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CCI, Schools Announce Homecoming PlansPosted Sep, 23, 2011
Don't miss the 2011 Homecoming festivities as the Kent State Golden Flashes take on the Miami RedHawks. There will be many other exciting activities throughout the week including the Homecoming Parade with the theme "Rock Out the RedHawks," the College of Communication and Information (CCI) hospitality tent at the and more!
For more information on any of these CCI events or to register, contact Jennifer Kramer at 330-672-1960 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Monday, October 10-16, 2011
School of Journalism and Mass Communication Photography Exhibit
Open - Oct. 10-16 at the First Energy Auditorium Lobby, 3rd Floor, Franklin Hall
See the best photography projects from Senior Visual Storytelling students in the state-of-the-art School of Journalism and Mass Communication. All are welcome.
Friday, October 14, 2011
School of Journalism and Mass Communication Alumni Awards & Reception
4:30-6:30 p.m. at the 1st Floor Lobby, Franklin Hall
Please RSVP no later than Oct. 7. Honor fellow School of Journalism and Mass Communication alumni as the school awards the coveted Taylor Award, Fast Track Awards and Friends of JMC award.
School of Communication Studies Centennial Awards & Alumni Reception
5-7 p.m. at the May 4th Visitors Center, Taylor Hall
Please RSVP no later than Oct. 7. Honor fellow School of Communication Studies alumni, kick off our school's 80th anniversary in 2012, pay tribute to the memory of D. Ray Hersey, Ph.D., professor emeritus and director emeritus.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
College of Communication and Information Parade Tent
9-11 a.m. - Corner of S. Lincoln and Main Streets
Enjoy coffee, cider and danish while you take in the annual Kent State Homecoming Parade. Sponsored by Friends of JMC.
Homecoming Parade
10 a.m. start - Traveling from Campus to Downtown - Main Street
Annual parade with entries from Kent State, the Kent Community and surrounding areas. Sponsored by the Center for Student Involvement. For more information contact Brenda McKenzie at 330-672-2480 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
School of Journalism and Mass Communication Homecoming Luncheon and Raffle
11 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the 1st Floor Lobby of Franklin Hall
Please RSVP no later than Oct. 7. Join us for our annual auction, raffle and lunch between the Homecoming parade and the tailgate party at Dix Stadium.
College of Communication and InformationTailgate Party
1:30-3:30 p.m. at Dix Stadium
Cost: $20 (includes food, raffle ticket and game ticket) Please RSVP no later than Oct. 7. Gather with fellow CCI alumni, family and staff for food, fellowship and fun before we cheer on our Golden Flashes.
Monday, October 17, 2011
School of Library & Information Science Alumni and Friends Honors & Awards Dinner
5:30 p.m. - Reception; 6:30 p.m. - Dinner at 204 KSC
Cost: $25 - Please RSVP no later than Oct. 10. Join us as we recognize alumni and friends for their contributions to our profession and our school. Major awards include: Alumnus/na of the Year, Friends of the Year and Alumni Awards.


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Thread: SOTD Sunday 27 May
Dior Homme
enjoying the caramely, cocoay notes on this pleasantly warm sunny day
Les Exclusifs de Chanel 31 Rue Cambon
Yr good bud,
"Why spend life seeking that which does not satisfy? Why remain a slave, when freedom waits? Let your life shine; illumine the world with your truth!"
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Fiat justitia ruat cælum.
Let justice be done, even if the sky should fall.
Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus
Qui nihil potest sperare, desperet nihil.
Let him who can hope for nothing despair of nothing.
Male irato ferrum committitur.
It is an evil thing to arm an angry man.
United Press International reports that I will be wearing
Chevalier D'Orsay
How do they know these things?
Ysl M7
Top 10 (not in order): Dunhill 1934, Dunhill Edition, Terre d'Hermes, Rive Gauche, Habit Rouge, Guerlain Vetiver, Knize Ten, Bois du Portugal, Vintage Tabarome, Green Irish Tweed
Summer Rotation: GIT, Aventus, Erolfa, Vetiver 1948, Guerlain Vetiver, Malle VE, Terre d'Hermes, Bvlgari PH, Bvlgari Acqua, Habit Rouge EDC and Sport, ADP Colonia Assoluta, Chanel PMC, Dunhill Edition, Eau Sauvage, TF Azure Lime
Aramis: Aramis tonight and all day tomorrow. Nice!
These things cannot be long hidden: the Sun, the Moon, the Truth--Buddha
Hermes Eau D'Orange Verte
"Wovon man nicht lesen kann, darüber muss man schreiben."
Rive Gauche now, but that shall probably change in the morning.
Colonia Assoluta
Dave here.
Uomo? by Moschino
Current Top 5
1. Creed Aventus
2. A*Men Pure Malt
3. L'instant Extreme
4. Nasomatto Duro
5. CDG - Kyoto
l'ombre dans l'eau - diptyque
Wishlist is pointless.
LesNez Let Me Play The Lion & a spritz of Gucci Pour Homme
"Perfume is the dream that carries me."
There is always the sky to look at
Morning: Signoricci - Nina Ricci
Evening: Rive Gauche Pour Homme - YSL
OK. Here's the thing. AL Cafe Noir on wrists and arms - Tabac Blond on boobs and throat. All, over Planet Spa Brown Sugar Body Scrub!! I am taking my early morning coffee on the upper deck of a luxury liner with a suave gentlemen enjoying his first cig of the day!! Sun sparkles on the water - everything is perfect!!
"The world is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering." Lao Tze
Nirmala by Molinard
"Like a lobster with a pearl in its claw, the beet held the jasmine firmly without crushing or obscuring it. Beet lifted jasmine, the way a bullnecked partner lifts a ballerina, and the pair came on stage on citron's fluty cue. As if jasmine were a collection of beautiful paintings, beet hung it in the galleries of the nose, insured it against fire or theft, threw a party to celebrate it. Citron mailed the invitations." Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins p. 189
What I am loving right now: Shalimar vintage extrait, Chanel Bois des Iles, Chanel no. 22, Le Labo Iris 39, Guerlain Iris Ganache
Terre d'Hermes
Kouros - for gardening! I can lather it on as thick as I want without risking offending anyone. And it seems to take on an addictive quality when I work outside in the heat. Downside - the flowers tend to wilt as I pass by...
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Everyone is entitled to his own opinions, but not his own facts. Daniel Moynihan
Testing out Shocking by Elsa Schiaparelli, in an odd little non-traditional bottle scored for WAY cheap on eBay here. Sounds right up my alley, and so far, I think it's fantastic!
Top Notes: Bergamot, Aldehydes, Tarragon,
Middle Notes: Honey, Rose, Narcissus,
Base Notes: Clove, Civet, Chypre accord.
Its thought that people who hope too much will just waste their life away and never get down to doing any real work. Theyre confusing Hope with Wish, its lazy cousin... When Wish whispers, Something is just around the corner, what comes or not is never what was wished for. When Hope whispers Something is just around the corner, something always is. -- Charlie Elberson
My sale thread has some of my underappreciated fragrances looking for a good, new home...
moroccan mint tea - ava luxe
I'm wearing L de Lolita Lempicka today.
I've trademarked the color bleu
Eau Noire Cologne - Dior
Divine L' Homme Sage
Opium homme eau de parfum, shower gel, a/s balm, and edp deo spray.
Serge Lutens - Daim Blond
Arte et labore
Guerlain Vetiver, too.
"Wow, I've never smelled anything like that before."
Green, green, green and green by Miller et Bertaux
Rive Gauche Intense.
Inspired by viktorov's thread on The Third Man, I've chosen Le 3e Homme - Caron for today.
Philosykos for the day.
Neroli Sauvage
EnvYuS My Wardrobe
Azzaro PH
Creed Original Vetiver today.
It's overcast out there, and for practical reasons I'm wearing dark colors today. But I don't *feel* grey or drab today, so this is what I chose
Where once there was no scents to it all, now the world opens before me!
Miller Harris Cuir d'Oranger
Monsieur Balmain - I'll start the day as a lemon monster and then I'll receed into a pale grey ash for an early Sunday dinner.
Aqua di Parma Colonia
Acqua di Parma's Colonia Assoluta......Gary
SOTD: Montale Aoud Lime [Testing]
Good patchouli note so far, but still prefer Black Aoud.
SOTE: Costes
Le Male
Chanel Pour Monsieur
In what would seem to be the reverse of the normal M.O.
SOTE: Guerlain Vetiver
Gendarme Gendarme [1991]
"He was some kind of a man... What does it matter what you say about people?"
Dawn Spencer Hurwitz TUNISIAN OPIUM
SOTD Cuiron
SOTE Dzongkha
Link your wardrobe: http://www.basenotes.net/wardrobe/3023
Roger et Gallet Jean Marie Farina Extra Vieille Eau de Cologne. Just right for a long day of traveling.
My Wardrobe
II est de forts parfums pour qui toute matière/Est poreuse. On dirait qu'ils pénètrent le verre.
L'Artisan Timbuktu
Montale's Royal Aoud
"Society honors its living conformists and its dead troublemakers."
Mignon McLaughlin
Dior Jules

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At a Glance
Why Get Tested?
To evaluate for a possible liver disease or bile duct disease or to differentiate between liver and bone disease as a cause of elevated alkaline phosphatase (ALP); sometimes to screen for or monitor alcohol abuse
When to Get Tested?
When you have symptoms of a liver or bile duct disorder or as follow up when you have an increased ALP level
Sample Required?
A blood sample drawn from a vein in your arm
Test Preparation Needed?
GGT levels fall after meals; you may be instructed to fast (nothing to eat or drink except water) for at least 8 hours prior to the test. You may also be asked to stop drinking alcohol or taking certain prescription medications.
The Test Sample
What is being tested?
Gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) is an enzyme that is found in many organs, such as the kidney, liver, gallbladder, spleen, and pancreas. Among these, the liver is the main source of GGT in the blood. This test measures the level of GGT in a blood sample.
GGT is increased in most diseases that cause damage to the liver or bile ducts. Normally, GGT is present in low levels, but when the liver is injured, the GGT level can rise. GGT is usually the first liver enzyme to rise in the blood when any of the bile ducts that carry bile from the liver to the intestines become obstructed, for example, by tumors or stones. This makes it the most sensitive liver enzyme test for detecting bile duct problems.
However, the GGT test is not very specific and is not useful in differentiating between various causes of liver damage because it can be elevated with many types of liver diseases, such as cancer and viral hepatitis as well as other non-hepatic conditions such as acute coronary syndrome.
For this reason, use of GGT is controversial, and guidelines published by the National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry and the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases do not recommend routine use of GGT. These guidelines do suggest, however, that it can be useful in determining the cause of a high alkaline phosphatase (ALP) level, another enzyme found in the liver.
Both GGT and ALP are increased in liver diseases, but only ALP will be increased with diseases affecting bone tissue. Therefore, GGT can be used as a follow up to an elevated ALP to help determine if the high ALP result is due to liver or bone disease.
GGT levels are sometimes increased with consumption of even small amounts of alcohol. Higher levels are found more commonly in chronic heavy drinkers than in people who consume less than 2 to 3 drinks per day or who only drink heavily on occasion (binge drinkers). The GGT test may be used in evaluating someone for acute or chronic alcohol abuse.
How is the sample collected for testing?
A blood sample is obtained by inserting a needle into a vein in the arm.
NOTE: If undergoing medical tests makes you or someone you care for anxious, embarrassed, or even difficult to manage, you might consider reading one or more of the following articles: Coping with Test Pain, Discomfort, and Anxiety, Tips on Blood Testing, Tips to Help Children through Their Medical Tests, and Tips to Help the Elderly through Their Medical Tests.
Another article, Follow That Sample, provides a glimpse at the collection and processing of a blood sample and throat culture.
Is any test preparation needed to ensure the quality of the sample?
GGT levels fall after meals. You may be instructed to fast (have nothing to eat or drink except water) for at least 8 hours prior to the test. Alcohol and certain prescription medications can affect GGT levels, so you may be asked to abstain from them prior to the test as well.
The Test
Common Questions
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NOTE: This article is based on research that utilizes the sources cited here as well as the collective experience of the Lab Tests Online Editorial Review Board. This article is periodically reviewed by the Editorial Board and may be updated as a result of the review. Any new sources cited will be added to the list and distinguished from the original sources used.
Sources Used in Current Review
Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase. (Updated Jan. 21, 2013.) MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia. Available online at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003458.htm. Accessed September 2013.
Kim, KM et al. (Dec. 2012) Serum gamma-glutamyltransferase as a risk factor for general cardiovascular disease prediction in Koreans. National Center for Biotechnology Information PubMed database. Available online at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23138005 through http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed. Accessed September 2013.
Gamma-glutamyltransferase level and risk of hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PLOS. Available online through http://www.plosone.org at http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0048878 through http://www.plosone.org. Accessed September 2013.
Ghadban, R. et. al. (Updated Aug. 2, 2012). Gamma-Glutamyltransferase. Medscape. Available online at http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/2087891-overview#aw2aab6b3 through http://emedicine.medscape.com. Accessed September 2013.
KidsHealth. Blood Test: Gamma-Glutamyl Transpeptidase (GGT). Available online at http://kidshealth.org/parent/system/medical/test_ggt.html through http://kidshealth.org. Accessed September 2013.
George, Hank. GGT - Gammaglutamyl Transferase. December, 2000. Available online at http://www.stat.unc.edu/visitors/temp/Health/Thyroid/ggt2.htm through http://www.stat.unc.edu. Accessed September 2013.
General Practice Notebook. GGT and alcohol intake. Available online at http://www.gpnotebook.co.uk/simplepage.cfm?ID=x20080405181818225450 through http://www.gpnotebook.co.uk. Accessed September 2013.
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Mayo 2001 Test Catalog, Mayo Medical Laboratories, Rochester, MN, 2000 Mayo Press.
Worman, H (1998). Common Laboratory Tests in Liver Diseases. Columbia University Health Sciences. Available online at http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/gi/labtests.html through http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu.
Johnston, D (April 15, 1999). Special Considerations in Interpreting Liver Function Tests. American Family Physician: American Academy of Family Physicians. Available online at http://www.aafp.org/afp/990415ap/2223.html through http://www.aafp.org.
Riley, T (November 1, 2001). Preventive Strategies in Chronic Liver Disease: Part I. Alcohol, Vaccines, Toxic Medications and Supplements, Diet and Exercise. American Family Physician: American Academy of Family Physicians. Available online at http://www.aafp.org/afp/20011101/1555.html through http://www.aafp.org.
British Liver Trust Information Service (Last update September, 10 2001). Cirrhosis. British Liver Trust. Available online at http://www.britishlivertrust.org.uk/publications/cirrhosis.html through http://www.britishlivertrust.org.uk.
MEDLINEplus (October 3, 2001). Medical Encyclopedia: ESR. U.S. National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD. MEDLINEplus. Available online at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003638.htm.
Thomas, Clayton L., Editor (1997). Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company, Philadelphia, PA [18th Edition].
Pagana, Kathleen D. & Pagana, Timothy J. (1999). Mosby's Diagnostic and Laboratory Test Reference 4th Edition: Mosby, Inc., Saint Louis, MO.
Dufour DR, et al. Diagnosis and monitoring of hepatic injury - I. Characteristics of laboratory tests. Clin Chem 2000; 46:2027-2049.
Tietz Textbook of Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics. Burtis CA, Ashwood ER and Bruns DE, eds. 4th ed. St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier Saunders; 2006 Pg 613.
Pagana K, Pagana T. Mosby's Manual of Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests. 3rd Edition, St. Louis: Mosby Elsevier; 2006, Pp. 259-260.
Clarke, W. and Dufour, D. R., Editors (2006). Contemporary Practice in Clinical Chemistry. AACC Press, Washington, DC, Pg. 271.
Carey, W (January 1, 2009). Approach to the Patient with Liver Disease: A Guide to Commonly Used Liver Tests, Cleveland Clinic. Available online at http://www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/medicalpubs/diseasemanagement/hepatology/guide-to-common-liver-tests/ through http://www.clevelandclinicmeded.com. Accessed September 2009.
Henry's Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods. 21st ed. McPherson RA and Pincus MR, eds. Philadelphia: 2007, Pp 86, 275.
(2000) Dufour, DR et al. National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry Standards of Laboratory Practice: Laboratory Guidelines for Screening, Diagnosis and Monitoring of Hepatic Injury. Available online at http://www.aacc.org/SiteCollectionDocuments/NACB/LMPG/hepatic/hepatic_combined.pdf#page=3 through http://www.aacc.org.
National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse, part of NIDDK, NIH. NSAIDS and Peptic Ulcers. Available online at http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/nsaids/ through http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov. Accessed September 20, 2010.
MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase. Available online at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003458.htm. Accessed September 20, 2010.


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Lake is just the jumping off point for fun in Lake Stevens
Genna Martin / The Herald
Nina Souza stocks one of the many beer cases at Norm's Market in Lake Stevens on a recent afternoon. Norm's carries more than 2,600 different kinds of beer.
Illustration by Katie Mayer / The Herald
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Ben Matyas, 13, prepares to jump from the dock into an innertube held by his sister, Jessica Matyas, 17, at Wyatt Park on Lake Stevens.
Doug Berger putts during a round of disc golf at the Lake Stevens Disc Golf Course on a recent afternoon.
Genna Martin / The Herald
Oliver Stevens, 5, giggles after pushing his dad, Josh Stevens, into the water at Wyatt Park in Lake Stevens.
Genna Martin / The Herald
Tristen Attola, of Lake Stevens, throws during an afternoon round of disc golf at the Lake Stevens Disc Golf Course on a recent afternoon.
Genna Martin / The Herald
Jaegu Kim (left) and Cooper Vogel, 10, have a water fight at Lundeen Park in Lake Stevens.
Things have warmed up since then.
The 146-foot-deep lake and its inviting summer temperatures have brought crowds to its public beaches on most days this month.
Ducks and geese splash in the water alongside kids of all ages. Eagles soar overhead. Speed boats pull water skiers. Fishermen cast their lines.
The lake, encompassing 1,000 acres with eight miles of shoreline, also is home to float planes, Jet Skies, sailboats, canoes and all sorts of other human-powered craft and activities. It's busy.
Much of life in the city of Lake Stevens is focused on the lake and its view of the Cascade Range.
From the 1920s to the 1950s, Lake Stevens was primarily a resort community. If you drive around the lake, you can still see little beach cabins tucked in between some of the larger homes.
After 1960, when the city incorporated, residential growth was quick. Greater Lake Stevens now has a population closing in on the 30,000 mark. Most people in this suburb commute somewhere for work.
It wasn't always that way.
At the turn of the past century, Lake Stevens — named for territorial Gov. Isaac Stevens — was home to logging railroad interests and a large mill run by the Rucker brothers of Everett. But after the mill burned in 1919 and again in 1925, that was the end of industry on the lake. You can see the remains of the mill at Mill Cove Reserve, a park south of Main Street between 16th and 17th Place NE.
More about the history of Lake Stevens is available at the Lake Stevens Historical Museum, above the public library and next door to City Hall at 1802 Main St. in downtown. Hours are 1 to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Nearby are the Lake Stevens Rowing Club and North Cascades Crew boat houses, where you can sign up to learn how to row.
Kristin Fetters-Walp and her family enjoy the city's small downtown on the lake's northeast cove.
"What I like best is the walkability: Grab some picnic stuff from Jay's Market or a milkshake from the Chicken Drive-In, a book from the library and go enjoy the lake view from North Cove Park," Fetters-Walp said. "Games Plus in downtown is great for discovering fun new family games to play and they'll teach you how to play right in the store. Also check out the new alternative-vegan place, Ringing Cedar Tea Tavern."
In the shopping area up the west hill from the lake, LJ's Bistro and Bar attracts a local clientele. On the north side of the lake, across from Lundeen Park, stop in at Norm's Market.
From the outside Norm's looks like an average mini-mart Shell gas station, except that it sells fishing gear, campfire bundles and beer kegs.
Inside, however, it's a beer lover's dream.
Owner Shane McDaniel prides himself on his huge collection of beer memorabilia, as well as the aisles of coolers packed with 2,600 different craft, domestic and imported beers and vintage sodas.
Speaking of fun, the city's annual Aquafest celebration during the last week of July is followed this Sunday with the annual Ironman triathlon competition.
Ironman 70.3 Lake Stevens is a regional championship race. Of those competing, 30 people will qualify to compete in the 2015 Ironman 70.3 World Championship. It's a big deal.
Athletes will begin early in the morning with a 1.2-mile swim from the public boat launch in downtown Lake Stevens. The 56-mile bike course takes riders through some of the hills around the lake. The race finishes with a run through the downtown area and surrounding community.
Lake Stevens prides itself on outdoor activities. It has numerous parks and trails designed for wildlife watching, disc golfing, biking, hiking, horseback riding, swimming and boat launching.
Debbie Neyer, of Lake Stevens, and her three grandchildren make frequent visits to the nine-acre Lundeen Park, located at Lundeen Parkway and 99th Ave. NE.
"Along with a shaded picnic area, it has the best beach for young kids," she said.
The county's Centennial Trail, which stretches from Skagit County to Snohomish, runs through the east side of Lake Stevens, with trailheads at Highway 92, 20th Street NE and Machias Road. The trail is popular with bikers, horse riders, walkers and runners.
The Willard Wyatt County Park, 10508 Chapel Hill Road on the west side of the lake, has a great view of the Cascades. Facilities include a public boat launch and dock, a fishing pier and swimming area. The park attracts teens and families who enjoy sunbathing and jumping off the pier.
Lake Stevens Disc Golf Course, next door to Pilchuck Elementary School on 20th Street NE, is a park favored by veteran disc golfers.
Among tall cedars and Douglas fir trees, the 19-basket course is challenging.
Though men in their 20s are the usual golfers in the park, on a recent day three skilled gentlemen in their 60s, Lou Berger, Doug Hamar and Young Man Choi, packed their disc bags and enjoyed a friendly, but competitive round.
"It's a beautiful course," said Berger, who lives nearby. "It's one of the great things about Lake Stevens."
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Tourist in Your Own Town
In each of our cities in Snohomish and Island counties, we have tourist attractions often overlooked by the people who live in this region. Have you taken the time to be a Tourist in Your Own Town? This the eighth in a continuing series of monthly explorations of our hometowns.
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verb dis·heart·en \(ˌ)dis-ˈhär-tən\
: to cause (a person or group of people) to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage : to discourage (someone)
Full Definition of DISHEARTEN
transitive verb
: to cause to lose spirit or morale
— dis·heart·en·ing·ly \-ˈhärt-niŋ-lē, -ˈhär-tən-iŋ-\ adverb
— dis·heart·en·ment \-ˈhär-tən-mənt\ noun
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Vintage Children's Nicholas Top
Give your favorite tot the gift of ageless, adorable style by treating your little one to a vintage piece from this precious collection! All of the attire was hand-selected by Susan during a fashion excursion in Amsterdam, so that you can grow your child's wardrobe with garments that are so refreshingly retro that they're always fun to wear. Fashion-lovers young and old are sure to delight in this white, short-sleeved top with attached yellow tie and tie chain, for a sweet, retro-fabulous look!
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The Asia-Pacific banking industry faces a turning point in 2012 following three years of stable performance, according to Standard & Poor's.
We believe that the high loan growth and moderate credit costs the sector has enjoyed could become a thing of the past. Instead, Europe's debt crisis, lower regional economic growth, and contraction in some property markets could impair loan quality and push credit costs higher.
"In our view, slower economic growth is likely to impede credit growth and fee-based activities for banks, and this, in turn, could weaken profitability," said Standard & Poor's credit analyst Naoko Nemoto. "Instability in the global financial markets could also hurt Asia-Pacific banks that rely on wholesale funding, and higher funding costs would squeeze
net interest margins."
Yet despite these potential hurdles, we expect adequate capitalization, strong systemwide liquidity, and low levels of nonperforming loans (NPLs) to help Asia-Pacific banks navigate a difficult 2012. Currently, a majority of our bank ratings fall into the single 'A' category or higher, and 80% of our outlooks on Asia-Pacific bank group ratings are stable, which reflects our view that most rated banks will be able to withstand the pressure.
Under our base-case scenario, we assume that the global economy will slow but
avoid a severe recession. If the Asia-Pacific economy faces a sharp and prolonged downturn due to a global recession, causing a surge in credit costs and capital deterioration, we could consider negative rating actions. A hard landing in China, with weaker economic growth than our base-case scenario of 7.7%-8.0% GDP growth, would have significant knock-on effects on growth in the Asia-Pacific region. However, this downside scenario is unlikely in our current view.
For details, see: Asia-Pacific Banking Outlook: Higher Credit Costs And Lower Earnings Will Test Banks In 2012
Standard&Poor's also has published industry reports on the banking sectors of 14 countriesin the Asia-Pacific region. They can be found at the Alacra Store by selecting Standard&Poor's from the Publisher tab and entering "banking outlook" in the search box.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – It was a big moment for Patrick Maroon and, just as important, it came at a big moment for the Ducks.
Trailing by a goal in the second period and finally able to get some semblance of their game going, the Ducks hoped their fourth line could bring them a productive shift that would create some momentum.
It did that and more. Maroon tied the game with a deflection of Kyle Palmieri's shot for his first NHL goal, which tied the game and helped the Ducks eventually get to a shootout and beat the Nashville Predators, 3-2, on Saturday night.
"Obviously we were down 2-1," Maroon said. "We knew what we had to do. We needed the energy so we had to create some energy and create some offense. Just throw pucks to the net and go to the net.
"We knew that before we had to go out there. Obviously it was a big momentum change. It tied the game and led to a victory. I'm pretty excited."
Familiarity played a key role in the goal. Maroon played with Palmieri and Peter Holland on the same line for the better part of the last two years in the minor leagues.
"Me, Kyle and Peter played together for a whole season before the lockout," Maroon said. "So obviously we know where we're are on the ice and what to do with the puck. How to get open.
"I just know Palmy's a shooter. He threw it to the net and made a great play. Luckily I got a piece of it."
The moment was especially meaningful for Maroon. His 4-year-old son, Anthony, was in attendance along with his mother, sister and nearly 20 other family members and friends. Many made the trip from his native St. Louis.
While a number of his teammates have flourished during their roaring start, Corey Perry had been stuck on one goal since his tally on opening night in Vancouver.
His 11-game drought ended Friday night in Detroit when Matt Beleskey got the puck to him right in front after Red Wings defenseman Ian White broke his stick while trying to clear it out of his zone.
The winger, who scored 50 in his MVP season and led the Ducks with 37 a year ago, looked up to the rafters and expressed a big sigh of relief.
Perry had come close to scoring in Chicago on Tuesday but was robbed by Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford.
"You could tell the air and everything just going right out of him," Coach Bruce Boudreau said.


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How do you pick shipping option as in-store pickup?
EDIT: Figured it out, you have select store first as your default/favorite store. Then it gives you option when checking out. Ordered 6 packs of crew, quarter, and no-show socks!!!! This should last me and my brother for a year or two!
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In addition to shipping, Finish Line has made some of its products available for in-store pickup. Customers now have the ability to make a purchase online and pick up their order at their local store within a two hour timeframe.
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Albanianbrotha ( ) Feb. 13, 2013 at 7:14pm
how do you order for in store pickup?
edit: issue was that one of the styles of socks wasn't available for pickup. Removed that one and replaced with another good-to-go now
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MEBANE — A vote last week by Graham City Council to quit adding fluoride to the city's water has caused a stir in Mebane and elsewhere around the county.
Graham's vote to discontinue fluoridation was contingent on members of the Mebane City Council doing likewise. Should both boards agree, fluoride will no longer be added to the Graham-Mebane Lake water supply.
If Mebane votes to continue the use of fluoride — or simply doesn't take action on the matter — the water will continue being treated as it has for decades.
Members of the Mebane City Council meet March 4. The agenda for that meeting hasn't been set, so it's unclear if the issue concerning fluoride will be discussed.
Mebane Mayor Glendel Stephenson said he's received numerous emails — from area dentists, from citizens and from state health officials — about fluoridation since Graham's vote.
"Ninety-five percent are saying, 'Please don't change,'" Stephenson said. "That's the overwhelming opinion."
He said he was surprised Graham voted on the matter before discussing it with Mebane leaders.
"We're in a partnership," Stephenson said. "Why make a decision like that without first communicating with the other partner? Why would you bring up something so much a public matter at a council meeting without (getting) a lot of background and make a decision?"
Graham's vote came after council members heard a presentation from the city's utilities director, Victor Quick. He recommended the action after telling council members fluoride has been linked to some cancers and other health ills, "according to the research you believe."
Stephenson said the feedback he's received indicates those who oppose fluoridated water are basing their stances on flawed research. He noted that almost anything used in improper measures can prove harmful.
Arsenic, Stephenson noted, is used in some medications. Chlorine is used to clean pipes at water plants. Use either at the wrong levels, he said, and they're deadly.
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Stephenson cited an email he received from N.C. Health Director Dr. Laura Gerald, who referred to fluoride as, "Both a safe and cost-preventive means of preventing tooth decay." An email from Rebecca King, the state's dental director, said fluoride was proclaimed by the Centers for Disease Control "one of the top 10 health advancements of the 20th century."
Stephenson isn't the only one receiving those emails. Mebane Councilman Ed Hooks said he and other council members have all been on the receiving end of correspondence about fluoridation. He said only one email he's received asks that fluoride be removed from the drinking water.
The remainder, Hooks said, have been overwhelmingly in support of keeping it.
"I don't think any of us will support getting rid of fluoride in the water," Hooks said of council members. "I know I'm leaning toward keeping it."
Members of the Alamance County Board of Health won't be specifically addressing the Graham/Mebane matter when they meet Tuesday, but on their agenda is a vote on a resolution in support of fluoridated water.
Kent Tapscott, the board's chairman, said he and other health board members have received numerous letters and emails from individuals and state leaders in support of fluoridation.
"Fluoride is really important for all the citizens," Tapscott said.
He said the information he's read indicates removing fluoride from water would have the greatest negative impact on lower income families, whose children don't visit the dentist on a regular basis. Tapscott said he's read studies that indicate the need for professional dental care increases as much as 25 percent when an individual's water is not treated with fluoride.
"I'm not sure we'd have enough dentists in the area to take care of everyone if we removed fluoride," Tapscott said.
Barry Bass, director of the Alamance County Health Department, said the vote concerning the fluoride resolution will come shortly after the board opens its monthly meeting – scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Alamance County Human Services Center (the former Alamance County Hospital).
BASS SAID THE cities of Graham and Mebane aren't the only ones addressing the matter of fluoridation.
"This issue appears to be popping up across the state," he said.
Graham Mayor Jerry Peterman said the fact the city's board was going to address the issue of fluoridation was advertised in numerous media outlets prior to its Feb. 5 meeting.
"When we had the meeting, no one spoke," he said.
A lack of feedback hasn't been the case since news accounts of the board's decision were made. Council members have been inundated, Peterman said.
"We're getting a lot of information," he said. "After the article came out in the paper, people started coming out."
Peterman said he doesn't regret the board's vote. "We were doing right with the information we had," he said.
Peterman said he doesn't think members of the Graham board would readdress the issue, but said he plans to attend Mebane's March 4 meeting and speak if permitted. He said going into Graham's vote, board members knew their action would hinge on Mebane voting in a like sense. Peterman said he won't be disappointed if members of the Mebane Council don't follow Graham's lead.
He said he's heard from several local dentists who were upset by Graham's vote. Peterman said he's also heard from officials with the Alamance-Burlington School System who told him his board erred.
Peterman said board members decided to address the matter about six months ago when it was learned the supply of fluoride at the water plant was running low. He said they've got a supply of about two months remaining. Discontinuing the fluoridation program would result in an operational savings of about $12,000 to $14,000 per year.
But at last month's meeting in Graham, Quick emphasized his recommendation to discontinue the use of fluoride was not a money-saving move, but one of health.
"The plant staff believes the addition of fluoride to our public water supply is unnecessary," Quick said at the time. "Staff believes fluoride should be applied directly to the teeth as opposed to ingestion" from the water. "Fluoride toothpaste is a much safer and cost-effective way to reduce tooth decay."
Times-News Managing Editor Jay Ashley contributed to this story.


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D. Ray Heisey, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus and Director Emeritus of Communication Studies at Kent State University, died May 20, 2011, at University Hospitals, Cleveland (Ohio), after a three-month battle with thyroid cancer. He was 79.
Heisey was recognized as one of the major intellectual contributors to the area of intercultural communication. Indeed, Heisey brought his own stamp to the phrase prolific author and scholar. As recently as this month, he was recognized for his earlier assistance and advice in the publication of The Cultural Economy of Falun Gong in China: A Rhetorical Perspective by The University of South Carolina Press.
Many of the research and teaching assignments initiated during his tenure at Kent State and continued after his retirement in 1996 frequently brought colleagues and students at Kent State together in collaboration with scholars and students from the Far East, Middle East, Europe, and North America.
Heisey is remembered as an educator whose enthusiasm for sharing knowledge exceeded the boundaries of the classroom. He loved traveling and experiencing other cultures, having lived in or visited over 40 countries.
Heisey was a prolific author and editor whose publications included numerous peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, books, and popular press publications. Heisey was also the editor of Chinese Perspectives in Rhetoric and Communication (2000).
His publications are reflective of a scholar whose interests extended far beyond a single field of academia and classroom and encompassing multiculturalism, cultural diversity, global communication, political communication, women's roles and communication, religion in communication, genealogy, and history.
From 1975 to 1978, Heisey was granted leave from Kent State to serve as president and a professor of Damavand College in Tehran, Iran, where he assisted in the educational development of this private, university college for women offering bachelor's and master's of arts degrees.
Heisey's international teaching posts included Peking University, School of International Studies, in Beijing and also Renmin University, Department of International Politics, in Beijing during Fall Semester 1996.
Heisey was a visiting professor for the Estonian School of Diplomacy in Tallinn, Estonia in 1993; the University of Lund, Department of Applied Psychology, Sweden, in 1992; and University of Leuven, Center for Communication Studies, Leuven, Belgium in 1972 and 1973. His stateside visiting teaching appointments included Messiah College, Ashland Theological Seminary in Ashland, Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., and The Ohio State University.
Heisey initiated exchange programs with institutions in England, Sweden, Poland and China. One exchange arranged for editors from the Guangming Daily newspaper in Beijing to come to the Kent for and faculty from Kent State to go to Beijing.
Heisey was presented the President's Medal in May 1997 by proclamation of the Kent State University Board of Trustees for 30 years of outstanding service to the university. Heisey was the recipient in 1992 and 1996 of the Faculty Award for International Culture from Kent State's Beta Zeta Chapter of Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars. The award recognizes recipients for "building a body of international studies or cultural exchanges which enrich our campus and our community."
International honors included an Honorary Professorship in the Beijing University of Self-Study by the university president in 1994 for work in international communication and education. In 1996, Heisey and colleague Wenxiang Gong of Peking University International Politics Department, co-hosted an international conference on "Communication and Culture: China and the World Entering the 21st Century" held in Beijing.
Heisey joined the Kent State faculty as an associate professor in 1966 and was promoted to the rank of professor in 1970. He served as coordinator of the Division of Rhetoric and Communication from 1980 to 1983 and as acting director of the School of Speech Communication from July through December 1993. He was then appointed Director of the School of Communication Studies, a post he held until June 1996.
Heisey graduated in 1954 from Greenville College in Greenville, Ill., where he majored in speech. He completed a post-graduate program in 1957 at Messiah College in Grantham, Pa., with a major in theological studies. Heisey earned a master's degree in 1955 from The Ohio State University in Columbus in speech and a doctoral degree in 1964 from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., with a major in public address and group communication.
Previous to joining Kent State, Heisey held a number of teaching and administrative positions at Messiah College form 1955 to 1966 including chair of the Division of Language, Literature, and Fine Arts, Director of Debate, and Head of the Speech Department.
Heisey was born in Gladwin, Mich., Jan. 9, 1932, and was raised in Louisville, Ohio. He attended Kent Presbyterian Church since 1968 and had been an active member of the choir and frequent contributor in adult education.
He was an avid genealogist, serving on the board of the Brimfield Historical Society, and authoring Healing Body and Soul: The Life and Times of W. O. Baker, a leader in the Brethren In Christ denomination (BIC). Heisey himself was an ordained minister in the BIC church..
In addition to his wife, Susanne (VanValin), whom he married in 1959 and who accompanied Ray on most of his world travels, survivors include sons Kevin (Elizabeth) and grandchildren Erin, Megan, Clare and Paul of Chagrin Falls, Ohio; Alec (Alece) of Mechanicsburg, Pa, and Ian (Christine) of Cleveland; sister, Ruth Blackketter, of Leedey, Okla; brother, Marion J. (Beverly) of Albuquerque, New Mexico; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his brother, H. Orville.