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- Classes available for all levels of Spanish speakers
- Options to take courses with Chilean students
- Housing: host families
- Minimum 3.0 G.P.A.
- Open to students at all levels of Spanish; one semester of Spanish language highly recommended
- Open to sophomores, juniors and seniors
- Completed API application
- University Contact Information Form
- One letter of recommendation
- Official transcript
- Entry requirement: valid passport with student visa
Dates & Fees
Oct 20, 2014
Nov 15, 2014
Oct 20, 2014
Nov 15, 2014
Apr 1, 2015
Apr 10, 2015
Apr 1, 2014
Apr 10, 2014
Apr 1, 2015
Apr 10, 2015
Course Offerings
Available during both the fall and spring semesters.
Español Básico: Gramática (Basic Spanish Grammar) (3) – Conducted in Spanish
This course is focused on the teaching of grammar. Using a variety of teaching techniques, students will be able to increase their skills in speaking, listening, reading and writing from a level of 1 to 2 on the MCRE (European Common Frame of Reference) scale and also learn about the geography, history and cultures of Spanish-speaking countries.
Español Básico: Comunicación (Basic Spanish Communication) (3) – Conducted in Spanish
This course is focused on the teaching of basic Spanish communication skills. The course has the following objectives for students who complete the course: 1) be able to communicate during simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information; 2) be able to express oneself in written form through simple sentences and paragraphs; 3) be able to read short, simple texts; 4) be able to understand common phrases and vocabulary related to personal interests, tastes and preferences; 5) be able to identify and explain customs of the Hispanic world.
Español Intermedio: Gramática (Intermediate Spanish Grammar) (3) – Conducted in Spanish
Students in this course will increase their abilities to speak, listen, read and write in Spanish by learning more complex grammatical structures and increasing their vocabulary. Students will do so while learning about the geography, history and culture of the Spanish-speaking world with an emphasis on Chile and South America. The course also focuses on improving oral and writing skills, taking into consideration the students' previous knowledge of Spanish. Students will complete formal presentations and interviews and read texts in Spanish.
Español Intermedio: Comunicación (Intermediate Spanish Communication) (3) – Conducted in Spanish
Students in this course will increase their abilities to speak, listen, read and write in Spanish; the focus is on developing communication skills at the intermediate level. Students will do so while learning about the geography, history and culture of the Spanish-speaking world with an emphasis on Chile and South America. The student will be able to analyze, understand and compare the social, economic and cultural differences between the Spanish-speaking countries students and their country of origin.
Fonética del Idioma Español (Phonetics of the Spanish Language) (3) – Conducted in Spanish
A theoretical and practical course that focuses on developing the necessary competencies for strong oral production of the Spanish language according to formal and standardized norms within the Hispanic world, starting from the linguistic base of the users' native language, and comparing both phonetic systems to eliminate interference of the mother tongue in the production of the second language.
Español Avanzado: Negocios (Advanced Spanish for Business) (3) – Conducted in Spanish
The importance of Spanish in the globalized world is increasing. For this reason, the objective of Business Spanish course is to ensure the student develops the intercultural and linguistic competencies and skills required to interact effectively in the Spanish-speaking business world.
The course is focused on this specific business context and includes international trade terminology, simulations of social and business situations, case studies, and writing business correspondence, all within the framework of the International Market and Economy.
During the course, the student will be exposed to an extensive variety of lexical and discursive contexts related to business, including management, human resources, banking and finance, technology, marketing, among others.
Español Avanzado: Cultura Chilena (Advanced Spanish: Chilean Culture) (3) – Conducted in Spanish
This course is principally a conversation course that discusses the diverse aspects that make up the Chilean culture, in addition to a review of relevant grammatical aspects of the Spanish language. Students should begin the course with a high intermediate level of Spanish. The course seeks to improve each student's Spanish abilities through the study of original texts in Spanish and listening to more complex conversations. The students will also increase their vocabulary and practice the Spanish language with the goal of expressing themselves fluidly and coherently. Students will work on a project analyzing the sociopolitical situation of Chile. Students will be given the opportunity to select a topic of interest to research. Emphasis will be placed on the improving all four elements of language proficiency: writing, reading, listening and speaking.
Introducción a los Géneros Literarios (Introduction to the Literary Genres) (3) – Conducted in Spanish
In this course students will discuss texts in Spanish from the four principal literary genres: narratives, poetry, essays and theatre. Students will study both Spanish and Latin American texts. All readings, class discussions, quizzes and essay will be strictly in Spanish. The readings should be prepared prior to class, as this time will be strictly dedicated to analysis and discussion of the texts.
Elective courses in English are available to all students, regardless of their Spanish proficiency.
(available during both the spring and fall semesters)
Economic Development in Latin America: Milestones and Crisis (3) – Conducted in English
This course is designed to give students detailed knowledge of Latin American economic models and political process through the study of economic development, milestones, crises and political current events. It will address how Latin America came to be in its current circumstances and how this process can be interpreted and understood today. For this, we shall take a general view of the Latin American economic development process and the study of the political situation in order to understand the Latin American context. Students are expected to develop a thorough knowledge of key historical issues, trends and events, as well as key concepts and theories of economic history; and to develop analytical skills for the study of Latin American history. Students will be confronted with documents for the study of Latin American history that shall be analyzed individually and in groups; conclusions shall be discussed with the rest of the class.
International Business: Doing Business in Latin America (3) – Conducted in English
In this era of globalization, investors around the world are looking for new markets to invest. Latin America appears as an attractive region for business. According to Goldman Sachs' Bric review of emerging economies, by 2050 the largest economies in the world will be as follows: China, United States, India, Brazil, and Mexico. In addition in 2010 Latin America integrated five nations classified as high-income countries: Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Mexico and Panama. Today, countries in Latin America such as Brazil show stability and growth, allowing them to become increasingly influential players in world affairs. Others, like Chile, are considered by many foreign investors as a gateway for Asia to enter the South American region, because Chile is close and politically and economically secure. Also the region has a close business relationship with USA because of its proximity. All these facts make it essential that students of business learn about doing business in Latin America. Students will learn about socio-cultural issues, the economic, political and legal environment, together with strategic considerations about doing business in Latin American countries. The learning approach will be based around case studies as well as lectures.
Marketing Trends and Strategies in Latin America (3) – Conducted in English
Marketing is part of modern life as we are continuously exposed to products, services, advertising, media messages and personal sales approaches. However, there is not a clear understanding of what marketing means. The basic idea behind marketing is that companies can survive and grow by satisfying the needs of the consumers. But in continuously changing markets, this is not an easy challenge to achieve. The environment is increasingly complex; there are strong cultural changes, technological evolution, as well as other economic and political decisions that directly impact the business environment. The understanding of these changes and the marketing process allows companies to define adequate strategies to win the daily battle of the consumer budget and develop profitable businesses with long-term sustainability.
Strategic Leadership (3) – Conducted in English
The world is constantly changing, and as each year goes by, these changes occur faster and are becoming more complex. Today it is not sufficient to have a wealth of knowledge regarding one's business area, we must know how to use this information to move people inside an organization toward a more efficient and comfortable work environment. To lead can be dangerous. Even though it may seem romantic and attractive to think of leadership as inspiration, decisive actions and powerful rewards, leadership requires taking risks that endanger a person's professional and personal development. It demands putting oneself on the line, challenging the status quo and working with hidden conflicts. And when people resist and fight back, the temptation is to withdraw to a safer place. Those who opt to lead take on the risks, and sometimes get hurt. That is why the exercise of leadership must be seen as something strategic that, despite the resistance and danger that comes with it, allows those who assume it to fulfill the bigger goal of producing the required changes in the organization. Taking a prescriptive and practical approach, the course covers three main issues: a) evolution and adaptation, b) daring to be a responsible and efficient leader, and 3) considering who am I as a leader, including my strengths and weaknesses.
Capitalism, Socialism and Communism in Latin America (3) – Conducted in English
Both communism and socialism are born in Europe (nineteenth century) as a response to capitalism, but it was in Latin America where both left-wing movements reached an unsuspected relevance. A century later, the outcomes were of these movements were affected by the continued existence of strong economic inequality and a strong ideology of a group of intellectuals linked, in many cases, to the elite.
This course aims for students to:
- Understand the main social, political, economic and cultural issues of modern Latin America from a historical, social and political perspective.
- Develop the skills to discuss events and processes of modern Latin America from an informed perspective concerning economic and political ideologies.
- Have the opportunity to examine significant primary text in modern Latin America, and develop the skills to draw sound conclusions from various primary sources.
- Develop critical thinking and the capability to understand the cultural richness of societies of emergent economies in Latin America.
- Improve writing and oral skills by writing analytical essays and debates during the semester.
Latin American Culture and Identity (3) – Conducted in English
This course aims to know some aspects of the Latin American culture related to essential ideas. Among them, and based on bibliography according to the subject, we will try to solve the "Latin American issue" as a historical process. We will analyze some aspects such as origin of the term, historiographical conceptions, historical processes of cultural exchange that the continent has experienced foreign perceptions about the subject and its historical interpretations, among others.
Latin America in the Age of Globalization (3) – Conducted in English
This course intends to give the student a view of contemporary Latin America, balancing a perspective between its traditional political and social paradigms as well as proposing a set of approaches to the concept of globalization. This will be carried out by mixing both the concept of mestizo culture derived from its joint Spanish and local cultural origin as well as the contemporary perspectives and views of the phenomenon of globalization.
The course will start by proposing a short perspective about Latin American contemporary history and particularly relating to its ideological paradigms of the cold war period. Then, it will revise the concepts and state of the art related to the debate about globalization as a cultural phenomenon. Finally, it will go into the different approaches and processes that have tainted the relation between Latin America and globalization since the late 1980s and the end of the cold war, providing special attention to the proactive approaches such as those espoused by Chile, Mexico and Peru, and the negative or pessimistic ones related to the Bolivarian and indigenous approaches, as well as the prevalence of the Cuban revolutionary model and its impact in the anti-global regional perspectives.
Latin America on Film (3) – Conducted in English
This course is focused on the portrayal of historical, cultural and socio-political issues in Latin America. It also incorporates strongly the representation of Latin American literature on films and Latin Americans search for identity through art. It helps to integrate a vision of themselves and their world. This course teaches a historical, cultural as well as a cinematic approach to Latin America. This is achieved through an analysis of its literature and cinema. The former element is important because a great part of the films develop from novels and novellas. The selected short stories and films express characteristics common to the entire subcontinent, with reference to cultural heritage, landscape, political environment, and artistic development.
Through cinema, intercultural themes will be studied, considering that each Latin American country has developed a culture of its own. The approach will be multicultural, including films made by artists from Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico and the United States in both English and/or Spanish. The Spanish versions will be subtitled. An analysis of the contrasting views will be performed. In this way we can infer how we see ourselves and how we are viewed by the American culture.
Pre-Columbian Cultures (3) – Conducted in English
This course aims to cover some aspects of the Latin American culture related to its cultural heritage. Through the study of Pre-Columbian civilizations, its worldviews and social patterns, this course aims to achieve in-depth analysis of Latin American identity. At the conclusion of the course, students will be able to:
- Identify and assess the impact of some Pre-Columbian agricultural, cultural and political practices still present in modern Latin America.
- Evaluate some major characteristics of Pre-Hispanic heritage.
- List and explain some of the characteristics of the different Pre-Hispanic cultures.
- Identify some of the main indigenous groups and their respective unique cultural and artistic characteristics.
- Describe and evaluate the impact of cultural and linguistic features present in the region.
Elective courses in Spanish are available only to students with an advanced level of Spanish.
Arte e Identidad Latinoamericana (Latin American Art and Identity) (3) FALL ONLY – Conducted in Spanish
The course offers general knowledge to the student of some features of the Chilean and Latin American identity through the history of art and various perspectives. It seeks to deliver assessment tools that allow the student to understand the similarities and major differences in the cultural identity in Latin America, from the artistic and cultural perspective.
Chile: Su Historia Durante El Siglo XX (Chile: History During the 20th Century) (3) FALL ONLY – Conducted in Spanish
This course seeks to provide the visiting international student with reflection and analysis tools to understand the historical development of Chile. From crisis to the institutional reformulation of 1925 to the end of the twentieth century, the analysis will include a study of the period of radical governments, the search for social exclusive utopias, the Marxist experimental popular unit, the military government and the process of transition with national policy regularization. Through these explorations students should be able, at the end of the course, to make their own informed judgments and to be able to further their studies through the recommended readings.
Conflicto Social en Latinoamérica (Social Conflict in Latin America) (3) FALL ONLY – Conducted in Spanish
This course aims to give students sufficient knowledge to understand the various political, economic, social, cultural and ideological swings that Latin America has experienced throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. The course begins with the study of the background and causes of the fight for independence of the various Latin American nations after the process initiated by the United States. In short, this course aims to understand the political, economic and cultural relations between Latin American countries from a living historical process.
Formación de la Cultura Latinoamericana (Development of Latin American Culture) (3) FALL ONLY – Conducted in Spanish
To know Latin America, one must first understand it. For this reason, the course seeks to discover the origins of what we call Latin American culture, with all the diversity and richness that it entails- a truly colorful reality. Understanding the history of the continent and its trajectory throughout time, as well as assessing its diversity, are the elements that are important to understand in order to face key issues.
Geografía de Chile (Geography of Chile) (3) SPRING ONLY – Conducted in Spanish
This theoretical-practical course seeks to combine the basic knowledge of physical geography with the human, economic and policy of Chile, with special emphasis on the treatment of national and international events related to national geography today. The course will provide the student with the conceptual and value-based elements that will help him/her to obtain a systemic view of the different physical characteristics, economic and human, that explain the geographical reality.
Literatura Hispanoamericana (Latin American Literature) (3) FALL ONLY – Conducted in Spanish
The course will focus on contemporary literary production, specifically that of the authors of the so-called "Latin American boom". The fundamental criterion is the option for textual analysis focused on a small number of representative works rather than on an historical overview. Each work will be exposed to three types of analysis: a) technical reading: structures and stylistic resources; (b) thematic reading: the problem of the Latin American identity; (c) critical reading: re-readings and criticisms. This procedure is intended to generate a dialogue between the four novels selected and will lay the groundwork for the final part of the course. For this, the student will select a novel of their choice and do an independent analysis.
Courses with Chilean students are available only to students with an advanced level of Spanish. Courses will have an extended exam period and will extend the semester by several weeks. Students selecting courses with Chileans will be charged an additional fee for the additional weeks of housing.
Subject areas for courses offered within the degree-granting programs at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez include:
Communications (Oral Expression)
Natural sciences


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Did Passage Through Mirkwood two times. First playthrough used the standard purple deck (Aragorn and company with one core set) -- didn't make it. Second play through I custom built a purple and blue (from three core sets). Final score? 10. Would have been 8 if I didn't let my Aragorn take damage.
I'm finding the game to be fairly difficult, I can imagine that multiplayer would make things a little easier, but still hard. Definitely finding purple and blue to have the best combos. The ability to have card recursion and Sneak Attack on Threat Reducers like Gandalf and that one blue card definitely can get broken. Over the course of two turns I was able to lower my threat by a whopping 17 -- Not even the Forest Spiders would force encounter me.
Haven't tweaked much yet with red and green -- but I'm thinking green is really weak.
Game is hard because frankly...there's really not many options in the core set. Also, I am not a big fan of the way they distributed the cards. I originally bought 2 core sets so I could support 4 players -- but that didn't even give me 3 copies of each -- so I went out and got my 3rd core. I thought they would have learned that 3 copies of each card should be standard... I know they are going to release a revised core with 3 copies of each in the future or pull a Warhammer and release reprints of core cards in future big box expansions.
Hopefully I'll be able to play some multiplayer tomorrow...we'll see how it pans out.

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This year it would have been impossible to make an image of autumn leaves - at least here in Kiel where I live. No intensive colors, dry leaves, very disappointing from a photographic point of view. But it 2009 when I made this image we had an autumn at it's best! At this special day the wind was blowing very hard and I tried to do some longtime exposures. At the end I wasn't too satisfied with the results. So I tried something additional: I zoomed into the moving leaves, and while zooming I heavily shook the camera. Well, maybe a little bit kitschy, but all in all I like the result.
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So wedding is paid for!! Good thing too, we needed a new car. So now we have that to pay for. BUT its cheaper for gas and on insurance for two drivers.
On the flipside, I got a bug up my butt yesterday and put in an application to be a volunteer FF at the station down the street. They have training and courses for me to take so lets start that adventure!
When I got home I saw on the news that there is a big brushfire burning near Orangeburg, NY.....thats about an hour or so away from me.
School is going to be starting on the 14th of january and im excited about that......mainly cause its a good excuse to not be at the Bullseye for a while


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BoxTop Software SuperGIF 1.5
Go into any consumer electronics store and observe the buying habits of the general public. See how they walk up and down the aisles of hi-fi and video equipment looking ever-so-closely at the merchandise. Chances are, they will buy a hi-fi purely on the way it looks and a video recorder on the number of features it boasts. The prime decision-making factor here is 'buttons-per-buck'. The fact that they never get to understand, or use, a fraction of the 'features' is irrelevant.
Then go into a high end hi-fi specialists shop. The first thing you will notice is that the equipment costs considerably more - and has less knobs. Then you will also be aware that people are doing comparative tests of the sound of the equipment in sound-proof demonstration booths.
One thing you will learn from this study is that quality and button-count are unrelated. The more knowledgeable people are in their subject, the less impressed they are with featuritus and the more discerning they are about what they are buying.
Unfortunately, consumer electronics and computer software are very close cousins and the same buying factors prevail. The 'consumer marketing' of software products means that 'feature count' takes higher precedence than quality, usability and end results. The bigger the software company, the guiltier they are.
Boxtop Software is a small company that's been producing clever little Web graphics utilities for years now. Maybe not as well known as Macromedia and Adobe but the have their loyal fans people who actually care about the quality of their work.
If you are looking for 'features' in BoxTop's SuperGIF, you will be severely disappointed. If you like lots of menus, dialog boxes and palettes, then tough luck! SuperGIF has virtually no interface, just a very simple preferences dialog, so there is no learning curve. Just drop your 'best-shot–at-optimisation' GIF file from Photoshop on top of the SuperGIF icon and the file size will shrink by up to 70% almost instantly. That's it! No user selectable background music, no spinning clocks - just a smaller GIF.
Now, the one place where the comparison with high-end hi-fi falls down is that you don't have to pay high prices. At $29.95 for Mac or PC versions, the 'buttons-per-buck' factor may be very low - but you do get the best GIF optimisation tool there is.
BoxTop SuperGIF 1.5 | |
Features | 85% |
Ease of Use | 99% |
Value for Money | 90% |
'Must Have' Factor | 95% |
Manufacturer | BoxTop Software |
Price | $29.95 for Mac or PC |
Summary | Simply the best GIF optimisation tool. |


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Earth Day Letter
Earth Day Letters written by Elementary School Students, Garden Elementary: Venice FLWORDLESS WEDNESDAY!!!![I'm pretty THRILLED to be giving the KEYNOTE today in Louisville for the Kentucky Head Start conference!!!!Twill return to lots-of-words as the week unfurls further.]Happy Hump-Day. -- Debbie -- ...
Published By: RainbowsWithinReach - Wednesday, 2 May, 2012
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United Kingdom direct imports of U.S. grapes have fallen from 14,000 tons down to 6,600 tons.
In terms of pear exports, U.S. trade has fallen slightly from just above 198,000 tons per year to just under this level.
Again, Mexico and Canada account for an impressive 65% of overall exports, but the real growth over a 10-year period is coming from increased exports to the likes of Brazil, Russia, Colombia, China and the Middle East.
For the cherry sector, U.S. exports are booming — up from 46,000 to 86,000 tons per year over a 10-year period. Japan and Canada still account for more than 50% of U.S. exports, but the long term growth is coming from Asia.
What does it all mean?
The historical view of the U.S. fruit sector was that with a huge domestic market to serve, it was more focused here than on exports. This has all changed, and with U.S. production often struggling to keep pace with other key producing regions, the U.S. industry has had to increasingly focus on its high quality, premium position in international markets. While the Canadian and Mexican markets are still of extreme importance, the real growth is coming from the emerging markets.
Europe is probably on the back burner.
And the role of the UK market in all of this change for the U.S.?
It is still seen as a flagship market, not least in meeting technical and environmental standards. The UK has now assumed the position of a classic "maintenance market" for most U.S. horticultural products.
Is the U.S. horticultural industry trapped in a domestic bubble? Not any more. It is now fully exposed to exactly the same pressures, opportunities and challenges as any other significant international supplier to the global fresh fruit market.
John Giles is a divisional director with Cheshire, England-based Promar International, an agri-food demand chain consulting company and a subsidiary of Genus plc. He is also the chairman of the Food, Drink & Agriculture Group of the U.K. Chartered Institute of Marketing.
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First off I want to say thank you to everyone who has been a part of the Eastmans' Forum community. We are grateful for every member and their activity. This forum has a high level of conduct and we enjoy the fact that we don't have to babysit all of you.
In the future with the growth of the forum I have to post this reminder to pro-staffers of different companies. Please do not use this forum as a place to sell and announce gear sales for the company that is sending you discounted or free gear.
Sponsorship is about to grow and it's only fair that they get exactly what they pay for by sponsoring this site. If you are a pro-staffer and your company isn't a sponsor, have them send an email to email@example.com. We would love to add them as a sponsor. We have been working on new forum specific packages and it will be hard to beat the audience and numbers you receive here!
If you are pro-staffer for a company that is represented here, please feel free to chime in when a member asks about a product you represent. Please let your company make announcements about new products, and then feel free to add your thoughts, but ONLY if you have actually used the gear.
I have left this as a thread rather than announcement for you guys to ask questions. Thanks for taking the time to read this!


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Cdc6, phosphorylated (Ser54) (CDC18L, HsCDC18, HsCDC6, p62cdc6, Cell Division Cycle 6) |
Description: The Cdc6 protein is an essential component of pre-replication complexes (preRCs), which assemble at origins of DNA replication during the G1 phase of the cell cycle (1). Cdc6p and cdc18+ are unstable proteins that are essential and rate limiting for the initiation of DNA replication in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Schizosaccharomyces pombe, respectively. They participate in checkpoint controls that ensure DNA replication is completed before mitosis is initiated (2). It has been concluded that expression of Cdc6 is regulated in response to mitogenic signals though transcriptional control mechanisms involving E2F proteins, and that Cdc6 is required for initiation of DNA replication in mammalian cells (3). Cdc6 is believed to be phosphorylated at Serine 54 during S phase and functions as a chromatin-bound signal that prevents reformation of prereplication complexes (4). Applications: Suitable for use in Immunocytochemistry and Western Blot. Other applications not tested. Recommended Dilution: Western Blot: 1:1000-1:2000 Immunocytochemistry: 1:100-1:250 Optimal dilutions to be determined by the researcher. Storage and Stability: May be stored at 4°C for short-term only. Aliquot to avoid repeated freezing and thawing. Store at -20°C. Aliquots are stable for at least 12 months. For maximum recovery of product, centrifuge the original vial after thawing and prior to removing the cap. Manufactured incorporating RabMAb® technology under Epitomics US patents, No 5,675,063 and 7,429,487, owned by Abcam. |


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I know you're all revved up about the 2012 Summer Olympics, which kick off this Friday in London.
But right now, all I can think about is the Tour de France.
My husband's a Tour obsessive—he loves watching the cyclists circle the French countryside. And every year, I try to (virtually) tag along for the three-week competition. Usually, I end up watching about a quarter-of-a-day's worth of bicycling. But this time, I really got into it. There was so much drama! One day, someone—they still don't know who!—threw nails on to the road, ruining a few major competitor's chances of winning. And another guy claimed, after testing positive for doping, that he was poisoned! So theatrical.
Sure, the salacious stuff drew me in, but then I actually began to enjoy the competition. I also became a fan of the polka dot jersey worn by the King of the Mountain, (the best climber in the competition). Very Yayoi Kusama x Louis Vuitton.
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Fans of classic Squaresoft RPGs have had a smorgasbord on the Google Play Store as of late, but it's all been remakes and re-releases. The first "new" Final Fantasy game to come to the platform (unless you count some of the simple stuff like Final Fantasy All The Bravest, which you shouldn't) is Final Fantast IV: The After Years. It's a sequel to the old FFIV (from 1991) released for Japanese mobile market in 2008 before making it to the Wii in 2011.
The increasingly misnamed Final Fantasy series of role-playing games has been around for just shy of 26 years. In that time it's spanned the gaming spectrum from undeniable classic (FFIII and FFVII) to forgettable mess (pretty much everything since X-2), but it remains the unstoppable juggernaut of the Japanese RPG scene. Now Square Enix (that's Squaresoft for those of you who remember the days before the Xbox 360) is hoping to cash in on your nostalgia with Final Fantasy All The Bravest, a simplified RPG that combines the "endless" style of play with the company's rich intellectual property.
We already had some pretty great app and game deals yesterday, and today looks even better, particularly if you're in the mood to expand your Android game library.We've got Reckless Racing 2 for speedsters, Combo Crew for fighters, 10000000 for the nostalgic, and Beauty and the Beast for those who can't wrestle their tablets back from the kids. Here are the rest of your Google Play Store deals for Thursday.
The updated version of RPG classic Final Fantasy III has managed to sell over 100,000 copies on Android, despite its super-premium $16 price tag. Square Enix is hoping to replicate that success with the next entry in the series, predictably titled Final Fantasy IV. It's available now for Android 2.3.3 and higher, at the same $15.99 price. If you're looking to party like it's 1991, head to the Play Store now.
There's no denying that Square Enix makes some of the best RPGs in gaming history. They also make some of the most expensive games on the Google Play Store, and usually, they're one in the same. If you've been holding off on buying classic titles like Chrono Trigger because of an admittedly high price tag, now's the time to grab them: a handful of Square's games are greatly discounted in the Play Store right now.
Anyone over the age of, say, 25-30, has probably played the original Final Fantasy game. If not, oh wow... we feel for you. It is a classic after all! More than two decades ago it sparked a gaming revolution, and the franchise is still going strong today.
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If you're feeling nostalgic and want to relive the days of ol', when powering up your Nintendo Entertainment System was the most important thing on your mind, Square Enix is here to help.


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RUTLAND A local man was cited for driving under the influence of alcohol after a one-vehicle crash on Sunday morning, according to Senior Trooper Aron McNeil of the Vermont State Police.
Around 4 a.m., members of the West Rutland Fire Department and Vermont State Police were dispatched to Exit 6 of Route 4 in West Rutland. At the scene, police determined that a car had slid off the roadway. There were no injuries or damages to the vehicle.
Investigation found that Eric Reid, 21, of Rutland, had been driving a 2010 Mazda MZ3 west on Route 4 when he slid off the lightly-snow-covered roadway at Exit 6.
Police said Reid had been drinking alcohol before the crash.
Reid was arrested at the scene and processed at the Rutland barracks of the Vermont State Police. He was released with a citation to appear in Rutland criminal court Jan. 28.
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Starbucks Blonde Roast: Change Isn't as Bitter as You Think
I have recently fallen in love with Starbucks newest coffee: Blonde Roast®. As a former Starbucks employee who worked at Store #8, I can hardly believe I just said that. Because of my history and overdeveloped interest in coffee, I am constantly aware of the steps the company is taking to remain viable in this incredible gourmet coffee beverage industry they are credited with creating. When I heard that Starbucks was releasing a completely new line of light-roast coffees, I was immediately spellbound.
The years of training we received as "Partners" at Starbucks was so thorough and was treated with such importance. It has always stuck with me. One thing we were taught was that Starbucks had perfected the art of roasting coffee. Starbucks had successfully popularized dark roast coffee by telling everyone it was the "Best way possible to enjoy coffee, and that the Starbucks Roast® was unrivaled and brought out the ultimate potential in the bean" (my paraphrase).
Yes, we were champions of the dark roast, spreading the good news of Starbucks' incredible revelation with the world. What Starbucks eventually produced was a brilliant creation of their own niche market. This was accomplished by lots of positive reinforcement and by being very, very proud of the way they presented their product. All along the way, critics exclaimed: "Your coffee is burnt and bitter". All along the way, we politely disagreed, educated the customer, and marched on. While many who did not initially like it "acquired a taste" for the Starbucks Roast, many more did not, and would march off to buy their coffee elsewhere.
For over forty years, Starbucks did just fine by ignoring their critics and staying true to their core values, systems, and beliefs. However, they did so by blatantly ignoring the hard facts about coffee all along the way. Coffee actually can taste more bitter when it is roasted darker. That doesn't make it wrong. It is just the way it is. In the end, the dissenters who complained of the bitter taste were made to feel that their tastebuds were off while all the dark coffee lovers gloried in their agreement.
The drawback? It's really hard to promote your preferences without devaluing the preferences of others. Starbucks made the ultimate choice to embrace their preference over principle and turn it into a bias.
Preference: we want everyone to like our coffee dark roasted the way we do.
Principle: People have different tastes and dark coffee tastes bitter.
Now, the giant green siren has done the unthinkable. She changed her message, her roasting philosophy, and strategy to satisfy the palettes of customers they have for years scared off, underestimated, and undervalued. So how do they attract customers they don't have? The underlying hope, of course, is to get people who have embraced their dark roast doctrine for years to evangelize their friends who refuse to go to coffee with them and are getting their light roast coffee elsewhere. This is a tall order of a grande scale. (no pun intended)
Starbucks did this not by changing or abandoning their preferences that they have held to for decades, but by paying attention to the greater principles at work and taking into account the preferences of a wider market. Whether or not the company has done too little too late or has laid a blonde roasted egg from a marketing perspective is outside the scope of this analysis. What this story is highlighting is the importance of paying attention to the bigger and more obvious principles at work rather than letting preferences result in narrow-mindedness and ignorance. When preferences take precedence, the unfortunate result is ignorance of the greater principles.
While I am still wondering what took them so long to figure this out, I admire Starbucks for their bold move and new stance. By sharing their own personal, late-in-coming epiphany that: "some coffees taste better when roasted lighter", they successfully negotiated a change of one of their unwritten core values. Now the coffee, not the roaster, is king. For the die-hard Starbucks traditionalist, the implications of this aren't as bad as you think. This doesn't mean we are all forced to abandon our preference in favor of someone else's. (You can still get that same dark roast coffee any time you want.) It is, however, about allowing the preferences of others to peacefully co-exist in the same space as yours.
By highlighting and celebrating the preferences of others we are, in fact paying more attention to and embracing the greater principles. The other crazy thing that might happen is you might try the "Blonde Roast" and make a new friend. Maybe you'll hate it, who knows? But hate it or love it, you will be less bitter.
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Bob Juarez says:
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 8:19pmRoasting coffee is a complex process. The following link has a really in depth view on coffee bitterness.


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Asthma is a challenging condition. It can affect all areas of your child's life.
One of the best tools for managing asthma is a daily controller medicine that has a corticosteroid (sometimes called a "steroid"). But some people worry about using corticosteroid medicines because of myths they've heard about them. If you're making a decision about a corticosteroid inhaler, it helps to know the facts.
Most asthma attacks result from a failure to successfully control asthma with medicines. By strictly following your child's doctor's recommendations and correctly giving medicine to your child, it is possible to prevent asthma attacks from occurring in most children. This can greatly reduce the impact of asthma on your child's life.
Parents sometimes think that their child's asthma is life-threatening even when it is mild. Many parents of children who have asthma believe that asthma can affect their child's emotional well-being. You can work with your child's doctor to learn ways of dealing with asthma to take away some, if not most, of your and your child's anxiety.
Family therapy, such as counseling, may be helpful to children who have asthma. A review of studies showed that peak expiratory flow and daytime wheezing improved in children who had therapy compared with those who didn't and that children showed overall improvement from therapy.1
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News 0 The next chapter of Office on Windows by Office 365 Team, on January 22, 2015January 22, 2015 | 50 Comments Yesterday's unveil of Windows 10 showcased a new generation of experiences that will empower people and organizations to achieve more. In partnership with Windows 10, the Office team is bringing a fantastic new set of Office experiences to this platform, furthering our mission to bring the unparalleled productivity of Office to everyone, on every device.
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Stoeten here. How's it going, big guy? Tough first few weeks on the job or what?
Yeah, I know that last road trip could have gone better, and it's got to be tiresome to have to be dragging Juan Rivera's dead weight around constantly, not to mention racking your brain to figure out if it might simply be true that Aaron Hill just… well… that he might not actually be very good.
I get it, John. You've got more on your plate than a person insane or desperately hungry, or insanely desperately hungry enough to eat at Denny's.
But here's the thing, John: I think you might scare the shit out of people.
I mean, how else could a guy with the reputation as a consensus builder you brought to this city be flubbing some serious basics so badly? Is nobody talking to you???
Now, now, simmer down, John! Simmer down. This isn't some hater, John. This is me. This is Stoeten. I've had your back since the moment the Jays hired you. Shit, I actually believed you were just blowing smoke with all that shit this spring about how you wanted the club to run more.
Ho ho ho. You really got me with that one, John.
Now, I might not have gone as far as offering to put Preparation H on your shrapnel-ass the way I did with John Gibbons in the open letter I wrote to him four years ago that I'm totally ripping off here. But I think I've been fair, John. I think I've been extremely fair.
And I don't think it's unfair to ask you: do you even understand splits and sample sizes????
Faaaaaaack, John. Octavio Dotel against lefties? Noooo!!!!!! Moving Travis Snider to second against AJ Burnett because of success over seven plate appearances??? Nooooo!!!!! Having runners– like Corey Patterson last night, or John McDonald at Fenway on Saturday– try to steal bases down multiple runs in late innings? Nooooooo!!!!!
This should be basic stuff, John. Any idiot with a computer– me, for example– can see that Dotel has sucked bags of dicks against left-handers the last two years, or that in the AL last year, of the 16,039 plate appearances with a runner on first and less than two outs, only 1804 resulted in double plays, for a rate of one every 8.9 plate appearances– hardly a reason to literally run scared of one. (Note: You see what I just did there?).
So I've got to ask, what gives, John?
I just can't believe it's that the people around you are oblivious to this stuff. I think it might be that they're afraid to say it. I mean, look at your I'm-about-to-strangle-every-fucker-in-the-room face in the picture above from when you received this letter! I know these might not be the easiest things to hear, John, but there's really no sense getting angry. You can fix them! It's just… I know you you want to be a "leader of men" or whatever bullshit nonsense sports people think matters in a locker room, but maybe tone down the intimidation factor a little.
You don't want poor Alex Anthopoulos to be trembling with fear when he eventually feels no choice but to come to you and explain that you don't need to be a fucking rocket surgeon– or someone who witnessed Snider's performance against Burnett last night– to comprehend that seven plate appearances means nothing anywhere close to above total jack shit.
And that's what it's going to come to, John. You can't keep this batshit running game up. You can't keep setting your players up to fucking fail. And you can't rely on pure stupidity to explain your decisions and expect it to not get noticed.
You're not Cito– Alex doesn't have to let you do whatever stupid bullshit you want as a condition of his employment. And while I am so incredibly fucking loathe to shit down the throat of your decisions all year that it makes me want to puke, I'll do it.
But please don't make me do it, John. Please find someone around there who isn't an idiot and listen to him for cock sakes. If for nothing else, for me. PLEASE!
You've done some great things so far. You've just got to turn down the suck a little bit, and turn up the good. I know you can, John.
Best of luck, and until we talk again, stay gold, Ponyboy,


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Munch on yak eyeballs, snuggle up inside a camel carcass...globe-trotting Bear Grylls does it all in the name of survival on Discovery Channel's Man vs. Wild. (New episodes start May 2 at 9 p.m., and his new wilderness-tips book of the same name is out now.) Let's see if this former British Special Forces soldier can badass his way out of some precarious situations in the real world.
Shopping for your girlfriend, you pick up the last pair of Jimmy Choos
at a half-off sale when you notice a gaggle of angry women stampeding
toward you...
What you do with an elephant or a rhino they have very bad sight is wait
until the last minute and then throw yourself out of the way to the
side. Diversionary tactics could work. Hit the sprinkler alarm. That's
gonna send them out of the shop.
You're at a Poison concert, and when the band starts to play ''Every Rose
Has Its Thorn,'' you realize that you forgot your lighter...
Take your sock off, tie it in a big knot so you can hold it underneath,
and then just lean over to whoever else has got a lighter and you've got
a torch that will flame for a good few minutes. [If you're] at an
outdoor concert with lots of dry grass, borrow someone's glasses,
magnify that nice strong sun, and you'll get a flame.
Another concert stumper: You bring your daughter to a Jonas Brothers
show, where suddenly you find yourself surrounded by 15,000 screaming
preteen girls...
Girls hate spiders. If you want some space, drop a spider on the floor.
That will clear you a nice little path to wherever you want to go. You
could eat the spider at the end of it, so you get a snack as well.
All-around perfect solution!
You've been trapped for hours in stalled traffic on L.A.'s 405 freeway...
Stay with your car. People get heatstroke and dehydrated when they
stray. Start drinking radiator water. You can mix that well with pee. It
tastes terrible, but it's going to keep you alive. You've got a battery
to start a fire with a bit of foam from the seat. You've got
gasoline.... There's not an awful lot to eat in your car. You can always
eat each other. But you're probably better off eating the grasses on the
side of the road.
You are the host of a popular wilderness adventure series, and the media
reports that you've occasionally been staying at crew base camp instead
of sleeping in a pile of leaves in the jungle...
Just get on with your job. Do your job well.... I don't believe the good
when they make me out to be a superhero and I don't believe the bad when
I'm the baddie.... Of course, the other option is just to pinpoint the
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Landscape Architecture
Wiesner Bros. goes international
This week the pastoral staff of Christ Church New York City (United Methodist Church) called upon Hans Wiesner to offer his professional expertise in developing a "green zone" adjacent to a church located on the outskirts of Cartagena, Colombia. The plan calls for an undeveloped space to be repurposed into a park and athletic field.
Many of the area's residents have been relocated there due to Colombian Civil war and numerous mud slides.
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'Married to Jonas': Kevin Delays 'Pom Poms' Shoot With Upset Stomach
We knew filming a music video was no easy task. But what happens when one of the lead singers get sick?
Kevin Jonas Laughs About When He Forgot To Bring His Guitar On Stage
On Sunday's Married To Jonas, the Jonas Brothers were faced with a similar obstacle while shooting scenes for their "Pom Poms" video. After a short lunch break, Kevin Jonas found out he enjoyed a little too much crawfish and started having a massive stomach ache. "I thought I was going to poop my pants," Kevin said.
As production stopped, Joe and Nick tried to rally their brother to come back and finish shooting. Kevin reluctantly agreed and the show went on. "I guess crawfish is not his forte," Joe joked.
Donnie Wahlberg Announces Mixtape Festival Lineup with Jonas Brothers
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Eve sighed with relief when Reyna said she could smell something. She quickly started to follow behind the girl, her eyes scanning everywhere for any trace of her grandmother. Why was that old lady so intent on driving her crazy? Eve had the feeling she'd never find out...easily, that is. Her grandmother was that type of person who liked to confuse people to the point of insanity for her own entertainment. Random and spontaneous, that old lady was a child at heart, and quite a handful for anyone who didn't know to handle her. Drawing her thoughts back to reality, her eye caught a short flash of green not too far away. Eve immediately zoned in on the area, her pace quickening slightly. Looking to Reyna, she spoke quickly, "I think we've got her... When I get my hands on her, she's going home and she's going to get duck taped to a chair. For her own safety, of course." As she neared the spot where she had seen a flash of her grandmother's green sweater, she tried to walk as quietly as she could. She peered around a large rock, and to her relief, her grandmother sat on the ground looking as peaceful as she possibly could. Stopping a few feet in front of the old lady, Eve started tapping her foot impatiently, and her expression was one of annoyance. "Nanna, you have put me on a wild goose chase for the last time. Luckily, this nice Sun Pride girl helped me out. Now get up, I'm taking you home and you're going to stay there, alright?" Her voice held the tone of a disappointed school teacher, which her grandmother chuckled at.
"Oh, Eve dear....you really need to lighten up! C'mon, everyone needs to act irresponsible sometimes, even you! But, this time I'll go home, if you really want me to. I'm starting to get a bit old, you're finding me quicker and quicker every time..." Eve's grandmother spoke in a joking voice, a smile spreading across her face as she mildly pinched Eve's cheek. Eve couldn't help giving the tiny lady a hug, a smile growing across her own pale features. Keeping one arm locked in her grandmother's so as to keep the lady from running away again, she turned back to Reyna, and gave her a thankful smile. "So, who's your friend here, eh? You said she was a Sun Pride girl? If the elders here about this they're gonna have your hide, you know... But don't worry, good old Nanna won't let those stuck up nincompoops anywhere near her granddaughter or her friends." The old woman said proudly, standing up beside Eve and looking the girl up and down. She seemed nice enough to the woman, so she wouldn't have to get physical on her. The old woman wasn't afraid to give someone a blow to he face if they were acting out of line, but she figured she wouldn't have that problem with this girl. "Right...Well, Nanna, this is Reyna. Reyna, this is my crazy, irresponsible grandmother." Eve said, introducing the two. Her grandmother nudged her at the 'crazy' remark, but quickly let it go.
[[OOC:: ......Sudden picture change is sudden. I decided I'd mix it up a bit and slap a new picture up....I mean, why not? No harm in switching things up a bit XD Also, Eve is in like, 'I'm keeping you tied to a chair whenever I leave now' mode. Heh heh. ]]


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What Happens When a Quiverfull Dad Becomes a Woman?
The Quiverfull movement is an extreme Christian fundamentalist subculture that bans all birth control and encourages women to have as many children as possible. As such, you might not think that the story of a Quiverfull dad confiding in his wife that he wanted to switch sexes and begin living as a woman would end badly. In this case, at least, you'd be wrong.
The surprisingly sweet story begins with a woman named Melissa having a traditional courtship with her future husband. In this case, by "traditional," I mean "completely chaste and completely under parental supervision." When the two married, they'd never been intimate with anyone, and they lived the "traditional" lifestyle of a married couple in the Quiverfull movement — she stayed home with the kids, he went off to a Christian seminary to study to be a minister, and together, they hoped to start a church for people who home schooled their kids.
But after awhile things, as things tend to do, got more complicated. Melissa's husband began sporadically confessing to having seen "bad stuff" on the internet. And one day, they watched an episode of Tyra together featuring a transgender fashion show, her husband seemed curiously knowledgable about the vocabulary and lingo of the participants. Some time later, Melissa's husband confessed that he had been reading a lot about transsexual people on the internet, and that he felt like he might be a "transsexual"; he'd always felt like he was born in the wrong body, had mourned not being able to be a mother, and coveted his sisters' long hair when he was young. [continue with this blog post or go to orginal blog post here]
Tags: Quiverfull, christianity, religion, theism, transgender
I'm really amazed that evangelical christians don't run onto this phenomenon more often ... or maybe they do and no one has the guts to admit it. There's human nature, with its vagaries and variabilities, and then there is the bible and the hard and fast rules it tells its believers regarding what its concept of human nature is supposed to be. Long term, Just WHICH ONE Do You Think Is Going To Win Out?!?
Just one more way believers try to piss up a rope.
I'm sitting here in my gorgeous garden imagining the sight of someone pissing up a rope. My laughter attracted the attention of my next door neighbor and the image continues.
Interesting story, there are so many turns that 180 doesn't come close. This needs the complex plane. Humans are more complicated than 360 degrees after all.
I wish more of these kinds of stories had a happy ending. Or at least a hopeful one.
Yes, it looks like they've adjusted well. Not everyone can do that.
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This isn't spin, these are facts. Children in New York City are forced to go to school in trailers because their schools are crumbling. The increase cost to taxpayers from the Tappan Zee bridge project are staggering. Small businesses, particularly Minority-Women owned businesses are being forced to cut employees and in many cases close their doors permanently.
And for what?
To line the pockets of trial lawyers. It really is that simple.
The trial bar uses the same old rhetoric of worker safety and negligent employers. To think employers do not value their employees is insane. Scaffold law dates back 130 years, prior to OSHA and workers compensation standards. Employers value their employees and want them to be safe, without them their business don't exist!
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I've got a small shaded area (North side of house, lots of indirect light but only a little bit of direct light) and picked out some plants to go in there. I've never tried growing ferns before, but love the way they look so I bought a few. Of course, I did it w/o any advice - hope I haven't screwed up. Here's what I got:
1 Asparagus densifluorus - Meyers
and some non-ferns to go with them: 1 Palemonium caeruleum 'Brise d' Anjou'
Any comments on this combination of plants or whatever would be appreciated. Also, how should I build up the soil. The topsoil looks okay, some organic matter. Haven't checked the pH, but elsewhere in the yard it's a little on the high side (7.6). What I have to work with is: 1)compost (Kellog's N'Rich Compost - looks like mostly small redwood chips, I guess)
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Two brief comments: The Asparagus isn't a fern. They have "fern" in the common name, but this is just one of the many times where common names are downright misleading. The only thing that jumps out at me as being a bad idea here is Aegopodium podagraria. Maybe it's better behaved in California, but in Indiana this is a noxious weed in gardens, choking out just about anything else and incredibly difficult to eradicate once it's gotten established. Patrick Alexander |
Thanks for the info on my misuse of the word "fern" in reference to asparagus fern. I didn't realize that. As far as the Aegopodium podagraria, yeah, I came across the fact that it's invasive when I read up on it after my post. However, I did read that he variegated variety is not as invasive as the non-variegated. I'll have to read up some more and consider what to do with this one. |
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Vain wits and eyes
by Henry VaughanOriginal Language English
Vain wits and eyes
Leave, and be wise
Abuse not, shun not holy fire,
But with true tears wash off your mire.
Tears and these flames will soon grow kind,
And mix an eye-salve for the blind.
Tears cleanse and supple without fail,
And fire will purge your callous veil,
Then comes the light! which when you spy,
And see your nakedness thereby,
Praise Him, who dealt His gifts so free
In tears to you, in fire to me.
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Healthful food on the go is a retail concept that gained traction over the past year or two. However, a startup grocery retailer may be the first in the United States to marry healthful food and convenience in one location.
Green Zebra Grocery in Portland, Ore., will open its first store in the city this fall and launch two additional stores by the end of 2014. The company plans to open 20 stores by 2020 in Portland and the surrounding area. The 6,000-square-foot Green Zebra stores include most of the traditional supermarket departments, but on a much smaller scale with unique offerings like espresso and juice bars.
The retailer's philosophy is to offer grab-and-go foods made fresh with healthful and local ingredients such as sustainable seafood, local produce and grass-fed beef.
"Eaters can get overwhelmed by too much choice, so we think of it as category curation," says Lisa Sedlar, president and CEO of Green Zebra Grocery.
Plus, the stores are meant to fill a need in Portland neighborhoods that don't have grocery stores nearby, following the goals of The Portland Plan. The city initiative aspires to provide neighborhoods with access to all the goods and services they would need within a 20-minute bike ride or walk from their home.
"The idea of the 20-minute neighborhood really resonates with me and I think our smaller-sized stores will fit well into a lot of Portland neighborhoods," Sedlar says. "A grocery with fresh produce, meat, seafood, deli and other items is a key anchor to building and supporting these neighborhoods and creates a more sustainable lifestyle."
While Green Zebra's format is unique, it faces significant competition in Portland, including grocery operators like Safeway, Albertsons, Whole Foods Market and Trader Joe's.
Grocery retail veteran Sedlar recognizes that the new format offers something different from its competitors.
"When you are in the grocery business, everyone who sells groceries is technically your competitor because you are competing for trips. We will be different in that we are healthy and convenient, and no one else is really competing in this space," Sedlar says.
Sedlar's experience as CEO of New Seasons Market in Portland should come in handy as she expands the brand and differentiates it in the marketplace. Sedlar started as president of New Seasons in 2005, then served as COO, and finally as CEO. While New Seasons features locally grown and sustainable produce, seafood and other fare, its stores are set up more like traditional smaller-format grocery stores, averaging 30,000 square feet.
While Green Zebra's fresh seafood departments will only have around 6 feet of retail space next to the meat department's 8-foot section, the protein will play a big role in offerings throughout the stores.
"Seafood is a big part of our diet in the Pacific Northwest, so we'll definitely be featuring a lot of seafood options in our prepared-foods department," Sedlar says.
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A small selection of wild and sustainable seafood will be offered in Green Zebra's fresh seafood department, and at least a quarter of the SKUs will be oven-ready, grab-and-go seafood dishes.
"We will offer a lot of oven-ready options as we think that's a big part of what it means to be convenient. This is a growing trend because not everyone is super knowledgeable about seafood preparation," Sedlar says.
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Best Isn't Always Better
Last night my roommate Jessica and I decided to be cool and go to one of the top 10 restaurants in NYC. We couldn't wait to get some good food since our normal dinners consist of cereal, oatmeal, and banana smoothies. We started off with appetizers. I got shrimp, and she got tuna. It was OK, not fabulous, but I was hungry so I ate it. Then our dinners came, and everything went downhill from there. I think I had the worst meal ever!!!
My halibut tasted like an orange. I didn't eat any of it, and the general manager came over to see if everything was fine. I told him I just wasn't hungry—even though I was starving. We decided to give dessert a try since Jessica and I both love sweets. Let me tell you, our pear crumble had rosemary in it, and it tasted like potatoes. Yuck!!! For the price of this disgusting meal, $106 each, I could have gotten 10 dinners at the diner next door. So I guess I learned a lesson—better isn't always best, and I like my grilled cheese sandwiches a lot better than American fusion cuisine. I could have gotten 10 manicures or five Stila lip glosses too—or a really cute top.
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If so,
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I am thinking about applying for a Citi card or Barclays card.
In two years I will have had my citi card open for 5 years, PIF, never late..etc
My Barclays card would be 4 years old, never late, PIF
Yes, I got a Citi AA Visa Signature with an 8 year old BK. I applied in May and was approved for $8500
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My bk was discharged in Sept 2009
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Collection or public record on CR
Too many inquiries...this I can fix
I guess after 8 years they don't really consider the BK as relavent anymore
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