Christa Bigue (Editor) May 21, 2013 at 11:22 am
Deb, I agree! When it's a hot on the coast, drop everything (if you can!), head to the beach and…Read More soak it up while you can because it doesn't long before we're covering up in that blanket of fog again.
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All Boards » Janet Arline Barker May 17, 2013 at 11:18 am
Awesome! Next Tuesday, Thursday or Friday are open. Name a time and place. I used to write 3…Read More different columns for San Bruno, Millbrae, and Burlingame Patch. I am ready to write for Pacifica Patch & blog too. Here's my personal blog...I do sporadically. Www.art-Janet.blogspot.com
My art studio is at Sanchez Art Center #11
Christa Bigue (Editor) May 17, 2013 at 11:05 am
When can we meet for coffee Janet? Since you're the first one to post in our biz update section you…Read More get to have coffee and chat with your local Patch editor! Email me at christa.bigue@patch.com and we'll find a date and place.
Anon. April 14, 2013 at 01:43 am
I can start with the comments on the Theravance drug, fluticasone fluroate - the active moiety in…Read More this compound is the same, fluticasone (proprionate) that has been marketed by GSK for the same indication for approximately 25 years. Indeed, that patent is so old, and the drug has such a proven track record for safety and efficacy, that the patent has expired and there are generic versions available.
There is also in implicit assumption by the author that the only reason that the FDA will approve medications in a short time span is because they are for 'life-or-limb' or unmet serious medical need. This is just not the case - regulators in many countries, including the FDA in the USA, may give accelerated approval to a product, where the safety and tolerability of a product is equivalent to a similar active agent which has already been approved. I suspect this is the case for fluticasone fluroate - but I am not privy to the details of the regulatory filing.
I note that none of the companies mentioned here, nor the FDA, has provided input to this article.
The journalism in this article smacks of someone trying to make a name for themselves quickly by scaring uneducated and/or anxious people.
The science is just plain flawed.
Stacie Chan (Editor) March 26, 2013 at 02:51 pm
Absolutely stunning photos, Deb! Thanks for sharing. I really feel like I was there by just perusing…Read More your photo gallery.
Donna Fentanes March 26, 2013 at 09:49 am
Thanks, Deb, for the videos. Now we all can take one last ride. :)
Deb Wong March 25, 2013 at 11:19 am
I think many of us can relate! 10 kids, huh? I was the oldest of 9, so sort of understand. My…Read More family grew up in Pacifica, & we rode over the slide every weekend when we went to the HMB airport to tend to my father's airplanes. I drove on it once, during driver's ed in high school, scary! I have an old home movie clip from 1966, going over the slide. Very overexposed, but you can still see parts of the slide in it. More recently, took 2 videos of our drive over the slide, North & south views. Going North: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb8NKnu9Gvw
Going South: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rlN_g2LeE8
What Places do You Miss in Pacifica?
I grew up in Pacifica - I spent all of my childhood there. The things I missed most after moving away were the cool ocean breezes, and some of the… places I used to haunt. Like the Sea Vue Theater. Many of the places I miss no longer exist - incl
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