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Clarence Otis: The final point is these are 30-year investments. We’ve got to make some forecasts about the future. The fact that Red Lobster is ending the year three points ahead of the industry gives us a lot of confidence as we forecast what we think the industry is going to be and a positive delta to that, not necessarily three points but a positive delta to that long-term industry forecast.

Joseph Buckley (Banc of America): You mentioned the SG&A being boosted a little bit and it wasn’t clear to me if you were spending the benefit of the 53rd week on some SG&A initiatives, including some Longhorn focused initiatives. Can you clarify if that’s what you are doing or if we should think of the 53rd week as adding 5 cents to reported EPS?

Brad Richmond: You are correct on both accounts. The 53rd week does add approximately 5 cents to our EPS. However, above and beyond that, because of the leveraging that we get because of that 53rd week, that additional leverage of about 4 cents EPS, we are investing and most of those costs will appear on the SG&A line.