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Mubadala / EBX
The world's sovereign wealth funds are highly prized private
investors, however, actual transactions in Latin America have
been few. So for Mubadala, Abu Dhabi's sovereign vehicle, this
was a double first - its first LatAm investment, and the first
time Batista had let a strategic partner into his holding
company, the umbrella for one of Brazil's most visible and
high-growth conglomerates.
The deal gave Mubadala preferred equity securities worth
5.63% - the unusual decimal reflecting Batista's penchant for
his favorite number - of the Centennial Asset Brazilian Equity
Fund, the vehicle through which Batista controls EBX.
The proceeds are to be used in the underlying businesses of
new ventures. It underscores the small but growing trend of
big-ticket Middle East equity investments in LatAm, following
the pre-IPO investments in Santander Brasil and a pre-IPO piece
of BTG Pactual made by others.
"Mubadala decided to use Eike [Batista] as a vehicle for
Brazil," says Marcus Silberman, co-head of global emerging
markets M&A at Credit Suisse, which with Itaú
advised EBX on the transaction. Goldman Sachs advised
The price suggested a valuation of $35.5 billion for the
privately held group, which is made up of 11 known business
units, analysts said at the time. This is a guess, of course,
as only five members of the EBX family were publicly
Basing the measure purely on the value of the listed
companies, the price paid by Abu Dhabi was a 40% premium above
market value, according to an estimate at the time by Gustavo
Gattass, head of research at BTG Pactual. However, the
valuation could be affected by many factors, such as the size
of EBX's cash position, which there is no way for the public to
Bankers say they are spending more and more time pitching
sovereign wealth funds with investment opportunities in a
diversifying number of LatAm sectors, with the caveat that
Middle East buyers need size. Interest is up, but the
transactions are hard to put together - they say, as few
details of their makeup ever make it public. Silberman says
discussions with Mubadala lasted for more than one year.
"There is a lot of interest," Silberman says. "Mubadala will
continue to look for opportunities in Brazil. This trend will
continue. Latin America is rich in natural resources."
This interest does not yet appear for public equity
transactions, in which tickets are not big enough to meet
buyers' appetite for large stakes. At this point, sovereign
funds have a preference for pre-IPO investment in big names
that are sector leaders. Natural resources, financials and
infrastructure - particularly if Canadian pension funds are
included in the government-linked basket - have been the main
areas, as the tendency starts with the most solid sectors.
Others in the non-government space have followed Mubadala
into Batista companies, with GE coming into EBX in May for $300
million, on similar terms to Mubadala. At the operating company
level, Germany's E.On had already bought in to $472 million of
power generator MPX.
The deal was also well timed from Batista's point of view.
It came before his OGX oil and gas company announced lower
production targets in June. OGX shares plummeted, and the news
had a knock-on effect on Batista's other companies. Since then,
Batista appears to have put off plans to IPO other units, even
EBX itself, and has put more of his own cash into the
companies. LF
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This cute little guy is called HAMUTARO (or Hamtaro in the West!) and is a cartoon character in a series which is huge in Japan (see http://www.hamtaro.com for more info! Or http://www.hamutaro.co.jp if you fancy testing your Japanese!!)
As usual the cartoon is typical Japanese style, and this seems to be one of many promotional items that have been tagged with the HAMUTARO name!
This puzzle was produced in two different sizes of which the larger one was the more common.
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Cosmetic Updates
NEW! Easy-to-read hermetically-sealed, numerical thermometer gives approximate temperatures from 0 to 750 degrees F and never fogs!
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All bezels changed and match new indoor range line
Laser-Etched graphics on control panels
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Well today was interesting. After only two hours of sleep due to me being a worry wort and a little baby girl who didn't want to sleep anymore this morning, I took her to the doc for her 2 month wellness check. She got three shots. It was horrible and I cried. I might have cried as much as her. Makes me want to cry when I think about it. Anyway, I talked to her doc some and she verified that baby girl's brother is with his dad. So....they must not have the same dad or he would have taken her. He isn't the one who filed the petition either so we still don't know who that is, but it's not someone who has the child anyway. There is an older child but his father passed away a long time ago and I don't know who he's with so I suppose that's possible but they seem to think that she's lost touch with him completely.
So that encouraged us a little though I'm still worried and still trying to prepare myself for anything. When we got to the visit today, mom acted a little weird and she gave me an envelope. I figured it was from the SW or something and opened it when I got out to my car. It was a letter from mom saying thank you for caring for her child and then after that accusing us of giving her pictures of another child instead of pics of her child. She gave back ALL of the pics we've given her over the last two months which was a lot and the album we gave her. She wanted me to look through the pics, pick out the ones that were not her child, and replace them with ones of her child. She went on to say that she'd had some problems that she thought we may be aware of and getting pics that weren't of her child really bugged her. So...needless to say this freaked me out and I didn't get it at all. I looked at the pics to see if somehow she'd gotten some of another kid in the family mixed in them and was maybe confused but nope...all baby girl and all ones we took.
So...after finally getting ahold of someone at DSS before I went back to pick her up, I find out that she's apparently having a psychotic episode and is convinced that her children aren't her children like they're changelings or something. She thinks that someone is swapping out other people's kids for her kids. So she thinks this about her son too. She thinks his dad isn't his dad and she said she wished his dad would bring him to visits instead of some guy she doesn't know...but it's his dad...so...yeah it was a little weird. It was a lot weird actually. I was concerned of saying the wrong thing if she confronted me about but they told me just to tell her I wasn't waiting to see what was in the envelope for my husband to get off work if she asked. Thankfully she didn't.
When they asked her who told her her kids were getting switched she said "the men". So...voices too maybe? I don't know but to be honest it scared me. I didn't like leaving baby girl with her when she felt so awful already and the environment was so stressful. Mom is getting a psych evaluation tomorrow so I don't know what they'll do. Obviously, off of meds which they say is what always happens. I don't know if visits will be suspended. Seems like a big concern to me but I guess we'll have to see what happens. Yikes sums it up best.


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The Ferrari F50 is by far the least popular of the firm's first four generations of modern hypercars. All the world's respect and awe for the F40 met the F50 at its debut, but the tide quickly turned for this $480,000 machine after reviewers and Ferrari customers alike revealed the F40 replacement's familiar styling hid dynamics and a driver experience nowhere near the ferocity of the legendary original.
Instead of a peaky and violent Group B reject like the F40 , the F50 was a heavy, high-speed missile with limited tractability at low speeds from the V-12 versus the explosive F40's twin turbochargers and short gearing.
Make no mistake, there is nothing wrong with the performance of the F50, which easily spanked [the hottest thing available from Lamborghini at the time, the Diablo VT in sprint pace, as well as maximum velocity. The construction is carbon-fiber with the rigidity of a fortified bunker, the rear wing is eye-catching, and the 1990s makeover of the F40 's simple nose was beautiful, at first.
The F50 largely included the F40 's exaggerated and exotic proportions and clamshell hoods front and back. Headlamps above the bumper and hood's leading edge were possible via shrouded enclosures for the first time in three decades, and the unadorned intake wears only a simple and modest prancing horse.
The F50 is an enjoyable case study for armchair experts and everyone else forced to endure Ferrari 's frequent grandstanding. It also shows a few nice things for all supercar fans, especially those who are, unfortunately, not debating which Ferrari to purchase (at least not any time soon)!
Click past the jump for the full debrief of the Ferrari F50: the Ferrari's hypercar sophomore album that is now a study in what *not* to do when replacing a legend.
The F50 writes checks all over its exotic styling that the driving experience failed to cash.
While the F40's chiseled features and unapologetic aerodynamic modifications felt almost more than authentic, like something directly from the race courses of the future, the F50 was more of a moment in time for 1995. The third-gen Taurus had just debuted its 100-percent-oval styling abomination on the public, and you were nobody without curves on every panel.
Much as the 1996 Ford Taurus will not be joining any automotive museums besides the "Edsel Ford Memorial Car Crusher and Smelter:" the F50 is also in a bad period at the moment: too old to appeal to freshly minted fortunes, and too young to get any respect on the classic scene.
After staring into this beautiful machine for hours, but feeling little or no spark like the F40 generated, people were confused. The F50 seemed to have all the right stuff, but just hit the floor with a thud the moment curves went out of fashion by 1999.
1995 Ferrari F50 - Exterior Dimensions Change Vs. F40
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|Width (in.)
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The interior is able to move forward from the F40 's authenticity, as well, but generally is much better for it than the exterior. Updates included a far wider cabin and much better driving position, viable A/C and heating, some insulation, and optional racing seats that can fit individuals larger than Danica Patrick. Additionally, it lacked the tacky green sealant splattered throughout the F40's cabin.
The rear highlight of the F50's cabin is also one of its more successful ideas in general. A removable targa panel offered al fresco cruising without any structure problems. One of the world's first carbon tubs meant no additional bracing was needed to keep the F50 in shape without the top.
Integrated roll hoops are still a little cool in their execution, while the idea of the targa-topped carbon hypercar would be mirrored by the Porsche Carrera GT by the early 2000s.
Cars from any time before about 2002 are all fantastic and very relaxing inside, even this F50. Lack of infotainment and a steering wheel sans 44 button and switches is quite comforting when pushing the handling limits of this limited-production machine.
1995 Ferrari F50 - Targa Roof Detail
Drivetrain, Suspension and Brakes
This is the Ferrari F50's biggest problem: a V-12 whose weight and lack of explosive low-end power felt very dull after the F40's twin-turbocharged V-8. In addition to a net power loss verus the F40, the F50's atmospheric V-12 hits its quite torque peak 2,500 rpm higher than the F40. Add tall gearing, and the F50 felt far too slow versus the F40 and the 1993 - 1998 McLaren F1 .
The F50's claimed weight gain of over 300 pounds on the official books is largely believed to be more like 500 or 600 extra pounds versus the F40's flyweight specs. On top of that, it drove like the extra weight was more like 1,000 pounds.
This V-12 is still an evolution of some classic Ferrari racing V-12 engines, which when they debuted were absolute engineering marvels of compactness and power output. As displacement grew from the original tiny displacements (often less than 2.0-liters, which for a V-12 is completely unheard-of then or now).
Chain-driven quad cams with dry-sump lubrication is an engine type that is still largely beyond any American or Asian car makers' abilities, But as size grew, this big engine got heavy and lost its appetite for revs. This is before variable valve timing, but the F50 does have five valves per cylinder.
The engine is more optimized for high-speed tracks, where the car will always be going at least 80 mph or so. From below that pace, the F40 was a huge letdown.
1995 Ferrari F50 - Performance Details Change Vs. F40
|2.9-liter 32-valve Twin-Turbocharged V-8 With Chain-Driven Quad Camshafts And Dry-Sump Lubrication
|4.7-liter 60-valve V-12 With Chain-Driven Quad Camshafts And Dry-Sump Lubrication
|Power (Horsepower)
|472 @ 7,000
|514 @ 8,500
|Torque (Pound-feet)
|426 @ 4,000
|347 @ 6,500
|0-60 mph (Seconds)
|Top Speed (MPH)
1995 Ferrari F50 - Engine Hood Open Detail
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The two examples just sold by RM Auctions in since 2012. The 1995 example sold on August 17th, 2013 in Monterey for $1.7 million. The 1997 example sold on May 25, 2013 at Villa Erba in Italy for only $758,000 - so it seems it is a bit cheaper to buy one near the factory.
The Diablo is also a bit of a caricature of its past glory with the Countach, as the original examples of this big beast were as unwieldy as a donkey cart, but with the sprint pace of a jet engine.
The Diablo made more of a name for itself via continual refinements and enhancements over its run from 1993 to 2001, and is still a more lasting shape, thanks to its originality versus the Countach. Can you image a Taurus Oval-style Countach?
The F1 destroyed the Ferrari by offering far more inspired solutions to weight saving, the three-man seating and central driver's seat, and even the exclusivity of the experience. Also a naturally-aspirated V-12, vastly lighter curb weights and the road version's broad gear spread meant the F1 was like a ballerina next to the F50.
Why is it such a relief to see Ferrari flub one into the grass? Arrogance from Monday through Sunday is part of the Maranello legend, and will not be changing any time soon. The Old Man was pretty vicious, vindictive and boastful, which are now almost more brand traits.
Seeing the F50 flop also helped define what buyers in the hypercar market really want. As Enzo always said, build one less than you plan to sell. For the F40, that was 399 units at first, then 600, then 800, then 1,000-plus.
For the F50? Interest dried up before the red lipstick could dry on the 349th example.
- Still quite beautiful and will remain an icon
- Targa top is smart way to lure in cabrio fans without a distinct model
- Will be much more popular in the distant future
- V-12 easily bogged down and unable to pull very well in even one gear too high
- Heavy, tuned for high-speed runs that few real-world exotic car drivers actually got to enjoy
- Failed to beat the F40 at anything in terms of performance or pleasure at the wheel, really


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Dr. John Murray, Program Director, Computer Science Laboratory, SRI International
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Dr. Harry Partridge was appointed to serve as Ames Center Chief Technologist (CCT) in January 2013. Dr. Partridge will identify, define, develop and integrate new and emerging technologies for application to agency and national goals through the NASA Space Technology Program (STP). Partridge will report to Center management and serve as the principal advisor to the Center leadership on matters concerning Center-wide technology development and leverage. His duties will include representation on the Agency-wide Center Chief Technologist's Council (CTC) and management of the Center Innovation Fund (CIF). While he has taken on the CCT role, Dr. Partridge continues to serve as the Senior Technology Officer for the Space Technology Program (STP) within OCT. In this role he serves as the chief technologist for the 10 programs within STP, and is a member of the OCT senior leadership team. Previously, Partridge served as the Deputy Director of the Game Changing Technology Division at NASA Headquarters. Prior to that role and While at Ames, he was the Deputy Director of the Entry Systems and Technology Division and was responsible for managing the entire range of entry system technology developments from foundational research on thermal protection materials development, to TPS design, development, testing and evaluation for flight systems such as MSL and Orion. In addition, he served as the Branch Chief of the Nanotechnology Branch at Ames and the program manager for the Bio-nano project within the Computing, Information and Communications Technology CICT program. Partridge received his PhD from Indiana University in Chemical Physics and has published approximately 190 papers in computational chemistry.
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Steve Whittaker, Human Computer Interaction, UC Santa Cruz
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41 comments:
- Sarah Star said...
I really love this! The way it looks after its lining is sewn in and it's flipped out is cool!
- November 19, 2009 at 12:23 AM
- Renate said...
Very beautiful! I have to make one!
- November 19, 2009 at 2:01 AM
- willywagtail said...
Basically the same way I do my folders but I think you have the advantage of neatness because of the fusible fleece. Thankyou for your easy to follow instructions. The journals are beautiful. Cherrie
- November 19, 2009 at 2:55 AM
- Sara said...
I´m doing the same work! I love this fabrics!
- November 19, 2009 at 3:56 AM
- Vickie E said...
fanastic tutorial!
- November 19, 2009 at 5:16 AM
- Jackie said...
Excellent tutorial, Thanks!
- November 19, 2009 at 5:44 AM
- rachel griffith said...
cute journal covers.
- November 19, 2009 at 7:00 AM
- Nostalgia said...
Beautiful covers.. I love it!
- November 19, 2009 at 7:03 AM
- karenfae said...
that is a great tutorial, I love how you have shown step by step. I like the neatness of the fusible fleece which I have never even heard of! I will have to look for it.
- November 19, 2009 at 7:13 AM
- PattiCakes said...
Wow. Wanda, from the blog Exuberant Color has been posting about these journal covers for over a year. Her turotial was posted on her blog last November.
- November 19, 2009 at 7:34 AM
- We Six Nasons said...
Very nicely done, one of the best tutorials I have read so far. This project is also a nice way to make something special for someone without spending a lot of money. Thank you for sharing it!
- November 19, 2009 at 8:43 AM
- Melissa C said...
Love these. Need to make some for Christmas gifts.
- November 19, 2009 at 8:55 AM
- jaybird said...
adorable... very nice detailed instructions as well!
- November 19, 2009 at 9:28 AM
- Amy R said...
What a beautiful fabric line~ Great project too. Thanks for sharing~
- November 19, 2009 at 9:34 AM
- eamylove said...
How beautiful both of them are!!! I have a question about how to NOT fuse the glue to your iron when you are putting those skinny strips on. Any advice?
- November 19, 2009 at 10:46 AM
- Karen in Tucson said...
Wow - what great covers. I have been wanting to make one for my DG and now I know what I want to do. Thanks. Karen
- November 19, 2009 at 11:17 AM
- Clodagh a.k.a. Isra said...
i love the idea of the fusible fleece, thanks so much. Great tutorial.
- November 19, 2009 at 11:48 AM
- greetingarts said...
Your tutorials always leave me wanting to drop everything and make one of the projects RIGHT NOW. Your photos and explanations are so detailed, thank you!
- November 19, 2009 at 12:49 PM
- Melissa said...
Wow, such a great idea!! The tutorial is wonderful, great timing... perfect Christmas gifts!
- November 19, 2009 at 1:13 PM
- Mandy said...
Hey I've been following your blog for a while now!!! I think that this might be something you would be interested in. Maybe you'd like to participate or just do a little post about it! I'd love to see it be a great book ☺ (P.S. I'm not getting anything for passing the message along!)
Mandy from http://thatssewmandy.blogspot.com
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I'm very pleased to organize the first-ever Quilter's Cookbook with recipes from quilters around the world. Everyone is welcome to submit a recipe, a photo of their favourite quilt and a story for inclusion in the Cookbook. The submission deadline is November 28, 2009.
The Quilter's Cookbook will be available for sale as a downloadable PDF file in early December 2009. The price will be determined based on the number of recipes submitted and the number of advertising sponsors.
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- November 19, 2009 at 11:30 PM
- Rae Ann said...
I love the journal covers and am excited to make them for my grand-daughters for Christmas. Thanks for the darling idea and great tutorial!
- November 20, 2009 at 10:21 AM
- C@rl@ said...
I love this one!
- November 20, 2009 at 11:29 AM
- Qudsya said...
gonna try one for my mom!!!
and one for myself of course
- November 20, 2009 at 11:52 PM
- Andrea Louise said...
I loved the recipe so much that I made my own journal. Check it out at my blog and let me know if you liked it!
- November 21, 2009 at 10:02 PM
- Lenna Green of Stitching Cow said...
Fabulous tutorial!
- November 22, 2009 at 11:44 PM
- Jane said...
Thanks for the Tutorial. I will be making these for my daughter's teacher this Christmas.
Is the fusible fleece exposed under the folded flap? I'm just trying to figure out how the lining is attached.
- November 28, 2009 at 8:41 AM
- Guaranita said...
Excellent tutorial, Thanks!
- December 9, 2009 at 3:34 PM
- Judith said...
very beautiful.
I'm going to make one
- December 10, 2009 at 1:45 AM
- El rincón de Paloma. said...
Gracias por el tutorial. Feliz Navidad
- December 13, 2009 at 1:15 AM
- Merry said...
What beautiful creations you have on your blog. Wish I had found this last week as I was looking for a small flat patchwork project. Oh well...this will keep for another day as it is wonderful.
- January 10, 2010 at 4:01 AM
- Ingrid said...
Hi! Thanks for this tutorial. I made it. I hope you visit my blog to see it. Kisses from Venezuela.
- January 13, 2010 at 10:51 AM
- Marie said...
Love the tutorial - these would make great covers for my Grandson's sketch books.
- January 20, 2010 at 8:05 AM
- Yvonne said...
Thanks for this tutorial... it's so clear and easy to follow... I made several journals for Christmas presents and have now added a few more to my collection.
I love reading your blog, whether its gardening or sewing, it's always an inspiration!
Yvonne xx
- January 27, 2010 at 3:14 AM
- Quilting Queen said...
what a great idea ...quilters would love this to store their quilt journals....
- February 1, 2010 at 11:30 AM
- suziqu's thread works said...
Just came across your blog with this lovely tutorial. Beautiful work - and thank you for sharing it with us all!
- August 26, 2010 at 5:45 AM
- Missy said...
Thanks for the step by step tutorial.
I made some for Christmas gifts!
- January 8, 2011 at 8:54 AM
- Ellen said...
Most of the tutorial was really easy to follow but I cannot get the last step of the lining to work properly following your instructions - it finishes up with the folds for the cover and the lining in the wrong places.
- January 25, 2011 at 3:59 AM
- Bloom said...
Ellen, I am very sorry that my tutorial has failed you at the last hurdle! Please contact me personally, and I will try to guide you through it. Kind regards, Bloom.
- February 21, 2011 at 6:55 PM
- Millie Macky said...
I've just stumbled upon your fabulous tutorials and must say I'm totally in love and completely smitten - so inspiring. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
- May 31, 2011 at 8:46 PM
- NąCéƦā said...
very nice thank you so much :)
- July 16, 2012 at 6:30 AM
- Kathleen O'Grady said...
Lovely journal covers. The little embroidery flowers are so sweet. Great job!
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It's been more than a month since that doozy of a cliffhanger on The CW's Beauty and the Beast, and when the show returns from its holiday hiatus on Thursday, Jan. 24, don't expect the drama to settle down. In fact, when Jay Ryan talked to Hollywood.com about tonight's midseason premiere, "Seeing Red," he couldn't stress enough about how high the stakes have been raised.
After Catherine's (Kristin Kreuk) car crash/shootout at the end of the midseason finale, we saw Vincent, in beast mode, holding an unconscious Catherine while Evan and Heather arrived on the scene. How did the beast get out of that situation with his secret identity in tact? And how will our favorite star-crossed lovers cope when Vincent's former fiancée Alex (guest star Bridget Regan) discovers he is alive when he visits Cat in the hospital? Meanwhile, J.T. (Austin Basis) gets a surprising visitor asking about old research he did on mutant DNA, complicating his bromance with Vincent.
Before you watch tonight's episode, read up on all the spoilery tidbits Ryan revealed about the complicated "love square" between the major characters, the consequences of Vincent's past catching up with him, and the focus of the rest of the season.
Hollywood.com: So when we last saw Vincent, he was in a very compromising situation with Cat. When we come back, what are the repercussions of his actions?
Jay Ryan: Vincent's left with the call of, 'Does he have his beast instincts take over and run off into the night with Catherine's lifeless body or does he leave her there when Evan arrives so he can take care of her?' I think Vincent's conscience comes into the beast and I think that's the thing he realizes he needs to do. What she needs right now is a doctor, and as the beast he does not have those capabilities. It's a very difficult thing for him to leave the one true love of his life in the hands of the guy that could realistically take Catherine away from him.
Usually Cat is able to help calm him down when he's in beast mode. Is she able to get through to him in any way after the crash?
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How does his ex-fiancee come into the picture?
Well, while he's at the hospital he has one of the greatest fears of his life happen, and that is being discovered by someone from his past and his old family. And that is Alex, his ex-fiancee. So Vincent has to very quickly decide, does he let it go and make her believe that she saw somewhat of a ghost, or a lookalike? All of these demons from the past, his past, resurface for him. He has to stand up as a man and finally take charge and explain to this woman what happened, where he went wrong, why he never contacted her for so long, why she thought he was dead, all these unanswered questions. Vincent's very worried about how she's going to react and once he tells her the truth of what he has become, she then becomes a target for his greatest enemy, Muirfield. So every time he goes to tell her, his instincts pull him back and he starts to make up elaborate stories about why he's been away, like the CIA, blah blah blah. Every time he goes to tell her, Alex pulls him in and sort of reminds him of the love that they had, and whatever the secret is that he's holding, that doesn't matter. They can rekindle what they had.
So I'm assuming Vincent still has feelings for Alex.
Absolutely. And they're unresolved feelings. He holds a lot of guilt, primarily, because Alex sort of nursed him through his meds addiction that he got when his brothers had passed on and he was in this really dark place. I think his anger at how his brothers died prompted him to pack his bags and disappear and go off to the military, without even giving her an option to talk him out of it or talk him through it or about where they stand in their relationship. So it's been 10, 11, 12 years since Vincent walked out on his ex-fiancée and this is the first time he's seeing her. So there's a lot of guilt and a lot of stuff they have to talk about.
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Well, with Evan in the picture, wouldn't that make it a love square?
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