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July 26, 2013
Lives in the Balance
Cat advocates and conservationists aren't known for their collaboration. In Hawaii an HSUS-led coalition has set out to change that—by keeping cats safe and away from threatened and endangered wildlife.
Mike Lohr gives a shrill whistle and looks up, scanning the treetops for two birds who could help save a species. Once the Oahu 'elepaio was common on this island. Today fewer than 2,000 exist. Pushed out of 95 percent of their range by sugar and pineapple plantations, military bases, and housing developments, they inhabit a mere 21 square miles in all the earth. Even in the species' remaining habitat, the birds are under threat, struggling to adapt to a transformed landscape.
Lohr, an ecologist with The Wildlife Society, steps off a state park trail in the Ko'olau range northeast of Pearl Harbor to search for the pair of 'elepaios. The trees into which he peers—lemon eucalyptus and strawberry guavas—are exotics. And the gully into which he descends, shuffling down a slope that drops abruptly to a wash of broken tree limbs and mud, has been taken over by another import, feral pigs: their footprints roil the forest floor.
Carried to Hawaii in canoes and ships, pigs, as well as rats, mongooses, and cats, entered island ecosystems relatively recently, millions of years after winds and ocean currents brought the original flora and fauna, plant by plant, bird by bird. Lacking the instincts to avoid being eaten, many native bird species went extinct. They are still disappearing, with eight lost just since 1983 when Lohr was born. Yet here, a short distance from an easy hike called the 'Aiea Loop Trail, exists a little enclave of a creature that's part of Hawaiian folklore, a native bird that's managed to survive.
A British tourist first spotted the pair in 2011. Since then, Lohr has seen the male and female many times, watching as they claimed this gully for their own. He's observed with a pang the destruction of a nest by a predator—most likely a rat—and the two birds' failure to reproduce. Feisty and territorial, 'elepaios usually show themselves quickly when they hear what they believe to be another of their species trespassing. Right now, in late 2012, the pair is fattening up for the breeding season, so it takes Lohr several tries. He uses his digital bird call. Eventually, two reddish brown and black birds appear, flitting from branch to branch 30 feet up, white bellies flashing. Their bills click as they pursue insects. The male snags a moth.
To the west on Oahu, 'elepaio numbers dropped steeply between the 1990s and early 2000s. Here in the Ko'olau range, the population has risen, from two to 10 pairs. Maybe it's that the birds are nesting higher in trees, reducing the likelihood rats will reach their nests. Maybe it's that the 'elepaios have developed resistance to two introduced diseases: avian pox and malaria. Whatever the reason, the 'Aiea Loop 'elepaios represent hope for the species. "There's something special about this population. … There's some evidence that they're evolving," says Lohr, president of the Hawaii chapter of The Wildlife Society. "What conservation biologists are trying to do is buy them enough time." But the birds Lohr has been monitoring have chosen a precarious spot. Just above the gully, a cat colony has grown to over 100, as new cats show up around a parking lot. If the 'elepaios manage to hatch a baby, Lohr fears the youngster will almost certainly be eaten before he learns to fly.
Ideally, TNR (Trap-Neuter-Return), which is being attempted here, would stabilize and eventually reduce cat numbers. Many groups, including The HSUS, support TNR as a humane alternative to trapping and killing, which outside of small islands has failed to reduce numbers (remaining cats quickly breed back). TNR has worked in places on Oahu and across the U.S. It's not working along the 'Aiea Loop Trail because of an influx of free-roaming and abandoned pets.
Felines—orange, calico, grey and white, black and white—congregate near the trailhead. Well-fed and healthy, they return visitors' gazes with mild curiosity—unaware of the charges leveled against them. There are cats who haven't been sterilized (their ears aren't notched), and cats who could potentially be placed for adoption—they're obviously not feral. An 8-month-old kitten walks onto the road and lets himself be scratched behind the ears by HSUS Hawaii state director Inga Gibson. Another rubs against Gibson's legs, like he's waiting for her to fill his food bowl. Gibson shakes her head because she knows the cat might thrive as someone's pet.
Dwayne De Ocampo, the state park caretaker, emerges from his house and commiserates with Lohr and Gibson over the animals people drop off, despite a big sign telling them not to. "They let go all kinds. Somebody let go a rabbit. I found a goose. … I cannot stop them." Lohr, who as a graduate student located the remains—heads, tails, radio transmitters—of bobwhites he was studying in the outdoor crawl space of a home with a free-roaming cat, wants the colony gone, even if that means the cats will be euthanized. The volunteer managing the colony either can't keep up or doesn't take friendly cats to shelters for fear they won't be adopted.
Gibson, charged with protecting both cats and wildlife, and convinced that neither will be safe without the cooperation of all sides, is looking for a middle way: trying to get friendly cats adopted, to keep feral ones from living near the most vulnerable creatures, to bridge a cultural divide. It's why she's accompanied Lohr here, even though she winces at some of his descriptions of the problem. And why she's been prodding and cajoling experts with opposing views into forming a coalition: "One person is going to say, 'no cats,' and another person is going to say, 'The cats are fine where they are.' I say, 'reduce—prevent more cats. If necessary, move.'"
Bridging the Divide
With its mild climate and lack of coyotes and other feline predators, Hawaii has one of the densest populations of free-roaming cats in the U.S. Estimates vary wildly, from at most 100,000 animals to maybe a million—300,000 on urban Oahu and an incredible 500,000 on sparsely populated Maui. That's double the speculated cat-human ratio nationally. Isolated in the pacific, Hawaii also has the densest concentration of threatened and endangered bird species in the country, with ground-nesting and ground-feeding water and shorebirds that are especially vulnerable to cats: It's on islands like Hawaii's that the few cases of cats contributing to extinctions have been documented. And the state is home to 1,200 critically endangered monk seals. Toxoplasmosis—a disease sometimes spread to wildlife by the feces of infected cats—may have contributed to the deaths of at least five.
On the mainland, wildlife and cat advocates snipe at each other, taking equally unyielding positions—that all free-roaming cats should be trapped and killed; that outdoor cats are a natural part of the landscape; that TNR is "hoarding"; that TNR alone will prevent cats preying on wildlife; that cats are the main threat to birds (versus habitat loss and window strikes and global warming and pesticides); that cat predation has no impact on dwindling songbird populations. In 2011, a Smithsonian scientist was convicted of putting rat poison and antifreeze in food left for cats outside her Washington, D.C., apartment building. In March, an Audubon contributor proposed that an over-the-counter pain reliever be used to rid the outdoors of cats (he later apologized).
What coalition members are coming up with could serve as a model for the rest of the country—if it can work on Hawaii, where the challenges are so great, it might work anywhere.
Because The HSUS supports TNR, its efforts to bridge the cats-wildlife gulf are sometimes rebuffed. In 2011, when The HSUS advertised for a director of cat protection and policy, a Wildlife Society blog said that person would serve as a "wild bird executioner." Last December, some bird experts stayed away from an HSUS conference on cats and wildlife.
In Hawaii, The HSUS is working to bring all sides together: Lohr and others from The Wildlife Society; University of Hawaii researchers including Christopher Lepczyk; Fern Duvall and other biologists from the state Department of Land and Natural Resources; U.S. Fish and Wildlife and National Park Service staff; representatives of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which monitors monk seals; volunteers with CatFriends and the Hawaii Cat Foundation; and representatives of local humane societies. American Bird Conservancy staff are also participating. What coalition members are coming up with could serve as a model for the rest of the country—if it can work on Hawaii, where the challenges are so great, it might work anywhere.
When the diverse group began meeting in 2010, the tensions were undeniable. Someone would refer to the need for cats to be removed from a certain area. And someone else would note that "removed" usually meant killed. Someone else still would lament that the birds he'd been monitoring had just been eaten by cats. Another would say if there was a plan to trap and kill cats, caretakers would likely sabotage the effort. There were awkward silences and less-than-enthusiastic responses as Gibson moved gamely down the agenda. Think Yankee fans and their Red Sox counterparts. Or Rush Limbaugh listeners and Obama supporters.
But slowly, the coalition made progress. The group decided on a name: The Hawaii Coalition for the Protection of Cats and Wildlife. And participants agreed on a common goal—reduce the number of free-roaming cats. They defined underlying principles: urge people to keep pet cats indoors, prevent abandonment, promote spaying and neutering, keep cat colonies away from sensitive wildlife areas, and reduce unnecessary suffering of both cats and wildlife.
It's important to keep perspective, Gibson says: not all cats are good hunters. Cats don't selectively go after native species. Most creatures cats kill are insects and lizards and rodents and nonnative birds. Beyond that, when the coalition reaches an impasse, Loyal Mehrhoff, field supervisor for the Pacific Islands office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, often helps members find a way through the conflict. He looks for a language they can share and, in a calm, reasoned way, rebuilds trust.
"We actually have quite a lot of common objectives," says Mehrhoff, who accepts TNR as a temporary measure in the right locations. "It's the timing and the techniques. The end game for me is protecting entire species versus individual animals. I'm not willing to let something go extinct."
The Emigration Challenge
In 2012, Lohr's wife, Cheryl, and Lepczyk co-authored a cost-benefit analysis that was not exactly a coalition builder: By assuming that a bird's life is worth between $1 and $15,000 while a cat's life is worth zero, it claimed that the quickest and cheapest way to reduce Oahu's outdoor cat population would be to trap and euthanize 30,000 cats every five years. But the study also reached a less controversial conclusion: that the most effective way to lower the number of cats outdoors is to keep people from abandoning pets. "Unless we deal with the front end—the influx of new cats … all of our management actions are essentially like triage," says Lepczyk.
A 2011 HSUS-commissioned survey of people across Hawaii discovered the best means to get cat owners to change their behavior is by informing them of the dangers cats encounter outdoors. So the coalition is running PSAs on TV and distributing fliers that feature a little girl hugging an oversize tabby and urge people to keep their cats safe indoors. The group is also hoping for statewide legislation to encourage spay/neuter and increase the number of cats reclaimed from shelters.
Unless we deal with the front end—the influx of new cats … all of our management actions are essentially like triage." - Christopher Lepczyk
While a high percentage of Oahu cat owners reported in a new HSUS survey that they sterilized their pets, 100 percent said they let their cats outdoors. Many people also feed cats they don't consider their pets (the rate of formal ownership in Hawaii is about half that on the mainland), and those animals are often unsterilized.
As some cats drift into the wild, they can end up in protected areas, eating birds who belong to threatened and endangered species. Duvall of the DLNR posts evidence online. There's a grainy, black-and-white video from Mauna Kea on the Big Island, Hawaii's highest volcano, showing the demise of what might have been a new generation of palila, a critically endangered honeycreeper: First you see a bird feeding a baby. The parent flies away and, soon after, a cat pushes up through the leaves. It's over in a few minutes.
In remote areas like Mauna Kea, Duvall contends, cat predation on native birds is particularly significant, because cats can range far from a water source, getting the moisture they need from prey. On a practical level, though, Duvall says he is at a loss for how to deal with solitary, self-sufficient feral cats far from people. They are nocturnal and extremely shy, difficult to catch because they don't congregate at feeding stations (Lohr has reported rates as low as one cat caught for every 1,371 nights of trapping). Duvall wants to extract cats from these rugged landscapes, but he admits he doesn't know how. "[TNR] colonies don't do it. Our trapping doesn't address it. … There's no easy solution."
Mehrhoff has provided the coalition with a map of sites that contain threatened and endangered species—locations where colonies should not be maintained. Most of these are in the mountains, off paved roads. Along Oahu's southern and western coasts, where the majority of people live, the coalition's TNR groups struggle to find the money and labor to manage the population of outdoor cats.
Show up during the late afternoon and evening in parking lots around the island, at park and rides, in parks, on college campuses, around industrial zones, near beaches, and Oahu's free-roaming cats reveal themselves, drawn by the sound of feeders' cars or the jingle of their keys. TNR volunteers from Hawaii CatFriends get there just ahead of the caregivers, to catch cats when they're hungry. They lure the animals into cages with canned tuna and sardines.
One Friday night they're at Ke'ehi Small Boat Harbor, a cat hot spot where most of the animals are unsterilized. Kelly Carrington, a vet tech and vice president of CatFriends, waits 30 feet from a trap set next to some concrete pilings. The work requires extreme patience. "You could spend a half hour and catch eight, or a whole night and trap one," says Carrington, who does this 10 to 20 hours each week. Three cats approach a trap to investigate, sniffing the food inside. Dusk falls. Street lights come on. At last, a young kitten goes in far enough to trip the release. Quickly and quietly, the door shuts.
While conservationists document the destruction of birds by cats, TNR volunteers and colony caregivers work tirelessly to help the cats and stop them from reproducing.
That night CatFriends catches 13 animals for a spay/neuter clinic the next day. In fiscal year 2011-12, they sterilized a total of 3,200. The Hawaiian Humane Society spayed or neutered another 2,100. That leaves tens of thousands of cats to go. Carrington tries not to get discouraged, though the work never ends and she often faces hostility from people who hold her responsible for the cats. "It's a problem to be solved," Carrington says. "Some of it's really crappy, and you cry like six times in a day."
While conservationists document the destruction of birds by cats, TNR volunteers and colony caregivers work tirelessly to help the cats and stop them from reproducing. They frequently encounter great suffering, some of it caused by people. Nine years ago, "Kurt," a retired surgeon, found a cat outside a restaurant who looked as if she had been hit with a 2x4. Her jaw was broken, her cheek drooped, her tongue hung out. She was deaf and blind, covered with burrs, and, he discovered, had a tumor growing in the back of her throat. Kurt took her home and fed her with a pipette for three or four months until she died.
Since then, seven days a week from 4 in the afternoon to 10:30 at night, he makes the rounds with his station wagon, a little dog in the front seat and cat food in the back, part of a network of volunteers who feed and sterilize and microchip cats in Honolulu. Sometimes, surfers stomp on his water containers. Recently, someone has been shooting cats and dropping them in dumpsters—he's worried that's what happened to two of the animals he feeds. At any time, he fears, officials might order him to stop. "I don't particularly care to be doing this," he says. "[But] I feel responsible for them. … We have to get these cats fed and watered—and we have no help."
A Delicate Balance
Like most caregivers, Kurt won't tell conservationists the location of his colonies. The coalition, though, provides a way for the two sides to communicate. Working with caregivers, the Feline Foundation of Maui has developed a database with the locations of around 4,000 colonies. It shares these with the Maui Humane Society, a coalition member, which in turn can check Mehrhoff's map and notify caregivers if colonies are too close to vulnerable species.
Coalition members like Dana Jones, a cat lover who helps coordinate the Hawaiian Monk Seal response Team on Oahu, also link the two sides. She and her volunteers are watching cat colonies to make sure they aren't too close to the 35 seals who frequent beaches on the island. Those seals are important, because, like the 'Aiea Loop Trail 'elepaio, they belong to a population that's gaining numbers, while the larger species is not. The idea is to identify colonies that must be moved to decrease the risk of cat feces infecting seals with toxoplasmosis. "We don't say, 'cats kill monk seals, toxoplasmosis is prevalent,' because it's not," explains Jones. "It's something we want to prevent."
Already, at Jones' request, one caregiver has shifted cat feeding stations 500 yards farther from the beach, across a road. That leaves a half dozen cats near a haul-out site at White Plains and 15 cats a mile and a half from a site at the Iroquois Point housing development. Jones sees no problem with either colony, especially the one at Iroquois Point, which is well managed and stable—100 percent spayed or neutered and microchipped. The caregiver is responsible, conscientious, and most of all—since she faces eviction if caught—discreet. Even if she had to move out, she would find a way to get back into the gated community and feed the cats. "It's the right thing to do," she says. "I couldn't live with myself [otherwise]."
Border Patrol
The ease with which free-roaming cats can drive otherwise rational people to break rules, even the law, is described in the novel Freedom by Jonathan Franzen. To protect birds, Walter, the main character, kidnaps his neighbors' cat. Franzen says the story was inspired by his friends' real-life conundrum of what to do about a bird-eating pet who kept wandering into their yard. "It's a heart-breaking situation … a gut-wrenching situation," says Franzen, an American Bird Conservancy board member. He hopes a change in public consciousness will finally resolve it. He sees more people keeping cats indoors. "everyone smoked cigarettes in the 50s, and then the Surgeon General's report came out in 1964. I think something of the sort may be happening."
In the end, Walter returns "Bobby" to his owners and puts up a predator-proof fence to protect the birds. That's what the state DLNR, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and The Wildlife Society actually did in 2011 at Ka'ena point, where the road that circles most of Oahu ends. A line of boulders forces people to leave their SUVs and hike four miles down a dirt trail, to where the Waianae range falls into the sea. Here, a predator-proof fence stretches a third of a mile across a 59-acre peninsula, like border control for felines: Six and a half feet tall, with mesh fine enough to keep out 4-day-old mice, an underground bib to block burrowers, and a rolled top specifically designed to prevent cats from climbing over. A gate resembling an airlock requires visitors to close one door before opening another.
Once through, people enter the only intact coastal dune ecosystem on the main Hawaiian islands: Wedge-tailed shearwaters that used to nest all along the Oahu shoreline but are now hard to find. Laysan albatrosses that nest in only two other locations on the main islands. Monk seals.
Before the fence, predators took 15 percent of shearwater chicks each year. A single dog killed around 100 of the birds, and cats, rats, and mongooses regularly ate shearwater nestlings. The cat presence also sometimes led albatrosses to abandon their nests. After the fence went up, the cats quickly disappeared—they climbed over the barrier and couldn't get back in. Conservationists trapped mongooses and used poison to rid the peninsula of rodents. The next breeding season, scientists counted the highest number of shearwater chicks since they've been surveying the point—more than 3,000, up from 1,700 a year before. They observed 25 percent more albatrosses.
Lohr is heartened by the results. When he visits in November at the end of the dry season, the grass that survives amongst the dunes is yellow, and the hill overlooking Ka'ena is barren black rock. A sere wind whistles across scrubby native plants. Yet the peninsula teems with life.
Scores of little burrows pock the sand, downy feathers at their entrances. As Lohr watches, a wedge-tailed shearwater fledgling emerges from a partially collapsed burrow, revealing a body covered in glossy black feathers. He walks out and into a shallow depression and sneezes—in his nostrils there's a gland that concentrates the salt from ocean water so he can expel it. Perhaps today he will take to the air.
Several hundred yards from the shearwater nursery, atop a dune, the first albatross of the breeding season sits on her nest. By locking her wings, the big bird can span six feet and ride ocean currents for miles at a time, journeying days from shore. She has found this patch of earth in the vast pacific to incubate her single egg.
At the actual point, where the sea breaks against volcanic rock, rests a monk seal, chilled and exhausted after a night diving 200 to 300 times. He's dragged himself through the surf at Ka'ena into a tidal pool, where he basks in the sun, unmolested except for a woman in a bikini who's edging over to get a closer look.
Satisfied, Lohr steps once more through the gate and slides the second door into place. He knows the fence is an expensive solution that won't work everywhere, but he's optimistic as he sets out in a quick, easy gait toward the road. Maybe, just maybe, the two birds at the 'Aiea Loop Trail will reproduce, and the Oahu 'elepaio will survive. And maybe the cats near the trailhead can find better homes—in people's houses or places not so critical to wildlife. Buoyant, he walks. Back to unfenced Oahu, where things are not so simple, not so clear—where vulnerable birds choose hazardous spots, and one species is targeted to protect another, and there is always another cat moving into a colony—or into the wild. Back to the wide world.
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In today's day and age having a large room is truly a bliss. That being said, using it to the best of it's capacity is very essential and can be quite challenging. A lot of times you might think of using the same room for more than one purpose but cant figure out how. Adding a partition wall can be a solution but going the traditional way is the least glamorous option. Today the market is full of beautiful solutions and in this post I am going to talk about the same. Be it the laser cut timber screens or glazing, we are going to discuss all of them. Each one of them has it's own characteristic and it's own pros and cons.
These are not just space solutions, if used wisely and creatively, partitions can be a great design element as well. You will see, with providing a visual barrier within a room they can also be a style statement in itself. These are available as screens in standard sizes and can also be bought custom-made according to your requirement. Other than providing a barrier, partitions these days are a style statement and thus act in beautifying your space.
Laser-cut Wooden Screens.
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These are some quite popular and versatile types of partitions. I have often seen these being used to create Pooja areas within a room. If you are not thinking of using these for the same, these can be a perfect partition between ling and dining area, perfect to create a divider to form a cabin in any room (specially bedrooms). These work great as dividers in any commercial area like a shop or reception of any office, it is very stylish and chic and does the job of creating a partition very well. Being made up of timber, it is long lasting and will blend in with the rest of your wooden furniture very well. These are available in ready to install states, thus are very easy and mess free to work with as well.
Textured False Walls/ Gypsum Partitions.
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False wall and ceilings are trending, and the same goes for partition walls. As they are easy to work with, these can be customized into endless designs and patterns. These too are long lasting and as these can be painted just like your regular walls you can easily make it a part of your room. This will act like an amazing statement wall in your room also providing the necessary partition. You can go for see-through or opaque partition, whichever suits your need. Other than partition walls, these work great in elevation treatments on the exterior too, so if you are looking from something for that, this shall be your pick.
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You must already be knowing, I love a good multi-purpose item, so why skip partition walls? These shelves are great to create a visual barrier providing some extra space for storage too. Although I would not advice it to be used as a typical storage furniture, but it will be just perfect to showcase your artifacts and collectibles. You may go ahead and add you favorite books and some small indoor plants to this as well. These can be a great option when you want to create a partition between your living room and balcony or even between an open kitchen and the living room.
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Glass partitions are favored in commercial spaces the most. The obvious reason for it is, it doesn't block light plus it's favorable for air conditioning. These key factors have make glazed partition a very popular kind of partition. These are often used with glass doors in the same design to make it feel homogeneous. Frosted glass is often used to create a blurry vision so as to create a visual obstruction without blocking much light. So if you are looking for a partition for your commercial area, this one is your way to go.
which sty;e are you going to opt for? will you go for a design that is something dated or something contemporary? I love glazing for commercial area and for me gypsum would e a great option for homes. Do let me know what are your thoughts about these creative and stylish options for partition walls.
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Dick's Sporting Goods
If you are not satisfied with your purchase simply return your item within 90 days of receipt to any of our Dick's Sporting Goods retail locations or by shipping back to the DicksSportingGoods.com returns facility. Credit will be issued to your original form of payment for a full refund of the purchase price minus shipping charges or gift wrap. In the event the item has been received damaged, defective out of the box or the incorrect item was shipped, shipping charges will be refunded.
Items must be returned in new and unused condition, include all parts and accessories and in original vendor packaging. Dick's Sporting Goods Standard Return policy does not apply to all items. For a list of exceptions and instructions on how to return please refer to our Return Exceptions.
To ensure a full credit, returns must be accompanied by the original sales receipt or packing slip.
For additional assistance visit your local Dicks Sporting Goods retail location or call toll-free at 1.877.846.9997 and one of our customer service agents will be glad to recommend alternate return options that may be available.
Please note that Dicks Sporting Goods reserves the right to refuse any returns if they do not meet our return requirements.
Damaged, Defective or Incorrect Items Shipped
If you receive item(s) that have been damaged in transit, defective out of the box or an incorrect item, save the shipping carton and contact a Dick's Sporting Goods Customer Service Agent for immediate assistance at 1.877.846.9997. Our customer service team will provide you with a prepaid return label or arrange pick-up for items delivered through a freight carrier. Customers will be refunded in the original form of payment for the purchase price as well as any applicable taxes and shipping costs.
Please note if you do not contact customer service and ship to the return center, you are responsible for all return shipping charges.
Qualifying returns to Dick's Sporting Goods will be refunded for the amount paid for the item, including any sales tax if applicable within 30 days of our receiving your returned item. Original freight charges and return freight charges are the responsibility of the customer unless the item was received damaged/defective or if the incorrect item was shipped. See Damaged, Defective or Incorrect Items.
Refunds will be credited in the original form of payment used for purchase. If payment was by a gift card or gift certificate the return will be refunded to your original gift card or online gift certificate that was used for the purchase. Returns where a ScoreCard reward certificate was redeemed or other discount applied may result in an adjusted refund amount.
For added convenience bring your qualifying purchase into your local Dick's Sporting Goods retail location for a return or exchange. Your local Dick's Sporting Goods retail location CANNOT process returns to Bill Me Later or Pay Pal. Credit will be placed on a merchandise card for these returns.
Returning an ItemThe packing slip in your package will contain detailed return instructions for all returnable items. Below are the return options for most items:
Dick's Sporting Goods Return Policy does not apply for all items. For a list of exceptions and instructions on returning please read our Return Exceptions .
Please Note: In store purchases can only be returned to your local Dick's Sporting Goods retail locations and can not be returned to the web store.
1. In-store Return
Avoid shipping charges and receive a refund, store credit or exchange items by returning your online purchase to any of our Dicks Sporting Goods retail locations. Items must be returned within 90 days of item delivery with the following information:
If items were received damaged/defective or the incorrect item was shipped, please contact a Dicks Sporting Goods Customer Service Agent at 1.877.846.9997 to arrange for a no cost return. Click here for information on returning damaged, defective or incorrectly shipped items.
2. Pre-Paid Return Shipping
For convenient return processing on most orders, your packing slip will include a pre-paid, pre-addressed label for your return package to be shipped via the US postal service. This service is a fixed rate of $8.00 which will be deducted from your refund amount.
Additional Information:
3. Standard Return Shipping
If you would prefer to use your own shipping method:
Additional Information:
To contact a Customer Service Agent, please click here to fill out an email form or contact us via phone at 1.877.846.9997
Please note that standard Dicks Sporting Goods reserves the right to refuse any returns if they do not meet our return requirements.
Returning an Oversized Item
Items are considered to be oversized if they are heavier than 70 pounds. For instructions on arranging freight delivery pickup for your item please contact a Customer Service Agent at 1.877.846.9997.
You will be refunded shipping charges on Oversized Item returns if the item arrives defective or damaged or if the incorrect item was shipped. Click here for information on returning damaged, defective, or incorrect items.
You will NOT be refunded shipping charges on Oversized Items that are returned due to buyer's remorse. Please note shipping charges can be expensive for Oversized Items.
Follow these steps to return an Oversized Item:
- Contact a Customer Service Agent at 1.877.846.9997
- Pack new and unused item securely in the original packaging, whenever possible including all paperwork, parts and accessories.
- Complete the Return Reason Form on the packing slip and enclose with your return
- Remove all extra labels from the outside of the package.
Additional Information:
- You must be present at the location and time of pickup.
- All packaged item(s) must be at the front door for the freight driver.
- To receive a refund, items must be returned within 90 days of delivery.
- You can expect a refund in the same form of payment originally used for the purchase, within 30 days of our receiving the returned order.
- Refund for gift returns will be issued to the original purchaser.
Return Exceptions
Exceptions to our return policy and instructions on how to return these particular items appear below.
Warranty information is included with many products or may be found on the manufacturer's websites. Due to restrictions on accepting warranty returns, please contact a Dick's Sporting Goods Customer Service Agent at 1.877.846.9997 prior to returning any merchandise for warranty considerations.
Customized / Personalized Items and Autographed Collectibles
All sales are final for customized items and autographed collectibles. If an error occurred with your order please contact a Customer Service Agent at 1.877.846.9997.
Perishable Items
Contact Dick's Sporting Goods Customer Service at 1.877.846.9997 to receive detailed instructions on returning perishable items.
Bats/Golf Clubs/Lacrosse and Hockey Sticks, Shafts and Heads
Once packaging as been removed returns and exchanges are the responsibility of the manufacturer. Please refer to your product documentation and contact the Manufacturer directly for these issues.
Per discretion of the manufacturer the warranty may be found void if item was determined to be abused or altered in any way.
Please have the following information readily available before calling manufacturer for return authorization:
- Model Number
- Proof of Purchase
- Date Purchased
- Location Purchased
Software and Electronic Media Items
Once the packaging has been removed from any software or electronic media purchase the item can no longer be returned and the return policy is void.
Software and electronic media items include:
- CD-ROMs
- Computer Games
- Software
- VHS Tapes
Additional Items not eligible for returns
- Firearms and ammunition (not sold via DicksSportingGoods.com)
- Gas and Electric Scooters if package is open or factory seal has been broken
Please note that standard Dicks Sporting Goods reserves the right to refuse any returns if they do not meet our return requirements.
I purchased items by check. When I returned items with a receipt, I was told I would be charged a $30. fee. The check had cleared the bank but he said I would still have to pay a fee... Crazy... NO MORE SHOPPING AT DICKS
Incorrect amount of credit
I really would give Dick's Sporting Goods a lower rating. We purchased a pair of sneakers for $54.99. The receipt says RP $45.34 or 17% LESS even if you return with a receipt even if done in 5 minutes of purchase. DSG automatically reduces the amount of refund by 17% on a return.
I bought a bottle of soda for 50 cents that rang up as $2.09. Cashier didn't know how to credit the difference and she was told to process the correction as a return.
We paid $2.09 and the cashier credited us $1.74. The supervisor had no idea how to process the credit. We left the bottle of soda and told them the difference was 35 cents. It took 3 employees at DSG to calculate the mistake ---- something we figured out in our heads while waiting for them to figure it out.
poor service
I bought a Quest power bar, which are made to be soft and edible. Opened the package 2 hours later after a workout and it was rock hard. Even tried to bite into it. Even though it was clearly a damaged item, they treated me horribly when I asked to exchange it just 2.5 hours after buying it with a receipt. Not returning.
refund refused
purchased incorrect caliber ammunition from Dick's
Sporting Goods yesterday, paid cash. Today went to Dick's to exchange for correct caliber, they refused to do so even though I had a valid receipt!


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Previously on Currently Obsessed:
The first step was the Camellia Oil. I couldn't help but be skeptical – how can an oil be used as a cleanser? Part of my face was oily, so why use oil to clean it away? But because I wanted to have GEISHA BABY SKIN, I went ahead and massaged my face with the stuff as instructed.
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Notre Dame Offers Football Scholarship to Nicco Fertitta, Son of UFC CEOJanuary 22, 2014
Notre Dame has offered a scholarship to undersized safety prospect Nicco Fertitta, the middle child of Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO Lorenzo Fertitta, according to Mark Raimondi of Fox Sports.
Nicco, a member of the 2015 recruiting class, tweeted the news himself:
Proving the haters wrong one step at a time... Just received an offer from The University of Notre Dame! #GoIrish #D1Bound #⃣4⃣🍀— NICCO FERTITTA™ (@NFsoCrucial) January 21, 2014
Ostensibly, the "haters" that Nicco's referring to are those in the scouting community responsible for his low ranking. The 5'9'' defensive back is unlisted on the 247Sports composite, Rivals.com rankings and ESPN.com rankings, though Scout.com rates him the No. 30 safety in the class.
Still, Fertitta, whose older brother plays at FCS Villanova, has not gone without suitors at the FBS level. Notre Dame joins Boston College, Hawaii and Utah in offering him a scholarship, while UNLV has also shown a little bit of interest.
Per Raimondi, Fertitta told Scout.com that the Notre Dame offer validates his hard work, but he doesn't plan on ending his recruitment early:
It's a great feeling for sure. Notre Dame is a big-time school and it just kind of shows that all the hard work I've put in is paying off. I'm not looking to make an early commitment or anything right now. I'm still open to every school and haven't even thought about cutting my list down but the offer from Notre Dame is definitely a big one for me for sure.
Raimondi also confirms that the scholarship is a full ride, which some observers are sure to take issue with considering Nicco's surname. His father has made billions, not millions, of dollars with UFC and in the casino industry, so he's far from in need of financial aid.
Still, Notre Dame is allowed to dole out scholarships however it pleases. For Fertitta, it would be hard to condemn the acceptance of a scholarship, which serves as tangible confirmation of all his hard work.
Once you've been branded with the dreaded "undersized" label, it's hard to earn respect from one of the country's biggest programs.
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You can find healthy ways to cope with a variety of life and emotional challenges. Working together with a psychologist, you can feel supported as you learn new skills, problem-solve your issues and change unhelpful patterns of thinking and coping. I mainly work with children, young people and parents. I have experience in the treatment of emotional, behavioural, and mental health issues. I use a person-centred approach and emphasize building a positive therapeutic relationship where we can explore issues together and develop helpful ways to manage these. My therapeutic style is influenced by compassion psychology, mindfulness, and solution-focused therapy and I blend these with principles/ strategies from the cognitive-behaviour therapy model. I work from a strengths-based perspective, building on existing strengths to help the person develop further skills and understanding.
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Always call ahead before travelling to any orchard to check their opening times.
Thompson Creek OrganicsApplegate, OR 97530
United States
Contact detailsTelephone: (541) 846-1718
Website: www.bmasol.com/thompsoncreekorganics/
ProfileThompson Creek Organics is a small, family owned orchard located in Southern Oregon's Applegate Valley We are certified organic by the Oregon Tilth and offer organic apples, organic apple cider to local markets, restaurants, and growers markets in Ashland, Medford and Grants Pass. We grow many different varieties of apples and a few pears in our six acre orchard.
Products / Fruit GrownMcIntosh, Golden Delicious, Arkansas Black, Granny Smith, Rome Beauty, Ginger Gold, Red Delicious, MutsuApples available for local collection
Varieties grown
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- Golden Delicious,
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Environmental Projects Funding
THE Minister for the Environment, Phil Hogan, has announced the recipients of grants under the 2012 Local Agenda 21 Environmental Partnership Fund. These projects are co-funded by the Department and Local Authorities.
A total €337,000 has been provided by the Department and €337,500 is being provided by local authorities, bringing the total funding to €674,500 for 2012.
North Tipperary County Council was allocated €8,000 by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government. North Tipperary County Council is also providing funding of €8,000, providing a total of €16,000 for North Tipperary.
A total of 10 projects will be funded under Local Agenda 21, including data collection in a wetlands, biodiversity projects, environmental education programs to run in primary and secondary schools throughout North Tipperary, sustainable art and an interactive exhibition.
The Local Agenda 21 Environmental Partnership Fund promotes sustainable development by assisting small scale, non-profit environmental projects at a local level. Projects are recommended for funding by local authorities following an open call for applications.
Announcing the recipients of this year's funding Joe MacGrath, county manager, North Tipperary County Council, stated: "Following on from previous years the fund will encourage projects that focus on environmental awareness and action, and complement national environmental policies such as those on waste, biodiversity and climate change. Through the provision and development of environmental initiatives in communities, the fund encourages action and innovation through sustainable lifestyles and developing sustainable communities"
Local Agenda 21 is a process which facilitates sustainable development at community level. It is an approach, based on participation which respects the social, cultural, economic and environmental needs of the present and future citizens of a community in all its diversity and which relates that community and its future to the regional, national and international community of which it is a part
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Blonder Tongue to Offer Free Technical Training at AHECTA 2014
Free to AHECTA Members, Training Course Will Cover Topics Related to Digital Distribution & Design for Campus Administrators
June 02, 2014 --
Blonder Tongue Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE MKT:BDR) today announced that it will conduct a technical training seminar at the AHECTA 2014 Annual Conference, June 23 and 24, in Denver, Colorado. The training seminar, normally valued at $650, is being offered free to all AHECTA members and will cover a wide range of topics related to digital distribution and design, including digital off-air channels (8VSB), satellite channels (QPSK/8PSK), encoding digital channels, IP video, digital cable channels (QAM), digital-to-analog conversions, fiber optics, RF in coax distribution, and reference. Registration is available for AHECTA members at ahecta.org/conference/registration/.


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A Coffee & Chocolate Scented Shower Gel
You will feel great about your daily shower when you cleanse your body with this organic shower gel made from the purest ingredients, antioxidant-rich Vitamin E and a blend of essential oils that leave your senses wanting more. Removes impurities, moisturizes and nourishes the skin while eliminating body odour. It also removes dead skin cells and improves skin texture by accelerating the regeneration of new skin cells.


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With a practice located inside the Pav YMCA health club, Doctor of Chiropractic Daniel V. Fortuna doesn't seem like a regular chiropractor. That's because he isn't. He doesn't limit his care to treating back-related illness, and he takes full advantage of the facilities at the YMCA. Before treatments, he sits down one-on-one with patients to craft the best plan of care for them, often relying on aquatic and physical therapy.
His back-adjusting services treat all kinds of ailments, from the pain of arthritis and migraines to soothing whiplash or disc injuries. His expertise gives him the ability to remedy sports-related injuries as well, and patients with osteoporosis find relief under his gentle adjustments. He pays special attention to new patients, as his mission statement is to work with newcomers to realize uncompromising excellence in medical care.


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Goldman Sachs Launches New ETFs with 'MISTy' Focus
How's this for a combination mother nature never intended: Mexico, Indonesia, Korea, and Turkey.
Goldman Sachs (GS) is known for a lot of things. For those who actively follow emerging markets, the venerable and controversial Wall Street bank is known as the firm that brought us the BRIC acronym and the Next-11 group of rapidly growing emerging economies.
Well, the bank has another kitschy phrase for a quartet of emerging markets. This time it's MIST, or Mexico, Indonesia, South Korea, and Turkey. It's debatable as to whether South Korea should even be considered an emerging market any longer. In fact, the International Monetary Fund classifies South Korea as a developed economy.
Indonesia and Turkey both have a home in the CIVETS acronym, but MIST is the first memorable grouping to include Mexico, at least as far as we can remember.
Chances are the higher risk CAPPT acronym will show better returns for ETF investors over time, but MIST has its own bull case. Let's look at it through the following ETFs.
iShares MSCI Mexico Investable Market Index Fund (EWW) Year-to-date, the iShares MSCI Mexico Investable Market Index Fund has outperformed the S&P 500, but the ETF often takes its cues from US and then proceeds to gain more on the upside and lose more on the downside. The downside risk is highlighted in the statistics for the past year that show iShares MSCI Mexico Investable Market Index Fund down more than 4%, but the S&P 500 up more than 4%.
Investors with extremely long time horizons should note that in the past decade, the iShares MSCI Mexico Investable Market Index Fund has offered ten times the returns of the S&P 500. Mexico's GDP is forecast to grow at 3.5% this year and 3.8% next year, the government recently said. The Mexican government cited familiar risks to its growth targets: Europe's debt crisis and a slowing Chinese economy. Overall, the long-term outlook with Mexico is bright, particularly if the country can increase oil output, but there could be hiccups this year caused by global macroeconomic headwinds.
Market Vectors Indonesia ETF (IDX) The Market Vectors Indonesia Index ETF and its rival, the iShares MSCI Indonesia Investable Market Index Fund (EIDO), have been surprising laggards in terms of emerging Asia-Pacific ETFs this year as both are getting trounced by ETFs tracking the Philippines, Thailand, and other countries in the region.
That's odd considering Indonesia posted fourth-quarter 2011 and full-year GDP growth rates of 6.5%, growth levels the country hadn't seen since the Asian financial crisis of the 1990s. The World Bank sees Indonesian GDP growth at 6.5% this year, but the Asian Development Bank sees 6.4%, down from a prior forecast of 6.5%.
Still, this is Southeast Asia's largest economy and Indonesia has one thing in its favor: domestic consumption. This isn't the export-driven economy some think it is and that's not a bad thing given the problems in Europe and economic concerns in China. Also consider the newly minted Market Indonesia Small-Cap ETF (IDXJ).
IndexIQ South Korea Small Cap ETF (SKOR) If we're going to disagree with the IMF and call South Korea an emerging market, it's certainly a conservative emerging market. So maybe it's worth taking on some additional risk with the IndexIQ South Korea Small Cap ETF. South Korea does have an impressive 3.4% unemployment rate and a technology-driven economy, which IndexIQ South Korea Small Cap ETF embraces with 17.2% allocation to that sector.
IndexIQ South Korea Small Cap ETF has struggled this year compared to the large-cap focused iShares MSCI South Korea Index Fund (EWY) as investors have shunned South Korean small-caps. IndexIQ South Korea Small Cap ETF could be worth a trade if it finds support at $24. Put a stop at $22.
iShares MSCI Turkey Investable Market Index Fund (TUR) Turkey is the "T" in our DUPT acronym and there are plenty of reasons TUR is one of the top performers among emerging markets ETFs this year. There are also plenty of reasons this fund's run isn't over.
Favorable demographics, a strong currency, and a shrinking debt/GDP ratio, among other factors, bode well for the future of the Turkish economy and iShares MSCI Turkey Investable Market Index Fund's future returns.
Editor's Note: This content was originally published on Benzinga.com by The ETF Professor.
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Deadline: 2018 Deadline TBA.
CASE V offers those individuals currently enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student a unique opportunity to receive financial assistance to attend the December CASE V District Conference and the Institute for New Professionals. The CASE V Student Scholarship Program helps prepare undergraduate and graduate students for careers in institutional advancement (alumni and/or constituent relations, development, and communications).
Applicants are asked to delay registering for the conference until notified of the award selection. All applicants will be informed of a decision prior to the Early Bird registration deadline.
Selection Criteria
To qualify for the scholarship, applicants must:
- be currently enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student at a CASE member institution within District V (This award is not intended for full-time professionals who are also enrolled in graduate programs.)
- be affiliated with some aspect of the advancement program at his/her institution (e.g., employment in one of the professional areas indicated above, or participation in a student alumni or foundation organization)
- be interested in pursuing a career in the advancement field
- have a sponsor who is associated with the applicable institution
Five scholarship recipients will receive:
- complimentary registration to the CASE District V Conference in Chicago (including the Saturday Institute for New Professionals and the Grand Luncheon)
- three nights accommodations at Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers
- a mentor assigned by career interest
Student recipients will participate in the newcomers program as well as in the full range of workshops and professional enrichment sessions, including round tables and special interest sessions. Recipients will also be able to access the vendor exhibit area and career placement center.
The total value of the scholarship is over $700. Institutions endorsing winners are asked to fund transportation and meals.
Applicants must:
- Complete the Online Application by the 2018 deadline.
- Submit a statement of career objectives including a description of what you hope to learn from this conference (maximum of 500 words)
- Submit a resume or statement of educational and work experience highlighting employment, campus or civic activities related to institutional advancement
- Submit a letter of recommendation from sponsor
- Submit a current electronic photograph appropriate for use in print and presentations
All applicants will be informed of a decision in October 2018.
Past recipients
- Allyson Carpenter, Purdue University
- Siqi Cheng, University of Cincinnati
- Drew Donaldson, Indiana University – Bloomington
- Terrance Range, Michigan State University
- Kendra Lutes, Ohio University
- Anna Powell, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
- Jonathan Soderlund, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Hallie Bills, Oakland University
- Jennifer Brumfield, Miami University
- Daniel Callison, Northwestern University
- Alexandra Lawrence, The Ohio State University
- Taylor O'Brien, The Ohio State University
- Sterling Keiser, Denison University
- Matt Fenstermaker, Indiana University Bloomington
- Sara Santiago, The Ohio State University
- Marissa Blankenship, The Ohio State University
- Michael Bogart, Columbia College Chicago
- Matthew Campion, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Christopher Gallick, Michigan State University
- Taylor Goeckner, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
- Kate Hamilton, Siena Heights University
- Anne-Christine Tompkins, University of St. Francis
- Casey Carigan, University of Wisconsin at Platteville
- Anna Di Cosola, Lewis University
- Lucas Garske, University of Michigan Law School
- Amy Lee, University of Minnesota at Duluth
- Colton Withers, Purdue University, Development Office
- Anne Clements, Denison University
- Erika Creswell, University of Evansville
- Leslie Kreinberg, Vanderbilt University
- Mark Mangia, The Ohio State University
- Brandon Sheffield, Southwest Minnesota University
- Maggie Wave, University of Illinois
- Natalie Bussan, UW-Platteville
- Drew Donahoo, Western Illinois University
- Ruqayya Rehmatullah, The Ohio State University
- Sarah Templeton Wilson, Ohio University
- Cynthia Ahonen, Baldwin Wallace College
- Andrew Bixel, Miami University
- Amy Estersohn, University of Chicago
- Jane Fidman, Roosevelt University
- Katrina Caldwell, Bowling Green State University
- Carolyn Cowen Nissen, Earlham College
- Michael VanDrehle, Southwest Minnesota State
- Nicole Wagstaff, Washington University in St. Louis
- Marissa Grill, Ohio University
- Forrest Heyman, Butler University
- Katherine Kelly, Michigan State University
- Lauren Koshere, The College of St. Catherine
- Bridget Thomas, Lakeland College
- Christianna Luy, Taylor University
- Jamie Mills, Purdue University
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I have started my carrier almost 20 years ago in F&B business and discovered that work of sommelier gives you a chance to learn, to investigate many interesting things about spirits&wines on the daily basis. This knowledge I can share with my clients and friends. So I found this work very creative.
I have discovered LXIII almost 15 years ago when it was just appeared in Moscow and was presented in the first 5* hotel where I was working at that time.
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Anton Galkin is a Chief Sommelier of The Ritz Carlton Hotel, Moscow where he is working from opening for almost 5 years. Anton has started his carrier in restaurant business as a waiter almost 20 years ago. After graduation from Moscow sommelier academy "Gallery of Wines" he worked as sommelier in Marriot Hotels for 10 years. Anton likes to travel and spend time with his family which is quite big - 5 kids, 3 boys and 2 girls. The oldest son is thinking to be sommelier in the future as his farther.


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At the Nintendo Media Summit last week, Telltale Games announced its first WiiWare title would be based on the extremely hilarious Homestar Runner cartoons. Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People comes this summer, but first we wanted to hear more about it from the minds, and mouths, of everyone's favorite e-mail answering... wrestler... boxer... thing. We sat down with Matt and Mike Chapman the creators of the site and they gave us the scoop.
IGN: Describe, in your own words, the Homestar universe.
Matt Chapman: ...that is the worst first question I've ever heard. [laughs]
IGN: Not everyone knows that Homestar Runner is, so it'd be great to hear from you guys, the creators, and have it explained to us.
Matt: No no, it's a good question. Just a hard to answer question, which is why it's terrible. I don't know, it's a world full of weird, sort-of-human characters that are missing a lot of limbs...
Mike Chapman: And facial features.
Matt: ...that interact and sometimes behave kind of like they're in grade school, sometimes like they're in college, and sometimes like they're old married couples. It's kind of its own thing. It references the real world, but stays pretty general in those references, so it's kind of its own universe. And... I don't know, that sounds like the worst thing I've ever heard of! [laughs] That's why I don't like answering that question.
IGN: The actual universe has evolved from it's creation to today. Explain that transition.
Mike: Well it started off very kind of kid's book, very general. There were maybe six characters, green grass and a blue sky, and that was it. That was the setting, and those were the characters. Everything revolved around sporting events and it was very good guy versus bad guy. And then as we wrote cartoons, it was more fun to talk about what went on between these sporting events, and then the sporting events went by the wayside. Then it was just about these characters.
Matt: We kind of think of it as the drawings you did when you were 3 years old. It's like a drawing of your family so every person is a circle with legs coming right out of their head, and the car has its wheels on sticks. I've always loved that. Our nephew Colin just drew a picture of a skateboard and there's the skateboard, then sticks come out of the skateboard, and the wheels are on the sticks. So if all that stuff grew up or fleshed out and didn't look so doodly, that's kind of what these characters are. That's not conscious, it's just how they ended up.
Mike: We made them just for Xeroxed, Kinkos books in the mid-90s and when we started animating them it was just by luck that half the characters don't have mouths or hands and stuff, so they're easy to animate.
Matt: Yeah people think that was by design so that it was easy and quick to make cartoons, but we just got lucky.
IGN: And what rolls do each of you take in creating the cartoons?
Matt: Creation is pretty 50/50. We both write everything, and I, Matt, do all the voices, except the girl character, Marzipan.
Mike: That's I, Mike's, wife.
Matt: And then Mike does a couple voices here and there. When the Cheat makes cartoons, that's Mike. But then in terms of animation, because I'm recording some of the time while Mike is animating, and Mike is just faster at animation, it ends up being 60/40 or 70/30 with Mike doing more of the animation because I'm a slow-ass.
IGN: So how and when did this project with Telltale Games get started?
Matt: Right before I had my daughter we heard from them. So we were kinds like "Everything's crazy right now, I'm about to have a baby!" but we were super psyched to hear from them. But Joel, their marketing dude, just e-mailed the general e-mail address on the site. And when we saw that, it was like "Hey, we're from Telltale games." And I already had a subscription to Sam and Max: Season 1...
Mike: And we had played the original Sam and Max and all the other LucasArts games growing up...
Matt: Which is how we found out and why we were psyched for the new Sam and Max. So he was like "I'm from Telltale Games, we just wanted to talk about potential projects with you." So we were like, "That's a perfect pairing." If you were to ask me what game company I would want to call us I would say the guys that made Day of the Tentacle and Full Throttle, and that's who e-mailed us.
IGN: So the Telltale guys are Homestar Runner fans?
Matt: Yeah, that's cool too. So they e-mailed us so we knew they knew of the site. And then once we started talking to them we found that a lot of the guys there were fans prior to even thinking about a project. And since then, even some people that hadn't heard of it have been won over. So we told them we'd love to work with them but we had no idea how things are going. And then at sometime when I had my daughter they found out about WiiWare and so they came back and said "Hey, we have another idea." So we looked at it, and looked at time frames and we thought we could maybe pull this off and it could be awesome. We're obviously huge Nintendo dorks.
IGN: Yeah it seems pretty obvious in a lot of the references in the Strong Bad e-mails and the games you have on your website that you're huge gaming freaks anyway.
Matt: Yeah the fact that the first Homestar Runner cartoon was made on Mario Paint kind of shows right there where our allegiances lie.
Mike: And then WiiWare sort of just seemed like a better delivery model that works with the way we go about things better than going to buy it at Gamestop.


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Katy Perry gets passive aggressive about Beyoncé
Is Katy Perry a secret Beyoncé hater? She made some eyebrow-raising comments about Blue Ivy's mom during a U.K. interview. She's treading on thin ice, here.
Apparently Katy Perry has Beyoncé and Jay-Z on the brain. The "Teenage Dream" singer managed to butcher Hov's song with Kanye West, "N****s in Paris" during a Monday performance on BBC's Radio One. Now? She's dissing Bey.
During an interview, the host asked the newly-divorced singer if she'll ever duet with her BFF, Rihanna.
"[Rihanna and I have] collaborated on a lot of things, but just not songs yet. It's one of those things that's got so much build up that we have to deliver. I want it to be like that Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin song 'Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves,' not 'Beautiful Liar.' But I definitely want to do something that is so iconic."
"Beautiful Liar" was the collaboration between Beyoncé and Shakira — and no, it wasn't exactly iconic, but it's still our jam. Also, they looked like twins in the video.
This isn't the first time Perry has insulted one of her pop star colleagues. The Christian-raised singer took issue with Lady Gaga's video for "Alejandro" back in 2010.
"Using blasphemy as entertainment is as cheap as a comedian telling a fart joke," she tweeted at the time.
Then again, her bestie also dissed her too, saying she didn't want to do "generic pop" like her pal. "Every song was tailored to me," Rihanna said before the release of Loud in 2010. "I didn't want the generic pop record that Ke$ha or Lady Gaga or Katy Perry would do. I wanted Rihanna songs only I could do."
Meow. Do all pop singers secretly hate each other? We think the answer is a resounding "yes!"
Perry doesn't do all the dissing, though — songwriter Linda Perry dissed her back for her brand of simplified pop music.
"It's just different, it's different," the former Pink collaborator said during an August 2011 interview. "You listen to the Adele record, and I'm not a huge fan of Adele, it's a solid record. A solid record, and it's selling. OK? So that means people are still buying records. It's the crap, like who wants a f***ing Katy Perry record? I'm sorry, you know? You're gonna get the two songs that are probably the hits that are good, but the rest of the album is gonna be crap."
Ladies, ladies, ladies: Can't we just get along? There's enough crap in the world without the Mean Girls routine. Also, Katy? You don't want the Illuminati after you for dissing its leader, right? That's what we thought.


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Economics is a method rather than a doctrine, an apparatus of the mind, a technique of thinking which helps its possessor to draw correct conclusions.
– John Maynard Keynes
Chico Economics Graduate Careers - University Administrator
Robert Eyler
Robert Eyler , who graduated with his BA in Economics in 1992, is Interim Dean, School of Extended and International Education, Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Regional Economic Analysis at Sonoma State University . Robert earned a Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis in 1998. He is also the CEO of the Marin Economic Forum, a private-public partnership aimed at Marin County's sustainable growth through business vitality, social equity and environmental balance.
"As an economics professor, economics is the core of what I do every day in terms of teaching, research, practical applications in economic development work, or consulting. In many cases, I am asked to provide guidance to local communities, news outlets, or private clients on the economic interpretation of events or specific microeconomic phenomena. I guide an annual economic forecast for the North Bay region in northern California, which includes Lake, Marin, Napa, Sonoma, Solano, and Mendocino counties. I am also running a public-private partnership in Marin County dedicated to economic development. That work includes various economic forecasts and analyses. My time at Chico State interested me in econometrics and forecasting and also teaching, all of which I apply daily."
Robert is the author of two books and several academic articles concerning economic sanctions, the economics of the wine industry, and monetary economics. Dr. Eyler is often called up by the media for his expert input into the economic climate, acted as an expert witness in interstate trade litigation, and as a forensic economist. He also provides economic impact analyses for both private firms and public entities to help guide public policy at the local and state level and has been a visiting scholar at both the University of Bologna and Stanford University.
Jennifer Fullmer Harris
Jennifer Fullmer Harris graduated in 1990 with BAs in Economics, German and International Relations. While a sophomore, Harris switched from Biology to Economics after realizing the latter was as essential to our daily personal and professional interactions as the former. She also enjoyed the fact that Economics, as a behavioral science, suited her growing interest in international cultures. She made two other key decisions to shape her career: to study overseas during her junior year (International Programs, Heidelberg '87-88) and to complete a 6-month cooperative education program in Washington, D.C. during her senior year. This paid internship at U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) introduced the Chico native to life in many developing countries of our world. She joined the Economics Student Union to get to know the "mellower" side of ECON professors and students. Ironically, club antics brought out amusing, fanatical behavior by those who competed in the students vs. faculty/staff softball games of the late 1980's. Join and enjoy: the coveted bragging rights (or revisionist history) have no expiration date! After graduation from Chico State, she was hired at USAID where she served 11 years in three roles: Contracts/Grant Specialist (a field where being an ECON major will often get your foot in the door), Country Affairs Officer for the Baltics and Poland, and Environmental Protection Specialist in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Preferring a "left coast" life, she volunteered a year at the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens and worked 6 years as a Buyer for a local manufacturing company.
Harris currently works at the CSU, Chico Research Foundation, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, developing grant proposals for faculty, staff and members of the various Research Foundation centers on campus. She wishes more were aware of the brilliant research and project direction that these people finesse every day at CSU, Chico. Advice for students: check out the growing field of project management, project evaluation, or research administration in which economics plays a vital role (i.e., where you can make a good living in the art of "teamwork"). Also, get to know the knowledgeable counselors at our campus Career Center and familiarize yourself ASAP with federal internship opportunities and deadlines.
Amanda Hoskins
Amanda Hoskins completed here B.A. in Economics from CSU, Chico in December of 2009. After a brief period of working in industry in Sacramento, CA, she began a career in health sciences development at the University of Utah in September of 2010. While working full time, Amanda also completed her MBA from Utah State University in May of 2013. After filling a variety of initial roles including event coordination, donor relations, and gift officer, Amanda was promoted to the Director of Prospect Research in 2014. This role requires the use of database analytics to identify and supply donor prospects to the team of gift officers.
David Kentiner
David Kentiner graduated from CSU, Chico with a BA in Economics and International Relations in 1995. He is Associate Director of Financial Aid and Scholarship at CSU, Chico. In a recent email he stated that " I had fallen in love with Chico and didn't want to leave so started a MA program in Political Science. I completed my MA in Political Science in 2001. Halfway through my MA program, I applied for and began working at the Financial Aid & Scholarship Office as a Financial Aid Advisor.
David supervises many other staff positions, oversees compliance requirements and effectiveness of financial aid programs, manages implementation and evaluation of new programs, services and communications, interprets, document, and implements organization policies and procedures, manages funds, and represents the organization at university and system levels.
"I stumbled upon the field of Economics during my junior year as a Mechanical Engineering student at CSU, Chico, in my search for meaning and a better understanding of the world in which I lived. For some reason I was not exposed to the field of Economics prior to the fall of 1992. Perhaps growing up on a little Micronesian Island (Pohnpei or Ponape) before coming to college in California had something to do with it. I was not exposed to any economics ideas during my island educational experience. During the fall of 1992, I believe, I enrolled in an Introduction to Economics course with Professor Mark Morlock and I instantly fell in love with studying Economics. The field of Economics provided interesting concepts and theories and also tools that I can use to explain and predict events in my world. I loved this about the field of Economics. I met with Frederica Shockley, the Chair of the Economics Department, the next semester and changed my major from Mechanical Engineering to Economics."
"Generally, my degree in Economics helps me be more analytical in effectively carrying out the daily duties of my job as well as engaging in long term strategic planning for the organization. It specifically, helps me quickly assess the changing regulatory environment, evaluate its impact on administering our programs and implement processes as well as polices that effectively manages delivery of funds, communicates relevant and timely information, and meets the needs of our clients and the goals of the university."
Mark Morlock
Mark Morlock, who graduated with a BA in Economics in 1973, is professor emeritus at Chico State University. After graduation from Chico, Mark enrolled at Washington State University where he received his Ph.D. in Economics in 1978. In 1980 he joined the Economics faculty at Chico, specializing in labor economics, collective bargaining and conflict resolution and economic education. "Over the years he has served in a variety of administrative capacities at Chico State, including Economics Department Chair and Coordinator of the Social Science Program, and from 2009–2010, the interim Dean of the Graduate School," according to the University's website.
Katrina Robertson
Katrina Robertson graduated summa cum laude in 2002 with a B.A. in Economics and a Minor in Business Administration. After graduation she began working for a local accounting firm. In 2011 Katrina came back to campus as an Accounting Supervisor for the Associated Students of CSU, Chico. In her current position she supervises accounting technicians and performs a variety of professional financial analyses and accounting functions. In a recent email Katrina stated that "My degree in Economics has given me the analytical reasoning skills and math and communication skills necessary for my job. Additionally, I gained a general understanding of the different elements of a business, enabling me to see the full picture."
Katy Thoma
Katy Thoma, who completed her requirements for graduation in 1980, came back to campus in Spring 2013 as Executive Director of the Chico State Research Foundation. She began her career in banking at the downtown Chico branch of Bank of America in 1977. After finishing her course work she moved to Pullman, WA where she worked for Seafirst Bank. Katy returned to Chico in 1984 and furthered her career in banking by going to work for locally owned North State National Bank (later acquired by Tri Counties Bank). In the 1993 she became the director of Chico's Jesus Center, an organization that serves the needs of the poor. After working at the Jesus Center for 10 years, she returned to banking, serving as vice-president and branch manager for Butte Community Bank (later Rabobank) before coming to the Research Foundation. Katy's experience in both the non-profit sector and the banking industry make her uniquely qualified to head the Research Foundation as much of what she oversees is operational and compliance in nature. She also began serving as president of Chico Rotary in the summer of 2013. Katy also served on the Planetree leadership team at Enloe Medical Center for 5 years, she currently serves on the Chico Police Foundation Board and volunteers at her church.


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Football Tips For All Levels
Football can be an all consuming passion. Football players give everything they have to score points and make goals. Practice is essential to being a great player. These tips can help you become a better football player and help your football team score those points and make the fans cheer.
Condition yourself more for practice, then for the game of football itself. While you need to be ready for game day, practice will take the most out of you physically. Therefore, it's vital that your conditioning keep you up to par in practice and making a good impression there, to avoid much bench time.
Remember that all goals are achievable if you try hard enough. You need to have a positive mindset as you practice and play the game. You CAN be an amazing football player! If you keep this in mind, you will find you have more drive and passion for the game as you play.
The position of your body when receiving will help determine the success level you achieve. Your shoulders should be angled from the passer. Stay on your toes and be ready to adjust your position to the pass. The better your body positioning, the more likely you will be to see the ball and catch it.
Give the kicker on the team more than enough practice to perfect his technique and skill. There are many times that a game is won or lost because of the lack of skill on the kicker's behalf. If the kicker is having problems, dedicate some private practice time with them to assist them with their problems.
A great football tip is to practice your routes as much as you possibly can if you're a receiver. Knowing your routes like the back of your hand will make things go much more smooth in an actual game. You will make fewer mistakes and the play will be more successful.
If you want to be a good football player, then you need to constantly work on your agility. Great agility exercises that you can use for regular workouts include jumping rope, jumping over cones and running through tires. If you can, set up yourself a course for each activity for regular use.
A good tip if you want to improve your football game is to practice as much as you can on your speed. To improve your speed, you need to be sprinting and pushing yourself as hard as you can. Time your speed and keep the distance the same so that you can measure how you're doing.
If you want to do well late game, make sure that interval training is a regular part of your cardio. This is basically alternating high-speed and low-speed laps or timed intervals within your overall running session. Doing this will help you keep up a consistent energy level throughout the whole game, meaning that coach can count on you in the fourth quarter.
As you can see, football can be an all consuming passion. Players put everything they have into the game. They spend hours practicing and perfecting those game skills. If you are a player who is looking to become a better player, then use the tips from above to help become the player you always wanted to be.


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Whilst Neil Armstrong is taking his giant leap for mankind, here on Earth the Harrison family prepares for a more modest step, from Birmingham to rural Wiltshire.
Dave and Sue Harrison are beginning their new life and excitement beckons. Dave, a metallurgist, is taking up a new appointment and is keen to tackle his job with enthusiasm. In contrast, his wife's loneliness is exacerbated by her husband's single-minded approach to his work. She vows to act…
As Sue's new friendship with Pam, a larger-than-life character, blossoms, she finds herself led into the emerging hobby of genealogy. This provides a welcome distraction, but does little to ease the marital tension that continues to intensify due to a catastrophic failure of a turbine at a Hampshire power station, where a member of staff is killed. As Dave's stress levels are pushed to the limit, he is left to work tirelessly to defend his job; putting his marriage, his future and the lives of others on the line.
Inspired by authors such as George Eliot and Neal Stephenson, The West Winford Incident is a work of adult fiction that will allow readers to explore the technical aspects of both the methodology of engineering plant failure analysis and the intricacies of genealogical research in the pre-computer age. It also explores some of the major effects of the dramatically changing relationships between men and women in the late 1960s and considers if marriage will survive in the 21st century.


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Oxford AQA History for A Level: The Making of a Superpower: USA 1865-1975 Paperback / softback
by Chris Rowe
Part of the Oxford AQA History for A Level series
Retaining all the well-loved features from the previous editions, The Making of a Superpower: USA 1865-1975 has been approved by AQA and matched to the 2015 AQA specification.
With a strong focus on skills building and exam practice, this book covers in breadth issues of change, continuity, and cause and consequence in this period of American history through key questions such as how did the role of the USA in world affairs change, and how united was the USA during this period?
Its aim is to enable you to understand and make connections between the six key thematic questions covered in the specification. Students can further develop vital skills such as historical interpretations and source analyses via specially selected sources and extracts.
Practice questions and study tips provide additional support to help familiarize students with the new exam style questions, and help them achieve their best in the exam.
- Format: Paperback / softback
- Pages: 272 pages, Colour
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication Date: 24/09/2015
- Category: History of the Americas
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