In this Document American Diversity Report-New Beginnings may be noted as ADR-NB and we will, in some areas refer to our website as a Service.
You may use and access the Service solely for Your personal, non-commercial use. All use of the Service must be in accordance with these Terms of Use. You may not use, copy, store, reproduce, transmit, distribute, display, modify, alter, license, sublicense, or commercially exploit the Service or any contents, information, data or materials provided through the Service in any manner not expressly permitted by these Terms of Use or the Service. You may not assign, sublicense, rent, timeshare, loan, lease or otherwise transfer the Service, or directly or indirectly permit any third party to use or copy any of the Services. If you do not accept our Terms of Use, please do not use this website.
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE AMERICAN DIVERSITY REPORT-NEW BEGINNINGS WEB SITE OR ANY OTHER WEB SITE MAINTAINED BY ADR-NB OR ITS AFFILIATES (“SITE”). USING THIS SITE INDICATES THAT YOU ACCEPT THESE TERMS. THE TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT (THESE” TERMS OF USE” IS A BINDING LEGAL CONTRACT BETWEEN YOU (“YOU” OR “YOUR” EITHER AN INDIVIDUAL OR A LEGAL ENTITY) AND AMERICAN DIVERSITY REPORT-NEW BEGINNINGS. THESE TERMS OF USE GOVERN YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE WEBSITE, AND AFFILIATED WEBSITES AND ANY MEDIA, SOFTWARE, PROGRAMS, SERVICES, TOOLS, FEATURES, DATABASES, MATERIALS, CONTENT OR INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH IT INCONNECTION WITH IT.
ADR-NB Disclaimer: Copyrights
The entire contents of this Site are protected by the United States copyright laws. Writers maintain the copyrights to their articles and authorize readers to view and to use the materials at this Site only for personal, non-commercial use, provided that authorship is placed on any copies of the materials that are presented and used. Readers may not modify the materials at this Site in any way or reproduce or publicly display, perform, distribute, or otherwise use the materials for any public or commercial purpose. Any materials, information, or other communication that readers post to this Site (“Communication”) will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. ADR-NB will be free, in perpetuity, to copy, disclose, distribute, incorporate, and otherwise use readers’ comments and all data, images, sounds, text, and other things embodied therein for any additional forms of commercial or non-commercial purposes with the appropriate citation of the author (where feasible). ADR-NB may use any of the images or writings submitted for the purpose of improving the website, and may be included in other forms of communication utilized by ADR-NB.
Limitations on Copying and Distribution. You may download or copy downloadable items displayed on the Service for personal, non-commercial use only, provided that You maintain and display all copyright, trademark and other notices contained therein. This includes any Guide or Manual that may be sent to you or available for download on this website. You may not assign, sublicense, rent, timeshare, loan, lease or otherwise transfer the Service, or directly or indirectly permit any third party to use or copy any of the Services. You may not: (i) use any “deep link”, “page scrape”, “robot”, “spider”, or other automatic device, program, script, algorithm or methodology, or any similar or equivalent manual process, to access, acquire, copy, or monitor any portion of the Service or in any way reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of the Service to obtain or attempt to obtain any materials, documents, or information through any means not purposefully made available through the Service. This is American Diversity Report-New Beginnings Trademark and should be displayed as indicated:
ADR-NB Disclaimer: Links To Other Web Sites
Links to third party web sites on this Site are provided solely as a convenience to you. If you use these links, you will leave this Site. ADR-NB has not reviewed all of these third-party sites and does not control and is not responsible for any of these sites or their content. ADR-NB does not endorse or make any representations about these third-party sites, or any advertising, 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.
To the affiliates that have been given access to our website and may have a hypertext link to their website, provided that the page containing the link properly attributes the linked site. Neither your site nor your link to this Site (a) shall imply ADR-NB’s sponsorship or endorsement of your site or the products, services, or materials promoted or set forth on your site; (b) shall contain republished, redistributed, or copied materials from this Site, including by framing or other means without permission; or (c) shall misrepresent the relationship with ADR-NB or contain any false, misleading, or derogatory information about ADR-NB or its products or services.
THE MATERIALS AND SERVICES PROVIDED AT THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. ADR-NB further does not warrant the accuracy and completeness of the materials or services at this Site beyond those of the ADR-NB.
Any articles or images which have been submitted by third parties have been reviewed by ADR-NB for accuracy and public acceptability – but all material has not been examined to the extent that ADR-NB can be sure of every article or statement for accuracy and proper presentation. It is up to the reader to make their own determination as to accuracy and truthfulness for each article and statement included in this website. Further, the reader, by visiting the website and reading any article or statement agrees no to hold ADR-NB liable for any misrepresentations, inaccuracies or inappropriate images or statements.
The information by authors on this Site may be out of date, and ADR-NB makes no commitment to update the materials and services at this Site. Information published at this Site may refer to products, programs, or services that are not available in your area. We welcome any suggestions for corrections any of our visitors may have to offer. Send them to richardw@adr-nb.org, or use our Contact Us page to send us your comments.
Non-Solicitation. You may not post, comment or transmit through the Service any material which contains advertising or any solicitation with respect to products or services. You may not contact, nor try to contact, any person or organization listed, mentioned or affiliated with ADR-NB for the purpose of sell or offering to sell any product or service, under the pretense that ADR-NB has endorsed, referred or promoted such service or service.
ADR-NB Disclaimer: Limitation of Liability
YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND YOU ASSUME ALL RISK. THE SERVICE, ARTICLES AND ITS INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS, SERVICES, AND USER CONTENT IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS AVAILABLE,” “AS IS” BASIS. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ADR-NB AND ITS LICENSORS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF NON-INFRINGEMENT, TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, QUIET ENJOYMENT, QUALITY OF INFORMATION, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM USE OF THE SERVICE. ADR-NB DOES NOT ENDORSE, RECOMMEND, OR MAKE ANY WARRANTIES AS TO THE CONTENT, INFORMATION, MATERIALS, USER MATERIALS, FEATURES, SERVICES, PRODUCTS, OPINIONS, OR STATEMENTS AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE SERVICE OR THROUGH LINKS ON THE SERVICE. ADR-NB DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OR THAT THE OPERATION OF THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT DEFECTS IN THE SERVICE WILL BE CORRECTED. YOU SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ADR-NB IS NOT LIABLE FOR THE DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF OTHER USERS OR THIRD-PARTIES AND THAT THE RISK OF INJURY FROM THE FOREGOING RESTS ENTIRELY WITH YOU.
ADR-NB USES A THIRD-PARTY WEB HOSTING COMPANY, AND HAS NO CONTROL OVER THE UPTIME OR DOWNTIME OF THE WEBSITE, AND IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES CAUSED, OR MAY BE CAUSED BECAUSE OF POOR HOSTING SERVICE.
ADR-NB Disclaimer: Governing Law / Dispute Resolution
Any claims arising out of the use of this Site shall be resolved by binding arbitration in Danbury, CT, in accordance with the then-current rules of the American Arbitration Association. These Terms are made under and will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Tennessee, United States of America.
ADR-NB Disclaimer: Modifications
ADR-NB may make revisions to the materials on this Site, or to the products, services, and prices described herein, at any time without notice. By using this Site, you agree to be bound by any such revisions and therefore should visit this Site periodically to determine the then-current Terms by which you are bound. You may not remove any proprietary notices, including copyright and trademark notices, or labels from the Service on any materials accessed through the Service.
Submissions to ADR-NB or Posting to the Website:
The Service may contain comment areas, questionnaires, tools, and other interactive features where You can share and display content, information, postings, materials, including without limitation, statements, photographs, video and other images (collectively “Materials”). You may from time to time, submit a Story That Inspires, a Biography for our Catalog or other document that you feel should be considered for inclusion in our Website or one of our Guides or Manuals. Submission to ADR-NB is no guarantee that your offering will be published, and not when it may be published. In some cases, it may take several days for our Editorial Committee to respond to your submission. We try to respond to each submission quickly, but sometimes our workload is too great, and it will take longer. In all cases, You are solely responsible for any Materials You provide. By submitting Materials to the Service, You warrant that You have all necessary rights to grant, and automatically grant to American Diversity Report-New Beginnings and its affiliates, a royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive and fully sublicensable right (including any moral rights) and license to use, license, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, publicly display, publicly perform, translate, and distribute such Materials (in whole or in part) and/or to incorporate them in other works in any form, media or technology now known or developed in the future. You also permit any other users of the Service to access, view, store or reproduce Your Materials and content for that user’s personal, non-commercial use. ADR-NB will not be required to treat any Materials as confidential, and You grant to ADR-NB the right to edit, copy, display, publish and distribute any Materials made available via the Service by You, without compensation to You or any other party submitting the Materials for You. Notwithstanding the right and license, by merely permitting Your Materials to appear on the Service, ADR-NB is not a publisher of such Materials, and is merely functioning as an intermediary to enable You to provide and display Materials. Moreover, and except as provided in these Terms of Use with respect to the right and ability of ADR-NB to delete or remove Materials, ADR-NB does not endorse, oppose, or edit any opinion provided by You or any other user and does not make any representation with respect to, nor does it endorse the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, or reliability of any Materials displayed, uploaded, linked-to or distributed by You or any other user. You agree that by using the Service, You will not post or transmit any of the following:
- anything that interferes with or disrupts the Service or its operation;
- Materials that are vulgar, obscene, indecent, profane, or otherwise objectionable or offensive, defamatory, libelous, unlawful, threatening, abusive, harassing, misleading, or false;
- Statements that would be interpreted as racist, anti-Semitic or homophobic;
- Unauthorized copyrighted materials, or any other material that infringes on the intellectual property rights, rights of publicity or personality, trade secrets, confidentiality, or privacy of others;
- Materials that encourage criminal conduct or that would give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any law or regulation in any jurisdiction;
- Materials that harm minors;
- Materials that impersonate any other person or entity, whether actual or fictitious, or that misrepresent Your affiliation with any entity; or
- Files that contain malicious code, viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another’s computer, network, or the Service.