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2011-12: Cross Country -- Competed in one race on the year … ran a 20:13 5K race at the Miami Open, placing 23rd overall.
2010-11: Cross Country -- Competed in two races, posting a 5K season-best time of 19:36.4 in the open division at the All-Ohio Championship ... ran her first race at the Miami Invitational, taking 18th (fifth on the team) in 19:45. Track and Field -- Indoors, ran the mile at the MAC Indoor Championships, finishing 17th in 5:12.07 ... ran a season-best mile time of 5:11.77 at the Meyo Invitational, crossing in 29th ... clocked a season-best 800m time of 2:19.31 at the Ball State Quadrangular, placing fourth ... ran on Miami's school-record-setting 4x800m relay team at the Indiana Relays that clocked 9:04.95 to place fourth ... finished third in the 800m at the Findlay Oiler Opener (2:26.31) ... ran on the distance medley relay team at the Hoosier Hills Invitational, helping Miami place third in 12:38.69. Outdoors, ran the 800m at the MAC Outdoor Championships, finishing 18th in 2:20.56 ... clocked a personal-best 800m time of 2:15.86 at the Miami Invitational, placing ninth ... won the 800m at the RedHawk Invitational in 2:16.61 ... recorded a time of 4:47.28 in her lone time running the 1500m, taking ninth at the Vanderbilt Black & Gold Invitational.
High School: Earned four varsity letters in track and cross country at Magnificat under coach Anjanette Whitman ... captain of the cross country team senior year ... personal-best times of 19:11 in the 5K, 2:15 in the 800m, and 60.0 in the 400m dash ... All-Ohio Academic Award for cross country and track in 2008, 2009, 2010 ... 4x800 outdoor state champions in track in 2009 and runner-up in 2010 ... helped set her school's record in the 4x800 with a time of 9:07 and in the distance medley relay in 12:18 ... led cross country team to state championships in 2008 and 2009 ... also played one year of basketball.
Personal: Born in November of 1991 in Cleveland, Ohio ... daughter of Deborah and Daniel Riley ... majoring in graphic design with a minor in marketing.


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building PCs, guitar.
Too many expensive hobbies. lol
Fragrances are my newest vice but on top of spending money on fragrances, I also spend a ton of money on supplements for bodybuilding, I play music (drums) and that's a neverending money pit, as well as my interest in photography sucks up a good chunk. What kind of hobbies do you guys have that may be costly other than fragrances???
I've always said, "I'd rather have been born rich, rather than good looking."
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building PCs, guitar.
Too many expensive hobbies. lol
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Bodybuilding, bowling, etc
Swiss watches among many others
Like what Hednic?
I am just stepping into the world of RC Helicopters.
A medium range one with every costs about $1,500. The issue is each medium crash costs about $150 lol.
Others : watches , kayaking , photography (full frame DSLR).
having a girlfriend in Australia was a VERY expensive pass time lol.
drifting which is a money pit as its never ending fixing / replacing parts & buying new tyres.
Shooting (although thats not so bad really)
Nikon D7000
Want to trade - Chanel Platinum Egoiste for Dior Eau Sauvage...
High-end Audio/Video primarily
Current Top Favorites:
1) Portrait of a Lady original formula (EdP Frédéric Malle)
2) Giorgio for Men vintage/V.I.P. for Men (Giorgio Beverly Hills)
3) Dia Man vintage edt (Amouage)
4) Anat Fritz Original Formula and Classical (Anat Fritz) - tie
4) Lalfeorosa (O'driù) - tie
6) Les Nombres d'Or Vetyver (Mona di Orio)
7) Captain vintage (Molyneux)
8) Tzora (Anat Fritz)
9) Javanese Patchouli (Zegna) - tie
9) Monsieur de Givenchy vintage (Givenchy) - tie
9) Coeur de Vetiver Sacré (L'Artisan) - tie
9) X for Men (Clive Christian) - tie
9) Patou pour Homme Privé (Jean Patou) - tie
9) Oud Shamash (The Different Company) - tie
Photography & Shooting
I went to shooting range every week when I was a secretary of a Governor. Now I am a Plan & Policy Analyst so I do not need to use gun that much, do I?
***My favourite from my collection***
-------- Amouage Tribute Attar
------ Serge Lutens: Ambre Sultan
-------- Les Exclusifs de Chanel: Sycamore
------ Amouage: Fate Man
-------- Amouage: Epic Man
------ Tom Ford Private Blend: Noir de Noir
-------- Terre D'Hermès Pure Parfum
------ EDP FM: Carnal Flower
-------- Neela Vermire Creations: Trayee
------ Dior: Leather Oud
------- Hermèssence: Ambre Narguilé
Unfortunately I have many. Photography, I DJ, I collect vinyl, sound and light gear, sunglasses, silver biker jewelry. And I just transitioned and made photography my career.
and I have to force myself not to collect vinyl toys, i.e. Qee, Dunnys etc. And I would collect swiss watches if I could afford it. I only have two.
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Swiss watches (also, not just by Swiss manufacturers, but also looking out for the hidden gems among non-Swiss brands), clothes, cosmetics (moving towards the high-end ranges and loving it), traditional shaving and grooming equipment, classical music albums, books, vintage wines&spirits, accessories (especially ties, scarves, bow-ties), and, in between a costly hobby and pricey, but well-spent functionality, also: hardware and software, gadgets, TV and hi-fi equipment, cellphones, but this time, not on the flashy, more on the practical and utilitarian side, befitting far more my work, than my leisure/spare time
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Sounds like someones having a case of the Mondays
Not into this hobby much anymore, and was more glorified by my childhood and the thoughts, but I was a numismatic. And yes, this was a very expensive hobby (just like this one )
I'm into photography. I also play/write/record my own music.
Anybody who's not a guitar player, here's where my screen name comes from
And I'm into cars.
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"I am a robot and I like cheese"
Top 5:
1. Axe Kilo
2. Lectric Shave
3. Vicks Vapor Rub
4. Febreze Pour Homme
5. Preferred Stock
Another guitarist.
Been playing in bands for over 20 years, and I have way too much gear. Something like 14 guitars and 6 amps, shed loads of pedals and gear. I need to sell a load of stuff that I rarely use tbh.
I have also weened myself off the audiophile trail; I have a seriously expensive system made up of Arcam and Quad separates and speakers, QED cabling, and some BOSE gear too.
I then found myself sniffing round a Michel Gyro turntable and Cyrus separates. Time to stop !
***My friend, there are two kinds of people in this world : those with loaded guns, and those who dig. You dig.***
I collect racing die casts (F1, NASCAR, etc) as well as build model kits of classic cars, jets, and race cars.
Nice, interesting thread!
In addition to fragrances, my main (expensive) hobby is collecting/buying music. That's pretty expensive, but nowhere near as expensive as fragrances. Computers/gadgets also take up a big part of my time and money. Fortunately, most of my biggest interests are free!
Photography. I have the Nikon D90 for two years now. Unfortunately, I still can't afford original Nikon glasses.
Wine, whiskies, DVDs, CDs, books, and high end audio. I also like to cook and have an overflowing amount of cookware and kitchen gadgets.
Living in Saudi Arabia has greatly curtailed my buying of alcoholic beverages (probably why I got so much into fragrances when I moved here), but I still buy wines for the racks when I visit the U.S.
Want to trade - Chanel Platinum Egoiste for Dior Eau Sauvage...
Want to trade - Chanel Platinum Egoiste for Dior Eau Sauvage...
Want to trade - Chanel Platinum Egoiste for Dior Eau Sauvage...
Watches, I have a circle of friends who will not buy a $700 watche because it is like buying brut aftershave.
Golf... Hence the screen name.
Bodybuilding, hunting, fishing, and I use to keep snakes srs.
Whatsup, another D90 owner here . I also have for it a Nikon18-200mm, Sigma 10-20mm Wide and a Nikon 50mm 1.8
I also collect guns,knives, pottery, action figures, books,sunglasses, wallets andwatches. oh yea and COLOGNE of course.
Watches, wine, cigars, serious eating-cooking-dining, surfing, sunglasses, tailored clothing, and most expensive of all: wife and kid.
Want to trade - Chanel Platinum Egoiste for Dior Eau Sauvage...
Another Nikon user here. I use a D60.
"I am a robot and I like cheese"
Top 5:
1. Axe Kilo
2. Lectric Shave
3. Vicks Vapor Rub
4. Febreze Pour Homme
5. Preferred Stock
I drink
Painting, photography, bass, headphones. None are that expensive. Cooking is the most expensive by far. More than fragrances, but as always I try to be frugal.
Sunglasses, vaping (not really expensive), gaming sometimes making fragrances
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I used to collect baseball cards but nothing now
I don't consider any of my hobbies expensive. When it comes to fragrances I'm only a casual user, sticking to the cheaper end of the spectrum, the ones made for the unwashed masses and stingy bastards.
Want to trade - Chanel Platinum Egoiste for Dior Eau Sauvage...
He boiled for our sins.
Want to trade - Chanel Platinum Egoiste for Dior Eau Sauvage...
Well, I guess I buy fragrances less frequently than I buy ingredients It's probably not the same for everyone
Tools do not require constant purchasing, just cheap upkeep. That said I still would like a good ice cream machine, an accurate water bath, a wood fired oven (and a lawn to go with it), and while I have a lawn a simple cold smoking setup would be great :P
Musician/recording artist here.
Also an animal activist and a proud dog owner .
Hypocrites will always be a thorn in my back....and my middle finger will always be the best remedy.....
Other expensive hobbies:
- musical instruments and music tech,
- building PCs and buying associated gadgets,
- bespoke/tailored clothing,
- wine,
- travel,
- flying on my private pilot licence (a very easy way to get rid of a lot of money)
...and most expensive of all; being a dad!
I'd love all those too.
We have a very basic ice cream machine at home. It makes ice cream in about 45 minutes. All you do is add the mixture and it'll cream and freeze it for you. Reasonable too. I think around $200 to $300.
Watches (thats a terribly expensive one, put on hold for now), knives, guitars and studio recording equipment (also a horrible, horrible money pit), computers/gaming gear, had a sunglass phase, and there is gonna be a handgun phase pretty soon (got my permit last year, but haven't had the time to pursue it yet).
Edit/ps: none of this cost near as much as my wife and kids! Is that a hobby?
Whiskey and cigars prior to having two beautiful daughters.
Not only do you smell good and have excellent taste in frags, but you also have excellent taste in photography equipment. I have the Nikon D90 with the SB-600, Nikkor 50 1.8, 35 1.8, 18-200 3.something, and the kit lens. I want the D7000. The D7000 hasn't been available in my area for months. I'm on a couple of waiting lists.
I love photography. I've always loved taking pics. Now, I can take beautiful pics since I have a DSLR. I love taking pics at concerts. I mostly take pics for friends and family. I just did a bday party last weekend. I love it when the folks I take pics for get so excited about how their pics turn out. I'm no pro by a long shot, but I do alright.
Someone mentioned how could cooking be expensive. Honey if you are cooking with the good stuff, it can get down right pricey. My oooooother hobby is baking. I use Nielsen-Massey extracts, Plugra butter, Pernigotti/Valrhona cocoa, etc. I usually get busy around the holidays. I sold a few cakes this holiday season. These ingredients add up. Luckily this hobby pays. And yes my cakes tastes as good as I smell Woo! :-)
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Vintage cameras; I have a Minolta SrT101, an Argus 40, and a Bencini Koroll.
Glassworking: it started out as an expensive hobby, now it pays the bills.
College is looking like it'll end up being my most expensive hobby, though.
Watches and the 911 does require a certain amount of work hours being put in :-).
Computers/games, playing musical instruments, cooking, tabletop wargames (geek!), beer wine and whisky
My top 5: Sea Mist; Minnow; Crab, tiger, and almonds; Semprini; Rancid Polecat N° 2
Fine wine
Good clothes
Good cinema
Good skincare
Good haircuts
Fast women
Slow horses
i play drums, maintain a superclean 91 honda CRX SI, craft beer, and ...smoke cigarettes

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- Team Umizoomi (10)
- Peter Rabbit (2)
- Max & Ruby (1)
- Go, Diego, Go! (3)
- Ni Hao, Kai-lan (1)
- Wonder Pets! (2)
- Blue's Clues (4)
- More Shows (5)
Help Dora and Mami get to the carnival. There are ducks to move off the road, train tracks to cross, a bridge to build--and more!
Explore with Dora every day on Nick Jr.
Dora and her mother are driving to the big-city carnival. But along the road, ducklings get in the way. They need to be returned to their "matching" mothers. From there, it's time to capture the assigned number of balloons before they float off to the sky. Think you're done? Not a chance! Rebuild the bridge--in color! And get the car tires back. Swiper swiped them! This game has two levels, "Easy" and "Hard."
Parent Tip: This game is really four games in one. Kids won't even notice that Dora's trip is all about learning Spanish, counting, and color matching!
Help Dora kick, run and block her way to the Big Cup soccer game!
Love is in the air, but Dora and Boots need to find that missing Valentine
Gather up your cowboys & cowgirls & let them saddle up for Dora's big horse race
Play with your favorite Nick Jr. songs--speed 'em up and add new sounds!
Dora's on a musical mission to get to the rockin' party at Benny's barn!
Swiper needs your child's help to get off Santa's Naughty List!
Dora needs your child's help to rescue King Unicornio!
Your kids will love helping Dora craft her ice skating routine!
Kids learn manners and colors while trying to make Dora's friend dance
Come on in and explore all the rooms in Dora's house!
Roll with Dora and Boots on their adventure to open Skate Park!
This high-flying adventure is out of this world!
Count with Dora and Perrito on their search for the puppies!
Kids help Dora retrieve the magic wand and turn Boots back into a monkey!
Travel through Alphabet Forest gathering letters with Dora and Boots!
Find the missing books from Story Castle and rescue the famous Don Quixote!
Kids can uncover countless surprises in this multi-world adventure game!
The animals are counting on you!
Help Swiper use his swiping skills to do a good deed!
Dora and Boots need help getting back home in time for Dora's big party!
Help Dora balance-beam walk, trampoline jump, & swing her way to the big show!
Go on a tour of Dora's house and find surprises through every door!
Where is Isa hiding? Follow the flowers to show Dora the way!
Kids help Dora save the Crystal Kingdom from the greedy king!
Help Dora vacuum the garbage on the beach so she can turn into a mermaid!
Help Dora explore the sea and get Maribel the mermaid back home!
Ahoy, mateys! It's a big pirate party & Swiper swiped a trove of treasures!
Kids help Dora be a GREAT big sister by playing with the twins!
Dora has on her dancing shoes & needs your kids' help to pick her dance moves!
Dora needs your preschooler's help to get Tico and Boots to school!
Spy it up with the Fresh Beat Band of Spies in a race through the museum!
The team needs your help! Round up the bad guys and get your own Umi Cops badge!
Love is in the air, but Dora and Boots need to find that missing Valentine
Kids help catch cookies to bring to the Mouse King's holiday bash!
Swiper needs your child's help to get off Santa's Naughty List!
Kids use shapes skills to build racing vehicles & help catch the Shape Bandit!
Come on in and explore all the rooms in Dora's house!
Join the team on their flag-collecting Grand Prix mission!
Roll with Dora and Boots on their adventure to open Skate Park!
How many nuts can Peter and his pals catch? Play now to find out!
Dive in and help collect treats for Bubble Puppy!
Speed down the beach to the ferry with Team Umizoomi's supercharged friend
Find 6 action-packed math adventures in one umirrific game
Peter and his pals need help collecting fruits & veggies before it gets dark!
Collect super power shapes, avoid obstacles & speed past Dump Truck to win!
The animals are counting on you!
Help Dora balance-beam walk, trampoline jump, & swing her way to the big show!
Take off with the team! Speed by obstacles & robots in a race to the finish line
Kids help Dora save the Crystal Kingdom from the greedy king!
Hop aboard the train and uncover clues in all three cities!
Toys, toys, everywhere! Max needs help marching them into the toy chest
Dora needs your preschooler's help to get Tico and Boots to school!
Kids join the Team in saving the Purple Monkey from a skyscraper!
It's Doodle time! Can you help Blue guess what Doodle is drawing?
Shapes and patterns make for high-flying fun!
Kids assemble their own Umizoomi vehicle with Geo's super shapes
Kids enter Diego's world of shapes, colors, & animals in this arctic adventure
An apple a day makes for colorful play!
Meet animals big and small and help Dora take care of them all!
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Collaborations Workshop 2012: Software, Sharing and Collaboration in Oxford
Simon Choppin reports on a two-day software workshop held at The Queen's College, Oxford over 21 - 22 March 2012.
April 2012, issue68, event report


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Day 15 - Sep 14, 2009 - 10:00PM EST
It's Day 44 of the '09 US Open, and you know what that means: THE DUNLOP AWARDS! And I'm passing them out in dramatic through-the-legs style yo, so check it.
Accepting for Breakthrough
Perfromance (Male)
Breakthrough Performance (Male): John Isner and Marin Cilic made big noise, but JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO's was a sonic boom. Like, dominate-Rafael-Nadal-in-straight-sets-and-follow-it-up-by-rocking-Roger-Federer-in-a-5-set-final-that-snapped-the-Swiss's-5-year-US-Open-streak-to-win-his-first-Grand-Slam sonic boom. WHAT? He did it with the most frightening forehand on tour, and nerves of steel. He didn't start that final looking so tough, but when Roger was serving for the second set something clicked, Super DelPo arrived and he wasn't going anywhere. The Argentine's elevated himself to a whole other level, all at the ripe old age of 20. Juan Martin, you can say all the Spanish you want to, I ain't mad atcha. Can I ride in that Lexus with you? I'll hold your $1.85 mil check.
Comeback Queen: KIM CLIJSTERS! She wasn't even ranked coming in because she didn't play the required three tournaments. So she rode a wild card all the way to the trophy, downing both Venus and Serena along the way to successfully defending her '05 title and becoming the first mom since Evonne Goolagong almost thirty years ago to win a Slam. In typical US Open fashion, the women's final itself was less exciting tennis than it took to get there, but Caroline Wozniacki acquitted herself quite well in making Kim earn it. And earn it she did. There's the usual chatter about what a woman coming back from retirement and winning a Slam like this says about the rest of the tour, but let's not forget how brilliantly Kim returned from injury in '05. The woman is a champion. I'll hold your $1.6 check, too. Jada can play with the envelope.
Best Match (ATP): Oh this is gonna be a controversial one. You want me to say the final. But as dramatic as it was, the first set and the last featured only one player. For pure quality from start to finish, that goes to TAYLOR DENT/IVAN NAVARRO, a match that was actually more ferocious than the 6-4, 5-7, 6-7, 7-5, 7-6 (9) scoreline suggests. Over the course of four hours, the serve and volleyers accounted for a combined 255 net rushes and 191 winners that kept the packed Grandstand on its feet. It also had the tournament's fastest serve, with Dent ripping a 147 mph-er. But it was his 138 mph serve that broke the strapping on the net and caused a 7-minute delay. Not bad for a guy with a bad back.
Best Match (WTA): Melanie Oudin's win over Maria Sharapova was the bigger headline, but OUDIN/DEMENTIEVA was the bigger match. Facing a US Open Series champ who many pegged to win it all, Oudin came out of nowhere and played through cramps, a thigh injury and tears to electrify Arthur Ashe. And sell a dumpload of garish sneakers. Runner Up: PENNETTA/ZVONAREVA. No ball-bashing here, both players mixed it up with power, precision and (gasp) incredible point construction, forcing even Jimmy Connors into grateful submission.
Worst Match (WTA): Sadly, MELANIE OUDIN takes this one too. So much was built into her QF clash with CAROLINE WOZNIACKI that when it actually went down, it went down in flames. The American was spent, emotionally and physically. By the time the moonball rallies kicked in, the writing was on the wall. Whether Oudin's little sis could spell it or not.
Worst Match (ATP): NADAL/GONZALEZ. Again, no real fault of either player, but wind, rain and abdominal tears turned what should have been a juicy quarterfinal into a soggy mess. Punctuated by one gnarly 6-0 third set collapse by the Chilean that even I'm going to need to see a psychiatrist over.
Breakdown Performance (Male): Tied: THE TWO ANDYS. Roddick has struggled to find his form post-Wimbledon, but this is the US Open man. Murray meanwhile just fell apart, once again bucking the odds and getting bounced before his time. Both lost to guys who'd go on to lose in the next round. Wah wah.
Breakthrough Performance (Female): Poor YANINA WICKMAYER. She comes out of nowhere to make it to the US Open semifinals and still has to play second fiddle to CAROLINE WOZNIACKI, who outsteadied the competition to make her first Grand Slam final. And somehow even she has to play second fiddle to MELANIE OUDIN, who caused the two noisiest upsets of the tournament in Dementieva and Sharapova. By the time Mel booked her spot in the quarters with a knock-out of Nadia Petrova, she was already an international sensation. Time will tell how she handles the weight of expectations, but at this U.S. Open, there was no bigger story.
Oh, but wait…
...Biggest Meltdown: SERENA WILLIAMS. Her match against Kim Clijsters was poised to be the best match of the tournament, with monster rallies and (at least Belgian) guts left all over the court. Until it literally came to a violent, screeching halt. Spurred perhaps more by the frustration of being outplayed, Serena's tirade made sure none of the replays from the match would feature any actual tennis. Runner Up: Vera Zvonareva, who literally came apart at the seams in her fourth round loss to Flavia Pennetta.
Comeback Queen
Breakdown Performance (Female): Dinara Safina. Every match was a three set grinder that was as exhausting to watch as it seemed to play. By the time Petra Kvitova (who?) finally put her down, it was all but a mercy killing. Rest up and come back swinging Dinara, if only to spare your fans any more of this agony. Runner Up: Victoria Azarenka, who has no exhausting climb to the top to blame on her colossal collapse against Francesca Schiavone.
Brilliance in Marketing: One word. BELIEVE. Runner Up: American Express and Stella McCartney, for hitching their wagons over the summer to Caroline Wozniacki.
Cockroach Award: Ugh, this MELANIE OUDIN wins everything! But no one came back from back-to-back-to-back first set losses with more spunk than the 17-year-old. Runner Up: FLAVIA PENNETTA, who saved 6 match points in that Zvonareva match.
Best Use of a Microphone: Taylor Dent, who took to the ump's Mic to thank the crowd for their support. The high-fiving sprint around the Grandstand was just gravy.
Worst Use of a Microphone: Brad Gilbert, who commended Juan Martin del Potro on dressing like "a physical specimen" after deeming his Wimbledon and French Open outfits "too fruity-looking." Perhaps Brad should've just gone the whole nine and offered him a Wrist Assist? Commentator Fail.
Best Quote: Serena's tirade may not be fit for print but it's already a hit at parties. It's the 2009 Snakes on a Plane. Runner Up: "Shocking. Shocking that she said that." A deadpan Maria Sharapova, in her post-loss presser, after being told Jelena Jankovic said Oudin had no weapons and that she wasn't too impressed with her.
Biggest Variable: Rain. Would the Serena/Kim match have played out the way it did without that agonizing delay? Would Black & Huber been able to come back after Stubbs & Stosur won the first set? Would Fernando Gonzalez have crumbled so fantastically against Rafa? Would Rafa have even made it as far as he did without the break? Like how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie pop, the world may never know.
That about wraps it up for this decade, folks. Check back Wed. and every Wed. for the Sweet Spot. On behalf of—
What? WHAT? I'm (bleeping) going to take this (bleeping) blog and shove it down your (bleeping) throat, I swear to God. What? Are you serious? I never said I was going to kill you--!
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Day 14 - Sep 13, 2009 - 2:30PM EST
The clouds have parted once again, and now the women will have their day. On Ashe, the de facto women's final kicks off between defending champion Serena Williams and Kim Clijsters, also a defending champion of sorts, returning to Flushing Meadows for the first time since winning here in '05.
Now, for all the love and respect Kim Clijsters has earned in her ferocious return to the tour, no one expects her to pull off the win here. Including myself, having started off the day giving a radio interview basically giving my thoughts on what she should wear during her media victory lap (something tasteful for Letterman, go a little crazy for Regis & Kelly…). Still, if anyone's going to challenge Serena, who's been playing lights out tennis this U.S. Open, it's Jada's mom.
Kim holds to open. Half the battle. Serena follows suit. As we head into the first changeover, we're on serve, but Kim's looking just a bit sharper. I'm getting the feeling her best stroke yet is her luck at winning the coin toss and serving first, keeping the pressure on Serena to hold.
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It starts to drizzle, but these women aren't going anywhere. Refs are going to have to drag them off. A stark contrast to the upper decks of Ashe, which are sadly empty. Ditto out front where fans are normally camped out in front of the big screen. Anyone who wants to see this match is inside.
We trade breaks, but both are earned, not coughed up. Until one is downright gifted by a clearly nervy Serena. Is it the occasion? An opponent returning her shots with interest? Either way, it comes at the worst time, costing Serena the set. She takes it out on her racquet. Code violation, Serena Williams.
At this point I'm both thrilled and terrified for Kim. An angry Serena is not one you want to face, and sure enough she breaks Kim to start the second set.
But wait, Kim breaks back.
At this point Serena is almost looking like a rookie. It's like she ran into a ghost she didn't want to see. Which is crazy considering Serena holds a 7-1 H2H on her. But Kim's showing some mental toughness she frankly isn't totally known for, and she's being rewarded big time. A challenge on one of Kim's aces is met with a roar. And it was ruled in Kim's favor. This crowd is behind her right now.
4-3 Kim, and a ton of break points. Could she actually pull this off? Nope, not yet anyway, as Serena fights them all off with a slew of aces. How can Kim hold after that? Uh, easily, at love. Serena obliges by doing the same. High-quality stuff.
(Meanwhile, there's something going on over on Armstrong. Wozniackmayer or Wickiacki, I dunno. The girl who beat Oudin is up a set and a break.)
Back on Ashe, Clijsters holds at love to go up 6-5. No double faulting problems on this court. John McEnroe suggests that their struggling colleagues take a couple years off to have a baby. An epidemic of young mothers sweeps the ladies locker room.
Serena serves for a tiebreak and finds herself down 15-30. Second serve. Foot fault! Wow. The timing couldn't be worse. It gives Kim double match point. Oh. Oh dear. What is happening. Serena is going at the lineswoman. I can't hear what she's saying but she is pissed. The ref comes out. It's suddenly bananas on court and Serena is screaming at the lineswoman, "I did not say I would kill you, are you serious?"
I don't know about you but this is all happening is crazy slow motion for me.
All I know is Serena's already got a code violation for smashing the racquet so this can't go anywhere good. It goes there fast as Serena gets a point penalty for telling the line judge she's bleeping going to take a bleeping ball and shove it down her bleeping throat. On match point! Just like that, a match delayed and delayed by rain is suddenly, abruptly, over.
Serena heads right to a dazed and confused Kim to shake her hand. Kim does not want it to end this way, and I don't blame her at all. She deserves better than this after such a spectacular performance.
Serena leaves the court to boos and Kim is left to give perhaps the most awkward, anticlimactic on-court interview of her career. This woman came back from having a baby and she's in the U.S. Open final! Big news! Sadly, it'll be Serena getting all the headlines tonight as she would wind up indeed, at least figuratively, dragged off the court by the refs.
Johnny Mac says a foot fault so late in a match is a bad call. I disagree. Rules are rules. However, to not be able to challenge a foot fault call, especially at such a critical moment, is beyond dreadful and could make anyone lose their minds (youtube that Jesse Witten clip I mentioned earlier in the blog for exhibit A, B and C). Hopefully, as Serena inspired Hawk-Eye with that Capriati debacle years ago (maybe the U.S. Open just has it out for her?), she'll inspire officials to find a way to challenge these calls as well.
A crazy end
Even if it was a bad call, it was a worse reaction by Serena. There's no place for that on the Grand stage. And still. I imagine what would've happened had it been a male player doing it, say Andy Roddick. Everyone would still think he made a ridiculously boneheaded move and cost himself the match. But the next day, people would laugh. The guys who cover "real" sports at ESPN. The late night comedians. Andy would be a rock star, driven immediately to Radio City Music Hall for the obligatory MTV Video Music Awards appearance tonight where he'd take Will Ferrell aside and threaten to bleeping shove this bleeping popcorn-looking award down his bleeping throat. Then they'd make out.
What I'm saying is, she had to face the consequences in the moment. Because you just can't do that and people need to see you can't do that. But she's got to be allowed to move on. It was a boneheaded move. Next.
So as dramatic as her exit was, equally fascinating will be what's 'next.' How she recovers in the PR department. Not to mention how she'll fare on the court in her quest to finish the year No 1. Serena lost not only the match and her shot at the title, but also her shot to reclaim the top spot from Dinara Safina (who can't seem to give it away at this point).
Fernando Gonzalez's implosion earlier in the day is a quaint memory. As is Serena's victory lap (though she may still need to figure out what to wear on Letterman and Regis & Kelly). I won't make the same mistake in calling the final. Kim should certainly win, but that Wozniackmayer is one tough cookie.
Tomorrow: Where in the world will this crazy train called the women's draw let off? And the men's semifinals! Will it be another Federer/Nadal final, or will we see yet one more twist in the saga that is the 2009 U.S. Open? Stay tuned.
Update: In one more twist, Nadal is thumped in straight sets to Juan Martin Del Potro
Day 13 - Sep 12, 2009 - 7:00PM EST
Under my Umbrella...
You're not the only one. You think CBS wants to air Connors/Krickstein from 1991 one more time? Or that the US Open tournament director Jim Curley wants to hold a press conference to face a firing squad over how this scheduling mess could've been avoided? (They're seriously considering a roof. Like, more super duper seriously than last year.)
Well, Mother Nature finally decided to throw everyone a bone and part the clouds for Rafael Nadal and Fernando Gonzalez. Not in enough time to avoid a second consecutive Monday men's final, but hopefully we can get this match, grinded to a halt two days ago, off the docket.
The fact that this QF was interrupted in the middle of a second set tiebreak is what Cliff Drysdale would call 'delicious.' Add to that Rafa's ab injury, and I'm dying to see how both guys pick this baby back up. It's a celebration for the players just walking down the tunnel. They're literally getting high fives just for taking the court.
After a quick warm-up, the psychodrama begins. First point to Rafa. And now they have to switch sides. Bizarre. If you need too much time to get your bearings, this could be over in a hurry. Sure enough, Rafa's simply steady as one unforced error after the next costs Fernando four quick points and, in the blink of an eye, the entire second set.
The Chilean double faults to give up the first game in the third set and he takes it out on his racquet. Even said stick is humiliated, hurling itself almost directly into his bag. (Incidentally, with Marat on the way out, is there anyone who knows how to smash a racquet better than Fernando Gonzalez? He's truly an artist.)
At 3-0, the unthinkable. An injury time-out. Seriously Fernando? Two sets and two breaks down, with the sky looking like it wants to put you out of your misery, you want to drag this out?
....Ella, ella, eh, eh
He's merely delaying the inevitable. And allowing for so much more hyperbole from the commentators as the errors are now hurling off his racquet like the rockets in his ATP Feel It ad. How many ways can John McEnroe rip this one apart? Oh wait, one more: "It's so bad it's embarrassing." At one point Gonzalez bounces the racquet only to have it bounce back up and hit him in the face.
It's officially a Saturday Night Live sketch. But, like, the kind where Chris Kattan plays you. No, Horatio Sanz.
Where is Rafa in all this? Does it matter, he's been on court for about 15 minutes and is thisclose to wrapping this bad boy up.
At 5-0, with the sky spitting almost as much as the Olympic silver medalist, neither guy heads for his seat during the changeover. They're waiting on the baseline for the ballboys to scram. Someone has a date with the semis. And someone else has a date with his psychiatrist. Finally, Rafa brings the hammer down. Not too long before Mother Nature has a freak out over how her dry spell was molested and brings the rain.
Nadal will for sure have a tougher test against Juan Martin del Potro. But at least he won't be worn out. Unlike the rest of us, so thoroughly fried from one rain delay after the next. As we're once again waiting for the ladies to take the court on Super Soaker Saturday, and Dick Enberg launches into another chorus of Umbrella (ella ella, ay ay), we're all fighting with each other for the racquet to crack against our skulls. Something tells me we could give Gonzo a run for his money.
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Day 10 - Sep 9, 2009 - 8:00PM EST
Irresistible forces were looking to whoop on immovable objects last night on Ashe as Serena Williams and Gael Monfils and the bazookas they call their forehands took the court against golden retrievers Flavia Pennetta and Rafael Nadal.
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And so we have Kateryna Bondarenko and Yanina Wickmayer. We'd learn a lot about them today, appearing in their first ever quarterfinal in a major. As play gets underway, it's nice to see neither is buckling under the occasion. Wickmayer in particular is showing off a sweet arsenal of weapons, from groundies to slices, dropshots to lobs. It gets under the tattooed skin of Alona's big sister, and soon the chick who hacked Gisela Dulko to bits not two days earlier on this very court is one set away from being shown the door.
True to WTA form, Wickmayer coughs up a slew of games in the second to give Kateryna a big lead. But there's fight in them there hills, and before you can say "Shut up, another Belgian in the semis?!", Wickmayer is through.
Afterwards, when asked about fellow teen Oudin, who she could face in the semis, Wickmayer said she guesses she shares the same Cinderalla story, except she's not from the U.S. Mmm, the same Cinderella story, minus the wins over Dementieva and Sharapova. In fact, minus wins over any top seed. Of all the underdogs who've cut through their draws, Wickmayer is the only one not responsible for a major scalping (and that's including countrywoman Kim Clijsters). Yanina (yes Bud, it's a lovely name, uncle) benefited from the kindness of strangers.
Will Oudin help her out one more time by taking out Wozniacki? I don't know you guys. Not liking the assignment of a night match on Ashe (you know, because this girl needs more to deal with). Nor the media attention, increasing exponentially by the hour, that's threatening to swallow her whole. Seriously, do a google search on her. It's frightening.
But, as Rajeev Ram said to me this weekend about his mixed doubles partner (see my awesome interview with Raj - we talk about TWITTER!), if anyone can do it, Melanie can. And so, I believe. I'm just going to be believing through the gaps of my fingers.
Tomorrow: Did I watch any of this match without my hands in front of my face? Stay tuned!
Day 9 -Sep 8, 2009 - 5:00PM EST
Okay, this was sort of a disaster last time, but I'm going to try it again. Ladies and gentlemen, my co-host Dunlop--
Dunlop: Hello peoples!
James: I haven't finished introducing this.
Dunlop: We do Joan Rivers fashion show, what is to introduce?
James: Well, we at least know who these people are.
Dunlop: We start with big Mel's Diner waitress Serena Williams.
Venus at Mel's
James: That's Venus.
Dunlop: Dunlop's bad. Alice is big show in Serbia. We remake it, take place in swimming pool. We are kissing grits all over the place.
James: Petrova was dressed similarly.
Dunlop: Russian's skirt is much shorter. I do not know what she is kissing. They are both terrible.
James: Serena's a little more subdued. Too subdued maybe?
Dunlop: What? I fall asleep. I dream of my Nole.
James: You love his outfit.
Dunlop: Outfit? Oh, yes. Outfit. His wears the orange, I could drink him up like the Sunny D, haha. But in manly way.
James: Could you drink up Andy Murray in Fred Perry?
Dunlop: What juice is blue? Anti-freeze is blue. You are stupid.
James: What did I say if you got lippy?
Dunlop: Back to mini-bar.
James: Okay then. How about Jelena Jankovic? She was rocking the red.
Dunlop: The bagra! She look amazing. Like cocktail waitress at North Pole. My favorite.
James: Over Ana? Really?
Dunlop: Ana is not on court long enough to see dress, she go by in blur. Now you are trying to make Dunlop cry.
James: Aw, sorry. Make fun of a Yankee Doodle, it'll make you feel better.
Dunlop: How about stupid sneakers Melanie Oudin wear.
James: Okay you've gone too far.
Dunlop: Everyone make fun until they see she write special word on it, Believe, now shoes belong in DayGlo church. At least she write something besides own name. I am talking to you Samurai Querrey. And Serena's shoes, with little hearts. She is grown woman--!
James: Okay no more Americans. What about Maria Sharapova?
Dunlop: I thought you say no more Americans? Ha! I kill me like Alf, also big hit in Serbia. Also in swimming pool. Maria's outfit remind me of Nick Lachey Jessica Simpson couple. Nice from neck down. And no, Nick Lachey Jessica Simpson couple are not big in Serbia.
James: Moving on. Roger's sticking with the red and black. If it ain't broke don't fix it?
Dunlop: You have terrible grammar.
Dunlop: Minibar?
James: You're close.
The Rafa circus
Dunlop: He look okay. Not big 16 on chest, that is good sign. I like Rafa. He dress like Big Apple Circus. It is, how you say, appropriate.
James: How about Paul-Henri Mathieu? He had some serious action on the back of his shirt there.
Dunlop: More action than he has on court. Ha! I am on roll. If Rafa was circus, Mathieu was zoo. He was big French giraffe. Except giraffe get to second round.
James: I hesitate to bring her up because you're in rare form here, but what about Caroline Wozniacki? Stella McCartney dumped Kirilenko for her and the Great Dane is getting dogged out for her US Open dress. I think it's actually pretty nice. What do you think?
Dunlop: Is Dunlop allowed one more tired 80's reference?
James: You've got one left.
Dunlop: She look like she wears pillowcase like Miss Ellie on Dallas. But not Barbara Bel Geddes Miss Ellie, Donna Reed Miss Ellie.
James: I don't even know what that means.
Dunlop: Come to Serbia!
James: Okay, let's give out some best and worsts here. For me, I'm loving on Kim Clijsters. She's looks sporty, bold. She's ready for business. Maria is a solid runner up, but strictly the pink and yellow day outfit. Came with a visor. Sadly we only saw it once. Of the men, I think Roger really is the one to beat in red.
Dunlop: I love the bagra. And the circus is in town for Dunlop. Choo choo!
James: How about the worst?
Dunlop: Dinara Safina. She look as tired as she play. Faded. Bruised. Sad.
James: I think this is the first time we've agreed on anything. Dunlop, our first breakthrough!
Dunlop: We toast! Here, have this blue drink I get from car. (silence) Wait, where we go? Where you take me? I do not want to go in there! At least give me my Milk Du--!
Obviously I should've gone with actual Joan Rivers. If I could afford the animatronics necessary to operate her. On behalf of Dunlop and myself, see you next time.
Update: While we were chatting about all this frivolousness, Andy Murray was taking a monster dive in straight sets to Marin Cilic. So, you know, blue drinks for everyone.
Day 8 - Sep 7, 2009 - 8:30PM EST
The Wrath of losing
6 Match Points
As one of Michael Douglas's seemingly endless parade of greasy-haired characters once said, Greed is Good. So were the other Deadly Sins on display in the last 24 hours here at the Open. Let's celebrate all things wicked, shall we?
The Wrath of losing
6 Match Points
WRATH: So you squander six match points after playing two sets of dizzyingly brilliant tennis that has even Jimmy Connors speechless. What do you do? Pick yourself up and play that third like your life depended on it. No wait, you go to the bathroom and sob until you've got no water left in your body, then return to the court a thrashing, raging she-beast. Such was the case with Vera Zvonareva. We thought she put this kind of stuff behind her, didn't we? (...didn't we?) But after Flavia Pennetta denied her six times over, playing an unbelievable second set tiebreak, Vera lost her shiznit. She ripped away at the tape job on both her knees, she shouted at the umpire for scissors (I wouldn't have given her anything sharp and pointy either), she hit herself in the leg, in the head. If the Russian Rambo had a Glock it would've been lights out New York. She'd leave the court bageled. And yes, crying.
GREED: Roger Federer trounced Tommy Robredo for the eighth time, all in his quest for a record sixth straight US Open title. Rog will not share. Not even with a celeb in attendance who dressed to the tens for a little of that spotlight: Nicole Kidman, who is officially made of wax.
GLUTTONY: How great is that moment when you upset the big star, get to throw your racquet over your head and bound for the microphone, thanking the twenty thousand-plus people in attendance and the millions at home for cheering you on so completely? So great is that moment in fact that Melanie Oudin just had to relive it again. For the third straight time she had to rally from a set down, but once she got her teeth in the match she wouldn't let go, thoroughly demoralizing yet one more hard hitting Glamazon. (Hey, Nadia Petrova, you left something on the court. Yeah, that F-bomb you dropped.) Are those sneakers for sale? Cuz I know about a million little girls that are going to want a pair. And if they make them in a size 13, hit me back.
SLOTH: Lazybones Robin Soderling is into the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam having only completed two matches. Why? Because his second round opponent, Marcel Granollers, and his opponent today, Nikolay Davydenko, both pulled the ripcord and retired (Granollers after only two games). Soderling rewarded himself with a feast of pizza, coke and jelly beans. In bed. Is it safe to officially love this guy yet?
Tennis' new sex symbol
LUST: Andy Murray, Sex Object? If you believe Tennis Channel, which ran a whole package (giggle) before the Murray/Dent match that was so fleshy and voyeuristic that I thought I was watching Skinemax After Dark. Watch as Andy takes off his shirt and works out, sweat dripping down his rippling abs, his back muscles bulging with each and every aching push up. See those lustful eyes? He's looking at you. Fortunately all he did to Dent was beat him. Silly? A little. But nice to see the men getting their equal share of objectification. But please, let's keep Radek Stepanek buttoned up. In a parka preferably.
Tennis' new sex symbol
PRIDE: We are Bondarenko! Such was Kateryna's war cry as she charged poor Gisela Dulko, the woman who took out her sister Alona two rounds before. 47 minutes later all that was left was a 6-0, 6-0 scoreline and random bits of Argentine pulp splattered all over Arthur Ashe stadium. Clean up on aisle 9!
ENVY: American men, who have to watch with their noses pressed against the glass as the second week of the US Open takes off without them for the first time in…ever. Wait, I thought these were supposed to be wickedly entertaining, not wickedly depressing? Who wrote this? And why is Dunlop laughing?
Okay, time for a whoopin'. I'm about to go all Zvonareva on someone's fuzzy yellow #@%.
Tomorrow: After knocking out Venus Williams, can Clijsters take this dream run all the way to the semis? Will Serena be there waiting for her? And after that injury time out in his last match, will Rafa have the stomach to handle Gael Monfils? Stay tuned.
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Thursday - 9/20/2012, 2:50pm EDT
Congressman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) is proposing the first major rewrite of the laws governing federal information technology since 2003.
The Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act would codify much of the Obama administration's 25-point IT reform plan. The draft bill, which Issa, the chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee released today for discussion, would go even further in attempting to address long-standing challenges for agency chief information officers.
"The chairman is near the beginning of a process of gathering wide stakeholder input," said a committee staff member. "He has not indicated any timelines for introduction yet."
The bill would require agencies to have only one CIO, and all bureau-level senior IT managers would become deputy CIOs. The bill also would give CIOs budget authority over all IT spending and over all hiring of IT personnel.
"We applaud Chairman Issa for his recognition that there needs to be a substantial improvement to federal IT procurement practices to keep pace with evolving technology," said Mike Hettinger, director of the Public Sector Innovation Group for the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), in an emailed comment to Federal News Radio. "As SIIA has said previously, we share the goal of developing a cadre of specialized IT acquisition personnel and are pleased that the bill acknowledges that cloud computing is becoming mainstream in the federal government."
Data centers, cloud and websites
Many of the draft legislation's provisions follow closely the efforts started by the Office of Management and Budget in December 2010 to reform federal IT management.
For example, the bill would codify the government's efforts to consolidate data centers. It would require the federal CIO to submit a plan to Congress within six months of the bill becoming law and once a year after that on how to implement the data center initiative. The plan should "address floor space, energy use, infrastructure, equipment, applications, personnel, increases in multi-organizational use, and other appropriate methods to meet the requirements of the initiative; and appropriate consideration of shifting federally-owned data centers to commercially owned data centers."
Issa's bill also focuses on cloud computing, website consolidation and strategic sourcing-all OMB priorities.
It requires agencies to use, to the maximum extent practical, a governmentwide service to certify and accredit cloud services. This effort is known as FedRAMP, which the General Services Administration, the Defense Department and the Homeland Security Department launched in January.
The bill calls for OMB to assess public websites and figure out which are duplicative and then requires agencies to eliminate them. OMB kicked off this effort in June 2011, and in December, the .gov Reform Task Force submitted a report on the state of federal websites.
A majority of the bill focuses on IT acquisition and the IT acquisition workforce, calling for the codification of several White House initiatives.
Most notably, the legislation takes the use of business-case analyses for new multiple-award contracts one step further. The Office of Federal Procurement Policy in September 2011 set new rules that agencies must submit for review by other departments any new multiple-award contracts.
OFPP would approve MACs
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OFPP also would also be required to submit a report by June 1 of each year to Congress summarizing the submissions, reviews, approvals and disapprovals of business case analyses.
Trey Hodgkins, senior vice president for TechAmerica's Global Public Sector Government Affairs, said the association has been briefed on this proposal and believes it opens up a critical conversation.
"Our industry thinks the procurement process is broken and that this proposal starts a conversation that will hopefully lead to the kinds of wholesale change we saw in the mid-90s," he said. "We are still assessing the specifics of the bill and have no position on the details yet."
Issa also wants to expand the concept of IT acquisition cadres-as called for in the 25-point review plan-to become acquisition centers of excellence.
The bill calls for OMB, the Chief Acquisition Officers Council and the CIO Council to designate acquisition centers of excellence within one year. These organizations would promote best practices, provide acquisition assistance, and development and training for the IT acquisition workforce.
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The prognosis for certain localized cancers, such as Stage II melanoma and Stage IA/IB non-small cell lung cancer is uncertain. Following curative-intent resection of the primary tumor, the long-term (5- or 10-year) overall survival for these patients can hover around 50%. At the same time, the morbidities associated with available adjuvant therapies precludes their use in the majority of these patients. Current prognostic models derived from conventional clinicopathologic parameters are insufficient to identify, at the time of diagnosis, the subset of patients at highest risk of recurrence for selective adjuvant therapy administration. The goal of my research program is to develop novel prognostic models for both early-stage non-small cell lung cancer and melanoma. Variables reflecting characteristics of the index tumor (somatic mutations, differential transcript profiling, differential protein expression), the patient's germline genetics as well as lifestyle behaviors are all simultaneously considered.
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The Springboks don't lose to Wales in South Africa. And they won't start losing in 2008.
We heard the same story when Eddie O'Sullivan's Irish team arrived in South Africa in 2004 as the favourites to beat Jake White's young Springboks. As White said at the time, it was ludicrous to believe a Bok team could lose to Ireland in Bloemfontein. He was proved right when the Boks smashed the far more experienced and supposedly in-form Irish.
Now it is the turn of Wales to talk a big game ahead of their two Tests in South Africa in June. For those with short memories, let me remind you that the Boks even managed a two-Test series win against Wales in South Africa when Rudolf Straeuli was coaching them. I reiterate the point that the Springboks don't lose to Wales in this country.
Wales, poor at the World Cup, are talking of new dawns under New Zealand coach Warren Gatland. They are optimistic because they won the Six Nations and went unbeaten. But the same players who dominated the northern hemisphere's premier competition were those who got a drubbing at home against the Springboks only last November. The Boks in that Test had to do without six of their World Cup final stars and, further, had the luxury of only two training sessions in the month that preceded the Test. Yet they arrived in Wales on the Sunday and six days later whipped them.
Come on. Wales can't win in South Africa this June because their players aren't physical enough, aren't mentally strong enough and all-round simply are not good enough.
Wales won a Six Nations championship in which the standard of rugby was piss poor. They beat an out-of-sorts England team, sneaked past an Ireland side devoid of all confidence, comfortably dealt with a French team whose new coach inexplicably used the Six Nations as an experimental stage and breezed past the courageous but limited Italians.
The Springboks, All Blacks and Wallabies would also have completed an unbeaten run in the Six Nations. Argentina, who finished third at the World Cup, would have come close to doing something similar. And the likes of a full-strength Fiji, Tonga and Samoa would have won more than they lost.
It is not fair to say that when Wales win the Six Nations the standard is inadequate and when France win it they're a quality side. The standard in the past few years has not been up to much, and the dominance of the southern hemisphere over the northern hemisphere has vindicated this opinion.
Sure, England and France poxed wins against Australia and New Zealand at the World Cup, but over a sustained period of time south has battered north, home and away. Wales, for all the bravado, have never travelled well to the likes of South Africa, New Zealand and France. They've also battled in Argentina. I don't dispute Gatland's qualities and have huge respect for what Shaun Edwards has achieved in rugby union, both at Wasps and in his short term with Wales.
A coach is only as good as his players, and all Wales can hope for in South Africa is respectability and competitiveness. At home, later in the year, they will be a different proposition. In our winter and at our stadiums they remain a soft touch – even with our players forced to play the old rules again.
This column first appeared in the May issue of SA Rugby magazine.


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