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The Dominion of Canada wasn't born out of revolution or a sweeping outburst of nationalism. Rather, it was created in a series of conferences and orderly negotiations, culminating in the terms of Confederation on 1 July 1867.
The Dominion of Canada wasn't born out of revolution or a sweeping outburst of nationalism. Rather, it was created in a series of conferences and orderly negotiations, culminating in the terms of Confederation on 1 July 1867. The union of the British North American colonies of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Province of Canada was the first step in a slow but steady nation-building exercise that would come to encompass other territories, and eventually fulfill the dream of a country a mari usque ad mare (from sea to sea).
The Case for a Country
By the 1860s, the union of British North America had been a long-simmering idea, the subject of occasional dinner speeches. It was fueled in part by fears of United States domination, and even annexation, following the American Civil War, and the belief that Britain was becoming increasingly reluctant to defend its North American colonies against possible US aggression. Confederation would offer the colonies strength through unity, an idea that gained steady support, especially in the wake of the US abrogation of the Reciprocity Treaty in 1866, and the US purchase of Alaska the following year.
Confederation had become a serious question in the Province of Canada (formerly Lower Canada and Upper Canada) by 1864. In the Atlantic colonies, however, a great deal of pressure would still be necessary to convert romantic ideas of a single northern nation spanning the continent into political reality.
A series of fortuitous events helped. Nova Scotia and New Brunswick had some interest in reuniting as a single colony following their division in 1784; they were helped by the British Colonial Office, which felt that a political union of all three Maritime colonies was desirable, including Prince Edward Island. Maritime union would abolish three colonial legislatures and replace them with one.
In the spring of 1864 all three legislatures passed resolutions declaring lukewarm interest in having a conference on the subject. But nothing was done; it was only when the Province of Canada announced its interest in being asked to attend such a meeting that the Maritime governments woke up. If the Province of Canada was going to attend, then there had to be a conference for them to come to. Charlottetown was appointed as the place — Prince Edward Island would not attend otherwise — and 1 September 1864 was chosen as the date.
Change in the Two Canadas
As the Province of Canada grew more prosperous and developed politically, socially and industrially, so grew its internal rivalries, and the job of governing Canada West (Ontario) and Canada East (Québec) from a single, fractious legislature became difficult.
Confederation — which would include division of the two Canadas — was posed as a solution to these problems. In 1864, after four short-lived governments had fought to stay in power, a coalition was formed promising union with the Atlantic colonies.
With support from three of the Province of Canada's four major political groups, the coalition gave Confederation a driving force that it never lost. The alliance of Canada West's two principal groups, led by John A. Macdonald (Conservatives) and George Brown (Clear Grits), meant that Confederation proceeded with support from British North America's most populous region.
In Canada East, although Confederation was opposed by A.A. Dorion's Parti Rouge, it was supported by the dominant political group, the Conservatives under George-Étienne Cartier, Hector Langevin and Alexander Tilloch Galt. By 1867 they had the necessary support of the Catholic Church. Confederation was justified in public by the arguments that French Canadians would get back their provincial identity and their capital would once more be Québec; the Anglophone domination of Ottawa feared by French Canadians would be mitigated by the presence of strong French Canadian representation in the federal cabinet; and Confederation was the least undesirable of the changes proposed.
Charlottetown and Québec Conferences
The "Canadians" sailed to the Charlottetown Conference on 29 August 1864, aboard the Canadian government steamer Queen Victoria. The conference was already underway and discussions for Maritime union were not making much progress. So the Canadians were invited to submit their own proposals for a union of all the British North American colonies. The idea swept the board, and the glittering idea of a united country took over.
A month later the colonies called a second meeting to discuss Confederation. At the Québec Conference, the delegates passed 72 Resolutions, which explicitly laid out the fundamental decisions made at Charlottetown, including a constitutional framework for a new country. The Resolutions were legalistic and contractual in tone, deliberately different from the revolutionary nature of the American Constitution drafted a century earlier.
The Canadian Resolutions outlined the concept of federalism — with powers and responsibilities strictly divided between the provinces and the federal government. Cartier pushed hard for provincial powers and rights, while Macdonald, keen to avoid the mistakes that had led to the US Civil War, advocated for a strong central government. Between these two ideas a semblance of balance was reached.
The Resolutions also outlined the shape of a national Parliament, with an elected House of Commons based on representation by population, and an appointed Senate whose seats would be equally split between three regions: Canada West, Canada East and the Atlantic colonies, for the purpose of providing each region with an equal voice in the appointed chamber.
(See also Ontario and Confederation and Quebéc and Confederation.)
The Atlantic View
None of the Atlantic colonies of Newfoundland, PEI, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick was as dissatisfied with the status quo as was Canada West. All except Newfoundland enjoyed prosperous economies and felt comfortable as they were. The bulk of the population, especially in Nova Scotia and PEI, saw no reason to change their constitution just because Canada was finding it had outgrown its own.
Even Newfoundland, despite economic difficulties in the 1860s, postponed a decision on Confederation in 1865, and in an 1869 election decisively rejected it.
The more prosperous PEI resisted almost from the start. A small, dedicated group of Confederationists made little headway until early in the 1870s when PEI, badly indebted by the construction of an Island railway, joined Confederation in return for Canada taking over its loan payments.
Nova Scotians were divided. Confederation was popular in the northern areas of the mainland and in Cape Breton, but along the south shore and in the Annapolis Valley — the prosperous world of shipping, shipbuilding, potatoes and apples — the idea seemed unattractive or even dangerous. Conservative Premier Charles Tupper, ambitious, aggressive and confident, went ahead with Confederation anyway, convinced that in the long run it would be best for Nova Scotia, and perhaps also for himself. His government did not need to go to the polls until after Confederation was finalized. By that time it was too late for the 65 per cent of Nova Scotians who opposed the idea (see Repeal Movement).
New Brunswick was only a little more enthusiastic. In 1865 the anti-Confederation government of A.J. Smith was elected. It collapsed the following year and was replaced by a new pro-Confederation government, whose support for a British North America union was helped by the Fenian invasions of that spring, which badly weakened anti-Confederation positions. Their raids revealed shortfalls in the leadership, structure and training of the Canadian militia, which led to a number of reforms and improvements in the years to come. More importantly, the threat the irregular Fenian armies posed to British North America, along with growing concerns over American military and economic might, led to increased support among British and Canadian officials towards Confederation.
(See also New Brunswick and Confederation, PEI and Confederation, Nova Scotia and Confederation, Newfoundland and Labrador and Confederation.)
Indigenous Perspectives
Indigenous peoples were not invited to or represented at the Charlottetown and Québec Conferences, even though they had established what they believed to be bilateral (nation-to-nation) relationships and commitments with the Crown through historic treaties (see Indigenous Peoples: Treaties). Paternalistic views about Indigenous peoples effectively left Canada's first peoples out of the formal discussions about unifying the nation.
Despite their exclusion, Confederation still had a significant impact on Indigenous communities. In 1867, the federal government assumed responsibility over Indigenous affairs from the colonies. With the purchase of Rupert's Land in 1869, the Dominion of Canada extended its influence over the Indigenous peoples living in that region. Seeking to develop, settle and claim these lands, as well as those in the surrounding area, the Dominion signed a series of 11 treaties from 1871 to 1921 with various Indigenous peoples, promising them money, certain rights to the land and other concessions in exchange for the cession (surrender) of their traditional territories. Most of these promises went unfulfilled or were misunderstood by the signatories (see Numbered Treaties). The years following Confederation saw increased government systems of assimilation, including reserves, the Indian Act and residential schools.
The View in London
Worried about the cost of defending Britain's North American colonies against potential US aggression, British Colonial Secretary Edward Cardwell was a strong supporter of Confederation. He instructed his governors in North America in the strongest language possible, to promote the idea, which they did. The London Conference, from December 1866 to February 1867, was the final stage of translating the 72 Resolutions of 1864 into legislation. The result was the British North America Act of 1867 (now called the Constitution Act, 1867) which passed through the British Parliament and was signed by Queen Victoria on 29 March 1867. It was proclaimed into law on 1 July 1867.
The Dominion Grows
British policy favoring the union of all of British North America continued under Cardwell's successors. The Hudson's Bay Company sold Rupert's Land to Canada in 1870, and the young country expanded with the addition of Manitoba and the North-West Territory that same year. British Columbia was brought into Confederation in 1871 and PEI in 1873. The Yukon territory was created in 1898 and the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan were created in 1905.
Having rejected Confederation in 1869, Newfoundland and Labrador finally joined in 1949. Nunavut was carved out of the Northwest Territories in 1999.
(See also Manitoba and Confederation, Saskatchewan and Confederation, Alberta and Confederation, British Columbia and Confederation, Yukon and Confederation, NWT and Confederation, Nunavut and Confederation.)
Macdonald's Vision
Although Confederation was the product, in the 1860s, of three conferences and delegates from five colonies, the practical ideas of how it might actually be achieved came from John A. Macdonald (who became the new country's first prime minister) with help from Alexander Tilloch Galt, and with George-Étienne Cartier's insistence on a certain essential minimum of provincial rights. Confederation had not been originally Macdonald's idea, but he was finally the one who took hold of it and made the running. Thus, it is to Macdonald and his ideas that Canadians should look to understand the character of that 1867 union.
(See also Fathers of Confederation, Macdonald: The Man Who Made Us, Cartier: Kingpin of Confederation, Political Partnership: Macdonald and Cartier's Quest Toward Confederation and Sir John A. Macdonald.)
A Country in 13 Parts
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1870 |
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1870 |
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Suggested Reading
J.M.S. Careless, Brown of the Globe (1963); ; ; .
P.B. Waite, The Confederation Debates in the Province of Canada (1963) and The Life and Times of Confederation (1962)


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Only think I'm noticing is it says "discontinued order" under my order queue, but it still says it will be delivered Nov. 23.
Did it do this for anyone else when they ordered the headphones? I'm not sure what's really going on since it's all in german.
Don't want it to never be shipped at all.
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Mila Kunis, Michelle Williams and Rachel Weisz are the three witches of Oz in the upcoming "Oz the Great and Powerful," the prequel to the 1939 classic starring Judy Garland. The three ladies recently chatted fashion with InStyle for an interview and photo shoot, wehre they all talked about their favorite items of clothing.
Mila Kunis picks her Old Navy cargo pants from 15 years ago: "My friends hate them so much they hide them from me. When those pants
fall apart, I swear I'm going to get someone to copy them for me."
Michelle Williams says it's her 10-year-old tennis shoes: "I've been wearing these black Converse sneakers for 10 years. Actually
this is my second pair. I kept taking the original
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I watched a couple of slugfest clips featuring Davenport, Capriati, Seles etc first, which made this one like eating parfait or mousse. Martinez is throwing all that heavy slice, topspin and angle at Hingis and as you can guess, all the tricks come out of the bag. A mature Martinez has the kind of game that can frustrate so many players. For Hingis, it was playtime too. The score isn't that close, but the points are compelling. There is no guessing what either player will do next. When did tactics die? The sport is so dreary now. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feLL5hlC4rY
I just saw Martinez on some Tennis Channel "Top 5 Underrated" shows. I don't think she's underrated (as in where she ranks), but maybe "unerappreciated. She really was a great player, great variety - 34 tournament titles, Wimbledon title, AO and FO finalist, and just a ton of other Slam SFs and QFs (including all 4 SFs in 1995), and Fed Cup titles. Wins over all the greats of her generation, though her overall record against those players was pretty abysmal. That's probably why she isn't appreciated more. And, she was an introvert, wasn't beautiful or "hot". So, not surprising that she's not talked about all that much.
I guess with enough time passing, there will eventually be some nostalgia for any player. Martinez was not a popular player at all when she played(in fact I think the consensus among fans & media at the time was that she was one of the most boring players to watch - her matches with Sanchez-Vicario may have been an alltime low for womens tennis. at the time.) I wonder what youtube clips 12 years from now will cause fans to reminisce fondly about today. radwanska-wozniacki?
I agree. That Graf-Seles-ASV-Martinez-Sabatini-MJF-Pierce-Novatana generation was my prime tennis watching years. And, you're totally correct. Martinez wasn't a draw. She didn't have a huge fanbase. And, she was generally considered boring. But, I always liked her for some reason, and I paticularly liked her tussling with more attacking or crafty players. So, for me, this isn't a case of remembering the past as being better than it actually was. I actually liked watching her back then, even though most didn't.
It seems as though back then — at least in that clip and others I've watched — players would try to outsmart each other. Nowadays they try to outpower, outrun, outhit, or ourspeed each other.
^Top players in 2000(when this clip happened) included Davenport, Serena, Venus, Pierce. davenport played venus in 2 slam finals that year. There sure as hell wasn't a lot of 'outsmarting' going on in those matches. Like I said, in 2024, there will be probably be some fans looking at clips of Radwanska-Azarenka(who seems woefully underpowered compared to Venus or Davenport) today & saying, "tennis used to be much more fun!" ah, youtube.
Agreed, Martinez was a joy to watch. Just underappreciated - quiet and a game that had depth but not the ka boom(and she chose not to draw attention to herself - an unforgivable sin with the media and many fans)... unique. Great clip, thanks for posting - two wonderful thinkers - those varied exchanges... No nostagia here - found her game rich and interesting then and still to be appreciated - ( Funny, in that era, with their equipment level, one could still watch the points build with the patterns from the "Book") - beautiful ...


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Introduction The Limitations of Sight & Hearing. Conclusion: Devices To Overcome Limitations Of Sight Sight Limitations
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Leslie West Discusses the Roots of Mountain in 1987 Guitar World Interview
"You gotta have the Junior to do 'em right, because of the single pickup - -see the way the string can bend down when you hit 'em? lf there was a neck pickup it'd be in the way. You bury the pick with your thumb and you have all the room you need. And the tone -- well, it was fat just like me, right? It was just two Sunn stacks with the Colisseum PA heads. They were Hendrix' old amps, re-tolexed and re-coned. See, the PA heads had those four inputs and a master volume, which started the distortion thing for me: I'd turn the mic volume all the way up and the master all the way up, and overdrive the thing like crazy."
After a debut gig at the Fillmore East -- not a bad venue for a band nobody had seen before -- he got to overdrive the thing at one of the biggest gigs ever.
"Woodstock was 17 years ago now – can you believe that?" he muses. "Man, I was so nervous that night. I remember getting in the helicopter -- we had to rent our own helicopter to get up there, with the traffic and all -- and the helicopter pilot was a wise guy, man; said he wouldn't take all of us at once 'cause I was too heavy [laughs ].
"We were getting five grand for it, which was incredible money for your third gig in '69. Our agent was Hendrix' agent too, Ron Terry; they were hiding Hendrix at Woodstock because whoever was seen went on. They told me to hide, and naturally I found where the bagels were -- they had bagels, believe it or not, except that Janis Joplin ate 'em all, so there were none left [laughs].
"Anyway, they grabbed us and we went on; Hendrix wound up closing the show and there was nobody there -- it was a damn shame, 'cause he played great."
As West got to observe close up on occasion: "I played with him the night before he died. We met at a club called Ungano's, then jumped into his limousine, went to Mountain's loft, got some Marshalls, came back to Ungano's and played until three in the morning. He played bass, and this idiot from the East Village Other [an underground newspaper of the time] who reviewed the thing complained that I played louder than Hendrix -- he didn't even see Hendrix was playing bass.
"Next day, I went to Detroit, he went to England; pulled into the Sheraton Cadillac in Detroit and the lady there said, 'Another one of you longhaired freaks kicked the bucket, black guy.' Felix and I looked at each other and knew who it was.
"Y'know, Jimi was working on Band Of Gypsys at the Record Plant when we were finishing Mountain Climbing, and he was the first guy to hear it mixed. There's a little stop in the beginning of the lick for that tune, like a horn thing, that he really liked. I've thought about it sometimes: with all the locking nuts and tremolo bars now, I don't think he'd be sounding good with 'em, 'cause his whole thing was stretching the damn strings back into tune."
For the two-and-a-half years or so after Jimi's death, Mountain burned up road and studio alike, until bassist/producer Pappalardi pulled a move of his own. "He told everyone he was deaf," is how West tells it, "and that he had to go into the hospital, but it was for drug withdrawal, really.
"So he wasn't able to go on the road any more and Corky and I weren't gonna stop; it came down to 'Who am I gonna ask?' I had two choices: I was gonna ask Joe Cocker for a bass player and a keyboard player, or else ask Jack Bruce and have one guy who could do the whole trip. He was the greatest, man.


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This is where some of the best tigers are caught either on fly or conventional. Have a look at the photos.
they are nasty looking buggars from what ive seen on dvds they fight til the end aswell that last phgoto standing on the fallen tree is great thanks for showing us
bluey you def know when one hits your line. you need to get over and give it a go. you cant use your big boat though
what i wouldnt give to hunt in tanzania spike.it will be a few years down the track though . even though catchin one fish at a time doesnt get me that excited anymore those critters sure would be fun
well if you make it to zambia you can have a go on the zambezi for tigers on my small boat, while sipping a few cold ones :draught:
Those are some monsters compared to that litte bitty thing I seen in a picture at Hunterhill that Bruce caught. Those are enough to keep me from wading in the water and here I was worried about Crocs.
It's a pleasure showing you the pictures. We do most of our fishing on the Ruaha. The first photo is almost 10kg but we do go over that from time to time. It's an instant adrenalin rush and once one of these big ones take the fly you better hold on. Wes he is still swimming without any hooks attached to him. I will post more photos soon.... The fish, the camp etc...
Depends on the 'sub species' and their food source! The Goliath Tiger are the biggest 40lbs+ as far as I know! Question is: what sub species are the Tanzanian ones? Anyone got a scientific name for them?
Ole bally try having a look on this site tomsutcliffe.co.za/fly-fishing-diary/143-the-titanic-tigerfish-of-tanzania . he also gives the sub species as hydrocynus tanzaniae.. think i spelt it right...
OK, I didn't realise they were so wide spread! You could make a lifetime of just exploring this one species! They are an awesome catch!
yup, and frustrating with that lets jump and spit out the hook thing they seem to do to me while giving you the middle finger!!!!


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Point Park (4-5) finishes spring trip with two victories on final day
March 4, 2010
AUBURNDALE, Fla. – The Point Park University baseball team will travel north with a 4-5 record after winning the final two games of its spring trip to the Russ Matt Central Florida Invitational.
The Pioneers (4-5) ended their nine-game spring swing with a 4-3 victory over Clearwater (Fla.) Christian Thursday night. That was the third game of a busy day for Point Park, which split a doubleheader earlier in the day with William Penn (Iowa).
William Penn (5-4) won the opener, 12-2, in five innings, and Point Park returned the favor by winning the second game, 14-4, in five.
Bryce Pfeuffer (Robinson Twp./Montour) was the hitting star for the Pioneers on the final day of the trip. The junior second baseman (pictured) was 6 for 10 with six RBIs in the three games to boost his season average to .379.
Pfeuffer registered his second three-hit game of the young season by going 3 for 3 with three RBIs in the lopsided win over William Penn. He followed that up by delivering the game-winning hit -- a three-run homer -- in the sixth inning of the 4-3 win over Clearwater Christian.
Pfeuffer's three-run blast gave Point Park starter Seth Martin (Verona/Penn Hills) a 4-3 lead, and right-handed reliever Derek Peluso (Zelienople/Seneca Valley) came on in the bottom of the seventh to record the save.
Martin, a senior right-hander, got the win in six innings of work to improve his record to 1-1. Martin scattered nine hits, struck out four and walked three. The tying run got on base in the seventh, but Peluso notched his first save of the year by getting the final two batters to go down looking.
Point Park had taken a 1-0 lead over Clearwater Christian when Kyle Lucot (South Park/South Park) ripped an RBI single. Lucot, a junior left-fielder has the top batting average on the team at .417 after hitting safely in seven of the nine games on the trip.
Lucot was 3 for 4 with four RBIs in the 14-4 win over William Penn. The Pioneers had 14 hits in all, and that was more than enough for Point Park starter Joe Cox (Swissvale/Central Catholic) and reliever Joe Downar (Columbus, Ohio/Bishop Heartley).
Cox, who tossed a three-hit shutout on Sunday, worked the first two innings Thursday on three days rest before handing things over to Downar for the final three frames. Cox earned the victory to bump his record to 2-0 after striking out one and walking one. Downar, a junior right-hander, picked up his first save with two strikeouts and no walks in three innings.
Point Park scored five runs in the second to erase a 2-0 deficit. Big hits in the inning included a two-run single by Lucot, an RBI base hit by Pfeuffer and a two-run double by Dave Angle (Pittsburgh/Pine-Richland). Angle is hitting .304 with a team-high .652 slugging percentage.
The Pioneers put the mercy rule into affect with eight runs in the fifth. Lucot had two RBI singles in the inning as Point Park sent 13 men to the plate. After Lucot's first single plated a run, Pfeuffer followed to batters later with a base hit that drove in two runners.
Three hit batters, a walk, a wild pitch and a passed ball contributed to the big inning, which also included an RBI single by senior Jesse Pesanka (Baldwin/Baldwin).
Freshman catcher Robert Munoz (Miami, Fla./South Miami) had two hits and scored three runs in the win. Junior center-fielder Brian Grise (Munhall/Steel Valley) had two hits in each of Thursday's wins, starting with a 2-for-3 performance with two runs and two RBIs versus William Penn.
Grise, who started the year with a four-game hitting streak, is second on the team in batting at .409.
William Penn, an NAIA team and a member of the Midwest Collegiate Conference, won the first game, 12-1, after first bsaeman Kyle Humphrey hit three home runs.
Humphrey had a three-run homer as part of a four-run first, and he added a solo shot in the third. He capped of his impressive day with a two-run blast during a seven-run fourth as the Statesmen took a 12-0 lead.
Point Park had six hits, committed two errors and got its only run in the seventh. A base hit and a walk set up two runners on for Ricky Cordido (Caracas, Venezuela), who delivered an RBI single.
The Pioneers rearranged their schedule to include the night game versus Clearwater Christian (3-10), which had won three in a row following an 0-9 start. Originally, the two teams planned to play a doubleheader on Friday, but scheduling conflicts did not allow that to happen. Instead, Point Park will return home to Pittsburgh on Friday.
Interestingly, the Pioneers completed their trip with a 4-1 record in games that were not the first game of a doubleheader. Point Park played four doubleheaders and lost the opening game each time.
Point Park earned at least a split every day during the trip. The only day the Pioneers did not get a win was Monday, when they were swept by Bethel (Ind.).
Point Park will not be in action for nearly two weeks as their next game is March 17. The Pioneers play at doubleheader at Wheeling Jesuit that day beginning at 2 p.m. Point Park makes its home debut in its American Mideast Conference doubleheader March 19 versus Notre Dame (OH).


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This research was not funded directly by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), but has been included as an additional resource to this issue of Tobacco Control supported by RWJF.
Supply-Side Options for an Endgame for the Tobacco Industry
"The FCTC guidelines acknowledge that 'there is a fundamental and irreconcilable conflict between the tobacco industry's interests and public health policy interests'. A desire to 'resist the tobacco industry vector' and to plan an endgame for tobacco control may generate an interest in the fundamental changes to the tobacco industry by the public health authorities. If so, a range of preliminary suggestions is available for consideration. This paper summarises six such proposals and identifies factors that distinguish them from each other and from other endgame ideas."
—Excerpted from a special supplement of Tobacco Control.
An Endgame for Tobacco?
- 1. Questions For a Tobacco-Free Future
- 2. Minimising the Harm from Nicotine Use
- 3. Supply-Side Options for an Endgame for the Tobacco Industry
- 4. Reducing the Nicotine Content to Make Cigarettes Less Addictive
- 5. Potential Advantages and Disadvantages of an Endgame Strategy
- 6. The Tobacco-Free Generation Proposal
- 7. Why Ban the Sale of Cigarettes?
- 8. Ending Versus Controlling Versus Employing Addiction in the Tobacco-Caused Disease Endgame
- 9. Large-Scale Unassisted Smoking Cessation Over 50 Years
- 10. Ending Tobacco-Caused Mortality and Morbidity
- 11. There's No Single Endgame
- 12. Reflections on the "Endgame" for Tobacco Control
- 13. Tobacco Endgames
- 14. The FCTC's Evidence-Based Policies Remain A Key to Ending the Tobacco Epidemic
- 15. Cultivating the Next Generation of Tobacco Endgame Advocates
- 16. Can Tobacco Control Endgame Analysis Learn Anything From the U.S. Experience With Illegal Drugs?
- 17. Political Impediments to a Tobacco End-Game
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LAURELVILLE, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio police chief says he ate cake left in his kitchen without realizing it was laced with cannabis oil.
Laurelville Chief Mike Berkemeier says he fell ill after eating the cake a couple of weeks ago and couldn't figure out what was wrong. He says he drove a few blocks to the police station, where medics took him for medical testing.
The Logan Daily News reports Berkemeier was hospitalized for more than a day. While there, a phone call with his daughter revealed the cake had been laced with an oil form of the psychoactive chemical component that causes a high from marijuana.
Berkemeier tells WBNS-TV one of his daughter's friends took the cake to his home, about 35 miles southeast of Columbus.
There's no word of criminal charges.
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Cheat Sheet: The Glenville Stops
The Gist: Opened in April, this contemporary tavern stakes an unassuming claim in a residential patch of Allston, nestled between restaurant and retail-lined Harvard and Brighton avenues. Soon the neighborhood's student population will return and start to spread the word. So now's a good time check out a fresh (and incidentally, spotless) gastropub entry with a gung-ho attitude.
The Vibe: The 75-seat interior is the result of a renovation that merged, gutted and outfitted three former Glenville Street storefronts, and much of the work was done by the father-son ownership team of Mike and Fred Chapman. (The "Stops" nods to a similarly named tavern in the UK, where the elder Chapman formerly lived. He's now a retired history professor who earned his doctorate at nearby Boston College.) Colorful Tiffany lamps hang over a large central bar they built, and there's a semi-private area for large parties. It's a bit British, and the TV-free space is clearly designed to keep attention on the food and drink. But the owners are engaged - Mike is head barkeep, Fred is an attentive room-working GM - and 26-year old chef Juan Pedrosa is an affable charmer who frequently delivers the dishes himself. (And isn't afraid to court constructive feedback from guests.)
Eat This: Pedrosa says he was inspired by the energy he feels percolating in the Harlem restaurant scene right now, and that he wanted to dive deep into some of the Latin cooking on which he was raised. Passion prevails in standouts like a duo of day boat scallops ($11, pictured) which cut like butter. Trot them through a chocolate mole sauce, then scoop up a salad of compressed jicama and grilled mango; eyes roll back. Equally excellent is four quick seared shrimp ($9) in a zinging chorizo aioli. The earthiness of drizzled sofrito is brightened nicely by thinly sliced celery pickles. Though Latin influences predominate, the menu also taps into Pedrosa's professional roots in other restaurants. The Mediterranean of his former work as sous chef at Trade is referenced with supremely tender lamb meatballs ($12) and a smooth, light, house made tzatziki. Meanwhile Asian-inspired sticky pork riblets ($11), served with shishito peppers in a peach sauce, are a natural extension of his work with Great Harbor Yacht Club's Tom Berry, who was Ming Tsai's sous at Blue Ginger before becoming opening chef of Bambara.
Drink This: It's only beer and wine here, but it's a big selection. The bar boasts 30 beer taps, including one rotating cask selection. And there are another 30 wines by the glass; five of them available on draft. Local craft brew picks include Idle Hands, Jack's Abby, and Ipswich Ale, and there's quite the assortment of English ales. There's even a selection of British sodas: Fentimans Botanically Brewed Beverages, which includes flavors like "dandelion & burdock."
Skip This: It's a consistently strong selection, though charred octopus ($15) with a gigante bean salad and masa seca most elicited a shrug. Evidently, though, it's one of the menu's biggest movers - so the people have spoken.
For Fans Of: Blue Dragon, The Merchant, Tico
The Damage: Bar bites are in the single digits, shared plates around $10, and larger dishes in the mid-teens. So the damage is mild and fair.
The Verdict: Pedrosa has designed a menu that feels like a very unique marriage of (mostly) homespun Latin with elevated pub food, and he pulls it off with both youthful exuberance and professional polish. It seems like a gamble to launch this in the residential area of a neighborhood skewed toward under-grad and early twenty-somethings. But if the returning wave of younger crowds can help foot the bills with strong bar tabs (and they surely will), the rest of us will have a new under-the-radar favorite on our hands.
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Echmiadzin was the capital of Armenia from 184-320AD and remains the spiritual home of the Kotholikos, the head of the Armenian Church.
The church grounds are alive with activity, a testament to unshakeable faith that people should journey from throughout Armenia and the world to be blessed by the Kotholikos and attend service.
There walkways between trees and cross stones on display. Fantastical music emanates from the church. This enormous construction is matched by powerful church music.
Black robed, serious monks move around the grounds, later they will usher the crowds like benevolent bouncers. Inside, chanting from the head monks and choir music are as awe-inspiring as the gilted walls and domed roof of Echmiadzin cathedral.
There are no physical constraints here, no rows of pews like western cathedrals. Instead it's almost as if the church is geared to letting people find their own space to stand and be immersed in their faith and prayers.
The raised altar and jostling crowds await the arrival of the Kotholikos. It's easy to pick the Armenian Diaspora amongst the crowds, many coming form the United States to pay homage.
More moving for me is the family standing across from us: a mother with three sons. The middle boy, barely a teenager has a protective grip on his younger brother who stands in front of him. They look around expectantly.
The music and the excitement fever pitch as the monks gently bid people to step back and create a path for arrival of the Kotholikos.
Finally he arrives amid camera flashes and an excited crowd jostling for a look at this holy man. The Kotholikos touches those nearest him and makes the sign of the cross in blessing to those out of reach.
He comes to the family opposite us and gently blesses each with a touch on their forehead. Mother and sons dissolve into tears, even the protective teenager. Seeing them overwhelmed almost overwhelms me and yet again, for some inexplicable reason, I find myself blinking back tears.
The Kotholikos moves through the crowd and the frenzy calms, as many people head outside to the sunshine. The choir and incantations continue and after a while we politely depart what is sure to be a lengthy service.


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Researchers at the Sainte-Justine University Hospital Center and University of Montreal have identified genetic origins in 10% of an important form of congenital heart diseases by studying the genetic variability within families. "This is more than the sum of the genes found to date in all previous studies, which explained only 1% of the disease, says Dr. Marc-Phillip Hitz, lead author of the study published in PLoS Genetics, under the direction of Dr. Gregor Andelfinger, pediatric cardiologist and principal investigator leading an international research team, who calls this study "a very important step towards a molecular catalog, which ultimately may explain the evolution of disease in individual patients and allow to influence the progression of the disease."
Congenital heart malformations are at the forefront of all malformations in newborns, and one of the most important causes of infant mortality in Western countries. For their study, the researchers focused on malformations of the aortic valve, where familial clustering of cases often suggests a hereditary component. The researchers therefore decided to adopt a "family approach" and selected families with several members having a heart condition, in order to be able to establish a direct link with the disease. Using very strict filtering criteria to identify possible causal copy number variants -a structural form of variation of the genetic makeup that leads to an increase or decrease in the copy number of small parts of DNA within the genome- the researchers retained only rare variants directly involved in the disease processes and causing severe adverse health effects. The variants had to be carried by the patients but not by healthy members of their family. Researchers then validated the identified genes by confirming that they were highly expressed in the developing mouse heart.
The study also noted that many affected patients carried more than one rare variant. This finding had already been made in the context of other congenital diseases. In addition, the study reveals that in the 59 families analyzed, no copy number variants recurred between two families. "Despite the homogeneity of the French-Canadian population as compared to other populations and similarities seen within families, we realize that copy number variants are very different between families with no genealogical connection. From a genetic point of view, the diseases we looked at are a "family affair."
Moreover, although the study focused on the aortic valve area, genes explaining associated conditions have been identified. "It is striking that the majority of the identified genes also play an important role in blood vessels, not just in the valves of the heart," says Dr. Andelfinger. Indeed, the images are of striking clarity: expression patterns of the genes identified selectively stain areas of the heart where lesions are observed. "Numerous patients continue to have problems after successful initial intervention on the aortic valve, such as aortic dilation. Our study sheds new light on the link between the two issues, something we always observed clinically but had a hard time to explain," he concludes.
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They list some of the negative side effects of spanking:
[Emphasis added by us] In their book "Caring for Your School-Age Child: Ages 5 to 12, " they suggest that spanking:
"Prevent violence by setting good examples: Hitting, slapping and spanking teaches children that it is acceptable to hit other people to solve problems. Non-physical forms of discipline work better in the long run. Remember that words can hurt too." 3In their policy statement: "Guidance for Effective Discipline," they define spanking as: "striking a child with an open hand on the buttocks or extremities with the intention of modifying behavior without causing physical injury." Other methods of corporal punishment, including striking a child with a rod, belt, or other object are "...unacceptable and may be dangerous to the health and well-being of the child." They suggest that the effectiveness of spanking as a method of disciplining a child diminishes over time. The only way to maintain its effectiveness is to increase the level of the pain inflicted. This can rapidly escalate into abuse. They suggest that:
Positions taken by members of the Academy:Between 1997-OCT and 1998-MAR, the Academy conduced a mail survey to 1,629 active members, selected at random from their membership lists. They obtained a response rate of 62% which is unusually high for this type of survey. "The survey defined corporal punishment as 'the use of spanking as a form of discipline. It does not include hitting, beating or other actions that might be considered child abuse'." 5 Results were:
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Additional information:Entering the search word spanking into search engine of the AAP's web site at http://www.aap.org returned 155 results as of 2009-MAY-30. Some of them link to interesting reports on long term studies of the relationship between spanking and behavioral problems later in life. References used:The following information sources were used to prepare and update the above essay. The hyperlinks are not necessarily still active today.
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Until the land seizures began, Xue Jinbo was not a particularly notable man and his home of Wukan was not a particularly notable village.
Mr Xue had a small business selling handicrafts in the Chinese fishing community of about 20,000. He had no history of involvement in politics. Wukan, a reasonably well-off place, was not known as a hotbed for radicals.
Then the authorities decided to sell the village's land for development without residents' consent. After months of simmering protests at the imposition, Mr Xue put himself forward as a representative in negotiations that were supposed to bring the crisis to a close.
Instead, Mr Xue died in police custody. The circumstances were murky at best. And yesterday, as his friends, neighbours and fellow-villagers turned out in their thousands to mourn his death on the sixth day since his passing, it was clear that because of Mr Xue, Wukan – which has been surrounded by barricades designed to keep the authorities out as its people voice their fury – had changed for good. The question is: is the village an outlier? Or is it a symbol of a change that is sweeping China?
It isn't easy to predict how the protest will end; certainly there is no dilution of feeling in Wukan, where yesterday, 7,000 people turned out for the funeral. Villagers lined up to make speeches remembering the man who has become a martyr, bowing before his picture and holding up banners that read: "You sacrificed your life for our land" and: "Sadly mourn Xue Jinbo".
One villager, Huang Hancan, told AP that no one believed the official version of events, in which Mr Xue died of a heart attack. "He was killed for struggling to win the land for the villagers. We all cried for him," Huang said. "He must have suffered from mistreatment for a good, healthy man to turn into a dead man just a day after being detained. No doubt, he was beaten to death and everyone can imagine that."
But even if such circumstances are rare, it does seem clear that the protest is part of a broader challenge to the authority of the Communist Party and a compelling new feature in a picture of unrest that blots the landscape despite decades of muscular economic growth. Across the country there are growing signs that the economy may be slowing and this could intensify anti-government sentiment, forcing Beijing to work hard to stop a pressure cooker effect undoing the progress it has made in raising living standards around the country.
While most Chinese people are largely indifferent to calls for more democracy, what does cause huge anger is corruption, especially by Communist Party loyalists.
Corruption is at the heart of the Wukan case and the villagers complain about "land grabs" by corrupt local cadres. The protests were sparked by the seizure of hectares of land and their sale to property developer Country Garden for 1 billion yuan (£100m). Crucially, this is not a dirt-poor village in the dustbowl heartland: it is a prosperous village in Guangdong province, which lies at the heart of the Pearl Delta, the engine of the country's economic boom, that produces nearly one third of products for export.
In this province, which has a dense population of 100 million, demand for land to build factories and housing has led to a sharp increase in the cost of real estate.
By some reckonings, last year there were 280,000 so-called "mass incidents", including petitions, demonstrations and strikes, both peaceful and violent, in China. That's a huge rise on estimates for six years ago, when only around 90,000 such incidents were recorded. In many cases they were linked to anger over corruption and other forms of abuse of power such as illegal land seizures. Many took place in rich provinces such as Guangdong or Zhejiang or near Shanghai, along the southern coast and eastern seaboard. In August, thousands of people took to the streets in the rich north-eastern city of Dalian to protest against a petrochemical plant that recently caused a toxic spill scare and the display of public dissent forced the authorities to order the facility to be closed immediately.
Throughout the Wukan riots, the protesters have focused their anger at the local government and angry mobs have attacked public buildings, including the headquarters of the local Communist Party and a police station.
But as extraordinary as they have been, they are part of a pattern that has existed for years.
In April 2005 I visited the village of Huaxi in Zhejiang province, shortly after 1,500 police took on thousands of villagers trying to block deliveries to and from 13 chemical plants in the village centre. The police were forced out and the scene the day of the Huaxi riot was of overturned cars and police uniforms hung on barricades as trophies.
The feeling was one of euphoria; of possibility.
The Huaxi riots took place after authorities came to destroy roadblocks erected by villagers to stop deliveries to and from the factories. Villagers said the factories were poisoning their crops, causing miscarriages and making their children sick. So the parallels with the current situation are strong. And today, the reaction across the country to events in Wukan, largely evident through microblogs such as Sina Weibo – which is similar to the banned Facebook – has been outraged.
"China is becoming more and more unstable. We need to work hard to strengthen our own culture and ability to achieve things. Don't the children of these officials know about Chinese history or have concerns about China's future?" wrote one microblogger.
Another pointed to the Five Year Plan 2010-2015, which was due to be a period of adjustment.
"Because of extensive development, there are lots of negative effects. The people's hearts have lost stability, the contradiction between the people and the government has been highlighted and the whole of Chinese society has been trapped in a crisis, with a loss of trust and morality. For the past 30 years we competed on scale and speed, for the next 30 years we need strength and quality," they wrote.
For the Communist Party, the key to maintaining control is to stop opposition to its rule becoming coordinated and organised.
The last time the government really marshalled its forces against opposing forces was in the 1990s when the Falun Gong spiritual movement began to organise millions of opponents, and it cracked down harshly on what it sees as an "evil cult".
Now Weibo is seen as a profound threat. Accordingly, the Beijing city government has unveiled rules that require individual users, and indeed corporate users, to register with their real names. They have three months to do so or face the consequences.
The time frame for events to come to a head in Wukan appears to be tighter. Already cracks have begun to appear in the villagers' united front, with reports that some residents have switched sides in exchange for food and cooking oil. The outcome for the ringleaders of the movement is unlikely to be a happy one.
But for now the protest is in full swing – and its proponents' determination to see it through can only be an uncomfortable sight for the authorities. "We want justice from the government," said Huang. "And we will fight to the end."
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Law enforcement officers will guard all polling stations during the Jakarta gubernatorial election.
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This has already been discussed. Search on here for that variable. Product manager's have even commented. I believe that it is being looked into.
Add %userprofile% variable equivalent to Centralized Exceptions prefixes
We are currently experiencing an issue with the Endpoint client, and to troubleshoot, we would like to exclude the C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\UsrClass.dat file from scanning.
The only way to exclude a file from scanning, is to add it with a full path to centralized exception. Since each username has a different path to the Local Settings directory, we cannot do this for 1,000 employees.
Centralized Exceptions currently has prefix variables for All Users directory, but there needs to be an option to exclude each user's profile directory as well.
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This one is already at +45... I'm sure it could use a few more.
It wasnt overlooked. Due to design it was not possible to implement at the time when the initial variables were added. I realize because of the lack of support it is causing a big pain. I do expect to add it in the future. Keep voting on the other thread.
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? More Saints, Theologians, and Hierarchs Respond
Teilhard de Chardin:
The chicken was pursuing a teleological upsurge toward final consumation in the Omega Point of Divine Love.
Flannery O'Connor:
The chicken was struck by a truck while crossing the road, but experienced a flash of grace in the instant of its death. I prefer peacocks anyway.
Thomas Aquinas:
Whether the chicken crossed the road?
Objection: It seems that the chicken did not cross the road, for chickens are accustomed to the farmyards that are the source of their food, and the henhouse that is the source of their rest.
On the contrary, "And God said to Noah, 'Go into the ark, and take with you . . . seven pairs of birds of the air. . . ." -- which could not have been accomplished had the chickens not crossed the road to the ark.
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith:
We don't care why the chicken crossed the road, as long as it had the right of way and crossed in an approved crosswalk.
St. Lawrence of Rome:
Run, chicken, run! Run from the rotisserie!
St. Paul:
Let's just hope that the chicken had a life-changing encounter with the risen Christ along the way.
And the angel of the Lord went before the chicken, and there was a strong wind, and the traffic parted before the chicken, so that it was able to go into the midst of the road, with the traffic forming a wall on the left and a wall on the right, so that the chicken crossed the road safely. The farmer pursued the chicken into the midst of the road, and the angel of the Lord looked down on the chicken, and the traffic closed in on the farmer, so that the chicken did prevail with the help of the Lord.
Father Daniel Berrigan:
Clearly, the chicken crossed the road as a nonviolent protest of the road's implication in the military-industrial complex.
Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments:
We're not sure, but if it was trying to reach across the road to hold hands with another chicken during the Lord's Prayer, we may have to butcher it.
Ad Hoc Committee to Oversee the Use of the Catechism of the Catholic Church:
The Ad Hoc Committee to Oversee the Use of the Catechism of the Catholic Church declares that this joke is not in conformity with the Catechism of the Catholic Church because 1) it lacks Trinitarian organization; 2) it fails to teach about the judgment of all chickens and the real possibility of hell for all chickens; 3) it fails to mention the fallen nature of the chicken; 4) it fails to use the male personal pronoun to refer to God . . . in fact, it doesn't mention God at all. Why we are reviewing this? What was the question again?
...and while we're getting into it, why did the chicken cross the road, anyway?
Who is this who dares darken counsel by asking why the chicken crossed the road? Gird your loins like a man; I will question you, and you will answer me: Where were you when I made the chicken, with its ineffectual yet tasty wings? Did you give the chicken its cluck? Is it by your wisdom that the chicken runs, flapping its wings toward the distant horizon? Did you set the foundations of the earth upon which the road runneth? Answer, for surely you are great in years!
Of what account am I? See, I will lay my hand on my mouth, and ask no more why the chicken crossed the road.
First version of the question here.
Jeff from The Curt Jester adds more here.
Paul from Alive and Young continues the list as well.
Even more from Video Meliora....
And a fantastic one from Lori in the comments of Mark Shea's Catholic and Enjoying It!:
Jesus: "O chicken, why cross the road when you can get under my wings! How often I have longed for it and you would not! Please come to me . . . I know you have free will, but . . . come back, please. . . Hey, look out for that car!"
--And IC peeping in. I thank Sic for his yearly stunning contribution to the blog!
(...perhaps the chicken crossed the road to enjoy Humor-Blogs.com.)
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- CMinor said...
All right. These have to go in the book.
- Allen said...
Another favorite answer of mine:
Jerry Falwell
Because the chicken was gay! Isn't it obvious? Can't you people see the plain truth in front of your face? The chicken was going to the "other side." That's what they call it -- the other side. Yes, my friends, that chicken is gay. And, if you eat that chicken, you will become gay too. I say we boycott all chickens until we sort out this abomination that the liberal media whitewashes with seemingly harmless phrases like "the other side." - 12:51 PM
Those were great, when I got to the response from the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, I was laughing so hard I had tears in my eyes and office mates wondering what the fuss was all about. Thank you for the wit, sic.
- Rufus McCain said...
Great stuff! I like how it culminates in Job's encounter with the living God.
Here's my contribution: Binx Bolling on why the chicken didn't cross the road: He was too sunk in the everydayness of his own life to be aware of the possibility of crossing the road. - 6:15 PM
- Intrepid Mother of the Front Pew Crew said...
I hope that you get your own chapter in the book.
I especially enjoyed the comments by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments! - 8:06 AM
- Sanctus Belle said...
One of your best IC - I linked from my blog here for this post! Thanks!
- Therese Z said...
St. Gerard Majella:
The chicken actually did not cross the road, but the farmer heard that she had, and punished her. The chicken, in the face of barnyard scorn, clung to holy humility and remained silent. Two years later, the farmer learned that the story of crossing was slander and came to the chicken to apologize. The chicken offered it all for the greater glory of God. - 11:55 AM
IC, sorry that I wasn't able to answer your request to publish my contribution until just now. You have my permission. . . retroactively!
Blessed Mother Theresa,Chicken cannot cross a great road,Chicken can only cross a greatroad...Little-ly.
And it came to pass that the chicken, making its way to Jerusalem for the festival, came to buck-buck-buckeee, which being interpreted means, a road, and it not being the road to Jerusalem, it did cross it and set its face to the Jerusalem.
Here endeth the lesson. - 5:23 PM
State Catholic Conference:
The question is not why the chicken crossed the road, but whether doing so again would enhance or diminish the life and dignity of the chicken, how the chicken's actions contribute to the common good, and to what extent the bishops should weigh-in on the chicken's prudential judgment. - 1:36 PM


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Due to its reputation as a luxurious pastime, many people underestimate how demanding golf can be as a sport. It demands flexibility, stability, control and power, as well as strength and technique.
With the huge range of courses across the world, there are countless options for practicing your swing, at home and abroad. As well as more reliable weather, high altitude golfing and tee-ing off in the desert are just a few of the unique and challenging experiences you can find if you go a little further afield.
If you are looking for a little adventure abroad, here are some of the world's most difficult holes to whet your appetite:
Legend Golf and Safari Resort, South Africa – for making an entrance by helicopter and the chance to win $1 million
The 19th hole on this course has been labelled 'extreme' by some of the world's top golfers. Separate from the main golf course on the resort, this hole is situated at the top of a mountain and is only accessible by helicopter, which is provided by the resort. This Par three hole is 430 metres long and the resort is offering a prize of $1 million to anyone who can achieve a hole in one.
Elfego Baca Shootout- a one hole course with unrivalled views of New Mexico
This golfing competition is held annually in Socorro, New Mexico. The shootout is named after the area's former sheriff, Elfego Baca, who had an unorthodox attitude to keeping law and order in the area during the days of the Wild West.
The course only consists of one hole, which is not a hole in the strict sense but a 50ft patch of dirt. This doesn't sound overly difficult but as soon as you prepare to tee off, 2550ft up the side of a mountain, you become a lot less confident. The starting point is three miles from the green and the landscape is so arid and uneven that entrants are allowed to tee up before every shot. The current record for this super long hole is 9 strokes but the score card goes up to 75.
Golden Bell, Augusta USA 12th Hole- to pit yourself against the professionals
Despite being the shortest hole on the course, at 155 yards, hole 12 is rife with difficulty. Sandwiched in between three bunkers and Rae's creek, keeping your ball on this course is one of its main issues. Jack Nicklaus advises golfers to 'aim over that front bunker' when attempting hole 12 so 'that if you come up with a hair short you're in the bunker not the water.' If that wasn't hard enough, hole 12 is plagued by extreme winds and a very slick, fast green.
Cape Kidnapper, New Zealand 15th Hole- a scenic course with a deadly drop
You can take your pick of difficult holes on this course but the 15 stands out as the hardest. You'll need a head for heights to take on this hole; it has a 70ft drop on one side and a 500ft cliff on the other, making it a challenge not to lose your ball for good.
The rest of course at Cape Kidnapper is pretty spectacular, designed by renowned golf architect Tom Doak. It is divided into rocky 'fingers' of land which give the course a rugged appearance and make all the more challenging. Its cliff top location adds some drama to the mix.
Pebble Beach, USA 8th Hole- to golf like the greats
Another tough hole from across the pond is Pebble Beach's 8th. Stunning in appearance, it looks out over Monterey Bay and is famed as much for its beauty as its difficultness. The stretch is 416 yards long and the par four hole is surrounded by cliffs. The course falls off dramatically on the right hand side where the edge of the hole meets the cliffs and shots that go too far right will find a similar fate. In addition, throughout the year the course is battered by strong winds and rain.
If you're planning on booking a flight to pit yourself against some of the world's trickiest golf courses, it's worth considering the cost of taking your golfing equipment on board a flight. Heathrow Parking specialists Purple Parking have put together a golf baggage allowance chart so that you'll have all the information you need when you come to book your flight for your golfing holiday. This can be found at http://www.purpleparking.com/travel-advice/golf-baggage-allowances.


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1. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas In 1971, fuelled by a cornucopia of drugs, Hunter S. Thompson set off for Las Vegas on his "savage journey to the heart of …
02 Mar 2017 • Eleanor Aldridge camera_alt GalleryMore than three million people visit Corsica each year, drawn by the mild climate and some of the most diverse landscapes in all Europe. Nowhere in the Mediterranean has beaches finer than the island's perfect half-moon bays of white sand and transparent water, or seascapes more dramatic than the red porphyry Calanches of the west coast. Even though the annual visitor influx now exceeds the island's population nearly ten times over, tourism hasn't spoilt the place: there are a few resorts, but overdevelopment is rare and high-rise blocks are confined to the main towns.
Bastia, capital of the north, was the principal Genoese stronghold, and its fifteenth-century citadelle has survived almost intact. It's a purely Corsican city, and commerce rather than tourism is its main concern. Also relatively undisturbed, the northern Cap Corse harbours inviting sandy coves and fishing villages such as Macinaggio and Centuri-Port. Within a short distance of Bastia, the fertile region of the Nebbio contains a scattering of churches built by Pisan stoneworkers, the prime example being the Cathédral de Santa Maria Assunta at the appealingly chic little port of St-Florent.
To the west of here, L'Île-Rousse and Calvi, the latter graced with an impressive citadelle and fabulous sandy beach, are major targets for holiday-makers. The spectacular Scandola nature reserve to the southwest of Calvi is most easily visited by boat from the tiny resort of Porto, from where walkers can also strike into the wild Gorges de Spelunca. Corte, at the heart of Corsica, is the best base for exploring the mountains and gorges of the interior which form part of the Parc Naturel Régional that runs almost the entire length of the island.
Sandy beaches and rocky headlands punctuate the west coast all the way down to Ajaccio, Napoleon's birthplace and the island's capital, where pavement cafés and palm-lined boulevards teem with tourists in summer. Slightly fewer make it to nearby Filitosa, greatest of the many prehistoric sites scattered across the south. Propriano, the area's principal resort, lies close to stern Sartène, former seat of the wild feudal lords who once ruled this region and still the quintessential Corsican town.
More megalithic sites lie south of Sartène on the way to Bonifacio, a comb of ancient buildings perched atop furrowed white cliffs at the southern tip of the island. Equally popular, Porto-Vecchio provides a springboard for excursions to the amazing beaches of the south. The eastern plain has less to boast of, but the Roman site at Aléria is worth a visit for its excellent museum.
Set on the western Mediterranean trade routes, Corsica has always been of strategic and commercial appeal. Greeks, Carthaginians and Romans came in successive waves, driving native Corsicans into the interior. The Romans were ousted by Vandals, and for the following thirteen centuries the island was attacked, abandoned, settled and sold as a nation state, with generations of islanders fighting against foreign government. In 1768 France bought Corsica from Genoa, but nearly two-and-half centuries of French rule have had a limited effect and the island's Baroque churches, Genoese fortresses, fervent Catholic rituals and a Tuscan-influenced indigenous language and cuisine show a more profound affinity with Italy.
Corsica's uneasy relationship with the mainland has worsened in recent decades. Economic neglect and the French government's reluctance to encourage Corsican language and culture spawned a nationalist movement in the early 1970s, whose clandestine armed wing – the FLNC (Fronte di Liberazione Nazionale di a Corsica) – and its various offshoots have been engaged ever since in a bloody conflict with the state. The violence seldom affects tourists but signs of the "troubles" are everywhere, from the graffiti-sprayed road signs to the bullet holes plastering public buildings.
Relations between the island's hardline nationalists and Paris may be perennially fraught, but there's little support among ordinary islanders for total independence. Bankrolled by Paris and Brussels, Corsica is the most heavily subsidized region of France. Moreover, Corsicans are exempt from social security contributions and the island as a whole enjoys preferential tax status, with one-third of the permanent population employed in the public sector. Increasingly, nationalist violence is seen as biting the hand that feeds it.
Opinion, however, remains divided on the best way forward for the island. While the centre-Right UMP (Union Pour un Mouvement Populaire) party pushes for an all-out promotion of tourism as a socio-economic cure-all, local nationalist groups resist large-scale development, claiming it will irrevocably damage the pristine environment visitors come to enjoy. Such opposition achieved resounding popular support in the territorial elections of 2010, in which the nationalists gained an historic 35 percent of the vote thanks largely to their anti-development policies. This, however, was not enough to win them control of L'Assemblée Corse, which went by a narrow margin to Paul Giacobbi's centre-Left coalition.
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