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My vote was 'met expectations.' I'll believe the $10B hedge fund story when I see it, but at the other end of the spectrum, being able to do DIY algorithmic trading, with all of the free resources is pretty amazing. I may give it a go with real money through Robinhood, if I can cook something up that makes any sense.
Definitely humbling that this field is just like any other. No money trees out there. You gotta know what you're doing.
Unfortunately, the Q business model is TBD, as far as I can tell. Q team, agree? Disagree?
Quantopian is my first foray into algorithmic trading. The fact that I can backtest for free is immensely addicting. I hope Quantopian sticks around for a few more years if not forever. I don't mind if everything falls behind a paywall except for the free backtesting.
If they stick with their business plan of a crowd-sourced hedge fund, I don't see how the paywall concept will work out. Who's going to pay to write candidate algos for a hedge fund? That would be a real coup. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Tom_Sawyer:
He skips school to swim and is made to whitewash the fence the next day as punishment. He cleverly persuades his friends to trade him small treasures for the privilege of doing his work.
For those who voted, THANKS!
I'll say that writing software for any purpose but trading is so much more fulfilling. When you're done -- it works. Whereas one could write hundreds of trading strategies and in the end, none of them work (believe me, I know). The allure of money squeezed from the market system through a strategy of your own design is a siren song difficult to escape. Sites like Quantopian make it sound like a simple tune played on a kazoo. It's not. Yeah, Grant, no money trees out there, no wailing willows or pines whispering their secrets.
Market Tech, spot on, I echo your sentiments. Many are called and few are chosen. Even those that are chosen are usually unceremoniously spat out unless they are very cautious.
"Trading" is a very dangerous word. The sukkers and new boys usually blow themselves up with leverage relying on the ever ahifting quicksands of back testing.
It has been going well for me, though I am perpetually frustrated by Python. I have taken quite a break from writing new algos since November, and while I may go back to it some time this spring, I am more enjoying learning Rust and writing my own infrastructure.
I don't particularly find other programming any more fulfilling -- it's all pretty satisfying. I look at systematic trading as a high-risk software startup that happens to have no customers. The end may be uncertain, but at least I won't spend the journey begging for SEO and languishing in some app store.
"...languishing in some app store." That's why I've been trying to convince the powers that be that going vertical is the only way out of "languishing."
Becoming YASA (yet another social app) is not at all appealing to me. Targeting some information channel that could use consensus information would be perfect. We'll see.
I will say, and it's surprising to me at this point, but Windows 10 Mobile may actually give Microsoft something to work with in the years to come.
Today almost to the day is my one year Quantopian user anniversary. For me when I discovered Quantopian it was a logical progression from my experiences swing and day trading a really neat avenue to test ideas that I've had that I've never been able to capitalize on due to barriers to entry (basically the extensive coding knowledge required as well as the difficulty and expense of good data). I came with a poor knowledge of C# I had taken one intro to C# class, and understood some of the basics of coding in C#. I was attracted by the allure of the Open and the potential of maybe one day being able win it. I had no knowledge of Python. I was able to learn by playing with the example algos, watching videos, and taking some free classes to learn. It was neat to watch myself becoming more and more competitive in the Open as my Python improved. To me the free flowing ideas and shared algos are invaluable. When I see a shared algo I like go through line by line and understand how it runs, many times learning new more efficient solutions to problems that I was maybe not optimally solving before (leverage, position tracking, position sizing). Considering my expectations were low (just something interesting I found on Reddit) when I first started using Quantopian I'd say they were defiantly exceeded. In addition I've improved my Python coding skill from nonexistent to about a working knowledge of Python and always improving. Also my knowledge of the market has increased immensely I think thing is due both from my own ideas which I tested, other peoples ideas which they posted, and reading every piece of literature that I can get my hands on in regards to trading strategy. In conclusion I'd say all in all I'd fail into the exceeded expectations category.
I am quite happy with how Quantopian has been evolving. It would have been impossible to an individual alone to write such a good infrastructure on their own (plus the data and the maintenance cost), so it's just amazing what we can use this platform for free. The choice of python+pandas is simply perfect and the Research environment is a must for any serious algorithm development.
The only problem is that once you choose Quantopian you are stuck with it: if you like to move your algorithms (and NBs) to another platform it doesn't come for free, it costs a lot of effort. Also, just because zipline is freely available doesn't means you can run your algorithms in your own server: you would need the data source and to write the broker integration and maybe a GUI if you like to speed up your development.
So periodically I ask myself if Quantopian goals are the same as mine to check if I want to keep investing my time in this platform. For example, Quantconnect chose another business model and they charge a fee for their platform. While this seems not so good, it actually means that the platform development is centered around users needs and the users needs dictate the platform development (e.g. many users want Forex so they got Forex support). In Quantopian is very different and so you might ask yourself what is the best choice for you. All in all, I still love Quantopian and the advantages are still far superior than using a different platform.
The short version of my thoughts: I lost interest as soon as I realized all they wanted was the same kind of stat arb currently being employed by most HFT shops.
Matt, you mean as opposed to ETF arbitrage or volatility term structure stuff etc etc, ie their focus on factor-based equity long-short?
As Simon has pointed out elsewhere, there is a misalignment with the kinds of algos individuals might write for investing their own money, and the institutional-grade, scalable algos that Q needs (presumably, someone has told them, show me X and I'll provide $Y of capital). So, the proposition becomes "Hey, come help us build this enterprise. We'll reward you. Maybe." Reaching out to universities seems like a smart move, in this context, since you have a pool of algo writers with generally no capital of their own and lots of time on their hands. And willing to work for free, just to get the experience, etc.
I have been delighted with Q, but then my agenda is different from most. Love Python, learning some excellent stuff, and don't care twopence about the Q hedge fund so.....erm....
We'll see how things play out, but if the hedge fund falls flat, then what? I have not heard any discussion of a Plan B.
But Grant, I just don't get it. What do you want from these guys? If Quantopian closes you still have the open source Zipline you can use to develop strategies in.
Or are you mostly wanting to get AUM from these guys? In which case it is not at all wise to rely on one source of funds. Its a real pain but if your object is to manage OPM surely there are other avenues open to you? For instance a direct approach to suitable hedge funds.
The Quantopian model is one particularly seductive form of financial pornography.
Last year, when the contest first launched the viral press, some through paid content, promoted headlines with "Finance novice beats hedge fund pros" and other such nonsense. The reality has been, the first three contest winners were stopped out at 10%, the next three winners are mixed and the performance of contestants became difficult to monitor with no new winner trading these past few months.
Remember, the contest winners were the best of the best leading me to wonder how poorly the average Quantopian user is performing. Certainly, Quantopian's partners at Interactive Brokers know. My guess would be the average Quantopian user loses money in excess of just forking it over to Vanguard in a 60/40 stock/bond allocation.
Enabling newcomers to financial markets to trade using algorithms is akin to putting a brightly colored night light in a socket where a baby crawls about. Although there is more light, the danger to the unsuspecting baby is immense.
Unplug the night light, listen to John Bogle and engage in areas of social finance that adds value to society. That way, you'll have something to show for the money you lose.
Hilarious Sally. I would not have put it quite as bluntly as that but you are right about novises and algos. Dead right. Curve fitting both the portfolio, and the parameters are the main danger of course. And then time frame tested - look at some of the insanely short test periods used here.
Most of these guys should start by reading Talebs Fooled by Randomness. God knows I have been fooled often enough myself.
Having said all of that algorithmic quantitative investment is the right way to go. Look at the history of weather forecasting.
AI will eventually win the day.
And when you mention Bogle let's not forget that index tracking IS quantitative investing. A form of trend following.
Sally - I beg to differ. To succeed here, one needs a combination of things: to find or invent a trading strategy; choose, or find or invent a method to choose, securities suitable for the strategy within the given one- or six-month time frame; have some luck with the market; and correctly implement the strategy in Python using the Quantopian API. Some users have more skills and experience one one side, some on the other, few on both. The Quantopian platform provides a good venue to improve, and the contest (and the hedge fund, for those who believe it will materialize before we die of old age) an incentive. Nothing here stops anybody from writing algorithms that "fork money over to Vanguard in a 60/40 stock/bond allocation". In fact, my first Quantopian algorithm bought and held the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI). It came in the top quartile in the May 2015 contest - #62 out of 436 entries. That encouraged me to write and submit a two-asset algo. My algorithms and skills evolved, until my latest one was ranked #3 a few days ago. (I used a year-old list of well-chosen stocks a friend had sent me; the rest is mine.) All without paying (much less losing) a single penny or farthing.
Quantopian, with Interactive Brokers and Robinhood, also provides an opportunity to lose real money fast. I hope those attracted by colored lights will get burnt, but not broken for life, and realize that it takes real, patient work over time, and some affinity for numerate sciences, to make money slowly, if at all. Then welcome to the learning-while-doing club.
Simon - not quite. What I mean is that by the contest's stated criteria, the only sorts of algorithms that are likely to win AND continue to be successful under the same criteria are the sort of mathematically complex, high frequency statistical arbitrage algorithms that are generally the purview of sophisticated quant shops. I personally believe that the likelihood of individuals "out-sciencing the scientists" is very low. Occasionally it will happen, but ask yourself if you would bet on it happening frequently? The professional shops will have more data, more people, more processing power, more experience, etc. Just "more better" across the board.
You don't compete with experts by just trying to be more expert-y.
Individual investors (quant driven or otherwise) ARE set up to outperform with a certain set of strategies and tactics. In order for individuals to be successful, they have to compete in ways that professional/institutional investors are UNABLE to compete for reasons which are behavioral, structural, regulatory, etc. Individual investors can take up larger positions in smaller stocks. Individuals can take up more concentrated positions in fewer stocks. Individuals don't have career risk (at least with respect to their investing) so they can stomach larger drawdowns as long as they remain confident in their strategy. Individuals can have long periods of "doing nothing" without their clients wondering "what the hell they're paying for". And so on.
It seems to me Quantopian could build a really interesting fund out of a collection of strategies which individual investors are likely to succeed with, and in doing so, get close to their stated fund objectives re: beta, drawdown, etc when all of those strategies are combined. But that doesn't seem to be what's going on. What's going on is that they're just asking us to be the amateur version of the experts (entirely because of the way in which the contest criteria are set), and I just don't see how that is ever going to work out well. If an institution wants a long/short factor driven model that scales well, is based on substantial research, is market neutral, etc, they can already go give their money to AQR (or whoever) and be done.
So as an individual, I am not particularly interested in investing my time playing a game that I am not set up to win.
Very well said, and a big part of the reason why I am not participating in the contests anymore; none of the algos that I am trading and researching would qualify (anymore).
I've been with Q a long time (since early 2012, when Fawce and Dan D. were fielding a lot of the help requests and active on the forum). I suppose that I was one of the relatively early beta users. I started with no Python experience (but some Fortran/C/C++/MATLAB) and no trading knowledge and experience. To date, my only real-money active trading has been with $100K of Quantopian's money, which I eventually drained to $90K. I also got invited to QuantCon 2015, which was incredibly cool, and the good attendance definitely gave the impression that Quantopian has momentum as an enterprise. It was a pleasure meeting many of the employees, as well. The upshot is that I have a connection, and I'd like to see them succeed. So, when it seems like there are poor moves, I tend to stir the pot a bit on the forum (and sometimes with direct e-mails).
I still don't get the Q fund concept, and tend to agree with Matt's comments above. Will Q and their money backers end up saying "Why didn't we just hire 20 of the best in the field, rather than trying this crowd-sourcing thing, which turned out to just be a global talent search anyway?" Seems like one could hire some decent talent for the $10's of millions put into Q so far.
Grant - Do you think Q "gets" the Q fund concept? That is the 10%-of-the-profit-on-$100,000 question.
I'm not sure what you're asking. The problem is that they are doing a "me too" move as a start-up, as I see it. They are going after existing markets, with existing ideas, it seems (as Matt points out, they are looking to compete with AQR and the like). What will be the unique offering?
Grant - I'm asking if, in your opinion, Q has a clear and well-defined idea of what it wants its hedge fund to be like.
Well, I don't know. I'll leave that question for the Q principals. Lots of white space for them to fill in on this forum.
With a stick as sharp and persistent as yours, Grant, I'd think the Q would be leaking by now... poke, poke.
My opinion is that quantopian has created a great backtesting tool that is definitely useful for majority of users.
I think what kind of got lost is that, the hedgefund industry is like really really fword competitive. A lot of what I want to do in quantopian just isnt possible yet given computing constraints and that imo is hurting the top contributors.
I'd say it has failed to meet my expectations. I was more interested in the backtester than in the hedge fund. I initially thought the trading engine was well designed (ie, model reality quite well), but then discovered arbitrary limitations (eg, skipping the first minute of every trading day, cancelling orders at 4 pm, can't handle market-on-open orders, can't make overnight decisions). They just don't make sense to me and since the backtester is also painfully slow, I've simply lost interest and moved on. Still checking the website from time to time though hoping to see improvements. Who knows!
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Aside from the hedge fund business model (which was not mentioned), I will credit Q for sticking to the ideas laid out in this blog post.
In the post, there is a flavor of collective effort, the little guy versus the Wall Street titans, the raised fist imagery and all. Counterculture, hacking, openness...you get the picture. I think Q has lost its way in this regard (if it was ever on this track to begin with). For example, it is just not cool to be basically asking for help in building their hedge fund business but not providing any substantive information (see https://www.quantopian.com/posts/quantopian-hedge-fund-hows-it-going). Also, with regard to the Robinhood integration, there was no information about how Q might profit from the relationship (and how it fits with the hedge fund business model, for that matter). And what do the stats look like for profitability of Q users, overall? Has there been any actual collective hacking of Wall Street?
What would constitute a "hacking of Wall Street"? Aren't those just buzz words? Marketing speak? Probably.
If I were to take on the task of hacking Wall Street today I would need access to the tick stream and the L2 book. Now, 10+ years ago being given access to free minutely data, both for back test and execution, would have been a stunning coup over the exchanges' draconian data plans. But today? Although it's still a value that cannot be sneezed at by the retail tinker, trader, SPY, it's not enough; not nearly enough to provide the basis for hacking the vampires who tank up at the blood bar of order flow ringing the exchanges.
In 2014 I visited a private hedge fund on the central East Coast. This group, run and owned by a "hands-on" guy, was, they alluded to, responsible for sometimes 10-25% of execution flow on the bottom of the R2k. They had every possible aspect of analysis and execution setup as a set of self referencing digital dials and levers. It was a brilliant basket ballet. They would seem to be the type of traders that the Q platform might be designed to hack. But hardly. That group probably had a 1/4 million man hours in their code. There would be no way to compete against such a team.
How else could Quantopian's cohort quantitatively combat, given the tools available?
Well, I guess you gotta start somewhere. Personally, if Q had launched with a complicated, specialized platform for professionals, I would never have gotten involved. I suppose there is always the possibility to do fancier stuff once they build up a following of quants who can write strategies that make money.
Very few startups have a clear idea of what their final business model will look like. For most, it is a journey. Quantopian are presumably building the tech with this view in mind, and of course, competitions garner interest and foster a growing community that is both great PR, great for networking, and a great source of ideas for the future. I think Quantopian is pretty cool, and have had some fun hacking around with the backtester, although ultimately we have built our own in-house one. Still, at the very least, I'll be keeping an eye on what goes on here. There are lots of ideas out there, but reading a 50 page academic paper for each one just isn't feasible (although Wes Gray's alpha architect is also a wonderful site for this!). With quantopian, you get an overview of the idea, backtest results on the data source, and even the code to replicate it, play around with it, and quickly understand some of the more tricky implementation issues. Basically, it is a fantastic platform for crowd sourcing a broad spectrum of investment ideas, and testing and tweaking your own. I do hope it is financially successful in the fullness of time.
I came to Quantopian with a few ideas and a solid understanding of Python and Pandas. After a few weeks, I threw in the towel. All I was doing was trying to understand the API, which I find hugely unwieldy. I never did get to test out my ideas.
I think there are a lot of good points made above...about the push for strategies that fit with an institutional investor and if these are appropriate for the individual. There is no discussion of stop losses, for example, which I imagine would be key for the individual wanting to preserve his capital.
Also, this "maybe, might" of you might make money with us if you write what we need really rubs me the wrong way. And, if they are also not teaching people what they need to know about managing their own trading (risk management, position sizing), that leads to a dangerous situation for people who would blindly throw their own money into an algo.
Lastly, I question anyone who is testing algos on only six years of data. For four of those, the market went up and the last two things have been flat. Really, I'd rather test on 2000 and 2008. So, for the newbie that comes here and see all those upward sloping graphs, well...
Anyway, just some thoughts on things that could be addressed.
I read through some of the earlier responses, and just thought I'd throw in my $00.02. As someone who has absolutely ZERO financial or programming background, Quantopian has met all of my expectations. I'm sure it's different for those of you who have a background in either programming or finance, but for me, the biggest draw is that every little bit of progress feels like an enormous achievement. I'm still on the level of only writing very basic algorithms, or modifying source code that has been copied from other backtests, but I've definitely been inspired to start learning more python on my own, independent of Quantopian, and to think more critically about the trades I make in real-life, and how my strategy could be converted into an algorithm.
As a side note, I'm currently trading an algorithm based on rebalancing ETFs based on a specified weight. It's nice avoiding robo-advisor fees!


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PGCE with QTS
A postgraduate certificate in education (PGCE) with qualified teacher status (QTS) will allow you to teach in state schools in England and may allow you to teach in other parts of the UK.
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About the course
This course will provide you with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and the option to study for a PGCE. Working closely with Bradford specialist staff in placement schools, you will gain the knowledge, skills and understanding needed to be a newly qualified teacher.
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- Written tasks which are designed to assess your written communication skills and your capacity to access higher level study.
- Face to face interview with a panel of School Leaders.
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You will work alongside highly experienced and effective teachers and mentors, who will provide expert advice and support. You will be introduced to your new role in stages. You will begin with observation and work with individual pupils and then with small groups. This will eventually lead to you teaching a full class.
Financial support
You may also be eligible for a loan while you study – note that you'll have to apply for undergraduate student finance.
Find out about financial support if you're from outside the UK.
You will need to have at least a GCSE grade C/4 in maths, science and English or equivalent.
You will need to have at least a 2:2 Honours degree.
Personal qualities
We are looking for excellent graduates who have enthusiasm, commitment and can offer inspiration to the young people in Bradford. Applicants should be able to work well as part of a team of highly professional staff in a successful environment. We want trainees to have a rapport with children, a passion for teaching their subject, and to have the ambition to become excellent teachers. Trainees need to be resilient, receptive to feedback, and be ready to work hard in a challenging but wonderfully rewarding profession.
Other requirements
If you are successful at interview stage, you will be made an offer of a training place subject to satisfactory enhanced DBS clearance.
About the training provider
We are a well-established multi-academy trust of 12 schools serving the communities of Bradford and Leeds. These consist of 6 secondary academies, 3 primaries, 2 all-through academies and 1 sixth form.
An integral part of the Dixons group is our Teaching Institute, which focuses on training, development and research, and our lead school, Dixons City Academy, has over 20 years experience in teacher training.
We offer state of the art teacher training at Dixons, drawing on current educational research. Over the last 3 years almost all of the School Direct trainees who successfully completed our course were awarded outstanding or good grades and entered teaching immediately. 72% secured NQT positions in Dixons schools.
At Dixons, we are committed to making a difference where it matters most. We work to improve the future for thousands of children in the parts of the north of England where young lives are adversely affected by social and educational disadvantage, and Dixons was included as one of four examples of best practice in the North of England for closing the gap for disadvantaged students.
We believe that every child, regardless of their background, should be able to fulfill their academic potential and go on to thrive amongst the demands and expectations of 21st century life. Dixons Teacher Training is making a difference for the young people of Bradford and Leeds and you could join us in shaping their lives.
Courses close at 12:00 on 15 July and no applications will be considered after this date.
About the accredited body
Bradford Birth to 19 School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) offers a different way of training to become a teacher. In school, you will learn by observing highly effective teachers and you will also receive regular and robust in-school training. You will be supported by a school mentor and they will support you in developing your subject knowledge and your pedagogy. You will be treated as a member of the school staff and someone the school is often looking to potentially employ. This route ensures you are working in your class from day one of the course.
Training with disabilities and other needs
We adhere to The Equality Act 2010 and Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001, which require teacher training providers to ensure they are not discriminating against applicants with disabilities or special educational needs (SEN).
All our schools value diversity and the unique contribution that all their staff and trainees bring.
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Rex Robinson | 9/9/2016, 9:41 a.m.
A Will County judge this week ruled that a referendum question aimed at restructuring the Joliet City Council will not be placed on the November ballot.
Will County Judge John Anderson late Wednesday said the referendum was "defective on its face" due to it calling for the redistricting plan to happen before a map of the new districts could be drawn.
The referendum proposed by the Concerned Citizens of Joliet group included a question for voters as to whether the city of Joliet should cease to elect council members at-large and instead draw eight districts with only one council member to be elected from each district and the mayor continued to be elected at-large.
The problem came in the dates for everything to happen. According to the referendum proposal, if approved the city would need to redraw the council map to reflect eight districts by December 2017. It further called for the council structure to be in place by the April 2017 election. Candidates, however, can start taking out petitions to run for office later this month. Those candidates would start the process of running for seats not knowing whether the referendum would eliminate the office they were seeking to fill.
Anderson's ruling on the matter came as a disappointment to organizers of the Concerned Citizens of Joliet group.
Maria Rosas-Urbano, defendant in the case, said she and other organizers are now regrouping and deciding their next step.
"Right now, we're disappointed with the decision made by the judge after more than 5,000 residents signed the petition to put the referendum on the ballot."
Rosas-Urbano added that she is confident she and others are doing the right thing by pursuing better city council representation for all Joliet residents.
"Joliet is not the same city that it was 50 years ago when this system of government was first put in place," she said.
Rosas-Urbano said she and other organizers from the group will continue to work for change. An election is right around the corner and she and others plan to make sure people know the issues and take part in the political process.
"We want to make sure people get out and vote, strive for a better government and know that democracy does work if you get out and vote," she said.
Rosas-Urbano said too many people in Joliet are disenfranchised and things need to be changed.
It remains to be seen whether the group will begin circulating petitions again for another referendum proposal.
"I'm not at liberty to completely discuss what our next steps will be going forward," Rosas-Urbano said.
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"Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow." –Doxology
I have started to speak Gratitude lately. It takes some work but once you get rolling, it's really a thrilling language. You notice things that would go unnoticed in your native tongue. Here is my list for this week:
0016. Guacamole. Freshly made, especially when it has that crazy cheese sprinkled on top (what is that stuff and where can I get it?).
0017. Big fluffy clouds rimmed with sunshine after a rain.
0018. Spaghetti, garlic bread, and salad. My favorite meal.
0019. Twirling the spaghetti noodles on my fork. Challenging AND exciting.
0020. The zoo. Any zoo.
0021. Snake plants and spider plants. I don't know what their official names are, but pretty much any house plant that can survive without water for a long period of time is my friend.
0022. Old playgrounds with extremely dangerous and unique equipment. Sure, you might break your arm, but spinning tetertotters shaped like giraffes make it so worth it, right?
0023. My two year old, who gives loud, smacking kisses emphasised with a "MWAH!" and mutters "I can do it" under his breath as he goes through his day, tackling tall chairs and impossibly high light switches.
0024. Babies who proudly display bits of rice puffs on their chin while eating. A rice puff goatee never goes out of style.
0025. Family stories you have heard told a million times ("the day you were born…").
0026. Family stories you have heard for the first time ("You had an Uncle named Tack…").
0027. People who name their son "Tack".
0028. Explaining why snails are slimy. I don't know exactly why. The fact is God made them slimy for His own pleasure, and I like to think he had a good laugh about it. I would actually like snails, with their searching, blind-looking antennae and their easy to grasp, non-slimy shells. But, they eat my flowers, so…they don't make the list.
0029. Snails. I changed my mind, they make the list. I'm thankful to have a complex love/hate relationship with snails…it's those little things that make life rich and full.
0030. The smell of clay. It smells like deep earth and Tolkien waters. I feel close to hobbits when I smell it.
0031. Spellcheck. Even though it tries to embarrass me by ignoring the fact that I wrote 'worm' instead of 'warm'.
0032. Typewriters. They smell like oil and ink, their rhythmic sound is comforting and thrilling, and they get nice and warm after being on for a time. They used to be mundane, but now they are rare, like rotary phones. Also, they don't have spell check, so you can only blame yourself for spelling errors and mistypes. Accountability!
0033. Rotary phones. You could stick a crayon in the holes to dial, they made a nice whirring sound to confirm your intentions, and the cord was fun to wrap around your fingers.
0034. Messages in bottles. When I was young, I truly believed there was one on every beach. Let's all throw one out to sea this week!
"Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow" James 1:17
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by Su Meck, with Daniel de Visé (Simon and Schuster 2014)
In 1988, when the author was 22 years old, living in Fort Worth with her husband and two sons, aged two and six months, a ceiling fan fell on her in a freak accident, leaving her brain damaged for life. All of her episodic memories (memories of things that happened) and most of her procedural memories (knowledge of how to do things, like brush her hair and read) were wiped out when that fan hit her. Even her ability to form new memories was destroyed for many months, although as time passed, she was able to get a lot of that ability back. As a result, her remembered life begins at around age 23, but even at almost fifty, she is unable to remember as well as most people do. All of her childhood memories, what she learned in school, how to bring up her kids, her knowledge of interpersonal relationships, how to keep herself and her kids safe and healthy, the role of sex in a marriage–these were gone for Su Meck. To try and figure out who she was, she had to depend on others' memories of what she was like before the accident. Her husband had to teach her how to do everything, sometimes over and over again because she would forget.
Incredibly, Su was discharged from the hospital in a state of complete confusion and sent home to a husband and children she did not even recognize. It is a miracle that they all survived her massive incompetence! Even had she known how to take care of herself and her children when her husband was working, she suffered "lightning" events in which she would collapse and spend several minutes unconscious of her surroundings. Her little boys quickly learned to take these episodes in stride and to call 911 when necessary. She admits that she must have left them unsupervised often. Somehow, they did not succumb to accidents or bad luck. Maybe little children are capable of more than we realize. Hers certainly stepped up and took over the adult roles when she could not. As she says, she and her three children (a daughter joined the boys in 1992) grew up together. For instance, by "helping" them with their elementary school homework, she learned to read again, very slowly.
Meck's husband Jim was in some ways a model husband. Almost as young as Su at the time of the accident, he did what he could to get her cared for, and he stuck by her through thick and thin during the next 25 years. However, he was no saint. He had an abusive streak (he would call her stupid when she couldn't remember things or when she behaved inappropriately, and he suffered from a kind of temporary insanity during sleep when he would physically hurt his wife, knocking her head against the wall, hitting her and calling her names; she was too cowed to protect herself from his inexplicable night-time rages. She didn't realize that all marriages were not like hers. She was extremely dependent on Jim for everything–although as the years passed, he spent more time away, traveling for work, than he spent at home, leaving her to cope somehow. When they began to talk about the past for the book project, Jim actually realized, for the first time, how severely disabled Su was after the accident and how little she understood what was expected of her. She was somehow able to mimic other people's behavior so that they did not realize the extent of her disabilities, but in her own mind, she was always afraid she would be unmasked and humiliated.
Still, she eventually returned to college and completed her degree (her daughter, then 18, taught her study skills she had no idea about). In an unusual move, she shared her story with one of her professors, who urged her to speak out about her life; this eventually led to an article in the Washington Post, and Su learned to accept herself and to come out of the closet of shame in which she had spent over twenty years. It's a very inspiring story.
One thing I really enjoyed was that the Mecks lived for a time in Maryland, not far from where I live, and their daughter Kassidy was born in the same hospital where my daughter Vicki was born premature exactly one month later. Like me, Su Meck went into preterm labor three months before her due date, but she spent three months on complete bed-rest and somehow managed to avoid delivering the baby prematurely. This was what was supposed to happen in my case as well, but it didn't work out the same way. It is amazing to think that our stories almost came together at Georgetown University Medical Center back in 1992!


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Why China Will Never Have a Wall Street
In good times and bad, Chinese stock markets don't work. And that's just the way Beijing wants it.
As growth in the United States slows and many European countries head into negative territory, the eyes of the world's investors are on the next big shoe to drop: Will China, the recent engine of the global economy, fulfill its role of Great Eastern Hope by saving the world from another sharp recession? Given its track record, this concern might seem overdone: Commentators generally agree that China's economy will continue to grow between 5 and 8 percent a year, far higher than all other major economies. China's leaders, however, view the decline as a source of great concern — China's economic growth dropped to 7.6 percent year-on-year in the second quarter, its slowest rate in three years. Their claim to authority has been built on delivering double-digit growth rates that have transformed China into a global economic power; without such growth they see a threat to their "Mandate of Heaven."
Many analysts both inside China and out see this slowdown continuing and argue that China's development model should shift away from its heavy emphasis on investment and exports to one based more on domestic consumption. Over the past three years China splurged on a decade's worth of infrastructure projects; the country won't need any more roads, airports, trains and bridges for a long time. So as global demand for China's exports slows and such investment projects are finished, the best hope for continued growth is stimulating the Chinese consumer. The poor performance of the country's stock markets supports such an argument, suggesting why a new development direction is needed and also shedding light on some of the difficulties such a transition would face.
Since 1992, the MSCI China Index, the most broadly referenced indicator of Chinese market performance, is down over 40 percent, while the Shanghai Composite Index has risen only a meager 180 percent. During the same period, China's GDP has rocketed 1,700 percent. This suggests that China's listed companies have not been significant drivers of the country's fantastic growth, and that the capital they have received from investors — some $950 billion from the Hong Kong and domestic markets over the last 20 years — has been seriously misallocated.
The underperformance of China's listed companies is a direct consequence of Beijing's deliberately awkward adaptation of Western-style stock markets to a command-type economy. Despite the country's increasingly first-rate infrastructure and all the other trappings (bankers, investors, regulators, scandals) of development, China's markets only superficially resemble markets elsewhere. A market is where the ownership of a commodity or service is exchanged, not just where securities can be traded on a daily basis. Chinese stock markets do the latter extremely well, but have nothing to do with the exchange of ownership. At a fundamental level, China's markets do not price companies and their businesses because its listed companies are not for sale, and never have been. As Liu Hongru, the first head of the securities regulator and the godfather of China's markets, said in 1992, "The shareholding system is not privatization."
Beijing created its stock markets in the early 1990s because of concern with the poor performance of its state-owned enterprises (SOEs). During the 1980s, private enterprise growth far exceeded that of the SOEs. The government became convinced that adopting the Western capital markets model — diversifying ownership, creating clear corporate structures, and establishing professional legal and audit industries and strong market regulators — would improve SOE management and help them become more competitive both domestically and internationally.
What happened instead was that Beijing excluded non-state companies from the markets and required that absolute ownership control (at least 51 percent) of SOEs remain firmly in the state's hands. As a result, the stock markets have always been the near-exclusive preserve of the state and its own enterprises (the very recent opening in 2009 of the Shenzhen Exchange to private enterprises notwithstanding). This means that only a minority of a company's shares trade. The negative repercussions of this arrangement have reverberated far beyond the markets themselves.
Because the state dominates the markets (which it manages and regulates on behalf of companies it owns as the controlling investor), it can channel capital as it likes: An initial public offering (IPO) is fundamentally a bank loan from a state-controlled bank, not the result of a business owner selling a stake in his company to outside investors seeking the highest return on their capital, as we think of in the West. The Chinese government has used this control to create oligopolies and monopolies — the so-called national champions — run by high-ranking political appointees.
In real markets, companies' attempts to raise capital, as a result, can fail. Not in China! There the government literally sets the price of new shares based on how much funding it needs to raise, then directs other government-controlled entities to invest. Roughly 40 percent of the $9 billion raised in the Shanghai market for the July 2010 IPO of the Agricultural Bank of China, for instance came from other SOEs. This, combined with the more than $13 billion raised on the Hong Kong exchange, helped the bank's IPO to become on the face of it the largest in the history on any market globally. Another first for China
That's not how equity markets are supposed to work. Substituting the state for market forces eliminates the fundamental valuation function of the market, turning it into an arena for speculation where the value of a share reflects market liquidity and investor expectations driven by government policy and the latest rumor or suggestion of government intervention, subsidy, or stimulus. Faith in a business strategy, product innovation or the quality of corporate management is secondary to what investors think the government wants. As a result, China's investors, retail or institutional, lack the capacity to value companies: There is no need. Nor have China's investment banks (or, for that matter, the government) developed the core competency of analyzing a company and its industry as the basis for equity valuation. The likelihood that a Steve Jobs could raise significant amounts of capital in such markets would depend almost completely on his relationship with the government and not on his innovative vision. China's premier economist, Wu Jinglian, famously called China's stock markets "casinos" and a major source of "crony capitalism." If anything, he was too gentle.
Handicapped as they are by government intervention, China's markets nonetheless represent an important achievement and have played an important role in the country's transformation. Their existence as national markets mobilizing capital across the country, including Hong Kong, represents one of China's least-recognized triumphs of reform: Over its thousands of years of history, China has never had national markets of any kind. Markets in China, especially financial ones, have always been fragmented because the country itself was always fragmented despite its seeming unity. This is one of the reasons why, in the 1980s and 1990s, Chinese companies were small, uncompetitive and unknown. Now, 44 Chinese companies appear on the Fortune Global 500 list, and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China is currently the world's most valuable banking institution. These national champions could not have been created without the stock markets and international financial techniques.
China's exchanges have also given Beijing's reforms the veneer of a modern economy. The Shanghai Stock Exchange began with eight tiny companies in 1990 and now has more than 900; the top 10 companies command a market capitalization of $880 billion. And like markets everywhere they have seen incredible rallies and collapses. From 2005 to 2007 the Shanghai Index rallied from 1,000 points to over 6,000, and the daily traded value of shares surpassed that of all other Asian markets combined, before falling back to near 1,500 in 2008.
To truly reform these markets, the state must exit. China would have to open its markets to private domestic companies and foreign participants and allow the privatization of its SOEs, using a more sophisticated form of control while permitting a full float of company shares. This would create true market capacity for valuing companies, pricing capital and directing it towards those with the best economic returns. In turn, this would contribute to greater economic growth.
If the benefits are so obvious, why won't China reform its stock markets? The most basic reason is that there has never really been private property in China, except during the 1920s and 30s, when the country was colonized and governed by Western countries. Today's Chinese government, like those of the emperors before it, believes it owns everything. To allow genuine privatization would be tantamount to handing over vast swaths of the economy to foreigners, and the government — officially still socialist — would lose control domestically. For a group of men whose first instinct is to maintain control at any cost, this just can't be allowed to happen. Which is why we'd be very surprised if it did.


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Water Saturated Mineral Discovery and Why Earth Has So Much Water
Where did the Earth get so much water? Many believe that subterranean water emptied onto the surface after the breakup of the mid-ocean ridges. The volcanic gas released at these ridges also could have produced a large amount of rainfall. Scientists have discovered a water-saturated mineral that gives evidence of large amounts of water existing inside the Earth's mantle layer. A diamond found in Brazil contained a water-rich inclusion containing the mineral ringwoodite, which is a polymorph form of the mineral olivine. Polymorph minerals can be described as two or more minerals that contain the same chemical composition but differ in their atomic arrangement and crystal structure. Ringwoodite is a bright blue mineral which is only formed at high temperature and pressure inside the "transition zone," a layer between the upper and lower mantle layer of the Earth. Scientists Steve Jacobsen of Northwestern University and Brandon Schmandt of the University of New Mexico have discovered the mineral by using laboratory conditions and seismometers to study earthquake activity. The discovery was announced in June of 2014 and published in the journal Science. The water-saturated layer is believed to be located 400 miles below the Earth's surface inside the mantle layer. The scientists estimated that if only one percent of the mantle rock layer contained water that this layer would contain almost three times the water in the Earth's current oceans. Jacobsen produced laboratory conditions similar to the location inside the mantle layer and discovered evidence of partial melting, while Schmandt found a similar observation using seismic wave data. The existence of this water-saturated layer between the upper and lower mantle is a likely source of the Earth's oceans and give support for the description of the "springs of the great deep" opening up as described in the Book of Genesis.


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"Window shopping! Don't you just hate the term?
It is like going into a sweet shop and not being able to buy anything, or not knowing what to buy first. That is exactly my line of business, helping people make the right choice.
I'm one of those fashion consultants that are so popular nowadays amongst the upper crust, although I started ages ago. Choosing the right clothes for the right occasion is not an easy task: the dress has to match your personality and, if it can, enhance it.
This story is about how I abandoned the rat race, spending days in a legal office, and followed my dream of becoming a fashion consultant. I believe I'm something more though, I'm a Retail Therapist and I'm sure you are itching to know the story about how I started and how I helped my clients look fabulous! So, what are you waiting for? Hurry up, paste the "link" http://bit.ly/1RvQJYh (UK) or http://amzn.to/1LB9VlO (US) and click that button and be prepared to enter the mysterious world of a Berkshire Retail Therapist girl."
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19 Southdown Rd Huntington NY United States 11743
When I became a physician 24 years ago, I realized I had chosen the perfect profession. It is my calling to help preserve the health and well-being of others. Throughout every stage in life, it is imperative to maintain balance within the physical, mental and emotional body. As a physician, my goal is to not only diagnose and treat each patient, but also educate them on the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
After earning my medical degree overseas, I completed my residency at North Shore University Hospital.
For the past twelve years, I have practiced family medicine on Long Island. My extensive training along with my diverse education has helped me build a multi-cultural practice.
My practice is located in 19 Southdown Road, in the beautiful historic village of Huntington. If you are ready to live a healthier, balanced life, I am here to assist you.


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The Second Amendment is our defense against a tyrannical government. Even a cursory study of history shows us that just before freedoms and liberties are forcefully taken from a populace, the leaders take away the right to bear arms. The Second Amendment is our only way to protect all of our other rights. If the Second Amendment were repealed, we will have no ability to stop our government from taking away our freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom to vote, freedom against unreasonable searches and seizures, right to an attorney (if arrested), right to a trial of our peers, right to due process, and so much more.
For those reasons, I oppose any attempt to repeal the Second Amendment. I do support some controls such as limiting gun ownership to only adults, preventing people with certain mental illnesses from owning a gun, and so forth. I believe that the interests of the public and the interests of the individual need to be carefully balanced. In any situation where the right to own a gun has been denied, that person should be afforded due process and allowed to have his or her case heard by a judge, jury, or magistrate. I am against blanket denial of Constitutional Rights, including the repeal of any Constitutional Rights.


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We like to think we know a thing or two about sailing in the Mediterranean. Every year, thousands of our sailors spend their summers sailing from island to island soaking up all that these exciting waters have to offer.
There's a huge amount of people that like travelling in large groups and an equally large proportion that enjoy sailing as a couple. We've found that the latter category is rarely given the attention it deserves when it comes to tips and advice.
For many, the first decision to be made is whether to sail within a flotilla environment or to branch out with an independent yacht charter.
Often couples find that our flotilla yachts are better suited to them as it is sometimes harder to find smaller yachts available for charter. However, this is not always the case. Our Yacht Charter Division are great at hunting out yachts for all eventualities and know the best places to source yachts for two.
To get a feel for what to expect from an Independent Yacht Charter, take a look at our Saronic Islands video below...
When making the decision between flotilla and yacht charter there are a few things that you can weigh up to help you:
1. Do you hold a formal qualification? - in order to charter a yacht independently one person on board will need to hold a (minimum) of an RYA Day Skipper Practical certificate or an ICC (International Certificate of Competence).
2. Do you enjoy having a helping hand now and then? - on of the benefits of sailing as part of a flotilla is that the lead crew are on hand to help you should you need them. They will find mooring spots for you and also fix anything should it break. On an Independent Yacht Charter, you are very much the master of your own destiny, so you will be responsible for planning your route etc.
3. Would you like the chance to socialise in the evenings? - although are flotillas are by no means a "forced fun" environment, there is the opportunity socialise with fellow flotilla sailors in the evenings, should you wish. If you are craving some alone time with your other half, then an Independent Yacht Charter could be just what the doctor ordered.
4. Where would you like to sail? - our flotillas are based in Greece so if you are looking to explore other areas of the Mediterranean then a yacht charter is the one for you. We work with carefully selected suppliers across Croatia, Greece, Italy, Turkey and Spain to ensure that we provide a high-quality choice of yachts.
To read more about couples sailing in the Mediterranean and to see our top picks of yachts and sailing areas, click below!


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Ejectors are simple devices, having no moving parts, and depend on the variation in the geometry of their internal passages for producing vacuum.
The simplicity of construction in turn puts a critical emphasis on the technology and aerodynamic design of these devices.
Balanced emphasis on Theory and Experimental testing.
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Aerodynamics excellence and manufacturing expertize serve as cornerstones in providing a solid foundation to our Ejectors Systems and Solutions.


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