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Day 1: Thursday, 30th April, '09
Back in KL again for the Labor Day weekend from the 30th April until 4th May. It was supposed to be a low-key weekend to settle a lot of stuff with SL, with the 'big day' coming real soon and all. My first day in KL was on a Thursday, a working day, so SL was not free to settle the stuff, and most of my mates were not free to teman me except for TJ. So off I went to the 'Curve' as there's a warehouse sale for Zara, Massimo Dutti and Pull & Bear stuff. Went there early to shop first and met TJ later for dinner. Have to queue for almost 30 minutes to get it, and it was sandwich to sandwich in there. Bought a Massimo Dutti shirt for RM100 (normal price was RM400 I heard?) and a Zara top for RM30. Will wear them out after I get to wash them clean first ;)
Went for a quick dinner with TJ at Sakae Sushi, chitchatted the whole while and catched up on things. Congrats on getting that job!! ;) Sakae Sushi was as packed and as noisy as ever, so after 2 hours there, we left as there was a "yamca session with the Akurians" later.
Now why I used inverted commas is a very interesting thought. I thought there will be a yamca session, as I've messaged most of them on where to meet and what time. The replies were the standard and monotonous "SS15", "somewhere near-by", and "I'll be late, you guys go ahead first". The usual, typical and regular Akurian correspondences and probably due to that (and the unceremonious month of May, I mean who has birthdays etc in May??) my guard was low. And how sorry I was for lowering my defences!!!
It all began with a phone call. I got the call that SL was coming over to my house. Fine, no problems. Then Maj called to say that she can't join the yamca session and she'll drop by to get her bottle of 'Bailey's' I bought for her in Labuan. Fine, no problems. Maj arrived, we exchanged the goods and a conversation, and I started to walk back into my house. And at the precise moment that I thought she'll be leaving, I felt a sudden splash of water on my leg and back. It wasn't even a SPLASH, it was a soft spatter of water on my back. I turned around and I saw VJ and Theva holding plastic pails in their hands. At that moment I still couldn't comprehend what had happened. My mind was swirling with questions like 'what the heck are they doing here' and 'why the heck they are holding plastic pails'? They didn't speak a word or made a sound. Then I think I mumbled 'Ehhhhhhhh' and I realized with a weight of a ton bricks that this is IT. This is actually IT. A freakin' PRANK. A split second later, all hell breaks loose and I'm splash with water from right left and center. I was vulnerable, defenceless and unprepared. I was a victim of a surprise birthday attack. AGAIN. Deja-freakin'-vu.
A few minutes later, when all the water had been vanquished from their pails, I just had to laugh. It was freakin' April and they are doing the birthday surprise now?? My birthday's in June for God's sake!!! That had me, and they had me good. For the SECOND time!!! Kudos for the advanced advance planning and effort!!! You guys just rock. Here's the pix taken from Maj's cam and blog. Hope you guys had your fun, coz I'll have my revenge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Filling the pails while looking out for my presence. Must be very exciting eh??
They wait like thieves in the night. You guys are damn lucky no police guys pass-by!!
Attack water being filled using MY water hose!!! MY WATERHOSE!!! It's just like being slapped with my OWN hand!!! AARRGGHHHHH!!!!
All set and ready to go. Uncle being as enthusiastic as ever. The Pangkor attack still lingers in your consciousness I see ;)
No pictures during the attack unfortunately, but the aftermath shows an obvious amount of damage had been done to me. Mostly psychological, unfortunately.


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This year's conferences covering HIV/AIDS and liver disease featured numerous presentations concerning hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in people with HIV. Below are highlights from several of the most interesting reports.
Hepatitis C Treatment
Numerous studies looked at hepatitis C treatment in people coinfected with HIV and HCV. HCV treatment has improved in recent years, but as many as half of all treated patients do not achieve a sustained virological response (SVR) -- an undetectable HCV viral load six months after finishing treatment -- which is usually considered a cure. Plus, response rates are lower for coinfected people as compared to those with HCV alone. Many presentations focused on individually tailored treatment -- including higher doses of peg-interferon or ribavirin and longer treatment length -- as well as looking at which factors predict response to treatment.
The Spanish PRESCO trial studied one brand of peg-interferon (Pegasys) plus ribavirin in 389 people coinfected with HCV and HIV. Those with hard-to-treat HCV genotypes (1 or 4 -- about 60% of the total) received treatment for either the standard duration of 48 weeks or for 72 weeks. Those with genotypes 2 or 3 (which respond better to treatment) received either the standard 24 weeks or 48 weeks. At the 14th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in February, researchers reported that the overall SVR rates were 35% for people with genotype 1 or 4 and 72% for those with genotype 2 or 3, but extending the length of treatment did not reduce the risk of relapse for any of the genotypes.
The higher SVR rate in this study than in earlier ones (for example, the pivotal APRICOT trial reported SVR rates of 29% for genotype 1 and 62% for genotypes 2 or 3) may be due to the fact that people in PRESCO had higher CD4 counts (at least 300) and were using higher doses of ribavirin, based on body weight. In addition, they were less likely to use Videx or Retrovir (AZT), both of which can lead to worse side effects when taken with ribavirin.
The researchers found that an undetectable HCV viral load four weeks after starting treatment predicted eventual SVR. As is the case for HIV-negative people, those who did not demonstrate a four-week response were unlikely to later achieve an SVR, suggesting that the four-week mark can guide decisions about whether to stop treatment early. Interferon can cause difficult side effects, so many people prefer to stop treatment that is not likely to produce a cure. Starting treatment with a lower HCV viral load also predicted a higher chance of SVR in people with genotype 1.
At the Digestive Disease Week (DDW) meeting in May, Alex Monto reported surprisingly good outcomes in a study of 21 HIV-positive and 112 HIV-negative patients with hepatitis C. Coinfected people actually had a slightly higher SVR rate than those with HCV alone (62% vs. 47%), although the difference was not large enough to reach statistical significance. However, the coinfected patients were about twice as likely (48% vs. 23%) to need EPO injections to manage anemia due to ribavirin. Coinfected people taking "friendly" nucleosides (any other than Retrovir, Videx, or Zerit) or none at all were more likely to respond to interferon treatment.
In another study, presented at the 4th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS) in July, Michael Polis and colleagues treated 11 coinfected patients with Pegasys either once weekly for 48 weeks or twice weekly for four weeks followed by once weekly for an additional 44 weeks. Everyone also took ribavirin. After one week, 72% in the double-dose arm achieved more than a one log reduction in HCV viral load, compared with 9% in the standard-dose arm. Side effects were similar in both groups, but people in the double-dose arm were more likely to achieve an SVR (40% vs. 18%).
Research has shown that people who achieve an SVR experience slower liver disease progression, and may even have a reduction in the degree of fibrosis or cirrhosis (scarring of the liver). In promising news, Anna De Bona reported that interferon appears to reduce the rate of cirrhosis progression even in coinfected people who do not achieve an SVR. In a look back at 25 untreated patients and 25 who were treated but did not achieve an SVR, half the untreated patients saw their cirrhosis progress, compared to just 16% of the non-responders.
Other encouraging news came from Mark Swain, who reported at the DDW meeting that people who achieve an SVR after 24 weeks of treatment have a very good chance of remaining permanently free of HCV. In a study of HIV-negative patients who achieved an SVR, 989 out of 997 -- or 99% -- still had undetectable HCV viral load five years later. Further research is needed to find out if this will also hold true for coinfected individuals.
Sexual Transmission of HCV
In recent years, outbreaks of HCV that appears to be sexually transmitted have been reported among gay and bisexual men in large European cities, most of whom also have HIV. To date, nearly 400 such cases have been reported in London and Brighton in the U.K., with smaller clusters in France, Germany, and the Netherlands. Similar small outbreaks have also been reported in Australia and the U.S.
At the IAS conference, Mark Danta reported on a study exploring how these outbreaks are related. The researchers constructed "family trees" of HCV taken from 107 men who have sex with men (MSM) in the U.K., 51 in the Netherlands, 24 in Germany, and eight in France. Although half the men had HCV genotype 1a, which is common in Europe, an unusually high number had genotype 4d, the predominant type in Africa and the Middle East. The analysis revealed ten clusters of related HCV strains which accounted for 88% of all infections. Seven clusters contained HCV strains from more than one country, while four included HCV from more than two countries. These findings suggest a large HCV transmission network among HIV-positive MSM in Europe, likely due to travel between cities. (Powerpoint)
Axel Schmidt studied 22 coinfected MSM in Germany with no history of injection drug use and 44 people with HIV but no HCV. Risk factors for HCV included use of intranasal drugs like cocaine, a history of major surgery, group sex, more than five episodes of unprotected anal sex within the past year, fisting, and use of Viagra. In a multi-factor analysis, however, only intranasal drug use and anal injuries during sex remained statistically significant. Julie Fox reported on 12 MSM with recent HIV infection in London who also became infected with HCV. The median time between HIV and HCV infection was 17 months. Although there was only one new HCV diagnosis in 2003 and 2004, the number rose to six in 2005 and four in 2006. All the men reported unprotected anal sex and use of recreational drugs (including intranasal use).
Martin Fisher from Brighton reported at CROI that sexual transmission of HCV also occurs among HIV-negative MSM. After screening more than 7,000 patients at an HIV/STD clinic since 2000, the researchers identified 25 new HCV infections: 16 in HIV-positive men, five in HIV-negative men, and four in men of unknown HIV status. The number increased from zero cases in 2000-2002 to 13 cases in 2006. New HCV diagnosis was linked to fisting, unprotected anal sex, multiple partners, other STDs, and non-injection drug use (including intranasal use). Although HIV-positive men were about 13 times more likely to be diagnosed with hepatitis C, this study shows that HIV-negative MSM are also at risk.
Together, these studies emphasize the need for increased education and prevention efforts, and suggest that at-risk MSM -- both HIV-positive and -negative -- should be routinely screened for hepatitis C.
Antiretroviral Treatment Interruption
Structured HIV treatment interruption is a controversial issue, with several recent studies showing that certain types of treatment breaks encourage disease progression. The largest of these, the SMART trial, found that stopping HAART (highly active antiretroviral therapy) when the CD4 count fell below 350 and restarting when it reached 250 led not only to more HIV-related opportunistic illnesses, but also to a higher rate of cardiovascular, kidney. and liver complications compared with continuous HAART.
Two studies at the IAS conference looked at people with hepatitis B or C in SMART. Of the 5,472 people with HIV in the study, 2% had HBV, 14.6% had HCV, and 0.25% had both HBV and HCV. There were few deaths due to opportunistic illnesses in either the continuous treatment or the interruption group, and overall death rates were comparable.
But Ellen Tedaldi reported that people coinfected with HBV or HCV had nearly four times the risk of death due to non-opportunistic illnesses. They made up just 17% of all participants, but they accounted for almost 50% of non-opportunistic deaths. Although the most common non-opportunistic causes of death among the coinfected patients were related to substance abuse (overdose, for example) and non-AIDS defining cancers, coinfected people were more likely to die of liver or kidney disease than people with HIV alone, and more often died from unknown causes. The researchers concluded that HIV treatment interruptions may be particularly harmful for people with HBV or HCV, who already have a higher underlying risk of death. (Powerpoint)
In the second SMART analysis, Greg Dore and colleagues studied whether coinfected patients were more likely than those with HIV alone to have restarted HAART because their CD4 count fell below 250. Since some HIV meds are active against both HIV and HBV, people with both viruses who are taking these drugs face an increased risk of progression of both diseases when they interrupt therapy (study investigators discouraged enrollment of people who needed antiretroviral drugs to control HBV). Indeed, the researchers found that HIV/HBV coinfected participants were significantly more likely to have restarted HAART, and did so sooner after treatment interruption, than either HIV/HCV coinfected patients or those with HIV alone. Although the number of HIV/HBV coinfected participants in SMART was small, these findings suggest they may be at risk for faster HIV disease progression after interrupting HAART. (Powerpoint)
Liver Disease Progression in People With HIV
Past research has shown that people with both HIV and HCV tend to experience more rapid liver disease progression than people who have HCV alone, suggesting that they may benefit from earlier hepatitis C treatment. Some recent studies, however, suggest that faster progression is linked to CD4 counts rather than HIV infection itself.
At the IAS meeting, Hla Thein presented results of an analysis of 17 studies of liver fibrosis progression in HIV/HCV coinfected individuals. The overall probability of developing liver cirrhosis was 24% after 20 years and 75% after 40 years -- higher than the rate seen in HIV-negative people with HCV, which is around 14% after 20 years. Use of HAART, however, was linked to slowed liver disease progression. (Powerpoint)
In a study presented at the 42nd European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) meeting in April, Marianne Ziol compared liver fibrosis progression and immune responses in 33 HIV-positive and 33 HIV-negative people with HCV. Everyone with HIV had a CD4 count above 250 and none in either group had been treated for hepatitis C. The researchers found that both groups had similar fibrosis scores (2.69 vs. 2.72 on the Ishak scale of 0-4) and a similar fibrosis progression rate. The frequency and strength of HCV-specific immune responses were also similar. Regardless of HIV status, faster fibrosis progression was associated with reduced HCV-specific immune response.
Two studies presented at CROI also support a link between immune function and liver disease progression. In a study of 1,101 HIV/HCV coinfected Spanish patients, Jose Garcia-Garcia reported that the rate of end-stage liver disease was relatively low: about 6% developed decompensated cirrhosis and 3% died of liver-related causes. But complications like abdominal swelling (ascites), enlarged liver, and death due to liver disease were more common among people who had smaller CD4 cell gains (less than 100) after starting HAART. Looking at coinfected participants in the Swiss HIV Cohort, Andri Rauch and colleagues found that those with low CD4 counts had significantly higher HCV viral loads, though what this means in terms of disease progression is not known.
Another study presented at the same conference suggested that HIV-positive people newly infected with HCV may progress faster to advanced liver disease. Daniel Fierer and colleagues performed liver biopsies on five HIV-positive New York City men with acute HCV infection. Despite being recently diagnosed with hepatitis C, four already had moderate (stage 2) fibrosis and moderate or severe liver inflammation. Typically, it takes years or decades for fibrosis to progress to this extent. All five men had no other contributing factors (like heavy alcohol use), and all had relatively high CD4 cell counts (from about 250 to 700). All but one were on HAART. Although this study was small, it suggests that liver disease progression may be accelerated in people who already have HIV at the time of HCV infection, underlining the need for further research.
Baraclude Active Against HIV
Looking at HBV/HIV coinfection, Chloe Thio reported at CROI that, contrary to previous reports, the hepatitis B drug Baraclude (entecavir) is also active against HIV and may lead to HIV drug resistance.
Several drugs (Epivir, Emtriva, and Viread) are active against both HIV and HBV, and experts advise that HIV/HBV coinfected people should include at least one of these in their antiretroviral regimens. However, Baraclude was often recommended for coinfected patients being treated for hepatitis B who did not yet require HAART, since using a single HIV drug leads to drug resistance.
Thio's team identified three HIV/HBV coinfected patients not on HAART whose HIV viral load dropped by at least a log after starting Baraclude. They then confirmed the activity of Baraclude against HIV in laboratory tests, and found that it led to the emergence of the M184V mutation, which causes resistance to Epivir and Emtriva. This contradicts extensive prior testing by the drug's maker, Bristol-Myers Squibb, showing that Baraclude was not active against HIV. At the 47th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) in September, the same team reported that Baraclude only partially inhibits HIV, and that the M184V mutation emerges slowly, and not in all cases.
Based on these findings, Bristol-Myers Squibb and the FDA revised the Baraclude product label, and treatment guidelines were updated to recommend that the drug not be used alone by HIV/HBV coinfected patients who are not also taking HAART. This leaves Tyzeka (telbivudine) as the only approved HBV treatment (besides interferon) that appears to have no activity against HIV.
Links to more abstracts are available at the following conference websites:
Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI):
European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL):
International AIDS Society (IAS):
Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC):
Liz Highleyman is a San Francisco-based freelance medical writer.

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204. MARIE CURIE: Our happy place
"Humanity surely needs practical men who make the best of their work for the sake of their own interests, without forgetting the general interest. But it also needs DREAMERS, for whom the unselfish following of a purpose is so imperative that it becomes impossible for them to devote much attention to their own material benefit." – Marie Sklowdowska Curie
Marie and Pierre Curie needed a lab. Even though they had discovered two new elements, Polonium (named after Marie's native country of Poland) and Radium, the elements still had to be isolated and measured. The Curie's had figured out that the ore pitchblende had small amounts of radium within it and now needed a suitable workplace where they could extract the new element from the ore. The University of Paris, where Pierre worked, let them use an old dissecting shed which wasn't being used because it was deemed unfit to leave cadavers in. That's right, unfit for dead people but fine for a couple of physicists!
A visiting scientist described the place as follows: "It was a cross between a stable and a potato-cellar, and, if I had not seen the worktable with the chemical apparatus, I would have thought it a practical joke."
In Marie, Pierre had found his dream woman: someone who loved science as much as he did. In one of the rare letters from him (there weren't many since they were hardly ever apart) he proposed that they spend their life together: "It would, nevertheless, be a beautiful thing in which I hardly dare believe, to pass through life together hypnotized in our dreams: your dream for your country; our dream for humanity; our dream for science." After they got married, Pierre was so fascinated by Marie's research on radioactivity, he gave up his own work on crystals to help her. With barely any money or materials, the pair humbly worked away in their crappy, cold, wet and wooden shed. For four years, from 1898 to 1902, Marie processed piles and piles of pitchblende. This painstaking task involved boiling the raw ore again and again to seperate all the various elements. After four years of ardous work and after processing one tonne of pitchblende, her sample of radium chloride weighed 0.1 gram. Now that's finding a needle in a haystack.
When Pierre and Marie were awarded the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work, Marie was initially left out of the honour. Only after Pierre complained was Marie awarded the Prize. You can imagine the Nobel committee discussing it: "She's just his wife, surely she didn't contribute. Pierre must have done ALL the work." Just for good measure, Marie won ANOTHER Nobel Prize, this time in Chemistry in 1911, becoming the first person to win twice and still the only person to have won in two different science fields. And just for extra good measure, their daughter Iréne Joliot-Curie won a Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1935. Talk about an over-achieving family.
Of course at the time, the Curies were unaware of the health dangers of working with radioactive materials. Both of them suffered radiation burns and poisoning. Pierre would even burn himself intentionally to track the effects. Today, Marie's notes and personal belongings are still highly radioactive and will be for another 1500 years. Although Marie would eventually succumb to radiation-related illness at age 66, Pierre was tragically killed in 1906 after getting trampled by a horse carriage. Marie was devastated: "It is impossible for me to express the profoundness and importance of the crisis brought into my life by the loss of the one who had been my closest companion and best friend. Crushed by the blow, I did not feel able to face the future. I could not forget, however, what my husband used sometimes to say, that, even deprived of him, I ought to continue my work."
That she did, with Marie dedicating herself to the new science of radioactivity for the rest of her life. She took over her husband's professorship, becoming the first female professor at the University of Paris, founded the Radium institute, pioneered the use of X-rays and the use of radiotherapy to fight cancer. Not only that, during World War I and eager to help in the war effort, Marie designed and helped build mobile X-ray units that could assist surgeons operate on wounded soldiers. She would drive these mobile units to the front lines herself and was responsible for over 200 X-ray units being installed which treated over a million soldiers.
But it was those early years spent with Pierre in the abandoned shed where Marie spent her happiest and most creative days. It's clear that the setting for creative work is not important at all. Einstein got his best ideas in a Swiss patent office, Marie's best years of her career were in a damp, dirty, derelict university 'potato-cellar'. You don't need the best laboratory, biggest studio or the fanciest tools – just a curious mind, a clear purpose, dedication, and love for the work. Having a lover, peer and companion who shares your vision doesn't hurt either.
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Hmm this morning on CNN there was a bit on Prosopagnosia. I missed it but some folks were kind enough to provide a link to the related story on the CNN website.
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Hmm this morning on CNN there was a bit on Prosopagnosia. I missed it but some folks were kind enough to provide a link to the related story on the CNN website.
Yeah, still talking about Prosopagnosia. Why all the interest? Well, after first hearing about it, the more I learned, the more times I was thinking to myself "OMG – I have the same exact experiences" and "That's me! That's me too! I do that!"
Here's one of many, many examples: I've always sucked at recognizing people I should have known. I once spent 2 or 3 minutes in conversation with a 'stranger' who'd simply approached me on the street. I thought he was just very friendly so I politely talked with him. After a couple minutes I figured the polite thing to do was ask his name. He responded with a shocked, perhaps offended look, before telling me. The 'stranger' whom I had 'never met before' was a long time family friend whom I had met many times before. He was also our town's mayor and even if I didn't know him personally I had seen him in the paper or on the tv many times too. This is not to say that I had forgotten him or who he was. Nothing of the sort. I simply could not recognize him by looking at his face.
Another example: A friend was showing me photographs he had taken at an event only a week previously. I pointed to one of the pictures and asked who that was, not recognizing the woman at all. My friend looked at me sort of lost, not knowing what to say. After a few more seconds I realized that the stranger I was pointing at, was me!
Another example: Went to a get-together, met someone interesting, and spent the evening talking with her about all kinds of stuff. After the get-together was over, we ended up talking another hour or so while standing outside next to our cars. Probably spent about 6 or 7 hours in total, at the get-together then afterwards, in this person's presence. A week later when I encountered the person again, I had no idea they're the one I'd had such a great evening talking with. I remembered the night, remembered the conversation, but had no memory of the face, of who it was. In fact it wasn't till years later that I was talking with 'someone else' about something else and she mentioned in passing, that she remembered what a good conversation that was that we'd had, lasting so long out in the parking lot. I was stunned to realize it was her, stunned that I didn't remember it had been her, but of course I'd learned long before, never to let on about such 'blunders'. People are often offended when they feel that they have been 'forgotten'.
I could go on with many other similar stories, but they're similar so it's not really necessary. The point is, I do not recognize people by their faces. I look at hair, at height, at outline (body shape), at clothes, at movement, and listen to voices. And the biggest thing for me is context. I meet work people at work environments, family at family settings, and friends at wherever we congregate. If someone turns up out of context, like a business acquaintence at the mall, I will almost certainly not recognize them, and simply walk on past as if they were a stranger. Unless they call out or the sort, then depending on how well I know them, I might recognize them, or I might have a brief friendly conversation then walk away wondering who they were.
Fortunately my Prosopagnosia is not extreem – I can recognize my immediate family and close friends almost all of the time. Although if I had arranged to meet, say, my parents at a restaurant or mall or something, until I actually find them I have always had a lot of anxiety that I'd be unable to spot them. And when looking for them, or anyone, I tend to really have to study everybody to find the ones I'm looking for. Until I knew about Prosopagnosia, I was very troubled by the fact that I couldn't actually remember what my immediate family or closest friends look like – I mean, I can't close my eyes and visualize their faces. Now I know why.
Anyhow, without further rambling, here's two more websites about the condition:
Prosopagnosia.com is another good site with real-life experiences and some pages that try to illustrate what the condition is like, so normal folks can get a better grasp of it.
Prosopagnosia – My Favorite Word has a FAQ and some additional information about the condition.
There are already a lot of great resources on the net by Prosopagnosics about the disorder, and I have not yet decided whether or not I'm going to put together my own page too. For now, I'll just stick with what I've put in my blog here about it. At the moment I don't think I have anything new to add, having only just learned that a problem I've lived with all my life is actually a known medical condition, rather than just some unique failing in my character.
Here's a really good page that also talks about life with prosopagnosia / face blindness:
Today's word of the day is Prosopagnosia.
Prosopagnosia is also called face-blindness. A person who has prosopagnosia is unable to recognize people by their facial features, and instead must rely on other visual or non-visual clues in order to determine who someone is. Prosopagnosia is not an eye problem, Prosopagnosics can see like anyone else.
Basically there is a portion in the human brain that is designed specifically to process facial recognition. In normal people, they recognize friends and acquaintences in a fraction of a second. Prosopagnosics may take up to 10 seconds to figure out who someone is – and by then, the someone may have already left.
It is a not-well-understood condition, but it seems it can be both inheirited, or acquired. Typically it is more easily diagnosed in those who have acquired it later in life, due to brain injury or trauma, because a) they are already seeing doctors for the injury / trauma, and b) suddenly they can't recognize anyone so they know something is wrong. Those who were born with it often don't realize they have it, or that it is even a condition, because they have no frame of reference to compare it to. They may only know they're not very good at recognizing people, and chalk it up to bad memory or poor social skills.
An article in 2005 in New Scientist states that a team of scientists in Germany have been able to prove that inheirited prosopagnosia does run in families. Inheirited prosopagnosia can sometimes (but not always) be found in conjunction with other conditions, such as Topographical Agnosia (not remembering places), Central Auditory Processing Disorder, and Aspergers Syndrome. Like many neurological disorders, prosopagnosia is not all-or-nothing — Prosopagnosics experience the disorder to varying degrees.
A very good e-book describing the condition, written by a Prosopagnosic, can be found here:
Face Blind, by Bill Choisser


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Introduction to Interactive Communication authoring UI
An introduction to the various user interface elements you can use to author Interactive Communication
The user interface for authoring Interactive Communication is intuitive and provides the following for authoring print and web channel of the Interactive Communication:
- WYSIWYG drag-and-drop document editor
- Integrated repository for assets - the assets uploaded to and created on the server are available in the Asset browser of Interactive Communication authoring interface
When you create a new or edit an existing Interactive Communication , you use the following user interface elements:
- Content Area
A. Sidebar B. Page toolbar C. Content area
A. Channel browser B. Content browser C. Properties browser D. Asset browser E. Components browser F. Data Sources browser - Data Model G. Data Sources browser - Master Content
The sidebar includes the following:
- Channel browserThe Channel browser helps you switch between the print and web channels of the Interactive Communication. Based on the channel you have selected in the channel browser, the browsers, such as Content and Components display the options.
- Content browserIn the content browser, you can see object hierarchy of the document for the selected channel. Author can navigate to specific component by tapping that element in Document Object Tree. Author can search objects in the web channel and rearrange them from this tree.
- Properties browserLets you edit the properties of a component. Properties change according to the component. For example, to see properties of the document container:Select a component, then tap > Document Container , and then tap .
- Assets browserSegregates different types of content such as layout fragments, images, documents, pages, videos. Author can drag-and-drop assets into the Interactive Communication.
- Components browserIncludes components that you can use to build the print and web channels of a document. You can drag components to the Interactive Communication to add elements, and configure added element as per the requirements. The following table describes the components listed in Components browser for print and web channels:
Print Channel
Web Channel
Adds a chart that you can use in an Interactive Communication for visual representation of two-dimensional data retrieved from an form data model collection item.
Document Fragment
Allows you to add a reusable component, text, list, or condition, to an Interactive Communication. The reusable component you add to an Interactive Communication could be either form data model-based or without a form data model.
Allows you to insert an image.
The Panel component is a placeholder for grouping other components together and controls how a group of components are laid out in an Interactive Communication. A panel component also allows you to make a group of components repeatable for the end user, such as in multiple entries required for filling in educational credentials. It is also a good practice to use a panel each for a tab of an Interactive Communication with multiple tabs.
Adds a table that lets you organize data in rows and columns.
Target Area
Inserts a target area in a web channel to organize the web-channel-specific components.
Adds text to the web channel of an Interactive Communication. Text can make use of form data model objects to make the content dynamic.
* Use Layout Fragments in the Print channel to add tables.
** In the Print channel, target areas are predefined in the XDP/print template. You cannot add new target areas using the Interactive Communication authoring UI.
- Data Sources BrowserData Sources Browser displays the available data sources in the form data model you selected while creating the Interactive Communication.
Key points for working with components
Key points when working with interactive communication components are as follows:
- Each component has associated properties that control its appearance and functionality. To configure the properties of a component, tap the component and tap to open the component properties in the Properties browser.
- A component is identified with its element name. When you tap , you can change the name of the component by changing the Element Name field value in the properties browser. The Element Name field accepts letters, numbers, hyphens (-), and underscores (_) only. Other special characters are not allowed, and element name should begin with a letter.
- You can modify the Title property of an Interactive Communication component inline in the editor without opening the Properties browser as long as the title is visible on the Interactive Communication. To do so:
- Tap to select a component that has a Title property and whose Hide title property is disabled.
- Tap to make the title editable.
- Modify the title and tap the Return key or tap anywhere outside the component to save the changes. Tap the Esc key to discard the changes.
Component toolbar
When you select a component, you see a toolbar that lets you work with it. You get options to cut, paste, move, and specify properties of the components. Your options are:
A. Configure : When you tap Configure , component properties are visible in the sidebar.
B. Edit Rules : When you tap Edit Rules, Rule Editor appears in which you can edit and create rules for the selected component. In Rule Editor, you can also select other form objects (components) and edit/create rules for those form objects.
C. Copy : You can use the copy option to copy a component and paste it in other places in the Interactive Communication.
D. Cut : You can use the cut option to move a component from one place to another in the Interactive Communication.
E. Delete : Lets you delete the component from the Interactive Communication.
F. Insert Component : Lets you insert a component above the selected component.
G. Paste : Lets you paste the component you cut or copied using the options described above.
H. Group : Lets you select multiple components if you want to cut, copy, or paste more than one component together.
I. Parent : Lets you select the parent of a component.
J. More : Provides more options to work with the selected component.
- View SOM Expression (for panels only)
- Group Objects In Panel (for panels only)
- Edit Fragment (for fragments only)
- Save a panel as fragment (for panels only)
- Add child panel (for panels only)
- Add panel toolbar (for panels only)
- Replace (not for panels)
Page toolbar
The Page toolbar on the top provides options that let you preview the Interactive Communication and change its properties. You can preview the Interactive Communication when you author it, and make changes accordingly. In the page toolbar, you see:
- Toggle Side Panel : Lets you show or hide Sidebar.
- Page information : Lets you view page properties.
- Emulator : Lets you emulate the look of your Interactive Communication for different display sizes such as tablets and phones.
- Edit: Lets you select other modes such as: Edit, Style, Developer, and Design.
- Edit: Lets you edit the properties of the Interactive Communication and its components. For example, adding a component, dropping an image, and specifying mandatory fields.
- Style: Lets you style the appearance of components of your Interactive Communication. For example, in style mode, you can select a panel and specify its background color.
- Developer: Lets a developer to:
- Discover what Interactive Communication is composed of.
- Debug what is happening where and when, which in turn helps to resolve issues.
- Target: Lets you enable or disable custom components, or out-of-the-box components that are not listed in the Sidebar.
- Preview: Lets you preview how the Interactive Communication looks when you publish it.
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Hello guys!
I am a student in the University of Leicester and was allocated to an individual project with topic 'Puzzle games for android phones'.
I feel that I have not so strong programming skills but I am willing to study, to practice and to try a lot..
Can you help me please?
More specifically, my supervisor told me to implement an android application with the Kakuro solver. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakuro]
I was told to create some sample puzzles, to create the solving algorithm, to implement the solver, and to create a generator for puzzles.
He said so much times that the project will be very challenging.
Unfortunately, I'm stuck in a rut right now. I have searched via the net for hours and I have studied some tutorials. But still not knowing from where to begin and how to work.
I downloaded Android SDK and istalled ADT plugin in the Eclipse. I followed the tutorial from developer.android.com/ and created a simple HelloWorld application project.
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Creating powerful prose requires killing off the words, phrases, and sentences that gum up your text. While a critical eye and good judgment are key in this process, some terms almost always get in the way. Here are eight words or phrases that should be hunted down in your story and deleted with extreme prejudice.
"Sudden" means quickly and without warning, but using the word "suddenly" both slows down the action and warns your reader. Do you know what's more effective for creating the sense of the sudden? Just saying what happens.
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Director Jeff Wadlow Talks 'Kick-Ass 2', Chloë Moretz in Talks; Check Out Unused Art from First 'Kick-Ass' Marketing Campaign
Posted on Monday, May 21st, 2012 by Angie Han
After years of talk, Kick-Ass 2 finally made some real progress earlier this month as Jeff Wadlow (Never Back Down) signed on to write and direct, and it's now on track to shoot this year for a 2013 release date. At a Kapow! Comic Convention event, Wadlow spoke out about the sequel, even addressing the little matter of getting in-demand young star Chloë Grace Moretz back on board.
Hit the jump to read his comments and his status update on Moretz' possible involvement — and while he gets that casting issue sorted out, check out some unused marketing materials from the first Kick-Ass film that could actually be cooler than the actual marketing materials that Lionsgate wound up using.
At Kapow! this past weekend, Wadlow told fans that he'd arrived in London "about a week ago" and was planning to stick around for "about a year" to do Kick-Ass 2. "It's happening. Our first day of photography is in September," he said. "It's all moving forward. I wrote the script over the holidays."
Wadlow then offered some clues as to the direction of the upcoming sequel, and how it'd differ from original author Mark Millar's own follow-up to the first volume of his Kick-Ass comic book:
It's been an interesting process because for those of you who know the property really well, the movie takes some significant liberties with the first comic book. So then Mark did the sequel to the comic book which is Kick-Ass 2. So I had sort of this movie and the comic book and I had to find the intersection. An adaptation was quite a challenge, but one that I really enjoyed and loved. I think the most important thing that's gonna change from the Kick-Ass 2 comic to Kick-Ass 2 the movie was just really finding an emotional story to tell. Because what I certainly loved about the first film, and what I think elevated it above most comic book adaptations, is the heart and the emotion in the film. It was sort of my challenge as the film maker and storyteller to find something as emotional in the second film and I think we have some stuff that people are gonna really respond to.
One of the biggest changes, Wadlow said, had to do with the story's treatment of Moretz' character Hit-Girl (spoilers follow):
If you've read the comic, you know, she gives up being Hit-Girl, which was a brilliant idea I thought on Mark's part. It's something I explore something quiet deeply in the movie because what happens in the comic is she sort of steps away from the story in many ways and she's sort of sidelined while Dave is working with Justice Forever and Chris is becoming the Mother[frick]er. But I was quite interested in what happens to her when she's not being Hit-Girl.
Probably a smart move on Wadlow's part. Kick-Ass (Aaron Johnson) may have been the protagonist, but I found that it was the character of Hit-Girl who really stuck with me, and that it was her relationship with Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage) that really gave the film its heart. Regardless of what happens in Millar's comics, it'd be disappointing to see a Kick-Ass 2 movie with no room for Hit-Girl.
Of course, expanding Hit-Girl's role in the film means trying to find a way to get Moretz to sign on, which is easier said than done. In the two years since the release of the first movie, Moretz' star has only gotten bigger, and she's already got a handful of projects lined up for her near future. That includes the Dennis Wilson biopic The Drummer, which shoots this summer — just before Moretz would be due to shoot Kick-Ass 2, if she were to sign on.
But happily, Wadlow says he's already started discussing the role with Moretz, and that the star is very much interested. "Well, nothing is official yet. But I had breakfast with Chloë two weeks ago and she's read the script and she's very excited about what we're doing with Hit-Girl," he said. "Her story is a major, major part of the film and she's excited about the ideas and we're in talks."
No doubt we'll be hearing much more about that soon. In the meantime, as we wait for Kick-Ass 2 to get underway, take a gander at some unused marketing from the first Kick-Ass film. The idea behind it is pretty cool, but the execution leaves something to be desired. For one thing, whoever designed these seems to have forgotten to line up the characters' eyes, so everyone but Kick-Ass himself just looks off. Like, really off, in the case of Big Daddy:
Clumsy Photoshop aside, though, the unused art actually looks more striking to me than the character sheets that Lionsgate actually did end up using — click here to refresh your memory. Which do you prefer?


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Museum Director and chief executive Lisa Tremper Hanover tells The Intelligencer newspaper in Doylestown (http://bit.ly/XGIRJl ) that Prince Albert will visit the museum in the fall ahead in concert with the U.S. debut of an exhibit on his mother, Princess Grace.
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Opinion: College Women Won't Marry 'Himbos'
New York Post columnist Naomi Schaefer Riley says women marry later in life won't end up with an intellectually inferior mate. Photo credit: Getty Images.
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There are good and bad workers in all industries. Some industries' bad workers stand out more than others. In the coffee service industry, a bad barista can mess up your latte and ruin your morning. In the financial services industry, a bad financial advisor can steal your life savings and ruin your life.
So AdvisorOne found BrokerCop.com, a website for "investors only," it said, which recently released its 2012 List of "Worst Financial Advisors in America." A law firm based in Georgia, James A. Dunlap Jr. & Associates, which focuses on investor and consumer fraud cases, created BrokerCop.com.
BrokerCop's website says it "provides critical consumer ratings, reviews, and information on stockbrokers, brokerage firms and investments. BrokerCop.com accepts no advertising or compensation from the brokerage or financial industry." The site, apparently to assert a claim of independent advice, also warns that it is "not for use by stockbrokers or anyone affiliated with the brokerage or financial industry."
Fortunately BrokerCop spared AdvisorOne from litigation and allowed us to use their "Dirty Dozen" list, which tallied the convictions of the worst advisors over the past year. So we took BrokerCop's list and ranked each "Advisor Horribilis" in reverse order of horribleness, balancing amount of money stolen with amount of "ick" factor involved. So theft of a mere $30 million from clients doesn't outweigh theft of a modest $838,000, if one of the clients happens to be a child with cerebral palsy—yes, that actually happened—or if one of the clients happens to get murdered—yes, that actually happened, too.
12. Michael Sydney Wooton (Metarie, La.)
$1 Million Fraud
Wooton pleaded guilty to defrauding 14 clients out of nearly $1 million. According to court documents, Wooten admitted that while he was employed as a stock broker for Western International Securities, he converted client funds for his personal benefit. In order to hide this fact, he created and mailed fraudulent statements to his clients.
11. Mark Madison (Little Rock, Ark.)
$1 Million Fraud
Madison, a licensed agent for a stockbroker, pleaded guilty to cheating clients out of more than $1 million. According to the indictment, Madison solicited funds from his clients for several different investments. However, instead of investing the funds as promised, Madison used the funds for his own personal benefit including payment of the mortgage on his personal residence, country club dues and expenses, personal tax obligations, credit card payments, and repayment of personal and business loans.
10. Molly Wilson (Seattle)
$400,000 Fraud, Including Client Suffering From Alzheimer's
Wilson, a former Merrill Lynch securities broker, was convicted of 14 counts of theft for bilking clients out of more than $400,000 to support her flashy lifestyle. Wilson was a first vice president and a top broker at the Seattle office of Merrill Lynch where she earned a six-figure income, drove a $200,000 Rolls Royce and lived in a $1.2 million home in Bellevue's Somerset Hill. She was fired in 1989 for what Merrill Lynch described as "a violation of company policy." She then formed her own firm, Wilson Securities. In 1992 she was sentenced to six years and three months in prison.
9. Richard A. Finger Jr. (Bellevue, Wash.)
$7 Million Fraud
Finger pleaded guilty in a Seattle federal court to perpetrating a $7 million fraud on his own clients and was sentenced in April to 54 months in prison and ordered to pay $7 million in restitution. Finger owned and operated Black Diamond Capital Management and Black Diamond Securities of Kirkland, Wash. Finger defrauded 10 clients of as much as $7 million. Some of the victims invested with Finger when he was working for a Seattle brokerage firm. While he was providing false statements to his clients, Finger spent his ill-gotten money on leasing a $71,000 Cadillac Escalade and a $13,000 Ducati motorcycle.
8. Gregg M.S. Berger (New York)
$30 Million Stock Scam
Berger, 48, pleaded guilty last year to participating in a wide-ranging international stock fraud scheme involving the illegal use of bulk commercial e-mails, or "spamming," to promote thinly traded Chinese penny stocks to generate more than $30 million in illegal proceeds for him and his co-conspirators.
7. Rebecca Engle (Nebraska City, Neb.)
$30 Million Stock Fraud
Former stockbroker Engle pleaded guilty for her involvement in what prosecutors called the biggest securities fraud case in state history. She was sentenceed last August to two consecutive 18- to 36-month prison terms.
Engle was accused of improperly selling risky and unsuitable investments in several interrelated Florida companies to hundreds of investors. Most of those defrauded were nearing retirement age or had already retired and were seeking conservative, stable investments with little risk. Instead, Engle invested their money in high-risk enterprises and never fully explained the risks, according to prosecutors. According to court documents, Engle characterized the Florida companies as "can't-miss deals" or "mini-Berkshire Hathaways," referring to the enterprise run by the billionaire Warren Buffett.
6. Richard Clark (Tulsa, Okla.)
$43 Million Stock Fraud
Former stockbroker Clark was convicted by an Oklahoma federal jury of fraud, among other charges. According to evidence presented at trial, he and other conspirators devised and engaged in a scheme to defraud investors known as a "pump-and-dump," in which they manipulated three publicly traded stocks. The evidence at trial established that the conspirators obtained approximately $43 million in proceeds from the stock manipulation.
5. Ross Mandell (New York)
$140 Million Boiler Room Scheme
(Mandell is the winner solely based on the massive dollar amount of his scam, but the next four swindlers had that extra personal smell that pushed them ahead.)
Mandell, 54, was convicted by a Manhattan federal jury of securities fraud, wire fraud and mail fraud, as well as other offenses, and sentenced in May to 12 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $50 million in assets. Mandell, known as the "Bad Boy"of Wall Street, is free on bail while his appeal is considered. Mandell's Sky Capital Holdings defrauded more than $140 million from U.S. and European investors in connection with a "boiler room" scheme to sell worthless securities.
According to the AP, the trial captured the hard-partying lifestyle brokers enjoyed during the dot-com boom of the late 1990s and early 2000s. Prosecutors say Mandell treated his brokers to fast times in London, spending $1.3 million at the nicest hotels in Europe and bringing plenty of petty cash for strip clubs and prostitutes.
Mandell told the court before sentencing, "It was never my intention to cheat or steal."
4. Ryan Kimura (Honolulu)
Embezzling $1.5 million From Wife's Family
(Stealing from his family is the reason Kimura gets the nod over Mandell.)
A former stockbroker stole more than a million dollars from his wife's family. An investigation showed that Kimura was working at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter when he embezzled $1.5 million from a company owned by his father-in-law.
(The next three swindlers get their own special Hall of Shame page.)
3. Dennis Bolze (Gatlinburg, Tenn.)
$21 Million Ponzi Scheme, Including Lonely Elderly Widow and Members of His Church
Stockbroker and University of Tennessee booster Bolze pleaded guilty to perpetrating fraud for more than six years, devastating more than 100 victims, and misappropriating millions of dollars. He was sentenced to 27 years in prison.
In one case, Bolze, 61, had "developed a personal relationship with an elderly widow in order to defraud her of her life's savings." Bolze's victims included personal friends and fellow church members. Unbeknownst to them, Bolze had a prior conviction for bank fraud and two for theft.
2. Ralph Edward Thomas Jr. (Reisterstown, Md.)
Theft of $838,000, Including From Sick Child and Elderly Dementia Sufferer
Former broker Thomas misappropriated money from several customers, including from a trust fund set up for a child suffering from cerebral palsy and the annuity of an 85-year-old dementia sufferer, according to prosecutors.
Thomas, who was most recently with Wells Fargo Advisors but was vice president of Harbor Financial when he committed his theft, was sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to pay $838,000 in restitution and surrender property and luxury automobiles.
1. Harvey Morrow (Long Beach, Calif.)
Theft of $1 Million From Friend and Friend's Disabled Sister, and Murder of Friend
Former stock broker Morrow, 60, was convicted by a Los Angeles County jury of murdering his own client and friend, the legendary Denver DJ Steven B. Williams. Morrow was sentenced in December 2011 to life in prison without parole, plus an additional 25 years—just so his corpse will serve time, too.
Morrow slowly bilked Williams and his disabled sister, Jan, out of his father's trust account. Then in 2006 when Williams confronted Morrow over the money, Morrow shot Williams in the head and dumped his body in the Pacific Ocean. Jan became homeless when she couldn't afford to pay her rent. Morrow allegedly used the stolen money from the Williams' estate to overhaul a 69-foot yacht he owned, outfitting it with a fireplace, a teak deck and $100,000 worth of electronics.
(Prison orange suits him just fine.)
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Novell has announced that SUSE Linux Enterprise Server will be used to support the London Stock Exchange's new trading platform. The open source system will help the exchange to manage the high volume of traffic passing through its systems and, it is hoped, provide a high performance, secure, green and interoperable platform, capable of making intelligent use of virtual and physical environments.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server will help to increase the Millennium Exchange system's capacity to cope with high-volume trading. As a server operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is typically regarded as a highly-reliable and secure system suited to powering both physical and virtual mission-critical workloads. With this foundation correctly deployed, enterprises such as the London Stock Exchange can deliver business services, enable secure networks, and manage heterogeneous IT resources.
"The LSE is the most prestigious and most recognized exchange in the world so we are proud to be the technology partner of choice for this important deployment," said Sean McCarry, UK country manager at Novell. "As organizations look to enhance their efficiency they are increasingly looking to technologies such as virtualization, high-performance computing and collaboration platforms to achieve their goal. Using SUSE Linux Enterprise Server from Novell, the LSE will benefit from all of these innovations in an integrated and future-proofed platform."


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The two-day Mountain High BBQ & Music Festival is back for its second year at the Wayne Proffitt Agricultural Center, home of the Macon County Fair. Doors will be open from 10:30 a.m. until 10 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 13, and from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 14.
Teams will prepare their best BBQ on Friday and Saturday, hoping to be named Grand Champion and earn a N.C. State Championship.
In addition to the BBQ at this year's festival, attendees will be treated to craft and retail vendors, and new this year is a Cornhole Tournament.
Cornhole is a lawn game played with bags filled with corn. The object is to toss the bags into a 6-inch hole cut in a 2-foot by 4-foot platform 30 feet away. The tournament will be held at 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 13.
Registration forms are available at www.franklin-chamber.com and www.MountainHighBBQFestival.com, or pick one up at the chamber located at 425 Porter Street. Registration fee is $25 per two-person team. Cash prizes include $200 first place, $100 second place and $50 third place.


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The MATLAB Editor autosave feature was introduced in MATLAB 6.5 (Release 13). This feature automatically maintains backup files that preserve your M-file changes if MATLAB terminates unexpectedly, for example, due to a power failure. You can set autosave preferences that make it easy to remove the saved files when they are no longer needed.
These topics are addressed:
Using Autosave Files Can Save You Time
After making changes to a file in the Editor/Debugger, if five minutes elapse and you have not saved your changes, the Editor/Debugger automatically saves a copy of the file for you. By default, the backup file is stored in the same location and with the same name as the original file, but has an
.asv (for autosave) extension. For UNIX platforms, the default extension is appended with the tilde (
~) character, making the autosave file
If you ever need to, you can easily recover your work from an autosave file. You might also want to recover an autosave file to access a version that does not contain changes that you recently made.
Removing Unnecessary Autosave Files the Easy Way
While autosave files can help you recover from a disaster, they also can be a maintenance nuisance. Whenever you move a file to another directory, rename a file, or even delete a file, the original autosave version remains. You are left with a scattered collection of autosave files you will never need. One way to avoid this problem is to store all autosave files in a single directory that you specify. Then, on a regular basis, you can remove all autosave files at once by deleting the contents of that directory. Chances are that if you have not used an autosave version during a session, you will not need it later.
You use preferences to specify an autosave directory for all autosave files. To do so, follow these four steps.
Step 1: Select File -> Preferences -> Editor/Debugger -> Autosave.
Step 2: Under Location, select Single Directory and then browse to or supply the name of the directory where all autosave files will be stored. Click OK.
Step 3: When you no longer need the autosave files, select all the files in the autosave files directory and delete them.
Step 4: To make the autosave file deletion process even easier, you can include a line in your
finish.m file to clean out the autosave directory every time you quit MATLAB. A
finish.m file is a script you create to run specified functions when MATLAB shuts down.
For example, add this to your
finish.m file:
For more information, see
finish in the online documentation at the MathWorks Web site.
The single directory preference is also useful if you edit files that are in read-only directories. MATLAB cannot store the autosave version in the directory with the original file because the directory is read-only. But MATLAB can save the autosave version to the single autosave directory you specify in preferences.
Additional Autosave Preferences
Other autosave preferences allow you to:
- Turn autosave off
- Specify the amount of time before the Editor makes an
automatic save
- Specify a different extension for autosave files
- Save untitled files, that is, new files that you have not yet saved and are therefore untitled
For more information, see Preferences for the Editor/Debugger in the online documentation at the MathWorks Web site.
Remember to set up the autosave preferences to accommodate your work environment so that you can take full advantage of the autosave feature in the MATLAB Editor.


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LETTER: Lincoln town water project poorly planned
To The Editor:
There are pros and cons for a proposed water district project in the Town of Lincoln. I've spoken to "for" and "against." I see and understand everyone's point of view. I'm not totally against this water project, if it were more affordable.
The town should come up with more county or state funding in order to go forward with this estimated $4.7 million project. Estimated cost is $800 if you do not hook in. You pay no matter what. Estimated cost is $1,100 if you do hook in, plus hook up charges to your home, which will vary.
Both of these estimates are for 38 years.
Since the town has given us "estimates" let me give some numbers and estimates:
1. Estimated survey results summary summer 2012 (posted online.)
Data: "Willing to pay as follows:
$500-$700 ($10-$14/week) -- 76
$700-$900 ($14-$17/week) -- 30
$900-$1,200 ($17-$23/week) -- 22
Against project -- 40
So, if you look at the numbers, there aren't many willing to pay $1,100 a year for 38 years.
2. Estimated ages of current homeowners. Did the town look into or even think about these numbers? In my estimation, the average homeowners are 50 years old, not 25. So let's do the math 25 (age) plus 38 years comes to about 63 years old, just in time for retirement. Now let's do 50 (age) plus 38 years comes to about 88 years old. Are we still going to be here? If so, will we have enough income to keep paying for this water bill?
3. Estimated "fire hydrants only." In question? By county or state code, they generally are every 600 feet apart. In this approximate 8.5 miles, they say we need an estimate of 75 hydrants at $3,400 each, at a cost of $255,000. Why so many?
Let's maybe, if possible, do around 25 hydrants, say every quarter mile, at a cost of about $100,000 or less.
4. Estimate: If water project is passed with hydrants, your homeowner's insurance will go down, but your tax assessment will go up by more of a percentage over the years. So, in one way you're winning, but you're losing in the long run.
Lastly, if you read it or not, in the Post-Standard Saturday, Jan. 12 it says Lake Ontario is the most stressed of the five Great Lakes. The water that might be coming to the Town of Lincoln is coming from Onondaga, which is coming from Lake Ontario. According to a study, this water has PCBs, toxic pollution from mercury, zebra mussels and more. Why would you want to drink this water? They do treat the water, but do you know what they treat the water with? Go online sometime and you'll be surprised.
And check out the health effects of drinking chlorinated water also. I'll stick with my spring water.
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(CNN) -- Ever wanted to know what really happened behind the scenes on "Saved by the Bell"?
You're about to find out.
According to BuzzFeed, Lifetime is producing "The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story," a TV movie scheduled to air on Labor Day, September 1.
The film's cast includes Dylan Everett as Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Julian Works as Mario Lopez and Tiera Skovbye as Elizabeth Berkley.
Some of the dirt hasn't been exposed before. In a 2009 memoir, Dustin Diamond (who played the nerdy Screech) offered up details on cast members' sex games, drug taking and abuse.
"Saved by the Bell" ran for four seasons in the early '90s and was followed by "Saved by the Bell: The College Years" and "Saved by the Bell: The New Class."
'Hey Dude' cast reunites for 25th anniversary
Read more about funny people at CNN Comedy.


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To the Editor:
We have so much gratitude for Frisbie Memorial Hospital for the compassion, care, and comfort they gave to our family on Tuesday, Nov. 20, that it is difficult to express our appreciation to them.
Our mother, Ruth B. Moody was admitted to Frisbie Emergency Department mid morning. I should say at this point, Mom came from a large family — 17 to be exact — and so she decided to have a smaller family, perhaps more manageable; she decided on 13 children.
Needless to say when that phone call was made that Mom, who is 87 years old, and in failing health was at the Emergency Room, a few of siblings arrived to be with Mom; on this scale, a few is about 12.
The Emergency Room policy allows two visitors at a time in the Emergency Room. This was not very practical, and thanks to Jessica, who was in charge of the ER, arrangements were made to have Mom moved to a room where we could all be with her at the same time. That was huge. Mom never liked to be alone and, thanks to the kindness and compassion of Frisbie Memorial Hospital ER staff, she was not going to be alone. The ER staff also provided coffee, snacks and extra chairs for all of us, until they could move Mom to her room.
Early to mid afternoon they did move Mom to her room, on the second floor, room 228, and what a move that was! The nursing staff on the second floor in the area of room 228 should be congratulated and commended on their professionalism and compassion. The care they showed to Mom was nothing less that spectacular — you can not be taught this kind of talent in any school or university; these professionals have this gift within them. This staff was great. They checked on Mom, fluffed her pillows, and repositioned her. They did everything humanly possible to keep Mom comfortable during those last fleeting moments we had to spend with her.
They did this while at the same time still providing coffee and snacks for all of us. They must have handled 30, 40 or more visitors to Mom's room, because with a family this size, if you have a Christmas Party or family gathering and only 50 people show up, you wonder, "Where the heck is everyone?" and, "What are we going to do with all these left-overs?"
While the visiting went beyond "visiting hours" as we know them — this lasted until 12:30 or 1 a.m. on Wednesday morning — the nursing staff were just as kind, compassionate, and caring as they were when Mom's family began arriving 15 or 16 hours earlier. The staff accommodated our family like no-one could have ever imagined from mid morning on Tuesday until well after midnight on Wednesday.
Rochester should be proud of this hospital, the hospital should be very proud of their staff, and we will always be grateful for your support, compassion, and a level of caring that is second to none.
Kim & Jerry O'Connor
To the Editor:
To the "Peacenick" demonstrators in downtown on Nov. 17…
Here's something you can all give thanks for this Thanksgiving: that you live in a country where (no thanks to you!) you have the freedom to do "your thing" without having to face the consequences — just imagine a Pakistani, Saudi or Palestinian who suddenly put up a sign calling for an end to terrorism in the name of Islam or for immediate peace with "The Great Satan," USA and Israel!
History has shown your predecessors of the Vietnam era (1963-75) and the Central American era (1979-89) to have been both wrong and fools. Enjoy your turkey dinner — soon it'll be your turn to eat crow.
B.J. Figueredo
To the Editor:
Republican Senators McCain, Graham and Ayotte insist on opening up a "Watergate-like investigation" regarding the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi. I do not wish to downplay the loss of the four American lives, but I would suggest reopening a "Watergate-like investigation" on the Bush/Cheney Administration's reasons for invading Iraq; given that this case is far more relevant to the looming fiscal-cliff, and with far more lives lost and destroyed. There is also brand new testimony available.
Former President George W. Bush dedicated his 2003 State of the Union Address to drilling home the need for preemption against Saddam Hussein's WMD threat. The President highlighted the "threat" with 16 words: "The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa."
Former Statesperson Joseph Wilson was dispatched by the CIA, in 2002, to Niger on a fact finding mission. Ambassador Wilson's findings debunked the claim and he had informed all those concerned, including former VP Cheney. However, the facts didn't stop the President from making the unsubstantiated claim in his 2003 SOTUA. Wilson blew the whistle following the Iraq invasion, when it appeared that all administration Iraq claims were false. Shortly following Wilson's revelation, the VP's Office, as apparent retribution, divulged the cover of Wilson's wife, a CIA Case Officer.
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell has added another intriguing twist to the case. He informed us, in his recent memoir and interviews that the UN brief on Iraqi WMDs, delivered shortly after Bush's SOTUA had been drafted by VP Chief of Staff Scooter Libby, who was convicted of perjury in the "CIA Leak Case." Interestingly, Powell already knew well enough to omit the same 16 Words previously used by Bush (also from the VP's Office) from his UN brief, which explains Cheney's labeling Powell as disloyal to the President.
The Bush administration's deception, well worth investigating, killed nearly 4,500 and wounded over 30,000 Americans, killed countless Iraqis, and added $3 trillion to our national debt (Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stieglitz) which has us dangling from the cliff.
Wayne Merritt
To the Editor:
I am looking forward to going to Congress in January to serve the good people of New Hampshire's First District. For those who voted for me, thank you! For those who did not, please know that I will work on the issues that we all care about — jobs, education, energy, the environment, military and veteran issues, Social Security and Medicare, the debt, and all of the other matters we talked about through the campaign.
Although this is my third term, I went to Washington last week to attend the orientation, and I was pleased to hear the talk of compromise and cooperation. I am optimistic that we can solve the problems that we face-after all, we are Americans, and success is in our DNA!
Thank you for the honor of serving you again.
Carol Shea-Porter
To the Editor:
Thank you to everyone who supported my re-election to the Strafford County Board of Commissioners. I will do my best to live up to the trust you have placed in me.
Congratulations to Leo Lessard for his election and to George Maglaras for his re-election to the Board. I am looking forward to working with you during the next two years.
Kudos to Diane Wood, Mac Kittredge and Catherine Cheney for your campaigns, as well as to all the candidates, up and down the ballot, for having the courage to step forward and run for public office.
Robert J. Watson


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Evernote Food Update
Reserve a Table and Rate Your Meal With Evernote Food
Evernote Food (free), the foodie-friendly version of the popular digital note-taking app, released a new iOS update today that allows diners to reserve a table at popular restaurants and rate their meal afterwards. Evernote Food 2.1 comes with reservation system OpenTable and location discovery platform Foursquare built right into the app.
For wining and dining connoisseurs, Evernote Food is a one-stop shop for restaurant discovery and recipe archiving, which is why the app has also included integration with its flagship app Evernote in the latest update.
Recipes saved to Evernote will automatically sync to My Cookbook in Evernote Food. Chefs can also share their recipes with food-loving friends through Twitter, Facebook, or email.
Evernote found themselves in hot water earlier this month, when the company forced a service-wide password reset after their network was hacked. Before updating Evernote Food, make sure you've changed your password too.
Android users were left out of the latest Evernote Food update, unfortunately. But we'll keep you posted when the non-iOS Evernote Food 2.1 is download-ready.
Watch how Evernote works with OpenTable after the break.


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1. 52Sketches52Weeks, Sketch #38
2. Scrapaholic Magazine: ribbon, 3 colors, 5 embellishements
3. Whimsy Stamps, Challenge #20 (buttons)
It's a little funny to translate it but....
The title says: Mothers of Shabbat
The journaling says: Every once in a while you get to be 'Mother of Shabbat" in the kindergarten and the rest of the weeks you wait and wait for this important role. In the meantime you play at home: you wear "kerchiefs" and "skirts" and make believe...
I used: Miss Elizabeth's Bright White cardstock & Romance patterned paper, DCWV patterned papers, Quickutz Silhouette, Ink It Up! black ink, Scrappy Cat Journaling Blocks clear stamp, StazOn jet black, ribbon, Prima flowers, buttons.


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Yoga is something I have done on and off for thirty years. More off than on--and yet every time I start again, I wonder why I let my practice lapse as it makes me feel so good. I often take a peek at Daily Cup of Yoga to see what new excitement is roiling the yoga world. So I'm going to throw in my two cents about what makes for a great yoga class--and what goes wrong. Herewith a few humble requests for our respected teachers.
PLEASE TURN DOWN THE MUSIC I would ask you to turn it off, but that might be considered heresy. We enter your classes with minds jangling from the sounds of the streets or the anxieties caroming around in our skulls. We come for respite. To learn to quiet our minds. Otherwise we would be doing aerobics with a disco beat. Just as we settle into class, up comes the volume on the music. This is an unfortunate new development in the last decade or so; I remember a time when there were no iPods (gasp!), practice rooms were not equipped with docking stations, and no one walked around with wires trailing from their ears.
Of course I could think of the music as yet another challenge against which I must hone the discipline of detachment. It would help if I could hear you explain how to do that.
Teachers, we are in your classes to learn. We actually pay to hear what you are saying. Why must you compete with your playlist? I admit to having a hard time with too much sound coming in at once--a result of the tinnitus that has plagued me (and millions) for years. But I'm not the only one having trouble--because half the room, teenagers included, is looking to the other half to catch the instruction.
Think of us students as babies, laughing babies, if you like. Babies' ear drums are not fully developed for months after they are born. They do not hear quiet, whispery sounds. This is why they don't mind the loud noise of the cars and washing machines to which they seem so drawn. The ears of new yoginis are similarly undeveloped.
PLEASE REORIENT YOURSELVES Most yoga instructors ask the advanced practitioners to take a place at the front of the room. That makes sense: they help lead the class. But wouldn't it make more sense for the teacher to put herself in the middle of the room--so that she can keep a better watch on the students who are wobbly? Be one with your students.
PLEASE WALK AROUND When the teacher walks around, adjusting, advising, soothing or urging us on, it feels like real engagement, active teaching. I am always mystified by teachers who take the class with the students; who can see them, down there on the ground?
PLEASE OPEN YOUR HEARTS There is how to do yoga. And there is why to do yoga. This involves all sorts of muscles one cannot see, beginning with the heart muscle, and including all those involuntary muscles that control negative thinking, self criticism, self ridicule, and etc. It is helpful for teachers to talk about these involuntary muscles, to laugh at the ways in which we try to be perfectionists, to remind us how such thoughts are irrelevant. To teach at a spiritual level, as best they can.
PLEASE TRANSLATE I happen to enjoy chanting. One of the teachers I take class with even brings in her harmonium. I frequently have no idea what on earth we are chanting: translations would be helpful. Otherwise we are left to our filthy imaginations. Same thing goes for all those poses. Give us the bilingual version.
PLEASE SMILE Or at least don't frown. After all, this shouldn't be a grim business.
In return, we promise not to giggle uncontrollably at some gossip we just remembered; not to come to class smelling like a sewer (you know who you are); not to grunt, groan, and moan audibly; not to leave the car running throughout class so that it is warm afterwards; to return the blocks and blankets, properly folded, to their bins; to make room on the floor for our classmates without being asked to move our mats; to respect the concept of private property, antithetical as that might be, and not make off with someone else's mat. I'm referring to the orange one with the flower pattern. At least return it, thoroughly washed.
NAMASTE Which either means "Thank You", "Hello", "I'm Out of Here", or "I bow down to the sacred within you, and within myself"--depending on whose class you just took.


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Anchorage Republican Lesil McGuire announced her candidacy for Lieutenant Governor for the 2014 election on Wednesday.
This past legislative session, she represented South Anchorage in the state Senate. But as current Lieutenant Governor Mead Treadwell began exploring a campaign for the U.S. Senate, she started thinking about running to be his replacement.
"Last year, I started really contemplating whether or not there was room for me, and that's always the question, because there are a lot of really good leaders in the state, and I'm certainly not the kind of person that thinks that I need to put my name in if there's somebody there that's doing a great job," McGuire said.
Treadwell is expected to finalize his plans for the 2014 election later this month.
McGuire says she decided she wanted to run soon after the session ended, but needed to wait on the official OK from her Senate leadership group.
The group gave her the green light about two and a half weeks ago.
McGuire is the only candidate so far to officially declare their candidacy for Lieutenant Governor.
Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan has also filed a letter of intent to run for state-wide office, but which office he will run for remains unclear.