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Monitoring recent stock price movement on shares of Kelly Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:KELYA) we have recorded the stock price at $23.99. Investors may be intently tracking price activity on the stock over the next few sessions, and looking for any signs of a possible shift in momentum. Let's focus in on some historical trading information. Over the last 12 week period, the stock has moved -4%. Rewinding to the start of the year, we note that shares have seen a change of -12.03%. Over the past 4 weeks, shares have seen a change of 7.77%. Over the last 5 trading periods, the stock has moved 0.04%. Focusing on the important historic stock price levels can help keep the investors directed down the right path. After a recent check, we can see that the 52-week high is currently 31.61, and the 52-week low is presently 21.52.
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Looking at some analyst views on shares of Kelly Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:KELYA), we note that the consensus target price is resting at $34. This is the consensus target using estimates provided by the covering analysts polled. Sell-side analysts often produce target estimates for the companies that they track closely. Price target estimates can be calculated using various methods, and this may cause some analyst estimates to be drastically different than others. Many investors will track stock target prices, especially when analysts update the target price projections.
Investors might be paying attention to what Wall Street analysts think about shares of Kelly Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:KELYA). Taking a peek at the current consensus broker rating, we can see that the ABR is 1. This average rating is provided by Zacks Research. This simplified numeric scale spans the range of one to five which translates brokerage firm Buy/Sell/Hold recommendations into an average broker rating. A low number in the 1-2 range typically indicates a Buy, 3 indicates a Hold and 4-5 represents a consensus Sell rating. In terms of the number of analysts that have the stock rated as a Buy or Strong Buy, we can see that the number is currently 2.
Shifting the focus to some earnings data, we have noted that the current quarter EPS consensus estimate for Kelly Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:KELYA) is 0.88. This EPS estimate consists of 1 Wall Street analysts taken into consideration by Zacks Research. For the previous reporting period, the company posted a quarterly EPS of 0.56. Sell-side analysts often provide their best researched estimates at what the company will report. These estimates hold a lot of weight on Wall Street and the investing community. Sometimes these analyst projections are spot on, and other times they are off. When a company reports actual earnings results, the surprise factor can cause a stock price to fluctuate. Investors will often pay added attention to a company that has beaten estimates by a large margin.
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All went well on the recent school outing to the tall-masted ship, which I helped chaperon. I only had to pull three kids from the water, and two of them were easy because the shark had just spit them out — pit-ewwwwwey — and I was able to snag them in the air, in sort of mid-somersault.
Pit-ewwwwwey ... gotcha.
The third kid, Snot, was a little trickier because he was covered in the traditional fourth-grade goo of Cocoa Puffs, grape juice and chocolate-flavored mucus.
"Yum," thought the shark, which released him only when I explained that fourth-grade boys cause vomiting and trichinosis in most sea creatures. Uncooked, they have many of the same traits as raw pork.
Otherwise, the fourth-grade field trip went off without a hitch, no small achievement with 30 kids and eight chaperons aboard a smelly old ship.
"You're cold? I don't want to hear about cold!" yelled the irritated first mate in the opening moments. "Not when I'm dealing with the coldness of a captain's soul."
"Oh, this is gonna be pleasant," I thought.
I love the poetry of the sea. Also love my own bed, a nice rib-eye and a nutty little Cabernet at the end of a day.
My wife knows this about me. So she secretly signed me up for the tall-masted field trip. Always in January, our school's annual Dana Point field trip is infamous for the lack of sleep it provides, the dank conditions, the coldness of the captain's soul.
As she signed me up, my lovely bride chuckled softly. All those scarves for Christmas. All those smutty, inappropriate birthday cards through the years.
Finally, revenge was hers.
In my defense, we lost no kids over the two days. That's the sort of courage and savvy leadership I brought to this, though my subgroup of six sailor-students took a lot of grief for making the most noise during our overnight watch.
We highly resented this, even though it was true. See, to keep them warm I'd fed them several cups of hot chocolate. As a result, we had the happiest bunch of sailors since Neptune.
They ricocheted around the deck during their festive 2-to-4 a.m. shift, as if having giggle-fits at the mall. Below, classmates and other chaperons tried to snooze.
"Shhhhhhhhh," I admonished my crew every few minutes.
"Whisper," I whispered.
Honestly, have you ever heard a fourth-grader whisper? Not me.
"Does this look like frostbite?" I asked one of the kids around 3 a.m.
To all those considering a maritime career, I say: Go to beauty school instead. Or if you're really desperate, study the law. Because the sea life is not for wimps. And we never even left the dock.
Kidding aside, these overnights aboard the Brig Pilgrim are probably the best field trips ever, a SoCal tradition that dates back 30 years.
You can have a wedding here, or a birthday party or just climb aboard during the Sunday public tours.
What makes the Pilgrim so appealing is that it's not at all Disneyfied. It's a rusty replica of the brig immortalized by author Richard Henry Dana in "Two Years Before the Mast." As such, it's a working ship, a few boards missing, suggestive of sardines, as if it's still 1835, when Dana's ship plied this same harbor in search of cow hide from the area's ranches and missions.
On this day, the ship is helmed by Capt. Gerald Freeman, salty as a pretzel. He screams at the kids about their duties — they cook the meals, they coil the ropes, they swab the decks.
For almost 20 hours, beginning with their hiring as greenhorn sailors, the kids work and learn and shiver.
Bless 'em, because they are good sports, challenged by this crusty-great Capt. Freeman, who jeers, cajoles and insists they do many un-fourth-gradey things, like stand up straight.
What an adventure. Through the captain's colorful stories, we travel halfway around the world in just one night, yet never leave port.
God must really have a crush on California, decorating it with glittery little harbors like this one, filling it with beautiful ships and pelicans and sun-kissed children.
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Honors Students Further Management Research
This year, 21 Carlson School undergrads completed original research projects as part of the honors program.
This year, 21 Carlson School undergrads graduated with Latin Honors from the University of Minnesota. The Honors Thesis Project is the culminating experience of the rigorous honors program. This year's participants carried out research on management issues from business ethics and women's leadership, to local food movements and NBA player contract negotiations.
Sharper volunteers, happier customers
Alaina Buchwald wasn't surprised to find a correlation between the competence of tax prep volunteers and client satisfaction in her project results. She hadn't, however, expected these volunteers to perform better, independent of their own perceived competence.
"My results showed that introducing training improvements empowers workers to do their jobs better, without them even realizing it," says the Supply Chain and Operations honors student.
Buchwald tested her hypothesis on the Volunteer Tax Assistance Program, a campus volunteer group that provides free tax preparation for the community. She discovered that better-prepared volunteers lead to happier clients, and improved organizational performance.
Buchwald's project won the Dean's Award for Best Undergraduate Honors Thesis.
Evaluating workers by the dollars
Companies frequently use information from cost accounting methods to analyze the complexities of running a business -- these insights reveal the pros and cons of various courses of action. Although some employees receive incentives based on these important figures, most are unaware they're evaluated using cost accounting information.
Roshni Muralidharan examined whether cost accounting methods used in financial incentive structures impact employee job satisfaction. And when her initial results showed no correlation between this method and employee satisfaction, she dug deeper.
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Su surveyed two groups of young adult consumers in a restaurant setting: one group ordered from a menu that included less detail, while another group ordered from a menu that identified where the ingredients were sourced. The recipients then rated the food quality. Although she predicted the group that knew where their food came from would rate the quality higher, this wasn't the case.
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He found the model could enhance donor perceptions when used by high-efficiency organizations, and can hurt donor perceptions when used by low-efficiency organizations.
Global business implications
Joshua Sletten won the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) Honors Research Award for his project's contribution to an understanding of global business. Sletten's paper, "Project Finance Investment Risk and Political Business Cycles in Developing Democracies" was selected from a competitive pool.
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Their next attempt will open soon and it's basically Chick-Fil-A. Thanks to the Miami Herald I now know that Shake Shack is also now servicing Chick-Fil-A sandwiches.
Can't wait to try both. Glad I don't have to support Bible thumpers to eat them.
The Chick'n Shack sandwich from Shake Shack, left, and The Yardbird from Spring Chicken. The two restaurants are neighbors in Coral Gables.
A fried-chicken clash is coming to Coral Gables.
Spring Chicken, the new fast-casual fried-bird restaurant from Miami restaurant group 50 Eggs Inc. (Yardbird, Swine), is opening Jan. 28 at 1514 S. Dixie Hwy. in Coral Gables. That's a soft egg toss from neighbor Shake Shack, 1450 S. Dixie Hwy., which last week rolled out its new Chick'n Shack sandwich nationwide.
Which 'wich will be the last one clucking on South Dixie: Shake Shack's Instagram darling or Spring Chicken's The Yardbird? We've broken down the contenders.
After Spring Chicken's grand opening on the 28th, the restaurant will be open daily for lunch and dinner. Future locations are planned for Miami Beach (1439 Alton Rd.), Fort Lauderdale (2400 N. Federal Hwy.) and Miami International Airport (Concourse D).
Shake Shack
Contender: Chick'n Shack.
Skinny: Crispy chicken breast with lettuce, pickles, buttermilk herb mayo on non-GMO potato bun.
Price: $6.29.
Story: Shake Shack tested the Chick'n Sandwich at its Brooklyn locations last year before deciding to bring it to the rest of the country.
Where: Shake Shack, 1450 S. Dixie Hwy., Coral Gables, and 1111 Lincoln Rd., Miami Beach.
Spring Chicken
Contender: The Yardbird.
Skinny: Crispy chicken thigh with house pickles and Southern sauce on a toasted potato bun.
Price: $5.95.
Story: The base recipe for Spring Chicken's fried chicken comes from 50 Eggs CEO John Kunkel's grandmother, Lewellyn.
Where: Spring Chicken, 1514 S. Dixie Hwy., Coral Gables.
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DUE WEST, S.C. – After winning its opening game of this weekend's conference series with Erskine College on Friday afternoon, the King University baseball team fell in both ends of Saturday's doubleheader 7-5 and 14-6 to give the Flying Fleet the win in the series.
Erskine (23-11, 11-4 Conference Carolinas), which came into the weekend ranked second in the league in batting average, scored 21 runs and pounded out 27 hits in Saturday's two-game set while limiting King (14-27-1, 5-10 Conference Carolinas) to five runs in each contest.
King's Hunter Smith had a spectacular series, homering in all three games against the Fleet. He finished the weekend batting 4-for-9 with six runs batted in. Tyler Raymond also performed well for the Tornado, going 5-for-8 with a double, two triples, three runs scored, and three runs batted in.
King appeared to carry over the momentum from Friday's 6-5 victory into the early innings of today's doubleheader. After a full-count single by Tyler Gaby to lead off the afternoon's first game for the Tornado, Stephen Mullins singled on the first pitch he saw to put two runners aboard. Raymond, who had three hits for the game and finished a home run shy of the cycle, then lined the next pitch to left center to score both runners and give King a 2-0 lead. He would later come around to score on a J.D. Wallace single to right center and stretch the Tornado advantage to three runs.
But the Fleet responded with three doubles in the second inning that plated a pair of runs. King used a Smith two-run home run to left center field to go up 5-2 after a leadoff triple by Raymond in the third. Again, the Fleet were able to respond, scoring four times in an inning in which the only out recorded in the first six Erskine hitters came from a sacrifice bunt. Erskine added an RBI single in the fourth inning to go up 7-5, and neither team was able to push a run across the rest of the way.
Starter Reiss Stanley took the loss for the Tornado after giving up all seven Erskine runs on 10 hits in 4.2 innings of work. Alex Martin was perfect in his 1.1 innings of relief. Wes Schuler picked up the win for Erskine, throwing 4.0 innings in relief of Fleet starter Austin Gambrell while allowing just three hits and striking out four.
King again was able to take the early lead in Saturday's final contest. In the second inning, Geoff Cieslewitz knocked in Smith on a single up the middle, then came in to score on an RBI groundout from Moises Soto. King added to its lead an inning later on a Raymond RBI single before a three-run homer by Destin Nichols capped a four-run third.
After a single run in the fourth for Erskine, the Tornado would tie the game in the next frame on Smith's third home run of the series, a two-run shot to left center that scored Raymond. But Erskine would send ten men to the plate in the bottom of a six-run fifth inning punctuated by a Brandon Overstreet home run that gave the Fleet an 11-5 advantage. Erskine would add three runs in the sixth and only allow one Tornado score over the final three innings.
Alexander Gonzalez took the loss, giving up 11 runs on 14 hits in 4.2 innings pitched. Erskine's Nic Levy earned the win after allowing five runs in 5.0 innings of work.
King returns to the field on Tuesday, April 8 in a nonconference tilt with Lenoir-Rhyne in Hickory, N.C. First pitch is scheduled for 5:00 p.m.


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music's best screams
this one in particular scours my soul. the quiet man, the gentle one, tearing at the seams of his vocal tract.
it's very primal scream, a controlled exorcism, a caustic vent from depths of unutterable sadness. relatable. the kind of scream I would like to do.
people who don't like screaming fuck off fuck off fuck off (sorry).
don't be lazy, label your links and say something. these things do not just speak for themselves. explain your screaming picks.
standard 'Good Morning, Captain' link
whatever Brian was channeling here, he left it all out there on the tape. he must have been spent after, emotionally at least. I'd like to think, anyway.
it was like real hardcore's last scream, kind of. before Kurt was kicked into the spotlight, dragging what was left out with him, sending everyone else scattering in slants.Antelope and jontosh2001 this'd this
he was physically sick
I probably knew that.
proper screaming, real vomit.
oh fuck
Opera Mini closed on me, I had to rewrite from memory and forgot that bit.
riot grrrl came after so I guess those weren't the *last* screams
of proper hardcore. not that schooled in it, though.
cLOUDDEAD - And All You Can Do Is Laugh. (1)
I always forget it's there and it never fails to terrify me.
oh yeah
that's a terror scream. makes me ponder the origins of the scream.
basically, we can be just as scary as foxes or barn owls.
- robluvsnic this'd this
that ridiculous noise at the beginning of slayer - angel of death
one of my favourite moments in musictheShipment, incandenza_, GoatmeatMF, DaddyorChips, licky_kicky, thewarn, and kilgore-trout this'd this
Pixies - Tame
Obvious answer, requires no explanation. TAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAME!theShipment, andyvine, ma0sm, distrus, robluvsnic, kilgore-trout, shimmetry, JaguarPirate, pichaelmarker, Body_In_The_Thames, and ThisTemporaryLife this'd this
i prefer if man is 5 then the devil is 6
- fellover, emmettcruddas, and JaguarPirate this'd this
Suicide - Frankie Teardrop
I'll try posting some non-obvious picks as I go along. this one, though...anal_schwarzenegger and DaddyorChips this'd this
in order to broaden them scope
examples of really intense shouting are now encouraged.
not like EMOTIONS screaming but just
fucking hell howsabout the power of that there https://soundcloud.com/manatees/thepulpcut you cant mess with eugene.
- Drummerdave this'd this
- FilthyLittleCreep, morepricksthankicks, and DaddyorChips this'd this
Came here to post this.
'Armenia' is a force of nature. The Cave man still uses a sample of his scream in live performances of Stagger Lee, too.
I wish I knew more off the hook funk or classic rock shrieks/howls
or more esoteric screams, not just painful/despairing ones.
two Animal Collective ones, anyway.
first one is a scream of someone whose youth is slipping away, always. at least I figure.
second is that guy in a more manic, trting to live but feeling frayed-edge existential.
maybe some metal ones next.
James Brown
This is probably the best one:
Mike Patton
Is my favourite screamer. For example:
Blonde Redhead - Mama Cita
around the 3 minute mark
The Amps - Empty Glasses
No mucking about, just straight into it.
I can't get YouTube to load but it's
Art Star by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
Aaaaaaaarrrrrrrt staaaaaaaarrrrrrrrpichaelmarker this'd this
If you were going to be totally honest about it
Go through Little Richard's Specialty releases. Makes all your choices look stupid as shit.
- JaguarPirate this'd this
Tool - The Grudge
(Unsurprising answer from me!)Comaboy this'd this
From about 6:58 for a full 30 seconds. A Primal Scream like no other.
Maynard is the Master of the scream
(i agree with you,
just can't really be admitting to be a tool fan where people can see, you know?)
Chino Mereno especially when he goes from whispering to screaming in an instant
Good shout on Bargeld. I thought it was a drill noise on Halber Mensch until I saw them live.
- anal_schwarzenegger, thosegoldsounds, dis-charge, and lyserge this'd this
anyStringly this'd this
There's a lot of screaming in Pixies' music
But I don't find it annoying.
Great track
though I always thought his most affecting vocals were at the end of Eveything You Ever Wanted To Know..., when you can hear him choking in the vocal booth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W0F1yeuLZUbadmanreturns this'd this
Genuinely the most amount of goosebumps ever.
Also, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxTDgJokVMo
And of course, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jY4lLYtnwc
SCENTThierryEnnui and incandenza_ this'd this
At The Drive-In - Invalid Litter Dept.
It happens at 5:29.
Possibly my favorite song on that album that is not Enfilade.ma0sm this'd this
oh yeah, love this one
best bit on the album.
Cursive Mothership Mothership
Cursive - Art is Hard
AND WHEN YOU GET ON STAGE, HAVE THEM SCREAM YOUR NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMEma0sm this'd this
On a Saddle Creek tip...
Conor on Hole In One:
Ooh, in that case...
Conor for the last bit of "Road To Joy"
He gets two really great screams in on that track.
When I saw Bright Eyes at Somerset House
Conor screamed so much he threw up. Amazing gig.
Lord Only Knows - Beck
I love the randomness of the intro's quick scream which completely contrasts to the rest of the track's pleasant alt country vibe.
Come to Daddy - Aphex Twin
The middle section's distorted scream from 2:37 just takes the tune to even more freakish territory.bj72 and JaguarPirate this'd this
was gonna post this
could be here all day with converge
is it cheating to put in singers who almost always scream?
Can't have a thread called 'music's best screams'
and not expect to see some Jane Doe in there.
This is probably cheating though as it's not even a song, but contains the coolest scream ever:
harvey milk - one of uss cannot be wrong
more wailing or howling than screaming but it'll do
- DaddyorChips, JaguarPirate, Bongodeldrongo, and Oissin_ this'd this
Alchemist - Chinese Whispers
1:27 - Probably my favourite use of screaming in a song. Piercing as hell.
- emmettcruddas this'd this
Carl Craigs remix of this has the best scream ever in it
Dave Angel-Airborne, CC Mix
- incandenza_ this'd this
State Faults
You can hear his throat being ripped up. I haven't a clue how they pull this off live. The whole album's like this.
I know someone also said Chino, but I specifically love Hexagram...
Two great screams in this - www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP4dFHSd-iw
A Dillinger Escape Plan one...
"Farewell, Mona Lisa" - about 2:50 in, the initial screaming has subsided but then the relative calm is shattered by one THE most demonic sounding screams I've heard which just continues to get more and more deranged as the song progresses. In other words, amazing.aactv this'd this
Too many effects on that one for me
Dimitri's screams hit way harder. So raw.incandenza_ this'd this
the chariot
particularly david de la hoz and andy sundwell
or gay for johnny depp - nothing worse than a whining boy
proper sounds like a pained dog
The Birthday Party
Pretty much most of Junkyard, particularly *that* bit in The Dim Locator
- JaguarPirate this'd this
Julie Christmas- Battle Of Mice
Especially this towards the end of Cave Of Spleen (please excuse the pretty poor audio quality):
She does that cute-ish whisper through to full throated roar thing but it all sounds so genuinely creepy and affecting, like a genuine exorcism of some pretty heavy shit, especially in tandem with the properly chilling lyrics. I get a genuine physical reaction every time from the holler around the 3:10 mark, and again all through the ending, particularly around the 6 minute mark. To be fair the whole song is wrenching though.Comaboy this'd this
some good choices here
may think of more later but the first to come to mind is Portishead - Half Day Closing
Radiohead-Climbing Up The Walls
Is the first that comes to mind.Oissin_, BarryShitpeas, John_Ho, and incandenza_ this'd this
Audioslave - Cochise
Is that a scream? Maybe more of a growl, still enjoyable though.
Best enjoyed while watching the stadium rock video, with it's silly posturing and fireworks.
Think there's a helicopter too, although it's a long time since I've seen it.
Sorry, no youtube link.
At about 2:40 of this live performance of Closer
He makes it sound like digital manipulation. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEdqqyxoWuA
Flower Travellin' Band - Satori I
immediately springs to mind:
Ctrl + F 'Knife Party'
It makes me shiver, makes my toes curl. It is everything I want from music.
oh yeah!
I mean, obviously.
I thought for a while that it was Chino and he had some freaky androgynous vocal prowess.
Jamie Stewart
XIU XIU - Ian Curtis Wishlist
i have a present for you ITS MADE FROM PIECES OF YOUR SKIN!
no one has linked a better scream than the ones between 1:15 and 2:15 here, especially at 2:11. always gives me goosebumps
Has nobody mentioned McCartney?
He's got an excellent scream, whips it out on many of the early Beatles classics.
And Lennon is no slouch on the Plastic Ono Band album.
Chris Cornell's voice back in the early days of Soundgarden:
The opening note of Loud Love: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0xosEFe8Ik
And obviously, Jesus Christ Pose: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14r7y6rM6zA
Meshuggah - I
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHComaboy and ethricdouble this'd this
Dr Octagon - A Visit to the Gynecologyst
From 2:00 to the end


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Frank Horwill
- These articles were first published many year's ago and whilst some are as relevant today as they were when new, many are now mostly of historical interest as modern research and coaching methods have superseded them.
To Improve Performance, You Have to Start by Fortifying the Mind
By Frank Horwill
A friend of mine was a patient in a cancer ward and his treatment involved going without food and water for eight weeks. He survived on a drip. During this time he lost three stone in weight. Around him other patients frequently died. It was a depressing period. Asked how he coped with tubes into and out of his stomach and down his throat he, replied: "I start each day by saying "I'm going to enjoy this day" and then I ask myself "Whom can I help today?'" This is a good philosophy for all sportspeople to adopt.
Ron Clarke (Australia) 30 years ago broke world records for two miles, three miles and six miles, and 3,000 and 5,000 metres, as well as the distance run in one hour. The 10,000m world record had eluded him many times, and on one of his training runs by the sea he was pondering why this was so when he heard in the distance in a rocky alcove much squealing and splashing. Out of curiosity he ran towards the scene and discovered a group of children lying on their backs in the shallow water and throwing a ball to each other. Then he noticed a row of collapsible wheel chairs. The children were all paralysed. He turned away from the scene and muttered to himself: "What am I bothering about the 10,000m world record for?"
Sporting performance should always be put into perspective. If an Ethiopian athlete during the height of his country's terrible famine were to run into a Red Cross relief camp and exclaim, "I've broken the 5,000 metres world record", there would be little interest unless he was carrying a bag of flour. The word "recreation" literally means recreating our mind and body. Because we can, we should. If we enjoy sport we will enjoy it more if we get better at it. Improving involves the allocation of time. Our lives revolve around the three eights - eight hours work, eight hours sleep, eight hours free time. Some of the free time will be required for taking meals and for travelling to and from work. At the very least we can find one hour a day to practise our sport. When we choose that hour is our prerogative.
Roger Bannister as a medical student at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, chose to use his lunch hour for a 10-minute jog to Paddington track, where he ran 10 X 440yds in about 60 secs with two minutes rest, then he ran back to work. The whole procedure took 48 minutes, leaving him time to eat his lunch. If you want to train for sport you can always fit it in somehow. Time is precious. Our lease of life is 70 years. We know little of the first and last five years. We are at our physical peak in sport for about five years, although we may compete in one way or another for 25 years. This means that every training session is a precious piece of our time. It is an investment which will pay dividends in the future. The more we invest, the better the return.
Start small and then grow
Training must have a point. It is a journey towards a destination, a fixed point in our minds. The terminus must be both reachable and challenging. It may be to run a mile in under four minutes. What will it take to do this? First of all we have to become familiar with the pace, 59 secs per 400m, not 60 secs per lap which is only 4 mins.03 secs / mile. We can achieve this by taking segments of the distance and running them at the appropriate speed. We may have to start with very small sections such as 200m until we can do twice the actual distance, ie, 16 X 200 in 29.5 secs. We want to get them all done on time but with some difficulty; a recovery time of double the time of the run will suffice (59 secs). When we can handle that, we can extend the segment a further 100m to 300m at the same speed with the same rest as before (59 secs). We are getting used to sustained running. Eventually we reach the point where we can run 1,200m non-stop in 2 mins 57 secs, and we are on the way. This is progressive training - we have started small and grown.
In order to help the body's acceptance of 59 secs per 400m we need to train faster than that, say, 55 secs per 400m. For this we will have to do less and with more recovery, eg 4 X 400 in 55 secs with 3-4 mins rest. When we can handle that comfortably we can consider reducing the recovery time in blocks of 15 seconds until we may eventually repeat the session with only half of the original rest time. This may take several weeks, months or even years. We are still travelling towards our destination; it may be long and difficult but we must stick to the route.
Do more of what you dislike
Whatever distance a race is, that distance assumes major, and often exaggerated, proportions in our mind. To a predominantly 400m runner, the 800m event looks like a marathon! We have to conquer that fear of the distance. Roger Bannister did it by running 3 x 1½ miles slower per lap than his intended sub-four minute mile. If the mile seems formidable, it will be less so if we regularly run two miles. We can start cautiously by running eight consecutive laps of the track 10 secs per lap slower than in our target mile, ie, 69 secs/400. We should keep practising this until we get major reductions.
Glen Cunningham (USA), former holder of the world mile record, as a novice was ignorant of training methods. He repeatedly ran the mile distance in training and racing and tried to reduce the time for each race. He got used to the distance all right but he reached a plateau of performance. Then he met a coach who encouraged him to race 880 yds and two miles and then the mile; he also encouraged him to train at these different speeds. He broke the world record within a year.
There are many 800m runners who shun the 1,500m event, and many 1,500m runners who avoid 3000 and 5,000m races. Similarly, they do not entertain running under-distance. Like Cunningham, they stick to one distance and stagnate. They are scared of not looking as good as they do in their main event.
This brings me to a very important maxim for fortifying the mind: whatever you most dislike in training and racing, DO MORE OF IT. Derek Ibbotson disliked sprinting, and consequently he was outsprinted in many races. He decided to spend a winter with his club's sprint group in addition to his normal cross-country training. He became one of the fastest finishers ever in mile races. He also broke the mile record.
Training the will-power
Professor McDougall, a famous writer on psychology some 40 years ago, stated that the seemingly useless practice of getting a box of matches and each day taking them out one by one and arranging them in a line on a table was an exercise that would strengthen will-power. We don't hear much about will-power training in sport. We often hear about "the will to win" but where does this will come from? Are we born with it or can we acquire it? Oscar Wilde summed up the weak-willed aptly when he said: "I can resist everything except temptation". Athletes have to resist certain excessive social behaviour patterns which are accepted as the norm. This is defensive use of the will. Can we go on the offensive? We can - and in doing so improve our performance.
A middle-aged female took up running for the marathon. She had not participated in sport of any kind for 25 years. She was told to run for one minute and each successive day to add a minute. Because she had such a short stride, her leg strength was tested by making her hop 25 metres. She took 22 hops to cover the distance (world-class middle-distance runners can do it in nine). She was told to do hopping exercises every other day. After 100 days this woman was running for 100 minutes and had reduced her total hops to 15. The secret of her success was to start with a very minor challenge and to build on it. Many start too ambitiously and break down, giving the will a severe dent in the process.
To sum up fortifying the mind
- Start each day with a declaration of intent: "I am going to enjoy this day".
- You can run; many cannot and will not run. Some have never known what it is like to run. Make the most of it while you can.
- You can train every day for at least one hour. There is no excuse not to.
- Train with a goal in mind.
- The method of achieving this goal must involve rehearsing the activity and aids to that activity.
- Competition must not only include the specific event but other events which will test endurance and speed.
- Exercise your will specifically by devoting time daily to the task you dislike most in training - or to a known weakness. Start small and progress.
A competition is a competition; if you have trained diligently and intelligently and done your best, you have succeeded. You are only a failure if you have not done these things.


text: Since the Indians are finishing up their only series in Beantown and with "The Little Injuns That Could" taking aim at the Red Sox, now might be the perfect time to examine an emerging trend in MLB these days. While you're probably thinking that the obvious "trend" is the dichotomy of the MLB payroll structure (though I think that we're all aware of the disparity between the "haves" and the "have-nots" and a refresher course is not needed), a new culture is emerging as a trickle-down effect from the way that MLB payrolls exist as it pertains to the people who are supposed to matter (even if they rarely do) in baseball – the fans. While the obnoxiousness and boorishness of fans of certain teams is both well-known and justified, it would seem that the recent successes of those teams has created an enhanced sense of entitlement (if that enhancement is even possible) when it comes to expectations for a particular fanbase and the manner in which the disparity of baseball economics has pervaded the fan culture to a degree that fans of certain teams simply expect a playoff berth and a look at the World Series, by virtue of simply who they root for. This is brought up in response to a piece that you may or may not have seen by now as it does come via the Worldwide Leader (which is a 4-letter word in Cleveland these days) and from Bill Simmons as he attempts to determine why the Red Sox team in 2010 is so "boring" and why their TV ratings are down 35% (the Indians are down 4.9% from 2009…and be sure to click that fascinating link) in a town that has been historically behind their baseball team, through good and bad. The entire piece is worth a read as Simmons is a skilled writer, even when he's working on flawed premises, as he ultimately comes to the conclusion that the Red Sox are "a boring team during a fairly boring season". He goes into great detail to break down how the Red Sox got to be where they are (3rd place in the AL East with fan interest waning), citing injuries (10% of the problem), Front Office Paralysis/Inadequacies (5%), "The Hangover" (15%), "The Bandwagon Effect" (5%), "The Steroid Era Hangover" (5%), the decline of baseball in general (5%), and the time of games (55%) as the culprits. First, let's dismiss the final (and biggest, according to Simmons) factor as the debate over the length of the games has already played out publicly with Joe West, every Yankee, and every Red Sox player being involved in the lunacy that is the length of particular (umm…Yankee v. Red Sox) games. Interestingly, the time of games were for the first three games of the Indians-Red Sox series have been 3:18, 2:41, and 3:07, with two of those games being interrupted by a horrifying injury and by Josh Beckett's complete lack of worth as a person. Games go for 3 hours...if the Twitter/TMZ/BlackBerry world that we now live in where a snark in the form of snippet has taken the place of wit and depth in analysis and appreciation, well...yeah, maybe then baseball is ill-suited for the next century. But as a person who enjoys the pace of a game and enjoys the small things that happen within those three hours (and maybe I'm in the minority), I'm going to dismiss Simmons' main culprit outright and get to the lunacy of his complaints about the current incarnation of the Red Sox. First, let's get it out there that Simmons is complaining about a team that is 61-47 and is currently sitting on the 8th best record in MLB, a team with the second most runs scored in MLB…THIS is the team that Simmons finds nearly unwatchable. Of course, the argument goes that with all of the advantages at their disposal, the Red Sox should be sitting on a record that should be better than the 8th best in MLB, but doesn't that simply provide evidence that Red Sox fans have developed this overwhelming sense of entitlement en route to becoming more overbearing and arrogant than even Yankee fans that we're about to get into? He cites "injuries" as a major factor in the team being "boring", while ignoring that every team goes through periods of losing their major cogs to the DL. Unquestionably, the Red Sox have been hit hard by injuries this year with Ellsbury, PEDroia, Victor, Cameron, and Beckett (with Youkilis joining that list this week) spending significant time on the shelf. But forgive me if I have trouble finding my violin to play Boston as the Indians' 2010 season has been a veritable MASH unit (with the most recent patient coming at the expense of a Ryan Kalish "slide" into another person's knee) with Sizemore, Choo, and Cabrera spending just as significant amounts of time on the DL on a team that was ill-equipped (unlike the Red Sox) to absorb the loss of any of them, much less all of them. To go further on that, the beginning of the 2008 Tribe season was undone (in some part) by injuries to Victor and Hafner, with the absence of those two players playing a role in the precipitious fall from contention that has happened in Cleveland since 2007. Injuries happen to every team every season and complaining about them is one of the lowest forms of discourse in baseball conversations. What is so interesting about Simmons citing those injuries however leads to some of his other points as the Red Sox lost Ellsbury, PEDroia, Victor, Cameron, and Beckett...but currently employ a roster that makes $168M. Simmons counts "Front Office Paralysis/Inadequacies" as a major factor and one of the reasons that the team hasn't been able to overcome injuries, but let's look at the salaries for Red Sox players signed or acquired THIS off-season only: Lackey - $18M Beltre - $9M Cameron - $7.25M Scutaro - $5M Wakefield - $3.5M (extension) That doesn't include the Beckett extension (4-years, $68M that kicks in next year), Papelbon's $9.35M salary to avoid arbitration nor does it do justice to the fact that the Red Sox will pay Beckett, Lackey, Lester, Wakefield, and Dice-K a COMBINED $45.5M for 2010, while the Indians' 2010 total payroll to start the year was $61M. Certainly, there is some flotsam and jetsam among that $168M (with Rob Neyer suggesting that the Red Sox cut ties with Dice-K), but all that you need to know about the Red Sox finances is that they are paying Julio Lugo $9.25M this year to NOT play for the Red Sox this year and still "found" $5M to pay Scutaro to play where Lugo was supposed to. Has the Red Sox Front Office made mistakes? Sure as no team is flawless, but unlike the situation in 26 or so other markets, those mistakes can be made up by essentially throwing money at the problem. Additionally, Simmons takes this argument further saying that the Red Sox farm system has been a disappointment as of late, not realizing that the farm system netted them Jason Bay and Victor Martinez (most notably) by turning the currency of young, under-club-control talent that is so valuable to teams that are not in a similar financial situation to the Red Sox into those veteran assets. He complains about a disappointing farm system, going so far as to say that: ESPN's Keith Law had Boston ranked as his No. 2 farm system in February. When I e-mailed him for a July update, he wrote back that many of its top guys were underperforming and added, "They're not No. 2 anymore. Definitely still top-10." I'm not pumping my fist. 61-47 with their two top pitchers being 24 years old and 25 years old with nearly all of their young talent tied in through the 2013 season (more on that in a minute) AND a top-10 farm system...that merits a "yeah, I'm not pumping my fist"? Excuse us down here, but small-market teams dream of a top-10 farm system that Keith Law rated as the #2 farm system in February because it gives the allure of what could be. At this point, Simmons and Red Sox fans like him not only want immediate gratification, but also the swagger from knowing that they have the best young talent BELOW the MLB level. Perhaps Simmons doesn't speak for the fabricated entity that is "Red Sox Nation", but it sounds as if he wants to have his cake and eat it too...all while the smell of more cake cooking in the oven fills his senses with more comfort. As for the talent already at the MLB level, Simmons makes this statement to back up his theory that the team lacks star power, that the team (on pace for 91 wins with the second most runs in baseball to date) has been lacking that "must-see" feel to it: …You can't expect a nine-figure baseball team to capture the daily imagination of a big market without a player who passes the Remote Control Test (when you don't flip channels because you know Player X is coming up) or the We Can't Go Get Food Yet Test (when you don't make a food/drink run at a game because Player X is coming up) or even the Every Five Nights, I Know What I'm Doing Test (when you have a transcendent pitcher who keeps you in front of the television every five days). I like Pedroia. I like Kevin Youkilis. Clay Buchholz has been a revelation this year. I really, really like Lester, my favorite current player (and someone quietly enjoying a monster season) mainly for everything he's been through. But none of them passes the above tests. Just to put that in perspective, let's just take a look at the 4 players (while omitting the bias that some of them project to be largely detestable as personalities) that Simmons specifically references as essentially being non-compelling baseball players: Pedroia is a 26-year-old former MVP (though any BBWAA award is largely ceremonial and widely ridiculed) who plays a middle infield position and has posted a cumulative OPS of .843 since 2007. To this point in his career, he has the 6th highest OPS (.831) among players who played primarily 2B with more than 2,000 plate appearances and he's under contract through 2015 (when he'll be 32) for a total of $48M, with the final year of his deal being a club option. Youkilis is a 31-year-old (yeah, really) hitter who plays wherever the Red Sox ask him to play on the field and is currently 5th in MLB in OPS (.975) after finishing 5th in OPS in 2009 (.981) and 12th in OPS in 2008 (.958). While he may not be that "must-see" player that Simmons talks about, only Joey Votto currently ranks ahead of Youkilis in OPS this year AND also outpaced him last year in OPS. Oh, and he's signed through the 2013 season for a total of $37M. Buchholz is a 24-year-old RHP with a 2.59 ERA (2nd in the AL behind CP Lee) and a 1.23 WHIP in this season (his first full one in which he's remained in the Red Sox rotation) and is under club control through the 2014 season, not even being eligible for arbitration until after next season. Lester is a 25-year-old LHP with an ERA of 3.07, a WHIP of 1.16, and who has struck out more than a batter an inning this year, his 3rd full season in MLB, and is signed through the 2014 season for a total cost of $38M. This isn't to point out how MARVELOUS the Red Sox are (trust me, I'd avoid that proclamation at all cost if I could), but rather to point out that the four players that Simmons specifically mentions are essentially two of the best (and most consistent) position players in the game (as much as I have to choke down bile to admit that) and two of the youngest, most accomplished pitchers currently plying their craft in MLB. And these are the players that he's lukewarm enough on to say that he "likes" them...but that they're really not all that exciting. Maybe Simmons speaks for the majority of the fans in New England…but if he does, the sense of entitlement is jarring and makes me wonder if we're we all waiting for Youkilis to pull a Maximus and glare around Fenway Park screaming "are you not entertained?" The Red Sox Front Office does a lot of things correctly with more than a few "hits" in the past 5 years or so, with the benefit of a large margin of error to make up for the "misses". In constructing the team, they have one of the better cores of young talent as some could argue that Lester, Buchholz, Youkilis, and PEDroia (all grown by the organization) are the Red Sox equivalent of the Yankees' core of four that has received so much press this year, but because they don't have that "look at me" talent, the team is not compelling. Or at least that's how this rationale seems to go... Here's the first problem with all of this (and there are a few), in that that it's a widely accepted belief among fans of these teams that they SHOULD contend, simply because of who they are and where they feel they sit in the pecking order of MLB. The idea that making the playoffs is a birthright is already pervasive in the Bronx...and is actually becoming widely accepted as such around the country, and the sentiment is not far off in Philadelphia. So at what point do the large market teams evolve to such a point where the assumption is universal that they're supposed to be in the playoffs year after year, leaving the scraps of the Wild Card or the "lesser divsions" to teams with lower payrolls and expectations? You can talk you like about success begetting success or about how expectations have been rightfully raised, but the impetus for this piece is to explore why the ratings for the Red Sox are down 35% and, while I'm not sure that Simmons speaks for the deplorable entity that is (trademarked) Red Sox Nation, is there any doubt that the Red Sox Front Office and owners are aware of this type of sentiment is out there and is reflected? If you don't believe that the owners of the Red Sox are wildly aware of this, watch how hard they go after Adrian Gonzalez or Prince Fielder with their prospects or Carlos Pena, Carl Crawford, Adam Dunn, or even (dare I say) Cliff Lee with their pocketbook. Or how they attempt to stack their bullpen (and they apparently inquired about Justin Masterson's availability last week) via FA and trade in an attempt to improve their standing in the AL East as well as in the eyes of their fans. If you don't think that will happen quickly, remember that the Yankees have finished below 2nd in the AL East once since 1993(!), when they finished 3rd in 2008. Not sure if you remember the next off-season when the Yankees ostensibly bought themselves the 2009 World Series title...but that may be in line for a Red Sox team that is on pace for a 91-71 season, which (it should be noted) would be a win total that they bested ONCE from 1980 to 1997. Yet times have changed in Boston and (getting back to Simmons' culprits) since I don't really care about "The Bandwagon Effect" in Boston (as the Tribe's Bandwagon has remained largely empty since 2001…yes, even in 2007) or the steroid factor, let's get into the most absurd aspect of Simmons' argument – that the Red Sox aren't compelling to the citizens of New England because the 2004 and 2007 World Series banner for Boston has affected the fan base's thirst for a title, with Simmons asking himself, "Do I care as much as I did? I think about this question constantly. The short answer? No. It can't mean as much. It will never mean as much." He goes through this rationale in a section of the piece under the heading of "The Hangover". Um…you want a hangover? How about a painful, constant pit-in-the-stomach that makes your teeth hurt type of hangover caused by a stretch of watching your baseball team devolve from the best young team in MLB with a seemingly limitless future to seeing a roster completely pared down because of the economic realities within MLB, the personal agendas of certain players, and a team taken down by...wait for it...injuries and Front Office Paralysis/Inadequacies, the very things that have apparently "felled" the 2010 Sawx. Sorry Red Sox fans, you don't get to complain about a "hangover" because the cause of your hangover was actually a celebration while the hungover that's felt in Cleveland is akin to the day after somebody stealthily slips shots of vodka into your beer at the bar while nobody's looking. As a net result, you feel awful and there's no great memory of much of anything, much less of a good time. Yeah, that's what it has felt like since the beginning of 2008 for Tribe fans, getting vodka-beered... If you want to talk "hangover" since 2007, the Red Sox are 251-181 (.581 winning percentage) since the beginning of the 2008 season with two playoff berths and have lost nary a player that they wanted to keep (they didn't want to keep Bay), while their 2007 ALCS opponent Indians are 192-240 (.444 winning percentage) over that same timeframe, with 80% of their 2007 rotation gone, all but two of their 2007 relievers gone, and the only position players from that 2007 Tribe team remaining being Cabrera, Sizemore (injured), and Hafner (injured). Sure, Choo was around (but not on the roster) and Rafael Perez, Jensen Lewis, and Aaron Laffey (injured) were able contributors to that 2007 playoff push, but pardon me if I scoff at the notion that the Red Sox are feeling the same level of "hangover" that we've been subjected to in Cleveland over the last 2+ years. In his section, he asserts the notion that Red Sox fans are no longer equating the success or failure of their team to life-and-death, leading to the decrease in interest and, ultimately, TV ratings. If we're going with this life-and-death analogy to a fanbase, but how about the life-and-death of a franchise and of an organization, dropped to its knees once again by baseball's dichotomy, attempting to open that window of contention after feeling it slam on the neck of an organization and a city that thought that it was crawling through? While the interest is apparently waning in Boston because of this growing sense of entitlement and because the Red Sox are "underachieving" on their way to another 90-win season – but a 3rd place finish in the AL East – the majority of teams in baseball dream of a 90-win season or of putting together a stretch of even 3 to 5 competitive seasons together. Not in Boston though, where the cries of "I'm not watching a 3rd place team" and "there are no interesting players to watch" echo through the city. As a result, the differences from the "haves" and the "have nots" in MLB trickle down to their fanbases in an era in which the deepening chasm between teams (and fans) that feel that they will win because of who they are and teams (and fans) who feel that they MAY win every so often if everything falls into place is only getting deeper. While the crying from the top of the mountain only figures to get louder in places like Boston, it will fall on deaf ears in places like Cleveland, where the cries are real...and justified.


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Center for Theater Arts Reach for a Star Fundraiser - 3/21/09
Pittsburgh's stars of tomorrow headlined the Center for Theater Arts' Reach for a Star Fundraiser at the Valley Brook Country Club. During cocktails, bids were placed on items in a silent auction, followed by a dinner theater setting for more than 250 attendees. Four performances by current Center students and alumni were presented, along with the honoring of several students, teachers, and board members. "It was great having the alumni back; they were a big hit," says event co-chair Linda Smartschan. Proceeds from the evening will benefit the center's scholarship and special needs programs. Photos by Rachel Stadelmeier.Read More
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2014 Infiniti QX60: 5 Reasons to Buy - Video
If you need three rows of seats in a luxury crossover, you have a lot of choices these days. But the new 2014 Infiniti QX60 makes a strong case for your cash. Based on the Nissan Pathfinder, the QX60 delivers family-friendly features with an upscale vibe, and it's rather sensibly priced relative to some premium-brand crossovers. Here are five reasons to take a closer look.
1. Flexible Seating Options
One of the QX60 model's claims to fame is its roomy, versatile seats. The second row slides more than five inches fore and aft -- and the seat backs recline, as well. As for the third row, it's unusually adult-friendly, swallowing 6-footers with ease. The standard tri-zone climate control system lets rear passengers create their own little microclimate. Throw in the optional dual-screen rear entertainment system and your passengers will never want to get out.
2. Pillow-Soft Ride
Infiniti is generally known for firm, sporty suspensions, but the QX60 breaks with tradition. The ride is so soft that you might have flashbacks to old Cadillacs from the '70s. Not that there's anything wrong with that; in fact, we wish more crossovers would forget the sporty stuff and just focus on comfort, because that's what most people expect in a family vehicle. If you prefer to glide over rough roads rather than feel every crevice, the QX60 is right up your alley.
3. Big Cargo Bay
If you get a 3-row SUV, you might want to haul stuff around with it sometimes -- and the QX60 is ready to go. Fold down the second- and third-row seats and you have about 76 cu ft of cargo space. If you do the math, that's a lot of cases of your favorite beverage right there. Or you could take the QX to the home-improvement store and load up on lumber. It's like having a family vehicle and a pickup truck in one.
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We know safety's a top priority, and Infiniti does, too. Available features include a forward collision mitigation system with automatic emergency braking, a rear radar system that alerts you to obstacles as you back up and a lane-centering system to keep you between the lines.
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If you're into tech, you'll be out in the driveway playing with the QX60 for hours. It offers a 360-degree parking camera, hard-drive navigation, Bose audio and even a rear entertainment system. And keep an eye out for the high-tech QX60 Hybrid, which boosts fuel economy without compromising anywhere else.
AutoTrader's Advice
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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates–Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy missed the cut at the Abu Dhabi Championship on Friday, a woeful start to the season for the world's top two golfers.
Woods missed it after he was penalized two shots for wrongly taking a free drop, while top-ranked McIlroy was frustrated trying to adjust to his new Nike clubs, even though he used his old Titleist putter in the second round. Both finished with 3-over 75s.
"When you don't hit fairways on this golf course, you can't score," McIlroy said.
Justin Rose played solid, mistake-free golf. Away from the large galleries, the Englishman shot a 69 for a 136 total and a one-shot lead at the halfway point over Jamie Donaldson (70) of Wales , Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (67) of Spain and Thorbjorn Olesen (69) of Denmark .
Woods and McIlroy were expected to contend for the lead but often looked like weekend golfers. Their struggles captivated the crowds and their departure means it is the first time the world's top two players missed a cut in the same tournament since McIlroy and Luke Donald at the 2012 U.S. Open. The last time in a regular tournament came in 2005 by Woods and Vijay Singh at Disney World.
"I didn't hit [the ball] particularly well. I putted great but just didn't hit it very good. I was struggling with that," Woods said. "I have some work to do, and next week I'm playing at Torrey [in San Diego], and obviously it will be different weather there, so going to go back and get ready."
Woods thought he was safe in finishing his second round at 73, but he was advised by the European Tour chief referee Andy McFee of the penalty, giving him a 75 and 3-over for a total of 147. The cut for the top 60 plus ties was 2 over.
McFee said he warned Woods on the 11th tee of the penalty, which was a result of his taking a free drop when his ball was embedded in sand. It's not allowed.
"I called Martin [Kaymer] over to verify the ball was embedded. We both agreed it was embedded and evidently it was in sand," Woods said of the infraction that happened when his drive on 5 landed in a bed of vines. "Andy ruled I broke an infraction, consequently got a two-shot penalty. Andy feels the way he feels about it and I broke the rules."
Kaymer said he thought the ball was embedded and was surprised to hear of the ruling.
"I didn't know about it and he obviously didn't know about it, otherwise he wouldn't have done it. It's an unfortunate thing," Kaymer said. "Obviously he was fighting back a lot, and he was 3 or 4 over par, and trying to make the cut. He was playing very well coming in. He was making nice putts in the end."
McFee said Woods didn't challenge him on the ruling. It came to light when a spectator alerted the European Tour to the infraction. After the drop, a reporter heard some spectators questioning whether the drop was appropriate.
"An embedded ball relief is through the green but in ground other than sand," McFee said. "I talked to him when he came off the 11th tee because I couldn't be sure about a two-stroke penalty until we got into the recording area."
Woods said it was frustrating to bow out of a tournament in this way, especially after he recovered from four bogeys on his first five holes –the fifth subsequently becoming a triple. He birdied five of the last 11 holes including three in a row in the back nine.
"It's tough because I didn't get off to a very good start. I fought and got it back," Woods said. "I was right there and felt if I could post even par I had the chance to go into the weekend only eight back. Evidently it wasn't enough."
McIlroy posted a second straight 75 for a 6-over total of 150. Even a switch to his old putter for the second round didn't help. He putted poorly, flubbed several chips and drove erratically.
He carded three bogeys on his first seven holes to all, but eliminate himself from the weekend. McIlroy had a string of birdies at the turn –including a chip-in on nine –but wasted that with a bogey on 10 and another on 14.
"I didn't putt well again, so they were the two areas of the game; nothing was really on [on Friday]," he said. "One of those things. I've got a few weeks off to work at it and try and get my game in decent shape for the U.S."
"It's very disappointing. You really want to get off to a nice start at the start of the season, but I've got to realize that it is only the start of the season and there's a lot of golf left. I said to the guys [on Thursday] on the way back, as long as I feel like my game is in good shape heading into Augusta, that's all I'm worried about."
Rose started slowly but finished with a flurry. He had three of his four birdies on the back nine including on his 18th when his approach shot came within a few feet of the pin. Last month, placing second at the Dubai World Championship, Rose stated he was confident.
"There's a difference in how I feel about my game and how I trust my game, absolutely. I believe that any tournament I tee up in, I can win," Rose said.
Robert Rock, the defending champion from England, withdrew before the round because of illness.
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In the aftermath of recent storm damage and flooding from Hurricane Sandy in Rhode Island, United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha, the Department of Justice, the FBI and the National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) remind the public of the potential for disaster fraud in the aftermath of a natural disaster.
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