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From December 2011 to January 2012, unique visitors to Pinterest grew 155 percent. It's got more monthly usage than Google+, Twitter, and LinkedIn
combined. People spend an average of 77 minutes there, compared with 10 on Facebook.
Even with all those people spending a lot of time there, just jumping on and pinning pictures won't create a vibrant community of followers and
collaborators. You've got to do things systematically, Bepko offered, as he shared some key points that have made Whole Foods' Pinterest efforts such a
1. Community building
Over the past year and a half—Whole Foods joined Pinterest in mid-2011—the brand has looked for ways to tie social media into some of its video series.
Bepko specifically pointed out one series on urban farming and another about do-it-yourself projects using household items. Neither series focused specifically on the
Whole Foods brand; each aimed to tie Whole Foods to a certain type of food culture.
Each project turned into a Pinterest board. The urban farming series became "How Does Your Garden Grow?" The other series turned into a board called "We're Used to Reusing!"
Those board topics are intentionally broad, Bepko said, because they aim to pull in people who fall into all kinds of niches—craft lovers, vegetarians,
gardeners, photographers, people who shop locally, and the list goes on.
"Once we had their attention, then they happened to see the other stuff that was a little more Whole Foods Market-related, like our recipes from our pages
or, on occasion, a product we were trying to sell," he said.
That's how most of Whole Foods' boards work, he pointed out. Topics such as beauty, strength, and books can appeal to dozens of different groups.
Also, Bepko said, it's better to have a handful of boards that are full with content than lots of boards with only a few pins each. To determine which
boards could work best, find the most popular topics via keywords. To pull people in, be sure to use hashtags and repin from the people you follow.
Here, Bepko explains that whether or not pinning is a good idea for a brand depends on its goals—community, collaboration and traffic are the rewards
brands can reap.
2. Creating website traffic
Pinterest overtook Twitter as a referrer to Whole Foods' website in December 2011. Bepko thought he should take advantage of that and drive people to the
brand's recipe pages, which lots of shoppers don't even know it has. So Bepko created several recipe boards, all organized by season or holiday.
Recipes have been huge traffic drivers to WholeFoodsMarket.com, he said. The two most popular images Whole
Foods has ever posted are recipes—one for spiced spaghetti squash, another for apple-slice sandwich snacks for kids. The squash recipe has been repinned
68,000 times, and it's driven 44,000 views to the website.
Overall, 500,000 visitors from Pinterest have viewed Whole Foods pages 760,000 times. Of that, 80 percent came from recipes.
3. Storytelling
Each year, Whole Foods raises funds for the Whole Planet Foundation, an organization that helps farmers and food producers in developing countries through
microcredit transactions. The goal of the fundraiser isn't the easiest thing to communicate to busy shoppers, so when cashiers ask for donations, customers
often don't know what they're donating to.
"That's sort of the only opportunity where there's one-on-one communication around the program," Bepko said. "It's been very, very challenging for people
to understand what the mission behind Whole Planet is."
Pinterest has helped cut through that confusion a bit. Using maps, photos of the people the program benefits, and pictures of the food they produce, people
are learning about Whole Planet.
Pinterest users don't necessarily engage much with that content, Bepko conceded, but mixing it with content they do love—inspirational quotes presented in
an eye-catching way—has helped. About 63,000 people follow the Whole Planet board,
he said.
4. Crowdsourcing and trends
When Bepko started a "Pins for Mom" contest to celebrate Mother's Day, in which he asked people to create boards celebrating motherhood, he noticed that
two kinds of content were popping up a lot: inspirational quotes and infographics. People couldn't get enough of them.
So, for the next program, "Share the Buzz," the social media team got together with designers to make some bee-themed images to stress the importance of
bees in the ecosystem. An infographic called "Why do bees matter?" netted hundreds of repins, Bepko said.
Soon, Whole Foods was editing a lot of its existing content—photos from recipes, for example—to make it more pinnable. Adding explanatory text to a picture
of ingredients drove huge traffic, he said.
5. Influencer outreach and collaboration
Pinterest is a place where people share based on what they love. That can make for strong connections, Bepko said, and not just online.
He said he discovered early on that, as long as accounts are following each other, they can add one another to boards as collaborators. Whole Foods has
taken advantage of that in a big way.
A "Why Austin" board created in advance of the South by Southwest festival included 12 Austin-based brands, including Whole Foods, for example. With so
many collaborators, brands "were just pinning left and right," he said.
"Now, we work with [those collaborators] offline," Bepko said. "We partner with them for events."
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HOOSICK FALLS, N.Y. -- As part of their mission to build community and promote the arts around their town, the Hoosick Armory Youth Center and Community Coalition (better known as HAYC3) has invited Hoosick and Hoosick Falls residents of all ages to join in a community exhibition of photographs taken around town, hoping to fill the walls of their 120gallery90 exhibit space with images that show all the details and facets of life in Hoosick.
Opening this Friday, June 20, at 7 p.m. with a reception that will include music from Bennington cover band Funk in the Trunk, the Hidden Hoosick exhibition will give amateur and professional Hoosick photographers the chance to display and possibly sell their framed images of the town, whether or not they have any experience with professional photography.
"This show is really of the people, by the people and for the people," said Deborah Alter, HAYC3's creative director. "Now, with digital technology, photography is something that everyone can do. Even a fairly young child can take a camera out and shoot some stuff."
As long as the photo was taken in Hoosick by a resident of the town, it qualifies for the show. Alter says the gallery space in the HAYC3 Armory, which used to be the armory's rifle range, can hold hundreds of photographs.
"I would love to see them stacked like the Louvre, just filling the walls," she said.
As of the deadline on Monday, Alter says they have received a solid range of photographs, more than 50 so far, and she expects a few more late entries to trickle in.
The idea for the Hidden Hoosick show started after the gallery hosted a successful show of local artist Aaron Buzzinski's paintings, which showed subjects around the town. Alter said they realized that the gallery visitors really wanted to see art they could relate to, and then they realized they could also invite everyone to contribute.
"I know a lot of people, my mom included, have been looking around town recently and taking their cameras out," said Hoosick native Ayla Graney, home for the summer from Endicott College, where she studies visual communications and graphic design.
Graney said photography is one of her hobbies, and she is considering several photographs from her archive to submit for the show, including a dramatic head-on shot of Hoosick horses in pasture.
"I think it is definitely getting people involved. They're seeing things that they didn't even know were around here," Graney said. "I know people had no clue that these horses are up there. You can't see them from the road. This project is showing people all these cool little things that we have around here that aren't always visible."
Alter says she named the show "Hidden Hoosick" in hopes of encouraging people to discover these unnoticed parts of the town.
"There's so much that's different about Hoosick," Alter said. "There are the farms and the hills, and there's downtown, and things that have been preserved and others that haven't been preserved. When you put it all together in a photo show, it will be like putting the whole puzzle together."
For Graney and many of the show's other photographers, the Hidden Hoosick exhibition will mark their first time displaying their art in a gallery, and possibly their first time selling artwork that they created. This opportunity has also turned into a learning process for many, as the photographers are required to frame and price their works on their own. A former high school art teacher, Alter said that she always found it very difficult to grade her student's artwork, and pricing art can be just as daunting.
Graney said the question of pricing has been intimidating for her and other exhibit artists she knows.
"I'll have to talk to some of the people that have been doing this for longer," she said. "I have no clue what to expect.'
Each photographer will get to keep 75 percent of the proceeds from the sale of their work, and the other 25 percent will go towards HAYC3's growing community arts program.
"We hope that a lot of people buy stuff," said Alter, "not because of the money so much, but so that people realize that you can buy art locally to put it on your wall at home -- you don't have to go buy something made in China at Walmart."
If you go ...
What: Hidden Hoosick Community Photo Exhibition
When: Opening reception at 7 p.m. on Friday, June 20
Where: 120gallery90 at the HAYC3 Armory, 80 Church St., Hoosick Falls, N.Y.
Admission: Free
Information: HAYC3.org
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Vintage Glavine shuts down Dodgers
Veteran stymies LA offense for six innings for Game 2 win
By Chris Girandola / MLB.com
"It was all about Tom Glavine, Steve Avery and John Smoltz," Wagner recalled following Glavine's masterful performance in the Mets' 4-1 victory over the Dodgers in Game 2 of the National League Division Series on Thursday night. "I thought I'd be a Braves fan forever."
That is, until Wagner made his Major League debut with the Astros in 1995.
Gradually, his appreciation of the Braves waned, but his respect for Glavine continued to grow. Even if his dislike for his boyhood heroes became clear.
"Man, I couldn't stand them," said Wagner, who spent nine seasons with the Astros and two with the Phillies before joining the Mets in 2005. "But tonight, shoot, I felt like throwing that old war paint on. It was vintage Glavine. It was so great watching him tonight. It was like when I watched him growing up and cheered for him back then."
Wagner had been witness to Glavine's masterful performance on Oct. 10, 2001, when the Braves beat the Astros, 1-0, in the NLDS. Glavine went eight innings that night and gave up only six hits and two walks, while striking out three.
When asked if he remembered how good Glavine was that night, though, Wagner confessed that it all seemed typical.
"I'd never seen him throw poorly," said Wagner. "I just remember him pitching like that always."
The two are now good friends, even carpool buddies. And, of course, teammates.
Wagner drove to the ballpark on Thursday and laughed about Glavine's unusual anxiety.
"It was great to see him like that, because I always saw him as being the most poised guy in the world," said Wagner. "But then when he got in the clubhouse, he just got in that cool, calm, relaxed attitude again. And it helped the team."
And it felt like October baseball had finally arrived at Shea Stadium.
Sure, the Mets took a 1-0 lead against the Dodgers in the NLDS on Wednesday with an energetic 6-5 win. But the warm afternoon sun made it feel like something was missing.
On Thursday, after an overnight front ushered in a chill in the air, Glavine put on a classic performance that made it clear that playoff baseball was alive and well in New York.
The 40-year-old lefty allowed only four hits and two walks to help the Mets claim a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series.
"He's a big-money pitcher, a big-game pitcher," manager Willie Randolph beamed. "He was superb as usual. Tommy stepped up again for us -- big time."
It's been quite a year for Glavine. He began the season 11-2, went through July with no wins and two losses, and watched his ERA balloon to a season-high 4.13 on Sept. 1.
Career postseason wins
Career postseason starts
Career Division Series starts
In the midst of it all, in August, he was diagnosed with a blood clot in his pitching arm that had the veteran questioning whether he'd ever play baseball again.
"Obviously, that's the kind of thing that you don't want to have happen, and you worry about what it means for the rest of your career," said Glavine. "But certainly in the short term, I was worried about not being able to take part in this. I mean, this is what I wanted to be a part of, and I was excited to try and make the most of the opportunity, now that I've been here in New York for a little while."
Glavine knew full well what happened the last time he appeared in the playoffs -- he lost both starts in the Braves' Division Series defeat to the Giants in 2002, when he allowed a combined 17 hits and 13 runs in 7 2/3 innings.
"Look, it happened and there's not a lot I can do about it now, obviously," Glavine said. "But you know, it's the kind of thing that once I got to today, it really didn't enter my mind. It was more about just trying to go out there and pitch a good ballgame and try and take advantage of this opportunity of being in the postseason again."
That he did, holding the Dodgers without a hit in the first three innings and pitching out of jams in the fourth and fifth, before coming out of the game after the sixth having thrown an easy-looking 94 pitches.
"That's what I enjoy so much about watching him pitch," said Wagner, who pitched a perfect ninth inning for his second consecutive postseason save. "It's just a soothing feeling the way he always makes things look so easy. It's just real nice to be on his side now."
Chris Girandola is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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SANDY, Utah – Real Salt Lake (3-4-2, 11 points, West #5) conceded a pair of early goals to fall 2-0 to the LA Galaxy (4-1-2, 14 points, West #2) at Rio Tinto Stadium on Saturday night.
RSL FW Alvaro Saborio (L quad injury) and FW Robbie Findley (L knee soreness) were both late scratches on Saturday after sustaining injuries toward the end of training on Friday. Saborio was removed from the starting lineup and Findley was taken off of the substitutes' bench after pregame warm-ups. FW Joao Plata started for Saborio.
Despite starting a makeshift lineup, LA jumped all over RSL in the opening minutes, getting a sixth minute goal from MF Mike Magee before adding a second from FW Charlie Rugg in the 12th.
Magee scored his league-leading sixth goal of the year in the sixth minute. MF Juninho lofted a free kick into the box from the right side and Magee got on it at the back post, beating a RSL defender to the ball to head home from the top of the six-yard-box. The goal was Magee's fourth career tally against RSL.
RSL had a chance at equalizing in the ninth minute, when Plata whizzed a 25-yard effort at goal that Galaxy GK Brian Rowe – who was making his MLS debut – tipped over the crossbar with a diving save.
The Claret-and-Cobalt fell behind 2-0 just three minutes later, when rookie FW Charlie Rugg – another MLS debutant – found the back of the net. FW Jack McBean started the move, playing MF Hector Jimenez through on the right edge of the area. Jimenez hit a low cross to the back post and Rugg did the rest, running onto the ball and slotting home from five yards out.
Jimenez nearly made it 3-0 in the 15th, climbing over a RSL defender and heading a lofted cross just wide of the far post from the right corner of the six.
From that point on, it was pretty much all Real Salt Lake, with the Claret-and-Cobalt dominating possession against a Galaxy side that was content to sit back and protect its lead. RSL nearly took advantage in the 17th minute, when MF Luis Gil ran onto MF Ned Grabavoy's through ball in the left side of the area and fired a 15-yard drive just over the crossbar.
RSL had another decent look in the 31st minute, when DF Tony Beltran hit a stinger from distance that forced Rowe into a difficult leaping stop.
RSL GK Nick Rimando made a huge stop to keep the Claret-and-Cobalt in the game in the 51st minute. Jimenez played a diagonal ball from the right wing to the middle and it trickled all the way to a wide open Magee on the left side after McBean and RSL DF Nat Borchers collided and went to ground in the middle. Rimando was more than ready for Magee, coming well off his line to stuff the veteran midfielder.
Real Salt Lake had chances in the 59th and 66th minutes. MF Javier Morales had the first, collecting a Beltran pass in the right side of the area and chipping a 15-yard curler over Rowe and into the top netting. Gil set up the next opportunity, chipping a ball to FW Olmes Garcia in the box before Garcia hit a shot off of Rowe, who was off his line and all over the chance.
Garcia had a penalty shout denied in the 69th minute, with referee Edvin Jurisevic waving off the 20-year-old Colombian's protests after a LA defender appeared to illegally block him off in the box.
RSL had one of its best looks of the game in the 79th minute, when MF Kyle Beckerman headed a Morales corner kick toward the top left corner only for Magee to head it off the line.
The Claret-and-Cobalt was saved by the post in the 80th minute. Jimenez got on the ball to the right of the penalty spot, first-timing a left-footed effort past Rimando and off the near post.
RSL was unbelievably denied a consolation goal in a wild sequence in the fourth minute of stoppage time. The series saw Garcia hit the crossbar, Morales hit the post, FW Devon Sandoval stopped from point-blank range and Borchers hit a close-range effort inches wide.
The Real Salt Lake Reserves will take on the LA Galaxy Reserves in MLS Reserve League action at 11:00 a.m. MT on Sunday at America First Field in Sandy.
The Claret-and-Cobalt will return to MLS play next Saturday, May 4, when it will wrap up its three-game home stand with a match against Vancouver Whitecaps FC. RSL will host "Star Wars Night at Rio Tinto Stadium" during the game; fans are encouraged to attend the match in costume for the "May the 4th" activities. Tickets are still available to the Vancouver game and can be purchased at the Rio Tinto Stadium box office, online at www.RealSaltLake.com/Tickets or over the phone at 801-727-2700.
Click here to access video highlights and the RealSaltLake.com MATCHCENTER for RSL 0-2 LA
Real Salt Lake Match Notes – RSL 0-2 LA
- Saturday's result was RSL's first home defeat of 2013. The Claret-and-Cobalt was 2-0-1 at Rio Tinto Stadium coming into Saturday's match.
- Saturday's loss was the first time that Real Salt Lake lost by multiple goals in MLS play at Rio Tinto Stadium since July 30, 2011, when the Columbus Crew beat RSL 2-0 at the Sandy facility. RSL did lose a Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup home game by multiple goals last season, falling 3-1 to the then Minnesota Stars at Rio Tinto Stadium on May 29, 2012.
- Real Salt Lake has now conceded three goals in the first 15 minutes of games this year. The Claret-and-Cobalt did not concede a single goal in the first 15 minutes of any MLS game in 2012.
- Real Salt Lake MF Kyle Beckerman appeared in his 306th career MLS regular season game on Saturday, passing RSL Head Coach Jason Kreis (305 appearances) on the MLS games played list. Beckerman is now tied for 15th all-time in appearances with former LA player Cobi Jones, who was at Rio Tinto Stadium on Saturday night as Galaxy TV's color commentator.
- Real Salt Lake FW Olmes Garcia hit the crossbar in second half stoppage time on Saturday night. The young striker has now hit the bar three times in the last two games after seeing shots reverberate off the crossbar twice in last week's 1-0 win over Chivas USA.
Goals by Period 1 2 F
Real Salt Lake 0 0 0
LA Galaxy 2 0 2
Scoring Summary:
LA – Mike Magee (Juninho) – 6'
LA – Charlie Rugg (Hector Jiminez, Jack McBean) – 13'
Misconduct Summary:
RSL – Lovel Palmer (Yellow) – 19'
LA – Juninho (Yellow) – 54'
Real Salt Lake (4-1-2-1-2) – Nick Rimando; Tony Beltran, Chris Schuler, Nat Borchers, Lovel Palmer (Yordany Alvarez, 62'); Kyle Beckerman (C) ; Ned Grabavoy, Luis Gil (Sebastian Velasquez, 73'); Javier Morales; Joao Plata (Devon Sandoval, 63'), Olmes Garcia
Substitutes Not Used: Josh Saunders (GK), Chris Wingert, Kwame Watson-Siriboe, Khari Stephenson
LA Galaxy (4-4-2) – Brian Rowe; Sean Franklin, Omar Gonzalez, AJ DeLaGarza, Greg Cochrane; Hector Jimenez (Rafael Garcia, 89'), Marcelo Sarvas, Juninho, Mike Magee; Charlie Rugg (Michael Stephens, 71'), Jack McBean (Gyasi Zardes, 53')
Substitutes Not Used: Brian Perk (GK), Colin Clark, Tommy Meyer, Leonardo
Referee: Edvin Jurisevic
Referee's Assistants: Joe Fletcher, Brian Poeschel
4th Official: Tyler Ploeger
Attendance: 17,655
Weather: Clear and 70 degrees


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16.0202 Board of Regents—Transportation.Cite as [A.S.C.A. § 16.0202]
Each member of the Board shall be issued a pass by the government good for 1 roundtrip public transportation between his village and the location of Board meetings. For his use in attending any meeting of the Board, any member residing in Manu'a shall receive a pass from the government good for 1 round trip between the village of his actual residence and Tutuila in addition to his daily transportation pass between the village of his residence in Tutuila and location of Board meetings.History: 1970, PL 11-92.


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Normal Blood Pressure in Clinic May Mask Hypertension
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MONDAY, Dec. 5, 2016 – It's commonly believed that anxiety in the doctor's office causes patients' blood pressure to rise. But for some people, the opposite occurs: Their blood pressure is normal at their medical appointment but elevated the rest of the day. This phenomenon is called "masked hypertension." The best way to uncover it is to wear a small monitoring device for 24 hours, researchers said. For this new study, the researchers had almost 900 healthy, middle-aged patients do just that. The result: Almost 16 percent who had "normal" blood pressure at the clinic learned otherwise after around-the-clock monitoring. "In working individuals who are not being treated for hypertension [high blood pressure], our data show that ambulatory blood pressure is usually higher than clinic blood pressure," said lead researcher Joseph Schwartz. He is a professor of psychiatry and sociology at ... Read more
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High Blood Pressure Rates Have Doubled Worldwide Since 1975
Posted 16 Nov 2016 by Drugs.com
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 16, 2016 – The number of people worldwide with high blood pressure has nearly doubled over the past 40 years, a new study reveals. At the same time, average blood pressure levels are at an all-time low in the United States and other developed nations, the researchers said. "High blood pressure is the leading risk factor for stroke and heart disease, and kills around 7.5 million people worldwide every year. Most of these deaths are experienced in the developing world," said study author Majid Ezzati, a professor at Imperial College, London in England. "Taken globally, high blood pressure is no longer a problem of the Western world or wealthy countries. It is a problem of the world's poorest countries and people," Ezzati added. The overall number of people with high blood pressure ("hypertension") rose from 594 million in 1975 to more than 1 billion in 2015, due to ... Read more
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'White Coat' High Blood Pressure May Signal Trouble in Older People
Posted 31 Oct 2016 by Drugs.com
MONDAY, Oct. 31, 2016 – So-called "white coat hypertension" is mostly harmless, but in some older people it may indicate a risk for heart disease, a new study suggests. White coat hypertension refers to high blood pressure readings in a doctor's office or other medical setting in people who typically have normal blood pressure. This study included 653 people with white coat hypertension and 653 with normal blood pressure. All of the study volunteers were followed for more than 10 years. During that time, there was no difference in the number of new heart problems in either group for people younger than 60. However, among 92 people aged 60 and older, there were 18 more new heart problem cases among those with white coat hypertension than in those without, according to researchers, led by Dr. Stanley Franklin from University of California, Irvine. Franklin's team said the findings ... Read more
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Tighter Blood Pressure Control Could Save 100,000 U.S. Lives: Study
Posted 15 Sep 2016 by Drugs.com
THURSDAY, Sept. 15, 2016 – Engaging Americans at high risk for heart disease in aggressive efforts to lower their blood pressure could save more than 100,000 lives a year, a new analysis indicates. Current guidelines recommend a systolic pressure – the top number in a blood pressure reading – of below 140 mm Hg. But a 2015 study from the U.S. National Institutes of Health suggested more lives could be saved if the goal was less than 120 mm Hg. The NIH trial known as SPRINT included adults aged 50 and older with systolic readings of 130 to 180 mm Hg and at high risk of heart disease (but not diabetes or stroke). They had either intensive treatment, with a goal of lowering systolic pressure to less than 120 mm Hg, or standard treatment, with a target of less than 140 mm Hg. The results were so impressive that the NIH halted the trial early. Risk of death from all causes was 27 percent ... Read more
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Physically Demanding Job, High Blood Pressure a Bad Mix for Women
Posted 15 Feb 2016 by Drugs.com
MONDAY, Feb. 15, 2016 – Having a physically demanding job and high blood pressure may triple a woman's risk of heart disease, a new study contends. Researchers looked at more than 12,000 female nurses in Denmark, and found that those with high blood pressure and highly active jobs were much more likely to develop heart disease than those with normal blood pressure and moderately active jobs. "Previous research has shown that men and women with physically demanding jobs have an increased risk of heart disease," said study author Karen Allesoe, a Ph.D. student at the University of Southern Denmark. "The two risk factors appear to work together, resulting in an even greater incidence of heart disease," Allesoe said. "To our knowledge, this has not been shown before among women." However, the study only showed an association for heart disease risk, not a cause-and-effect relationship. The ... Read more
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More Support for Lower Blood Pressure Goals
Posted 9 Dec 2015 by Drugs.com
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 9, 2015 – Intensive treatment to lower blood pressure below currently recommended levels reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke in patients with high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes and kidney disease, a new study shows. Effective blood pressure goals have been the subject of much recent scientific debate, with another recent study also supporting lower targets. For this study, researchers analyzed data from 19 clinical trials that included nearly 45,000 people. They wanted to assess the potential benefits and safety of pushing systolic blood pressure in high-risk patients below the current target of 140. Systolic is the top number in a blood pressure reading. Compared to those who received standard treatment, average systolic pressure was 6.8 lower and diastolic blood pressure was 4.5 lower in patients who received more intensive treatment – 133.2/76.4 ... Read more
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Heart Disease Doesn't Take a Holiday
Posted 25 Nov 2015 by Drugs.com
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 25, 2015 – People with heart disease should take a number of precautions if they travel over the Thanksgiving holiday, an expert suggests. The first step is to be as well-prepared on your trip as you are at home, said Dr. Winston Gandy Jr., a cardiologist at Piedmont Heart Institute in Atlanta. "Make sure when you travel that you have your medicine," Gandy said in an American Heart Association news release. Some people carry a copy of their original prescriptions in case they lose their medications, but having a list of your medications and your cardiologist's phone number should be sufficient. It's also a good idea to tell your cardiologist where you'll be. "Chances are your cardiologist is going to know someone there, either personally or by reputation," who can provide you with help if needed, Gandy said. Research medical facilities at your destination, and know what ... Read more
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Younger Women Less Likely to Take Meds After Heart Attack
Posted 13 Oct 2015 by Drugs.com
TUESDAY, Oct. 13, 2015 – Younger women who've had a heart attack are less likely than men to be taking the appropriate heart medications one year later, new Canadian research shows. These findings underscore previous studies that show fewer women take these drugs than men. Researchers said this discrepancy has important implications for how doctors approach treatment for younger women who've had a heart attack. "The gender gap in treatment initiation among younger women is an important finding because younger women have much worse outcomes after suffering a heart attack than do men of the same age," said study co-author Karin Humphries, an associate professor of cardiology at the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver. "This finding suggests that younger women should be treated aggressively, especially when we have medications that work," Humphries added in a news release from ... Read more
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Confirm High Blood Pressure Outside Doctor's Office, U.S. Task Force Says
Posted 12 Oct 2015 by Drugs.com
MONDAY, Oct. 12, 2015 – High blood pressure levels should generally be confirmed with home or ambulatory blood pressure monitoring before starting treatment for hypertension, a new U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendation says. Many factors can affect blood pressure readings, such as stress, physical activity and caffeine or nicotine, the USPSTF said. And, some people experience "white-coat hypertension" – an increase in blood pressure at the doctor's office from stress – when having their blood pressure taken. All of these factors can make it hard to tell if someone really has high blood pressure, the researchers said. That's why the Task Force recommends confirming a diagnosis of high blood pressure, or hypertension, before starting treatment, unless someone has very high blood pressure that needs to be treated right away. "For most patients, elevated blood ... Read more
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Health Tip: Controlling Blood Pressure
Posted 16 Sep 2015 by Drugs.com
-- If you've got high blood pressure, you must work with your doctor to help keep it under control. The U.S. National Heart Lung and Blood Institute recommends: Eat a healthy diet, get regular exercise and stay at a healthy body weight. Take all of your medications as prescribed. Don't skip pills or let a prescription run out. Follow your doctor's orders for checkups and tests. Learn to check your blood pressure at home. Log your pressure readings in a journal. Read more
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Including Pharmacist on Medical Team May Aid Blood Pressure Control
Posted 7 Aug 2015 by Drugs.com
FRIDAY, Aug. 7, 2015 – Pharmacists can play an important role in helping patients control high blood pressure, a new study finds. Researchers followed 625 racially and ethnically diverse Americans with uncontrolled high blood pressure who were seen at 32 medical offices in 15 states. The patients were either cared for by a doctor only, or by a medical team that included a pharmacist. "Clinical pharmacists were able to contribute to the care team by tailoring blood pressure medications for each patient and spent extra time educating patients on how to decrease their blood pressure," study corresponding author Tyler Gums, a postdoctoral researcher in the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy, said in a university news release. High blood pressure increases the likelihood of heart disease and stroke, two of the leading causes of death for Americans, the study authors noted. The ... Read more
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Portuguese law professor Luís Menezes Leitão said the most significant civil rights protection achieved within the European Union is the elimination in nearly all instances of inequality between male and female workers.
Europe's Workforce is Well Protected, with Exceptions
To hold a job anywhere within the member states of the European Union is to enjoy a comprehensive set of legal protections unrivaled anywhere in the world. That is true for most workers, anyway.
The EU's complex body of regulations and directives regarding worker's rights was explained at length to an audience at the Columbus School of Law on Nov. 5 by Professor Dr. Luís Menezes Leitão of the University of Lisbon Law School. His remarks, "Worker's Rights from a European Union Perspective," documented the great lengths to which Europe has gone to ban workplace discrimination over gender, race, religious affiliation, disability, age or other factors.
For example, "You cannot refuse to hire someone because he has a different belief system or ideology," said Leitão.
However, the dozens of member nations that make up the EU can exempt themselves from some mandated worker protections under certain conditions. The most glaring exception is the military; Each nation may regulate its own civil rights protections for its armed forces.
Churches are allowed some flexibility under EU civil rights rules as well. While a church cannot insist that an employee share its faith, it is allowed to require workers to "act in good faith and with loyalty to the organization's ethos."
Professor Leitão's lecture was held under the auspices of CUA's Initiative for Portuguese and American Law, an eight-year-old collaboration between the law faculties of The Catholic University of America and the University of Lisbon which began in November 2000. Since then, the schools have taken turns hosting an annual conference and assorted symposia that offers educational seminars on such subjects as Portuguese and American legal administrative law, constitutional law, cyber law, electronic surveillance, environmental law, federalism and religious freedom.
The initiative has earned the funding support of the Luso-American Development Foundation, as well as the political support of the Embassy of Portugal in Washington. Some members of the embassy staff were in attendance at the lecture, as was the Hon. Phillip Rapoza, chief justice of the Appeals Court of Massachusetts, who serves on the initiative's board of directors.


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In what authorities on election law called a breach of state law, the owner of a Pagosa Springs company warned his employees earlier this month that they might lose their jobs if President Barack Obama is re-elected next month.
Chris Smith, owner of the Visiting Angels senior home care facility in Pagosa, sent an email to his employees earlier this month, warning that their hours could be cut and they could lose their health care and jobs if Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney loses the Nov. 6 election.
The Affordable Care Act, aka Obama-Care ... will crush Visiting Angels and hurt your job when it takes effect, the email obtained by The Durango Herald says.
We are not trying to sway your vote but sharing the facts of your future employment situation under these immediate political situations. If Romney is elected in 3 weeks, The Affordable Health Care Act, aka Obama Care has a good chance of being repealed and small businesses like ours will not drown, the email said. For the sake of the 80 people working for Visiting Angels and your own paycheck, remember, on November 3, it will be a close presidential race. Please VOTE!
Smith said he does not think the email is coercive, instead describing it as persuasive and informative.
I would say its probably a bit persuasive. Not coercive, but I am trying to be persuasive, he said in a phone interview Friday. My main intent was to inform them that the Affordable Care Act will affect their job directly.
Smith also said he does not think his email is illegal, but one lawyer who looked over the email says its exactly that.
The law says it is illegal to make a threat, even if its an implied threat, said Luis Toro, director of Colorado Ethics Watch. I think this is over the line, and I would urge anybody who received this email to contact the district attorney and report it as a crime.
Under Colorado law, within 90 days of an election a business owner cannot display or send out a notice containing any threat, notice, or information that, if any particular ticket or candidate is elected, work in his place or establishment will cease in whole or in part, or his establishment will be closed, or the wages of his workmen will be reduced or containing other threats, express or implied, intended or calculated to influence the political opinion or actions of his employees.
A spokesperson for the Colorado secretary of state declined to look over the email Friday, but agreed that it probably violated that statute.
Breaking the statute is a misdemeanor, and those convicted could face up to a year in jail, a $1,000 fine and the corporation to forfeit its charter and right to do business in Colorado.
Visiting Angels is a national assisted-living franchise with 11 franchises in Colorado and more around the country. The national headquarters could not immediately be reached for comment Friday afternoon.
Under the Affordable Care Act, businesses with more than 50 employees that do not offer affordable coverage will be fined if they do not offer coverage for those working more than 30 hours a week.
The email said that, under the new health-care law, Visiting Angels will have these options: cut the hours of employees to get them below 30 hours a week, raise their prices by 10 percent, cut the pay of employees, downsize the business to have less than 50 employees or pay a fine rather than provide health care to employees.
The email also says that if businesses take a fine rather than provide insurance, health insurance will cease to exist and health care will be taken over by the government, like having Medicare for everyone.
Romney encouraged business owners to talk to employees about their presidential pick during a June conference call hosted by the National Federation of Independent Business, a conservative-leaning lobbying organization.
I hope you make it very clear to your employees what you believe is in the best interest of your enterprise, and therefore, their job and their future in the upcoming elections, Romney said.
Several large business owners heeded the call.
Multimillionaire founder and CEO of Westgate Resorts David Siegel sent out an email to more than 7,000 of his employees telling them they would lose their jobs if Obama is re-elected.
The economy doesnt currently pose a threat to your job. What does threaten your job however, is another 4 years of the same Presidential administration, the email said. If any new taxes are levied on me, or my company, as our current President plans, I will have no choice but to reduce the size of this company.
Arthur Allen, CEO of the Florida-based software firm ASG Software Solutions, sent out an email to more than 1,000 employees asking them to vote for Romney.
If we fail as a nation to make the right choice on November 6th, and we lose our independence as a company, I dont want to hear any complaints regarding the fallout that will most likely come, the email said.
The emails from Siegel and Allen brought media reaction and criticism from liberal organizations earlier this month.
Smith said he saw those emails and thought I toned mine down to be more informative.


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Hi my name is Michelle I haven't posted in quite a while. Life got pretty hectic around here and will continue to be for the next couple of months. Hopefully after that I can get back into doing some proper sewing.
Here is the link to the last thing I was working on. It's still that far in the progress.
What has kept me away from sewing? Well my husband came back from deployment and then the holidays. After all that we found out we were going to be moving but as all things military and being complicated, we were going to go to S Carolina where we had decided to have a house built. I was going to have my much desired own crafting room. Was so excited to finally have a space for myself instead of sharing the laundry room area. Well the power to be decided once my husband gained another rank that we could no longer go to that base and had to wait to see where we would go instead. I was SO mad for about a week. So wait wait wait we did (all while stringing along the real estate agent hoping they still decided we would go to SC hoping to keep my beautiful house) They finally informed us we would definitely NOT be going to SC and would instead be going to Louisiana. So I made that dreaded notification to the agent that we would no longer be going there. Thankfully on that part they had not even began work on the ground or the house to go on it and they could definitely sell the spot to another person and we weren't out any money or stuck in a contract. *SIGH* On top of that my oldest graduated from High school and also earned his Eagle rank in scouts.
So as for Louisiana, we already have a house waiting for us to move into and hooray I will still get a crafting room, even though it wont be as cool as the one would have been in the other house. The military provides packing and moving service for us and they will be here on the 23rd of July to pack up all my worldly possessions. I have already packed as much extra stuff into my assorted fabric totes and my sewing machine hasn't seen the light of day in several weeks.
So hopefully sometime in August I will have unpacked enough stuff in the rest of the house to allow me the time to sit down and finish the borders on the quilt top I posted and hopefully send it off to a long arm quilter. (Still haven't tried that step in quilting :P don't want to jack up my hard work lol)
Sorry for the long post, I'm still enjoying looking through everyone's beautiful work so keep posting your pictures for inspiration.


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Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation
Sixth Revised Volume No. 1
Contents / Previous / Next / Main Tariff Index
Effective Date: 06/01/1993, Docket: RS92- 11-009, Status: Effective
Original Sheet No. 327 Original Sheet No. 327 : Effective
(B) Monthly Usage Charge consisting of the sum of the following daily
(1) The Usage-2 Charge Rate, as set forth on Sheet No. 50,
multiplied by that portion of the total quantity of gas
deliveries on any day pursuant to the executed service
agreement, which is in excess of 110% of scheduled service
levels for such day.
3.3 In the event that the service agreement is effective on a date other
than the first day of the month, then, for that initial month, the Reservation
Charge hereunder shall be prorated based on the ratio of the number of days
remaining in that month starting with and including the effective date of the
service agreement to the total number of days in the month in which the initial
service occurs. A similar proration shall be made for the last month of the term
of the FTS-2 Service Agreement if the last day of such term occurs on a day other
than the last day of a month.
3.4 Except as provided in Section 3.5 of this Rate Schedule, in the event
Pipeline fails to deliver on any one day at least 95% of the quantity of gas
requested to be delivered by Pipeline at Point(s) of Delivery which Pipeline is
obligated to deliver on a firm basis at such Point(s) of Delivery on such day up
to the MDQ, the Reservation Charge shall be decreased by the amount of the
Reservation Charge Adjustment (as set forth on Sheet No. 50 of Pipeline's FERC
Gas Tariff, Volume No. 1, as such sheet may be revised, superseded or
supplemented from time to time) multiplied by the quantity of gas not delivered
up to the lesser of the total quantity of gas requested and not delivered, or the
3.5 Pipeline shall not be obligated to adjust the Reservation Charge
pursuant to Section 3.4 when Pipeline's failure to deliver on any one day at
least 95% of the quantity of gas requested by Customer to be delivered at
Point(s) of Delivery which gas Pipeline is obligated to deliver on a firm basis
at such Point(s) of Delivery on such day up to the MDQ:
(A) is the result of the conduct of Customer or the downstream
operator of the facilities at the Point of Delivery;
(B) is the result of Pipeline having operational flow orders in effect
on such day;
(C) is the result, during the period from May 1 through November 1 of
any year, of Pipeline performing routine operational maintenance
and repair;
(D) is the result of Pipeline performing at anytime repair and
maintenance of its facilities to comply with applicable regulatory
requirements, or


text: thanks! I'll continue my thread as I continue to put things back together. My XR650L triple clamp is in the mail, so that's the next big thing, as well as transferring the stator from the XL so the electrical matches up. My goal is to have as cheap but street legal and as reliable bike as I can get for less than 500$. So far I'm there. What I did, was kick the bike over w/o the spark plug, multiple times. I had dumped a bunch of the engine oil into the cylinder head too, when I added 2.5 quarts of engine oil, (seems like steve said 1 quart into the engine and the other 1.5 into the tank?) through a valve cover cap - just liberally doused everything with oil. THEN I fired up the bike, and as soon as I could get it to run, cracked the top banjo bolt. When oil was pumping out of it, I knew I had oil pressure. I bow to the experts tho, some have the pump primed with grease, some prime the pump through the external oil ports, before starting, etc. I did dump a liberal amount of oil into the pump as the engine was laying on its side on the bench too. I figured oil everywhere couldn't hurt anything! I'm not an expert on these bikes by any means, just a pretty good mechanic figuring out these particular bikes as I go. give me a VW diesel, or a 1997 Dodge minivan and I become an expert


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It's a long season. Theoretically, anything can still happen.
But come on now. Mighty USC just lost 21-14 to Stanford.
From second-ranked to second-tier, just like that.
The Trojans (2-1, 0-1 Pac-12) are all but done in the national championship race. With one more loss at any point this season—and, with their shaky offensive line and depth issues all over the roster, that seems very likely now—their sweetest dreams will die.
The Rose Bowl? Sure, it's still in play. But no more so—and probably less so—for the Trojans than it is for Oregon.
The Heisman Trophy for Matt Barkley? He threw two interceptions and zero touchdown passes Saturday night. That race is officially wide open now, with Barkley just a medium-sized part of it.
And why aren't we talking about Stanford (3-0, 1-0)?
The Cardinal entered the season as afterthoughts, the great Andrew Luck having led a parade of stars from this program into the NFL. Are they as good as they were last season? Defensively, they're clearly a better team, sacking Barkley five times. Offensively, they're not as good—but they sure played promisingly vs. the Trojans, outgaining them 414-282.
Josh Nunes, the guy who had the burden of replacing all-world quarterback Andrew Luck, completed 15 of 32 passes for 214 yards and two touchdowns. He threw two interceptions, too, but those passes to tight end Zach Ertz that helped the Cardinal draw out long drives on USC's gassed defensive front will be remembered more.
Then, there was running back Stepfan Taylor and his bruising 156 yards. The longer the game went, the stronger he became.
One other thing: Stanford has now beaten USC four years in a row.
No wins for Lane Kiffin in this rivalry. No wins for Barkley.
And little, if any, real chance for USC dreams for 2012 to come true.
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Waste Technology Section
Predisposal Steps
Predisposal includes all of the steps carried out prior to disposal:
- Pre-treatment;
- Treatment;
- Conditioning;
- Storage; and
- Transportation.
Characterization of waste is also an essential predisposal activity that is common to all of the above steps.
Pre-treatment includes any operations prior to waste treatment, to allow selection of technologies that will be further used in processing of waste (treatment and conditioning), such as:
- Collection;
- Segregation;
- Chemical adjustment; and
- Decontamination.
Treatment of radioactive waste includes those operations intended to improve safety or economy by changing the characteristics of the radioactive waste. The basic objectives of treatment are:
- Volume reduction;
- Radionuclide removal from waste; and
- Change of physical and chemical composition.
Conditioning covers those operations that produce a waste package suitable for handling, transportation, storage and/or disposal. It may include:
- Immobilization of the waste;
- Enclosure of the waste in containers; and, if necessary
- Provision of an overpack.
Immobilization refers to the conversion of waste into a waste form by solidification, embedding or encapsulation. Common immobilization matrices include cement, bitumen and glass.
Storage of radioactive waste involves maintaining the radioactive waste such that retrievability is ensured and confinement, isolation, environmental protection and monitoring are provided during storage period.
Radioactive waste may be stored as raw, pre-treated, treated or conditioned waste. The purpose and duration of storage vary depending on the objective, which can be, for example:
- decay of waste for authorized discharge or for clearance after decay; or
- further processing and/or disposal at a later time.
Transportation refers to the deliberate physical movement of radioactive waste in specially designed packages from one place to another. For example, raw waste maybe transported from its collection point to centralized storage or processing facility. Conditioned waste packages maybe transported from processing or storage facilities to disposal facilities.
The most common modes of transport include the use of trucks, tankers, trains and barges. To protect people, property and the environment, transport is carried out in special packages to and from nuclear facilities in accordance with internationally accepted regulations. Read more on safety aspects of transportation.
Characterization of radioactive waste is an important aspect at every stage of pre-disposal management. By knowing the characteristics, it is possible to establish further adjustment, treatment, conditioning, or suitability for further handling, processing, storage or disposal.
Waste characterization involves determination of the physical, chemical and radiological properties of the waste.
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HSBC Hires de Grivel, Derrick from J.P. Morgan in Hong Kong
HSBC Holdings PLC has hired two bankers from J.P. Morgan in Hong Kong to bolster its financial institutions group, according to a memo seen by The Wall Street Journal.
The U.K. bank appointed Olivier de Grivel as head of its financial institutions group (FIG) Asia-Pacific and vice-chairman for FIG world-wide. According to the memo, Mr. de Grivel was most recently at J.P. Morgan as head of FIG in Asia, after 30 years at the Wall Street bank in Europe and Asia.


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The San Diego restaurant empire helmed by celebrity chef Brian Malarkey and partner James Brennan lost three of its highest profile chefs this week, marking yet another stumble in the duo's plans for rapid growth.
Amanda Baumgarten, who was the executive chef at the seafood-centric Herringbone in La Jolla, has parted ways with the duo's Enlightened Hospitality Group, as has the company's head pastry chef, Rachel King. Anthony Sinsay, who had overseen the culinary operation at the now closed Burlap in Carmel Valley, has also left. That restaurant will be reopening next month as Searsucker, where Sinsay originally had been expected to remain.
Their departures follow the recent closing and subsequent sale of Gingham, an Enlightened Hospitality restaurant in La Mesa that struggled to find its footing in the East County community. Earlier this month, Burlap, the company's Asian cowboy-themed eatery, was shuttered after its business also faltered in recent months.
Both King and Sinsay are leaving to take new positions, saying they wanted more freedom to exercise their creativity now that Malarkey, a former finalist on the "Top Chef" TV series, will be taking a much stronger role in supervising menu development as the company moves quickly to replicate its Searsucker and Herringbone restaurants outside San Diego County.
King will be the new pastry chef at La Jolla Restaurant Nine-Ten, and Sinsay started this week as executive chef at La Villa, a Little Italy restaurant. Baumgarten, also a Top Chef contestant, said she decided to leave because she had grown uncomfortable with the evolving corporate model that would have given her less control over menu design at Herringbone. She is currently exploring other opportunities in San Diego, she added.
"This is not the company I joined," Baumgarten said. "All of a sudden, it took a sharp turn toward a place I didn't want to be. They're expanding very quickly, and it felt like the support wasn't there, and it wasn't working out for me."
It is the company's policy, Brennan said, to not comment publicly on employment matters.
He noted that there are changes afoot for Herringbone under Malarkey's supervision, including a more healthful menu with significantly lower prices.
Also changing is the company's short-lived plan for a dessert business. King, the restaurant group's rising star chef, had also been a partner in an enterprise Enlightened started for her that was designed to not only supply pastries and sweets for the company's own restaurants but for other San Diego dining venues. The operation, however, limited her ability to be as creative as she'd like in the kitchen, she said. Brennan said her BaKING Co. will be dissolved following an investment of about $50,000 in the operation.
"Brian has put a lot of trust in me and let me do my own thing, which has been nice through all the ups and downs," said King. "There's just a lot of change and I'm not sure where I fit in, and I've been producing a lot of volume so creatively, I'd like to do some things a little more detail-oriented."
Similarly, Sinsay said he wanted more opportunity to innovate, which would be difficult under the company's new business structure that has Malarkey as the executive chef and subordinate chefs de cuisine at each of the company's dining venues.
"Right now I'm on a path where I need to branch out and do my own thing, and Brian really supported that," Sinsay said. "It's a big company, and they're expanding really quickly, but Brian will do just fine."
While Enlightened Hospitality has encountered missteps along the way in its effort open a chain of "social dining" restaurants, company CEO Brennan insists that the business plan is now focused exclusively on expanding its Searsucker and Herringbone brands in key markets throughout the country at a pace of two to three a year.
It still owns the smaller Gabardine restaurant in Point Loma, which Brennan says the company has no intention of closing nor replicating. The recent closures, though, and the subsequent chef departures have raised questions among some observers about the company's ability to sustain its rapid pace of expansion.
"People will say what they want. There will always be naysayers," said Brennan, who initially made his mark opening nightclubs, including Stingaree in downtown San Diego. "Gingham and Gabardine were an experiment. It was a great learning experience, one I don't have any regrets about. There was never a chance of Gingham and Gabardine being rolled out, although maybe Burlap. We knew this was a trial and error, but we're very well capitalized."
Brennan and Malarkey opened their first restaurant, Searsucker, in downtown San Diego in 2010, and Burlap, Gabardine, Herringbone and Gingham followed in quick succession. More recently, the duo debuted Searsucker in Scottsdale and Austin, and a second Herringbone is planned to open in Los Angeles early next year. Brennan noted that he was in Palo Alto this week scouting a location for another Searsucker and has a letter of intent for yet another one in Texas.
"While they should be applauded for their aggressive growth, they're probably trying to do one of the most challenging things in the restaurant business, which is opening different concepts from scratch without the infrastructure needed," said San Diego commercial broker William Shrader, a senior director at Cushman & Wakefield. "It's hard enough to open the same concept in multiple branches in the same time period that they've opened different concepts so it's made it exponentially more challenging."
San Diego restaurant consultant Tom Kelley said it's not uncommon for entrepreneurial restaurateurs to refocus their efforts after experimenting with new concepts, although it appears Malarkey and Brennan could be spreading themselves thin, he believes.
"I'm surprised that it doesn't appear they have a program of vesting executive chefs as partners," he said. "Sometimes that's the downfall when restaurant groups don't have a passionate executive chef at the helm of some of their brands."
Brennan remains unfazed by the recent turn of events, saying financing from investors is robust and interest in the restaurant group's brand is keen.
"We have plenty of money and locations," he said. "We get asked to look at spaces all the time, maybe 15 inquires a week. That's coast to coast."