"The moment I saw this person, I could feel fate at work!"
A16-year-old from Japan has gone viral after spotting her doppelgänger in a museum in Taiwan.
Yuki told BuzzFeed News that the picture was taken at the National Palace Museum in Taipei City, during a school trip to Taiwan.
"Before I had seen it, my friend had a look. She called me over, so I was like, 'What is it?' Then I saw that picture," she said. "It looked so much like me that even I was convinced!
The print shows an unknown Yuan Dynasty Empress.
As well as being retweeted over 60,000 times, the tweet prompted other Twitter users to mashup Yuki and the print.
She was even featured on local news.
Despite obviously finding the encounter funny, Yuki said she overwhelmed by the response to the photo, which has been covered by news sites around the world.
"I didn't think it would go this far."


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The "Media, Cities and Space" Section intends to constitute an interdisciplinary arena for European research and education between a diverse range of media and urban spaces, as well as other spatial settings, in contexts ranging from analogue to increasingly pervasive computational mediations of space and social life.
The section aims to establish a strong international network, and welcomes scholarly work of theoretical, methodological and empirical nature, with a strong emphasis on crossing disciplinary boundaries. Studies within Media, Cities and Space focus on the multiple ways media and communications interconnect with and contribute to lived experience and social (inter)action in cities and other spatial contexts.
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The teenage girl who survived axe attack that killed her family is unlikely to ever remember what happened.
Sarah-Jane Collins
A teenage girl who suffered horrific injuries in a brutal axe attack that killed her mother, father and eldest brother, is unlikely to ever know for sure what happened.
A year ago today, millionaire businessman Martin van Breda, his wife Teresa and their eldest son Rudi, 22, were killed in a frenzied axe attack.
The family was at home in their South African mansion in the exclusive gated De Zalze Winelands Golf Estate in Stellenbosch, east of Cape Town.
The Van Breda family. Image via Facebook.
Marli, then 16, and her brother Henri, 20, both survived the attack.
Marli, a former Perth student, was found with serious head wounds and a severed jugular. She suffered brain injuries, and her lawyer said this week that she is unlikely to fully regain her memory.
"Marli is doing very well. Her recovery has been nothing short of miraculous given the extent and severity of the injuries that she sustained," Louise Buikman said.
"She is very well physically. Mentally, she is also coping remarkably well."
Marli lives with her aunt and uncle, and is said to be recovering well.
"She is obviously terribly sad about the loss of her parents and her brother. [But] Marli and her family wish to grieve in private."
Marli has retrograde amnesia. She spent six months in intensive rehabilitation last year.
She is back to school this year, but Buikman said she would not be able to help unravel the mystery surrounding the attack, given her lack of memory.
#DeZalze Marli van Breda turns 17-years-old today. It's first birthday without her parents Martin & Teresa van Breda and older brother, Rudi
— Giovanna Gerbi (@Giovanna_Gerbi) October 12, 2015
Investigators are yet to make any arrests over the murders, and there is ongoing speculation that Marli's brother Henri might have been involved.
Reports claimed that Henri took four hours to call paramedics after the attack, and that his injuries, all minor, could have been self-inflicted.
Henri has blamed the attack on an intruder, but no trace of the assailant has been found.
In the emergency call, Henri can be heard calmly saying: "My family and me were attacked by… a guy with an axe".
He says his family members were "bleeding from the head" before giggles can be heard.
Marli and Henri do not live together, but are in regular contact.
While the investigation into the attack is ongoing, there is a chance that no one will be charged.
A coronial inquiry is still to be held into the murders.
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Minnesota Gambling News Brief
Red Lake Band opens new Casino, hotel and conference center
Press Release, Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 11:28:21 AM
The Red Lake Band of Ojibwe (also "Chippewa") is opening a new casino, hotel and conference center on the reservation just north of Bemidji on January 21, 2010. The grand opening will be Thursday through Saturday, Jan. 21 through 23, and will include free performances by Powwow Comedy Jam and Crystal Shawanda.
This is the second casino in the state (after Upper Sioux), and one of the few in the nation, to be built with all-Indian funds. Instead of going to a non-Indian banker for construction loans, the Red Lake Band of Ojibwe borrowed money from the Shakopee Mdewakanton Dakota Community, which runs Mystic Lake casino. This is Minnesota's first inter-tribal loan, with Dakota loaning to Ojibwe, and it highlights progress tribes are making toward self-sufficiency that allows Indian communities to be more-equal partners in local and regional economic development. The $31 million loan, in addition to funding the hotel, casino and conference center, has also helped expand the law enforcement center, start a propane business to power the casino and tribal homes, and build a forestry greenhouse. The hotel and casino will be run by the Red Lake Band, with no non-Indian management company in charge of the operation and taking a large management fee, as was often the case in the earlier days of Indian gaming.
The Seven Clans Casino was one of the few major construction projects in Northern Minnesota in the depths of a terrible economic recession, creating more than 100 construction jobs, about half held by tribal members and half by people from across Minnesota. In addition, the complex is bringing 100 new full-time and part-time jobs to one of the poorest areas in Minnesota, with most of those jobs held by tribal members. Since a "soft opening" just before Christmas, the restaurant and conference center are already being patronized more than projected, with new visitors coming from the region surrounding the reservation, allowing more people to be hired to meet the demand.
In addition, as part of ongoing economic development, as required by the tribe, contractors working on the project are helping Indian workers learn construction trades and professions, and some Indian workers are staying with the contractors on projects off the reservation. The general contractor and architectural firm -- Woodstone Builders of Minneapolis and DSGW Architects of Duluth -- led the way, each hiring Indian people to oversee the project.
And the Red Lake Band of Ojibwe is providing the area with a stunning new attraction for tourists, joining the Garrison giant walleye statue and nearby Bemidji's Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox statues as a Minnesota icon -- a swooping eagle sculpture with a 30-foot wingspan that flies in front of the casino and that Minnesotans are already taking photographs in front of.
The new hotel will have 40 rooms, with master suites including balconies, fireplaces and whirlpool tubs.
The hotel has a swimming pool carved in the shape of Upper and Lower Red Lake. The restaurant will seat 75, and, in good weather, will seat 25 more on an outdoor patio, serving local walleye and a full menu. The event center will seat between 350 and 800 people, depending on the seating configuration. The gaming hall has 300 slot machines, four blackjack tables and two poker tables. The hotel and restaurant are separated from the gaming floor, so that people wanting to come only for recreation or conventions don't have to pass through the gaming area, as is the case in most Las Vegas casino hotels.
The design of the complex draws on Red Lake culture. Wood paneling, field stone, and images of a rippled blue lake reflect themes of the area. Woodland floral patterns permeate the carpeting throughout, while rooms are named for the seven major clans of Red Lake. Seven Clans Casino and Hotel will add hotel and conference space to the Bemidji area, helping the region attract and serve more visitors and conventions. Bemidji is building a new regional events center that will attract events and conferences to north-central Minnesota, and the Red Lake Band of Ojibwe believe their new casino and hotel can work in harmony with Bemidji's hospitality offerings. "This will be another link to the entertainment hub of Bemidji," said Red Lake Tribal Chairman Floyd Jourdain, Jr.
In addition, Ojibwe people from the Twin Cities and Duluth visiting their home reservation and families will have additional options for overnight stays. The motel nearest to Red Lake is now 30 minutes away. Tribal members on and off the reservation, in Bemidji, Duluth and the Twin Cities, were part of deciding whether to borrow the money to build the casino and hotel and part of deciding on the design -- receiving briefings on the project and voting overwhelmingly in favor of it.
The new development is inviting Minnesota, Dakota and Canadian tourists to visit the reservation and the Seven Clans casino and hotel. Where once non-Indians were not always welcome or comfortable traveling on the Red Lake reservation, a broader integration of Indian and non-Indian communities is shown by the new casino and hotel and by the simple fact that 80 businesses in Bemidji now include signage in Ojibwe in recognition of their neighbors.
"This project shows how tribes can work together to capitalize and grow our own businesses, increasing employment and opportunity on the reservations and in the surrounding communities," said Tribal Chairman Jourdain. "It's all about economic development."
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Everyone, who at least once tried to play blackjack, knows that there are many strategies you can apply to your gaming. There are many online casinos, where you can learn and improve your skills. But the first thing you are to do is to learn the rules of the game to understand how the game is running and what to expect.
Strategy in the First Place
There are many strategies you are free to follow in the blackjack game but among them Card Counting is supposed to be the most contradictory one. It is contradictory not because you may misunderstand it but because the casinos cannot agree whether players may use it or not.
Card Counting is not recognized as cheating by law. The law sees it just like Martingale or Labouchere system. The casinos see a huge threat in card counting as that makes them suffer from losses. The card counters can bring the house down and the gambling bosses are afraid of it.
Once a card counter is spotted, the managers will do everything to make him/her leave the casino as soon as possible. The bosses know how much damage a team of card counters can bring to the house that is why they try to defuse them. You might know the Griffin Investigations, which became a bankrupt after it was sued by two professional card counters. Those two men were kicked out of the casino while gaming. But they knew their rights and that gave them a chance to continue gambling.
The father of this wonderful strategy is Edward Thorp (history of card counting), who wrote a book 'Beat the Dealer'. In the book he wrote that if you know, which cards were played, you can figure out which cards are left in the sure and will be dealt further. It is the basis of card counting. But you do not have to remember that Jack of Diamonds or Queen of Spades is out, especially while playing with 6 or 8 decks. You just add and subtract the numbers.
Card Counting Systems
As the method of Card Counting spread fast beyond the borders of the USA, new variations (card counting systems) were developed and now you have a huge selection of them. You are free to choose whatever you want. It seems that the most known are Hi/Lo and KO systems. They are supposed to be the easiest among the variety of card counting systems.
It is most famous card counting team (MIT) ever. Its history was fully described at the Bringing Down the House book by Ben Mezrich. There was also a movie 21, which was based on the book and told the history of MIT. That was a real blast in the world, as millions of average people learnt so many interesting aspects about the casinos and blackjack at once.
But not everything in the movie corresponded to the real story. MIT Team made much money on gaming. But they lost a lot, as the casino surveillance systems recognized them. They had wonderful experience and now many of them are not connected with the casino world.


Tsvetana Pironkova is reportedly pregnant. There have been rumours about the Bulgarian player's pregnancy for a while, but now according to Topsport it seems to have been confirmed. Pironkova also posted a picture of herself on Instagram, though she didn't clarify about the status of her pregnancy.
She played her last match this year at Wimbledon, and is set to skip most of the 2018 season. Her comeback to the Tour is, as yet, unknown. In the 2017 season, Pironkova struggled to get her best form. She lost in the first round at the Australian Open to Agnieszka Radwanska, and then lost six matches in a row, from Doha to Rome.
At Wimbedon, where she reached the semi-finals once, in 2010, she beat Sara Errani in the first round before losing to Caroline Wozniacki in the round of 64. She finished the season ranked 169th in the world.


Three dimensional cellular matrix confines and reinforces weak soils for use in soil retention on steep slopes.
Erosaweb geocell works by confining and stabilising the surface of weak soils by creating a honeycomb of interconnected polymer strips that form pockets to locate and strengthen the infill material.
Erosaweb can be laid over stable steep slopes where the cell walls provide a tensile force increasing the strength of the material and acting as mini-weirs to reduce run off velocity and soil loss. On a slope Erosaweb geocell is normally secured to the underlying material by frequent pinning, usually with steel pins. Where this is inadvisable or impossible, for instance when Erosaweb is installed over a geomembrane, the webs should be secured to a high-strength geogrid such as Trigrid.
Using Abweb geocell it is also possible to strengthen sub-bases and reduce foundation stone thickness under loaded areas by up to 50%.
Earth retaining walls can be formed with horizontal layers of Erosaweb geocell filled and placed one on another. A specific retaining wall product is available as Webwall geocell.


Jules Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Jules Adenis.
Novel (1828) by Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832).
First performance: Paris (Théâtre-Lyrique), 26 December 1867.
First UK performance: Manchester (), 1917.
Scottish Opera première: Ayr (Gaiety Theatre), 23 October 1971.
This opera contains a great deal of charming music, and was initially successful in Paris, but it is widely thought to have suffered neglect since then because of the poor quality of the text Bizet set. Not only does it largely ignore the original Scott novel, but also it fails to create convincing characters or situations. It was given a full staging at the Buxton Festival of 2006, but that does not seem to have been received with any great enthusiasm.
At carnival time in Perth, Henry and Catherine are about to become engaged. Catherine flirts with the Duke, and this arouses Henry's jealousy. However she is herself suspicious that Henry is having an affair with Mab. The Duke, formerly Mab's lover, is very attracted to Catherine and decides to abduct her. Mab, hearing of the plot, disguises herself so as to be kidnapped instead. Ralph sees her being driven away and informs Henry, who was under the impression he had just been serenading Catherine. After Henry has run off to the Duke's castle, the real Catherine does appear at her window, seen only by Ralph.
The Duke woos the disguised Mab, but Catherine and her father come to the castle in time for her to be denounced by a furious Henry. Ralph, who knows of Catherine's innocence, defends her reputation, and Henry challenges him to a duel. Catherine goes mad as a result of the stress, although the Duke manages to prevent the duel. Mab again impersonates Catherine to convince Henry of her innocence, and the girl's sanity is restored.
June Anderson (Catherine), Alfredo Kraus (Henry Smith), Gino Quilico (Rothsay).
It is unlikely that we will get a better recording of this rarity in the foreseeable future. The French conductor and orchestra give a generally idiomatic performance of this luscious score, though Beecham does show greater delicacy. The international principals are all good, especially June Anderson as Catherine and the Canadian baritone Gino Quilico as a smooth villain. Alfredo Kraus is not as ideally lyrical as he would have been had he recorded it a few years earlier, but is otherwise fine. Margarita Zimmermann is characterful as the Gypsy Queen, and Catherine's father and the apprentice are in the safe francophone hands of Gabriel Bacquier and José Van Dam.
Gwen Catley (Catherine), Richard Lewis (Henry Smith), Trefor Jones (Rothsay).
Beecham loved this type of French music, and his performance is well worth hearing, even in an elderly recording with a distinctly antique sounding translation. Richard Lewis sings quite beautifully as Smith, and his rendering of the famous serenade is on a par with the memorable recording by Heddle Nash. Gwen Catley and the other members of the cast are excellent, especially Owen Brannigan as Glover and Norman Walker as Ralph.


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Q: Animate CSS div to a fixed position This code takes a ball and moves it to the right and back again. How can I get it to move to the right, and stay there?
http://codepen.io/chriscoyier/pen/pBCax
You can fiddle with a Live version of the output there.
body {
padding: 30px;
}

#animate {
position: absolute;
top: 100px;
left: 30px;
 width: 100px;
 height: 100px;
 border-radius: 50%;
background: red;

animation: move 3s ease infinite;
 }

@keyframes move {
  50% {
 top: 200px;
 left: 130px;
 }
}

The css code says 'infinite' and when I delete that, it moves the ball to the right, and then back to where it was one time. I'd like it to move to the right, and just stay there.

A: Here you go:
 animation: move 3s ease forwards;

http://codepen.io/anon/pen/yebvZx
You can read about the animation-fill-mode property here:
https://drafts.csswg.org/css-animations-1/#animation-fill-mode

forwards -
  After the animation ends (as determined by its animation-iteration-count), the animation will apply the property values for the time the animation ended.

A: Replace infinite with forwards and add a from and to to your @keyframes
Adjust the top, left values as necessary.
See below:

body {
  padding: 30px;
}
#animate {
  position: absolute;
  top: 100px;
  left: 30px;
  width: 100px;
  height: 100px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: red;
  animation: move 3s ease forwards;
}
@keyframes move {
  from {
    top: 0px;
    left: 10px;
  }
  to {
    top: 200px;
    left: 130px;
  }
}

Animate with Top/Left

A: Your are looking for:
animation-fill-mode: forwards;

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What are the factors that will affect my wifi signal? – How can I help you?
What are the factors that will affect my wifi signal?
The biggest factors that reduce Wi-Fi performance are the effect distance and internal walls have on signal strength.
Make sure the radio waves don't run into any obstacles. Everything blocks Wi-Fi signals a little. Wood, plaster, cinder blocks, and glass don't interfere much, but brick, stone, and water can be more problematic. Worse still are ceramic, concrete, metal, and mirrors.
When the signal passes through a thicker wall the signal is degraded. Moving the device to another part of the room, where the signal just passes through thin walls, improves the signal.
In some situations you can get 'pockets' of good and bad signal quality.


About 66,000 of the JumpDrive FireFly and JumpDrive Secure II drives are being recalled due to possible overheating and burning. There no actual incidents of burning or injury, so this is more of a precautionary measure.
The affected JumpDrive Firefly flash memory drives were sold between April and May this year, for between $30 and $110. The recalled JumpDrive Secure devices were sold only at Fry's Electronics in May, for $80, the company said.
If you've got one, might as well go ahead and return it just in case. You don't want to come home to a fried $2000 laptop due to a faulty $80 thumb drive.


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Formative books – 7 books in 7 days
April 2, 2018 by Elly McDonald 1 Comment
There's a game going round on Facebook where a person posts over seven consecutive days about seven books that had an impact on their life when first read. Each day, the person nominates a Facebook friend to take on the same task, in a book review-memoirs chain letter.
My friend Chris Stafford nominated me. Due to my long-standing issues with poor impulse control, I found myself writing six posts on Day 2. I'll try to release them one by one, day by day, on Facebook. But here are all seven now. Because I can.
Day 1: We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families by Philip Gourevitch. I don't know why I picked up this book at that time (1998), as it was one of the more insular moments in my life, when I was immersed in the London advertising village. It might be because Gaby Rado's coverage of the Bosnian war for Channel 4 had made such an impression on me. I remember going on a date with a 21 y.o. Serb boy named Kristin in 1993 and he was completely bewildered, adrift. At any rate. I bought this book as a house-guest gift when I visited Robyn Dixon in Russia late '98 and it gives me some satisfaction that she's now spent many years bringing conflict (and other issues) in Sub-Saharan Africa to the awareness of Los Angeles Times readers through her work as their foreign correspondent based in Johannesburg. I look forward to what she writes from her new posting in Beijing.
This book almost certainly dictated that when I attempted a novel it drew heavily on the Rwanda (and Bosnia) scenario.
Day 2: Blood Red Sister Rose by Thomas Kenneally (1974), a novel about Joan of Arc. There were a number of historical novels that impacted me powerfully as a child and young adolescent, usually featuring traumatised male loners (One is One by Barbara Leonie Picard, The Lantern Bearers by Rosemary Sutcliff), but Blood Red Sister Rose was quite different stylistically and in its concerns.
I was 14 when I read it in 1975. Here was a book about a very young girl asserting herself in a very brutal male environment, written in extremely direct, contemporary language. To my recollection, I understood its representation of war as a response to the Vietnam War. In that respect it prefigured my reading of Michael Herr's book Dispatches, which blew me away a few years later at age 17.
But Blood Red Sister Rose was also about gender and authority and sexualities and menses (mildly mortifying for a pubescent girl to read about, but there it was – echoing Neville Williams' psychosexual analysis of Elizabeth I in his biography of the Virgin Queen, which impacted me strongly when I was 12).
Blood Red Sister Rose doesn't follow Joan – or Jehannette, as Keneally calls her – through to her capture, trial and execution by England's Burgundian allies. It addresses how an uneducated peasant girl might relate to French commanders bred within a military cast, and to their troops. The most memorable passage for me was the shocking image of Gilles de Rais witnessing at close quarters his (male) lover's head blown off by a cannonball. I understood at once the traumatic conjunction of violence and eroticism. Gilles de Rais is known in legend as Bluebeard, the nobleman turned monster who practiced dismemberment for its erotic charge.
Day 3: Roxana by Daniel Defoe (1724). I was enrolled in an MA at Melbourne University trying to research a thesis on Transformation and Shapeshifting in Early Medieval Celtic Literature when I stumbled on a dusty antique copy of Roxana while employed part-time in the English Department library.
It amazes me now that I didn't recognize Roxana tied in with my 'transformation and shapeshifting' project. After all, the novel's full title is The Fortunate Mistress: Or, A History of the Life and Vast Variety of Fortunes of Mademoiselle de Beleau, Afterwards Called the Countess de Wintselsheim, in Germany, Being the Person known by the Name of the Lady Roxana, in the Time of King Charles II.
At the time I was in urgent need of self-reinvention and it was serendipitous to encounter a character as resourceful as the Lady Roxana, who is a C17th forerunner to William Makepeace Thackeray's Becky Sharp, of Vanity Fair (a book I discovered with wonder when I was about 12), and spiritual ancestress to the pop idol Madonna.
Unlike the eponymous Amber St Clare of Forever Amber, Kathleen Winsor's bestselling 1947 bodice-ripper, which I had swallowed whole at age 13, and which also centres on a fallen woman rising to become King Charles II's mistress, the character who eventually becomes known as Roxana does not obsess over any lover. Amber is punished for her sinful career by having her son taken from her. Defoe assures us Roxana is to be punished, ultimately, but when the reader leaves her she has successfully achieved high social status and financial security by calculatedly killing off her discarded identities. This has required tacitly permitting the killing of her eldest daughter, who could not let her mother go.
Roxana is spiritually discomfited by her daughter's fate. But I had the feeling material comfort mattered more to her. Roxana has the 'I will prevail and survive at all costs' tenacity I aspired to over the following decade of my life.
Day 4: The Owl Service by Alan Garner (1967). I already knew Alan Garner through The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (1960), The Moon of Gomrath (1963) and Elidor (1965) when I first read The Owl Service at about age 10 or 11. Those first two books I bracketed as a sub-genre with Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, which I adored, and Elidor scared me: I had as yet no idea how extraordinarily scary Alan Garner's writing would become, with Red Shift (1973), one of the most disturbing reading experiences of my life, then, much later, Boneland (2012), the belated completion of the Weirdstone trilogy.
I read The Owl Service the summer the 1969/70 BBC TV adaptation went out (delayed I think in Australia). I was girl-crushing on the actress who played Alison, Gillian Hills. The Owl Service is a contemporary take on an episode from the Welsh mythological cycle The Mabinogion, in which a wizard fashions a woman from flowers, then is driven to murderous rage when she loves another man, and turns her instead into a night predator owl.
This is the episode of The Mabinogion that was to be the centerpiece of my MA thesis (on Transformation and Shapeshifting in Early Medieval Celtic Literature). I think my love for The Mabinogion, and for Garner, links to my love for the novels of David Mitchell, who in his fantastical, speculative novels (The Bone Clocks) wraps witty, confident homages to many writers of British myth and fantasy whom we both admire.
In this past year I have had DNA tests done. While my father's DNA is almost wholly Connacht Irish, and my mother and my sister have extremely similar profiles heavy on the Yorkshire-Pennines region and Scandinavia, it turns out my DNA is predominantly Welsh and West Midlands. Yes, I feel like a changeling. When I saw my DNA results, one of my first thoughts was: Ah yes – my affinity for Welsh myth and for Alan Garner's tales. Ah, yes.
Day 5: A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel (1992). Hilary Mantel is best known for her Man-Booker Prize winning Tudor novels, Wolf Hall (2009) and Bringing Up The Bodies (2012). This is the unpublished novel in a drawer that piggybacked on the critical success of her fourth published book, Fludd (1989). Mantel says she started writing A Place of Greater Safety for her own satisfaction, to write the historical novel she wished to read, and that she researched it obsessively, right down to the actual wallpapers and décor, using the historical characters' actual words wherever possible. The New York Times critic speculated whether, "more novel and less history might not better suit this author's unmistakable talent."
The New York Times critic is mistaken.
A Place of Greater Safety is an extraordinary reading experience, a fully-realised world like a Tolstoy novel. It's a remarkable, immersive evocation of how it might have been to be a major player living though the French Revolution – to be Camille Desmoulins, Georges Danton or Maximilien Robespierre, although of course it's incorrect to describe these epoch-making actors as "living through" the experience.
One of my close friends in high school studied the Enlightenment at university. "Les philosophes", she told me, breezily. I, a rock music writer at the time, felt humbled. I knew next to nothing about the French Revolution. I remember reading about it in primary school and earnestly telling my French-speaking headmistress I was reading about "Rob-ess-perry". After reading A Place of Greater Safety, I felt I understood more about the genesis of democracy as it's understood in America, and about modern politics. I was also astonished to find I'd fallen in love, just a little, with a character dead more than 200 years, re-presented in fiction. Mantel's Camille Desmoulins is, to my mind, one of the greatest re-animations in literature.
Day 6: We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver (2003). My psychologist asked me if I'd read this book. I was wary. Why would she ask? Lionel Shriver, a female novelist, is a provocateur. The propositions for some of her novels are deliberately perverse and confrontational: Malthusianism and racism (Game Control, 1994); rivalry between a couple within marriage (Double Fault, 1996); family inheritances (A Perfectly Nice Family, 1997); obesity and self-control (Big Brother, 2013); capitalism's meltdown (The Mandibles, 2016). In We Need To Talk About Kevin, she addresses motherhood, maternal instinct, and high school shooters. If a mother is convinced, from the outset, her baby is a psychopath, can it be her instincts are correct, or is she cursing that child's development, determining its fate? In either case, can she be held accountable? What are the costs to such a mother? To the child? To society?
We Need To Talk About Kevin made a splash on publication and has only become more salient since. In 2005 it was filmed with Tilda Swinton playing the mother, who in the novel is of Armenian extraction. Tilda was brilliant, I'm told. Me, I can't go past the novel's image of a mother gazing through the rear window of a car at the bright police lights outside a school in lock down.
Day 7: So many great books, so few to be name-checked within seven days! I didn't mean to focus as much as I have on books I read when very young. But with just one book choice left, the one book I need to include is a children's novel from 1958 – Tom's Midnight Garden, by Philippa Pearce, which I think I read in 1970 at about age 10. I re-read it recently. I cried, again.
Tom's Midnight Garden is, as many of my childhood favourites were, a novel about childhood loneliness. Also, as with several of my childhood favourites, a novel about time travel, or ghosting across time.
The best of the 'ghosts'-in-time novels is in my opinion Daphne du Maurier's The House on the Strand. But that's a novel for grown-ups, about the ugliness of addiction (really – the medieval romance is a McGuffin).
At 10 (thereabouts), I encountered three time travel 'ghosts' who left their imprints on me. Lexie in Nan Chauncy's Tangara (1960) is linked in time with Merrina, an Indigenous Tasmanian, and witnesses the extermination of Merrina's community. Penelope in Alison Uttley's A Traveller In Time (1939) 'ghosts' back in time to C16th Derbyshire, befriending a boy named Francis, becoming embroiled in the Babington Plot, a Papist plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I.
Tom's Midnight Garden is a gentler affair.
Pearce's character Tom 'ghosts' back to a late Victorian garden on the grounds of a large country house, where he befriends another lonely child, Hatty. Hatty and Tom form a relationship that transcends time. But while Tom remains a child, each time he visits the midnight garden Hatty has grown incrementally older. Each time he visits, the fabric of his being in this other world becomes slightly more translucent, slightly less material, until, after one wonderful day where the two skate on a frozen river towards Ely Cathedral, he effectively evaporates, as Hatty moves towards her adult life.
But, as they say, love never dies. A child is heard crying in a hallway. A name is called. Eyes are opened. Eyes fill with tears.
I think this is a novel about cross-generational love, and change, and loss, and love recovered, love as a legacy. I think this is a novel about love.
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Croatia politics: Grabar-Kitarovic likely to win second term
FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT
Croatia will hold a presidential election between December 21st 2019 and January 20th 2020.
The current president, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, is leading opinion polls, ahead of potential rivals such as Zoran Milanovic (Social Democratic Party—SDP), Ivo Josipovic (a former president) and Milan Bandic (the mayor of Zagreb, the capital).
Ms Grabar-Kitarovic has played a prominent role in Croatia's foreign policy and helped to raise Croatia's international profile—most notably during the FIFA World Cup 2018 where the Croatian national came in second.
We forecast that Ms Grabar-Kitarovic will win both rounds of the presidential race, securing the mostly ceremonial position of president for a second term, where she will continue to work in close alliance with the ruling party, the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ).
Opinion polls in April show Ms Grabar-Kitarovic enjoying a commanding lead over her potential rivals, eight months before the presidential election. According to the polls, in the first of two rounds of voting Ms Grabar-Kitarovic would win 34.5% of the vote. This is more than double what her closest challenger, the former leader of the SDP and a former prime minister, Mr Milanovic, would win (16.4%). Other high-profile challengers, such as Mr Josipovic and Mr Bandic, will not perform nearly as well, projected at just 8.1% and 4.4% respectively. In the second-round run-off, Ms Grabar-Kitarovic would win a projected 55.4%, while her most likely challenger, Mr Milanovic, would win only 38.6%.
Ms Grabar-Kitarovic's rise through the ranks
Despite her clear popularity, Ms Grabar-Kitarovic's vote share has been declining steadily over the past year. In February 2018, according to opinion polls, she enjoyed a projected 43.5% of support in the first round of voting. Ms Grabar-Kitarovic was the youngest person elected as president of Croatia in January 2015, defeating the incumbent, Mr Josipovic, by a slim margin of 1.5 percentage points in the second-round run-off. As a prominent member of the HDZ, she had previously served as the minister of European affairs, the minister of foreign affairs and European integration, and ambassador to the US. She also served as the assistant secretary-general for public diplomacy at NATO. Once elected president, Ms Grabar-Kitarovic resigned her HDZ party membership, as required by the constitution. If she is elected for a second term, it will be her last, as presidents in Croatia may serve for a maximum of two five-year terms.
Although many aspects of the president's role are symbolic, as Croatia follows a parliamentary system, Ms Grabar-Kitarovic has played a prominent role in Croatia's foreign policy and has boosted the country's profile abroad. She helped to raise Croatia's international profile, most notably during the FIFA World Cup in 2018, which was held in Russia, when the Croatian national football team reached the final, ultimately losing to France. Wearing the Croatian national team's football jersey, Ms Grabar-Kitarovic greeted players after the match, alongside her Russian and French counterparts, Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel Macron.
The president commands support both at home and abroad
Ms Grabar-Kitarovic's politics at home have largely appealed to the country's conservative voter base. Officially an independent candidate, she is no longer a member of the ruling party, the centre-right HDZ. However, should she stand for re-election, she will almost certainly be the HDZ-backed candidate and will have the full support of the ruling party.
Ms Grabar-Kitarovic has received criticism from international agencies for her support and sympathetic leanings towards Croatia's vocal far-right factions, although domestically her tacit support for historical revisionism has boosted her popularity with the conservative voter base. Ms Grabar-Kitarovic has also shown her support for Croats living outside Croatia, primarily in Bosnia and Hercegovina (BiH), where they form a vital constituency and have the right to vote in Croatian elections. During a recent visit to BiH she expressed support for the rights of Croats living in BiH and extolled their contribution to the Croatian diaspora. The strategic visit was intended to signal to Bosnian Croats that she had their best interests at heart. Bosnian Croats have traditionally voted for conservative candidates, and we anticipate that Ms Grabar-Kitarovic is likely to receive majority support from them.
The president has also appealed to voters over her handling of Serbia in the past few years, walking a fine line between promoting positive relations between the two countries and criticising Serbia's role in historical events, which has in turn, appealed to more conservative voters. The two nations regularly exchange heated barbs over historic anniversaries and unresolved issues from past conflicts. We assess that Ms Grabar-Kitarovic has conducted messaging related to Serbia in such a way as to appease both potential critics from the EU, who may disapprove her cosiness with Croatia's far-right and conservative supporters at home who approve of it.
Ms Grabar-Kitarovic and the HDZ: hand in hand
Ms Grabar-Kitarovic has maintained a functional working relationship with the prime minister, Andrej Plenkovic, which is likely to bode well for both electorally. Their right-of-centre, pro-Europe and pro-business politics complement each other and send a positive message to both their electorate and the EU. We do not expect a challenger to Ms Grabar-Kitarovic to emerge from the HDZ's ranks in the coming months leading up to the election.
Ms Grabar-Kitarovic is therefore likely to announce her candidacy and emerge as the front-runner in the first round of voting in December 2019-January 2020. If no candidate in the election secures more than 50% of all votes, which is our core forecast, a second-round run-off will be held. Ms Grabar-Kitarovic is then likely to face Mr Milanovic in the second round, and win.
During her first term Ms Grabar-Kitarovic has proven capable of boosting Croatia's international profile, working with the parliamentary majority, and appealing to critical voting constituencies in Croatia and in the neighbouring regions. In her role as president, we expect Ms Grabar-Kitarovic to work closely with the ruling HDZ in parliament and to continue with Croatia's integration into the EU.
Source: The Economist Intelligence Unit
© The Economist Intelligence Unit Limited. All rights reserved.


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Q: setting opencv video to fullscreen android i am trying to set a video to fullscreen using opencv. the input is coming from the camera.
it shows on the screen in the center but not as full screen.
relevant code:
public class Sample3Native extends Activity implements CvCameraViewListener {
private static final String TAG = "OCVSample::Activity";

private Mat                    mRgba;
private Mat                    mGrayMat;
private Mat                    mFinalMat;

private CameraBridgeViewBase   mOpenCvCameraView;

private BaseLoaderCallback     mLoaderCallback = new BaseLoaderCallback(this) {
    @Override
    public void onManagerConnected(int status) {
        switch (status) {
            case LoaderCallbackInterface.SUCCESS:
            {
                Log.i(TAG, "OpenCV loaded successfully");

                // Load native library after(!) OpenCV initialization
                System.loadLibrary("native_sample");

                mOpenCvCameraView.enableView();

            } break;
            default:
            {
                super.onManagerConnected(status);
            } break;
        }
    }
};

public Sample3Native() {
    Log.i(TAG, "Instantiated new " + this.getClass());
}

/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    Log.i(TAG, "called onCreate");
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
    getWindow().addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_KEEP_SCREEN_ON);

    setContentView(R.layout.tutorial3_surface_view);

    mOpenCvCameraView = (CameraBridgeViewBase) findViewById(R.id.tutorial4_activity_surface_view);
    mOpenCvCameraView.setCvCameraViewListener(this);

}

i have tried using:
//mOpenCvCameraView.setScaleX(0.8f);
                   // mOpenCvCameraView.setScaleY(0.4f);

                //mOpenCvCameraView.setMinimumHeight(800);
               // mOpenCvCameraView.setMinimumWidth(1000);

but it doesnot work.
how can i strech the frames to fill all of the screen?

A: You can get a list of the available resolutions or setup manually.
If you want to get the list of the available sizes and get the optimal camera size.
   if (mOpenCvCameraView != null) {
        List<Size> sizes = mOpenCvCameraView.getSupportedPreviewSizes();
        int mFrameWidth = width;
        int mFrameHeight = height;

        // selecting optimal camera size
        {

            double minDiff = Double.MAX_VALUE;
            for (Size size : sizes) {
                if (Math.abs(size.height - height) < minDiff) {
                    mFrameWidth = (int) size.width;
                    mFrameHeight = (int) size.height;
                    minDiff = Math.abs(size.height - height);
                }
            }
        }

        mOpenCvCameraView.set(Highgui.CV_CAP_PROP_FRAME_WIDTH, mFrameWidth);
        mOpenCvCameraView.set(Highgui.CV_CAP_PROP_FRAME_HEIGHT, mFrameHeight);
    }

If  the optimal camera size is not fullscreen, it is easy to get the great size that the camera support from the list.
Other option is to set manually the size:
        mOpenCvCameraView.set(Highgui.CV_CAP_PROP_FRAME_WIDTH, 1000);
        mOpenCvCameraView.set(Highgui.CV_CAP_PROP_FRAME_HEIGHT, 800);

The source of the code is from Face Detection OpenCV version 2.4.2.

A: For those who google here and just want to change the resolution,
mOpenCvCameraView.set(Highgui.CV_CAP_PROP_FRAME_WIDTH, 1000) method is not working.
Try to use mOpenCvCameraView.setMaxFrameSize(640, 480);
It works for OCV4Android2.4.5, tutorial 2, mixed processing.

A: For anyone still looking for this, I have solved the issue (sort-of).  I cannot seem to get this to work for OpenCV v 2.4.3.  I have tried everything on the internet.  However, in OpenCV 2.4.3.2 they have added a way to set the camera size
disconnectCamera();
mMaxHeight = //your desired height
mMaxWidth = //your desired width
connectCamera(mMaxWidth, mMaxHeight);

Check out the OpenCV Tutorial 5, specifically the SampleJavaCameraView -> setResolution Method

A: Not the best solution, but you can go to the AndroidManifest.xml and set android:screenOrientation="landscape"
With this you won't need to rotate de camera 90º, but your application will always be in landscape mode.

A: Natural camera orientation of the OpenCV camera is landscape so make your activity is like

android:screenOrientation="landscape"

and apply this theme in the Activity
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
        <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
        ...
        <item name="android:windowFullscreen">true</item>
        <item name="android:windowContentOverlay">@null</item>
</style>

this trick gives you a fullscreen camera.

A: Try this replace
getWindow().addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_KEEP_SCREEN_ON);

code in the onCreate with
getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN,
                            WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);


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namespace tracy
{

#  if defined _WIN32 || defined __CYGWIN__

static inline uint64_t ConvertTime( const FILETIME& t )
{
    return ( uint64_t( t.dwHighDateTime ) << 32 ) | uint64_t( t.dwLowDateTime );
}

void SysTime::ReadTimes()
{
    FILETIME idleTime;
    FILETIME kernelTime;
    FILETIME userTime;

    GetSystemTimes( &idleTime, &kernelTime, &userTime );

    idle = ConvertTime( idleTime );
    const auto kernel = ConvertTime( kernelTime );
    const auto user = ConvertTime( userTime );
    used = kernel + user;
}

#  elif defined __linux__

void SysTime::ReadTimes()
{
    uint64_t user, nice, system;
    FILE* f = fopen( "/proc/stat", "r" );
    if( f )
    {
        int read = fscanf( f, "cpu %" PRIu64 " %" PRIu64 " %" PRIu64" %" PRIu64, &user, &nice, &system, &idle );
        fclose( f );
        if (read == 4)
        {
            used = user + nice + system;
        }
    }
}

#  elif defined __APPLE__

void SysTime::ReadTimes()
{
    host_cpu_load_info_data_t info;
    mach_msg_type_number_t cnt = HOST_CPU_LOAD_INFO_COUNT;
    host_statistics( mach_host_self(), HOST_CPU_LOAD_INFO, reinterpret_cast<host_info_t>( &info ), &cnt );
    used = info.cpu_ticks[CPU_STATE_USER] + info.cpu_ticks[CPU_STATE_NICE] + info.cpu_ticks[CPU_STATE_SYSTEM];
    idle = info.cpu_ticks[CPU_STATE_IDLE];
}

#  elif defined BSD

void SysTime::ReadTimes()
{
    u_long data[5];
    size_t sz = sizeof( data );
    sysctlbyname( "kern.cp_time", &data, &sz, nullptr, 0 );
    used = data[0] + data[1] + data[2] + data[3];
    idle = data[4];
}

#endif

SysTime::SysTime()
{
    ReadTimes();
}

float SysTime::Get()
{
    const auto oldUsed = used;
    const auto oldIdle = idle;

    ReadTimes();

    const auto diffIdle = idle - oldIdle;
    const auto diffUsed = used - oldUsed;

#if defined _WIN32 || defined __CYGWIN__
    return diffUsed == 0 ? -1 : ( diffUsed - diffIdle ) * 100.f / diffUsed;
#elif defined __linux__ || defined __APPLE__ || defined BSD
    const auto total = diffUsed + diffIdle;
    return total == 0 ? -1 : diffUsed * 100.f / total;
#endif
}

}

#endif

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Robert Redford Tells Utahns Discrimination Is 'Un-American'
Devin Thorpe
Champion of Social Good | Bestselling Author | Educator | Speaker
Sep 16, 2013, 11:14pm EDT |
Robert Redford issued a challenge to young activists to "use their voice" to make a difference in the world. The actor, director, producer and entrepreneur met with a small group of press before the Equality Utah "Allies Dinner" tonight where he was the keynote speaker.
In the world of social entrepreneurship, entrepreneurs are activists. They are out to change the world and make a difference. Redford's remarks provide salient guidance.
Redford's remarks come at a time when the state of Utah is debating several anti-discrimination laws that would protect the LBGT community from discrimination in hiring and housing. The state's politics are strongly influenced by the conservative Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which has been a vocal opponent to same sex marriage laws around the country. Same-sex marriage is not considered likely in Utah because of the Church's opposition, but the Church has indicated support for hiring and housing legislation.
Brandie Balken, Executive Director of Equality Utah, explained the organization's mission, "Every Utahn should have fair access to the most basic necessities: a roof over their heads and a job to support themselves and the people they love."
Robert Redford (Photo by Devin Thorpe)
Redford chose to attend the event to show his support for the cause of equality in the state where he owns the Sundance Resort and holds his annual Sundance Film Festival. He noted that he believes in the fundamental "freedoms of our constitution."
Redford credited "collective action" for the progress made toward equality in Utah and nationally. He noted that "grassroots efforts" have been the primary driver of social change over the years.
He also challenged would be activists to be well informed on the issues in order to be effective.
Redford suggested in his remarks at the event that what happens in Utah matters beyond its borders. "If we change discriminatory laws in Utah, it sets a benchmark for people in other states; it allows people to see what can be done."
He went on to note that the Sundance Film Festival has screened and celebrated LGBT films for decades.
Utah Senator Stephen Urquhart is sponsoring legislation to extend equal housing rights to the LGBT... [+] community. He visits here with Brandie Balken of Equality Utah and Robert Redford. (Photo by Devin Thorpe)
"There is no room in our society for discrimination. None. I think it is un-American," he said.
"Utah is changing. There are good people in Utah. More people want to change the discriminatory laws than want to keep them. People should be able to marry whomever they love."
He challenged the audience to leave a "legacy of inclusion" and reiterated, "I believe in the power of collective action."
He closed with a quote from T.S. Eliot, "There is only the trying. The rest is not our business"
Redford's observations, intended for a broad audience, seem to have particular relevance to entrepreneurs who are seeking to grow a business. Whether seeking employees, customers or good PR, entrepreneurs cannot afford the luxury of excluding or offending a market segment.
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Players involved in Pistons, Pacers skirmish fined by NBA
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The NBA fined Indiana Pacers forward Paul George and Detroit Pistons forward Marcus Morris on Monday for their roles in a shoving match late in Saturday night's game in Indianapolis.
Morris was fined $15,000 after initially shoving George. The Pacers two-time All-Star was fined $10,000 for retaliating.
Teammates of both players met at midcourt as they tried to pull the players apart.
George has been fined three times by the league since October and has paid an additional $13,000 for six technical fouls, costing him approximately $68,000.


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Friday's Games
Assumption at Fredonia State (N.Y.), 7 p.m.
Holy Cross at American, 3 p.m.
Assabet at Quaboag, 7 p.m.
Ayer-Shirley at West Boylston, 7 p.m.
Bartlett at Millbury, 7 p.m.
Clinton at Quabbin, 7 p.m.
Doherty at St. Peter-Marian, 7 p.m.
Grafton at Oxford, 7 p.m.
Holy Name at Gardner, 7 p.m.
Lunenburg at Tyngsboro, 7 p.m.
Marlboro at Algonquin, 7 p.m.
Minuteman at Ware, 7 p.m.
Mohawk Trail at Mahar, 7 p.m.
Murdock at Littleton, 7 p.m.
Narragansett at Maynard, 7 p.m.
Nipmuc at Burncoat, 7 p.m.
North Middlesex at Hudson, 7 p.m.
Oakmont at Groton-Dunstable, 7 p.m.
Shepherd Hill at Northbridge, 7 p.m.
Southbridge at Leicester, 7 p.m.
St. John's at Leominster, 7 p.m.
Tantasqua at Auburn, 7 p.m.
Turners Falls at Athol, 7 p.m.
Uxbridge at David Prouty, 7 p.m.
Wachusett at Shrewsbury, 7 p.m.
Westboro at Nashoba, 7 p.m.
Ayer-Shirley at Tahanto, 3:30 p.m.
Valley Tech at Parker, 3:30 p.m.
Clinton at Gardner, 3:30 p.m.
Lunenburg at Littleton, 3:30 p.m.
Mahar at Greenfield, 3:30 p.m.
Milford at South, 3:30 p.m.
Millbury at Oxford, 3:30 p.m.
Monson at Athol, 3:30 p.m.
Murdock at Narragansett, 3:30 p.m.
Quaboag at Ware, 3:30 p.m.
St. Mary's at Marian, 3:30 p.m.
St. Paul's at Holy Name, 3:30 p.m.
St. Peter-Marian at Holy Name, 3:30 p.m.
Sutton at Bromfield, 3:30 p.m.
Tyngsboro at Fitchburg, 3:30 p.m.
Douglas at Hopedale, 4 p.m.
St. Bernard's at Whitinsville Christian, 4 p.m.
Worcester Academy at Kingswood-Oxford, 4:30 p.m.
Assabet at Monty Tech, 5:30 p.m.
Bromfield at Sutton, 3:30 p.m.
Douglas at Valley Tech, 3:30 p.m.
Littleton at Maynard, 3:30 p.m.
Monty Tech at Assabet, 3:30 p.m.
Oakmont at Littleton, 3:30 p.m.
Quaboag at Pathfinder, 3:30 p.m.
South at Clinton, 3:30 p.m.
Weston at Nashoba Tech, 3:30 p.m.
Tantasqua at Wachusett, 4 p.m.
Bromfield at Clinton, 3:30 p.m.
Burncoat at South, 3:30 p.m.
Holy Name at Doherty, 3:30 p.m.
Hopedale at Blackstone-Millville, 3:30 p.m.
Hudson at Gardner, 3:30 p.m.
North at Valley Tech, 3:30 p.m.
North Brookfield at David Prouty, 3:30 p.m.
Oxford at Douglas, 3:30 p.m.
Quabbin at Oakmont, 3:30 p.m.
Shrewsbury at Fitchburg, 3:30 p.m.
Sutton at Nipmuc, 3:30 p.m.
Tahanto at Maynard, 3:30 p.m.
Tantasqua at St. Peter-Marian, 3:30 p.m.
Tyngsboro at Lunenburg, 3:30 p.m.
Wachusett at Algonquin, 3:30 p.m.
Westboro at Nashoba, 3:30 p.m.
Narragansett at Groton-Dunstable, 7 p.m.
Schedule may change due to postponements.
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Barbara Santamaria
Quiz secures extension to banking facilities
HSBC Bank has agreed to give occasionwear brand Quiz an extension to its banking facilities while it undertakes a review of various potential trading scenarios during the pandemic.
The financial arrangement, which had previously been due to expire this Thursday 23 April 2020, has been extended until the end of July.
This includes a £2 million overdraft and a working facility of £1.5 million. In addition to these facilities, Quiz said it had a cash pile of £6 million as of 20 April.
The extension comes on the back of plummeting demand for party dresses, coupled with a loss of store sales due to lockdown restrictions. The Scottish retailer reopened its distribution centre on 14 April to serve online customers after implementing a number of safety measures to protect the health of its workers.
But Quiz's problems started well before the Covid-19 outbreak. Last year, group revenues grew 12% to £130.8 million, but pre-tax profit plummeted by 97% to just £0.2 million. Its woes continued into the first half of the new financial year, with revenues dropping by 5% and a pre-tax loss of £6.8 million due to expensive shop leases.
Quiz has warned that the year ending 31 March 2020 will be impacted by a "substantial reduction" in traffic in stores and online due to the pandemic.
Further short- and medium-term trading scenarios are being currently reviewed by the board of directors. In the meantime, non-essential spend has been eliminated, capital projects have been postponed and stock intakes have been substantially reduced to preserve the company's cash position.
"We are taking the actions needed to preserve cash and manage liquidity throughout this unprecedented and challenging period in order to ensure that Quiz remains well positioned to deliver its strategic plans over the longer term," said CEO Tarak Ramzan.
"We are grateful for the constructive dialogue with and ongoing support of our stakeholders, including colleagues, suppliers and partners as well as our bank, HSBC."
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Consumer Web sites: Alternative Sites
By: Carolyn Schwaar
By Carolyn Schwaar
As long as Realtor® associations have had Web sites, many have provided information on homebuying and homeselling. Recently, though, more associations are launching informational Web sites, for a variety of reasons, specifically targeting consumers.
Whether it's to position the organization as a reliable source of homebuying and homeselling information, to rally communities to political action, or to boost the public image of Realtors®, associations are using the Web to reach a new audience.
Featured here are just a few examples of successful independent consumer-focused Web sites associations have launched.
WhyREALTORSWork.com
Launched by the Oklahoma Association of Realtors® in April 2007 as part of the organization's public awareness campaign, WhyREALTORS
Work.com is a vehicle to convey to the consumer the value, need, and benefits of using a Realtor®. Visits per month: Average 4,368 visits. Most popular page: After the home page, the second most popular page contains the homeselling information.
Site promotion: The site is promoted in newspaper ads, television commercials, and on billboards. Every county in the state promotes the site in some manner.
TodaysHomeownership.com
The mission of TodaysHomeownership.com, launched in January 2007, is to counteract negative national media reports on bubbles, price declines, and overall market weakening. The Realtors® Association of South Central Wisconsin— along with the Madison Area Builders Association and the Wisconsin Mortgage Bankers Association—accomplish this by providing the public with accurate information about the local market in south central Wisconsin. Visits per month: Average 1,000 visits. Site promotion: The site is promoted via the organization's television ads, newspaper ads, radio spots, and links on member Web sites.
YourPieceofCalifornia.com
The California Association of Realtors®' "micro site" for consumers, which launched in April 2007, is part of the organization's new consumer advertising campaign that conveys the value of working with a Realtor®. The site also offers California-specific homebuying and homeselling tips. Site promotion: The site is featured on radio advertisements and banner ads on Yahoo, as well as other housing and real estate sites, such as the DIY Network and HGTV.
NCHomePrograms.com
With assistance from other community-based organizations, three northern Colorado associations—the Fort Collins Board of Realtors®, the Loveland/Berthoud Area Association of Realtors®, and the Greeley Area Realtors® Association—developed NCHomePrograms.com in May 2004.
A companion piece to the organizations' Sensible Housing Opportunity Professionals (SHOP) certification program, the site gives low-income consumers a one-stop source for information on homeownership assistance programs. Site promotion: The site is promoted by Fannie Mae and other housing organizations in print and on the Web, as well as through links on member Web sites.
TexasRealEstate.com
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This kit is the final ExtraTech tank destroyer kit for me to review, and it is one that I waited a long time to get. My other ExtraTech tank destroyers were donated to me when I ran On The Way, but I never received the M36. I had a few opportunities to buy the standard version of this kit (the non-Extrapack version), but due to its high cost I refrained until just recently when I found a shop that had the Extrapack kit at a very reasonable price.
The three scans below are common amongst all the ExtraTech tank destroyer kits, and I refer the reader to the Achilles IIC preview for a greater discussion of these parts.
The plastic hulls are for the diesel-engined M36B2, which is used for two of the marking schemes included with the kit. In order to build the gasoline-engined M36 for the other vehicles included on the decal sheet, the modeler must convert the hull to the M36 configuration by using the etched brass replacement engine deck that is included with the kit. Unfortunately, the exhaust parts included in the kit are correct for only the M36B2, not the M36. But and exhaust deflector has been included in resin for the M36 which should hide the exhaust parts completely.
My only other comment about these parts regards the tracks, which I have mentioned in previous reviews. The tracks are very finely made T-54E2 tracks, which as far as I know, was a very rare style. Although this track style was occasionally seen on British Shermans and TDs, I don't think they were ever used by the US military (someone correct me if I'm wrong), so they are inappropriate here. The only track styles that I've seen in photos of the M36 are the T51 plain rubber block (uncommon), T49 rubber chevron (very uncommon), and the T54E1 steel chevron (most common), often with the extended end connectors. The T54E1 track looks somewhat similar to the T54E2 tracks included with the kit, so unless you're a purist, you could get away with using the kit tracks. One other note: in all of the photos I've seen on the M36, they were equipped with the late style sprocket wheel using the solid sprocket plate, not the earlier style with the cutouts in the sprocket plate behind each sprocket tooth, such as the ones included with this kit. I think a swap for late sprocket wheels from a different Sherman kit is in order.
The new sprue of plastic parts for this kit includes the 90mm-armed M36 turret. The casting of this sprue is the same high-quality molding as the earlier kits, with some minimal interior detail, but not a whole lot. This is the reason I held out for the Extrapack version of this kit, because so much more interior detail is included with this kit in resin and brass.
The above scan shows the large number of resin parts to come with this kit. As mentioned, most of the turret interior detail is included, as well as some hull exterior details and accessories. Three gun barrel styles are included with this kit: the WW II version in plastic or turned brass, or the post-war US and post-war French versions in resin. An outstanding .50cal AA machinegun is included, as are a pair of air-cooled .30cal MGs as well.
Bottom line is that I love this kit, and can't wait to build it. There are a few errors that can be corrected with parts from my spares box, and for those who want to build something different, you can pair the turret from this kit with an M4A3 hull to make an M36B1, though you'll have to scrounge for markings elsewhere. MR Models had announced an M36 kit years ago, but it's never seen the light of day as far as I know. With this ExtraTech kit available for several years now, I wonder if MR will ever come through with their plans. It would be nice though, if some company would produce an M36 turret set that could be used for an M36B1 conversion project, so we wouldn't have to sacrifice an entire ExtraTech kit for such a project.


I have a request for a Temporary Road Closure at the above location to enable thin surfacing works to be carried out in safety. Details are listed in the schedule below and having assessed the application I am satisfied the request is justified.
There is no alternative route for diverted traffic The restrictions are to be in operation only when the necessary signs are erected on site. The Legal Order will be made to cover a four month period, however the closure is expected to take place on one day between 0730hrs and 1800hrs from 1st to 31st August 2012. Access may be allowed from time to time according to local signing.
Reason: To enable thin surfacing works to be carried out in safety.
Date: The closure is expected to take place on one day between 0730hrs and 1800hrs from 1st to 31st August 2012. Access may be allowed from time to time according to local signing. Signs will be erected on site two weeks before commencement of works.
Alternative Route: There is No Alternative Route available.
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Abducted Forestry college students released by bandits
Abducted Forestry college students were released by bandits on Wednesday the 5th of May 2021 in Kaduna State after being abducted on the 12th of March.
The remaining abducted students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization Afaka in Kaduna have finally been released after spending 55 days in captivity.
The students were released on Wednesday the 5th of May and are currently undergoing medical examination at a health facility in Kaduna.
The spokesman of the Police Command in Kaduna state, ASP Mohammed Jalige confirmed the release of the students on Wednesday in Kaduna.
Initially, a total of 39 students were abducted from their hostel on the night of March 12, but 10 of them were later released.
The military had engaged the attackers at the time of the attack and was able to successfully rescue 180 staff and students.
The abductors had demanded N500 million ransom to release the students, but the Kaduna State Government stood its ground and said it would not negotiate with nor pay ransom to bandits and terrorists because that would only encourage them.
Parents of the students have been worried and anxious for the release of their children and had staged a protest at the National Assembly on Tuesday the 4th of May, to draw the lawmaker's attention.
Meanwhile, The Kaduna State Government celebrated with the parents of the students for their safe release.
"The government rejoices with the freed students, their families, and the management of the institution over this development.
"Governor Nasir El-Rufai charged them to view their ordeal as a motivator to put the past behind and work hard towards a happier and successful future ahead," Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs said in a statement.
The students were released by their abductors in the Giwa local government area of the state, Wednesday evening.
This is hopefully the beginning of positive changes in the security issues the country currently faces all across Nigeria.
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A Retired Farmer Gave His $7,000 Reward To The Kidnapped Teen He Helped Save
Earl Melchert helped 15-year-old Jasmine Block after she escaped from three men who allegedly kidnapped and assaulted her for 29 days.
By Tasneem Nashrulla
Tasneem Nashrulla BuzzFeed News Reporter
Posted on October 9, 2017, at 12:12 p.m. ET
Earl Melchert, a Minnesota farmer who recently retired, was awarded $7,000 for finding and helping an Alexandria teen who had been missing for 29 days.
Alexandria Police Department / Facebook / Via Facebook: permalink.php
Melchert found 15-year-old Jasmine Block on Sept. 5 after she escaped from an abandoned house following a nearly month-long, harrowing ordeal during which she was held against her will and repeatedly assaulted by three men, authorities said.
Block escaped from the house after her alleged abductors left her alone for the first time in 29 days to get lunch.
The teen swam across part of a lake near Melchert's house after she was unable to find someone to help her in neighboring homes. She then ran towards Melchert's car across his field.
When Melchert saw some movement in his field, he wasn't sure if it was a bear or a person, Richard Wyffels, the Alexandria police chief, said on Friday.
But when Block came closer, Melchert immediately knew who she was because the story of the missing teen had made headlines in the community and around the country.
Block got into Melchert's vehicle and shared her excruciating story with him. The farmer immediately called 911, and while he was on the phone he reported a vehicle that Block recognized as one of her abductor's.
Wyffels called Melchert a "hero" at a meeting with Melchert and Block's family on Friday.
"You're a hero because of how you reacted," Wyffels said. "His instinct said someone needed help."
But Melchert, who retired on Sept. 29, gave his $7,000 reward to Block and her family, saying: "The reward money means absolutely nothing to me."
TheVoiceofAlexandria / YouTube / Via youtube.com
Wyffels said that when he called Melchert to congratulate him on his retirement and give him the good news about being the reward's recipient, the farmer "couldn't get the words out of his mouth quick enough."
"And those words were, 'I retired last Friday and I could use that money now more than ever in my lifetime,'" Wyffels recalled Melchert telling him. "But it wouldn't be right," Melchert told Wyffels.
"I just want to say that the Good Lord put me in that spot," Melchert told Block and her family on Friday.
"The reward money means absolutely nothing to me," he told Block's mother, Sarah Block. "I want to present this check to you and Jasmine. You guys deserve it."
"He believes that young lady that came running towards him that September day is the real hero and without hesitation, Earl handed the reward over to her, followed by a big hug," Wyffels said in a Facebook post describing the heartwarming moment.
"What no one expected was the kindness and generosity that came straight from Earl's heart today," Wyffels said. "Thank you, Earl. It is people like you that make the world a better place."
The teen's mother, Sarah Block, called Melchert and his wife "amazing people" and said that she didn't think anybody else would have returned the reward money.
Block's family had contributed $2,000, while an anonymous donor had given $5,000 as a part of the reward sum.
Melchert told The Voice of Alexandria that the experience has made him look at things differently.
"I want to help people now," he said. "You get in a rut. You go to work, you get up, go to work, get up. You have fun once in a while. But this made me look at things a lot differently. There's other things I can do to help people, volunteer. That's the best thing you can do that makes you feel good when you help somebody out in a bad situation."
Wyffels called the 15-year-old an "unbelievable young woman" for escaping from her abductors after the "harrowing" 29 days she spent being beaten and sexually assaulted.
Police arrested Thomas Barker, 32, Steven Powers, 20, and Joshua Holby, 31, last month and detained them on charges of kidnapping, false imprisonment, and assault. Barker and Powers were also charged with criminal sexual conduct.
On the night of Aug. 8, Barker approached Block outside her house and lied to her about needing help with a family situation, police said. Block, who knew of Barker as a neighborhood acquaintance, agreed to help him and got into his car.
Barker drove her to his residence where he stayed with Holby. He restrained Block with zip ties, repeatedly assaulted her, and threatened her with weapons, police said.
The physical and sexual assaults — which Holby and Powers also allegedly engaged in — continued over several weeks, according to the police.
The three men then took Block from the house to different locations including a cornfield and a foreclosed property. On Sept. 5, they left her alone while they traveled to a nearby town for lunch.
It was then that she ran into "one awesome individual," Wyffels said.
Block told WCCO 4 News that she escaped when the men left because they told her it would be an hour before they returned. She added that she swam across the lake even though "I'm not a good swimmer."
Her older sister, Paige Block, said she looked up to Melchert as a hero. "There's good people in this world still," Paige told The Voice of Alexandria. "Not many, but there still is, and he's one of them."
Melchert told the New York Times that Block's family needed the money. "To me, yeah, that's a lot of money, but they need it way worse than I do," he said.
Tasneem Nashrulla is a reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in New York.
Contact Tasneem Nashrulla at tasneem.nashrulla@buzzfeed.com.


Arsène Wenger welcomes back Cesc Fabregas, Theo Walcott and Robin van Persie this weekend and maintains his belief that Arsenal can be crowned champions.
Arsenal will look to get their title bid back on track when they take on Blackburn at the Emirates tomorrow after a sorry run of form saw them crash out of three competitions in as many weeks last month.
Wenger has been handed a major boost by the return to fitness of Fabregas, Walcott and Alex Song, while van Persie is also set to feature after recovering from a knee injury picked up on international duty.
"We have available again Fabregas, Song, Walcott and Diaby. They are all back in the squad," Wenger said.
"Robin is all right. He will be in the squad. It was a kick on his knee, but he had a test this morning and felt all right. If he has no reaction overnight he should be OK.
"I am an optimist so always I hoped it would not be too severe. That was the case – for once we had good news.
Wenger also praised Arsenal's durability, and believes his side would be deserved winners should they end their six-year trophy drought and lift the Premier League title in May.
"We are on a run of 12 unbeaten games so that is consistency," he said.
"We went out against Barcelona under very special circumstances. The only regret we can maybe have is the Carling Cup final in the last minute.
"What is important is to focus on what we still can achieve, what would be magnificent and a great season.


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Не следует путать с  — бургомистром Любека.

Иоганн Маттиас Люткенс (1830—1894) — пастор и ; профессор Юрьевского университета.

Биография

Иоганн Маттиас Люткенс родился 16 ноября 1830 года в Кастранте, Лифляндской губернии; сын местного арендатора. Обучался сначала в Рижской гимназии (1840—1848), а затем в Императорском Дерптском университете, где изучал богословие. Не имея средств к жизни, он, еще будучи студентом, выдержал при богословском факультете экзамен по библейской истории и катехизису на право преподавания в начальных школах и этим поддерживал своё существование.

По окончании в 1852 году Дерптского университета со степенью кандидата богословия он определился старшим учителем Закона Божия и еврейского языка в Дерптскую гимназию.

В 1854 году И.-М. Люткенс стал пастором-адъюнктом при Университетской церкви, в 1858 году выдержал магистерский экзамен и по защите диссертации под заглавием: «Luthers Prädestinationslehre im Zusammenhange mit seiner Lehre vom freien Willen geschichtlich dargestellt» был назначен приват-доцентом при альма-матер.

В 1862 году он был командирован с научною целью за границу. Во время пребывания в должности приват-доцента (до 1875 года, когда получил назначение на должность обер-пастора при Рижской церкви Святого Петра) Люткенс читал лекции по всем областям богословия и имел большое и глубокое влияние на слушателей.

В 1883 году, по предложению богословского факультета, Иоганну Маттиасу Люткенсу была присвоена степень доктора богословия «honoris causa».

Кроме отдельно изданных трудов (см. раздел Библиография) Люткенсом был помещён ряд критических статей в «Mitteilungen und Nachrichten für die evangelische Kirche Russlands»: «Zum h. Vaterunser. Einleitende Betrachtungen zu einer Erklärung desselben» (1892).

Скончался Иоганн-Маттиас Люткенс 18 октября 1894 года.

Библиография

 «Luthers Prädestinationslehre im Zusammenhange mit seiner Lehre vom freien Willen geschichtlich dargestellt» (диссертация, 1858).
 «Die Stadien der Aufklärung in neuster Zeit» (vier Vorträge. 1865).
 «Seid fleissig zu halten die Einigkeit im Geist» (zwei Sammlungen Predigten zumeist in der Universitätskirche zu Dorpat gehalten 1870, 1872).
 «An die Redaktion der Baltischen Monatsschrift. Eine abgenötigte Meinungsäusserung 1878».
 «Zur Verständigung. An den Verfasser der erbetenen Meinungsäusserung», 1878.
 «Rigas Lutherfeier. Festrede, 1883».
 «Biblische Betrachtungen auf alle Sonn- und Festtage des Kirchenjahres, gesammelt und herausgegeben von W. Keller», 1895.
 «Dorpater Zeitschrift für Theologie und Kirche»: «Dr. von Hofmann und seine neusten Gegner», 1859.
 «Kirchlichkeit und Bekenntnis der Kirche», 1860.
 «Ueber Sünde, Gnade und Versöhnung», 1863.
 «Landeskirche oder Freikirche», 1871.

Примечания

Литература

 «Биографический словарь профессоров и преподавателей Юрьевского университета», том I, страницы 62—64.

Выпускники богословского факультета Императорского Дерптского университета
Пасторы Российской империи
Почётные доктора


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Q: Can't bind event to dynamically created element I have following html structure in editstaff.php:

This is result div

<form id="adres" onsubmit="return submitForm();">
<input type="hidden" name="type" value="adrs" />
<input type="submit" value="Address" /></form>

And in inline-style:
#result{
position: absolute;
border: 5px solid gray;
padding: 10px;
background: white;
width: 270px;
height: 190px;
}

What this html page do, clicking on "Address" button of "adres" form, some post data is send to another php page which shows information based on sent data on a pop-up like div (which style was display:none) fadeIn from display:none. The javascript/jquery codes for this purpose are as follows:

i.e the div in editstaff.php with fetched data will pop-up like following structure:

some_value
Close

All things is going on okay upto this stage. But when I am clicking on "Close" link on pop-up div the div is not closing(fadeOut) with $("#divclose").click(function()
Why this is not happening in this case?
can anybody give a solution for me?
I am giving a demo page where you can see the problem in practical.

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*Please visit http://raddacentre.org/editstaff.php and

*write 'Afsar' in "Search by name" field and

*then press "show".

*After page loads, please press "Address" button which will be at the bottom of the page.

*Then a pop-up div will be shown where there will be a link named "Close".

*Press that button and please check why this div is not fade in there?

As I used jquery version 1.3, I used $("#divclose").live method instead of $(selector).on method.
Any help will be appreciated.
in geteditdata.php there is only this code:
<?php
echo $_POST['sname'];
?>

Close Here

A: You are using really old jQuery 1.2.3 (it's not jq 1.3), I'm not sure if .live exist in that version. So two things:

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*Use new jQuery (I suggest 1.9)

*Use .on instead of .live (read about it, syntax is a little bit different)

Code should look like that:
$("body").on('click', "#divclose", function(){
  $("#result").fadeOut(500);
});

Instead of "body" you can use other container that exist when event is being binded.


KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Australia warned Sunday that terrorists may be plotting attacks in and around Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's largest city.
"Terrorists may be planning attacks in and around Kuala Lumpur. Attacks could be indiscriminate and may target Western interests or locations frequented by Westerners," the commission said in the advisory, which was posted on its website.
In response to Australia's warning, Kuala Lumpur police chief Tajuddin Mohamad Isa told the English-language newspaper The Star that security has been stepped up in the past few months and that there was no indication of an attack.
Since 2013, Malaysia has arrested more than 150 people with suspected links to the Islamic State group. Last month, a 28-year-old Malaysian man was detained just hours before he planned to blow himself up at an entertainment outlet in Kuala Lumpur.
The travel advisory also urged Australians to avoid travelling to Malaysia's eastern Sabah state on Borneo island, famed for its dive sites, due to a high threat of kidnappings by Philippine rebels.
It said Australians should exercise "normal safety precautions" when in Malaysia overall.
A Malaysian Foreign Ministry official said Sunday that foreign missions are at liberty to provide their own assessment of the security situation in the country.
The official, who declined to be named due to the sensitivity of the issue, said "it is nothing to be alarmed of," noting that the terror warning also acknowledged Malaysia's efforts in strengthening its security presence in high-risk areas.


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Q: How can I collapse all #regions and methods in c#? it is very annoying to collapse all one by one...

A: Quickest way will be to collapse to definitions via Ctrl+M, Ctrl+O. That will collapse all code down to the signature lines.

A: Like Steve said, CTRL + M plus CTRL + L for collapsing all regions recursively. This one is a toggle, meaning you can do it again to re-open them.
Do CTRL + M plus CTRL + O to collapse all regions non-recursively.
Source: http://weblogs.asp.net/mrdave/archive/2004/09/17/230732.aspx

A: right click -> Outlining -> Collapse To Definitions

A: CTRL + M, CTRL + L

This will also collapse anything that is collapsible too, such as scopes defined by braces.

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*Collapsing and Openning recursively: Ctrl+M+L

*Just Collapsing: Ctrl+M+O

*Just Openning: Ctrl+M+P


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Blog August 21, 2017
New Developments on the Alzheimer's Disease Diagnostic Front — Part I
In July, we attended the Alzheimer's Association International Conference in London. The big news at the meeting was on the diagnostics front. In the aftermath of the recent string of trial failures, diagnostic tools have become a critical area of focus, in the hopes that patient diagnosis and selection can be improved.
Accurately diagnosing Alzheimer's disease has always been problematic, with no definitive diagnosis possible except by autopsy after the patient's death. Diagnosis to date has primarily looked at a patient's symptoms and how they change over time.
Research results from two different studies grabbed the news spotlight around the conference, as they both confirm that many patients are misdiagnosed as having Alzheimer's and suggest potential strategies for identifying those patients at true risk, years before cognitive symptoms emerge.
The first reported data from the first 4,000 people tested to date in the ongoing Imaging Dementia-Evidence for Amyloid Scanning (IDEAS) study, conducted in the United States and Europe. The aim of the study was to examine over 18,000 patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia by means of PET scanning to see if their brains contain amyloid plaques, one of two hallmarks of the disease (the other being the Tau protein). The researchers found that 54.3% of the MCI patients and 70.5% of the dementia patients had the plaques. This finding could change the way that doctors treat people in these hard-to-diagnose groups; up to 60% of the physicians participating in the study planned to change the way they managed their PET-scanned patients.
The second study, conducted by a team from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, reported on the potential for developing a rapid, inexpensive blood-based screening test for amyloid-beta. The researchers looked at the levels of three different subtypes of amyloid-beta found in blood of 41 people age 60 and older. They found that levels of amyloid-beta 42, relative to amyloid-beta 40, were consistently 10-15% lower in people confirmed (by PET scan) to have amyloid plaque deposition in their brains or Alzheimer's disease associated amyloid alterations in their cerebrospinal fluid. The amyloid plaques that characterize Alzheimer's disease are composed primarily of amyloid-beta 42; the researchers theorized that the protein was probably being deposited in the patients' brains before moving in the bloodstream.
By averaging the ratio of amyloid-beta 42 to amyloid-beta 40 over 20 blood samples per patient, the researchers could classify people accurately as amyloid-positive or amyloid-negative about 89 percent of the time. At any single time point, the average accuracy of testing was about 86%. Researchers at Washington University are also developing a blood-based test for tau. If successful, the use of both blood tests could provide an even better idea of which patients are at risk — much as cholesterol measurement is used as a marker for heart disease risk.
But PET scans and these new blood tests are not the only diagnostic strategies in use or in development to try to diagnose Alzheimer's disease or the high risk of developing the condition at an early stage. In our next post, we'll take a brief look at the field of Alzheimer's diagnostics overall, and discuss where we see the field moving.