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Is Now the Time to Add Commodities?
by Jeffrey M. Mercer , Mitchell Conover , Robert R. Johnson and Gerald R. Jensen
Excerpted from the Fall 2010 issue of The Journal of Investing.
With the recent increase in equity volatility, commodity investments have garnered significant attention from investors. Previous research has found substantial benefits associated with commodity investments, but there remains considerable uncertainty regarding the consistency and general applicability of those benefits for equity investors.
We provide evidence that helps to resolve some of the uncertainty with regard to commodity investments. Specifically, based on a sample period of 36 years, we show substantial benefits to commodity investments regardless of the equity style an investor pursues. To obtain a significant benefit, however, requires a commodity allocation of greater than 5%. Interestingly, adding a commodity exposure enhances an equity portfolio's return only during periods when the Federal Reserve is increasing interest rates, which is consistent with the belief that a major attraction of commodities is that they serve as an inflation hedge. Furthermore, an allocation to commodities in a tactical asset allocation using monetary conditions consistently outperforms both a strategic commodities allocation and an all-equity portfolio.
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Mitchell Conover , Ph.D., CFA, is an associate professor of finance at the Robins School of Business, University of Richmond.
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Andrew from New York posted over 3 years ago:
The article intuitively makes sense and seems timely given the current low interest rate environment. Currently conservative investors are suffering the low interest rate environment. When rates rise, then what? Are commodities an alternative to high stock market allocations?
Norman from South Carolina posted over 3 years ago:
One question that crossed my mind is, couldn't returns be improved during a restrictive period by buying an ETF that shorts the commodity index?
Darren Cooper from Indiana posted over 3 years ago:
This article on the benefits of adding commodities to a stock portfolio is a very well-constructed piece of research. However, it fails in one key way - there is no way to take the results of a study looking at just two asset classes and apply them to a real world portfolio comprised of many asset classes.
For example, the authors conclude that a 10% allocation to commodities in an otherwise all stock portfolio is the minimum allocation that will provide statistically significant diversification benefits. However, the article says nothing about how to apply this result to a portfolio with a smaller allocation to stocks.
Further, the authors could study how the minimum allocation differs between an investor with two or three basic asset classes in their portfolio and a similar investor with a portfolio diversified across six or seven asset classes.
Christopher from Massachusetts posted over 2 years ago:
Also GCC is an interesting ETF to consider
Henry from Michigan posted over 2 years ago:
Dear Editor:
I do own a small amount of physical gold and silver,mostly in coins. The total value in today's market is about US$60K. All of them were purchased before 1985. I've kept them not for investment purposes but for unforeseen financial catastrophes,real great disasters like national default on debts or total government collapse in Washington. (Please do not laugh at me - With all the bozos doing unthinkable things there,anything could happen!) At least I'd have enough to buy bread,milk and butter for a year and then think what to do next-----.
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text: Producers Increased Soybean Profits Thanks to Rust Detection Efforts ERS report says USDA's early warning system for rust helped increase profits from 16 cents to $4.12 per acre. Compiled by staff Published on: Apr 4, 2006 Tweet Post to Your Wall. Email Story RSS Permalink Print Producers weathered the first growing year of soybean rust on U.S. soil in 2005. A new report out from USDA's Economic Research Service found that the early warning system for soybean rust surveillance, reporting, prediction and management during the 2005 growing season helped increase profits and mitigate damage caused by the fungus. The study, "The Value of Plant Disease Early Warning Systems: A Case Study of USDA's Soybean Rust Coordinated Framework," estimates that the information provided by federal, state, industry and academic partners increased U.S. soybean producers' profits by a total of $11 million to $299 million in 2005, or between 16 cents and $4.12 per acre. Central to the coordinated framework is the USDA soybean rust Web site, according to the report. The one-stop federal resource provides farmers, crop consultants and others timely information on the extent and severity of soybean rust outbreaks and gives users up-to-date forecasts on where soybean rust is likely to appear. The study uses USDA data on historical soybean yields, data from USDA's Agricultural Resource Management Survey, estimated soybean rust damages from Brazil and Paraguay, and spore dispersion estimates based on an aerobiology analysis and historical experience with wheat stem rust. Using National Agricultural Statistic Service data, information from a Government Accounting Office (GAO) soybean rust report and research conducted by agricultural analysts, ERS also concluded that the timely soybean rust forecasts mitigated damage through preventive management activities, which included fungicide application recommendations. The GAO report released in March also praised USDA's efforts to provide timely information on Asian soybean rust detections. That report revealed that cooperators did a solid job of monitoring the disease and preparing America's farmers to handle outbreaks. The Asian species, first found in Louisiana in 2004, is the more aggressive of the two species, causing more damage to soybean plants. During the 2005 growing season, the fungus was found in 9 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. In the current growing season, it has been found in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and Texas.


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Rafael Benitez has highlighted aspects of today's FA Cup replay that should help swing the contest in Chelsea's favour.
The Blues take on League One Brentford having come from behind to record a 2-2 draw at Griffin Park in the original match. That was on the back of the disappointment of the Capital One Cup exit at Swansea, but now we head into the rematch fresh from positive results against Wigan and Sparta Prague.
'There is more confidence because the team won the last two games and in terms of how it approaches this game, it will be much better now with the confidence higher,' said Benitez
'The attitude is really important every game but especially in a cup competition because you know you cannot make mistakes. It is important to approach the game without any complacency and we know how Brentford play, we know how difficult it was [in the first game] and we have to play for winning. From the first minute we have to concentrate on doing the right things.'
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I'm not an every day cook, but when I cook the meal tends to be complex and time consuming. I had been looking for a good quality wand with whisk attachment for a new home I was moving in to, and this unit appealed to me more than any I had seen first hand. The price was such that it was worth the gamble of buying without handling. I used this last week while making a buffalo chicken mac 'n cheese, wherein the cheese sauce takes a good 20 minutes of whisking by hand. This wand made making the cheese sauce a piece of cake! No tired hands, no sore wrists when finished. It was a pleasure using this tool. My pan, however, was a bit shallow. Even at its lowest speed the wand whisk tended to splash sauce all about the stove. Next time I will use a deeper pot. That was my fault - not the wand's. I would certainly buy a replacement if I ever need to, and I absolutely recommend it.
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I have blenders but rarely haul them out to use. Cleaning is a hassle. And I hate cooking someting, pouring part into the blender, processing, pouring out into another container, repeating until the job is done. Plus the cleanup! With this, I use the immersion blender in the pot I cooked in. It takes half the time (or less) with far less mess and cleanup. This has a far more powerful motor than the "C brand" and the chopping bowl makes fast work of peppers, onions, bread for crumbs. Glad I bought it!
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It is a powerful and versatile tool with adjustable speeds. All the additional gadgets work excellent. I also like the wall rack. However, the gadgets get attached to the motor with flimsy "twist a little and snap on" plastic parts that got broken after 5 uses. I put them back with epoxy glue, but decided not to use the gadgets anymore. Also the blue rubber that covers the on/pulse controls easily breaks. Too bad, because it size, powerful motor and gadgets work great, is handy, lightweight and attaches to the wall which is convenient when you have limited kitchen & storage space. Still, it need improvement.
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The University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law & Social Change (JLASC) is proud to begin our seventh year as an official journal of Penn Law after 17 years of independent scholarship.
We are a progressive, student-run journal and seminar that espouses an interdisciplinary scholarly approach to challenge social injustice. JLASC is unique among Penn Law Journals both in our mission and process. All journal members participate in journal decision-making by collectively reviewing, selecting and editing each piece of scholarship. Unlike other journals, JLASC members read article submissions as part of a weekly seminar. Through debate and discussion, JLASC decides as a group which articles to publish.
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The Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary is an independent teaching hospital affiliated with the Harvard Medical School that specializes in diseases and disorders of the eye, ear, nose, head, neck and throat. The Harvard Chairs of Ophthalmology and Otology and Laryngology are both housed at Mass. Eye and Ear. Although generally our researchers are faculty members of Harvard Medical School, their inventions are owned by Mass. Eye and Ear.
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Management at News 12 Long Island has been reducing airings of the East End Show with Doug Geed. The show is now on only every other weekend at 6:30 at night. We want it brought back to every weekend morning the way it used to be!
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A majority of all American Christians (52%) think that at least some non-Christian faiths can lead to eternal life. Indeed, among Christians who believe many religions can lead to eternal life, 80% name at least one non-Christian faith that can do so. These are among the key findings of a national survey conducted by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life from July 31-Aug. 10, 2008, among 2,905 adults.
The survey is designed as a follow-up to the Pew Forum's U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, conducted in 2007, which reported that most Americans who claim a religious affiliation take a non-exclusivist view of salvation, with seven-in-ten saying that many religions can lead to eternal life while less than one-quarter say theirs is the one, true faith leading to eternal life.
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A new promo for ABC's upcoming drama starring genre favorite Terry O'Quinn has been making its rounds today on the web, and we just so happen to have the goods here for your viewing pleasure. "666 Park Avenue" will air at 10:00 PM on Sundays, until then - enjoy this little snipet.
At the ominous address of 666 Park Avenue, anything you desire can be yours. Everyone has needs, desires, and ambition. For the residents of The Drake, these will all be met, courtesy of the building's mysterious owner, Gavin Doran (Terry O'Quinn). But every Faustian contract comes with a price. When Jane Van Veen (Rachael Taylor) and Henry Martin (Dave Annable), an idealistic young couple from the Midwest, are offered the opportunity to manage the historic building, they not only fall prey to the machinations of Doran and his mysterious wife, Olivia (Vanessa Williams), but unwittingly begin to experience the shadowy, supernatural forces within the building that imprison and endanger the lives of the residents inside. Sexy, seductive, and inviting, The Drake maintains a dark hold over all of its residents, tempting them through their ambitions and desires, in this chilling new drama that's home to an epic struggle of good versus evil.
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LEADING rural insurer NFU Mutual is urging horse owners to ensure their security is up to the job as thieves go on the look-out for expensive Christmas gifts of equine kit.
According to NFU Mutual, £1.3million of claims in 2012 involved items commonly used by horse owners and farmers including trailers, fencing equipment, tack and feed.
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We are finding that some districts continue to use only the instructional minutes listed for a specific building's core data report to determine the percentage of time spent in the regular education environment. IDEA defines "regular education environment" as including all academic instruction as well as meals, recess, assemblies, field trips, etc. Districts should use the entire amount of minutes available to students in a particular building including breakfast, lunch, passing time, etc. for this calculation. It is very important to use the correct amount of minutes to determine percentage of placement in the general education environment to ensure that accurate data is collected about placements of students with disabilities in Missouri. This data directly impacts the District and State Performance Plan Indicators 5a (percentage of children with IEP's removed from regular class <21% of the day) and 5b (percentage of children with IEPs removed from regular class >60% of the day).


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After the worst baseball season in the Georgia Bulldogs' history, David Perno fired pitching coach Brady Wiederhold. All four of the potential replacements Dawg Sports recommended are now available.
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All patients receiving opioids to manage pain after surgery should be continuously monitored, leaders of APSF, Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety and Leah's Legacy agree
CHICAGO, Feb. 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Leaders of the Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety (PPAHS) and Leah's Legacy say they fully support the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation's (APSF) call for the nation's hospitals to continuously monitor all patients receiving opioids to manage their pain after surgery.
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In the APSF video, Dr. Stoelting and other renowned experts on anesthesiology, pain management and patient issues concur that continuous electronic monitoring of patients' oxygenation and ventilation, when combined with traditional nursing assessment and vigilance, significantly reduces the likelihood of life-threatening, opioid-induced respiratory depression and other adverse events.
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Missouri Educators of Family and Consumer Sciences (MoEFACS) is seeking proposals for research topics to be presented during the MoEFACS Summer Conference July 2014 in Springfield, Missouri. Proposals may be submitted by undergraduate and graduate students in Family Consumer Sciences and Human Services education and related areas; or educators or professionals involved in Family Consumer Sciences and Human Services education and related areas.
Two presenters/teams may be selected from those applying to present their projects at MoEFACS Summer Conference. The two presenters/teams selected will receive a $100 stipend for presenting their projects at the conference.


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Updated, 9:27 p.m.
As President Barack Obama arrived in Newtown Sunday night, scores of folks, from near and far, gathered in the center of the village for a makeshift vigil.
"I guess I'm just here to lend my support and comfort anyway I can," Camille Wallace, a Queens, NY resident who came to Connecticut for the day. "You never really know what to do in this situation. I'm trying to talk to whoever I can, pass along a hug."
Wallace was one of the passerbys dropping flowers, hand-written messages and stuffed animals among dozens of burning candles at the intersection of Church Hill Road and Washingtown Avenue, in front of and around a giant tree decorated for Christmas.
David Fuselier, of Southbury, said he and others in the area are "heartbroken." Angela Williams, a paramedic from Philadelphia who came to show compassion for those hurting, shared that sentiment. She was there with her 3-year-old, Alex—one of many youngsters surveying the scene.
"He's asked, 'What's going on?' The best I can come up with is a bad man was hurting and he hurt others," she said. "And we're here to try and help pick up the pieces."
Signs declaring "Together We Are Strong" and "Love Will Get Us Through" were sprinkled throughout the town and village. Along Church Hill Road, where people parked their cars and walked to the memorial, balloons were tied to painted figures of angels planted in the ground.
Updated, 9:10 p.m.
An excerpt from the prayer by Rev. Rob Mossis, vicar of Christ the King Lutheran Church:
"We bring to you 20 new stars in the heavens, 20 new saints, 20 new angels. We bring to you those who risk their lives for us everyday not counting the cost, and we bring to you those who died, those who counsel, those who bless and embrace the confused and the broken. And now in this prayer, we bring to you ourselves, our questions, our doubts, our anger and our hearts, and we pray for the peace, the hope and the renewal of trust that can come only from a God who first conceived us in love and places a hand of compassion on each of our shouldlers even in the most trying times. And so tonight for our community, a community deepl pained, we ask you to heal our brokenness, to answer our questions, to replace our doubts with certainty, our anger with peace and our hurt with and healing…"
Updated, 8:59 p.m.
After reading the names of the Sandy Hook victims, Obama said that "for those of us who remain, let us find the strength to carry on and make our country worthy of their memory."
Updated, 8:54 p.m.
Obama spoke with attendees on keeping America's children safe:
"We come to realize that we bear responsibility for every child because we count on everyone to look after ours—that we're all parents, that they're all our children. This is our first task caring for our children, it's our first job. If we don't get that right we don't get anything right. That's how as a society we will be judged. And by that measure can we truly say as a nation that we are meeting our obligation... We are not doing enough and we will have to change."
Updated, 8:45 p.m.
An excerpt from President Obama's address to vigil service attendees:
"We gather here in memory of 20 beautiful children and six remarkable adults. They lost their lives in a school that could have been any school in any town of good and decent people. They could be any town in America. I come to offer the love and prayers of a nation. I'm very mindful that mere words cannot match your depths of sorrow, nor could they heal your wounded hearts....Newtown you are not alone."
Updated, 8:37 p.m.
An excerpt from Gov. Malloy's speech at the vigil:
"[In spring], when flowers start to come out of the ground and when they rise, I will know that we are in touch with those we have lost in the last few days. We will go on, we will find strength, faith is a gift as is our ability to support one another in our great community. To all of you, I extend my most profound condolences for what you have seen, witnessed and personally experienced. We will move on, but we will never forget..."
Updated, 8:34 p.m.
First Selectwoman Patricia Llodra, who introduced Gov. Dan Malloy, said that Newtown is a "place that loves children above all" and would "not be defined" the Sandy Hook tragedy.
Updated, 8:29 p.m.
"Be though not disconosolate, do not languish, do not sigh, nor wail or weep for agitation and morning deeply affect their souls in the divine realm."
—John Woodall, Ba'hai Community Leader
Updated 8:21 p.m.
Rev. Jane Sibley of Newtown United Methodist Church offered a prayer for first responders. The following is an excerprt:
"You gave them gifts for their life to serve you. They were asked to pay a high price for all the skills that they have been given, for the strength that they have. You equipped them, you gave them a willingness to learn and train, you gave them a willingness to serve late at night when the call would come in—a willingness to respond when this town needed them the most. Lord we thank you for those that responded, for those thoughout the state that came when the need was given..."
Updated, 8:11 p.m.
An excerpt from a prayer by Rev. Jim Solomon of the New Hope Community Church:
"Dear Lord, as we leave the children that we lost in your hands, we ask that by your grace you woud empower us to bless and comfort the children that are still here in our hands. Please be with them in a special way as they grieve the loss of siblings and friends. Life will never be the same, yet we ask that you help these precious little ones to carry the spirits of their lost loved ones in their hearts as they go along living their lives to its fullest according to your will for each of these girls and boys."
Updated, 8:06 p.m.
An excerpt from a prayer by Mell Kawakami, senior pastor of Newtown Methodist Church:
"Each light that sits before us is a light that's been lost to our world. So many innocents, so many brave...Lord all we can do is throw ourselves upon your tender mercies hoping that you hear our prayers… and so we pray for all of the souls lost and all of the families and friends torn by grief, for in this moment, we are all your children."
Updated, 7:53 p.m.
Rev. Matt Crebbin, minister of Newtown Congregational Church, has opened the interfaith vigil service. He said that the clergy in attendance has chosen to sit in the audience instead of on stage because "we wanted to have a symbolic gesture that we ourselves are with you and among you in these coming days—that we we are all together."
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An interfaith vigil for families of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary school shootings, as well as families from the school, is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the line to enter the building is already long.
The Red Cross is in attendance and is handing out blankets and water and stuffed animals, according to Amy Krasowski, of Fairfield and formerly of Sandy Hook.
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MEMPHIS Closes at Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
MEMPHIS, the 2010 Tony Award winner for Best Musical will be presented by the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts for two weeks, through March 25, as part of the Ordway's 2011-2012 Theater Season.
The production will star Bryan Fenkart (Huey) and Felicia Boswell (Felicia) with Quentin Earl Darrington (Delray), Rhett George (Gator), Julie Johnson (Mama), Will Mann (Bobby), and William Parry (Mr. Simmons).
Critically acclaimed MEMPHIS won four 2010 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Original Score (David Bryan and Joe DiPietro), Best Book (Joe DiPietro), and Best Orchestrations (David Bryan and Daryl Waters). MEMPHIS won four Drama Desk Awards including Outstanding Musical, Outstanding Performance by an Actress (Montego Glover), Outstanding Music (David Bryan) and Outstanding Orchestration (David Bryan and Daryl Waters). MEMPHIS has also won four Outer Critic Circle Awards including Outstanding Musical, Outstanding Score (David Bryan & Joe DiPietro), Outstanding Actress (Montego Glover) and Outstanding Choreography (Sergio Trujillo).
MEMPHIS takes place in the smoky halls and underground clubs of the segregated 50's, where a young white DJ named Huey Calhoun fell in love with everything he shouldn't: rock 'n' roll and an electrifying black singer. MEMPHIS is an original story about the cultural revolution that erupted when his vision met her voice, and the music changed forever.
The company includes Chelsey Arce, Evan Autio, Bree Branker, Whitney Leigh Brown, Whitney Cooper, Scott Difford, Christopher Gurr, Daisy Hobbs, Crystal Joy, Kyle Leland, Jarvis D. McKinley, Happy McPartlin, Kenna Michelle Morris, Jill Morrison, Austin Owen, Kent Overshown, Alfie Parker Jr., Justin Prescott, Jody Reynard, Peter Matthew Smith and Derek St. Pierre.
The show features a brand-new Tony winning score with music by Bon Jovi's founding member and keyboardist Bryan, and lyrics by Bryan and DiPietro ("I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change"), who also pens the musical's book. Bryan and DiPietro also collaborated on the award-winning off-Broadway hit, "The Toxic Avenger." "Memphis" is based on a concept by the late George W. George (producer of the Tony nominated "Bedroom Farce" and the film "My Dinner With Andre"), with direction by Tony nominee Christopher Ashley ("Xanadu") and choreography by Trujillo, who is currently represented by three shows on Broadway ("Memphis," "Jersey Boys" and "The Addams Family").


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The second phase of the commission's ambitious Clear Plan 2030 project gets under way this week as planners prepare to ask residents in the 10-county area served by the commission how they want to deal with obstacles preventing their home communities from being more livable.
Earlier this year, residents gathered in local meetings to tell researchers what they thought those obstacles were.
"We're going through all the data we collected and seeing if we can come up with the best vision for the region," said Johnnie Aycock, a consultant with the project with the Washington-based group Partners for Livable Communities. Aycock was at his Washington office Monday drafting a plan for the region's future using information collected earlier this year from residents through surveys and community conversation meetings.
"The next step is to go back and see if we captured the essence of what they said, and what we heard," Aycock said.
Clear Plan 2030, a project funded by a grant from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, aims to address residents' views on what needs to be done about transportation, education, housing and civic engagement in their communities. Robin Caler, a principal planner with the Development Commission, said the first phase of the project, which wrapped up in May, focused on identifying problems residents had with where they live.
"They tended to be very vague, and broad," Caler said. "People were concerned about education, they wanted to improve job outlook. They were great at identifying the problems without really offering suggestions."
From the information gathered earlier this year, planners will work on developing suggestions and ideas to present to residents as they go back to each of the counties starting later this month. The information from these meetings will find its way into a draft plan scheduled to be completed by November, Caler said.
Jennifer Maddox, chairwoman for the Community Engagement Livability Resource Team of Clear Plan 2030, said three points of discussion came up again and again among residents of the 10 counties during the first phase of conversations. Residents liked the rural character of where they lived, they liked the abundance of natural resources in the area, and they wanted more jobs closer to home.
"They expressed this initially as industry, but I think that may not be our goal," Maddox said. "How do you bring in industry without changing the rural feel of these communities? The question we want to ask is how do you bring in more jobs without destroying the area near and dear to you."
Caler said the second phase of conversations will use the local focus of the first phase to address how the entire area can work together.
"We heard a lot of people say in rural areas, we want to bring a hotel to the area," Caler said.
"Do you want to be Oxford or do you maybe want a bed and breakfast, something that keeps the rural character of the community?"
Caler said it's the hope that residents will be able to look outside of just their community to see what changes and strategies will have the biggest effect on the region.
The second phase of the community conversations begins June 27 in Cleburne County and runs through August. Calhoun County will host a conversation July 11 at 6 p.m. at the Chamber of Commerce.
"This is an opportunity to really have input," Maddox said. "If you're marginally interested in what's going on in your community, I'd strongly encourage them to come because we're listening and this is a chance to have a say on the future of their community."
Residents who want to learn more about the project can visit the website, clearplan2030.org.
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Introduction to the Basic Skills for College Teaching Program
- Curriculum Overview
- Program Objectives
- The Graduate Assistant Instructor (GAI) Designation at WKU
- The BSCT Curriculum in Detail
- Deadlines
- 1. Individually Paced Online Learning Modules
- 2. Electives and Other Curricular Requirements of the BSCT
Curriculum Overview
The Basic Skills for College Teaching Program requires successful completion of at least six (6) approved learning "units". Credit for these units is gained by participating in three (3) units of BSCT-approved seminars and completing three (3) required online modules, worth one unit each. The program does not translate into college credit hours; therefore, there is no cost for the program for WKU employees or WKU graduate students. It is a stand alone program to provide you with documentation of training in teaching.
Once you are registered with FaCET, the online modules will be accessible from the Blackboard 'My Organization' Web site (https://blackboard.wku.edu/).
FaCET's BSCT-approved seminars generally average one hour in length but may be longer. Units are awarded for the successful and full participation in a seminar, not by the actual amount of time involved. Some events may be valued at more, or less, than one unit of credit. Note that a maximum of 2 credits can be earned in a single day, even if more opportunities are available, in order to encourage reflection on the material. Also, some BSCT approved seminars are offered more than one time but can only be attended once for credit. Other times an event may be approved only for a particular kind of participant. Watch for an additional notation in the "BSCT: approved" section about special situations and check with your facilitator if you have a question.
Once a total of six approved units (including the three required online modules) have been earned, an enrollee is awarded a Certificate of Completion by FaCET.
Program Objectives
Exposure to the concepts in the BSCT will increase the likelihood of a successful university teaching experience. In addition, in today's hiring environment, having documentation of teaching skills can provide a competitive advantage in job seeking.
By the end of the program, participants will:
• be exposed to the fundamentals of good practice in teaching;
• Be able to describe specific basic teaching skills and WKU policies;
• be able to write outcomes that communicate the benefits and learning from their course;
• identify activities that explicitly and directly follow from course learning objectives;
• be able to directly assess student learning based on the learning objectives;
• have engaged with experienced teachers in face-to-face workshops;
• have knowledge of core legal and ethical issues in college instruction (optional session).
The Graduate Assistant Instructor (GAI) Designation at WKU
Successful completion of the BSCT is one component of earning the WKU Graduate Assistant Instructor (GAI) designation.
This GAI designation signifies that a graduate asistant instructor has met all University requirements for serving as the official instructor-of-record. The Office of Graduate Studies and Research oversees this designation and the additional requirements beyond BSCT. See the link below.
Achieving the Graduate Assistant Instructor designation is an honor and an excellent opportunity for those graduate assistants who aspire to a teaching career in postsecondary education or who wish to excel in their graduate program. You'll need to submit a form to the Office of Graduate Studies and Research (available at their web site) when you finish BSCT. You will also need to provide Graduate Studies with a copy of your vita (For help on writing a vita visit http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/cdc/resumes).
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Note: Only those graduate students who have earned the GAI designation may serve as instructor of record for a course!
The BSCT Curriculum in Detail
Deadlines: Graduate Students with teaching assignments for the fall term, must be registered and the first assignment must be submitted by June 1, and all of the online module assignments and quizzes successfully completed by June 30 in order to be eligible to be instructor of record for the fall term.
Graduate Students with teaching assignments for the spring term, must be registered and the first assignment must be submitted by November 1, and all of the online module assignments and quizzes successfully completed by January 15 in order to be eligible to be instructor of record for the spring term.
What this means for you is that the online modules are not available for you to work on from July 1 until the first day of fall classes. We use the time for updating the courses and working on other time-urgent projects. BSCT work also may not be graded or quizzes given during the university's winter holiday shut-down.
All work, including completing the three (3) units of seminars, must be completed before a student becomes an instructor of record and be considered to have completed BSCT.
Some seminars may be available during July and early August although we only guarantee holding the "GAI Issues" seminar the Thursday before classes begin in fall.
A. Individually Paced Online Learning Modules
The first three instructional modules are core requirements of the Basic Skills for College Teaching Program. Each one takes about an hour, with another 1 to 2 hours devoted to assignments and assessment. We advise you to complete one module per week.
Each module requires you pass a quiz over the material with at least an 80%. If you do not pass on the first try, you may make a second attempt on a new quiz but you may return no sooner than the next working day to take it. You may not re-take the test on the same day. This rule was instituted after no one passed the test who repeated on the same day. The extra study time seems to be necessary.
Quizzes are mixed multiple choice, multiple response and short answer. The quizzes are taken at FaCET to protect the security of the quizzes, because we want you to know where FaCET is located and to meet your facilitator at least a few times so you feel able to call on us when you are teaching. You will need to schedule an appointment with your facilitator to take your quiz.
Homework for each module consists of issues you will need to consider for your class before teaching. The tasks are relevant to each module's topic. There are two homework tasks on the first module and one each on the other two modules. You will work with your assigned facilitator to achieve a level of performance that will enable you to be effective with your anticipated students. Typically you forward these assignments as attachments in an e-mail message to the facilitator assigned to you when you register for the program.
Your work is expected to be original to you. Copies of prior participants' materials are retained in case of dispute.
We do recognize that some of the courses you will teach have a shared syllabus or state certain common requirements. We encourage you to work with a departmental mentor but to respect that mentor's original materials, get permission to use them, and give proper credit for them.
What about an instructor for the online modules?
Besides a departmental mentor, the faculty and staff of FaCET will assist you by answering questions and reviewing your work with you individually. We want you to succeed. Visit the Staff Link to meet your instructors.
How to get started:
1. Contact the Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching to register for the Basic Skills for College Teaching Program (270-745-6508; firstname.lastname@example.com) or use the form below. Please provide your name, advisor name( if you have any), department, phone number, and WKU 800 number so we can register you promptly.
2. For the individually paced online modules you will need only:
• a recent Internet browser and reliable Internet access
• a way to save documents in formats readable in MS Word
• the ability to send e-mail, work through Web pages, and enter information in Web forms.
For Western-affiliated individuals taking the course, the computers in the WKU Student Technology Centers are available, with a 24-hour lab in MMTH.
3. When you have been given access to the Blackboard BSCT site, work through the modules. We recommend you do the modules in the following order:
- Organizing for Teaching (required)
- Activities for Learning (required)
- Assessment for Learning (required)
- Legal & Ethical Issues in Teaching (optional but strongly recommended)
Bibliography for workshops for more information.
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In addition to successfully completing the three (3) required online modules above, you must earn at least three (3) additional units chosen from an approved list of elective activities.
These may include face-to-face workshops, seminars, and videos among others.
The approved curriculum changes each semester so it is important that you view the most current version of the Curriculum Guide (http://www.wku.edu/teaching/events.php) available from FaCET or call 5-6508.
Particular requirements for the approved elective activities
1. You must complete at least two units of face-to-face activities such as seminars and workshops.
2. You may include one approved instructional video, viewed at FaCET, with reflective follow-up essay required or one Curriculum Guide approved FaCET online seminar, with reflective follow-up essay required.
a) If you choose the additional online seminar, you must also post at least two meaningful comments during the e-mail discussion portion of the session.
b) The original essay required for the video and additional online seminar must be submitted within one week of the end of the session. It will be evaluated by FaCET staff and must demonstrate an acceptable level of effort and personal reflection in addressing these basic questions:
What was the most important part of the video/workshop and why?
Give an example of how this might apply to your teaching.
3. Substitutions: Occasionally there will be a suitable activity sponsored by the university, your academic department, or professional organization that you will wish to substitute as an elective unit in the BSCT.
In this case, your written request, brochures, and any other explanatory material must be presented at FaCET at least two weeks before the date of the proposed activity.
A committee at FaCET will decide if a substitution can be made and assign an appropriate "unit" value to it. Only one (1) substitution will be accepted for credit.
Please contact FaCET with any questions you may have about the Basic Skills for College Teaching Program.
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Unlike furnaces and water heaters, dryers are not required to have Energy Guide labels. However, new gas dryers use much less than older models, because they light automatically without a continuous-burning pilot light and also have better insulation.
Because of these new energy-efficient features, replacing an old gas dryer with a new one can save over 50% in energy cost.
With more people working from home and the growth of new technologies, products that require power in the average home have dramatically increased.
Computer equipment is the fastest growing electric load in the world. Unfortunately, much of the energy for computers is wasted because they are often kept on while not in use.
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I know why he's a celebrity--isn't he a rap star or something? But why is she? How did she become…Read More famous? Nonetheless, the marriage will last a year tops! I feel sorry for the kids? Don't they have one with a peculiar name already?
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Sam, your argument imagining equating marrying a human being, gay or straight, with a human being…Read More marrying a pet is ridiculous on the face of it. There is no way to have a rational conversation with someone who says things like that.
Mike June 21, 2013 at 09:38 am
Renee, your observation regarding Sam's line of reasoning does not take into consideration that…Read More many years ago the overwhelming majority of the population of the USA and perhaps even the world believed that same sex marriage was even more ridiculous than what you believe Sam's statement is regarding people marring animals. If no consideration is given to animals not having the free will to consent to a human/animal relationship and that sex has little to do with marriage Sam's argument has some validity and presents a question that you really should respond to as to why you believe his observation is "ridiculous". The question that Sam asked you is what is the difference? If you chose to defend same sex marriage in an intelligent manner you may have to educate Sam and many others as to why there can be no moral correlation between the two lifestyles. But, by simply dismissing the argument you actually tend to provide Sam's observation with a certain level of creditability.
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TRAVIS COUNTY -- A father charged with murdering his daughter's girlfriend and her mother was in court Tuesday.
Jose Aviles is accused of gunning down 24-year-old Norma Hurtado and 45-year-old mother Maria Hurtado in their home in April of last year. Aviles' lawyer says only one murder was intentional, so they're fighting capitol charges.
Norma was the girlfriend of Aviles' teenage daughter. Police found the women shot dead in their Southeast Austin home.
Testimony began Tuesday in Travis County 403rd District Court. Aviles' lawyer says only one murder was intentional, so they're fighting capitol charges.
Translators were brought in for some of the testimony in Spanish. The jury heard from family members of the Hurtado's and Aviles' as well as investigators and arresting officers.
In opening statements, the attorney for Aviles pleaded not guilty to capital murder. Criminal defense attorney Brad Urrutia explained that the strict definition of capital murder is intent to kill two people.
So instead, the defense only wants to take the blame for one death -- Norma Hurtado. They claim the mother also being shot was accidental.
"I'm just going to reiterate what our theory is, which is that he intended to kill Norma and not Maria," said Urrutia.
Following the deaths, same-sex advocates spoke at vigils. Some considered this a hate crime since the woman his attorney says Aviles intentionally shot was the girlfriend of his daughter, Lydia. The prosecution is not handling it as such, and Urrutia says such a case wouldn't have been easy to prove and that.
Aviles now 20-year-old son, Umberto, testified that he drove his dad to the victims' house after he got home from school the day of the crime. He said his dad was drunk but okay, and that he didn't know his dad had a gun. Umberto said his dad told him he wanted to speak to his sister who was staying with the Hurtados. He said his father didn't care about their relationship, he just wanted to make sure they didn't keep him from seeing Lydia's young child, his granddaughter.
Umberto said he knocked on the door, but his dad, who told him he was going to stay in the car, ran up to the door, and pushed him away. Umberto ran back to car as he said he heard gunshots.
Wednesday the jury is expected to hear from the medical examiner. There is also a statement Jose Aviles gave to police that his defense attorney says will likely be played at some point.
A capital murder conviction would bring a life sentence without parole. If instead Aviles is found guilty of murder, he would be eligible for parole in 30 years.


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The deadpan exchange sets the tone for the rest of Bonsai, which cuts deftly back and forth in time between their college affair and Julio's life in Santiago eight years later. Now an aspiring novelist in an apparently casual relationship with his neighbor Bianca, Julio applies for a job typing a novel for a famous author named Gazmuri. He doesn't get the job, but instead of telling Bianca, he passes off his own true memories of his first love as Gazmuri's manuscript. Bonsai takes shape as both a tragicomic love story and a subtle, formally precise meditation on the complex relationship between life and art. Director Cristián Jiménez spoke with Sheerly Avni about Proust, potted plants and the existential crises facing the youth of post-Pinochet Chile.
SHEERLY AVNI: Where does the title of your film come from?
CRISTIÁN JIMÉNEZ: A bonsai has two parts, the pot and the tree. It's the pot—the artificial—that gives the bonsai its structure. Our lives are the same way. Their raw materials need to be imagined, told, structured through narrative. So the bonsai becomes a metaphor for the complex relationship between life and art. You need both the tree and the pot.
AVNI: Julio lies nonstop—about the books he's read, the novel he's writing, even about how he makes his living—yet he seems to do so without malice or duplicity. Is this all part of the "pot?"
JIMÉNEZ: Yes. In Julio's world, lying doesn't have that typical Catholic quality of being associated with sin. It's more about not being fully satisfied with the world as it is. He is trying to find a personal truth, one he might not find by sticking to the path of literal truth itself.
One could think that Julio is not just willing to live as a reader and a writer, but also as if he himself were a fictitious character. He is on a search to make sense of who is, and his "lies" are part of that search, part of that construction.
AVNI: According to the film's timeline, you and Julio would be about the same age. And you are exactly the same age as Alejandro Zambra, who wrote the book on which your film is based. What do the three of you have in common, and how does this all fit in with Pinochet?
JIMÉNEZ: Alejandro and I are the same age, 36. We were both 14 when Pinochet lost power. The generations before us shared a strong sense of purpose: They were either changing the country, or changing society, and finally getting rid of the dictator. So we grew up in a society with more wealth, and more relaxed social rules, but we were also part of the first generation that lacked a collective project.
Alejandro and I have talked about this—our generation experienced a new kind of loneliness that our parents couldn't guide us through. When we started college, we were hearing things like "history is over," "there is no more 'etiological' debate," "it's the end of the big stories." Emilia and Julio are also in college at this same moment, when Chile is really buying into that worldview.
AVNI: So they've lost a specific unifying narrative and now they have to come up with one of their own?
JIMÉNEZ: Exactly. They have to find out what their story is.
AVNI: Of all novelists, why Proust?
JIMÉNEZ: Proust is both a reference and an anti-reference. As a book, Bonsai was so short that some critics complained it should not even be considered a novel. So in both the book and the film we are working with a certain formal economy that is the very opposite of what Proust signifies.
What is important to me, more than Proust, or Carver, or any of the other authors mentioned in the film, is the power of the idea of them for Julio and the other characters. Literature as an idea doesn't just give them something to read, it gives them something to hold onto, something that adds up to more than the contents of the books themselves. And that is something very important to me, personally, the idea that art can give shape to your life.
AVNI: So does that mean that like Julio, you've also lied about reading certain books in order to impress women?
JIMÉNEZ: I should have an answer ready for this to get ready for promoting the film, shouldn't I? You know, I don't think I ever have.
AVNI: You've never lied?
JIMÉNEZ: Oh, I've lied (laughs). But never about literature.
Sheerly Avni is a San Francisco-based writer.
Chile, 2011, 102m
Director: Cristián Jiménez
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Arena Announces Roster for Wednesday's Qualifier vs. Guatemala
U.S. Manager Bruce Arena announced an 18-man travel roster for the upcoming qualifier against Guatemala on MatchDay 8 of final round qualifying for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The Reading duo of Bobby Convey and Marcus Hahnemann are all that remains of the European-based contingent, while Eddie Johnson, Chad Marshall, Matt Reis and Greg Vanney have been recalled from their MLS clubs. Kansas City Wizards defender Nick Garcia is the only new addition to the original training camp roster in Columbus. The team will train Sunday and Monday in Columbus before departing for Guatemala City late Monday afternoon.
Kickoff on Sept. 7 in Guatemala City is set for 8 p.m. local (10 p.m. ET), and the match will be televised live on ESPN2. Fans can also follow the match live on ussoccer.com's MatchTracker, presented by Philips Electronics.
Goalkeepers (2) – Marcus Hahnemann (Reading FC), Matt Reis (New England Revolution)
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Midfielders (6) – Chris Armas (Chicago Fire), Bobby Convey (Reading FC), Clint Dempsey (New England Revolution), Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado Rapids), Santino Quaranta (D.C. United), Steve Ralston (New England Revolution)
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Surviving And Thriving
You want her to like you, accept you, and respect you. You have your own mind, and it's been a pretty good mind at that. You are smart, have opinions, and ideas all your own. But… forget it! She is always right! She has to win! It's her way or no way! Who is she?!
Who Stole My Voice?You stammer and struggle for words, but somehow they have vanished. It's as if someone has pressed the mute button on your vocal chords. Why does this woman have this effect on you? Perhaps you have simply resigned yourself to the "keep quiet and keep the peace" mantra. Rest assured, you are not unique. For most of us, dealing with a narcissist can be a daunting task, but dealing with a narcissistic mother-in-law, who has to be right about everything, surely ups the ante. She is family, after all. She will be a part of your life for a potentially long time. She already is, or will be, a grandmother to your children. She is not just a difficult encounter. She is your partner's mother.
What do you do?First, you gather as much information as you can about her history, in order to understand how she became the person she is. 1.Was she simply spoiled and indulged as a little girl and this is all she knows? 2.Was she loved conditionally, based on her performance and achievements? 3.Was she harshly criticized when she was not being perfect in the eyes of her parent? 4.Why should I care, you ask? The explanation behind her narcissistic style equips you in confronting her about her unacceptable ways. The explanations are not to excuse her ways but to better hold her accountable. Here's how…
Empathic Confrontation & Setting LimitsEmpathy is not agreement. It is not sympathy, nor is it compassion. It is simply the art of walking in another's shoes. With empathy you can give her some benefit of the doubt, but she must be confronted in order to help her appreciate the affect she has on you and others. Limits must be set and boundaries declared as a means of protecting your rights, territory and sanity.Here are just a few examples of how you can use empathic confrontation and limit setting with the self-righteous mother-in-law in your life: 1. "Jane (your mother-in-law), I know how hard you work to maintain a very enjoyable reputation as a great hostess with many artistic talents. I know this was a priority in your own family growing up. We have benefited from these talents as well. [Okay, here comes the Confrontation part] But this is my first home and I know you can understand how exciting it is for me to make my own decorating decisions - right or wrong. I am sure I have a lot to learn and I appreciate your ideas, but I need you to respect my opinions as I do yours, even if we disagree. Your tone and persistence makes it sometimes feel like a contest. I don't want it to be a contest. I don't want it to hurt our relationship."2. (Phone Rings — Oh no…it's HER again!) "Hi Jane. I only have five minutes as I am running to an appointment, but I didn't want to miss your call again." (Okay — small white lie — but a good limit setting approach) You can increase the number of stress-free days and moments by limiting your exposure. Keep the calls short and infrequent, same with visits when possible. Remember: you cannot change a narcissist by yourself, but you may have some influence over the way they behave with you. You can also control the impact it has on you by limiting your contact and clarifying the boundaries when you are with them. 3. For example, "Jane, I appreciate your concern for little Timmy and what you see as his over-attachment to his teddy bear. I know you watch Oprah and read articles about child development, and feel you have some expertise in this area. It is okay for you to offer your input to us privately, but it is not acceptable for you to discuss this in front of our friends or in front of the children. This must not happen again. I am counting on you to respect our wishes, and I'd appreciate your commitment to this effort while in our home." There - you said it, graciously but firmly. So, let's say she sighs, waves her hand in the air, as if to dismiss you like an annoying flying insect, or puffs up and gets defensive. Simply and nicely let her know that you had no intention of offending her nor are you inviting her into a debate on the matter. Again, "Jane let's not let this hurt our relationship." And leave it at that. These skills take time and practice. You may want to solicit a friend or even an audio taping device so that as you practice your new skills you can collect feedback on your word selection, tonal quality and measure the sturdiness in your voice. You want your message to be communicated with authenticity and to achieve the impact you intend. You may also want to consult an expert who deals with narcissism to see if there is any personal baggage that you need to discard in order to enhance your capacity to be a better advocate for yourself. Some experts can even provide interpersonal coaching for dealing most effectively with situations like this one.
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