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Privacy Policy
Thank you for using Amabie!
Amabie is an online platform for anyone and everyone interested in beauty reviews, beauty products, and beauty tips! Our goal is to provide you with an easy way to access beauty reviews and share your experiences with various beauty products (inclusive of Asian beauty products, such as Japanese beauty and Korean beauty products). You do not need to be a registered User to search or view our beauty reviews, but you must be a registered User in order to post beauty reviews, comment on our beauty forum or engage in any type of communication on our site.
Amabie is a New York based company, whose servers are housed in the United States. All personal information we collect from our international Users is transferred to the United States and processed according to US law.
Amabie LLC and its Taiwan branch, 美麗人魚(collectively "Amabie", "Amabié" , "we", or "us") has established this Privacy Policy to explain how we collect, use, and disclose information that we obtain from you (any visitor, or registered User) in connection with your use of our services, including through our online applications, inclusive of amabie.com, amabiebeauty.com, 美麗人魚.com, and amabie.com.tw (the "Services"). Our Privacy Policy applies to all registered Users or visitors, who access the Service ("Users").
At Amabie, we are committed to protecting your privacy. Our Privacy Policy explains how we and some of the companies we work with collect, use, share and protect information in relation to our mobile services, website, and any software provided on or in connection with our service as well as your choices about the collection and use of your information.
By using our Service you understand and agree that we are providing a platform for you to post content, including beauty reviews, photos, beauty ratings, comments, beauty tips, and other materials ("User Content"), to the Service and to share User Content publicly. This means that other Users may search for, see, use, or share any of your User Content that you make publicly available through the Service, consistent with the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service. When you use our Services, such as visiting our website(s), you consent to our collection, use, and disclosure of information about you as described in this Privacy Policy.
Irrespective of which country you reside in or supply information from, you authorize Amabie to use your information in the United States, Taiwan and any other location where Amabie operates.
Our Privacy Policy applies to all those who use our Services, including those Users just visiting the websites. If you have any concern about providing information to us or having such information displayed on our Services or otherwise used in any manner permitted in this Privacy Policy and Terms of Service, you should not become a registered User, visit our websites, or otherwise use our Services.
Note that when you are on our site, you may be directed to and/or click on other websites. Our Privacy Policy does not apply to these sites that we do not own or manage, the practices of companies that we do not own or control, or to people that we do not employ or manage. These other sites may send their own cookies to Users, or otherwise collect data or solicit personal information.
Any questions or concerns regarding this policy should be directed to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Our Privacy Policy
What Information Do We Collect and How Do We Use It?
We collect the information described in this section to provide our Services to you and make them better, develop updates, and protect Amabie and our Users. We also use the information we collect to offer you customized content, such as suggested products or beauty reviews, or relevant advertising, provide you with activity updates involving you and allow you to more easily find your friends. When you use our Services, you allow us to collect or agree to provide us with certain information, such as described below:
Account Information:
In order to communicate while using our Services, post a beauty review or receive beauty product suggestions, you must register for an account. This shall include your name, email address you used to register, profile picture, birthdate, location, and any other information you provide us. By having an account, you are joining the Amabie community, which holds you responsible for your actions when using the Services, such as receiving praise for your helpful beauty product reviews or useful beauty tips, or holding you accountable for any inappropriate content that you post. The personal information that you provide to us may reveal or allow others to identify aspects of your life that are not expressly stated on your profile (for example, your picture). You understand that, by creating an account and filling out information on your profile, Users (as well as Amabie) will be able to identify you by your Amabie profile. Users can search for you by your Username or your registered email address.
You also may give us permission to access your information in other services. For example, you may link your other social media accounts (such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, etc.) to Amabie, which allows us to obtain information from those accounts (such as your friends or contacts). The information we get from those services often depends on your settings or their privacy policies so please check those policies as well.
Public Content:
A publicly accessible area is any area of Amabie that is accessible by the general public and may be indexed by search engines. Please be aware that all beauty reviews, questions, answers, User profiles, and the beauty forum comments are all publicly accessible areas so that when you post content to these areas, your content, including your Username as the contributor, may be displayed in search engine results. You should exercise caution if you choose to disclose personally identifiable information in a publicly accessible area, such as your profile. Remember that this information may remain indefinitely in the publicly accessible area of the Service. You are solely responsible for any information that you disclose and disseminate on publicly accessible areas.
We may collect all information that you contribute or upload to the Amabie websites, including beauty reviews, questions, answers, forum comments, beauty tips, photos, comments, finding beauty reviews "helpful" or beauty tips "useful", wishlists, and account profile. We may display this information publicly through the Amabie websites, use it to enhance the Amabie experience (including allowing for you to have more personalized recommendations with respect to products that showcases on the websites), and share it with third party partners.
If you have a concern about any personally identifiable information you have posted on any publicly accessible areas, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com immediately.
You can invite your friends to join Amabie by providing us with their contact information, or by allowing us to access your contacts from your computer, mobile device, or third party sites to select which friends you want to invite.
You acknowledge that by using Amabie services, such as "Invite Friends," "Recommend to a Friend" and "Share my Wishlist," you may be sending this invitation outside of our website to that person by providing their email address. This message is not a spam message from Amabie since it is User-generated even though the invitation will come from our website. Also note by sending it to this User, you are sharing their contact information with us. For example, if you choose to invite someone to the Service through our "Invite friends" feature, you may select a person directly from the contacts list on your device and send an email. You also understand and agree that you are responsible for any charges that apply to communications sent from your device, and because this invitation is coming directly from you, we do not have access to or control this communication.
We may collect any communications that you make using the websites directed either to Amabie, the general public, or to other Users, including all beauty review posts, all comments, messages and compliments (such as "helpful" and "useful"). When you sign up for an account or use certain features, you are opting to receive messages from other Amabie Users, businesses, and Amabie itself. We can communicate with you messaging, email, and other ways available to us. We may send you messages relating to the availability of the Services, security, or other service-related issues. We may also send you marketing communication. You can manage some of your messaging preferences (in Privacy Options) but note that you cannot opt out of receiving certain administrative, transactional, or legal messages from Amabie.
We may also track your actions in response to the messages you receive from Amabie such as whether you deleted, opened, or forwarded such messages. If you exchange messages with others using Amabie, we may store them in order to process and deliver them. Note that we may also collect information that other people provide when they use our Services, including information about you, such as when they send you messages, mention you, or share and send you beauty product recommendations.
Amabie may not deliver messages that we believe to be objectionable, including spam messages, requests to exchange reviews for compensation, or other harmful speech.
Note that if you contact us (even if you are not a registered User), we may keep your message, email address and contact information so we can respond to your request.
Third Parties
We use third-party analytics tools to help us measure traffic and usage trends for the Service. These tools collect information sent by your device or our Service, including the web pages you visit, add-ons, and other information that assists us in improving the Service. We collect and use this analytics information with analytics information from other Users so that it cannot reasonably be used to identify any particular individual User. If you are logged in as a registered User when you visit sites with our plugins, we use this information to recommend tailored content to you.
Third-party ad partners may share information with us, like a browser cookie ID, website URL visited, mobile device ID, or cryptographic hash of a common account identifier (such as an email address), to help us measure and tailor ads. For example, this allows us to display ads about things you may have already shown interest in off of our Services. Further, we allow third parties to look-up profile information using your email address or Username.
When you visit or leave our Services by clicking a hyperlink or when you view a third-party site that includes our plugin or cookies (or similar technology), we automatically receive the URL of the site from which you came or the one to which you are directed. We also receive the internet protocol ("IP") address of your computer or the proxy server that you use to access the web, your computer operating system details, your type of web browser, your mobile device (including your mobile device identifier provided by your mobile device operating system), your mobile operating system (if you are accessing Amabie using a mobile device), and the name of your ISP or your mobile carrier. We may also receive location data passed to us from third-party services or GPS-enabled devices that you have set up. Most mobile devices allow you to prevent real time location data being sent to us, and of course we will honor your settings.
Also, if you opt to bind any Service account to a third party social media service (including Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or other similar service), you can share content from our Services to these third party, in accordance with your account settings (which you may change at any time) and respective policies of these third parties. Note that we allow the option to share and we will never post on your behalf without your prior authorization.
Online advertisers typically share information with the websites or apps where they run ads to measure and/or improve those ads. We also receive this information, which may include information like whether clicks on ads led to purchases or a list of criteria to use in targeting ads.
Technical Information
We may collect information about your use of the Services, such as your search activity, account sign up, content that you provide, shares, the pages viewed, the date, duration, and time of visits, and transactions or other activities initiated through the websites. This technical information that may be collected includes:
Log data: We receive Log Data when you interact with our Services, for example, when you visit our websites, sign into our Services, interact with our email notifications, use your account to authenticate to a third-party website or application, or visit a third-party website that includes an Amabie button or widget. Log data are records of activity created by the computer that delivers the webpages you request to your browser. For example, log data may record the search term you entered or the link you clicked to bring you the webpage. This Log Data may include your Internet Protocol address, the address of the web pages you visited that had Amabie features, browser type and settings, the date and time of your request, how you used Amabie, operating system, the referring web page, pages visited, location, your mobile carrier, device information (including device and application IDs), search terms and cookie data. We use Log Data to provide, understand, and improve our Services, to make inferences, like what topics you may be interested in, and to customize the content we show you, including ads.
Cookie data: A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a User, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
Among the information that may be collected through the use of cookies include: browser type, OS type and version, device type used to access websites, browser language, IP address, mobile carrier, phone number, unique device identifier, advertising identifier, friends identifier, location (including geolocation, web-server logs, web beacons, clear pixels, or pixel tags, beacon based location, and GPS location), and requested and referring URLs. Cookies also enable you to easily share content on Amabie. For mobile devices, we use Cookies and similar technologies in ways that are similar to when you are accessing the web from a computer.
In addition to the information above, we also use flash cookies, web beacons, metadata, and advertising technologies to automatically collect information about your activities and interests on and off our websites, to improve our services, increase security measures as well as show you content and advertising that's most relevant to you.
Flash cookies (also called Local Shared Objects or "LSOs") are data files similar to cookies, except that they can store more complex data. Flash cookies are used to remember settings, preferences, and usage, and other similar services.
Web beacons are small graphic images on a Web page or in an e-mail that can be used for such things as recording the pages and advertisements clicked on by Users, or tracking the performance of e-mail marketing campaigns.
Geo-location technology refers to technologies that permit us to determine your location. We may ask you to manually provide location information on our website, or to enable your mobile device to send us precise location information. We may also automatically collect general location information from your web browser.
Metadata is usually technical data that is associated with User Content. For example, Metadata can describe how, when and by whom a piece of User Content was collected and how that content is formatted. Users can add or may have Metadata added to their User Content including a hashtag (e.g., to mark keywords when you post a photo), geotag (e.g., to mark your location to a photo), comments or other data. This makes your User Content more searchable by others and more interactive. If you geotag your photo or tag your photo using other's APIs then, your latitude and longitude will be stored with the photo and searchable (e.g., through a location or map feature) if your photo is made public by you in accordance with your privacy settings.
We still use cookies if you don't have an account, have logged out of your account or have visited amabie.com, to help us protect our Services, save your preferences (such as language preference), and the people who use it from malicious activity. For example, these cookies help us detect and prevent denial-of-service attacks and the mass creation of fake accounts.
If you have cookies on your browser or device, we read that cookie when you visit a site with a social plugin. Although we do not use cookies to create a profile of your browsing behavior on third-party sites, we do use aggregate data from third parties and data from your profile and Amabie activity to show you relevant, interest-based advertising. We do not provide any personal information that we collect to advertisers.
This table gives some more information about what we use cookies for:
Categories of Use Description Authentication
If you're signed in to Amabie, cookies help us show you the right information and personalize your experience.
We use cookies to enable and support our security features, and to help us detect malicious activity and violations of our Terms of Use.
Preferences, features and services
Cookies can tell us which language you prefer and what your communications preferences are. They can also help us to provide you with personalized suggestions.
We may use cookies to show you relevant advertising both on and off the Amabie site. We may also use a cookie to learn whether Users who saw an ad on Amabie later visited the advertiser's site. Similarly, our partners may use a cookie to determine whether we've shown an ad and how it performed, or provide us with information about how you interact with ads. We may also work with a partner to show you an ad on or off Amabie, such as after you've visited a partner's site or application.
Performance, Analytics and Research
Cookies help us learn how well our site and plugins perform in different locations. We also use cookies to understand, improve, and research products, features, and services, including when you access Amabie from other websites, applications, or devices such as your work computer or your mobile device.
By visiting our Services, you consent to the placement of cookies, beacons and the above listed technology in your browser and emails in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies or delete pre-existing cookies. However, if you limit the ability of websites to set cookies, your overall User experience will not be as positive as it could be, since it will no longer be personalized to you. It may also stop you from saving customized settings like login information. Note that in order for us to recognize that you have opted out of cookies, we have to place our Amabie opt-out cookie on your device so we can know not to set other Amabie cookies the next time you visit. If you use Amabie without changing your browser settings, we'll assume that you're happy to receive all cookies on the Amabie website.
To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit wikipedia.org, www.allaboutcookies.org, or www.aboutcookies.org.
Device information: In addition to log data, we may also collect information about the device you're using Amabie on, including what type of device it is, what operating system you're using, device settings, device location, connection information, unique device identifiers, and crash data. Whether we collect some or all of this information often depends on what type of device you're using and its settings. To learn more about what information your device makes available to us, please also check the policies of your device manufacturer or software provider.
We receive your information through our various websites, APIs, email notifications, applications, buttons, widgets, ads, our other covered services and from other third parties. When using any of our Services you consent to the collection, transfer, storage, disclosure, and use of your information as described in this Privacy Policy. Collecting this information helps us provide consistent Services across your devices.
In addition to some of the specific uses of information we describe in this Privacy Policy, we may use information that we receive to:
- Provide, improve, test, and monitor the effectiveness of our Service
- Develop and test new products and features
- Monitor metrics such as total number of visitors, traffic, and demographic patterns
- Diagnose or fix technology problems
- Automatically update the website
With Whom and When Do We Share Your Information?
Information about our Users is an important part of our business, and your personal private information is never for sale. We may combine your information with other information in a way that it is no longer associated with you and share that aggregated information. We only share User information as described below.
User Consent or Direction
We may share or disclose your information at your direction, such as when you authorize a third-party web client or application to access your account. Other Users may share or disclose information about you, such as when they mention you or recommend a beauty product to you. If you've shared information with another User who accesses Amabie through a third-party service, keep in mind that the information may be shared with the third-party service.
Third Party Accounts
We may allow third parties to use cookies through the Services to collect the same type of information for the same purposes as Amabie does for itself. Third parties may be able to associate the information they collect with other information they have about you from other sources.
If you sign up for Amabie using a third party account or link your Amabie account to your account with a third party service, we may receive information about you from such third party service. We may use this information to help you create your account on Amabie and connect and share public content with your friends and followers. You can manage how you link your Amabie account to third party services. Please note that if you interact with Facebook, Google, Twitter, or other third party icons through the Service, including "Like," "Share," or similar buttons, those companies may collect information about you, such as your device's IP address, and they may post about you, such as when you "Like" something on their website. Your interactions with these and other third parties are governed by the third parties' privacy policies.
Aggregate Information:
We may share User information in the aggregate with third parties, such as advertisers and content distributors. For example, we may disclose the number of Users that have been exposed to, or clicked on, advertisements. We want our advertising to be as relevant and interesting as the other information you find on our Services. With this in mind, we use all of the information we have about you to show you relevant ads. We may provide these partners with information about the reach and effectiveness of their advertising without providing information that personally identifies you, or if we have aggregated the information so that it does not personally identify you. These partners must adhere to strict confidentiality obligations in a way that is consistent with this Privacy Policy and the agreements we enter into with them.
We do not share any of your personal information with advertisers or with third parties for direct marketing.
We may display targeted advertisements based on anonymized or pseudonymized data and information, and we may also display targeted advertisements based on personally identifiable information. By interacting with or viewing an ad you are consenting to the possibility that the advertiser will make the assumption that you meet the targeting criteria used to display the ad.
We will allow third party companies that show advertisements on some of our pages to set and access their cookies on your computer. Other companies' use of their cookies and device identifiers is subject to their own privacy policies. Advertisers or other companies do not have access to Amabie cookies. We do not necessarily have access to or control over the cookies they use. Please note that opting out does not prevent the display of all advertisements to you.
Additionally, we may share non-personally identifiable information from or about you with third parties and advertisers, such as location data, advertising identifiers, or a cryptographic hash of a common account identifier to facilitate the display of targeted advertising. You may be able to limit our sharing of some of this information through your settings, as described in Section 1 above. We do not share your personal information (such as your email address) with any third-party advertisers or ad networks for advertising without your separate permission. Also, advertisers will receive the URL of the page that you are on when you click an ad on or through our Services.
Service Providers:
We use a variety of third-party services to help support or provide our Services, and to help us understand and improve the use of our Services, such as Google Analytics. These third-party service providers may collect information sent by your browser as part of a web page request, such as cookies or your IP address.
We may also rely on third party providers to perform certain services for us in connection with your use of the Services, such as communications and hosting services, network security, investigating fraudulent activity, technical and customer support, analyzing, tracking and reporting functions, quality assurance testing, our own marketing of the Service, and other functions. We may share information from or about you with these third party providers so that they can perform their services or complete your requests.
These third party providers may share information with us that they obtain from or about you in connection with providing their services or completing your requests. Third party providers may also share this information with their subsidiaries, joint ventures, or other companies under common control. Some of our web pages utilize framing techniques to serve content to you from our third party providers, while preserving the look and feel of the Services. In such cases, please note that the information you provide is being provided to the third party. We will not share your personal information such as name or email address with these parties.
This privacy policy does not cover information that you submit on other websites, even if we communicate with you on those sites.
Businesses on Amabie:
We may share information from or about you (such as your age and pronoun preference), your devices, and your use of the Service (such as which businesses you bookmark or call) with businesses listed on Amabie.
The Services may contain links to unaffiliated third party services. Except as set forth herein, we do not share your personal information with them. Amabie is not responsible for the privacy practices of any other party or website and we suggest you read the privacy policies on or applicable to all such third party services. We may keep track of how you interact with links across our Services, including our email notifications, third-party services, and client applications, by redirecting clicks or through other means. We do this to help improve our Services, to provide more relevant advertising, and to be able to share aggregate click statistics such as how many times a particular link was clicked on.
We may share your personal information in order to protect the legal rights of our company, our employees, our agents, and our affiliates, to protect the safety and security of our visitors, to detect and protect against fraud, or to comply with law or legal process. It is possible that we may need to disclose personal information, profile information, or information about your activities as when required by law, subpoena, or other legal process, or if we have a good faith belief that disclosure is reasonably necessary to:
- Investigate, prevent, or take action regarding suspected or actual illegal activities or to assist government enforcement agencies;
- Comply with legal process and law enforcement instructions and orders, such as a search warrant, statute, judicial proceeding, or other legal process served on us;
- Enforce the Terms of Service, investigate and defend ourselves against any third-party claims or allegations, or protect the security or integrity of our Service; or
- Exercise or protect the rights, property, reputation, or safety of Amabie, our Users, affiliates, personnel, or the public.
We will attempt to notify Users about legal demands for their personal information when appropriate in our judgment, unless prohibited by law or court order or when the request is an emergency. In light of our principles, we may dispute such demands when we believe, in our discretion, that the requests are overbroad, vague or lack proper authority, but do not commit to challenge every demand.
If you have a concern or complaint about content created by others through the Services, Amabie may share the substance and nature of your complaint with the contributor of that content in order to provide an opportunity for the contributor to respond.
Business Transfers:
If another company acquires some, or all of the assets of Amabie, we may share your personal information with that company and that company may use and disclose personal information for purposes similar to what is described in this policy. Amabie may also share personal information with prospective purchasers to evaluate the proposed transaction.
We limit access to information about you to employees who we believe reasonably need to come into contact with that information to provide products or services to you or in order to do their jobs.
Do Not Track (DNT):
Our website does not currently respond to a Do Not Track ("DNT") or similar signal as it awaits the results of efforts by the policy and legal community to determine the meaning of DNT and the proper way to respond. We do not allow other parties to collect personally identifiable information from Users on Amabie.
How and Where Do We Store Your Information?
Your information may be collected through the Service may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which Amabie, its Affiliates or Service Providers maintain facilities and servers. Therefore, we may process your information outside the country where you live.
Amabie, its Affiliates, or Service Providers may transfer information that we collect about you, including personal information across borders and from your country or jurisdiction to other countries or jurisdictions around the world. If you are located in the European Union or other regions with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from U.S. law, please note that we may transfer information, including personal information, to a country and jurisdiction that does not have the same data protection laws as your jurisdiction.
By registering for and using the Service you consent to the transfer of information to the U.S. or to any other country in which Amabie, its Affiliates or Service Providers maintain facilities and the use and disclosure of information about you as described in this Privacy Policy.
We may transfer your information and process it outside your country of residence, wherever Amabie, its affiliates and service providers operate.
We retain the personal information you provide while your account is in existence or as needed to provide services. We may retain your personal information even after you have closed your account if retention is reasonably necessary to comply with our legal obligations, meet regulatory requirements, resolve disputes between Users, prevent fraud and abuse, or enforce this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service. We may retain personal information, for a limited period of time, if requested by law enforcement.
We store data for as long as we deem necessary to provide Services.
You can delete your account any time. However, when you delete your account, your reviews will not be deleted and may remain public on the site. Also, keep in mind that information that others have shared about you is not part of your account and will not be deleted when you delete your account.
How Can You Manage Your Privacy?
Protect Your Password: Protect your account and do not share your password. Amabie employees will never ask you for your password so please never give it to anyone.
Consider Your Contributions: Please think carefully before you post personal information. This includes information like where you live, your name, contact information, or publicly displaying your accounts from other social medias. You can change your Amabie information at any time by editing your profile, contacting us at email@example.com to delete content that you have posted, or by closing your account. You can also ask us for additional information we may have about your account. Other Users may be able to identify you, or associate you with your account, if you include personal information in the content you post publicly. You can reduce the risk of being personally identified by using the Service pseudonymously, though doing so could detract from the credibility of your contributions to the Services.
Keep in mind that all beauty reviews, compliment clicks, User profiles and comments on the website are public. You can remove content that you posted on a public space by e-mailing details to email@example.com. Note that we will endeavor to honor your request to remove information, however, our removal of your information does not completely erase that information from the internet. For example, historical copies, or "caches," may remain.
Review "My Profile": This section of the site will show your information what is displayed to the public, including to both registered and non-registered Users of Amabie. You can manage what is publicly displayed through the "Privacy Options," under "Manage My Settings." You can also choose to "Edit My Profile" to edit information you have inputted. We do suggest if you want the personalized recommendations to keep the information in your profile and adjust your Privacy Options instead.
Adjust Your Privacy Options: In "Privacy Options," you may choose what is displayed to the public, your followers, or just yourself (private). For example, private display means the public cannot see a selected option, such as your specific hair-type, of your personal profile. If you choose public, then reviewers would be able to see what type of hair you have. Note the publicly displayed information can be very helpful to other reviewers as they may be able to relate to you and help them make an informed decision on a product.
Category How To Manage Your Settings Edit My Profile You can update your name, e-mail address, and other preferences by logging into your account and clicking on the "Manage My Settings" page or emailing us at firstname.lastname@example.com. Change My Password You can update your password here by entering your old password and inputting your new password, which must be a minimum of 6 characters. Email Subscription You can choose to subscribe to our newsletters and emails. You may also choose to unsubscribe by clicking on the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of any promotional e-mail that you receive. You can also edit your e-mail preferences under "Email Subscription." Privacy Options You can adjust your privacy options to allow what is displayed to what audience here as well as who can message you, mention you, etc. Alert Options You can also adjust what alerts you will receive, such as when people mention you, send you a recommendation, etc.
We offer you options for the majority of your profile, but there are some options that are not available for adjustment. Note there is no option to adjust privacy for Username, followers and number of people you are following, as those will remain public. There are also no options for privacy for last name or email address as those will remain private, unless you choose to publicly display them.
E-mail Communications: To help us make e-mails more useful and interesting, we often receive a confirmation when you open e-mail from Amabie if your computer supports such capabilities. If you do not want to receive e-mail or other mail from us, please adjust your Email Options. New categories of marketing communications might be added to the Marketing Preferences page from time to time. Users who visit this page can opt out of receiving future marketing communications from these new categories or they can unsubscribe by following instructions contained in the messages they receive. We reserve the right to send you certain communications, such as service announcements and administrative messages and other communications relating to the Amabie service, without offering you the opportunity to opt out of receiving them.
Messages: Please also note that the messages you send or receive using the Services are only private to the extent that both you and the person you are communicating with keep them private. For example, if you send a message to another User, that User may choose to publicly post it. Also, Amabie may access and disclose such messages in the course of investigations relating to use of the Services and to detect spam messages, harassment and/or any other wrongdoings or illegal activities. If you are being harassed or irritated in any manner through the messaging system by another User, please block that User and/or contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Our Commitment to Security
We take protecting our Users' personal information very seriously and utilize follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. However, no method of electronic communications or storage is 100% secure. There is no guarantee that information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards. Therefore, while we strive to ensure that your personal information is protected, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. Please know that the Internet is not a secure environment so be careful, select strong passwords and keep your password a secret. It is your responsibility to protect the security of your login information. As stated earlier, Amabie employees will never ask for your password.
Access to your data on our Services is password-protected, and data is protected by SSL encryption when it is exchanged between your web browser and the Services. We also offer secure https access to the Amabie website. To protect any data stored on our servers, we also regularly monitor our system for possible vulnerabilities and attacks, and we use a tier-one secured-access data center. Please note that all communication with other Users through Amabie is not encrypted, and we strongly advise you not to communicate any confidential information through these means.
Your privacy settings may also be affected by changes the social media services you use to connect to Amabie. We are not responsible for the functionality, privacy, or security measures of any other organization.
What Do You Do If You Have a Privacy Complaint?
Please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com and be clear and concise so that we may identify the exact issue. For content to be considered for removal, an individual must be uniquely identifiable.
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HRT was not associated with increased breast cancer in women with a positive family history of breast cancer
ACP J Club. 1998 May-June;128:74. doi:10.7326/ACPJC-1998-128-3-074
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Sellers TA, Mink PJ, Cerhan JR, et al. The role of hormone replacement therapy in the risk for breast cancer and total mortality in women with a family history of breast cancer. Ann Intern Med. 1997 Dec 1;127: 973-80.
To determine whether hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is associated with an increased risk for breast cancer or all-cause mortality in postmenopausal women with a family history of breast cancer.
A community-based cohort study (Iowa Women's Health Study).
Iowa, United States.
35 919 women 55 to 69 years of age in 1985 who had a valid Iowa driver's license. Exclusion criteria were premenopausal status, mastectomy, history of cancer other than skin cancer, or unknown family history of breast cancer.
Assessment of risk factors
Self-reported family history of breast cancer (mother, sister, or daughter) and HRT divided into categories: never used, ≤ 5 years, and > 5 years. Other risk factors were education, marital status, history of smoking and alcohol use, physical activity, reproductive history, medical history, menopausal status (natural, surgical, or other), height, weight currently and at 18 years of age, and waist and hip circumferences.
Main outcome measures
Breast cancer was ascertained using databases from Iowa, {adjacent states, the Mayo Clinic}*, and the National Institutes of Health. Deaths were taken from similar mortality databases.
Main results
12.2% of the cohort had a positive family history of breast cancer, and 38% reported HRT use. 1085 cases of breast cancer occurred during follow-up. After risk factor adjustment, the incidence of breast cancer did not show a difference between the groups who had, and did not have, a family history of breast cancer for any duration of HRT use. Decreased all-cause mortality was associated with former use of HRT for ≤ 5 years for women with no family history of breast cancer (relative risk [RR] 0.86, 95% CI 0.67 to 0.97) and women with a family history (RR 0.71, CI 0.51 to 0.98). Current use of HRT ≤ 5 years was also associated with decreased all-cause mortality for women with a family history of breast cancer (RR 0.24, CI 0.06 to 0.97). Women who had no family history of breast cancer and who had ever used HRT, compared with those who had never used HRT, had a decreased risk for mortality from coronary heart disease (RR 0.71, CI 0.57 to 0.89) but not for mortality from stroke, coronary vascular disease, breast cancer, any type of cancer, or other causes; women with a family history of breast cancer who had ever used HRT had no increase or decrease in risk for mortality from any of these causes.
In postmenopausal women with a family history of breast cancer, hormone replacement therapy was not associated with an increase in breast cancer. HRT was associated with a decreased risk for all-cause mortality.
Source of funding: U.S. National Cancer Institute.
For article reprint: Dr. T.A. Sellers, Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, 1300 South Second Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA. FAX 612-624-0315.
*Information supplied by authors.
For peri- and postmenopausal women contemplating HRT, the choice is often complex and multifaceted. The benefits, including relief from menopausal symptoms and decreased risk for osteoporosis and cardiovascular and other diseases, need to be weighed against the possibility of increased risk for breast cancer, particularly in women with a positive family history. Any decision about HRT is a highly emotional ordeal.
Sellers and colleagues, along with others (1), provide reassuring evidence that, in the subset of postmenopausal women with a family history of breast cancer, HRT did not increase the risk for breast cancer. The authors found virtually overlapping rates of breast cancer in women with a positive family history, regardless of HRT use. The association also held despite short- or long-term HRT (≤ 5 or > 5 y) and whether HRT was used currently or in the past. The study concurs with several other reports, including the larger Nurses' Health Study (2).
This report is consistent with other studies suggesting that women using HRT seem to have decreased all-cause mortality, even in the subset of women with a positive family history of breast cancer (3). The study also lends credence to the hypothesis that potential increases in breast cancer detection among women who use HRT may be attributable to intensified screening.
This study offers useful information to the dialogue between women and their physicians about HRT.
Bruce E. Johnson, MD
University of Kansas Medical CenterKansas City, Kansas, USA
Bruce E. Johnson, MD
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, Kansas, USA
1. Colditz GA, Egan KM, Stampfer MJ. Hormone placement therapy and risk of breast cancer: results from epidemiologic studies. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1993; 168:1473-80.
2. Stanford JL, Weiss NS, Voigt LF, et al. Combined estrogen and progestin hormone replacement therapy in relation to risk of breast cancer in middle-aged women. JAMA. 1995;274:137-42.
3. Henderson BE, Paganini-Hill A, Ross RK. Decreased mortality in users of estrogen replacement therapy. Arch Intern Med. 1991;151:75-8.

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Dwanzhi She, a "gold-collar" worker in Beijing, shows his new apartment.
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How does this film clip represent the impact of globalization?
Cite three details from the film clip that would support the view that Dwanzhi She represents the emergence of a new elite in China.
Does the existence of "gold collar" workers represent a betrayal of the principles of Mao's revolution?
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Well-paid managers of foreign-owned companies represent a new class of worker in China. Dwanzhi She is considered a "gold-collar" worker in Beijing. In this clip he shows off the modern amenities available in his new apartment complex.
Since the late 1970s, China has shifted from a centrally planned economy that was largely closed to international trade to a more market-oriented economy that has a rapidly growing private sector and is a major player in the global economy. Reforms began in the agricultural, industrial, and financial sectors, and labor regulations were relaxed. The government also focused on foreign trade as a major vehicle for economic growth, and to encourage foreign investment, China created special economic zones in coastal cities.
As the result of adopting economic reforms and joining the World Trade Organization in December 2001, China's per capita income has grown at an average annual rate of more than 8% over the last three decades. While poverty has been drastically reduced, this rapid growth has been accompanied by rising income inequalities, especially between rural and urban areas.
One specific change China has been forced to embrace as a result of joining the WTO is to liberalize the movement of labor within the country. During the Maoist era of the 1950s, China instituted an inherited residency permit system that defined where its citizens could work. This system, or "hukou," made it extremely difficult for rural residents to leave their hometowns and move to cities to work. Restructuring the hukou system has been a very controversial topic even though many Community Party leaders recognize it is an impediment to economic progress. The system still exists, but enforcement of the residency permits has been relaxed in recent years. By the early 21st century an estimated 200 million Chinese lived outside their officially-registered areas. While it is easier for these migrants to work in cities than ever before, they are still unofficial residents of the cities and as a result have very limited access to education and government services. Many are forced to live a precarious existence in company dormitories or shanty towns, and in several respects occupy a social and economic status similar to illegal immigrants.
The Wide Angle film TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT explores the human side of China's newly liberalized market economy. In the film, the increasing income gap between rich and poor is highlighted in vivid detail. The gated communities, luxury vehicles, and seemingly boundless consumption of China's newly rich is seen in stark contrast to the plight of migrant workers, who struggle to eke out a living and to educate their children at the margins of urban society.
Well-paid managers of foreign owned companies represent a new class of worker. Dwanzhi She earns sixty thousand dollars a year. So he's not a blue-collar worker and he's not a white-collar worker...
In China, I'm being considered a gold collar worker. Which is, which means that people are who earn um much more than ah, even the white collar worker. We're on our way to where my new apartment's gonna be at.
So this, this is the building for my new apartment. It's supposed to be one of the, the new generation housing projects with a lot of modern amenities like broadband access, like remote security systems. This is the living room, this section here. You can see it's very spacious. It's quite different from older styles of housing projects. One of the most attractive elements of this new project to us is that we will be able to watch international satellite TV programs, like CNN, HBO. But the Chinese law does not permit Chinese housing projects to have this kind of ah, satellite access. So this is like, by special arrangement. Somehow they negotiated a deal with the municipal government so that they give them a license to operate this kind of international TV.
This is actually the main bedroom -- new designs, new concepts. A change in taste and also a change in affordability of people.
As Beijing gets down to the 2008 Olympics and as China just join WTO, there will be more people um who will be able to make it like me.
Related Links
To Have and Have Not on PBS.org
BBC News: Country Profile: China
BBC News: China's Wealth Gap Picture Gallery
Library of Congress: Portals to the World: China
China Labour Bulletin


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With corn, sorghum and soybean harvest completed, it's time to garner extra value by grazing cattle on crop residues. Here are some nutrient pointers from Rich Rasby, University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor of animal science.
The corn cob and stalk are lowest in protein, energy and palatability. The leaf and husk are intermediate in nutrient quality, but high in palatability. The grain is highest in nutrient quality.
Research indicates about two times more residue is left in an irrigated field (over 5,000 lbs./acre) compared to a dryland field (2,500 lbs./acre).
Many of the nutrient-quality aspects described for corn can also be applied to grain sorghum stubble. However, there are at least two differences — the grain sorghum leaf is generally higher in protein than a corn leaf, but sorghum grain isn't utilized by the cow as well as corn grain because the sorghum berry's hard outer coat makes it difficult to digest.
Be aware that cattle can founder while grazing grain sorghum fields with excessive amounts of grain left after harvest.
Meanwhile, the TDN content of the soybean leaf, pod and stalk are low (35-41%). The low energy content for soybean stubble residue is due to the high lignin content, especially in the stem. Lignin is the indigestible cell wall component of the plant.
The nutrient content of crop residue fields does decrease due to weathering. The greatest nutrient loss is energy content in the husk and leaves. Also, nutrient losses are greater in wet, humid conditions due to increased decomposition and weathering.
— Rick Rasby,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Creep grazing is often used in the beef industry to supplement calves before weaning. Bermudagrass pastures usually supply adequate nutrition for pregnant or lactating cows; however, they're usually low in quality for growing calves.
Producers may offer higher-quality forage to calves using small creep grazing paddocks. Tifton 85 is a higher-quality and higher-yielding forage than Coastal bermudagrass. Tifton 85 has higher dry matter and fiber digestibility than Coastal, resulting in higher gains and utilization by cattle.
Aeschynomene, or American joint vetch, is a high-quality tropical legume. One might expect use of aeschynomene creep grazing to improve gains in calves on Coastal compared with Tifton 85.
Despite the higher quality of Tifton 85, calf performance was improved on both kinds of bermudagrass pasture. Cow and calf performance was improved and cow stocking rates were higher for Tifton 85 pastures, resulting in higher 91-day summer average daily gain and adjusted weaning weights for calves (1.76 vs. 2.11 lbs.; 527 vs. 534 lbs., Coastal vs. Tifton 85).
Calves with access to aeschynomene creep-grazing paddocks had higher average daily gains and weaning weights (2.01 vs. 1.85 lbs.; 549 vs. 532 lbs., creep vs. no creep). Cow and calf performance were improved by grazing Tifton 85 and by aeschynomene creep grazing during the summer before weaning of calves in September.
— V.A.Corriher, et al, J. Anim. Sci. Vol. 83, Suppl. 1/J. Dairy Sci. Vol. 88, Suppl. 1
Tenderness is one of the most important characteristics when measuring the palatability of meat and it's influence on the consumer's eating experience. It's also one of the most difficult to measure.
One measure for tenderness has been found in the calpastatin concentration in meat. Calpastatin, a protein, is a regulator for meat tenderness. More specifically, it's one of three proteins that make up the calpain protealytic system.
Calpastatin is the inhibitor of the other two proteins — µ-calpain and m-calpain. Changes in meat tenderness during the aging process are the result of the calpain protealytic system's ability to degrade cytoskeletal proteins, which are responsible for the structural integrity of muscle fibers.
University of Missouri (MU) researchers are studying a fluorescence dual binding biosensor to detect calpastatin. The ability to detect calpastatin concentration in beef with a biological sensor at the time of grading would lead to the more accurate assessment of the overall palatability of beef, say the MU researchers. Meat can be labeled as tender or tough, according to the measured calpastatin levels, allowing the processor to grade beef more easily and with greater accuracy.
The biosensor uses the distance-dependant chemical transduction method of fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) to measure the calpastatin concentration.
In a nutshell, researchers were able to determine that the FRET dual-binding technique will detect calpastatin. The next step is to determine if the biosensor can detect specific, biologically active levels of calpastatin in meat to correlate those levels with tenderness measurements.
Hopefully, the sensor may eventually be available to commercial operations to help correctly sort carcasses as tough or tender, providing the ability to market meat as guaranteed tender. This would help recapture millions of dollars lost due to inadequate tenderness.
— Grant et al. Biosensors and Bioelectronics 21 (2005) 438-444
Raising early-weaned replacement heifers in drylot settings typically costs more and takes longer than traditionally weaned animals. A South Dakota State University study examined raising these early-weaned replacement heifers on range with dried distillers grains as supplements. They found it was a cost-effective alternative to the drylot setting.
Researchers at the Antelope Range Research Station near Buffalo looked at the range setting to develop the early-weaned heifers. Developing heifers isn't a common practice in northern South Dakota because of the perception such as system can't maintain adequate reproduction.
The study used dry distillers grains as a supplement to make up for the range's lower-quality forage. Dried distillers work well because they're rich in protein, fat and fiber.
Heifers were fed for 52¢/head/day — compared to the cost of feeding drylot heifers at 74¢/head/day. Researchers found the range-raised replacement heifers were developed at a lower cost with the same reproductive success. They also achieved the same performance in weight gain, average daily gain and reproductive performance compared to the more traditionally developed drylot heifers.
The study was first done in 2003-04 and repeated in 2004-05 with similar results.
— Greg Lardy, The Ranch Hand newsletter, North Dakota State University


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Went with girlfriends for a holiday shopping weekend. We stayed at a really fun Bed & Breakfast that was composed of old cabins from the past. Many are quite rustic, but very cute. Nothing better than shopping with friends! I did not buy very much, but just seeing all the holiday decorations put me in the mood for the holidays so guess I can officially say " I have the holiday spirit"!
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This is just absolutely quaint and I LOVE IT!
It was very cute and decorated as a old Sharecropper's cabin. Very different than the usual B&Bs. Did not know anyone but my friends viewed my blog so this was fun for me to have your comment!!


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What you should expect to see in the science section of your child's planner:
I ask students to write just a few words about each day's activities, AND to mark boldly the dates when assignments are due or when there is a quiz/test.
What you should expect to see in your child's science notebook:
I ask students to
1) Write daily warm-ups -- one week's worth on one page. The page should be labelled "Warm-ups" with the week's dates included. If the warm-up is a question, the student should write out the question as well as their response.
2) Write observations, notes, or data on consecutive pages, so that the notebook is organized by date. Each page should be labelled with the title of the activity and the date.
How to study, using the notebook -- daily review and for tests
3) Students have not been specifically asked to do this yet, but they should be reviewing and adding details or examples of each day's activity to the left side of the notebook page they are referring to. Color coding, student-created diagrams, and re-wording of concepts or facts are great ways for a student to move information into long-term memory, especially if they review the day's learning within 24 hours, and again a day or two later.
4) Before quizzes or tests, it is a great idea for students to arrange a "study date" with a friend or classmate, so that they can practice explaining the big ideas to each other, and to help each other clarify misunderstandings or gaps in their learning.
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I got this skirt at our last clothing swap. It's quite a vintage gem despite it's inability to be unwrinkled. I really dig the color and have a feeling it will be making a heavy rotation into my fall wardrobe. Though fall seems so far from my mind at this point. I'm not a huge summer fan, so I'm definitely not pining for that, but I could really use a break from numb fingers, ya' know? During the winter I tend to wear band t-shirts far more than any other time. Mostly for the tiny bit of extra coverage they grant my arms. Bright Eyes has and always will be one of those bands that I love wholeheartedly and like a teenage girl. I mean, I got this shirt the second time I saw them. I was fifteen. FIFTEEN. That's a really long relationship that Bright Eyes and I have been developing.
It's officially March and my allergies are like, "SNOW IS MELTING, TEMPERATURE HIT ABOVE TEN, YOU SHALL BE UNABLE TO BREATH OR FUNCTION," It's a really grand time for my sinuses. Luckily (just kidding), we're supposed to get another ridiculous storm tonight.
Outfit Details:
Skirt: Swapped
Shirt: Bright Eyes show, Pittsburgh
Shoes: Target
Tights: TJ Maxx
Jacket: Gift, ModCloth
Hat: Neff


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New Zealand born driver Hamish Leighton has qualified for the upcoming Rotax Grand Finals in Portugal later this year. Leighton, 37 years old, secured his place at the Grand Finals with a 2nd place at the recent Australian Rotax Nationals held at Dubbo. It capped off a spectacular debut year for Leighton who won three Pro Tour rounds and ended the year on top of the Australian Rotax Ranking DD2 Masters points for 2012. "I am absolutely thrilled to be going to the Rotax Grand Finals", an excited Leighton explained. "The competition in Australia is very strong, and this was proven with them winning the Nations Cup at last year's Grand Finals. I feel this puts me in a great position to deliver a competitive performance in Portugal." Leighton grew up in the small New Zealand town of Waikanae racing bikes competitively as a teenager. He feels that his motocross background has definitely helped him understand the basics of karting. "Although karting and motocross are completely different forms of motorsport, I was still lucky enough to learn the basics like race craft and race lines during my time on bikes." He did not start racing karts in Australia until 2008, and since then has shown quick improvement to get to where he is today. Leighton has high aspirations for the Rotax Grand Finals and hopes to learn as much as he can racing against the world's best Rotax drivers, including fellow Kiwi driver Niki Urwin who he has raced against on several occasions this year in Australia. "Niki is a very quick driver who I expect to be one of the favourites heading into the Grand Finals. His speed was highlighted at the Australian Rotax Nationals last week when he qualified on provisional pole and won a heat race." Leighton would like to thank Tony Kart Australia, Revolution IT, International Karting Distributors and his family for their continued support.
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Pedagogy Unbound on Vitae
Since November of 2013, I've been writing a teaching column for the Chronicle of Higher Education's Vitae site. It appears every two weeks. Below are the most recent essays.
Sometimes Their Gripe is Legit
June 14, 2017
Instead of being defensive about a student's complaint, why not try listening?
No, Student Evaluations Aren't "Worthless"
May 31, 2017
Flawed? Yes. But right now they're the best instrument we've got for measuring teaching effectiveness.
We Keep Ignoring the Audience
May 17, 2017
Teaching graduate students to pay attention to who they're writing for could go a long way toward improving academic writing.


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Water bodies are identified on maps and are excluded from all treatment areas during the planning phase; there is no targeting of visible water bodies. If Btk or Mimic does reach a water body, research indicates that the risk of harmful effects is very low. Both products were studied extensively by government scientists and regulatory officials before being allowed for use in Canada.
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Source: The Huffington Post
COLUMBIA, S.C. — One small-town South Carolina police officer was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison and a second to a year and a day for unnecessarily shocking a mentally disabled woman with a Taser at least eight times.
Franklin Brown received the longer sentence because he shocked 40-year-old Melissa Davis after she had been handcuffed in April 2013. The other Marion police officer, Eric Walters, stopped Davis early one morning to see if she had broken into a home. Neither Walters nor other officers have explained how the incident escalated so quickly.
Davis was in court but began sobbing as Walters apologized, and was ushered out by her family.
Federal Judge Bryan Harwell said the two officers through one bad action ruined the good work of thousands of honest officers.
To read this article in its entirety visit The Huffington Post.


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Category Archives: Sales Coaching
Sales Coaching Tips to Avoid
When attempting to generate sales, you have to ensure that you prevent dedicating all the significant sales training errors that have caused a lot of sales agents and business owners to fail. A few of the major sales coaching errors that you need to look out for are:.
4 Sales Training Mistakes you need to Prevent.
1. The lack of dedication, direction and focus.
These three are considered to be among the most crucial ingredients when it pertains to accomplishing success in the sales market. Without direction, focus and commitment; it will be simpler for you to get yourself off track and enter the wrong direction. There is a fantastic possibility that you will alter directions at one point or an additional. To obtain success as an entrepreneur, sales supervisor or sales representative, you have to concentrate, commit and direct yourself to achieving one significant objective which is to generate sales.
2. Not investing a considerable quantity of time looking into about past, present and possible customers.
This is among the sales coaching errors that cause business failure. If you fail to study about your target audience, then there is a fantastic tendency that you will fail as a sales agent or entrepreneur because you will never know ways to successfully take care of these individuals. My suggestions to you is to hang around discovering about the taste, income, budget plan and the buying habits of each of your potential customers before a sales meeting is held. This will permit you to understand exactly how you can convince them to try exactly what you provide.
3. Being unprepared.
This is an additional common sales coaching error that many sales specialists commit. A great deal of experts believe that they currently know everything about the sort of market that they have actually opted to track so they do not hang around preparing for their sales meeting. This is something that you should stay clear of doing if closing an excellent sales offer is exactly what you wish to achieve. Attempt to find out everything about the performance and features of your items. The discovering process needs to be continuous so as to ensure that you resolve all queries pertaining to the item during a sales meeting.
4. Not listening and evaluating the needs of the general public.
This sales coaching mistake is committed by most sales professionals when they begin selling without actually listening to the certain issues and requirements of their possible consumers. If you wish to be successful in sales, then ensure that you do not leap immediately to selling. See to it you pay attention to the needs of your customers initially prior to offering the very best solution. Bear in mind that you have to please your customers, so it is advisable for you to understand precisely what they want.
In conclusion, pointed out above are just 4 from the numerous sales coaching mistakes that are committed by a great deal of sales experts and business owners. There are still a lot even more and you have to hang around performing a study about all these, so regarding reduce the danger of committing these mistakes. By preventing the most common sales training mistakes, it will never be difficult for you to become a effective and efficient business owner or sales rep.
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DIY Fabric Picture Book
This is one of the ways we keep my son's grandparents and distant relatives close to us.
Marni is a proud Canadian living in the US with her husband and 2 year old son. Marni uses her background in fashion and design plus her 15 years of sewing to teach fellow passionate sewers how to make anything and everything. While known to design the likes of a cocktail dress, her son is her current muse and constant source of inspiration as she creates fabulous and useful projects for mums and kiddies alike. When not plunked at her sewing machine or working on her blog HaberdasheryFun, you can find Marni day-dreaming of Canadian winters while trying to keep up with her ever-so-entertaining and precocious little man.
This is one of the ways we keep my son's grandparents and distant relatives close to us.
If you have more reusable shopping bags than you could ever possibly need, turn some of them into these easy-to-make pouches.
All you need is basic sewing skills to make a custom homemade shower gift.
Pop this in the microwave for a few seconds for instant, relaxing heat.
Spiff your baby up with this super adorable necktie bib DIY!
Hello, fall! Welcome your neighbours with this adorable customizable front door fabric sign.
Now that we're potty training, we spend A LOT of time in the bathroom. It'd better be clean!


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A MMA Style fighting workout to get in tip-top shape. We will box on bags, jump rope, do plyos, use focus targets, boot camp drills and some shadow boxing lindalu style no complicated choreography.* AAA Gold-star workout.
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Everyday we're bombarded with bits and pieces of information regarding food. You get to see them on TV, hear about them on the radio and read about them on the internet. But is X food really good for curing or healing X health problems? Which is the truth?
It seems that the old ways are still the best. For instance, listening to your mother. Or, heeding time-honored conventional truths regarding food and health. But among those truths could spring some untruths as well. North Carolina resident Annette Frain, who is a registered dietitian over at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center located in Winston-Salem, has something to say. While it is true that there's some years of experience which backs the validity of some food truths, there are also plenty of old wives' tales and fictional sayings that have been passed over for generations.
Here's where we can help. We tackle the most widely held food and health notions and bring medical findings and research to help shed some light on whether a certain belief is truth or a bunch of baloney. Are you ready? Let's get going
Myth or Fact? Fish is Good for the Brain
Is eating fish really helping fuel our gray matter? It seems so. Research has found that there's definitely a direct correlation between an individual eating fish and having an overall improved cognition. Fish that are rich in omega 3 fatty acids like DHA are more beneficial than fish without the fatty acids. Program coordinators warn against this popular notion, stating that eating omega 3 fatty fish won't be a quick fix. What it means is that you won't score higher on a test just because you ate plenty of fish last night. The benefits of this brain food is built up over time. The recommendation is that you should start this habit sooner than later!
So which kind of seafood should you start eating now? Some examples of seafood that are rich in omega 3 fatty acids include the following- herring, sardines, mackarel, albacore tuna and of course, salmon. It's worthy to note that these fish types aren't really popular nor are they plentiful. What you'll often see in menus are flounder and tilapia, which aren't really bad, but they aren't the top choices when it comes to eating for brain food. Plus, these fish foods are served mostly fried or breaded, which really adds on the extra calories. Steaming and grilling them are the better cooking alternatives.
Myth or Fact? Eating Chocolate Triggers Acne
It's a popular belief that has been passed down for generations. Some of you might even remember memories from long past. Teenagers are especially susceptible to this kind of warning. But after all that warning and wagging of fingers, the truth is that chocolate does not cause acne. The great cocoa product has been put under the microscope, and there isn't any shred of hard evidence that it does.
How does acne occur in the first place? It all starts when your skin's pores become clogged. Hair follicles produce natural oils that traps dirt, dead skin and bacteria, eventually causing irritation and blemishes. Thus, the acne formation. There's no single cause for acne. The trigger could be many. It could be due to the rapid hormonal changes as one enters their teenage years. It can be caused by heredity. But according to science, eating chocolate isn't one of them. It would even surprise you to know that eating greasy food such as cheeseburgers, fries, pizza and potato chips won't cause an acne invasion.
That doesn't mean you can eat anything you want and be acne-free. There are some foods that can be connected to the appearance of unsightly acne. For instance, eating non-organic dairy products such as ice cream, milk, cheese or yogurt will increase the likelihood of acne forming on your skin. Dietitians warn consumers that they should eat or drink only organic dairy products to help out their acne situation.
Myth or Fact? Carrots Help You See Better
While not entirely true, the humble carrot does have some beneficial nutrients that can help your eyesight. As you may have learned in kindergarten, carrots are a great source of vitamin A, which is one of the essential components of good eye health. Doctors say that vitamin A is great for your body, but they do little to improve your vision.
The carrot is currently the best food to get your daily vitamin A. Other sources of vitamin A include liver, fish, eggs and dairy products, fruits such as tomatoes, mangoes and peaches and vegetables such as red bell peppers, peas, broccoli, kale and spinach. These foods are also abundant in antioxidants and other nutrients that can lead to a better eyesight.
So what can one do to gain better vision? Doctors and experts say it's all about living a healthy lifestyle. A well-balanced diet can also do wonders for your eyes. The key here is not to rely on any one food when it comes to promoting good health.
Myth or Fact? Spicy Foods Give You Ulcer
Eat too much spicy food, and you just might wake up with painful ulcer. Sound familiar? But the truth is that habaneros and chili peppers aren't really to blame.
Let's start with ulcers in general. Ulcers are the sores that are found inside your small intestine, esophagus or stomach lining. They develop when the stomach acid penetrates through the protective mucus layer that normally protects your sensitive digestive tract. Studies have found that spicy foods don't really have an effect on ulcers and whatnot.
Dr. Joel Bruggen, a gastroenterologist states that a certain type of bacteria called the Helicobacter pylori is the organism that's mainly responsible for about 75% of all ulcer cases. Other ulcer types can develop from non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medicines such as aspirin and the like.
Ulcers can cause a painful burning sensation somewhere in your midsection. The same goes when you down a particularly spicy food in large amounts. You may say that you are getting ulcer-like symptoms, but the reality is that the spicy food is just passing through your stomach. Oh, and another thing- stress and alcohol, which were thought by many to cause ulcer, is a total myth. The aforementioned bacteria is the likely culprit. This fact has been proven since the 80s.
Source: All facts and research content given by Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.
Page Citation: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/02/170214095827.htm. February 14 2017, "Setting the record straight on some common beliefs about food and health".


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Difficulty level: Novice
Genres & Style: Electronic music, EDM, drum & bass, dubstep. While the concepts here apply to mixing any kind of music, some of the more specific tips are aimed towards electronic music with strong bass and drum components.
Everyone starting out with music production has likely run into this problem: You get a killer idea for a track. You put in hours in the studio laying down your synths, loops, sample packs, and mess with the arrangement until you're blue in the face. You bounce the track down, and play it back on your home or car stereo, ready to bask in the glow of your new masterpiece... only to realize it sounds completely dull and lifeless compared to professional recordings. Agh!!
Most amateur producers tend to think this is something that can be fixed by mastering (whether it's you doing it, or paying an engineer to do it). It personally took me a long time to learn this, but the problem is almost always with the mixdown. If you're planning on sending your track around to labels, I would argue a well-mixed track with no mastering will impress much more than a poorly-mixed track with Ozone slapped on the master channel.
On my way to getting my first few tracks signed to a label, the following sources helped me tremendously along the way, and I highly recommend you read/watch all of them multiple times:
- Thinking inside the Box: a complete EQ tutorial
- Music Mixing Muddiness
- [VIDEO] Mixing And Mastering A Track From Scratch [Part 01] by Sadowick
- Laidback Luke Forum - Production skills, tips, tricks and techniques
I've basically gone through those (and other similarly helpful) sources, combined them with knowledge from some pro producers, and came up with a checklist of things to help your mix be as clear, loud, and punchy as possible. Consider this your mixing cheat sheet ;-)
Your Mixing Checklist
- Learn to visualize the track elements as a graph. Remember sounds are often wider "splotches" than what we think. Headroom is the vertical axis of the graph. If it sounds crowded, it's because a certain range of frequencies is fighting for the space, thus maxing out headroom. The following graph is an example of a well balanced mix (visually speaking, of course):
- Kick drum should be in mono!
- Bass (sub-bass rather) in mono!
- Solo all layers of bass (e.g. your sub-bass and mid-bass), are they working together well? If not don't be afraid to completely change your bass sounds.
- Solo just your kick and bass, are they working together well?
- Bass - roll off any super low frequencies (low cut the bass at 50-60Hz, most of the energy comes from the kick).
- Claps, snares - low cut everything under 400Hz (you usually don't need it).
- For a snare to sound ideal: derive the "thunk" around 200-400Hz. A good "crack" around 2-3kHz, whereas general sparkle and crispness can be found all the way up to 7-8kHz
- Audio clips - make sure to use fades to prevent clipping/clicks.
- Does any percussion need sidechaining to make it groove better?
- Reverb & busses - Use EQ to control reverb. Can you cut reverb frequencies and still retain the desired effect?
The Following Tips Are From Laidback Luke
Note: Laidback Luke's forum deals specifically with electronic dance music, so these tips will apply primarily to that genre.
- An average well edited and well arranged track is about 6 minutes, otherwise the arrangement might get boring.
- Don't make breakdown too long! Try and have them as simple and effective as you can, example Bingo Players - Rattle.
- Make sure there is a compressor and limiter on your master output. If you bump the signal into the 0db boundary of your limiter your output should be professional loud.
- Stereo width - Bass should always be mono and everything mid should be nice and wide.
- Especially in all the midrange and highrange synth sounds, you don't need any bass EQ there. You can definitely take the EQ out up to 400Hz on all these sounds.
- Sample at least your kickdrums from an existing track. Just sample one from Nicky Romero or Avicii and use that. You can do that with claps, snares and hihats too. This will make your underlying beats sound professional in an instant.
- Keep kickdrums and basslines mono. It's no use having them in stereo. They will take up too much overall volume and take away from where the stereo image is really needed, in the mid elements like claps and synths.
- Your kickdrum is likely a bit too subby. Try and low cut the EQ on it up to 40Hz.
- Your bass might be too subby. Most of the time you always want the kickdrum to win from the bass in subbyness. Otherwise it will sound too muddy on a club system.
- You can likely lowcut your lead synth sounds up to 300kHz at least.
Fixing a Muddy Mix
I've not heard your mixdown, but unless you're some kind of prodigy (or The Prodigy), chances are it's muddy! Here are steps to fix it:
- Width: Too much mono energy will overload the compressor/limiter, especially if a lot of those sounds are stereo and don't necessarily need to be right in the center. Use the Width to help carve little bits of a space out to ultimately help give you a better sonic environment, especially at high volumes.
- Reverb: EQ reverb, keep it under control. Also try sidechaining it so it lets the kick punch through.
- EQ: What's happening in the 200-500Hz area? Lots of content in this range often results in mud. Mastering engineers cut in this range to get rid of muddiness.
- Clean up low mids of kick & bass: since mud occurs 200-500Hz, take a narrow Q and see what you can get away with cutting (especially for the bass) that still maintains the integrity of the sound, but lets the kick & bass "breathe" together. What you can get away with meaning it still sounds ok after you've cut a good bit of frequencies.
TROUBLESHOOTING (from this amazing guide http://www.audio-production-tips.com/music-mixing-muddiness.html):
- Start with drum elements, solo each individually. See if any are too boomy.
- Listen to the drums as a whole, sometimes the sum tends to have "buildup of potential low mid energy", so consider bussing them and EQing.
- Bring the instruments in one by one with the drums. Maybe two different instruments are competing for the same spot in the frequency spectrum (a super common problem when you're starting out and synth-happy), which results in an even muddier sound. It is important to note that you should not just assume that the mud is being caused by a bass instrument. More often than not the muddiness is due to an accumulation of instruments. So that being said there could be a lot of sonic power from instruments in areas that are not really necessary for them to be in. This will cause unnecessary muddiness. Also, effects like reverbs and delays can cause muddiness in the mix so watch out for those.
- Filter/hi-pass (200Hz and above).
- Now if you have tried filtering and it doesn't quite cut it, you have to resort to some corrective EQ. Low end thickness is often caused by a bump in the 120Hz range, and a boomy mid-range character can be caused by too much 200-250Hz. So by cutting a little bit in those frequency areas you can clean up an instrument quite nicely. Set your EQ to a narrow Q and see if you can't sweep any of those annoying frequencies off the table.
- If you have gone back to every instrument and tried EQ'ing and filtering without avail there is one more solution. You can slap a stereo EQ over the master bus and clean up the boominess of the whole mix. But be careful, those boomy frequencies are also the ones that keep the mix thick. Cutting too much can result in a thin mix, so you have to be subtle in your master bus cutting.
GREAT VIDEO, START TO FINISH MIXING (kick & bass, clap, perc, synths, white noise)
(note how in the video Sadowick scoops a bit of mids in addition to a flat out low cut)
I hope sharing this with you all was helpful, and helps you avoid agonizing time spent wondering why your music isn't sounding as loud, clear, and punchy as your favorite artist's releases! Would love to hear your thoughts in the comments below.