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As usual, you'll need piecemontee's Asset Explorer (aka SF4Viewer) and a text editor (I recommend Notepad++; regular Notepad WILL NOT WORK). You'll also probably want a bulk renaming utility, such as the aptly named Bulk Rename Utility. You should also take this opportunity to make backups of any files we plan to edit, as mistakes can render your game unplayable. Repeat: MAKE BACKUPS BEFORE TRYING ANY OF THIS.
NOTE: this is currently a proof of concept.
STEP 1 - Creating our duplicate
The first step to duplicating a character is to make a copy of the target's character folder. For this tutorial, I'll be using Ken as an example. So, navigate to [install dir]\resource\CMN\battle\chara, right-click on the desired character folder, select copy, then right-click elsewhere in the directory and choose 'paste.' You should end up with a folder named '*** - copy.'
Next, rename that folder to a non-conflicting 3-letter prefix that will represent your new character duplicate. In my case, I'm going to use 'KE2.' Note: you must use exactly 3 letters for your prefix or the game will fail to even load.
Once that's done, navigate into your new folder and open your bulk renaming utility. Select all of your files in the folder and rename all of them to match your 3-letter prefix (that is, all of the KEN* files should be renamed to KE2*), then do the same for all of the files in the 'sound' folder (these steps will be different depending on which renaming utility you use, so I'm not going to go over it here).
It should end up looking like this:
Now, we'll need to make duplicate call sounds (*_CAL_*) for each character we expect to partner our duplicate with. For the sake of simplicity, I'm only going to partner KE2 with regular ol' KEN, but if you wanted to be able to partner him/her with any other character, you would need to make calls in each potential partner's 'sound' directory. So, navigate to his folder, go into 'sound' and then make a copy of his *_CAL_KEN_E and ...J files. Rename them to match your duplicate prefex, like this:
Note: Failure to create the proper calls in each partner's sound folder will result in a game crash. (It's interesting that Capcom has these duplicate calls in the first place, suggesting that single-character teams were a possibility at some point).
STEP 2 - Telling the game about our duplicate
SFxT keeps track of the available characters and what to think about them in the const.lua file, located in the [install dir]\resource\CMN\boot\game directory. Make a copy of the file and move it to a directory where you have write permissions, such as your desktop.
Then, open the file in your text editor and you should see a section labeled "charas" at the top of the file. Navigate down to the subsection for your duplicated character (in my case, Ken) and copy everything from his/her subsection, starting with the open-curly-braces (this thing: { ) and ending with close-curly-braces-followed-by-a-comma (this part: }, ).
Now, paste that in (right after the original is fine) and change the first line, labeled "['code']" to your duplicate's code (in my case, KE2). You can change the name here, too, but I don't think it really matters. While we're here, you can also modify anything else you want, such as vitality, "official partner," default voice, etc.
Save the file and replace the original (make a backup first, if you haven't already). Now we're ready for step 3.
STEP 3 - Creating a character select slot
SFxT determines which character slots are available through the selector_layout.emz file, located in the [install dir]\resource\CMN\ui\pre_battle directory. However, if you try to open the file directly, you'll see just a bunch of gibberish because the file is compressed. To decompress it, just open piecemontee's Asset Explorer and drag the file into the left-hand window pane. It will automatically create a backup of the original file (called selector_layout.emz.compressed) in the same directory, which is convenient. Once that is done, open the now-decompressed file in your text editor and it should look something like this:
This grid represents the character select icon grid, and we can use this file to move characters around (in case you want your favorite character to be closer to the top, for instance) or create new slots altogether by overwriting blanks (#BL). You can also remove characters by replacing them with blanks.
As you can see in the above pic, I have already replaced one of the blanks with my duplicated character abbreviation, to the left of the Random Select box. Note: Make sure you place it somewhere adjacent to an existing character or else you won't be able to move the cursor to it (i.e., the far corners are not good spots).
Once you're finished making changes, save the file and replace the original, making sure to back it up first, if you haven't already.
Now we're ready to launch our game. If all goes well, you should see a new character select slot on the character select screen (to the left of the Random box, just as we stipulated in our text file), which is treated as an entirely new character as far as double-picking is concerned:
Some Current Unknowns
First, I don't know how the game determines which character portrait goes into the character select screen, which is why our dupe has a blank box. Second, I don't know why the duped character is positioned strangely when you select him/her (my KE2 always appears hanging off the screen if I select him first for some reason).
If you figure out anything cool, please leave a comment.
Have fun, share your work and ALWAYS MAKE BACKUPS.
UPDATE - Robhal figured out the missing files to make the duplicated characters usable in vs. and story modes:
And now these my instructions below are continuation from hunterk's method above, to be able to play the duplicated character in Arcade and Versus mode.
1. Go to folder "\Street Fighter X Tekken\stream\CMN\battle\chara", right-click on the desired character folder, select copy, then right-click elsewhere in the directory and choose 'paste.' You should end up with a folder named '*** - copy.' Next, rename that folder to a non-conflicting 3-letter prefix that will represent your new character duplicate. In this case, 'KE2'. Then navigate into the new folder and rename all the files (just two files) to match your 3-letter prefix (that is, all of the KEN* files should be renamed to KE2*).
2. Go to folder "\Street Fighter X Tekken\resource\CMN\ui\battle\comment\cmt", copy the desired character file (in here, KEN.cmt) and rename it to 'KE2.cmt'. OPTIONAL: You may also move the file 'KE2.cmt' to folder "\Street Fighter X Tekken\patch\CMN\ui\battle\comment\cmt" for easier maintenance.
3. Go to folder "\Street Fighter X Tekken\resource\ENG\ui\battle\comment", copy the desired character file (in here, KEN.m4s) and rename it to 'KE2.m4s'. OPTIONAL: You may also move the file 'KE2.m4s' to folder "\Street Fighter X Tekken\patch\ENG\ui\battle\comment" for easier maintenance.
4.Go to folder "\Street Fighter X Tekken\resource\ENG\ui\battle\subtitle", copy the desired character file (in here, KEN.m4s) and rename it to 'KE2.m4s'. OPTIONAL: You may also move the file 'KE2.m4s' to folder "\Street Fighter X Tekken\patch\ENG\ui\battle\subtitle" for easier maintenance.
1. In any battle, when the duplicated character use the Cross Rush (ABC Launcher), he/she still has that zoom-in camera animation.
2. In battle with intro, the duplicated character has a weird subtitle. And in the winning screen, the duplicated character has a blank comment.
3. You can't view the quickcombo preview, the trial, and the command list of the duplicated character, otherwise it will fall back to title screen.
4. When you play the Arcade mode, make sure you pick the duplicated character as 2nd character (tag partner). The reason is if you pick the duplicated character as 1st character and when you defeat the final boss (either Akuma or Ogre), after the credit screen, it will fall back to title screen. --> (I haven't found the solution to this issue yet)


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The Kepler Mission
The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) is the data archive center for NASA's Kepler mission, a spacecraft that is undertaking a survey for Earth-size planets in our region of the galaxy. The spacecraft sent its first raw science data to STScI on June 19. The Institute's role is to convert the raw science data into files that can be analyzed by Kepler researchers and to store the files every three months in an archive.
The Space Telescope Science Institute is operated for NASA by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., Washington, D.C. Kepler is a NASA Discovery mission. NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., is the home organization of the science principal investigator and is responsible for the ground system development, mission operations, and science data analysis. NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., managed the Kepler mission development. Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. of Boulder, Colo., was responsible for developing the Kepler flight system and is supporting mission operations.
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Just Good Friends Classic TV Show
Vince Pinner (Paul Nicholas) was set to marry Penny Warrinder (Jan Francis) but ended up getting cold feet and leaved her at the altar five years later they meet again and fall in love and then in the end get married.
Just Good Friends Fan Tributes9 Jamie from Cliburn, Cumbria: The script is so funny it is as good today as it was back in 1983-86.
Jan Francis is every man's wet dream. Spotted her last week on the telly in the five day drama "Collision on ITV. It has been a long time since I have seen her on the telly in anything. She may have aged, at least she did not get all that plastic surgery that sad stars tend to do.
I am glad to see that she is growing old gracefully.
Always loved you Jan. C'est la vie
8 WandA from London: Love this to bits and had a very heavy crush on Jan Francis(pen), me and my partner(just introduced her to it), loves it to bits and if ever she reads this, we both represent the characters, and i love you as much as they love each other, whatever may happen, we will always end up together, always love you Pen, yours Vince (gongoloo).
For everyone else, this is the best and watching this brings back the fond memories of yesteryear and away from the cruel world we live in.
7 marc tait from dundee scotland: A truly fantastic comedy in the bitter sweet british way this type of sitcom will never come round again its so unique it is strictly a one off, my fav episode was when vince met graham in the restaurant and challenged him and graham backed down and the comment ! u know wot a vegan is dont u vince? and he replied of course i do ive never missed an episode of star trek! simple but genuis comedy. marc.
6 sheri from Birmingham: This was a great show and I was excited when they bought out the DVD box set of the first 2 series I just really hope that they can bring out series 3 and the special they did I would love to get my hands on the whole set.
5 from: i agree. His smile was so nice. and he was so cute. I loved how he had a go at her mother. Paul Nicholas was a brilliant actor.
4 jacqui c-w from bournemouth: You wanted to dis-like Vince but no matter how hard you tried you couldnt. The smile and his clever way with words won you over as indeed they did Penny. I just adored Vinces mum Rita and her attitude to life.
3 Sue from Liverpool: There was amazing chemistry between these two characters. I was a teenager at the time and it was very exciting to watch how the couple interacted. It was part soap, part comedy, part drama. I think it was hugely underrated.
2 Emma Brooks from: even though i was only born when this class prog finished i think it is brill
1 Emma Brooks from Middlesbrough: i really love this prog especially when Vince gets drunk.
Just Good Friends
Genre: Sitcom
Year: 1983-86
Paul Nicholas is Vince Pinner
Jan Francis is Penny Warrender
Sylvia Kay is Daphne Warrender
John Ringham is Norrman Warrender
Ann Lynn is Rita Pinner
Adam French is Clifford Pinner
Shaun Curry is Les Pinner
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* Flower Girl Headband + Rings *
* Dolly Dress *
Dress / Accessories / Photography: Flutterbydaisy
Model / MUA: Sophie Cash
What to do with all those baskets of lace and cotton - tea stained, hand dyed, ruffled and ready to wear in your hair: new Flutterbydaisy accessories to match your dresses. Find them in my shop very soon, many more plans to follow too. It's busy days in my little world, but quiet - so I'm happy Sophie came to play...
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* Flower Girl Hair Clips * Dolly Dress *
* Flower Girl Rings *
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...we played at nature, this is our favourite... plum, flowers, burnt orange, butterflies, sea green velvet and berries. Magpies make funny noises and I almost became road kill. I like Autumn.
Here are some more Autumn delights from the wonderful world of Etsy...
Tales From The Treehouse
He sat for a long time, he looked me in the eye and told me he came because you're over there so he thought he would keep me company just for a moment or two and then he went away...
... flew away, on his merry way and I was left still here while you are both flying. It does not seem real anymore; my hands or face. I want to run, but don't own a compass - maybe that's the point. I miss you, and love you more than butterflies and compasses.


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What Many Should Know About China's Web Users
Mobile devices account for 30% of all video views in China—so the biggest challenge for the YouTube-like Tudou, founder Gary Wang says, is ensuring the best mobile experience. WSJ's Deborah Kan asks Mr. Wang about mobile moneymaking models.
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UOWmail: Office 365
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Office 365 provides 25GB storage for email and calendar services. For current students there is also access to additional services including Onedrive which gives you 5TB of cloud storage and Office Online, Lync (Skype) for IM and online meetings, and SharePoint Online for online collaboration with wikis, blogs and libraries. As well as Office Online current students are also able to install Microsoft Office for Free on up to 5 devices.
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Although Picasso seems to have continued his creative output pretty much uninterrupted, the conflict nonetheless did present him with a number of growing inconveniences as the war progressed. He was forced to abandon his apartment at rue La Boetie for much smaller quarters at rue des Grands-Augustins, where he resorted to turning his bathroom into a sculpture studio. And even there, in spite of a big, brand-new stove, he had to spend much of his time in the neighbourhood cafes just to keep warm. There was a severe shortage of fuel. There was also the problem of his extended family. Picasso chose to stay in Paris to be with his mistress, Dora Maar, leaving his other mistress, Maria-Therese and their daughter, Maia, in Royan. Meanwhile, his estranged wife, Olga and their son, Paulo, remained in the south of France.
By the 1940s, Picasso was something of an international celebrity, which may account for the reason he survived the war relatively unscathed. He was wealthy by this time too, which certainly is no liability in times of war. Still, the war was not without a great deal of emotional trauma as he saw his Jewish friends either killed or hauled off to concentration camps where they more often died of malnutrition and disease than execution. Others were killed fighting in the French Resistance. And yet, his studio was something of a tourist attraction for occupying German soldiers. Picasso even handed out autographed postcards of his most famous painting, Guernica, as souvenirs. A German officer is said to have studied the image and asked, "Did you do this?" Picasso replied, "No, you did."
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When domestic chores beckon – when there are dinners to cook, dishes to wash, diapers to change, and dust bunnies to chase – who's doing the work?
Increasingly the answer is: men. After decades of collective sighs from women that husbands and fathers aren't doing their part on the home front, old stereotypes are crumbling. More men are sharing housework and childcare, and doing it not grudgingly but willingly, according to a largely optimistic study released by the Council on Contemporary Families at the University of Illinois, Chicago.
"Men and women may not be fully equal yet, but the rules of the game have been profoundly and irreversibly changed," says Scott Coltrane, a sociologist at the University of California, Riverside, and coauthor of the study. This is true not only for younger couples who begin their relationship with more flexible ideas about gender, but also for older couples where the wife has worked long enough to change her husband's values and behavior. The longer a wife is employed, the more housework her husband does.
Since the 1960s, men's contribution to housework has doubled, increasing from about 15 percent to more than 30 percent of the total, the study reports. "Women are still doing twice as much as men, but it's very much more a partnership these days," Professor Coltrane says. Between 1965 and 2003, men also tripled the amount of time they spent caring for children.
"As far as housework and chores go, my husband and I have a simple philosophy: If we see that something needs to be done, do it," says Silvana Clark, an author and professional speaker in Bellingham, Wash. "He's changed diapers, put bows in our daughter's hair for dance recitals, and scrubbed toilets. Plus he's a great cook."
The couple's equal-opportunity approach to domesticity extends outside the house as well. "I mow the lawn when I have time or take the cars in for an oil change," Mrs. Clark says. In their 31 years of marriage, she can't remember fighting over chores. "It seems common courtesy; it shouldn't be a problem."
Housework used to be a topic of dissension for Donna Maria Coles Johnson and her husband, Darryl, of Charlotte, N.C. After she explained that the house would run more smoothly if they both committed to certain chores, "We were able to sit down and come up with some processes," she says. Now they take turns cleaning up the kitchen after dinner and putting their two children to bed.
Mrs. Johnson also believes in training the next generation to help. "Our 6-year-old daughter sweeps, and our 4-year-old son takes out the recyclables," she says. "Both of the kids clean up the family room."
Another study of more than 17,000 people in 28 countries finds that married men do less housework than live-in boyfriends. "Marriage as an institution seems to have a traditionalizing effect on couples, even couples who see men and women as equal," says Shannon Davis, a sociologist at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., and coauthor of the study.
Allison Peltz of Cleveland, who shares an apartment with her boyfriend, says he does most of the cleaning: "He's very into vacuuming, dusting, and keeping all things neat and tidy. A lot of my friends who are married or living together have husbands or boyfriends who also do a lot of the cleaning."
David Gonnerman of Northfield, Minn., divides the chores fairly equally with his wife, Kasia. Both like to cook, although she does most of it. He does the dishes and most of the laundry. He pays the bills and shuttles their two sons to activities.
But some couples still struggle. Belinda Rachman, a divorce attorney in Carlsbad, Calif., calls housework one of the few unresolved areas in her own marriage of more than 20 years.
"Neither of us wants to clean," she says. "We end up doing a big clean when we know we are going to have visitors but pretty much letting things go to pot the rest of the time."
Despite progress, nobody pretends the domestic revolution is over yet. Even when men do their fair share, women often still find themselves playing the role of household CEO. "I am the one who monitors what needs to be done and sees that it happens," says Mary Ellen Amtower of Highland, Md.
Different standards also present challenges. Paul Davis of Orlando, Fla., shares the housework but acknowledges that his wife does "a substantial bit more" than he does, in part because of his demanding workload. He adds, "My wife is quite the perfectionist, which means that even when I do household chores she may complain about how I did it and thereafter do it herself."
Then there is the tricky little matter of couples' perceptions of who does what. In a survey on changing gender roles by the Harrison Group, a large number of men say they share responsibility for certain day-to-day tasks. Their wives counter that the responsibility falls solely on them.
Whatever the reality, one thing is certain: Dust cloths, vacuums, washers, and cleaning supplies show no sign of becoming obsolete, giving couples plenty of opportunity to decide who will use them. As Clark says, "We feel we both live in this house, so we both need to work together on chores."


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Orbit Publishing needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 172 designs submitted by 44 freelance designers.
Our goal is to become the one stop shopping place for consumers that want their ebooks and/or reports fast, affordable, and to the point. We will cover a huge array of topics, all encompassed under one brand.
Our target audience are consumers of all ages that want to find out about various topics, whether it is health, finance, fun, cruising, cooking, hobbies etc.. These customers want to get the information they are seeking in a short and to the point type format.
We are looking to have a fun, creative logo created that plays on the word "Skinny" (but this is NOT About Diets)
We are envisioning the word Skinny done in thin font (but still easy to read), to emphasize the skinny nature of the reports. Possibly even using a measuring tape around it. At the same time, feel free to be creative and venture away from the measuring tape and font aspect if you have a different idea.
The point we are wanting to make is along the lines of "All Facts, No Filler" about the information contained in each report.
We want to stay away from:
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We'd like to have the logo delivered as a layered PSD file.
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We are looking for a logo that communicates who we are which is a portal/community/store for socially (sweatshop-free), and ecologically conscious and recycled clothing i.e Sustainable Clothing. I would like the two words (Urban and Pueblo) to be differenciated stylistically but the graphical image component should speak to who we are and not the paradox of the name as previously stated.
We currently have a website that sells a limited line of track jackets and hoodies , but we are launching an entirely new website both in concept and appearance. The new website (for which this logo is being designed) is for an online web-portal/community dedicated to sweat-free, ecologically produced and also RECYLED clothing using the same name and web address. The new template for the new website is http://demo.urbanpueblo.info- If you want to display your logo on our website to show us how it would look- this is the website that you should use.We are thinking that the logo will look best in BLACK and will provide us with the greatest versatility if it is black, though our website will have a green header bar so we are open to having a bit of green. Click on the link above to see the tone of green that I am referring to.
1. Must have our name UrbanPueblo written in a way that contrasts both words. Feel free to write one word in all caps.2. Must communicate our identity
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- Item 1...- we don't want dot com (.com) in our logoAs long as it meets all of the above requirements we are open to your creativity.


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It seems like I've been slacking a lot on the blogging side of things and to my defence, it is all for this one big project that my partner and I have been planning for the past half year, pretty much the biggest and precious thing in my life right now: )
This is: APPAREL AFTER DARK.
Apparel After Dark is co-created by me and my best friend of nearly 10 years since high school, Agnes Kartikasari. This brand is basically focused on creating simple quality pieces that are long lasting and versatile; meaning that you could literally mix and match anything out of the collection together and it'll still have our brand's character. Our collection will have printed t-shirts, sweaters and matching sport pants that are unisex, but our ladies wear section is filled with structured skirts and pants, casual shirts, a lot of crops and a lot of faux leather!
What is street wear?
The term street wear itself means, just the different eclectic styles that we find on people around the world. All these people (including you) have different upbringings, culture, inspirations and people they look up to thus, creating an endless mix of wardrobe that's special in its own way. We know that street wear could mean anything and it is obviously a huge term to put under a brand but we are a street wear brand according to Apparel After Dark. This is how we see street wear and this is our character.
Apparel After Dark will be holding a launch party: Fashion Showcase on the 22nd of February 2014 next month and we would love you to come out and join this celebration of apparel beauty! (This event is invitation only)
I'm giving away 10 invites and 1 AAD t-shirt I'm wearing here to all of my very lovely readers out there! All you have to do is follow these 2 simple steps:
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by roberta naas | January 30, 2013 |
Watches & Jewelry
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: From Jaeger-LeCoultre, this Memovox Master ($21,900) is crafted
in 18k rose gold and houses the mechanical automatic winding Caliber 956, with 268
parts. It offers hour, minute, seconds, date, and alarm. From Vulcain, the
limited-edition '50s Presidents Herbie Hancock watch ($21,450) is created in an
exclusive partnership with the jazz pianist. Made in 18k gold, the mechanical alarm
watch houses the Vulcain Cricket V-16 caliber, whose alarm function sounds for
approximately 20 seconds. This boutique-exclusive Breguet
Marine Royale watch ($46,300) houses an alarm that works underwater at depths of
up to 300 meters. It is equipped with an alarm and power reserve indicator for the
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There is something uniquely engaging about a watch that offers sound. In today's world, we are so comfortable with a simple glance at the wrist to see the time that when a watch emits a beautiful tone it will make a strong impression. Such is the case with mechanical alarm watches—highly functional timepieces housing extra parts that make it possible to sound an audible tone at a preset time.
"Mechanical alarm watches are fantastic tools, especially for the busy traveler," says Mark Wasserman, president of Vulcain USA. "They can be used in place of keeping your cell phone on all night in a hotel or needing to ask for wake-up calls, and they are reliable because they are mechanical functions that don't rely or depend on a battery."
Long a function reserved for clocks, the alarm sound was miniaturized and perfected enough to fit into a wristwatch just about a century ago. Eterna Watch Company patented the first alarm wristwatch in 1908, though it didn't go into production until 1914.
In 1956, Jaeger-LeCoultre released the world's first automatic alarm watch, the Memovox (which has since become an icon for the brand), and several top Swiss watchmakers followed suit. Today, just a few watch brands build mechanical alarm wristwatches because of the many inherent difficulties in their production.
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Celtic music is generally associated with Ireland and Scotland, but an equally rich musical heritage can be found in Brittany [Bretagne], the northwest peninsula of France which lies just south of the British Isles. Settled by Celts after the withdrawal of the Roman legions, this region managed to preserve its unique language and culture into the twentieth century. After World War I, traditional Breton music began to disappear, only to be revived in the '50s and '60s through music festivals and evening dances known as fest-noz. The primary instruments of dance music at that time were the biniou, a shrill one-droned bagpipe unique to Brittany, and the bombarde, a double-reeded oboe with a trumpet-like sound. In the early '70s, singer and composer Alan Stivell initiated a renaissance of Breton music, reviving interest in the Celtic harp and exposing a new generation to the complex and beautiful music of Brittany. One of the young French musicians who was introduced to Breton music at this time was Christian LeMaître.
A quarter century later, Christian is recognized as the leading authority on Breton fiddling. His bands Kornog and Pennou Skoulm were among the most influential of the folk music revival, reestablishing a role for the fiddle, flute, and guitar. At the time of this interview, he was finishing up a tour with the Celtic Fiddle Festival, a true "supergroup" that also featured Irish fiddle master Kevin Burke, Scottish wizard Johnny Cunningham, and Soïg Siberil, one of the pioneers of Breton guitar accompaniment. In this interview, Christian retraces his efforts to bring the fiddle back into Breton music and gives us an introduction to the complexities of Brittany's dance repertoire.
How did you get started playing Breton music on the violin?
It was a long time ago, the time of Stivell, the early '70s. In fact, my first tunes were American tunes, Cajun. Then the first records of Irish music arrived. I found one called Paddy in the Smoke, which was fiddlers from London. This was my first record of Irish music on the fiddle. And then in '75 there was the first record of the Bothy Band. It was a revelation for me! In Brittany, there was a fiddler playing with Alan Stivell. And there were some bands like Bleizi Ruz, who had a fiddler in the band. But it was more accompaniment than playing the lead or going into the style as a melodist. The real start was with the band Kornog, with Jean-Michel Veillon on the flute. When we started Kornog, it was one of the first bands to try to preserve this style. After a year or two we formed another which is called Pennou Skoulm. This band was only for playing fest-noz for dancing. This was the very first band to play in a fest-noz without a bombarde. We were two fiddles, Jackie Molard and I, and flute, guitar. We founded that because we said, why not try it? And it was a success.
The Breton music has plenty of different styles. Each small area has its own style of music and its own dancing. There are plenty of them, so the only way to play them correctly is to see how people do them and to know the dance. The traditional musicians and singers, the bombarde and biniou players, the old ones only knew the music from their own area. Fifteen years ago, in many places, the people danced only the dances of their own area. Now for the younger people, the musicians have to know all the styles. Developing the fiddle is mostly from the singing tradition. Also, there are some connections with the small bagpipe and the bombarde. I'm sure you know the connection with the fiddle and the pipes in Ireland and Scotland, so with me, the fiddler should hear also the biniou, which is the small bagpipe, and take some of it.
Did you grow up in Brittany?
No, in Paris. There is a place in Paris which is called Ty-Jos, and there I met a fiddler who was playing with Stivell. And I was going often to Brittany, where I knew some very good singers, bombarde and biniou players, and I was fascinated with the way they were playing. The bombarde player was improvising tunes; he was an inspiration. I met also Alan Kloater, who had played with Stivell in Dublin. He was a bombarde player who also played the uilleann pipes. He was sure in that period, which was about 1980, that it was not possible to play Breton music on those instruments -- uilleann pipes, fiddle or flute.
Why did he think that?
He was [a] pessimist! It had not already been done.
It hadn't? I have a record in my collection that is all traditional fiddle music from Brittany.
Oh, yes. This is very different. There are two very different traditions in Brittany -- western Brittany and eastern Brittany. There is a limit of the Breton language, which is in the West. After this, the traditional language is called Gallo. And the musical tradition there is originally from French sources. And then you have an area called Poitevin, around Poitiers. And the music from eastern Brittany comes from here also, and the songs are in French and there is a big tradition of fiddle. They (traditional fiddlers) are still alive but most of them haven't played for a long time. There is a tradition of hurdy-gurdy and accordion, but it is a completely different kind of music from the western part. Myself, I play almost nothing from the east of Brittany.
Even though they have more fiddlers there?
Yes, it's funny because it's not bad music but I don't have a big interest in it. Have you heard of Archetype? It was a band with six fiddlers from Brittany, with a cello and double bass and we played some tunes from eastern Brittany. Sometimes in festivals, we played for the dance called schottische and there are polkas and things like this, which are more influenced [by non-local musical trends] than the music of western Brittany, which is totally original and special.
Did western Brittany ever use the violin or was it never a part of their traditional music?
In the '50s, when some people wanted to make a record of Breton music, what was left at that moment was only singing and bombarde, biniou, and accordion. Many accordion players could play waltzes and tangos, and then they'd play the gavottes. But as for the fiddle, there is nothing positive left about it. The only thing we know is from books. French writers mention that they saw fiddle players in Brittany. There are plenty of reports of this, and pictures, too -- drawings, and some statues you'll see in churches.
Did you find that some of the same tunes from western Brittany were also played in Ireland and Scotland, or were the repertoires completely different?
It was completely different. In western Brittany, the structure of the music is completely original. Most of the tunes are very intricate with the dance, and you have several musical phrases. The gavotte is eight beats and every beat has its own function for the dance and its own way of being played. It has nothing to do with Irish and Scottish music.
[For the full text of this interview, as well as transcriptions of four Breton tunes as played by Christian, purchase the Summer 2001 issue of Fiddler Magazine!]
[Peter Anick, co-author of Mel Bay's "Old Time Fiddling Across America," plays fiddle with the Massachusetts bluegrass band Wide Open Spaces (www.wideospaces.com).]
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Conservative Media Dismiss Akin "Rape" Comments As "Dumb," But Rhetoric Is Reflected In GOP Policies
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Right-wing media figures have downplayed and dismissed Republican Congressman Todd Akin's controversial remarks on rape and abortion, calling them "dumb" and a distraction. But Akin's rhetoric is reflected in actual policies pushed by conservatives.
Todd Akin: It's "Really Rare" For "Legitimate Rape" Victims To Become Pregnant
Todd Akin: "If It's A Legitimate Rape, The Female Body Has Ways To Try To Shut That Whole Thing Down." During an interview with local St. Louis TV station KTVI, Akin claimed that it's "really rare" for women subjected to "legitimate rape" to become pregnant:
AKIN: First of all, from what I understand from doctors [pregnancy from rape] is really rare. If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. But let's assume that maybe that didn't work, or something. You know, I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be on the rapist and not attacking the child. [KTVI-St. Louis, 8/20/12]
Akin Later Claimed That His Remarks Were "Off-The-Cuff" And That He "Misspoke." Following outrage over his comments, Akin subsequently released a statement in which he called his remarks "off-the-cuff" and claimed he "misspoke":
As a member of Congress, I believe that working to protect the most vulnerable in our society is one of my most important responsibilities, and that includes protecting both the unborn and victims of sexual assault. In reviewing my off-the-cuff remarks, it's clear that I misspoke in this interview and it does not reflect the deep empathy I hold for the thousands of women who are raped and abused every year. Those who perpetrate these crimes are the lowest of the low in our society and their victims will have no stronger advocate in the Senate to help ensure they have the justice they deserve.
I recognize that abortion, and particularly in the case of rape, is a very emotionally charged issue. But I believe deeply in the protection of all life and I do not believe that harming another innocent victim is the right course of action. I also recognize that there are those who, like my opponent, support abortion and I understand I may not have their support in this election. [KTVI-St. Louis, 8/20/12]
Akin: "This Weekend I Made A Mistake. I Used The Wrong Words In The Wrong Way." On August 20, Akin released another statement in which he said he "used the wrong words in the wrong way" and apologized: "This weekend I made a mistake. I used the wrong words in the wrong way. What I said was ill-conceived and it was wrong and for that I apologize. I'm a dad of two daughters and I want tough justice for sexual predators and I've always had a compassionate heart for the victims of sexual assault." [Todd Akin for U.S. Senate, 8/20/12]
Conservative Media Figures Dismissed Akin's Comments As "Dumb" And A Distraction
Erick Erickson: Akin "Made A Very Dumb Statement And Dumb Statements Are Salvageable." Discussing whether Akin would continue his candidacy for Senate, CNN contributor Erick Erickson repeatedly called Akin's "legitimate rape" remarks "dumb," saying at one point, "I think Todd Akin made a very dumb statement and dumb statements are salvageable." From CNN:
ERICKSON: I think it was a dumb statement, poorly chosen words. There are a lot of pro-lifers who believe that there shouldn't be a rape exception -- he's one of them. I understand it, though. I tend to disagree myself on that particular exception.
ERICKSON: I think Todd Akin made a very dumb statement and dumb statements are salvageable. But I don't think, given the pile-on by the Republican Party today, that he can survive this, because you have an entire party throwing him under the bus. [CNN, The Situation Room, 8/20/12]
Pat Robertson: "He Made A Dumb Remark, So Don't We All?" On his Christian Broadcasting Network show, Pat Robertson dismissed Akin's comments, saying:
ROBERTSON: So, he screwed up. He made a dumb remark, so don't we all? And it's a time to say, OK, Todd, you apologized, you misspoke, and let's get on with life, let's run the campaign. I mean, you know, the [unintelligible] you know, former circular firing squad and go after each other. Not smart. [Christian Broadcasting Network, The 700 Club, 8/21/12]
Dana Loesch: Akin "Failed A Soundbite." CNN contributor Dana Loesch repeatedly downplayed Akin's comments, writing on Twitter that Akin "was trying to fit medical explanation into a soundbite" and that he "failed a soundbite":
[Twitter, 8/19/12, via Media Matters]
Ann Coulter: "More People Are Killed In Drive-By Shootings In Chicago Every Year." In a Human Events column, conservative commentator and frequent Fox News guest Ann Coulter claimed that the "point I believe Akin was ultimately driving at was that this is a teeny-tiny percentage of all abortions, so why are we spending all our time taking about it?" She continued:
How about saying: "Yes, it's still a life, but more people are killed in drive-by shootings in Chicago every year. You give us the 2 million abortions that aren't a result of rape and incest and we'll give you the few thousand that are."
Instead, Akin rambled about "legitimate rape" -- violating an ironclad rule of politicians that the word "legitimate" should never appear within 15 yards of the word "rape." And he talked about the medical possibility of becoming pregnant from a single traumatizing rape. [Human Events, 8/20/12]
David Catanese: Akin "Meant To Convey There's Less Chance Of Getting Pregnant If Raped." Discussing Akin's comments on his Twitter feed, Politico reporter David Catanese dismissed the growing outrage and proceeded to defend Akin "for argument's sake." Catanese wrote that Akin "meant to convey that there's less chance of getting pregnant if raped" and that if "a woman was REALLY raped, it's statistically less likely for her to get pregnant." He added: "What's the science?" Catanese later called his exchanges on Twitter a "bad idea." [Twitter, 8/20/12, via Media Matters]
Mike Huckabee: Rape Is "Inexcusable And Indefensible," But Sometimes Victims Give Birth To People Who Go On To Do "Extraordinary Things." Discussing the controversy with Akin on his radio show, Fox News host Mike Huckabee deflected from Akin's comments by saying that women who are raped sometimes give birth to people who "are able to do extraordinary things":
HUCKABEE: That's one of the things that people have said is that it is medically incorrect to say that if you are raped, that you won't have a pregnancy because obviously there are a number of people -- Ethel Waters, for example, is the result -- was the result of a forcible rape.
I used to work for James Robison back in the 1970s. He leads a large Christian organization. He, himself, was the result of a forcible rape. And you know, so, I know it happens, and yet even from those horrible, horrible tragedies of rape, which are inexcusable and indefensible, life has come, and sometimes, you know, those people are able to do extraordinary things. [Cumulus Media Network, The Mike Huckabee Show, 8/20/12]
NRO's Charmaine Yoest: Children Of Rape Victims "Are Vibrant Reminders Of The Truth That Life Has Value, No Matter Its Beginnings." In a National Review Online post, contributor Charmaine Yoest, president and CEO of pro-life group Americans United for Life, deflected from the Akin controversy by saying that children conceived from rape "are vibrant reminders of the truth that Life has value, no matter its beginnings." She wrote:
Lost in the controversy and political fallout over Representative Todd Akin's comments about a rape exception to abortion is the fact that the most eloquent defenders of the value of every human life are people like my friends Ryan Bomberger and Rebecca Kiessling, both of whom were conceived in rape. Today Ryan and Rebecca are vibrant reminders of the truth that Life has value, no matter its beginnings.
There is no doubt that violence against women is a tragedy and there is real suffering surrounding this issue. There should never be any confusion about that point, particularly in this politically charged environment where the abortion lobby has succeeded in framing their messaging around the so-called War on Women meme. [National Review Online, 8/21/12]
Conservative Rhetoric Reflected In Actual GOP Policies On Rape And Women's Reproductive Choices
CNN: Republican Party Official 2012 Platform Includes "Constitutional Ban On Abortion" With No Rape Exception. As reported by CNN, the Republican Party's official 2012 platform calls for a constitutional ban on all abortions, with no exceptions for rape or incest or to save a woman's life. From CNN:
Republicans drafting their party's official policy platform on Tuesday ratified a call for a Constitutional ban on abortion that makes no exceptions for rape or incest.
The vote to endorse the party's long-standing opposition to abortion and support for a "human life amendment" took place at a meeting of the GOP's official platform committee in Tampa, the site of next week's Republican National Convention.
The party's official stance on abortion was approved after just a few minutes of discussion. The language in the platform must be voted on before the full Republican Convention next week, though Republicans say it is all but certain to pass.
"Faithful to the 'self-evident' truths enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, we assert the sanctity of human life and affirm that the unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed," the platform language declares. "We support a human life amendment to the Constitution and endorse legislation to make clear that the Fourteenth Amendment's protections apply to unborn children." [CNN, 8/21/12]
Boston Globe: Paul Ryan And Most Of House GOP Co-Sponsored A Bill That Would Have Redefined Rape. The Boston Globe wrote that "Mitt Romney and Congressman Paul Ryan say they disagree with Missouri Representative Todd Akin's opposition to abortions for rape victims, but Akin's reference Sunday to 'legitimate rape' recalled the 'forcible rape' language contained in a bill Ryan co-sponsored last year." The Globe continued:
Last year, Ryan joined Akin as one of 227 co-sponsors of a bill that narrowed an exemption to the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits federal funding for abortions. The Hyde Amendment allows federal dollars to be used for abortions in cases of rape and incest, but the proposed bill -- authored by New Jersey Representative Christopher H. Smith -- would have limited the incest exemption to minors and covered only victims of "forcible rape."
House Republicans never defined what constituted "forcible rape" and what did not, but critics of the bill suggested the term could exclude women who are drugged and raped, mentally handicapped women who are coerced, and victims of statutory rape.
The "forcible" qualifier was eventually removed before the bill passed the House last May. The Democrat-controlled Senate did not vote on the measure. [The Boston Globe, 8/20/12]
Republican House Sought To Pass Anti-Abortion Bill That Would Not Include Exception For Rape. An August 20 Politico article pointed out that both Akin and Ryan sponsored GOP-led legislation called the "Sanctity of Human Life Act," which "empowers the federal and state governments" to ban abortion and "makes no exception for rape." From Politico:
Like Akin, Ryan is a co-sponsor of the "Sanctity of Human Life Act," a so-called personhood measure that defines life as beginning at "fertilization, cloning or its functional equivalent" and empowers the federal and state governments to pass laws to protect life from that point on. The bill makes no exception for rape. [Politico, 8/20/12]
GOP House Tried To Pass Bill That Sought A Ban On Abortions In DC After 20 Weeks Even In Cases Of Rape. House Republicans tried to pass the "District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act," which would have banned abortions in Washington, D.C., after 20 weeks of pregnancy, but it was voted down after failing to gain the two-thirds majority it needed to pass. As Politico reported, it would have "criminalized abortions after 20 weeks even in cases of rape, incest, and fetal abnormalities":
The restriction would not apply in situations where the life of the mother was threatened but it would criminalize abortions after 20 weeks even in cases of rape, incest and fetal abnormalities. Doctors would face up to two years of jail time and fines for not complying with the law. [Politico, 7/31/12]
GOP House Passed Bill That Would Allow Hospitals To Refuse To Perform Abortions, Even To Save A Woman's Life. In October 2011, House Republicans passed the "Protect Life Act," which will make it legal for hospitals morally opposed to abortion to deny to perform the procedure even in cases to save a woman's life. As The Huffington Post reported:
H.R. 358, introduced by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-Pa.), goes beyond the issue of taxpayer dollars to place actual limits on the way a woman spends her own money. The bill would prevent a woman from buying a private insurance plan that includes abortion coverage through a state health care exchange, even though most insurance plans currently cover abortion.
An even more controversial aspect of the bill would allow hospitals that are morally opposed to abortion, such as Catholic institutions, to do nothing for a woman who requires an emergency abortion procedure to save her life. Current law requires that hospitals give patients in life-threatening situations whatever care they need, regardless of the patient's financial situation, but the Protect Life Act would make a hospital's obligation to provide care in medical emergencies secondary to its refusal to provide abortions.
According to the American Journal of Public Health, Catholic hospitals already have a years-long history of ignoring the emergency care law to avoid performing abortions. In late 2009, an Arizona bishop excommunicated a nun who authorized an abortion procedure for a woman who otherwise might have died of pulmonary hypertension at a Catholic hospital in Phoenix. [The Huffington Post, 10/13/11]
Virginia GOP Passed Measure To Require "Invasive" Vaginal Ultrasound Before Abortions. In February, Republicans in the Virginia House of Delegates introduced a bill that would have required women in the early stages of pregnancy to undergo an "invasive" transvaginal ultrasound before an abortion. Following public pressure, the House of Delegates passed a modified version of the bill that still requires a medically unnecessary ultrasound. From Mother Jones:
Virginia's controversial mandatory ultrasound bill is now headed to Gov. Bob McDonnell's desk. While the final version of the bill allows women to opt out of having an invasive transvaginal ultrasound -- the provision that drew a national spotlight in the last couple weeks -- don't be fooled: It's still a burdensome law.
The original bill would have required women seeking an abortion to undergo whatever kind of ultrasound gets the best image of the embryo or fetus. In the early stages of pregnancy -- when the vast majority of abortions occur -- that's typically a transvaginal ultrasound, which is far more invasive than the abdominal kind (think jelly-on-the-belly). That requirement was scrapped at the eleventh hour, after a deluge of national attention.
Abortion rights activists said mandating such an invasive procedure amounted to "state-sanctioned rape," a comparison that clearly struck a nerve: Saturday Night Live and The Daily Show took cracks at the bill; more than a thousand women gathered in silent protest outside the state capitol. Eventually, McDonnell backtracked on his initial support, stating last week, "No person should be directed to undergo an invasive procedure by the state, without their consent, as a precondition to another medical procedure." [Mother Jones, 3/3/12]
Georgia GOP Gov. Signed Bill That Cuts Option For Abortion Services After 20 Weeks. In May, the Republican governor of Georgia, Nathan Deal, signed a bill into a law that will "ban abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy, cutting by about six weeks the time women in Georgia may have an elective abortion." The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported:
Deal's signature makes Georgia the latest state to generally ban abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy, cutting by about six weeks the time women in Georgia may have an elective abortion.
Commonly referred to as a "fetal pain" bill, House Bill 954 will tighten medical exemptions for terminating pregnancies and require any abortion performed after 20 weeks be done in a way to bring the fetus out alive. The new law, which goes into effect Jan. 1, makes no exception for rape or incest. The measure says that a fetus can feel pain at 20 weeks, therefore the state has an interest in protecting it.
Supporters have said the law will save lives and protect more fetuses. "It's going to save 1,200 babies a year," said state Rep. Doug McKillip, R-Athens, who sponsored HB 954.
Opponents said the state is legislating decisions that should be made by medical experts and puts doctors at risk who work with difficult pregnancies.
According to doctors' testimony during hearings earlier this year, medical experts widely believe fetuses do not fully develop connections related to pain before at least 24 weeks. [The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 5/1/12]
Guttmacher Institute: Since GOP Won House, It Has Introduced 916 Measures Intended To Curb Women's Reproductive Choices. According to the Guttmacher Institute, 916 measures were introduced in the first quarter of 2011 meant to curb women's reproductive rights. Guttmacher found that the proposals were "more hostile to abortion rights than in the past":
To date, legislators have introduced 916 measures related to reproductive health and rights in the 49 legislatures that have convened their regular sessions.
In addition to these laws, more than 120 other bills have been approved by at least one chamber of the legislature, and some interesting trends are emerging. As a whole, the proposals introduced this year are more hostile to abortion rights than in the past: 56% of the bills introduced so far this year seek to restrict abortion access, compared with 38% last year. Three topics --insurance coverage of abortion, restriction of abortion after a specific point in gestation and ultrasound requirements -- are topping the agenda in several states.
At the same time, legislators are proposing little in the way of proactive initiatives aimed at expanding access to reproductive health -- related services; this stands in sharp contrast to recent years when a range of initiatives to promote comprehensive sex education, permit expedited STI treatment for patients' partners and ensure insurance coverage of contraception were adopted. [Guttmacher Institute, accessed 8/21/12]
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DANBURY, CONN. — Western Connecticut State University is expecting close to 1,000 new students to move in during the week starting Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013.
Both campus locations — 181 White St. and 43 Lake Ave. Extension in Danbury — will be filled with parents and students as they participate in the "Entering the Gates" ceremony on Sunday and then move into the dormitories. The White Street pedestrian crossing under the pedestrian bridge will also be used frequently by students moving their belongings into nearby housing.
On Sunday, Aug. 25, traffic will be reduced to one lane between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Eighth Avenue adjacent to the university off White Street. Students and their parents will be using that lane to park vehicles to get their belongings into the residence halls. Traffic may further be impacted at 1:30 p.m., when the "Entering the Gates" ceremony begins. Faculty, staff, alumni and new and returning students will take the ceremonial walk through the gates to signify the start of another school year.
Students will participate in a variety of events during the week including a campus-wide scavenger hunt, a "Clubs Carnival" for students to explore clubs available on campus and a "Price It Right" game. For more information on the week's events, go to www.wcsu.edu/orientation/ww13.asp.
The first day of classes will be Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013, and the area is expected to be congested with students as they park in the Midtown campus garages.
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For more information, contact the Office of University Relations at (203) 837-8486.
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This day was coming, but I never expected it to arrive this fast. With Sony's big reveal of Project Morpheus, its virtual reality headset, and the news that Facebook was buying Oculus for $2 billion, the technology now appears at the edges of the mainstream. For those who saw The Lawnmower Man and tried the tech soon after, the VR headsets today aren't the clunky devices that users jam onto their faces.
Oculus VR and Sony have made strides in the field, using motion-sensing chips and higher-resolution displays to put people inside of worlds. Their respective VR headsets — the Oculus Rift and Project Morpheus — immerse the users more deeply than ever before. They could be what brings games to the next level, and it makes sense to go in this direction. Consoles are quickly losing their advantage to mobile. Each year, tablets and smartphones close the gap in terms of computational and visual horsepower. To give players an experience they can't get anywhere else, game companies have to turn to virtual reality.
But the biggest challenge is getting mainstream consumers to buy into the idea of strapping on a pricey gadget on their head. It's a problem that Hollywood faced with bringing 3D television sets to the living room after initial success in the theater. If VR turns out to be a passing fad, traditional game companies could be in trouble, but if it catches on, the device could be the disruptive technology that Sony claims it to be. It could be the next iPhone-type device. Consumers will have to try it out first themselves. I checked out both Sony's Project Morpheus and the Oculus Rift. In addition, I tried out other VR-related gadgets. Here are my thoughts on each one:
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Rochester Business Journal March 1, 2013 It was no surprise to me that most of the
media paid little or no attention to how the PGA and the PGA Tour reacted to
news that the gods of golf are about to outlaw the "long" putters
players can hold against their bodies as they putt-the belly putters and broom
handle putters.
The word is that the USGA and Scotland's Royal and Ancient are more than likely to rule those putters illegal beginning in 2016. Never mind that they have been available and used by some players for roughly 40 years now.
Ah, but heads turned when Keegan Bradley became the first player to belly putt his way to a major championship, the 2011 PGA Championship, and Webb Simpson belly putted his way to the 2012 U.S. Open title, followed two months later by Ernie Els doing the same to win the British Open.
Apparently both the PGA and the PGA Tour are going to ignore the ban if belly putters are ruled illegal by the USGA and R&A. And it won't be the first time that's happened. The golf gods don't allow players to "lift, clean and place" a golf ball if it is in the fairway with clumps of mud on it because of rain, etc. The tour, however, permits its players to do so.
Does that make sense? Of course it does!
The same goes for the ball-in-a-divot rule: Hit a drive 220 yards or 320 yards down the middle and the ball stops in an inch-deep hole because some clueless golfer didn't replace the divot, and you either try to dig it out or take a drop and get penalized for it? Does that make sense? Of course not!
Some other-maybe many other-rules of golf make no sense, either. How about a golfer who has to hit out of a hazard and on his back swing his club touches a leaf the size of a penny that is nowhere near the ball. Two-shot penalty; in match play, he loses the hole.
Jack Nicklaus, a pretty good golfer, said on David Feherty's Golf Channel show this week that he is somewhere in the middle of the road regarding belly putters. Then he brought up another questionable piece of equipment: the golf balls that replaced the balata-covered balls back in 1995. Nicklaus' suggestion? Go back to the ball that doesn't fly or roll as far, so golf courses don't have to be so long.
You might need a ball you can hit into orbit to play a 7,400-yard golf course, but not to play a 6,000-yard course. It's a great idea, Golden Bear, but it isn't going to happen.
Then there are all the new irons with larger "sweet spots" that most of us play with these days. And the modern drivers that allow players to adjust the club head-more open or closed as well as increase or decrease the loft. Should the golf gods give a thumbs-down to those too?
I remember watching Ben Hogan play a 423-yard par 4 on a segment of the old "Shell's Wonderful World of Golf" on YouTube. The announcer said, "Hogan hit a perfect drive down the middle, 250 yards. He has 173 yards to the green and hitting a 4-iron." I laughed out loud. Today's pros would hit a 7- or 8-iron from 173 yards.
So should the belly putter be outlawed? Given all the other changes in the great game of golf, my simple answer: No, absolutely not. Els agrees with me and Colin Montgomery does not. Monty did make a good point, though, on the PGA website: "To now go against that and say, 'My players aren't going to go by that,' then what happens when you come to USGA events or the British Open?"
They'll have to use waist-high putters and not let them touch their bodies.
There aren't that many players who use belly putters, and those who do belly-up don't make every putt. Hey, if they did, everybody would use one and a ban would be banned! You still have to read the green correctly, stroke the ball on the right line with the right speed. Even so, Bradley said he has been called a "cheater" by many fans and by even some in the media.
Most of us golf nuts prefer to see birdies rather than bogeys, and we don't care how the players make them. The golf gods do, though, so we'll see what happens.
Rochester Business Journal
March 1, 2013
It was no surprise to me that most of the
media paid little or no attention to how the PGA and the PGA Tour reacted to
news that the gods of golf are about to outlaw the "long" putters
players can hold against their bodies as they putt-the belly putters and broom
handle putters.


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COP 7 invited the IPCC to undertake methodological work and prepare reports on two areas, in addition to the report on good practice guidance for LULUCF. The first of these reports related to definitions for direct human-induced degradation of forests and devegetation and methodological options to estimate and report emissions. The other was to cover practical methodologies to factor-out direct human-induced changes in carbon stocks and greenhouse gas emissions and removals from indirect human-induced and natural effects (e.g. CO2 fertilization and N deposition) and effects due to past practices in forests.
Degradation and devegetation
SBSTA 19 (FCCC/SBSTA/2003/15, paragraph 24(f)–(g)) welcomed the report by the IPCC entitled Definitions and Methodological Options to Inventory Emissions from Direct Human-Induced Degradation of Forests and Devegetation of Other Vegetation Types (link) and decided to further consider the information in this report at its twentieth session. Initial views by Parties on this report, including on possible definitions to account for anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions resulting from direct human-induced degradation and devegetation activities which could be used in the context of the Kyoto Protocol, are contained in FCCC/SBSTA/2004/MISC.5. SBSTA 20 (FCCC/SBSTA/2004/6, paragraphs 23–24) recognized the importance of the information contained in this IPCC report to its work and decided to consider these issues at a future session.
Factoring out
SBSTA 19 (FCCC/SBSTA/2003/15, paragraph 24(h)–(k)) noted the aim (in paragraph 1(h) in decision 16/CMP.1) to address the issue that accounting excludes removals resulting from elevated carbon dioxide concentrations above their pre-industrial level, indirect nitrogen disposition and effects of past practices and activities before 1990. In its response to the COP 7 request, the IPCC indicated that the current scientific understanding of the processes did not allow the elaboration of practical methodologies.
Parties provided views on these issues and other related LULUCF issues (FCCC/SBSTA/2004/MISC.8 and Add.1). SBSTA 21 did not finish consideration of this item and decided to continue its consideration at a future session (FCCC/SBSTA/2004/13, paragraph 34).
Biome-specific definitions
In response to a mandate by COP 7 (paragraph 2(b) in decision 11/CP.7), SBSTA 21 (FCCC/SBSTA/2004/13, paragraph 35) discussed the possible application of biome-specific forest definitions for the second and subsequent commitment periods. It noted that a decision on this subject is not needed at this stage and decided to consider the matter at a future session.


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Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Alabama soldier missing since Korean War has been found
The Montgomery Advertiser has details. It notes, "The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing from the Korean War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors. He is Army 1st Lt. Dixie S. Parker of Green Pond. He will be buried Dec. 6 in Arlington National Cemetery."
It is hard to believe that there are still unaccounted American soldiers from the Korean War. I guess it shouldn't be surprising as the fog of war and the chaos of the post-war political climate made it very easy for bodies to get lost. I know there have always been those unaccounted for in wars going all the way back to antiquity. How many families never knew what happened to missing kin in the Roman civil wars for example? It just seems that in the modern era that lost soldiers should be a thing of the past. This is probably an impossibility but at least the percentage of soldiers becoming missing-in-action for decades on end is much smaller.
Parker was assigned to Battery B, 8th Field Artillery Battalion, 25th Infantry Division then occupying a defensive position overlooking the Kuryong River in P'yongan-Pukto Province, North Korea. On Nov. 27, 1950, Parker was killed in his foxhole while serving as a forward artillery observer. His body was not recovered until recently.
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There are over 8,000 American soldiers whose remains are missing from Korea. More than 78,000 Americans remain unaccounted-for from WW II and nearly 1,800 from Vietnam.
Recovery efforts continue. www.dtic.mil/dpmo
This situation we know quite well, here in Belgium, where I write from.
In the Flanders, that huge battlefield from World War One, remains from unknow soldiers are found almost daily. The same with ammunition, including chemical ammo.
It remains very moving, when visiting Ypres, to read all these names written on the walls of the Menen Gate, all of them soldiers from the British Empire, that came dying in our these fields, from so far away.
Greetings from Brussels, Belgium.