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Why does he have such a high PA on this game? His PA is 198 which he has reached in my save at the age of just 24 and is now the best player in the world. How is it even possible?
Why does he have such a high PA on this game? His PA is 198 which he has reached in my save at the age of just 24 and is now the best player in the world. How is it even possible?
He's -10, that means he gets a random PA between 170 and 200 at the start of each save.
He doesn't always have it that high potential of 175 on mine.
-10 was allocated to him because of the fact that he has spent such a long time out injured and so the researchers couldn't determine a definite PA. This means that he will be given a PA from 170-200 upon starting a new game.
Ok fair enough. Thanks for the quick responses guys.
spoiler:i still find it unfair how he's the only player in FM with a PA of -10. even arsenal fans don't think he's THAT good
Pretty sure since the transfer update patch he has been given a fixed PA
Last edited by Pebder88; 11-05-2012 at 20:42. Reason: spelling
That he was ever given -10 is ridiculous. The Arsenal user can train that guy into the best CM in the world, which he clearly never would have been. He's got a worse PA than Bale now(?who's PA is too high aswell I admit).
So how do you guys play him??
I use him mostly as an Advanced Playmaker Support and rarely as a CM S/A but with little success.
Has any of you got his attributes to shoot up?
I'm in season 3 btw.
The reasearchers are volunteers who do the job under guidelines and information/ review of the head researchers , so dont need this type of personal attack.
You've sacked researchers in the past haven't you? The Portuguese guy who made To Madeira. The Lazio/Cisco Roma researcher that also made up some players. So surely you're able to get rid of a researcher when they don't do their job properly. To be honest I think SI would do well to make the research team in general a more professional operation (obviously not paying each individual researcher, but perhaps hold them to higher standards, and have a team to iron out any mistakes they might make). I'm sorry but the mere fact that Ramsey can become the best player in the World on FM 12 just really should not be tolerated.Nocuous
The reasearchers are volunteers who do the job under guidelines and information/ review of the head researchers , so dont need this type of personal attack.
I am sure that reserachers are replaced if they break the guidelines given,, but much of their other input about player attributes and potential is a judgement, based on their opinion, which is usually given becaus of an in depth knowledge of the team and players involved. This opinion is already seen by other researchers and SI staff so unless it is quite blatantly an error, will be subject to one users opinion over another- so who is to say what is right and wrong, if it opinion only and not a fact? If users think that any opinion is incorrect, they can raise this in the Data Issues thread along with documentation to support their view and this will be considered by the research team at review time. By all means raise your concerns about any issue, but please do not reduce it to personal criticism of the researchers
Nobody here, or could possibly know what his future has in store for him.
There have been players that didn't have a burst in their Curent Ability in the past. Ian Wright and David Platt both blossomed around 23 or 24 years of age.
It would be a tragedy if young players currently getting first team football in the best teams in the world NEVER had the potential to become the best players in the world.
I'm sure in the next version of the game that he'll be given a solid PA - that can be disputed then.
At the moment, he does have the potential to be a good player (PA 170+) or a very good player (PA 180+) or a world class player (PA 190+).
The game reflects this by randomising it with a PA of -10.
With the case of Aaron Ramsey, he was seen before his leg break as a -10 PA player. Potentially a world beater. Then the leg break at Stoke happened and for the next edition he was given the same rating, simply because nobody can really say how he would recover as by that time he hadn't played. You can't make changes just on assumptions, you need to see the player play. Now that he's returned and played more often, it has been concluded that he is less likely to become a world class CM and his PA has been adjusted accordingly. That's how I see the whole thing.
I'd argue that his original -10 PA was very optimistic before the injury.
This is an unqualified subjective opinion but I do tend to think that the English club researchers above all other nations in the game & in particular those of the top teams can get a little carried away when assessing the PA of young players, the problem is that it is almost impossible to call people out on it.
The problem is that in FM the negative influences that prevent many players from reaching their early promise have very little impact, no one is saying NEVER, just less often.
That's not what I said, I never mentioned Xavi or Inestia
And you don't know if he'll be a good player or a World class player. The game has him as a -10, that's giving him a potential of between 170 and 200.
He in some games you start he'll be a world class player, and others he'll be a good player. Depending on where the roullette lands for him.
I think that's fair to give a young player playing for a top club in the world that in some Game Saves he'll be good and others he'll be very good and in others he'll be world class.
What's wrong with that? And there's nothing to say that he will ever reach that PA.
In regards to the comparison to Xavi or Inestia - I never mentioned them.
But now that you have, take a look at their career stats up to the age of 21 and then make a comparison to Ramsey's stats up to the age of 21.
Similar - aren't they...
What about Claude Makele - he played with Celta Vigo and was largely unknown until he signed for Real Madrid, at the age of 27. Then joining Chelsea for 16.5m at the age of 31. Undoubtly one of the best central midfielders of his generation.
He stood out in the Real Madrid side as one of the best in Spain - that's playing alongside Zinédine Zidane, Luís Figo, Raúl, Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos, Steve McManaman, and Guti.
Still not good enough reason to give a young player a high PA?
What about Forlan, Berbatov, Wright, Platt.
Tony Adams was 23 before he became an unstoppable force for Arsenal's defence.
Luca Toni?
Stanley Matthews?
ALL players who had the potential to become world class players - and did so fairly late in their careers.
There's no reason why a young player cannot have the potential to be the best player in the world.
There is nothing to say that Ramsey will not become the best player in the world in 4 or 5 years time.
And there's nothing to guarantee that he will - he could just as well turn out to be an average Joe.
And the game reflects this - by giving him a random PA of 170 - 200 at the start of each game.
Makele was unheralded in his early career because his abilities didn't fit with the style of play, there's a reason why the deep holding midfield role is referred to as the Makele role.
Ian Wright was passed by because he lacked discipline, once he grew up his talent for scoring goals came to the fore but he did get a lucky break in signing for Crystal Palace.
Forlan had an excellent record as soon as he left Manchester United & moved to more a more familiar culture, he wasn't too bad before the move to United either.
Berbatov was considered a very good talent in his early 20's, wiki has him scoring 16 goals in a season as a 20 year old at B.Leverkusen & he managed the feat twice at Sofia as a scrawny teenager, definite late bloomer there.
Tony Adams was at the time the youngest ever captain of Arsenal so hardly a late bloomer.
Luca Toni? You're having a laugh.
Stanley Matthews & I assume you're referring to Puskas, both true legends of the game & are players from a very different era which is exemplified by the fact Matthews was still playing at the age of 50, neither however were late bloomers.
btw I don't disagree that some players reach the top tier of the game later in their careers, you just picked some really, really bad examples.
I will give you David Platt as a fairly good example although I do not think he was that old in 1990 & is a better examlpe of one club missing his talent at a young age.
Last edited by Barside; 12-05-2012 at 17:31. Reason: wiki stat check
Some players reach the top of their game, some do it early, some do it late, some do it for a small span of their career.
Like Ronaldinho, clearly one of the best players ever, until he suddenly stopped being great before he even turned 30.
The whole point was - some players who were not really on peoples radars, either young, or later on in their careers, suddenly were at the top of the world of footballers.
Luca Toni isn't a joke. He was a fairly average Serie A striker until 2004, when his goal tallies then skyrocketed to 30 in 47, 21 in 36, 33 in 42 and 16 in 29, earning him a move to Bayern Munich, where he scored 39 in 46. If that isn't a late-bloomer, then I don't know what it is.
The reason I scoffed at Luca Toni is that Italian clubs have a history of holding back their youth players, unless you're a truly prodigious talent the chances of breaking into a Serie A side before you're 23/24 was & still is quite low.
Sorry if I misunderstood the context of what you wrote although most of the players you mentioned were at the top of their game for their entire career.
Last edited by Barside; 12-05-2012 at 17:43.
He never was at a big club as a youngster.
Still though Luca Toni is a good example.
Stanley Mathews didn't win his first major honours until 1953 - when he was 38.
FWA Footballer of the Year: 1948, 1963
European Footballer of the Year: 1956
That's extremely late in your career to be winning world best players awards.
We'll agree to disagree on Luca Toni.
Wiki update: Matthews was the first ever winner of the European Footballer of the Year & Football Writer's Footballer of the Year awards, talk about trying to portray the facts in a way to suit your position & of course his lack of winners medals is largely down to the way people approached a career in football before the 1960's.
Last edited by Barside; 12-05-2012 at 17:53.
But still. It's a good point.
Who knows, Ramsey could have a career of average unrecognised ability and when he hits 30's he might get an award who knows.
He might not ever get a balon d'or or writers players of the year or anything.
But he certainly has the potential to.
Last edited by Smurf; 12-05-2012 at 18:29.
I guess my reason for scoffing, much like your post about him being an average Serie A player prior to 2004 was off base in terms of Luca Toni, might be a better example than I initially gave credit for, possibly similar to Ian Wright were the talent was there but the attitude was not right.
But you seem, most of you to be missing the point. What, in all honesty, have we seen in Ramsey that would lead anyone to believe that he has the potential to become the very best, the absolute best, player in the world? That is what a -10 PA is for. I mentioned Xavi & Iniesta as they are the benchmark. They are the best midfielders in the world right now.
A -10 is, or at least should be, reserved for a player that has the potential to be the best player in the world. I don't see how anyone can argue that Ramsey has ever shown that potential. He never has. He played a year in the championship championship and has then spent the large parts of his career out injured.
All the players you have listed, should any of them ever have been given a -10? Platt, Berbatov, Adams etc, all good players, perhaps even great players. None of them, not one, could or would be classed as potentially the best player in the world.
By the time Xavi was 21 he had already played 97 league games for Barcelona and had played in the Olympics and the World cup.
Iniesta had played 87 league games and was the best player for the spannish under-16 team that won the European championship. He also played for the under-19 tournament a year later. He was also in the Spain full squad at the world cup at 21.
So tell me how he has exhibited simlar stats please?
He has shown no evidence of having the potential to be the very best. He should go onto become a good, perhaps even a very good player (baring injury and illness), but not the best.
I don't know about goals or assists or whatever
Or perhaps at some point that something didn't click in Luca Toni's career to make him the best player in Italy?
There's a difference of becoming a good player, a very good player, a world class player, and a legend.
A lot of people I mentioned never went down as legends. Some did though. And those who did, were kinda late to the party.
So who knows what Ramsey has to offer? Perhaps we'll see a 170 or a 200 PA in reality.
But for now, we have no way to tell. He's definitely not an average player. He's got something.
In your opinion.
You're comparison to Xavi and Ramsey is insane. It's like comparing Mozart to Handel.
Players of different generations, skills and style.
Look - I doubt after such late start to their careers that either Wright or Platt actually reached their potential.
I reckon I took them a long time to reach their peak, which in my view would be around 180 in FM terms.
But it wasn't until they were 23/24 that they reached their CA of this value (in FM terms). And was unlikely given their development to reach their true potential.
Ramsey, he's just one player in the game.
I just know that some players are known more for their performances than they are for their goals or assists.
Like Xavi and Iniesta, a fine example. But they didn't play regualarly until they were 21.
Ramsey is at that age now. He might not get goals, or assists. But he MIGHT be as good as Xavi or Iniesta.
I'm not saying he will. But the game doesn't either.
Some players reach potential, some don't. Some have a high Potential that they never reach.
Okay, so David Platt and Ian Wright were better than:
Paolo Maldini
Roberto Baggio
Oliver Kahn
Dennis Bergkamp
Zinedine Zidane
If that is what you are saying, well, I think I know how you can come to the conclusion that Ramsey should be a -10.
Left back
Will Ramsey be better than Zindane???
Who knows?
By 21 Zidane had
League 91 appearances and 17 goals.
I can't get a list of assists or match ratings.
Iniesta Born: 1984
League Appearances
2002–03 6 Apps
2003–04 11 Apps
2004–05 37 Apps
Go for it. It's likely we'll disagree. It's like you saying you like one set of music, and I don't.
It's not that you're wrong. It's just I don't agree with your taste in music. I'd never tell anyone their music choice was crap. I'd just say "It's not for me".
But we'd likely agree on some songs.
I don't think Ramsey is very likely to be a genuine great like Xavi. There is a small possibility, but more likely he'll just be very, very good. I like negative PAs because they give a range of possible PAs, I'd like it even more if the likes of Ramsey were more likely to receive a PA at the low end of their range, and if players were less likely to come close to their PAs.
When Van Persie was Ramsey's age, did anyone think he'd be the second best striker in the world? Not counting Ronaldo as he is still more of a winger. Maybe some people did, but he was largely overshadowed by Arsenal's other attacking players, aside from one brilliant goal against Charlton. Maybe he had a 1/20 chance of being as good as he is now, maybe 1/10, maybe even 1/5. He made it. For that reason, I'd like talented players like Ramsey but also others around the world to have the chance to become 180-ish players rather than have a PA set in the 160s or 170s. The problem now is that as well as the system not being ideal, Ramsey is the exception rather than the rule.
Last edited by SCIAG; 12-05-2012 at 21:56. Reason: Added quote
Eugene, can I point out that David Platt was playing Division 1 football by the time he was 21, this was after his spell at Crewe following his release from Manchester United, he was hardly late in getting to the top tier of English football & you need to get past the myth that he was rescued after a decade on the football scrapheap.
Also & this is aimed at both you & davehanson, since when did the definition of a players ability boil down to their stats? As has been mentioned in the Moneyball thread football is probably one of the least stat friendly sports out there & all this comparing of player X at 21 to player Y at 21 based on goals/appearances is if I'm honest quite laughable.
Ramsey has bags of natural talent but a -10 PA player? Nope, -9 at best & even then I'm probably being rather generous.
Last edited by Barside; 12-05-2012 at 22:03.
All we have is a player stats. Appearances is really what I'm getting at. Nobody knew Iniesta or Xavi would be top players. But Ramsey has played roughly identical if not more league games than them. Ramsey might be a world class player, he might not. All I know is he's playing for a top team at Arsenal.
Why not a -10? What makes you say that. Maybe his performances in the next few years will change that up or down or whatever. But for now, he's doing as well "statiscally" as Xavi and Iniesta.
Can I point out - I don't think he'll be a world class player. Or better than Xavi or Iniesta. But I don't see why potentially he cannot be?
There's a small possibility that a player was going to be as good as Pele but it happened.
Can't you see - some players excel way past their expectations sometimes.
Why can't Ramsey?
And he has NOT got the potential to be better than Messi in EVERY game. He has a PA of -10 which is between 170 and 200.
No surprise Messi is 199.
In every save, Ramsey will not be better or have the potential to be better than Xavi, Iniesta, or Messi.
Only in some saves.
You ask why can't Ramsey? I would say I have seen nothing of him in an Arsenal shirt that would justify him having the potential to be a great player. I have seen honest, solid play, and based on that I would say his ability will lead him to become someone like Carrick/Milner/Parker. I would also say he has got so many games due to Arsenal's lack of options in central midfield.
I always thought that 150 was the mark of an excellent top division player, giving someone a 170-200 range pretty much guarantees that they will be a world class player in FM, with a -10 he's pretty much nailed on to be a 176-194 player as he is equally unlikely to be a 170-175 as he is to be a 195+
Last edited by Barside; 12-05-2012 at 22:14.
Nope - giving them a PA of 170-200 means they can make it to that mark.
It doesn't mean they will.
Carrick imo had the potential. But he never reached it.
Milner, same
Parker. Ha.
Ramesy is better than all 3 put together.
I'm not an Arsenal fan. I'm not English and I'm not Welsh. I'm not biased.
Parker who has captained England and Spurs, and been bloody good for both.
Milner hasn't been great this year I'll admit. But, then you said Wright was the best player of his generation when he didn't start at Arsenal til he was what? Milner is only 25 so going by that he could have a PA of 200 as well? Don't see why not.
I've not heard one iota that would sway why Ramsey does not deserve a decent PA in FM12?
Not one iota.
I've defended to the hilt, examples of players, from 1915 - Present day.
Please give some evidence to WHY he shouldn't have a high PA?
Carrick? Sweet jeebus. Part-time footballer
Parker? Once captained England under a dismal time for England, no manager, and a part-time manager afraid to pick a real captain.
31 years of age - 11 caps - JOKE
Milner started playing at top level when he was 16! At the time he was heralded as the next best thing. Far from where Wright or PLatt started.
Carrick is a part time footballer
Platt stated his carrer late in the lower divisions (he spent 3 years outside the top flight BEFORE he was 21. He made his England debut at 21/22)
Platt and Ian Wright were the best footballers (in their respective positions) of their generation.
Anything I have left out?
You ask why can't Ramsey? I would say I have seen nothing of him in an Arsenal shirt that would justify him having the potential to be a great player. I have seen honest, solid play, and based on that I would say his ability will lead him to become someone like Carrick/Milner/Parker. I would also say he has got so many games due to Arsenal's lack of options in central midfield.
Tell me what you see in Ramsey that leads you to believe he will be world class.
I already said why he has the ability.
He has already played the same amount of games for Arsenal as Xavi and Iniesta has played for Barca, by the age of 21.
Fact he keeps getting picked? Because he's good?
I've said this already.
AGAIN, not heard why you think he's not good enough?
But sounds very similar to Ramsey.
He shouldn't have a -10 because other players of similar ability do not have -10. In my opinion either Ramsey doesn't get it or a load of other players are given -10 to match him.
Walcott & Pele placed together in context, Walcott is a one trick pony who will be no better that Shaun Wright-Phillips who himself is a very, very lucky boy.
Jack Wilshere, Phil Jones and Danny Welbeck. That's just in the EPL, I am sure there are many more across Europe, do you think Ramsey is the most talented player under 21 in the game?
Personally I would give Ramsey a -9.
But it is. And Ramseys PA is set at -10.
But only for a few more months. If someone thinks it shouldn't be then it should be brought up in the Date forums.
But for now - he has a good potential.
It's only for a few more months. New game arrives November/December.
Bring up issues with players in Data forums. But I've not heard a solid argument to why his PA should be lowered.
Or why other players PA's should be hired.
I asked you first.
It doesn't matter how his appearance statistics compare to players of 5, 10 or 50 years ago, it's about how he compares to his peers today & on that front he is overrated by FM.
If you're insistent on comparing past with present how strong was the Arsenal midfield this season in comparison to the Barcelona midfield that Xavi & Iniesta broke into?
As you're using match appearances then you need to consider the standard of players at the Catalan club compared to the pool Arsene has to choose from.
Is that a fact?
As I say - there's not really much you can do about it now for the game. There are no more patches.
The best thing to do is bring it up in the Data thread.
I don't agree that he should be hamstrung into a career of a mediocre footballer.
I personally think he has what it takes to be the best. But that's my opinion.
And I do hope they introduce a new for youth players to be evaluated.
Opportunity for their PA to grow. It's not right it's "set".
Or their pa to shrink!
I see the difference, but I don't see the facts. I see your interpreations of the facts.
I suspect a lot of youth players got their chance by lack of other options.


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This company is like a blockbuster movie, lights, action, and drama. There is no other tech company out there like Apple that keep their consumers wanting more. I don't see multiple books about Intel, but there is always an new plot on Apple.
I really wish that Audible will record more books from Steven Levy, like "Hackers." Please record this book. We are missing out one of the best tech titles in audio. I would pay 2 credits for Hackers without a doubt!
"What a remarkable experience. Thank you Mr. Levi."
Steven Levy should have allowed a more talented reader narrate his excellent journalism. I loved the book and plan to read all of Levi's work now.
"Not your typical Jobsian apotheosis"
Good thing it was written way back in the 90s (then updated, then updated some more). Had it been written today, it wouldn't have seen the light of day.
This is story of the real Apple, the real Steve Jobs, and the real origins of the ideas that have shaped the way we interact with technology. It credits the right people for the right things, and by this it does a great historical justice.
Must read for anyone who ever worked on, or interested in UX/UI, and computer-human interfaces in general.
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So I want to use one of the many
online printer photolabs to send my photos to and have them print them and send them back. What is the best way to make sure the colors I see on my monitor match what I get back from them? What am I up against? What is perhaps the biggest factor? White balance?
So I want to use one of the many
The biggest is color management by far. I use the term "photolab" instead of "online printing company."
You're up against a few factors:
Anyways, if I were to hazard a reason why a print would come back that doesn't match your monitor, it would probably be for the first one I mentioned, the remainder are highly unlikely to be problems for most digital images.
See if your printer uses ICC profiles, if they have calibrated their printers correctly and you use color management you should be able to embed a custom profile and they will match what you see.
As an example, WHCC has their color management guidelines in their faq.
These are their current guidelines:
Obviously this is one one printer, and they will each have their own specific methods of handling this issue, but most of the information is going to be similar to this.


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Cloud Cover Episode 48 - Node.js, Ruby, and Python in Windows Azure
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In this episode, Nathan Totten joins Steve as they discuss the Smarx Role, an easy way to run Node.js, Ruby, and Python in Windows Azure. Nate also shows off his Windows Azure CDN Helpers, which make optimizing your ASP.NET MVC application for caching static content like JavaScript and CSS a breeze.
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Chase Patrick lifts Seymour over Wilby
SEYMOUR — Greg Chase Patrick did not score a touchdown Friday night and he ran for just 37 yards. On numbers alone, it was a rather mundane night for the Seymour High sophomore.
Except for the fact that he might have been Seymour's most important player.
In the midst of a long drive that had the potential to seal a victory for the Wildcats against another set of Wildcats, those from Wilby High, Seymour lost usual running back Jimmy Vartelas to leg cramps.
Chase Patrick came off the bench to convert two huge third downs, keeping alive a drive that chewed up more than eight minutes in the fourth quarter and set up the game-sealing field goal in Seymour's 23-14 victory at DeBarber Field.
Chase Patrick turned in the most exceptional mundane performance possible.
"I didn't think I had it in me, to tell you the truth," he said. "It means the world to me. We needed to keep that drive going and I was able to get some big blocks from the offensive line and make them count."
Seymour (5-2) scored twice before five minutes had elapsed to start the game. But aside from one quick scoring drive in the second quarter, Seymour's offense went nowhere. It was Wilby (3-4) who controlled the middle portions of the game despite being without injured running back Jacob Thomas.
Quarterback Brandon Sierra picked up the running slack, rushing for 118 yards and a touchdown. Wilby was poised to take the lead early in the fourth quarter, looking at third-and-8 from the Seymour 13-yard line. Sierra's third-down run gained 5 yards and a fourth-down pass fell short.
Wilby didn't touch the ball again until just more than two minutes remained in the game. By then, Frank Marcucio had converted a 25-yard field goal that would have been good from 45 yards that put the game out of reach.
"That was a tough one," said Wilby coach Gino Capuano, whose team had a 61-yard Sierra touchdown run called back by a holding penalty, "but I'm so proud of these kids. We got behind 14-0 quickly but they didn't give up and gave us a chance to win the game. They did everything they could on the field. This is something we'll learn from."
Seymour coach Tom Lennon learned he has a more than viable second tailback in Chase Patrick, who was recently moved to the spot and also works at tight end. On the lengthy deciding drive, Chase Patrick riped off a 23-yard run on third-and-1 and soon after gained 5 yards on a third-and-2 play.
The 23-yard run came with Seymour sitting on its own 49. A punt there would have given Wilby a great deal more time to try to move down the field again. It never got the chance.
"Greg's shown spurts of that here and with the (junior varsity)," Lennon said. "He's a tough, hard-nosed football player. He got some good blocks and he made the right cuts. It was huge for us."
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7 Things From America That Are Insanely Popular Overseas
#3. Disney Comics In Europe
Even if you're a fan of Disney, or comics, you might not know that Disney publishes, for example, Donald Duck comics. That's because the readership of these comics in the U.S. is - and I'm giving a rough estimate here - zero.
It's bewildering that the actual home of Disneyland, Disney World, and the corporate headquarters of Disney, not to mention the native home of comic book nerds, has no interest in classic Disney character comic books, while more than one out of every four Norwegians reads Donald Duck & Co.
In this issue, Donald poops during a chess match.
It's not just Mickey and Donald, either. Some countries are really fixated on obscure Disney characters, like the Netherlands on the Big Bad Wolf (apparently from a Three Little Pigs cartoon I don't remember).
Other characters making their appearance in the Netherlands' weeklies include American cultural sensitivity hot potatoes Br'er Rabbit:
and Li'l Hiawatha:
and bit players like Scamp, who is apparently the son of Lady and the Tramp, from um, Lady and the Tramp.
Why isn't classic Disney popular in its homeland? Well, first of all, comic books in America aren't an all-ages product sold at the grocery store like they are in Europe, and second of all, due to being constantly bombarded with Disney marketing in the U.S., we've OD'd on classic Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, and can only see them as corny corporate mascots.
Which is why all attempts to bring them back here involve a ham-fisted attempt to make them "relevant," like the upcoming gritty Wii game (how did those words get together) Epic Mickey.
Hm, this might actually work though.
#2. Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties In China
In all of China's bloody history, from forced labor at the Great Wall to Tiananmen Square, nothing makes me more ashamed of my ancestral homeland than the fact that Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties was the highest grossing animated film of all time in China.
While not technically an animated film, I suppose there isn't a marketing category for part-animated part-live action abomination, so sure, lump it in with WALL-E and The Lion King (the one that Garfield beat for the record).
I wonder how my people can have such terrible taste, and then I see an old Chinese couple walking down the street wearing a bright green set of these.
So yeah. I guess that makes sense.
The other possibility is that Chinese people for some reason thought Garfield was porn. China's internet filtering software certainly seemed to think so.
So we see a Garfield poster at the box office and we think, "Someone's put a gun to Bill Murray's head again," but maybe Chinese moviegoers see it and think, "FORBIDDEN AMERICAN PORN!" That would explain a lot.
#1. David Hasselhoff In Germany
We had to mention the Hoff. Bring up the idea of oddly popular American exports and half the time people will say, "What, like Hasselhoff in Germany?"
After all, in the US David Hasselhoff is considered a washed-up punchline whose most recent film was his daughter's video of him eating a cheeseburger while completely drunk. However, in Germany, he somehow became a pop star, admired unironically for many years. So what's the deal?
First of all, Germans will try to downplay this, which is understandable, because it's embarrassing. If you try changing the subject to world wars, though, they might suddenly feel more comfortable talking about David Hasselhoff's inexplicable popularity in their country.
You know how embarrassed they get about Kaiser Wilhelm.
It all started in 1989. David Hasselhoff was the washed-up star of Knight Rider, a show in which he had played second fiddle to a talking car.
KITT was the real star of the show, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
He was trying to extend his fifteen minutes of fame by becoming a pop singer, and was touring Europe (the only place that he could promote himself as a pop singer without people screaming "bullshit!" and throwing batteries at the stage) when communism happened to start collapsing right in front of him. Showing more savvy than anyone would expect of David Hasselhoff, he rewrote a German pop song into the English-language song "Looking For Freedom," and sang it everywhere people were taking down communist dictator statues.
The pinnacle was a New Year's Eve concert at the fallen Berlin Wall, where, according to him, he reunited Germany by causing East Germans and West Germans to sing along with his song together.
That publicity probably gave him the leverage to return the floundering Baywatch to the air, where Europeans mistakenly thought he was the main attraction.
Ha ha.
Although Hasselhoff fever seems to be more a thing of the past now even in Germany, you have to consider there is no way he would have sold out concerts in America in the 90s, Baywatch or no Baywatch, and if he had attempted to start an inspirational singalong here near readily available chunks of broken masonry, it would probably not have turned out as positively as his 1989 Berlin Wall visit.
And really, is his success any more baffling than the fact that in the Ukrain one third of the households still watch Alf? That means it's more popular there than the NFL playoffs in America. Go figure.


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I used to use Nautilus in Ubuntu, but now use Dolpin in Kubuntu 12.04
I can't find the (full) search features in Dolphin, the 'find' for 'content' doesn't seem to work.
All I want to do is a recursive search through various folders, looking for a string in each file, and return the results
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From Africa to Civil War America to World War II, Historic Fort Steuben will cover a wide range of years and experiences during its annual Black History Month programs.
As part of the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, Historic Fort Steuben is again offering an exhibit dedicated to the issues, events and people involved in that momentous conflict.
Entitled "Civil War: The African American Experience," the exhibit includes informational panels and material describing the history of slavery and emancipation through the wartime years, the men from Ohio who served in the U.S. Colored Troops, the educators and leaders who worked with the emancipated slaves and the black men from Ohio who earned the Medal of Honor.
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Judy Bratten, Historic Fort Steuben director, left, and volunteer Genny Buck, right, prepare a display for Black History Month.
The exhibit will be on display Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. beginning Tuesday and continuing through Feb. 22 in the exhibit hall of the Fort Steuben Visitor Center.
"Black soldiers were not initially welcomed in the military, but when they finally were accepted, they served with distinction in a number of battles," explained Judy Bratten, executive director of Historic Fort Steuben. "The heroism exhibited by the 54th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers was memorably dramatized in the film Glory. Much less well-known are the stories of the civilians who worked with the military and the emancipated slaves who were thrown into a new world. We hope this exhibit will open a window into that tumultuous time."
The focus will shift to Africa for the 2013 Black History Month Film Festival, sponsored by Historic Fort Steuben and Labelle Neighbors Who Care on Feb. 16 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Entitled "Africa: What We Didn't Learn in School, and What You Don't See on TV," the featured films include a children's film - "Stories from the Black Tradition" - as well as an award-winning drama, "Sankofa," and a film on the contributions of Africans, "Hidden Colors." A Taste of Africa, a presentation by a guest speaker, and the announcement of the Black History Month Essay Contest winners also are on schedule for that day.
Organized by Asantewa Anyabwile and sponsored by the JFK Memorial Committee and Franciscan University of Steubenville, the Black History Month Essay Contest is open to students from grades one through 12 with cash prizes for winners and gift cards for all entrants.
Entry forms can be obtained on the website, www.oldfortsteuben.com/Essaycontestform.html or at the Fort Steuben Visitor Center. The deadline for entries is Feb. 11. For information on the Film Festival and Essay Contest, call (740) 346-9925.
Finally, Historic Fort Steuben will offer a tribute to the African-Americans who served in the Army Air Corps in World War II.
Called the Tuskegee Airmen because they received their training at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, these men served as pilots, navigators, bombardiers, instructors and maintenance staff and were essential to the war effort. On Feb. 22 at 3 p.m., Deborah Keith of Maryland will give a presentation on her uncles, Jerome and John "Ellis" Edwards, Steubenville natives who served in the prestigious corps. Ambrose Bolling of Weirton also will present information on some of the deeds of the airmen, several of whom are still alive.
All programs are at the Fort Steuben Visitor Center at 120 S. Third St., Steubenville, and are open to the public. Donations are welcome. For information call Historic Fort Steuben, 740-283-1787.


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This episode we don't have any major discussion topics but we do have two great guests to help us review the novel Honor Among Thieves.
- We were thrilled to have first time guest Shazbazzar from the Techno Retro Dads podcast.
- Returning for the first time since our 3rd episode we also have James Floyd from Club Jade and Big Shiny Robot.
- The Star Wars Bookworms book club is going strong and now has close to 90 members. Join us over at Goodreads.com.
- Teresa will be at Star Wars Weekends all weekends and Aaron will be there the weekend of May 23rd. Let us know if you are going. We would love to meet you!
- Is Legends a separate universe? Can it still fit? Our guests weigh in on how they will view the "Expanded Universe" going forward.
- The most thorough podcast review of Honor Among Thieves you will find anywhere! We talk about everything including Han's characterization, Scarlet Hark, colorful pirates and smugglers, one underused Wookiee, and Indiana Jones.


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I am starting to use virtual functions, and i am programming a simple text game, my question is this, if i have a virtual function called spec_abil with in a Super class called rpg_class. If you allow the player to class what class they want to play, say a mage class, a archer class, and a warrior class, which all have their own spec_abil function. How do you write it so that the program knows which one to use depending on the chosen class.
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It's automatic as long as you're calling the virtual method through a pointer or reference to your base class - that's the beauty of polymorphism! So to give a typical example using pointers, imagine you had these three classes:
The following example would automatically work:
And it works because the vector is storing pointers to the base class (i.e.
PS: You might also want to consider using a smart pointer such as
Declaring a method as virtual in a base class causes the compiler to introduce a hidden pointer into objects of this class (and its derived classes). This is the
You must be aware of how virtual methods work in order to use them safely. I recommend further reading, inclusing virtual destructors (very important).
Polymorphism can be exploited with or without pointers, using dynamically allocated objects or automatically cleaned up objects. References can be used instead of pointers:
Produces this output:
Caveat for beginners: beware the subtle differences in the use of pointers and references. Best to learn pointers exclusively first I would think.


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Grand Valley State University Women's Center
Women's Center Ambassadors: Feminist Leadership and Action
Students are a valued and important part of the Grand Valley State University Women's Center. Therefore, the Ambassador program was created to build a connection to students who want to further the mission of the Women's Center as well as their own leadership.
The Women's Center Ambassador program offers students who are interested in making a difference in the lives of women and girls, an opportunity to explore leadership through service, activism, and discussion.
The Ambassador program is based on a Feminist Leadership for Social Change curriculum with the goal of empowering women leaders through activism and community engagement!
Check out the 2010-2011 Ambassador Cohort's final service project: a video about what feminism means to them
Also check out GVSU Feminist Voices, the Women's Center blog. Ambassadors regularly write blog posts!
Learning Outcomes for students involved in the Ambassador Program
Ambassadors will…
- Explore feminist leadership as a model
- Design and lead service programs relevant to gender justice in the community
- Engage in leadership through presenting to the campus community about the Women's Center and gender-related issues, such as pay equity and body image
- Empower others to get involved in their communities
- Create social change through civic engagement
Ambassador Responsibilities - service learning, outreach and engagement:
- Attend bi-weekly meetings during the fall and winter semesters, participate in discussions
- Present when available to classes/student groups
- Lead/ co-lead several Day of Service Projects a semester
- Participate in tabling on behalf of the Women's Center
- Regularly post to the Ambassador blog
- Develop and present a session at Leadership Summit on a topic relevant to feminist Leadership
Ambassadors make a year-long commitment to the program. The ambassador curriculum includes relevant reading and presentations from community experts on topics related to leadership and gender equity and justice. Ambassadors meet for about 90 minutes every-other-week during the fall and winter semesters. Ambassadors are also asked to co-lead at least one Day of Service per semester and have the opportunity to represent the Women's Center at various campus events.
How to Get Involved
All ambassadors are required to fill out an application for involvement in the program. Applications are accepted at the beginning of each academic year.
Applications can be found in the Women's Center or by downloading it here. Applications for the 2015-2016 cohort are due Friday, September 18, 2015 by 5pm.
Kacie Kauzlick, a Grand Valley State University alumni and former ambassador, found the program to be invaluable.
Women's Center Ambassadors:
Feminist Leadership for Social Change!
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Walnut Anthracnose
|Circular, brown spots with yellow halos form on the undersides of leaflets as the leaves reach full size. Leaflets yellow, brown, and fall prematurely, leaving trees very bare by August. Tiny, brown fungal fruiting structures form mostly along leaf veins on the undersides of leaves.
|Gnomonia leptostyla
|It is thought that little actual damage occurs to the tree since most of the growth has occurred before the leaves fall. However, repeated severe defoliation gradually weakens the tree. Fertilize the tree well to maintain good vigor.
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With what we know about physics, is it possible that when the universe 'began', around when quarks and leptons were produced, another particle, which doesn't couple to either quarks, leptons or photons was also produced ? The only other way that we can observe its existence is via the effects of its gravitational field. In others words, some ''dark-matter-particle'' that doesn't interact with known forms of matter, except through gravity?
Yes, there have been suggestions that such particles exist, and an example is the sterile neutrino.
But your question is a little more involved than you might think at first sight. For example if the sterile neutrino only interacts through gravity what interaction caused it to be created in the first place? There is nothing in the Standard Model that could create such particles. However we expect that the Standard Model is a low energy approximation and as we work backwards in time towards the Big Bang and the energies get higher we'll need a grand unified theory like SO(10) and ultimately a quantum theory of gravity (which may or may not be String Theory). These contain interactions that can create particles like sterile neutrinos. However this remains a speculative area of Physics and at the moment we can't say definitely whether such particles exist or if they exist how they were created.
This answer is within the current physics and theoretical understanding, which has developed a successful formalism that includes all the experimentally seen particles in the Standard Model. The model has been very successful in predicting several new particles using its symmetry and mathematics, the experimental observation of the Higgs boson serving as perhaps the last point of validation.
This model does not include gravity and theorists are working hard to form a model that will encompass the standard model's $SU(3) \times SU(2) \times U(1)$ group structure, in more complicated models that include the quantization of gravity. String models promise to be able to do so but the theories have not advance to the point of proposing a solid model from the thousands of possibilities. Once such a model is proposed it can be checked on whether there exist predictions for particles that to first order interact only with the gravitational field.
There are proposals to see the results of graviton resonances at the LHC, and it might be that in some string model a first order stable or long living gravitation only particles will appear in the final formulation. Certainly though the particle would interact in higher orders with other particles within the standard formulations of the theory.
Let us clearly draw the line between two things here, since the question can easily involve opinion based answers, which may also be dubbed non-mainstream (which isn't welcome on this site).
1) The existence of dark matter is generally believed by a majority of the Physics community, since astronomical observations, notably by the Planck space observatory, suggest that visible matter makes up only $\sim 5 \%$ of the total mass energy of the universe. Most conveniently, that means that some matter isn't visible to us, hence we call it 'dark', and look at extensions of current theoretical frameworks to account for them, as John and Anna have mentioned in their answers.
However, there are alternatives, which are intended towards accounting for these observations without including any extra invisible matter, such as the Modified Newtonian Dynamics Approach. If this is proved correct with time, we won't need to worry about the dark-matter particles you are asking about. The final answer is really far off, since neither of these mentioned approaches can claim to be the final word on this subject.
2) Regarding ''Dark Matter Particles'', as dmckee mentions in a comment, one can't be absolutely sure as to how to look for them with the current set of theoretical understanding, yet I am aware of certain experimental groups having reported measurements relating to WIMPs, such as the widely popularized Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (SuperCDMS) experiment. The strategy here is to measure the recoil energy of a nucleus in a Nucleus-WIMP collision, which is more or less a direct detection as compared to the indirect method - analyzing the debris in WIMP decays or annihilations. They had reported some measurements, at roughly $3\sigma$ level, which are encouraging signs, though not conclusive yet. (An alternative reference can be found here ). (Sidenote - The trust level is a little higher than $3\sigma$; nobody believed the Higgs boson ''discovery'', till a $5\sigma$ measurement was reported.)
A completely consistent theory of their genesis, is an issue that can be settled only after we know for sure that they exist. Right now, neither the theoretical nor the experimental status of this problem can warrant that. Or worst case, if MoND works out fine, we may not even need them. Only time will tell.


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I don't care about downvotes but I don't want to see those comments on my questions especially because it's a public resource which were outstanding among other with its civilized educated community.
So, I think its obviously that those noise should be deleted. I cannot do it myself (at least yet) so I hope someone with correspondent authorities will read this post.
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Sunday, December 17, 2006
Are Money Managers Hedging Their Bets With The ProShares Ultra ETFs?
A unique feature of the Ultra ETFs is that they include separate trading instruments for long and short market exposure. By buying an inverse (short) ETF, a trader makes 2% when the underlying index falls by 1%. The non-inverse (long) Ultra ETF, of course, would rise 2% if the market rises by 1%.
Here are the symbols for the three most liquid Ultra ETFs:
NASDAQ 100: QLD (2x long); QID (2x short)
S&P 500: SSO (2x long); SDS (2x short)
Dow 30: DDM (2x long); DXD (2x short)
My initial idea was to compare volumes for the long vs. short Ultra ETFs to see if they functioned like call volume and put volume among options. In other words, by tracking participation in the Ultra ETFs, we might have a new sentiment indicator.
I'll save that idea for a later date, however. My first look suggested that something else is up with the Ultra ETFs: total volume. But not just all volume: volume in the inverse (short) ETFs. Check it out:
I went back to 7/13/06, which is when I show trading histories for the three Ultra ETFs above (N = 110 trading days). I then compared the average volumes for the ETFs for the first half of the sample and for the second half. Here's what I found:
NASDAQ long (QLD) volume: up 51%
NASDAQ short (QID) volume: up 217%
S&P 500 long (SSO) volume: up 15%
S&P 500 short (SDS) volume: up 69%
Dow 30 long (DDM) volume: down 29%
Dow 30 short (DXD) volume: up 88%
Clearly, we're seeing much more interest in the short product than the long one, an interesting finding in a rising market.
What's more is that this interest is correlated across the Ultra ETFs. I went back to November 1st, which is roughly when we first saw a burst of new volume in the short products, and correlated the daily volumes in the inverse Ultras. The correlation between the NASDAQ inverse volume (QID) and the S&P 500 inverse volume (SDS) was .60. The correlation between the NASDAQ inverse volume (QID) and the Dow inverse volume (DXD) was .87. The correlation between the S&P 500 inverse volume (SDS) and the Dow inverse volume (DXD) was .43. All are healthy, positive correlations. This suggests that when there is buying interest in one inverse ETF, there tends to be buying interest in the others.
Correlations in the daily volume of the long ETFs is also positive and significant: around .50-.60.
What are we to make of the growing interest in the inverse ETFs and the correlated volumes of all six of these Ultra ETFs?
My take is that they are being used as hedging devices by money managers. Many managers who have been buying stocks like banshees this fall have been hedging their bets with these Ultra inverse products. They are getting the best of both worlds: they can say that they participated in the rally and they can extend their stock ownership over longer (capital gains) periods, while at the same time hedging their general market risk.
Over the last five days of relative market strength, volume in the inverse NASDAQ product has exceeded volume in the long product by 5:1. Volume in the inverse S&P ETF has exceeded volume in the long product by over 3:1. There have been no dips in the ratios of short:long volumes in the Ultra ETFs as there have been among equity put/call options.
Bottom line: At least among some money managers, their bullishness may be a mile wide and an inch deep. At the same time they're buying stocks for year end gains, they're making sure their tails are covered. Other managers may be more selective in their bullishness, preferring specific issues, but protecting themselves from overall market risk. In any event, in the Ultra ETFs, we have an interesting tool for examining the behavior of these managers. As the market has broken to new highs, they've stepped up their participation in the inverse ETF market.
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- Wcw said...
Interesting again, but this time I feel you have an unsupported hypothesis. Let's check other data.
One, relative total volume. Of the three short ETFs, only the QQQ is showing real volume. QID's volumes are in the millions, the other two in the hundreds of thousands. This is the opposite of what you would expect under your mooted scenario. If "managers" were using them as "hedging devices" the volume would be in the manager bogey, the S&P.
Two, total volume versus futures. Per day in November, the CME traded 7000 full Nasdaq-100 contracts and 300,000 E-minis, representing $12 billion. Even at 4m shares a day, QID represents $0.4B notional QQQs. Again this is the opposite of what your hypothesis wants: comparable volume, not a vanishing fraction.
Three, efficiency. These ETFs are pathetically inefficient by comparison with futures. Every year they swallow 95bps of your cash, and pay out no interest. A short futures contract not only saves on expenses, but also pays out interest on your margin balance and bakes in a short rebate besides. A manager who lives and dies by his 100bps of alpha isn't about to cough up that much in expenses alone and give up his 5% short rebate besides.
I think the more reasonable hypothesis is that these names, especially QID, are attracting retail interest. Retail customers mostly don't have commodities accounts, and even E-minis aren't tiny at ~$36,000 notional each. Most retail investors are uncomfortable with options. Most retail investors are, however, comfortable with ETFs.
I think the increasing volume on these fish represents adoption by retail clients, and the relative volume should function as a sentiment indicator for same. Put it together with something like the ISEE, which in the options marketplace may represent sentiment by slightly more sophisticated clients, and maybe you'll have an interesting indicator.
A measure of institutional sentiment, though, I don't see.
- Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D. said...
Hi WCW,
You make good points. Of course, the volume in the ETFs nowhere near approaches the volume in the futures, and it would be silly to assume that *all* the hedging of money managers is being done in the ETFs.
BUT, the growth of inverse Ultra ETFs relative to the long Ultra ETFs does not at all match the equity put/call ratio data, which *are* sensitive to the sentiment of the retail customer.
I do think you're right in that it's inefficient to use these as longer-term hedging vehicles. If, however, one wanted to lock in gains to the end of the year, it strikes me that this would be one way to accomplish that purpose for an equity-only manager.
I was initially leaning toward the "adoption" notion you mention: that the growing volume represents increasing acceptance of the products by the trading public. But that doesn't account for the asymmetric growth of the inverse ETFs. The volume on those has grown much larger than the volume for the long ETFs--even though the products are young and total volume is not huge.
I appreciate your feedback and I may indeed revise my hypothesis about these products as more data come in. I just don't think retail traders are sophisticated enough to fade the markets' moves to new highs and concentrate their hedging on the highest beta index.
- Wcw said...
I see the asymmetry of the growth as an indication that the client base is retail. It is much harder to get short than to get long as a retail client. As a result, I would expect retail demand for digestible short products to swamp that for long products, which exist in a much more competitive arena.
However, it's quite possible your analysis is right and mine wrong. Perhaps there are enough managers whose mandates are restrictive but whose clients won't notice a short ETF slipping in and out of their portfolios to make for an institutional constituency.
What predictions do each make that we can check? In my scenario, I would expect volumes on these ETFs to rise until they saturate their markets, which should happen more quickly on the long side than the short. I would not expect year-end discontinuity, as you might see if managers took off their hedges as they close their calendar years. I would expect volumes to follow price, so increase if the Qs drop and dry up if they rally. A couple months more data will help.
- Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D. said...
Hi WCW,
Again you make good points. I may have another post on this topic later today. It strikes me that the term "money manager" might be too vague; perhaps I should have been more specific. I used the term generically because I did not want to single out hedge funds, investment banks, pension funds, or mutual funds. All of those institutions are too large to account for the volumes we're seeing in the Ultra ETFs.
Rather, there are many small money managers (brokerage firm advisers, financial planners) who invest people's money for them and who have an equity-only mandate. Their clients, rightly or wrongly, don't want their money in futures or options.
At least two of these managers that I know personally are using the ETFs on behalf of their clients, including for hedging purposes. I have heard of others doing the same in my online searches and conversations.
We could wonder if these represent "smart" or "dumb" money within the investment management world, but if they're attuned to hedging at market highs, they can't be too stupid. The retail traders right now are bullish, both in the surveys and in their put/call behavior. I would be very surprised if they're fading new index highs with these inverse ETFs.
I agree with you that volumes in these vehicles should continue to expand. That's been the history of successful ETFs--and I do think some of that expansion will come from retail traders.
It is the *asymmetric* expansion in the ETFs that are short the market--contrary to current retail investor sentiment--that has me curious. It does seem to me that such hedging would enable these smaller money managers to lock in annual gains, protect against market risk, and help achieve capital gains for their clients.
You're right that additional data should clarify the issues. I really appreciate your pushing me to think hard about these patterns. Thanks!
Excellent conversation here.
I have been keeping eye on these six ETF's for a couple months now. I've noted the volume rising too, but I just thought it was due to these products coming to the attention of the trading public. As a small active retail investor, if we do see some downward action I'd be more comfortable going long something like the qid (which eats a bp) than individual stocks.
Also, the word on the street is that Santa is bring me a copy of your new book.
Cheers I enjoy the blog.
- Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D. said...
Hi Mike,
Thanks for the comment, and please thank Santa for his support as well!
I was going to write another post about this, but maybe I'll just add my 2 cents worth here, building on a comment on the Commitments of Traders report sent to me by a perceptive reader.
IF you examine the COT data from the CFTC, you'll notice that around the market bottom in early July the "non commercial" participants in the market were net short the S&P emini futures. Throughout November and the first two readings in December, they have been net long.
The "commercials" were net short also early in July and have stayed net short in the S&P 500 eminis. Their ratio hasn't changed greatly during the market rise.
In the NASDAQ 100 eminis, the non-commercials were very short early in July at the market bottom and have been pretty evenly balanced long and short through November and December.
The commercials, however, were modestly long at the market bottom in July and have steadily added to their short positions. From July to early December, their long position barely budged, but their short position doubled.
This is the same pattern we're seeing in the Ultra ETFs: a ramping up of bearish volume as the market has risen--especially in the NASDAQ. And it's coming from the commercials, not the non-commercials.
It seems to me that these commercials--often thought of as "smart money"--are hedging their bets during this market rise, particularly in the NAZ.
- Trek said...
Hi brett,
As far as your swing trades, for instance if you're shorting the current market and expect to hold 1-5 days, do you use a stop loss? And if so what is an appropriate stop for trading the NQ eminis?
thank you for the wonderful blog.
- Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D. said...
Hi Trek,
Thanks for the comment. My current short position is not really a swing trade. I may hold it for awhile.
If, however, I view it as a swing trade, then my stop is already at breakeven given the market's afternoon decline. I certainly would be out if we moved above Friday's highs.
My target would be the recent support in the 1800 area on NQ. The reason I'm suggesting it might be more than a swing position is that I'm entertaining the idea that we could take out that whole support area and really get some selling. But I'll take it day by day and assess market strength/weakness before making that determination.
The important thing with any swing trade--and any trade--is to have a good risk/reward ratio. When a trade goes your way from the start, it gives you a free look at a possible big market move. If the market moves back to breakeven, you're out: that's the worst that can happen.
2006 was "The Year" for Chinese stocks. A seemingly unquenchable investor thirst for all things Chinese helped propel the Shanghai Composite Index to a 130% gain for the year, followed closely by the Hang Seng China Enterprise Index*. Even though we explained in the previous Chinavestor Newsletter (December 2006 issue) that Shanghai's stellar performance in 2006 is somewhat misleading because compilers of the Shanghai Composite Index include IPOs right from their debut day, giving the mainland index a regular and artificial boost, the triple digit gain is still remarkable. The interest in China spurred Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index to a 34% gain in 2006. The China Enterprise Index, which comprises major Chinese companies, or H-shares, such as PetroChina or China Life Insurance, nearly doubled in value.
Thanks to the composition of the Xinhua China 25 Index, which basically has the same components as the China Enterprise Index, U.S. investors could capture the stellar performance of the Chinese stock universe. FXI** nearly doubled its value, far outperforming the PGJ***, not to mention the Dow.
What do we expect in 2007? Will this trend continue? If so, how to get the best out of it?
First of all, investors have to realize that most of the spectacular index gains are attributed to large cap stocks. We expect to see their strong momentum to carry well into 2007. These large cap stocks make up the Hang Seng China Enterprise and the Xinhua China 25 Indexes composition and as a result, we think these will do well in 2007.
As we have previously argued, the Shanghai Composite is biased and artificially boosted the way IPOs are calculated into the index performance. With a strong IPO pipeline, Shanghai is expected to perform well in 2007 though not as spectacular as in 2006. Mega IPOs like ICBC's $20 billion plus are unlikely to occur as the banking sector went public by 2006.
If history can predict future, the Halter USX China Index (PGJ) will most likely underperform its ETF peer, FXI. We have always preferred FXI and have been vocal about it. Still, PGJ is expected to cheer investors alongside China's overall economic growth.
In addition, we expect the Hang Seng to beat the DJIA in 2007 again. The Hang Seng Index is fueled by a 29% annualized increase in industrial profits, not to mention China's economic expansion of over 10 percent in 2006. This marks the fourth straight double-digit annual gain.
Looking at these indexes from a historical perspective, the following chart is worth a million words.
The green line represents the China Enterprise Index known as H-shares (.HSCE), the orange stands for the Hang Seng (.HSI), the red for the DJIA (.DJI) and the blue for the Shanghai Composite (SHCOMP).
The chart reveals that the H-share Index far outperformed any other major benchmark over the last five years. In addition, Shanghai's 130% gain in 2006 helped it to surpass the DJIA and close in on the Hang Seng yet it is just in sync with the overall performance of those major indexes.
This chart suggests that gains of the Hang Seng and Shanghai Indexes are attributed mainly to companies making up for the H-share Index. Who are these mysterious H-shares?
Most foreign investors interested in China's companies prefer to trade H-shares, or mainland companies that list in Hong Kong, Shanghai and New York, and comply with international accounting and governance rules.
Companies from the H-share index that are listed both in Hong Kong and New York and thus are readily available for U.S. investors are: Aluminum Corp. of China (ACH) (2600.HK); China Life Insurance (LFC) (2628.HK); Guangshen Rail (GSH) (0525.HK); Huaneng Power (HNP) (0902.HK); PetroChina (PTR) (0857); Shanghai Petrochemical (SHI) (0338.HK); Sinopec Corp. (SNP) (0386.HK) and Yanzhou Coal (YZC) ((1171.HK).
The rest of the stocks, making up the H-share Index, are not listed in New York but include blue-chips like Bank of Communications (3328.HK), Bank of China (3988.HK), Datang Power (0991.HK) and China Shenhua (1088.HK) - just to name a few.
Still, investors can capture basically the same growth of the China Enterprise Index or H-shares and play the Chinese craze by investing in the ETF tracking the Xinhua China 25 Index: the FXI. As the following chart shows, there is extremely strong correlation between the performance of the H-share index (.HSCE) and the FXI. The chart tracks the FXI since its inception on 10/14/2004 along the H-share index.
Top ten stocks of FXI holdings are:
China Mobile 10.98%
PetroChina Co 8.81%
Bank of China Ltd 7.41%
China Life Ins. 7.33%
CNOOC Ltd 6.15%
BOC Hong Kong 4.22%
Sinopec 4.18%
Citic Pacific Ltd 4.15%
Ping An Ins. 4.05%
China Telecom 4.01%
The advantage of FXI over individual stocks is that since FXI represents 25 underlying stocks, it carries minimal company specific risk.
- Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D. said...
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Floating Panel
I have a panel which dissapeared when I set floating True.
When I set autorender and autoshow True, it pemanently show on screen on all views.
Is that a bug or some other setting that I need to specified?
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16 Jan 2013 7:28 PM #2
There are some issues with floating components at this time.
Previously reported here:
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MORGANTOWN - West Virginia coach Bob Huggins has used every adjective in the book and even some that aren't to describe his teams during the years.
"Soft" was never one of them.
But that's the way the coach was talking after Saturday's 67-57 loss to Oklahoma in the Mountaineers Big 12 opener at the Coliseum.
"The fact of the matter is, (the Sooners) just wanted to win to win more than we did," Huggins said. "They outrebounded us (40-39). We throw it close and come up empty. They throw it close and they score, get fouled, go to the line and make free throws."
The Mountaineers shot a paltry 30 percent (18 of 60) and had only seven two-point field goals. They did make 11 3-pointers, including six by freshman Terry Henderson, who led the way with 21 points.
But Huggins said games like that are still winnable. And then he offered an example, thinking back to his early days as WVU's coach when guys like Da'Sean Butler, Alex Ruoff, and Cam Thoroughman were in uniform.
He talked about a game at Old Miss where "it seemed like Ruoff missed a hundred shots in a row in the corner" and Da'Sean missed shots, he said. "But we rebounded. Then we went down and did a pretty good job guarding on the other end."
These Mountaineers did not.
With the help of those Henderson 3-pointers, West Virginia (7-6 overall, 0-1 Big 12) led 35-29 at halftime and pushed it as high as 12 three minutes into the second half before a collapse that has become customary with this team happened again.
"We're not really a good second-half team," Henderson said.
In the last 10 minutes of Saturday's game, West Virginia made just 3 of 13 shots, was outscored 23-9 , and was outrebounded 13-7. It coughed up what was left of that lead and wound up losing by two handfuls.
The last two minutes were even worse. With four possessions, they turned it over twice, missed two shots, and gave up one of four Oklahoma dunks. The Sooners had a 30-10 advantage in the paint as Deniz Kilicli (three points, six rebounds) and Aaric Murray (eight points, four rebounds) were mostly non-factors.
"I know they had five consecutive misses on first shots," Huggins said. "And I know they had five consecutive offensive rebounds. "They just outmanned us. They were just tougher on the glass than we were.
"It's my fault. I take total responsibility. It's my fault."
The Mountaineers held that six-point lead at halftime despite making only two two-point field goals. They were 9 of 19 beyond the arc, as Henderson hit five 3-pointers in a span of 6:15. He had 18 points at that point and was well on his way of obliterating his career high of 23. Instead, he didn't even reach it.
"Effort, focus, fatigue," were all things Henderson pointed to as issues for his mates, pretty much covering the entire spectrum of don't-dos. "It's very frustrating."
Romero Osby led the Sooners (10-3, 1-0) with 21 points. Steven Pledger added 12.


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Cohabitation is Less Problematic If Couple Engaged - 2012 (click here)
CDC Study
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) found that about 60% of all couples now cohabit before marriage. They also surveyed 20,000 married couples (now married 15 years later) who had cohabited (CDC Cohabitation Study, 2012). They found that if they were engaged and cohabiting, the divorce rate was the same as non-cohabiting couples.
The is the same finding we discovered using PREPARE/ENRICH data, where engaged cohabiting couples had about the same percentage of Vitalized couples (51%) compared to dating non-cohabiting couples (51%) or engaged non-cohabiting couples (60%). The most problematic group was dating cohabiting (not engaged) couples where only 21% were Vitalized and 48% were Conflicted.
Cohabitation and Relationship Quality in Dating and Engaged Couples - 2010 (click here)
Peter J. Larson & David H. Olson
In comparing dating couples living together versus apart, the differences were dramatic. Only 21% of the dating couples who are living together were Vitalized, compared with 51% of the dating couples who were not living together. Even more telling, 48% of the cohabiting daters were in the Conflicted range, compared with only 16% of those who were not living together.
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I do say, such a lapse of conversation could only mean we have taken up arms against those pesky apeish French again. If this is indeed not the case, then why good sirs has our noble conversation become so side-tracked? I would be ever so peeved if this thread were to sink into murky obscurity like a mere pleb.
I say chaps, buck up.
I say chaps, buck up.
I do concur with your statement and would also like to add that their is nothing worse than a smelly drunken French commoner. I do recall this one instant were my pet Siberian tiger and I were walking the streets of Paris scoffing at the commoners when all of a sudden a Silly drunken French man came up and was saying something in the silly French language. I then spouted the kill command for my Pudgums, the Tigers name mind you, and the poor boy didn't even want finish his dead body, I then laughed, but not in excess, for that is poor manners.
So in conclusion, when your walking your endangered large trained beast, always remember that they aren't partial to smelly drunk French presents, wot wot?


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processor: Intel® Core™2 Duo CPU E8500 @ 3.16GHz × 2 memory: 3,9 GiB graphics: GeForce GTX 460
Ubuntu 12.04 32-Bit fresh installed (previously 11.10 32-Bit) driver: NVIDIAs accelerated Driver (Version current-updates)
probelm: In Ubuntu 12.04 I have problems with the performance of the graphics (games for example: Volley Brwawl, Neverball, Beep and Minecraft), and effects of windows (always at minimize, maximize...) There are laggs at animations, and the laggs in games are extremely annoying. Problems occur only in Ubuntu 12.04, everything was good in 11.10. No Problems with YouTube videos, HD videos.
Is there a solution? BBecause I have found nothing here in the Forum and on Google. Or is an update coming soonfor driver or whatever? (This Bug is already registered in Launchpad.)
Thank you!