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Active Index Investing, edited by Steven Schoenfeld, aims to be the definitive guide to the art and science of using index-based strategies to maximize performance and minimize the risks of global investing. This short overview of the key sections of the book will indicate that in fact it is "Five Books in One" – providing a comprehensive exploration of the theories, benchmarks, investment vehicles, portfolio management techniques and overall benefits of indexing. Active Index Investing was published in July 2004 by John Wiley & Sons as part of the Wiley Finance imprint and was favorably reviewed by the Editors of Pensions & Investments in January 2005. It was also published in Japanese by Toyo Keizai in late 2005, with translation supervision by a team of academics (Yokohama National University) and industry professionals (Sumitomo Trust Bank and Northern Trust Japan K.K.)
Indexing is Active
For anyone who may have thought otherwise, in Chapter 1 editor Steven Schoenfeld of Northern Trust Global Investments guides us through all the reasons why Indexing is Active. From the theoretical logic behind concept of indexing to the art and science of benchmark construction and index management, this opening chapter makes it very clear that indexers are playing anything but a passive game. The chapter also traces the evolution of indexing, and provides a glimpse of the direction that this dynamic field is heading.
Part One (Chapters 2-4) The Indexing Revolution – Theory and Practice
Chapter 2. So just how did indexing get its start? In The Foundations of Indexing, Binu George, a portfolio manager at AXA Rosenberg, Steven Schoenfeld, and Jim Wiandt of The Journal of Indexes chronicle the evolution of portfolio management theories that explain why indexing is the most rational method of fund management. From the inception of Markowitz's theory of efficient portfolios, to Wells Fargo's launching of the first index fund in 1971, and the regulatory change that cleared the way for indexing that soon followed, this chapter documents the foundations of indexing. The outcome of this evolution is that the principles underlying indexing – focus on minimizing costs and controlling risks – are now shared by index and active managers alike.
In Chapter 3, Binu George of AXA Rosenberg, Matt Scanlan, a Managing Director at Barclays Global Investors (BGI), and Steven Schoenfeld discuss the advantages of index products and the factors that have contributed to their meteoric growth in the U.S. in The Ever-evolving Uses of Indexing. In examining how investors use indexing in increasingly sophisticated and creative ways, and how indexing can be a key part of an overall investment strategy, the authors stress that the indexing versus active debate is over, and that investors need not choose one over the other. Rather, indexing should be viewed as part of a 'mosaic' in a holistic investment strategy that attempts to invest in broad universes of assets and asset classes.
Chapter 4, Market Uncertainty and the Role of Indexing by Adele Kohler of State Street Global Investors (SSgA). Like clockwork, each bearish market environment brings with it the claims that "this is when active managers will prove their worth" or that "indexing only works in rising markets." The previous chapter went to some lengths to dispel those myths. However, in this chapter, Adele Kohler attacks them head on, writing from the perspective of 2003's respite from a brutal three year U.S. equity bear market. She draws heavily on publicly available empirical evidence, as well as some unique data points regarding active manager cash levels during market turns. Her conclusion is consistent with that of Chapters 3, 26, 29 and 30, namely, that a core allocation to index-based strategies is the ideal way to maintain the integrity of a well-designed strategic asset allocation – in any market environment.
Part Two. (Chapters 5 –13) Benchmarks – The Foundation for Indexing
This section of the book discusses the role and importance of benchmarks for all of the world's major asset classes, and highlights the universal characteristics of appropriate indexes. These chapters also discuss the primary characteristics and intangible risks within benchmarks, and answer the questions of what constitutes a good benchmark and what purposes they serve. It also provides a comprehensive assessment of the major equity and fixed income benchmarks used by investors, and provides examples of the different ways investors use benchmarks and can customize them for individual purposes.
Chapter 5, The Vital Role and Fundamental Importance of Benchmarks, by Steven Schoenfeld of Northern Trust Global Investments, Larry Siegal of the Ford Foundation, and Pamela Cloyd, provides a critical foundation to understand the Four Key Uses of Benchmarks – as a gauge of 'the market,' as an asset allocation research and implementation tool, as a performance benchmark, and as the basis for investment vehicles. The chapter also addresses some popular strands of criticism of benchmark use.
Two sidebars are also included, one being a review of why market capitalization weighting is, like democracy or capitalism, not perfect, but still better than any of the proposed alternatives, and the other focusing on the importance of float adjustment, using a robust example from the late 1990s.
Chapter 6. In Perfection Impossible, through a discussion of the key criteria for index construction methodology and their inherent tradeoffs, author Steven Schoenfeld explains why the quest for a perfect index might be a mission impossible. For example, an index that is broad in coverage may lack investability since smaller names that contribute to index breadth will be less liquid, and one that rebalances frequently to accurately reflect constituent changes will lead to higher cost resulting from turnover. Therefore, Steven points out that, in choosing a benchmark index, the user must carefully evaluate the purpose of the benchmark, and then be ready to make the trade offs based on their own preferences.
This chapter includes two sidebars: 'Don't Stop at Seven – Additional Criteria to Assess the Appropriateness of a Benchmark Index,' by Steven Schoenfeld; and 'The Impact of Benchmarks on Markets and Institutions,' by Larry Siegal. The former sidebar was originally used in a Journal of Indexes article by Schoenfeld in 1999, and was subsequently integrated into two research pieces published by BGI (and has since been adapted by both BGI and NTGI for various in-house publications. Another valuable contribution on this subject, 'The Balancing Act of Constructing Benchmarks' by Khalid Ghayur, is a Web-only sidebar available on this site which supplments the points made in this and the following chapter.
Gus Sauter, Chief Investment Officer of the Vanguard Group, provides his view of the optimal way to create indexes in Chapter 7 – Ideal Index Construction. As an important contrast to the views expressed in the previous chapter, this chapter is a slightly condensed version of an article written by Gus Sauter in Spring 2002 and published as "Index Rex" in The Journal of Indexes. This article sparked considerable debate within the indexing community, much of which continues (and is covered in detail on IndexUniverse.com). Furthermore, a number of Gus' proposals were adapted by certain index providers, and are being carefully watched by others. It is hoped that these contrasting views, and other index methodology issues raised throughout Part Two of the book, help readers understand the key factors and nuances of benchmark design and construction – and why it matters.
This chapter also includes a detailed sidebar by Steven Schoenfeld and John Spence that provides an overview of the key global index families and the companies that calculate them, which is supplemented here on the E-ppendix by Web-only sidebars written by executives of these index providers.
Chapter 8. While there are many ways to segment markets in order to measure their movements, only those that are intuitive to investors and are derived from empirical evidence should be accepted. In discussing the development of the style segments and how indexes are constructed to measure the market segments in "Splicing and Dicing the U.S. Equity Market," Chad Rakvin, Gardner Platt and Brad Pope point out that the definition and application of style are by no means universally agreed upon, and that they are defined differently by different investors and index providers. They then go on to discuss the challenges in developing benchmarks for these segments where such differences exist. The chapter also includes a comprehensive overview and assessment of broad-cap U.S. equity benchmarks.
To supplement the chapter, two sidebars are included that expand the coverage to two additional index families. The first is 'MSCI's New U.S. Equity Index Family, by Eric Brandhorst.'
The second is an overview of the new S&P/Citigroup U.S. Equity Benchmarks, by Melinda Chu.
In addition, a 'web-only' sidebar by Arlene Rockefeller of SSgA takes a close look at the S&P SuperComposite index.
Chapter 9, International Equity Indexes by Steven Schoenfeld and Robert Ginis of Global Index Strategies, addresses the evolution of international benchmarks in the context of the changing face of the global market brought on by cross border mergers and acquisitions, increasing integration across countries and sectors, and the growth of emerging markets. Given this heightened profile of global markets, and the explosion of choice in international benchmarks, the authors' goal here is to provide North American investors the perspective and data to align their international equity framework with the new world markets by addressing such issues as how key international index providers make index construction decisions, how these indexes measure up to the seven criteria of a good benchmark, and what transition costs are involved in switching benchmarks.
Chapter 10, Fixed Income Benchmarks by Mark Friebel of BGI and Vache Mahseredjian, discusses the features that are characteristic in bond indexes, and those that are required in a good bond index. The author addresses the questions of how much does choice of indexes matter, and why bond indexes are different from equity indexes. For example, the author points out that,within a single market, most of the major bond indices are over 90% correlated with each other with most differentiations occurring over smaller bond issues, or over a limited number of structures, such as bonds with put or call features, which may be included in one index, but not in another. Therefore, the choice of benchmark index often becomes a decision based on finer points. However, with the advent of Bond ETFs, fixed income indexes will become increasingly prominent.
The accompanying sidebar is an in-dept look at commodity indexes, by David Burkhart and Mark Friebel.
In Chapter 11, Mark Anson, Chief Investment Officer of the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), gives a comprehensive analysis of the rapidly growing field of hedge fund benchmarks and universes. This chapter aims to provide an overview of the burgeoning field of hedge fund performance measurement and benchmarks. It defines the methodology, scope and limitations of these 'universes' and how investors are increasingly using them for asset allocation. Although many would argue as to whether the new "investable" universes are indexes at all, it is clear that the industry will be using them in a similar way as equity and fixed-income indexes, and thus it is vital to understand their construction methodology, and their relative strengths and weaknesses. Furthermore, hedge fund indexes are beginning to be used as the underlying basis for index funds, and potential investors must understand the attributes of these products. A sidebar by Simon Hookway and Steven Schoenfeld – The Expanding World of Investable Hedge Fund Index Products – supplements this chapter.
Chapter 12. The Utility of Indexes as Analytical Tools, by Mark Sladkus of MSCI, shows us that indexes capture and reflect what we as a society have lived through both in economic and political terms. Broad market cap weighted benchmarks, such as the MSCI Indices, published since 1968, can be used as a reference to observe the evolution of markets. Because these and other benchmarks are designed and maintained to reflect the structure and evolution of the markets, an analysis of these indexes often provides a snapshot into changes in the world's economy, such as trends in markets, economies, and commodities.
Chapter 13. Rounding off this section, Peter Wall of Wall's Street Research offers a comprehensive overview of the concepts of socially responsible investing and corporate social responsibility, and looks at some of the factors reinforcing the rise of Socially Responsible Indexes and propelling them into mainstream portfolio investment around the world. And in sync with the theme of this book, Peter makes the case that passive investment strategies in the SRI field may be the most active investment decision one could ever make!
Part Three. (Chapters 14-18) The Ever-Expanding Variety and Flexibility of Index Products
Chapter 14. The Wide World of Index Products – Building blocks for an efficient portfolio. Index funds, index derivatives, and hybrid index products - all are part of the index family that continues to expand to meet different investor needs. This section, by Joy Yang of AXA Rosenberg and Steven Schoenfeld, takes us through all the wealth and depth of index products, their management techniques, and the purpose they serve as building blocks of an efficient portfolio. Consistent with the theme introduced in the beginning of the book, this section demonstrates by example why index investing involves so much more than passive investing, and that the latter is simply one sub-category of indexing.
Three sidebars accompany this chapter:
Chapter 15, Enhanced Indexing – Adding Alpha in a Disciplined, Risk Controlled Manner describes the skills and resources required to implement successful enhanced index strategies. Joy Yang and Steven Schoenfeld guide the reader through a discussion of "index plus" portfolios constructed solely with securities as well as derivative-based strategies, two broad categories that add alpha by taking advantage of capital market imperfections and index methodology idiosyncrasies. In order maintain a successful strategy with positive information ratio, the manager must be able to identify the opportunities, diversify risk by diversifying the source of alpha, and keep costs down. A streamlined version of this chapter was published in the Journal of Indexes (Fourth Quarter 2003) and has already generated substantial debate within the investment community.
A sidebar on Fixed Income ETFsprovided within this chapter- 'Fixed Income ETFs in Europe – A New Revolution for European Investors,' by Elizabeth Para - explores how ETFs are branching out to overseas exchanges.
In Chapter 17 - Indexing Real Estate by Jim Keagy of BGI. In recent years, a variety of indexes and index products have been developed for 'alternative' asset classes such as commodities, real estate and hedge funds. While some would argue that these asset classes are "unindexable," the reality is quite different. The availability of index benchmarks and investment products based upon those indexes is, in fact, considerable, and both serve to better define the opportunity set for investors as well as increase transparency of the asset class. In this chapter, real estate veteran Jim Keagy makes the case for indexing real estate and in the process sheds some light on the benefits of including the asset class in portfolios. He provides an overview on real estate investment trusts (REITs), which form the basis of publicly traded real estate investments. REITs are the primary constituents of most real estate indexes. He describes some of the benchmarks and products available to investors, and shows how some institutional investors use indexed real estate products in their portfolios. Readers will find that much of the same logic that undergirds the case for indexing stocks and bonds is also present for real estate.
Sidebars included within the chapter:
- Use of Index Funds for Rapid Asset Allocation across Countries and Sectors – an interview with Aje Saigal of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation.
- Using a Value Index Strategy to Address Style Mismatch – by John Krimmel of the Illinois State University Retirement System provides an excellent case study of risk budgeting in action, through his plan's addressing a major 'risk hole' with a value-oriented international index strategy.
Web-only sidebars in the book's E-ppendix, that supplement the chapter include
- The Active Index Strategist – How Investors and Traders Can Use ETFs and Index futures/options to Implement Technical Market Signals, by Steven Schoenfeld
- Hedge Fund Indexing – A Square Peg in a Round Hole? by Adele Kohler of SSgA
Part Four. (Chapters 19 - 24) Managing Index Funds – It's anything but passive
This section provides a unique insider's perspective into the art and science of managing index funds, much of it never-before detailed in print. Written by seasoned index fund managers, these chapters describe the fundamental concepts and techniques of equity and fixed income index managers in minimizing costs, controlling risk, generating "index alpha," (not always an oxymoron!) and minimizing tracking error. The section also provides insight into the complex and unique challenges of managing the multiple dimensions of risks in and less-efficient parts of the U.S. stock market, within fixed-income portfolios, in international equities, and in emerging markets.
Chapter 19. Steven Schoenfeld and Kevin Maeda provide an overview of how index portfolio management is "anything but passive" and detail the fundamental index portfolio management techniques that are used by most index fund managers. Portions of this chapter are adapted from lectures that Steven has delivered at Duke/Fuqua and UC Berkeley/Haas business schools. The authors also provide key definitions and explanations of terms used throughout this section. A sidebar by Jim Creighton, Chief Investment Officer of Northern Trust Global Investments, is a provocative examination of the challenges of trading index changes.
Chapter 20. How difficult can it be to manage assets in the world's most efficient and liquid market? We might be tempted to think that it is comparatively easy task but we'd be wrong. Truth is, the depth and breadth of the U.S. market brings a multitude of complexities. In this chapter, The Unique Challenges of US Equity Index Management, current and former members of BGI's U.S. equity index portfolio management team take us through how they handle the complexities they face such as corporate actions, stringent tracking error tolerances, multiple choices of indexes, and their trading strategies in an efficient market, and their use of derivatives in the management process.
Chapter 21. Delivering performance in international indexes requires many of the same skills as in U.S. equities, but often requires a unique focus on different factors. In this chapter, Steven Schoenfeld and some of his former international equity index portfolio management colleagues detail the key challenges to deliver performance in both developed and emerging equity markets. The complexities of multiple time-zones, market conventions and regulatory factors are described, as well as detailed examples of trading strategies and cross-border corporate actions.
There is a sidebar on ADRs and ADR Indexes: 'More Taste, Less Filling,' by Kevin Maeda and Steven Schoenfeld
A Web only sidebar – 'Managing Political and Financial Risk in International Index Funds from B-Z – Brazil, Malaysia, Russia, Zimbabwe 1997 – 2000,' is by Steven Schoenfeld and Robert Ginis.
Chapter 22 In Managing Fixed Income Index Funds, Elizabeth Para and Partha Dasgupta of BGI explain in this chapter how fixed income indexing differs substantially from equity indexing. They detail several non-derivative and derivative based methods of creating an index tracking fixed income portfolio and why these methods have won over active investors. They then evaluate each of these methods and their advantages and disadvantages, and market circumstances under which each method is practicable. A discussion of Bond ETFs is also included.
In Chapter 23, two ETF portfolio managers at BGI in San Francisco, Lisa Chen and Patrick O'Connor, provide insight into what it takes to manage an ETF portfolio and how it's different from managing indexed funds. This detailed chapter addresses all possible questions you may have about the intricacies of ETFs from portfolio management strategies that focus on cost control to regulatory guidelines, tax harvesting strategies, and turning a portfolio of stocks into a share of ETF. This is a real behind the scenes look at all that's involved in ETF portfolio management.
Chapter 24 explores one of the newest, but potentially most value-creating areas of indexing – the management of index-based separate accounts for individual investors. In this chapter, Steven Schoenfeld, Kevin Maeda and Mark Adams describe the key challenges of tracking benchmarks within the constraints of relatively small individual accounts, especially when customization is applied.
Part Five. ( Chapters 25-31 ) Pulling it All Together – How to use index products to build an efficient, risk-controlled investment strategy
Joanne Hill and Barbara Mueller of Goldman, Sachs, in Chapter 25, explore how an institutional investor can choose amongst the even-growing variety of index-based investment strategies and products. The chapter explores the key decision criteria for different users (tax-exempt plans, active managers, hedge funds, etc) and looks at the pros/cons of use of each type of index vehicle (index funds, ETFs, futures, OTC swaps and structured products, etc).
Chapter 26. How and Why Large Pension Plans use Index-based Strategies as Their Core Investments. This chapter, by Nancy Calkins of Washington State Investment Board, looks at the ways that pension plans use index funds – whether as a core holding complemented by active satellite portfolios or with actively managed portfolios playing the lead role and index funds filling the gaps and reducing risk. It also depicts some of the ways the basic index funds can be used as building blocks to create "active" portfolios.
Recent market volatility has resulted in some pension plan assets to fall and liabilities to rise. Although there are no easy solutions to these situations, being cognizant of the pension plan's risk exposure, understanding the asset/liability characteristics, and maintaining a long-term perspective will assist in the development of a structure that fits the plan's needs. Clearly, index funds, with the flexibility they bring, will continue to have an important role in the structure of each pension plan.
In addition to Nancy's chapter, the book includes three informative 'sidebars' on other large institutions' use of index strategies:
- Japan's Pension Fund Association's use of Index Strategies – Yasuchika Asaoka. Executive Director – PFA
- State of Oregon's Blend of Index and Enhanced Index Strategies – Mike Mueller – Oregon Treasury
In Chapter 27, Tax Efficient Indexing , Mark Zurack, a former Partner at Goldman Sachs who now teaches at Columbia University, details the trade-offs and choices an investor faces when adding tax considerations into the index-based investment equation.
Chapter 28 Indexing – A Sophisticated Investment Strategy for Professional Advisors and Their Clients provides the framework for advisors and investors to develop and implement an intelligent investment program through index strategies. Michael Chassnoff of TruePoint Capital concludes that it is a sensible framework for establishing a long-term investment strategies that take into account the investment objective, investment time-horizon and a realistic expectation of securities markets over the long-run. A sidebar by Joyce Franklin of JLFranklin Wealth Management discusses the way advisors can use ETFs to minimize taxation in their clients' portfolios
Chapter 29. The Compelling Advantages of Indexing for Individuals is an excerpt of a recent publication The Great Mutual Fund Trap. The authors, Greg Baer and Gary Gensler, both former U.S. Treasure officials, recount the many traps that sensible people seem to fall into when it comes to making investment decisions. With a handful of statistics and comic anecdotes, they remind individual investors that past performance really isn't indicative of future performance, that paying front loads and back loads defy common sense, and that while index investing may be less fun, it can certainly be more profitable, as U.S. civil servants participating the government's Thrift Savings Plan know very well.
Chapter 30. Indexing at the Core and the Four Key to Long-Term Investment Success by Steven Schoenfeld. This chapter highlights some of the key macro concepts of investing, and how index product can be used to implement them. These four key concepts are:
- Determining appropriate diversified asset allocation.
- Using risk-budgeting to determime appropriate manager/strategy allocation
- Disciplined rebalancing
- Explicit and implicit cost control - the one thing you can always control
It includes and overview of best practices (not just for indexing) with extensive references to more detailed information on practical implementation issues, including ideas on how to access the best index-based strategies and products.
The book's concluding chapter – The Future of Indexing … the revolution has just begun! -- summarizes the key themes of the book, and provides some bold predictions for the future of indexing in world markets. A shorter, ETF-focused version of this chapter was published in Institutional Investors' http://www.iiguides.com/ Fall 2003 ETFs II – New Approaches and Global Outreach, and an excerpt of the chapter was published in HaBorsa, the monthly magazine of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
The book also includes an extensive Glossary and Bibliography, supplemented by this "Electronic Appendix" – or E-ppendix – which provides further information about the book and it's contributors and an "E-ppendix" of current data and research, more extensive glossary, useful web links, and tools for indexing novices, academia and industry professionals. This path-breaking E-ppendix is further supported and enhanced by a the investment industries most comprehensive indexing website - http://www.indexuniverse.com/.


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Mystery 101Season 1 - Episode 1Velma's got an interview at the prestigious Kingston University, the most selective school in the country. The only catch? The dean wants her and the rest of the Scooby gang to figure out why the ghost of Elias Kingston, the school's founder, is haunting Kingston's book-filled halls!
Game of ChickenSeason 1 - Episode 2Fred gets a call for help from Chuck, his daredevil of a best friend, leading the gang on a rescue mission deep in the caverns of an ancient civilization. Once there, they learn of the real mystery: the ghost of the Tribal Warrior that still protects the cavern from outsiders!
All Paws on DeckSeason 1 - Episode 3The Gang climb aboard the cruise ship run by Fred's cousin, despite Velma's strong dislike of water. But a water phobia is the least of their problems when a terrifying Sea Monster attacks the ship!
Poodle JusticeSeason 1 - Episode 4It's Scooby's dream come true as the gang visits the set of his favorite TV show and he meets the star, his celebrity crush, a dog actress who plays a detective on the screen. Now all Scooby has to do is work up the courage to actually talk to her while also solving the mystery of the monstrous Gargoyle attacking the production!
Grand ScamSeason 1 - Episode 5Shaggy takes the Gang to the Minor League Baseball stadium of his youth only to learn that it's about to be shut down because a Ghostly Baseball Player is scaring away the fans - and the team! Shaggy puts aside his cowardly ways to saves his home team but will Scooby stand by his, now not so scared, pal?
Trading ChasesSeason 1 - Episode 6Fred switches places with Jeff, the tour guide at a history museum, to give him a chance to lead the Gang in solving a mystery. The mystery: a frightening Egyptian crocodile deity is terrorizing the museum. The problem: Fred is instantly jealous of this new guy and sets out to solve the mystery before he can - using Jeff's tour group of children!
Be Quiet Scooby-Doo!Season 1 - Episode 7To solve the mystery of a creepy Crystal Crawler - a bat-like cave monster - the Gang must venture into the Crystal Canopy - a labyrinth of intricate crystal formations. To make things worse, they can't speak a word while in the Canopy, because even the slightest sound will bring the crystals crashing down around them!
Party Like It's 1899Season 1 - Episode 8Daphne brings the Gang to a Victorian murder mystery party, so they can dress up and solve a fake mystery for once. But when an actual Headless Count starts actually kidnapping people, the gang must stay in character as they tackle the real caper!
Screama DonnaSeason 1 - Episode 9To solve the mystery of a ghostly performer haunting her former venue, the Gang has to pretend to be a rock band themselves! But can they solve the case before Velma has to actually get on stage and sing?
Kitchen FrightmareSeason 1 - Episode 10Shaggy and Scooby's favorite chef is finally opening his own restaurant but a monstrous Yeti threatens the opening night. The gang has to solve the mystery before dessert is served and Shaggy and Scooby have to resist eating all the food that's meant for the customers!
Me, Myself and A.I.Season 1 - Episode 11When an Artificial Intelligence takes over the building of a trendy tech company, the Gang has to solve the computerized mystery - and maybe learn a lesson about relying too much on technology.
Area 51 AdjacentSeason 1 - Episode 12Daphne always dreamed of meeting extra terrestrial life but that dream becomes a nightmare when the gang gets caught up in the mystery of a scary Alien Monster and brought to Area 53 - a government facility so secret, it's two numbers higher than Area 51!
Where There's a Will, There's a WraithSeason 1 - Episode 13It's a classic haunted house caper when a rich man, whose life Scooby once saved, writes Scooby into his will! Now, to collect his share of the fortune the gang must spend a night in a creepy mansion along with the rich man's kooky relatives and, worse, a spooky phantom!
Scary ChristmasSeason 1 - Episode 14It's Christmas Eve and Fred is ready to solve a Christmas mystery! Unfortunately the town the gang has arrived in is being attacked by a Pterodactyl and it doesn't seem to have anything to do with Christmas!
If You Can't Scooby-Doo the Time, Don't Scooby-Doo the CrimeSeason 1 - Episode 15Fred is excited to visit The Vault - a high security prison that no convict has ever escaped from. But when the ghost of Stealing Stan, an inmate who always claimed to be innocent, terrorizes the prison, Fred has to solve the mystery and rethink his stance on criminal justice!
Gremlin on a PlaneSeason 1 - Episode 16The Gang has seats on the largest airplane ever to fly the open airways! Unfortunately the plane is also beset by a Gremlin bent on sabotaging the flight! The Gang has to step up to solve the airborne mystery as well as deal with something even scarier: Daphne flying a plane!
Sorcerer Snacks ScareSeason 1 - Episode 17Shaggy and Scooby discover their new favorite food as the gang investigates the mystery of a frightening Sorcerer that's haunting a snack factory!
Saga of the Swamp BeastSeason 1 - Episode 18The gang's trip to the bayou is ruined by a shambling Swamp Beast that's scaring away anyone who dares to enter its soggy domain!
Be Cold, Scooby-Doo!Season 1 - Episode 19The gang hits the ski slopes, although Daphne's more focused on nailing Fred with a revenge snowball. Their snowy fun is soon interrupted by the appearance of an evil Snowman Monster eager to scare all trespassers off his mountain.
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Nick Jonas was offered $2 million to perform at a Republican National Convention event.
The 23-year-old singer was approached by promoters who wanted him to play a free concert in Cleveland on July 24, as a thank-you to the city for hosting the RNC at the Quicken Loans Arena, TMZ reports.
Nick was offered around $2 million to perform and was told that he would be paid by a "private donor".
However, Nick turned down the request.
This comes after it was revealed that Justin Bieber turned down $5 million to perform at a similar event.
The 22-year-old singer was offered the huge amount for a 45-minute performance last week at a venue in Cleveland and although he was told that his performance would not be seen as an endorsement, Justin refused the offer.
Canadian singer Justin and his team were reportedly told by the promoter that LeBron James was planning to take part in another event for the party, also without endorsing them, but LeBron denied having anything to do with them when contacted by Justin's representatives.
And the basketball star encouraged Justin to turn down the offer.
Justin's manager Scooter Braun, a staunch Democrat and supporter of Hillary Clinton, reportedly "told Justin it was up to him if he wanted to do the show, but he said he couldn't continue to represent the singer if he did, out of principle".
Nick is currently co-headlining his 'Future Now' tour with Demi Lovato, while Justin is in the middle of his 'Purpose' world tour.


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Located in the former convent of Saint Chiara, the structure serves as both museum exhibition and multi-cultural centre. The museum part is divided into four exhibition rooms and, through a series of illustrative panels and art, archaeological and ethnographic exhibits, retraces the evolution of Gallese from prehistory to the present day. The training and information activities of the cultural centre are carried out through a multifunctional organization that includes historical archives, library, media and computerised graphics centre, computer database, pottery workshop and multipurpose room


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My Journey as a Photographer
de Frances Wai-Man Yip
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This book portrays the collection of Frances Yip's photographs. Frances has won a few International and Australian awards. She has a message to the viewers - Living with nature.
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- Categoría Arte y fotografía
Vertical estándar, 20×25 cm
80 Páginas
- Fecha de publicación jul. 11, 2011
Acerca del creador
I studied Fine Arts in Meadowbank TAFE, Sydney in 2008 and 2009. Currently, I am studying full time in Nepean Arts & Design Centre at Penrith Sydney.
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Frances Yip I'm very impressed ah, you're definitely very talented and artistic.
Frances Yip Congratrulations of your achievement. I went through your book and added to my favourite. Most of them I like. However, photos with people with cracked tree skin, etc are innovative but however, they did give me uncomfortable feeling.


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Friday 13 July 2012
It was Friday, under the sign of Cancer. The US president was Barack Obama (Democratic).
In that special week of July people in US were listening to Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen.
The Dark Knight Rises, directed by Christopher Nolan, was one of the most viewed movies released in 2012
while Fifty Shades of Grey by E L James was one of the best selling books.
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- Delta Air Lines flight 126 en route to Madrid turns around and lands back at JFK following a security problem with some cut wires being discovered in the plane's bathroom. (NBC)
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- Jennifer Lopez reveals she is leaving the hit American talent show ''American Idol''. (''Billboard'')
- Academy Award winning producer Richard D. Zanuck dies in Los Angeles of a heart attack. (Variety)
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One man's escape from Cuba was the beginning of an American dream that still sustains his son and grandson.
As a boy, Roberto Pedro Rodriguez was taught to be a hard worker. One of his first jobs, at age 12, was cutting sugar cane with a machete. Later came roasting peanuts and selling drinking glasses on busy street corners. After he married and became a father, he began working as a truck driver and was later trained as a Spanish baker. Through the years, Rodriguez developed a work ethic that would take him far in life, and ultimately far from his homeland, Cuba.
Born in 1916, he dreamed often of the day when his family would enjoy freedom. Wishing no longer to live under Fidel Castro's communist rule, he and his friends devised in the early Sixties a plan for their families to escape.
After months of planning, 60 people secretly traveled by foot for days until they boarded a fishing vessel. After nearly a week at sea, the group transferred to a British cargo ship bound for the United States. Five days later, on October 24, 1963, the refugees docked in Beaumont, Texas.
Roberto Pedro Rodriguez and his family settled in California's San Fernando Valley. In 1976, they opened a 12,000-square-foot supermarket, El Cubano. In 1996 the family, operating under its third generation, built a second store in nearby Sun Valley. Today, they also own 74 acres of fruit orchards and the real estate occupied by their stores. They have indeed lived the American dream.
According to the Census Bureau, 32.8 million Hispanics resided in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) in 2000 and represented nearly 12 percent of the population. As these numbers increase, supermarket operators are responding by opening a variety of Hispanic formats. What many have quickly learned is that serving the Hispanic community is no simple task. Just ask those who do it best.
El Cubano general manager Alex Rodriguez, 30, grandson of the founder, recites the mantra of his father, Roberto:
1. You gotta be there. Sacrifice whatever time it takes to please the customer.
2. Watch the pennies—and the dollars will take care of themselves.
3. Respect hard work and those who perform it. All employees are important and honorable, from managers to janitors, from meatcutters to produce clerks.
4. Clean, clean, clean. Owner Roberto Rodriguez and his wife, Cristina, define clean as being able to look at the gas tanks on their two semi-trucks and use them as mirrors.
An operator must be able to source products that customers demand. "At El Cubano, we stock many popular American items like Frosted Flakes, Ore-Ida Hash Browns, and Coca-Cola," says Rodriguez. "However, our typical customer also wants to buy unusual items like corn meal from El Salvador; special sodas like CIMA, a sparkling apple drink from Spain; and Guarana, a champagne soda manufactured in Brazil."
He continues, "Coffees and spices are also important to the mix. We have aligned ourselves with importers who specialize in securing these items."
According to Rodriguez, eight of every 10 products sold at El Cubano are produce items, making it the most important department. Quality is a must, and competitive pricing on key items is crucial. Between its two stores, the company sells 25 to 30 pallets of produce daily to nearly 3,500 customers.
Challenges? There are many. Due to a lack of selling space, El Cubano offers no in-store deli or bakery departments. However, the company has in recent months incorporated small prepared foods departments. Cristina Rodriguez is working with an outside marketer to develop a catering division.
Other concerns include rising insurance expenses, loss prevention, collecting vendor/wholesaler credits, managing technology and advertising costs, and product procurement. To that, add competition. Rodriguez says price impact stores are becoming extremely popular within the Hispanic community. "When selling to Hispanics, the name of the game is often price."
Asked how life might be different had his late grandfather not come to America, he replies, "I can only tell you that still today, life for people in Cuba is without hope. Entrepreneurial spirit does not exist and Cubans are completely devoid of liberty. Is it any wonder that they risk their lives floating on man-made rafts through shark-infested waters to reach U.S. soil?"
He concludes, "In America, we have the opportunity to work hard and the sacrifice pays off. How could we not feel blessed for every single day?"
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Senior Software Engineer - Umbrella
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Technical Leader at OpenDNS
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The Business Entity
OpenDNS, now part of Cisco, is an Internet security company that's transforming the way IT
departments secure their networks, and more importantly, their users. In 2012 OpenDNS
launched Umbrella, a new line of cloud-delivered Internet security services that, for the first
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CVS Caremark's MinuteClinic has become an in-network provider with TriWest, the Western region plan contractor for Tricare — the healthcare insurance program for Uniformed Service members, retirees and their families.
MinuteClinic and OU Physicians, Oklahoma's largest physician group with more than 560 doctors, have entered into a clinical affiliation to enhance access to healthcare services in Oklahoma.
Annual premiums for employer-sponsored family health coverage reached $15,745 this year, up 4% from last year, with workers on average paying $4,316 toward the cost of their coverage, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation/Health Research and Educational Trust 2012 Employer Health Benefits Survey released Tuesday.
Pharmacists got another opportunity this month to show their skills and help ease the healthcare system's growing financial crisis and resource shortage. Will it move the needle on true health reform and the expanding pharmacy practice model?
When asked about interest in using retail clinics to obtain specific medical services, the care model holds strong appeal for patients across several treatment categories, according to a Harris Interactive poll released Monday.
Kerr Drug has received approval for reaccreditation from the Accreditation Commission for Health Care, making it the first corporate organization to receive approval for ACHC's new Community Retail program, the organization announced.
As states grapple with tight budgets, rising Medicaid costs and the anticipated expansion of Medicaid following the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, policy-makers should consider how community pharmacists can help reduce expenses.
The idea of pharmacists as the most accessible healthcare professionals isn't just some hokey marketing gimmick: It's a readily observable fact, and one that will become increasingly important as retail pharmacies and retail clinics play a greater role on the front lines of care.
Regional player Navarro Discount Pharmacy, which operates 31 store locations, has been approved by the Accreditation Commission for Health Care for renewal accreditation, the pharmacy retailer announced on Wednesday.
Just days after Drug Store News reported — once again — that 2012 is proving to be a significant year for the convenient care industry, yet another turn of events further solidified what we've been saying for quite some time.
BioScrip on Wednesday posted $155.9 million in second-quarter revenue, up 18.5% compared with the prior year.
A cool trillion dollars. That's what the generic industry said U.S. patients and public and private health plan payers have saved over the last decade by switching from branded to generic prescription drugs at pharmacy counters.
MinuteClinic, the walk-in medical clinics inside CVS/pharmacy, has become the first retail clinic provider to achieve three consecutive accreditation awards from The Joint Commission.
Massachusetts lawmakers passed a massive healthcare bill that seeks to control healthcare costs and expands the services of limited-service clinics to allow for anything within the scope of practice for a nurse practitioner.
As many as 47 million women will be gaining greater control over their health care and access to eight new prevention-related healthcare services without paying more out of their own pocket beginning Aug. 1, Health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Tuesday.
A new study from Harvard School of Public Health found that expanding Medicaid to low-income adults led to improved health and reduced mortality. It is the first published study to look specifically at the effect of recent state Medicaid expansions on mortality among low-income adults.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Monday hosted a public meeting to entertain a controversial payment adjustment — called "inherent reasonableness" — in reimbursing for non-mail-order diabetes supplies.
Pharmacy retailers have a relationship with the healthcare-reform law more complicated than most individuals and businesses.
As states grapple with tight budgets, rising Medicaid costs and the anticipated expansion of Medicaid following the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, policymakers should consider how community pharmacists can help reduce expenses. In addition, new evidence offers a fresh reminder of the perils of managed care in Medicaid and the need for proper oversight of managed care entities.
While the Supreme Court on Thursday morning left the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act mostly intact, the court did rule that Congress cannot withhold federal Medicaid spending from a state that does not expand its eligibility requirements under the act.
You want Rite Aid to win. A Rite Aid win represents a proof of concept — that concept being the creation of an effective market-driven loyalty program that incorporates savings on the healthcare services that actually works and in fact cross-pollinates pharmacy patients and front-end shoppers; that concept being that generic waves need not wash out all pharmacy sales volume if a pharmacy retailer can successfully grow ancillary healthcare services, such as immunizations or Rite Aid's new Rite Care Prescription Advisor; that concept being that there is in fact a return on investment from placing a knowledgeable team member armed with a tablet of health information physically in the aisles to proactively engage patients.
Americans still are forgoing or delaying health care on account of the economy, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, which recently released its May Health Tracking Poll.
The National Rural Health Association on Wednesday sent a letter to U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., strongly supporting the bill she introduced in March — H.R. 4215, the Medicare Pharmacy Transparency and Fair Auditing Act.
Specialty pharmacy provider MedPro Rx has received accreditation from an accrediting body for the fourth time, the company said.
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In 2151, she was listed as a member of the Flight Test Crew on the dedication plaque of Enterprise NX-01. (ENT: "Broken Bow", dedication plaque)
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Author: jglick Date: Wed Jan 24 04:22:40 2007 New Revision: 499378 URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=499378 Log: More on $CLASSPATH. Modified: ant/core/trunk/docs/manual/install.html Modified: ant/core/trunk/docs/manual/install.html URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ant/core/trunk/docs/manual/install.html?view=diff&rev=499378&r1=499377&r2=499378 ============================================================================== --- ant/core/trunk/docs/manual/install.html (original) +++ ant/core/trunk/docs/manual/install.html Wed Jan 24 04:22:40 2007 @@ -235,39 +235,45 @@
The external libraries required by each of the optional tasks is detailed in the Library Dependencies section. These external -libraries must be added to Ant's classpath, in any of the following ways +libraries must be added to Ant's classpath, in any of the following ways:

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In ANT_HOME/lib. This makes the JAR files available to all - Ant users and builds
 - -
 - In ${user.home}/.ant/lib . This is a new feature since Ant1.6, - and allows different users to add new libraries to Ant. All JAR files +

 + In ANT_HOME/lib. This makes the JAR files available to all + Ant users and builds. +

 + +

 + In ${user.home}/.ant/lib (as of Ant 1.6). This + allows different users to add new libraries to Ant. All JAR files added to this directory are available to command-line Ant. -
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 +

 On the command line with a -lib parameter. This lets you add new JAR files on a case-by-case basis. -
 +

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In the CLASSPATH environment variable. Avoid this; it makes +

 + In the CLASSPATH environment variable. Avoid this; it makes the JAR files visible to all Java applications, and causes - no end of support calls. + no end of support calls. See below for details. +

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 +

 In some <classpath> accepted by the task itself. For example, as of Ant 1.7.0 you can run the <junit> task without junit.jar in Ant's own classpath, so long as it is included (along with your program and tests) in the classpath - passed when running the task. Where possible, this option is generally + passed when running the task. +

 + Where possible, this option is generally to be preferred, as the Ant script itself can determine the best path to load the library from: via relative path from the basedir (if you keep the library under version control with your project), according to Ant properties, environment variables, Ivy downloads, whatever you like. -
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The CLASSPATH environment variable
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The CLASSPATH environment variable

 -The CLASSPATH environment variable is a source of many Ant support queries. As +The CLASSPATH environment variable is a source of many Ant support queries. As the round trip time for diagnosis on the Ant user mailing list can be slow, and because filing bug reports complaining about 'ant.bat' not working will be rejected by the developers as WORKSFORME "this is a configuration problem, not a @@ -290,21 +296,21 @@

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Do not ever set CLASSPATH. Ant does not need it, it only causes confusion +
Do not ever set CLASSPATH. Ant does not need it, it only causes confusion and breaks things.

If you ignore the previous rule, do not ever, ever, put quotes in the -CLASSPATH, even if there is a space in a directory. This will break Ant, and it +CLASSPATH, even if there is a space in a directory. This will break Ant, and it is not needed.

If you ignore the first rule, do not ever, ever, have a trailing backslash -in a CLASSPATH, as it breaks Ant's ability to quote the string. Again, this is -not needed for the correct operation of the CLASSPATH environment variable, even +in a CLASSPATH, as it breaks Ant's ability to quote the string. Again, this is +not needed for the correct operation of the CLASSPATH environment variable, even if a DOS directory is to be added to the path.
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You can stop Ant using the CLASSPATH environment variable by setting the +
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 +You can also make your Ant script reject this environment +variable just by placing the following at the top of the script (or in an init target): +
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The Adventure Babies were a Stafford-based Brit pop band, founded by Matt Tedstone, Dave Atherton and Jez Bramwell in 1990. The band had three releases on the Factory Records label:
- The Camper Van (EP) (FAC 319, 1991)
- Laugh (album) (FACT 335, 1992)
- "Barking Mad" (single) (FACT 347, 1992)[1]
Possibly their greatest claim to fame was being the last band signed by Factory Records before it went bankrupt. At the time of Factory's bankruptcy in 1992, test pressings had been made of a second single from the Laugh album.
The band continued playing with new guitarist Vulch (Bryan Wilkin), formerly working with Martin Hannett and seeking a new recording contract for a year. To tie in with their final gig, a second album, Once Upon A Time The End, was issued in 2005, on CD only.
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