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style="border:none;width:100%;text-align:left;" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Randall Clark, MD, FASA, Chair</td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Robert W. Thomsen, MD, FASA, Treasurer</td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Sheila Barnett, MD, FASA</td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Juliana Barr, MD, FCCM</td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Lois A. Connolly, MD, FASA</td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Patrick Guffey, MD<br /> </td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Jiapeng Huang, MD, PhD, FASA, FASE<br /> </td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Patrick J. McCormick, MD<br /> </td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Kimberlee Olsen, MD<br /> </td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Neeju Ravikant, MS, MD<br /> </td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Irving Ye, MD, MBA, FASA<br /> </td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;"> </td> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Brian Reilly, Ex Officio</td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Diane Ziegenhorn, AQI Director of Operations</td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div> </div> <div class="slice slice--centered backgroundImage" style="background-image: url('')"> <div class="slice__content"> <div class="rt-container external-links"> <h2 class="slice__title" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding-bottom:0px;">AQI committees are dedicated to improving quality of care for patients</h2> </div> </div> </div> <div class="slice slice--centered backgroundImage" style="background-image: url('')"> <div class="slice__content"> <div class="accordionItem close"> <button type="button" class="accordionItemHeading has-dropdown">Anesthesia Incident Reporting System (AIRS) Committee</button> <div class="accordionItemContent"> <div class="rt-container external-links"> <table style="border:none;width:100%;text-laign:left;" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Patrick Guffey, M.D., Chair</td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Children's Hospital Colorado</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Patrick McCormick, M.D., Vice Chair</td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Richard Dutton, M.D., M.B.A.</td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">US Anesthesia Partners</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Avery Tung, M.D., FCCM</td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">University of Chicago</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Tetsu (Butch) Uejima, M.D., MMM</td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Nemours/AI duPont Hospital for Children</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">David Polaner, M.D.</td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Seattle Children’s Hospital/University of Washington School of Medicine</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Joyce Wahr, M.D. </td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">University of Minnesota </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Karen Nanji, M.D., M.P.H.</td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Keith Ruskin, M.D.</td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">University of Chicago</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Matthew Weinger, M.D., M.S.</td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Vanderbilt University School of Medicine</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Meir Chernofsky, M.D.</td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Uniformed Services University</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 50%; text-align: left; height: 46px;">Mohamed Rehman, M.D., FAAP</td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Brent Lee, M.D. </td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">North American Partners in Anesthesia </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">David Martin, M.D., Ph.D.</td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Mayo Clinic Rochester</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Lisa Solomon, D.O., FASA </td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">University of Wisconsin Health </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Yasmin Endlich, MMEd, FANZCA </td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists & Faculty of Pain Medicine</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Frederick Mansfield, M.D., FASA </td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">US Anesthesia Partners</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Hubert Kordylewski, Ph.D., Staff Liaison</td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Anesthesia Quality Institute</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Deanna Latino, BSN, RN, Staff Liaison</td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Anesthesia Quality Institute</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> </div> <div class="accordionItem close"> <button type="button" class="accordionItemHeading has-dropdown">NACOR Data Use Committee</button> <div class="accordionItemContent"> <div class="rt-container external-links"> <table style="border:none;width:100%;text-laign:left;" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Patrick McCormick, M.D., Chair</td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Elizabeth Whitlock, M.D., Vice Chair</td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">University of California, San Francisco</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Girish Joshi, M.D.</td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Jonathan Wanderer, M.D.</td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Vanderbilt University Medical Center</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Laurent Glance, M.D.</td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">University of Rochester</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Leif Saager, M.D.</td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Universitätsmedizin Göttingen</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Mohamed Rehman, M.D.</td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Richard Dutton, M.D., M.B.A.</td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">US Anesthesia Partners</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Richard Urman, M.D.</td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Brigham and Women's Hospital</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Sharon Einav, M.D.</td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Thomas Miller, Ph.D., M.B.A.</td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">American Society of Anesthesiologists</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Ben Westlake, staff liaison</td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Anesthesia Quality Institute</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> </div> <div class="accordionItem close"> <button type="button" class="accordionItemHeading has-dropdown">Closed Claims Oversight Committee</button> <div class="accordionItemContent"> <div class="rt-container external-links"> <table style="border:none;width:100%;text-laign:left;" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Karen B. Domino, M.D., MPH, Chair</td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">University of Washington Medical Center</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Amanda Burden, MD, FASA, FSSH, Vice Chair </td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Cooper Medical School of Rowan University - Camden, NJ</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Christopher Kent, M.D.</td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">University of Washington School of Medicine - Seattle, WA</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Christopher Young, M.D. </td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Mercy Hospital St. Louis - St Louis, Missouri </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Della Lin, M.D., FASA</td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">The Queen's Medical Center – Honolulu, HI </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Ed Michna, M.D., JD</td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Brigham & Women's Harvard University – Boston, MA</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Jo Davies, M.B., BS, FRCA</td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">University of Washington School of Medicine - Seattle, WA</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Joy Hawkins, M.D., FASA</td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">University of Colorado Anschutz Medical - Aurora, CO</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Lois Connolly, M.D., FASA, FACHE </td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Medical College of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, WI </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Richard Dutton, M.D., MBA, FASA</td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">US Anesthesia Partners - Washington, DC </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Richard Urman, M.D., MBA, CPE</td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Ohio State University School of Medicine - Columbus, OH </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Frederick Mansfield, M.D., FASA</td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">US Anesthesia Partners - Orlando, FL </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Deanna Latino, BSN, RN, CPHQ, Staff Liaison</td> <td style="width:50%;text-align:left;">Anesthesia Quality Institute – Schaumberg, IL</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="slice slice--centered backgroundImage" style="background-image: url('')"> <div class="slice__content"> <div class="rt-container external-links"> <h2 style="text-align: left;font-weight:600">Terms of Use</h2> </div> <div class="description-text"> <div class="short-text"> <p style="text-align: left;">This is the official Terms and Conditions of Use (“Terms of Use”) for www.asahq.org/aqi (the “Site”), an internet Web site...  <span class='show-more-text'>Read More +</span></p> </div> <div class="long-text" style="display: none"> <p style="text-align: left;">This is the official Terms and Conditions of Use (“Terms of Use”) for www.asahq.org/aqi (the “Site”), an internet Web site made available by the Anesthesia Quality Institute (“AQI”) to provide information, products, and/or services relating to the AQI’s mission, approach, and initiatives. The contents of the Site include, without limitation, all information, content, data, products, materials, services, software applications and tools, design elements, text, images, photographs, illustrations, audio and video material, artwork, graphics contained therein or otherwise made available to you in connection therewith (collectively the “Material”) and, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, or we explicitly say so in writing, the term “Site” includes all of the Material.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">These Terms of Use constitute a legally binding agreement between you and AQI regarding your use of and access to the Site. These Terms of Use do not alter in any way the terms and conditions of any other agreement you may have with AQI, unless otherwise directed by the AQI.  If you breach any of these terms and conditions, your authorization to use this Site automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy all downloaded or printed materials and discontinue use of any hyperlinks to this Site. </p> <p style="text-align: left;"><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.aqihq.org/" target="_blank">http://www.asahq.org/aqi</a></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Acceptance Procedure; Additional Terms and Conditions</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left;">By accessing and/or using the Site in any manner you acknowledge that you have read these Terms of Use and all of the terms and conditions contained herein, together with any additional terms and conditions that govern certain products and services made available to you via the Site (“Additional Terms and Conditions”) and that you accept and agree to comply with and be bound by the same.  The Site’s Additional Terms and Conditions and the Privacy Policy are hereby incorporated in these Terms of Use by reference.  To the extent that there is a conflict between these Terms of Use and any Additional Terms and Conditions for the activity in which you choose to participate, the Additional Terms and Conditions shall govern.  These Terms of Use will remain in full force and effect as long as you are a user of the Site and, in the event of termination to any service or feature, you will still be bound by your obligations under these Terms of Use, the Privacy Policy, and any Additional Terms and Conditions.</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Click-Through Agreements</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left;">Before you may use certain areas of this Site, you may be asked to indicate acceptance of certain special terms and conditions by clicking on a button marked “OK” or “I agree.”  Any special terms and conditions to which you agree will supplement and amend these Terms and Conditions.</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Modifications</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left;">AQI reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change these Terms of Use from time to time for any reason and your access to the Site following our posting of such changes will be deemed to constitute your acceptance of, and agreement to, any such changed terms and conditions.  You should check back and review the terms and conditions of this Agreement regularly so you are aware of the most current rights and obligations that apply to you and the terms and conditions of your Agreement with us.</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Privacy Policy</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left;">AQI knows that the privacy of your personal information is important to you.  Therefore we have established a Privacy Policy, which is part of these Terms of Use.</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Registration</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left;">We may require you to have a unique user name and password combination to access and use certain features, or functions of the Site, and we may also provide you with additional codes or passwords necessary to access and use certain features or functions of the Site.  Please read our Privacy Policy, which describes the personally identifiable information we collect, use, disclose, manage, and store.  As part of the registration process for such features, or functions, we may assign a user name and password.  Your user name and password are personal to you and you may not allow any others to use your user name and password under any circumstances.  We are not liable for any harm caused or related to the theft or misappropriation of your user name or password, disclosure of your user name or password, or your authorization of anyone else to use your user name and password.  You agree to immediately notify us if you become aware of or believe there is or may have been any unauthorized use of (or activity using) your user name or password or any other need to deactivate your user name or password due to security concerns.</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><strong>The Rules of Conduct</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left;">Your use of the Site is subject to all applicable local, state, and national laws and regulations. You shall not use, allow or enable others to use the Site, or knowingly condone use of this Site by others, in any manner that is, attempts to, or is likely to:</p> <ul> <li style="text-align: left;">Be obscene, fraudulent, defamatory, libelous, indecent, discourteous, racially or ethnically offensive, harassing, threatening, abusive, pornographic, or discriminatory;</li> <li style="text-align: left;">Affect us adversely or reflect negatively on us, the Site, our goodwill, name or reputation or cause duress, distress, or discomfort to us or anyone else, or discourage any person, firm, or enterprise from using all or any portion, features, or functions of the Site, or from advertising, linking, or becoming a supplier to us in connection with the Site;</li> <li style="text-align: left;">Send or result in the transmission of junk e-mail, chain letters, duplicative or unsolicited messages, or so-called “spamming” and “phishing”;</li> <li style="text-align: left;">Transmit, distribute, or upload content materials or programs that contain any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancel bots, or other disabling devices or harmful components intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept, or expropriate any system, data, or personal information:</li> <li style="text-align: left;">Forge any TCP/IP packet header or part of the header information in any e-mail or posting for any reason;</li> <li style="text-align: left;">Modify, disrupt, impair, alter, or interfere with the use, features, functions, operation, or maintenance of the Site or the rights to use and enjoyment of the Site by any other user;</li> <li style="text-align: left;">Advocate or encourage any illegal activity;</li> <li style="text-align: left;">Infringe upon or misappropriate the copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, publicity rights, or other intellectual property or propriety rights of any third party;</li> <li style="text-align: left;">Violate the privacy of individuals, including other users of the Site; or</li> <li style="text-align: left;">Violate any applicable local, state, or national laws or regulations (anywhere in the world).</li> </ul> <p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Ownership of Intellectual Property Rights</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left;">The material including, without limitation, the selection, sequence, and “look and feel” and arrangement of the same together with all trademarks, service marks, and trade names displayed, distributed, or otherwise made available via the Site, are the exclusive property of the AQI and/or its affiliates, and any of their respective successors, assigns, licensors, and/or suppliers.  You may use the Material solely for your noncommercial, non-exclusive, non-assignable, non-transferable, and limited personal use and for no other purposes. You must not alter, delete, or conceal any copyright or other notices contained on the Site, including notices on any Material you download, transmit, display, print, or reproduce from the Site.  You shall not allow any third party (whether or not for your benefit) to reproduce, modify create derivative works from, display, perform, publish, distribute, disseminate, broadcast or circulate to any third party (including, without limitation, on or via a third party website), or otherwise use, any Material without the express prior written consent of the AQI, or its owner if AQI is not the owner.  Any unauthorized or prohibited use of any Material may subject you to civil liability, criminal prosecution, or both, under applicable federal, state, and local laws.  No information or statement contained in these Terms of Use or the Web site shall be construed as conferring, directly or by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any license or right under any patent, copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property right of AQI, its affiliates, or any third party.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">AQI does not authorize any individual or entity to create a “hypertext” link to this Site without permission.  We may, however, if requested, grant a limited, nonexclusive right to create a “hypertext” link to this Site provided that such link is to the entry page of this Site and does not portray the AQI or any of its activities or services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise defamatory manner.  This limited right may be revoked at any time for any reason whatsoever.  No framing techniques may be used to enclose any AQI trademark, logo, or trade name or other proprietary information including the images found at the Site, the content of any text or the layout/design of any page or any form contained on a page without AQI’s express written consent.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Links to third party sites on this Site are provided solely as convenience to you.  If you use these links, you will leave this Site.  AQI has not reviewed all of these third party sites and does not control and is not responsible for any of these sites, their content or policies, including without limitation, privacy policies or lack thereof.  AQI does not endorse or make any representations about third party sites or any information, software or other products or materials found there, or any results that may be obtained from using them.  If you decide to access any of the third party sites linked to this site, you do so entirely at your own risk.  You acknowledge and agree that the AQI shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused nu, or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such third party sites.</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><strong>User Submitted Content</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left;">Portions of this Site may provide you and other users with the opportunity to participate in interactive features and submit content, media, and materials for posting on the Site in connection with the same, which may include, without limitation, still photographs, writings, spoken statements, music, audio, video, video recordings, audio-visual works and recordings, portraits, animated and/or motion pictures, caricatures, likenesses, vocal or other sounds, sound recordings, voices, voice reproductions, computer graphics and visual effects (collectively, “User Submitted Content”).  To be considered for posting and display to the public, User Submitted Content must meet all the specifications and requirements relating to formatting, compatibility, operating characteristics, and submission.  When you provide User Submitted Content you may also be asked to provide some information about you and your submission.  This may include, without limitation, such things as descriptive title, some information about the User Submitted Content, length, your location, and/or similar information.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">You are solely responsible and liable for all User Submitted Content submitted under your name.  User Submitted Content does not reflect the views of AQI and its affiliates, and neither AQI nor its affiliates represent or guarantee the truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of any User Submitted Content, nor endorse or support any opinions expressed in any User Submitted Content.  In no event shall AQI or its affiliates have or be construed to have any responsibility or liability for or in connection with any User Submitted Content.  If we determine, in our sole discretion, that you or any User Submitted Content you submit violates these Terms of Use, we reserve the right, at any time, without notice and without limiting any and all other rights we may have under these Terms of Use, at law or in equity, to (a) refuse to allow you to submit further User Submitted Content. (b) remove and delete your User Submitted Content, (c) revoke your registration and right to use the Site, and (d) use any technological, legal, operational, or other means available to enforce these Terms of Use, including, without limitation, blocking specific IP addresses or deactivating registration, access using your e-mail address, or your user name and password, if any.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">You agree you will not submit or attempt to submit, and we have the right to reject, refuse to accept, remove, or otherwise handle as we deem appropriate, any User Submitted Content that is or could be construed as violating any of the terms and conditions of these Terms of Use, including, with or without limitation, User Submitted Content that:</p> <ul> <li style="text-align: left;">Infringes any third party’s copyright or other intellectual property rights;</li> <li style="text-align: left;">Causes harm, harasses anyone, or which may prevent, prohibit, inhibit, restrict, or otherwise impair others from using or enjoying the Site;</li> <li style="text-align: left;">Modifies, impairs, disrupts, alters, or interferes with the use, features, functions, operation, or maintenance of the Site; or</li> <li style="text-align: left;">Violates any requirements, rules, terms, or conditions that may be applicable to your use of any related interactive services made available via the Site.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align: left;">You acknowledge and agree that neither AQI nor its affiliates control any User Submitted Content.  We reserve the right to review any User Submitted Content and to delete, remove, move, edit, or reject, without notice to you, any User Submitted Content that we deem, in our sole discretion, abusive, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, in violation of copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property rights, to be in violation of these Terms of Use, for any reason or for no reason whatsoever; provided, however that we shall have no obligation or liability to you for failure to do so or for doing so in any particular manner.  If we receive notice of any claim of infringement that satisfies specific legal requirements, such as notice and takedown requirements under U.S. copyright law, we may remove User Submitted Content associated with such claim.  We reserve the right to provide information to law enforcement officials, government agencies and pursuant to judiciary or regulatory compulsion, to protect their respective interests, the Site, or to comply with legal, regulatory, audit, and compliance obligations.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Upon your submission of any User Submitted Content for posting and distribution via the Site, you hereby automatically grant to the AQI and its affiliates the unqualified, unrestricted, unconditional, unlimited, worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual, and royalty free right, license, authorization, and permission, in any form or format, in or through any media or medium and with any technology or devices now known or hereafter developed or discovered, in whole or in part, to host, cache, store, maintain, use, reproduce, distribute, display, exhibit, perform, publish, broadcast, transmit, modify, prepare derivative works of, adapt, reformat, translate, and otherwise exploit all or any portion of such User Submitted Content on the site and any other AQI owned or controlled programming services and distribution platforms, whether currently existing or existing or developed in the future (collectively, the “Platforms”), for any purpose whatsoever (including, without limitation, for any promotional purposes) without accounting, notification, credit, compensation, consideration, or other obligation to you, and the right to license and sub-license and authorize others to exercise any of the rights granted hereunder to AQI, in our sole discretion.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">You acknowledge and agree that neither AQI nor its affiliates shall be required or have any 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