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1.1 Acceptance of Terms and Conditions
The use of this website is conditional upon your acceptance of these Terms of Use. You will be deemed to have accepted these Terms of Use by using this website, regardless of whether or not you register as a member. We may change the Terms of Use at any time. If we do, an amended version of the Terms of Use will be posted on the website. You are responsible for ensuring that you regularly review the Terms of Use. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use you must not use this website.
1.2 Terms of Use Dependant on Residency
If you reside in in any of the following states of the USA, then clause 17.3 applies to you: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Ohio and Wisconsin.
1.3 User Agreement
These Terms of Use constitute the agreement between you and
("the Company") in respect of your use of the Service and the Website (the "Agreement").
1.4 Contact
This website is operated by the Company, which is registered in England . You can contact us on any of the following methods:
Email: email@example.com
2.1 Eligibility
You must be over 18 years of age to register as a member of the Service or to use this Website. By using the Website, you represent, undertake and warrant that you have the right, authority and capacity to enter into this Agreement and to comply with all of the Terms of Use.
2.2 Formation of Contract
By registering as a member you enter into a contract with the Company in respect of the Website that may or may not be free of charge. You may upgrade the features of your membership. You will be required to select certain features and terms of your contract and choose a payment method. By clicking on the "Make Payment" button in the final step of the upgrade-process, you enter into a binding contract regarding the chosen upgrade option at the given price.
2.3 Membership
(a) You may become a member of the Service free of charge. Free membership will only entitle you to participate in some of the features available as part of the Service. In order to access additional features, you must become a paying subscriber to the Service. Accordingly, your use of those additional features is conditional upon the payment of the relevant fees.
(b) You acknowledge and agree that in order to protect the users of this site, you may not apply for or become a member if you have been convicted of an indictable offence or a felony. By applying for membership you warrant and represent to us that you have not been convicted of an indictable offence or a felony nor are you required to register as a sex offender with any government authority.
(c) You acknowledge that currently the Company does not routinely undertake background checks, verify information provided or conduct criminal screenings of its users. We reserve the right to conduct investigations and background checks on all members, to confirm you are not in breach of any warranty and to determine whether any representation is false. You consent to allowing the Company to conduct such investigation and the Company reserves the right to refuse and/or terminate your membership if you breach any warranty of or your representation proves to be false.
2.4 Fees
Service Fees are located on Purchase Services/Credits web page. These subscription fees are subject to change, which changes will be posted on the page of the Website previously described. You acknowledge that there may be discrepancies in relation to fees between jurisdictions, which discrepancies are reflective of costs applicable to a particular jurisdiction and other commercial conditions relevant to that jurisdiction.
2.5 Payment
(a) While certain Services are available free of charge such as registering an account, you acknowledge that the Paid Services are available only to Members with whom have paid the appropriate fees. Prices are stated in the currency shown on the Purchase Services/Credits web page and include all applicable taxes unless otherwise stated.
(b) We may at any time change our price for a service. The new rate takes effect after we have posted the details of our new price on the Site.
(c) In the event of suspicious payment activity, we reserve the right to temporarily or permanently suspend payment via your credit card and/or contact you, your bank or any other relevant third party to report such unusual activity and/or obtain additional information.
2.6 Password Security
As part of the member registration process, you will be required to select a password. You are solely responsible for selecting a password that is not easily guessed and for keeping your password safe, and agree not to transfer or resell your use of or access to the Website to any third party. If you have reason to believe that your account is no longer secure, you must immediately notify us and you must promptly change your password by updating your account information.
2.7 Verification of Identity
We may from time to time request a form of identification to verify:
(a) your identity;
(b) the information provided by you;
(c) your payment or billing information; and/or
(d) your compliance with our Terms of Use.
2.8 Payment
In the event that we provide a recurring billing facility for the payment of subscription fees applicable to the subscription plan you select, you hereby authorise the Company to charge those fees on a recurring basis (within a reasonable time prior to the expiration of your current subscription). In that case, the Company will cease charging fees upon its receipt of your written notice that such authorisation has been terminated. Any such notice shall not affect charges made before the Company could reasonably act. In any event, you must provide current, complete and accurate information to enable subscription fees to be charged correctly, which information must be updated regularly.
2.9 Terms of Use of Payment Services
When using third party payment services, you must accept and abide by the terms and conditions of those payment services.
The Service is an internet information service that facilitates contact between members who may or may not be seeking friendship or a relationship. It is not a marriage brokering service, mail order bride service or a matchmaking service. The Company is under no obligation to broker any other member or members for you.
4.1 Own risk
You acknowledge that your use of the Service and the Website is solely at your own risk.
4.2 Accurate information
You represent, warrant and undertake that the information and photos that you supply to the Service, the Website and the Company is/are accurate in all respects, not in breach of this Agreement and not harmful to any person in any way.
Without limiting the above, you must not transmit or post on our website, any images that contain:
4.3 Information not confidential
You agree that any material or information provided by you, save and except for any Personal Information (which may include your full name, postal address, telephone number etc.), the use of which is governed by our Privacy Policy, will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary and we may use such material or information without restriction. Specifically, you consent to the Company using such material or information (including any profile information, photographs, video or audio recordings) in order to copy your profile into any other relevant dating site owned and operated by the Company. You acknowledge that any such material or information provided by you will be available for other members or users of the Website to read.
4.4 Information available overseas
(a) Any profile information that you have provided to us will be publically viewable on your profile, irrespective of the location of the viewer. By creating a profile you acknowledge that overseas recipients will be able to view your profile. You consent to the transfer of information provided by to members residing in countries other than your country of residence.
(b) the Company globally utilises servers for the storage of your Personal Information which may be located in a country other than your country of residence. You consent to the transfer of Personal Information to countries other than your country of residence, which will be facilitated by the Company only in accordance with the terms of our Privacy Policy.
(c) the Company globally utilises contractors, which may be located in a country other than your country of residence, to conduct background and criminal history checks on individuals. You consent to the transfer of Personal Information to countries other than your country of residence, which will be facilitated by the Company only in accordance with the terms of our Privacy Policy.
(d) In order to provide customer support, perform back office functions, fraud prevention tasks or provide services to you we may need to allow our staff or suppliers (who may be located or whose resources may be located outside your country of residence) to access your profile information, billing information or other personal information that you have supplied. You consent to the transfer of Personal Information to countries other than your country of residence, which will be facilitated by the Company only in accordance with the terms of our Privacy Policy.
4.5 Copyright assigned
You agree that all copyright which subsists in any material or information provided by you to the Company is assigned to the Company for use within the scope of these Terms of Use. You will not post, transmit or otherwise provide any material or information in which the copyright is owned by another person or entity and you warrant that all material and information provided is your original work and not sourced from any third party.
4.6 Legal access
You must ensure that your access to the Website and use of the Service is not illegal or prohibited by laws which apply to you. You are solely responsible for the legality of your actions under all applicable laws.
4.7 Exposure to Viruses
You must take your own precautions to ensure that the process which you employ for accessing the Website does not expose you to the risk of viruses, malicious computer code or other forms of interference which may damage your own computer system. For the avoidance of doubt, we do not accept responsibility for any interference or damage to your own computer system which arises in connection with your use of the Service, the Website or any Linked Website.
4.8 Content of Profile
(a) You are solely responsible for the content of your profile, messages, video and audio recordings and other materials you may upload to the Service or transmit to other members of the Service.
(b) You agree that you will not upload or post onto your profile or the Website any content which:
(i) is abusive, obscene, profane, offensive, sexually oriented, threatening, harassing, racially offensive, improper or otherwise inappropriate as determined at our sole discretion; or
(ii) depicts, describes, identifies or alludes to any person other than yourself.
4.9 Interaction with members
You are solely responsible for your interaction with other members of the Service.
4.10 Negative covenants
You represent, warrant and covenant that:
(a) you will not disclose any information provided to you through the Service to anyone without the prior permission of the person who provided it to you;
(b) you will not use the Service to engage in any form of harassment or offensive behaviour, including but not limited to the distribution of any sexually and/or racially offensive, abusive, threatening, vulgar, obscene, harassing, libelous, slanderous, defamatory or objectionable material of any kind, nor any unlawful or illegal material, or any material that infringes or violates another party's rights (including, but not limited to, intellectual property rights and privacy rights);
(c) you will not use the Service to engage in group sexual activity or to solicit contact for the purpose of extra-marital encounters or affairs, solicit or engage in prostitution or any other activities that may be illegal in your country of residence;
(d) you will not impersonate any person or misrepresent your age or marital status or place information in your profile that is false or misleading in any way;
(e) you will not harvest or collect email addresses or other contact information of other users from the Service by electronic or other means or use the services to transmit "spam", chain letters, junk mail, or engage in any unsolicited mass distribution of e-mail;
(f) you will not use the Service or the Website for any unauthorised commercial purposes;
(g) you will not solicit or attempt to solicit any money, bank account or credit card details or confidential financial information from any member or other user of the Service or the Website;
(h) you will not send money or provide financial information to any person that you have communicated with or met via the Website. The Company will not be liable for any loss (financial or otherwise) suffered by you as a result of this behavior. You agree to report anyone who attempts to solicit money or obtain financial information by either contacting customer support or using the "report abuse" function on the member's profile;
(i) you will not solicit or attempt to solicit passwords from other members;
(j) you will not use the Service to distribute, promote or otherwise publish any material containing any solicitation for funds, advertising or solicitation for goods or services;
(k) you will not harass others by continuing to attempt to communicate with someone who has clearly asked you to cease communications;
(l) you will not post or transmit material which contains viruses or other computer codes, files or programs which are designed to limit or destroy the functionality of computer software or hardware;
(m) you will not post or transmit in any manner any contact information including without limitation, email addresses, phone numbers, postal addresses, instant messenger IDs, Facebook usernames, URLs, or full names through your publicly posted information;
(n) you will not use non-human or automated bots to login to the Service;
(o) when speaking to our customer service employees on the telephone or communicating with them by any other means, you will not be abusive, obscene, profane, offensive, sexually oriented, threatening, harassing or racially offensive ("Offensive Conduct"). You agree that, should you engage in Offensive Conduct, which is to be determined in our sole discretion, we will have the right to immediately terminate your membership and you will not be entitled to a refund of any payments we have received from you;
(p) All members of our websites are required to be over 18. Our company has zero tolerance for any attempt by any member to engage in any form of cybersex, sexual communication, or sexual contact with any person who is underage. Upon being notified of any illegal or inappropriate communications with a minor, we may report details to the appropriate Law Enforcement Agency.
4.11 Notification of Copyright Infringement
(a) The Company respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you encounter content displayed on the Website that you suspect belongs to you or a third party, and that content is being displayed in a manner which violates or appears to violate your copyright or other intellectual property right or an intellectual right belonging to a third party, you may submit a notification by providing the following information to The Company:
Notices may be sent to:
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
(b) The Company administers a "takedown" procedure upon receiving the notice referred to in clause 4.11(a) above. The Company may at any time disable or remove access to any material appearing on the Website that is claimed to constitute infringing activity or based on the facts and evidence available to the Company appears to be infringing.
4.12 Use of Images
In addition to the provisions of clause 4.5, by providing any photographs, material, information or content to the Company, you acknowledge and agree that the Company may:
(a) reproduce, use, copy, perform, display, distribute and exploit the material, information or content;
(b) prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works and other media, such material, information and content; and
(c) licence others the same rights granted to the Company in (a) and (b) above, and you consent to any and all such uses, including, without limitation, for any promotional or commercial purposes. You also warrant that you have the authority to grant the consent referred to in this clause.
4.13 Mail Order Bride Marriages
This Website does not, and must not be taken to, in any way, aid, procure, promote or provide "mail order bride" marriage-matching services to its users.
You acknowledge that the jurisdiction in which you reside may prohibit the advertisement of marriage-matching services or the solicitation of persons to partake in marriages.
If you reside in the Philippines, Belarus or any such jurisdiction that prohibits marriage-matching services to its residents, you hereby warrant, represent and covenant that you will not use the Service or the Website for any purpose in breach of any legislation prohibiting marriage-matching.
You hereby acknowledge and agree that it is your sole responsibility to ensure that you do not breach any prohibition on marriage-matching, and further hereby acknowledge and agree that the indemnity contained in clause 18 will apply to your breach of any legislation prohibiting marriage-matching.
5.1 Monitor Information
We reserve the right to monitor all profiles, gift messages and email messages to ensure that they conform to the requirements of these Terms of Use. To ensure that we provide the highest level of service and the safest online environment to our customers, we have engaged one or more third parties to provide online security functions for our customers. Providing this security requires the collection of certain non-personal data from your computer or other device by which you connect to our websites. You expressly acknowledge and agree to our collection, whether directly or by third-party security providers, of certain non-personal data to be used for the sole purpose of ensuring a secure and safe online environment for you. Even though no personal data is collected, we ensure that any third parties with which it contracts for security services observes the highest data protection and privacy standards.
5.2 Editing Information
While we do not and cannot review every message or other material posted or sent by members of the Service, and are not responsible for any content of these messages or materials, we reserve the right, but are under no obligation, to delete, move or edit messages or material (including profiles, messages, videos and audio recordings) that we, in our sole discretion, deem to breach these Terms of Use or to be otherwise unacceptable.
5.3 Security of Information
Unfortunately, no data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed as being totally secure. Whilst we strive to protect such information, we do not warrant and cannot ensure the security of any information which you transmit to us. Accordingly, any information which you transmit to us is transmitted at your own risk. Nevertheless, once we receive your transmission, we will take reasonable steps to preserve the security of such information.
Unless we agree otherwise in writing, you are provided with access to the Website for your personal use only. Businesses, groups, organisations and companies are prohibited from registering as member. You are authorised to print a copy of any information contained on the Website for your personal use, unless printing is expressly prohibited.
You agree and consent that the Company may use and disclose Personal Information that the Company collects for the purpose of direct marketing.
The Company reserves the right to send electronic mail to you regarding changes or additions to the Service, or any products and services of the Company and its affiliated businesses.
9.1 Sole Responsibility
Responsibility for the content of advertisements (if any) appearing on the Website (including hyperlinks to the advertisers own websites) rests solely with the advertisers. The placement of such advertisements does not constitute a recommendation or endorsement of the advertiser's product or service by the Company. Each advertiser is solely responsible for any representation made in connection with its advertisement.
The Company retains all right, title, and interest in the Service and the Website and the corresponding intellectual property rights and reserves all rights not explicitly granted.
10.1 Copyright
Copyright in the Service and the Website (including text, graphics, logos, icons, sound recordings and software) is owned or licensed by the Company. Other than for the purposes of, and subject to the conditions prescribed under, the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) and similar legislation which applies in your location, and except as expressly authorised by these Terms of Use, you may not in any form or by any means:
(a) adapt, reproduce, store, distribute, print, display, perform, publish or create derivative works from any part of the Service or the Website; or
(b) Commercialise any information, products or services obtained from any part of the Service or the Website;??without our prior written permission.
10.2 Trade Marks
Except where otherwise specified, any work or device to which is attached the ™ or ® symbol is a registered trade mark. If you use any of the trade marks owned by the Company in reference to our activities, products or services, you must include a statement attributing the trade mark to the Company. You must not use our trade marks:
(a) in or as the whole or part of your own trade marks;
(b) in connection with activities, products or services which are not ours;
(c) in a manner which may be confusing, misleading or deceptive; or
(d) in a manner that disparages us or our information, products or services (including without limitation, the Service and the Website).
11.1 Links provided for convenience only
The Website may contain links to other websites ("Linked Websites"). Those links are provided for convenience only and may not remain current or be maintained. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices associated with Linked Websites.
11.2 No Endorsement
Our links with Linked Websites should not be construed as an endorsement, approval or recommendation by the Company of the owners or operators of the Linked Websites, or of any information, graphics, materials, products or services referred to or contained on Linked Websites, unless and to the extent stipulated to the contrary. We recommend that you review the terms of use and privacy policy of a Linked Website prior to use of it.
We undertake to comply with the terms of our Privacy Policy which is located on the Website which we may amend from time to time to comply with applicable laws and our operations.
You agree and consent that, if the Company sells the Website, the Services or its business (or any part thereof) or there is a change in control of the Company, the Company may disclose, assign or otherwise transfer Personal Information, Sensitive Information and any other information you transmit on the Website or Services (including photographs and your public profile) to the purchaser or new controlling entity or individual, for the purposes of providing the Services and direct marketing to you. You acknowledge and agree that the new purchaser or new controlling entity or individual may be located in a country other than your country of residence, and you consent to the transfer of Personal Information to countries other than your country of residence.
14.1 Consumer rights under Consumer Law
For individuals in the European jurisdiction, you have a range of rights and remedies under the Directive on Consumer Rights (2011/83/EC).
14.2 No warranties as to accuracy
Subject to clause 14.1 we do not make any representations or warranties that the material or information provided through the Service or on the Website (including any member profile, advice, opinion, statement or other information displayed, uploaded or distributed by the Company or any member or any other person or entity) is reliable, accurate or complete or that your access to the Service or the Website will be uninterrupted, timely or secure. We are not liable for any loss arising from any action taken or reliance made by you on any information or material provided through the Service or on the Website. You should make your own enquiries before acting or relying on any information or material which appears on the Website. You acknowledge that any reliance upon any such material or information shall be at your own risk.
14.3 No warranties as to availability
Subject to clause 14.1 and 14.2, we do not warrant that the Service or the Website will be uninterrupted or error-free. The Service is distributed on an "as is" basis. There may be delays, omissions, and interruptions in the availability of the Service or the Website. Where permitted by law, you acknowledge that the Service (and the availability of the Website) is provided without any warranties of any kind whatsoever, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.
14.4 Implied warranties excluded
To the extent permitted by law and subject to clause 14.1 and 14.2, any condition or warranty which would otherwise be implied into these Terms of Use is hereby excluded. Where legislation implies any condition or warranty, and that legislation prohibits us from excluding or modifying the application of, or our liability under, any such condition or warranty, that condition or warranty will be deemed included but our liability will be limited for a breach of that condition or warranty to one or more of the following:
(a) if the breach relates to goods:
(b) if the breach relates to Services:
14.5 No Liability for loss
We do not accept responsibility for any loss or damage, however caused (including through negligence), which you may directly or indirectly suffer in connection with your use of the Service, the Website or any Linked Websites, nor do we accept any responsibility for any loss arising out of your use of, or reliance on, information contained in or accessed through the Service or the Website. For the avoidance of doubt and without limiting the generality of the foregoing:
(a) The Company does not accept any responsibility or liability for any direct, indirect, tentative, incidental, special or consequential damages arising out of or in any way connected with your use of the Service or the Website or with any delay or inability to use the Service or the Website, or for any information, products and other services obtained through the Service or the Website, or otherwise arising out of the use of the Website, whether based under contract, negligence or other tort, strict liability or otherwise, even if the Company has been advised of the possibility of such damage;
(b) The Company does not accept any responsibility or liability for any information or material which you submit to the Service or the Website nor do we accept any responsibility for any use or misuse of any information or material which you submit to the Service or the Website by other members or users;
(c) The Company does not accept any responsibility or liability for the conduct of any member or other user of the Service, including without limitation any conduct which causes physical injury to any person.
15.1 Risks
You acknowledge that there are risks involved in online dating, including without limitation, unknowingly dealing with underage persons or persons acting under a false pretence or for a criminal purpose.
You agree to take all necessary precautions when communicating with other users. In addition, you agree to review our online dating safety tips prior to using the service.
15.2 No warranty as to identity of member
You acknowledge that user authentication on the internet is extremely difficult. The Company cannot and does not warrant that each member or user of the Service is who he or she claims to be. Further, the Company cannot and does not warrant that member profiles are reliable, accurate or complete. Accordingly, you must be careful in dealing with other members or users of the Service or the Website.
The Company reserves the right to send electronic mail to you regarding changes or additions to the Service, or any products and services of the Company and its affiliated businesses.
17.1 Agreement effective for members
This Agreement will remain in full force and effect while you are a member of the Service or while you otherwise use the Website.
17.2 Termination of membership by you
You may terminate your membership at any time, for any reason, effective immediately upon our receipt of your written notice of termination. Notice of termination may be delivered to the address contained in the Contact Us section of the Website, may be emailed to the email address listed in the Contact Us section of the Website. You will not be entitled to a refund of any service fees as a consequence of the termination of your membership.
17.3 Special termination right for some US residents
If you are a resident of Arizona, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Ohio or Wisconsin at the time of entering into your subscription, then the following provision applies to you:
(a) You may cancel this Agreement, without penalty or obligation, at any time within three (3) business days of subscribing to paid services (the Cancellation Period). To cancel this Agreement, you must send us a signed and dated notice by registered or certified mail which states that you are cancelling this Agreement, or words to that effect. This notice shall be sent to the Company.
If you are a resident of California, Illinois, New York, or Ohio at the time of entering into your
membership, then the following provision applies to you:
(b) In the event that you die before the end of your membership period, your estate shall be entitled to a refund of that portion of any payment you had made for your membership sign-up which is allocable to the period after your death. In the event that you become severely disabled (and are unable to use the website) before the end of your membership period, you shall be entitled to a refund of that portion of any payment you had made for your membership sign-up which is allocable to the period after your disability by providing the company notice to the following address to:
17.4 Termination of your access to Service
We may, in our absolute discretion, block, terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the Service at any time, with or without notice, for any reason, including without limitation, any fraudulent, abusive, or otherwise illegal activity, or that which may otherwise affect the enjoyment of the Service by others.
17.5 Termination of membership by us
We may immediately terminate your membership and your access to the Service at any time if we determine (in our absolute discretion) that you have breached this Agreement. Notice of termination will be delivered to the last email address you provide to us. Any pre-paid fees relevant to the period following termination will be refunded to you after deducting any costs incurred or loss suffered by the Company in connection with your membership.
17.6 Deactivation for non-use
We may deactivate your account if you have not used the Service for a consecutive 6 month period unless you have an active paid subscription.
17.7 Termination under UK Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000
(a) This section applies to you only if you are a "consumer" as defined in the Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000 and resident within the EU and have not commenced to use the service. In the event the Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000 ("the Regulations") apply to these Terms of Use, you may terminate your membership within seven working days of registering as a member of the Service by providing notice in writing.
(b) You will be provided with a refund of any fees you have paid within 30 days of our receipt of your notice of termination if you have not commenced using the service. Your right to receive a refund does not apply once you have commenced using the service by doing any of the following:
To the extent permitted by law, you agree to indemnify, defend and hold the Company, its affiliates, related bodies corporate, shareholders, officers, employees, agents and representatives harmless from and against any and all claims, loss, damage, tax (including GST), liability and/or expense (including legal costs on a full indemnity basis) that may be incurred by the Company, its affiliates, related bodies corporate, shareholders, officers, employees, agents and representatives arising out of or in connection with:
(a) any breach by you of these terms;
(b) any unauthorised use of the site that can be connected or associated to you;
(c) any breach by you of any law; and
(d) any act or omission that you may do in connection with the site.
You agree to cooperate fully in the defence of any Claim. We reserve the right (but are under no obligation) to assume the exclusive defence and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, provided that you shall remain liable for any such Claim.
19.1 Failure to Comply
The Company accepts no liability for any failure to comply with these Terms of Use where such failure is due to circumstances beyond our reasonable control.
19.2 No Waiver
If we waive any rights available to us under these Terms of Use on one occasion, this does not mean that those rights will automatically be waived on any other occasion.
19.3 Severability
If any of these Terms of Use are held to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal for any reason, the remaining Terms of Use shall continue in full force.
19.4 Language of Agreement (Non-EU Residents only)
The language of this Agreement is English. Where the Company has provided a translation of the English version of this Agreement, you agree that the translation is provided for your convenience only. If there is any inconsistency between what the English language version of this Agreement and a translation, the English language version will prevail.
19.5 Variation
We reserve the right to amend these Terms of Use from time to time. Amendments will be effective immediately upon notification on the Website. Your continued use of the Website following such notification will represent an agreement by you to be bound by these Terms of Use as amended.
19.6 Assignment
You must not assign any of your rights under this Agreement or in respect of the Service or Website to any third party. The Company has the right to assign any or all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement or to the Service to any third party. At the election of the Company, in the event that the Company's obligations under this Agreement are assumed by a third party, the Company shall be relieved of any and all liability under this Agreement.
19.7 Relationship
You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and the Company as a result of this Agreement or your use of the Service or the Website.
19.8 Governing Law
(a) Users who are resident in Germany agree that this Agreement is governed by the laws in force in Germany and agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of that jurisdiction.
(b) Users who are a resident of a nation in the European Union other than Germany agree that this Agreement is governed by the laws in force in the United Kingdom and agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of that jurisdiction.
(c) Users who are a resident of a nation that is not in the European Union agree that this Agreement is governed by the laws in force in England and Wales and agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of that jurisdiction.
In these Terms of Use, the following expressions have the corresponding meanings:
"Claim" means, in relation to a person, a claim, demand, remedy, suit, injury, damage, loss, cost, liability, action, proceeding, right of action, claim for compensation or reimbursement or liability incurred by or to be made or recovered by or against the person, however arising and whether ascertained or unascertained, or immediate, future or contingent;
"Commercialise" means to exploit, market, promote, develop, integrate, research, sell and conduct any other activity for profit or reward;
"Company" means the Company, and shall include any related body corporate or associate (as those terms are defined in the Memorandum and Articles of the Company.
"EU" means the political and economic union of member states located in Europe known as the European Union.
"EU Country" means any country who is a current member and party to the treaties of the EU and means Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom currently.
"Personal Information" means Information or an opinion (including information or an opinion forming part of a database) whether true or not and whether recorded in a material form or not, about an individual whose identity is apparent or can reasonably be ascertained from the Information or opinion, and includes Sensitive Information;
"Paid Services" means the facilities and Services made available for fee-paying members of the Website holding a valid membership;
"Privacy Policy" means the Company's privacy policy which is available on the Website;
"Sensitive Information" means:
(a) information or an opinion about any individual's:
(b) health information about an individual; or
(c) genetic information about an individual that is not otherwise health information.
"Service" means the facilities made available for members via the Website;
"Website" means this website which is owned and operated by the Company;
"Terms of Use" means these Terms of Use as amended by the Company from time to time, which form the agreement between you and the Company;
"we", "us" and "our" all refer to the Company.
Split Shipment Policy
As we solely retail digital goods and services, there is no split shipment policy.


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It's all in the newest episode of Tuerck'd, where Ryan Twerk watches both dudes and ladies pee (not really), Ken SunBlock jumps a Ford Raptor, and everyone jumps off a cliff.
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It's hard being a Monster Hunter. Lugging your enormous greatsword around, long days out in the field whacking stuff with your enormous greatsword. Hunting monsters is dangerous business, big or small you're eventually going to come across something that's too hard to handle, and when that happens who are going to turn to for help? Well, you could always call on a friend in co-op mode, but should friend codes fail you, CheatPlanet will be here. We're fighting alongside you, working to build a database designed to help you through every encounter.
Note: This guide is a work in progress and will be continuously updated as we figure out the best ways to beat down all the critters. Make sure to check back!


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The men's and women's fencing teams open up the 2011-12
season on the road for the Penn State Open on Nov. 19. (Photo
courtesy of Gil Talbot)
Men's Fencing Schedule
Women's Fencing Schedule
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. The Harvard men's and women's fencing teams have announced the schedules for the 2011-12 season. Both teams are slated for challenging tournament competitions highlighted by the Beanpot Tournament, which will be hosted by the Crimson this season.
Both teams open the 2011-12 campaign on the road at the Penn State Open on Nov. 19. The Crimson tallied eight top-10 finishes in the respective weapon classes between the two squads, boasting four medal-winners with two gold, one silver, and one bronze during last year's tournament. Both teams will return to State College, Pa. three weeks later to compete in the Penn State Invitational on Dec. 3. The Crimson women's team will then open their home schedule hosting Tufts on Dec. 10 before heading into the holiday break.
Harvard returns to action on Jan. 22, as the Crimson take part in the St. John's Invitational in Queens, N.Y., before gearing up to compete in the Ivy League Championships on Feb.11-12. The Crimson will play host for this year's Beanpot Tournament slated for Feb. 14, which will be Harvard's only joint home event for the two squads.
The Crimson will close out the season at the NCAA Regional tournament in Boston on March 11 and the NCAA Championships on March 24-25 held in San Antonio, Texas. Harvard finished sixth out of 30 schools during last year's NCAA Championships while boasting a national champion as rising freshman Alexandra Kiefer claimed the tournament's foil individual title.
Harvard Fencing Releases 2011-12 Schedules
The men's and women's fencing teams open up the 2011-12
season on the road for the Penn State Open on Nov. 19. (Photo
courtesy of Gil Talbot)


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We're a leading technical agency in Sydney, Australia. This page should tell you all you need to know about us and more. To start with, we have a core team of 35 – a mix of developers, designers and project managers. For technology, we use Ruby on Rails and AngularJS. We apply the Agile project methodology.
We've been around for a while (+18y) and in that time have worked on a wide variety of projects. Picking up quite a bit of know how and experience along the way. We specialise in creating and building Digital Products.
Spoiler alert: this page goes on for ever. No seriously, it does. You need to be a real fan to read it all. If you're short on time you might want to check out the 6 questions we often get asked, some things we've made, or a handy map in case you need to plan out where you'll land your helicopter.
OK, so you might have arrived here asking yourself "how are these guys different to X?". Well, it depends on exactly who or what X is, but here are some "X"s that we run into:
Because we're very strong technically. We have a culture of making great code, with systems and tools to back this up. We won't get some freelance kid in to build your project because we do know the difference between java and javascript.
We'll provide you advice and strategy based on knowledge and experience, rather than some blog we read. And if we're not sure we take some time to actually look into it (rather than blindly trust technology vendors).
Because we can communicate clearly. We get it. We aim to learn very quickly more about your business or idea than you do. And we can conceptualise and build it.
Especially for complex projects, we know how critical it is that everyone has the same understanding of a project. Agile relies on having meaningful conversations rather than endless documentation, circular conversations and change requests.
Because we can scale. And we know how to build things that do scale. Scale might mean more traffic or higher transactions. Or it might mean more features. Or it could mean different types of team resources – like more developers, more design, or more project management.
We form close relationships with our clients creating dedicating teams to maximise communication and results. Each client has a dedicated team. Everyone on the team is an expert in their respective area. No passengers. The team uses the Agile methodology to deliver ideas, strategy, design and code. They strive to be as efficient as possible – lets not waste each other's time or money.
Each of the teams focus on delivering projects that we know from experience will work. Our tools back this up.
Often we see ideas and executions from one team being applied on other projects. So that new way of running ideation sessions, that great mobile strategy, or the idea that halved page load time gets re-used once it's been proven. Team members develop specific expertise, and they get shifted from team to team as those skills are required.
We share ideas and improvements via "standup" sessions and agile retrospectives. Transparency is key.
This all might seem a bit strange if you're used to dealing with traditional ad agencies or digital agencies. We don't have junior account people. And we most definitely don't have people who cause you to wonder what exactly they do again and why are they on your project.
Result = a core set of competencies resulting in timely correct decisions made by knowledgeable staff.
We've got some relatively large clients & sites that we've been working with for a while. We specialise in a way of building these sites called Ruby on Rails. It helps us make things more efficiently and with greater reliability.
We use it to build
Why should it matter to you how we build a site? Well, there are a gazillion "ways" you could make a web project- WordPress, dotNet, Joomla, etc. Rails is just one. It just happens to be a very good way to build complex projects. Rather than being just OK in a variety of "ways", we've chosen to focus on being experts in one – Ruby on Rails. It turns out that not only is it a great programming language for making web sites, it helps us work in a very Agile way, radically improve reliability and have a fully automated testing process.
Go back 10 years, Red Ant used to dabble in a bit of everything from ASP to dotNet to PHP. We paid many thousands of dollars to be fully certified Microsoft blah blah consultants of this and that. A few of our sites became quite popular, and we realised the tools we were using and our approach really wasn't cutting it. These sites were failing under load, becoming more expensive to run and more complex to maintain.
We weren't using these tools out of a conscious choice. Somehow it had just become that way depending on what our clients were already using.
So we stopped, thought about what we wanted, and changed tack. We had a careful look around at how other people were designing and building sites, and what kind of technologies were being used to make really big, really interesting and engaging sites. Spoiler alert: it wasn't dotNet.
We ended up choosing Ruby on Rails, as it suits the kind of stuff we like to do. Not only does it help us make highly interactive and dynamic sites, it also has a lot of really well thought out processes baked in. These lower our project risk – because no matter how awesome your rockstar developers are, they will make mistakes. Having processes, like automated tests and deployment processes, mitigates this by giving us a way of doing something right, and then repeating it flawlessly again and again.
Read more about why we use Rails here
Ask pretty much any agency if they can help you with digital strategy and ideas, and the answer will probably be yes. Come to think of it, these days you could probably ask anyone you meet and they're likely to have an opinion about your site and what you should be doing.
But there is a big gap between the talking and the doing. Especially in digital, so much rides on experience and a deep understanding of technology. Good luck to you if the agency advising you has little direct experience in the "doing" and subcontracts the actual work to someone else- I'm sure you'll get a fantastic looking something.
You might have heard of the story of the Fat Smoker. He is really fat, and he smokes. He'd like to live a long and happy life, so he asks various people what strategy follow. Everyone advises slightly differently, but they are essentially variations of the same thing: he should lose weight and stop smoking.
Unfortunately that is the obvious bit. The glib strategy, the easy part. Knowing the strategy in basic terms is very different from having a strategy which can actually work.
To achieve weight loss and giving up smoking, he'll need some specific plans and tools. This might need to be adjusted along the way- what worked to help lose the first 5kg might be different to what works for the last 5kg.
So really doing it – losing the weight, keeping it off, and giving up smoking – is the hard bit.
We can help you with that hard bit.
You might have heard about Agile and wondered what it is all about.
Agile is a way of defining a project with the end user in mind. Say we were designing an aeroplane, the definition wouldn't be about making an aluminium tube with flat things sticking out. Rather, it would focus on user requirement- eg something which can get 300 people from Sydney to Tokyo within a day.
It also involves breaking work up into a series of "sprints" – at the end of each sprint we're aiming to achieve certain goals.
Agile also involves the client, via a technique called "showcasing". This is where we regularly meet to review the site as it takes shape, rather than having a big "tadaaa" moment at the end. Instead of putting effort into making a big specification document at the start, we focus on having meaningful ongoing conversations about how things should work. Along with overall strategy, we know the project may change as things develop- something that seemed sensible at the start might be done better another way.
One of the best analogies I've heard about Agile is a military one.
Non-Agile: think WWI – the Generals would plan out their campaign months in advance. Orders were written out in great detail along with intricate maps, and sent to the troops. At the designated time, thousands of troops would rally and carry out these orders. Disobeying an order will get you shot. The Generals might not hear about progress and result for hours- sometimes days later.
Agile: think modern warfare, with much smaller, highly trained teams that move quickly. The overall objective is defined as getting to that hill, and this is simply and clearly defined and then discussed. Everyone in the team understands the critical bits, the "nice to haves" and the overall objective. But how the team actually gets to the hill is driven by the guys on the ground. New information might come to light during the day and the situation will change. They communicate regularly between each other, and back to command- all in real time.
Tests are an integral part of the way we work. When I say "test", you might think that means we check work once it is finished. The easiest way to think of a "test" is as a way of describing how something should be. These get made into automated scripts, and in the course of a project we'll make thousands of these and we can then check them continuously.
We follow a process called "test driven development". What that means is rather than starting a project with a set of photoshop images, we try to describe what your site should be as a set of features. These core ideas then get fleshed out into more detailed features and wireframes, which become the start of our tests.
These tests check how something should be: what should happen when I visit that page or press that button? These tests gradually get added to and refined, until we are confident that if the tests are passing, the site works OK.
Think of these tests as kind of like those spikes that rock climbers tie their rope to. You might slip during the climb (the slip being some code change which inadvertently breaks a feature) but you won't fall all the way back down.
To give an example of a test: your site might have members, and you want them to be able to log in and update their profile image and username.
Off the back of this, we could create a simple test, which checks that a user can indeed update their profile image and username. At the start this test will fail. But then a developer designs and builds a form so that a user can indeed log in and update this information. The test starts to pass.
The actual "tests" are scripts which mimic user behaviour to see if something is working. So one test might check the actual code to see if the form logic means it is editable. And another would fire up a virtual browser and pretend to be a real user- filling out their profile and saving an image.
Several months later, a developer makes a change which inadvertently hides the profile image- so users can no longer update their profiles. Which would really irritate some users. Which would be Bad.
But that simple test we had in place right from the start checks this. That test will fail even before the code is committed- alerting the developer to fix it.
If you're down this far you've either fallen asleep and just woken up, or you're interested in finding out more. You can see what we look like on our Flickr, you can stalk us on LinkedIn, Google+ or follow our Twitter. You can even walk around our office. Or you can simply pick up the phone and call us on (+61 2) 9267 8300.


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== Source Code ==
== Source Code ==
After the
After the of the [[GEF/GEF4 | GEF4]] provisional component will be located in the [http://git.eclipse.org/c/gef/org.eclipse.gef4.git/ GEF4 Git repository]. Up to now it only includes the [[GEF/GEF4 GEF4]] as well as the already . the Zest2 component can be found in the [http://git.eclipse.org/c/gef/org.eclipse.zest.git Zest Git repository].
== Update Sites ==
== Update Sites ==
Revision as of 01:24, 27 July 2012
GEF4 is the unified effort to develop a new GEF 4.0 code base as a modernization of the current one (Draw2d and GEF (MVC) 3.x and Zest 1.x, in the following referred to as GEF proper). Being developed in parallel to maintaining the GEF proper code base, GEF4 is set up as a provisional component in order to not being bound to the same API compatibility constraints.
Current Status
Development has been started by creating a new double-precsision Geometry-API (see Bugzilla 355997 for details) based on the Draw2d geometry classes as a nucleus. As this is nearing completion, creation of a new Graphics-API (see Bugzilla 386029 for details), which abstracts from a concrete windowing toolkit and can be used in SWT and AWT context (we assume that JavaFX might become interesting as an Eclipse RCP rendering possibility on the near term), is the next logical step we have started with. After this, the remaining parts of the Draw2d and Zest2 code base can be migrated, after it GEF (MFC).
Bugzilla components (for those listed above) are created one by one as parts of the remaining code base are migrated. In addition, all bugs related to GEF4 are prefixed
[GEF4]. Here is a list of all bugs currently related to GEF4.
Source Code
After the creation of the GEF4 provisional component has been finalized, its complete source code will be located in the GEF4 Git repository. Up to now it only includes the GEF/GEF4 GEF4 specific release engineering infrastructure as well as the code for the already migrated/created components. Before being migrated as well, the Zest2 component can be found in the Zest Git repository.
Update Sites
A Tycho-based build infrastructure for the GEF4 provisional component has been configured under https://hudson.eclipse.org/hudson/job/gef4-nightly-tycho. The build job is triggered hourly in case of changes to the source code repository and further once per day. It produces an update-site, which does not get promoted to downloads.eclipse.org, but can directly be consumed from:
In addition to this, integration, milestones, and release builds are promoted to downloads.eclipse.org and can be found here:
- http://download.eclipse.org/tools/gef/gef4/updates/integration
- http://download.eclipse.org/tools/gef/gef4/updates/milestones
- http://download.eclipse.org/tools/gef/gef4/updates/releases
Note that while integration builds are promoted automatically once per week (every friday), milestone and release builds are published only manually on the respective occasions (not yet). Further note that these update sites are merged (so old builds are preserved), while the nightly update site gets replaced on each build.


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Cameron University students have benefitted from the generosity of endowed scholarship donors for more than 35 years. These scholarship contributions provide enormous opportunities for students, many times opening the doors to educational opportunities that may have otherwise been out of reach.
Endowed Scholarships are a wonderful example of Cameron University donors' support of our students. These scholarships are established when a minimum contribution from a donor is deposited into the University's endowment fund and invested under the direction of the Cameron University Foundation Board of Directors. Each year, a percentage of the earnings from the investment are awarded to deserving students.
To establish an endowed scholarship, the following contributions are required:
- Endowed Scholarship: $10,000
- President's Distinguished Scholarship: $25,000
If you are interested in establishing an endowed scholarship, please contact the Office of Advancement at 580-581-2999. For more information on endowed scholarships, please view our Ways To Give page.
If you would like to contribute to one of the endowed scholarships you see listed, please visit our Giving to CU page and tell us which scholarship you would like to contribute to in the "special instructions" box.
Please click on the links below to learn more about our endowed scholarships, or click to see all of our Endowed Scholarships.


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It's finally the First Lady's turn to step into the "Iron Chef America" spotlight.
In the episode, which will open the show's new season, White House chef Christeta Comerford and celebrity chef Bobby Flay joins forces against Mario Batali and Emeril Lagasse.
Mrs. Obama will be featured on the show, revealing the secret ingredient that the chefs must use in their televised cook-off, the New York Times reported. She'll also talk about her Healthy Kids Initiative.
That's her campaign to reduce childhood obesity through better school lunches, community gardens, farmers' markets and exercise.
Hillary had health care -- but Michelle has the kids' waistlines.
The difference, according to the Times, is that Mrs. Obama is getting her message across in ways few of her predecessors would have considered. True, but we think The Gray Lady forgets how the Obamas used the Internet to help win the presidential campaign. The First Couple is smarter than smart, and hip too.
They're also big sweet potato lovers, according to the First Lady, who suggested the chefs might want to add one or two from the White House garden to their cooking.
Iron Chef's season opener was taped at the White House with the First Lady; the chefs had a reunion cook-off in New York this past Tuesday sans Mrs. Obama.
The episode is scheduled to air today on the Food Network.


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Radial location of bearings
1. Type and magnitude of the load
The degree of interference must suit the type and magnitude of the load, i.e. the heavier the load and the stronger the shock loads, the tighter the interference required (fig. 1).
- Under heavy loads, spherical plain bearings deform elastically, which may affect the interference fit and lead to ring creep.
- The strength of the associated components must be adequate to accommodate the loads and fully support the bearing.
- If the associated components deform, there is a risk that through-hardened bearing rings crack.
Steel/steel radial spherical plain bearings require a tighter fit than comparable maintenance-free bearings, which have a lower coefficient of friction.
2. Bearing internal clearance
3. Temperature conditions
In operation, the bearing rings normally have a higher temperature than their seats. This means that
- the inner ring fit gets loosen (fig. 3)
the outer ring fit becomes tighter and may restrict any required axial displacement in the housing.
4. Design of associated components
The bearing seats on the shaft and in the housing must not lead to uneven distortion
(out-of-round) of the bearing rings (fig. 4).
- Split housings are not suitable for interference fits.
- Thin-walled housings, light alloy housings and hollow shafts require a tighter fit than thick-walled steel or cast iron housings and solid shafts – and must have sufficient strength.
Heavy loads and interference fits require thick-walled one-piece steel or cast iron housings and solid steel shafts.
5. Axial displacement of non-locating bearings
A non-locating bearing provides radial support only and must always be able to be displaced axially (fig. 5). This is normally achieved by selecting a loose fit for one of the bearing rings, generally the inner ring of a spherical plain bearing. Reasons include the following:
- The shaft seat can be easily and economically hardened and ground to facilitate axial displacement. The hardness of the shaft should be at least 50 HRC.
- The outer rings of most spherical plain bearings are axially fractured at one or two positions, or are radially split. This can make axial displacement difficult, if not impossible.
The housing bore should be protected against wear.
Surface finish of seats
The recommended surface roughness for bearing
seats is in accordance with ISO 4288:1997.
- for shaft seats Rz ≤ 10 μm
for housing bore seats Rz ≤ 16 μm
Recommended fits
Only a limited number of ISO tolerance classes are appropriate for spherical plain bearings. Fig. 6 shows schematically the relative positions of these in relation to the bore and outside diameter of the bearings. The recommended tolerance classes for


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benvolio needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 207 designs submitted by 60 freelance designers.
Micropower need a logo to reflect the launch of the new management of the business; it is now a public company. "Integrated Business Solutions†is our new statement.
Integrated Business Solutions
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Micropower would like the logo to represent the best in modern innovation & technology. It should be fresh, clean and dynamic.
The logo will be used across many mediums, new website, all stationery, trade shows banners and merchandise such as t-shirts and hats.
The target audience is primarily over 30's board members of established organisations like Golf Clubs, Universities, Marinas and Businesses.
Beyond this – the brief is completely open. We have no colour preferences (but the logo should work in black+white) or font preferences.
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