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Jurors in the Bill Cosby sexual assault case went into a fifth day of deliberations on Friday.
The 79-year-old comedian, once known as "America's Dad," has been charged with drugging and molesting Andrea Constand, a former Temple University employee, at his Philadelphia home in 2004. Cosby has said it was consensual.
While dozens of other women with similar stories have accused Cosby of sexual assault, this is the only criminal case to be brought against him.
Cosby has been charged with three counts of felony aggravated indecent assault.
With so many accusations from so many different women during the years, Cosby's reputation in recent years has been shattered. Here's everything you need to know about the case.
What are the allegations against him in court?
While Constand was employed as Temple University's director of operations for the women's basketball team between 2001 and 2004, she met Cosby, an alumnus of the Philadelphia college, according to court documents. Eventually the pair "developed what [Constand] believed to be a sincere friendship," and she looked to Cosby as a mentor, the court documents state.
Constand alleges that Cosby made sexual advances on multiple occasions and that she turned them down. But Constand is accusing Cosby of drugging and sexually assaulting her during one specific visit to his home sometime between mid-January and mid-February of 2004.
According to court documents, Constand — then 30 years old — told Cosby about the anxiety she had regarding her career and said she felt "drained." Cosby offered "three blue pills" that he said were "herbal" and instructed her to take them as they would "take the edge off," court documents allege.
Constand said she took the pills with water but also sipped on wine as Cosby had instructed.
Within 20 to 30 minutes of taking the pills, Constand said her vision became blurry, and she had difficulty speaking, according to a probable cause affidavit. She also described not being aware of sounds or time and feeling as though she was "in and out."
Court documents describe, in graphic detail, the alleged sexual assault. "The victim told investigators that she did not consent to any of these acts, and was unable to move or speak during the assault," the documents say.
Constand said she couldn't remember any kissing or intercourse between them, according to statements she gave police.
Cosby has maintained that the sexual activity between the two was consensual, and she never said "no."
Why is Cosby on trial for something that allegedly happened in 2004?
Constand didn't tell anyone about the night in question for a year, according to People. She said she finally told her mother, Gianna Constand, on Jan. 13, 2005.
Upon learning of her daughter's alleged assault, Gianna Constand made two calls — one to Cosby and one to the police in their town of Ontario, Canada.
The younger Constand said that "an element of fear" was what kept her silent about the incident for so long.
"Before I was going to say anything to anyone, I had to put my own thoughts and feelings together. I was emotionally shocked. I was still traumatized about the whole situation," Constand told People. "I had some emotional stress I was dealing with. I needed to come to terms with this on my own."
In 2005, Constand sued Cosby. The suit included 13 Jane Does who also accused Cosby of wrongdoing. The case was settled for an undisclosed amount the following year.
A federal court unsealed documents from the lawsuit in 2015 at the request of the Associated Press.
A judge ruled in December 2016 that potentially damning testimony Cosby gave in the civil suit could be used in the trial. In the testimony, Cosby admitted to buying Quaaludes and giving women drugs and alcohol before having sex.
Cosby has demanded in court that Constand return the confidential settlement money as she broke the terms of the agreement by talking to police without first notifying him.
Constand's lawyers said the settlement allows for Constand to talk to police and withhold it from Cosby at the request of law enforcement officials — a request the lawyer said she received.
What's happened so far?
In her opening statements, Assistant District Attorney Kristen Feden pointed to Cosby's past testimony regarding his interactions with Constand — especially his admission that he gave her drugs and had sexual contact with her.
But Cosby's defense lawyer Brian McGonagle sought to discredit Constand as he pointed to inconsistencies in the account of the evening she gave to police. He also pointed out that the pair had spoken by phone 72 times following the alleged assault, and Constand initiated a majority of those calls, according to phone records.
When Constand took the stand on the trial's third day, she said that she called Cosby to return messages he left regarding the women's basketball team at Temple; he was a powerful member of the university's board, and she was the director of team operations at the time.
McGonagle said that falsely accusing someone of sexual assault is also a terrible crime. "[It] can destroy a man," he said. "Can destroy his life."
Constand testified some seven hours over two days during the first week of the trial.
Constand was direct and polite under cross-examination, even when Cosby lawyer Angela Agrusa's questioning grew pointed and accusatory. Cosby kept still, looking down at the defense table through most of the morning.
Kelly Johnson, another woman who has accused Cosby of assault, testified June 5. She was emotional as she said that in 1996 she lost consciousness after Cosby coerced her into taking a large white pill. At the time, Johnson was in her mid-30s. She said she remembered waking up with her dress pulled down.
Cosby's 2005 deposition was read in court — during which the jurors heard that Cosby had admitted to giving Constand pills but thought the encounter was consensual.
Cosby told lawyers in the civil deposition that he only apologized for giving her pills and fondling her because he thought her mother saw him as a "dirty old man with a young girl." Cosby testified in the deposition that he thought he had caused trouble because he was 66 at the time and Constand was 30.
In the deposition, Cosby said he gave Constand three half-tablets of Benadryl. Cosby said before the trial that he wouldn't testify.
Noticeably missing from Cosby's team on the first day of the trial was his wife, Camille Cosby. Spokesman Andrew Wyatt said Cosby instructed his wife to stay away from the courthouse so she didn't have to endure the "media circus."
But he had support from Keshia Knight Pullman, the actress who played his daughter Rudy on "The Cosby Show."
"I came to support because this is where you hear the facts, this is where the truth happens," she told reporters outside of the Pennsylvania courtroom. "Ultimately, it's easy to support someone … when things are great … but true family, friendship, integrity is how do people show up and support when things aren't looking so great, when they aren't as shiny."
"You're innocent until you're proven guilty, and the job now is for the two sides to prove their cases, and I accept whatever verdict is handed down," Pullman said.
Cosby tweeted a photo of himself with Pullman on June 5 with thanks.
On day six of the trial, Camille walked arm-in-arm with her husband to court. After Cosby confirmed to the judge he would not testify at the trial, the defense called one witness, Cheltenham Police Sgt. Richard Schaffer, who took the stand briefly.
Closing arguments in the case took place on Monday.
What are the details of the trial?
The trial began in Norristown, Pennsylvania. Jurors were selected from outside Montgomery County due to the extensive local media coverage of the case.
Montgomery County judge Steven O'Neill is presiding over the case.
O'Neill said in April that the trial was expected to take two weeks. However, it is unclear how long the jury will deliberate until a verdict is reached.
The estimation of how long the trial would last was somewhat surprising, considering the length of time since the charges were filed — in December 2015 — and the multiple pretrial hearings since then.
What about the other women?
Cosby's trial is only about his encounters with and alleged assault of Constand. However, Johnson, who accused Cosby of sexual misconduct as a Jane Doe in the original civil suit, was permitted to testify at the trial.
What happens if Cosby is found guilty?
If Cosby is found guilty of all three charges, he could spend 30 years behind bars and be fined up to $75,000.
How is Cosby's health?
Cosby's lawyers said in November 2016 that the septuagenarian is too blind to be able to identify his accusers in pictures or help with the defense.
Cosby said earlier this year that he is completely blind.
He's also been seen struggling with his coat and walking with the help of an aide while entering court.
Cosby's lawyer, Monica Pressley, has said that her client's health is "not a defense to a charge," but instead a "fact."
How could statute of limitations affect the allegations against Cosby?
Cosby was charged just as Pennsylvania's 12-year statute of limitations was set to expire Constand's case against her former mentor.
Sexual assault victims over the age of 18 have 12 years to report an assault in Pennsylvania, according to the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape. Victims under the age of 18 and born after 2002 have 32 years after their 18th birthday to file charges; if born before 2002, underage victims have 12 years to report after their 18th birthday.
For Constand, the statute of limitations was set to expire in January 2016; Cosby was charged in December 2015.
The comedian is protected from many of the sexual assault allegations he faces from other women because of statute of limitations laws.
Does race play a factor in this case?
In a May 2017 interview, Cosby alleged that race "could be" a reason for the onslaught of sexual assault accusations against him.
"There are many tentacles," he said. "So many different — nefarious is a great word — and I just truly believe that some of it may very well be that."
Daughter Ensa Cosby said in a statement in May that she believes her father is innocent and a victim of racism.
"I believe that racism has played a big role in all aspects of this scandal," she said. "How the charges came against him, how people believed them before they were ever scrutinized or tested, how people who questioned the claims were shut down and ignored."
Cosby's defense has also alleged racial bias in jury selection. His lawyers argued in May that Pennsylvania prosecutors "systematically" tried to keep black jurors off the panel after the prosecution struck two black women from the jury.
There are two black jurors on the 12-person panel. Five of the 12 are women.
What's going on with the jury deliberations?
The panel has worked for more than 40 hours since getting the case on June 11.
The 12-member jury must come to a unanimous decision to convict or acquit. If the panel can't break its impasse, O'Neill could declare a hung jury and a mistrial. If that happened, prosecutors would get four months to decide whether they want to retry Cosby or drop the charges against him.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Kaitlyn Schallhorn is a Reporter for Fox News. Follow her on Twitter @K_Schallhorn.


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Philippe Dumas, Helger Lipmaa and Johan Wallén. Asymptotic Behaviour of A Non-Commutative Rational Series With a Nonnegative Linear Representation. Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, 9 (1):247--274, October 2007.
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We analyse the asymptotic behaviour in the mean of a non-commutative rational series, which originates from differential cryptanalysis, using elementary tools from analysis and linear algebra, and more sophisticated tools from analytic number theory. We show that a probability distribution function describes the asymptotic behaviour of the rational series according to the length of words. As a result, the non-classical rational sequence, obtained by interpreting this rational series via the octal numeration system, admits an oscillating asymptotic behaviour for its first-order summation function. The distribution function and the periodic function are differentiable almost everywhere and not differentiable on an everywhere dense set. We compute the moments of the distribution function using a functional equation, which brings to light a self-similarity phenomenon, and we derive a Fourier representation of the periodic function using a Dirichlet series with vector coefficients. The method is applicable to a wide class of sequences rational with respect to a numeration system essentially under the condition that they admit a linear representation with nonnegative coefficients..
Keywords: rational series, rational sequence, numeration system, self-similarity, asymptotics.
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A decision on Eliquis in atrial fibrillation is expected on June 28. A day later, the Food and Drug Administration is expected to make a decision about Xarelto in acute coronary syndrome. Unfortunately it looks as if Johnson & Johnson might have a hard time sidestepping the competition into the new indication.
An advisory panel voted 6-4 with one abstention on Wednesday recommending that the drug not be given an expanded label. That's good news for AstraZeneca's
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The FDA rarely goes against an advisory committee's negative recommendation -- overruling a positive recommendation is much more common -- but this is one of the atypical times when I wouldn't be shocked to see the agency ignore the panel's negative advice. While the FDA pointed out the missing data in its briefing documents for the panel, the FDA reviewer ultimately said the drug looked approvable.
If the agency does reject the expanded indication, Johnson & Johnson and its partner Bayer will be left in a tight spot. They might be able to expend energy in tracking down the missing patients, but running another multiyear trial would be costly and might result in the same issue with a high level of dropouts.
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Series: The Truth About Celia Frost
By Paula Rawsthorne
Celia Frost allowed her body to relax just a fraction as she lifted her coat off the peg in the bustling cloakroom. All she had to do now was get to the staffroom, where somebody would be waiting to give her a lift home. Usually she cringed at having members of staff ferry her to and from school, but today Celia couldn't wait to get into the safety of a teacher's car.
She dared to believe that she'd survived the day. Maybe he wasn't going to come after her. Maybe now he realized that she wasn't going to be one of his victims any more. Maybe, just maybe, he felt a grudging respect for what she'd done. Of course she'd been careful; getting out of the classroom quickly, making sure that she wasn't alone, doing her best to melt into the crowd. Although for Celia, being inconspicuous was never easy.
At almost fifteen, her increasingly gangling body showed no inclination to curve or protrude. She habitually walked with an apologetic stoop, and from her bowed head sprang a mass of untameable orange hair. From a distance, her sliver of a face, with its oversized features, looked like it was engulfed in a tangerine cloud.
However, it wasn't just her appearance and her gloved hands that made Celia a curiosity. She'd decided long ago that Mother Nature was nothing but a cruel old hag who'd ensured that she was in a league of her own when it came to "standing out". After all, not many pupils starting a new school get an assembly dedicated to them. And unfortunately for Celia, each "new start" was worse than the last, as she became more self-conscious and her peers less tolerant.
Six months ago Mr. Powell, her latest headmaster, had done his best, but it had still been excruciating as he'd addressed the packed hall about "Celia's special condition". She'd longed for the ground to open and swallow her up, as the eyes of every pupil turned on her. She'd slouched down in her chair, staring fixedly at the floor, as the intense heat of embarrassment rose from deep inside her and flooded her chalk-white face, turning it scarlet. The girls on either side of her had instinctively leaned away and the air filled with exclamation marks as the hall had erupted with voices.
"Oh my God, that is sooo terrible!"
"It makes me feel ill just thinking about it!"
"She should be in a special school, it's not right to have her with normal people!"
"What if you bump into her by accident? I'm not getting done for killing her!"
"Well I'd rather die than live like that!"
The headmaster had struggled to quieten down the assembly. He'd warned them that anyone not showing the necessary care and consideration around Celia would be severely punished, but all Celia had tuned into was the hushed chants coming from behind her, led by Max Jenkins.
"Freaky Frost! Freaky Frost! Freaky Frost!"
She was annoyed with herself for even letting it register. After all, it wasn't very original. She'd heard it before, in all the other schools that she'd passed through.
At least in the other schools she'd always managed to find a couple of girls who would let her sit with them at breaks. She was under no illusions – they'd never been her friends; they'd regarded her as a charity case and they didn't seem to be aware of how torturous it was, having to listen to them making plans to meet up after school and never being invited. Celia didn't blame them – why should anyone hang around with a liability like her? But at this latest school in Wales things were much worse. Jenkins had made sure of that.
Celia had soon discovered that Max Jenkins was more vicious, more toxic, than anyone she'd ever encountered. No one was safe from him. He fed off people's fear and operated with impunity throughout the school and, unfortunately for Celia, ever since that first assembly, he'd decided to make her his special project. He let it be known that anyone thinking of befriending her would be dealt with and for the last six months he'd revelled in watching his isolated, passive victim being ground down by his taunts and threats. Jenkins had a knack for homing in on people's weaknesses and strengths and then using both to his advantage. Therefore, as soon as he noticed all the A grades Celia was getting, he started delegating his homework to her.
It was unthinkable that Celia would ever fight back. Janice's words were ingrained in her: "You're not like other people. You must never do anything where you might get injured."
Everything Celia did, every decision she made, was dictated by this rule. In school this meant that she was excused from PE, DT, food tech and any other activity that was deemed a potential threat. At home this meant endless, lonely hours confined to the house by Janice; tormented by being able to witness the hustle and bustle of life but never being able to join in.
Celia felt like she lived her life trapped in a gloomy bubble, a gripping fear sealed in there with her. It was exhausting trying to fight off the gloom as it seeped into her mind, leaching out all the light. But she couldn't let it take hold of her; after all, how could Janice cope if Celia stopped coping?
Throughout her life this fear of injury had always overridden any other desire; until, that was, last week, when Max Jenkins had walked out of their maths class and thrown his homework book at her saying, "You'd better make it a good one."
As she'd stood there, with his book in her hands, Celia was suddenly overwhelmed by temptation.
Use binary numbers to write a coded message.
Oh yes, she'd grinned to herself. I've got the perfect message for you, Jenkins.
So it had been earlier that day that thirty-five pupils had sat in their maths lesson, yawning and lolling their heads on their desks, having already decoded seven dull binary messages, when they got to Max Jenkins's effort.
"Now, Mr. Jenkins, let's see what pearl you've come up with," said the uninspired maths teacher.
He wrote the digits on the board and, to chivvy them along, he made one of the boys come up and write each decoded letter in large capitals under its corresponding numbers. He chose pupils at random to work out each letter, and at first their droning voices were barely audible.
"Yes, come on, come on. Look at what we've got so far. Max Jenkins is an…" The teacher paused, looking concerned. "Now, Mr. Jenkins, this had better not be anything offensive. Is it offensive, Mr. Jenkins?"
By now, Jenkins was shifting in his chair, looking increasingly uncomfortable. "Course not. No one would be so stupid as to write something that would get them into really, really big trouble," he said, glowering at Celia. She turned her head defiantly to face him, revealing just a trace of a smile. At this, Jenkins started to panic. "I don't want mine read out," he shouted. "I haven't finished it. It's not very good… I can do better."
"Well I never, Max. It's not like you to be bashful. Now I am intrigued. Let's continue," said the teacher, gesturing to his scribe.
But now, instead of having to prise the answers out of the half-asleep class, it seemed that everyone was wide awake and furiously trying to be first to crack the code.
The letters came rattling out from the animated pupils faster than the teacher could stop them and before he knew it, there on the board, in large bold capitals for everyone to see, was:
01001101 01000001 01011000 00100000 01001010
01000101 01001110 01001011 01001001 01001110
01000001 01001110 00100000 01000001 01010010
01010011 01000101 01001000 01001111 01001100
A communal gasp of disbelief was immediately followed by the first nervous titter, which was followed by another, then another, until the whole classroom exploded into laughter. Hysteria overpowered their fear; tears rolled down contorted faces, bodies bent double with laughter and others, too giddy to speak, pointed from the words on the board to the silently seething boy. Even the dour maths teacher, who knew Jenkins's malicious nature only too well, could not suppress a smirk as he shouted over the uproarious class, "Mr. Jenkins! What a very peculiar thing to write about yourself!"
The whole school soon heard what had happened in the maths class and, for the first time since Celia had arrived, people weren't trying to avoid her eye, but actually acknowledged her in the corridor with approving nods and secret smiles. However, everyone knew that there would be a terrible price to pay for what she'd done. Celia knew this too, but the planning and execution of her revenge had stirred a potent mixture of excitement and dread in her that pressed dangerously against the sides of her invisible prison. It had all seemed worth it just to see Jenkins's face puce with rage, as humiliation and laughter threatened his reign of terror.
Suddenly there was a flurry of activity in the cloakroom, as pupils scattered like a shoal of fish when a great white suddenly cuts through the dark waters. Celia kept her back to the exodus and continued zipping up her bag that was on the bench. Her mind was racing, desperately trying to work out her next move.
"Hey, Frost, you freak!"
She could feel him moving in on her. The fumes from his paint-stripper aftershave clogged up the air.
Celia was aware of her body beginning to tremble. Don't show fear. Don't show fear, she repeated over and over in her head. She knew that any sign of distress would only excite a sadist like Jenkins. She steadied herself and turned to face him. The room was now completely empty apart from her and her tormentor.
Max Jenkins was tall and powerfully built, but once Celia straightened up her shoulders, she stood level with him. She met his stare, trying to appear unperturbed, but her owl-round eyes, framed by a thicket of lashes, always made her look slightly startled. She convinced herself that someone would have gone to get a teacher, so she decided that she just had to keep him calm and at bay until help arrived.
"You think you can do that to me?" His voice was a low rumble; a volcano on the verge of erupting. "What you did wasn't very nice, was it? You've hurt my feelings. People can't seem to appreciate this, but I'm a very sensitive person. I'm just misunderstood." He cocked his head to one side and pouted mockingly.
"Yeah. I'm sure Hitler felt the same," she blurted out, regretting the words as soon as they left her mouth. But Jenkins only gave a hollow laugh.
"Well, Freaky, aren't you full of surprises? First your little stunt in class and now an attempt at sarcasm. You obviously don't take me seriously. Perhaps I've been too kind to you – but I'm about to put that right. You see, you've given me no choice. I now have a duty to teach you a lesson. I have a reputation to maintain. People have got to be shown that anyone who takes me on will be punished. So I've been wondering what would really make an impression on you."
He paused and put his forefinger and middle finger together. He pressed them against the base of her neck, before moving them lingeringly up her face, tracing them over her sharp chin, across her thick gash of a mouth and climbing along her broad nose. They came to rest in the middle of her forehead, where Jenkins flicked up his thumb to form a gun and said, in a slow, deep whisper, "Bang! Bang!"
Celia blinked as his fingers jabbed into her forehead, her flesh crawling, but she remained composed. Her lack of response disappointed him, but he was far from finished.
"I've decided that your punishment should benefit the whole school. You must know that we've all been dying to see what would happen if your freaky body got sliced."
At these words, panic shot through her. She pushed past him. "You're going to let me go now. I'm going to walk out of here and I promise not to tell anyone what you've just said, okay?" she said firmly.
But as she quickened her pace towards the door, he grabbed her and dragged her back, pinning her against the coat rack.
"Get off me. You've had your fun," she shouted, struggling against the weight of his leaning body.
"Who said anything about fun? I'm undertaking a serious scientific experiment here, but, of course, to do that I need my implements." With this, he reached into his trouser pocket and pulled out a small, red-handled penknife. She recoiled as Jenkins prised out the shiny, silver blade and without warning sliced it across his thumb. He winced as blood immediately sprang from the short, narrow cut.
"Surprisingly, that hurt more than you'd think," he said coolly, as he sucked the blood from his thumb. Then he answered Celia's open-mouthed stare. "I wanted to demonstrate to you just how sharp my blade is," he said leeringly. "And now it's your turn!"
He gripped Celia's left wrist and yanked at the cuff of her blouse, causing the button to fly off. He pulled up the sleeve roughly, exposing Celia's long, translucent arm, her vivid veins like blue water running under a thin layer of ice.
"Don't do it, Max," she said softly, but the beads of sweat springing from her pores belied her outer calmness. "Just let me go."
He erupted, bawling in her face, the veins on his neck bulging. "Do you really think I'm going to let you go?! People were laughing at me because of you. You freak!"
"Just think about it." She fought the tremor in her voice. "Say I bleed to death? You'll spend years banged up in prison. It's not worth it, is it, Max? It's not too late. You can walk away from this right now."
But Jenkins responded by seizing her elbow and positioning the knife so it hovered over her upper arm.
"What do you think?" he taunted her. "Should I do it, should I?"
She daren't move, she daren't breathe.
Suddenly, quick, urgent footsteps could be heard coming down the corridor.
Teachers, she thought with blissful relief. The teachers are here!
The cloakroom door flew open. The teachers froze at the sight that faced them, with only seconds to decide what to do next. Jenkins panicked, tightening his hold on her elbow.
Oh God, he's going to do it! I've got to do something!
She jerked her arm out of his grip. There was a flash of silver, and a searing, white-hot pain as the blade sliced along her paper skin. She heard a short, high-pitched scream puncture the air – it was coming from her.
Celia Frost is a freak. At least that's what everyone thinks. Her life is ruled by a rare disorder that means she could bleed to death from the slightest cut, confining her to a gloomy bubble of "safety". No friends. No fun. No life.
But when a knife attack on Celia has unexpected consequences, her mum reacts strangely. Suddenly they're on the run. Why is her mum so scared? Someone out there knows – and when they find Celia, she's going to wish the truth was a lie…
A buried secret; a gripping manhunt; a dangerous deceit: what is the truth about Celia Frost?
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Paula Rawsthorne is an exciting new talent in YA fiction. The Truth About Celia Frost, her first novel, is a gripping, entertaining and thought-provoking thriller. Her talent for writing has already seen her become an award winner - one of her first stories won the BBC Get Writing competition and was read by Bill Nighy on Radio 4, and the opening chapters of The Truth About Celia Frost led to her becoming a winner of Undiscovered Voices 2010.
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Organised by school librarians and Sefton Council's library service, the award highlights recently published fiction aimed at secondary school pupils. High school students across the Sefton borough read and reviewed the six titles on the shortlist, and then voted for their favourite.
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"'The Truth About Celia Frost'"
Awesome book! I've recommended to all of my friends and I am so glad I came across it! I couldn't put it down, I was just too intrigued, too curious to find out what happened next! Probably one of the best books I've read in ages! I loved every tiny bit of it, up to the last detail! Hoping Paula Rawsthorne writes more books, because was definitely a great read! :)
I found this book by my friend swapping it with me. At first not knowing the author I was slightly concerned about not knowing what to expect, after reading the first chapter I was hooked, this book is excellent. After starting the book I just couldn't put it down. It was fabulous and I can truly recommend it. I would also recommend Paula Rawsthorne - she is an excellent writer. The plot was fabulous and the way she kept switching from character to character was amazing. For £6.99 the book is totally worth it.
"The Truth About Celia Frost"
I absolutely loved this book!!!!!!! It was amazing and so different to some typical teen books. It kept me wondering what was going to happen til the very end and I read it very quickly. Definitely one of my favourite books!!!
"Loved it!"
I really enjoyed this book and have since bought three more copies for friends and younger members of my family!! The story of Celia really had me gripped and I honestly couldn't put it down. Highly recommended and roll on Paula's next novel.
Lynn Bushell
"The truth about this book"
Too absolutely brilliant for words to describe. It's one of those rare books that you wish just never ended and you could continue living in the world of Celia Frost. The story line is completely believable and possible which always adds a special something to books like these. You have horror, suspense, twists, friendship, lies and a little romance. One of my absolute favourite books and I just wished I had read it sooner but I was lucky enough for my book to be signed so now it's just extra special and fantastic. A perfect book for almost any age.
""The Truth about Celia Frost""
This was an astounding read, once I picked it up and read the first chapter I realised it really was one of those unputdownable books! I loved the relationship between Celia and Sol - it wasn't a boyfriend and girlfriend thing, they were just very good friends. I loved the adventures they had at the abandoned quarry, but was truly afraid for them when one of the gangs on the Bluebell estate attacked them. The part that really gripped me was when Private Investigator Frankie Byrne is on a frantic man hunt for Celia and her mother Janice Frost. At points you start to speculate about what will happen then it compels you to read on. Often how you thought the story would continue is totally different to how it actually does. I loved this story and I hope Paula Rawsthorne writes another book about Celia and Sol.
Bethan Lisles
"The Truth About Celia Frost"
I got this book only two weeks ago and, one day, when I decided to read it I literally couldn't put it down. I read it all in a day!! It's a great story - like nothing I'd ever read before. It's a real page turner, every new page reveals a new, unexpected problem or adventure and with such an unexpected ending - no-one would guess the truth about Celia Frost.
Poppy Cook
"The Truth About Celia Frost"
What an amazing book! It was so detailed and well thought out- I admire Rawsthorne so much for this. The character of Sol was a great a idea, he made the story all the more intriguing. I'm going to recommend this book to all of my friends and family- anyone would be a sucker to miss out on a book like this!
Kamara Samuels
"The Truth About Celia Frost"
What an exciting and novel book this is, the plot is unusual and unpredictable. Never a dull moment. It also contains some important moral issues that are very relevant today, but the storyline is excellent and although I am an adult I did not put it down until the very surprising end!!
Vikki Martin
"The Truth about Celia Frost"
Amazing book, couldn't put it down, fascinating, unexpected ending. Celia was wonderful and Sol was such a great character. Have sent copies to my grandchildren who I am sure will love it. I agree with other reviewers, it would make a great film. Keep it up Paula, well done, can't wait for your next book.
Mary Murray
"The Truth About Celia Frost"
I am a 14 year girl and I thought this book was amazing. It was so unlike anything I have read before. The story twists and turns, every page reveals something new and unexpected. I would recommend this book to all teen readers who enjoy a good story and a fast paced thriller. But it is more than that; some of the issues in this novel have made me think, long after I finished the book. I give this book ten out of ten!
Georgie James
"The Truth About Celia Frost"
I think this book is was amazing! I couldn't put it down. It has a great story-line, and it's a real page-turner. I think it would make a great film, and i would definitely buy a sequel! Overall i really enjoyed it, mainly because it's full of suspense.
Izzy Chapman
"The Truth About Celia Frost"
I thought it was a brilliant book and i really enjoyed it, great characters, and a plot that has more twists than a curly-wurly. Worth reading - ideal holiday reading. :)
bob Hannigan
"The Truth About Celia Frost"
Paula's debut novel is fantastic. Fast paced, suspenseful and intriguing, it had me on the edge of my seat and I couldn't put it down. The truth about Celia lives up to the anticipation. It would make a great movie too, with a thumping soundtrack! Keep writing Paula - can't wait for the next one!
Susan Anderson
"The Truth About Celia Frost"
When I read the first chapter online I HAD to find out what happened next! I finished the book in about 2 days because I couldn't put it down! Paula's book is AMAZING and I would strongly recommend it to anyone who likes a book full of suspense, great characters and a good twist!
Katherine Devaney
"From the very beginning I was hooked on Paula Rawsthorne's writing style and use of language. The story of Celia Frost is just astonishing. Celia suffers from haemophilia and is attacked and cut in a knife crime....however Celia heals normally. This was a perfect book to come back to reality from vampires, werewolves and angels. If Paula continues to write like this she has a glittering writing career ahead!"
Rob Welton, Jarrold's Books
"Paula's debut novel is absolutely amazing. I read this book in a matter of hours and loved every page. It is a cleverly sophisticated, fast paced and engaging thriller which had more twists and turns than you can shake a stick at. I was hooked from page one and couldn't bear to put it down as I needed to know what happened next. It was an utter pleasure to read and I can't wait to see what Paula writes next...this book was definitely one of the best books I have read in a while. An engaging and totally absorbing read which is welcome change from all the paranormal and dystopian YA titles that seem to be everywhere at the moment. I would thoroughly recommend it."
The Overflowing Library
"An engaging thriller... After being told by her mother that she has a life-threatening illness, Celia has lived cautiously, protected by an obsessive mother. As she approaches adolescence she questions her mother's control over her. Sustained by her friendship with a boy who becomes her first real friend - and unwittingly helped along by the rotund and seedy detective on her trail - Celia discovers all, as her story comes to a nail-biting and thought-provoking conclusion."
The Bookseller
"The Truth About Celia Frost is an amazing debut teen thriller. Planted firmly in the here and now of grotty high rise housing and dodgy scientific experiments, the plot twists and turns as Celia gradually begins to uncover the truth about herself - every time I thought I'd guessed Celia's history something would happen that made me re-think it all. Fast-paced and chilling, yet so believable, I found it very difficult to stop reading once I'd started, particularly as the book neared its nail-biting finish. An excellent book for teens looking for something other than paranormal romance."
Our Book Reviews Online
"I loved it. It was brilliant. I found it hard to put this book down and I was dying to know what was going to happen."
Maeve, 14
"A gripping psychological thriller, mixing issues of ethics with a poignant coming-of-age story."
The Bookseller
"An engaging thriller with twists and turns to keep every reader hooked."
We Love This Book
"A page-turning thriller that's impossible to put down."
"A very suspenseful and thrilling read. Discovering the truth about Celia was definitely an exciting, as well as a shocking journey that made me think about certain ethical issues. Reading about the person trying to find Celia was very intense... There is a shocking mystery, and a very intense atmosphere."
The Bookette
"This debut novel is sure to engage young teens with its gripping storyline and feisty heroine. It's refreshing to read a gritty, realistic story for Young Adults with not a vampire or dystopian landscape within spitting distance. The many twists and turns in the plot will keep readers captivated until the very last page - highly recommended for young fans of fast-paced, realistic narratives."
Book Rabbit
"The Truth About Celia Frost is a great thriller from a debut author, and should put Paula Rawsthorne firmly on the map as a bright new talent in teen fiction."
Notes from the Bookshelf
"I cannot tell you how brilliant this novel is. Celia Frost is so brave and so loyal. The story concludes with lots of action, and the writer has written it so well that you feel like you're in the story yourself. I recommend this to everyone – it is FABULOUS. 1000/10!"
The Mile Long Bookshelf
"Mixed in with the cast of believable and complex characters is a compelling plot line. The opening scenes are genuinely intriguing as we wonder what the secret is about Celia's condition and what her mother is trying to hide. This intrigue leads to a page-turning read and with the introduction of a shifty, unscrupulous private eye and his unknown employer the tension mounts and the mystery deepens."
Tall Tales and Short Stories
"A fantastic read...so different from anything I've read before, realistically portrayed and believable, thought proving and gripping. I read it in one day, I just had to know what was going on and Rawsthorne's writing was just so compelling. This is a fresh and exciting new addition to Young Adult fiction and I'm excited to see what the author comes up with next."
Heaven, Hell and Purgatory
"In the riveting The Truth About Celia Frost by Paula Rawsthorne, Celia has a medical condition but all is definitely not as it seems, and the story races off into a world of unscrupulous doctors, a ruthless private detective who finally finds his inner decency, and Celia's beautifully evoked, troubled but determined mother."
The Independent
"A stunning psychological thriller for young adults."
"A gritty, fast-paced thriller brimming with plot twists, Paula Rawsthorne's The Truth about Celia Frost is an impressive debut that will keep you on the edge of your seat from start to finish!"
Daisy Chain Book Reviews
"Like no other book I have read before. The Truth About Celia Frost is something different, compelling and a thrilling read...I was unable to put this down. The beginning of the book hooks the reader from the start and you are unable to let go."
Susan K. Mann Book Reviews
"A fast-paced, quick read. Engaging and thrilling from page one up to the end, with twists and turns happening so often readers wouldn't know what hit them by the time they finish. It's a breath of fresh air, something new to look forward to aside from the usual dystopian and paranormal books coming out these days. A gripping debut for Paula Rawsthorne which I definitely recommend to everyone!"
Amaterasu Reads
"Paula Rawsthorne's excellent debut is original and gripping and the tension is palpable throughout...As well as being a compulsive thriller, this novel is also a skilful coming-of-age novel.Both parts of the story build to a thoroughly satisfying climax and resolution, with final twists to surprise."
Books for Keeps
"A journey into danger, deceit and hidden secrets with the added bonus of more twists and turns than a game of snakes and ladders. Billed as a thriller, The Truth about Celia Frost offers so much more than just a regulation adventure. Imaginative, socially aware and thought-provoking, the clever story is guaranteed to get the grey matter moving. An impressive debut from a writer not afraid to confront controversial issues."
The Lancashire Evening Post
"It's not often I pick up a book for young adults that is darkly funny, compelling to read and narrated with a fresh voice... A brave debut novel, Paula Rawsthorne has had the courage and skill to write a story that can't easily be labelled and deserves to do very well. I'm very much looking forward to her follow-up."
"[The Truth About Celia Frost] lives up (if not exceeds!) expectations. The plot does some major twisting and I was on the edge of my seat waiting for the next plot twist to come around the corner and I can honestly say I didn't see any of them coming and the major plot twists are pretty epic. It goes without saying that the writing is captivating, compelling and so utterly un-put-downable. I'm surprised that Paula is a debut novelist – I really can't wait to see what she comes up with next. So, if that wasn't clear enough, I loved The Truth About Celia Frost in just about every single imaginable way – I just couldn't fault it! I don't say this often but if you haven't already go off and buy it … now! Why are you still here?"
Books for Teens
"A great book for kids of both gender who want a fast paced book that will ask them to think a bit about some of the big issues facing us...a superb debut novel and leaves me wondering what Paula might come up with next."
J E Towey
"This novel is really compelling – you keep reading and reading and reading. Even if you have better things to do, you keep reading the story because you just have to know what happens to the characters. The Truth About Celia Frost is amazing. The plot is so unique and every emotion is contained in this story. Happiness, love, fright, heartbreak, anger, freedom: it's all in there."
The Guardian
"A fast-paced thriller with an original storyline."
"A fast paced contemporary young adult novel written with such skill and ease, I have no hesitation recommending it to readers who would like something different, meatier and with a hint of Kelley Armstrong's YA series, sans the supernatural elements."
My Favourite Books
"This is a Young Adult thriller with a steady stream of twists....The story is as much a coming-of-age as it is suspenseful. Celia's faltering, painful journey to independence is beautifully captured, backing up the thrills with honesty and depth."
Left Lion
"If I could say only one thing about The Truth About Celia Frost, it would be that I have honestly never read a book like it before. It has a brilliantly unique plot and concept, and I couldn't see half the twists coming. Just the whole idea of the book is so incredibly different and kind of refreshing."
Cicely Loves Books
"It's like, The Truth About Celia Frost has a bomb slowing ticking away somewhere in the background, and when it finally goes off, you'll get the shock of your life. This is a thought-provoking, fast-paced, thriller bursting with lies. I know I'll be watching out for a certain author!"
Love Reading x
"One of the most gripping page turners I've read for quite a while...Nothing is quite what it seems in this well-plotted, fast paced and exciting novel...an astonishing debut."
The School Librarian
"A book full of plot twists. Every time I thought I had just gotten everything figured out and knew what was going to come next everything was tipped back upside down...Every different twist worked so well and kept me on my toes. I fully recommended this book...really go buy it now! I will be plugging this book for months because I was not expecting this at all, and they are my favorite types of reads!"
Steffikins blog
"It kept me on a constant cliff-hanger, I was reading in the car on the way home from my holiday and I was getting more and more car-sick, but I couldn't bear putting this book down!...Usually when I read amazing books like this one, I wish there was a second book but this time for The truth about Celia Frost, I don't. I don't know how someone could come up with an equally brilliant sequel that doesn't take away from this books amazing story-line. I loved this book so much and REALLY enjoyed reading it!"
Page turner blog
"Paula Rawsthorne is a debut author- and if her first book is a sign of things to come I hope she keeps on writing. The Truth About Celia Frost is an intriguing novel about a girl with a major medical problem and how she discovers her own and her mother's secrets. Do read it!"
Library Adam's blog
"An electrifying story."
The Independent
"The Truth about Celia Frost is utterly captivating. It traps you within its pages and won't let you go until you have read it cover-to –cover. A must read ...five stars!"
Notes of No Other Purpose blog
"The story is fast paced, has some fantastic twists and was so good that I finished it in one sitting. The Truth About Celia Frost is a fantastic debut and I'm excited to see what Paula Rawsthorne comes up with next."
Feeling Fictional blog
"As well as being an exciting thriller, this book also really makes you question what is morally right and wrong... I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for future books [by Paula Rawsthorne] because I get a sneaky feeling they'll be as unputdownable as The Truth About Celia Frost."
Mad House Family Reviews
"Fast and fun."
Philip Ardagh, The Guardian


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Taric Build
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First off this is my first ever build and so I would really appreciate feedback to help me improve it!
If you choose Taric know this: There are a LOT of ways to play him. I have seen very succesful damage builds and ap builds. But me, I prefer to play Taric as a Heavy Healer. This build will keep you and your team alive. But know this: If you want to score kills with Taric, then this build is not for you.
Summoner spells:
Cleanse - Cleanse is very important to have for Taric. You have to be avaliable to heal at all times. Cleanse helps you with this. It also helps you to be avaliable for stuns on champions using ultimates or in general to stun champions with high DPS.
Flash - Flash is worth getting for three reasons, I list them in the order I find more valuable:
1. You can get in for a supprize stun. I have done it many times and even if I personally don't end up killing the opposing player, my laning buddy usually does. It gives you that extra bit of mobility that helps you control the battlefield.
2. Getting away. You are though, but if your team falls then there isn't much you can do. Flash enables you to make a quick escape, especially when combined with Cleanse.
3. Flash/Heal. Sometimes your teammates will deviate from the pack. Those occasions they might have an oppsing champion on their back. Use flash to catch up, stun the chaser and heal your friend.
Ghost - Ghost is also a great option for the same reasons as I have stated above. However, even if Ghost is a great spell I find Flash to be more useful. You can blink over trees instead of going around, which takes less time. You have to be avaliable as often as you can, and to have the ability to be everywhere. If you like ghost, by all means, but in my personal oppinion flash is supperior.
Rune Commentary:
My runes focus on giving you more survivability early game and cooldown reduction. The extra health combined with the first item, Dorans Ring, gives you a lot of hp, which in turn gives you time to level and farm.
Cooldowns is also very important for Taric. Sure you can always hit a guy in the face to restore your heal, but that doesn't apply to your stun or your other skills.
Item Commentary:
I get Dorans Ring first and depending on what my estimate of the opposing laners could be, I go either Mana or Health potion. Dorans Ring gives your stun and heal a little bit of extra power. But really the Hp boost and mana reg is what helps you the most. That combined with your masteries, your passive and the items own mana regen allows you to regenerate your mana really fast.
Taric can, if you play him semi aggressive, eat a lot of mana. Which is the reason I added Chalice of Harmony to the item list. Its mana regen helps you a lot when you hit lvl 7 which I will talk about a little later. For now please settle with the fact that it allows you to run out of mana, without leaving you defenceless due to the extra mana regen. You can quickly get mana enough to stun or heal all thanks to this kickass item.
Building up to Nashors tooth is essential. The cooldown reduction is nice, and ofc the attackspeed helps you regenerate mana faster if you hit creeps. They won't die fast and you won't get ast much mana as you would with a DPS build. But you will have your heal avaliable more often, seeing as how each hit restores CD, not how much damage you do, so the fact that you don't one-hit the creeps is a good thing for this build.
As soon as you have the money for it get Catalyst the Protector, which you later turn into Banshee's Veil. The extra mana and HP combined with the possibility to remove 2 spells cast on you gives you a lot of battle control. People will hesitate to use spells on you first off. Secondly you can now flash in and get a guaranteed stun. Be careful not to be to ballsy thou. You will at this time have little Armor. But worry not! Defence is on the way!
Frozen Heart
Frozen Heart is a great item for Taric. The extra mana combined with CDR allows you to spam spells and heals in combat. The extra armor helps you survive and finally the extra mana allows your ulti to be on for a longer period of time. The 25% AS slow is of course helpful to. Especially when they have you running around ruining their spells with stuns, cleanse and Banshee's Veil.
Guardian Angel
This kind of speaks for itself. You need more and more survivability. This item will help you take more punishment. You don't have to fear the other team as much. You can dive in with a small risk of dying.
Note: Banshee's veil and Nashors Tooth CAN switch places, in case you face a lot of ranged stuns. However I suggest you stick to the item order as it is. Cleanse and Mercury Threads should help you deal with incaps.
How to Taric the "Bumbo Way":
Go stun first to get a chanse to assist on first blood. Also it gives you the ability to harass or support your partner in case the enemy comes for you. Just stun the one enemy with highest damage output and you will avoid being first blooded.
If you face a hostile ranged lane, throw your stuns on the most viable target. In other words, the one who lacks or has the smallest Hp regen. That way they will think twice before harassing you and their HP will be kept low.
If you play Taric my way, its better if you go with a dps char as your laning buddy. Your stun will help them catch up and your ability to harass/heal will let your partner lane without much difficulty.
When you hit lvl 7 you should have Chalice of Harmony and your ulti. Usually that is about the time that me and my partner have pushed them back to the tower and their HP is low, if we harass them enough. Eventually they will have to bluepill. Excellent. Pop your ulti and hammer the tower with your buddy, with your bonus damage you have a high chanse of killing the tower before they return. This has been the story of a majority of my games as Taric.
When you reach lvl 9 you start to level up shatter. This can be done much more early but I find going heal and stun helps me a lot more. The bonus armor isn't necessary until the point when you start going into the mid-game.
The rest is really up to you. You can go gank, help push or farm. But here is some key elements that can be helpful to think about.
In battles:
Be avaliable to your team.
Heal the focused target and stun the highest DPS.
Be in the center of your group to give them the benefit of your Shatter.
Only pop ulti when:
Running away
The bonus damage is the deciding factor
while being focused
while attacking buildings
Note: Run and stun, never the other way around. If they catch up and you are all out of cleanse or veil, simply stun and keep running towards the nearest teammate that isn't in a dangerous position.
Moving around:
Try not to go alone, unless going for the Golem buff or farming in the woods.
Stay in the middle of the pack.


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The Poacher's SonBook - 2010
Set in the wilds of Maine, this is an explosive tale of an estranged son thrust into the hunt for a murderous fugitive--his own father
Game warden Mike Bowditch returns home one evening to find an alarming voice from the past on his answering machine: his father Jack, a hard drinking womanizer who makes his living poaching illegal game. An even more frightening call comes the next morning from the police: they are searching for the man who killed a beloved local cop the night before--and his father is their prime suspect. Jack has escaped from police custody, and only Mike believes that his tormented father might not be guilty.
Now, alienated from the woman he loves, shunned by colleagues who have no sympathy for the suspected cop-killer, Mike must come to terms with his haunted past. He knows firsthand Jack's brutality, but is the man capable of murder? Desperate and alone, he strikes up an uneasy alliance with a retired warden pilot, and together the two men journey deep into the Maine wilderness in search of a runaway fugitive. But the only way for Mike to save his father is to find the real killer--which couldmean putting everyone he loves in the line of fire.
The Poacher's Son is a sterling debut of literary suspense. Taut and engrossing, it represents the first in a series featuring Mike Bowditch.
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This author went beyond my expectations. It was great!!! Hope to see more books from him.
For a first book, I thought this was very interesting and well written. I'm looking forward to reading others in this series.
This was well written. Lovely & descriptive writing of both scenery & people. I'm interested in reading another Mike Bowditch story. I'm hoping Mike develops & matures. Sure hope he doesn't become one of those grumpy, intolerant, dysfunctional lawmen who have stopped telling right from wrong & have to do everything their way. Looking forward to seeing how he goes.
Well-written. Sometimes too much information, but overall an easy, interesting story with twists.
This first in a series about Main game warden Mike Bowditch is quite stirring and well worth reading. I can see why Paul Doiron won an award for the inaugural book. I also read book number two (Trespasser) and was very impressed by it too. C.J. Box has a definite rival in Paul Doiron.
I'm not sure if I didn't enjoy this book as much as Dark Little Falls and his other works, simply because it was the first book of the Mike Bowditch Series and I had already read two others out of order. I felt it was well written but it was dragging to get to the climax. I wasn't that impressed with this book but then later I found out it was his very first novel. Not my favorite but I am looking forward to him writing another one of the Mike Bowditch Mystery Novels.
Excellent thriller by a new author. Some parts of the book, particularly in the early going seem to bog down a bit, but it all comes together well once the story takes flight. The characters are engaging, the sense of place is wonderful. Call this book the revenge of the East. Clearly points out that not all the wild country is in places like Wyoming or the southwest. Northern Maine is as wild as it gets. The really good news is that this is the first book in a series.
Excellent read - really enjoyed this book - looking forward to whatever else Paul Doiron publishes.
Great first book by this author. It starts a little slow, but you care about Mike, a game warden with a troubled past that comes back to more than haunt him.
He has to decide how much loyalty you owe a parent, even one that was never there. It also means facing just how much you may be like them & it's not flattering.
Will definitely pick up the sequel.
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I recall when I was just a boy (well, I can barely remember it) when the worst we had to fear from biting insects was the itch they left behind. That does not take into consideration the dreaded black widow spider of which I am still petrified.
Something about the lustrous black body and the vibrant red hourglass depict evil incarnate. I know better, of course, and understand that a spider, even a lethal one, is just one of nature's tools. But I'm also afraid of a chainsaw, so tool or not, it scares me.
Chiggers (also known as red bugs and several other names not fit to print), fleas, ticks and mosquitoes plagued us all summer long.
Chiggers were especially devious, biting into places they had no business going and where my mom absolutely refused to permit me to scratch.
I also recall my mom urging us to inspect ourselves when we came in from playing in the yard, traipsing through the woods or fishing on the creek behind our house, just to make sure we weren't bringing ticks inside. There was an occasional outbreak of Rocky Mountain spotted fever. but I figured that upstate South Carolina was far removed from the Rocky Mountains so didn't pay it much mind.
And mosquitoes were just annoying little pests, buzzing around while I tried to wait patiently for fish to bite and causing unsightly and uncomfortable rashes on my skin.
I've learned since that biting insects, especially ticks and mosquitoes, can cause more than a bit of discomfort. I had a friend who caught encephalitis one summer. They never said exactly how he got it, but mosquitoes were suspect. He was about as close to the Pearly Gates as you can get without actually dusting your feet off on the other side before he rallied and finally got better. It was a close call. That's when I started to respect the pesky mosquito.
And lately they've added a new disease to their arsenal of biological weapons, West Nile Virus. I don't know anyone personally who's come down with this disease but from what I've read, it's pretty awful. And it can be deadly.
This summer could be a bad one for mosquitoes. Many areas had more than a usual amount of rain during the winter, so breeding grounds are abundant.
Jim Olson, a Texas A&M entomologist, says mosquito populations are on the rise due to warm, wet weather.
He says the best way to protect yourself is to limit evening activities when possible. He also recommends using an insect repellant.
"The DEET-containing repellants are still the most effective but other products and organic repellants will work for awhile."
Citronella candles repel mosquitoes but are most effective in enclosed patios and other confined spaces. The candles won't work if conditions are windy, which is most of the time in Texas.
He says eliminating standing water from around homes also limits breeding sites.
And mosquito dunks may help. The dunks, shaped like small donuts, use Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti), which is non-toxic to humans, are inexpensive, can be simply dropped into the breeding pools and last for months.
It also may be a good year for ticks, which carry not only Rocky Mountain spotted fever but also Lymes disease and a disease called ehrlichiosis, says Texas A&M entomologist Pete Teel.
He says the number of Lymes disease cases in Texas declined from 125 in 2001 to 55 in 2002 and the cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever remained the same at three, but the number of human ehrlichiosis cases increased from none in 2001 to three in 2002. The disease can be life-threatening, but such cases are rare.
Again, prevention is the best policy. Insect repellants help. I've also heard that wearing long pants and tying the cuffs around boots helps prevent ticks from getting to the skin. And, like my mom said, inspect yourself when you come inside. And watch where you scratch, for goodness sakes.


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The Way That We Rhyme
The Legacy of Feminism
by Nirmala Nataraj on May 09, 2008
Sure, activism is de rigeur in the Bay, but with the new generation of tweens raised on pop culture and a swathe of erudite writers arguing for womens collective return to hearth and home, the erosion of feminist thought (and the offensive, overly simplified portrayal of its exponents as ugly man-haters) is enough to make you think weve regressed to Victorian times. Given that young girls are more likely to hail Paris Hilton as a role model than, say, Gloria Steinem, the blatantly activist slant of The Way That We Rhyme: Women, Art & Politics", at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, is like a much-needed drink of water in the currently arid climate of gender talk.
Given the dozens of artists who comprise The Way That We Rhyme", many of the more contemporary academic issues surrounding gender -- e.g., the male gaze, the performance of sexuality and gender, and identity ownership -- make more than a passing cameo in the show. But this is an exhibit that unapologetically harks back to the times of bra-burning and railing against the establishment with more than fighting words. In its depiction of the many collective struggles that hampered women for much of the 20th century, the exhibits reliance on history and archival records gestures back to a time in which progressive thinking was aided and abetted by the fight for solid policymaking.
Andrea Bowers video shrine to three women who ensured the legalization of safe abortion gives a poignant face to women who have largely gone unrecognized (particularly by those who have most benefited from their struggles) -- and it exudes a rightful sense of urgency, given the current precarious state of womens reproductive rights. Suzanne Lacy and Leslie Labowitz similarly use archival materials to interrogate feminisms legacy in their installation, Restricted Access". Motley boxes stashed with documents from the heyday of the Equal Rights movement (pictures, poems, legal papers, and other ephemera) are propped betwixt video monitors that feature younger women engaged in conversation about the contents of the boxes and how they may still be relevant.
While the historical context of the exhibit is certainly commendable, the show is also steeped in works that are not quite so overtly focused on the legacy of feminism. The work of Shinique Smith, for instance, uses odds and ends like old clothes and furniture to create sculptural installations hinting at body parts and desire for soft surfaces, but sometimes the associations come across as more startling than predictable. Piles of rags hanging from the ceiling (Swaying Beauty) look strangely nefarious, suggesting strait-jackets and lynching.
Stephanie Syjuco similarly upends the fetishized relationship between women and clothes with her Counterfeit Crochet Project, a particular highlight of the show that is alternately subversive and just plain eye-catching. Syjuco and friends have created a plethora of attractive crocheted knockoffs of exorbitant designer handbags like Fendi, Gucci, and Louis Vuitton. One of the larger ideas of the project is to create a parallel framework that explores capitalist production and distribution channels while taking an obvious creative and philosophical detour. Indeed, many of the bags dont even bear the slightest resemblance to their prototypes, pointing to the possibility of freedom within constraints and the ineluctable process of translation and transposition that takes place in the imitative process. Syjucos project also draws attention to the reemerging arts & crafts movement that has so often been relegated to womens work by the traditional arts establishment, so the association between womens work", capitalism, and the breaking of artistic convention is depicted rather ingeniously.
Other treats include an experimental video chain letter from Miranda July entitled "Joanie4Jackie", which is composed of short films by various young women. The DIY strain of The Way That We Rhyme is particularly heavy among the younger female artists represented here, as in a zine archive detailing the anarchic raison detre of the Riot Grrl movement of the 90s.
Of course, any show purporting to be about womens art would be a little lacking if it didnt tackle the thorny concept of gender performance. Vaginal Davis offers her own provocative drag installation, Present Penicative", which delves into the intimate interior space of the bedroom and cross-examines anxiety around gender and sexuality through the cautionary idea of the vagina dentate", or toothed vagina".
While the new strains of activism inherent in some of the more personal, rather than merely civic, aspects of feminism and gender are interesting, there isnt really a consistent or identifiable link between older and younger feminist art. In fact, when younger women seem to reference the golden days of feminism, there is more a sense of paying homage than engaging in dialogue. Perhaps this is part of the problem of feminism and its fractured activist forms.
In a time in which women of color, queer/transgendered women, and women living in poverty are still severely marginalized (even by the establishment that claims to support them), its notable to look around the gallery and notice who has not been represented in the show. One might argue that its close to impossible to present the sheer spectrum of current feminist thought, but there must be a more effective way of removing various exponents from their niche significance and uniting them beneath the same umbrella. While The Way That We Rhyme doesnt entirely succeed in doing so, it at least raises the possibility of intergenerational understanding within womens art -- something youre not likely to find in many other traditional venues.
The Way That We Rhyme: Women, Art & Politics"
at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
runs through June 29th
by Nirmala Nataraj on May 09, 2008
Aleksandra Mir, First Woman on the Moon, Courtesy Yerba Buena Center for the Arts


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The HTC Flyer has landed. Best Buy announced that the Flyer would be available on May 22, but an internal memo was released which gave stores permission to start selling the tablet as soon as they got it on stock. I have not made my trip over to Best Buy to pick up the HTC Flyer yet, but since HTC was kind enough to send me a demo unit, I'll probably hold off until I have to send it back.
As you already know, the HTC Flyer is the first Android tablet from HTC. Unlike the most recent Android tablets on the market, the HTC Flyer is running on android 2.3.3 (Gingerbread) rather than 3.1 (Honeycomb). HTC made this decision so that they could get the Flyer to market in a timely manner with a tablet optimized version of HTC Sense. A Honeycomb update for the Flyer is already in the works and should roll out this summer.
Now that you have a bit of the background, I'm sure you guys are wondering what the HTC Flyer is like. If you're expecting an experience like the Motorola XOOM, you'll be a bit disappointed. Though it pains me to say it, the HTC Flyer's closest competitor is last year's Samsung Galaxy Tab. The Flyer and the Tab both run on Android 2.3 with a 7-inch display, but the Flyer has a few key features which makes it a much more appealing choice over the Tab. HTC has put a lot of work into customizing HTC Sense for a better tablet experience. The Flyer comes with new 3D widgets, a redesigned launcher, and updated apps which feature panel layouts when the Flyer is rotated into landscape mode. It may not sound like much, but I'm still finding subtle enhancements throughout the UI that make the tablet experience with Sense very enjoyable.
While the new UI enhancements are a nice touch, the key selling point for the HTC Flyer is the Digital Pen integration with HTC Scribe. The Digital Pen is pure magic. Simply tap the screen and the Flyer captures a screen shot and allows you to draw or add notes with the pen. You can save your notes or share them with your contacts via Facebook, Twitter or email (or any other communication app you have installed). HTC Scribe also let's you annotate in the pre-installed HTC Reader app by adding notes or highlighting passages. All your digital markings are then bookmarked so you can easily find them at a later time.
I have heard disappointment from quite a few people in regards to the HTC Flyer's processor. HTC has chosen to power the Flyer with a single-core 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, but so far I have no complaints. Quadrant scores for the HTC Flyer hover between 1800 and 1900 which is on par with Honeycomb tablets running NVIDIA Tegra 2 processors.
Overall, I'm thoroughly enjoying my time with the HTC Flyer. The 1.5 GHz Qualcomm processor has enough oomph for you to enjoy hours of 3D gaming (spent an hour playing Gorilla Bob) and the battery should have more than enough juice to get you through an intensive day of tweeting, web browsing, and video watching.
I'll be doing a lot more testing with the HTC Flyer over the next few weeks, so feel free to leave a comment to let us know what you want to know about the HTC Flyer.


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|Amazing package and cheaper by half than any other USA online skate shops. So amazed by the price and the equipment offered that at first I thought it was a scam and I would never end up with killer plates, bone bearings, roll line rapids, luiginos Q4, and the top quality roll line toe stop with free shipping and no additional fees all for $430. Ordered and it did take longer than estimate by about two weeks but Skatepro was nice and helpful and provided a free Skatepro shirt as a gift for the longer time spent waiting. Just make sure if you order to be very patient and have a strong backup pair of skates or don't expect the skates to be shipped by the predicted time but within 1-2 weeks after. Other than that issue, skates are amazing and exceeded expectations and all products were as promised. I love them even more than my edea and roll line dance plate skates for doing tricks and moves. Great skate for very high level and advanced skating for any discipline.
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"How can I become a coach to help other people with their problems when I've got my own problems?"
That question, or some variation thereof, is probably the most common reason most prospective coaches express when they hesitate to enroll in a coach training course. It's also a pretty awful reason to put off coaching as a career – because it gets the situation completely backwards!
First, to point out the obvious: everyone has problems. Virtually no one is completely satisfied with their life. That includes coaches. It is part of the human condition – and it's not a bad thing. Recognizing we've got problems is the first step in moving towards solutions. If you see that parts of your life are a mess, but you've got a desire (though not necessarily the plan or resources, yet) to fix them, that doesn't disqualify you from being a coach. It just means you might need help with tools and processes to get there.
That leads us to the intermingled selfish and selfless reason many people become coaches (which is an open secret to most who choose this career): we want to know how to fix our problems – and ideally, get paid at some point to help others using those same tools. Life coach Katie DiBenedetto explains how this works beautifully in a recent Huffington Post column:
While I am still confused — coming up with new ideas every day and constantly changing my mind, life coaching opened me up to a world of other opportunities. Suddenly, I was around a group of people that were all just like me — people looking to start something new and take control of their lives. They were of every age, descent and religion. We couldn't have been a more diverse group, but we bonded and learned from one another.
Through all of this, I learned about psychology, self-improvement, positive-action theories and the role that philosophy and spirituality play in each of our lives. I was introduced to people that live with true meaning and love for the world and everyone around them. I may not know exactly what I want yet, but I know that I am in the right direction.
As you undergo training to become a professional coach, you're inevitably going to apply what you've learned to your own problems. That's a good thing. You'll practice visualization, goalsetting, active listening and the countless other skills that are best practice for solving life's problems. You'll test out the theory by practicing your coaching skills on yourself and on your fellow coach-trainees.
Coaches are not all-knowing gurus who have the answer to any question; they're not walking encyclopedias or training manuals. They just have the training and experience to help individuals and groups problem-solve through a process of asking questions to get to where you need to go.
Instead of thinking about reasons to not learn how to do this, think about the positive change you could create in your own life as you train to help others: healthier and stronger relationships; improved career prospects; better money management, and having the tools to achieve a variety of life goals. The odds are that you've got room for improvement in one of these areas. When you train to be a life coach, you'll be helping yourself along the way, long before you get to graduation day. It's OK to think of yourself and be a little selfish – you can be selfless when you've got the full slate of skills to help your clients.
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From New Orleans, Louisiana, USA:
I am a 22 year old college student who recently has have been feeling unusually tired and did a glucose test using my mom's meter (she developed type 1 diabetes in her twenties after receiving a German measles vaccine). My blood sugar (less than an hour after breakfast) was 204 mg/dl [11.3 mmol/L]. Is this one time test is abnormal enough to be concerned about? What would be "normal"? Should I do some more at home tests before I go to the expense and worry of going to a doctor and getting a glucose tolerance test?
My recommendation is that you have a fasting blood sugar taken at your regularly scheduled visit with your physician. The other acute symptoms of hyperglycemia include weight loss, thirst, frequent urination, and blurring of vision. If you are having these symptoms, contact your physician for a more immediate schedule for testing. The problem with measuring a random glucose is that there are no standard results to compare to in order to tell you if the result is abnormal or not. In addition, the home glucose meter is not recommended for making a diagnosis.
Additional comments from Stephanie Schwartz, diabetes nurse specialist:It certainly would not hurt to check a few more blood sugars on your mom's meter, even though (as Dr. Lane has said) they cannot be used to make a diagnosis. If you have symptoms of diabetes or you see more random readings greater than 200 mg/dl [11.1 mmol/L] or fasting readings greater than 126 mg/dl [7 mmol/L], contact your physician as soon as possible.
[Editor's comment: Testing for diabetes should include blood sugar levels performed by a medical laboratory. The timing of the sample (fasting, random, or postprandial) would influence how high a level is considered abnormal. See Classification and Diagnosis of Diabetes for further information.
Occasionally, lab blood sugar testing might be normal in an early case of diabetes, repeat blood sugar testing at the same or a different time, or performing a glucose tolerance test, might be appropriate if there is a high suspicion of diabetes despite normal initial testing. Another test, the glycosylated hemoglobin, might be used to help confirm a suspected diagnosis of diabetes, but the GHB (also called HbA1c or A1c) is not usually considered as appropriate to make an initial diagnosis. Antibody testing is occasionally done as a screening test in high-risk situations, or as confirmatory of type 1A (autoimmune) diabetes, but is not part of routine testing.
Urine sugar tests or home glucose testing, if done, might be positive, which would make the situation more urgent to get lab testing done to confirm the abnormal results. However, urine or home glucose testing, if negative, would not exclude diabetes. WWQ]
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This updates story originally posted at 7 a.m. with information about Chief Assessor Anthony Dulude considering a run for city clerk.
HOLYOKE — City Councilor Aaron M. Vega could face competition for state representative from a fellow councilor and a newcomer considering write-in campaigns.
Councilor at Large James M. Leahy and Miguel A. Vasquez, a financial services associate at People's United Bank, said Wednesday they are leaning toward asking voters to write in their names for the legislative seat.
Also, Councilor at Large Brenna M. McGee, Ward 2 Councilor Anthony Soto and Chief Assessor Anthony Dulude said they are considering bids for city clerk next year with City Clerk Susan M. Egan, a 20-year-veteran, saying this is her last term.
Michael F. Kane, a Democrat, resigned June 8 from the 5th Hampden District seat he had held since 2001 to take a job with Columbia Gas of Massachusetts.
Kane's name will remain on the ballot because he filed nomination papers with signatures of registered voters to qualify as a candidate by the deadline of May 1.
Vega, a Democrat in his second term on the council, is the only other candidate to file papers by the deadline and get his name on the ballot for state representative.
After Kane's resignation, Vega released a statement wishing Kane well, but he said his focus remains on talking to Holyokers about their concerns.
"I am looking forward to moving ahead with my campaign. Campaigns are wonderful opportunities to connect with voters and talk to them about their concerns and their aspirations for the city we all love," Vega said.
With Kane's name still on the ballot, a primary election will be held Sept. 6 to narrow the field, with the top vote-getter moving onto the general election Nov. 6.
A write-in campaign means a resident must urge voters to write in his or her name when they enter the voting booth.
Such a candidate must be the top vote-getter and have at least 150 write-in votes to win the election, said Brian S. McNiff, spokesman for Secretary of State William F. Galvin.
Leahy and Vasquez both said they are unenrolled in terms of party affiliation.
"I'm definitely leaning that way," Leahy said, about running a write-in bid for state representative.
"I think I could be a good advocate for the city. I know a lot of the players down there" on Beacon Hill, Leahy said.
Vasquez, 21, of 100 Hampshire St., said he has never held elected office. He graduated from Holyoke High School, has lived in Holyoke for 12 years and has an economics degree from the University of Phoenix' online program. That, coupled with his experience at the bank, gives him management and business skills to be an effective representative, he said.
"The state rep has a voice on Beacon Hill that can help the city," Vasquez said.
He has posted positions on education, the economy, homelessness and other issues on facebook.com/MoveHolyokeForward.
Egan has worked in the city clerk's office for 42 years, the past 20 as clerk. The job is an elected position with a four-year term.
McGee is in her second term on the council.
"I am strongly considering it," McGee of a city clerk bid.
Soto is a first-term councilor who lost to Egan for the clerk seat in the 2009 election. He is eyeing the clerk seat again, he said, but said, "I'm really enjoying what I'm doing. It's kind of premature to discuss it. We're months away."
In an email, Dulude said about pursuing the city clerk position, "I have not made my mind up yet."
Timothy W. Purington, the former Ward 4 city councilor, has been mentioned as a possible city clerk candidate but said over the phone June 6, "I haven't made any plans to do that."


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Matilda is a ragdoll cat. She is pointed everywhere exept for the feet. There is only a little bit of brown on her legs. Her nose is dark red. The inside of her ears are pink. Her eyes are blue-gray. She initially wears the Beatnik Shirt. Unlike some other Cats,when surprised,her pupils get very large,simaliar to real cats.
Matilda is a normal villager,however,she is more independent and catlike than other normal villagers. She will get along well with Lazy,Cranky,Snooty,and other Normal villagers. Peppy villagers generally fustrate her with thier short attention span. Jock villagers generally stress her out with thier fitness speak. Both of those are very uncommon in a normal villager.
Matilda's house has most of the ranch series in Wild World,along with a tootoid. She has the bamboo flooring and desert wallpaper. Her retro sterio plays Cafe K.K. Matilda's City Folk house has most of the regal series. She has the bambo flooring and wall. If she gets a sterio,it plays Cafe K.K.
Initial Catchphrase:Kitten
Initial Clothes:Beatnik Shirt
Pic Quote:Let's go to the Purr-ade!


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Short Story on "Haste makes waste"
A jolly foolish man lived in a city with his family. He had some hens that he kept very dearly in an enclosure. One of his hens laid a golden egg every second or third day. The man becomes greedy. He thought of getting all the golden eggs from stomach of the hen in one attempt. He decided to kill the hen to take out all of them.
The man took a knife and started towards the courtyard where the hen was sitting. By chance a guest was staying in the man's house. He asked him what he was going to do. The man told him that he was going to take out all the golden eggs from stomach of the hen. The guest advised him not to do so. But the man did not listen to him. He killed the hen and cut open its stomach. He was shocked to see that there was no golden egg in the hen's stomach. He began crying widely. But now nothing could help him or bring him the hen or the golden egg.
The story teaches us the lesson that haste makes waste or greed is a curse.


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In the video for Bowerbirds' gorgeous indie-folk ramble "Tuck The Darkness In," a little kid watches his father catch a fish and then goes off on a soul-searching adventure. The clip works as a sort of vegetarian polemic, but I don't think that's the entire intent. It also works on its own terms: As a beautifully shot, deeply empathetic music video with a devastating performance from the kid at its center. This is a good one, folks. Carlos Lopez Estrada directs. Watch it and download the song below.
Bowerbirds – "Tuck The Darkness In"
Bowerbirds' new album The Clearing is out today on Dead Oceans. Stream it here.


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Ideal surf van for sale« on: November 30 2006 08:11:00 »
Trying to find a good home for the ideal lightweight surfing van for one or two people. A reliable 1992 diesel Toyota Liteace in good nick with a folding seat/bed 190cm X 127cm, table and a special bay for two bicycles. Uses less than 8l/100km. Its current address is Paris. You would need an address in continental Europe to register it.
RE: Ideal surf van for sale« Reply #1 on: June 04 2007 16:06:00 »
just wondering if that van is still for sale?