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<title><![CDATA[LA LOCA VIDA DE LA LOCA VACA ]]></title>
<link>http://alterecocie.wordpress.com/?p=197</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>G.D</dc:creator>
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Ci-dessous, la reproduction photographique d&#8217;une performance d]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Ci-dessous, la reproduction photographique d'une <strong>performance d'Organic Comix</strong>.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">L'original existe encore sur les murs du <a class="zem_slink" title="Le Grand-Bornand" rel="geolocation" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=45.9425,6.42583333333&#38;spn=0.1,0.1&#38;q=45.9425,6.42583333333%20%28Le%20Grand-Bornand%29&#38;t=h">Grand Bornand</a> / <a class="zem_slink" title="Haute-Savoie" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haute-Savoie">Haute-Savoie</a>, <em>(contacts : spectacles@theatre-toupine.org </em>ou <em>info@aubonheurdesmomes.com )</em> qui héberge depuis 17 ans le festival Au Bonheur des Mômes. Festival convivial, d'une grande qualité artistique, proposant animations, jeux et spectacles gratuits ou à portée de bourse.</p>
<blockquote><p>Avec l'aimable autorisation de <strong><span style="color:#800000;">Reed Man, Organic Comix, <em>organiccomix@free.fr</em></span></strong></p></blockquote>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">"Aujourd'hui je m'apprête à célébrer un grand évènement."</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">"Il est vrai qu'au début les relations avec les humains étaient houleuses".</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://alterecocie.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/dsc041981.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-77" title="dsc041981" src="http://alterecocie.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/dsc041981.jpg?w=225" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">"Nous étions justes bonnes à leur prodiguer des matières premières".</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://alterecocie.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/dsc041991.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-78" title="dsc041991" src="http://alterecocie.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/dsc041991.jpg?w=225" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">"Plus nous leur donnions, plus insatiables ils étaient".</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://alterecocie.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/dsc042001.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-79" title="dsc042001" src="http://alterecocie.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/dsc042001.jpg?w=225" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">"Il semblait que l'appât du gain les conduisit jusqu'à LA FOLIE".</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://alterecocie.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/dsc042011.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-80" title="dsc042011" src="http://alterecocie.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/dsc042011.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">"C'est à partir de là que les choses ont commencé à mal tourner".</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://alterecocie.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/dsc042021.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-81" title="dsc042021" src="http://alterecocie.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/dsc042021.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">"Un virus décima tous les produits provenant de l'agriculture génétiquement modifiée".</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://alterecocie.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/dsc042031.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-82" title="dsc042031" src="http://alterecocie.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/dsc042031.jpg?w=225" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">"Ce qui déclencha une famine sans précédent".</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://alterecocie.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/dsc042041.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-83" title="dsc042041" src="http://alterecocie.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/dsc042041.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">"Alors ils ont commencé à nous laisser tranquilles".</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://alterecocie.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/dsc042051.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-84" title="dsc042051" src="http://alterecocie.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/dsc042051.jpg?w=225" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">"Petit à petit, les choses sont rentrées dans l'ordre."</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://alterecocie.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/dsc042061.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-85" title="dsc042061" src="http://alterecocie.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/dsc042061.jpg?w=225" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">"Ce jour merveilleux marquera l'avènement d'une ère nouvelle."</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Premier café]]></title>
<link>http://bdorat.wordpress.com/?p=291</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 23:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bdorat</dc:creator>
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Il y a dans ma chambre en Haute-Savoie une grande bibliothèque remplie de ces tas de bouquins que]]></description>
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Il y a dans ma chambre en Haute-Savoie une grande bibliothèque remplie de ces tas de bouquins que j'aime tant lire...en particulier des livres sur l'alpinisme et la montagne.</p>
<p>Un petit livre décrit l'histoire d'un alpiniste:</p>
<p><strong>Un homme, ayant atteint un sommet important, expliquait avoir renversé le café d'une de ses tasses. Le récit expliquait ensuite qu'il avait très longtemps eu des remords. Cet homme a été retrouvé mort en haut d'un sommet à proximité du K2 avec pour seule explication : « j'ai renversé une autre tasse... ». </strong>Évidemment, il ne s'agissait pas d'une tasse à proprement parler.</p>
<p>A chaque fois que ma vie va mal, j'ai dans la tête l'image d'une tasse renversée par ma faute.</p>
<p>Mais aujourd'hui, c'est tout un service que j'ai l'impression d'avoir renversé, le service d'une relation vraiment magnifique et vraie. Les tasses ont commencé à se remplir en février dernier pour mon plus grand bonheur, ayant attendu si longtemps que l'eau soit prête.</p>
<p>Moi, jeune serveur novice, j'avais quelque fois des difficultés à porter correctement le plateau, les tasses tanguées entre-elles et il y avait parfois de véritables tempêtes dans mes cafés. Et puis, je ne parle pas de ma timidité maladive lorsqu'il fallait que je serve sur un plateau mon trésor personnel.</p>
<p>Tout ceci est bien sûr une allégorie relative à cette histoire lue il y a bien longtemps. Une histoire qui a cependant toujours imprégnée ma vie.</p>
<p>Pour conclure sur cette allégorie: depuis longtemps je voulais ce café. Comme tout café, il m'excitait, me donnait envie, semblait pouvoir réveiller ma vie...mais trop habitué à boire du thé, j'avais quelques craintes au sujet de cette nouvelle boisson. <a href="http://www.deezer.com/track/2168026">C'est une chanson</a>, <em>kitch peut être</em>, qui m'a "aidé" à me lancer dans l'aventure.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://bdorat.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/galerie-membretasse-cafeun-cafe-svp.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-292" title="café amour renversé coeur" src="http://bdorat.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/galerie-membretasse-cafeun-cafe-svp.jpg?w=500" alt="" width="400" height="302" /></a></p>
<p>Jamais avant je n'avais aimé le café. Et surement plus généralement, jamais aimé aussi fort une boisson chaude...</p>
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<title><![CDATA[annecy - artisti per strada]]></title>
<link>http://my3eye.wordpress.com/?p=498</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Matteo Mocellin</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[pittori, giocolieri burloni&#8230; artisti che colorano le vie di Annecy, vivace cittadina savoiarda]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>pittori, giocolieri burloni... artisti che colorano le vie di Annecy, vivace cittadina savoiarda</p>
<p><a href="http://my3eye.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/pittore2.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-507" title="pittore2" src="http://my3eye.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/pittore2.jpg?w=128" alt="" width="128" height="87" /></a>...<a href="http://my3eye.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/pittore3.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-504" title="pittore3" src="http://my3eye.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/pittore3.jpg?w=128" alt="" width="128" height="87" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://my3eye.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/gioc1.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-500" title="gioc1" src="http://my3eye.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/gioc1.jpg?w=65" alt="" width="65" height="96" /></a>...<a href="http://my3eye.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/gioc2.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-501" title="gioc2" src="http://my3eye.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/gioc2.jpg?w=65" alt="" width="65" height="96" /></a>...<a href="http://my3eye.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/gioc3.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-502" title="gioc3" src="http://my3eye.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/gioc3.jpg?w=65" alt="" width="65" height="96" /></a>...<a href="http://my3eye.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/gioc4.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-503" title="gioc4" src="http://my3eye.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/gioc4.jpg?w=65" alt="" width="65" height="96" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://my3eye.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/pittore1.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-506" title="pittore1" src="http://my3eye.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/pittore1.jpg?w=65" alt="" width="65" height="96" /></a>...<a href="http://my3eye.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/gioc.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-505" title="gioc" src="http://my3eye.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/gioc.jpg?w=65" alt="" width="65" height="96" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[il risveglio del cigno]]></title>
<link>http://my3eye.wordpress.com/?p=494</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:14:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Matteo Mocellin</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[uno scatto in bianco e nero di un cigno in un laghetto dell&#8217;Haute-Savoie

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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>uno scatto in bianco e nero di un cigno in un laghetto dell'Haute-Savoie</p>
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<title><![CDATA[14 septembre : Roc d'enfer et Fête des arbres à Allinges en Haute-Savoie]]></title>
<link>http://randoleo.wordpress.com/?p=388</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:33:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>randovero</dc:creator>
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Marche facile le matin (C1) au Roc d&#8217;Enfer (2244 m), puis participation à la Fête des arbre]]></description>
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<h4 style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#008000;">Marche facile le matin (C1) au Roc d'Enfer (2244 m), puis participation à la Fête des arbres l'après-midi à Allinges en Haute-Savoie (organisée par l'association "Auprès de mon arbre") : contes, land art, spectacles, photos perchées...<br />
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<p><strong>Départs :</strong> Chambéry-le-Haut Super U : 8h, Chambéry Fontaine des éléphants : 8h15,  Aix-les-Bains rond-point de l'hôpital : 8h35</p>
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<title><![CDATA[La Tournette, Haute Savoie]]></title>
<link>http://atapresidents.wordpress.com/?p=41</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>academictravel</dc:creator>
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Dear Friends,
 
A week after our Ste. Victoire adventure, I was fortunate to bring my children and ]]></description>
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<div><span style="font-size:x-small;">Dear Friends,</span></div>
<p><span style="font-size:x-small;"> </span></p>
<p></span>A week after our Ste. Victoire adventure, I was fortunate to bring my children and husband to another favorite peak of my past--La Tournette, in Haute Savoie, France.</div>
<p>I had discovered this corner of France 15 years earlier when David Parry, ATA's chairman, and I conducted R+D for a hiking tour I had designed for the Smithsonian. Few foreign travelers visiting France head to this region, nestled below Lake Geneva. Few French who are not Savoyard venture into Savoie. (My sister, who has lived in Provence most of her life, has never been nor even considered it!)</p>
[caption id="attachment_47" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Talloires Bay"]<a href="http://atapresidents.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/summer-2008-haute-savoie-020.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-47" src="http://atapresidents.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/summer-2008-haute-savoie-020.jpg?w=300" alt="Talloires Bay" width="300" height="225" /></a>[/caption]
<p>And yet there lies this turquoise jewel of a lake, the Lac d'Annecy, touted as the cleanest in Europe, set amid ridges and peaks, high verdant pastures, and ringed by inviting towns like Annecy, Talloires, Duingt, Menthon St Bernard, and more. The tableau created by this Tahitian-blue lake, its mountains and low lying, fast-moving cotton clouds evokes the South Pacific, not the Alps.</p>
<p>Turning our attention to La Tournette (or, as my son dubbed it, after our expedition--the "Never Retournette"), I did little to prepare my husband and two children for the rigors of the hike, knowing that the rewards would be great and seeing little value in discouraging them beforehand. A locally produced hiking guide rated it "pour randonneurs experimentes" (for experienced hikers) and my troops had only done Sainte Victoire. I am a firm believer in pushing the limits of what one thinks one can do. So all I said was, "This is a great 6-hour hike--you'll all love it!"</p>
<p>La Tournette is a peak on the east side of the Lac d'Annecy, sitting high above the gorgeous lake. Towards the center of the peak, a rocky outcropping takes the form of a giant armchair ("le fauteuil")--that is our lofty 2,300-meter goal.</p>
[caption id="attachment_48" align="alignright" width="225" caption="View of La Tournette"]<a href="http://None"><img class="size-medium wp-image-48" src="http://atapresidents.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/summer-2008-haute-savoie-074.jpg?w=225" alt="View of La Tournette" width="225" height="300" /></a>[/caption]
<p>After a winding drive up from Talloires, we reach the Col de la Forclaz, one of the main launch points for the avid paragliders that fill the skies above the peaks and the lake. Not far from here, we take a sharp left on to small country road and pass a chalet restaurant. Some hardy hikers disembark their cars here, adding another 40 minutes to their hike. I assure my crew that I am sparing them the extra steps and hit the dirt road that leads onward in our awful rental (a Citroen Picasso) to bump our way up the mountain to the Chalet de l'Aulps.</p>
<p>The Chalet is a cheese farm cum restaurant/bar on a piece of land that brings memories of the Sound of Music rushing to the fore. Walking past the barns, cheese-making rooms, restaurant and terrace, you find yourself standing in a green open pasture that juts out like the bow of a ship over the valley below. To the north are the Dents de Lanfon, jagged stone teeth that form a surreal frame to this idyllic scene. To the south are sloping fields full of wildflowers and moseying cows whose imposing bells resonate with a pleasing cacophony across the landscape.</p>
<p>I can tell from my children's faces that they are already impressed. My son Nick was the first to walk out as far he could to the edge to view the scene below. He notes how high we are, and I refrain from pointing out how much higher we have to go.</p>
<p>We watch a group of fellow hikers start up the path. They have brought their silky-haired dog with them, and he lunges ahead with an ease that would make any human jealous.</p>
<p>Our turn: we begin our ascent. It's 9:45am. The morning and altitude bring us cool, sweet air. Perfect weather for a hike. The path is a trench dug out of the pasture, with thick tufts of grass lining both sides and occasionally forming islands in the middle. The pitch is steep and the path is straight. We can see the hikers in front of us disappearing as they make seemingly easy progress upward.</p>
<p>After an hour and a half, the path has changed, and we have begun to climb wide, dirt paths filled with loose rocks that make us skid downward every once in a while. After a few long switchbacks, we come around a corner to behold a surreal landscape. A small valley is home to the Refuge de la Tournette where hikers can enjoy a refreshing "panache" (sparkling lemonade and beer) while taking in glorious views. Behind it lies a scattering of huge, truck-size boulders strewn across a meadow where some goats bleat in the distance. As a backdrop, an imposing wall of sheer cliffs isolate the scene, making it look eerily like a stage set. As we wind our way down and through this secluded vale at a happy pace, we note a large patch of white.</p>
[caption id="attachment_46" align="alignright" width="225" caption="Nick &#38; Sasha in mini-glacier"]<a href="http://None"><img class="size-medium wp-image-46" src="http://atapresidents.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/summer-2008-haute-savoie-113.jpg?w=225" alt="Nick &#38; Sasha in mini-glacier" width="225" height="300" /></a>[/caption]
<p>My children speed up--snow in summer! Their delight doubles when they discover it's a mini-glacier that one can actually enter as a cave. The refrigerator effect on the inside is a hit after our climb, and the oddly shaped roof (as if a giant melon baller had scooped out chunks) makes the experience particulalry "awesome," in the words of my daughter.</p>
<p>The hike continues, and the vistas and altitude do not fail to stun each one of us. The terrain becomes a little tricky in parts: narrow, rocky paths with sheer drops to the right; a huge steep slope of slushy, slippery snow that makes it hard to avoid hurtling downward; some rock climbing portions where loose stones pose a threat to those following too closely and more.</p>
<p>I knew we may be in jeopardy of not making it to the top when my daughter, who is a hearty soul, started trembling and shielding her eyes with her hand on the drop side of the mountain. Finally, she uttered shakily "I think I am going to die," bringing our progress to a halt.</p>
<p>We took a rest, assuring her we could turn down. She looked to her father for guidance. He smiled and said encouragingly "I think we can do it, Sasha." That's all she needed. Up she got and onward we went.</p>
[caption id="attachment_49" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Sasha&#39;s close-up of a chamois"]<a href="http://None"><img class="size-medium wp-image-49" src="http://atapresidents.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/summer-2008-haute-savoie-136.jpg?w=300" alt="Sasha's Close-up of a Chamois" width="300" height="225" /></a>[/caption]
<p>Soon we were in <em>chamoix</em> country--where delightful mountain goats prance gracefully across vertical slopes and rocky voids. This is their territory, but they share it willingly, coming rather close to hikers. We picked a spot surrounded by the chamois in a field of "trolles d'Europe" (golden globe like wildflowers) for a picnic of <em>jambon beurre</em> sandwiches.</p>
<p>Looking up from our picnic site, my son Nick noted how unattainably high and far the "armchair" seemed. I reassured him that the hike really became fun now...</p>
<p>Sure enough, we embarked on a hike dominated by basic rock climbing, aided by chains and ladders nailed into the rock. The variety of challenges made this more of a game, so we all tapped into new energy and pushed upward.</p>
<p>Along the way, a hearty French "montagnard" descending the mountain stopped to address my daughter. He said he was proud of her for attempting the climb and spoke of the rewards ahead--the views of the Aravis chain, of Mont Blanc and even of Lake Geneva in the distance. Sasha smiled politely but clearly wanted to move on.</p>
<p>Finally, we reach the last leg of the journey--the base of the armchair. The children are delighted they've made it. We skirt a bank of snow and ice and some boulders and find ourselves in front of the final ladders. My daughter is reading one of three plaques on the back side of the gargantuan boulder that forms the "armchair." Her eyes widen. She turns to me with a swish of her red-haired pony tail: "Mommy, someone DIED here?!" Well, yes, I confirm, "but they came here in March, which is really not smart." Sasha points to the other plaque--"That person died in July!" Touche. I re-direct her and the gang to the ladders.</p>
<p>Up we go, and within minutes we are standing at 2300 meters, sitting in the grandest armchair of our lives. We head toward the cross and have to excuse ourselves as we pass across the picnic spread set out by a family with three children (there is limited room on this high armchair).. Stuart whispers to me "Did you notice--they roped their kids together?!" I shrug the comment off.  I pointed out there had been a couple of young children coming down the mountain who were not attached to their parents.</p>
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<p>We breathed in the fresh air, soaked in the tininess of our once-extensive lake of Annecy, observed the insanity of the para-gliders filling the afternoon skies, and captured the majesty of Mont Blanc on our digital camera. We basked in our accomplishment.</p>
<p><span style="font-size:x-small;">The descent was speedy--a little too speedy at times, as scree created a conveyor belt of pebbles that carried us down several feet at a time. But euphoria had set in after five hours, and we felt like flying! So we did.</span></p>
<p>Only once did my heart stop, as I led the pack down and heard Sasha scream "Mommy!" behind me. I could hear the movement of rock and turned, fulling expecting a boulder to be coming my way. I felt something brush past my hair and looked upward to catch glimpse of a hoof. I had startled a chamoix who had been sleeping on a ledge to my left. He'd bolted up and over me, barely missing my head, and had landed on an outcropping to our right. He was trembling with fear and immediatley proceeded to empty his bowels, much to the delight of my son who announced I had scared the poop out of the poor creature.</p>
<p>We returned to the Reblochon cheese farm at the base of La Tournette and bought ice cream to reward our efforts and celebrate the day. As we passed the display of massive decorative cow bells on their studded leather belts, my husband resolved to possess one as a trophy for our ascent to la Tournette's grand armchair.</p>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
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Tragédie des sept élèves en Haute-Savoie
Le professeur met fin à ses jours

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<p><strong>Tragédie des sept élèves en Haute-Savoie<br />
Le professeur met fin à ses jours<br />
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Un mois et demi après le drame vécu en Haute-Savoie, le professeur, qui avait organisé la sortie scolaire <a href="http://www.esj-lille.fr/atelier/etrangers/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/pendaison.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-331" src="http://www.esj-lille.fr/atelier/etrangers/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/pendaison.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a> ayant coûté la vie à sept enfants, met fin à ses jours jeudi. L’enseignant âgé de 42 ans, marié et père de deux enfants, a été retrouvé pendu à un arbre à Fessy.</p>
<p>Le 2 juin dernier, ce professeur du collège principal de Magencel (Haute-Savoie) était dans un bus qui transportait des élèves âgés entre 11 et 13 ans en excursion pédagogique vers la cité médiévale d’Yvoire. Le véhicule avait été percuté par un TER à un passage à niveau sur la commune d’Allinges, causant la mort de sept collégiens et faisant 25 blessés, dont trois graves. Le chauffeur de l’autocar, mis en examen pour “homicides et blessures involontaires”, a été remis en liberté et placé sous contrôle judiciaire le 7 juillet dernier. Il affirme que le feu n’était pas rouge au moment où il a franchi le passage à niveau. Ses déclarations sont contredites par plusieurs automobilistes témoins du drame qui suivaient l’autocar.</p>
<p>Les faits étant ce qu’ils sont, on se demande pourquoi entre les conducteurs du bus et du TER directement concernés par la responsabilité de l’accident, c’est le professeur qui est passé à l’acte du suicide. L’on se demande aussi ce qu’a du être la vie et les pensées de cet employé de l’éducation nationale durant un mois et demi. «Aguerri» et «aimé de ses élèves», Eric Jandin était en poste depuis deux ans au collège de Margencel. «C’était un homme très solide avant le drame, mais il ne s’en est jamais remis. Depuis, on le sentait fragile, témoigne Patrick Bermont, le principal du collège. Il était très entouré par ses collègues et avait un suivi psychologique. Malheureusement, cela n’a pas suffi…».</p>
<p>Eric Jandin est un enseignant qui menait une vie familiale calme. Ce papa de deux enfants propose un jour une sortie pédagogique concernant ses élèves de cinquième en vue de leur inculquer un savoir, une culture, il ne s’attendait pas à ce que cela vire à la tragédie. Il ne s’attendait surtout pas à ce que sa vie, celle de ses élèves, leurs familles, celle de ses propre enfants soit bouleversée. Il était dans le bus et a vu mourir Tom, Léa, Fanny, Yannis, Natacha, Timothé et Benoît. Il a assisté aux durs moments de leur transport à l’hôpital, à la douleur des parents face à la terrible nouvelle qu’il fallait leur annoncer. Il a aussi du faire face aux regards accusateurs et inquisiteurs de ces familles abattues et désespérées que le sort a choisies. Et enfin, il a aussi du endurer toute la médiatisation de l’affaire qui a focalisé les projecteurs sur lui au point que sa famille avait demandé à ce que “le minimum de communication soit fait autour de ce drame”. Il a porté le poids de la culpabilité malgré le soutien et la grande compassion dont ses collègues et amis faisaient preuve à son égard. Il était aussi sous traitement psychologique. Alors, que s’est-il passé cette nuit du mercredi au jeudi ?</p>
<p>“Il était très affecté par cet accident, avec un sentiment de culpabilité lié au fait qu’il était à l’initiative de cette sortie”, a déclaré Michel Leleu un responsable académique. Pendant un mois et demi cet enseignant aurait donc souffert du cauchemar de ces images inoubliées qui défilaient sans cesse lui torturant l’esprit. Hanté par les visages de ses élèves qu’il connaissait pour les avoir assistés durant une année scolaire et qui n’étaient plus de ce monde par sa faute pensait-il probablement. C’est sans doute dans cet état d’esprit que l’idée du suicide a germé chez lui jusqu’à l’amener au geste fatal de son exécution. Désespéré face à une douleur devenue oppressante et insupportable, Eric Jandin a choisi de partir en laissant une veuve et deux enfants. C’est ainsi que le corps de ce porté disparu a été retrouvé jeudi matin pendu à un arbre dans un bois de la commune de Fessy en Haute-Savoie.</p>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[C&#8217;est un de ces matins où rien ne va: levé de bonne heure pour partir bosser, le train arriv]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>C'est un de ces matins où rien ne va: levé de bonne heure pour partir bosser, le train arrive en retard et est bien évidemment bondé. J'ai l'impression que c'est toute la région qui se retrouve le matin dans le train. Entre les gosses qui vont à l'école et les frontaliers qui vont bosser.</p>
<p>Il fait froid sur le quai et une fois à l'intérieur, on se retrouve dans les tropiques du wagon. Il y a les odeurs de dizaines d'aisselles qui t'assaillent les narines, tu te fais piler sur le pied... hum, délicieux. La journée commence bien. Il est 8h, j'arrive au boulot.</p>
<p>Dans 4h, je reprends le train...pour 7heures de bonheur...intense émotion à la simple évocation de ce moment...</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Coup de frein sur l'artisanat du bâtiment dans les deux Savoies]]></title>
<link>http://leblogimmobilier.wordpress.com/?p=2149</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>marie.phoenix</dc:creator>
<guid>http://leblogimmobilier.fr.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/coup-de-frein-sur-lartisanat-du-batiment-dans-les-deux-savoies/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Au gré de mes visites en entreprise, je rencontre souvent des artisans. Si les carnets de co]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>"Au gré de mes visites en entreprise, je rencontre souvent des artisans. Si les carnets de commande sont encore pleins, les demandes de devis se font moins insistantes. Parallèlement, la hausse des matériaux et du gazole grignote les marges et fait s'évaporer la clientèle. Ce phénomène est bien réel.<!--more--></p>
<p>L'artisan savoyard n'allait jamais bien loin chercher ses chantiers. Aujourd'hui le vent tourne. Il faut se déplacer un peu plus.Les Anglais revendent et ne viennent plus acheter en masse leur résidence secondaire. Les restrictions bancaires, le change défavorable annule tous les espoirs de plus-value.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ledauphine.com/immobilier-en-station-subprimes-un-mot-qui-commence-a-faire-peur-aux-artisans-haut-savoyards-le-krach-americain-peut-il-faire-vaciller-nos-montagnes--@/index.jspz?article=30059#formulaire">Comme le souligne le Dauphiné :</a><br />
«Si cette crise perdure, nous n'aurons plus que des petits travaux. Ça ne suffira pas à payer les salariés et les traites.»</p>
<p>Merci Regis pour ce récit<a><br />
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<link>http://leblogimmobilier.wordpress.com/?p=1382</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 14:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>marie.phoenix</dc:creator>
<guid>http://leblogimmobilier.fr.wordpress.com/2008/05/26/latterrissage-immobilier-en-haute-savoie/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[L&#8217;immobilier en Haute-Savoie ou comment des professionnels cherchent encore à faire croire à]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>L'immobilier en Haute-Savoie ou comment des professionnels cherchent encore à faire croire à un aterrissage en douceur... tout en disant le contraire un peu plus loin. Les acheteurs doivent négocier...</p>
<p>Message brouillé mais... clair malgré tout. La situation en Haute-Savoie confirme que le marché immobilier est "global". Le recul est généralisé.</p>
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<p>Source : Le Dauphiné, <a href="http://www.ledauphine.com/immobilier-pour-les-specialistes-actuellement-le-marche-corrige-ses-exces-est-ce-le-moment-d-acheter--@/index.jspz?article=20847">Est-ce le moment d'acheter ?</a></p>
<p>Article dédicacé à Régis le savoyard et à Cédric</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Dimanche 25 Mai 2008 : ah ben voil&agrave;, tout est rentr&eacute; dans l'ordre.]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 20:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Programme du jour : Foire de Printemps de Luxembourg.

 
Comme hier, je me réveille bien tôt, 6h45]]></description>
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<p align="justify"><font face="Verdana" color="#800080" size="2"><a href="http://maylysandre.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/2008-05-25-devant-ordi-024.jpg"><img style="border-right:0;border-top:0;border-left:0;border-bottom:0;" height="352" alt="2008-05-25 devant ordi 024" src="http://maylysandre.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/2008-05-25-devant-ordi-024-thumb.jpg" width="518"/></a> </font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Verdana" color="#800080" size="2">Comme hier, je me réveille bien tôt, 6h45. Comme la veille, <a title="Maman" href="http://maylysandre.wordpress.com/ma-maman/" target="_blank">Maman</a> vient me voir et je me rendors pour une heure.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Verdana" color="#800080" size="2">7h45, je suis debout et de bonne humeur. Notre lave-vaisselle est tombé en panne hier soir... donc on attaque la vaisselle. <a title="Papa" href="http://maylysandre.wordpress.com/mon-papa/" target="_blank">Papa</a> passe ensuite un long moment avec moi dans le jardin, et nous appelons mes Mamies (Rolly et Nadine). Je leur souhaite bonne fête de la part de mes parents.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Verdana" color="#800080" size="2">J'ai le droit à mon heure de comptines sur YouTube, et pendant que <a title="Papa" href="http://maylysandre.wordpress.com/mon-papa/" target="_blank">Papa</a> va se reposer un peu, je joue avec <a title="Maman" href="http://maylysandre.wordpress.com/ma-maman/" target="_blank">Maman</a> et mes "babies", mes puzzles et mes jeux de cartes.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Verdana" color="#800080" size="2">Le repas est une vraie partie de plaisir. Il faut dire que "pâtes au fromage et ketchup" est un de mes plats préférés.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Verdana" color="#800080" size="2">A 13h45, <a title="Papa" href="http://maylysandre.wordpress.com/mon-papa/" target="_blank">Papa</a> me met à la sieste, je me réveillerai 2h plus tard.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Verdana" color="#800080" size="2">Dès que nous sommes prêts, nous nous rendons à la <a title="Foire de Printemps du Luxembourg" href="http://www.luxexpo.lu/index.php?id=486" target="_blank">Foire de Printemps du Luxembourg</a>. Nous commençons par le pavillon "gastronomie". Je goûte à peu près à tous les produits régionaux (sauf le vin !). Tout y passe, gâteaux, fromage, yaourts... Je suis adorable, et même <a title="Papa" href="http://maylysandre.wordpress.com/mon-papa/" target="_blank">Papa</a> trouve son bonheur : un stand de fromages <a href="http://www.lahautesavoie.com/tourisme-en-haute-savoie/index.php" target="_blank">haut-savoyards</a> ! Je fais aussi un tour dans le futur <a title="tram de Luxembourg" href="http://www.lessentiel.lu/news/luxembourg/story/10701109" target="_blank">tram de Luxembourg</a>.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Verdana" color="#800080" size="2">Un peu avant la fermeture, nous faisons un arrêt devant de beaux pianos... Je tente même de jouer un peu.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Verdana" color="#800080" size="2">Nous rentrons, un petit caprice en sortant de la <a title="XJ" href="http://www.jaguar.fr/fr/fr/xj/gallery/photography.htm" target="_blank">voiture</a>, mais tout se calme rapidement. Je dîne (un peu), et à 20h45 c'est <a title="Maman" href="http://maylysandre.wordpress.com/ma-maman/" target="_blank">Maman</a> qui me met au lit. <em>Rédacteur : Patrick-Robin, mon </em><a title="Papa" href="http://maylysandre.wordpress.com/mon-papa/" target="_blank"><em>Papa</em></a><em>.</em></font></p>
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<link>http://musingsofabittergirl.wordpress.com/?p=121</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 14:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A better cure for bitterness than chocolate is to run until you drop. Well, not in my case but, yeah]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A better cure for bitterness than chocolate is to run until you drop. Well, not in my case but, yeah - run a lot. Skis are back in the ski locker, and it's time to do the clothing exchange of winter for summer stuff in the drawers and wardrobe. So for 2 weeks I've been running again - suddenly gone from 0 to 60 on the running thing now that the lifts are shut and the <em>envie</em> for ski touring has gone out of my system, with the arrival of green leaves on the trees and tulips and forsythias blooming around us. </p>
<p>Last Saturday started with my first official run of the season (I ran a few times over the winter with the dogs, but mostly in hiking boots and totally unplanned - last official run was Dec 18 in Val Ferret during the 21km snow race put on by the Trailers de Courmayeur) . So I did one of those annoying <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-stage_fitness_test" target="_blank">bleep tests</a> to test V02 max, and I guess winter ski randonèes and ski mountaineering at altitude worked because I scored higher on my V02 max at the start of this season than I did at the end of last - 9.1 shuttles followed by a 40 minute jog on a fairly flat area. I thought I'd done worse than on previous tests, but when I looked at actual records - 43.43 V02 max on sites I found with Google, this puts me in the 'superior' catagory for women, even if I was 13 years old, which is nice to know. However, it only puts me in the 'good' catagory for men of my age - apparently there is a huge sex difference in V02 max capacities.</p>
<p>I followed that by running from Chamonix to Argentière and back (16-17km with about 450m uphill), walking the uphills, via Lavancher as my first 'long slow run' of the season. It's the earliest in the season I've done a run that long, and it did take 3 hours 16 minutes (but that was with breaks for meeting 4 friends on the trails on the way up and back). Felt quite good that I could manage it for my 2nd run of the season, especially as I'd done the first run only the day before. Took the dogs for their first long run of the season as well - was a bit of a shock to their systems I think and one threw up his breakfast when we got back to the car while I was stretching in the grass -- so today when we went again they had a big dinner the night before and no breakfast and they did better. It was also cooler today - misty and rainy, which I am sure helped.</p>
<p>Also last Wed eve I attended a Chamonix Mont Blanc Marathon club training (first time I've been able to arrange my schedule to join the CMBM training sessions) - 1 hour of trail running with 45 mintues of it as hill efforts, followed by a BBQ. There were about 30 pretty fit looking people out for the training and since we were on a loop I have no idea where I fit in exactly. I was lapped by about 4 or 5 guys who were super fit, and 1 girl - so hopefully didn't do too badly. But it felt really hard - the effort bit was running down a long hill, down past 2 flags, up 1, down 2 more flags, up 1 - so you constantly were turning and sprinting uphill. Very tiring. Did another training session on Saturday - fast 1 hour run to Vaudagne with a fast downhill and some trails some road - felt very strong. Followed the very next day (today) by a 2nd run to Argentière. I accidentally took the higher trail up to Lavancher so did a bit more height than last week anyhow, and in general it was a faster pace with less rests - about 2.5 hours, so probably yes, a bit faster overall than the previous Saturday but I did start closer to the Flegère rather than town center which probably saved 15 minutes overall. I also didn't run into any friends today, since it was rainy.</p>
<p>Next week's goal for the long run is to go to Le Tour (about 23km round trip) ... want to try something a bit longer. Or to start maybe at the Grandes Montets or Lavancher and go past Le Tour and climb up the Charamillion lift line to get in some height gain. Then possibly to do an overall uphill <a href="http://www.grimpeeruisseau.com/" target="_blank">race next Sunday in Sallanches </a>- 12km with 1100m height gain to push the hill work and pace a bit since it seems the distance should be within my grasp already. You can sign up on the day of (it's a small race) so I will leave the decision until <em>le dernière moment</em> since we will have visitors in for a week when that race happens.</p>
<p>Can't decide yet whether to go for the <a href="http://www.montblancmarathon.net/" target="_blank">Cross du Mont Blanc or the Mont Blanc Marathon </a>on the 28th and 29th of June ... will see how I feel after the run to Le Tour next week. But so far am pretty pleased that I have had a strong start to my running, and not lost as much running fitness over this winter as feared.</p>
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<link>http://thinkoutsidethewatermelon.wordpress.com/?p=9</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 16:39:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jessamynb</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[By Jessamyn Embry
As published in Art du Voyage&#8217;s Travel Notes, January 2007

Within the ambie]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By <a href="http://www.thinkoutsidethewatermelon.com/about.html">Jessamyn Embry</a></p>
<p>As published in <a href="http://artduvoyage.com/Newsletter/07.01/Newsletter.html">Art du Voyage's Travel Notes, January 2007</a></p>
<p><img src="http://artduvoyage.com/Newsletter/07.01/le_saint_joseph1.jpg" alt="Hotel Le Saint Joseph" width="414" height="205" /><br />
Within the ambience of a luxurious country house, guests                          of <a href="http://www.lesaintjoseph.com/">Le Saint Joseph</a> have four-star luxury service at their                          disposal every moment of the day. Its eleven rooms and                          three apartments each have their own individual style,                          with fabrics, paintings and antiques that have been hand-picked                          from the best of Paris, Lyon and Naples.</p>
<p>Guests seeking                          a cozy and relaxed atmosphere might prefer the rooms “under                          the roofs” which have an atmosphere reminiscent                          of a family home and bathrooms in “the old style”.                          A stay in the Directoire Suite is a dream. Its shimmering                          red and gold fabrics harmonize perfectly with its super                          soft sofas, an immense canopied bed and polished floors.                          For large groups, two duplex apartments are available,                          with four bedrooms each, as well as saunas, Jacuzzis and                          private entrance and exit direct to the street.</p>
<p><img src="http://artduvoyage.com/Newsletter/07.01/le_saint_joseph2.jpg" alt="Bedroom" width="164" height="164" align="right" />The                          gourmet restaurant, “Le Hussard”, is the perfect                          place to warm yourself with a hot chocolate on your return                          from skiing or to savor a delicious dinner. Guests looking                          for a change from the traditional can try the hotel’s                          second restaurant, The Grand Café, featuring exceptional                          Thai Cuisine, before heading back out to the hustle and                          bustle of Courchevel, is a dream. Its shimmering red and                          gold fabrics harmonize perfectly with its super soft sofas,                          an immense canopied bed and polished floors. For large                          groups, two duplex apartments are available, with four                          bedrooms each, as well as saunas, Jacuzzis and private                          entrance and exit direct to the street. The gourmet restaurant,                          “Le Hussard”, is the perfect place to warm                          yourself with a hot chocolate on your return from skiing                          or to savor a delicious dinner. Guests looking for a change                          from the traditional can try the hotel’s second                          restaurant, The Grand Café, featuring exceptional                          Thai Cuisine, before heading back out to the hustle and                          bustle of Courchevel.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Le Chabichou in Courchevel]]></title>
<link>http://thinkoutsidethewatermelon.wordpress.com/?p=8</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 16:32:29 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://thinkoutsidethewatermelon.fr.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/le-chabichou-in-courchevel/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[By Jessamyn Embry


For those seeking the good life, Le Chabichou is the place                      ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By <a href="http://www.thinkoutsidethewatermelon.com/about.html">Jessamyn Embry</a><br />
<a href="http://artduvoyage.com/Newsletter/07.01/Newsletter.html"></a></p>
<p align="justify"><img src="http://artduvoyage.com/Newsletter/07.01/le_chabichou1.jpg" alt="Hotel Le Chabichou" width="414" height="167" /><br />
For those seeking the good life, Le Chabichou is the place                          to stay. Just a stone’s throw from the ski runs,                          its wooden gingerbread décor give it a homey, intimate                          ambience, but there is no denying that this is a luxury                          hotel. It’s a true ski-in/ski-out hotel and passes,                          skis and boards can be purchased or rented directly from                          the concierge.<br />
<img src="http://artduvoyage.com/Newsletter/07.01/le_chabichou2.jpg" alt="Lounch" width="414" height="193" /><br />
Along with its superb location, charm, and comfort, the                          shining beacon of this hotel is <a href="http://www.leadersmagazine.cz/index.php?rain=content/587/highlight&#38;PHPSESSID=90302bf609a45c84d494dab7377657ec">Michel Rochedy</a>’s                          two-Michelin-star restaurant which offers the best of                          traditional Savoyard cuisine with just a pinch of the                          exotic. For those who want to make their gustatory experience                          just a little more unforgettable, Rochedy offers cooking                          classes every Thursday morning.</p>
<p align="justify">As published in <a href="http://artduvoyage.com/Newsletter/07.01/Newsletter.html">Art du Voyage's Travel Notes, January 2007</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Le Lana in Courchevel]]></title>
<link>http://thinkoutsidethewatermelon.wordpress.com/?p=7</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 15:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jessamynb</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thinkoutsidethewatermelon.fr.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/le-lana-in-courchevel/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[By Jessamyn Embry

For those who want to be at the center of it all, there’s                      ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify">By <a href="http://www.thinkoutsidethewatermelon.com/about.html">Jessamyn Embry</a></p>
<p align="justify"><img src="http://artduvoyage.com/Newsletter/07.01/Lana1.jpg" alt="Hotel Le Lana" width="414" height="273" /><br />
For those who want to be at the center of it all, there’s                          no better hotel than <a href="http://www.lelana.fr">Le Lana</a>. Established in 1958,                          it was the first hotel  built specifically for <a href="http://www.courchevel.com/">the Courchevel                          resort</a>. Today it is a 4-star luxury hotel with direct                          access to the slopes. With a terrific central location,                          it is the ideal accommodation for the winter sports enthusiast                          or for those hoping to explore the town (and shops) of                          Courchevel. Its                          57 rooms have views of snow covered mountains. Each of                          the hotel’s luxurious 19 suites includes a jacuzzi                          (essential after a hard day on the mountain) and a view                          of the slopes. With a location this good, families can                          rest assured that everyone will be on time for dinner watching them coast down the mountain at the                          end of the day. And dinner at the gourmet Saint Nicolas is definitely not to be missed. In a land where one can                          easily ski 60 miles in one day, comfort is key and the                          onsite Spa Lana offers every service necessary                          to soothe your body and mind and get you ready for the                          next day.</p>
<p align="justify"><iframe src='http://digg.com/api/diggthis.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fdigg.com%2Ftravel_places%2FLe_Lana_in_Courchevel_Think_Outside_The_Watermelon' height='82' width='55' frameborder='0' scrolling='no' style='float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 4px 0 2px 4px; background: #fff;'></iframe></p>
<p align="justify">As published in <a href="http://artduvoyage.com/Newsletter/07.01/Newsletter.html">Art du Voyage's Travel Notes, January 2007</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Alpine Paradise]]></title>
<link>http://thinkoutsidethewatermelon.wordpress.com/?p=6</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 15:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jessamynb</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thinkoutsidethewatermelon.fr.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/alpine-paradise/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[By Jessamyn Embry
Imagine standing on an                          alpine peak with Italy to your lef]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:left;">By <a href="http://thinkoutsidethewatermelon.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/hotel-lancaster/">Jessamyn Embry</a></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Imagine standing on an                          alpine peak with Italy to your left, Switzerland to your                          right and 385 miles of skiing heaven laid out beneath                          you. With over 185 lifts in a network of trails three                          times larger than the biggest American resorts, it’s                          easy to see why <a href="http://www.courchevel.com/">Courchevel</a> is considered the premiere                          winter resort of Europe… if not the world.<img class="alignright" style="float:right;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/51/114796543_1637a3309e.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="247" height="370" /></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">With that much territory to offer, it doesn’t                          matter if you’re a newbie or a double-diamond pro.                          There’s plenty of room for everyone and plenty of                          assistance too. Courchevel is home to <a href="http://www.courchevel.com/ski/ski-school-courchevel.html">Europe’s biggest                          ski school</a> with 500 instructors and mountain guides ready                          to show you the slopes. On a routine day you can ski or                          board down one mountain, cruise down a second (stopping                          for lunch on the sundeck of an on-mountain restaurant)                          and coast contentedly down a third.<br />
But the charm of the Three Valleys doesn’t end on                          the slopes. It was, after all, the French who invented                          <em>après-ski</em> and in the Alps eating is as                          important as skiing. For the gourmand, there is the 2-star                          Michelin restaurant, <a href="http://www.chabichou-courchevel.com/">Le Chabichou</a> as well as a host of exceptional traditional Savoyard                          restaurants. After dinner enjoy a stroll past the skating                          rink, see what’s playing at the resort’s three                          cinemas, or buy a little something special at one of the                          150 shops that call Courchevel home. When the living is                          this good, you’ll want to call it home too.</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;">As published in <a href="http://artduvoyage.com/Newsletter/07.01/Newsletter.html">Art du Voyage's Travel Notes - January 2007</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[cordon]]></title>
<link>http://chaletquest.wordpress.com/?p=57</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bquest</dc:creator>
<guid>http://chalet-quest.com/2008/04/21/cordon/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This chalet would be the perfect place to discover the french Alps and the traditional decor of an o]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:left;">This chalet would be the perfect place to discover the french Alps and the traditional decor of an old chalet. Facing the Mont-Blanc, it can accommodate up to 10 people.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Visit the <a href="http://www.location-chalet-montblanc.com" target="_blank">website</a> to learn more, I just post one of the lovely pictures as a teasing...</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="size-full wp-image-59 aligncenter" src="http://chaletquest.wordpress.com/files/2008/04/cordon-chalet-chene1.jpg?w=448" alt="" width="448" height="299" /></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Lac Léman]]></title>
<link>http://danniebrown.wordpress.com/2008/04/20/which-one-do-you-prefer-this-one-or/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://danniebrown.fr.wordpress.com/2008/04/20/lac-leman/</guid>
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Which one do you prefer? this one or &#8230;
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<div><span style="font-size:0.9em;margin-top:0;">Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/39664578@N00/">theoneandonlynadine</a></span></div>
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<p>Ce dimanche je suis allée me promener avec ma famille sur une plage ou j'ai passé pratiquement tous mes étés quand j'étais enfant.</p>
<p>C'est sur le lac Léman et c'est le Jura suisse en face.</p>
<p>Le temps était un peu nuageux et tempetueux mais on a eu de la chance et il a pas plu.</p>
<p>C'était cool parce que c'était désert du coup.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[green shutters]]></title>
<link>http://chaletquest.wordpress.com/?p=44</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bquest</dc:creator>
<guid>http://chalet-quest.com/2008/04/03/green-shutters/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Seems like we have a shutter color theme today. It &#8217;s been quite a while since the last ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="left">Seems like we have a <a href="http://bastidequest.wordpress.com/2008/04/03/blue-shutters/">shutter</a> color theme today. It 's been quite a while since the last "for sale" post, so here we go in a few key figures: 30 beds (!), built up in 1887, above the grand bornand village, a dream panorama, and green shutters.</p>
<p align="left">[<a target="_blank" href="http://www.capifrance.fr/fr/detail.htm?cle=3409329467&#38;monnaie=2">contact</a> and copyright]  </p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img src="http://chaletquest.wordpress.com/files/2008/04/grand-bornand-2.jpg" alt="grand-bornand-2.jpg" /></p>
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<title><![CDATA[un week end dans les hautes alpes...?]]></title>
<link>http://missomisso.wordpress.com/?p=4</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>MisMis'</dc:creator>
<guid>http://missomisso.fr.wordpress.com/2008/03/30/un-week-end-dans-les-hautes-alpes/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Week end de pâques dans les hautes alpes, ski à Risoul en perspective, mais pitié pas cloisonnés]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Week end de pâques dans les hautes alpes, ski à Risoul en perspective, mais pitié pas cloisonnés dans la station! Aux alentours? de superbes montagnes, des cours d'eau et la découverte de ce qu'on appelle la vallée du Guil. C'est là que se niche <a href="http://www.lamaisonduguil.com/index.html">la Maison du Guil</a>, une chambre d'hôtes récemment ouverte (janvier 2008). Dès l'entrée, on a été bluffé par la déco: simple, actuelle et hyper raffinée. Autant d'adjectifs qui s'accordent également à merveille pour la table d'hôte, véritable surprise de ce séjour!<img src="http://www.lamaisonduguil.com/chambres-hotes-05/table-hotes/table-petit-dejeuner.jpg" alt="table du petit déjeuner" /><br />
Et pour ne rien gâcher, les propriétaires des lieux sont charmants!</p>
<p>Parmi les autres chambres d'hôtes que l'on a testé et adoré, il y a :</p>
<blockquote><p>- <a href="http://www.grangeauxloups.com/visite.htm">La Grange aux loups</a> dans le Beaufortain en Savoie.</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>- <a href="http://www.chevrerie-grandbornand.com/index.php">La Chèvrerie</a> au Grand Bornand, en Haute-Savoie.</p></blockquote>
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<title><![CDATA[Qu'est ce que je fait pour ma region ... Infodominance Culturelle pour Annecy et son basin ?]]></title>
<link>http://arnaudvelten.wordpress.com/2008/03/10/quest-ce-que-je-fait-pour-ma-region-infodominance-culturelle-pour-annecy-et-son-basin/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Arnaud Velten</dc:creator>
<guid>http://arnaudvelten.fr.wordpress.com/2008/03/10/quest-ce-que-je-fait-pour-ma-region-infodominance-culturelle-pour-annecy-et-son-basin/</guid>
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Une stratégie d&#8217;infodominance Pour la région, j&#8217;y ai toujours cru &#8230;.
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Voilà pourquoi depuis 2005 j'occupe le terrain ...Je continuerais ce post plus tard ;)<br />
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<title><![CDATA[Mont Buet from Sixt Fer a Cheval]]></title>
<link>http://alpsadventures.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/mont-buet-from-sixt-fer-a-cheval/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:44:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Alpine Adventurer</dc:creator>
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Ridge to summit, originally uploaded to Flickr.
This is a beautiful two day hike from near the town]]></description>
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<div class="flickr-frame"><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/genyphyr/1556451900/">Ridge to summit</a>, originally uploaded to <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/genyphyr/">Flickr</a>.</span></div>
<p class="flickr-yourcomment">This is a beautiful two day hike from near the town of Sixt Fer a Cheval (near Morzine and not far from Chamonix) best suited for strong hikers.</p>
<p>The first night was a relatively short ascent with 1050m of height gain to a mountain hut above Sixt at 1950m altitude where we enjoyed a lovely meal and warm beds.</p>
<p>The second day is the longest and started with breakfast at the hut, and was 1140m of height gain, with large amounts of ridge traversing and beautiful vistas across the Cirque des Fonts. We had lunch on Mt Buet and then started our return journey with 2200m of height loss.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/genyphyr/1405223812/" title="Cirque des Fonts by firechick, on Flickr"><img width="500" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1390/1405223812_c7a021eb11.jpg" alt="Cirque des Fonts" height="333" /></a></p>
<div class="flickr-frame"><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/genyphyr/1405223812/">Cirque des Fonts</a>, originally uploaded to <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/genyphyr/">Flickr</a>.</span></div>
<p>This year we went in mid-September and the scenery and tree foliage was amazing with bright blue crystal clear skies, and the route was not crowded. There were a few late blooming alpine flowers on view, and we also managed to see a family of ibex. There is a bit of an airy scramble using chains to ascend the ridge-line to the summit of Mt Buet, which is 3096m (sometimes also quoted as 3098, 3099 or 3100m) in altitude. The route also gave us an opportunity to view first-hand the effects of global warming, as several of the nearby smaller glaciers marked on the map were already gone or disappearing.</p>
<p>Descent was by a completely different route which loops back to the car park, and has many long downhills, and chances to view ibex perched in the rocks as we descended Mt Buet. From the summit of Mt Buet there were beautiful views for 360 degrees.</p>
<p>This route is often done for acclimatisation before climbing Mont Blanc, as part of other multi-day tours in the region or is easily enjoyed as a two day hike in its own right, especially when done from this side of the mountain.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/genyphyr/1555595829/" title="The ridge hike to the summit on Flickr"><img width="500" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2417/1555595829_4cc126dc9b.jpg" alt="The ridge hike to the summit" height="333" /></a></p>
<div class="flickr-frame"><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/genyphyr/1555595829/">Cirque des Fonts</a>, originally uploaded to <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/genyphyr/">Flickr</a>.</span></div>
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<div class="flickr-frame"><span class="flickr-caption">You can see a <a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/genyphyr/sets/72157602237317504/show/">slide show of the whole journey here on Flickr</a>: </span></div>
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<title><![CDATA[Salomon délocalise tout shuss vers l'Est]]></title>
<link>http://coodgle.wordpress.com/2008/01/13/salomon-delocalise-tout-shuss-vers-lest/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 15:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>coodgle</dc:creator>
<guid>http://coodgle.fr.wordpress.com/2008/01/13/salomon-delocalise-tout-shuss-vers-lest/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Les skis Salomon ne seront plus fabriqués en France à partir de la fin 2008. C&#8217;est l&#8217;u]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify">L<img border="0" align="left" width="326" src="http://medias.lemonde.fr/mmpub/edt/ill/2008/01/11/h_9_ill_998187_salomon.jpg" alt="site de Rumilly" height="217" style="width:206px;height:172px;" />es skis Salomon ne seront plus fabriqués en France à partir de la fin 2008. C'est l'une des conséquences du plan de restructuration annoncé, jeudi 10 janvier, par Amer Sports, propriétaire, depuis deux ans et demi, de l'industriel français.</p>
<p align="justify">Le groupe finlandais, qui possède aussi Atomic (articles de sports d'hiver), a indiqué qu'il comptait supprimer 400 emplois dans le monde, dont 284 sur ses deux sites en Haute-Savoie (soit environ 25 % des effectifs).</p>
<p align="justify">Depuis 2005, c'est la troisième fois que Salomon taille dans sa masse salariale. Au total, quelque 750 postes auront été supprimés en quatre ans. <i>"Sans compter les intérimaires"</i>, complète Bernard Couderc, secrétaire (CFDT) du comité d'entreprise : d'après lui, 70 à 80personnes ont travaillé temporairement à Rumilly en 2007.</p>
<p align="justify">Chez les salariés, <i>"l'écœurement prédomine"</i>, affirme Sylvain Chalumeau, délégué syndical central CGT. <i>"On nous promène de plan en plan depuis quatre ans."</i> La restructuration de l'entreprise équivaut à un <i>"saccage"</i>, aux yeux de M. Couderc. <i>"Les secteurs les plus touchés sont ceux où les compétences étaient très pointues"</i>, argumente-t-il.</p>
<p align="justify">Le maire (UMP) de Rumilly, André Feppon se dit <i>"littéralement révolté"</i>. Il estime que les dirigeants d'Amer Sports l'ont <i>"tenu dans l'ignorance"</i> durant des mois. <i>"Les salariés et les élus ont été pris pour des cons"</i>, tonne-t-il. La municipalité avait accordé <i>"gratuitement"</i> 15 hectares de terrain à Salomon. Les finances de la commune vont également pâtir de la fermeture du site : environ 12% de la taxe professionnelle provient de Salomon.</p>
<p align="justify">Fondé en 1947 à Annecy par la famille Salomon, l'industriel avait été racheté en 1997 par Adidas, puis cédé, huit ans plus tard, à Amer Sports. Dès le départ, le groupe finlandais avait indiqué qu'il comptait économiser jusqu'à 40 millions d'euros par an jusqu'à la fin 2008 (<i>Le Monde</i> du 22 décembre 2005). Objectif : dégager une marge opérationnelle d'au moins 10%. A terme, Amer Sports veut porter sa part de marché mondiale dans les équipements de sports d'hiver de 30 % à 40 %.</p>
<p align="justify">Employant environ 6 500 personnes dans le monde, à la fin 2006, il a annoncé jeudi un recul de son chiffre d'affaires en 2007 de 27 % par rapport à 2006, où il s'était élevé à 1,79 milliard d'euros. Le titre a plongé de 16,86 %, jeudi, à la Bourse d'Helsinki.</p>
<p align="justify">L'usine de Rumilly, qui fabrique à la fois les skis Salomon et des roues de vélo (marque Mavic), devrait fermer à la fin de l'année, d'après Jean-Marc Pambet, directeur général <i>"Chaussures et Vêtements"</i> d'Amer Sports. Environ 250 salariés sur les 540 basés à Rumilly vont être licenciés.</p>
<p align="justify"><em>Source: Le Monde</em></p>
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