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A Dynamic Model of Investor Decision-Making: How Adaptation to Losses affects Future Selling Decisions
AbstractWe conduct an experiment to test whether the size of a loss and the time in a losing position affect investors' adaptation to the loss situation and, subsequently, whether this adaptation affects future investment decisions. As investors adapt to losses, their neutral reference point shifts downwards causing losses to become psychologically less painful. This shift in reference point is a dynamic process that is updated every time new information is received about the stock's performance. The dynamically changing reference point, together with changing perceptions on the stock's expected future performance, together influence the decision to hold on to or to capitulate on an investment. We study the relative contribution of each of these components as well as their inter-relationships in a dynamic experimental design. Our results indicated that a larger loss size and a longer time in a losing position are related to higher adaptation levels. These higher adaptation levels relate to less positive emotions and less optimistic expectations about future price changes. The actual decision to capitulate an investment, however, only depends directly on the expectation about the stock's future performance. The adaptation level, by contrast, affects the actual investment decision indirectly via its impact on expectations.
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Brownley delivers economic development white paper to Westmoreland supervisors
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District 3 Supervisor Lynn Brownley has spent his life in Westmoreland County and considers himself a fairly keen observer of what has worked and what has failed to deliver the desired economic development objectives in the still rural jurisdiction he calls home.
Brownley had a special place on the Supervisors' meeting agenda last Monday night, presenting the white paper he had promised during the previous month's session that outlined portions of the economic development initiative he hopes Board colleagues will embrace.
"I believe that Westmoreland County needs to undertake a specific, targeted and comprehensive initiative to better promote our County and foster business and commercial growth, both from within and without," the Supervisor told Board colleagues and county residents.
"Our County Administrators, Planning District Commission, Regional Partnership and State Economic Development representatives have worked hard in the past, occasionally with some reasonable success. At other times we have just missed sealing the deal.
"Opportunities have been created and certainly a few have been realized, yet we must do much more to avoid continued stagnation and dependence solely on a growing retiree tax base."
The presence of the manufacturing enterprise known as Carry-On Trailer in the county's industrial park was cited as an example of a successful past economic development initiative. The failure to recruit an industry willing to locate in the industrial park's shell building is a glaring reminder of one or more missed opportunities.
Brownley presented a warning about allowing the local government to continue to rely on creation of ever more retirement communities on the county's waterfront. With limited opportunities to raise the necessary revenue, ever more pressure is placed on the county's landowners, a trend the District 3 Supervisor hopes his economic development proposal might offset.
"Given the general economic landscape our county faces and the special challenges facing our rural community, we should locate and consider engaging a specialist," Brownley reasoned.
"That person would articulate and lead in the development of a strategy to increase our community potential, identify businesses that fit a desired profile, those that have compatible goals, that can utilize existing governmental and private resources and can grow with us in the foreseeable future.
"Most especially, we need direct assistance to broaden and encourage our current entrepreneur class. I conclude that we can no longer be passive or merely react to inquiries. We surely must make some of our own luck and be diligent about it."
Brownley cited the Montross establishment known as The Art of Coffee as being a successful example of the kind of entrepreneurial initiative needed in Westmoreland.
"After many months of study, numerous discussions, several meetings, and probing ideas and approaches with certain persons in the field, I suggest to the Board that we pursue our own county version of economic encouragement.
"Along the way we might also truly conserve some of our natural resources in a meaningful way. We should market proactively Westmoreland County.
"We should promote and enhance tourism and recreational values, create more options for landowners, and develop, including promotional schemes, value-added events. I can provide some examples of successful efforts in other jurisdictions."
Brownley presented a list of interrelated activities he considered essential to launch a successful economic development initiative. Public relations, communications, target marketing, identification of compatible businesses and encouragement and assistance for entrepreneurs already operating in Westmoreland were included near the top of the activity list he shared.
Other initiatives included fundraising help for broader community endeavors, creating a liaison between businesses and the Board of Supervisors, revitalizing and supporting the Chambers of Commerce in Westmoreland County and the Town of Colonial Beach, creating and improving content for the county government's new website, assisting with parts of the Comprehensive Plan amendment and "anything else related and productive."
"If strategically planned, these tasks and engagements can be complementary, one to another, and benefits would accrue as multi-motivated effects," Supervisor Brownley reasoned.
"I have some further thoughts on budgeting, describing what we should expect, how we may utilize some funds, how to approach costs and investment, and how we can readily build a team.
"Several citizens and a few other officials have effectively reached similar conclusions. Some see parallel paths with involvement of community investors and recreational/tourist experiences.
"People's use of their property must prove profitable. We can harness certain change and use it to propel us toward more community capacity and a sustainable lifestyle in the long run."
Brownley then related that despite his belief in the initiatives he has proposed, he continues "to harbor grave concerns as to the present need and obligation to preserve and retain not just the properties that have been set aside as open land, but larger areas of mature forest, buffered productive agricultural tracks, and corridors along the county's waterways.
"I have come to realize that successful, forward-reaching initiatives of commerce may serve to predicate the literal 'heritage-keeping' of more of the lands, woods and waters that can still provide us and others with some pride and peace," he said.
"Most pertinently, we should try harder now to define and invent our future here. To revere the past and supercharge our history is important to us and to our visitors.
Brownley advised that the actions he proposes are needed is Westmoreland County is to improve its "tax base and [create] opportunities for our own citizens to really improve our community, to help us direct growth, and to give us the impetus we need to continue our rural lifestyle.
"I am certain," he then stated, "we can make provision if we describe our vision and pursue a planned approach to economic encouragement.
"We must face, and to a large extent, embrace our future. Tough times are here, but we can use wisdom long-term and prepare for action now.
"I would appreciate your thoughts, concerns, queries, suggestions, modifications and objections to what I outline here. This," said Brownley, "is an elementary approach, but it is a better model for tomorrow in the Northern Neck."
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The Adventures of "My Party Dress"
The story of how one dress made a musical theatre dream come true…
When I first heard about Kerrigan and Lowdermilk's American Songbook concert at Lincoln Center, I immediately knew I had to be witness to what I knew would be a spectacular evening. Unfortunately, however, tickets sold out before I could procure them. My window of opportunity had closed and I was upset to say the least. Much to my surprise, last week, the closed window was opened when they announced via Twitter and Facebook the "My Party Dress" contest. I jumped at this unexpected second chance, quickly threw together some pictures of me doing "Party Dress" and submitted it, knowing it was unlikely that anything would come of it.
Then on sullen, tragedy stricken Tuesday, my phone vibrated beneath my leg during an exam, and I caught a glimpse of a tweet from the K+L twitter. I figured it was nothing special since I subscribe to their tweets anyway. Then after handing in my exam, I checked my phone and saw the tweet that read:
Needless to say, I lost my ever loving mind in the hallway, but couldn't scream or shout or sing or do anything of the sort, so I settled for something between crazed flailing and a victory dance; no doubt a treat for the others roaming the halls at the time.
I got back to my room and cried because I had been so wrapped up in the darkness of the world, that I'd temporarily forgotten about the light, and this was truly illuminating.
Fast forward to Friday, when I donned my beloved "party dress" and pranced my way over to Lincoln Center, breathing in the evening's balmy spring air. We got our tickets, headed to the 10th floor where the penthouse is located and were welcomed with complimentary wine, which my friend and I greatly enjoyed (of course in moderation.)
Upon taking our seats, I scanned the room spotting so many artists whom I respect, and I'm sure I looked simultaneously crazed and in awe.
The show started shortly after and opened with "Hand in Hand" as sung by the incomparable Lindsay Mendez. I could think of no better way to start the evening, which perfectly blended old favorites and new works. In my opinion, highlights included:
- Lindsay's opening: "Hand in Hand" - She looked stunning and her performance was unreal; that woman can do no wrong.
- Jeremy Jordan's performance of "Run Away With Me," which featured a stunning new folk-influenced arrangement that beautifully showed off Jeremy's vocal capabilities
- Andy Mientus and Michael Arden singing "Vegas" - This was probably the highlight of the night for me, considering how much I love and respect Michael and Andy and the fact that I'd never seen Michael perform live before, it was really a dream come true. The song follows friends on a trip to Vegas and the shenanigans they get into. My favorite part was when the song culminates with the boys on the run from the police, but then Michael said, "you realize we didn't leave the apartment?" and Andy said "we're also gay together in real life" and I lost it. They sang and acted it so brilliantly and they're just such magical humans… Ah… perfection
- In any event, then Laura Michelle Kelly beautifully took on "Not a Love Story" and that song was born anew. Truly breathtaking.
- Then Andy sang "Last Week's Alcohol" in a brilliant new arrangement. So electronic. So indie. So Andy.
- Then the song that got me there, "My Party Dress," which was HILARIOUSLY performed by Jen Cody… I'm pretty sure I can count my reaction to that song as my core training for the next year (or seven…) my abs are still sore.
- Next we were treated to 4 new songs from Kait and Brian's latest, Republic. Michael singing "Rise" stood out most. Also, the lovely duet between Nikki M. James and Jeremy Jordan.
- Then Carrie Manolakos sang "Avalanche," one of my all time favorites, and although I will always favor Lindsay Mendez's version, I appreciate what she did with it, and I loved the new arrangement, once again with a new folk influence.
- Then, the finale was "Holding On," the song that they end all their shows with. They introduced it by talking the tragedy in Boston and about how important community is, and I just started to weep. After this week of unfathomable sadness and uncertainty, it was a beautiful reminder of what is good in the world. I was deeply moved and really needed that.
Overall, this was a really perfect night. I had been dreaming of this, honestly, since before the concert was announced and it was all I dreamed and more. Tonight was a night that put things into perspective for me and made me realize how grateful I am to get opportunities like this. I am so blessed to have been a part of it all and wish I could have shared it with everyone…
Alas, the best I can do is impart what was reaffirmed for me tonight: surround yourself with community and love and music… Oh! and also, never doubt the power of a party dress!
Congratulations if you made it to the end of this post! As a treat, here is my party dress' journey this evening:
No during available because the usher yelled at us, so here's my face….?
And after… mind BLOWN
"and I guess that's it…"
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News story you may or may not have heard about:
A father arrested because his daughter drew a crayon gun in kindergarten....
News story you may or may not have heard about:
A father arrested because his daughter drew a crayon gun in kindergarten....
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The link didn't work on my phone. I'm guessing because of the link its in Canada? I guess they don't have something equivalent to the 2nd amendment. What's said is the family is going hungry because they threw the bread winner in jail for an art class picture.
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Here is the first article about it:
JESSIE SANSONE, 26, HOLDS HIS FOUR-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER NEVAEH IN THIS UNDATED PHOTO. Credits: (Submitted/Sansone family)
Jesse Sansone's family is reeling after he was arrested, strip searched and detained by Waterloo Police all because his four year old daughter drew a picture of a man with a gun in her Kitchener kindergarten class. Little Neaveh's sketch was supposed to be her Daddy, getting the bad guys and monsters.
The teacher told the principal, the principal called Child and Family Services and they called police. The cops met Sansone at the school when he tried to pick up three of his children, told him he was charged with possession of a fire arm, handcuffed him and put him in one of the several squad cars waiting outside.
"When I was finally able to see my family, after this ordeal was over, my little girl ran up and gave me a hug me and asked: 'Daddy, are you mad at me?'" said Sansone, his voice choked. "How could she ever think that I would be mad at her? She knows this has to do with her drawing."
Sansone, 26, and his wife, Stephanie, have been together since they were 14 and 15 years old. They have four children, aged 10 years to 15 months, and Stephanie is five months pregnant with their fifth child.
"Years ago, being really young parents we were given the cold shoulder, like we didn't know how to raise our children, this feels like that again, because I felt totally alone in that cell," Sansone said. "We still can't believe this happened to us."
Sansone had a scrape with the law five years ago, but has since turned his life around, left Toronto for Kingston and has become a certified counsellor.
While Sansone was being strip-searched at the police station: told to disrobe, lift his testicles and bend over, his wife was home with their 15 month old daughter.
"They came to my house, told my wife that I had been charged with possession of firearms, that she would have to come with them, and that Sundae (their infant daughter) would have to go with the social worker," said Sansone. Stephanie managed to call her Mom who rushed over to take Sundae instead of the strangers. "My littlest is still in diapers with a bottle. Thank goodness my mother-in-law lives nearby."
Once Stephanie got to the police station she had to wait.
"The detective was giving my wife the idea that our children were at the police station with her, just in another room at the station. She was waiting for over an hour, close to two hours, not knowing where the kids were," Sansone says his children had been at Family and Children's Services the whole time, being interviewed by social workers. "So, my wife was really panicking at that point. So her and the detective drove down to Children's Services. They questioned each of my children."
Now, the family is trying their best to explain things to their kids.
"At that interview, I wasn't there, my wife wasn't there, but my boys, all they know right now is: 'Daddy and guns, guns and Daddy' - my kids knew all the police were at the school because of me. Now I have to explain to them how much of a mistake this is."
Sansone says the police eventually found a see-through plastic toy gun in his house, it costs about $15 at the store and shoots foam darts.
"So many people dealt with this situation in the wrong way," said Sansone. "I know the principal really well, how could he judge my character in this way? I drop off and pick the kids up every day, I always say hello, I sign every report card, I go to every parent teacher meeting, I am an active parent at that school."
The family is trying to decide what to do next, and they are finding a new school for their children to attend.
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Here is the follow up article:
KITCHENER, Ont. -- Some players in the Kitchener kindergarten gun-doodling fiasco are doing some soul-searching while others are missing in action, as school staff see themselves as "co-parents" to students in their institutions.
Waterloo Regional Police are going to do an internal investigation to see if they erred when they arrested 26-year-old Jessie Sansone.
"I couldn't confirm that mistakes were made as we will be doing an internal review to try and establish if they were," said Insp. Kevin Thaler. "What we were investigating was a drawing of a handgun at the school and subsequently through the investigation, the officers identified the weapon that was being drawn was, in fact, a replica toy gun in the residence."
Sansone, a father of four, was handcuffed at his children's elementary school, strip-searched and detained for hours while being told he was arrested for unlawful possession of a firearm.
His three eldest children were taken by social services, picked up at school and driven to the family services office and questioned.
His pregnant wife, Stephanie, was also hauled in and questioned, while their home was "walked through" by police.
All the result of four-year-old daughter Neveah drawing a picture in class of a man with a gun fighting monsters and bad guys.
The junior kindergarten teacher saw it, questioned Neveah about it, and feared there was a gun in the girl's home that the children were playing with. The school called social services, who in turn called the cops.
After going through the home, executing a warrant, police found a see-through plastic toy that fires plastic darts.
"We have seen these weapons, we have seen these 'items' out in our community, they have been altered and would appear to an adult to be a real firearm, and in these cases they were used to commit robberies, and in this case I am not surprised that a child had the belief that it was real," Thaler said.
The superintendent of Waterloo Regional School district said they are standing behind the teacher's judgment and they will not review their actions.
"We do work hand-in-hand with these families because we co-parent, so we hope that we could move forward," Gregg Bereznick said. "It's understood the stress that the family is going through.
"If a disclosure is made, it is our immediate duty under the regulations to phone family services."
A "disclosure" in this case was the drawing of the monster slayer and Neveah telling her teacher there was a gun like the one in the illustration in her house.
Family and Child Services was unavailable for comment on the situation that is making international news, so it's not known where the incriminating picture is or if they are reviewing their actions.
QMI Agency was told that executive director Allison Scott and her deputy were at a conference in Toronto.
Scott later responded by e-mail that they had followed the rules.
"We followed all policies and procedures as required and I would not have anything further to add to this," Scott wrote. "We are mandated under provincial legislation to respond to situations of child protection.
"If you would like to speak to our provincial association further about the provincial requirements you can call our Ontario Association of Children's Aid Societies."
QMI Agency will follow up Tuesday.
The family is considering their legal options and have contacted a lawyer.
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WOW...crazy stuff. Was the baby's name really Sundae or did they cover up her name to protect her?
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Have known for years that handguns are a big no no in Canada, but a childs drawing inspired by a toy gun is enough to get a search warrant. I thought we were getting enough "Big Brother" in the States, just shows we may not have it too bad in the US.
Owning and buying handguns in Canada is easier now than it has been in fifteen years.
But in that same fifteen years, the liberal media has downplayed the owning and buying to the point where most people won't even get the course needed to purchase one.
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This seems completely insane!!!!
What if she had drawn him slaying a dragon or something........ arrest for harming endangered animals?? Just crazy!
I guess no country has a monopoly on knee jerking morons.
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Lothian road isn't very exciting - it's getting better since when I had to walk up and down it past the sleazy saunas and the boring financial buildings. Izzi always seems to be a bit out of place.
I love floor-to-ceiling glass, it really makes you feel like the bee's knees. However, you are still looking out onto grim traffic, never mind, the colourful lightbulbs are so vivid as everything else in here is bright, clinical white.
I've not been to many "fusion" restaurants and the combo of Japanese and Chinese seemed to compliment each other in bits and parts but I felt either experience was somewhat compromised.
The whole thing was usually priced for Edinburgh (expensive) but the staff were friendly and polite.
Izzi's is alright. I wouldn't rush out to dine here. Their sushi is great if you are new to the cuisine, but really, it is just a little bit boring, but on the plus side, it does taste much more fresh than other establishments. The first time we went there, the best part of the meal was a prawn and fish roe salad - the last time, the dish was pretty stingy on content and heavy on the mayonnaise. Fusion restaurants don't tend to tempt me - stick to making one cuisine good rather than trying to please everyone, it never really works that well.
Extra star for the Japanese tea, not enough places serve it.
My experience here was mixed, I have to say. While the food was decent (not the best sushi I've ever had, not the worst either) the service was really horrible. The person who served me just acted like he could not be bothered. If I were paying less, it wouldn't annoy me, but for the prices I expect good service.
I had the vegetable tempura, which was lovely. The only fault I have with it is that there was too much of it for one person. If you like tempura, I recommend splitting one portion with a friend.
The sushi was nice - it wasn't outstanding, but it was okay. Again, for the price, I would expect something a bit more aggressively good.
Went here on a Saturday night recently around 7pm without booking but easily got a table as it was so quiet.
I thought the menu was fantastic as we were able to order Chinese and Japanese food, which I haven't seen anywhere else.
We ordered ribs, prawn cocktail, 2 chicken and mushroom soups and a selection of sushi. I would've liked to try more but our bill was over £30 (including drinks) so didn't want to overspend.
All of the food was nice and the portions were quite generous in my opinion.
I'd definitely recommend this restaurant, especially to people who are unsure of Japanese food as they can order a bit of everything.
Izzi is responsible for marital tension in my house.
Ok, not really, but we do disagree about the quality of sushi from izzi.
He maintains that it is the best in Edinburgh; I stridently disagree. I would say that it is only good to ok. Freshness/flavor level: moderate. Variety: hardly, especially if you don't tempura or do crabstick. Build of the roll/sizing: good.
SO really the drawbacks are the low variety and mid-level freshness/flavor combos.
The quality of izzi is the really attentive staff: my green tea is always full and the food is served very promptly.
I've not tried the Chinese menu, so I can't comment on it.
I enjoy sushi / sashimi Bento Box lunches at Izzi. The price is right at under £10 and includes miso soup. The staff are attentive and you have the fun of finishing off the meal with a fortune cookie.
Without a doubt the best Japanese restaurant I have ever been to. The open plan restaurant means you can see your food being cooked, the menu is varied and everything I have tried has been out of this world. The staff are all so friendly and helpful especially if you have no idea about Japanese cuisine, as I didn't my first time there! It is more costly than your average meal out but as Japanese in my opinion is far better than Chinese and there are fewer restaurants that serve teppanyaki style food and authentic sushi I didn't grudge paying more than I would normally for a meal out. I only wish I was rich enough to eat there all the tiume!
I feel a bit hesitant of having chinese and japanese food in one place but this wasn't so bad. Good portions and good taste. Sushi was ok. Table service was a bit slow but nonetheless, we were not in a hurry.
Lovely restaurant selling Chinese and Japanese food. The only downside to the restaurant is that if you are a Chinese food lover then there isn't as much choice on the menu for you as that of a restaurant that only serves Chinese food. However, what is lost on variety is more than made up for in taste. The food is lovely, from the chow mein to the sushi, I have not tried one thing in this restaurant that I didn't like. My favourite has to be the crispy aromatic duck - it's out of this world.
The reviews seem very mixed on this one - I'd have to say the sushi I had was horrendous. It wasn't fresh at all, in fact some of the tuna was still frozen when served. I was very disappointed and didn't enjoy the meal at all.
Definitely the best place in Edinburgh for Japanese food. The food is great and, in my opinion, quite well priced. The service is friendly, and the place is clean and well presented. The menu has a good amount of variety, and the Udon is wonderful. Well worth checking out.
I'll be honest, this used to be one of my favorite restaurants in Edinburgh. My husband and I would go about once a month. Yeah, they were always a bit stingy with their soy sauce and would make you feel greedy if you asked for more. Also, I swear they charged me for tap water, but their food was good! Then about 3 years ago it became a different story. I don't know if they went under new management or they just decided it was time to cut back even more, but the portion sizes became a bit smaller and the sushi just wasn't that great anymore. My husband always used to order the shredded sweet chili chicken, and it was wonderful. It stayed warm over a hot plate. Then, the changes came and they started serving the chicken in a thick stale hard inedible noodle bowl type thing. The funny thing is they still served it on a hot plate, but it made no difference to the chicken which was being shielded by the odd receptacle.
Also, one evening after having had my sushi, I came home and immediately became ill. I spent an hour praying to the porcelain god, and I really believe it was due to some bad sushi at Izzi. We haven't been back since. It's such a shame, though, because we really used to love the place and it has so much potential. :-( I give it 2 stars instead of 1, because it is the only place in Edinburgh that I know you can have a Japanese eel meal.
I have to say this is my all-time favourite restaurant. Been going for about 8-9 years & never had a bad meal. The food is fab, the staff are really friendly and treat you like old friends. Thoroughly recommend this to0 anyone. Elaine
Because they provide Chinese and Japanese food I feel that they have somehow neglected the original flavours and the raw produce lacks freshness - there is no sense of professionalism in the production of the two completely different type of food.
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If reports are to be believed, perhaps 20 million digesters— almost all of them underground masonry digesters— have been built in China, and many millions have been built in India and other countries as well. Depending primarily on the size of the digester and local prices for bricks (etc.), such a unit may cost from US$350 to US$500 and up, which is a great deal of money for a village family in most of the world. Consider that in the year 2000…
"…about 59 percent of the Indian population (495 million people) had an annual household income of less than [$280]"
World Resources Institute, "Resource consumption patterns and implications: India", 2006
Therefore the great majority of these millions of digesters have been built with government and international NGO subsidies (is that "sustainable"?), and will have been provided to people who are already in their country's middle class, in effect. (Families with more than one cow, for example.)
Speaking generally, virtually all of these digesters are either "fixed dome" or "floating dome" (also known by some as "Chinese-style" and ""Indian-style" digesters, respectively), such as these two:
The process for building either type of digester (in any of their many variations) is roughly similar. One digs a large pit, and (most often using brick) builds up the main structure of the digester. Finishing touches are put on and in, and the digester is covered over with earth.
That's a simple description of a process that can require significant work. And that implies that in the transition from a digester made from, say, a single 55-gallon drum to a digester made from two water tanks, to the point where one is considering an underground masonry digester, the game changes.
Consider long-term use, for example. Based on what we have seen, almost all 55-gallon drum digesters are fairly quickly abandoned— owners do not continue to feed and care for them— because, as mentioned above, they can be difficult to deal with and they do not provide truly practical amounts of biogas. Besides, most folks who build a 55-gallon drum digester are almost always trying to scratch an itch rather than meet a need. They want to know, but they don't really need the biogas being produced. Use it, don't use it: no biggie.
(Of course, if you don't want or need full output from the digester, you can feed it less. Put it on a diet. But you won't get as much biogas…)
While data (known to us anyway) are not available, it would not be surprising if far fewer ARTI-style digesters were abandoned, because they can provide a good supply of cooking fuel, most folks who have them need that fuel, they would have a hard time paying to replace it, and the units require a fairly significant financial investment. Some, of course, will be abandoned, and if so our wager would be that a survey would find that owners (primarily in urban settings) found it difficult to continue to gather the amount of organic matter needed to keep the digester properly fed.
What has been found with studies of underground masonry digesters is that as long as the owners/users were properly selected [meaning, for example, a) they have an on-going source of organic matter to feed the digester, b) realistic expectations, and c) sufficient knowledge about & d) a committment to properly maintaining the digester], and if they continue to get good support from the program that built the digesters, most of those digesters will continue to be used, perhaps for 20 years or longer. And again, those who have the digesters would actually need the biogas for cooking and lighting; they could only replace those functions with considerable labor (gathering wood daily), or paying very scarce cash for kerosene or similar fuels.
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Similar points will apply to you, if you are considering building a small digester. That is, as the size increases, the expense likewise increases, and as well, the time and money required to maintain and feed the digester increases. To make it all work, you likewise would need to have a certain situation and outlook. Thus, again, as we (as you) transition from those smaller digesters to larger digesters, doing it because "it would be cool" or simply to learn more about biogas becomes less and less tenable as a primary motivation. Great place to start, but that can't be all you've got, or it won't be sustainable.
In other words, it would only make sense to build a larger digester where
- you have enough time, money, knowledge (TCBH?) and skill to do so,
- where there is enough organic matter on-site or conveniently nearby to keep it fed, and
- where the expected outcome has sufficient value, as you see it, to offset the expense, time, and hassle.
OK? That's the lecture.
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Now as far as how that translates, first consider
[Note 03/12/13: The BSP Nepal site is back up (here), but we have not yet restored the old links, if they still exist.
Consider a partial materials list for a typical underground masonry digester (a "fixed dome GGC 2047 model") adapted from the Biogas Sector Partnership Nepal site (www.bspnepal.org.np).
The materials list provided below is not complete, and so the totals shown do not reflect the complete cost. Nevertheless, based on casual visits to a few hardware sales websites, we assume the listed materials, purchased at retail in the US, would cost
- $8.25 for ~100 lb bag of cement (50 kg = 110 lbs);
- 30¢ per brick (although as compared with Nepal, the size of our bricks may be different);
- both #34 "gravel" (1-1/2" to 2" rock fragments) and sand cost $35/ton (where a m3 of small rocks, sand, or gravel is about 3,800 lbs); and
- smaller gravel costs $28/ton.
We will not show the cost of each item in the table below, but based on the above information, if you are really interested, you can find out how we got the total costs we show by making your own spreadsheet, or you can contact us and we will send you what we have. Since BSP indicates one can use either rocks or bricks, we calculated based on which was cheaper.
We do not figure or include the cost of paint (last column below), because frankly it makes no sense to me that anyone could do very much that is practical with a single liter of paint when using it on a several cubic meter underground masonry digester. See further below for some suggestions for waterproofing the inside of such digesters.
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For more on materials with which to coat the inside of the digester— after all it's made from brick or cement, and if it's not coated it will not be gas–tight— see Plasters and Coats for Digesters and Gas-Holders, pg. 61, in GTZ's (now GIZ) publication. (All four reports in this series are available from this page.) Another resource of information about mixes to use when gas-proofing a digester is found at the excellent site Energypedia, here.
A final report is from "Biogas plants in animal husbandry":
Some tried and proven seal coats:
- multilayer bitumen [asphalt], applied cold (hot application poses the-danger of injury by burns and smoke nuisance); solvents cause dangerous/explosive vapors. Two to four thick coats required.
- bitumen with aluminum foil: thin sheets of overlapping aluminum foil applied to the still-sticky bitumen, followed by the next coat of bitumen.
- plastics, as a rule epoxy resin or acrylic paint; very good but expensive.
[*] We assume they mean use a torch before putting on the paraffin mix, since brick coated with paraffin is almost certain to catch on fire.
- paraffin [wax], diluted with 2–5% kerosene heated to 100°C and applied to
the preheated masonry. The paraffin penetrates deep into the masonry, thus providing
an effective (deep) seal. Use kerosene/gas torch to heat masonry.[*]
Werner, Stöhr, & Hees, "Biogas plants in animal husbandry", 1989 [emphasis added]
Biogas digesters (actually either above or below ground) can also be made from ferrocement. The Big Difference between a water tank and a digester is that for the latter, the entire tank should be gas-tight, instead of just having the bottom and sides be water–tight, but that may be less of a difference than it might sound. In any case, a fair to quite good resource on ferrocement tanks (for water storage, not for biogas, but hey) is Technical Presentation of Various Types of Cisterns Built in the Rural Communities of the Semiarid Region of Brazil. You may also wish to look at some of the publications on this page.
Puxin, a Chinese company, makes a number of biogas-related products such as stoves, including portable concrete forms to produce digesters more quickly. See the video on this page for essentially all the information you need to understand how these portable forms work. (It would be interesting to know if these forms would work if they were made from fiberglass…)
The third edition of the Biogas/Biofertilizer Handbook has some good information on ferrocement digesters as an appendix (not the info in chapter 6). (You may wish to note that rather more than half of the text of chapter 1 in this book is directly "adapted" from TCBH. Sigh.)
One other design should be mentioned. Recently (late June 2013), Prof. Dieter Deublein and his colleages posted a very interesting paper on what they call the Aidewise-biogas plant. (An overview is here, and that page offers a means of downloading complete information.) The Aidewise is made primarily from bricks, and is only partially underground. The authors claim that "The Aidewise-biogas plant (ABP) is an advanced version of small-scale biogas plants…" such as those described above. The descriptive PDF has what appear to be very clear plans for making one of these things:
See much larger original image here.
In sum and as with any of these subjects, a good deal more can be said, but based on what we have seen extant on the lovely explosion–in–a–library known as the World Wide Web (do you need the acronym?), this page likely offers more resources than you will find elsewhere…
Finally, a picture from BSP, the Biogas Support Program of Nepal:
See much larger original image here.
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Governor John Hickenlooper has said "no" to Weld County Commissioners and their request to turn on irrigation wells that were shut down in 2006 because of a state Supreme Court decision.
"We're disappointed," said Sean Conway, the chairman of Weld's Board of County Commissioners.
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The importance of collaborative writing (CW) is well attested in English Language Teaching (ELT). This study attempts to explore English as Foreign Language (EFL) teachers' and students' views, perceptions and experiences with CW and to find ways to improve this type of writing practice. Quantitative and qualitative methodologies were used to collect the data. To address the issues in the study, a questionnaire was distributed to 64 EFL students at a public college in Oman and five teachers were interviewed. The findings show that the vast majority of teachers and students had positive views about CW, which concurs with the findings of previous research. Further, the study indicated that both students and teachers can play a significant role in improving CW practice by following certain strategies, such as those involving clarifying CW task learning outcomes, fair assessment, monitoring, solving CW group conflicts, CW group management and clear division of CW group work. Based on the teachers' and students' views, and the findings from the literature, some suggestions for improving CW are proposed which may help to enhance CW practice.
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Recipe: Kale and Apple Soup
Most two year-olds won't eat a plateful of sautéed greens even if they're cooked in bacon, and Ursula &mdash an excellent eater most of the time — is no exception. I can usually get by with whipping some into scrambled eggs, but this week, after a week of rice, beans and MSG in Costa Rica, I put us all on a heavy dose of green matter. Thus, this kale soup was born.
To counter the bitterness of the kale, I cooked some bits of apple with a sweet onion and whizzed that into the soup at the end.
This version gets a little naughty with pancetta and a dollop of crème frîache, but you can lighten it up by omitting the pancetta (use 2 tablespoons of olive oil instead to cook the greens) and swapping out the crème frîache for yogurt. Vegetarians use water or vegetable stock instead of chicken stock and skip the pancetta. To make it vegan-friendly, also take out the swirl of creamy matter at the end.
Kale Soup
1/4 cup cubed pancetta
1 large bunch kale
4 cups chicken stock, divided
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 vidalia onion, chopped
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 medium apple, cored and chopped
1/4 cup crème frîache, mascarpone cheese, or plain yogurt
freshly ground black pepper
Wash the kale and remove the bottom 1" of stem. Chop roughly into 1" pieces.
In a large skillet over medium heat, sautée the pancetta for 1 minute or until just barely showing color. Add the kale and stir to coat with rendered fat. Add a glug or olive oil if pancetta didn't render much fat and kale sticks to pan. Cook, stirring, until kale begins to wilt. Add 2 cups chicken stock, lower heat to medium-low and cook, stirring occasionally, for about 10 minutes.
Transfer mixture to blender, reserving some as a second batch if blender jar is more than 1/2 full.
In the same skillet over medium heat, heat olive oil and cook onions with salt until just barely showing color. Add chopped apples and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes, or until apples soften and onions are translucent.
Transfer mixture to blender, reserving half if you reserved half of the kale mixture earlier.
If working in two batches, add half the remaining chicken stock (1 cup), cover and puree until smooth. If working in one batch, add all the remaining stock and puree until smooth. When working with hot liquids in a blender, it's wise to hold down the lid with a kitchen towel in case some liquid escapes when the motor is engaged.
If soup seems too thick, add more stock is available, or water until it reaches the desired consistency.
Garnish with a dollop of crème frîache, mascarpone cheese, or plain yogurt and a few grinds of black pepper.
Per serving, based on 4 servings. (% daily value)
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Sounds lovely, I just discovered tuscan kale and am looking for more ways to use it.
my 1-year-old nephew *loves* sauteed greens - spinich, broccoli rabe, chard, you name it! he's a great eater; it makes me really happy!
My daughter will inhale kale white bean soup as long as it is a) pureed, and b) dusted with parmesan cheese. She will pick up the bowl and get every last drop all over her face. Not 100% pureed? "Mommy, I don't like the wet trees." I used to puree only half, leaving whole kale and beans, but that's the adult version, it seems.
Have just finished a pan of this (minus the pancetta and dairy) and it's delicious!
I LOVE this idea! I am going to make it Sunday. I love all of these winter flavors...apples, bacon, and kale. YUM!
Funny, I jut happened to eat a bowl of kale soup myself. I add potatoes (for creaminess) and slices of fried chorizo (for taste) and smoked jalapeno (for heat). nothing finer on a cold night. But maybe too spicy for most 2 year olds...
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The surprise announcement came in a letter dated Aug. 21, addressed to the director of the St. Petersburg International Film Festival. Miller was invited to the fest as a special guest of honor by Maria Averbakh, but he declined, citing the current political climate in the country as it pertains to gays and lesbians.
"Thank you for your kind invitation. As someone who has enjoyed visiting Russia in the past and can also claim a degree of Russian ancestry, it would make me happy to say yes," Wentworth, 41, says in the letter which was posted on GLAAD's website on Wednesday afternoon. "However, as a gay man, I must decline. I am deeply troubled by the current attitude toward and treatment of gay men and women by the Russian government. The situation is in no way acceptable, and I cannot in good conscience participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people like myself are being systematically denied their basic right to live and love openly. Perhaps, when and if circumstances improve, I'll be free to make a different choice."
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All legitimate authority emanates from God Himself, and rebellion towards God's appointed leaders is rebellion towards God. We expect all members of the The Gathering Place to respond to leadership in a Christ-like manner. We expect all of our members to bring any issues directly to the person over them. Going to others with your issue or going above your leaders' head without first talking to them causes division.
Tithing Is The Key To God's Blessings On Our Lives
Our giving of our tithes and offerings to God is an extension of our worship. It is an expression of our love for Him and an act of obedience to His word. God has promised to rebuke the devourer for our sake (malachi 3:11) when we give to His work. He promises to abundantly bless us when we put Him first in our finances.
Faithfulness and Loyalty
"As the Lord lives and your soul lives, I will not leave you. I will be loyal to you. I will faithfully stand with you and not let you down." 2 kings 2
Dealing Directly with Offenses
Jesus told us that if we have an offense with a brother of sister, to go to them privately. We are not to share our complaints with others. When we obey this principle, we can reconcile our problems easily.
We must treat each other with the utmost respect and value the words we say to each other. We also respect each other by not gossiping about anyone or listening to gossip. If you don't put a stop to gossip, you're just as guilty as the one spreading it. We must respect and protect each other as we would our natural family.


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Mini Calzones2July 26th, 2013Appetizers, Dinner, Italian, Kid Friendly, Sides
Here's another one of those appetizers that also makes a great dinner side – these are great served next to a hearty bowl of minestrone soup.
24 servings
50 calories per serving
1 11 oz. can soft breadsticks
1/2 t garlic powder
1/2 c shredded part skim mozzarella cheese
6 slices very thin deli ham, each rolled and cut into 4 pieces
¼ t oregano flakes
2 T grated parmesan cheese
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Let dough come to room temperature then unroll it and separate into 12 sticks then cut each in half making 2 short sticks. Flatten each piece of dough to about a 2 inch wide piece. Sprinkle all the dough pieces with garlic powder. Place 1 t mozzarella cheese in the center. Fold ham and place over the cheese making sure to leave a border so you will be able to seal the calzones. Fold the dough over and pinch the edges to seal and make a little pocket. Place on a baking sheet and sprinkle with the parm and oregano. Bake 15 minute or until golden brown.Tags: appetizer, breadstick, calzone, cheese, Dinner, dough, ham, italian, Kid Friendly, mini calzone, mozzarella, mozzarella cheese, oregano, parmesan, parmesan cheese, side
2 responses to "Mini Calzones"
These little appetizers look delectable for only 50 calories!