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Uncertainties regarding the relocation of the Cape San Blas Lighthouse have caused the representatives of the five Panhandle Lighhtouses to make this decision. We apologize for any disappointment or inconvenience that this decision has caused.
The St. Joseph Historical Society, keepers of the Cape San Blas Lighthouse, have received a combination of government funds and private grants for the relocation of the historic lighthouse from the eroding shores of Cape San Blas to firmer ground on the bayfront in Port St. Joe. They have received bids for the move of the lighthouse, two keeper's dwellings, and the fuel house. They are still in need of additonal funding. They hope to determine a plan of action in the near future.
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With global economic conditions uncertain, governments are more reluctant to splash the cash on infrastructure development.
But many older airport facilities in the western hemisphere are in desperate need of upgrading or replacement. And in some developing economies of Latin America and Asia the existing infrastructure is simply not able to cope with the rapid growth of air traffic.
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Several important airport privatizations in Latin America have resulted in new infrastructure being developed—with Quito, Lima, and Bogota being prime examples. During 2012, three major airports in Brazil were privatized, and more are scheduled to follow. In Mexico, all eyes are on a possible new greenfield airport to replace the existing heavily congested facility at Mexico City.
In Southeast Asia, Vietnam is looking to the private sector to develop new airport infrastructure to cope with booming domestic demand and to compete with neighboring Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore for international traffic. New greenfield international airports are being planned to serve Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi.
In a major policy shift in Japan, in December 2012 the government announced that it intends to contract out the management of the two airports serving Osaka to the private sector. This is a first for Japan, where infrastructure projects have traditionally remained firmly in state control. The government has made it clear that foreign investors are welcome although it will keep 100% of the shares. The aim is for a private company to step in and make the facilities more competitive. Any deals are expected to be completed in 2015. Other privatizations in the country could follow if this is successful.
All of these come on the back of other well-known privatization agreements such as the United Kingdom's British Airports Authority (BAA). Europe has been strong on privatization with airports in private hands in a number of key cities, including Copenhagen, Vienna, Brussels, and Zurich. In the United States, the July 2012 agreement on the privatization of Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rica, by Aerostar Airport Partners, was welcomed by airlines and IATA.
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Airport was the country's leading coffee shop operator.
"I don't want it to sound as if the airport and airline business is rocket science, but there is actually a lot of evidence to suggest that the airport business is rather different from many other large infrastructure projects," says David Stewart, IATA's Head of Airport Development. "Too many errors of judgment have been made by companies coming in from other industries to run airports."
He cites the example of London Heathrow. "When the new owners took over in 2006 they did not seem to fully understand that there was a need to redevelop the existing terminal infrastructure without any scope to meaningfully increase the airport's overall capacity [due to the fact that the runway system was saturated]," he says. "Their experience was previously limited to other types of infrastructure projects. Airports often prove to be more complicated."
Stewart says this is a problem that is being repeated in the current spate of Latin American privatizations. "I am surprised, in some cases, with the lack of requirement for proper technical analysis during the bidding process," he says. "Typically, there would be a two-phase bidding process, with a technical bid evaluating biographies, background, relevant experience, safety programs and airspace management programs. Then there would be a financial bid. A balanced scoring mechanism would normally be put in place to evaluate both technical expertise and the financial offer. But recently in Brazil it seems that financial considerations have taken precedence over any technical evaluation."
The first three airport privatizations in Brazil went through very quickly. An airport privatization process normally takes two to three years, but these projects were completed in just 18 months. For a second round of privatizations the government has introduced more robust criteria.
"The airport infrastructure we have today is basically the same as 10 years ago," says Eduardo Sanovicz, president of ABEAR (Brazilian Association of Airline Companies). "However, the number of passengers has increased a lot since then. In 2002, the traffic of domestic and international passengers in Brazil was 36 million, against 97 million in 2012. So, it is evident that the existing infrastructure no longer adequately serves the industry."
Sanovicz believes the privatization model will help. "The structural renovations and both public and private investments are quite significant," he says. "We believe the prospects for improvement in the airline industry will be felt by users very soon."
Indeed, the move to airport privatization in Brazil is still young. Lessons are being learned quickly and already there are signs that the new concessionaires are willing to engage constructively with the airline community.
Another challenge with fresh sources of investment is a realistic assessment of the financial environment. Peter Cerda, IATA's Director of Safety, Operations & Infrastructure for The Americas and Atlantic says that there is sometimes a certain naivety on both sides, with governments and concession companies alike thinking that aviation is glamorous and a free ticket to making money. "At times you might be forgiven for wondering if the concession company has really done its due diligence," he says. "The challenge in the Latin American region for privatization, for example, is to ensure that deals take place at a sensible price."
At Sao Paulo Guarulhos, one of the airports in the first tranche of Brazilian privatizations, the $7.91 billion (BRL16.2 billion) winning bid, from a consortium of Invepar and Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) was some $6.25 billion (BRL12.8 billion) above the minimum bid stipulated by the government.
"The amount paid by the winning bidder for the concession means that substantial revenues from the commercial side will be required," says Carlos Ebner, IATA's Country Director, Brazil. According to Ebner, IATA is very concerned that those amounts will not be sufficient to provide the expected return on investment, bearing in mind that the main airport charges are capped. He says that the association will insist that the Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil serve as a strong independent regulator to insure that there are no changes in the concession contract that will cause adverse financial impact to airport users. Antonio Miguel Marques, President of the Invepar-ACSA consortium, disagrees with Ebner's concerns.
"I do not doubt that Sao Paulo Guarulhos Airport is a great business opportunity and that the return on the invested capital will be very good," he suggests. "Guarulhos is the main gateway into Brazil and will have capacity to handle 60 million passengers per year within a decade—practically double the number handled in 2011.
"Our proposal is to expand the participation of commercial revenues," he continues. "Today, 65% of the revenue comes from airport charges and the rest from the lease of commercial spaces in the terminals. With the inauguration of Terminal 3 [due to open in 2014] the expectation is for this ratio to be reversed, so that commercial revenues will represent 65% of the total revenue. We estimate that we will be able to triple the revenue during the next two years."
It is an ambitious goal. Even BAA—recognized as a world leader in non-aeronautical revenues—struggles to achieve 60% non-aeronautical revenue.
Underscoring this issue is the fact that the Brazilian concessions are 30-year agreements with very little scope for maneuver if traffic and revenue projections change in future.
Cerda points out that there are many unknowns in the aviation industry and boom times can suddenly turn to busts. He cites Montevideo airport in Uruguay as a prime example. The consortium running this airport has had its fingers badly burned, following the collapse of the national carrier, Pluna, in July 2012.
"Some 60% of operations at Montevideo have ceased, and Iberia will cancel its flight from Madrid because of the loss of feeder traffic," he says. "The airport operator has lost half of its revenue and will struggle to meet its obligations. The airport industry does not come with a guarantee. It is a risky investment."
Clearly, airport privatization has its challenges and these can be exacerbated by inexperience. But it doesn't mean airport privatization can't be successful as long as some basic rules are applied.
"With a good, transparent process in place we have no problem with the concession model," says Cerda. "However, we would like to see much more open dialogue between the parties involved—including the airline users. In some cases, such as the new airport in Quito in Ecuador, the industry has had little input as to what is required in terms of infrastructure and agreements have been signed that are not really aligned with what the airline users need. The result is that charges go up and yet the traveling public does not get the parallel increases in levels of service for which they pay.
Ultimately, a successful privatization cannot be measured solely on how much money can be generated for the government. It must be seen as part of a long-term vision for economic development. As such, a strong regulator and clear service level agreements must be in place. This requires better collaboration between governments, potential concession companies and airline users well before the privatization takes place.
Hot spots – some other potential airport hot spots in the Latin America region
Lima, PeruJorge Chavez International AirportComment: "Some things simply do not make good business sense," says Peter Cerda, IATA Director, Safety, Operations and Infrastructure, The Americas and Atlantic. "It was specified in the concession contract that a new terminal and a new runway had to be built within a specific period with no flexibility and irrespective of market conditions," says Cerda. Too much infrastructure too soon is just as much a problem as not enough infrastructure. Ongoing dialogue between the concessionaire and the government is focusing more on finger pointing than getting on with the much needed expansion.
Quito, EcuadorNew Quito International AirportComment: After three missed deadlines the new Quito International Airport is due to open in early 2013. The development has been hampered by many problems, including access roads not being completed on time. "We are concerned that the terminal only has six contact gates and 12 remote stands, and is not much bigger than the existing terminal," says Cerda. "Planning will have to start soon for an expansion of the airport. We hope that there will be greater liaison with the airline community."
Bogota, ColombiaEl Dorado International AirportComment: The original growth projections were well short of the mark and traffic has grown much faster than previously anticipated. But the master plan was not revised quickly enough resulting in severe congestion in a new terminal. The relationship between the government and the concession company has become very strained and the government has taken a very aggressive stance, threatening to take away the concession.
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Thanks Angelpants, I love my workout time but I have cut back a lot. I know it will constantly be a strugle for me but I'm going to do my best. This week when I was finished with the workout I just went for a walk.
It's day 5 and I feel great, I'm down 4lbs and the food in the recipe book is actually really good and I love the shakes. Still having trouble getting that sixth meal (snack) in but I'm full so I just go to bed. I use to get in bed around 8pm then I started spending more time with the family at night so I'm working on 8:30 now. I hope you all have a great TGIF and stay focused and motivated.
Thank you for your prayers. Shelleystime, what you said was just what I needed to hear. When feeling out of control, grab onto something that is within my control. BFL will be it. After I read it I sat back and thought "yeah...that is exactly what I am going to do!" I wrote out my plan for today and the weekend of exercise. Sunday won't be a free day for me this weekend. I have not been doing my exercises and cheated on food last night, but have no intention of giving up. I have even created my workouts to include my boys so I won't feel like I'm taking away from them. Thanks again for everyones support of each other.
"Somewhere he is out there training while I am not, and when we meet, he will win." - Tim Tebow
Runnergirl - Your energy amazes me, and you are an inspriration to the goal I have set for myself!! Keep up the amazing work. I was down 3 lbs yesterday.
Everyone - Are we going to post our progress once a week or anything? Stuff like changes in weight and summary of our week's success (or hick-ups) with food and exercise.
I was sick the day I started the challenge June 10th..just yesterday i drank a bottle of nyquil and was in bed for a day and a half! Some "bug" I think, been fighting it all week..I feel 100% better today! I actually did my lower body workout the day I went home throwing up! I was determined to do my exercises! I weighed myself today and I lost 6 pounds, probably dehydration since I didn't eat for two days. I'm feeling 100% better...I'm serious as a heart attack about finishing my challenge! They will have to put me in the hospital to stop me lol! no really!
Wow! Looks like all of you are beginning to find what works for each of you. Runnergirl, you enjoy exercise so you are trying to keep the reigns with this program. Great job on the 4 pound loss. Mom2boys, keeping your focus on your goals may help you through this very stressful time. Please remember that we are here for you! Shellystime and ak28star, bravo for getting your workouts in! Angelpants! You've got some real perseverance. Way to go on the 6 pound loss! Bravo to all of you! I am slowly recovering and wished that I was doing the program with all of you!
Just finished the 1st week of the 12 week challenge that I began Monday June 10, 2013. I lost 6 lbs, as of Sat post workout.
Great start, and feeling better than I have in years. Really pushing the cardio and strictly adhering to the nutritional intake guidelines. I overdid my first lower body workout on Wednesday, and could barely move the next few days, and still very sore but gradually improving, so will continue to work thru it and proceed. My goal is 3 lbs or more every week, so a great start, but I suspect the first few weeks will be easier to lose due to eliminating excess water weight first... just a guess...
My first five days I've lost 4lbs
Hi Everybody!
i know I'm a little behind, but I'd like to join your group. I'm starting tomorrow. This will be my second challenge. I finished the last one in September and had great results but then let my diet slip a little bit. During my last challenge I discovered I LOVED cycling and used it for my cardio. Although I don't think of myself as an athlete, last week I did the Bike Ride Across Nebraska. 471 miles on a bicycle in 7 days. Whew! It was hard work but we had fun. I also dubbed last week as "Pie Week" as we ate like crazy trying to keep the calories up, including pie with every evening meal. Needless to say the scale went up just a wee bit.
RunnerGirl2 - I am going to have a hard time keeping my cycling down to 20 or 30 minutes. Guess I will have to work on the intensity factor. Let me know how it is going with your running. Wow, I am impressed by people that run. For some reason I just don't have that in me, but I can understand how you love it.
It's going to take me a bit to get all the posts read and figure out who everybody is. Just wanted to say "Hi", hope everybody is doing well and since it's Sunday that we are all getting prepped to have a great BFL week! I know I am.
"Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out" - Robert Collier.
My version when the bike rides last week got hard "JUST KEEP PEDDLING". (And it worked! Wow!) Let's all keep peddling. It's our persistence and the choices we make every day that matter.
Welcome, Powertochange! Your cycling sounds awesome! I will be officially doing BFL with this group when I have healed from an unexpected surgery this past Monday. Since this will be your second challenge perhaps you can give us some pointer's. just like the wonderful quote you shared. Very inspiring! Thank you!
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L had a great first week on the program, I did pretty good. I've lost 4lbs the first week, my eating habits are as the book directs and the exercise is going great. I'm feeling good about this and not going to fail. I plan on being a champion
I am starting Jun 21st I just discovered BFL yesterday and would love to join you all!
Hi everyone , I'm Sherry started June10th (not a "blogger" so not sure if this post is in the right place)
I've done BFL many times, teach it at work, that's how much I believe in it !!
I have 15 lbs to lose...lets do this together :-)
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We can do this Spunkygal10!!!
Welcome to the group fitKTleaf09 & Spunkygal10!
Hope everyone is off to a good start this week. I had a great cardio workout today on the treadmill. I usually avoid it because I can't run due to bad knees. So I did some searching and found a hiking workout. I live in the mountains of Idaho and hiking is "a way of life" here. I just don't do it very often because I'm out of shape. Anyway, I took the workout and tweaked it so that I would follow the interval guidelines. I'm posting it here incase anyone else can't run or just wants to change things up. Of course you can adjust your speeds/inclines to fit your fitness level, but here is what I did.
Minutes Speed Incline
2 2.5 2.0
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Total workout time is 21 minutes including warmup and cooldown. As this becomes easier, up the speed/incline will go ;-)
Have a great BFL day 2 everyone!
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"They invited us, hurry and pack up and lets go..the game is on soon."
"Alright, alright", I replied to my boss putting all of the paperwork away.
It was an autumn day, years ago in Cleveland and a young 22 year old staff auditor named Mike Bechara stopped his grunt work at the command of his "Senior."
My boss (a very "seasoned" senior auditor…all of 25 years old) just informed me that we got invited to the Senior Financial Analyst's house to watch Monday night football.
My boss drove and followed the other guys from the office in their beat up car. We wound our way through the streets of Cleveland until we arrived at their place.
"Wow", I said getting out of the car, "This is….the ghetto."
"I'm sure you have a fine career in real estate appraisal ahead of you…now can we go?" replied my boss with considerable annoyance.
We followed the other guys into a large house that they were renting. When we got inside I was struck right away by the grandeur of the place. There were wide solid wood moldings around the windows and the ceiling was adorned with heavy crown moldings as well. On top of it all, in the hallway on the way to the kitchen there was a stained glass window.
"You couldn't build a house like this now", I thought, "It would cost a fortune."
I asked one of the guys, a native Clevelander, and he said that up until the late 60s, maybe early 70s, the neighborhood was quite affluent and house was representative of that era. Now?…well now they rent them to recent grads like us that can't afford to live in a good area.
When taking risks, one thing you have to watch out for is the tail end of an era.
"This Bechara is nauseating, he makes one visit to a poor neighbor years ago and he talks about risks like some tough guy", retort my friends from the peanut gallery.
Alas, the end of an era usually fools everyone whether the era in question is war, peace, inflation, deflation, or population patterns.
Examples abound:
- Interest rate cycles last 25 years on average. In the eyes of people born 30 years ago or less, interest rates have always been low and will always be low. They can't imagine another world.
- When a period of war lasts a long time, people forget that wars suddenly end. Lebanon was a bad Hollywood joke in the eighties as the civil war dragged on for 15 years. Very few people positioned themselves for the post war boom in the early nineties when the civil war suddenly came to an end.
- Just-In-Time inventory and off shoring of production have been business school gospels for the past 20 years. Savvy business executives are questioning whether in today's world of heightened political risk, energy volatility and dirt cheap money, it makes sense to have a very low investment in salable goods and have them shipped from 12,000 miles away to boot.
Then there is the granddaddy of them all.
Perhaps the biggest example we can point to is the 50 year trend of middle class Americans living in the suburbs.
Wait…could this really come to an end? I mean, can anyone imagine middle class people living in Poughkeepsie, much less Cleveland?
Stranger things have happened my friends. That old house in Cleveland was inhabited by some very well to do people at one point. In fact, if you look at mid sized cities across the country from Albany, Danbury, Scranton, to Baltimore, they all have these grand old houses where the middle and upper middle classes once lived.
It was as recent as the late 60s when the middle classes decamped for the suburbs in droves. Cheap energy, cheap credit and cheap automobiles made this all possible. But is there something happening now that could change all that?
During the recent housing bubble we overbuilt…way overbuilt, our housing stock. We have decades worth of housing inventory in the form of 3,000 square foot McMansions in exurbs 40 miles from job centers. Millions of pounds of stainless steel, miles of granite countertops and thousands of acres of hardwood floors…that no one will buy.
Economists call this mal-investment.
This article in the Atlantic describes suburban neighborhoods in California that are succumbing to abandoned housing and the crime, vandalism and economic malaise that follows.
Don't be surprised if those lovely suburban McMansions with their Belgian block driveways, cedar clapboard sidings and bay windows are cut up into apartments in an attempt to make them economically viable.
It may be the end of the trend of suburban housing and there are certainly risks to those who do not recognize the ground shifting. But there is also opportunity for the quick witted and strong of heart, for with change comes new prospects.
So we ended up watching Monday night football in the Cleveland ghetto. Late in third quarter I noticed they had run low on beer. Being a good guest, I offered to run out to the store and grab some more.
"You can't go out now", one of my hosts said pointing at the sofa, "Sit down and watch the rest of the game."
Thinking he was just being polite, I reiterated my intention to go out and get more beer. The three guys that were renting the place looked deadly serious at me for a moment. One of them finally said slowly while shaking his head, "Dude, for-get the be-er."
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Tracking the Oscar race for best adapted screenplay
Obviously, "The Social Network" is ahead in the Oscar race for best adapted screenplay, given its front-runner status as best picture and the vaunted reputation of Aaron Sorkin as master wordsmith. However, upsets are always possible at these quirkly Hollywood awards, of course.
"127 Hours" or "True Grit" could quickly jump ahead if one of them wins best picture from the film critics' awards in early December, which is quite possible. The creators of both films have been honored by them in the past and they also previously won the Oscars for best picture and screenplay in the past for "Slumdog Millionaire," "No Country for Old Men."
There's an obvious link between those two Academy Award categories. Over the past 10 years, five best pictures won best adapted screenplay ("The Departed," "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King," "A Beautiful Mind" in addition to "Slumdog" and "No Country") and two won best original screenplay ("The Hurt Locker," "Crash").
This year's other major rival for best picture, "The King's Speech," is over in the category for original scripts, so this category for adapted fare may be turned into a consolation prize, as often happens ("Precious," "Brokeback Mountain," "Sideways").
There's a lot of love for "Toy Story 3," animated films are overdue to prevail and Michael Arndt is a past Oscar fave ("Little Miss Sunshine"). Beware: "Toy Story 3" may even become a threat in the best picture battle.
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Sites for drawing routes on maps?
I'm planning a spring-summer odyssey in south-southeast Asia, for two-three months (you can read more about that here, if you wish), and was wondering if any of you lovely folks knew of a site that would allow me to draft routes on maps and save them. Many thanks!
This is a gift idea, which you might want to incorporate on this site in some way. A lot of times, thrift stores and stationery stores - especially those closing down - will have topographical maps from the U.S. Geological Survey for a really low price. They're great to use as wrapping paper, cut up and make envelopes out of, frame, use to bind booklets, or as backing for pictures. I used some as backing for coin and stamp collections, for example, and have tons left over.
Thanks for the tip! Will see about including this under resources, meanwhile, publishing this for readers' awareness.
Would you have any recommendations for books about cartography or that arent about cartography, but have gorgeous maps?
I've listed a few books on the new resources page. Of these four, I'd recommend Blaeu, Atlas Maior if you're strictly interested in antique maps (and are a fan of Joan Blaeu's cartographic work), and Maps: Finding Our Place In The World, if you're interested in maps spanning the eras, as well as, extensive text focused on cartography. If you're interested, more so, in contemporary, avant-garde, or maps in the abstract vein then look into books like The Map as Art or From Here To There: A Curious Collection from the Hand Drawn Map Association.
Cartography books, gift ideas, and more!
I've began developing a new page for The Cartography Collective, featuring some resources (more to come), like cartography books, and also, located off site, there are products and gift ideas, for cartophiles and geography enthusiasts, here. A fledging collage for now, but it will grow!
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The mention of drawing the British Isles from memory reminds me - have you seen Al Franken draw a map of the US freehand? There are videos of it on YouTube, it's quite impressive!
I hadn't, and it's pretty amazing! For intrigued readers, go here.
Hi - thanks for sharing your maps! Are you aware of the BBC prog 'The Beauty of Maps'? It has been broadcast a couple of times now on British T.V. As far as I am aware it is not available outside of the UK, but there are some rips on youtube if you do a search. I am lucky enough to have near HD quality copies on my hard-drive. I've loved maps since an early age, I used to have competitions with my best friend as to who good draw the best map of the British Isles - missing no islands!
Oh, it's my pleasure! I hadn't heard of The Beauty of Maps, perhaps some British followers already know of it? If not, I'm publishing this so fellow cartography lovers can look into it (as will I). That's so cute that you and your best friend had map drawing competitions as kids, and it's wonderful that your fondness for maps has pervailed through the years!
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NEW ORLEANS (Feb. 6, 2010) – Dr. Bob Contiguglia, former president of the U.S. Soccer Federation, was honored at U.S. Soccer's Annual General Meeting in New Orleans, La., as the recipient of the prestigious Werner Fricker Builder Award.
The honor is bestowed annually to an individual who has worked tirelessly in furthering the interest of the sport of soccer, without regard to personal recognition or advancement. The Werner Fricker Award is designed to honor those who have created or fostered programs that will outlast their own active involvement in the sport and that establish a lasting legacy in the history and structure of soccer in the United States.
Contiguglia, one of the United States' most experienced soccer leaders, was elected president of U.S. Soccer August 22, 1998. His election as head of the nation's national governing body of soccer culminated a three-decade career in which he excelled as a player, coach and administrator at nearly every possible level of the game. As with so many Americans, Dr. Contiguglia, a successful kidney specialist by training, began his soccer love affair as a player and coach and ultimately he pursued soccer administration at the youth level.
During his tenure as U.S. Soccer President several important soccer milestones were achieved, including a U.S. Women's National Team victory in the spectacularly successful 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, the largest women's sporting event in history, the tremendous run to the quarterfinals of the U.S. Men's National Team in the 2002 Korea/Japan FIFA World Cup, and an Olympic Gold Medal won by the U.S. Women's National Team at the 2004 Athens Olympics. He also gave his time as a member of the board of the U.S. Soccer Federation Foundation from the group's inception in 1994 through 1996.
Werner Fricker himself was honored posthumously with the inaugural award in 2002, with his son, Werner Jr., accepting the award on his behalf. Current U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati received the award in 2003, and with the organization's Annual General Meeting moving from the summer months to March, no award was bestowed in 2004. In 2005 the honor went to Michigan Soccer Association President Gerhard Mengel, in 2006 the award was given to Sal Rapaglia, president of the Eastern New York Amateur Soccer Association and in 2007 the award was presented to Franscisco Marcos, president of the United Soccer League. Former head coach of the U.S. Men's National Team, Bob Gansler, was recipient of the award in 2008.
Werner Fricker is widely credited for his role in bringing the 1994 FIFA World Cup to the United States. Born in Yugoslavia and raised in Austria, he lived his adult life in Pennsylvania, where he was a star midfielder for the United German Hungarians of Philadelphia soccer club from 1954 to 1969 and was a member of the 1964 U.S. Olympic Team. He served as US Soccer President from 1984 to 1990 and was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in Oneonta, N.Y., in 1992.
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- Depression
- Uncertainty about your sexual orientation
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- Spend time alone with your partner often, especially nonsexual intimate time, to help maintain the relationship. This will most likely lead to increase sexual interest.
- Continue to communicate openly with your partner about intimacy and sexual issues.
American Psychological Association http://www.apa.org
Mental Health America http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net
Canadian Psychological Association http://www.cpa.ca
Sex Information and Education Council of Canada http://www.sieccan.org
AACE male sexual dysfunction task force. American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists medical guidelines for clinical practice for the evaluation and treatment of male sexual dysfunction: a couple's problem–2003 update. Endocrine Practice. 2003; 9(1):77-94.
Crenshaw TL, Goldberg JP, et al. Pharmacologic modification of psychosexual dysfunction. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy. 1987;13(4):239-252.
Cutler SJ, Smith W, et al. Treatment of sexual dysfunction. US Pharmacist. 2002;23(5).
Female sexual problems. American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy website. Available at: http://www.aamft.org/imis15/content/Consumer%5FUpdates/Female%5FSexual%5FProblems.aspx. Accessed August 12, 2013.
Glass CA. Addressing psychosexual dysfunction in neurological rehabilitation settings. Journal of Mental Health. 1995;4(3).
Phillips NA. Female sexual dysfunction: evaluation and treatment. American Family Physician. 2000;62(1):127-136.
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PORTLAND - Michael Snell and Steven Bridges emerged from City Hall early Saturday and stepped into history, as the first of at least a dozen gay couples across Maine who exchanged wedding vows on the first day for same-sex partners to marry.
The first to wed: Michael Snell, left, and Steven Bridges leave Portland City Hall early Saturday after becoming the first gay couple to be married in Maine. The mayor said theirs "may be the most covered marriage" in the state's history.
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"The world's changing": Donna Galluzzo, 49, left, and Lisa Gorney, 45, both of Portland, glance back toward friends after tossing a bouquet together shortly after being married early Saturday at Portland City Hall.
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More than 40 couples obtained marriage licenses in the 10 or so communities from Portland to Bangor that opened their clerk's offices as early as midnight for the special occasion. Twelve were married almost immediately in city or town halls, while a few others were planning private ceremonies Saturday.
While the total number of licenses and marriages may have been small, the meaning was huge for the couples and those who gathered to witness the ceremonies.
"I'm overwhelmed," said Mary Donaldson, 63, of Portland, after she and Roberta Batt, 71, partners for 30 years, were married in the City Council chamber.
"I'm really a private person, so all of this is really too much," Donaldson said, still shaken by the ceremony. "But I'm grateful to the people of Maine for making it happen."
In South Portland, City Clerk Susan Mooney lined up wedding cakes for the three couples who came into her office to be married starting at 8 a.m. Saturday. Mooney issued eight marriage licenses, including one that went to Heidi Caton and Julie Nowell.
The two were tying the knot before a group of family members at Bug Light Park on Saturday afternoon, followed by dinner at the Corner Room in Portland.
The couple, who had a big unofficial wedding last June, said they want to make their marriage legal.
"We are dotting our i's and crossing our t's," said Nowell, who intends to take Caton's last name.
The doors of Town Hall opened for marriage licenses at 9 a.m. in Brunswick, where the couples getting married included Mary Parker and Becky Roak. They brought with them their 22-month-old daughter, Grace, the birth child of Roak.
Parker said it was important to get married because it gives legal protection to Grace in the event of their deaths as well as assuring her own legal status as a mother of Grace.
"Being a parent is a beautiful thing and I am just really happy to have this opportunity. Grace is the best thing that has ever happened to me," Parker said.
Other towns that issued marriage licenses or hosted ceremonies Saturday morning included Augusta, Bangor, Brewer, Falmouth, Freeport, Gardiner and Hallowell.
In Portland, couples began arriving at City Hall around 9:30 p.m. and lined up to enter at 10 p.m. A band played musical standards in the foyer and well-wishers supplied flowers and cupcakes. Two protesters were soon outnumbered by the crowd of supporters that gathered on the plaza in front of City Hall.
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Family members, friends and others woo-hooed each time a gay couple emerged from the city clerk's office, clutching one of the 15 marriage licenses that were issued there.
Bystanders cheered again for each of the six couples who got married at City Hall between midnight and 2 a.m. Three weddings were officiated by city clerks; three were officiated by notaries.
And a crowd of nearly 300 well-wishers greeted couples with shouts of congratulations and strains of "All You Need Is Love" as they departed City Hall arm in arm.
For most of the couples who got married, the vows weren't fancy, the surroundings weren't ideal and the process of applying for a license took longer than the ceremony itself.
The clerks asked each couple if they would take their significant other as a "lawfully wedded spouse" and at the end pronounced them "married."
But the simplicity didn't faze the couples or their guests, including Katie Snell, whose father, Michael Snell, 53, and his partner of nine years, Steven Bridges, 42, were the first gay couple to be married in Maine, shortly after midnight.
"What it lacks in romance it makes up for in significance," said Katie Snell, 27, who traveled from Boston with her sister, Carolyn Snell, 25, to witness their father's important day.
Michael Snell, a massage therapist, and Bridges, a retail manager, had planned to get married this summer. Now, they plan to hold a reception this summer, possibly on a local beach, where they will renew their vows.
"This was going to be such a historic night, we decided, why not do it now?" Bridges said before the ceremony, for which the couple wore matching black T-shirts, bearing the words, "Love is Love," with faded blue jeans and black dress shoes.
Bridges and Snell weren't ready for all of the attention they received as the first gay Mainers to tie the knot. About 20 reporters and photographers crowded into the city clerk's office to witness their wedding, including some who work for national and international news agencies.
"It may be the most covered marriage in the history of the state," said Mayor Michael Brennan, who got emotional when he congratulated Bridges and Snell after the ceremony, telling them, "I'm very proud of you."
Bridges and Snell had been united in a commitment ceremony six years ago, so when a reporter asked them if they felt "more married" after the wedding, Snell responded, "No, it's just official."
They said being married validates their relationship and means that their commitment is equal to any other couple's in the eyes of the law.
The occasion attracted fewer than the 50 couples that City Clerk Katherine Jones anticipated. Two couples who wanted to get married were turned away because they had been married before and didn't have the necessary documentation to prove that they were now divorced.
"We thought that there were going to be a lot more people," Jones said. "But it was touching. (Gay) couples have waited a long, long time for this."
Once a license is issued, a couple has 90 days to get married.
On Nov. 6, Maine joined Maryland and Washington as the first states to approve same-sex marriage at the polls. Same-sex marriage is now legal in nine states and Washington, D.C.
With 53 percent of voters approving, Mainers decided to allow same-sex couples to get marriage licenses.
In 2009, the Maine Legislature passed a law legalizing same-sex marriage, but voters overturned it later that year in a people's veto referendum.
The two protesters outside Portland City Hall were the voice of the opposition, which they expressed by singing religious songs.
One identified himself only as a Portland resident and a street preacher.
He said, "This is wickedness. They are bringing judgment upon Maine and the nation."
The other man would not be interviewed.
The controversy and recent resolution to Maine's gay-marriage question is what brought Martin Gelin to Portland for opening day of same-sex weddings. Gelin is a freelance journalist who lives in New York City and writes for the Dagens Nyheter (Daily News) in Stockholm, Sweden, where same-sex unions have been recognized since the mid-1990s.
"In Sweden, which is socially liberal, most people think America is a socially conservative country because of the dominance of (far-right) Republicans in the media," Gelin said. "But the gay rights movement started in the U.S. There was a lot happening around this issue lately and it's interesting because it's all happening so fast."
The fact that gay marriage has been a contentious issue in Maine is one reason Rose Mahoney, a notary who lives in Portland, decided to offer her services free of charge to any couples who wanted to get married Saturday morning. The city charged $40 for a license, $125 for a marriage ceremony and $15 for a marriage certificate.
Mahoney married two couples Saturday morning; she usually marries one couple per year.
"It's such an honor to be part of this," she said. "I wasn't so successful in marriage myself, so this is my contribution to the institution."
Mahoney conducted the marriage ceremony for Donaldson and Batt, semi-retired antiques dealers who lived in New York before moving to Maine. After years of keeping their relationship private, neither woman was eager to give her last name for this story.
"A lot of gay people are very quiet," Batt said. "They know there's a lot of animosity toward gay people and so they do what they can to avoid it. Many people don't realize how many gay people there are."
Batt acknowledged that the legalization of marriage in Maine is a clear sign that things are changing and people no longer have to be quiet about whom they love.
"We never thought it would happen," she said.
For Jeff Burdick, 41, and Josh Laton, 37, being able to get married Saturday morning was a matter of good fortune. Both social workers who have been together for 14 years, they moved from Florida to Portland in August when Burdick got a new job.
"It validates our relationship," Laton said. "We're proud to be Mainers. Moving here was the best thing we could have done. We've found such a sense of community and acceptance here."
But the best thing, Laton said, "is being able to call Jeff my husband. After 14 years, boyfriend wasn't right and partner sounds so business-like."
Christine Horne, the city's vital records clerk, married two couples Saturday morning.
"It wasn't any different from marrying heterosexual couples," Horne said. "It was nice, you know, when you see people who love each other. That's what I like."
Staff Writers Tom Bell, Matt Byrne and Beth Quimby contributed to this report.
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The number of well-wishers outside Portland City Hall ballooned just before midnight and the countdown to 12:01 a.m. Saturday, when same-sex marriage became legal in Maine.
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Jamous Lizotte, left, and Steven Jones display copies of their marriage license after they were wed Saturday in a ceremony at Portland City Hall.
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Katherine Wilder, 39, left, and Margaret O'Connell, 44, leave Brunswick Town Hall after getting married. They brought their dog Blue along to the ceremony.
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Cathy Meaney, 57, and Anne Merrifield, 73, take marriage vows at Brunswick Town Hall on Saturday. Town Councilor Dan Tucker officiated at the wedding. Their friend Elaine Mower of Brunswick was a witness.
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Christine Horne, center, a vital records clerk at Portland City Hall, marries Jeff Burdick, left, and Josh Laton at City Hall on Saturday.
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Together for 23 years, Laura Minervino, left, and Robin Elliott obtain their marriage license at South Portland City Hall on Saturday. They plan to wed next month.
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Becky Roak, left, and Mary Parker get their marriage license Saturday at Brunswick Town Hall. They're accompanied by their 22-month-old daughter, Grace.
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With a new marriage license from South Portland City Hall, Heidi Caton, left, and Julie Nowell planned a wedding ceremony Saturday.
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Seth Thayer, left, and Greg Tinder, together for nearly 14 years, were married Saturday morning in an outdoor ceremony in Northport, overlooking Penobscot Bay.
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Coming to Portland from Augusta to support same-sex couples, Matthew Martin, left, and Russell Vonaa embrace outside City Hall on Saturday.
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