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Ruck.us Terms of Use Agreement
Effective August 10, 2014.
1. General and Acceptance
BY USING AND/OR VISITING THE RUCK.US WEBSITE AND/OR ANY SUB-WEBSITE OF RUCK.US (as defined below; collectively, including all content available through the Ruck.us domain name and/or any sub-domain name such as mobile.Ruck.us, the "Ruck.us Website", or "Website"), is owned, maintained and operated by Ruck.us, Inc.. ("Ruck.us") and by USING ANY OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED ON THE WEBSITE (as defined bellow) YOU SIGNIFY YOUR ASSENT TO BOTH THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS (the "Terms of Use" or "Agreement") AND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF RUCK.US'S PRIVACY POLICY, WHICH FOLLOW THESE TERMS, AND WHICH ARE INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE. If you do not agree to any of these terms, then please do not use the Ruck.us Website.
The Terms of Use constitute a binding legal agreement between You as user ("you") and the subsidiaries and/or affiliates of Ruck.us (the "Ruck.us Affiliates"). Ruck.us collaborates with the Ruck.us Affiliates,from time to time, in order to facilitate the delivery of services to its Users and to collect payments.
For the purpose of these Terms of Use, a "sub-website" of Ruck.us shall be considered as any website which is part of the Ruck.us service offering and which refers to these Terms of Use as the terms governing the use of such websites.
This Terms of Use Agreement sets forth the legally binding terms for your use of the Ruck.us Services and they shall apply to all users of the Ruck.us Website, including users offering content and/or other materials or services on or through the Website. By using the Ruck.us Services, you agree to be bound by this Agreement. You are only authorized to use the Ruck.us Services (regardless of whether your access or use is intended) if you agree to abide by all applicable laws and to this Agreement. PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY AND SAVE IT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH IT, YOU SHOULD LEAVE THE RUCK.US WEBSITE AND DISCONTINUE USE OF THE RUCK.US SERVICES IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU WISH TO MAKE USE OF THE RUCK.US SERVICES, YOU MUST READ THIS AGREEMENT AND INDICATE YOUR ACCEPTANCE DURING THE REGISTRATION PROCESS.
In order to participate in certain Ruck.us Services, you may be required to agree to additional terms and conditions. Unless otherwise provided by the additional terms and conditions applicable to the Ruck.us Services in which you choose to participate, those additional terms are hereby incorporated into this Agreement as an integral part hereof.
Ruck.us may modify this Agreement from time to time and such modification shall be effective upon posting by Ruck.us on the Website. You agree to be bound to any changes to this Agreement when you use the Ruck.us Services after any such modification is posted. It is therefore important that you review this Agreement regularly to ensure you are updated as to any changes.
2. Eligibility
Use of the Ruck.us Services is void where prohibited. By using the Ruck.us Services, you represent and warrant that (a) all registration information you submit is truthful and accurate; (b) you will maintain the accuracy of such information; (c) you are 13 years of age or older; and (d) your use of the Ruck.us Services does not violate any applicable law or regulation. Your profile may be deleted and your account may be terminated without warning, if we believe that you are less than 13 years of age.
Use of the Ruck.us Services is intended for candidates for United States electoral office and political and other nonprofit organizations. Sites for any other purpose may be removed without notice. Ruck.us reserves the right to deny service to anyone for any reason.
Minors are not allowed to purchase Ruck.us Services or any Applications (as defined below). Accordingly, by purchasing such services the user declares and represents that he/she is more than 18 years of age and that he/she has full legal capacity to complete such contractual action without need for any additional approvals or consents.
3. Provided Services
Subject to full compliance with the Terms of this Use Agreement, Ruck.us shall provide certain services, as described more fully on the Website ("Services"). Services may include, but not be limited to, the formation, designing, storage, management, sharing and linking of media and/or document files (including, but not limited to text, user comments, messages, information, data, graphics, photographs, images, illustrations, animations, software, audio and video, also collectively known as the "Content"). Please note that part of the Services (or special features) may be provided only to Users who subscribe for such Services and Ruck.us may charge fees for such Services. The Services are provided by Ruck.us AS IS and Ruck.us assumes no responsibility for any failure in providing the Services to the Users.Ruck.us may change, suspend or discontinue any or all of the Services or any Content for any reason, at any time, including the availability of any feature or part of the Content at its sole discretion. Ruck.us may also impose limits on all or any of the Services or restrict your access to parts or all of the Services without notice or liability. Ruck.us may charge fees for the use of the Services or part of them and may include the Ruck.us logo or other commercial content in any Ruck.us product or image or webpage including such which have been created by users unless stated otherwise.Ruck.us Services (as defined on the Website) are provided according to the provisions of this Agreement and the specific commercial provisions and policies (including Cancellation Terms, Refund Policy etc.) as detailed on the Website, and such provisions and policies as may be amended or changed from time to time, are incorporated herein by reference and shall be considered as an integral part hereof.
4. General Undertakings
You accept sole responsibility for all of your activities using the Website, including your conduct on the site and any and all content you may submit, post or share via the Website. You will not use the Ruck.us services for any unauthorized or illegal purpose. You will be responsible for ensuring that you do not violate any laws of your jurisdiction, including but not limited to copyright laws. You will not upload or transmit viruses, worms or any other destructive code.
5. The Ruck.us Website
The Ruck.us Website may contain third party content and links to third party websites that are not owned or controlled by Ruck.us. Ruck.us has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third party content or websites or any of their contents. In addition, Ruck.us will not and cannot censor or edit the content of any third-party site. By using the Website, you expressly relieve Ruck.us from any and all liability arising from your use of any third-party website. Accordingly, we encourage you to be aware when you leave the Ruck.us Website and to read the terms and conditions, and privacy policy of each other website that you visit.
6. Website Access
7. Third Party Content
Third Party Content: Ruck.us may provide on the Website (including in the editor and/or in templates offered to the Users) certain content such as pictures, fonts, graphical items which are subject to proprietary rights of third parties ("Third Party Content"). You acknowledge and agree that Ruck.us shall have the right, at any time, at is sole and exclusive discretion to: (i) remove from the Ruck.us Website and/or disable access to such Third Party Content; or (ii) demand that you immediately remove such Third Party Content from any website or other web platform created and/or published by you on the Ruck.us Website ("Your Ruck.us Content"). If you do not obey to such instructions, and you do not remove the Third Party Content from Your Ruck.us Content within no later than 24 hours from the time on which Ruck.us provided you the relevant notice, RUCK.US SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO DISABLE THE ACCESS TO YOUR Ruck.us CONTENT AND/OR DELETE IT AT ITS SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE DISCRETION, WITH NO LIABILITY TO RUCK.US, AND YOU SHALL NOT BE ENTITLED TO ANY REIMBURSEMENT OF ANY AMOUNT PAID BY YOU TO RUCK.US.
To remove any doubt it is hereby made clear that the provisions of this section above shall apply to any content provided to Users on the Website and which Ruck.us requires its removal for any reason.
You shall: (i) not take any action of reverse engineering, decompiling or disassembling of any Third Party Content in a manner that enables Users to download such Third Party Content; (ii) not make any modification, duplicate, distribute, display, sublicense, retransmit, reproduce, create derivative works from, transfer, sale or other use of any Third Party Content, except as specifically provided and allowed by Ruck.us; and (iii) use the Third Party Content in a manner consistent with the restrictions set forth in the Website and as may be updated from time to time.
8. Online Sharing through Third Party Services
Ruck.us enables you to share your creations and/or User Content (as defined below) through third party websites, blogs, email or other systems. When sharing your creations through third party services you shall continue to comply with all provisions of this Agreement. You are also required to comply with the terms of any of the services through which you are sharing your creation.
9. Third Party Services
You are fully aware of the fact that Ruck.us shall not have any responsibility or liability with regard to any third party services used by you on or through your Ruck.us formed web content, such as payment and e-commerce services, and any use of such third party services shall be at your own responsibility and liability. You further acknowledge that the providence of technical ability to link to such services (such as the possibility of a 'PayPal' button), is provided only as part of the Services but shall not be deemed as to create any liability or responsibility on behalf of Ruck.us.
10. Applications
General: Ruck.us may offer its Users through the Website (including as part of templates offered by Ruck.us) various applications and professional services that can be used in conjunction with or as part of the web Content created by Users ("Applications"). Applications may be provided and operated by Ruck.us or by third-parties not affiliated with Ruck.us. The provider of each Application is clearly identified in the Website or, in event of Application embedded into templates, can be easily identified by the Users. You agree that Ruck.us is not responsible for any Application that is offered by any source other than Ruck.us.
Additionally, some Applications may be made available to Users at no charge while the use of other Applications or certain features or abilities of Applications may require payment. The purchase and/or the use of Applications are offered only to Ruck.us Users. Accordingly, if You are not registered as a Ruck.us User or if your Ruck.us account has been suspended, you will not be able to purchase or use Applications.
Applications may be provided to Users by Ruck.us as an integral part of a template offered on the Ruck.us Website. In such event, the User using such template shall be notified in a manner determined by Ruck.us that it includes a third party Application and that the use of such template may require the purchase of such Application and/or consent to terms and conditions determined by the provider of the Application.
11. Fees and Payment
Some of the Services offered on the Website, now or in the future, may require payment of fees ("Charged Services"). If you elect to sign up for Charged Services, you shall pay all applicable fees, as described on the Website in connection with such Charged Services selected by you. Ruck.us reserves the right to change its prices at any time. You authorize Ruck.us directly or through third parties, to make any inquiries it considers necessary to validate your account and financial information that you provided while signing up for such Services.
All fees are exclusive of all taxes, levies, or duties imposed by taxing authorities, and you shall be responsible for payment of all such taxes, levies, or duties. You agree to pay any such taxes that might be applicable to your use of the Services and payments made by you to Ruck.us.
All fees related to using Charged Services are charged automatically using the payment method as determined in the Website. If Ruck.us does not receive a request by the user, through the managed section under Ruck.us Website, for Charged Services termination you acknowledge and understand that Ruck.us will continue to charge you for the Charged Services as long as your account remains active regardless if the Charged Services are used or not.
If, at any time, you contact your bank or credit card company and decline or otherwise reject the charge of any payable fees, this act will be considered a breach of your obligation hereunder and your use of the Charged Services will be automatically terminated. Your use of the Charged Services will not resume until you re-subscribe for any such Charged Services.
Users purchasing Charged Services shall pay any and all prices and fees due for such Services. All prices and fees are non-refundable unless otherwise expressly noted, even if such Charged Services are suspended, terminated, or transferred prior to the end of the Services term. Ruck.us expressly reserves the right to change or modify its prices and fees at any time, and such changes or modifications shall be posted online at the Website and effective immediately without need for further notice to any user. Any changes or modifications in prices and fees shall be effective when the Services in question come up for renewal as further described below.
IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT YOU DO NOT EXPERIENCE AN INTERRUPTION OR LOSS OF SERVICES, MOST SERVICES OFFER AN AUTOMATIC RENEWAL OPTION. THE AUTOMATIC RENEWAL OPTION AUTOMATICALLY RENEWS THE APPLICABLE SERVICE FOR A RENEWAL PERIOD EQUAL IN TIME TO THE ORIGINAL SERVICE PERIOD. FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOUR ORIGINAL SERVICE PERIOD IS FOR ONE YEAR, YOUR RENEWAL PERIOD WILL BE FOR ONE YEAR. WHILE THE DETAILS OF THE AUTOMATIC RENEWAL OPTION VARY FROM SERVICE TO SERVICE, THE SERVICES THAT OFFER AN AUTOMATIC RENEWAL OPTION TREAT IT AS THE DEFAULT SETTING. THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU CANCEL YOUR SUBSCRIPTION Ruck.us WILL AUTOMATICALLY RENEW THE APPLICABLE SERVICE WHEN IT COMES UP FOR RENEWAL, AND WILL TAKE PAYMENT FROM THE PAYMENT METHOD YOU HAVE ON FILE WITH Ruck.us AT Ruck.us'S THEN CURRENT RATES, WHICH YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE MAY BE HIGHER OR LOWER THAN THE RATES FOR THE ORIGINAL SERVICE PERIOD. YOU MAY CANCEL YOUR SUBSCRIPTION FROM SUCH SERVICES PRIOR TO THE AUTOMATIC RENEWAL AT ANY TIME. IN SUCH EVENT THE SERVICES SHALL BE DISCONTINUED UPON THE EXPIRATION OF THE RESPECTIVE PERIOD YOU HAVE PAID FOR AND YOU SHALL NOT HAVE ANY CLAIMS TOWARDS RUCK.US IN RELATION TO THE DISCONTINUATION OF THE SERVICES.
12. Ownership of Content
Ruck.us does not have the ability to determine the actual owner of content created and/or uploaded to the Website. Accordingly:
Ruck.us shall not provide any information and/or details regarding any content created or uploaded to the Website other than to the owners of such content as determined above.
13. Cancellation & Money Back
The Ruck.us Charged Services are provided on a prepay basis. Ruck.us users may decide to discontinue their use of any Charged Services at any time. Such cancellation is done by the users themselves on the Ruck.us Website and according to the instructions posted therein. The date and time of any cancellation of the use of any Charged Services shall be the date and time on which the user has completed the cancellation process on the Ruck.us Website.
Ruck.us will only refund you according to its Money Back Guaranty Policy. Ruck.us offers a 14-day money back guaranty ("Guaranty Period"). In case you are not satisfied with any of the Charged Services you have acquired and you have provided a cancellation notice, you can submit a refund request in accordance with our Money Back Guaranty Policy, as may be amended from time to time, within the Guaranty Period in order to receive full refund. Ruck.us will not refund any amounts paid after the elapse of the Guaranty Period.
14. Intellectual Property Rights
The Content on the Ruck.us Website (as defined above), except for all User Content (as defined below), is subject to copyright and other intellectual property rights under local and international laws conventions. To the best of its knowledge, Ruck.us uses only Content which is allowed and permitted for use by the owner/s of the copyrights and other intellectual property rights therein. Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS only and it may not be used, copied, reproduced, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any other purposes whatsoever without the prior written consent of the respective owners (if such consent is required) (outside of a Ruck.us document). Ruck.us reserves all rights not expressly granted in and to the Website and the Content. You agree to not engage in the use, copying, or distribution of any of the Content other than expressly permitted herein, including any use, copying, or distribution of User Content of third parties obtained through the Website for any commercial purposes. You agree not to circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with security related features of the Ruck.us Website or features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any Content or enforce limitations on use of the Ruck.us Website or any of the Content therein.
15. User Content
If you become aware of misuse of the Ruck.us Services by any person, please contact Ruck.us (according to the contact information in Section 24 below) or by email to: email@example.com.
Ruck.us does not endorse any User Content or any opinion, recommendation, or advice expressed therein, and Ruck.us expressly disclaims any and all liability in connection with User Content.
Ruck.us respects the intellectual property rights of others, and it is our policy to respond to claims of alleged infringement that complies with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (the "DMCA"). If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that infringes your copyrights, please email us at firstname.lastname@example.com and provide all relevant details, including the exact location of the material claimed to be infringing your rights, reasonable evidence of such pleaded rights, and any other information as may be required.
The details of the Ruck.us Copyright Infringement Agent nominated according to the provisions of the DMCA, can be found at the website of the US Copyrights Office – at http://www.copyright.gov/onlinesp/list/a_agents.html.
Repeat Infringer: Ruck.us reserves the right to remove Content and User Content without prior notice. Ruck.us will also terminate a User's access to its Website, if they are determined to be a repeat infringer. A repeat infringer is a User who has been notified of infringing activity more than twice and/or has had User Content removed from the Website more than twice. Ruck.us also reserves the right to decide whether Content or User Content is appropriate and complies with these Terms of Service for violations other than copyright infringement and violations of intellectual property law. Ruck.us may remove such User Content and/or terminate a User's access for uploading such material in violation of these Terms of Use at any time, without prior notice and at its sole discretion.
16. Additional Prohibited Uses
In addition to all the above prohibitions, you agree that you will NOT knowingly use the Service, among other things, to:(a) harm minors in any way;(b) impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or an entity;(c) upload, post, email, transmit, or otherwise make available any content that You do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information, proprietary, and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements);(d) upload, post, email, transmit, or otherwise make available any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation;(e) "Spamming" to promote your website or Content, or engaging in unethical marketing, advertising, any other practice connected in any way to "spam" including, sending content or emails which do not comply with the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003;(f) upload, post, email, transmit, or otherwise make available any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files, or programs designed to interrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment; or (g) intentionally or unintentionally violate, attempt to violate, or avoid any applicable ICANN regulation or policy;You agree to indemnify and hold Ruck.us harmless from any claims resulting from the use of the Services which damages you or any other party. Ruck.us reserves the right to investigate you, your business, and/or your owners, officers, directors, managers, and other principals, your sites, and the materials comprising the sites at any time. These investigations will be conducted solely for Ruck.us benefit, and not for your benefit or that of any third party. If the investigation reveals any information, act, or omission, which in Ruck.us's sole opinion constitutes a violation of any local, state, federal, or foreign law or regulation, or these Terms of Use, Ruck.us may immediately shut down the site, and notify you of the action. You agree to waive any cause of action or claim you may have against Ruck.us for such action.
17. Security
You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and content, and you are fully responsible for all activities that occur under the account and any other actions taken in connection with the website. You agree to immediately notify Ruck.us in writing of any unauthorized uses of your account or any other breaches of security. Ruck.us cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage from your failure to comply with this security obligation.You acknowledge and agree that under no circumstances will Ruck.us be liable, in any way, for any acts or omissions by any Ruck.us User or other third party, including any damages of any kind incurred as a result of such acts or omissions.
18. Warranty Disclaimer & Limitation of Liability
19. Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Ruck.us, its officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees) arising from: (i) your use of and access to the Ruck.us Website; (ii) your violation of any term of these Terms of Use; (iii) your violation of any third party right, including without limitation any copyright, property, or privacy right; or (iv) any claim that your User Content caused damage to a third party. This defense and indemnification obligation will survive these Terms of Use and your use of the Ruck.us Website.
20. Events Beyond Control
Under no circumstances shall Ruck.us be held liable for any delay or failure in this Website and/or any of the Services and/or information on the Website directly or indirectly resulting from, arising out of, relating to or in connection with events beyond the reasonable control of Ruck.us, including, without limitation, internet failures, equipment failures, electrical power failures, strikes, labor disputes, riots, insurrections, civil disturbances, shortages of labor or materials, fires, floods, storms, earthquakes, explosions, acts of God, war, terrorism, intergalactic struggles, governmental actions, orders of courts, agencies or tribunals or non-performance of third parties. The provisions of this paragraph are in addition to, and not intended to limit or modify, the limitation of Limitation of Liability section as stipulated above.
21. Assignment
These Terms of Use, and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be transferred or assigned by you, but may be assigned by Ruck.us without restriction or limitations.
22. General
You agree that: (i) the Ruck.us Website shall be deemed solely based in the United States; and (ii) the Ruck.us Website shall be deemed a passive website that does not give rise to personal jurisdiction over Ruck.us, either specific or general, in jurisdictions other than the United States. These Terms of Service shall be governed by the internal substantive laws of the United States, without respect to its conflict of laws principles. Any claim or dispute between you and Ruck.us that arises in whole or in part from the Ruck.us Website shall be decided exclusively by a court of competent jurisdiction located in Delaware. These Terms of Use, together with the Privacy Policy and any other legal notices published by Ruck.us on the Website, shall constitute the entire agreement between you and Ruck.us concerning the Ruck.us Website. If any provision of these Terms of Use is deemed invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms of Use, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any term of these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term, and Ruck.us's failure to assert any right or provision under these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. YOU AND RUCK.US AGREE THAT ANY CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE RUCK.US WEBSITE MUST COMMENCE WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION OCCURS. OTHERWISE, SUCH CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE PERMANENTLY BARRED.
By registering to the Ruck.us Website and providing your email address, you expressly agree to receive promotional content from Ruck.us, by mail or email, from time to time. If you provide Ruck.us with your phone number (at any stage of use of the Services), Ruck.us shall be entitled to call you or send you promotional SMS notices from time to time. If you wish not to receive such promotional content / notices, you may notify Ruck.us at any time.
23. BETA Test Warning
Please note that the Website is currently in its BETA version and undergoing BETA testing. You understand and agree that the Services may still contain software bugs, suffer disruptions and not operate as intended or designated. Your use of the Services at this stage signifies your understanding of and agreement to participate in the Service BETA testing.
24. Customer Service Contact
To get in touch with our Customer Service - please use any of the options listed below:
Ruck.us Privacy Policy
effective May 10, 2014
1. General Principles
This Privacy Policy describes how Ruck.us, Inc. ("Ruck.us") collects and uses the personal information you provide on our Web site: ruck.us (and all subdomains thereof). It also describes the choices available to you regarding our use of your personal information and how you can access and update this information.
We built Ruck.us to enable you to create web based content for your campaign or organziation and share it with your supporters, friends and people around you. We understand you may not want everyone to have access to your information hosted at Ruck.us; that is why we give you control of your personal content. Ruck.us helps you share content with your supporters, friends and people around you. You choose what content you make available to the general users of Ruck.us. Ruck.us is based on the accumulation of user provided and/or formed content and there is an increasing amount of content being made available for Ruck.us users. Ruck.us sees it as its goal to help its users have as much content as possible available for their use while retaining each users privacy.
2. Acceptance
By using or accessing Ruck.us, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.This Privacy policy covers any and all actions on the Ruck.us website and any subdomains (the "Website").If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact our staff at firstname.lastname@example.com.
3. Collection and Providence of Information and Content
When you visit Ruck.us you provide us with two types of information: limited personal information (including information about your campaign or organization) and content you knowingly choose to disclose and/or post on the Ruck.us website. When you register with Ruck.us, you provide us with certain personal information, such as your email address. When you enter Ruck.us, we use third party utility-tracking partners to collect your browser type and IP address through log files. This information is gathered for all Ruck.us visitors. In addition, we store certain information from your browser using "cookies." A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's computer tied to information about the user. We do link the information we store in cookies to any personal information you submit while on our website. By default, we use a persistent cookie that stores your login ID and password to make it easier for you to login when you come back to Ruck.us. You can remove or block this cookie using the settings in your browser if you want to disable this convenience feature. The use of cookies by our tracking utility company is not covered by our privacy statement. We do not have access or control over these cookies. You post User Content (as defined in the Ruck.us Terms of Use) on the Site at your own risk. We cannot control the actions of other Users with whom you may choose to share your pages and content. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that User Content you post on the Site will not be viewed (or even harmed) by unauthorized persons. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Site. You understand and acknowledge that, even after removal, copies of User Content may remain viewable in cached and archived pages or if other Users have copied or stored your User Content.
4. Billing information
Should you sign up for a Charged Services (as defined in the Terms of Use), we will require your billing information along with information such as your name, phone number and address in order to process the transaction and to collect the fees involved.We do not store your billing information, and this information will be discarded after your transaction has been processed. Nevertheless, the required information for your billing will be stored by our processing company which will store your billing information on their secure payment gateway for as long as necessary to carry out the terms of your subscription. We may retain the last 4 digits of your credit card number, expiration date, and credit card type, so that you may identify the card used in the future.
5. Sharing Your Content with Third Parties
We will share your personal information with third parties only in the ways that are described in this privacy statement. We do not sell your personal information to third parties. Ruck.us provides, as a main service, the ability of sharing created content with others — supporters, friends and people in your networks.We may provide information and/or personal user content to service providers to help us provide the services we offer. Specifically, we may use third parties to facilitate our business, such as to host the service at a co-location facility for servers, to provide you with our community blog, to send out email updates about Ruck.us, to remove repetitive information from our user lists, to process payments for products or services and to provide you with our live chat services. In connection with these business operations, our service providers may have access to your personal information and/or content for use for a limited time in connection with these business activities. When you sign up for our services, we will share your personal information only as necessary for the third party to provide that service. We occasionally provide demonstrations of user created content that allow non-users a glimpse into the Ruck.us world. Such content is provided in a form which protects your content from any unauthorized editing and/or changing.We may be required to disclose your personal information pursuant to lawful requests, such as subpoenas or court orders, or in compliance with applicable laws. We do not reveal information until we have a good faith belief that an information request by law enforcement or private litigants meets applicable legal standards. Additionally, we may share account or other information when we believe it is necessary to comply with law, to protect our interests or property, to prevent fraud or other illegal activity perpetrated through the Ruck.us service or using the Ruck.us name, or to prevent imminent bodily harm. This may include sharing information with other companies, lawyers, agents or government agencies. We may offer or provide services jointly with other companies on Ruck.us such as when you purchase your domain name through our Website. In such case we shall provide clear disclosure of such third party's in the providence of such service on Ruck.us, and in such case we shall be entitled to share customer information such as user ID with such third party in connection with your use of such joint services. In any case in which the ownership of Ruck.us's business shall change, your user information may be transferred to the new owner so the service can continue operations. You will be notified via email and/or prominent notice on our Web site of any change in ownership or uses of your personal information, as well as any choices you may have regarding your personal information.When you use Ruck.us, certain information you post or share with third parties (e.g., a friend or someone in your network), such as personal information, comments, messages, photos, videos or other information, may be shared with other users. All such sharing of information is done at your own risk.
6. Communications from the Website
We will use your email address in order to send you promotional emails. If you no longer wish to receive these emails you may follow the unsubscribe instructions contained in the promotional communications which you receive.
7. Links
Ruck.us may contain links to other websites. We are of course not responsible for the privacy practices of other web sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personal information. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by Ruck.us or posted on the Ruck.us website.
8. Public ForumsOur Website may offer publicly accessible blogs or community forums. You should be aware that any information you provide in these areas may be read, collected, and used by others who access them. To request removal of your personal information from our blog or community forum, contact us at: email@example.com. In some cases, we may not be able to remove your personal information, in which case we will let you know if we are unable to do so and why.
9. Social Media Widgets
Our Web site includes Social Media Features, such as the Facebook Like button, Twitter follow button, and other Widgets, such as the Share this button or interactive mini-programs that run on our site. These Features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our site, and may set a cookie to enable the Feature to function properly. Social Media Features and Widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Site. Your interactions with these Features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.
10. Changing or Removing Content
Access and control over personal content on Ruck.us is possible through the content editing tools. Ruck.us users may modify or delete any of their personal content at any time by logging into their account. Any such changes will be updated immediately. Users who wish to deactivate their Ruck.us account may do so on the My Account page. Removed information may persist in backup copies for a reasonable period of time but will not be generally available to users of Ruck.us.If your personal information changes, or if you no longer desire our service, you may correct, update, delete/deactivate it by emailing our Customer Support at email@example.com. We will respond to your request to access within 30 days.We will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services. We will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
11. Security
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Senior defender Peter Schmetz scored his first goal since his sophomore year and the Gauchos rode second half possession dominance to a 12-8 shot advantage against visiting Stanford on Friday night, but it wasn't enough as the Cardinal converted a 95th minute chance into a 2-1 golden goal win in front of 7,750 fans at Harder Stadium.
The game winning goal came from freshman forward Jordan Morris. With numbers in the box, Stanford (5-1-1) midfielder Aaron Kovar attempted to play a ball off the outside of his foot into the box, but his pass attempt deflected off UCSB (4-4-0) freshman Drew Murphy. The carom came right to Morris, who one touched a shot from 25 yards out into the right side of the net to extend the Cardinal's win streak to five games.
Morris scored the opening goal of the game as well, linking up with Kovar once again. After winning a free kick deep in Gauchos territory in the 31st minute, Kovar stepped up to take a free kick to UCSB keeper Josh McNeely's left. He whipped a ball into the box that found Morris, who headed to the near post to put Stanford up 1-0.
The Gauchos rebounded strongly in the second half, outshooting Stanford 7-3 for the period with four shots on goal and another three corner kicks.
A result of the Gauchos' improved play in the second half, their only goal of the game came in the 53rd minute. Sophomore forward Charlie Miller started the action by playing a long ball into the box from around the halfway line. Waiting for the pass was freshman midfielder Paul Ehmann, who lightly volleyed the ball off his right foot to Schmetz, who one-timed past the keeper with a left footed strike for his first goal of the season and second of his career.
UCSB continued to produce dangerous chances in the second half, including a Paul Ehmann shot that deflected and hit the left post. However, Stanford was able to weather the storm via a trio of saves from keeper Drew Hutchins and take the match into overtime.
UCSB got the first chance of the extra period when Achille Campion got his head on a cross, but Hutchins had little trouble stopping the attempt.
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Senior forward Goffin Boyoko was a catalyst on offense, registering a team-high three shots. Keeper Josh McNeely made two saves on the night.
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SANFORD — Brian Bouchard scored 13 points and Ethan Belanger added 11 to help coach Roland Cote's Sanford Junior High School 8th grade team close out its season with a 48-33 win over Massabesic.
The Spartans, who led 22-13 at the half and 31-25 after three, outscored Massabesic 17-8 in the final quarter to take the easy win.
Also scoring were Frankie Veino with eight points, William Yath with six, and Zack Hersey, Cameron Kimball and Tyler Martineau with four points each.
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A video instructional series for high school and college classrooms; 26 half-hour video programs, coordinated books, and Web site
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1. One Earth, Many Scales
Lost in Space? Geography Training for Astronauts -- Preparation for a NASA Shuttle mission provides context for introducing key issues in physical geography and human-environmental interaction. Globalization and Revolt -- Why do the forces of globalization seem to draw some places closer together and cause others to pull farther apart?
2. Boundaries and Borderlands
Twin Cities, Divided Lives — A single Mexican mother's daily struggle for survival introduces us to concepts of relative location and geographic regions. Operation Hold the Line — The U.S.-Mexico borderlands form a unified cultural and economic region with qualities of both nations.
3. Supranationalism and Devolution
Strasbourg: Symbol of a United Europe — The city of Strasbourg is one locus of power in an increasingly supranationalist Europe. Slovakia: New Sovereignty — Since Czechoslovakia separated into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, how have the Slovaks fared?
4. East Looks West
Berlin: United We Stand — Berlin is now capital of a reunified Germany and a symbol of a more unified Europe. But the integration of East Berlin requires urban reorganization and economic expansion. Poland: Diffusion of Democracy — Strategies for spreading democracy through Poland required a decidedly spatial approach.
5. The Transforming Industrial Heartland
Liverpool: A Tale of Two Cities — Can European Union investment and the growth of service industries turn the tide of economic decline? Randstad: Preserving the Green Heart — Small, crowded Netherlands strives to maintain its transportation connections while preserving dwindling green space.
6. Challenges in the Hinterlands
Andalucia: Developments in the Hinterlands — Spanish Andalucia struggles to move beyond tourism and agriculture to integrate with Europe's heartland. Iceland: Edge of the Habitable World — At the borders of the habitable world, Iceland must balance sustainable fish harvests with social costs.
7. Northwest Contrast
St. Petersburg: Russia's Window on the West — What challenges continue to face this Russian port in post-Soviet society? Vologda: Russian Farming in Flux — How have previously state-owned collective farms changed with privatization?
8. Holding the Hinterlands
Dagestan: Caucuses Disconnect? — The ethnically diverse, Islamic republic of Dagestan contrasts with neighboring Chechnya where rebels fight for independence. Bratsk: The Legacy of Central Planning — Communist ambitions create the world's largest hydroelectric project followed by a Russian city in the middle of Siberia.
9. Changes on the Chang Jiang
Shanghai: Head of the Dragon — Shanghai enters the 21st century on a wave of development, ready to reclaim its legacy as China's commercial center. Sijia: Small Town, Big Change — The steady growth of a township enterprise illustrates three great contrasts in modern China: rural vs. urban, agricultural vs. industrial, coastal vs. interior.
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Guangdong: Globalization in the Pearl River Delta — This program explores globalization and the effects of modernization on Chinese society. Taiwan: High-Tech Tiger — What factors contributed to Taiwan's emergence as a high-tech powerhouse?
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Lanzhou: Confluence of Cultures — We travel to the frontiers of Han and Muslim China in the city of Lanzhou. Shenyang: Hope for China's Rust Belt? — A previously dynamic industrial city continues to struggle with modernizing its manufacturing infrastructure.
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Northern Japan: Protecting the Harvest — Japanese rice farmers battle destructive weather in order to save their crops. Tokyo: Anatomy of a Mega-City — The continuing expansion of the Tokyo megalopolis leads to ever-longer commutes and demand for suburban housing.
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Laos: Isolated Heart — Laos is emerging from isolation to join the global economy as an exporter of hydroelectric power. Vietnam: Fertile Dreams — As the world's second largest rice exporter, Vietnam's booming economy is evident in the explosive growth of Ho Chi Minh City.
14. The Maritime Connection
Indonesia: Tourist Invasion — Their culture once imperiled by hordes of tourists, Balinese residents have developed strategies to profit from the tourist industry while maintaining cultural integrity. Multi-Cultural Malaysia — Amidst growing pressures from Islamic militants, social and economic programs seek to build tolerance among Malaysia's diverse cultures.
15. Global Interaction
Singapore: Gateway to Southeast Asia — High-tech infrastructure, a well-educated workforce and strict government repression have all helped Singapore become a pre-eminent port and one of the wealthiest cities in the world. Australia: New Links to Asia — Australia shifts its trade from Europe to the Asian "economic tigers."
16. Urban and Rural Contrasts
Delhi: Bursting at the Seams — The ever-expanding capital of India continues to act as a magnet, pulling millions of Indians away from the hardships of the rural countryside. Dikhatpura: Help Through Irrigation — In rural India, creating sustainable agricultural development proves a challenging proposition.
17. Sacred Space, Secular States?
Jerusalem: Capital of Two States? — Can the historical and political geography of this holy city provide clues to a peaceful resolution between Jews and Palestinians? Turkey: Fundamental Change — At the edge of Europe, Turkey hopes to take economic advantage of its proximity to the western world.
18. Oil and Water
Egypt: Gift of the Nile — This program investigates Egypt's limited natural resources, focusing on that nation's dependence on the Nile River. Oman: Looking Beyond Oil — Having benefited greatly from its relatively modest oil reserves, Oman looks to diversify its economy for future growth.
19. Strength To Overcome
South Africa: This Land Is My Land — South Africa continues to face many challenges in redressing the land inequities under apartheid. Kenya: Medical Geography — AIDS has become one of the biggest killers in Kenya. How can geography help understand disease?
20. Developing Countries
Cote d'Ivoire: Cocoa and Change — Cote d'Ivoire has long been the world's largest producer of cocoa, but has recently faced economic downturns and loss of its historically stable government. Gabon: Sustainable Resources? — In one of Africa's wealthiest countries, oil revenues have declined, putting new pressure on the country's timber resources.
21. Population Geography
Mexico: Motive To Migrate — A geographer's research reveals a major source of Mexican migration: the North-Central "Hollow Core." Guatemala: Population and Conquest — Every year a greater number of Maya Indian victims of "continuing conquest" must share inadequate agricultural resources.
22. Dynamic Pacific Rim
Ecuador: Orange Alert — When scientists monitoring the Tungurahua Volcano see dangerous signs, they have to advise the government: evacuate or remain? Chile: Pacific Rim Player — Bordered to the east by the towering Andes Mountains and to the west by the Pacific Ocean, Chile enjoys continued economic growth.
23. Brazil: The Sleeping Giant
Sao Paulo: The Outer Ring — The sprawling mega-city of Sao Paulo is evidence that Latin America is among the most rapidly urbanizing regions. A Second Chance for Amazonia? — An American scientist discovers new possibilities for sustainable development in the Amazon basin.
24. Cityscapes, Suburban Sprawl
Boston: Ethnic Mosaic — How has federal empowerment zone funding helped Boston's diverse but poor neighborhoods? Chicago: Farming on the Edge — As in many areas of the U.S., suburban Chicago just keeps expanding into the surrounding countryside.
25. Ethnic Fragmentation in Canada
Vancouver: Hong Kong East — Prior to the Chinese takeover of Hong Kong, thousands of wealthy businessmen moved their families to Vancouver, causing a collision of cultures. What has happened since 1997? Montreal: An Island of French — Trying to preserve their culture, Quebec welcomes immigrants and pays to teach them French.
26. Regions and Economies
Oregon: A Fight for Water — Native Americans and farmers compete for a scarce resource: water. U.S. Midwest: Spatial Innovations — In the U.S. Midwest, an influx of Japanese automakers has brought more than just new factories to this once-declining manufacturing region.
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Life After Luck: The LowdownThursday, January 26th, 2012
As you may or may not have heard, Andrew Luck, our hero and savior of the Stanford football program, is off to the NFL. While he could have stayed one more year, he's done with his degree and I wish him the best in his future endeavors.
Besides, I don't exactly envy the guy. Though he's going to get drafted first overall and make gigantic piles of money, he's headed to the Indianapolis Colts. The team recently went 2-14, fired its head coach and general manager, and has a huge dilemma at a key position (I won't tell you who's in the middle of it, but I'll give you a hint: it starts with a "P" and ends in "eyton Manning").
Luck isn't the only important name headed to the pros. Offensive linemen Jonathan Martin and David DeCastro, two major cogs in the Cardinal's success on offense, are both likely to be drafted in the first round. A bunch of other important contributors are gone too, like safety Delano Howell, tight end Coby Fleener and wide receiver Griff Whalen.
But never fear, dear readers! The Cardinal has a bunch of young playmakers eager to step into starting roles for next year's (shamefully poorly scheduled) season. We caught flashes of these underclass dynamos last season, but an extended introduction will have to wait until spring practice. Head coach David Shaw and his staff is also hard at work assembling a top-25 recruiting class, quite a feat for a school with Stanford's academic standards.
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Feb. 13, 2008 -- Are some people unnecessarily losing a kidney? That's the question raised by a new study that suggests that people with small kidney tumors are typically referred for surgical removal of the entire kidney even though kidney-conserving surgery is just as effective.
Researcher William Huang, MD, assistant professor of urologic oncology at New York University School of Medicine, says that due to their small size, over half of newly diagnosed kidney tumors are amenable to partial nephrectomy. Partial nephrectomy involves removal of the tumor and surrounding tissue, sparing the rest of the kidney.
Partial nephrectomy is just as likely to cure small kidney tumors -- "those less than 4 centimeters, and in some cases even up to 7 centimeters, in diameter" -- as removal of the entire affected kidney, Huang says. "Despite this, four in five patients with small kidney tumors are having their whole kidneyremoved.
"Just as lumpectomy can be less invasive but as effective as mastectomy for treating breast cancer, people with kidney cancer should be aware that partial nephrectomy is not only an option, but may be a better option than radical nephrectomy in many circumstances," Huang says.
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Howard M. Sandler, MD, a radiation oncologist at the University of Michigan who moderated a news briefing to discuss the findings, agrees that kidney-conserving surgery should be offered whenever possible.
That's because a partial nephrectomy can preserve the kidney and long-term kidney function, he says
While you can live with one kidney, Sandler notes that all our organs naturally lose function as we age.
"You'll run out of function earlier if you only have one kidney," he tells WebMD.
Huang says the incidence of kidney tumors is rapidly rising, with a 3% increase each year for the past 20 years; about 51,000 new kidney tumors will be diagnosed in the U.S. in 2008.
Huang and colleagues combed through the NCI's Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) database from 1995 to 2002, comparing the characteristics of 2,547 patients with small renal tumors who had radical nephrectomy and 556 who had partial nephrectomy. A radical nephrectomy is surgical removal of the whole kidney.
The findings are being presented later this week at the Genitourinary Cancers Symposium in San Francisco.
Results showed that older people and people who had suffered a stroke were each about 40% more likely to have their whole kidney removed. Women were about 30% more likely to undergo radical nephrectomy than men.
Huang speculates that some surgeons may prefer to perform a radical nephrectomy because it is technically less challenging to perform and has a lower risk of complications. This may make the operation particularly appealing for older people and those with other medical conditions, he says.
The reason for the gender bias is less clear, Huang says.
Results also showed people treated during the later part of the study period were more likely to have kidney-conserving surgery than those treated earlier. This suggests partial nephrectomy may be slowly catching on, Huang says.


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May 29 – October 18, 2014
Tuacahn presents Disney's Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical. This stage adaptation of the beloved film comes to life in a magnificent stage production the entire family will enjoy. Tuacahn is one of the first regional theatres in the country to present this updated version of Disney's The Little Mermaid. There is new orchestrations which enhances this fabulous production.
Ariel, a lovely young mermaid, spends her days dreaming of what life on land might be like, but, as a human. With so many magical inventions and curiosities—as well as a very handsome prince—the world above the water proves to be irresistible. Ariel trades her voice to the sea witch for the chance to live and walk on land. But, with the change be long enough for her to make the prince fall in love with her? She sets in motion a dramatic and sometimes humorous series of events that will ultimately change her life forever.
The Little Mermaid features new as well as familiar tunes—including all of the classic songs from the film, such as "Part of Your World," "Les Poissons," "Under the Sea," and "Kiss the Girl." You must come a see how Tuacahn makes a shark swim on stage. Filled with enchanted characters, brilliant waterscapes, and beloved music, this production will certainly delight the young and will surely rekindle pleasant memories of youth and love in the young at heart.
Tickets range from $28.50 to$ 79.50 Discounted tickets available when booking through Best Western Coral Hills.
Call the Tuacahn Box Office today: 435-652-3300 Tuacahn.org
Guests attending Tuacahn shows and concerts receive a 10% discount on the regular room rate at BEST WESTERN Coral Hills. Just show your tickets to the front desk agent at check in.