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I've been using Google's Inbox for the past couple months — almost exclusively, in fact — since getting my invitation, and my initial impression is that at this point it is pretty good for reading email but it currently has holes.
The most significant deficiency for me seems like a huge hole for anyone who does anything other than read and delete email: no access to contacts. None. No way to look for contacts or their information. No way to add addresses and information from email to contacts. No way to create contacts. (I have not tried using it with address lists.) It does use contacts to help address emails but as best I can tell, that's the extent of its use of contacts. This, so far, is the one thing that has forced me several times to go back to Gmail when I needed to either look up something about a contact or create a new contact.
I like the ability to snooze emails (but I think Dropbox's Mailbox does it better), and I like the ability to pin emails with "remember to…" annotations. Most of the normal Gmail keyboard interactions — aside from labeling, more on this below — for archiving, deleting, marking as spam, etc., work. I like that Inbox works well on my Android phone and tablet (both running different versions on Android, neither of which is Lollipop — something I can't do with Mailbox).
The other significant hole is that Gmail's keyboard interface for labeling emails (yes, I'm a labeler) is not supported. This would be a more significant gap for me at work, where I often apply multiple labels to an individual email and where I am almost exclusively on a computer (as opposed to phone or tablet), but even in my personal email I miss the easy/quick keyboard-driven way of tagging messages. Inbox's current UI makes it difficult (maybe impossible) to apply multiple labels to a message, and is more based on the "messages in folders" metaphor.
I'm still hoping Inbox sees some significant evolution in the near future. Without that evolution, I'm likely to abandon it and go back to Gmail. I would be giving up the annotated pinning and message snoozing, but would still have better-than-just-decent interfaces on phone and tablet, integration with contacts, and full keyboard interaction support when at a computer.


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Tourist Info – Useful Info for the Visitor
This page contains useful tourist info that you might need when you visit Rio de Janeiro. This is the place to find out where to get your visa extended or how the hospitals work. In order to fit all this info in I have sub-sections, just click on the links to get to those pages. First I'd like to state that Rio de Janeiro is a modern city and although everything doesn't work like a clock it has all the services of a modern 21st century city.
Links to Pages With Tourist Info
The first I talk about is Security in Rio and How to Stay Safe. A lot has been said about it but hopefully I will be able to give you some pointers on how it's best to behave here.
The next section is about Pharmacies and Hospitals in Rio. Where you should go if you get ill and some useful tips.
Tourist Police & The Rio Police. This is an important one, unfortunately many people have to contact the police after getting robbed. In case this happens you need a police report to get money from your insurance company. Here I explain how to go about it. I also explain a bit about the police in general.
Many people want to extend their Visa in Rio go here to find out how and where and what the rules are. Check out Brazilian Permanency & Long Term Visas for all the options available if you have plans to spend a longer time in Rio or Brazil – all about permancies, work-, student- and investment-visas.
The section with Facts About Rio de Janeiro has info about population size, crime rates and average rainfall.
Next is a list of the Consulates in Rio and some useful info about Banks and Foreign Exchange in Rio.
I also have sections on Post Offices in Rio and Phonecalls and Internet in Rio. Last is my page with Churches in Rio – Services for Foreigners.
Brazil Information
There are a few sites about travel in Brazil. The first I want to mention is the official tourism site for Brazil Embratur, it is truly a great place to find information. Another site I recommend is Brasil Turismo, press the American flag and you´ll get a version in English.
I have tried to be as concise as possible. This type of information often change, I'll do my best to keep it updated. You giving me feedback is really helpful.


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A couple of nights ago we had our first real thunderstorm over Delhi since we arrived. It was loud, right overhead, so we drank wine on the balcony and watched the sky light up.
That said, we didn't see any actual lightning. Instead, we saw the results of lightning, namely the pollution flashing a dazzling white above us. We were told a week or two ago that as winter draws in over Delhi, so too does the pollution over the city thicken to Nineteenth Century London smog levels of thickness.
No lie. You can safely watch the sun from late afternoon – it's that dim, pale disk in the sky, that you might mistake for the moon in daylight if it was white instead of orange. It's been a couple of weeks since I saw stars, even on cloudless nights. Even when I could, I could count them without running out of fingers, and two of those were probably planets.
On the other hand, the other day I found two excellent bookshops with a strange and eclectic mix of titles in English. Books in English are the norm here, but I loved the strange selections. These are far from the Waterstones, Borders, or B&N's I've grown accustomed to. These are places for browsing in narrow, packed isles, and stumbling across things that you never knew you wanted to read. I had no cash on me at the time (else the lovely, hardback compendium of Grimm's fairy tales would have been mine), but in words, I'll be back. Often, I suspect.
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RIP Bruce Jones
My thoughts and prayers go out to Bruce Jones family.
Last monday afternoon Bruce Jones Surfer, shaper, legend, died from a heart attack.
I grew up hanging out in his surf shop daily in sunset beach, He had a team called the Bruce Jones crew that pointed me in the direction of surfing that i'm at today.
His Son Brock Jones i surfed with when i was younger in contest.
Its just really sad when there here one day and gone the next.
He's givin so much to the surf comunity and brought so many people to love the ocean.
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Episode 35 With Guest Kulsoom Kazim- Life Coach Identifying limiting beliefs
Topic: Why it is important to identify limiting beliefs, become confident and comfortable with yourself prior to getting married. The main idea is that you have to BECOME the person that you want to marry so focus on that and marriage will eventually happen.
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How to become confident by turning negative affirmations into positive affirmations
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Having an open and clear conversation with family about your preference for marriage.
Kulsoom graduated from York University with a degree in Psychology and is currently completing her Islamic degree at Mishkah University. She is also a high-performance coach and a motivational speaker. She does one on one coaching sessions with women who want to achieve various results in their life. She also does courses and programs to address the different struggles that women are facing, some of which include marriage, divorce, confidence, self-worth, relationship with Allah and youth based workshops. Her aim is to make a difference in this world and assist people in becoming the best version of themselves. She has had many clients who can testify to her commitment to serving others.
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Dr. Ksenia Podoynitsyna is an Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). Her dissertation "Entrepreneurial risk-taking beyond bounded rationality: Risk factors, cognitive biases and strategies of new technology ventures" was nominated for the prestigious Heizer dissertation award of the Entrepreneurship division of the Academy of Management. Since then she retained the focus on risk and uncertainty management in technology ventures. Her research helps manage the uncertainties surrounding the initial ideation and scale-up of the new venture. Topic-wise Ksenia has expertise in such areas as business model innovation, resource constraints, real options and entrepreneurial decision-making. Recently Ksenia obtained funding for a number of research and teaching initiatives in the context of sustainable energy. She has published in such journals as Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Product Innovation Management, and Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice.
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Was this a trip to the zoo? Well, not unless you count a zoo full of geocachers. Then again, maybe there is a similarity? Either way this trip was not going to happen until the last few days before the big geocache event at Snoqualmie Pass in Washington.
I had undergone knee surgery a week or so before the event. So sticking around not hiking would be the thing to do. That was until I found a "APE Tag" just north of home. With that tag you must go to the event and show it, the geocache volunteers at the event then give you a unique geocache coin. I just happened to find the tag the morning of my surgery. It was a little hike to the tag but I figured…what the heck…I am going to hurt more later today.
So now that our travel plans had changed we had a new plan. A little over a week after surgery we left Thursday once my wife Joanne got home from work. We would travel to Frenchman Coulee just east of Vantage Washington. We have stayed the night there before and really enjoy the stop. It is free dispersed camping.
We had an enjoyable quite night. We woke up to watch the sunrise and have breakfast. We were in no hurry as our next stop for a couple nights was in Cle Elum Washington, only a very short drive away. We would geocache along the way and take side roads for the most part. We stayed off the interstate for almost the whole drive today. We did stop in Ellensburg at a grocery store and to fill up on fuel. After that we made a stop at a fruit stand then on into Cle Elum to where we would stay at Whispering Pines RV Park. At Whispering Pines we would park in the dispersed camping area, so no hookups. No big deal to us. After setting up we drove around and found a few geocaches. We also stopped at the local fish hatchery. That was a great place but we only had about 20 minutes before they closed. We will go back to spend more time on some other trip. After caching we would make a quick stop at a local brewery to try the beers they had. We took a growler full of one of the beers we liked back to camp. After arriving back at camp Joanne would cook up some ribs for dinner and all we did after that was relax around camp.
The next morning we left and drove up to Snoqualmie Pass for the big geocache event, The APE Event. We would find a couple caches before arriving at the parking lot. Then it was time to visit fellow geocachers literally from all over the world. We would check out booths and visit with friends. The big thing for this event was the return of a very special geocache that you had to hike through an old long train tunnel then go a bit more to where the cache was. Remember my knee surgery? No way could I hike that far right now. So we had fun visiting with others and I was able to collect my special geocache coin. We were then told that there was someone we knew that was giving rides on a side by side through the tunnel and to the cache for those who could not do the hike. Normally we could do the hike easily. In fact we had made the hike back in 2013. We were very grateful to Gene for giving us a ride to this very special cache…"Mission 9: Tunnel of Light" or otherwise known as an "APE Cache". That cache was stolen and lost for several years but found a few months ago. Today it went back "live" for cachers to find. There are only 2 of these caches left in the world, so yes…cachers came from around the world to find it.
After the event we would make a stop for a couple caches then a stop at Roslyn Washington. We would do a short walk through the historic town and found another brewery to taste at. We would also stop at a store for ice cream afterwards. After a bit of looking around we returned to camp. We would do a short walk with fellow cachers who stayed the campground to a geocache. After that we sat around camp for the rest of the night where I iced my knee.
Sunday morning it was time to pack up and head home. Slowly of course with several stops to find geocaches. We stopped at a state park near Vantage for lunch. Then we also would make a stop at Cave B Winery, not far from George Washington. After that we set sail for home…time to get moving.
It was a great trip and one we did not think we would do. So glad we were able to. Getting into the camper and out was painful using the steps. Joanne and Cody were great and got things for me when I needed them so I could sit in my chair with ice on the knee when I needed it.
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I'm still having fun and enjoying summer but it would really be nice to get to the beach! We haven't been there once yet and I'm really looking forward to Carter's first time at the beach! I can't wait to see how he reacts to feeling the sand for the first time.
Too bad we can't give all of this rain to California! They could definitely use it! Hopefully we get some sun soon but looks like we're going to have to start swimming in the rain!
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text: The residents of the small Mexican town of El Rosario don't quite know what to make of Mr. Mendoza and his omnipresent paintbrush. Is he merely a vandal, spreading snippets of esoteric nonsense around town with a few strokes of his brush? Or an overlooked philosopher who has explanations for life's greatest mysteries? The self-described Mexican King of Graffiti, Mendoza spares no one the mischievous spitfire of his brush—neither El Rosario's residents nor God Himself. When a series of unfortunate incidents befall the town—from the devastating storm that rains down corpses to the mine collapse that drags large swaths of town into a gaping abyss—Mendoza is there with paint-dripped commentary, urging residents to investigate the nature of life itself. Urrea's delightful tale of morality and meaning is rendered masterfully by Cardinale's boisterous illustrations, their bold outlines providing heft to the surrealism. This tale, in their steady hands, becomes a cheeky tour through elements of Latin pop culture: Hints of Romero's horrors, Rivera's aesthetics and García Márquez's magical realism all make their appearance here. An enchanting exploration of life's myriad mysteries. (Graphic fiction. 13 & up)


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After a shaky reading start in February, I found my groove back sometime during the middle of the month. I guess what helped was the many graphic nonfiction books I found at the library. Honestly, there's nothing that can pull you back into reading than a riveting story told in pictures. Overall, my February reading was pretty good. Most of the titles I read this month are nonfiction. I don't think I've ever read more nonfiction than fiction over a month ever before.
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- Someone Else's Garden by Dipika Rai
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney
- Anne Frank: The Anne Frank House Authorized Graphic Biography by Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colón
- Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty by G. Neri and Randy DuBurke
- Stitches by David Small
- Fist Stick Knife Gun by Geoffrey Canada and Jamar Nicholas
- The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
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WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY grouped into five divisions covering different geographical areas—the UK and the Republic of Ireland, Northern, Eastern, Western, and Southern divisions. Charter services are flown by British Airtours, formed in 1969 to operate charter and inclusive tour flights from Gatwick. On May 1, 1982, British Airways was once again reorganised and was divided into three self-contained divisions - Intercontinental (long-haul), European (shorthaul and domestic) and Gatwick Services (all Gatwick- based operations including those of British Airtours). In -July 1983 the airline was divided into eight market-orientated route centres and three "separate" companies: cargo, charters and tour operations. In addition, there are three subsidiary companies concerned with other aviation activities. British Airways Helicopters, formed in 1964, operates Europe's only scheduled helicopter passenger service, between Penzance and the Scilly Isles, together with offshore gas and oil rig support services, and a search-and-rescue operation covering the northern North Sea from Sumburgh in the Shetland Islands. Bases are maintained at Penzance, Aberdeen, Beccles and Sumburgh. Head Office is at Gatwick Airport South. British Airways Associated companies Ltd controls hotel interests and the airline's investments in Air Mauritius, Cyprus Airways, Gibraltar Airways and New Hebrides Airways. Head Office is at Bealine House, Ruislip. Middlesex. British Airways Engine Overhaul Ltd is responsible for engine overhaul work for British Airways and a numher of other airlines under contract. Head Office is at Tre forest Industrial Estate, Pontypridd, Glamorgan, South Wales. British Airways' route network, the largest in the world, covers 580,01)0 unduplicated route-km, and serves 120 cities in 65 countries. Scheduled passenger, cargo and mail services are operated to Europe, the Middle and Far East. Australasia, East and South Africa, and North America. Innovations include Europe's first "shuttle" air service (high-frequency, no reservation, guaranteed-seat flights) inaugurated between London and Glasgow in January 1975 and now extended to London-Edinburgh, London-Manchester and London-Belfast. In -January 1976 British Airways, jointly with Air France, began the world's first supersonic passenger services, using the Anglo- French Concorde airliner. Supersonic services link London with Washington D.C., New York and Miami. Head Office: Speedbird Hotise. London Airport, Heathrow, Hounslow, Middlesex, Great Britain. ^*^ 22531. Executives: Board: chairman, Lord King of Wartnahy; deputy chairman, Alexander Gibbs; chief executive, Colin Marshall; chief financial officer, Gordon Dura-lop; director of safety activities, Capt -Jack Jessop; Basil Collins; Robert Henderson; Sir Leo Pliatzky; Michael Davies; Management: chief executive/chief financial officer/director of safety activities—as above; directors: marketing, .lim Harris; marketplace performance, Peter Bateson; operations, Howard Phelps; legal, Bernard Wood; human resources, Ted Gostling; medical services, Dr Frank Preston: data/information/management pro grammes, John Watson; head of public affairs, John Perry. Employees: 36,500. Fleet: seven Concorde, 12 Boeing 747-200B, 16 747-100, one 7O7-320B, one 707-320C, nine TriStar 1. eight TriStar 200, eight 757-200, 19 Trident 3B, seven Trident 2E, 31 737-200, 21 One-Eleven 500, four One-Eleven 400, five HS.748, 20 Sikorsky S- 61N, six BV-234 Chinook, four S-76A, three West land W30, one Jet Ranger. On order: nine 757-200. 14 737-200. British American Air plans to commence inter national scheduled passenger services, initially link ing Long Beach with Hong Kong and Brussels, using DC-8-63 aircraft. British Atlantic Airways was formed in June 1982 and has applied to operate passenger services between London and New York. Following its acqui- #26' sition by the Virgin Record Group, the operator is now known as Virgin Atlantic Airways. Head Office: Suite 76a, Beehive Building, Gat wick Airport South, Gatwick, West Sussex, Great Britain. British Caledonian Airways BCal) was formed in November 1970 by the acquisition by Caledonian Airways (founded in 1961) of British United Airways (founded in 1960 as a result of mergers). BCal is a wholly owned subsidiary of Caledonian Avia tion Group PLC, and other companies in the Group include British Caledonian Aircraft Trading, British Caledonian Travel Holdings (Blue Sky Holidays, Blue Sky Travel, Far Away Blue Sky), Caledonian Hotel Management, Caledonian Airmotive, British Caledonian Helicopters, Jetsave and companies overseas owning and operating hotels in Spain and Africa. Shareholders and loan stockholders include Industrial and Commercial Finance Corporation, Royal Bank of Scotland, Bland Payne, Commercial l_ nion Assurance company. Sun Alliance and the Automobile Associ ation. British Caledonian is the designated flag carrier to the whole of West Africa, major parts of North Africa, Central Africa, all of the South Amer ican continent with the exception of Guyana), Houston and Dallas/Forth Worth, Atlanta (Georgia), St Louis (Missouri) and Los Angeles. Scheduled services operate from London (Gatwick) to Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, Genoa, Frankfurt and Geneva. In Britain BCal scheduled services link London with Glasgow, Edinburgh, Manchester and Jersey. Glasgow is linked with Amsterdam via Newcastle. Passenger charter flights are undertaken to destinations in Europe and North Africa. BCal has a minority holding and assists in the management of Gambia Airways, and also operates services on behalf of Air Seychelles, Air Surinam and Caribbean Airways. The airline is associated with British Airways Helicopters and the British Airways Author ity in the operation of the Gatwick-Heathrow Airlink. Since 1980 BCal has operated to Hong Kong via Dubai, and will now serve Riyadh from this year. In late 1982 the airline formed British Caledonian Commuter Services, a scheme designed to bring the small commuter operators into a close operational and marketing association with British Caledonian. Liverpool-based Genair and Guernsey Airlines have joined the scheme. BCal is an equal partner with the Rank Organisation in BCal Charter. Head Office: Caledonian House, Crawley, Sussex, Great Britain. >^ 87161. Executives: chairman. Sir Adam Thomson; manag ing director, Alastair Pugh; directors: group finance, T. E. Boud; engineering, N. Jackson; external affairs, J. M. Ritchie; financial, C. M. Smith; ilight oper ations, Oapt J. N. Fugl; operations, J. Prothero Thomas; personnel, Dr D. J. Freemantle; project, J. R. Sidebotham; marketing, David Coltman; joint company secretaries, R. A. C. Lewis; L. N. Bebchick. Employees: 6,300. Fleet: one Boeing 747-100. eight DC-10-30, three Airbus A310, two 707-320C, 12 One-Eleven 500. On order: Seven A320. British Caledonian Helicopters was formed in April 1979 through the takeover of Shoreham- based Ferranti Helicopters, and the company became a wholly owned subsidiary of BCal. Rotary- wing charter and contract services, mainly in support of North Sea Oil and gas fields, are op erated for the major oil companies from Aberdeen Airport. Head Office: Caledonian House, Crawley, Sussex, Great Britain. ^^87161. Executives: chairman, Trevor Boud; managing director, Bob MacLeod; managers: finance and administration, N. Elliott; operations, Capt C. Hunt; commercial, A. J. Spillane. Employees: 120. Fleet: three Sikorsky S-61N, one S-76A, three , Bell 214ST, one BO105D. British Emerald Airways is a newly formed airline which proposes to operate scheduled ' passenger services from Belfast to New York, Los Angeles and Miami, initially with Boeing 707 aircraft. Head Office: 56 Upper Queen Street, Belfast 1, Northern Ireland. British Island Airways, fomerly part of the British and Commonwealth Shipping Group, became a totally independent airline on April 1, 1982. The company provides charter services from UK points to holiday destinations in Europe and North Africa. 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For as long as there have been farmers, there have been fields for the farmers to grow their crops. I don't care if it's a large field or someone's little garden spot, I love watching what people plant grow.
There's a lot of corn planted around here. It's everywhere, planted as far as the eye can see. I think the deer love the field corn. Of course, if you've ever come to an intersection in the country, a corn field may not be your best friend. It can usually mean that you have to be cautious about pulling out onto the road when you can't see past the corn stalks.
When grandpa Roe was still alive, soybeans were what he planted. Fields full of them, growing and then ready to be harvested, are a reminder of Grandpa in his Massey Ferguson combine. I can still remember walking through the soybean fields with him, checking to see if they were ready. I knew it had to be exhausting at times. I say this because he farmed while working at a full-time job in town. You had to do what you had to do in order to keep things going.
I really do go head over heals when I see fields of red clover, sorghum, sunflowers, and lavender. Of course, I would pick crops that I don't see growing around where I live. Pictures of these crops are about as close as I've ever gotten. I hope that someday that I will get to see a field full of one or all of the above. I'm sure I will wear out my camera when it happens.
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A Freaky Look Back at the Entire 'Friday the 13th' Franchise
Today is Friday the 13th, but it doesn't have to be unlucky if you are an old-school slasher film fan. Jason Voorhees—the unstoppable killer with a penchant for dispatching teens who engage in premarital sex—has been painting the big screen red since 1980. We learn in the original film that Friday the 13th was also Jason's birthday, so blow out some candles for the big guy and have a Friday the 13th marathon with the 12 films (!) in the frightening franchise. (Note: That marathon is now a lot easier to enjoy thanks to the Blu-ray box set Warner Bros. released containing all 12 movies. Read our review here.)
Check out our Friday the 13th YouTube playlist here featuring some of our favorite clips from the series.
Friday the 13th: Jason Voorhees is not the killer in director Sean S. Cunningham's 1980 original, a fact that got Drew Barrymore in a lot of trouble when quizzed by the killer in Scream. Instead, Pamela Voorhees (Betsy Palmer), Jason's mother, is taking revenge on the new counselors reopening Camp Crystal Lake where, years earlier, little Jason drowned while the counselors were smooshing. See all six degrees of young Kevin Bacon as one of the hapless and horny counselors before Alice (Adrienne King) beheads Mrs. Voorhees with her own machete, which resurrects Jason from his watery grave.
Friday the 13th Part 2: Jason is all grownz up in this 1981 sequel in which he tracks down and offs original survivor girl Alice in her home. Then it's back to Crystal Lake where a new group of camp counselors are hooking up while they are setting up. This enrages Jason—an unwitting Reagan-era champion of abstinence and "Just Say No"—and he dons a burlap sack and quickly carves his way through the teens. He meets his match in Ginny (Amy Steel), who takes advantage of Jason's low IQ long enough to impersonate his mother and sink a machete into his shoulder.
Friday the 13th Part 3: This is the first Friday movie released theatrically in 3D and is also the first time that Jason covers his disfigured mug with the iconic hockey mask, which he takes from one of his teen victims. Jason hunts down Chris Higgins (Dana Kimmel) and her friends in Chris's family cabin because apparently Chris encountered Jason once in the woods when she was younger and escaped. Chris shortens the reunion by putting an ax into Jason's head. Part III is available on both DVD and Blu-ray with a few pairs of anaglyph 3D glasses included.
Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter: Yeah, right. Jason might have taken an ax to the head, but he rises again to terrorize a group of friends, including young Crispin Glover, renting a cabin on Crystal Lake. A young boy, Tommy Jarvis (Corey Feldman), dresses up as a young Jason and confuses the big lug long enough to sink a machete deep into Jason's head.
Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning: They lied, of course. Jason is dead and buried, but his memory haunts a teenage Tommy (John Shepherd) who is living in a halfway house for disturbed teens. A copycat Jason goes on a rampage in this neutered sequel that tones down the red stuff due to MPAA pressure.
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives: "He's back," sings Alice Cooper in the movie's theme song. Yes, Tommy (Thom Mathews)—who is still obsessing about the psychopath he killed in Part IV—digs Jason up and stabs him with a long metal spear that, as luck would have it, doubles as a lightning rod and accidentally resurrects the unstoppable killer. Oops! This sequel is the first to lighten the mood with some humor and is the first to actually show children at the summer camp. See how they run.
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood: This time Jason is accidentally resurrected (this happens a lot) from his watery grave by Tina Shepard (Jennifer Banko), who has freaky Carrie-like powers. The two face off in a supernatural showdown that features some impressive makeup effects as we get our first really good look at what that hockey mask is covering up.
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan: Well, at least they didn't send him into space (but read on). Jason does, indeed, end up in the Big Apple, but most of this movie takes place on boat filled with partying high school seniors bound for New York.
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday: A new studio (New Line) takes over the franchise and misleads us again with that word "final" in the title. Jason is blown up at the beginning of this movie but his soul transfers from person to person until he is reborn in the corpse of his sister. When the sequel's heroes use a magical sword to stab Jason and demons drag him down into Hell, Freddy Krueger's razored glove comes up through the dirt and pulls down Jason's hockey mask, too. Yes, this is foreshadowing.
Jason X: Jason goes to space in this futuristic, ridiculous sequel that is also the funniest. Ignoring the plot of the last eight sequels, we find a group of science students on an expedition with their professor to a long-abandoned poisoned Earth who stumble aboard a cryogenically frozen Jason and take him on board their spaceship. When he thaws out, Jason schools the 2455 A.D. crowd 1980s style until he is blown apart by an android and unintentionally resurrected (again!) by the ship's computer into a pumped-up, metallic Jason 2.0. He eventually is shot into space and crashes like a meteor onto Earth Two, which, as luck would have it, seems to also be populated with horny teenagers.
Freddy vs. Jason: Long in development and hinted at in Jason Goes to Hell, this popular face-off between Jason and dream demon Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) blended the mythologies of both the Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street series. When the titular bad boys finally go at each other in the bloody, over-the-top finale, it is Camp Crystal Lake's finest who seems to emerge the victor in this monster mash-up that is available on both DVD and Blu-ray.
Friday the 13th (2009): This inevitable reimagining of the first four Friday films introduces a new generation to the Camp Crystal Lake killer who—no joke—seems to be a pissed off pot farmer who is just as upset about copulating teens as his '80s predecessor. This brutal remake was produced by Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes—the same company that remade The Texas Chainsaw Massacre—and is available on both DVD and Blu-ray.
What's next for Jason? If the planned reboot is ever released, it will be the 13th Friday the 13th. Now that is freaky! A TV series is also being developed, but no one is sure if Mr. Voorhees will be involved with that.
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A high-waisted,side zip,snap banded skirt.
I had originally fit it so it was an empire waist, but it stretched out a bit, but I like it better now anyway.
BTW The bugs are soooo bad this year due to all the Iowa flooding. We are in just one big swarm of gnats at all times.
I'm pretty much in love with this waist band. I used every inch of this fabric. I had to sew 4 pieces together and hide a big old center seam with a front flap. Those are not only decorative snaps my friend, those are full fledged holding-my-skirt-up heavy duty snaps.
Also something funny about this outfit is...the tank top...is on backwards! It's one of those high-low mullet hemmed tank tops. It's a great way to look classy but feel ridiculous at the same time.
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Continuing the Portal mash-up theme from last week, today's WNW is Super Mario Bros (with a Portal Gun).
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
WNW: Super Portal Bros.
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The Mission of the Department of Faith Formation
The Department of Faith Formation seeks to enable people to more fully respond to Jesus' offer, "I have come that you might have life, and have it more abundantly." (John 10:10) Since Jesus' offer is lifelong and every state of life brings its unique insights and questions, experience and wonder, we actively promote and enable catechetical endeavors that attempt to engender a living, conscious, and explicit faith in people of all ages. While affirming our ongoing commitment to children and youth, our particular focus is the adult believer.
Inspired by this fundamental vision, the department's ministry on behalf of the bishop and the diocesan church seeks to share the life and light of Christ by:
Promoting solid catechetical foundations and effective programs in the areas of catechetics, liturgy, scripture, theology, youth ministry, evangelization, and ministry formation;
Collaborating with other diocesan departments and parish staff members in pastoral activity aimed at developing strong faith communities;
Nurturing the continual spiritual and personal formation of people of all ages;
Gathering with one another as diocesan, regional, and parish communities to challenge our vision as church, foster our unity, strengthen our ministry, grow in faith, inspire and form our young, initiate new members into the body, deepen our spiritual life and increase our understanding and commitment to the church and to its magisterium.
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An All-Knowing God
Here is one of my bad habits. When someone tells me something they have discovered or experienced for the first time (and this especially happens with younger persons… a lot younger), I often respond with an air of indifference. Worse, sometimes I will respond with a similar experience that happened to myself. A sort of one-upmanship I guess…But for Leonie, when she hears someone sharing something new, her mouth drops open and her eyes widen.
It's as if she had never heard this kind of thing before. "Wow, that's great." she'll respond. And the kids faces brighten and they really feel her endorsement. I used to think Leonie was just acting and sooner or later they would find out she knew those things already.
But I've come to realise that it isn't an act at all. While she may have already experienced what she is being told, she's never experienced it through them. Their personal stories are entirely new.
It's the same with our all knowing and sovereign God. He still delights in hearing our stories of struggle and triumph. He is so eager for us to come and share and pray with Him because He has never heard them quite the way we say them. To Him we are all unique and He delights in our individual response. Our lives, our experiences, and our faith expressed to Him are never old news.


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Saturday, 23 January 2010
Can Scientists Be Morally Neutral? BBC4, Saturday 9.10pm
Over dinner, Michael Portillo and seven guests discuss whether scientists can be morally neutral in their pursuit of scientific knowledge. Should scientists take an ethical stand on how science is used? Should there be limits on what scientists are allowed to discover? What ethical dilemmas will be thrown up by the science of the future? Guests include Baroness Susan Greenfield, Mark Henderson, and Bryan Appleyard.
Saturday, 16 January 2010
A brief history of 2009 - New research into belief and non-belief by Tom Rees
Humnaists4Science committee member Dr Tom Rees Epiphenom blog has been very active during 2009. Here are some of his highlights....
Happy (Gregorian) New Year everyone! Let's kick off with a traditional round-up - 2009 was a great year for new research into belief and non-belief, and here's some of the highlights!
The highlight for me was my own paper. This added to the growing body of evidence that social conditions - particularly ones that increase feelings of insecurity - are a major reason why people turn to religion. A paper from Greg Paul also showed a link between religion and societal ill health. The Global Peace Index for 2009 was published, and the countries with the most atheists also scored the best.
Brain scans. Neuroimaging studies are starting to get under the skin of religious beliefs, and several this year showed the religious beliefs seem to tap into the neural pathways used for everyday life. For example, one showed that praying to God is much the same as interacting with another human.
We also learned that God wants the same thing as you happen to want, and also that people seem to create god in their own image. Sam Harris and colleagues showed that religious brains work in a pretty similar way to non-religious brains.
What are the effects of religion? Well, research this year showed that religion acts like an antidepressant, reducing anxiety over mistakes. We got some insights into the link between religion and homophobia, and found that religious prompts make people more obedient.
More highlights from 2009
Monday, 11 January 2010
Why is religion on the rise in so many countries by Dr Tom Rees, Humanists4Science
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Bump Jealousy (Prod. by The Purist), the latest cut from Danny Brown. It dropped on Thursday, January 24th, 2013. Danny Brown's horizons are broadening with each new release, and Jealousy (Prod. by The Purist) is no exception. It's a worthy addition to a catalogue that has seen much growth since Danny Brown stepped foot in the rap game. We're looking forward to hearing more.
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Often, I find that when classic groups get back together to release a new album, it never lives up to their previous hits of the past and makes me wish they hadn't done it in the first place. This new album by TLC assuages all of these fears as the group (sans Left Eye - rest in peace) delivers a 90s nostalgia trip that is exactly what I need from a summer release. In particular, my favorite track "It's Sunny" uses the backing track from Earth, Wind, and Fire's "September" and reworks it into another uplifting jam that exudes sunshine itself. It has become my go-to soundtrack for cleaning on the weekends, and whether you are a fan of TLC or not, you will not be disappointed with this upbeat album that proves that TLC never lost their iconic music making magic.
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What is MAUI MOISTURE®?
MAUI MOISTURE® starts with a unique blend of aloe vera and is infused with pure coconut water, unlike some other shampoos that start with deionized water as their first ingredient listed. The results? Moisturized strands, mended split-ends, and a healthy glow with every use.
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Regulatory board
ACCA's Regulatory Board was launched in September 2008, bringing together all of our previous governance arrangements for regulation and discipline into a single entity.
The remit of the Regulatory Board is to provide oversight of ACCA's disciplinary and regulatory activities, and to report to our Council on the fairness and impartiality of these activities. The Board also has responsibility for overseeing ACCA's examinations and other matters in relation to the integrity of the qualifications process.
Placing oversight of regulation and discipline at 'arm's length' from the governance of our other activities helps to reassure stakeholders that our arrangements are operated impartially, with integrity and in the public interest.
The Board is supported in its work by three sub-Boards - the Appointments, Qualifications and Standards boards. Each sub-Board is constituted as a self-standing Board and they report regularly to the Regulatory Board through their chairmen.
The Board comprises two members of our Council and six independent 'lay' appointees - non-accountants - one of whom is Lay Chairman.
Regulatory Board member profiles
Antony Townsend - Chairman of the Regulatory Board
Antony has been the Complaints Commissioner for the Financial Regulators since May 2014, in which role he considers complaints against the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority. He is also Chair of the UK and Ireland Regulatory Board of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and a member of its global Regulatory Board, a member of the Board of the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care and chair of its Scrutiny Committee, and a member of the Determinations Panel of the Pensions Regulator.
Antony was the Chief Executive of the Solicitors Regulation Authority from its establishment in 2006 until January 2014. In that role, he led major reforms in the regulation of solicitors including the introduction of a risk-based approach to regulation, and greater competition in the legal services market.
He was the General Dental Council's Chief Executive from 2001-2006, where he led a large reform programme to modernise dental regulation, involving legislative, structural and operational change, and including the extension of regulation to new groups of dental professionals. Before this, Antony held a number of senior roles at the General Medical Council, including Director of Standards and Education, and Head of Conduct. In all these roles, he worked extensively with the regulators of other professions, with consumer organisations, with professional representatives, and with government.
His earlier career was with the Home Office, where he worked primarily on criminal justice issues.
John Cullen - Council member of the Regulatory Board, Chairman of the Standards Board, Vice Chair of the Governance Design Committee
He is currently Chair of the Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies (CCAB), the voice of the accountancy profession in the UK and Ireland.
John is a Council member based in the UK. He joined ACCA's Council in 2013, having been a member since 1999 and a Fellow since 2004. John is currently employed at Menzies LLP. He has a background in business recovery, insolvency and best practice development of the industry.
Nora Nanayakkara - Lay member of the Regulatory Board – appointed 1 December 2018
Nora is Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee and a Non Executive Director on the Board of the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA). The UKSA is an independent public body that oversees the UK's official statistics system including the production of statistics at the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and their regulation through the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR). Nora also holds a number of other public service roles, including Non Executive Director on the steering board of the Intellectual Property Office (The IPO), where she also sits on the Audit & Risk Committee.
Private sector experience has been gathered through her international experiences as a Director of Operations at tech company Sedo, a German organisation that hosts a platform for web traffic monetization and domain name sales. Having launched Sedo's UK presence, Nora was appointed as a Non Executive Director to the Board of the private limited company Nominet, which runs a critical piece of the UK's digital infrastructure; the .uk domain name register. She served three terms there and was then appointed by Nominet as Senior Independent Trustee to the board of its corporate foundation, the Nominet Trust, which managed a multimillion pound fund to award funding to tech entrepreneurs who developed innovative tech solutions to society's problems.
As well as her cross sectoral non executive portfolio and governance roles, Nora brings valuable experience of professional regulation through her role as a lay fitness to practice panellist at the General Dental Council (GDC), as a lay Chair at the General Osteopathic Council (GOsC) and as an independent member of the Bar Council's audit committee.He is currently Chair of the Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies (CCAB), the voice of the accountancy profession in the UK and Ireland.
Geoffrey Podger - Lay member of the Regulatory Board
Geoffrey Podger is currently Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Risk Management, King's College, London. He also acts in a number of non-executive roles and undertakes consultancy work.
He has been Chair of the Board of the Government Actuary's Department since November 2015 His main professional interests lie in the fields of risk and regulation, workplace health and safety and management of healthcare.
In his previous public service career, he managed four regulatory related agencies in the UK, the European Union and New Zealand. He has also worked in three UK Government Departments including the Department of Health. Geoffrey was awarded the CB in 2003.
Ronnie Patton - Council member of the Regulatory Board
Ronnie has been an ACCA member since 1981 and he was elected to Council in 2014. He is Senior Lecturer in Professional Accounting Practice at Ulster University, a post he has held since 2003.
He has been an educator since 1989, having previously worked in a number of industries, professional practice and consultancy.
His has extensive experience of designing and delivering academic, professional and vocational courses and developing the curriculum. He is a past examiner and coordinator within the ACCA examination system, and is a past president of ACCA Ireland.
David Thomas - Lay member of the Regulatory Board
David qualified as a solicitor in 1969, later becoming a Council member of The Law Society, Committee member of the City of London Law Society and President of Liverpool Law Society. In 1997, he was appointed Banking Ombudsman. On creation of the Financial Ombudsman Service in 2000, he became Principal Ombudsman and from 2009 to 2010 was Chief Ombudsman.
His current roles include chairman of the Channel Islands Financial Ombudsman and membership of the Policy Expert Group of Which? (the Consumers' Association). David has advised internationally on consumer protection in more than 30 countries, including for The World Bank, the European Commission and the United States Agency for International Development.
Dr Suzy Walton - Lay member of the Regulatory Board and Chairman of Qualifications Board
Suzy is a former Senior Civil Servant from the Cabinet Office and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) with a Ph.D. from classified research in the MoD. She is a Chartered Director, Chartered Scientist and a Chartered Occupational Psychologist.
Suzy serves on various boards and committees, including many in Government, such as the State Honours Committee and the disciplinary panel for the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (JCIO). She is currently a Board member of the Institute of Directors (for whom she also chairs the Accreditation and Standards Committee and the Remuneration Committee) and Combat Stress which runs hospitals for veterans with PTSD. For Combat Stress she has also chaired the Clinical Governance Committee for the past decade. Suzy is also the Vice President Elect of the Royal Society of Medicine.
Previously Suzy has served as the Deputy Chairman of the University of Westminster, the Royal Society of Arts and the Internet Watch Foundation. She has also been on the Board of Birmingham Children's Hospital, the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and the UK government's Science Advisory Council. She has also served on the Ethics Group of the National DNA Database in the Home Office and the board of the National Specialist Commissioning Group in the Department of Health.
Previously Suzy was a producer, presenter and editor in radio and television. She also had a three years stint as a West End actress and she is the mother of six children.
Lucy Winskell - Lay member of the Regulatory Board – appointed 1 December 2018
Lucy is Pro Vice-Chancellor (Employability & Partnerships) at Northumbria University, a full time role where she leads the development of Northumbria's relationships with local government and public bodies, shaping its contribution to regional economic, cultural and social development and graduate employment. She is currently establishing a small campus in Amsterdam as part of Northumbria's Internationalisation Strategy.
Prior to joining Northumbria University in 2010, Lucy was a litigation lawyer for 28 years. During that time as a lawyer Lucy gained a very deep and rich experience of membership organisations and the regulation of professionals, sitting on the Council of the Law Society of England and Wales, on the board of the Solicitors Regulation Authority and President of Newcastle Law Society.
She has extensive non-executive director experience. Appointments have included Government Office North East, Darlington Building Society, the British Chambers of Commerce, the North East Industrial Development Board and the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the last two being Ministerial appointments.
Currently she is Chairman of the Board of the North East England Chamber of Commerce; a Board member of the British Chambers of Commerce, and a non-executive Director of North East Access to Finance.
Lucy has international experience as a former UK President of the Union Internationale des Avocats, and served as UK chair of the British-American Project, the think-tank and international network for Anglo-US business and cultural relations.
She is a Trustee of Live Theatre and International Centre for Life, both in Newcastle upon Tyne, and became Chairman of the Heritage Lottery Fund North East Committee in June 2017. She is a Board Member of The Community Foundation, Tyne and Wear and Northumberland.
Lucy was awarded an OBE in the Queen's Birthday 2014 Honours List in recognition for her services to Higher Education and the regional economy in the North East. She was appointed as Deputy Lieutenant of Tyne and Wear in 2014 and was High Sheriff of Tyne and Wear 2015/16.


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He's Watching wins Meadowlands Pace
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — He's Watching rallied to win the $776,000 Meadowlands Pace on Saturday night, tying the fastest time in the history of harness racing.
The time was 1:46 4/5 for the mile.
Tim Tetrick was in the sulky for his fourth win in the Meadowlands Pace for 3-year-olds. He's Watching beat Always B Miki by 2 1/2 lengths for his 11th victory in 14 starts.
He's Watching, trained by David Menary, paid $6.20, $3.80 and $3.40.
Always B Miki returned $5.80 and $4.60 while Tellitlikeitis paid $8.20 to show.


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Tag Archives: Sadness
A Friend Recommends: A Day Off To Be Sad
A close friend asked me how I was doing with all the recent stress and insanity.
I had to take a deep breath and think of a reply that wouldn't lead him to concern or outright panic.
"I'm doing OK, kinda, sorta, maybe," I said. "I can manage everything, provided I don't take time to think too much, or nothing goes wrong in any given day, and nothing breaks or needs attention that I didn't plan on…"
Our eyes meet as my voice trails off. He knows why. It's guilt, a lack of time and too much to do to take time to do "nothing."
"Have you started grieving yet?"
I have, but it's also been in a "sort-of, kinda" way. I start and stop. I go forward with it, then draw back, because there is a job to go to, writing to get done, meals to make, housework. I don't know how much space to leave for grief and sadness, and how to get it done. My friend and I are get-it-done, in-charge types who are used to managing things in a nice, linear sort of way. When life throws a stinkbomb into the works, we'll do anything we can to fashion some kind of workaround, while we take care of others around us.
But sometimes, there are no means to go up, under or over the roadblocks. You have to plant yourself in a chair and let the moment absorb you, rather than the other way around. My friend recommended I take a day just to be sad. Go to the beach, he said. Sit and look at the ocean. Cry and remember the good and bad times. Just let it all go. You'll never really be ready to move on to the next place if you don't leave this one.
He's right, and the day is scheduled. It' s odd to take out the calendar and mark off "SAD DAY" for Saturday.Nov. 10. It's just the next day I happen to have open and available (don't laugh; I had to make a doctor's appointment for December, and I had only one morning available for it). I'll find a stretch of deserted beach, and take a chair, a cooler and my thoughts. Oh, and a notepad, of course.
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Factor V Leiden is a common inherited genetic disorder in which your blood has an increased tendency to form clots (thrombophilia), usually in your veins.
Although blood clots can form at any age, for most people the increased risk of clotting doesn't begin until adulthood. Most people with factor V Leiden never develop abnormal clots. However, some people with factor V Leiden develop clots that lead to long-term health problems or are life-threatening.
Both men and women can have factor V Leiden, but women may have an increased tendency to develop blood clots during pregnancy or when taking the hormone estrogen.
If you have factor V Leiden, medications can lessen your risk of developing blood clots and help you avoid potentially serious complications.
It's possible to have factor V Leiden without ever developing signs or symptoms. However, the first indication that you have the disorder may be the development of a blood clot (thrombosis).
Some clots do no damage and disappear on their own. Others can be life-threatening. Clots can form in your arteries or veins, but with factor V Leiden, they're much more likely to form in your veins.
Symptoms of a venous clot depend on where it forms and whether and where it travels:
- A clot developing in a deep vein. This is known as deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Signs and symptoms may include pain, significant swelling, redness and warmth in the affected limbs, most commonly your legs, including your ankles and feet.
- A clot that forms closer to the surface of your skin. This is referred to as superficial venous thrombosis, phlebitis or thrombophlebitis. Signs and symptoms usually include warmth, tenderness, pain and redness in the affected area.
- A clot that travels to your lungs. Known as a pulmonary embolism, this occurs when a deep vein clot breaks free and travels through the right side of your heart to your lung, where it blocks blood flow. Symptoms may include sudden shortness of breath, chest pain when breathing in, a cough that produces bloody or blood-streaked sputum and rapid heartbeat (tachycardia).
When to see a doctor
See a doctor:
- If your family has a history of blood clots or if family members have factor V Leiden. Ask your doctor about the risks and benefits of genetic testing for the disorder.
- If you've had one or more blood-clotting incidents without an apparent cause.
- If you develop signs or symptoms of DVT, such as leg pain and swelling.
- If you develop signs or symptoms of a pulmonary embolism, such as chest pain or discomfort. Seek medical attention immediately.
A blood clot (thrombus) normally forms to stop the bleeding when an artery or vein is damaged, such as when you experience a cut. Clots form as a result of chemical reactions between specialized blood cells (platelets) and proteins in your blood (clotting factors). Anti-clotting factors control excessive formation of blood clots. One of the clotting proteins is factor V. People with factor V Leiden have a genetic mutation that results in factor V protein responding more slowly to the anti-clotting factors.
In the normal clotting process, anti-clotting proteins combine to help break up factor V to keep it from being reused and forming clots when clotting isn't needed. However, the factor V Leiden mutation keeps the anti-clotting proteins from breaking down factor V, which keeps it in the blood longer and increases the chance of clotting.
If you have factor V Leiden, you either inherited one copy of the defective gene (heterozygous), which slightly increases your risk of developing blood clots, or you inherited two copies, one from each parent (homozygous), which significantly increases your risk.
The abnormal blood clotting of factor V Leiden can lead to a variety of serious and potentially serious complications, including:
- Pregnancy complications. Although most women with factor V Leiden have normal pregnancies, the mutation has been linked with an increased risk of miscarriage and possibly other complications during pregnancy, including pregnancy-induced high blood pressure (preeclampsia), slow fetal growth and early separation of the placenta from the uterine wall (placental abruption). If you're a woman with factor V Leiden and you get pregnant, you're doctor should monitor you carefully throughout your pregnancy.
- Deep vein thrombosis (DVT). A complication of a deep vein clot can be damage to the valves in the veins in your affected leg, which normally serve to keep the blood flowing upward to your heart. This may result in a condition called chronic venous insufficiency, which causes chronic swelling and discoloration in your lower legs, because of the impaired blood flow.
- Pulmonary embolism. DVT puts you at risk of a clot breaking off and traveling to your lungs or, rarely, your brain. A pulmonary embolism can be fatal, so it's important to watch for signs and symptoms of a pulmonary embolism and to seek prompt medical attention.
Your doctor may suspect you have factor V Leiden if:
- You have a family history of the disorder
- You've had two or more blood-clotting incidents, especially if you're younger than 50
- You're a woman who's had recurrent miscarriages or unexplained pregnancy complications
Your doctor may refer you to a specialist in genetic disorders (geneticist) or a specialist in blood disorders (hematologist) for testing to determine whether the cause of your blood clots is genetic, and specifically, whether you have the factor V Leiden mutation. Because appointments can be brief, and because there's often a lot of ground to cover, it's a good idea to be well prepared for your appointment. Here's some information to help you get ready for your appointment, and to know what to expect from your doctor.
What you can do
- Be aware of any pre-appointment restrictions. At the time you make the appointment, be sure to ask if there's anything you need to do in advance, such as restrict your diet.
- Write down any symptoms you're experiencing, including any that may seem unrelated to the reason for which you scheduled the appointment.
- Write down your health history, including your history of blood clots. Also include any family history of blood clots or known factor V mutations.
- Write down key personal information, including any major stresses or recent life changes.
- Make a list of all medications, as well as any vitamins or supplements, you're taking.
- Take a family member or friend along, if possible. It can be difficult to soak up all the information provided to you during an appointment. Someone who accompanies you may remember something that you missed or forgot.
- Write down questions to ask your doctor.
Your time with your doctor is limited, so preparing a list of questions will help you make the most of your time together. List your questions from most important to least important in case time runs out. For factor V Leiden, some basic questions to ask your doctor include:
- What kinds of tests do I need?
- Should I see a specialist? What will that cost, and will my insurance cover seeing a specialist?
- Are there any brochures or other printed material that I can take home with me? What Web sites do you recommend visiting?
If your doctor recommends genetic testing, questions to ask the genetic specialist include:
- How accurate is this test?
- What are the risks of the test?
- What information will come out of the test?
- What will a positive or negative result tell me?
- Might the results of the test affect my ability to obtain health insurance?
- Is an uncertain result possible, and what would that mean?
- What are my options for treating the disease if a mutation is found?
- What other family members might be affected?
- How do I broach the subject with them?
- Could this disorder affect my children before they're grown? Should they be tested?
- What measures are in place to protect my privacy?
- How often have you performed the test?
- How experienced is the lab in performing this test?
- How long will it take to get results back?
In addition to the questions that you've prepared to ask your doctor, don't hesitate to ask questions during your appointment any time you don't understand something or need more information.
If you've had one or more episodes of thrombosis or pregnancy loss or if you have a strong family history of thrombotic disease, your doctor can confirm that you have factor V Leiden with a blood test. Two types of tests can be done:
- Activated protein C resistance test. Your blood sample may be tested to determine whether your blood is resistant to activated protein C, one of the anti-clotting proteins that help control factor V. This is known as an activated protein C (APC) resistance assay. If your blood is resistant to activated protein C, it's likely that you have a mutation in the factor V gene.
- Genetic test. A genetic test either is done as a secondary test to confirm the results of the APC resistance assay or is done alone to determine whether you have a factor V gene mutation. If you're already taking medication for thrombosis, you're likely to have only the genetic test because blood-thinning drugs interfere with the activated protein C resistance test. The genetic test also can determine whether you've inherited one or two copies of the gene mutation.
Doctors generally use blood-thinning (anticoagulant) medications, such as warfarin (Coumadin), heparin or low molecular weight heparin to treat people who develop blood clots.
If you've been tested because of a family history of factor V Leiden, and have not had any blood clots, then your doctor probably won't prescribe blood thinners unless you're in a high-risk situation, such as being hospitalized for surgery or other medical reasons. In that case, you may receive preventive doses of blood thinners during your hospital stay.
If you have a thrombosis, standard initial treatment involves a combination of heparin and warfarin. Your doctor will discontinue the heparin after the initial treatment and continue the warfarin. How long you need to take medication will depend on the circumstances of your thrombosis.
- Heparin. This anticoagulant medication works more quickly than warfarin does, but until recently, it had to be administered through a vein and monitored closely. Newer forms of heparin — enoxaparin (Lovenox) and dalteparin (Fragmin) — are known as low molecular weight heparin, which you can inject yourself. Heparin is considered safe to take during pregnancy.
- Warfarin (Coumadin). This anticoagulant comes in pill form, so it's easier to take than heparin is. Rarely, warfarin can cause birth defects, so it isn't usually recommended during pregnancy, especially not during the first trimester. A doctor may prescribe warfarin after the first trimester of pregnancy, but only if the benefits of using it outweigh the risks.
Pregnancy considerations
Anticoagulation therapy is particularly complex during pregnancy. The therapy is expensive, requires regular injections and carries some significant risks of side effects.
Ongoing monitoring
If you're taking anticoagulant medication, your doctor will monitor your dose with blood tests to be sure your blood is capable of clotting enough to stop your bleeding if you bruise or cut yourself.