IMPORTANT -- PLEASE READ: These Terms of Service govern your use of Prerogative Online Edition. These Terms of Service describe the proper kinds of conduct and prohibited uses of Prerogative Online Edition. These terms are not exhaustive and We reserve the right to modify them at any time, effective upon posting of the modified terms on the Website. By registering as a user or using the Website, you agree to abide by these terms as modified from time to time. Any violation of these terms may result in the suspension or termination of your right to access the Website.

Permissible Uses

We believe that the Website is a valuable place for Prerogative Online Edition users to exchange information and learn from one another. Like any community, the Website is most valuable when everyone follows certain basic guidelines and rules of conduct. The Website Terms of Service sets forth these Rules and Guidelines so that you know what is expected of you and what you can expect from other participants when using the Website. At Prerogative Online Edition, we want the Website to be appropriate, friendly, informative, and fun for all of our users.

Registration

You are not obligated to register in order to access the Website. However, registration (via provision of a valid email address, screen name and password) and login are required in order to post to the message boards, access all site content and adjust user settings.

When you register, you will also be asked to enter your personal information. Please keep in mind when choosing a screen name and filling out your profile that whenever you post to a message board your screen name, and a link to your profile and online status, will be made public (accessible to any member browsing the Website).

We may refuse to grant you, and you may not use, a screen name (or email address) that is already being used by someone else, impersonates another person, belongs to another person (without his or her prior consent), violates the intellectual property or other rights of any person, is vulgar or otherwise offensive, or that we reject for any other reason at our sole discretion.

In consideration of your use of the Website, you agree that all information provided in your profile is accurate, true, current and complete. Prerogative Online Edition may terminate your account if any of the information provided is found to be inaccurate, false, out of date, or incomplete.

Prerogative Online Edition Administrators

Prerogative Online Edition provides Administrators for the Website. Administrators perform their duties on a volunteer basis and are not authorized representatives of Prerogative Online Edition, the Bluefield Daily Telegraph or CNHI, Inc.

Posting Content/ Sending Private Messages

Participation in the Website is governed by the Rules of Conduct, set forth below and incorporated herein by reference. Messages sent by the Private Messages component are subject to all rules set forth in these Terms of Service.

Prerogative Online Edition permits users to post hypertext links to content hosted and maintained by third parties. Although linked sites are not generally reviewed by Administrators, links are subject to treatment like any other type of content posted to the Website. You may not include a link in the Website that directs users to any content or information that, if posted in the Website, would constitute a violation of these Terms of Service.

The linked sites are not moderated by Prerogative Online Edition, are not under Prerogative Online Edition's control and your access to any linked site is at your own risk. You should use your own judgment before you use any link or access any linked site. When leaving the Website using any link provided by a user, you should be aware that Prerogative Online Edition's terms and policies no longer govern, and, therefore, you should review the applicable terms and policies, including privacy and data gathering practices, of that site. If you access a linked site and find that materials to be in violation of these Terms of Service, you may report the link as described below.

Prerogative Online Edition makes no claim or representation regarding, and accepts no responsibility for, the quality, content, nature or reliability of sites accessible by hyperlink from the Website. The ability to include links is provided only as a convenience to you, and the inclusion of any link by a user of the Website does not imply affiliation, endorsement, or adoption by Prerogative Online Edition of the linked site or any information contained therein.

Enforcement

Prerogative Online Edition generally does not pre-screen, verify or edit the content posted by users in the Website. However, Prerogative Online Edition reserves the right to investigate any violation of Prerogative Online Edition Terms of Service and to take appropriate remedial action. Prerogative Online Edition has absolute discretion to enforce the terms of these documents, including, but not limited to warning users of violations, disabling or suspending Private Message privileges and/ or Website access, deleting, screening or editing any content, or prohibiting any behavior that does not comply with these Terms of Service, or which is otherwise inappropriate for this Website, harmful, objectionable, or inaccurate.

Prerogative Online Edition also may release information concerning your use of the Website (including posted content, registration information, and network records) when We believe release is appropriate to comply with the law (e.g., a lawful subpoena, warrant or court order); to enforce or apply Prerogative Online Edition's Terms of Service; to protect Prerogative Online Edition's rights or property, or to protect Prerogative Online Edition's users from fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful use of the Website; or if Prerogative Online Edition reasonably believes that an emergency involving immediate danger of death or serious physical injury to any person requires disclosure of communications or justifies disclosure of records without delay.

Deliberate attempts by you or someone on your behalf to evade or circumvent your suspension or termination of your rights to use the Website violates these Terms of Service, constitutes an unlawful trespass to Prerogative Online Edition's equipment and systems, and may result in legal action.

To report violations of Prerogative Online Edition Terms of Service, please contact the Website Main Administrator.

Rules of Conduct

By participating in the Website, including the posting of content and sending of Private Messages, you agree that you will not upload, post, or otherwise transmit any content (including text, links, communications, software, images, sounds, data, or other information) that:

1. Is not consistent with the permissible uses outlined by the Terms of Service, including, but not limited to, content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, vulgar, profane, sexually explicit, obscene, racially or ethnically offensive or otherwise objectionable;

2. Infringes on any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other proprietary rights of any party;

3. Constitutes junk mail, "spamming," chain letters, or any other form of unauthorized solicitation. Links that connect to commercial websites will not be considered unauthorized solicitations unless the link or the website content appears to be intended as a means of solicitation as determined by Prerogative Online Edition in its sole discretion;

4. Contains software viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots or any other computer code or files that are designed to disrupt, damage, or limit the functioning of any software or hardware;

5. Provides any non-public information about Prerogative Online Edition, users of the Website, or any other company or person without the proper authorization to do so.

6. Intentionally interferes with the operation of the Website or with a fellow user's message box, without limitation, mail or "post" bombing, news bombing, other flooding techniques, deliberate attempts to overload a system and broadcast attacks, or attempts to avoid messaging blocking.

7. Impersonates any person or entity, including Prerogative Online Edition management or forges any TCP-IP packet header, e-mail header or any part of a message header. This prohibition does not include the use of aliases or anonymous remailers.

8. Attacks or insults another Prerogative Online Edition user or moderator;

9. Suggests or encourages illegal activity; or

10. Violates U.S. export law, including, without limitation, the Export Administration Act and Export Regulations maintained by the Department of Commerce.

Additional Guidelines

These Guidelines are intended to set the Website's tone and visitor expectations, in order to improve the Website experience.

Do not reveal information that you do not want to make public. Any personal information that you post can be obtained and used by others. Anything you post in the Website, you post at your own risk.

You use the Website at your own risk. In any online forum like Prerogative Online Edition's Forum, it is not possible to be sure that other users are who they say they are, know what they say they know, or are affiliated with whom they say they are affiliated.

Be respectful of other users.

Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability

Much of the content posted to Prerogative Online Edition and sent in Private Messages is provided by third parties like you. Such third-party content is the sole responsibility of the person originating that content. Prerogative Online Edition does not control, and is not responsible for this third-party content. You agree to indemnify and hold Prerogative Online Edition harmless from any claim, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of content you submit, post, transmit or make available through the Website or its Private Message feature, your use of the Website, your violation of these Terms of Service or the Website Terms of Use, or your violation of any rights of another.

Prerogative Online Edition does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy, reliability, completeness, usefulness, non-infringement of intellectual property rights, or quality of any content on the Website, regardless of who originates that content. You expressly understand and agree that you bear all risks associated with using or relying on that content. Prerogative Online Edition will not be liable or responsible in any way for any content posted on or linked from the Website or in Private Messages, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in content, or for any losses or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of or reliance on any content. This disclaimer and limitation on liability is in addition to the disclaimers and limitations contained in the Terms of Use.