Important Notice:

By entering and using WWW.ACTINGLINK.COM, you are agreeing to be bound by the following Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

The Terms of Use and Privacy Policy set forth below constitute a binding contract between the users of this website (each one a “User” and collectively “Users”) and Concrete Entertainment, Inc., a California corporation dba ActingLink.com (“Company”) and applies to all websites of the Company, including but not limited to www.actinglink.com (collectively “the Website”).

If you do not agree to be bound by the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, then please exit the Website immediately.

1. Agreement to Be Bound. Please read all of the following Terms of Use and Privacy Policy before accessing and/or using any of the content that is available on or through the Website. By accessing and/or using the Website, you confirm that you have read and understood, and agree to be bound by, all of the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, including the important warnings, restrictions and disclaimers set forth below.

The Terms of Use and Privacy Policy include, and incorporate by reference, various terms and conditions that are or will be posted at the Website from time to time.

If you do not agree to be bound by all of the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and the warnings, restrictions and disclaimers, please exit the Website immediately.

The Company reserves the right to revise and update the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy at any time, and the continued access to or use of the Website by a User thereafter shall constitute acceptance of such revised and updated terms.

Users should revisit and review the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, which were last revised on 8-25-09, to familiarize themselves with any additions, deletions or modifications.

2. Uploading Content. Only Users who have registered with the Company by following the registration procedures set forth on the Registration/Log-In Page are authorized to upload content to this Website. A “Registered User,” as the term is used in the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and Privacy Policy, refers to the individual who completes an on-line registration form on the Registration/Log-In Page of the Website and pays for access and use of services offered by the Company and whose registration is current at the time of each log-in. Each Registered User must be an individual identified by his or her legal name (whether birth name, married name, or a stage name) and current address. Registered User status is not available to groups, business entities, or minors (except as provided in Section 3 below). Technical specifications regarding the uploading of content by a Registered User is posted at the Website and may be changed from time to time in the sole and absolute discretion of the Company.

3. Minors.

3.1 A Registered User must be (a) an adult according to the laws of his or her state of residence or (b) an emancipated minor. Unemancipated minors may not become Registered Users under any circumstances.

3.2 User Content relating to an individual who is under the age of 13 will not be knowingly accepted by the Company and will not be considered for posting by the Company under any circumstances.
3.3 User Content relating to an individual between the ages of 13 and 17 (except as otherwise provided below) will be considered by the Company only if submitted by the parent or guardian of the individual and only if the parent or guardian is (a) 18 years of age or older, (b) a Registered User, and (c) empowered to give consent on behalf of the minor to be bound by the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. The Company may require the submission of documentation in a form acceptable to the Company from a parent or guardian who wishes to submit User Content on behalf of a minor between the ages of 13 and 17.
3.4 Emancipated minors may become Registered Users but will be required to provide documentation in a form acceptable to the Company to verify their status.
3.5 By registering on behalf of a minor between the ages of 13 and 17, or by seeking to register as an emancipated minor, the parent, guardian and/or emancipated minor expressly represents and warrants to the Company that he or she is fully empowered under all applicable law to register for access and use of the Website and to enter into and perform his or her obligations under the contract created by the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, and agrees to indemnify, defend and hold the Company harmless against any liability that may result from such access and use by the Registered User or by a minor on whose behalf the Registered User is acting.

4. Use of the Website Not Permitted Where Restricted or Prohibited by Law. Access and use of the Website is not permitted in any place where such access and/or use is restricted or prohibited by law.

5. User Content. Upon completion and acceptance of registration, and actual receipt of payment by the Company, a Registered User is permitted to upload content generated by the Registered User in the form of headshots, resumes, and audio-visual recordings of performances by the Registered User in the nature of a showcase. At the time of registration, the Registered Use will also be asked to provide personal information that will be used by the Company to create a personal profile (“Profile”). The content uploaded by the Registered User and the Profile are referred to as “User Content.”

Minors under the age of 18 may not upload User Content under any circumstances. See Section 3 above and the Privacy Policy below for additional information.

It is the sole responsibility of the Registered User to ensure that User Content may be freely used by the Company as authorized in the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and to secure in advance and in writing any and all third-party permissions that may be required for the Company to do so. Users acknowledge and agree that the Company will rely on the foregoing assurances in accepting and posting User Content.

As to each item of User Content, the following terms shall apply:

5.1 By providing the User Content to the Company, the Registered User consents to the use of the User Content, and expressly acknowledges and agrees that the User Content may be viewed and used by Users, all as contemplated in the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

5.2 Registered User represents and warrants to the Company that the User Content (a) does not depict, describe, identify or otherwise relate to any individuals under the age of 13, and (b) if the User Content depicts, describes, identifies or otherwise relates to any individuals between the ages of 13 and 17, Registered User is the parent or guardian of such individual(s) and is empowered to give consent on behalf of such individuals to be bound by the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

5.3 Registered User represents and warrants to the Company that the User Content is an original work of authorship owned and controlled by the Registered User (except as otherwise provided in Section 5.4 below), and that he or she possesses the complete and unfettered right to use, and to authorize others to use, each item of User Content as set forth in the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, including but not limit to all content that may be seen, heard and/or otherwise perceived on each item of User of Content. By way of example, the foregoing includes but is not limited to spoken words, displayed art and text, videography and sound recording, animation and special effects, costuming, make-up, set design and décor, musical elements of any and all kinds, sounds and sound effects of all kinds, editing and post-production, and performances by all performers who may be seen or heard on each item of User Content, including but not limited to the right to use their names, images, likenesses and voices.

5.4 To the extent that any item of User Content includes content that was created by, and/or is owned or controlled by, a third party, the Registered User represents and warrants to the Company that the Registered User has secured prior written permission for the use of such third-party content by the Company as set forth in Section 5.5 and Section 5.6 below and as contemplated elsewhere in the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, all without expense or liability of any kind whatsoever on the part of the Company and/or its licensees, successors and assigns, and will provide the Company with copies such permissions upon request.

5.5 Registered User hereby grants to the Company and its licensees, successors and assigns, a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocably, and perpetual license to adapt, edit, store, post, transmit, reproduce, display, perform, exhibit and generally use and re-use each item of User Content, in whole and/or in part, alone and/or in conjunction with other content, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, both in fulfillment of the Company’s obligations to the Registered User to post the User Content at the Website (if any such obligation exists) and for purposes of advertising, publicity, promotion and marketing of the Website and/or the other products and services of the Company.

5.6 Registered User hereby waives and releases all rights and claims that the Registered User may be entitled to assert against the Company, its licensees, successors and assigns, and Users, by reason of any use of the User Content authorized under the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, including but not limited to claims based on defamation, invasion of privacy, misappropriation of the right of publicity, or otherwise.

5.7 Subject to the license granted to the Company and its licensees, successors and assigns, copyright in the User Content is reserved by the Registered User.

5.8 Registered User is solely responsible for making and keeping back-up copies of User Content, and the Company shall have no responsibility or liability for damage or destruction of User Content uploaded to the Website.

6. Comments and Ratings. Registered User will be given the right and opportunity, at the time of initial registration, to authorize the Company to accept and post comments and ratings about User Content by Users. Such authorization may be denied by the Registered User at the time of registration, but once Registered User has granted such authorization, it may not be thereafter revoked at any time or for any reason. If such authorization has been given, Users may be given the opportunity by the Company to post comments and ratings at the Website. Registered Users acknowledge and agree that (a) if authorization to permit ratings and comments is not given, then User Content will not be eligible for designation as “Top Rated” and (b) if authorization to permit ratings and comments is given, then the User Content may be the subject of negative ratings and comments.

7. Duration of Posting of User Content. The Company agrees to post User Content that has been submitted and paid for by a Registered User and accepted by the Company at the Website for the period of time for which the Registered User has made payment to the Company according to the fee schedule and on the other terms and conditions in effect at the time of payment. Additional terms and conditions that apply to User Content posted by a Registered User will be announced at the page(s) of the Website where the Registered User is permitted to upload User Content, and such terms and conditions are subject to change from time to time at the sole discretion of the Company. Upon the expiration of the period of posting for which the Registered User has made payment, any further posting and other use of the User Content shall be at the sole discretion of the Company. User Content may be removed at any time as provided in Section 9 below and elsewhere in the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

8. Access to User Content. The Company reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to determine the terms and conditions on which access to the Website and the viewing of User Content and/or other content posted at the Website (collectively, “Website Content”) are permitted to various users of the Website and to change such terms and conditions from time to time by amending the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. The following terms and conditions currently apply to viewing of User Content by Users:

8.1 Users are granted permission to access the Website to view Website Content on their personal computers and comparable devices for purposes of their personal edification and entertainment and as showcases by performers who appear in the User Content.

8.2 Users may not print out, copy, download, store, retransmit (except as expressly permitted in Section 8.3 below), broadcast, reproduce, or make any other use of the Website Content without the prior written permission of the Company.

8.3 Users are currently permitted to (a) download resumes and headshots posted by other Users, and (b) send links to the Website by email to third parties so long as such links do not falsely suggest any endorsement, sponsorship or affiliation of the Company and/or the Registered Users with the sender. No framing or deep-linking permitted under any circumstances. The Company reserves the right to require Users to enter into a Linking Agreement and/or to suspend or discontinue linking rights at any time in its sole and absolute discretion.

8.4 If authorized by a Registered User during the registration and/or log-on process as to any particular item(s) of User Content, the Company may elect to allow Users to post comments and ratings about such User Content at the Website (collectively, “User Comments ”). However, User Comments are subject to rejection and/or removal by the Company as set forth in Section 9.

8.5 If so authorized by the intended recipient during the registration and/or log-on process, a User may contact Registered Users by using a link on the page where User Content is accessed.

8.6 The permission granted to Users may be revoked by the Company at any time for any reason or no reason in the Company’s sole and absolute discretion except as otherwise provided in Section 7 above.

9. Rejection and Removal of User Content, User Comments and User Communications. User acknowledges and agrees that the Company shall have the right but not the obligation, in its sole and absolute discretion, to review User Content and User Comments and to reject and/or remove any User Content and/or User Comments that it deems to be unacceptable, whether because the User Content and/or the User Comments do not comply with the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, or because the User Content and/or User Comments are deemed to be offensive or otherwise inappropriate by the Company, or because a claim has been made that the User Content and/or User Comments is violative of law or the rights of a third party, or for any other reason.

10. Consultations. The Company may elect to offer consulting services to Registered Users on terms and conditions to be announced from time to time at the Website. Registered Users who apply to the Company for such services, and to whom the Company agrees to render such services, acknowledge and agree that any such consulting services are provided without representations, warranties, or guarantees of any kind whatsoever. By way of example only, the Company does not guarantee that advice or information offered in the course of a consultation will result in offers of employment.

11. Live Showcases. The Company may elect to present live showcases where selected Registered Users may be offered the opportunity to perform. Registered Users who apply to the Company to participate in live showcases acknowledge and agree that the selection of participants is subject to the sole and absolute discretion of the Company. Registered Users who are offered an opportunity to perform in a live showcase acknowledge and agree that the Company makes no representations, warranties or guarantees of any kind whatsoever regarding the showcases. By way of example only, the Company does not guarantee that participation in a showcase will result in the offer of employment.

12. Refunds. Once the Company has accepted payment by a User for goods and services, the payment is non-refundable except as expressly required by applicable law, if any. By way of example only, and without limiting the foregoing, no portion of the payment(s) will be refunded if all or any portion of User Content is refused or removed by the Company as set forth in Section 9 above and/or if User Content is removed in response to a take-down notice as set forth in Section 19.

13. Reservation of Rights. The Company reserves all rights under copyright, trademark and other intellectual property rights in and to the Website in its entirety and all Company-generated content of the Website, including but not limited to titles, trademarks, trade dress, artwork, text, design, audio and visual content, format, configuration, “look and feel,” selection, arrangement and coordination, and all other content of the Website, excluding only the User Content, all rights to which are reserved by the respective Registered Users subject to the rights licensed to the Company as set forth above.

14. Indemnity. Users hereby indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company, its shareholders, directors, officers, partners, joint venturers, principals, subsidiaries and affiliates, and their respective shareholders, officers, directors, employees, partners, associates, affiliates, joint venturers, agents and representatives, from any and all claims, debts, demands, suits, actions, proceedings and/or prosecutions (“Claims”) based on allegations which, if true, would constitute a breach by the User and/or the User’s agents, representatives, employees, contractors, or affiliates, of any term of the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and Privacy Policy, including but not limited to the representations and warranties set forth above, and any and all liabilities, losses, damages, expenses (including attorneys’ fees and costs) and damages in consequence thereof. Users shall give prompt notice in writing to the Company of any Claims. No compromise or settlement of any Claims shall be made or entered into without the prior written approval of the Company.

15. Cautions and Disclaimers.

15.1 No Endorsement, Sponsorship, Affiliation or Guarantee by the Company. The Company does not endorse, sponsor, or guarantee any of the information, advice, goods, services, or other resources that may be mentioned or made accessible throughout the Website, including but not limited to Registered Users who post user Content to the Website. The Company does not endorse or sponsor, and is not affiliated with, the advertisers or providers of such information, advice, goods, services, or other resources. Users who post or respond to the postings at the Website site are not officers, directors, employees, representatives, or agents of the Company, and the Company disclaims any responsibility or liability for or to such users, and Users acknowledge agree that the Company shall have no such responsibility or liability.

15.2 No Guarantee of Employment. The Company is not a talent agency and does not seek employment on behalf of its customers. The Company cannot and does not guarantee that posting of User Content, participation in live showcases, designation of User Content as “top-rated,” or any other aspect of the Website or the other goods and services offered by the Company will result in offers of employment or other opportunities of any kind whatsoever or that Users who respond to User Content will be willing and able to extend bona fide offers of employment. Users should use care and caution to satisfy themselves that any offer resulting from the posting of User Content or any other aspect of the Website are bona fide.

15.3 Opinions of Users. The opinions and views expressed by Users do not necessarily represent those of the Company, which does not investigate, verify, endorse, or support the content of such opinions or views. Users are solely and fully responsible for any content that they transmit via the Website. However, the Company is the final arbiter of what is and is not permissible for inclusion in postings and/or communications transmitted via, or stored on, the Website. The Company also reserves the right to edit, modify, or remove any content, (including but not limited to text, images, and sound files) submitted to, posted on or transmitted via, the Website and to suspend or eliminate communications among Users at any time, for any reason without prior notice.

15.4 No Guarantee Regarding Availability or Quality of Internet Service. The Website may cease to be available, and/or may not operate at peak speed and efficiency, during periods of maintenance and third-party service interruptions and/or by reason of the User’s computer equipment and/or Internet connection and/or for other reasons beyond the control of the Company. Accordingly, the Company makes no guarantee regarding the availability or quality of Internet service relating to the Website.

15.5 General Disclaimer of Liability. The Website and the Website Contents are made available to Users on an “as-is” basis without warranties or guaranties of any kind, and the Company disclaims any liability for any injury or damage resulting from the use of the Website, the Website Content, and/or any information, advice, goods, services, or other resources that may be mentioned or made accessible through the Website. Users acknowledge and agree that, in connecting to the Website, information will be transmitted over local exchange, inter-exchange, and Internet backbone carrier lines and through routers, switches, and other devices owned, maintained, and serviced by third party local exchange and long distance carriers, utilities, Internet service providers and others, all of which are beyond the control and jurisdiction of the Company and its vendors and suppliers. Accordingly, the Company assumes no liability for or relating to the delay, failure, interruption, or corruption of the Website and/or the Website Content, or any portion thereof, or any data or other information transmitted in connection with the use of the Website.

To the greatest extent permitted by law, the Company disclaims all warranties, either express or implied, statutory or otherwise, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, non-infringement of third parties' rights, and fitness for any particular purpose, regarding the Website Content and/or the other goods and services offered by the Company.

The Company, its licensors, and its vendors and suppliers make no representations, warranties or indemnities about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, correctness, or timeliness of the Website Content, or that the Website and/or the Website Content satisfy any applicable laws or government regulations.

15.6 No Talent Agency or Management Services. No talent agency or management services are offered by the Company at or through the Website, and no portion of the fees charged by the Company for the products and services offered at or through the Website are paid in consideration of talent agency or management services. The Company does not and will not procure, offer, promise or attempt to procure employment or engagements for Users, and/or counsel or direct artists in the development of their professional careers, at or through the Website. By way of example only, Users who elect to utilize any consulting services that the Company may offer at or through the Website will not receive talent agency or management services from the Company. The Company does not solicit or accept applications for employment or engagements from Users. Any third party who seeks to employ or engage a User must directly contact the User (or the User’s duly authorized agent) and not the Company.

16. Advertisements. The Website may contain advertisements by third parties, and these advertisements may contain links to other websites. Unless otherwise specifically stated, the Company does not endorse any product or service or make any representation regarding the content or accuracy of any materials contained in, or linked to, any advertisement on the Website.

17. Links to Other Sites. The Website may contain links to third-party websites. If so, these links are provided solely as a convenience to Users. The Company is not responsible for the content of any linked third-party websites, and does not make any representations regarding the content or accuracy of any content or materials on such third- party web sites. If Users access any linked third-party website, Users do so at their own risk. Any use of third-party websites is subject to the terms and conditions and the privacy policy for such websites.

18. Limitations on Liability. The Website and the Website Content are made available to Users without warranties, representations or indemnities of any kind whatsoever. THE COMPANY, ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND ITS SHAREHOLDERS, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, PARTNERS, JOINT VENTURERS, PRINCIPALS, SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE SHAREHOLDERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, PARTNERS, ASSOCIATES, AFFILIATES, JOINT VENTURERS, AGENTS AND REPRESENTATIVES, SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ANY LIABILITY (WHETHER BASED IN COPYRIGHT, TRADEMARK, CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE) FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE WEBSITE (EVEN IF THE COMPANY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES). The maximum liability of the Company to Users based on the claim of any person, firm or corporation arising out of or in connection with the Website and/or the Website Content, shall in no case exceed the actual amounts, if any, paid by the User to the Company.

19. Take-Down Notices Under the DMCA. The Company will investigate notices of copyright infringement and take appropriate actions under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(2) (“DMCA”). Written notices of claimed copyright infringement must be in strict compliance with all terms and conditions of the DMCA and must be submitted to the following Designated Agent for the Website:
Service Provider(s): E-22 Development (takedown@e22dev.com)
Name of Agent Designated to Receive Notification of Claimed Infringement on behalf of the Company: Jonathan Kirsch, Esq.
Full Address of Designated Agent to Which Notification to the Company Should be Sent: Law Offices of Jonathan Kirsch, 1880 Century Park East, Suite 515, Los Angeles, CA 90067
Telephone Number of Designated Agent: (310) 785-1200
Facsimile Number of Designated Agent: (310) 286-9573
Email Address of Designated Agent: jk@jonathankirsch.com

20. Unacceptable Use Policy. Without limiting or diminishing the rights of the Company under the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, the Unacceptable Use Policy as established by the Company strictly prohibits any and all of the following:

(a) Using the Website to transmit or post any material that contains or contains links to pornography, adult content, sex, or extreme violence or to disseminate or transmit any material that, to a reasonable person, may be abusive, obscene, pornographic, grossly offensive or malicious.

(b) Using the Website to transmit or post any material that, intentionally or unintentionally, violates any applicable local, state, national or international law, or any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder.

(c) Using the Website to harm, or attempt to harm, minors in any way.

(d) Using the Website to transmit or post any material that is defamatory or harassing or which threatens or encourages bodily harm or destruction of property.

(e) Using the Website to make fraudulent misrepresentations or offers including but not limited to offers relating to “pyramid schemes” and “Ponzi schemes.”

(f) Using the Website to access, or to attempt to access, the accounts of others, or to penetrate, or attempt to penetrate, security measures or another entity’s software or hardware, electronic communications system or telecommunications system, whether or not the intrusion results in the corruption or loss of data.

(g) Using the Website to transmit or post any material that infringes any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret or other intellectual proprietary or proprietary rights of any third party, including but not limited to, the unauthorized copying and/or distribution of copyrighted material, the digitization and distribution of photographs from magazines, books, music, video or other copyrighted sources, and the unauthorized transmittal of copyrighted software.

(h) Using the Website to collect, or attempt to collect, personal information about third parties without their knowledge or consent.

(i) Using the Website to disseminate or transmit unsolicited messages, chain letters, unsolicited commercial email, or unreasonably large volumes or email on a daily basis or to create a false identity or to otherwise attempt to mislead any person as to the identity, source or origin of any communication.

(j) Using the Website to export, ex-export or permit downloading of any message or content in violation of any export or import law, regulation or restriction of the United States and its agencies or authorities, or without all required approvals, licenses and/or exemptions.

(k) Using the Website or its server as an “open relay” or for similar purposes.

(l) Using the Website for any activity that adversely affects the ability of other people or systems to use the Website or the Internet, including but not limited to using the Website for the dissemination or transmission of any virus, Trojan horse or other malicious, harmful or disability data, work, code or program or for “denial of service” attacks against another website, network or any other person or entity, and/or for interference with or disruption of other websites, services or equipment.

21. Termination. The rights granted to Users under the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy shall terminate automatically and without notice as to any such user in the event of any breach or default by the User, and upon such termination, the User shall make no further use of any kind whatsoever of the Website and/or the Website Content. The Company also reserves the right to suspend, revise and reconfigure, and/or discontinue the Website and/or the Website Content, in whole or in part, at any time in its sole and absolute discretion.

22. Entire Agreement. The Terms of use and Privacy Policy, as they may be amended or modified from tiem to time by the Company, represent the complete and entire agreement of the Company and the Users.

23. Applicable Law. The Terms of Use and Privacy Policy shall be interpreted, construed and governed in all respects by the laws of the United States of America and the State of California.

24. Modification and Waiver. The Terms of Use and Privacy Policy may not be modified or altered, and no term or condition may be waived, except by a written instrument signed by an authorized representative of the Company. No waiver of any term or condition of the Terms of Use and Privacy, or of any breach of the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and Privacy or any portion thereof, shall be deemed a waiver of any other term, condition or breach of the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and Privacy Policy or any portion thereof.

25. Severability. If any term or provision of the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy is found to be unenforceable for any reason, the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy shall remain in full force and effect and shall be fully enforceable on its remaining terms and conditions.

26. Notices. Any written notice or delivery under any of the provisions of the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and Privacy shall be deemed to have been properly made by mailing via traceable mail (if a mailing address has been provided to the Company) or by email as follows:

If to a Registered User: At the address given by Registered Users at the time of registration.

If to a User: At the address given by or collected from the User, if any, or by posting to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

If to the Company: ActingLink.Com
C/o Law Offices of Jonathan Kirsch
1880 Century Park East, Suite 515
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Email: jk@jonathankirsch.com

27. Headings. Headings and footers are for convenience only and are not to be deemed part of the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

28. Binding on Successors. The Terms of Use and Privacy shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, administrators, licensees, successors or assigns of the parties, except that the permission granted to Registered Users to upload User Content and the permission granted to Users to access and use the Website are personal and non-transferable.