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This year's invitation to Kylie Kwong's Chinese New Year banquet promised "unusual delicacies" from a local entomophagist.
For the uninitiated, that's someone who studies insects for human consumption.
When guests called her one-hatted restaurant, Billy Kwong, to book, the restaurant manager spelled it out to make sure there was no confusion: "You do realise Kylie will be serving insects?"
Yes, they did. And they came by the dozen – around 50 diners in all – excited, nervous and armed with an appetite and a sense of adventure.
Lucky, because Kwong will be adding bugs to the menu permanently. And she's not the only one. El Topo's Matt Fitzgerald has been serving crickets at the Eastern Hotel in Bondi Junction since the Mexican rooftop bar opened in November last year. Both expect insects to become a more common sight on dinner plates during the next decade because of their sustainability credentials as a source of protein.
But there are some challenges to overcome first. Like taste and texture.
Billy Kwong's sold-out Wednesday night 10-course dinner featured crickets, scorpions, meal worms and bee larvae.
"Crunchy, a bit nutty, but a little spiky" says Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2013 co-editor, Joanna Savill, of the crickets. And the bee larvae? "Sweet and gooey … Like a melted lolly."
What about the whole-roasted scorpion?
"Probably the most challenging. My neighbour described it as forest floor. I'd describe it as herbal, a bit musty and pungent," she says. "Not something I'd probably seek out again."
Myffy Rigby, chief food and drink critic at Time Out Australia said the banquet was "delicious, but it was definitely a case of mind over matter".
"The scorpion was large. It took a few chews," she said, adding that mostly they "just tasted like crisp, deep-fried things".
The honey bee larvae had an unexpected flavour.
"They taste more like bees than like honey," Rigby says. Not that she's ever eaten a bee.
"It's hard to say that something tastes bee-like but it didn't taste like steak or chicken," she says, pausing to gather her thoughts.
"The bee larvae was like a sweet little squish," she offers finally.
It turns out there are some dishes even a food critic has difficulty describing.
Sydney Morning Herald columnist and food writer Jill Dupleix described the sensation of a mouthful of crickets as "curious".
"They were a bit too close to cockroaches for my liking, but they tasted good, like salt and vinegar chips and nuts," she says.
"I was happy there weren't any arachnids, though. That might take a therapy session or two to be able to match to my pinot noir."
Favourite dishes aside, Dupleix, Rigby and Savill agree on at least one point: we should get ready to see more insects on the menu in future.
"We need to use all available food sources if we want to feed everyone in the world, not just those looking for a new dinner thrill," Dupleix says.
"At least these ones were dead and beautifully cooked. I've eaten live Amazonian ants before – quite citrusy – and they're a bloody nuisance, running all over your tongue."
At El Topo, the dish of roasted crickets flavoured with chilli, garlic and lime is so popular "every second table or so has them", Fitzgerald says.
"We're actually looking at putting on another traditional dish from Oaxaca that uses wasp nest and eggs. I couldn't find wasps but I found bee larvae."
Both Fitzgerald and Kwong insist edible insects are not on the menu just to create a buzz (excuse the pun). They source their insects from local entomophagist Skye Blackburn, who says there are close to 1500 kinds of edible insects in the world, including grasshoppers, beetles, butterflies and even cockroaches.
"We don't want the bees there just to be different, we want it to be an integral part of the dish," Fitzgerald says.
"It's a bit about authenticity … the insects are something that a lot of people over there [Mexico] eat."
The only insect from the banquet that Kwong will not continue to offer are the scorpions, since they are not sourced locally. She admits the dish of roasted scorpions, served with Sichuan chilli oil on a bed of deep-fried silken tofu, is "quite a spectacle".
"I've never seen so many iPhones come out once that dish hit the table," she says.
Kwong says she couldn't have eaten an insect a couple of months ago but gradually overcame her fear through learning more about edible insects and their role in a sustainable future.
"After learning all that you think, what are we doing? Why aren't more people eating them?"
Sustainable they may be, but cheap they are not. A kilo of crickets will set you back around $120, meal worms $100 and fly pupa $80, according to entomophagist Skye Blackburn.
Billy Kwong now offers a range of edible insect dishes as part of the restaurant's specials. Dishes, which will change from time to time, may include:
At El Topo, a snack-sized serve of roasted crickets with chilli, garlic and lime is $6.
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The Vision Entertainment Group was comprised of a number of companies owned by Darrell Benvenuto and active in furry publishing from 1993 through 2000. They were divided as follows:
Vision Books[edit]
Vision Books was a book publishing house, launched in 1993, with its main offices located in New Hyde Park, New York. It published The American Journal of Anthropomorphics #1-4; Margaret Carspecken's beautiful Sweet Treats cookbook; and the novels The Rats of Acomar and A Whisper of Wings, both written by Paul Kidd and illustrated by Terrie Smith, as well as a number of non-furry novels, including Blood Memories by author Barb Hendee. Their planned holiday 1997 lineup of twenty horror, science fiction and fantasy novels, included a decade-long-delayed book in the GOR series by author John Norman and Tales of the Mornmist, a furry shared world jointly developed by author Lynn Abbey (creator of Thieves World) and Ed Greenwood (creator of TSR's popular Forgotten Realms series), of which Paul Kidd's The Rats of Acomar was the first novel. The house was forcibly sidelined when Random House backed out of a planned distribution deal whilst in the throes of their then-secret merger with Bertelsmann.
Vision Comics[edit]
Vision Comics was a comic book publisher, launched in May 1994, with its main offices located in New Hyde Park, New York. It was active in producing and publishing comics from 1994 through 2000. It published Tales of Beatrix Farmer (entitled "BEATRIX", the first issue of which was in full, glossy color, and was nominated for an Eisner Award for best production values in an Independent Comic) #1-2, The Hollow Earth #1-3, Katmandu #7-14, Savage Funnies #1-3, Shanda the Panda #15-22, Tall Tails #1-4, Extinctioners #1 (in full, glossy color), and Hard Core #1 (digitally shaded). Produced, although not published (due to absymal advance sales numbers despite the largest advertising campaign ever deployed by Vision for a single comic, including the inner front covers of Diamond DIALOGUE and PREVIEWS, plus a double-page, full-bleed, digitally shaded 11x17 ad in PREVIEWS, as well as the back covers of several Dark Horse comics that were released the month prior), was a 64-page full-color special Tank Vixens edition, intended to be released as a glossy, color book with a heavy cover. This special edition was digitally colored for Vision Comics by the original artist, Mike Sagara.
Vision Comics also produced the first two issues of GOR Magazine, intended as a quarterly, 128-page graphic novel based on the best-selling science fiction series of books of the same name, published from the late 1960's through the 1980's. Vision's team of in-house artists worked directly with author John Norman to ensure that the look and feel of the graphic magazine was accurate and consistent with his own vision of GOR. Unfortunately, the Random House distribution fiasco cost the company hundreds of thousands of dollars, drained its operating funds dry, and brought production on this beautifully-illustrated magazine to a grinding halt. Like the special 64-page edition of Tank Vixens, GOR Magazine was never published, although its issues of completed art remain intact, waiting in the wings.
Vision Productions[edit]
Vision Productions was a 2D and 3D animation studio, first launched in 1996, with its main office located in Amityville, New York. While producing bumper content for The History Channel, animated corporate logos for companies such as INTELECOM and cable TV ads for local Internet Service Providers such as NAIS (North American Internet Services), the company was also developing and shopping new concepts for animated shows for Nickelodeon, the CBS Kids Network, Warner Brothers, Disney and to the FOX Kids Network. Following the Random House distribution problems, Vision Productions relocated its offices to Church Street, in New York City. There, the studio performed all of the digital ink and paint for the pilot episode of Dora, a series which would eventually become one of Nickelodeon's most popular, a wheeling, 450+ Million dollar-per-year licensing juggernaut that spun off whole new series of its own, including Diego's Animal Rescue. Some of Vision's animation, including the pilot episode to Dora the Explorer can be viewed on their website.
In 2000, the studio relocated again, to East Orange, New Jersey, where it entered into a partnership with Invision Media Communications, a film and advertising production firm that the company had been doing a good deal of business with in 1999. Working there, the studio produced commercial animations for Lufthansa, the STAR Alliance, the State of New Jersey and more. Together over the course of 2000, Vision and Invision brought in and worked on many projects, but in early 2001 Darrell decided to separate the two companies. Invision Media Communications was eventually acquired by a Chinese company.[citation needed]
Following the parting of the ways from Invision, Mr. Benvenuto relocated studio operations back to New York City, taking space on the 46th Floor of One World Trade Center with ASTDC, the Asia-Sino Trade Development Corporation, with the intent of building relationships with overseas animation studios. These offices were lost on 11 September 2001 with the World Trade Center.
Vision Interactive[edit]
Vision Interactive (initially launched as Vision Wireless) was a software development house, launched in August, 2000. This company has built a large number of web sites, and maintains racks of servers at geographically-separated datacenters in New York. The company is an authorized Nintendo of America software developer, and produces games for the Game Boy Advance and DS platforms. The company also produces games for various cell phone platforms in Java and BREW. The company has produced content, developed games and hosted web sites for many clients. Vision Interactive has offices in New York City (right beside the Stock Exchange) and California (one block from Venice Beach), and is currently engaged in developing games for Warner Brothers and Cartoon Network, among others. Vision's first two titles, "Caddyshack Golf" for Warner Brothers and "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends" for Cartoon Network, shipped in 2006 under the Collision Studios label.
Current status[edit]
All aspects of Vision Entertainment Group are now defunct (as of early 2021).

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Verbeterdebuurt, which translates as 'improve the neighbourhood' is a Dutch Google Maps mashup site that hopes to engages citizens in improving their neighbourhoods.
Citizens can use Verbeterdebuurt to post local problems and ideas on a Google Map. The application then sends a report to the relevant council. At the moment 300 of 430 Dutch councils make use of the service. Reported problems and ideas appear on the map as pushpins and lightbulbs. If the council solves the problem or takes up the idea a green flag appears on the map.
Residents can add local properties under a number of categories: waste, water and sewerage, traffic and pavements, green areas and play facilities, street furniture, lighting and others.
An important feature of the application is that it can be embedded on websites with a local focus. An example is the media partnership with the Amsterdam newspaper het Parool.
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- SeeClickFix - US site for citizens to report local problems
- FixMyStreet - UK site, allows citizens to report local problems. All problems are then passed onto local government


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Treat yourself to the delights of luxury air travel, with flights from Melbourne to Stockholm with Qatar Airways offering you a truly memorable experience. This includes generous seat space, delicious meals and thousands of in-flight entertainment to help the time pass pleasantly, all delivered by a professional and friendly cabin crew.
Book a flight ticket to Stockholm with Qatar Airways and discover what some have dubbed "The Capital of Scandinavia". The Swedish capital rests within a series of interlinked islands, and beyond the city limits lie thousands of islets, ripe for exploration. It is clean, modern and packed with culture and history. The acclaimed Vasa Museum, the city's many medieval churches and the intriguing public artworks of the Stockholm metro system, all await you.
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Short-term parking is available close to the main terminal, while longer-term options are also available. Business parking is just a few metres from the main building, and pick-up and drop-off points are located outside the main entrances.
A bus service runs from the long-term parking area to the main terminal. The Skybus to, and from, the airport runs from the city centre every 15 minutes, while other bus services run throughout the day. Taxis are plentiful, and a pre-book limousine service and car rental are also on offer.
Arriving in Melbourne
Qatar Airways flights from Melbourne depart from Terminal 2, which handles all outbound international flights. An expansion scheme was completed in 2012, providing greater space for retail outlets and passenger lounges.
Because Qatar Airways uses the new A380 Airbus, most departures will be from Gate 9 and11.
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The unique layout of Stockholm – a collection of 14 islands linked by 500 bridges – makes Sweden's capital city one of the most interesting in the world. Clean, friendly and managing to maintain a distinctly personal feel despite being a thriving commercial and financial hub, Stockholm is a juxtaposition of traditional Nordic style combined with ultra-modern developments that are sympathetic to the landscape and the character of the location.
Fly to Stockholm with Qatar Airways and you'll discover a genuinely friendly city that welcomes visitors from around the world.
The Old Town, Gamla Stan, is a time capsule of historical buildings, and over 30% of the city area is made up of waterways. Green spaces make up a further 30%, making this one of the most spacious and open cities in Europe. Air quality is superb, and the city is incredibly clean but without becoming clinical.
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Whether you like your tourist attractions to be man-made or natural, Stockholm has plenty of both. As well as the 14 main islands that make up the city itself, the Stockholm archipelago includes a further 24,000 islands and islets, and is an internationally important haven for wildlife.
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Stockholm has more than 70 museums, including the Nobelmuseet, where you can learn all about the history of the Nobel Society and its prizes. The Naturhistoriska riksmuseet (Natural History Museum) is a well-presented collection, and the Historiska museet (Swedish History Museum) has fascinating exhibitions on Sweden's Viking past and an impressive treasure collection called The Gold Room.
For art lovers the impressive open-air sculpture museum of Millesgården is a fine exhibition of work by Carl Milles.
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The Federal Government is undertaking various road projects worth N2.8 trillion across the country, Mr Chukwunwike Uzo, the Director of Highways, Planning and Development, Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, has said.
Uzo made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday.
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He said that the projects are being funded partly by proceeds of the Sukuk bond.
NAN recalls that the Federal Government had in 2017 raised N100 billion from Sukuk to fund 25 selected roads projects across the six geopolitical zones of the country.
The director explained that the government is financing ongoing road projects outside the Sukuk amounting to N1.8 trillion while the actual cost of the 25 Sukuk funded roads projects was N1 trillion.
"The total contract sum of all the 25 Sukuk funded road projects is about N1 trillion and this means that the N100 billion raised through Sukuk cannot finish the projects.
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"What is happening now is that the Sukuk fund is being deployed to certain areas of the 25 roads that have been identified.
"This means that on a 100 kilometer road, for instance, it could be five or 10 km that the Sukuk allocation for that specific project could address and not the entire dualisation work.
"If you add up N1.8 trillion costs of other projects outside Sukuk, it will come up to N2.8 trillion projects being undertaken by the ministry," he said.
He said N57 billion had been disbursed to contractors handling the Sukuk funded road projects out of the N100 billion raised.
Uzo said the outstanding N47 billion would be disbursed based on work done by the contractors.
"The money is there, if the contractors had completed their work, we would have exhausted the N100 billion by now."
The director said the Sukuk fund, raised from the capital market had certain rules guiding its disbursement.
He said the fund had trustees who oversee its disbursement on behalf of the investors and project monitoring consultants working for the trustees to evaluate the quantum of work being done.
"For each payment certificate, those project monitoring consultants have to jointly go with the ministry supervising staff and the contractors to measure and agree on the amount of work done.
"Then quantify it in terms of monitoring certification before sending it to the ministry and then to the Debt Management Office, so it is not like a normal capital allocation from the Federation Account," he added.


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Dr. Stephen Brown joined the AIA faculty as an assistant professor in Fall 2008. He holds a doctorate in accounting from Northwestern University and a Masters degree in Engineering Science and Economics from the University of Oxford in the UK. He is a Chartered Accountant and prior to entering academia, he worked for Arthur Andersen in both the audit and tax divisions. Stephen's research focuses on the causes and effects of disclosures by management on the capital market. Stephen's doctoral dissertation examined assumptions made by firms in the computation of their pension obligations and the way in which the capital markets interpret the resulting values reported in the financial statements. Subsequent work has examined the extent to which firms can reduce information asymmetry in the market for their stock by their disclosure policies. His work has been published in leading accounting journals.
During 2007-08, Stephen served as an academic fellow in the Office of the Chief Accountant at the Securities and Exchange Commission. Before that, he was on the faculty of Goizueta Business School at Emory University in Atlanta.
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If you violate the provisions of the Agreement and the requirements of Bookmate, Bookmate reserves the right to take measures to prevent and exclude violation of rights of Bookmate, copyright holders and third parties.
The User has no right to upload, store, publish, distribute and provide access or otherwise use any information on the Service that:
You have no right to upload, store, publish, distribute and provide access or otherwise use any illegal information on the Service.
If You believe that Your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide Bookmate's Copyright Agent the written information specified below. Please note that this procedure is exclusively for notifying Bookmate and its affiliates and its licensors that Your copyrighted material has been infringed.
Claims of copyright infringement on this Website can be sent as follows:
Office 1, Upper Floor, 5 Old Dublin Road, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin, Dublin, Dublin 18, Ireland A94 K1H5
Company No. 596747
DMCA agent for US copyright owners:
Leonard Grayver
Greenberg, Whitcombe, Takeuchi, Gibson & Grayver, LLP
21515 Hawthorne Blvd Suite 450
Torrance, CA 90503
Phone: 3105402000
Email: email@example.com
We respect copyright owners. Please contact us in case of any infringement.
You hereby grant Bookmate and Bookmate accepts a non-exclusive and fully transferable, sublicensable and assignable royalty free right to store, load, adapt, modify, revise, transform, alter, create derivative works, install, execute, display and share with any third party or other users of Bookmate's Services and/or Website (to "Use") Your Content in connection with the Bookmate's Services, on the Bookmate's or its affiliates' websites in connection with Bookmate's products and Services pursuant to the terms and conditions of these Terms of Service with the right to sublicense to sublicensee(s) any rights granted hereunder substantially on the terms and conditions set forth herein (the "License").
You give us a limited license for everything you upload.
You may not use the Website and/or Services for any purpose that is unlawful, prohibited by these Terms of Service, or in any way interferes or attempts to interfere with the proper working of this Website and/or Services. You may not use this Website and/or Services in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair this Website and/or Services, or that interferes with any third party's use and enjoyment of this Website and/or Services. You agree that You will not use any third-party software that intercepts, "mines," or otherwise collects information from or through the Website and/or Services. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available by Bookmate to all users of this Website and/or Services. You shall not institute, assist, or become involved in an attack upon any Bookmate server or otherwise attempt to disrupt the Bookmate servers. ANY ATTEMPT BY YOU TO DAMAGE BOOKMATE SERVERS OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF BOOKMATE IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND, SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE OR ASSISTANCE FOR SUCH AN ATTACK BE PROVIDED, BOOKMATE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH USER TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
Don't break the law.
Text & Data Mining (TDM) of the Books available on our Service is strictly prohibited. This prohibition encompasses any form of automated or systematic extraction, copying, or analysis of textual and data content from our platform for research, analysis, or any other purpose, without explicit written permission from the content owner or Bookmate.
Please be advised that this prohibition is in place to protect the intellectual property rights and interests of authors, publishers, and the platform itself. Engaging in TDM activities without proper authorization may constitute a violation of copyright and intellectual property laws.
If you are interested in conducting TDM on the Books available on our Service, we kindly request that you contact us to discuss the possibility of obtaining the necessary permissions and licenses for your research or analysis.
Failure to comply with this prohibition may result in the suspension or termination of your access to our Service and legal action as deemed appropriate.
We appreciate your understanding and cooperation in upholding the integrity of our platform and respecting the rights of content creators. If you have any questions or require further information, please do not hesitate to reach out to our support team – firstname.lastname@example.com.
You may not use the Books available on the Service for text and data mining (TDM).
You hereby agree to indemnify and hold harmless Bookmate, its affiliates, officers, directors, agents, and employees, from any expense, loss, claim, damage, fine, penalty or liability, including reasonable fees for attorneys and other professionals, payable under any judgment, verdict, court order or settlement, to the extent resulting from any claim, demand, action, suit, arbitration, or other proceeding initiated by any third party, including the assessment, claim or demand by a governmental agency or entity, arising out of Your breach of these Terms of Service and/or Your Content, including without limitation infringement by Your Content of any third-party intellectual property and/or proprietary right, including, but not limited to, patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, publicity and/or privacy.
We are not liable for your actions.
Linking to the Website is permitted provided that You comply with the following rules. You may link to the home page of the Website or to any other page of the Website. However, You are not allowed to use in-line linking (or hot-linking) or framing. You must not imply that Bookmate endorses or sponsors the linker or its site, products or services. You must not use Bookmate's intellectual property including but not limited to trademarks, trade names, copyrights without advance written permission from Bookmate or as otherwise provided herein. Furthermore, You agree to remove the link at any time upon Bookmate's request.
You may provide links to Bookmate.
These Terms of Service shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Ireland without regard to its principles of conflict of laws. You agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Ireland for any claim or cause of action arising out of, or relating to or in connection with these Terms of Service or this Website, provided that such exclusivity does not apply to legal actions initiated or brought by Bookmate.
Bookmate does not bear any responsibility nor assumes any risks if by any reason a Service or the Website breach national law of any state. Those who access this Website or use the Services do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with their national laws.
We are subject to specific jurisdiction, please comply with your local laws.
Bookmate's products may be subject to U.S. export and re-export control laws and regulations and/or similar laws applicable in other jurisdictions, including the Export Administration Regulations ("EAR") maintained by the U.S. Department of Commerce, trade and economic sanctions maintained by the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC"), and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations ("ITAR") maintained by the Department of State. You warrant that You are (1) not located in Crimea region, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, or Syria; and (2) are not a denied party as specified in the regulations listed above.
You agree to comply with all applicable export and re-export control laws and regulations, including the EAR, trade and economic sanctions maintained by OFAC, and the ITAR. Specifically, You agree that you shall not – directly or indirectly – sell, export, re-export, transfer, divert, or otherwise dispose of any products, software, or technology (including products derived from or based on such technology) received from Bookmate under these Terms of Service to any destination, entity, or person prohibited by any applicable laws or regulations of the United States or any other jurisdiction without obtaining prior authorization from the competent government authorities as required by those laws and regulations. This export control clause shall survive termination or cancellation of these Terms of Service.
Bookmate's products may be subject to export and re-export control laws of different jurisdictions. You agree to comply with all applicable export and re-export control laws and regulations.
All rights and privileges provided herein to You under these Terms of Service are subject to your compliance with all of the terms and conditions and payments of applicable fee, if any, to Bookmate, provided however, that Bookmate expressly reserves the right to provide the Services free of charge during the Term, and further provided, that Bookmate, solely at its own discretion may elect to provide the same or similar Services for a fee. Bookmate will not provide refunds of the fees you have paid for the Service.
The service is provided for free or for a fee. We may change it any time. Service fee is not refunded.
You may use different payment methods, including banking cards provided by third parties. The payment data is processed by you directly to such third parties on terms and conditions, specified by such parties, and is not stored on Bookmate servers. Payment errors may occur due to actions of such third parties and Bookmate is not responsible for such errors or additional fees collected by such third parties. Upon successful payment you will receive an e-mail confirmation.
Payments are processed by banks and other payment agents. We are not directly responsible for storing your payment details and payment transactions.
You shall purchase the subscription to the Service only from the country of your residency - VPN services' usage for this purpose is prohibited.
In case Bookmate detects that user used VPN services to purchase the subscription from the country that differs from the user's residency, then Bookmate automatically makes a refund and contacts the user to clear up the situation.
Change of your country to purchase the subscription to the Service via VPN services is prohibited.
Upon reading this Privacy Policy, you will be informed of the following:
If you have any questions, concerns or feel that there are certain problems or issues relating to compliance with this Privacy Policy, please submit a report by emailing at email@example.com.
Reviewing this Policy will let you know the way your data is currently treated. Use this e-mail to contact us: email@example.com. You are welcome.
Your data is collected by:
Office 1, Upper Floor, 5 Old Dublin Road, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin, Dublin, Dublin 18, Ireland A94 K1H5
Company No. 596747
Minimum Identification/ log-in details (required):
Profile data you choose to provide (totally optional):
Data we receive from your use of the service:
We do not:
We process your data on the basis of this Agreement between You and us to the extent required for the performance of the Agreement and to make your experience is as enjoyable as possible.
We may transfer your data within the EU and abroad to:
We make sure your data each transfer remains protected by law/ contract with the third party, like adequacy decisions and/or standard contractual clauses: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection/standard-contractual-clauses-scc_en
We will use the data only to ensure the Bookmate Service provided to You under the Agreement is as enjoyable as possible:
Unless removed by you at any moment you wish, your data is stored until you terminate the Agreement by deleting your Bookmate account.
As regards your personal data you have the rights to:
Subject to applicable law, you also have the right to (i) restrict our use of information that constitutes your Personal Data and (ii) lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority or the Irish Data Protection Commissioner, which is Bookmate's lead supervisory authority in the European Union. If you are a resident of the European Economic Area and believe we maintain your Personal Data within the scope of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you may direct questions or complaints to our lead supervisory authority:Irish Data Protection Commissioner Office of the Data Protection Commissioner
Canal House, Station Road, Portarlington, Co. Laois, R32 AP23, Ireland
Phone +353 57 868 4757
Fax: +353 57 868 4757
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Bookmate has a strong commitment to providing superior service to all of our customers and visitors and users of this Website and particularly respecting your concerns about privacy. We understand that you may have questions about how this Website collects and uses information and we have prepared this statement to inform you of the privacy principles that govern the Website. We will not sell or rent your personally identifiable information or a list of our customers to third parties. However, as described in more detail below, there are limited circumstances in which some of your information will be shared with third parties, under strict restrictions, so it is important for you to review this Privacy Policy.
We shall regard your information with respect, but it may be involved in some business and development operations.
This Privacy Policy contains numerous general and technical details about the steps we take to respect your privacy concerns. We have organized this Privacy Policy by major processes and areas so that you can quickly link to the information of most interest to you. The bottom line is that meeting your needs and expectations form the foundation of everything we do — including protecting your privacy.
We are doing our best to treat your privacy in a respectful manner.
Personal information on this Website is collected by Bookmate and if after reviewing this Privacy Policy you have any questions or privacy concerns please send an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Yes, we really will answer your e-mails.
Bookmate wants you to be always aware of what personal information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we disclose it. All personal information, as further described below, that we collect and maintain will be subject to the version of the Privacy Policy in effect at the time of such collection. Bookmate reserves the right to change the Privacy Policy from time to time at its sole discretion, and will prominently post any material changes on the home page of the website and send you a notice. You will be given the opportunity to opt-out. If as the result of such changes, you want to alter the ways in which Bookmate is allowed to use your personal information, you can do so by following the procedure described in the Updating Your Personal Preferences section of this Privacy Policy (below). You will be deemed to have been made aware of, and will be subject to, the changes to the Privacy Policy by your continued use of the Website with the following exception: if at the time you provide personal information to Bookmate you limit how such information will be used to communicate with you, either by Bookmate or by third parties, Bookmate will not change your preference in this regard without your express consent.
We may amend this Policy, but you are able to amend your personal preferences.
Bookmate does not control the information collection and distribution policies on Internet domains other than those Internet domains that are under the control of Bookmate itself. When you are on the Website, you may be directed to other sites that are beyond our control. Bookmate is not responsible for any use of the information including click-stream data created when using such third party sites.
Bookmate contains links to other web sites which may threaten your safety. So you'd rather stay on Bookmate.
The Website may also contain advertising and other links to other web sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those other sites. Also we do not send random marketing emails to personal email addresses. The Website may contain hyperlinks to external web sites owned and operated by third parties. Bookmate has no control over or association with such third party sites and Bookmate is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness and quality of the information contained within them. Any and all contents on these external web sites do not reflect products, services or information provided by Bookmate. You should direct any concerns regarding any external link to the site administrator or webmaster of such site.
Use links to external resources at your own risk.
We also use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our Website. These companies may use general information about your visits to this and/or other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, direct such concerns regarding to the respective company's administrator or webmaster.
As an industry standard, we use your statistics to adjust ads you see.
Bookmate allows users to upload their content onto the Website hosted on a "cloud" server only for private use ("User Content"). The hosting of User Content does not imply an endorsement, guarantee, warranty, or representation by Bookmate as to the legality, originality, or authenticity of the User Content. An owner and/or a user who uploaded the User Content bears all risks associated with such User Content, including, without limitation, its potential legal or other liability to Bookmate.
Don't upload any illegal content.
When you are on the Website, certain content may be served by a third party. These third parties may also drop their own cookies and/or use web beacons, which may be used to identify some of your preferences or to recognize you if you have previously had contact with them. We do not control the use of such technology by third parties, the information they collect, or how they use such information.
Third parties are still able to collect and use your information while you are on Bookmate.
The Services may be subject to the laws of various jurisdictions because the Services may accessed from different jurisdictions.
Bookmate will disclose personally identifiable information without your permission when required by law, or in good faith belief that such action is necessary to investigate or protect against harmful activities to Bookmate guests, visitors, associates, or property (including this Website), or to others.
Laws related to personal identifiable information vary by country. For example, personally identifiable information collected in the European Union and its Member States is subject to the EU Directives concerning personal data, privacy and electronic communications, including but not limited to Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector and Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation)and the subsequent legislation adopted in the EU Member States.
Privacy laws are different in all countries, but in general Bookmate is under the Irish jurisdiction.
Bookmate may be required by law enforcement or judicial authorities to provide personally identifiable information to appropriate governmental authorities. If requested by law enforcement or judicial authorities, we will provide this information upon receipt of the appropriate documentation. Bookmate may also provide information to law enforcement to protect its property and the health and safety of individuals as permitted by statute.
Your information may be disclosed by order of official authorities.
The Website does not collect personally identifiable information from your computer when you browse the Website and request pages from our servers. This means that, unless you voluntarily and knowingly provide us with personally identifiable information, we will not know your name, your e-mail address, or any other personally identifiable information. We collect such information in order to make our Service function correctly and provide you the functionality that you see on this Website, as our servers use this information to deliver to you the pages on this Service. We also use this information to better understand how visitors use our Service and how we can better tune our Service, its contents and functionality to meet your needs.
Utilization of your data helps us to give you good service.
As a visitor to this Website, you can engage in many activities without providing any personal information as described above in the Browsing section of this Privacy Policy (above). In connection with subscribing to the services available on the Website or other activities, such as utilizing online software applications or purchasing or downloading any of the products and services available on the Website, Bookmate may ask you to voluntarily supply us with certain information about yourself by filling out and submitting an online form. It is completely optional for you to engage in these activities and/or make any purchases. If you elect to engage in these activities or make purchases, however, Bookmate may ask that you provide us personal information, defined as any information that identifies or can be used to identify, contact, or locate the person to whom such information pertains, including but not limited to your first and last name, mailing address (including ZIP code), e-mail address, and other personal information. This information is requested in conjunction with the purchase and registration of our Products or Services.
You may not disclose your personal data to us. In which case we won't be able to provide you exceptional Service.
In addition, as noted below, minimum information is requested if you choose to subscribe to product updates.
Your data may be required to provide updates.
You never have to answer any questions, and you can decline this exchange of information at any time. However, if you should choose to withhold requested information, we may not be able to provide you with some of the services dependent upon the collection of this information. Depending upon the activity, some of the information that we ask you to provide is identified as mandatory and some as voluntary. If you do not provide the mandatory data with respect to a particular activity or purchase, you will not be able to engage in that activity or make such a purchase. Bookmate will inform you of the mandatory and/or optional character of the requested and/or required information.
We may need to identify you in some way to enable you to use Bookmate.
Bookmate is the sole owner of the information it gathers on the Website. Bookmate will only share your information with outside parties in ways that are described in this Privacy Policy or if we are required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform to the edicts of the law, cooperate with law enforcement agencies, or comply with a legal process served on the Website and the subsequent legislation adopted in the EU Member States.
We may have plenty of different reasons to collect your data.
When you use the Website, Bookmate or third parties authorized by Bookmate may also collect certain technical and routing information about your computer to facilitate your use of the Website and its services. When you surf the Internet, your Internet browser (such as Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Safari or other) automatically transmits some information to Bookmate every time you access content on one of our internet domains within the Website. Examples of such information include the URL of the Web page you were just on (known as the "Referrer"), the IP (or Internet Protocol) address of the computer you are using, or the browser version you are using to access our site. All of this information may be collected by Bookmate and used to help improve our offerings to you.
Your browser and other applications collect and use your data. Bookmate may collect and use this information to improve offerings to you.
We use such data to facilitate and track your use of the Website and its services. Bookmate also uses such environmental variables to measure traffic patterns on the Website. Without expressly informing you in each particular circumstance, we do not match such information with any of your personal information.
We are focused on traffic patterns analysis, so your data may be used in creating these patterns.
Bookmate has the right to send you a periodic newsletter if you agreed with such communication manner, and information about the updated product. This newsletter is a marketing tool that allows Bookmate to inform you of new Products and Services, as well as other news relevant to the company. You have the right to unsubscribe from this mailing list by following the link given in the letter.
You might receive e-mails from us. There might be some important ones, so you'd better have a look. However, you can easily unsubscribe at any time.
When you submit personal information to Bookmate through this Website or related applications (e.g. mobile Bookmate Application), you understand and agree that this information may be transferred across national boundaries and may be stored and processed in any of theу countries in which Bookmate, its affiliates, subsidiaries and third party partners maintain offices. You also acknowledge that in certain countries or with respect to certain activities, the collection, transferring, storage, and processing of your information may be undertaken by trusted vendors of Bookmate. Such vendors are bound by contract not to use your personal information for their own purposes or provide it to any third parties.
Your data may be delivered to our affiliates, partners and vendors located in different countries with the purpose to fulfil the obligations to you.
Bookmate may establish relationships with various service providers whose services may become available to you from this Website or from other websites that are linked to this Website. Typically, these providers would offer services that Bookmate customers might find useful, such as those that can be used in conjunction with Bookmate services and products. In order to use those services, you may be required to provide personal information to the providers. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, personal information that you provide while you are visiting a provider's Website will be subject to the privacy policy posted on such site, and personal information that you provide while on this Website in conjunction with a provider's service will be subject to this Privacy Policy. For instance, the credit card information entered as part of the filling out the purchase form or registration process is collected by the third parties' registration and/or merchant services and subject to their respective privacy policies. You should be aware that our agreements with these service providers often provide that they will share with Bookmate personal information collected from you. In such instances, Bookmate may use this information in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy.
Bookmate have a few features provided by other developers. They use your data on their own.
A personal account is required for reading and listening to the Books with preservation of settings of reading and listening; bookmarks; additions of the Books on the personal shelf; obtaining recommendations, news; accounting of statistical data of reading and listening; citation of the Books; to share on social networks and etc. on the Website. When you create a personal account, some information about your account activity will be provided to other users of Bookmate. For instance, other users may be able to view which content you have accessed via the Website. You can access, review, update and delete your personal account information online via the Website. If you wish to delete your personal account, you can go to: bookmate.com. You have the right to delete your personal information in part or in full, or change it at any time by logging into your personal account, where you can view and make changes to your personal information. We cannot guarantee that information in your personal account won't be accessible to other users either by means of Service or by means of other services including the search engines.
You'll have a personal account on Bookmate and you can delete your personal information in part or in full.
You have the right to access, correct, delete, or modify the personal information you provided to us and associated with your account by logging into your personal account. You can also access, correct additional account information by emailing us at email@example.com.
You can access and correct all of your personal information.
As a registered user you have the right to access and change your personal preferences at any time by logging into your personal account.
Update your preferences if you'd like.
If you wish to delete your personal information in part or in full, please submit a request by emailing at email@example.com. However, if you should choose to delete mandatory information, we may not be able to provide you with some of the services dependent upon the collection of this information.
Keep in mind that search engines and other third parties may still retain copies of your public information, like your profile information and public citations, even after you have deleted the information from our services or deleted your account.
You can delete your personal information in part or in full by request. However, some information is mandatory to use the Bookmate Service. Copies of your public information can be used by search engines and third parties even after you delete it from the Bookmate Service.
Bookmate provides you with a possibility to download your information in a portable, commonly used and machine-readable format (i.e. in an electronic format). You can submit a request by emailing us at email@example.com and we will prepare the file within 30 days.
You can receive all of your information in portable format.
The Website and any products or services available on the Website are not directed at children under 18 years of age.
If a person is under 18, he/she may use the Bookmate Service only with the involvement of a parent or guardian. However, since it is technically impossible to verify the age of each user, we recognize that children under the age of 18 may access this Website and subscribe to the newsletter or purchase products and services. The collection of this information is covered above. Parents and Legal Guardians may request us to terminate and delete their child's account. You may do so by contacting us by letter (using the address information provided at the bottom of this page) or email to email@example.com.
If you are under the age of 18, you may use the Bookmate Service only with the involvement of a parent or guardian. We can help limit your child's access to undesired content on request.
Bookmate operates secure data networks protected by industry standard firewall and password protection systems. Our security and privacy policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced as necessary, and only authorized individuals have access to the information provided by our users. Bookmate takes steps to ensure that your information is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us or from our online products or services, and you use these services at your own risk.
We use common security standards, like most of online services.
We treat the information you provide to us as confidential information; it is, accordingly, subject to our company's security procedures and corporate policies regarding protection and use of confidential information. After personally identifiable information reaches Bookmate it is stored on a server with physical and electronic security features as customary in the industry, including utilization of login/password procedures and electronic firewalls designed to block unauthorized access from outside of Bookmate. Because laws applicable to personal information vary by country, our offices or other business operations may put in place additional measures that vary depending on the applicable legal requirements. Information collected on the sites covered by this Privacy Policy is processed and stored in the EU and possibly other jurisdictions and also in other countries where Bookmate and its service providers conduct business. All Bookmate employees are aware of our privacy and security policies. Your information is only accessible to those employees who need it in order to perform their jobs.
We care about your privacy.
Bookmate collects your information in order to record and support your participation in the activities you select. We will use your e-mail address to send a confirmation and, if necessary, might use the other information to contact you for help to process the purchase or service you have selected. If you subscribe to a service or upload a content, for example, the information is used to register your rights, if any, to technical support or other benefits that may be made available to registered users. Your personal information is also used to keep you informed about new products, product upgrades, patches, special offers, and other products and services of Bookmate and selected third parties if you have so opted to receive such communications.
Read this if you're still unsure about your safety. We use your data to inform you about new products, upgrades, special offers, etc.
Bookmate may collect information about the use of the services offered via Website, such as the types of services used and how many users we receive daily. This information is collected in aggregate form, without identifying any user individually. Bookmate may use this aggregate, non-identifying statistical data for statistical analysis, marketing, or similar promotional purposes.
We use your data to create statistics reports.
Bookmate recognizes and appreciates the importance of responsible use of information collected on this Website. Without your consent, Bookmate will not communicate any information to you regarding products, services, and special offers available from Bookmate or its affiliates, although we may find it necessary to communicate with you regarding your use of the services on this Website. Except in the particular circumstances described in this Privacy Policy, Bookmate will also not provide your name to other companies or organizations without your consent.
Privacy is important.
Bookmate does use the services of third parties (e.g. processing of purchase orders) that act as independent contractors on behalf of Bookmate. You may also use your third party login accounts and passwords (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Google or other) in order to register and login to the Website and use Bookmate's services. These parties are contractually prohibited from using personally identifiable information for any purpose other than for the purpose Bookmate specifies. We do provide non-personally identifiable information to certain service providers for their use on an aggregated basis for the purpose of performing their contractual obligations to us. We prohibit the sale or transfer of personal information to entities outside of the Bookmate's affiliates for their use without our approval.
We integrate third party features to Bookmate which process your information on their own.
Bookmate may disclose your personally identifiable information if we believe in good faith that we are required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, a subpoena, or other legal process. Bookmate may also disclose personally identifiable information when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating this Privacy Policy, the terms of your agreements with Bookmate or to protect the safety of our users and the public or under confidentiality and licensing agreements with certain third parties which assist us in developing, operating and maintaining the Website and its content.
Sometimes we disclose your data in order to comply with the laws or protect our users.
In the event that all or substantially all of Bookmate's stock and/or all or substantially all assets are transferred or sold to another entity, Bookmate may transfer personally identifiable information to the acquiring entity. If, as a result of such a business transition, your personally identifiable information will be used in a materially different manner, you will be given choice consistent with our policy regarding notification of changes.
If Bookmate changes its owners, the new team can make any new arrangements in Privacy Policy.
You can always choose whether or not to disclose personally identifiable information and that choice will not prevent you from using the Website. Please note, however, if you should choose to withhold requested information, we may not be able to provide you with some of the services dependent upon the collection of this information and you will be given an opportunity to "opt-in" and make your preference choices for any items that are optional and which are not prerequisite for our rendering such services.
It's your choice to use Bookmate and provide personal data.
You can choose at any time to opt out of receiving emails from Bookmate or from having your personally identifiable information shared with selected companies. If you want to opt out, you can do so by editing your preferences with respect to email or the sharing of information. If you elect to "opt out" we will not, as applicable, share your personal information with third parties or send you emails. However, we may continue to use your personal information for internal purposes, to enhance your user experience or as necessary to administer the site or comply with applicable law.
You can opt-out of receiving e-mails.
We reserve the right to send a one-time registration confirmation email, and infrequent Service Alert messages to users to inform them of specific changes that may impact their ability to use a service they have previously signed up for, regardless of email contact opt-in status. We also reserve the right to contact you if compelled to do so as part of a legal proceeding or if there has been a violation of any applicable licensing, warranty and purchase agreements.
Still there are some e-mails that we'll send even if you unsubscribed.
Bookmate is retaining these rights because in limited cases we feel that we may need the right to contact you as a matter of law or regarding matters that will be important to you. These rights do not allow us to contact you to market a new or existing service if you have asked us not to do so, and issuance of these types of communications is rare.
Some of our e-mails may contain really important information.
If you do not wish to receive e-mails with updates and information, please click on the link of any letters sent by Bookmate. You may also opt-out online by updating your personal account as described in the Updating Your Personal References section of this Privacy Policy (above).
If you wish to opt out of receiving emails, the sharing or retention of any personal identification information, or otherwise change your personal preferences, you may contact Bookmate by email at email@example.com.
To ensure that your request is honored, you must provide Bookmate with information sufficient for us to accurately identify and access your records. The information we require is your full name and the email address you provided to Bookmate. Bookmate reserves the right to contact you to verify that we have accurately identified your record.
Our e-mails contain links to unsubscribe.
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The last update of the Cookie Policy: 25 May 2021.
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Bookmate takes and addresses its users' privacy concerns with utmost respect and attention. If you believe that there was an instance of non-compliance with this Privacy Policy with regard to your personal information or you have other related inquiries or concerns, you may write or contact Bookmate with an address of:
Office 1, Upper Floor, 5 Old Dublin Road, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin, Dublin, Dublin 18, Ireland A94 K1H5
Company No. 596747
email: email@example.com
In your message, please describe in as much detail as possible the nature of your inquiry or the ways in which you believe that the Privacy Policy has not been complied with. We will investigate your inquiry or complaint promptly. Please note that if you provide Bookmate with inconsistent privacy preferences (for example, by indicating on one occasion that third parties may contact you with marketing offers and indicating on another occasion that they may not), Bookmate cannot guarantee that your most recent privacy preference will be honored.
The best way to solve anything is sending us a letter.
Bookmate is a book club where users may bring their own content and get an opportunity to read their books using the Service. Bookmate is the platform in providing legal access to a rich collection of books and audiobooks on major mobile platforms. We work with authors and publishers to provide them with an opportunity to get proceeds from their content. We are committed to fighting any infringements of rights or any other illegal activity under our Service.
Bookmate supports holders of copyright not only by promoting the content and paying proceeds from it, but also by preventing infringement of copyrights.
Every book uploaded by authors and publishers at Bookmate will be automatically compared with already uploaded files. If the rights for the book have been already registered, the book will not be published again.
Thus, it is crucial for us to receive full details of rights holders to prevent infringement of copyright.
Our mission is to provide legal services:
We continuously work to improve our technologies, so we shall keep providing rights holders with new opportunities to develop publishing and distribution of digital books and audiobooks.
It is Bookmate's policy to fully comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and all other current copyright protecting laws. We shall immediately remove illegal content upon receiving a relevant takedown notification. We respect the rights of the rights holders and publishers and focus on developing lawful services to receive proceeds from the content.
If you believe that your copyright has been infringed, please let us know by sending a notification to email@example.com, including the following:
For your convenience there is a template of notification that you can fill out and send us:
Attention Bookmate:
This communication serves as a statement that:
I am [the exclusive rights holder | the duly authorized representative of the exclusive rights holder] for [title of copyrighted material being infringed upon, and, if possible, additional identifying information such as ISBNs, publication dates, etc. — or, if the material is a web page, the URL] ;
These exclusive rights are being violated by material available upon your site at the following URL(s): [URLs of infringing material] ;
I have a good faith belief that the use of this material in such a fashion is not authorized by the copyright holder, the copyright holder's agent, or the law;
I state that the information contained in this notification is accurate, and that I am authorized to act on the behalf of the exclusive rights holder for the material in question;
I may be contacted by the following methods: [postal address, telephone number, and email address] ;
I hereby request that you remove or disable access to this material as it appears on your service in a relevant manner.
Thank you.
[your full name or name of the company ]
To make sure that such action is necessary, please consult your legal counsel.
Bookmate shall comply with the copyright acts and we always promptly remove the illegal content, upon receipt of the corresponding notice. In case you consider that the work placed by you on the Bookmate has been removed by mistake you may file a counter-notice which should contain the following:
In case of counter-notice filled in in accordance with the requirements stated hereinabove, the Bookmate shall promptly resend your counter-notice to the person, who demanded to remove the work.
In case no suit has been filed against you by the person who sent the notice on copyright infringement within 14 days from the date of receipt of a copy of such counter-notice, then Bookmate shall recover the work, otherwise the work shall be subject to recovery prior to resolution of dispute between the Parties.
You may copy, fill in and send the following form of the counter-notice as a matter of convenience:
Attention: Bookmate Service:
The present message shall testify to the fact that:
I [name of the user and/or organization's representative] am [the owner of the exclusive right | duly authorized representative of the owner of the exclusive right] specified in the notice on copyright infringement as of [date] in relation to [description and author of the work which has been removed or blocked subject to the notice on copyright infringement, as well as additional identifying information and URL address, if available];
I have a bona fide belief that the work has been removed or blocked by mistake or due to its improper identification as the work to be removed or blocked and that the work does not violate any of the third parties' rights [statement specifying for what reason the work has been removed by mistake and for what reason the notice on copyright infringement has been sent by mistake].
I hereby declare that the information contained in the present counter-notice to the best of my knowledge and belief is true
I hereby acknowledge that this counter-claim as well as all the details contained herein may be delivered to the person who made the notice on copyright infringement and/or its representative.
My contact details are as follows: [correspondence address, phone number and e-mail];
I hereby require you to recover the work that has been removed from the service by mistake.
Thank you.
Yours respectfully, [Full name, physical and electronic signature]
To ensure your rights you should send your counter-notice to Bookmate
Office 1, Upper Floor, 5 Old Dublin Road, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin, Dublin, Dublin 18, Ireland A94 K1H5
Company No. 596747
DMCA agent for US copyright owners:
Leonard Grayver
Greenberg, Whitcombe, Takeuchi, Gibson & Grayver, LLP
21515 Hawthorne Blvd Suite 450
Torrance, CA 90503
Phone: 3105402000
Email: email@example.com
Please note that you may be held liable for the inflicted losses (including court and attorneys' fees) for false counter-notice, submitted pursuant to the notice on copyright infringement. Accordingly, if you are not sure that the work does not infringe anyone's rights, we advise you to consult a lawyer beforehand.
Bookmate shall reserve the right to remove the user's account and to cancel his/her subscription in case of subsequent infringement of copyright.
Our comments to the right aren't legally binding and intended to improve your understanding of this Policy. Please refer to official text for solving official issues.


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LIBERAL, Kan. — A little girl and her twin sister were surprised with a new puppy after a kind stranger found the girl's wish list to Santa attached to a balloon nearly 650 miles away.
Leticia Flores-Gonzalez says her 4-year-old daughters, Luna and Gianella, both released balloons attached to Christmas lists from their home in Liberal, Kansas, in December. The mother says she wanted to create a special memory during the tough year of 2020.
Leticia says she didn't expect the balloons to go far, but Luna's somehow traveled all the way to the Shreveport, Louisiana area, where it was found by Alvin Bamburg.
The man told "Good Morning America" that he found the balloon while hunting and read the list, which included candy, a Spiderman ball, a "Frozen" doll, a My Little Pony, and of course – a puppy.
Bamburg posted about his find on Facebook and through the power of social media, he was able to connect with the family.
To the girls' delight, Bamburgh was able to ship almost every item on the list to the family, but one item had to be specially delivered. He and his wife drove to the family's home and surprised the girls with a puppy named Max.
"It's not about the amount or value of gifts that were sent to my girls that is the most important, it's the love they were sent with that holds the value," the girls' mother told The E.W. Scripps Company.
Leticia says Bamburg's act of kindness meant a lot to her family and reminded her that good people still exist.
"It meant the world to me to see those little happy faces on Luna and Gianella when they received gifts they asked Santa for," she said. "One thing that comes out of it is that it gives us the lesson that marvelous and wonderful people still exist whom will give the best of them to strangers."


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Uses ACCU-CHEK Aviva Plus test strips, which offer advanced accuracy.
ACCU-CHEK® Softclix lancing device—uses the same technology as the ACCU-CHEK FastClix device, which has been proven least painful.1
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"Twelve by Twelve", MAG's Show and Sale at A.I. Friedman's
Start your holiday gift-giving with a piece of original, one-of-a-kind art created by Mamaroneck Artists Guild artists and exhibited at A.I. Friedman's. "Twelve by Twelve" features specially created works of art united by size, 12″ x 12″, and price, $200.00 each. This month long exhibition showcases the work of many established and emerging artists from the Mamaroneck Artists Guild.
The exhibition opens on Tuesday, December 1, 2015 and continues through Wednesday, December 30, 2015.
Spread some holiday cheer with the artists at an opening reception on Saturday, December 12, 2015 from 2-4 p.m.
A.I. Freidman's store hours are Monday – Saturday 9 to 9 and Sunday 10 to 7..
Event Location and Ticket Information
A. I. Friedmans
495 Boston Post Road
Port Chester, NY 10573
Handicap Accessible? Yes
Date: Friday, December 25, 2015 - Saturday, December 26, 2015
Times: 9:00 am - 9:00 pm
Ticket pricing:
Free event
Presenter: Mamaroneck Artists Guild
Presenter Phone: 914-834-1117
Presenter Website: www.mamaroneckartistsguild.org


text: Day 8 of Caprices Festival in Crans-Montana, Switzerland… as the event approached its final two days Friday night, those in attendance seemed to have a desire to keep the party going, as Mika drew the largest crowd to date, not only filling the vast airline hanger-like space of The Moon, but overfilling the standing room only space in front of the stage. The popular British singer-songwriter drew such a crowd people were spilling out, standing watching from the hallway space in-between The Moon and The Tube, and was far and away the largest crowd pulled in thus far for the 9-day festival. The more pop-oriented line-up also included rising star Nadine Carina, local pop/folk singer Célien Schneider, and the ever versatile and classy Nelly Furtado, who put in one of my favorite shows of the past week.