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Beaver Falls, PA – In a must-win victory in the middle of January, Geneva′s men′s basketball team got exactly what it needed with a 77-66 over Houghton College to move to 1-2 in the AMC North. After suffering through a three-game losing streak, including a pair of conference games, Geneva headed into an important two-game weekend within the conference and took care of the first half of business on Friday night. Meanwhile, Houghton dropped to 7-9 overall, including an 0-4 record in the AMC North.
Geneva jumped out to a 10-2 lead to start the game, but Houghton responded with 20 of the next 24 points to open an eight point lead of its own. The Golden Tornadoes again responded to take a three-point lead into the locker room.
Geneva never relinquished the lead in the final 20 minutes despite Houghton cutting the lead to just one point at 51-50 with 11:56 remaining in the game.
The Golden Tornadoes got an heroic effort from senior Jermaine Ferguson with his second double-double of the season. Ferguson scored 23 points on 8-12 shooting to go along with 12 rebounds. Greg McDivitt also picked up a double-double with 11 ponts and ten rebounds. Ryan Burns had a productive evening with 11 points on 4-5 shooting.
"Obviously, we needed this one very bad," said head coach Jeff Santarsiero. "Our guys played hard and gave a much needed solid effort. They worked hard from start to finish and that′s what we need to be successful. Hopefully, we can start to build something off of this victory."
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Vic had an extra distraction during the case of the week on "Longmire." At the top of the hour, she received flowers, but there was no card. It had gotten lost in transit. When she found out that they weren't from her husband, she needed to know who they were from.
Meanwhile, Walt found himself on the trail of cattle thieves. When the driver of the rig that was transporting the stolen cattle was hung after he'd returned, the case took on a whole new twist. Ultimately, they found out that the cattle theft was orchestrated by a couple of young people trying to raise awareness and send a political message. They'd planned to return the cows, and certainly hadn't killed anyone.
That turned out to be the specialist brought in to help Walt work the case. He wanted to pin the theft on a cattle thief he'd put behind bars who was looking to parole soon. When that story started to fall apart, he kind of went a little crazy. In the end, he tried to run a police barricade, hoping it would kill the inmate. It didn't.
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New Mercury Maps Showcase Planet's Striking Features - Space.com
The first global digital-elevation model of Mercury reveals a striking landscape of basins and lava plains. Lamont Director Sean Solomon was principal investigator on the MESSENGER mission and discussed the data MESSENGER captured.
Slow-Motion Earthquakes May Also Lead to Tsunamis - Business Standard
Slow-motion earthquakes or "slow-slip events" can rupture the shallow portion of a fault that also moves in large, tsunami-generating earthquakes. A new study involving Lamont's Spahr Webb examines a slow-slip event off New Zealand.
Maureen Raymo Elected to National Academy of Sciences - National Academy of Sciences
Marine geologist and paleoceanographer Maureen Raymo was among 84 scientists elected for membership in the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors awarded to engineers and scientists in the United States.
Inside West Virginia's Battle Over Teaching Climate Change - Climate Wire
In a coal state struggling with environmental regulations and a fiscal crisis, teaching climate science has hit a nerve. Climate Wire spoke with Lamont Special Research Scientist Kim Kastens.
No Way the Great Barrier Reef Was Bleached Naturally - Washington Post
Climate change dramatically upped the odds of severe coral bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef, researchers say. Lamont's Adam Sobel discussed the findings with the Washington Post.
Video: Peter deMenocal on Why Climate Matters - Talks@Columbia
Climate change is one of the most complex and difficult challenges facing the world, and one of the most divisive. In this video, Lamont's Peter deMenocal discusses how climate is changing today and why.
Robotic Laboratories Fan Out to Study the Seas - Scientific American
"They look like R2-D2 in swim floaties, but they could revolutionize ocean science." Lamont's Kyle Frischkorn writes about the new wave of marine robots.
Killer Landslides: The Lasting Legacy of the Nepal Earthquake - Scientific American
A year after a devastating earthquake triggered killer avalanches and rock falls in Nepal, scientists are wiring up mountainsides to forecast hazards. Scientific American talks with Lamont's Colin Stark.
New York City Leads Investment in Climate Change Preparation - CCTV
CCTV talked with Lamont's Klaus Jacob about how New York City is bracing for the effects of climate change and whether it is doing enough.
What Is the Climate Innovation Gap? - PBS SciTech Now
Over the last decade, federal spending on research and development as a percentage of our country's GDP has been declining. PBS SciTech Now talks with Lamont's Peter deMenocal.
Fate of World's Coasts Rests on Melting Ice - Scientific American
Lamont's Maureen Raymo talks about the value of determining the heights of prehistoric shorelines for projecting future sea level rise.
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As the planet's peat swamps come under threat, the destiny of their stored carbon remains a mystery. Lamont's Jonathan Nichols takes the Smithsonian on a tour of the challenge.
Ice a Surprising Heat Source on Jupiter's Europa - Cosmos Magazine
Constant gravitational pressures on the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa generate much more heat than previously thought, which may force a rethink about the chemistry of the liquid water ocean below the surface, says Lamont's Christine McCarthy.
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What Loss of Snowpack Means for Water Supplies - The Desert Sun
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It's April, and Scientists Are Already Stunned by Greenland's Melting - Washington Post
The vast Greenland ice sheet is seeing a record-breaking level of melt for so early in the season. "The potential implications, in terms of runoff and so on, they alter the memory of the snowpack, the potential implications can be big either for the same season or future seasons," said Lamont's Marco Tedesco.
This Is How Far Sea Level Could Rise Thanks to Climate Change - BBC
If climate change continues, we can expect a large rise in sea level this century, and it will only get worse in the centuries to come. The BBC talks with Lamont's Maureen Raymo.
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President Obama's campaign has released a transcript of a 30-minute conversation Obama had with the Des Moines Register's editorial board after the editor complained the president's team had "handcuffed" the newspaper by insisting it be kept off record.
Obama spoke with editors of the influential Iowa newspaper Tuesday morning, as part of his effort to win the paper's endorsement -- a decision set to be announced this weekend.
But editor Rick Green, in an unusual column published later that day, revealed that the White House had demanded the conversation be kept out of print. Green said Obama's aides did not give a reason for the "unusual condition" of the call.
"It was a 'personal call' to the Register's publisher and editor, we were told," Green wrote. "The specifics of the conversation could not be shared because it was off the record."
Following the complaint, campaign officials released a transcript to the newspaper, which it then published.
Campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki offered a brief explanation for the move.
"This was a call that was meant to be a personal check in with a publisher and an editor, one of whom he hasn't spoken with in four years -- one of whom he'd never spoken with before. They expressed a desire to put this on the record, make it public, we said that's fine," she said.
Green had written that, after the off-record conditions were initially made, the newspaper "immediately lobbied his campaign staff in Des Moines for a formal, on-the-record call," but was told the decision "came from the White House."
"We relented and took the call. How could we not? It's the leader of the free world on line one. And as we weigh with our editorial board this critical decision about who to endorse, it was necessary for us to discuss the challenges confronting our state, nation and world with the president -- even when handcuffed by rules related to what could be shared," Green said.
Green noted that Mitt Romney met with the editorial board "literally" in a barn in Iowa on Oct. 9, and the audio from that conversation was posted online.
The paper posted the Obama interview transcript Tuesday morning. The interview itself was fairly policy-focused. Obama discussed his plans for the economy, education and energy development while vigorously defending his term to date.
He also made two pledges for a second term, saying he's confident Washington can strike a "grand bargain" deal on deficit reduction and immigration reform next year.
And he took a swing at Republicans on the latter issue, saying: "And since this is off the record, I will just be very blunt. Should I win a second term, a big reason I will win a second term is because the Republican nominee and the Republican Party have so alienated the fastest-growing demographic group in the country, the Latino community. And this is a relatively new phenomenon."
At one point, Obama told the editors he has "absolutely" no regrets that he didn't more forcefully pursue economy-focused measures at the time he was pushing for the health care overhaul.
"The suggestion somehow that if we hadn't pursued ObamaCare, somehow we would have gotten additional stimulus out of the Republicans, for example, that we could have primed the pump more, that's just not borne out by any of the evidence," Obama said, noting Republican resistance at the time. The president also defended the health care bill as a measure aimed at treating the economy.
Green, in an earlier email he sent to an Obama campaign spokesman and published Tuesday, seemed to suggest there was nothing in the conversation Obama shouldn't want shared.
"I know how one slip-up could lead to a (news) cycle-changing 'gotcha.' But you and I both know Iowa is coming down to the wire and the polls are incredibly close," Green wrote. "What the president shared with us this morning -- and the manner, depth and quality of his presentation -- would have been well-received by not only his base, but also undecideds. From a voter standpoint, keeping it off the record was a disservice."
Green said in Tuesday's column that the snub, though, would not impact the newspaper's decision on an endorsement.
"That would be petty and ridiculous. We take far too seriously what's at stake this election and what our endorsement should say," he wrote.


text: Published:8th July 2013CountryGermanyCategories:Golf and your community,Working with natureShare:The banks of the brook running alongside the 7th hole on the East Course is home to many Red Listed plants "Water bodies and natural creeks support small fish, amphibians and dragonfliesIt is, however, the only club to receive the special prize, "Auf die Plätz fertig Vielfalt" (ready, set, diversity) in recognition of its 45 years of continuous promotion of golf with nature and species protection. Golf Club Hubbelrath is a private members club in Düsseldorf, in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It has approximately 2,000 members and is one of the largest clubs in Germany. The site is comprised of two 18-hole golf courses in a parkland setting in the mountainous terrain of the Bergisches Land.Barn owl nesting box in the orchard of native apple treesThe club maintains a traditional philosophy and is highly supportive of both junior and competitive golf. Hubbelrath has hosted many national and international tournaments over the years, including The German Open, The National Amateur Championship and The German Golf Teachers Cup. Hubbelrath is primarily characterised, however, by its devotion to nature conservation and landscape management.The courses support an abundance of different wildlife habitats, with points of particular interest including: approximately 30 Red List species 60 species of breeding birds 3 hectares of land reserved as a wildflower meadow, which is only mown twice a year a nesting and breeding ground for the kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) for the last 15 years abundant species of butterfly with population data continuously updated through a community climate biomonitoring programme water bodies and natural creeks support small fish, amphibians and dragonflies various species of owls and bats orchards of rare fruit trees and "heirloom" orchards which are highly protected in Germany and are the focus of considerable conservation attention. The club is a member of the German Pomological Association comprehensive surveys of flora and fauna have been conducted. Bee hives sit in the meadow betwen holes 5 and 6 on the East CourseA quarterly publication, "Golf Wildlife", is produced by the club and distributed to its members to inform them of the latest environmental work being carried out on the golf courses. The 'Golf&Natur' programme has proven to be a very successful means of encouraging good environmental management at German golf clubs, through a formal accreditation process. The involvement and participation of external regulators has added considerable credibility to the programme, while also ensuring that it is administered professionally, in accordance with agreed criteria. This has greatly raised the profile of pioneering clubs, such as Hubbelrath, which are committed to protecting and enhancing the value of their natural environment while simultaneously managing the land for golf. Significant benefits have been gained from participation in the programme, such as identifying more efficient means of management and the excellent public relations that come with achieving the Gold Award.


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Prognostic factors: Average alcohol intake during early to mid pregnancy (median 17 weeks of gestation, range 7–39 weeks), categorised into four groups by number of standard drinks (containing 12 g of pure alcohol) consumed per week: (1) zero; (2) 1–4; (3) 5–8 and (4) 9 or more. In addition, frequency and timing of binge drinking (5 or more drinks on a single occasion) were recorded. Women were divided into 'any binge drinking' (1 or more episodes) and 'no binge drinking' categories. Potential confounding factors were adjusted for in the analyses.
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Traditionally, 401(k) investment menus have consisted of core asset classes such as U.S. stocks and investment-grade bonds. However, defined benefit plans have relied on a much broader range of asset classes and have historically outperformed defined contribution plans, says Bill McDermott, head of defined contribution services at Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
Defined contribution plan participants should have similar opportunities to broadly diversify their retirement savings, McDermott says. Defined benefit plans are already using non-correlative, non-traditional asset classes like commodities, emerging markets equity and emerging markets debt. The inclusion of these non-correlative asset classes in a defined contribution plan menu could help participants manage volatility, protect against inflation and provide new sources of return when traditional stock and bond markets underperform.
The key is making the right asset classes available without making an already crowded investment menu even more crowded, according to McDermott. He used an example of how bundling some of these nontraditional assets could provide broader diversification in a way that's comfortable to plan sponsors. The example compares the performance of an initial $10,000 investment over 10 years in a hypothetical bundle of alternative asset classes, called the Representative Diversified Alternatives Strategy, with the performance of the same investment in a proxy for a traditional participant 401(k) portfolio.
The measurement of compounded return, gross of fees, is meant to illustrate how a more diversified approach might benefit a participants' retirement savings over the recent 10-year period. Diversification, of course, doesn't eliminate risk entirely or guarantee a profit.
The example isn't a representation of any actual participant asset allocation and does not imply that an investor would be likely to achieve performance similar to what's shown. However, it is a starting point for understanding the role alternatives can play in a portfolio, McDermott says.
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EXPERIMINTA - a project by citizens of Frankfurt
On March 1, 2011 the Science Center was publicly established and opened through the efforts of committed volunteers in Frankfurt. In 2016 about 94,000 visitors attended.
In terms of visitor numbers EXPERIMINTA became again the 9th largest museum in Frankfurt (based on the data of 2014).
As always, the daily operations of the Center are carried out with great dedication by dozens of Experiminta's Volunteer Staff from all over the general Frankfurt area. Many friends and supporters helped and help.
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Also, you can experience great cinema by stepping into our gigantic eyeball and understand the fundamental physics of human vision.
These experimental stations and many more give you hands-on experiences in the natural sciences, mathematics, information science and technology.
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With respect to the number of visitors for 2014, about 85,000, EXPERIMINTA is once again at position 9 among the Frankfurt Museums. At the top, of course, are Städel, Schirn and the Nature Museum Senckenberg. Interestingly, the immediate 'neighbours' of EXPERIMINTA are the Museum of Applied Arts and the Goethe Museum.
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Only 235 out of the approximately 16,000 temporary shelters needed for the 67,500 Acehnese living under canvas have been completed since the programme began in September.
The Indonesian government, the UN, and the Red Cross had hoped everyone would have been out of tents by March but officials said yesterday the end of June is the new target, which some aid workers described as ambitious.
Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, the head of the government's Aceh reconstruction agency, said none of the timber available within Indonesia could be used because it has not been legally felled from sustainable forests.
"We are therefore having to import it all from overseas, and legal and sustainable timber is not easy to find," he said.
More than 600,000 people were left homeless in Aceh as a result of the tsunami, which also destroyed much of the infrastructure, such as ports and roads, required to rebuild communities.
So far 16,200 of the estimated 120,000 new permanent homes required have been built. The target for 2006 is 83,600, in addition to the temporary shelters.
Lourdes Masing, the International Federation of the Red Cross's coordinator for the temporary shelter programme, said many companies who submitted tenders to supply the wood used harmful chemicals and so were rejected.
"We have just found some appropriate wood so we hope to see a lot of progress in the coming weeks," she said.
Eric Morris, the UN's coordinator in Aceh, said all the other supplies for the shelters are in place. "Once the timber has been supplied everything will move very quickly," he said.
But Arian Ardie, a businessman who has been importing wood into Aceh since the tsunami, said the June target would be hard to meet.
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NSA headquarters in Fort Meade circa 1950. (Wikimedia Commons)
The standard justification for the National Security Agency's recently disclosed domestic data-collection program—it doesn't break any laws—makes me think of Michael Kinsley's observation that what's truly scandalous is not what's illegal, but what's legal. It should make us all less comfortable, not more, if it's true that the wide-ranging data-collection programs exposed by Edward Snowden received the blessing of all three branches of the federal government.
Many commentators have argued, as Thomas Friedman did last week in The New York Times, that virtually any domestic surveillance by agencies like the NSA is legitimate in the post-9/11 world. But this misses the longer history: nearly every tool for domestic surveillance that the US intelligence community has attempted to use since 9/11 was on its wish list decades before the attacks. And The Nation has been there to track those tools every step of the way.
In 1966, New York Post journalist Anthony Prisendorf wrote about the Bureau of the Budget's attempts to create a National Data Center, which would centralize the government's sprawling information about every single American. The backlash was fierce. Prisendorf quotes one analyst from, of all places, the RAND Corporation—described in a 1959 Nation exposé as a think tank "set up to mask a relationship between the Air Force and the scientists which either or both did not care to make explicit"—who noted that if the data collection capabilities were made available to a future administration hostile to civil liberties "it would make for an extremely efficient police state." Prisendorf added:
Centralizing government files would eliminate perhaps the best safeguard of personal privacy—bureaucracy. Compiling all that is recorded about an individual is now often a difficult and, consequently, a discouraging task. If the National Data Center were established, the mere push of a button would end all that.
Moreover, he argued, the existence of the data center "would lead to pressures—within and outside the federal government—for the creation of a Personal Data Bank." The proposal for the National Data Center was dropped a few years later because of lack of public support—and after public hearings in Congress raised questions about its constitutionality. But the NSA plays a long game: it is currently building a massive data accumulation center in the Utah desert that makes the 1960s proposal look like child's play. NSA whistleblower William Binney—profiled in The Nation last month by Tim Shorrock—has claimed that the Utah facility is intended for storing precisely the kind of personal information files that opponents of the National Data Bank in the 1960s feared the plan could lead to. There were no public hearing in Congress this time around, nor any hint that in a democracy there should be some input from the public whose privacy is in question.


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Bullying Lesson Plans - For many years, bullying was seen as a necessary evil -- an unpleasant, but unavoidable, rite of childhood. Ignore it, we thought, and eventually it will go away. The problem hasn't gone away, though, and educators can no longer afford to ignore it. Included: Education World offers ten activities for teaching kids about empathy, anger management, and effective conflict resolution. Lessons include: Kids Bullying Kids, Coloring a Peaceful World, The Average Kid, Planet X, Reacting to Conflict, The Anger Suit, Bullying and Diversity Lesson: What's Your Name?, The Talking Stick, Bullying Reality Quiz
Conflict Resolution: Activity Ideas – PBS Learning Media - Students in grades 2-5 can use these activities to practice skills in resolving conflicts with bullies and help them think critically about logical resolutions. Teasing is Tough - Get children to talk about how it feels to be teased. Work together to create coping strategies, in this activity from Arthur.
Stopbullying.gov - This federal government website is managed by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. It includes information on bullying, cyberbullying, prevention of both, and many other useful resources.
PACER's Site 4 Teens
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"Respond", "Listen" etc., to access useful and up-to-date
information about how to approach and prevent bullying.
Kids Against Bullying Site - (PACER'S National Center for Bully Prevention) This site has many creative resources to educate elementary students about bullying. It includes an animated cast of characters, information, celebrity videos, Webisodes, interactive games, animation, contests, and other activities.
---Music Video "Keep Your Eyes Open"
(created by an elementary school) is very insightful and might be a good starting point for a classroom discussion about bullying. The school principal discusses bullying after the student's perform a song about how others should stop and keep their eyes open to be a part of the bullying solution. For more resources for students: ---Click on the colorful words "Spot", "Stop", "Share", etc. to access the videos, posters, webisodes, etc.
A Frill a Minute - In this Dinosaur Train episode, the Pteranodon kids and Tank Triceratops play games at Big Pond, where they discuss the purpose of Tank's frill, and outsmart a bully. They learn that Tank's frill is a defense mechanism which makes the Triceratops look threatening to potential predators. (Stream Only)
Helping Drew - In this episode of NJEA's Classroom Close-up, pre-K and kindergarten students at Teaneck's Bryant Elementary School get an early anti-bullying lesson from a teacher-produced puppet show called "Helping Drew". Elementary school educator, Alex Ishkanian, combines his passion for the performing arts and his education background to create engaging, dramatic programs for elementary-school-aged students. (Stream, Download and Share)
The Foundation for a Better Life creates public service campaigns to communicate positive values. "Locker" - In this motivational commercial a boy is accosted by bullies at school, but pleasantly surprised when he is helped by another student. This models a positive example of reaching out to someone else in need. "Cafeteria" – Girls are sometimes more verbally aggressive and this commercial shows how a new student is mistreated, just because she is new. On a positive note, she is rescued by a student doing the right thing by making a choice to treat her with respect.
The Ned Program school-wide character education program centers around a 45 minute assembly called The NED Show. NED is a loveable cartoon character whose name is an acronym for Never give up, Encourage others, and Do your best. Teachers love that NED is simple, relatable and kid-focused.
inspirED - born out of a partnership between Facebook and the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence—is an online community designed by educators, teens, and experts in social and emotional learning (SEL) to help high school students and educators work together to create the best possible learning communities.
Olweus Bullying Prevention Program The Olweus Bullying Prevention Program is designed to improve peer relations and make schools safer, more positive places for students to learn and develop.
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Mary-Louise Parker is an actress probably best known for her Golden Globe winning role as Nancy Botwin in "Weeds." She also won a Tony Award for "Proof" in 2001.
Mary-Louise Parker is notably not active on social media and said the world had gotten "too bitchy." She added, "It's sport for people, it's fun to get on at night and unleash their own self-loathing by attacking someone else who they think has a happier life."
Mary-Louise Parker grew up the youngest of four kids and moved a lot due to her father's Army career. In more.com, she said she had a "profoundly unhappy" childhood, adding, "I think everybody should be in therapy, don't you?" She is a self-described lonely adolescent "crippled by my awkwardness," and she finds it ironic that she's seen as a sex symbol.
Mary-Louise Parker is known for turning down Teri Hatcher's role in "Desperate Housewives." "I just felt like somebody else could probably do it a lot better…she's totally suited to it, and she does a great job."
She didn't think people were going to like "Weeds." "I didn't think people were really gonna go for it. In our country, people are really, really intense abut drugs." About her role on "Weeds," Mary-Louise Parker said, "It's good for my kids if I can do concentrated work, so the rest of the year I can be with them. I like having regular hours…I don't like to sit around much, because I start to get really spacey. I like to work a lot, keep working, keep doing stuff. If I'm inert for too long, I kind of wilt."
For her role as Hedda Gabler on Broadway, Mary-Louise Parker took piano lessons for five months in order to perform authentically for less than five minutes each night (more.com). Her other roles include parts in "Fried Green Tomatoes," "The West Wing," and "Boys on the Side," among others.
Aside from acting, Mary-Louise Parker has written for Esquire. A few of her nuggets: "I'm not jealous. I would expect a man I'm with to look at a beautiful woman. If he doesn't, he's trying to hide something." And, "I never feel more useful than when I'm making my kids a bowl of soup."
Mary-Louise Parker has two children: one from former boyfriend Billy Crudup and an adopted daughter from Ethiopia. She wrote, "My kids have taught me that I'm not as good a person as I like to think I am, and that I'm not as bad a person as I sometimes think I am."
She said of her relationship with ex-Billy (who left her when she was pregnant for Claire Danes): "I've never commented on the situation, and I won't because it's not fair to my son…who wins? No child can benefit in that situation. Your love for your child should eclipse any other feelings you have for another person."
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What does moving Byfuglien to forward mean for Winnipeg in the big picture? More specifically, what does it mean for his trade value?
It's natural for a coach to make a visible roster shakeup immediately after being hired. It puts his stamp on the team and that's exactly what Paul Maurice has done with the Winnipeg Jets. He clarified to media Tuesday the experiment of moving blueliner Dustin Byfuglien to forward – put into motion by Claude Noel before being fired – was more than just an experiment, as it will continue indefinitely. Byfufglien's only appearances on the point will come on the power play.
On the surface, purely from a Winnipeg standpoint, the idea makes enough sense. Byfuglien hasn't regularly played the wing since his final days as a Chicago Blackhawk: the 2010 playoffs. He was highly effective as an immovable object in front of the net, racking up 11 goals and 16 points in 22 games during the Hawks' Stanley Cup run. While he's dazzled aplenty on defense since being traded to the Thrashers/Jets franchise the ensuing summer, he's done so almost exclusively as an offensive weapon. Playing actual defense, he's been frustrating to watch. He gambles too much. He's a minus-16, far and away a career-worst mark, and his 55 giveaways are the fifth-most in the NHL (though this stat reflects ice time more than anything, as Erik Karlsson and Drew Doughty are among the leaders, too).
But what does moving Byfuglien to forward mean for Winnipeg in the big picture? More specifically, what does it mean for Big Buff's trade value?
Through 48 games, the Jets sit 10 points out of a playoff spot with four teams to pass for the final Western Conference wild card berth. The big dance, barring a miracle to rival the 2007 Colorado Rockies, ain't gonna happen. It makes sense to sell some pieces and Byfuglien's name has popped up in the rumor mill all season long. He has only a limited no trade clause, meaning he can veto a deal to five different teams, but some team of the 24 eligible suitors has likely kicked the tires on acquiring him…
…as a blueliner. Sticking Byfuglien at forward is a vote of non-confidence for his ability as a defenseman. It could scare teams off or, more likely, lead to lowball offers to GM Kevin Cheveldayoff. And considering Byfuglien's $5.2-million cap hit through 2015-16, he's a less attractive trade target for any hypothetical team that would become "interested in him as a forward." He's more of an unknown commodity and thus more of a financial risk as a forward.
Playing up front only hurts Big Buff's value. Even if the Jets are putting him there to mask his flaws, it's a transparent strategy. They aren't thinking things through. Or they really do intend to keep Byfuglien long-term. On a sinking ship, that's a questionable strategy.
Matt Larkin is an associate editor at The Hockey News and a regular contributor to the thn.com Post-To-Post blog. For more great profiles, news and views from the world of hockey, subscribe to The Hockey News magazine. Follow Matt Larkin on Twitter at @THNMattLarkin


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Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 1.6 Update Finally Adds Mounted Combat [FULL PATCH NOTES]
Riding horses in Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim isn't that entertaining, let's be honest we all expected mounted combat to be apart of our Skyrim adventures from the get go, but annoyingly it wasn't an option. Fortunately for us the RPG will see mounted combat added in the next Patch update. This will surely make those long journeys across the dangerous lands of Skyrim a little more entertaining.
Besides the addition of mounted combat, Patch 1.6 will also add heaps of new optimizations and bug fixes, more than one focusing on the recent killcam problems the game has been having. The full patch notes are as follows:
- Mounted Combat – Skyrim now allows you to do melee and ranged combat while riding a horse
- General stability and memory optimizations
- General AI pathfinding optimizations and bug fixes
- Optimizations and crash fixes for data leaks
- Fixed rare crash with lighting
- Fixed crashes related to loading and saving games
- Fixed crash with summoned creatures/NPCs
- Fixed rare issue where saves would be corrupted
- Improved logic for when ranged kill cams are played
- Fixed issue with ranged kill cams while killing a dragon
- Fixed rare issue with certain ranged kill cams not playing properly
- Fixed issue with nirnroot lighting not properly cleaning up
- Fixed issue where bow damage was being calculated incorrectly
- Fixed rare problem with werewolf kill moves would not finish animating properly
- In "The Break of Dawn" fixed rare issue where Meridia's Beacon would disappear from player's inventory
- Fixed occasional issue where followers would disappear after player pays off a bounty after committing a crime
- Fixed issue where certain creatures and NPCs would fail to respawn properly
- Fixed rare issue with dialogue subtitles not displaying properly
- Fixed issue with water appearing blurry when loading a saved game after creating a save underwater
- Fixed issue where map cursor would occasionally disappear after closing a message box with Kinect enabled (Xbox 360)
- Fixed rare issue with shouts only performing the first level and not other unlocked levels with Kinect enabled (Xbox 360)
- Fixed issue where the shout buttons would stop working properly if users mashed LB and RB during cooldown with Kinect enabled (Xbox 360)
If you get your daily dose of Skyrim on the PC, you can try the mounted combat and bug fixes through the patch beta on Steam now. If you do decide to use the patch beta program for Skyrim, just make sure you back up your save files before installing the patch, or just create a new save file to be safe.
As for when the patch will make its way to consoles, it is not known yet, but we will keep you posted. Bethesda will probably see how the patch beta works on Steam before going ahead with the console versions.


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May 2, 2007
Justice subpoenas OSG vessel docs
OSG's problems with waste oil handling aren't over yet.
On March 21, the company was sentenced to pay record fines for violations of the Clean Water Act as amended by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, conspiracy, false statements, and obstruction of justice.
Additionally, OSG was sentenced to serve a three-year term of probation during which it must implement and follow a stringent environmental compliance program that includes a court-appointed monitor and outside independent auditing of OSG ships trading worldwide.
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A woman's world
"What do I have to know about being a woman in the sports world?"
It was the question I could not answer, recently posed to me by a university student during a speaking engagement. What could I say? I'm not a woman. The best I could do was to give her an answer from a man's perspective. Then I simply told the young lady to seek out a more complete explanation from a woman in the field.
CJ Silas is one such woman. In fact, she has written a book based on her experiences as a local and national sports talk show host. It's called No Girls Allowed, the jock and Jill mentality of Sports Broadcasting.
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Last week the University of Maryland men's basketball program stepped off the court for two days of rigorous training with a pair of former Navy Seals. The Program, a team building and leadership development company, drove the Terps through excruciating military-style pool and field drills that pushed the players' physical and mental limits.
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Roll around in our vast database, and find the lyrics that touch your heart, soul, mind and body.
Song lyrics speak to us about everything from love to war from surrender to defiance from innocence to depravity, from sunshine to the storms of heartbreak. The powerful messages and moods that flow out of Rock-N-Roll's words give us, the faithful, an ageless exhilaration, a mainline rush of electricity, a glow we can always bask in and tap for strength.
The lyrics have become our poetry, our holy book of work. Hearing them, reading them, repeating them can be the closest many of us come to finding religion.
Big Dogs – The Real Earworms
Hey, hound dog, how does it feel to have fun, fun, fun on the stairway to heaven?
Garage Band Crazy List
We listened to decks of songs over the course of a few days and asked: what ever possessed them to make this kind of music? (Possible answers – the devil, their mean old mamas, swimmer's ear, witnessing animal sacrifice before age six, and a natural-born perverseness.)
Songs Of San Francisco
In a few short strokes, here are a handful of songs that made San Francisco an epicenter for great music and why the aftershocks continue to this day...
When Bruce First Cut Loose
Early on, Springsteen brought into high relief America's forgotten, abused, misused, its heroes, its villains, and a system that is designed to degrade and discard human beings. He glorifies faith, hope and charity – the three grandest virtues.
The Best Lyrics About Rock's Heaviest Drug
For decades, heroin has been a plague on the House of Rock-N-Roll, leaving a long trail of tragedy and despair in its wake. The silver lining is that smack has led to an exclusive group of brutally authentic and deeply personal songs.
The Endless Summer Lyrics List
It may seem a little odd to introduce a list of great rockin' summer songs with words written by mainstreamer Johnny Mercer and sung by Frank Sinatra, but those lines sum up summer feelings of freedom, warmth, easy living, longing and loss.


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Crystal Dynamic's latest first person shooter Project: Snowblind has a similar futuristic feeling to games such as Deus Ex. You follow the story of 2nd Lieutenant Nathan Frost in his nation's quest to reach peace with itself. Set in Hong Kong in the year 2065, technology has taken a leap ahead, offering you a whole arsenal of weapons and abilities that are unheard of by today's standards. From the very beginning, you'll find yourself blasting enemies with the latest military technology in this sci-fi shooter.
Like most games, Project: Snowblind starts off with the mandatory tutorial level to slowly ease you in to the adventure that lies ahead. You first learn that every weapon has two fire modes, primary and secondary. The primary fire performs what today we would consider normal; the assault rifles fire rapidly and the pistols fire with ideal accuracy. However, every weapon also has a secondary fire feature, which will offer a completely different effect. Some of these secondary attacks include an Electromagnetic Pulse Ball that will attack nearby enemies, sticky bombs that attach themselves to your adversaries, and even mini attack drones. While learning how to use the weapons is fairly simple, being able to use your bio-enhancements to their full capabilities can be rather difficult at times. Frost has been given special abilities that give him an edge over his opponents, but only if they're used correctly. Such skills include heat vision, allowing you to see enemies through walls, and ballistic shielding, which protects you from any means of attack. While you might think you should be able to breeze through your campaign, these augmentations can only be used for short bursts of time, and you will constantly find yourself needing to replenish your reserve.
Project: Snowblind sets itself apart from other first person shooter games because it doesn't always act like a first person shooter. To help diversify the gameplay there are several missions in which you're able to control vehicles, such as tanks and armored cars. Aside from the fact that this isn't the main focus of your military operations, it can still prove to be rather amusing. While the cars don't feel like they came right out of Gran Turismo 4, it's considerably fun to barrel towards your adversaries at top speeds and watch them splatter their insides all over the pavement. [We call this the "Grand Theft Auto†factor – Ed]
A successful console FPS is rare, but there are still a few titles that manage to make it into that category. Project: Snowblind, which is still far from being revolutionary like Halo or Half-Life 2, is nevertheless successful. You'll find it easy right from the start to learn the basic commands. But unfortunately your arsenal is too large for the number of buttons on a standard PS2 controller, so there are still some features that feel buggy. Selecting different augmentations in a firefight is near impossible, as is switching weapons. Although it's possible to go to the menu and switch weapons, this wastes a lot of time and really takes you away from the intense action of the game. There is a quick-switch button that allows you to switch to your last weapon, and this is somewhat helpful, except for the fact that it allows you to switch to weapons with no ammunition. Switching and activating your augmentations could be much smoother as well, but instead you need to make sure you have a perfect loadout before entering a firefight, considering you won't have much of a chance to switch anything afterwards.
Project: Snowblind is set in the near future in a war-torn nation, so you'll fight in dilapidated buildings that are near destruction, yet inside of them you can find all sorts of valuable technical equipment. While the levels are aesthetically pleasing, interaction is limited. Boxes can be smashed, several types of crates can be opened, and sometimes there are certain walls that will break down after being shot repeatedly. Other than this, most of the environment won't be affected, which leaves much to be improved upon. The levels feel claustrophobic at times, and you'll quickly have a feeling of déjà vu after several missions are over, but even with these flaws, the game is actually fun. Instead of controlling your squad on the battlefield, you only control yourself, allowing you to focus on one aspect: Killing everything you see. Probably the most fun part of this game is Nathan's ability to punch to people, because while being shot several times might not be enough to kill some of your foes, punching them is always going to be a one hit kill. Knowing this, a stealth element is added, coaxing you to sneak up behind enemy lines and beat them to death.
As far as visuals go, this game has to be one of the better looking first person shooters on the market, for several reasons. First of all, every scene is coated with a nice glow effect. Not only does this help cover up those rough edges every PS2 owner is familiar with, but it really helps accentuate the colors. Most of the cities you encounter are broken down, so streets flooded with debris is a must have. Some of the surrounding buildings are even on fire, which is truly the icing on the cake. The models, while nothing spectacular, are above average by today's standards, however, the animations in this game are sub par. Not only does everybody walk like a robot, including the robots, but the way your enemies die is, simply put, lame. No matter how you kill your enemy, whether it's by grenade, fist to face, or pumping them full of lead, they will always end up falling on their knees, then flat onto their face. While it looks very choppy from the first level, after seeing it a hundred times you'll want to puke. While the guns themselves look fairly good, the firing animation is lacking. The high-powered assault rifles produce a very small muzzle flash and this makes them feel weak. While a screen shot of the game might look nice, the animations make the game feel unprofessional.
The sound in this game is enough to get you in the mood for killing, but that's about all. During intense firefights, an uplifting Asian techno-esque music plays. This might seem a little weird at first, but you'll quickly get used to it. The guns have a very dull sound to them, and they are nowhere near as loud as you would expect them to be. The voice actors lack enthusiasm, but nonetheless sound decent. What really helps the sound in this game is the way all of these aspects blend together. Between your squad members yelling, the multifarious firing of the guns, the burning of broken down buildings, and the upbeat techno music, you'll find that the sound is able to hold its own, at least for the most part.
The multiplayer aspect, whether via LAN or Online, can be fun at times, but for the most part it needs improvement. All of the maps have been designed to support 16 people, so playing this makes the LAN play boring as hell. Even online, once you get past the fact that most people choose to be snipers, you'll still spend a lot of time just wandering around. At times it can be fun if there's a firefight with half your team involved, but otherwise you shouldn't expect too much out of the multiplayer mode.
All in all, Project: Snowblind is a fairly decent first person shooter that can set itself above many other games in the category. However, a lack of enthusiasm in the sounds, repetitive and sometimes dull environments, and the terrible character animations keep this game out of the elite category. Nevertheless, Project: Snowblind is full of non-stop action that any first person shooter fan will enjoy. If you're looking for an action thriller in the sci-fi mode, Project: Snowblind might be just what you're looking for.


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In the fall of 2013, he debuted with the Virginia Opera, leading Mozart's The Magic Flute. Other recent appearances include debut performances with the Orquesta Sinfonica de Costa Rica in 2013, and a return to Verizon Hall with the Curtis Orchestra in an all-Wagner program. He regularly returns to his alma mater to lead the Symphony Orchestra of The Curtis Institute of Music and led the orchestra on tour in China and Korea in the fall of 2011. Smith's debut at the Nomus Music Festival in Novi Sad, Serbia was met with critical and audience acclaim and led to immediate re-engagement. Other recent and upcoming appearances include the Santa Barbara Symphony, Brazil's Orquestra Sinfonica da USP, the Hartford Symphony, Orquesta Sinfonica de Xalapa, the Phoenix Symphony, the Colorado Symphony, the Eugene Symphony, the Curtis Opera Theatre, the Jacksonville Symphony, the Berkshire Choral Festival, the Eastern Music Festival, the Tulsa Philharmonic, Orchestra London (Ontario), and the European Center for Opera and Vocal Art in Ghent, Belgium. A champion of the music of our time, Smith led the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra's Engine 408 series, working closely with living composers and added his unique perspective to enhance that orchestra's great tradition of fostering new works. He has collaborated with Yo-Yo Ma and members of the Chamber Music Society of Minnesota in Hún Qiáo (Bridge of Souls), a concert of remembrance and reconciliation featuring world premieres by Korean, Japanese, Chinese, and American composers. A firm believer in the use of technical innovation to reach world- wide audiences, he debuted in 2002 with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, conducting the final round of the first Minnesota International Piano-e-Competition, where he led six concerto performances that were streamed live over the Internet. He has led the Minnesota Orchestra in the Competition's final round since 2004 and returns each summer.
Smith grew up in a musical family in Phoenix, AZ where he began the serious study of conducting while still in his teens. He is a graduate in cello performance of the Juilliard School, where he studied with Claus Adam, and of the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied conducting with Max Rudolf and Otto-Werner Mueller. While at Curtis, Smith was first-prize winner in the National Repertory Orchestra Conductors Competition, and upon graduation, was named Assistant Conductor of the Opera Company of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Singers. From 1989 to 1994, Smith served as Associate Conductor of the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra and from 1992 through 1999 served as Music Director of the Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra. His dynamic personality, creative programming, and focus on outreach helped revitalize the Springfield (MA) Symphony, where he served as Music Director from 1995 through 2000.
Smith resides in Minneapolis, where his wife Ellen Dinwiddie Smith is a horn player with the Minnesota Orchestra. They have two sons, Alexander and Noah.
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Last June, Robert Nichols of Waterville was playing a round of golf, just like he had done hundreds of times before. But something was different this time. When he got to the fifth hole, his chest began to hurt, and he just wasn't feeling well. Robert was having a heart attack.
Read more about the many other life-saving stories that take place every day at EMMC Heart Care.
EMMC is the specialty referral hospital for the northern two-thirds of Maine, providing leading-edge programs in cancer, surgery, and cardiac care, among many others.
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Function in the hospital: As vice president, physician services, Michael serves as the administrative leader for EMMC's integrated physician organization, which consists of 450 providers at 50 locations across multiple counties.
The road to here: Michael began his career in healthcare as a radiologic technologist. He graduated from St. Luke's School of Radiology in 1982 and immediately began working for St. Luke's Hospital, but had a desire to pursue a career in healthcare administration. A job offer and move to Omaha, Nebraska prompted him to get his bachelor's degree in healthcare administration from Bellevue University. Later, he went to work for Per Se Technologies, managing outpatient imaging centers and multi-specialty physician groups. Eventually, Michael became regional vice president for Per Se Technologies. He later accepted an opportunity with HCA as the executive director of The Frist Clinic in Nashville, Tennessee. Michael then earned a master's in business administration.
Michael has achieved several specialized certifications, including Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE), Fellow with the American College of Medical Practice Executives (FACMPE), Certified Procedural Coder (CPC), and Certified Radiology Administrator (CRA). Michael is also Six Sigma Lean certified. He has written three articles for the Medical Group Management Association on customer service.
Before joining EMMC, Michael was the vice president of Physician Services with The Regional Medical Center located in Orangeburg, South Carolina. While in South Carolina, Michael was named governor-elect of the South Carolina Medical Group Management Association. He was also president of the St. Matthew's Rotary Club and spearheaded several charity drives during his tenure.
What he's trying to do: Michael wants to continue the development of an integrated physician medical group.
Guiding principle: Michael's guiding principle is to strive for transparency, integrity, and honesty in every interaction. He learned the value of truth from his mother and has applied that philosophy to every aspect of his life.
Proudest accomplishment: Michael's proudest accomplishment is being able to get his graduate degree while working full time and helping to raise his three children.


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Kentucky football fans have apparently had their Howard Beale moment, shouting as did Peter Finch in the 1976 Oscar-winning movie Network, "We're mad as hell and we're not going to (buy tickets) anymore."
The reported plunge in season-ticket sales shadows this 2012 Kentucky football season in more ways than one.
It is as if the buying public thinks that long before the opening credits, it knows how the movie will end.
My argument is that such drumbeats of doom have less to do with the current director/head coach Joker Phillips — although surely there is plenty of pessimism regarding the current leader — and more to do with a cumulative effect that has grown louder over the years until it is threatening to drown out the entire proceedings.
Why now?
Let us count the reasons, drumbeat by drumbeat.
■ UK has not posted a winning record in SEC play since 1977. That's going on 35 years.
■ No coach in the 132-year history of Kentucky football has lasted in the job for more than nine seasons. Not even Bear Bryant, who coached here for eight (1946-53).
■ Kentucky hasn't been to a legitimate top-tier New Year's Day bowl since the early 1950s.
■ Kentucky's recent string of five straight bowl appearances were a product of effective scheduling — a weak dose of non-conference opponents coupled with a bare-bones threshold of a mere .500 record giving a team the coveted bowl-eligible brand.
■ Kentucky couldn't even achieve that status last season.
■ Now two more quality football programs, Texas A&M and Missouri, have been added to a conference that has won six consecutive BCS titles.
Unfortunately for Kentucky, there has been little evidence of a trickle-down effect.
There's no doubt the general public thinks the program is in regression. The last two seasons ended with losing records, even if the first year did include a bowl game and the second ended in field-rushing celebration with a win over Tennessee, the program's first triumph over the hated Vols since 1984.
In 2010, Joker Phillips' first as head coach, Kentucky lost in something called the BBVA Compass Bowl to a Pittsburgh team minus a head coach because Dave Wannstedt had been fired at the end of the regular season.
This was similar to 1993 when Bill Curry's Cats lost in the Peach Bowl to a Clemson team whose head coach, Ken Hatfield, had been fired at season's end.
In Curry's next season, 1994, Kentucky went 1-10. He was fired two years later.
No one is predicting a bottoming out will happen in 2012 — OK, some are — but there is no doubt Phillips' bottom is on the cliche-ridden hot seat.
His record after two seasons is 11-14. His team lost 54-3 at South Carolina and 38-8 at Vanderbilt last season. That's right — Vanderbilt.
The media mavens attending the SEC Media Days in July coolly picked the Cats to finish seventh out of seven teams in the SEC East.
Many UK football fans are already ready for another rinse cycle.
The hopeful will tell you there are signs of life around the football complex. The last two signing classes are said to be a marked improvement over previous efforts. The coaching staff assembled by Phillips consists of solid, experienced assistants with a renewed emphasis on recruiting. There are some good, young players on the premises.
Pessimists say they have been sold those rays of sunshine before, that history proves this a program of serial shortcomings with no hope in sight.
Or at least the pessimists see no reason to spend their hard-earned dollars to watch another distressing defeat.
And there seem to be more of those pessimists than ever before.
Luckily, the games are played on the field, not in the stands.
To get those Howard Beales back, however, the Cats might be in need of a Hollywood ending.


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Making you feel comfortable and safe is at the heart of our practice at My Family Dentistry in Powell, TN. Leading our team is Dr. Wesley Mullins, DDS, FAGD, who combines wide-ranging experience and expertise in dentistry with the warmth and attentiveness you expect from a family dentist.
Originally from West Virginia, Wesley Steven Mullins received his bachelor's degree from West Virginia University before going on to earn his dental degree from the WVU School of Dentistry.
Committed to lifetime learning, Dr. Wesley Mullins completed his general practice residency at the University of Tennessee Medical Center. He concentrated on advanced laser dentistry, cosmetic dentistry, oral surgery, implant dentistry, and the management of medically compromised patients, skills that today allow him to provide all of his patients with the best options that dentistry has to offer.
Dr. Mullins has also received a prestigious Fellowship Award from the Academy of General Dentistry, further distinguishing his career. The requirements of the fellowship include passing a rigorous Fellowship Exam and completing more than 500 hours of continuing education.
Dr. Wesley Mullins, DDS, FAGD is a proud member of the American Dental Association, the Academy of General Dentistry, the Tennessee Dental Association, and the Second District Dental Society. In addition to practicing dentistry, he serves as faculty at the University of Tennessee Medical Center and volunteers at rural area medical clinics in Knox and Anderson counties.
While Dr. Mullins continues to pursue technical excellence in dentistry, he also places great emphasis on being an honest, gentle, caring dentist who puts his patients first. Dr. Mullins enjoys working with his wife Laura in the practice, as well as spending time with their daughters Anna and Malia.
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Allow us to introduce you to our wonderful My Family Dentistry team. We pride ourselves on providing top-quality care and services to our clients, and here are the professionals who make it happen!
Angela, Patient Concierge
Originally from Arkansas, Angela moved to Knoxville to earn her Associates degree from Crown College in Powell, Tennessee. Angela joined the My Family Team in August 2009. She and her husband have three children. Her hobbies include enjoying the beach, warm weather, reading and watching her kids play ball. Interesting trivia about Angela, she collects coffee mugs from the different places she travels. Click here to learn more about Angela!
Darci, Business Concierge
Darci has been the Office Manager for My Family Dentistry since the practice opened in 2004. Originally from Massachusetts, she graduated from Crown College in Powell, TN and has 13 years of experience in office management. Darci oversees Dr. Mullins' schedule and coordinates financial arrangements and insurance processing for patients.
Julie, Dental Hygienist
A native East Tennessean, Julie has been with My Family Dentistry for nine years. She has Associates and Bachelor's degrees from East Tennessee State University, and is a Registered Dental Hygienist with 13 years of experience. While working with Dr. Mullins, Julie finished her Bachelor's degree, and has attained certification in delivering nitrous oxide and local anesthesia. Julie has 2 beautiful children.
Laura, Dental Hygienist
Laura is from a small town in West Virginia, and worked as a dental assistant while in high school. After graduation, Laura attended West Virginia University, where she received a Bachelor's degree in Dental Hygiene in 2003. Laura and her husband Wes moved to Tennessee in 2003 and have 2 children. She now works part time at My Family Dentistry and homeschools her older daughter. Laura's favorite pastimes are baking and riding horses in the mountains. Click here to learn more about Laura!
Jenny, Dental Hygienist
A native of Dyersburg, Tennessee, Jenny headed east to attend the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. She received a degree in microbiology in 2010, after which she studied in Johnson City to be a dental hygienist. Jenny, her husband, and their puggle Duncan love to be outside, cook, and watch UT football. Click here to learn more about Jenny!
Megan, Dental Assistant
Megan, who grew up in East Tennessee, is a Registered Dental Assistant. She began her dental career in 2007, and joined the My Family Dentistry Team in August 2008. She enjoys being part of a friendly, fun, family-oriented environment that proves the excellent dental care all patients deserve. After work, she enjoys reading and taking photos of her son Noah. Click here to learn more about Megan!


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Pizza Fusion, the South Florida-based pizza chain with the slogan, "Saving the Earth, One Pizza at a Time," recently announced plans to open two new locations -- one in Naples and a second in Boca Raton, which will be the brand's first corporate location. Currently the leading green franchise in North America, the two new additions make for a total of seven Florida restaurants for the all-natural pizza franchise offering fresh, natural food with an eco-friendly approach.
Today, the health-focused franchise has more than 30 U.S. locations, and has expanded overseas to include dozens of international restaurants in countries like Dubai.
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The rapid success of the brand since opening its first location in Deerfield Beach in 2006 was a mix of timing and luck, according to Pizza Fusion co-founder and CEO Vaughan Lazar, who spoke with Clean Plate Charlie recently about his plans to bring the first corporate-owned Pizza Fusion to Boca Raton.
According to Lazar, when the first Pizza Fusion opened in Deerfield Beach, it was a quaint 800-square-foot space that offered organic pizza for take-out and delivery by hybrid vehicle.
"At the time, there was really nothing else like [Pizza Fusion] in the area. No one cared about organic food then," said Lazar, a Rhode Island native who moved to Boca Raton 20 years ago. "And, because I have always been interested in living a healthy, organic lifestyle, there wasn't really anywhere else I could go to eat other than Whole Foods."
So the Florida Atlantic University graduate did something unexpected: he decided to leave his full-time gig at his design firm, and built the first Pizza Fusion alongside co-founder Michael Gordon. Together they quickly realized "what a wasteful industry the restaurant business could be," and decided to do something about it.
"That's what really motivated us. No one else was looking to address the issue [of approaching the restaurant industry from an environmental perspective], so we decided to be among the first," said Lazar. "Even though we weren't the pioneers of organic pizza, we were the first to offer organic pizza in South Florida."
To do so, that meant taking an eco-friendly, conservation-based approach to pizza-making, a process that included sourcing only local, organic ingredients, reducing water waste, using reclaimed building materials and sourcing recycled products wherever possible, including compostable pizza boxes.
Today, all Pizza Fusion locations are built to LEED Certification standards and have substantial elements of green building design incorporated in them. They also purchase Renewable Energy Certificates to mitigate each store's environmental footprint. Pies are made with mostly organic ingredients, and some locations offer delivery by hybrid vehicles, following in the footsteps of the first location. In addition, all Pizza Fusion employees wear organic cotton uniforms, and each store offers a discount on your order if you "return" your pizza box from a previous purchase.
The Pizza Fusion menu offers pizzas, focaccia sandwiches, wraps and salads made using mostly organic ingredients. Pizzas offer toppings like artichoke, wild-caught shrimp -- even organic New York strip steak.
When the pair started Pizza Fusion, Lazar said he and Gordon envisioned no more than one or two restaurant locations. With business booming in Deerfield Beach, they decided to begin buildout of a second store, what today stands as Pizza Fusion's first franchise location, its Fort Lauderdale restaurant. However, the decision to turn Pizza Fusion into the franchise chain it is today was not an easy call for Lazar, who said he was afraid the company would lose the values he and Gordon had set out to create.
"I thought, 'Absolutely not. Never,'" said Lazar, who later joined with current Pizza Fusion President Randy Romano to build the Pizza Fusion brand. "With a franchise, you fear that you'll lose all that you've worked to build. But, for this business, franchising turned out to be the only way we could keep the Pizza Fusion vision alive."
From a business perspective, growing the brand through franchising allowed for more money to go towards building new locations. It would also mean more green jobs, more restaurants sourcing locally-grown, organic ingredients, while also supplying an eco-friendly, healthy food to more people -- not just in Florida -- but now worldwide.
"When it came down to it, we really felt like we were saving the world, one pizza at a time," said Lazar.
Since then, Pizza Fusion has been named one of the "greenest businesses" by Green America, and continues to uphold doing things the green way. The franchise's mission remains the same: uphold the highest level of integrity in all they do, from the quality and origin of their food, to their care for the health of their customers and the environment.
To make sure things stay that way, Lazar has decided to bring the Pizza Fusion flagship corporate location to his home city, Boca Raton, where he also stands as co-owner of Kapow! Noodle Bar in Mizner Park. The corporate-owned franchise will serve as a training center and test market, where the company will evaluate new menu developments, promotions and restaurant initiatives.
"The Boca Raton Pizza Fusion will have a different look and feel than any of our other locations," said Lazar, who plans to build a bar that will focus on organic wines, spirits, beer and soda. A location has yet to be determined, but the restaurant is expected to open later this year.
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To learn more about Pizza Fusion, visit the company website and visit the restaurant Facebook page. The Naples location will open on Earth Day, April 22, at 2146 Tamiami Trail North in "The Gateway of Naples" shopping center near the organic market, Food & Thought.
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