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We spent 12 days in France from March 15-27. Here are my impressions, itinerary, experiences and what we learned.
First I guess you are curious about the title. Our reservations for the first two nights were in Mougins at Hotel Les Muscadins. The room was beautiful and if the weather had been totally clear would have had a view all the way to the Mediterranean. There was a step down into the room leaving a small stoop which my husband managed to ram his bare foot against breaking two toes. Why do these things always happen the first day not the last? Anyway he is a stoic and refused to see a doctor or apply ice. (He finally did later and he was lucky I travel with those chemical ice packs.) I wasn't very sympathetic since I thought he had only stubbed the toes above the incision from the surgery he had in December. He was a trooper though and managed to make it through all the walking a trip like this entails with only two days of grumpiness-one which he said I caused. Looking back there were a lot of things we didn't see because of the amount of walking it involved. Well, we will just have to go back again.
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We spent 12 days in France from March 15-27. Here are my impressions, itinerary, experiences and what we learned.
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Mougins: The first two nights we stayed at the aforementioned Hotel Les Muscadins. (http://www.lemascandille.com/lemuscadins.html) It was a lovely place. Buffet breakfast included which we had the first morning on the terrace in the sun.
We visited the photography museum. The photos of Picasso were great especially the one with him sitting on the floor with his children coloring. Also loved the small winding streets and there is a great kitchenware shop. I resisted temptation.
Nice: Just went in to see the Flower Market on Cours Saleya. Parked near the harbor and walked back along the Quai des Etats-Unis. It was a small market probably since it was so early in the season but they had some gorgeous flowers. I bought some anemones for the room and some candies-candied ginger and orange rind-for my father.
Vence: I really wanted to see this perched village. It was really nice but I was glad we were in Vence in the off season. The town is so small it must be wall to wall people in the high season. Unfortunately there was a funeral in the Chapelle du Rosaire so we couldn't see the Matisse windows.
St-Paul-de-Vence: for the Fondation Maeght which was gorgeous especially after the school trip vacated the premises. We parked at the first sign for parking for the Fondation that we came to which turned out to be ancillary parking. Poor Tomas had to trudge up the hill on those two broken toes.
Cassis-We stopped here on our way from Mougins to St Remy. We took a 7 calanque tour on a boat named Moby Dick. The water was so clear, much clearer than I would ever imagine the Mediterranean would be. I regret that my French wasn't up to the commentary the captain was giving but I wouldn't have missed it for that reason. I wished we could get a tour of the ruins that the Michelin family converted into a home overlooking Cassis.
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St Remy de Provence- We returned to the Mas des Carassins where we stayed on our trip last year. We got a warm welcome and an upgrade to the same mini suite we stayed in the prior year. My parents met up with us here to celebrate my father's 85th birthday. We stayed here for 5 nights.
L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue (Sunday morning)-We had a nice picnic from what we picked up in the market along side the Sorgue.
Abbaye de Senanque beyond Gordes. This is the Abbaye from all those photographs with the lavender fields in front of it. The road from Gordes to the Abbaye was one car wide with a hill up on the right and a drop off on the left. Tomas was looking at the view and saying 'will you look at that?' and I was saying 'don't look at that-look at the road!!!!' Definitely a white knuckle ride down! When you meet another car coming towards you one of you has to back up to the cutouts in the cliff for that purpose. There were only tours in French and the next one wouldn't start for another half an hour so we just wandered around outside.
Roussillon-What a beautiful place! The ochre colored cliffs are amazing. We didn't go up the path to see the mines but walked up into the town for the views.
Arles- The only place on this trip we didn't care for. I don't know if it was that the day was grey, that Tomas' mood was grey but we left feeling unimpressed.
Dentelles- We spent a day winding in and out of these little villages-Le Barroux, Malaucene, Vaison-la-Romaine (we didn't even get out of the car-there is so much to see here that we decided it needed a day by itself on a future trip), Gigondas, Beaume-de-Venise.
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Paris- We stayed at the Hotel Madison for the last 4 nights. We had a room facing the Eglise. It is a lovely place with a great location near the Metro.
Rodin Museum- The grounds were beautiful-just coming into bloom. I always like to see the houses and to imagine what it was like as a home.
Musee D'Orsay- They have finished the entrance which is on the end of the building near the Metro. Door C is for the museum pass but there was a short line there due to the bag inspections. If the Neo-Impressionist exhibit is still there when you go you will need to pay another fee for that. Definitely pay the 1 or 2 Euros for the exhibit. It was wonderful especially at the end where they had some paintings from non-Impressionists trying to be Impressionists ie Modrian. Go to Caisse 6 before you enter the museum.
Musee Marmottan-One of our favorites for the Monets and the room to see them without tour groups moving between you and the painting you are viewing. Also in a house which feeds my imagination about how they lived. Notice I am only curious about rich people.
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Impressions, Experiences & What We Learned
We only skimmed the surface of most places we visited. We try to fit too much in too short a period. I hope that when we retire we have the means to take longer trips. Or even better we win the lottery and have all the time we need.
I really need to work on my French. We miss so much by not speaking the language. While we were in the Neo-Impressionist exhibit there were several tours discussing the paintings. It is hard to eavesdrop on a conversation in French. We can manage to find where we need to go and get what we want but that is about all.
Flights from Boston are always packed. We flew AirFrance and they were nice enough to check our bags all the way through to Nice even though we had booked the two flights separately. That was a big help since we had to change terminals for the second flight. The interesting thing was that we didn't go through passport control until we reached the second terminal. We suffered in coach on the way over with the woman in front of me pushing her seat back to its farthest extent all night long. The payoff was that we got upgraded to Business Class for the flight back. That was the second time we have gotten upgraded. Lucky us!
We rented a car through Auto Europe in Nice. We thought about upgrading it to a convertible when we got out into 70 degree sunny weather but resisted. That was a good thing since we scrapped the side of the car which cost us $896. Now I wasn't worried because we charged the car on my Amex card and there is insurance coverage with that. BUT I hadn't realized that since I charged the rental on my Amex Green card in Dec and paid for the damage with the upgraded Amex Gold card the insurance was invalid. My husband argued our case before the supervisor and promised we would never do such a thing again (especially since I am closing out our Amex Green account) and they are considering the claim. I mention this as a lesson to you.
My husband spent a lot of time before we left getting our technology set up. I have a Dell Axim with WiFi that he made sure could access the Internet. Of course it didn't. While we were waiting for our flight to Nice we bought a WiFi Orange card. It didn't let us access the internet. Tomas spoke to as many people as he could about the problem. The final verdict came from the Orange people who admitted that their product did not support PDAs. It was a great idea but for the future.
The other piece of technology we both spent a lot of time preparing was the iPod. We use it in the car here and took the setup with us to use in the rental car. It is always the littlest things that trip you up. The way the system works is you set the radio to a station without a signal and then you transmit from the iPod to that frequency and it plays on the radio. The Renault radio we had could not be tuned to a blank station. We stopped into a Renault dealership to ask and I can imagine the discussion after we left. "Those crazy Americans-why would you want to tune to a blank frequency?" Anyway the iPod was good for the flights.
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Welcome back AGM!
Sorry to hear about the toe incident. Glad you were able to make the best of it and still have a great time.
Thanks for posting a trip report. That's an area of France I still need to see.
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One last thing I have learned-if you see something you want, buy it! I never regret what I buy as much as I do what I didn't. This trip we went to the market at L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue to get the little watercolors I passed up last year. Next year I will go to buy the jacket I didn't this year. Also I should have bought the morels for 9 Euros and taken a chance on getting them through customs. Since they just waved us on at Logan I would be home trying to recreate some of the fabulous dishes we had with them. I will post about our restaurant adventures tomorrow.
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Had some vicarious pleasure reading your report. Surprised to hear Vence was so crowded and you thought it small. Did you mean St. Paul?
I've recently started making a chicken dish with morells. I buy them dried and they get soaked in hot water for a half hour. Taste great.
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Hi AGM,
Thanks for sharing.
>...he is a stoic and refused to see a doctor or apply ice.<
It's a guy thing.
>I hadn't realized that since I charged the rental on my Amex Green card in Dec and paid for the damage with the upgraded Amex Gold card the insurance was invalid. My husband argued our case before the supervisor and promised we would never do such a thing again and they are considering the claim. <
Please let us know how it works out. I am rather bothered that AMEX would quibble over which account you used for what.
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Hi AGM!
It sounds like a great trip, except for the broken toes!
What did you think of the Madison as compared to the Relais St. Germain?
I think I may still like the Relais St, Germain better, especially since the Madison keeps getting more and more expensive. I'm curious about your impression.
A question on the morels: how much could you get for 9€ ? They're SO expensive here-- if they're a lot cheaper there I'd be tempted to try bringing them back, too.
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Glad to hear you too liked the Madison. We seem to have similar taste in hotels--and a lot of other things, too. One of my major travel rules for years has been "If you see it and want it, buy it, because you're unlikely ever to see it again." The rule grew from the time I saw an exquisite cameo brooch in Rome and my husband thought we would see better ones.
Too bad about your husband's toes--I just stubbed one badly (the last time I wore sandals!) visiting a friend in England, but I did learn from the experience that "plaster" is English for bandaid.
Your trip sounds marvelous. And I do hope that AmEx comes through with the repair costs for the car.
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Sorry to hear about the toe and the car, but otherwise your trip sounds delightful.
I often feel that we pack a bit too much in as well, but in some ways, I think the skimming helps us determine which places we'd like to go back to and spend more time in (and fantasize about real estate . . . ).
You hit some of our favs--Roussillon, Beaumes de Venise, Vaison--but we have never been south of the Luberon to places like Cassis. And certainly not to Nice. Next trip, maybe. Thanks again.
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Thanks for the comments.
Indytravel-loved your Alsatian trip report. How do you remember so much detail? I am surprised you haven't been to Provence yet. The weather at the end of March has been wonderful for us, especially after the winter we just had.
mclaurie-Vence wasn't crowded but the roads in the old town were narrow and I could imagine them wall to wall people. We loved it though.
Ira- I know it is a guy thing. Looking back we should have bought him some sandals so that his toes wouldn't have any pressure on them. They are slowly getting better. Also I wasn't happy with the first response I got from Amex which was an unequivocal no to the claim. We will see how it works out.
Marcy/Underhill- we liked the Madison but prefer the Relais St Germain. I heard the RSG got purchased by a chef so who knows what will happen with it. I thought the Madison was expensive for what it was and while the breakfast buffet was nice, the pastries were awful.
Morels!-If I had known then what I know now about morels there would have been some in my bags. Anyway the fresh ones were 9 Euros for 100 grams. I am not sure how that would have come out. We didn't make it to one of my favorite shops in Paris-G Detou which is a restaurant supply shop. If I had I would have bought dried morels as the next best thing. I will have to do some searching locally (actually it will have to be in Boston).
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Maybe this is the time to tell you we spend outrageous amounts for our meals. I am a former chef who likes to see what the creative people are doing. I try to moderate our spending but this is what we like to do. We don't usually get prixe fixe menus because we like to have the widest range of choice. There is a lot of negotiation since we split almost everything. Also I have to admit I thought the prices on menus were higher this year than last year over and above the difference for the depressed dollar. I keep saying to myself that I will try more moderate restaurants but then I read about one that sounds fabulous and off I go. Another thing that drives up the cost for us is that we try to get half bottles of wines and nice wines at that. I think that the half bottles cost more than half of a full bottle. Also my husband has a fondness for Armagnac-vintage if possible- that he indulges whenever he can. I won't tell you how much we have spent on a glass of Armagnac but we might be able to pay the mortgage off if he resisted.
Provencal Restaurants
Le Mas Canille- (http://www.restaurantcandille.com/index.html) This Michelin one star is in the sister hotel to Les Muscadins so we went there the first night. After Tomas' little incident with the foot I didn't want to wander about looking for a restaurant and I had looked at the website before we left home and thought it looked interesting. It was very interesting. The staff at the hotel said it was a ten minute walk but we took the car. Lucky for us since it was a ten minute walk from the front gates of the property. It was an expensive meal but if you want to see how the other half lives you might try going for drinks on their patio in the summer. We had drinks (the bartender had concocted a champagne cocktail with fresh mint and lime juice that was yummy) before the fireplace while we considered the menu. We are very good at saying bon jour and bon soir so at first blush the staff thinks we speak the language. So when they were presenting the menu they realized we didn't speak French and tried to hold on to the menu while offering an English menu. No dice I want the French menu. How am I going to learn if I don't try. We had the Red mullet "crème brûlée" with local artichokes barigoule style (30€) and Our special tatin of foie gras with Armagnac sauce (36€) for entrees. With that we had a half bottle of local white wine which we can't remember the name of but the bill says "Rasque Blanc de Blancs" (20€). Our main courses were Scallops à la plancha, asparagus tagliatelle with morel infusion (fabulous!) (53€) and Duck twice served: breast of duck in a pitchoulines olives crust, thigh "grattons" style with rocket leaves salad and "mendiants" (46€) with a half bottle of our favorite Chateau Romanin red (30€). We both had cheese courses followed by desserts (16€ each) which were a Tatin of apples poached in Calvados, creamy chocolate, red fruit reduction with, spices and an Araguani chocolate fondant, panfried mangoes with rosemary caramel, lemon sorbet (16€ each). We then returned to the bar and Tomas discovered that they had a bottle of 1958 Armagnac. He thought that would soothe his toes.
Restaurant A la Table d'Edmond in Mougins Village. The hotel recommended this place and it was very nice. We started with Salmon & Escrevisses which was thinly sliced raw salmon marinated with chervil and cucumbers and garnished with escrevisses and Ravioli a la Provencal which was just cheese raviolis with a light tomato sauce (12€ each). We had a half bottle of Domaine Ott Rose (29 €) to start. Then we had Filet of Veal and a rack of lamb (28 & 26€ respectively). They were both very good but they both had the same sauce and vegetables-mashed pototoes and assorted veggies. It was a little strange. With the plats we had a Domaine Tempier red (26 €). Dessert was a wonderful gratin of red fruits (10 €). This was a nice little place with an enclosed patio which I imagine in the summer is open to the fresh air.
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Provencal Restaurants cont'd.
Vence- Lunch
Pechuer de Soleil- This pizza place we found in the Michelin guide. It was great. We sat in the courtyard across the street in the sun while we ate. We felt bad for the waitress who had to run back and forth across the road. There are 600 pizzas listed on the menu. I forgot to bring my menu book so I stuck to things I knew fortunately avoiding the Corsican pig liver sausage pizza and the gizzard pizza. Those were the two things I wanted to look up. We split a pizza, a salad and a half bottle of red wine. I think it came to about 30€.
St Remy
La Source-dinner with my parents. My folks had the Escargot to start and they were delicious. None of the rubbery texture you can get here. (On the road from St Remy to Avignon there is a snail farm. Maybe these were from that local source.) I had an asparagus appetizer which came on a pastry almost as thin as filo but not the same texture with an herb sauce. Tomas had the foie gras with a myrtille sauce. My parents and I had lamb with caponata which was served on a pastry that was a cross between pita bread and pie crust. Very good. Tomas had filet of beef with Chateauneuf sauce. We had a full bottle of Chateau Romanin red. For dessert my parents had the Crème Brulee flavored with anise. I had Sable aux Frais and Tomas had a Colonel which was lemon sorbet with Vodka. I don't have a menu for the prices but the total was 185€.
Sette E Mezza-lunch-a pizzeria that Pierre from the Mas recommended. It was a weird situation since we wanted to sit in the courtyard where other people were eating. The waitress said that belonged to the other restaurant but she was working at both. I think she didn't want to walk across the street to serve us. Anyway we managed to talk her into putting two tables together so we could sit next to the open window. My parents and I got the full pizza and Tomas was smart and only got a half. We tried the fromage, poiviron & olives, fromage & chorizo, and onion, anchovy, caper and olive pizza. We also got a salad and a 50 ml carafe of wine. The pizza was good but I think the one in Vence was better. The total was 70 €.
Grain de Sel- dinner, does not take credit cards. We started with a cassolette de Saint Jacque with petit legumes (I love these soups, so much flavor!) and a MilleFeuille of courgette, chevre and Caviar de tomate sechee. Then we had a Filet of Beef with sel guarande (sp?) and a Filet of Veal with Morels. With that we split a 50cl of Chateau Romanin red. We didn't have dessert since we realized at this point it was cash only which we did not have. Tomas ran out to the ATM across the street which was out of service. They were very nice and took the name of our hotel and were going to call and have the hotel put the charge on our bill. As we were driving back to the hotel we passed another ATM and stopped. It worked!!! We went back and paid our bill. It was 104€ with two kirs and a bottle of Vittel.
Alain Assaud Le Marceau-dinner We weren't so sure how we felt about this restaurant until desserts came. They blew us away!! So save room! We started with Soupe de Poisson w/ Rouille (my mother has been after me for years to teach her how to make this-I will definitely make time to do that soon.) and Foie Gras terrine. Our main courses were Lamb with anchovies (which came with the dreaded spinach and was too salty) and Pot au Feu de Cuisse de Canarde which was wonderful. We had a half bottle of white and red but I didn't write down what they were. For dessert we had Tarte au Citron Meringue and Pommes au Caramel. My husband is Very picky about lemon desserts and this one he said was as good as mine. It was very lemony but very light-ethereal is the word for it. The Pommes were thin slices sautéed and served with a wonderful caramel sauce with little chewy bits of caramel sprinkled on top. I can't find the credit card receipt but it was about 127€.
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L'Oustalet Maianen-dinner. This was my father's birthday dinner. After much discussion both on the board here and with the hotel this is where we ended up and we were very happy with our choice. While we looked at the menu we nibbled on little cream puffs filled with a fresh cheese, toasts with tapenade, a skewer with feta cheese, a tomato and parsley and little cheese rounds. We had one little mix up which was that my mother just wanted a simple salad for her entrée even though there wasn't one as a choice on the menu. The waiter said fine it can be done. Then he came back and asked if tomatoes would be ok. She assumed tomatoes on the greens but it turned out to be slices of out of season tomatoes. She ate one or two and pushed it away. Then without being asked the waiter brought her the confit d'legume which accompanied another entrée. She was very happy with that. My father and I had the foie gras terrine with onion confit (I have to find a recipe for this stuff!) and Tomas had a fabulous veloute de chou vert with cappuccino de morels. For a cabbage soup it was surprisingly good. For main course my mother and I had Riz de Veau with morels and asparagus, Tomas has rack of lamb and my father had taureau (bull). We split a cheese plate which had a dry chevre, a fresh local chevre, morbier, a munster with cumin seeds and brie. For dessert we had a millefeuille with orange cream and olive oil ice cream (very good) and tartlet de praline. Then they brought us little shot glasses with chocolate pot de crème with menthe whipped cream and tuille cookies. We had a 50 cl of Cotes du Ventoux and a 50 cl of Chateau Romanin. The total was 181€- the menus at 36€ each. The one thing my husband and I appreciated is that the waiter spoke English but since we were attempting to speak French he would only speak English for as much as it took to overcome any problems. Then he would revert to French. My parents really enjoyed dinner and they even let us treat them for a change. Actually my father was thrilled we wanted to pay for them. The one drawback was that there was a large party at the next table who were really noisy. At one point one of the guests at that table stopped by our table to chat, fully explaining how she blew her knee out while skiing and how it was affecting her life. She was the co owner of the restaurant (Bistrot d'Eygalieres) where we had been planning to have my father's birthday but they were not opened that night. Under normal conditions Tomas and I would have tried it since it is supposed to be really good but she just put us off. After she finally left we looked at each other and wondered who had given her the opening to come and chat.
Arles-lunch We had asked at the hotel for a recommendation for a restaurant in Arles but the place was now a tacky tourist t-shirt shop. So we tried one of the places in the Michelin guide-only to be told that we were too late at 1:45. We found a small restaurant down a street off of rue la Calade called Restaurant L'Amandier which was very good. I got the 13 € menu with Soupe de Poisson w/ Rouille, Poulet au Piperade with rice and my favorite Crème Caramel. Tomas just had a Salade au Chevre Chaud (which was 13 €) and we split a Pichette of house rose.
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"Thanks for the comments.
Indytravel-loved your Alsatian trip report. How do you remember so much detail?"
I laughed after I read your meal report...Your details on your meals is fabulous...sounds like you had a great trip.
How long are you on the one lane road to the Abbey? Did you have to do any backing up??
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I can sympathize with the broken toe--having broken an ankle in Mexican. You're right; why do these things always happen at the beginning of the trip?
Be sure to let us all know how the car incident works out. They actually made you pay on the spot before settling out the insurance?
I too am wondering about the road to Senanque. I hadn't ready anything unusual about it. Any more details?
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Welcome back Abby. You've made me anxious for my return. I'll be going back to St-Paul-de-Vence and the Maeght
and Maillane. You made me so happy appreciating an area I love.
Domaine Tempier! A favorite of mine. I have the cookbook, "Lulu's Provencal Table." Her Tempier makes the besr Rosé.
I hope your darling is not in too much pain now how lucky he is to have a wife who travels with her ice packs
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4totravel-I guess you can see where my interest lie-in my stomach. Also I take notes about the meals, collect menus and have my receipts to refer to while writing.
The road to Senanque wasn't that long-about 1/2 mile. It will accomodate a tour bus but I was happy we didn't meet one coming or going. We had to back up once.
The toes are healing nicely.
The car rental place at the Nice-Cote D'Azur airport required a 1,000 Euro deposit before we took the car. They must know about those planters. We were not expecting to put a deposit down so I hadn't even brought my Amex Green card with me. We rented through Auto Euro/Eurocar last year in Avignon without having to pay a deposit. They took the payment from that deposit.
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What wonderful meals you had! I'm saving the descriptions/restaurant names for Next Year in Provence.
If you think the Relais St-Germain is better than the Madison, we might give that a try. But I've heard that the Bourgogne et Montana is now under the same management as the Madison but is less expensive and in a very nice area. So...
Where and what did the car hit? Our one experience with a problem was when a car careened madly down the side of a mountain in the Lubéron and caught the driver's-side mirror of our car. Good thing we were going fairly slowly or we might have gone over the edge.
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I can't find a web site specifically for the Relais St-Germain. Does someone have one? There seems to be only one review on tripadvisor.com.
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Hi AGM, you are making me seriously reconsider my usual dining strategies and think about eating in some (OK, maybe just one or two) more expensive restaurants the next time I go to France. Usually we stick to moderate places (a term I will continue to use despite the lack of respect it receives on Fodor's). But you make your meals sound absolutely wonderful.
Now I am curious what places you like on Cape Cod, where I am enjoying the sunshine today, salivating over your trip report.
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Mimi, I was thinking of you when we saw a wine called Cigale Chant at Lavinia in Paris. Please do go to the L'Oustalet Maianen when you are in Maillane. It was very good. My husband thought I was crazy to be schlepping the ice packs but he changed his tune.
Underhill-You know those cement planters the look so pretty filled with flowers? Well, Tomas parked next to one and didn't realize it was there. He scrapped the passenger's side of the car.
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Nikki, I haven't even gotten to the best part-Paris!! Anyway where are you on the Cape? Our favorite place is in Chatham-Vining's Bistro. It is on the second floor across the driveway from the Christian Science Reading Room. Let me know where you are and what you like.
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We're in Brewster, always looking for interesting places. Whatever you like sounds good to me after reading your descriptions of France. And I'm looking forward to your Paris report.
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Vin sur Vin- Dinner This was the best restaurant of the trip. It is a 7 table restaurant in the 7th arrondissment. I don't think it is a place for everyone as it requires a certain enthusiasm and interaction with the owners who wait on the tables. Each table is decorated differently and the room has all sorts of unusual items on display-ceramics etc. You can tell that this is the personal expression of the owners. The food was exceptional. The amuse bouche was a small dish of a vegetable ratatouille which was very nice and different Then we had an Asparagus soup with morel cream. The soup came in a small bowl with a layer of asparagus puree with slices of asparagus then on top there was a layer of morel cream. We were instructed to dip the soup so that you got a taste of each layer in every bite. Why don't the asparagus here taste like those? And the morels… heaven!! The other starter was a rabbit and foie gras terrine-the rabbit was wrapped around the foie gras. Very yummy! With that we had a fabulous Alsatian Grand Cru Riesling-Clos Saint Imer La Chapelle Riesling Goldert 2000. This I know because we had them soak the label off which we never do but it was an extraordinary wine. For one of our main courses we had the house special which was a chicken which was stuffed with a forcemeat of liver and other yummy things with a variation of a Supreme Sauce. I could have eaten the sauce with a spoon alone. The other dish was a pigeon which to tell you the truth I don't remember that well. I gave the menu and my notes to my folks and haven't gotten them back yet. It was good but paled before the chicken. We had a Comtes Lafon Volnay Santenots 1997 with that. Leave room for dessert. We had an excellent chocolate soufflé-hot, rich and melt in your mouth dark chocolate. The other dessert was an Orange Tart with Clementine Sorbet. Of course this kind of perfection and attention to detail comes with a price. The total was 439 € which was worth every centime. By the time I left I felt that we had been the personal guests of the house. The patrons came and shook our hands and thanked us as we left and they ushered us into our cab. This will be on our restaurant list for our next trip to Paris. One small side note-if you are a photographer take your camera. Vin sur Vin is at 20, rue de Monttessuy. When you turn onto the rue there is the Tour Eiffel in all its glory. If the night is clear as it was with us it is a beautiful site. Tomas regretted that he hadn't brought his camera and even made us go back another night. I sat on a park bench for 20 minutes while he tried to get 'the perfect shot'. I think it was easier before digital cameras. You tried your best and moved on. Now you try, look at it, notice that guy moved into your picture, try again, but the light wasn't quite right, try again, see something else….
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Taillevent-Dinner. This is one of our favorite restaurants in the world. We consider it a fabulous piece of theater and now that they have changed the table arrangement you both get a ringside seat. We started with champagne while we examined the menu and negotiated what we would have. The amuse bouche was a langoustine veloute-wonderfully rich and flavorful. Then we had the Confit of duck foie gras with quince marmalade and a wonderful quenelle of chicken with truffles and crayfish sauce. With that we had a half bottle of Puligny Montrachet Clavoillon 1990. Then I indulged myself with a Chausson feuilleté de ris de veau (which the English menu prosaically describes as a Sweetbread turnover) with tarragon and gremolata. Since Tomas isn't as crazy about Ris de Veau as I am he only had a taste of it and I only had a bite of his rack of lamb with a pimento rub. With that we had a bottle of wine which we would only order in a place we trusted. It was a Beaune-Cent Vignes 1989 which was wonderful but the label was totally disintegrated. We were one of the last parties to leave that night but everyone remaining laughed as Tomas whipped out his camera to take a picture of the nonexistent label. As usual we had cheese that night but we have started to notice that we are one of the few people who do. The first time we went to Taillevent it was a huge rolling cart of at least 30 cheeses. Now it is a tray of about 15 cheeses. Tomas always gets the Epoisse but I try for things that I haven't tried before. Nice blue cheese but I can never catch the names. Dessert was a chocolate and caramel concoction and Tomas had the sorbets. He always goes through sorbet withdrawal after we return. One of the best things about Taillevent is the service and the staff. I had chosen this restaurant as the first Michelin 3 star (to date the only-I think we should remedy that) because of the service. I was worried that it would be intimidating especially with the lack of language skills. Everyone on the staff speaks excellent English and have been very friendly. This trip we chatted with the table next to us- they are an American couple who moved to France for business and then retired there. What an ideal existence-at least from my view. They are friends of the people who own and run Vin sur Vin. I hope they passed on how much we enjoyed our evening there.
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Hi Underhill,I'm considering the Relais St. Germain. They have a 10% discount for summer. Here is the website:
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Btw, have you considered Hotel Luxembourg Parc? It seems very nice too although it's across the Luxembourg Gardens and not in St. Germain yet it's closeby at around 5-10 mins. walk.
Also Relais Saint Jacques looks exceptional although that is located farther in the Latin Qtr. and close to the Sorbonne and Val de Grace.
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We aren't big shopper except for things that you can eat or drink. No big surprise there. Here are a few of the places we picked up things.
Olive Oil- we really liked the Castelas AOC olive oil we bought last year. Their shop is on the road to Les Baux de Provence. The litre tin is convenient for traveling since you don't have to worry about a broken glass bottle of oil staining everything in your suitcase.
Tapenade, Pistou, Pesto, Confit de Tomate Sechee- All those wonderful things that are so Provencal can be obtained at the local grocery store. We went to the Intermarche in St Remy and stocked up. It is fun to go to the grocery store anyway and see what they carry that your local Stop & Shop doesn't. These little jars make great gifts too.
Wines- We bought a selection of wines from Provence by stopping at the local cooperative in Rasteau, Gigondas and Beaumes-de-Venise. The prices are reasonable and you get to taste it right there. My husband dies of jealous when he sees the locals come in with their plastic jugs which get filled from the large vat. Unless you know a specific winery you want to stop at or have a recommendation this is a good way to get a basic understanding of the local wines. Also it supports the small producers who are able to afford the costs of marketing beyond their villages.
Joel Durand- In St Remy Joel Durand has a shop with amazing chocolates. We got a 16 tile box last year and moved up to a 32 tile box. When you enter the shop you will see a case with all the chocolates in it. There are all square with a nice dark finish and a gold letter on it. The sales person will give you a key to the letters. Then you can pick which chocolates you want. Be adventuresome! I would never have thought that dark chocolate with Baux olives would be edible but it was fabulous.
Watercolors-At the market at L'Isle-sur-la-sorgue last year I saw these little watercolors that I loved. Being an idiot I thought I would see the artist at another market later in the week. Then I would be able to pick the watercolors I wanted based upon where we had been. You know that I didn't see her again until we returned to the market this year and she was in the same place. I did not hesitate. I marched up to her and said I want three little watercolors and the only decision I made was what scenes I wanted. I now have these watercolors hanging in my bathroom and it reminds me of my trips to Provence every time I brush my teeth.
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Maille Mustards- this is another great place for little gifts. It is at place de la Madeleine. There are 32 different flavored Dijon mustard as well as the traditional plain. You can buy a little crock with a cork top which they will pump mustard into from a tap that is similar to a beer tap at a bar.
Lavinia-If you go to the Maille Mustard shop then a block down blvd Madeleine is the three story wine shop-Lavinia. There wines are reasonable priced and if you buy 6 bottles for 4 Euros you can have them box them for the plane. If anyone you know is like my husband and interested in Armagnac this is the place for you. There were vintage bottles back to 1908-all you need is money. There is also a little café which serves wines by the glass that are appropriate for each dish.
BHV- We bought some of those neat number tiles for the house for my sister last year. Unfortunately we forgot about them when we check the bag that didn't pass security and two broke. The basement of BHV is filled with all sorts of neat stuff like that. If you know anyone with a dog or cat there are some funny signs about beware of dog or cat in French.
Marche St Germain-We go to this covered market in the 6th arrondissmont for flowers for the room. There is a small wine shop in the corner which is where we buy liqueurs such as Framboise, Mure etc. Also Tomas found a bottle of 1982 Armagnac (the year we got married) for a reasonable price. He wanted me to mention this shop to keep them in business.
Gerard Mulot- When we go to the airport to fly home we take a picnic with us. This is where we go to get a little pastry for that picnic. I wish that the bakeries around here would make these little gems. This year we got a tarte citron and something chocolate covered with a raspberry on top that was out of this world. I also bought some Easter chocolates for my staff –they said they were wonderful.
Maison du Chocolate- I stood in line here the day before Easter to buy boxes of chocolates for my co workers and my breakfast gang. This is one of those places that give you a guide so you know what you are picking but with the crush in the store and the pressure to pick and move I have no idea what I got. Everyone said there were wonderful and when they were gone a guy in management suggested that the company send me back for more. I was game but it was all just talk. If you go the chocolate with raspberry puree was wonderful but as you might guess this is one of my passions.
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Chocolate, yes. Olives, oh yes. But dark chocolate with olives? I'd have to be convinced (but I'm willing to try).
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dear Abby, Thanks for this wonderful report.
I'm emailing you with a question.
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Nikki-You have to try it to believe it. Even if you don't try that one how do you feel about chocolate and herbs such as basil or rosemary?
Francophile03- I looked at the Relais St Germain website and didn't see any mention of the discount. (Not that I will be going back that soon, unfortunately!) Was it through some other consolidator?
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I just saw your message with the addrss for the Relais St-Germain; many thanks. The hotel looks very nice; we'll have to think about it for our next trip.
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The biggest priority this summer is signing goalie Jonathan Quick to a long-term contract extension.Coming off their first Stanley Cup title in franchise history, the Kings face many of the same questions most organizations do this time of year. Which players must they try to re-sign? Who can they afford to let go? In what areas do they need to bolster their roster? Here's a look at five key questions heading into the offseason.
1. Can the Kings extend Quick? The biggest priority this summer is signing goalie Jonathan Quick to a long-term contract extension. Quick, who won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the NHL's top player in the postseason, will be an unrestricted free agent a year from now. The Kings can begin negotiating an extension as soon as July 1. As the 25th-highest-paid goalie in the league last season at $1.7 million, look for Quick to earn something in the $7 million range, similar to that of the league's highest-paid netminder, Pekka Rinne of the Nashville Predators. Quick's roots are on the East Coast, however. If the Kings aren't able to lock him into an extension this summer, that may be an indication his heart remains elsewhere.
2. What to do with Penner, Stoll and Fraser? The contracts belonging to forwards Dustin Penner, Jarret Stoll and Colin Fraser will expire this summer, leaving all three veterans as unrestricted free agents. Penner had a solid showing in the playoffs, but was virtually missing in action the rest of his time with the Kings. If they can knock a couple of million off the $4.25 million he made last season, he might be worth keeping around. Stoll's offensive numbers dropped significantly after he was moved from the second line to the third line last season, but his attitude never wavered. He's probably better suited for the third line at this stage of his career anyway, but most third-liners don't make $3.4 million a season. Fraser, the team's fourth-line center, might actually earn a raise off the $825,000 he made last season.
3. Can the Kings avoid the Stanley hangover? No team has repeated as Cup champion since the Detroit Red Wings in 1997-98. A number of factors are responsible for this trend, probably none bigger than the widespread parity that has developed within the league in recent years. In the past nine seasons, nine teams have raised the Cup. Another factor is the significantly shorter summer Cup champions experience after their title run, leaving them a bit slow out of the gate. The Kings have a couple of factors on their side: They remain one of the youngest teams in the league and won't lose any of their key players to free agency.
4. Is this the last we've seen of Bernier? At least in a Kings' uniform, that seems to be the case. A former 11th overall draft pick, Jonathan Bernier is one of the best backup goalies in the league, but he has made it clear he'd rather not wear that title. He wants to be a starter and, after starting just 42 games in the past four seasons, he's more than ready to make that move. He's looking at a nice raise from $975,000 last season to $1.525 million in 2012-13, the final year of his current contract. The Kings could get that number off the books via a trade, slot Martin Jones in as the backup and use that cap space to bring in a forward to fill the shoes of Penner or Stoll.
5. Who will make up the fourth line next season? The Kings suddenly have a surplus of fourth-line types on the roster. Assuming they re-sign Fraser, that leaves Jordan Nolan, Brad Richardson, Kyle Clifford, Kevin Westgarth and Andrei Loktionov battling it out for the final two spots. There's also a few players ready to graduate from the minors, most notably bruiser Rich Clune, who signed a two-year contract extension last week. Loktionov could very well inherit Stoll's third-line center position, since he doesn't have the size to survive on the wing. Clifford and Nolan are signed to two-way contracts through next season, which could leave one of them starting out next season in Manchester.

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Button: Red Bull won't have same advantage
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23 February 2012 – Jenson Button does not believe Red Bull will start the 2012 Formula 1 season with such an advantage as it did in 2011. Although the Milton Keynes squad is tipped by many to be the best for raw pace in pre-season testing, McLaren is expected to be significantly closer.
"There have been regulation changes but I still think Red Bull will be strong this year, from the word 'go'. I don't think they will have the advantage they had at the start of the season last year, but you would have to say Seb (as the favourite) because of the last two years they have had – the experience they have been through and what they have achieved."
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TORONTO - Burkie's Balcony, the custom-built crow's nest for the general manager at the Maple Leafs' practice rink, will have to be re-named David's Deck.
New GM David Nonis was not at the MasterCard Centre for the largest gathering of Leafs since the lockout ended, due to CBA legalities. But on his first full day of work, his presence was divinated nonetheless with training camp looming on Sunday. While about 25 Leafs skated, including seven Marlies callups and first-rounder Morgan Rielly, Nonis was reminding the Leafs via Rogers Sportsnet that, with Burke fired, they're on the anvil, just as he is.
"Last year, it became evident there were players who didn't play to expectations," Nonis said. "Either they have to, or you change some of them. Our coaches will go with Step 1 for now. Randy Carlyle was very clear about that at the end of last year and will be again in a few days. We had guys who played (hard) 60 games or 55 and that's not good enough. We're not deep enough for that."


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Discovery's Proliferation Marks Cable TV Trend
Discovery Channel isn't just one cable channel. It's 13 channels, including TLC, Discovery Kids and, starting Wednesday, Planet Green. It's evidence of an increasingly common business model in cable television — spinoffs of successful cable channels.
RENEE MONTAGNE, host:
Back in 1992, Bruce Springsteen was already overwhelmed by cable TV.
(Soundbite of song, "57 Channels")
Mr. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (Singer, Songwriter): (Singing) We switched 'round and 'round till half-past dawn. There was fifty-seven channels and nothin' on. Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on.
MONTAGNE: Now there are hundreds of channels and tonight the Discovery Channel is launching yet another one. It's using one of cable's current business models: taking a successful cable channel and creating spin offs to target a more specific audience. NPR's Alison Bryce reports.
ALISON BRYCE: If you want to watch this new channel, Planet Green, you've got to go way, way up. If you're in Oklahoma City, it's on channel 286.
(Soundbite of TV commercial)
Unidentified Man #1: The television network dedicated to living green: Planet Green.
BRYCE: Planet Green President Eileen O'Neill says one of her favorite shows is called "Battleground Earth" - Ludacris versus Tommy Lee.
Ms. EILEEN O'NEILL (President, Planet Green): Two mega musicians, you know, from the rap world and the rock world, and they did everything from learn about methane produced by cow poop to junk mail issues in Atlanta to green funerals in San Francisco.
(Soundbite of TV show, "Battleground Earth")
Unidentified Man #2: What?
LUDACRIS (Rapper): His name is Toxic Tommy.
Mr. TOMMY LEE (Drummer): Easy, Luda the Polluta?
LUDACRIS: Luda the Polluta? Is that the best you could do?
BRYCE: Planet Green is only one of 13 Discovery channels in the U.S.
(Soundbite of TV commercial)
Unidentified Child: On Discovery Kids.
Unidentified Man #3: On Discovery Health.
Unidentified Man #4: On the Science Channel.
Unidentified Man #5: Only on TLC.
Unidentified Man #6: Only on Animal Planet.
Unidentified Man #7: Only on the Discovery Channel.
BRYCE: The Discovery model - having a parent channel and creating lots of baby channels - is a common practice all over cable. Look at MTV, and then look at MTV U, VH1, VH1 Soul and on and on. and what makes so many channels possible is that space opened up with satellite and digital cable. Subscribers may have 300, 400, 500 channels.
Chuck Thompson of Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau.
Mr. CHUCK THOMPSON (Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau): Consumers want more choices. It's about passions. It's about pursuits. They want to have the opportunity to go to something they are in love with.
BRYCE: Thompson says the more narrowly focused a channel, the better the advertisers can pinpoint their audience. Advertisers who buy space on those home improvement shows on the DIY Network or the Military Channel know exactly who their audience is.
Mr. THOMPSON: This is a channel. There are people who will go there. And advertisers will zero in on that.
BRYCE: One problem with so many channels is finding the ones you really want to watch. Lynette Rice from Entertainment Weekly says that cable networks have given up on asking viewers to remember which channel is which number. Viewers rely on brands and logos.
Ms. LYNETTE RICE (Entertainment Weekly): So they've stopped looking at numbers, and they're just looking for those three or four letters they hold so dear. They're looking for BRA for Bravo or OXY for Oxygen or obviously WE for the WE Channel.
BRYCE: Another problem is that it's hard to fill 24 hours of original programming.
(Soundbite of TV show, "SpongeBob SquarePants")
Mr. CLANCY BROWN (As Mr. Krabs): SpongeBob!
BRYCE: There's going to be a lot of repeats.
(Soundbite of TV show, "SpongeBob SquarePants")
Mr. BROWN: SpongeBob!
BRYCE: Nick at Nite plays "SpongeBob SquarePants" 29 hours in a week, for example.
(Soundbite of TV show, "SpongeBob SquarePants")
Mr. BROWN: All right, here we go. I give you Krabby Land.
(Soundbite of children cheering)
BRYCE: Even though there are so many repeats, Rice says there is more original programming than ever before.
Ms. RICE: But given the fact that there are so many cable channels out there, the chances of finding a network that has an original show that you haven't seen before are greater because there's so many choices.
BRYCE: Americans are watching more television - more than 32 hours a week. And according to Nielsen, they're watching less of it on the big broadcast networks. More people are watching more cable. Channel 957, anybody?
Alison Bryce, NPR News.
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Sorting through the fallout of Valentine's Day
We are a country that loves its holidays.
There are the Category 1 holidays like Christmas and Hanukkah. There are those in Category 2, perhaps more accurately called occasions, such as Halloween and St. Patrick's Day.
And then there's Category 3. Category 3 has birthdays, anniversaries and ... The Day of Ultimate Female Dominance Requiring Great Navigational Skill Based Upon Keen Insight and Prudent Judgment by Males in a Relationship, otherwise known as Valentine's Day.
Now that it's in our rear-view mirror, we can discuss it knowing once again that yesterday was either a complete victory or an incompetent failure.
Neither a birthday nor anniversary holds a candle to the pressure men feel on Valentine's Day.
The problem is simple: Men have a higher rate of Gift Selection Failure (GSF) on Valentine's Day than any other gift-giving day over the course of the year. And there are reasons for this.
Unlike birthdays and anniversaries, where women tend to offer little hints at what they might want to receive or attend, on Valentine's Day we're thrown into the ocean without a life preserver.
And this isn't women being cruel, leaving us to fend for ourselves. Rather, it's a genius test. They know that in the grand scheme of things, Valentine's Day is perceived by men to be less important than a birthday or anniversary. It's why they raise the bar to a virtually unattainable level.
This is sport for them.
Complete victory is tantamount to finding the Holy Grail. Incompetent failure is standard operating procedure.
At every gift fork in the road, signs are posted giving adequate warnings often ignored by men.
That you believe your gal would like a beautifully wrapped curling iron with a Ghirardelli dark chocolate square on top is another way of saying "I put zero thought into this gift, but all girls like curling irons, don't they? And you LOVE chocolate!"
Mission Control, GSF has been achieved.
Most men think the Valentine's Day gift fairy will appear and help lead us out of the valley of gift-giving ignorance. But she never shows up. They're on the payroll, but not ours.
The time has come for men to wake up and realize the realities of Valentine's Day.
Chocolates, diamonds, a full day at the spa, making a romantic dinner, perhaps a concert or a play; these are all great options. But each comes with its own trap door.
Here is your gift translation chart:
* Chocolates: Is that all I'm worth to you?
* Diamonds: Is there something you want to tell me?
* A full day at the spa: You're saying I'm fat?
* Making a romantic dinner: Oh I see, this gift is really about you and your needs.
* A concert or play: So you're saying you don't want to be alone with me?
Some would argue this is an excess of over-analysis. But is it? Have you ever looked at your gal and her eyes alone said, "Another year of GSF, nicely done."
All actions have consequences. Hopefully you didn't experience a negative outcome yesterday.


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The Health Expo will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 9, at the Cameron Park Community Center. Enjoy an afternoon of health and wellness vendors, new products and a variety of options to improve your quality of life. Flu shots will be available.
Halloween Carnival/Pumpkin Patch will be held from 1:30 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19, at Cameron Park Lake. Children ages 2 to 12 years old are invited to put on their costumes on and come down to the lake with family and friends for an afternoon of Halloween fun — old-fashioned carnival games, prizes, pumpkins and more.
Youths in grades first through 12th are invited to sign up for youth basketball.
Artist and crafters applications are still being accepted (jewelry category full) for the Christmas Craft Faire which will be held on Saturday, Nov. 23, at the community center.
Seniors can Learn about Medicare and Medicare Supplements from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 3. They're also welcome at the monthly Coffee, Tea and Friends program from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 8, in the Community Center social room. The topic this month is health questions; an herbalist/consultant will answer your questions about health during this free event sponsored by Visiting Angels. The senior movie, "Second Hand Lions," will be held from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 10. And don't miss the Aging Well series: Age is not Numbers from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 15, and Area Agency on Aging from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 29. Seniors play Bridge on Monday afternoons and Wednesday mornings, Mahjong on the second and fourth Wednesday afternoons, plus a game day sponsored by the Cameron Park Newcomers on from 10 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, Oct. 22.
Try some of the CSD's new and returning special classes — ballet, hula, theater, ukulele, Spanish, guitar, taekwondo, gymnastics, tumbling/trampoline classes, cooking with kids classes, FUNdamental volleyball and bird watching.
Our CPR for Babysitters and Youth Certified Babysitting classes are back and filling up fast! Students enrolling and completing both courses will receive an ASHI certificate and an American Heart Association participation card. Make sure to register for both classes to be prepared for a busy holiday season of babysitting.
Adults can choose from fly fishing, puppy socialization, basic guitar, gardening, CPR, hunter safety, and Cooking with Susan. Dance classes include Foxtrot and Mambo/Salsa, Hula and Ballet at the Barre, and Zumba Gold Toning. New this month — Jazzercize. Additional classes include Tai Chi, Ping Pong, Thai cooking, Light and Easy Exercise for Seniors and lots of yoga.
For more information contact the Cameron Park Community Services District at (530) 677-2231 or visit cameronpark.org.


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Indiana Conservation Officers, along with staff members at Shades State Park responded to a call reporting two lost mushroom hunters at Pedestal Rock Nature Preserve on Sunday afternoon.
Pedestal Rock Nature Preserve is a remote Nature Preserve attached to Shades State Park. Jennifer Lesley, 34, of Darlington and Cody Bush, 14, of Illinois entered Pedestal Rock Nature Preserve early in the afternoon to search for mushrooms, and the two became lost when attempting to return to their vehicle.
About 3 p.m., Lesley made a 911 call after the two realized they were walking in the wrong direction. The 911 call was initially answered by the Parke County Dispatch before being transferred to Montgomery County Dispatch. Montgomery County Dispatch was able to get the GPS coordinates from the 911 call. Indiana Conservation Officers were able to utilize their in-car computer to plot the GPS coordinates on a map. The lost individuals were located within 30 minutes of obtaining the GPS coordinates. The two lost individuals were returned safely to their vehicle.
Indiana Conservation Officers would like to remind anyone entering a wooded area to let someone know where you are going and when you will be returning. A cell phone is an excellent piece of equipment to have with you in the event you become lost.
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The 2013 Indiana stream trout-fishing season opened as scheduled despite high water and swift current conditions. Department of Natural Resources officials are continuing to urge anglers to exercise caution, especially if they are fishing around dams or in flooded streams.
"The combination of strong currents and cold, deep water makes it hard to maintain your footing when wading," said Jeremy Price, DNR's North Region fisheries supervisor. "This would be a good time to leave the waders at home and fish from the bank."
Fishing conditions are less than ideal at some locations, and the trout could be difficult to find. Price said the fish will be seeking refuge in deeper pools, eddies and the downstream side of rocks, woody debris and other structures in the stream.
More than 23,500 rainbow trout have been stocked into 19 streams across the state before the season opener on April 27. The trout were produced at DNR's Curtis Creek Trout Rearing Station in Lagrange County.
Stream trout fishing in Indiana runs through December 31. Anglers must have a trout stamp in addition to a fishing license to fish for trout. Indiana trout fishing is governed by a five-fish daily bag limit and 7-inch minimum size limit.
At the Brookville Reservoir tail waters in Franklin County, the trout bag limit is still five but not more than one may be a brown trout, and an 18-inch minimum size limit applies to the species. The special regulation is intended to increase the number of large trout available.
An additional 24,000 rainbow trout are stocked each year into 19 public fishing lakes across the state. There is a year-round open season on trout fishing in lakes except at Island Lake (Minnehaha Fish and Wildlife Area in Sullivan County) and Airline Pit (Greene-Sullivan State Forest in Greene County) which are closed to trout fishing from March 15 to April 1. All other trout regulations apply at inland lakes. The special brown trout regulations also apply to Oliver, Olin and Martin lakes in LaGrange County, where brown trout are stocked.
Information about Indiana trout fishing, including stocking sites and numbers, is at dnr.IN.gov/fishwild/3622.htm
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Indiana Conservation Officers and the DNR Division of Forestry are providing some useful tips to landowners to assist in helping protect their valuable timber resources.
Indiana hardwoods, such as black walnut, red and white oak, and other valuable species are all valuable and sought by the timber industry. Landowners should follow some simple steps before signing a contract with a timber buyer.
"Some Indiana landowners are taken advantage of every year, and they lose money and resources because they are not aware of the value of timber or the steps needed to protect themselves," said Duane McCoy, timber licensing forester with the DNR Forestry.
To protect forestry resources, landowners should follow these steps:
•Hire a consultant forester to represent you and mark and advertise your timber sale.
•Always get several bids from different timber buyers.
•Ask questions and get references from the timber buyer.
•Mark the trees to be cut with a paint mark on the stem and at ground level.
•Know and understand the fine details of the contract.
•Never make an oral agreement.
•Know how much you will be paid and the method of payment.
•Be a good neighbor and work out any property line disputes prior to harvesting.
"Marketing the mature timber from a family property is generally something only occurring once in a person's lifetime, and it must be done with knowledge that protects the interest of your investment," said Lt. Tony Stoll, DNR Law Enforcement District 9 Commander.
The DNR offers a free information packet titled "callb4ucut" to Indiana citizens considering harvesting their timber. See www.callb4ucut.com for more information.
Pokagon State Park
needs campground hosts
A new volunteer program at Pokagon State Park will offer free camping in return for serving as a campground host.
Campground hosts will provide informal security in the campgrounds, monitor restroom conditions and perform light housekeeping at the restrooms, pick up litter, distribute information to fellow campers, assist at the campground office, and assist park employees with special projects and needs.
One campsite will be set aside throughout the summer for the campground host. The length of stay for campground hosts will be two weeks, with extensions possible. Applications are currently being accepted. For an application, visit the park office between 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. For more information, call 260-833-2012.
Pokagon State Park is at 450 Lane 100 Lake James, Angola, 46703.
The views and opinions expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of Farm World. Readers with questions or comments may contact Jack Spaulding by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com or by writing to him in care of this publication.
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Blackpool manager Paul Ince insists he will not quit and is determined to turn his team's season around.
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Ince, who took charge at Bloomfield Road in February last year, oversaw a positive start to the season which had Blackpool among the early Championship pace-setters.
However, a run of eight defeats in nine games has seen Blackpool drop down to 14th in the table and also exit the FA Cup at the third-round stage against Bolton Wanderers.
A 2-0 home defeat by Middlesbrough on Saturday prompted questions about Ince's future, but the former England international has no plans to walk away.
"It's tough but I love being Blackpool manager," Ince told the Blackpool Gazette. "I love my players and the fans are great.
"I'm going to roll my sleeves up and work hard to get that win. I'm not one to shirk a challenge and I have to rise to meet this one.
"The chairman is strong and I'm strong, and I want to turn it round. The chairman is supporting me. He came out in the paper and said that.
"If I felt things weren't right I'd be out the door, don't worry about that."
He added: "If I thought we played poorly on Saturday and the players had jacked it in, then I'd be the first one out the door.
"But the players showed they are playing for me. They were all hurting after the game. Things are just going against us.
"I asked for a positive reaction from everyone at the club, and I thought I got that from the players and the fans. It's easy to show frustrations after the game but we played some good stuff. It just wouldn't go for us.
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When you think of the Warped Tour, you think of raucous punk and metal bands like Less Than Jake, Bad Religion and Underoath.But this year's tour has an unexpectedly strong pop flavor, from dance-rockers 3OH!3 and Cash Cash to indie group Dear and the Headlights to Southern troubadour Shooter Jennings. Leading this eclectic infusion are the women of Warped '09, a group of talented ladies whose music crisscrosses all genres. We caught up with some of the female artists on this year's tour. Here are their stories.
Meg & Dia (Meg Frampton and Dia Frampton)
Their sound: Quirky alt-rock that straddles the line between indie and pop.
Most recent album: "here, here and here," released April 21 on Sire Records.
Their story: This is the third Warped Tour for alt-popsters Meg & Dia, so guitarist Meg Frampton knows just what to expect. "I came totally prepared," she said. "I brought my books and my yoga mat, and I know where all the secret showers are." The sisters and their band have toured with Cute Is What We Aim For and Angels and Airwaves, thanks in part to literate lyrics that range from idiosyncratic to downright dark.
Sierra Kusterbeckof VersaEmerge
VersaEmerge's sound: Edgy, dramatic, emo-driven pop-punk.
Albums: Three EPs, including their latest, self-titled release in February. They're writing their full-length debut.
Their story: Remember in "Almost Famous," when the young Rolling Stone reporter lies about his age to get closer to the band? VersaEmerge singer Sierra Kusterbeck can relate.
"I was 16 years old," she says, recalling her 2007 audition for the Port St. Lucie pop-punk group. "I actually told them I was 17, and my birthday was about to come up, so they thought I was turning 18 but I was 16 turning 17. It was really funny." The lie paid off. Kusterbeck clicked immediately with the boys of VersaEmerge, and shortly after she joined the band, the group signed withFueled By Ramen records.
Her sound: Bouncy indie pop with lots of synths and keytars.
Albums: A self-titled EP; her forthcoming full-length LP, "The Listening," is due in September.
Her story: With her sugary voice, trusty keytar and model-gorgeous looks, Lights doesn't seem like your prototypical Warped Tour artist. But the 22-year-old Canadian does possess one big Warped bona fide: a giant Wonder Woman tattoo across her back. An aspiring comic artist herself, the former Valerie Poxleitner is already a hero in her homeland. At this year's Juno Awards, the Canadian equivalent of the Grammys, she picked up the Best New Artist award, a prize previously won by Avril Lavigne, Nelly Furtado and Feist.
Maria Brink of In This Moment
Their sound: Melodic, energetic metal with punk and screamo elements.
Most recent album: "The Dream (Ultra Violet Edition),"a deluxe re-release that came out June 30.
Her story: A mom at 15, a Los Angeles transplant at 22, a Playboy model at 31, In This Moment singer Maria Brink has already lived the full life of a rock star. "We've gotten to do Ozzfest twice; we got to do the main stage in 2008 with Metallica," Brink said. "We got to tour with Ozzy Osbourne and Megadeth and Five Finger Death Punch and Papa Roach. Now we're doing Warped Tour, and maybe we'll get to do Mayhem. We just try to work really hard and be really professional, and make a name for ourselves." Mission accomplished in the metal world, where the buxom, tattooed Brink is one of the thrasher scene's premiere sex symbols.
Alana Grace
Her sound: Radio-friendly, pop-rock.
Most recent album: "With One Word," released in March.
Her story: Singing Etta James' "At Last" at a friend's wedding may not sound like a great career move. But when your friends work for the Warped Tour, and Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman is in the audience, such a performance can be all it takes to get invited to join the tour.
It's only the latest lucky moment in Grace's career. The daughter of a Nashville music booking agent, Grace studied musical theater at Harpeth Hall, a prestigious private girls' school whose alumni include Amy Grant and Reese Witherspoon. While still a teenager, she landed a ballad, "Black Roses Red," on the "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" soundtrack.


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MANHASSET, NY Virage Logic has broadened its Intelli DDR memory interface product portfolio with the Intelli DDR3 memory interface that operates up to 1.6 Gb/s.
Intelli DDR3's architecture utilizes Virage Logic's patent-pending digital DLL architecture. It allows much higher data throughput efficiency than what was possible with previous architectures.
Such high efficiencies enable designs to operate at lower frequencies. It results in lower power consumption and lower bill of materials, claims the company.
Virage Logic has optimized its DLL (delay locked-loop) hard macros for memory interface designs. The Intelli DLL delays a set of signals by precise and adjustable portions of a reference clock cycle independent of voltage and temperature. They suit DDR applications where precision control is the key to a reliable high performance operation. The Intelli DLL has good jitter performance operating in the noisy environment of ASICs and SoCs.
The fully digital implementation makes it easy to target the Intelli DLL to a variety of technologies and processes. An all digital implementation provides a very small chip footprint. This is important because a portion of the Intelli DLL is located at, or very near, the I/O pads. The high resolution available with an all digital implementation (around a gate delay) allows the Intelli DLL to provide precise control for edge placement and a maximum data capture window.
The Intelli DDR3 starts at $180,000 per project. Virage Logic also offers an optional system level design review service.
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Electronics are stolen in the burglary of a motor home in the Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – A 71-year-old man said someone removed a windshield to climb into his 2004 motor home while it was parked in an alley in the 2700 block of Woodlawn Avenue, sometime between 6 p.m. Monday and 8 a.m. Tuesday.
The victim said a DVD/VCR was removed, damaging the wooden cupboards; and a stereo that was in the dashboard was stolen. The suspects also damaged the wooden paneling when they tried unsuccessfully to remove the TV
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I have no idea where you got the idea or what sick mind conjured up the idea of electrocuting a bird, but I tried is as your suggestion. it was nothing short of BRILLIANT. Fifteen seconds and the bird was dispatched with absolutely no thrashing, no flying feathers, no blood on the feathers, NOTHING. Super suggestion. Thanks again for sharing it with us.
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And had to look back. This advice was given first by "Joe" on 3/26/01 and again by Stefan on 2/22/02 under "dispatching a bird".
Look it up under "Birds". It's great and it works.
when Research, WASCO or McKenzie will start offering "ER" quality crash carts?
how about not dropping a name onto some things? TACTFULNESS is our friend.
Why not stop posting here at all since we should be afraid of those PETA nitwits, and especially putting ads in professional journals and putting email addresses on our postings and THEN THERE'S that nasty little TCP/IP number that hangs on after ANONYMOUS postings. Like Satchel Paige said, I don't waste my time looking behind to see who's gaining on me.
If you don't mind putting your name on things like the above post then thats fine.
But MAYBE others DO MIND.
I THINK you should THINK next time you THINK about including another persons name
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VICTORIA'S police chief says he's worried about how often his officers are shooting at fleeing drivers after another incident in which a policeman shot at a car in Melbourne.
An officer fired two shots at a speeding hoon on Tuesday night as police were trying to break up an unauthorised gathering of 100 car enthusiasts at a factory car park in the city's far south.
Chief Commissioner Ken Lay says it's at least the sixth time police have opened fire on a fleeing car in the past 12 months.
"The worrying thing is the evidence is pretty clear that no matter how many shots you shoot at a car it doesn't necessarily stop the car," Mr Lay told Fairfax Radio on Wednesday.
He said officers are being reminded that "this is a course of action of absolute last resort because of the worrying trend".
In the latest shooting, a highway patrol constable was in plain clothes to follow up on reports a Carrum Downs revhead event had been organised, then called for back-up when the first cars arrived.
Police say the officer had been walking towards one of the vehicles around 10.30pm (AEDT) when it rapidly accelerated, forcing him to dive for cover.
He fired two shots in fear of his life but missed.
The car pulled over moments later and three occupants fled on foot, but an extensive search has failed to find them. No one was injured.
Police are now reviewing whether operations of that type are too risky and need to be altered.
Assistant Commissioner Luke Cornelius, who is in charge of policing in the area, said it was important to not only examine the officer's actions, but see if anything more could be done so future police operations don't place officers in the path of a fleeing car.
"This is an issue about safety," he told reporters.
"There's always room for improvement."
The force's professional standards unit is also involved in the investigation because a firearm was discharged.
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Support » Plugin: View Own Posts Media Only » Conflict with Advanced Custom Fields
Conflict with Advanced Custom Fields
This plugin works great with media but it hides all the custom fields created with ACF, which makes it unusable for me
@josh_fester, ACF is changing a lot of things in version 4, and many regarding media management.
If you are able, test it out: https://github.com/elliotcondon/acf4Yaron Guez
Josh, did you find a solution that is ACF compatible?Yaron Guez
Actually, I just installed this plugin and ACF still works fine at least on custom post types (I don't have any custom fields set up for standard posts).email@example.com
Still not working with ACF, even with ACF 4.0 beta installed.coopersita
For me it works only partially. It works with Administrator users, but my custom roles don't work. When I disable the plugin, my ACF works normally.CobraClutch
Custom fields created by ACF are not showing up for me either with this plugin enabled.Plugin Author Vladimir Garagulia
Yes, I should visit this page more often :).
But I'm wonder, why nobody contact me directly or via shinephp.com?
I just published version 1.1. with similar fix for "Contact Form 7" plugin. I can not release version 1.2 just after 10 minutes after version 1.1. So let's wait a week for the official update. For that time you may replace this function at includes/class-view-own-media-posts-only.php
public function query_set_only_author($query) { global $current_user; // do not limit user with Administrator role if ( current_user_can('administrator') ) { return; } // do not touch anything for listed custom post types: $do_not_touch = array( 'wpcf7_contact_form', // Contact Form 7 requests 'acf' // Advanced Custom Fields ); $post_type = $query->get('post_type'); if (in_array( $post_type, $do_not_touch )) { return; } $suppressing_filters = $query->get('suppress_filters'); // Filter suppression on? if (!$suppressing_filters && is_admin() && current_user_can('edit_posts') && !current_user_can('edit_others_posts') ) { $query->set('author', $current_user->ID); add_filter('views_edit-post', array(&$this, 'fix_post_counts') ); add_filter('views_upload', array(&$this, 'fix_media_counts') ); } }
and use ACF without problem. Thanks.Niko Vittaniemi
@vladimir Garagulya
Thank you for this fix code! It works like a charm with Advanced Custom fields. I hope we can see this included on the next patch straight prolly? Was really a life/user navigation saver 🙂
NikoPlugin Author Vladimir Garagulia
Thanks, Niko, for your feedback.
I plan to add the section to the plugin options page, where user could select yourself, what custom post types plugin should ignore.Plugin Author Vladimir Garagulia
Hi Niko,
Please share the result of testing version 1.2. You need manually turn on exclusion for the 'acf' custom post type at plugin Settings page.
@vladimir Garagulya
I apologize for not getting back sooner. I had an issue with my WordPress account and did not realize it.
Version 1.2 resolves this problem. It's awesome to have the new options! However, I've noticed a new issue with ACF. Whenever a field in ACF is a post object, it shows up in the form as a list of every single post. Any thoughts on how to limit this dropdown box to just the posts created by the user? ThanksPlugin Author Vladimir Garagulia
Could you provide more details with screenshots, what dropdown box, on what form, what items do you not wish to see there?
It turns out it wasn't an issue with ACF. It was just an issue with my user capabilities. I only want administrators to see other people's content, and other user groups have customized permissions.
To solve it I changed line 209 of includes/class-view-own-posts-media-only.php from this:
if (!$suppressing_filters && is_admin() && current_user_can('edit_posts') && !current_user_can('edit_others_posts'))
to this:
if (!$suppressing_filters && is_admin() && !current_user_can('administrator'))
It would be really sweet to have options asking which user roles we want to see others' posts 🙂
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Anxiety, religion, and spirituality
Given the ubiquity of anxiety and religion, it is surprising how little research has been done with respect to the relationship between the two. The investigation of religious and spiritual issues in anxiety lags behind research on mental disorders such as depression and psychosis. Religious beliefs, practices, and coping may increase the prevalence of anxiety through the induction of guilt and fear. On the other hand, religious beliefs may provide solace to those who are fearful and anxious. Studies on anxiety and religion have yielded mixed and often contradictory results that may be attributed to a lack of standardized measures, poor sampling procedures, failure to control for threats to validity, limited assessment of anxiety, experimenter bias, and poor operationalization of religious constructs.27
Some studies have examined the relationships between religiosity and specific anxiety disorders such as obsessive-compulsive disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Contrary to the views of Freud,28 who saw religion as a form of universal obsessional neurosis, the empirical evidence suggests that religion is associated with higher levels of obsessional personality traits but not with higher levels of obsessional symptoms. Religion may encourage people to be scrupulous, but not to an obsessional extent.29,30 Although religion has been found to positively affect the ability to cope with trauma and may deepen one's religious experience, others have found that religion has little or negative effect on symptoms of PTSD.31
The relationships between generalized anxiety and religious involvement appear to be complex. In a comprehensive review of the relationship between religion and generalized anxiety in 7 clinical trials and 69 observational studies, Koenig and colleagues8 found that half of these studies demonstrated lower levels of anxiety among more religious people, 17 studies reported no association, 7 reported mixed results, and 10 suggested increased anxiety among the more religious.
A person's strong religious beliefs may facilitate coping with existential issues whereas those who hold weaker beliefs or question their beliefs may demonstrate heightened anxiety.32 These contradictory findings may be accounted for by the fact that researchers have used diverse measures of religiosity. Other studies have focused on death anxiety. Research conducted in the United States and abroad points to denominational differences as well as to differential effects of religion and spirituality and emphasizes the complex relationships between religious and cultural factors.33 Studies on anxiety and religion to date have emphasized cognitive aspects of anxiety as opposed to the physiological aspects. Future studies should include physiological parameters.
A number of pathways have been discussed in the literature through which religion/spirituality influence depression/anxiety: increased social support; less drug abuse; and the importance of positive emotions, such as altruism, gratitude, and forgiveness in the lives of those who are religious. In addition, religion promotes a positive worldview, answers some of the why questions, promotes meaning, can discourage maladaptive coping, and promotes other-directedness.
Religion and coping in schizophrenia
Research in schizophrenia and religion has predominantly examined religious delusions and hallucinations with religious content. Recently, however, religion as a coping strategy and factor in recovery has been the subject of growing interest.34 Religious delusions have been associated with poorer outcomes, poorer adherence to treatment, and a more severe course of illness.35
A number of studies suggest that religious beliefs and practices can be a central feature in the recovery process and reconstruction of a functional sense of self in psychosis.36 On the other hand, Mohr and colleagues37 found that although religion instilled hope, purpose, and meaning in the lives of some persons with psychosis, for others, it induced spiritual despair. Patients also reported that religion lessened psychotic symptoms and the risk of suicide attempts, substance use, nonadherence to treatment, and social isolation.
Substance abuse
Given that most religions actively discourage the use of substances that adversely affect the body and mind, it is unsurprising that studies generally indicate strongly negative associations between substance abuse and religious involvement. In a review of 134 studies that examined the relationships between religious involvement and substance abuse, 90% found less substance abuse among the more religious.8 These findings are corroborated by more recent national surveys and studies in alcohol and drug use in African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans that similarly indicate negative associations between religious involvement and substance abuse.38-41


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In 1336 A.D., civil war broke out in Japan. Both the shogun and the emperor remained in office, but both became nothing more than figure heads, having no real political power.
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General Practice Speciality Training (GPST)
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Educational solutions and essential guide for GPST
ePortfolio - what's new
The trainee ePortfolio has been
rewritten and rebuilt with a new database structure. For
information on what's new and release notes click here.
May Educational Reviews
West of Scotland - ARCP Trainee Check List
The following check list details
the minimum amount of evidence/information that you require to
provide prior your May Educational Supervisors review meeting and
ARCP. This information should be made available well in
advance of the meeting with your ES to allow him/her enough time to
prepare. You must contact your ES to arrange a mutually
convenient time and arrange study leave to attend if in a hospital
Work Placed Based
You must complete your
self-rating and link 3 different pieces of evidence from within
your e-portfolio justifying your rating.
ST1.1 A total of 6
CBDs, 6 COTS/mini-cex, 2 cycles of MSF, a CSR for each hospital
post and a PSQ if you have undertaken a GP post.
ST1.2 A total of 6
CBDs, 6 COTS/mini-cex, 2 cycles of MSF, a CSR for each hospital
post and a PSQ for your GP post.
ST2 A total of 6
CBD's, 6 mini-cex and a CSR from each hospital post
ST3 A total of 12
CBD's, 12 COTS, PSQ and 2 cycles of MSF and all DOPS completed.
MSF in hospital posts require 5
clinical respondents. In a GP post you require 10 respondents
(5 clinical and 5 non-clinical).
Learning Log:
Entries should be of sufficient reflective quality and quantity (we
expect 1 entry per week for a hospital post and 3 per week for a GP
SEA and
Audit: By the end of ST3 you need sufficient
evidence regarding quality and change management in the form of
audits, SEAs, trigger tools etc. See guidance below.
PDP: This should
be active and updated regularly in the previous 6 months. At
the end of ST3 you are advised to include entries relevant to your
career after training is complete.
Out-of-hours: Your
learning log must reflect your experience in the OOH setting.
Entries should be titled with the type and length of session
ensuring you have logged 36 hours in a GP ST1 post and 72 hours in
a GP ST3 post. If in ST3 you will not complete the mandatory
number of hours until after your ESR make your ES aware of
CPR and AED
Certificate: This must be available for your final review
and should be uploaded into your learning log.
Sickness: A record
of your total sickness absence from 1.6.12-31.5.13 should be made
in your self-rating under Fitness to Practice. If none
taken, please record this also.
SOAR: You will
receive an e-mail from Scottish Online Appraisal Resource re your
annual revalidation declaration. Please complete this prior to your
ESR meeting so it can be countersigned by your ES. Complete
all sections including health & probity declarations, all non-
contracted employment including locums and voluntary medical work
and declare any complaints and significant untoward incidents
involving you. You need to complete a SOAR declaration
even if out of programme including maternity leave.
If there is insufficient or
inadequate evidence in your e-portfolio the ARCP panel will award
you an unsatisfactory progress outcome and you may be required to
attend for interview on 25th or 27th June
Notes on SEA and Audit
SEA and Audit
RCGP Curriculum statement 2.02,
Patient Safety and Quality of care, states that as a GP you
Contribute to regular
significant event audit (SEA) meetings and describe the benefits of
a multidisciplinary team, as well as feed back to colleagues about
incidents (para 1.5)
Comment on the participation of
whole teams in significant event audits within the practice and
give reasons for inclusion or exclusion of different team members
(para 1.6)
Write up an SEA from a
patient that you were involved with during the general practice
period of training (significant event analysis in the learning log
of the RCGP ePortfolio) (para 1.7)
"be able to conduct a
clinical audit" (para 3.4)
Audit is just one example of
Quality Improvement Activity and the curriculum does require
trainees to have skills in auditing the quality of care (Being a
General Practitioner, learning outcome 1.5.2)
Competence 10: Maintaining
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Participates in audit where
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Winter Park: On average, close to 30 feet of snow blankets the trails and glades of the connected Winter Park and Mary Jane mountains. Tucked away in the Rockies, Winter Park just might be snowboarding's best kept secret. With 2,770 acres, 134 trails spread over three distinct mountain ridges (Winter Park, Mary Jane and Vasquez Ridge) and an alpine bowl served by 24 chairlifts, Winter Park remains one of the largest ski complexes in the western United States. Winter Park's Village has plenty to offer off-hill as well, with its many restaurants, coffee shops, and bakeries.
: High Cascade's coaches are some of the very best in the snowboard industry. In six full days on snow, our coaches will quickly progress your snowboarding in a safe and fun environment. Depending on weather conditions and your preferences, our coaches will develop your freestyle and/or free-ride skills. If you've always wanted to ride the half-pipe, jumps and rails you see in terrain parks, we can take you from the basics all the way up to advanced tricks. If powder covers all the jumps, don't worry! High Cascade coaches will help you refine your powder riding and cliff dropping techniques. Our coaches are trained professionals!
After Snowboarding Activities
: Situated between five magnificent peaks, Winter Park is truly a Rocky Mountain High. Once off the slopes, your choices are nearly endless with activities for the energetic and the tuckered out. Snowmobile tours, tubing, ice skating, sleigh rides, dog sled rides, and hot springs await you for additional fees. The choice is yours.
Accommodations: When it is finally time to relax, you will find respite in the Winter Park Mountain Lodge. Comfortable single or double hotel rooms are included in the High Cascade full-package. Or, if you prefer, you can upgrade to a Mountain Suite with a fireplace and kitchen facilities. Regardless of which option you choose, everyone will enjoy the indoor pool, indoor hot tubs, sauna, and game room. Once the group reassembles, we'll head off to dinner at one of the many tasty Winter Park Village restaurants. This is a great chance to spend time with the rest of the group. Common interests – common bonds.
Since 1989, High Cascade Snowboard Camp (HCSC) has earned its fame and reputation by being one of the very first to provide fun, safe, professional, and educational snowboard programs. With camps for both the young and mature, HCSC's fun, professional, and well-trained coaches can rapidly progress anyone's snowboarding ability. To register or for more information visit www.highcascade.com.