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I've saved my progress as Bulb and base.psd, found inside the 27_pen_tool folder, and we're going to take this path outline that we've constructed almost entirely using just the Rectangle and Ellipse tools, just a little bit of Pen tool action down here at the bottom of the base, and we are going to refine the path outline so that it looks absolutely right, much as we refined the path outline for the magazine spread. The difference is that this is a more complicated path outline, so it's very possible we're going to encounter a few new issues. Now, if you're working along with me, your path outline might have slightly different problems than mine and so you're going to have to evaluate your path outline as you move along.
Now my outline needs work in this region here, down here at the base, a little bit of action over on the left-hand side, and then on the right side of the glass, we've got quite a few problems going on and they're not that evident from this distance, but once we start zooming in you'll see them. Anyway, let's start things off with the most obvious problem, this guy right there. So, I'll press the A key as many times as it takes to give me my White Arrow tool and then I will click on this path outline. This assumes that the vector mask is active as it is for me.
I'll click on this point to make it active and then I'm going to drag it downwards and I'm pressing the Shift key as I drag to constrain the angle of my drag to exactly vertical. Anyway, that guy had to come down in order to include what I'm calling this love handle over on the right-hand side. And then I'll zoom in just to make sure that I've got this guy where he needs to be. He was actually right where he needed to be. How about this guy? It seems like he is coming out too far but no, that's right, so I'll go ahead and undo that maneuver. I might click on this point and just arrow him over a little bit, just nudge him out.
All right, so this area definitely needs work here. We're going to add a point along this edge because the bottom of the base actually curves inward, and so I'll press the P key in order to switch to my Pen tool and for some reason, I have the Freeform Pen tool selected. That's not right. I'll go ahead and click on the Pen tool to make it active instead and I'll click in the middle of this segment here in order to add a point and this is a smooth point that's gotten added by default here. I'll go ahead and Ctrl+drag it inward just so I can see where that edge is, and then Ctrl+drag it back into place. It's a little hard to see this region because there is not that much contrast going on.
It looks like this also bends outward here, so I'm going to take this control handle and just drag it down ever so slightly like so. Next, I'm going to create a point over on the other side, right there in the middle of that straight segment, Ctrl+ drag it in, so that I can see the edge. That's a Cmd+drag on the Mac by the way and then I'll Ctrl+drag or Cmd+drag it back into place like so and I might need to Ctrl+drag or Cmd+drag this control handle in order to nudge it down a little bit as well. By the way, you can't nudge control handles, those little circles that are at the end of the levers that are attached to the square anchor points.
You can't nudge them using the arrow keys. You can nudge the anchor points but not the control handles. We''ll also see that you can segments if you want to, but they have to be curved segments. Anyway, I'm going to click along this straight segment right there in the middle in order to add a smooth point and I'll move it down and I'll go ahead and drag these control handles quite a bit outward and when I say I'm dragging I'm Ctrl+dragging. I've got the Control key down or the Cmd key down on the Mac, so that I'm temporarily accessing that White Arrow tool. Incidentally, it doesn't matter if the last Arrow tool selected was the Black Arrow tool, so I just switched over to it here.
Then, if I switch to the Pen tool and I press and hold the Control key or the Cmd key, Photoshop is smart enough to know I want the White Arrow tool, because I'm making point by point modifications. All right, now I'll go ahead and scroll up here to the top of the image and I'll Ctrl+click or Cmd+click on this point and just nudge that out a little bit. Here's a problem, right there, this edge should come down a little, and so, I'm going to Ctrl+drag or Cmd+drag this point down to this location and that actually looks pretty fine.
I might need to Ctrl+click or Cmd+ click on this anchor point and nudge it outward by pressing the Left Arrow key a couple of times. All right, now let's go to that problem area that I was talking about on the right-hand side of the bulb. Notice that we have an awful lot of points on this right-hand side and if I zoom in here it looks like we've got two points next to each other. So, I'm going to switch to the White Arrow tool just because I need to do some more careful analysis here by pressing the A key a couple of times in my case and then I will drag one of these points just to see sure enough I have two points that are very nearly coincident. And when I say coincident, I don't mean it's coincidental that they're here.
I mean that they're on top of each other, they're occupying the same physical space. So, when you have something like that happening, you basically want to get rid of both of the points. That's my experience, because when they're nearly right on top of each other, they're messed up points, and they don't have the right kind of curvature associated with them. So, I'm going to switch to the Pen tool here by pressing the P key and I'm going to click on one of these points to delete it and then I'm going to click on the other point to delete it as well. Now that's going to create problems with that control handle. it's going to droop down too far. You can end up seeing even worse problems than that sometimes.
Now, I'm going to take away some more points here because they're all kind of messed up. Look at those two guys right on top of each other. That's no good, so I'm going to click on one and click on the other to delete them as well and there's still yet another point there. I'll click again to get rid of it. I'm just going to click to get rid of a lot of these points, because we've got a lot of flumps going on and we shouldn't have these kinds of edges. Look at this guy. This is a messed up point, check that out. The control handle's going in totally the wrong direction here and that kind of stuff can happen when you've got a lot of points clustered together, when the math didn't get done quite properly with the Combine command or the shapes were overlapping in different ways than you might have expected, then you can end up with some aberrant points.
When you see them, the best thing to do is get rid of them. Go ahead and click on that point with the Pen tool to delete it. All right, we have the points that we really need, which at this point down at the bottom, we want to keep this point at the base. It's shooting straight up. Notice that that control handle's going straight up which is exactly what we want. We want straightness at that location and we have another point at the top and that one's going straight down, the control handle's going straight down. That's precisely what we're looking for. So let's click midway between the two like so and then I'll drag this point outward. I'm actually Ctrl+dragging or Cmd+ dragging that point outward, so that I'm moving it with the White Arrow tool and I need to change my control handles a little bit so I'll Ctrl+drag or Cmd+ drag that control handle down like so, just so that we're nudging it a little farther down so that we're accurately tracing this edge and we're sending this control handle, the opposite one, inward as well.
And you know what, I'm now seeing a white edge right there. I didn't want that, so, I'm going to put that back, I'm going to press Ctrl+Z or Cmd+Z on the Mac to undo that modification and now that edge looks really good, actually. Let's see the other side. The other side looks fine, where my bulb is concerned. So I'm done. This actually looks great. Now, you may say well, this area isn't exactly accurate. it shouldn't be a big bump and then straight and a big bump and then straight. Actually, I think it is pretty accurate. If I click on the mask in order to deactivate it for a moment and just take a look at what I'm seeing here, this looks like I'm following the contours pretty nicely.
This area here, possibly a little unrealistic. If I would Alt+click or Option+click in the eyeball in front of the Background layer, ah, look at that. that is straight right there. It goes straight down. It doesn't have that little hitch associated with it, but otherwise, we do have a hump, straight, hump, straight. That's pretty indicative of how the light bulb is shaped. That's pretty indicative of how this base area is shaped. So, All right, I'll go ahead and Alt+ click or Option+click on that eyeball again to bring back my Layers and let's see what kind of adjustment we might make here.
I will switch to the White Arrow tool for a moment by pressing the A key, click on this path outline to make it active. Oh look! Look at that. We definitely have some points nearly right on top of each other. So I'll press the P key in order to switch to the Pen tool. Now, here is the weird thing. If I want to get rid, I'm so zoomed in that I can see the pixel grid, but if I press Ctrl+H or Cmd+H, I not only hide the pixel grid, I also hide the path outline that I'm working on. So I'll have to press Ctrl+H or Cmd+H again to bring them both back. If you just want the pixel grid gone for a second here, then go up to the View menu, choose Show and choose Pixel Grid to turn it off, and you'll still see the path outline.
All right, so, I want to get rid of that point and I think I might want to get rid of that point too. Actually, I think that worked out beautifully. that looks great, and then I'll Ctrl+ drag or Cmd+drag this control handle out just a little bit and then we get this sloping edge right there. By the way, when I was Ctrl+dragging it or Cmd+dragging it on the Mac when I was doing this number, I also pressed the Shift key so that it constrained that lever so it's perfectly vertical and that's what I want, so that we have this lever coming down out of this point at a vertical angle, very important.
All right, so now, I'm going to switch to the Rectangular Marquee tool, so that I have a vector-unfriendly tool selected so I can't mess up my vectors and I'm going to click on that vector mask to deselect it. I can still see the effects of the vector mask of course and they're looking pretty darn fine. In the next exercise, we will employ this vector mask in order to create a glowing effect around the light bulb.
Recommended prerequisites: Photoshop CS5 One-on-One: Fundamentals and Photoshop CS5 One-on-One: Advanced.
- Using masks and blend modes in radically new ways
- Mastering the Pen tool and Paths panel
- Transforming and maximizing Smart Objects
- Employing Smart Filters to create complex effects
- Exploring the capabilities of Bristle brushes and the Mixer Brush
- Merging multiple images into seamless panoramas
- Exploring the full range of luminance with HDR Pro
- Recording actions and batching-processing images


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Historical Traveler Reviews Hotel Krone Gössweinstein
Pass this one by.
Our family stayed at this Holiday Inn in Corpus Christi for two days in March. This hotel is very run down. When we first got to our room we noticed a broken/burned lamp shade and the entire side of the box spring mattress exposed with the siding coming off. There wasn't an iron or a tub mat. When we called to have an iron brought to our room, it took three phone calls and 45 minutes for them to deliver one. At that time I had asked for more towels and the missing tub mat; they never brought this to our room. When we discovered this at 10:00 PM, I called the front desk, and the manager said I'd have to come down to the desk to get these items. Be prepared to bring toiletries, as they give you one small bottle of shampoo, no conditioner, q-tips, etc., that other hotels supply.
The beach is dirty and we didn't dare dine in their restaurant, so I can't give a review of that.
Enjoyed our stay very much
It has been a few years since we stayed at the Holiday Inn, Emerald Bay. There were five of us, two rooms, the first time we stayed there. We enjoyed the beach and especially the waves, and also the fact you could walk out a long way and not be too deep, perfect for the age of the kids who were with us. We did rent the beach chairs and umbrellas and had no problem with vendor at all. Our room was fine, very adequate for our needs. We did eat there for some meals because we had kids who eat for free. We thought everything was excellent, the breakfasts were good as well as the evening meal. My husband and I enjoyed the Happy Hour with appetisors. One evening there was a managers cocktail party, and that was quite the spread, and all you could drink, top shelf stuff as well. Even the kids were allowed to eat. The second year we stayed there was in June, and that was even better since the water was so warm, the waves absolutely the best, and we had the same good service. We used their safe in the office, and we thought the employees were fantastic. Once again we were there during the time of the managers cocktail party which might be a certain night once a week. It was posted on the board by the pool area restaurant. You will need to show a priority card to be admitted to the cocktail hour, but your whole group is included, and the food was excellent, fresh fruit, shrimp, fresh veggies, and all sorts of appetisors, and again all you cared to drink. If we have the opportunity to go back and visit Corpus Christy we would definitely go back to the Holiday Inn. It made some great memories for us. We didn't get to the Padre Islands, but went to the National Seashore, which was alright, but I thought the beach was dirty.
Too expensive
This place was way too expensive for the quality. The rooms were definately dated and the windows were dirty (we brought our own lysol wipes because even at the nicest hotels you never know whos working!!!!) I felt safe and the grounds were clean, which was pretty important to me. The jet ski rentals, trampoline and the beach right there was definately a plus. We didnt really interact with the staff much but be careful getting directions from the front desk, make sure to only follow them if the person seems confident. The indoor pool was nice (beware of the chlorine smell, it is strong), the play area with ping pong, pool and tunnels was great for family atmosphere. Not too far away from attractions, we went to the Padre Island National Seashore which was beautiful and exactly what I remembered the beach being like as a child. The hotel is in the bay and you see buildings far off in the distance and I remembered looking hard to see nothing as a kid so I was glad that Padre Island was not too far away so my children could see "the ocean". I would stay here again I just hope that they remodel soon, Just update the windows and bathrooms!!
It seemed like one of the best looking hotels ON the beach. Some of the others were a little shady looking. Only go with ones that have really good reviews.
Overpriced, outdated, bad experience.
For $149, this place is a dump. Hasn't been remodeled in at least 25 years. Probably the worst mattress I've ever tried to sleep on. The pillows were flat as a pancake. The room they put me in had three walls on hallways, so it was very noisy. There were no windows, and the lighting was poor. I felt like I was in a cave. We were scheduled to stay three nights, but checked out after one. Unless you are desparate for a room, avoid this place. It would be acceptable at $49, but not $149.
On the good side, this is a family friendly place. There is an indoor pool, ping pong tables, pool tables, shuffleboard, etc. It's right on the beach too.
Nice place for the family
My husband and I and our 4-year-old son stayed there in April 2004 for two nights. We stayed in a "bay view" room, which is part of a two-story annex to the hotel. My son loved the hotel--especially the play area, which has a McDonald's-like slide, plastic balls, etc. plus air hockey, ping-pong, a pool table and retro arcade games. The staff were very nice and accommodating, especially in the restaurant. Order off the menu for breakfast; it's very inexpensive and surprisingly good. Dinner menu is OK. The room was clean and in good shape, but the bed sheets could definitely have been higher quality. (They were clean.) The view was beautiful--especially during a storm, with big waves rolling in all night. We had to get the hotel to quiet some late-night revelers on the floor below us. The beach wasn't very clean--too many pieces of small debris in the sand; not good for barefoot small children. One plus is that it's shallow quite a ways out. Another option is the Corpus Christi city beach, about five minutes away. It's much bigger and no less clean. The beach rental guy at the Holiday Inn was surly, as another customer has noted. All in all, better than we expected for a Holiday Inn and an ideal place if you have children. Don't miss the USS Lexington aircraft carrier, five minutes away from the hotel: It's a fascinating exhibit. Also very worthwhile is the Texas State Aquarium, right next to the Lexington.
Great for Families!
We stayed here March 14-19 of 2004. It is a great and friendly spot for a family vacation. The indoor pool area is kid-friendly, and the fitness center is for the use of adults. So you don't have kids romping on the fitness equipment like I have seen at other Holiday Inns. The pool area opens to the beach, with an outside bar, which closes early.
I did not experience any loud partying there, although it was during Spring break. The rooms were clean and comfortable. My only disappointment was that they would close some of the recreation areas for cleaning in the middle of the day, rather than clean it at night.
Overall, we had a great time and we would stay there again. You really need to plan on renting a car if you fly in to Corpus Christi. The hotel has shuttle service from the airport, but to see the sights a car is necessary.
Holiday Inn Emerald Beach
We stayed at this hotel late Aug. of 2003 for 4 days. Originally, we had checked in to one of their cabanas but the AC was not working properly and we were immediately accomodated to another room on the 4th floor with a view of the bay after complaining. The staff at check-in was indifferent but not rude. I found the room to be dated but comfortable and was informed major renovation was forthcoming soon. All staff was pleasant, room service was great, room was clean, their beach was immaculate, pool was clean. I would be willing to stay there again.
Be prepared
I was total unprepared for the holiday Inn emerald beach experience. If I had to sum the accomidations in one word I would struggle between "dive" and "nasty". It was so beneath my expectations I dont know where to start. The hallway carpets were filthly. Not a spot here or there.
Huge stains 2 to 3 foot across. Not one or two, everywhere. The grounds were littered with tools, ground equip, ladders. The room was dated and worn. The staff with the exception of resturant were unprofessional and indifferent. We also paid a three star price for no star experience and hotel. Absolutely unbelievable. I have had many a positive stay at Holiday Inn they are generally good properties. This is not one. Note: The hotel looked as if was in mid remodel however we stayed in their premium room not yet refurbished were charged an outrageous price for a dump.
Good Price Great Stay
Enjoyed our stay very much. Did not know that the hotel was dog friendly, so next time I will bring my dogs. If you want a nice hotel with just enough ammenities, this is the place to stay.
Better than expected- I liked it.
I was a little apprehensive as I usually like to stay at a 4 star or better. However, I already stayed at the Omni Marina in Corpus and they had too many negatives for me: small rooms, stained carpets and slow room cleaning. Also the Holiday Inn Emerald Beach is the only one directly on the beach on Shoreline Drive and I was traveling with children.
The front desk staff was helpful and polite. Although there was a convention going on they were still accommodating. The parking, although free is barely adequate. If you come in late you will have to park around a dark corner from the rooms.
I stayed in one of the "cabana rooms" facing the bay. It had a nice sized balcony (but only one chair, although on the last day I noticed that all the other balconies had 2 chairs). Two double beds, armoire with television, desk with chair and sitting chair. Beautiful view.
You'll see a beautiful sunrise if you awake early enough and the weather permits. Average sized room, very clean, furniture and bathroom counters looked new. Room and halls appeared freshly painted.
Kids loved the pool (4.5 ft highest ) and Play port (kind of like the McDonalds playrooms). They had karoake outside the pool area Sat night for adults or children who wanted to participate. Encountered one rude person at towel stand but all other employees tried to be helpful.
Don't rent one of the pool view rooms if you like peace and quiet and like to see outside. With the kids playing and yelling, I felt sorry for those who had only that for their view. Some of those rooms walked right out to the pool and unless they closed their curtains they were part of the scenery.
Kids do eat free with adult entree. Food just okay. Nothing to rush back for but adequate for day or 2. However KoKomo breakfast buffet had problem with cleanliness of plates (10 dirty to one clean). The dishwasher was not up to the job, but the manager was very apologetic and took the whole group of plates back to be rewashed.
The beach was nice. You can walk way out and still be waist deep. You can rent chairs and other beach necessities. Also there's a large trampoline with a slide that you can rent time on for the children ($5 day). We were going to but did not like the attitude of the rental employee: very abrupt and did not want to answer any questions, just collect money. So we decided he really didn't want our money after all.
All in all it was a very pleasant stay. I would return.
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... our hands with warm water. Go America! After a day of flying it was great to see Brad and Camilia! Brad had a serious burn accident at work (he is a mechanic) a few months ago. He is sporting some serious wounds that are not done healing, but is doing much, much better. We relaxed at their house, did some chores (like write this blog), saw the new house they just bought nearby (it's still being constructed ...
"There i was"
... and once again I had to submit to mother nature. I retreated to the beach to lay down and stare into the vast empty space filled with so many little stars above me. It was pitch black where we were. But before I could start looking at the lights above me, I noticed an unnatural looking green glow below. With every step I took there was a short lived neon green glow in the seaweed. Was this some wierd nuclear spill from ...
Mustang Island - as FAR south as we can go!
... we saw our first rattlesnake ever! Up close and personal. In the middle of the fairway was a grassy mound, my ball landed to the left of the mound in the fairway, Bill was on the right side of the fairway, so he just walked over to his ball. When I came up to may ball, whoa, I saw this big, long rattlesnake sprawled out in the fairway. I parked the cart between us and hit my ball. I called Bill over and he said that he wasn't coming anywhere near me -- LOL. ...
Sand Fest
... me and I didn't think it worth the registration fee. OH well, nothing we can do about that now. After dinner, Bob came back to "G/G" and I played one game of FARKLE.
Tomorrow we're going to church at First United Methodist in Corpus to hear our former minister, Greg Hackett, preach. We're going to the 8:30 service and that way we will have time to pack up after church and still leave early enough to get home at a decent ...
Rally Day #2
So OK go ahead and ask me what we've been doing today. Are you ready for the answer?
Actually, not too much. The day started normally, weather nice, not too windy, mostly clear with some clouds rolling in later in the afternoon. We ate, ate, and ate some more!!
First eating occurred at breakfast time, of course, but not too much breakfast because we were going out for the Red ...


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JoePa in usual pre-bowl form
December 30, 2008 - Neil Rudel
Joe Paterno is usually uptight prior to bowl games, which include media and other obligations that he'd rather not have to bother with during preparation.
Tuesday was no exception.
When he arrived at the press conference at the Downtown Marriott, Paterno showed his impatience from the front table as interviews with players were going on in the back of the large ballroom.
"Hey, c'mon," he said. "If you want to shoot the bull, get out. I'm on a tight schedule. We've got to get a practice in."
He then complained about the "logistics," of practice-site coordination. The Lions are practicing about 40 minutes from their hotel.
"We've spent almost two hours a day in a bus," he said.
It wasn't quite as bad as three years ago when he ripped the Orange Bowl committee for having the media hotel 45 minutes away from Penn State's quarters (imagine JoePa driving from State College to Altoona for a presser).
Paterno eventually found his sense of humor Tuesday and told the media, "Happy new year," before adding with a smile. "I don't give a darn about yours, but I hope mine is happy."
It was a stark contrast to USC coach Pete Carroll, who made an opening statement and then was converged upon by reporters. Paterno's forum required a wireless microphone followed by no close-up access.
All the players were required to be at the press conference. That provided a rare opportunity to interview the PSU freshmen.
Players wore their jerseys, which helped us tell them apart, particularly the lesser-known types.
Penn State's players wore no hats inside, a JoePa preference. Many of USC's players had their caps on, twisted every which way. One Trojan was asleep at one of the round tables.


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Advertisements hawking supplements to boost low testosterone levels tug at the male ego with photos of chiseled bodybuilders and questions about whether the reader has all the strength, energy and sexual potency he should.
Low testosterone is a real condition that naturally occurs as men grow older. It does cause quality of life changes, and there are drugs that can help.
But taking supplements probably isn't the best way to improve the situation, one local urologist said.
Brian Christine, director of erectile restoration and prosthetic urology for Urology Centers of Alabama, advised men to stay away from supplements or drugs not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
"There are very good safe treatment options," Christine said. "To decide whether or not ... (a treatment) is appropriate, the patient needs to be evaluated by their physician or urologist."
Some men have a lower than normal testosterone level without signs or symptoms. For others, low testosterone may cause:
• Changes in sexual function. This may include reduced sexual desire, fewer spontaneous erections -- such as during sleep -- and infertility.
• Changes in sleep patterns. Sometimes low testosterone causes insomnia or other sleep disturbances.
• Physical changes. Various physical changes are possible, including increased body fat, reduced muscle bulk and strength, and decreased bone density. Swollen or tender breasts (gynecomastia) and hair loss are possible. You may experience hot flashes and have less energy.
• Emotional changes. Low testosterone may contribute to a decrease in motivation or self-confidence. You may feel sad or depressed, or have trouble concentrating or remembering.
Source: Mayo Clinic
Testosterone is a hormone produced by the testicles, Christine said. Hormones are kind of chemical messengers in the body, he said.
"Testosterone will produce the qualities that are associated with being male ... hair, a higher degree of muscle, deeper voice," he said.
Testosterone levels decrease as men get older.
"We'll start to see it in men in their 40s," Christine said. "It's primarily a quality of life issue ... the symptoms complained of are often times a decrease in libido (interest in sex or physical intimacy), decreased energy levels, difficulty in maintaining their muscle mass, and often times it is associated with erectile dysfunction."
A simple blood test can determine whether a man has low testosterone, Christine said.
Urologists have seen more men in the past five to seven years complaining about low testosterone, Christine said.
Part of the reason is that the condition is being advertised more, Christine said. "We get patients coming in with something (an ad) torn out of a magazine," he said.
The common method doctors used to treat patients in the past, which still is around today, is testosterone injections once every other week, Christine said. But a couple of other treatments have come along in the past decade, including testosterone gels that are applied to the skin and testosterone pellets that are placed under the skin. The pellets last for about 4 months.
Each of the treatments has pluses and minuses that need to be discussed between the doctor and patient, Christine said.
For example, two years ago the FDA announced it was requiring the makers of two FDA-approved testosterone gel products to include warnings on their labels to keep children and women from being exposed to the gel through contact with a patient using it.
Testosterone therapy has various risks. For example, testosterone therapy may:
• Contribute to sleep apnea -- a potentially serious sleep disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts.
• Cause your body to make too many red blood cells (polycythemia), which can increase the risk of heart disease.
• Cause acne or other skin reactions.
• Stimulate noncancerous growth of the prostate (benign prostatic hyperplasia) and possibly stimulate growth of existing prostate cancer.
• Enlarge breasts.
• Limit sperm production or cause testicle shrinkage.
Source: Mayo Clinic
Adults who use testosterone gels should wash their hands with soap and warm water each time they apply the gel and cover the area where they have applied the gel with clothing once the gel has dried, the FDA advises.
Insurance often pays for treatments, but Christine advised men to check with their insurance providers.
Patients using hormone replacement treatments need to be monitored to prevent problems, Christine said.
If the testosterone level gets too high, there can be an over-production of red blood cells "which can cause the blood to be too thick and potentially lead to a stroke or heart attack," Christine said.
A question that often arises is whether increasing the level of testosterone can cause prostate cancer. Christine said. "The testosterone does not cause prostate cancer," he said.
However, if one has prostate cancer, testosterone could accelerate the growth. That's why it's important to talk to your doctor and have an exam before beginning any kind of testosterone treatment.
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Editor's note: This is the third in a four-part series on round two of Aiken County's Capital Projects Sales Tax program. Round two of the program is drawing to a close, and local government administrators are transitioning into round three, which was approved by voters in 2010. Round two was approved by voters in 2004. Today, the Aiken Standard takes a look at the projects in the City of North Augusta that were slated for sales tax funding. The final installment will appear in Wednesday's edition.
The municipal building, known as the seat of North Augusta's government and also a magnet for a variety of special events, has drawn $5.5 million – the local lion's share of funding in the capital projects sales tax's second round.
The building opened its doors in 2009. The entire amount has been spent, and the building plays host to organizations and events ranging the North Augusta Chamber of Commerce to the North Augusta High School prom.
Another major draw on the tax, the community's recreation facilities, hauled in a little less of the $19,350,000 that North Augusta received. Additions to Riverview Park were priced at $2.57 million, and renovations for the park were set at $2.24 million.
The overall package has generally drawn thumbs-up reviews from the people who have helped set the priorities.
"The second round has gone well," said North Augusta City Councilman Arthur Shealy. "We're very pleased with the work. The capital projects sales tax option has become a valuable source of funding for improvements that the citizens welcome."
Councilman Pat Carpenter described the process as "going as scheduled" and noted that she and her cohorts are now awaiting the third round.
"There's some people wanting sidewalks," she said, citing the example of a man who sees her in Gary's Hamburgers every day and always brings up the topic.
The results of work in Riverview Park have been beautiful, she added.
Rick Meyer, the director of parks, recreation and leisure services, described himself and his cohorts as "absolutely thrilled" with the end result and pointed toward March 23 as the date for the park's "grand re-opening" to coincide with the opening day for recreation-league softball and baseball.
Among the North Augusta Department of Public Safety's stated goals in recent years has been the construction of a second sub-station, to help spread out manpower and other resources, with a goal of reaching trouble spots more quickly.
Referring to the agency's headquarters, Carpenter said, "In my book ... they could still have some help down there."
On the small end of the listings is the sum of $480,000 in sidewalk construction, for an estimated two miles of new surfaces. Money on sidewalks has been spent from 2010-2012, but the majority of the tax income – $356,498 – remains to be spent this year.
Mayor Lark Jones described the capital project sales tax as "a major reason why we have not raised property taxes in 21 years."
He added, "It is a method non-residents, by spending money in North Augusta, help pay for the parks, Greeneway and other facilities they use."
About 14 percent of the capital projects sales tax's North Augusta income remains to be spent, and the biggest portion – $1,149,303 – is for intersection improvements. The work has "barely begun," in the words of John Potter, the municipal government's finance director.
Target locations are Five Notch and Pisgah roads, as well as the points where U.S. 25 meets Pisgah Road, Celeste Avenue, Georgia Avenue and Walnut Lane.
Referring to North Augusta's overall portion of the capital project sales tax in its second round, Potter said, "We have received $11 [million] of our $19 million. I mean, it's running pretty much on schedule. There's no time limit as to when the money has to be spent, but, obviously, you want to spend it in a pretty timely fashion."
Where does the money go?
$5.5 million
North Augusta Municipal Center
The North Augusta Municipal Center, budgeted for $5.5 million, took shape in 2008 (receiving $1,096,959) and 2009 ($4.403,041). Most of the municipal office space is in the building, on Georgia Avenue, near the state line, and the North Augusta Department of Public Safety has expanded into the former city hall, on Buena Vista Avenue.
$2.57 million
Additions to Riverview Park
Additions to Riverview Park are also complete, having had $2.57 million spread between 2009 and 2012. One popular summertime item, a "spraypool," was actually placed a couple of miles away, in Summerfield Park. A scoring tower was added in Riverview Park. Restrooms, meeting rooms, dressing rooms and a main concession stand were also added.
$2.24 million
Riverview Park renovations
Riverview Park also received major renovations, all in 2012, to the tune of $2.24 million. The baseball and softball fields – including those that serve as the home fields for North Augusta High School – got a facelift, from the playing surfaces to the dugouts. Two scoring towers were renovated as well, and a traffic circle was added.
$1.64 million
Park, open-space development
Some park spending is still under way. Under the category of "parks, Greeneways and open-space development," the total amount planned in 2005 was $1.64 million. Spending so far has included $395,000 in 2009 and $741,802 in 2012, leaving $254,536 to be used this year. One of North Augusta's most popular attractions is the Greeneway (named in honor of former mayor Tom Greene), a paved path that draws pedestrians, joggers, bicyclists, dog-walkers and other users from around the CSRA.
$1.875 million
North Augusta Department of Public Safety
The North Augusta Department of Public Safety was allotted $1.875 million for equipment and other purchases related to its second sub-station, to be located on Belvedere-Clearwater Road. Expenditures so far have included $1,008,364 in 2008 and $28,794 in 2012. Remaining for this year is the sum of $637,842.
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ANGOLA, Ind. – Albion College completed the softball season Sunday with 22-0 and 26-0 losses to Trine University.
The Britons managed four hits on the day. Seniors Jessica Koehler and Michelle Norgren collected the hits in game one and first-year player Sarah Bucholz produced a single in game two.
Trine hit .582 as a team in the doubleheader. Sarah Belote went 5-for-5 with two homeruns and eight runs batted in. Three of Amy Newell's hits were homeruns as she finished the day with 11 RBI.
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Six rice farms chosen for AgCenter projects
CROWLEY – LSU AgCenter rice research scientists conduct many projects at locations other than the Rice Research Station near Crowley. These off-station sites, typically between 2 and 6 acres, are in the state's two rice-growing areas. This year four farms in southwestern Louisiana and two in northeastern Louisiana have been selected for these sites.
"Local rice farmers provide land, irrigation water and many other services, including the patience required of small-plot research activities," said Steve Linscombe, rice breeder and director of the LSU AgCenter's Southwest Region.
The off-station trials in southwestern Louisiana will be at Jimmy Hoppe's farm south of Fenton in Jeff Davis Parish; Kent Lounsberry's farm south of Lake Arthur in western Vermilion Parish; Kody and Larry Beiber's farm west of Mamou in Evangeline Parish; and R&Z Farms (Keith Rockett, Dwayne and Doug Zaunbrecher), east of Mowata in Acadia Parish.
"2008 marks the 24th year this work has been conducted on the Lounsberry Farm in Vermilion Parish and the 14th year for these studies on the Hoppe Farm in Jeff Davis Parish," Linscombe said.
In northeastern Louisiana, the two locations are in Richland Parish at Elliot Colvin's farm north of Rayville and Woodsland Plantation southeast of Monroe.
"These sites are treated as miniature research stations. The site must have independent flooding and draining capabilities," Linscombe said. "This will allow us to flush, flood or drain the research area without affecting the producer's adjacent fields.
"The farmer prepares the seedbed in the research area for drill-seeding. Then we travel to the site with the same small-plot planting equipment we use at the Rice Station," Linscombe said.
The field is squared off and laid out for planting, and the planting operation itself is normally completed within two to three hours. After planting, the site is managed similarly to sites on the research station. This includes water management (flushing, flooding and drainage as appropriate) and proper fertilization, as well as weed, insect and disease control.
"Often, fertilization and pest control treatments may be part of the research studies, so we take precautions to avoid jeopardizing these treatments when managing the rest of the research area," Linscombe said.
Researchers visit these sites once or twice a week at a minimum to collect data and make management decisions.
"When all plots have reached harvest maturity, we travel to the site with our small plot combine to harvest each plot. We then record the weight, grain moisture and test weight for later comparisons. At some south Louisiana locations, the research area is fertilized and reflooded after harvest to generate ratoon (second) crop data," Linscombe said.
These off-station sites are integral to the research effort.
"We have had a number of experimental lines through the years that looked very good at tests here on the station. However, evaluating these same lines at the off-station sites allowed us to discover inherent characteristics that warranted a decision not to release," Linscombe said.
On the other hand, consistent superior performance over locations and years by a potential release can corroborate data produced on the research station and help justify a variety release, Linscombe said. In addition to variety development, typical areas of research conducted at these off-station sites include fertility and agronomic studies, as well as disease, insect and weed control work.
County agents are vital to the success of the research program, too, Linscombe said. They help locate cooperating farmers and help in the planting, data collection and harvesting of the research sites. In addition, most locations serve as the venue for a parish or area field days, which are coordinated by the agent. These field days allow producers to see new technology in a farmer-oriented setting.


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- Directed by Catherine Breillat
===Story=== A film director named Jeanne (Anne Parillaud) is consumed with directing a young actress (Roxane Mesquida) and actor (Grégoire Colin) in a difficult sex scene. Aided and abetted by her loyal assistant director, Léo (Ashley Wanninger), Jeanne is hell-bent on getting it right, without compromise or dishonesty. It offers a meditation on sex and power, or, to put it another way, social manipulation, truth and freedom. Sex Is Comedy takes the viewer into a faux-authentic sex shoot complete with giant fake penis, nerve-shattered cast and unflappable crew.
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Erie police force grows by 2
Erie's police force is two stronger today.
Mayor Joe Sinnott administered the oath of office to Benjamin Gadsby, 26, and Adam Michali, 30, during a short ceremony at Erie City Hall on Monday afternoon.
The hiring fills vacancies created by the retirement of two officers and brings the Erie Bureau of Police back up to a full complement of 173 officers, Chief Steve Franklin said.
Gadsby and Michali will serve as patrolmen.
Gadsby, a veteran of the Pennsylvania National Guard who has previously worked part time as a police officer in both Albion borough and at Erie International Airport, said he looked forward to serving a diverse, urban community.
He said he was drawn to police work because of "the ability to be there when someone's in need."
"They're relying on you to help them with their problems," Gadsby said.
For Michali, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who served two tours in Iraq, taking the oath was the fulfillment of a childhood dream.
"I've wanted to be a cop ever since I was a kid," said Michali, a father of two. "I've lived in Erie most of my life ... and having the opportunity to be a cop in the community I live in is a great honor. I truly enjoy helping people, and this gives me the opportunity to do that."
Franklin said Gadsby and Michali have a knowledge of technology that will serve the bureau well, as will their military experience. They bring new energy and enthusiasm to the job, he said.
"Tomorrow's policing is being established today," Franklin said.
Franklin said he expects Gadsby and Michali to be on the streets with training officers in January, after a training and orientation period.
ERICA ERWIN can be reached at 870-1846 or by e-mail. Follow her on Twitter at twitter.com/ETNerwin.


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We know we've played something great, perhaps even something special, when we find ourselves thinking about it when we're not playing it. When we find ourselves wishing we were playing it while we're sat on the underground, or browsing the internet, or listening to our editor prattle on about Geometry Wars 2. It doesn't happen very often, but when it does it reminds us of the power video games hold over us, how entrancing the spell they cast really can be. It happened again recently, and the game was Fallout 3.
It seems ridiculous to have to form some kind of informed opinion based on a two hour toe-dip into Bethesda's stunning post-apocalyptic world, given the gargantuan nature of this sci-fi RPG, but that's what we're paid to do, so here goes. Haters be quiet - Fallout 3 is shaping up to one of the best games of 2008, and, fingers crossed, could be one of the best RPGs ever.
Amoral, subversive and pulp. It sounds like we're describing a particularly bad kind of orange juice, but it's actually the three words our new previews editor Neon Kelly came up with when we asked him to sum up the Fallout series, a series that a lot of PC gamers still care a great deal about.
You can't, of course, please everyone, and Bethesda knows this. It also knows that, actually, if it can make a game as good as The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, it'll have done it's job. From our time with the game, Fallout 3 might even be better than Oblivion.
You may be wondering why we're comparing Fallout 3 to Oblivion in the first place. It's because the game could almost be Oblivion 2, or, as some journalists are calling it, Oblivion with guns. What's certain is that it feels very similar. The trademark vistas, the dialogue system, the camera angle when you talk to NPCs, the instant teleportation to already discovered locations, it's all there.
'Simply saying Fallout 3 is Oblivion with guns doesn't do Bethesda's hard work justice.'
Simply saying Fallout 3 is Oblivion with guns doesn't do Bethesda's hard work justice. Fallout 3 looks better than Oblivion, even though it's not finished. Fact. The draw distance is mind-blowing - when we leave Vault 101 for the first time, the giant doorway creaking open, our character's eyes adjusting to the first natural light he's ever been exposed to, the nuke-ravaged Washington DC that lies before us almost knocks us out. Dusty settlements, what looks like a small town, hills, whistling wind, it's all there. We believe. We believe that this actually is what a US city would look like if a nuclear war landed on top of it. We can see the Washington Monument (less important for us Brits) in the distance, somehow still standing. "You can travel there and go all the way up to the top," Pete Hines, Bethesda's communications chief tells us. We believe him.
Usually when we're granted precious hands-on time with games, we're given a very linear, carefully crafted snap shot of what it's got to offer. Not so here. Bar a couple of restrictions centred around the main 'find your father' plot (which Bethesda won't be talking about until the game is released), Pete tells us we have the freedom to go anywhere, do anything, just the way open world games should be played. We take him up on his offer.
It's the little things that have us so excited. Straight away we head left, off the beaten path that leads to the town of Megaton, the first main quest hub players will experience after the 40 minutes or so they've spent in Vault 101. We spot a sign that says 'Scenic Overlook'. We stand still, using the thumb stick to pan the camera, taking in the desperate, charred landscape. The sign is the first piece of evidence, if it was needed, that Bethesda is well aware of the series' trademark humour.
We level up - a specially constructed ding designed to give us a taste of how the RPG-ness of Fallout 3 works. The Pip-Boy appears on screen - a wrist-mounted computer that monitors your health, allows you to assign skill points, lets you view the world map and track quests, to name but a few of its functions. We have 13 options, all staple RPG categories - barter, repair, lockpick, sneak etc - in which to sink our attribute points. Some will be familiar to Fallout fans. Big guns, for example, improves your effectiveness with oversized weapons like the Fat Man (really), flamethrowers, missile launchers and the like. We're guessing you can work out for yourself what the Small Guns skill improves. But it looks like Bethesda has ditched a couple of Fallout skills - outdoorsman, the random encounter controller that wouldn't have worked anyway, and gambling, which was rarely used.
The character customisation doesn't end there. Whenever you level up you're given a point to spend on perks, special abilities that help you fine tune your character even further. Daddy's Boy, for example, grants +5 to your science and medical skills. Intense Training allows you to put a single point into any of your S.P.E.C.I.A.L. attributes. Lady Killer gives you +10% damage against female opponents. There are loads more, some we know, but can't talk about (sorry, you know how these things work).
We go travelling. We know that we're supposed to go to Megaton, our only lead on our father, and we know the way we're supposed to go, via arrows on a slider on the bottom left hand side of the screen, but we decide not to. Not yet, anyway. We discover what looks like the deserted Springvale settlement. We pass an Enclave Eyebot - a floating mechanical eye that spews propaganda from President Eden (voiced by A Clockwork Orange star Malcolm McDowell), a creepy, almost cult-like figure who runs the Enclave, an organisation that fancies itself the new US government.
We come across a merchant, called Crow, and get a taste for Fallout 3's dialogue system, which proves to be almost identical to Oblivion's. We run about, a lot, trying to find something, anything to kill. We struggle - our first concern. Yes, this is a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Yes, it's not going to be as busy as present day Washington DC, but the last thing we want to feel is bored.


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How many friends do you have? I mean really? Are you so busy sending pictures of the event you are at that you completely ignore the people who came there to spend time with you?
Do you and your family have dinner together or out at a restaurant and everyone is texting someone else? Are you really connected to others? If not, begin to consider your life with phones, blackberries, iPods, Facebook and constant texting and ask yourself, "how do I really cultivate conscious, effective relationships?"
Nowadays people never unplug. We are all constantly connected to never-ending emails, texts and calls. The result is most read their messages and do not respond or pledge to answer them later and rarely get back to answer. These trends mean more messages and less actual communication with connection. People want to be heard, to be important and to be valued. All this hit and miss communication leaves us feeling unheard and unimportant. I believe this is eroding our personal and professional relationships which impacts our happiness.
We all must establish a method to manage our communications, answer critical work emails and make time to actually talk face-to-face with our friends, family and key people of our lives.
So why are people are less connected after all these recent technology breakthroughs? Some examples:
- People have a tendency to be in constant anticipation of their next call or text, instead of focusing on people already communicating with them or even sitting in front of them face-to-face.
- People are losing the art of conversation.
- People are more comfortable texting someone, instead of talking and overcoming potential conflict.
- People can not turn off their phones during dinner, a movie or while driving.
So what can I do?
- Be present with your friends, who are with you now!
- Make time to meet with friends and disconnect
- Write and send a snail mail hand-written card! With a photo stamp!
- Periodically check for critical messages during the weekend, but do not get sucked into working from your phone
- Establish family time and rituals with no iphones, ipads, texting or Facebook.
- Challenging life communications should always be delivered in person or at least with a conversation.
- Consider: If you wouldn't say it in person, why would you Facebook, email or text it?
- Make a play date with a friend!


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The Coup consists of vocalist-writer and activist Boots Riley accompanied by a versatile cadre of musicians, with guests including Anti-Flag, Das Racist, Killer Mike, Vernon Reid, Jolie Holland, and Joe Henry. With this eclectic guest list, The Coup have created an album that merges danceable beats, punk urgency and the astute social commentary of hip-hop to craft a refreshingly unique sound that draws from the past but never sounds anything but futuristic.
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Hear Milla Jovovich's New Song 'Electric Sky'
So synthy! So poppy!By Hilary Moss
So synthy! So poppy!By Hilary Moss
Plus, Milla Jovovich as Marilyn Monroe.
Welcome home, soldiers. Now give Tom Hanks a hug.By Eliot Glazer
Plus, lawmakers discuss the need to strengthen federal cosmetics regulations.
Milla Jovovich holds a grudge, Octavia Spenser reverse faints, and two photobombers, only one of them intentional.By Josh Wolk
Mario Sorrenti wears a pink tank top, the crew wears cargo shorts, the models wear nothing. So: the usual.By Amy Odell
Including Joan Smalls, Guinevere Van Seenus, and Edita Vilkevicute all naked as blue jays.By Charlotte Cowles
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Actress slammed Summit's marketing.By Andre Tartar
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She's not a fan of their career choice.By Alex Rees
Milla Jovovich can't tell who anyone is.By Adam K. Raymond
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HASELDEN, Eugene William, 83, of North Charleston, a retired installer with Flanders Carpet and husband of Carolyn J. Andrews Haselden, died Monday. Arrangements by Stuhrs Northwoods Chapel.
KUCK, John Emile, 81, of Charleston, a Marine Corps retiree, Charleston Naval Shipyard retiree and widower of Juanita Harding Kuck, died Sunday. Arrangements by Stuhrs West Ashley Chapel.
LIBERMAN, Tilla Nussbaum, 90, of Charleston, first married to the late Leon Sabel and widow of Sam Liberman, died Monday. Arrangements by Stuhrs Downtown Chapel.
MARTINEZ, Jorge Luis, 23, of North Charleston, an assistant auto mechanic, died Monday. Arrangements by Simplicity Lowcountry Cremation and Burial Services.
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JOHNSTON, Joan Frances, of Ladson, wife of David A. Johnston, died Monday. Arrangements by McAlister-Smiths Goose Creek Chapel.
VOSE, Alexandria Nicole, 29, of Huger, a chef, died Monday. Arrangements by Stuhrs Mount Pleasant Chapel.
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WINDHAM, Jacob Liam, infant son of Danielle R. Windham and Donald K. Tracy, of Cottageville, died Sunday. Arrangements by Herndons Walterboro Chapel.
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COUCH, Gisele A., of Summerville died Saturday. Arrangements by Tri-County Cremation Center.
PITTMAN, Hugh David, 68, of Summerville died Sunday. Arrangements by Palmetto Cremation Society of Charleston.
PUGH, James C., 69, of St. George, a sheet metal worker and widower of Sandra D. Pugh, died Saturday. Arrangements by Tri-County Cremation Center of Summerville.
SALTER, Henry Denning Jr., 86, of Summerville, a Navy veteran, retired commander with the Navy Reserve, retired director of the facilities division of the Southern Division Naval Facilities Engineering Command, civil engineer with Davis & Floyd Inc. and widower of Rachel Livingston Salter, died Saturday. Arrangements by McAlister-Smiths West Ashley Chapel of Charleston.
BLACK, Richard L., 92, of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Fla., formerly of Charleston, S.C., an Army Air Corps veteran, public manager, adviser to the governor of South Carolina, former Charleston County administrator, first married to the late Dorothy Rumbaugh and husband of Joy Huddleston, died Friday. Arrangements by All County Funeral Home of Lake Worth, Fla.
GILES, Andrew Jackson, 68, of New York, formerly of St. Stephen, S.C., died Saturday. Arrangements by Henryhands St. Stephen, S.C. Chapel.
QUATTLEBAUM, Adelaide G., 78, of Beaufort, a financial advisor with Interstate Johnson Lane and Merrill Lynch and wife of James T. Quattlebaum, has died. Arrangements by Anderson Funeral Home.
WESCOAT, Richard Yeadon, 89, of Marietta, Ga., a captain with the Army Medical Corps, retired general practitioner and husband of Lucy Wescoat, died Wednesday. Arrangements by Ward-Dobbins Funeral Home.
WESTON, Eugene King, 69, of Mullins, a former teacher and salesman, died Saturday. Arrangements by Burroughs Funeral Home of Murrells Inlet.


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If I didn't have to watch it during the daytime, that is.
Yes, the show is that scary. But there's also plenty more to it. Henceforth, three reasons to watch ... with the lights on. (Caution: potential spoilers ahead!)
1. It's the Perfect Kind of CreepyThe premise: Troubled couple Ben (Dylan McDermott) and Vivien (Connie Britton), move to L.A. after Vivien delivers a stillborn baby and Ben cheats on her. With their daughter Violet (Taissa Farmiga), they settle into a too-good-to-be-true old house that turns out to be haunted. But that's where the typical scary storyline ends. With more style and cool than most recent horror movies, the show succeeds with subtlety. In the Oct. 26 episode, a doctor's reaction to Britton's sonogram (she's pregnant again, but we don't know by whom – or by what) is easily the most unsettling moment of the hour. Adelaide's "pretty girl" Halloween mask is quietly terrifying, too.
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There are more obvious frights too, like the thing in the basement that will rattle even seasoned scary movie-watchers. You've also got plenty of disturbing images, such as the original owner of the house doing hideous things to his dead baby. But the show doesn't sink to the typical horror movie lows, like the mirror scare (when you think the ghost is going to pop out, but doesn't … only to then appear in the mirror!).
2. The Stars – And GuestsThere's not a weak link in the cast, and Jessica Lange takes the prize for Most Awesome Character. As Constance, she's creepy, funny and downright fascinating. Her meaty scenes are memorable, as are her zingers, like the delicious warning she issues to Frances Conroy's character Moira: "Don't make me kill you – again."
As for guest stars, Zachary Quinto is incredibly watchable as a previous tenant of the house who meets a dire fate. Though he doesn't live through much of the Halloween Part 1 episode, his role doesn't end there. Not unlike my dearly departed Rescue Me, just because someone's dead on this show doesn't mean we've seen the last of them. And according to EW, Modern Family's fabulous Cameron, Eric Stonestreet, will also pop in this season.
3. It Keeps You GuessingFunnier and sicker than you'd expect, American Horror Story is a dizzying mix of humor, sex and the macabre. As a horror movie aficionado, I'm thoroughly refreshed by a creepy show that leaves me with questions every week. Is Tate (Evan Peters) the "Rubber Man," or was that just a fake-out? Will we meet Constance's other children? And what other secrets does the house – my favorite character of all – have in store? I can hardly wait to find out.
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Good food, but AWESOME cookies!
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Wonderful Place!!!!!!!!!
My husband and I just retuned from staying at this wonderful place. Thank God we DID NOT believe all the reviews and decided to check out this place for ourselves. We loved the peaceful surroundings as well as the comfortable cabin. Every person who worked there, that we came in contact with, was friendly, helpful, and very pleasant. The young man and woman that worked the gift shop were helpful and very friendly. The waitresses and the one waiter that seved us were very nice and went out of their way to make our meal wonderful. The food was fantastic!!!! John Rich took the time to talk to us about the beautiful rugs, for which my husband and I will forever be grateful. The only complaint we have would be directed towards some of the guests who we found to be rude and unfriendly towards the staff. The staff went out of their way to make our stay one of the best vacations that my husband and I have ever had. By the way we were celebrating our wedding anniversary and will always remember the wonderful stay we had and the pleasent staff that we had the honor to meet. Thank you again!!!!!!
Rustic and rugged
This is a very rustic place. No A/C, TV or phone. Teeny, tiny bathroom. There are only so many places to stay at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon and this was one of them. It was a VERY long drive from the North Rim. The room was clean, and the bed was comfortable, the people were nice and the restaurant was ok. If you like camping, you will like this place. For the prices they charged I was expecting something a lot nicer.
A True One-Of-A-Kind!!!!
Leave your pre-conceived expectations in the car when staying at the Jacob Lake Inn and you will be rewarded with a memorable experience. If you are a "Four Seasons" type, your adjustment to rustic cabin accomadations may be a little bumpy. Remember, there are no pretensions here...none! Just friendly, warm people who love their unique place in North Rim history. Like I said "One of a kind!"
The worst night of our vacation
Don't stay here unless you have no choice. The room had dozens of flies, dead and alive, the bathroom was small to begin with, but there was a hot water heater in it to boot. The shower is not separate from the toilet area. The bed was uncomfortable, and I woke up with bites that itched for days. I don't know what bit me. The staff seemed sweet but completely inexperienced and untutored. I don't think they had ever seen a hotel or a restaurant before arriving at Jacob Lake. If you can stay anywhere else, do.
If you can't get into the Canyon Lodge...
Basic cabin-style accommodation in a motel; not bad but not fantastically comfortable. The place itself falls eerily quiet around 8.30pm, so that we didn't feel we could sit out on any of the inviting porch areas any later than that. Service was quite good and friendly, with food much better than you'd expect. When we saw the Grand Canyon Lodge on the Northern Rim, though, we were kicking ourselves.
Pass this place up
My wife and I made the mistake of reserving a room at this place on Labor Day Sept. 6th, '04.
We were on our way to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon and were told (incorrectly) that there was no lodging inside the park itself, so we stopped and asked for a room for the nite. It wasn't ready at the time we arrived and wanting to see the canyon before dark, we paid for the room without looking at it, big mistake. The cabin looked good from the outside, at the time we didn't know that each cabin was divided into two separate rooms. Also the clerk does not tell propestive customers that they do not have a television or a radio in the half-cabins. What you get is a 8' x12' room with an attached bathroom and closet. It also included one lamp under which both my wife and I attempted to read in the evening after our below average dinner in the lodge. An added bonus was the dirty towel left on the bathroom floor, all for a total of over $81.00.
I asked for a refund upon veiwing the room for the first time but the clerk behind the desk said it was against their "policy". Rooms are scarce in that particular area, I will agree but take the extra half hour and stay in Kanub or inside the park and pass this place up.
Ethel and Fred stayed here
This place was adorable!! Like Fred and Ethel Mertz would have stayed in, while travelling with Lucy and Ricky. It was little log cabins, surrounded by woods. Very basic, but if you want more you have to go to the nearest resort area, Kanab Utah, quite a drive after seeing the National Park. I thought the food was good too, and lovely Native American crafts for sale in the restaurant.
Dated Americana
The Jacob Lake Inn is a tourist check-point on the road to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. The Inn is actually a conglomeration of cabins and motel-style rooms that are fronted by a gift shop and restaurant by the same name. The gift shop has a wide assortment of native-American crafts and curios. The restaraunt, which is lavishly decorated with items available for sale in the gift shop, serves American cuisine without fanfare. The young staff were uniformly friendly and helpful. We stayed in one of the motel-style rooms behind the main building that houses the gift shop and restaurant. The wooded setting is very peaceful and relaxed. A kind assessment of the room would be that it is unpretentious and clean. I think the Smithsonian Institute should have a room from the Jacob Lake Inn on exhibit in its Museum of American History, for they are a perfect embodiment of the type of motel rooms that were built in the mid-20th century to serve tourists visiting state and national parks. The room was spartan with no amenities such as telephone and TV, the latter of which was unnecessary because nearby is one of the great natural wonders of the world. There were two electrical receptacles in the room, neither of which was near the sink. The bathroom was a marvel in space management. A 30-gallon hot-water heater, toilet and shower were contained in the same space as you would typically find in the clothes closet in most motels. The room was very clean. There was no air conditioning; opening the ancient casement type windows was sufficient to naturally cool our room. The mattresses on the two double beds were soft and mushy; no one in my family slept well and my back was sore the next morning. Ironically, we paid more for our lodging at the Inn than any of the five other motels/hotels we stayed at in Arizona. In terms of comfort, I would place the Inn about a notch above camping in one of the nearby campgrounds.
A Trip Back In Time!
A trip back in time! My husband works for the airline industry and has seen much of the United States. We've vacationed in every major city in the Western United States! He now wants to see the road less traveled. He purchased a motorcycle about a year ago and we've truly enjoyed seeing 'Out The Way Destinations". We recently spent a night at "Jacobs Inn". It was great fun for us! It's not the Hyatt or the Hilton. ( But, hey!,They all look the same.) We stayed in a cabin in the woods. They describe the cabins as rustic, that means they are cabins, not motel rooms with a 50ish/60ish camp look about them. They also offer motel accommodations, but I'd choose the cabins. They have a restaurant, it's not high cuisine, but the food is fine! The inn employees mainly college students for the summer months. They were friendly, polite and helpful. Out first choice for accommodations was at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon at" Kaibab Lodge". However, when we visited the North Rim during our visit we were very pleased we were at "Jacobs Inn". The cabins at" Kaibab Lodge" were close together and there was not much privacy. At "Jacobs Inn" you can sit on your cabin porch, listen to the wind in the trees and imagine that you're a kid again at camp!
Jacob Lake could stand some maturity
We spent a long weekend at Jacob Lake two yrs. ago and was very impressed with it. It is managed and operated by college students doing their internships in bus. management and hotel management. This past summer though we went back up there and it was so much different. The attitude of the students were more of a laid back, don't care, party type. It was hard to get service in the restaurant (which has a very limited menu) and the rooms left a lot to be desired. We came in one night and had no electricity and almost never found any one who seemed to know what to do. The staff seemed to want to stand around and talk with each other rather than wait on the customers. We will definitely be going back to the North Rim but will stay at Kaibab Lodge instead, this is where we ended up eating the rest of our meals and was very pleased. The breakfast at Jacob Lake Inn was not even cooked all the way through but when we complained all we got was "sorry".
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Unfortunately neither of us slept last night. I had noticed yesterday that my legs had swollen so I was obviously retaining water (a side-effect of the altitude apparently). My body annoyingly chose last night to divest itself of all the accumulated water and so I had many trips to the bathroom. I also had really achy legs and a terribly sore …
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We both managed to sleep although I had a dreadful headache and had nightmares during the night – a result of the altitude sickness I believe. We slept in till after 9am but both felt much better than we did last night thankfully as we want to enjoy the North Rim to the max.
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Gorges and Altitude Sickness
I think this morning was our earliest getaway. We were checked out of the hotel and on the road by 7:30 am which was very impressive for us. It was a good time to leave Vegas as there wasn't a lot of traffic and we needed to find a Vons/Safeway to buy some more bottled water as believe it or not we have drunk 56 bottles so far on this trip. We both …
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Monument valley national park We arrived at Goulding's Lodge just in time to check in and catch the sunset going down behind three of the monuments. After our 7 hour drive across Arizona and into Utah we decided to have an early night so we could get up for the sunrise which was meant to be beautiful. When we woke up at 5.30 am we were not …
On the road to the Grand Canyon
... went to the second visitor center which was the lodge. We went out to go look at the view. The Grand Canyon was huge and really pretty from where we were looking. We got back in the RV and went to our campsite. Evan, Mom, Maddie and I played a game of football. Then Mom had to stop so the rest of us played a game. I was all offense. Then we rested for 30 minutes. After that we started to make dinner. Maddie and I made ...


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Jeremiah Davis' Career Stats, Highs & Game-By-Game (PDF)
Joined the Cardinals as a mid-year transfer in January 2014 and began practicing with the team immediately ... ruled eligible to compete for the entire 2014-15 season when the NCAA granted a request to waive the normal one-year residency requirement for transfer students but ended up missing the first semester of the season due to injury.
2015-16 (Senior)
Averaged 6.3 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game ... played in 22 games and made two starts ... played 17.6 minutes per game … shot 41.9 percent from the floor and 77.4 percent from the free throw line ... scored in double figures seven times, including a season-high 13 points on three occasions -- versus New Orleans (Dec. 5), versus Toledo (Jan. 6) and at Buffalo (Jan 26) ... grabbed a career-high seven rebounds at Bradley (Nov. 13) and at Ohio (Jan. 9) ... handed out a career-best eight assists against IU Kokomo (Nov. 25) ... hit the game-winning shot in the final seconds against Miami (Jan. 16).
2014-15 (Junior)
Played in the final 20 games and started the final 17, most of them at point guard ... missed the first semester with a foot injury before making his Ball State debut Jan. 3 versus Bethune-Cookman ... averaged 7.1 points per game and ranked second on the team with 2.8 assists per game ... led the Cardinals with 29 steals ... scored a career-high 16 points March 6 at Bowling Green in the first round of the Mid-American Conference Tournament ... scored double figures in eight games ... dished out a season-high seven assists on two occasions -- Jan. 21 versus Ohio and Feb. 28 at Toledo ... also averaged 3.2 rebounds per game ... grabbed a season-high six boards in the Feb. 28 game at Toledo.
At Cincinnati
Played in six games during the first semester of the 2013-14 season before transferring to Ball State ... limited to four games as a sophomore in 2012-13 because of a wrist injury for which the American Athletic Conference granted him another year of eligibility ... played in 27 games as a freshman in 2011-12, averaging 7.9 minutes per game for a Cincinnati team that reached the Sweet 16 ... scored in double figures in three games ... saw action in every Big East regular-season game ... scored a season-high 13 points with a trio of 3-pointers and three rebounds in 15 minutes against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (12/21) ... tallied 11 points with three 3-pointers and three rebounds against Chicago State (12/23) ... recorded his highest-scoring Big East game against Notre Dame, posting 10 points with two three-pointers ... hit a 3-pointer with nine seconds remaining to tie the game against St. John's (1/7).
High School
A Muncie Central High School product who went on to play one season at Huntington (W. Va.) Prep ... averaged 10 points while leading Huntington Prep to a 22-3 overall record and No. 14 national ranking in 2010-11 ... led Muncie Central to a sectional title in 2009-10, averaging a team-best 16.3 points, 5.1 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 2.0 steals ... led Muncie Central to the North Central Conference title ... earned All-NCC accolades ... tabbed The Star Press Athlete of the Year for boys' basketball ... played AAU basketball for Indiana Elite.
Full name is Jeremiah Davis III ... born Jan. 22, 1993 in Muncie, Ind. ... son of Maria and Jeremiah Davis ... has a brother, Aaron ... majoring in general studies.
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