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Peace Corps Office of Medical Services, Sexual Assaut Video
Notice Date
Notice Type
Solicitation Notice
Contracting Office
Peace Corps, Office of Planning Budget and Finance, Office of Contracts, 1111 20th Street, N.W., Room 4413, Washington, DC, 20526
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Solicitation Number
Response Due
Archive Date
Point of Contact
Jean Lamb, Lead Purchasing Agent, Phone (202) 692-1626, Fax (202) 692-1621,
E-Mail Address
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation is a Request for Proposal and the number is PC-02-R-002. This solicitation and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2001-08.
1. BACKGROUND: Sexual assault is a devastating event for a Peace Corps Volunteer (PCV) to endure. In addition to physical injury, it is frequently associated with substantial psychological and social sequela that persists long after the actual assault. In 1999 alone there were 28 reported major sexual assaults among Volunteers. Ten of the 28 were completed rapes. Of these 10 rapes, 6 were ?acquaintance? rapes in which the assailant is known to the victim. This is probably a minimum estimate because studies have found that acquaintance rape is under-reported to a greater extent than stranger rape. The epidemiology of sexual assault among PCVs is similar to that found on college campuses where more than 80% of rapes are committed by a known assailant. Although overall the number of assaults in all three regions is showing a downward trend, the incidence of sexual assault is distributed unequally with most occurring in the Inter-America / Pacific Region. The problem continues to be prevalent and threatening to all Volunteers, especially females. Final Product: The video will be used for the training and education of Peace Corps Volunteers and Trainees. The broad goal of the video is to stimulate group discussion related to maintaining personal safety and security while serving in a foreign country. The 20 minute video should feature 4 interviews. Three with survivors (self-selected Returned Peace Corps Volunteers) narrating their experiences and advice in response to an off screen therapist interviewer. The fourth interview will be with a key Peace Corps staff member who has participated in the care of a sexual assault victim in a foreign country with the goal of offering insights on Peace Corps? management strategy and support for the Volunteer. The video will be punctuated with background roll and voice narration of Peace Corps sexual assault statistics and information for the audience.
2. SCOPE OF WORK: The Contractor will write the script with the concurrence of the Office of Medical Services (OMS) lead staff person on the project. The Contractor will produce, direct and videotape on location (domestic). The Contractor will edit the final version. The Contractor shall write the script based on the guidance of OMS incorporating all objectives and goals in the product. The training video will use dramatization, interview and other creative approaches to illustrate the points. The Peace Corps will provide meeting space during consultations on the project. Access to the telephone, copy machine and fax will also be provided.
3. PROGRAM CONCEPTS AND TARGET AUDIENCE: Title: TBA Format:The program will be shot and mastered on Betacam SP. Peace Corps is responsible for duplication and distributing VHS dubs and training manual to in-country training staff. Length: Approximately 20 minutes. Audience: The video is intended for all Peace Corps Trainees and Volunteers. This group includes both sexes, varied ages, ethnic and educational backgrounds, and levels of work experience. Use: The video will be used primarily during Pre-Service Training. It will educate Trainees on the risk of sexual assault, and provide them with strategies to prevent sexual assault. The discussion of sexual assault should emphasize, but not be limited to rape. Objectives: The video will inform Peace Corps Trainees and Volunteers about the known risk of sexual assault using statistics and data from the Office of Medical Services, ?Sexual Assault? study. Through interviews, the video will highlight these risks, promote strategies and best practices to prevent an assault, and explain the Peace Corps system response should an assault occur. The primary focus of the video is to; ?increase the awareness of sexual assault and rape ?provide information about risk factors for sexual assault ?communicate strategies for prevention. The secondary focus is to; ?inform Trainees and Volunteers about Peace Corps' support for victims of sexual assault, both at post and in Washington. The tone of the video will be serious but not defeating. The video will leave the viewer with a sense that there are real risks of sexual assault, and that there are important actions one can take to reduce the risk of becoming a victim. The viewer will recognize that the cross-cultural aspects of Peace Corps service create risks of assault that may not have existed in the U.S. The viewer will also recognize that Peace Corps supports the victim of a assault in an effective, compassionate manner. The video should include interviews with Volunteers who have been assaulted. This technique is very effective in capturing the attention of Trainees and personalizing for them the risks of sexual assault. Goals:The broad goal of the video is to reduce the incidence of risk- taking behavior and ultimately sexual assault among Peace Corps Volunteers.
1.Provide Trainees with information on the incidence of sexual assault, and the risk factors for sexual assault among Peace Corps Volunteers.
2.Increase the awareness of risk and risk behaviors, and make these risks real through the stories and experiences of other Volunteers or RPCVs.
3.Illustrate the importance of risk reduction and self-protection.
4.Address cross-cultural issues and perceptions as they pertain to sexual assault.
5.Give Trainees and Volunteers strategies for minimizing their risk
6.Introduce peer and staff support systems that can help Trainees and Volunteers stay safe.
7.Describe Peace Corps' support system in response a sexual assault.
4. PRODUCTION DELIVERABLES: Pre-production Conference: The producer and adjunct team are included in the initial meeting after the contract is awarded. Trips to Peace Corps to attend regular production/ planning meetings. Meeting times and dates will be established conjointly. The Contractor agrees to be available by phone for consultation by OMS on the project. The Contractor will meet with the Contracting Officer (COTR) and other designated members of the Office of Medical Services, regional staff and other experts to assure that the project goals and objectives are being met and that the script and project treatment. The goal of the initial pre-production meetings is to produce a detailed video design that is accepted and approved by OMS. Production Outline: The Peace Corps will determine selected sites, subjects to be interviewed, scenes that will be videotaped. Based on this information the Contractor shall create a production outline, shot sheet and itinerary at least two weeks prior to the scheduled shoot date. Scriptwriting: The Contractor shall write the script based on the following: ? Interviews (interviews will be conducted by a professional therapist who will be off screen) ? Statistical graphics via narrated voice over ? B-roll and/or stock footage scenes via narrated voice over. Production: The Contractor and designated crew, to include at least the producer, director and cameraman, shall be to travel to the shoot site as designated by OMS (within 200 miles of the DC Metro area). Allow 2 shooting days. The Contractor shall use lights where needed for appropriate shots for all interior and exterior scenes to achieve the highest quality visual projection image. The Contractor shall use either boom microphones or hidden wireless microphones for all actors and any interview. All video footage must be shot on Betacam SP with ambient sound on one channel and interview subject on a separate channel. Each videotape produced must have time code and be properly labeled, including a general description of the content, location, the Peace Corps Volunteer (PCV) and / or Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (RPCV) and beginning and ending time code. The Contractor may videotape additional footage that is not in the script but that will support each dramatization goal. All raw footage is the property of the Peace Corps and must be furnished to the Peace Corps upon completion of the project. The standard Peace Corps/ Office of Communications, Release Form needs to be signed by all participating actors (PCVs, RPCVs and others). The Contractor will be provided with a copy of the release form. Post-production: All camera masters shall be logged by time code and all scenes, subjects, activities, locations and music must be specifically identified. All on-camera delivery must be transcribed and the transcript delivered on paper and diskette. Narrator: Peace Corps will provide the Contractor with an off-camera narrator. The Contractor shall record the voice over narration in a professional recording studio. Video Requirements: Types of footage to be used: Live action 60% (3-4 interviews) B-roll / stock footage 30% Art / Graphics 10% Stock footage may be used only with Peace Corps approval. Special effects, keys, wipes, dissolves, etc. should be used only where appropriate and to enhanced the final product. They should not be used to the extent that they become a distraction form the main content of the program. Audio Requirements: The Contractor shall furnish music, carefully adapted and edited to the theme of the video. The music must be of the highest quality and can be either stock music and or original music composed specifically for the project. Music for the video must be approved by OMS. The Contractor shall assure that all copyrights, waivers and other legal requirements are met regarding the rights of Peace Corps to use any music in perpetuity in the program described herein. All original music scores become the property of Peace Corps. Off-line Edit:The Contractor shall perform an off-line edit and submit it to the Peace Corps on a Betacam SP and VHS videotape for review and approval, before on-line editing is to begin. Inclusion of all production elements to include music, graphics, keys, character generation, special effects, wipes, dissolves, program credits, etc. need to be included on the rough-cut version or concurrently made entirely available for review and approval. It is desirable for the off-line to be edited on a digital non-linear editing system. On-line Edit: Upon acceptance of the off-line edit of the program, the Contractor shall perform the on-line edit and audio sweetening. The final master program must be broadcast quality. A one-inch videotape (metal reel) protection master with split audio tracks (narration on one track, actuality and music on other) and a Betacam SP videotape protection master with split audio. 1. D-B mix 2. B-SP mix 3. B-SP split All equipment must be provided by the contractor throughout the project.
5. APPROVAL STAGES AND DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS: Week 1-4: Within the first week of the awarded contract, the production team (producer, director, scriptwriter) will attend a pre-production planning meeting at Peace Corps. The final product of the first month of meetings will be a complete training approach and design. The production schedule (outline, shot sheet, itinerary and information on the production crew) will be offered to OMS two weeks before shooting. Week 5 ? 7: Approach outline, including detailed work plan will be provided with in two weeks after the conclusion of the pre-production meeting. Week 8 ? 10: A final script (paper and disk copies) and any treatment changes (if necessary) will be provided within the first month after the pro-production meeting (i.e. a week for review and a week for revisions following the approval of the draft script). All necessary rights waivers and releases (signed) delivered with final script. To Be Scheduled over the next 2 months: Videotaping of all scenes as scripted. 1 month post-shoot: Off line edit completed, submit draft support training design for the manual. Two month post-shoot: Final of all materials due. ? Transcripts of all interviews (paper and disk copies) ? Logs of all video footage (preferably PC compatible if on computer) ? All production elements (music, graphics camera master, video effect etc.) ? All raw footage (labeled with a general description of the content, location, the PCV and beginning and ending time code) ? 3 master tapes (results of on-line edit)
6. PRODUCTION BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND REQUIREMENTS: Work will begin within one week of the contract award. And the final package delivered with ?in 6 months. The details will be determined in conference with the Office of Medical Services after award of contract. If there is any question with regard to reviewer?s comments at any point in the production, it is the Contractor?s responsibility to clarify and/or resolve the issue with Peace Corps. If any outline, and / or script draft and / or off-line edit and/ or on-line edit is not accepted, Contractor will have no acceptance to make the changes necessary to submit an acceptable product and extend the contract accordingly but at no extra cost to the government. All production elements, all Betacam SP camera masters, VHS time code window dubs, logs of all original footage and transcripts of all on camera delivery are the property of Peace Corps. And must be delivered to Peace Corps within one mother after the program is completed. At this time the Contractor will also provide signed talent, narration and music releases for all production elements and persons involved in production of the program. Peace Corps will provide Contractor with standard release forms. The Contractor can use video tape out-takes or the final program for self-promotion uses only (i.e. in demo reels only). The confidentiality of the participating PCVs or RPCV must be protected and can not be apart of the demo tapes. If substitution of a production staff member is necessary, the Contractor will ensure that each substitution has at least the same level of qualifications as the individual being replaced. Substitutions shall be subject to approval of Peace Corps. The Contractor should plan on providing all necessary equipment including lighting equipment.
INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE: Inspection and acceptance of final delivery elements will be made by Peace Corps, Office of Medical Services, and / or other designated government officials. An authorized representative of the Government at destination will perform final inspection and acceptance of each item. Criteria for acceptance includes, but is not limited to: Quality of video image including: focus, stability and accuracy of flesh tones, uniformity and accuracy of colors of equipment, clothing, offices, exterior locations and terrain throughout the programs. Quality of sound including uniformity of sound levels, clarity of narration and ambient sound, proper balance between music tracks, sound effect tracks, narration and ambient sound. Lack of damage, scratches, and image interference on video. Properly executed and signed music, talent and stock visuals release forms. Conformance to contract specifications This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request the Contracting Officer will make the full text available.
EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD: In keeping with the theme of the training project, samples shall reflect team member?s ability to execute the proposed project. It is advisable that the Contract team gets to know the Peace Corps organization. OMS is willing to provide whatever background materials might be necessary in order to better prepare the project team members for the assignment and acquaint them with the unique circumstances that facing Peace Corps Volunteers overseas. A technical review will be conducted on all submitted bids. Watch bid shall include the following:
1. An existing video for a work sample. The sample shall be one completed training video for an adult audience which is the best representative work of the producer. The work sample should be no longer than 30 minutes. The work sample will be submitted with a statement of purpose indicating the program goals, target audience, production budget, and production timeline (how long did it take to accomplish the scriptwriting, taping and editing for the sample production?).
2. The Contractor will review the background statement, goals and objectives and submit a description (written or other format) of how they envision the project. Consider what elements might be critical in the production and how these elements might be expressed a creative approach.
3. A current resume for each team member identifying related training video production experience and credit list of training videos.
4. The scriptwriter must submit a recent complete script, preferably the same as the work sample.
Evaluation Criteria: The following criteria will be used to evaluate proposals. Weights and relative order of importance are indicated. The Contracting Officer will select for award the proposal that offers the greatest value to Peace Corps, price and other factors considered.
1. Technical quality and creativity as demonstrated in the sample production a. Direction, including the overall look and technical quality of the program. For example, suitability of special effects, music camera work and actors. b. Editing / sound, pacing, continuity, video effects, quality, mixing, effects and music c. Videography, such as lighting, composition, steady cam and camera moves and angles. d. Conveyance of information in keeping with the stated purpose of the production. e. Originality and creativity f. Overall technical and professional impression of the product
2. Training Excellence as demonstrated by the videotape and design documents a. Visual dramatizations and images supporting the specific training and learning objectives b. Video and accompanying training design incorporated adult learning principles including a variety of techniques c. Training design is targeted to a Peace Corps Volunteer audience (American college age ? retired adults from various socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds).
3. Scriptwriting as demonstrated in submitted sample a. Suitable for intended audience b. Written creatively and with a natural flow c. Fulfilled program objectives in an easy to understand manner d. Experience writing videos for an adult audience e. Experience dealing with multi-cultural issues f. Experience writing dramatizations and re-enactments g. Experience incorporating learning objectives into a script.
Technical and Price Evaluation Procedure:
1. All technical proposals will be evaluated using the evaluation criteria set forth above.
2. The contract-pricing proposal will be evaluated to determine if it demonstrates an understanding of the RFP by committing appropriate resources in required areas. Failure may result in rejection of the offer. An unrealistically high priced proposal may be rejected as indicating a lack of understanding of the effort.
3. Technically acceptable offers passing the second phase will be compared to determine which offer represents the greatest value to the Peace Corps, cost and other factors considered. The Government reserves the right to award to other than the lowest priced, technically acceptable offeror.
4. You are advised that greater consideration shall be given to the evaluation of technical proposals rather than to cost or price. It is pointed out, however, that should technical competence between offers be considered approximately the same, and then cost or price may become the determining factor.
SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES / COSTS (OMS SEXUAL ASSAULT VIDEO PROJECT) Services: The Contractor shall provide all personnel, facilities, equipment, services, materials, and supplies to provide a video training program as set forth in Section C. Type of Contract: Fixed price Questions regarding this solicitation are due by noon, ET, August 8, 2002. Proposals consisting of 2 copies each of a separate technical and cost proposal along with an existing video for a work sample by 1:30 p.m., ET, August 21, 2002. The following FAR clauses apply to this solicitation: 52.212-1 Instruction to Offerors?Commercial Items; 52.212-2 Evaluation - Commercial Items. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: (i) Technical capability of the offeror- (ii) Price; (iii) Past Performance ? Demonstrated recent past ability of the offeror to perform satisfactorily on contracts of comparable size containing similar terms and conditions. References are required, including (a) name(s) of customer(s) with which the offeror has contracts, include at least two points of contact and phone numbers; (2) type of contract, cost of contract and brief description of work performed. Technical and past performance, when combined, are approximately equal to cost or price. 52.212-3 ? Offeror Representations and Certifications?Commercial Items; 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions?Commercial Items; 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders?Commercial Items. Note: Offerors must include a copy the provisions at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications ?Commercial Items with their proposal. This can be obtained at http://arnet.gov/far
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When the Pasadena Pops kicks off its summer season of concerts at the L.A. County Arboretum in Arcadia on Saturday, it will be led by a music director and conductor who has never even played in an orchestra, much less conducted one.
It's a risky move certainly, but a shrewd one as well. The hiring of Michael Feinstein — on the heels of songwriter and veteran conductor Marvin Hamlisch's death last summer — taps the musicality, as well as the popularity, of a performer who has helped resuscitate popular American music from almost a century ago into a vital and active art form.
Without a single downbeat, Feinstein has programmed a 2013 summer filled with film and stage music and arrangements that have never been heard live. And Feinstein has lined up front-line singers such as Cheyenne Jackson and Christine Ebersole to deliver them while he presides.
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All that's left is just one small detail — can Feinstein actually conduct?
Jan Zdunek is confident the answer is yes. His vote matters since he's the Pasadena Symphony Assn. chief executive who hired Feinstein within a couple of weeks of Hamlisch's death. He's aware the timing may have seemed abrupt, but it wasn't cold calculation as much a feeling that Feinstein had the necessary tangibles and the desired intangibles needed to lead the Pasadena Pops.
"With pops conducting, waving a stick is secondary — you don't need to go to a conservatory for years and years of formal training," said Zdunek. "It starts with being a really great musician and someone who has a great set of ears. You also need someone who has great charts or access to great charts, arrangements that have never been heard before or released before. Michael has sources of music I would venture to say almost nobody else has access to."
Feinstein had turned down other conducting overtures for lack of time — he averages 200 performing dates a year. But this opportunity felt different.
Recalling the chain of events that led to him to the post, Feinstein was momentarily in a subdued frame of mind during an otherwise lively interview at his Los Feliz home, a restored, four-story structure that was a Russian Consulate decades ago. It's a sunny setting in which to address somber events. The downstairs living areas unite furniture of a classic French style with items that reflect Feinstein's 20th century cultural preoccupations: a limited Warhol print — No. 1 in a series of 30 — of George Gershwin dominates one wall, while a 1950 award to Rosemary Clooney "For Outstanding Charm in Singing" is on a nearby table. This gilded tchotchke sits below a still life with fruit painting done by Clooney's longtime Beverly Hills neighbor, Ira Gershwin.
Musical influences aren't confined to design touches. At one point, George, one of two 11-year-old ginger-colored cats, strolls over while his bulkier sibling Ira sun patches under a nearby dining room table as Feinstein mused on life's strange turns.
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"It was so shocking; I, like everyone else, had no sense it might be coming," recalled Feinstein, 56, referring to Hamlisch's death.
Rewind to late July 2012: Making his annual musical rounds across America's bigger outdoor summer stages, Feinstein had a stop with the Pasadena Pops, Hamlisch conducting. The gig went well, the two of them singing, quipping and, at one point, riffing on twin pianos set up face to face. Feinstein recollected a "fun time. They aren't all, you know. But any time out there with Marvin, though I was never 100% sure what he'd say or do, I enjoyed being part of it."
Then, terribly, the unexpected: Less than three weeks later, Hamlisch died. The official pronouncement was lung failure, stemming from respiratory arrest, hypertension and a lack of oxygen to the brain. (In April, Hamlisch's widow, Terre Blair, petitioned a Manhattan judge for the release of blood tests done before his death).
"When this call [to replace him] came in…" Feinstein chose his words carefully, "…it felt, in the oddest fashion, as if Marvin was connecting me to this orchestra. I wouldn't have been so presumptuous as to say it was meant to happen… but I know he loved working with this orchestra and I loved working with him and… if it weren't for these circumstances I would have never done it."
Feinstein turns from reflective reverie to assessing music-world politics.
"I am not unaware that in undertaking this, I would be taking away a job that someone else might be able to do well," said Feinstein. "I make a living performing, but in the pops world there are only so many positions out there — there may be people out there hating me for taking this job."
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Zdunek may be a bit cavalier about the actual musical demands, but Feinstein determinedly has spent portions of the last year in self-described "conductor's school." As the calendar permits, he has been getting tutelage from his former musical director, Larry Blank.
"The more I learn, the more I feel I need to know," he said. "I'm not going to be conducting things like Mahler or Rachmaninoff's 3rd Symphony. This is material I know. Still, from watching many other conductors you find many different ways of communicating and that there are many different ways of conducting a passage. And … it's vexing."
One facet that intrigues and challenges Feinstein is something he believes can't be taught but can be found only through interaction with an orchestra.
"It's almost like a soul connection sort of thing — how to communicate the emotion or the sense of a piece of music that is not through technical skill. A lot of it is about connection [with the orchestra], facial expression, body movement."
If this sounds a little touchy-feely, it mirrors part of the definition of what makes a successful pops conductor, according to Keith Lockhart, maestro of the Boston Pops.
"You have to express feelings and convey the emotions built into the music to audiences in real time," said Lockhart. "It's a long-term skill and it will be interesting to see how Michael develops it since he clearly feels the music of the American Songbook so intently."
But Michael Feinstein, waving his arms in front of an orchestra with his back to ticket buyers, is not the same as Michael Feinstein, popular singer and pianist, front and center (concert-goers can rest a bit easy: He intends to sing and/or play a number or two at the piano, as well as provide his prototypical musicology travelogue through the songs as they are presented).
So the question lingers: Will Feinstein do this well? Three personal yardsticks of measurement are proposed:
Lockhart: "Michael's knowledge of American song from Stephen Foster on is one of a kind. No question there. But conducting takes time and he does so much already.... I hope time is his ally in pursuing this."
Feinstein: "My biggest concern going in is that I don't interpret the pieces the way I feel inside about them. To interpret them as good as they can be, that's my destination."
Zdunek, laughing: "As long as he doesn't fall off the podium, I think we'll be more than OK."
Pasadena Pops with Michael Feinstein conducting
When: Sat.: "Michael Feinstein's Songbook"; Sat., July 13, "MGM Movie Classics"; Sat., Sept. 7, "Michael Feinstein: The Gershwins & Me." Grounds open 5:30 p.m., concerts 7:30 p.m.
Where: Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanical Gardens, 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia
Tickets: $35 to $105
Info: (626) 793-7172, http://www.pasadenasymphony-pops.org
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Hospital Policy on PokemonGo
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Since it's our Fun Friday post, I couldn't think of anything better than posting something about PokemonGo. Seriously, this is quite the phenomenon. Before I get into some of the practical impact of PokemonGo in hospitals, I'll say that I don't find the game that stimulating myself, but I get the intrigue of competing with friends and discovering a game. Plus, I've always thought it was fun to say Pokemon. However, I do see the potential for augmented reality that PokemonGo illustrates. I'm excited by the future of augmented reality and the actual useful apps that will come.
Now to the more practical impact of PokemonGo. Everyone has written about the way PokemonGo is getting people out of their house and walking around (often with friends). I still wouldn't call it a health app any more than the Wii Fit was really a health app. However, there are certainly health benefits to walking and to spending time with friends.
Well, it turns out that PokemonGo has even been popular at hospitals. So much so that Cook Children's put out this note and image on their Facebook page:
At Cook Children's, we encourage fun as a way to help our patients and families heal. However, we have to discourage anyone planning to come to our medical center as well as primary and urgent care facilities with the sole purpose of playing Pokemon Go, or similar games.
Our commitment is to the protection, safety and care of our patients and their families. Having people come to our campuses (which are private) with the intention of catching pokemon, instead of seeking patient care, will be asked to leave. In addition to Pokemon Go posing a security risk to our patients, it also puts users at risk of violating federal privacy laws.
Our patients are protected from having their picture taken, and one is only authorized to do so with written consent of a parent or guardian. At Cook Children's, we encourage fun, but not at the expense of our patients security or privacy. Thank you for understanding.
Someone in the comments noted that hospitals should not be a Pokestop and that Cook Children's Medical Center should ask for it to be removed at a Pokestop. They offered this reply:
Yes, we can opt out. However, our patients love it and we don't want to take it away from them just because some choose to abuse it.
Is keeping your hospital as a Pokestop considered part of the patient experience?
It's a tough balance in this new world and PokemonGo is just the start. It's going to get more and more complex as the virtual and real worlds collide. I think Cook Children's has done a nice job finding the balance. How long until someone goes in for an unneeded ER visit because there's a rare Pokemon in the ER? Yes, that's how crazy some of these players are.
What's been the PokemonGo experience in your hospital? What have you done about it? More importantly, what level are you on? I'm at Level 3. #TooOldForThis


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Nov. 13, 2012) – As the ETSU men's basketball team continues through the early part of its schedule, the Buccaneer Athletic Scholarship Association and the ETSU Athletic Ticket Office are working together to offer fans several opportunities to come on the road to watch the Buccaneers play.
For the Dec. 8 trip to North Carolina, BASA is offering a fan bus trip for $100. That price covers the bus fare, game tickets and a lunch. In addition, fans wishing to make the trip on their own can purchase tickets for $25 by calling 423-439-3878. This offer is available until Nov. 28th, or as supplies last.
Meanwhile, tickets are also available for the team's game at James Madison on Dec. 5. These tickets are available until Nov. 22, or as supplies last. Once again, call 423-439-3878 to order.
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1a. Hypothermia, Hyperventilation, Squeezes, Decompression Illness, Nitrogen Narcosis, Motion Sickness, Fatigue, Overexertion, Heat Reactions, Dehydration, injuries by aquatic life, and Cuts and Scrapes
1b. CPR
- Your handbook is your primary reference. See First-Aid Skills for step-by-step instructions and lesson video links.
- See also: First Aid merit badge pamphlet - First-Aid Kit - Emergency Kit - Guide to Safe Scouting - Annual Health & Medical Record
2. Swimming
- Your handbook is your primary reference. See Swimming Skills for step-by-step instructions and lesson video links.
- See also: Swimming & Lifesaving Merit Badge Pamphlets - Guide to Safe Scouting - Safe Swim Defense - Safety Afloat
3. Boy Scouts of America Scuba Diver's Code:
- A Scout:
- -Maintains good mental and physical fitness for scuba diving.
- -Keeps his dive skills sharp through continuing education.
- -Seeks professional orientation prior to diving at unfamiliar dive locations.
- -Adheres to the buddy system throughout every dive.
- -Uses complete, well-maintained, and reliable equipment with which he is familiar.
- -Always dives no deeper than the recommended depth for his certification level and experience.
- -Always follows the time limits listed by the special dive tables or a dive computer for a particular depth.
- -Is a S.A.F.E. diver (Slowly Ascends From Every dive) and makes a safety stop at 15 feet for three minutes at the end of each dive prior to surfacing.
- - Breathes properly while diving, never holding his breath or skipping breathing.
- -Knows and obeys local diving laws and regulations, including fish and game laws and dive-flag laws.
- -Understands and respects aquatic life, considers how his interactions affects it, and dives carefully to protect fragile aquatic ecosystems.
- -Maintains good mental and physical fitness for scuba diving.
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- The Ocean Alliance: http://www.oceanalliance.org
- Scripps Institute of Oceanography: http://www.sio.ucsd.edu
- Secrets of the Ocean Realm: http://www.pbs.org/oceanrealm
- The Tide Pool Page: http://web.mit.edu/corrina/tpool/tidepool.html
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Daniel Craig as a blue steel-eyed James Bond captured the spy's cold and ruthless manner (as described by creator Ian Fleming) in Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace. However, absent was the swagger and dry air of sophistication that Craig's predecessors brought to the role, in varying amounts. The character had become less a suave agent carrying out his orders for queen and country, more a morally-compromised killing machine whose disillusionment recalls Matt Damon as Jason Bourne – rather than Sean Connery as 007 going back to Dr. No.
It's for those reasons that Craig's run as James Bond has been heralded by some, decried by others. Earlier this year, Bond series producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson announced their interest in locking Craig down to portray 007 for the next decade (or, rather, five films) following the release of Skyfall this November. That public revelation rallied masses of Craig supporters and detractors alike – prompting arguments about just what, exactly, makes for a good screen version of the character (and whether or not Craig has it).
That was well before marketing got properly underway for Skyfall, with trailers and behind-the-scenes footage suggesting that director Sam Mendes' promises to deliver a proper Bond movie (as he puts it, "a big fabulous escapist movie" for the 21st century) are more than just hot air. Craig remains physically-fierce and hardened in the face as ever, but his 007 appears to undergo a humbling metamorphosis in Skyfall, evolving from a glorified thug (armed with a gun and a license to kill) into a classier, but still deadly, government employee. Hence, the overall reception could be more positive for today's announcement that Craig has worked out a deal to return as 007 for two additional films after Skyfall.
MI6 is confirming the new contract for Craig, but points out there's a precedent for Bond actors dropping their commitment early – as happened with both Connery and Timothy Dalton. Moreover, EON Productions heads are said to have enjoyed the non-aggressive production timeline for the 23rd Bond film, resulting from a prolonged break between Quantum of Solace and Skyfall (as a result of MGM's financial woes). That could mean the studio will be less inclined to adhere to a rigid two-year break between installments from hereon out – and, if an extended delay were to occur, it could encourage Craig to walk away prematurely after just one more Bond film.
However, there are currently no signs that EON Productions has plans to do that, seeing how it's already gone and set screenwriters to begin developing the next two Bond films starring Craig. The actor has let it be known he does not intend to take on another role until after the new year – and the slow progress on David Fincher's The Girl Who Played with Fire adaptation (where Craig would reprise his role as investigative journalist Mikael Blomkvist) ensures the actor won't have any other priorities demanding his attention in the foreseeable future.
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I was mortified a couple weeks ago when it appeared that Uncle Paul's produce market on SE Hawthorne had suddenly closed up shop. I quickly learned that it was true, they're sticking to wholesale, but that Kruger's Farm of Sauvie Island would be opening up a market. Sure enough, they opened last weekend, and being a curious enthusiast of produce within walking distance of my abode, I went to check it out. It's pretty similar to Uncle Paul's – it's the same open building with a good deal of local produce, some organic, hella (wicked? mad? way?) cheap citrus, tomatoes (see you next summer!) and mounds of local squash, with two big differences: Ryan's apple cider and a lot more walking room.
And now, a throw back to long ago days with an Anatomy of a Grocery Trip:
- Honeycrisp apples – I never buy these trendy "perfect" apples because they kinda freak me out, but they were under $1/lb!
- Lemons – 5 for $1. One can never have too much fresh citrus around.
- Lime – ditto
- Avocado – Their baby avocados were rock hard, but 4 for $1, so…let's be patient.
- Orange bell peppers – I know, I know. It's not local, but I'd rather buy bell peppers now and then to roast instead of crying all the time. It's not like I bought flavorless tomatoes!
- Satsumas – Like you need an explanation.
- Ryan's Apple Cider – straight outta Hood River, super fresh – and $3.50 for a half gallon.


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OMAK A local couple was transported to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after suffering burns from a house fire late Monday afternoon.
Ronald Gilge, 46, and his wife, Cindy, were burned and treated for smoke inhalation. They were first taken to Mid-Valley Hospital, then transported to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
Both were home when the fire started around 4:47 p.m. at 414 Benton St.
A spokeswoman at Harborview could not find the Gilges on their list of patients.
Omak Fire Department Chief Kevin Bowling said the house was supposed to be abandoned.
Fire officials have not determined the cause of the fire.
One firefighter suffered smoke inhalation and dehydration, but he was treated and released from Mid-Valley Hospital and is "fine," Bowling said. He declined to release the firefighter's name.
Because of the amount of damage and rubble, Bowling said, the house is considered a "total loss" and there won't be an investigation.
The outside of the house was cluttered with vehicles and other odds and ends, and Bowling said firefighters were faced with the same challenge once they fought their way inside.
"It was plumb full of stuff from floor to ceiling in every single room," Bowling said.
At first, the firefighters couldn't get inside the house. The rubble created a significant challenge for the firefighters.
"When the firefighters got here, they were throwing junk out of the way" to get inside, neighbor Lois Perez said.
"I walked outside and saw a big old ball of smoke," Perez said as she watched flames leap from the roof, nearly an hour after the fire began. "I wanted to see if I could help my neighbors."
Perez, a nurse's aide, said she spoke to Ronald Gilge after he emerged from the house, the front of his hair singed and his legs burned.
He had been outside helping someone find car parts, he told Perez, and Cindy Gilge was raking leaves. She went inside and came running back out screaming for her husband, Perez said.
Ronald Gilge went back inside to rescue his dogs and cats, she said.
"I feel really bad for the people," Perez said. She said the Gilges collect and sell scrap metal and car parts, and some people had complained of the clutter surrounding the house.
While Perez said the Gilges were in the process of packing and getting ready to move, the homeowner told a different story.
Jake Atkins of Omak said the Gilges were squatters, meaning they did not pay rent or sign a lease to live there.
He had been trying to evict them since May, he said, and the final hearing was scheduled for Oct. 21.
"There was no running water of any kind," he said as he stood across the street, watching the house burn. "It's a good thing I'm not homeless."
He said he was almost happy to hear about the fire because of the trouble he has had with the house.
Someone had offered to renovate the home years ago, but never followed through. The house remained vacant, except for a string of squatters.
Atkins said the house, built in the late 1930s or early '40s, once belonged to his parents.
"I just feel pretty bad," he said. "I feel like I lost part of me. This was something to remember my folks by."
It was not insured. The Okanogan County Assessor's Office said the assessed value of the house was around $21,100.
The last firefighters finally cleared the scene at about 10 p.m.
"This was a very time-consuming, very physically demanding job," Bowling said.
Eighteen firefighters responded from the Omak Fire Department. Assistance came from Okanogan County Fire District No. 3, which sent an engine with six firefighters, Omak Police Department, LifeLine Ambulance; Colville Tribal Police and the Washington State Patrol.
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MISENHEIMER, N.C. - Pfeiffer University hit .446 as a team and picked up 11 total blocks cruising to a 3-0 (25-23, 25-16, 25-19) victory over Lees-McRae College in Conference Carolinas men's volleyball action on Tuesday night. The win pushes the Falcons to 6-3 overall, 5-1 in league play, while the Bobcats drop to 5-3 in both categories.
Set one saw both teams go back-and-forth early on until a kill by Micah Bortner (Dallastown, PA) gave the Falcons a lead for good at 16-14. Lees-McRae would keep things close as a Randy Ramirez (Guaynabo, PUERTO RICO) ace got the Bobcats to within one at 22-21, but kills from Bortner, Fabio Diniz (Belo Horizonte, BRAZIL) and a final blow from Eric Edelman (Henrietta, NY) allowed Pfeiffer to hold on for a 1-0 match lead.
Set two was all Pfeiffer as a Caleb Brophy (Mission Viejo, CA) kill at 10-5 forced a Lees-McRae timeout. Edelman would post a pair of kills in a four-play span while Pfeiffer capitalized on Bobcat miscues to race out to a 20-11 lead. Brophy would pick up three of the sets final kills while Bortner would deliver the final kill for a 25-16 set win and 2-0 match lead.
Brophy picked up the first kill in set three as Pfeiffer would again never look back. A Bortner ace and Edelman kill on back-to-back plays put Pfeiffer up 9-6 before an Edelman kill and ace in two-straight plays shot the Falcons to a 21-17 advantage. Brophy would pick up the match's final two kills while David Specian (Loxahatchee, FL) ended the contest with a service ace for the final point.
Edelman and Brophy would each rack up a dozen kills on the night both hitting very well. Brophy hit at an even .500 while Edelman sported a .474. As a team, the Falcons never hit lower than .333 in any set posting .565 in the middle frame and .429 to close things out. Specian would assist 33 times in the victory while Brophy also added eight kills. Blocking wise, Pfeiffer out-blocked Lees-McRae 11-4 using six solo blocks. Edelman and Joe Supko (Irwin, PA) would each have a pair of solo stuffs.
Pfeiffer returns to league action on Thursday traveling to Coker for a 7:00 p.m. matchup with the first year Cobras. Live stats and video will be available through http://www.gofalconsports.com.


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Travel through the heart of Tasmania's World Heritage-listed wilderness on this famous 65-kilometre trek from Cradle Mountain to Lake St Clair. Walk the entire Overland Track in six days or do short and day walks from the Cradle Mountain Visitor Centre and Dove Lake. Remember the end-to-end walk requires planning. You'll need to book in advance with Tasmania's Parks & Wildlife Service and take with you a good tent and warm sleeping bag. While the route has eight basic stove-heated huts, there's no guarantee of space. The best time to walk the track is between November and April, when the weather is milder and days are longer for Daylight Saving. During April, you can see the spectacular changing colours of the deciduous beech. As well as a physical challenge, this walk is a true communion with nature. You'll see lakes, forests and gorges, mountains and moors, spectacular waterfalls and steep, stony peaks.
The Track
Travel through the heart of Tasmania's World Heritage-listed wilderness on this famous 65-kilometre trek from Cradle Mountain to Lake St Clair.
From November to April, when days are warmer and longer.
Launceston and Devonport
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Ronny Creek carpark to Waterfall Valley
The first day is a 10km hike to the top of Cradle Mountain's craggy, impossibly imposing peaks. Start at Ronny Creek and do the moderate climb past Crater Falls and Crater Lake to Marions Lookout. Otherwise the exposed track past Horse Track to Crater Peak is a gentler ascent. You can also start walking at Dove Lake and meander upwards past Lake Lilla and Wombat Pool to Marions Lookout. This is a great place to stand and contemplate the silent, mirrored waters of Dove Lake. Continue along the Cradle Mountain plateau and scramble over dolerite rocks to the 1,500 metre summit. Walk around the glacial cirque, from where you can take a right turn off the track to explore rugged Barn Bluff. Descend through the highlands, looking out for wallabies and possums in the trees, button grass plains and herb meadows. End your day in moss-carpeted Waterfall Valley, in the no-frills comfort of Barn Bluff Hut or beneath some canvass in one of the many campsites.
Waterfall Valley to Lake Windermere
Wake to clean mountain air and the happy warble of native birds such as karrowong and yellow throated wattle. This 8km section takes around three hours, giving you plenty of time to soak up the scenery. From Waterfall Valley, the trail heads south across sedgeland moors dotted with pandani bushes, eucalyptus trees and rare pencil pines, some up to 1,000 years old. Take a scenic lunch break at Lake Will, then stroll to Innes Falls at the lake's southern end. Turn off at Lake Holmes and head across the button grass plains to tea-coloured Lake Windermere. After a refreshing swim, you could walk to Forth Valley lookout for a view over the fragrant, green Lemonthyme Forests. Settle for the night in Windermere Hut. Look at the brilliant star-scattered sky and listen to the scampering of shy, nocturnal possums.
Lake Windermere to Pelion Plains
Get ready for a 17km walk across the moorlands and mountains. Stop at Forth River Lookout for views over the river's glacial valley and the giant eucalypt forest around it. From Pine Forest Moor, the route winds past gnarled, moss-covered forests, beneath the rocky overhang of Mt Pelion West. Lunch at Frog Flat, beneath the mountain's tall dolerite peaks. Here the headwaters of the Forth River cascade down into the Lemonthyme Valley. You'll mimic their direction as you descend through leatherwood, sassafras and myrtle rainforest, then alpine grasslands, to Pelion Plains. This section of the track follows the 1898 horse trail built to transport miners from eastern towns to mines on the West Coast. Marvel at the fluted Mount Oakleigh and super-sized wombats grazing on the grass. Then set up for the night in the most recently built Pelion Hut.
Pelion Plains to Kia Ora
Stare out over the soul-searing expanse of South-West wilderness before starting your 9km march past Pelion Gap to Kia Ora Hut. Pass through emerald forests and head up eucalypt-lined slopes to a clearing. From here you can see Cathedral Mountain, with Pelion East and Mount Ossa towering on either side of you. The experienced climber should have time for the three hour round trip climb to Mount Ossa, Tasmania's highest peak. The summit is a prime viewing platform for the southern section of the Cradle Mountain - Lake St Clair World Heritage Area. Travel down to Pinestone Valley past cushion plants, ancient pines and scoparia. Climb a small ridge to Kia Ora Hut, nestled beneath Cathedral Mountain.
Kia Ora Hut to Windy Ridge
Today's 10km will take you four hours, plus any scenic detours off the path. Visit Leatherwood Garden and Du Cane hut, once the bush home of trapper Paddy Hartnett and his wife. Explore the surrounding Leatherwood forest, which is covered with large white flowers in late spring and summer. Meander south along the Mersey River, stopping to explore three of Tasmania's largest and most spectacular waterfalls: Fergusson, D'Alton and Hartnett. Ferguson Falls is named after a former ranger at Lake St. Clair, while Hartnett was also christened in honour of Paddy Hartnett - the eccentric bushman with the bowler hat. Pass through Du Cane Gap and head down through dense myrtle forests, before reaching the U-shaped glacier of Windy Ridge. The large boulders at the entrance were shifted slowly down the valley during the last great ice age. After today's gentle 10km hike, pitch a tent or spend the night in Windy Ridge hut.
Windy Ridge to Lake St. Clair
Get ready for the final 18km of your trip, plus any side trips you want to squeeze in. Travel past open eucalypt forests and the grassy patch of the Bowling Green, from where you can see the summit of Mount Acropolis. Continue south into picturesque Pine Valley, beneath the mist-shrouded Du Cane Range. A bridge crossing takes you to Cephissus Creek in a lush rainforest setting. From here you can climb to the top of Mount Acropolis to look down on Labyrinth and its elegant lakes. Or continue south, through dry sclerophyll forest and open button grass plains to Narcissus Hut on Lake St Clair. From here, your walk ends with a boat cruise on the southern hemisphere's deepest natural lake. Gliding away from the track, you can look back and marvel at the seemingly impenetrable mountains you've walked through.
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|More than 200,000 Afghans have been deported from Iran in the past six months (file photo)
Some deportees alleged they were beaten up,
incarcerated for weeks or insulted by the Iranian security forces before their
"I was working on a construction site when the police arrested me... they beat me up with bats and then put me in a cell for three days, after which they sent me back to Afghanistan without allowing me to collect my salary and settle debts in Iran," alleged one.
Nobody at the Iranian embassy in Kabul was immediately available for comment. In the past the Iranian government has rejected allegations of violence against Afghan labour migrants.
The Afghan government, UN and other aid agencies have repeatedly called on Iran to ensure deportations take place in a humane and gradual manner. A large-scale deportation from Iran left thousands in urgent need of aid and two ministers were sacked for their failure to handle the issue in mid-2007.
"We call on Iran and other host countries not to deport Afghan migrants," Noor Mohammad Haidari, a senior adviser at the Ministry of Refugees and Returnees Affairs (MoRRA), told IRIN, adding that the situation in Afghanistan was not conducive for their reintegration.
Young men take serious risks to pay US$400-$600 to smuggling networks to travel to Iran where they seek informal jobs, often with construction companies, according to a 2008 field survey report by the International Organization for Migration.
The annual flow of remittances from Iran is estimated at $500 million, representing about 6 percent of Afghanistan's gross domestic product, according to a UN study in December 2008.
Fighting trafficking
In addition, Afghanistan is a source, destination and transit route for human trafficking in South Asia, according to the Trafficking in Persons Report 2008 by the US State Department.
Women, children and men are trafficked within and outside the country for commercial sexual exploitation, forced marriage to settle debts or disputes, forced begging, debt bondage, service as child soldiers and other forms of forced labour, the report said.
Afghanistan shares a 936km-long border with Iran, a transit route for human and drug traffickers.
"The Interior Ministry must improve border control and should also do more to tackle human trafficking groups inside the country," said Haidari of the MoRRA.
Officials in the interior ministry said they were committed to stopping human traffickers and were making "significant progress".
The State Department's report stated: "The government of Afghanistan does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so."
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September Girls is a stunning coming-of-age novel about first loves, oblivious parents, sibling rivalries--and mermaids. This imaginative and painfully honest book garnered five starred reviews, including one from ALA Booklist that proclaimed it "a rare and lovely novel, deserving of attention from discriminating readers."
Whisked away by his father to an unusual beach town in the Outer Banks, Sam finds himself having the summer vacation most guys dream of. He's surrounded by beautiful blonde girls, and, better yet, they all seem inexplicably attracted to him. But there's definitely something strange about the Girls. They only wear flats because heels make their feet bleed. They never go swimming in the water. And they all want something from him.
Sam falls for one of the Girls, DeeDee, and begins an unexpected summer romance. But as they get closer, she pulls away without explanation. Sam knows that if he is going to win her back, he'll have to learn the Girls' secret.
Bennett Madison, critically acclaimed author of The Blonde of the Joke, brings a mix of lyrical writing, psychologically complex characters, and sardonic humor to this young adult novel. September Girls is perfect for fans of the irreverent wit of Ned Vizzini and the seductive magic of fairy tales retold.
PRAISE FOR SEPTEMBER GIRLS:"Eerie and desperately romantic, September Girls is a myth measured out in summer days, game shows, French fries and women's magazines. Bennett Madison makes a seedy beach town into the stuff of legends, and he has worked an intoxicating magic. Amazing."
-E. Lockhart, author of The Boyfriend List and The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
PRAISE FOR THE BLONDE OF THE JOKE:"Off-kilter humor, moody narration, and twisted psychology make this sardonic exploration of suburbia thrilling-like pocketing lip gloss and walking right out of the store."
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"This wickedly funny novel has it all—style, depth, bite, and a punch line you won't be able to forget."
-Sarah Mlynowski, author of Ten Things We Did (and Probably Shouldn't Have)
"The Blonde of the Joke turns a dull suburban landscape into a mythical place, full of treasure, inner demons, and transformations. Bennett Madison is one of the best YA writers around and this is his sharpest book to date."
-Maureen Johnson, New York Times bestselling author of The Name of the Star
"A delightfully wicked book—a supersexy celebration of good girls gone bad, and a haunting ode to teenage rebellion."
-James St. James, author of Freak Show
"A ridiculous, riotous, tongue-in-cheek mad dash through the mall where everything is not as it seems and where the cheap jokes and the bounty grow like apples on trees."
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"You will fall in love with The Blonde of the Joke the moment you enter its mall-wandering, skater-boy loving, dark secret-hiding world. Poetic and punchy, sarcastic and true, I gobbled this up and was left wanting so much more."
-Sara Shepard, author of the New York Times bestselling Pretty Little Liars series
"Madison's honest and darkly comic prose takes this mall-rat tale to mythical heights. The punchline is definitely bittersweet and will leave a good many readers anticipating Madison's next book."
"Madison's dreamlike prose imbues the most ordinary moments with cosmic significance. Readers will soak up every bit."
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Feb. 12, 2010) -- Playing in front of a live television audience on CSS Friday night, the ETSU men's basketball team will be looking to stay hot and extend their current two-game winning streak.
Standing in the way of the Buccaneers will be Kennesaw State, a team that has improved significantly since ETSU defeated them 63-46 back on Jan. 7. The Bucs are currently 13-12 overall, 9-5 in A-Sun play, and tied in the loss column with four other teams for first place in the league race.
Tip between the Bucs and Owls is set for 7 p.m. inside the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center.
For more on Friday night's game, click on the game notes link located above, or read the game notes below.
Buc bits
Picking up a pair of critical road wins last week, the ETSU men's basketball team returns home tied for first place in the loss column of the Atlantic Sun Conference standings ... The Bucs dropped both Florida Gulf Coast (Feb. 4) and Stetson (Feb. 6) last week, and will prepare to face home matchups with Kennesaw State (Feb. 12) and Mercer (Feb. 14) ... ETSU is currently 13-12 overall, 9-5 in A-Sun play ... Preseason All Atlantic Sun Conference pick Mike Smith (Vandalia, Mo.) remains doubtful for the Stetson game after having missed the Bucs last 14 contests, and is likely headed toward a medical redshirt season. In Smith's absence, Tommy Hubbard (Boston), along with Justin Tubbs (Trussville, Ala.) and Micah Williams (Manchester) have stepped up their games. In fact, Hubbard has posted double-doubles 12 times this season. ... Currently, Hubbard and Tubbs lead the team in scoring, with Hubbard averaging 14.6 points per game, and Tubbs pitching in 12.4 a contest. Williams is the only other ETSU player averaging double figures with 11.4 a contest.
The series against Kennesaw State
The Bucs are 7-1 all-time against the Owls, including an 63-46 win over Kennesaw State in the last meeting between the two on Jan. 7, 2010, at the KSU Convocation Center.
Last time against Kennesaw State
KENNESAW, Ga. (Jan. 7, 2010) - Junior forward Tommy Hubbard (Boston) posted his eighth double-double of the season and the ETSU men's basketball team's defensive efforts stymied the Kennesaw State Owls en route to a 63-46 victory in Atlantic Sun Conference action at the KSU Convocation Center. ... Hubbard finished with a game-high 20 points and 14 rebounds, as the Bucs improved to 8-7 overall and a perfect 4-0 in A-Sun play. Meanwhile, KSU dropped to 5-10, 1-4 after being held to its lowest point total of the season and shooting just 31 percent from the field for the game ... Along with Hubbard's efforts, the Bucs got double figure scoring from junior guard Justin Tubbs (Trussville, Ala.) with 10 points, while freshman guard Sheldon Cooley (Tampa) dished out six assists. The Owls were led by freshman Markeith Cummings, who finished with 17 points, while LaDaris Green pitched in 12. ... In a rather ugly first half offensively for both teams, the Owls were simply worse and unable to solve the ETSU zone. The Bucs held KSU to a season low 13 points in the first 20 minutes, as the Owls shot just 18 percent (5-of-28) from the floor. ETSU took advantage as Kennesaw sputtered, outscoring the Owls 14-4 in the paint and 12-4 on second chance points to take a 29-13 edge into the break. ... Hubbard led the Bucs with 12 points and eight rebounds in the first half, and was the only ETSU player in double figures at the break ... The second half had the same look as the first, with the Bucs building their advantage to as many as 23 points and ultimately winning by 17. A huge edge for ETSU came in the paint, where the Bucs outscored the Owls, 34-18. ETSU also outrebounded the Owls 42-35 and grabbed 14 offensive boards.
Last time out
DELAND, Fla. (Feb. 6, 2010) - Junior guard Micah Williams (Manchester) matched his career high with 22 points and junior forward Tommy Hubbard (Boston) posted his 12th double-double of the year with 14 points and 10 rebounds, as the ETSU men's basketball completed a perfect road trip with its second straight win, defeating Stetson 75-60 in Atlantic Sun Conference action at the Edmunds Center ... With the win, the Bucs improve to 13-12 overall, 9-5 in A-Sun play, and stay just one game back of league-leading Jacksonville in the regular season standings. Meanwhile, the Hatters drop to 5-18, 3-12. ... The Bucs shot a strong 56.3 percent from the floor and 40 percent from beyond the arc, holding Stetson to just 35 percent from the field. ETSU also outrebounded the Hatters 38-24 and outscored Stetson 30-22 in the paint. Along with Williams' and Hubbard's efforts, the Bucs also got 14 points and seven boards from sophomore forward Isiah Brown (Miami), while sophomore guard Adam Sollazzo (Tampa) added a 10-point, five-assist effort to the cause ... The game stood tied 6-6 early in the first half, but the Bucs went on a 9-0 run as Williams scored six of his 14 first-half points to make it 15-6 at the 14:33 mark. The Hatters then cut the lead to five at 17-12, but the Bucs responded by going to work on their largest lead of the half at 31-20 with 5:37 left before the intermission. However, Stetson was not done and answered over the next three minutes by going on a 12-3 run of its own to make it 34-32 with 2:39 left. Bartow called a 30-second timeout at that point to stop the momentum, and it worked as the Bucs scored the final seven points of the half to make it 41-32 at the break. ... The Bucs shot a sizzling 64 percent from the floor and 60 percent from beyond the arc in the first half, while holding Stetson to just 37 percent from the field. However, Stetson shot 90 percent from the charity stripe and hit seven more free throws than the Bucs to stay close at the break ... In the second half, the Bucs got the lead back to 11 early on, but Stetson responded with a quick 5-0 spurt to make it 43-37 with 16:24 left in the game. The Hatters later got the deficit to just three at 48-45, but the Bucs pulled away late with a 15-7 run to make it 63-52 on a layup by Brown with 3:31 left in the game. From there, the Bucs only extended the lead at the foul line
Brown's play coincides with ETSU move in standings
Sophomore Isiah Brown (Miami) has made major strides in his production over the last several games for the Buccaneers ... In fact, over the Bucs last five games Brown has scored in double figures, and is actually averaging 15.2 points and 8.0 rebounds a contest ... During this time, the Bucs have gone 3-2 and won their last two games, moving back into a virtual tie for first place in the Atlantic Sun Conference race.
Jan. 30 not a good day for Bucs
For the second year in a row, the Buccaneers dropped a critical overtime game on Jan. 30 ... One year ago, the Bucs fell 82-72 at Jacksonville, in a game that Dolphins' guard Ben Smith hit a long range 3-pointer to tie the game in regulation and force the extra period ... The Bucs again found themsevles in an overtime game on Jan. 30, losing a nine-point lead in regulation with six minutes left and ultimately giving up a five-point lead in OT to fall to Lipscomb, 85-84.
Century mark not usual for ETSU defense
Giving up 100 points in the loss to Belmont (1/23/10) was not usual for the Buccaneers ... Before that game, the Bucs had not given up 100 or more point in over two years ... The last time it happened was on Dec. 15, 2007, when the Bucs lost to Syracuse 125-75 ... This season, the most points the ETSU defense had allowed was 85, in games at Arkansas and UAB ... For the year, the ETSU defense is giving up an average of just 67.9 points per game.
Jones steps up at the point
Coming off the bench to play the point guard position in the Bucs' last game against Lipscomb, sophomore guard Jarvis Jones (Memphis) answered in a big way with a career high 17 points, including the game-winning 3-pointer with .4 seconds left in regulation ... Jones played 23 minutes in the game and was 3-of-4 from 3-point range.
Williams bringing more offense to the table
Junior guard Micah Williams (Manchester) has worked his way into the starting lineup thanks mainly to back-to-back strong efforts on the offensive end ... Against North Georgia, Williams posted a career high 22 points in leading the Bucs to the win, and he followed that effort with an 18-point night against Murray State ... He has scored in double figures in 11 of his last 16 games, and most recently matched his season high with 22 points against Stetson (2/6) ... Currently, Williams is one of three Bucs averaging double figures scoring this year with 11.4 points per game.
Hubbard steps up game in 2009-10
Much has been written and reported about junior forward Tommy Hubbard (Boston) and his efforts to improve his offensive game, and those strides have led to some solid numbers ... Already considered one of the best defenders in the A-Sun, Hubbard posted a 32-point and 10-rebound effort in the win over Arkansas and dropped in another game-high 26 in the win over UNF ... He currently leads the Bucs with 14.6 points per game and 8.6 rebounds a contest ... while he has posted double-doubles in 10 of his last 21 games, his efforts began to pay off on the offensive end against Chattanooga back on Nov. 17 ... Setting career bests for points (26) and rebounds (13), Hubbard collected his first career double-double against the Mocs ... In addition, he hit his first 3-point shot in three seasons with the Bucs, and didn't stop there -- ultimately finishing with four long-range bombs on the night.
Record setting night from the arc for Bucs
Hitting on 11-of-14 shots from 3-point range against Arkansas, the Bucs put their name in a multiple of record books ... First, those numbers set a new school record for 3-point field goal percentage in a game with a 78.6 percent mark, breaking the previous record of 66.7 percent which had been done three times previously ... In addition, it was the best shooting effort in the "nation" this season for teams taking more than 10 shots in a game ... And it was the best percentage by a team in the A-Sun since Nov. 28, 1999 when UCF was 11-of-14 in a game against South Carolina state.
Home Sweet Dome
Since the 1996-97 season, the Buccaneers are an amazing 136-44 inside Memorial Center, good for a winning percentage of 77 percent ... The Bucs had won five straight at Memorial Center during the 2006-07 season before a loss to Belmont (1/2) ... The Bucs then rattled off 10 straight at home to stand at 15-1 on the Memorial Center floor that season, but fell to Belmont in the championship of the A-Sun Tourney... In 2007-08, the Bucs were 11-2 at Memorial Center ... In 2008-09, the Bucs were 11-2 at home ... This season, ETSU has actually struggled at home, going 6-4 in the Dome and 1-0 in Brooks Gym.
Sollazzo to honor Coy with number change
When ETSU's rising sophomore forward Seth Coy (Montgomery, Ind.) was tragically killed in a car accident this summer, it left the entire Buccaneer community with a deep sense of loss ... As is often the case, those that are left to mourn have looked for ways to remember the Bucs' 6-foot-11 "Gentle Giant." ... For sophomore guard Adam Sollazzo (Tampa), who was Coy's roommate, the answer was simple ... Changing his jersey number from No. 20 to Coy's No. 43, Sollazzo will play the 2009-10 season to honor his friend and have that memory with him each night.
Big questions surround Bucs entering 2009-10
With the loss of seniors Courtney Pigram and Kevin Tiggs -- one of the most dynamic offensive duos in the country -- the Bucs have had a lot of questions to answer on the offenisve end of the floor this season ... Having averaged 78.1 points a game a year ago, which ranked 21st nationally in all of Division I play -- ETSU has lost 44.0 of those points to graduation when one includes now departed senior Greg Hamlin in that trio ... In addition to the losses on offensive, the Bucs' 13-man roster includes just eight players who have experienced actual floor time in college ... The other five players are either true freshmen, redshirt freshmen or walk-ons ... So far this season, those concerns have been warranted, as the team is averaging just 69.9 points per contest, 8.2 points off their average of a year ago.


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It's this sort of ridiculousness that makes it so difficult to take Dodd and the MPAA seriously in these discussions.


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On the drawing table is a proposal by the Sheriff's Office to raise the current $7 fee for spay/neutered canines to $9, and from $20 to $25 for unaltered animals. Under that proposal the senior citizen discount for licenses will rise from $3 to $5 for spay/neutered dogs and from $15 to $17 for those not fixed.
"If you haven't gotten a tag for your dog yet this would be a good time to get legal," said Undersheriff Dwayne Troxel.
The suggested hike in fees follows this week's announcement by the Wasco County Animal Shelter that charges were going up about 52 percent for use of the facility. In 1995 the county contracted to impound stray and vicious dogs there after a local pet store relocated and was no longer able to provide kennel space.
Troxel said the county transports an average of 20 canines per month to the shelter in The Dalles. The current monthly payment to Wasco County is $250 for the first seven canines and $25 for each animal over that limit, plus a $5 per day boarding fee. However, the fee increases will bring that amount up to $1,000 per month for the first 15 dogs and $25 for each additional canine, plus a $10 daily rooming charge.
Troxel expects the new fee increases to generate about $6,000 in annual revenue. He said without the fee increase it will be difficult to fund the county's animal enforcement arm since dog licensing is down about 20 percent this year. He said many pet owners have gotten out of the habit of buying tags and, as a result, Animal Control Officer Becky Hoffman is routinely picking up "repeat offenders" wandering at large through area neighborhoods.
To save costs and manpower, the sheriff's office is also asking that the cost to free impounded dogs start at $20 and be graduated up to a maximum of $100 during a 12 month period.
At its Feb. 4 meeting, the county board will determine whether a citizen advisory committee should be appointed to review options for building a Hood River shelter or arranging with a local veterinarian to add kennel space to existing facilities.
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"You're better off to be in control of the situation at your end than to always be looking for a solution to the problem," she said.
Troxel said the citizen advisory group could also be called on to help update the county's animal control ordinance. He said the current code does not include new state laws, including the provision that farmers can shoot to kill any dog caught in the act of attacking their livestock.
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