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A blogger questioned by police on suspicion of harassing anti-Israel demonstrators says he is a victim of "lawfare" tactics employed against supporters of Israel.
Richard Millett attended a protest outside the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition at the Natural History Museum last December.
He filmed demonstrators from the Palestine Solidarity Campaign who were encouraging visitors t
London's Global March to Jerusalem demonstration took place last Friday evening opposite the Israeli Embassy.
About 15-20 Israel supporters turned up, the usual stalwarts who put themselves on the line to face a barrage of abuse from the bully boys of the PSC.
The Israel Government Tourist Office has been cleared of breaching advertising standards for a promotion of Jerusalem in the latest battle over tourism publicity.
More than a half dozen complaints over adverts for Israel or the Palestinian Territories have been adjudicated by the Advertising Standards Authority over the past three years.
Only a fortnight ago, the ASA upheld a complaint again
Israel is gearing up for another mass demonstration and potential incursions along its borders on Friday, as thousands are expected to take part in the "Global March to Jerusalem". Organisers expect demonstraters to arrive from all over the world.
Israel will deploy more than 2,000 border police throughout the West Bank to stave off disturbances.
The Palestinian Prime Minister, Salam Fayyad, warned this week that "the security calm could collapse any moment".
Mr Fayyad was speaking following a round of violent confrontations between Palestinian youths and Israeli security forces over the weekend in which one Palestinian man was killed.
The BBC Trust has defended the censoring of a rap song which contained the words "Free Palestine".
The Trust's ruling - which was made on the basis of upholding impartiality - prompted pro-Palestinian activists to claim that the Corporation had an "institutionalised bias against the Palestinians".
When rapper Mic Righteous performed on a BBC Radio 1Xtra show, he sang: "I still have the same
In the male-dominated world of streetcar racing, three Palestinian women racers have begun their quest for international glory - starting in the UK.
The Middle East's first all-girl streetcar racing team, "Speed Sisters", were in London this week and training at Silverstone race track. They are three female drivers from Ramallah and Bethlehem, sponsored by the British consulate in Jerusalem.
UNESCO has cut off funding to a Palestinian children's magazine that was revealed to have featured articles glorifying Adolf Hitler.
A human rights organisation, the Simon Wiesenthal Centre, had sent a public letter of complaint to the UN's cultural arm about its sponsorship of the 'antisemitic' publication, Zayzafuna.
The terrorist organisation Hamas is planning to join the Palestine Liberation Organisation.
The partnership, agreed on at a meeting in Cairo on Thursday, marks the next step in efforts to forge unity between long-time rivals Hamas and Fatah.
The UN's cultural arm has been criticised by a human rights organisation for publishing a magazine featuring an "antisemitic" article that praised Adolf Hitler.
The Simon Wiesenthal Centre took issue with the UNESCO magazine for Palestinian children, which in February 2011 carried an article by a young girl about meeting the Nazi leader in a dream.


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Brown Instrument Company
Coordinates: 40°01′17″N 75°09′34″W / 40.02139°N 75.15944°W Brown Instrument Company was a U.S. firm known for high-quality instruments (such as pyrometers, thermometers, hygrometers, tachometers, pressure gauges, flow meters, ammeters, and voltmeters)[1] and industrial controls.
The company was founded in 1857 in Philadelphia by Edward Brown, inventor of the first pyrometer of American design.[2] In 1934, the firm became a division of Honeywell.
The company was a large employer in North Philadelphia during most of the 20th century. A large brick factory building across Windrim Avenue from Wayne Junction, currently Extra Space Storage, was a principal Brown Instrument Company building. A 1921 catalog[3] mentions laboratories here. The Wayne Avenue façade still has "Brown Instrument Co" relieved into the concrete.
A Google Book search for "Brown Instrument" "Wayne Ave" shows multiple addresses for the company on the 4400 and 4500 blocks of Wayne Ave, which straddle Wayne Junction. Another search result from 1915 mentions 311 Walnut St.
Across the regional rail tracks from Fern Rock Transportation Center there is another old factory building topped by a sign marked "Honeywell – Brown Instrument Division".
The firm later moved to Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. Honeywell's automation and control businesses still have a campus there, although the Brown Instrument name has been retired.
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Brown Instrument factory near Wayne Junction, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 2011, repurposed as a self-storage company.
- ^ Brown Instrument Company 1919.
- ^ Licht 1992, pp. 161–162.
- ^ ASME 1921, p. 292.
- Licht, Walter (1992), Getting Work: Philadelphia, 1840–1950, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA: Harvard University Press, LCCN 91035021, ISBN 978-0-8122-1719-3;
- ASME (1921), Condensed Catalogues of Mechanical Equipment, New York: ASME
- Brown Instrument Company (1919), Brown Instrument Company Catalog.


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The conference room, graciously volunteered by the station's commander, afforded the captains a premium view of all of Intercept Group Four's ships. Nimbus and Wyoming already were ensconced in their warp sleds while work was proceeding apace on Palomar and Enzmann. Together the quartet of ships would join Everest. The refitted Excelsior-class cruiser was the only surviving ship from the first IG-4.
The other five vessels had been lost in combat against the Kothlis'Ka, one of the species streaming out of the Delta Quadrant. IG-4 had tried failed to prevent the Kothlis'Ka Armada from proceeding on toward Romulan space.
Everest's captain had refused to return home, but had acceded to Starfleet Command's demand that she not take the Everest into Romulan territory. A Starfleet vessel anywhere near that infernal horde might trigger a hostile response from the Star Empire.
Command had also allowed the captain to send a warning to the Romulans, though so far neither she nor Command had received a reply, as far as Banti had heard. He suspected that Terrence's rush to get back to the Romulan Neutral Zone was compelled by the oncoming Kothlis'Ka.
In the borrowed conference room, Captain Awokou held court with the captains of the taskforce he would lead into the Delta Quadrant.
He hated being one ship short for the new intercept group, but with the Satie Administration's halt on starship construction and their new focus on unmanned warp combat vehicles, the Fleet was spread thin. Not only had a significant amount of men and materiel been thrown into Taskforce Vanguard, but there were still all the ongoing conflagrations that always demanded Starfleet's time in addition to the standard missions of exploration.
"This business with the Kothlis'Ka is just ghastly," Captain Blazek, of the Ambassador-class Palomar, shook his elongated, purple head. His bulbous, fire orange eyes blinked spasmodically as he contemplated the enormity of his own statement. "An entire group wiped out."
"Not entirely," admonished Captain Stiann, of the Cheyenne-class Wyoming. The brown-skinned Akaali's skin coloration was darker than Banti's. With her broad nostrils, full lips, and brown skin, Stiann could easily have passed for a member of Banti's family, a daughter even, if not for the twin ridges bracing each side of her forehead and stopping just before they touched her eyebrows. "Everest survived," she pointed out, "And she's still ready to fight."
"I think it was a mistake for Command not to recall Everest," Commander Raul Gomes, of the Miranda-class Enzmann, spoke up. Despite his youthful square face, Gomes's hair was steel gray. Gomes's age made Banti wonder why he hadn't reached a higher rank. Awokou suspected that the man's long history in Starfleet Intelligence perhaps was the reason. Once he got to know the man, Banti thought he might ask him.
Usually Awokou brought his meetings to a close quickly after the main business had concluded, yet he was allowing this one to wind down naturally. He thought it would be a good thing for the captains to get to know each other better, especially before they all went into deep sleep. Who knew what situation awaited them once they were reawakened.
With a sense of gallows humor, he thought back to his recent return to the land of the living. Banti was still grappling with all of the changes the Federation had undergone in just two short years, as well as how he had changed.
Today he was far more amenable to sitting back and allowing his subordinates to speak their minds than he had been in the past. In fact, the idea that these were his subordinates felt odd to him, more so than it would have previously. They were his equals, all charged with bringing their crews home as safely as possible, and all nagged by the same fears and doubts.
"The pressures, the strains on that crew must be immense," Gomes said. "I understand the need to tough it out, but can Everest's crew be truly up to the task after such a harrowing ordeal?"
No one had a ready answer. They all knew that Gomes had been at Wolf 359, and had been one of the lucky survivors. He knew firsthand what it must have been like to fight and survive against an impossible foe.
"I guess we'll find out soon enough," was all Blazek could muster.
"There have been some positives," Stiann pointed out, "There have been some successful contacts, remember the Concorde?" Participating in the refugee side of the undertaking, Captain Selmek had helped repatriate the species he had encountered.
"What about Erickson?" Blazek just had to point out. "Just think what might have happened if the Venturi or the Tholians had gotten their hands on that alien technology?" The Erickson had helped avert a near catastrophe after encountering aliens who possessed a polaric ion generator.
Banti was concerned about encountering such dangers as well, but he didn't want to encourage Blazek's pessimism. In the past Awokou might have considered it realism, but now, he wasn't so sure of that.
"Neither the Tholians, nor the Venturi succeeded," Stiann said. "I think you are worrying too much. I'm surprised that you signed on for this journey at all."
"I didn't," Blazek replied, quieting the room. "There was a hole that needed filling and I follow orders."
"Speaking of following orders," Banti said, only slightly regretting his next words. "I have another engagement to attend to. Please remain if you wish to do so." He got up from his seat.
He had been so engrossed in the conversation that he had forgotten his dinner date with his wife. While Terrence could blow off Rozi Awokou, Banti had long ago learned that was not the best course of action.
"Plans for dinner I take it?" Gomes asked, grinning. "I wouldn't be late if I were you sir. Take it from a divorced man."
Awokou paused and glared at the man. "How did you know I was meeting my wife?" He thought back to Gomes's Starfleet Intelligence career with some disquiet.
Gomes shrugged, "I know that look sir. It's a look that many a man has got when they are afraid they have displeased or about to displease their wives."
Stiann chuckled at that and the tension broke. Banti allowed the tension in his shoulders to ease. "Very apt Commander," Awokou nodded. "Perhaps we can all meet for dinner, aboard Nimbus, before we set out for the Delta Quadrant?"
There were accommodating nods around the table. Awokou managed a smile. "I will have my first officer make the arrangements." He looked at each of his fellow captains before leaving, his eyes lingering a bit too long on the still smiling Gomes. Once dinner was over with Rozi tonight, Awokou planned to burn some of his capital to check more thoroughly into Gomes's background.
Internally, Banti had just gone to blue alert.
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We are subletting a one bedroom from April 1st - August 31st in our 3 bedroom Condo called Newton Park which is professionally managed by Chestnut Hill reality. The unit was fully renovated in 2005 with brand new carpeting, granite countertops, and full stainless steel GE Profile appliances. There is a built in laundry machine in the Unit (there is no charge for this is and it is huge plus). You will have your own deeded parking spot directly in front of the unit. There is 2 full bathrooms. Heat/Hot water is included in the price. The closets in the bedrooms are full walk in California closets (probably 3 times the size of what you are used to). They are amazing! There is a a large common area which we have fully furnished and we have a large HD LCD tv. We also have central air conditioning (another rarity). The place is conveniently located in Newton Street in Brighton, which is in the Oak square area of Brghton right near the mass pike and storrow drive. Also, it's walking distance to express buses to downtown boston, Copley, harvard square ect. (get into downtown boston in about 10 minutes by bus). This is a great place for grad students or young professionals. The place is professionally Managed by a large real estate company that has 24/7 maintenance free of charge. (you will not get that peace of mind elsewhere). The grounds are also professionally managed for free. You will be taking over one of the bedrooms in the unit due to our roomate moving out to live with his girlfriend. The beroom unit will be not furnished. . A little background about the roomates: I am a young professional (CPA) and work in downtown in accounting. The other roommate is a grad student/soon to be phd student at UMASS. We are both 27 year males are easy to get along with. We are looking for someone else who is also chill and easy to get along with. We like to go out on weekends, however for the most part during the week we are busy and focused on our careers. The rental price is 100% firm since you will be taking over the lease and paying the exact amount on the lease. There is no fees to do this and it makes everything legit. There is no additional fees i.e. deposit/reality fees or ect. When you see the apartment you will realize it is very reasonable. The only other montly costs are cable and electricity, which are minimal and you will split evenly with us. It has an extremely modern feel to it. The area is primarily young professionals and is quiet, but you still have all the bars ect near you and access to the city. Please respond to the post with a brief description about yourself. Please let us know if you have any questions at all. Location: Brighton
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I tried a lot making this code work for my registration.php page, I only want to check whether an email and username are already registered on my Database. I tried checking only the username and it worked fine but now I also want to check whether email is registered or not. Any help regarding this will be highly appreciated. Below is the code for my registration.php, hoping someone will help! Thanks!
Our "config.inc.php" file connects to database every time we include or require
it within a php script. Since we want this script to add a new user to our db,
we will be talking with our database, and therefore,
let's require the connection to happen:
//if posted data is not empty
if (!empty($_POST)) {
//If the username or password is empty when the user submits
//the form, the page will die.
//Using die isn't a very good practice, you may want to look into
//displaying an error message within the form instead.
//We could also do front-end form validation from within our Android App,
//but it is good to have a have the back-end code do a double check.
if (empty($_POST['username']) || empty($_POST['password']) || empty($_POST['FullName']) || empty($_POST['emailadd'])) {
// Create some data that will be the JSON response
$response["success"] = 0;
$response["message"] = "Please fill in all the fields!";
//die will kill the page and not execute any code below, it will also
//display the parameter... in this case the JSON data our Android
//app will parse
//if the page hasn't died, we will check with our database to see if there is
//already a user with the username specificed in the form. ":user" is just
//a blank variable that we will change before we execute the query. We
//do it this way to increase security, and defend against sql injections
$query = " SELECT 1 FROM users WHERE username = :user , eadd = :email";
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$query_params = array(
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$result = $stmt->execute($query_params);
catch (PDOException $ex) {
// For testing, you could use a die and message.
//die("Failed to run query: " . $ex->getMessage());
//or just use this use this one to product JSON data:
$response["success"] = 0;
$response["message"] = "Database Error1. Please Try Again!";
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$row = $stmt->fetch();
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// For testing, you could use a die and message.
//die("The username is already in use! Try a different username!");
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$response["message"] = "The username is already in use! Try a different username!";
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Gift Shop: Malcolm Douglas Crocodile Park
While my granddaughter was on the tour, I browsed in the gift shop and bought some things. I would have liked to buy a belt, but they were too expensive. I did buy a band with croc teeth in it for my son and they gave me some extra teeth with it
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Showroom: Pearl Lugger Museum
We did look at things in the shop, but I don't remember what we bought or if we bought anything
What to buy: Listed on the shop website
Porthole Mirror on Jarrah with Keshi pearls inlay $890.00
Beautiful South Sea Cultured Pearl Strands from $4250
Mother of Pearl Shell Model Luggers from $495. Helmets from $150.00.
Pearlessence mabe pendants on leather from $50 each.
Polished Trochus Shells $25 each.
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Hidden Valley: Beautiful soaps and essential oils etc
This is a lovely shop to visit for the wonderful smells and oils. All the soaps are handmade in Broome. It is a little out of the way and it does close at 4.30pm but it is worth a visit.
The shop does sell its soaps etc at the Saturday morning markets.
You can also mail order.
What to buy: Soaps such as Full moon rising, pearl. Oils are also very nice
What to pay: Varies depending on what you are buying and sizes. $3.50 upwards
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What to buy: Soaps
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The bus stop to Cable Beach is directly in front of the arcade on Dampier Street.
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Australian South Sea Pearls
What to buy: Before you go to Broome, you hear about the magnificent South Sea Pearls which are cultured there and as a female who really loves pearls and works in the jewellery industry I was so excited about the prospect of seeing some amazing pearl jewellery from some of Australia's well known jewellery companys.
I was not disappointed, my husband allowed me a day to myself to explore the stores, and there are many and time runs out. I found the staff in the stores range from indifferent to very well informed about the industry that helps keep this small town alive.
If your pocket want reach to the price of a beautiful strand of Australian south sea pearls, also available are beautiful s.s. pearl pendant/enhancers and earrings on offer and in some of the stores they have ranges of freshwater pearls from China (not the same) as a compromise.
I came away without purchasing, I was looking for a single pearl so I could have it made up when I got home and I couldn't find one that I liked, and to be honest I only saw 4 loose pearls out of all the stores I visited.
What to pay: The average price of a nice pendant without a diamond maybe close to A$1000 which of course depends on the size, colour, lustre, skin blemishes and of course shape.
Lots of Jewelry shops: Pearls
Broome is well known all over the world for its saltwater-pearls that they are cultivating here.
What to buy: So a lot of shops are selling them, too, here.
The prices are reasonable ( I wouldn´t dare to say cheap) and if you are interested, some shops will also show you a film how pearls are cultivated in Oyster farms in Broomes surroundings.
Next to the pearls you can also buy things with pearlmut.
And if you don´t want to buy, go and have a look anyway.
What to pay: Depends on you.
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Friendly, great location, clean & comfy
Rooms were nice, check-in easy, everyone friendly. The bar location was great and its offerings were perfect.
Union Station is three quick blocks for a little shopping, tourist tour connections and inexpensive breakfast or lunch.
High class, low prices!
Very clean, professional staff and close to many of the main attractions. Even the surrounding area comparably speaking was very nice. I would recommend this hotel to anyone!
Only a block from capitol hill!
Perfect for what I needed...
Great deal... The hotel provided a clean/modern room, accommodating staff and an ideal location for the budget price of $99 a night.
Union Station has some really great restaurants, try B Smith's.
great stay in DC
This hotel was perfect for our trip. The location was ideal for getting around by subway, 2 blocks from Union station. The bed was comfortable (hard) and the linens crisp. We asked for a fridge and it came later that night. The concierge was
very helpful with metro prices & suggestions. We had planned tours each day of our stay (5 days) and felt we really got to see all the main attractions in Washington. Even the room coffee was good. I would highly recommend this hotel to my friends and would not hesitate to stay there again.
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The hotel is beautiful..good room and people are ready to serve you.
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Was a great location. Walking distance to Union Station where the Metro and tourist trips began. Staff was very helpful--we certainly would stay there again
Two odd things happened.
For the most part, our stay lived up to everything we expected. The room was comfortable. The staff was courteous and efficient. The food in the restaurant was excellent. The location can't be beat for easy access to the most visited attractions
in the city. However, it struck us as odd to find a fresh drop of blood on the underside of one of the pillows. From its appearance, it obviously hadn't been through the laundry. Also, before we went to breakfast on the morning we checked out, we left a modest amount of money on the desk, which we intended to leave as a tip for the maid. We returned to the room to pack our luggage and found that the money was gone, but the room had not been made up. That seemed rather presumptuous of someone who had access to the locked room, whom we presumed to be the maid.
Good hotel, great location
The hotel was clean and nice. The room was a good size. And the best thing about this hotel is its location. It's a few minutes from the US Capital. The only bad thing about this hotel was parking. You can park on the street and the hotel provides
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Hotel stay
Unfortunately, we were stuck in the hotel due to an incredible snow storm. However, the staff tried to make the stay as comfortable as possible. The location was such that there was not much we could do but stay in the hotel. It was a good thing
that there was a fitness facility available and food...although the menu was quite limited. If the weather had not been bad, the location would have been great!!!! I would recommend this hotel for other trips.
Short walk to Capitol, the Senate Offices, restaurants, etc. Short drive from the DCA airport.
Unbeatable location for the price
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Modeling the Dynamics of the Egyptian Stock Market Mohamed Askar, Ph.D. Associate Professor American University in Cairo 11 Youssef El-Gindi Street Cairo, Egypt Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Ahmed Farghaly MBA Graduate American University in Cairo Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Maha Resk MBA Graduate American University in Cairo Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Abstract The Egyptian stock market has been experiencing a set of fluctuations over the past two years. This was caused by several factors that include the behavior of the Egyptian Economy, as well as the performance of the other Middle Eastern stock markets. In this paper we use System Dynamics as a tool for mapping the performance of the CASE 30, Egyptian Stock market index, to identify the various interacting feedback loops that triggered such performance. These loops are then incorporated in a system dynamics model that is used to understand the causes of such performance as well as developing several scenarios for managing the various factors affecting the Egyptian stock market. Introduction The Egyptian stock market is among the oldest stock in the world dating back to 1883. It consists of both the Alexandria stock exchange, founded in 1883 and the Cairo stock exchange, founded in 1940's. However, during the 1950's Egypt adopted a socialist regime that resulted in a wave of nationalization which in turn deemed all the outstanding stocks of previously traded companies obsolete, as these companies turned state owned. Throughout the 1990's, the Egyptian government carried out economic reform programs that included privatization of state owned companies; liberalization of the financial market; and adoption of market based economy. This resulted in the re- activation of the Egyptian Stock Market, (Capital Market Law 95/1992). Further, the Presidential Decree No. 51 for year 1997 redefined the legal structure of the Exchanges and accordingly the Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchanges have been merged into one entity (The Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchange or CASE) with one Chairman and one Board of Directors, and two locations: Cairo and Alexandria. Today, the Egyptian Stock market is an active market that has market capitalization of $27,847.48, CASE Annual report 2006. CASE 30 9,000.00 8,000.00 7,000.00 6,000.00 5,000.00 CASE 30 4,000.00 3,000.00 2,000.00 1,000.00 0.00 02/01/2005 02/02/2005 06/03/2005 04/04/2005 10/05/2005 08/06/2005 07/07/2005 07/08/2005 05/09/2005 04/10/2005 07/11/2005 06/12/2005 05/01/2006 13/02/2006 16/03/2006 17/04/2006 23/05/2006 21/06/2006 20/07/2006 21/08/2006 19/09/2006 19/10/2006 Date Figure 1 Performance of the Egyptian Stock Market in the Year 2005 As the Egyptian Stock market grew, it started attracting investors from inside and outside Egypt, all investing in the Stock Market with the aim of maximizing the value of their investments as well as growing their portfolios. The current growth of the Egyptian Stock market started by the year 2003 and reached its peak in 2005. However, after reaching its peak in 2005, the Egyptian stock market started to experience some severe fluctuations that resulted in an awakening of the policy makers as they tried to understand this phenomena and tried to develop policies that will guard against such severe fluctuations in the future, figure 1. This paper attempts to explore the factors affecting the recent fluctuations in the Egyptian Stock market. In doing so, we selected System Dynamics as a tool for mapping the various forces that shaped the recent performance of the Egyptian Stock market. Such approach resulted in the development of a System Dynamics model that is used first, to understand the forces shaping the Egyptian Stock market performance, and second, to examine various policies that can dampen the effect of such severe fluctuations. The theoretical framework section of this paper presents the theoretical background used to develop the model. Following this presentation, the model section presents the formulation of the System Dynamics model used to explore the forces that affect the behavior of the Egyptian Stock market. Further, the results section outlines the testing of various policies and scenarios that are developed to understand the behavior of the model. Finally, concluding remarks and recommendations are presented to provide analysis of the research as well as providing recommendations for future research. Theoretical Framework The quest for understanding the behavior of the stock market has been examined extensively throughout the literature. This resulted in the development of theories and models that examine the various factors affecting the stock market performance. Cutler et al. (1989) examined the behavior of stock markets in developed countries and have found many forces that shape its behavior. Out of these forces are the reaction of the stock market to the announcement of various events, Ball and Brown (1968) ; Fama(1969) examined the reaction of the stock price to stock splits; McConnell and Muscarella(1985) studied the impact of capital expenditures; Klein(1986) examined the impact of divestitures; Jensen and Ruback (1983) studied the effect of takeovers on stock pricing; Chan (2002) examined the speed of Stock price adjustment to information. While most of these studies examined the performance of stocks in developed markets, little studies have been conducted to examine the performance of the stock markets in developing countries. Among the few studies that examine the performance of stock markets in developing countries is the study conducted by Ignatius (1998) who examined the performance of the Bombay Stock exchange in India. The study of stock market behavior in developing countries requires first to understand the factors that govern the behavior in of stock markets in developing countries. Hess (1998) highlighted such factors as: • Gross domestic product per capita substantially below the average for developed economies. • Greater government regulation limiting or banning foreign ownership in domestic companies. • A lax and/ or corrupt regulatory environment. • Inefficient back office operations including clearing and settlement capabilities. • Restrictions on repatriation of initial capital, dividends, interest and capital gains. • Greater perceived investment risk than in developed markets and a general perception by the investment community that the country should be considered emerging. • Massive privatization schemes • Lack of investors confidence due to inadequate disclosure of companies information • Lack of training for financial market participants (investors, local intermediaries, brokers) Further, Papaioannou and Duke(1993) outlined four evolutionary stages in the development of Stock Markets. These stages are: 1. Equity markets tend to develop only after a country has achieved a degree of economic and political stability and begun implementing growth- oriented policies. In this phase, equity prices tend to rise encouraging the confidence of domestic investors. The market be comes more widely accepted as an investment alternative to traditional bank de posits and government securities. 2. In the second phase, because the equity market now has some degree of credibility, pressure abroad for greater accessibility and at home for cheaper capital funding leads to a loosening of regulations in the domestic capital markets. As investment bafflers decline and as market liquidity and risk- adjusted returns increase, international investors begin to realize the diversification benefits of investing in such markets. 3. In the third stage, the market offers the prospect of higher, less volatile returns, and investors easily absorb new issues of stocks and bonds. The volume of new issues increases as firms strive to pay down debt and private or newly privatized companies make their initial public offerings. Trading volume increases, producing greater market efficiency, while the growing need for a risk transfer mechanism spurs the development of equity and currency- hedging instruments such as derivatives. 4. In the final phase, equity risk premiums fall to internationally competitive levels relative to short-term money market rates. The equity markets begin to achieve the stable growth that marks a mature or developed country. Based on these two studies, it can be argued that the Egyptian Stock market is as a developing stock market which is currently in the second phase of development as outlined by Papaionnou (1993) and is in the process of developing into the third stage. Moreover, when comparing between developing and developed stock markets, it is obvious that stock pricing in developed markets is based on market efficiency, while developing stock markets are characterized to have weak market efficiencies, Dockery(2000). Such weakness in market efficiencies calls for the intervention of governments directly by imposing price limits or indirectly through securities laws and regulations, Dockery(2000) and Phylaktis (1999). Model Development After presenting the theoretical framework that regulates the stock prices, we now move to present the system dynamics model we developed to model the behavior of the Egyptian Stock Market. The model is developed for a typical stock that is registered in the CASE30 index. In doing so, we have developed the following assumptions: 1. The price of the share is determined by the supply and demand for stocks. The supply is represented by the amount of shares available for sale; sell orders. On the other hand, demand is represented by the number of buy orders placed to buy the shares. 2. Investors in the Egyptian Stock market are grouped into four basic categories, namely; Local Small investors, Local Large investors, Foreign investors(Arabs and others), and finally Government. The definition of each class is provided as follows: Local Small Investors: This class represents the small Egyptian investors, individuals who invest in the stock market. This group is divided into to sub- classes: Local Small Direct Investor, LSDI; and Local Small Indirect Investor. The direct local small investors represents the local investors trading directly in the stock market, and the Indirect class represents those who invest in the stock market indirectly through financial vehicles such as mutual funds. Local Large Investors, LLI: This class of investors represents large investors (individuals and corporations) who invest in the stock market directly, but because of the volume of their investments, they seek the help of qualified financial advisors and rely on availability of information and sophisticated technical analysis. Foreign Investors: This class of investors represents those other than Egyptians or Egyptian Companies investing in the Egyptian stock market. This class is broken further into two subclasses; Arab Investors, AI, and Other Investor, OI. The Arab investors represent those from Arabian countries, mainly Gulf countries, investing in the Egyptian stock market. The others class represents all other non-Egyptian nationals investing in the Egyptian stock market. Government: This fourth class represents the different branches of the Egyptian Government investing in the Egyptian Stock market. The breakdown of each class of investor, their motives, investment strategies and the factors that affect their investment decisions are presented in table (1). Table 1: Classification of the various investor types investing in the Egyptian Stock Market Local Local Small Small Local Investor Direct Indirect Large Arab Other Type Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor Government Reason for Short term Long-term Long-term Portfolio Portfolio Stabilize the Investment profit profit profit diversification diversification market and investment of surpluses from oil revenues Reliance on No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Technical Analysis Ability to Low High High High High High sustain loss Following the presentation of the assumptions, we now move to introduce the system dynamics model used for mapping the Egyptian Stock market. The model is developed in four sections: Supply-Demand and Share Price section, Buy and Sell Transactions section, Financial Section, and Share Ownership section. The details of how each of these sections is formulated as follows: Supply-Demand Share Price The first section presents the mapping of the supply-demand and their interaction with the stock price, figure (2).The upper section of the model represents the mechanism by which share prices change. This is achieved by mapping the share price as a stock that is changed through the stock price change rate. This rate is expressed as a function of the current stock price, the demand/supply ratio, share price elasticity and the price limit. The demand supply ratio is formulated as the ratio of Demand to Supply for the stock. The price elasticity represents how sensitive the share price is to changes in the Demand/Supply ratio. As for the price limit, this represents the maximum percentage imposed by the Stock Market officials for allowed stock price changes. The demand for shares is modeled as the total of the buy orders placed by each type of investor investing in the Egyptian Stock market. Similarly, on the supply side, the total supply consists of the total placed sell orders placed by the various investors investing in the Egyptian Stock market represents the supply as well as the rate of new share offerings placed in the Egyptian stock market. The fulfillment rate represents the minimum of the supplied and demanded shares. Demand Supply Stock Price Elasticity Ratio Stock Price Change Rate Stock Price New Share Of f ering Rate Halt Trading Sell Orders Supply Buy Order Demand Placement Rate Placement Rate Sell Fullf illment Buy Fullf ilment Rate Rate Buy Exit Sell Exit Placed Sell Placed Buy Placed Buy Orders LSDI Placed Sell Orders LSDI Orders Gov ernment Orders Gov ernment Placed Buy Placed Sell Placed Sell Placed Buy Orders LSII Orders LSII Orders OI Orders OI Placed Sell Placed Buy Placed Sell Placed Buy Orders AI Orders LLI Orders LLI orders AI Figure 2 Mapping the Supply-Demand Interaction and Stock Price Buy/Sell Decisions The buy/sell decision varies from one type of investor to the other. Figure (3 a-f) present the factors used in formulating the buy/sell decisions for each investor type, and how they are incorporated in the model. In the case of the Local Small Direct Investor, LSDI, investment decision is initiated by the pure profit motives and depends on: 1. Perception about the direction of the price of the stock 2. Stock price appreciation 3. and the inability of the small investor to sustain loss The mapping of the investment decisions environment of the LSDI is modeled as presented in figure (3-a) for both the buy and sell decisions. In the case of the Local Large Investor, LLI, investment decisions are based on the long-term view of the market. Further, as presented earlier, this type of investor relies mainly on sound technical analysis and long-term growth forecasts. The strategies employed by this type of investors are: 1. Buy low sell High strategy 2. Consider the long –term stock performance 3. Have the ability to sustain short-term losses in return to long-term gains The technical analysis of the stock is used to determine the real value of the share price; the maximum and minimum ranges for the price to move, as well as the long term-forecast for the share price. This in turn has resulted in developing the mapping of the investment decisions environment of the LLI is modeled presented in figure (3- c). Further, a similar environment is used for mapping investment decisions made by the Local Small Indirect Investor (professionally managed investment funds), figure (3-b) . The case of the Arab is presented in figure (3-d). Added to the current stock price, the technical assessment of the stock price, the long term-forecast, another factor is considered, the Arab Investment Funds allocated for investment in the Egyptian Stock Market. Given all these factors combined, the mapping of the investment decisions of the Arab investors is presented in figure (3-d). Moving to the Other Foreign Investors, case e, investment decisions are modeled in a similar fashion as the case of Arab investors, with one difference that is these decisions are constrained by the funds made available for investment in the Egyptian Stock market by the Other Foreign Investors. The mapping of such decisions is presented in figure d. The modeling of the last type of investor, Government Investor is presented in case e. The Egyptian Government invests in the Stock market for two main reasons: 1. Stabilize the Market in the case of the market falling below its fair value 2. Use the stock market to invest social security funds. However this type of investment is considered as part of the Local Large Investor. Market Perf ormance indicator Local Small Local Small Local Small Indirect Inv estment Direct Shares Indirect Shares Funds Placed Buy Placed Sell Orders LSDI Orders LSDI Placed Sell Orders LSII Placed Buy Orders LSII High Share Low Share Local Small Stock Price Price Price Direct Inv estment Stock Price Funds a )Local Small Direct Decision b) Local Small Indirect Decisions High Share Low Share Price Stock Price Price Low Share Price Placed Buy High Share Stock Price orders AI Price Arab Shares Placed Sell Placed Buy Orders LLI Orders LLI Rule 2 Rule 1 Arab Inv estment Funds Placed Sell Orders AI Local Large Local Large Demand Shares Inv estment Funds Arab Funds c) Local Large Investor d) Arab Investors Placed Sell Gov ernment Orders OI Share Demand Others Funds Rule A Rule B Placed Sell Others Inv estment Orders Gov ernment Placed Buy Funds Stock Price Orders Gov ernment Other Shares Placed Buy Orders OI High Share Low Share Gov ernment Qty Demanded Price Stock Price Price Inv estment Gov Funds e) Others Investors f) Government Figure 3 Mapping of Buy and Sell Decisions for each type of Investor By incorporating these two factors, the investment decision of the Egyptian Government is presented in figure (3-f). The buy and sell decisions are affected by the market price, funds set aside by the Egyptian government for investment in the stock market, and the technical analysis of the performance in terms of the price fluctuation range, and the long-term price forecast. Mapping the Financial Section The final section of the model deals with the mapping and formulation of the funds made available for investment in the Egyptian Stock market. As the buy/sell decisions, these funds differ from one type of investor to another. The detail of how the fund of each type of investor was formulated is presented as follows: Local Small Investor The funds available for investment by the Local Small Investor are divided by their decision whether to invest directly in the stock market, or to investment indirectly through professionally managed investment funds. Market Perf ormance Interest Rate indicator Delta New Funds Av ailable ~ Percent in Stock Market Fulf illed Buy f or Inv estment f or Local Funds Out Orders LSDI Small Inv estors LSDI Local Small Direct Inv estment Funds used Rate to Buy Stocks LSDI Local Small Local Small Local Small Inv estment Inv estment Funds Direct Inv estment Funds Increase Rate Funds Percentage Local Direct Indirect Local Small Ratio Indirect Inv estment Rate Stock Price Funds Out Funds Used to Local Small LSII Buy Stocks LSII Indirect Inv estment Fulf illed Buy Funds Orders LSII Figure 4 Mapping of funds for the Local Small Investor The percentage of direct to indirect decisions is set to a slider as changes in this percentage represent various policy scenarios that are investigated late. The total funds available for investment in the stock market is calculated based on the new funds available to the local small investors, the current bank interest rate and the market performance indicator. The mapping of local investors' funds is presented in figure. Local Large Investors The modeling of the funds invested by the Local Large Investors is presented in figure . These funds are dependent on the funds allocated for investment by the large investors, and the market performance rate. Local Large Local Large Inv estment Fund Local Large Inv estment Fund Inv estment Increase Rate Inv estment Funds Decrease Rate Funds LLI Stock Price Fund Withdrawal Funds Demenaded Funds Demanded Rate LLI Rate LLI LLI Fulf illed Sell Orders LLI Figure 5 Mapping of funds for the Local Large Investor Arab Investors The mapping of the Arab Investment funds allocated to the Egyptian Stock market is presented in figure. The flow of Arab Investment funds is governed by the oil revenue surpluses that have been enjoyed over the past years as well as the Egyptian Market performance indicator. Withdrawal of these funds on the other hand is controlled by commitments Arab Investors have to fulfill in their home markets; primarily due to cover losses that result from fluctuations in their stock markets. Fulf illed Buy Orders AI Arab Inv estment Increase Rate Funds Used to Arab Inv estment Buy Stocks AI Stock Price Arab Inv estment Funds Fund Arab Funds Requested Arab Demand Withdrawal Rate Funds Arab Funds Fulf illed Sell Orders AI Figure 6 Mapping of funds for the Arab Investor Other Investors The mapping of the Other Investors Funds is presented in figure. The increase rate of these funds is affected by the Egyptian Stock Market Performance Indicator, the Country Stability Index, and New funds made available for Investment in the Egyptian market. The decrease rate on the other hand is affected by the market performance indicator and the country stability index. Fulf illed Buy Orders OI Others Inv estment Funds Used to Others Inv estment Increase rate Buy Stocks Others Stock Price Others Inv estment Funds Fund Requested Others Others Funds Demand Others Funds Withdrawal Rate Funds Fulf illed Sell Orders OI Figure 7 Mapping of funds for the Others Investor Government The funds made available by the Egyptian Government for investment in the stock market is modeled as presented in figure. The market performance indicator plays as a trigger for the Government decisions. As the market performance goes down, the Egyptian Government steps into the market in order to stabilize prices. Further, the Egyptian Government uses the Stock Market to invest social security funds in order to enable the future payments as they are required. Gov ernment Inv estment Gov ernment Inv estment Funds Decrease Rate Gov ernment Inv estment Rate Fulf illed Buy Orders Stock Price Gov ernment Figure 8 Mapping of funds for the Government Share Ownership The final part of the model deals with share ownership. Six similar stocks and flow sub-models were developed to map the share ownership, figure ( a-c). As presented in figures a-c, the stock that maps the shares held by each type of investor increases form the buy orders placed by the investor multiplied by the buy fulfillment percentage. Similarly, the stock of shares is decreased via the fulfilled sell orders flow that is calculated as the product of the placed sell orders and the sell fulfillment rate. Placed Sell Orders LSDI Local Small Placed Buy Fulf illed Buy Fulf illed Sell Direct Shares Orders LSDI Orders LSDI Orders LSDI Buy Fulf illment Percentage Sell Fulf illment Percentage Placed Buy Orders LSII Fulf illed Buy Fulf illed Sell Local Small Orders LSII Placed Sell Orders LSII Indirect Shares Orders LSII Figure 9 a Mapping of share ownership for Local Small Direct Investors and Local Small Indirect Investors Placed Sell Placed Buy Orders LLI Local Large Fulf illed Sell Orders LLI Fulf illed Buy Shares Orders LLI Ordes LLI Buy Fulf illment Percentage Sell Fulf illment Percentage Fulf illed Buy Fulf illed Sell Arab Orders AI Orders AI Placed Buy Shares Placed Sell orders AI Orders AI Figure 9 b Mapping of share ownership for Local Large Investors and Arab Investors Placed Buy Placed Sell Orders OI Orders OI Fulf illed Buy Fulf illed Sell Orders OI Orders OI Other Shares Sell Fulf illment Percentage Buy Fulf illment Percentage Fulf illed Buy Fulf illed Sell Gov ernment Orders Orders Placed Sell Placed Buy Share Gov ernrnent Gov ernment Orders Gov ernment Orders Gov ernment Figure 9 c Mapping of share ownership for Other Investors and Government. Results After presenting the model, we now move to present some scenarios that illustrate the model behavior. Three policy scenarios are presented to illustrate the behavior of the model. These scenarios investigate the effects of the following factors; Effect of Local Small Direct Investors, Impact of Fluctuations in the Arab Stock Markets, and Government Intervention. Scenario 1: Impact of Local Small Direct Investors This scenario represents the base scenario that explains the current situation in the Egyptian Market. As stock prices move upward, the market attracts Local Small Direct Investors who enter the market seeking fast profit. The increased demand generated by this type of investors' heats up the market, driving share higher than the high prices calculated based on the technical analysis. This in turn triggers the other investors, (Local Large, Arab and other) to sell their stocks to capture the profits. As a result, the supply of shares increases, leading the stock price to take a south turn. As this happens, Local Small Direct Investors start selling their shares as they have limited ability to sustain market loss, resulting in a bigger dive in stock prices to levels that are considered below the low prices estimated by the technical analysis. At this point, the market becomes more attractive to the Large investors who start to buy stocks, hence repeating the cycle, figure 10. Figure 10 Basic Scenario In dealing with this case, we recommend an Investment Policy that encourages small investors to seek the use of professionally managed funds that rely on sound technical analysis and limit their direct trading in the market. The impact of this policy is demonstrated in figure resulting in reduction of the cyclical fluctuations in the market, figure 11. Figure 11 Effect of Eliminating the effect of Local Small Direct Investors Scenario 2: Impact of Fluctuations in the Arab Market This scenario investigates the impact of fluctuations in Arab Stock Markets on the Egyptian Stock Markets. As fluctuations take place in Arab markets, Arab investors start a selling frenzy to generate funds needed to cover losses in accrued in their markets. As this takes place, increase in supply of shares is experienced, driving the Egyptian Stock market prices down. This then triggers other investors, especially Local Small Direct Investors, resulting in further decrease in prices, figure 12. Figure 12 Effect of Demand for Arab Funds on the Stock Market Scenario 3: Dealing with Market Extremes This case deals with market stabilization in the downward cycle. As the market prices decline and approach their low end, the policy calls for the government to temporarily intervene in the market by buying stocks. This will have two main effects namely: • Increase confidence in the market, and stop the further decline of prices. • Make the Government profits as they will buy at very low prices that will be transformed later to profits as the market recovers. Figure 13 Effect of Government Intervention on the Stock Market Concluding Remarks This paper presents an exploratory model for studying the Egyptian Stock Market Dynamics. The model attempts to explain what is currently happening in the Egyptian Stock Market in face of speculative demand for stocks. As a result the policies presented investigate several scenarios that can be utilized in dealing with such fluctuations in the market. Building on this paper, the model needs to be further expanded to incorporate the issues of risk associated with each type of investor, and the impact they will have on the overall market performance. References Ball, R.J. and Brown, P. 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