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The Emergence of a Citation Cartel
The emergence of a citation cartel. "Cell Transplantation is a medical journal published by the Cognizant Communication Corporation of Putnam Valley, New York. In recent years, its impact factor has been growing rapidly. In 2006, it was 3.482. In 2010, it had almost doubled to 6.204. When you look at which journals cite Cell Transplantation, two journals stand out noticeably: the Medical Science Monitor, and The Scientific World Journal. According to the JCR, neither of these journals cited Cell Transplantation until 2010. Then, in 2010, a review article was published in the Medical Science Monitor citing 490 articles, 445 of which were to papers published in Cell Transplantation. All 445 citations pointed to papers published in 2008 or 2009 — the citation window from which the journal's 2010 impact factor was derived. Of the remaining 45 citations, 44 cited the Medical Science Monitor, again, to papers published in 2008 and 2009. Three of the four authors of this paper sit on the editorial board of Cell Transplantation. Two are associate editors, one is the founding editor. The fourth is the CEO of a medical communications company." (from Scholarly Kitchen, via Andrew Gelman.)
Son of Citation Machine!!!
OCLC Meets Facebook
Citations on the fly. WorldCat previously, the world's online largest catalog of library holdings, got its own Facebook page in early 2008. That was pretty cool, but now WorldCat has upped the ante again by introducing another Facebook app called CiteMe. Using CiteMe, Facebook users can look up any item in WorldCat (there's over 1 billion of 'em) and get its properly-formatted citation (choose from APA, Chicago, Harvard, MLA, or Turabian styles) instantly. For more than a few citations, you can still build a bibliography of any size in your favorite style, directly on the WorldCat site.
Automatic citations
Ottobib does what it sets out to do very well: take a list of ISBN numbers, the international standard book number system, and generates citations for you. It's as if it is automatically making bibliographies. (ha! get it!) Currently supporting the MLA, APA, and Chicago Manual of Style citation formats.
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text: You are here: Home > Course > Starters / Snacks > Sandwich > Club Sandwich Club Sandwichby Tarla Dalal 09 Jan 2016 Tweet 5/5 stars 100% LIKED IT 3 REVIEWS ALL GOOD Added to 222 cookbooks This recipe has been viewed 184996 times This truly unusual combination of whole wheat toast and traditional Chilas makes a satiating snack. Mint and Onion Chutney adds an extra zing to this layered vegetable club sandwich with a difference. Make it the next time you are seeking a fusion of the east and west! Add your private note Club Sandwich recipe - How to make Club Sandwich Tags SandwichDiabetic recipesStarters n SnacksStarters n SnacksQuick SnacksSnacky MealsStarters & Snacks Preparation Time: 10 mins   Cooking Time: 10 mins   Total Time: 20 mins     Makes 2 sandwiches Show me for sandwiches Ingredients 6 slices of whole wheat bread , toasted2 tbsp mint and onion chutneyFor The Filling2 lettuce leaves8 slices of unpeeled cucumber8 slices of tomatoes2 chilasFor The Chilas2 tbsp whole wheat flour (gehun ka atta)1 1/2 tbsp besan (bengal gram flour)1 1/2 tbsp jowar (white millet) flour3 tbsp chopped onions1/4 cup chopped tomatoes2 tbsp chopped coriander (dhania)1 green chilli , finely chopped salt to tasteOther Ingredients1 tsp oil for cooking Method For the chilasMix together all the ingredients in a bowl and add enough water to make a smooth batter and divide into 2 equal portions.Heat a non-stick pan and grease it lightly with oil.Spread one portion of the batter on it to form a thick round chila of 100 mm (4") diameter.Cook on both sides till golden brown, using a little oil.Repeat with the remaining batter to make 1 more chila. Keep aside.How to proceedApply little chutney on all the toasted bread slices and keep aside.Place a toasted bread slice on a flat dry surface, put one chila on it. Cover with another toasted bread slice with the chutney side facing up.Place a lettuce leaf, 4 slices cucumber and 4 slices of tomatoes on it and cover with the third toasted bread slice.Repeat with the remaining ingredients to make 1 more sandwich.Cut each sandwich into 4 equal portions and serve immediately. Other Related Recipes Nutrient values per sandwichEnergy 246 calProtein 9.2 gmCarbohydrates 48.0 gmFat 4.1 gmVitamin A 499.0 mcgIron 3.1 mgFibre 1.7 gm RECIPE SOURCE : Tarla Dalal's Latest Recipes

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Every day, we'll take a quick look around the Indiana beat with a couple of stories that could be of interest to IU fans.
Here are the stories for Jan. 17, 2014
1. Pete DiPrimio of the Fort Wayne News Sentinel has this story on Stanford Robinson as IU gets ready to play Northwestern. IU's Robinson has gift of basketball freedom2. John Bauernfeind of the Indiana Daily Student has this advance on the IU-Northwestern game. Hoosiers going to Northwestern 3. Here is the latest football recruiting profile by Justin Kenny of the Fort Wayne News Sentinel. This one is on Tim Gardner. IU Football Recruit
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Relative Obscurity Top American J/70 at KWRW
A windy and cool Key West Race Week wrapped up last week, with 48 boats racing in the J/70 class. At Doyle Sailmakers, we were very pleased with two boats in the top ten and Peter Duncan's Relative Obscurity clinching second place to be the top American finisher. We were able to have a conversation with Peter after the event for his perspective on the event. Peter was quick to note the merits of his exceptional team of multiple world champion winners Moose McClintock and Karl Anderson, as well as North American Champion Victor Diaz. They were sailing in the range of 730-740 pounds, which Peter finds to be a comfortable weight in all conditions, but particularly in waves where having weight on the rail is important.
While Duncan primarily campaigns his Etchells, the transition to the J/70 has been a good one, and Relative Obscurity was 7th at the 2015 Worlds in La Rochelle, France. While the Key West fleet was still smaller than Worlds, the top end of the fleet was still incredibly competitive with the top three finishers at World's competing against each other again.
Comparing the two events, Duncan noted Key West was breezier, with much bumpier seas, so they had to work to keep the boat powered up more. Because of other commitments, and the weather just prior to the regatta, the preparation was condensed and forced the team to make sure the boat was well prepared so there were no hiccups in the event. Each day of the event, Relative Obscurity was able to do a couple of hours of two boat tuning with my team on Africa. Both boats were using Doyle Cross Cut Class Main, Pro Radial Jibs and VMG Spinnakers for the regatta. We were able to test not only tuning for the conditions and weight placement, but also learn a lot about the course with five minute split tacks and split gybes on each side of the race track.
The team primarily relied on Commanders for weather and forecasting, which the race committee kept heavy tabs on as well and Duncan found to be very good throughout the week.
Starts were extremely important with such a large fleet on a short starting line. I asked Duncan about his regatta and starting strategy. At first, they were tentative, but they switched to a more aggressive mode and ended up over the line early twice. On one occasion, they were able to come back and win the race, whereas the other OCS was more difficult to dig out of and they placed 21st, their throw out. These made them more conservative, trying to attack the line without pushing it too hard. They tended towards the favored end of the line, but prioritized less crowded areas. Peter figures they sailed the first weather beat fairly conservatively, never really losing contact with the fleet. Their results were very consistent in this competitive fleet, which they achieved by getting to the edges, without ever going for anything really extraordinary. Each crew member clicked into a specific role on the boat, with McClintock in charge of overall strategy, Diaz calling boat to boat tactics, and Anderson keeping his head in the boat for tuning and sail trim.
Moose McClintock, who has now sailed with a number of different J70 programs, had some interesting
observations regarding the Jib in particular. "I was impressed with the ease of using the sails. I prefer pull and go so I can keep my head out of the boat and I think you achieve this in your designs. I think we learned a lot about the inhaul use on the Pro radial Jib over the course of the week, having Victor aboard was critical for us as he used the same inhaul technique on the Jib that you used at North Americans. He did say after sailing Friday that the inhaul was the key on Friday as he ended up with the same jib sheet setting and played the inhaul depending on how much power he needed, mostly a different way to get to the same end. Eye opening for me."
With fast upwind and downwind speed and an obviously harmonious team, Peter is planning to do Bacardi Cup, North Americans in Texas, Europeans in Germany, and Worlds in San Francisco, hopefully with a similar team depending on everyone's schedule.
J/70 North American Recap
Since the '14 Newport Worlds, where we finished a respectable 9th overall, we set out to improve on that performance and hit the circuit pretty hard over the winter. Starting in the Chesapeake, followed by Tampa, Key West, St. Pete, Miami and Charleston. All were big regattas with plenty of competition and opportunity to improve our speed and technique. During that time, we developed our flatter J6 Radial Jib for the fresher seasonal conditions we encounter on the East Coast. With our heavy air performance improved, we placed 4th overall at Key West without losing our good light air speed we had in Newport. At Charleston race week, we moved up to 3rd overall and topped the Dynasty division; racing both major regattas with my daughter Lindsay, Will Felder and Marc Gauthier. We race at 725 to 740 lbs depending on our team since I'm one of the heaviest drivers in the class at over 100 kilos.
During these travel regattas, we have refined our trimming and tuning techniques for the new J6 Radial jib. Our high clew jib allows us to inhaul the jib to the cabin house nonskid, which powers up the main and generates more helm and point. As the wind speed increases to the 7 to 8 knots max power condition, we start to depower by lowering the traveler toward center line and tension the outhaul all before touching the backstay. We only start using the backstay once the outhaul is tensioned and traveler car is nearing centerline to keep from having too much helm. Managing the correct amount of power while sailing close hauled is crucial for the Main Trimmer and Helmsman.
Jib development prior to La Rochelle Worlds
This summer we raced Africa in our local Fleet 9, only missing one race day during my trip to J/70 worlds in La Rochelle on Peter Duncan's "Relative Obscurity". We tested our current J6 Radial jib design in mid-June with Roller Battens in preparation for the Worlds. The Jib performed very well at the Worlds even though the experimental roller battens showed signs of fatigue by the end of a windy event, but overall performed well – winning the last race of the Worlds to place 7th overall. (The roller batten jibs may have a future in the J/70 once the batten durability improves.)
After returning from the Worlds in July, we made a standard vertical batten version of J6R, which we used to win the competitive J/70 New England Championships during Marblehead Race Week, in a wide range of windspeeds a sea conditions. That was our first win in a sanctioned J/70 championship event since we had started racing in 2013. So we were improving each regatta in 2015 with the NA's fast approaching. Meanwhile Team Hooligan, one of our training partners at the North Americans, won Cleveland Race Week (they placed 7th at NA's using the same main and jib combo as us.) At the end of August, we won the regional ONE Regatta in light air conditions that were a lot like San Diego.
Sail Selection for the North Americans
It's unique to sail a big regatta in a venue where the conditions are so consistently light, but thankfully there was plenty of time to prepare for this. Leading up to September, I got invited to do a two-boat testing session in San Diego with Joel Ronning and his "Catapult" team. Joel had set up a two boat J/70 testing camp in San Diego for the month leading up to the NA's and invited all the top sailmakers in the class to join in for a few days and test their designs at that venue. I couldn't resist that opportunity, since Ronning was second at the Newport Worlds and has been one of the top boats on the circuit since the outset.
From that 2 days of testing on the NA's track we learned our J6R performed just fine even in the light air and was especially quick with crew on the rail. What we also found was that our older Main from the 2014 NA's in Rochester was a bit softer now and provided more power that would be needed for the light air anticipated for NA's. While we came away from the New England's with a win, I felt like for us to be competitive at our weight range in light air, we would need a better downrange soaking kite if we were going to have a shot at the podium.
After returning from the San Diego testing session, we raced in our fleet on Labor Day weekend in perfect San Diego light air and had great upwind speed versus our competitive fleet; but of more significance, we tested a refined early VMG design from 2013 that had always been a good light air spinnaker. We nicknamed it "Billy Baroo" after Judge Smails old wooded putter he used to sink his final putt in Caddyshack. That kite generated the most sheet load and would fly the most eased of any of our kites. That performance difference was generally dismissed and we decided that I was too heavy to be fast downwind. Initially, we dismissed the design because we were also too concerned about its planing ability, but testing a spinnaker's planing performance is not an exact science. There are so many factors when comparing planing performance, that it is hard to prove one kite is clearly better than another in those conditions. One thing was for certain, since I am one of the heaviest skipper in the 70 class, and we would be one of the heavier crews, selecting the best spinnaker would be critical to our success.
We were able to test both days prior to the practice day and final day of measurement. On Monday, we tested inside the bay in very light air with Hooligan and Savasana. On Tuesday, we were able to test on the NA's track with many top boats in 6-8 knots. We had competitive speed upwind, and experimented with different tuning settings to see which one worked best. We found that 2 settings below our base was the best for those conditions, that were unstable 6 to 8 knots. Downwind we swapped between kites to see which we liked better and selected the "Billy Baroo" as our primary kite and AP as our back up. At this point, most of the class has 2 viable spinnakers, and it makes sense to add in a specialized Light Air VMG spinnaker for regattas when you know the breeze is going to be under 10 knots and declare that as your primary spinnaker.
Regatta Strategy
Going into the NA's, we knew that to be among the top boats at the end of the regatta would need good consistent scores and I didn't think any one boat was going to dominate the event. There was plenty of talent in the fleet and with all the races counting, the outcome would come down to the last race. The goal was to be one of those boats with a shot at the title going into that final race.
One thing that cannot be stressed enough that made a difference was having a consistent crew. Will Felder and Marc Gauthier sailed with me for most of the regattas this year, and we worked Victor Diaz in for a number of practice sessions as well. His knowledge with the San Diego venue proved invaluable and allowed all of us to work well together and keep our eyes on the prize throughout the regatta. Having confidence in your crew is essential to coming away from big regattas with a win.
Starting Strategy
The Velocitek ProStart does change the game, since everyone knows where the line is. There are some teams that like to mix it up at the ends of the line, but it is hard to pull off good starts near an end over the course of a 10 to 12 race series. Most of the fleet likes to start near the favored end, or in the case of San Diego near the windward end. If it looked too congested at the weather end with a couple of minutes to go, we would often bail out and move down the line. The times we started in a congested area, we would have been better off moving down the line. If the line was 15 or more degrees favored at the pin, the fleet would move to that end. 10 degree bias seemed to be about the right bias to spread out the fleet across the line.
In a big fleet, we generally do a port approach (unless it is heavy air) and try to get on starboard between 1:30 and 1 minute to go. I still try to approach the line with seconds and meters closely matching during that final minute on starboard. If it's lighter, we have the jib deployed to be able to approach the line at a meter a second ratio and still have some time to scrub off. When it is 8 + knots, we approach with the jib furled, since we can approach at a meter a second ratio with just the main only. In that condition we generally deploy at 30 seconds but even later the windier it gets. Once the jib is deployed, the J/70 accelerates quickly, except in the light conditions. Deploying the jib in fresher conditions too early makes it hard to hold back and protect space to leeward. Any time I find myself with a minute to go and only 30 meters from the line, unless it is very light air, it generally does not end well.
More information on Doyle's J/70 sails here.
Africa Wins 2015 J/70 North American Championship
Jud Smith, Head of Doyle One Design, sailing with Marc Gauthier, Victor Diaz, and William Felder on Africa, overcame a 15 point deficit on the final day of the J/70 North Americans to take the title in the competitive 50-boat fleet. Smith had sailed consistently through the 4 day event, with only one race outside the top 10 going into the final day, but it was the final two races that moved him from second into first.
Doug Strebel and the Zounds team led for the first thee days of the event, posting all top six scores except for one race yesterday. Tim Healy finished third, a position he had held throughout the four day event.
With light winds and a 2:00pm deadline for the final race start, Smith only had two races to shorten Strebel's 15-point lead. Winds blew at an average of 6-8kts over the racing venue, set up just offshore from Coronado beach. The first race of the day was a four-leg course, with two upwind and two downwind sprints. Smith finished in 9th place, while Strebel fell to the second half of the fleet, finishing in 25th.
In addition to a major change on the scoreboard, Race 9 also had significant changes of its own. John Brigden (Cool Story, Bro) was poised for a top finish after an early lead in the upwind leg, but ultimately fell behind and finished in 14th place. Shannon Bush (Hooligan) and Thomas Bowen (Reach Around) both conceded two places during the second two legs, finishing in 6th and 4th, respectively.
Joel Ronning (Catapult) won Race 9, followed by Jeff Brown (J/70) in 2nd place and Julian Fernandez Neckelmann (Flojito y Cooperando) in 3rd.
Going into the final race of the regatta, a two-point spread separated Smith in 1st from Strebel in 2nd. Since competitors were not eligible for any throw-out scores, every race counted towards the final showdown.
By the time the fleet made it to the first upwind mark, Brad Rodi (Bl!ss) was leading the race with regatta leader Smith just four boats behind. Strebel was well behind the top third of the fleet during the second leg. He finished the race in 18th place, guaranteeing that Smith would take home the title.
For more information on Doyle's J/70 sails, please visit here.
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Doyle Sails Dominate 2015 Marblehead NOOD Regatta
Marblehead Race Week, now sailed as the Marblehead NOOD Regatta, got underway last week for the 126th running of the regatta with 140 boats competing in 9 different One Design Classes. As is the case in many years, Doyle-powered boats won the majority of the classes at the Marblehead NOOD Regatta, one of the northeast's premier annual One-Design Regattas. Among other highlights, Doyle customers swept the podium in the Rhodes 19, Town Class, and IOD classes, as well as winning the J/70, J/105 at Etchells classes.
In the Rhodes 19 class, the fleet saw one of the most competitive finishes in recent history, with 7 lead changes over the 4 day event and a mere 8 points separated first through sixth. In the end, Jamie Holley, sailing Mankini with his wife Janice for the first three days and then his son Cameron for the final day, took home the win in a tie-breaker. When asked what his favorite part of race week was, Jamie answered, "My family. My wife crewed the first few days, and then my son did the last." Team Mankini was named the overall winner of Race Week for their performance.
Holley and his crew beat out second place co-skippers Ken Cormier and Steve Dalton in an overall points tie because Holley ended with two race wins compared to Cormier's one – both of which he scored in the final two races. "It was a very tough week of sailing," said Holley. "We were only one of two fleets that had to sail all four days. We were 12 points down coming into the last day of sailing, and we pulled through." He added, "There was everything from light air and flat water, to heavy air and high seas. I want to say it takes consistency to win, but we weren't very consistent. There were at times five boats wide round the mark, and sometimes other factors made it a very complicated regatta." Interestingly, in the 33-boat fleet, Holley was the only one to win more than one race, with 10 others each winning one race. Holley was using Doyle's well proven race sails that have been extensively developed in recent years.
In the 23-boat J/70 fleet, Jud Smith and AFRICA put on a dominating performance, much of which Smith attributes to just plain better boat speed, coupled with some strong tactical calls from his wife Cindy. The regatta also doubled as the J/70 New England Championship, and featured some strong competition from as far away as Texas. Winning 5 of the 10 races, Smith felt good in the range of conditions he saw through the three days of racing. "We felt like our upwind boat speed and pointing ability was phenomenal. We've fine tuned the jib design a bit in the last few months to allow us to inhaul better which helps with out height off the line. We were sailing a bit heavy this regatta, so making sure we made our gains upwind was essential to making the whole race work" commented Smith reflecting on the week. At the end of the regatta, he received the Norman E. Cressy Trophy, which is awarded by the Marblehead Racing Association to the skipper who best displays the outstanding performance at Marblehead Race Week as it relates to fleet competitiveness, sportsmanship and overall smart sailing. In addition to Smith, three of the top four Corinthian Teams were using Doyle Sails.
In the J/105 Class, it was Fred deNapoli on Allegro Semplicita who came away with the win after several lead changes. Despite his success in other regattas with his boat, deNapoli had to be pleased with his performance this year, as he previously looked back on his 12 years in the class, remarking "In 2003, I borrowed a J/105 and came in second by a point or two. Last year I again came in second by a point or so. We've always been the bridesmaid, and never the bride." deNapoli was using Doyle's latest Stratis jib design, along with a AP Crosscut Main and Airx 700 Class Spinnaker.
In the Town Class, sailing with one of the largest fleets in recent memory. Berit Solstad came away with a commanding victory over local rival Kelley Braun. After years of dominance in the Town Class, Doyle successful introduced a new mainsail design, which was utilized by Solstad in the victory.
The Etchells fleet, a longtime favorite in Marblehead, was also successful for Doyle One Design's own Tomas Hornos, who came away with the win after winning half of the 8 races. Hornos is a relative newcomer in the Etchells fleet, but has put together a string of impressive performances in the last year.
The Marblehead IOD fleet has always been one of the most photogenic fleets around, with classic boats and matching fleet sails, which make for close racing. This year it was Charlie Richter racing Javelin who came out on top. Doyle has been proud to supply sails to the IOD fleet in Marblehead, among other venues, and has consistently produced top level sails that perform well over the many years that the sails rotate through.
To learn more about Doyle's One Design Sails, please visit here.
For Full Regatta Results, please visit here.
Pictures courtesy Bruce Durkee
Hooligan wins J70s at Cleveland Race Week
Skipper, Trey Sheehan, of Hooligan Flat Stanley Racing and team on his J/70 'Hooligan' win the class at Cleveland Race Week this past weekend with one race to spare. Hooligan continues to move up each regatta, powered fully by Doyle sails, with Brad Boston of Doyle Boston aboard.
Inaugural J/70 Worlds will feature top Doyle Sailors and Sailmakers
Doyle Sailmakers is proud to be involved in the inaugural J/70 Worlds in Newport, R.I., running from September 8-13 at the New York Yacht Club. Many of our Doyle customers and sailmakers will be competing in this inaugural event. Doyle's One Design team has built sails for many of the competitors and with over 90 boats on the starting line for this event, the starting line will be crowded with numerous world champions in other classes – all vying to be the first J/70 world champion.
The boat has also recently been chosen as Sailing World's 2014 Boat of the Year and is designated as an International Class by ISAF (International Sailing Federation). At only two and half years old but over 600 boats sailing in over 20 countries, Doyle Sailmakers is proud to be one of the premiere one-design sailmakers for the fleet.
Adding to the luster of competing in the inaugural worlds is the fact that many of Doyle's sailmakers will be a part of this event, including 2006 Rolex Yachtsman of the Year Jud Smith, who has been building sails for many Doyle customers in the J/70 fleet as they prepare for this event.
"Although this is the Worlds, at this time it will primarily US Boats being sailed but this will be the regatta to peak for," Smith said. "It will be interesting to see how some of the boats do who are peaking right now. There are some boats who are at the right time to peak and there are certain players who have emerged strong very recently – so this is their time."
Many Doyle customers and sailmakers will be at this event. Peter Duncan, who got into the J/70 class early on, has been training all summer after campaigning his Etchells for most of last year. Sailing USA 49 "Relative Obscurity" he brings along long-time crew Tom Blackwell and has added Mark Ivy and Doyle's own Greg Marie. Earlier this year, Duncan finished 3rd in the 40 boat fleet at Bacardi Miami Sailing Week.
Jud Smith will be sailing with his wife Cindy, Jake Ladow, and Doyle One Design's Will Felder. Earlier this summer, Smith won the J/70 class at the Marblehead NOOD regatta.
Doyle CFD's Tyler Doyle, who has spent extensive time developing proprietary software to analyze sail shape and boat setup in real time for the J/70, will be sailing with Chris Boulter, Indre Jankeviciute, and Terra Berlinski on USA 245.
Brad Boston of Doyle Boston (Canada), fresh from winning the Viper 640 North Americans last week, will be racing with team "Hooligan", with skipper Tres Sheehan, Curtis Florence and Lindsay Bartal.
Mark Ploch of Doyle City Island in New York will be racing his USA 61 "Sugar Daddy" with Mark Foster, Rob Fear and Tomas Hornos from Doyle One Design.
We are looking forward to a very exciting and successful regatta.
Full regatta information can be found here.
Africa Wins J/70 Winter Series #1
Jud Smith, sailing with his wife Cindy, daughter Darby and Rick Myers, won the first event of the J/70 Winter Series, held January 11-12 at the Davis Island Yacht Club in Tampa, Florida. In the competitive 39 boat fleet, Smith finished in the top ten in all 5 races, and won two of three races on the first day. Also using Doyle's latest J/70 sails were Mike Dressel who finished fifth, and Mark Ploch in seventh.
Saturday was the windier day of the two, with the breeze beginning at 12 knots and building to 20 by the end of the day. With the breeze out of the south, waves increased to 1-3 feet. Smith was confident in his upwind boatspeed, pointing out that he was first to the first windward mark in all three races on Saturday, with some downwind boat handling issues holding him back in race 2.
The event was an excellent warm up for Key West Race Week, which starts later this month and will have over 60 boats on the line.
Doyle One Design has been working on refining its J/70 sail designs for over a year now, and having done extensive modeling, testing and regattas, feels confident that its sails are the best on the race course – and results like this only reinforce that belief.
Doyle's Tuning Guide and Tuning Matrix have been updated, and can be found here.


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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 18 — Fashion designer Sue Wong opened Los Angeles Fashion week with the Pre-Code Hollywood-themed "Glamour Goddesses" party and fashion presentation at her historic Wilshire Center Atelier on Friday, October 15, 2010. Guests, who included fashion editors, stylists, and celebrities such as Brooke Burns ("Melrose Place," "Baywatch"), Bridget Marquardt ("The Girls Next Door"), Melinda McGraw ("Mad Men," "The Dark Night") and Charlotte Ross ("Glee"), roamed the loft-like space where the Sue Wong Spring 2011 Collection was presented on live models and installed mannequins surrounded by the designer's expansive modern art collection. Event sponsors included Napoleon Perdis, Matt Adams for Sally Hershberger, Famous Cupcakes, PAMA Liqueur, Hpnotiq Liqueur, Hansen's Soda, Vita Coco, Icelandic Glacial and Michael Antonio.
A tribute to the iconic glamour goddesses of the Silver Screen, the evening was a decadent celebration of Hollywood glamour and fashion. Many guests rose to the occasion and arrived in period attire or dressed in Sue Wong as their favorite Pre-Code screen legend including Bella Thorne ("Wizards of Waverly Place", "Shake it Up") who played with a fun Marie Prevost flapper look, and Brooke Burns who resembled Ava Gardner in her Sue Wong feather gown. "Sue Wong never fails to make a woman feel glamorous and feminine in her dresses, and tonight was no exception. … However; I never wanted to take this feather dress off!" said Burns.
Pre-Code Hollywood preceded the Hayes Code of censorship which was officially implemented in 1934, and was the free wheeling creative period at the dawn of the motion picture era, noted for its adventurous exploration of subject matters, including provocative takes on sexuality, challenges to authority, and a rejection of Victorian era traditions. "At a young age I became enamored of films such as Blonde Venus, The Tarnished Lady, and Dangerous Curves and the scandalous glamour goddesses of the Pre-Code silver screen, such as Marlene Dietrich, Bette Davis, Barbara Stanwyck and Tallulah Bankhead and their independent strength, their embrace of feminine sensuality and their sexually frank libertine spirit," said Sue Wong, who cites these iconic screen legends as the inspiration for her Spring 2011 Collection.
The Sue Wong Spring 2011 Collection features dramatic gowns and flirtatious cocktail dresses with intricately wrought hand details such as beadwork, applique, and embroidery and novel trim including leaves fashioned from taffeta, scalloped tiers of Battenberg lace and skirts of ostrich feather. "I wanted to evoke the chic elegance and cool mystique of Greta Garbo, the irreverent and indomitable spirit of Mae West, and the seductive sensuality of Jean Harlow," said Sue Wong, whose designs are sold in fine boutiques and department stores such as Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdale's and Nordstrom and in more than 27 countries globally.
Sue Wong lives for one thing: To spread glamour and beauty! Alluring and evocative, a Sue Wong design often echoes period style while remaining modern and utterly of the moment. Whether suffused with the sensuous Hollywood glamour of her muses — Garbo, Dietrich, Lombard — or steeped in the mystery of a Moroccan seraglio, her creations teem with romance and a restrained opulence. Capturing that spirit with accessible designs of exceptional glamour and beauty, Sue Wong has found a calling she revels in, as couturier to everywoman. Her collection enchants as it empowers, leaving a trail of speechless romantics in its wake.


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The steam engine purchased for the expected Carson City to Virginia City rail line won't be getting a new name.
The Commission for the Reconstruction of the V&T voted Monday not to change the name of the McCloud No. 18, which the commission purchased from the McCloud Railway Co. in 2005, to the Washoe No. 10.
Ted Short, a former Washoe County Commissioner and member of the Northern Nevada Railway Foundation, asked the commission to rename the locomotive so he could convince Washoe County residents to raise funds to pay off the $420,000 engine.
Short proposed a fundraising program.
"Washoe County has given $300,000 from its general fund," he said. "That means it came from every taxpayer in Washoe County."
Short said it was the right approach to use to get Washoe County residents behind the train.
"I know we can raise the rest of the money to buy the Washoe," he said. "The name Washoe will get people involved."
But Commissioner Ron Allen objected to the change.
"I don't like to mess with history, and I don't think the locomotive is the place to start naming things," he said. "It can be held to coaches, and that's something they've always done."
Allen said the McCloud No. 18 had 90 years of its own history that should be preserved.
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But Bonnie Weber, who represents Washoe County on the commission, said the renaming could aid in fundraising and save taxpayers money.
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She noted that McCloud was in California. "I think Washoe is a better name."
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He trotted, arms loose at his side, Ranger-style as his dad had taught him, through the section of planted pines into the wildlife refuge property, and soon found himself in the fern field. Dusty bounded ahead, seeking out the smells left and right. Some low scrub, wild grasses, scorched palmetto and millions of ferns spread out before him. Spotting the toppled cypress, he approached it. The hole in the ground left by the root ball was already sprouting growth, its shallow pool alive with water bugs lunching on mosquito larvae. He looked at the knife scrapings his dad had made and convinced himself that the soil over the artifact did not appear to be any different from the soil around it. Dusty lapped at the small pool. Reaching for his canteen, Brad realized that he hadn't put on his web belt. That meant no water, no knife, no camera. Though thirsty, he didn't like the look of the puddle even though it didn't bother Dusty. He remembered the little sinkhole beyond the titi thicket. That was decent water, he recalled, if a little tannic. Pushing through the web of branches in the thicket, he thought he might need to bring a machete out next time to cut a little trail through. The water in the hole was dark, even at midday.
He leaned over the same cypress root to get a drink and saw his reflection in the smooth, dark mirror. Sitting back and leaning on a cypress, he relaxed. Dusty curled up beside him and rested his nose on his leg. Soon, as the low whirring of insects and the last heat of the afternoon began to dull his senses, he was nearly asleep. "hell-o?" The thought was tentative. Was it a thought? "What?" Brad sat up, peering through the underbrush all around. "please not a-fraid." The thoughts forming on their own came in single syllables. "Who is that? Who's there?" He stood up and twirled around looking for anyone who could sound so close. "friend … glad you back … friend." "Where are you?" He could feel a cool sweat on his flushed forehead. "here … with you … here long time." "Where are you? I'm leaving if you don't show yourself." "not go … want talk … talked before , you leave." "Last week?" "not know week … be-fore i talk … you leave." "Why are you hiding? Why won't you show yourself?" "not hide … here can not see … can only feel." "How long have you been here? Where are you from?" "here long time … far way … long time be-fore I talk others."
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Brad looked at the table and traced circles along the faded pattern on the Masonite surface. "Didn't say that I did find something." His dad would have none of it. "Boy! Look at me. What did you find?" "If this thing is really old, I can only think of one explanation, and it's just …" he faltered, "… too weird!" "One more time, Son, what did you find?" "A piece of metal." He looked up at his father's serious face. "Can't be Spanish—least I don't think it is." "Well, there were all kinds of explorers in these woods. Could even have been from the Civil War." "No, Dad." He got up and went to retrieve the piece from under his mattress. As he left the room, he said, "It's not from here." "What do you mean, 'not from here'?" Brad came back into the kitchen holding the blue metal bar in his outstretched arms as if he were presenting a samurai sword. "This thing is not from here! Not this planet!" Whit took the piece and examined it closely. It was as Brad had said. It was bluish, actually more of a teal, and colored as if from a dull powder coat, not polished, but not scratched. One end looked like it might take an addition of some kind, as if something else had been there. Although the thing was unfamiliar, it seemed unfinished in the same way that a socket wrench would look unfinished without a socket. The other end was distressed—broken in fact, snapped off.
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Sunny picked up the phone and growled a hello into the receiver. His initial scowl softened into a smile; he'd been expecting it to be another call from a telephone solicitor. "Sure, Miss Sue, I'll go over and turn everything on. Right, 'cept the lights. Yes, ma'am, next twenty, thirty minutes at worst." He picked casually at a dry liver spot on the back of his hand. "What'd she want to go back to Las Vegas for? Uh-huh, uh-huh." He listened attentively for a while with an occasional "do tell" and "don't say," as he took in what was apparently an interesting story.
Jasper got up, went outside, and relieved himself of most of the last two light beers, and came back in. Sunny was just hanging up the phone. Jasper, one of Sunny's longtime fishing partners and a regular at the men's breakfast club, was known locally as "Jazz" even though his musical tastes ran to sixties country and western. He was another victim of Sunny's naming system.
"Jazz, don't set just yet. Miss Sue asked me to go over to Miss Lucy's and turn on the water 'n' AC, 'n' air it a bit. She says to 'spect company in an hour'r two." Without much more conversation, the old friends hitched up into Sunny's old pickup and headed out of the drive.
"Miss Sue hire you to take after the place?"
"No, sir, she does not."
"You got history with her the county don't know about?"
"Yeah, but it ain't the interesting kind ends up in the paper for weeks on end." There was a silence for a while. Sunny's lower lip was moving like he was considering what to say. Jazz sat looking over every now and then as if to urge on the reply.
When it came, he was dumbstruck. "Jazz? You believe in flying saucers and space aliens?" He waited in the momentary silence for Sunny to continue. "You know, not like in the movies maybe, but do you allow that of all them stars that maybe some of 'em might have smart critters on 'em that can visit now and again?" Two and two did not add up.
Jazz considered his response to the question and asked, "You sayin' that Miss Sue is a space alien?"
"Naw!" Sunny reached out and flicked Jasper across the knees. "Don't be an idjut! I'm askin' the question: Do you think it's possible that maybe bein's from another planet might have been to earth?"
"Well, heck! Almost anything is possible, Sunny." They rode in silence for a little while. Jazz asked. "So you're saying you do? You do believe in flying saucers 'n' such?"
"Ain't sayin' any such a thing." He thought a moment and continued, "Guess some people I've knowed a long time do, and they come on pretty convincing." He let go of the wheel with both hands in a palms-up gesture of simple acceptance. "I saw this bit of metal that was found down in the woods that we, er, some folks think fell outta space or got knocked off'n a spaceship or something like that, and, well, Jazz, it sure did not look like anything I'd ever seen before. And I've worked on about every kind of metal that comes through a shop. I've welded on brass, bronze, steel, 'luminum, mag, stainless, and all sorts of exotic alloys, and I gotta admit I's stumped when I saw it." He explained about the coloring and the ring of tiny black dots that seemed to be extruded or formed into the length of the rod and the peculiar details of how it was found.
Jasper listened, saying nothing for a while. Finally, he grinned and punched Sunny on his knee with the back of his knuckles. "Man, that was a good one. You had me for a while there, Sunny. I had taken the hook, and you was reelin' me in. But I only had two of yore beers. I ain't that far along!" He laughed a deep, rich guffaw and slapped his own thigh. "Man, I gotta remember that one. I bet I can pull in half the guys up at the barber shop if I can work it into a conversation somewhere."
Sunny looked sideways at his friend as he drove, wondering if he should push it. He considered it for a while and then laughed aloud and said, "Ha, Jazz, you jumped all over that bait shore as a gator'd go after a pup on a rope." He laughed again, and Jasper joined in. Sunny realized that not everyone was as liberal a thinker as he was.
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Driver avoids serious injury after run-in with mooseJune 16,2013Staff Writer
KILLINGTON — A Middlesex motorist avoided serious injury following a collision with a moose Saturday night.
According to State Police, shortly after 9 p.m., Maurice A. Hebert, 65, was driving east on Route 4 in a 2012 Jeep Wrangler when a moose emerged from the woods and struck the passenger's side of Hebert's vehicle.
Hebert sustained minor scrapes, as did his passenger, Rosemary Hebert, 63, of Middlesex. A 15-year-old juvenile passenger was not injured. The vehicle sustained damage to the front, rear and passenger side and was towed from the scene.
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Sugar Cane Skewered Shrimp
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup Thai chili soy paste
- 1/2 cup sweet chili paste
- 1/2 tablespoon chopped ginger
- 1/2 tablespoon garlic
- 1/2 cup chopped Chinese parsley leaves
- 16 shrimp
- Sugar cane stalk, cut into skewers
Place chili pastes in bowl and add water. Mix the remaining ingredients together to make a thin mixture. Put shrimp in marinade and refrigerate overnight. Place shrimp on skewers, 4 pieces on each skewer, and grill.
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Solar de São João - Apartamentos Turísticos is a short stroll from Albufeira Bullring and Oura Beach. This 74-room, 3-star apartment welcomes guests with 2 outdoor pools, a bar/lounge, and free self parking. Also near this Albufeira apartment are International Health Centers Albufeira and Aveiros Beach.
For your convenience, breakfast is available for a fee each morning from 9 AM to 11 AM. Get an energy boost at the coffee shop/café, or grab a drink at the bar/lounge.
The 74 apartments feature kitchenettes with refrigerators, microwaves, and stovetops. For entertainment, guests can expect to find satellite TV.
Property features
Guests staying at Solar de São João - Apartamentos Turísticos enjoy access to 2 outdoor pools, a children's pool, and free WiFi in public areas. You can put free parking to good use if you drive. Staff members are on hand to provide dry cleaning/laundry services, tour or ticket assistance, and luggage storage. Additional amenities include a business center, a library, and a terrace.
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Solar de São João - Apartamentos Turísticos features 2 outdoor swimming pools and a children's pool. The apartment offers a coffee shop/café. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the apartment's bars, which include a poolside bar and a bar/lounge. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access.
A business center is on site at this 3-star property. This Albufeira apartment also offers a library, a terrace, and tour/ticket assistance. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 74
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Business center
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- Free WiFi
- Number of outdoor pools - 2
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- Free self parking
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- Children's pool
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- Kitchenette
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- Refrigerator
- Microwave
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Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free long-term parking, Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Kitchenette
- Microwave
- Refrigerator
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Bathtub only
- Hair dryer (on request)
- In-room safe (surcharge)
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Cookware, dishware, and utensils
- Stovetop
- Satellite TV service
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- Free cribs/infant beds
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Breakfast is available for a surcharge and served each morning between 9 AM and 11 AM.
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2 outdoor swimming pools are on site along with a children's pool.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Bicycle rentals on site
To make special requests for accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
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Check-in time starts at 4:00 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-out time is 11:00 AM
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- Breakfast fee: EUR 9.50 per person (approximately)
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Kathryn Sue Murray Dixon
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, July 30, at a 2 p.m. in Martin & Castille's La Fleur de Lis Chapel in Lafayette for Kathryn Sue Murray Dixon, 67, who died at 1:13 a.m. on Monday, July 28, 2014, at her residence in Lafayette.
Interment will be in Resthaven Memorial Gardens in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on Aug. 1, 2014.
Brother William Murray Jr., brother of Kathryn Dixon, will conduct the funeral services.
Survivors include two daughters, Michelle Crozier and husband Bobby and Priscilla Gilmore; a step-daughter, Christine Dixon; four grandchildren, Casey Crozier and wife Mandy, Dillon Crozier, Cydni Crozier, Karlyn Eddy; two great-grandchildren, Isaac Crozier and Jasper Crozier; one step-grandson, Addison Dixon; one sister, Chrissy Petzel and husband Detlef; and one brother, William Murray Jr. and wife Norma.
She was preceded in death by her parents, William Murray Sr. and the former Bernice Lane; and one son, Jeffery Dixon.
Kathryn was born on April 4, 1947, in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and was a resident of Lafayette for many years. She was a political analyst and a classic movie buff. Kathryn loved animals and nurturing beautiful plants. She enjoyed cooking for her family and friends and will be dearly missed.
The family requests that visitation be observed in Martin & Castille's SOUTHSIDE location on Wednesday from 9 a.m. until time of service.
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I need to update my company's information in the top 25 business directories (listed below). Existing profiles need to be updated with current information, which I will provide. Business directories that do not yet have my business listed need to have accounts/profiles created and content added. I have text, images, videos, and links to add to each of these business directory websites.
After performing this task, I want an Excel document with a row for each business directory, including the name of the directory, the direct URL to my company's listing on that site, login username, and login password for managing my company's listing/profile later.
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I want to start off by saying, without a shadow of a doubt, this is a biased blog.
Although I had played and re-played through other Schafer-penned titles (Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Full Throttle) my eventual adoration of Tim Schafer began with a little game called Grim Fandango. I remember picking up the over-sized box from the shelf, intrigued by the Day of the Dead inspired, noir-stylized artwork. I immediately bought the game, took it home, and played through what would become my favorite PC game (which remains true to this day). What made Grim great wasn't just the fun adventure gameplay or the interesting artwork; it was the incredible characters and their hilarious dialogue. After completing the game, I looked into who created the title, and soon realized that a guy named Tim Schafer had been the brain behind an amazing assortment of games I had been playing for years. That was it, I was hooked, and a diehard Tim Schafer fan from that moment forward. Schafer didn't let me down, releasing 2005's excellent Psychonauts. If you havn't played Psychonauts, you should be ashamed of yourself. Go fix that right now.
So, as I was whisked away to E3 this year, I awaited with great anticipation my opportunity to see Schafer's latest game, Brutal Legend, in person. After playing the demo, and even meeting the legend himself, I realized that Brutal was going to be another game I obsessed over. The combination of fantastic writing, the opportunity to play inside a world that looked like a Judas Priest cover, and engaging combat culminated into something that just felt...well, for lack of a more exciting term...FUN.
Now that Brutal has been released upon the masses, and I've had a considerable amount of play time with the game, I can honestly say it's great. When a videogame has me laughing out loud from start to finish, I generally consider that to be impressive and it's a tribute to the comedic abilities of Tim Schafer. Still, with all that Brutal has to offer, I have read a number of reviews that claim the game isn't "fun enough", most of which seems to be targeted towards the RTS elements. While I realize that RTS' are not everyone's bag (Hell, to be honest I am definitely not an RTS junkie) Brutal's "stage battles" actually feel fresh and enjoyable, once you take a small amount of time to understand the system.
Brutal Legend is not a traditional RTS. Traditionally, RTS' force the player into an almost omnipotent position, flying around the world from a god-like perspective and commanding units to do their bidding from afar. It's easy for someone who is familiar with typical strategy games to fall into the trap of entering stage battles, spawning demon wings from Eddie Riggs' back, and flying around the map haphazardly trying to command troops into battle. This is NOT the way to play this game. If you play Brutal the way you play say, Starcraft, you're not going to have fun and you're most assuredly going to suck. What makes these Stage Battles different, and in fact what makes them enjoyable, is that you are not just some floating being who is removed from the action. Stage Battles are meant to be played more like an RTS-themed action sequence. Stay on the ground, move your units with you, place rally flags for spawning units to join you, get in there and slug it out with your army. Not only will you find the sequences more entertaining, you'll find that you're playing better.
Gameplay aside, I want to get into what this blog is truly about: Tim Schafer. A couple of nights ago, I decided to send Tim Schafer a friend request on PSN. While I was surprised that he even accepted the friend request, I was absolutely amazed when Schafer accepted a mulitplayer invite. There's something really special about playing a videogame with the man who created it. We talked about Brutal Legend, 1UP, and even a bit about the response to the game so far before heading into a head to head match. If you're wondering, yes, he totally kicked my ass in Stage Battle. After a great deal of chat and battling, I walked away feeling really honored that I had been able to have that experience. What's more, it made me realize something; Tim Schafer is an incredibly nice, down-to-earth dude.
While I can certainly remember a number of "videogame creators," those who truly attach their name to their work, I can think of none who have impressed me in the manner of Schafer. Sure, many of those creators produced amazing games that captivated us all, but how many would take a couple hours one night to sit and play his game with some dork from Dayton, Ohio? Or anyone else who was willing to play, for that matter? Not many...if any. I think what I like about Schafer the most, besides his work, is that I genuinely believe he's one of us. A guy who truly loves videogames, and just happens to be able to make them for a living. Furthermore, Schafer appears to be completely devoted to making games with his vision, whether those games fit into the status quo or not. Clearly, in this age of Call of Duty and God of War clones, it would be simpler to churn out cookie-cutter shlock. However, Schafer seems unwavering in his efforts to produce games that challenge traditional gameplay, glow with originality, and allow us to enjoy the ride, laughing to the end. So...
We need guys like Tim Schafer. We need developers that go out there and make the games that need to be made. The only way that continues to happen is if we buy the games. So, here's my plea: If you havn't done so already, go buy Brutal Legend. If you like action games, you'll like Brutal Legend. If you like RTS games or want something different from them, you'll like Brutal Legend. If you love metal, you'll like Brutal Legend...If you HATE metal, you'll get the joke and like Brutal Legend. Finally, if you enjoy amazing dialogue, a great cast of characters, and supporting a game that needs to be supported by the gaming community...You'll Love It.
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