Terms of Use

ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
These Terms of Use dictate your use of TheObservationist.com (the "Site"). The Site is available to our users ("you" or "readers" or "authors"), subject to the following Terms, which may be updated without warning to you. If you continue to use the Site after changes to the Terms have been posted then you accept the new Terms. The "Site" refers to THEOBSERVATIONIST.com website, and all the content included on the Site.

The Site is provided as you see it. The Site will not be held responsible for the expediency, undelivered, deleted, or unsaved user communications with the Site.

It is the users responsibility to gain access to the Site. The Site is not responsible for providing you with access to the Site.

COPYRIGHT AND COPYRIGHT COMPLAINTS
The Site and its authors, suppliers, and customers own all the Content used on the Site. The Site is intended for your personal, noncommercial use only. You may quote any of the Site's articles if you provide a proper source reference that includes the Site, article title and author information. This is the only time you may reproduce the content found on the Site.

You agree not to:

   a) tamper with or manipulate the Site in any way, add or manipulate anything that affects the user's experience with the Site, or use any data gathering methods with respect to the Site.
   b) add comments that are of a spurious or inflammatory nature. Regular comments in the course of discussing an article are fine, but "trolling", "spamming", or posting large lists of links to non-relevant websites will not be tolerated.

Requests to use content for any purpose other than as a quoted source must receive written approval. You can contact us at jdivis@theobservationist.com.

The Site was created to appeal to a large group of readers. It is the responsibility of legal guardians to determine if the Site is appropriate for their child or children.

THE SITE PRIVACY POLICY
Any information the Site obtains about you is subject to our Privacy Policy. For more information about this policy please reference our full policy. In the case of a conflict between these Terms and the Privacy Policy, these Terms will supercede. The Site reserves the right to e-mail you for the purpose of informing you of changes or additions to the Site. The Site may contact you to solicit feedback about the Site. Any information received will help improve the Site and better understand our users. Any information the Site obtains about our users will not be shared with third parties, except referred to as a whole.

USER SUBMISSION If you decide to submit anything to the Site you understand that you waive claim against the Site regarding the use of the submission. The Site respects the submissions as the Submitter's copyright. The Site will do everything in its power to ensure that the Submitter is credited as the Author of any submitted materials.

For any User Submission, you give the Site a royalty-free, non-exclusive right and license to use, display, change, archive, and reproduce the submission, in any form. These rights are given to the Site without any compensation to you.

By providing any User Submission or communicating with the Site, including, for example, posting any content, placing any advertisement, et cetera, you claim you have the right to submit and use this information, that the information you submit is accurate and does not violate the Terms, and the use of your submitted material will not harm or infringe upon the rights of any legal entity.

INDEMNITY
The Users' use of the Site is their responsibility. The Users agree to relieve THEOBERSVATIONIST.COM and any of its authors, other users, customers, suppliers or advertisers harmless from any claim or demand arising out of your use of the Site.

MODIFICATIONS TO THE SITE
The Site reserves the right to change the website at any time. The Site will not be at fault to anyone for any changes to the Site.

ADVERTISERS AND PURCHASE TRANSACTIONS
Any and all interactions between the Site's Users and any Advertiser the user my come into contact with through the Site, are between the User and Advertiser. The Site will not be responsible for anything that occurs between the Users and the Advertisers.

LINKS
The Site may provide links to other websites or resources. The Site does not have control over these other websites and resources. The Site will not be held accountable for anything found on outside websites or resources. The Site in no way endorses anything on the external resources. The User is responsible for any interactions with external websites and resources and the User will not hold the Site liable for anything that may happen to the User with regards to the external websites and resources.

GENERAL INFORMATION
These Terms are an agreement between the Site and it's Users. The Terms will govern your use of the Site.

The laws of the State of Nebraska shall govern the relationship between you and the Site.

If the Site chooses not to enforce its rights the Terms all parties will still be subject to the Terms.

VIOLATIONS
Please report any violations of the Terms of Service to jdivis@theobservationist.com.

MOST IMPORTANTLY
We hope you enjoy your experiences on the Site. Please contact us if you have any questions, concerns or suggestions.