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Game Transfer Phenomena & VR in Discovery News
In an interview for Discovery News discussing the advent of contemporary VR, Glenn McDonald summarized some of my insights about VR and Game Transfer Phenomena. Here are some extracts:
"Without a doubt, highly immersive technologies for entertainment bring exciting possibilities for the users — I'm a big fan! — but also raises important questions regarding the impact on their well-being."
"Individual susceptibility is crucial," Ortiz de Gortari said. "But I believe that GTP will
become more common as technology becomes more persuasive, more immersive and stimulates more sensorial channels."
It's important to note that GTP episodes aren't necessarily dangerous or negative, Ortiz de Gortari said. Usually, they're just weird and funny.
Ortiz de Gortari is more optimistic. In fact, she hopes that further study of phenomena like GTP can help us navigate the virtual waters ahead.
"In general, I think that besides the psychological challenges new technologies posit to our malleable minds, there is a wonderful world of possibilities for entertainment, learning and therapy," she said.
"Most of us will obtain benefits, but there will always be this small group that experience serious negative effects. Understanding GTP better can be useful to identify video game features likely to be associated with potentially unwanted effects — and promote those that bring benefits."
Here you can read the full article: "Could VR Games Induce Hallucinations and Flashbacks?"
Game Transfer Phenomena: Echoes of Extended Gameplay
There is a tendency to think we have full control over our thoughts and actions, although, a large part of our daily actions happen automatically; songs get stuck in your head, after-images appear after seeing a bright light, segments of thoughts pop-up in your head and slips of the tongue intrude on conversations. Involuntary phenomena are part of our everyday lives, even when we don't notice them; however, when these phenomena manifest recurrently, and with particular contents, they can become intrusive and distressful, and in extreme cases lead to serious mental illness.
In my search for novel ways of investigating the effects of interactive media such as Internet and video games, I started paying attention to involuntary phenomena and how environmental stimuli automatically activate cognitions, impulses and behaviors. My first realization in connection with technology came when I was travelling on the subway during a day of heavy snowfall in Sweden. Suddenly, a thought popped up in my mind: "I can get off at any station, because it does not matter where I get off, I'll arrive at my destination anyway". At first, this sounded rational to me but then a lightbulb moment made me realize how illogical this was. I had been using Google ceaselessly for days. Google completed my miss-spelled words, and the links took me from one interesting article to another one related to my topic, so for a moment I thought this strategy could be applied to real life!
Later on, the conversations of parents of players caught my attention: the parents were worried because their children were elaborating fantasies from the video games in real life scenarios. Some gamers told me how they had acted automatically as in the video game, and had violated traffic rules.
On one occasion, while in the supermarket shopping, I couldn't read some labels that were far away and thought "If I had had the scope of the rifle from the game I could actually read the labels." This was during a week of intense video game play at home. After this experience, I ran home convinced that I needed to investigate these phenomena.
Five years have passed since then. Together with colleagues, I have published several studies for understanding non-volitional phenomena with game content and their subsequent effect on gamers' well-being. Over 3,500 gamers have reported a range of experiences, which I named "Game Transfer Phenomena" (GTP).
In an initial interview study, a gamer reported seeing health bars, observed when playing the video game, above football players during a live match.
"When I really was a hard-core player in WoW [World of Warcraft] when I got my adrenaline pumping I started seeing health bars above people's. Only those that was in the football match though, never those that were looking or just walking by".
Surprisingly enough, other interviewed gamers reported seeing text boxes when being in class.
"When my teacher said the word guitar, I thought of Guitar Hero and I suddenly saw the frets and the notes before my eyes and I could barely even hear her".
These experiences started to reveal how some GTP were triggered by automatic associations and were actually very easy to identify when looking at the video game features.
Further studies show how gamers also perceived real objects and environments as distorted, sometimes tinted with the colors and the visual effects used by the video games.
Additionally, the music from the game kept playing in gamers' minds with such vividness that they have even checked if they left the console on by mistake. Others have heard sounds and voices, some coming from external objects: "'Loooook', a shivering voice said when I passed a painting, after playing Clive Barker's Undying for a couple of hours", "'Overtime!, OVERTIME!, OVERTIME!', a voice at the back of my mind has yelled, every time a football commentator has mentioned that a game might go into overtime".
The peculiarity of re-experienced ghost sounds or images after playing is that these are typically associated with events in the game. Therefore, gamers' responses (e.g. thoughts, behaviors or emotions) can be influence by the rules of a manufactured product, with 'pinches of salt and pepper' of the individuality of the gamer as 'seasoning'. The consequences of the GTP experiences may depend on the individual self-control and the circumstances. 'Seeing images while trying to sleep is rather different from seeing images while driving.'
"When playing Battlefield 2 a while back I once saw a landmine on the road [in real life] and I swerved to avoid it".
Indeed, a large variety of thoughts and urges have been reported by gamers. Sometimes amusing spontaneous thoughts arose when gamers wanted to use video game elements that had been utilized repetitively in the game. The video game elements had become 'phantom limbs', almost as indispensable as cell phones.
On other occasions, experiences in the game have leaked into the real world, and temporarily colored gamers' interpretation of events or objects, when they found themselves expecting that something as in the game would happen:" It is dark, the Creepers will appear", "this car has flipped up-side-down, RUN, it is going to explode!", "snipers may hide in the windows; are they aiming at me?" and "why are the trees round and not square?"
There are also reports of many behaviors with game content, which had been initiated without the gamers' awareness. Behaviors include verbal outbursts, when gamers voiced out their video game related thoughts without intention.
"You take point. I will cover rear", a teacher voiced out while trying to get students in line after she had been playing war video games.
Also, gamers reported short episodes of lack of awareness or dissociation when they found themselves approaching objects related to the game, but then they realized they were not in the game and they held back.
"When I been playing a lot of Grand Theft Auto and it felt like I was still in the game. So I walked to the bike and thought about taking it when I realized what I was doing. I know it sounds fucked up"
In a survey with over 2,000 gamers, 97% reported having experienced GTP at some point and 95% had experienced GTP more than once.
Prevalence of GTP (published study)
Evidently involuntary phenomena with game content manifest in diverse ways. Those who have reported severe levels of GTP (i.e. frequent and different types of GTP) were more likely to have experienced distress or disability in some area of their lives, but as expected, these individuals were the ones who seems to suffer from underlying pathologies. In general, more gamers have reported GTP as something pleasurable rather than unpleasant and a significant number wanted to experience them again!
To sum up, beside enabling a pathway for understanding the effects of video game playing on the mind from a holistic, neural and integral approach, the GTP approach is useful for investigating involuntary phenomena in the non-clinical population to potentially understand the nature of many of the intrusions that trouble a number of the population in their everyday lives.
Further reading:
Ortiz de Gortari, & Griffiths. (2016a). Prevalence and characteristics of Game Transfer Phenomena: A descriptive survey study. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction. doi: 10.1080/10447318.2016.1164430
Ortiz de Gortari, A., Aronsson, K. & Griffiths, M.D. (2011). Game Transfer Phenomena in video game playing: A qualitative interview study. International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning, 1(3), 15-33.
Ortiz de Gortari, A. B., & Griffiths, M. D. (2014). Altered visual perception in Game Transfer Phenomena: An empirical self-report study. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 30(2), 95-105.
Ortiz de Gortari, A. B., & Griffiths, M. D. (2014). Auditory experiences in Game Transfer Phenomena: An empirical self-report study. International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning 4(1), 59-75.
Ortiz de Gortari, A. B., & Griffiths, M. D. (2014). Automatic mental processes, automatic actions and behaviours in Game Transfer Phenomena: An empirical self-report study using online forum data. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 12(4), 1-21.
Ortiz de Gortari, A. B., & Griffiths, M. D. (2015). Game Transfer Phenomena and its associated factors: An exploratory empirical online survey study. Computers in Human Behavior, 51, 195-202.
Ortiz de Gortari, A. B., H. M. Pontes, et al. (2015). The Game Transfer Phenomena Scale: An Instrument for Investigating the Nonvolitional Effects of Video Game Playing. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking 10(18): 588-594.
This blog was originally published at Psychogy21c, and organization with the objective to inspire a new generation of psychologist and to improve the human-technological-scientific interaction which can impact the future of humanity through relevant psychological research.
How the research about GTP can potentially contribute to humanity
This week I was interviewed by Samit Sarkar from Polygon. He was wondering what this research can lead to in the end; what contributions can it make. So, I got motivated to remove the dust from some old writings and thoughts about the potential of GTP and give them some updates. Here are some areas where research about GTP can potentially contribute.
1. Understanding the post-effects of virtual immersion – Findings in the research can potentially help us to identify features (e.g. visual/auditory/haptic) in the video games that lead to either positive or undesirable effects. We can corroborate the experiences by observing video game features and in-game activities. A variety of GTP suggest that neuro-adaptive mechanisms are involved. To date, research that have addressed this question has been mainly conducted in high immersive environments and in virtual environment simulators but not with commercial video games.
2. Envisage what could be the effects of the use of augmented and wearable technologies -Some individuals are experiencing GTP simply by playing video games on the screen. This suggests that the use of head–mounted displays (e.g., Oculus Rift) and other virtual or augment technology may enhance these effects.
3. Developing effective engaging and learning video games – By identifying what features in the games are particularly appealing and how the association between auditory and visual stimuli are established.
4. Identify mind enhancement by playing video game – GTP studies have showed how skill acquired in the video games are applied to similar context as in the game (strategic thinking, fast responses time, visual memory).
5. Encourage responsible and safe gaming policies.
a. Demystify gamers' experiences – Demystifying GTP experiences appear to be relevant to help gamers to interpret their own mental health, and stops gamers thinking it is a sign of psychological dysfunction; instead it encourages self-control, awareness and healthy gaming. In some cases, the misinterpretation of sensations or perceptions can result in anxiety and in extreme cases in the developing of pathologies. If we talk about GTP without been judgemental we may help the individuals that need it on time.
Here are some comments gamers have shared with me. This has really encouraged me to continue with my research.
"It is nice to see that all those weird things which have happen to me, when it feels that my gaming experiences are sort of bleeding into my reality, actually has a name, and it wasn't just me :P"
"Oh and here was me thinking, my seeing and hearing things that weren't real was just a symptom of my severe bipolar depression. Turns out I have just been gaming too hard. Phew! That's a relief"
b. Encourage gamers to play responsibly and reflect about their gaming habits – When GTP manifest, the unconscious contents become conscious and we become aware about how the media we consume influence us. The manifestation of GTP have invited gamers to reflect about their gaming habits, while some may keep an eye in their gaming habits, others may play more to induce GTP.
c. Encourage responsible and safe gaming policies- Research about GTP has pointed out the relevance of examining video game features and the need to provide more health guidance in the manuals of the games. Small letters or links to webpages with more information seem to not be enough.
d. Responsible and safe use of augmented and wearable technologies – It seems crucial to promote research in this area to provide advice about the use of technologies and try to prevent side effects in susceptible individuals.
e. Developing programs for encouraging responsible gaming – Every day we see more researchers and clinicians contributing to the understanding of gaming related problems. This doesn't mean that video games are bad but some individuals actually can develop unhealthy patterns of behaviours than can end in behavioural addiction. Last year, for the first time "Internet Gaming disorder" (as named in the DSM5) was included as a condition warranting more clinical research, but it still miss arguments for encouraging more preventing programs. I remember back in 1998, I wanted to do my thesis for become psychologist about the problematic use of Internet and my teachers looked at me like I was out of my mind. It took me quite some time to convince them and to get a supervisor.
6. Develop instruments to measure problematic gaming/gaming addiction– Development new ways to address problematic gaming and identify what factors contribute to the development and the prevalence of the symptoms.
7. Develop instruments that potentially can be used in court to evaluate cases where the participation of video games is claimed. This is something I have not thought about but Peter Wright from DigitalLawUK suggested:
"In extreme cases," he said, "it is not difficult to imagine the police having a test for drivers that they pull over after seeing them drive erratically to check whether they are in full control of their senses. Currently, such tests are focused on alcohol and drug use, but if a driver were asked to take a few paces, strand on one leg, [and] answer a few questions, it may establish if the driver is experiencing Game Transfer Phenomenon." (1).
8. Understand symptoms of mental disorders – Many GTP experiences share similarities with symptoms of pathologies, e.g. obsessive compulsive disorders, hallucinations, delirium, perseverative mental states observed in disorders such as spectrum of autism disorders and other phenomena such as phantom limb and epileptic seizures.
9. Achieving further understanding of phenomena which we don't know enough about at this point – GTP involve physiological, perceptual and cognitive mechanism and potentially can encourage the use of video games as a tool for understanding a large variety of phenomena . E.g., mind wandering mechanisms, neural adaptations and the role of emotions, the participation of associations triggering after-images, visual after-effects, involuntary auditory replays, and general understanding non-volitional phenomena.
(1)Crawley, D. (2014). Seeing things: When gaming messes with reality — and your brain Retrieved 28 January, 2014, from http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/28/when-gaming-messes-with-reality/
Absurd associations carried over from video games
I just found this video on Kotaku, originally created by BuzzFeedVideo. Check it out, is pretty funny and creative, and in fact it comes in handy to help me explain GTP experiences that occur by associations between real life stimuli and video game experiences.
There are a bunch of in-game activities such as searching for items, strafing, sneaking, climbing, jumping over things, walking through walls that are absurd and mostly impossible in real life. These activities are usually associated with certain elements in the game. Buildings that are climbable, menus are for talking to someone, fire places to buy items, cut down bushes to find items, roll over objects to become bigger etc. Also, some items have a function in the game; mushrooms to become bigger, plants to restore energy, text boxes for getting feedback, etc.
Through repetition in-game we learn these absurd associations. Therefore when some gamers in real life context encounter elements that have been simulated in the game or that somehow reminds them of their game experiences they respond automatically to these stimuli. I refer to these elements as 'evocative objects', which can trigger thoughts, emotions, sensations and perceptions. Some gamers have heard or seen something from the game; others have experienced automatic thoughts, urges, or involuntary movements of fingers and in extreme cases impulsive responses.
We actually constantly establish automatic associations in our daily life with all type of contents, but we do not notice them most of the time; the bizarreness of some video games' contents is what calls our attention.


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No-Bake Chocolate Coconut Caramel Cookies
- One 12 ounce box vanilla wafers
- 2 pounds Merckens cocoa dark
- 1 cup desiccated coconut, plus extra for sprinkling
- 1 pound Merckens block vanilla caramel
- 1/4 pound Merckens white coating wafers
- 4 cup glass measuring cup
- Chocolate dipping fork
- Disposable
- plastic pastry bag
- Parchment paper or silicone pan liners
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
- Pinch half-teaspoon size pieces of block vanilla caramel and press onto the top of vanilla wafers. Caramel is a little firm. Be sure to press caramel firmly onto the top of the cookies to get it to stick. Repeat until all cookies are coated with caramel.
- Melt cocoa dark wafers in the microwave*.
- Once melted, stir in the desiccated coconut
- Using a dipping fork, dip caramel coated wafers into melted cocoa dark. Tap the dipped cookie on the side of the measuring cup to drain excess cocoa dark.
- Place dipped cookies onto parchment paper or silicone pan liners.
- Sprinkle a small amount of coconut on top of each cookie. Be sure to do this before coating hardens.
- Once complete, melt white coating wafers. Place melted coating into disposable plastic pastry bag. Drizzle melted coating over the top of cookies.
- Store cookies in an airtight container. Do not refrigerate.
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3724 Ashwood Drive Essex, Florida (PressExposure) April 16, 2009 -- Looking for the right kind of wedding ring isn't as easy as anyone would think. Unlike the usual jewelry worn by women or sometimes men, wedding rings are mostly worn everyday which makes them susceptible to damages such as scratches and denting. Other more serious damage that wedding rings could endure are fractures that would sometimes impair a wedding ring. There are incidents that could cause irreparable damage like corrosion from acidic substances. It's good to know that a lot of wedding rings of today are built to resist everyday wear-and-tear. However, the question is which is more advantageous than the other? Here is a list of materials used today to make wedding rings, including their pros and cons.
Gold Wedding Ring
The Pros: * Gold wedding rings have long lasting luster that could hold the shine for many years. * Able to resist a number of scratches and beatings. * As a traditional material, gold wedding rings are popular as one of the most luxurious items around.
The Cons: * Not as highly resistant as other materials for wedding rings. It could still be scratched by other metals. * The purest form, 24k gold wedding rings, are vulnerable to denting. * Not as hypoallergenic as other wedding rings. * As a luxury item, gold wedding rings are known for their expensiveness. A single gold wedding ring could cost around $200 USD to $800 USD.
Platinum Wedding Ring The Pros: * Very stylish. It's shine makes it highly luxurious on its own. * One of the hardest known precious metals used for wedding rings. * Highly resistant to scratches and denting. * Hypoallergenic.
The Cons: * Platinum wedding rings are usually covered with a thin plating of rhodium to gain its whiteness which must be reapplied after some years of wear. * More expensive than gold wedding rings, platinum wedding rings can cost around $600 USD to as much as $2000 USD a piece. White Gold Wedding Band The Pros: * Because of its whiteness, it can be a perfect substitute for platinum wedding rings. * Because it greatly resembles platinum, white god wedding rings can be as luxurious as platinums. * Cheaper than platinum. White gold wedding rings can cost around $100 USD to $700 USD.
The Cons: * Not as hard as platinum. * It could lose its white pigmentation over time. * Not as hypoallergenic as platinum. * Not as highly resistant as platinum.
Tungsten Wedding Ring The Pros: * A Tungsten wedding ring can be as strong as platinum. Even stronger when carbon alloy is added. * Hypoallergenic. * Popular as a man's wedding ring for its metal gray color and finish. * When carbon alloy is added, tungsten wedding ring can hold its mirror like shine for years. * When carbon alloy is added, tungsten wedding ring becomes highly resistant to scratches and denting. * Considered as a new comer, the price for a single Tungsten wedding ring could range from as low as $100 USD to to $500 USD.
The Cons: * Tungsten alone is vulnerable to scratches. * If fractured, it must be replaced. Because of its hardness, it can't be easily repaired.


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'Cobbler's apprentice Thomas Williams is on his way out for the night when he's stuffed into a carriage and whisked away from the staid life he's always known. Stolen away from his Quaker master, Thomas is sold into the household of Leon Chambellan, a Frenchman also known as the Keeper.
'Caught up in the latent sensuality of the keeper's home, Thomas finds his resistance slowly crumbling, and he submits to Chambellan's charm. Pursued by his new master, jealously hated by this rival, Alex, Thomas must learn survive in a world completely alien to anything he has known before. A world of beauty, brutality, rivalry and intrigue that threatens to destroy him before he can win his rightful place at Chambellan's side.'
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Trail Mix: A wintertime hike at Itasca State Park
While Laurie was working on Saturday (she did get outside for some of it, though), my little family went to Itasca State Park Saturday to get out of the house and take advantage of the warm weather. It was absolutely beautiful. Click here to read the Trail Mix blog.


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An ICS Calendar feed can be used to exchange calendar data over the internet. It's also known as iCalendar feed. ICS Calendar Feeds are supported by a vast amount of calendar clients such as Google Calendar / Android Calendar, Microsoft Outlook.. and of course IBM Notes.
The main benefit is to provide calendar data in an open standard format, so we don't have to worry about the client in which they will be displayed. Users can retrieve also personalised calendar data through authentication.
Use Cases for subscribing an ICS Calendar feed:
- displaying events from an application in my calendar.
- displaying my next events (e.g. which i will attend) in my calendar (done with authentication).
- displaying events that meet filter or search criteria (e.g. events held my home town).
- etc.
As mentioned above when you develop an ICS Calendar feed in your XPage Application, users are not limited to IBM Notes to display these data. All clients which are able to consume ICS Calendar feeds can visualise these this feed. In IBM Notes, there is even an option to display the registered ICS Feed on the mobile device, and i'm sure others can do this as well.
Let's see this in action: When using this ICS Calendar feed: https://app.connect.uzh.ch/apps/id/kurse.nsf/icsfeed.xsp, i get the following results in the Notes client:
Example and Demo
I created a sample application that contains some data with music concerts happening in Switzerland in the near future. There is an XPage that displays the concerts and you can also filter them by city. There is also a link at the bottom of the view, from which you can access the ICS Calendar feed webcal Link.
Let's have a look at these components in detail:
Notes – Documents and Views
The concerts are stored in simple Notes Documents with MultiValue Date fields for start and end dates. .The sample database contains some test data of upcoming concerts. There is also a view from which the data is looked up for the XPages Browser UI and also for the ICS Calendar feed creation. The date / time values can be accessed as list from a column of the view. If you want to reuse the example, just copy/paste this view and change the selection and column formulas so they fit into this data model.
Java Managed Beans and biweekly library
biweekly is a neat little library with which you can read and write iCalendar or vCalendar data. It is easy to use and very lightweight. Also it does not require some java.policy changes and it has very low Java requirements (1.5), which can be an advantage when using Java on a Domino Server (nevertheless i think we all hope that the Java Version will be updated in the near future!).
As always in my XPages Applications, i always work with Java Objects rather than with Domino DataSources or ServerSide Javascript. I use the following architecture in order to separate the Presentation/View, Controller/Model (Business Logic) and the data (Notes Documents and Views).
Let's dig a little deeper in the Controller / Model Layer:
These Classes are either Managed Beans or assoziated classes.
- ControllerConcert
This class is the main Java Managed Bean and creates the list of concert objects.
- ControllerConcertIcsFeed
Inherits from the ControllerConcert and implements the biweekly library in order to create ICS Feed of the list of concert objects.
- Concert / TimeRange
This is the Model: Concert Objects are created and fed with Notes Data by the ControllerConcert. It contains all the data of an event: Name, location, Date/Time (as assoziated TimeRange Object List). A Concert Object inherits of the DataObject Class (id and unid props).
- DataAccessController
This class reads from Notes documents or views.
/** * Creates a ICS Feed of all the concerts. The concerts are retrieved by the * parent class ControllerConcerts * * @return ICS Feed as String */ public String getConcertsAsIcs() { String result = ""; try { // initiate the biweekly ICalendar object ICalendar ical = new ICalendar(); // Setting the product ID / Description of the feed. ical.setProductId("Events as ICS Feed, City: " + JSFUtil.getQueryString("city")); // Retrieving the concerts and fill the ICS Feed for (Concert concert : this.getConcerts()) { addIcsFeedElement(ical, concert); } // return the result as string result = ical.write(); } catch (Exception e) { Util.logError(e); } return result; } /** * Creates and adds a single VEvent Object to the ICalendar feed * * @param ical * ICalendar Object * @param concert * Single Concert Object */ private void addIcsFeedElement(ICalendar ical, Concert concert) { try { // Loops through the time ranges, since an event can have multiple // dates for (TimeRange tr : concert.getDates()) { VEvent event = new VEvent(); event.setSummary(concert.getName() + "," + concert.getCity()); event.setLocation(concert.getCity()); event.setDateStart(tr.getDateTimeStart()); event.setDateEnd(tr.getDateTimeEnd()); ical.addEvent(event); } } catch (Exception e) { Util.logError(e); } }
XPage and ICS Feed Link dialog
As you see in the demo, the ICS feed URL can be selected and copied with a DOJO Dialog. It contains also a direct webcal Link, which should open the default Calendar application. Although i defined Notes as default Calendar program on my Windows Laptop, it still wants to open it in Outlook. On my OSX MacBook, the link works just fine.. To be on the save side, the dialog contains the possibility to simply copy the URL for the ICS Feed, which i recommend using ..
ICS Feeds are a powerful way to propagate date/time based data. Once used in an application, the reuse in another is very easy and without much effort. You might use the XPages/Java Managed Bean Layer to access some old, dusty 4.6 based Notes Database which might get second wind through ICS Calendar Feeds 🙂
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Github repository Infos
Link to Github Repository: https://github.com/fdehedin/xpages_concerts
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This month's powerful topic that we have the privilege to share on, is The Virtue of Confidence, one of the attributes that I believe is necessary to assist any individual in achieving success. I do believe that it was Helen Keller who once said that "Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence." Lacking confidence can take away opportunities from you whilst simultaneously demolishing your true presence and the essence of who you are. I know this feeling all too well, having been in an abusive relationship for years, suffering from depression and Suicidal Tendencies all caused my confidence to go out the window. I was destroyed and blinded from whom I was, the capabilities I had and even worse developed a very low self-esteem.
I had a low expectation of myself and so when many opportunities presented itself I would pass them on to someone else who in my eyes was more capable. I am sure you would agree with me that this is a painful objective for one to have about themselves. However, funny enough in today's society it is often triggered by individuals measuring their self-worth against other people's net-worth which then leaves them feeling like an underachiever. The most painful reality of how important confidence is, hit me like a tonne of bricks when my eldest daughter (then 12 at the time and was in her first year of secondary school) went through a devastating time of being bullied to the point where she took an overdose of pills at school. My daughter lost all confidence in how she looked, no longer believed in herself and now thought that she was very ugly. Despite what myself or anyone else said she didn't and would not believe otherwise. She lost her voice and her identity, which was so painful as I watched a beautiful flower wither away in front of me.
However, this does leave the question'- Did she have confidence in the first place? One of the points I will highlight later in this article is about the effects of hearing and being in a negative environment.
I can now gladly say that after years of coaching, counselling and being in the right circle of influence the beautiful flower has regained its confidence and has started to bloom again.
I would like to briefly share some points with you which I derived from my many lessons through life in regards to the virtue of confidence as I tend to think that life is one of the best teachers. I once saw a lovely quote by Peter McIntyre she said "Confidence comes from not always being right but not fearing to be wrong"
5 reasons why Confidence is Important
- It determines how much you achieve in life as it impacts your efforts or input.
- It assists in the growth of your self-worth – the more confidence you have the more you will believe in yourself and capabilities.
- It will help you to be a better communicator wherever you are.
- Having confidence eradicates possibility blindness.
- Assists in building a barrier against negative attacks
5 tips of how to gain more confidence
- Visualize – Let your imaginations be motivational to you and remember to implement solid mental practices. i.e Declarations
- Circle of Influence – Be in a positive environment of people that help to encourage you and highlight your strengths not just your weaknesses.
- Be mindful of your intake of information
- Positive Thinking
- Don't allow past failures dictate your future – beware of your inner voice.
I do hope that the above tips can assist you in the areas of building your confidence. However, just like everything else confidence has it Pros as well as its Cons so despite confidence being a crucial attribute to have, it can sometimes be misconstrued and seen as someone filled with pride, full of themselves, or 'egoistic'. Over-confidence can cause one to be rigid in their own ways and not open to the observation and opinion of others or even accept when they are wrong and can also turn someone into a snob. I do believe that it is all down to the character of an individual as opposed to confidence being the issue.
Why? Because confidence is the trust and/or the faith that you have in your capabilities and being, a massive ingredient in your life once balanced accurately.
Always remember that confidence affects how you think and act, and how successful you are in life. Having self-confidence does not mean that you can do everything but instead assists in achieving expectations that are realistic and keeping one positive even at times when some of the expectations are not met.
Continue to be positive and to accept yourself for the amazing and beautiful creature you are. I leave you with this beautiful quote by the great Norman Vincent Peale "Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy."
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1:12 scale young lady for your dollshouse with long dark hairResin doll in 1:12 scale by Swiss dollmaker, Heidi Ott . She is 5.5" or 14 cms tall and, like all Heidi Ott dolls, has a hand painted face. She is fully jointed at neck, wrists, elbows, waist, knees and ankles making versatile posing possible. Dress her to suit yourself, or check the knitting patterns available in My Store. Great addition to your dollshouse! Postage within Australia is $US4; airmail postage outside Australia is $US8.Happy to combine postage for several articles. Lesley is a member of the Miniature Needlework Society (MNS) and the International Guild of Miniature Artisans.


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1 Which district of our country does contain most of enclaves of India? Lalmonirhat.
2 At first who translated into English our National Anthum ? Sayed Ali Ahsan
3 Who is the disigner of our Natioinal flag? Qamrul Hasan
4 How many representatives reserved seats for women in our National parliament now? 45
5 How many international airports are there in Bangladesh? 3
6 Paharpur Situated in which district of Bangladesh? Naogaon
7 Fulbaria coalmine is Situated in which district? Dinajpur
8 In which country 15th SAARC summit will be held? Maldives
9 What is the present name of world Trade centre? Ground Zero.
10 The next NAM conference ' 2009 will be held in which country? Egypt.
11 Which country is the latest member of WTO? Vietnam
12 How many members of WTO at present? 150
13 Saddam Hussain is sentenced to death for what? Dujail Gonohotha
14 Which is 6th mobile phone company in our country? WARID Telecom
15 Who is the UN Secretary General at Present? Ban Ki moon
16 Recently who crossed the total length of Amazan river by swimming? Martin strail of Slovania.
17 Recently which country is interested to become an observer of SAARC? Russia
18 Who is the chairperson of SAARC at present? Dr. Monomohan Singh
19 When Bangladesh achieved the test status in cricket? 26the June, 2000.
20 Who is the highest wicket taker in the test cricket ? Shane Warne


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A brother for…
I'm almost 100% set on using Henry John (nn Huck) as a name for a future son. He'd go by Huck almost all the time. I'm now just trying to think of other boy's names that might go with Huck.
Some of the other names on my list, to get a feel for my style:
Finn (obviously wouldn't use w/ Huck)
Theodore (nn Theo)
All suggestions are greatly appreciated (FNs and/or combos).
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July 15th, 2013 12:01 AM #5
deciding between Maxwell . Calvin . Finn
Beckett | Jude | Nolan | Dalton | Max | Finn | Teague | Bram | Otis | Ari | Calvin
Jane | Alice | Naomi | Fiona | Georgia | Gwyneth | Thea | Aviva
Elena 'Laney' | Bridget | Cordelia | Evadne | Shea
Carly & Zach ::💙 Ezra Wolf Z. 💙:: Born 4-29-16
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I like Grady, Beckett, Everett, Archer, Reed, Theodore...
Huck and Edison nn Ned
Huck and Edward nn Ned
Huck and Clint
Huck and Amos
Huck and August nn Gus
Huck and Booker
Huck and Calvin nn Cal
Huck and Corbin nn Ben
Huck and Cormac nn Mac
Huck and Dallin nn Dale
Huck and Eben nn Ben
Huck and Eliezer nn Eli
Huck and Elijah nn Eli
Huck and Ephraim nn Ram
Huck and Eugene nn Gene
Huck and Ezekiel nn Zeke
Huck and Keaton nn Keats
Huck and Kenyon nn Ken
Huck and Franklin nn Frank
Huck and Frederick nn Fred
Huck and Garrett nn Rhett
Huck and Jericho nn Jerry
Huck and Leander nn Anders
Huck and Leon nn Leo
Huck and Oleander nn Olly
Huck and Lincoln nn Link
Huck and Malcolm nn Mac
Huck and Peter nn Pete
Huck and Quentin nn Quinn
Huck and Rafferty nn Rafe
Huck and Reuben nn Roo or Ben
Huck and Russell nn Russ
Huck and Roscoe nn Ross
Huck and Stanton nn Stan
Huck and Sullivan nn Sully, Ivan, or Van
Huck and Tobias nn Toby
Huck and Thomas nn Thom
Huck and Truman nn True
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July 15th, 2013 03:41 PM #9
I was never enthusiastic about the name Henry, but Henry John "Huck" is adorable! I really do like it. Now for your other future son:
August - "Aust"
Charles - "Kurt"/"Kirk"
Monroe - "Roe"
Everett - "Ives"
I know Everett was already on your list, but I like the nickname of Ives. And Wyatt just doesn't need one. I feel it goes perfectly with Huck : )Raphael Severus Percy Mercury Arthur Vladimir Fox Peregrine. . . . Rafa Pip Dart Fox . . . . . . . . .Marguerite Ophélie Elisabet Valentina ﻦ Catherine Xochitl Aliénor FrancescaMeg Sabet Cato Léu . . . . . .Lavender Felicitas Miuccia Immaculée Alceo Willem Balthasar Jannes


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Introducing our new CEO: Julian Sleath
15 March
We're delighted to announce that Julian Sleath has been appointed CEO of The Bentway. His first day will be March 27th, 2017. Bringing more than 35 years of leadership and experience in the performing arts, Sleath will focus on developing this new public space and bringing it to life with a dynamic year-round program of events that will embrace the unique aspiration and vision of The Bentway Conservancy.
Judy and Wil Matthews, The Bentway Conservancy board members, declared, "We are simply thrilled that Julian will bring his extensive experience and passion for artistic and community engaged events, and his love for the City of Toronto to the Bentway experience."
Previously, Sleath was Executive Director of Performing Arts at The Banff Centre, Program Manager of Cultural Events for the City of Toronto, and served on the Arts and Programming Advisory Committees for the 2015 Pan Am & Parapan Am Games, and for Artscape on the launch of Daniels Spectrum. Sleath has also worked on the realization of numerous cultural spaces including the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts for the Canadian Opera Company, theatres in the UK, concert halls in Russia, an outdoor stage in Dallas, and Koerner Hall here in Toronto.
"It is a delight to return to Toronto and lead such a thrilling project for the city", said Sleath, "Since hearing of the concept, The Bentway has captured my imagination as to what a modern and developing city like Toronto can offer to its communities. The project asks us all to reconsider how we view the Gardiner Expressway and our ongoing relationship with city infrastructure. As construction of the design by Ken Greenberg and PUBLIC WORK moves ahead, our task is to deliver an equally compelling program of events and activities. I wish to take this opportunity to not only to thank Judy and Wilmot Matthews, The City of Toronto and Waterfront Toronto for their leadership in this project but also the many organizations and individuals who have shown their initiative, vision and commitment to making this project happen."
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From birth, when babies' fingers instinctively cling to those of adults, their bodies and brains seek an intimate connection - a bond made possible by empathy, the remarkable ability to love and to share the feelings of others. In this unforgettable book, award-winning science journalist Maia Szalavitz and renowned child psychiatrist Bruce D. Perry explain how empathy develops, why it is essential both to human happiness and for a functional society, and how it is threatened in a modern world.
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"Born for Love is truly fascinating." (Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project)
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Well written story of how and why human babies need empathy from the moment they are born.
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A must read to understand the vital importance of connection for every woman/man and humanity. Our society has become socially impoverished and is growing more so; we must turn this ill trend. This book is convicting, yet hopeful. Read...
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Engaging, individual stories draw you into the severe need for more empathetic behavior from our people. Scientific data and statistics also provide clear insight into the problem solving potential of nationwide empathy.
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CharacterAlmost all of this timber is distributed as veneer. The burl is highly decorative and therefore used in high end pieces.
Color RangeRed to pink, brown to tan. Burl clusters are somewhat darker, sometimes black.
Other NamesElm, Dutch Elm
Some Typical UsesDashboards, panels, furniture, interiors, high end work.
What's the Tree Like?Can grow to 120 feet tall, and sometimes as tall as 150 feet with diameters as large as 8 feet. The Carpathian Elm tree grows in Europe
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Then Jags officially kicked off OTAs today and off-season left tackle pick up Branden Albert was not in attendance. While these workout are "voluntary," you want every important member of your team in house. This was not unexpected, because Albert also didn't attended the previous off-season workouts.
He apparently is unhappy after being acquired from the Dolphins that his contract has not been renegotiated. It's not as if he isn't making money, as is. Albert is owed $8.8 million this season and $9.5 million in 2018.
The 32 year old may be looking to strike big one more time, but he is also coming off the worst year of his career. His 42.2 PFF grade placed him 65th out of all tackles in 2016.
The Jags have been prepared for this though with the selection of Alabama left tackle Cam Robinson in the second round of the draft last month. Robinson will now receive reps at left tackle in Albert's absence and with his injury issues over the past few seasons the Jags were already preparing for the worst.
With Cam in house and management not budging on contract talks, the Jags have all the leverage here it seems.


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After Effects Project - Futsal Handball Team Lineup 1763760 by Wynio @ VideoHive
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Starting lineup project for Futsal or Handball team
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"SEQUOIA" is 12.5" x 19" and limited in quantity to 45. Two-colors, screen-printed on heavy-stock, "wine" colored craft-paper. Hand-signed and numbered by Andrew. Printing masterfully executed by Chris at Little Monster Printing.
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SEQUOIA is an homage to old-growth Redwoods swaying slowly in scarlet-gold sunsets, and celebrates the geometric language that expresses itself indiscriminately through organic processes and human impositions alike. The image was created using original photographs, pen and ink, and digital manipulation in 2014, and was designed as a visual accompaniment to the music of Circle Takes The Square. It is emblazoned with the band's logo.


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Math—whether it involves addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division—can bewilder even the best of students. As learners begin to suspect they cannot perform well at math, they start to get anxious and fearful—and that's when their confidence begins to erode. When we put students through an anxiety-provoking math experience, we potentially lose them forever.
The new standards set math fluency as a goal. But fluency occurs only when students are mathematically confident. And that happens only when they understand numbers.
How can students learn math facts, understand numbers, and become better thinkers and mathematicians? Many educators are finding guided math is the answer. Let's take a closer look at what quality math instruction looks like through the lens of a guided math framework.
Guided Math … a Tool and So Much More
What is guided math? Simply put, it is a structure for teaching and a way to support each child at their level of development. It's a tool for engaging students in rigorous, standards-based learning while the teacher develops a specific skill or concept. It's based on the idea that amazing learning can take place in small groups.
As teachers initially look into this instructional strategy, they are often excited about its potential in their classrooms. Guided math can help them maximize every student's ability to learn math. It can offer them the freedom to support their struggling students. It can help them maintain the depth and rigor required by advanced learners, as well.
Indeed, the benefits of using guided math in the day-to-day classroom are compelling. Here's an obvious one—students can't hide in the crowd in a guided group. That means very quickly, a teacher can tell who gets it and who doesn't. Another positive for teachers is the ability to tailor a group to individual needs and make it as challenging as necessary. Busy teachers are also delighted to know they need only carve out 15 minutes or so. Kids have a short attention span anyway, so the 15-minute time frame keeps them engaged and focused.
Meet Learners Where They Are
Teachers need developmentally appropriate activities to differentiate their instruction and meet the needs of all learners. A guided math group, when implemented correctly, is sure to be a win-win. It's a great way to meet learners where they are and take them where they need to go. It allows students to work in their unique "zone" so they can learn exactly what they need to know. It incorporates a variety of activities that are engaging because they satisfy different learning styles and interests. As a result, students get in the game, engage deeply in rich conversations, show their thinking, and learn a lot about habits of mind and ways of doing math.
Draw on Your Teacher Strengths
To incorporate guided math into their curriculum, teachers need a tool box full of skills. Fortunately, most teachers already possess many of them. The ability to question is at the top of the list. This gives students the opportunity to talk with their peers, ask their own questions, and explain their math thinking. Scaffolding lessons also is important because then students can be taught at a concrete, pictorial, or abstract level. Providing immediate feedback is a skill teachers will use throughout the day to help students adjust their work on the spot. The ability to facilitate thinking, coach learners, and orchestrate meaningful conversations—guided math puts these and many other teacher strengths to work.
In every classroom there are students who struggle with math, don't understand it, and are not good at it. No wonder they hate math. Using guided math, teachers can make their classroom the place where students learn, become better mathematicians, and develop a positive attitude towards math that will last throughout their school careers and beyond.
For a deeper look at guided math and how to use it in your classroom, check out SDE's webinar Developing Fluency Through Guided Math (Gr. 3–5), by educator and math expert Kristin Hilty.


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Standard Operating Procedures with regard to
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additional areas in Cold Chain logistics and vaccine management.
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Minutes of Meetings And Workshops
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Multi Year Strategic Plans
GOI and other partner agencies prepare the annual
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By: Don Bowman, Moroni Channel
Published: Sunday, April 23 2016; 6:16 p.m. DMT
Published: Sunday, April 23 2016; 6:16 p.m. DMT
- Because they love charity for its own sake and therefore it comes forth from charity, so they might preform use to their fellow man.
- Because it is the work of obedience because it proceeds from obedience or the understanding, that they should be charitable
- Because it is a work of self-merit, because by it they desire to merit, and therefore to obtain salvation, or merit a reward on earth.
- Because with some it is a work of being hypocritical, or being done in order that they may seem charitable thereby receiving, praise, fame, fortune and power. Hypocrisy at its best.


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So I stopped my birth control last week and like a day after I had a little bit of bleeding but very minimal but cramps and my period is like 13 days late and I don't know what to do. I go to the doctor soon. I keep feeling a little moody so I always think it will come but it won't. But also I should note that my last period at the beginning of October was 11 days long so I don't know, can anybody help or know what's going on?
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That's what you do to enemy agents. It's what we do to enemy agents. But I look at all the dark and twisted roads ahead and cooperation is the easy way out. Possibly the only way out for a girl caught red-handed doing dirty work like mine — and I will do anything, anything, to avoid SS-Hauptsturmführer von Linden interrogating me again.
He has said that I can have as much paper as I need. All I have to do is cough up everything I can remember about the British War Effort. And I'm going to. But the story of how I came to be here starts with my friend Maddie. She is the pilot who flew me into France — an Allied Invasion of Two.
We are a sensational team. (GoodReads)
Then Aria meets an outsider named Perry. He's searching for someone too. He's also wild - a savage - but might be her best hope at staying alive.
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Mostar(OMO), Mostar, Bosnia-hercegovina (215.8km)
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Banja luka, Banja luka, Bosnia-hercegovina (131.2km)
Grobnicko polje, Grobnik, Croatia (198.3km)
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Ulster Grand Prix crash stalls biker Guy Martin's world record bid
Road racing star Guy Martin's spectacular crash at the Ulster Grand Prix could cost him the chance of breaking the world motorcycle landspeed record later this year.
The self-confessed adrenalin junkie had been planning to pilot a modified Triumph Rocket III Streamliner on Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, with the current record of 376.363mph in his sights.
Success would have seen the English rider and TV personality bring the title back to the UK after a 45-year absence. But Martin (left) must now undergo a back operation, having broken vertebrae as well as ribs and his sternum, in the Dundrod 150 race on Thursday night. The Grimsby man was leading the race before losing control of his Tyco BMW machine at 100mph on the last lap.
He was taken to Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital for treatment and will play no part in today's Ulster Grand Prix races.
Martin's team initially tweeted: "Guy is banged about a bit but nothing broken".
His sister, however, later posted that the biggest name in road racing will require a back operation.
As yet, no decision has been made regarding the 33-year-old's world record attempt on the specially built, 25.5ft long, 1000bhp bike but it's highly likely that the attempt will now be postponed indefinitely.
It has already been delayed once because of a lack of salt on the Flats.
Martin, star of the highly-acclaimed documentary Close To The Edge, was also planning a televised attempt at breaking the 100mph barrier on the Wall of Death - the legendary carnival attraction where a motorcycle is ridden around a wooden cylinder, defying gravity only by centrifugal force.
The 11-time Ulster Grand Prix winner was recently reported to be considering giving up road racing at the end of this season to concentrate on his burgeoning television career.
Martin's team manager Philip Neill said: "Our thoughts are with Guy at this point in time, and although it is a real shame he will not be racing this weekend the important thing is that he recovers from his injuries and is back on his feet.
"Unfortunately he got caught out by the high-side, which has ended his Ulster Grand Prix for 2015, but full credit must go to the organisers for the improved safety measures at the circuit."
He's a lucky Guy; see sport, page 56
Belfast Telegraph
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- Talented Irwin aims to put the big guns in their place
- Fired-up William Dunlop is relishing battle for Ulster Grand Prix joy
- Martin is prepared to push himself to limit at Ulster Grand Prix
- Guy scores a superb double top ahead of Ulster Grand Prix showdown


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On 11 June, Advocate General (AG) Wathelet of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) gave his opinion on certain questions referred by the English High Court regarding the registrability of the "Kit Kat" shape shown in the full article (the Mark) as a trade mark in the UK. AG Wathelet opined that the Mark could not be registered if one or more of its essential features was necessary to obtain a technical result. If the CJEU follows this opinion (which it usually does), this is likely to prevent Nestlé from being able to register the Mark since one of the essential features of the Mark, the grooves in the chocolate, is necessary to obtain the technical result of allowing the fingers of the snack to be separated. AG Wathelet's opinion is a good demonstration of the difficulties of registering shapes as trade marks and provides a useful clarification of when a trade mark may have acquired sufficient distinctiveness to be registered.
The European Trade Mark Directive (on which the Trade Mark Act 1994 (TMA) is based) recognises that shapes can be registered as trade marks. Numerous shapes have successfully been registered in the past, including the shape of Toblerone packaging and the shape of the Coca-Cola bottle. In 2010 Nestlé applied to register the three dimensional, four fingered, shape below (the Mark) as a trade mark for its snacks. The application was opposed by Cadbury on the basis that, under the TMA a mark shall not be registered if:
- it is not distinctive of the applicant's goods (s.3(1)(b) TMA); or
- the shape which is sought to be registered is necessary to achieve a technical result (s.3(2)(b) TMA).
Although the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) initially accepted Nestlé's application, on review, the IPO's examiner agreed with Cadbury that:
- the Mark was not distinctive of Nestlé's goods (viz. its Kit Kat bar) when compared to other chocolate bars; and
- the shape of the Mark was necessary to achieve a technical result since its deep grooves allowed the fingers of the snack to be separated.
Nestlé appealed against the examiner's decision to the High Court, arguing that the Mark:
- was distinctive of its Kit Kat bar (as evidenced by a survey in which over 90 per cent of people asked about the Mark mentioned Kit Kat in their responses); and
- consists of various elements, not all of which were required to produce the technical result (for example, the size and shape of the chocolate "slab" and the number, depth and position of the separating grooves) and that the prohibition from registering shapes that obtain a technical result applies only to the manner in which the goods function – not in the way that they are manufactured.
The High Court stayed proceedings between Nestlé and Cadbury to refer the following questions to the CJEU:
- In terms of whether the Mark had become distinctive of Nestlé's goods through use, was it sufficient for the public to recognise and associate the Mark with Nestlé's goods, or was it necessary to prove that the public relied on the Mark alone (and not other features such as the Kit Kat name embossed on the bar or displayed on the packaging) to identify the snack's origin? AG Wathelet considered that for the Mark to be eligible for protection, it must be capable of designating the origin of the goods by itself (i.e. without the logo on the bar or packaging) and without any confusion with a competitor's goods (i.e. other similar shaped chocolate bars).
- Where a shape consists of a number of essential features, only two of which are necessary to obtain a technical result, is registration of that shape as a trade mark precluded? AG Wathelet found that, if a mark consists of at least one essential feature which is necessary to obtain a technical result, it should be precluded from registration. It was irrelevant that the mark might contain other features which were not necessary to obtain a technical result.
- Does the prohibition on shapes that achieve a technical result apply only to the manner in which goods function, or also to the method by which they are manufactured? In other words, if the goods are shaped as they are because it is necessary to manufacture them in a certain way, is this shape also precluded from registration? In AG Wathelet's view, a mark must be precluded from registration if its shape is necessary to produce a technical result either in the way the goods function or in the way they are manufactured.
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If AG Wathelet's opinion is followed by the CJEU it seems likely that, whether or not consumers associate the Kit Kat shape as exclusively identifying Nestlé goods, Nestlé will be precluded from registering the Mark because one of the essential features of this shape, the deep grooves, is necessary to achieve the technical result of separating the fingers of the bar.
The shape of a Kit Kat has remained largely unchanged since 1935 and, given the high degree of recognition of the Mark amongst consumers, some might find it surprising if Nestlé is unable to register this as a trade mark. However, AG Wathelet's opinion reflects the policy considerations behind the trade mark regime, namely, shapes whose essential characteristics are necessary to obtain a technical result should not be registered as this would effectively give the proprietor an indefinite monopoly over the manufacture of the underlying product.
For example, the shape of a coke bottle is registrable as a trade mark since its curved indentations are aesthetic and are not necessary incidents of the manufacturing process or a product of how the bottle is designed to function. In contrast, Philips was denied registration of its triple-headed rotor blade shape since the triangular layout of the rotors was necessary to obtain the technical result of ensuring that the blades overlapped.
Characteristics which are necessary to obtain a technical result are instead left to be protected by the law of patents since a patent provides a monopoly of only limited duration; whilst the distinctive triangular packaging of a Toblerone chocolate bar is registered as a trade mark, its manufacturing process (which, like the Kit Kat, allows its "peaks" to be separated) is patented.
If Nestlé is denied registration of this Mark it is likely to intensify the rivalry between it and Cadbury as it was only recently that Nestlé successfully opposed Cadbury's attempt to register the colour purple as a trade mark for its chocolate bars.