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Please read this document carefully. By reading or posting comments to this Listserv, you are agreeing to be bound by all of the Terms. The Terms were last updated on November 10, 2016.

The Terms are intended to supplement, and not supersede, the general Terms of Use for MHE web sites which are located at http://www.mheducation.com/terms-use.html. Each and every time you access and use this Listserv, you agree to these Terms and the MHE Terms of Use.

Your Responsibilities

If you use this Listserv, you alone are responsible for the content of your messages and any consequences which arise from them. By using this Listserv, you agree to the following:

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You may be removed from the Listserv if you do not follow these guidelines.

User Generated Content, MHE Rights

Although we encourage you to use the Listserv, you should not e-mail us anything that contains confidential information. Please refer to our Privacy Notice at http://www.mheducation.com/privacy.html with regard to how we handle your personal information. With respect to all e-mails you send the Listserv, including but not limited to feedback, questions, comments, suggestions, and the like, we shall be free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in your communications for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to, the development, production and marketing of products and services that incorporate such information.

MHE does not and cannot review all communications and materials posted to or created by users accessing the Listserv ("User Generated Content"), and is not in any manner responsible for the content of the User Generated Content. MHE reserves the right to edit, alter, delete, block or remove communications or materials that it determines to be in violation of our guidelines or is offensive or otherwise unacceptable to MHE in its sole discretion.

MHE may, at any time and without notice, close any discussion on this Listserv if, in its sole discretion, it considers that discussions are or may become inappropriate.

MHE may restrict, suspend or terminate access to this Listserv, or take such action as it deems appropriate, if it determines, in its sole discretion, that you are in breach of any of the Terms or that your use of this Listserv is inappropriate or otherwise unacceptable. The restriction, suspension or termination of your access to this Listserv shall be without prejudice to any rights which MHE may have against you regarding your breach of the Terms.

Indemnity and Miscellaneous

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold MHE and our officers, directors, employees, successors, licensees, service providers, and assignees harmless from and against any claims, actions, or demands, including, without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees, arising or resulting from your use of this Listserv or breach of the Terms. The Terms, and the documents incorporated expressly within them by reference including the MHE Terms of Use, constitute the entire understanding between you and MHE as to your use of this Listserv and supersede all prior agreements and understandings between you and MHE.