Terms of Use
Astera Institute (hereafter “Astera”, “we”, “our,” or “us”) welcomes you to our online website along with all content and functionality available through the www.astera.org domain name (the “Site”). Our Site and our product and features (including existing and future products and features), related data, proprietary software, and content and related documentation and information and any such services provided by us (collectively the “Services”), allows us to provide you, our users (the terms “you”, “your”, and “yours” shall refer to any and all users of the Site (the “Users”), with information on how we can empower and leverage science and technology projects.
Before using the Site and/or the Services, we encourage you to carefully read these Terms of Service (the “Agreement”). BY VISITING AND PROVIDING INFORMATION TO US THROUGH THE SITE OR ACCESSING OR USING ANY PART OF THE SITE, YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE TO AND CONSENT TO BE BOUND BY (A) THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS THIS AGREEMENT, AND (B) OUR policy on privacy set forth below (THE “PRIVACY POLICY”). IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING THE PRIVACY POLICY, YOU DO NOT HAVE OUR AUTHORIZATION TO USE ANY OF THE SERVICES AND YOU MAY NOT ACCESS OR USE ANY PORTION OF THE SITE.
We may modify this Agreement at any time, and such modification will be effective immediately upon either posting of the modified Agreement or notifying you. You agree to review this Agreement periodically to ensure that you are aware of any modifications, and you agree that your continued access or use of the Site and/or Services shall be deemed your conclusive acceptance of the modified Agreement.
Last modified: May 16, 2024
1. Service Terms and Limitations.
1.1 Proprietary Rights. The entire contents displayed on the Site (the “Content”) have copyright protection as a collective work under the laws of the United States and other copyright laws. We are the sole exclusive owner of the Content. There may be collective work that is the property of other third parties and such collective work is also protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. You are allowed to display and, subject to any expressly stated restrictions or limitations relating to specific material, download portions of the Content from the different areas of the Site only for non-commercial use, unless otherwise permitted. Any redistribution, retransmission or publication of any copyrighted material is strictly prohibited without the express written permission of the copyright owner. You may not change or delete any proprietary notices from materials downloaded from the Site. You agree not to use any of our logos or any other proprietary graphic or trademark without our express written consent. As between the parties, title, ownership rights, and intellectual property rights in the Content, and any copies or portions thereof, shall remain in Astera and/or its content providers. Third-party trademarks, service marks, and logos contained in the Site is owned and licensed by their respective owners. Any and all rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
1.2 Grant of Limited License. Your access to the Service is licensed and not sold. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, we hereby grant you a revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license enabling you to access and use the Services and the Site. All the Content that is made available to view and/or download in connection with the Site is owned by us and is our copyrighted work and/or our suppliers and is licensed, not sold. You do not have the right to lend, lease, rent or sublicense the Site and/or the Content. Your use of the Services (including any documentation, text, software, photos, video, graphics, and music, sound or other multimedia files that might accompany it (collectively, “Material”) is governed by the terms of this Agreement. We reserve the right, without notice and in our sole discretion, to terminate your license to use the Site and Services, and to block or prevent future access to and use of the Site and Services. You are not permitted, directly or indirectly, and the foregoing license grant does NOT include the right for you to (a) publish, publicly perform or display, or distribute to any third party any Materials, including reproduction on any computer network or broadcast or publications media; (b) market, sell or make commercial use of the Site or any Material; (c) systematically collect and use of any data or content including the use of any data spiders, robots, or similar data gathering, mining or extraction methods; (d) make derivative uses of the Site or the Material; or (e) use, frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any portion of the Site (including the images found at this Site or any text or the layout/design of any page or form contained on a page).
1.3 User’s Restrictions. You are not permitted, directly or indirectly, to (a) modify, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble (except to the extent applicable laws specifically prohibit such restriction), create derivative works based on the Material; (b) copy the Material or the Content or engage in any acts inconsistent with the principles of copyright protection and fair use, as codified in 17 U.S.C. Sections 106-110, without obtaining the express written consent of Astera and/or the copyright owner; (c) distribute, display (except for the purposes set forth in Section 2), rent, lease, transfer or otherwise transfer rights to, or in any way exploit, the Content or the Material, in whole or in part; or (d) remove any proprietary notices or labels on the Material or the Content.
1.4 User Representations:
- Any use of the Services is void where prohibited. By accessing and using the Site and/or using the Services, you represent and warrant that (i) you have the power, authority or consent to enter into and perform your obligations under the Agreement; (ii) all information provided by you to us, including any email address, is truthful, accurate and complete; (iii) if you provide us with an email address to sign up for our newsletter, you are the authorized owner of such email address; (iv) as applicable, you will maintain the security, confidentiality and integrity of all messages and the content that you receive, transmit through or store on the Services; (v) you will comply with the terms set forth in this Agreement including the Privacy Policy; and (vi) you will comply with all applicable U.S. and international laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, contracts and applicable licenses regarding your use of the Services or Site.
- You further warrant, represent and agree that you will not use the Site or Services in a manner that:
- infringes the intellectual property rights or proprietary rights, or rights of publicity or privacy, of any third party;
- violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation;
- you should know is harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, fraudulent, deceptive, or misleading or otherwise objectionable;
- adversely affects or reflects negatively on our goodwill, name or reputation or causes duress, distress or discomfort to us or anyone else, or discourages any person, firm or enterprise from using all or any portion, feature, or function of the Site, or from advertising, liking or becoming a supplier to use in connection with the Site;
- sends or results in the transmission or junk e-mail, chain letters, duplicative or unsolicited messages, or so-called “spamming”;
- transmits, distributes or uploads programs or material that contain malicious code, such as viruses, timebombs, cancelbots, worms, trojan horse, spyware, or other potentially harmful programs or other material or information;
- falsely reports to our employees or agents;
- circumvents, disables or otherwise interferes with security-related features of the Site or its features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any content;
- intercepts or attempts to intercept email or other private communications not intended for you;
- causes the Site to be used for commercial or business purposes, including, without limitation, advertising, marketing, or offering goods or services, whether or not for financial or any other form of compensation or through linking with any other Site or web pages;
- requests money from, or is intended to otherwise defraud, us or other Users of the Site or Service;
- uses the Site to threaten, harass, stalk, abuse, or otherwise violate the legal rights (including rights of privacy and publicity) of others; and/or
- impersonates, or otherwise misrepresents affiliation, connection or association with, any person, entity or business.
1.5 Privacy Policy.
- General. By providing information to us when downloading, subscribing, contacting us or otherwise using the Site or Services, you expressly agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. We may occasionally change this Privacy Policy to reflect updates and changes in our information collection and disclosure practices. Changes to the Privacy Policy will automatically be effective when it is published on the Site. By visiting our Site or using the Services at any time, you are agreeing to this and any updates of the Privacy Policy. The date the Privacy Policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring that you regularly visit the Site and this Privacy Policy to see the most updated Privacy Policy.
- Information Collected. If you sign up for our newsletter, you must provide us with your email address which is considered personal information by which you may be personally identified (“personal information”). In addition, as you navigate through and interact with our Site, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:
- Details of your visits to our Site, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Site.
- Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.
- Geo-location information to provide certain location-based services that you request.
- Retention of personal information. Our primary purpose in collecting your personal information is to provide you with the Services you request and those which we believe will optimize your use of the Site. You agree that we may use your personal information for the following, but not limited to these, purposes:
- For the Services you requested;
- To support and enhance the Services you requested;
- To contact you with Service updates;
- To measure and improve our Services; and
- To promote services related to the Site.
- Disclosure of your personal information. We may disclose your personal information in response to a request by a law enforcement or government authority (including, but not limited to, national security or law enforcement obligations and applicable law, rule, order, or regulation) or in connection with actual or proposed litigation, if we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of us, our Users, or others, or to enforce or apply our rights under the Agreement. We are not required to question or contest the validity of any search warrant, subpoena or other similar governmental request that we receive.
In addition, we may disclose personal information that we collect, or you provide as described in this Privacy Policy:- To our partners if you’ve requested their services.
- To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
- To operate or conduct maintenance and repair of the Site and/or Services as authorized by law.
- To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by us about our Users is among the assets transferred.
- To act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the Site or members of the public.
- To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
- For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
- With your consent.
- Securing of your personal information. We store and process your information on our services located in the United States. We use a secure server and security protocol to safeguard any information you provide. The secure server implements the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol to interact with you when you provide personal information. This technology sends your data through an encrypted tunnel via 256-bit encryption so a third party cannot read the information while in transit. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Site. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Site.
If you access our Site through a mobile device, we may additionally collect information such as your unique device identifier, device’s operating system, mobile carrier, location or GPS/geo-location. We obtain this personal information from you either by Users inputting the data, when we speak to you, or by the automatic collection as you use the Site or Services.
2. FEEDBACK
If requested, you may provide us with comments and feedback through the Site. Any such comments, critiques, suggestions or ratings you provide through the Site will collectively be referred to as “Feedback”. By providing Feedback, you automatically grant us a perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive, irrevocable, unrestricted, worldwide license to use, copy, sublicense, reproduce, distribute, redistribute, modify, adapt, publish, edit, translate, transmit, create derivative works of, publish and/or broadcast, publicly perform or display any materials or other information (including without limitation, ideas contained therein for new or improved products or services) you submit to us. You further acknowledge and agree that your name and/or likeness may be associated with your Feedback and posted on the Site, and you hereby grant us a perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive, irrevocable, unrestricted, worldwide license to use your name and/or likeness in association with your Feedback. You agree that you shall have no recourse against us for any alleged or actual infringement or misappropriation of any proprietary right in your communication to us. You further acknowledge and agree that no compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Feedback, as provided herein, and that we may remove any Feedback we post on the Site at any time in our sole discretion. Further, when you provide Feedback, you authorize and direct us to make such copies thereof as we deem necessary in order to facilitate the posting and storage of such content on the Site.
3. OPERATION
We reserve complete and sole discretion with respect to the operation of the Site. We may, among other things: (a) delete email or private messages if it has not been accessed by a User within the time established by our policies; (b) subject to Section 1, make available to third parties information relating to the Users; and (c) withdraw, suspend or discontinue any functionality or feature of the Site. We may, in our complete and sole discretion, review uploaded files, conferences, forums, and chats and authorize restrictions on access thereto. We will not review the contents of email or private messages except as required or allowed by applicable law or legal process or as we deem necessary, in our sole discretion, to ensure compliances with the terms of this Agreement and/or to protect the safety of our Users, including, but not limited to, reviewing private messages in response to a complaint made against, or a report submitted to us against, a User. You acknowledge and agree that from time to time the Service may be inaccessible or inoperable for any reason, including, without limitation: (x) equipment malfunctions; (y) periodic maintenance procedures or repairs which we may undertake from time to time; or (z) causes beyond our control or which are not reasonably foreseeable by us.
4. CONTENT AND GENERAL DISCLAIMERS
4.1 General Disclaimer THE SITE IS PROVIDED BY US ON AN “AS IS” BASIS. WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THE SITE OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, OR PRODUCTS INCLUDED ON THE SITE. TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND WARRANTIES THAT ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE. THERE ARE NO WARRANTIES THAT EXTEND BEYOND THE FACE OF THESE TERMS. WE CANNOT AND DO NOT WARRANT AGAINST HUMAN AND MACHINE ERRORS, OMISSIONS, DELAYS, INTERRUPTIONS OR LOSSES, INCLUDING LOSS OF DATA. WE CANNOT AND DO NOT GUARANTEE OR WARRANT THAT FILES AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOADING FROM THE SITE WILL BE FREE OF INFECTION BY VIRUSES, WORMS, TROJAN HORSES OR OTHER CODE THAT MANIFEST CONTAMINATING OR DESTRUCTIVE PROPERTIES. WE DO NOT WARRANT OR GUARANTEE THAT THE FUNCTIONS OR SERVICES ACCESSED THROUGH THE SITE OR SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE OR THAT DEFECTS IN THE SITE OR SERVICES WILL BE CORRECTED. THIS DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY CONSTITUTES AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THESE TERMS. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF THE SERVICES, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SERVICES. WE MAY CHANGE THE SERVICES OR THE FEATURES IN ANY WAY, AND AT ANY TIME AND FOR ANY REASON. Although we have attempted to provide accurate information on the Site, WE assume no responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the information.
4.2 Informational Purposes Only. Any opinions or Feedback expressed on the Site are the personal opinions of the original author and not ours, even though the original author may be employed by us. The Content is provided for informational and entertainment purposes only and is not an endorsement or representation by us or any other party. We do not assume any responsibility or liability for any Feedback, opinion or other commentary posted on the Site or any third party website linked to the Site and make no express or implied warranty or guarantee about the accuracy, copyright compliance, legality, or any other aspect of the Content.
4.3 Disclaimer of Third Party Information. You understand that when using the Site, you may be exposed to third party content from a variety of sources, and that we are not responsible for the accuracy, usefulness, safety, or intellectual property rights of or relating to such third party content. You further understand and acknowledge that you may be exposed to third party content that may be offensive, indecent, inaccurate, or objectionable, and you agree to waive, and hereby do waive, any legal or equitable rights or remedies you have or may have against us with respect thereto.
4.4 Links to Third Party Sites. The Site may contain links to third party websites. You agree that access to any other internet site linked to the Site is done at your own risk and Astera is not responsible for the accuracy, availability or reliability of any information, goods, data, opinions, advice or statements made available on these other websites. You understand these links may lead unintentionally to websites containing information that you or others may find inappropriate or offensive. These links are not under the control of Astera and as such, you agree that Astera is not liable for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such third party websites. These links are provided by Astera merely for convenience and the inclusion of these links does not imply an endorsement or recommendation by Astera. You agree that Astera is not responsible for any form of transmission received from any link, nor is Astera responsible if any of these links are not working appropriately. It is your responsibility when viewing to abide by any privacy statements and terms of use posted in connection with these links. <
5. INDEMNIFICATION
YOU AGREE TO INDEMNIFY, DEFEND AND HOLD HARMLESS ASTERA AND OUR OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, MANAGERS, EMPLOYEES, LICENSORS, AGENTS, INFORMATION PROVIDERS AND SUPPLIERS (COLLECTIVELY, OUR “AFFILIATES”) FROM AND AGAINST ALL LOSSES, EXPENSES, DAMAGES AND COSTS, INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEY’S FEES, RESULTING FROM ANY VIOLATION OF THIS AGREEMENT, BREACH OF YOUR REPRESENTATIONS CONTAINED HEREIN, OR YOUR ACTIVITY IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITE OR SERVICES (INCLUDING INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTIES’ WORLDWIDE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OR NEGLIGENT OR WRONGFUL CONDUCT).
6. WAIVER AND RELEASE
YOU AGREE THAT ASTERA AND OUR AFFILIATES SHALL NOT HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO YOU UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY OR INDEMNITY IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE SITE, THE SERVICES, OR THE CONTENT. YOU SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE, OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY AND THAT THE RISK OF HARM OR DAMAGE FROM THE FOREGOING RESTS ENTIRELY WITH YOU. YOU HEREBY RELEASE AND FOREVER WAIVE ANY AND ALL CLAIMS YOU MAY HAVE AGAINST ASTERA AND OUR AFFILIATES (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CLAIMS BASED UPON OUR NEGLIGENCE OR OUR AFFILIATES) FOR LOSSES OR DAMAGES YOU SUSTAIN IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE SITE, THE SERVICES, OR THE CONTENT.
7. LIABILITY LIMITATION
NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING PARAGRAPH, ASTERA AND OUR AFFILIATES WILL NOT BE LIABLE UNDER ANY THEORY OF LAW, FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING, ARISING OUT OF, BASED ON, OR RESULTING FROM THIS AGREEMENT OR YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR SERVICES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF INFORMATION OR DATA OR COSTS OF REPLACEMENT GOODS, ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE, THE SERVICES OR RESULTING FROM USE OF OR RELIANCE ON THE INFORMATION PRESENTED, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE SERVICE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF ASTERA MAY HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
8. COPYRIGHT OR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENT NOTIFICATION
We respect the intellectual property rights of others. You can notify us of possible copyright infringement, and we will review all claims of copyright infringement received and remove content deemed to have been posted or distributed in violation of any such laws. To make a claim, please provide the following:
- A physical or an electronic signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual property interest that is allegedly infringed;
- A description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim has been infringed;
- A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Site reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material;
- Your contact information, including your address, telephone number, and email;
- A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and <
- A statement by you that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you, made under penalty of perjury, are the copyright or intellectual property owner or authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner’s behalf.
Contact the agent designated to receive and act on copyright violations under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Claims can be directed to us at to Astera Institute, 2625 Alcatraz Ave #201, Berkeley, CA 94705.
9. TERM AND TERMINATION
Either you or we may terminate this Agreement at any time and for any reason. In addition, this Agreement will terminate immediately, without notice, if you fail to comply with the terms of this Agreement. We also reserve the right to terminate or suspend access to the Site and Services without prior notice. The provisions of Sections 1.1 (Proprietary Rights), 1.3 (User Restrictions), 1.4 (User Representations), 1.5 (Privacy Policy), 2 (Feedback), 4 (Content and General Disclaimers), 5 (Indemnification), 6 (Waiver and Release), 7 (Limitation of Liabilities), 9 (Term and Termination), and 12 (Miscellaneous) shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
10. PRIVACY RIGHTS
We are firmly committed to protecting your privacy, the privacy of Users, and the information that we gather. In using the Services, you represent and agree that you will not use the Services to track or collect personally identifiable information of Users and will comply at all times with the Privacy Policy.
11. EXPORT CONTROLS
You shall comply with all export laws and restrictions and regulations of the Department of Commerce, the United States Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control, or other United States or foreign agency or authority, and not to export, or allow the export or re-export of the Material in violation of any such restrictions, laws or regulations. By downloading or using the Material, you are agreeing to the foregoing, and you are representing and warranting that you are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of any restricted country or on any such list.
12. MISCELLANEOUS
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California. You agree that any legal action or proceeding between us and you for any purpose concerning this Agreement or the parties’ obligations hereunder shall be brought exclusively in a court of competent jurisdiction sitting in Alameda County, California, United States. Any cause of action or claim you may have with respect to us must be commenced within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action arises. Our failure to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right. No waiver of any term, provision or condition of this Agreement, whether by conduct or otherwise, in any one or more instances, shall be deemed to be, or shall constitute, a waiver of any other term, provision or condition hereof, whether or not similar, nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver of any such term, provision or condition hereof. No waiver shall be binding unless executed in writing by the party making the waiver. This Agreement and the Privacy Policy constitutes the complete and exclusive statement of the agreement between the parties with respect to the Services and supersedes any and all prior or contemporaneous communications, representations, statements and understandings, whether oral or written, between the parties concerning the Services. If any action in law or in equity is necessary to enforce the terms of this Agreement or the Privacy Policy, the prevailing party will be entitled to reasonable fees of attorneys, accountants, and other professionals, and costs and expenses in addition to any other relief to which such prevailing party may be entitled. The provisions of this Agreement are severable, and in the event any provision hereof is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not in any way affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof. No provisions of this Agreement are intended, nor will be interpreted, to provide or create any third party beneficiary rights or any other rights of any kind in any Nonprofit User, client, customer, affiliate, or any party hereto or any other person unless specifically provided otherwise herein, and except as so provided, all provisions hereof will be personal solely between the parties to this Agreement; except that Sections 5, 6, and 7 are intended to benefit us and our Affiliates. We may assign our rights and duties under this Agreement to any party at any time without notice to you.
13. NOTICE
We may deliver notice to you under this Agreement by means of electronic mail or a general notice on the Site. You may give notice to us at any time via electronic mail to the Site at the following address: info@astera.org. Electronic is preferred, but you can also direct physical correspondence to:
Astera Institute
2625 Alcatraz Ave. #201
Berkeley, CA 94705