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Trail Resources for Kids & Families
With an amazing network of trails and partner organizations around the Bay, the Council is working to get children and families outside on the Ridge Trail. The Ridge Trail is just one great source of fun and outdoor engagement available, and we hope to provide solid, go-to resources to help you and your kids or grandkids, get out there and have a great time.
Consider the resource list below a starting point. Find tips, activities and outings, and other resources to help you engage the children in your life with our natural surroundings (including the Ridge Trail!) and healthy outdoor activities.
- Check out family-friendly activities and trail events on or near the Ridge Trail all around the Bay.
- You can also learn more about research on kids and nature, including Nature-Deficit Disorder.
The leading organizations on connecting youth to the great outdoors:
Children in Nature Collaborative – Bay Area
Our corporate partner, REI:
REI Family Adventure Program - kids can get an Adventure Journal to log their fun in the outdoors plus find other activities and play online nature-focused games. Parents, check out the photo contest, REI Family Adventures, and other resources such as these:
REI Geocaching article and videos - follow this link for information on Geocaching with families. Want to try geocaching on the Ridge Trail? Check our calendar for upcoming opportunities!
REI Expert Advice for Families to introduce your kids to new outdoor activities - and our advice on where to take your family on the Ridge Trail:
Hiking with Kids - advice on how to get your kids excited about hiking. One of the key tenents: choose a great destination that's close to home. The Ridge Trail is perfect in so many ways: miles of trail in each Bay Area county hide magical places waiting to be discovered.
A great starting place: the Golden Gate Bridge and the Presidio - everyone loves to walk the Ridge Trail across the Bridge and the Ridge Trail through the Presidio is gentle and offers exciting discoveries for the whole family. Get the map.
Cycling with Kids - the Ridge Trail is a terrific place to take your kids cycling! Whether they are enjoying the trail from a child bike seat, just starting out on their own bike, or trying mountain biking for the first time, the Ridge Trail is the place!
Our favorite section to ride is in San Jose: Coyote Creek Trail from Stonegate Park (off Tully Road) to Anderson Dam, 19-miles of paved trail follows Coyote Creek through mulitple parks and neighborhoods - the trail has a very easy grade and plenty of miles for multiple excursions. Get the map.
Camping with Kids - there are great locations around the Bay to camp on or near the Ridge Trail. Check out this link for advice on taking your kids on their first camping trip, and fun activities to do together while at the campground
For an extra special camping experience, try a yurt at Mt. Madonna County Park and enjoy hiking the Ridge Trail (map), accessible from the Visitor Center.
Our local partners:
California State Parks - Children in Nature - includes a calendar of family friendly events in California State Parks, the Children's Outdoor Bill of Rights, guides to help you and your kids explore your neighborhood, and more! Did you know the Ridge Trail goes thru 8 State Parks?
East Bay Regional Park District:
Kids Challenge - complete 5 of the 10 activities listed in the California Children's Outdoor Bill of Rights. One of the activities is follow a trail - why not follow the Ridge Trail thru the East Bay Hills and explore parks like Tilden and Sibley Volcanic Preserve (fantastic surprises can be found in Sibley!)?
Kids Nature Discoveries - Naturalist-led programs and activities are a great way for your family to learn about natural history and get outdoors.
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
Camping at the Presidio Program - Rob Hill Campground is on the Ridge Trail! Find more info about the campground here.
Youth and Family Programs - Discover volunteer opportunities for the whole family.
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District - Great Activities for Kids (2 on the Ridge Trail!)
Presidio Trust - Kids on Trails
Just for Kids - kids can become a Junior Ranger and discover the Access 2 Nature website, which is packed full of great activities and information.
Healthy Trails Challenge - Hike 5 different trails to receive a gift from Santa Clara County Parks. We challenge you to complete the challenge using only sections of the Ridge Trail. Try these family friendly hikes on the Ridge Trail outlined in the 2nd edition of the Healthy Trails Guidebook. Ridge Trail is in bold.
- Coyote Creek Parkway - Coyote Creek Trail: Malaguerra to Eucalyptus Rest Area and/or Silver Creek to Metcalf. Each hike is 6 miles roundtrip. Stroller friendly, great for school age children.
- Penitencia Creek County Park - Penitencia Creek Trail. 4.4 miles roundtrip. Stroller friendly, great for school age children.
- Almaden Quicksilver County Park - Wood Road/Castillero/Mine Hill trails. 4.5 miles roundtrip. Great for school age children.
- Coyote Lake-Harvey Bear Ranch County Park - Coyote Ridge/Havey Bear/Calaveras trails. 10.0 miles roundtrip. Stroller friendly and great for older school age children (due to the distance).
- Ed Levin County Park - Tularcitos/Calera Creek/Agua Caliente trails. 3.4 miles roundtrip. Great for school age children.
- Mt. Madonna County Park - Ridge/Tie Camp/Merry-Go-Round trails. 3.6 miles roundtrip. Great for school age children.
- Santa Teresa County Park - Fortini/Mine/Stile Ranch trails. 2.5 miles roundtrip. Of Hidden Springs/Mine/Rocky Ridge/Coyote Peak trails. 5.0 miles roundtrip. Both are great for school age children.
Youth Science Institute - offers a variety of activities and events. Located in Alum Rock Park, just off the Ridge Trail!
Other great websites:
Landpaths - Getting Kids Outside
Let's Go Outside - US Fish & Wildlife Service
National Wildlife Federation - Kids
Resource Toolbox
Nature Clubs for Families Toolkit (pdf) - sponsored by our trail maintenance partners REI, the toolkit is a template and guidebook for starting your family and others on a path to happy outdoor adventure.
Nature Photography - 11 Simple Tips for Kids
When Learning Comes Naturally - A Guide for Parents and Teachers
Nature Rocks - great website to help your family explore nature near you.
September 25 is Nature Rocks Day! What will your family do? Here's our great idea - visit the Ridge Trail!
Have you heard about Nature-Deficit Disorder?
Nature-Deficit Disorder is a term coined by child advocacy expert and author Richard Louv in his best-selling and movement creating book, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder.
To sum it up, children across America are disconnected from the natural environment and overloaded with the "built" environment - from indoor spaces to electronics. This lack of intimacy with nature is linked with the most current research of the day including childhood obesity, attention disorders, and vitamin D deficiency (which is linked to so many other diseases).
The book discusses the research and provides insight into how communities can foster the relationship between today's youth and the great outdoors. (For a complete summary, click here.)
Researchers have determined that kids who spend more time outside:
- do better in school
- are quicker at solving complex problems
- are generally healthier physically and emotionally
- see better (yes, visually!)
- are happier
That's where the Ridge Trail comes in with it's miles of trails, connecting communities and families to parks, and providing these great resources for your family!
We recommend you bookmark this page and visit it regularly for new resources and a current list of upcoming activities on or near the Ridge Trail that the whole family can enjoy!
Thank you to the David and Lucille Packard Foundation for their generous support of our goal to connect children and families to the Ridge Trail.
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There are many lists going around now about what will be the biggest initial public offerings of 2013. On them, you often see names like Twitter and Square. You don't usually see the name of Alibaba Group on these lists.
Yet there's no question that, if Alibaba were to IPO in 2013, it would be a blockbuster. There have been several reports in the last few days that Alibaba's shares are already being exchanged privately at around a $50 billion valuation. If the company went out this year, I think it's likely to reach something close to a $60 billion valuation. That would put it in the Facebook (FB) ballpark for IPO valuations.
At that price, Alibaba would be valued just slightly less than China's biggest Internet company, Tencent.
Here in the U.S., we don't talk as much about Tencent as we should. That's because, even though it's highly successful in China, it's listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange. You can only buy it over the counter in the U.S.
Nevertheless, the stock of Tencent has been on a tear of late, with a more-than-63% gain in the last year.
Would it be worth more if the company were listed in the U.S. instead of Hong Kong? That's difficult to say. Most Chinese Internet stocks have chosen to list on the Nasdaq, and Tencent is definitely an anomaly in choosing to be listed only in Hong Kong. However, it's hard to say that Tencent's decision has hurt them.
In 2007, Alibaba listed its business-to-business exchange site -- Alibaba.com -- on the Hong Kong exchange only. At first, its shares went sky-high. Later, however, they sank. In fact, they got to such low levels that Alibaba Group decided to take Alibaba.com private last year. Some speculated this move set the stage for a bigger Alibaba Group IPO.
In the last week, I have heard some speculation that Alibaba will IPO this year, and that it will choose to do so via a dual listing on both the Nasdaq and the Hong Kong exchange. This would be the best of both worlds, really.
At this point, Alibaba's story is better known and appreciated in Asia. In the U.S., it's still only a story appreciated by a few who are familiar with it. By tapping both exchanges, Alibaba would ensure the maximum number of brokers would get out to support the stock, and with the likelihood of finding interested buyers on both sides of the Pacific.
These details -- on if, when, and where Alibaba will IPO -- have a major bearing on Yahoo!'s (YHOO) stock price. At the moment, Yahoo still owns more than 20% of the company. In the past three months, what's been driving Yahoo's price has been optimism about new CEO Marissa Mayer, as well as a share buyback with cash from the first-tranche sale of Yahoo's Alibaba stake, which closed in October. Any new money that Yahoo could get from an Alibaba IPO still isn't priced in to the stock.


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I'm at the Blogher Conference in Chicago having great fun with some of my food blogging friends. Last night I had dinner with a lot of food bloggers. There were some new Chicago bloggers I met for the first time, and a few old friends, including Elise and Alanna, both of whom have ties to this recipe. Last summer, Alanna inspired the veggie part of this recipe, and then Elise gave me a great camera recommendation, and this was one of my first photos the new camera. Besides cooking a lot of yummy food, one of the best things about food blogging is meeting great people.
Soy-Grilled Shrimp with Asian Veggies
(2 servings, recipe by Kalyn with inspiration from A Veggie Venture. This recipe best cooked in a grill pan like the one in the photo.)
2-3 carrots
2 cups sugar snap peas or snow peas
1 sweet onion
4-6 shrimp per person, depending on size (I used frozen shrimp)
salt, pepper to taste
Marinade Ingredients:
1/4 cup peanut oil
1 T soy sauce (I use Kikkoman)
1 T fresh lime juice
1 tsp. garlic puree (sometimes called ground garlic)
1 tsp. ginger puree (sometimes called ground ginger)
(a bit of red pepper flakes would be good in this)
Put veggies into Ziploc bag and pour remaining marinade over. Seal bag, and marinate in refrigerator 2 hours or more, as long as all day if desired.
About 30 minutes before cooking, add shrimp to plastic bowl with reserved marinade. Turn bowl over several times so shrimp are well coated, then marinate in refrigerator.
Preheat grill to medium-high and put grill pan on the grate directly over burner. Drain veggies, then add to pan, keeping a spray bottle handy in case flames shoot up. Grill veggies 10-15 minutes, stirring constantly, until carrots are starting to soften, and other veggies are getting slightly browned on the edges.
When veggies seem nearly done, add shrimp with marinade and grill 4-5 minutes, turning several times with a fork. Be careful not to overcook, shrimp should turn opaque but will be barely browned. Season shrimp and veggies with salt and pepper to taste, and serve immediately.
South Beach Suggestions:
(Edit 7-30, thanks to T-Wan for catching my mistake.) Carrots are not allowed for phase one, so this would be a great dish for phase two or three of the South Beach Diet. It would taste great with something like Pureed Cauliflower with Garlic, Parmesan, and Goat Cheese or Curried Rice and Red Lentils.
More Shrimp on the Grill:
(Recipes from other blogs may or may not be South Beach friendly, check ingredients.)
Grilled Szechuan Shrimp and Vegetables
Nick's Chipotle Grilled Shrimp with Black Bean Salsa
Chipotle-Lime Bacon Wrapped Shrimp from Simply Recipes
Grilled Shrimp from Seriously Good
Moroccan Grilled Shrimp and Vegetable Skewers from Jaden's Steamy Kitchen
Grilled Shrimp Tacos with Tomatillo Avocado Sauce from The Unemployed Cook
Grilled Shrimp with Garlic and Breadcrumbs from Sweetnicks
Grilled Shrimp with Chipotle Dip from Once Upon a Feast
Horseradish Dip for Grilled Shrimp from The Perfect Pantry


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(UPDATED COVERAGE, June 28) Citing unfair trade practices, the Florida Tomato Exchange has asked the U.S. government to end its tomato suspension agreement with Mexico.
The Maitland-based organization has filed documents with the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission requesting withdrawal from a 1996 anti-dumping duty petition, said Reggie Brown, the exchange's executive vice president.
Withdrawing the anti-dumping petition would end the current suspension agreement, which sets a floor price for Mexican tomatoes exported to the U.S.
The current suspension agreement is the third put in place since the 1996 petition. During those 16 years, U.S. growers have been the victims of gamesmanship and evasive actions by Mexican growers, Brown said.
"Given the general overall condition of the industry, we'll either find a resolution to this issue, or there may not be an industry in place in a few years," Brown said. "Our intent is to find a resolution."
For now, Brown doesn't know what such a resolution would look like.
"We've just started down this road," he said. "We're starting to assess the options and opportunities, and we'll proceed with remedies that we think are achievable."
If the government ends the suspension agreement, there could be a "period of uncertainty" before a new import protocol is established, Brown said.
Mexican imports today are roughly three times the value they were when the case was first brought, Brown said. He said there has been virtually no change in the underlying reference price in the three suspension agreements that are supposed to reflect Mexican costs of production.
Bob Spencer, vice president and sales manager of Palmetto, Fla.-based West Coast Tomato Inc., said Florida growers can compete with tomato growers anywhere, if given a level playing field.
"The reality of the situation is, Florida has been suffering from dumping of tomatoes from Mexican at below the cost of production for a number of years," he said. "There's a direct correlation between shrinking production in Florida and unfair business practices."
Jerry Wagner, director of sales and marketing for Nogales, Ariz.-based Farmer's Best, an importer of Mexican tomatoes, said his company does not dump tomatoes on the U.S. market.
Wagner said the surge in demand for Mexican tomatoes has been due to consumers' preference for Mexican vine-ripes, romas and other varieties over gas-green Florida rounds.
"Over the past 16 years, we've seen the American consumer transition to varieties besides artificially-matured tomatoes," he said. "We don't see that trend stopping."
In a statement, Lance Jungmeyer, president of the Nogales-based Fresh Produce Association of the Americas, which represents shippers and importers of Mexican produce, said the association is confident that Mexico has abided by the letter and intent of the suspension agreement.
"The suspension agreement has provided some order to the marketplace, which was the original intent," Jungmeyer said. "We are pleased that since 1996, when the first Tomato Suspension Agreement took effect, tomato growers from Mexico have been diligent in complying with the agreement."


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A Prospect, a Non-Prospect, and a Blast From the Past
Another week of spring training and World Baseball Classic play means another batch of new arms. There isn't much left in terms of hot prospects, so we'll cast a wide net and do what we can. What have we got? One mid-grade prospect, one non-prospect, and one blast from the prospect past.
Rob Rasmussen, LHP, Los Angeles Dodgers
In the midst of these travels, our 2011 Prospectus described Rasumussen as a "finished product, mixing sharp curves with above-average velocity for a lefty (89-93 mph) and excellent command." The optimism had waned by 2013, when we noted that his "changeup was working about as well as his fastball and slider last year … but none [of the pitches] was working particularly well."
Talk about reading tea leaves—this is more like reading a tea leaf when it comes to the breaking stuff, since Rasmussen threw only one of each. The slider action was average-looking, but the curveball has impressive depth. The alignment of the fastball and the breaking pitches hints at his high arm slot.
Loek Van Mil, RHP, Cincinnati Reds
Yes, he's very tall. Our 2010 Prospectus noted that he was "living off his sinker, which is made all the more effective by his height." Every other Prospectus comment mentions his height or else includes a Patrick Ewing joke. (Incidentally, here's my favorite Ewing joke: Go to Varsity in Syracuse, New York, and order chicken wings. Tell them your name is Patrick. When your order is ready, a central New York accent will declare, "Patrick Ewings are ready." This last worked circa 1993, so attempt it at your own risk.)
Van Mil has a funky arm angle, so I think, as noted in the chart, that he actually throws quite a few four-seam fastballs and not just two-seam sinkers. They'll all have the arm-side run of the low-slot delivery with the unusual downhill tilt, so it's easy to see why Van Mil's frame and delivery make him alluring. Unfortunately, he doesn't seem to be fooling many hitters, considering this his career minor-league strikeout rate is 6.7 per nine innings, and it comes with a walk rate of 4.2 per nine innings. He made it to Triple-A last year, but was abysmal in fewer than 20 innings of work.
During the World Baseball Classic, Van Mil's fastballs were coming in at 93 mph, which may feel like more if he's getting any kind of extension toward home plate. His slider (86 mph) seemed to lack depth and his changeup (85 mph) was straight off his two-seamer without any extra action. The Reds have plenty of bullpen arms so, despite the allure, there's no reason to expect Van Mil to make the jump to the majors this year.
Mark Pawelek, LHP, free agent
And the diminished stuff was merely the beginning of Pawelek's downward spiral. The lefty broke his elbow tripping over a video game . Pawelek broke his elbow tripping over a video game a couple of months after Goldstein's note was published. Then, he forgot his passport, a requirement in the Northwest League, since it includes sites in Canada. The Cubs sent him home early that season, and released him the following spring.
Seemingly out of nowhere, Pawelek made the 2013 Dutch team in a tryout. I've been trying to confirm a report that he was seen working out with a junior college is Arizona before that, but am waiting for details and will update this post once I obtain them.
That's the low-arm-slot pattern of a LOOGY hopeful. What you can't see in the chart above, however, is the lack of velocity. Pawelek's fastball and sinker were around 84-86 mph, and the slurvy-looking slider came in at less than 75 mph. Look for Pawelek to reappear somewhere overseas or in independent ball. I doubt he caught the attention of any big-league scouts, beyond stunned reactions and vague recollections of the prospect that he once was.
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Gov. Perry Appoints Friedkin and Holt to Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission
AUSTIN - Gov. Rick Perry today announced the appointment of T. Dan Friedkin of Houston and Peter M. Holt of Blanco to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission for terms to expire Feb. 1, 2011. The commission oversees the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
Friedkin is president and CEO of Friedkin Companies, with responsibility for companies and investments principally in the automotive industry. These include Gulf States Toyota, one of the world's largest privately held Toyota distributorships. He is an avid outdoorsman who is active in wildlife conservation initiatives in the U.S. and abroad. He is a trustee of the Kinkaid School Board, advisory director with J.P. Morgan Chase in Houston and member of the Young President's Organization. Friedkin serves on the advisory board of the Texas A&M Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute. A graduate of Georgetown University, he received a master's degree from Rice University.
Holt is CEO of HOLT CAT, the largest Caterpillar distributor in the United States. He also is principal owner and chairman of the Spurs Sports and Entertainment, and is being reappointed to the commission. Holt is a member of the World President's Association and trustee of the Palmer Drug Abuse Program in Corpus Christi. He serves on the board of J.P. Morgan Chase Bank; San Antonio Economic Development Foundation, Inc.; the Free Trade Alliance of San Antonio and St. Mary's Hall. Holt also serves on the development board of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and is a board member of The Trust Company, the Texas State Aquarium and Trinity University. He is a former chairman of San Antonio United Way and remains active in the organization. In 2003, Holt was inducted into the Business Hall of Fame and in 2004 he and his wife, Julianna, were honored by the World Affairs Council as the International Citizens of the Year. He is a volunteer with the Spurs Drug-Free Youth Basketball League and the Fannie Mae Foundation's Home Team Partnership. Holt is a Vietnam veteran, who was awarded a Purple Heart, Silver Star and three Bronze Stars for Valor.
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Medication for ADD
Is there a medication that can be used for ADD if a person has stereotypical behaviors or tics? A trial of Strattera was already done and it did not help.
Evidence has been published that, compared to stimulants, which can cause or worsen tics in some cases, atomoxetine (Strattera) can actually help tics in some cases and seems not to worsen them. But there are individual cases where atomoxetine does not help.
A much better established treatment for tics is guanfacine (Tenex), which also helps ADHD symptoms. Clonidine (Catapres), a similar drug in the same class, has similar action, but more side effects (sedation) and shorter half-life so that it has to be taken 4 times a day. Therefore guanfacine, with a long duration of effect and less sedation, is gradually replacing clonidine for daytime treatment of ADHD and tics.
Another class of drugs with proven efficacy for tics and somewhat for ADHD is the antipsychotics, such as haloperidol (old type) and risperidone (newer "atypical" type). These could have serious side effects such as excessive weight gain or tardive dyskinesia.
Further information about medication and other treatments for ADHD can be found in my "Family Guide to ADHD", Handbooks in Health Care, Newtown, PA (http://www.hhcbooks.com/).
Because all medicines can have side effects and tend to work for tics and/or ADHD only while they are given, investigators have been exploring other treatments for each disorder. For example, a Yale group (with Larry Scahill) has shown significant benefit for tics from cognitive-behavioral treatment.
Here at OSU we will be starting a study of EEG neurofeedback for 6-12-year-old children with ADHD this fall (Lauren Pinto, 688-3848 for details), and a study of exercise compared to medication for 6-8 year old children with ADHD and reading delay.
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Single IV Dose of GLYX-13 in Patients With Treatment-Resistant Depression
This study has been completed.
Naurex, Inc
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First received: November 3, 2010
Last updated: September 10, 2012
Last verified: September 2012
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The purpose of this study is to determine whether GLYX-13 reduces depression score in patients with treatment-resistant depression.
|Major Depressive Disorder
|Drug: GLYX-13
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo Controlled, Single IV Dose Parallel Efficacy and Safety Study of GLYX-13 in Subjects With Inadequate/Partial Response to Antidepressants During the Current Episode of Major Depressive Disorder
Further study details as provided by Naurex, Inc:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Change in depression score [ Time Frame: 14 days ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Change in BPRS+ [ Time Frame: 14 days ]
|Study Start Date:
|May 2011
|Study Completion Date:
|July 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|June 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Placebo Comparator: Normal Saline
IV placebo
Drug: GLYX-13
single IV dose
Other Name: ThrProProThr
|Experimental: GLYX-13, 1 mg/kg
Drug: GLYX-13
single IV dose
Other Name: ThrProProThr
|Experimental: GLYX-13, 5 mg/kg
Drug: GLYX-13
single IV dose
Other Name: ThrProProThr
|Experimental: GLYX-13, 10 mg/kg
Drug: GLYX-13
single IV dose
Other Name: ThrProProThr
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 65 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- diagnosis of major depressive disorder consistent with DSM-IV-TR
- current episode greater than 8 weeks in duration
- Hamilton Depression score >/- 21
- less than 25% reduction in depression during current episode assessed by ATRQ
Exclusion Criteria:
- Axis diagnosis of other psychiatric disorders
- Experiencing hallucinations, delusions, other psychotic symptomatology
- ECT during current episode
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01234558
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01234558
|United States, Illinois
|Evanston, Illinois, United States, 60201
Sponsors and Collaborators
Naurex, Inc
|Study Director:
|Ronald M Burch, MD, PhD
|Naurex, Inc
|Principal Investigator:
|Vishaal Mehra, MD
|Artemis Clinical Research, San Diego CA
|Principal Investigator:
|Raymond Manning, MD
|CNRI-LA, Pico Rivera CA
|Principal Investigator:
|Paul Gross, MD
|Lehigh Center for Clinical Research, Allentown PA
|Principal Investigator:
|Surinder Randhawa, MD
|Lynn Health Sciences Institute, Oklahoma City OK
|Principal Investigator:
|David Greuner, MD
|CRI-WW, Philadelphia PA
|Principal Investigator:
|David Krefetz, DO
|CRI-WW Lordes Hospital, Willingboro NJ
|Principal Investigator:
|Benji Kurian, MD
|U Texas SW Medical Center, Dallas TX
|Principal Investigator:
|Michael Lesem, MD
|Claghorn-Lesem Research Clinic, Houston TX
|Principal Investigator:
|Matthew Macaluso, MD
|Clinical Research Center, Univ Kansas, Wichita KS
|Principal Investigator:
|Stephen Murray, MD PhD
|Clinilabs, New York, NY
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Preskorn S, Macaluso M, Mehra DO, Zammit G, Moskal JR, Burch RM; GLYX-13 Clinical Study Group. Randomized proof of concept trial of GLYX-13, an N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor glycine site partial agonist, in major depressive disorder nonresponsive to a previous antidepressant agent. J Psychiatr Pract. 2015 Mar;21(2):140-9. doi: 10.1097/01.pra.0000462606.17725.93.
|Responsible Party:
|Naurex, Inc
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01234558 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|November 3, 2010
|Last Updated:
|September 10, 2012
Keywords provided by Naurex, Inc:
NMDA antagonist
treatment resistant
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Depressive Disorder
Depressive Disorder, Major
Depressive Disorder, Treatment-Resistant
Mood Disorders
Mental Disorders
Behavioral Symptoms
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Beautiful green pastures, breezes blowing through palm trees and a week-long cruise from Hawaii to Canada doesn't seem like it could possibly be stressful. For humans, it sounds like a vacation. But for Hawaiian beef calves in their transition phase from cow-calf operations to feedlots on the mainland, being stress- and disease-free during this time is critical for their future health and success.
Tim Richards III, DVM, Veterinary Associates, Inc., Kamuela, Hawaii, says the fundamental goal of the Hawaiian cattle industry is to wean a 6- to 8-month-old, 400-pound calf that is healthy and ready to take on the stress of being transported 2,500-3,500 miles via an ocean voyage, trucks and/or airplanes. "My belief is that our 'preconditioning' of the calf starts with its conception, continues during the neonatal phase and carries on through its lifetime," says Richards.
Because these young, lightweight calves have to be absolutely healthy and ready for the stresses and challenges ahead, Richards says Hawaiian producers have developed sound pre-weaning and weaning strategies to get calves prepared.
Vaccinating calves at branding time can help get them immunized early.
Over 3,500 miles east as the crow flies in the Kansas Flint Hills, Jessica Laurin, DVM, Animal Health Center, Marion, Kan., is working toward the same goal of developing healthy weaned calves for stocker or feedlot operations. Her target is a calf that gets sold at 650-850 pounds. One of her biggest challenges is the variability in vaccination programs among neighboring herds, fenceline contact between herds and subsequent disease as a result.
"Fenceline contact between a cow herd and neighboring production units becomes a large factor in what vaccinations are needed," says Laurin. "This is an area of biosecurity that is important. I've seen changes from large pastures with only cow herds, to blocks of pastures with cow herds that sit between stocker operations. Stocker calves are brought into our area from over 20 states, which brings a lot of different viral strains to be passed around. Our cow herds have to be
defensively vaccinated to keep calves healthy."
Laurin mostly sees respiratory disease in 4- to 5-month-old calves, and typically they are in herds that do not have a cow-vaccination program. "They also tend to have fenceline neighbors with groups of put-together calves."
One of the ways Hawaiian calves are transported is in "cowtainers." They must be broke to eat and drink out of bunks and waterers.
Southeast of Kansas in Mississippi, Marty Caldwell, DVM, Vaiden, Miss., says his clients' calves born in January and February are usually weaned in August. One of his biggest challenges is a high-stress weaning period coupled with heat stress.
Branding and weaning programs
Aside from colostral immunity, branding time is usually the first chance to immunize a calf against disease. Richards says Hawaiian producers have two methods for vaccinating calves for the first time – a branding program or a brand/wean program. The branding program consists of vaccinations, castration, dehorning, deworming and branding at 2-4 months of age. This is then followed up with further processing at weaning time.
Because these Hawaiian calves go through Canada (see sidebar), they require additional vaccinations. At branding they get vaccinations for blackleg, malignant edema, Black's disease, Clostridium sordelli and IBR/BVD/PI3 (modified-live vaccine). They are also dewormed. Two to three months later at weaning, vaccinations for these 5- to 7-month-old calves include an 8-way clostridial, IBR/BVD/PI3/BRSV (modified-live vaccine)/Lepto 5 and pinkeye, and calves are dewormed again. Richards says the addition of pinkeye vaccine is a relatively new component of the program. "This has been added in the last year and is currently only given at processing at weaning time, and appears to have substantially reduced our problems with pinkeye," he notes.
Just-weaned Hawaiian calves will learn to eat out of a bunk for five to seven days and then return to pasture before being shipped to Canada.
Caldwell's Mississippi clients usually give a preweaning vaccination consisting of a modified-live viral 5-way, 7-way clostridium, Pasteurella and are dewormed. "These calves normally do better than others, but it also depends on the herd's immunity level."
Laurin is seeing more of her Kansas producers willing to put a 4-way live or live/killed combination vaccine into 2- to 3-month-old calves. "It tends to shut down the sickness seen at 4-5 months," she says. Her clients consider a 4-way (if calves are not under 2 months of age), blackleg or blackleg with tetanus and pinkeye.
At pre-weaning, calves get a 4-way, blackleg and Pasteurella dependent upon two scenarios: if the producer is able to provide the vaccination paperwork to the auction barn or seller and gets paid for it or if the producer retains ownership and cattle are custom fed.
Jessica Laurin, DVM, says unvaccinated neighboring herds and an influx of stocker animals from other states are a threat to unvaccinated animals.
If calves have had pre-weaning vaccinations, Laurin boosters them with a 4-way, deworms and implants. "I strongly recommend deworming any calf pounds or older," says Laurin. "I have done fecals on 2-month-old calves and seen strongyle eggs present. It seems sensible with the reduced cost of deworming to deworm young calves if they are in the chute. It also makes sense to deworm a bred cow to reduce the potential of shedding intestinal worms to the neonate, just as I have dog breeders do with their females."
In Hawaii's brand/wean program, cattle are only handled at weaning, and the same procedures are done to them as the pre-weaned calves. "The difference here is that once the cattle are shipped to the mainland, they receive a follow-up vaccination series as their weaning processing is their first exposure to vaccines," explains Richards.
Richards says the brand/wean program is a labor-saving technique for those herds that aren't handled often, but for those producers who can gather calves twice, the branding and then weaning program gets vaccinations and boosters into the calves before they leave the island.
Tim Richards III, DVM, says nutrition, stress, immune function and performance are all tied together.
Pen and fenceline weaning
How your clients wean their calves may influence stress levels and susceptibility to disease. Laurin says some producers can make fenceline weaning work incredibly well. Cows and calves are on summer pasture, and at weaning time, calves are moved to a grass trap connected to that pasture. "If there is not a trap available, then the herd needs to be moved to the right set of pen conditions amply in advance, so cows and calves are calm and adjusted to a new home setting."
Calves need proper nutrition for this to work. "Calves at weaning age are already getting most of their nutrition from the grass," explains Laurin. "Bringing them across the fenceline onto a similar grass allows them to make the transition to grass consumption alone. The cows alongside the fence give them a contented feeling." At this point, many of the calves have been eating alongside their mothers – learning to eat from the unrolled bale, fighting for the range cubes or they have been fed a creep feed – and the transition from grass, supplement and cow to just grass and supplement is smoother.
Laurin notes, however, that this system will not work with cows that are extremely possessive or have poor behavior. It also will not work well with calves that are not receiving adequate nutrition from the grass.
Marty Caldwell, DVM, says heat can be a major stressor to southeastern calves.
Caldwell says calves are weaned in pens for two weeks and bunk-broke at the same time, then moved to grass traps. "High-stress weaning can lead to immune stress and respiratory disease," he says. "Environmental factors, such as heat stress, also affect this." To offset problems, Caldwell's clients try to eliminate heat stress with shade and fresh water, along with boostering the previous vaccines and adding antibiotics to the feed if needed.
Hawaiian producers handle weaning in different ways. Fenceline weaning isn't common, mainly because it doesn't fit most ranchers' management or pasture configurations. The most common method is to wean and confine to a small area immediately after separation from the cow. A combination of prepared feed, hay cubes or pellets, in conjunction with plenty of fresh water, is kept in front of the calves. Loose mineral is also available, and some ranchers use molasses or protein blocks for energy.
This small confinement restricts the calves from walking too far while also bunk-breaking them, which in their case is important as during the upcoming trip to Canada and the continental United States, their only source of feed will be the cubes or pellets while on board the ship. How long they are kept in pens after being separated from their dams depends on how quickly they settle and go on feed, usually five to seven days. It's decided on a case-by-case evaluation if they need longer confinement.
Laurin cautions against weaning and immediately shipping calves. "It increases the stress burden to the calf, especially when commingling is included. Not only is the calf learning a new feedstuff and adjusting the rumen microbes to that new feed source, but it is having to learn both a new environment and pecking order among unfamiliar cohorts."
Both stress and exposure to disease have an effect on the immune system, and both can be mitigated by human interaction. "We know that severe stress for an extended period of time can have far-reaching effects such as poor response to vaccinations, thus more unhealthy calves, and poor performance on pasture and in the feedyards," says Richards. "We recognize this and try to minimize its effects by adhering to principles that lessen stress."
Once calves are separated from their mothers, Richards says the target goal between weaning and shipping is 30 days minimum. "During this time, we do the best job we can managing the stress levels, keeping the nutrition in front of the animals while watching for any illness," he explains. "The nutrition plane ties into the level of stress, which ties into immune function, which relates back to the animal's overall performance." Like many places with volcanic origins, Hawaii is notoriously low in copper and often selenium, and zinc often is in question, as well, and recently they have found a calcium deficiency that appears to be related to the type of grasses available.
Calves are turned out to pasture for the balance of time between weaning and shipping, for about three weeks. They again are offered mineral and sometimes molasses and/or protein blocks. The calves are monitored and checked for illness. Sick cattle are uncommon, and daily treatments are few and far between.
For backgrounded calves, once they are weaned, bunk-broke and showing an increased intake and gain, Laurin says they typically have a decreased incident of disease. However, many smaller producers can't get paid enough for these calves at the sale barn to justify the feed and facilities of backgrounding them. "But, systems like Missouri Verified Beef can help those producers receive more money back because they own those calves for a longer period of time and are fed with other calves to create the numbers needed to reduce the per-head cost of backgrounding," states Laurin.
Laurin likes to see a minimum of 30 days of weaning before calves go into a drylot and prefers 45 days. "We can reduce the days-weaning requirement for stocker operations dependent upon management ability of the operation, size/age of the calf, length of haul and time of the year in comparison to type of grass available."
In Mississippi, calves are shipped to feedlots within 45 to 60 days of weaning. "If a calf is unhealthy, it is not shipped because it will not gain like its penmates," explains Caldwell. "The stress at weaning can impact this from poor immunity and low-grade infections that show up in the initial feeding period to poor weight gains throughout the feeding period."
Approximately 30 days after weaning, all of the health aspects of the Hawaiian calves come into play when they are ready to be shipped. Cattle are gathered and sorted into like-sized groups to fit into the "cowtainers" that will be placed on the ships. "All sick and any questionable animals are removed from the group," says Richards. "Every effort is made to only ship animals that are completely healthy and free from any discernible disease."
Realizing that the animals are going to be confined in close proximitiy for the next week or so, the concern for the individual animal's health is also tempered with the concern for exposing the rest of the group to an infectious problem. "Remembering that the goal," says Richards, "is to deliver a group of healthy cattle to the mainland, and decisions regarding the health of the group are always kept on point."
Start with the cows
Keeping calves healthy during these challenging times goes back to having them healthy when they are born. And that goes straight back to the cow. Laurin has been working with her clients to develop good cow-herd vaccination programs. "I discuss how immunity works in a calf and the impact of the cow's immune status prior to calving, colostral immunity and whether vaccinating calves at a younger age makes sense to that particular herd. Most of these producers are smaller, and by showing a large reduction in sickness from one year to the next through their records affirms their belief in the need to continue a vaccination program."
Caldwell notes that outside of nutrition, cow immunity is the most important thing producers can do to ensure calf health. "New vaccine technology for fetal protection is instrumental in helping solidify herd immunity," he says.
It is Richards' firm belief that the entire herd's health must be considered. "We have learned over the years that the more intensive we become with our grazing management, the more we need to put into our herd-health programs," he says. "The healthier the cow, the healthier the calf. The chance of success for that calf increases, and the long-term yield is a healthier, more productive and, accordingly, more efficient herd."
Why Canada?
You may wonder why calves get shipped from Hawaii to Canada and then transported back into the U.S. over the border. The Jones Act prohibits the transportation of U.S. commodities or passengers between U.S. ports on anything but U.S. ships. Unfortunately, there are no livestock transport vessels flagged as U.S. ships. Consequently, cattle from Hawaii cannot go directly to the west coast of the United States when using a foreign-flagged ship. Instead, they must be taken to a port in Canada to be offloaded and then trucked down to their destination.
Hawaiian cattle are tagged with a USDA silver tag prior to boarding the ship, and therefore are identified as U.S. cattle, so they are allowed to cross back in- to the United States from Canada.
Immunology of the weaning calf
Mother Nature does an excellent job of passing down immunity to calves from their dams, provided that the dam's colostrum is rich in antibodies, the calf gets it at the critical early hours after birth, and the calf gets sufficient volume. Jim Roth, DVM, PhD, Iowa State University, says the length of time a calf is protected depends on those factors. "The protection might last for six to eight months," he says. "However, if the cow did not have antibody or the calf did not get colostrum, there won't be any protection after birth."
Getting good colostrum in the first place can be enhanced with good cow vaccination. Vaccinating the cow is very important for increasing her antibody titer. That results in more antibody in the colostrum, higher antibody titer in the calf and longer duration of immunity in the calf.
Some practitioners and producers have seen illness in calves within a couple of weeks of vaccinations and some place the blame on the vaccines, but it's important to understand immunologically what's going on during those times. "Illness within two weeks of vaccination may be a coincidence," says Roth. "Illness could also be brought on by stressors that occur at the time of vaccination, like weaning, castrating or dehorning. Stress can suppress the immune system and allow subclinical infections to become clinical. Vaccination itself is a stress on the animal's immune system. Giving multiple vaccines at the same time, along with pour-on, implanting and parasite treatment, adds to the stress."
In addition, he notes, exposure to infected animals when the calves are rounded up and confined for vaccination can result in clinical disease. "The incubation period for many diseases would result in illness within two weeks of vaccination. Vaccines take a couple of weeks to induce immunity, so they have not had time to protect the calf that is stressed and exposed to disease at the time of vaccination."
Because of this, the timing of calf vaccinations is important. The immune response takes at least two weeks to protect the animal. If the vaccine is a two-dose product, you can't expect protection until two weeks after the second dose. In order to protect the animal at the time of weaning when it is most vulnerable, it needs to be well-vaccinated at least two weeks before weaning. "Vaccines are tested and shown to be effective in non-stressed animals," says Roth. "Vaccination at the time of stress can reduce their effectiveness."
Vaccines and stress aren't the only factors that influence the immune system for the good or bad. Vitamins and trace-minerals are very important for immune function. Often, the immune system is the first system impacted when an animal has vitamin deficiency or trace-mineral imbalance. "Their immune system can be suppressed, resulting in increased susceptibility to infection before other symptoms of deficiency occur," adds Roth.
Roth sums up the most important points for optimizing the calf's immune system at preweaning and weaning times:
Vaccinate at least two weeks before weaning.
Minimize stress at the time of vaccination and at weaning. Some stress is inevitable, but it should not all be piled on at once.
Avoid exposure to infectious agents from mixing and crowding animals.


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As per a request on the Muffwiggler forums here are some photos of my new Monorocket S3104 Eurorack modular case. It was $350 and I grabbed it at Control in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. It has a 500mA power supply and is built very nicely! The sliding nut system makes it so there are no gaps between modules but it is a little more fiddly than I would hope. It's not an issue unless you take your modules in and out of the case often. This is going right below my iMac monitor on an angle in front of my computer keyboard. I may as well mention the Synth Tech E355 is terrific. It's a dual LFO with a wavetable of morphing shapes. It just sounds pretty as hell with my Echophon. The Metasonix R54 in Oscillator mode is so vintage sounding. It can be very fuzzy distorionistic in a warm way unlike plug-ins. I will post some videos soon. For more photos: click here.
"We've rev'd some of the models for the second half of 2012. S series: "Thin". S3104 $350: 3U / 104HP / 500ma psu +12 and -12v w 5v onboard / makenoise power supply w/ ribbon cable distribution."
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Earlier this month we reported that Hill County Sheriff Jeff Lyon was speaking out against anti-gay ads businessman Alvin Kaddatz had been putting in local papers for years.
In the last month Kaddatz, who owns Kaddatz Auctioneering & Farm Equipment Sales, has posted ads in the online "trading post" section of the Hillsboro Reporter condemning sodomy and abortion.
But a local reader of the Reporter brought us a hard copy of an ad that now targets us for publishing the sheriff's comments.
The ad mentions that the sheriff has reached a "new low" by getting us to "attack him." He refers to a "Texas Tea," by which we think he means Instant Tea, unless a beverage is apparently writing about him too.
He also refers to "vulgar" emails he's received before clarifying that "God said this lifestyle is wrong" and referring to us as a "lesbian, gay, bi-gender and transsexual organization." If he means the only email Instant Tea has sent him, he must think asking for a list of companies to boycott because they are pro-gay is vulgar if a gay publication asks for the list. Our bad.
As far as I'm concerned, we simply reported the anti-gay ads when they were brought to our attention. Although I should point out Kaddatz's wife is one of a few county employees who are accusing the sheriff of sexual harassment. But with three other Republican candidates running against Lyon in the primary, sources tell us the accusations are most likely political.


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GLOUCESTER have completed the capture of the highly rated back rower Jacob Rowan from Leeds Carnegie.
The 24-year-old flanker arrives at Kingsholm having recently captained Leeds Carnegie to a third placed finish in the Greene King IPA Championship and, most recently, to a narrow play-off defeat to London Welsh, Leeds' second semi final defeat in succession.
Born in Keighley and a product of the club's Academy system, Rowan became the youngest ever captain of Leeds Carnegie when he was appointed to the role in 2012.
Rowan also captained England U20s in the 2010 Junior World Championship in Argentina, leading a team that featured current Gloucester rugby players Jonny May and Shaun Knight.
A Chemistry graduate from the University of Leeds, he is the latest name to join up with the Cherry and Whites ahead of the new season, and his commitment and leadership skills in the back row will make him a valuable addition to the Gloucester squad.
Rowan admitted that it would be a wrench to leave the club where he's spent his entire playing career to date, but that the time is right for a new challenge.
"It's going to be strange. I've been at Leeds since I was 14-years-old, nearly 10 years now. I've made a lot of good friends here and it'll feel odd to move on.
"But I'm at the stage of my career where I want to really test myself at the highest level on a consistent basis. When I heard that Gloucester were interested in me, it was too good an opportunity to turn down.
"I'm really looking forward to getting down there and getting stuck into pre-season. It's a great club, a fine stadium and the team enjoys superb support.
"The squad is looking really good for next season and I'm looking forward to being a part of it."
However, he has one final last outing in Leeds colours – the British & Irish Cup Final against Leinster A in Dublin.
He admitted that it would be great to sign off by helping Leeds lift some silverware.
"We were obviously devastated to lose at London Welsh in the play-offs last Sunday. It's been a really good season overall, and that was a blow but we at least have the chance to finish on a high in Dublin.
"It's a massive game and we've been really focused in training this week. To round off my Leeds career by helping the side to lift the trophy would be a great way to finish."


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Unless I am tempted by a particularly good offer from a competing brand, Carex is my usual first choice for hand wash. The hand wash is presented in the familiar Carex style with an easy to operate pump action helping to dispense the liquid soap inside in a steady flow. One pump is a pretty accurate amount needed for hand washing, avoiding waste. I do like this slim and easy to store format of hand wash and I like that the transparent plastic container makes it easy to keep track of how full or empty the bottle may be.
The only issue we've encountered with all of the Carex hand washes, not specifically this one, is that the pump action dispenser makes it difficult to transport the bottles once they have been opened. I have attempted to 'lock' the dispenser in place, as it is when first purchased, but not managed to do this - just ended up with a lot of mess!
Like all of the hand washes from Carex, this comes with a general promise to kill 99.9% of bacteria. (I do always think about that rogue 1% laughing at the inadequacies of Carex!) This is also described as a moisturising anti-bacterial hand wash, with the added bonus of being designed specifically for sensitive skin. The message here is that it 'cleans, cares and protects' even more delicate sensitive hands.
The scent here is very subtle and delicate. It is difficult to pinpoint in the same way that others from the range can be. I would say that it is a floral kind of aroma and is a feminine kind of smell, although my husband is more than happy to use this as well so it is clearly not off-putting for him. I find the fragrance is released immediately and lingers gently on my hands for several hours after washing, without being too conspicuous or cloying.
This lathers up easily with just a little warm water and doesn't leave behind any residue or any sense of greasiness or stickiness. This has not irritated my hands at all and does not dry my skin out, no matter how frequently I have reason to wash my hands. I'm not convinced that this stuff is moisturising as such but it is certainly not a product that exacerbates my dry skin.
A quick online price comparison shows this currently available from Morrisons for £1 per 250ml bottle but from both Tesco and Asda for just 90p which is excellent value.
Anyone who reads my reviews regularly will know that I much prefer liquid hand soaps to the bars of soaps as I find them more hygienic and possibly better value for money on the whole, too. One of the nicest ones I have used is the Carex Sensitive Hand wash and I bough this one in particular as it was on offer at only 99p in Home Bargains and also I was suffering from some itching and flaking on the tops of my knuckles at the time and I needed to buy something that wasn't going to make my skin condition any worse than it already was, and I needed a brad I could trust.
I loved this hand wash from the moment I first started to use it. It is rich and creamy and it smells so lovely. It did not dry out my hands at all and it is suitable for the entire family to use – even my little girl can use it no bother at all and she suffers from really chronic eczema.
The hand wash is gentle and mild but it lathers up really well to create a good foam and then in rinses off the skin well afterwards. There is no need for me to have to use a hand cream after I have used this hand wash as it really does not dry the skin out at all and it is so gentle and mild I am sure that it would even be suitable for babies.
I recently picked up this Carex Sensitive Hand Wash during my weekly shop. I have tried many of the hand washes from the range, but hadn't had this one for a while.
~ Packaging ~
It comes in a large clear plastic bottle with a clear sticker on the front with, 'Cussons Carex' written in a big blue oval shape in the middle of it. A swish of purple goes around the oval shape with pictures of purple feathers in it.
Underneath it says, 'sensitive hand wash kills 99.9% of bacteria' in small purple lettering.
There is a plastic dispenser pump on the top of the bottle, which can be screwed off to remove if required.
The hand wash itself is a light purple colour.
The label on the back of the bottle lists the ingredients and also says, 'Calming and soothing for skin that irritates easily, Carex Sensitive hand wash is effective yet gentle in healping to prevent the spead of germs.'
It also claims to use an improved formula free from known fragrance allergens.
~ Price and availability ~
This hand wash is available at Boots, Superdrug, Wilkinsons, Home Bargains and all supermarkets.
I have a 333ml bottle with 33% extra free, which cost no more than £2.00, but the usual 250ml bottle costs £1.85 from Boots, £1.89 from Superdrug or just £0.90 from Tesco, where it is currently on offer reduced from £1.80.
~ In use ~
To use this hand wash you twist the dispenser pump from the locked position and then the pump rises so that you can press it down.
I find that you only need to use one or two pumps of this hand wash for both hands as there is a good amount dispensed and a little bit goes a long way.
The hand wash is quite thin in consistency, but it isn't so thin that it feels watered down. It feels like it is a good quality hand wash.
It has a lovely scent, which is quite subtle. It reminds me of fresh linen. The scent lingers on your hands for a while after you have washed them, which is nice.
The hand wash is gentle on my hands and doesn't leave them feeling dry like soap sometimes can. My hands are left feeling clean and smelling nice.
I like to use an anti-bacterial hand wash in the kitchen especially for when I am handling meat and I believe the claims that this hand wash kills 99.9% of germs.
I find that this hand wash lasts for a few weeks before it runs out and the last of it is fairly easy to get out of the bottle. There is never much left that I can't get out of the bottle.
I would definitely buy this product again.
I have sensitive hands and I have to be careful as to which hand washes I use on them. I've used so many different types in the past, but there are a couple that I always come back to - one of which is this Carex sensitive hand wash. I only ever purchase it on a special offer price and stock up - that being 89p in Tesco for a 250ml bottle. It is also available in Boots, Superdrug and other supermarkets.
The hand wash comes in a clear plastic bottle that is quite wide and quite tall (around 12cm tall and 10cm wide) but is also quite slimline at around 3cm, perfectly designed to sit on the top of our sinks. With the bottle being clear, I always know when it needs replacing - I find that a bottle will last up to three weeks sometimes in the bathroom with regular use by the two of us. I always have two bottles on the go in our house - one in the kitchen and one in the bathroom.
The bottle has a pump lid at the top and is locked in place until it's first use. Then it just twists around once and pops up ready to use. One depression of the pump releases a good amount, I find that it's usually enough to wash my hands thoroughly, unless they're dirty from being in the garden or after baking a cake, when I need two or three squirts to clean them completely. It has quite a good consistency - it's certainly not runny so is easy to handle but isn't so thick that's it's a struggle to rinse off my hands either. It lathers up really well and rinses off as quickly as it lathers up.
As I mentioned I seem to be sensitive to a lot of hand washes, resulting in rashes on my hands. I have no idea why as more often than not I'm fine with products over the rest of my body. But this hand wash seems to do the trick. It's never brought me out in any sort of rash or caused any sort of break out on my hands so I've continued to use it - in total, I've probably used it for excess of 4 years now with no problems at all. It comes with an allergen free fragrance too - this is very subtle but I find a nice extra. I prefer hand washes to have a scent as I think it sub-consciously makes me think that my hands are clean!
My hands always feel clean when I've used this, but obviously I can't comment on whether it meets the claims on the bottle. The bottle claims that 99.9% of bacteria are killed with it's use. All I know is that they feel and smell fresh and that's all I can base my review on. I rate the Carex sensitive hand wash five dooyoo stars.
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What's on offer?
We always use liquid handsoaps in our house, but I have no brand loyalty at all - always opting for whatever is on offer! I picked this one up for about £1 in my local supermarket and it was one I hadn't tried before. It is designed to be gentle and caring, while lightly moisturising the hands.
This looks nice enough, as liquid handwashes go - it comes in a plastic bottle with a pump dispenser at the top, and you can see through the bottle that the soap is a pale purple colour. Although once you dispense this it is pretty much colourless! It is quite a thick gel, and the scent is very mild - it has a slightly floral scent but it's really subtle and not too offensive. It lathers up well, and I find that just one or two pumps from the dispenser is more than adequate.
Not too moisturising
After use, this doesn't leave my hands as soft as other soaps - although it isn't massively drying, I do need to apply moisturiser quite soon after using this one. The smell lingers but very faintly, although my hands do feel clean and quite fresh after use.
In summary
Overall there is nothing really wrong with this soap, but it's a bit boring! The scent is nothing special and it doesn't linger particularly, and I have used nicer handwashes, I must say. So although this is okay and it does the job, I'm giving it three stars as there are others out there that cost the same but deliver more!
This is widely available from all the usual supermarkets and chemists and retails for around £2 at full price, but is often on offer at around £1.
I recently started wearing contact lenses and wanted to make sure I had a good antibacterial soap in the bathroom to wash my hands with while putting in and removing these. I picked up a bottle of this Carex Sensitive hand wash, choosing this for 2 main reasons; one because it was reasonably priced on offer at £1 and two because I have very sensitive skin and wanted something that wouldn't irritate this.
This hand wash comes in a clear 250ml bottle with a pump top. Through the bottle you can see the soap which is a pale purple colour. The top is locked when you buy the product but a simple twist opens it for the first time and then all you need to do is press the pump down to release some soap. I find that about half a pump provides sufficient soap to wash my hands well. I have found this soap to be a little bit thinner in consistency than other hand wash style soaps I have used. It quite easily slips off your hands if you squeeze too much out. One complaint that I do have is that a small amount of soap drips from the dispenser of this bottle when not in use, meaning that I am often having to wipe away soap from my bathroom sink.
The soap itself is lightly scented with a floral fragrance. This smell is evident when you are washing your hands but I find that it doesn't linger for long after you have rinsed your hands. After washing my hands with this hand wash they feel very clean, however they also feel quite dry and tight. I have found that since I have started using this hand wash I have needed to apply hand cream more frequently. This is not something I expected to happen with a hand wash that is designed for those with sensitive skin and claims to provide a "triple moisturising action!"
This soap is widely available in most shops and seems to cost around £1.70 - £2.00 when at full price however is also frequently on offer. All in all while I am confident that this soap kills germs and leaves my hands clean, it is not something that I would buy again or recommend due to the drying effect it had on my skin. I have found that some regular hand washes (ie not 'sensitive' ones) are in fact more gentle and I will be sticking to these in the future. For this reason I am giving this a rating of just 2 stars. Thanks for reading/rating and I hope you found my review helpful.
I have a 5 year old daughter and find that a bar of soap plus water plus her doesn't mix and we end up with a mad game of chase the soap around the bathroom hence the reason I use handwash in our bathroom.
I tend to buy whichever decent branded handwash is on offer, I have tried the cheaper brands but find they don't really compare. I seem to end up passing back and forth between Radox and Carex as I find these ones often go on offer at £1 per bottle which I think is a decent price.
The bottle the handwash comes in is see through and you can see the products inside but this is transparent too so apart from a little bit of bright pink on the front of the bottle the packaging isn't exactly exciting. The bottle has a pump top lid on it which is locked when you buy it but is simple to open with a simple twist and once a bottle is open in our house I leave it open so that my daughter can use it by herself.
I work as a carer and the constant washing of my hands has caused me to have contact dermatitis which is why I decided to have a try of the sensitive version to see if it made any difference but to be honest it is no gentler than any other handwash in my opinion.
The pump squirts a decent amount of liquid out per squirt which is great as my daughter knows one squirt is enough to do her hands so doesn't over use the product. The liquid is a little thinner and sloppier than most branded handwashes that we have used which I was surprised by. The liquid has a slight flowery scent to it but the smell doesn't remain on your hands although they do smell clean. The soap lathers up really well and then it rinses away from my hands easily too again this is a great thing in my opinion as it means my daughter doesn't waste loads of water trying to rinse her hands.
After use my hands felt pretty soft but over time I found that this soap actually seemed to dry my hands out more than usual, once I stopped using this product I found my hands improved again so I know it was from this soap. I would have to give this soap a 3 as it is antibacterial which gives me great confidence in its cleaning abilities and it is easy to use however I like more of a scent and I found it dried my hands too much.
I buy carex products Alot snd thought I would give this a go, well it had a lovely smell and was gentle on my husbands hands but after a couple of uses on my hands it made mine and daughters hand dry amd itchy. Maybe we are allergic im not sure but either way I try to limit how often I use it. But its defently worth its money as husband seems to like it alot.
Due to my not so perfect reaction I did ask my husband on his view of this productand he is very happy indeed as he saud it made his hands soft and supple and he uses it quite alot. This is very reassuring as he doesnt use hand washes due to them giving him a bad reaction, therefore this will defently be a permanent resident in our bathroom and I give it 4 out of 5 and thats only due to my own reaction
It can be quite difficult to find a hand wash that is suitable for sensitive skin, and children. Most of them are just to harsh and drying. I decided to give carex sensitive a go, based on the fact it was allergen-free, antibacterial and has moisturising ingredients, so hopefully wouldn't be over drying. It comes in a 250ml, pump bottle that fits neatly between the taps on the hand basin and is easy to dispense (as some pumps can be tricky for children). It has a very smooth, gel texture however didn't feel creamy, it felt soft on my skin and did not foam to much. There is a very faint fragrance which is pleasant compared to some brands that can be over powering. It didnt over dry my skin, however I did still use a moisturiser as well. As far as sensitive hand wash goes I think carex lives up to its claims, and I would buy it again.
Carex Sensitive Hand Wash - very often £1 at all of our favourite supermarkets
This hand wash comes in a clear plastic bottle, that is rectangular, with rounded corners. The contents of the bottle are a soft lilac colour. The product is marketed as being kind to sensitive hands (it has triple moisturising action - whatever that is), as well as anti bacterial.
As someone who has sensitive skin I thought it would worth trying this product, as in the winter months with all of the battering my hands get from the weather they tend to be drier than usual.
I didn't notice the hand wash having any particularly offensive scent, however it didn't smell 'good' either. (Some hand soaps smell good enough to eat, and this isn't one of them). The product did all that it needed to in the way of cleaning, however having said that it had 'triple action moisturising' it didn't leave my hands feeling silky soft. To be fair to the product though they didn't start off in good nick before I started using this, but it didn't seem to help.
It was a modestly priced product, that was moderately effective, but I wouldn't be in a rush to purchase it again, and therefore could not recommend it in good conscience.


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DEVELOPERS behind a controversial plan to build a £15million supermarket in Ryeford have been forced to amend their proposal and remove the petrol station.
The removal of the petrol station from the proposal, which includes a 55,000 square foot store at a brownfield site near the Ryeford Junction on the Ebley Bypass, was announced at a Stonehouse Town Council meeting on Monday.
According to a Stroud District Council spokesman the plans were changed by the developer Property Alliance Group in response to concerns from the environment agency and council planning officers about building a petrol station on an area that is considered a flood risk.
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23rd August 2010, 21:25 at 9:25 pm #127977
I started my karting "career" not long ago, and i'm looking for a good helmet design. Anybody wants to suggest any cool helmets? They dont have to be f1 helmets, but just some cool helmet designs to base mine off of.23rd August 2010, 21:35 at 9:35 pm #143675
I like the look of this one
theres a few good designs on there too23rd August 2010, 22:23 at 10:23 pm #143676
this one is pretty cool http://images.myleather.com/imagesproc/49330_H_SH315_MW355.jpg
maybe you can google some designs, to have some ideas24th August 2010, 18:42 at 6:42 pm #143677
I'm thinking of getting my helmet customised, but I would suggest to you to make your own up! If you give the helmet painter an idea of what you would like, they can really bring your thoughts on design into reality.
I've been told it's much better having "your" helmet than one heavily based of someone elses.24th August 2010, 19:16 at 7:16 pm #143678
Do you want something with a lot of detail? If not having one base colour and then a small pattern or a couple of blocks of colour may be nice. Simple but nice and it'll be easier to spot you when karting. Senna's, Button's last year's one, Cevert's, Massa's, Schumi's, hakkinen's are all cool for the simplicity.
if not go for something bonkers like a rubix cube for a helmet ;P24th August 2010, 19:31 at 7:31 pm #143679
Great example Steph, thats the helmet design of Joey Dunlop, King of the Roads and 26 time TT winner. You see quite a lot of those helmets in TT week, its a brilliantly simple design.24th August 2010, 21:00 at 9:00 pm #143680
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joey dunlop, king of the road, remember the day of joeys funeral, standing on antrim road bridge looking over the M2 seeing hundreds of bikes coming up the hill from belfast heading for ballymoney, a fair few had joey helmets, made the hair stand on the back of my neck I can tell you
keep her lit
sblot24th August 2010, 21:37 at 9:37 pm #143681
Joey was one of the greatest racers ever as well as being a bloody good bloke.
His family run the Joey Dunlop Foundation to help people with disabilities, you can find more information here: http://joeydunlopfoundation.homestead.com/milky.html
They've got some great merchandise at affordable prices too and all profits go to a very good cause.
Whenever it comes to helmets I've always preferred the simple designs, it makes them easy to spot at high speed and they always seem to be more memorable too. If you're getting a custom job done it'll probably work out a fair bit cheaper as well (if that's a factor) plus it also leaves you with plenty of scope for developing the design over time while still keeping the original feel.
Like a lot of people one of my favourites is Senna's, it's simple yet still has personal significance because he's used his national colours.
In the end though it's got to be something you like, and I hope you're going to post a few pictures once it's done !24th August 2010, 22:26 at 10:26 pm #143682
Joey, local hero for me, lived just outside the town I went to school in. Absolute legend he was and such a nice guy to. Rest in Piece man.27th August 2010, 20:46 at 8:46 pm #143683
I have just been getting more into karting and like you wanted to personalize my helmet and make me stand out so my friends can see me more easily. I had lots of day glow orange from work so just cut a simple design out of that. Its just my initials really (Adam William Fry)
What do you think of it?28th August 2010, 18:40 at 6:40 pm #143684
Looks Good! Love the font and all, Im gonna get mine airbrushed, so I want something pretty crazy, Im thinking, American Flag, with two of the red and white stripes enlarged to fake the Polish flag. And the Polish White Eagle on top :) But thats just the beggining design ;)28th August 2010, 21:03 at 9:03 pm #143685
Thanks. That sounds like it would be a cool design. Too posh for me! Only thing is you have to be quite quick to pull of your pro looking helmet!1st September 2010, 12:22 at 12:22 pm #143686
What about my helmet (designed by myself!)? Apart from the F, my initial, obviously!
<–3rd September 2010, 11:02 at 11:02 am #143687
Good luck to you in your karting career. be careful with the barriers though. I began my karting 'career' a while ago as well and sustained a massive crash because of faulty braking. got a crack in my vertebrae now and have to spend the next 5 weeks in bed.
Hope you'll be alright and I'd suggest a simple helmet design on 2/3 base colors. Can't choose for you though!3rd September 2010, 12:08 at 12:08 pm #143688
Ouch, just last saturday I saw a driver with a brake failure, he went flying into the paddock (!) and luckly avoided everything, but ran right throught the sidewalks and grass. Thats definetly one of the scariest things possible on a go kart. Anyway, yah, That one I mentioned above is my final helmet, like if I go past Karting :)
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Keating accuses super managers of risky investingBen Butler and Gareth Hutchens
Published: November 28 2012 - 1:11PM
The architect of the superannuation system, the former prime minister Paul Keating, has attacked super fund managers for investing too heavily in the stock market.
Mr Keating said Australians expected unrealistically high returns from their super funds, which in turn encouraged fund managers to take too many risks on the market.
He also called for an increase in super fund contributions, from 12 to 15 per cent, but said the additional contribution should be placed in a long-term, government-run fund and devoted to healthcare.
He said this was necessary because people were living far longer than was expected when the superannuation scheme was set up.
"Instead of 15 per cent wage equivalent going simply to retirement accumulations, managed by the private funds management industry, I'm suggesting that an alternative may be 12 per cent under the SG [superannuation guarantee] being managed privately and 3 per cent collected under a modified SG being managed within a government longevity insurance fund," Mr Keating told the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia conference this Wednesday.
Mr Keating said Australian super funds had about two-and-a-half times the exposure to the stock market as European schemes, meaning they were too exposed to the most volatile asset class.
He said fund managers reaped benefits in the form of increased fees when their investment decisions performed well, but were not exposed to any downside risk when the market plunged.
"This is pretty squalid," he said.
He said both sides of politics, together with business and unions, needed to join together to redesign the super system to cope with an ageing population.
And he praised opposition leader Tony Abbott and shadow treasurer Joe Hockey for supporting the Gillard government's move to increase super contributions from 9 per cent to 12 per cent.
"The question is, is it enough? The answer is no," he said.
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Aug 24, 2010
The Perfect Season...
34 comments:
- High Heeled Life said...
Gorgeous!! the candle light looks so inviting!! Great use of items..your creativity inspires me..XO HHL
- August 24, 2010 at 5:50 PM
- Connie Eyberg Originals said...
The soft glow of candles make everything look so beautiful! Connie
- August 24, 2010 at 5:54 PM
- Mariette said...
Dearest Bella,
You must have bought tons of buttons for filling up this tray! Reminds me of my Mom's sewing chest, handmade by my Dad as a practical gift for all her buttons, threads, darning yarn etc. Great idea to display it with the tea lights!
Indeed, come winter - it's candle time again! But you are so right, now we have still the roses and when they're gone it will be different to substitute their beauty.
Greetings from Georgia,
- August 24, 2010 at 6:04 PM
- Pink Roses and Teacups said...
Hi Bella,
Oh, at first glance I thought you used shells on your tray, then I see pretty buttons? How clever! I love it, with the soft candlelight. You have inspired me. I am so looking forward to fall, and the cool crisp mornings, and evenings, with candlelight of course. :)
- August 24, 2010 at 6:05 PM
- NanaDiana said...
Shhhh...Old Man Winter will hear you and come calling all too soon! I have to admit that I love Fall though and the smell of wood fires burning in fireplaces and fire pits. We have not done enough of enjoying the outdoors this summer so I am enjoying your roses-because I have none of my own at this house. You do a beautiful job of putting things together and I love coming here to visit you! Diana
- August 24, 2010 at 6:05 PM
- Style Sisters said...
What a beautiful and creative centerpiece! I am going to round up some buttons! I love this idea. Thanks for linking up to Centerpiece Wednesday..I love to see everyones creativity!
- August 24, 2010 at 6:10 PM
- Tete said...
I love the shells and buttons mixed with the tea lights- so soft and the floppy roses are beautiful!
Hugs- Tete
- August 24, 2010 at 6:24 PM
- Rebecca said...
I agree-I burn so many more candles in the winter-and I feel the same way about summer-it's just spring and fall aren't long enough!
- August 24, 2010 at 6:27 PM
- Happier Than a Pig in Mud said...
Yes, this truly is the best season-enjoy!
- August 24, 2010 at 6:33 PM
- Cabin and Cottage said...
This would be such a wonderful setting to gather up around with friends and gaze at and have a good chat either inside OR out! Just beautiful! Jacqueline
- August 24, 2010 at 6:43 PM
- Lavender Cottage said...
Hi Bella
I thought at first you had used shells and then realized part of your button collection was stewn with rose petals. The candlelight and roses in a compote along with the buttons have made a truly remarkable centrepiece.
About winter....hmmm, I can wait!
- August 24, 2010 at 6:53 PM
- Kathleen said...
That is lovely!
- August 24, 2010 at 7:14 PM
- Amy Kinser said...
This is so pretty. I love the buttons and the candles. The roses are beautiful. It's all lovely.
- August 24, 2010 at 7:24 PM
- Oie said...
Hi seeing as it's winter here! I can't wait to see warm spring, but I love your blog and the pretty stuff you share!
- August 24, 2010 at 7:26 PM
- Tanya said...
What a soft warm feeling picture....tealights/shells/buttons!! Love it! Would never have thought of it....so pretty!! I'm hanging on to summer as long as I can!! :0)
- August 24, 2010 at 7:32 PM
- Heaven's Walk - said...
Hi Bella! Those candles really make that tray just glow. Sooo pretty! I'm already mourning the passing of summer, and dreading the coming winter months. I'd love to live somewhere where you get three seasons....excluding winter!
xoxo laurie@heavens-walk
- August 24, 2010 at 7:34 PM
- Rose ~Victorian Rose ~ said...
What a sweet idea, to put those tea lights nestled in the buttons...looks so darling.
WInter here in TExas is not so bad. But I do NOT miss the winters up North.
- August 24, 2010 at 8:08 PM
- Melissa said...
Candlelight, buttons, and roses. What a wonderful combination.
- August 24, 2010 at 8:51 PM
- Maleviks Rosenträdgård said...
Hugs from Håkan
- August 24, 2010 at 11:27 PM
- Farah said...
What a beautiful arrangement, very lovely and the use of bottons are gorgeous, yes it reminds me too a cold winter evening.. thanks for sharing , I hope I can use this idea somewhere special..Love
- August 25, 2010 at 12:39 AM
- Olga said...
Oh Bella, this beautiful post of yours made me miss winter too. The smell of fireplace and the sound of cracking wood is what I miss the most.
- August 25, 2010 at 1:21 AM
- Olga said...
Bella, I read your article at Old Fashioned Living. It's so pretty and inspiring. Congrats on being featured there!
- August 25, 2010 at 1:38 AM
- gail said...
Roses are so simple and so beautiful. I do love fall and winter, though, and have to say I'm looking forward to both. I love to nest! Happy I live where there are 4 seasons....
- August 25, 2010 at 6:13 AM
- Kom Achterom said...
Ha Bella!!
OOh nice candlelight! i mis it alsow!! and eastern i love it. My home has filt with pomkins
ooh so nice!! My heather has turned in eastern style my house has warm colours and now its the time ill show it! OOh so nice!!
have a nice romantic evening hihi with lots of candelight!!
- August 25, 2010 at 6:45 AM
- Amy said...
Your display of candlelight and buttons are just so simple and elegant! Beautiful centerpiece for evening dinner party!
- August 25, 2010 at 6:54 AM
- House and Garden Boutique said...
What a great idea for a centerpiece......I'm going to do a centerpiece class at my store and I am going to borrow your idea for it. It is so cleaver and fun.....thanks for sharing!
- August 25, 2010 at 9:28 AM
- Kathleen Scott said...
What a dreamy feel to your pictures. I'd love winter too if it brought me candlelight reflected in silver.
- August 25, 2010 at 10:21 AM
- Virginia said...
What a beautiful arrangement….great idea to filled the tray with buttons.
Love it!
- August 25, 2010 at 2:13 PM
- Princesa Nadie said...
Candlelight is always homely...Using buttons has been an original idea and the white roses give a very elegant atmosphere
- August 25, 2010 at 11:27 PM
- More Entertaining Women said...
I love candles, silver trays, buttons and white - so what a perfectly beautiful combination! Blessings, Cindy
- August 26, 2010 at 8:48 AM
- AshTreeCottage said...
Lovely centerpiece Bella! I like winter too. I realize that many do not, but I love to come home on a snowy evening to a warm cozy house filled with the fragrance of a yummy stew or pot of soup cooking on the stove and the sight of candles glowing and a fire on the hearth.
Susan and Bentley
- August 26, 2010 at 10:36 AM
- CIELO said...
My dearest Bella... this is so lovely. We share a lot in common when it comes to decorating and our love for home.... that tray is just lovely.... blessings to you and yours...
- August 26, 2010 at 2:25 PM
- CIELO said...
By the way, I was looking at those gorgeous pictures of your pink cake on the left and was totally amazed... I now want to make one just like it so bad! Tee-hee! Did you use 'real' flowers?
- August 26, 2010 at 2:29 PM
- Annie Louise said...
Love the centerpiece, the shells, buttons and roses look soooooo beautiful with the candlelight.
- September 3, 2010 at 10:01 AM