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Overview:
The big yacht called Le Grand Bleu is one of the largest super yachts. Her length is 370ft (114m) and it was built in Bremen (Germany) at the Bremer Vulkan shipbuliding company. Yacht was designed by Stefano Pastrovich, construction by Kuch Yacht and was lunched in year 2000. Pair of 3,600-horsepower Wartsila engines with a crew of 50. International attention was received in Monaco as the home base for Roman Abramovich during Chelsea F.C attempt to beat AS Monaco in the UEFA.

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Owners:
First owner was John McCaw Jr. an American businessman who sold this luxury yacht to Roman Abramovich in 2002. Roman want a little bit more and had it refitted to his own preferences by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft. In year 2006 Abramovich gave Le Grand Bleu to a friend Eugene Shvidler. Yacht was refitted again in Jackon (Florida) with a "green" wastewater treatment system as well as Lloyd's certified system, which allows the mega yacht to reuse wastewater after treatment rather than discharging wastewater into the sea.

Features:
Pair of 3,600-horsepower Wärtsilä engines with a crew of 50 and 2 onboard boats 67ft (20m) speedboat and 74ft (22m) sailboat on her deck with room for a helicopter. Interior of the yacht was designed by Terence Disdale.

Current Name: Le Grand Bleu
Type: Motor
Build: 2000
Length overall: 370 ft / 112.78 m
Beam: 58 ft / 17.68 m
Owner: Eugene Shvidler
Crew: 50
Charter: Private
Guests: 24
Builder: Bremer Vulkan, GER
Refit: 2004, 2008
Hull/Structure: Steel/Aluminum
Engine: 2x 3408kW Deutz MWM SBV16M diesels
Range: 5001 - 6000
Max speed: 17 kts / 19.56 miles/h
Cruise speed: 15 kts / 17.26 miles/h
Tonnage: 5317 gross tons
Address: Bue Ocean Yacht Management

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Their new bakery still has the same name, but it is located out in Hillsboro in a business complex. The original Goldberg's was a fine dining restaurant located at him Lloyd Center Mall in Northeast Portland. The owner's father died and passed the business down to her daughter and her new husband who worked for her father back in the 60's. The new owners opened up in Hillsdale and only baked and ran a deli. They were no longer a fine dining restaurant. People would always ask "Is this the same Goldberg's from Lloyd Center?" The response would be "Same family just different operation."

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After having a bakery out of Hillsdale in the late 70's they moved about a mile away to a location in Southwest Portland. Their marketing concept was simple; they wanted to have an old fashioned Jewish bakery because the family was Jewish. The décor was photographs of the original family including the father (owner) hanging in the bakery. The bagels served were all hand rolled and actually boiled before being baked. That is clearly the old fashioned way. The sandwiches were all made from the bread baked in the bakery side of the establishment.

On Fridays, certain braided bread called "challa" was baked. I guess it is Jewish tradition to eat this every Friday. That would be the busiest day. It was clear to see who the clientele was for that day of the week. There would be fresh roasted turkey put on the sandwiches which were very popular. It was just like baking a Thanksgiving turkey and putting the meat directly onto a sandwich. People would come from miles around. They were regular customers and once again it was clear who the clientele was. The food was Kosher and Jewish customers can't eat any other kind of bread and bagels unless it was certified.
There was plenty of competition especially around the holidays. Customers would hunt all around town for the perfect dinner roll. There were many other bakeries around town. These included Elephant's, Grand Central, Noah's and Albertson's bakery department. I think the customers chose Goldberg's because they have already been going there for many years.

The products were mainly loafs of breads, bagels, sandwiches, and items such as ficcocia bread. There would be an option of having the bread sliced or unsliced. The price was reasonable. It was .50 for a loaf of heavy bread. There were always four kinds to chose from wheat, white, light rye, and dark rye. I never did find out how much the other local bakeries charged for their loaves.

The location wasn't the best, but it wasn't the worse. It was located in a small strip mall in a neighborhood. There was a Jewish community center less than half a mile down the street. I knew and so did the owners that that had to bring in extra revenue. The main promotion would be a bagel, cream cheese and a coffee for one dollar. That might have been a losing item for the establishment, but I never did ask. I'm sure if there was a profit involved, it was very much.

One more marketing strategy they had was a sign saying a free bagel and cream cheese if it was your birthday. But that was minor compared to them not having a billboard in front of their building. I think they just didn't have the money for that.

Conclusions:

The male owner who did most of the baking suffered a brain aneurism. He was unable to work and the place had to shut down for about a year and a half. They never did re-open at that location. Instead they re-opened out in Hillsboro, and they are now hidden in a business complex. Their main source of income is having stands out in Portland selling their goods. They just use the business complex to bake their goods and transport them to the stands.

When I recently visited the owners at he new location, I noticed a hand written note on the door saying "We are open again and the tradition continues" I thought that was great. Honestly, I don't see them expanding much more than that. They are getting old.

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But the expansion doesn't stop here. Following this opening, there will be another store opening in Palisades Center, in West Nyack - and then yet another store in Garden State Plaza. These 2 stores will open within a few months of the first, providing almost all of New York with a great place to do their seasonal shopping.

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If you are wondering about the scale of the expansion, then take a look at this next figure. Initial plans from H&M suggest that the retail store on Fifth Avenue will actually be around 35,000 square feet in size - which is something that is unheard of in the discount retailing business. This just goes to show that H&M is serious about the USA market, and is hence not afraid to inject a bit of money in to their investments to ensure that everything goes according to plan.

Once these stores are opened, the count of open, active stores in the H&M franchise will stand at around about 600. Having opened the doors to their first store in 1947 - the company has done exceedingly well, due to 3 major focuses of their business:

- Low Prices

Each H&M store ensures that the prices marked on their products are as competitive as possible - without being too low.

- High Quality

All H&M products undergo strict quality tests before they are released to the general public. In the past - H&M products have regularly been compared to those products released and marketed by top end design houses, such as Gucci and Prada.

- Customer Service

Every customer is treated in a valued way, and this is why people just keep coming back to the H&M stores. The belief that customer service is more important that anything else has really taken this company to heights that it would never have been able to reach if it had employed a different outlook!

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When we purchased our kitchen stools we looked for styles that would enhance our Tuscan themed kitchen. We were amazed at how many different ones there were. We found wrought iron stools, wooden stools and upholstered stools. Most stools with upholstery come with a variety of fabric choices.

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We knew that since the kids were going to be using the stools they couldn't be too heavy for them to handle and we wanted to make sure that the feet wouldn't scratch our ceramic kitchen floor. When we planned the kitchen island we made sure that we had between 10" and 13" of space between the seat and the bottom of the counter. This is the space needed for comfortable seating.

When you go online and look at kitchen counter stools and bar stools you can buy them by height, 18 inch, 24-28 inch, 29-34 inch and 34-36 inch. You'll also find a choice of metal, wood and swivel stools. You'll find leather, rattan, chrome/vinyl, stainless steel and rush seats. You'll find stools that are backless, stackable and stools with arms. You can choose from counter height and standard height and even extra tall styles.

There are many different brands of stools available, some of them are Holland, Regency, International Concepts, Hillsdale, John Boos, Alston, Richardson, Powell, Regal, Grace, Winsome, Koch and Cambridge.

Kitchen counter stools don't just only give you extra seating, they give you a way to enhance your kitchen and home decor. As I mentioned earlier we have a Tuscan theme in our kitchen. We have quite a bit of wrought iron throughout our kitchen, dining room and family room. We bought beautiful Hillsdale Tierra Mar bar stools. Although they were a southwestern style they went perfectly in our home. We like their rustic appearance and the fact that they are upholstered and swivel stools.

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