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By Jane Mutimear
If you return from the supermarket to find that you have purchased Bertorelli's Pasta Sauce by mistake, having meant to buy Bottocelli's Pasta Sauce, you may be irritated, but it is unlikely to be a matter of life or death. However, being given the drug Priadel, instead of Pardale, can be a matter of life or death and in at least one recorded incident it led to the death of the patient who had been prescribed the wrong drug.
Given the potentially very serious consequences which arise through confusion of pharmaceutical trade marks, what should be the approach of a trade mark registry when considering an application for a trade mark which is going to be used for a pharmaceutical preparation? The UK Registry traditionally erred on the side of caution when considering similarity between pharmaceutical marks in order to protect the public, even refusing to accept letters of consent from prior rights holders. In doing so, the UK Registry's approach was to consider all the factors which could give rise to potential confusion, including doctors? notoriously bad handwriting on the prescription, in order to adopt an approach which would best protect the public. The position which has been adopted by OHIM is radically different.
In over 50 opposition decisions concerning Class 5 trade marks, OHIM have consistently applied the standard that there is a higher threshold to be reached before confusion can be established when pharmaceutical trade marks are concerned. Their reasoning for this can be seen in the following opposition decisions.
This involved the opposition to EPIGEN based on the prior mark EPIVIR. The Opposition Division held that when dealing with marks to be used in connection with pharmaceutical products, some special considerations are applicable. Even if the average consumer does not have any specialised knowledge in the field of medicine, he is particularly cautious regarding the nature of these products, as they involve health. Moreover, it was held that the consumer would normally have the assistance of qualified professionals even for those pharmaceutical products which did not require a prescription, as they were normally sold by a chemist. This made the possibility of confusion less likely. In the opinion of the Opposition Division, the average consumer of pharmaceutical products is very attentive to slight differences between marks and is very vigilant in avoiding confusion of different pharmaceutical products. Therefore, there is a high threshold before confusion can be established in comparing these kinds of marks.
Comment: It does not appear that there was any evidence submitted to demonstrate the consumer's approach to the purchase of pharmaceutical products. The Opposition Division came to this opinion based on their own belief that people would be more careful. Given that EPIVIR is a prescription only drug, it is not clear why the Opposition Division decided to focus its attention on the consumer as if the consumer was selecting the two products off the shelf. The caution the Opposition Division was eager to attribute to the consumer when purchasing products for him or herself, is certainly less likely to extend to questioning the product which is handed to him by the chemist. It is encouraging to note that a different unit of the Opposition Division held in favour of the opponent when the prior mark in question was extremely similar to the application ie EPOGEN/EPIGEN2.
The opponent in this opposition had rather an uphill struggle to start with as they were relying on MOXON to oppose a figurative application for OXON ITALIA. Nevertheless, the Opposition Division's comments in relation to the opponent's submissions on the basis of doctors' handwriting often being difficult to read, is interesting. They held that "[T]he Office does not share the opponent's opinion that the handwriting of medical prescription may lead to confusion. In fact prescriptions are always read by pharmacists who are also a highly qualified category of professionals."
Comment: Doctors and pharmacists are highly qualified. However, doctors often do have barely legible handwriting, which in the past has led to the wrong drugs being prescribed where the drug names themselves are not at all similar. For example, LORAZEPAM was dispensed for MAGNAPEN, which led to the patient crashing his car; DAONIL was dispensed for AMOXIL, which led to irreversible brain damage. How much more likely is confusion due to badly written prescriptions where the two trade marks are similar to start with?
The opponent argued that its mark KITERAD was pronounced identically to the applicant's KYTERA mark in French. The Opposition Division considered the two marks to be similar, especially in the relevant territory of France. However the Division's comments on the health risk argument are of interest. Despite the fact that OHIM has effectively made a special case of pharmaceutical marks, requiring opposing marks to be more confusingly similar than is normally the case, due to the special circumstances involved (well trained professionals either prescribing or deemed to be on hand to advise), the Division held that it would not address the opponent?s argument that the health risks involved in the wrong use of pharmaceuticals should be taken into account.
The opponent relied on its prior Class 5 mark OSTAC to oppose the application for ONTAK in relation to "Pharmaceutical preparations for the treatment of cancer". In comparing the two marks the Opposition Division commented that:
"preparations for the treatment of cancer are likely to be bought and used with considerable care. Both the medical experts responsible for dispensing such medicines and the patients who consume them will be informed users. Given the importance which attaches to this field of medicine it is unlikely that such users will confuse "Ostak" with ONTAK. People's perceptions of goods for use in the treatment of cancer are likely to be extremely acute. It is difficult to think of any area of activity where imperfect recollection is less likely to arise."
As a result of this reasoning, it was held that the similarities between the two marks were unlikely to lead to confusion.
This is one of the two cases in this area which has proceeded to the Board of Appeal. It concerned an opposition based on the German mark AGAROL, used in relation to "laxatives", against ACAMOL for "pharmaceutical preparations for the relief of pain and fever". The Opposition Division held that although the goods were of the same nature (to alleviate pain and physical inconveniences) the specific purpose of the goods was different. The Division did recognise that both products could take the same form (eg pills) and be taken in the same manner (eg orally) and could also be purchased over the counter without the intervention of qualified professionals. On that basis they considered the goods to be similar and on the basis of the high degree of verbal and visual similarity of the marks, held that there was a likelihood of confusion and found for the opposing party.
The Applicant (Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited) appealed to the Board of Appeal, who reversed the decision, holding that the second and fourth letters in both the marks were clearly different, rejecting the Opposition Decision's finding that the letters "G" and "C" were similar. Further they held that the ending "-ol" was common with pharmaceutical trade marks and therefore less weight should be attached to that element when appraising the overall similarity of the marks. In relation to the similarity of goods, they thought that there was a real difference between painkillers and laxatives and that they would not be placed together on a display shelf. They accepted that it was arguable "that in relation to certain pharmaceutical products there is an exceptional need for clear differentiation between trade marks, on account of the grave consequences of consuming the wrong product. However, that consideration is not relevant to the present case, since the consequences of taking a pain-killer instead of a laxative, or vice versa, do not appear to be serious". This final comment would probably not be shared by someone with a headache who had made the error just prior to a long coach journey!
This case is under appeal to the ECJ, and it will be interesting to see whether the general approach being adopted by OHIM as regards pharmaceutical marks is approved by the Court.
Applying the same criteria as in set out in the above cases, the Opposition Division has held the following marks to be dissimilar:
Dissimilar marks
Earlier Mark Opposed ApplicationActos EntactosNaramig NulmigThrombosantin ThromboCininEugastrim GastrinAprotex ApotelMasadol PanadolExacyl Evasil7
Despite the stricter test to establish a likelihood of confusion which OHIM have applied to Class 5 marks, so far, most of the decisions seem reasonably fair and would probably have been decided had a more cautious approach to conflicting marks been adopted. The number of prior marks which have successfully opposed class 5 applications are relatively few, but include:
Similar marks
Earlier Mark Opposed ApplicationQuantor Kontor 7Relmus RelmigBiohorm BiohormaPentoderm Pentaderm
Despite the fact that the decisions to date by OHIM do not appear to have led to any dangerous decisions, given their approach it may only be a matter of time until a trade mark is accepted which under the normal test of confusing similarity, would be rejected on opposition. Given that research has shown that confusing similar drug names in prescribing is one of the most common errors in the medical profession8, and given the long hours and extreme pressure which many of the medical profession have to work, is OHIM doing the medical profession any favours when it effectively ignores reality and determines that doctors are so well trained that they will not make mistakes? In addition to the Priadel/Pardale confusion referred to at the start of this article (which led to the patient's death), confusion between similar drug names has been documented, including the following examples:
Daonil was confused with De-Nol: the patient spent four days in hospital;Inderal was mistaken for Intal: the patient died;Trisequens was written instead of Tripharil (an oral contraceptive): the patient became pregnant;Papaveretum was written instead of Papaverine: the patient realised the error9.
OHIM argue that the trade mark registry is not the appropriate forum to protect public safety. Certainly, it is true that the trade mark system, even in the UK has moved a long way from its "nanny-like" tendencies under the 1938 Act, and it is not as if OHIM is the only hurdle which a pharmaceutical must overcome in order to be placed on the market.
One of the reasons why it is becoming so hard to find an appropriate trade mark for a new pharmaceutical product, is the requirement of the EMEA that all pharmaceuticals authorised under the central marketing authorisation route, must use the same trade mark in all member states of the European Union. Despite the fact that there is little or no basis for this requirement in law, in fact, due to the Commission's belief that multiple trade marks for the same pharmaceutical inevitably restricts trade by acting as a restraint on parallel imports, all applications under the central procedure must have just one trade mark10.
The difficulties of finding a mark which can be cleared in all 15 member states has led to a doubling in the number of registrations which pharmaceutical companies have to register. Whereas previously, the minimum number of applications most companies would safely have made, would have been two: one as a main mark and one as a back up, the new regime has led to a practice where the minimum is usually four. This means that although there may often appear to be a conflict on the register, in the market place there may not be a problem as both marks may never be commercialised. This fact may have supported a more relaxed approach to a search conducted on relative grounds (ie a check of the registry for potentially conflicting marks) but as OHIM does not carry out such a search, this is not the issue. OHIM are taking this approach when dealing with oppositions, which generally involve a mark which is in use, and even where the mark is not currently in use, demonstrates that the proprietor of the earlier right has not abandoned the mark as they are prepared to go to the trouble of an opposition.
Of course receiving the green light from OHIM, is not an end to the matter. The mark has to be cleared by the CPMP (Committee on Proprietary Medicinal Products) who are the scientific advisory committee to the EMEA, before it can be approved for use in relation to a new pharmaceutical. The CPMP has a representative from each member state, and the names of pharmaceutical products authorised in each country will be checked. If a conflict is found, then the CPMP will refuse to clear the mark. How strict the CPMP are in determining whether there is a conflict can vary depending on the country and representative involved, but the fact that OHIM rejected an opposition based on the conflicting mark is unlikely to convince the CPMP that there is not a problem.
OHIM's approach to pharmaceutical trade marks, although on one front attractive to the pharmaceutical industry in that it gives them a greater chance of obtaining a CTM, may be storing up trouble for them in the long run. It is far better to lose your application at opposition, when there is likely to still be several years before the drug is launched, than to have your single mark rejected by the CPMP, sometimes only a matter of months before the regulatory approval procedure is completed. Not so bad if you have a back-up waiting in the wings, but otherwise it can be a tense few months for the trade mark department as they struggle to clear new marks to avoid a delay in putting the product on the market.
In conclusion, the policy that has been adopted by OHIM in setting a higher hurdle of confusion for pharmaceutical products, whilst ignoring the safety considerations, may well turn out to be something which disadvantages the pharmaceutical companies, the medical profession and the public.
1 Decision No 855/2000 of 27/04/2000 Ruling on Opposition No B 518312 Decision No 1094/2000 of 29/5/2000 Ruling on Opposition No B516253 Decision No 28/01/2000 of 28/01/2000 Ruling on Opposition No B 111404 Decision no 484/2000 of 15/03/2000 ruling on opposition no B1160145 Decision No 1266/1999 of 30/11/1999 ruling on opposition no B384576 Decision No 387/1999 of 21/6/99 ruling on Opposition No B 12601. Board of Appeal: R 501/1999-17 This decision was appealed to the Board of Appeal and rejected.8 Leape LL, Bates DW, Cullen DJ et al. Systems analysis of adverse drug events. JAMA 1995; 274: 35-439 Examples taken from Errors in Prescribing, Journal of the Medical Defence Union 1992, Number 3.10 This is currently under challenge in the case of Dr Karl Thomae GmbH v The Commission T-123/00
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The Syrian state news agency quoted the sources as saying that 2,308 terrorists, including several commanders, have been killed and 1,325 others have been injured in the army offensives on the positions and movements of the terrorist groups in Northern Hama.
The news agency further added that nine tanks, four BMP vehicles, 139 military vehicles, 23 command posts and three ammunition depots of the terrorists were also destroyed in the army operation.
In the meantime, 14 drones of the terrorists were downed by the army and a tank, an armored vehicle, a large number of mortars, machineguns and a large volume and ammunition and arms were seized by the army soldiers in the same region.
The news agency went on to say that the army men have so far liberated over 12 towns and villages and several hills in Northern Hama following their large-scale operation that started on March 23 after the government forces lost several towns and villages to the militants.
Reports said earlier today that the army men engaged in tough battle with the terrorists in the town of Souran and managed to push them back from the town, killing and wounding over 30 militants.
Military sources, meantime, reported that the rest of the terrorists fled the battlefield.
The sources added that the army's engineering units started defusing landmines planted by the terrorists and their bomb-laden vehicles immediately after capturing Souran.
Other sources said that the army will continue its large-scale operation towards the town of Taybat al-Imam after militants in Souran fled towards that town.
The field source also said that terrorists of al-Hezb al-Islami al-Turkistani who failed to prevail over government forces' positions in Lattakia province have moved toward Hama to back their comrades in the Al-Nusra Front (also known as Fatah al-Sham Front or the Levant Liberation Board).
The same source said that the Russian and Syrian fighter jets have launched airstrikes on terrorists' positions in the towns of Taybat al-Imam, al-Latamina and Kafr Zita simultaneous with the ground forces' operation in Northern Hama.


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When I think of Hello Kitty and the color pink, I immediately think of Hello Kitty's friend, My Melody. So when I searched the stores for party supplies and ran across some small pink gift bags, I knew I needed to put together some My Melody goodie bags for my daughter's party!
I began by going through my recycled paper scraps and I picked out the following materials:
- white card stock (backs of cards, advertisements)
- black card stock (clothing tags)
- yellow card stock (leftovers from bee project)
Other materials:
- pink gift bag (mine was 5 1/2 inches wide) *My Melody has been shown all different shades of pink, so while I chose dark pink, feel free to use lighter pink instead.
- pencil
- scissors
- double sided tape
- double sided foam tape
- My Melody graphic (see below)
I used a pencil to trace the outline of each shape onto the back of the white card stock.
*Tip: I try to trace images onto the back of paper so that any lines left after cutting the images out are hidden after flipping them back over again.
Then I cut the shapes out and set them to the side.
Next, I cut out the remaining shapes of the My Melody graphic. I only cut out one eye since the eyes are technically the same size and I only need one for tracing purposes.
Using the same method as above, I used a pencil to trace the outline of each shape onto the backs of each shape's prospective color (i.e.: the nose and flower shapes onto yellow, and the eye and mouth shapes onto black)...
I used double sided tape to attach the eye, nose, mouth and flower's center shapes onto the white face and flower shapes...
... and used double sided tape to secure My Melody's face to the bag.
*Tip: On my first couple of bags I used what was left of the My Melody graphic to help me lay out spacing of the image correctly.
To attach My Melody's flower, I used double sided foam tape to add a bit of dimension to the bag. Once the flower was added, the bag was complete.
I also made Tuxedo Sam and Keroppi bags, so check those out if you need other Hello Kitty friends bag ideas. Also, click here if you need ideas for what to stuff inside that bags.


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This idea of family got me to thinking. What triggered this was his comment that said, "Family is important! But we all have to understand that the picture of the family in the Bible is quite different from the picture that many people draw of the 'biblically sanctioned, ideal family.' Truth be told, there is no 'ideal family' in the Bible. Every family in the Bible is deeply and tragically flawed."
Hmmmm. There is no "ideal family" in the Bible! My wheels started turning with that comment. I had to agree with Pastor John. There do not appear to be any sound, wholesome families portrayed in the Scriptures. Now, the question that comes to my mind is 'Why aren't there?" As I thought about it, I had to conclude that families in the Bible, beginning with the sons of Adam & Eve, are really no different than our own struggle with sound and intact families today. The idea of families in the Bible existing in some sort of Pollyannish euphoric existence where troubles are non-existent is simply unrealistic.
There is often this misconception among the unchurched that Christians are somehow immune from life's normal troubles. Nothing could be further from the truth. A short walk through some of the main characters in the Bible will quickly reveal the problem of sin being ever present in all families. As I mentioned already, Adam and Eve's son Cain, allowed his own anger and resentment to bring him to the point where he killed his brother Abel. Abraham lied about his relationship to his stunningly beautiful wife, Sarah, because he was afraid for his life. He did this twice! What respect could she have for him after that? Then guess what happened? Their son, Isaac, did the same thing with his wife Rebekah! Jacob (Israel) connived with his mother, Rebekah, to obtain the blessing intended for the first-born son. This caused a rift between him and his brother Esau.
Joseph's brothers hated his position as the favorite son to their father Jacob. So they sold him to slave-traders, and then lied to their father that Joseph had been killed by wild animals. Moses had troubles with his siblings, Aaron and Miriam, after the miraculous delivery of the Israelites by God from Egypt. They didn't like that Moses had married a Cushite woman. God's punishment was visited on Aaron and Miriam for their disrespect toward God's servant, Moses.
On and on it goes throughout the pages of the Bible. King David lost his family and his kingdom because of his adulterous relationship with Bathsheba. And even the family of Jesus was not exempt from conflict. Because Mary gave birth to a son before she was legally married to Joseph the community they lived in assumed she had been fooling around before actually entering into the marriage covenant with her husband. Also during his ministry Jesus' brothers were derisive of his activities.
So all of these fractured, dysfunctional families are no different than those we see today. Is there an ideal family structure then? Yes!
As in anything, there are certain signs to watch for when evaluating the value of anything. Jesus gives us some keys to the family which may be a bit different than what you might be thinking. In Mark 3:35 he says, "Whoever does God's will is my brother and sister and mother." Stay with me now. Jesus is saying that your biological family, the one you are connected to through your DNA, may be a disaster. Or it may no longer exist for you. Perhaps you were adopted and couldn't find your family if you wanted to. Jesus says if you are willing to trust your life to him, thoroughly being committed to following him by doing God's will, then you have a ready-made family. You have a new family made up of others who have chosen to accept Jesus as their Savior. You all are from the same blood, the same DNA – the blood of Jesus! And ultimately Jesus makes us into his perfect family.


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Take Good Care of Your Self
Because of the stress many are experiencing these days from the recession, work overload, and uncertainty of the times, I am frequently asked to teach Stress Management to my client organizations.
If you (or someone you know) are stressed out, let me suggest an outline for your consideration, adapted from Dr. Kathleen Hall's wonderful book A Life In Balance.
Dr. Hall recommends that you take good care of your SELF:
Serenity, Slowness, and Sleep - To protect yourself from rising anxiety, seek out your daily dose of serenity. There are many pathways to consider. Find one or two that work for you. Maybe meditation or yoga. Maybe a walk or listening to music. Perhaps prayer.
And if you find yourself rushing around and running short of breath, recognize the value in slowing down. Just as there are times for urgency, there are also times to take it slow. Slow down with eating, for example. You'll enjoy it more. (For more great ideas on taking life slower, see this TEDtalk by Carl Honore, the author of In Praise of Slowness.)
Be sure also to slow down enough each day to relax. There are many ways to relax and unwind. Get in a comfy hammock under a tree, if possible. (That's my wife's favorite.) Or try this 3-part mix:
1. a comfortable chair
2. pleasant thoughts
3. slow deep breaths
You will be triggering the relaxation response in your body.
And don't shortcut on your sleep. Research strongly supports its importance to your health and performance. And consider the value in a daily power nap!
Exercise, Energy and Engine of Success- Your success depends upon your energy. All of the above "S" ideas (as well as the "L" and "F" ideas below) will support the energy you need each day to be at your best.
Find a type of exercise that works for you. Walking is great. Park away from your building so you have a longer walk. Take the stairs. (Note: This is especially vital for all of you who have sedentary jobs. Beware the danger of sitting too much!)
Just as you need to maintain the engine in your car, the "engine of your success" is your own internal combustion system, namely You. Since energy is the key component, make sure you have plenty of energizers in your life. Energizers are those things (e.g. exercise) and people (e.g. a support group) that fuel, recharge and replenish you, physically, emotionally, spiritually. And be careful about the things and people (especially the negative ones) that drain your energy and deplete you.
For more great stuff on energy, see The Energy Project with Tony Schwartz.
Love and Learning- Love means relationships. You shouldn't go it alone. And in truth, you can't hope to succeed by going it alone. You need the support of others, especially family, friends, and anyone else that cares about you. So be sure to reach out to others, make connections, and give freely from the heart. It will come back to you many times over.
And set a learning goal for yourself. Maybe learn more about social media such as twitter and LinkedIn. Maybe learn another language. Whatever it is, keep stimulating those brain cells.
Focus, Food, and Flexibility - Finally, here are three "F"s for taking good care of your SELF. First is Focus. What are you after? Set a clear objective for yourself and pursue it. Share your objective with your others so they know what you are seeking and can lend their support.
Food, while obviously important to our health and energy, has another advantage that might not appear at first glance: It's a great way to bring people together. Consultant Kenny Moore has pointed out that the word company derives from "sharing bread together." You can create your own company of supporters by designing opportunities to break bread together.
And last, it's important to be flexible, because you don't know what is going to come your way. There may be more chaos ahead! Stay loose, and strengthen your resilience so you can bend and bounce as needed along the way.
Posted by Terrence Seamon on Wednesday July 27, 2011


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Psychos on Wall Street
The easiest way to explain the never-ending string of Wall Street scandals and implosions is to observe that a surprising percentage of people in the financial industry are psychos, according to Al Lewis on The News Hub. Photo: AFP/Getty Images
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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In another remarkable sign of changing times, while President Obama is fighting Arizona's attempt to protect its borders, France is deporting illegal Gypsies. According to UPI, French President Sarkozy ordered 300 Gypsy camps dismantled and the illegals deported.
Of course the France Leftists immediately accused Sarkozy of racism, a convenient excuse to avoid facts. Here are the facts. Sarkozy ordered the deportation after three days of riots involving battles between Gypsies and police. The riots started when a police officer shot a 22-year old Gypsy who ran a roadblock and injured an officer. How racist of the French to ask illegals to honor a police roadblock!
The Gypsy riots tell an interesting tale about modern views of right and wrong. In a time when excuses are often made for bad behavior, illegals blatantly test the authorities' resolve instead of being good citizens. They made a mistake with Sarkozy's resolve.
Meanwhile in our continent, violence in Mexico escalates with the Wall Street Journal reporting that four Mexican journalists were kidnapped by drug traffickers. This occurred in the northern city of Torreón. The violence is getting closer to the United States and will spill over to cities in Arizona. Shame on the federal government for not securing our borders.


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Thursday, March 9, 2017
Be Open For Surprises
7 comments:
- AFishGirl said...
What amazing finds, such joy and good energy in those things (and your beautiful photographs of them). I"m a big believer in listening to your gut. The flowers, wow. And the blue star. Really lovely things to see, it must have felt such a thrill to discover them.
- March 9, 2017 at 3:30 AM
- Carol said...
That's my favorite kind of afternoon!
- March 9, 2017 at 5:13 AM
- terriporter said...
The things you happen upon and find because you are listening to your instinct are so much more fun than the things you go in search of. I'm so glad you listened to your inner voice and checked out that alley because there were some real treasures waiting there for you!
- March 9, 2017 at 7:08 AM
I agree with Terri Porter! Wonderful post, Cathy.
- March 9, 2017 at 7:43 AM
- kelly said...
i love this post cathy! my gut/intuition never leads me astray. thanks for sharing the magic you found with us!
- March 9, 2017 at 8:12 AM
- Dotti said...
What a wonderful little "side" trip! I'm a big believer in trusting our gut instincts.
- March 9, 2017 at 11:57 AM
- Barbara Marincel said...
Magical indeed! I'm not very good at listening to my instincts--I have a difficult time getting past all of the noise in my mind. Looks like it would be worthwhile to spend some time working on quieting things down!
- March 10, 2017 at 10:05 AM
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Day 324
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i've been using tazorac on my forehead every night for a week now, and have been using it everywhere else every other night for almost a week (the skin on the lower half of my face is much for sensitive). eventually i'll use it every night. no problems so far, except some burning when i first apply it, and some dry skin around my mouth. i don't want to moisturize before i use it to lessen the strength/makeup of it, but i think i may start applying moisturizer around my mouth before tazorac, kind of as a barrier. i do have a few more clogged pores than normal, on my forehead and cheeks, and my pores/wrinkles on my face seem a little deeper. no change in the sebaceous hyperplasia yet. hoping this works!


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Job Fair Coming To Tukwila This Thursday, Feb. 25th
If you're looking for a job and you'll be in/around Tukwila this Thursday (Feb. 25th), you should clean yourself up, polish up your resume and drop by the Best Western Rivers Edge from 1pm to 5pm for a Job Fair.
Sponsored by Nationwide Job Fairs, this event will feature companies with job openings in the fields of energy, technology, education, government, health care, entertainment, services, retail, nonprofit, manufacturing and others.
Here are the details:
WHAT: Job Fair in Tukwila
WHEN: Thursday, Feb. 25th from 1pm to 5pm
WHERE: Best Western Rivers Edge, located at 15901 W. Valley Hwy in Tukwila.
COST: It's FREE!
Pre-register online here to forward your resume to all participating companies and schedule interviews in advance.


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This is what I am going to do with the content of that manual page in the upcoming blog posts (and what was done as background work for the presentation):
- Remove extra details and add references to each major feature
- For every feature description add extra references (articles about the feature, bugs related to the feature).
- Add some comments based on personal experience (if any)
During the upcoming weeks I plan to explain every slide in more details (as 50 minutes were not enough for this) here, grouping them by topics (security improvements, InnoDB improvements etc) and check status of all the active bugs mentioned in it (it makes even more sense now, when 5.6.12 is released). I'll also check and comment on new bugs for each major feature mentioned (if any).
The goal of this upcoming series of posts ("MySQL 5.6 Experiences") is to give enough information and references for any interested MySQL user to be able to decide if any of new features are important and mature enough to be used in production and, thus, does it really make sense to upgrade to MySQL 5.6 right now. I do not want to just share optimistic "the best release ever" or pessimistic "buggy and not mature to be used in production" statements - I want to provide some background.


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(Macon, GA – Oct. 15, 2017 – 2:00 p.m.) The Macon Water Authority (MWA) has lifted its boil water advisory, which had been in effect for nearly three days for select customers in southeast Macon-Bibb County. The precaution is no longer necessary following the results of water quality tests from this area of the distribution system that reveal MWA tap water is safe to drink.
Late Thursday evening (Oct. 12), MWA line maintenance crews responded to repair a broken 12-inch water main near the intersection of Ocmulgee East Boulevard and Emery Highway. As a result, approximately 200 metered customers were without water for roughly 24 hours, until a temporary repair of the broken main could restore service. However, after service was restored, MWA Water Quality Lab professionals needed to conduct tests on the drinking water in this portion of the distribution system, to assure it was safe for human consumption prior to lifting the boil water advisory.
MWA customers who have been under a boil water advisory can now rest assured that water quality throughout the utility's distribution system has been confirmed as suitable to drink. However, should anyone have any questions or concerns over this service outage and restoration or any other water quality issue, they can contact the MWA after-hours Customer Care number at 478-464-5656.


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Last night I noticed Pike's most recent post, about how she has branched out into raid healing.
Possibly feeling inspired by it, (although I've been planning on taking up tanking, as I've already written) today after tanking another 5 man Uldaman run, I logged on with a level 28 blood elf Paladin in Hillsbrad who I haven't played with in probably close to a year now, specced Holy, and asked if anyone wanted a healer while questing.
What followed was a fairly enjoyable (if at times a little slow) 2-2.5 hours where I acted as buffer/healer for a feral Druid, during probably three or so quests.
After having done this, it made me realise why I gave the game up for nearly a year, as well as the reason why I never really got into raiding.
I need to purge my ego. Egotism was what really stopped me raiding. A certain amount of individualism is vital, yes; but in my own case, I've allowed that to go too far, for far too long. It's as much the reason why I've been socially isolated offline, as it is the reason why things never really took off for me within World of Warcraft.
I also realise that this is the true reason why there has always been a tank and healer shortage in this game, as well.
Tanking and healing (moreso healing) are largely selfless roles. Healing can be reasonably stimulating if you're having to move quickly, and so is a challenge in that sense, but for the most part, it's a scenario where you're doing something that enables someone else to have fun.
Most people prefer a scenario where they can be in the spotlight; where they can do something which, in an immediate and visible way, their ego is going to be gratified. There are, if we're honest, two overt measures of a person's fundamental worth in this game, in most people's eyes; either their gear, or their place on the DPS meter.
I wanted that myself, and I went further, in refusing, even as a Hunter, to be even temporarily flexible in the name of what might have been more genuinely supportive of other people.
I need to start learning, if I can, to put the welfare of a team first, and my own desires second. Other people will respond to this and urge caution, no doubt, and I appreciate that.
The truth is, however, that I've gone about as far as I can at this point, following the, "me first!" route. I've hit a brick wall.
I can keep doing nothing but solitary farming, and clinging to (for me) a dying spec, and never experience anything other than loneliness, boredom to the point where I normally simply log out of the game within half an hour, and a lack of fulfillment due to not moving on to new forms of activity; things which I haven't tried before.
Or, I can realise and acknowledge, that it's now time for something to change. I can become a tank, and experience the subsequent additional maturity which the level of responsibility involved with that will bring.
I don't have any illusions; it's not going to be easy. Even doing Uldaman earlier today was hard; we wiped a number of times at first. I had to zoom right out, in order to have a full 360 degree view, and I had to start pulling carefully, and paying serious attention. Once I did that though, we did not wipe again.
The task I set for myself, first with Ultima Online, and secondly with this game, was to use them as venues where I could learn to relate to other human beings in an effective and beneficial way. So far, my success on that score has only been very partial. I have this blog, and I'm proud of that, yes; but the reason why I haven't ended up doing much raiding in the past, if I'm truly honest, is because I always put my own desires ahead of those of anyone else.
If I'm going to continue to grow, and if I'm going to learn to truly reach out to other human beings, I'm going to need to learn to do something different on that score.


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Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Imagine There's an Extra Verse in There
So the American Idol finale is over and done, and although I'm willing to concede that David Archuleta did a hell of a job with Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me (I never claimed the kid couldn't sing), I still think Cook was and is a better all-around performer.
His version of Collective Soul's The World I Know was spectacular.
But why should music fans across the country see to it that Cook wipes the floor with Archuleta -- what unforgivable sin did Disney Boy commit?
He omitted the first line of Imagine, which, ironically, is musical fucking heresy. Archuleta knew full-well that the heartland's Jesus-Loves-Me-This-I-Know crowd -- his bread and butter -- might not take too kindly to him singing "Imagine there's no heaven," so likely at the request of his conniving dipshit of a father, the kid just decided to edit one of the greatest songs by possibly the greatest rock songwriter in history.
Please, please, please people -- TAKE YOUR KIDS' CELL PHONES AWAY.
John Lennon will thank you for it in the next life.
(Update: Check the comment page for my ridiculously shameful conspiracy theory regarding the judging on last night's show.)
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I love David Cook so much that it is entirely possible I am that crazy lady from Pittsburgh who called to ask him on a date, but I hope he doesn't win. I think Archuleta is the perfect candidate to put out a rushed, syrupy first album and then fade into obscurity, with the option of making a comeback once he's a little older and has some life experience to put behind his music. A second-place win will take the pressure off of Cook, who can take some time to write the really good, album-worthy stuff of which he is capable, while his popularity will guarantee he won't be forgotten. ...I've thought about this too much. I don't even like this show, I swear.
- Rachael said...
I have to agree. I would love to see David Cook make it with longevity.
Pipsqueak needs to go back to middle school and finish growing up. I cannot believe he tossed some of John Lennon's words. Sacrilege.
even if Cook won, his first album, even if it is just a bunch of covers, is already better than archuleta's out of the gate. so saying he shouldn't win to enable a better debut album doesn't seem like reason. anyway, why would he need time to write? he certainly seems as though he has been doing this for a while; my guess is -- if he has the writing ability -- he is filled to the brim with material. all he needs is a studio and a fantastic producer.
(oh, and i loved the teary moment. and simon's comment that he is one of the nicest and most sincere contestants they've had. it was touching.)
ok, too much coffee. clearly.
- Atlantalee said...
I agree with geetch. Although I would love to see Cook win (and yes, I'm ashamed to admit that I texted the word VOTE on my AT&T wireless phone for him the past two weeks), he certainly doesn't need to. Regardless of the outcome, Archuleta will be on Broadway within five years, and Cook will be selling out stadiums.
- Chez said...
Okay, here's my "Conspiracy Theory Rock" this morning (and I should be shot for even thinking about this kind of crap).
Simon's been one of Cook's biggest fans throughout the show, and whether or not Archuleta was good last night, Cook sang his heart out; it's not like he screwed anything up. He did U2 very well and the rest of his song choices were fantastic (I truly believed that Dream Big was a thousand times better than that syrupy schlock Arculeta did -- the one that makes last year's awful This Is My Now sound like Pearl Jam's Black). Add to that, the Collective Soul number was classic Cook, while Archuleta altered the lyrics of the most famous British song-writer of all-time.
So, why did Simon heap so much praise on Archuleta, deride Cook so severely and go out of his way to mention that Cook is such a nice guy (while the latter was crying on national television no less)? Well, what if Simon -- having access to the weekly voting stats, unlike the rest of us -- understood that in order for Cook to win, he'd need to turn the tables on Disney Boy and get the sympathy vote? The biggest criticism anyone's had about Cook all year is that he's arrogant; Simon shot that down at the perfect moment, while heaping what I really felt was an undeserved amount of criticism on Cook and an inordinate amount of praise on Archuleta.
This sounds a little crazy, I know, but did anyone notice Simon wink at Cook after judging his final performance?
Once again, feel free to kill me for even bothering to come up with a theory like this.
- Woman of Ill Repute said...
No Chez, you're not crazy. My husband and I thought exactly the same thing conspiracy-theory wise. And we felt just as foolish as you do for putting so much thought into it. I think he also heaped praise on the puppy dog eunuch to make his tween fans think he's safe as hell and perhaps inducing their short attention spans to quit calling after two or three busy signals (though I'm sure they just text). We'll see. Either way Cook's got a career ahead of him. Good on him.
Chez, that was funny, but I think you are losing it! You shouldn't be shot - but maybe slapped around a little bit...The little guy was good last night, and he's going to win, but both of these guys are going to do very well regardless of who comes in first or second.
- Mr. Controversy said...
I love how all of these reality shows are wrapping up, just as this survey was publicized by the BBC.
Apparently, besides the Atomic Bomb, Reality TV is the worst idea ever. Just goes to show that the public giveth, and the public taketh away.
This whole conversation is why I do not watch American Idol.
The day-after post mortem is frightening. You guys are kooks.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to hang out on the "LOST" message boards.
- VOTAR said...
In quantum field theory, a tachyon is a quantum of a field -— usually a scalar field -— whose squared mass is negative, and is used to describe spontaneous symmetry breaking: The existence of such a field implies the instability of the field vacuum; the field is at a local maximum rather than a local minimum of its potential energy, much like a ball at the top of a hill. A very small impulse (which will always happen due to quantum fluctuations) will lead the field to roll down with exponentially increasing amplitudes: it will induce tachyon condensation. It is important to realize that once the tachyonic field reaches the minimum of the potential, its quanta are not tachyons any more but rather have a positive mass-squared, such as the Higgs boson.
Technically, the squared mass is the second derivative of the effective potential, at a point where the first derivative is zero. So for a tachyonic field the second derivative is negative, meaning that the effective potential is at a local maximum rather than a local minimum. Therefore this situation is unstable and the field will roll down to another point, stopping only at a local minimum, where its quanta have a non-negative squared mass, so that it is not tachyonic any longer.
Since a tachyon's squared mass is negative, it formally has an imaginary mass. This is a special case of the general rule, where unstable massive particles are formally described as having a complex mass, with the real part being their mass in usual sense, and the imaginary part being the decay rate in natural units.
However, in quantum field theory, a particle (a "one-particle state") is roughly defined as a state which is constant over time, i.e. an eigenvalue of the Hamiltonian. An unstable particle is a state which is only approximately constant over time; However, it exists long enough to be measured. This means that if it is formally described as having a complex mass, then the real part of the mass must be greater than its imaginary part. If both parts are of the same magnitude, this is considered a resonance appearing in a scattering process rather than particle, since it does not exist long enough to be measured independently of the scattering process. In the case of a tachyon, the imaginary part of the mass is infinitely larger than the real part, and hence no concept of a particle can be attributed to it.
It is important to stress that even for tachyonic quantum fields, the field operators at spacelike separated points still commute (or anticommute), thus preserving causality.
- Chez said...
And the winner is... LUCKY PIERRE CRUZ!
- Jacki Schechner said...
I am so glad you weighed in! I was out of town and out of touch and totally dropped the ball on my weekly liveblog (and on the last show, no less. epic fail!)
I wrote my take early this morning in an effort to combat what was surely crushing disappointment on behalf of my 6 readers (hi mom), and I agree with your assessment - as usual.
Cook is better by far. No contest.
- Stephen said...
I honestly don't see how one can argue with Votar...his argument is rock-solid.
Here's MY conspiracy theory:
Fox shamelessly cross-promotes AI on all it's local affiliates, who fuel the national program jones with their revenue.
Archuleta is too young to be allowed to participate in the early morning satellite round-table that will take place the next day due to child labor restrictions. We've dealt with this before with cast-offs under 18.
Your winner may be Cook by the network's hand, not the frenzied tweens.
It's a long shot, but if it IS true, then I won't have to deal with this shit tomorrow.
- YZF said...
Chez, that theory is brilliant. Of course, you should be punished for even thinking it, but now that it's out there... kudos.
So, Voltar, were you trying to drop an atomic bomb of smart right into the middle of this conflagration of stupid so that it would be snuffed out?


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If it weren't for the astonishing short-sightedness of local leaders elsewhere in the area, Cranberry Woods - now the region's premier office park - would probably have been built somewhere else.
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Eventually, MSA found a partner in Trammel Crow, a developer with the experience to create a park which matched the company's vision. And it was a vision enthusiastically shared by Cranberry Township's own Board of Supervisors, whose support for the project has since been repeatedly validated by new companies and residents moving in.
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Did you hear about the time when A&E screwed themselves over by suspending Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson? Let me catch you up. In the January issue of GQ magazine, outspoken, Jesus-following, Bible-thumping Christian Phil Robertson quoted some scripture and doesn't personally understand why some men like other men instead of women.
The shock! The horror! The patriarch that ends every episode of his reality show with a prayer over a family meal quoted the book in which his faith is rooted and shared a personal opinion that he doesn't understand why some men prefer other men to women. Then Sarah Palin weighed in on the whole thing, and while I definitely don't agree with her all the time, she's right on this.
Sarah Palin said it best when she took to social media to express, "Free speech is an endangered species. Those 'intolerants' hatin' and taking on the Duck Dynasty patriarch for voicing his personal opinion are taking on all of us."
A&E -- you are now taking on all of us.
Phil Robertson expressed an opinion. Don't like it? Don't watch the show. Go ahead and tell your friends what a bigot you think he is. Mock their frog-catching, squirrel brain-eating ways. Shout from the rooftops that you hate ducks. Whatever. It's your right to do it.
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We don't flood the Internets with horrified comments about people being small-minded or intolerant any time Christianity is bashed on prime time. Geez Louise, can you imagine? God, the Bible, Jesus, His followers ... all slammed on a regular basis.
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All of us that love the show and have made it into A&E's bread and butter. All of us that will follow Duck Dynasty to another network or watch reruns with a nod of solemnity should the Robertsons decide to prevent A&E cameras from entering their home and business.
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It all stems from a friend's traditional 12 bars of Christmas event- but since they no longer live in the area, they passed on the reigns to us. After much debate amongst our friends and ourselves (and crunching the numbers of money) we decided to just host everyone at our house and make 12 specialty drinks instead (it also is a LOT safer- people can sleep over after having too many drinks).
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All we asked of our friends was to either provide a food item/dish or $12 towards paying for the drinks/food. We cranked up the toasty heat and blasted the Christmas tunes...
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The drinks I didn't get to was the Jolly shot (jollyrancher shot), Pumpkin Pie shot, and the hot rum cider. Overall, my favorite probably was the first one- I just love Rumchata.
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Caramel Apple pie cocktail: apple cider, rumchata
Jack Frost cocktail: pineapple juice, blue curacao
Snowchata shot: rumchata, peppermint candy on rim and sprinkled inside
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