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DANVILLE, Ky. — Centre College is a tight-knit school of just under 1,400 students that carves out nearly 10% of the population of this flat, farm-speckled Bluegrass hamlet, where the woman who makes sandwiches at the local deli is on a first-name basis with every customer. About half the students are from Kentucky and major in arts and humanities, and nearly all of them spend some time studying abroad — Centre even gives free passports to students who come in without one. Situated on an antebellum site with long manicured lawns about two hours from Louisville, Centre's vast campus barely murmurs, even when school is in session.
But Centre is a school with big ambitions. Last year, the college hosted a vice presidential debate, its second since 2000, underscoring Centre's desire to be "a place where important conversations occur," as its president wrote to alumni this winter. Its last major fundraising drive was its most successful, raising $170 million between 2002 and 2007, and it has drawn many more millions since then, establishing new scholarships, constructing new buildings, and hiring top faculty.
So when Centre announced in July it had received a $250 million gift in one swoop — the biggest ever for a liberal arts college, and in the league of record donations this year to places like Johns Hopkins and Yale universities — it made major headlines. The money, from a publicity-shy 72-year-old Texas billionaire named Bob Brockman who left Centre after his sophomore year there, would fund 40 full-ride scholarships a year, with 160 students by 2017, under a program named after him.
The elation was short-lived, though. Six weeks after the announcement, the donation, which was twice the size of the college's entire endowment, was rescinded because of a "significant capital market event," the school said. The gift was, in fact, part of a broader multibillion dollar loan offering from Brockman's auto software company, Reynolds and Reynolds. But that deal had gone swimmingly on Wall Street, raising eyebrows among investors and analysts when it was suddenly pulled. Frustrated bankers at Deutsche Bank scrambled to recall a large, high-demand loan placement and unwind trades, but the bank "probably got a black eye" although "they were probably as blindsided as everybody else," said Gerald Granovsky, an analyst at Moody's. And, in quiet chats with bankers and angry asides in Danville's three bars, the college and Brockman's circle started pointing fingers at one another.
Interviews with a dozen people reveal a very different story than Centre's, and one that casts into stark relief the amount of money swirling around higher education, while also raising questions about the motives of the mysterious billionaire behind this saga. As it was, rather than the gift being withdrawn due to unforeseeable financial complications, it was actually the other way around — the loan went away because this historically generous donation vanished suddenly and mysteriously. So, what could have gone wrong for such an enormous donation to simply get canceled? Who is Bob Brockman, and why is this school worth $250 million to him? And what happened that made him change his mind so dramatically?
A Big Deal
The deal wasn't just large by the standards of higher education. It was part of a vast and complex financial arrangement led by Deutsche Bank: a $3.4 billion loan package for Reynolds and Reynolds. Money would go into the pockets of Brockman, mostly, along with other shareholders through a dividend; students would get educated; and money managers would add to their funds in the smoking-hot market for corporate debt. By early September, the deal — shopped to investors as early as July 22 — had been "bagged and tagged," as bankers say, and was trading on the secondary market for weeks while participants finalized the paperwork.
Centre had, perhaps, gotten in over its head in a complicated deal that would have left it owning 20% of Reynolds and Reynolds by way of its holding company's stock. How the college would handle that ownership and whether it would receive board representation was a point of contention, a person close to the situation said. But even as higher education and high finance move ever closer, this deal collapsed mainly, people involved agree, over the conditions Brockman wanted to set on the scholarship. Those conditions were, in the view of the college administration, "crazy" and "extreme," according to a well-connected alumnus, and imposed by Brockman through his proxy, an Australian lawyer named Evatt Tamine who administers the A. Eugene Brockman Charitable Trust from Bermuda.
Among the disputed conditions, Tamine confirmed to BuzzFeed, the trust insisted that scholarship recipients be fluent in English and that they fulfill a physical fitness requirement. Tamine also insisted on tougher eligibility requirements, like standardized test scores that the school deemed too high, something that also flared tensions. Tamine said he and Brockman grew fed up with negotiations, and that he is puzzled by their conduct.
"You join me in being surprised," Tamine told BuzzFeed. "Why didn't they accept a very, very large gift?"
Tamine said just two other people know the fine details of why the deal collapsed: the school's vice president of college relations, Richard Trollinger, and the college's president, John Roush. But the college administrators, meanwhile, are in a bind: Whatever their private grousing, the school remains deeply dependent on Brockman, taking pains to avoid explanations and conversations about the falling out.
"I don't have anything to say," said Trollinger, a central figure in the lost Brockman donation, when a BuzzFeed reporter walked into his office. But what about taking a question or two? "I won't take 'em," the bespectacled, bow-tied Virginian replied, as he stood in front of his desk sifting through paperwork.
It was Trollinger who pitched the idea of the scholarship program to the trust on June 1. Bob Brockman, whose full name is Robert Theron Brockman, has said his first two years at Centre were meaningful, emboldening his enterprising spirit.
Trollinger, 64, holds a Ph.D. in education policy and has been courting wealthy donors for four decades, about half of that time at Centre. He won a connection to the Brockman Trust in 2009 by exchanging numerous handwritten letters with the trustees, after he learned that Eugene Brockman, Bob Brockman's father, had expressed a willingness to help Centre sometime before he died in 1986. The trustees are a reserved, secretive set who keep their dealings opaque. When Trollinger asked if Centre could put a plaque thanking Brockman on a residence hall built with a 2010 donation from the trust, the businessman swiftly nixed the idea, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy.
He seemingly overcame that aversion to attention, considering the name of the scholarship program, at the end of July, when headlines in every major news outlet marveled at the record-setting gift, bound for a small liberal arts school in Kentucky of all places. Alumni say they were immensely proud, flabbergasted at the size of the donation set against past fundraising campaigns — even $10,000 gifts merit press releases on the school's website.
"The whole system of financing American higher ed is broken, and money for student aid has been our biggest need," Trollinger told The New York Times. He added that since he pitched the program, "it's moved very fast."
Tamine only began representing the Brockman Trust in 2010, but appears to have been Centre's main point of contact. And even as the bankers finalized the multibillion-dollar deal, Tamine and Centre officials quarreled over required coursework, standardized test scores, who would pay for advertising for the scholarship, and other issues, he said in a telephone interview.
The program was intended to attract "job creators" to Centre, with the initial press release about the scholarship stating it was meant for majors in economics, natural sciences and computational sciences. That seemed to echo Brockman's background, and it fit into his pro-American views, a person close to him said.
But three days after Tamine thought the gift had been finalized, Centre's board of trustees came back to him with more adjustments. After spending weeks painstakingly tweaking the program with the school, Tamine was exhausted.
"I thought it was settled. Enough was enough," he said. "We've been through this enough times."
At that point, Tamine walked away from the entire deal. He said Brockman was also angry after hearing about how pushy the college was with the scholarship terms. And apparently, it was enough to call the whole thing off. He complained that ultimately, the college wanted the scholarship terms to be far more flexible than he had envisioned.
As for Reynolds and Reynolds, the firm declined to explain why it canceled the deal in the eleventh hour or comment on the role of the scholarship program, saying that it suddenly "didn't see any need to borrow any additional funds." Thomas Schwartz, a spokesman for the company, insisted that any talks about the scholarships were strictly between Centre College and Tamine. He said that Bob Brockman — Eugene's son — wasn't involved, despite the scholarship's name, Reynolds and Reynolds' financial involvement, and Tamine's comment to BuzzFeed that Brockman was "furious" when negotiations fell apart.
"That was between the trust and the college, and they can verify that or not — but I believe they would," Schwartz said. When asked about Tamine's statement that the scholarship disagreement preceded the collapsed loan deal, he said, "If that's his comment, I can't add any more insight to that." Schwartz couldn't determine the day the company pulled the deal, saying he wasn't "privy" to such information.
"I'm not aware of another transaction this year where the syndication went as planned, the allocations went out, the pricing was set, it started trading in the secondary market, and then the loan was pulled before the final paperwork was signed," Granovsky of Moody's said.
Behind Brockman
Oddly enough, Eugene Brockman didn't actually attend Centre, and his son, the family's only link to the college, went for just two years before transferring to the University of Florida because the school didn't offer a major in business administration. Despite that, the younger Brockman, now 72, seemingly considers it his alma mater — his biography on the college's website says he belongs to Centre's class of 1963 — and he's spent millions on gifts to the school. He's devoted ample time as well: He joined the college's board of trustees in 1998 and served as its chairman until the end of June.
It was a rare public leadership post for an extremely private man who lives in Houston. While Brockman is worth at least $1 billion based on his majority ownership of Reynolds and Reynolds, which he merged with Universal Computer Systems in 2006 after founding that entity in 1970, his company is private, allowing him to avoid the spotlight.
Still, he is aggressive. He and his company have spent years embroiled in a lawsuit seeking the identity of an anonymous blogger and possible employee known as "Trooper," who they allege has defamed Reynolds and Reynolds and cost the company money through his blog posts, including ones where he compared Brockman to both Bernie Madoff and Satan. Trooper, meanwhile, contends he has a right to free speech and hasn't defamed the company. While the blog is no longer running, the question of whether Google must reveal his identity will soon make its way to the Texas Supreme Court.
Brockman fancies himself an anti-Warren Buffett in terms of flying under the radar, according to a person close to the billionaire. He dines out and travels frequently, with a private jet and a home in Aspen, Colorado, and doesn't want people to know who he is or the extent of his fortune, the person said. He's sharp and works out every day, according to this person. Public records show he has hunting and fishing licenses in Alaska and Texas, and he is a member of the board of trustees at both Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine.
Brockman is a low-profile version of the type of conservative donor the Koch brothers have made famous: the heads of giant, under-the-radar, privately held companies in the middle of the country who play a disproportionate role in American politics and don't like to talk about it. Reynolds and Reynolds and Brockman are both active Republican donors, though he doesn't seem to publicize his political beliefs in the media. In the latest election cycle, Reynolds and Reynolds donated $800,000 to Republican candidates and political action committees. Most of the donations went to Restore Our Future and American Crossroads, though Ted Cruz, David Dewhurst, and Mitt Romney also received funds. Brockman, personally, has given at least $1.75 million to Texans for Rick Perry since 2000 — the source close to Brockman said Perry is a good friend — and $2,500 to conservative Texas Supreme Court judge Eva Guzman.
Those donations might provide a window into Brockman's views on taxes. Investors, when the deal was pulled, were told there was an issue with taxes on the gift. Most likely, if the gift wasn't going to the college, Brockman wouldn't have a way to offset the high taxes on dividends from the broader loan deal.
More likely, Brockman, who has just one son in his late thirties with his wife Dorothy, has been consumed with the idea of his legacy and how his wealth will be distributed after his death, the person close to Brockman said. That's one reason he has steered his charitable higher-education efforts toward Centre over the University of Florida, which already has an endowment of more than $1 billion. Brockman is a bigger name at Centre — the thinking was that the college could, ultimately, even change its name to his, the person said.
And Brockman's impact on the 150-acre campus is hard to miss. He has funded a new softball and athletic field, and a residential building for 146 students called Pearl Hall, named after Bob Brockman's mother and grandmother, who were both named Pearl. The gem is the the $15 million A. Eugene Brockman Residential Commons, featuring a pristine set of apartments for 124 upperclassmen. "It's not just nicer than your first apartment," said Michael Strysick, a former English professor who serves as the school's spokesman. "It's nicer than your fifth apartment."
"We're just so grateful for the support of the family and the trust over the years," said Strysick, who warned, accurately, that administrators would be unwilling to discuss the rift with their benefactor. "They are extremely generous, and Centre is what it is now in large part to that generosity." While generous, Brockman's people seemed short-fused when it came to the scholarship requirements.
Students had to be fluent in English, because Danville is such a small community that not being fluent in English would be isolating, said Tamine, Brockman's proxy. In addition, students had to take up either Chinese or Spanish, he said, in line with the entrepreneurial vision of the program.
School officials also had concerns that a physical fitness requirement, which Tamine originally proposed, might run afoul of NCAA rules, which prohibit athletic scholarships for Division III schools like Centre. School attorneys, he said, thought the fitness goals "could constitute an athletic scholarship."
Tamine also sought tougher standardized test requirements than the school wanted. Moreover, he didn't want the trust to have to pay for advertising the scholarship. He said he found Centre officials' course requirements to be "over-prescripted."
With such banal terms, it begs the question: Was there more to the scholarship negotiations that someone is leaving out?
And if Centre couldn't weigh in on SAT scores and test requirements without risking the program, what does it say about educational institutions being held hostage to one donor's whims? And the nature of such gifts?
A College Disappointed
Roush, after the gift was initially announced in July, told the Lexington Herald-Leader that despite his 15-year tenure as Centre's president, there remained more to be done at the college, and he wanted to help shape the program "so it really has the impact we want."
Together, with Trollinger, the two have spent years cultivating relationships with the richest potential donors and winning funds to bolster the college's campus and reputation. The 63-year-old, who joined as Centre's 20th president in 1998, is a well-loved and omniscient figure on campus, from cheering students at cross-country meets to dispensing advice about study-abroad programs. Former students describe Roush as innovative and fiercely competitive — one went so far as to call him the "Steve Jobs of liberal arts colleges" — and say he was key in bringing the vice-presidential debates to Centre. His obvious goal of building Centre as a brand outside of states like Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee makes it difficult for students to believe he would do or say anything to risk a donation and program the size of what Brockman was offering.
Brockman's proxy told Inside Higher Ed last month that the parties involved now agree that the donation was announced too early. The cancellation stunned the small community, which had lost a "transformative" gift in a matter of weeks — and the silence from Brockman's end on another donation has been ominous.
As for Centre, it issued a press release on Sept. 9 announcing the discontinuation of talks over the scholarship, which quickly went into thanks to Tamine and Brockman for all they have done for the school. Trollinger has taken responsibility for announcing the donation too soon, saying he "can live with the resulting embarrassment."
"We're busy with the work of running this remarkable college," Strysick told BuzzFeed. "We've moved on from the news."
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Rather than simply delaying the pain, we should go ahead and scrap this entire law before any more damage is done.
The Obama administration will delay the implementation of a key provision in the Affordable Care Act, which requires businesses with more than 50 employees to provide adequate health care coverage, until 2015.
The decision ensures the provision won't go into effect until after the 2014 midterm elections.
Officials told Bloomberg that most large employers already provide health care that meets the law's requirements.
Republicans have already taken to Twitter to blast the decision.
Senior White House adviser Valerie Jarret cast the decision as part of an effort to simplify data reporting requirements.
She said since enforcing the coverage mandate is dependent on businesses reporting about their workers' access to insurance, the administration decided to postpone the reporting requirement, and with it, the mandate to provide coverage.
We have and will continue to make changes as needed," Jarrett wrote in a White House blog post. "In our ongoing discussions with businesses we have heard that you need the time to get this right. We are listening.
The president's health care law is already raising costs and costing jobs. This announcement means even the Obama administration knows the 'train wreck' will only get worse. I hope the administration recognizes the need to release American families from the mandates of this law as well. This is a clear acknowledgment that the law is unworkable, and it underscores the need to repeal the law and replace it with effective, patient-centered reforms.
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I started out in treatment with the old fashioned braces about 10 months ago. was in treatment with those for about 8 month.. I have impecible hygene but i got a gingevitis infection with them. So i switched over to the new Damon 3 Braces with the closing doors, and have been in treatment for 2 months so far with these.. I love them and the treatment is making fast progress. I am suppose to be in them for another 18 months however I have my wedding coming up. Really dont want braces showing up in my wedding pictures. My teeth used to be bunched and croweded. I used to have a overbite and buck teeth.. now my teeth are straight on the top and uncrowded and continuing to straighten out on the bottom.. I have an appointment coming up and am going to talk to my orthodontist about switching over to the invisaline to finish out the treatment. Should I? is it worth it? is Invisaline worth it? when your teeth move how do the trays stay in place? how do you keep the trays from popping off? do they snap in place or just sit there on your teeth? How durable are the trays?
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Pics of my hair..hoping it works
Ok...so I can't figure out how to put my picture up in my message, so hopefully putting up some links will work.
First one will be 7/26/07...I did a co-wash and then conditioned and "raked/combed" through my hair with my fingers...ouch! I rinsed and then did a salt water rinse and after I was done and my hair was soaking I used about 4 puddles of Angell.This would be my 2nd day of Modified CG...until I can get everything to be fully CG
Next is the front of my hair on the same day...usually the more problematic area...as you can see the sides for some reasons don't curl even though I do the same exact things and scrunch the same way...and for all of you who saw my other post...there is my dreaded baby hairs on my forehead!!! Sorry about the pic but wasn't having a good "face" day.
Finally...this was a few days ago with my "2nd Day Hair"...
So first of all, hopefully you guys will get to see these pics if I did it correctly. 2nd, your opinions one what type of hair that I am...I am saying a 2C but I am not sure...and last, if anyone's got any good tips for me now that you see what my hair looks like...I am waiting for a bottle of Re:coil to come so maybe that will give me some real curls ***HOPING***
Hope this works...Thanks my new curly family!!!!
Your hair is beautiful.
I get some of those odd hairs too that don't quite wanna curl somedays. On days i'm motivated I've tried using sponge rollers while it's drying, but those days are few and far between and Im so stupid with girly stuff, I can't quite figure them out.
Have you tried plopping yet?
Saw your pix too...you have some great curls...yeah I forgot to write that down, that I did plop for the 7/26 pics...thats why its just so wierd that the front hairs don't curl if its still all plopped and scrunched the same way...unpredictable do-whatever-they-want-curls!!!!!
Hi Josie,
Try the r:coil when it comes in, it could be the parts of your hair that you said were highlighted many times that aren't curling well. Keep conditioning. I like your hair and you don't look like a boy. I'm not too far from you. I'm in Old Bridge
Your pics look great!! I think you are a 2C. I love your color and length too, very pretty! :) I hope the recoil works for you! It smells yummy, like vanilla.
Your hair is beautiful! I would say 2C as well but you might find as you go along it gets curlier!! I had issues with plopping and the front of my hair as well but as it gets longer (I am only shoulder length) it gets better for me.
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I'm really having troubles this a.m.
I still feel kinda new to all this but...I wonder if maybe when you're plopping your pulling on those front, side strands of hair (or they're getting flattened with the towel) and thats why they're a little straighter than the rest of your hair. I think that is what is happening to me. Maybe you could experiment with leaving the very front strands out of the towel when you plop.
I love your hair though. Very nice color and curl. I wish my hair was that length.
Your hair is beautiful!
My hair doesn´t curl on the sides too, so I have to pull it up.
I really don´t know why. I thought (as curlyclaudia posted) that it could be damged. But after several years on the CG routine and no more straightening, it is definetly not damaged and the sides still don't curl. :?
Love the hair.I`m happy to see someone here with that hair because a girl in my class has the exact same hair but she put gel in it and it look like spirals(her hair look like a thin 3B) I wanted to ask her if she was born with the highlights.Are the highlights natural?
Hey Josie,
I tried talking to you last night in the chat room :lol: Anyway, I like your hair, and perhaps maybe the front sides aren't curling because they are a little drier than the rest of your hair? It might take a a few weeks to total pop out the curl i would think. I'm new to CG also, and I have alottt to learn but i've been coming to this site everyday since i've become CG and i've been learning several things every time:D I love it BTW. (I need to take some proper pics) But here's an example of mine today-taken from the front)
Keep on conditioning and see what happens :wink: I've been experimenting little by little... Still a bit scared but so far it's been going well...
See how my front curls are not as curly as the ones in the back. Maybe it has to do with length and also with the fact that it's bleached alot more in the front... I noticed the parts of my hair that are over bleach from the overhighlighting tend to be straighter and not curl as much as the rest of my hair that isn't as highlighted. SUCKS. But I think i'm going back to dark in a month to let my hair rest awhile with the color.
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Thanks to everyone who left me feedback...I think that must be it...the fact that hair stylists always make sure the sides are highlighted since they are what you see the most, so since everytime I did, those pieces got bleached over and over, thats prob why they won't curl. Also, I am trying to pay more attention when I plop and trying to put my sides more in the middle and that is helping a little bit. Hopefully when I get my re:coil it will help. I can't wait to buy more CG friendly products so my hair can get healthy and curly.
Thanks again girls!!!
my hair always seemed to have very uneven curly patterns too and especially on the canopy fronts - tended to frizz out or look dry. I've only been doing this about 10 days but here is what I did that I think made a difference:
1. First I only plopped for a minute or two and then let my hair dry naturally. Well for me, with super fine hair, the water weighed it down and it looked blah. So now I plop (keep in a microfiber turban) longer and diffuse about 5-10 min. This helped with body and frizz.
2. I was combing my hair out (and sometime not) and putting gel on after getting out of the shower and the towel. Under the advice of someone here I decided to comb in the shower with devaone in my hair, then rinse, flip over and apply my gel on sopping wet hair and OMG what a difference - much more even and defined curl.
Also, each day my hair tends to look less frizzy and damaged, so keep it up and see. Your second day hair looks soo much curlier! Wow! My hair is too fine for good second day hair I think!
BTW your hair is pretty - love the length and thickness *envious* - just keep conditioning and try some different techniques with styling. And you don't look anything like a BOY!
I think you have gorgeous hair. I guess you'd be a 2c, if you say so..I am a 2c also but the very ends and tips of mine are straighter (I did permanently straighten mine about a year and a half ago though so the entire bottom half of my hair is straightened and still gets some waves.) But the ends of yours look like real curls to me. (so at least some 3a?) I hope eventually my ends will curl like that, maybe after my haircut today.
We'll have to post more pics after we have done CG for a few months. Best of luck to you, but it looks great right now!
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When I was growing up, cigarettes were something people bought from vending machines. I've never been a smoker, but I want to say they cost about a dollar? I'm not so sure, and it's not something I pay much attention to. Today, I learned that a carton of cigarettes cost $75! $7.50 a pack, or 38 cents a cigarette. So someone who smokes 2 packs/day, pays about $450 a month.
The funny thing is, I didn't know this because people never complain to me about the cost of cigarettes. They complain about the cost of medicines (this sometimes includes patients with medicaid who have a $1 co-pay for their meds), the cost of health insurance, and the cost of medical treatment. At times, I've suggested that patients with heavy habits cut down by one pack a month (so less than a cigarette a day) to be able to afford their medicines and I've been met with groans.
Do I think cigarettes should cost this much? Yes. The health problems they cause and the cost they inflict on society is so huge, that I believe they should be heavily taxed-- and the monies should go to medical expenses incurred by smokers and research on how to better prevent addictions (my personal rant, added at no additional cost). But I think it speaks to power of their addiction that people are willing to put out this huge sum of money on cigarettes-- people who don't have it, people who really can't afford it, people who would go without necessary medical insurance or medical care, meals at nice restaurants, vacations, and many other things that $5,000 a year would buy.
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Chivas vice president Efrain Flores said Francisco Mendoza knew that the club had received offers for him the day before the draft.
Francisco Mendoza was placed on Chivas' transfer list for the draft. Mendoza though was upset when he found out he had been placed on the transfer list. Efrain Flores, vice president of Guadalajara, said he had previously spoken with Mendoza and they both agreed that a transfer could be the way to go, reported Mural.
"I spoke with him and it seems there was a misunderstanding. I think he will clear things up when everything is done," said Flores. "I explained the offers for him when we first received them. I said 'Pancho, there are these possibilities which are really important and you should take a look at them.'
"He said to me, 'go ahead there is no problem, I would like to hear them' and we put him on the draft till 7:00 pm on Tuesday. That's how it went down, It was with the player first. If you ask me I think it was really respectful," expressed Flores.
Mendoza only made three appearances for Chivas last season. Mendoza played only a total of 89 minutes for Chivas and earned a red card in his last outing for El Rebaño. The midfielder will now be joining Jaguares on a one year loan. Chivas however walked away empty handed from the deal. It was speculated that the deal could bring the return of Adolfo "Bofo " Bautista back to Guadalajara, but Flores assured everyone that the topic was never touched during the deal.
Flores also admitted that he was being pressured by Tigres to sell Luis Ernesto Michel. But he did not want to weaken Francisco Ramirez' team before the season even starts.
"We hope to bring continuity to the team. There was an instance where they asked for him, but they soon realized that I did not come to sell him. They could have tried all they wanted and it was not going to happen. I feel we need to hold on to Michel," Flores admitted.
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Facebook is letting members follow strangers Twitter-style in the latest of a barrage of data maelstrom-taming moves since rival social network Google+ launched in June.
"Google+ was a major wake-up call for Facebook," said analyst Rob Enderle of Enderle Group in Silicon Valley.
"They were awakened to the fact that they could be another MySpace; so they suddenly got very aggressive on moving the ball forward so they couldn't get caught," he added.
MySpace was the dominant online social network until it was eclipsed by Facebook.
Google+ combined aspects of Facebook and microblogging sensation Twitter, and promised users that sharing aspects of their lives at the social network would reflect levels of confidentiality granted in real life.
A criticism of Facebook has been that updates are shared with all of one's friends unless a user has gone through a relatively complicated process to create separate Facebook Groups.
In recent weeks, Facebook has focused intently on ways for members to better control what information gets shared with whom.
"Until now, it hasn't been easy to choose exactly what you see in your News Feed," Facebook developer Zach Rait said Wednesday in a blog post introducing subscribe buttons on profile pages.
"You also couldn't hear directly from people you're interested in but don't know personally – like journalists, artists and political figures," he said. "With the Subscribe button, we're making it easier to do both."
Subscribe buttons let people tailor what they see in news feeds; hear from people who aren't friends at the network, and share insights with strangers.
"If you'd like to share your public updates with more than just friends, you can get a Subscribe button on your profile," Mr Rait said.
Facebook also began letting members be more selective about what kinds of updates from friends make it into their personal news feeds at the website.
People can select an "all updates" setting or opt to be shown "most updates" or "important updates only," such as marriages or job changes.
Facebook has just introduced "smart lists" that sort friends automatically into categories and prioritise news from those dearest to members of the world's largest online social network.
"This is really something we have been working on for four years," Facebook director of product management Blake Ross said of smart lists.
Facebook began in 2007 letting members individually sort friends into lists for targeted sharing of comments, photos and other digitised snippets of life.
The smart lists feature spares Facebook users the tedium of creating lists by automatically putting friends into groups, with the first four categories being work, school, family and city.
Smart lists are created and updated based on information people consent to share with friends on Facebook, according to Mr Ross.
"Smart lists take all the pain out of organising friends on Facebook," Mr Ross said.
Facebook will also let each member create a list of high-priority people who are "closer to them than anyone else in the world" or "acquaintances" whose posts they don't want to see very often.
"Facebook is used by more than 750 million people worldwide, and just like in the real world you are friends with a diverse group of people," Mr Blake said.
"We heard from users that it is hard to talk to all these people at one time, and maybe harder to hear from them at one time," he added.
Google+ stressed the ability it gives users to separate online friends and family into different "Circles," or networks, and to share information only with members of a particular circle.
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Things To Look For When Buying a Used Car
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Buying a used car is somewhat less of a crapshoot than it was at one time. You can get detailed information on a vehicle's history via the CARFAX report, and a technician can use onboard diagnostics to get a good picture of what's going on under the hood and what problems might be coming up.
It's always a good idea to get a mechanic to look over any prospective purchase, but there are things you can get a look at yourself before you spend the money for a professional inspection. These are things which will give you a pretty good idea of the kind of use and maintenance a vehicle has seen before you got it.
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|Match Your Sun-Sign Compatibility Libra - Cancer
The compatibility of Libra - Cancer will lack excitement, but this will usually wont matter much to either of the natives. Despite of menial differences in their basic nature security and domestic preferences will be important to moody cancer and the practical Virgo. For Virgo, this will be somewhat dull association. Both the natives will often get involved in activities that will clash with their mutual interests. But the association will be so indulging that none out of two are going to end the relationship even if it won't working. The union of Cancer and Libra will be speckled with critical and nagging attitude that will not amuse both the signs. Astrologically speaking, the signs of Cancer and Libra constitute a perfect angle. Since this association will undergo many discomforts in terms of compatibility, this can be one of the most challenging cominations. Initially this combination will look well as their differences will not be clearly demarcated. Both the signs will seek peace and harmony, so an overview of this compatibility is going to appear fine.
Emotional Compatibility
The emotional compatibility of Cancer and Libra will be disaster-prone right from the start. While Cancer will seek lots of emotion and communication, Libra will be looking for someone to provide an intellectual connection. This might create friction in their emotional compatibility. There might be several frustrating moments due to many differences in their fundamental natures. Hence both will not actually derive what they want. Both Cancer and Libra will find it impossible to establish a real bonding in this match. Initially the emotional coordination will start with a bang may, but will end in a whimper. Emotions and feelings will be glorious in the beginning, with oodles of affection and attraction, but gradually the variations in their thought process will appear. Cancer will predominantly want coziness and commitment in their emotions but Libra will get scared of it and would think with head rather than heart. Both the natives will venture in this relationship with high hopes, but they surely will be disappointed by one another. Libra will act stingy but Cancer will seek chances to shop and splurge. Libra will implement a practical approach to everything and cancer will be flexible and easygoing. Libra will often hide his emotions from everyone including the Cancer. This will make Cancer sad and depressed. Both the natives will be basically emotionally unhappy in this relationship.
Professional CompatibilityIn the professional association of Cancer and Libra, Libra will make Cancer aware of money, security and financial stability. Libra will generate a great sense of Cancer's awareness towards
investments, savings and solid compositions. Libra will also render a solid framework of business and profitability to this professional association. Both the natives must pay adequate attention towards their individual work style and business acumen. Cancer, in association with Libra, will also become security-aware. He will attain a certain level of stability in his work or business. As per the natal charts, Libra has a positive effect over certain aspects of cancer's chart such as business, property, land etc. There might be minor obstacles to this relationship but Libra will use his/her intellect to eradicate any sort of apprehensions. But if Cancer has decided to start any new venture, then Libra will be the right person. They just must thoroughly understand each other's capacities and degree of involvement before getting professionally involved. Both Cancer and Libra can achieve this understanding through mutual and communicative dialogue.
Romantic Compatibility
This romantic association of this zodiac pair will function on entirely different echelon. Cancer will want his love and romantic partner to be emotionally inspirational whereas Libra will be sought after a perfect rational relationship. Cancer's changeable temperament might bother Libra as he/she will find it difficult to cope up with. Cancer will also feel uncertain and anxious due to Libra's unique style of attachment. The Libra will find Cancer's romantic very exciting and stimulating. Cancer will have to take care of other things also other than just his romantic mood to bring excitement and glamour into their love life. He/she must hold Libra's attention by hook or crook else Libra's roving eye will always be on the move. Cancer must not turn critical about Libra's extravagance, else there will be clashes. The romantic connection is possible indeed with slight improvisations in the temperament of both the natives. Some significant differences might erupt from time to time when Cancer's desire for a quiet and peaceful romantic evening will be pitted against the Libra's social, playful idea of romantic rendezvous.
Marital Compatibility
The marital compatibility between Cancer and Libra will be quite good because of the suitable compatibility of their ruling planets, the Moon and the Venus. Both the natives will be very satisfied and contended in each other's company as they want to love also and get loved also. This partnership foresees some positive along with some challenges.
Romance will reign supreme in this marital compatibility. Both the natives will often dream and revere about their domestic bliss. But after their honeymoon is over, Libra will often get annoyed by Cancer's possessiveness and inquisitive nature. Both need to carefully communicate to make this relationship a success. Cancer must not take things granted in this marriage with Libra. He/she must do some thinking and analyzing over domestic issues and then make any sort of evaluation. The planet of Venus will combine with all the positivity of Moon that indicates material and emotional success in this marriage.
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The rest is as we have come to expect each year: a salvo of measures to expand incentives and reduce red tape for smaller companies, help for working parents and further clampdowns on tax dodging. There was not so much as a hint of tax increases, a timely reminder that the next general election is already looming on the horizon. The most riveting statistic was contained in the accompanying Barker review of housing supply - that at the current rate at which housing stock is being replaced, houses built now will need to last 1,200 years. That should never be allowed to become an epitaph for a Labour government.
The City, predictably, started quivering at the sight of a borrowing requirement that had soared £10bn to £37.4bn since the budget in April - though how such a widely leaked deviation could cause such surprise was not clear. The City is increasingly fearful - and the Conservatives not far behind - that economic growth, currently doing better than expected (at 2.1% in 2003), will not be strong enough to prevent borrowing getting much worse after the election, thereby triggering tax increases.
This could happen, but the Treasury claims, with some conviction, that it could spend £14bn more over the next two years and still meet its targets without breaching its self-imposed "golden rule" of balancing the budget over the cycle. Another £7bn of revenue could be forthcoming if the economy expands at the higher underlying rate of growth (2.9%) the Treasury believes it is capable of, rather than the 2.75% on which its forecasts are based. Even so, some of the forecasts - like a 5.5% rise in export volume next year after a 1.5% decline this year - amount to an act of faith in a strong global recovery at a time when the pound is losing competitiveness to the dollar. Also, the chancellor is gambling on a continued rise in real incomes to underpin spending at a time when its own tax and price index suggests that the rise in living standards is grinding to a halt, thanks to national insurance increases and an unexpectedly slow growth in earnings this year.
The big surprise in social policy was the extra £1bn for child tax credits. This 13% increase in the child element of the benefit should put the government on track to reaching the first milestone in its 20-year campaign to abolish child poverty by 2020. It is committed to reducing the 4 million children living below the poverty line by a quarter by March 2005. The last count - in 2002 - showed 500,000 lifted out of poverty.
This new increase should ensure a further 500,000 are lifted out by 2004-05. The large increase, which must have prompted heated Whitehall spending battles, brought high praise from the Child Poverty Action Group. For poor two-child households, the benefit has lifted family income by £56 a week since 1997. Some 3.7 million families and 7.2 million children will benefit from the latest increase. The 1,000 new children's centres in the next five years had been widely leaked but are no less welcome. So was the new tax relief on childcare costs (up to £50 a week) that could encourage expansion of this provision, which only provides one place for every five children under eight.
None of these improvements would be possible without economic growth. Although Mr Brown missed his borrowing target (but rightly chose not to cut spending or raise taxes to deal with it), he has presided over an unprecedented period of uninterrupted growth, unlike most EU nations, or the Tories, who presided over two avoidable recessions in a decade. The fact that economic stability is now taken for granted is one of Labour's most spectacular achievements.


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Maybe the name helped. A rescue dog from the United Kingdom named Mugly has won the annual World's Ugliest Dog contest.
The 8-year-old Chinese crested won $1,000 and a year's worth of dog cookies by beating out 28 other ugly dogs from around the world.
"I couldn't speak when they announced Mugly's name," said Bev Nicholson, the dog's owner. "I didn't know which way to look. I was shaking as much as the dog."
Nicholson said Mugly also was named Britain's ugliest dog in 2005.
Organizers at the California event say the dogs are judged on their "natural ugliness in both pedigree and mutt classes."
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Canada's largest city has something for everyone. Toronto is home to 2.7 million residents from over 200 cultures, and this diversity is reflected through eclectic neighborhoods and world-class art, restaurants, and entertainment. T.O. is known for its brutal winters, so get there before the temps drop!
Up-and-Coming Neighborhoods
A favorite of locals for years, the neighborhood of Leslieville is quickly becoming an in-the-know attraction for foodie tourists due to unique restaurants and hip specialty shops. To get a crash course in all this hood has to offer, try the Leslieville Food & Cultural Walking Tour, which visits Ruby Eats, the food pantry of celebrity Chef Lynn Crawford; Dark Horse Espresso Bar; Hooked, a sustainable seafood shop; and much more. The Junction is a formerly dry neighborhood that has turned into a premiere nightlife destination. Head there for craft beers at Indie Alehouse and live music over vintage board games at 3030. Although not new, the Historic Distillery District is home to high-end boutiques, art galleries, and restaurants, and is a popular film location for movies and television shows.
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The St. Lawrence Market was named the world's best food market by National Geographic in April 2012, and it's easy to see why. A functioning market since 1803, it has grown to comprise three buildings: the South Market building, which is home to more than 120 artisans and specialty food vendors, as well as the Market Galley exhibition space; the North Market building, which hosts the Saturday Farmers' Market full of fresh meat, cheese, and produce; and St. Lawrence Hall, a retail space, office building, and event space. Don't leave without a legendary peameal bacon sandwich from Carousel Bakery and a container of duck fat from Whitehouse Meats for your own culinary concoctions. Try Kensington Market for a perfect display of the cultural diversity in Toronto where you'll find goods like exotic spices, sweet treats, and vintage clothing from Europe, the Middle East, South America, and Asia.
New Hotels and Restaurants
To accommodate the influx of visitors over the past five years, hotels and restaurants continue to pop up downtown and beyond. Langham Hospitality Group will re-brand Toronto's largest hotel, the Delta Chelsea, as the Eaton Chelsea this summer through a multi-million dollar beautification of the exterior, lobby, interiors, Market Garden Restaurant, and meeting facilities. The 1,590-room Eaton Chelsea will serve as a full-service, urban resort with five restaurants and lounges and separate adult and family recreation areas. Toronto's newest restaurant is Against the Grain Urban Tavern in the Leaside neighborhood, a multi-million dollar space with 3 bars, 2 patios, and 18 craft and micro brews available on tap. The menu will feature classic favorites like smoked pork ribs and steak frites, and global inspirations like lemongrass-cured trout, duck confit, and kimchee tacos. Finally, a trip to Canada isn't complete without poutine, so head over to Smoke's Poutinerie to try their re-vamped menu of over 30 different types.
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One of Toronto's best-kept secrets is the Toronto Islands. A 10-minute ferry ride transports visitors from the hustle and bustle of city life to a quiet world of serene lakes, tranquil beaches, marinas, quaint cottages, and tree-lined paths. The Toronto Islands are made up of three major islands, the most popular of which is Centre Island which features picnic areas, bike paths, and an amusement park for small children. Cars aren't allowed on the islands, so we suggest the Island Twilight tour through Toronto Bicycle Tours. You won't get a better view of the gorgeous Toronto skyline!
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Toronto can easily rival any other North American city for the title of "Best Annual Festivals." Pride Toronto, held at the end of June, is one of the largest Pride celebrations in the world with an estimated attendance of over 1 million people. Caribana Toronto, officially held on the first weekend in August (but events last for three weeks), celebrates Caribbean heritage in Toronto through parties, concerts, and of course, the Toronto Caribbean Carnival Parade.
One of Toronto's biggest music exports, rapper Drake, has brought Caribana to a new level with his 4th annual OVO Fest, which will feature Frank Ocean, James Blake, and some of Drake's special friends as headliners. Finally, the Toronto International Film Festival in early September draws tons of A-list celebrities to the city, and is the world's largest public film festival, screening more than 300 films from around the world.
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Harleigh Rose is the Organizing Secretary for the local Community of Artists of the City of Boroondara. An active person involving herself in nearly all of the Ashburton's social and welfare activities, she is popular and well liked by nearly all the seven thousand inhabitants of the suburb.
She was in the forefront against the closure of the small police stations, citing logistics that it would lead to a spurt of criminal activities. She is also a staunch supporter of Ashburton Asylum Seekers Support Group.
Harleigh Rose, an Irish descendant, has the same anger when injustice is being done to the weak and the down trodden as was her great grand father who had fought in the Irish Civil War. She was never tired of telling her three teenaged children, two sons and one daughter about her grand father Chris John passion for railways, because he felt that's how it would take development to the remote undeveloped areas. He was instrumental in electrifying the Ashburton station way back in 1924. That's one major reason of her unflinching love to Ashburton.
She as one of her grandfather's favorite, imbibed his passion and love for railways. She loves commuting in rail, rarely using the car. Her husband, Mathew Reeves has a chain of high profile men's clothing stores, situated in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne and that keeps her busy for most part of the day. The store at High Street is the talk of the town, known for its novelty.
On Thursday, 15th October 2009 Harleigh Rose kept her appointment with the Assistant Principal, Ashburton Primary School, discussing with her the entire afternoon about the Community Arts Day, which is going to be held on 21st October 2009. Harliegh Rose has been associated with their Community Arts Day from the time it was conceptualized seven years back. She was the guiding force for the young budding artists from all over Melbourne.
As she had to meet and organize a series of meetings, she was hurrying back to the Ashburton station to catch the 4 pm city bound Connex train.
The station was practically empty with about three or four women in front of her and a
group of students a distance away.
A young woman in her twenties was waiting with a pram in front of her, just a few meters away. She saw that the mother was with two other ladies, may be waiting for the same train.
Then it happened suddenly in a split second that she never could recollect the sequence of events.
The announcements, the rush of the train, the rolling of the pram in front of the train, the scream of the young mother and the strange high pitched voice, which she discovered to her horror, was hers', took its toll and she nearly blacked out.
She had in her life time, seen many a tragedy as she was an active member in nearly all the volunteer groups from helping the orphans, widows, the homeless and the drug addicts and is proud of her mature, unruffled and firm stance.
But never saw an incident as horrifying as a baby falling on the track in front of a running train. She ran after the mother, who was running to reach the front of the train, as it stopped.
"Please God, help." She whispered gasping as she caught up with the others, not knowing what had happened to the baby.
"Let nothing happen to the baby." She prayed again.
The train driver, shocked was the first to jump on the tracks, followed by the others.
"Oh my God!"
"Is the baby safe?"
"Did some one call the ambulance?"
Above the sound of the running feet, the high pitched voices and shouts for help as everyone ran towards the crushed pram in front of the train, Harliegh Rose, panting and pale with fear, looked over the mothers' shoulder, who was kneeling down on the tracks, and found her comforting the baby.
The baby survived.
It was a miracle.
The pram was in shambles.
"Thank God, the baby is fine."
"Just imagine being dragged for such a long distance."
"I think the baby was saved because it was strapped to the pram"
Harliegh Rose, listening silently, looked around the station. There were passengers around, some still running, the others just gaped at the people standing in front of the engine, not knowing what they are supposed to do. All are strangers to her.
For her, it was just an ordinary day, a Thursday. What she thought was to be an ordinary week day with a couple of appointments; one at the school, another at the artist center and the last at the orphanage, turned out to be one of her most unforgettable day.
She does not know the young mother or her baby boy or the train driver. But she did what naturally came to her. She prayed and that made the difference to her.
Though she was in forefront in many activities and led her group to many a victory, she never prayed as there was never an occasion for her to do.
With sirens blazing the ambulance screeched in and took the child to the Royal Children's Hospital.
By the time she left, the entire station was getting filled up. The media and may be people from Connex and Kidsafe.
Harliegh Rose walked a few steps, stopped suddenly and gasped.
'Never in my life had I seen a miracle happening right in front of me.'
"Praise God! I witnessed a miracle." She whispered, wiping away a tear, and laughed silently.
"Now I can tell my children that I was part of a miracle as it happened."
Beaming, she opened her purse and took out her mobile phone to call her husband, as she walked to catch a bus.
Victor Jasti lives in India and is passionate about writing short stories based on the Bible and real incidents. He also writes Christian fiction and poetry. Five of his poems were published in Temporal Currents compiled by an American author, Ms. Christine Tricarico.
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Ondo's, the tapas bar at 250 Steele Street that opened last fall, recently expanded its hours to include lunch. And the lunch menu -- and the lunch menu only -- features what owner Curt Steinbecker believes are the only authentic bocadillos in Denver.
Steinbecker describes bocadillos as "Spanish-style, hot baguette sandwiches." The menu's got seven of them: three a variation on a pork product (two ham, one pork loin) and cheese theme; another, the "Menoquino" ($7.50), comes with hamburger, caramelized onion and mahon cheese, a cow cheese from the Spanish island of Menorca that Steinbecker says "packs a little more punch."
The very traditional "Español" ($7) comes on a tortilla made of potatoes and eggs, with a mayo, garlic and olive oil sauce called ali-oli. Another lunch offering, the Madrileno ($7.50), includes ham, havarti, tomato and avocado, served cold. The sandwiches run between $7 and $10, and include potatoes or salad.
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ill take a pic tonite and post it .its actually inside the fender well
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O know the rear wheel arch liners on my SRT seem to sit very close the rear of the rear tires.
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The tire wore a hole through mine. Dealer replaced the liner. Not sure why it did that but I anticipate trouble in the snow and ice.
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I dont really want a divorce so I did nothing. What is likely to happen next? Should I get an attorney even if i dont want a divorce? What can he do if I do not cooperate?
I totally agree with Peggy; she gave you great advice. I will just add a couple of comments to your questions.
Your Question: "I don't really want a divorce so I did nothing. What is likely to happen next?"
In this modern age of high divorce rates, there isn't much you can do if your Husband already filed papers. After divorce papers are handed to you, you have a very short deadline in which you must respond. If you don't, the court MAY give him whatever he asks for. So, as Peggy said, GET A LAWYER.
If he has not yet filed papers, ask him nicely- " What would it take to keep our marriage together?" If he starts to talk, just LISTEN. when he's done and you really really listened (even if it hurt bad to hear) Ask him if he would go w/ you to couples counseling so you could get help from a couple's counselor understanding better what his needs are. You may also need your own therapist. If not a couples counselor perhaps a clergy.
Your comment: "he paid a retainer for a "collaborative lawyer." he said she could also mediate or litigate".
You may benefit from a quick overview of these 3 processes and how they are different.
Mediation in family law is geared on facilitating agreement between people as to how they will divide up their lives in a way that they can each live as individuals again instead of one married unit. When people start the process of divorce by going to a mediator, it is presumed they are doing so because they don't' want to a Judge make life decisions for them. This is one of the hallmarks of mediation; that is YOU have the power to choose your own destiny; not a Judge. Also, its much less expensive; when 2 lawyers go in front of one Judge, each time a lawyer appears it can cost thousands of dollars for each of you. The more you fight, the more the lawyers work. the more the lawyers work, the more money you and your husband lose to lawyers. So, mediation from the very beginning is probably the cheapest and the emotionally healthiest way to go.
mediators vary- some mediators will not "mediate" the divorce unless EACH of you has your own lawyer. some mediators will mediate even if each of you do NOT have your own lawyer. If the mediator would do so, you must ask them before signing up for mediation- who will do your divorce paperwork to file with the court? some mediators do the paperwork, some will not.
Litigation is when you both each get your own lawyers and he files divorce paperwork through his lawyer and you file through your lawyer, then, whatever you argue about , the Lawyers will prepare paperwork and either send it to each other, send; it to the court, or show up in court and argue about it in front of the judge (or all of these things) until the judge makes the decision. This process can happen on each matter. A divorce trial will happen if things are not agreed upon before the trial date. Between the courts schedules and the lawyers fees, this can take a long time and cost alot of money.
Collaborative Divorce- is another way at arriving at a divorce. In this process, you both get lawyers experience in doing collaborative divorce. The hallmark of CD is the team of professionals you pay for that is assembled to help you understand and resolve all your issues. So, besides the lawyers in the room, they may be an accountant, actuary, real estate appraiser, child custody specialists, etc.
in my humble opinion, Northern California uses this method when there are significant assets to divided (i.e. both parties can afford the bill). BUT, with all the professionals you pay plus the lawyers, you will be totally educated about your own life in a way you were not before.
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You should consult privately with your own attorney. Do not post anything online, and do not speak about this matter with anyone who isn't your lawyer.
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Well yes there is such a thing as a Collaborative Divorce. This is a divorce that is supposed to be a divorce without a lot of acrimony and more mediated type of case. These are becoming very popular in some parts of the country. Even if you do not want a divorce there will still be one eventually. It will take longer, cost more and you will not get any say as to what you want. I suggest that you need to go seek counseling regarding the fact that your spouse is divorcing you. You will need to come to terms with this so that you can adequately be a participant in the process. MOST IMPORTANTLY YOU MUST SEEK A DIVORCE ATTORNEY FOR YOURSELF. Burying your head in the sand as if nothing is going on will be the worst thing that you could possibly do. Talk to some friends for moral support and see if you can find one that will help be by your side during it all. Good luck.
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This time of year, I'm always a little bothered by that old chestnut "Life's too short to drink bad wine." It's clear that whoever coined the phrase probably hadn't just made a serious dent in the family finances thanks to holiday gift giving and entertaining. January is simply not a good time to be splurging on wine. Not that spending less on wine means you have to drink bad wine. But the fact is, the more austere your budget, the harder it is to drink very good wine.
Harder, yes; impossible, no. There does exist a whole universe of moderately priced but delicious wines that are easy to buy and effortless to drink. I call them Wednesday night meat-loaf wines. And, frankly, the world needs them. If every wine were a pricey purchase meant for a special occasion, the historic role of wine as an accompaniment to dinner every night would (sadly) be lost.
From a practical standpoint, then, the question is, How do you get the most bang for your buck? Are there strategies for finding wines with modest price tags that taste like they cost a lot more? Yes. And here are some effective ones.
1. Explore wine regions known for value. Currently, the best place on the globe for this is Australia. Because that country has a relatively sparse population, wine companies there are very savvy about producing good-value wines for export. At the same time, Australian winemakers are some of the most talented in the world, and there are dozens of regions well suited for growing grapes that can be turned into delicious, moderately priced wines. Four other good sources of top-notch, reasonable wines are New Zealand, Spain, southern Italy, and, closer to home, Washington State. As for Chile and Argentina, they both produce well-priced, delicious wines, but you may have to sort through a lot of inexpensive, bland-tasting stuff to find them.
2. Within famous wine-growing areas, consider lesser-known regions. A perfect example is the Mâconnais region in Burgundy, France. Mâcons ― as some of the wines are known ― cost $10 to $14 or so, while the really famous whites from renowned appellations like Puligny-Montrachet can range from $50 to $100. All are made from Chardonnay grapes.
3. Price shop. The best deals aren't necessarily at your local supermarket, the nearest warehouse-type retailer, or your favorite wine shop. On the other hand, the best price could be at any one of those places. Since most wines move through several middlemen and various distribution channels before they become available to us, wine pricing is complex. So check around before you buy. And if you find a wine you like at a good price, buy a whole case. Virtually every wine shop gives case discounts.
In the end, it's important to have realistic expectations. Wednesday night meat-loaf wines are just that. They're usually not tremendously complex, they probably won't inspire you to write a sonnet, and they're not big on finesse. But when these wines are good, they're very satisfying. They're comfort wines ― just what you need in January.
SUNSET'S STEAL OF THE MONTH: McPherson Cabernet Sauvignon 2000 (Southeastern Australia), $8. A soft, mouth-filling wine with tasty black cherry, coffee bean, date, and plum flavors. Pairs well with almost any meat dish.
Geyser Peak Chardonnay 1999 (Russian River Valley, CA), $16. Juicy and packed with apple fruit and vanilla.
Guenoc Sauvignon Blanc 2000 (North Coast, CA), $14. A crisp surge of green apple, grapefruit, and lemon.
Jepson Sauvignon Blanc 2000 (Mendocino), $11. Herbal and melony, with a nice fresh character.
Zaca Mesa Chardonnay 2000 (Santa Barbara County), $15. Fresh, citrusy, clean, and creamy.
Barwang "Regional Selection" Merlot 1998 (Coonawarra, Australia), $14. Richness and spice here, with notes of plum, black currant, and toast.
Bogle Petite Sirah 1999 (California), $10. Bold and gutsy, this is one big wine for a small price.
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The Forest Gallery is one of the icons of Melbourne Museum – a cool temperate rainforest merging into drier eucalypt forest complete with creek, ponds and waterfall, all in the heart of a major city.
The gallery is dominated by large gum trees, wattles and southern beech, which have been growing consistently under the close supervision of Live Exhibits horticulturalists for more than 10 years. This is a 'Forest in a Box', a museum gallery in which the living trees must be strategically pruned on a regular basis in order to maintain the desired effect.
A view from above the fire poles at the northern end of the Forest Gallery, giving some idea of the height of the pruning operation.Source: Museum Victoria
Last week arborists from ArborCo visited the Forest Gallery for an annual prune of the larger trees. The arborists must scale remarkable heights to reach the crowns of the trees, even before they commence their work.
Crew Leader Andrew Caldecott prepares to climb a Southern Beech for the annual trim.Source: Museum Victoria
Great attention is paid by the arborists to the health and safety of both themselves and the trees. Much of the preparation is done on the ground, and the pruning operation is planned weeks in advance. It must be done in such a way that preserves the natural shape of the tree and promotes growth in the right directions.
Arborist Joel Creech makes his way up a gum tree towards the upper canopy.Source: Museum Victoria
During their visit, the arborists also apply their skills to climbing one of the poles which houses the Forest Gallery's wind gauge. The gauge is used to monitor wind speeds, and Museum staff will occasionally close the gallery temporarily if the wind becomes too strong.
Malachi Ewan at the top of a fire pole cleaning the wind gauge.Source: Museum Victoria
Branches removed by the arborists are recycled on site into mulch, to be used on gardens throughout the Museum. When suitably aged, some of the mulch will be returned to the Forest Gallery to sustain the trees from which it came.
Left: ArborCo's Gary Lambert feeds a steady stream of branches through the chipper. | Right: Brendan Fleming from the Live Exhibits Unit begins moving mulch back onto gardens around the museum.Source: Museum Victoria
During the pruning operation, some of the branches cut from the Forest Gallery are tested to monitor the long term health of the trees. Foliage samples taken from new growth in the upper parts of the canopy can tell much about the trees' nutrient content. Dr Peter Hopmans from Timberlands Research collects samples and uses them, in conjunction with soil samples and trunk diameters, in an ongoing review of plant health.
Dr Peter Hopmans from Timberlands Research collecting foliage samples, watched by Brendan Fleming and Customer Service Officer Veronica Barnett.Source: Museum Victoria
The Forest Gallery combines ancient geology and the power of water with living birds, reptiles, fish and frogs. It also exemplifies indigenous and European use and management of forests, and the role and impact of fire. But the heart of the forest is the giant trees that stand above all else, and ongoing management should ensure their existence for many years to come.
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