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Etape du Tour
L'Etape du Tour
The route of the 2016 Etape du Tour will be announced in late October 2015. As always the route will replicate a stage of the 2016 Tour de France.
Once the 2016 Tour de France route is announced we will be able to confirm our travel packages for the event and share these with you. To be one of the first to find out about the 2016 Etape du Tour, please sign up to our newsletter.
You can also add yourself to our waitlist to help secure your place by emailing our team here
The information below refers to the 2015 Etape du Tour. You can use the information as a guide to the sort of travel packages we offer for the Etape du Tour. Please note that the dates, location, route will obviously change.
2015 Etape du Tour
The Etape du Tour 2015 will take place in the Alps on Sunday 19th July 2015. Replicating stage 19 of the 2015 Tour de France from St Jean de Maurienne to La Toussuire which will take place on the 24th of July.
The 2015 Etape du Tour is a classic Alpine stage with as some of the main features the climbs of the Col du Chaussy, Col du Mollard and Croix de Fer. Like last year there will be a sting in the tail with the ascent of La Toussuire. At 138km it is an attractive proposition for both the experienced cyclo sportive rider and the Etape du Tour novice.
Download the official 2015 Etape du Tour time schedule with cut off times here
La Toussuire residences
We are pleased to have secured 3 fantastic residences in La Toussuire for 3, 4 or 7 nights in La Toussuire, the ideal place to stay for the 2015 Etape du Tour. For a detailed description of the various accommodation options in La Toussuire, please have a look here.
We also have a limited amount of hotels near to St Jean de Maurienne, ideal for those who are coming by car. Some more info here
L'Etape du Tour 2015 - St Jean de Maurienne to La Toussuire
La Toussuire - Location of EXPO, registration and the finish
La Toussuire is the ideal place to stay for the 2015 Etape du Tour. In La Toussuire we are offering a variety of accommodation. Below you find a summary of the logistics
- Friday - Airport transfer from Geneva to La Toussuire - More info here on UK and Ireland direct flight options
- Saturday - The event EXPO and registration are in La Toussuire today
- Sunday - Descend to the start, ride the Etape and ride back to your accommodation in La Toussuire
- Monday - Transfer back to Geneva airport
Our travel packages to the Etape du Tour include the following:
- The option to buy a guaranteed entry to the 2015 Etape du Tour NOW SOLD OUT
- A choice of residences in La Toussuire, the ideal place to stay as it is the location of the EXPO and the finish
- Dedicated feed station for STI Customers
- Clothes drop facility in St Jean on Etape day. Clothes will be delivered back to La Toussuire
- Travel packages of several durations
- Airport transfers for you and your bike from Geneva airport which has by far the best choice of flights
- We provide transfers to connect with all direct flight options from the UK and Ireland - More info
- Secure bike storage at your hotel or residence
- La Toussuire meal night available at £20 per night for a 3 course meal with water and coffee. Saturday night is Pasta Party night
- Assistance of Sports Tours reps and mechanics
- Overland bike transport options from the UK (see below) - More info
- Etape du Tour goodie bag
- A Sports Tours International cycling jersey
- Payments are financially protected by ABTA
We offer a number of different Etape packages, together with a guaranteed entry into the 2015 Etape du Tour. By taking a package tour to the 2015 Etape du Tour, you will benefit from our wealth of logistical experience in taking people to this special event.
If you would like to read a report of the 2013 Etape, read the report by Road Cycling UK's Assistant Editor George Scott on the Road Cycling UK website.
2015 Etape du Tour bike transport option - Now available - More info here
Please note that his service is only available on our standard 3 and 4 night packages in La Toussuire
We offer an overland Bike transport service, where we take your bike from the UK down to France for the Etape.
- Guaranteed delivery of your bike
- No dragging around of your bike at the airport
- Convenient drop off/collection points around the UK at Stockton on Tees, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Slough and London Orpington
- Delivery and collection of your bike in La Toussuire
- Up to a week to drop off your bike to the collection points, with up to a week to collect your bike after the return to the UK
Click on the green button at the top of the page.
At time of booking we require a non-refundable deposit per person plus any applicable entry fee. The balance of your travel package must be paid, at the latest, 12 weeks before departure to avoid the cancellation of your trip.


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One thing I'm horrible about is keeping the tags from perennials. Maybe you can help me identify what this spring bloom is?
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Looks like a brunnera
Hi Bren, I sent you a tweet regarding a site which might help you out in identifying the plant, but thought I'd post the URL on here so that others can have access to the resource, just in case they ever have similar questions.
"Ask an Expert" is a webpage which allows anyone to post a question to the Extension Service across the US. Enter your location (state & county) to get information specific to your area.
Extension has experts in family and health, community development, food and agriculture, coastal issues, forestry, programs for young people, and gardening.
Hope this is useful.
Sure looks like pulminaria. The spotted leaves are a good identifier. Beautiful shot!
Hi Bren, your photo is of lungwort, Pulmonaria spp. perhaps P. longifolia. There are a few different species and a number of cultivars. Sorry I can't be more specific than that – it's a lovely plant!
@BG_garden Wordless Wednesday http://t.co/TmXXfwdn #gardenchat Bren, Sure looks like pulminaria. Great shot of it!
Hi Bren, beautiful flower. I have never seen it before. Maybe you could take the pic to a garden center, they might know. Good luck
Lungwort. Early spring flowers. Love them.
Love Pulmonaria for its bright blue flowers in spring! Now I want to go out and buy one. Why is it whenever I move I leave plants behind?
In agreement with others – definitely Pulmonaria. You might be interested in my latest blog post, where I share a unique characteristic of this plant! What a coincidence – seriously! I didn't see your post until just now.
They're gorgeous plants, aren't they? I love their blooms, but I think I love their foliage even more!
Yes, beautiful little plant. Common name in my area is Boy-and-Girl plant, because of the lovely pink and blue flowers on the same plant.
I agree – Looks like pulmonaria. Such a beautiful Spring plant

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Sexy Bunny Girls Get it On in New Dead or Alive 5 Trailer
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DIY electronic shifting
If you want Di2 on your bike, but you don't have an extra few thousand dollars burning a hole in your
If you want Di2 on your bike, but you don't have an extra few thousand dollars burning a hole in your
So I guess I should mention Shimano's "official" release of the Dura Ace 9000 11-speed groups (electronic
For the seventh year in a row, I had a great time watching and photographing the USA Pro Championship
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The stage is set for the Day One weigh-in at the Mississippi River Rumble.
The stage is set for the Day One weigh-in at the Mississippi River Rumble.
Team Toyota represents.
The B.A.S.S. tournament staff places the Mississippi River Rumble banner on the main stage just before the Day One weigh-in.
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The Yamaha colors fly on a sponsor flag at weigh-in.
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Concussions, CTE, and the NHL
Last month, former NHL enforcer Todd Ewen committed suicide. Earlier this year, former NHL enforcer Steve Montador died suddenly after struggling to cope with substance abuse and depression. In 2011, former NHL enforcer Derek Boogard overdosed on alcohol and painkillers, former NHL enforcer Rick Rypien committed suicide, and former NHL enforcer Wade Belak (probably) committed suicide. In 2010, former NHL enforcer Bob Probert died of a heart attack; his brain showed evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). As of today, the NHL "has 'no desire' to settle a class-action lawsuit that alleges negligence and fraud by the League regarding concussions." [more inside]
animated data visualization, or ambient data art
"Goals representing all 2012 NHL Stanley Cup playoff teams are arranged in a circle, with Western Conference teams on the left, and Eastern Conference teams on the right. Higher-seeded teams are at the top of the circle. The goals tally cumulative scoring for each team (rather than goals against). When a puck crosses the goal line, a musical note plays." Stanley Cup Summed Up, by Bård Edlund.
and only 113 days until next season!
The Chicago Blackhawks have won the Stanley Cup, and 24 years after it all began Kimmo Timonen can finally call himself a champion. But before he got to hoist it, the Cup had to get there - it was delayed due to weather. But that's okay - it wasn't in the building when the Blackhawks won in 1938, either.
How Much Do Athletes Make?
Salaries, attendance figures, social media footprints, and other data from 17 pro sports leagues worldwide. Ever wondered who earns more, NBA athletes who went to college in Ohio or players in the Scottish Premier League? Or who has a higher payroll, the Minnesota Wild or the Kolkata Knight Riders? Or who has more twitter followers, Aston Villa or the Hiroshima Toyo Carp? Wonder no more.
1. Promise you'll give it back
Should losing on purpose in sports be considered morally corrupt?
The NHL instituted a draft lottery system after the Ottawa Senators flopped to select Alexandre Daigle first overall in 1993. The gambit backfired. Daigle is considered among hockey's biggest draft busts. Former Washington Capitals coach Ron Wilson admitted this month – without providing all the details – his general manager, George McPhee, ordered him to lose down the 1998-99 homestretch to improve draft position. The NBA changed its postseason seeding rules when the 2005-06 Los Angeles Clippers seemingly tanked games to dodge Cuban's Mavericks in the first round. The 2006 Swedish hockey team lost a game to avoid playing Canada or Russia in the Olympic quarterfinals. Four women's badminton doubles teams were ejected from the 2012 Olympics for throwing round-robin matches to manipulate their seedings. Last month, two Tennessee high school girls' basketball teams were banned from their postseason. They tried to lose to each other and avoid playing the defending state champ in the regional tournament. They committed blatant fouls and even shot into the wrong basket. The Ethics of Tanking
Jean Béliveau, 1931-2014
Last night, Jean Béliveau ("le Gros Bill"), former Montreal Canadiens captain and winner of 10 Stanley Cups, passed away at age 83. Noted for both his skill on the ice and his gentlemanly conduct off it, he had 507 goals and 712 assists over a 20 year career, all with Montreal. Rare is the talent so great that a sports franchise would buy an entire league to secure his services. Jean Béliveau of the Montreal Canadiens was such a talent. [more inside]
Ex-Maple Leaf coach Pat Quinn dead at 71 [Toronto Star]
"Former Toronto Maple Leaf coach and general manager Pat Quinn has died at the age of 71. Quinn died Sunday night in Vancouver after a lengthy illness, the Hockey Hall of Fame and Vancouver Giants said Monday. Quinn, who was co-owner of the WHL's Giants, was 71.
the cult of the uniform
You don't protect my freedom: Our childish insistence on calling soldiers heroes deadens real democracy [more inside]
These goggles, they do nothing!
The Worst NHL Hockey Jerseys Dave Delisle, designer of Geeky Jerseys, excoriates the NHL designers for such monstrosities as the Buffaslug and the Islanders Fishsticks (it really is an uncanny resemblance).
Potvin Sucks !!
Tonight is the 35th Anniversary of one the most famous chants in American Sports. On Feb 25, 1979, Denis Potvin, NHL Hall-of-Famer, 5 time Stanley Cup Champion, and Captain of the New York Islanders laid a hard check on New York Rangers forward Ulf Nilsson. That hit effectively ended Nilsson's career, and made Potvin the target of unending abuse from Ranger fans. Rangers fans have never forgotten nor forgiven Potvin. To this day, regardless of which team the Rangers are playing that night, if someone whistle's the first few bars of "Let's Go Band," all of Madison Square Garden will erupt in a chant of "Potvin Sucks!"
Anyone Who Wouldn't Buy "Frolik Navidad" Should Leave Immediately
How much do hockey players love Christmas? A lot. They love trying and failing to name Santa's reindeer. They love trying to define what is and is not a carol versus a song. They love reading 'Twas the Night Before Christmas to small children. They even love singing original Christmas songs that rhyme "take for granted" with "less-advantaged" (or at least holding signs while Igor Larionov's daughters sing).
However, what they love more than anything is singing a whole album's worth of hockey-themed Christmas carols like the 2011 Chicago Blackhawks.
However, what they love more than anything is singing a whole album's worth of hockey-themed Christmas carols like the 2011 Chicago Blackhawks.
I Just Hope Grapes Comes Through This Okay
In a deal worth $5.2-billion, Canadian media conglomerate Rogers has obtained broadcasting rights to NHL games across Canada for the next 12 years. While the NHL and its players appear to come out winners, the deal is a blow to Canada's other media conglomerate Bell, whose sports network TSN has lost all national NHL programming just five years after winning the rights to the iconic Hockey Night in Canada theme song from public broadcaster CBC, home to HNIC for over 60 years. As for the CBC, they will retain rights to broadcast games for four years in what president Hubert Lacroix described as a "partnership" where they will pay nothing, make nothing, and have no control over content. Considering HNIC is the only CBC English-language programming that consistently places in Canada's top 25 English TV shows and allegedly brings in up to 50% of its ad revenue and 30% of its audience, speculation regarding the future of a hockey-free CBC, last brought up during last year's NHL lock-up, abounds, with many characterizing it as a crisitunity for a clueless and complacent corporation.
When Logos Go Wrong
Mike Tanier of Sports on Earth discusses poorly designed sports team logos throughout history.
Hockey is violent grace, or sometimes just silly.
Kings and Sharks Dance Offs started when both teams first met in the playoffs. It took over the series talk thread and Game Day Threads until it got it's own thread. Since then, it has become a tradition.
Hockey Is For Everyone
The National Hockey League Players' Association and the National Hockey League recently advanced their commitment to make the NHL the most inclusive professional sports league in the world by teaming up with the You Can Play Project (previously), an advocacy organization fighting homophobia in sports. The organization was created by Philadelphia Flyers scout Patrick Burke in memory of his brother, Brendan Burke. Less than a year after it was created, You Can Play has addressed some recent instances of homophobic comments from professional athletes in the US. They also have put together a number of videos, presented on their YouTube channel, or on the You Can Play website.
"If you can skate, you can play"
The You Can Play project was created by GForce sports, former Toronto Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke, and his son Patrick Burke to ensure that LGBT athletes have equal opportunity in professional hockey. [more inside]
Hockey Heroes for Equality
Torontoist has named their 2012 Advocacy heroes, including Toronto Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke for his work supporting GLBT rights in memory of his son Brendan (Previously) and the AHL's Toronto Marlies, the first professional sports team to pledge their support for teammates, coaches, and fans of all orientations.
Let's Eliminate Sports Welfare
Tantric Negotiating
Yesterday was Day 80 of the NHL lockout, with the situation looking pretty grim after a failed intervention by US federal mediators. Then on Monday, WBZ-TV Boston's Steve Burton surprised everyone by leading off his segment with this bombshell. Tuesday, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and Union Director Don Fehr took the unusual tactic of stepping back to allow owners and players to negotiate directly. With the annual Board of Governors meeting happening Wednesday and a press conference scheduled afterwards, NHL insiders across twitter are expressing cautious optimism that the puck will soon be dropped.
The Season That Isn't
With the NHL locked out for the foreseeable future, the Montreal Gazette has decided to cover Canadiens games simulated on EA Sports NHL '13 as if they were real games.
Shared (bullshit) Sacrifice
"When global warming was recast as "climate change," that was Frank Luntz. When the estate tax became a "death tax," that was Frank Luntz. When the Affordable Health Care for America Act was held up as "a government takeover," that was Frank Luntz, too." How A Top GOP Strategist Is Helping Hockey Owners Craft Their Lockout Propaganda [more inside]
"Another cold steel summer for Brian Gionta, freelance solution to some of his government's more pressing problems."
Now that the NHL Lockout is fully upon us, some have wondered what NHL fans should do with their unmoored fandom. They have missed a greater conundrum: what are the listless captains of the NHL going to do with their pent-up energies? The Classical's Chris Collision has delved into the lockout activities of every NHL captain, from Jonathan Toews's train nightmares to Shane Doan's fedora delivery service and Joetho Rnton's abdication of his rule of the Gatlatian Smatet: Part 1, Part 2.
The Top 25 NHL, NBA, MLB, and NFL Sports Uniforms
From Paul Lukas of Uni Watch, a list of the 25 best uniforms in the four major North American professional sports. [more inside]
"In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened."
The Los Angeles Kings won the Stanley Cup on Monday night. This morning, a local radio station (KSPN 710 AM) had on the team's hall-of-fame announcer Bob Miller to be interviewed and take calls. A certain special caller turned out to be another hall-of-famer -- long-time Los Angeles Dodgers baseball announcer, Vin Scully, who has been with his team for over 60 years. The audio is special. [more inside]
It's not an illusion
Wil Wheaton celebrates the LA Kings first ever Stanley Cup victory (SLYT). There is kazoo.
1,564 games later.
I've been dreading this day since I became manager in 1997," Red Wings general manager Ken Holland said. This day, today, Detroit Red Wings captain Nicklas Lidstrom retired from the game of professional hockey after 20 NHL seasons. Lidstrom is considered to be one of the best defenseman ever to play the game. [more inside]
Stanley Cup-winning Boston Bruins goaltender and Free Citizen Tim Thomas skips White House dinner
One of only two American players on the 2010/2011 Boston Bruins team, goaltender Tim Thomas skipped a White House event to honor the team's Stanley Cup championship victory for political reasons. Reactions have been numerous and mixed.
Iginla scores goal number 500.
Jarome Iginla, the first black captain of an NHL hockey team, has scored his 500th career goal during a game against the Minnesota Wild.
The physical toll of being a goon
The NYT has published a three-part series on the life of late hockey enforcer Derek Boogaard, who died earlier this year at age 28 of a drug and alcohol overdose. [more inside]
Entire KHL team dies in plane crash
A charter plane carrying the entirety of the KHL Lokomotiv hockey team crashed upon takeoff, killing 43. Several of the players were former NHLers, including the coach, Canadian-born Brad McCrimmon (formerly a Red Wings player and assistant coach), Pavol Demitra, Ruslan Salei, Karls Skrastins, and Olympic Gold-winning goalie Stephan Liv of Sweden. This tragedy further mars an offseason where 3 current or retired NHL players died suddenly. [more inside]
HABS, HAER, HALS, CRGIS, NRHP and NHL. Together at last.
Heritage Documentation Programs is part of the National Park service and administers the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) - the United States government's oldest historic preservation program - Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) and Cultural Resources Geographic Information Systems (CRGIS) [more inside]
missing puck spotted, still lost
The search for the puck that scored the Stanley Cup winning goal last year (previously) finds new hard evidence that linesman Steve Miller picked it up. The hall of fame is calling for changes to ensure this doesn't happen again. And as two storied franchises fight for their first Cups in quit a while, Steve Miller is on the ice again, a linesman for games 1 and 3 of the finals so far.
In 1995, the NHL's Winnipeg Jets were officially sold to an investment group in Pheonix, Arizona, despite community outrage and a last minute fan rally. [more inside]
10 Unthinkable Seconds, One Year Later
Brian Burke is tormented by how much terror you can squeeze into ten seconds. Ten seconds in a car careening into oncoming traffic on a stretch of Indiana highway just shy of the Ohio border. Ten seconds sailing sideways through sheets of falling snow, straight at a reinforced truck. Ten seconds with the same unthinkable ending every time. [more inside]
Kovalchoke and the salary cap
100 million just doesn't get what it used to... Ilya Kovalchuk becomes the poster boy for irony in the NHL. [more inside]
Oh, No, Eddie Spaghetti: Old School Stanley Cup Reenactors
The NHL, the way it was meant to be seen: "Relive the Pittsburgh Penguins 1991 Stanley Cup Finals clinching game 6 victory in a dramatic reenactment through a pixelated prism. All the goals, the calls by Mike Lange, and the Stanley Cup celebration are replicated in this 18 minute video of game play action. The broadcast audio is of the actual game, synchronized to the heroics of sprite based hall of famers like Mario Lemieux, Joe Mullen, Paul Coffey, Bryan Trottier, and the rest of the full team rosters." (Takes a minute or so for the action to really get started.)
Taking aim at ESPN
Sports Business Journal has a detailed look behind the buzz over "The Emperor's New Clothes: How ESPN's Multi-Platform Strategy Hasn't Improved Ratings," a sharply critical PowerPoint presentation making the rounds of sports league offices and advertising buyers in recent months. A good read for folks interested in the business of sports, decreasing TV ratings for many leagues, the blurriness of the ad/news line and the difficulty of measuring eyeballs across media. [via Romenesko]
Zednik stable after carotid artery severed in Panthers-Sabres game. (NSF Hemophobes) [more inside]
Goalie Masks of the NHL
Goalie Masks of the NHL - A series of photos showing an amazing amount of personal self-expression and art on these professional athletes.
When Sports Fans Go Mad
When Sports Fans Go Mad. Just in time for your NCAA Final Four weekend: a celebration of sports fans' best and worst pranks, taunts, and hijinks. This ain't no Brady Bunch episode. Some require the skills of a tattoo artist. Some are confusing. Some are about public humiliation. This one, however, really takes the cake.
A big puck up!
One of the worst and best hockey plays you will ever see - all within fourteen seconds. Former first overall pick, Patrik Stefan of the NHL's Dallas Stars, gets an open shot at an empty net with fourteen seconds left in the game...and misses. The Edmonton Oilers regain control of the puck, make a long pass down the length of the ice and score to tie the game with two seconds left!
NHL Academy
NHL Academy. Become an NHL star at home, at your own pace. [flash + sound ]
We missed you..
Welcome back NHL. Today marks the first day since June 7th, 2004 that an NHL hockey game has been played. Much has changed since then: team lineups, goalie equipment, even the painted lines on the ice. There is plenty of hype this year with phenom Sydney Crosby on the ice, The Great One behind the bench, and SHOOTOUTS!. Will the fans come back, and can the NHL live up to the hype?
They really do like hockey in Florida...
Lightning begin their Stanley Cup Defense During the lockout and cancelled season, a Tampa Tribune sports writer has been using a popular hockey simulation game to play out the 2004-2005 season, and has been covering each game as if it were real. Yesterday the SimBolts took a 2-0 lead in their first round match, on the strength of Ruslan Fedotenko's hat trick. Final standings and league leaders. ¶ The Virtual Ottawa Senators have a 2-0 lead over the SimLeafs. I'll be checking back to see faux Ottawa choke.
Not a hockey fan, but wow.
Louis John Sutter dead at age 73. He fathered six sons, all of whom, played in the NHL.
The NHL? Fix it for forget it
*sob* we miss you, hockey
Fifty Mission Cap Reduxe
Bill Barilko immortalized by The Hip in the song Fifty Mission Cap won the cup for the leafs in 1951. Later that summer, he disappeared in a plane crash north of Cochrane, Ontario. In an ironic twist of fate, the Maple Leafs did not win another Stanley Cup until 1962, the same year that his remains were finally found. Now, The body of a former NHL first-round draft pick who disappeared in Austria almost 14 years ago has been found frozen in the Alps. Someone tell Gord, maybe he can get a new song out of this.
Oh Yes! Hockey season is here again.
Oh Yes! Hockey season is here again. Came across a few good Blogs with a hockey theme. The Hockey Pundits, Goalie Girl, Puck Hog, Off Wing, Puck Update
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Open daily 10 am to 5:30 pm through Oct 31, at our Pumpkinseed Hill Farm, 120 Beardsley Road, Shelton. Join us for pumpkins, hay rides and fall fun. On weekends, try to bring your own wagon to carry all your pumpkins, squash and fall decor. We are celebrating "Larger Than Life! Small Wonders on the Farm."
Open Thu Aug 6 and Fri Aug 7 from 9 to 5:30 pm. Sat Aug 8 will be our last day, call the Crop Report that morning for Sat's hours and latest picking conditions, (203) 929-8424. More Info.
Visit our Summer College Internship page for more information about seasonal opportunities at the Jones Family Farms.
On Christmas Eve, the farm is open 9 am to 4 pm (arrive by 3 pm to harvest your own tree.) After December 24, the farm is closed for the season! Please see Winery hours below.
We have tons of our amazing pumpkins and squashes! We cannot wait for you to see beautiful Pumkinseed Hill Farm. Try to bring a wagon on the weekends so you can cart your pumpkins from the fields. More pumpkin info at FAQs and Plan Your Visit. Through Oct 31, the farm is open daily 10 am to 5:30. Call 203.929.8425 for more details.
With the cooler summer weather, we still have very good blueberry picking as well as our box special! Tuesday - Saturday, enter the fields 9 to 5:30. Closed Sunday and Monday. Our last day of public picking will be Saturday, August 16 - so come this week, you won't be disappointed! Call the Crop Report before you come to confirm hours, picking location and conditions: 203.929.8425. Cash or check for berry picking.
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Christmas Eve we are open until 4 pm, please arrive by 3 to cut your own tree. The farm is closed Christmas Day, Dec 25 and Boxing Day, Dec 26. Visit our Winery Visit to see our winery hours next week.
Come in costume to our annual UNICEF Family Festival from 10am-4pm on Sat. Oct. 26 and Sun. Oct. 27. Games and crafts for kids raise money for UNICEF and The Valley Goes Pink. CenterStage Teen Cabaret performs Sunday at 2:30. Be there!
Our All You Can Carry Pumpkins special is in place. Cross the finish line with all the pumpkins you can carry for $35. Plan Your Visit and Pumpkin FAQs. Oct 29 and 30th, open 10 to 5:30, and on Halloween Oct 31, open 10 to 4. Pumpkinseed Hill, 120 Beardsley Road, Shelton. Crop Report for details, 203.929.8425.
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Major transformations in biomedical science are on the horizon with the establishment of the world-class Integrated Structural Biology Infrastructure (Instruct) in support of European biomedical research.
The European Strategy Forum of Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) is involved in establishing about 40 such infrastructures, seven of them in biomedical sciences. Instruct is one such biomedical project, whose aim is to provide pan-European user access to state-of-the-art equipment, technologies and manpower in cellular structural biology. This will allow Europe to maintain a competitive edge and play a leading role in this vital research area.
The Weizmann Institute of Science, together with Tel Aviv University, has been chosen as one of the seven Core Centres, joining prestigious institutions in the UK, Italy, France and Germany.
"Structural Biology is a scientific area in which Israeli scientists have been leading for many years, as evidenced by Weizmann Institute's Prof. Ada Yonath, who won a Nobel Prize in 2009 for her pioneering work on solving the structure of ribosomes," says the Institute's Prof. Joel Sussman, Director of Israel's Instruct Core Centre.
Crucial to understanding how the living cell functions is knowledge of the three-dimensional structures of its proteins and nucleic acids, how these interact with one another, and their arrangement and dynamics within the cell. But no single discipline alone is able to decipher this. "In addition to the Weizmann Institute having developed world-class research programs in several of the disciplines relevant to Instruct, including electron microscopy, mass spectroscopy, X-ray crystallography, NMR, bioinformatics and structural proteomics, the Israel Structural Proteomics Center (ISPC) has played a synergistic role in integrating and coordinating all these various disciplines," says Sussman. The ISPC was established by scientists from the Weizmann Institute, with Sussman
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WASHINGTON -- Members of the House and Senate can justifiably dismiss the budget President Barack Obama unveiled Tuesday as irrelevant, because Congress has passed a two-year budget agreement that sets spending levels through the end of 2015.
But the White House is required by law to present a budget proposal each year, so Obama used the moment to release an ambitious proposal that relies on more than $1 trillion in new taxes and includes more than $55 billion in new spending. Next week, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is expected to follow up with a proposal that will focus on welfare reform and an overhaul of social programs, including Head Start and Medicaid.
Neither proposal will go anywhere -- and that's by design.
"Everybody realizes that both sides are going to continue to put out their message documents to show what they would do if they gained seats in the House or Senate," Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Tuesday.
With a budget fight out of the way until late next year, attention is expected to focus in the coming weeks on the House and Senate appropriations committees that will decide how federal agencies can spend money next year. But before that begins, both parties paused Tuesday to take shots at the opposing side.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Obama had "opted for the political stunt for a budget that's more about firing up the base in an election year than about solving the nation's biggest and most persistent long-term challenges.
Other Republicans followed in lock-step. Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., called it "dead on arrival," while Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., dismissed it as a "lame-duck budget." Rep. Luke Messer, R-Ind., a freshman member of the House Budget Committee, preferred to call it a "campaign document." He said he looked forward to reading Ryan's budget plan next week.
"I think what you'll see from us is a budget that resembles what we've passed the last several cycles, with an effort to put forward a conservative vision of what we need to do to put people back to work, reform our welfare systems and get America going again," Messer said.
But GOP aides said there are no current plans to hold votes on Ryan's budget plan.
Democrats, meanwhile, cheered Obama's proposal. Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif., credited the White House for including new investments in the nation's infrastructure, while Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Pa., said he supported calls for new investments in manufacturing and education.
Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., thanked Obama for including money to help cut carbon pollution that might help prevent deadly weather events like superstorm Sandy.
But Rep. Hal Rogers, R-Ky., chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, flatly rejected Obama's proposal Tuesday, and said he plans to stick with the $1.014 trillion spending plan approved in December.
And other lawmakers said that's how it should be.
"Do we need to go through it again if we've already done it?" said Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, a member of the Senate Budget Committee.
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David Beckham & Cristiano Ronaldo be damned ... because Argentinian soccer stud Lionel Messi has been called the best soccer player in the world ... and he just may have the best body too.
The 24-year-old FC Barcelona star showed off his toned, hairless physique -- and his tan line -- while on a yacht in Ibiza on Tuesday.
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Stone Temple Pilots' Dean DeLeo on Scott Weiland: 'There Was No One Better,' But 'He Left Us Long Ago'
Stone Temple Pilots' Dean DeLeo praises Scott Weiland, but offers a harsh reality on their split.
Stone Temple Pilots' Dean DeLeo praises Scott Weiland, but offers a harsh reality on their split.
Bad news is bad news, but Stone Temple Pilots are moving to correct some misinformation issued last week via the Soundwave website that revealed the band was bowing out of Australia's traveling festival.
Yep, the Stone Temple Pilots live, streaming for FREE, just for YOU!!
STP blew up Lenos Tonight Show with "Black Heart", check it out here!!
The new EP from Stone Temple Pilots, "High Rise", isn't due out until October 8th, but here's another track from it to hold you over!
As Stone Temple Pilots continue their current tour with Linkin Park's Chester Bennington on vocals, more details regarding the firing of former frontman Scott Weiland are starting to surface.
You all know STP are back in business with Chester handling the mic. Here's some footage of 'em live for you!
There probably isn't a person on Planet Earth who would've guessed that Linkin Park's Chester Bennington would replace Scott Weiland as the singer for Stone Temple Pilots. Now that a few months have passed by to let that reality sink in, Stone Temple Pilots have announced details of the release of their first EP with Bennington, 'High Rise.'
The legal battle between Scott Weiland and his former band Stone Temple Pilots has played out very publicly throughout the past year after the band fired the former frontman in February and then recruited Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington to join their lineup. Weiland is not about to back down without a fight though, saying that the band will have to buy him out of the "company" in order for him to walk away.
Apart from these Babes rockin' our favorite tv shows and movies, they also rocked out some awesome music videos.
STP are hitting the road!
Scott Weiland's feud with his former Stone Temple Pilots bandmates seems to be getting uglier by the minute. After learning he had been replaced in STP by Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington and being slapped with a lawsuit by the band's three other founding members, Weiland has filed a multimillion dollar countersuit.


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CALABASAS HILLS, Calif., Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Booz Allen Hamilton, a leading business strategy and technology consulting firm, is the recipient of The ALS Association's inaugural Partnership for Success Award for the firm's longtime support and involvement in the fight against Lou Gehrig's Disease.
The award, which recognizes a corporate partner for supporting and advancing the mission and vision of The Association, was presented in Leesbury, Va., on September 14 during a Booz Allen Hamilton employee golf tournament that benefitted the DC/MD/VA Chapter of The Association.
"Receiving this award in recognition of the support that Booz Allen employees have provided to The ALS Association is a great honor for our firm," said Ken Wiegand, a partner at Booz Allen Hamilton and a member of The Association National Board of Trustees. "We are proud of our work and the efforts our employees have made to help improve the lives of people living with ALS."
A partner of The Association since 2000 after one of its employees, Craig Miller, was diagnosed with the progressive, neurodegenerative disease ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), Booz Allen Hamilton was selected as the first recipient of the award for its work in several areas that have strengthened the organization's service to the ALS community.
Topping the list of reasons was the extensive, groundbreaking pro bono work Booz Allen Hamilton performed in raising the stature of The Association's national signature fundraising event, the Walk to Defeat ALS(R), and transforming it into a model of success that has widespread effectiveness in the effort to fund care for people with ALS and for research. Booz Allen Hamilton is a national sponsor of the Walk to Defeat ALS.
"As the chief architect of the Walk to Defeat ALS, Booz Allen Hamilton has strengthened the ability of The Association to continue cari
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INS Sindhurakshak: Names of crew released
The Indian Navy on Friday released the names of 18 crewmen who were on board INS Sindhurakshak submarine, which sank after an explosion on Wednesday.
There were three officers and 15 sailors on the vessel.
The three officers were Nikhilesh Pal, Alok Kumar and R Venkitaraj.
The 15 sailors were Sanjeev Kumar, KC Upadhya, Timothy Sinha, Kewal Singh, Sunil Kumar, Dasari Prasad, Liju Lawrence, Rajesh Tootika, Amit K Singh, Atul Sharma, Vikas E, Naruttam Deuri, Malay Haldar, Vishnu V and Seetaram Badapalli.
The Navy might take help of a Singapore-based company to salvage INS Sindhurakshak.
"Under the present situation, we may not be having the capability to salvage it. We have to create buoyancy in the deep sea to salvage the submarine. For that, we require help of professionals. The name of a Singapore-based professional firm has come for the consideration and we may hire it for the job," a Naval source told DNA newspaper.
The Navy on Thursday said all the 18 crewmen on board INS Sindhurakshak still remained untraceable.
"No information about the 18 persons trapped in it," Indian Navy spokesman Narendra Kumar Vispute told reporters.
"Heavy duty pumps are being used to pump water out of the submarine," he said.
Navy divers had entered the submarine on Wednesday.
Poor visibility inside the submarine hampered diving efforts, reports said.
In a major setback to the Navy's ambitious modernization drive, the fully armed INS Sindhurakshak, returned by Russia earlier this year after a major refit at an estimated cost of USD 80 million exploded in a Mumbai dock.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said the country is deeply pained over the loss of INS Sindurakshak in an accident on Wednesday.
"We are also deeply pained that we lost the submarine, INS Sindurakshak in an accident yesterday. Eighteen brave sailors are feared to have lost their lives, " Singh said while addressing the nation on the 67th Independence Day from the Red Fort in New Delhi.
"The accident is all the more painful because the Navy had recently achieved two major successes in the form of its first nuclear submarine, INS Arihant and the aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant," he said.
The submarine was fully loaded with missiles and torpedoes when the explosion led to a massive fire on board INS Sindhurakshak at the Naval dockyard in Mumbai.
INS Sindhurakshak was built in 1997 at Saint Petersburg, for anti-submarine and anti-ship warfare, defending naval bases, securing coasts and sea lanes of communication, reconnaissance and maritime patrol operations.
The vessel had been sent to Russia after the Visakhapatnam accident for a mid-life upgradation in 2010.
The submarine was handed over to India earlier this year after nearly two years of overhaul and refitting in Russia at the cost of 80 million dollars (Rs. 480 crore). The submarine was expected to serve the navy for at least 10 more years.
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Crock Pot Spaghetti and Meatballs
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Prep 10 mins
Cook 2 hrs
This recipe is special more for its cooking method than its ingredients. You can modify it to suit your taste, but I think you'll agree...making spaghetti and meatballs can't get any easier than this !
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- Break spaghetti in half and put in crock pot.
- Add remaining ingredients and stir.
- Cover, cook on Low 4-6 hours, or on High 2 hours. Stir once at "halftime".
- Note -- I use homemade meatballs, which I always have on hand, but I use a purchased sauce with garlic that my children love. The can size was 681 ml. Also, I never measure the pasta, I just use two handfuls. But the Recipezaar editors could not computer such a measurement.
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Sorry, the pasta came out like glue and a waste to good meatballs.
I made this exactly as directed, on high for 2 hours, stir between. I found the spaghetti to have a kind of chewy texture. I used Barilla veggie spaghetti, but it has always had the same consistency as regular pasta. All in all, it was barely edible. Once my stove gets fixed, I'll be back to making spaghetti and meatballs the old fashioned way.
Genius! Who knew you could cook the noodles in the crockpot too!?! How easy! I followed exactly and it came out absolutely PERFECT! My little toddler wanted THREE helpings of it! The noodles come out super soft, which we personally love. This is a keeper! Thank you so much for sharing it!


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Final Audio Design Heaven VII
"Final Audio Heaven VII IEM ReviewFully balanced single armature in-ear monitors Intro: Founded by Kanemori Takai in 1974, Final Audio is a diverse audio company based in Japan with a history of designing products from moving coil cartridges, turntables, amplifiers, speakers, and headphones. Their current headphone product line-up includes the Pandora Hope series (full-sized over-ears using a..." --money4me247
Final Audio Design Heaven IV
"Final Audio Design is a relatively new company to the IEM scene, with them releasing their first models in 2009. They are a Japanese company, with their roots extending back to 1974 where they first made high-end MC cartridges and booster transformers. The model that I will be reviewing today is their Heaven IV, which is the second cheapest model in their Heaven IEM series, the most basic one..." --lin0003
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Pioneer DJE-1500-K Professional DJ In-Ear Headphones
"Over the years I have owned and reviewed a number of IEM's and headphones, being a positive person my reviews generally err on the side of generosity. This IEM forced me to go back through my reviews and adjust my ratings. The overall package and sound of the DJE1500 required it to be separated from everything else or I wouldn't be doing it justice. It is the first 5 star rating I have ever..." --dweaver
Final Audio Design Adagio V
" Hi Guys, this is my second review on a new earphone, just in time that my friend is looking for a good earphone, I was recommend him to look for this Final Audio Design brand. He loves detail, clarity type of earphone, and mostly enjoys vocal, acoustic music type. And hey!! He picked a final audio adagio V!! I didn't expect this will happen, but well, i got his..." --SpringBiscuit
Final Audio Design Adagio III
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I am one of those guys that picks a band apart that im watching. I watch for positive things and ask does my band do that. I also watch for negative things and ask the same question. I always give positive support to the band im watching, just being kind. I guess its kind of a means of keeping myself in check.
A few years back one of the bands I was in was very Tool sounding. We were on a bill with a few heavier bands. The first band on I had good conversation with as we discussed current bands we were listening to. Those guys went up and were just incredible. I seriously felt ill and embarrassed by the band I was playing with because I felt like a hack having to dumb down my style to play in this band. Literally felt sick to my stomach and missed the next band too. Had no problem telling those guys I thought they blew us out of the water, that's for sure, haha/
Ha! You guys think guitar players can give attitude? Try being a middle aged white MC! Dudes will tell you they hate you on the mic! At least with a guitar you have something to swing at 'em with.
Its too easy to sit back and critique than actually walking up to the guitarist and striking up an intelligent conversation....
Maybe it's because I'm older but I'm always complimentary of other musicians. As someone who works hard to improve I understand the time and effort that goes into learning to play any instrument well. I was a music minor in college and have dabbled with many different instruments over the years. I can be very critical of someone who thinks they are the worlds greatest and clearly isn't. That's normally more about their attitude than ability. I always check out what equipment is on stage and what pedals are being used. But that's because I want to understand what works well for others and learn from that. I've always felt that people who are most secure with themselves are people who are complimentary of others. People who are insecure or unhappy with themselves (or maybe just arrogant) are the ones who criticize everyone else.
The same guys that snicker and sneer at the performers are the same "know it alls" that come on these forums and insist they know everything about guitar and gear. They are the same guys that say accomplished guitar players (EVH, SRV, Clapton, etc.) suck and are overrated.
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SAE International Book focuses on hybrid vehicle design.January 12, 2012
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SAE International, Artech House begin publishing partnership.January 11, 2012
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Updated to reflect dramatic mid-afternoon shareprice movement.
After junior-developer Excelsior Mining (TSX-V: MIN) released the broad outlines of a prefeasibility study of its Gunnison Copper project in Arizona Friday, its shareprice shot up 80 percent to over C$0.20 on heavy volume at market open in Toronto.
Then, by mid-afternoon, it was up near 300 percent to C$0.45.
While the prefeasibility study was more or less in line with a 2011 preliminary economic assessment (PEA), no doubt the headline IRR number of 60 percent, before-taxes, caught the market's attention.
According to Excelsior's assumptions, the Gunnison copper project – designed to use in-situ acid recovery – would cost $285 million to build and once online produce 110 million pounds copper a year in the first 14 years of a 20-year mine life at a cash cost of $0.68 per pound copper.
In outline, as before, Excelsior proposed two versions of the project, one with an acid plant and one without. The acid plant increases upfront costs, but reduces operating costs by recycling acid.
Otherwise the project, using in-situ recovery as elsewhere in Arizona, would mean an acid solution gets injected into the deposit itself and then, after picking up copper minerals in the Gunnison oxide deposit, would be pumped back to surface and processed.
To arrive at its end numbers, Excelsior's basic assumptions were a $2.75 per pound copper price in the longterm and the use of about eight pounds of acid per pound of copper.
Although Excelsior's metallurgical tests have shown much higher acid consumption, between 10 to 20 pounds acid per pound copper, the higher rate appears to Excelsior an overestimation as a result of man-made fracturing in drillcore used for metallurgical tests. That is, the acid solution in lab tests accesses more fractures than it would in practise underground, where there would only be natural fractures for the acid solution to follow.
Assessing that hypothesis in the lab, Excelsior has showed that when man-made fractures in drill core are covered in epoxy – to mimic underground conditions – acid consumption drops dramatically in subsequent assessments of copper recovery.
In reserves, Excelsior reports 632 million short tons @ 0.29 percent copper at the Gunnison project. Copper was discovered at the Gunnison project back in 1960 by Cyprus-Johnson Mining, Excelsior says on its website, and copper deposits on the property were subsequently assessed by Superior Oil Company, Quintana Minerals, Magma Copper and, most recently in the late 1990s, Phelps Dodge.


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Now adult-themed restaurant in Taiwan that serves 'raunchy meals'
An erotically themed eatery in Taiwan serves their meals in a sexual way.
The restaurant, Funny Sex Restaurant, has been furnished with decorations that look like some body parts, adult toy or sexual object and it serves food in the erotically-designed crockery, Fox News reported.
The restaurant for adults has life-sized dolls handcuffed to the posts and wall posters that compare penis sizes.
The eatery was first in April and aims at getting some "giggles and a little gastric pleasure".
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The New England Patriots announced Monday the signing of rookie free agent and former BYU defensive lineman Eathyn Manumaleuna.
Manumaleuna was originally picked up by the New York Giants following the draft, but was released on June 19. Manumaleuna had 143 tackles and 5.5 sacks in his time at BYU.
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Jeff Lytle: Bidding farewell to prolific letter-writers Jane Varner and Buddy Eubank
We'll miss their positions, and passion, on our pages
I am the bearer of bad news for dedicated readers of letters to the editor.
Two of our most prolific and famous voices have been stilled.
Jane Varner has died and Buddy Eubank is unable to write on.
Varner, 76, will be remembered for bringing on the anger of fellow Republicans by daring to question President George W. Bush's wars policy.
She was loyal to her convictions — coming back again and again for more and more punishment.
"I think what drove her to write so passionately was her great desire for all things to be just and fair,'' says daughter Jan. "She loved our country and saw the potenial greatness for it but was always sadden by individuals that would use deceit for gain.
"She always wanted to call them out and warn people about them. She had very high standards that she felt all Americans should follow so that each individual received the respect they deserved.
"She felt that information is always your best friend and getting that info from many different sources was the way to go.''
A native of Buffalo, Minnesota, Varner was a homemaker who went to the family office when her late husband's recreational vehicle business boomed.
"I wish I had my mom's writing skills,'' Jan says, adding that despite her mother's public side, no services were planned. "Mom wanted it that way.''
One more thing: That is a photo of Jane Varner. Yes, it is a recent one.
"My mom always looked 20 years younger,'' Jan says.
I was able to send Jane a best-wishes card before she passed.
All of us can send a nice note or a birthday card to Buddy Eubank of Bentley Village.
The icon of positive thinking and seeing the sunny side of everything is unable to grace us further with joyous letters, at least for now, says his wife, Nancy.
That, ladies and gentlemen, is a loss to the community.
Until only a few months ago Buddy was able to connect any local news story to something upbeat from his past in Virginia, where he was a telephone book advertising salesman. His 22 annual Christmastime epics — all true, he insisted — and lists of Perfect 10 civic champions were logs on the fire of the season.
Aptly, his two final letters were about the greatness of America and the public farewell address of his favorite president, Ronald Reagan, who said "We the people are free.''
Eubank, who turns 90 this month, would welcome greeting cards mailed to him at 1935 Village Lane, Bentley Village, Naples, 34110.
Nancy Eubank says he would love that.
Tell him thanks for the memories.
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Amid all the hoopla with Collier County Public Schools choosing a new superintendent, it would be easy to overlook a comment made in passing by School Board member Barbara Berry.
She said superintendent-designate Kamela Patton needs to be a communicator — specifically, "communicate with enthusiasm to the public.''
Look who's talking.
Berry has helps lay the groundwork for precisely such a need.
Only two weeks ago this column told how Berry chose a Sunday afternoon to phone the writer of a letter to the editor that cut a little too close to the bone to Berry's way of thinking.
Berry explained away the shocking incident as simply her way of dealing directly with constituents.
That episode was not an isolated instance. When I got back from a few days away, there was an email from Berry responding to my latest invitation for her to take her turn — along with all the other board members — as TV guests.
In the past she has said she is too busy, and I offer alternate dates, to no avail.
This time she got to the point.
"The ONLY way that I will come on your show is if I have the questions ahead of time,'' she emailed. "NO QUESTIONS/NO SHOW!''
I told her that would never happen for her or any other guest. I went on to say that all the other elected officials in Southwest Florida and our readers and viewers are able to understand and embrace that.
So now you — and I — know the rest of the story.
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"Rumor has me running for commission. I've learned you are nobody in Collier County until you have a rumor going around about you.''
With that, Shari Monetta of Golden Gate Estates had my attention last month.
And now, the tireless Republican conservative campaigner for Marco Rubio, Rick Scott and others confirms she is thinking of joining a field already occupied by District 5 incumbent Jim Coletta and Tim Nance.
"Someone has to stop the wild spending going on in this county,'' she says.
"We need to put a moratorium on the impact fees to bring new business into Collier County. Anyone even remotely interested in moving their business here says its to expensive.
"We need jobs in this county. My district has been impacted the most with unemployment and the loss of homes.''
She says Commissioners Coletta, Fred Coyle and Donna Fiala, "the mob of three, still think we can spend with abandon, while we're almost a billion dollars in bebt.
"Rant over.''
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The firehouse on Pine Ridge Road near Goodlette-Frank Road has a bulletin board.
Though not as provocative as the North Naples Country Club marquee on U.S. 41 North, the firehouse board is notable for patriotic messages and public safety advice such as remember to change smoke-alarm batteries.
That is why the message "Look Out: Here Comes Summer'' seems so odd.
Look out?
Look out for what?
North Naples Fire Chief Orly Stolts said he was stumped, but would find out and report back.
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