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By using this website, you agree to the terms found here. Please review these terms periodically, as they may change without advanced notice. SikhWomen (also known as SikhWomen.com, SikhWomen.org, SikhWomen.net, or SW) is pleased to provide you with resources on this site for your personal information, enjoyment and to obtain medical and other knowledge to help you grow. SikhWomen does not purport to be a substitute for Medical, Legal or other professional intervention, nor does SikhWomen make a warranty of any kind in terms of their appropriateness for individual on-line users.

The site does not provide medical advice

The contents of the SikhWomen Site, such as text, graphics, images, information obtained from SikhWomen's licensors, and other material contained on the SikhWomen Site ("Content") are for informational purposes only. The Content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on the SikhWomen Site!

If you think you may have a medical emergency, call your doctor or 911 immediately. SikhWomen does not recommend or endorse any specific tests, physicians, products, procedures, opinions, or other information that may be mentioned on the Site. Reliance on any information provided by SikhWomen , SikhWomen employees, others appearing on the Site at the invitation of SikhWomen , or other visitors to the Site is solely at your own risk.

THIS WEB SITE DOES NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY PRACTICE MEDICINE OR DISPENSE MEDICAL ADVICE AS PART OF THIS SERVICE. IN ADDITION, NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS WEB SITE IS INTENDED TO BE OR CONSTITUTES LEGAL ADVICE, AND USERS SHOULD ALWAYS SEEK THE ADVICE OF AN APPROPRIATE ATTORNEY OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL REGARDING INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS OF A LEGAL OR PROFESSIONAL NATURE. If you undertake any suggestions, alternatives or treatment methods displayed or discussed on this site without such supervision, you are solely and entirely responsible for it's outcome.

The Site may contain health- or medical-related materials that are sexually explicit. If you have any reservations regarding this material, you may not want to use this website.

Children's Privacy

We are committed to protecting the privacy of children. You should be aware that this Site is not intended or designed to attract children under the age of 13. We do not collect personally identifiable information from any person we actually know is a child under the age of 13.

Registration Agreement

While the administrators and moderators of this forum will attempt to remove or edit any generally objectionable material as quickly as possible, it is impossible to review every message. Therefore you acknowledge that all posts made to these forums express the views and opinions of the author and not the administrators, moderators or webmaster (except for posts by these people) and hence will not be held liable.

You agree not to post any abusive, obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening, sexually-oriented or any other material that may violate any applicable laws. You agree not to post any personal information of any persons without their expressed consent. You agree not to post any free advertisements in areas other than the Classifieds section. You agree not to use multiple user accounts or post multiple repetitive messages. Doing so may lead to you being immediately and permanently banned (and your service provider being informed). The IP address of all posts is recorded to aid in enforcing these conditions. You agree that the webmaster, administrator and moderators of this forum have the right to remove, edit, move or close any topic at any time should they see fit. As a user you agree to any information you have entered above being stored in a database. While this information will not be disclosed to any third party without your consent the webmaster, administrator and moderators cannot be held responsible for any hacking attempt that may lead to the data being compromised

Limitation of Liability

SikhWomen SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF USING, MODIFYING, CONTRIBUTING, COPYING, DISTRIBUTING, OR DOWNLOADING THE MATERIALS. IN NO EVENT SHALL SikhWomen BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGE (INCLUDING LOSS OF BUSINESS, REVENUE, PROFITS, USE, DATA OR OTHER ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE) HOWEVER IT ARISES, WHETHER FOR BREACH OR IN TORT, EVEN IF SikhWomen HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. YOU HAVE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ADEQUATE PROTECTION AND BACKUP OF DATA AND/OR EQUIPMENT USED IN CONNECTION WITH THE WEBSITE AND WILL NOT MAKE A CLAIM AGAINST SikhWomen FOR LOST DATA, RE-RUN TIME, INACCURATE OUTPUT, WORK DELAYS OR LOST PROFITS RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE MATERIALS.

YOU AGREE TO HOLD SikhWomen HARMLESS FROM, AND YOU COVENANT NOT TO SUE SikhWomen FOR, ANY CLAIMS BASED ON USING THE WEBSITE.

Severability

Each provision in this agreement stands independently; they are severable. In the event that any provision herein is found to be invalid, this shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions.

License

You are invited to use the SikhWomen website for your personal use, downloading or printing this information within the guidelines of these terms and conditions. You may not however reproduce any portion of these web pages' text or graphics without prior written consent. See Copyright.

Copyright

This website is a private domain. Absolutely nothing (including but not limited to: names, pictures, scripts, documents, articles, text, style, graphics, links, flash animations, animations, logos, references, backgrounds, menus, icons, software, program) may be copied, replicated, published, uploaded or transmitted in any medium without the expressed consent of the authors, contributors of SikhWomen. This site also contains material copyrighted by 3rd parties. Pages in this site using other backgrounds, pictures, graphics and E-mail addresses are all copyright © by their respective contributors.

Every attempt has been made to credit the original author or webmaster to link, reuse, republish their work. However the internet is a public domain, so if anyone feels that we have used his/hers copyrighted material or graphics unjustly, contact us. We will credit your attributes or remove the items. We cannot verify the accuracy or copyright of contributions by readers in the form of information, images or articles and will not take responsibility for the same.

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Trademarks

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Collection Copyright

From Circular 92, Copyright Law of the United States of America.
§ 103. Subject matter of copyright: Compilations and derivative works

(a) The subject matter of copyright as specified by section 102 includes compilations and derivative works, but protection for a work employing preexisting material in which copyright subsists does not extend to any part of the work in which such material has been used unlawfully.

(b) The copyright in a compilation or derivative work extends only to the material contributed by the author of such work, as distinguished from the preexisting material employed in the work, and does not imply any exclusive right in the preexisting material. The copyright in such work is independent of, and does not affect or enlarge the scope, duration, ownership, or subsistence of, any copyright protection in the preexisting material.

Submissions

All submissions including but not limited to remarks, suggestions, ideas, graphics, information, feedback, data, questions, comments, suggestions or the like communicated to SikhWomen, through this site will forever be the property of SikhWomen. Any such submission or response shall be deemed not to be confidential and SW shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose and distribute the response to others without limitation.

Under no circumstances will SikhWomen be required to treat any Submission as confidential, with the exception of not using the Submitter's Name if a question is used in a future publication, and will not be liable for any ideas for its business and will not incur any liability as a result of any similarities that may appear in future articles, graphics, or enterprises or business. SikhWomen will be entitled to use any Submission for any commercial or other purpose whatsoever, without compensation to you or any other person sending the submission.

You agree that SikhWomen shall be free to use any ideas, concepts or techniques contained in your response for any purpose whatsoever, without limitation. SikhWomen will have exclusive ownership of all present and future existing rights to a submission of every kind and nature everywhere. You acknowledge that you are responsible for whatever material you submit, and you, not SikhWomen have full responsibility for the message, including its legality, reliability, appropriateness, originality, and copyright.

Links, Advertisements, Searches

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The SikhWomen is not responsible for, nor does it endorse the actions of other web sites or advertisers. Please let us know if you believe a link or advertisement to be distasteful, illegal, inaccurate, or otherwise out of line with the values you expect from this website.

This web site has links to many other websites, federal agencies and some private organizations. You are subject to that site's privacy policy when you leave our site. Reference or links in this web site to any specific commercial products, process, service, manufacturer, or company does not constitute its endorsement or recommendation by SikhWomen. SikhWomen is not responsible for the contents of any "off-site" web page referenced from this website or server.

We have not reviewed all of the sites that may be linked to this site, and are not responsible for the content of any off-site, linked pages or any other sites linked to our site. This site assumes no responsibility or liability arising from the contents of any off-site pages or sites, or for any error, defamation, libel, slander, omission, falsehood, obscenity, pornography, profanity, danger or inaccuracy contained in any information therein. Your access of any off-site content linked to this site is at your own risk.

Third Party Cookies

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Third Party Content Disclaimer

Materials provided by Third Party Providers have not been independently authenticated in whole or in part by SikhWomen . SikhWomen does not provide, sell, license, or lease any of the Materials other than those specifically identified as being provided by SikhWomen. SikhWomen is committed to respecting others' intellectual property rights, and we ask our users to do the same. COMPANY may, in its sole discretion, terminate the accounts or access rights of users who infringe or otherwise violate others' intellectual property rights.

Warranties Disclaimer

The SikhWomen website strives to offer reliable reference materials to individuals and professionals. You are welcome to use this website as a resource; this should, however, not be interpreted as medical or legal advice, and does not in any way replace professional medical or legal care. The information provided is not intended as a substitute for the advice provided by your own physician or health care provider, and may not necessarily take your individual health situation into account. You should not use the information as a means of diagnosing a health problem or disease, or as a means of determining treatment. You should also not use the information as a substitute for professional medical advice when deciding on any health-related regimen, including diet or exercise. You should always consult your own licensed health care provider for these purposes, or for any specific, individual medical advice.

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References to corporations or individuals, their services and products, are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied. In no event shall SW be liable for any special, incidental, indirect or consequential damages of any kind, or any damages whatsoever, including, without limitation, those resulting from loss of use, data or profits, whether or not advised of the possibility of damage, and on any theory of liability, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of this information. This publication could include technical or other inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are periodically added to the information herein; these changes will be incorporated in new editions of the publication. SW Web design group may make improvements and/or changes at any time.

SikhWomen, our panel, consults, expressly disclaim any liability or responsibility for any actions taken by readers on the basis of the information provided on this website. Content (including - but not limited to - on-screen reports, printed reports, text, internal and external hyperlinks, graphics, images, services, products, software, program(s) and others) provided at this site is intended for informational purposes only and is not meant to be a substitute for professional medical advice. Please consult your Family Physician / Medical Care Provider if you have questions regarding Pregnancy, Pregnancy Planning, Child Birth, General Health and other pertinent or non-pertinent medical issues.

The SikhWomen website tries to maintain accurate and up-to-date information. However, typographical errors and inaccurate information are unavoidable with a project this size and with an ever changing social, legal, medical, cultural landscape. The user of this website assumes complete responsibility in applying any management strategies documented here. Healthcare professionals need to use their own clinical judgment in interpreting this medical information, and details such as medication dosages or laboratory normal values should always be confirmed with other resources. As always, this website welcomes feedback to correct its errors.

We do not guarantee the accuracy and assume no responsibility for the use of information available at this web site. Links to other Internet sites should not be construed as an endorsement of the views contained therein. Persons submitting material are also responsible for complying with all local, state, and federal laws, including but not limited to laws addressing libel, copyright, and trademark. The information found within this website is provided as a service and is without guarantee. You assume the risk of computer viruses, worms, trojan horses and other destructive code by downloading files from this website.

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To the full extent permissible by applicable law, SikhWomen disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. SikhWomen does not warrant that this website, its servers, or e-mail sent from SikhWomen are free of viruses or other harmful components. SikhWomen will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from the use of this website, including, but not limited to direct, indirect, incidental, punitive, and consequential damages.

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The User of SikhWomen service(s) assumes sole responsibility for any decisions made or actions taken based on the information contained in herein, including but not limited to the therapeutic, health, legal, religious, cultural and social information and other suggestions. Site visitors are prohibited from posting or transmitting any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, inflammatory, pornographic or profane material or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate the law. However, this site is not responsible for the conduct of its individual site visitors. Your contact with any other site visitors and any information they communicate to you or others is at your own risk.

This site cannot and does not warrant that the functions or information contained in the site will be uninterrupted or error-free, or that defects will be corrected. This site cannot and do not warrant against human and machine errors, omissions, delays, interruptions or losses, including loss of data. This site cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading from this online site will be free of infection or viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other code that manifest contaminating or destructive properties. This site reserves the right to block or remove communications or materials from this site that are determined to be abusive, defamatory or obscene; fraudulent, deceptive, or misleading; in violation of a copyright, trademark or other intellectual property right of another; or offensive or otherwise unacceptable to this site at their sole discretion.

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Indemnification

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Privacy

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