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Q: why is this script in as3 not working?? Hi I made this code and I use flash cs5.5
var cijfer_txt:int = parseInt(textarea_text.text);

Multitouch.inputMode = MultitouchInputMode.TOUCH_POINT;

submit.addEventListener(TouchEvent.TOUCH_TAP, fl_TapHandler_2);

function fl_TapHandler_2(event:TouchEvent):void
{

    switch (cijfer_txt){
    case 1:
    gotoAndStop(12);
    break;
    case 2:
    gotoAndStop(23);
    break;      }

};

but I don't get it why it isn't working, the animation has to go to frame 12 when I fill in "1" and stop and has to got to frame 23 if I fill in "2" and stop but he doesn't do it and I get sick of it!!

A: Try to set cijfer_txt in fl_TapHandler_2
function fl_TapHandler_2(event:TouchEvent):void
{

    cijfer_txt = parseInt(textarea_text.text);

    switch (cijfer_txt){

    }
}

A: I think you have problem with debugging so I'll help you:
First: change your code as follows -
var cijfer_txt:int;

Multitouch.inputMode = MultitouchInputMode.TOUCH_POINT;

submit.addEventListener(TouchEvent.TOUCH_TAP, fl_TapHandler_2);

function fl_TapHandler_2(event:TouchEvent):void
{
    cijfer_txt = parseInt(textarea_text.text);
    trace("in the function, cijfer_txt = "+cijfer_txt);
    switch (cijfer_txt) {
       case 1:
         trace("in case 1");
         gotoAndStop(12);
         break;
       case 2:
         trace("in case 2");
         gotoAndStop(23);
         break;
       default:
         trace("in defaukt");
         break;
      }
}

NOW RUN IT AND WATCH THE CONSOLE\OUTPUT FOR TRACE OUTPUTS,
according to the output you can see what is hapening!
trace(); is a very common method
Good Luck
(Don't forget to mark as accepted if it helped you!)

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Q: How to replace chars/symbols in a process of writing of csv string/file with CsvHelper? I need to get rid of some symbols from each column in a row in a process of writing of csv string but I can't find such feature in CsvHelper.CsvWriter.Configuration nor CsvHelper.CsvWriter.Context or somewhere else.
As an acceptable for me workaround I tried to override method ConvertUsing of class MemberMap<TClass, TMember> and it didn't work correctly:
 public class CustomMemberMap < TClass, TMember >: MemberMap < TClass, TMember > {
     public CustomMemberMap(MemberInfo member): base(member) {}

     public override MemberMap < TClass, TMember > ConvertUsing(Func < TClass, string > convertExpression) => base.ConvertUsing(row => convertExpression(row).Replace("\r", "").Replace("\n", ""));
 }

 public class CustomClassMap < TClass >: ClassMap < TClass > where TClass: new() {
     public override MemberMap < TClass, TMember > Map < TMember > (Expression < Func < TClass, TMember >> expression, bool useExistingMap = true) => new CustomMemberMap < TClass, TMember > (base.Map(expression, useExistingMap).Data.Member);
 }

 public sealed class CsvFileMapperAccommodation: CustomClassMap < Accommodation > {
     public CsvFileMapperAccommodation() {
         Map(m => m.Name).Name($ "AccommodationName").ConvertUsing(x => $ "{x.Name}");
         Map(m => m.ExternalKey).Name($ "AccommodationExternalKey").ConvertUsing(x => $ "{x.ExternalKey}");
         Map(m => m.Pension).Name($ "AccommodationPension").ConvertUsing(x => $ "{x.Pension}");
         Map(m => m.Category).Name($ "AccommodationCategory").ConvertUsing(x => $ "{x.Category}");
         Map(m => m.BuyingPrice).Name($ "AccommodationBuyingPrice").ConvertUsing(x => $ "{x.BuyingPrice}");
         Map(m => m.Margin).Name($ "AccommodationMargin").ConvertUsing(x => $ "{x.Margin}");
         Map(m => m.Price).Name($ "AccommodationPrice").ConvertUsing(x => $ "{x.Price}");
         Map(m => m.Quantity).Name($ "AccommodationQuantity").ConvertUsing(x => $ "{x.Quantity}");
         Map(m => m.Supplier).Name($ "AccommodationSupplier").ConvertUsing(x => $ "{x.Supplier}");
     }
 }

The object (which I try to map) contains a lot of properties so in an output I have about 300 fields per row, therefore, it's too complicated and not elegant to change manually the object data in the beginning and the value for each of the fields in the end. So I only try to map this object into a csv string hoping that it's possible to change it on the fly.

A: I think creating a custom StringConverter might meet your needs.
public class Program
{
    public static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        var records = new List<Foo>()
        {
            new Foo {Property1 = "Property 1 with \r\n \\r\\n", Property2 = "Property2 with \n \\n"}
        };

        using (var csv = new CsvWriter(Console.Out, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture))
        {
            csv.Configuration.TypeConverterCache.AddConverter<string>(new FooStringConverter());

            csv.WriteRecords(records);
        }

        Console.ReadKey();
    }
}

public class Foo
{
    public string Property1 { get; set; }
    public string Property2 { get; set; }
}

public class FooStringConverter: StringConverter
{
    public override string ConvertToString(object value, IWriterRow row, MemberMapData memberMapData)
    {
        var stringValue = (string)value;

        if (stringValue != null)
        {
            stringValue = stringValue.Replace("\r", "").Replace("\n", "");
        }

        return base.ConvertToString(stringValue, row, memberMapData);
    }
}


Is your garden overflowing with tomatoes? I always grow too many and one of my favorite ways to make them go a little farther is to oven dry them. Much like sun dried, these concentrated gems pack a powerful punch and can be used in any dish where you'd use tomatoes. Especially nice on a cheese plate with some creamy goat cheese nearby.
To preserve them I turn them into a tomato confit and keep in my 'pantry' refrigerator. They can't be water bath canned because of the oil, but they will keep for about 6 months in the refrigerator, if they last that long. The refrigeration will also help to preserve the oil and keep it from going rancid quicker. Use only fresh organic herbs and make sure you wash and dry them very well, you don't want any water going into your beautiful confit.
Arrange the tomato halves cut side up and close together on a baking sheet, season with salt and pepper.
In a bowl, combine olive oil, garlic, and herbs. Drizzle over tomatoes and bake until the tomatoes are soft and shriveled but still retain some moisture, 1-2 hours or more.
Let cool completely. Tomatoes can be stored in a glass jar, cover tomatoes with olive oil, add a fresh sprig of thyme, seal and refrigerate.
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Dhiraagu Secures US$ 55 Million Funding to Enhance Digital Services
Dhiraagu has secured US$ 55 million funding from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to improve digital infrastructure and strengthen connectivity across the Maldives.
The first facility amounting to US$ 25 million will support the working capital and capital investment programme of Dhiraagu to enhance the internet experience, including investments in 5G services and high-speed fibre broadband to more islands. It will also support the domestic submarine cable expansion project, which aims to enhance the capacity of Dhiraagu to meet the increasing data needs of the customers. The second facility of US$ 30 million will support the SEA-ME-WE 6 Submarine Cable System project, connecting the Maldives to the global superhighway which is an important step by Dhiraagu towards making the Maldives a global digital hub.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director said Dhiraagu is delighted to be working with two major global development institutions, ADB and IFC, who are helping fund major investment programmes to support the social and economic development of the nation. He said securing the funding is an endorsement of the strength of the Dhiraagu and its vision for the development of digital infrastructure in the Maldives. He said the investment has also played a pivotal role in establishing the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) function under whichDhiraagu is aiming to enhance the commitment towards achieving the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Sustainable Development Goals.
Dhiraagu has also established an Environmental and Social Management System in compliance with IFC Performance Standards (PS) 2012 and ADB Safeguard Policy Statement (2009) with the aim of creating long-term stakeholder value through the implementation of a business strategy that focuses on the ethical, social, environmental, cultural, and economic dimensions of doing business. Apart from helping the company strengthen its environmental and social management system, IFC will also support Dhiraagu's efforts to close the current gender gap in its workforce, with a focus on increasing the number of women in technical roles through customized advisory support.
"IFC's investment in Dhiraagu to boost the digital infrastructure of the Maldives will be invaluable to help overcome the challenge of connecting people in one of the world's most dispersed countries," said Hector Gomez Ang, IFC's Regional Director for South Asia. "This investment will help diversify the economy by unlocking the digital delivery of key public and private services, allowing people living in the atolls to access education and healthcare. It will also help build resilience by enabling remote work and offers the potential to create more jobs in a country now heavily reliant on tourism. IFC is committed to helping the Maldives achieve inclusive and sustainable growth for future resilience."
"Mobile and internet connectivity is important for socioeconomic growth and development," said ADB Private Sector Operations Department Director General Suzanne Gaboury. "It's crucial for island nations like the Maldives, where public services are difficult to provide as the population is spread across numerous islands. This is ADB's first private sector infrastructure financing transaction in the Maldives, which will help to deliver faster and more affordable internet connectivity and be a crucial enabler of private sector investments and regional connectivity."
As the sector rapidly grows and advances technologically, IFC said it aims to continue being one of the leading development financiers in digital infrastructure across emerging markets, supporting all aspects of the ecosystem.
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Advice on the correct bedding please!
New Digs/ Jelly Has Moved In!
Making a large run more fun.
Feeling nervous - bunnies with free run!
Anyone used these from MPH?
Has anyone got this play tunnel . . . ?
What to use for bedding?


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Against Gay Marriage
The Huffington Post, December 3, 2010
Gay marriage is bad for America.
I mean it; I think gay marriage is a terrible idea, and I want nothing to do with it.
Evan Wolfson, founder and director of the marriage-equality organization Freedom to Marry, argues that the term "gay marriage" suggests we're asking for special privileges — privileges that straight married people don't have. Me, I take the opposite view. As I see it, any adjectival or nominal qualification can only limit the idea of marriage, can only make it less than just plain marriage and all it encompasses. A menu is a menu, but a kids menu is a very particular kind of menu, sharing some but not all of the qualities of other menus. Soup can be refreshing in any clime on any day of the year; chicken soup can't. "Marriage" is marriage, and offers a host of possibilities. "Gay marriage," I think, offers fewer.
If we need a noun, I suggest "marriage equality."
If you had told me on May 4, 1993, that in a decade and a half I would be desperately researching waiting periods for marriage licenses in Connecticut and Massachusetts because otherwise my boyfriend was going to drag me to his home state of Iowa to get married ("But corn is fun!"), I would have laughed in your face. Then, if you are a boy, I would most likely have asked you out, since that's what I spent most of my sophomore year of college doing, and you would have said no, since that's what the boys I asked out spent most of my sophomore year of college doing, and I would have gone back to my dorm room to cry.
But the next day, the Hawai'i Supreme Court ruled that denying same-sex couples the right to marry probably violated the state constitution, and everything changed. I mean, the boys I asked out still said no, but the possibilities of what they were saying no to had been cracked wide open, so I cried much, much harder.
Seventeen years later (though, extraordinarily, I seem to have aged only five), I have at last found a boy I was able to trick into proposing to me. After getting engaged two and a half years ago, we've made a few attempts at planning a wedding, but none of them have come to fruition, mostly because the damn rules keep changing. "Honey, let's go to Massachusetts and get married! Oh, wait, now we can only get married in Massachusetts if we live there. Okay, well, let's go to California and get marri— whoops, we weren't fast enough. Never mind California. Wait, maybe we can still go to California! Nope. Um… oh, crap."
Since May 17, 2004, when a Cambridge city clerk pronounced Tanya McCloskey and Marcia Kadish married under the laws of Massachusetts, same-sex couples have followed their lead in the United States — over 150,000 all told in Massachusetts, California, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont, Iowa, Washington, D.C., and the Coquille Indian Tribe (within the boundaries of Oregon).
And that's the thing: McCloskey and Kadish, and the multitude of other married same-sex couples — theirs wasn't a gay marriage. It was a marriage.
When Roman soldiers, forbidden in the first and second centuries A.D. to take wives, were finally allowed to wed, they weren't military marrying; they were marrying.
When former slaves freed by the Emancipation Proclamation stood before clergymen and spoke their vows, they weren't getting black married or freedmen married; they were getting married.
When Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter said "I do" — they were the interracial couple whose victory in the Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia made it illegal in America to prevent mixed-race couples from wedding — they didn't get interracial married; they got married.
Same-sex couples today are in no different position. I don't want to get gay married.
I want to get married.
The Huffington Post, December 17, 2010
An Open Letter to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth of America:
Hold tight for a little while longer, kid. It gets better.
There. That's what I've got so far.
"The Huffington Post would like you to write an 'it gets better' piece," said the email I got a few weeks ago from Katie, the publicist for the new Sundance Channel series Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys, in which I appear (as a boy who likes boys) along with my best friend Sarah (as a girl who likes, etc.).
(To bring you up to speed, just in case: In response to the recent publicized rash of suicides by gay middle school, high school, and college students–at least eight kids dead in less than a month–author Dan Savage and his husband Terry Miller filmed a terrific YouTube message to American kids who are bullied or abused or rejected or beaten up or made to feel like outsiders because of their sexuality. Savage and Miller hated their lives in high school, they explain, but the day they finished, their lives changed, immensely, for the better. They were making this video, they said, to tell you, Hold tight for a little while longer, kid. It gets better. The video obviously sparked something in the national consciousness, because, within days, thousands of people across the country were sending similar–and similarly beautiful–messages to http://itgetsbetter.org; they're sending them still.)
"Great!" I typed enthusiastically back to Katie, sat down, and started to write.
Many of the it-gets-better videos, I'd noticed, began with a recounting of the difficulties the speaker(s) faced when he or she was or they were the age Billy Lucas was when he killed himself on September 9, the age Cody J. Barker was when he killed himself on September 13 (fifteen), the age Seth Walsh was on September 19 (thirteen), the age Tyler Clementi was on September 22 (eighteen), Asher Brown on September 23 (thirteen), Harrison Chase Brown on September 25 (fifteen), Felix Sacco and Raymond Chase on September 29 (seventeen and nineteen). I knew this would not be hard. Thirteen? Fifteen? I had known I was doing something wrong from the age of six, when the Jewish Community Center summer camp counselors said I wasn't allowed to sign up for needlepoint and flower arranging and stuck me in gymnastics instead, though to be fair my front handspring is even today a thing to be proud of.
Growing up, I felt like an alien from outer space, stranded on this planet with the half-finished first draft of a guidebook in a language I didn't speak.
So far, so good, I thought. I am a brilliant writer!
I was more or less okay until seventh grade, at which point things began to come apart. I didn't understand why Winslow Barnett snickered when I walked into the boys' locker room for PE wearing my purple bow tie and my fabulous bright green pants with the white piping down the side, but I knew that it was not his intention to convey approbation of my fashion sense. I didn't see why it should be cause for concern to anybody when I started writing all my in-class history exams on pink paper in green ink, with circles over the "i"s, but I didn't need to see that to interpret the look Mr. Somerville gave me when I handed them in. It was a mystery to me why my mother's face fell when I used my birthday money to buy a pair of floppy bunny ears, but I knew enough to wait until I went away to summer camp to start wearing them.
Hmm. Something seems off, I thought as I sat back and reread what I'd written. I probably need chocolate. I went to the bodega on the corner, bought some M&Ms, ate them on the way back home, and sat down at my computer again.
By the time I was fifteen I'd figured out what was really going on, so I went to the library, checked out all the books I could find on being gay, and left them on the kitchen table, which in retrospect might not have been the best way to come out to my parents but it got the job done. They nixed the green ink and the bow ties and forbad me to see the one other openly gay person I knew, a man who ran a chocolate store not far from my house and who had been playing a very effective fairy godmother to my Cinderella; when I defied them and saw him anyway, they grounded me for a year, not that I had any friends with whom I would have spent my time anyway. In the meantime school got trickier to navigate; I can't remember the name of the kid who intercepted the note I passed to Kathy Weld during first-period French about George Lindenmayer, but my face flushes still when I remember having my own lovestruck mooning quoted sneeringly back to me as I passed him and his friends in the hall for the rest of the week. They'd translated the French badly but that was cold comfort. But it got better. It got much, much, much better.
It's not the chocolate, I realized.
The problem was that I had had it easy.
I was pretty fey, to be sure, but I never flouted gender norms in any significant way for any significant length of time, so I was never the target of constant bullying; furthermore, I went to a fancy-schmancy private school where the shoving match Kinsey Huggins got into with Chad Rawe during the break before Latin II one Tuesday was the talk of our ninth-grade class for weeks, so what bullying I was subjected to was relatively de bon ton. While Winslow Barnett's snickering and that of the kid whose name I can't remember may therefore have stabbed me to the heart, they were small potatoes compared with the bullying some of you go through every day. Nobody ever filmed me having sex without my permission and live-streamed it online. Nobody ever pulled my chair out from under me and told me to go hang myself, and I never seriously considered doing so. Nobody ever kicked me down a flight of stairs. And sure, my parents' reaction when I came out to them was ridiculous, but they were still civil rights workers; I'm sure the idea of throwing me out of the house never occurred to them, unlike the parents of many of the 40% of homeless kids who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender. And they could no more have beaten me senseless than they could have campaigned for public office as segregationists. I had no reason to run away.
I mean, really. A few of my classmates laughed at me? A teacher thought I was weird? That was the best I could come up with? My parents overreacted to something and grounded me for an unreasonably long time?
Cry me a fucking river.
Okay, I thought, unnerved. Remember, I am a brilliant writer. I'll just leave this alone for a few days and see what my fecund brain comes up with.
"Sarah's piece was posted yesterday," Katie's next email said. "Do you know when we can expect yours?"
"I'll get it to you any day now!" I wrote back. "☺," I added, in hopes of keeping her from getting angry at me.
Why don't I just keep writing, I asked myself rhetorically, see where I end up, and then go back and fix the beginning later? "But it got better," I deleted and retyped three times. "It got much, much, much better."
I went away to college, where I felt free for the first time in my life. I did well and had a great time and made friends for whom I would even today drop whatever I was doing and fly halfway around the world if they asked and if my debit card permitted. I moved to New York and went to grad school, made some more of the same kind of friend, joined a cheerleading squad, learned to knit, taught step aerobics, danced as a go-go boy, taught math to elementary-school kids, went to gay summer camp, wrote some musicals, saw a few of them produced, wrote some books, saw a couple of them published, dated some boys, had sex with a lot more, got a dog, moved in with one of the boys, got another dog, married the boy, and somewhere along the way became myself and watched as the world made room for me. And today, the day before Thanksgiving, as I write this on the downtown 3 train, trying to figure out what kind of pie to bake to bring to my mother-in-law's tomorrow for dinner, I look back at my 13-year-old self and am filled with gratitude that he held tight. Hold tight for a little while longer, kid. It gets better. I promise.
And I read what I had written and I was like, oh, fuck me. I might as well have ended it, "and they all lived happily ever after."
I mean, every word of what I'd written was true, I promise you that. But there was so much I'd left out, like the couple years during my early thirties when I did want to kill myself, desperately–my fantasies went back and forth weekly between jumping in front of a subway train and overdosing on prescription medication–for reasons that had nothing whatsoever to do with my sexuality or anybody's response to it. Or like the heartbreak that having musicals produced and books published tends to bring one instead of making one happy, and like the fact that these enterprises have earned me less money than I would have made temping–enough less, actually, that I lie awake at night figuring out which companies and utilities are least likely to descend upon my credit rating like avenging Furies if I don't pay them this month.
And like the fact that, unlike some gay people, I've never walked into a sex club full of men fucking each other–I mean, I've walked into a sex club full of men fucking each other; Mary, please–but I've never walked into a sex club full of men fucking each other, been approached by none of them, and had to assume it was because they were white and I wasn't. And that, since both I and my body are male, I've never dated somebody who seemed like the perfect man, revealed to him that I was biologically female, and had to grab hold of a credenza so as not to be sucked into the vacuum created by his instant departure. And that, as somebody attracted only to one sex rather than to both, I've never been mocked both by straight people for liking boys and by gay people for liking girls too, and left in the end with no community at all willing to accept me. And that one night a couple months ago in New York three gay men were beaten, slashed, burned with cigarettes, and sodomized with a baseball bat and a toilet plunger; I don't know what their adolescent years were like so I can't say for sure that this wasn't a step up, but I have a hard time believing that at this moment they feel it's gotten better.
Or like the fact that much of the time I still feel like an alien from outer space, stranded on this planet with the first draft of a half-finished guidebook in a language I don't speak.
Which struck me as a lot to leave out, so I deleted the whole thing and wrote a new piece about all this and the cry-me-a-river stuff and I showed it to my friend Sarah and she was like, "You're kidding, right? This might as well be called, 'I Wish I'd Had it as Bad Off as You When I Was Your Age So I Could Have Just Killed Myself Then.' "
This seemed unwieldy as a title, so I scrapped that version too.
Which is how I find myself here, terrified that Katie will hate me because I have no idea what to write. "Maybe It Gets Better"? "It Sort of Gets Better, Unless it Doesn't"? "Congratulations! It May Already Have Gotten Better!"?
And yet I think there is something true, deeply true, in what these "it gets better" messages communicate; I think it does get better. It's just that "better" doesn't necessarily mean that the day you graduate from high school and leave your podunk town somebody is going to be waiting there to hand you a gorgeous boyfriend, a great job, and a puppy. Certainly this may happen, and if it does then please don't tell me because it will make me hate you and cry. But things are probably going to unfold a little differently. The boyfriend may prove elusive. You may get stuck in a frustrating job. You may live in a no-pets building.
But here are some things that are definitely going to happen:
First, the world is going to get bigger. Right now, the only territories you can inhabit without anybody's permission are your house and your school. If you're anywhere else–at the mall or the movie theater or the beach, whatever, I have no idea where you kids spend your time these days–you're there on the sufferance of your parents and any adults who happen to be around. Fuck up and display your real self for a moment, and the next thing you know you're sitting in front of somebody in a tie who expects you to be ashamed of yourself.
When you finish high school, you get to leave this dynamic behind. (Oh, there'll be no shortage of people in ties expecting you to be ashamed of yourself, but you can tell them to go fuck themselves, and there's no such thing as detention in real life. There's prison, of course, but usually you have to do more than tell somebody to go fuck himself to end up there.)
If you go every day to a place where idiot cretins bully you, then when you finally get sick of it you have the choice to go somewhere else instead. Somewhere else might be another job, it might be your own place in New York or some other metropolis, it might be a shelter in whatever town you can get a bus ticket to or walk to, but the point is that if life sucks where you are, you're allowed to leave.
The second thing that's going to happen is that, because the world is going to bigger, other people will stop mattering so much. Right now your entire life has forty people in it, or two hundred, or however many are in your class, plus your parents and a handful of other people. If one person is mean to you, that's a pretty large percentage of your world; if that person is popular, then probably a bunch of others follow suit, and before you know it half the people in your life hate you. If half the world is bullying you, mistreating you, ignoring you, insulting you, and abusing you, what other conclusion can you reach but that you deserve to be bullied, mistreated, ignored, insulted, and abused?
Well, when you leave high school, the population of your world increases by several billion, and, if people you spend time with are bullying you, you can recognize them as assholes and find other people to spend time with. Depending on your circumstances, you might find more or fewer of them, and they might be easier or harder to find–but no matter what they'll be the people you choose to allow into your life. If you're lucky, you'll find some wonderful close friends, as I have, but if you're not as lucky, and find yourself in a group of people who hinder you from becoming the person you want to be, you can dump them and get some new close friends, because as it turns out the planet is covered in stranded aliens, and chances are good that if you meet the right ones and put your guidebooks together with theirs you'll find some of the answers you're looking for.
But in the end, no matter where you go or who you encounter there, here's what it comes down to: when you reach eighteen, you become the only person allowed to decide anything about what you do with your life (unless, again, you are in prison, where issues of sexuality become very different). Nobody else has the right to decide where you live, who you live it with, what you do with your time. There are practical limitations to these questions, and you will face obstacles in life after high school–Tyler Clementi was a freshman in college, Raymond Chase a sophomore–but you won't need to get anybody else's permission to try to overcome them.
There's one last thing to say, which is that leaving, though it's what many if not most of us have done, isn't your only option. If the nearest town with any LGBT services is a four-hour drive away and your family has no car, or if you're caring for an ailing parent, or any of a thousand other reasons, or you just feel like staying put, the world can still get bigger–if you make it bigger. And if you're going to finish that guidebook on your own, you might as well start now.
Get in touch with the American Civil Liberties Union LGBT Project (http://aclu.org/safeschools) and sue your goddamn school; there are a lot of things wrong with this country but at this moment one thing that's very right about it is that when kids like you are in trouble and nobody does anything about it and the ACLU and other LGBT rights organizations find out about it, a lot of people around the country get very upset, and often things change for the better. Or talk to somebody at Parents and Friends of Lesbians And Gays (http://pflag.org) about how to get your parents to support you. Or file a complaint with the federal Office of Civil Rights (http://community.pflag.org/claimyourrights). Or contact the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (http://www.glsen.org/cgi-bin/iowa/all/student/index.html) and start an anti-bullying program so your pathetic Neanderthal classmates can learn that there are other ways to assuage their existential confusion and terror than by beating you up. Or all of the above, or something else that nobody has thought of yet. You have the power to make it get better, and there are a lot of people out here who are on your side, and all you need to do to get their help is ask them for it. And the great thing about asking them for it is that, with their involvement, you can help it get better not just for you but also for other kids like you.
Taking action may or may not be the right choice for you. But either way–and I think this may be what I need to give Katie–there's one thing that you can and should do, no matter who you are, no matter where, no matter what your circumstances:
Hold tight for a little while longer, kid.
It gets better.
P.S.: If you're thinking about killing yourself or you just feel alone or want somebody to talk to, please, please, please call the Trevor Project, a 24-hour hotline just for LGBT youth, at 800.488.7386 (800-4-U-TREVOR). If you're homeless, then you've already learned much of the above, tragically early, but it can get better for you, too; there are people out here who want to help you, and you can find a list of supportive, welcoming resources for LGBT homeless youth all over the country at http://aliforneycenter.org/resources.html. And if anything I've written here speaks to you, you should go to your local public library and check out my book Swish: My Quest to Become the Gayest Person Ever and What Ended Up Happening Instead, which some LGBT kids have told me has helped them see how it can get better. If your library doesn't have it, email me at joel@joelderfner.com and I'll try to send you a copy, or, if you don't want to risk being seen holding a book with such a title, email you the manuscript.
Losing Dorothy Parker
The Advocate, September 10, 2008
Five years ago, when I was 30, I started teaching a musical theater writing workshop for high school students. Given the subject, I wasn't shocked to find that most of my male pupils were the sort of boys whose natural response, when presented with a football, would be to cover it in glitter. My mandate was to teach these kids how to write musicals, but, recalling my own difficulties with teenage social life, I also looked forward to reassuring them that better things lay in store for them.
What became clear almost immediately, however, was that to these kids, being openly gay was about as remarkable an achievement as flossing. "My last ex-boyfriend…" trilled one 17-year-old; my staggering astonishment caused me to miss what he said next.
I came out at 15, but in 1989, in South Carolina, it was inconceivable that I'd ever begin a sentence with "my last ex-boyfriend." I suspected that there were a few other boys my age who harbored feelings similar to mine—a suspicion confirmed, I am pleased to note, with the passage of time—but on the few occasions I dared approach the subject, I was met with stony silence.
Luckily, I wasn't forced to go through my teenage years alone; I did find a community of like-minded friends. But they weren't my peers. They were a group of older men and women who congregated regularly in a chocolate store one of them owned. It was from these people that I learned how to duel à la Oscar Wilde, hurling epigrams like hatpins. With them I first saw The
Women and gasped with delight to learn that the reason it was so bitchy was that most of its stars had been passed over for the part of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind. Among them I understood there was a place in the world for a person like me.
But years later, the kids I was teaching didn't need to search for a gay community, because their place in the world was already clear to them from watching Will & Grace, talking to their gay next-door neighbor, and running into their ex-boyfriend on the street. I was deeply moved: The future I had only dreamed of was coming to be. After a couple of weeks of teaching I found myself telling a few of my students how lucky they were to have missed the bad old days. "Thank God for Dorothy Parker," I said. "Otherwise I don't know how I would have survived."
"Who?" one student said.
Damn my tendency to mumble: "Dorothy Parker," I enunciated.
"Who's that?" another one asked.I stared at them, so appalled I couldn't speak. Who's that?
I told them briefly about the 20th century's greatest and most depressed wit, the woman who'd said, "Ducking for apples—change one letter and it's the story of my life," and with
every bon mot my students laughed louder and louder. Though they loved what they were hearing, I was alarmed. Dorothy Parker is near the center of what I think of as the gay canon—the people, books, movies, events, and ideas that have shaped gay identity since there was such a thing as gay identity. What did it herald that these teens were unfamiliar with her and, for that matter, Auntie Mame and The Lord Won't Mind?
I've taught the musical theater course many times since that first summer. Every year, when I ask gay students about the cultural icons I take for granted, I get more blank stares. And this makes me think that today's relative comfort with homosexuality is something of a mixed blessing. Now that younger gay people no longer need to seek out older gay people to find acceptance, they no longer have access to the body of knowledge their elders can impart. Even if they
didn't raise their own children, gay men could always count on the next generation to show up on their doorsteps wanting to be adopted. And the first thing they'd do, naturally, was hand out a copy of Giovanni's Room and pop The Boys in the Band into the VCR.
What will become of our cultural history now that kids aren't looking for a surrogate family?
I have no desire to turn back the clock—we're much better off now than we've ever been, although we still have far to go. And I'm thrilled that we're accepted enough that high school boys can now walk around talking about being "between boyfriends." But when I remember the shock of recognition I still feel reading Wilde or watching Joan Crawford or listening to the Weather Girls, I think I can be forgiven for regretting, just a little bit, the price we're paying.
Ways to Be Gay
Pride Source, May 29, 2008
In the last few years, the heterosexual community seems, astonishingly, to have understood that it has a great deal to learn from us. I think this is generally a good thing, though I will confess that I was more than a little disturbed when my grandmother massacred me at Scrabble with the word "metrosexual."
But that understanding doesn't come without a price. I mean, it's a relief to leave the house knowing you're not going to be assaulted by hordes of men with no product in their hair, but visual symbols of homosexuality have a practical purpose as well as a fashionable and/or political one: they make it easier for us to recognize a hot guy we might be able to charm into having sex with us kindred spirit.
All that product – along with the ear piercing, the supportive freedom rings, the religious devotion to "Project Runway" – now that these things no longer separate the wheat from the chaff, so to speak, we need new ways to identify one another. I propose, therefore, the following list of further possibilities. The heterosexuals will doubtless render them useless, one by one, but still I think these might last us for a while.
1. A green carnation. When asked for the significance of the flower he always wore on his lapel, Oscar Wilde answered, "Nothing whatever. But that is just what nobody will guess."
2. A red tie. Unfortunately, the American counterpart to the green carnation became so well-known a signal that if street toughs saw you in a scarlet cravat, they would start sucking their fingers; this was not meant, alas, as an invitation. But a red tie hasn't been considered suggestive for over a century, so we're probably safe.
3. A purple hand. In 1969, employees of the San Francisco Examiner dumped a bag of ink from an office window onto a group of men and women protesting the paper's recent homophobic coverage. The protestors used the purple ink to cover the building's walls with gay-power slogans; for weeks afterward, activists stamped purple hands all around the city.
4. Cut sleeves. The Chinese Emperor Ai, when called one afternoon to attend to imperial business, didn't want to disturb his sleeping lover, whose head was resting on the emperor's robe. Ai cut his own sleeve off and tiptoed away.
5. Chewing gum. The Aztecs invented the practice of chewing tree sap, but by the 1500s, one treatise suggested that "whosoever chews gum in public attains the status of faggotry."
6. Common sweet flag. The calamus plant takes its name from a Greek myth about a man transformed into a reed after his lover drowns. In Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass," the calamus appears as a symbol of homosexual love.
7. An eye patch. Seventeenth-century England had some of the harshest anti-sodomy laws on record. Many men responded by turning to piracy, an institution that allowed matelotages – permanent unions between two men.
8. A snail shell. In the West African Dagara and Dogon tribes, gay people are considered spiritual gatekeepers responsible for the survival of the cosmos. Members of these tribes hang snail shells and similar objects in front of their homes to protect those within.
9. Boston cream pie. After Henry James published "The Bostonians," households of two women living together with no male support became known as Boston marriages.
And, when the heterosexuals have managed to appropriate all of these, then:
10. Your pick. You're a part of gay historical and cultural heritage. Perhaps there's an element of your life you're willing to contribute, for the good of gay people everywhere?
An Education in Abstinence
The Advocate, June 10, 2006
I met my first real boyfriend (by "real" I mean that there was a fourth date) when he played the villain in a musical I'd written based on The Count of Monte Cristo. Ben had a great voice and even better cheekbones–and, more important, he seemed not to notice that the musical was terrible. Within two weeks of meeting we were going out. On our third date, while we were buying snacks to accompany our movie rental, he revealed that he too loved salt and vinegar potato chips, and I knew I had found the One. We were not utterly foolish: We did not move in together after a month. But we fit together like a hand in a glove. The understanding that we were soul mates suffused our entire relationship.
The only problem was that we had never had sex.
Don't get me wrong: By the end of our second date we were naked and helping each other relieve the stresses of the day. We found each other intensely attractive and enjoyed many, many activities of which the members of the Westboro Baptist Church would heartily disapprove. But I couldn't have penetrative sex because I was a sperm donor, and I'd premised the lesbians I wouldn't risk infection.
My friends had all been baffled when I'd told them I was going to be a bio-dad, because I hate and fear children. But the lesbians lived in Boston, so I would only have to see the child a few times a year, and besides, I wanted to perform the mitzvah ("good deed") of increasing the number of the Jewish people. Thus began a long period of entering the lesbians' bathroom with a baggie and a copy of Inches and exiting with the stuff of life.
Unfortunately, the stuff of life didn't seem to be doing them much good. Month after month the zygote failed to make its scheduled appearance. When we'd started the process I was single and uninterested in casual sex (don't ask), so eschewing penetration was easy. Now that Ben had entered the picture, however, things were different.
He had the patience of a saint, but after almost a year this was getting to be ridiculous. "One of those sperm bastards had better make it," I railed to him in bed, as he did something close to what I really wanted him to be doing. But none of them ever did, and eventually the lesbians and I reluctantly abandoned our project.
This was a disappointment, but still I was grateful that after ten months Ben and I would finally be able to consummate our love fully. We approached the evening breathless and excited; the only thing we'd lacked would now be ours in abundance, and we couldn't wait.
And the sex was totally mediocre, because of course we were both big bottoms.
There was more to it, naturally, but that's what it boiled down to. It didn't matter how well-suited we were in other ways. All the pheromones and salt and vinegar potato chips in the world couldn't disguise the fact that this was an insurmountable obstacle, and we'd discovered it far too late.
Worse, our sexual incompatibility was only a symptom of the deeper dysfunctions that plagued our relationship. We both wanted to be the one who got taken care of. We both avoided conflict as if it were our mothers, and during our ever more frequent fights, whoever cried harder won. I became increasingly controlling and Ben became increasingly helpless until we were more parent and child than anything else.
Refusing to admit that anything was wrong, we moved in together and stayed together, miserably, for another year and a half. Ben cheated, I watched Golden Girls all day and got fat, and we both had complete physicals more often than we had sex. Finally he left, much to our mutual relief.Every so often I wonder what would have happened if I'd kept on donating sperm. Would Ben and I have been able to continue in blissful ignorance? Would I have increased the number of the Jewish people? Would I be a different person?
I ran into Ben the other day; he's left the theater and is working as an interior designer. We talked about our new boyfriends—I made sure to mention several times that mine is a doctor—and I told him that the lesbians were considering adoption. They'd tried with other donors and had been no luckier. They said they kept thinking, Maybe this one will work. But in the end they were forced to admit, just as Ben and I had, that no matter how hard you try to breathe life into a fantasy, sometimes reality is the best you can hope to get.


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Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a common sensorimotor disorder with an estimated prevalence of between 1% and 5%. The symptomatology is characterized by unpleasant sensations experienced predominantly in the legs and rerely in the arms. The symptoms occur only at rest and become more pronounced in the evening or at night. In addition, the patients suffer from a strong urge to move the limbs, typically...
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Cardiac autonomic activity during sleep is only very slightly influenced by the emotional state of the patient and, unlike some of the traditional tests of autonomic function, may be studied in all patients. In an attempt to evaluate autonomic function in patients with different neuropsychiatric disorders, two different methods of quantifying the changes in sympathetic and parasympathetic cardiac...
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Abstract Lafora body disease is one cause of progressive myoclonus epilepsy. It typically presents in the second decade with generalized seizures, myoclonus and then intellectual decline. Death is usual within 10 years. Diagnosis may be made by biopsy of skin, muscle, liver or brain. We present four siblings who were normal until their mid-twenties, but then developed intellectual decline, followed...
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Abstract Knowledge of the neural circuits involved in Wallenbergs syndrome (WS) is incomplete. Study of the blink reflex (BR) in patients with WS can help in reaching a better understanding of the physiopathology underlying clinical symptoms and may help in the prediction of clinical outcome. We evaluated the BR in response to supraorbital nerve electrical stimuli in 20 patients with WS. All patients...
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis can be associated with profound sleep disturbances resulting from factors such as reduced mobility, muscle cramps, swallowing problems and anxiety. Although few studies have examined sleep patterns in ALS, disease-related symptoms such as restless legs and increased myoclonic activity can disturb both the initiation and maintenance of sleep. In addition, sleep-disordered...
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Abstract Cerebral ischaemia is a common complication of bacterial meningitis. Although cerebrovascular involvement in the acute phase of inflammation may be particularly important for the still unacceptably high morbidity and mortality, only, a few studies have investigated cerebrovascular changes in bacterial meningitis. We prospectively investigated changes of intracranial cerebral blood flow velocities...
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Abstract Miyoshi myopathy (MM) is a rare distal myopathy that mainly occurs in Japan. And that is characterized by prominent involvement of the gastrocnemius muscles. Here we report two patients, brother and sister, from a German family. Onset of the disease was at the age of 20 and 22 years, respectively. In both siblings, there was an early and predominant involvement of the gastrocnemius muscles...
Severe stenosis of the internal carotid artery is not associated with borderzone infarcts in patients randomised in the European Carotid Surgery Trial
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Abstract Borderzone infarcts are usually regarded as being caused by low cerebral blood flow distal to a severely stenosed or occluded artery, particularly the internal carotid artery. To explore this hypothesis we have related borderzone infarction, defined by CT both in the classical way and by taking into account the variable extent of the territory of the blood supply of the cerebral arteries,...
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To review the numerous works concerning sleep and epilepsy, this review considers the effects of sleep, firstly on seizures and secondly on paroxysmal interictal EEG activity (PA), in the different types of epilepsy according to the International League against Epilepsy classification. Apart from the exceptions of the definite nocturnal preponderance of seizures in idiopathic rolandic epilepsy and...
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Abstract Neuropsychological investigations of patients with Parkinsons disease have shown specific impairments even in the early stages of the disease, which include deficit of behavioural regulation in sorting or planning tasks, defective use of memory stores, and impaired manipulation of internal representation of visuospatial stimuli. These deficits, reported in a disease which predominantly involves...
Sleep disorder related to Parkinson's disease
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Sleep disorders occur in 74–98% of patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD), adversely affecting their quality of life. Sleep disruption takes the form of sleep fragmentation with frequent and prolonged awakenings and daytime sleepiness. Nocturia, difficulty in turning over in bed, painful leg cramps, vivid dreams/nightmares, back pain, limb/facial dystonia and leg jerks are the main causes...
A comparision of brain biopsy and CSF-PCR in the diagnosis of CNS lesions in AIDS patients
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Abstract Twenty patients with AIDS who had intracranial lesions underwent both brain biopsy and cerebro-spinal fluid (CSF) examination to compare histological diagnosis with the polymerase chain reaction (CSF-PCR) for the identification of infectious agents. CSF-PCR was performed for herpes simplex virus, varicella zoster virus, cytomegalovirus (CMV), JC virus (JCV), Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), Toxoplasma...
Reversible dementia in elderly patients referred to a memory clinic
G. J. M. Walstra, S. Teunisse, W. A. van Gool, H. van Crevel
Abstract Dementia has a reversible cause in some cases, and these should be diagnosed without over-investigating the many patients with irreversible disease. We prospectively studied the prevalence of reversible dementia in a memory clinic, determined the added value of investigations compared with clinical examination and assessed the outcome of treatment of potentially reversible causes by measuring...
Zopiclone: Is there any dependence and abuse potential?
Both published and unpublished data concerning the rebound, withdrawal, dependence and abuse potential of zopiclone have been reviewed. As expected for an hypnotic drug of about 5 h elimination half-life, rebound has occasionally been detected but is substantially less frequent than with equivalent benzodiazepines. Tolerance to zopiclone does not occur regularly and cross-tolerance to the benzodiazepines...
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Abstract Acquired pendular nystagmus (APN) is regularly accompanied by oscillopsia and impairment of static visual acuity. Therapeutic approaches to APN remain controversial, and there is no generally accepted therapeutic approach. We tested 14 patients who had suffered from APN caused by multiple sclerosis for several years; 12 patients presented with fixational pendular nystagmus (increasing during...
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Rao, G.R., Krishnakumar, G., Dudani1, S.N., Subash Chandran, M.D. and Ramachandra, T.V. (2013). Vegetation Changes along Altitudinal Gradients in Human Disturbed Forests of Uttara Kannada, Central Western Ghats. Journal of Biodiversity, 4(2): 61-68. https://doi.org/10.1080/09766901.2013.11884743
Sandhya Sekar and K. Praveen Karanth (2013). Flying between Sky Islands: the Effect of Naturally Fragmented Habitat on Butterfly Population Structure. PLoS ONE 8 (8): e71573, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0071573.
Sekar, N. and Sukumar, R. (2013). Waiting for Gajah: an elephant mutualist's contingency plan for an unreliable megafaunal disperser. Journal of Ecology 101: 1379–1388. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12157
Singh*, N.J., & Bagchi, S. * (2013). Applied ecology in India: scope of science and policy to meet contemporary environmental and socio-ecological challenges. Journal of Applied Ecology, 50:4-14. *equal contribution. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12020
Sridhar, H. and Shanker, K. (in press). Using intra-flock association patterns to understand why birds participate in mixed species foraging flocks in terrestrial habitats. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology.
Sridhar, H., Jordan, F. and Shanker, K. (2013). Species importance and resilience of a heterospecific foraging association network. Oikos, 122: 1325-1334. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2013.00101.x
Theme II: Animal behaviour and evolution
A. Catherine Markham & Guttal, V. & Susan C. Alberts & Jeanne Altmann (2013). When good neighbors don't need fences: temporal landscape partitioning among baboon social groups. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol., 67:875–884. DOI: 10.1007/s00265-013-1510-0
Bansal, R., & Karanth, K.P. (2013). Phylogenetic Analysis and Molecular Dating Suggest That Hemidactylus anamallensis Is Not a Member of the Hemidactylus Radiation and Has an Ancient Late Cretaceous Origin. PloS one, 8(5), e60615. Doi:10.1371/jounal.pone.0060615.
Krishnan, A., Joshi, K.A., Abraham A., Ayyub, S., Lahiry, M., Mukherjee, R., Javadekar, S.M., Narayan, V., and Borges R.M. (2013). Finding hidden females in a crowd: mate recognition in fig wasps. [Invited paper for Special Issue of Acta Oecologica on Fig–Wasp Interactions resulting from the VIII International Fig Symposium held at University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil, 2012]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2013.03.015
Datta-Roy, A., Mohapatra, P.P., Dutta, S.K., Giri, V.B., Veerappan, D., Maddock, S.T., Prudhvi Raj, and Agarwal, I.& Karanth, P. (2013). A long-lost relic from the Eastern Ghats: Morphology, distribution and habitat of Sepsophis punctatus Beddome, 1870 (Squamata: Scincidae). Zootaxa , 3670 (1) (2013): 055-062.
Borges R.M., Bessière J-M, and Ranganathan, Y. (2013). Diel changes in volatiles across fig syconium development: making sense of scents. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 39, 630-642. DOI: 10.1007/s10886-013-0280-5
Joshi, J. and Karanth, P.K. (2013). Did southern Western Ghats of peninsular India serve as refugia for its endemic biota during the Cretaceous volcanism? Ecology and Evolution; 3(10):3275-3282; doi: 10.1002/ece3.603.
Sekar, S. and Karanth, P.K. (2013). Flying between Sky Islands: The Effect of Naturally Fragmented Habitat on Butterfly Population Structure. PLoS ONE 8(8) e71573. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0071573.
Isvaran K., Ponkshe A., (2013). How general is a female mating preference for clustered males in lekking species? A meta-analysis. Animal Behaviour 86:417-425. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.05.036
Jorge, A.A., Vanak, A.T., Thaker, M., Begg C., Slotow R., (2013). Costs and benefits of the presence of leopards to the sport hunting industry and local communities in Niassa National Reserve, Mozambique. Conservation Biology, 27: 832-843. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12082
Nandi, A.K., Bhadra, A., Sumana, A., Deshpande, S.A., Gadagkar, R. (2013). The evolution of complexity in social organization—A modelusing dominance-subordinate behavior in two social wasp species. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 327 (2013) 34–44.
Datta-Roy, A., Das, I., Bauer, A.M., Lyngdoh Tron, R.K., & Karanth, P.K. (2013). Lizard Wears Shades. A Spectacled Sphenomorphus (Squamata: Scincidae), from the Sacred Forests of Mawphlang, Meghalaya, North-east India. Zootaxa, 3701 (2): 257–276. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3701.2.7
Shukla, S., Shilpa, M. C., Gadagkar, R. (2013). Virgin wasps develop ovaries on par with mated females, but lay fewer eggs. Insect Society, 60:345–350.
Shukla, S., Chandran, S. and Gadagkar, R. (2013). Ovarian developmental variation in the primitively eusocial wasp Ropalidia marginata suggests a gateway to worker ontogeny and the evolution of sociality. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 216, 181-187. doi: 10.1242/jeb.073148
Borges, R.M. (2013). A million years from now who can say whether humans will still roam on earth. Knowledge, 98.
Vanak, A.T., Fortin, D., Thaker, M., Owen C, Lehmann M, Greatwood S, Slotow R.(2013). Moving to stay in place: behavioral mechanisms for coexistence of large African carnivores. Ecology, 94: 2619, V2631.
Theme III: Human and Landscape Ecology
C. Brown et al including Sukumar, R. (2013). Multispecies coexistence in tropical forests: spatial signals of topographic niche differentiation increase with environmental heterogeneity. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 280: 20130502.http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.0502
Chisholm, R.A. et al including Sukumar, R. (2013). Scale-dependent relationships between tree species richness and ecosystem function in forests. Journal of Ecology 101: 1214–1224. DOI:10.1111/1365-2745.12132
Isvaran K., Ponkshe A., 2013, How general is a female mating preference for clustered males in lekking species? A meta-analysis. Animal Behaviour 86:417-425. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.05.036
Jadeja S., Prasad S., Quader S., Isvaran K. 2013. Antelope mating strategies facilitate invasion of grasslands by a woody weed. Oikos 122:1441-1452. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2013.00320.x
Kumar, U., Raja, K.S., Mukhopadhyay, C. and Ramachandra, T.V. (2013). Assimilation of endmember variability in spectral mixture analysis for urban land cover extraction. J. Adv. Space Res., http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2013.08.02.
Mahapatra, D. M., Chanakya, H. N., and Ramachandra, T. V. (2013). Euglena sp. as a suitable source of lipids for potential use as biofuel and sustainable wastewater treatment. J. Appl. Phycol., 2013, 1-11.DOI 10.1007/s10811-013-9979-5.
Mahapatra, D.M. and Ramachandra, T.V. (2013). Algal biofuel: bountiful lipid from Chlorococcum sp. proliferating in municipal wastewater, Current Science, 105(1): pp. 47-55.
Mahapatra, D.M., Chanakya, H.N. and Ramachandra, T.V. (2013). Treatment efficacy of algae based sewage treatment plants. Env. Mon. Assess., 2013, 1-20. DOI 10.1007/s10661-013-3090-x.
Ramachandra T.V. and Aithal, B.H. (2013). Urbanisation and Sprawl in the Tier II City: Metrics, Dynamics and Modelling using Spatio-Temporal Data, International Journal of Remote Sensing Applications, 3 (2), June 2013: Pp 65-74, http://www.ijrsa.org
Ramachandra T.V., Aithal, B.H and Vinay, S. Land Use Land Cover Dynamics in a Rapidly Urbanising Landscape, SCIT Journal, Volume XIII, August 2013, pp xx-xx.
Ramachandra T.V., Mahapatra, D.M., Samantray, S. and Joshi. N.V. (2013). Algal biofuel from urban wastewater in India: Scope and challenges, renewable and Sustainable Energy review, 21:767–777, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2012.12.029.
Ramachandra T.V., Meera, D.S. and Alakananda, B. (2013). Influence of Catchment Land Cover Dynamics on the Physical, Chemical and Biological Integrity of Wetlands, Environment & We -International Journal of Science & Technology -(EWIJST), pp 8(1): 37-54.
Ramachandra T.V., Shwetmala, K., Dania, T.M. (2014). Carbon footprint of solid waste sector in Greater Bangalore, India, In Assessment of Carbon Footprint in Different Industrial Sectors (ed. S.S. Muthu), Volume 1,Eco Production, DOI: 10.1007/978-981-4560-41-2_11, Springer Science, Singapore pp. 265-292.
Ramachandra, T.V. and Aithal, B.H. (2013). Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Urbanising Landscape in Twin Cities in Karnataka, India. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Mechatronics, Volume 1, Issue 5, ISSN 2320 – 5121
Ramachandra, T.V. and Aithal, B.H. (2013). Understanding urban sprawl dynamics of Gulbarga - Tier II city in Karnataka through spatio-temporal data and spatial metrics, International Journal of Geomatics and Geosciences, 3(3), 388-404.
Ramachandra, T.V. and Hegde, G. (2013). Solar Energy - Sustainable Energy Option. In: The Association of Energy Engineers, Energy Window, VOL. 11 (ISSUE # 1-3), pp. 1-8.
Ramachandra, T.V. and Krishnadas, G. (2013). Solar Energy – to avert energy crisis in India, electrical India, 53(1):41-44.
Ramachandra, T.V., Aithal, B.H. (2013). Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Urbanising Landscape in Twin Cities in Karnataka, India. International Association of Scientific Innovation and Research (IASIR), IJETCAS 12-366.
Ramachandra, T.V., Aithal, B.H., Kumar, U. and Joshi, N.V. (2013). Prediction of Shallow landslide prone regions in undulating terrain. Disaster Advances, 6(1), 53-63.
Ramachandra, T.V., Bharath, H.A. and Sowmyashree, M.V. (2013). Analysis Of Spatial Patterns Of Urbanisation Using Geoinformatics And Spatial Metrics. In: Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management, Vol. 8, Issue 4, pp. 5-24.
Ramachandra,T.V., Shwetmala, Chanakya, H.N., (2013). Interventions in the management of urban solid waste, International Journal of Environmental Sciences, 1(3): 259-267.
Ramaswami, G. and Sukumar, R. (2013). Long-term environmental correlates of invasion by Lantana camara (Verbenaceae) in a seasonally dry tropical forest. PLoS ONE 8(10): e76995. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0076995.
Ramaswami, G. and Sukumar, R. (2013). Performance of established native seedlings in relation to invasive Lantana camara, rainfall and species' habitat preferences in a seasonally dry tropical forest. Plant Ecology 214: 397-408. DOI: 10.1007/s11258-013-0177-y
Setturu, B., Rajan, K.S. and Ramachandra, T.V. (2013). Land Surface Temperature Responses to Land Use Land Cover Dynamics. Geoinfor Geostat: An Overview, 1:4 http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2327-4581.1000112
Theme IV: Climate Change
Bagchi, S., D.D. Briske, B.T. Bestelmeyer, & X.B. Wu (2013). Assessing resilience and state-transition models with historical records of cheatgrass Bromus tectorum invasion in North American sagebrush-steppe, Journal of Applied Ecology, 50:1131-1141. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12128
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Pretty sure I've sussed out the +yellow thing, but keep getting rebuffed. Certain my typing is correct, but getting nowhere. Can't see the woods for the trees it seems! Any hints guys?
This is a rebus-type puzzle that helps you use words in new ways, which is a common theme among many puzzles in the book. Below are graded hints leading to the solution. It assumes you know [key.1], [key.2], and [key.3]. If you don't know them, go back and do those 3 pages before attempting this one.
1) Using keywords 1-3, this makes a rebus that says: redwoods - forest + yellow. The answer to the rebus is the answer to the puzzle.
2) To solve the 1st part of the rebus, you have to subtract 'forest' from 'redwoods'. What part of the word 'redwoods' may be similar to a forest?
3) 'Forest' and 'woods' are synonyms, so taking 'woods' out of 'redwoods' leaves just 'red'.
4) The rebus is now 'red + yellow'. If you mix those two colors, what color do you get?
Below is the answer. DO NOT CLICK IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO KNOW THE ANSWER!!
Thanks for hints. I HAD worked out the method correctly, silly me had entered the wrong colour! Such a simple error. Pleased I'd worked out WHAT to do though! Again, thank you.
What happens when you remove forest from redWOOD? What are you left with?
Remember the answers to the riddle are not the keys these you get from the web site, you may need to go backwards to move forwards!!


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Fashion designer Alfie Leong at a 1996 catwalk contest where he dressed models in leather.
When feathered mullet hairdos, fingerless gloves and big shoulder pads were fashionable in the 1980s, a young Alfie Leong was awash with ideas on how to dress cool.
Inspiration came from American rapper M.C. Hammer, who swaggered across the television screen in low-slung, voluminous harem pants; and pop queen Madonna, who struck a pose in her messy, yet chic, layered look on MTV.
The 44-year-old fashion designer says: "Watching those music videos got me interested in fashion. I wanted to have baggy pants just like M.C. Hammer, but no tailor would make it for me because they didn't know how."
With a needle, thread and elastic bands, the 15-year-old hand-sewed his first pair of Hammer-style pants.
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I've been reading through the forum as well as on the PowerofUs Hub and I just need a definitive answer on this. Right now, it appears that Click and Pledge takes a recurring donation and just adds it as another donation in Salesforce. It does not create "Payments" or pay off payments as installments come in. Is that correct? If so, that's a pretty huge gap. Are there other work-arounds you recommend? When does Click plan to tighten that integration with Salesforce?
Typically, users set up Payments to automatically create a payment for every Opportunity created. The benefit of this is that you can report on your payment object and total what has been received.
Now, your Click&Pledge account is an integration, but it is not a sync. Only about 30% of Click & Pledge customers are Salesforce users, so the Donor Management (PaaS) app in Salesforce is not intended to be a product in and of itself, it is intended to let you add your Click & Pledge account data to Salesforce.
Fundamentally, this means we are not asking Salesforce what it has already, we are sending the data, and then C&P Settings determines how to write it into Contacts, Accounts, Opportunities, and Campaigns.
So, the app does not know that there is an NPSP object in Salesforce that has an Opportunity that is waiting to be paid. It just creates the Opportunity.
Before updating the existing Opportunity would EVEN be feasible, there would need to be something on the payment form that passed the Recurring Donation ID that the payment needs to be applied to.
The advantage of NPSP is that your organization can be a bit more specific about forecasting, the disadvantage is that there is no automation - you have to manually record each payment to the Recurring.
The advantage of C&P Pledges is that payments can be automatically applied to an existing expected amount, if you set up the SKU correctly. You can report on the outstanding balance.
You have to make the plan your organization will use that will be the best option for them. I don't recommend trying to do both NPSP and C&P methods for recurring donations - this would mean your plan would involve assigning the incoming payment to the NPSP Recurring Donation manually, and then deleting the correlating open Opportunity, which is a lot of extra management.
Version 10, set for release of Q1 2019, will have a tighter integration with NPSP- although I do not have specifics on how Recurring Donations may work differently.


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Do single people need a will or trust attorney? Yes!
Really, "yes" is the only answer that's really needed, but we'll go ahead and create a whole blog post to offer some insight as to why estate planning is important for singles and not just for families.
One of the most important reasons for a single person to work with a will and trust attorney in Canton GA is best understood when you think about the consequences of not planning. Should you have a medical emergency or pass away, what becomes of you and your estate will be entirely up to the state of Georgia. This means that if you are unable to communicate your wishes, the state will step in and impose its own plan on your body and your assets.
Imagine that for a moment. If you were to have a medical emergency and be unable to speak up, who would be able to tell the doctors what you would want? Hopefully, that person would be one of your parents or siblings, because it's pretty likely that they are who the courts would appoint on your behalf. If the best choice would really be a good friend, other family member, or possibly a significant other to whom you're not legally married, the courts won't care. They will stick to the predetermined law, and that law will look at bloodline relatives first.
This is also the case with your finances. If you are unable to take care of your own finances for any reason, the courts will likely appoint the closest blood relative to step in. It doesn't matter if you don't want your family in your private financial affairs or not. They will have access to your money and will be put in charge of managing it, paying your bills, etc. Think about how your oldest sibling manages his or her money. Would you be comfortable with that person being in responsible for yours?
Along the same lines, should you pass away without an estate plan, your assets will automatically go through the Cherokee County probate process. Again, the courts will step in and determine who is to inherit your property and money; and you will have absolutely no say in the matter. How excited would you be for Mom and Dad to inherit your laptop or for your siblings to be given the jewelry which, by all accounts, should go to your best friend?
None of these scenarios is even a little bit exaggerated. This is exactly what happens when a single person in Canton GA chooses not to work with an estate planning attorney. Remember, it's not just about having a lot of assets to leave behind; it's about making your own decisions regarding your medical care, your possessions, and your finances. Having a small estate now simply means that the planning process will be less complicated! Call us at 770-425-6060 to get started!
While married couples are most obviously in need of the services of an estate planning lawyer in Atlanta, unmarried couples may actually need it more. It's a pretty well known fact that when a married spouse passes away, the other will likely inherit a considerable portion of the estate, simply by virtue of the legal marriage.
But, what about folks who are cohabitating but not legally married? The situation for them can become much more dire should one partner pass away without a solid estate plan in place. For example, even if the couple lives together in a home, if one partner dies, the other may have no legal right to the property—even if he or she helped pay for it! It is unfortunate, but estate planning lawyers in Atlanta have seen far too many situations where adult children have kicked their deceased parents' partner out of a home so it could be sold for the proceeds.
In order to avoid this kind of drama, an Atlanta estate planning lawyer may recommend that assets be titled in both partner's names, with both listed as joint tenants with rights of survivorship. There are potential tax implications to taking this step, so check with your attorney to weigh your options. It is also possible for the couple to set up a situation where a surviving partner is allowed to continue to reside in a home until his or her death, having the property then pass on to the original parter's children.
As an illustration, pretend that Joe was married to Louise, and they had three kids together. Louise passed away, and sometime later, Joe fell in love and moved in with Kelly. Unfortunately, Joe's now-adult children don't approve of Joe's relationship with Kelly. If the couple doesn't create a legally-binding plan with an estate planning lawyer, Joe's kids could kick Kelly out of the house upon Joe's death.
We'll take this a step further and say that even though they're not supportive of Joe's choice, he still loves his children and wants to make sure they eventually inherit the house to pay for their children's education or whatever. But, he also wants to make sure that they cannot remove Kelly from the house out of spite or greed. Joe and Kelly could put together a plan of action with their Atlanta estate planning lawyer to stipulate that Kelly has the right to live in the house until death, and then it would become the property of Joe's children.
This is just one scenario in which an unmarried couple would want to consider getting legal advice. Meeting with an Atlanta estate planning lawyer is a good way to find out if there are concerns that you aren't even aware you should have based on the fact that you and your partner are not legally married.
A good Atlanta estate planning attorney is going to help you take a lot of things into consideration when putting together your plan. Various factors influence your estate planning after all: finances, children, age…But what about your gender? Is estate planning for women different from that for men?
Actually, there are some important things to keep in mind.
Atlanta estate planning attorneys see again and again where a married couple believes that only one of them—usually a husband—needs to have a will. This can cause a lot of problems in the long run, however.
Your family may not know your wishes, even if you think they do.
In times of grief, people aren't always at their best and could resort to fighting over the estate.
If your spouse remarries, the new wife (and her children) could legally inherit your things.
These are just some of the scenarios estate planning attorneys see playing out when one partner is relying on the other's will.
Various types of powers of attorney are an important part of an estate plan, and this can be especially true for women. The average woman's lifespan is longer than a man's, which means that she may be on her own near the end of her life. With no spouse to make medical and financial decisions should she become incapacitated, it's even more important to make sure appropriate appointees have been legally declared.
When one spouse has passed away, it is always a good idea to review the surviving spouse's estate plan. There are likely some changes that need to be made based on changes in income and other living circumstances. A knowledgeable estate planning attorney in Atlanta will be able to help redefine the goals you and your spouse set in order to ensure you stay on track.
It's also very important to meet with an estate planning lawyer after a divorce. The details of the divorce can strongly impact your financial future, and the attorney will work to make sure you know and have access to what is rightfully yours. Additionally, if you already have a will, you will want to change it to avoid the possibility of your ex being entitled to your estate or assets.
A mother wants to provide for her child in every way possible, and while trusts are something that are often associated with rich people, they are a great tool for just about anyone with heirs. Talk with an estate planning attorney about why and how to go about creating a trust to help fund your children or grandchildren's future should you not be around to help them.
There are plenty of other considerations that apply specifically to estate planning for women, and the best way to get all the information you need is to get together with a qualified, experienced attorney in Atlanta. To schedule an appointment for a complimentary Georgia Family Treasures Planning Session at one of our metro Atlanta offices, we invite you to call 770-425-6060 to get started.
If you'd like to give your loved ones and yourself the gift of peace of mind, please call Steve at 770-425-6060 or email him at steve@georgiaestateplan.com.
Marietta GA Estate Planning Lawyer suggests the Ultimate Gift of Love for your family : an up-to-date estate plan!
With budgets tight and uncertainty in the air, this Valentine's Day is the perfect time to give your loved one a priceless gift that never grows old — financial security.
Sure, you can't stuff it in a box or wrap it with a pretty bow, but taking the time to get your financial and legal affairs in order this month is the ultimate way to show your loved ones just how much you care now, and for the future.
Think about what would happen if you were disabled, incapacitated or passed away suddenly this year. That expensive night out you spent with your "special someone" won't do much to ensure he or she will continue to thrive in your absence. A less exciting, but meaningful gift of life insurance, for example, would have been a better expression of your love during hard times.
And, when is the last time you updated your will or trust? Are you certain that your wishes would be honored and your loved ones would be taken care of exactly as you want in an emergency? This includes minor children who, without legal guardians named for them by mom and dad, will be at the mercy of the courts.
Legal and financial planning is the ultimate way to demonstrate your love for your family where it counts the most. Make a commitment to not put it off any longer and use this Valentine's Day to give your loved ones the long-term financial security and peace of mind they deserve.
Steve Worrall is the Family Estate Planning Lawyer for Georgia Estate Plan: Worrall Law LLC in Marietta and Atlanta. If you'd like to give your loved ones and yourself the gift of peace of mind, please call Steve at 770-425-6060 or email him at steve@georgiaestateplan.com.


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The World of Outlaws CASE Construction Equipment Late Model champion could walk away with $175,000 between the 2023 championship payout and monthly Winner Circle program. (Jacy Norgaard Photo)
WoO Late Models Increase Points Fund, Payouts
CONCORD, N.C. — The World of Outlaws CASE Construction Equipment Late Model Series is raising the stakes for full-time drivers with an increased points fund and introduction of a new Winner Circle monthly program.
In 2023, the series will see a more than $780,000 overall championship purse – over a quarter of a million-dollar increase from the 2022 points fund – and more than $1 million available between the overall points fund and monthly Winner Circle bonus.
The Winner Circle program pays $2,500 a month to each of the top-12 full-time drivers (from February to November) – meaning if a contracted driver runs the entire season and maintains a top-12 points position, they will earn an extra $25,000 by the end of the season.
So, now the 2023 champion will earn $175,000 – $150,000 from the points fund (a $25,000 increase from 2022) and an additional $25,000 from the Winner Circle monthly program. And looking through the field, this new program means the driver that finishes seventh in points could earn $75,000 (between the championship purse and Winner Circle program) and the driver that finishes 12th in points could still walk away with $60,000 (between the championship purse and Winners Circle program).
"Along with presenting race fans the best shows with the best drivers, it's our continued commitment to present the best points fund and payouts to the drivers who commit and support the World of Outlaws throughout the year," said World of Outlaws CEO Brian Carter. "I'm excited to present an increased championship purse and the new Winner Circle program, offering our drivers the biggest payouts in Series history."
On top of the points fund increase and Winner Circle program, drivers will contend for an overall purse in excess of $3 million spread through the 53-race schedule in 2023, including six events with a weekend purse worth more than $200,000 – two boasting more than $250,000.
"Between the championship purse, Winner Circle program and increased purses throughout the field, we've worked hard to make sure we're presenting an overall program that benefits the drivers from the first race to the end of the season," said World of Outlaws CASE Late Model Series Director Steve Francis. "These are the biggest purses in Series history that are sure to make 2023 one of the biggest seasons in the history of the World of Outlaws Late Models."
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