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Terms And Conditions Of Use

Please Read These Terms Carefully Before Using This Site

This Web site ("Site") is provided by Muir & Associates Consulting, Inc. (Muir & Associates) and may be used for informational purposes only. By using the site ("Services") or downloading information ("Materials") from the site, you agree to abide by the terms and conditions set forth in this notice. If you do not agree to abide by these terms and conditions, do not use the Site or download Materials from the Site. By using this site and the materials therein, you have accepted these terms and condition.

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Limited License

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, Muir & Associates grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited right to access, use and display this Site and the Materials thereon.

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Interruption of Service

You agree not to interrupt or attempt to interrupt the operation of the site in any way.

Muir & Associates authorizes you to view and download the Materials at this Site only for your personal, non-commercial use. This authorization is not a transfer of title in the Materials.

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Copyright and Usage of Content

Copies of the Materials are subject to the following restrictions:

  1. You must retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the Materials on all copies of downloaded materials.
  2. You must not modify the Materials in any way or reproduce or publicly display, perform, transmit, distribute or otherwise use them for any public or commercial purpose.
  3. Only use images with surrounding text related to the images.
  4. You must not transfer the Materials to any other person unless you give them notice of, and they agree to accept, the obligations arising under these terms and conditions of use.
  5. You agree to abide by all additional restrictions displayed on the Site as it may be updated from time to time.
  6. This Site, including the Services and Material are protected by Canadian and international copyright, patent, trademarks laws and other intellectual property laws. You agree to comply with all copyright and intellectual propery laws worldwide in your use of this Site and to prevent any unauthorized copying of the Materials. Except as expressly provided herein, Muir & Associates does not grant any express or implied right to you under any patents, trademarks, copyrights or trade secret information.
  7. This Site may not be used to construct a database of any kind or be stored in any kind of information retrieval system for access by you or any third party or to distribute any database containing all or part of the Site or its content.
  8. "Muir & Associates" and the Muir & Associates logo are trademarks or registered Trademarks of Muir & Associates Consulting, Inc. All other product names and logos are identified wherever possible and are trademarks of their respective owners.
  9. No further publication or commercial use may be made of the Materials and Services on this Site without the express written permission of Muir & Associates.

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Disclaimer

Muir & Associates DOES NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE MATERIALS OR THE RELIABILITY OF ANY ADVICE, OPINION, STATEMENT OR OTHER INFORMATION DISPLAYED OR DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE SITE. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ANY RELIANCE ON ANY SUCH OPINION, ADVICE, STATEMENT, MEMORANDUM, OR INFORMATION SHALL BE AT YOUR SOLE RISK. Muir & Associates RESERVES THE RIGHT, IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, TO CORRECT ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY PORTION OF THE SITE. Muir & Associates MAY MAKE ANY OTHER CHANGES TO THE SITE, THE MATERIALS AND SERVICES DESCRIBED IN THE SITE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE.

THIS SITE, THE INFORMATION AND MATERIALS ON THE SITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" for your internal informational purposes only, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY of any kind, including any IMPLIED warranty of quality, MERCHANTABILITY, fitness for a particular purpose, or NON-INFRINGEMENT. In JURISDICTIONS that DO NOT ALLOW FOR THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES and representations, THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

The Materials on this Site may contain technical inaccuracies or typographical errors, and information may be changed, updated and deleted without notice. Muir & Associates makes no warranties that this Site will operate uninterrupted or error free of that errors will be corrected. Muir & Associates does not warrant that this Site or the Materials contained therein are compatible with your computer equipment or that the Site or its server is free from errors, computer viruses, "Trojan horses" or spyware and the Muir & Associates is not liable for any damage you may suffer as a result of such destructive features.

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Third Party Sites

On this Site, Muir & Associates may provide links to Web sites operated by other entities. If you use these sites, you will leave this Site. If you decide to visit any linked site, you do so at your own risk and it is your responsibility to take all protective measures to guard against viruses or other destructive elements. Muir & Associates makes no warranty or representation regarding, and does not endorse, any linked Web sites or the information appearing thereon or any of the products or services described thereon except where partnership agreements between Muir & Associates and the entity exist. Links do not imply that Muir & Associates or this Site sponsors, endorses, is affiliated or associated with, or is legally authorized to use any trademark, trade name, logo or copyright symbol displayed in or accessible through the links, or that any linked site is authorized to use any trademark, trade name, logo or copyright symbol of Muir & Associates except where a partnership agreement between Muir & Associates and the entity exist.

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External Links to the Site

All links to the Site must be approved in writing by Muir & Associates, except that Muir & Associates consents to links in which:

  1. the link is a text-only link containing only the name "Muir & Associates Consulting, Inc."
  2. the link "points" only to www.muir-and-associates.com and not to deeper pages on the Site
  3. the link, when activated by a user, displays that page full-screen in a fully operable and navigable browser window and not within a "frame" on the linked website.
  4. the appearance, position, and other aspects of the link may not
  • create the false appearance that an entity or its activities or products are associated with or sponsored by Muir & Associates
  • be such as to damage or dilute the goodwill associated with the name and trademarks of Muir & Associates.

Muir & Associates reserves the right to revoke this consent to link at any time in its sole discretion.

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Information Provided By You

Any personally identifiable information you may provide to Muir & Associates via this Site is protected by the Privacy Policy associated with this Site. Muir & Associates does not want you to, and you should not, send any confidential or proprietary information to Muir & Associates via the Site. You agree that any information or materials that you or individuals acting on your behalf provide to Muir & Associates will not be considered confidential or proprietary. By providing any such information or materials to Muir & Associates, you grant to Muir & Associates an unrestricted, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, display, publicly perform, transmit and distribute such information and materials, and you further agree that Muir & Associates is free to use any ideas, concepts or know-how that you or individuals acting on your behalf provide to Muir & Associates. You further recognize that Muir & Associates does not want you to, and you warrant that you shall not, provide any information or materials to Muir & Associates that is defamatory, threatening, obscene, harassing, or otherwise unlawful, or that incorporates the proprietary material of another.

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Limitations of Liability

IN NO EVENT, including and not limited to, neglegence SHALL Muir & Associates BE LIABLE TO ANY ENTITY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, incidental or CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY LOST PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF INFORMATION OR PROGRAMS OR OTHER DATA ON YOUR INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM) THAT may result from THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE CONTENT, MATERIALS, AND FUNCTIONS OF THE SITE, EVEN IF Muir & Associates IS EXPRESSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. If you are dissatisfied with Muir & Associates' terms and conditions, you sole and exclusive remedy to to discontinue using the Site and Materials.

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Termination

This agreement is effective until terminated by Muir & Associates. In the event of termination, the disclaimers, limits of liabilities, and copyright set forth in this agreement, shall survive.

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Changes

Muir & Associates reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove any portion of this Agreement in whole or in part, at any time. Changes in this Agreement will be effective when notice of such change is posted. Your continued use of the Site after any changes to this Agreement are posted will be considered acceptance of those changes.

Muir & Associates may terminate, change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the Muir & Associates Site, including the availability of any features of the Site, at any time. Muir & Associates may also impose limits on certain features and services or restrict your access to parts or all of the Site without notice or liability. Muir & Associates may terminate the authorization, rights and license given above and, upon such termination, you shall immediately destroy all Materials.

Previous versions of these terms & conditions will be kept in an archive for you to view.

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International Users and Choice of Law

This Site is controlled, operated and administered by Muir & Associates from its offices within Canada. Muir & Associates makes no representation that materials at this site are appropriate or available for use at other locations outside of the Canada and access to them from territories where their contents are illegal or prohibited. You may not use the Site or export the Materials in violation of Canadian export laws and regulations. If you access this Site from a locations outside of the Canada, you are responsible for compliance with all applicable local laws. These Terms and Conditions of use shall be governed by the laws of the province of Alberta, without giving effect to any principles or conflict of laws. If any provision of this agreement shall be unlawful, void, or for any other reason unenforceable, the that provision shall be deemed severable from this agreement and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between Muir & Associates and you with respect to your use of the Site. Any cause of action you may have with respect to your use of the Site must be commenced within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action arises. If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of the Agreement or portion thereof, to be unenforceable, that provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible so as to effect the intent of the Agreement, and the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.

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