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Well, I'm back after three days in Las Vegas.
Gambling-wise, it was the worst trip I have ever encountered at the California Hotel, my favorite place.
While I couldn't hit beans in the casino, it was one of my fun visits. Okay, most of you will say, "How could it be a fun visit if you lost your okole?"
I guess one would be that I bumped into so many familiar faces. This included the top man at The Cal. That would be General Manager David Lebby. He welcomed me when I bumped into him in the casino.
I kidded him about my sour luck, hoping he could "push a button" on the slot machine so that my luck would change. Of course, we all know that one's luck can't change with a push of a button. He laughed and I joined him in laughing.
The other person I met when I went to have dinner at Makino Japanese restaurant. I was kind of surprised because the last time I ran into Mr. Makino, the owner of the place that bears his name, was at the newly opened Makino restaurant in Irvine. I figured he would be at the new restaurant, but he told me that he commutes between Vegas and Irvine to look after both places.
I went to the Vegas Makino on Monday night thinking it would be easier to find a table. While it was crowded, I did get a table without waiting.
In the earlier days, the majority of patrons at the Vegas Makino used to be Japanese. Now, it's about 50-50 with a lot of Caucasians.
Yes, most of the Caucasians load their plates with sushi. I do take sushi on my plate, but also load up with the other food, which there is so much of — both Japanese and others.
But miso soup is my favorite. As mentioned about my previous visits to Makino, the miso soup at Makino is dispensed from a machine but it tastes as good as or better than the regular kind.
I'm not sure how the miso soup machine works and why more Japanese-style restaurants don't have it, but it's really something.
So those of you who visit Vegas for more than three days and get a desire for miso soup, I suggest you try Makino.
The one thing that catches my eye when I'm at Makino is to watch Caucasian patrons dining there.
At a table with more than three customers, I see one or two of them dining with chopsticks while others eat with knife and fork.
Ever try eating sushi with a fork?
By the way, I don't know if the Japanese patrons are people who live in Vegas or are, like me, tourists. So, for those who are tourists and want to try Makino, it's located in the Premium Shopping Center not far from Downtown.
For those who may fly into Vegas and stay Downtown (California Hotel) and don't have ground transportation, I am told that The Cal offers rides to Makino.
I know if I have to write about the weather, readers might think I'm desperate for subject matter. Well, yes and no.
Those planning to drive to Vegas might the following information useful. Here are some hints:
Check the weather report before you jump in your car to head for Vegas. I know I always do so I won't run into the unexpected.
The weather across the desert is a lot different than what we experience in Los Angeles. It's not only the hot weather in the desert. It's also rain.
You might think, what's a little rain?
Well, consider this:
Say it's raining hard and the temperature is in the 90s or into the 100s. On our trip, it was pouring and the temperature was 98 just outside of Vegas.
That's something I can't even imagine.
It's a good thing that when we arrived at the hotel, we never went outside again, except when we went to dinner at Makino.
Just imagine getting soaked by rain while standing in 100-degree heat and you can guess what that feels like.
Yes, I know. When I get back from three or four days out of town, my computer is a mess. That is, the number of emails I have to delete from my computer.
It's easy to delete the most obvious "spam" but there are so many others I have to read before I delete.
So, when I decide to print some of them in the column, I find that many can be used as "column" material.
Sometimes after I retype them, I think, "Oops, I shouldn't have used it because the punch line was something I didn't expect."
It sounded like a regular article. Try this:
"I find this so sad. She truly earned this gold medal, but American Lindsey Vonn had to forfeit her gold medal on Wednesday.
"The International Olympic Committee announced that it has taken back the gold medal previously awarded to the skier and given it to U.S. President Barack Obama.
"Olympic officials said Obama deserved the medal more than Vonn because no one has ever gone downhill faster than he has."
Don't all you Republicans cheer with the punch line.
I found the following story as "interesting":
I wasn't aware that most Hispanics reject being referred to by that label, and prefer being identified by the country of their parents. That would be Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, etc.
I guess Japanese Americans have no objection in being called Japanese Americans, although many use "Asian American" in referring to Japanese Americans.
Personally, I never consider myself as an "Asian." I feel that I'm Japanese through and through.
I guess it's the media who set the Asian vs. Japanese American dispute.
As I quoted one Chinese person, "The only similarity between the Chinese, Koreans and Japanese is that they all use chopsticks."
Hooray for the Los Angeles Dodgers! They signed Shane Victorino from the Phillies.
Why am I cheering? Well Shane is from Maui. But it's not only that.
I don't think it's publicized, but the "Flyin' Hawaiian" is part Japanese. His grandfather is Japanese, according to one source with Maui ties.
But with a name like Victorino, who would guess he's a "Hapa"?
I hope he does as well with the local club as he was doing with the Phillies.
The Maui News, in one of its daily features under the title "From Maui to the Majors," features Shane.
I don't know who came up with the title "Flyin' Hawaiian," but since it was tagged onto Shane, The Maui News now refers to him by the nickname.
So now I'm even a greater Dodgers fan. I hope that with him being added to the local club roster, their chances of winning a post-season title improves.
Go, get 'em, "Flyin' Hawaiian" — soar to fit your nickname.
While touching on baseball, there is a story by an American author entitled "Banzai Babe Ruth." It's about the barnstorming of Japan by the famed player in 1934.
Ruth led a team of American All-Stars who played 18 games throughout Japan. The trip was to promote goodwill between the U.S. and Japan, and Ruth was well aware of the purpose of the tour.
Members of the tour included Lou Gehrig and Jimmie Foxx.
Although the tour drew large, enthusiastic crowds, baseball could not prevent the looming crisis between the two countries.
The author of the story, Robert Fitts, said he did two years of research before he began writing his book. He took interest in 1990, when he was living in Tokyo. He collected Japanese baseball memorabilia in his free time. Baseball became a way for him to get into Japan.
In 2003, he met and interviewed the late Wally Yonamine, the first American after World War II to join the professional baseball league in Japan.
"Wally's stories were wonderful and he was a good storyteller," said Fitts.
"Banzai Babe Ruth" was published in March.
Those who enjoy eating sushi and are concerned after hearing about the elevated radiation level in the tuna because of the nuclear accident in Japan can relax, at least for now.
The radiation level is low, much lower than the safety guidelines set by the U.S. and Japan.
Fish that picked up radiation from Japan and then migrated to California during an estimated four-month swim were tested last August. They were below the level considered to be dangerous.
So, I guess it's safe to order your sushi at your favorite places.
Me? I'm not a real sushi fan, especially with tuna, so I will probably continue ordering sushi with vegetables.
George Yoshinaga writes from Gardena and may be reached via e-mail at email@example.com. Opinions expressed in this column are not necessarily those of The Rafu Shimpo.


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Steely Will
Some were ruthless in their desire to attain power, wealth and fame. Others sought to bridge gender divides and bring peace to their countrymen and women. Most had the tall order of rising through the ranks of powerful men to stand on their own two feet. The women of Asia who have risen to success throughout history are some of the most fearless and strong women in all of history. Their steely will, juxtaposed with their delicate feminine nature, gave rise to the descriptive term "Iron Butterflies".
Perhaps it was most difficult for a woman to rise to power in ancient China, where Confucian beliefs stated, "Having a woman rule is like having a hen crow like a rooster at daybreak." Despite what would be considered such a primitive notion today, Empress Wu Zetian challenged the status quo of the times head on.
Exceptional Intelligence
During the Tang Dynasty in China, between 618 and 906 AD, the country was experiencing a more peaceful and culturally diverse period than it had in the past. While women were still considered second-class citizen in many regards, if they were fortunate enough to be born into wealthy families, they would be taught about things like politics, literature and music.
Wu Zetian came from a noble family and was afforded such luxuries. By the age of 13, she was well known in her community for having exceptional intelligence and beauty. The emperor of the time, Tai Tsung, brought her into his court and she soon rose through the ranks to become his favorite concubine. During this time, she also began to have eyes for Tai Tsung's son, Kao Tsung. When the emperor died and his son took over, Wu became his favorite concubine and ended up having his baby. They were soon married, but within five years, Kao Tsung died from a massive stroke. Wu quickly stepped in and took over all administrative duties, effectively becoming the emperor.
More savvy and cunning than her husband ever was, her first order of business was to establish a team of spies to keep watch on her enemies. Anyone who got in her way was locked up or killed. She set things up so that her son became emperor and she could rule through him. She challenged the beliefs of Confucianism by empowering women to do more with their lives. By 690, Wu's son stepped down from power and she was declared emperor. In time, she replaced key government positions held by military leaders with scholars. She lowered taxes that helped everyone from the wealthy to the peasants and implemented policies to make Buddhism the state religion.
With time and age, Wu scaled back on spying and imprisoning her enemies. Though she had created many policies that had a positive effect, she was pressured to step down and allow her third son to rule. She died the same year he stepped into power.
Khan's Better Half
From the time she was betrothed to Genghis Khan at a young age, Borte Ujin's life was set on a radical course that would be like no other woman's who has lived before or after.
She first met Genghis in 1170 when she was eight. Only 7 years later, an agreement was stuck between her parents and Genghis' parents and the two were married. Soon after, a Mongolian tribe known as the Merkit kidnapped Borte. Genghis, already well versed in warfare, launched an attack on the tribe and rescued her. By the early 1200's, he had conquered much of Asia and was collecting wives and concubines in large numbers. But none of them held the power and status of Borte. It was only the children he fathered with her that had a chance of one day becoming Khans of the empire.
Genghis was very fond of Borte and showered her in silks, jewels, jade and gold. But more than that, he consulted with her on many important matters including military ones. He greatly valued her opinion and even after his death, leaders of the empire would consult her. Little is known about how Borte felt about her husband's other wives and concubines, but nonetheless she was aware of how much power she wielded. In fact at one point she said of Genghis, "He's afraid of me."
In more recent history, women rising to power in Asia have become even more commonplace. One of the most formidable women in modern history has a nickname that would make anyone afraid.
Enter the Dragon-Lady
Though she had beauty and charm in spades, she gained notoriety for being a ruthless politician and fierce enemy. Born in China in 1835, Tzu-Hsi became a concubine at the age of 17 to Emperor Hsien-Feng. She gave him a son and upon his death, was given the title Empress of the Western Palace.
However, this title did not afford her the power she desired. Her son who was still a youth, was named emperor and she was only one of 8 regents named to manage the empire until he was old enough. By the time he was old enough, with the support of her allies and eunuchs, she forcibly seized control of the government. It was around this time that she adopted the nickname, "Dragon-Lady". Now that she was in power, she could implement her larger plans for the empire, but still had to do so through her son since it was not permissible for her to rule openly. She implemented key reforms in order to modernize China and banned common, yet morally reprehensible acts such as death by slicing – killing criminals with thousands of small cuts.
In 1908, Tzu-Hsi suffered a stroke and chose her nephew to be her successor. Upon her death, she was buried in diamonds. Her tomb was later looted and her body desecrated.
Power Players
Today, some of the most powerful women in the world are Asian businesswomen and heiresses. Many are extremely well educated, sophisticated, worldly, and speak multiple languages. In Japan, over 40% of the workforce is female. In Korea, over half of all workers are female. In Thailand, many women are entrepreneurs and extremely savvy in business, in part because many men there believe that shunning materialism will bring them a better next life. In places like Singapore, tax incentives are used to encourage women to work. In general Asian women are often thought of as role models throughout the world for feminism and the overall empowerment of women. There may have been a time when the stereotype was that Asian women dressed in dazzling silken colors and were sweetly deferential to men, but that time has clearly passed.
The reality is that the powerful women in Asian history have left a lasting impression on their respective modern cultures. And not just the famous ones. In ancient Mongolia and up until today, women have been trained just like men, to ride on horseback, engage in hand-to-hand combat and use weapons — possessing a confident and capable attitude has always been encouraged. In China and Japan, educational opportunities for women have been steadily increasing over the last few centuries because scores of women have taken control of their fate and proven that they can excel in any field and authoritatively take on leadership roles. The result of a steely will juxtaposed with a delicate feminine nature is an "Iron Butterfly" – and there is no doubt that we will continue to see these butterflies spreading their wings.

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Everett Coast was founded in early 2011 by singer-songwriters Danny Byrne and Josh Misko. They were introduced by their dear friend & mentor, Anika Paris (Warner Chappell / Universal), while attending Musician's Institute in Hollywood, CA. The two California natives bonded quickly becoming fast friends and bandmates.
Everett Coast's influences include legends in the pop, rock, and folk genres such as Simon & Garfunkel, The Everly Brothers, America, Seals & Crofts, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. They've had the opportunity to open for major artists including: Air Supply, The Wailers, G Love & Special Sauce, Coleman Hell, The Dan Band, and others.
Everett Coast has released two self produced EPs: Hey, Hey, California (2013) and Lift Off (2015). Their songs "Hey, Hey, California" & "Passing Through" were featured in the 2016 film Monumental. On January 8th, 2017 Everett Coast released an EP called, "The Shel Talmy Sessions." The Record is Produced by Shel Talmy (The Who, The Kinks, David Bowie), engineered by Johnny Lee Schell (Bonnie Raitt, The Blues Brothers, Taj Mahal) and mastered by Rob Fraboni (Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys). The EP features three 60's classics, and two original songs including "Bye Bye Baby" written by John Keller. John has written songs for Wynonna Judd, Etta James and most famously, "Love Is" sung by Brian McKnight and Vanessa Williams.
In February 2017, Everett Coast was featured on the first season of Korean reality television show, "Cross Country." The show aired on major Korean network "MBC Every1." While on the show, they performed with KPOP stars Yenny (Wondergirls), Suran, Kim Bohyung (SPICA), and actress Hanna Kang.
On May 25th, 2017, Everett Coast released a four song "live-in-studio" cover EP of some of their favorite hits. The EP, Everett Covers Vol. 1 (Live at Ultratone Studios), is available everywhere digitally, and includes unique renditions of songs by Michael Jackson, Weezer, Green Day, The Beach Boys, and Bob Marley. Everett Coast's new single, "Oil In The Water," is expected to release early 2018, and is mixed by mixing engineer/producer, Jack Joseph Puig.


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Mar 5, 2019
CLEVELAND -- The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority's (RTA) overall economic impact to Cuyahoga County is $322 million annually. That is one of the key findings of an economic impact study conducted by Cleveland State University's Center for Economic Development and presented by Dr. Iryna V. Lendel to RTA's Board of Trustees on Tuesday, March 5.
That number is comprised of RTA's direct spending in Cuyahoga County of $182 million, with $35 million added as a result of local businesses selling goods and services to RTA. An additional $104.6 million is a function of goods and services purchased by RTA and supplier employees residing in the County, Dr. Lendel said.
The study reviewed 2017 operations and capital spending. All monetary values are presented in 2019 millions of dollars.
"Importantly, the study found that transit's impact on local employment totaled $485.8 million, measured in annual earnings brought home by those who depend on RTA transit services to get to work," said Flounsay Caver, RTA's interim CEO and General Manager.
And in terms of people who rely on RTA to get to healthcare appointments, the numbers are equally important.
"The study found that daily more than 3,000 Greater Clevelanders are dependent on RTA to access health care. Without RTA, appointments would be canceled or missed, resulting in a direct loss to the local healthcare industry of $103 million and an immeasurable impact to the health and well-being of those needing care," Caver said.
"These findings demonstrate that public transit is critical to the economic success of our region and State and to the well being of people who live and work here," Caver said.
Additionally, the study found that RTA's economic impact on Cuyahoga County property values is $2.2 billion in 2019 dollars. And annual savings to passengers who choose to ride RTA rather than use their own transportation is $51.8 million.
Other highlights indicate that RTA services contributed to:
- Improved transit access in urban neighborhoods
- A drop in poverty by nearly 12.3%
- Employment growth of more than 3%.
- Nearly 3,000 jobs either created or sustained in Cuyahoga County.
- The saving of $28.7 million a year to the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, which uses RTA instead of local school buses to transport students to class.
Dr. Lendel's PowerPoint presentation and RTA's summary fact sheet are here and here.
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Have you ever found yourself feeling overcome with emotion? Maybe you have walked into a room that feels like the air itself is pressing down on you? These can be indications of a room or space that needs a good clearing out.
Sometimes it is not enough to scrub the place clean. Many times the energies, spirits and/or emotions linger long after cleaning products' applications have faded. This is when clearing the energy can help.
There are many ways to remove unwanted energy or energy that is stagnant or oppressive. One of my favorite and most effective ways to do this was taught to me by my Native American Elders. It involves the use of sacred plants and prayers or intentions. Often referred to as smudging; it purifies the space.
Let me share with you the art of smudging as it was taught to me. Gather your tools first. Collect together; white sage or ceremonial sage, matches, a shell or small fire-proof container and a feather or small feather fan. Put a few leaves of the dried sage into the shell or other container. Locate the direction of the East. You will begin your cleansing of the space and energy in the East.
Take your shell with the sage leaves, your matches and feather or fan to the area of the East in the space you are smudging. Light the sage pieces with your match. Let them catch fire a little then blow out the flames. I put the used match in the shell next to the sage leaves. Take your feather or fan and gently move the smoke up and down the walls of the space while praying or keeping an intention. This can as simple as saying or thinking, "Bless and cleanse this home." You can substitute the name of the space you are in if it is not a home, such as an office, or you can simply say, "this space" instead.
Move in a clockwise direction as you move the smoke and repeat your prayer or intention. Complete a full circle. When you return to the East and where you started say, "Thank you."
Extinguish any smoking leaves. I place the shell on my stove or other nonburnable surface until it cools. The shell can sometimes become hot on the bottom depending on the area I am smudging and how much sage I have used. Return you other tools to their storage area. Once the shell is completely cooled, I usually leave it at least an hour for safety, I put it away.
You can sprinkle the cooled ashes on the Earth or place them in a potted plant. Just make sure they are totally cooled by touching them with you fingers. Living in an arid and dry climate makes me especially cautious when handling fire and embers.
Now you are done smudging. I notice an immediate difference in the environment once I have completed this cleansing ceremony. Things feel lighter and more in harmony. You may experience a shift in the area right away or you might notice that you are less stressed, have more patience or it may dawn on you after a while that everything flows better.
If you are interested in using smudging as a tool begin with sage as noted above unless an Elder specifically tells you otherwise. Sage can accomplish cleaning the energy, lightening up the space and restoring harmony.
Sage sticks are also available. If you use a full stick I suggest carrying a shell under it as embers can fall while smudging. Doing so will help to keep this a safe process. Also when you extinguish a sage or smudge stick really grind it down into the shell to tamp out any smouldering embers.
It is important to be responsible and careful when using these tools and teachings.
Recently I've read some articles that indicate that smudging can remove germs from the air. These ancient practices hold more meaning and practical applications than generally understood. Be respectful in using this ritual.
Thank you to the Elders who have shared their teachings and ceremonies with me. Aho.


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I always love a refreshing gin cocktail for the summer. To me, there is no more perfect cocktail than a gin and tonic. It's tart and refreshing. This gin grapefruit gimlet is taking the classic gin and tonic and adding a splash of seasonal flavor with the hint of grapefruit. It's an incredibly easy cocktail
Gluten Free Lemon Poppyseed Cake
I'm not here to convince you that gluten-free is better than gluten-full. I don't think food technology is there yet where a croissant can be replicated with gluten-free flour but if I had to choose whether to eat this cake with gluten or gluten-free flour, I would go gluten-free flour all the way. This gluten
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Cafe du Monde Inspired Beignet Recipe
Beignets- probably the reason why we have the funnel cake. Beignets are a totally acceptable "breakfast treat" to indulge in on the weekend unlike their fair-fodder friend. When our trip to New Orleans was canceled last April thanks to Covid, we decided to make the best of it and recreate our favorite New Orleans recipes
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Hot Buttered Bourbon Recipe
During my estate sale pursuits, I found the most delightful book called "Southern Cooking" from the 1940s. It was a well-loved recipe book with little recipe clippings and notes scribbled in the corners by the previous owner. I flipped through to cocktails and stumbled upon what was called a "hot buttered bourbon". Reading the recipe
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Southern Bourbon Punch for the Holidays
When it comes to punch, I typically stick to sangrias and gin punches, but when my friends at Old Dominick asked me to try their Bourbon I decided it was finally time to lean into this southern staple. For the Holidays, it's all about easy entertaining and drinks that fit a variety of tastebuds, so
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Classic Apple Pie with Grizzly Cookware
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When I last made cinnamon rolls on here, I was in a creative foodie exploration phase and overcomplicated the recipe by 200 fold. This past weekend in Cashiers NC, the weather was chilly, the leaves were dropping and it just seemed like my only option was to measure some flour and make the fluffiest cinnamon
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This weeks Growth Coach blog comes to us courtesy of guest blogger Gary Hartman. Gary is CEO and Head Coach at The Growth Coach in Boulder, Colorado and has over 10 years of coaching experience. Gary works with business owners, managers and sales professionals to help them grow their businesses so they earn more and work less.
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What's Your Plan B for 2013?
Van Morrison, singer and songwriter, has been around a LONG time. He wrote the hit song "GLORIA" sung in 1964, followed by solo work in the 60s and 70s like "Brown Eyed Girl" and "Moondance". After all these years, he has just released a new album titled "Born to Sing, No Plan B".
Although I admire his talent and the longevity of his career, I don't recommend this approach for my business clients. As you look toward next year, you absolutely should have a Plan A. This is a plan of how you want your business and personal life to look. Call it "Where I want to be on December 31, 2013". You should also have a plan for the steps to get you there.
Because the world is changing so quickly, we need to be flexible. That's where the Plan B comes in. Thinking ahead of time about what might impact your A plan allows you to be ready for those changes. Although you still focus on your Plan A, you are prepared to adapt.
Talking with a client yesterday, he mentioned that while budgeting for next year, he had not only a Plan B (worst case scenario), he also had a couple Plan C options. His comment was that the Plan Cs made the Plan B look better than it would have otherwise.
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Friends have spoken of their devastating loss after the body of a missing 28 year old Exeter model was found this week.
Holly Capron, who had a two-year-old son, was reported missing to police on Monday, November 25, after being distressed.
The last contact with Holly, of Beacon Heath, was when she rang friends while at an Exeter park alone the night before, and was reported as being obviously 'distraught'.
She was last thought to been seen in the Brixham area where her body was later found at St Mary's Bay at around 11.15am last Sunday, December 1.
Just weeks before her death she launched a mental health support group on Facebook.
Holly was a part-time model who grew up in Newton Abbot and lived in Plymouth before moving to Exeter about a year ago.
She worked part-time as a model and recently also worked for Devon Cliffs in Exmouth.
The tragic news of her death has come as a shock to her close friends who are trying to come to terms with the sudden loss.
Sophie Bowlas, 25, of Plymouth, met Holly a few years ago while working together on a photo shoot and remained friends since.
She said: "I think Holly started modelling when she was about 19. She was a little pocket rocket who was full of energy and life. She was always smiling and laughing, even when life was hard.
"There was never a dull moment when she was around, and her messages where always entertaining.
"She was very out there character and was a wild child, but a good wild child. She loved gigs, raves and going to music festivals.
"She dressed a bit like a punk rocker and loved bright colours. She also loved her hair being braided and having pink in her hair.
"She really loved her little boy."
Sophie said Holly had gone missing in the past, but only ever for one or two days, and had a history of mental health illness.
"To go missing for that long was completely out of character," she said. "It's been a shock to everyone, especially right on top of Christmas. It's her family I feel for.
"Two weeks ago we were talking through Facebook and planning to do another shoot. To look at and to speak to you would think she was outgoing and bubbly, but you never know what's going on in someone's end.
"She had many friends and everyone loved her. She will be missed by many people."
Among them is photographer Tony Pattinson who was also one of Holly's close friends.
Tony, of Plymouth, said: "We have been friends for the best part of 10 years and met through her modelling. She was a fantastic model and really enjoyed it. She had an alternative look.
"She was full of life and fun, and very much a free spirit. She was a real tonic to be around, and was very loving and caring.
"She adored her son Stanton and was a fantastic mum.
"Unfortunately at times she was plagued by demons, and there was always the possibility that she might do something."
Also mourning her passing is friend and model Cherish Metters, of Plymouth.
The 27-year-old recalled: "Tony made us the models we are today. I met Holly though him and we always had close sisterhood friendship. She was a firecracker and kept everyone on their toes.
"She has always been a person I looked up to and idolised. She was the type of woman who walks in a room and does not care what anyone thinks, and will speak her mind."
Cherish, who said Holly had been hoping to move back to Plymouth, said: "She had tried taking her life before. It's sad as she was full of life and had got another job and was excited about it.
"She was battling her own demons while trying to help others. She created a mental health group on Facebook which we hope to continue in her memory.
"I just hope she's happy now. Everyone loved her and she will always be remembered."
An inquest will be held into her death.


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Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
NYT: Facebook's Zuckerberg Lied To Us; Coke: Ditto — The "Beacon" fallout continues. The New York Times' Louise Story essentially accuses Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg of lying to her about Beacon's being "opt-in." Coca-Cola got a similar impression from the company—and, having learned the truth, is holding off on using the program.
Discussion: Publishing 2.0, blognation, HipMojo.com, Leigh's Blitherings, rexblog.com, mathewingram.com/work, Deep Jive Interests and BBC
Marc Orchant / blognation: I'm Ready to Bail on Facebook - the New Face of Evil
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / HipMojo.com: Why Social Media and Beacon Are Doomed to Fail and What Facebook Should Do
Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life:
Facebook Beacon is Unfixable — Earlier this week I wrote a blog post which pointed out that the two major privacy and user experience problems with Facebook Beacon where that it (i) linked a user's Facebook account with an account on another site without the users permission and (ii) …
Discussion: CA Security Advisor … and Digg
Benjamin Googins / CA Security Advisor Research Blog: Facebook SocialAds - Going Too Far?
Louise Story / Bits:
Coke Is Holding Off on Sipping Facebook's Beacon — At Facebook's Nov. 6 extravaganza to introduce its new social advertising features, I asked the first question after the speech of Mark Zuckerberg, the company's 23-year-old chief executive. I asked why he thought lots of users …
Donna Bogatin / Insider Chatter: Facebook: Harvard Dropout Tricks NYT? Zuckerberg is Coca-Cola Scapegoat
Sean P. Aune / TECH.BLORGE.com: Facebook's Beacon now under attack from advertisers
Joshua Kamper / Facebook Observer: NYT & Coke Disappointed With Facebook's Beacon
Rafat Ali / paidContent.org: Coca-Cola Puts Its Facebook Participation On Hold; Overstock and Travelocity As Well
Duncan Riley / TechCrunch: Facebook Beacon Isn't On The Coke Side Of Life
Adam Ostrow / Mashable!: Did Facebook Lie About Beacon to Gain Advertisers?
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
A Well-Deserved Court Loss For Facebook — It should come as no surprise, of course, given it was essentially a legal temper tantrum on the part of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. — But a judge in Massachusetts wisely denied an inane request by the Palo Alto, Ca.-based social networking startup …
Discussion: The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs
Umair / Bubblegeneration Strategy Lab:
Industry Note: More Evil Than Evil — Facebook is apparently too evil even for Coke. — lol - that's not just deeply ironic. It's also deeply telling. — It speaks volumes when an ultra massconomy player like Coke is more concerned about the welfare of consumers than a so-called revolutionary.
Discussion: HipMojo.com
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / HipMojo.com: Will Mark Zuckerberg's Ego and Hubris Take Down Facebook?
Stefan Berteau / CA Security Advisor Research Blog:
Facebook's Misrepresentation of Beacon's Threat to Privacy …
Facebook's Misrepresentation of Beacon's Threat to Privacy …
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Steven Hodson / WinExtra: Advertising's newest snake in the grass
Nick O'Neill / All Facebook: Facebook Beacon Drama Continues
Alan Patrick / broadstuff: FACEBOOK - CAVEAT EMPTOR, CAVE FRATER MAGNA
Juan Carlos Perez / Computerworld: Facebook's Beacon more intrusive than earlier thought, CA says
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google Reveals 2008 Plans For Google Apps — Google is usually fairly tight lipped about future product releases. But they were surprisingly revealing about upcoming plans for Google Apps at an event in Ann Arbor earlier this week. Blogger Andrew Miller took some great notes from a presentation …
Hiawatha Bray / Boston Globe:
One Laptop Per Child orders surge — Peru wants 260,000 machines; Mexican billionaire signs up — Despite slower-than-expected sales and tough competition from commercial rivals, the One Laptop Per Child Foundation of Cambridge is enjoying a surge of new orders.
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Alex Wright / New York Times:
Friending, Ancient or Otherwise — THE growing popularity of social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace and Second Life has thrust many of us into a new world where we make "friends" with people we barely know, scrawl messages on each other's walls and project our identities using totem-like visual symbols.
Discussion: Putting people first
Experientia / Putting people first: Friending, ancient or otherwise
Denise Caruso / New York Times:
Lots of Little Screens: TV Is Changing Shape — INEXPENSIVE broadband access has done far more for online video than enable the success of services like YouTube and iTunes. By unchaining video watchers from their TV sets, it has opened the floodgates to a generation of TV producers for whom the Internet is their native medium.
Discussion: Beet.TV and Off On A Tangent
Steve Garfield / Off On A Tangent: David Tamés interviews Marshall Herskovitz
Matthew Miller / The Mobile Gadgeteer:
WebFives/Vizrea aquired by Microsoft so download your content in the next 30 days — I set up a Vizrea account back in 2006 when they launched their service that was going to make it easy to get photos and video off of my camera-enabled phone and onto my PC so I could share it easily with others.
Discussion: Alec Saunders .LOG, The Post Money Value, John Cook's Venture Blog and Mashable!
Stan Schroeder / Mashable!: Microsoft Acquires Photo Sharing Site WebFives
Brier Dudley / Brier Dudley's blog:
Microsoft buys Toutonghi's Seattle startup
Microsoft buys Toutonghi's Seattle startup
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Thomas Hawk / Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection: Microsoft Buys Vizrea
Randall Stross / New York Times:
For the 2008 Race, Google Is a Crucial Constituency — LAST century, General Motors assembly plants were a regular stop on the itineraries of presidential candidates. This election cycle, Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., has become a favorite destination.
Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo:
Pogo Stylus Tickles Your iPhone With More Precision [IPhone] — Pogo Stylus Tickles Your iPhone With More Precision — If you have fingers as big as chorizos and want to click with more precision on the iPhone, here's the Pogo Stylus. According to the manufacturer the Pogo Stylus …
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Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Search Engine Land Celebrates Its First Birthday! — Happy Birthday to us! Today, Search Engine Land officially turns one year old. Below, I wanted to share some thanks to all those who've helped make it such a successful year, and I'm going to save the in-depth "what have we achieved" …
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Matt McGee / Small Business SEM: SEL vs. SEW: And The Winner Is?


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The Road To Recovery
My generation, the baby boomers, learned how to use leverage to gain wealth. Unfortunately we became intoxicated with leverage and now are experiencing a massive hangover that is affecting all generations. The current recession is the worst since the great depression and the coming recovery will also be different.
In prior recessions our net worth came out unscathed. Our incomes may have came down or at least slowed down. This time the value of our homes and our retirement funds has dropped by as much as 30-40% and this has resulted in a significant drop in our net worth. The affects of a reduction of home values was compounded because most of us borrowed 80% of the purchase price to buy a home and our equity was 20% of its value. As shown by the graph to the left, if you purchased a home in Metro Detroit in October 2007 for $200,000 and put 20% down, $40,000, your equity in that home was reduced to zero by the 20% fall in home prices over the first 12-months of owning the home. This is happening all over the country.
It is not over. More job losses will be coming as a result of restructuring of the domestic auto industry, its suppliers and dealers. The retail sector will also be shrinking further because of the big hits to the consumer and their desire to reduce debt and become frugal.
In prior recessions the economy spent its way out of the recession. It is not going to happen this time by the private sector. Instead the government will be stepping in to do the spending. Let us hope they do it wisely and spend it on projects that will be investments for the future. They should be repairing roads, improving our electrical grids, improving the physical plants of our education system, improving the quality of our secondary education system and contributing to basic research that will allow us to become energy independent.
The private sector, us citizens, must stabilize our incomes and shore up our jobs. We must learn how to save and invest for the future. We must learn how to live within our means and not count on using credit cards and home equity loans to prop up our live styles. Our life styles must match our incomes and our worth.
This is a great country comprised of great people. We will overcome our current problems. We must, for the sake of our children. When we do this, we will even be a greater country.


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This was originally an email written to my family and friends on the date above. I decided to make these public in the event they may be helpful to someone in the future who is embarking on a similar journey to mine.
Hi Everyone–
Monday and Tuesday were rough days emotionally after learning (in broad strokes but not specifics) about the PET scan results, but the last two days have given us some better news.
On Wednesday I got a call from a scheduler to set up the biopsy, and I talked to her about the two procedures I needed (port installation and biopsy) that needed to be done under the same sedation. While they couldn't do both procedures at the location I had been scheduled to have the port installed at, her team could (at the location nearer our house). In fact, they could do so yesterday morning – so that's what we did.
We had understood from Monday's call with our doctor that I needed 4 biopsies (both lungs, liver, pelvis), but the scheduler was making an appointment for just one (liver). It took until after 5pm on Wednesday to get in touch with the doctor to clarify things, but he confirmed that just one biopsy was needed.
Apparently the spots identified on my lungs were so small they wouldn't be able to be biopsied, and really they just needed results from one location to confirm the cancer stage (has it spread or not). The radiology team is the one that takes the PET scan results and determined which location would be the easiest to biopsy – they chose the liver.
So two bits of good news from all of that:
1. the spots on the lungs are very small (the sort of thing that chemo is supposed to take care of)
2. we were able to combine the two procedures into one
I was quite nervous about these procedures. I had never been under "conscious sedation" before and the idea of being awake/aware of what was going on while they were doing it was not one I was enthused about. It turned out not to be that bad.
They did the liver biopsy first and while I was awake and remember what was going on (I could watch the ultrasound monitor, etc.), I didn't feel a thing. After that, I climbed from my gurney to the table next to me (under my own power) so they could do the port installation. I asked them to "knock me out more" and told them I didn't want to see anything that was happening. They put up a shield at neck level and I don't remember much of the beginning of the procedure, but I was definitely aware of the second half of it. I even asked how things were going at one point. After the port installation, I climbed back into the gurney again and they wheeled me to a recovery room to hang out for a few hours. This was definitely not the unpleasant experience I was afraid it would be.
Once we got back home in the afternoon it was sunny and warm (upper 60s) and we were able to sit outside and have some ice cream.
The area where they installed the port (upper right chest) was very sore yesterday and I was on Vicodin at the hospital and then Tylenol when I got home. I avoided using any of my leftover Percocet, but was still in a good bit of discomfort. They always ask me what the pain is like on a scale of 1-10 at the hospital – it's hard to know how to respond. The pain was never more than a 4-4.5 yesterday, but it was a constant ache which was certainly unpleasant. This morning it feels better (maybe a 2-2.5). I will be icing it today to dull the ache a bit more – it should subside in a day or two.
We're working under the assumption that the liver biopsy will come back positive for cancer and I will be treated for stage 4 (rather than stage 3/3C) colon cancer, but knowing that this mass and the likely areas of metastasis in the lungs are small and likely to be manageable has me feeling much more positive again. I feel like not nearly as much about my situation has changed as we were led to believe earlier in the week.
The last bit of good news: we have a schedule for starting treatment.
Since we were able to get the biopsy and port installation done at the same time yesterday (instead of the biopsy being separate procedure next week), we are tentatively scheduled to start chemo on Monday. We will meet with the doctor to discuss the treatment approach, then have the first treatment. We don't yet know what the treatment will be as there are a variety of options that can be recommended. I'm assuming that each has its own unique set of side effects. I'll deal with whatever those end up being – I'm not the first person to have these treatments.
Over the last few days I had started working out again, standing up straight without pain, and not experiencing much residual pain from my abdominal incisions – I've been feeling pretty good. After yesterday's procedures, I was told I can't do anything exercise for 10-14 days. This is frustrating, but might coincide fairly well with end of the "you'll be tired for a few days after the chemo treatment" timeline. We shall see.
This week as been a bit of a roller coaster. I'm definitely looking forward to having a plan of action and getting the treatment started on Monday; and I'm glad that the PET scan results, though not clean, still appear to indicate a situation that is manageable.
We are taking Caitlin on a picnic for lunch today and my parents are coming into town this evening, it should be a fun weekend!
This post is part of the thread: Cancer – an ongoing story on this site. View the thread timeline for more context on this post.


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Confident the Metal Gear franchise has a future without Hideo Kojima at the helm – who departed late last year under questionable circumstances to form his own studio, Kojima Productions – Konami has formally lifted the lid on Metal Gear Survive, a co-op survival game that warps the stealth series into another dimension.
Due to hit PS4, Xbox One and PC in 2017, Survive takes place shortly after the explosive finale to Ground Zeroes, where Big Boss' Mother Base is sent plunging into the depths of the sea by Cipher. It's here that Konami's Resident Evil-esque spinoff splits onto an alternate timeline, sending soldiers of the Militaires Sans Frontières – Snake's private army – into a dystopian universe riddled with flesh-munching zombies.
Here's the official pitch:
METAL GEAR SURVIVE picks up from the ending of METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES, to an alternate timeline caused by unexplained wormholes forming in the sky. Players find themselves on distorted desert landscapes full of massive half-formed structures, living biological threats, and the remains of a once strong military force now litter the landscape.
In a struggle to stay alive on this harsh terrain filled with deadly creatures, soldiers who were previously on Mother Base now must work cooperatively in order to survive. METAL GEAR SURVIVE continues the pedigree of METAL GEAR SOLID V's highly praised gameplay design, with a unique blend of stealth and co-op play mechanics. Players can strategically manage massive threats with the help of 4-player online cooperative play. New weaponry will also be introduced to combat charging creatures and lethal environments as well.
Konami is facing an uphill battle if it's to do good on the Metal Gear license sans Kojima, and we aren't so sure Metal Gear Survive is the right way to ensure the beloved franchise remains relevant. Hopefully we're proved wrong, though we won't know until the undead offshoot bows in 2017.


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Chief marketing officers will always need to craft strategy, communicate effectively and manage a team. But now, and in years to come, they will benefit from paying close attention to technologists. Here's what CMOs should learn from them:
Rapid prototyping. 3D printing is the best known form of rapid prototyping, creating physical parts from digital data. The name is much more fitting than terms like "optimization" or "experimentation" that try to capture the challenge of constantly adapting and innovating. Rapid prototyping means coming up with an idea, bringing it to life and then conceiving the next idea while the first program is hatching. While it has been around in some form since the 1980s, rapid prototyping is just starting to enter the broader professional lexicon, and it may move into popular parlance from here. Current tools and technologies allow anyone to engage in rapid prototyping. But relatively few will do it well.
Collaborate in a non-zero sum game. Technologists appreciate how they play a non-zero sum game, where one's success doesn't inherently lead to another's failure; there can be multiple winners or losers. Consider the rise of Instagram. Many other photo and then video apps failed as Instagram succeeded, but others have thrived. New business opportunities have arisen for others, such as those developing apps for picture frames, captions and photo printing. Photo editing platform Aviary recently passed the 50-million-user mark as it partners with many other fast-growing photo apps.
It's reminiscent of an example in the book "Playing to Win" co-authored by Procter & Gamble CEO A.G. Lafley. He describes how P&G partnered with competitor Clorox to develop new Glad products. P&G took a minority stake and led research and development, while Clorox ran the business. Lafley writes, "Finding the answer meant taking a new and creative approach to what winning could mean and how P&G could win in a different way." That's a far cry from the zero-sum thinking of many direct competitors. For most technologists, collaboration is not just what they do, it embodies who they are. As CMOs embrace technologists' values, they're going to find more people in marketing leadership roles not just willing to but eager to collaborate.
Stay up on the skills that matter. In 2009, Objective-C ranked 42nd on the TIOBE index of the most popular programming languages. As of this June, it ranked third. Four of the current top-10 languages weren't ranked at all 15 years ago. Technologists appreciate how the only way to stay employable is to continually learn new skills.
It's not just technical skills that need to evolve. Marketers and technologists need to grapple with the same issues consumers face. How can advertisers capture the attention of consumers watching commercial-free TV on a Roku? Do Snapchat messages count as social media if they disappear as soon as they're received? How can one participate in this digitally driven world while still maintaining privacy preferences? When someone is playing a mobile game on a Galaxy S4 while watching a movie on an iPad, which is the first screen? Tackling these questions requires new skill sets, building on more established skills of seeing the world from the consumers' perspective.
Live in constant beta. Google kept Gmail in beta for more than 1,900 days. Many would still consider it a work in progress, for better or worse. On a much bigger scale, every half-decent app in the major mobile-app stores have iterated, usually significantly, since the first version was released. Similarly, be wary of any product ordered through a crowdfunding site such as Kickstarter or Indiegogo. The first generation is almost always disappointing in some or many ways. Technologists know that they must evolve, adapt and iterate everything that they do.
As nostalgic as one can be for products like Coke and Oreos that don't change over the course of more than a century, and for slogans that brands can recycle over decades, CMOs will need to accept the new reality of campaigns and products that never come out of beta. The shelf life won't be infinite, but the thinking should be that when something launches, it will be good enough that it won't have a set end date, and it will need to be updated as long as it exists.
CMOs don't need to love new technology, and they don't even need to love technologists. Many skills technologists have, however, translate well to those that marketing leaders increasingly need to thrive in this non-zero-sum world.


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The History Behind Royal Baby George's Name
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge decided upon a name for their young prince today, but how did the royal couple settle upon George Alexander Louis?
According to ET's royal experts, Victoria Arbiter and Henry Meller, the moniker is steeped deeply in family history--Queen Elizabeth's, especially.
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"The Queen's middle name is Alexandra," explains Arbiter. "Alexander would be the male form of that and, in a way, pay tribute to the Queen."
Additionally, His Royal Highness the Prince of Cambridge's first name, George, is a nod to Elizabeth's father, King George VI.
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As for the prince's middle name, it's been speculated Louis is a tribute of sorts to Prince Phillip's (the Queen's husband) grandfather Prince Louis Alexander. The name also figures into the newborn father's given name, William Arthur Philip Louis.


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Previously on TheJudge13:
#F1 Race Report: Mercedes Dominates In Monza
#F1 Poll: FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO D'ITALIA 2014 – Driver of the Weekend
#F1 Polls: How would you rate the FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO D'ITALIA 2014?
OTD Lite: 1996 – Schumacher pushes his luck to win again
Poll: Was Rosberg's Lock-ups part of a Mercedes Management Punishment?
Dr. Marko feels the need to apologize… again
Marchionne: Montezemolo is "useful, not essential"
Williams and Mclaren announce drivers for 2015 – sort of..
The Italian job: A Conspiracy Theory (GMM)
OTD Lite: 1996 – Schumacher pushes his luck to win again
The teams had arrived at the Autodromo di Monza for the 1996 Italian Grand Prix with double World Champion, Michael Schumacher, having just won his second Grand Prix of the season in Belgium.
Rumours throughout the paddock suggested that Williams had signed Heinz Harald Frentzen to replace Damon Hill but he blocked out all the whispers to claim pole position from his title rival, Jacques Villeneuve.
Tyre stacks had been erected on the various apexes around the track, as modifications to the kerbing hadn't been completed and collisions with these accounted for several cars; including early leader Damon Hill.
Schumacher walked a fine line throughout but misjudged the entry into the first chicane later in the race and the Tifosi held their collective breath. After an epic Belgian Grand Prix where he had to overcome a loose steering wheel to collect the trophy, his luck held out once again and he continued – taking the chequered flag to rapturous applause.
It's easy to look at his record breaking career and assume that his genius was flattered by dominant cars, but in 1996, on days such as this, he made F1 fans realise why he was the best of his era.
The Jackal
Poll: Was Rosberg's Lock-ups part of a Mercedes Management Punishment?
Dr. Marko feels the need to apologize… again
Mercedes' Toto Wolff was not the only one in permanent crisis handling mode in Monza. Uncharacteristically, Mercedes' other loud-mouth Lauda kept his trap shut for a change, most likely because he would be getting his wish, or did someone really think Rosberg made the same 'mistake' twice?
The picture was strangely mirrored at Red Bull. While Christian Horner can't ever shut up if a camera is in the vicinity, he was virtually non-existent this weekend, at least on German TV. Most likely he's run out of excuses. Not so, however 'the other Red Bull guy', Dr. Helmut Marko, who had been in the defensive, when a translation of a Vettel post-race interview from Spa for the Spanish TV surfaced in which the team's four time world champion was quoted as saying: "Thanks, you [Spanish TV] seem to believe more in me than parts of my team."
Between the Spa and Monza Grand Prix it emerged that for the second time this year they had to change Vettel's chassis after it was found that it was damaged. Lo and behold, suddenly he was consistently faster than his team mate for most of the race weekend. One starts to wonder how Mark would have done with an occasional chassis change?
Confronted with Vettel's harsh statement from Spa by Sky's Tanja Bauer before the race, Dr. Marko went full politician and prattled on for five minutes and said absolutely nothing. The only thing of informational value was that Vettel's chassis will be changed again, as currently Red Bull is building a completely new one for him, which makes one wonder if Vettel's previous cars were nailed together with bit's from the parts bin of the other side of the garage, this would go a long way to explain its reliability record.
The race was a verbatim copy of Canada as far as Red Bull's drivers were concerned. Vettel was ahead and easily as fast if not faster than his highly-praised team mate and when the German was running 5th, Danny RIC toiled about outside the points. Enter stage left – a 'strategy error'.
Unlike Canada, RB's questionable pit stop call didn't cost him the race win, but would lead to ultimate humiliation later on. Called in way too early on tyres that still had a good 5 laps in them Vettel was forced to ride out the remaining 33 laps on a single set of hard tyres. His team mate, who ran seven laps longer was thus given the chance to easily dispatch Vettel later on, who had no way of fighting back on tyres that had already gone over the now infamous engineered-in cliff.
After the race, again being confronted with uncomfortable questions from Sky, Dr. Marko publicly apologized to Vettel for the poor strategy.
How long will it take for Red Bull to stop their bovine excrement? The team is made up of a bunch of mercenaries. Now that Vettel isn't as regular a points deliverer and would actually need a bit of help from the team, they turn the back on him and go for the guy who makes it look easier. The slave has done his job, the slave may leave now. Why does Marko even bother to apologize? It's the second time he apologizes for exactly the same thing – first time was after Canada. If you have to ask forgiveness for exactly the same thing twice… Well you do the math.
Vettel fans should begin to develop a whole new appreciation for Mark Webber, who has put up with this for years.
Marchionne: Montezemolo is "useful, not essential"
It was a strange day in Monza. The news TJ13 broke re: the imminent departure of Luca di Montezemolo was openly debated. The Ferrari president himself denied the reports, stating he had told the FIAT board in March he would leave in three years.
"I am working, and I am here not to have a vacation: I am here because we are working very hard," said Luca.
"We have in front of us very important months. We will present a fantastic new car in the Paris motor show in the beginning of October.
We will be in Los Angeles with 600 Ferraris coming from all over USA, to celebrate 60 years of Ferrari [in America]. We are preparing a unique and unbelievable car to celebrate this event, with only 10 cars for our best American collectors.
We are also working with [Ferrari team boss] Marco Mattiacci to improve the organisation, to improve the Formula 1 team."
However, the man who has revitalised FIAT as a business decided to pay an unnanounced visit to the paddock on Sunday. CEO of FIAT and Chrysler, Sergio Marchionne told the gathered media, "Luca di Montezemolo and I are great friends, but when I read his statements, I thought they were things I would never have said about myself".
Contradicting Il Padrino, Marchionne is clear. "The important thing for Ferrari is not just the financial results, but also it is winning and we have been struggling for six years".
The killer blow is then delivered by FIAT's CEO. "Everybody is useful but nobody essential, adding, "I consider myself essential, of course, but I also know very well that I am at the service of this company. So to create positions, illusions that one can operate outside the rules, is talking rubbish.
It's the same for him [LdM] as it is for me, we serve the company. When the company has a change of plan, or if there is no longer a convergence of ideas, things change."
Behind the scenes, Montezemolo is clearly fighting for his life at Ferrari, and it would appear despite his frequent 'locking of horns' with Ecclestone over the years, this is one fight he is destined to soon lose.
Adam Parr stirs up a storm
Adam Parr caused a stir in the paddock following the race in Monza yesterday. Following an interview with Lewis Hamilton, the SKY presentation team were seen reading out a tweet from the former CEO of the Williams race team.
Parr stated, "This is the last year of F1 as we know it. In 2015 eight teams will contest the championship, with several teams entering three cars".
There has been information this season emerging from the Strategy Group gatherings, that F1 will move to allow more standardised parts which teams can buy in.
Further, the topic of customer teams has been aired extensively, and Christian Horner known to be close to Ecclestone said in May, "To encourage new teams to come into Formula 1 then a year-old car would surely be the most cheapest, more cost-effective way of introducing a team into Formula 1 that hasn't got to have the investment in a design and R&D department, manufacturing, go through all the crash-test process, [they] can just be focused on being a race team while they build their infrastructure up."
One would think that might be a logical way to help the small team and perhaps a new team coming into Formula 1," added Horner.
Marco Mattiaci agreed that customer cars would provide new teams with "the possibility to have two, three years' experience and to gain the knowledge and then to become competitive. So, this is a practical way, realpolitik, to move ahead."
Parr's assertion though suggests not all teams will be entering 3 cars, which would indeed be the end of F1 as we know it. 3 Mercedes cars this year would have delivered a whole different set of results, and clearly it would only be the big teams who can afford to do this.
With the announcement that Lawrence Stoller is close to doing a deal to acquire Sauber, this billionaire would ensure the Swiss team are one of the 8.
As discussed on the TJ13 podcast last week, Caterham are on the brink of failure and yesterday their much liked team principal, Christijan Albers, resigned from his role.
Albers issued this statement, "Over the past months I have dedicated all my energy to ensure the takeover of the team would go as smoothly as possible and to achieve the best possible result for our investors, sponsors and all the people involved with Caterham.
As such I worked tirelessly to reconstruct the team, while at the same time, making technical updates on the car.
In doing this we created both a better foundation for the team's future and achieved significant improvements on the speed of the car.
I wish the team all the best for the future."
TJ13 has been informed the Caterham team is desperate for finance, and asset stripping by disgruntled employees has occurred. Mannequins are naked in Leafield having been stripped of their Caterham uniforms.
Albers became frustrated with the failure of the mysterious Swiss based Arab investors, who have have not delivered on their promises. In the face of this Christijan has battled to pay creditors and staff, whilst keeping the team 'at the races'.
So if there is to be only 8 teams in F1 in 2015, then Lotus, Caterham and Marussia appear to be doomed.
Lawrence Stroll to buy Sauber
There has been a flurry of hastily organised meetings between Ecclestone and F1 team bosses over the past few race weekends, and despite the 'on message' comments that the subject has been 'improving the show', more serious matters are afoot.
Ecclestone performs an annual 'health check' around the more fragile teams, to ensure they have sufficient funds to see the winter through, arrive with a car for testing and go racing for the following season.
Sauber announced a deal last year with Russian investor's which should have ensured the long term stability of the Swiss outfit. Yet it wasn't just Lotus 'doing an Ijaz', as the funds never transpired and Sauber have been bereft of cash all year long.
The good news for the 5th longest standing F1 team is that Canadian billionaire, Lawrence Stroll is about to acquire the team.
Stroll owns the Circuit Mont-Tremblant in Canada, a Ferrari dealership in Québec along with a collection of cars which includes two of the most expensive in the world – a Ferrari P4 and a Ferrari 275 GTB/4.
Forbes list Stroll as the 815th richest person in the world with a mostly liquid fortune following recent sales of shares estimated at around $2.3 bn.
Lawrence Stroll is a huge Formula 1 fan, and will surely invest properly in Sauber, who have demonstrated over the years unlike others, they know how to operate well on a meagre budget.
Lance Stroll, Lawrence's son, was nominated by the Fedération Sport Automobile du Quebec as Rookie of the Year in 2008 and Driver of the Year the following year. In 2010 he won no less than four titles in the Florida Winter Tour, in the Canadian ASN Championship and the Coupe de Quebec.
In 2011 Stroll ran with the Dino Chiesa Team in the Italian Kart Championship and finished eighteenth while in the WSK Euro Series with 44 points to take ninth place in the KF3 class championship. In 2012, the young Canadian continued his experience alongside the team and won the Las Vegas Trophy, finishing fourth in the WSK Master, fifth in the World Championship CIK-FIA, eighth in the Euro CIK-FIA and twelfth in the WSK Euro.
In 2013, Stroll competed in the KF category in the CIK and WSK Championships once again with Chiesa Corse team and was recognised as the best rookie.
Stroll was signed as part of the Ferrari Driver Academy aged 11 and is therefore the second youngest driver to be signed to a Formula One team programme.
All this has led certain commentators to assume Stroll Snr is buying Sauber for his boy. However, it would be cheaper by far to pay for him to drive in another team.
Williams and Mclaren announce drivers for 2015 – sort of..
At Monza, over the weekend, Williams officially announced that they would be retaining the services of both Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas for the forthcoming season. With what has proven one of the surprise packages of the year, the team has moved back into race winning potential and has secured podiums and a pole position this year.
Massa: "I'm really enjoying my time at Williams and I feel settled here. Williams is such an iconic name in motor racing and I have a lot of pride when racing for this team. This season we have started to show our true potential and I'm driving a car that is looking strong and has improved a lot as the season has progressed which is very encouraging for the future."
Valtteri Bottas added; "I've been a member of the Williams team for five years now and we have developed together throughout that time which is a great feeling. The team has also made some very impressive gains this season and I'm confident that I'm at a team that is moving in the right direction and can continue to be competitive. Sir Frank and Claire have put a lot of faith in me and I'm very grateful that they continue to do so."
TJ13 did hear mutterings this weekend, that Felipe Massa may be prepared to invest some of his $80m into Williams. Much of this was earned from repeatedly ending the race weekend with a sore botty whilst driving for Ferrari.
Frank Williams noted, "Felipe is a very experienced driver. He has learnt how to stand up to Ferdy, my hero in Formula 1 and given him a hard time in the past and I have the highest regard for him".
This was in sharp contrast to the message that Mcaren gave in interviews in regards their future plans. With the imminent return of Honda they have been aggressively pursuing Alonso, Vettel or Hamilton and it seems that they have finally accepted that these drivers won't be available any time soon.
Racing director Eric Boullier "We are happy with the drivers we have, to be honest. You can rate them or not rate them, I don't care. We are happy and lucky to have the good drivers we have. If we have them next year we will be happy with that." He commented as he quickly uncrossed his fingers.
"But we are thinking about strategy. We have to think about 2016. We are seeking who, when, how, how much, because we need to know how we want to build for the future. It is usual in Formula One, especially with A-list drivers, to have discussions not for next year but for the year after."
It would appear that his choice of words is damning to both the current incumbents – obviously the Woking team do not consider either Button or Magnussen "A-list drivers."
Ron Dennis added his usual spin too, "We always have the best available drivers. Without being derogatory, detrimental or negative to your existing drivers, the first thing you have to establish, before you have any process of selection, is who is available."
"No-one could have predicted the tension inside Mercedes-Benz, or imagine a range of scenarios that could see one of those drivers on the market by the end of the year."
"That does not mean we would automatically reach for that driver, or any other driver, in preference to what we have. "What it means is you are trying to understand who is available, and then you make a decision. It could be that decision is not to change."
So essentially, once the Ron-speak has been deciphered – the message is clear, 'we are stuck with these two because no-one of note is willing to commit to our poorly performing Mercedes powered sledge."
Whilst all may appear rosy for another season for Smurf Jr, it would be wise for him to have a read through Mclaren's history.
When the 1983 season closed, both Niki Lauda and John Watson were signed up members of the Woking team. Within weeks, Renault and Prost had had a falling out and Prost was snapped up by Dennis.
Meanwhile in Brackely
Something strange sighted in Brackley this morning…
Wolff – "Stop booing"
Toto Wolff has intervened on behalf of his beleaguered driver, Nico Rosberg, who once again was bood at the podium ceremony of the Italian GP.
TJ13 wrote a series of articles on "The Boo Pandemic" last year when Vettel was being repeatedly heckled week in and week out.
"There should not be any booing on the podium," says the big bad Wolff. "It is the top three guys who have had a mega race and whoever it is they shouldn't be doing it. It is sport and sport should unite. But all those guys have fans; some of them are pretty emotional."
Toto does though suggest, "maybe it is something you need to survive if you want to take it to the top. Lewis had many of them and he came back and we have seen Nico after Silverstone come back. You need extreme mental strength to make it to the end and win the championship. Both of them have it in them to bounce back after weekends. Before the incident at Spa it had been going back and forth"
Martin Brundle et al learned last year to their cost that trying to lecture in a paternal manner from the podium to a bunch of fans, just makes matters worse. Toto's lack of experience is starting to tell in both his handling of the team and his communications with the fans of F1.
The Italian job: A Conspiracy Theory (GMM)
When Lewis Hamilton passed championship leader and Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg to take the win at Monza on Sunday, a myriad of conspiracy theories were launched as not everyone was convinced that the German made a genuine mistake.
Formula 1 legend and triple F1 World Champion Sir Jackie Stewart is one such conspiracy theorist among many that have emerged in the aftermath of the Italian GP weekend.
"I thought: Hello, what's going on here?" admitted the triple world champion, referring to the moment when Rosberg ran into the escape zone at the circuit's first corner, letting Hamilton into a lead that would not be challenged. "He could have at least made an effort to get round the corner but he didn't."
Those connecting even more dots linked the move with the Mercedes drivers' shenanigans in Belgium two weeks ago, whereafter Rosberg was internally sanctioned by the German team.
Was 'accidentally-on-purpose' gifting Hamilton the win part of Rosberg's punishment, after the championship leader pulled out a further points lead on Hamilton in Belgium amid the highly controversial circumstances?
"It's not like we now start shuffling and things like that. There is no reason why I would do something like that on purpose," the German driver insisted.
Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff slammed the conspiracy, including the claim that the Rosberg 'mistake' coincided with television images of him in the pits grinning wryly at the TV monitor.
"Whoever picks that up and tries to interpret anything in such a picture must be out of his mind," said the Austrian. "First of all, it's not live. It wasn't synchronised with the picture."
As for accusing Mercedes and Rosberg of orchestrating the 'mistake' to at least give Hamilton seven of the lost points back, Wolff insisted: "Only a paranoid mind could come up with such an idea. I think there was lots of pressure on Nico because Lewis was so quick yesterday and you could see that as well."
More sober minds, however, noted that Rosberg made more than one run through the chicane run-off on Sunday, and Hamilton also locked his brakes at the same point late in the race.
"They [the mistakes] might look a bit strange but I did it in practice [too]," said Rosberg. "What would be the reason for me to do something like that deliberately? The only thing in people's minds could be Spa but Spa was a mistake which I've apologised for."
He said the reason he went through the run-off rather than lock up the brakes and try to make the corner is because "it would have caused a flat-spot. I haven't been 100 per cent with the brakes since the start of the season."
"We wanted to solve the problem with new disc material, but after what happened with Lewis in Hockenheim that has been on hold," said Rosberg.
And the newspaper Bild quoted him as saying: "Lewis was getting bigger and bigger in the mirror, so I was braking later and later. My first thought was: Shit."
Hamilton, meanwhile, took heart from the appearance of Rosberg having cracked under his application of pressure, "I did it a couple of races ago and he doesn't seem to like it. So I'll try it a bit more."
Finally, Hamilton denied suggestions he once again ignored a team order, after his engineer on Sunday told him to maintain a gap behind Rosberg until later in the race.
"They (engineers) want to win just as much as me so they're just trying to guide me as to what they think," said the 2008 world champion. But at the end of the day, I was the one out there and I had to decide: Ok, I can back off and keep the tyres but it might be better the other way."
"I knew that if I applied the pressure, an opportunity would eventually come," said Hamilton.
TJ13 Comment: Did any one notice Flavio Briatore was present in Monza (knowing wink)


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