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SCENE ONE
INT. A Barbershop in Digbeth — Daytime
Actor, Anthony, is having his hair cut by barber and patron, Ben. They're discussing Barber Shop Chronicles a production Anthony stars in, which arrives at The Rep later this month. Anthony is sat by Tom, a journalist. Barber and co-owner, Ethan, is cutting Tom's hair. Tom's not said a word for a full fifteen minutes. He hasn't needed to. The two barbers are doing his job for him — they're interviewing Anthony. Of course, they wouldn't call it 'interviewing', they'd call it chatting to a customer. And Anthony wouldn't describe this as being interviewed, he'd call it having his hair cut...
ANTHONY (ACTOR)
So the play is set across various barber shops, five in African countries and one in Peckham, where my character works. It's about the life, love and loss of the barbers and their customers. Throughout the production the story unfolds, weaving from one barber shop to another — cross-pollinating — and culminating in a strong, thumping, actually really rather extraordinary revelation at the end.
TOM (JOURNALIST)
Not sure I've ever spoken to my barber about life, loss or love.
In predominantly black barber shops, it absolutely does happen. As a kid I grew up in East London and visited a barber shop regularly where it was incredibly educational to listen to older men talking about vulnerabilities that you don't normally hear about.
BEN (BARBER)
Black or African barber shops spend much more time on each customer than those that serve predominantly white or European guys. It's a longer process and so naturally it becomes more of an event.
Exactly. It's a place where men don't have to filter their existence. There's someone there to listen to you, the barber. They can advise and give counsel, in fact, there was a programme by which barbers were trained as councillors. Because it was seen that there was a need for that. And people were — still are — using barbers as a confession box, a cry for help.
Ethan and I are actually going on a course to learn how to assist customers who are struggling with life. It happens a lot — more than you'd think — and we want to learn the right ways to help. What to say and what not to say. Ethan recently had a customer suggesting he was having suicidal thoughts. Ethan's a clever guy and he handled it brilliantly, but it made us both realise we don't know, for sure, the correct process — for want of a better phrase — in that situation.
Really? I dare say Ethan may have saved a man's life that day.
I think you're right. It's a trust thing. A customer is already trusting you with their hair, and that paves the path for trust on a more personal level. We're not going to judge. Just listen.
ETHAN (BARBER)
And often it's a relationship that you forge over a long period. If you have three haircuts in a row with the same barber, you're likely to have built up loyalty to them. That loyalty can last a lifetime and it may transfer to the kids. I find myself cutting generations of hair. Watching kids grow up, man! It's no surprise that trust grows too.
You know that saying, 'it takes a village to raise a child'? It applies here.
Absolutely. In the show there are 12 black actors playing 33 characters, and a number of the cast have told me that they have a better relationship with their barber than members of their own family. Because of those years of association.
Some people will come in and close up. They'll read or will talk about the weather, plans for the weekend, but more often than not you actually learn about the person who's sat in front of you.
That's my favourite bit of the job. Learning what makes the customer tick. You hear about their work life and often their whole body language cages inward. You can tell they don't want to talk about it. But then the conversation will turn to, oh I don't know, mountain biking, and the customer's eyes come alive. Everyone has something that makes them tick, right? And when I work out what it is, I could listen to them talk about it for hours.
How long have you guys been cutting hair?
I've been doing it for 30 years. I started working in a barber when I was 13, sweeping floors. Thirty years, man. But you're always learning. Barbering has changed a huge amount in the last decade. There are things you don't see coming, like Instagram, that change the landscape of the business. People see cuts from other walks of life and they come in asking for it.
Instagram's a double-edged sword, though. On the one hand, it improves our business, people want to look great and to show that look on social media, but on the other hand, I worry that we've forgotten how to communicate in person. So here, at Stag, we're trying to recreate that old school barber shop way. People come and go, they hang around and buy a coffee, sit with us and chat whether they're having a cut or not.
And that's exactly what the play's about. Barber shops as a sanctuary. A place where you have a sense of belonging. Where you feel safe to talk. There aren't enough places like that, places where men, in particular, feel safe to talk about their problems.
Like a pub without alcohol?
Yeah, a church without god. Men struggle for places to go to be able to talk about their concerns. It's a huge problem in male culture and a huge mental health issue in black culture, too. One onto which the spotlight is slowly shifting. And places like this one provide that safe space — in the show you get a glimpse of six more, that demonstrate the sheer power of the barber shop.
Anthony Ofoegbu appears in Barber Shop Chronicles at The Rep, September 26 to 28. Tickets (from £15). The awesome Stag Barbers is based in the Custard Factory.
EVERY DAY'S A SCHOOL DAY
Now we've re-entered the world of office hours, laptops and learning, Birmingham Heritage Week's got all the lesson plans when it comes to B-Town, with over 70 events across 200 sites, starting today. Whether you get drowned in sound as steam-driven beam engines provide an immersive soundscape in St Paul's Church (tickets, £12), or wander the halls of 19th century BMAG virtually (free), or do a good old fashioned pub quiz with Roundhouse history group at The Distillery, it's looking like a something-for-everyone sort of programme. We'll be beeing and lining to Stuart Whipps' latest project at Ikon. Taking its name from an episode of Fawlty Towers (strangely, not the one where Cleese gives his motor a damn, good thrashing) The Kipper and the Corpse sees the artist reflect on the closure of the last British owned volume car manufacturer, over in Longbridge, attempting the complete restoration of a 1979 Mini, with the help of former British Leyland workers. The retro imagery and of-the-time accompanying text will have you thinking about our heritage and, dare we say it, our future. Until September 15, entry is free.
CHAUFFEURS AND SHELLFISH
Chef Tristan Welch trained under Michel Roux Jnr and Gary Rhodes at Le Gavroche, before taking up the role of Head Chef at Gordon Ramsay's Petrus. Unless you know something we don't, you can't go back in time and experience any of those things. But you can join Chef for a one-off Brum supper club, including four-courses, a cocktail and even a lift home. Expect a French-focussed carte, with scallops, sole meunière and slow-roasted duck all featuring. Up to a ten mile-radius, DS Automobiles will even chauffeur you to and from the event as part of your £50 spot. On September 19 in Harvey Nichols' PDR, supper is limited to 20 people. Book instantly here, or call/email and there's no booking fee but it might sell out...
I'M HERE TO CHECK YOUR PLUMBING
Once you get over the discomfort of seeing a parent and porn in the same sentence, My Dad Wrote a Porno only gets more red-cheek inducing and belly-jiggling. The podcast is officially mahoosive, which is a technical term for shows hitting over 180m downloads and the team of three pals has once more set its sights on embarrassing us all in real-life with a world tour. Join Jamie Morton and co as they read never-before-heard material by his Dad, Rocky Flintstone, as they get even further into the Belinda Blinked saga, which is as gloriously grubby as it sounds. Proclaimed the "best/worst erotica ever written," you'll be dodging your parents' gaze for years to come. On September 27, 2020 (not a typo), tickets are from £38.
THREE TIMES DANCED
We laughed, we cried and we asked a fellow audience member to please stop clicking his pen — that's how into Birmingham Royal Ballet's first triple bill of the year we got. The format's all sorts of ace for the relative ballet novice because you get three short, sharp productions that contrast in style, so there'll be at least one that gets you like we never could. And you pay for one ticket (from £14), so that's nice. For the autumn triple, Ballet Black is filling one of the three spots with its performance of National-Dance-Award-winning The Suit in the company's first collab with BRB. You'll also get to see a complete newbie, from choreographer and Queensland Ballet dancer Jack Lister, plus Ol' Blue Eyes inspired Nine Sinatra Songs. At the Hippodrome from Sept 19 to 21, just leave you pen at the office. More
COMEDY PICK: GEOFF NORCOTT
If you think modern comedy has got too soft, safe and liberal, we've got two words: Geoff Norcott. The stand-up "came out" as Conservative several years ago, claiming to be one of the few openly Tory acts on the circuit. The results? Unsurprisingly, not everyone in the room agrees with Geoff's politics or the points he's making. Yet only a fool would question the man's ability to make a room rock with laughter. TV and radio have taken a keen interest (thereby torpedoing the notion that you only get left-wing comedy on telly these days), with Geoff shining on the likes of The Mash Report, Live At The Apollo, Mock The Week and beyond. Heck, he even had his own hit Beeb doc. See what all the fuss is about at Glee on Sept 29. See also one of the few Tories whose stock is only going higher in the coming months... Tickets (£13.50)
Venue: Şımarık at Cork & Cage, 1373 Pershore Road, B30 2JR; website
Choice: Nenemin (£7.80) Chooser: Chef Rami
This week's you choose is a story of two seasons, brought to you by a Stirchley spot better known for its constantly rotating selection of beer, than for its food. Out back at Cork & Cage, chef Rami is banging out plate after plate of well-priced Turkish tastes, that are a little bit perfect for mid-week-forgot-to-go-to-the-supermarket syndrome (which is a thing). Share dips like fasulye eszme (£5.40), a crushed bean and tahini creation that comes with a puffed up unleavened flatbread for scooping purposes, like the majority of the starters. And for bright, light end of summer sort of days, be sure to get your chompers around the cevizli patlican (£6), a vegan-friendly creation of mashed aubergine, delicately flavoured with plenty of spices and textured up with walnuts and caramelised onions — an ever so close second for the win. But it was the autumn is coming nenemin, which gets our considered vote for this week. A lot like a cottage pie, think layers of potatoes, mince and veggies, baked in the oven, but with subtle spices and refreshingly bold seasoning that lets you know the recipe is based on a dish chef's grandma used to make. Less heavy than the British equivalent but still as comforting as an early night with a hot water bottle. On bevs, we'd tell you what beers to match with your dinns but even mid-order two of the ten beers on tap changed. The good news is, they all tasted right proper nice. Walk-ins only. Menu
CluedUpp is back Brum-side with its latest live murder mystery, on November 9 and this time taking inspo from those pesky Kray twins. It's £36 for a team of up to six.
Have a gander round one of our top spots in Brum, the Museums Collection Centre, where everything that isn't on display in the city's museums is stored and you get to feel like Indiana Jones. There's a rare open day on September 22 and entry is free.
Eking absolutely everything they can out of the season, St Paul's is having a summer fête this weekend on the square. Pick up a picnic or opt for food trucks for your sustenance, the weather is actually looking quite nice.
Under 30 and fancy a free singing lesson through Birmingham Opera Company? So no pressure then. On October 6, here are the deets.
Harborne's Sadler's pop up has closed. Boo. Brewer's Social Harborne is to open on September 27. Yay! The permanent all-day venue from the brewery will do everything from brunch to BBQ. And beer. Plenty of beer.
"There's things people say in the barber shop they won't even say in their own living room, because it's just one of those zones where nobody's going to judge you about your dumb-ass opinion."
WORDS: Tom Cullen, Katy Drohan, Robb Sheppard, James Gill


Work started on the Connected Counties programme which is being managed by Bucks Business First in Autumn 2013, and this month the 150th green roadside cabinet went live, making fibre broadband connections available to order for an additional 35,282 Buckinghamshire residents and businesses as part of the £18.06 million project.
The 75% milestone comes as the Government's superfast broadband programme announced its three millionth connection today.
BTVLEP Chief Executive Richard Harrington welcomed the news but said there was more work to do to ensure superfast broadband coverage is available to all.
"Many of our Buckinghamshire businesses are in rural communities that had limited high speed fibre broadband until now," said Richard "Whilst this is good news for businesses and residents who might otherwise have been stuck in a digital backwater, we must keep the fibre cables rolling out".
The latest census figures showed that the Buckinghamshire LEP area had second highest proportion of homeworkers in the country with 16.5% of people regularly working from home. Technological advances and lifestyle changes in recent years mean that this figure continues to rise .
Buckinghamshire Thames Valley Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and Buckinghamshire County Council gave £3.7m to support the installation of high speed broadband in areas of the county that commercial operators aren't serving, through a consortium of LEPs, BT and Herts County Council.
The deal, signed with BT in June 2013, aimed to achieve 90% coverage – around 45,000 homes and businesses in more than 200 locations – with broadband speeds of up to 80 Mbs (megabits per second).
A second phase of the programme which aims to take coverage in the county beyond 95% by 2017 has recently been approved by the BTVLEP Board who along with the district authorities in Aylesbury Vale, Wycombe and Chiltern are investing a further £2million and unlocking a further £2m Government digital investment for Buckinghamshire.
The latest areas in Buckinghamshire to be connected under the project included neighbourhoods in Aylesbury's Gatehouse area, Marlow, Wrexham, and Lillingstone Dayrell.
In the next few months, new high speed fibre broadband roadside cabinets are scheduled to go live in Burnham, Winslow, and Eaton Bray.
Culture Secretary John Whittingdale said "Reaching three million properties is a huge achievement. Our rollout of superfast broadband is transforming lives up and down the country as every day thousands more homes and businesses are gaining access to superfast speeds. The levels of people taking up superfast broadband in areas where we invested public money are beyond our expectations, and BT is now reimbursing the public purse to deliver further coverage across the UK. This now means that BT will be providing up to £129m cashback for some of the most hard to reach areas".
Dave Hughes, BT's regional director for the East of England, said: "Today marks important milestones, both locally and nationally, for the superfast broadband revolution. This exciting technology is transforming the opportunities for communities across Buckinghamshire and the UK as a whole.


Get your hands on Magic Morsels in bulk and save!
Sent without the gift wrapping, this box includes three dozen 1.5 x 1.5 bite-size Walnut Magic Morsels. All treats are individually wrapped.
For the nutty brownie classic everyone looks forward to, we've added a generous layer of crushed, premium-grade walnuts to the top of our classic Belgian chocolate brownie recipe. Our nuts are sourced fresh from local Californian farms.


When members of the military are called upon for deployment, those with pets are often challenged to find a suitable home for their animals while they're away.
Some military personnel may be lucky enough to have a family member who can care for their pets, but not all do — and in some cases both members of a two-person household may be deployed at the same time.
Boarding in such cases is cost prohibitive, not to mention would be extremely stressful for the animals since deployments last for months and may be extended.
Some military members have no choice but to surrender their pets to animal shelters or rescue groups and are not able to be reunited when they return. Fortunately, a number of programs are now available that connect foster homes with military pets. It's a win-win situation for everyone involved.
Pets get to spend their owners' deployment being cared for in a loving home, military personnel get peace of mind knowing their pets are safe and happy and foster pet parents get a piece of unconditional love from a new furry family member while helping to give back to those who serve the U.S.
The arrangement was coordinated by the California-based non-profit Dogs on Deployment (DoD), whose mission "is to give military members peace of mind concerning their pets during their service commitments by providing them with the ability to find people and resources able to help them."2 They provide foster homes for military dogs and cats.
There are many military foster programs in the U.S. that are actively matching military pets with temporary foster homes. At PACT for Animals (People + Animals = Companions Together), for instance, they've received applicants for more than 200 animals in the last year and have found foster homes for one-third of those.
PACT is unique in that they also offer foster homes for people who have been hospitalized and need emergency care for their pets.
Each program has its own requirements for owners and foster parents, but generally the owner is responsible for transporting the pet to the foster home (and picking him up after deployment), although some organizations can arrange transportation.
If you're a military member in need of a foster home for your pet, some of these organizations can find homes in as few as one or two days.
Who will pay for veterinary care (and what types of care should be offered in the event of an emergency)?
Who will care for the pet if the foster parents are no longer able to or if the owner is unable to reclaim the pet?
Who is responsible for any damages caused by the pet?
Guardian Angels for Soldier's Pet is another organization that offers not only foster programs for active military members but also provides pet assistance to wounded soldiers and veterans, homeless veterans, fallen soldiers and cases where military service members are reassigned out of the country and cannot take their pets with them.
There are many military animals in need, so if you have the time and the room (in your home and your heart), fostering a military pet is an excellent way to give back. Even if you can't foster an animal in your home, some groups, such as Operation Noble Foster, are looking for volunteers to help transport animals.
Alternatively, there are also programs like Sugarland Ranch, which offers boarding to dogs and cats for military members on a sliding fee schedule or donation basis. If you'd like to get involved, searching for "military pets foster programs" followed by your state abbreviation is the best way to find an organization in your area.


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Usuellement appelé « parcours », le terrain de golf (au sens des règles) est le terrain où se joue une partie de golf.

Le parcours est composé de 9 ou 18 trous. Les trous sont de formes et de tailles différentes allant de moins de  à plus de .

En France, la surface couverte par des terrains de golf a augmenté dès le , d'abord en raison de la proximité géographique ou sociale du Royaume-Uni, puis avec d'autres logiques (immobilières, touristiques et de spéculation foncière) et avec d'autres formes d'équipement ; alors que le nombre de « licenciés » a été multiplié par 10 entre 1980 et 2016, le nombre de parcours a été multiplié par près de cinq, y compris

Terrain versus parcours
Les règles de golf définissent précisément les notions de « terrain » et de « parcours ».

Le « terrain » est la totalité de la zone à l'intérieur de toutes les limites établies par le comité. Les limites sont déterminés soit par les clôtures de propriété, soit par des piquets blancs ou des lignes blanches tracées au sol. Une balle qui repose en dehors du terrain est dite « hors limites ». Le « terrain » correspond à l'ensemble de la zone dans laquelle une balle peut être jouée. Une balle « hors limites » n'a pas le droit d'être jouée et le joueur doit utiliser la procédure dite « Coup et distance » définie par la règle 27-1.

Le « parcours » est la totalité du « terrain » à l'exception des obstacles (bunker ou obstacle d'eau) ainsi que de l'aire de départ et du green du trou en jeu. Cette notion est utile pour définir certaines règles applicables.

Composants du terrain de golf

Aire de départ

L'« aire de départ », ou « départ », est un espace souvent rectangulaire couvert d'herbe assez rase et d'une superficie d'approximativement , le plus souvent surélevé, de  jusqu'à plus de  parfois selon le nivellement du terrain.

Le joueur commence le trou sur le départ, en posant, facultativement, sa balle sur un « tee » dans une zone délimitée par deux éléments de couleur (des boules ou des piquets, par exemple). La balle ne doit pas dépasser la ligne formée par les deux éléments, ni être placée à plus de deux longueurs de club ( environ) en arrière de cette ligne.

Plusieurs départs figurent en réalité sur un même trou. En effet, le golf distingue les niveaux des joueurs en raccourcissant la distance qui sépare les départs du green. Il existe différentes couleurs (allant du départ le plus éloigné du green, donc plus difficile, au plus proche) :
 Noir : Messieurs, professionnel ou très haut niveau
 Blanc : Messieurs, bon index
 Jaune : Messieurs
 Bleu : Dames, bon index
 Rouge : Dames

Fairway (allée)

Le tee et le green sont reliés par une étendue d'herbe bien entretenue que l'on nomme le fairway (« allée » en français). Elle mesure, généralement, entre 100 et  de longueur, et peut être large ou étroite en fonction de la configuration du trou. Cette longueur sera l'un des éléments déterminant la classification du trou en par 3, 4 ou 5. Tant qu'on n'a pas encore atteint le green avec sa balle, il est préférable de rester dessus plutôt qu'en dehors, c'est-à-dire dans le rough (herbe plus haute). Lorsque le terrain est en mauvais état (en général en mauvaise saison), il peut être autorisé de placer sa balle sur le fairway dans une zone de la taille d'une carte de score au niveau de sa position initiale mais sans se rapprocher du drapeau.

Un fairway peut être droit mais, pour compliquer le jeu, il est fréquent que l'architecte qui a dessiné le parcours fasse prendre un virage aux trous les plus longs (par 4 ou 5), qui oblige souvent le joueur à essayer de couper ce virage au risque de tomber dans le rough, hors limite ou tout autre obstacle. Ces trous en forme de coude sont appelés « dog leg » (littéralement « patte de chien »), ou parfois « tourne-à-gauche » ou « tourne-à-droite », termes qui indiquent également le sens du trou.

Rough (herbe haute)

La zone plus touffue bordant le fairway se nomme le rough. La balle qui s'y situe est pénalisée par la hauteur du gazon ou des herbes qui le composent (souvent des graminées). Selon l'entretien, il existe plusieurs sortes de rough :
 petit-rough ou semi-rough, zone de rough tondue à moins d'une hauteur de balle qui longe généralement les fairways et où l'on retrouve aisément sa balle,
 pré-rough, zone de rough semi-entretenue tondue à une dizaine de centimètres où le jeu y est aléatoire,
 gros-rough, zone de rough non entretenue, pouvant consister en de hautes herbes, des buissons ou toute sorte de végétation où y envoyer une balle peut s'avérer très pénalisant.

Green

Le green (le « vert » en français) est la zone de gazon tondu ras, de forme plus ou moins circulaire ou parfois en forme de haricot, où se trouve le trou (diamètre de  environ). Le green est souvent entouré d'une zone particulièrement bien entretenue et tondue plus ras que le fairway, nommé le « collier de green » pour le pourtour, et « l'avant green » ou le « tablier du green » pour la zone situé en avant. Sur le green, les règles de jeu sont spécifiques. Par exemple, on joue avec le fer droit (le «  »), qui est un club spécial permettant de faire rouler la balle avec précision. Le green peut être vallonné, et c'est la technique de lecture des pentes qui permet au joueur de rentrer sa balle dans de telles conditions.

On dit d'un green qu'il  lorsque la balle est peu freinée. Dans ce cas, il faut être très adroit pour ne pas trop dépasser le trou. Au contraire, quand les greens sont mal entretenus ou le matin, en présence de rosée, la balle est freinée. La précision du coup est alors souvent aléatoire, et rentrer sa balle relève un peu de la chance.

Sur le plan de l'agriculture, un green est un milieu très particulier, parfaitement arrosé mais également parfaitement drainé, dont le sol qui a été reconstitué de façon artificielle est constitué d'une grande partie de sable mélangé à de la tourbe, avec parfois des sous-couches successives de différentes natures. Les seuls éléments nutritifs sont apportés sous la forme d'engrais. Le gazon est formé de certaines espèces de graminées dont les feuilles sont adaptées à des coupes fréquentes et très rases (Agrostide stolonifère en particulier). La tonte est effectuée avec une tondeuse à lames hélicoïdales montées sur une sorte de cylindre. L'herbe est relevée avant d'être coupée entre la lame et la contre-lame, comme le feraient des ciseaux. Un rouleau presseur vient ensuite la rabattre. La hauteur de coupe se compte en millimètres. Un green tondu à plus de  est « lent », car la balle est freinée rapidement. Le joueur doit tenir compte de la « rapidité » du green avant de faire un coup roulé. Une autre caractéristique importante d'un green est sa dureté. S'il est « mou », il va stopper la balle rapidement lors du « coup d'approche lobé ». Le trou est déplacé régulièrement par le greenkeeper (jardinier s'occupant de l'entretien d'un golf), d'une part pour éviter le piétinement toujours au même endroit, mais aussi pour varier l'intérêt du jeu. Dans les compétitions professionnelles (championnat) qui se déroulent sur plusieurs jours, la position du trou est modifiée chaque jour. Le joueur doit ainsi adapter sa tactique selon la position du trou sur le green.

Lorsque la balle tombe de haut sur un green, elle enfonce le sol en formant une petite cavité dans le gazon appelée « pitch ». Comme le green est une zone d'herbe rase où l'entretien est très important, afin d'éviter que ces cavités ne gênent les joueurs suivants, l'étiquette du golf demande que les joueurs réparent ces dégradations. Pour ce faire, les joueurs utilisent un outil en forme de fourchette à deux dents appelé « relève-pitch ».

Drapeau

Le « drapeau » désigne le mât muni d'un carré de tissu coloré que l'on enfiche dans le trou. Il permet de repérer le green et surtout le trou depuis une très grande distance. Quand la balle est déjà sur le green, on peut enlever le drapeau pour faire son « coup roulé » (« putt »), mais ce n'est plus obligatoire depuis le .

Cependant, quand le joueur est sur le green mais à une distance assez éloignée du trou, il peut demander à un de ses adversaires de « prendre en charge le drapeau » afin de mieux le viser. Ce dernier doit alors se positionner près du drapeau et le tenir droit dans son trou le temps que le joueur putte. Il enlèvera alors le drapeau dès que le joueur aura joué sa balle. Un joueur encourt 2 points de pénalité si sa balle touche le drapeau posé à terre le temps que tous les joueurs jouent. Dans certains modes de jeu (match play), il peut même « perdre le trou ».

Sur certains parcours, une boule d'un diamètre de  environ peut coulisser sur la hampe du drapeau. Sa hauteur indique la position du trou par rapport au début du green : haute pour une position de drapeau au fond du green, basse pour une position de drapeau en entrée de green, médiane pour une position de drapeau au centre du green. Cette indication est importante pour permettre au joueur d'apprécier la distance jusqu'au drapeau pour des green qui peuvent faire plusieurs dizaines de mètres de diamètre.

Cette indication sur la distance du trou par rapport à l'entrée du green peut aussi être donnée par la couleur du drapeau. Ainsi un drapeau jaune uni représente un trou en début de green, un drapeau à damier jaune et noir, un trou en milieu de green et un drapeau rouge, un trou en fond de green. Comme avec la hauteur de la boule, le golfeur pourra, selon la couleur du drapeau, ajuster sa frappe afin de placer sa balle au plus près du trou.

Un trou pour lequel le drapeau n'est visible qu'à courte distance (100 ou ) est dit « aveugle » (« blind »). Le joueur doit alors prendre des points de repère avant de taper le coup d'approche qui lui permettra d'envoyer sa balle en direction du green.

Obstacles

Il existe deux sortes d'obstacles : les obstacles de sable (bunkers) et les obstacles d'eau. Ils sont généralement situés à des emplacements stratégiques : autour du green, à la retombée des coups de départ. Les obstacles ont pour objet de pimenter le jeu en pénalisant les mauvais coups. Ils influencent la stratégie de jeu : on peut attaquer (passer par-dessus) ou assurer (mais en jouant alors un coup de plus).

En jouant depuis un obstacle, le golfeur doit respecter certaines règles pour ne pas être pénalisé : ne pas enlever de détritus même s'ils le gênent pour jouer, ne pas tester la consistance de l'obstacle avant d'en avoir sorti la balle.

Bunker (trappe ou fosse ou obstacle de sable)

Les obstacles de sable (bunker) sont souvent en creux (d'où le nom de fosse) et remplis de sable. Le jeu depuis un tel obstacle est parfois délicat pour celui qui y a envoyé sa balle. Sortir d'un bunker nécessite en effet une technique particulière. De plus, il est interdit de faire un coup d'essai (c'est-à-dire toucher volontairement le sable sans toucher la balle) sous peine d'une pénalité de deux coups. Mais en cas de présence d'eau dans le bunker, le joueur peut, si sa balle est dans l'eau :
 déposer sa balle à une longueur de club sans se rapprocher du trou à l'endroit le plus proche mais pas plus près du trou où le joueur et la balle ne sont pas dans l'eau.

Obstacle d'eau

Au golf, il existe deux sortes d'obstacles d'eau :

 Obstacles « frontaux » (obstacles d'eau). Ils sont au milieu du trou, c'est-à-dire perpendiculaires au sens du jeu et sont signalés par des piquets jaunes ;
 Obstacles « latéraux » (obstacles d'eau latéraux). Ils sont sur les côtés du trou, parallèles au sens du jeu et sont signalés par des piquets de couleur rouge.

Les obstacles d'eau peuvent être naturels ou artificiels (une flaque est appelée « eau fortuite ») : mer, lac, étang, mare, rivière, bassin, etc. Si le joueur ne peut pas (balle perdue dans l'obstacle) ou ne veut pas (balle dans l'eau ou la boue) jouer sa balle dans un tel obstacle, il peut s'en dégager avec un coup de pénalité :

 soit en rejouant depuis l'endroit où il avait joué précédemment ;
 soit en rejouant en arrière du point d'entrée de sa balle dans l'obstacle (par rapport au drapeau), pour un obstacle d'eau frontal.

Si l'obstacle d'eau est latéral, il peut s'en dégager avec un coup de pénalité :
 soit en rejouant depuis l'endroit où il avait joué précédemment ;
 soit latéralement par rapport au point d'entrée à deux longueurs de club sans se rapprocher du trou ;
 soit à un point équidistant du point d'entrée de la balle dans l'obstacle, de l'autre côté de la berge, à deux longueurs de club sans se rapprocher du trou.

Les obstacles d'eau sont souvent utilisés comme réserve d'eau pour l'arrosage du parcours. En effet, l'eau est un des problèmes environnementaux posés par les golfs, notamment dans les régions chaudes nécessitant une importante irrigation.

Links (parcours en bordure de mer)

Le terme « links » est utilisé pour nommer les parcours de golf se trouvant généralement en bordure de mer ou en zone dunaire et qui ont la particularité d'être plus ensablés et plus venteux. Cela leur confère souvent une difficulté supplémentaire, car le vent y est plus fréquent, la rosée parfois très abondante et l'herbe souvent moins dense et moins touffue sur les fairways.
Un parcours célèbre est celui du Royal and Ancient de Saint-Andrews en Écosse.

Par extension, on nomme plus généralement « links » des parcours qui répondent à de telles caractéristiques en zone continentale. Ainsi, de  l'« Albatros » au Golf National de Guyancourt (Yvelines) rendu célèbre pour accueillir depuis nombre d'années l'Open de France.

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Bosnia & Herzegovina's Alex Renfroe did not participate in his national team's morning practice this morning and the team have confirmed that they have excluded him from their roster.
Darko Talic of Bosnian side Igokea is likely to replace him. The official statement says that Renfroe committed a "serious violation of the team's discipline".
The official statement:
"KS BiH informs the public that due to a serious violation of the team's discipline, which was made on the night after the lost match against Sweden, Alex Renfroe will not participate in Eurobasket. […] This move announces a new practice when it comes to representation, that only those who are willing to sacrifice themselves for Bosnia and Herzegovina can play for it."
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Centro Expands European Presence, Welcoming Andy McNab as United Kingdom Country Manager
McNab Joins Centro to Drive Agency Automation Across the UK Through Basis Platform
Chicago – September 23, 2019 – Centro (centro.net), a global provider of advertising technology, announced expansion in Europe with the addition of Andy McNab as country manager in the United Kingdom. He reports to Centro's VP of international, Felipe Velasquez, who is based in Toronto, Canada.
The appointment follows cross-continental adoption of Basis by Centro, the industry's most comprehensive, automated, and intelligent digital media platform. Basis is the only software solution consolidating digital operations across programmatic, direct, search, and social campaigns. To learn more about Basis, visit: www2.centro.net/basis.
"Over the past two years, Centro has honed technology that seamlessly connects every major aspect and process of digital media organizations," said Tyler Kelly, president of Centro. "Marketers in Europe are enjoying the unique approach Basis enables for automating the most crucial parts of digital media buying, activation, reporting, finance, and business intelligence."
McNab, based in London, focuses on growing local and regional customer bases among agencies as well as further establishing sales teams in more countries over the next twelve months. He is also building service and operations teams to accompany Centro's projected sales in the continent. Over the past three years, Centro's international revenue has a 43% compound annual growth rate.
McNab was previously at MiQ, serving as a senior advisor. Prior to that he was UK managing director for S4M. He was also managing director of UK, Australia, and Nordics for Rocket Fuel. He is an award-winning continental business leader, helping marketers adopt digital advertising technology for more than a decade.
"Centro offers a novel solution for marketers, complementing a programmatic buying nucleus with automated workflow, reporting, finance and business intelligence," said McNab. "In a European environment where GDPR is posing a challenge to advertisers, Basis gives access to the full scope of digital media capabilities beyond cookie-driven ad buying."
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It is the usual reminder that The PC Show 2018 is coming soon. If you intend to buy electronics products, do wait for the show (if you can) as you will be getting a better pricing or more free gifts.
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WORLD Yemen's Houthi rebels launch fresh drone attack at Saudi border air base
Yemen's Houthi rebels launch fresh drone attack at Saudi border air base
Yemen's Houthi militia said they launched a fresh bomb-laden drone attack at dawn on Sunday on the King Khalid Air Base in Saudi Arabia's southwestern border city of Khamis Mushait.
"The drone attack hit the Saudi airbase accurately," Houthi military spokesman Yehya Sarea was quoted by Houthi-run al-Masirah TV as saying.
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Meanwhile, the Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted and destroyed a bomb-laden drone the Houthi militia launched toward Khamis Mushait, Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya TV reported at dawn on Sunday.
This was the second such foiled attack by Houthi on Saudi Arabia in nearly 24 hours, according to Al-Arabiya TV.
Cross-border missile and drone attacks by the Iran-backed Houthis have escalated since February when the group began a major offensive against the Saudi-backed Yemeni government army to capture the oil-rich province of Marib in central Yemen.
A recent UN-brokered negotiation between Yemen's warring sides and other relevant parties has failed to produce a cease-fire agreement.
Yemen has been mired in a civil war since late 2014 when the Houthi militia seized control of several northern provinces and forced the internationally recognized government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi out of the capital Sanaa.
The Saudi-led Arab coalition started to intervene in the Yemeni conflict in March 2015 to support Hadi's government.


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An Unseemly Spectacle: Michael Coren Twists and Shouts in the Canadian Jewish News
In this week's CJN, Michael Coren twists himself into a veritable pretzel as he strives to explain the Jeremy Corbyn phenomenon and anti-Semitism (or the absence thereof) in the U.K.:
It's obviously partly tied to policies and attitudes involving Israel, and on that issue, there are two errors we can make. One is to assume that every critic of Israel is an anti-Semite, while the other is to believe that anti-Zionism and Jew-hatred have no commonality. The truth is that the blanket accusation of anti-Semitism was thrown around far too readily in the past at anybody who criticized Israel. The allegation – and it's a filthy one – was often used to silence valid geopolitical comment. Today, however, the border has been broken n in so many places that it's genuinely difficult to know who is the informed critic and who is the gutter hater.
In the case of the British left, and for that matter the left in much of Europe and North America, there are opponents of Israeli policy who would be appalled at being regarded as anti-Semitic, and indeed some of them are themselves Jewish. I've always found the "self-loathing" label to be at best unhelpful and usually just downright dumb. But there are others who either don't care, do have authentic prejudices, or, in the case of some in the Muslim community, have taken on a greater dislike of Jews and Judaism.
Coren is engaged in a fruitless search to divine the precise point at which legitimate "criticism" of Israel veers into outright Jew-hate. It's fruitless because the Jew-hate of our time is non-traditional in that, instead of targeting "iniquitious" Jewry, as do Jew-hatreds past, it fixates on "perfidious" Zion, i.e. the Jewish state that didn't exist when "traditional" hatreds were all the rage.
Call it Zionhass; call it anti-Zionism; call it Israel-hate. Whatever you want to call it, one thing is certain: this is not your great-grandpa's (or even your great-great-great-great grandpa's) Jew-hate.
Unfortunately, Coren has yet to twig to that reality, hence his feckless pretzel action.
Also, is it just me, or does he seem to be a tad hysterical on the subject of Jews who supposedly try to silence Israel's "critics" by calling them anti-Semites, characterizing it as a "filthy" thing to do (rather a strange way to phrase it, no?)? I must lead a sheltered life because I don't know a single Jew who's engaged in this "filthy" activity. However, I do know plenty of "critics" of Israel who don't want to improve the situation on the ground in the Jewish state as much as they want to see it disappear from the face of the Earth, forever.
Let's call it non-"traditional" criticism, shall we?
Coren conludes his piece on this semi-positive note:
Canada is not Europe, and those bloody toxins that still flow through a few arteries of the body politic 3,000 miles away dried up long ago here. So be neither complacent nor hysterical. But be aware.
Actually, Michael, those bloody toxins (admittedly, ones that still flow through the arteries of another civilization, the one whose founder was a "perfect" warrior prophet and whose Jew-hate was there from the get-go) are right here, right now.
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Am I missing something here? The rotate transform has been around for a while.
I'm guessing he's just showing off something he's working on, not necessarily re-inventing the wheel etc.
Looks like advertising for this specific camera, nothing else.
The products of the company I work as Frontend Developer are very suitable for preparing animations using HTML and CSS. I am developing projects and sharing them as open-source. Neither me nor my company does not have any advertising concerns.
What do you mean open-source? Nothing shown here is proprietary. It's a transform animated.


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Formula, Chemical
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A chemical formula is a combination of chemical symbols that represents the chemical composition of a compound. At a minimum, a formula tells which elements are present in the compound and the relative amount of each element. The chemical formula most familiar to people is probably H 2 O, the formula for water. This formula says that water consists of two elements, hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O). Further, it says that the ratio of the two elements is two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen. On a submicroscopic scale, the formula says that a molecule of water contains two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen.
Determining chemical formulas
A chemical formula can be determined in one of two ways: by experimentation or by prediction. For example, imagine that an entirely new compound has been discovered whose formula must be determined. That compound can be broken down in the laboratory and the elements present determined. Also, the ratio of the elements can be found. The formula obtained in this way shows the simplest possible ratio of the elements present and is known as the compound's empirical formula. The word empirical means "obtained by means of experimentation."
The empirical formula of a compound may not be its true or correct formula. Consider three different chemical compounds made of carbon and hydrogen only. The first compound contains one carbon atom and one hydrogen atom in each molecule. A molecule of the second compound consists of three carbon atoms and three hydrogen atoms joined to each other. And a molecule of the third compound contains six atoms of carbon and six atoms of hydrogen joined to each other.
The empirical formula for all three compounds is CH because the ratio of carbon to hydrogen is 1:1 in each. But the true formula is different for the three compounds. It is CH for the first compound, C 3 H 3 for the second, and C 6 H 6 for the third. The true, correct, or molecular formula for most chemical compounds also can be determined experimentally.
A second way of writing the chemical formula of a compound is by making intelligent guesses. When sodium reacts with chlorine to form sodium chloride, for example, each sodium atom loses one electron and each chlorine atom gains one electron. It makes sense to assume that the formula for sodium chloride is NaCl. To form the compound, every sodium atom needs one chlorine atom, so their final ratio should be 1:1.
Atom: The smallest particle of which an element can exist.
Chemical formula: A combination of chemical symbols that shows the composition of a compound.
Compound: A substance that contains two or more elements combined in a fixed proportion.
Empirical: Based on observation or experimentation.
Molecule: A particle formed by the combination of two or more atoms.
Valence: The tendency of an atom to gain or lose electrons in reacting with other atoms.
Chemists now know enough about the chemical elements to use this method with confidence. The tendency of any given element to lose or gain electrons in forming a compound is called its valence. The valence of sodium, for example, is +1, and the valence of chlorine, −1. Using valences, chemists can write the formulas for most chemical compounds with a high degree of accuracy.
Kinds of chemical formulas
Molecular formulas are the simplest kind of formulas to write because they tell only the minimum amount of information: the kind and number of atoms present in a compound. Structural formulas are a more complex type of formula because they also show how the atoms in a molecule are arranged in space.
Structural formulas. The structural formula for water is H—O—H. The dashed lines (—) in this formula are called bonds. They stand for the electrons that hold each hydrogen atom to the oxygen atom.
Another example of a structural formula is the expanded structural formula. It shows not only the elements present (for example, hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen) and the ratio of those elements in the compound (for example, CH 4 O), but also the arrangement of those atoms in comparison to each other. Thus, in an expanded structural formula you can see that three hydrogen atoms are attached to the carbon atom and one hydrogen atom is attached to the oxygen atom.
The only disadvantage of an expanded structural formula is the time and space required to write it out. Because of this disadvantage, chemists have developed an abbreviated kind of structural formula known as a condensed structural formula. The condensed structural formula for methanol can be written as:
CH 3 —OH or CH 3 OH
Both the condensed and structural formulas for methanol provide the same information.
When students are first beginning to study chemistry, they generally have to write expanded structural formulas. With practice, however, they soon develop the ability to write condensed formulas.
Spatial formulas. Other kinds of chemical formulas contain even more information about the structure of a molecule. For example, the structure of the water molecule shown above (H—O—H) is not quite correct. The hydrogen atoms in a water molecule do not really stick out in opposite directions from each other. Instead, the O—H bonds are bent slightly at an angle to each other.
More sophisticated formulas may be necessary for compounds whose three-dimensional shape is important. The compound known as 1,3-dichlorocyclobutane is an example. The compound consists of four carbon atoms connected to each other in a ring. The ring can be thought of as a square piece of cardboard with one carbon atom at each corner. Attached to two carbon atoms at opposite corners are two chlorine atoms. This molecule can be represented in two different ways, with both chlorine atoms on the same side of the carbon ring or on opposite sides of the ring. The two molecules look different from each other, and two different kinds of 1,3-dichlorocyclobutane can actually be found in the laboratory. Formulas that show special three-dimensional shapes are sometimes known as conformational formulas.
[ See also Compound, chemical ; Element, chemical ; Symbol, chemical ]
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what is the chemical formula for the reaction of steel wool reacting with oxygen if the steel wood was pure iron.
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Apr 26, 2010 @ 10:22 pm
some examples of expanded formulas with their corresponding condensed formulas would be helpful for the student. good job.
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Oct 18, 2010 @ 6:18 pm
Write the dissociation equation for sodium chloride in water equation. Show proper physical states for each species in the equation/
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Once again congress shows it lack of ability to represent the citizens who sent them into office. Once again they disrespect our wishes by voting to fund Department of Homeland Insecurity and President Barfo's executive amnesty. It should be a crime to run for office as a Republican and then vote as a RINO Democrat.
Guess who wasn't one of the House Of Unrepresentatives congressional votes against funding executive amnesty. If you guess that Will Hurd betrayed his electorate yet once again, you're right.
I hope that the traitorous RINOs realize that they are taking extreme chances that citizens won't vote for politicians that lie to them on a regular basis. If they don't field a good conservative candidate for president, I'll bite the bullet and do write in candidates for all offices that don't have conservative, constitutional candidates running in them. If this means that the Democraps win, then let it be told now that it will be the fault of the progressive RINO establishment.
I long for the days when we had a do-nothing congress, instead of the do-stupid congress that we appear to be saddled with. With o'Boehner as squeaker of the mouse, and o'Hurd and the other RINOs walking in lockstep with him, it won't be long til the crap economy gets flushed. How long will it take until the government defaults on it's debts ? What will the useful idiots say when the Republic can't borrow the money any more to feed them with food stamps ?
When will people accept that there is no such thing as decreasing the deficit ? There is only increasing, decreasing our DEBT or just holding our own. When was the last time you called any of your representatives to let them know that you are disappointed in their representation of you ? Too many people are content to just go along to get along, because things aren't that bad for them yet, not realizing that by the time things get that bad for them, it's already too late.
No Democracy or Democratic government has ever survived, which is why our forefathers set up a Republic. At that, they had doubts that we would be able retain/maintain it. They knew that it would require an interested and informed public to stop politicians from going rogue. Doesn't anyone have a conscience any more ? Does becoming a politician automatically mean that your word then becomes worthless ? How many promises have our politicians made and not kept ? How many principles have they betrayed ?
Congressmen should be required to put their assets in a blind trust when they go into office (like the president has to do ). Maybe if they couldn't do insider trading on stocks they would lose some of their incentive to stay in office.
Article V Convention of States suggestion: Congress shall pass no law that doesn't apply to them the same way it applies to citizens.


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Marijuana found at White House during Victory on Drugs presser
4/1/2013 by Chris Goldstein – The April showers are just arriving but some May flowers have already bloomed. Tourists discovered six marijuana plants in the Rose Garden just as President Obama announced a major victory in the so-called War on Drugs.
The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) marijuana experts rushed to the scene this morning and estimated that each four-foot tall cannabis plant was getting ready to yield 500 pounds of pot.
"We think it's Sour Diesel," said one expert who declined to be named citing the ongoing investigation.
ONDCP Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowse arrived and personally eradicated the crop with a gold-plated weedwacker that he keeps in a glass case behind his desk.
"Think of the children," said Kelikowse, "imagine what would happen to the ice cream reserves if three thousand pounds of Sour D hit Capitol Hill."
The Czar was pulled away from a high profile "Victory on Drugs" press conference with President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry.
They announced that Drugs (including crack, heroine, meth, bath salts, Krispy Kreme donuts and others) were tracked to their secret hideout in Afghanistan and eliminated in a joint special operation last night.
Still images taken from combat video cameras and drones showed Drugs being shot numerous times.
Drugs were then put into a rocket and fired directly into the Sun.
Reporters immediately pointed out the distinctive sound of the Drug Czar's 24kt cannabis eradicator just outside.
President Obama and Secretary of State Kerry seemed unsurprised, saying that the timing of the raid (4:20AM) allowed Marijuana to remain at large.
Kerry pointed out that official government scientists at the National Institute of Health (NIH) and National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) are not sure if marijuana is a Drug.
"Right now we encourage American citizens and the citizens of every country in the world to get quality health insurance," said Kerry, "everyone needs to start taking wholesome, nutritious, US FDA approved prescription pharmaceuticals."
The DEA said that Mexican or South American cartels were the primary suspects in the White House farming operation.
But one observer noted that staffers from Reps. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Jared Polis (D-CO) were milling around the Rose Garden with Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) looking "really bummed out."
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At the end of every school year, each of my classes vote on the number of books they think I should try to read while on summer break. This year the average was 66. I am going to give this my best shot. I will not stress over this if I don't make it but will do my best. This is where I will list those books as I read them. I will try to place a link to the review of that book.
Let me know what you thought of Nothing But the Truth. I read it a month or so ago.


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Q: GKE VPC-native cluster networking from pod to service subnets So I created a VPC-native GKE cluster. My Pod address range is 10.17.0.0/16 and my Service address range is 10.16.1.0/24.
From a pod on my cluster I can't resolve google.internal dns names. This seems to be caused by the fact that I can't reach the service subnet from the pod subnet:
root@mypod-0:/# ifconfig|grep eth0 -A 1
eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1460
        inet 10.17.2.40  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 0.0.0.0
root@mypod-0:/# head -n 1 /etc/resolv.conf
nameserver 10.16.1.10
root@mypod-0:/# ping -c 1 -W 1 10.16.1.10
PING 10.16.1.10 (10.16.1.10) 56(84) bytes of data.

--- 10.16.1.10 ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 0ms

root@mypod-0:/#

I have a firewall rule that allow all from 10.0.0.0/8. What am I missing here ?

A: You should follow the DNS rules stated below:
https://support.dnsimple.com/articles/differences-between-a-cname-alias-url/
https://www.linode.com/docs/networking/dns/dns-records-an-introduction/
https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/dns-pod-service/
This says that that if DNS service name is 10.16.1.0/24 then pods should have IP 10.16.1.1, 10.16.1.2 …….
You use IPs 10.17.0.0/16. It will not work.

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Галоўная » BHR in English » Belarusian Historical Review. Volume 7, Fascicle 1 (12) June, 2000 »
Alena Filatava. The national question and the policy of the tsarist government in Belarus (the late 18th – mid 19th century).
The process of including of the territory of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania into Russian Empire lasted for some decades and touched all the spheres of its society. The national policy of the tsar authorities in Belarus in the late eighteenth and in the first half of the nineteenth century is analyzed in the article.
The government of the Empire had a faint idea about the peoples which inhabited this territory. It was necessary to get information about their economical state, beliefs, customs and traditions, history, etc. to provide unification of the annexed areas. The government could implement the policy of russification only through Russian functionaries, teachers, missionary work of the Orthodox clergy. But it was lack of educated persons in Russia itself and local functionaries were not in a hurry to fulfill the orders of the government. The Empire authorities seem to get notion about national structure of Belarusian-Lithuanian society only before 1830—40s.
In that time both in Russian and in Polish the term «nation» was more or less identified with that of «people» though the sense of the first was more closely connected with notion «state». In Europe criteria of qualification of «people» as «nation» were the following: its historical connection with contemporary state or state which existed for some long period before, presence of educated elite speaking its native language, and ability of this state to occupy new territories. In this respect the existence of Polish, Russian, and Lithuanian peoples-nations in the national structure of Belarus and Lithuania does not provoke any discussions. At the same time, the authorities took religion as a universal criterion according to which the Belarusians were attributed to «Poles» and «Lithuanians» (adherents of Roman Catholic, Greek Catholic and Calvinist confessions) or «Russians» (the Orthodox and Old Believers).
Belarusian peasants didn't interested the authorities in the sense of policy. Only the revolts which raised «the Polish question» caused appropriate reaction of government which started to provide the policy of russification. The policy in relation to Jews was rather of religious character because transition from Judaism to Christianity released them from different restrictions. Those of Tartars-Moslems who confirmed their noble origin possessed all the rights of gentry.
So, we may conclude that in the whole volume the national policy in Belarusian-Lithuanian provinces was not provided during the period under study in spite of some aspects of this kind activity of the Empire government.