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(I've been trying to get my wife to go for relationship counselling for nearly 10 months, though she refuses because she doesn't want several painful personal issues between us dragged up).Reads to me like somebody who has given up on her marriage. Work stress is tough, of course, but the fact that she'll accept all your sympathy but refuse your affection, to me, doesn't speak well. That's really unfair.
When a relationship gets subsumed in negativity, it's not only theposted by PhoBWanKenobi at 3:20 PM on June 24, 2012 [3 favorites]
couple's present and future life together that are put at risk. Their past
is in danger, too. When I interview couples, I usually ask about the
history of their marriage. I have found over and over that couples
who are deeply entrenched in a negative view of their spouse and
their marriage often rewrite their past. When I ask them about their
early courtship, their wedding, their first year together, I can predict
their chances of divorce, even if I'm not privy to their current feelings.
Most couples enter marriage with high hopes and great
expectations. In a happy marriage couples tend to look back on their
early days fondly. Even if the wedding didn't go off perfectly, they
tend to remember the highlights rather than the low points. The same
goes for each other. They remember how positive they felt early on,
how excited they were when they met, and how much admiration
they had for each other. When they talk about the tough times they've
had, they glorify the struggles they've been through, drawing
strength from the adversity they weathered together.
But when a marriage is not going well, history gets rewritten for
the worse. Now she recalls that he was thirty minutes late getting
to the ceremony. Or he focuses on all that time she spent talking to his
best man at the rehearsal dinner--or "flirting" with his friend, as it
seems to him now. Another sad sign is when you find the past
difficult to remember--it has become so unimportant or painful that
you've let it fade away.
Hi everyone, thank you so much for the responses so far. I'll address the oft-raised and general points first:posted by mathowie at 12:17 PM on June 26, 2012
- I realise I was being unfair, and thank you for calling me on it.*
- Thank you, too, for calling me on the guilty party / martyrdom complex. This was the result of something my wife said (along the lines of "you're the bastard that's breaking my heart" and I guess it stuck in my head as I was writing the post).
- Re: my wife's job. As bquarters guessed, she's a teacher. And whilst I do view the summer break (currently 4 weeks away) as a time where we get to decompress and iron out all the kinks from the last year of stress and work, it's occurred to me that this cycle - highly stressed term-times, working breaks at Christmas and Easter, decompress over summer - has continued for three or four years now. My wife readily calls herself a workaholic and will work until one or two in the morning (I usually stay up with her at her request; if I don't, she'll frequently forget to come to bed and I'll find her curled up on the sofa in the morning).
- There's no option for her to take part-time hours at this stage in her career, nor does she want to. She does want to move to another place of employment, but she's also working on getting a promotion, so whether her effective working hours would change is up for debate.
- I, too, strongly suspect that my wife is depressed, and have done so for a while. I've been trying to get her to see her GP since the start of this year, but with no success (during a similar depression last year where she admitted to thinking about letting the car drift off the road at high speed because she was bored her GP told her it would "blow over". As you can guess, this hasn't inclined her to go back about this issue). I can't force her to go and see anyone about this, so I'm a bit stumped here.
- We have no children.
- A trial separation is not an option at the moment. I could afford to move out, but I couldn't afford to do that and contribute to the rent on hour current home. My wife couldn't afford this home or any nearby alternatives on her own. We do have some apart-time coming up, and also a two week vacation in a place completely out of reach of the internet and, indeed, mobile phone service. I'm hoping that this will give us some time to reconnect.
Specific answers now:
- @DarlingBri: My wife and I get along very well most of the time. We started out as good friends and have remained that way for our entire time together. The "really good" comment was a reference to "Too Good to Leave..." in which the author points out that if, at its best, your "really good" times are poisoned by arguments and suchlike, then they're not "really good." That's the criteria I'm particularly responding to - we've had wonderful times together and still rowed horribly and painfully almost every day. Each day of our honeymoon, for example, had wonderfully romantic moments, but also had massive rows. I have spent over ten years thinking this was normal, and I'm now starting to come to the conclusion that maybe it isn't.
- @Elysium, @AugustWest: I've not already decided. I'm very confused right now, because there is a huge temptation to leave, but I'm well aware that that's the "easy" thing to do. I don't think it's fair to either my wife or my marriage for me to give up without trying. I am concerned that without my wife joining me in counselling, as @Llama points out, I may be on to a non-starter.
- @SidheDevil: I don't trust my own rationality because I'm in the thick of it all - I can't see the forest for the trees, and whilst the book seems to point in a given direction, I don't know how I actually feel about that. I intend to re-read the book and try and nail down some more concrete answers to some of the questions (I have lots of notes from the first reading).
- @DarlingBri and @benbenson: When I say "no real sex" I mean that we have had occasional penetrative sex, but not regularly, except for in bursts of a week or so whilst on vacation. As I stated in my original post, most of our sex life is of the me-bringing-my-wife-to-orgasm variety.
Shortly after I submitted this question my wife and I had a huge row (though quietly, because we were staying at a friend's house for a party, and it was late). She couldn't sleep, convinced I was about to walk out on her, and was researching places to live - none of which she could afford - on her iPod. She made basically the same point that @AugustWest and @Elysium made above: that I was using counselling as a way to get someone else to tell me to leave (and, later, that she was afraid that that's what a counsellor would do). When I reassured her that I wasn't about to walk out, that I want to try to work this out, she pretty much jumped me and we ended up having make-up sex for the first time in nearly a year. This has confused matters more; I'm glad that we're on intimate terms again, but I don't want to lead her on - I'm still very muddled about our whole relationship at the moment and I understand perfectly, in light of this thread, why she didn't want to be on intimate terms with me in the first place. I don't want to push her away and cause yet more hurt. And my first counselling appointment is still over a week away, so navigating through this time is getting ever trickier.


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Alberta Bear Hunt
Outfitter was Alberta Bear Busters west of High Level. Pat McLean runs a great camp. This is a story I've shared with family and friends. The pictures are in order of the story. Hope you enjoy.......
The Spirit Was There
I'd like to share with ya'll this amazing and some what spiritual hunt of my life. This hunt was for and with my Dad. Before he died we talked about me going on a hunt with some of my inheritance. At the time I didn't know what kind of hunt I wanted to do. In more ways than one I felt like Dad was there with me. I thought of him and mom often and wondered how they would have loved the country side. After sitting for 7 hours in a tree stand on the last night of the hunt I was not real optimistic about going home with two bears, but I was alright with it. Doesn't sound like me, does it?
The hunt was top notch and very fruitful. The first night Danny and I both shot our first bears. Brian scored on the third night with his first. The fifth night Brain scored again. Night #6 was Danny's turn to tag out with his second bear. The final 7th night with about 10 minutes of shooting light left I thought I was going home with just one bear and then back in the thick timber a branch broke. It all happened so fast. Turn the camera on, grabbed the bow and saw this beautiful blonde bear come into the bait. After the shot I was a total wreck as evident on the film. Ya, I got the shot on film. It was dark when the guides showed up and we started tracking. There wasn't much blood and the guides were afraid it wasn't a kill shot. Something just told me that we would find this bear. About 80 yds. of hands and knees searching I shinned the flash light on a beautiful blonde bear laying dead. At that moment I turn to heaven to thank God and a flood of emotions erupted and Dad was there. My thoughts were that he nourished me with the desire and knowledge to hunt and fish. It was also his money that helped me finance the hunt and just maybe he helped to bring the bear to me in such a special way. I blubbered and cried a little then and back at camp when I told everybody this hunt was for Dad as much as me. It was such a special and blessed feeling that I couldn't help but think he even helped in finding the bear.
With all that said this hunt was for Dad as much as me.
He wasn't the biggest bear in camp but he became THE BEAR OF THE CAMP.
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very nice bears,I love the color bear.congrats
Very cool!!
Hey thanks for sharing all that with us. Something about bear hunting to me that will make it special but you had a double special memory there. Congrats!
I hunted out of that camp when it was known as Wolf Creek. It was the last week as Wolf Creek and Pat was in camp while we were there. WHAT A TREMENDOUS WINDERNESS ADVENTURE!!!!!
I would sure like to return some day!!!!
Very nice!!!! Great story!!
Thanks for all the kind words. Now that I've got the bear I don't know what kind of mount I want. I mean that I want a full body mount but I don't know what pose to put him in. After looking at the web sites of McKensie, Raylines and Van Dykes I 'm thinking of either closed mouth or panting mouth in a climbing pose or standing with head up. I won't be able to talk to my taxidermist for a couple of weeks. He has a pretty heart shape blaze on his chest that I want to show off. I'm new to this bear hunting and would appreciate any comments from you more experienced bear hunters.
Here's the blaze.
Very cool looking blaze on your color phase bear, definitely got to show that off. Congrats to all on a great hunt!
Make sure the poses you have in mind are the general size of the bear. The manikin can and should be altered to fit YOUR bear, but it can only be changed so much. Our best mounts seem come out when the customer has a general idea of what they want but doesn't tie our hands to tight. Nice bear colored & white blaze !!!
Thanks bear2 for the advice. I didn't think about putting undue pressure or requests on the taxidermist. I know that I don't like it when my clients demand too much or they don't even know what they want. At bear camp we didn't take any measurements before skinning. Will this be a problem for my taxi.? I've noticed that all the manikins are all sized. Does that mean that I'll have to pick one that is closest to the size of my bear? Thanks again for the info.
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Basic 2-node 'add server' problem. Maybe I have the wrong server IP?
I'm new to Couchbase. I'm using one of Couch's provided AMIs on Amazon's EC2, both configured in US-West-1 (point being same DC, same zone, so I'm *not* trying to do XDCR). I'm stuck on a very basic setup stage: I've got node0 all good (I used the default RAM configs, sample data, and changed the admin pass no problem), but I'm failing at getting the second node up and running for a 2-node cluster. I believe my problem is the Server IP, but that's just a guess based off the error message I'm seeing.
Here's the error, anonymized to IP x.x.x.x
Attention - Failed to reach otp port 21100 for node [" ", <<"Timeout connecting to \"x.x.x.x\" on port \"21100\". This could be due to an incorrect host/port combination or a firewall in place between the servers.">>].firstname.lastname@example.com This can be firewall problem.
FWIW I can SSH into both node0 and node1 from my local computer. I can SSH to each node from the other. I get a happy TCP socket on 8091 from the opposing node, too, so I can't imagine there's actually a firewall problem (notably I don't get a TCP reply on 21100, but the error didn't specify TCP v UDP so I'm not sure if that means anything). According to nice posts like http://alestic.com/2009/06/ec2-elastic-ip-internal you're supposed to configure the remote node's address via the external IP since, supposedly, EC2's DNS is smart enough to realize that when a DNS request comes from, say, node0 asking for node1's IP, the request is fulfilled with the private IP and traffic is routed accordingly on the LAN (thus not counting against external bandwidth limits).
Did I miss something in the setup? Googling shows some people say I should get an elastic IP for each node, but I tried to follow the Couch instructions very closely and they didn't say anything about that. How do I get my second node to talk to the first one?
If sounds like you don't have all of the erlang ports open on one or both of your machines. In the security group section you should need to specify that all of the ports that Couchbase uses are open. Can you double check that this was done properly and let me me know if your still having issues?
Well, I used the "official" Couch image from the Amazon AWS Marketplace, which claimed to come with all the right security settings. With that said, here are the security group details from the EC2 Management Console so we can verify everything. FYI Both server instances are part of the same security group, were created at the same time from this image, are in the same datacenter and zone, etc (notably I am *not* trying to do cross datacenter replication XDCR).
Security Group: Couchbase Server - Enterprise Free-2-0-0-AutogenByAWSMP- Group ID: [redacted] Group Description: This security group was generated by AWS Marketplace and is based on recommended settings for Couchbase Server - Enterprise Free version 200 provided by Couchbase VPC ID: - TCP Port (Service) Source Action 3306 (MYSQL) [redacted] (default) Delete 22 (SSH) 0.0.0.0/0 Delete 4369 0.0.0.0/0 Delete 8091 0.0.0.0/0 Delete 8092 0.0.0.0/0 Delete 11209 0.0.0.0/0 Delete 11210 0.0.0.0/0 Delete 11211 0.0.0.0/0 Delete
Is that enough?
I just ran across http://www.couchbase.com/docs/couchbase-manual-2.0/couchbase-network-por... and notice that the last row with a port range for "Node data exchange" isn't in the preconfigured security group, so I'm going to try adding that and testing again.
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Owen finds Teddy working on a computer and tries to strike up a conversation but she has no interest in talking. Instead of gently working his way back into her good graces, Owen gets mad and tells her that this has gone on too long, and that he thinks he understands why (or at least wants to) but that they have to talk about it. Teddy insists it's not a good time and tries to go, so he reaches out and grabs her arm. It's the wrong move -- she turns on him as if his touch burned her and yells sharply, "Don't!" before fleeing. I know this is Owen's best friend and it has to be awful for him but I always thought he'd have a better understanding of people to know that this is something that just needs time. I suspect, though, that the stress of being chief, and Henry's death, and his not-totally-idyllic marriage is starting to pile up and it's not leaving a lot of room for deep emotional understanding.
Derek and Lexie start Wes' surgery and are disappointed to see that the tumor is even worse than they had thought from the scans. He has Lexie tell him how they should start and then walk him through the procedure step-by-step. She's unsure and asks some questions but he just makes her decide for herself and tell him how she would proceed. However, when she gives him her opinion, he doesn't respond.
Richard is working with Meredith when April brings Adele to the gallery. It might have been a good idea had she not been so fixated on the memory of Ellis; when she sees Meredith she mistakes her for her mom and begins yelling that she needs to leave, and Richard is her husband, not Ellis'. At a loss, April turns on the intercom so that they can talk to Richard, and he's shocked to look up and see his wife. His shock turns to dismay when he realizes she's having an emotional meltdown. He tells April to leave the intercom on and tries to talk to Adele, but she just continues screaming at "Ellis" to get out. Mere offers to scrub out but Richard needs her help and, already exhausted, he calls up to Adele an assurance that he isn't leaving her. Mere then quietly suggests that he bring up a happy memory to try and ground Adele, which is something that worked for her mom. As Adele sobs uncontrollably Richard thinks a moment and then begins singing "My Funny Valentine" while she begs him to come home to her. April can barely watch, it's so heartbreaking, but finally after a few moments Adele realizes what is going on and eventually, she starts to sing along. A smile breaks out on her face as she transforms into a giggly, wide-eyed girl. The two of them sing together and while Adele is still crying, she seems happy. She then takes over and sings the rest of the song herself, finally clamming down. Richard reminds her sweetly that that was the song they first danced to at their wedding, and how beautiful she was. She giggles and adds that it's because they are getting married on Valentine's Day. She's off in another time, but she's happy and in love. Richard tells her that he loves her and then turns to Meredith and quietly asks her to tell Bailey to cancel the party. Upstairs, April puts her hands on Adele's shoulders as she looks around, still kind of confused at her surroundings.
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I decided early, when Lockshop was still in diapers so to speak, that I would get the clothing from Taobao so that I would save money even though I might buy knockoffs (which I'm sure are 99% of the things that I got). So hopefully it's not too bad for my karma, but you have to cut corners on things (and seeing as one of the shirts in this haul is priced at about €70 retail..).
I've been purchasing indirectly from Taobao for a while now, it started off with Lolita, but some of my most favorite staple pieces (like shorts and tights!) have come from them, and while some can be hit or miss, there are items of nice quality :)
Harness and choker by Unicorns Shop. I'm not very satsfied with these, however at the same time I didn't pay a lot for them. They seem quite flimsy, the choker isn't finished very well and I think I'd rather save up for a better quality and more expensive set if I would wear it more often.
I thought the print was super cute, it reminds me of my kitty Boo :)
"Snidel" cat shirt. I don't know if this actually a Snidel design, or that they put tags with random information in Japanese on them. If it's not a random tag then the original shirt was over €100, which I doubt. Anyway, this shirt is really lovely. The quality is great and the print is very good too.
"Candy WRL" shirt. This is not a girly fit, but more of a small armed men fit. I actually like that the sleeves are not very big, that way it can be worn underneath cardigans and such without looking strange. It doesn't have a tag or label, but it does have Engrish. The quality of this is also pretty good!
borrowed one. This is also from the closed store, I didn't try it on yet so I cannot comment on the length of the dress/sleeves yet. But it's looks pretty sturdy, like all the other shirts no loose threads or anything. The print is nice too! Especially nice since it was about €9.
black seifuku. I got this one in size M, everything except the sleeves fit pretty well considering I'm 5'10" and not small and cute :) However everything looked longer on the stock picture, so I guess I got lucky that I ordered a size up. Like all long sleeved things from China (or Europe), it's short for my arms, but if you're not as tall as I am it shouldn't be such a problem :)
The overall construction is nice, the materials are sturdy and there is not a zipper in the front (like Bodyline has), but on the side. However the material of the tie is very thin and shiny. I don't know what material the ties of real seifuku are, but probably not this. It has a few lose threads here and there, but no major flaws and I'm really happy with it considering the price!
And before I forget, I want to get back about the shopping service.
I used Taobaoring, but usually I use Taobaospree. The reason I switched is because
I heard amazing things about Taobaoring and their shopping cart system is oh so convenient.
While I still think their shopping cart system absolutely rocks, and the service is not bad, they were quite slow, more slow than what I'm used to from Taobaospree. So in the future I might sometimes use them again, if I feel lazy and don't want to fill things out, but I prefer the service of Taobaospree.
Hope this was somewhat useful! I found most of these items by searching for "zipper", "katie" or "amo" on Taobao!
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I'm so tired of that thread that i they closed it, it wouldn't bother me.
One more day Doctor, one more day...
Or that they don't start doing whatever caused it to happen for a long while, per your insight as to potential causes -- i.e., that they take a break from their data mining!
Check it out. The lag is either gone or really reduced tonight. First time in about 2 weeks!
Now those all sound like things that might be causing it. I came up with a work around today by opening the same thread in a second window and alternating between them. It's not as fast as before, but much like traffic, I'd rather be doing something instead of waiting in a line of traffic that seems to be going nowhere! Even if it takes longer, I'll jump to the streets and be happier!
I don't think it's any of that. We all have the problem for the same number of days, it seems. Columbus, Greenville SC, several places in Texas, LA, all over the place. Day or night. In most of the threads I see it, everyone follows a 3 dot rule. When you finish, you post 3 dots... You don't start until you see the dots. It works well.


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June 9, 2012
Grassroots innovators and the "build-test-learn" loop
Afrigadgeteers exemplify the customer centric principles of such high tech processes as the Lean Startup (r) method, or so it emerged from an insightful conversation with my Tallinn based friend Siim Esko recently, on Skype of course.
He made the connection between the need to experiment and test prototypes for market viability - rapidly and cheaply and the 'product development' habits of makers and creators who innovate under conditions of scarce resources such as those covered in Afrigadget, REculture or Makeshift magazine.
His insight struck me like a ton of bricks, if I may say so with little exaggeration and I'm sharing it here as food for further observations and thought. I already have a trip planned into rural Western Kenya on Monday, so now that my eyes have been opened, I'd rather ponder this further and write again in greater depth when I have some evidence to support this hypothesis. In the meantime, what do you all think?
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June 4, 2012
Tools of the trade
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June 3, 2012
The bottomline
Yesterday's deep dive into emerging markets led to the realization that the drivers behind current day imperatives to measure and value the emerging global middle class were primarily economic. Who will replace the faltering American consumer?
The assumption that none of these articles and research papers seem to question is that of consumption as the primary driver for future financial stability. Note, I do not say economic growth or profits of multinationals, for its a given that if people buy stuff blindly somebody somewhere will make a profit.
Can we unquestioningly continue to accept mass market consumption as the primary means of a sustainable future for our planet?
The assumption that none of these articles and research papers seem to question is that of consumption as the primary driver for future financial stability. Note, I do not say economic growth or profits of multinationals, for its a given that if people buy stuff blindly somebody somewhere will make a profit.
Can we unquestioningly continue to accept mass market consumption as the primary means of a sustainable future for our planet?
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June 2, 2012
Thirty years of emerging market strategy: a review
When managers in the West hear about the emerging middle class of India or China, they tend to think in terms of the middle class in Europe or the United States. This is one sign of an imperialist mind-set—the assumption that everyone must be just like us. True, consumers in the emerging markets today are much more affluent than they were before their countries liberalized trade, but they are not affluent by Western standards. This is usually the first big miscalculation that MNCs make.
When these markets are analyzed, moreover, they turn out to have a structure very unlike those of the West. Income levels that characterize the Western middle class would represent a tiny upper class of consumers in any of the emerging markets. Today the active consumer market in the big emerging markets has a three-tiered pyramid structure. ~ The End of Corporate Imperialism by CK Prahalad and Kenneth Lieberthal, HBR "Best of 1998"Ever since Theodore Levitt first published his 1983 classic "The Globalization of Markets", companies seeking new pastures have repeatedly erred in their assumptions of consumer behaviour. Was it corporate imperialism that led Levitt to make the following inference -
The worldwide success of a growing list of products that have become household names is evidence that consumers the world over, despite deep-rooted cultural differences, are becoming more and more alike - or, as the author puts it,"homogenized." In consequence, he contends, the traditional MNC's strategy of tailoring its products to the needs of multiple markets may put it at a severe disadvantage vis-a-vis competitors who apply marketing imagination to the task of developing advanced, functional, reliable standardized products, at the right price, on a global scale.- or simply a function of the times, where McLuhan's global village was not as small as the advances in communication technology and computers have made it today?
Standardized products for a homogenized world was such an extremely attractive vision that it has continued to be hard to dislodge in the 30 years since it was first shared in print. Its easy to adopt and implement while reality's fuzzier, more chaotic and nuanced challenges have continued to batter organizations such as Kellogg's with their cornflakes in India or Whirlpool with their World Washer design failure.
Tarun Khanna and Krishna Palepu released their thoughts on "Strategies that fit Emerging Markets" in 2005, where they cautioned against too much reliance on composite indexes as a measure of attractiveness for a new market opportunity and risks of implicit assumptions.
Companies often base their globalization strategies on country rankings, but on most lists, it is impossible to tell developing countries apart. According to the six indices below, Brazil, India, and China share similar markets while Russia, though an outlier on many parameters, is comparable to the other nations. Contrary to what these rankings suggest, however, the market infrastructure in each of these countries varies widely, and companies need to deploy very different strategies to succeed.However, when one looks over the theories and recommendations released from the hallowed halls of academia in the past few decades since the mantra of Globalization changed into the direction of Emerging Markets, a pattern emerges that leads one to question how much professional and academic competition between the leading lights influenced the resultant concepts published? No wonder management continued to fall back in confusion to rely on the simpler path offered by Levitt.
All authors and management thinkers in this space agreed on one point though, that these emerging markets or emerging global middle classes - whether those in 2012 or those from 30 years ago - aren't going to be as easy or simple to capture as traditional markets from mainstream consumer culture had been.
Metrics alone cannot tell the human story nor paint a realistic picture of the operating environment's challenges yet again and again, we hear that economists and analysts are struggling to quantify or measure the emerging middle class opportunity rather than to understand it. As the Director of the OECD's Development Center describes in 2012:
Despite having incomes which are above international or even national poverty lines, middle classes in many cases remain vulnerable. Their employment (many work in the informal sector), education (few have university degrees) and consumer behaviour do not coincide with perceptions of a middle class that drives domestic consumption and growth. For instance, in Bolivia, Brazil, Chile and Mexico there are up to 44 million informal middle-class workers, more than 60% of the total middle-class working population of 72 million. Not surprisingly, social protection systems fail to reach even half of this population, as coverage rates of informal workers are extremely limited: below 15% in Brazil, Chile and Mexico, and almost negligible in Bolivia.
This middle class is unlike that which became the engine of development in many OECD countries.This framing is not very different from what Prahalad and Lieberthal were saying in 1998, simply the geographies of these emerging middle classes have changed or new and emergent population segments risen in their income levels in the old BRICS.
Yet attempts continue, with the latest using personal car ownership as a quantifiable measure, glossing over the impact of realities in each of those environments such as fuel supply challenges, exchange rate volatility, lack of spare parts or basic infrastructure such as tarmac roads on purchasing decision or ability.
This driving need for numbers seems to be the tyrant holding back the reins of successful strategy development for addressing the very real opportunity that these emerging global middle classes offer. As the authors of the car counting article confidently say -
Consumer spending in developing countries has been increasing at about three times the rate in advanced countries, and we're not just seeing a growing demand for necessities, but also for middle-class staples such as meat, toothpaste, cell phones, and air-conditioners.- making blithe assumptions on the class status of toothpaste and cellphones much less whether they count as necessities or not, a fact that far more successful global brands like Colgate-Palmolive or Nokia may beg to differ. In the Philippines I can purchase a flat foil pack of Colgate toothpaste for a peso or two in smallest sari sari shop upcountry.
So what does the future hold for emerging market strategy when mega multinationals like Proctor & Gamble announce they are putting the brakes on emerging market expansion to focus on securing their domestic strongholds?
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June 1, 2012
Implications of the democratization of technology in rural Kenya
As many of you are aware, I spent the first three months of this year immersed in rural Kenya taking a closer look at household consumer behaviour. Among other thing, my observations led me to write the following:
Thus, it can be said that as mobile phones rapidly overtook radio and television's role as the "connectors" to the outside world even while prices dropped for both phones and for solar, the biggest shift in the market has been the 'democratization' of modern technology among the mass majority of the rural population.While the rest of the paragraph led to company specific interest areas, this sentence has stayed with me, seeking further exploration of the implications of this finding, which I was unable to continue in the context of the project report.
What does it mean, this democratization of modern technology in rural Kenya?
In a very short span of time, modern energy using devices such mobile phones, radios that use memory sticks, portable DVD players etc have become commonplace in "African villages" even though the reach of modern infrastructure such as the electric grid has lagged behind demand. This has led to the rise of alternate energy solutions, which in turn have become more and more affordable (and thus, ubiquitous) as Chinese imports and increasing demand have led to dropping prices.
Thus, its not just mobile phones which have changed the landscape in rural Africa, but also their support systems in the form of affordable energy solutions, whether directly owned and installed such as a solar home system or pay as you go by using a 'charging shop'.
This in turn has raised the expectations of the rural customer base, not simply the professional elite such as pastors, schoolteachers or civil servants. Now even subsistence farmers aspire to own consumer appliances (and their power sources) as market forces put these symbols of modern technology and modern energy within their ambitious reach. When you add Kenya's low cost of mobile services to the mix, you get a very unique set of circumstances that sets the country apart from its neighbours.
What will be the implications of this "democratization" of modern technology among this population demographic? And how does this set Kenya apart from her neighbours in the region?
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A greenhouse shelving unit with a built-in power socket? My dreams have come true! This system is customizable based on a person's individual needs. In my case it would hold herbs, gardening supplies, and the latest picks from the farmer's market!
You know it's a true item of the 21st century when it serves multiple functions. The Sunday Kitchen Rack, designed by Reinhard Dienes, allows for true cultivation of your plants and herbs while allowing for storage of whatever you want! Lucky for us, it's attractive too!
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Not really that attractive. It looks good in the setting outside but only because the setting is so pretty.


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Laura Ingalls's story begins in 1871 in a little logcabin on the edge of the Big Woods of Wisconsin. Four-year-old Laura lives inthe little house with her Pa, her Ma, her sisters Mary and Carrie, and theirtrusty dog, Jack.
Pioneer life is sometimes hard, since the family mustgrow or catch all their own food as they get ready for the cold winter. But itis also exciting as Laura and her folks celebrate Christmas with homemade toysand treats, do the spring planting, bring in the harvest, and make their firsttrip into town. And every night they are safe and warm in their little house,with the happy sound of Pa's fiddle sending Laura and her sisters off tosleep.
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Look! Chocolate Butter
When dealing with a glut of Valentine's chocolates, the normal behavior would probably not be to search for things you can then add more chocolate to. However, when we ran across this idea for chocolate butter, we couldn't resist.
Pastry chef Stella Parks contributes often-genius ideas to Gilt Taste and last week's recipe was no exception. She wrote about champagne waffles for Valentine's Day topped with chocolate butter and blood orange syrup. While the whole sha'bang sounds truly wonderful, we thought the chocolate butter would be nice to have around to spread on top of english muffins or baguette with a little sea salt or slightly melted onto Irish scones in the morning.
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This looks AMAZING! I am currently obsessed with Nutella but this looks equally yummy :)
sounds like nutella minus the hazelnuts... have you made it? is it better?
If you read the list of ingredients, that's going to be some very bitter butter: cocoa powder, vanilla, and butter....no sweetener?!
Sounds delicious! But my favorite version of chocolate "butter" is simple (and was the star of this year's Valentine's breakfast). Just take your favorite nut butter and some dark or milk chocolate (I use 2/3 natural peanut butter, 1/3 dark chocolate), stick in the microwave until the chocolate melts, and mix together until smooth. So good!
@liefie: I did make it (mine is photographed) -- I'm going to be honest: it's no nutella.
and @Decogirl, it is on the bitter side, yes. But I tend to like my chocolate quite quitter, so I was happy with it, especially with the addition of salt. However, a little sugar wouldn't hurt.


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Backyards 4 Wildlife Overview
The Backyards for Wildlife (B4W) initiative has been promoting the planting of local native species in urban gardens as a way of increasing the connectivity and amount of Adelaide's bushland habitat, from the coast to the hills. By selecting indigenous plants, gardeners can help re-create some of the important ecological relationships that have been lost from their local areas. These native habitat gardens can provide food and shelter for local wildlife, thereby supporting many of our threatened species into the future.
One of the keys to bringing back the Adelaide bush is in using plants grown from seed which has been gathered from local remnants. By doing this, gardeners can help to protect and maintain the genetic integrity of the bushland indigenous to the Adelaide region. These local plant varieties are adapted to local soils and climatic conditions, surviving for generations on rainfall alone. In this age of diminishing water supplies, using these drought tolerant species makes good sense.
Backyards 4 Wildlife Principles
It is not difficult to create a Backyards 4 Wildlife garden. You simply need to consider the following when next you venture into the garden:
Use native plants that have been grown from seed or cuttings collected from local provenance (e.g. coastal, riparian, plains and foothills).
Provide garden structure with 5 layers including: tall trees, smaller trees and tall shrubs, a medium shrub layer, small shrubs and herbs, and a litter layer.
Use an assortment of plants that flower during all seasons.
Keep your pets under control.
Use alternatives to chemicals whenever possible in the garden.
Other important considerations include the use of mulch to encourage insects that in turn will encourage lizards and birds. Mulch will also improve soil condition, control weeds and reduce water loss. Garden features such as bird-baths, hollow logs, ponds, rocks and nesting boxes will all support biodiversity in your backyard.
The principles of establishing a B4W garden can be applied on any scale, ranging from a balcony or patio pot, to the largest garden. They can also be applied in any locality and on any budget. We invite you to explore the B4W website to find out more now, or bookmark us to use the site as a planning resource and come back later.


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My husband and me have been married for 10 years and our sex life has always been good but over the past year his sex drive has really reduced drastically and that left me unsatisfied. In fact it was so bad that due to lack of sex i used to end up fantasizing about other men.
We decided to get medical tests done and it was discovered that my husband has erectile dysfunction which was caused due to stress and excess work load. Thank god he did not have diabetes which is another reason why men suffer from erectile dysfunction. He is only 35 and should have no problem getting an erection.
The problem was psychological and the doctor said that the more he tries to have an erection the more he cannot get it up. And the more he cannot get an erection the more stressed out he becomes.
The doctor advised us to use Viagra. The pill is really a miracle! In fact we had such amazing sex that it lasted for 3 hours. And the side effect is that he had an erection for 3 days! I'm not complaining with that though it was quite painful for him. I don't see why more couples who have sex problems don't take Viagra.
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on Aug 16, 2014 , 07:42 am
take advice on psychology ...........or take appoint ...9 seven seven three five 7 nine 440 in mumbai
on Jul 29, 2013 , 08:01 pm
dont let him take viagra.....no doubt it suddenly give you strength but it is not long lasting.... but using fruits likestrawberry, pomegranate etc and dry fruits like,almonds,cashew nuts etc increases you libido slowly but it will be long lasting.....
on Jun 18, 2013 , 08:14 pm
Hey nidhi don't worry yaar....it will be alright... both of you try some physical exercise,dry fruits and much important loose your tension....life is beautiful if you live it otherwise hell......don't think much about future.....take care ....have nice time for both of you.....
on Jun 18, 2013 , 08:11 pm
There have been comments in the articles on use of viagra could affect sex life in the long term. It is OK at the moment, but with doctor prescription, but overdose may lead some problems in future as said by few people i have heard. Hence, more foreplay could help couples to be more passionate and slowly reduces ED problem when involved without extra tensions in mind.
on Jun 14, 2013 , 11:56 pm
Viagra ka use to karna hi nahi chahiye aapko yadi satisfaction nahi de pa raha to use pura karne ke tarike bhi hai .aap apne husband ka massaj karna chhiye subah ke chane ka bhi sevan karna chahiye ...............jyada detail me nahi kah raha hoon
on Feb 27, 2013 , 11:29 am
For 3 days. Did he took Viagra or Maha Viagra. Just kidding.
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The Benefits of Deconstruction
When looking for land you might come across property that is already occupied by a home. Nowadays there are a number of options when looking to teardown a home. We pride ourselves on building green homes and we want our customers to know there are ways to deconstruct a home in an environmentally friendly way. Click on a link below to learn more about deconstruction:
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What is building deconstruction?
By definition, building deconstruction is the environmentally-friendly process in which the various parts of the building are dismantled piece by piece in an attempt to save and reuse as many of the building's components as possible. This process focuses on giving materials within a building new life once the building as a whole can no longer continue. Trained deconstruction crews will carefully dismantle the existing building and salvage as many of the reusable or recyclable materials as possible, thus minimizing the impact on local landfills. This process is also known as reverse construction.
What can be salvaged from a deconstructed home?
Salvageable items typically include doors, windows, cabinets, lighting fixtures, framing lumber, plumbing fixtures, countertops, roofing materials, and flooring. Please check with your local deconstruction company for a complete list of the items that may be salvageable from your home.
What are the steps of deconstruction?
- Find a deconstruction expert in your area. Find an expert in your area
- Appraisal consultation – The deconstruction company will visit your home and provide you with a preliminary value of your donation. If you move forward with the project, a full evaluation will be conducted and you will be provided with the necessary documentation.
- Deconstruction Bid – A deconstruction contractor will submit a bid to carefully deconstruct your building to the necessary specifications.
- Deconstruct – Your expert will come and carefully deconstruct your home
- Donate – Upon completion of the deconstruction you can submit the necessary forms to the appropriate parties in order to track your donation and receive a return.
How can I benefit from deconstruction?
In addition to being more environmentally friendly than traditional demolition, there may be financial benefits available to those looking to deconstruct a home and donate the salvaged building materials. Sometimes the tax credit received in exchange for donating the used building materials can be large enough to not only cover the costs of deconstruction but also provide some money leftover to put towards the building of a new home*. While only an IRS qualified appraiser can provide you with the fair-market value of your donation below is a general outline of the potential benefits of deconstruction versus demolition.*
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|Total Costs (from above)
|After-Tax Benefit** / (Out of pocket cost)
The after-tax benefit between the two methods is $10,402; not only does the tax savings completely cover the cost of deconstruction but the homeowner also saves $10,100 in demolition fees.
* Please note that deconstruction may not result in any significant tax savings and Blu Homes cannot promise and does not guarantee any financial benefit (tax or otherwise) from deconstruction. Blu Homes does not engage in deconstruction projects and is providing the above solely for general informational purposes. Please contact a deconstruction company in your area for further details about your specific project.
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Summer time is the season for romance where we live in the northern hemisphere – maybe it's the same all over the world. But for summer to be a special time, it has to be an actual season, and there are many parts of the world closer to the equator that don't have a summer per se, just a rainy season and a dry season. For those of us lucky (I think) enough to live in a more temperate latitude where we have spring, summer, fall, and winter, summer is indeed a special time. It seems that spring makes the promises that the longer days of summer romance will keep, and there are an infinite number of ways to take advantage of the desire for romance in the summer. Here are a few tips on how to make use of the summer months for the purpose of romance.
Go To the Beach
No matter where you live, there are beaches. They may be right around the corner if you live near the ocean or a large lake, or they may be a bit harder to find if you're land bound. I live in the center of the country, and there are no large bodies of water here. But state parks and reservoirs usually have beach areas for swimming or at least sunbathing, and that's all you need. After all, a blanket with your baby can be just about anywhere, as long as there's water, a shoreline, and an area of sandy goodness, either artificial or natural. With a picnic basket, a beach towel, and a bottle of suntan oil, let the romance flow.
Go To A Park
Parks are wonderful places – your hard-earned tax money has actually paid for places that are secure and safe, maintained, clean, forested, equipped with amenities like water and toilets, and large secluded areas where no one goes except to find romance. So if you do the same, no one will be surprised if they happen upon you and your lover. It's much the same as the beach, only you'll have to decide how much clothing is safe to shed. A park isn't a beach, but folks often sunbathe in beach attire, so it can be a surrogate for a beach if there just isn't one around. And of your local park doesn't allow for such romantic notions, there's nothing wrong with a picnic basket and some wine in a green, grassy glade. Nothing is more romantic than the feeling that you are in a natural setting, so you should let nature take its romantic course.
Have Outdoor Fun
The mention of parks conjures up meadow-like open spaces, with trees and manicured lawns abounding. But being in the great outdoors can simply mean taking advantage of local state parks and recreational areas. Romantic interludes are very likely when you can camp, hike, climb, fish, hunt, or any combination of those activities. Nothing is more romantic than a night camping under the stars, and a day spent canoeing or wandering through scenic vistas. If you don't have a place like that nearby, chances are it's less than a days' drive away, and the romantic possibilities will be worth the effort to get to an outdoor setting. Mother nature calls, and romantics everywhere must heed the call, or miss the opportunity.
Summer Events
Another great destination for summer romance is the outdoor event. Most of us are within driving distance of an outdoor amusement park, which provides plenty of opportunity for romance. There's nothing like a ferris wheel or a more exciting ride – even a roller coaster – to get the blood pumping and the love flowering. The summer months are the time for fairs and festivals of all kinds, and strolling down a carnival midway with your lover is a guaranteed romantic spectacular. Outdoor concerts are excellent places for romance as well, holding hands in the dark while listening to a favorite artist play your song. The possibilities are really endless for summer lovin'- it's up to you and your creativity to find ways to use the summer months for romance.


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Glazed Brussels Sprouts And Baby Carrots
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 225
- Fat: 0.4g
- Saturated fat: 0.1g
- Protein: 3.5g
- Carbohydrate: 58g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
- Iron: 1.6mg
- Sodium: 202mg
- Calories from fat: 2%
- Fiber: 5.9g
- Calcium: 79mg
- 4 cups trimmed Brussels sprouts (about 3/4 pound)
- 1 (16-ounce) package fresh baby-cut carrots
- 1 cup orange marmalade
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Steam Brussels sprouts and carrots, covered, 10 minutes or until crisp-tender. Place in a serving bowl.
- Combine marmalade, ginger, and salt; pour over vegetables, tossing to coat. Serve immediately.
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Satan has many devices to cause confusion and heartache for God's people. One of the tools he uses so successfully is to cause stumbling blocks to be placed in our paths.
A stumbling block is something which causes us to err or to stray from the truth. Casting a stumbling block in one's way is the opposite of being our brother's keeper.
The seriousness of casting a stumbling block in one's way was made very clear by Jesus when He said "But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in" (Mt. 23:13). The very ones who should have been helpful were guilty of making it more difficult for God's people to do what was right.
The problem of causing others to err has been evident since long before Christ. Isaiah wrote ". . .Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling block out of the way of my people" (Is. 57:14). Malachi also wrote of the problem when he chastised the messengers of the Lord who " . . . . are de parted out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts" (Mal. 2:7).
Ezekiel wrote at length about the shepherds who were more concerned about their selfish interests than they were about feeding the flocks. In Ez. Chap. 34 he wrote of those who neither cared for the diseased nor sought those who were scattered. The sheep wandered upon the face of the earth and no one searched for them. The stumbling block was acts of selfishness and neglect.
From this example and other scriptures, we can understand that there are many ways we can cast a stumbling block in the way of God's people. Perhaps the most serious stumbling block of all was committed when the Savior was put to death. This was done to discourage others From following Him. The Jewish leaders at that time were willing to go to any extreme to silence the message of salvation and to prevent anyone from following Jesus.
Persecution against Christians has been tool that Satan has used ever since Christ arose from the dead. "...And at that time there was great persecution against the church. . ." (Acts 8:1). Throughout history and continuing to our time, persecution has made it difficult for those who want to worship God.
The preceding examples have been quite blatant and easy to recognize. We must also understand that there are more subtle, but very effective, stumbling blocks that cause men to fail. We must be careful that we do not allow ourselves to be guilty of them.
"Christian liberty" has often been used as justification to engage in activities that, at best, are borderline sin. It is true that Christ came to earth to liberate us from Satan. It is also true that we ". . . shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption unto the glorious liberty of the children of God" (Ro. 8:21) and ". . . where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty" (II. Cor. 3:17).
The Apostle Paul wrote much about liberty. In Romans 14 he encourages us to have forbearance with a weak brother who may not have faith to do as we do. However, he also wrote of the need to "...take heed lest by any means this liberty of your's become a stumbling block to them that are weak" (I Cor. 8:9) and to "...use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another" (Ga. 5:13). Peter wrote that we must not use "...your liberty as a cloak of maliciousness, but as the servants of God" (I Pe. 2:16).
I will consume man and beast; I will consume the birds of the heavens, The fish of the sea, And the stumbling blocks along with the wicked. I will cut off man from the face of the land," Says the LORD.
Zephaniah 1:2-4 ...........So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death, and by the beasts of the earth.
Revelation 6:7-9 .........So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, "Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?"
Revelation 13:3-5 .......And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived.
Revelation 13:13-15 ............Revelation 14 ; Then a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, "If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, 10 he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.
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H3nry February 12, 2011 4:30:26 AM CET
It's sad how you mock God. Remember this the day you find yourself Needing God He will be there. Also Christ is the only way to God because he was the ultimate pure sacrafice. If not now one day you will be bowing before him. God still loves you and forgives you all you have to do is ask.
Cl60cruzer February 11, 2011 3:37:18 PM CET
WTF? a fake video is somehow the second seal and bible ranting . I dont get it .
Remanuelli February 11, 2011 8:02:24 AM CET
A stumbling block is something which causes us to err or to stray from the truth.
Ufobillatgmail February 11, 2011 2:40:23 AM CET
From all of my research even E.T.s admit and agree there is an "Infinite Creator" and they spend most of their lives trying to get closer to their "Infinite Creator"!This image that's been seen the World over, it's believability has bothered me from day-1-One, and it's obviously not real or we would all feel & know it!My problem is, this ridiculous looking image looks like a Stick-Horse or broom with a sheet covering it and a poor attempt to show a figurine riding on it, then the image was projected onto a video of the actual Egyptian protest? *~{CGI}~* All the way!
Jordsteph February 10, 2011 10:12:01 PM CET
a man of conviction,i like that.
Tommytwisted February 10, 2011 9:43:06 PM CET
Why do people keep bringing up this god bullshit???? I,ve seen the original footage and there's nothing to see there, it's fake!!!! I've read the bible and it's a copy of the egyptian book of the dead they just changed the names, oh and that book was written 1200 years before the birth of christ. who never existed anyway. Read the bible and you'll see it's full of contradictions and njone of the stories even come close to real historical events.If there is a god it's not the one you believe in. Stop the bullshit and stop believing what people wrote 2000 years ago. Because if you believe the bilble the world should be flat. Sorry if I offended anyone but believing in a god is just for people who are afraid of dying. And if you're there god kill me right now......... Guess what I'm still here!!!


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|Impact of Best Management Practices on Water Quality of Two Small Watersheds in Indiana: Role of Spatial Scale (EPA/600/R-05/080) July 2004
Transport and fate of sediments and nutrients within watersheds have important implications for water quality and water resources. Water quality issues often arise because sediments are carriers of various pollutants, such as pathogens, toxic substances, and excessive nutrients.
Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act requires all states to develop and implement a total maximum daily load for their impaired water resources. Implementation of best management practices (BMPs) is a conventional approach for controlling nonpoint sources of sediments and nutrients. However, implementation of BMPs has rarely been monitored long-term to study the effectiveness of the BMPs. Long-term data on flow and water quality within watersheds, before and after implementation of BMPs, are not generally available.
Mathematical models provide an effective and powerful tool for evaluating long-term performance of BMPs, especially new ones that have had little or no history of use. In this study, a process-based modeling framework was developed to evaluate the effectiveness of parallel terraces, field borders, grassed waterways, and grade stabilization structures in reducing sediment and nutrient yields in two small agricultural watersheds (less than 10 square kilometers) in Indiana. The Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) served as the watershed model.
Based on the functionality of each BMP, appropriate model parameters were selected and altered to represent the effect of the BMP on hydrologic and water quality processes. An analysis was performed to evaluate the sensitivity of model computations to selected parameters. Results indicated that parallel terraces and field borders were effective at a field scale, while grassed waterways and grade stabilization structures were more effective at a watershed scale.
Distributed-parameter models partitioned the watershed into subunits (subwatersheds, hyrologic response units, and grids) during computations to represent heterogeneity within the watershed. Homogeneous properties were assumed for each computational unit. Identification of the stream network and partitioning of the study area into subunits may significantly affect hydrologic and water quality simulations of a distributed-parameter model.
Because model outputs are influenced by geomorphologic resolution, the evaluation of performance of BMPs based on model predictions will be influenced as well. Thus, examination of the efficacy of BMPs must be conducted in conjunction with studies performed at multiple spatial scales.
In this study, sediment and nutrient outputs from the calibrated SWAT model are compared at various watershed discretization levels, both with and without implementation of these BMPs. Results indicated that evaluation of the impacts of these BMPs on sediment and nutrient yields at the outlet of the two agricultural watersheds was very sensitive to the level of discretization applied for modeling. An optimal watershed discretization level for representation of the BMPs was identified through numerical simulations. It appears that the average subwatershed area corresponding to approximately 4 percent of the total watershed area is needed to represent the influence of BMPs in a modeling effort.
The results of this study depend on location and on the type of BMPs. However, the methodology can be used for similar studies in other watersheds with different BMPs.
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Unexpected output after putting SiteTree into TreeMultiSelectField
25 October 2010 at 3:28am
Hi there,
I've been trying to add a dropdown to my CMS that allows the user to create a link to a page on the site. Rather than expect them to "hardcode" (copy & paste in) the URL of their chosen page, I had loaded the siteTree into a TreeMultiSelectField.
I've put the main extract of the code at the base of my post.
It "works" in the CMS so far as that all the site pages load into the dropdown, you can select one and then save it.
However, when I then call the item on the template ($ChooseURL1) the output I get back is as follows:

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However, what I actually want is the URL to the chosen page. (Crossed fingers and tried "$ChooseURL1.URL" but it didn't work!)
Hoping someone can help. Many thanks x
on HomePage.php:
static $db = array(
'ServiceTitle1' => 'Text',
'ServiceCopy1' => 'Text',
'UseIcon1' => "Enum('Globe,Whiteboard,Other', '')"
static $has_one = array(
public static $many_many = array(
'ChooseURL1' => 'SiteTree'
function getCMSFields() {
$fields = parent::getCMSFields();
$fields->addFieldToTab('Root.Content.ServiceBoxes', new TextField('ServiceTitle1'), '');
$fields->addFieldToTab('Root.Content.ServiceBoxes', new TextField('ServiceCopy1'), '');
$fields->addFieldToTab('Root.Content.ServiceBoxes', new TreeMultiSelectField('ChooseURL1','Choose page,'SiteTree'));
$fields -> addFieldtoTab('Root.Content.ServiceBoxes', new DropdownField('UseIcon1', 'Select icon', $this->dbObject('UseIcon1')->enumValues()));
return $fields;
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Re: Unexpected output after putting SiteTree into TreeMultiSelectField
25 October 2010 at 3:13pm
Since ChooseURL1 is a set of sitetree objects (many many relational) you cannot simply print out $ChooseURL1 in the template. You should loop over the actual elements and print out what you want. For example:
<% if ChooseURL1 %>
<% control ChooseURL1 %>
$Title
<% end_control %>
<% end_if %>
If you wish to only select 1 url (rather than multiple) then you will need to change the ChooseURL1 to a has_one relationship to sitetree and use a TreeDropdownField instead of a multiselect field.
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Re: Unexpected output after putting SiteTree into TreeMultiSelectField
25 October 2010 at 11:52pm
Hi Will,
Thanks for the prompt reply - much appreciated.
I got it working by implementing your suggestion:
<% if ChooseURL1 %>
<% control ChooseURL1 %>
$Title
<% end_control %>
<% end_if %>
However as it would be better for the user to select only one page from the tree, I tried to change it to a has-one relationship and use TreeDropdownField. However I found that although it all implemented in the CMS, when I selected a field and did a Save & Publish on the page, the dropdown did not remember what was selected and went back to "choose..."
Also, in the site, the conrtrol $Link, or $ChooseURL1.Link (I tried both) repeatedly returned "/" and Title function returned nothing.
I even used a different name in case there was some confusion, eg ChoosePage1 as a has one. Still no change.
Not sure what I was doing wrong, so I've stuck with multiselect and many-many array until I can work it out.
Thanks again ;-)
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Re: Unexpected output after putting SiteTree into TreeMultiSelectField
26 October 2010 at 12:21pm Last edited: 26 October 2010 12:22pm
A trick with the has_one fields that has caught me out many a time is you need to refer to the FieldID rather than just the Field. For example in your case if you have a field called ChooseURL like
static $has_one = array('ChooseURL' => 'SiteTree');
Then you need to have a TreeDropdownField like below..
new TreeDropdownField('ChooseURLID', .....);
After changing that and running a dev/build you should be rocking!
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