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The Grow Network agrees to provide our services and materials pursuant to the Terms of Service set forth below. Any person who uses or relies on our services and materials agrees to do so according to these Terms. The Grow Network may amend or modify these Terms by posting an update to this site, and you agree to accept the new Terms by using or relying on our services and materials after such notice. You should take the time to read through these Terms, and if you have any questions, please contact us at the address listed at the end.

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Please note that users are strictly prohibited from permitting non-authorized individuals to see the information on this site. The Grow Network will terminate the access rights of users who violate this rule.

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UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT, OR NEGLIGENCE) WILL THE GROW NETWORK (OR ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS) BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES THAT ARISE OUT OF, OR RELATED TO THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE GROW NETWORK MATERIALS. You specifically acknowledge and agree that The Grow Network and its directors, officers, employees, and agents are not liable for any defamatory, offensive, or illegal conduct of any authorized or unauthorized user. If you are dissatisfied with any of The Grow Network's services or materials, or with any of these Terms as they may be amended from time to time, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using The Grow Network.

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Users permitted to enter materials on any of these pages are responsible for the content of that material. Grow has no responsibility for the content of any messages or information posted by users, or for the content of information of third parties on the Internet, even if accessed through Grow's pages. However, Grow retains the right, which it may or may not exercise, in its sole discretion, to review third party material and to edit or delete from the service any third party material that Grow deems to be illegal, offensive, or otherwise inappropriate.

As a condition of your use of The Grow Network's services and materials, you warrant that you will not use the services or materials for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms (including but not limited to any use that infringes another's copyright rights). You may not use this site in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the site or any user of the site, or interfere with any other party's use of the site.

In addition, user may not:

1. use these web pages for any purpose that is prohibited by any law or regulation, or to facilitate the violation of any law or regulation;
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3. obtain or attempt to obtain through any means any materials or information on these web pages that have not been intentionally made available either by their display on these pages or through their accessibility by a visible link on these web pages;
4. violate any measure employed to limit or prevent access to these web pages or their content;
5. violate the security of these web pages or attempt to gain unauthorized access to these web pages, data, materials, information, computer systems or networks connected to any server of these web pages, through hacking, password mining or any other means;
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7. take or attempt any action that, in the sole discretion of Grow, imposes or may impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load or burden on these web pages or the infrastructure of these web pages.

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