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A&W Root Beer Float Re-Creates a Nostalgic Experience
With some complexity, Dr Pepper Snapple Groups A&W Root Beer Float re-creates a nostalgic experience.
Nostalgia sells. Since Pine and Gilmore wrote "The Experience Economy" in 1999, there has been a realization that people are willing to pay more for an experience. Acknowledging that the supply economy of the 20th century has turned into a demand economy, at least thus far into the 21st century, many marketers have made experience creation a key goal of their packaged goods firms.
Combine that knowledge with the third consecutive year of negative volume gains for the carbonated soft drink industry, and you begin to see why Dr Pepper Snapple Group (DPSG), the owner of beverage rights to A&W bottled root beer, thought it might be a grand idea to create an experiential beverage called A&W Float.
While DPSG has struggled to gain share against megaliths Coke and Pepsi — and been "demerged" from Cadbury Schweppes this year — the company manufacture many core products, such as A&W, Dr. Pepper and Snapple, that have consumer bases that love them. Using a front-end process called Discovery Innovation Group, DPSG learned an A&W Root Beer float in a bottle was one of the highest scoring ideas considered. The challenge was to create a product that lived up to the promise.
Understanding the marketplace
The idea of a carbonated beverage or juice mixed with dairy ingredients just doesn't sound good to Americans, although the concept gets a fair amount of play in other countries. But this product that was created for "a root beer float lover who has a busy life, yet desires a simple indulgence that has a good flavor." A product that has "bottled the flavor of an ice cream float without the hassle of preparing one." There is a promise of "rich, creamy, one-pour preparation with a little taste of heaven" (www.floats.com).
There is a lot of pressure on the bottlers of carbonated soft drinks (CSDs). Between issues with sweeteners (sugar vs. high-fructose corn syrup vs. "artificial" sweeteners), cost of ingredients, nutrition and sustainable manufacturing, it's a tough business right now. The numbers show that, as of July 2007, CSDs declined 3.8 percent, according to IRI and Nielsen figures. Still, it's a huge market. Nielsen estimated the total size of the 2007 CSD U.S. market at $14.3 billion.
DPSG has been using a speed-up idea/product creation process, with some products taking just 16 weeks between concept and commercialization. While this may not have been the pathway for the A&W Float, innovative products like this combined with a drive for more rapid product and market development is certainly a message Wall Street likes to hear.
Key: The consumer might be able to engage in a beverage "treat" that is easy to make and doesn't require ingredients that may or may not be in the refrigerator, pantry or freezer. Having something that is special and has stories and excitement behind it might just create a magic moment with the kids or the grandparents or the whole family for that "good old summertime" experience.
Insights: Delivering a product that is a conceptual/wishful idea to many people has the ability to produce purchase interest due to the hoped for excitement of an experience that may have occurred a long time ago or may just be a piece of memory never experienced.
According to our It's Convenient!, Crave It!, Drink It! and Healthy You! insights, the key attributes for an indulgent treat are: taste, creaminess (taste and texture) and packaging that supports the indulgence.
DPSG took those insights, combined them with heritage and nostalgia and came up with a beverage world comfort food: the ice cream float.
The key trends impacting this market are convenience, indulgence, premiumness and healthfulness.
Convenience: Manufacturers are responding to consumers' hectic lifestyles by creating more convenient products. If part of the convenience comes from the packaging, this is a bonus. Going to an A&W outlet can be a family tradition. But maybe there is no longer a "stand" near the miniature golf course. So keep a four-pack of these in the pantry, toss a few glasses in the freezer and wow — make a small, affordable event for the kids or grandkids.
Indulgence: Pleasure is important in this busy world. We have seen many products focused on healthy aspects, but the pleasure of an indulgent treat is still a strong behavior. Consumers use carbonated drinks and ice cream for enjoyment, moods and sometimes to deal with the stress and chaos in their world. Creating analogs of craveable foods allows consumers to have a luscious taste experience and to satisfy a craving for the moment.
Premiumness: Premiumness in beverages comes from the taste, package and venue one can purchase the drink. Combining nostalgia, ingredients, package, brand and situation — unique for this product — one can hope to cue premiumness.
Healthfulness: An overall industry focus on trying to help consumers reduce obesity combined with consumer behavior for treats equates to the need to provide beverages that are healthier. Now this is a stretch, but shaving 15-20 percent of the calories off of a self-made or soda shop version of a float and making it portion-controlled are steps in the healthful direction.
The experience
There are two flavors of this product available. In addition to the Root Beer Float we are analyzing, DPSG offers a Sunkist Orange Float. Both are available in a four pack at a fairly high register ring of $4.99. A single bottle at the convenience store is $1.69.
The four pack carrier has a lot of interesting messaging: "A bottle on the outside. A float on the inside," and "A creamy blend of rich A&W and ice cream flavor." The back of the package has directions for the "Perfect Float Experience" — three circles describe how you need to "twist it around," "pour upside down" and then "foam it up." It also suggests you can "pour in a glass for a foamy float experience or enjoy straight from the bottle."
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Residents of Lexington will soon be seeing a new fire truck on the city's streets
Residents of Lexington will soon be seeing a new fire truck on the city's streets
The Lexington Fire Department recently added a 2012 Smeal 75-Foot Quint fire truck to its fleet. The $647,563 piece of equipment is expected to be placed in service later this month and will run calls from the LFD's headquarters on East Center Street. The new truck, built in Snyder, Neb., by Smeal Fire Apparatus, is a two-in-one combination, meaning it consists of a 75-foot ladder and a 400-gallon pumper for water.
The truck was purchased in the City of Lexington's 2013-14 fiscal year budget. The fire department budgeted $750,000 for the truck and was able to save money by buying a demo model.
"The basic idea behind a quint device or apparatus is you can operate as a pumper and a ladder, depending on which or what situation it calls for," Lexington Fire Chief Phil Hartley said. "If they are first on the scene, obviously, they can go straight to the attack mode and operate as a pumper."
Lexington Fire Commander Chris Proctor explained residents often make inquiries concerning the definition of a quint. That word, he said, means, the truck has an aerial ladder, ground ladders, hose, water tank and pump. This is the first quint that the LFD has ever had in its fleet.
"It's not a new concept for the fire service, but it is to this area," said Proctor, who oversees the logistics/fleet management for the LFD.
Hartley commended Proctor's efforts in finding the demo truck. Had the department made specifications for a quint truck, the chief said it would have been identical to the demo. The quint is the first truck the LFD has purchased since a 2011 Toyne fire pumper truck for $460,000 two years ago. The quint also means the LFD has a short-wheel based truck, which will allow it to reach places where previous ladder trucks couldn't.
The 2012 Smeal will replace two of the department's reserve trucks, a 1958 American LaFrance ladder truck and a 1975 Mack Pumper. Both pieces of equipment are planned to be sold for surplus. Hartley said the station's current ladder truck will not be placed in reserves and will respond to special incidences like high angle and trench rescues.
The department's latest truck is projected to have a life expectancy of 20 years.
"But we always manage to squeeze more than that out of it," Hartley said.
Darrick Ignasiak can be reached at 249-3981, ext. 217, or at email@example.com. Follow Darrick on Twitter: @DispatchDarrick.

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A new mid-calorie Coke: Coca-Cola Life
This week Coca-Cola Argentina just released a new member of the Coca-Cola line-up: Coca-Cola Life.
This version of Coca-Cola is part sweetened with real sugar and part sweetened with Stevia (Truvia brand).
It's only available in Argentina so far.
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I have a cousin who lives in Argentina and he just posted about this on Facebook. If they bring this to the US it would give Pepsi Next a run for its money (not that would be hard). I really love the look and name they gave it. The green color really stands out but you can still tell its a Coca Cola variation. No one is going to confuse this for regular or diet, and the green used is different from the green used in lime flavors. It looks really well in the Coke line-up with regular, diet/light, and zero. If Coca Cola Life tests well in Argentina, I could see it being implemented across the World like Coca Cola Zero. And I like that they chose to go with Stevia instead of aspartame, sucralose, or ace K, which have been overplayed in sodas.
One thing I found interesting is they chose Argentina as the test market, as it isn't known for soda innovations. I went to Argentina in 2004/5 and the soda choices they had were Coke, Coke Light, Sprite, Sprite Zero, Fanta Naranja (orange), Quatro (grapefruit soda), and Quatro Rosado (pink grapefruit soda - only in 0.5L bottles) from the Coca-Cola Company and Pepsi, Pepsi Light, 7UP, 7UP Light, 7UP Ice (limited edition mint flavored lemon-lime soda for the Summer - only in 0.5L bottles), Mirinda Naranja (orange), Paso de Los Toros Pomelo (grapefruit soda), and Paso de Los Toros Tonica (tonic water) from PepsiCo. Grapefruit Soda is popular in Argentina and is more tart like Italian Grapefruit Soda than like Squirt, and the Quatro Rosado and 7UP Ice sodas were interesting finds, but besides that it was just your basic core flavors down there. Mexico has a lot more interesting soda flavors/variety in comparison. Also relatives of mine told me that new sodas don't do well there as people stick to Coke/Pepsi, lemon lime, orange, and grapefruit sodas down there. Cherry Coke and Mountain Dew were both tried and discontinued in Argentina. One thing that surprised me when I went to Argentina was how good of a presence Pepsi had there, as many sit down restuarants I went to had Pepsi instead of Coke (or some had both) and even Burger King there had Pepsi products. I would say it was 55/45 Coke and Pepsi in restuarants which is a better ratio for Pepsi then up here. No fountain though except for fast food restaurants and some concession stands, many restuarants use 355ml (12 oz) glass bottles and drinks were reasonably priced with the US/Argentina exchange rate. I noticed that Coke Zero has launched successfully there since my last visit, so Coke must feel a mid calorie Coke would do well there since it has the Coke name and isn't a flavored cola. Hopefully Coca Cola Life is well executed and catches on there so we can get it up here too.
According to Beverage Digest and The Guardian, it is coming to the US and UK.
Will be forgotten by summer 2016.Whatcha gonna do mama now that the roast beef is gone?
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I didn't have an article for the US. It was just a tweet by Beverage Digest.
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This is what pepsi should have done with Next. They did so in Canada, but not here.banned
Full scale launch in October, very limited release coming this week. Coca-Cola Life will be available in Fresh Market stores in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.
From The Fresh Market website:
A map and listing of all the stores that are carrying Life. They will be having sampling this weekend and handing out $1 off coupons for the 6 packs of 8 ounce glass. Life will also be sold in 20oz single bottles and 6 pack cans, usually will be in the natural/organic food sections in stores. Not sure if this "premium" approach will work, it didn't with C2.


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There are few variations of nyonya dumpling on the internet, does anyone know the reason? Some called for chestnut, peanut and coconut milk. I decided to try on the simple recipe for my first attempt. If you need pictorial guide on how to wrap a dumpling, check out my previous post about bak chang.
Ingredients makes (±20 pcs):
1 kg Pork Belly, diced
10 nos Dried Shiitake Mushroom, soaked and diced (reserve the water)
200 g Dried Winter Melon, chopped
100 g Shallot Bulbs, sliced
5-6 cloves Garlic, chopped
2 nos Dried Chilli, soaked and pounded
2 tbsp Coriander Powder (add more if desired)
1 tsp Five-spice Powder
1 tsp Ground White Pepper
1 tsp Dark Soy Sauce
¼ cup Cooking Oil**
Salt to taste
1 kg Glutinous Rice, rinsed and soaked overnight or at least 4 hours
1 tbsp Colouring (made with blue pea flowers)
1 tbsp Shallot & Garlic Oil**
1 tsp Salt
1 tsp Chicken Powder (I used dashi)
½ cup Water
10 pcs Pandan Leaves
Bamboo Leaves
String for tying
- Drain and transfer ¼ amount of glutinous rice into a mixing bowl, add in colouring and mix well. Set aside.
- Meanwhile prepare the filling. Heat oil in a wok, add in shallot and garlic. Fry until they are browned lightly. Transfer one tablespoon of the oil** into a small bowl, set aside.
- Add in chilli paste and cook for few seconds. Then add in pork and cook until it turns pale in colour. Add in coriander powder, five-spice powder, pepper and dark soy sauce. Stir well.
- Add in mushroom, winter melon, water from soaking mushroom and salt to taste. Cook with low heat until gravy is reduced.
- Transfer to a bowl and cool before use.
- For rice, heat oil** in a wok. Add in the glutinous rice (without colouring) and stir-fry until its colour has changed.
- Dissolve salt and chicken powder in water, drizzle over glutinous rice and stir well. Ready to use.
- Assemble: Please refer to bak chang recipe for detailed wrapping method (with photos) . Fold bamboo leaves and fill in some blue glutinous rice, then about 1 tablespoon of white glutinous rice.
- Make a well in the middle and fill in 2 tablespoons of filling. Cover filling with a heap tablespoon of white glutinous rice. Tie up to make dumpling.
- Boil a large pot of water, add in pandan leaves. Boil and simmer dumplings for 1-2 hours.
Cook's Notes:
- The Nyonya dumpling is traditionally wrapped with pandan leaves, it is hard to find large pandan leaves. Thus, I added pandan leaves when cooking them.
- I made the colouring with 20 petals without mashing them up, need to increase the amount of petals next time.
- Dumplings will taste better with cooked glutious rice, adding some water in it will reduce the cooking time.


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Few at-sea behavioural data exist for oceanic-stage neonate sea turtles, a life-stage commonly referred to as the sea turtle 'lost years'. Historically, the long-term tracking of small, fast-growing organisms in the open ocean was logistically or technologically impossible. Here, we provide the first long-term satellite tracks of neonate sea turtles. Loggerheads (Caretta caretta) were remotely tracked in the Atlantic Ocean using small solar-powered satellite transmitters. We show that oceanic-stage turtles (i) rarely travel in Continental Shelf waters, (ii) frequently depart the currents associated with the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre, (iii) travel quickly when in Gyre currents, and (iv) select sea surface habitats that are likely to provide a thermal benefit or refuge to young sea turtles, supporting growth, foraging and survival. Our satellite tracks help define Atlantic loggerhead nursery grounds and early loggerhead habitat use, allowing us to re-examine sea turtle 'lost years' paradigms.
1. Introduction
Classic sea turtle life-history models assume discrete shifts in habitat use during different life stages [1–3]. Sea turtles hatch from nests on coastal beaches, enter near-shore waters and swim offshore, transitioning to oceanic habitats where they remain for a minimum of 1–2 years [1–6]. Known as the sea turtle 'lost years', few data exist on the in-water behaviour of young, oceanic-stage sea turtles [7]. These knowledge gaps reflect the logistical and technological limitations of observing small, fast-growing, migratory species in the open ocean. Rare sightings, at-sea collections [1,4,8], genetic sampling [9] and spatially discrete size distributions of loggerhead turtles [10] resulted in long-standing hypotheses regarding oceanic-stage sea turtle dispersal and behaviour. These include the hypotheses that neonate Atlantic loggerhead turtles:
(1) transition to and remain offshore in oceanic waters, away from predator-rich Continental Shelf waters [2–4];
(2) are passive drifters that entrain within currents associated with the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre [1,4]; and
(3) occupy sea surface habitats [1,4,8,11] and associate with floating Sargassum communities [1,11,12].
Carr [1] hypothesized that loggerhead hatchlings from eastern Florida (USA) nesting beaches swim offshore and enter the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre (NASG) via the southern Gulf Stream. Theoretically, turtles are passively transported across the North Atlantic to eastern Atlantic waters and are known to associate with floating Sargassum communities for predator refuge and food availability [1,4,11,12]. Size distributions of oceanic loggerheads from the eastern Atlantic (Azores, Cape Verde, Madeira), when compared with those along the Atlantic seaboard, support the hypothesis of a long-term, unidirectional, gyre-based, developmental migration [1,4,5,9,10,13]. Loggerheads found in the eastern Atlantic are genetically linked to nesting assemblages along the western Atlantic coast [9,14]. Laboratory studies demonstrate that hatchlings orient appropriately to remain within the NASG when exposed to magnetic fields replicating those fields found at discrete regions along this system [15]. Travel time within the NASG is generally assumed to be correlated to surface current speeds—similar to drift bottles; Carr [1,4] noted that passively drifting loggerheads within the NASG would require 235 days to traverse from Florida natal beaches to the Azores. However, no actual long-term turtle movements or travel times had been directly observed.
Temperature influences poikilothermic turtle growth, movement, feeding behaviour, physiology and immune competence [16,17]. Experimental tests of hatchling loggerheads during their post-hatching frenzy found that swimming activity decreased in 30°C water and locomotor coordination was lost in waters above 33°C [18]. At cool temperatures (less than 10°C), smaller sea turtles are vulnerable to hypothermic stunning [19,20]. Despite its importance, the thermal environment encountered by oceanic-stage loggerheads has not been directly measured. The significance of Sargassum communities as refuge, foraging and early developmental habitat for oceanic juvenile loggerheads is well documented [4,14]. Yet an important function of this surface-based habitat has been overlooked: the thermal benefit of associating with these communities.
Here, we provide the first long-term, at-sea movement data for small, oceanic-stage loggerhead sea turtles. Using novel satellite telemetry methods [7], we remotely tracked neonate loggerheads in the Atlantic Ocean. By characterizing the turtles' offshore dispersal, thermal niche and habitat characteristics, we re-examine the long-standing hatchling dispersal paradigms and hypotheses associated with the sea turtle 'lost years'. Specifically, we test whether oceanic-stage loggerhead sea turtles (i) remain exclusively offshore within oceanic (non-neritic) waters, (ii) entrain within the currents associated with the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre as part of a unidirectional developmental migration and (iii) occupy sea surface habitats. Finally, (iv) we test whether occupying sea surface habitats or association with Sargassum communities would confer thermal benefits to small, oceanic-stage sea turtles.
2. Material and methods
(a) Turtle data and movement analyses
Microwave Telemetry's PTT-100 9.5 g solar-powered satellite transmitters were used to track the at-sea movements of 17 neonate loggerhead sea turtles collected from nests along the southeast coast of Florida, and laboratory-reared to release size (300–720 g, 11–18 cm straight carapace length) and age (3.5–9 months old). Tag coloration matched that of a typical loggerhead carapace (brown). Tags were adhered to turtles' carapaces using a flexible acrylic–silicone–neoprene attachment described by Mansfield et al. [7]. Tag duty cycle was programmed to 10 h on, 48 h off per manufacturer requirements—tags required 48 h of solar charging. All turtles were released in the Gulf Stream within floating Sargassum mats approximately 18.5 km offshore of their natal beaches (near 26.9° N latitude, 79.5° W longitude). Using the Argos satellite data processing system and Kalman filtering algorithm, transmitter data were filtered based on accuracy of transmission using Argos location codes (LC) 3–0, A and B [21]. Location data were tested for spatial randomness and orientation using circular point and Raleigh's Z statistics (ArcView v. 3.2, AMAE ext.; α < 0.05). Mean orientation was determined for locations occurring below and above 35° N latitude, roughly corresponding to the replicated magnetic field locations tested on captive hatchlings by Lohmann & Lohmann [22].
(b) Thermal ecology and habitat use
Mean daily ambient temperature (°C; ±0.33°C accuracy per manufacturer specifications) and solar cell charge (volt; ±0.02 V accuracy) were collected from transmitter sensor data. Bathymetry data and MODIS 9 km resolution daily sea surface temperatures (SSTs) were extracted using the Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT) [23]. Additional SST and bathymetry data were derived using the Global Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM + NCODA Global 1/12° Analysis; 7 km resolution) and 2 min Gridded Global Relief Data (ETOPO2 v. 2).
To characterize time spent in association with oceanographic features such as the Gulf Stream and other currents or meso-scale eddies, the Kalman-filtered tracks were regularized to a frequency of 6 h intervals, using piecewise Bézier interpolation methods similar to Tremblay et al. [24], but modified with the algorithm by Lars Jensen (http://ljensen.com/bezier/). To determine turtle association with eddy features, we compared the 6 h interpolated turtle tracks with daily current vector maps from HYCOM model output for all individuals and tabulated the number of track days associated with each of the three features: (i) main Gulf Stream (main part of Gulf Stream not including eddy features), (ii) eddy feature (defined as a current vector group forming a circular pattern) and (iii) other areas not included in (i) and (ii).
To determine whether turtles remained at the sea surface, and to characterize the thermal environment encountered by the turtles, we used four complementary approaches. (i) We tested for differences among ambient (transmitter-derived) versus satellite- (MODIS) and model-derived (HYCOM) temperatures encountered by the turtles using the Mann–Whitney U-test (α < 0.05). (ii) We characterized the Argos location accuracy and tags' solar charge rates in order to determine relative exposure of the tags to air and direct sunlight. The satellite tags do not transmit unless exposed to air. Longer periods of air exposure allow longer periods of communication between tags and overhead satellites, thereby increasing the accuracy of the transmitted location data [7,25,26]. Mansfield et al. [7] showed that the power output from comparable solar cells declined with depths as shallow as 30 cm; power output was one-seventh that of solar cells left to charge at 5 cm depths. Thus, we infer that higher Argos location accuracies and greater charge rates relate to longer periods of transmitter exposure to air and to sunlight, enabling the tags to effectively communicate with overhead satellites or exposing tags to the solar energy required to successfully recharge. We use these data as a proxy to determine whether the turtles occupied sea surface habitats. (iii) To determine whether exposure to direct solar energy could influence temperatures encountered by neonate sea turtles (e.g. ambient temperatures recorded by the satellite tags), we measured the solar reflectivity of the Microwave Telemetry 9.5 g PTTs solar-powered satellite tags, loggerhead carapaces and mats of fresh Sargassum spp. collected from waters offshore of southeast Florida. Solar reflectivity measurements represent the fraction of incident radiation reflected rather than absorbed by a surface or substrate. Measurements were collected in a dark room using a portable ASD spectroradiometer set to a spectral range of 350–2500 nm (10 nm resolution; http://www.asdi.com/products/fieldspec-spectroradiometers). Measurements were made with a 1 cm diameter sensor window that delivered a white light source to illuminate the test object. A white reference standard was used to determine 100% reflectivity across the full spectrum; the sensor head was transferred from the white reference standard to the object of interest and a full spectrum scan was performed. Seawater reflectivity (albedo) was obtained from literature and satellite-based measures [27,28]. These data were applied to a heat balance equation: Qin + Qabs = Qout + Qst, where heat in (Qin) is by long wavelength infrared thermal radiation (IR) from the sky and clouds, Qabs is by solar radiation absorption, Qout is by conduction, convection, evaporation and emitted IR, and Qst is stored heat. We used these calculations to determine whether any observed differences between ambient (transmitter-derived) and satellite- or model-derived SST measures could be explained by reflectivity differences between ambient seawater and turtles, tags or Sargassum.
Finally, (iv) we measured and compared thermal profiles of seawater with and without Sargassum to verify that the Sargassum thermal environment is warmer than that of open seawater. Fresh Sargassum was collected offshore of southeast Florida placed in one of two identical buckets (28 cm inside diameter × 36.8 cm high) filled with filtered seawater. The buckets were each placed in circular plastic tubs (82 cm diameter × 15 cm high) filled with freshwater. Temperature was recorded every 30 min using Hobo U22 temperature data loggers (with ± 0.2°C accuracy; http://www.onsetcomp.com/products/data-loggers/u22-001). Data loggers were placed in air adjacent to the buckets, and each bucket had data loggers placed centrally, 2.5 cm below the water surface or water–Sargassum surface, and suspended at half-depth. We estimated percentage cloud cover visually; sunrise and sunset, wind speed and humidity were inferred from data at a nearby airport (less than 1 km away), and corrected for bucket height above the ground. Temperature data from the data loggers were overlaid to compare thermal profiles among treatments.
3. Results
(a) Turtle movements
Turtles were remotely tracked for between 27 and 220 days (mean = 86.6 days ± 55.2 s.d.; table 1) and travelled distances that ranged from 200 to more than 4300 km (figure 1a). All turtles initially travelled north, remaining within or in close proximity to the Gulf Stream immediately post-release. Ten turtles continued within the Gulf Stream, past Cape Hatteras (North Carolina, USA), then moved eastward into the northwestern Atlantic. Initially, turtles remained along the outer edge of Continental Shelf (defined by the 200 m isobath; figure 1a). Complete departure from near-shelf waters occurred past Cape Hatteras (approx. 35° N). One turtle spent approximately 21 days within Continental Shelf waters; however, 98.6% of all locations across all turtles (n = 1472 track days) were off the Shelf.
All tracks showed significant directional movement (Raleigh's Z; p < 0.05) throughout their tags' transmission period. Turtles' net paths were directed to the NNE–NE (38.9° ± 16.6 s.d.; n = 17) between release points to approximately 35°N latitude. Turtles travelled to the ENE (63.4° ± 21.4 s.d.; n = 11) within north Atlantic waters, north of 35° N latitude. With one exception, none of the turtles moved westward of the Gulf Stream boundary; however, turtles did move east beyond the eastern Gulf Stream boundary. Turtles spent 24.3% (± 9.3% s.d.) of their track time (n = 1472 days) within the main Gulf Stream current (table 1). Seven turtles travelled out of the Gulf Stream, moving into the Sargasso Sea (figure 1b). Some movements out of the Gulf Stream were associated with meso-scale eddies (table 1). Our current feature utilization analysis showed dominant utilization of eddy features (table 1 and figure 2a–c). Turtles spent between 13 and 81% of their time in association with eddies (mean: 66.7% ± 39.6 s.d.); typically along the edges of the meso-scale features (an example is shown in figure 2a–c).
Nine turtles reached 35°N latitude (n = 9) in 11–19 days from their release off southeast Florida while travelling in the Gulf Stream. Turtles continuing in the Gyre reached waters south of Georges Banks in 20–30 days, and waters off the Grand Banks (approx. 45°N, approx. 53°W) in 50–70 days. One turtle travelled to a point west of the Azores in 219 days prior to tag transmission cessation (figure 1a).
(b) Thermal ecology and vertical habitat use
Argos location code accuracy, transmitter solar charging rates and temperature sensor data combine to allow for niche characterization. The majority of Argos location codes received were high quality: 77.2% of messages had high LCs of 0–3 (figure 3a). All tags maintained adequate operational charges (greater than 3.2 V) and optimal mean charges (greater than or equal to 4.0 V) throughout their transmission periods (figure 3b). These data combine to suggest that turtles were remaining at the sea surface. The tags' high Argos location accuracy confirms that tag antennae were exposed to air and in communication with overhead satellites. Satellite-derived average daily SST encountered by the turtles was 20.8 ± 3.4°C and was similar to model-derived HYCOM average daily temperature of 21.4 ± 3.4°C (figure 3c). Internal tag temperature sensors recorded ambient temperatures that ranged from 17°C to 35°C (mean: 25.6 ± 3.7°C; figure 3c)—consistently averaging 4–6°C higher than temperatures derived from remote satellite data or HYCOM. This difference was statistically significant (Mann–Whitney U; p < 0.05). Optimal battery charging and the higher tag-recorded ambient temperatures compared with satellite- and HYCOM-derived SST data suggest that the tags' solar cells were exposed to the sun's rays [7].
Reflectivity of the Sargassum (10–14%), tags (6–11%) and loggerhead turtle shells (7%) did not differ substantially. Empirical tests of seawater surface temperatures within buckets containing Sargassum mats versus plain seawater confirm the assumption that water temperature near the surface within Sargassum was consistently warmer when exposed to sunlight than in seawater without Sargassum (figure 4a,b). The Sargassum intercepted more solar radiation just below the surface where the water was consistently warmer than in the seawater bucket without Sargassum (figure 4a). The water column halfway to the bottom in the bucket without the Sargassum was warmer than the water temperature in the middle of the Sargassum bucket because more sunlight reaches deeper when there is no Sargassum to intercept it (e.g. figure 4b). As part of the Sargassum was above the water surface, night-time evaporation cooled it below the temperature of the seawater bucket during non-daylight hours.
4. Discussion
Our study provides the first successful satellite tracks for any neonate sea turtle. We also provide the first long-term empirical and in situ tracking data to characterize neonate loggerhead oceanic movements and surface habitat use. Tracked turtles rarely occupied Continental Shelf waters, supporting the loggerhead oceanic nursery paradigm. The turtles' tracks were distinctly constrained east of the 200 m isobath, along the outer edge of the Continental Shelf. This off-shelf demarcation differs from the mostly on-shelf distributions and habitats used by larger, older, juvenile or sub-adult and adult loggerheads in western Atlantic waters [29].
Turtles travelled more variable routes than implied by the classic Gyre dispersal hypotheses [1,4]; rather, the turtles' routes are more consistent with, and help validate, theoretical migratory trajectories derived by Putman et al. [30] using oceanographic models and experimentally derived navigation behaviour. While the Gulf Stream provided initial transport, turtles did not select the fastest or most direct routes to known oceanic developmental habitats (e.g. the Azores, Madeira or Cape Verde). Turtles instead travelled along net clockwise trajectories using a variety of paths. These paths indicate that dispersal is not uniformly unidirectional; deviations from outer Gyre currents and boundaries are common, invalidating previous hypotheses assuming a unidirectional developmental migration route following or entrained within the currents of the NASG.
The paths of our tracked neonate loggerheads were environmentally constrained. No turtles moved into lethally cold waters. Among the fraction of turtle tracks associated with the Gulf Stream or NASG current regime, net directional movements were consistent with the use of regional guideposts (e.g. magnetic cues) to orient the turtles along hypothesized routes [22]. Consistent with Lohmann & Lohmann [22], turtles did not travel beyond the constraints of the outer Gyre boundaries; orientation on a macro scale to remain within the Gyre boundaries is likely. However, deviations from the Gyre currents were oriented towards the interior of the Gyre. Turtles' paths in and out of the Gulf Stream and Gyre currents as well as turtles' association with meso-scale eddies imply that localized ('micro-scale') orientation and the duration of the turtles' travels or regions they encounter can vary.
Some of our tracked turtles left the Gulf Stream and travelled into the Sargasso Sea, a behaviour that might be explained by the seasonal distribution of Sargassum in the northwestern Atlantic. Sargassum travels from the Gulf of Mexico along the eastern USA coast to the northwestern Atlantic before settling to the south as epipelagic mats in the Sargasso Sea [31]. Oceanic-stage turtles may opportunistically remain with those Sargassum habitats, leaving the Gyre currents and instead exploiting favourable foraging and thermal niches within the Sargasso Sea.
Neonate loggerheads can travel from southeast Florida to Azorean waters in less than a year, somewhat faster (e.g. approx. 220 days in the case of one turtle) than Carr's [4] drift bottle hypothesis suggests (235 days) despite the potential of slowed movement owing to tag effects (such as hydrodynamic drag). Mansfield et al. [7] demonstrate that biologically significant costs to the turtles from tag effects are minimal. This work compared neonate turtles with and without tags under controlled laboratory conditions over a period of several months. Mansfield et al. [7] found no significant differences in growth, condition, swimming behaviour and feeding among the test groups, suggesting that there are minimal energetic costs to the turtles due to the hydrodynamic effects of the tags [7]. Potential drag effects were mitigated by creating a teardrop attachment shape and placing the tags behind and between vertebral 'spikes'. Using the techniques developed by Jones et al. [32], estimated drag may range as low as 4% or as high as 10% depending on turtle size (T. Jones 2014, personal communication). However, it is important to note that these estimates assume laminar flow conditions. The surface-based habitat occupied by the turtles is one in which the tags are likely to be out of the water, exposed to air, so that drag may be further minimized by two orders of magnitude [33,34]. There also remains the hypothesis that oceanic-stage sea turtles are passive drifters [1,4]. Working on the assumption that oceanic-stage turtles are, at a minimum, part-time passive drifters, then the net energetic cost due to drag would be further reduced. Finally, the in-water behaviour of the turtles tracked in this study was similar to that of larger, wild-caught turtles, suggesting some degree of natural behaviour. Specifically, the neonates tracked in this study showed a similar association with meso-scale eddies as larger, wild-caught subadult or neritic juveniles satellite tracked in the western Atlantic ocean [35].
By occupying oceanic surface layers, young turtles probably receive thermal benefits from solar absorption—either directly via their carapace at the air–sea interface, or indirectly through association with Sargassum or other flotsam. Tag sensor data, coupled with solar reflectivity tests, suggest that turtles are indeed occupying this air–sea interface, thus bolstering the thermal niche hypothesis. The tags' high Argos location accuracy confirms that tag antennae were exposed to air and in regular communication with overhead satellites. Optimal tag battery charges indicate that the tags' solar cells were exposed to the sun's rays [7]. The difference in the tags' recorded ambient temperatures compared with satellite- and HYCOM-derived SST data (4–6°C) could be due to (i) biases owing to location, model and data resolution or error, and/or (ii) the thermal effects sun exposure. Surface seawater where neonate turtles are typically found [36] is highly transparent. Solar energy may be dissipated over a substantial vertical depth. However, Sargassum, neonate sea turtles and satellite transmitters have zero transparency and low reflectivity; thus, the absorption of solar radiation is concentrated near their respective surfaces. Furthermore, floating Sargassum mat structure impedes lateral water flow, thereby inhibiting convective transport of absorbed solar energy (heat) into the surrounding water. Under these conditions, energy retention can raise local water temperatures up to 6°C above that of surrounding water, as observed by ambient tag sensor data and as our bucket experiments demonstrated (e.g. figure 4a).
The thermal benefits that small sea turtles gain from remaining at the sea surface or associating with Sargassum communities probably differs somewhat from basking—a common thermoregulatory behaviour used by reptiles. Atmospheric basking (out of water) is common among reptiles, including turtles, for thermal regulation, as well as enhanced digestive efficiency, epibiont control and enhanced vitamin D synthesis [37,38]. A common feature of turtle basking, generally, is that it is episodic (not chronic as in the case of neonate turtles at the sea surface), being initiated when temperatures approach operative environmental temperatures [37,38]. Atmospheric basking is known in some populations of Chelonia mydas and results in increased body temperatures [39,40]. A single study of Caretta caretta found that loggerhead internal temperatures were higher when basking at the water's surface during sunny periods [41]. The authors attributed this increase in body temperature to increased absorption of solar radiation [42].
If exposed to sunlight, turtles' shells will be likely to gain some degree of warmth. A surface-based, thermally driven developmental niche makes sense in a broader evolutionary context. Sea turtles exhibit a number of traits that natural selection probably acted on for a surface-based thermal developmental niche to have evolved. Sargassum habitats provide young, cold-blooded turtles with a thermal environment that promotes growth, eventually reducing the assemblage of predators capable of consuming them. Sea turtles are ectotherms; exposure to cooler habitats tends to reduce rates of food consumption and individual growth compared to exposure to warmer environments. Thermal differences and chronic or acute exposure to unfavourable temperatures can influence age and size at maturity in turtles [42,43]. Thermal habitat availability and early exposure to thermally beneficial developmental habitats probably has broad implications for age (or size) at neritic recruitment, particularly within different ocean basins or relative to different sea turtle rookeries. Exposure to UV radiation enhances reptilian calcium-dependent functions, including vitamin D-associated skeletal mineralization and growth [44]. Life at the surface also exposes turtles to airborne cues that can lead to the next patch of productive ocean [45]. Localized warming by only a few degrees can have significant impacts on temperature-dependent processes in reptiles, including digestion, growth and activity time. Availability of thermally beneficial habitat early in life can have important long-term impacts on the survival and fitness of sea turtles.
By combining persistent sea-surface-based behaviour with oceanic-stage turtles' known association with Sargassum, we propose a new thermal niche hypothesis and possible mechanistic framework for why the sea surface and Sargassum habitats are important for the development and likely survival of oceanic-stage sea turtles.
All research was conducted in compliance with the protected species laws of the United States and under Florida Atlantic University IACUC approval (A08–40), Florida Marine Turtle Permit (MTP-073) and US Fish and Wildlife Service Permits (USFWC-TE05217-2).
Data accessibility
Data from this study are archived online using seaturtle.org's STAT (http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/?project_id=717). These data are directly linked to the OBIS-SEAMAP data repository (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/provider/STAT).
Funding statement
Funding for this research was provided by the Large Pelagics Research Center Extramural Grants Program, NOAA Fisheries, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Florida Sea Turtle Grants Program, Save Our Seas Foundation, Disney Wildlife Conservation Fund, the National Academies Research Associateship Program, the Ashwanden Family Fund, the Nelligan Sea Turtle Research Support Fund and personal funds. Funding for J. Luo was provided by the Robertson Foundation and the Bonefish & Tarpon Trust.
We especially thank M. Marrero, A. Stiles, S. Epperly, N. Thompson, C. Gonzales, L. Bachler, C. Mott, R. Matyisin, E. Stenersen, E. Wood, J. Abernethy, Jim Abernethy's Scuba-Adventures, K. Phillips, K. Rusenko, The Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, Michael Coyne and seaturtle.org. We also thank K. Lohmann, B. Wallace, S. Maxwell and S. Vogel for constructive discussion.
- Received November 20, 2013.
- Accepted February 4, 2014.
© 2014 The Authors. Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited.


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Mental illness, family stress tackled in Pulitzer musical
"Next to Normal" is among the handful of Broadway musicals that have won the Pulitzer Prize for drama. So when the show finally closed in New York in 2011 and the national tour ended a year later, there was a rush by regional and community theaters all over the country to get the rights for productions in their area.
"As soon as we heard it was available, we went after it," director Christy McIntosh said of the Bridgeport Theatre Company, which is staging the show for three weekends at the Downtown Cabaret Theatre, starting Friday, Jan. 25.
"The same thing happened with `Hairspray.' When it became available, we put our bid in right away," McIntosh said of an earlier BTC musical.
The director believes the unvarnished depiction of an ordinary American family dealing with mental illness and grief in "Next to Normal," combined with its powerhouse rock score, sets it apart from most other Broadway shows of the past decade.
"Honestly, it's rare for a musical to be considered for a Pulitzer for drama," McIntosh said of the annual stage prize that generally goes to such serious plays as "August: Osage County" or "Clybourne Park."
"It's an honor to work on it," she added.
Another plus for community theaters tackling "Next to Normal" is the relatively small cast of characters.
For the second time, McIntosh is directing her husband, Eli Newsom, in a BTC production -- he is playing the man dealing with his wife's mental illness -- and she said they are good collaborators.
"He's directed me several times, too, and one of the things you have to learn is that every actor speaks a different language and we speak that language very well," she said of the way they've grown to understand each other as performers.
McIntosh said that the whole company has been energized by the high quality of the material they're working on.
"Yesterday, we had a six-hour rehearsal and the energy of the room was great. When I said, `Let's take a break,' they said, `No, let's keep going.' Everyone has been very efficient and very respectful of each other," the director said, adding that they are also becoming aware of the extraordinary physical and emotional demands of the production.
"It's a two-and-a-half hour show that is mostly music, so that is a lot of material and it is also very weighty material," she said of the company realizing how much energy they will be needing for the performance weekends.
When I asked McIntosh what she thought made this serious musical about serious issues so widely popular, the director said, "Even though it's about severe mental illness -- someone who is bipolar -- what everyone can relate to is that it's about a family and its problems. The daughter, the son, the father are all struggling with a lot of things -- the mother's illness, loss, death, teenage stress."
"Next to Normal" also fits in with today's heightened awareness of the family problems stemming from mental illness.
"It's a very important issue that I think we have a lot more compassion for now. ... Each person in the cast has a family member or friend who is dealing with it. ... I think it is a lot more common than people will admit," she said.
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Angels unveil Hamilton in opener with Reds
Two teams with enormous expectations square off on Monday when the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Cincinnati Reds kick off their 2013 seasons with an interleague matchup at Great American Ball Park.
The Angels also started last year with high hopes following the winter signings of Albert Pujols and C.J. Wilson. However, they got off to an awful start, finished 89-73 and missed the postseason for the third straight year.
So, what did they do? Well, just as they did last offseason, the Angels stole the show this winter by signing former American League MVP Josh Hamilton to a 5-year, $125 million deal.
Hopefully Hamilton's maiden voyage in the City of Angels begins a little better than Pujols' did a year ago. Pujols flirted with the Mendoza line up until the middle of May, but managed to end the year hitting .285 with 30 home runs and 105 RBI.
Still, you can't talk about the Angels without mentioning the AL's reigning Rookie of the Year Mike Trout, who produced one of the finest first years in the history of the game.
Despite making his debut on April 28, Trout became the first player in major league history to steal 45 bases, score 125 runs and hit 30 home runs in a single season. Additionally, he is the only player to hit .320 or above with 30 home runs and 45 stolen bases in a single season.
He led all rookies in nearly every offensive category and was named the AL Rookie of the Month in May, June, July and August, becoming the first player to claim the award in four consecutive months. He was also the first rookie ever to record 30 home runs and 40 stolen bases in a single season.
Jered Weaver will be on the hill Monday after another magnificent season in 2012 that saw him go 20-5 with a 2.81 ERA. He also struck out 142 batters and walked just 45. Of course, the highlight of his season came when he threw a no-hitter against the Minnesota Twins on May 2, where he faced 29 batters and struck out nine.
He also had the lowest average against (.214), and WHIP (1.02).
But thanks in part to some injuries, Weaver worked just 188 2/3 innings over 30 starts. He also had a 6.14 ERA in a five-start stretch from Aug. 12-Sept. 2.
Cincinnati, meanwhile, crossed a good amount of items off of its "rebuilding a brand" checklist in 2012 - rebounding from a 79-win season, capturing the National League's Central Division title out from under the defending World Series champions and winning their first postseason games in 17 years - but a fair bit were still left on the table, too.
And when a two-game playoff road lead on the San Francisco Giants became an extra-inning loss in game three, a five-run blowout in game four and a failed rally from a six-run deficit in game five - all on home turf at Great American Ball Park - what had been a banner season came away smelling like, well something distinctly different.
But hope springs eternal in a baseball-mad town, and the Reds enter 2013 firmly entrenched in the role of favorite for the second time in three years. Lest anyone forget, they won the 2010 NL Central and were expected to take a run at repeating in 2011, too, but got off to a terrible start and never recovered en route to limping to an irrelevant third-place finish, 17 games off the pace.
There's little to indicate that sort of drop off again, though, considering the team - or at least what appear to be its most vital parts - are back and healthy this spring.
The organization's most significant trade of the offseason came when center fielder Drew Stubbs was shipped across the state to Cleveland, but the consensus is that Cincinnati got the better end of the deal in fellow outfielder Shin-Soo Choo, who had consecutive 20-homer seasons with the Indians in 2009 and 2010 before slumping to eight (in 85 games) and 16 (in 155) in the last two seasons.
Choo will lead off for the Reds, filling a spot that begged for consistency throughout Stubbs' stay, though most concede it'll be one and done once Choo becomes a free agent following the season and the Reds presumably promote minor-league phenom Billy Hamilton, who stole 155 bases and had a .410 on-base percentage while splitting time at Single-A and Double-A in 2012.
"(Choo is) the best we have," manager Dusty Baker said.
Getting the call for the Reds on Monday will be righty Johnny Cueto, who broke out for a 19-win season in 2012, though it was his injury in the NLDS - and unavailability for Game 5 - that many point to as the reason the Reds went home early.
An interesting sidebar to this series will be Hamilton's return to Great American Ball Park. Of course, it was Cincinnati where Hamilton began his magnificent turnaround in 2006. After years of substance abuse the Reds took a chance on him and he played well in his one year there before being shipped to Texas for Edinson Volquez.
Los Angeles and the Reds have played each other in just two previous interleague series, with the Angels winning four of the six games.


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The Aviator is a biographical film about the American
Howard Hughes, that presents an extremely well
researched and accurate portrait of the development of his
obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), from its first emerging
symptoms, to his struggle with severe symptoms in middle age. It
tells the story of his lifetime achievements as a filmmaker, an
aviator, a record breaker, a playboy and a successful entrepreneur.
These successes were probably aided by his extreme perfectionism
and his determination to attend to every small detail in a project,
something the film illustrates brilliantly.
The film, directed by Martin Scorsese in 2004, with Leonardo
DiCaprio playing Hughes, won 5 Academy Awards.
On the DVD with bonus features, there is a 15-minute film about
the condition presented by Dr Schwartz in which several patients
recount their own experiences of the illness. Di Caprio reveals, in
an interview on the bonus disk, that he spent a significant period
of time with a sufferer, before filming, in an attempt to
understand what lay beneath the compulsive behaviour of excessive
hand washing. DiCaprio also admits that he rediscovered some
obsessional behaviour from his own childhood, involving cracks in
pavements, when preparing for the part. This resulted in him
sometimes taking ten minutes to walk from the studio door to the
Lasting for 163 minutes, this is an epic film
but one well worth the investment in viewing it. It tells the
story of the early life of Howard Hughes from the 1920s to the
1940s and records the history of his OCD from the first subtle
signs to the full blown incapacitating episodes in which he was
almost certainly suffering from depression as well.
The film opens with shots of his mother
bathing his naked body as a boy and telling him that he is not safe
from disease, giving the viewer clues about a strong family history
of OCD (which was in fact also present in other relatives) as well
as early parenting influences in the causation of his OCD.
The Aviator beautifully depicts the
grand age of the Hollywood studios with all of their glamour and
shows the many famous actresses of the day with whom Hughes had
sexual relations. However his personal isolation and difficulty in
finding intimacy is particularly well enacted, especially in his
relationships with Katharine Hepburn and Ava Gardner. Through
their eyes we are given insight into how the early symptoms of his
illness become apparent and how OCD can adversely affect the
partner in a close relationship.
A significant focus of the film is on Hughes'
contribution to the aeronautical industry and his involvement in
the birth of modern aviation as we now know it. His
meticulous attention to detail and extreme perfectionism, coupled
with his technical vision, are shown transcending the real
limitations imposed by his OCD. This is a film that demonstrates
just what can be achieved despite such a serious mental
In contrast, his excessively controlling
behaviour, in all of his personal relationships is shown as causing
him huge difficulties. His ability to employ staff to carry
out his compulsions, an extraordinary facet of his illness, is an
unusual feature of his mental ill-health made possible only by his
great wealth.
The most severe episode of his OCD is
brilliantly illustrated near the end of the film in the scene
showing him living as a naked recluse in his screening studio. His
nakedness at this point in the film has powerful echoes of his
nakedness as a boy at the beginning of the story, being washed
clean of germs by his mother.
For anyone interested in learning more about
OCD, this film provides tremendous insight into the thoughts and
compulsions that can cause sufferers so much distress. It
also illustrates the fact that depression may arise in association
with untreated OCD and can contribute to the burden of illness.
The Aviator helps us to imagine how it might feel to be
close to someone with OCD who has not yet sought help.
Our understanding of this illness has grown
significantly since the decades represented in The
Aviator, when frontal lobotomy was the treatment of last
resort for the condition. Although the role of early influences is
acknowledged, the majority of scientific research now supports the
view that in a significant proportion of sufferers it is a brain
disorder. It is also well recognised that stressful events
and major life changes can bring on or worsen the symptoms of OCD,
something that is well illustrated in the film.
Fortunately cognitive behavioural treatments
have been developed in the past two decades that are very effective
in treating the symptoms, using either exposure and response
prevention (3 out of 4 people are helped significantly) or
cognitive therapy (very effective for mild OCD on its own).
Additionally, there are thought to be problems
with a neurotransmitter, serotonin, which is deficient in certain
brain areas of people with OCD. This explains the use of certain
drugs in the SSRI group of antidepressants, which increase
available levels of serotonin, in the treatment of moderate to
severe OCD, even when depression is not present. People who find
relief with medication alone (around 6 out of 10 people) tend to
relapse when it is stopped, unless it is combined with cognitive
behavioural therapy.
The film portrays clearly that Hughes' obsessive compulsive
symptoms fluctuated significantly in severity in response to the
stresses and traumas in his life, especially his near fatal plane
crash. But even during the worst episodes of his earlier
life, he was able to suppress the symptoms fairly effectively when
totally absorbed in a task. The complete focus and absorption
required to fly a plane seemed to overcome his symptoms and gave
Hughes some of the happiest experiences in his life. This
makes sense to us now because effective treatments involving
mindfulness in the present moment and distraction into activity are
known to help lessen some of the symptoms of OCD.
I believe that this film offers the viewer an
opportunity to gain an empathic understanding of the suffering that
individuals with severe OCD might experience. Indeed, one
wonders what further achievements Howard Hughes might have made in
later years had he been able to access the treatments available
today, when he had first developed symptoms.
These issues were examined in a recent
prospective, long-term follow up study of children and adolescents,
seen at the specialist OCD Clinic for Young People at the Maudsley
Hospital, London. Published in the August 2010 issue of The
British Journal of Psychiatry, the authors concluded that
"early recognition and treatment of OCD in childhood might prevent
chronicity" and urging "a need for increased recognition at the
earliest stages of the disorder" (Long-term outcomes of
obsessive-compulsive disorder: follow-up of 142 children and
adolescents N. Micali, I. Heyman, M.Perez, K. Hilton et al;
British Journal of Psychiatry (2010) 197,
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Monday, April 15, the elite runners had already crossed the finish line. Others were making their way toward that goal when two explosions ignited chaos, confusion and fear. Three innocent individuals were killed and close to 200 wounded. The Boston Marathon, no marathon, would ever be the same again. Might the victims have been saved from this terrorist attack?
Violence! Life in this country, as we once knew it, is no longer the same. Violence! What shall be done about it?
Some believe gun-control is the answer. Of course, the irony here is that since that horrible tragedy at Sandy Hook in Connecticut a number of individuals were stabbed, not shot, at a college in Texas. Then, in Boston three individuals were killed and nearly 200 wounded by the blast of two bombs, not shot. Would gun control have stopped the knifing or the bombing? It is unlikely, although we are left to ponder whether a gun might have stopped the knifing, and certainly it was a gun(s) which stopped the two bombers in Boston.
How then are we to cope with such uncertainty and danger? Should we arm ourselves before going to the mall or attending a sports event? Should we stay at home behind locked doors and windows? With good reason we might be afraid. What should we do about it?
Obviously, the answers are not easy. Do we really want background checks, not just of those who might be suspicious, but of ourselves, too? Might we end up on some FBI list as being potentially dangerous because our doctor gave us a prescription to treat anxiety or depression? What does it mean to be mentally unstable, and who decides? Perhaps, we were depressed because a loved one died. Does that classify us as a potential terrorist? Might we be a candidate for being "radicalize"?
Let's be honest. Religion often has been indicted as the cause for certain individuals resorting to violence and killing. That, however, is not the faith to which Jesus calls us. Rather, he says we must be born again of the spirit. That means violence and killing are becoming less a part of those who believe in Jesus and have been born again.
St. Paul speaks of the fruit of the spirit, "love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires" (Galatians 5:22, 23). Not only would being born again bring greater peace to our society, it would bring greater peace to us, even when society isn't so peaceful.
Wouldn't it be extraordinary if those in government positions were to embrace and promote Jesus and being born again, rather than some piece of legislation that will fall far short of its supposed goal? Jesus is the Prince of Peace, that peace that passes all understanding, available to us when we ask Jesus to be our Lord and our saviour.
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Braves cruise past Phillies
Atlanta, GA – Justin Upton and Jason Heyward each hit two-run homers, Evan Gattis added a solo shot and the Atlanta Braves knocked out Roy Halladay in the fourth inning in a 9-2 drubbing of the Philadelphia Phillies at a rainy Turner Field.
Freddie Freeman went 2-for-3 with a three-run double to follow up his three- hit, three-RBI performance in Atlanta's season-opening win on Monday.
Paul Maholm (1-0) scattered six hits and a walk over 5 2/3 scoreless frames to pick up the victory, while Halladay (0-1) surrendered five runs on six hits with an uncharacteristic three walks over 3 1/3 innings.
"I'm frustrated. I should have gone deeper than that," Halladay said of his short outing. "Obviously horrible conditions to pitch in. It made it no fun, but that's no excuse."
Chase Utley drove in both of Philadelphia's runs with a double in the seventh, but by that time the Braves were working with a 7-0 cushion.
Halladay had his streak of 10 consecutive Opening Day starts end Monday when Cole Hamels got the nod for the Phillies, who were somewhat cautious with the two-time Cy Young Award winner because of a rough spring training following his injury-ridden 2012 campaign.
Those concerns became reality when Halladay labored through a 40-pitch first inning and never fully recovered despite finishing with nine punchouts.
Heyward reached on a broken-bat single before Upton sent a low 1-2 offering just over the wall in right-center for his second homer in as many games with his new club. The usually-controlled Halladay walked two of the next three hitters, then gave up a run-scoring base hit to Juan Francisco.
"Any time we can jump ahead against a pitcher like Halladay is a plus for us. It gives (Maholm) a chance to settle in and get himself going," Upton said.
Though the first seven outs he recorded were strikeouts, Halladay was clearly not at his best, as Gattis led off the fourth with a home run to left field. It was the 26-year-old catcher's second career at-bat.
Halladay was mercifully pulled later in the inning after Andrelton Simmons sent his 95th pitch into center field for a single. Raul Valdes entered from the bullpen and walked the first two hitters he faced to load the bases, and Freeman promptly cleared them with a gapper to left field for a 7-0 lead.
Maholm stranded runners in each of the first four innings -- three in scoring position -- and left during the sixth after throwing 97 pitches.
Heyward's two-run blast in the eighth came off Jonathan Papelbon.
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The Braves go for the three-game sweep on Thursday with Kris Medlen toeing the rubber opposite Cliff Lee ... Heyward scored three runs ... The Phillies went 1-for-11 with runners in scoring position and stranded nine ... Halladay was searching for career win No. 200.


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Officers responded to a city hospital at about 5 a.m. Wednesday for a report of an apparent assault in which the victim's little toe on her left foot was bitten off.
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Hamantashen cupcakes are the perfect Purim dessert for the cupcake fan. Hamantashen cupcakes are not simply a cupcake with a hamantashen stuck on top. The cupcake itself is a triangle (as hamantashen must be), it has a sugar cookie flavor to it, and like the cookie, it has a jam filling. I topped the cupcake with a sweet jam glaze and then put a hamantashen on top for good measure.
Hamantashen cupcakes are the brain child of fellow St. Louis blogger, Susan (of SusanIsk.com). She first suggested that I make gefilte fish cupcakes and when I wasn't so thrilled with the idea, she proposed hamantashen cupcakes. Since they were her idea, I let her be the official taste tester.
There was a debate over whether the cookie should be removed prior to eating or whether the whole thing should be eaten together. Susan, as you can see, opted for putting the whole thing in her mouth. She felt that it all went perfectly together and that the cupcake wasn't quite as good on its own. Credit also goes to Susan for the suggestion of turning the hamantashen on its side to make the cupcake look like a Jewish star. Jonathan and I both loved the idea!
Later tasters, such as my friend Christina, preferred eating the cupcake and the hamantashen separately. Christina claimed that the cake and the cookie together were a bit too dry, but each was good on its own.
Before You Get Started
Before you begin making hamantashen cupcakes, you need two key things (other than the cupcake ingredients):
- Triangular cupcake liners. I purchased these locally at a Hobby Lobby. However, you can find them on Amazon if they don't sell them near you. Obviously, you can make the cupcakes in regular circle liners, but it's not as fun.
- Hamantashen. You can buy some or use my homemade hamantashen recipe.
Hamantashen Cupcake Recipe
For the hamantashen cupcakes, I used the same sugar cupcake recipe to make the hamantashen cupcakes that I used for my snickerdoodle cupcakes. It is the perfect recipe to use when you want a cupcake to have the flavor of a sugar cookie.
I made the snickerdoodle cupcake recipe by slightly modifying How Stuff Works' caramelized sugar cake. I have reprinted it with my modifications below.
If you've tried this recipe, please RATE THE RECIPE and leave a comment below!
Hamantashen Cupcakes – Cupcakes for Purim
Cupcake Ingredients
- 1 1/2 C granulated sugar divided
- 1/2 C boiling water
- 2 eggs separated
- 2 1/4 C all-purpose flour
- 1 T baking powder
- 1 t salt
- 1/2 C 1 stick butter, softened
- 1 t vanilla
- 1 C milk
Jam Glaze Ingredients**
- 1/2 C jam of your choice
- 2 t water
- 1 C powdered sugar
Cupcake Instructions
Heat 1/2 C sugar in heavy 8-inch skillet over medium heat, stirring constantly, until sugar is melted and golden brown.
Reduce heat to low.
Gradually add boiling water into sugar mixture; continue cooking until sugar is dissolved, stirring constantly. You need to stir really quickly here to keep the sugar from glomming up.
Beat egg whites in medium bowl at medium speed with electric mixer until soft peaks form.
Gradually add 1/2 C granulated sugar, beating at high speed until stiff peaks form; set aside.
Combine flour, baking powder and salt in medium bowl; set aside.
Beat butter and remaining 1/2 C sugar in large bowl until light and fluffy.
Beat in egg yolks and vanilla extract.
Gradually add sugar syrup, mixing until well blended.
Add dry ingredients to butter mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition.
Fold in egg white mixture.
Fill cupcake liners halfway full*
Bake at 375 F for 20 minutes.
Jam Glaze Instructions
Heat jam in a small saucepan on medium-high heat until it resembles a thick syrup.
Add in water and stir.
Remove from heat and strain out bits of fruit and seeds.
Let cool.
Mix in powdered sugar.
Spread on cupcakes.
Recipe Notes
*The Jam Fillling
Like the hamantashen cookies, the hamantashen cupcakes need a jam filling. You can use the same filling that you used in your hamantashen cookies or mix and match flavors. The easiest way to fill the cupcakes is to load the filling into a piping bag, shove the bag into the cupcake while it is still slightly warm, and squeeze. If you don't have a piping bag, you can always use a small paring knife to cut a hole in the cupcake, spoon in some filling, and then replace the cake that you removed.
**The jam glaze served as the glue to keep the hamantashen cookie stuck on the hamantashen cupcake. It also added a nice, sweet moist layer to top off each cupcake bite. I would suggest making the jam glaze with the same jam that you used as a filling, but again, you can always mix and match flavors.
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Sabres' development camp upcoming
The New York Islanders' John Tavares went from talented hockey player to MVP candidate under the tutelage of skating coach Dawn Braid. The Sabres hope their prospects can take a similar leap.
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Queen of the Mountain is a two day event combining mountain bike coaching and competition in a friendly and encouraging environment for women. Coaching will be available for all ability levels. Queen of the Mountain has a main focus on the gravity/freeride style of mountain biking but also provides excellent opportunities for beginner and cross country riders. Pros will compete for cash prizes in Sundays slopestyle contest while amateurs will battle for awesome prizes from our great sponsors. We will also have a rider judged best trick category, juniors, a raffle for all clinic participants and much more.
Terry Cox, the owner of College Cyclery has been kind enough to offer use of his riding facilities known as the Compound. The Compound has been built and worked on by a number of pro riders including; Randy Spangler, Josh Moreno, Josh Bender, and Kyle Jameson. Josh Bender has just begun building the slopestyle course that he has custom designed just for this womens event.
The compound currently features:
- Indoor pumptrack with lights
- Flow track
- Electric start gate
- 2 dirt jump lines (little tables and medium doubles)
- A big but friendly trick jump
- wall rides and other wooden features
- 2 mile xc loop
- onsite camping
We are now building:
- a slopestyle course similar in size to the wonderful course at Dixie Trix. Here is a design layout…
- a skills loop for learning mountain biking fundamentals (progressive zones for teaching lifts, rolldowns, drops, and skinnies)
Tentative Schedule:
Fri (8/10)
Coaches arrive
Check out terrain and create lesson plans
Ride/have fun
5pm camping check-in/reg (for clinic participants)
7-8pm mandatory coaches meeting (discuss safety and check eachothers lesson plans)
8am yoga (free and optional)
9am breakfast/registration
10am coaching (fundamentals)
12pm lunch
2-5pm coaching (specifics)
6pm dinner
indoor pumptrack, lights on until 11pm
raffle, movie, music…
8am yoga
9am breakfast/registration
10am Pro slopestyle practice
11am Pro slopestyle comp
12 lunch / Am slopestyle practice
2pm Am slopestyle comp
TBD Best trick (rider judged)
TBD 2x races (timer?)
5pm awards & apps
Employment Opportunities:
If you are interested in working at Queen of the Mountain please submit ASAP:
- a resume showing experience in mountain bike coaching and instruction
- two relevant references.
**Be sure to provide clear explanations of what types of mountain biking you have coached (dh, xc, dj, etc.) and your own riding level
Schedule: Please see the above schedule for tentative time frames of duties described below.
Compensation: All staff members will be provided with a space to camp at the compound and will be welcome to all provided meals at the event. We can help provide transportation for you and your bike to and from the airport. Monetary and other compensation are listed below:
COACH ($150 cash + $50 entry into pro comp)
Requirements: IMIC Coach certification or 4 years of equivalent experience.
Duties: Assist with registration & raffle. Create a lesson plan and coach an intermediate to advanced level group (6 max). Judge and/or announce amateur competitions.
Requirements: IMIC Level II or 2 years of equivalent experience.
Duties: Assist with registration & raffle. Create a lesson plan and instruct a beginner to intermediate level group (6 max). Judge and/or announce amateur competitions.
LEADER (free clinic entry + product)
Requirements: previous experience teaching, leading groups, working on bikes
Duties: Assist and shadow coaches/instructors with lesson plans. This is a great opportunity to learn bike skills and also teaching methodologies.
JUDGES – pro comps – ($20)
Requirements: previous experience announcing/judging slopestyle, knowledge of tricks and execution
Duties: Judge the pro slopestyle competition (~1hr)
VOLUNTEERS (a warm feeling in your heart)
Requirements: a desire to help make this event the best it can be
Duties available:
- trail work before event
- flyer distribution
Replant Fundraiser
Creating events costs money. Insurance, dirt, wood, labor, signage, you get it. To keep fees low for participants, and therefore more accessible to the community, we must raise funds. You can help Shine Riders Co. raise funds for Queen of the MTN and future events by donating your unwanted cans and bottles. rePlanet accepts glass, aluminum and plastic and will give Shine 110% of CRV. With locations nationwide, you can support Queen of the MTN and future Shine events.
How to Participate:
1.) Collect cans and bottles
2.) Take to your closest rePlanet
3.) Submit vouchers for Shine Riders Co.
4.) Enjoy our events!
Attached is a pdf flyer to help spread the word. We will do a physical can/bottle drive in the future as well, more info soon. Thank you for your help!
Future Events:
Shine SendHer (9/15-9/16) Virgin, Utah – All womens big mtn comp
RideSFO SF Bike Expo (11/9 – 11/11) SF, CA – Womens slopestyle and coaching at the Cow Palace
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Sacred Heart Hospital
The following classes will be held at Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast. To register, call 278-3600 or toll-free (877) 416-1600 unless noted.
� Baby Basics: To help prepare future parents for the basic handling of their newborn at 6 p.m. April 16 in the Family Birth Place education room. Cost is $10. Registration required.
� Super Siblings: Class to help children prepare for the upcoming arrival of their new baby brother or sister at 4 p.m. April 24 in the Family Birth Place. Registration required.
� Online childbirth class: Families will learn about the stages of labor, comfort techniques, common medical procedures, including epidurals and cesareans, and newborn and postpartum care. Engaging videos, personal birth stories, 3D animations, games, and activities make learning easy and fun. Rolling registration. Cost is $35.
Hormones/weight seminar
Dr. Nitin Bawa, president and founder of Dr. Bawa and Associates, will present a seminar �How To Adjust Hormones and Lose Weight� at 5:30 p.m. April 17 in the Destin clinic, 155 Crystal Beach Drive. Dr. Bawa will discuss common misconceptions about hormones and how they affect weight gain; environmental influences on hormones; ways to adjust hormones to help with losing weight and optimizing health; and how lasers can be used to improve skin tone and texture. Call 424-7320 to reserve your spot. The first ten seats can be reserved at no charge but after that it will cost $10 per person. The $10 can be applied toward any service purchased at the clinic other than co-pays.
Evening with the Cardiac Experts
Join Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast for ''An Evening with the Cardiac Experts� from 5-7 p.m. April 18 at Caf� Thirty-A in Seagrove Beach. The free event will feature a brief presentation on the expanded heart and vascular services now available at Sacred Heart and Q&A with a panel of cardiac experts. Complimentary heart-healthy hors d�oeuvres and libations will be served. RSVP at firstname.lastname@example.com or 278-3030 by April 15.
Camp for adult cancer patients
Camp Bluebird, a retreat experience for people coping with cancer, is scheduled for April 17-19 at Sacred Heart�s Miracle Camp on Beulah Road in Escambia County. The Miracle Camp complex is nestled in a 40-acre nature preserve. The camp includes a dormitory, dining hall, activities building, paved nature trails, a pond and an outdoor chapel.
Adults who have been diagnosed with cancer are encouraged to register now to participate, even if they are not seeing a Sacred Heart physician.
To obtain more information or a registration form for Camp Bluebird, view the website, www.campbluebirdfl.com or contact Pat Brown at 416-7176.
Support groups
Shelter House hosts a free support group for domestic violence victims from 5:30-7 p.m. every Tuesday at its DeFuniak Springs office, 846 US Hwy. 90 West, Suite B. No pre-registration is necessary. Call 892-0333.
Support groups
Shelter House will host free weekly support groups for domestic violence victims in South Walton County from 9-10:30 a.m. Wednesdays in Miramar Beach. Call 243-1201 for specific meeting location and directions. Individual appointments are also available.
Alzheimer�s CARE program
Area families have access to free resources included in a new program designed to help them cope with the effects of Alzheimer�s disease and other dementias. Developed by the Home Instead Senior Care network, in conjunction with a team of the top Alzheimer�s experts in North America, the Alzheimer�s CARE Program focuses on the care and dignity of individuals rather than the symptoms, diagnosis, treatments and possible cures for the disease.
Available at HelpForAlzheimersFamilies.com, the online training will teach participants how to use the CARE approach to manage behaviors, encourage engagement and care for themselves while caring for their loved one.
Also available is a free booklet, Helping Families Cope, which includes information about the CARE approach and additional information to help families who struggle with Alzheimer�s disease or other dementias.
To receive a free copy of the Helping Families Cope booklet, call 243-6464 or visit HelpforAlzheimersFamilies.com.


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