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If I am correct, then the only alternative that I can think of for sharing some resource between JVM's is through an external mechanism, such as a directory server accessed through JNDI, or a Database, or a file that would be available for all the servers.
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I closed yesterday's Proshares Inverse ETFs trade earlier today. Here are my impressions about them:
They are in sum better than mutual funds and their end of day closing prices; They are not nearly as useful as the Qs, Diamonds or Spyders. With the uptick rule exmption for ETFs, I am hard pressed to see why you would want to use these outside of retirement / tax deferred accounts.
First off, they are are rather illiquid; you couldn't do a 10,000 share order easily.
Next, they trade with a fat 5 to 10 cent spread. The Qs are liquid as all hell, and if you could trade between the penny spread, I'd bet you would get executed.
3rd, there is an odd delay on the PSQs (Inverse Qs) relative to the markets. I got out within a nickel of the highs, and the market had long since reversed off the day's lows. Thats a weirdness that will likely get corrected by some arbitrage relative to the index futures (theres some free money for someone right there). Indeed, the Nasdaq was briefly positive, and these were still up for the day.
Bottom line: A good product for hedging in accounts that either cannot short or use options; they are also superior to mutual funds, but inferior to shorting traditional ETFs.
UPDATE 2: July 13, 2006 1:28 pm
The Ultra Short ETFs are now out:
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29 Responses to "Closed the Proshares Trade"
nice trade
Agreed – I trade a trust account sometimes and this "short" would work where – trusts are not allowed to trade shorts.
I tested these new leveraged accounts and found not only is the spread too large and delayed (2X the Q's
+ or – but I think they are trading themselves to keep the board alive
When there is no trading for awhile – they begin to shorten the spread – and if the market makes a quick reversal – there is a good deal there – if you catch it.
It is a beginning in getting the benefits of Profunds without waiting for the end of the day to get out.
As you relate – you can get the same leverage in a very liquid Q's trade if you simply double the trade you would have made.
Thanks for your site
Make's me wanna sing
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Oh hell Barry!!!!
Sorry folks I ment to post my comment above in the "The Bull Case" for some reason it wasn't open earlier today for posting and I wasn't paying close attention so I put it here accidentally.
If you was confused you should be. Sorry.
The double leverage stuff peaked my interest more than anything else, because they potentially offer a way to do interesting things and work around margin restrictions.
Hypothetical example: put two thirds of your equity (for this particular strategy) into high quality, high dividend stocks and the other third into a double-leverage inverse S&P or Dow ETF.
The double leverage on one-third bearish nets out with the two-thirds of long stocks bullish. What you get, very roughly, is an exposure level close to zero with a dividend kicker.
Obviously there are adjustments and caveats required, but that's the basic idea. That was off the top of my head, there are probably more intriguing combos out there too. Just an example of interesting possibilities. And if strategies like this are built for the longer haul–i.e. rebalance once a quarter or what have you–bid / ask spreads on the wide side don't matter as much.
I don't get it David, but the song makes me laugh. Something else I don't get, but laugh even harder at:
If I could get this as a ring tone, my wife would kill me because I'd call myself just to laugh at the ringing. You are big… Does the old man bobbing his head creep anyone else out? It's almost like he's making an exceptionally vulgar pantomime.
Barry, can you explain why they're superior to the equivalent profunds mutual funds? What's the advantage that makes up for the big spreads from a trade when redemptions would presumably be cost free?
p.s. Now that I think about it, you could just put the two thirds of long equity into a dividend paying ETF. Maybe one of those Wisdom Tree deals Jeremy Siegel is so excited about.
The portfolio of the future could be a set and forget setup with two or three vehicles in it. Now there's a trippy thought.
I'm actually glad that it is Big Buckin Chicken, because I couldn't understand what they were saying originally.
In the Plastic Jesus department, this is just not right:
hearing Cody got stopped out on his QQQQ's ………………… Buy !!!
Did'nt Charles Nenner say that July 10th was going to be a top??? Or is he now saying he meant a bottom?
I'm curious about your comments on this trade. Did you try to get out near the low of the day and yet the delay means you ended up liquidating near the high of the day? Is that what you meant? I'm curious because the new levered ETFs are interesting from a retirement account standpoint. Yet on a double inverse product, that's a 4% problem.
Playing the ProShares
Barry from The Big Picture did a little experimental trading of the ProShares Inverse Qs ETF, and heres his takeaway:
They are in sum better than mutual funds and their end of day closing prices; They are not nearly as useful as the Qs, Diamonds…
Interesting ideas, but I wonder about the leveraged short etf because:
a) to me, leverage = borrowed money. Somewhere along the line, somebody is borrowing money and is paying something for it (unless they are actually using puts). I wonder what the overhead of that and impact on performance would be even at prime?
b) assuming true shorts rather than puts, the short fund would also eat dividends which could be substantial if the target was something other than QQQQ.
c) then there is the tax side of it about which I don't claim any knowledge except that this can get awkward if you enter into a short sale in one tax year but don't cover until the next. If the short fund has recognize sales this year that may not be covered until 2007, it would most likely hurt performance I think.
I am sure that I could chase down answers to these concerns, but I am inherently lazy and you seem to interested, so I thought I'd just raise the flags and see if you had already considered them?
"Barry, can you explain why they're superior to the equivalent profunds mutual funds? What's the advantage that makes up for the big spreads from a trade when redemptions would presumably be cost free?"
I'm in URPIX with my IRA and there would be a fee if I sold after holding only a short time. Also, I can only sell at the end of the day, so there is no way for intra-day timing.
Is there really an advantage to your proposed ideas over selling index futures for an appropriate amount? Or buying deep in the money puts? I would think you could do at least one of those with most accounts.
I suspect that the bid/ask spread will tighten fairly quickly. I could write an arbitrage trading program to fix that and make money in the process. Somebody will do it fairly soon.
I've often wondered how etf costs affect the arbitrage trades. In principle, qqqq should consitently underperform NDX. It seems that there should be some way of buying NDX futures and staying short qqqq where you basically collect the fees from qqqq. I doubt it is worth it for the large etfs with small fees, but there might be some kind of fee-arbitrage available for an etf that charges almost 1% on NDX. Something along the lines of shorting the etf and selling NDX futures. If you can collect interest on the short-sale cash then you theoretically have a no risk way of getting paid double interest (once by the futures and once by the etf cash) plus an extra 1% for the etf fee. Tracking errors will affect the returns. If I had $50k for speculative investments, I would definitely try this out.
I think there is a better argument to go short the short funds than to go long. I would expect a short investment in this fund to outperform qqqq when the market goes up. I'm not sure about when the market goes down. But it's listed as hard to borrow. Total volume so far has barely broken 1 million. Perhaps it will be easier to borrow when it has matured a bit.
per jkw:
"Is there really an advantage to your proposed ideas over selling index futures for an appropriate amount? Or buying deep in the money puts? I would think you could do at least one of those with most accounts."
I was thinking along the same lines when I posted in reply earlier, but didn't want things to get too complicated.
btw, does anyone have any suggestions about where to set up a futures account and how much to commit to get anywhere? I understand the risk factors and have just never gotten into futures because I could get where I needed to be with normal options, but I smell opportunity in the wind. From what I discern, $5k is the minimum which probably means that $20k is the practical? Thanks.
Trader75, the problem with your strategy is that you would have to pay back the dividends from the short fund anyway. How would you get around that?
I haven't given it deep or serious thought, that was just an initial observation–there may well be plenty of validity to the objections.
Clearly index futures would be a superior hedging vehicle for those with access to them, I was thinking more along the lines of something that could work for the average joe who doesn't want to mess with futures / something that could work smoothly in an IRA account etc… buying an ETF with no expiration date or rollover cost might also be easier than messing about with spoos or eminis etc, and since you are technically "long" the inverse ETF there aren't short-side hassles… again its a question of how much active management one wants to pursue, of course for the truly active manager with a big toolbox many of these ETFs are redundant in the first place.
Re dividend cost on the short side I don't know, that would be a details question regarding the Proshares ETF, but I'm assuming they would use futures in a similar way that DBC does to get their desired leverage.
And of course there are all kinds of funky combinations you could come up with, like picking a handful of stocks on the long side with much higher dividends than the S&P on average, or rotating out the dividend paying stocks, or adjusting the size of the inverse position, or what have you. Plenty of possibilities.
At the end of the day there's still no free lunch, products like this just make it easier to make intelligent moves in my opinion.
For those looking for universal access to equities, futures and options in a single account, I haven't found anyone better or cheaper than Interactive Brokers (www.interactivebrokers.com). You have to be extremely self-directed and comfortable with automated software though, those guys do no hand-holding whatsoever.
you can trade futures with a very small amount of collateral. unfortunately — or fortunately — you'll have extreme leverage to go with it. just know that you're essentially betting red or black if you buy futures without adequate capital backing to ride out any market instability en route to the destination.
Trader75: It's a clever idea but I think all of it is moot considering the current interest rates… would make much more sense when rates are low, but then again I think at that time it would make more sense just to be long. But I guess (almost) risk free is the operating word here…
Vshah: Sure, and just to clarify, my intention was not at all to suggest an out-of-the-box strategy that someone could just go and implement. It was more a raw example of thinking creatively, and the dividend thing was just an off the cuff example. You could also create a strategy with deep value stocks, or undervalued vs overvalued sectors, or what have you. Point is, thanks to these new instruments, folks have more options to generate personal alpha than before. But there's no cut and dry instruction manual.
What the heck? I just responded to a comment that somehow no longer exists.
There was another comment from Vshah there before, just so you know I'm not insane…
Haha, yeah, it's gone now somehow?
And yes, you are correct, merely wanted to point those things out. For small investors/traders (like me) these instrments have the potential to be very useful.
you're swinging 10,000 blocks just to "test" this profund product and you have a CD wishlist?? lord help us, lol.
To David Silb
on your free dividend lunch…
Assume a Div yield of 3% on DOW
$100 portfolio of which $66.66 of Dow ETF and $33.33 in 2x leverage inverse DOW ETF.
so earn position of $100 earns $1.5 in Div and $100 is safely hedged.
Soooo…a yield of 1.5%???? and after MER even lower and after trading cost and spreads……is there ever a free lunch
Prices can go up to infinity but they can only go down to zero. Over the long term, how will a 2X inverse ETF deal with prices increasing over 50 percent?
My colleague and I just authored an article about the "Constant Leverage Trap", a problem that affects leveraged ETFs like ProShares and Ryder that use constant leverage. Basically they crater in a downturn and never recover.
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TNG was the far better show than Voyager, but that had most to do with two things: Patrick Stewart, and the writing of individual episodes. Otherwise I think the intellectually progressive nature of the show is what makes it stand out as 'special'. TNG was something special and unique, Voyager was just a pretty good spaceship show.
Voyager, however, has the better secondary cast. TNG's Roddenberry box was a double-edged blade. On one hand, Starfleet officers should seem like consumate professionals, not catty drama queens. On the other hand, it would have benefited from characters to counterbalance Picard and Worf's stiff introversion that weren't just exaggerated female stereotypes. Voyager's cast had so much untapped potential. Chakotay conformed immediately, Kim never did anything but shut up and do his duty. B'elana's rough edges never showed through after the eighth episode or so, Paris's showed up for one episode here and there then went away. But even the neglected characters got me more invested than characters like Troi or Laforge.
If Voyager stuck to its premise it could have been something more special, but it decided in the end just to try to be TNG only without the commitment of message.
I would disagree and say DSN had the best secondary cast for the most part, Dukat, Damar, Weyoun, Garak to name just a few. As for it's primary cast most of them got developed well, had episodes focused on them. True some more than others.
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England 0 Germany 1 analysis: Adam Lallana impressed, Wayne Rooney is
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Coach Löw's methods have changed the nature of national side's game to produce a slick machine
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Mario Gomez has hit back at criticism of his performance in Germany's 1-0 victory over Portugal in their opening game of Euro 2012.
World Cup finalists need Sneijder and Robben back to their best to stand any chance of Euro 2012 crown, reports Jack Pitt-Brooke
German striker Miroslav Klose has transferred to Lazio after failing to agree to a new contract with Bayern Munich.
Germany striker Miroslav Klose is leaving Bayern Munich after failing to agree a new contract with the Bundesliga club.
Paul Lambert insists leaving Norwich never crossed his mind and, with speculation over his future now put to bed, the Scottish manager can focus on a summer recruitment drive to help the Canaries stay in the Barclays Premier League.
President Franz Beckenbauer appears to have written off Bayern Munich's chances of retaining the Bundesliga title just seven matches into the season.
Striker Miroslav Klose has opened the door to a possible move away from Bayern Munich at the end of the season.
To hope for the Premier League's destruction so that English football can return to some sort of year zero is not the reaction of a sophisticated nation
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Avram Grant, the new West Ham United manager, did his best to straight-bat all questions fired his way on his first official appearance at Upton Park yesterday but broke into a fit of the giggles when asked whether striker Benni McCarthy, who admits to carrying a few extra pounds, was looking hungry in training.


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Portland musician gets stolen trumpet back
PORTLAND, Ore. – A Portland musician whose trumpet was stolen as he was getting ready to play a concert last week has his instrument back.
Caleb Denison said a thief stole his trumpet as he was getting ready to play a First Thursday concert at his friend's new grocery store. Someone walked up and stole his bag while he wasn't looking, he said.
After the story aired on KATU News, someone who owns a food cart called KATU and said he recognized the suspect from the surveillance video. We passed along the information to Denison, who got in touch with that man and found the suspect near a food cart pod. That's when he called police and they took the man into custody.
"Fortunately he led them to where the trumpet was being held," said Denison. "There's still some missing gear, but I'm OK with that. I'm extremely grateful to KATU and everybody else that has helped me recover my instrument."
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Stahl homicide trial scheduled to begin in June in Westmoreland County
The trial of a Hempfield man charged with killing his wife and leaving her body in a field two years ago will begin in June.
The attorney for David Frank Stahl, 43, told a Westmoreland County judge on Friday that more time was needed so two additional experts can be hired to assist the defense.
Stahl's trial on a charge of first-degree murder and related offenses was scheduled to begin next month.
He is charged with killing his wife, 37-year-old Rebecca Stahl, a teacher at Derry Area Middle School, in February 2012.
Defense attorney Donna McClelland on Friday declined to reveal what information she wants to discover by hiring the unnamed experts.
"At this time I am not comfortable discussing that," McClelland said.
Judge Rita Hathaway ordered that Stahl return to court on April 22 when the reports from the defense experts must be turned over to the prosecution.
District Attorney John Peck objected to the trial delay.
"The commonwealth has been waiting almost two years since this occurred. It's been two years and nothing has been done. We object to the fact it is going to be postponed again," Peck said.
Rebecca Stahl's body was found on Feb. 24, 2012, wrapped in plastic and blankets in a shrubbery patch, about 25 feet from a road near Arnold Palmer Regional Airport.
Family members had reported to police that she had gone missing four days earlier.
Police contend that David Stahl killed his wife during the weekend of Feb. 18 and 19. Police allege that after the couple argued, David Stahl went out drinking. They argued again via text messages and a third time after he returned home.
In December, Judge Debra Pezze denied a defense request to bar from evidence a confession Stahl gave to police after his wife's body was discovered in Unity Township.
Stahl told police that he returned home to find his wife smoking marijuana. They argued, and he strangled his wife as she attacked him with a knife, according to testimony about the confession given last year during a hearing.
He allegedly kept his wife's body in a shed before dumping it on Feb. 20.
Police said Stahl put his muddy clothing and boots in a plastic bag and placed it in a basement freezer at their home. Police seized that bag as evidence, along with the charred remains of Rebecca Stahl's workplace identification card and driver's license, which had been burned.
Investigators used arborvitae leaves found in the bag to track down the body.
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(Winners introduced to the County Board of Supervisors.)…The District Attorney's Office held the contest at this year's Fair.
The contest was to name a comfort dog that would soon be joining the office. The name chosen was Ginger, and Ginger has joined the Victim/Witness Program, now part of the D.A.'s office. Three children submitted the name during the contest at the 2013 California Mid Winter Fair and Fiesta. The children, Riana and Joseph Gitz and Megan Brinkman, along with Ginger, were all introduced to the Board Tuesday. Ginger will provide comfort to participants of the Victim/Witness program. Ginger is a three-month-old Golden Doodle puppy. She is currently in training to become the first ever Crime Victim Assistance Dog in Imperial County.


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The Brooks and Ross Dam in Schofield is slated to undergo repairs this summer, but bids came in over budget. The Schofield City Council will decide in the coming weeks whether to go ahead with the project or postpone it to 2015 or 2016.
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Get out: Minnesota state parks offer free admission Friday
The Department of Natural Resources today has waived the usual $5 fee for a one-day vehicle pass at Minnesota's 75 state parks and recreation areas.
The Department of Natural Resources today has waived the usual $5 fee for a one-day vehicle pass at Minnesota's 75 state parks and recreation areas.
Millions of Americans will sit down together over the coming weeks to break bread, catch up, reminisce and do their best to avoid talking about embarrassing or hot-button issues. Many will fail.
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|Is There a Role for Fatty Acid Synthase in the Diagnosis of Prostatic Adenocarcinoma?: A Comparison With AMACR.
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|Our aim was to compare the usefulness of fatty acid synthase (FASn) with that of α-methylacyl coenzyme-A racemase (AMACR) in the diagnosis of prostatic adenocarcinoma. The expression of these 2 markers was compared in a tissue microarray containing 62 foci of benign glands and 36 foci of prostatic adenocarcinoma. Similar to AMACR, there was significantly higher FASn expression in adenocarcinoma compared with that in benign glands. The optimal accuracy rate and area under curve (AUC) by receiver operating characteristic analysis for FASn were not significantly different from those for AMACR (accuracy, 80% vs 87%; AUC, 0.942 vs 0.956; P for both, > .05). Moreover, in cases with coexistent malignant and benign glands on the same core, FASn could selectively distinguish a proportion of cases (17/21 [81%]) similar to using AMACR. We conclude that FASn may aid in the diagnosis of prostatic adenocarcinoma, at least to supplement AMACR as another positive marker of carcinoma and potentially increase diagnostic accuracy.
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Rated 4 out of 5 by mikeye good room,great experience the only regret is that points+cash been offf. August 18, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by zlqchristina comfortable bed & excellent swimmng pool How comfortable the bed is! Also there is a lineless swimming pool which gave you a special experience for swimming inside. The room is on the 12th floor, and the sightview from the hotel is not good because the location is bussiness center. August 12, 2014
Rated 2 out of 5 by Jules28 Would not stay again I come to Ningbo for business & normally stay at the Sheraton. I tried The Westin on this trip for close proximity to supplier & also The Westin is reputable worldwide. The hotel was full of local weekenders, it was noisy & I had to more than once knock on the door of next room to ask them to keep noise down. Breakfast was busy, food not replenished & not enjoyable at all. I would definitely not come back to this hotel again, the Sheraton is located further from where I prefer to be but far more comfortable for business traveller. July 29, 2014
Rated 2 out of 5 by fishingsteve Not well managed It was a badly managed hotel. I went to have breakfast on the 39th club lounge in the morning. There was no one attending me when I arrived. I had to seated myself. I walked all over and I COULD NOT find any single table was ready. Tables were all left over from previous customers. No one was cleanning and setting up the table. I took a video about the experience I had. I will be very happy to share with management team. It surely was not up to Westin standard. June 27, 2014
Rated 2 out of 5 by Cha2647 very disappointed Previous experience with this hotel was very good so I returned for the second time. However it is very disappointing this time. We booked an executive room, but the pipe clogged at shower, we had to ask for many towels to stop the water came into the bedroom and damage the carpet. We did not want to have people come in to our room to fix it because it was passed midnight and we just wanted to finish shower and go to bed. But next day no one even care to make a phone call asking how we were doing or do we need to get things fixed. When we check out still no one ask how was our stay, it seem to us that no one cares how we feel during our stay, even with this serious problem occured. We asked for checking out late at 14:00 and confirmed with front desk that it was fine. but at 11:30 housekeeping called and ask when we need the room to be cleaned. lack of communication between front desk and housekeeping. Its a pity that the service level is this low in this hotel. Although I really like the room especially the bed was very comfortable. But I dont think I would want to go back again. June 3, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by austin7 nice hotel This hotel meets the criteria as a 5 star hotel. June 2, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Ray3456 good vacation very good. I will stay here again May 26, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by Nilspeter Good location This hotel was good for me. Great location for me as i hv my meeting in walking disctance. May 11, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by Jorien Nice and comfortable stay Very nice and comfortable hotel with an excellent breakfast buffet May 11, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by TorontoJeff Nice new hotel Nice hotel with a great a great executive lounge and breakfast. We had a little issue with check-in, but Guest Services Manager Amos quickly solved all of our problems and made sure we were comfortable. He even dropped by in the executive lounge to make sure all of our needs were being met. Will definitely stay here again when in Ningbo. January 15, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by SKJ68 Home away from home my business travels take to Ningbo very often and I always make a point at staying at the Westin ever since it opened a few years ago. The staff knows me by name and they are always very friendly. I always receive an upgrade to the nice corner suites. The staff the Westin Club Lounge always go the extra mile to meet our needs and very friendly (always a smile) . Location is great, rooms are very clean. The live music in the evenings is relaxing as well. Definitely recommend this hotel and their friendly staff ! November 13, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by ChrisG77 Excellent Service Excellent service during a recent stay at the Westin Ningbo. I have stayed at a lot of Starwood properties throughout the world, including several in China, but the staff at the Westin Ningbo really make this hotel shine. Everyone from the front door to the restaurant staff were friendly, attentive, and helpful. Above and beyond excellent service especially from the Manager and staff of the Seasons Taste restaurant. September 9, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by DCDC27 Staff are simply amazing Made another stay at Ningbo this passed weekend, and Westin Ningbo made sure this is a special one. Simon and Jack on the concierge team are amazing in setting up pick-ups and drop-offs at the airport and helping me make restaurant reservations around Ningbo and taxi rides. Carol on the hostess team made me feel very welcomed. Fannie and Dancer make eating at the Chinese Restaurant a joy. Especially Fannie who is excellent in making sure the guest feels at home, and make people feel like they are getting VIP treatment. If anybody in the future are looking to eat at the Chinese Restaurant in Westin Ningbo, make sure to ask for Fannie. Overall, the location, service, and room comfort make this the top hotel in Ningbo. July 29, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by LAETH best hotel for stay in ningbo wow nice room with good location with good service and good staff , the front disk are very kind food very nice open buffet in breakfast and dinner fast check in and check out July 21, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Benj09 Excellent experience Overall very good experience, the hotel is well maintained. Only thing not satisfying is their room availability time. I checked in at 6pm but only 2 out of 4 rooms are ready. We had to stay in friends' room until after dinner. July 3, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by Loic Great staff atitude The hotel is well maintained, the team member will try their best to accommodate your need or request. But unfortunately too many mistake, due to communication problem. but every mistake has been taken seriously and solved. and even follow up have been done .the manager of the Chinese restaurant have exceed expectation while trying to solve our issue. Thanks a lot Eric And we had felt listen and important during our stayed which is very good . June 3, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by DCDC27 Excellent as usual, but with a couple of improvements needed As I've reviewed before I'm a frequent guest of the Westin Ningbo and have received nothing but great services. The front-desk is efficient and friendly. Guest services is prompt. Room is in top shape and clean. Everyone is willing to help, Concierge is friendly. I've tried the Teppan in the Japanese Restaurant and it's delicious. However, I had one minor and two major issues with Westin this time. Minor issue: I've ordered room service with ice cream and when the food is bought to my room the ice cream is already mostly-melted. Didn't notice it until the person left, it is not a big deal so I didn't complain to the hotel because it has always treated me nicely, but then two more major issues came up later... Major issues: first, the limited English by the staff picking up the phone. When I'm ready to leave I called Guest Services to ask a bell boy to come up and pick-up my luggage. Someone at Guest Services picked-up, can't understand English, and simply put the phone down, and after waiting for 10-20 seconds another person finally picked up, and I told her what I needed, and she said "sorry, need to transfer you" and then I got transferred, another person picked up, asked for bell boy, and she said, "sorry, this is Lobby Lounge, need to transfer you", and then I got transferred back to Guest Service! Told the person the same request, a bell boy to come to my room to pick up my luggage, got the same "sorry, need to transfer you" back to Lobby lounge! Of course the lady at Lobby Lounge answered again, "this is Lobby Lounge, we don't do that, you need to call Guest Service", really? Fed up, I simply hung up. Another disappointment is the Westin is starting to "smell" like your typical local 2-star Chinese hotel: people are smoking in the hotel! My room the bathroom smelled like smoke, but I didn't complain since I've been treated good and only the bathroom smelled like that, the bedroom is fine. However, the elevators, people are smoking in them and some of them really had bad cigarette odor such as elevator 4. Then, I've saw a couple of people just flat out smoking in the lobby waiting area.... unbelievable. I really hate the smell of smoke and I needed to stay at establishments that can keep a non-smoking environment, if Westin Ningbo can't do that, I need to find another establishment. May 27, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by Shypanda Modern Setting, Good Location It is a nice modern hotel in the downtown part of this otherwise traditional Chinese city. Everything is new clean and working. May 2, 2013
Rated 3 out of 5 by EthankumaUSA Sorry, no Air Conditioning You've got to be kidding me!!! They upgraded me to a smoking suite, which I kindly turn down. I am perfectly fine not being upgraded because I cannot stand smoking room. Upon entering the room, I smelled smoking smell. And the AC did not work. I asked the customer service if they can kindly turn it on because it was 78 degree in my room. After checking for 10 minutes, she told me sorry that they cannot turn it on. They do not supply AC at this moment. This is a Westin, right? Why do I feel like I am somewhere else? The hotel manager on duty did come up to open my window @ 35th floor and brought up a fan. I am very appreciative of that. I feel bad that I am posting this here, but Westin needs to know turning off the AC is not acceptable. This is a Westin, not a 2 star Chinese hotel. April 10, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by DCDC27 By far the BEST hotel in Ningbo I have personally stayed at this hotel numerous times during my business trips, and I can say this is by far the best hotel in Ningbo (I have tried Sheraton and other 5-star hotels in Ningbo.) The staff is very friendly, and while English is a challenged for some, but that doesn't stop their attempt to make the best effort to treat you good. Also, the Chinese restaurant serves great Chinese food. The breakfast buffet is limited as it seems to be tailor more to the native-Chinese selections, and the Japanese restaurant is limited too, but across from the hotel TianYi Square has plenty of decent restaurants. Room is always clean and anything else you need you just phone them and they'll send someone to bring it to you promptly, and they follow it up with phone call to make sure you get them in a timely fashion. Over the course of my stay I have made a few friends there and that just made the experience much better. You just have to be a little patient with their English, which I admit, is a problem for some staff. Finally, if I have one beef, the swimming pool is kind of small and if one or two people are in it then it really minimize the enjoyment of swimming... November 17, 2012
Rated 5 out of 5 by lgalhrcdg amazing customer service This hotel was recently completed so the facilities are new and the rooms are great, but what sets them apart is their customer service. I've stayed at this property multiple times and have had a great experience on each occasion. They always go above and beyond to ensure my stay is comfortable and are always willing to help with administrative tasks like arranging cars and mailing items. September 5, 2012
Rated 3 out of 5 by sax007 Platimum SPG Air Con does not get room temp below 26 degrees.. very uncomfortable. Say they working on it but never do.. juts ignore it Lobby bar: party atmosphere but not from customers from staff.. all seemed drunk, forgot orders, laughing and shouting together... too busy to attend to customers internet extremely slow; was told many customers using it, Unfortunately when I am trying to work, this type of answer does not help Duty manager; can not speak English well so no point in complaining July 23, 2012
Rated 1 out of 5 by DEPPIE NO ENGLISH SPOKEN---STAY AWAY If you need english forget this place. Check in was impossible not any one of 4 could string together a sentence. Girl who showed me to room just looked vacant if you asked her anything.Exec floor i asked for white wine...response glass milk. I am platinum and got no sense and checked out to move to another hotel....even the westin driver got lost taking me to the other hotel a few hundred yards away. this place is a disaster. July 18, 2012
Rated 5 out of 5 by SPGLPAust You'd have rocks in your head to stay anywhere else... Been going to Ningbo for years - staying at HJP - I now have a new 'home' in Ningbo... This hotel has it all - 1. Central location 2. BRILLIANT team - obviously very well trained, good English, motivated, happy and helpful. From the Driveway, to Front-Desk, F&B and Housekeeping - an absolute pleasure to interact with!! 3, Rooms are new, so no surprises these are great. 4. Ate at Seasonal Tastes (main restaurant/coffee-shop) 3 times - food presentation, quality and taste were OUTSTANDING. And the team was again a highlight. This is a world-class hotel - from the moment you walk in to the moment you leave. Sounds like I'm on their payroll, but I'm just a (fussy) guest... :-) Only problem is that word will undoubtedly spread fast and their rates will hike... But I'll be back... No matter the rate... ;-) March 23, 2012
Rated 5 out of 5 by yyangkonstanz Dieses Hotel hat eine tolle Service Der Fachkompetenz und Hilfsbereitschaft von der Mitarbeiterin Mira Ren hat mich sehr beeindruckt. October 6, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by tomato47 高級ホテルではあるが チェックアウトの時、日本人だから英語は分からないと言っているのに繰り返し英語で説明された時は困った。他のホテルでもよくあることだが、通訳アプリ等を使って話してくれると劇的に評価が高まるのになと思う。あと、ひげ剃りが置いてあるとベスト。 June 26, 2014
Rated 3 out of 5 by taka961153 フロントの人数が少ない 夜10時頃のチェックインでしたが、フロントに一人しかおらず、SPGカウンターでの対応もありませんでした。前に3人並んでいてチェックインまでに15分かかりましたのでフロントサービスの改善を期待します。 May 29, 2014
Rated 1 out of 5 by prettyelf999 SPG管理有严重问题! 订的行政客房,一间有水果,一间没有,我们带宝宝恰好住在无水果房间,宝宝白天在奶奶房间看到果盘后,晚上也吵着要吃,于是电话前台很客气的请他们送一份水果来,然后就等啊等,等了几个小时,2岁宝宝不懂事,吃不到水果就不睡觉,我们催了几次电话都无反应,最后打SPG投诉电话5分钟后果盘就送到了!!!等了几个小时啊!!!记得好像一直等到快11点才送了水果!!!!下次去宁波不会再去,会换其他酒店! May 2, 2015
Rated 4 out of 5 by mrwc91 总体不错,细节待改进 酒店位置很好,就在天一广场东侧,交通方便;夜里到店时拖着行李进门,无人招呼帮忙;check in时员工有推荐周边美食,很贴心;大堂设计上略显拥挤,更像一过道,且没有闻到威斯汀的白茶香氛;客房已升级至高楼层,进房间时已按要求开好夜床,满意;客房部分设施保养不当,有磨损;mini bar的茶包不是JING TEA而是立顿,很失望;酒店的无边泳池是一大亮点 April 1, 2015
Rated 2 out of 5 by Mimmepanda Terrible Front Desk Staff but Club Lounge Gained Back Some Points Last time I stayed with them, I'd found terrible service from their front desk. I complained about it with their front desk manager who promised me such thing wouldn't happen again but seemed in vain. Again this time, I found their front desk staff very cold and indifferent, with no smile at all. This time my mum went so angry that she insisted that she talk to their manager on duty that day. We got their apology. But I still want to share with you the experience to really warn them to improve their service standard. Bad experience at front desk dictates a whole bad stay. It's really about time that you trained your team how to deal with people. You should really learn from the staff in Club Lounge who were extremely friendly and hospitable. I wish you would get better before my next stay. Last but not least, if this comment is again covered by someone that doesn't show up. I'll put as many as one-star comment as I can. March 31, 2015


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Clinical disease activity and acute phase reactant levels are discordant among patients with active rheumatoid arthritis: acute phase reactant levels contribute separately to predicting outcome at one year
1 Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School and UMass Memorial Medical Center, 119 Belmont Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
2 Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
3 Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
4 Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Albany Medical College and the Center for Rheumatology, 1367 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12203, USA
5 Department of Rheumatology, New York University Hospital for Joint Diseases, 301 East 17th Street, New York, NY 10003, USA
6 The Consortium of Rheumatology Researchers of North America, Inc. (CORRONA), 10 Vickery Hill Lane, Southborough, MA 01772, USA
Arthritis Research & Therapy 2014, 16:R40 doi:10.1186/ar4469Published: 3 February 2014
Clinical trials of new treatments for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) typically require subjects to have an elevated acute phase reactant (APR), in addition to tender and swollen joints. However, despite the elevation of individual components of the Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI) (tender and swollen joint counts and patient and physician global assessment), some patients with active RA may have normal erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and/or C-reactive protein (CRP) levels and thus fail to meet entry criteria for clinical trials. We assessed the relationship between CDAI and APRs in the Consortium of Rheumatology Researchers of North America (CORRONA) registry by comparing baseline characteristics and one-year clinical outcomes of patients with active RA, grouped by baseline APR levels.
This was an observational study of 9,135 RA patients who had both ESR and CRP drawn and a visit at which CDAI was >2.8 (not in remission).
Of 9,135 patients with active RA, 58% had neither elevated ESR nor CRP; only 16% had both elevated ESR and CRP and 26% had either ESR or CRP elevated. Among the 4,228 patients who had a one-year follow-up visit, both baseline and one-year follow-up modified Health Assessment Questionnaire (mHAQ) and CDAI scores were lowest for patients with active RA but with neither APR elevated; both mHAQ and CDAI scores increased sequentially with the increase in number of elevated APR levels at baseline. Each individual component of the CDAI followed the same trend, both at baseline and at one-year follow-up. The magnitude of improvement in both CDAI and mHAQ scores at one year was associated positively with the number of APRs elevated at baseline.
In a large United States registry of RA patients, APR levels often do not correlate with disease activity as measured by joint counts and global assessments. These data strongly suggest that it is appropriate to obtain both ESR and CRP from RA patients at the initial visit. Requiring an elevation in APR levels as a criterion for inclusion of RA patients in studies of experimental agents may exclude some patients with active disease.