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Black Angus Steakhouse Enjoys Growth with E-Commerce By Abigail A. Lorden, Editor-in-Chief | May 10, 2012
Business for Black Angus Steakhouse (www.blackangus.com) looked a bit like a bucking bronco over the past decade, with its fair share of recession-induced ups and downs. Its parent company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2005, and again in January 2009. By March of that year, the company emerged from bankruptcy protection with a growth roadmap in place. After performing extensive research on the Black Angus brand and what guests liked about it, decision-makers had an idea: give guests another reason to visit by taking advantage of the expansive bar area already in place in many of their restaurants. In September 2009, the first BullsEye Bar opened, a new sports bar concept tethered to existing Black Angus Steakhouses, expanding appeal to both existing guests, and generating interest from a younger demographic. Today, 28 of the 45 Black Angus locations have BullsEye Bars, and all new Black Angus Steakhouses will have the sports bar concept included. Results speak for themselves: the company just came off its tenth consecutive quarter of same-store sales growth. Technology, and in particular an investment in e-commerce initiatives, has been an important part of the company's turnaround. Hospitality Technology (HT) talks to CEO Merry Taylor about the new sports bar concept, their e-commerce efforts, and why OpenTable is a particularly good partner for Black Angus. HT: First, talk a little about your background and how you came to have such a passion for the role that e-commerce can play in restaurants. Taylor: I had been in the restaurant business my entire professional career, and in 1998 I had been here at Black Angus for about 11 years. The e-commerce industry was burgeoning at that time and I was very compelled to understand, from a marketing perspective, how consumers were going to use the Internet in making their shopping decisions. Coming from an industry that is traditionally low-tech, particularly full-service restaurants, I decided to join a gourmet [food preparation and delivery service] called Cookexpress.com. It was on the forefront as the e-commerce industry was just growing up. We imploded when all .com grocers imploded. Then, I founded an educational start-up that was a consumer marketing initiative. After doing that, I was compelled by the role that technology could play in people's lives and I joined the Tech Museum of Innovation (www.thetech.org) in San Jose and was president there for a number of years. Throughout that whole time, I became much more linked in to how you could use technology to market and sell a product, and how consumers would shop, research, and be educated through technology. When I came back to the restaurant business [and Black Angus] in 2008, I came back with a different point of view. I think the industry is changing as well, becoming more technologically oriented, and I think that social networking is responsible for that. E-commerce didn't really drive the restaurant business into greater technological capability; but social networking has created an understanding of the power that technology can have, and social networking may well be the wave that causes restaurants to embrace technology in a way that the industry hasn't done before. HT: How would you describe Black Angus' approach to technology, and how it's been a part of the new BullsEye Bar concept? Taylor: We want to remain high-touch and provide guests with the best hospitality possible, and technology enables us to do that in many ways. We've been leveraging OpenTable (www.opentable.com) to reach guests, and get to know them through their profiles so we can more readily accommodate them. Through Yelp (www.yelp.com) we provide the most up-to date information to guests trying to decide where to eat. Once they're dining with us, Buzztime (www.getbuzztimetoday.com) gives guests another means for engagement. Free WiFi is available in our BullsEye Bars for guests to play fantasy sports; it's also a convenience for anyone who wants to go online. And our new website, which we launched last year, has been optimized so that it's driving double the traffic than the former one did. We've enhanced our navigation systems, and content is keeping visitors engaged for much longer. Guests can make restaurant reservations directly from our website 24/7, which provides a tremendous convenience. HT: You've certainly focused on the power of e-commerce. Let's talk about OpenTable and how you're leveraging that tool, particularly given its contested place among restaurant operators. Taylor: OpenTable provides a convenience to our guest; they can make a reservation at any time from a computer, mobile phone, on our website, or on the OpenTable site. OpenTable's site provides a full page of information for each of our restaurants, including current promotions. The pages are dynamic and can be updated when we have news for each location. We believe that our guest base has grown because of the convenience that OpenTable offers and the additional exposure it generates. Moreover, it's improved the in-restaurant experience: our ability to greet guests and know their preferences via OpenTable, as well as the ability to manage flow through the restaurant. This all enhances the guest experience and increases the likelihood that they'll return. HT: Do you see working with OpenTable, and taking reservations, as a competitive differentiator for your business? Taylor: In fine dining, OpenTable may be seen as the ante to get into the game. In casual dining, however, there aren't nearly as many restaurants that are partners with OpenTable. One reason for that is the difficulty reservations bring to managing the flow. OpenTable has a fairly robust table management system that we leverage, along with internal tools we've developed, that enables us to manage even with reservations. So yes, we do see it as a competitive advantage that we take reservations, and we want to make it as easy as possible to make those reservations. Lots of OpenTable users make reservations at 2 and 3 o'clock in the morning. Maybe they wouldn't have found us if we weren't there. HT: Why do you think some restaurants are reluctant to use Open Table? It's even been described as a 'necessary evil' by some. Taylor: I don't think all restaurants fully appreciate all of the benefits that OpenTable provides. They see the guests come in and think that they would come anyway, without the OpenTable reservation. That may be the case in some instances, but as the demand for convenience and more customized service becomes greater, so does the incremental growth that systems like OpenTable can provide; and our OpenTable business is growing. HT: You've also used Yelp very successfully, having increased your website page views by 50 percent. Can you talk a bit about that partnership? Taylor: We partnered with Yelp last August, and work with them to customize the pages for each of our restaurants, with photographs, deals, etc. In doing so, we've not only increased our pageviews, but also quadrupled click-throughs to our website and doubled our mobile page views. Next, we're testing advertising with Yelp in three of our restaurants with the goal of increasing awareness and visits among the growing population of Yelp users. HT: Once the guest is in your restaurant, technology engages them in several ways: free WiFi, flatscreen TVs, and NTN Buzztime gaming. Are there any concerns that these additional draws may actually slow down table-turns? Taylor: At the bar we want to encourage people to linger, order another drink, maybe some sliders. We're much less worried about turning tables than we are about creating an engaging experience. Buzztime has a loyal following of thousands of members, so it expands our guest base and also provides another reason for existing guests to visit. Wi-Fi was added as one of the fundamental components of the BullsEye Bar, which, more so than the normal dining room, is a gathering place. A guest may come in and be waiting for a business associate or be on email. It gives guests the chance to play fantasy sports and also makes BullsEye Bar an appropriate destination if a guest wants to have a working lunch. HT: You've also started giving managers iPads. How are the tablets being used? Taylor: Currently they are used to engage guests while they're at the restaurant, to sign up for the Prime Club e-mail rewards program, for example. The manager might walk around and say, "Are you a member and would you like to sign up?" We use Fishbowl (www.fishbowl.com) for our e-marketing and having the iPad provides that immediacy for signing up. We also had our own brackets for the NCAA playoffs. If a guest connects with us via Facebook or the Prime Club, we could send them a message saying, "Come into the restaurant and ask the manager for the iPad to build your own bracket." HT: How important has technology been to the company's turn-around? Taylor: Very important, especially the online partnerships. We just finished our tenth consecutive quarter of same store sales growth. That hasn't been true for many others in the casual dining segment. Our partnerships have been a part of that. The growth of our own Prime Club has virtually doubled in that time as well. That's totally an online initiative in that we only communicate with those guests via email. In the BullsEye Bar initiative, we made sure the TVs are state-of-the-art high-def; when you add in the free WiFi, the use of iPads, Buzztime…it has a halo effect that says the whole concept is contemporary. We've worked very hard to contemporize the food, the uniforms, etc. Everything in the brand has to signal that you're keeping pace with the times. The success of BullsEye Bar has been two-fold: we're increasing the frequency of our existing guests by giving them another reason to visit — dinner on Saturday night with family, and then Monday night for football. It has also attracted new guests who are slightly younger and slightly more male than our traditional demographic. HT: What's next for Black Angus, and its technology roadmap? Taylor: We're constantly looking at what the next evolution is for us; even the next entirely new thing. Most immediately, very short-term, we're looking at how to effectively increase the immediacy of our mobile couponing efforts. Right now we do accept mobile coupons, but they're the same ones that our Prime Club members may get and they have a long expiration time frame. We haven't done a lot with immediate mobile couponing — for example, to pick a slow time and give the consumer an immediate offer to come that night or in the next couple of days. We're figuring out how that works for us. Looking longer term, we're excited about our growth over the next few years. We currently have letters of intent for four new locations. As our Prime Club e-mail membership grows (we have about half a million members currently) we can gain more meaningful insights about our guests and what they're looking for. The same is true with OpenTable and Yelp. As these vehicles grow and generate a larger share of business, we will use them to gain more information about our guests and will create actionable plans around those insights.

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Aug 31, 2010 at 8:38 am #1262815
We just returned from an incredible 5 day backpacking trip to the South San Juan Wilderness in SW Colorado. This is a neighboring wilderness to the larger and more popular Weminuche Wilderness, has 45 miles of the CDT going across it and is known as Colorado's wildest corner. We arranged a shuttle and thru-hiked a section of it. The route we took is shown in the TOPO map below. We had a group of 10 backpackers, 7 of which were hangers.
We started out near Ellwood Pass, at around 11,600 ft elevation. The first day we had a relatively short hike over the Continental Divide and down to Crater Lake. We camped at Crater Lake for two nights at just above 11K ft to let ourselves acclimate to high elevation and do some peak bagging and fishing. The weather was constantly changing and it rained frequently. The clouds drifting across the lake gave us some really nice scenery.
There was a good variety of hammock gear along on this trip. In the foreground of the picture below you can see my Warbonnet Blackbird hammock with integrated netting (~23oz), with a Te-wa 2/3 down underquilt for bottom side insulation (~13oz), and a MLD cuben fiber hex cut hammock tarp (~6.5 oz). I used amsteel whoopie sling style suspension, which is just about the lightest and easy to adjust method out there. I used my GG hiking poles to put the tarp in "porch mode" when sitting around during the day. To round out the gear discussion, I had my ULA Circuit pack along, and used a Golite Ultra 20 for a top quilt. I used a BPL 550 & tri-ti Caldera Cone stove w/everclear for cooking, Micropur tablets for water purification and a 4L platy for camp water storage. I used a couple of SmartWater bottles for water on the trail, and a Blue Desert SmarTube Hydration System. I had a Houdini windshirt, Snowpeak UL umbrella, North Face Diad hard shell, and Montbell Peak Shell rain pants. I rarely used the hard shell rain gear, but on at least one occasion it was nice to have. I also had a lightweight spinner rod along to catch some of those delicious native cutthroat trout.
On day 2 we climbed back up to the CDT for a day hike to summit Montezuma Peak.
We headed South along the CDT to reach the approach point to Montezuma Peak (13,150 ft).
The line we chose to the top required a bit of scrambling.
But the views up there were expansive and mind blowing.
The next day we headed south on the CDT for around 12 miles towards our next campsite destination. Elevation ranged from around 12K ft to 12.5K ft most of the day until we dropped down to Adams Fork.
Adams Fork was an incredibly beautiful glacier carved valley, with a stream running through it. Beautiful native cutthroat trout seemingly coming out of nowhere from that little shallow stream.
The 4th day we backpacked out of Adams Fork and up to the Continental Divide again, and went over to climb Summit peak, at 13,300 ft the highest point in Archuleta County.
We dropped our packs on the trail when we reached the approach point and climbed to the summit to experience more incredible views.
We then crossed back over the Continental Divide and hiked down to Quartz Lake to camp for our 4th and final night.
On the 5th day we hiked out on the Little Blanco trail to our pickup point, and went into Pagosa Springs to celebrate and enjoy eating some food that was not boiled in a bag.
Here are parts 1 and 2 of Youtube videos that have a narrative of this trip.
All in all, it was an amazing and memorable trip that I won't soon forget. There were several ground dwellers in our group that got a good look at hammock life and I suspect we'll have a couple of converts in the near future. I'll have a hard time topping this trip on my next big outing.
Aug 31, 2010 at 10:19 am #1641857Yet another beautiful trip report. I am envious of all the beauty you got to see and I am sure all the great company. That must have been the largest gathering of hammocks I have personally heard of. Very inspiring. Thanks for posting it.
Aug 31, 2010 at 12:57 pm #1641924Hey Drewboy, excellent report, great job showcasing the gear. Looks like some very nice stuff, and those are some great fish for a stream that size. :) I still want to get down your way and hike with you all. Thanks for taking the time to post it all here.
Aug 31, 2010 at 1:28 pm #1641935Wow! Maybe I'll head thee next year instead of the Sierras. Beautiful above tree line photos. Did you use a shuttle service or just friends? Is Durango the nearest airport?
Aug 31, 2010 at 1:49 pm #1641946Hey Paul, any time you can get away we'd love to go out with you down here. And yeah, it blew me away that fish like that were lurking around down there.
Hi Frank. We used local friends/wife to provide shuttle service on this trip. I'm sure that you could line up some Pagosa Springs locals as well for a modest fee. I believe that Durango is the closest place to fly into this area.
Katharina, thank you for the nice comments.
Aug 31, 2010 at 1:53 pm #1641948Hey, something new for my gear box!
Google: Blue Desert SmarTube Hydration System
Aug 31, 2010 at 2:00 pm #1641955Andy,
Great photos, thanks for sharing. I encourage everyone to check out the videos since they nicely complement the still photos & text in the report. Those views from Montezuma are fantastic with the colors, textures, & shadows below.As we discussed separately, you had 7 hammock hangers, which goes well with BPL's new Hammock forum. It's impressive how tightly you could put everyone among the trees, with what appears to be minimum impact to the camp site…are you sure you didn't double stack some hammocks? ;).
The videos take you through the different hammocks, if you want to get a quick education. I'll be watching this string to read what comments people have about the hammock gear.
Aug 31, 2010 at 3:22 pm #1641987I am itching to come down and hike, maybe in the early spring before it is nice up here. :) Like Tom said very cool to see you all packed in so nice and tight on that first spot at Crater. The videos really do complete the report, I need to shoot more video on hikes but find I don't think to and end up shooting mostly stills. I helps a lot of get a better sense of the scope of the terrain though.
Aug 31, 2010 at 5:55 pm #1642039What was the brand of your setup inlcuding the tube? I am looking for a similar setup.
Aug 31, 2010 at 8:58 pm #1642096This trip I just had a Pflueger Micro spinning kit, and the plastic storage tube was one I purchased at BPL a few years ago. I hear that fluorescent light storage tubes work really well for this purpose too. Another guy in our group had a Tenkara fly rod, which worked pretty good for him down at Adams Fork. I decided not to bring my Tenkara Hane rod along this trip because we were camped at lakes most of the nights.
Paul and Tom: yeah, we had folks pretty much racked and stacked at that first campsite. ;) I'm finding that it works out really well to have a mixture of hangers and ground dwellers on these larger group trips because there is not much competition for campsites. And assuming that we get below the treeline at night, the hangers can pretty much camp anywhere.
You guys should definitely come out here in the Spring. We'll come up with something real special for you. And I agree, the videos do seem to add a lot. I'm finding that I get a lot more enjoyment out of re-living the trip by watching them. I just bought a Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS1, which shoots really nice high def videos, has a nice optical zoom, is waterproof and shockproof and very compact. I'm really pleased with it.
Aug 31, 2010 at 9:01 pm #1642098Awesome trip report! The videos were fantastic! Those hammocks look very comfortable.
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The Shining by Max Brown.
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TWIN FALLS, Idaho — One man has been charged with a felony and southern Idaho police are seeking a second man in connection with the beating of a registered sex offender.
The Times-News reports 35-year-old Bradley Houser has been charged with felony aggravated battery. He has not entered a plea.
Twin Falls Police Officer Samir Smriko wrote in a police report that officers were called to a Twin Falls motel last week to investigate a battery. They found 69-year-old Rick Perkins, who had a two-inch gash on his forehead and other injuries.
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Following in the wake of the tragic shooting at Newtown, Conn.'s Sandy Hook Elementary school, Ke$ha's latest single "Die Young" is being taken off the radio. The song was number three on the radio charts on the day of the massacre that left 26 people dead, 20 of them children, but it started losing listeners almost immediately after the shooting hit the airwaves. Not long after, many radio stations stopped playing the song.
"Die Young" is the first single off of Ke$ha's new album "Warrior." Though it was just a matter of bad timing, the fact that the song isn't going to be playing on the radio due to its content could hurt the sales of her album. For her part, Ke$ha seems to be putting those affected by the tragedy over her personal wellbeing, tweeting, "my heart goes out deeply to the people of Newtown, Connecticut."
This isn't the only piece of pop culture being nixed due to the shooting. The "Django Unchained" Los Angeles premiere that was supposed to beheld today has been canceled, and TLC has postponed the "Best Funeral Ever" special to Jan. 6. In our opinion, it's not much of a price to pay for the sake of respecting those who were affected by the Sandy Hook shooting.


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text: Forgive Us For Overlooking The Brewers Fan Drinking Through A Horse Mask Last NightBrian Hickey9/29/11 8:45pmFiled to: MlfuckingbMlbFurriesMilwaukee BrewersFansTerrorismNewstweet13EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink Some good baseball last night. Hell, even the Milwaukee/Pittsburgh game mattered a little, in the sense that the Brewers now have home field in their NLDS. Tipster Steven F. was there to see it. But, he got distracted in the process of doing so. To wit:AdvertisementAttached is a photograph I took of a man (centaur?) sitting five or six rows down from me in the right field bleachers at Miller Park Wednesday night.He mysteriously showed up in around the fifth or sixth inning, but I can't say for certain because nobody noticed his presence at first until suddenly he was there, almost mythologically.He stuck to character well; I never heard him say a word, and any time he took a swig of beer he did so through the mouth of the mask.Around the seventh inning, an usher appeared and attempted to remove either the man or his mask. He budged on neither request, until about an inning later another usher appeared and firmly demanded that he either remove the horse mask or leave the ball game.Steadfastly, he rose from his seat and was escorted out, to an eruption of boos. According to the usher, post-9/11 security procedures forbid masks of any kind. He never once allowed them to remove it.Advantage, terrorists.AdvertisementCrew earns No. 2 seed with club-record 96th win [MLB]Reply13 repliesLeave a reply


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Orient Paper, Inc. to File Annual Report on Form 10-K and Announce Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2012 Audited Financial Results on March 11, 2013
Feb 19, 2013, 07:00 ET from Orient Paper, Inc.
BAODING, China, Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Orient Paper, Inc. (NYSE MKT: ONP) ("Orient Paper" or the "Company"), a leading manufacturer and distributor of diversified paper products in northern China, announced today that the Company will file its annual report on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission and will announce, through a press release, its audited financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2012 and audited financial results for the year ended December 31, 2012 in the United States on Monday, March 11, 2013.
Orient Paper's management will host a conference call for institutional and retail investors at 8:30 am US Eastern Time (5:30 am US Pacific Time/8:30 pm Beijing Time) on Tuesday, March 12, 2013, to discuss its fourth quarter and full year results and recent business, operational and corporate activities.
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CORN Let me get this straight, the USDA made a revision to the Oct 10th report because they found discrepancies? The statement suggested a change to acres but they also lowered demand for corn. The ending result for corn was a gross 167 million bushel decline in production from the Oct 10th report BUT they lowered the feed and residual by 50 million bushels and also exports by 50 million bushels. All of the changes had a net effect of a 67 million bushel reduction in this year's carryout so what seemed bullish was actually no big deal.
Dec '08 corn opened much higher than it needed to today. It opened the day session at $4.07 which is just below the number of $4.07 1/2 that I thought we would reach at some point this week. I still need to see the market close above $3.90 1/4 before I get excited about another challenge of $4.07 1/2. $3.86 3/4 is the 50% retracement back to the Sunday night low of $3.64 and this level needs to hold if the market has any shot of moving higher from here.
Bottom line - I expect Dec '08 corn to open slightly better tonight and find resistance at $3.97 3/4 if we even get that high. It feels like the market wants to sell off and maybe touch $3.81 1/4 which is our next area of support. If $3.81 1/4 doesn't hold support and we close below it I would expect another test of $3.64. It feels like corn wants to be weak tomorrow and that is my call for tomorrow, weaker trade for Dec '08. The daily chart is suggesting a possible sideways trade range between $3.64 and $4.09 in the Dec '08 contract, we will see.
MEAL Dec '08 soybean meal had a tremendous gain in the overnight and early day session based on anticipation of a bullish revision to soybean acres. Like corn the USDA reduced the production number by 45 million bushels but also lowered the export business by 30 million bushels for a net decrease in carryout of 15 million bushels. I was surprised to see the market sell off as much as it did today considering the revision wasn't negative but it really wasn't bullish by any stretch either.
Dec '08 meal needs to close back above $276.40 in the near future if it wants to challenge the high set last night of 291.30. If it doesn't close above $276.40 then I would anticipate a test of $261.40 in the near future.
Bottom line - I expect Dec '08 meal to open higher tonight and test $271.20 before it finds resistance and backs off. Based on the hourly chart it suggests meal should make an early high and late low tonight/tomorrow. I will go with a weaker call for tomorrow but the Dow Jones was around 150 points higher when meal closed and is now trading 600 points higher as I write this.
HOGS I really don't have much to say about hogs other than I still don't like the way the Dec '08 chart looks. I still think we have some downside in the Dec '08 contract. There was nothing special about today's trade as we only had $1.00 trade range today from high to low. The noon reports had cash lower once again which is really no surprise. The U.S. Dollar Index is now trading lower as the Dow Jones makes new highs but the strong dollar hasn't helped hogs any in recent weeks.
I believe we will still see lower prices for Dec '08 hogs either tomorrow or yet this week. I still think we could see another test of $57.60 and probably even down to $57.20 and I am still not ruling out the low of $56.00.
Bottom line - I expect Dec '08 hogs to trade lower tomorrow based on the charts. If we do trade higher I think today's high of $58.57 (Globex pit) should hold as good resistance. I anticipate a test of $57.20 tomorrow at some time.
USDA ESTIMATED PORK CARCASS CUTOUT Based on FOB Omaha carlot pork prices and industry yields. Calculations for a 200 lb Pork Carcass 53-54% lean, 0.65"-0.80" backfat at last rib ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total Today's Primal Cutout Values Date Loads Carcass Loin Butt Pic Rib Ham Belly ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 10/28 105.1 65.17 88.31 67.06 42.02 92.86 54.71 70.64 Change : 0.11 -0.04 -1.33 -0.05 -0.19 1.18 0.10 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
National Direct Hog Price Comparison -------------------------------------------------------------------------- : National : Iowa : Western : Eastern : : Minnesota : Cornbelt : Cornbelt -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Base Price is the price from which no discounts are subtracted and no premiums are added. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- BARROWS & GILTS : 1.11 lwr : 1.81 lwr : 1.57 lwr : .62 lwr Negotiated : : : : CARCASS BASIS : 50.00-58.75 : 50.00-58.75 : 50.00-58.75 : 52.32-55.41 185 lb Base Hog : wtd avg : wtd avg : wtd avg : wtd avg Plant Delivered : 54.85 : 55.70 : 55.99 : 53.10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Head Count : 16,014 : 6,908 : 9,605 : 6,346 ==========================================================================
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HOUSEBREAK. Work on this from the get-go. Remember, puppy bladders are small and therefore need to be emptied more frequently. Assign your pup a specific, clean area of the backyard to use as a toilet, respond to their nighttime cries, take them out after every meal and most of all, offer lots of praise and reward them when they get it right.
PUPPY-PROOF YOUR HOME. They are going to chew. They are going to get excited and wag their tail. If you value the antique Persian rug, take it out of the equation. It's a good idea to give your puppy a crate or a safe den in which to lay down when you're not around to provide supervision. But don't leave them in there too long!
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INVEST. A puppy is a big investment, both emotionally and financially. This little creature is destined to become a huge part of your life, perhaps for the next two decades. When natural immunity against disease wears off at around six to eight weeks of age, your pup is going to need vaccines. (So begins a long-term relationship with a veterinarian!) But if you're not ready to make this kind of commitment, you may have to rethink whether now is the best time to add a new member to your family.
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Thursday, December 8, 2011
The Shattering
The Shattering is a YA mystery with a bit of the supernatural thrown in by Karen Healey.
Keri has spent almost all seventeen years of her life planning for every event she can imagine. Before she broke her arm when she was seven, she already knew what she should say and do if it were to happen. When that proved to be a good thing, she began to plan for everything else.
But she never thought to plan what to do if her brother committed suicide.
Shattered with grief, she is approached by a childhood friend, Janna. Janna's brother also suddenly took his life, though many years earlier. Yet instead of approaching her as an old friend that understands the pain, she drops a bombshell on Keri.
She tells Keri it was murder. Janna wants Keri to meet up with a tourist she knows named Sione, a guy about their age, who also lost a brother to suicide. She says he has some answers.
The three teens begin looking at stats and find something very disturbing. Every year there is a boy killed - every one of them is an older brother and every one of them spent New Year's Eve in their idyllic town of Summerton. But as the three grieving siblings begin to uncover startling secrets and try to find justice for their loved ones, their information casts suspicion on those close to them.
And it's about time for another victim to be picked. Can they save them? Can they save themselves?
The Shattering was one of the best mystery books I have read in a looong time!!!
Each of our three main characters has an engaging, lively, personality-filled narration that is individual to each character and instantly involves you in a plot that is quickly hypnotic and creepy. Keri is sympathetic yet funny and likable, Janna is wild and maybe a little desperate and lonely, and Sione is lacking in self-esteem.
Karen Healey throws us into The Shattering with a brisk, fast pace that, for me, is even better than Guardian of the Dead (her previous novel). It's a supernatural mystery with twists and turns like crazy, grounded, believable characters and surprising revelations around every corner! Wow!!!
If you want to be entertained, surprised and freaked out a bit - you really need to read The Shattering. I absolutely loved it from start to finish and was turning pages like an insane bibliophile! Oh wait. I am an insane bibliophile. But still, believe me, this book is excellent! It's unexpected, scary, creepy, fascinating, and utterly gripping!
I was breathless reading the last pages - nervous, excited, and overwhelmed. Shock after shock threw me, tossed me around, and finally sat me down wholly satisfied and impressed. Holy crap! Very, very smart and extremely well plotted, let me tell you!
Want a little murder mystery? Want a little more than that? How about a whole lot more than that? Read The Shattering.
*I received a review copy of The Shattering from Hachette Book Group. Their generosity in no way influenced, nor sought to influence, my opinion of the novel.
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You've probably noticed, my posts are riddled with spelling and grammar faux pas. If you haven't noticed you can rest assured that I have and you can rest assured that it's been bugging the crap out of me for some time. Every time I post, even on Facebook!, I end up with a slew of mistakes I only notice after it's "gone to print" and it's been read. For someone who makes a living writing in English it's more than a little bit embarrassing and worrying.
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Combining last week's decision in American Express Co. v. Italian Colors Restaurant with its decision earlier this month in Oxford Health Plans v. Sutter, the Supreme Court's position now seems clear. If an employer wants to avoid class or collective actions, it can do so by having an arbitration agreement that precludes arbitration of claims on a class basis. But to be sure that happens, employers need to be explicit about it.
There is no doubt that there is more nuance than that, that there will be new arguments explaining why such bans will not work, and that some courts will go for them, but the Supreme Court position seems quite definitive.
The most logical way for this new framework to be changed is legislative, and of course there has been legislation introduced in the past several Congresses that would prevent employers from requiring an arbitration agreement as a condition of employment. But at least for the foreseeable legislative future, that seems unlikely.
The net result of these decisions is a rather clunky way to solve a huge problem that is plaguing the employer community, namely collective actions brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act (and state equivalents). Courts have been unwilling or unable to address that issue by establishing an appropriate standard for conditional certification. And now, because arbitration appears to be a solution to wage and hour collective actions, many employers that have not implemented arbitration plans will be rethinking their decision.
It is unlikely that anyone can predict all the ramifications of these new cases with certainty. But that there will be a changed world now seems inevitable.
As a side note, whatever you may think of the judicial view of Justice Kagan, who went from writing the Court majority in Sutter to dissenting in American Express, you have to appreciate her clear cut writing:
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Sunnyvale , California
September 15, 2016
About Aramark
Aramark (NYSE: ARMK) is in the customer service business across food, facilities and uniforms, wherever people work, learn, recover, and play. United by a passion to serve, our more than 270,000 employees deliver experiences that enrich and nourish the lives of millions of people in 22 countries around the world every day. Aramark is recognized among the Most Admired Companies by FORTUNE and the World's Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute. Learn more at www.aramark.com or connect with us on Facebook and Twitter.
Job Summary:
The grill cook takes orders for grill food items, cooks and prepares the order, and gives the order to the customer. Providing quality service is essential to customer satisfaction.
Essential Tasks & Responsibilities:
Sets up and breaks down the grill station
Provides friendly and helpful customer service
Takes the customer's order and prepares the order according to recipe, keeping in mind additional customer specifications or dietary needs
Cooks items according to the specified cook times to ensure that they are safe for customer consumption
Uses the correct portions when cutting and serving items
Anticipates peak and non-peak service times; batch cooks food items accordingly
Responsible for the appearance of food when serving to customers
Restocks the station with condiments and food product as needed
Adheres to the weekly/monthly cleaning schedules by completing the assigned tasks
Cleans and sanitizes work areas, equipment, and utensils
Lifts food pans from warmer to the serving line
Operates and cleans grill station (flat-top grill, char grill, hood vents, fryers, etc.)
Safely operates a meat slicer and executes proper knife handling
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Cross-trains at other stations at the location
Works in other areas or departments as needed
Completion of any task requested by a supervisor or member of the Aramark management team
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Good interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team environment
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Excellent customer service
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MetaQC implements our proposed quantitative quality control measures: (1) internal homogeneity of co-expression structure among studies (internal quality control; IQC); (2) external consistency of co-expression structure correlating with pathway database (external quality control; EQC); (3) accuracy of differentially expressed gene detection (accuracy quality control; AQCg) or pathway identification (AQCp); (4) consistency of differential expression ranking in genes (consistency quality control; CQCg) or pathways (CQCp). (See the reference for detailed explanation.) For each quality control index, the p-values from statistical hypothesis testing are minus log transformed and PCA biplots were applied to assist visualization and decision. Results generate systematic suggestions to exclude problematic studies in microarray meta-analysis and potentially can be extended to GWAS or other types of genomic meta-analysis. The identified problematic studies can be scrutinized to identify technical and biological causes (e.g. sample size, platform, tissue collection, preprocessing etc) of their bad quality or irreproducibility for final inclusion/exclusion decision.
Version: | 0.1.13 |
Depends: | R (≥ 2.10.0), proto, foreach, iterators |
Suggests: | doMC, doSNOW, FactoMineR, matrixStats, gdata, gtools, survival |
Published: | 2012-12-22 |
Author: | Don Kang and George Tseng |
Maintainer: | Don Kang <donkang75 at gmail.com> |
License: | GPL-2 |
URL: | https://github.com/donkang75/MetaQC |
NeedsCompilation: | no |
In views: | MetaAnalysis |
CRAN checks: | MetaQC results |
Reference manual: | MetaQC.pdf |
Package source: | MetaQC_0.1.13.tar.gz |
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I am using Eclipse Ganymede. I am at the moment using it for development in C++ applications using Opengl. (Using this as apposed to other compilers because eclipse is very easy and small to transport on a pen drive). And i was half way through developing a program when I went to test it and go this error:
"Launch failed. Binary not found."
Now please do not say "Change the path of the MinGW compiler it doesn't like '/'s," because it was working until a random point in the development. I can get a new C++ project to work so I am a bit perplexed as how come it was working then suddenly stopped. Does anyone know what could be the cause of this problem?
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text: How to make any room look more science fictionalAnnalee Newitz8/08/12 6:08pmFiled to: This is awesomeDesignblikDecalstweetFb43EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink I recently turned one wall of my house into a Space Invaders game with the help of Blik, a company that sells decals you can stick pretty much anywhere for instant awesomeness. Turn a blank ceiling into a star field, or your bed into a gothic fantasy zone. Here are a few of the patterns Blik has right now, from gorgeous fantasy illustrations to crazy robots, that you can grab and stick over your desk right now (provided there is a wall over your desk). Check out Blik — most designs cost between $40-$80, and I can attest that they look great and don't peel off. They also add new designs all the time. Bonus for the reference to the William Shatner Twilight Zone episode.Reply43 repliesLeave a reply


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Dubious Sounding Pressure Group – Even Without Joe Franklin, Today's Kids Can't Sleep
A survey performed by UK snoozy advice group The Sleep Council claims modern teens aren't dozing properly due to the proliferation of video game consoles, televisions and other contemporary gadgets. From Ars Technica's Jacqui Cheng :
23 percent of those surveyed said that they regularly fell asleep while watching TV, listening to music, or with "other machinery" still running. The Council says that this is not surprising, given that 98.5 percent of the teenagers have phones, music systems, or TVs in their bedrooms (almost two-thirds had all three).
Even at the younger end of the group, electronics in the bedroom are prevalent"58 percent of 12- to 14-year-old boys reported having a phone, music player, TV, or game console in the bedroom.
And although many adults claim that they fall asleep more easily with the TV on, it doesn't always work the same way for kids. One in five of all the teenage boys surveyed admitted that leaving the TV or computer on was affecting the quality of their sleep.
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Tuesday, November 2, 2010
For those who know me know I am a Sherlock Holmes purist. And I have mentioned in the past how I am not crazy about the Basil Rathbone series that placed Holmes and Watson in the 1940's or liking anything that takes the character out of the Gaslight Era. So, with a brand new series being produced by BBC Wales which plonks Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson right down in current day London (or Cardiff where it's filmed), you're probably thinking I'm going to proceed to rip this new series to shred complaining about the way they've modernized Sherlock Holmes.
Well, I'm not.
The new series Sherlock produced by Doctor Who show runner Steven Moffat and Doctor Who/League of Gentlemen writer Mark Gatiss which is currently being shown on PBS's Masterpiece Mystery! is great!!
I wasn't able to catch the first episode, but my fiancee Sydney and I were able to catch the second episode. And we really enjoyed it!! Both Mofatt and Gatiss have done a really great job not only modernizing Sherlock Holmes but also giving the episode we watched a fast pace while still maintaining a level of mystery.
Something that was lacking in the Robert Downey Jr./Guy Ritchie film. Imagine that!! Here I am a Sherlock Holmes snob who loves a contemporary Holmes while disliking a period piece. It's like I've stepped into a parallel reality. Ha ha!!
That's the other thing. Benedict Cumberbatch is an upgrade at Holmes. Not on a Jeremy Brett level, mind you. But apart from his Tom Baker hairstyle, I find him to actually be very good as Holmes.
I wasn't completely convinced of his performance when I first started watching. But by the end of it, I found myself really taken by his performance. And his voice which I was wracking my brain throughout the entire episode trying to think what he sounds like.
"Alan Rickman!" Sydney suddenly said as we were watching. My eyes brightened and I said aloud "You're right!" as I listened to his voice again and he did indeed sound like one of my favorite actors out there right now.
That was one of the things I always liked about Jeremy Brett and even Robert Stephen's performances as Holmes. They had interesting voices that weren't like how most people portray Holmes. And I'm finding that's what I like about Benedict Cumberbatch's performance. The Alan Rickman sounding voice really fits this version of Holmes.
And that's what I like about the Holmes Moffat and Gatiss are presenting over what Guy Ritchie is. They found the right actor instead of a big name actor to fill the role.
As I said in the past, this is in no way a knock against Robert Downey Jr. as an actor. I like him a lot. He's brilliant and a talented actor. He's just NOT Holmes for me.
If he's Holmes for you, that's fine. Don't ever let my opinion jade your enjoyment of that film. Save your angry responses because I'm not knocking anyone for having their own opinion.
And I'm getting the distinct impression since Steven Moffat is the producer of Sherlock, this could possibly mean he's grooming Benedict Cumberbatch to be the next Doctor on Mr. Moffat's other show Doctor Who when Matt Smith decides to hand over his TARDIS key and hang up his bow tie.
There has been a history in the past of the current producer hiring on an actor they worked with in a current series. In the 1980's then-producer John Nathan Turner hired Peter Davison. Someone he worked with on All Creatures Great and Small. And in the current series, former show runner Russell T. Davies hired both Christopher Eccleston and David Tennent. He had worked with both actors on past series's of his. Eccleston with the miniseries The Second Coming and Tennant on Casanova.
So, it would not surprise me in the least in the next couple of years if I happen to pick up a copy of Doctor Who Magazine and see Benedict Cumberbatch IS The Doctor! on the Doctor.
He seems to have all the right qualities to play the Doctor. Not to mention the most unique and distinctive voice I've heard with the Doctor since either Tom Baker or Sylvester McCoy!!
But since I am enjoying Matt Smith as the Doctor right now and Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock, I don't mind if something like that doesn't happen anytime soon!!
Well, with all that said I give a big thumbs up to Sherlock!! If you have not caught the series just yet I highly recommend you check it out!
7 comments:
- Andy Fish said...
"Fiancee"? Is this something new?
Congratulations! - November 2, 2010 at 8:19 AM
- Bret M. Herholz said...
Thank you Andy!! Yes you read that right, I officially got engaged October 10th!! The wedding is going to happen May 28th next year :-)
- November 2, 2010 at 12:01 PM
- Andy Fish said...
Congrats to you both!
- November 3, 2010 at 7:00 AM
- Bret M. Herholz said...
Thank you Andy!! And I'm glad to have you both back too :-)
- November 3, 2010 at 7:39 AM
- Izabella said...
Hello! Since you mention having enjoyed Jeremy Brett's portrayal of Sherlock Holmes in the Granada series, I thought you might be interested in the following website: http://www.bafta4jb.com
- November 3, 2010 at 8:44 AM
- Bret M. Herholz said...
Oh!! Very nice Izabelle!!
Jeremy Brett is a hard act to follow. In the beginning of the series he look like Sherlock Holmes... or Walter Paget who artist Sidney based it on. Ha ha!!
But his looks, his mannerisms as well as the overall look, feel and costume design from the series WAS Sherlock Holmes for me.
But at the same time I try not to make my comparison's too harsh with any actors who have followed Holmes ;-) - November 3, 2010 at 9:39 AM
- Bret M. Herholz said...
And the picture of JB with the pipe is absolutely brilliant :-)
- November 3, 2010 at 9:40 AM


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UnNews:Columbia no longer the drug capital of the world
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AUCKLAND, New Zealand -- Long regarded as being the country built on illicit drug production, Columbia has recently been "dethroned" by an unlikely competitor in the world drug trade. New Zealand, officials say, has been dominating the marijuana, heroin, and methamphetamines sectors for the past six years, but only in recent months have they overtaken Columbia's dwindling overall market share of 47%. "We're simply ecstatic" says Sam Neill, Minister of Finance. "As well as being an incredible boost to the country's economy, it feels great to just kick those damn Columbians back down to where they belong".
In light of New Zealand's recent success in the illicit drug market, many other countries such as Iran, Australia, and the Canary Islands are also increasing funding and creating incentives for drug growers. Statistical data from the DEA suggests that Columbian drug exports have lessened in the past decade, and this decline is attributed to the wave of Black Death that has been wiping out most of the population of South America.
"We feel bad for the Columbians, but in truth this is exactly the kind of break we needed." Raymond Miles is a third-generation coca farmer whose brother, also in the cocaine industry, is on a permanent vacation due to continual poor returns from his crops. "It's been hard around this area in the past, because the Columbian product was simply dominating the market. All the subsidization their government has provided helped them in creating a much purer variety of coca leaf." Hours after our interview a worker who was "coked up" set fire to Mr. Miles' crop, driving Mr. Miles into a frenzy in which he decapitated the worker with a finely honed butter knife.
Tensions are still high in the drug industry, but with Columbia out of the way, things are looking up for everybody else.
The World Health Organization was contacted for this article, but declined to comment on their role in the executions deaths of Columbian drug lords or their ties to New Zealand growing unions.
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Anthony Wayne Local Schools has announced a revised make-up day schedule in response to the district's decision to close schools last Thursday because of fog.
Superintendent John Granger has scheduled May 25 as a full day of school.
On May 29 and May 30, students will be released two hours early.
Junior high school and high school students will be released at 12:25 p.m. Fallen Timbers Middle School will release students at 1:18 p.m., and all elementaries will release students at 1:25 p.m.
Kindergarten students will follow a modified schedule for the make-up days. All kindergarteners who normally attend afternoon class will attend school for the full day on May 29, but will not attend on May 30.
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A list of the PS3 games I own, in order from the first I bought to the latest I've bought. I only own 15 games, I'm not rich. I will rate each on of them out of 5. Some of these I have written reviews for which you can find here.


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At first pass Mike Patton's latest project, Mondo Cane (pronounced "mon-doe ka-nay"), is a strange breed. The vocal manipulator's past projects ranged from brutally spastic noise to transcendent minimalism. However, even by his exhaustively eclectic standards, a covers album of Italian songs from the '50s and '60s is difficult to anticipate -- because it is so easy to listen to.
Mondo Cane mostly features pop and popular music of Italy's equivalent Greatest and Baby Boomer generations. As such, the styles range from Fred Buscaglione's noir-ish "Che Notte!" to the bubblegum charm of Nicola Arigliano's "20 KM Al Giorno" to the nostalgic Neapolitan folk standard "Scalinatella." While Italian pop may sound exotic to the uninitiated, American listeners should not find these songs foreign in style. Most of these songs in their original form employed a familiar recipe of wall-of-sound arrangements, syrupy melodrama, and/or a wet crooner's sense of syncopation.
Here Patton uses a 40-piece orchestra, augmented by a 15-piece band, to closely reproduce rather than redo. Modern studio trickery is subtle and kept to a minimum -- a touch of dubby echo here, a loudspeaker-affected vocal there -- in favor of what Patton describes as a more "respectful" approach. And, most notably, Patton sings gorgeously. Vocal acrobatics are practically nonexistent, and those oft-heard guttural grunts are rarely heard. Instead, he lets his muscular voice glide naturally through each number (yes, his Italian is pretty damn good). While collaborator conductor Aldo Sisillo's orchestrations deserve a healthy dollop of credit for the overall sonic success of the album, Patton's voice is clearly the centerpiece.
A number of these songs and their writers are well known to you, and perhaps even your less-than-knowledgeable aunts and uncles. Of course, no Italian collection would be complete without Ennio Morricone, who is represented by two decidedly different cuts from his career: "Deep Down," the groovy theme from 1968 crime thriller Danger: Diabolik that Patton digs into with delight (by the way, it's worth it to watch the non-MST3K'd version, but in case you're into that sort of thing...), and "Quello Che Conta," a tender ballad from the 1962 drama La Cuccagna. There is even "L'uomo Che Non Sapeva Amare," a rather drippy yet swinging collaboration between film-score composer Elmer Bernstein and Italian lyricist Mogol (who wrote extensively with Lucio Battisti, a quasi-Caetano Veloso of Italy).
Perhaps best known are the works of famed Italian songwriter Gino Paoli, who features prominently on Mondo Cane with two of his most well-known hits "Il Cielo In Una Stanza" (famously rendered by Italian pop star Mina, whose version was used in a classic Goodfellas scene) and "Senza Fine" (popularized Stateside courtesy of Connie Francis' cover, which was prominently used in the 1965 film The Flight of the Phoenix). Regardless of whether or not Patton was conscious of this, he wisely bookends the album with these two dramatic numbers respectively. He blows the album open by realizing the full bombastic quiet-loud potential of "Il Cielo," and gently closes the affair by channeling a peculiar form of charm in the power ballad finale.
So, what possesses a restless artist like Patton to put so much care and attention into such a quaintly accessible affair? After living in Italy for several years with his spouse at the time, Patton took to this music as an access point into Italian culture. In a recent interview, he noted: "When you do live abroad, you're basically searching for some kind of peace. You don't want to be the fuckin' foreigner. You want to be a part of everyday life there, and you don't want anybody to look at you sideways." Mondo Cane certainly realizes Patton's years-long effort to understand Italian culture. The title alone, which is an Italian expression loosely translated as, "The world has gone to the dogs," is indicative of Patton's worldview colliding with an Italian sensibility. Consider, then, Mondo Cane Patton's culminating report on his studies abroad. No, an artfully curated Flickr stream following an extensive backpacking trip. Better, a simple love letter for anyone to read.
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Tens of thousands of students are expected in central London tomorrow to protest against tuition fees and unemployment.
Most are expected to take part in a march organised by the National Union of Students from Temple Place to Kennington Park on a route pre-arranged with police.
There are fears it could be hijacked by a second protest by the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts who are threatening to march on Parliament Square without permission.
Organisers of the "feeder demonstration" said up to 10,000 students from all over the country are coming in on buses to march from University of London Union at 11am to Parliament Square before joining the other demonstration on Westminster Bridge.
The NUS said the other march has "nothing to do with us" and that they cannot guarantee the safety of anyone who takes an alternative route.
Michael Chessum, from the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts, said the secondary demonstration intended to send clearer messages than the NUS march which he said was too "tame".
He added: "We have been meeting police and they have been threatening to not let us march through Parliament Square.
"We think this is disgraceful because this is a government that has no mandate to triple fees and cut welfare, and the police's threat to ban us has no legitimacy either."
"We're not even allowed to look the politicians in the eye. This is an affront to our rights - we should be allowed to march to parliament."
The NUS march, referred to as Demo2012, will begin at Temple Place at 11am and arrive at Kennington Park at 2pm for a rally.
The speakers will include comedian Josie Long, columnist Owen Jones, singer Grace Petrie and NUS president Liam Burns.
Mr Burns said: "Education should open doors but the Government is slamming them shut. The damaging effects of recent changes to education have restricted access for future students and created barriers for those currently studying.
"Our message is that a strong education system benefits not only the economy but families and communities across this country. Politicians need to make the public value of education the starting point of their plans to bring about economic recovery."
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Ez brick swim 4x500 on 8:00 (7:30's)
500 @7:28 100 kick fins/board 10x50 on :50 (:38-:41) 100 kick fins/board 5x100 on 1:30 (1:21, 1:21, 1:23, 1:26, 1:25 2:42) 2x300p w/paddles/300s 3x100 on 1:30 (1:20, 1:21, 1:21) 50ez
Very good bike and I had power. 2782 ft of climbing 91 RPM's Avg
I am ecstatic about this run. I had to dig at mile 11. 1:50'ish is very good for me.
OA 91 out of 2500+ There was alot of fast swimmers out. Not sure the disatnce yet. Result say 1.9km whice equals 2077yds. Anyway the overall ranking is what is imporatant.
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