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LONE TREE — Darrel Ross Bell, 84, of Lone Tree, died Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, in Lakeland Regional Medical Center in Florida.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Friday, Feb. 7, at the Lone Tree American Legion with the Rev. Rick Crooks presiding, assisted by Cluster Coordinator Carol Kaalberg. Burial will be in the Lone Tree Cemetery. Following the burial, there will be a time of food and fellowship at the American Legion. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the American Legion. A general memorial fund has been established. The Sorden-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Lone Tree is in charge of the arrangements.

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She is the former west London housewife who has revolutionised the genre of erotic fiction with her bestselling trilogy of novels, Fifty Shades of Grey, whose combination of romantic storytelling and themes of bondage and domination are so steamy they have been dubbed "mommy porn" by the New York Times.
Now EL James is set to conquer Hollywood after securing a multi-million-dollar deal to turn the first of the books into a blockbuster movie in what top producers hope will be the start of a lucrative franchise.
For two days last week, James, a former TV writer, and her literary agent, Valerie Hoskins, were in Los Angeles's Soho House hotel accepting submissions for the first of the series from Hollywood's leading producers.
The British pair were showered with incentives, including one studio presenting a video of its top female executives praising the trilogy.
According to reports, $5m (€3.8m) was already on the table from Sony Pictures. Producers say they haven't seen such a stampede since the auction for Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code.
Despite the fever, few producers are willing to talk publicly, though sources point to Sony as probable winners.
The publishing industry has discovered a significant base of women sharing "slash" fiction at online sites where they read and talk about their desires and interests; now Hollywood is eagerly following.
Fifty Shades, say agents and producers, might be only the first of many mined from this new literary seam.
James's literary output may be wildly popular - she has sold more than 250,000 copies since last year - but no one is making claims for its literary achievement, a cross between a Harlequin romance, nine and a half Weeks, and the controversial Mama Liz Drinks Deep series.
"My inner goddess is beside herself, hopping from foot to foot," James writes in one steamy section. "Anticipation hangs heavy over my head like a dark tropical cloud."
"The material is really not very good," says one leading producer who was asked to get involved.
"There are a lot of producers involved in the auction who you can't imagine having any passion for the material but see it as a pure business opportunity."
The most likely outcome, he added, is that someone will wildly overpay for the book and then try to make the movie inexpensively.
But for every Twilight saga, Hunger Games or Harry Potter, there's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, which proved to be a disappointment at the box office.
James began the Fifty Shades series - Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed - as a series of postings on fan fiction online.
The forthcoming paperbacks all have bondage related covers, featuring in succession a tie, a mask and handcuffs. The books centre on the dominant-submissive relationship between 21-year-old Anastasia Steele, a university student, and Christian Grey, a rich tycoon in his late-20s. He subjugates her, including whipping her with a leather riding crop, but withholds his emotions. A book deal followed last year and sales took off.
Now the US Knopf imprint Vintage Anchor has snapped up the franchise. When the trilogy is released in the US next month, the print run will be 750,000.
Film producers hope the James genre of "mommy porn" will usher in a new era of erotic film-making.
Several adult-themed films are on the way, including a biopic of Linda Lovelace starring Amanda Seyfried and Sharon Stone.
But while James will end up with millions, the film industry is entering relatively uncharted territory. On the literary side Valerie Hoskins predicts that the phenomenon can only grow because people can read this material on iPads and Kindles "without anybody knowing what they're reading".
However, there are widespread doubts that a screen adaptation could live up to the expectations.
"It may be a new phenomenon of women engaging anonymously with erotic literature online, but it's one thing to read these books privately and it's another watching it in a theatre with hundreds of other people," says the producer who turned down any involvement.
One agent says that Hollywood's desire for mommy porn has its origin in the success of Twilight, a project that was initially aimed at 15-year-olds but soon found legions of fans in women of all ages.
Those are the same women who embraced Eat Pray Love, Sex and the City and Desperate Housewives, and made successes last year of Bridesmaids and the Oscar-nominated The Help, as well as turning the Belle de Jour books into surprise bestsellers and a hit TV series.
The first part of Fifty Shades Of Grey was published in paperback by Arrow last week, followed by the other two parts on April 26, all at £8.99


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Del Mar's venture into the sidewalk cafe world has a bug in the mix that should be a lesson to neighboring communities - one that the City Council members got an earful about this week.
The idea behind allowing the cafes to reach outside their walls was a good one that would foster new business and create a European feel along the street. Yet trying to accommodate the sloping streets, state regulations and disability requirements has created an undesired effect: block walls in the way of pedestrian flow and views. (Maybe they should be called blocking walls?)
Yes, state law requires a separation between pedestrians and areas where food and alcohol are served. But what the city calls "demarcation barriers" in its permit application have become total barriers. Why, when a railing or plexiglass is accepted in Solana Beach or Encinitas, does Del Mar have to approve block walls? Had the design review committee been involved in the process, would such a structure have been OK'd?
And do the kind of walls that have gone up really "preserve the visual character" that city officials said they wanted when they approved the ordinance a year ago?
We don't think so.
But we do applaud the council for listening to residents' concerns and setting a hearing for Monday to try to find a solution. Perhaps the council should take a field trip to communities where railings are sufficient barriers.
While it's not likely that it will change what's already been built, maybe it will find a way to avoid any more damage to the character of the village.


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by John Kmiecik | October 25, 2012 8:50 am
Fun in the sun looks to be turning into snow shoveling time as winter-like weather starts to approach many areas of the United States — but that does mean snow can't be fun, too.
Here is a trade idea on a company that counts on people having some fun in the snow, and could generate some profits for traders and investors:
Polaris Industries (NYSE:PII[1]) manufactures all-terrain recreational and utility vehicles and snowmobiles. Over the last year, there has been an increase in off-road vehicle demand, which has helped the company's earnings. The company announced third-quarter revenue last week and beat expectations on revenues and earnings per share. Sales for the quarter were up more than 20% from the prior-year's quarter, and next year's average estimate for revenue is $3.16 billion.
Click to Enlarge Taking a look at the chart, Polaris stock has been ebbing and flowing higher since the beginning of July and recently hit its all-time high. With the market selling off recently, PII has pulled back some and has given investors a little lower price to buy in. The 90 strike was chosen to sell because that was just above the stock's all-time high.
Example: Buy 100 shares of PII @ $83.59 and sell the November 90 call @ 50 cents.
Cost of the stock: 100 X 83.59 = $8,359 debit.
Premium received: 100 X 0.50 = $50 credit.
Maximum profit: $691 — that's $641 (90 – 83.59 X 100) from the stock and $50 from the premium received if PII finishes at or above $90 @ November expiration.
Breakeven: If PII finishes at $83.09 (83.59 – 0.50) @ November expiration.
Maximum loss: $8,309, which occurs in the unlikely event that PII goes to $0 @ November expiration.
The best-case scenario for this covered call strategy is for the stock to just rise up to the sold call's strike price at November expiration, which in this case is $90. The stock moves up the maximum amount without being called away, and gains are enjoyed on the shares and the option premium. Then the process can be duplicated for the next expiration if so desired.
If PII makes a move past its all-time high and past the $90 strike well before November expiration, the call option can be bought back and a higher strike can be sold against the position to avoid assignment. This will allow the stock to remain in the portfolio and also give the position a chance to increase its return especially if stock moves higher.
The breakeven point of the trade is situated just above an upward trendline that connects the previous three pivot lows. This could act as a strong area of support and possibly keep the stock from moving lower.
If support doesn't hold and the stock drops in price more than was anticipated, it might make sense to close out the entire trade (stock and short call) to avoid further losses.
As of this writing, John Kmiecik did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities.
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BAIJI , Iraq, June 17 (UPI) -- Fifty foreign nationals employed in a Siemens Energy plant in Baiji, Iraq, were safely evacuated after the facility was surrounded by militants.
The employees stayed in the plant, encircled by gunmen of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, who took over Baiji last week. The workers, all technicians for the German engineering and electrical company, were flown to Baghdad and Erbil by a chartered plane and an Iraqi army helicopter Sunday, it was reported Tuesday.
An initial evacuation by road failed after the employees' convoy met roadblocks and was turned back.
Siemens' presence in the area concerned the service and maintenance of a 600 megawatt gas power plant in Baiji -- near Mosul and 200 kilometers (125 miles) from Baghdad.
Eight of the technicians were German nationals. Last week, Germany requested the 1,000 German nationals in Iraq to leave several provinces overrun by militants, as well as the Baghdad area.


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The Tuesday Ladies' Lakeview Golf League held its two-person bestball tournament June 11.
A first-place tie occurred between the teams of Steph Malinges/Karen Hertman and Jackie Hoban/Lori Lewandoski.
Second place went to the team of Shelvo Swanson and Carol Schornack.
Longest putt on hole eight went to Hoban and nearest to the pin on hole five went to Nancy Christenson.


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The image of Apple's marketplace being only within the shores of the United States appears as valid as Microsoft's claims about Vista. The United States was tenth in the countries experiencing the most growth in demand for Apple's handset, a new survey found Friday. Instead, Japan, France and Australia are Apple's top three markets for its iPhone and iPod touch.
The Mobile Metrics report from AdMob said sales to Japan in 2009 grew 350 percent, while France saw a 300 percent jump with Australia close behind. The U.S. and Canadian markets showed more than 100 percent growth this year. Although U.S. growth lagged far behind the leaders, 50 percent of all iPhone and iPod touch users make the U.S. home, according to AdMob.
Overall, iPhone global sales rose by 150 percent during 2009.
The iPhone represented 38.3 percent of nearly 10 million requests to the AdMob network in November, a 6.2 percent increase over the previous month. The gains mostly were at the expense of Nokia, which saw a 3.3 percent drop in requests, reports said.
Although the report suggested little growth in the U.S., the iPhone has caught up with and passed Windows Mobile-based handsets, in terms of American users.
In an intriguing bit of back-room trivia, Admob was recently at the center of a growing competition between Apple and Internet giant Google. The Mountain View, Calif. company recently paid $750 million to acquire the mobile advertising firm after Apple had been in talks with AdMob execs about purchasing the company.


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The US Military Tested a Tsunami Bomb That Could Rival the Nuclear Bomb
We've all seen the destruction that tsunamis can cause. It doesn't play around. But back in 1944, the US military wanted to play around with tsunamis in hope of creating a man made tsunami bomb—basically setting off 10 large blasts in the ocean to create a 33-foot tsunami that would pulverize and drown a city.


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I've read Field & Stream on and off since childhood, when I discovered it in the public library on Court Street in Brooklyn and imagined myself a dove hunter, dog trainer, catcher of tarpon, shooter of duck. The fantasies stuck. I started to hunt. I started to fish. Ever so slowly, a city kid started to change.
The writing has always been good and, sometimes, as when my colleague C. J. Chivers files for them, it gets to be great. Yesterday, taking a flight from central Maine to New York, I read the October issue, cover to cover, taking notes all the way. Here's what I learned.
1. There appears to be some wickedly productive and exciting steelhead fishing going on in the shadows of the hurting cities along the coast and rivers of the eastern Great Lakes, from Cleveland up to Rochester, and over toward the Salmon River north of Syracuse. To judge from the photographs, those waters grow the fish big and smart, and it would be exciting to chase them in the sharp cold of a Western New York autumn.
2. That nervous, hyperadrenalized feeling that hunters and fishermen feel right before they take a shot or throw a fly at a passing fish? It takes a great deal of practice to lose that. But it does pass. Jerry Fisher, a custom gunmaker of some renown, told David E. Petzal, the magazine's rifles editor: "After you take about 300 head of big game, you calm down." In his column, Petzal wrote, "That sounds about right." It does sound about right.
3. In addition to a rifles editor, the magazine lists editors for the following pursuits or areas of sporting concern: whitetails, shotguns, fishing, conservation and outdoor skills.
4. Forty states have autumn wild-turkey seasons. And yet food magazines rarely if ever write about the pleasures of a wild-shot bird for Thanksgiving. (I'd smoke one, if I could lie still long enough to shoot one.)
5. The marriage of sporting magazines and the right to carry handguns while hunting animals you generally hunt with rifles and shotguns goes back longer than you might think. The magazine has a "What Year Was It?" feature that highlights a cover from the Field & Stream archives. October's is from 1922. It shows an upland bird hunter lifting his English Pointer dog carefully over a barbed wire fence, his shotgun leaning against a post. And within that issue, the editors note, the magazine asked readers to join in the "Anti Antipistol Fight."
6. Jonathan B. Miles, who writes "The Wild Chef" column for the magazine, is one of the nation's best and most unheralded recipe writers. His venison carbonnade — elk or moose would work just as well, he writes — looks beautiful and seems easy enough to prepare (I like the addition of some brown sugar to the deep punch of the beer he uses as braising liquid). Shoot me a moose, and I'll test the results for you.
7. The magazine offers seven profiles of "Heroes of Conservation" it plans to recognize and reward at a gala in Washington later this year. One of the most interesting is a guy named John Sferazo, of Huntington Station, N.Y. Sferazo is a retired union ironworker who bought an old asphalt-plant site in rural Maine, and he restored its 1,000 acres to land that provides habitat for ducks, deer, woodcock and snowshoe hares. After 9/11, and after months spent working at Ground Zero, Sferazo opened the site to first responders and combat veterans. The outdoors, he told the magazine, "can offer refuge and healing." True enough, but the science behind his restoration of the land itself is pretty amazing.
8. Before you skin a fish fillet, the magazine's "Readers' Tips" section recommends, open a bottle of beer and save the cap. "Place your fillet skin side down and slice ½ inch of skin from the meat at the tail. Press the edge of the bottle cap into the skin with your thumb to keep it taut while you slice the flesh away." Ryan Hart of Cedar Park, Texas, got a Buck knife for sending along the tip. And he totally deserves it.
9. Michael R. Shea, the magazine's online video editor, tanned a deer hide in the bathroom of his fifth-floor walkup in Manhattan, then wrote about it. Cool process. To judge from the photograph, it came out pretty good.
10. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Breeding Survey shows some 48,575,000 breeding ducks in and around the United States this year, up 7 percent from last year. An index of breeding habitat, however, shows a drop of 32 percent for the year. Energy extraction processes in northern breeding grounds, the growth in open land converted to crops in the Dakotas and drought are going to make it tough going for wild ducks in coming years.
11. A single blue jay can lay in as many as 4,000 acorns in a single season — and find them months later using a fairly advanced navigation system in its little brain. The blue jay may be, the magazine says, the most important disperser of seed for the eastern oak tree.
An earlier version misspelled the surname of Field & Stream's rifles field editor. He is David E. Petzal, not Petzel.


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So Silvio Berlusconi's grubby fingers have finally been prised off the levers of power in Rome – at least in theory. About time, too, for a rogue who shafted his country.
Who does that leave as the EU's most unreliable national leader? It's a hotly contested field but, for shortsighted tactical manoeuvres based largely on domestic party calculation, David Cameron must be be in with a chance. But is Ed Miliband's Labour party far behind?
First Berlusconi. Let's wait until he actually does resign – preferably with a garlic-soaked stake through his political heart – before celebrating this overdue event.
He may be plotting to bounce back via a surge of public support or the general election his rackety coalition is now seeking. He knows that the public prosecutor will be on his case as soon as he loses the protection of office – remember, the ailing Jacques Chirac is on trial in Paris, albeit too ill to be in the dock in person.
As Larry Elliott complains here, there's a democratic deficit in much of the current turmoil. The eurozone's leaders – a shadowy, half-elected caucus that Larry calls the Frankfurt Group – have, in effect, sacked the prime minister of Greece, and now Italy's too.
Portugal's and Ireland's governments have already fallen to election defeat, and Spain's is poised to be voted out too. That's always an important distinction: better the voters do it than Angela Merkel and Sarko.
Gordon Brown's defeat in 2010 is more complicated, but perceived economic failure was a crucial component of the story – not so much a democratic deficit as a financial one. That's true across the troubled eurozone belt, where voters enjoyed the boom (cheaper goods and credit) but turned on their elected leaders when it all went wrong.
The politically unaccountable nature of the eurozone project is not yet the decisive factor, but may become so as the logic of the present crisis forces greater central control over national budgets and deficits. Let's hope they are more successful than central banks and ratings agencies were in controlling the "too big to fail" banks.
Will the euro survive? The European commission president, José Manuel Barroso, said yesterday that all EU states, except Britain and Denmark with their opt-outs, have a legal responsibility to join eventually – no ifs or buts. It is the new norm.
Maybe, but that suggests to me that Barroso is just a Portuguese law professor turned technocrat who doesn't know much history. He left the Portuguese premiership for Brussels in 2004, just as Lisbon's own budget deficit was ballooning – he got out in time.
But what about Britain's role in the euro-drama which, so today's Guardian splash suggests, may almost halve next year's projected UK growth from 2.2% to 1.2%, according to the CBI, and what about the performance of the coalition's official opposition, Miliband-led Labour?
Jonathan Freedland's Guardian column pays generous tribute to Brown's role in preventing Tony Blair's woolly headed sentimentality towards the euro from taking sterling into the new currency and in making the 2009 G20 meeting in London more of a success (the claim is disputed by some economists) than this month's shambles in Cannes.
It's a fair point, though Johnny is kinder than he should be about Brown's persistent habit, as chancellor, of borrowing much more than was prudent as the boom ("no more boom and bust" was a very silly slogan) headed towards the cliff.
Over-leveraged banking caused the crisis, but the Treasury's over-reliance on taxes from financial services was part of the problem when it all crashed. It's not quite like the 1930s.
At fault, too, was Brown's tripartite division of responsibility for regulation, which took everyone's eyes off the ball. So was his refusal to admit in the election runup that his Britain had a deficit problem that was undermining the confidence of flighty markets – not a Greek problem, to be sure: that is a phoney coalition story line – but a potential problem, as France's tottering AAA status (yet another emergency budget looms) reminds even him today.
That said, with his vast experience and earnest internationalism, Brown would have done a better job of managing the international dimension of the crisis than Cameron and George Osborne are doing.
In placating their own Eurosceptic backbenchers and party activists – not to mention the dark, sullen group of angry voters who vote Ukip, BNP or not at all – they have marginalised Britain in Europe in all sorts of ways in order to play to the gallery.
The issue that matters most to us all, because it's such an important part of the economy, is the EU's determination to load Europe's financial services industry – mostly located in London and other British cities – with new structures, regulation and taxes.
They are designed to prevent a repetition of recent excesses, a laudable goal, but getting highly technical models wrong may merely damage the industry or drive much of it to New York or Asia.
Good riddance? I don't think so. How do you think we are going to rebalance the economy, pay down the deficit and finance future growth? But most of the problems the UK economy faces are home-grown. Yes, exports have risen since the 20% devaluation of sterling, but imports have risen much faster. We can't blame foreigners for those choices, though plenty try.
The Openeurope lobby has published a document that claims EU regulation and wider social law costs the UK economy £8.6bn a year – money that could otherwise generate 140,000 extra jobs.
I'm sure there's some truth in its claims just as there is (greater) force in Jonathan Sumption QC's (he's the new man on the supreme court) overnight speech saying the European convention on human rights is encroaching on what are rightly political decisions (just like the bankers).
Do they really think we would avoid all EU regulation from outside, or the outer circle? Does Norway? Would British manufacturing capacity be miraculously transformed? Would the £8.4bn be invested in productive capacity, or wasted on tax cuts, much of which would be spent on imports?
But the symbolic retreat that highlights the coalition's retreat (I do not count occasional bleats from Nick Clegg) into domestic insularity is the much-trumpeted failure both to contribute more directly to the eurozone bailout.
Even worse is its refusal of a British increase to the IMF's reserves, the global firefighting fund. In this, Labour has joined the Tories in pandering to the unappeasable Eurosceptic faction.
Cameron and William Hague have a political problem.
The government recently passed the Sovereignty Act, a fatuous promise to grant a referendum if further powers are transferred to Brussels. It was meant to appease the sceptics, and failed. If the eurozone demands a treaty change to consolidate a fiscal union in which Britain would not be involved, the sceptics will demand their own renegotiation and referendum. Cameron will probably try to avoid it.
Is Labour doing better? Not really. The shadow chancellor, Ed Balls, the brains behind Miliband's economic policy, has a five-point plan for growth – see here – which has some merits.
It, and the emerging reality of stalled growth, is already forcing Osborne towards an unacknowledged Plan B, where hair-shirted deficit-cutting targets slide.
But what about the government's refusal to contribute to an expansion of the IMF's funds (no one ever lost money lending to the IMF, by the way) to help restore confidence that demand can be sustained in the faltering global economy?
Cameron and Osborne say the eurozone has enough funds to resolve its own problems, prop up the indebted countries, recapitalise the banks and create its own backstop (the European financial stability facility or EFSF) in sufficient "big bazooka" size to impress the markets: inadequate gestures that fail are always counterproductive, as the EU has repeatedly shown.
That's correct. Balls agrees. They have all refused to contribute further to the EU bailout fund, unlike Sweden and Poland, both also outside the zone. But it is quite another thing to say – and for Balls to echo – that Britain will not up its contribution to the IMF, one of the pillars of the postwar world, the greatest expansion of human prosperity (not just Europe and the US either) in history.
Why do they do it? On the specious grounds that IMF funds should not be used to prop up the eurozone, which – unlike many countries hit by liquidity problems and debt – has deep enough pockets to sort itself out. You can read Balls's many explanations on his website, which carries many of his speeches and radio interviews (he has a very assiduous press officer) like this one and this one.
I understand his argument, but don't accept the political judgment that underpins it. The spurious justification is that the IMF money might filter its way back into propping up the eurozone when the European central bank should really have the clout to be the EU's bank of last resort. True, but it smacks of appeasement to the Little Englanders in every party.
Foreigners won't care. They may shrug at a Little Englander Tory-led coalition donning its woad warpaint and hope it collapses soon (which it won't). But internationalists, champions of co-operation in a rules-based and ever more complex world, who look on Labour as their natural ally, won't read the small print.
They'll just see tactics, the sort of manoeuvre for which the late Harold Wilson – a great party manager, not much missed – was famous but not admired beyond the party. It all sits ill with the internationalist speech being made by Jim Murphy, Labour's defence spokesman, today.
Cameron's G20 report to MPs on Monday was not impressive, but he was tired and did manage a good joke about proposing a cheese tax to the French.
Miliband was worse, his brother David's intervention was better. All were drowned out by the wails of Eurosceptic Tory MPs who want to repatriate "sovereign" powers home from Brussels to Westminster, then hand the final decision over to a referendum.
If Britain ever needs friends and allies abroad again, perhaps in an unplanned financial crisis, I hope they've got a few in their back pockets. But who?


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I am a novice home brewer. There I said it. I am attempting to get better. Really that's the crux. I have brewed off an on for about a decade but can't seem to crawl out of the beginning stages of my brewing career. I've brewed some decent beers – beginners luck turned my first ever brew, a hopped up Pale ale, into my all-time favorite beer. But I've also brewed some duds and encountered some really strange outcomes – including an oddly sour hefeweizen – I don't want to talk about (but I will, of course).
Like many home brewers, I came to the hobby via the craft beer explosion in this country. The experience of tasting really good beers created a curiosity in me about all things beer-related. It wasn't too long before I was at a home brew supply shop getting my supplies and requisite copy of The Joy of Homebrewing, along with a handful of pointers from the friendly owner.
Despite all the years I've been doing it I'm no expert. In fact, I've got a lot to learn. Sure I've been brewing for 10 years. But, I've got no flow. I brew a handful of times a year and each time I seem to need to re-learn a portion of what I've forgotten since I last brewed. Thrown into the mix are a day job, a night job and two small children to wrangle – a one year old and four year old. I realize that kids aren't necessarily an impediment to brewing but in my case they are a distraction (albeit a happy one) from my pursuit of the perfect brew. My goal of brewing on a regular basis has moved off the front burner.
But no more! As we all know, the best way to learn is by doing. Therefore, with the launch of this blog I am setting out to go from novice to intermediate to, someday, expert. Fingers crossed. Here, I'll share my successes and inevitable – let's not call them failures – missteps. I will provide details on what a novice brewer can do to get better, whether it's tweaking a recipe by one ingredient per batch; utilizing a particularly useful tool; or reviewing some of the helpful brewing literature out there. I may even attempt to grow hops in my big back yard. Come along with me as I struggle, stumble and, hopefully, learn how to become a better home brewer....


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Security guards have been warned to keep an eye on Sonny Bill Williams this weekend after he was mobbed by fans following Canterbury's ITM Cup victory over Otago on Saturday.
The All Blacks hopeful had to be escorted by his own team-mates through a throng of over-eager supporters in Dunedin and Rugby Southland chief executive Roger Clark is bracing for a potential repeat when Canterbury and Williams come to Invercargill on Saturday.
Clark said he is not going to arrange for extra security for the Ranfurly Shield challenge but he has told the six guards on duty on the field to make sure Williams is free to leave the ground after the final whistle at Rugby Park.
"There was a bit of a shemozzle at Carisbook last weekend when other players had to protect him (Williams) rather than the security doing it," Clark said.
"It's all right to let the fans run on to the field but it's no good if it puts the players under any sort of threat. They weren't little kids, they were big kids who were all over him and for any of the players we have to make sure we protect their safety."
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Bick, Frank - I use both the 6:1 with a 7060 prop, and 5:1 with a 6050. The 6050 works great indoors or out. I like to use the 7060 primarily outdoors; for the wind here in Cincinnati, it's got plenty of heft (for a plane this size, anyway). I did, though, burn one up one day trying to fly around at full throttle for an extended period in 30+ mph winds :^) so be careful...
Hi Manish,
GWS 50 DD with 3x3 prop and 340 2 cell Kokam, two Cirrus 5.4 servos was my starting point and about 2 years of fun !!! It is a very good set up to fly outside and with a little practice (when you finally find out that this great plane does not tip stall) you can fly it in the basketball size gym.
Now I am flying it with Feigao 12mm DD 3x3 prop AND Thunderpower 740 mAh 2 cell and this thing is tearing the sky!!! Surely you would hear grumpy voices "it is not a scale speed" when your flying speed is higher than average slimer trainer but for me it is a part of fun. With 4 1/8 oz AWU Acrobipe is still very stable and easy to fly.
I do not know what you can gain by using geared motor in this application besides torgue roll....:-)
Have fun!
Hi Bykrdan and Janusz,
Thanks for all the info. Im not sure why my acro bipe is so heavy. I did not weigh the motor when I installed it, but Im thinking I put the wrong motor in. It is an IPS motor. Maybe I send you a pic of the motor installed in the plane so you all can see it. My servo's are heavy as well so they will be replaced with some lighter ones. You guy's are great and thanks for helping me get this great airplane in the air no matter what others say about it. If they want to see scale speeds, let them go fly the real thing. It's getting frigidly cold up here now, but that's not going to stop me from flying outside when the weather is nice
Man my first 2 acro bipes 2 years ago were heavy. I am now getting bakc into flying and will be building up one of my acro bibes I have in storage. My first ones were heavy. I used GWS IPS dd with 3X3 and also used a wattage 4X3 prop with spinner. GWS reciever and servos. However I didn't have liply at the time so I used NIMH 9v rechageable. Yes the heavy metal wrapped battery. I also did not cut any wires they were just all crammed in there. that plane was heavy. but buy it flew and flew well. It was fast. It was so heavy I would fly it in pretty stiff breeze and It still flew solid like it was on rails. I can't wait to do one lipoly and brushless.
Hey Sinkinpat,
Sounds bout like mine is right now. But good to know it flies like it's on rails!!! That is very good news. It is by far the coolest "Micro" plane I have seen anywhere Did you fly it with ailerons or rudder? I have installed 3/4" wide ailerons on the bottom wing only.
Mine were all like yours alerons and elevator only. alerons were made from foam takehome container 3/4" wide the length of the bottom of the wing only on the bottom. I could never get it to roll as it was to stable with alot of weight. Also could never do loops either, but it was very fast and stable. Landings were always hairy, as it flew fast even on approach and the tall skinny landing gear it would always end up on its back. but if I flew over grass it would not be an issue. I never took off the landing gear as I thought it looked funny being a bipe without it. I really like the new landing gear the Harbor freight version comes with. I will be using that from now on.
Oh make sure your throws are set small and you transmitter is trimmed all the way down. my first flights I would barley move the stick and it was all over the sky. I was lucky to get it back in one piece.
my next version I will be using a graupner spinner and hope to match brushless to a prop. probably a fiego. I hope to use prop that I can use a spinner with as it helps with the scale looks of the bipe. a Bipe with no spinner just looks funny to me.
I use 1/32 ply 12mm wide ailerons on lower wing only. They are taped to the wing with 1/2" tape (wing is stripped from oryginal paint so the tape goes on styro not on easy to peel off paint). I use ply for ailerons, it adds little stiffenes to the wing.
My plane does rolls in pretty good rate but they are not very axial. Loops are rather sloppy too but that the pilot fault. Feigao motor with DD 3x3 GWS gives tons of power, I use full throttle on take off only and cruise on 1/3-1/2 depending on wind conditions.
The Funcraft version of the Acrobipe (rubber powered) has big heavy ball bearing inbedded in the nose - if you have this version use forceps to remove it prior to motor instalation. I use plenty of right and down thrust in mine. The motor is glued in to the edgr of the fuse and to the piece of styrofoam inbeded in the fuse after removing the metal ball.. All glue is 5 min epoxy. Works just fine.
hey guy's,
Cool information. Man is it cold. Sorry, that's off topic. Janusz, I did not find any ball bearings in the front of the bipe so I think Im safe on that aspect. I really think it's the motor and servo's Im using. My ailerons are exactly like sinkinpat's. Funny how we went out to a restaurant and came home with that same take home foam box. The next day, we had the leftovers and my wife said "here you go, the bottom of the box can be for your ailerons"! My jaw dropped to the floor. I should post some pics of my progress so you all can see what's happening.
Hi everyone,
I'm new to rcgroup forums as well as new to micro flight....but I'm lovin it.
Just bought a Plantraco Butterfly and have been flying everyday since.
Went to a electric fun fly this weekend and won an Acro Bipe. What a great looking little plane. I would like to first build a light weight version using Plantraco's HFX 900 Rec with 2 actuators (rudder, elevator, I've read somewhere that the actuators don't work that well with ailerons?) and their GBO3 6mm gearbox. Do you think it's enough motor the power the little bipe??
The second version would be with a brushless outrunner but let's get the first one off the ground.
Quick note to helipilot: Did you complete your Acro Bipe and when do we get to see some pictures of it????
Thanks everyone
Hi Double Da,
Welcome to the Forum!
I do not think that actuators will work in Acrobipe, it is just too heavy.
I am positive that GB03 6mm gearbox is much too weak in this application.
There are simple FF styro models like Airtaxi (?) , smaller, upper wing models that will be much more suitable for Plantraco system. Acrobipe is IMHO too hefty.
Please check my previous posts about my set up. I believe that Acrobipe with 2cell 340 Kokam and GWS 50 will fly fine on 3x2 prop indoors, 3x3 prop is much more efficient and rather good outdoors.
Surely small outrunner wil power this model just fine but small, 12mm Feigao motor fits just right under canopy without any problems with mouts etc - just a little of 5 min epoxy will do the job (KISS rule). Make sure to add fair amount of right and down thrust.
Have fun,
double da, I also welcome you! There is a vast amount of info and support here for you.
You may also do a search for the Harbor Freight bipe as this is virtually the same plane and has been modded many different ways in varying degrees of success. Mostly positive.
Brushless is a bit overkill on this plane unless you go with something really small like the 12mm Feigao. This is a great motor for this plane.
Hi Double da,
Welcome! Im not finished with my Bipe yet. My servo's and motor were too heavy so Im waiting for the new servo's to show up. Until then, I've been playing with my Mini Dragonfly e-heli that I modified to make it 25% smaller! It's a blast! I too love this micro stuff. So much fun I don't know how to handle it sometimes!
Thanks Everyone for making me feel welcome.
The GWS 50 or the 12mm Feigao sound great I'm not familar with either but will look them up on the internet tonight. I'll also read your posts and get a list of items to check out as well. Thanks again.
Hi Willin,
The Arco Bipe I have is from Harbor Freight and it sure is a nice looking little plane.
Both you and Janusz have mentioned the 12mm Feigao motor will have to take a good look at that tonight. Thanks for the contact.
Hey Helipilot,
Land that heli and get busy on the Bipe! You don't want me to get mine in the air first do you?? Thanks for the info...sounds like the Dragonfly is a lot of fun! Thank You
Anyone have any input on Transmitters and Micro Receivers??
I've been looking at the Tracker III and the Hitec Optic 6 or ????????
Any suggestions on Micro Receivers?
If I don't get back here before Thanksgiving I hope you all have a wonderful day
get some quality flying time in so long for now.....
Hi Double da,
I will be working on mine tonight. I can't stay away from that little bipe. From all the great suggestions that have been given, I gotta get this thing in the air. I hope to post some pics tonight of the set-up so far.
I wish everyone a Great Holiday and be safe. I give "Thanks" to all of you for making this hobby what it is and for all the great suggestions so far.
Happy Flying, Manish
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Reading is so much fun! I know not all students think so, so we will be exploring the world in print in many different ways. Each six weeks you can find posted here the specific concepts we will be discovering.
Students are expected to read EVERY night. As long as they are reading, I am not picky about what they read: Novels, "Skinny" books, graphic novels, or even magazines. Every moment they spend reading can only HELP in all other content areas.
All students will be challenged to read at least 40 books, from a variety of genres. Progress will be posted and celebrated in the classroom. Completion of the challenge will earn the student a Homework Pass! Students may then continue on and participate in the Reading Marathon with our school librarian, Mrs. Moon, if they so choose. Please see the library page for more details.


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2009 was one of the most challenging years in the firm's history, yet we were able to strengthen our leading position in the Nordic region. Our "true partnership", full service approach proves resilient in volatile market conditions and flexible in meeting our clients' changing needs.
"True partnership" is based on using all our resources – whether in Sweden or abroad – to ensure that the best combination of our skills and experience is deployed in each assignment, thereby adding the greatest possible value for each client. Thanks to the combination of our full-service concept and "true partnership", we were able to rapidly adapt our services to the needs of our clients and meet their increased demands for expertise in areas such as distressed deals, company restructuring, refinancing and disputes in the wake of the financial crisis.
Last year was characterised by continued uncertainty on the financial markets which, among other things, led to a sharp downturn in transaction volumes. However, Mannheimer Swartling succeeded in increasing its share of the transactions which nevertheless did take place in the Nordic region during the year. At the same time, the rapidly changing conditions on the capital market led to an increased demand for new structures to resolve complex credit and financing problems. We have historically enjoyed a strong position in this area. At present, markets are cautiously optimistic and there is growing interest from foreign investors to invest in the Nordic region.
We are also grateful that clients seek our counsel on large and complex transactions – such as advising Ford on its sale of Volvo to Geely – and wherever we have the required expertise and resources.
Last year we consolidated our presence in China – an extremely exciting market with undoubtedly great potential. With both Swedish and Chinese lawyers at our offices in China, we are able to offer the breadth of expertise required to address a large number of different assignments, including the rapidly growing international arbitration market. Climate change is increasingly important to our clients' business. Our Climate Change group has brought together a number of specialists from different practice areas. We are able to offer clients cutting edge skills in, for example, trading in emission rights, clean tech, renewable energy and risk management. These are issues that will continue to increase in importance around the world and this is an area in which we have a long-term commitment.
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A New 'Caste' System: Remodelling Reservations On The Basis Of Wealth
Logically speaking, in a capitalist society, there is no better and more convenient way of measuring the unfairness of the system than wealth. The bottleneck of this seemingly ideal solution is the implementation of it. Who is going to find out the wealth of each and every family? One way to get around all the many complexities is to classify people based on their current occupation. Ironically, an idea similar to the caste system.


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An office space for student and alumni groups is now available in the garden level of the Marlatt Mansion.
The room, which will be primarily used for the Student Government Association, the Active Measures student journal, and the Alumni Association, can be used for meeting space, office space, and file storage.
"We are glad to have this space - it will give us a home base and help us to be even more effective," comments Lacy Rourke, President of the Student Government Association.
"We are delighted with the work our student and alumni groups have been doing to raise enthusiasm, build community, improve aspects of our school, and, in the case of Active Measures, provide an outlet for the serious scholarly work produced at IWP," says Jason Johnsrud, Vice President of Student Affairs.
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Now in Paperback: the RSC/Modern Library Shakespeare
Jonathan Bate, Eric Rasmussen, editors
Modern Library paperbacks, 2011
A few years ago, the prestigious Royal Shakespeare Company issued a "Complete Works" of the Bard, a mammoth tome fit for coffee table or scriptorium bench but hardly suitable for a crammed excursion on the IRT. That tome purported to be a scrupulous editorial rendition of the Heminges and Condell First Folio of 1623, although it was of course no such thing nor ever intended to be, a point made at length by the Open Letters reviewer at the time.
What was distinctive about that RSC doorstop was the importation of stagecraft directly into the plays. A 'running scene' annotation was added, for example, to note when back-to-back scenes could probably be played straight through, or the plentiful addition of action prompts ("Turns to her?" and the like) that in many cases feel like they could have been dashed into a working script by the playwright himself. The result was a Shakespeare not only of the stage but for the stage, an immediate and welcome shortening of the distance that usually separates the reader from this most-assigned of authors.
There were other, less welcome innovations – current academic fads are followed, for instance, with respect to textual emendation and even character names, sometimes with dismaying results. The one thing you must never do with Shakespearean textual scholarship is take it seriously – certainly not seriously enough to trump centuries of popular usage. Anyone who's ever directed the mayor's wife in a local production of "Say It, Seymour" knows the grave risk involved in changing her character's name in mid-production. Imagine then the centuries of wrath invoked when our edtors try to tell us, for example, that there's a character named "Innogen" in "Cymbelime"! By the time Vanessa Redgrave, Judi Dench, Helen Mirren, and Ellen goddam Terry were done with said editors, only bloodied scraps would remain.
A mighty crowd of such actresses and actors parades through the pages of the very handsome new paperbacks Modern Library has calved off the enormous glacier of that original hardcover edition: OLM's reviewer suggested that the segments highlighting the RSC's own long and storied involvement with Shakespeare on stage be expanded – that suggestion has been followed in the production of these paperbacks, with glorious results. These editions come with fascinating histories not only of each play but of each play's performances by the company through the years. Actors and directors are interviewed, and the reader is treated to dozens of wonderful photos of productions past. Here's Trevor Nunn's hysterical 1972 staging of "Coriolanus," and there's Peter Brook's famous 1955 production of "Titus Andronicus," in which Olivier's Titus is hopelessly overmatched by Vivien Leigh's overacting … the whole rich pageantry of one great company's history is laid before the reader, prompting fond smiles from old hands and – it's hoped – a stunned appreciation from newcomers.
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"On many occasions, this House has been tumultuous, tempers ran high, but disruptions was the least this House has adopted.
"Because when we disrupt the House then it serves no purpose. We cannot hear. We cannot speak. Only a handful of members completely throttle the desire of a silent majority to speak," Mukherjee said, initiating the debate to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the first sitting of Parliament.
Mukherjee said Parliament has acted as a "shock absorber" on several occasions and whenever there have been disputes, dissensions, the Lok Sabha has played a role in defusing it.
"Whenever there were tensions, disputes and dissensions, it has come to this House and under this great dome we have been able to defuse that on most occasions," he said.
Mukherjee noted there has been confrontation in the federal structure between various organs of the government and judiciary, executive and legislature.
"But over the years we have evolved a system and able to find an amicable solution," he said.
Endorsing Mukherjee's views, Bharatiya Janata Party leader L K Advani said tolerance and understanding for each others' views and debates in Parliament can solve issues.
Highlighting the success of Indian parliamentary system, he said views of the Opposition are given due understanding and respect. "Parliament is a major example of that," he said, adding that he endorsed the views of Mukherjee that differences can be resolved through debates.
Referring to famous Indian philosopher Charvaka, Advani said his line of 'eat, drink and make merry' was understood and respected despite the fact that he challenged the traditional philosophy that you pay for your sins in the next birth.
The BJP leader said people sceptical of a country of poor and illiterate people becoming a successful democracy have been proved wrong.
"Western intellectuals were sceptical about how people who cannot sign and put thumb impression on papers will be able to run democracy... Today we can say it with pride that we have proved them wrong," he said.
He said in the past 60 years, "We have turned India into a successful democracy."
Congress President Sonia Gandhi said members should live up to the ideals of the founding fathers of the Constitution.
The 60th anniversary of the first sitting of Parliament was an occasion for reflection on its achievements, she said.
She said the "journey of Parliament had not always been smooth or without challenges" and the anniversary "was also an occasion for reflection."
The United Progressive Alliance chairperson emphasised that independence of
Parliament must be protected at all costs and urged members to live up to the ideals of the makers of Constitution.
"Our conduct must be according to the standards of our founding fathers," Gandhi said.
Mulayam Singh Yadav (Samajwadi party) said the House should take a pledge to fulfil the dreams of Mahatma Gandhi as farmers' suicides and hunger related deaths remain a major challenge for the country.
He said on the occasion, soldiers who have been guarding the borders, should be saluted as they have been instrumental in protecting democracy.
Dara Singh Chauhan (Bahujan Samaj Party) said, "Though we have attained political freedom, parliamentarians have to strive hard to win social and economic independence for the masses."
Sharad Yadav (Janata Dal-United) said despite having expert parliamentarians and legislators, the government is taking help of committees to ascertain the number of poor. He also questioned how number of calories consumed could be a basis of ascertaining poverty.
"Democracy has reached Parliament. It should reach the doorsteps of the poor," he said, making a strong plea to send a message for ending social and economic discrimination.
The JD-U leader said it was only Parliament which has taken steps to stem the rot in the system by "expelling members and even sending some to jail".
Sudip Bandopadhyay (Trinamool) said Parliament should reflect the ideals of the national anthem and become "a representative Parliament, which is open and transparent, accessible, accountable and an effective House."
In an apparent reference to the controversy over holding of early general election which has now been denied by the Congress and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, he said, "Parliament should continue for the full five-year term. We should ensure it is not dissolved in 13 days or 13 months as in the past. It leads to huge financial losses to the nation."
TKS Elangovan (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) said earlier the prime minister's assurances in the House used to be the law and the House has been "strongly divided but also solidly united" on issues. "We should restore that glory to the House."
Communist Party of India-Marxist leader Basudeb Acharia, a member of Parliament since the 1980, said so long as pauperisation, starvation and illiteracy exist, there would be challenges to parliamentary democracy.
Reminding the House that the first Leader of Opposition AK Gopalan of undivided CPI had spoken on removal of poverty, exploitation and discrimination during a debate on the address by President Rajendra Prasad, he said all these problems have "grown exponentially in the last 60 years".
"If actions of this House helps only a few to earn huge profits, we will have to seriously think whether we are taking the right path," Acharia said, adding another major problem corroding parliamentary democracy was the use of money power in elections and sought state-funding of elections.
Arjun Charan Sethi (Biju Janata Dal) said parliamentary democracy should be taken to the people, while Anant Geete (Shiv Sena) wanted the decorum and dignity of the House to be maintained as it played the most crucial role in the country's progress.
Eulogising the people of India for their role in strengthening parliamentary democracy, Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar made an apparent reference to Emergency and said, "The people taught a lesson to those who tried to deviate from democracy and brought in others to restore it.
"But these people (who came to power) were also shunted out in two years as they failed to do so," he said, complimenting the electorate.
Pawar also spoke against regular disruption of the House, saying, "I wonder what the young students take back in their minds about Parliament when they come here to see proceedings and the House is disrupted.
Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar said 60 years was not too long a duration in the life of a nation, but it is a milestone when members should turn around and look back on the time gone by and think about the future.
"This is a moment for introspection and analyse the challenges ahead," Kumar said.
She said it was a matter of satisfaction that the nation was making economic progress and efforts should be made to speed up growth.
Parliament has adapted to changing times, Kumar said, adding that it has enacted 3,400 progressive laws and more than 500 legislations to empower the deprived and for overall development.
She noted that three joint sittings of Parliament were called for considering the Dowry Prohibition Bill, Banking Services Commission (Repeal) Bill and Prevention of Terrorism Bill.
The Speaker said people deserved the real credit for success of democracy as it was their enthusiastic participation in elections that has kept the institution of Parliament alive. "The belief of the people of India in democratic values is the foundation of our parliamentary system," she said.
"The commoners and the neglected people, who struggle everyday for their existence, toil day and night to earn their livelihood and actively take part in elections, the belief of such faceless Indians is key to the success of democracy," Kumar said.


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Today's Steal, My Mind's Eye The Sweetest Thing, is a perfect collection for this week's Mid Week Mojo. These are the last photos I had developed from my Samantha's senior pictures. She is such a beautiful girl and has such a bright future. I used the Bluebell kit and just love how all of the patterns show off these pictures so well.
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She just finished her first quarter of her school and got all A's. Super proud mom here. I want her to think and remember all of the good times she had in days past as well.
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Russelectric RTS Series 30-cycle-rated and 3-cycle-rated automatic transfer switches have the company's new RPTCS microprocessor automatic transfer control system for the emergency/backup power industry. Systems are programmed at the factory to include customer options.
Russelectric RTS Series 30-cycle-rated and 3-cycle-rated automatic transfer switches have the company's new RPTCS microprocessor automatic transfer control system for the emergency/backup power industry. Each system is programmed at the factory to include customer-specified options. Setup, alarm acknowledgement, and review of actual data are easily accomplished using the controller's soft keys and color display. The intuitive, interactive menu guides the user through controller setup and the entering of configuration data, including communications and timing set points, adjustable control parameters (interlocks, alarms, and security), and event logging.
Real-time metering of voltage (phase-to-phase and phase-to-neutral) and frequency of both normal and emergency power sources is standard. Available options include metering of phase and neutral current; percent of unbalanced current; percent of unbalanced voltage; accumulated energy (KWH, KVAH, and KVARH); and per-phase and 3-phase totals for real power (KW), apparent power (KVA), reactive power (KVAR), and power factor. The RPTCS can also monitor power quality with available waveform capture and historical trending. All metering can be accessed through the menu.
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Before the calendar turned, 2016 already had the makings of a pivotal year for manufacturing, and for the world.
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With swimming, biking and running, a triathlon is one of the most complete tests of physical fitness and endurance an athlete can compete in.
The Crescent City Triathlon returns to Beachfront Park for its 30th year on Sunday, giving local athletes a chance to compete. Del Norters will have the opportunity to see not only how they stack up against each other across disciplines, but also against athletes from Medford, Eureka and Brookings, which nearly always has racers in attendance at the event.
Race director Russ Burnette said that the size of the race varies from year to year, with between 46 and 120 participants. This year, with 50 athletes already signed up for the triathlon, Burnette said he expects around 100 participants come Sunday.
Anyone interested in participating this year can sign up from 5andndash;7 p.m. on Saturday at Fred Endert Municipal Pool. Registration will also be held 7andndash;8:30 a.m. on Sunday before the event, though Burnette suggests that athletes sign up on Saturday "because it gets a little bit hectic on Sunday."
The Crescent City Triathlon is what is known as a sprint triathlon because of the relatively short distances of each event.
The triathlon will begin in heats of 12, starting in Fred Endert Municipal Pool at 8:30 a.m., where racers will swim 500 yards (10 laps) before heading outside to bike a 12-mile course up to the high school, over to Point St. George and back, followed by a 3.1-mile run.
The official "Olympic distance" triathlon involves a 0.93-mile swim, a 25-mile bike ride and a 6.2-mile run. The famous "Ironman Triathlon" athletes swim 2.4 miles, bike 112 miles and run 26.2 miles.
"Being that this is sprint, it is kind of an entry-level race," Burnette said. "The limiting part is probably the swim. If you can't swim 10 laps, that kind of scares people off. But the bike and the run are pretty standard. Pretty much anybody can do those."
For people who are not willing or able to do the swim, there will also be an adult duathlon with just running and biking.
There is also a relay option at the triathlon, where participants team up in groups of two or three to tackle the three events.
Kids ages 5andndash;12 years old are also welcome to join the fun in a mini-triathlon with distances ranging from 1 to 2 laps swimming, 1 to 6 miles bike riding and andfrac14; mile to 1 mile running, depending on the age group.
The cost to sign up for the event is $60 for the adult triathlon or $40 per relay participant and $25 for the kids triathlon. Proceeds will benefit the Del Norte High School Scholarship Fund.
Anyone is also invited to purchase raffle tickets for a Trek bicycle, donated by Back Country Bicycles. Tickets can be purchased in the store until Friday or at the triathlon on Sunday.
All participants will receive a medal, a beanie and a drawstring backpack. Awards will also be distributed to each of the top three finishers in age groups of five-year increments up to 60 years old. There will also be an overall male and female winner named as well as an award for the overall male and female masters (over 40 years old).
Race and split times will be measured by AA Sports, which will provide each of the runners with a chipped bracelet to track their progress.


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Hi AJ, glad to oblige! Yes there are some beautiful yellow doubles as well, thanks.
I didn't know there were yellow hibiscus! I'll have to find one. So see there, Plum Sugar, your foggy lens did a good thing................
Thanks PKH, good advice!
Slow down, my friend. Pace yourself. Life is short. Take it one step at a time.
Hi Kathy, yes we are lucky, welcome with the sunshine and yes the star shines brightly beside you!
Thanks Shirley, Celeste, PK and Hanne.
UM........Thanks for the advice Jacques!!
To get more breathe you should eat less an more poop Robbie!
But they are lovely! Thanks so very much Robbie!!
Beautiful thanks Robbie. (Love the fog)
:) still a pretty flower even thru the hazed lens
And it's a beauty too, Thanks Robbie.
You are very lucky to have ANY flowers in the garden! Thanks for this bit of sunshine.
Look at how nice my name looks with the star! :-)
Hee - Hee.
Robbie, you're a trip!
Thanks Tex, yes maybe I'll just walk 20 feet tomorrow..........and get a lift back in the wheelbarrow!!
Thanks lyndee, well don't overdo it like me!!
Thanks chickie, glad you think so.
It's pretty even with the clouded lense.
Beautiful flowers Robbie........and I'm not going to tell you how far walked today!
You'll want to slow up and take it easy so you don't overdo. I know from my little 3-4 mile trek every day that it's easy to tire out or pull something, and then where are you?! Take care of yourself, Robbie, and these are beautiful.
I was so stressed out from my walk today, that I neglected to wipe the lens . It is foggy from the air conditioned house coming out into 95% humidity. The camera card is full and I have to wait for Jenny to change it so you're stuck with this picture!! My walk was about 35 feet.......EACH WAY!!! I was sweating!!!