By 2009, I too, had spent 20 plus years at blue chips like American Express, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Coca-Cola.

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Pay attention to the trees and water stations throughout the sanctuary for the chance to spot six different kinds of playful hummingbird, plus red-and-blue masked trogons and a host of other tropical birds.

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His formula involves adding two main variables: the dealership's assets minus overall debt (also called "net tangible book value"), plus what Hall calls the "blue sky" value, equal to the dealer's pretax income times some multiple between one and six, depending on the health of the operation.

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Extras: On my test cars additional features included the moonlight blue metallic paint, allroad Premium Plus Model with auto-dimming interior mirror with compass, auto-dimming power-folding, heated exterior mirrors, Audi music interface with iPod cable, Bluetooth, driver information system, heated front seats with driver memory, HomeLink garage door opener, Audi xenon pluse lighting with LED DRL, three-zone climate control and power tailgate.

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Her uniform: everyday clothes, plus a pair of fluffy white-and-blue slippers shaped like airplanes.

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So Blue Ranch is entitled to the refund of over 2 million dollars plus interest.

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He cofounded the new firm with John Leach (also of Blue Martini as well as founder of Incite Retail) and Gene Davis ( worked at NASA, Blue Martini, ClioMusic, SeeSaw Networks, PeopleSoft and Red Pepper, all previous Zweben ventures, plus Fogbreak Software and Tealeaf technologies).

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