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As an African American I have to disagree with the review from 2007. Perhaps the staff has changed since then. Or the front office person was having a bad day. It happens to us all. There are times when I know for sure I am being treated differently because of my race. But I did not feel that at all during my time in the office. I had my 1st appointment with Dr Joe last month and he and his staff were wonderful. Two of his staff members had come to my office for a health fair. They scheduled my appointment right on the spot. Dr Joe seems like the perfect Grandpa. He made sure all my questions were answered. He was so friendly I almost wanted to give him a hug after my visit. They turned me on to a great rubber floss stick(I can't remember what it is called) but now I am a morning - noon - night flosser. I will go back to Dr Joe again and again. Thanks for reading!!!
Dr. Smith is Wonderful – I have been seeing Dr. Smith for 20 years. He is a wonderful dentist and he goes beyond the call of duty to care for all of his patients. I read both of the reviews noted in the CitySearch reviews and I doubt very seriously that Dr. Smith or his staff did any of the things intentionally against anyone because of anyone's race. Did the person note that Dr. Smith has people of different races on his staff? None of what the person noted made sense. it sounded more like a personal thing against Dr. Smith. I am a nurse and a long time patient of Dr. Smith. He has come to the office on weekends to treat me and he has been kind to my children when they were young and afraid. I cannot say enough wonderful things about him or about his staff. Call Maria and talk to her about any problems and she can make any problem right. I challenge anyone to find a better dental team anywhere! By the way, my teeth are doing great also.
Excellent Dentist – Please ignore the "race" review. I've been seeing Dr. Smith for quite a while. Perhaps this person forgot to sign in, perhaps a mistake was made, but to accuse them of being discriminatory is ridiculous. Dr. Smith is an excellent dentist and the staff (who is multi racial) is great and very friendly. My GF who HATES the dentist even has no problems going to Dr. Smith. He is very thorough, knowledgeable, friendly and professional.
This person strikes me as the type who would think parking meters and the IRS are race based.
People of Color Avoid this Dentist – I am very disappointed in this dentist office. My first visit - new customer- I was treated as
though I was not important. The staff sitting behind the desk ignored me and allowed me to sit
there for 45 minutes until some other staff member noticed I had been sitting there for quite a while.
I certainly hope I was not treated this way because I am African-American. Other caucasian customers
were immediately given proper service. I left the office immediately. The customer service is awful and
I will never return and advise people of color to avoid this dentist at all costs.
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Abigail Palmer has been reduced to penury by her father's death. Although he had been a very successful whaler and merchant and a prominent citizen of New Bedford, Benjamin Palmer's most recent investments have gone bad and his death has left Abigail with debts that can only be satisfied by selling all the family assets. Since her mother had died in childbirth, Abigail is not only penniless, but also virtually alone. Her only remaining property is a mothballed whaler, the Aquinnah, which was titled in her name as a birthday gift. As she struggles to determine how best to use this meager patrimony, two men offer her very different directions for the future.
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Which brings me to my complaints. Competent editing could have prevented some of what bothered me about this book. There are far too many instances where a bit of conversation has been repeated, or where a character's thoughts are repetitious or contradictory. For instance, when Nat first encounters Abigail after his years away, he reflects that she is pretty and wonders why he never noticed before. Twenty-five pages later he is realizing – with surprise – that she is "rather pretty. He simply hadn't noticed before." I really do expect the copy editor to notice that he has already noticed...
By far the biggest hindrance to my enjoyment of this book, however, must be attributed to the author. The author does not succeed in establishing a presence capable of guiding these dysfunctional characters, or the reader, through their dilemmas with confidence. Too many of these characters' conversations fail as communication, either with each other, or with their own thoughts. It becomes clear early on that Abigail is struggling with some kind of repressed memory, and because of that, is absent to her own self in important ways. But the reader, instead of observing this phenomenon, is subjected to it. Over and over again I wanted to shake this girl; instead of empathizing with her, I felt frustrated by her inability to fully participate in her own emotional life.
It could be that the failure to connect is mine, but I kept comparing this story to that of another dysfunctional couple, Alys Weston and Reginald Davenport in Mary Jo Putney's The Rake and the Reformer. Troubled as Putney's characters are, I never felt that entering into their story caused me to lose my bearings the way I did in Across the Sea.
Finally, even the pacing of this story keeps the reader off balance. Over and over again, a scene between the main characters that should have been emotionally important is followed by a break of days or weeks in the action of the story, which then resumes with no resolution of the tension produced by the previous scene – leaving the reader in a constant state of "conflictus interruptus."
For these reasons I cannot wholeheartedly recommend this book, although there is much about it that I admire. This is the only title by Mary Kingsley that I have read; I'd like to try another before forming a final opinion of her work.
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I mentioned this in my other thread, but it's a bit far-removed from the initial topic that I decided to post a new one.
I finally got my 2TB external card to be detected by activating the USB port (somehow, forgot exactly what I did, it just kinda started working) and I've been playing music and movies off of it just fine. XBMC is indexing my music library right now, in fact.
However, when I open my Apple TV up in Finder, I cannot access the external drive. It just isn't there. I see OSBoot, Media, and frontrow. That's it. I can't read from or write to my Terrabyte drive, despite the fact that my hacked Apple TV can, and is currently using it.
How can I access the external drive from finder?
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When the calendar hits Flag Day on June 14, Independence should have a new-look pennant.
The city's beautification commission is sponsoring a contest to create a new city flag, with entries accepted from March 1 to May 1.
"While it is significant and lovely, we thought after 45 years, maybe it's time for something, maybe a little jazzier," commission member Gloria Smith said when she outlined the contest for the City Council during Monday's study session.
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The Apple Logo Goes (RED)
Those perhaps unaware of what Saturday marked, will more than likely have been slightly put-off by the eerie red glow which was seen emitting from Apple's many retail store logos worldwide.
The move was, in fact, not a publicity stunt from the company, but was instead an effort to focus the world's attention firmly on World Aids Day 2012
Taking place on Saturday, December 1, World AIDS Day is a day which was designed to shine a light on the very real issue of the HIV/AIDS virus, which still to this day affects young and old, not just in Africa (where propagation of the virus is thought to be rampant) – but worldwide, too.
In a recent interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation, UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, told the publication that 'there is still too much ignorance about HIV and Aids', as new figures suggested 25,000 people currently living in the UK have the virus, but are not aware. 75,000 are additionally aware that they are infected.
Apple has long been a part of the Product (RED) movement, selling 'red'-coloured versions of its many coveted products in an effort to raise funds for The Global Fund.
For those who are unaware — (as we recently noted with the release of Tiësto's Benefit Album: 'Dance (RED) Save Lives.') — The Global Fund is a public-private partnership and international financing institution dedicated to attracting and disbursing additional resources to prevent and treat potentially life-threatening diseases and conditions such as HIV, AIDS, TB and Malaria.
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The Spielgaben 1 is a collection of 12 soft, woolen balls, two of each. One has a string, the other does not. Using the balls with and without the string provides a child with the opportunity to discover and evaluate different types of movement. The wool is soft & easy to hold. There are no small parts to get lost. The balls are the colour of the rainbow or the colourspectrum.
Spielgaben 2
The Spielgaben 2 box contains two 2-inch cubes, two 2-inch spheres, and two 2- inch cylinders. Rings are attached to one of the sets, allowing the child to suspend the geometric solids from the crossbeam, crossbar and pillars (also included).
Spielgaben 3 – 6
The progression of the series from Spielgaben 2 continues. After exploring objects in Spielgaben 1 and Spielgaben 2, you are now providing more complex tools such as cubes, cuboids, triangular prisms, semi-circular columns, concave parts and concentric rings to make shapes and teach the relationship between a whole and its parts. Watch what your child does with them. You will start finding that your child are developing a strong understanding of how different geometric solids work together to create structures. The math discoveries that Spielgaben 3 – 6 encourages will amaze you.
Spielgaben 7
Spielgaben 7 is made up of seven differently-shaped tablets. You'll find colourful squares, equilateral triangles, right angle isosceles triangles, scalene triangles, obtuse isosceles triangles, circles, and half circles. Do you know the difference between an equilateral, isosceles, and scalene triangle? If you don't, it is probably because you memorized these terms in high school instead of learning about them through exploration as a young child. While playing with Spielgaben 7, your child will discover that all plane geometric figures can be made from triangles. Your child will learn problem solving and special rotation skills as well as relationship between 3D solids into 2D flat figures.
Spielgaben 9
Inside the Spielgaben 9 box, you will find a collection of rings and semi-rings. The rings come in multiple sizes, so you can choose from small, medium, or large rings in a variety of colours. Using this set, a child has the opportunity to explore full circles and semi circles. Until this point, most of the gifts have introduced straight lines. Children are delighted by the beautiful, complex patterns they can create with Spielgaben 9. By playing with straight and curved lines, you are able to allow your child to explore concepts found in both Euclidean and spherical geometry.
Spielgaben 2B
Spielgaben 2B is a modified version of 2. It contains five different types of solids: the cube, cylinder, sphere, triangular prism, and semi-circular column in 6 different colours. Most of the solids in Spielgaben 2B have holes in the middle. The addition of colours and holes give your child even more possibilities for building. A cylinder can be rotated like a wheel. A cylinder with a hole in it allows you to introduce the concept of the axle.
Spielgaben 8
With the introduction of Spielgaben 8, we move from the plane to the line (sticks). These sticks come in 6 different lengths, which increase in size by increments of 2.5cm. Now, instead of being limited to a triangle with a certain angle, the child can build whatever angle he likes. Let the child explore the flat sides of the sticks and explore the concept of length. These sticks are excellent for teaching measurement. The accompanying guide is full of great ideas for introducing the sticks to your child. Your child will even learn how to use them to make a skeleton.
Spielgaben 10
Spielgaben 10 is the final set, and involves one of the most critical elements of geometry: the point. Spielgaben 10 makes the point tangible. It is real and solid. By placing the point between line segments, the child intuitively understands how a point allows a line to change direction. Use them as counting aids, to play sticks and peas, to create borders or to teach patterning and sequencing. You'll also find that the small size of the points strengthens eye-hand coordination and fine motor skills.
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Hornets out:
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Hornets in:
MarShon Brooks
Kyle Lowry
Brooklyn Nets out:
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Toronto Raptors Out:
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Baptize them in the water out of Scarface pool,
And feed 'em from the table that held Corleone's food,
If you die, tell them that you played my game
I hope your bullet holes become mouths that say my name.
Explain yourself. Why in hell would Toronto do that?
This thread have me laughing as if one tickled me! All replies and the thread it self is hilarious.
Crack is a dangerous drug.
Greivis Vasquez will replace Jose Manuel Calderon ($10,561,985)
Jonas Valanciunas ($3,374,640)was drafted to replace Andrea Bargnani ($10,000,000, 11,000,000 & 12,000,000) and Jason Smith with back him up.
There record is 3/8 so they can go into rebuilding mode (again) while still putting an exciting team on the court. They aren't battling the injury bug the players they have are just not getting it done. Time to look at the draft and clearing cap space.
If it was sold to the Wizards im sure they will move one player to open up their draft chances and lighten their pockets.
salary comparison
Kyle Lowry ($5,750,000, $6,210,000)
Jason Smith ($2,500,000, $2,500,000)
Greivis Vasquez ($1,191,240, $2,150,188)
So you want to move on past Gordon by not including him in any of the trades, but rather give up on our top 10 pick, and solid depth.
Am I reading that right?
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When elgible Gordon can be moved at anytime for the right piece(s) with this trade. Also the team chemistry can be forming and the deficiency can be address in the gordon trade.
What gets me is everyone in the preseason labeled this team as a rebuilding team and it was going to take time, then a few games into the season we want to move pieces that could be the future of our franchise so we can compete now? Kind of scratching my head.
Lowry cannot be traded, i don't think, he recently just got traded didnt he?
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I am trying to find a RoboHelp 9 training class to take as I prepare for certification exam but so far all I've found are three-day courses across the country for over a thousand dollars. There do not seem to be any more affordable options, at least not that I've found the in the Washington DC area. I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed - I just need to prepare for this exam. I've been using RH for a year but did not have any formal training (it's all been either self-taught or guidance from a more experienced colleague).
Are there any online courses any of you may know of, or specific test preparation materials that I should consider?
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Sorry, but if you are looking for a class designed just to help you pass the certification exam, I don't believe I've ever seen one. I do offer training on my own if you are interested. I contract with several of the training providers and am able to provide you the same training you would normally get from one of these venues at a lower cost.
Normally with me it's one on one training when you contract directly. If you go to a training center, you are lumped in with as many as 6 to 10 other participants.
Cheers... Rick
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That sounds great, but where are you located?
LOL, does it matter?
On a serious note, most of what I do on my own is via the internet with a screen sharing session. Essentially, you share your screen and I "look over your shoulder" as you work through examples and learn the product. We converse in real time. Typically using a headset microphone. But you can be on speaker phone if you like.
Contact me privately if you are interested. I'm usually here offering free advice, not really here trolling for work. But since you asked...
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Sorry - forgot these things can be done online. I had it in my head that it was an in-person thing. I shall contact you directly.
FYI, Rick, I've emailed you twice but I'm not sure if the messages reached you. I also tried using your contact form on your website but it gives an error message.
Rick Stone is definitely one of the best RoboHelp and Captivate trainers I know. He teaches fairly often for us.
I do have to disagree with you, Rickm though that it is doubtful that a RoboHelp student would be lumped in with 6 others, because RoboHelp classes rarely make. Sometimes the other students ask questions that are useful though, and it's nice to have an instructor watching because sometimes they can pick up on things the student is doing and suggest better ways.
We find that online happens a lot more often for RoboHelp though. The primary resouce to study from for certification is the Adobe study guide. I have it as HTML at http://www.ledet.com/certification/adobe/robohelp/prepguide but you can also download the PDF directly from Adobe at http://www.adobe.com/support/certification/exams/pdfs/rh-9-exam-guide. pdf


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|• B.A. Speech and Theatre; Albany State University (GA)
• M.A. English Literature; Northwestern State University of Louisiana
• Ph. D. Walden University (MN) Education emphasis English
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If you listen to Fun.'s new album, "Some Nights", (which is phenomenal, by the way) I feel a major Queen vibe coming from it. Maybe its just the lead singer's voice, maybe its their instruments, I don't know, I just think of Queen when I hear it. I've told this to multiple others, and they completley agree with me. What do you guys think?
Please, no hate comments if you don't agree. Just say if you don't agree and why.
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but queen didn't suck...
also i don't think you understand how tags are supposed to work.
oh, and fyi, you posted this thread twice. good work.
Not true at all, but their last album was pretty good. Haven't heard the new one yet.
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shut up - Fun isn't as good as Queen. Also, Fun will never sell out Knebworth Park like Queen did.
Now hold on just a minute.... Did you listen to them, I mean did you guys really listen to fun.?
nope, sorry...I was awake
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Now hold on just a minute.... Did you listen to them, I mean did you guys really listen to fun.?
I don't get this comparison at all. Queen were avowed genre hoppers and experimenters, and I'm not getting any of that from Fun. I have a friend who's really into them and have heard two of their albums in her car, but it just sounded like bland commercial alt pop to me - in the category of stuff like Motion City Soundtrack and My Chemical Romance. Not offensive, but not doing anything interesting either. Oh well.
hey i listened to those songs and this band still sucks. should i try listening while i am asleep?


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TTU featured researcher brings food safety to agritourism
TTU agriculture professor teaches students to process home-grown produce safely and avoid contamination.
As part of the agritourism concentration in the School of Agriculture, professor Janice Branson is introducing her students to growing produce on one of the university's farms and then teaching them how to make products, like salsas and other canned goods, out of what they grow.
Research procedure, findings:
"In my classes, we would talk about the things like what they raised on their farms and what they did with it and I'm seeing that a lot more students don't have that knowledge anymore. This is one way of giving back knowledge that I have to the generation that's coming in."
Research application:
"These classes will help the students learn how to choose their produce or how to grow produce safely. We want our students to go out of here knowing how to safely raise their own food. Also, once they get the vegetables in and harvested them, we're teaching them how to actually process them for long-term storage or fresh eating."
A higher education challenge grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture
What motivated you to create this program?
Most of the agritourism programs across the state concentrate on business management or publicity, and spend a limited amount of time focusing on food safety, according to Branson.
"Since we've had so many contamination problems in the food industry, we decided we would put this set of courses together to concentrate on the food safety aspects of agritourism."
What are your future plans for the project?
"We hope to have a workshop type of operation where high school agriculture and vocational teachers will come in and our students will teach them how to process what they produce, like today we're making salsa. That way, our students learn and then they get to pass that on to others who will be able to take that back and pass that on to their students."
How is the project integrated into the classroom?
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It's Beyonce's world -- and we're just living in it. That was the consensus on Twitter before, during and after the singer's performance at the 2013 Super Bowl. Beyonce pulled out all the stops -- including a reunion with Destiny's Child band mates Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland -- to entertain sports fans during the halftime show.
How did celebs react to her performance? Overall, they loved it.
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"Beyonce Bowl," her sister, Solange Knowles, tweeted. " No. One. Better."
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"No matter what happens during the super bowl i just keep screaming BEYONCE!!" the pregnant actress tweeted.
Why did the power go out at the Superdome? It's all because of Beyonce, according to husband Jay-Z.
"Lights out!!! Any questions??" he tweeted.
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FLAWLESS and ferociously fierce is the best way to describe @beyonce #superbowl performance!" the gossip blogger tweeted.
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"Beyoncé radiates about 500 Watts, is my guess. But to be certain, I'd have to run a special calculation just for her," the astrophysicist tweeted.
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"Beyonce was so daggone hot, she blew out the power!" the comedian and host of "The View" tweeted.
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"Beyonce. That's all. Insane talent," the "Glee" start tweeted.
Serena Williams
"Beyonce's outfit for Wimbledon. But in white? Hummmmmmm," the tennis star tweeted, referring to Beyonce's sexy performance outfit.
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".@beyonce's half time performance was probably one of the best I've seen & I've seen them all," the iconic talk show host tweeted.
Tatyana Ali
"Beyonce and #destiny's Child. Holy Shiznit!!! That was incredible! Only reason I watched," the actress tweeted.
Neil Patrick Harris
"I thought Beyonce crushed it. Amazing. Though I did feel a bit bad for the poor person getting flogged by her hair at the end…" the actor tweeted, adding a bit of play-by-play of the power outage.
"All the lights are out!! It's pandemonium!! Thank god we have our Beyonce finger lights!"
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"OMG Beyonce killed it!!! And when Destiny's Child came out...that made my life! #bootylicious," the pregnant reality star tweeted.
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"And now is when I pretend I am still at the stadium after beyonce," the model tweeted.
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"Beyonce are you F'in kidding me! You're smoking hot....my hero," the "Dancing With the Stars" host tweeted.
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YARMOUTH - The pending sale of Maine's largest power plant is expected to contribute to rising property taxes in Yarmouth, but town officials are more concerned about the long-term impacts of the transaction now that talks have broken down with the corporate owners of Wyman Station.
Wyman Station sits mostly idle on Cousins Island, only used when needed as a backup power generator.
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Town Manager Nat Tupper and a lawyer flew to Florida earlier this month to speak directly with representatives of NextEra Energy Resources. Formerly FPL Energy, the company bought the plant on Cousins Island in Casco Bay from Central Maine Power Co. in 1999, in the wake of deregulation.
Tupper hoped to resume talks about further reducing the plant's $2 million annual tax bill. He also sought assurances that, if the plant is sold, the town won't be left with a massive rusting hulk that's an environmental disaster and more of an eyesore than it already is. It didn't go well.
"It was unproductive," Tupper said Friday. "We are expecting to part ways with the company. We'd like to know they intend to do it without leaving the town in the lurch."
NextEra acknowledged in an earnings report released April 30 that Wyman Station and the much smaller Cape Station in South Portland, near the Casco Bay Bridge, are up for sale as a package deal. Both are oil-fired plants and NextEra's last holdings in Maine.
NextEra declined to comment Friday on Yarmouth officials' concerns.
"We've made the decision to sell our fossil assets in Maine," said Steve Stengel, a NextEra spokesman. "They have not been sold yet, nor have the facilities been shut down."
Built in the 1950s and expanded in the 1970s, Wyman Station is now considered one of the least efficient power generators in the nation. It rarely runs because it competes with more efficient natural gas plants, but it's contracted to stay on line until 2017 as a backup generator.
The various potential impacts of the pending sale on Yarmouth taxpayers is unclear.
On Thursday, the Town Council approved a $32.7 million municipal and school budget for the next fiscal year, which starts July 1.
The proposed budget is 2 percent higher than the current spending plan, but the tax rate is projected to increase 4.5 percent, from $21.20 to $22.16 per $1,000 of property value, Tupper said. The higher rate would add $288 to the annual tax bill for a $300,000 home.
No members of the public spoke on the budget proposal at Thursday's council meeting. Residents will have an opportunity to vote on the combined budget at a town meeting on June 18 and on the school budget in a referendum on June 25.
Like many municipal officials in Maine, Tupper and Yarmouth's town councilors have tried to anticipate the potential funding impacts of various state budget proposals swirling in the Legislature, including Gov. Paul LePage's plans to suspend municipal revenue sharing and increase municipal contributions to teachers' retirement plans.
Yarmouth officials have an additional challenge, however. NextEra has refused to negotiate a new, three-year agreement on the taxable value of Wyman Station, which was assessed at $95 million in 2012, down from about $340 million in 1998, Tupper said. The town has devalued the plant significantly over the years, to the point that Wyman Station's portion of Yarmouth's tax base has dropped from 40 percent to 7.5 percent.
The town's last tax agreement with NextEra expired in April, and Yarmouth officials typically would have negotiated a new value by last fall. While NextEra is current on its tax payments, company officials have refused to talk about setting a lower value for the plant.
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Look Back: Donovan on USA vs. Italy in the 2006 World Cup
The last time the United States and Italy took the stage together, the scene unfolded as dramatically as an Italian opera. There was tension, elation, near tragedy, and ultimately a triumph. Three years later, it remains one of the most poignant moments in Landon Donovan's long history in the sport.
"That was one of the most memorable games in my career," said Donovan. "It gives me goose bumps just talking about it."
Even before the opening act began, there was a sense that something magical was in the air.
"I remember seeing all the fans walking up the hill to the stadium," said the U.S. Men's National Team's all-time leading scorer. "We had the big U.S. supporters section, the Italian fans, and all of the soldiers from Ramstein Air Force base who had come to support us. Even during the national anthem, I remember both teams singing so passionately. It was among the loudest I have ever heard. Being up there on the top of that hill in Kaiserslautern, it felt like that game was the only thing going on in the world at that moment."
Played at Fritz-Walter Stadion - the home of FC Kaiserslautern - the arena sits at the top of the hill, which considering the challenge the U.S. faced, may as well have been Mt. Olympus. Having lost 3-0 to the Czech Republic three days earlier, the USA needed a result against one of the world's most daunting defenses in order to keep their dreams of advancement alive. For Donovan, the quick turnaround was a blessing in disguise.
"The beauty of that was there was no time to think about it," he said. "We needed a result - that was all there was to it. There was no time to overanalyze; we knew we just had to get after it."
The match started at a blistering pace, and through the first 21 minutes the U.S. team had control of the eventual World Champions. Then, like in any compelling drama, a giant setback befell the protagonists. In the 22nd minute, Andrea Pirlo served an in-swinger into the box that Alberto Gilardino craftily headed home. Just like that, the USA's World Cup hopes looked in serious jeopardy.
The challengers breathed new life five minutes later when a Bobby Convey free kick from the right sideline was awkwardly touched by Cristian Zaccardo at the back post and went in for an own goal. Their prospects grew even brighter a minute later, when a vicious elbow on Brian McBride by Daniele de Rossi left both players seeing red; McBride's warrior face covered in blood while de Rossi received a prompt expulsion from the match.
With renewed confidence and up a man, the U.S. team continued on, only to be deflated just before halftime when Pablo Mastroeni's spirit outmatched his wits, a lunging tackle on Pirlo commanding the second red card of the half.
"We went through a lot of difficult circumstances in the game," Donovan recalled. "There were the emotions of going down a goal in a game that we needed, then equalizing, then the high of going up a man, thinking we have a real chance to win, to then getting a man sent off just before halftime. At that point we felt a little bit deflated, but at the same time we knew that likely if we got a point we were still alive. The way were playing, we felt like we could pull off a play to win this game."
The team's fortunes eroded rapidly, when Eddie Pope was handed his second yellow card just two minutes into the second stanza. Like many great characters, the adversity only served to strengthen their resolve.
"Eddie gets sent off, and now it's 'oh crap, this is going to be a tough 40 minutes,'" said Donovan. "What made the game so memorable from that point was that we pulled together and inspired each other because our tournament lives were on the line."
The U.S. immediately set out to stifle the opponent's attack with relentless pursuit, but at the same time unwilling to concede that a victory was not within their grasp.
"We completely limited their chances to score," Donovan said. "We also created two or three very good chances to win. It was a special feeling at the end once the referee had blown the whistle, realizing we had done something incredible. At the end, we were the only team not to lose to the World Champions."
Equally exhausted and exhilarated, the U.S. players strolled around the stage absorbing the warmth and appreciation of the crowd. Already in that moment, Donovan and his teammates were aware of the near virtuoso performance.
"To get a point from that game considering all that happened, playing against a team of that quality and down a man for that long, felt like a win," he said. "Not only that, but we were very proud of the way we played. We didn't just defend, we gave everything we had to try and win the game. It was one of our best performances ever as a national team."
With a sense of accomplishment and still a game left to play, Donovan summed up the sentiment of every performer who has exhibited the determination to achieve excellence and rise to the occasion.
"I have rarely felt that tired after a game in my life," he said. "The feeling of giving just about everything you had and succeeding in some way is an incredible feeling. It's what all athletes aspire to."


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Western Union, the 160-year-old money transfer and payments company, operates across 200 countries and territories through 450,000 agents. Its consumer customers are largely migrant workers sending earnings back to their family in their home country. So changes in employment levels worldwide, tighter government controls on immigration, political unrest, and exchange-rate instability can all have a substantial effect on the company's earnings.
But Western Union's global scope is also a big benefit. While unemployment in the United States has been persistently high, the World Bank recently increased its forecast for remittances in developing countries to $349 billion, and estimates volume of $404 billion in 2013. Indeed, there are still plenty of greenfield opportunities for Western Union: other than the United States, no one country represents more than 6% of the firm's top line.
In addition, Western Union is developing channels in online and mobile money transfer, stored value cards, and business-to-business payments. To broaden its reach in the market for cross-border payments between small and midsize enterprises, for example, in June the company announced the purchase of the global business payments division of Travelex Holdings Ltd.
CFO recently spoke with finance chief Scott Scheirman about the favorable and unfavorable trends for Western Union and how the company manages a laundry list of risks. An edited version of the interview follows.
Despite high unemployment in the U.S. and elsewhere, long-term global economic trends are in your favor in some ways.
As we look at the macro trends, we firmly believe the income gaps between developing and developed countries — what you can earn in Italy versus Romania, or in the U.K. versus China, or in the U.S. versus Mexico — are huge. You might earn $10 a day in one country when you can earn $10 to $15 an hour in the U.S. or in Italy. So we believe that income gap is going to be wide for decades. And the other factor we see is aging populations. In parts of Europe and Russia, populations are aging, and migrants are going to have to continue to come to those countries to perform services.
Which countries present the largest opportunities?
China, India, and the Philippines are huge "received" markets, meaning their citizens are migrating to other countries to earn money to send back. Between India and China combined, we have a bit over 100,000 locations for 2 billion–plus people. In the U.S., we have a bit less than 50,000 locations for about 350 million people. So we see some really nice growth opportunities still in China and India, as examples. Brazil is another market we're very interested in. We just received our banking license [there]. It will allow us to do bill payments, offer prepaid cards, and handle payments for small-business owners.
But I would also say we see growth in Europe. We just completed the acquisition of one of our superagents, Angelo Costa, which does business in 10 countries throughout Europe. And a regulatory change called the Payment Services Directive, or PSD, will benefit us. In France and Germany up until about 18 months ago, we had to do business through banks and post banks. Now we can sign up retailers in France and Germany. Retailers are in the neighborhoods where our customers live and work, and they tend to have extended hours of operation and may be from the customer's home country.


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Committee on Design
- 2013 Firm Award recipient is Cuningham Group Architecture, Inc. (Cuningham Group®) Photo credit: Ryan Siemers
- Paul Mellblom, AIA, MSR, 2013 Louis Lundgren Award Recipient
AIA Minnesota 2013 25-Year Award recipient: Land O' Lakes Corporate Headquarters, designed by Architectural Alliance.
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To find more information on all our Awards scroll down on this page.
Chair: Jeff Mandyck, AIA
AIA Staff Liaison: Mary Larkin and Chris Hudson
Meeting Date: The Committee on Design meets on the second Thursday of the month at noon at the AIA Minnesota office.
2014 AIA Minnesota Award Deadlines
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2014 AIA Minnesota Award Deadlines
2014 Affordable Housing Design Award:
Submission deadline is Noon, CST, Friday, March 28
The 2014 Award Recipient will be selected and announced at the Affordable Housing Design Award Reception held at the McKnight Foundation on May 1 at 4:00 p.m. RSVP by April 25 at https://2014ahda.eventbrite.com
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Young Architect Award:
Nomination letters due by Thursday, April 17
Submissions due by May 2
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25 Year Award:
Submissions due by Noon on Friday, June 6
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Special Awards:
Submissions due June 27
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Louis Lundgren Award:
Nominations due June 27
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Honor Awards
Informational Open House program on August 7 from 4 to 6pm at HGA
Submissions due September 26.
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Gold Medal & Firm Award:
If you have an individual for the 2014 Gold Medal or an architecture firm to nominate for the 2015 Firm Award or, please contact Beverly Hauschild-Baron.
2014 Affordable Housing Design Award (AHDA)
This annual architectural design award is supported by the McKnight Foundation. Itis goal is to recognize and encourage innovative, high-quality designs for affordable housing in Minnesota.
The 2014 Award Recipient will be selected and announced at the Affordable Housing Design Award Reception held at the McKnight Foundation on May 1 at 4:00 p.m. RSVP by April 25 at https://2014ahda.eventbrite.com
2013 Affordable Housing Design Award recipient project was the Renaissance Box located in Saint Paul with the architectural firm, LHB, Inc., and their community partner, Aeon. Click here to download the press release. Click here to watch the 2013 AHDA video on the Renaissance Box.
2012 Affordable Housing Design Award
Click here to watch the 2012 AHDA video on Higher Ground!
2012 AHDA recipient was the Higher Ground – Homeless Shelter & Permanent Housing Project, designed by Cermak Rhoades. Click here for the 2012 AHDA press release.
2014 Young Architects Award
The AIA Minnesota Young Architect Award is given to individuals who in an early stage of their architectural career have shown exceptional leadership in service to the profession, the community, design, planning, and/or education. Members of the AIA Minnesota, licensed to practice architecture less than 10 years, are eligible for nomination.
2014 Nomination letters due by Thursday, April 17
2014 Submissions due by May 2
Click here to download the entry form.
2013 Young Architect Award Recipients:(Pictured from L to R) Eric Amel, AIA; Meghan Kell Cornell, AIA; Meredith Hayes Gordon, AIA; Ryan Kronzer, AIA; David O'Brien Wagner, AIA. Click here for the 2013 Young Architect Award Press Release.
Click here to watch the entertaining 2013 Young Architect Award recipient video!
Click here for the 2012 Young Architect Awards Press Release.
View the 2011 Young Architects Award Press Release (PDF)
View the 2010 Young Architects Award Press Release (PDF)
2014 25 Year Award
The 25 Year Award recognizes completed building projects, either individual buildings or groups of buildings, completed at least 25 but not more than 50 years ago. The projects must have been designed by firms with architects registered and practicing professionally in Minnesota.
Submissions are due by noon on Friday, June 6.
Click here to download the 2014 Submission Call for Entry forms and instructions.
Click here to download a sample 25 Year Award past award recipient imagebook. Questions? Contact Mary Larkin.
2013 25 Year Award
AIA Minnesota is proud to announce that Land O' Lakes Corporate Headquarters, designed by Architectural Alliance, is the recipient of the 2013 AIA Minnesota 25 Year Award. Project team members include: Dennis LaFrance, AIA; John Lackens, FAIA, Ron May, Lynda Lujan, David Solomon, Gretchen Wesenberg, Charles Sandvig, Paul Ashley, Rex Crook, Craig Johnson, and Bob Stoltz. Click here to download the 2013 AIA Minnesota 25 Year Award press release.
Photo credit: Rick Schuster
Click here for the 2012 25 Year press release.
View the 2011 25 Year Award Press Release.
View the 2010 25 Year Award Press Release.
2013 Honor Awards
The jury recruited for this competition has national and international credibility, giving the award-winning architects and the public an idea of the caliber of work created by Minnesota architects and how they rate on a worldwide scale. Click here to download the 2013 Press Release.
The following are the nine 2013 Honor Awards recipients:
1) U.S. Land Port of Entry, Julie Snow Architects, Inc. - design architect in collaboration with Robert Siegel Architects
2) Macalester College, Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center, HGA Architects & Engineers
3) Drexel University College of Media Arts & Design URRN Center, MSR
4) Carleton College Weitz Center for Creativity, MSR
5) Target Plaza Commons, Julie Snow Architects, Inc. and Ryan A & E, Inc.
6) Union Depot Multi-Modal Transit & Transportation Hub, HGA Architects & Engineers
7) Minnesota Fallen Firefighters Memorial, Leo A Daly
8) Hall House, Salmela Architect
9) School of Architecture, University of Minnesota College of Design, Centennial Chromagraph, Variable Projects
2013 Honor Award Submissions were due September 27, 2013
Click here to download the 2013 Honor Award Submission Entry Form.
Click here to download the 2013 Project Credit Form (PCF).
Click here to download Tips for submitting. Questions? Contact Mary Larkin.
2012 Honor Awards Click here to download the 2012 Honor Awards Recipient press release. Click here to view the slideshow on Star Tribune.
Click here to See 2011 Honor Award winners
Louis Lundgren Award
The 2013 Louis Lundren Award recipient is Paul C. N. Mellblom, AIA, principal at MSR Minneapolis. Click here to download the press release.
AIA Minnesota seeks to encourage and recognize outstanding individual volunteerism. Volunteering is a member's purest means of giving something back to the profession and community. The individual should exemplify unfailing commitment to the goals of AIA Minnesota, foster the advancement of the Institute at a national or regional level, and be a leader to the public. Any member of AIA Minnesota may nominate candidates providing the candidate is a member of AIA Minnesota for a period of not less than ten years and a member in good standing at the time of nomination. Emeritus members and self-nominations are eligible. Questions? Contact Mary Larkin.
Click here to download the 2013 Louis Lundgren Award Submission Form.
2012 Louis Lundgren Award Recipient: Douglas D. Pierce, AIA, Perkins & Will.
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2011 Louis Lundgren Award recipient: Doug Westby, AIA, Read more here.
View previous Louis Lundgren Award winners.
Special Awards
The Special Award is an award category that has become an increasingly important part of the Awards Program. AIA Minnesota has found that there is a strong need to encourage, stimulate, and recognize exceptional contributions of individuals and organizations who are improving the quality of our physical environment.
2013 Special Awards recipients are (pictured top to bottom/l to r) the Building Restoration Corporation; Tony Mancuso, St. Louis County Property Management; Charlene Roise, Hess Roise & Company; Katherine Solomonson, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, School of Architecture; and Lucy Thompson, City Saint Paul
Click here for the 2013 Special Awards Press Release.
2012 Special Award recipients: Poul Bertelsen, AIA Associate International; J. Drake Hamilton; and Michael Pilla. Click here to download the 2012 press release.
Click here to download the 2012 Special Awards nomination form. Click here to download the 2013 Special Awards Submission form. Questions? Contact Mary Larkin.
2011 Special Award Recipients: Damon Farber and the McKnight Foundation.
Read more here about the 2011 Special Awards.
In 2005, AIA Minnesota reorganized the selection process for determining the AIA Minnesota Firm Award and the AIA Minnesota Gold Medal Award. In an effort to involve more members in the process we have created a Selection Committee, to consist of Board Members, Fellows, previous Firm/Gold Medal Award recipients and the Chair of the Awards Committee.
2013 Firm Award
Given biennially, the prestigious Firm Award is presented to firms that have contributed to the advancement of the profession in the areas of technology, service, and design.
The American Institute of Architects Minnesota (AIA Minnesota) is pleased to recognize Cuningham Group Architecture, Inc. (Cuningham Group®) with its 2013 Firm Award. Given biennially, this prestigious award recognizes firms that have contributed to the advancement of the profession in the areas of technology, service, and design. Cuningham Group will be honored at the AIA Minnesota Awards Celebration on December 6, 2013, at McNamara Alumni Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Photo: Ryan Siemers
Click here to download the press release.
If you have a firm to nominate for 2015, please contact Beverly Hauschild-Baron.
Firm Award nominations are due April 2015.
AIA Minnesota Gold Medal
The Gold Medal is AIA Minnesota's highest award bestowed on an individual member. It serves as recognition for a lifetime of distinguished achievement and significant contributions to architecture.
The 2012 Gold Medal recipient is Craig Rafferty, FAIA. Rafferty began his professional career in Boston working with Hugh Stubbins and Associates after completing his graduate studies at MIT. In 1974 he received the Rotch Traveling Fellowship, one of a string of several University of Minnesota Architectural graduates to be named for this prize. In addition to working for Ralph Rapson and Associates during his undergraduate studies at the U, he worked for Brown Daltas Architects in Rome after the Rotch Fellowship. He then joined George Rafferty, FAIA, and Dick Rafferty, FAIA, at Rafferty Rafferty Tollefson Lindeke Architects in 1975 where he has been an integral part of the firm, steadily enhancing, with current partners Lee Tollefson, FAIA, and Chip Lindeke, AIA, the spirit and design conscience of the firm, now celebrating its 50th year.
To download the press release for Rafferty, click here.
The 2010 recipient is Edward Kodet, Jr., FAIA. Kodet founded Kodet Architectural Group, Ltd., in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1983, after 13 years of experience as a firm partner at a previous firm. Kodet's achievements as an architect and educator along with his service to the profession over his career have proven exemplary and inspirational, noted the jury. Kodet is a member of AIA's College of Fellows, serving as Chancellor in 2010, and has held numerous national positions within the profession including serving as the AIA North Central States Regional Director, American Architectural Foundation as Regent and the chair of two Gold Medal and Firm Award juries, most recently as the nominator for AIA Gold Medal recipient Santiago Calatrava, FAIA. Kodet's work at the national level throughout his career would be difficult to mirror, said the jury. It's clearly inspired by his view of architecture as a passion, avocation and hobby. Kodet summarized, "AIA has always been a forum for me to advocate for the profession how the profession can enhance everyday lives, enrich cities and provide inspiration for society."
If you have an architect to nominate for 2014, please contact Beverly Hauschild-Baron. Gold Medal nomination process begins in April 2014.
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It's 15 days until Thanksgiving. Quiz answers for the day are: Fresh or frozen, trussing for beginners and Aunt Sally's pumpkin pie that woefully lacks pumpkin flavor. I've got the matching questions and more today at my blog, OrlandoSentinel.com/thedish. In the meantime, let's dish:
Eat Local Week and more. Volusia County's 31st annual farm tour includes 10 sites that showcase the diversity of that area's agriculture. Two self-guided tours will be available on Nov. 16 and have designated times for each stop. (By the way, Lake and Seminole counties have similar tours in the spring.)
The east Volusia tour is from 9 a.m.-3:15 p.m. and includes stops at Deep Creek Preserve in New Smyrna Beach; Chantilly Ridge Alpacas in Port Orange; and Tropical Blossom Honey Co. and CSI Natural, both in Edgewater. The west Volusia tour is from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. and includes stops at Fern Trust in Seville; J & J Whitetails, Vo-Lasalle Farms, Florida Olive Systems, and Select Growers, all in DeLeon Springs; and EFG Orchids in DeLand. For a schedule and map, call the Volusia County Extension Office at 386-822-5778 or check out volusia.org/extension.
These experiences fit right into Slow Food Orlando's Eat Local Week, which is Friday-Nov. 16 and culminates in the Winter Park Harvest Festival on Nov. 17 at Central Park's West Meadow at 150 N. New York Ave. In addition to taking advantage of restaurant specials, participants can explore community events designed to raise awareness of local farmers and food artisans and the Orlando Slow Food chapter (slowfoodorlando.org and Facebook).
Home cooks seeking sources for locally produced foods should check out websites such as Localharvest.org, Pickyourown.org, Florida-agriculture.com and Slowfoodorlando.org.
Among my favorite farm stands are the Lake Meadow Naturals Farm Store in Ocoee (lakemeadownaturals.com); Blue Bayou Farms in Yalaha (bluebayoufarms.com); Monterey Mushrooms in Zellwood (montereymushrooms.com); Scott's Country Market & Cafe at Long & Scott Farms in Mount Dora (longandscottfarms.com); and Vo-LaSalle Farms in DeLeon Springs (giftfruitfromflorida.com).
And, if you think it's too expensive to eat local, check out Edible Orlando publisher Kendra Lott's free talk with budget-friendly tips at 6 p.m. Nov. 14 at the Orange County Public Library, 101 E. Central Blvd. in downtown Orlando.
Foodies honor best in Central Florida dining. It's time to vote for your favorite restaurants in the Orlando Sentinel's 15th Foodie Awards.
The online ballot has more than 45 categories, including fine-dining, wine list, breakfast, brunch, power lunch, food trucks, coffeehouses and bars that serve exceptional food. The final results — along with my picks — will appear in the Calendar section on Friday, Jan. 25. All votes must be cast by midnight Dec. 31. So put down that fork and vote today at OrlandoSentinel.com/foodies.
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