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Not all days will receive a gift like this

In 1869, Federico Santa Maria attended a shot along with his partner, George Ross. He was 24 years. "The purpose of the auction? A farm of 894 acres located north of the lighthouse Punta Angeles. It was a beautiful forest of peumos, eucalyptus and bushes, surrounded by huge cliffs, inhabited by lizards and rabbits peucos flown by. Young people awarded it.

In subsequent years, the employer would add other adjacent panels, totaling 1,400 hectares from the Quebrada "The Lucumo" to the beach at Laguna Verde.

Then he settled in Paris FSM. His keen business sense make him one of the sugar business in the world. But after the outbreak of World War I, the great Buenos Aires retired from business.

In 1915, five years before writing the will to give life to the UTFSM, Federico Santa María drafted a new will. It agreed to donate all of its 1,400 acres, under the name Fundo Quebrada Verde, the "Board of Charities of the City of Valparaiso." The purpose? Creating a great park for the Jewel of the Pacific. According to the testament: "That this park becomes a forest, like the great cities of Europe."

For decades, more than half of the property was lost by formal and informal developments. "What was left? It was a piece. His administration was transferred, again and again, from various state and municipal structures, falling, finally, in Fonasa.

By now, almost nobody knew the origin of the farm. Much less remember the desire of the benefactor.

But two years ago came news that went completely unnoticed. Fonasa would fulfill at last the desire of Federico Santa Maria. 93 years after his will be created in the Fundo Quebrada Verde, a large park for Valparaiso.

few days ago, my children and I went to explore. It's wonderful. I know it is not customary in Chile to think long term. So many come to the new park and "peel." Criticize many brownfield sites left. Say that the project to create three lakes has not been well managed.

But how many years it will take to mature Manhattan's Central Park, the Sydney Royal Botanical Garden or the Boston Common? Approximately half a century each. So, do not miss our new park with a different attitude. You have to enjoy the lush nature, indeed. But more importantly, we must dream the gift that we can plant there for future generations.

First, the locals must take ownership of the property. So far we have not. Must learn its history. We need to discover the flora and fauna. Moreover, municipal schools must participate. Make guided tours, which take places, to plant gardens that help make trails. Our businesses to donate plants and mature trees.

not every day you get a gift like this.

Cervix High Day Before Period

The richest of the cemetery compared to

According to Lao Tzu: "He who speaks does not know. Who knows does not speak. "

Today, reflecting on this, I think of my Uncle Steve, Dad's best friend from my childhood in Milwaukee.

is one of the most powerful families in our state. The theater was built by Milwaukee a gift from my Uncle Steve. " The same donated outdoor amphitheater for 40 thousand people on the side of Lake Michigan. 15 years ago, when the Museum of Fine Arts in Milwaukee needed to expand, my uncle put together a business peer group and told them: "We all have more than they need to be happy. We guarantee the safety of our children and grandchildren. We gain nothing with being the richest in the cemetery. It's time to give back to our community. "

It took 8 years to complete the work. But the new building, "the bird glass" designed by Santiago Calatrava, has become an icon largest U.S. architectural My uncle Steve

I marked not only by his generosity, but by his personality. He understood perfectly well the weight that bore his name in Milwaukee. But did not want his children were not "believed" or arrogant. The "uncle" is austere, simple, grateful, happy.

Back in Lao Tzu. We return to Chile.

In 1960, the young Ricardo Lagos Escobar graduated from the University of Chile, thanks to his thesis: "The Concentration of Economic Power." The work concluded that: The economic history of Chile (1810-1960), the names of the families rich tend to repeat.

50 years later, it is worth revisiting this hypothesis because, in recent years, the Chilean business world has undergone a spectacular renovation. Today, more than half, almost two thirds-of Chile's wealthiest families have less than 3 generations.

In Chile, the rich today are not the rich of yesteryear.

What does it matter? Mucha. Well, studies show that the new wealth have a different psychological profile of him in the fortunes old. Are most grateful. Less arrogant. More philanthropic. More involved. Just think of Warren Buffet or Bill Gates. It is no coincidence that our new president is in possession of a first-generation wealth.

Valparaiso History confirms this hypothesis. According to "The philanthropic history of Chile", published by the Pro Human Foundation in 1999, 8 of the 10 largest donations in history occurred in Valparaiso, Chile. Do the donors? The Ross family, Edwards, Brown, Santa Maria, and Van Buren. All immigrants. All built his fortune in the moment of his greatest generosity.

So, Are we, today, on the verge of a new golden age for philanthropy Chilean?

Maybe. But there to talk less and do more. Wealth, "go inside" said Lao Tzu, man remembered with a plaque humble, austere, visited by crowds.

Woman Strangling Puppy

Tertulia He missed the coffee ravioli

Thursday afternoon in a crowded supermarket Buenos Aires. I begin my journey in fruit and vegetable section. I intend to select a kiwi breakfast the next day when I wake up on the beach. Suddenly I catch, sideways, a silhouette of a man known meticulously deciphering the virtues of endive: Don Andres Caceres, director of literature at the Faculty of Humanities UPLA. "How about Todd? All right? It's good to know I'm not the only man charged of housework "he jokes.


A few aisles later, I find a pesto sauce to prepare my favorite vinaigrette. There, in front of the green olives, a gentleman greets me with his wife and son with Wanderers shirt. "We miss his column last Sunday," he says. "My lady, no, I say. Later, I'm going to run into Don Andre. I wonder how many times we'll say hello before reaching the hall of bread and cheese.

In the pasta aisle, I greet another woman, tiny, powerful. "My name is Laura", is presented. "I can steal you a couple of minutes? I do not think you have another chance. "

" Make ", I say.

"Pedro Montt street in a working-the same old sewers that are hardly anywhere," and are working with a precarious impressive. The building work was about to fall even before the earthquake. So now, go figure. At any time, be absolutely abandoned to their fate. "

Laura occurs to me that I have assumed that any interference in these matters. I contemplate whether it is worthwhile or not to break his illusion: in my house fishing nobody, not even my cat.

Just at this time, passes in front of us the principal Sernatur regional. After kissing "the Chilean" on the cheeks for the authority moves forward pushing his car while Laura continued their gathering in front of the ravioli as if nothing happened.

"Edwards on the street is a ramshackle building," she says, "On the third floor has a beautiful marble angels. They are absolutely thrown away. No one does anything. "

" Mr. Temkin My point is this: you always write about how nice. It does very well. I have cut their number of columns. But I think you need to write about something bad in Valparaiso. "

I promised to write something nasty soon I could. And I said goodbye, once again topándome Andrés alongside the wines.

In fact, there are terrible things in the Pancho, I thought, as I hid, hoping nobody saw me in the chips aisle. I was there to get my new vice-a brand of Mexican nachos are flavored with chili and lime. I caught "in flagrante" Sernatur director.

Thursday afternoon in a crowded supermarket Buenos Aires. Marble and dressmakers. Kiwifruit and endive. Hallway conversations. Transcendental experiences.