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In addition to painting, I've been doing some genealogy consulting for others. One of the projects on which I am working is for a client who has family in Moorhead, Minnesota. I'm searching in the Moorhead Daily News in 1939 and I find myself subtracting time from my billing as I often get side tracked by the headlines which interest me. This was a time when there were frequent reports of Hitler threatening and ultimately taking control of a succession of countries, Czechoslovakia, Poland, France one by one fall to the Nazis. The US had not yet entered the war, but as the year progresses and Britain comes under attack the headlines are filled with war news. It is strange to read it in real time, through the eyes of readers who didn't know the subsequent events. I find myself wondering what was known at that time. I read with interest articles about what was happening to the Jews in Europe.
In January I read of the former chief rabbi of Lower Austria who wept as he arrived in NY with his wife and children. He said he could scarcely believe he was in the US where he could speak freely with no fear of reprisal. Just a hint that life was constrained in Europe.
In January Felix Frankfurter was appointed to the Supreme Court. Hitler expressed his disapproval of a Jewish justice. An article (1/9/39) reports on Frankfurter's 80 year old uncle Dr. Salmon Franfurter learning of the news from a radio broadcast. It goes on to relate that Dr Franfurter was once an honored Austrian government official and director of the Vienna University library. Now he was a Nazi prisoner.
In June (6/6/39) an article was headlined Cuba Bars Jews. A ship of refugees was seeking shelter from the impending doom in Europe, but could not find a place that would accept them. I later learned that after two months at sea they found a haven in Belgium. It didn't serve as a haven for long unfortunately as Hitler expanded his reach.
August 1939 was an active month. First I read of a refugee mother from Czechoslovakia who leaped to her death with her two small sons. Her husband had been a prosperous textile manufacturer who sold his business and had only a small amount of funds left. They had been admitted to the US on a six month visitor permit which was soon to expire and were seeking admittance to Canada or Bolivia. The woman despaired over her losses and grieved for her relatives who couldn't get away. They authorities attributed it to "temporary insanity due to persecution".
Later in August I read of the "Gildmeester Action" where they were trying to prepare a settlement for Jewish emigrants in Ethiopia in cooperation with Italian authorities. There were 15,000 German Jews residing in Italy who would soon be placed in "homestead camps" in Italy to prepare them for colonization in Africa. Did this occur or was it a scam? I can find no further information.
In the same month I read about Jews completing paying 20% of their fortunes towards a $400MM fine for the murder in Paris of the embassy secretary by Polish Jews. Mind you that was in 1939 dollars. If that money earned just 5% it would have been worth $12 Billion in today's dollars.
Later that month I read that Danzig Jews were following the European situation with grave apprehension. They believed if war broke out many would be sent to concentration camps, but this was at a time when this was thought to mean work camps.
In October the German Bund reported that the KKK and other anti-Semitic organizations were working with the Nazi organization.
Also this month Franklin Roosevelt called for a plan to find homes for the 10 to 20 million who may become war refugees. At the same time FDR received a petition with 238,199 signatures of congressmen, governors, mayors and others urging "prime consideration" of Palestine as a sanctuary for these individuals.
"The American Jewish Congress …appealed to the international executive committee on refugees to consider the plight of 5 million Jews in eastern and central Europe, including those made homeless in the German-Soviet partition of Poland." The AJC also asked that the term "refugee" be redefined to include the thousands who were imprisoned by central European countries. They contended that they were "equally real refugees from oppression".
As the year progressed, these articles became overshadowed by headlines of bombings of Britain, war on the French border and a US ship being taken. The war was very present in the newspapers of the Upper Midwest, but there was little mention of what occurred within the countries which were taken.
As I read this I am struck with the theme of refugees with nowhere to go. And the clock ran out. The existence of Israel assures that this will never occur again.


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The End of an Era
In January 2017, I was contacted late at night by one of Stanley Pranin's close friends. Stan had fallen ill with serious pain and was taken for medical treatment. He told his friend that if anything happened to him, he should contact me about Aikido Journal. Stan was soon after diagnosed with late stage stomach cancer. I was devastated, but Stan remained strong and in good spirits.
As soon as I could organize a trip, I drove from Southern California to visit Stan at his home in Las Vegas. He looked thin and weak, but still had a piercing gaze and sharp intellect. On this visit he handed me a drive with his digital archives and told me to use it however I saw fit to benefit the aikido world. It was vast and meticulously organized. Stan spent two days with me, taking me through the archives, updating me on his current research and projects, and bringing light to many hidden areas of the aikido landscape. Over the course of two separate trips to visit with Stan, he shared everything he could with me. During these visits, the importance of Stan's legacy and the heavy responsibility of its care hit me like a ton of bricks.
Stan remained positive and hopeful about his condition and was excited to pursue alternative medicine treatments. When we organized a community effort that raised over $60,000 for a medical fund, Stan was even more encouraged to see so many people rally to support him. He was optimistic about his recovery and none of us expected the sudden and rapid decline in health that brought him to his final rest on March 7th, 2017.
Mourning, Reflection, and a Challenge Overcome
After a period of mourning and reflection, the Pranin family and I began to work together to prepare for the future of Stan's legacy. We've faced enormous challenges over these last few months. While Stan gave me a meticulously organized digital archive, he didn't have time to leave a master list with account names and passwords for all of the Aikido Journal systems.
For the last six months I've been doing everything within my power to keep Aikido Journal alive, but I had no access or even visibility into what was happening with the Members site, product sales and fulfillment, customer support, and other key systems. With no outside resources and only the support of a few volunteers, I've spent every evening and weekend creating and contributing articles and content to Aikido Journal in order to preserve and extend Stan's legacy and to keep together the community that he spent forty years building. Behind the scenes, the Pranin family and one of Stan's close friends and technical advisors had been working to solve problems that were outside of my reach and that I was powerless to solve.
I'm pleased to announce that we've now successfully overcome the key technical, business, and legal challenges that have limited Aikido Journal since Stan passed. We are now ready to take action and begin the process of rebuilding.
What's Next
It's an exciting, but high-risk time for Aikido Journal. We have a massive content library. The scope and scale of the archive is staggering. Our community is large, supportive, and awesome. However, our website and the entire digital presence needs to be rebuilt from the ground up. The products need a complete overhaul and the all the back-end business and operational systems need to be rebuilt from scratch. We will be working with a small team with few resources.
Our immediate focus will be on these two efforts:
1. Strategy
I've spent the last six months going through the archives and spending time with the community, listening, learning, and observing. I'll be taking those insights and using them to create a strategic plan for Aikido Journal. We'll need to think carefully about how we can best serve the community and what path we should take to best achieve that goal. The Aikido Journal name is trusted and respected. That's been earned over the last forty years by serving the aikido community. We need to continue to build on that promise.
2. Emergency Triage
We need to stabilize the patient. We have to get critical systems back online, such as email, customer support, content access, and product fulfillment. We'll have to go through months of backlogged emails or declare email bankruptcy for the period of the last six months and humbly ask that anyone with an unanswered email send us a new message.
Then We Build
Once we have a strategy and have stabilized critical systems, we'll begin the process of rebuilding the journal. It will be a gradual process, but you should see it begin soon.
A Surprised Successor
After Stan's passing, I often wondered why he chose me as his successor when there are so many others in his circle with more aikido experience, more historical knowledge, or more lasting relationships. I asked Patricia Hendricks for her perspective. She knew Stan for forty years and helped him assemble the very first issues of Aikido Journal / Aiki News back in the 1970s. I now believe I better understand the reasons Stan chose me for the task.
Stan watched me develop and evolve a successful and progressive dojo. He believed I created an example of a dojo that points to the future while preserving the traditions of the art. He knew my mentor of 26 years, Haruo Matsuoka, has the integrity and wisdom to guide my judgment and to provide the necessary understanding of Japanese language and culture to best utilize the archives. He also knew I operated independently of any large organization, remaining politically neutral and open to learning from, appreciating, and supporting all styles and organizations. Patricia Hendricks told me that Stan saw me as someone who can bring community together.
Stan saw me lead projects. Some were successful and some failed, but in every case, they were thought through strategically and designed and operated with competence and speed. He believed I had the necessary background in aikido, technology, business, and media to position the journal to serve the aikido community into the future.
I can never replace Stan – his experiences, his path as a historian, or his deep understanding of Japanese language and culture. I can only make my best version of Aikido Journal, guided and shaped by the community. I'm excited, honored, and a little nervous to walk this path with you as we reshape Aikido Journal for the future.
Special Thanks
Through these first six months of my work supporting Aikido Journal, I've met many new friends and mentors and had the opportunity to work on projects with inspiring and capable members of the aikido community. As we begin this new chapter in the story of Aikido Journal, I'd like to thank each and every one of you for your enthusiasm and support during this critical time since Stan's passing. I'd also like to individually thank:
Haruo Matsuoka: Thank you Sensei, for being a world class mentor. Your compassion, integrity, and technical mastery inspire me always.
Anne Lee: For your support, wisdom, and love. None of the work done to support and honor Stan would have been possible without you. He had great respect for you and your skills and was grateful to have you as a friend.
Instructors and students of Ikazuchi Dojo: For continuing to inspire me, pushing me to improve, and using the art of aikido to so powerfully improve your own lives and those around you.
Patricia Hendricks: A true master and great leader. Thank you Sensei, for your guidance and encouragement. As one of Stan's closest friends, your perspective and backing have been invaluable.
Christian Tisser: One of the great leaders of the aikido world. Thank you for your trust, insight, and support.
The Inosanto Academy: To Guro Dan Inosanto, Jeff Imada, Tsuyoshi Abe, and Mark Cheng, for opening my eyes to the wider martial arts world and teaching me the value of understanding and appreciating all martial styles. Your collective humility, beginner's mind, and seeking spirit have been a powerful example and a driving force behind my recent development.
Peter Goldsbury: For your behind-the-scenes guidance, insights, and knowledge. As the former chairman of the International Aikido Federation for twenty years, a formidable aikido historian and technician, and long time friend of Stan, your time and mentorship has been invaluable and treasured.
Joshua Hansen: A long time friend and advisor of Stanley Pranin. Without Joshua's leadership and technical skills, Aikido Journal would likely have ceased to exist. He should be known as a true hero in the world of aikido. Thank you Josh, for saving the day.
Roy Dean: For contributing your media skills to showcase and promote the art of aikido. The video production and musical composition you've freely contributed to Aikido Journal would have made Stan proud. I look forward to working with you on new projects in the future.
Arnold Mina and Brent Williams: For your valued and respected business counsel.
Gustavo Rearte: For your friendship, your fantastic photography, and your help cultivating new friendships and opportunities to serve the aikido community.
Karen Kim: For generously donating your time to edit each and every article we've contributed to Aikido Journal over the last 6 months. You are way overqualified for this role, Professor Kim. Thank you.
Setsuko Okumura: For your invaluable translation and writing efforts for Aikido Journal projects.
Rose Jones and Ben Cave: For helping to curate old Aikido Journal articles and share them with the community via social media.
Ellis Amdur, Toby Threadgill, and Thomas Collings: Long time friends and peers of Stanley Pranin. I thank you for your friendship, encouragement, and guidance.
Gil and Mark: For inspiring Stanley, staying by his side, and supporting him as faithful students and friends.
The Pranin Family: For your support of Stanley Pranin and his efforts. You are some of the behind-the-scenes heroes of the aikido world.
Now We Begin Again.
If you'd like to stay in touch, follow our progress, and be part of Aikido Journal's transformation, please stay connected with us.
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We look forward to updating the community on our efforts and forging a powerful resource for the aikido world.


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(July 21, 2011) Regulatory hurdles abound for the successful commercialization of emerging liquid biofuels, which hold the promise of enhancing U.S. energy security, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and serving as a driver for rural economic development, according to new U. of I. research.
In the study, University of Illinois law professor Jay P. Kesan and Timothy A. Slating, a regulatory associate with the University of Illinois Energy Biosciences Institute, argue that regulatory innovations are needed to keep pace with technological innovations in the biofuels industry.
"Getting regulatory approval for new biofuels is currently a time-consuming and costly process," said Kesan, who is also the program leader of the Biofuel Law and Regulation Program at the Energy Biosciences Institute. "By removing some of the uncertainty and some of the expense without compromising on the regulatory concerns, you are also removing some of the disincentives to entering the biofuel market, where we need more competition."
In the paper, Kesan and Slating focus on biobutanol, an emerging biofuel with the potential to be a viable alternative to petroleum-based fuels.
The good news for drivers: Biobutanol has a higher energy content than ethanol, meaning a car fueled with biobutanol could drive roughly 30 percent farther than if fueled with the same amount of ethanol.
Other research has shown that biobutanol is compatible with existing vehicle engines, as well as with existing fuel distribution infrastructure.
"Biobutanol is a really promising biofuel, and has the potential to further the policy decisions that have already been made by Congress," Kesan said. "This is not a hypothetical situation. We have companies currently building the capacity to produce biobutanol."
Kesan and Slating's study not only describes and elaborates on the effects of the federal Renewable Fuel Standard, but also on the Clean Air Act's regulatory framework for the commercialization of new fuels and fuel additives.
"Since biobutanol can help us meet the Renewable Fuel Standard's mandates much more quickly and effectively, it makes good economic and policy sense to line up our regulatory processes to facilitate its commercialization," said Kesan, who also holds appointments in the College of Business, the Institute of Genomic Biology, the department of electrical and computer engineering and the department of agricultural and consumer economics at Illinois.
According to Kesan, it's not clear that the U.S. can meet all the renewable fuel mandates required under the Renewable Fuel Standard.
"Congress has all these mandates on the billions of gallons that need to be made available for sale," he said. "For example, by 2022, we have a mandate for 21 billion gallons of advanced biofuel. By definition, advanced biofuel excludes corn ethanol, so we have to come up with other fuels to close the gap. Biobutanol might be the way to do that."
Kesan and Slating note that under existing regulations, biobutanol can lawfully be blended with gasoline in a concentration of roughly 11.5 to 12.5 percent by volume, depending on the density of the finished fuel.
Regulations also provide a mechanism whereby fuel manufacturers can seek a fuel waiver from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to allow higher blending limits than current regulations allow. But according to the authors, this is currently a very onerous process. While it might be legal to blend 16 to 17 percent biobutanol with ordinary gasoline based on pre-existing waivers granted in the 1980s, there is a great deal of uncertainty as to whether the EPA would allow this.
"One of the things we're suggesting is to remove this uncertainty by updating the regulations to allow higher blending limits for biobutanol," Slating said. "The interesting thing here is that the EPA could actually do this on their own. The regulation that effectively sets the default blending limit for biobutanol is simply an agency interpretation of an undefined phrase enacted by Congress. Specifically, the Clean Air Act says that no fuel manufacturer can commercialize a new fuel that is not 'substantially similar' to the fuel that the EPA uses in its emissions certification process. As Congress opted to not specify what constitutes a 'substantially similar' fuel, the task is left to the EPA's discretion."
"The permissible blending limits for alcohol-based biofuels are closely tied to the oxygen content of the finished fuel," Kesan said. "In the past, the EPA has agreed that fuels containing up to a certain oxygen-content have no negative effects on engine emissions. Well, if that's the case, then let's simplify the regulations and allow all fuels to contain this level of oxygen. This would provide a larger potential market for biobutanol manufacturers without the need for them to endure the unnecessary uncertainty associated with trying to rely on a pre-existing fuel waiver."
A fast-track review process should also be created for new fuel waivers relating to emerging biofuels that have been designated as compliant with the Renewable Fuel Standard, the authors argue.
"If the RFS is going to achieve its goal of incentivizing the deployment of second-generation biofuels, then manufacturers need to be assured that there will be no unnecessary delay in the fuel waiver process," Slating said. "While Congress intended this process to focus on a fuel's effects on engine emissions, opponents of biofuels have tried to turn the process into a forum to debate every aspect of biofuel production and use."
The authors also contend that new biofuels like biobutanol have the potential to spur rural economic development.
"Since the biomass feedstocks needed to produce liquid biofuels are cultivated in rural areas, an expansion in the use of biofuels will increase demand for these biomass feedstocks and act as a driver for rural economic development," Kesan said. "The facilities needed to convert these biomass feedstocks into biofuels will also likely be sited in rural areas for logistical reasons, and this too will be a boon for rural economies.
"A confluence of interests would be furthered by revamping the way we regulate biofuels."
The research will be published in a forthcoming issue of the Wisconsin Law Review.
The BP-supported Energy Biosciences Institute funded the study.
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Project Zwei revealed as The Evil Within, out 2014
Bethesda has announced Shinji Mikami's survival-horror title, The Evil Within. IGN has unveiled a live-action teaser trailer, which can be found right through the break.
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Bethesda to reveal Project Zwei today at 1pm BST
Bethesda will reveal Shinji Mikami's survival horror game it's been teasing tomorrow, through IGN, according to another Vine teaser on the matter. IGN has confirmed it is, indeed, Project Zwei from Tango Gameworks.
Bethesda boss teases new reveals soon
Bethesda vice president Pete Hines has hinted we won't have long to wait to hear more about the publisher's upcoming releases.
Resident Evil remake lead artist working on Mikami's Project Zwei
Project Zwei, the new survival horror title from Resident Evil 4 maestro Shinji Mikami has received a few snippets of development information, chiefly, that the CGI design will be handled by the same chap who worked on the stellar Resident Evil Gamecube remake.


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He Was a Musician (Essay)
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I think of Séamus Connolly's musical presence as a geologist might think of tectonic plates: beneath the surface but still exerting huge influence. His great success and technical precision in competitions in the '60s was, to me, hugely influential in setting the high standard of craft expected from today's players, while his connection with the older generation of musicians preserved the earlier values of the tradition. His presence and committed teaching in Boston has been influential up and down the East Coast, making it a badge of honor for the area's musicians to have a tune from Séamus, and his work with the Gaelic Roots Summer Program at Boston College makes the tradition accessible to an ever broadening circle. We spoke at Boston College.
The Senior All-Ireland Fiddle competition at the Fleadh in 1961, in Swinford, Co. Mayo, was probably the most dramatic in the history of the competitions. You and Brendan McGlinchey were competing and were so evenly matched that the judges couldn't decide who was better. So they called you up to play a second time, and still couldn't decide, and still hadn't reached a decision when everyone had gone home.
That's right, we read it in the papers the next morning. Brendan was gone home and I was gone home, and they said "Fleadh Cheoil crux ends at midnight." I mean, you'd think there was nothing else going on in the world, here it was on the front page. You see, there's different types of jigs: a double jig, a slip jig, a single jig. They are all in 6/8 rhythm, except for the slip jig, which is 9/8. I think that the real story would be that the ruling was to play a double jig, but I don't think it said to play a double jig. I think it was very unfair; Brendan played a slip jig, and then when they recalled us he did the same thing. The decision could have gone the other way, but Brendan played a slip jig when he should have played a double jig. I happened to play a double jig. Brendan could have won it, too. It's all a lot of nonsense, you know.
How old were you at the time?
I was seventeen. It just happened that I was the youngest ever to win it, and I won the Junior and the Senior in the same year. They changed the ruling again after that, so that you couldn't play in the Senior competition if you were under eighteen. So it got serious now after that. Luckily I was over eighteen the following year when I played in the fiddle competition. Brendan won it that year. To me there's too much emphasis on the rules. There's a competition frame that you have to play in that has been passed down through the years; an expectancy that you have to play like this. It kind of inhibited me from being what I wanted to be, or doing what I wanted to do with the music. I was pigeonholed, boxed into a certain way of playing.
You did quite well in competitions -- you won ten All-Irelands.
I did. But competitions didn't mean a thing to me. I went in to hear people like Brendan McGlinchey and to learn from them, and to try and improve my playing. I didn't have an interest in winning. That might seem strange.
Why did you compete if you weren't interested in winning?
I competed so that I could go to the Fleadh Cheoils and hear the good fiddle players. There were a lot of great fiddle players at the time.
Right, but you could have been a punter in the crowd.
No -- I could have been, but I felt like there's no point in sitting down and being like the hurler on the ditch, criticizing. The only way I could improve myself was by practicing, and getting into the competition. So I kept practicing. There's a lot of misunderstanding about music. People think it just happens and become upset with themselves when it's too difficult. It takes practice. It just doesn't happen overnight. Brendan and I practiced all the time. We put an awful lot of pressure on ourselves. And the competition was pressure in the sense that there were people following Connolly and another camp following McGlinchey, and that was fierce pressure. Every time we played, if we'd be playing in the streets at the Fleadh, there'd be a tape recorder stuck over your shoulder, and you'd know it was there. That was fierce pressure, and you felt like if you played a wrong note they were going to take home the tapes and compare them and all. I hated that. I hated that pressure. So Brendan stopped playing for seventeen or eighteen years.
You think because of that pressure?
Well, it had a lot to do with it. And so I kind of fought that pressure, till one day I decided to say to myself, "I'm going to play my own music, I'm going to play the way I want to play instead of being told how to play." My father many times said to me, "Sit down there and play for me, play 'O'Rourke's Reel' till I see that you play it as good as Coleman." That was an abuse in a sense. He was well meaning, but that was hard to sit in front of your father, who knew music and was comparing you to Michael Coleman. So every time we played, every time I went on the stage, I was my own worst enemy. I might look relaxed on the stage, but I hated the pressure. I was being so hard on myself. That's gone from me now. I'm enjoying my music now.
How did that come to be?
I don't know how it came -- I would imagine suddenly waking up one day, at a certain age, and saying I should be enjoying music. I shouldn't be putting pressure on myself. People say to you that you have to make another record; you owe it to the public to make another record. You don't owe it to the public to make another record. It's great when people say that -- it makes you feel good, but we don't owe anything to anybody. I feel that we've kept the music alive but we don't owe anything to people. When I came to America I loved some of the great fiddle playing that I heard here: French Canadian fiddle playing and the great fiddlers from Cape Breton. I wanted to emulate some of the things that they were doing and incorporate it into my own playing. And I've done that in the sense that it might have changed the style that the older people were listening to, but underneath it all I have the foundation of the old styles that I used to sit and play with Paddy Canny at home. I feel now that I'm more free with my music and that I want to go back and be where I was when I was a young fella listening to Paddy Canny and listening to Sean Ryan. That's the kind of music that I get the most enjoyment out of. It's like a complete circle for me; I'd like to go back to what I heard when I was younger.
[For the rest of this interview, as well as a transcription of Séamus' tune "Rock Point Lane," purchase the Spring 2002 issue of Fiddler Magazine!]
[Brendan Taaffe lives in Massachusetts, where he plays fiddle and guitar for contra dances and concerts. He holds a master's degree in Irish music from the University of Limerick, and has toured in Europe and North America. Visit his website at www.brendantaaffe.com]
Photo: Ena Doocey


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Twitter is a great tool for many things. For sports nuts -- this writer included -- it allows you to get an inside look at the athletes we love watching so much on TV.
Thanks to Twitter, we often find out straight from an athlete's mouth what's going on with an injury, a bad round, a trade, etc.
And, as luck would have it for the golf world, there are many, many golfers among the best athlete's Twitter has to offer.
Take Jason Dufner for example. On the course, he's been referred to as, "a flat-liner," for his utter lack of emotion. He seems quiet and boring. On Twitter, however, his personality is second to none. He complains about calls in big games and pokes fun at fellow golfers (especially Keegan Bradley lately).
You'll read more about him shortly.
Personality -- that's what Twitter is all about.
This week, we asked our friends in PGA.com Facebook Nation to answer the following: Who is your favorite golfer to follow on Twitter and why?
Here's a look at the top 9 answers we received.
9. John Cook. Cookie may not tweet as often as the others, but when he does it's well thought out. He addresses hot topics surrounding the game (anchoring, Rory's switch from Titleist to Nike) and gives his honest opinion.
You can follow John, @johncookgolf. His profile reads: PGA/Champions Tour. Ohio State Buckeyes, Analyst for Morning Drive on Golf Channel.
Facebook fan quotes:
"John Cook he is engaging and answers question. Most of the others only talk with other pro golfers." -- Michael Maddalena
8. Andres Gonzales. Unfortunately for all of us, Andres isn't tweeting nearly as often these days as he used to. He made Twitter fame for his onslaught of tweets to Tiger Woods as a rookie in 2011 that were downright hilarious.
Stuff like this (which ESPN.com's Rick Reilly included in a 2011 column):
"@TigerWoods my name is andresgonzales and I am a rookie on tour. I like elephants."
"@TigerWoods as you probably know, my birthday was this week. I believe you owe me a night around a campfire with songs and smores. Ttfn [ta ta for now]."
"Been awake since 3 a.m. @TigerWoods you awake yet? Let's chat."
"@TigerWoods You missed out last night on the bowling!"
You can follow Andres, @Andres_Gonzales. His profile reads: Half man, half amazing.
Facebook fan quotes:
"Andres Gonzales... Reminds me of a more conservative version of Kenny Powers! A Great follow." -- Tyler Van Der Voort
7. Hunter Mahan. Mahan is obviously a rabid sports fan (especially when it comes to the LA Lakers), often commenting on whatever the game of the day might be. He's also a big-time, sports-related re-tweeter.
You can follow Hunter, @HunterMahan.
Facebook fan quotes:
"Hunter Mahan is the real deal, honest and a genuine competitor." -- Norm Szakovits
6. Graeme McDowell. GMac is arguably the most engaging pro golfer with his fans on Twitter. He often answers questions directly, which his fans love.
You can follow Graeme, @Graeme_McDowell. His profile reads: Travelling the world playing a game I love. Doesn't get much better.
Facebook fan quotes:
"GMac -- He tweets like a normal guy and interacts with everyone." -- David Berg
"GMac because he is always tweeting with a cold one on one hand." -- Rob Clark
5. Bo Van Pelt. Van Pelt is another one of those guys who you might not think of as a clown based on his on-course demeanor. However, you'd be wrong. The guy is a clown. Take this recent example:
Darren Rovell, sports business guru for ESPN, tweeted that TaylorMade saw revenues rise by 20 percent in 2012.
Van Pelt quipped, "My 1st year on staff!"
You can follow Bo, @bovanpelt.
Facebook fan quotes:
"BVP!! He is a normal guy!!" -- Josh Brown
"@bovanpelt -- classy guy, fun to play a round with, gives generously of his time to charity events, and an Indiana Native. Not over hyped, a solid golfer who's just out making money the old fashioned way -- earning it!" -- Mike Daggett
4. Rickie Fowler. From culinary experiences, to commercial shoots, to asking followers which outfit he should wear on a given day, Fowler is extremely engaging with his fans.
You can follow Rickie, @RickieFowlerPGA. His profile reads: Instagram therealrickiefowler I get to play golf for a living... can't beat that!! Right Where I Want To Be.
Facebook fan quotes:
"Rickie." -- Kevin Cerosky
"Rickie for sure. He really lives the dream life if you watch his twitter and instagram, he's the man #GOTIME." -- Joshua Sage Parker
"Rickie Fowler because he one smooth dude." -- Gary Mckendry
3. Ian Poulter. The European Ryder Cup legend (yes, it's OK to call him a Ryder Cup legend at this point, even though he has plenty Ryder Cups ahead of him) is an open book on Twitter. He gives tours of his incredible palace, shows you pictures of his new cars, gives you a view from his luxury box at Orlando Magic games and so much more. Poulter was one of the first players to build a following on Twitter and he never disappoints.
You can follow Ian, @IanJamesPoulter. His profile reads: Global tour golfer, @ijpdesign Owner. Massive Arsenal fan and Orlando Magic fan. Love Cars, Most of all love my Family time.
Facebook fan quotes:
"@IanJamesPoulter tweets a lot, and has a great sense of humor." -- Susan Bettenbrock Appler
"Ian Poulter and Rickie Fowler. They are both great golfers, great dressers And both tell it how it is when need be. I love all the trash Poulter talks as well." -- Steve Mills
"Poulter, because he tweets some funny stuff." -- Christopher Brown
"Ian James Poulter... honest and real!" -- Fred Neergaard
"Ian Poulter, brutally honest and love the fact that every hack thinks they can beat him. Hilarious!" -- Michael Benavidez
2. Bubba Watson. The 2012 Masters champion tweets about everything from his golf game, to his son Caleb, to hanging out with his friends from the popular show Duck Dynasty.
You can follow Bubba, @bubbawatson. His profile reads: Christian. Husband. Daddy. Pro Golfer. Check out BubbaGolf on iTunes! #bubbagolf. #urwelcome!
Facebook fan quotes:
"Bubba. He's just #awesome." -- Cody Harvey
"Bubba... Because he's the funniest." -- David Williams
"Bubba because he is such an awesome person, husband and father as well as a unique golfer!" -- Angela Hildebrand Lohr
"Bubba 'I don't play golf for fame' Watson. That's what makes him the one I follow the most." -- Roy Lambert
"Bubba, he just mixed the PGA with Duck Dynasty!" -- Jacob Fuchs
"Bubba Watson. Why? One word: bubbaclaus!" -- Dan Pavlu
1. Jason Dufner. With hilarious takes on various sporting events and hilarious digs at players -- especially Keegan Bradley lately -- Dufner is one of the driest, funniest players tweeting these days. You'd never suspect it by his on-course demeanor, which no doubt makes his Twitter personality so much more enjoyable.
You can follow Jason, @JasonDufner. His profile reads: PGA TOUR pro and avid Auburn University fan.
Facebook fan quotes:
"Jason Dufner." -- Craig Miller
"Dufner!" -- Kris Schatzberg
"Dufner." -- Bennett Wisner
"Duff? Thanks for the reminder!" -- Mininho Chi
"Duff all day, he is one of a kind." -- Chad Skullivan
"Dufner! He keeps it real and is a funny follow!" -- Travis McGrath
"Dufner is also a great follow, especially when he is tweeting about his NFL wagers!" -- Tyler Van Der Voort
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