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Can Presumptive Anthelminthic Treatment Delay the Progression of HIV in ART-naïve Patients in Rural Africa?
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00817713
Recruitment Status : Terminated (Terminated prematurely due to recruitment difficulties. Expansion to more study sites not planned.)
First Posted : January 6, 2009
Last Update Posted : February 16, 2011
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This study focuses on one of the major health issues of Sub-Saharan Africa: multi-parasitism and co-infections. In particular this study aims to elucidate the interaction of helminths with HIV.
There is good reason to suspect a detrimental effect of helminth infection on the course of HIV infection. We hypothesize, that treatment of helminths in HIV- and helminth co-infected individuals leads to a reduction of HIV viral load. With a lower HIV RNA level one would expect a slower decline of CD4 cells and hence also a slower progression of the disease. Ideally this would lead to a prolongation of the chronic phase of HIV infection and to a delay in the time when anti-retroviral treatment needs to be started.
|Condition or disease
|HIV Infections Helminthiasis
|Drug: Praziquantel, Ivermectin, Albendazole
|Not Applicable
* Background: On the basis of immunological considerations and in vitro trials on co-infections there is strong reason to suspect a detrimental effect of helminth infection on the course of HIV. The immunological answer very efficiently evoked by helminth infection is aimed at hijacking and suppressing the immune system in order to suit the requirements of the specific helminth. This permits helminths to cause chronic infection, often persisting over years and allowing some infecting worms to grow to several centimetres of length within their host. However, this immune modulation also affects non-related antigens (for example HIV) which would actually require a different line of immunological action.
Some clinical trials have been able to confirm this detrimental effect of helminths on HIV infection, while other trials failed to do so. A recent Cochrane review on clinical trials with HIV and helminth co-infection found an overall slight reduction of HIV viral load if helminth infection was treated. However there was no measurable effect on CD4 count or clinical staging of HIV. This might be explained by the fact that these trials were very heterogeneous in their set-up and were run for too short a time (max 6 months) to allow sufficient answers to these questions.
According to mathematical models, even a relatively modest reduction of HIV RNA by 0.5 log could delay the need to start combined antiretroviral therapy by about 3.5 years and potentially prolong the symptom-free phase of HIV-infection by nearly 1 year. On a population scale this could lead to substantial savings with regard to drug and clinical costs and on an individual level to an invaluable gain in drug-free and ideally also symptom-free life years.
- Objective: To assess the impact of presumptive anthelminthic treatment on HIV progression in patients infected with HIV in a rural setting with presumed high prevalence of helminth infection.
- Methods: Randomised open-label trial of presumptive triple anthelminthic treatment in HIV positive patients not yet requiring anti-retroviral treatment.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|295 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Can Anthelminthic Treatment Delay the Progression of HIV? Randomised Open-label Trial Testing Presumptive Anthelminthic Treatment on Progression of HIV in ART-naïve HIV-positive Patients in a Rural African Setting With Presumed High Prevalence of Helminth Infections.
|Study Start Date :
|January 2009
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|September 2010
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|September 2010
Active Comparator: anthelminthic treatment
Albendazol plus fix-dose Praziquantel plus Ivermectin
Drug: Praziquantel, Ivermectin, Albendazole
Standard HIV care plus triple anthelminthic treatment
All drugs given at baseline, after 6 months and after 12 months.
No Intervention: HIV care, no anthelminthic treatment
HIV care as per Tanzanian National AIDS Control Program (NACP) guidelines
- Difference in HIV viral load between intervention and control arm [ Time Frame: one year ]
- Difference in CD4 counts between intervention and control arm [ Time Frame: one year ]
- Difference in time to meet criteria for the initiation of anti-retroviral treatment [ Time Frame: one year ]
- occurrence of severe adverse events [ Time Frame: one year ]
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- HIV-positive patients
- most recent CD4-count > 250 c/μl (latest within the previous 7 months)
- anti-retroviral treatment naïve
- age >18 years
- provide written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnant and lactating women in the first week of lactation
- Symptoms of severe anemia (or haemoglobin <5g/dl within the precious 3 months)
- Symptoms of chronic diarrhea (defined as >= 3 stools per day of loose consistency for more than 2 weeks)
- Patients on treatment for tuberculosis
- WHO clinical stage 3 disease and CD4-count <350 c/μl
- WHO clinical stage 4 disease
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00817713
|Chronic Disease Clinic of St. Francis Designated District Hospital
|Ifakara, Kilombero, Tanzania, P.O. Box 53
|Principal Investigator:
|Cornelia J. Staehelin, MD
|Swiss Tropical Institute, Ifakara Health Institute
|Study Director:
|Christoph F. Hatz, MD, Prof.
|Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute
|Study Chair:
|Hansjakob Furrer, MD, Prof.
|Infectious Disease Unit, Inselspital, University Hospital Berne, 3010 Berne, Switzerland
|Study Chair:
|Honorathy Urassa, MSc
|Ifakara Health Institute
|Principal Investigator:
|Baraka Amuri, MD
|Ifakara Health Institute
|Study Chair:
|Salim Hamis, MD
|Ifakara Health Institute
|Study Chair:
|Juerg Utzinger, Prof.
|Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute
|Study Chair:
|Erik Mossdorf, MD
|Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute
|Responsible Party:
|Cornelia Staehelin, MD, Swiss Tropical Institute
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00817713 History of Changes
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|First Posted:
|January 6, 2009 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|February 16, 2011
|Last Verified:
|April 2009
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
treatment naive
immune modulation
Disease Progression
Disease Attributes
Pathologic Processes
Parasitic Diseases
Antiparasitic Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Anticestodal Agents
Antiplatyhelmintic Agents
Antiprotozoal Agents
Tubulin Modulators
Antimitotic Agents
Mitosis Modulators
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antineoplastic Agents


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HICKORY, N.C. - Despite making a school-record 22 saves, Pfeiffer University fell 4-0 to sixth-ranked Lenoir-Rhyne University in non-conference women's soccer action on Wednesday night. The Bears move to 3-0 with their third-straight home win while the Lady Falcons dip to 1-2 with the defeat.
The Bears' Leah Mullins would tally the first of her two on the day in the 16th minute depositing a rebound into the top shelf for a 1-0 lead. Right at the 27th minute, Kendall Smith would put home her second of the year from the right as Lenoir-Rhyne carried a 2-0 lead into the half.
Just under 10 minutes into the second, Mullins hit on her fourth of the season chipping her shot off of Pfeiffer keeper Britt Polly and in. Hanna Kiebel took a bad pass from the Lady Falcons and fired a rocket from just outside the box for the Bears' fourth and final goal in the 73rd minute.
The Bears would fire off 47 shots on the night, 26 on goal. Pfeiffer took four shots on the day, three on goal, led by Katlyn Stevens. Polly would make 14 saves starting in net while Bianca Moeller turned away six in relief.
Pfeiffer will now turn to its 2012 Conference Carolinas opener on Saturday traveling to Queens. The first whistle is set for 5:30 p.m.

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NRA's School Security Plan Includes a Bogus School Shooting as Evidence
The National Rifle Association produced its 225-page plan for securing schools from gun violence on Tuesday—and the report cited fake evidence and incorrect facts from school shootings.
The NRA's National School Shield Task Force report cites a mass shooting in 2010, where they write that a 16-year-old shooter killed six people in a locked classroom at Hastings Middle School in Minnesota. Mother Jones cites the actual summary of the 2010 incident at Hastings Middle School, writing that it is a "less useful story of the NRA" because it doesn't appeal to "fear and fantasy":
"Brandishing a loaded handgun at teachers and students in at least two Hastings Middle School classrooms Monday, an eighth-grade student spread terror but fired no shots before being tackled and subdued by a school police officer."
Mark Follman for Mother Jones adds that the NRA's report incorrectly credits an armed security officer at Columbine High School in 1999 and an armed teacher at Pearl High School in Mississippi in 1997 as helping to prevent more deaths, while there is no specific evidence from either incident that the armed security officer or teacher helped to stave off more fatalities.
The task force that assembled the report for the NRA is headed by a former congressman, Asa Hutchinson, and includes former federal law enforcement officials. It contains training programs, tips about building design, and preparedness suggestion. The main focus of the report involves placing armed guards in K-12 schools in America as well as encouraging teachers to carry guns. These suggestions support concerns regarding how the gun industry could profit from NRA's role in influencing school safety policies.


text: The New York Times "Thursday Styles" section appears to be embarking on campaign to keep the severely vain from procreating. First, there's an article on how to treat stretch marks. "Can stretch marks, or striae gravidarum, as they are known among the Ph.D. set, really be prevented?" the Times wonders. "The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists says no." Ouch. Then there is a second article about acne during pregnancy. Apparently many forms of acne treatment (Accutane, benzoyl peroxide, Retin-A) are potentially harmful to the fetus, so zitty moms-to-be need to stick to topical erythromycin and cleansers with glycolic acid. But you know, what's wrong with a third eye when you have clear, glowing skin!!! [NYT, NYT]


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Two people were killed after a helicopter crashed in a Miami suburb on Wednesday just after take-off, authorities said.
The crash was located at SW 124th Ave and SW 130th Street in Three Lakes, Fla., about two miles east of Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport. Footage showed that the helicopter crashed into a parking lot near warehouses. No one on the ground was injured.
The Federal Aviation Administration said that at about 4 p.m. ET a Robinson R44 helicopter crashed. It had just departed from the airport.
VIDEO: Watch as the helicopter that crashed was consumed by flames.
Marc Henderson, spokesman for the Miami-Dade Aviation Department, confirmed the fatalities.
Business owner Julia Senior said she was only a short distance from the helicopter when it came down.
"Because of the noise, I felt this helicopter was falling apart, and it was just crashing," she said. "It just came straight against the palm tree."
Aerial footage showed that the registered owner of the helicopter is Bravo Helicopters LLC in Miami. A telephone message left at the company seeking comment wasn't immediately returned.
The FAA is investigating.
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A blueprint for high-volume, high-quality lung cancer screening that is detecting cancer earlier—and helping to save lives
Take a patient who has diabetes. If a health plan implements a value-based insurance design (VBID), the employer's health plan will cover certain diabetes drugs for a reduced copayment. As a result of that reduced copayment, the patient continues to to use his diabetes drug, and therefore the condition is managed better. The employer and health plan see lower overall health care costs because of reduced complications.
Avalere Health, a consulting company, taking a page from the private insurer playbook, says that Medicare could immediately modernize its benefit structure by incorporating VBID because VBID tailors cost-sharing so that the beneficiary pays less for a needed medication or therapy, making him more likely to use it. The employer and health plan benefit because the patient has fewer costly complications.
The report, Value-Based Insurance Design in the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit: An Analysis of Policy Options, points out that Medicare Part D, with its 26 million enrollees, is a prime target for this type of quality-focused effort. As many as 23 percent of Medicare beneficiaries with five or more chronic conditions account for 68 percent of the program's spending.
"VBID has the potential to help transform Medicare into a more prudent purchaser of health care that meets patient needs," says Tanisha Carino, PhD, a vice president at Avalere Health and coauthor of the paper.
A blueprint for high-volume, high-quality lung cancer screening that is detecting cancer earlier—and helping to save lives
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And that was pretty much how my brother introduced them in-game: A Farad Procurer had "acquired" an over/undermasted Cymrilian windship and was trying to sell it to Rajans visiting Tarun.Big Mac wrote:That sounds very logical. And it would be a key turning point in a shipwright's "arms race". The great thing is that other groups would clearly be able to see undermasts on ships, and while they might not be able to infer the entire design, without ceasing a ship to reverse-engineer, their shipwrights would be able to make a guess at the design and build their own prototypes.
True. There are just some things in RPGs that you gotta leave be. Our take on the Tal windships was that you put a levitational in a hull to make it float in the air, and that's all a levitational did: defied gravity. How you move your newly-floating boat around from there is your own damn problem. Sails and wind machines help with that, but that's about it.Big Mac wrote:I've seen people in the Spelljammer community write massive essays trying to "explain" (scientifically) how elements of the setting work and a lot of the time they just seem to be chasing their own tail.
That is very cool.Big Mac wrote:We just had something in London called the Elephant Parade. Most were fibreglass, but one of the elephants was a hollow metal elephant called Ampersand. If a windship didn't need to land in the sea, It could use a similar design to lower the weight.
More like March 1st at this point. It's been a busy year, and the last month or so will be the busiest yet.Big Mac wrote:Maybe I could make a Facebook event called: "Remind Adam Black to sketch a Rajan windship", set the date for 1st December and invite as many Tal fans as I can find!


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The Oscars! Read our reviews of the best picture nominees
Planning to watch the Academy Awards this weekend? We've got movie reviews for some of the best picture nominees, as well as plenty of other films that weren't nominated, but were considered top films for 2011 by our regular culture columnist, Pat McCormick.
Did you see a film that recieved a nomination but isn't reviewed here? Let us know what you thought of it in the comments. You can also send film reviews to email@example.com at any time.
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Exempted Parts are add-ons or modified parts that have undergone an ARB engineering evaluation. If the parts or modification do not increase emissions, an Executive Order is granted allowing the modification. A number is assigned so it can be verified by any SMOG inspection station or by the ARB.
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I vividly recall when I first tried the inaugural releases from Rôtie Cellars. It was last spring at Seattle Uncorked's annual syrah event. I had tasted through fifty some odd Washington State syrahs before I arrived at the table where winemaker Sean Boyd was pouring. Boyd poured a glass of his 2007 Southern Blend – a mix of grenache, syrah, and mourvedre. The first sip was arresting. I looked up from my glass and said, "You have my complete attention."
It takes a certain style of wine to stand out in large format tastings. Usually these are the bigger, brawnier wines that elbow their way to the front with fruit, oak, and alcohol. Boyd's Rôtie Cellars wines are none of that. Rather these are lower oak, lower alcohol wines that focus on fruit expression. As indicated by the winery's name, Boyd is a Côte-Rôtie lover. With Rôtie Cellars, Boyd focuses on trying to make Old World-style wines from New World fruit. The results for Boyd's 2007 Northern Blend (syrah co-fermented with viognier) and Southern Blend were among the most compelling wines coming out of Washington last year.
After being greatly impressed by a winery's first release, I always hold my breath a bit when trying the second. Was it just a great vintage? Was it just beginners luck? After spending time last fall talking with Boyd and tasting barrel samples, it was clear that the answer to the first question was yes and the second question was no. 2007 was a great vintage, but Boyd's subsequent wines are every bit as impressive if not more so. Of course, the proof is really in the bottle, and the 2008 releases emphatically confirm my initial excitement about this winery.
Boyd works as assistant winemaker at Waters Winery where he produces the Rôtie Cellars wines. He shows an intense and contagious passion for wine and for winemaking. Last year when I talked to Boyd about the new winery, he was perhaps most excited about his 2008 Grenache, which would ultimately go into the Southern Blend. "You've got to try the 2008!" Boyd implored at the winery's release event. I did and, true to the vagaries of barrel tasting, Boyd seemed suddenly unimpressed with his own creation. "Tasted a lot different a couple of weeks ago," he said somewhat deflated. While he was riding the roller coaster that is watching wine age in the barrel, it was clear that lurking in the darkness was a wine worthy of excitement.
When I first tasted Rôtie Cellars 2008 Southern Blend several months ago, the wine was still somewhat reluctant to show itself. The fruit expression was vibrant but the wine hadn't yet taken on the earth tones that made the 2007 wine so compelling. It has since blossomed into the wine Boyd was so excited about back when he tasted it in the barrel.
While the Southern Blend is an strong statement of the promise of grenache and grenache blends in Washington, Boyd's 2008 Northern Blend is even more impressive. Syrah has become a bit of a dirty word in Washington and elsewhere of late, but Boyd's 2008 Northern Blend is another data point, if any were needed, that this grape excels here. This is an intense, meaty wine with textured fruit flavors. "I'm pretty proud of this wine," Boyd says.
Since launching Rôtie Cellars last year, Boyd has opened up a tasting room in downtown Walla Walla. He is also preparing to launch Rôtie Cellars' wine club. The winery's club – Rotesians - has a very unique twist, what Boyd refers to as "lifetime pricing." People who join the wine club now will be able to sign up for allocations of wine at 2010 prices in perpetuity. Boyd says his goal is to "reward our loyal clients who found us at the beginning." He continues, "I'm in it for life, and I'm going to love to get stuck in fifteen to twenty years when everybody tells me how stupid this idea was."
Rôtie Cellars produces 1,000 cases annually.
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Rôtie Cellars Northern Blend Red Wine Washington State 2008 $35
Rating: ** (Exceptional) An aromatic nose with violets, bacon fat, and blueberries. A meaty, rich, intense wine loaded with fresh fruit and umami flavors along with a textured mouthfeel. Oak is very far in the background putting the focus firmly on the fruit. 97% Syrah, 3% Viognier. 14.2% alcohol. 396 cases produced.
Rôtie Cellars Southern Blend Red Wine Washington State 2008 $35
Rating: * (Excellent) Redolent with earth, raspberries, red cherries, and Red Vines. Beautifully rich, pure fruit flavors on the palate. Exceptionally well balanced with a long finish. 70% Grenache, 15% Syrah, 15% Mourvedre. Aged in French oak (100% second fills). 14.2% alcohol. 400 cases produced.
An encore performance from Rôtie Cellars
I vividly recall when I first tried the inaugural releases from Rôtie Cellars. It was last spring at Seattle Uncorked's annual syrah event. I had tasted through fifty some odd Washington State syrahs before I arrived at the table where winemaker Sean Boyd was pouring. Boyd poured a glass of his 2007 Southern Blend – a mix of grenache, syrah, and mourvedre. The first sip was arresting. I looked up from my glass and said, "You have my complete attention."
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Anonymous Says:
Thanks for the Rotie report. I have been trying to get to some of the bottles you review. Especially the ** ones. Trouble is, you got to make the trip to the winery most of the time. It wouldn't pay to ship one bottle. My local Yokes just doesn't carry them most of the time. Guess the chase is half the fun.
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and therein lies the problem with Washington wines. Not just out-of-state, but in-state also.
1WineDude Says:
Great coverage, RC is making excellent stuff.
Sean P. Sullivan Says:
Cityroute16, unfortunately as WWM says and you know, finding specific bottles of Washington wine is quite vexing. Frustrating for all concerned.


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I don't know about you, but I'm the kind of person who often craves a sweet bite at the end of a meal or later at night. I fully realize that this isn't doing me any favors, and so I try pretty hard to prevent catastrophe by resisting from buying any snacks or junk food when I'm at the grocery store. Instead, I buy fruit and tell myself that when I'm craving sweets, I can just reach over and eat a pear or an orange. Right, but I must be delusional whenever I go grocery shopping, because whenever I happen to be actually craving dessert, I never ever feel like having fruit. Let's not even get into how much of my well-intentioned fruit purchases go to waste. Anyway, I came across a post on Bakerella about peach dump cake (which she politely re-termed "peach crunch cake"), and the fact that it was so incredibly easy to make pretty much sold me on it. The one thing I value the most these days is time, and if I can crank out a dessert with minimal time and effort, then I am a happy camper.
I can't rave enough about how much of a no-brainer this cake is. Though it's definitely more like a peach cobbler/crisp than an actual "cake". But I'm okay with that. All you need is canned peaches, boxed cake mix, butter, brown sugar, and optional nuts (I used cashews because that was all I had on hand, which came out quite nice). Seriously, that's it. It's called dump cake precisely because you practically just dump the ingredients in a baking pan, one after the other. Then bake and you're done! And it was really delicious, especially warm right out of the oven. The only thing I didn't like about the recipe was that it had too much sugar in it, so it was too sweet, especially when served with ice cream. I ended up eating it with some plain yogurt to help temper the sweetness, which worked out quite well. On the bright side, that meant that only a few bites of the dump cake was enough to satisfy my sweet tooth, and that actually was kind of nice for the purposes of getting that thrill of dessert without really indulging. In any case, I did reduce the amount of sugar in the recipe below. Dump cake is normally made with canned cherries and pineapple, but I liked the idea of canned peaches instead. You can substitute real fruit or other canned fruits of your choice (I imagine cocktail fruit would be great), and mix and match the cake mix as you please. I've heard that a black forest version of this cake using canned cherries and chocolate cake mix is delicious, mmm. Enjoy!!
Peach Dump Cake (serves 8-12) adapted from Bakerella
1 large can sliced peaches in light syrup (approx 29 oz.)
1 box yellow cake mix
1 stick unsalted butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup chopped nuts (I used cashews)
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Pour canned peaches, along with syrup, into a 9×13″ baking pan, leaving out just 1/2 cup of the syrup. Gently cut up the peach slices into smaller chunks, and spread out evenly in pan.
2. Spread the yellow cake mix over the top of the peaches, covering evenly.
3. Cut up butter into 16 pieces and spread over the top of the cake mix.
4. Sprinkle brown sugar and chopped nuts over the top of the cake mixture. That's all there is to the prep work!
5. Bake for 40 minutes at 350 degrees F, and remove to cool slightly before serving.
Dig in! Top with whipped cream, ice cream, or serve plain. The dump cake can be deserved cooled as well, but the top will be most crispy within the first day or two. I had the pan sitting in my room and would sneak spoonfuls of the dump cake whenever I was bored or craving sweets. Mmmm. :)


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I'm sure this topic has been covered before as it's a typical problem with dogs.
Greta loves to jump up and greet people when they come in. What's the best way to stop this? We've just started turning our backs and ignoring her when she does this to us. Of course, then she jumps up on our backside. Even tougher to train when other people come in the house.
Also, we don't allow Greta up on the furniture, but she'll jump up with her two front paws. Suggestions on stopping this as well? We are consistent with saying OFF! and push her off. She's not quite getting it though.
Greta is only 5 mos. old, but I want to make sure we're doing the right thing now for when she gets even bigger.


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Google appears to be subsidising the price of the Google Nexus 4 smartphone by around £240 in an attempt to grab more of a market share for its Android OS.
The Google Nexus 4, made by LG, goes on sale in the UK on 13th November and will cost as little as £239 SIM-free from Google's Play store. As many have said already, this is a surprisingly low price for a smartphone that offers what the Nexus 4 does: a quad-core Qualcomm S4 Pro processor, 2GB of RAM, 8MP main camera, NFC and a 4.7-inch 1280 x 768 IPS screen. These sort of specifications would normally be on a phone priced more closely to £500.
And indeed, it seems that non-Google retailers could be asking for that much when they start selling the Nexus 4. According to The Next Web, Spanish retailer Phone House will not be selling the handset because LG wants it to do so for €599 (around £480). The Phone House doesn't see the point, as buyers will likely get the Nexus 4 direct from Google for around half that price.
UK retailers are yet to reveal SIM-free costs for the Google Nexus 4, but Carphone Warehouse has the phone available for free with contracts from £31 a month.
Google appears to be subsidising the Nexus 4 so heavily in order to make Android even more popular. After all, a phone as powerful as most other companies' flagship devices (save perhaps for the lack of 4G LTE) for around half the price will prove undeniably tempting to consumers looking for their next handset.
Is the Google Nexus 4's low price tag tempting you away from the likes of the iPhone 5 or Samsung Galaxy S3? Let us know in the comments section below.


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Angels still targeting Wells
This is from today's Los Angeles Times:
"If the Angels' bid for Japanese right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka falls short, they will probably make a strong push to sign free-agent left-hander Barry Zito and look to use one of their young pitchers — Ervin Santana, Jered Weaver or Joe Saunders — in a trade for a slugger such as Toronto's Vernon Wells, Baltimore's Miguel Tejada or possibly Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez."
The Angels were talking about possibly trading for Wells last year. It was written about in the L.A. Times in September. The paper even asked Wells about possibly playing for the Halos:
"It's a beautiful place," Wells told the newspaper at the time. "At the same time, I'm very comfortable here with Toronto. I've been here my whole career. This place is first, and everything else is second."
All that being said, I still think Wells will be in a Toronto uniform in 2007 even if he doesn't sign an extension. He's the focal point of the Blue Jays' offense right now and it would set the team back to trade him right now. Toronto is as close to the Yankees as they have been in a long time and ridding of Wells would hinder that progress.
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Not only would trading Wells be irresponsible offensively, but also irresponsible financially. On the open market Wells would fetch something like Carlos Beltran money, or in the order of $17M/year. At his current pay of $5.6M/year, he is underpaid by over $11M. What package could any team trade for Wells that's worth $11.4M more than you'd have to pay it?
I think they will hammer out a deal with Wells this offseason.
I dont think you can ever trade someone like Wells for equal even if it was for a package like Ervin and Kendrick or something. A very good package but still not worth a Wells. I think Weaver is untouchable right now.
Although Jays are deepest in the OF in prospects though…
Angels should go after JD Drew now.
I think JP should try to find a one-year solution to SS and hope for a better crop next year. Hill is a very good 2B but an average SS. Plus, I dont think a young player should be moved around so much already.
Hope Zaun decides to not sign with Royals. I'm sure Jays see him as a cheap solution again and this time with certainty of being no.1; I'm sure that Sportsnet gig was something to entice him to stay.
I hope JP grabs either Meche or Wolf. Maybe more so Wolf because he is a lefty to replace Lilly.
Dang, it seems all free-agents rumours are swirling around NYY and BOS…. as usual. But this year with BAL has money to overspend as well. Oh boy, this is the year JP has to be a genius!
I also read an article recently about the Cubs being interested in Wells.
In the same article it also mentioned Lilly to be their top free agent target. In my opinion, he is a very good pitcher and it would be a shame to let him go.


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No. 1 USC Beats Cross-Town Rival UCLA, 29-24
Dec. 4, 2004
By JOHN NADEL
AP Sports Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Southern California might as well book a flight to Miami.
UCLA held Heisman Trophy contender Matt Leinart in check, but Reggie Bushhad two long touchdown runs, Ryan Killeen kicked five field goals and No. 1 USCheld off the Bruins 29-24 Saturday to virtually lock up a trip to the OrangeBowl for the Bowl Championship Series title game.
Moments after the game ended, USC fans in both end zones threw oranges onthe field and many players stayed on the field to celebrate.
It wasn't the Trojans' best performance, but it'll probably be enough.
The final BCS standings and bowl pairings will be announced Sunday. TheTrojans (12-0, 8-0 Pac-10) have been ranked No. 1 all season in both TheAssociated Press Top 25 and coaches polls and, most importantly, the BCSstandings.
USC was the odd team out last winter, when it finished atop both polls afterthe regular season but third in the final BCS standings. The Trojans won the APnational championship and LSU beat Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl to win the BCStitle.
The Trojans completed the fifth perfect regular season in school history andfirst since 1972, when they won the national championship. It also was USC's15th straight Pac-10 triumph and 21st consecutive win overall. The Trojans havewon 32 of their last 33 games.
Bush gained a career-high 204 yards on 15 carries - most on a 65-yardtouchdown run on the game's second play and an 81-yard dash midway through thesecond quarter.
It was just the second game in which the explosive sophomore has rushed formore than 100 yards. He also had six receptions for 73 yards.
Leinart completed his first 10 passes for 64 yards. He wound up going24-of-34 for 242 yards with one interception and no touchdowns - the first timein 25 career starts he has failed to throw at least one TD pass. USC is 24-1 ingames started by Leinart, a junior.
Pete Carroll became the first Trojans coach to beat Notre Dame and UCLA -USC's biggest rivals - in three straight seasons.
USC has beaten the Bruins six straight times - its longest winning streak inthe series, which they lead 40-27-7.
Drew Olson completed 20 of 34 passes for 278 yards and one touchdown withtwo interceptions for UCLA (6-5, 4-4), who will play in the Insight Bowl or theLas Vegas Bowl.
On Bush's first scoring run, he faked out Matt Clark near the UCLA 10-yardline before somersaulting into the end zone and spiking the ball to draw anunsportsmanlike conduct penalty.
Killeen's 37-yard field goal on USC's second possession made it 10-0, and itappeared the rout was on.
It wasn't.
Craig Bragg's school-record 96-yard punt return early in the second quartercut USC's lead to 10-7. Bragg broke Kermit Alexander's 43-year-old record bytwo yards.
The Bruins then blew an opportunity to tie or take the lead. Chris Hortonblocked Tom Malone's punt, giving UCLA the ball at the USC 19. But the Trojansheld, and Justin Medlock missed a 39-yard field goal.
Bush scored his second touchdown two plays later to give USC a 17-7 lead. Hebroke two tackles to get into the clear, and once he did, nobody was going tocatch the speedster.
UCLA drew within seven points on Medlock's 43-yard field goal, but Killeenkicked a 42-yarder with 9 seconds left before halftime and a 34-yarder midwaythrough the third period.
The Bruins responded by going 81 yards on seven plays to draw within sixpoints, scoring on Manuel White's 9-yard run. Killeen kicked a 36-yard fieldgoal early in the fourth quarter and a 34-yarder with 3:49 remaining - threeplays after Lofa Tatupu's interception - to make it 29-17.
UCLA drew within five points with 2:20 to play on Olson's 4-yard pass toMarcedes Lewis on fourth-and-2. The Bruins got one final chance when SpencerHavner recovered a fumble by Bush at the Bruins 14 with 53 seconds left, butJason Leach intercepted Olson on the next play.
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Pertwee: Capaldi will be stupendous
Sean Pertwee has revealed he thinks Peter Capaldi's age will give "gravitas" to his portrayal of The Doctor.
Sean - who is set to appear in the finale of BBC Sunday night drama The Musketeers alongside Peter this weekend - is the son of Jon Pertwee, the third actor to play the Time Lord in hit sci fi series Doctor Who.
Sean, who plays villain Sarazin in The Musketeers which star Peter as Cardinal Richelieu, revealed how much he enjoyed talking to Peter about the role of the Time Lord when they met on The Musketeers set in Prague last autumn.
He believes 55-year-old Peter will be "stupendous" as the centuries-old alien, following on from 31-year-old Matt Smith.
Sean said: "My father was very fond of Peter and Peter is an extremely lovely gentleman. He was very kind to my family when my father passed away, he was big fan of my dad's actually.
"So personally the Pertwee household were absolutely delighted when he got the role of The Doctor."
He added: "I think he's going to bring some real gravitas and weight, which only comes with age. Taking nothing away from Matt (Smith), who I thought was great, I just think he's going to stupendous. He's going to have a completely different look.
"He's such a phenomenal actor anyway I think he'll be absolutely brilliant. I'm delighted he's doing it."
Sean, 49, also revealed how much he enjoyed shooting the action scenes for The Musketeers, but admitted when it came to fighting 24-year-old Luke Pasqualino, who plays D'artagnan, he may have met his match.
Sean said: "My fight training all came back to me. The problem is, fighting Luke , I don't tend to bounce so much now. I'm on the deck and my brain is convincing itself that I'm still standing up. It takes me a bit longer to get up now.
"And I realised that I'm literally old enough to be his father, what the hell do I think I'm doing?!
"I was bashed to pieces , but that's all part of it and it's such fun."
And the actor said he thinks the fast pace of the period drama - which has already been commissioned for a second series - sets it apart from previous adaptations of Alexandre Dumas' classic novel on which it is based.
He said: " What I love about the choreography in the show is it's for really. It's not fence-like sword play, it's blood and guts stuff, it's how people used to fight.
"The average duel was 20 seconds long, there's no time for poncing around, there's a real sense of intent and that's what I like about this series.
"We had almost too much fun doing it. It was brilliant. A great experience."
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I just found three marriage records on familysearch.org. No images yet, but these records have now been indexed. What a great resource. It's amazing how much new information is available every month.
A major brick wall was what happened to Zollicoffer Poe and his wife, who I believe to be Lola Mont Swinney. I don't have proof yet of this marriage. However, Lola is listed as married in the 1900 census. Two children of Zollie and Lola were Harmon Lamar and Minnie Poe.
These are the marriage records I found. All were in Bell County, Texas in 1900.
Mrs. Lola M. Poe married J. O. Jones on 23 Dec 1900
Film 0981038; Index M75204-2
H L Poe married Clara Wedel on 20 May 1900
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Minnie Poe married Y B Mayfield on 30 Aug 1900
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Dec. 1, 2001
Santa Clara head coach Jerry Smith
"We'd like to congratulate Virginia. They gave us a great game today and they showed a lot of heart and character and toughness to come back in the game. A lot of teams down 3-0 on the road will cave in and maybe our team expected them to cave in and let off the accelerator a little bit, but Virginia just jumped on us. They deserve a lot of credit for a great season and a great effort today.
"I'm proud of our team. Like Virginia, we have a lot of young players on the field for us and they showed some good toughness at the very end of the game. It's experiences like this that make you a stronger team. I think we'll learn from this today and we'll be a better team next weekend for having gone through what we did today."
On outshooting Virginia 14-3
"Any sport that has a goalkeeper, you never know. That team hits great shots. (Virginia's) Lori Lindsey couldn't have hit her shot any better. Big-time players step up in big-time games and Lori is a Player of the Year candidate. I thought she did great today and carried her team and was a real inspiration for them. But the game's a strange game. We outshot Notre Dame last year in the quarterfinals 18-4 and lost 2-1 in overtime... you have to be ready for that. It's not about shots, it's not about corner kicks, it's about the score at the end of the game. There are a lot of soccer games like this, where the shots are lopsided, but I think our players are mature enough to know that just because you outshoot a team doesn't mean it will reflect on the scoreboard."
On the lessons learned from today's match
"I thought one of the lessons one of the players would say was not to panic. I thought we panicked in the second half. We started kicking the ball into the other team. Maybe the players started thinking about going to the final four or maybe they thought we were going to lose, both are mistakes, but I thought they panicked a bit. Hopefully, that will be one of the lessons we learned from the game today.
"We try to live by the adage, 'Our best defense is when we have the ball.' That's a quote from the Brazilian coach for the 1994 team. The other team's not going to shoot when we have it. I think we panicked and gave the ball to the other team a bit too much. Again, hopefully it's something we can improve upon for Friday."
On SCU not having advanced past the semifinals in seven previous appearances
"I think I would just echo what Danielle (Slaton) said. One of the problems players have when they go into a semifinal game is they try to treat it differently. It's just another soccer game. The more we all agree it's all another soccer game, the better we'll be. It's a pressure game, but today was a pressure game, all our games are pressure games. That's why we put UCLA, Portland, Stanford on schedule, they're all pressure games, so hopefully we can deal with it. I don't we'll look too much at the history. It doesn't really have anything to do what we're going to go through this Friday. I've said all season long that this year's team is less likely to win by three, four, five goals like some of our past teams have, but we are more likely to win the tight games. We've won a lot of tight games this year, and the game on Friday will be another one. This is the best team in dealing with a tight-game situation. We didn't deal with it as well as we could have in the second half, but this team has done it all year long. I'm very confident going into the game this Friday."
Santa Clara senior defender Anna Kraus
On the lessons learned from today's match
"Obviously never let down. It's hard when you're playing such a great team. I don't think (Virginia's) Lori Lindsey could have hit a better shot after their first goal. Always be prepared and never let down."
On dominating Virginia in the first 60 minutes of the contest
"I don't think they were letting up at all, I just think we were doing really well. We were keeping with our momentum. I think it is hard psychologically for the other team, but I don't think they let up."
Santa Clara senior defender Danielle Slaton
On the lessons learned from today's match
"It also just reinforced the fact that this was a playoff game and this is what playoff games are about, whether it's the first round or the fourth round or the final four."
On SCU not having advanced past the semifinals in seven previous appearances
"This is going to be my third time going to the final four, but it's just another soccer game. We've had 23 other soccer games this season and I have a lot more in my collegiate career. I'm looking forward to the chance and our whole team is looking forward to this opportunity. We've been working for it all year. What happened last year in the quarterfinals and the other two final fours doesn't matter. We're looking forward to the opportunity to show the world we can make it to the next step and advance to the championship match and beyond."
Santa Clara junior midfielder Aly Wagner
On the lessons learned from today's match
"We were playing really well, up to the point that we were up 3-0. As soon as they put two goals on us, it was almost as if we started doubting ourselves and we were hanging on with 25 minutes left. 25 minutes is a lot of time to keep playing and keep stringing passes together. We could have gained the momentum back, but I don't really think we did because we panicked. But I do think we did a really good job in the last five minutes keeping the ball in the corners and using a little time off the clock there. It's good for us to have a situation like this and come out on top. It's something we can all learn from and take with us to the College Cup."
Virginia head coach Steve Swanson
"Obviously, we are extremely disappointed to lose. I thought the first half we didn't play as well as they did given the conditions and I think that made a big difference. It's hard to chase a game against a team like Santa Clara away from home. I felt good at 2-0, it's hard coming back from three nothing, but we almost did it there, that's for sure. We made it exciting, it certainly was an exciting game. Remarks to Santa Clara, I thought they pressured the ball really well, especially the first half. I thought as they have been all year they've been very dangerous on set pieces. That certainly was a difference in the game as well. It kind of reminded me of a game we played five years ago when we came here, kind of similar day, when I was with Stanford we lost 3-2 as well. It was a tough pitch to play and I was disappointed, but I was also disappointed for the fans because I think both teams like to play, I think the conditions just didn't work today.
"Like I said, they were doing a better job of driving balls in to our back line and when they got it there, held it there. I think it is one thing if you're dominating in terms of ball possession, they played the conditions a little bit smarter, a little better than we did at that stage. I think the wind was definitely a factor in that half. I expected that a little bit. This is one of those games where the coin toss is important, because that sets the tone right away. Like I said, give them credit. They finished a couple, got themselves going, I think got a little momentum and I think they rode that momentum the first half. What's obviously great for us is just (Jessica) Trainor's goal, just having that first shot and having it be a goal it got us back in the goal and Lori Lindsey just hit a bomb for the second one. It was two good finishes that made the game exciting.
"I think when we came out in the second half we didn't want to give up another one because that's just a tough road to come back from a team like Santa Clara. I think you have to give credit to them to keep the pressure on and get the third one, but I think our kids have fought all season and to come back into those circumstances in these conditions and make that a game again, I think it says a lot about the team and the character.
On the field
"I think it is important that you give Santa Clara credit. I think they played well in the first half. They handled the conditions much better than we did. We haven't played too much this year in those kind of conditions, with that kind of pitch. I think we lost a lot of balls in the air and obviously when you start winning balls in the air, like they were, it makes a big difference for them, it pinned us in our tail. I think the big thing we were just trying to do was limit the number of goals we gave them. If we could have come out of there 1-0 would have been great for us going into the second half with that wind. I think the field was a factor, but Santa Clara had the same conditions and I don't want to discredit Santa Clara, I think they are a great team, they fought hard and the better team won today."
Virginia senior midfielder Lori Lindsey
"I think, like Steve said, the wind had a lot to do with it, we were just trying to clear it out. We were having a hard time keeping control of the ball for a little while and they have three in the middle so Jessica Trainor and I just had to keep moving quickly. For the most part, I think once we got that first goal in the second half and we opened things up a little bit we switched our formation. That opened things up for us and moved the ball around a little bit more and after the first goal I think that spread it out too. We kind of got ourselves in a bind after we were down 3-0."
On her goal
"I was just doing anything I could to get some goals and I was just like 'Alleluia.'"
Virginia freshman forward Lindsay Gusick
About a cross that came in that looked like it missed her
"I actually should have finished that. I think I might have had the time to take it down, but I really wasn't sure where I was at and I got part of my head on it and it went wide, but that was disappointing for me. I thought the defender was closer to me, but actually she wasn't, and I should have taken it down."
On the first half
"They have four great defenders and it was pretty clogged up because they have sitting midfielder in there as well, and we were outnumbered in the midfield. Obviously, like Steve said, the wind and the field had a lot to do with it."


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No matter what you may think of the contestants and judges on "Project Runway," there is one near universal opinion shared by all those who watch the show, and that is that Tim Gunn is awesome.
He's nurturing. He's supportive. He has good taste. The advice he offers is almost always spot on, despite the fact that there are always a handful of contestants each year who are so breathtakingly dumb that they fail to heed it. He always reminds you to use the Bluefly.com accessory wall JUDICIOUSLY. And, if you get kicked off the show, Tim always has very nice things to say about you before telling you to pack up your stuff and go away forever, you loser.
But if Tim Gunn were my boss, I would want to slug him, and here's why. This man, this lovely man, cannot go five minutes without telling contestants that they have tons of work to do. "You have got… A LOT. OF WORK. TO DO."
This is annoying. I have had bosses like this. They come in, and practically delight in telling you that you have oceans of work ahead of you. "You are gonna be REALLY busy today! You may have to stay all night! I wouldn't make plans to go out with friends if I were you!"
You can hear the designers' shoulders slumping whenever Gunn says this to them, and he does it all the time. I was going to make an appliqué for this nice dress, Mr. Gunn. But now that you're telling me how miserable I'm going to be while putting it together, I think I'll quit and go have some chips and dip.
Quit telling the designers that they're going to be hunched over sewing machines for the next 18 hours, Tim. I like watching the designers be your slaves. I just don't want to feel like I'm among them.


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Discover Our Sanctuary
Earthplace maintains a 62-acre wildlife sanctuary, the largest open space area in Westport, with a variety of habitats including fields, forests, ponds, and a stream. The sanctuary is crisscrossed by about two miles of trails, which also extend into an adjacent 11.8-acre property owned by the Town of Westport.
We encourage visitors to explore and enjoy our trails while keeping in mind some simple guidelines:
- The grounds are open from dawn to dusk.
- For the safety of our visitors, bikes are not allowed on the trails.
- Dogs are not permitted on Earthplace property.
- Children must be supervised by an adult at all times.
- Please use trash cans and recycling bins for waste disposal.
- Campfires may only be built as part of an Earthplace program.
- Smoking is not permitted on Earthplace property.
- Have fun flipping over logs to look for worms and searching in the pond for frogs, but please play gently with the wildlife. Leave animals where you find them, and please do not carve into tree trunks.
To report any concerns while on the trail, please call Earthplace during business hours at 203-227-7253. Disturbances outside of business hours should be reported to the Westport Police at 203-341-6000. For emergencies call 911.
The Swamp Loop Trail (30 minutes) is the best for viewing spring and summer wildflowers. The trail winds past a swamp, a freshwater stream, a pond, and deciduous woodlands. Hunt for letterboxes along the trail.
Wheels in the Woods IV is a universal design nature trail fully accessible to individuals in wheelchairs or walkers, those with strollers, or anyone looking for a flat, easy walk. The trail follows the edge where forest and field meet, an excellent habitat for many species of insects, birds, and mammals.
The High Woods Trail (20 minutes) travels through open fields and mixed hardwood forests. Watch for birds and mammals along the edge of the field. This is the best trail for fall hawk watching.
The Newman-Woodward Trail (20 minutes) winds through an oak and beech forest with high leaf canopy and silvery trunks. Stone walls and cedar stumps dot the forest, remnants of the days when this was a farm field.
The Eloise A. Ray Trail (20 minutes) was once an old farmstead, but this piece of town property has been reclaimed by locust trees and shrubs. The ample fruits and cover of the shrubs make it a good trail for bird watching.
The Wadsworth Trail (15 minutes) follows the rim of a wetland depressions. The standing water is host to many amphibians in the spring. This is a good trail for ferns and some wildflowers.
What to do on the trails
There's a lot to discover while on the trails. Pick up a scavenger hunt at the front desk to get started.
Letterboxes - Follow the clues to discover the five hidden letterboxes along the Swamp Loop Trail.
Word Hunting on the Newman Woodward Trail - Learn how to use a compass, download the instructions here.
Volunteer at Earthplace
We are looking for volunteers to help clear and line trails, remove invasive plants, weed, rake, spread compost, remove trash, plant native plants, etc... To get involved, please send a brief email to: email@example.com. Thank you for your interest in supporting Earthplace.