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Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) currently sports a trailing twelve-month P/E of 10X. Based upon the discounted cash flow principles underpinning the concept of the Price/Earnings multiple, this makes little sense unless one believes the company no longer has an ability to generate incremental earnings and cash.
This article will explore the thesis in four parts:
- How the P/E ratio relates to Discounted Cash Flow methodology
- What P/E multiple relates to a "no growth" stock versus a growing enterprise
- How the Apple stock P/E has decoupled itself from past and projected earnings metrics
- A summary and concluding thoughts as to what's going on
The P/E Ratio Represents Simplified DCF Methodology
The P/E multiple concept is grounded in Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) analysis, more specifically determining the Present Value (PV) of a future series of cash flows. The DCF process discounts these future cash flow back to a single present value number.
The following formula represents this situation:
PV = E * (1 + g)/(r - g) where
PV = The present value stock price
E = Earnings for the stock
g = growth rate
r = required rate of return or discount rate
Assuming the cash flows are no-growth constant sums, the g variable drops out and the simplified formula becomes:
PV = E / r
If we now rearrange the formula to isolate the r variable, and rename the PV variable P for Price, we obtain the following:
r = E / P
Starting to look familiar? If we invert E / P, we get P / E, as in P/E ratio.
Therefore, the P/E multiple of a stock is the inverse of r, or the assigned discount rate.
P / E = 1 / r
Let's proceed.
What P/E Multiple Corresponds to a No-Growth Company?
We still haven't solved the formula. So now it's time to plug in some numbers. First, let's make some assumptions in order to solve the r variable, or the expected rate of return for equities in general.
Historically, investors have required equity returns that compensate them for the risk taken in lieu of investing in risk-free assets. The following formula captures this:
r = RFR + B (Rm - RFR)
RFR = Risk-Free Return; often benchmarked by the 10-year U.S. Treasury note. These notes have historically been pegged at approximately 5 percent.
B = Beta, defined as a measure of the volatility, or systematic risk, of a security in comparison to the market as a whole. To keep our work simple, we will assume the Beta is 1.0. For the record, it just so happens that Apple stock has a Beta of 1.0, too.
Rm = Historical market return. Let's recognize that all DCF work requires assumptions. In this case, we will assume that over the long term, equities have returned a nominal 11 percent to the investor.
Solving for r, we get
r = 0.05 + 1.0 (0.11 - 0.05)
= 0.11 or 11 percent
Here's a simplified explanation of the foregoing: over time investors have generally required the "risk premium" for stocks to be about six percentage points above a corresponding "no risk" investment. The ten-year T-note has traditionally been benchmarked as such an investment. The average yield on a ten-year T-note has been five percent. Therefore, a reasonable discount rate for equities is about 11 percent.
Now if we go back to the original equation, we can plug in the value of r and find that the P / E multiple for a no-growth stock should be
P / E = 1 / 0.11 or 9.1
Therefore, a P/E of 9X approximates the expected multiple for a stock with a constant return, but no growth, when discounted at 11 percent.
What About a Company that Grows Earnings?
The P / E multiple is designed to give the investor a rough guide to estimate the value of a stock given its earnings growth rate. It's not an exact science. However, the concept is sure: the Price / Earnings ratio should relate to an expected Earnings growth rate.
Therefore, the better a company's growth prospects are, the higher P / E can be afforded to it.
Let's avoid a great deal of math and theory. We will cut right to the Graham valuation formula. This shorthand equation provides a practical application for handling a relatively complex DCF problem.
Benjamin Graham, the father of value investing, was known for his thorough financial analysis of companies, but he also offered followers simple rules of thumb to evaluate stocks. Here is a valuation formula adapted from "The Intelligent Investor:"
P / E = a fair P/E ratio for a given stock
G = earnings growth rate
Note that if the growth rate is zero, the fair P/E becomes 8.5X. That's not too far removed from our calculated zero-growth equity formula earlier.
However, since Graham proposed his formula back in 1949, it has shown a tendency to provide fair P/E multiples that are a bit too high. Therefore, I suggest we modify the formula to make it more conservative. The following formula tends to work very well.
The details outlining the rationale around this modified Graham formula can be found on this web link.
If one accepts this formula as a rough guide, a stock that grows at 4 percent a year, for example, should command a P/E of 11X.
So How Does this Relate to Apple Stock?
Apple stock currently trades at a ttm P/E of 10X. We have established that a stock with no growth should trade at a P/E of about 9X. Furthermore, we outlined how it is reasonable to premise that a stock with an expected two percent earnings growth rate should trade at 10X.
Yet AAPL has grown operating earnings at 33 percent a year over the past 15 years. Street analyst consensus five-year forward EPS growth estimate for Apple is between 15 and 18 percent depending upon the source. Wall Street believes that after a flat FY 2013, growth will resume. Here's a link to one such consensus.
Wall Street says Apple EPS will grow at a mid-to-high double digit rate. Yet Mr. Market assigns Apple stock a P/E implying a 2 percent forward growth rate.
Some Additional Color on the Subject
Are Earnings the Same as Cash?
No, earnings are not the same as cash. Therefore, if Apple, Inc. is growing earnings it does not mean that it is necessarily growing cash flow. If a stock were earnings-rich, but cash-poor, it could explain why a stock can deserve major P/E compression.
A review of past financial filings indicate that this is not an issue. Here's a summary of the past five years; comparing AAPL earnings versus free-cash-flow (FCF). FCF is operating cash less capital expenditures.
Apple Earnings per Share and Free Cash Flow (FY 2008 - 2012)
FCF per share
While past performance is no guarantee of future returns, I did find the chart incredible. Indeed, Apple clearly has not had an earnings-to-cash conversion problem. The company actually generates better FCF per share than EPS. Remarkable.
The Bottom Line
Granted, the P/E ratio is more of a blunt instrument than a surgical knife. Like any DCF or financial multiple analysis, the underlying assumptions make or break the results.
However, in the current case of Apple stock, even conservative DCF assumptions don't jibe with the Street's projected earnings and cash expectations. Hence, there is an apparent anomaly.
Wall Street forecasts a company growing earnings at high double digits, yet the market assigned a Price / Earnings ratio that implies about two percent future growth.
Please note this analysis doesn't purport to make any demands upon the market. Stocks behave as they will based upon buyers and sellers. They don't behave as we expect them to.
Nevertheless, it does seem like AAPL Street earnings growth expectations and market multiples are unusually disjointed.
So What's Going On?
There are any number of theories as to what's going on, but here's my take on a few of them:
- Market Sentiment / Negative Momentum: AAPL stock price may have separated from earnings and expected growth due to a simple lack of buyers. The stock had been touted via buy-side analysts for a long, long time. At some point, the buyers are exhausted and sellers take charge. The multi-year run up in price and tax considerations at year-end 2012 may have provided a catalyst for shareholders to begin to take profits. They did. Negative momentum ensued: Selling begets more selling until equilibrium is reached again.
- Transition from Growth to Value Stock: Apple had been recognized as a tremendous growth story for years. The law of large numbers makes it nearly impossible for a stock to continue to grow so rapidly year after year after year. Large growth-company money managers may have decided that the jig was up on the AAPL growth story. They started unloading the stock, creating a vortex of other managers to follow suit and do likewise. At some point, the value money managers will move in and begin to buy shares based upon fundamentals and the dividend. If true, the process can take awhile.
- The market is correct: Perhaps my thesis for this article is entirely wrong. It is possible that the market has properly handicapped Apple stock. It "deserves" a 10X multiple. Most analysts indicate that Apple EPS will be flat in FY 2013. If the company earnings were to stay flat to low single digit growth for an extended period of time, then a low P/E is warranted. While I find this a low probability thesis, it cannot be dismissed.
I believe that over time, undervalued stocks either demonstrate that they deserve to be priced as such (the proverbial "value trap"), or the market eventually recognizes the disconnect and bids up the shares to reach normalized valuation. It may not happen when we want it to happen, but it does.
Having bought Apple shares some years ago, I plan to hold for the time being. I do not intend to buy more, nor cut my current position. My view is that the shares are undervalued.
Disclosure: I am long AAPL. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


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By Michael Kelly, Associated Press 7:01pm, June 16, 2013Jhoulys Chacin came within an out of his second career shutout and the Colorado Rockies beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-2 Sunday.
Chacin gave up six hits, struck out three and didn't walk a batter. His 8 2-3 innings marked the longest outing by a Colorado starter this season.
Jimmy Rollins hit an RBI double with two outs in the Phillies' ninth and Ryan Howard followed with a single, finishing Chacin (5-3).
Rex Brothers got the final out for his second save of the season.
Wilin Rosario and Carlos Gonzalez homered for Colorado. The teams combined for 30 runs and 55 hits in splitting the first two games of the series, but pitchers dominated the finale at Coors Field.
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The PFW staff offers its late-week fantasy TE tips, including reason to temper expectations for 49ers TE Vernon Davis.
Memo to Niners TE Vernon Davis' fantasy owners: While Davis would appear to be a very enticing fantasy performer this Sunday against a Bills defense that had problems last week defending Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski (5-104-1) in the Pats' runaway victory, it's worth noting Niners head coach Jim Harbaugh's insistence that every offensive player be ready to take on a different role every week. This is a particularly pertinent point in the case of Davis, who in any given game could be asked to serve as more of a blocker than a receiver. Such was the case last Sunday when Davis, who is considered a tremendous blocker, caught only two passes (on two targets) for 28 yards.
For owners considering which low-end No. 1 fantasy tight end to start this week, the Panthers' Greg Olsen is the hot hand to continue playing. He's made 13 catches for 187 yards and a touchdown in the past two games and was targeted a team-high 21 times in those two contests combined. His combination of size and speed could make him a tough matchup for Seattle's strong and aggressive secondary.
Broncos TEs Jacob Tamme and Joel Dreessen have combined for 22 catches, 200 yards and three touchdowns this season. They have a favorable matchup this week against the Patriots, who allowed two touchdowns to Bills TE Scott Chandler in Week Four. Keep an eye on how they are used this week, and if Virgil Green, who was suspended for the first four games, is active. Dreessen is a touchdown vulture like he was in Houston, but Tamme is Peyton Manning's third target in the passing game.
Memo to Cardinals TE Rob Housler's fantasy owners: While there's no denying Housler's fantasy potential, a big problem continues to be his poor blocking, which figures to keep him off the field more often than not. That said, with Todd Heap still feeling the effects of a gimpy knee (he's questionable for the Rams Thursday night), Housler could conceivably be a fantasy factor.
Bengals TE Jermaine Gresham is on pace for 68 catches and 712 yards, but he has only one TD through his first four games. However, with defenses surely worried about stopping A.J. Green, Gresham will have his share of favorable matchups going forward. Don't give up on him yet.
Ravens TE Dennis Pitta had no catches and was targeted only twice in the Week Four win vs. Cleveland. The feeling here is that QB Joe Flacco will keep looking for Pitta in key spots — and that two targets is just about the floor for Pitta, a key part of the Ravens' passing game.
Colts rookie TE Coby Fleener is off to an extremely slow start, while fellow rookie Dwayne Allen is coming off his strongest game (5-35-0). We are not suggesting fantasy players cut their losses with Fleener and scour the waiver wire for Allen, but we have not seen any evidence to suggest that Fleener belongs in your lineup this week against a Green Bay "D" that, prior to getting lit up by Drew Brees and the Saints in Week Four, had made great strides defending the pass.
Texans TE Owen Daniels is off to the fastest start of his career (19-232-2), and he will have a chance to continue his excellent production on "Monday Night Football" against the Jets, who are reeling defensively. Daniels, who leads Houston in targets (28), had a terrific 28-yard TD last week in which he fought past a would-be tackler on the way into the end zone. Daniels is as healthy as he has been in some time and should continue to put up solid fantasy numbers.


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Both sides of the abortion debate get ready for an intense special session Monday in Austin.
Governor Rick Perry called for the 30-day special session after Texas Republicans failed to pass a restrictive abortion bill due to a democratic filibuster.
The bill aims to ban the abortion procedure after the 20th week of pregnancy, and could result in 37 of the 42 abortion clinics in the state shutting down.
Also on the agenda: transportation funding, and a juvenile justice proposal involving 17-year-olds.
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I don't frequent this part as much as I probably should. But as the title says, I'm asking for prayers for a friends family. Actually two families. A couple of guys from work have been teaching their wives and sons to ride motorcycles. They were returning home last night and the sons were riding on the bikes with their dads. A woman stoned out of her mind sideswipes one bike in the corner, then hits the other head on. The father and son that got hit head on died at the scene. The other father and son were taken to the hospital and released with scrapes and bruises. It's an absolutely tragic incident. And so I don't cause the mods any more work, I'll keep my thoughts on the driver to myself. If anyone is interested here are a couple articles on the accident. Thanks.
Woman says she was high before hitting motorcycle killing father, son - News Story - WSOC Charlotte
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Twenty years ago today, Becky DeWine was killed in a crash on a rain-slicked road a few miles from her parents' old country home near Cedarville en route from her internship as a reporter at the Xenia Daily Gazette.
Then a 22-year-old recent graduate of Wooster College, she had planned a career in journalism. Always cheerful and optimistic, Becky wanted to inform and inspire.
She accomplished that in death.
Deeply Catholic, Mike and Fran DeWine are sustained through a never-gone grief by a certitude that the spirit of Becky — third oldest of their eight children — lives in a place she never saw or imagined.
Her legacy came to full bloom on July 4 when the DeWines sat amid 126 children wearing white caps and gowns and green sashes in one of the world's poorest and most violent slums, the proud first graduates of the Becky DeWine School.
The commencement in the Cite Soleil district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti — a 400,000-resident garbage-laden hellhole — was 14 years in the making. Improbably, the graduates survived gang violence, the murders of school workers, a devastating earthquake, and a society rigged against success to get coveted high-school diplomas.
Above the ceremony hung a portrait of Becky, for whom the school system was named in 1999 by the Rev. Tom Hagan, founder of Hands Together, a Catholic charity that educates, feeds and provides medical care to thousands of Haitians.
"I just sat there thinking Becky would have really liked this," said Fran. "She wanted to make a difference in peoples' lives, and she has done that. As the students sang songs in Creole, I didn't understand a lot of the language, but I kept hearing the words 'Becky DeWine.' She would have been happy with what has happened there."
Mike DeWine, Ohio's attorney general, said his thoughts never strayed from Becky during the ceremony.
"You think about how old she would be now, what she would be doing. You think about the kids she would've had and what she would have done with her life. There is nothing we can do to bring her back. So what we've done is try to help people and do it in her name, knowing that she would have touched people, she would have had an impact."
Fifteen years after the DeWines met Father Tom, as they call him, during a 1998 trip to Haiti when Mike was in the U.S. Senate, they marvel at what has been accomplished in Becky's name and are daunted by how much is left to do.
In late July, after their 22nd trip to Haiti, the DeWines were joined by Hagan and Doug Campbell, Massachusetts-based executive director of Hands Together, before an annual Columbus fundraiser to discuss what's next for the new graduates of the Becky DeWine School and those who follow.
"What we have said is that if any of these kids who graduate from the program can get into college, we want to pay for their college," said Mike. "We don't know how many can get in. This is all new territory. We don't know how prepared they are socially, intellectually, academically."
Hagan is encouraged that the graduates "have done very well on the government exam" required to get into Haiti's handful of colleges, but Campbell cautioned that, along with tuition, bribes often are calculated in the price of admission.
"One of the things you learn is that Haiti is a pretty corrupt place and there are only so many slots in the universities," he said.
In the early years, the DeWines, like so many others, thought Haiti could be fixed, starting with a stable government that could deliver safety and services to the country's 10 million people. But Haiti seems perpetually afflicted with political corruption, unfathomable squalor and the ugly moods of Mother Nature, who intermittingly spins hurricanes and killer earthquakes like the one in 2010 which reduced to rubble many of the Becky DeWine school buildings and flattened Hagan's home.
"After a while, you figure out that fixing Haiti is probably not going to happen in our lifetime," Mike said. "So the goal is to help one kid at a time. If these kids get educated and can go to college, each of them will have a better life."
In her mind's eye, Fran still sees the new crop of graduates as preschoolers, some arriving at school naked, overjoyed to get a uniform and their only hot meal of the day. The Becky DeWine School was held in four classrooms then; now there are 144 classrooms and eight campuses — 5,000 students in Cite Soleil and 3,500 out in the hilly Gonaives district.
Somehow those early students — but not all of them — made it to graduation, surviving the marauding gangs that fight for control of Cite Soleil. Just last Wednesday, Hagan sent word that Franzo, director of three of the schools, had been shot and killed, the latest in a succession of school workers murdered in a slum where jealously can be deadly.
Beholding the graduating class, Fran remembered there used to be so many more girls, yet mostly boys climbed the dais to get their diplomas. Many girls, Hagan explained, are turned out of their ramshackle homes when they become teenagers, expected to start their own families.
"The way the culture is, sadly enough, is if the young girl doesn't have a child by 20, she'll probably have to turn to prostitution. ... If there's a project that really needs to be done in Haiti, it's a residence or boarding house for girls 13 and beyond."
Hagan and Campbell continually hatch ways for Haitians to become vested in their country. Before the new graduates can get college scholarships, they have to donate six months of public service to Hands Together's Barefoot program, teaching basic literacy to hundreds of children living on the streets.
Hagan, who more than once has had a gun held to his head by a gang member, enticed 130 gang members into Project Dismas, named after the thief on the cross next to Jesus. The Dismas members help protect and improve the schools, each getting $25 a week.
The gang members, Hagan said, crave an alternative: "They light up when you tell them they're loved, that they have value. They don't want this life."
Because Haiti is so unrelentingly desperate, the DeWines, Hagan and Campbell rarely pause to reflect on what they've accomplished in Haiti, and what they witnessed on the Fourth of July still seems impossible.
"I'm so used to dealing with all the things that don't work or are failing in Haiti that I just never believed we'd have high school graduates," Campbell said.
His thoughts still with the one now gone from his life for 20 years, Mike said, "As we sat there and listened to the songs and watched those kids, I knew Becky would have liked this. She would have approved."
For information about how to contribute to the Hands Together charity, go to www.handstogether.org or donate at P.O. Box 80985, Springfield, Mass., 01138.


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These friends have been there for me for weddings, for funerals, after a bad fight, after the birth of my children, during a good book and even after the sad Hallmark commercial on television. They have been at my side through it all and I don't intend on losing them now.
Despite my weight loss and my determination to lose more, I refuse to part with these friends who have seen it all, please don't make me lose them now, just when I need them the most!
What's that? A low calorie, actually HEALTHY dip that is still cheesy, warm and oh-so-deliciously oooey gooey? Plus it's packed with protein and vegetables? And I get to continue my relationship with chips even though the appearance has changed from a fatty, greasy crisp to a lowfat, salty, baked, whole wheat crunch?
Thank you, chips and dip, for continuing to help me through my life and I look forward to a long and prosperous relationship with you for many years.


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Belgian Waffle Dessert
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Belgian Waffle is a delicious dessert version that you will always love to include in your party. The Belgian Waffle Dessert will surely always tempt you to try it again and again!
|Cold 2% low fat milk
|2 1⁄4 Cup (36 tbs)
|Lemon juice
|2 Tablespoon
|Lemon peel
|1 Teaspoon, grated
|1 Pint, sliced 1/2 pint raspberries
|1⁄2 Pint
|Frozen belgian waffles/Waffles
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Pour milk into large mixing bowl.
Add pudding mix, lemon juice and peel.
Beat with wire whisk until well blended, 1 to 2 minutes.
Gently stir in whipped topping.
Mix fruit in bowl; refrigerate.
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Anoushka Shankar, Indian sitar player.
a ridiculous ball of wires attached to my Fiio.
on my laptop.
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Rubens tube, which is basically a tube with holes on the top, and inside the tube there is compressed gas. Then you light the gas on fire, and play sound through the tube and you will see the sound waves as the flames moving.
Looks so cool on a 2 dimensional surface with holes in it.
Hahaha....or ,well,sorry if your getting a lonely birthday.I guess in the second case your not really alone as Head-Fi is a virtually very crowded community.
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Milwaukee pulled ahead in second quarter
Published On: Oct 10 2012 07:42:42 AM CDT
Brandon Jennings and Monta Ellis scored 15 points apiece to lead Milwaukee to a 97-80 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday night in the Bucks preseason opener.
Milwaukee placed six players in double figures. The Bucks pulled ahead in the second quarter and led by double figures for most of the second half.
C.J. Miles paced Cleveland with 18 points. Kyrie Irving added 16 for the Cavaliers, who defeated Italy's Montepaschi Siena in their opener Monday.
Mike Dunleavy scored 12 points while Tobias Harris, Milwaukee's first-round draft pick in 2011, added 11.
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The restaurants were opened by Chef Maximilian Korl.
Two Reynolds Road diners opened by well-known chef Maximilian Korl in the late 1990s closed last week after the latest owners were unable to meet payroll for 50 employees Saturday, one of the owners said.
Business at the Max's Diner restaurants dropped 20 to 25 percent after Toledo's smoking ban went into effect, eating away profits, said Jeff Kaminsky, who has owned the restaurants with his wife, Kathy, for five years.
But he conceded that other factors including competition from nearby restaurants also hurt business. Although the smoking ban started a downward spiral for Max's Diner, which had posted 10 to 15 percent gains each of the three previous years, business probably could have been recouped if the other factors weren't present, he said.
"It's not one thing in particular," Mr. Kaminsky said. "Every which way you looked, you kept getting another hit."
The couple tried to improve business conditions, he said. He unsuccessfully tried to contact Toledo Mayor Jack Ford, he said, at least a half-dozen times last year for financial assistance while trying to expand more into catering, for example.
The mayor's office has no record of Mr. Kaminsky attempting to contact him last year, said spokesman Mary Chris Skeldon. But, she said, the city's economic development specialist did meet with Mr. Kaminsky in November, 2003, to discuss assistance options for the catering business - and he ate at the restaurant about 10 times last year and was never asked for help. Mr. Kaminsky never applied for a loan from the city, she said.
The two Max's Diner restaurants did not reopen Saturday after running out of money, Mr. Kaminsky said. How long it will take to pay workers has not been determined, he said.
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In this chapter well look at some more ways of building your subscriber lists. Many people decide to build their mailing list by buying a mailing lists or subscriber lists. There are many places you can rent or buy mailing lists. Generally however, these lists do not work as well as collecting leads on your own. Sometimes buying a list causes problems. For example, many subscribers on these lists are people that didnt want their personal information sold, so they may end up resenting you for contacting them, and even report you for Spam.
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Building your own list is the best way to earn the trust and loyalty of subscribers and to ensure your personal success and satisfaction. While you are building your subscriber list using the tools we talked about in the first chapter, you can also use the information you gather to start building your own mailing list. Some new business owners are afraid to ask their customers for personal information to include on their li


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Brandon Browner expected to run today, practice ThursdayBrowner has missed the last five regular season games for Seattle. Browner, who hurt his hamstring last week, is scheduled to return to practice Thursday. When he met with the media Wednesday, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said he hoped cornerback Brandon B… (more)Sources: profootballtalk.com ESPN.com seattletimes.com
Avril will play Sunday; Browner is doubtfulRENTON, Wash. -- Defensive end Cliff Avril, the Seattle Seahawks' top offseason acquisition on defense, finally will get on the field Sunday when the Seahawks play host to the San Francisco 49ers. But starting cornerback Brandon Browner is doubtful with…Sources: ESPN.com profootballtalk.com
Seahawks injury report: Browner, McDaniel among those outThe Seahawks' injury report for today is out, and among those listed as out today are cornerback Brandon Browner and defensive tackle Tony McDaniel. Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said Wednesday he hoped Browner would return to practice Thursday --- he mis…
Seahawks hope three key players will be healthy for 49ers gameCornerback Brandon Browner, defensive end Cliff Avril and maybe even defensive end Chris Clemons could be on the field against San Francisco.
Seahawks injury report: Browner, Hill, Mebane, Johnson all outThe Seahawks' official injury report for Wednesday is out. Cornerback Brandon Browner (hamstring), DT Jordan Hill (biceps), DT Brandon Mebane (groin) and S Jeron Johnson (hamstring) were all listed as not participating in practice today. Coach Pete Carr…


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1994 Dodge Shadow Hatchback ES 2dr Hatchback
My 1994 Dodge Shadow ES was my second car, but the first one I bought myself.It is still the best vehicle I have owned and I'm only on my 7th vehicle!I regret the day I traded it in, but I got a 1999 Chrysler Concorde for it.I miss my Shadow.Should've kept it and restored it.
For Dodge to bring it back!
1994 Dodge Shadow Hatchback 2dr Hatchback
It was not my first choice but it turned out to be the best car i ever owned! The Shadow loves to be driven both long and short trips.
Gas mileage for starters-31 hwy, 25 around town ( South Florida ). Great handling The Hatch
A little cramped in the rear Trunk hinges were inferior
this is my first car and it was the clanest old car i have ever seen. i put a straight pipe on mine, and window tint with a custom spoiler. this car is just a project, i drive it everywhere but i am going to keep dressing it up. my engine is a v6 so it has some balls. it has a new transmission putt in before i got it with only 69,000 miles on it.
My favorite feature is that it is loud with a straight pipe and has balls for being a V6. FUN CAR
the only improvment i can think of is to make more of them standard.
I bought my 94 Shadow in November of 94 with 12,000 miles on it. The following fall it drove 100 miles (round trip) per day to college 5 days a week. It was in a rollover accident in winter of 96. Rolled it back onto the wheels and drove it into body shop. Continued to drive until 2000 when it was sold to my brother for college and had not needed one repair in its 125,000 mile life. Was sold back to me in 2002 for a daily driver work car at which time I drove it up to 200,000 miles replacing only hoses at 185,000 miles. Still didn't use 1 drop of oil between changes. It was only retired due to a severe accident that tore the engine off the motor mounts. The engine still ran after.
32 to 34 MPG with 5-speed transmission.
So, I have had my Shadow for almost four years. And I am super super impressed. It has on it 225,904 miles on it and I am keeping it climbing. I do a lot of traveling. My transmission does not slip a bit and the only big repair I have had to do was the radiator. I tell you no lies. I have had probaby 5 people in the last year offer me at least a grand for it but you know what? Not going anywhere. If and when it does die I want to be the one driving it. If you've got one of these cars, be smart and keep that bad boy. Long live the shadow.
Speed. Oh and I also love that for some reason it almost buzzes when I drive it.
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Typical abstract factory might be something like this.
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SPAWNING the RED GLASS BARB
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In late spring of 2001, a hobbyist friend sent me four of these beauties. I placed them in a 10 gallon planted tank. Several months passed by and these barbs became more beautiful. The male was a deep reddish orange color; the female was a light yellow with a light cast of orange.


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Patriotic Goose Highlights Foie Gras Cruelty to Royal Well-Wishers
PETA's "goose" led a patriotic protest outside Fortnum & Mason yesterday as the Queen, the Duchess of Cornwall, and the Duchess of Cambridge visited the store to open a new restaurant. As crowds lined the streets, PETA activists were out in force with Union Jack flags and banners held high, reading, "F&M: Foie Gras Is Un-British", to highlight the fact that a store which trades on its British heritage should not be selling a product too cruel to produce here. The banners were clearly visible to Fortnum & Mason's store executives as the Royals arrived, and the protest was covered in news reports about the event.
Our brilliant activists also took the opportunity to hand out hundreds of leaflets explaining how foie gras is made and about the barbaric industry that Fortnum & Mason supports. In foie gras production, young ducks and geese are crammed into tiny cages or pens barely larger than their own bodies. Up to 2 kilograms of grain and fat are pumped through pipes into the birds' stomachs each day. Investigations on foie gras farms have documented sick, dead and dying birds – some with holes in their necks from pipe injuries. Fortnum & Mason knows all of this, and yet they continue to profit at the expense of tortured birds.
Every moment that Fortnum & Mason delays on implementing a ban on foie gras sales, birds are suffering and dying for their enlarged, diseased livers. Find out how you can help, and urge the store to drop this torture in a tin.
Foie gras emanates from cruelty and violence and can only be consumed by the most hideous human palates and vile digestive tracts.
Well done PETA activists! Wish I had been there.
Shame on the "kind and caring" Kate Middleton; she ordered fois gras when dining out with her mother and sister just before her wedding. She also goes shooting with William-where does the oft-reported "kind and caring" bit come in then, I wonder? The way people perceive and treat animals speaks volumes about their characters.
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The large broadcast/multi-media company I work for is only sending a few engineers from corporate, so I'm actually paying for the trip myself and using vacation.
I consider the show one of my best continuing education classes through the discussions and meeting manufacturer reps and engineers. I also sometimes make some business contacts for my voice-over work.
Last year's show was, to me, a real bust. I (in my "engineer capacity") went to one of the largest manufacturer's booth (N Hall) four times trying to get info on their gear and had no success in getting someone who seemed to care (this was both Tue and Wed and the booth was not very busy). Unfortunately for them, I changed jobs and had nearly $3M to spend. Though I COULD have used a LOT of their gear, the total value spent on this manufacturer was only three pieces of test gear (about $39k).
I miss the N Hall being just radio, but understand why the NAB made the change.
I don't like how the NAB claims "best show/biggest attendance ever", when last year was a ghost town compared to past years (in my opinion).
Still, I look forward to seeing old friends and making new ones at the show!
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Thursday October 25th 2012
Bangladesh ministries, including the ministries of agriculture, environment and forest, water, health, rural development, food and disaster management, children and women affairs, relevant departments and NGOs have been implementing a number of local level adaptation (LLA) projects with their limited resources and capacity in response to the National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) and the Bangladesh Climate Change Strategies and Action Plan (BCCSAP). Already known as a pioneering country in the field of LLA, Bangladesh recognizes the growing interest in approaches, determinants, planning and implementation processes and effectiveness of LLA among policy makers, practitioners, researchers, development agencies, and vulnerable communities. In particular, there is a strong need for updated information and knowledge on climate change trends, risks and vulnerability of human and ecological systems; adaptation options and technologies; planning, implementation, and evaluation of LLA. It is also important to obtain indepth knowledge and understanding of various local and external factors that govern LLA and its effectiviness.


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Ohio ranks sixth in the nation with 82,000 beer-industry jobs that earn about $3 billion in wages, according to the study.
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There are also 76 craft breweries, according to the Brewer's Association. Ohio's craft makers, including the Boston Beer Co.'s Cincinnati brewery, pump out more than 1 million barrels a year, good for fourth-most in the country.


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The axum reel halfway:
the half form as defined in Complex Figures.
The Bourrel.
Crescent reels of four.
Crown triangles:
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Diagonal reel of four.
Diagonal reel of three.
Double triangles.
En rond.
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Half grand chain:
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Half petronella.
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Half schiehallion reel.
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Interlocking reels of four.
Inveran reels.
Kilt pin reel.
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Recipe: Edamame and summer bean salad
By Mayo Clinic Staff
Dietitian's tip:
Not your typical bean salad, this bright side dish made with fresh soybeans (edamame) is loaded with texture and flavor. Perfect for a picnic or barbecue, it's easy to make ahead.
Number of servings
Serves 8
- 3/4 pound wax beans
- 2 cups shelled edamame
- 2 green (spring) onions
- 2 tomatoes, seeded and diced
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil
- 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Trim the wax beans and cut crosswise into thirds. In a large pot fitted with a steamer basket, bring 1 inch water to a boil. Add the wax beans and edamame, cover and steam until both are tender-crisp, about 5 minutes. Drain, rinse with cold water and drain again.
Trim the green onions, then thinly slice on the diagonal, including the tender green tops.
In a large bowl, combine the steamed edamame and wax beans, green onions, tomatoes and basil. Toss to mix evenly.
In a small bowl, combine the vinegar, lime juice, honey and mustard. Whisk in the olive oil. Add the dressing to the vegetables and toss to coat. Season with the salt and pepper. Serve chilled or at room temperature.
Nutritional analysis per serving
- Total fat
5 g
- Calories
- Protein
9 g
- Cholesterol
0 mg
- Total carbohydrate
12 g
- Dietary fiber
4 g
- Monounsaturated fat
2 g
- Saturated fat
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"Days Of Our Lives" alum Jay Kenneth Johnson (ex-Philip) recently wrapped a new project. Johnson was cast in the role of Gabe in the low-budget indie film, "Runaway Hearts." It follows two young children forced to deal with life after losing their mother to a drug overdose.
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Showcased in India at 2014 Auto Expo in February, Maruti Suzuki S Cross made its world debut at the Geneva Motor Show last year, and is already on sale in Europe. Being offered with both petrol and diesel engine options, S Cross receives a 1.6 liter petrol engine capable of 120 PS peak power and 156 Nm peak torque while being mated to a 5 speed manual gearbox or CVT.
The diesel motor is borrowed from Fiat and is capable of 120 PS peak power and 320 Nm peak torque mated to a 6 speed manual transmission. Apart from this, it is also rumoured that another diesel engine of 1.6l capacity, sourced from Peugeot, will also be on offer. Both 4×2 and 4×4 variants will be on offer.
Measuring a total of 4,300 mm in length, 1,765 mm in width, 1,575 mm in height and sitting on a wheelbase of 2,600 mm, Maruti Suzuki has not been able to keep length under 4 meters and hence pricing could be in the region of INR 12-14 lakhs.
Maruti Suzuki S Cross, once launched in India will compete with the likes of Renault Duster, Nissan Terrano, and Mahindra Scorpio.
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Astronomer's Paradise - A beautiful time-lapse video of Paranal Observatory in action.
What you see is real, but you can't see it this way with the naked eye.
Temporal Distortion "What you see is real, but you can't see it this way with the naked eye. It is the result of thousands of 20-30 second exposures, edited together to produce the time lapse. This allows you to see the Milky Way, Aurora and other Phenomena, in a way you wouldn't normally see them." More info here.
To me that's backwards! Humans, Autochthony, Earth, and a home for us all at the end of the Universe.
Time lapse videos can be breathtaking, lovely, and a joy to watch… but they can also show you something you may not have thought about before. Before I even read the caption for Murray Fredericks' video called "IRIDIUM", I knew it was filmed in the southern hemisphere. Can you guess how? [more inside]
Star light, star bright, how many stars can I see tonight?
"The arc of the Milky Way seen from a truly dark location is part of our planet's natural heritage," said Connie Walker, and astronomer from the U.S. National Optical Astronomy Observatory in Tucson, Arizona. Yet "more than one fifth of the world population, two thirds of the U.S. population and one half of the European Union population have already lost naked eye visibility of the Milky Way." In these areas, people are effectively living in perennial moonlight. They rarely realize it because they still experience the sky to be brighter under a full moon than under new moon conditions. "Reducing the number of lights on at night could help conserve energy, protect wildlife and benefit human health," astronomer Malcolm Smith of the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile. One study found an increased risk of breast cancer for women living in areas with the most light pollution (abstract). Some communities are embracing their dark skies, such as the New Zealand community of Tekapo, possibly home to first "Starlight Reserve," waiting on UNESCO's official approval. Not sure where to look in the vast night sky? Follow some guidelines, or check the view in Chile, Queensland, Australia, or Texas.
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The Obama administration announced initiatives today designed to improve U.S. energy security by reducing reliance on fossil fuels.
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HOT lanes and the Arlington lawsuit, part 2: Slow down
The facile claims of many leaders and a number of news reports have fed misconceptions about the Virginia HOT lanes project. The biggest danger of all with this project is that it's very likely to slow down, not speed up, existing carpoolers and buses.
Myth 3: The HOT lanes will speed up travel in the 95/395 corridor.
Right now, traffic generally moves swiftly in the HOV lanes, giving sluggers and bus riders a quick ride to the Pentagon, downtown, and other major job centers.
Once Transurban takes over control of the lanes, they will understandably want to maximize their profit. The more people pay a toll, the more money they make. The more cars enter the lanes, of course, the slower traffic will move. However, as long as the lanes are moving even moderately faster than the often very crowded free lanes, enough people will pay tolls.
Therefore, Transurban's natural profit motive will be to fill up the lanes as much as possible, but only until traffic slows down to the point where people stop paying for the extra benefit. If that means that the carpools and buses are driving 10 miles per hour slower than they do today, well, those carpools and buses aren't their customers. They're not paying tolls. So who cares?
Arlington asked VDOT to include a provision in the contract forcing Transurban to manage the road to keep traffic flowing at the speed limit, 55 inside the Beltway and 65 outside. But VDOT refused.
Instead, they lowered the target speed to 45 miles per hour. That's the lowest permitted for a "transit facility" receiving federal funding, which 95/395 HOV lanes qualify as because of the high volume of buses.
In short, with this project, the state of Virginia is planning to lower the speed of travel on 95 and 395 in the special lanes.
If each bus takes longer to travel up and down 95 and 395, Northern Virginia governments will have to buy more buses and pay people to drive them at huge cost. That dwarfs any money Arlington has spent on this lawsuit. It'll also make transit a less appealing mode of travel, cutting down on ridership.
Myth 4: Arlington sued "rather than press for solutions."
The Washington Post knew about this and other problems. That didn't stop them from penning a bizarre editorial last Friday:
There were legitimate questions about the project, including whether solo drivers would clog the so-called high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes and what to do decades from now if the project's engineering, traffic or financial projections turn out to have been miscalculated. After all, the state would cede control of the project to the private partnership, potentially leaving taxpayers will little recourse.In other words, it's unseemly for a county to sue to block a road project no matter how intransigent the state has been or how many big problems crop up with the project's structure. The overwhelming need to build roads, no matter the cost, trumps all.
Rather than press for solutions, however, Arlington did its best to halt progress, and it succeeded.
But as letters from county officials bear out, Arlington avidly tried to press for solutions. The problem was that VDOT ignored them and the Bush Administration gave them a Categorical Exclusion, granting a free pass to ignore those questions.
Pressing for solutions is exactly what this letter from Fairfax, Arlington, and Alexandria was doing. It asked for specific answers to very specific questions, including the bus speeds and many more.
Myth 5: VDOT didn't move ahead with the lanes because the lawsuit was blocking their ability to proceed.
The Post editorial also claimed Arlington "succeeded" in blocking progress. Did it really?
State officials told us back in 2009 why they stopped the project:
"This is not a good time to be bringing forward a project like this," said Virginia Transportation Secretary Pierce Homer, who said the cost of debt financing and the amount of equity required would have been too great to immediately move forward.The lawsuit appears nowhere in Homer's explanation. In fact, the lawsuit hadn't even been filed at the time. Virginia didn't move ahead because the financing didn't work.
He said community concerns about traffic on Seminary Road and at the Shirlington rotary also weighed into the decision.
And InsideNova reported, "Homer also stated that planners will take additional time to examine concerns posed by Arlington, Alexandria and Fairfax."
Unfortunately, that's not what they did. Faced with a fiscally impossible project, local and state Republican leaders instead spent a year taking political potshots at liberal Arlington to score personal points.
A big part of the project's fiscal difficulty came from the design inside the Beltway. There, given the dense neighborhoods the road travels through, the design called for adding a third lane inside the footprint of the existing roadway.
That would have narrowed lanes, removed shoulders, and violated Interstate standards in a number of ways that would have required federal waivers. It also would have created some expensive construction work.
By cutting out the 395 portion, VDOT didn't appease Arlington. What they did was to delete the expensive piece of their project, giving the rest more of a reasonable chance for financing.
Americans want better transportation but don't want to pay for it. HOT lanes are a clever gimmick to get something built without paying for it, but it doesn't quite work. Except where roads had been built with giant medians ready-made for HOT lanes, the tolls still don't cover construction costs.
Myth 6: Fairfax and Prince William Counties support the project.
Fairfax does conditionally support it, but has many concerns as outlined in the above letter. Prince William passed a resolution opposing the project as proposed, and actually considered joining the lawsuit.
"Some are worried about giving false hope to commuters that the suit will be successful, but from my perspective, we need to proceed," Prince William Chairman Corey Stewart told the WBJ. "If there is a chance of slowing them down or reducing the negative impact, we have to do everything we can."
That's right, back in 2009 people were discussing this issue based on the merits, since a Democratic governor was pushing it and other Democratic leaders opposing it. Then, suddenly a Republican governor got elected and it turned into a partisan issue.
Now it's Fairfax Republican Pat Herrity and ultra-conservative Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli leading the charge, even after the lawsuit was dropped. Scoring political points was too much of a temptation even once the issue became moot.
The principal criticism of the lawsuit has always been that the lawsuit calls people racists. Herrity charged, "[Arlington] even resorted to claims of racism and sued a federal worker for personal damages— We already know that last part is false. What about the rest of it? That'll be the subject for our last and final installment.
We already know that last part is false. What about the rest of it? That'll be the subject for our last and final installment.
FWIW, the speed limit in the I-95/395 HOV lanes is 65 mph from a point just south of the Pentagon Mixing Bowl interchange (specifically, from just south of the ramp to/from the part VA-27 that runs past the Pentagon) all the way down to the southern end of the express lanes near Dumfries. Only the small portion from the 14th Street Bridge to that spot is posted at 55. (I remember when they raised it to 65. I didn't ever expect to see VDOT posting a 65-mph speed limit inside the Beltway.)
Funded under the public-private partnership, how much is VDOT going to pay?
For the Beltway HOT lanes it was $400 million.
Where is tranurban getting the money? They make a good living on tolls in Australia, but this business model is untested. Their line of credit on the beltway is at junk status.
I would disagree with your statement that "traffic generally moves swiftly in the HOV lanes". As a joyfully formerly daily busride on 395, I would say that at best, it occasionally moves swiftly. Because of the silly Prius exclusion and rampant law-breaking, probably 40% of the vehicles on my stretch of 395 had 2 or fewer bodies (not 3 or more). It was a pet peeve of mine because while house sellers in Fairlington (Arlington) love to claim that the area is "minutes from DC", it depends how many minutes you are talking about.
Let's assume the numbers are correct and the ratios stay the same. Say about 100 million in state money, about 900 from transurban.
Transurban raised about 2.86 billion to buy proprieties in Virginia. Some large percentage of that has been spent. Their LOC is also not strong. I mean, it is with a Portuguese bank.
Where is transurban going to raise this money?
These deals depended on the ability of private companies to issue 99 year debt -- which lowered their cost of capital.
ANy buyers now?
I politely waited until he finished Part 2 to see how he could possibly argue that Arlington was in fact not crying racism.
From the lawsuit [HOT LANES] "encourage and enable a financially-able, privileged class of suburban and rural, primarily Caucasian residents from Stafford and Spotsylvania counties operating single occupancy vehicles ("SOV") unimpeded access on toll lanes."
In fact the County's representatives are the racists. Pot meet kettle.
So Alpert's argument is that #7 is a Myth because.... because he says it is.
Good job Davey.
by David Alpert on Feb 15, 2011 3:13 pm • link • report
So what was the point of labeling Cooch as an ultra-conservative? I'm sure there are plenty of right wingers who would disagree.
between the junk status, new management, and core profitability in Australia, I would not be surprised if Transurban was trying to sell their US vehicle.
Sure it was granted... at the request of the Democratic Kaine Administration.
But it is so much easier to say "Bush baaaaad" and draw partisan lines.
As to the larger question about speed in the 95/395 corridor (including both free and HOT lanes), I think it is still an open question as to determining that overall speed will be decreased. If the HOT lanes experience a small slow down, but the free lanes significantly speed up then the net would be faster speed.
But it is so much easier to say "Bush baaaaad" and draw partisan lines.
Timmie, Obama buddy, DNC something and our next Senator.
by Stewart Schwartz on Feb 15, 2011 4:55 pm • link • report
What's to prevent Transurban from getting a new 3% loan from the VATIB to pay off the 5 junk bond loans they have now?
Maybe then a part of the solution is to give the carpoolers and some 'bargaining clout' by charging them. I.e., Not exempting the carpoolers from the toll (they already get a break just by doubling up). This would encentivize those carpoolers who aren't in a hurry to use the regular lanes ... and thereby leave the HOT free for those who are ... As is the intent of these lanes. (Buses are few enough that it's probably not worth the trouble of trying to incentivie them. Although, in theory, it also holds that a tourist bus might be less inclined to spend the extra bucks for the HOT lanes than would say a commuter bus.)
...and now you've turned HOT lanes into actual Lexus Lanes instead of, you know, something that encourages people to produce less pollution and reduce congestion through carpooling.
The carpoolers' bargaining clout is that they're turning three cars into one and making your commute faster by reducing congestion.
I suppose one might argue that making everyone pay INCREASES the "HO" aspect of the lanes, of course. :-)
I believe no US jurisdiction has opened any ETLs yet--Maryland is to be the first. There are quite a few HOT lanes around, but no full-time "Express Toll Lanes."
Regardless of what happens with the HOT project, I think anyone who thinks HOV on Shirley Highway is not effective at taking cars off the road should drive down to the Prince William Parkway interchange at lunchtime some weekday afternoon. There is a large park-and-ride facility there. 95% of the cars parked there belong to slugs who parked and got rides from other people. (The same thing is true for the Metrorail, BTW, if you look at how many cars are parked at Vienna, Franconia-Springfield, or Branch Avenue, to name but three--consider how it would be if you then dumped all those cars onto the road as well.)
I'm not sure why you're putting my name on the idea. I didn't suggest that Virginia's HOT lanes should instead be converted into toll-only lanes ("Express Toll Lanes"), which is what Lance suggested. I was just addressing his comment. I don't really have an opinion on Maryland's Express Toll Lane project on I-95 because I don't live in the Baltimore area and because when I drive northeast, I tend to avoid I-95 through there due to the roadwork and the congestion. (I'll be interested in seeing how the project works out when the lanes open, of course.) I simply thought it was important to note that what he was suggesting is in fact something that is being tried somewhere not too far from the DC area (although the construction is not yet complete).
Do a Google search for "I-95 Maryland express toll lanes" if you want to find out more about it.
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Regular grooming of all pets can help contribute to longer, healthier lives. The benefits of having your pet groomed regularly can include making your pet more comfortable and clean, as well as having attention paid to often overlooked parts of your dog or cat.
There are many direct health benefits of having your dog or cat groomed. Regular brushing of all pets, despite coat length or type, helps to keep the coat and skin healthy. Most dogs do not require frequent bathing (once a month or less!), but brushing in between bath times helps to keep them clean, removing dead hair, dirt and other debris from the coat. Many cats may only need to be bathed a few times in their lifetime while others may need to be bathed & groomed often due to the type of breed and length of their coat. Brushing is a vital part of pet care, as it works to distribute the natural oils of the skin throughout the coat, promoting a healthier coat, and cleaner skin.
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