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Monomelic amyotrophy (MMA) is a rare motor neuron disease first described in 1959 in Japan.  Its symptoms usually appear about two years after adolescent growth spurt and is significantly more common in males, with an average age of onset between 15 and 25 years.  MMA is reported most frequently in Asia but has a global distribution.  It is typically marked by insidious onset of muscle atrophy of an upper limb, which plateaus after two to five years from which it neither improves nor worsens. There is no pain or sensory loss associated with MMA.  MMA is not believed to be hereditary.

Both the names for the disorder and its possible causes have been evolving since first reported in 1959. It is most commonly believed the condition occurs by asymmetrical compression of the cervical spinal column by the cervical dural sac, especially when the neck is flexed.  However, the disease is uncommon and diagnosis is confused by several atypical reports.

Symptoms
In terms of the signs and symptoms that are consistent for an individual who has monomelic amyotrophy are the following (although this does not reflect a complete list):

Initially most people notice weakness in one hand; they may feel contracture of middle and ring finger and notice a thinning of the subdigital palm of the affected fingers. Progress of the condition varies, and weakness in the arm ranges from minimal to significant. Fasciculations are uncommon (>20%); increased weakness under cold conditions is commonly reported (cold paresis).

Cause
The disability originates with impaired functioning of the anterior horn cells of the lower cervical cord (lower neck), but the cause of the decline is not fully understood and is still considered unknown. Researchers, including Hirayama, believe that "forward displacement of the cervical dural sac and compressive flattening of the lower cervical cord during neck flexion" is the contributing factor.  Studies consistently note a loss of normal neck curvature (the cervical lordosis) and compression of the cervical chord by the dural sac in forward flexion.

"There is a debate about whether this condition represents a focal form of primary LMN degeneration (ie, a focal form of spinal muscular atrophy) or a local consequence of chronic compression from a dural expansion in the cervical spine."

A familial link has been found in a minor percentage of cases, including parent-child and sibling-sibling. Because of the unusual distribution of the disease, some researchers speculate that there could be an ethnic link.

Diagnosis
The condition presents almost exclusively in 15- to 25-year-old adults experiencing weakness in hand and arm. A patient history and a neurological exam narrows down the possible diagnosis; this preliminary exam typically includes strength and reflex tests. Cold paresis (increased weakness in cold weather) is reported by most patients (> 80%). Fasciculations are reported as uncommon (< 20%) to common; larger tremors  are more consistently cited. Males are far more likely to be diagnosed with the condition.

The disease is rare and several cited cases deviate from the expected norm, making diagnosis more difficult. Proposed diagnostic criteria:
 Distal predominant muscle weakness and atrophy in forearm and hand
 Involvement of the unilateral upper extremity almost always all the time
 Onset between the ages of 10 to early 20s
 Insidious onset with gradual progression for the first several years, followed by stabilization
 No lower extremity involvement
 No sensory disturbance and tendon reflex abnormalities
 Exclusion of other diseases (e.g., motor neuron disease, multifocal motor neuropathy, brachial plexopathy, spinal cord tumors, syringomyelia, cervical vertebral abnormalities, anterior interosseous, or deep ulnar neuropathy)

A neurological exam can suggest different motor neuron diseases (such as MMA), but to more confidently distinguish MMA from the diseases it mimics, advanced diagnostic tools are called for. These include exam tools such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and electromyography (EMG) and nerve conduction velocity (NCV) tests. An MRI examination of the neck would typically reveal—for a positive MMA diagnosis—some constriction of the cervical cord and an abnormal forward extension of the neck, ("loss of cervical lordosis"); pressure by the dura on the nerve cord apparently causes the flattening / narrowing. An EMG test reveals loss of the nerve supply, or denervation, in the affected limb without a conduction block (a nerve blockage restricted to a small segment of the nerve).

In early stages of the disease MMA may be confused for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), cervical spondylotic amyotrophy (CSA), and other challenging neurological diseases, as well as conditions that are minor but that call for very different treatments, such as advanced carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). Symptoms somewhat differ.  Pain and tingling in the hand is typically present in CTS and absent from MMA; loss of function presents differently; with careful electrophysiological study and neurological exams the two are distinguished.  In early stages, ALS, SCA, and MMA, presentation may be similar.  Both CSA and ALS ultimately have more extensive symptoms. MMA is more prevalent in young people while ALS and CSA are more common in older populations.  With ALS, hand symptoms usually more commonly both proximal and distal vs in MMA mostly distal only, and with ALS fasciculations (twitching) are often present in upper extremities, but rarely in MMA. MMA is usually eliminated from consideration if disability expresses itself in more than one extremity or in lower extremities (legs), but symptomatic absence may not rule out ALS for three to five years after initial onset. Electrophysiological texts and reflex tests tend to yield different results, but interpretation is at times subjective.

Treatment
At present there is no cure for MMA. The impact on the affected individual ranges from minimal to significant depending on the extent of the weakness. Physical and occupational therapies include muscle strengthening exercises and training in hand coordination. Early use of a cervical collar is increasingly encouraged as therapeutic for arresting further compression of the cervical spinal cord. Spinal surgery on patients with more advanced symptoms has met with reported success, but is still regarded as experimental.

Prognosis
The symptoms of MMA usually progress slowly for two to five years and then remain stable for many years. The weakness can progress to the opposite limb, although whether this progression is typical or rare is under discussion. Cases of patient improvement and deterioration have both been described, but are atypical. Initially MMA can be confused for slowly progressing case of other neurological diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); initial symptoms can be similar, but their causes are apparently different, and their outcomes markedly so.  Diagnostic tools have improved since first described, and a few therapies are being introduced.  But sometimes several years of observation are needed before a definitive diagnosis can be made.

Use of a cervical collar may afford relief, and some researchers advocate its therapeutic use. There is also a slowly progressive variant of MMA known as O'Sullivan-McLeod syndrome, which only affects the small muscles of the hand and forearm and has a slowly progressive course.

Epidemiology
MMA is described most frequently in Asia, with studies of a few hundred individuals emerging from Japan, China and India; it is much less commonly seen in North America and Europe.  The disease (disorder) was first described by Keizo Hirayama in 1959 as "juvenile muscular atrophy of unilateral upper extremity".  In 1984 Mandavilli Gourie-Devi (et al.) introduced the term "monomelic amyotrophy".  The disease primarily (but not exclusively) affects young (15- to 25-year-old) males.  As of 2014 there had been less than 1500 described cases, starting with the patients in Hirayama's 1959 study. The condition is disproportionately high in Asia but no conclusive reason has been found for this. To date the largest studies recorded are Japan (333 cases), India (279 cases), and China (179 cases).

Etymology
Both the names for the disorder and its possible causes have been evolving since first reported. Because this condition has been found almost exclusively in healthy young adults and stabilizes after a few years, a span of 23 years elapsed between the time Hirayama first described the condition, and the first death (from cancer), and autopsy.  Over the several decades since first reported, a majority of researchers now describe this as a biomechanical condition linked to adolescent growth spurt. However, this is not yet a universal conclusion and there are anomalous reports that suggest an incomplete understanding of the condition.

See also
 Lower motor neuron lesion

Notes

References

External links

Motor neuron diseases


Add 1 avocado, half a bag of spinach, 2tbs of minced garlic, 3tbs of parmesan cheese and season it again with some salt.
Notes- I love this meal because of how amazing and convenient it is for food prep. When I make this meal for food prep I skip the pita and put the chicken avocado mix on top of the salad. If you want to store this meal for 1-2 days take some lemon and squeeze on top of it.


Unlike traditional recipes, this batter produces very flat and crisp chocolate chip cookies. Use an ice cream scoop to ensure even baking and uniform size. They spread wide on the pan while baking.
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cream butter until smooth; add sugars, and beat until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Into a large bowl, sift together dry ingredients. Slowly beat dry ingredients into wet mixture. Fold in chocolate chips.
2. Drop 2 to 3 tablespoons dough per cookie onto ungreased baking sheets; space dough at least 2 inches apart to allow for spreading. Bake until golden, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove cookies from baking sheets, and allow to cool on baking racks.
On "Martha Bakes," Martha used 2 cups of chocolate chips in this recipe. She chilled the dough for 1 hour and baked the cookies for 10 to 12 minutes, rotating the pan halfway through baking time.
If cookies harden before you have a chance to remove them from the baking sheet, return the sheet to the oven for a few seconds to soften the dough for easier removal.
Love these cookies! I've hesitated to make them after seeing that they use a pound of butter but they make a LOT of cookies so it's really not that bad. The full recipe makes 70+ cookies! I cook them at 350 degrees for 14 minutes and they turn out perfectly every time. You should leave them cool on the cookie sheet for a minute or so before removing them. They are thin and crispy and so delicious! I've found that they last a little longer than most cookies too.
I want to half the recipe.What would be the measurements?
These are the best chocolate chip cookies bar none that I have ever had. A couple of critical points in the making - refrigerate the dough for at least 90 minutes. Second I bake at 350 degrees and bake for 14 minutes . The cookies come out thin, about 4 inches in diameter, and perfectly crispy, chewy consistency. I package in small zip lock bags - 4 cookies per bag and keep most in the freezer where they stay fresh. I weigh each cookie with a scale to make sure they are consistent - I use a 43-44 gram size to ensure uniformity. 53 cookies per batch.
I would like to make half so what would be the measurements?
I love this recipe but almost always half it and it still makes a ton of cookies. I only make the full recipe if making for a party or to give them to a lot of people at a holiday. I have been making my cookies this way for 20 years after a friend brought them to my house and I thought they were delicious. They are thin and a little chewy, great flavor and texture, very buttery.
This has been my ultimate go to recipe for chocolate chip cookies for 14 years now. The flavor is delicious and buttery. I like them fresh out of the oven when they are crispy as they do get a bit chewier the day after but still as delicious none the less. Not sure why all the negative reviews. It will always be my favortie.
Has anyone figured out why some of us who make this recipe end up with cookies that spread and cover the pan with a clump of chocolate chips in the somewhat unbaked center? I made the recipe as stated - didn't work. I chilled the dough - still didn't work. I would love to know what I am doing wrong. I tasted some of the baked dough, and it was delicious.
Before chilling the dough try shaping it on plastic wrap into a cylinder. Once chilled I cut round disks and place 5 on a baking sheet to allow for spreading. Then I baked them at 300 degrees for 8 to 9 minutes; then rotate the baking sheet and finished baking for another 8 minutes. It worked perfect.
These are by far the 'best' cookies ever. If you are familiar with Fresh Market cookies you are already a proponent of these think, crispy yet chewy cookies. They are at their best, when you freeze them and eat them straight from the freezer.
These are the only chocolate chip cookies I make, and like others have said EVERYONE LOVES THEM! In fact, I bought cute little bags and ribbon so that I can give them away as unexpected surprises (for no reason), or to my dinner guests to take home with them. I use a Silpat on a cookie sheet- each sheet holds 6. Chill the dough for an hour. Use a level ice cream scoop to measure. I keep an eye on them, and once they start browning around the edges, I take a spatula and lightly tamp down the middle- and continue to bake until they look set. My cookies always take longer than the recipe, more like 12 minutes.
Oh, and I use about 1 1/2 cups of regular-sized semi-sweet chocolate chips and 1/2 cup of Ghirardelli 60% cacao bittersweet chocolate chips (which are larger). The combination of sizes and flavors make these cookies!
They are just too thin, too sweet (too much brown sugar), and just not a good cookie. I'm trying to keep from not wasting the dough and showing it out. And I am an excellent baker. They are just not right.
I've been making these cookies for years. They are my family's favorite chocolate chip cookie! The flavor is amazing and I love how they are crispy on the edges, but still a bit soft in the center - not uncooked though.


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From Angel Island and Camp Minidoka to Madison Avenue
My family's history as ballast, not burden
By Tracy Wong of Wongdoody on May 24 2021 - 5:30am
No better way to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month than to look at one's own heritage. Literally.
I am of Chinese and Japanese descent. Ironically, my Chinese grandfather's entire family was killed in a war with the Japanese at the beginning of the 20th century. With no one left, he boarded a ship out of Canton at the approximate age of 14 with only the clothes on his back and began his journey to "Gold Country"—America—where he had a paper "uncle" working in a restaurant in a faraway place called Portland, Oregon. Somehow, his paperwork got him through Angel Island in San Francisco at a time when hundreds of Chinese were being turned away because of the Exclusion Act, which banned them from becoming American citizens.
My grandfather William (his English name) Wong just after arriving in America in the early 1900s.
Can you imagine? 14 years old? Boarding a ship full of strangers, confined to the steerage of a ship making the three-week trek across the Pacific Ocean to parts unknown? No, I cannot.
My mother Ellen, 3 years of age, just before being interned at Camp Minidoka in Idaho, 1942.
On the other side of my family, my Japanese mother's earliest memories are of the cold air and dust that blew its way through the cracks of their cabins at the Japanese internment Camp Minidoka in Idaho. She was just 3 years old and was imprisoned there with her adoptive Caucasian mother from 1942 to 1945. (Which makes my mom the only toddler-age Japanese spy.) In contrast, my father's side of the family had to carry "passports" certified by the Republic of China to show they were Chinese, not Japanese.
Throughout most of the 20th century, so many other stories. My Chinese grandmother being called to the principal's office in 6th grade for beating up an older Caucasian boy for calling her multiple racial slurs. (So, who is the victim here?) My grandparents being denied the ability to buy a home in several neighborhoods in Portland. My father being denied the right to bowl in white bowling leagues. My aunt being denied multiple jobs once they found out she was Chinese. So many stories. And so many stories they never told me.
None of this was my experience. I have never been barred from buying a house, denied a job or a promotion, robbed of an accolade, suffered any kind of intimidation, or faced any kind of societal injustice based on the color of my skin and the shape of my eyes. Yes, I had racial slurs yelled at me from the sidelines as I played in high school basketball games. I have gotten the dirty stares in pockets of the Midwest where there were not many Asians (like Green Bay, Wisconsin—yes, at a Packers game). But 99.9 percent of the time, the contrast is vast—from my grandfather, my mother and my immediate family.
The weight of history can be ballast as well as burden. I remember the year before the pandemic, I was in San Francisco for a business meeting. I went for a jog along the waterfront and looked out to Angel Island, trying to visualize the exact spot where my grandfather first stepped foot on American soil. And I tried to imagine what was going through his mind. As a teen without a family and without a home, I do not imagine he was thinking of the American Dream and riches of gold, but rather looking for an escape from the hardships of life in China and a chance for survival here.
Over the years, I have had many conversations with my mother about any resentment and bitterness over being sent to the internment camps. It is always the same short, unemotional response. "We moved on. We got over it. We had to."
Whatever discrimination, racism and societal hardships my family faced, they faced them with quiet determination to keep going, to overcome and to make life better for their children.
The debt I owe all of them was to make the most of the unencumbered path I was granted. I was able to take the best education they could afford and take my own dreams to Madison Avenue as a junior art director at Ogilvy & Mather New York in 1984 all the way to founding an agency in Seattle that has grown to a global firm of 600 with studios on four continents. And in all those years in the agency business, in offices from Madison Avenue to San Francisco to Seattle to Los Angeles, I cannot recall facing any single incident of racially based intimidation or discrimination. Not one.
The racial fairness that I have been afforded has, in large part, helped us to create a culture of equality-based, egoless collaboration at WONGDOODY, where everyone is empowered to help ideate, not just people from the creative department. We call it our "Creative Democracy."
In closing, when I look at black-and-white photos from decades, even centuries past from places like Angel Island and Camp Minidoka, it is remarkable to think this is part of who I am. Heritage is about looking back with intention to see just how far you have come, and also to lift those around you who have yet to overcome the same obstacles that you, through the determination and efforts of your family and ancestors, already have.
WONGDOODY
Tracy Wong
Tracy Wong is chief creative officer/chairman of WONGDOODY.
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There were quite a few cartridges released this year that were more geared towards the men in our lives. Some of the cartridges were more hobby focused, but nonetheless, appropriate for those wonderful men and boys in our lives. Check out my choices for best boy/men Cricut cartridges below.
1) Cricut B is for Boy Lite Cartridge: This cartridge is chock full of cute pre-school type images and word art (things like "first tooth" and "owie"). Perfect for someone with little boys. I actually cut this "thank you" card from this cartridge. I know, not too boyish but still useful.
2) Cricut Dude! Lite Cartridge: For those tween and teenage boys in your life comes a funky, EXTREME sportz type cartridge. Love how these images layer. This is one of the most unusual releases of the year.
3) Cricut Boys will be Boys Cartridge: Lots of whimsical images on this. Can be geared towards those boys in grades K-5 but beware, the images are still pretty cute. I love the font, though! The arrow, font and fly are all from the cartridge.
4) Cricut Handyman Lite Cartridge: Here's one for the grown up men in your life - especially those who like the diy type projects. This cartridge has all kinds of tool images, word art, construction type art work, etc. Below is a card using the three nail image.
5) Cricut Wildlife Lite Cartridge: Do you have a hunter in your life? This is the cartridge for him. There is a whole section with layered word art and then outlined, realistic animal shapes.
6) Cricut Billionaire Lite Cartridge: Mostly a font cartridge, with some Monopoly type images. So fun and perfect for any type of father's day stuff. Car (trimmed down) is from the cartridge.
I thought this Dude! Cricut cartridge deserved to win because of how unusual the art work was, compared to what is usually found on most of the cartridges. Also, I liked that it catered to an older set of boys. This is about the only cartridge appropriate for this age group. It looks like NO OTHER CARTRIDGE! As an FYI, this cartridge can be found only at Walmart (stores and online) and cricut.com.
What's your choice? Which ones do you like? I'd love to know!
Wow, I agree with dude being best for boys. But I don't agree with the ease of layers. I found I really had to look closely to figure out which layer was what, and could not cut most under 6in without cutting problem. Still great and used for my sisters christmas present from there atv/dirt biking vacation. But maybe I just need more practice with these types of cuts.
I totally agree. Can't wait to see your other picks!!
I "TOTALLY" agree, the dude cart is the best!
Definitely "Dude"...It is my "must buy next" cartridge along with HandyMan! Going to WalMart this week for them! Awesome blog!
I like the Great Outdoors scrapbook page! Great job on all the crafts.
I would have picked Dude! Also. It also fits older men as well. There are still little boys in those men bodies!
This is one that I totally agree with you on!!! I made a chipboard book using this cart for my son's 40th BD and he loved it!!! He was a pro snowboarder and got his start skateboarding and loves to ride motocross. I think it had his name written on it!!!
didn't the robotz cartridge come out in 2010. I know it is not an all around cartridge, but I sure think it is awfully cute and great for boys of course.
I have to go with B is for Boy and Boys will be Boys as I have 2 little boys and those carts are perfect for their pages!
I would of picked Dude! too.
I really am liking this Cricut Awards....not familar with some of the cartridges but enjoying all the info....thanks.
Love the whole "BEST" series... and I have to say I agree with all your bests!!
I do agree: the artwork on this cart has no match! Great choice for best boy cart this year!
Loving your "best of" series! Thanks for doing this Joy!
I like B is for Boy because I don't have boys and there are some images I can use for girls. TFS!! Take Care!!
I like Dude! the best. I love to piece stuff together so if there is a lot of pieces, it'll make me very happy. Hadn't really thought about these cartridges but I see I have to put that one on my list and Great Outdoors (thought I could use a bunch of those images for zoo books).
I have to agree with you on your choice of cartridges. I can't wait for my grandson to become a teen so I can use this cart. It reminds me of the teen graffiti that you see on walls and freight trains. Great images.
I'm going to have to get the Wildlife, my husband the great white hunter, finally something to embellish his pages with.
I just might need to go buy that Dude cart!
I love B is for Boy! It has so many cute images... and how do you not LOVE a cartridge with a Sock Monkey on it?
I like the Handy Man cart because of all the men, including my husband, who are diy type of guys. Makes it easier to make a card for them. However, I have B is for Boy on my list of carts to buy.
I like the Handy Man cart too because I've a diy dh who has built me a gorgeous scrapbook room and diy dogs who are always getting a photo op after getting into the paint or being just down in the middle of putting together that shelf unit!
I had to get Dude right away, because it was perfect for my family's (especially husband & son) love of ATVs, snowboarding, etc.
Handyman is still a possibility on my list of wants. I'm just not sure how much I would really use it.
Thanks for sharing your opinions on these.
That was also my first choice.
Oh, Joy, that has to be difficult to pick the winning cartridge. I don't have any of these, but had Handyman cartridge on my wish list. I'm really enjoying seeing your awards.
I was so happy to see this category! Like so many people, I have a hard time with the masculine cards. The two that are on my wishlist are Dude and Wildlife... they seem more appropriate for the boys and men in my life. :) I am loving these awards... thanks so much!!
Wow! Another difficult choice. I have to agree with your pick again this time. Love all the different characters.
I really like the Dude cart best for the teen thru 30 group. It definitely has images relating to that group of males. I like it combined with the JT Imagine cart. As for the 30 to 50 male age group I like Handyman & Billionaire. I love those two carts. But that is just my personal opinion based on my family and friends.


These are cute chickens that make eggs.
The old water pump at the farm - still works!
I am talking and drinking tea.
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Bpeep wrote: Society should not make it easy for anyone to be homeless.
Homelessness is big business though, and an easier controled population.
Society has no dog in the fight against sociatal concerns.
(There I go, off to conspiracy thread) Lol.
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I have read here a suggestion to remove the trees. Great idea, BUT, read the laws on removing trees in a riparian area. I can't find the rules off hand but it seems to me when we lived beside a creek, we were not allowed to remove any trees that were closer than 20 feet of the creek bank. We finally got permission to remove 3 cottonwood trees the beavers had chewed over half way through and they then deemed them a hazard tree so we could take them down.
The city should not be charging the land owner and they should help in the cleanup. Yes, sprinklers would work great, yet they would be destroyed the first night they came on, way too costly for a land owner unless they could be strung way high up in the trees.
I love many of the comments, but very few are what I call constructive. Maybe it would help if some of you volunteered to patrol along with the land owner's son during the day or early evenings. It sounds like the land owner is a senior and could use some community help rather than lip service. I would but I am not in good enough health to be of any use.
wakeup13 wrote: I have read here a suggestion to remove the trees. Great idea, BUT, read the laws on removing trees in a riparian area. I can't find the rules off hand but it seems to me when we lived beside a creek, we were not allowed to remove any trees that were closer than 20 feet of the creek bank. We finally got permission to remove 3 cottonwood trees the beavers had chewed over half way through and they then deemed them a hazard tree so we could take them down.
The city added security patrols in the Sutherland area on taxpayer's dime. This is clearly a problem beyond the property owner's control - maybe they should do the same here. Problem is, whether it's city bylaw or private security or just well intentioned citizens (really don't condone that approach imo) the group will simply move on to a new plot of land.
Cut the trees, leave a buffer zone, blame it on vandals. .
Add sprinklers in winter, release mass amounts of red fire ants in spring/summer.... Problem solved.
I have some skunk essence we use in scent for trapping various critters. Perhaps some strategically sprayed spots here and there would discourage the vagrant campers. Simple, inexpensive and effective.
With summer coming we can add camp fire negligence to the list of growing forest fire risks.
There's been fires already because of transients etc.
Mark1111 wrote: You know we live in a world where tech is changing everything and doing it faster daily than we ever realize possible. Robotics on assembly lines are being refined to perform better and faster with each new software release. Automated warehousing is replacing middle class working folks while I type this response. In every industry I see ( and am somewhat responsible for as some of you are) efficiencies in processes that displace more and more people. We see 40 and 50 year old people, in what was thought to be stable safe life long careers, that don't have the capacity or opportunity to make a life changing career move because they either cannot ignore their present obligations or do not have the capacity to jump into a technologically intense learning program are / will find themselves without a paycheck, and in such numbers, it should scare the *bleep* out of us. The new world order looks for cost cutting at all levels in all fields because the market economy's 'maximization of profit' demands a marginally larger bottom line to hold shareholders to stay put. This isn't stuff I am making up and it's not just a catch phrase, it's the new normal.
The frightening reality is that these tent cities that we see today are just the tip of the iceberg. They are just the beginning.
We need to start thinking about dealing with homeless numbers in the thousands not the infinitesimally small numbers we see now.
OK, apocalyptic rant over. But still food for thought no?
Great post - and I totally agree. If I could add another scary thought. We would be doing ourselves a favour by realizing that once all the automation and 'bots and online stores take over from the humans the economy will die. If there are jobs, and no humans collecting paycheques, there is no money to buy the products being produced, the businesses would have to shut down as well. Where will life as we know it go from there? Tent cities might be the least of our worries as a species.
I think sometimes progress and technology fail to see the forest for the trees.
Meanwhile, aren't these people using their access to the creek as a bathroom? I know that there are "Fish Habitat" signs along that creek.
Isn't the Provincial government responsible for enforcing those rules and laws?
Why aren't all the environmental nuts involved in this?
alanjh595 wrote: Meanwhile, aren't these people using their access to the creek as a bathroom? I know that there are "Fish Habitat" signs along that creek.
You nailed this one! It's all fine and good to be feeling empathy for those who don't have anywhere to live but c'mon, when they start fires (however unintentionally), and contaminating the waterways, the authorities MUST step in to put an end to it. It's annoying how common sense about these things just seems to go by the wayside for fear of being seen to be callous or uncaring.
Fancy wrote: There's been fires already because of transients etc.
Even they have enough sense to avoid the shelters and other high crime areas. No honor among thieves. Could also be that they don't want to be charged with "Possession of Stolen Property".
People that have to live with the results of the homeless in Kelowna are exasperated because of going round & round without results ? Why should landowners be responsible for dealing with these people or cleaning up whatever they leave behind ? Where were the Bylaw & Police when these camps first got set up ?


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Dikul was orphaned at an early age. Growing up in an orphanage, he became interested in gymnastics. In fifteen years he had an accident – the driver broke the safety cable. The hero of our article received a number of serious injuries (fractured spine, multiple bone fractures, traumatic brain injury). Not wanting to remain helpless gymnast became involved on their own system is training, he devoted 5-6 hours a day. Friends helped him make a kind of simulator with the suspension blocks – for 8 months of the hero of this article has made improvements and was discharged from the hospital (though, to move he could only in a wheelchair). Dikul was not discouraged – he continued training and took a job (was to train children in circus*). It is significant that at that time he was only 16 years old. After 5 years, being on tour, Valentine felt that the sensitivity of returns to previously paralyzed legs.
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in Addition to what Dikul was actively training, he paid attention to the high-protein diet that promotes recovery and lean muscle mass and burning excess fat. Note that this technique is designed for people engaged in sports activities. The best source of protein Dikul said is not meat, and dairy products. On their basis Valentin offers to make a protein shake. It should be consumed before and after workouts. Another scheme of: half portion of the cocktail must be drunk after a workout, and the other half a couple of hours before a night's rest.
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Diet Dikul (in conjunction with exercise) helps to dry up the body and build muscle – is confirmed by numerous reviews. High-protein eating plan popular among athletes.
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Philodromus caffer es una especie de araña cangrejo del género Philodromus, familia Philodromidae. Fue descrita científicamente por Strand en 1907.

Distribución
Esta especie se encuentra en Sudáfrica.

Referencias

 Strand, E. (1907) Vorläufige Diagnosen afrikanischer und südamerikanischer Spinnen, Zoologischer Anzeiger 31: 525-558.

Enlaces externos
 Philodromus Catalogue of Life.

caffer
Arácnidos descritos en 1907
Arácnidos de Sudáfrica

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Q: Pandas: Counting unique values in a dataframe We have a DataFrame that looks like this:
> df.ix[:2,:10]
    0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10
0   NaN NaN NaN NaN  6   5  NaN NaN  4  NaN  5
1   NaN NaN NaN NaN  8  NaN NaN  7  NaN NaN  5
2   NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN  1  NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN

We simply want the counts of all unique values in the DataFrame. A simple solution is:
df.stack().value_counts()

However:
1. It looks like stack returns a copy, not a view, which is memory prohibitive in this case. Is this correct?
2. I want to group the DataFrame by rows, and then get the different histograms for each grouping. If we ignore the memory issues with stack and use it for now, how does one do the grouping correctly?
d = pd.DataFrame([[nan, 1, nan, 2, 3],
              [nan, 1, 1, 1, 3],
              [nan, 1, nan, 2, 3],
              [nan,2,2,2, 3]])

len(d.stack()) #14
d.stack().groupby(arange(4))
AssertionError: Grouper and axis must be same length

The stacked DataFrame has a MultiIndex, with a length of some number less than n_rows*n_columns, because the nans are removed.
0  1    1
   3    2
   4    3
1  0    1
   1    1
   2    1
   3    1
   4    3
    ....

This means we don't easily know how to build our grouping. It would be much better to just operate on the first level, but then I'm stuck on how to then apply the grouping I actually want.
d.stack().groupby(level=0).groupby(list('aabb'))
KeyError: 'a'

Edit: A solution, which doesn't use stacking:
f = lambda x: pd.value_counts(x.values.ravel())
d.groupby(list('aabb')).apply(f)
a  1    4
   3    2
   2    1
b  2    4
   3    2
   1    1
dtype: int64

Looks clunky, though. If there's a better option I'm happy to hear it.
Edit: Dan's comment revealed I had a typo, though correcting that still doesn't get us to the finish line.

A: I think you are doing a row/column-wise operation so can use apply:
In [11]: d.apply(pd.Series.value_counts, axis=1).fillna(0)
Out[11]:
   1  2  3
0  1  1  1
1  4  0  1
2  1  1  1
3  0  4  1

Note: There is a value_counts DataFrame method in the works for 0.14... which will make this more efficient and more concise.
It's worth noting that the pandas value_counts function also works on a numpy array, so you can pass it the values of the DataFrame (as a 1-d array view using np.ravel):
In [21]: pd.value_counts(d.values.ravel())
Out[21]:
2    6
1    6
3    4
dtype: int64

Also, you were pretty close to getting this correct, but you'd need to stack and unstack:
In [22]: d.stack().groupby(level=0).apply(pd.Series.value_counts).unstack().fillna(0)
Out[22]:
   1  2  3
0  1  1  1
1  4  0  1
2  1  1  1
3  0  4  1

This error seems somewhat self explanatory (4 != 16):
len(d.stack()) #16
d.stack().groupby(arange(4))
AssertionError: Grouper and axis must be same length

perhaps you wanted to pass:
In [23]: np.repeat(np.arange(4), 4)
Out[23]: array([0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3])

A: Not enough rep to comment, but Andy's answer:
pd.value_counts(d.values.ravel())

is what I have used personally, and seems to me to be by far the most versatile and easily-readable solution. Another advantage is that it is easy to use a subset of the columns:
pd.value_counts(d[[1,3,4,6,7]].values.ravel())

or
pd.value_counts(d[["col_title1","col_title2"]].values.ravel())

Is there any disadvantage to this approach, or any particular reason you want to use stack and groupby?

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Jiang, F., Lee, J., Martin, X., and Zhou, G "Manager Sentiment and Stock Returns."
Journal of Financial Economics 132(1), 2019: 126-149.
Received coverage by Harvard Business Review 9-10, 2019.
Received coverage by Poets & Quants Professor of the Week 2019.
Chen, C., Martin, X., Roychowdhury, S., and Wang, X. "Clarity Begins at Home:
Internal Information Asymmetry and External Communication Quality."
The Accounting Review 93(1), 2018: 71-101. [readme] [data]
Martin, X., and Shalev, R. "Target Firm-Specific Information and Acquisition
Efficiency." Management Science 63(3),2017:672-690.
Donovan, J., Frankel, R., and Martin, X. "Accounting Conservatism and Creditor
Recovery Rate", The Accounting Review 90(6), 2015: 2267-2303.
Chen, T., Martin, X., Mashruwala, C., and Mashruwala, S. "The Value and Credit
Relevance of Multiemployer Pension Plan Obligations." The Accounting Review.
90 (6), 2015: 1907-1938.
Martin, X., and Roychowdhury, S. "Do Financial Market Developments Influence
Accounting Practices? Credit Default Swaps and Borrowers' Reporting
Conservatism". Journal of Accounting and Economics 59 (1), 2015: 80-104.
Donovan, J., Frankel, R., Lee, J., Martin, X., and Seo, H. "Issues Raised by Studying
DeFond and Zhang: What should Audit Researchers Do?". Journal of Accounting
and Economics 58(2-3), 2014: 327-338.
Roychowdhury, S., and Martin, X. "Understanding Discretion in Conservatism:
An Alternative Viewpoint," Journal of Accounting and Economics 56 (2-3), 2013:
Chen, C., Martin, X., and Wang, X. "Insider Trading, Litigation Concerns, and Auditor
Going-Concern Opinions," leading article in The Accounting Review 88 (2), 2013:
Gormley, T., Martin, X., and Kim, B. "Do Firms Adjust Their Timely Loss Recognition in
Response to Changes in the Banking Industry?" Journal of Accounting Research 50
(1), 2012: 159-196.
Bhat, G., Frankel, R., and Martin, X. "Panacea, Pandora's Box, or Placebo: Feedback
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Chen, T., and Martin, X. "Do Bank-Affiliated Analysts Benefit from Lending
Relationships?" Journal of Accounting Research 49 (3), 2011: 633-675.
Francis, J., Khurana, I., Martin, X., and Pereira, R. "The Relative Importance of Firm
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Entities," Contemporary Accounting Research 28 (2), 2011: 487-516.
Brockman, P., Martin, X., and Unlu, E. "Executive Compensation and the Maturity
Structure of Corporate Debt," Journal of Finance 65 (3), 2010: 1123-1161.
Francis, R., and Martin, X. "Acquisition Profitability and Timely Loss Recognition,"
Journal of Accounting and Economics 49 (1-2), 2010: 161-178.
Brockman, P., Khurana, I., and Martin, X. "Voluntary Disclosure around Share
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Khurana, I., Martin, X., and Pereira, R. "Financial Development and the Cash Flow
Sensitivity of Cash," Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 41 (4), 2006:
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Analysis," Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 41 (2), 2006: 357-380.
Brockman, P., Puckett, A., and Martin, X. "Voluntary Disclosures and the Exercise of CEO
Stock Options," Journal of Corporate Finance 16 (1), 2010: 120-136.
Haggard, S., Martin, X., and Pereira, R. "Does Voluntary Disclosure Improve Stock Price
Informativeness?" Financial Management 37 (4), 2008: 747-768.
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Finance 12 (2), 2008: 293-322.
Francis, J., Khurana, I., Martin, X., and Pereira, P. "The Role of Firm-Specific Incentives
and Country Factors in Explaining Voluntary IAS Adoptions: Evidence from Private
Firms," European Accounting Review 17 (2), 2008: 331-360.
Chen, C., Martin, X., Roychowdhury, S., Wang, X., and Billett, M. "Clarity Begins at Home:
Internal Information Asymmetry and External Communication Quality".
Conditionally accepted at The Accounting Review.
Ma, T., and Martin, X. "The Real Effect of Customer Accounting Quality-Trade Credit and
Supplier Cash Holdings", 2014. Under review.
Chen, T., Levy, H., Martin, X., and Shalev, R. "Buying Products from Whom You Know".
Third round review at The Accounting Review.
Frankel, R., Kim, B., Ma, T., and Martin, X. "Bank Monitoring and Accounting Recognition:
The Case of Aging-Report Requirements". Under revision to be submitted to Management
Science for the second round of review.
Jiang, F., Lee, J., Martin, X., and Zhou, G. "Manager Sentiment and Stock Returns". Under
revision for the second round submission to Journal of Financial Economics.
Martin, X., Seo, Hojun, and Yang, J. "CEO compensation Board Meeting and Management
Guidance". Under 1st round review at Journal of Accounting and Economics.
Chen, Q., Martin, X., Roychowdhury, S., and Liu, X. "Reliance on financial
information and borrower reporting quality-An empirical study in China".
Gopalan, R., Martin, X., and Srinivasan, K. Weak Creditor Rights
and Insider Opportunism: Evidence from an Emerging Market.
Pacelli, J., Martin, X., and Gao, J. "The human factor in the corporate lending market." Accepted at
WFA 2017, Drexel University Corporate Governance conference 2017, and Chicago Financial
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Home▼ » Southwest » Arizona Scenic Drives and Road Trips
Coronado Trail Scenic Byway
Twist through Canyons and along the White Mountains
119 miles (192 km)
US Highway 191
Springerville, AZ▼, Eagar, AZ▼, Alpine, AZ▼, and Clifton, AZ▼
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City, State Alpine, AZClifton, AZEagar, AZSpringerville, AZOther *
Named after the Spanish explorer Francisco Vasquez de Coronado who explored this area in 1540 on a quest to find the Seven Cities of Cíbola, this highway prides itself with more than 460 curves on one of the least traveled federal highways. Enjoy the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests while experiencing the dramatic change of hot, dry canyons to cool, lush forests at higher elevations.
Our scenic drive begins in the former copper-mining town of Clifton and travels to the town of Springerville, with many opportunities for side-trips, including the White Mountains Scenic Drive. You can reach Clifton from I-10 by taking exit 352 and following US-191 North for 60 miles, where you will enter the canyon created by the San Francisco River.
The mining history is evident as the US-191 twists around the carved open pit mines. One of the most impressive can be seen at the Morenci Copper Mine Overlook (V1). The largest copper mine in the U.S., it produces over 125 thousand tons of copper daily! The overlook provides a unique vantage point to watch the action. If you want a closer look, there is a 2.5 hour bus tour of the mine which requires reservations and an admission fee.
Continuing north on US-191, the road continues its hairpin turns, climbs up and into Chase Canyon, where in a few miles, the road narrows as it passes between rocks and skirts the edge of the canyon. Proceed slowly to best enjoy the view and remember to drive carefully. Stretches of the road do not have guardrails. This amazing scenery and narrow road continues for 15 miles.
Leaving the canyon behind, you climb into grassland and juniper forests and the route continues above the ridge and along the mountains. In 18-miles, stop at Rose Peak Lookout (V2). From the parking area, take the half-mile hike to Lookout Tower which at 8700 feet of elevation, provides a breathtaking view of the limestone and sandstone cliffs of the Mogollon Rim, the southern edge of the Colorado Plateau in Arizona, scarred by canyons, erosion and faults.
Breathtaking mountain views and ridge lines tantalize as the road continues for 17-miles over the Mogollon Rim. Towards the end of the rim is Blue Vista Point (V3) offering incredible vistas of Arizona's unique topology, Mount Graham, the Pinaleno Mountains, Blue River, and more from its 9,184 foot elevation. From here, there are a few hikes that warrant further exploration. Consider a stop at the nearby KP Cienega Campground, where Forest Trail 70 (H3) brings you through the red and gray rock wall of the canyon, near a waterfall, and into the Blue Range Primitive Area. Elk, mule deer and wild turkey are regulars in the meadow and forest and be alert for the occasional black bear.
As you continue north on US-191, the forest thickens and the White Mountains become more visible. The next 30-miles from Blue Vista are some of the most scenic along this route as picture-perfect views emerge with each curve around forest and meadows. In fall, the foliage becomes a dazzling array of color. Arriving in the town of Alpine, stop at the Alpine Ranger Station (I1) for information about the area hikes, such as those in Williams Valley (H1). This area is also a popular in winter for cross-country skiing and tobogganing. Alpine also marks the start of the White Mountains Scenic Drive which is an alternate scenic route back to Phoenix. While here, consider a side-trip on US-60 to Luna Lake (W2), a popular fishing stop with several campsites.
The drive skirts the edge of the White Mountains exposing views of aspen forests interspersed with wild meadows. Along the way, you will pass the 10,912 foot volcanic Escudilla Mountain, Arizona's third tallest peak. Explore the surrounding area by turning onto Forest Road 56 and enjoying a portion of the 6-mile round-trip Escudilla Wilderness Trail (H2) near Terry Flats. The trail heads through an area engulfed in fire in 1951 offering the opportunity to see the progress of nature in its aftermath from the fire tower.
Heading north on US-191, you soon come to the Nelson Reservoir (W1), a perfect place to stop for boating, fishing trout, or with its views of the Escudilla Mountain and the birds that frequent the reservoir, an ideal picnic spot.
Our scenic drive comes to an end as you approach the town of Springerville. From here, consider continuing your adventure on the White Mountain Scenic Drive by turning left onto Central Ave and then proceeding south on AZ-261. Along the way, don't miss the Mexican Hay Lake (W3), another lake frequented by migratory birds.
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UK: Winecorp to close European office
just-drinks.com editorial team1 May 2002
The South African wine company Winecorp has decided to shut down its European operations, which are based in London. The company will instead service its customers from its base in South Africa.
Private Liquor Brands, who already handle the distribution of the Spier brand in the UK and who have investments in the Winecorp business, will now also take on responsibility for the Longridge and Savanha ranges of wines in the UK. The rest of Winecorp's global sales network will now be managed directly from South Africa.
However, managing director of the European office, Adrian Garforth, appears to be leaving the company. Gerrie Wagener, MD of Winecorp South Africa said: "It is a great pity that Adrian is unable to relocate to South Africa. We would like to thank him for the outstanding job he has done in developing our distribution network and the business he has generated over the last four years."
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Q: MergeSort Algorithm with Object Classes I have been trying to figure out this thing in the past hours but with no success.
I have several classes which I am using to add data, and so I can display them, but now i have to implement a MergeSort algorithem to sort this datas depending on the titles.
I have the Object CD, which all other classes inherits from, and object CD has the property title, type char.
Now when i pass the pointer to my class I do the comparision and checking, but it's not working how it should:
This is my Function for the Sorting Algorithm:
void merge(CD *a[], int, int, int);

void merge_sort(CD *a[], int low, int high) {
    int mid;
    if (low < high) {
        mid = (low + high) / 2;
        merge_sort(a, low, mid);
        merge_sort(a,mid + 1, high);
        merge(a, low, mid, high);
    }
}

void merge(CD *a[], int low, int mid, int high) {
    int h, i, j, k;
    CD *b;
    h = low;
    i = low;
    j = mid + 1;

    while ((h <= mid) && (j <= high)) {
        if (a[h]->title[100] <= a[j]->title[100]) {
            b[i].title[100] = a[h]->title[100];
            h++;
        }
        else {
            b[i].title[100] = a[j]->title[100];
            j++;
        }
        i++;
    }
    if (h > mid) {
        for (k = j; k <= high; k++) {
            b[i].title[100] = a[k]->title[100];
            i++;
        }
    }
    else {
        for (k = h; k <= mid; k++) {
            b[i].title[100] = a[k]->title[100];
            i++;
        }
    }
    for (k = low; k <= high; k++)
        a[k]->title[100] = b[k].title[100];
}

Any idea how to implement something like this ?

A: Firstly, update your question to show your real code for merge, merge_sort and CD. I'll be referring to the actual code posted in the comments.
Your problem likely stems from you sorting the titles, as opposed to sorting based on the titles. Everywhere in your code where you are assigning the title of a CD to another, you are going wrong. You compare the titles, but you relocate and reorder the objects themselves (or in your case, the pointers to the objects themselves.)
Anyway, to fix this problem you just replace any code like this:
x->title = y->title;

with this:
x = y;

For example, instead of
b[i]->title = a[h]->title;

you should have written
b[i] = a[h];

By the way, memory allocation and deallocation is not something you do as an afterthought, to see whether it works or not! Even mediocre programmer treat memory with care; the good ones deal with memory with outright love and respect.

A: There are several faults in the code you post on codepad, I'll point out in the program comments. Since you didn't give us the definitions of Popular, Symphony and Opera, I'll have my own. For convenience, I put all the code in one file.
#pragma once
#include <string>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

class CD {
public:
    string publisher, title, location, year, empty;
public:
    CD()
    {
        publisher = "";
        title = "";
        location = "";
        year = "";
        empty = "";
    }

    void virtual input() = 0;

    void virtual output() = 0;
};

class Popular : public CD
{
public:
    Popular(const string& name)
    {
        title = name;
    }
    virtual void input()
    {
        return;
    }
    virtual void output()
    {
        return;
    }
};

void merge(CD *a[], int, int, int);

void merge_sort(CD *a[], int low, int high) {
    int mid;
    if (low < high) {
        mid = low + (high - low) / 2; //avoid overflow
        merge_sort(a, low, mid);
        merge_sort(a, mid + 1, high);
        merge(a, low, mid, high);
    }
}

void merge(CD *a[], int low, int mid, int high) {

    int p1 = low;
    int p2 = mid + 1;
    CD ** merged = (CD**)malloc(sizeof(CD*) * (high - low + 1)); // CD *b[high] isn't illegal c++ syntax, VLA is part of C99.
    int p = 0;
    while(p1 < mid + 1 && p2 < high + 1)
    {
        if(a[p1]->title > a[p2]->title)
        {
            merged[p] = a[p2];
            p2++;
        }
        else
        {
            merged[p] = a[p1];
            p1++;
        }
        p++;
    }

    while(p1 < mid + 1)
    {
        merged[p++] = a[p1++];
    }

    while(p2 < high + 1)
        merged[p++] = a[p2++];

    for(int i = 0;i < (high - low + 1); i++)
    {
        a[low + i] = merged[i];
    }

    free(merged);
}

int main() {
    CD *cdptr[100]; //pointer declaration for each of our class

    int n = 0, choose;

    // just to test the mergesort
    CD* c1 = new Popular("hello");
    CD* c2 = new Popular("world");
    CD* c3 = new Popular("coldplay");
    CD* c4 = new Popular("pink");

    cdptr[n++] = c1;
    cdptr[n++] = c2;
    cdptr[n++] = c3;
    cdptr[n++] = c4;

    char terminate = 'n'; // you should initialize this variable.

    do // do-while statement which allows the user to enter data and terminate the program when he wants
    {
        cout << "\n1.Classical";
        cout << "\n2.Popular";
        cout << "\n3.Sort";
        cout << "\n4.Display";
        cout << "\n5.Terminate program";
        cout << endl << endl;
        cout << "\nChoose category: ";
        cin >> choose;
        switch (choose)                            //switch for the user to choose the type of input
        {
            //skip the case 1, 2
            case 3:
                merge_sort(cdptr, 0, n - 1); //  element indices begin at 0.
                break;
            case 4:
                if (n == 0)
                    cout << "\nNo data entered!" << endl;
                for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                    cdptr[i]->output();
                    cout << endl;
                }
                break;
            case 5:
                cout << "\nDo you want to terminate the program? (y/n)";
                cin >> terminate;
                break;
            default:
                cout << "\nNot recognized value!" << endl;
        }
    } while (terminate != 'y');

    for(int i = 0; i < 4; ++i)
        cout<<cdptr[i]->title<<endl;

    delete c1;
    delete c2;
    delete c3;
    delete c4;
    return 0;
}

Here's the output:
1.Classical
2.Popular
3.Sort
4.Display
5.Terminate program

Choose category: 3

1.Classical
2.Popular
3.Sort
4.Display
5.Terminate program

Choose category: 5

Do you want to terminate the program? (y/n)y
coldplay
hello
pink
world


text:
Q: REQUEST_URI on a numeric value I have searched and not been able to find anything for this question on this site, so please excuse me if it comes out as a duplicate.
I have the following url
http://mysite.com/art/1355
and I want to write a php code in the navigation so that if the user is on any page with a "numeric id" at the end, it shows a link.
here is the code, I am not sure what i have to type in for 'abc' to make this work.
if(strstr($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 'abc')) {
    echo "viewing";
}

any help is greatly appreciated.

A: use regular expression to check it:
if (preg_match('/\/[0-9]+$/', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']))
{
    echo 'viewing';
}


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Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Gupta worked as an Associate Professor of Nephrology at SDM Medical College and Hospital in Dharwad, India for 5 years. Prior to that, he completed his fellowship in Renal Transplantation Medicine at Sanjay Gandhi Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Lucknow, India.
Dr. Gupta received his medical degree from Mysore University in Mysore, India after which he completed his residency at Manipal Academy of Higher Education-Manipal University.
Dr. Gupta resides in Abu Dhabi with his family. He enjoys visiting new places and reading.


On schedule, today's weak system is passing to our north. The outlook for our next storm is to pass to our south off of the South Carolina coastline on Friday. You can see my outlook on my TV Graphics page (tab above-main web site). Unfortunately for snow lovers the next big storm will be on Sunday- again passing to our west keeping us on the warm side. I'll have more tomorrow.
This winter weather pattern was expected to be governed by La Nina. That is the sister part of El Nino Pacific and water near South America have cooled down to about 2C below normal. This heat is the energy source for the storm track, and net result - the natural warming and cooling of the tropical Pacific Ocean. The animations here show the past month of ocean temperatures, and anomalies (compared to normal), with the Pacific in the center. Clearly a moderate La Nina with the tropical easterlies pushing the warm water to Southeast Asia with temps near or slightly above normal. While the equatorial jetstream for North America. The expectation is on track and you can see the Winter Outlooks through the link at the right. But that is only part of the story. While Pacific storms will crash into the Western US over the next 7-10 days, that would often bring a mild winter for the eastern half of the nation. We can thank the build up of snow in the heartland and central Canada for battling that and keeping us near normal as this happened. The source of our cold- the Polar Vortex is sliding over the pole to Eurasia, but the North Atlantic Oscillation does show modest negative (cold numbers). I will show that tomorrow, but no clear indication with opposing forces over the next few weeks. Just an average end to December.. but storm track currently does not favor much snow for us.


Dmitry Sergeevich Merezhkovsky was a poet, prosaic, religious thinker, and Decadent idealist.
Dmitry was born into the family of a court official. From 1884 to 1889 he studied History and Philology at Moscow University and St. Petersburg University. In 1888, he met 18 year old Z.N. Gippius, who became his wife.
Merezhkovsky is one of the founding fathers of Symbolism in Russian literature. He published "Symbolism, Poems" in 1892, and "The Reasons for Decline of Modern Russian Literature: Essays" in 1893. He was the author of a large number of spiritual-religious writings and literary criticism. He published "Eternal Companions. Portraits from Worldwide Literature" in 1897, "Tolstoy and Dostoevsky," volumes 1 and 2 from 1901 to 1902, "Gogol and the Devil" in 1906, the collection of articles "Gradushchy Kham" in 1906, "Not Peace, but the Sword. To Future Critics of Christianity" in 1908, "Sick Russia" in 1910, etc. He also put out a few collections of poetry including "Poetic Collection. 1883-1903" in 1904, and "Poetic Collection. 1883-1910" in 1910. He put out translations of tragedies written by Euripides and Sophocles, Longus' novel "Dafnis and Chloe", Goethe, Edgar Allen Po, and others.
Merezhkovsky asserted himself as a prosaic with his trilogy "Christ and the Antichrist", written from 1895 to 1905. Merezhkovsky's second trilogy, made up of one drama and two novels, was entirely devoted to Russia. It consisted of "Pavel I", in 1908, "Alexander I" in 1913, and "December 14th", in 1918. The works of Merezhkovsky's latter years were written in the form of artistic-philosophical prose. He wrote "Napoleon" in 1929, "Secret of the West: Atlantis-Europe" in 1931, and "Dante" in 1939.
Merezhkovsky emigrated in 1920 and stayed abroad until his death in 1941.


In the last 48 hours Twelve more people succumbed to swine flu in different parts of Rajasthan, with this the death toll climbs to 142 since January this year a senior official of the Medical and Health Directorate said.
Three persons yesterday succumbed at SMS hospital, two died in Jodhpur's government hospital, and the remaining seven died in parts of Rajasthan yesterday, the Medical and Health Director Dr B K Meena told PTI here on Sunday.
Out of 1,881 patients tested positive for the virus, 142 have died in the state this year, he said.
So far, Jaipur has reported 23 deaths due to the H1N1 virus, maximum in the state, followed by Ajmer 22, Barmer and Jodhpur 13 each, Nagaur 12, Kota 8, Chittorgarh 7, Banswara 6, and five to one at many places in the state since January this year.


text:
We are starting from a stronger base than last year says Kimi
MONTMELO, SPAIN - MARCH 10: Kimi Raikkonen of Finland driving the (7) Scuderia Ferrari SF70H on track during the final day of Formula One winter testing at Circuit de Catalunya on March 10, 2017 in Montmelo, Spain. (Photo by Dan Istitene/Getty Images)
Kimi Raikkonen completed Ferrari's pre season testing on Friday, the end of his second day's work behind the wheel of the Maranello based squad's new 2017 contender., the SF70H.
The Finn completed a total of 111 laps, during a programme that included a race simulation.
However, his attempt was interrupted at about 4pm by an electrical problem, when he was still about 15 laps from the "chequered flag".
Having been brought back to the pits, the Ferrari went out again with just under 20 minutes left of the day.
"There's a good feeling with this car and that's the most important thing. We have been reliable for almost all of these days of testing and that is another good sign of the great work the team has done over the winter," Kimi said. "We are starting from a stronger base than last year: but it's really too early to say how fast the car is compared to the others."
"Perhaps even Melbourne won't give a 100 per cent precise picture of the situation, because the first race is always a bit unusual. We might have to wait until China. Either way I'd like to thank everyone in the team, because they have always managed to step in and sort out all the small problems that testing is supposed to resolve."
Over the four days of testing this week, the SF70H has completed a total of 488 laps in the hands of both Kimi and Seb, equal to 2271.64km.


Which of the following players is not an attacker in the women's game?
Home Kitchen food products must be prepared and stored in the kitchen of a person's primary domestic kitchen.
Germination is the sprouting of a new plant from a seed.
Write the word that best fits the definition.
She is without a home. She is HOME LESS .
has a lot of homes.
does not have a home.
What tools are in homes today that were not in homes in the past?
one that is located outside of a city.
Which of the following sentences is capitalized correctly?
Find the preposition. After the movies, we walked home.
Soil is the for many animals.


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Very nice detail photo Maria!! Like its hidden dynamic (seems to tilt over to the left)! Even though the white balance by Dionisis may be more natural I prefer your version! Maybe his processing with more saturation or a compromise between both versions would be the ideal result...?
Ωραιότατη και απέριττη λήψη Μαρία !!!


Bare those legs with confidence!
When our skin is exposed to a lot of friction, like rubbing and stretching, it reacts by growing a thicker layer of skin to help protect the area. This usually causes that part to darken, which explains why our knees, elbows, and armpits are most prone to darkening. To reduce stress in your knees specifically, avoid wearing tight clothes and try to stay away from strenuous workouts that apply too much pressure on the knee area.
Dead skin cells accumulate faster on our joints than on our face, and if we don't exfoliate, the buildup will cause darkening. Using body soaps or scrubs with exfoliating acids like AHA will slough off those dead skin cells in a jiffy. For best results, do this at least once or twice a week!
After exfoliating or cleansing, apply a hydrating body cream or oil to protect your knees from irritation and to keep them soft and supple. Moisturizing helps prevent your skin from cracking, too!
If you love wearing above-the-knee bottoms, don't forget to protect your legs from the sun to avoid pigmentation. Look for body moisturizers with SPF or apply sunscreen on top of your favorite body lotion. Don't forget to reapply throughout the day, too!


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State TV reports there are 'dead and wounded' in the attack in commercial street in central Baghdad.
A rare suicide attack hit a commercial street in central Baghdad on Thursday morning, state television reported, adding that there were dead and wounded without giving any figures.
According to three police officials, seven people have been killed in the attack so far and more than 25 others wounded.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.
They also said the death toll from the attack inside a crowded market in Baghdads Tayaran square could rise as some wounded people were in a critical condition.
Iraqi state television reported it was a suicide bombing.
After years of deadly sectarian violence, suicide bombings have become relatively rare in the capital. The last such attack took place in June 2019 and left several people dead.
The attack was not immediately claimed but suicide attacks have been used by armed groups, most recently the Islamic State organisation.
Iraq declared IS defeated at the end of 2017 after a fierce three-year campaign.
But the groups sleeper cells have continued to operate in desert and mountain areas, typically targeting security forces or state infrastructure with low casualty attacks.
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