Legal Notices

MardiGrasCoconuts.Com/ Mardi Gras Digest .Com are virtual companies and wholly owned subsidiary of Clark Companies of North Carolina, Inc.

Visitor's Agreement:

Welcome to MardiGrasCoconuts.Com, MardiGrasDigest.Com. Internet services placed on the World Wide Web and advertised in the physical world by Clark Companies of N.C., Inc.. The services disseminates gathered information about Carnival or Mardi Gras, as it is more Commonly known, and other events held in New Orleans, and Mobile during the year in General. We also sell Mardi Gras specialty souvenirs, namely specially engraved coconuts that are made to commemorate the celebration of Mardi Gras in New Orleans. These African American and Multi-cultural events are of interests and we reports the results of this information gathered to our readers, in such a fashion as to attract viewers from all over the world.

At this time the service is free of charge, but Clark Companies of N.C., Inc. reserved the right to charge a subscription fee for the service if it deems necessary, to offset costs associated with the production process. We are self supported by offering ads to companies with give-a-way or at cost promotions, and also we currently sell Zulu Coconuts to the club and public at large. We encourage each and every one of our visitor's to help keep this service alive by clicking to each and every advertiser to see what he is offering, and to see if that offering can be of use to you. If so, please order it as you will benefit. We also sell coconut souvenirs. They are highly unique items totally unavailable anywhere else at this time. If you plan to come to New Orleans, please purchase one of our souvenirs for your travel collection. It's a guaranteed conversation piece.

As a visitor to this worldwide Site, please read this visitor agreement; as by the very act of using this service, you agree to accept its terms, and agree to be legally bound by them regardless of your state or legal jurisdiction.

Your Agreement with Us.

Your Privacy

The Web is an living breathing environment, and since it is, is always in a movement of change, and because it is, we may, from time to time, change the terms of this agreement to keep pace with web as it grows. By continuing to use the service after we post any such changes, you accept this agreement, as modified.

This much is Paramount: MardiGrasCoconuts.Com/Mardi Gras Digest .Com respects the privacy of our users. At this time, we use no cookies, or any technology that pulls information from, or imparts information to your computer. If we do collect any information, it will not be sold to anyone for any reason. If information is collected on this site, it will be used for the betterment of the site, so as to serve the needs of our guests.

If you disagree with any material you find on our site, we suggest that you respond by noting your disagreement in an appropriate email complaint. We invite you to bring to our attention any material you believe to be inaccurate. Please forward a copy of the material to our Webmaster, along with an explanation of your objection.

The material that appears on MardiGrasCoconuts / Mardi Gras Digest .Com is for informational purposes only. Despite our best efforts to provide useful and accurate information to you, errors may and will appear from time to time. Before you act on information you've found on our site, you should confirm any facts that are important to your decision, by sending an email to the email address provided by us.

Clark Companies of N.C., Inc., is not responsible for, and cannot guarantee the performance of, goods and services provided by our advertisers and /or affiliates, and others to whose sites we may link, or may carry. A link to another website does not constitute an endorsement of that site (nor of any product, service or other material offered on that site) by Clark Companies.

COPYRIGHTS AND TRADEMARKS

The Internet allows people throughout the world to share valuable information, ideas, and creative works. To ensure continued open access to such materials, we all need to protect our rights.

Although we are freely accessible, we do not relinquish any of our rights, and we most certainly can't give up anyone else's rights, especially to the materials appearing on this and / or their site(s). The materials available through our site are the property of Clark Companies of N.C., and are protected by copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws, of the United States. You are free to display and print for your personal, non-commercial use information you receive through our site. But you may not otherwise reproduce any of the materials without the prior written consent of MardiGrasCoconuts / MardiGrasDigest.Com. You may not distribute copies of materials found on our site in any form (including by email or other electronic means, past, present, or future), without prior written permission from MardiGrasCoconuts.Com. We do of course, encourage you to get others to access the information themselves on our site and/or to tell them how to find it.

Requests for permission to reproduce or distribute materials found on our site should be sent in writing only to:

Webmaster

Clark Companies of N.C. ,Inc.

1350 West Esplanade Ave, Suite B

Kenner, Louisiana 70065

Phone # 504-466-7761

Links

We welcome links to our service. Any one is welcome to Link to us Free from fees, or any charges. If we do a story on you or your subsidiary, then you are welcome to link to us, Free of Charge. However, please link to our front portal and not to any one web page, as we do change the pages without notice and will nullify the link within approx 2 weeks maximum.

There will absolutely be no framing, of the content of our site. Without the prior written permission of Clark Companies of N.C., Inc., you may not frame any part our site, or incorporate any of it's content into another website or other service any intellectual property of our site. Requests for permission to frame our content may be sent to the Webmaster, either by email, or at the address above.

Trademarks.

You may not use under any circumstances any trademark or service mark appearing on our site without the prior written consent of Clark Companies of N.C., Inc., the owner of the mark. The site logo and certain slogans are registered trademarks of Clark Companies of N.C., Inc.. The only exception to this rule is the logo link and banners links that are used to establish a link to us. The name Zulu Coconut and the name Mardi Gras Coconuts are duly registered trademarks in the states of Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. ( Only the members, and/or associate members of the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club, Inc are authorized to use Zulu Coconuts without our prior consent. But, if asked, You better be able to prove that you are a member.)

Copyright in the Use of Text and Graphics

From time to time we may pull information from other sites for use on our site. We will of course ask your permission to do so. If at any time however, you feel it is a violation of copyright law to continue to permit us to use your material, please send an email to the webmaster to remove the material at our earliest possible convenience. This section applies to any graphics as well. We may however elect to simply reformat and update any information we may learn from other sites. Once an update and re-format takes place, it is no longer covered by the copyright law as your material and will be deemed our material for future use.

Please, when writing the webmaster, do not address emails, "To Whom it may concern", or "Dear Sir". Our messaging system serves emails to the webmaster differently than other emails and will not give the priority to vaguely worded greeting such as these. Any requests with these greetings will take up to two weeks to get to the webmaster, before action is taken. Action taken is always taken during the next site update, following proper notice.

Also, do not threaten legal action of any kind in these notices as they will be referred to our legal dept, and will not be given to the webmaster for quick disposal or quick action as it should be. Please note that the threat of legal action should be a last resort, not the first, and common courtesy, as well as good business sense, should dictate a much softer approach, to solve your problem as quickly as possible. If at any time an email threatens legal action of any kind, we will immediately forward it to our legal counsel, before we take action on it. This will delay your remedy by several more days or more, than would have been necessary.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIABILITY

Because people are humans and have various beliefs systems and values, we cannot guarantee that our users will always find everything to their liking. Please read this Disclaimer carefully before using our site.

YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIS SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF POSSIBLE SOURCES OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SERVICE, AND THE INTERNET, AND THE INHERENT HAZARDS AND UNCERTAINTIES OF ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, THERE MAY BE DELAYS, OMISSIONS, INACCURACIES, UNINTENTIONAL INFRINGEMENTS OR OTHER PROBLEMS WITH SUCH INFORMATION. IF YOU RELY ON THIS SERVICE OR ANY MATERIAL AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS SERVICE, YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM ANY MATERIAL AND/OR DATA DOWNLOADED FROM OR OTHERWISE PROVIDED THROUGH OUR SITE.

THIS SERVICE IS PROVIDED TO YOU *AS IS,* *WITH ALL FAULTS,* AND *AS AVAILABLE.* Mardi Gras Coconuts.Com, and Clark Companies of N.C., Inc., AND OUR AFFILIATES, AGENTS AND LICENSORS CANNOT AND DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, CURRENTNESS, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OF ANY INFORMATION AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SERVICE. NOR DO THEY GUARANTEE THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE ERROR-FREE, OR CONTINUOUSLY AVAILABLE, OR THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL OUR SITE, Clark Companies of N.C., Inc., OR OUR AFFILIATES, AGENTS OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF USE OF THIS SITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, OR SIMILAR DAMAGES, EVEN IF WE ARE ADVISED BEFOREHAND OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. (BECAUSE SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. (IN SUCH STATES, THE LIABILITY OF Clark Companies of N.C., Inc., AND THEIR AFFILIATES, AGENTS AND LICENSORS IS LIMITED Only TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY SUCH STATE LAW.) CHECK IN YOUR STATE TO APPRAISE YOURSELF OF YOUR STATE LAWS.

YOU AGREE BY THE USE OF THIS SITE, that under any circumstances that could possibly arise out of the use of this site, or anything posted on this site, THAT THE LIABILITY OF OUR SITE, our parent corp., AND OUR AFFILIATES, AGENTS AND LICENSORS, IF ANY, ARISING OUT OF ANY TYPE OF LEGAL CLAIM, WHICH IS IN ANY WAY, CONNECTED TO THIS SERVICE SHALL NOT IN ANY EVENT, JUDGMENT, AWARD, ETC., EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TO US FOR THE USE OF THIS SITE.

MISC. Events and / or Unforeseen Circumstances

The staff of this website does its best to ensure that information we post to this site is both timely and accurate. But the news can change over time and reports that were accurate when posted can quickly become, dated. We may post follow-up reports. If you're looking for the most recent information on a given subject, and not the history of how the story unfolded, be sure you're not looking at an out of date report.

This visitor agreement has been made in and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Louisiana. By using this service, you consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, in all disputes arising out of or relating to this agreement or use of this website.

By the very use of this site, you agree to abide by and to be LEGALLY bound by the terms of this visitor agreement. We hope you enjoy using our site, and we welcome suggestions for improvements.

By the very act of viewing this website, I do hereby reaffirm that I agree to be legally bound by the all points, terms and conditions of the preceding visitor's agreement. This date in the year 2002.