Anorexia nervosa is a psychiatric disorder that involves the inability to eat due to fear of excess weight gain. A person with this disorder is typically a young female between the ages of 15 and 23, although studies have included all age groups and males as well. The anorexic has a distorted image and even when thin, they look in the mirror and see a heavy person.
Research studies on anorexia have shown that between 0.5 and 3.7 females will suffer from anorexia nervosa.
It is characterized by starving behaviors, odd eating habits, such as "fad diets" involving one or two groups of foods in limited quantities, carefully measuring these quantities or portions out, lack of or infrequent menstrual periods, obsessive weighing of oneself sometimes several times a day, excessive exercising, and the use of laxatives, diuretics, and enemas – all with the expressed focus of losing weight and controlling their environment.
Research has shown that some of these individuals will have a single episode or bout of anorexia and others will have episodes that wax and wane over several years with frequent periods of normalcy and relapses.
Individuals with anorexia nervosa have a mortality rate of 0.56% a year. This figure is 12 times higher than the average death rate of others in their peer group.
Research studies have shown that approximately 50% of these individuals with anorexia nervosa will suffer from "bone thinning" or otherwise known as osteoporosis. This bone loss is equivalent to a woman who is in the 70-year-old to 80-year-old age bracket.
Other complications from anorexia, in addition to osteoporosis, can include electrolyte imbalances, depression, organ damage, heart arrhythmias, suicide, kidney damage and cardiac arrest.
A new research study has indicated that half of the cases of anorexia nervosa may be linked to genetics. In other words, there is a genetic predisposition for people who carry a specific gene to use eating disorders as a means of controlling their environment or to control stress. It also may be linked to a distorted body image issue as well.
Males, although not as common as females, can also be stricken with this psychiatric disorder. Research studies have found that for every four females there is one male who is also afflicted with anorexia nervosa. Males are much more prone to keeping their "eating disorder" hidden and they are less suspect than a female to have it therefore their problem is often misdiagnosed.
Misdiagnosis in males leads to treatment and intervention occurring later in the disease. As with most diseases or illness early diagnosis and treatment leads to better rates of complete recovery.
Eating disorders in males usually start at a later age and it is often found that they were overweight in childhood.
Treatment for males with anorexia nervosa follows the same path as their female counterpart. With proper counseling and monitoring the outcome for both parties is good. A team effort of both the family and a good medical team that includes psychiatric counseling is essential in order to flee this dangerous psychiatric disturbance.


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By ED & BETTY BIITTIG
The July 3 Firecracker 50 STSS event at Fonda was monumental for the track because it was the first time the Short Track Super Series played at the Track of Champions and that also made it worthy of Fonda history.
There was a Long Haul Bonus from Timco Transportation given to the competitor that traveled the farthest and Jimmy Horton and Roger Henion, Jr., were the recipients. Maybe there should have been a long haul bonus given to the fan that traveled the farthest. We don't know who that would have been but we did run into a group of fans that made the four hour drive from Montreal, (South Shore) Quebec, Canada. Simon LaMarche was the spokesman for the group of 10-12, his brother, cousins and friends that were there on Wednesday night and loving what has happened to Fonda this season. Simon has been coming to Fonda since the 1970s and remembers when the stands were filled and the racing at its best. "I never missed a 100 lapper in those years," said Simon. The group feels now that Deyo and his staff have brought all that back to the fans.
Prior to the racing action on Wednesday Melissa Lazzaro interviewed Ed in the Fonda Museum as part of the MAVTV broadcast scheduled for sometime in September. We are members of the Hall of Fame, did the history segment in early Fonda programs and were involved in the original museum with Brian Hanaburgh when it was set up in the Fultonville McDonald's as part of the restaurant's decor. All in all you could say we are part of the history of Fonda Speedway and sometimes we even feel historic.
It's a year of firsts for driver, Jim Becker and Tim Hartman, Jr., Jim as a car owner and Tim in a Modified. This year is a year of testing. "We plan to travel so Tim can get experience on different tracks, said Jim, and then next year we plan to follow the series." Tim made the feature at Thunder Mountain earlier this season and on Wednesday he was among the DNQ's along with Jimmy Horton and a few other notables. Tim's performance in his 602 Crate Sportsman shows his ability to transition; he's leading the Northern Region points for the STSS and his fourth win of the season in the division at Fonda and leads the points. Tim has two wins at Albany Saratoga and also leads the points there.
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Is it new or is it just V-fest rebranded? In 2017 we were told that after 20 years V-fest was over, but Rize will take place at the same venue and on the same weekend that V-fest did. With a line-up full of big-hitting artists and a name that just maybe, possibly might have something to do with phoenix and ashes you'd be forgiven for thinking all that's changed is the corporate sponsorship. Still, if your heading over to Essex for the teenage rite-of-passage event of the year, all you really care about is who to see, right?
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Bastille are the the outstanding offering on Saturday night, but Black Honey are also worth your time. It may be that I just have a soft spot for people with green hair but Alma is an interesting one, her music feels more like it is made for a nightclub at 2am than a main festival stage but it is important to add a bit of diversity to your festival experience.
2nd Stage
If you spent all of Friday at the Main Stage, be sure to wander over to the 2nd stage for Saturday Years & Years offer electro beats that could have been pulled out of the mid-80s and Sean Paul should put everyone in a summer mood with his Jamaican dancehall sounds. London grime outfit The Manor shouldn't be overlooked, their lyrics are clever, witty and socially aware.
New Music Stage
Cloves is all rousing beats and soul and Feet might just put you in mind of early Blur. Into The Ark can count Sir Tom Jones as one of their biggest fans, so are surely worth a punt. All three perform on Friday.
If you like your guitars fast and hard then Saturday headliners Spring King are for you. Folly Rae has the kind of voice you can't ignore and 2018 looks set to be the young singer's breakout year, catch her before she's everywhere.
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Denver may achieve goal to end veteran homelessness this time
David Heitz 2021-11-12
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There's nothing new about Denver's plan to end veteran homelessness. It's a goal the city has worked toward since at least 2010.
Back then, Denver and the nation had a goal to end veteran homelessness by 2015. That didn't happen, but significant reductions were made.
Denver has seen success in reducing homelessness among veterans even during the COVID-19 epidemic. From 2020 to 2021, the number of people overall experiencing homelessness for the first time in Denver doubled. But more than 200 fewer veterans experienced homelessness in 2021, with a count of 418 according to the Point in Time survey. More than 600 veterans experienced homelessness in 2020.
In a joint statement in April, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia L. Fudge and Veterans Administration Secretary Denis McDonough announced their own initiative to end veteran homelessness.
"We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to tackle this crisis," the statement reads. "The American Rescue Plan included more than $10 billion in funding for individuals who are experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness. The American Jobs Plan would invest $213 billion to produce, preserve, and retrofit more than two million affordable homes.
"Our collaboration is the first step of a multi-phased whole-of-government effort that will ultimately help us end veteran homelessness. We will evaluate existing strategies, implement new approaches when necessary, and execute a plan to ensure we achieve tangible results that incorporate best practices, feedback, and lessons learned from veterans, advocacy groups, and other stakeholders."
Denver offers few specifics how to reach goal
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Denver's five-year housing plan mentions Denver's goal to end veteran homelessness, but the document provides few specifics on how to get there. An e-mail to the Department of Housing Stability asking for more details was not returned.
Built for Zero is a collaboration of 90 communities nationwide committed to ending homelessness. On its website, Built for Zero offers a case study of Denver's effort.
"In 2020, metro Denver partners were able to achieve a 22 percent reduction in veteran homelessness," according to the case study, released in August. "That marked the largest reduction metro Denver has seen since joining Built for Zero in 2015 and totaled 514 veterans housed in the calendar year. Much of this reduction was driven as part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic."
Metro Denver Homeless Initiative is coordinating the effort to get to zero homeless veterans. "Due to the complexity and diversity of the communities across a geographically expansive continuum of care, the community struggled to achieve data quality, understand what was happening across the vast geography, and subsequently coordinate efforts to drive reductions in veteran homelessness at the local level," according to the case study. "The team found that key elements of a homeless response system — for example, outreach, Homeless Management Information System coverage, access to resources — significantly vary from county to county."
The man in charge of ending veteran homelessness
The Denver effort to end veteran homelessness has a leader in Ian Fletcher. Fletcher is system transformation adviser for the Metro Denver Homeless Initiative.
"I've worked in this community for eight years, and this is the most buy-in I have seen from a broad base of supporters," Fletcher explained in the case study. "This has included electeds, new providers, and local leaders outside of our traditional partners towards ending veteran homelessness."
There are nine sub-regions throughout the Front Range working to end veteran homelessness. More than half of them have created a leadership infrastructure intended to reach the following goals:
· Building and managing local leadership and quality improvement science capability.
· Managing the process to reach quality data.
· Measuring system improvement efforts, including work to assure each locally led homeless response system meets a racial equity measurement framework.
· Managing transformational change projects and partner investments.
· Engaging local elected officials and policy makers to "clear the path" to ensure funding and policy shifts are in place needed to reach functional zero.
Things to remember about veteran homelessness
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The National Alliance to End Homelessness offers five key things to remember when it comes to housing veterans. Those include:
· Housing First, or housing people without requiring them to be sober, combined with government investment gets homeless people off the street fastest. Denver employs a Housing First approach and also has seen great success with it.
· COVID-19 may hamper goals to end veteran homelessness. "Unfortunately, sheltered veterans disproportionately fall into two categories facing barriers in the pandemic-impacted job market: older adults and people with disabilities," according to the alliance. "Within the former category, researchers are flagging that people 55 and over have been losing jobs faster and returning to work slower than middle-aged workers.
"And advocates worry that people with disabilities are more likely to be in retail jobs being lost in the recession. These challenges may drive more veterans into homelessness while making it harder for them to get out."
· If you're a veteran you're more likely to be homeless. That's changing, however. "In 2019, 21 out of every 10,000 veterans were homeless," according to the alliance's website. "This number is only slightly higher than the overall homeless rate of 17 out of every 10,000 Americans."
· Veterans of color are most likely to become homeless. "Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander veterans are most at-risk—106 out every 10,000 are homeless, despite their service to our country," according to the alliance. "American Indians and black people have similarly elevated numbers."
· Ending veteran homelessness is possible. "In the years leading up to the pandemic, veteran homelessness was cut roughly in half, and the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness has recognized 79 communities and 3 states as ending it (ensuring that it is rare, brief, and one-time)," according to the alliance.
Why Denver might succeed this time
Denver has a lot going for it this time around as the city tries to house all its veterans. For starters, it has a larger staff dedicated to issues surrounding homelessness than it did 10 years ago. For example, the new STAR team, which responds to non-violent calls of people in duress with mental health professionals instead of cops, has contacts at the V.A. This means services get provided quicker than in the past.
A record amount of federal funding is available for homeless relief. Combined with local dollars, resources to end veteran homelessness are vast in Denver. What will make or break the effort to house all veterans will be the number of newly homeless in the next five years. Studies show that homeless veterans are becoming older, not younger. This may indicate that younger veterans can more easily access safety nets and won't become homeless.
Despite all the documents, data and dashboards that go with ending veteran homelessness, communities that saw success got to know their veteran populations by name. Trained case workers are critical to funneling unhoused veterans into the system, past experiences have shown.
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#include "SFBDPancakePuzzle.h"

SFBDPancakeEnvironment::SFBDPancakeEnvironment(int theSize)
{
	pan = new BurnedPancakePuzzle(theSize);
}

SFBDPancakeEnvironment::~SFBDPancakeEnvironment()
{
	delete pan;
}

void SFBDPancakeEnvironment::GetSuccessors(const pancakeStatePair &stateID, std::vector<pancakeStatePair> &neighbors) const
{
	assert(false);
}

void SFBDPancakeEnvironment::GetActions(const pancakeStatePair &stateID, std::vector<pancakeMovePair> &actions) const
{
	std::vector<pancakeMovePair> acts;
	bool fromStart = true;

	int startScore = MeasureLocalHeuristic(stateID.start, stateID.goal);
	int goalScore = MeasureLocalHeuristic(stateID.goal, stateID.start);

	if (startScore > goalScore)
	{
		fromStart = false;
//		assert(pan->HCost(stateID.start, stateID.goal)==pan->HCost(stateID.goal, stateID.start));
//		std::cout << "Start score: [" << startScore << "] " << stateID.start << std::endl;
//		std::cout << "Goal score: [" << goalScore << "] " << stateID.goal << std::endl;
	}

	actions.clear();
	for (unsigned i = stateID.start.puzzle.size(); i >= 2; i--)
		actions.push_back(pancakeMovePair(i, fromStart));
//	for (unsigned i = 2; i < stateID.start.puzzle.size(); i++)
//		actions.push_back(pancakeMovePair(i, fromStart));
}

int SFBDPancakeEnvironment::MeasureLocalHeuristic(const BurnedPancakePuzzleState &a, const BurnedPancakePuzzleState &b) const
{
	double hc = pan->HCost(a, b);
	int result = 0;
	std::vector<unsigned> acts;
	BurnedPancakePuzzleState a1 = a;
	pan->GetActions(a1, acts);
	for (unsigned int x = 0; x < acts.size(); x++)
	{
		pan->ApplyAction(a1, acts[x]);
//		for (unsigned int y = 0; y < acts.size(); y++)
//		{
//			if (x==y) continue;
//			pan->ApplyAction(a1, acts[y]);
			double c = pan->HCost(a1, b);
			result += (c>hc)?(1):0;
//			pan->ApplyAction(a1, acts[y]);
//		}
		pan->ApplyAction(a1, acts[x]);
	}
	return -result;
	//	std::vector<int> goal_locs(a.puzzle.size());
//	for (unsigned i = 0; i < a.puzzle.size(); i++) {
//		goal_locs[abs(b.puzzle[i])] = i;
//	}
//
//	int total = 0;
//	//	int chunkSize = 1;
//	for (unsigned int i = 2; i < a.puzzle.size()-1; i++) {
//		int diff1 = abs(goal_locs[abs(a.puzzle[i])] - goal_locs[abs(a.puzzle[i+1])]);
//		int diff2 = abs(goal_locs[abs(a.puzzle[i])] - goal_locs[abs(a.puzzle[i-1])]);
//		if ((diff1 > 1) && (diff2 > 1)) total--;
//		if (diff1 > 1) total--;
//		//		if (diff2 > 1) total++;
//	}
//	return total;
}

// best so far, but needs to be cheaper (regular pancake)
//	double hc = pan->HCost(a, b);
//	int result = 0;
//	std::vector<unsigned> acts;
//	BurnedPancakePuzzleState a1 = a;
//	pan->GetActions(a1, acts);
//	for (unsigned int x = 0; x < acts.size(); x++)
//	{
//		pan->ApplyAction(a1, acts[x]);
//		result += (pan->HCost(a1, b)>hc)?1:0;
//		pan->ApplyAction(a1, acts[x]);
//	}
//	return result;

// current best! (regular pancake)
//int SFBDPancakeEnvironment::MeasureLocalHeuristic(const PancakePuzzleState &a, const PancakePuzzleState &b) const
//{
//	std::vector<int> goal_locs(a.puzzle.size());
//	for (unsigned i = 0; i < a.puzzle.size(); i++) {
//		goal_locs[b.puzzle[i]] = i;
//	}
//
//	int total = 0;
//	//	int chunkSize = 1;
//	for (unsigned int i = 1; i < a.puzzle.size()-1; i++) {
//		int diff1 = abs(goal_locs[a.puzzle[i]] - goal_locs[a.puzzle[i+1]]);
//		//		int diff2 = abs(goal_locs[a.puzzle[0]] - goal_locs[a.puzzle[i+1]]);
//		if (diff1 > 1) total--;
//		//		if (diff2 > 1) total++;
//	}
//	return total;
//}

// marginally better
//std::vector<int> goal_locs(a.puzzle.size());
//for (unsigned i = 0; i < a.puzzle.size(); i++) {
//	goal_locs[b.puzzle[i]] = i;
//}
//
//int total = 0;
////	int chunkSize = 1;
//for (unsigned int i = 2; i < a.puzzle.size()-1; i++) {
//	int diff1 = abs(goal_locs[a.puzzle[i]] - goal_locs[a.puzzle[i+1]]);
//	int diff2 = abs(goal_locs[a.puzzle[i]] - goal_locs[a.puzzle[i-1]]);
//	if ((diff1 > 1) && (diff2 > 1)) total--;
//	if (diff1 > 1) total--;
//	//		if (diff2 > 1) total++;
//}
//return total;

pancakeMovePair SFBDPancakeEnvironment::GetAction(const pancakeStatePair &, const pancakeStatePair &) const
{
	assert(false);
	return pancakeMovePair(1, false);
}

void SFBDPancakeEnvironment::ApplyAction(pancakeStatePair &s, pancakeMovePair a) const
{
	if (a.applyToStart)
		pan->ApplyAction(s.start, a.theAction);
	else
		pan->ApplyAction(s.goal, a.theAction);
}

bool SFBDPancakeEnvironment::InvertAction(pancakeMovePair &) const
{
	return true;
}

double SFBDPancakeEnvironment::HCost(const pancakeStatePair &state1, const pancakeStatePair &)
{
	return pan->HCost(state1.start, state1.goal);
}

double SFBDPancakeEnvironment::GCost(const pancakeStatePair &, const pancakeMovePair &)
{
	return 1;
}

double SFBDPancakeEnvironment::GCost(const pancakeStatePair &, const pancakeStatePair &)
{
	return 1;
}

bool SFBDPancakeEnvironment::GoalTest(const pancakeStatePair &state, const pancakeStatePair &)
{
	return (state.start == state.goal);
}

uint64_t SFBDPancakeEnvironment::GetStateHash(const pancakeStatePair &state) const
{
	return pan->GetStateHash(state.start)^pan->GetStateHash(state.goal);
}

uint64_t SFBDPancakeEnvironment::GetActionHash(pancakeMovePair act) const
{
	return (act.theAction<<1)|(act.applyToStart?1:0);
}

void SFBDPancakeEnvironment::OpenGLDraw() const
{
}

void SFBDPancakeEnvironment::OpenGLDraw(const pancakeStatePair &) const
{
}

void SFBDPancakeEnvironment::OpenGLDraw(const pancakeStatePair &, const pancakeMovePair &) const
{
	// if we want to draw a set of moves we use this to do so
}


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Ethiopia COVID 19 update: eight more people confirmed positive, total 52
Ethiopia COVID 19 update seems to demonstrate similar pattern; most of those who tested positive in the past twenty-four hours had travel history and arrived in Ethiopia after March 2020. One Eritrean national among eight confirmed cases
Graphic credit : Ministry of health
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Eight more people confirmed positive for the COVID 19 test over the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health disclosed on Tuesday. Seven of the new cases are Ethiopians, while one patient is Eritrean. Two hundred sixty-four individuals were tested in the latest round of testing.
The total number of recorded COVID 19 cases in the country is now 52.
Five of the new confirmed cases have travel history. They arrived in Ethiopian from Dubai and were in isolation facilities arranged by the Ethiopian government. A nine-months infant and his mother are among the new patients.
One of the patients is identified as a twenty-five years old woman who came from Thailand and was in the mandatory two weeks of isolation.
And one patient is a nineteen years old young man with no travel history. The government is reportedly working on tracing individuals with whom the patient had contacted before he was diagnosed with the disease.
The Eritrean national who tested positive from the latest COVID 19 test in Ethiopia is a thirty years old woman. She had a travel history to England and was in an isolation center.
According to information from the ministry of health, only one person is in the intensive care unit of Eka Kotebe Hospital – the designated treatment center in the capital Addis Ababa.
So far, only two deaths are reported from Coronavirus disease; 60 years old women with travel history to France and a 56 years old man with no travel history.
On Monday this week, 65 years old women from Dukem, a town outside of Addis Ababa, tested positive for COVID 19. She did not have a travel history and was in the hospital for a different treatment. Physicians who treated her are reportedly isolating for two weeks after they said that they did not use adequate protective kits when treating her for a different health issue.
On April 6, Ethiopian religious council launched a thirty days long national prayer, which was televised and attended by senior government officials, including president Sahlework Zewde and speakers of the House of Federation and the Parliament.
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3 Responses to "Ethiopia COVID 19 update: eight more people confirmed positive, total 52"
Lamessa April 7, 2020 at 7:42 am
Urine and faeces are CoronaVirus incubators.
Yahoo › finance › news › coro
Coronavirus 'could spread in faeces and urine' – Yahoo Finance
Qetaw April 7, 2020 at 7:13 pm
The former PM Hailemariam Desalrgn claimed Ethiopian people are not listening or implementing his directions so he resigned replaced by the talkative PM Abiy . Only for the current PM Abiy's directions also not being implemented by the Ethiopian people so Abiy should resign too .
Ittu Aba Farda April 8, 2020 at 1:01 am
Dear Countrymen/women!!!
I just read an article on Politico that tells the mass slaughter awaiting that gem of humanity by current scourge, COVID-19 virus. This media outlet had access to a document prepared by the Ethiopian Ministry of Health in which it is projected that at least 28 million citizens will be infected by the virus. That could be conservative or on the up side. In any case there will hundreds of thousands will succumb to the disease. That would be a runaway massacre. What else can we call that? It is time now for all us who happened to be fortunate to have access to all kinds of mitigating means here in the Diaspora to reach out to those glorious and equally generous people. Let's do in every way we can to help them in their effort to avert the slaughter or at least minimize it. What I would like to see is with our convenient store owners providing their expertise and access to various distributors and procure sanitary items like hand soaps and ship them in container loads addressed to the Ministry of Health. What I am hearing from the old country is even if residents live close to water resources like rivers soaps can be hard to come by and because frequent hand washing is the best way to prevent infection, each family needs more than one at all times. Our medical experts can add to the procurement list and we should start sending them all. Time is of the essence. The siren is on and blaring. If we look at the data made available by the most advanced country the death rate is between 1-3%. Even it wound up to remain at 1% with projected infection of 28 million citizens there will be more than 280,000 of them dying from it. I don't want to think about the 2 or 3%. As of today the death rate in the USA(12,857 deaths in 400,540 total cases) is around 3.2% of the total cases. Spain has 10%. Italy has close to 13%. France is hovering around 10%. These are the most technologically advanced countries. That country still has many rural locations that are not easily accessible with many of them densely populated. This is going to be carnage. The devil is on the loose on humanity. He would like to have that blessed country that produced Negash, Bilal, Mary Magdalene and Mikaeel the Deacon as his prized trophy. Let's stand up to the devil and help those upright and generous people. Let's do this!!!!
Here is the link on Politico: politico.com/news/2020/04/01/g-20-prepares-coronavirus-rescue-package-for-africa-160867


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Q: Macro produces negative font.colorindex values Clues to possible reason at the end of this initial discussion.....
A simple VBA macro code line like:
FontCol = Cells(K, AmntCol).Font.ColorIndex

reports, with the cursor hovering over "FontCol", the value "1"
- which is the index value for black.
yet when this value is "published" to the relevant (active) Excel spreadsheet with:
Cells(RowRef, ColRef) = FontCol

the Cell addressed as above shows -5 instead of 1 (as one example of the problem)
"1" is what you expect to see for black, and I cannot even work out what "-5" relates to
let alone why it is also not what seems to be in play in the VBA code.
- and if I write "-5" into some code logic, no useful result would come from it, which confirms that the real underlying value is 1 and not -5.
It seems that no amount of formatting of the (landing) cell or changing the "Dimension as statement" for FontCol, to "integer" or "string" or "variant" changes what is published to the cell.
I've not been able to source any information on this issue. The closest was something about long numbers wrapping around shorter numbers in the index space and a residual driving things...whatever that is supposed to mean.
I really would to resolve this as I was intending to use ColorIndex values as a way of editing cell values safely.
Any wisdom would be greatly appreciated.
Additional to above - in response.
Changing Dim of variable/s from "integer" to "long" makes no difference.
In preparing to provide sample code as below I have determined part of the problem - its seems its speed related. But first the code.
''''
    Sub FontMacroIssue()
Dim I As Long
Dim FontCol As Long

For I = 36 To 51
    FontCol = Cells(I, 10).Font.ColorIndex
    If FontCol = 3 Then
        Cells(I, 18) = "Red"
        Cells(I, 19) = FontCol
    Else
        Cells(I, 18) = "Not Red"
        Cells(I, 19) = FontCol
    End If
Next I

End Sub
''''

The above is being run on a Windows 10 64 bit machine (that dual boots into Linux)...this should not be relevant.
If the above is run as is then the output is mostly/all "not red" and the string of FontCol values print out as,
1 -5 -5 -5 -5 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -5 -7 - and if it is slowed, as
1  3  3  3  3  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  3  1
By slowed, I mean running the macro in debug mode with a break point at "Next I" or in a similar place, and then keying the F5 button (say) twice a second. The output for the full speed case is mostly/all "not red" but is the correct reporting of "red" and "not red" when slowed for the font being assessed.
So my question/s now are more, "is this behaviour normal", "how can I best slow things down to get a correct result" OR "what code is more effective" ?
edit...
I am inclined to agree with Fun Thomas as even 2 cycles/sec brings up the problem.
I do not have an answer but some comments that might help.
1.  My hard drive is a 2 TB SSD
2.  The spreadsheet concerned has over 46000 lines.
3.  It surely is more than coincidence that:
    8 -7 = 1  with both 1 and -7 being reported for black font, and
    8 -5 = 3  with both 3 and -5 being reported for red font.
Thanks

A: The Font.ColorIndex returns:
The color is specified as an index value into the current color palette, or as one of the following XlColorIndex constants: xlColorIndexAutomatic or xlColorIndexNone.
The constants will show as integer values -4105 en -4142 respectively.

A: Possible Event Procedure Issue
You might have an event procedure that is messing with your results.
Workbook Download (Google Drive)

*

*The following event procedure sort of replicates your issue. The first code goes into a standard module (Module1) and the second goes into the sheet module (e.g. Sheet1).

*You only run the first code and it will return the right values in ranges R36:R51 and T36:T51 and it will 'randomly' return the right or wrong values in range S36:S51.

*Additionally when you input values manually in the range S36:S51
and if they are numbers, after confirming by e.g. pressing ENTER, the
entered values will 'randomly' either be decreased by 8 or not.
Module1
Option Explicit

Sub FontMacroIssue()

    Dim i As Long
    Dim FontCol As Long

    For i = 36 To 51
        FontCol = Cells(i, 10).Font.ColorIndex
        If FontCol = 3 Then
            Cells(i, 18).Value = "Red"
        Else
            Cells(i, 18).Value = "Not Red"
        End If
        Cells(i, 19).Value = FontCol
        Cells(i, 20).Value = FontCol
    Next i

End Sub

Sheet1
Option Explicit

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)

    Const TargetCol As Long = 19
    Const TargetRows As String = "36:51"
    Const Offset As Long = 8

    Dim rng As Range
    Set rng = Intersect(Target, Columns(TargetCol))
    If rng Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
    Set rng = Intersect(rng, Rows(TargetRows))
    If rng Is Nothing Then Exit Sub

    On Error GoTo CleanExit

    Dim cel As Range
    For Each cel In rng
        If Round(Rnd()) = 0 Then
            Application.EnableEvents = False
            cel.Value = cel.Value - Offset
            Application.EnableEvents = True
        End If
    Next cel

    Exit Sub

CleanExit:
    Application.EnableEvents = True

End Sub

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!This Lotus Elan got away, but there are more like it here.
8K-Mile 1992 Lotus Elan M100
Bid To $9,100 On 10/11/18$9,100 Ended
See Result
BaT Essentials
Lot #13106
Seller: MohrImports
Location: Monterey, California 93940
Chassis: SCCGA36B5NHF26253
Calypso Red Finish
Fiberglass Body Over Steel Backbone Chassis
Turbocharged 1.6L Inline-Tour
5-Speed Manual Gearbox
2017 Timing Belt and Water Pump
August 2016 California Smog certificate
Private Party or Dealer: Dealer
Additional Charges From This Dealer: USD $0 Document Fee
Model Page: Lotus Elan
Category: British
This 1992 Lotus Elan shows only 13,832 km (approximately 8,600 miles) and was acquired by the current owner in 2014. Power from the turbocharged 1.6-liter DOHC inline-four is sent to the front wheels by a 5-speed manual transaxle. Recent service in 2017 reportedly included a new timing belt and water pump. A total of 3,855 of the largely hand-built front-wheel drive convertibles were produced from 1989 to 1992 during the company's GM ownership era, and fewer than 600 made it to the USA. This Elan M100 is now offered on consignment by the selling dealer with an August 2016 California Smog certificate and a clean California title.
Designed by Peter Stevens in 1986, the Elan M100 was designed from the outset to be sold worldwide. The Calypso Red fiberglass exterior covers a steel backbone chassis and the black convertible top can be seen raised and lowered in the photo gallery below. The selling dealer reports a small tear in the soft top on the passenger side. The passenger-side retractable headlight does not work correctly and the seller reports of some delaminating on the windshield and some cloudiness in the plastic tail light lenses.
The video above shows an exterior walk-around, engine bay tour, and engine start. 16″ O.Z. wheels are mounted with the reportedly original Goodyear Eagle GS-D tires. The seller states that the front tires appear worn and the center cap decals are missing. Turbocharged models have a curb weight of less than 2,450 pounds.
The gray interior features Lotus-branded bucket seats and a leather-wrapped shift knob. The aftermarket Sony head unit does not work.
Only 13,832 km (approximately 8,600 miles) are shown on the metric odometer and the owner has added around 1000 miles in four years of ownership.
The turbocharged 1.6-liter DOHC inline-four is mated to a 5-speed manual transaxle sending power to the front wheels. The M100 turbo engines were sourced from Isuzu and reworked by Lotus with performance intake, exhaust and engine management. The transversely mounted 16-valve motor was good for 162 bhp when new. Service in March 2017 reportedly included a new timing belt, water pump, battery and an oil and coolant change.
Auction Result
High Bid USD $9,100 (Reserve Not Met)
Auction Ended October 11, 2018 at 1:30PM PT
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