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San Jose - Two-time defending champion Milos Raonic of Canada fired 12 aces in beating US third seed Sam Querrey 6-4, 6-2 on Saturday to reach the final of the $547 000 ATP Tour SAP Open.
The big-serving top seed will try to become the first player since Tony Trabert in 1953-1955 to win the San Jose title three years in a row when he faces German fourth seed Tommy Haas in Sunday's indoor hardcourt final.
Haas, ranked 22nd, defeated US second seed John Isner 6-3, 6-4 in the other semi-final.
Raonic, 22, and Haas, 34, will face each other for the first time in what will be the final match in the history of the event, which will be dropped from the ATP schedule after this year.
Querrey had won both prior matches against Raonic, including last year at Wimbledon, but the World No 13 dropped only five points on his serve in the match and never faced a breakpoint in overwhelming the American this time.
Haas fired eight aces and connected on 75 percent of his first serves while Isner, known for his big serves, had nine aces but connected on only 59 percent of his first serves.
Haas lost three of his four prior matches against Isner but they had not faced each other since 2009.
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Anchor Home Products added microfiber kitchen towels to its assortment. These solid-colored ribbed towels come in eight colors and carry a diamond-shaped hangtag designed by the company. It reads "Aqua Dry" and points out the advantages of microfiber — absorbs liquids three times faster than cotton; is five times its weight in water; good for polishing; streak and lint free; machine-washable; and stain resistant.
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Tucked down one of Thonburi's old, narrow alleyways, Baan Lao is home to a handful of family-run studios where you can watch traditional Lao flutes being hand-made, and perhaps listen to a master flute-player testing one out.
Lao flutes are instrumental in both traditional Thai and Lao music, and today's Baan Lao community are direct descendents of a group of musicians who migrated from Vientiane to this exact spot in the late 19th century to sell and play their exquisite flutes in Bangkok.
Today, Baan Lao flutes are made from either plastic or bamboo, and they come in many sizes -- the larger the flute the lower its tones. A few modest shop-houses still produce the flutes, but a master craftsman by the name of P'Chang and his family are particularly happy to invite in visitors on most mornings and afternoons. Little if any English is spoken here, but don't let that deter you as P'Chang does a great job of showing guests his craft, limiting the need to explain anything.
If looking to try your hand at a melody, the most basic plastic flutes cost only 50 baht while simple bamboo versions run 150. The highest quality flutes, often etched with elaborate designs or inlaid with mother-of-pearl, can cost several thousand baht, but even the basic ones make a unique souvenir. With that said, the humble family doesn't put any pressure on visitors to purchase one and the atmosphere is warm and welcoming.
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Itsaraphap Soi 15, near Bansomdet Rajabhat University,ThonburiHow to get there: Itsaraphap is a main thoroughfare running north to south through Thonburi, and the beginning of Soi 15 is on the west side of the road. Make sure to turn left when the soi turns sharply that way rather than keeping straight and entering the temple gates. P'Chang's workshop is set down a narrow alley towards the end of the soi. A somewhat hidden brown sign with some information in English marks the entrance.You could take a taxi (tell the driver "itsaraphap sip-haa / baan lao"), or walk the 1.5 kilometres from either Wat Arun or Wongwian Yai BTS station.
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Well, here's the deal, anon. The Salvation Army is an evangelical Christian group, and they impose those beliefs on the people that they employ and the communities they serve. Here are a few examples:
They are so opposed to LGBT rights that they have lobbied multiple times for exemptions from Federal and Local anti-discrimination laws, and threatened to withdraw their services.
They refused to provide shelter to a homeless gay couple, unless they broke up and renounced their homosexuality.
They refused to provide a transgender woman with shelter that was congruent with her gender presentation, instead insisting she house with men. She chose instead to sleep on the sidewalk and died from the cold.
Speaking of gender, there was also this charming incident where one of their hostels refused to open the door for a 17-year-old victim who had just been brutally raped (or even call the police for her) because that particular hostel had a strict "men only" policy.
Children who can't prove their immigration status are turned away.
The organization also disposes of any Harry Potter or Twilight related donations (rather than giving them to other charities), because they claim the toys are "incompatible with the charity's Christian beliefs".
During the Bush Administration (thanks to 'faith-based initiatives') they fired about 20 long-time employees (Jewish, Muslim, Hindu and Gay), simply for refusing to sign the organization's statement of Christian belief.
So, that—in a nutshell—is what's wrong with it.
i will never stop spreading the word about how fucking shady the salvation army is
think twice before you donate to the bell-ringers in your local mall this holiday season … i am planning on starting a dialogue with the ones that are set to station themselves outside the store i work in
also one time i volunteered with the salvation army around christmas time being an "elf" and helping parents pick out free donated toys for their kids
which was all well and good until they ESCORTED TWO MEN OUT OF THE BUILDING BECAUSE THEY "LOOKED GAY"
this was a first-hand eyewitness account and i should have left then and there, but seeing as i needed to take the bus back to school…
And this is why I starting to donate to other charities around Christmas.
No more red buckets for me.
and theres also how in Australia they have teared apart native aboriginal communities to "christianize" them and make them part of capitalist western society, up until the late 60's they assisted with the taking of aboriginal children from their families in the stolen generation and put the children into missions where they would follow strict pattern of work and christian education
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People aged 60 and above have never lost the habit of turning out to vote. If the young only understood what that means, they would do the same because the voting power of the elderly has meant that no government dare mess with their benefits. As the Coalition has struggled desperately to find ways to reduce the deficit, the pensions and perks enjoyed by the elderly have barely been touched. And they are to stay in place at least until the general election is safely out of the way in 2015. Only now, however, do we begin to hear whispers from Whitehall that, after polling day, the elderly may have to share more of the pain.
About time, too. The case for finding efficient and fair ways to reduce the Government's deficit is overwhelming, though how to go about it is a fraught, complex question. This newspaper has urged the Chancellor to concentrate on measures to stimulate growth and target the cuts on areas of spending which produce no economic benefit. Funnelling money into the bank accounts of the elderly is not a good way to escape recession: the case for doing it is social, not economic.
In a civilised society, no one should be condemned to hunger and deprivation in their old age. But there is a large number of people well past their prime who can afford a very comfortable lifestyle without help from the state, and yet qualify for subsidies purely by virtue of their age.
In 1999, when pension increases were tied to the Retail Price Index, the Labour government ran into political difficulties because low inflation meant that the annual pension increase was calculated at just 75p a week. To avoid such embarrassment, there is now a "triple lock" which guarantees that pensions will rise by whichever is highest – inflation, earnings, or 2.5 per cent. With an eye on the grey vote, David Cameron made an election promise, later incorporated in the Coalition Agreement, to leave the triple lock alone.
There is more. Until recently, there were free bus passes for everyone over 60. The only change that the Government has dared make is to raise the qualifying age progressively, but too late to stop vast numbers of wealthy people who were born in the post-war baby boom and left school or university during the years of full employment from getting a free ride.
Members of that same generation also receive a cheque every year from the Government to help towards fuel bills they can easily afford. It has been estimated that no fewer than 500,000 people on the higher tax rates receive such a perk. A smaller number of the very wealthy also qualify for free TV licences, because they are over 75.
The cost of these benefits should not be exaggerated. In total, they come to around £5bn a year – only a fraction of the cost of state pensions – but they contribute to a bill for benefits for senior citizens that is forecast to rise from £76bn this year to £86bn in 2016. Meanwhile, the benefits paid to people of working age are forecast to fall from £53bn to £47bn over the same period.
There is no dispute that substantial numbers of pensioners are in real need. Yesterday's figures from the Office of National Statistics suggest the UK is already less generous to its elderly than most other EU states. But the fact that some old people are living either in poverty, or very near it, must not distract attention from the hundreds of thousands of very well-off people of advanced years who are being subsidised out of general taxation. The Chancellor, George Osborne, has set a target of cutting £10bn from the welfare bill by 2016. That target cannot be reached by any fair route if the pensions and perks of the elderly are to be treated as sacrosanct.
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Ten top towns and districts
Haut Var
This is where you discover that Provence is wilder than you suspected. From sunlit vineyards and pine forests round Lorgues and Brignoles, it swings north to a rockier, rougher country of gorges, ravines and sinuous roads which want you dead. Clamped to hill-tops, vertiginous villages – Châteaudouble, Bargemon (where the Beckhams holiday), the glorious Tourtour – offer a wriggling sense of refuge, and some pretty decent eating.
Beyond, the Verdon Gorges – Europe's Grand Canyon – present nature on a supernatural scale: 15 miles long, 2,000-feet straight down. Those with heads for heights may climb, hike or bike. Those without will weep and make for the more suitable Lac Ste Croix.
It's all magnificent, but it's also a relief to return south to the Cistercian serenity of Thoronet Abbey, near Lorgues. Its austere majesty suggests not all medieval clerics were depraved. Splendid wines (try the Château Ste Roseline at Les Arcs) indicate how you may become so, if you let yourself go.
Enter Avignon through a gate in the city walls and you're stepping onto pre-hallowed ground. The city has considered itself capital of the cultural universe since the popes sought refuge there in the 14 century. An overwhelming sense of self-worth remains as, to justify it, does the extraordinary Papal Palace. Rising sheer, powerful and Gothic, the palace would still be running Christendom, given half a chance.
The next-door cathedral rams home monumental memories, now shorn of the decadence which, according to the ever-trenchant Petrarch, turned Avignon into "the sewer of the world". More interesting, across the square is the Petit Palais, once home to cardinals, now to a cracking collection of early Italian art. Behind, the Doms rock rises to parkland, affording fine views over the world's most famous one-fifth-of-a-bridge. (Rhône turbulence swept most of the Pont-d'Avignon away centuries ago.) Once you've seen the bridge from up here, nothing is gained by paying to walk along it. Let alone dance.
Better to wander the tight tangle of streets off the main Rue de la République, where elegant town houses mix affably with the scurry of artisans' quarters. The Musée Calvet is a magnificent mansion, but there's not too much of interest inside. The Musée Angladon on Rue des Laboureurs has a more diverting collection – of 19th and 20th-century works, including Railway Carriages, the only Van Gogh original remaining in Provence.
Then return to the Place-de-l'Horloge, the hub of Avignon's happiness. Outside the theatre, statues of Corneille and Molière look as bored as if they'd just read one another's Complete Works. Otherwise, though, the hive of bars and restaurants, street-life and pretty women would have sated even a pope's temporal needs. Most of them, anyway.
Arles and the Camargue
Capital of the Camargue, Arles is the most feverishly Provençal of all Provençal towns. Bullfighting maintains the double-millennial blood-sports tradition in the stupendous Roman arena. (The last corrida I saw there was a duff abattoir show. If you want to see the arena in action, go for the course camarguaise bull-running games, which are man vs beast, with the beast surviving.) Cowboys ride through when the occasion demands.
The local festive dress is the prettiest a woman can wear, admired even by those resistant to folklore. And the tight-packed streets struggle to contain the throb of a southern life. This can flip from fiesta to fury and back again in the time it takes you to duck.
Arena seen, wander to the Roman theatre, the St Trophime cathedral for the extraordinary Romanesque façade, and onto the Place-du-Forum. There, the outside, at least, of the Café-de-Nuit remains much as it was when painted by Van Gogh.
You may follow the artist (he was pretty feverish in town, too: ear-lopping, 300 works in 15 months, verbal war with locals) to the Espace Van Gogh, where Van Gogh was hospitalised, and especially to Place Lamartine. His Yellow House home was nearby, as was the scene of the sublime Starry Nights Over the Rhône.
Then leave for the delta flatlands of the Camargue, which writers always describe as "melancholic". That's because writers bring melancholia with them. The vast stretch between the two arms of the Rhône is at least intriguing, at best bewitching. Alternately sun-roasted and wind-blasted, the marshes are indeed base to black bulls, white horses and pink flamingos – not to mention every other bird on the move.
To appreciate it best, get off the road and in among it. The Domaine de Méjanes (www.mejanes.camargue.fr) farmstead appears touristy. It is touristy. But we're all tourists, and Méjanes offers easy and entertaining access to elements of the Camargue (bird-life, marshland, riding, bull-running) in the company of genuine Camargue cowboys.
Later, visit Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. The Camargue's seaside resort always reminds me of Thornton-Cleveleys with a suntan. If of more adventurous outlook, head for the vast and wild Piémançon beach beyond Salins-de-Giraud.
Pays Dignois
The Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is where Provence, scarcely tame before, rises truly rocky and rugged to meet the Alps. The Pays Dignois district is in the centre of this remote, magnificent landscape. And the town of Digne-les-Bains is in the centre of that. It is one of my favourites in Provence simply because it has not a single air or grace.
Certainly, it is attractive – fine old town, good spa, excellent cathedral, first-class black pudding – but without that extreme prettiness which, elsewhere in Provence, packs in the chattering classes. Here, the old streets are the preserve of washing, local kids on bikes and shops billed "Modern Fashions".
But the real glory is in the landscape beyond.
To the south, the Valensole Plateau is lavender central, a soul-stirring sight in July. To the north and east, the crags, peaks, ravines and valleys comprise a Geological Reserve, whose scattering of abandoned farms and villages tell you all you need to know about the tough life. Some have been turned into refuges, and invested with art by Briton Andy Goldsworthy. (There's a bracing walk between them, but it will take you days.)
Possibilities for knocking yourself out – hiking, climbing, via ferrata – are endless. You need to start, though, at Digne's own Musée-Promenade, an indoor-outdoor introduction to mountains, geology and the art they have inspired. Armed with that, you'll find this land more grandiose still.
Recently opened – or re-opened – is the crypt of the Notre-Dame-du-Bourg cathedral in Digne. Archaeologists have been excavating the site for 30 years, unearthing evidence from the 1st century AD onwards. The results are not only important but also interesting and well-displayed. www.lairie-dignelesbains.fr
Mont Ventoux
Serious cyclists should know that, to break the world record for pedalling up the most famous mountain in Provence, they'll have to do it 12 times in 24 hours. Doing it once in a lifetime is, I reckon, a hell of an achievement. Frankly, motoring up the unrelenting 25km rise from Malaucène to the 1,909m summit takes it out of me. So, the very best of luck.
But, one way or another, it has to be done. The bald-headed Ventoux – it looks snow-capped but it's limestone scree up there – dominates most of western Provence like an unforgiving elder. A forward sentinel of the Alps, it stands exposed and pretty much alone – as you might, too, when you get to the top and the breeze stiffens. Winds can reach 150mph. The views, though, are stupendous – to the sea, the Alps and way up the Rhône valley. And, standing on the top of the world, there's a serious sense that you've done something worthwhile.
There's also, just below the summit, a moving memorial to Tommy Simpson, the British cyclist who pegged out right there during the 1967 Tour de France. His last words were, apparently: "Put me back on my bloody bike." This is a warning to our serious cyclists not to overdo it and also, perhaps, to lay off the dope.
Then you descend to the much smaller, though no gentler, Dentelles-de-Montmirail hills, about whose flanks gather the lovely villages, and vineyards, of Séguret and Gigondas. Pull up a chair and pop a cork. You've deserved it.
Aix has been the brainiest city in the south of France since the 15 century, when the "Good King" René, Count of Provence, stuffed it with artists and academics, nobles, courtiers and jurists. Lots stayed on. Their successors are still there, lending Aix an elegance and sense of entitlement manifest on the main Cours Mirabeau. Broad, tree-lined and studded with fountains (also a hugely over-flattering statue of René), the Cours is the most graceful thoroughfare in provincial France.
On one side, discreet town houses of 17th and 18th-century notables still conceal more than they reveal. On the other, the city has been pressing in around the Rue Gaston Saporta since medieval and Renaissance times. The assembled squares and narrow streets host Provence's best market on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings. With an entire civilisation of bars and restaurants, they also confound claims that Aix's culture is arid and snooty.
It was once, though. As provincial towns are apt to, Aix rejected its most famous son – Paul Cézanne – during his lifetime. Now that he's a crowd-puller, he is the city's star turn. His last studio, on Avenue Paul Cézanne, has been recreated as he left it. It's as if he's just popped out for yet another look at the nearby Mont Ste Victoire, which so obsessed him.
The studio is also the second best visit in town. The very best is the St Sauveur Cathedral where, after a seven-year, €150,000 restoration, Nicolas Froment's extraordinary 15th-century Burning Bush triptych is once again back in place. Cézanne's works – a few are in the city's Musée Granet – are easy to admire, but Froment's really stirs the emotions.
Worth a visit near Aix is the Château La Coste wine domain, which not only makes first-class organic wines but also majors in art and architecture. The winery was designed by the French architect Jean Nouvel, and the landscape, all 430 acres of it, is punctuated with works by a raft of contemporary artists – Andy Goldsworthy, Frank Gehry and Louise Bourgeoise among them. The place has recently opened for visits, and very rewarding it is, too. Le Puy-Ste-Réparade, www.chateau-la-coste.com
Off the Provençal coast opposite Hyères, Porquerolles (alongside its smaller sister isles, Port Cros and Levant) is a nugget of rocks and forest apparently chipped from the mainland and hurled 20 minutes out to sea. The concentration of wild creeks, beaches, woodland and herbs recalls the untouched Riviera – before the Riviera started playing to the crowds.
The impression is misleading. Porquerolles has been developed and exploited since classical times. In the 19 century it hosted widespread agriculture, a convalescent village for damaged soldiers and at least one chemical works. Then, in the 1970s, the French government called: "Halt." Development was reversed, with most of the island being returned to a wild state it hadn't known for centuries. If Porquerolles now looks untouched by the hand of man, it is because of the hand of man.
And wonderful it is, too. The port-village, especially its square, retains a military aspect: it was built for those convalescing soldiers. But it's softened by bars, bright colours, oleander and bougainvillaea. Naturally, it gets crowded in summer, as do the nearby beaches. So what you do is brace your legs, or hire a bike – cars are banned on the island – and head further afield.
Soon you're moving past vineyards and olive groves and, having left crowds behind, making up woodland tracks to the headlands on the north of the island. I've been at the Calanque-de-l'Indienne (rocks, sea, sky, paradise) in August and met no one.
Then you roam, ending perhaps at the Plage Notre-Dame, an elegant curve of white sand backed by pines, eucalyptus, mastic, myrtle, rosemary and other-perfumed items climbing up the rocks. It's the Mediterranean beach you dreamed off back home in Walsall and, because it's quite far from the village, there's hardly anyone else about.
The best bet is to stay over on the island (see "Provence hotels") to benefit from the tranquillity when the day-trippers have ferried back to the mainland. It's not cheap but it is memorable. The easiest ferry crossing is from La Tour Fondue at the end of the Giens Peninsula (www.tlv-tvm.com, €18 return, €16, 4-10 year olds).
More than anywhere else in Provence, the Luberon region comes to us these days in soft focus, as a voluptuous playground for the cultured – or, at least, the fairly well-off. Certainly, the image isn't entirely wrong. Splendid villages like Gordes and Bonnieux boast posh, stone-built villas not necessarily financed by farming. Media stars from France and elsewhere hole up in Ménerbes and Lacoste. Such spots have more artists' studios than butchers' shops and there is, withal, a suggestion of sunlit luxury by the pool.
This agreeable world has been well-covered in the works of Peter Mayle. But Mayle's real talent was also to catch the underlying reality of the Luberon: the village shopkeepers and workmen, the hunters, the farmers and the remotest-possible rustics – the reality that has always been there and remains when the fashionable folk have gone home.
It's as well to remember that the Luberon isn't a designer-holiday concept. It's a mountain – running, roughly, from Cavaillon east to Manosque. Much of it looks nicely gentle but it can turn marvellous and menacing within metres. There are wilds, forested crags, a great deal of nature and a violent past. The religious cleansing of Waldensian heretics ("Vaudois" in French) in the 16th century wiped out entire Luberon villages. Get the story in Mérindol. Get the nature and outdoor details at the HQ of the Luberon Natural Park in Apt.
And get a first eyeful of how lovely are these Luberon villages in Gordes. The hazards of history have left it creeping down its hillside with both drama and intimacy. Holidaymaker money means it now looks better kept than ever before. But you won't hear locals complaining. They're earning well from the maintenance.
The Provençal coast is as stirring as any in France – quite the equal of the Côte-d'Azur further east, notably along the stretch known as the Corniche-des-Maures. This runs west from the beaches of La Croix Valmer, where the good guys came ashore in August 1944. It makes for a spectacular drive, swinging up to wooded headlands, down to resorts of brightly permanent impermanence and then back up to see just how rocks plunge directly to the briny.
It ends at Bormes, quite the loveliest of many lovely perched villages punctuating this littoral. From its ruined castle up top, the 12th-century village cascades in a well-ordered chaos of stairways, stone alleys and tiny streets, vaults, terracotta roofs and secret places often occupied by cats. The whole is overcome by an abundance of horticulture – including, of course, the eponymous mimosa. The bloom has its own annual festival, the Mimosalia, in late January.
It deserves visitors, and gets lots – including, on occasion, French presidents. Their official summer residence, the Fort de Bregançon, is down below on a rocky islet just offshore. When staying there, Jacques Chirac used to cause quite a stir by showing up for Mass in Bormes, though I've not heard of Nicolas Sarkozy or François Hollande doing the same. (Chirac caused another stir by being photographed trouserless on a Bregançon balcony.)
Unsurprisingly, Bormes' best, least spoiled beaches are found out towards Bregançon. Among them is the Plage du Pellegrin. This edges a large property, and vineyard, the Domaine de Léoube, owned by Sir Anthony Bamford (the "B" in JCB). The wines are infinitely better than you'd expect from a manufacturer of earth-moving machinery.
Les Baux de Provence
You need to get here early because you're not going to be the only visitor, either today or any other day. By late morning, the place will be packed – and rightly so. Les Baux is among the more stunning sites in Provence.
The little village, a tight crush of medieval stone, grows apparently organically from a steep and soaring rock outcrop. Some buildings are semi-troglodyte, delving into the rock itself. The main street – two donkeys wide, at best – rises along a ridge to what's left of the castle at the top.
Though castle entry is not cheap (from €8.50 to €9.50, depending on the season and day, chateau-baux-provence.com), don't hesitate. Up here among the birds of prey, you're in a vastly majestic space ripe for drama. No wonder the Baux princes claimed descent from Balthazar (whence the 16-point silver star emblem all over the village; it recalls the Guiding Star). In such surroundings you could justifiably claim descent from Zeus.
In their headland strong-hold, the princes gained reputations for artistic sensitivity – great supporters of troubadours – and astounding savagery, fighting all comers and hurling prisoners from the castle rocks to their deaths a few hundred feet below. This allowed them, the plummeting prisoners, insufficient time to appreciate views – which provide quite enough drama for the modern man. They are outstanding, down to olive groves and vineyards and way across the plain to the Med.
The castle ruins remain monumental enough to clamber over, taking you up towers and walls, and affording the opportunity to fantasise about hurling a few fellow-tourists over the edge yourself. For, by now, they will be numerous. That's why, back down in the village, there are quite so many shops selling abstract art, gift-wrapped soap and Italian ices. And that's why snootier elements, including some Baux town councillors, tut-tut about the egregious effects of unbridled tourism. What do these people have against democracy?
You may ponder this as you backtrack through the sharp-edged little Alpilles hills and onto St Rémy-de-Provence. Though seductive, St Rémy is less interesting than Les Baux and therefore a quieter spot for lunch.
Calendar of events and festivals 2013
Carrières de Lumière, Les Baux de Provence.
All year
The underground quarries just outside the village have been colonised by sound and light shows for some time now. Last year's edition featured Van Gogh and Gauguin, their works projected gigantically onto the quarry walls - with images swimming and a stirring sound-track accompaniment. It was wonderful. This year's show is themed on artistic fascination with the Med in the late 19th and early 20th-centuries. You'll be seeing Monet, Renoir, Chagall and others on the rock walls. If it's as moving as the Van Gogh/Gauguin spectacle, it will be very good indeed (www.carrieres-lumieres.com).
Rodin: La Lumière de l'Antiquité (In the Light of Antiquity), Arles
To September 1
You ever wondered how Rodin was influenced by classical sculpture? The answer is at Arles' Museum of Antiquities where, through the summer, 125 Rodin works are being displayed alongside classical forerunners. The result is as revealing as it is intriguing (www.culture-13.fr/musee-departemental-arles-antique).
Great Southern Studio (Grand Atelier du Midi), Aix.
To October 13
Major exhibition of paintings by 20th-century masters inspired by Provence and the Med south is enlivening the Granet Museum in Aix throughout the summer. Works run from local lad Cézanne through Matisse. The show, part of Marseille's Euro-Capital of Culture programme, has a twin down the road in Marseille itself, at the Fine Arts Museum. There, the emphasis is on colour, from Van Gogh to Bonnard (www.mp2013/grand-atelier-du-midi/).
Festival International d'Art Lyrique, Aix-en-Provence
July 4-24
This is an event up there with Glyndebourne, Salzburg and Bayreuth. In 2013, Verdi's Rigoletto and Mozart's Don Giovanni provide the classical backbone, with more contemporary works woven in around (www.festival-aix.com).
Avignon Festival
July 5-26
France's major drama festival is, essentially, Edinburgh-on-Rhône. It takes over the papal city with 40 shows, 60% of which are new creations. The most prestigious take place in the Papal Palace's Cour-d'Honneur. Following in Simon McBurney's 2012 footsteps, the "associated artist" for 2013 is Congolese man of the theatre, Dieudonné Niangnuna. But, for many, the explosive heart of the festival is the fringe ("le Off", in French). This features some 950 companies putting on 1100 different shows just wherever they can find space. For the duration, there's nowhere more invigorating in Europe (www.festival-avignon.com and www.avignonleoff.com).
Chorégies d'Orange, Orange
July 11-August 6
Orange's opera festival has the astonishingly-preserved Roman theatre at its centre-piece. You may never have seen Verdi ("The Masked Ball") or Wagner ("The Flying Dutchman") in such stirring surroundings. Book early. The theatre is big, but seats fill up fast (www.choregies.com).
International Piano Festival, La Roque-d'Anthéron.
July 20-August 18
A feast for serious fans of classical and jazz piano. Of the 90 or so concerts programmed, some 40 take place outdoors, under the trees in the grounds of the Château de Flarans. Others spread out to surrounding churches, museums and similar. If you're a piano person then this is your place (www.festival-piano.com).
Les Rencontres d'Arles
July 1-September 22
The Rencontres are billed as "the greatest photo event in the world". I wouldn't know about that – but the summer-long thrash is as thorough an examination of photography as I've ever witnessed. Look out for around 50 exhibitions, plus conferences, one-off projections and all manner of spin-off stuff … especially in the first week, July 1-7 (www.rencontres-arles.com).
Les Suds d'Arles, Arles.
July 8-14
Southern European music breaks out all over the old centre of Arles, in one of the liveliest, friendliest annual festivals of the French south. It's on the streets, in the squares and in any concert hall to hand. Perfectly splendid. Then, on the fest's final night, July 13 through 14, it goes on all night, from 7pm to 7am, with 300 musicians from all over performing on 30 different stages. If you're in the region, don't miss it (www.suds-arles.com).
Nuits de la Citadelle, Sisteron.
July 19-August 9
Sisteron's magnificent citadel - and cathedral - host a music, dance and theatre festival of startling quality. Look out for the Ballets Jazz de Montreal, Mozart's Requiem - and other Mozart works, plus Beethoven, played by the Geneva Chamber Orchestra. Eugène Ionesco will also be in evidence. (www.nuitsdelacitadelle.fr)
Corso de Lavande, Digne-les-Bains
First weekend of August
Though the big battalions hog the headlines, every town and village in Provence has its own fête or festival. This is one of the finest. Digne is self-proclaimed capital of lavender and, for five days around the first weekend in August, sets about proving it with marching bands of all nations, fireworks, open-air dances and all manner of lavender-related high spirits. It's a small town having a big time, and a blast. Have a look at the videos of the 2012 event on the web-site below. If you don't find them irresistible, I can do nothing for you (www.cdf-dignelesbains.fr).
Fêtes Latino-Mexicaines, Barcelonnette.
August 9-15
A huge proportion of its population left Barcelonnette (in the Alpine Ubaye Valley) to seek their fortune in Mexico between the early 19th-century and 1950. This migration forged links celebrated every year when the doughty little mountain town suddenly swings and swirls to Hispanic rhythms. There are concerts, parades, dancing, and street shows - and much of the jollity is free. (www.barcelonnette.com)
See also: 36 Hours in Barcelonnette
Triathlon du Verdon
October 5-6
Intense hairy-legged, athletic activity around the Verdon Gorges culminates with the Verdon Triathlon on October 6. I can't bear to give you the details (they involve swimming hundreds of miles, and cycling thousands), but please look them up (www.triathlondeverdun.com and www.natureman.com).


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it wont hold any curls , try after washing , towel dry it . Really scrunch it up , and then put something like Tigi Curls rock onto it .then when drying just continually srunch it up – just dont let it rest.
I sleep on mine actually , but a lot of people leave it wet and then plait it as well and then wait until morning….
hope this helps
posted almost 5 years agoyou can also use a diffuser, a tool that you put on the end of your blowdryer. it looks like a hand/fingers. if you want a more polished look, you can use a gel/mousse and let it air dry, then wrap it around a curling iron.
posted almost 5 years agoMy hair isn't completely straight, I have a little wave, but when I want it to be curly I usually put in a curl enhancer spray and then scrunch it up into a messy bun, then periodically take it out and scrunch with your hands, adding more spray and spray gel then put it back up. When I go to sleep I usually crunch it all up and sleep on it that way. When I wake up its REALLLLLLY big and curly so I run some water through it and style it.
Also if you have a nicer straightner, they usually curl pretty well too, check out some tutorials on youtube! This way takes longer but it looks more polished.
posted almost 5 years agoHere's some super informative posts from RiceBunny about different ways you can curl hair:
The PaperBag
Romantic Curls
She also has heaps of other interesting tutorials! I haven't tried it all, but that's just because I'm lazy.
i have pretty stick straight hair but wear it wavy all the time.
first of all, get some layers. if you have long heavy hair, it only gets weighed down. layers will allow for lift and better looking waves. also, never go crazy on hairspray. in fact, never use more than a spritz.
for big pretty wave and curls, use big velcro rollers on wet hair (with a little styling creme) until dry. then take them out and run your fingers through it just a little.
for a little wave, twist your straightener (slowly!) as you move down the section.
for nice curls, i use a curling iron but instead of clamping the bottom of the strands of hair and then rolling, i clamp the hair close to the roots and then wrap the strands around the iron by hand. the curls come out better this way
posted almost 5 years agoAnd perfect Blair Waldorf hair is exactly what I'd be going for. :)
Thanks for the tips.
My hair is naturally straight but i curl mine.
I usually put my hair in pin curls at night time when my hair is wet and then take it out in the morning and its super curly so i have to straighten it a little bit.
Or i put it in pin curls then put some heat on it and let it down and its usualy nice and wavy.
Heres a link to a video that shows how to do it
posted almost 5 years agoI actually made a curly hair tutorial on Youtube awhile ago :] here
Hope this helps!
posted over 4 years agotry to avoid using heat as it will damage your hair over time ;)
I usually wash my hair and then take two sections and twist them tightly.
then roll each twist you have into little buns and secure with a bobby pin.
Either air dry or use the COOL setting on your hairdryer for 15-20 minutes first.
Use smaller sections for more waves and larger ones for a looser effect.
i also have naturally straight hair and it never holds a curl. i find that the best natural-looking waves i've achieved need lots of setting time. wash you hair at night and dry it until it's just the teeny tiniest bit damp (like, right before it's set), then divide it into sections. take each section and divide it into multiple twists, wrap them together, and secure with those really tiny elastic bands so it doesn't leave dents. go to bed, take it out in the morning, comb through with your fingers and set with a light cream and light hold hairspray.
i use bumble and bumble brilliantine for shine and aveda air control hairspray for light hold. i also recommend that you have layers cut into your hair to lighten it up so it doesn't get weighed down. hope that helps!!!
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dont wash your hair. My hairdresser says your hair will hold better if its dirty!
posted almost 2 years agowhen I curl my friends hair (which is super straight) I spray each section with a gel-based hairspray before I curl it and then when I'm finished I comb my fingers through to soften it up.
posted almost 2 years agoTry a heat free method so the curls actually last. There are tons of tutorials on how to do this, even though this thread is 2 years old and was necro'd.
For the record, scrunching isn't curling.
posted almost 2 years agoI feel sorry for people with pin straight hair because they're most likely going to have to use heat to get the curls they want. The best advice I can say is that after you wash your hair put in a leave in conditioner, then add the heat protector and when you curl your hair pin it with the curl to let it set and spray with one part hairspray and 3 parts water. It helps, and also doesn't leave your hair heavy. Good luck!
posted about 1 year agoa low-maintenance way to get wavy curls is to sleep with your hair in a bun/braid. I naturally have straight hair, but since my hair is usually in an updo, it's always curly lol
posted about 1 year agomy sister's hair never curls. i did her hair the other day and it held….i used one of those "wand" curling tools on her hair I made the curls really tight and sprayed.
scrunch your hair with some gel perhaps? wet your hair and leave in a bun perhaps?
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Have you ever heard of the blog "The Paper Mama"?
I tried one of their no-heat curling techniques and I loved it! :)
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My favorite way to curl my hair is to use a curling iron, but holding it straight and wrapping the hair around it starting from close to the scalp. There are a ton of how-to videos on youtube, just type in "curling hair". Or click on http://thebeautysolutions.com/tips/hair-care-tips/
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This is a strategy game set in a mix between Greco-Roman mythology and an ethereal, deep atmosphere. As a divinity, conquer stars to build up your mana and unleash powerful spells on your enemy. You have two ways to win a battle: draw more constellations than your opponent, or simply annihilate him!
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For those who are stuck in level 9, it's not a bug: you must conquer every star to win the level. Remember: you can win any level quickier if you crush your opponent by conquering every star.
Rated 4 / 5 stars July 26, 2011
Captures your imagination...
This game is great, I don't really mind what other people may think about it I consider you put a lot of effort and love into it and that it turned out amazing! I agree that the music could have improved at times and that the effects weren't ground breaking, but truthfully it has a very unique style that permeates all the aspects of the game making it impossible to compare to any other game in its genre. A very tasteful and delicate addition to the genre and a fairly successful attempt at innovation that more than anything, captures the imagination. Well done!
Rated 2.5 / 5 stars December 11, 2010
Contradicted, Yet Carried, By Atmosphere
Roman mythology and Greek mythology, will always have a place in media. The sheer depth of material can influence countless people in their creative states. However, there does exist more than enough proof that not everything based of said material can be great, or even inspired.
Not that Astrae Bellum isn't inspired. It really is, and cccplay should get an award for that alone. It goes beyond what an ordinary Flash game would do, taking the stories of old, characters from ages ago, and creating something slightly interesting out of it. The moral -- we are stronger united -- isn't subtle, but it is never forced upon you. By contrast, the music quietly makes its way into your consciousness and mixed with the smooth winter colors used in the background it creates an amazing aura, an atmosphere like few others. In fact, name even just one other game online that does this. Hard, isn't it?
But atmosphere aside, there isn't much to be said about Astrae Bellum. If you've played the board game Risk, you'll get the jist of this. Just build up your mana (troops) and try to take the other stars (countries). A little more strategy is involved in this -- you get to unleash spells (roll dice) that could affect the outcome of the battle. It's kind of boring, actually.
Why is it so boring? We've seen it all before, first of all. Secondly, which is odd, I believe it's also because of the atmosphere. When the aura is as quiet and soothing as this, you're supposed to relax. But you're playing a powerful god trying to conquer stars before your adversary does -- an adversary who is also a god! It doesn't help when there's barely any action going on onscreen -- sparks and stars moving to and fro, maybe a spell animation and sound effect here and there. Where's the stirring music? The visualization of conflict? The feeling of power, the power of gods and their epic confrontations? It's just not there.
It's not an awful game. It's not even bad. Effort has been put into this, lovingly so. You can tell a long time has been put into making this game. But I don't think I could myself recommend it. Sure, try it out. Maybe this is game of the year for you. But for me, there is only calm and relaxation to be had. Not what I want when I'm playing a game.
Rated 1 / 5 stars December 11, 2010
Points off for forcing me to watch commercial
Not bad, nice atmosphere, but it's been done before.
Rated 2 / 5 stars December 11, 2010
I always used Hermes/mercury.
And I thought it was to easy never used powers. I just took over the star closest to the enemy and then built up around and when the time comes when the starting star is takeable i took it and won.
Rated 2 / 5 stars December 11, 2010
Well , maybe its just similar
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2 (15 ounce) cans whole kernel corn, drained
1 (15 ounce) can baby peas, drained
1 (15 ounce) can green beans, drained
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I took this to our church picnic this weekend and it definitely was NOT a hit. I ended up heading home with about as much as I took to the picnic. I made the recipe exactly and I thought it was pretty good myself. I don't know why it didn't go over well. But there were a couple of broccoli salads and another corn type salad others had made. Needless to say I won't be making this again.
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This is the number one favorite salad our family loves.It is sweet and so scrumptiously crunchy.It is a marinated dream come true.The corn and celery and every ingredient in this salad complement each other perfectly
This recipe was the boom for me!!! Let me tell you I was interested in making it because of having hamburgers. I made this the night before, thought pretty simple and it was...however what caught me off and I prayed I didn't waste ingredients was the 1st 6 ingredients listed....it smell funky. BUT and I worried about it all night...BUT BUT BUT!!!! After following all instructins and marinading over night I was totally shocked and totally happy with the out come. I did add 2 tsp celery seed in the 1st step because I totally love celery seed due to my preference. Somehow the flavors just melded together and the smell was not there like the night before. This is wonderful. Onions and Bell Peppers were tender crisp, still had the crunch to it and all the ingredients just worked very well with each other. My kids sampled, and are totally excited about having this with dinner......Thanks Stephanie everyone gave this a HIGH 5!!!
We LOVE this salad. The veggie mixture is awesome. Who would have thought? I follow the recipe exactly. It does not need any tweaking. Thanks!
I made this salad for an office party & it was a hit. I had many requests for the recipe
5 Stars for the ease of a refreshing and (relatively) healthy side! I doubled the celery seeds and added finely chopped Italian Flat Leaf parsley (only because I am growing it and needed to harvest some). Also, I only had one can of corn of corn so for the second can of corn I used the equivalent of frozen corn- and I also replaced the can of baby peas with the equivalent of frozen baby peas. The texture, taste, ease, and economic value of this salad was just what I wanted. Nice not to have a cream based salad during hot summer picnics too. We ate some right off the bat, and although better with time to meld-- this could be served right away. Only thing I might do differently next time is double the pimentos or add half of a red bell pepper (chopped), because the red color is really nice in the salad. Thanks, Stephanie, for a great side dish!
Delicious. I made exactly as written except put the whole jar of pimentos in. I drained them first. Used fairly large green pepper and onion. Nice crunch and a good way to get those veggies! Somone mentioned a funky smell when you mix the first 5 ingredients - I was checking the date on the olive oil - but do as she said and ignore it. It goes away. Next time I'll try with tiny frozen peas and Splenda - but so good without tweaking.
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Serving Size: 1/7 of a recipe Servings Per Recipe: 7 Amount Per Serving Calories: 371 Calories from Fat: 152
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