Rules

When you view, browse or use this Site you accept, without limitation
or qualification, the terms and conditions set forth below and any
additional terms and conditions of use set forth in each subsite.

USER FORUM RULES
When participating in ARE Forum you agree not to post, send, transmit, upload or otherwise publish through this Site, any materials that:
Are illegal, indecent, obscene, abusive, offensive or threatening in any way
Contain false or misleading statements
Contain a virus or any other harmful component
Encourage anyone to break the law
Violate anyone's copyright or other property right
Interfere with anyone else's use of the Site
Interfere with the privacy of any other user

DISCLAIMER:
ARE Forum provides no warranty of the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of the information, comments, text, links and other content contained in this User Forum on this server or any other server.

RESPONSIBILITY FOR USER'S MATERIAL
You are prohibited from posting or transmitting any defamatory, libelous, obscene, pornographic, profane, threatening or unlawful material or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense or give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law.

Although ARE Forum may from time to time monitor or review bulletin boards, discussions, postings, transmissions and the like on the Site, ARE Forum is under no obligation to do so and assumes no liability or responsibility arising from the contents of any such communications or for any defamation, error, inaccuracy, libel, obscenity or profanity contained in any such communication. ARE Forum may change, edit, or remove any user material or conversations that are illegal, indecent, obscene or offensive, or that violate ARE Forum's policies in any way.

OWNERSHIP
There are a number of proprietary logos and trademarks found on this Site. By making them available on this Site, ARE Forum is not granting you any license to utilize those proprietary logos or trademarks. Any unauthorized use of the Content may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and civil and criminal statutes.

DOWNLOADING
If you download any Content from this Site, you may not remove any copyright or trademark notices or other notices that go with it. You are fully responsible for anything you download.

ARE Forum's RIGHTS TO USER'S MATERIAL
If you send any communications or materials to the Site by electronic mail or otherwise, including any comments, data, questions, suggestions or the like, all such communications are, and will be treated as, non-confidential and non-proprietary. Thus, you give up any claim that any use of such material violates any of your rights including moral rights, privacy rights, proprietary or other property rights, publicity rights, rights to credit for material or ideas, or any other right, including the right to approve the way ARE Forum uses such material.

Any material submitted to this Site may be adapted, broadcast, changed, copied, disclosed, licensed, performed, posted, published, sold, transmitted or used by ARE Forum anywhere in the world, in any medium, forever. Furthermore, ARE Forum is free to use, without any compensation to you, any concepts, ideas, know-how or techniques contained in any communication you send to the Site for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to developing, manufacturing and marketing products using such information. However, you agree and understand that ARE Forum is not obligated to use any such ideas or materials and you have no rights to compel such use.

TRANSMITTED MATERIAL
Internet transmissions are never completely private or secure. You understand that any message or information you send to this Site may be read or intercepted by others unless there is a special notice that a particular message (for example, credit card information) is encrypted (sent in code). Sending a message to ARE Forum does not cause ARE Forum to have any special responsibility to you.

LINKS
This Site may contain links to other Internet sites on the World Wide Web. ARE Forum provides such links for your convenience only, and is not responsible for the content of any site linked to or from this Site. Links from this Site to any other site do not mean that ARE Forum approves of, endorses or recommends that site. ARE Forum disclaims all warranties, express or implied, as to the accuracy, legality, reliability or validity of any content on any other site.

ARE Forum's RIGHT TO CHANGE THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE OR CONTENT ON THE SITE
ARE Forum may add to, change or remove any part of these Terms and Conditions of Use at any time, without notice. Any changes to these Terms and Conditions of Use or any terms posted on this Site apply as soon as they are posted. By continuing to use this Site after any changes are posted, you are indicating your acceptance of those changes. ARE Forum may add, change, discontinue, remove or suspend any other Content posted on this Site, including features and specifications of products described or depicted on the Site, temporarily or permanently, at any time, without notice and without liability.

INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold ARE Forum and all of its agents, directors, employees, information providers, licensors and licensees, officers and parent, (collectively, "Indemnified Parties") harmless from and against any and all liability and costs (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees and costs), incurred by the Indemnified Parties in connection with any claim arising out of any breach by you of these Terms and Conditions of Use or the foregoing representations, warranties and covenants. You will cooperate as fully as reasonably required in ARE Forum's defense of any claim. ARE Forum reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you and you shall not in any event settle any matter without the written consent of ARE Forum.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND DAMAGES; LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
Your use of this Site is at your own risk. This Site (including all content and functions made available on or accessed through this Site) is provided "as is." To the fullest extent permissible by law, with regard to the content on this Site, ARE Forum makes no representations or warranties of any kind whatsoever (1) For the accuracy, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement of any content published on or available through the Site, (2) That the server that makes this Site available is free of viruses or other components that may infect, harm or cause damage to your computer equipment or any other property when you access, browse, download from or otherwise use the Site.

Under no circumstances, including but not limited to ARE Forum's negligence, shall ARE Forum be liable for any consequential, direct, incidental, indirect, punitive or special damages related to (A) The use of, (B) The inability to use or (C) Errors or omissions in the contents and functions of this Site, even if ARE Forum or an authorized representative thereof has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of consequential or incidental damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you. In no event shall ARE Forum's total liability to you for all damages, losses and causes of action (whether in contract or tort, including, but not limited to, negligence or otherwise), exceed $100.

GENERAL PROVISIONS
These Terms and Conditions of Use and any additional terms posted on this Site together constitute the entire agreement between ARE Forum and you with respect to your use of this Site. Any cause of action you may have with respect to your use of this Site must be commenced within (1) year after the claim or cause of action arises. If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of these Terms and Conditions of Use, or portion thereof, to be unenforceable, that provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible so as to effect the intent of this agreement, and the remainder of these Terms and Conditions of Use shall continue in full force and effect. These Terms and Conditions of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, United States of America, without reference to its conflicts of law rules.