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Sites that are forced to cater to a bi-lingual population always put the language link somewhere at the top of the page, if they don't have a separate search-able URL for it like yahoo does.
Examples of this are: www.westernunion.com (on the top right there is a language button)
www.foodlion.com (language link is on the top left)
www.irs.gov
www.liveunited.org (United Way)
I would also consider switching the position of the Recent Blog Posts box with the Upcoming events box. I always notice things on the left hand side of a page first, and to me, I would rather notice actual upcoming events before someone's personal thought about said events.
The Connect with us box is fantastic and in just the right place.
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This area can probably be unified
Think about combining the news and blog posts. Usually only one outlet is needed for companies.
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Unify the footer
Perhaps it's just visual representation of the footer, but I would unite all of these three boxes into one with a different background. All of this is utility functionality and eliminating "boxing" will make the design look cleaner.
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Good placement of search box
The search box is right where users expect it. On the other hand, "Search:" label is really not needed here.
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1 liner menu
I would go with a 1 line menu. I don't know if it's possible but it would make the menu more easy to scan and more room on the page.
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Great headline
Great bold headline that's screaming "read me" :)
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Action areas / buttons
Try to make the most important stand out. Else, there are to many action buttons next to each other.
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Not related
These 2 do not releate with eachother ... separate it, or move it elsewhere.
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Not noticeable
There links are barely noticeable. Maybe place a similar link at the very bottom of the article box, this is where users expect it.
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Rename it
Try "read more", its an descriptive action. Will generate more clicks.
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Why no title here?
It seems inconsistent with the boxes on the right and left. Unless you want to make it less noticeable / important.
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Combine
As Aurimas already said: Try to combine these. It would make them more interesting to read (more content).
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Thumbnails
Add more thumbnails to the page or else it will look dull lilke a newspaper column.
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Move it to the top
Bump this up ... this is how the user interacts with your site. It's important.
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Language
Language selection here? Why?
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Integrate
Integrate these into a separate area. I don't have any brilliant ideas, but it's a mess right now. Maybe adding some of them to the main menu (drop down)?
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