the end user license agreement that accompanies or is included with such software. You will not be able to download or install any software that is accompanied by or includes an end user license agreement unless you agree to the terms of such end user license agreement. If you do not agree to such terms, you will not be able to use the software. You may not decompile, reverse engineer or otherwise attempt to discover the source code of the software available on the Site.
Use of Site Information. Except as otherwise indicated elsewhere on this Site, you may view, download and print the documents and information available on this Site subject to the following conditions:
The rights specified above to view, download and print the documents and information available on this Site are not applicable to the design or layout of this Site. Elements of this Site are protected by trade dress and other laws and may not be copied or imitated in whole or in part.
USE AND PROTECTION OF ACCOUNT NUMBER AND PASSWORD
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account number and/or password, if applicable. You are responsible for all uses of your account, whether or not actually or expressly authorized by you.
WARRANTIES AND DISCLAIMERS
EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED OTHERWISE IN A WRITTEN AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND Paul M. Provencher, ALL MATERIALS AND SERVICES ON THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR THE WARRANTY OF NON-INFRINGEMENT. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, Paul M. Provencher MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT (i) THE SERVICES AND MATERIALS WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (ii) THE SERVICES AND MATERIALS WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, (iii) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICES OR MATERIALS WILL BE EFFECTIVE, ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, (iv) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, OR INFORMATION PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU FROM THE SITE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS, AND (v) ANY ERRORS IN THE SOFTWARE OBTAINED FROM THE SITE WILL BE CORRECTED. SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY MAY LAST, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. TO THE EXTENT PERMISSIBLE, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARE LIMITED TO NINETY (90) DAYS.
THIS SITE COULD INCLUDE TECHNICAL OR OTHER MISTAKES, INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. Paul M. Provencher MAY MAKE CHANGES TO THE MATERIALS AND SERVICES AT THIS SITE, INCLUDING THE PRICES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF ANY PRODUCTS LISTED HEREIN, AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE. THE MATERIALS OR SERVICES AT THIS SITE MAY BE OUT OF DATE, AND Paul M. Provencher MAKES NO COMMITMENT TO UPDATE SUCH MATERIALS OR SERVICES.
Paul M. Provencher ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE INFORMATION, DOCUMENTS, SOFTWARE, MATERIALS AND/OR SERVICES WHICH ARE REFERENCED BY OR LINKED TO THIS SITE. REFERENCES TO OTHER CORPORATIONS, THEIR SERVICES AND PRODUCTS, ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.
IN NO EVENT SHALL PAUL M. PROVENCHER OR HIS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER OR NOT Paul M. Provencher HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THIS SITE OR OF ANY WEB SITE REFERENCED OR LINKED TO FROM THIS SITE. SOME JURISDICTIONS PROHIBIT THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
THE USE OF THE SERVICES OR THE DOWNLOADING OR OTHER ACQUISITION OF ANY MATERIALS THROUGH THE SITE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND WITH YOUR AGREEMENT THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM SUCH ACTIVITIES. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM Paul M. Provencher OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SITE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TERMS OF USE.
This Site contains links to third-party Web sites that are not under the control of Paul M. Provencher. Paul M. Provencher makes no representations whatsoever about any other Web site to which you may have access through this Site. When you access a non-Paul M. Provencher Web site, you do so at your own risk and Paul M. Provencher is not responsible for the accuracy or reliability of any information, data, opinions, advice, or statements made on these sites or for the quality of any products or services available on such sites. Paul M. Provencher provides these links merely as a convenience and the inclusion of such links does not imply that Paul M. Provencher endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content or uses of such Web sites.
This Site can be accessed from other countries around the world and may contain references to Paul M. Provencher products, services, and programs that have not been announced in your country. These references do not imply that Paul M. Provencher intends to announce such products, services or programs in your country.
PERSONAL INFORMATION AND PRIVACY
To learn about how Paul M. Provencher protects your personal information, such as your name and address, refer to the Paul M. Provencher Online Privacy Policy. Please note that any non-personal information or material sent to Paul M. Provencher will be generally be deemed to NOT be confidential.
LICENSE FOR USER CONTENT
Certain Services offered on this Site accommodate or require user-supplied information, materials or communications (collectively, 'User Content'). Depending upon the nature of the Service, by submitting User Content to this Site you grant Paul M. Provencher one of the following two types of licenses:
PROHIBITED COMMUNICATIONS
You may only submit to the Site, User Content that is (a) owned by you, (b) submitted with the express permission of the owner, or (c) in the public domain. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting to or from this Site any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, or other materials that would violate any law or the rights of others, including without limitation, laws against copyright infringement. Violation of these restrictions may result in limitations on access by you to this Site.
MANAGING USER CONTENT AND COMMUNICATIONS
Paul M. Provencher reserves the right, in his sole discretion, to delete or remove your User Content from the Site and to restrict, suspend or terminate your access to all or part of this Site, at any time for any reason without prior notice or liability.
Paul M. Provencher may establish general practices and limits on the use of any Service, including, but not limited to, limits on retention time, file size, and storage space for User Content. Paul M. Provencher shall have no liability or responsibility for the deletion or failure to store any information or materials in connection with any Service.
Paul M. Provencher may, but is not obligated to, monitor or review (i) any areas on the Site where users transmit or post User Content, including but not limited to areas where Services are available, or chat rooms, bulletin boards or other user forums, and (ii) the substance of any User Content.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Paul M. Provencher will have no liability related to User Content arising under the laws of copyright, libel, privacy, obscenity, or otherwise. Paul M. Provencher also disclaims all liability with respect to the misuse, loss, modification, or unavailability of any User Content.
USER FORUMS
In addition to these Terms of Use, users of the Paul M. Provencher User To User Forums must agree to a separate legal agreement located within the Forums Registration area of the Site. Your access to the User to User Forums will be denied for violation of the prohibitions set forth in this Terms of Use under the Section entitled PROHIBITED COMMUNICATIONS.
NOTIFICATION OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
Paul M. Provencher will, in appropriate circumstances, terminate the accounts of users who infringe the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that your work has been used or copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement and such infringement is occurring on this Site or on sites linked to from this Site, please provide Paul M. Provencher's Copyright Agent a Notice containing the following elements:
Paul M. Provencher's Copyright Agent for Notice of claims of copyright infringement can be reached as follows:
By mail:
Paul M. Provencher/Copyright Agent
20115 Woodfield Road
Gaithersburg, MD 20882-1229
By telephone: (301) 948-2858
By email: ppro@whitemetal.com
THE COPYRIGHT AGENT SHOULD ONLY BE CONTACTED IF YOU BELIEVE THAT YOUR WORK HAS BEEN USED OR COPIED IN A WAY THAT CONSTITUTES COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND SUCH INFRINGEMENT IS OCCURRING ON THIS SITE OR ON SITES LINKED TO FROM THIS SITE. ALL OTHER INQUIRIES DIRECTED TO THE COPYRIGHT AGENT WILL NOT BE RESPONDED TO. SUCH INQUIRIES SHOULD BE MADE THROUGH THE FEEDBACK PROCEDURE LOCATED AT http://whitemetal.com/feedback.htm.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS DISCLAIMER
This Site may now, or hereafter from time to time, contain certain statements or information with respect to (i) the projection of Paul M. Provencher's revenues, income, earnings per share, capital expenditures, dividends, capital structure, or other financial items; (ii) the plans, objectives and/or projections of Paul M. Provencher for future operations, including those relating to the products or services of Paul M. Provencher; (iii) Paul M. Provencher's future economic performance; (iv) assumptions underlying or relating to any of the forgoing statements or information; and (v) any other projections, estimates or forward-looking statements. All such statements and information are forward-looking statements within the meanings of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements are based upon, or will be based upon, Paul M. Provencher's judgment with respect to future events and are subject to a number of uncertainties and risks that could cause actual results or circumstances to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. Paul M. Provencher wishes to caution you that such forward-looking statements are only predictions and that actual events or results may differ materially.
EXPORT CONTROL LAWS; NOTICE TO U.S. GOVERNMENT USERS
The export and re-export of Paul M. Provencher software products are controlled by the United States Export Administration Regulations and such software may not be exported or re-exported to Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, or Syria or any country to which the United States embargoes goods. In addition, Paul M. Provencher software may not be distributed to persons on the Table of Denial Orders, the Entity List, or the List of Specially Designated Nationals.
By downloading a Paul M. Provencher software product you are certifying that you are not a national of Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, or Syria or any country to which the United States embargoes goods and that you are not a person on the Table of Denial Orders, the Entity List, or the List of Specially Designated Nationals.
All Paul M. Provencher products and publications are commercial in nature. The software and documentation available on this Site are "Commercial Items," as that term is defined at 48 C.F.R. §2.101, consisting of "Commercial Computer Software" and "Commercial Computer Software Documentation," as such terms are used in 48 C.F.R. §12.212 or 48 C.F.R. §227.7202, as applicable. Consistent with 48 C.F.R. §12.212 or 48 C.F.R. §§227.7202-1 through 227.7202-4, as applicable, the Commercial Computer Software and Commercial Computer Software Documentation are licensed to U.S. Government end users (A) only as Commercial Items and (B) with only those rights as are granted to all other end users pursuant to the terms and conditions herein.
INDEMNITY
You agree to indemnify and hold Paul M. Provencher, and his subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, co-branders or other partners, and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of content you submit, post to or transmit through the Site (including, without limitation, any User Content), your use of the Site, your connection to the Site, your violation of the Terms of Use, or your violation of any rights of another person or entity.
GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
This Site (excluding linked sites) is controlled by Paul M. Provencher from his offices within the state of Maryland, United States of America. By accessing this Site, you and Paul M. Provencher agree that all matters relating to your access to, or use of, this Site shall be governed by the statutes and laws of the State of Maryland, without regard to the conflicts of laws principles thereof. You and Paul M. Provencher also agree and hereby submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue of the Superior Court of Montgomery County and the United States District Court of Maryland with respect to such matters. Paul M. Provencher makes no representation that Materials or Services available on this Site are appropriate or available for use in other locations, and accessing them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access this Site from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.
TRADEMARK INFORMATION
The trademarks, logos and service marks ("Marks") displayed on this Site are the property of Paul M. Provencher or other third parties. You are not permitted to use the Marks without the prior written consent of Paul M. Provencher or such third party which may own the Marks. Paul M. Provencher and the Paul M. Provencher logo are trademarks of Paul M. Provencher.
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