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Life is full of moments when you don't know how to act or how to handle yourself in front of other people. In these situations, etiquette is vital for keeping your sense of humor and your self-esteem intact. But etiquette is not a behavior that you should just turn on and off. This stuffy French word that translates into getting along with others allows you to put people at ease, make them feel good about a situation, and even improve your reputation.Etiquette For Dummies approaches the subject from a practical point of view, throwing out the rulebook full of long, pointless lists. Instead, it sets up tough social situations and shows you how to navigate through them successfully, charming everyone with your politeness and social grace. This straightforward, no-nonsense guide will let you discover the ins and outs of:Basic behavior for family, friends, relationships, and businessGrooming, dressing, and staying healthyCoping with unexpected stuff like sneezing or feeling queasyMaintaining a civilized relationshipMaking friends and keeping themBuilding positive relationships at workCommunicating effectivelyThis book shows you how to take on these situations and make them pleasant. It also gives you great advice for tipping appropriately in all types of services and setting stellar examples for your kids. Full of useful advice and written in a laid-back, friendly style, Etiquette For Dummies has all the tools you need to face any social situation with politeness and courtesy.
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This book supports trainees on primary initial teacher training courses where a secure knowledge and understanding of mathematics is required for the award of Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). A rigorous test enables trainees to identify their strengths and weaknesses in mathematics and this can be revisited in order to monitor and evaluate progress towards QTS. Trainees are able to direct their studies more usefully and quickly develop confidence in topics they find difficult. This edition is fully up to date with the 2007 QTS Standards.
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So he's mad, and that's his right. And of course, he never had the country to begin with, but okay, he's hurt and he's lashing out. Except that he has now forever thrown away the notion that he's a patriot. He actively dislikes most Americans (at least most voting Americans, and I don't imagine he has a lot of kind words for those who stayed at home).
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It was 2013's most controversial TV romance, Tully Smyth leaving her girlfriend for Anthony Drew as the cameras rolled on Big Brother.
But we can exclusively reveal that "Drully" has already called quits on their romance, just two months after the popular TV show ended. And a source close to the former couple confirmed to TheFIX: "It's trouble in paradise."
But that's not all! According to a few spies, Tully was spotted pashing another woman at a Sydney pub last week! Yep, that's right, Tully kissed a girl (again) and we think she liked it.
Her relationship with club promoter Tahlia Farrant ended via Twitter after Tully and Drew got a little too close for comfort while in the Big Brother house.
So what ended her new romance with Drew? Our insider explained that the distance was a big issue, with Drew living in Melbourne and Tully in Sydney.
And Tully wasn't shy about posting photos of her Drew-less New Year's getaway in coastal New South Wales while he reportedly rang in the new year in Melbourne with friends and family.
And it's not the only break-up, Ed Lower and Jade Albany have also called it a day.This doesn't come as much of a surprise. Nicknamed the "Jadaconda" by housemates, many suspected that the relationship between the model and her footballer beau definitely wouldn't last in the real world.
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Before his death in 1975, critic Ralph J. Gleason declared Carmen McRae "the greatest woman singer of jazz in our time." McRae, 58, has never equaled the popularity of contemporaries Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and Peggy Lee, but this double album of moody ballads suggests that Gleason had a point. McRae's elegance, timing and deep, wonderfully elastic voice are complemented by sit-in virtuosos like Freddie Hubbard, Hubert Laws, Jorge Dalto, Grover Washington Jr. and, in a remarkable performance over all four sides, bassist Buster Williams. The material includes a sublime version of the old The Masquerade Is Over plus many new tunes. McRae imaginatively covers Paul Williams and Roger Nichols' I Won't Last a Day Without You, Al Jarreau's Burst In with the Dawn, the Carole Bayer Sager-Melissa Manchester standard-to-be Come In from the Rain and Billy Joel's New York State of Mind. This is an ideal midnight curl-up album and the culmination of McRae's four decades as a professional.
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Friends, community decorate roadside memorial for teen
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Friends and even complete strangers flocked to a small memorial along Highway 24 on Saturday in honor of a Woodland Park High School student. Fifteen-year-old Kevin McDonald was killed in a car crash on his way to school on Friday morning.
People decorated the roadside memorial with flowers, posters and notes. There was a Broncos football along with blue and orange flowers.
Jamie Newman didn't know McDonald but she said she felt compelled to come out to the memorial and share her support for the family. She brought a necklace with a cross and a wrote a message to the family on a small sign.
"We are praying for them and we feel for them and there is no words to describe how they are feeling, I can't even imagine and I'm just so terribly sorry. I just wanted to show a little sign of support."
A memorial page was also started on Facebook for the teen. People shred their sympathies for the family and commented on photos of the teen.
McDonald was in a 1995 Jeep with a 17-year-old and a 14-year-old when it collided with a Lincoln SUV in front of Pikes Peak Regional Hospital on Highway 24. The two teens were injured. The 60-year-old woman in the SUV had minor injuries.
Newman said she hopes this is a walk-up call for people to watch their speed on the roads.
"[People] are in too much of a hurry to get places and if you think about it, if you slow down, you'll get there. But if you speed up and you crash, you can ruin someone's life or your own," said Newman. "If everyone would please slow down, please be careful, watch where you're going. Life is too valuable and too short."
She said she hopes more people will feel compelled to come out and support the grieving family.
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Buenos Aires is a relatively easy city to navigate, but if you've just arrived and want to take everything in on a guided tour, then you're really spoiled for options. General tours are offered on foot, bike or bus, and there are some great specialized options too; tango, Jewish, Evita, art and graffiti, murder mystery and even erotic tours are available! To find out more about the tours (some options are seasonal), check out the government tourist website www.bue.gov.ar which also offers download-able city guides and walking circuits so you can take yourself on your very own walking tour.
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In this series, we'll highlight four companies in an industry and compare their "cash king margins" over time, trying to determine which has the greatest likelihood of putting cash back in your pocket. After all, a company can pay dividends and buy back stock only after it's actually received cash -- not just when it books those accounting figments known as "profits."
Today, let's look at priceline.com (NASDAQ: PCLN ) and three of its peers.
The cash king margin
Looking at a company's cash flow statement can help you determine whether its free cash flow backs up its reported profit. Companies that can create 10% or more free cash flow from their revenue can be powerful compounding machines for your portfolio. A sustained high cash king margin can be a good predictor of long-term stock returns.
To find the cash king margin, divide the free cash flow from the cash flow statement by sales:
Cash king margin = Free cash flow / sales
Let's take McDonald's as an example. In the four quarters ending in December, the restaurateur generated $6.97 billion in operating cash flow. It invested about $3.05 billion in property, plant, and equipment. To calculate free cash flow, subtract McDonald's investment from its operating cash flow. That leaves us with $3.92 billion in free cash flow, which the company can save for future expenditures or distribute to shareholders.
Taking McDonald's sales of $25.5 billion over the same period, we can figure that the company has a cash king margin of about 14% -- a nice high number. In other words, for every dollar of sales, McDonald's produces $0.14 in free cash.
Ideally, we'd like to see the cash king margin top 10%. The best blue chips can notch numbers greater than 20%, making them true cash dynamos. But some businesses, including many types of retailing, just can't sustain such margins.
We're also looking for companies that can consistently increase their margins over time, which indicates that their competitive position is improving. Erratic swings in margins could signal a deteriorating business or perhaps some financial skullduggery. You'll have to dig deeper to discover the reason.
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Here are the cash king margins for four industry peers over a few periods.
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Ctrip.com (NASDAQ: CTRP )
Priceline blows away our 10% threshold for attractiveness with cash king margins of nearly 33% and has shown strong growth over the last five years. Expedia also far exceeds our threshold with margins of nearly 25%. While Expedia hasn't shown the same growth, it's the only one of the listed companies that offers a modest dividend, with a 0.8% yield. Orbitz's margins are much lower, at 7.7%, and have declined by nearly two percentage points since last year. However, Orbitz's margins have grown by nearly six percentage points from five years ago.
Priceline has shown some impressive growth over the last few years, and its involvement in international markets has helped protect it from the decrease in consumer spending resulting from the recession. In fact, it has even managed to compete effectively with Ctrip.com on its home turf of China in the race for market share among the growing middle class, and managed to negotiate a partnership that allows them both to access a portfolio of 235,000 hotels worldwide through Booking.com.
Priceline has also been aggressive in responding to challenges from its domestic competitors. Soon after Expedia spun off TripAdvisor, Priceline purchased travel search engine Kayak, which gave it access to valuable consumer data and may help prevent Expedia, TripAdvisor, and Orbitz from grabbing too much market share
The cash king margin can help you find highly profitable businesses, but it should only be the start of your search. The ratio does have its limits, especially for fast-growing small businesses. Many such companies reinvest all of their cash flow into growing the business, leaving them little or no free cash, but that doesn't necessarily make them poor investments. Conversely, the formula works better for slower-growing blue chips. You'll need to look closer to determine exactly how a company is using its cash.
Still, if you can cut through the earnings headlines to follow the cash instead, you might be on the path toward seriously great investments.
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A liver transplant four years ago was easy compared to this. Nothing could prepare John Butcher for Sept. 18, 2008, - the day he became a single parent in a matter of seconds.
That was the evening when his wife Kara was making dinner. The couple's son Tre walked in the living room to tell his dad that his mom was sick. John thought she had a headache.
Instead, Kara Butch-er had collapsed, and she lay dying of cardiac tamponade. Fluid had accumulated and smothered her heart. His wife of eight years, a woman with no previous health issues, had died.
"I was the one who was supposed to have passed away by then," Butcher said. "Not her."
It is difficult for him to pinpoint when all of this hurt him the most. Was it when his son asked him to remind him in the morning that Mommy was in heaven because he might forget? Was it on the road as a salesman for Cemex, with all that time on his hands to think, and think that this was all too much and just have to pull over?
Or was it the day he was at work and looked at his watch? The time was 3:15 p.m. He was supposed to pick up Tre from school at 3 p.m.
"It was just one of those days where I felt like I couldn't do this any more," said Butcher. "You forgot your own son? What's wrong with you?"
But John and Tre, now 8, are in Seattle. John will speak before 1,800 insurance agents Monday at a convention. An advertising insert, with their story on the cover, will appear nationally in this week's Newsweek.
Their story was one of three selected from more than 1,000 through a website that promotes real-life stories. The reason he's in Seattle is to share his story and the importance of supplemental life insurance. It has been that, plus faith, counseling and a new fiancee that has taken him from an overwhelmed and grief-stricken single dad to one whose life has returned.
"The first year and a half were a real struggle," he said. "I mean, I was a zombie. The first eight months I was hanging by the skin of my teeth every day. But the last six months or so, I'm John Butcher again."
Initially, he didn't even know what drawer Tre's underwear was in. They were eating out or eating grilled cheese sandwiches or cooking something on the grill. The liver transplant in 2006 was a speed bump to the days, weeks and months after Kara's death.
It took a while - maybe a long while - to accept the new normal. He got into a program of help where he said he learned he couldn't bring his wife back and how to start living again. He could finally enjoy Tre's performances in the Amarillo Little Theatre. With the help of his parents and his sister, John began to reclaim a lost zest for life.
Then he met a special person four months ago at a church function, and they hit it off immediately.
"Tre's the strong one," John said. "I wasn't. But I can't tell you how grateful I feel when he talks about his mom and talks about my girlfriend and tells me to tell her that she's the second-prettiest girl he's seen in his life."
As a footnote, albeit an important one, about a year before her death, Kara had the foresight to purchase some supplemental life insurance for all three of them. John believes it was more with him in mind because of his liver transplant. The premium was about $15 a pay period.
"I didn't think anything about it," Butcher said. "I remember saying, 'OK, but that's $15 a month that could have gone to remodeling the kitchen.'"
But the insurance has proven to be a real boost, more than he could have imagined. And that's what he plans to tell nearly 2,000 insurance agents Monday, and it's how the Newsweek advertising insert will read.
"I'm going to tell them they have a noble profession," John said, "and continue to help people. In a small way, I'll try to help them stay motivated in their job. Every day they get up, they're providing a service that could be life-changing for people."
A good portion of the supplemental life insurance money has gone to completely remodel the kitchen, to add a new countertops and new appliances, new everything. A new kitchen had been Kara's saving-for-a-rainy-day dream. To John, seeing it through seemed like the right thing to do.
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The PTM Single Stud Tilt and Pivot Mount holds flat panel displays up to 50 lb. The wall mount offers 15° of smooth adjustment with Radial Glide™ and comes with cable routing holes to route cables directly into the wall for a clean appearance. OSHPD approved and UL listed, and is also available in black (PTM-B).
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Now his widow has died and Alex Benedict has been asked to handle the auction of the physicist's artifacts—leading the public to once again speculate on the mystery surrounding Robin's disappearance. Did he finally find the door between parallel universes that he had long sought?
Intrigued, Benedict and Chase Kolpath embark on their own investigation as they follow the missing man's trail into the unknown to uncover the truth—a truth people are willing to kill to protect…
"The Alex Benedict series is reminiscent of some of the work of Isaac Asimov." —SFRevu
"The logical heir to Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke."—Stephen King
"McDevitt hit a grand slam with this one…I'm still shaking my head and wondering how he pulled it off."—Wired.com
"An intriguing mystery."—SF Site
"A fast-paced thriller."—Midwest Book Review
I can't remember a time when I wasn't a Sherlock Holmes fan. Greatest detective stories ever. I started with Basil Rathbone when I was about six, and graduated to Conan Doyle a few years later. By the time I arrived in eighth grade there was nothing I loved as much as a good mystery. Was that really a supernatural hound running loose at Henry Baskerville's place? What was the secret behind the Dancing Men? And I'll never forget the shock that came when Holmes went over that waterfall. The mysteries were so engrossing that there was no way they could not affect my science fiction. A Talent for War introduced Alex Benedict, an antiquities specialist living in the twelfth millennium, and Chase Kolpath, a female pilot who becomes his Watson. Not the half-witted Watson of many of the early films, but Doyle's Watson, cool, quiet, not always happy with the situations that Alex gets her into. Because of his profession, Alex occasionally finds himself confronting historical mysteries. In Talent, an interstellar scientific mission has seen something odd, something that has scared the authorities, who run a cover-up. The discovery seems to have a connection with a war fought and settled two centuries earlier between humans and the only known alien race, the Mutes. But what could they be hiding? The pair return in Polaris. Six decades earlier, three interstellars had gone to watch a white dwarf collide with a sun. The sun exploded. When it was over, two of the vehicles started back. The third, the in Polaris, sent a message: 'Departure imminent.' When nothing more was heard, a rescue mission returned and found the in Polaris empty and adrift. And undamaged. The lander was still on board, as were the pressure suits. The crew and passengers could not have left the ship. In any case, there was no place they could have gone. Holmes, I thought, would have been intrigued. Certainly, Alex was. Chase and Alex are back in Seeker, a ship that carried people from 27th-century Earth, which had become nightmarish, to "a place so far that even God won't be able to find us." Seeker was never heard from again. Until one of its drinking cups showed up on Alex's inventory. Seeker, by the way, won the Nebula. I'd once hoped to play shortstop for the Phillies. This was better. In The Devil's Eye, a celebrated horror writer pleads for help. "They're all dead," she says, before having her mind wiped to erase, apparently, an experience she can't live with. But nobody's dead or injured. And there's no visible problem. She'd been on the equivalent of a signing tour to a world on the edge of the Milky Way, but everything was quiet there too. Alex's fifth outing is recounted in Echo. An archeologist who has spent his life looking for alien civilizations, and been laughed at by his colleagues, dies in a boating accident. Twenty-eight years later, evidence surfaces that he may have found what he was looking for. But if so, why did he tell no one? Alex and Chase are of course back in Firebird. The critical clue to lost ships is found in Igor Stravinsky's "Firebird Suite." The book has been nominated for a Nebula Award, and I'm thrilled, of course. But win or lose, I can guarantee that the adventures of Alex and Chase are far from over!


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Newly Engaged Sean Avery and Hilary Rhoda Party in New York
Originally posted 11/14/2013 08:35AM
Now that's how you celebrate an engagement.
Hours after announcing their plans to tie the knot on Wednesday, former NHL star Sean Avery and model Hilary Rhoda made a photogenic pair at the after party for the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show at TAO Downtown.
Rhoda, 26, who was one of the top models walking the runway earlier in the night, looked stunning in a floral silk dress with leather accents. She was also wearing her latest accessory – a sparkling diamond ring!
Avery, 33, who played for the Detroit Red Wings, the Los Angeles Kings, the Dallas Stars and the New York Rangers during his 12-year NHL career (and is also a former intern at Vogue) complimented his bride-to-be perfectly, wearing a dark navy shirt that matched the flowers on her dress.
Leonardo DiCaprio Turns 39 with Star-Studded Bash
Originally posted 11/11/2013 02:00PM
Happy Birthday, Leo!
Leonardo DiCaprio knows how to throw a party. The actor shut down TAO Downtown in New York on Sunday to ring in his 39th year.
DiCaprio enjoyed a private dinner with 100 of his closest friends and family, including Martin Scorsese and Orlando Bloom, who recently separated from wife Miranda Kerr. Kanye West and 2 Chainz performed a full concert for the birthday boy after the feast.
Mario Lopez's Las Vegas Bachelor Party Gets a Big Surprise
Originally posted 09/16/2012 12:45PM
Pool party!
Mario Lopez kicked off his bachelor party weekend at TAO Beach in Las Vegas on Friday afternoon.
"Just checked in.. Heading to the pool for some drinks, then a little gambling… Dinner & club later… 15 of us guys here! #DeepEntourage," Lopez Tweeted on Friday.
The Extra and America's Best Dance Crew host and friends snacked on crispy rice, quesadillas, fresh fruit and sushi while they soaked up the sun.
As Lopez relaxed, little did he know his fiancée Courtney Mazza was planning a surprise for her soon-to-be husband.
Ryan Lochte Parties in Two Cities in One Night!
Originally posted 08/20/2012 06:00AM
There's apparently no such thing as rest for Ryan Lochte.
Following a successful Olympic run, the professional swimmer – who just landed a cameo on 90210 – is continuing to make his celebratory rounds.
Lochte began Thursday night with an appearance at the WWE SummerSlam VIP Kickoff party at the Beverly Hills Hotel, where David Beckham was also in tow.
Looking dapper, a source tells PEOPLE that Lochte "had every female on the carpet clamoring for his attention. He was a really sweet guy and more gorgeous in person." But unfortunately for the athlete, he didn't get a chance to meet his admitted "celeb crush" Carmen Electra, the source says, because he had to catch a plane to Las Vegas.
Ryan Lochte 'Always Looking' for the Perfect Girl
Originally posted 08/19/2012 01:00PM
Ryan Lochte stood in the pool under the hot Vegas sun Saturday, his chiseled abs hard not to notice as women howled at him – welcome to life as one of America's most eligible bachelors.
Fresh off winning five medals at the London Games, Lochte, 28, headed to Sin City over the weekend with his friends by his side and his eyes wandering.
"I'm always looking for the perfect girl," he said. "Now that I'm older, I'm looking to settle down a bit."
Team U.S.A. Basketball Stars Toast Gold Medal Win in London
Originally posted 08/14/2012 06:00AM
After besting Spain in the gold medal game Sunday, some of Team U.S.A.'s Olympic basketball stars celebrated at TAO/Marquee's Club Bud in London.
Kobe Bryant and Carmelo Anthony made the bash a family affair, bringing wives Vanessa and La La, who both happened to be wearing leopard-print dresses.
"Kobe rarely left his wife's side," a source tells PEOPLE. "They were very affectionate as he had one arm draped across her as she danced against him."
As the night wore on, Alicia Keys's husband Swizz Beatz, who was DJing, invited the basketball stars on stage and blasted Queen's "We Will Rock You" – before spraying the crowd with champagne.
Rapper Nas was also on hand for the celebration, and closed out the evening with a surprise performance that had the nearly 2,000 partygoers singing until well past 3 a.m.
– Melody Chiu
Mila Kunis Hits Vegas with James Franco
Originally posted 04/26/2012 06:00AM
Following her weekend getaway with Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis has a brief stopover in Las Vegas Tuesday to promote her upcoming film Oz the Great and Powerful at the CinemaCon Festival.
Joined at the festival by costar James Franco, Kunis "looked cute," according to an onlooker, who noted her short skirt and heels. (Kutcher was not present in Sin City, however.)
Later that night, Franco was spotted at Tao Asian Bistro, where he grabbed dinner with three female friends. For the meal, they enjoyed some sea bass, lobster wantons and fried rice with Chinese sausage.
Kim Kardashian: I'm Never Looking Back
Originally posted 01/02/2012 09:15AM
There were highs and there were lows for Kim Kardashian in 2011.
It was the year she got engaged to basketball star Kris Humphries, the year she walked down the aisle in a fairy-tale wedding – but also the year she watched her divorce play out in headlines after only 72 days of marriage.
"I learned to always follow [my] heart," Kardashian, 31, told PEOPLE while ringing in the new year with her mother, Kris Jenner, at Tao Las Vegas for the second year in a row Saturday night.
Kellan Lutz Parties Alongside Joe Jonas at New Club
Originally posted 11/14/2011 05:55AM
It was a who's who of Young Hollywood at the opening night bash of Greystone Manor Supperclub (formerly Industry) in L.A. Kellan Lutz, with his newly darkened do partied alongside Joe Jonas. There was also a mini-Dancing with the Stars reunion at the fête, as former contestants Elisabetta Canalis and Lance Bass danced the night away with pros Derek Hough and Maksim Chmerkovskiy. – Jennifer Garcia
Marc Anthony Is a Las Vegas VIP!
Originally posted 11/14/2011 05:55AM
Marc Anthony was spotted taking in the sounds of DJ Five at Las Vegas's TAO Nightclub. The singer, who sported a black blazer and jeans, was surrounded by a group of friends and drank champagne while dancing in a VIP area for about 90 minutes. – Mark Gray
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Defence Ministry allows private firms to bid for making artillery guns
This is the first time that private firms will be allowed to participate in a bid for making artillery guns.
New Delhi: For the first time, Indian private firms can bid for making artillery guns. An Indian Express report says at the last meeting of the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), the Ministry of Defence decided to allow Indian private entities to participate in a bid for making artillery guns.
In the past, private firms have made ancillary equipment for the Pinaka missile.
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Mickelson Cements Place among All-Time Greats
When a 42-year-old veteran shot a brilliant 32 on a tough back nine under intense pressure to win golf's oldest major last year, few would have predicted the very next Open Championship would end much the same way.
The only differences between Ernie Els's win in 2012 and Phil Mickelson's on Sunday were that the American was a year older than Els had been, and his victory was achieved on a parched and thirsty links baked brown by weeks of uncharacteristically dry weather, rather than the damp, unusually soft layout on which the South African had prevailed.
Actually, there was one other major distinction. Els had won the Claret Jug before; 10 years before admittedly, but his record at the Open Championship - 12 top-10s and eight top-fives in 21 appearances from 1992 to 2011 - suggested his game had almost been tailor-made for the British coastline.
Mickelson's game, however, often seemed allergic to the British coastline. In 19 starts from 1991 to 2012, the Californian had finished in the top-10 just twice, and even though one of the two was a runner-up finish to Darren Clarke in 2011, his play at the Open over the years had been so patchy - he missed the cut by eight shots at Lytham, and his average finish in the 15 years he had made it to the weekend was 38th - few people would have stuck their neck out and said he might actually win the thing one day.
For two decades, Mickelson's game had seemed at odds with the demands of links golf. He found the Open's penal rough far too often to make his birdies count, and he had never been comfortable putting on fescue greens which he found a little too slow for his taste. More than that though, one got the impression Mickelson had never really relished the trip across the "Pond," especially if wind and rain were in the forecast.
On Tuesday of Open week, in among the clamor surrounding the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers' continued foot-dragging on the subject of women members, the four-time major winner came clean and confessed he had once hated links golf. But that was before winning the Scottish Open at Castle Stuart the week preceding the Open, when he beat Branden Grace in a playoff. "I used to hate it, and now I love it," he said. "It's much easier to get the ball in play off the tee now. I would fight the thick, heavy air. I would fight the wind off the tee. And now it feels much easier for me to get it on the fairway and into play."
Mickelson didn't elaborate on why he finds it easier to keep the ball in play nowadays. Meteorologists and environmentalists might tell you different, but it's doubtful the air has changed much in the last 20 years. What has changed a great deal in that time though is the ball, which holds its line and pierces the air much more efficiently than the balata balls in play when Mickelson first came to Britain. His swing coach Butch Harmon's input has no doubt been invaluable too. But perhaps the most significant factor in his slowly evolving relationship with links courses has been his willingness to experiment with the makeup of his bag, often giving his driver the week off in favor of another scoring club.
With a 13-degree (bent to 12) 3-wood, a 17-degree hybrid and a 4-iron to hit off the tee, Mickelson may have sacrificed a little distance last week, but he beat the field in fairways hit - averaging 61 percent - something he rarely does back on the PGA Tour, where he currently ranks 163rd in driving accuracy.
It's not ideal perhaps for players to win majors without hitting a single driver, the most exciting and exacting club in the bag, but most felt hitting one off Muirfield's tees was simply inviting danger. The fairways were so firm, players were getting 50, 60 and 70 yards of roll at times, so it made little sense to risk finding the rough with a driver when you could float a simple 220- to 230-yard hybrid or long-iron to the fairway and watch it eventually come to a halt 290 yards away.
One player who wasn't dissuaded from packing his driver, though, was first-round leader Zach Johnson, who had arrived in Scotland the day after losing a playoff in the John Deere Classic. The 2007 Masters champion is one of the most consistently straight drivers in the game, and he felt comfortable removing the headcover from his Titleist 913 D2 six times during an impressive 5-under 66 in which he made three birdies and an eagle over the first seven holes. "I know a lot of guys are saying, 'There's not a lot of drivers out here,' " he said afterwards. "But it's one of my best clubs, so I'm going to take advantage of that when I can."
A shot behind the American at the end of Thursday's sun-soaked first round were Spaniard Rafael Cabrera-Bello and 56-year-old Mark O'Meara, the 1998 champion making his 28th Open Championship appearance. A group of five players one shot further back included India's Shiv Kapur, who had probably given himself the fright of his life by making six early birdies and reaching the turn in just 30 strokes. Mickelson shot a 2-under 69, as did pre-tournament favorite Tiger Woods, who followed a disappointing outward 37 with a stellar 32 coming home.
Though 20 players managed to break the par of 71, and the average score for the 153-man field (Louis Oosthuizen, Peter Hanson and Alexander Noren withdrew) was 74.54 - not excessive for the first day of a major, the R&A received a number of complaints on Thursday evening from players who were concerned the course was becoming too firm and fast. Most vociferous among the group who ignored Jack Nicklaus's successful strategy of letting his competitors complain away their chances of winning were Ian Poulter, who said the Open had "turned into crazy golf" and that the 18th green should have a "windmill and clown's face," and Mickelson, who expressed his hope that the R&A would "let go of its ego and set the course up the way the best players can win." Johnson, who in June had criticized the USGA for its set-up at Merion, saying it had manipulated the U.S. Open venue to prevent low-scoring, chimed in, too, saying some of the pins were becoming "dicey."
Peter Dawson, Chief Executive of the R&A, seemed largely unmoved by the comments, remarking that he was happy with the scoring and that Poulter had finished with three bogeys in his last four holes so was "hardly likely to be in the best of moods." Mickelson and Johnson's observations obviously carried a little more weight, however, as the greens crew was indeed given the order to douse the putting surfaces in preparation for the second round.
Friday saw plenty more sunshine and 80-degree temperatures. But an east wind, the opposite of what players had faced in practice and during Thursday's opening round, made scoring extremely challenging. Only four players would break 70, two of them playing with gay abandon, having failed to break 80 the day before.
At 4-under-par through 31 holes, Argentina's man for the big occasion, Angel Cabrera, looked like he might be on his way to major number three, but we didn't see much of him again after three late bogeys. The round really belonged to two Europeans - England's Lee Westwood, who rebounded from a mediocre 72 in the first round with a best-of-the-day 68 that took him into a tie for second on 2-under 140, and Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez, who shot a morning 71 then spent a happy afternoon watching his fellow competitors trying, but failing, to come to terms with Muirfield's concrete runways and granite greens and match his 36-hole score of 3-under 139.
It was the first time the 49-year-old from Malaga had ever held the halfway lead in a major. But, not surprisingly for a man with 19 victories from 24 full seasons on the European Tour, eight top-10 finishes at the majors, 10 appearances for his country in the Dunhill Cup, 13 in the World Cup and 11 for his continent in the Ryder Cup, Seve Trophy and Royal Trophy, and for a man often jokingly referred to as the "Most Interesting Man in the World," he was taking it all in his stylish and composed stride. "It's much better to feel when you were on the top of the leaderboard than when you were somewhere else on the leaderboard, no?" he asked reporters in his broken English. "Obviously it's much nice, no?"
Asked how he would prepare for Saturday's round, Jimenez said he would be leaving the golf course, and having dinner with his girlfriend and two sons. "Like I do every day," he added. "Don't need to do anything special. I'm leading. Now I have to go to bed at 10 o'clock? Bullshit (much laughter). I will go to bed when I feel like it. And especially after I smoke my cigar."
With a level-par 71 of his own, Woods climbed into the tie for second at 2-under 140, alongside Westwood, Sweden's Henrik Stenson - who had opened with matching 70s, and Dustin Johnson, who finished tied for second at Royal St. George's in 2011. At 1-under were Cabrera, Cabrera-Bello, first-round leader Zach Johnson and Scotland's Martin Laird. Mickelson shot a 74 that included a four-putt double on the 16th to fall to 1-over-par, four behind Jimenez.
Five senior golfers used their savvy to make the cut, which fell at 8-over 150 - O'Meara (145), Tom Lehman (145), Sandy Lyle (148), Fred Couples (149) and Peter Senior (150), while notable names to miss out on the weekend were Luke Donald (152), U.S. Open champion Justin Rose (152), Tom Watson (153), Thorbjorn Oleson (154), Rickie Fowler (154), Rory McIlroy (154), Matteo Manassero (157) and Sir Nick Faldo (157).
As had been the case on Friday, no one went lower than 68 on Saturday, with South Africa's Richard Sterne, Spain's Sergio Garcia and Hunter Mahan all signing for hard-earned 3-under-par rounds. Mahan's effort was good enough to shoot him into a share of second place at 1-under-par with Woods (72) who, not for the first time, was complaining of not getting the scores he thought his good play deserved.
Two clear at the top of the leaderboard was Westwood whose 1-under 70 included an eagle three at the fifth and who would now be seeking to not only collect his long-awaited first major win, but also do his part for England/Britain's great summer of sport, which so far included the first men's singles title at Wimbledon in 77 years, two cricket test match victories over old foe Australia, and the leader in the Tour de France.
Unfortunately for the press, which had enjoyed his hilarious Friday press conference tremendously, Jimenez fell out of the spotlight with a 77. But at least prospects of a nice redemption story increased when Adam Scott, who had made four bogeys in a row to finish the 2012 Open and lose by a shot to Els, shot a third-round 70 to complete 54 holes at even par 213 and move into fourth place. Also in contention heading into the final round, though four shots behind at 214, were Stenson, Cabrera, Zach Johnson and Ryan Moore, while Mickelson (72) was lurking a further shot behind alongside Francesco Molinari (72).
Shortly after finishing his third round, Mickelson was asked about his chances the following day, to which he replied he might only be three shots behind the leader and therefore well-placed. Anything in the 60s, he said, would probably be good enough. As it turned out, he was actually five back by the end of the day, and something nearer the mid-60s would probably be required.
For the first time all week, Sunday's skies were a little overcast and the temperature 15 degrees or so cooler than it had been on Thursday and Friday. It meant that, though the course was still extremely firm, it might have retained enough moisture for somebody to get after a few pins and post a number that would get the leader's attention.
Front-nine scores among the contenders were mixed. Mahan shot 37 as did Molinari. Woods more or less blew himself out of it with a 2-over 38 that did nothing to dispel fears that his poor weekend play at recent majors is more of a trend than a blip. Z. Johnson made nine straight pars for a 36. Others were making progress, however, among them Poulter, who had begun the day tied for 19th at 5-over-par but gone to the turn in 34. After starting home with three straight birdies, he went to 5-under for the day and level-par for the tournament.
Early in the back nine, two players emerged as frontrunners, however, first Stenson, who got it to 1-under for the tournament through 11 holes, and then Scott, who made it to 2-under thanks to a 4-under-par stretch in five holes starting at the seventh. Westwood, meanwhile, went out in 38 to reach the turn at 1-under and continued to backslide on the inward nine. After bogeys at the 13th and 16th it was clear the quest for that elusive major would have to be rejoined at Oak Hill next month.
Mickelson made a decent move on the front, shooting 34, but was still a stroke or two behind Stenson and Scott entering the back nine. The Aussie made a hash of the short 13th, however, hitting his tee shot way right and winding up with a four that triggered another disastrous run of four straight bogeys. Having won the Masters between the twin-bogey runs of 2012 and '13, the significance of this ugly sequence was perhaps not quite as profound as that of the first. But who knows how, or if, two such calamities in successive years might prey upon Scott's mind at future Opens?
Stenson stumbled, too, bogeying 12 and 13. But Mickelson just got better and better, hitting a string of quality shots, none more impressive than his tee shot at the short 13th, his right-in-the-heart 25-footer for birdie on the 14th, the vital par-saving 10-footer at the short 16th, his 3-wood approach from more than 300 yards out at the par-5 17th - which crept onto the front of the green, his majestic mid-iron approach to the 18th green, or the 12-foot right-to-left curler that completed what his loyal caddie Jim McKay, and Mickelson himself, described as one of the best rounds of his career, sealing a victory which even he might not have thought possible. "This is such an accomplishment for me," he said afterwards. "I never knew if I would be able to develop the shots and the game to play links golf."
Mickelson's victory seemed entirely appropriate on a course whose previous seven champions are all members of the Hall of Fame. And it gave Mickelson his fifth major victory, confirming his place among the greats of the game and putting him alongside a quintet of immortals comprising J.H. Taylor, James Braid, Byron Nelson, Peter Thomson and Seve Ballesteros, the mercurial Spaniard whose exceptional gifts were obviously passed down to the equally dazzling but unpredictable Mickelson.
He now needs just the U.S. Open to complete the career Grand Slam and join an even more celebrated list of players - Nicklaus, Woods, Gary Player, Ben Hogan and Gene Sarazen. "I think if I'm able to win the U.S. Open and complete the career Grand Slam, that's the sign of the complete, great player," Mickelson said. "I'm a leg away. And it's been a tough leg for me."
With six runner-up finishes at the second major of the year - the most recent of them coming five weeks ago when he finished two behind Rose, "tough" would seem a bit of an understatement. But then, until last Sunday, the Open Championship hadn't exactly been easy for him.
Tony Dear is an Englishman living in Bellingham, Wash. In the early 1990s he was a member of the Liverpool University golf team which played its home matches at Royal Liverpool GC. Easy access to Hoylake made it extremely difficult for him to focus on Politics, his chosen major. After leaving Liverpool, he worked as a golf instructor at a club just south of London where he also made a futile attempt at becoming a 'player.' He moved into writing when it became abundantly clear he had no business playing the game for a living. A one-time golf correspondent of the New York Sun, Tony is a member of the Golf Writers Association of America, the Pacific Northwest Golf Media Association and the Golf Travel Writers Association. He is a multi-award winning journalist, and edits his own website at www.bellinghamgolfer.com.
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