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This page
states the Terms and Conditions under which you may
use this Web site. Please read this page carefully.
If you do not accept the Terms and Conditions stated
here, do not use the Web site. The National Park Foundation
Greater Washington National Parks Fund may revise these
Terms and Conditions at any time by updating this posting.
You should visit this page periodically to review the
Terms and Conditions, because they are binding on you.
USE OF SITE:
The National Park Foundation Greater
Washington National Parks Fund ("GWNPF") authorizes
you to view, use or download material displayed on this
Site (the "Material") solely for noncommercial,
personal use only. If you download Material, you must
retain all copyright and other proprietary notices displayed
on the Materials. You may not sell, distribute, modify,
reproduce, display, publicly perform, transmit, post,
or otherwise use the content of this Site for public
or commercial purposes without GWNPF’s written
permission. The use of the Material on any other Web
site or in a networked computer environment for any
purpose is prohibited. You may not link or otherwise
frame the materials on this Site without the express,
written permission of GWNPF. If you violate any of these
Terms, your permission to use the Materials automatically
terminates and you must immediately destroy any copies
you have made of the Materials. GWNPF reserves the right
to refuse service, terminate accounts, and cancel orders
if we believe that your conduct violates these Terms.
MINIMUM OPERATING REQUIREMENTS:
This site is designed to operate properly in both PC
and MAC formats using Internet Explorer 5.5 and above
or Netscape 6.0 and above.
COPYRIGHTS:
All content on this Site, including text, graphics,
logos, button icons, and images, and the design, sequence,
selection and arrangement of such content is the exclusive
property of National Park Foundation and is protected
by U.S. and international copyright laws. All rights
not expressly granted are reserved.
TRADEMARKS:
The trademarks, service marks, designs,
and logos (collectively, the "Trademarks")
displayed on this Site are the registered and unregistered
Trademarks of National Park Foundation and its partner
organizations. Your use of the Trademarks displayed
on this Site, except as provided in these Terms, is
strictly prohibited.
OPINION, FEEDBACK, & OTHER SUBMISSIONS:
Users
who have properly registered on this Site may post comments
and opinions on the National Parks and other issues
of general interest featured on this Site. Generally,
any communication which you post to the Site (a "Posting")
is considered to be non-confidential. You agree that
any and all information that you submit to this Site
(a "Submission"), including any and all numerical
votes and written comments, is the property of GWNPF
and may be used by us for any purpose. By posting communications
to the Site, you automatically grant GWNPF a royalty-free,
perpetual, irrevocable, nonexclusive license to use,
reproduce, modify, publish, edit, transfer, distribute,
perform and display the communication alone or as part
of other works in any form, media, or technology whether
now known or hereafter developed, translate and reformat
your Submission; publish your name in connection with
your Submission; and the right to sublicense such rights
through multiple tiers of sublicenses.
No compensation will be paid with respect to the use
of your Submission, as provided herein. Microsoft is
under no obligation to post or use any Submission you
may provide and GWNPF may remove any Submission at any
time in its sole discretion.
By Posting a Submission you warrant and represent
that you own or otherwise control all of the rights
to your Submission as described in these Terms of Use
including, without limitation, all the rights necessary
for you to provide, post, upload, input or submit the
Submissions.
As a User, you are responsible for your own communications
and are responsible for the consequences of their posting.
You must not do the following things: post material
that is copyrighted, unless you are the copyright owner
or have the permission of the copyright owner to post
it; post material that reveals trade secrets, unless
you own them or have the permission of the owner; post
material that infringes on any other intellectual property
rights of others or on the privacy or publicity rights
of others; post material that is obscene, defamatory,
threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful, or embarrassing
to another User or any other person or entity; post
a sexually-explicit image; post advertisements or solicitations
of business; post chain letters or pyramid schemes;
or impersonate another person.
GWNPF does not represent or guarantee the truthfulness,
accuracy, or reliability of any of communications post
by other Users or endorse any opinions expressed by
Users. You acknowledge that any reliance on material
posted by other Users will be at your own risk.
GWNPF does not screen communications in advance and
is not responsible for screening or monitoring material
posted by Users. If notified by a User of communications
which allegedly do not conform to this Agreement, GWNPF
may investigate the allegation and determine in good
faith and its sole discretion whether to remove or request
the removal of the communication. GWNPF has no liability
or responsibility to Users for performance or nonperformance
of such activities. GWNPF reserves the right to expel
Users and prevent their further access to the Site for
violating this Agreement or the law and the right to
remove communications which are abusive, illegal, or
disruptive. Specifically, GWNPF reserves the right,
in its sole discretion, to edit all submissions for
appropriate content. GWNPF reserves the right at all
times to disclose any information as GWNPF deems necessary
to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process
or governmental request, or to refuse to post or to
remove any information or materials, in whole or in
part, in GWNPF's sole discretion.
SURVEY CONTENT:
The reviews published on this Site
are based on public opinion surveys, with numerical
ratings reflecting the average scores given by all survey
participants who voted on each park site and text based
on direct quotes from, or fair paraphrasing of, participants’
comments.
LINKS TO OTHER SITES:
The Site may contain links to
third-party Web sites. These links are provided solely
as a convenience to you and not as an endorsement by
GWNPF of the contents on such third-party Web sites.
GWNPF is not responsible for the content of linked third-party
sites and does not make any representations regarding
the content or accuracy of materials on such third-party
sites. If you decide to access linked third-party Web
sites, you do so at your own risk. When you click on
one of the provided links, you are leaving the GWNPF’s
Site to enter another site on the Web.
GWNPF LIABILITY:
Your use of this site is at your
own risk. The Material may contain inaccuracies or typographical
errors. GWNPF makes no representations about the accuracy,
reliability, completeness, or timeliness of the Material
or about the results to be obtained from using the Site
and the Material. Changes are periodically made to the
Site and may be made at any time.
GWNPF DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE WILL OPERATE
ERROR-FREE OR THAT THIS SITE AND ITS SERVER ARE FREE
OF COMPUTER VIRUSES AND OTHER HARMFUL GOODS. IF YOUR
USE OF THE SITE OR THE MATERIAL RESULTS IN THE NEED
FOR SERVICING OR REPLACING EQUIPMENT OR DATA, GWNPF
IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE COSTS.
THE SITE AND MATERIAL ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS
IS" BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. GWNPF
AND ITS SUPPLIERS, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY
LAW, DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THE WARRANTY
OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTIES’
RIGHTS, AND THE WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE. GWNPF AND ITS SUPPLIERS MAKE NO WARRANTIES
ABOUT THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, COMPLETENESS, LACK
OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR TIMELINESS
OF THE MATERIAL, SERVICES, SOFTWARE TEXT, GRAPHICS,
AND LINKS.
GWNPF DOES NOT CONTROL, NOR CAN CONTROL, THE FLOW
OF DATA TO OR FROM INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS
PROVIDERS AND OTHER PORTIONS OF THE INTERNET. SUCH FLOW
DEPENDS IN LARGE PART ON THE PERFORMANCE OF INTERNET
SERVICES PROVIDED OR CONTROLLED BY THIRD PARTIES. AT
TIMES, ACTIONS OR INACTIONS CAUSED BY SUCH THIRD PARTIES
MAY PRODUCE SITUATIONS IN WHICH YOUR CONNECTIONS TO
THE INTERNET (OR PORTIONS THEREOF) MAY BE IMPAIRED OR
DISRUPTED AND GWNPF CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT SUCH EVENTS
WILL NOT OCCUR. ACCORDINGLY, GWNPF DISCLAIMS ANY AND
ALL LIABILITY RESULTING FROM OR RELATED TO SUCH EVENTS.
GWNPF SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER THIRD
PARTY FOR ANY CLAIMS OR DAMAGES THAT YOU MAY SUFFER
OR THAT MAY BE SUFFERED BY ANY SUCH THIRD PARTY INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY AND ALL LOSSES OR DAMAGES OF
ANY AND EVERY NATURE, RESULTING FROM THE LOSS OF DATA,
INABILITY TO ACCESS THE INTERNET, OR INABILITY TO TRANSMIT
OR RECEIVE INFORMATION, CAUSED BY, OR RESULTING FROM,
DELAYS, NON-DELIVERY, OR SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS WHETHER
OR NOT CAUSED BY THE FAULT OR NEGLIGENCE OF GWNPF. GWNPF
SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SITE’S NOT BEING
ACCESSIBLE ON THE INTERNET DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES NOT
IN THE DIRECT CONTROL OF GWNPF SUCH AS, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
YOUR EQUIPMENT CAPABILITIES OR LIMITATIONS OR INTERNET
SERVICE PROVIDER LIMITATIONS. GWNPF SHALL NOT HAVE ANY
RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR UNAUTHORIZED DISSEMINATION
OF ANY DATA, WHETHER AS A RESULT OF DEFEAT OF DATA SECURITY,
MISAPPROPRIATION OR MISUSE OF PASSWORDS, OR ANY OTHER
CAUSE NOT IN THE DIRECT CONTROL OF GWNPF.
YOU SPECIFICALLY AGREE THAT GWNPF SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS
OR DATA, ANY MATERIAL OR DATA SENT OR RECEIVED OR NOT
SENT OR RECEIVED, OR ANY TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH
THE SITE. YOU SPECIFICALLY AGREE THAT GWNPF IS NOT RESPONSIBLE
OR LIABLE FOR ANY THREATENING, DEFAMATORY, OBSCENE,
OFFENSIVE OR ILLEGAL CONTENT OR CONDUCT OF ANY OTHER
PARTY OR ANY INFRINGEMENT OF ANOTHER'S RIGHTS, INCLUDING
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS. YOU SPECIFICALLY AGREE
THAT GWNPF IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY CONTENT SENT USING
AND/OR INCLUDED IN THE SITE BY ANY THIRD PARTY.
DISCLAIMER OF CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES:
IN NO EVENT SHALL
GWNPF, ITS SUPPLIERS, OR ANY THIRD PARTIES MENTIONED
AT THIS SITE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, AND
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, OR DAMAGES RESULTING
FROM LOST DATA OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) OR OTHER ECONOMIC
LOSS RESULTING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE
SITE AND THE MATERIAL, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT,
TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT
GWNPF IS 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.
IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF THE SITE,
OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE
REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SITE.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY:
Unless otherwise expressly
agreed to by GWNPF, the aggregate liability for GWNPF
to you for all claims arising from the use of the Material
and/or the Site is limited to $25.00.
COPYRIGHT AGENT:
Pursuant to Title 17, United States
Code, Section 512(c)(2), if you believe that your work
has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright
infringement, please provide GWNPF’s agent (listed
below) the following information, in writing: (i) an
electronic or physical signature of the person authorized
to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right
which is allegedly being infringed upon; (ii) identification
of the copywritten work that is alleged to have been
infringed upon or, if more than one, a representative
list; (iii) identification of the material which needs
to be removed or altered and a sufficiently detailed
description of the location of the protected material
on the Site; (iv) a sufficient means for GWNPF to contact
you, such as your address, telephone number, and e-mail
address (if available); (v) a statement by you that
you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is
not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or
the law and that you have authority to make such a statement;
and (vi) a statement by you, made upon penalty of perjury,
that the above information in your notice is accurate
and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to
act on the copyright owner’s behalf. GWNPF’s
copyright agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement
can be reached at GreaterWashington@nationalparks.org.
INDEMNITY:
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold GWNPF,
its officers, directors, employees, and agents harmless
from and against any claims, actions or demands, including,
without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting
fees, alleging or resulting from your use of the Material
and the Site or your breach of the terms of this Agreement.
GWNPF shall provide you notice promptly of any such
claim, suit or proceeding and shall assist you, at your
expense, in defending any such claim, suit or proceeding.
EXPORT CONTROL:
The United States controls the export
of products and information. You agree to comply with
such restrictions and not to export or re-export Material
(including any software downloaded from the Site) to
countries or persons prohibited under the export control
laws. By downloading the Material (including any software),
you are agreeing that you are not in a country where
such export is prohibited or are a person or entity
to which such export is prohibited. You are responsible
for compliance with the laws of your local jurisdiction
regarding the import, export, or re-export of any Material
from the Site.
DISPUTE RESOLUTION.
Any and all disputes between both
parties arising out of or otherwise relating to this
Agreement and its implementation will be settled solely
and exclusively by arbitration in Washington, D.C.,
United States of America, pursuant to the J.A.M.S/ENDISPUTE’s
Streamlined Arbitration Rules and Procedures then in
effect. Any decision rendered shall be final and conclusive
upon both parties and a judgment thereon may be enforced
in any court having jurisdiction. All costs incurred
in arbitrating a dispute shall be shared in proportion
to the parties' respective amounts of liability. Except
where clearly prevented by the subject matter of the
dispute, both parties will continue performing their
respective obligations under this Agreement while the
dispute is being resolved. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
GWNPF shall have the right to institute an action in
any court or tribunal in the event you infringe GWNPF
's proprietary rights or breach your restricted use
obligations of the Site and its Material.
GENERAL:
The Site is based in Washington, DC. GWNPF
makes no claims the Material is appropriate or may be
downloaded outside of the United States. Access to the
Material (including any software) may not be legal by
certain persons or in certain countries. If you access
the Site from outside of the United States, you do so
at your own risk and are responsible for compliance
with the laws of your jurisdiction. This Agreement is
governed by the internal substantive laws of the State
of New York, without respect to its conflict of laws
principles. If any provision of this Agreement is found
to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction,
the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the
validity of the remaining provisions of this Agreement,
which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver
of any term of this Agreement shall be deemed a further
or continuing waiver of such term or any other term.
Any changes to this Agreement must be made in writing,
signed by an authorized representative of GWNPF. This
Agreement constitutes the entire and complete agreement
between you and GWNPF with respect to the use of the
Site and its Material superseding all prior and contemporaneous
agreements, representations, statements and writings
relating to its subject matter.
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