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DAVISON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — The former mayor of Flint, Mich., who resigned in 2009 while facing a recall, has erected a bronze statue of himself outside the gated entrance to his home.
The Flint Journal reports that the statue of Don Williamson in Genesee County's Davison Township, near Flint, is surrounded by six bronze lions.
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Departure: Carla Werner's Arrival
Sunday, March 14, 2004
"She sounds like a female Jeff Buckley when she sings" was the line from an American review that was the most obvious one to latch onto when approaching the work of Carla Werner, even though, let's face it, beyond his ever-toussleable hair and eminently chuckable chin, Jeff Buckley sounded like a female Jeff Buckley when he sang! When she speaks, Carla Werner is ever the Kiwi; although she moved to Australia at age 19, the ensuing decade has had little effect on her accent. Yet, irrespective of how she feels or what her legal standing may be, now that she has got an international profile in showbiz, she's an Aussie - just like Russell Crowe, Split Enz and the Datsuns.
Early in his writing career, Woody Allen used the description "she had a body that resembled Louis Armstrong's voice". The thing about Carla Werner is that she has a body that resembles her voice. As stunningly beautiful as she is on her CD cover and related artwork, she's even more gorgeous in the flesh. But then she opens her mouth and sings and - if you can get beyond letting it wash over you numb and dumbstruck - you begin to realise that she can sound like Jeff Buckley. She has the vibrato, the range, and the ability to leap from this note all the way down here to that one all the way up there, effortlessy, and back again. She also can sound like Joni Mitchell, and has been likened to "a young Joan Baez", but admits to Buckley's influence most readily, without wishing to get caught up within it.
Werner's only shortcoming at this early stage of her career is an understandable lack of experience. Thus, she has few anecdotes and little interview experience, so her answers to questions have a tendency to waffle. She also seems to be keen to defend a position that hasn't even been established, let alone called into question, which makes her seem to take herself too seriously. In time, she will have developed an interview persona that communicates who she is as readily as her songs do; my lack of experience meant that, whereas I should have edited her more closely, and played more of her songs, I left everything intact.
The first time I went to see Carla Werner perform, I was introduced to her by some Sony people between sets. She seemed pleasant enough to me, but greeted the woman next to me with a great deal more gusto (a hearty smile, a peck on the cheek, an ensuing conversation). Carla recognised her as the then-struggling writer who had profiled Werner for a free 'street' publication some years earlier. (It is to this journalist, a woman called Janine, to whom I owe the insight of Carla's early collaboration with Paul Oakenfold.) When it came time for me to do my interview some weeks later, I was early and happened to run into Carla in the foyer. Usually the artiste is safely ensconsed in an office before the journalist is announced and brought in. Carla Werner had no reason to recognise me after a brief introduction amongst many such brief introductions between sets at an industry showcase performance weeks earlier, and yet did, and started chatting long before we got the tape rolling and were 'on the record'. Thus, if it sounds as if I'm going in soft, it's only because there's no reason to go in hard. Listen to Carla Werner's album Departure for yourself if you get a chance. It's beautiful.
The interview was broadcast March 13 2004.
Music: 'Heaven' - Carla Werner
Demetrius Romeo: Carla, you've been away for the last few years. In that time you've recorded an album and debuted in another country. It almost feels as if you had to leave Australia to make a start to your musical career. Why is this the case?
CARLA WERNER: I didn't set out to say, 'right, I can't make it here, so I'm going to go overseas and make it over there'. It was a step-by-step circumstance that happened in my musical life. I wanted to record an album independently because the labels here didn't really know what to do with me – in all fairness, I was still in the middle of developing my songwriting style – so I just chose a producer who I wanted to do some work with, and it was John Holbrook, who had done Natalie Merchant's Tigerlily album. We sent some stuff to him and he replied. He said, 'yep, sure, get on a plane and get over here and let's do some work'.
Demetrius Romeo: It's interesting that you mention Natalie Merchant, formerly of 10,000 Maniacs; a lot of people have compared you to lots of different singers, and the main ones seem to be Jeff Buckley, also to 'a young Joan Baez', and I also hear shades of Joni Mitchell on your album. Which of these seem to make sense to you?
CARLA WERNER: I think, definitely not Joan Baez, because I've never really been a huge fan of hers, although I appreciate what she has done for music, as I appreciate all the artists you've just mentioned. Joni Mitchell is not someone I listen to on a major scale - I think that her work is amazing and I have two of her albums, Ladies of the Canyon and Clouds and they are really amazing records, to me, incredible songwriting and melody. And of course, the late and great Jeff Buckley, who I saw live at the Metro when he came out to Australia and absolutely blew everyone in this world away. I think, equally, those three artists have brought something new and engaging to music as a whole. I probably would say that I have been more influenced by Jeff Buckley's work, out of all three of them. But, in saying that, I have a myriad of influences. He's just one of them.
Demetrius Romeo: What is it that you're bringing to music that's different to all of that?
CARLA WERNER: Mmmm. I don't know if you can really answer that. I just feel like, if anything, I just want to keep creating. I want to do something original, something that's different to what's going on in the music world, that people can escape into. I don't know; one hopes that the music they're creating is definitely their own individual take on things. And just 'originality', I guess. And an escapism for people; a world to escape into and then slip back out of whenever they want to.
Demetrius Romeo: I suppose calling an album Departure does speak a lot of 'escapism'. How does that feature in your music?
CARLA WERNER: There is definitely a theme of 'departure' in the songs – from being in one place of growth and moving through life and life's experiences, to reach another place of growth and understanding. And also, there's almost a dream-like quality to some of the songs. I am a self-confessed dreamer, I do sit around and I can get lost in my own imaginings and a lot of the work that came out on Departure, especially lyrical content, is testament to that. I am a bit of a dreamer and I do tend to go off into other worlds sometimes. I suppose that's also just paying homage to the influences I've had in my life, such as Kate Bush and Pink Floyd, very much artists who wrote in 'soundscape'-type ways. It's a very big influence on my work, I think.
Music: 'Southern Sun' - Paul Oakenfold featuring Carla Werner
Demetrius Romeo: A couple of years ago you featured as a vocalist on a Paul Oakenfold album. A lot of female artists, before they become known in their own right, feature on someone else's track. Sophie Ellis-Bextor did it, Dido did it. Why is this a path to development for a singer-songwriter?
CARLA WERNER: For that song in particular, I didn't set out to utilise it as being a key thing for me to do in order to boost my career. Absolutely, there are people that know I'm a vocalist through that track, who normally wouldn't listen to the music I create – the danceheads and the ravers. But that was a situation that came about all on its own, and wasn't one that I had any preconception about or that I needed to do. Again, it was just an opportunity that presented itself to me and I found it an interesting task to sink my teeth into, to write something different outside of Carla Werner music. It came about to be that he [Paul Oakenfold] really liked the song and the melody that I'd placed on the music. He used it on the album, which was a really great experience because it then took me off to Top of the Pops in the UK and it then introduced me to Robert Plant, who is a member of one of the best rock 'n' roll band that has ever existed, in my opinion. And one of my biggest influences, as well.
Demetrius Romeo: The people you have namechecked, like Pink Floyd, Kate Bush and Led Zeppelin, are all distinctive for taking music to the next place. I'm wondering where 'the next place' is for Carla Werner, after this album.
CARLA WERNER: Well that's a funny thing because I've been continually writing throughout this whole process. Even when I was stopping and starting inbetween, and doing sessions for Departure and trying to finish that album off, I was continually writing. And the music that was presenting itself – I have a bunch of songs ready to go for the next record and they are a bit more electric-oriented, something I can really sink my teeth into. I just hope that as a song writer I can continually evolve and continually keep writing interesting music. Honest music.
Music: 'Departure' - Carla Werner

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IUI doctors in Bangkok are associated with renowned hospitals and clinics which are affiliated under medical standards. The doctors are well-equipped with the latest technology advancements in the field of infertility treatments. They are also reputed for their excellent services and care. IUI doctors in Bangkok offer personalized IUI treatment, tailor-made to the patient's individual needs.
Intrauterine insemination (IUI), also known as artificial insemination, is a treatment for female infertility where sperms are placed inside a woman's uterine cavity to increase the chances of fertilization and eventually, a pregnancy. In the procedure, a sample of healthy sperms is prepared by the embryologist and implanted inside the uterus using a very fine catheter.
For couples facing problems with natural conception, IUI treatment serves as a simple, affordable and effective fertility treatment option. Since IUI treatment involves selection of healthy motile sperms and introducing them directly to the mature female egg, it is particularly helpful in mild male-factor infertility like low sperm motility. In rare cases, the procedure is also used for female infertility cases if the woman suffers from ovulation and cervix related disorders.
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In our latest Best of Bellator Video series, we look back at a Bellator 43 fight between Bryan Baker and Joe Riggs from earlier this year.
Prior to each new event, Bellator Fighting Championships and MMAjunkie.com dig into the video archives for a classic fight.
Baker, of course, competes Saturday and helps kick off the season-five middleweight tournament at Bellator 50. But his May fight with Riggs remains special for a few big reasons.
Although launched in 2009, Bellator has promoted dozens of events and hundreds of fights. We seek out some of the best for our weekly Best of Bellator Video series.
Back in April, Baker (14-2 at the time) looked to build some momentum following his lone Bellator loss, which came in a tournament finale to Alexander Shlemenko. After surviving and beating chronic myelogenous leukemia, he looked for another signature victory when he took on Riggs (34-12), a big-show veteran who's competed with organizations such as the UFC, WEC and Strikeforce. The former heavyweight moved from welterweight to middleweight for the Baker fight, which aired on MTV2.
So would Baker continue beating the odds, or would Riggs get back in the win column? And why did viewers stay glued to their seats after the fight?
Check out the video for the answers.
And for more on Bellator 50, where Baker takes on Jared Hess in an opening-round tourney fight, stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.
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Your pregnancy and baby guide
Getting ready for twins
Having twins is exciting but challenging, so it's a good idea to be well prepared before your babies arrive.
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Having twins is exciting but challenging, so it's a good idea to be well prepared before your babies arrive.
While family and friends may be experts when it comes to single babies, twins or more may be new for everyone.
Where to find information about twins
- Ask your midwife whether your hospital runs any antenatal classes for parents expecting twins.
- You can get useful information about what it's like to have twins from Twins Trust. This charity offers some free information, but you can get access to all of their information and support by paying a small annual subscription and becoming a member.
- Twinsclub has advice for parents of multiples, as well as an online community.
- The Multiple Births Foundation provides information on twins, and has lots of useful leaflets and books. It also holds regular evening talks for families expecting multiples.
- The NCT (formerly the National Childbirth Trust) runs some classes for parents expecting twins or more. Check the NCT website.
- Twins Trust runs antenatal classes for parents expecting twins or more. These are open to both members and non-members.
The NHS website has more information on everything from writing your birth plan to soothing a crying baby and helping your babies sleep.
You can also find information on maternity and paternity benefits for parents.
Twins clubs
You can find a list of local twins clubs on the Twins Trust or Twinsclub websites. These are clubs where parents expecting twins can talk to other parents of twins to find out what to expect.
Get ready for twins
You'll need to make a few extra preparations if you're expecting twins or more.
Ask if you can go on a tour of your hospital's maternity unit, and ask to see the neonatal care unit.
More than half of all multiple births are premature, so your babies are more likely to need some special care. It's best to know what to expect.
If possible, arrange for someone to help you after the birth. An extra pair of hands is a must when you have newborn twins.
If you're expecting triplets, you'll almost certainly need help for at least the first few months.
Ask if family and friends can help out or, if you can afford it, arrange for paid childcare at least for the first few weeks.
If money is tight, the charity Home-Start may be able to arrange some temporary help. Contact them early as their volunteers are in big demand.
How to keep down the costs
Having more than 1 baby can be expensive. It's worth getting advice from other parents of twins about what you really need. That way, you will not waste money on unnecessary extras.
To save money, you can visit NCT sales, local twins club sales and charity shops for secondhand baby equipment.
You can also ask around to see if friends and family can pass anything on. It's best to buy new cot mattresses rather than secondhand ones, though.
Also, do not buy secondhand car seats, as you cannot know whether they have been involved in an accident.
Find out more about buying baby car seats
Pack your hospital bag
Pack your hospital bag early in your pregnancy, ideally from 26 weeks, as twins often arrive early.
Check with your hospital as some provide a list of what you need to bring. Pack enough supplies for 2 babies.
Twins are often smaller than single babies, so they may need tiny baby rather than newborn-size clothes.
Find out more about giving birth to twins and feeding twins and multiples.
healthtalk.org has videos and written interviews with women talking about having a twin pregnancy.
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Akumulasi logam berat (pb, cd, hg) dan uji status mutu kelayakan pada hasil tangkapan udang putih di perairan kepulauan seribu
(Bogor Agricultural University, Institut Pertanian Bogor, 2012)
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Californian folk poppers Rilo Kiley are close to finishing their fourth album after successfully finishing recording 20 songs.
Singer Jenny Lewis told Billboard.com that the follow up to their disappointing 2004 effort More Adventurous hasn't been mixed yet and that working at Sunset Sound studio in Los Angeles was a bit daunting because The Rolling Stones and Sheryl Crow also recorded there.
Sheryl Crow is still fit, isn't she!
After her time touring with The Watson Twins, Lewis says she is looking forward to putting the album together and making music that might rock a bit more. The album will probably come out in the first half of 2007.


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by Kathy Sanford & Leanna Madill
Canadian Journal of Education (30), 2
Librarians are acutely aware of the literacy struggles of boys. These issues are not unique to age or geographic location. Studies in Europe, Australia, and Canada all have sought to address the complicated literacy practices that boys engage in across media.
This Canadian study looked at two research questions:
- "What success are adolescent males finding in out-of-school literacy practices"
- "What literacy practices are occurring when adolescent males participate in instruction and the creation of video games" (p. 439)
The study found boys taking operational literacy (what to do in a process, how to do it) for granted. One subject said, "Only we need to understand it, if you can understand it - it's okay" (441). This mindset assumes a common set of knowledge and understanding. But if students do not have this knowledge base, communication and application will suffer. Sanford and Madill identified this as a potential reason that boys are less successful with traditional print literacies.
The boys studied wrote journal entries and sketched game ideas. This written and read communication was enhanced through verbal collaboration and social interaction. The verbal collaboration was seen as more successful by those studied. This type of interaction fits with the adolescent's multiple media literacies where they are communicating ideas and knowledge. Those studied found that this social community helped them develop skills and a greater awareness of written and verbal skills.
Sanford and Madill identified a speicfic concern that others, including myself, have raised before:
Unless taught how to notice and critque the social values and assumptions in a game, video game players are mostly unaware of the broader social pratices embedded in video game context (449).If games are to have education value, then like any other educational technology there needs to be discussion and reflection on the experience and application. Any type of learning is not an isolated affair. It doesn't simply happen with one experience (videogame or anything else) learning comes from interaction during and after events and experiences.
Sanford and Madill lay the charge of learning through games squarely at the feet of educators:
Scholars need to problematize the seamless qualities of video game play and creation and create spaces where players can step back from the powerful, immersive qualities of game play and examine values (451).
We can create environments in and out of our libraries and classrooms that use videogames for play and allow for moments to step back have discussions and learn.


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AT&T Giving Ground on Net Neutrality?
Telecom hints at support for modest nondiscrimination rules, but critics charge it's a sleight of hand.
As the Federal Communications Commission moves forward in a proceeding to codify Net neutrality into binding rules, one of the most prominent and longstanding opponents of the policy today offered a mild concession Tuesday.
In a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, AT&T's (NYSE: T) top lobbyist indicated that the telecom giant could support a rule that targets "unreasonable and anticompetitive" discrimination, rather than a blanket rule that would prohibit ISPs from any sort of prioritization or discrimination.
"By focusing on unreasonable and anticompetitive discrimination, the commission can enable innovation to occur at all levels of the Internet but still maintain the ability to respond on a case-by-case basis to allegations of unreasonable and anticompetitive conduct that materially harms consumers," wrote James Cicconi, AT&T's executive vice president of regulatory affairs.
"By contrast, a strict nondiscrimination standard could inadvertently limit the availability of creative and innovative services that consumers may want to purchase."
Cicconi pressed against the blanket nondiscrimination policy, which he said "would completely ban voluntary commercial agreements for the paid provision of certain value-added broadband services."
But that's exactly the sort of activity that Net neutrality proponents oppose, and some of the more vocal voices in the debate lost no time in criticizing AT&T's overture.
"AT&T has tried to draw what is an imaginary line among types of discrimination," Gigi Sohn, president of Public Knowledge said in a statement. "The company advised the FCC that while 'unreasonable' discrimination can be banned, any discrimination caused by 'voluntary commercial agreements' is just fine because the parties involved agreed to it. That is nonsense."
Free Press joined in, calling AT&T's proposal a "bait and switch," offering support of a baseline nondiscrimination standard but still resisting the application of common carriage telecom rules to broadband networks.
"It is couched as a compromise, but it is little more than an effort to cajole a toothless rule out of the FCC," Free Press Policy Director Ben Scott said in a statement.
Highlighting the need for flexibility
Throughout his letter, Cicconi cited recent comments from Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), Verizon Wireless and Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), a long-time Net neutrality supporter. He highlighted the need for ISPs to have the flexibility to manage their networks to deal with congestion, a point that Snowe made in a letter she sent to Genachowski on Oct. 22, the day the FCC voted to initiate the rulemaking. The previous day, the CEOs of Google and Verizon Wireless -- historic opponents on Net neutrality -- made similar comments in a joint blog post.
But critics accused Cicconi of distorting the message, weaving fragmented quotes concerning network management with AT&T's own opposition to a strict nondiscrimination requirement.
In her letter, Snowe did call for an "appropriate level of flexibility for network operators to effectively manage their networks" and warn against "overly prescriptive network neutrality regulations," but she has also co-sponsored legislation seeking to prohibit ISPs from striking side deals with content providers, and warned against "the creation of a toll road on the Internet super highway."
Markham Erickson, executive director of the Open Internet Coalition, which counts Google as a member, said "AT&T mischaracterizes the views of other voices in the network neutrality debate, including Google and Senator Snowe."
The latest wrinkle in the Net neutrality saga comes as the FCC is launching a series of workshops examining the social, civic and economic implications of the proposed rules.
Around the time AT&T's letter surfaced today, the commission was in the middle of the first in a series of such proceedings, focusing on "speech, democracy and the open Internet."
Three of the five commissioners were on hand for the event, which heard stories from representatives from groups as diverse as the Christian Coalition and the progressive organization Center for Community Change talking about the importance of the Internet as a tool for civic action, and warning against the threat of ISPs restricting the transmission of political content on the Web.
The commission also heard from legal scholars, who clashed over the First Amendment implications of Net neutrality rules and the FCC's authority to impose them.
The notion of free speech reemerged last week as the latest front in the war over Net neutrality, with the head of the cable lobby delivering a speech warning that prohibiting "a content or applications provider from paying to acquire the means to distribute its content in the form or manner it wishes" raises serious First Amendment concerns.
Opponents predictably fired back, arguing that the open Internet they are championing -- the dumb pipe model where all content traverses the network without preference -- is about preserving the essence of free speech.


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Student debt weighs on overall economy
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- High debt means grads can%27t save%2C buy homes
- Experts fear %27college bubble%27 that could endanger national economy
CINCINNATI -- Mary Knauff would like to start saving money, for retirement or for some future spending.
But because of about $28,000 in student loans, which she's paid down to about $17,000, the 2010 Xavier University graduate will continue living paycheck to paycheck.
"It's sort of disheartening," said Knauff, 25. "I knew going in that I was going to a private school. Especially when you're trying to get started, when loans take up a third of your living expenses, it's frustrating."
That delay in buying cars and condos, in starting families and savings accounts, reveals the true cost of student debt, to graduates such as Knauff and to the larger economy.
Even as Americans held overall consumer debt to a 9 percent increase from 2004 to this year, student debt tripled to $986 billion after adjusting for inflation, according to an Enquirer analysis of Federal Reserve Bank of New York data.
It's now 8.8 percent of all consumer debt, up from 3.1 percent in 2004.
A system that pushes students to borrow whatever they need to get through college has come under increasing scrutiny as college gets more expensive and a new generation of students is hamstrung by larger and larger debt loads.
"You may be unable to save, unable to put away money for retirement," said Rohit Chopra, student loan ombudsman at the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, in an interview. "Many borrowers are telling us their dreams of owning a home or starting a small business may be out of reach."
The fallout ranges far beyond students and their families. With spending, debt and tuition all escalating, experts fear the inflation of a "college bubble" that could pose dangers for the national economy, much like the Internet bubble in 2000 and the housing bubble in 2009.
For thousands of college graduates, Knauff's story is typical.
These aren't the horror stories of graduates with $100,000 or more in debt from an elite college, running up bills they'll never be able to pay.
Instead, students near the average debt of $26,600, for the 65 percent of graduates who take out student loans, put off spending or saving. That dampens growth in the local economy, but it also defers and sometimes destroys their own dreams of a career or a lifestyle.
In 1993, only 46 percent borrowed an average $9,350, according to the Project on Student Debt.
Of those carrying student debt, about 40 percent say they have postponed contributions to retirement plans or delayed car purchases, 29 percent have put off buying a house and 15 percent have postponed marriage, according to a new survey from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Six in 10 respondents said they regretted their choice of college financing. The current spiral in student loans is feeding an ever-growing cycle of more spending, higher tuition -- and even more loans.
Experts say that could threaten the system of higher education that was built over generations, even causing some smaller or financially weaker colleges to fold.
But the impact on young people spreads quickly throughout the economy.
"We look to those younger generations to sort of sustain growth in the economy," said Amy Crews Cutts, chief economist at the credit reporting agency Equifax, noting the high unemployment rate for Americans younger than 25. "But they sort of over-invested in something that's clearly not paying off."
The warning signs are emerging, according to the New York Fed:
• More than 40 percent of 25-year-olds carry student debt, up from about 26 percent in 2004.
• About 17 percent of loans were delinquent at the end of last year, compared with less than 10 percent in 2004. When only loans in repayment are considered, about one-third are delinquent.
• Nearly half of borrowers have seen payments deferred, so they haven't even started repaying – or defaulting.
• The quarterly movement of borrowers to delinquency from repayment has accelerated to nearly 9 percent, up from 6.5 percent in 2005.
Congress and the Obama administration are considering reforms to the student-loan marketplace, hoping to both relieve the stress on college graduates and the strains on the larger economy.
"We've done some good things, but the problem is that it's still too much debt," said U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio.
Brown said legislation to keep interest rates on federal subsidized loans from doubling to 6.8 percent is important, as is pouring new money into the federal Pell Grant program for low-income Americans.
He's also sponsoring a bill that would allow students to convert private bank loans – often with substantially higher interest rates – to lower-rate federal loans.
So how much debt is too much?
Experts say they advise students not to borrow more than their expected first-year salary. Given the expected benefits of a college degree, that's a wise investment, they say.
"It makes no sense to say, 'I don't have the money now. I can't afford to go to college,' " said Sandy Baum, policy analyst for the College Board.
Tony Aretz, president of the College of Mount St. Joseph, compares it to another common transaction.
"It's equivalent to buying a new car," Aretz said. "I tell people, 'Take that money and invest it in yourself.'"
Graduates and students interviewed by The Cincinnai Enquirer say they were advised to borrow "whatever it takes," and few ever suggested they limit their debt.
"Nobody ever told me that," said Ashley Anderson, who graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 2010 and is paying more than $600 a month.
The impact on spending hits less than a year after graduation, once the loan payments start.
"In the grand scheme of reality, I should feel kind of lucky that I was able to pay for half of it," said Susan Osgood, who just graduated from UC last month.
"But at the same time, I think it's absolutely going to affect the decisions I make, at least until I figure out what I'll pay each month."
What's needed is counseling so that students understand how much they should borrow, said Bob King, president of the Kentucky Council for Postsecondary Education, the group overseeing public universities in the commonwealth.
He recalls that one member of his own family financed an overseas trip on student loans.
"For many of our students, we know that for the first time in their life, having access to what feels like free money causes them to make bad decisions," King said. "There's nothing they've done in high school that has prepared them for that."
Many students also don't know that student-loan debt is one of the few consumer debts that can't be discharged in most bankruptcies.
Even if students are only borrowing what they need, they say it's difficult to keep up. That includes books, which can run $1,500 a year or more, and other costs beyond tuition and housing.
Those young people acknowledge that they need more information.
"In hindsight, I'd go back and apply for a lot more scholarships," said Anderson, the first person in her family to graduate from college. "Right off the bat, my family fell into the middle-class, where we didn't qualify for (need-based) aid. We went in completely blind."
Anderson already has paid off about $10,000 in debt. She held a job all the way through college and lives with her parents in Dent.
"I live at home, just to be able to live at all," she said.


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Jon Keeley
Dr. Keeley is currently a research scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey, stationed at Sequoia National Park. Prior to this appointment, he served one year in Washington, D.C. as director of the ecology program for the National Science Foundation. He was professor of biology at Occidental College for 20 years and spent a sabbatical year at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He has more than 350 publications in national and international scientific journals and books. His research has focused on ecological impacts of wildfires as well as other aspects of plant ecology, including rare plants, rare habitats such as vernal pools, and plant physiology. In 1985 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and is a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America and an Honorary Lifetime Member of the California Botanical Society. He has served on the Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning Environmental Review Board, and the State of California Natural Communities Conservation Program (NCCP) Board of Scientific Advisors.
- Ph.D. (Botany) University of Georgia, Athens, 1977
- M.S. (Biology) San Diego State University, 1973
- B.S. (Biology) San Diego State University, 1971
- Adaptation
- Biodiversity
- Biogeography
- Chaparral Ecology
- Coastal Sage Ecology
- Community ecology
- Conservation biology
- Ecotone
- Endangered habitat
- Environmental impacts
- Evolution
- Extinction
- Fire ecology
- Forest ecology
- Global change biology
- Grassland Ecology
- Historical Reconstruction
- Invasive species ecology
- Landscape ecology
- Landscape patterns
- Natural history
- Phylogeny
- Physiological plant ecology
- Plant ecology
- Plant taxonomy
- Population biology
- Restoration ecology
- Species identification
- Species interactions
- Species introduction
- Species inventory
- Species/Population management
- Systematics
- Vegetation classification
- Vernal Pool Conservation
- Vernal Pool Ecology
- U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Research Scientist
- (ST Scientist), 2015–present
- (GS series 0408), 1998–present
- University of California, Los Angeles, Adjunct Full Professor, 2001-present
- Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Research Associate, 1997–present
- National Science Foundation, Program Director 1997–1998
- Occidental College,
- Professor 1988–1998
- Department Chair 1982–1988
- Assist/Assoc Professor 1977–1988
- University of Cape Town, Visiting Professor 1990
- Fellow, Ecological Society of America, 2014
- Distinguished MEDECOS Fellow, 2011
- USGS Performance Award, 2011
- USGS Star Award, 2008
- Honorary Lifetime Member, California Botanical Society, 1998
- Fellow, Southern California Academy of Sciences, l994
- Guggenheim Fellow, l985–l986
- Sterling Award for Outstanding Teaching, l985


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Coming straight from The King's mouth, Bruce Campbell has let his spies know that his next feature will be "Bruce Vs. Frankenstein", a sequel to his feature "My Name is Bruce".
"Saw VI" helmer Kevin Gruetert has been signed to direct "Paranormal Activity 2". Oddly enough, "Paranormal Activity" is the film that unseated Gruetert's "Saw VI" as the King of Halloween this year... and the two franchisees are slated to be in direct competition again this year.
Remember your mall hair days when Tiffany was cool? Despite the fact that you're trying to forget the 80's, the pop singer is slated to star in "Megapiranha" which is certain to jump start her comeback.
Director Joe Johnston lets slip some tiny details about his upcoming "The Wolfman" remake; mainly that the scary howls you'll be hearing emanate from Benico Del Toro are in fact voiced by rockers Gene Simmons and David Lee Roth.
It's Halloween, so that must mean "Saw" time. Let's see how many more of these Schnaars can take.
"Paranormal Activity" continues to flex its muscles as it soundly beats "Saw VI" in it's fifth week. Whether that speaks to the amazingness of "PA" or the mediocrity of "Saw"...well you'll have to listen to this week's podcast to find out!
If Milla Jovovich's new thriller "The Fourth Kind" has caught your eye, the studio has relased a new featurette called "Abduction" that helps ramp up the chills.
There's a new Nic Cage thriller on the market and here's the trailer for "Season of the Witch". I don't know if the plot is scary or not, but Cage's hair is positively frightening.
Kevin Smith gives an update on his pending foray into horror with "Red State. Currently, they're stuck for investors and still need a cast.
Have you ever wanted to see Neve Campbell's moist, lip-quivering histrionics in the THIRD-DIMENSION? No? Well, sorry, but according to a Bloody Disgusting "exclusive", Scream 4 will be shot in 3-D. Speaking of 3-D, Roger Ebert just wrote a great piece about how if you like 3-D you are an idiot. This Scream news really brings his point home.
Steve Niles confirms that 30 Days of Night: Dark Days is currently in production and starring such acting luminaries as...well, all that matters is that Diora Baird is headlining. I don't have to be a vampire to know what of hers I'd like to suck! (To clarify, it would be her breasts. Possibly her vagina, depending on her bathing habits.)
Rob Zombie, perhaps the greatest (horror) director of all-time, announced on his Myspace that his soon-to-be-classic Halloween 2 will be returning to theaters next weekend, just in time for the holiday. That's great news but, really Rob, Myspace? It's hard for me to defend you when you're still using an archaic social networking device as your primary news delivery system. Can we get a Facebook, or a Blogspot or something? I'd be willing to do it for you...
Visiting Universal's Halloween Horror Nights on the West Coast and worried about finding your way around? Worry no more! Check out Universal's iPhone app for the fest. Ain't technology grand?
Joss Whedon's "Cabin in the Woods" gets bumped ALL the way to January 2010, and in the meantime will be "converted" into 3D. An interesting move considering we don't even fully know what the film's about yet. Thoughts?
Bored at work today? Got the day off? Check out The Jigsaw Game. Should be good for freaking out your co-workers.
If you're interested in Platinum Dunes' remake of "A Nightmare on Elm St.", visit their Twitter page for updates including behind the scenes set photos, beginning today.


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Some say the hamburger is an American invention, but thanks to one restaurant, the burger is going international. Deco hit the Hard Rock Cafe in Hollywood for a stop on the World Burger Tour.
The walls of the Hard Rock Cafe are covered with memorabilia from legendary musicians. Now some legendary burgers are coming out of the kitchen.
Scott Jacobs, Hard Rock Cafe: "At Hard Rock Cafe, we celebrate Burger Month in style. We do World Burger Tour for May and June. We've got traveling burgers from all of our cafes around the world."
You can take an international adventure — no passport required. Just bring a hearty appetite and perhaps some pants with an elastic waistband.
The Hard Rock is serving up eight different burgers — each with a regional flair.
Scott Jacobs: "For the month of May, we've got burgers from Buenos Aires, our Tango Salsa Burger, we have a Memphis Barbecue Burger out of Memphis, Tennessee, and right here in Hollywood, we have our Seminole Cattlemen's Burger. Hand-pattied, Seminole Pride beef topped with alligator tail."
You heard right: alligator tail.
Scott Jacobs: "With alligator tail, like anything, if you marinade it, it comes out nice, soft and tender. We marinate ours with buttermilk."
The Seminole Burger comes with hearts of palm and a special sauce.
Scott Jacobs: "Kick it up a li'l more with our Seminole Rockin' Wing Sauce."
Customer 1: "It's good, got a little spice to it. It's wonderful, very good."
The Korean Burger comes with Sriracha-seasoned kimchi, and the English Breakfast Burger features ham, egg and a portobello mushroom.
Customer 2: "I had the Memphis Burger. It was amazing. It definitely had just enough spice with the flavor. You could really tell."
Tennessee BBQ Burger comes with pulled pork and crispy onions, and the Jambalaya Burger will put some South in your mouth.
Scott Jacobs: "I think what's important when the guests visit Hard Rock is that they walk outta here knowing that they had the best meal they ever had, that our burgers are fantastic."
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
1 Seminole Way
Hollywood, FL 33314
(954) 315-9112
Hard Rock Cafe World Burger Tour
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Confessions of a Shopaholic – Movie Trailer
A Manhattan shopaholic (Isla Fisher) whose buying sprees have buried her in immense debt lands a columnist gig dishing out financial advice in this Touchstone comedy based on Sophie Kinsella's series of books. P.J. Hogan (My Best Friend's Wedding) directs, with producing duties being handled by Jerry Bruckheimer. Rebecca Bloomwood (Fisher) can't seem to break her habit for making impulsive purchases, and while she's always decked out in the latest styles, her credit card bills are as thick as a telephone book. If Rebecca could somehow manage to land her dream job at a high-profile fashion magazine, perhaps she could transform what is now a simple addiction into something that could really benefit her professionally. When Rebecca becomes an advice columnist at a financial magazine published by the same company as her favorite fashion magazine, her fresh approach strikes a chord with readers and she quickly becomes the toast of the town. Meanwhile, her bank account is still bone dry, wreaking havoc on her love life and placing her career in jeopardy. As Rebecca teeters on the brink of bankruptcy, she gradually begins to reassess her priorities in life. Joan Cusack, John Goodman, Hugh Dancy, and Krysten Ritter co-star in the Touchstone Pictures production.
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I think i know what i want from life…at least i think i do!
But i am afraid if I'll ever get all of it …what if i don't get what i want ? i don't want to spend all my remaining life being miserable , always thinking about the things i didn't get from life .
Its not like i am not happy with what i have, believe me i am ! but i want more !
And i guess thats what i am afraid of, of wanting more, when i already have so much to thank for …
The weird thing is i am afraid of even getting it all …. what if i get everything i want and still thats not enough ? what would i do then ?
Thats what confusing me….i am afraid either way….there's a fear of not getting everything i want but a fear of getting it all as well .
But i have reached to a conclusion that LIFE IS A MESS but its a SWEET MESS …. a mess filled with sense of fear, the fear of the unknown ! But thats what makes life adventurous ! Thrilling ! And shitty sometimes….but all of it is worth it because VIEW FROM THE TOP IS AWESOME (or at least thats what i hear people say all the time ) !
I guess we'll all find that out eventually 🙂
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Brimonidine eye drops is used alone or together with other medicines to lower pressure inside the eye that is caused by open-angle glaucoma or ocular (eye) hypertension. This medicine is an alpha-adrenergic agonist.
Brimonidine eye drops is also used to relieve redness of the eye caused by minor eye irritations.
This medicine is available only with your doctor's prescription.
This product is available in the following dosage forms:
In deciding to use a medicine, the risks of taking the medicine must be weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you and your doctor will make. For this medicine, the following should be considered:
Tell your doctor if you have ever had any unusual or allergic reaction to this medicine or any other medicines. Also tell your health care professional if you have any other types of allergies, such as to foods, dyes, preservatives, or animals. For non-prescription products, read the label or package ingredients carefully.
Appropriate studies performed to date have not demonstrated pediatric-specific problems that would limit the usefulness of Alphagan® P eye drops in children 2 years of age and older. Because of brimonidine's toxicity, use in children younger than 2 years of age is not recommended.
Appropriate studies have not been performed on the relationship of age to the effects of Lumify™ eye drops in children younger than 5 years of age. Safety and efficacy have not been established.
Appropriate studies performed to date have not demonstrated geriatric-specific problems that would limit the usefulness of brimonidine eye drops in the elderly.
There are no adequate studies in women for determining infant risk when using this medication during breastfeeding. Weigh the potential benefits against the potential risks before taking this medication while breastfeeding.
Although certain medicines should not be used together at all, in other cases two different medicines may be used together even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your doctor may want to change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. When you are taking this medicine, it is especially important that your healthcare professional know if you are taking any of the medicines listed below. The following interactions have been selected on the basis of their potential significance and are not necessarily all-inclusive.
Using this medicine with any of the following medicines is usually not recommended, but may be required in some cases. If both medicines are prescribed together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use one or both of the medicines.
Certain medicines should not be used at or around the time of eating food or eating certain types of food since interactions may occur. Using alcohol or tobacco with certain medicines may also cause interactions to occur. Discuss with your healthcare professional the use of your medicine with food, alcohol, or tobacco.
The presence of other medical problems may affect the use of this medicine. Make sure you tell your doctor if you have any other medical problems, especially:
Use this medicine only as directed by your doctor. Do not use more of it, do not use it more often, and do not use it for a longer time than your doctor ordered.
If your doctor ordered two different eye drops to be used together, wait at least 5 minutes after you put the first medicine in your eye to use the second medicine. This will prevent the second medicine from "washing out" the first one.
To use the eye drops:
You should not use the eye drops if you have contact lenses in your eyes. Remove your contact lenses before you use this medicine. Wait at least 10 minutes after you use the medicine before putting the contact lenses back in.
The dose of this medicine will be different for different patients. Follow your doctor's orders or the directions on the label. The following information includes only the average doses of this medicine. If your dose is different, do not change it unless your doctor tells you to do so.
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If you miss a dose of this medicine, apply it as soon as possible. However, if it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular dosing schedule.
Store the medicine in a closed container at room temperature, away from heat, moisture, and direct light. Keep from freezing.
Keep out of the reach of children.
Do not keep outdated medicine or medicine no longer needed.
Ask your healthcare professional how you should dispose of any medicine you do not use.
It is very important that your eye doctor (ophthalmologist) check your or your child's progress at regular visits to make sure the medicine is working properly and is not causing unwanted effects.
If itching, redness, swelling, or other signs of eye or eyelid irritation occur, check with your doctor.
If you or your child have an eye injury or infection, or need to have eye surgery, talk with your doctor right away. You may need to change the medicine or stop using it.
This medicine may cause some people to become lightheaded, dizzy, drowsy, tired, or less alert than they are normally. Do not drive or do anything else that could be dangerous until you know how this medicine affects you.
This medicine may add to the effects of alcohol and other CNS depressants (medicines that make you drowsy or less alert). Some examples of CNS depressants are antihistamines or medicines for allergies, sedatives or sleeping medicine, prescription pain medicine or narcotics, medicine for seizures or barbiturates, muscle relaxants, or anesthetics, including some dental anesthetics. Check with your doctor before taking any of the above while you are using this medicine.
Brimonidine may cause your eyes to become more sensitive to light than they are normally. Wearing sunglasses and avoiding too much exposure to bright light may help lessen the discomfort.
Along with its needed effects, a medicine may cause some unwanted effects. Although not all of these side effects may occur, if they do occur they may need medical attention.
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Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to the FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
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Two fights have been selected for next month's UFC 135 "UFC Prelims" special on Spike TV.
MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) has confirmed that the one-hour pay-per-view teaser will feature middleweights Nick Ring (12-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) vs. Tim Boetsch (13-4 MMA, 4-3 UFC) and lightweights Tony Ferguson (11-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) vs. Aaron Riley (30-12-1 MMA, 3-4 UFC).
UFC 135 takes place Sept. 24 at Denver's Pepsi Center.
The night's main card airs on pay-per-view, and the remaining prelims are expected to stream on Facebook.
Ring looks to continue his undefeated streak and pick up his 13th straight victory. The Canadian-based fighter recently scored a submission victory over James Head at UFC 131 for his eighth stoppage victory in 13 career wins. Ring, who competed on "The Ultimate Fighter 11" (but was forced out of the tournament early due to a knee injury), is 2-0 since the subsequent 15-month layoff. In addition to the Head victory, the onetime Bellator fighter scored a controversial unanimous-decision victory over Riki Fukuda at UFC 127.
Boetsch, meanwhile, looks to continue some recent success since a return to the UFC (following a 2-2 run in his first stint) and a drop from light heavyweight to middleweight. Recently, the former IFL fighter and collegiate wrestler has sandwiched UFC wins over Todd Brown and Kendall Grove around a loss to Phil Davis. He's now 5-1 over his past six fights.
Ferguson competes for the first time since knocking our Ramsey Nijem to win "The Ultimate Fighter 13" earlier this year. The former NCAA Division II national wrestling champion has now won four straight fights and seven of his past eight.
Riley returns to the cage for the first time 16 months. He most recently bested Joe Brammer on points at UFC 114. Since returning to the promotion in late 2008, he has alternated between wins and losses in five appearances.
The latest UFC 135 card now includes:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)
- Champ Jon Jones vs. Quinton "Rampage" Jackson (for light-heavyweight title)
- Matt Hughes vs. Diego Sanchez
- Rob Broughton vs. Travis Browne
- Nate Diaz vs. Takanori Gomi
- Mark Hunt vs. Ben Rothwell
PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV)
- Tim Boetsch vs. Nick Ring
- Aaron Riley vs. Tony Ferguson
- Damacio Page vs. Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto
- Ricardo Romero vs. James Te Huna
- Cole Escovedo vs. Takeya Mizugaki
For the latest on UFC 135, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of the site.
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Appearances, which make their debut in Illustrator 9, provide a whole new approach to object editing. Before appearances, you could apply only one stroke and fill to an object. With appearances, you can now apply multiple fills and strokes to the same object, and to each stroke or fill you can apply a different opacity level, blending mode, and Effect menu command. Furthermore, appear-ance attributes change how an object looks, but they don't actually alter the path's under-lying shape. Appearances add flexibility- and complexity-to object editing.
Since appearance attributes only change an object's appearance, not its actual underlying path, you can save, close, and reopen an illustration and you'll still be able to re-edit or remove the appearance attri-butes in the saved file. When an object is selected, its appearance attributes are listed on the Appearance palette. This palette is also used to re-edit, restack, and remove appearance attributes.
Copy an object, then experiment with different appearance attributes for each copy. No commitment, no obligation. Create a handful of variations on a basic shape, and then gradually hone in until you achieve a combination or combina-tions of appearance attributes that you're satisfied with.
Appearances and layers
If attributes other than just the basic stroke and fill have been applied to a layer, sub-layer, or object, those additional attributes are called appearance attributes, and a gray target circle will appear for that layer, sub-layer, or object on the Layers palette 2.
Instead of applying appearance attributes to individual objects one by one, you can target a whole top-level layer or group for appearances. In this case, the appearance attributes that you choose will apply to all the objects nested within the targeted layer or group. For example, if you target a layer and then modify its opacity or blending mode, all objects nested within that layer will have the same opacity or blending mode, and those attributes can be re-edited quickly by re-targeting the layer.
These are the basic techniques:
To select an object, group, or layer, click the selection area on the Layers palette.
To target an object, group, or layer for appearance attributes, click the target circle on the Layers palette.
To view and modify the existing appearance attributes for an object, group, or layer, click the gray target circle; Shift-click the gray circle to deselect the object, group, or layer.
Even though selecting and targeting both cause objects to become selected in your illustration, they are not interchangeable operations, especially when you're working with whole layers or groups. If you target a layer or group by clicking its target circle and then apply appearance attributes (e.g., fill color, Effect menu command, Transparency palette values), those attributes will be applied to, and will be listed on the Appearance palette for, the layer as a whole.
If you click the selection area for a layer or a group instead of the target circle and then apply appearances, those attributes will be applied separately to each object in that layer instead of to the layer as a whole. In this case, you won't see an itemized list of appearance attributes on the Appearance palette-you'll just see the generic words "mixed attributes" at the top of the palette, nor will they be listed if you subsequently target the layer.


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Here's a link to their article, please follow that link and read it there are a ton of good charts and very useful information:
A Tale of Two Depressions…
This article is an update of their original and their new findings are:
• World industrial production continues to track closely the 1930s fall, with no clear signs of 'green shoots'.
• World stock markets have rebounded a bit since March, and world trade has stabilised, but these are still following paths far below the ones they followed in the Great Depression.
• There are new charts for individual nations' industrial output. The big-4 EU nations divide north-south; today's German and British industrial output are closely tracking their rate of fall in the 1930s, while Italy and France are doing much worse.
• The North Americans (US & Canada) continue to see their industrial output fall approximately in line with what happened in the 1929 crisis, with no clear signs of a turn around.
• Japan's industrial output in February was 25 percentage points lower than at the equivalent stage in the Great Depression. There was however a sharp rebound in March.
Industrial output has crashed throughout the world, no doubt. I could show you chart after chart, but I'm going to show you just three charts that clearly show what's happening right here in the U.S. and these charts come directly from our own Fed (so you know they can be trusted, LOL).
The first chart is Industrial Production of durable consumer goods. This is yet another classic parabolic chart that rose in the post WWII era in typical exponential math 3 phase style; slow and controlled growth, followed by a more rapid pace, which gives way to an exponential blow off/ parabolic rise:
Parabolic rises ALWAYS lead to collapse. The collapse usually returns to at least the point at which the parabolic move began – its base. In this case, I would expect a return to 1990 at a minimum. This parabolic collapse is why this is no ordinary recession.
Now let's look at exports… here we see the same parabolic rise but this chart only goes back to 1992. Still I can identify three phases and a parabolic rise that is now collapsing. A return to the 2003 export level would be expected given the parabolic collapse:
Just for a bonus, here's the same export chart but in year-over-year percent change:
Now the last chart I want to show is the chart that provides the fuel for economic activity, Private Domestic Investment. Here too we see a post WWII parabolic/ exponential rise which is followed by collapse. Although it is not shown on this chart yet, I'm certain there will be a small blip arise to form a "right shoulder" on this chart. I would then expect the parabolic collapse to continue and it's fairly obvious from this chart that the parabolic phase began around 1990 – that's where I would expect it to return. Yet, because this chart is in dollars, I would want to see it corrected into REAL dollars or by gold:
Those who do not understand bubble dynamics and exponential math are lost. Inflation/ deflation? This statistic, that statistic. Bull to all of it. Easy credit and debt were the real fuel behind all the parabolic charts. The parabolic move has ended and math will take care of the rest. History just has yet to record the end result.
It's a good thing we have a social safety net and are so efficient at producing saturated fat and corn syrup. We now have over 11% of our population on food stamps – that's approaching one in nine! ONE IN NINE!!
Our government and central Keynesian bankers believe they can create never ending growth. Exponential math argues otherwise…
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By Roger Conrad
The budget compromise passed by Congress and signed by the president as part of the fiscal-cliff negotiations is one of the most contractionary fiscal actions taken by the federal government in decades.
The key question is the multiplier effect, i.e. how much economic activity is generated by $1 of tax cuts and government spending. The higher that number proves to be, the greater the impact of sudden austerity. Right-leaning economists maintain there's little or no multiplier effect; the left argues that any austerity would have a huge impact.
Since 1929, the US economy has been through a total of 14 recessions. With the exception of a short contraction in 1945, every one has been preceded or accompanied by a pullback of 15% or more in the broad-based S&P 500 index.
On the other hand, not every major market pullback has been accompanied by a severe recession, as was the case in 1987, 1998 and 2000-02. And more than a few companies — notably our Income Portfolio picks — have maintained profitability in previous recessions, reliably raising dividends.
Recession watching is important, but keying in on the health and prospects of the individual companies you own is even more important to generating superior long-term investment returns.
The fact is, tighter federal budgets can be good for the economy, boosting confidence and providing a more secure environment for businesses to invest.
That could prove to be the key to inducing U.S. corporations to part with at least some of their record mountains of cash. S&P 500 companies alone are currently sitting on more than $1 trillion in cash. And they continue to bankroll 70% of profits for that purpose.
Economists of all political stripes agree that if that money were invested, it would have a massive multiplier effect on economic growth. Corporations have been further strengthened by nearly four years of record-low borrowing costs, which have allowed them to sharply limit near-term debt maturities and slash interest expense.
Near term, however, austerity could exert severe consequences for higher-debt companies with revenue that fluctuates with economic ups and downs.
The first key to dodging a dividend austerity crisis is ensuring your overall income-producing portfolio is balanced and diversified. The second key is to know your companies' exposure to an austerity crisis. I advise running the following checklist:
• Revenue Reliability . Almost every stock took a bath in the market meltdown of late 2008. But companies that kept their sales steady during the crisis and the deep recession that followed have proven their ability to weather the toughest of times.
• Payout Ratio Visibility. No dividend is sustainable without the profits to back it up. Companies with proven reliable revenue can afford a higher payout ratio (dividends expressed as a percentage of profit). But any company you own should have a clear and demonstrable path to growing profit going forward.
• Manageable Debt. A low absolute level of debt is preferable. But the most important way companies can guard against an austerity crisis is to minimize the debt they have coming due in 2013, as a percentage of stock market value.
One sector I'm bullish on in 2013 is energy pipeline MLPs. Many of these companies operate primarily under long-term contracts to major energy companies. As a result, their revenue is practically as stable as utilities. Enterprise Products Partners LP (EPD), Energy Transfer Partners LP (ETP), Genesis Energy LP (GEL) and Spectra Energy Partners LP (SEP) all raised dividends in 2008, and could do so again in 2013.
Another sector I like are the super oils. Chevron Corp (CVX), Eni (E) and Total SA (TOT) all took a hit to revenue when oil prices fell in 2008 from an all-time high of about $150 a barrel to barely $30/bbl but were able to easily absorb the blow thanks to hedging and diversified revenue streams.