24 April 2006

All information on this site is intended for the private use of friends and family of the Kristofer Cowles Family of Bryan, Texas. It is our way of chronicling our family as we go through life together.

Some items on this site may be copyrighted by others and that information is noted when it occurs, however, if it is not, that is an unintentional error and we would appreciate you letting us know. Please use all reasonable judgement when coming across things that may be copyrighted or trademarked but are not so indicated. Remember, the law considers "what a reasonable person" might do when adjudicating blame and culpability.

Information on this site is presented from the point of view of the Kristofer Cowles Family of Bryan, Texas and, to our best knowledge, is completely true and accurate. Any discrepancies are unintentional and will be rectified in a timely manner once they are brought to our attention with the appropriate correct information included in that notice. Please send all corrections and questions to us on our contact page. You must be specific and thorough in your counterclaim, devoid of emotional or anectdotal commentary unless the anectdotes are pertinent to the facts, and complete in your contact information.

Information submitted to us proposing changes to the web site may be posted to this web site within the context of the notification, meaning, for instance, that your entire email may be posted to help clarify the differences. If you give us notice that such posting is not permitted, we reserve the option to change the information or not. Any attempts to correct our information by publicly posting it on the web site instead of following the procedure laid out above will be deleted and not considered in future editions of this web site.

If you choose to copy or post some of this information on another web site, you must ask us first. Generally we will permit it, based on the content of the posting and the site(s) you propose to post it. This goes for printing any of this content, as well. Should you choose to use any of the RSS feed links on this site, they must be for personal viewers only, such as your private Google account. They may not be recreated or posted to other forums or feeds such as Facebook or MySpace, as they do not belong to you and would violate the terms of agreement of those sites. We will actively pursue and notify host sites of any such violations.

All content on this site, except where noted, is copyrighted by the Kristofer Cowles Family of Bryan, Texas.

Information on this site as it relates to the privacy of individuals not a part of the immediate members of the Kristofer Cowles Family of Bryan, Texas, is only posted if it is readily available elsewhere on the web or in public documents, either in different or similar format, or available elsewhere in the public record or public domain. Unless your request for removal of information is a blanket request made to ALL other online resources, whether that source makes information available at no charge or by subscription or fee, we will not remove that information which we determine is readily available to the public.

This policy is primarily in place to specifically address the concerns of a specific family member who refuses to acknowledge that family connection while the Kristofer Cowles Family of Bryan, Texas refuses to perpetuate the destructive pattern of patrimonial dysfunction and secret-keeping that has been synonymous with a large part of this family for generations. The information on this site is intended to inform, enlighten, and entertain and in no way should be construed as malicious or with ulterior intent than what is decribed herein.

While we cannot determine the individual's response to the content of this web site, we are pleased to be able to share ourselves across the miles and across time with our loved ones in all corners of the world, as we truly are, warts and all!