OVERVIEW<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Welcome to the website for The GPS Triangle newspaper, GPSTRIANGLENEWS.COM (the \u201cSite\u201d). The Site is an online service\nowned by The GPS Triangle (\u201cGPS\u201d or \u201cus\u201d). GPS has created this Site for\nyour personal enjoyment, education and entertainment. This Terms of Use\nagreement (the \u201cAgreement\u201d) describes the terms and conditions under which GPS\npermits your use of the Site, online and mobile applications owned by GPS\nrelated to the Site or to The GPS Triangle newspaper, and any other services of GPS that\ndisplay this Agreement (collectively with the Site and the applications, the\n\u201cServices\u201d). This Agreement constitutes a legal agreement between you and GPS.\nUse of this Site or any of the other Services is also governed by GPS\u2019s Privacy\nPolicy, which is incorporated into this Agreement by reference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By viewing, interacting with, submitting information to, or otherwise using\nthe Services, you agree to be bound by this Agreement. If you do not wish to be\nbound by this Agreement, you must not use the Services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to modify, update, or\notherwise change this Agreement at any time. By using this Services after such\nchanges are posted, you agree to be bound by the changes. This Agreement was\nlast modified on December 17, 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All content included in this Site or in or through the other Services, such\nas text, photos, logos, video, graphics, sound, computer code, and the\narrangement and selection of such content, is protected by copyrights,\ntrademarks, and\/or other intellectual property rights of GPS and\/or its\nthird-party content providers. The trademarks \u201cTHE GPS TRIANGLE ,\u201d \u201cLINC, INC,\u201d\nand \u201cGPSTRIANGLENEWS.COM ,\u201d as well as the business names, logos, slogans,\ntrade dress and all other marks on this Site or in the Services are trademarks\nof GPS or its third-party content providers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You may use material from this Site or the Services only for your own\npersonal, non-commercial use. No portion of this Site or the other Services may\nbe republished, reproduced, duplicated, copied, uploaded, downloaded, posted,\ntransmitted, modified, sold, or otherwise exploited for any purpose that is not\nexpressly permitted by GPS or under copyright law. In the event of any\npermitted copying, redistribution, or publication of copyrighted material, no\nchanges in or deletion of trademarks, author attribution or copyright notices\nmay be made. You acknowledge that you do not acquire any ownership rights by\ndownloading material from this Site or the Services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you believe in good faith that your copyrighted work has been reproduced\non this Site or through the Services without authorization in a way that\nconstitutes copyright infringement, you may notify our designated copyright\nagent by postal mail or email at the following address: Kirk Luther, 7707 B St.\nAndrews Road, Irmo SC 29063, email: kfluther@gmail.com . This contact\ninformation is only for suspected copyright infringement. Contact information\nfor other matters is provided elsewhere on this Site or in the Services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SUBMISSION OF CONTENT BY USERS<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In certain places, this Site or the Services may allow users to submit\ncomments, forum or chat room entries, blog entries, letters, ideas, photos,\nvideos, emails or other content \u2013 either directly to the Site or the Services\n(including to us through the Site or the Services) or through third party\nservice providers. While we generally would like to permit you to provide\ncontent to or through the Site or other Services, there are certain\nrestrictions on your providing content. They are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
License: By submitting content, you grant GPS a perpetual, non-exclusive,\nworldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable, fully and freely assignable and\nsub-licensable license to any rights you have in the content submitted \u2013\nincluding, but not limited to, the rights to use, display, publish, translate,\nreproduce, distribute, modify, prepare derivative works based upon, and perform\npublicly your content (or any part thereof) online and offline in any form,\nmedia or technology now known or hereafter devised. You further agree that GPS\nand its licensees have the right to use your name and likeness in connection\nwith GPS\u2019s publication, display, modification, distribution or other use of\nsuch content. GPS is free to use any ideas, techniques, inventions, concepts,\nknow-how, or other information that you provide to GPS (whether directly or\nthrough its third party service providers) for any purpose whatsoever without\ncompensation or remuneration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Standards: You agree not to submit any content that: (a) infringes on any\nthird-party intellectual property, publicity, privacy, moral (droit moral) or\nother legal rights; (b) violates any applicable law or regulation; (c) is\ndefamatory, threatening, harassing, obscene, harmful to minors, or child\npornographic; (d) is false or misleading; (e) promotes physical or emotional\nharm in any way; (f) contains any viruses, Trojan horses, worms or other\nharmful components (including, but not limited to, computer programming\nroutines that may damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously\nintercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information); (g) is\ncommercial in nature, other than as specifically solicited by this Site; (h)\nconstitutes unsolicited junk or bulk email (\u201cspam\u201d); or (i) is tortious or\ncriminal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Warranty \/ Indemnity: You warrant and guarantee that you own all\nintellectual property, proprietary, privacy, publicity, moral (droit moral) and\nother rights to any content that you submit. You further agree to defend,\nindemnify, and hold us harmless against: (a) any and all claims to the rights\nto content that you provide to us, (b) any and all claims that someone\u2019s rights\nwere violated by our display or other use of the content that you provide to\nus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Monitoring of Content \/ Removal: You agree that GPS has no responsibility to\nmonitor, review, edit, remove or control any content or other information that\nyou or others submit to us and\/or the Site and\/or the Services. You further\nagree that GPS may, in its sole discretion, modify, remove or refuse to accept\nany content for any reason. We may also decline to modify or remove content\nthat you submitted, despite your request. In addition, please be aware that we\nmay not be able to modify or remove certain content, including without\nlimitation content that has been distributed to or relied on by third parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Release: You agree that you are at least 18 years of age. You agree to\nrelease GPS (including without limitation, for purposes of this Section C.5 of\nthe Agreement, the officers, directors, employees, shareholders, owners\n(including without limitation, The GPS Triangle and LINC, INC.), members, affiliates,\nsubsidiaries, successors, assigns, licensors, licensees, third party\ncontractors (including without limitation), agents, attorneys and\nrepresentatives of The GPS Triangle , LLC) from any and all liability and\nobligations whatsoever in connection with or arising from GPS\u2019s use or non-use\nof content submitted by you or any third party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Privacy: Other than as set forth in the Privacy Policy, GPS may treat any\nsubmission and\/or communication between you and GPS as non-confidential and\nnon-proprietary. In particular, emails, comments concerning stories, letters,\nblog entries, social media correspondence from you, information from sources,\nand similar submissions will not be considered confidential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No Endorsement \/ Recommendation: GPS does not endorse, recommend, or take\nany responsibility for any content submitted to the Services by any advertiser,\nservice provider, vendor, or other third-party, even if GPS displays such\ncontent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DISCLAIMER WITH RESPECT TO ADVERTISERS, CONTRACTORS AND OTHER THIRD PARTIES<\/p>\n\n\n\n
GPS specifically disclaims all responsibility for the actions or inactions\nof advertisers, contractors, subcontractors, Web site developers and hosts,\nlicensors, licensees and other third parties that may contract with GPS or its\naffiliates or may otherwise provide information or services to this Site or the\nServices, even if such third parties provide content to or linked to this Site\nor the Services \u2013 including, without limitation, the providers and third party\nusers of any blogs, forums, chat rooms, personals, classifieds, and other\nfeatures of this Site or the Services that are powered or provided by third\nparties. You agree that your sole course of action with respect to such third\nparties will be against them directly. You further agree that you will abide by\nthe terms of use and privacy statements, if any, that they have provided for\ntheir sections of the Site or the Services, but that in the event of a conflict\nbetween their terms of use and this Agreement, this Agreement applies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DISCLAIMER WITH RESPECT TO OTHER INTERNET SITES<\/p>\n\n\n\n
GPS has not reviewed all of the sites, or content of sites, that may be\naccessed from or linked to this Site or the Services. GPS is not responsible\nfor the content of any pages or Internet images, information, or data, which\nare not contained on this Site or the Services. Viewing of any and all other\nWeb sites shall be at your own risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PROHIBITION ON USE \/ ENFORCEMENT OF TERMS<\/p>\n\n\n\n
GPS may at any time, for any reason, prohibit your further use in whole or\nin part of this Site or the Services. We may also take any action that we deem\nnecessary to enforce this Agreement, and to protect against unlawful or\nimproper use of this Site or the Services. You hereby expressly agree to waive\nany and all claims you may have (whether currently in existence and\/or arising\nhereafter) against GPS for any failure by us to enforce this Agreement, whether\nagainst you or a third party. GPS\u2019s failure to act in a particular circumstance\ndoes not waive its right to act with respect to that circumstance or other\ncircumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ACCESS LIMITS<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Without GPS\u2019s express consent, you may not frame any pages from the Site or\nthe Services, place pop-up windows over pages of the Site or the Services, or\notherwise affect the display of the Site\u2019s pages or of the Services. Moreover,\nunder no circumstances may you: (i) derive or attempt to derive the source or\nobject code, source files or structure of this Site, the Services, or their\ncontent by reverse engineering, disassembly, decompilation or any other means;\n(ii) attempt to access the accounts of others, or attempt to penetrate security\nmeasures of the systems of GPS or its affiliates or contractors (\u201chacking\u201d),\nwhether or not the intrusion results in corruption or loss of data; or (iii)\ntransmit to GPS or by means of this Site or the Services any unauthorized or\nunsolicited advertising, junk or bulk e-mail, or any other form of unauthorized\nor unsolicited transmission. GPS grants you permission to link to this Site\n(without framing it) or the Services, but may revoke this permission at any\ntime for any reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
YOUR ACCOUNT<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In order to obtain certain products or services through this Site or the\nServices, you may be required to set up an account. In such a case, you will be\nrequired to provide certain information about yourself when setting up the\naccount. You may not provide inaccurate or incomplete information. You are\nresponsible for any use of your account, this Site or the Services by anyone\nusing your account password, email address, or other personal identifier. Thus,\nif for any reason you suspect that your account password or other identifying\ninformation has been compromised, you should contact GPS at once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PARENTAL CONTROL PROVISIONS<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pursuant to 47 U.S.C. \u00a7 230(d), as amended, we hereby notify you that\nparental control protections (such as computer hardware, software, or filtering\nservices) are commercially available that may assist you in limiting access to\nmaterial that is harmful to minors. Information identifying current providers\nof such protections is available at Get Net Wise, www.getnetwise.org.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY<\/p>\n\n\n\n
YOUR USE OF THIS SITE AND THE OTHER SERVICES IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THIS SITE\nAND THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN \u201cAS IS\u201d AND \u201cAS AVAILABLE\u201d BASIS. GPS\n(including without limitation, for purposes of this Section J of the Agreement,\nThe GPS Triangle , and its officers, directors, employees, shareholders,\nowners, members, agents, affiliates, subsidiaries, successors, assigns,\nlicensors, licensees, third party contractors, attorneys and representatives\nand any other parties involved in creating, producing or delivering this Site,\nthe Services or any of the content, products or services available on or\nthrough this Site or the Services) HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL EXPRESS AND\/OR IMPLIED\nWARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF\nMERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, GPS MAKES NO AND DISCLAIMS ANY\nREPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED: (i) AS TO THE OPERATION\nOF THIS SITE OR THE SERVICES, AND\/OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS,\nSERVICES OR PRODUCTS INCLUDED ON OR AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE OR THE SERVICES;\n(ii) THAT THE SITE OR THE SERVICES WILL BE UGPSTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE; (iii)\nAS TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR CURRENCY OF ANY INFORMATION, CONTENT,\nSERVICE, OR MERCHANDISE PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THIS SITE OR THE SERVICES; (iv)\nTHAT THE CONTENT OF THIS SITE AND THE SERVICES DOES NOT INFRINGE ON THE RIGHTS\nOF YOU OR THIRD PARTIES; AND\/OR (v) THAT THE SITE, THE SERVICES, THEIR SERVERS,\nOR E-MAIL SENT FROM OR ON BEHALF OF GPS ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL\nCOMPONENTS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
GPS DOES NOT GUARANTY THE CONTINUOUS, UGPSTERRUPTED OR SECURE ACCESS TO THIS\nSITE OR THE SERVICES. THE OPERATION OF THIS SITE AND THE SERVICES MAY BE\nINTERFERED WITH BY NUMEROUS FACTORS OUTSIDE THE CONTROL OF GPS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL GPS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, PUNITIVE,\nINCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER DAMAGES (OTHER THAN DIRECT DAMAGES)\nTHAT RESULT FROM THE CONTENT OF, USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THIS SITE OR THE\nSERVICES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO RELIANCE BY A USER ON ANY INFORMATION\nOBTAINED FROM THIS SITE OR THE SERVICES AND\/OR DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM\nMISTAKES, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, DELETION OF FILES OR EMAIL, ERRORS,\nDEFECTS, VIRUSES, DELAYS IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, OR ANY FAILURE OF\nPERFORMANCE, WHETHER OR NOT RESULTING FROM ACTS OF GOD, COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE,\nTHEFT, DESTRUCTION, OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO GPS\u2019S RECORDS, PROGRAMS, OR SERVICES.\nTHIS LIMITATION APPLIES WHETHER THE ALLEGED LIABILITY IS BASED ON CONTRACT,\nTORT (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE), INFRINGEMENT, OR ANY OTHER\nBASIS \u2013 EVEN IF GPS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LIABILITY. WITH\nRESPECT TO DIRECT DAMAGES, YOUR REMEDY IS LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF ONE HUNDRED\nDOLLARS ($100) AND DISCONTINUANCE OF USE OF (AND ANY MEMBERSHIP IN) THIS SITE\nAND THE SERVICES. YOU HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL APPLY TO ALL\nCONTENT, MERCHANDISE, AND\/OR SERVICES AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THIS SITE OR THE\nSERVICES.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THESE DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATIONS APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY\nLAW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
INDEMNIFICATION<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You agree to defend, indemnify, release and hold harmless GPS (including\nwithout limitation, for purposes of this Section K of the Agreement, The GPS\nTriangle , LLC, and its officers, directors, employees, shareholders, owners,\nmembers, agents, affiliates, subsidiaries, successors, assigns, licensors,\nlicensees, third party contractors, attorneys and representatives and any other\nparties involved in creating, producing or delivering this Site, the Services\nor any of the content, products or services available on or through this Site\nor the Services) from all liabilities, claims and expenses, including attorney\u2019s\nfees and costs, that arise from, concern, or are connected with your use or\nmisuse of this Site, the Services or their content. GPS reserves the right to\nassume the defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to\nindemnification by you, in which event you will cooperate with GPS in asserting\nany available defenses and will pay all of GPS\u2019s attorneys\u2019 fees and costs in\nsuch defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SEVERABILITY<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The provisions of this Agreement are intended to be severable. If for any\nreason any provision of this Agreement shall be held invalid or unenforceable\nin whole or in part in any jurisdiction, such provision shall, as to such\njurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or\nunenforceability without in any manner affecting the validity or enforceability\nthereof in any other jurisdiction or the remaining provisions hereof in any\njurisdiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
GOVERGPSG LAW AND JURISDICTION<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You agree that the laws of the State of South Carolina will govern this\nAgreement and your use of this Site and the Services. The state and federal\ncourts of Columbia, South Carolina, shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any\nlitigation that may arise out of, or be related to, this Agreement and\/or your\nuse of the Site or the Services. You agree to waive any objection based on\nforum non conveniens or any objection to venue in Columbian, South Carolina, of\nany such action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
INTERNATIONAL USE<\/p>\n\n\n\n
GPS makes no representation that this Site or the Services (including the\ncontent, services or products provided on or through them) are appropriate for\nor available to locations outside the United States of America; and using this\nSite or the Services from territories where it is illegal to do so is\nprohibited. Any offer for a product or service through this Site or the\nServices is void where prohibited. Use of this Site or the Services is done at\nyour own risk and you are responsible for compliance with all local laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ASSIGNMENT<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You agree that this Agreement and all rights and licenses provided to GPS\nunder this Agreement are fully and freely assignable and sub-licensable by GPS\nwithout further compensation to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
INTEGRATION AND MODIFICATION<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Except as otherwise specified herein, this Agreement constitutes the entire\nagreement between you and GPS with respect to this Site, and supersedes all\nprior or contemporaneous communications or proposals between you and GPS with\nrespect to this Site and the Services. You may not modify this Agreement other\nthan by obtaining GPS\u2019s signed, written consent to such a modification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NOTICE \/ CONTACT<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The GPS Triangle can be contacted at\nthe address listed in the \u201cContact Us\u201d section of this Site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Legal notices shall be sent to GPS at the following address: The GPS\nTriangle , Attention: Legal Department, 7707 B St. Andrews Road, Irmo, SC\n29063. Notice will be considered given upon receipt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
GPS is entitled to assume that any address information that you provide to\nus is correct, and GPS may contact you at such address. Notice will be\nconsidered given when sent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Copyright \u00a9 2014-2019, The GPS Triangle , a LINC, INC. company. All rights\nreserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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