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Our goal is to foster a conversation that is spirited but respectful, the sort of enlightening back-and-forth that we might all enjoy around our kitchen table. With that in mind, we ask that you agree to the guidelines outlined below. 

By participating in reader forums, you are consenting to the following rules. Keep in mind that we may need to change these rules from time to time. The changes will appear here, so be sure to check back periodically as we reserve the right to make changes to these rules at any time. 

1. You agree that you are fully responsible for the content that you post.
2. You may not impersonate others.
3. You will not knowingly post content that violates the copyright, trademark, patent or other intellectual property right of any third party and you will contact us to remove the same should you discover that you have violated this provision. Likewise, you may not post content that is defamatory, obscene, abusive, that violates a third party’s right to privacy, that otherwise violates any applicable local, state, national or international law, or that is otherwise inappropriate. You will indemnify the Valley News, its employees, agents, and affiliates from any and all claims and/or damages (including but not limited to reasonable attorneys’ fees) resulting from any claim brought by any third party relating to content you have posted. You may not post content that degrades others on the basis of gender, race, class, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual preference, disability or other classification. Epithets and other language intended to intimidate or to incite violence will not be tolerated.
4. You understand and agree that the Valley News is not responsible for any content posted by you or any other third party.
5. You further understand that the Valley News does not monitor the content posted to discussion forums, blogs and comments. Nevertheless, the Valley News may monitor user-generated content as it chooses and reserves the right to remove content that it deems inappropriate for any reason whatever without consent. We further reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to remove a user’s privilege to post content on our site.
6. You understand and agree that the discussion forums, blogs and comments are to be used only for non-commercial purposes, except as noted in Section 7. You may not solicit funds, promote commercial entities or otherwise engage in commercial activity in our discussion forums, except as noted in Section 7.
7. Valley Buzz bloggers who have signed a separate Valley Buzz blogging agreement with us may use the Valley Buzz blogs for commercial purposes.  
8. You acknowledge and agree that you use and/or rely on any information obtained through the discussion forums, blogs or comments at your own risk. The Valley News is not in any manner endorsing the content of the discussion forums, blogs and comments and cannot and will not vouch for its reliability.
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