tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101449502024-03-15T04:08:24.743+11:00www.oneninesixnine.comSimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16600382726536894812noreply@blogger.comBlogger191125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10144950.post-54803577067763005682013-05-26T03:46:00.001+10:002013-05-26T03:46:49.918+10:00A few Wedding PhotosAs most of you will know, Miae and I were married earlier in the year and I've decided to put a few photos up. There are another 100 or so on our wedding website and I have about 500 more other than those. If you want any for printing, please let me know and I can forward on better quality ones.<br />
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<br />Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16600382726536894812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10144950.post-30807480552159852672012-11-06T03:06:00.001+11:002012-11-06T03:06:23.449+11:00Happy Melbourne Cup Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16600382726536894812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10144950.post-79273846891111346382012-10-25T22:53:00.001+11:002012-10-25T22:53:09.795+11:00As Tall As Lions - Ghosts of York<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've been listening to this band so much lately. This isn't the official video but I really like it anyway.<br />
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Aside of the song, lots of travelling as always. I am in Melbourne again and seem to be spending about 25% of my life here right now...as a consequence I have seen quite a few TV shows. I've watched every episode of Suits, Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad in the last month or so, and I have just started on The Mentalist. So, if you have any suggestions, please feel free to post them below!<br />
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Keep SafeSimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16600382726536894812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10144950.post-41525928211728699972012-10-12T01:53:00.001+11:002012-10-12T01:55:21.243+11:00My Top Played Songs Over The Last 5 Years<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />My iTunes has just over 13,200 songs (I recently did a cull of a few thousand) and here are the top 10 most played songs over the last 5 years. Interestingly (or not) "Round Here" appeared twice more in the top 50, but different versions of the song.<br /><br />Until a couple of years ago I could not play my iPhone in the car so I was reliant on Cds, so this may not be entirely accurate, but still a good idea.Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16600382726536894812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10144950.post-68833585798630611072012-09-14T01:14:00.001+10:002012-09-14T01:14:15.428+10:00Too much going on...A lot of the time I do not bother updating my blog because I simply do not have too much to say, or there is not much going on. This time it is because so much has been going on that I simply didn't know where to start, so kept putting it off so, I'll break the ice with a few words...<br />
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Since getting back from Jakarta I have done a fair bit of travelling with work in Melbourne, Brisbane, and then Melbourne again. I took an 8 day holiday to Phuket and on the same day I got back I flew to Melbourne to work here again (yes, I am in Melbourne now). I fly home tomorrow for two days and then fly back to Melbourne on Sunday for another week. I suspect I will be down here quite a bit as I have just taken on another couple of staff down here, with one more to follow in the Sydney office in two weeks (so I will be there for training). Then back here again...<br />
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It goes without saying I am pretty exhausted, hence why I booked a holiday at short notice. I'll get some photos up soon.<br />
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Anyway, that has started the ball rolling so I will try and do more updates at the weekend or early next week.<br />
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Keep Safe.Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16600382726536894812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10144950.post-4571123490417308722012-08-07T03:50:00.001+10:002012-08-07T03:50:33.870+10:00Home, Sweet HomeWell, it's good to be back in Sydney. Unfortunately I am feeling the effects of the trip still and struggling to get to sleep. That's not entirely true, I fell asleep at about 10pm but woke up at 2:45am, and here I am. It reminds me of the bad old days with sleep, only this time I don't go all of the way through the night without any, and the prospect of going to see the sunrise with my loved one is gone. Bittersweet memories.<br />
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It was a fairly rough trip home from Jakarta with some of the worst turbulence that I have experienced. In the end I did come back business class so at least I had a bed, even if I only managed 30 minutes sleep (an upset stomach didn't help!).<br />
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I think I will go to Melbourne of Thursday, although hopefully up and down on the same day if possible. I only have three, possibly four interviews to do so it shouldn't be too bad.<br />
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Anyway, I am going to try and sleep again.<br />
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<br />Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16600382726536894812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10144950.post-19979924614282551252012-08-03T19:28:00.001+10:002012-08-07T04:10:11.836+10:00A touching passage...<div>
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<i>NOTE: I have update this as it seems there are a couple of different versions of the story. I have replaced the first one with the original one that I read that touched me so much.</i></div>
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Marriage/Relationships:<br /><br />When I got home that night as my wife served dinner, I held her hand and said, I’ve got something to tell you. She sat down and ate quietly. Again I observed the hurt in her eyes. Suddenly I didn’t know how to open my mouth. But I had to let her know what I was thinking. I want a divorce. I raised the topic calmly. She didn’t seem to be annoyed by my words, instead she asked me softly, why? I avoided her question. This made her angry. She threw away the chopsticks and shouted at me, you are not a man!<br /><br />That night, we didn’t talk to each other. She was weeping. I knew she wanted to find out what had happened to our marriage. But I could hardly give her a satisfactory answer; she had lost my heart to Jane. I didn’t love her anymore. I just pitied her!<br /><br />With a deep sense of guilt, I drafted a divorce agreement that stated that she could own our house, our car, and 30% stake of my company. She glanced at it and then tore it into pieces. The woman who had spent ten years of her life with me had become a stranger. I felt sorry for her wasted time, resources and energy but I could not take back what I had said for I loved Jane so dearly.<br /><br />Finally she cried loudly in front of me, which was what I had expected to see. To me her cry was actually a kind of release. The idea of divorce that had obsessed me for several weeks seemed to be firmer and clearer now.<br /><br />The next day, I came back home very late and found her writing something at the table. I didn’t have supper but went straight to sleep and fell asleep very fast because I was tired after an eventful day with Jane. When I woke up, she was still there at the table writing. I just did not care so I turned over and was asleep again.<br /><br />In the morning she presented her divorce conditions: she didn’t want anything from me, but needed a month’s notice before the divorce. She requested that in that one month we both struggle to live as normal a life as possible. Her reasons were simple: our son had his exams in a month’s time and she didn’t want to disrupt him with our broken marriage. This was agreeable to me. But she had something more, she asked me to recall how I had carried her into out bridal room on our wedding day. She requested that everyday for the month’s duration I carry her out of our bedroom to the front door ever morning. I thought she was going crazy. Just to make our last days together bearable I accepted her odd request.<br /><br />I told Jane about my wife’s divorce conditions. She laughed loudly and thought it was absurd. No matter what tricks she applies, she has to face the divorce, she said scornfully.<br /><br />My wife and I hadn’t had any body contact since my divorce intention was explicitly expressed. So when I carried her out on the first day, we both appeared clumsy. Our son clapped behind us, daddy is holding mummy in his arms. His words brought me a sense of pain. From the bedroom to the sitting room, then to the door, I walked over ten meters with her in my arms. She closed her eyes and said softly; don’t tell our son about the divorce. I nodded, feeling somewhat upset. I put her down outside the door. She went to wait for the bus to work. I drove alone to the office.<br /><br />On the second day, both of us acted much more easily. She leaned on my chest. I could smell the fragrance of her blouse. I realized that I hadn’t looked at this woman carefully for a long time. I realized she was not young any more. There were fine wrinkles on her face and her hair was graying! Our marriage had taken its toll on her. For a minute I wondered what I had done to her.<br /><br />On the fourth day, when I lifted her up, I felt a sense of intimacy returning. This was the woman who had given ten years of her life to me.<br /><br />On the fifth and sixth day, I realized that our sense of intimacy was growing again. I didn’t tell Jane about this. It became easier to carry her as the month slipped by. Perhaps the everyday workout made me stronger. She was choosing what to wear one morning. She tried on quite a few dresses but could not find a suitable one. Then she sighed, all my dresses have grown bigger. I suddenly realized that she had grown so thin, that was the reason why I could carry her more easily. Suddenly it hit me… she had buried so much pain and bitterness in her heart. Subconsciously I reached out and touched her head. Our son came in at the moment and said, Dad, it’s time to carry mum out. To him, seeing his father carrying his mother out had become an essential part of his life. My wife gestured to our son to come closer and hugged him tightly. I turned my face away because I was afraid I might change my mind at this last minute. I then held her in my arms, walking from the bedroom, through the sitting room, to the hallway. Her hand surrounded my neck softly and naturally. I held her body tightly; it was just like our wedding day. But her much lighter weight made me sad.<br /><br />On the last day, when I held her in my arms I could hardly move a step. Our son had gone to school. I held her tightly and said, I hadn’t noticed that our life lacked intimacy. I drove to office…. jumped out of the car swiftly without locking the door. I was afraid any delay would make me change my mind…I walked upstairs. Jane opened the door and I said to her, Sorry, Jane, I do not want the divorce anymore. She looked at me, astonished, and then touched my forehead. Do you have a fever? She said. I moved her hand off my head. Sorry, Jane, I said, I won’t divorce. My marriage life was boring probably because she and I didn’t value the details of our lives, not because we didn’t love each other any more. Now I realize that since I carried her into my home on our wedding day I am supposed to hold her until death do us apart. Jane seemed to suddenly wake up. She gave me a loud slap and then slammed the door and burst into tears. I walked downstairs and drove away.<br /><br />At the floral shop on the way, I ordered a bouquet of flowers for my wife. The salesgirl asked me what to write on the card. I smiled and wrote, “I’ll carry you out every morning until death do us part”. That evening I arrived home, flowers in my hands, a smile on my face, I run up stairs, only to find my wife in the bed - dead.<br /><br />My wife had been fighting cancer for months and I was so busy with Jane to even notice. She knew that she would die soon and she wanted to save me from a negative reaction from our son, in case we pushed through with the divorce — at least, in the eyes of our son — I'm a loving husband....<br /><br />The small details of your lives are what really matter in a relationship. It is not the mansion, the car, property or the money in the bank. These create an environment conducive for happiness but cannot give happiness in themselves. So find time to be your spouse’s friend and do those little things for each other that build intimacy. Do have a real happy marriage! If you don’t share this, nothing will happen to you. If you do, you just might save a marriage. Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16600382726536894812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10144950.post-43683287937334089632012-08-02T23:48:00.001+10:002012-08-05T01:21:50.967+10:00A new favourite quote<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it's not because they enjoy solitude. It's because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.”</span></i>Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16600382726536894812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10144950.post-87520696640024882452012-08-02T23:32:00.002+10:002012-08-02T23:32:42.233+10:00Still in JakartaDue to a few delays I am still stuck in Jakarta until the end of the week. The benefit of that is that I didn't have to go to Melbourne this week. The downside is that I have to go next week!<br />
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I am really not convinced about this place to be honest. It seems to be a constant wall of noise which makes rest and downtime difficult. During the day it is a constant barrage of traffic and in the evening there is lots of prayers over the tannoy system of the local mosques (and there are LOADS in the close vicinity). As it is Ramadan, of course it is to be expected so there is no option but to be respectful of it.<br />
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I am looking forward to flying home tomorrow but unfortunately it is in economy. I tried to upgrade with my Frequent Flyer Points (it only costs 24,000 points) but the ticket is non changeable unfortunately. I can now use the points for something else, but I doubt it will be a return trip to Jakarta! Hmmm, I wonder if Qantas fly to Chengdu; maybe I could finally get my trip to Tibet (even though I still do not know anybody that would be interested in going, at least nobody that talks to me!).<br />
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Anyway, I guess it is time to go and get some dinner.<br />
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Keep SafeSimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16600382726536894812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10144950.post-71746048174542449682012-07-31T22:21:00.000+10:002012-07-31T22:21:43.152+10:00The sights of Jakarta<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16600382726536894812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10144950.post-63301174295537593152012-07-31T02:21:00.002+10:002012-08-05T01:23:29.281+10:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 20px;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's been an interesting few days to say the least. On Friday I was at work minding my own business and we were hit with a few major computer problems relating to our new system (which had not been released and was approximately a month behind schedule). 48 hours later I am in Jakarta to go through things with our developers. It was certainly far from ideal but there was not any other real alternative. To further complicate the issue I have to be in Melbourne on Thursday to interview six staff for our Melbourne office so it is going to be a tiring week.<br /> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm staying at the Shangri-La in Jakarta, which seems ok although we are halfway through Ramadan so I am not sure it is the usual Jakarta. the food has been much better than I expected although in the main I've been having Chinese food (congee for breakfast with chicken feet!). As I type, I'm sitting in the lounge area with a tonic water (I no longer drink since I took the five precepts!) and a mozzarella and tomato salad.<br /> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the day I arrived I was told I could either try the buffet or a steak bar/club, both within the hotel. I chose the former and it was again, better an expected. Once I had finished I decided to head over to Bats (the steak bar) and see what it was like in case I wanted to go the following night...and what a shock I got! As I walked in I noticed that there were a handful of expats there and about 30-40 Indonesian girls, probably aged between 18-23. Very quickly I was called over and I suspect it wasn't to give me a menu! I suspect it was more to do with me giving money in return for a little late night company...needless to say I left pretty quickly and returned to my room. It seems as though they arrive like clockwork each night looking for wealthy westerners or a husband (not a sweeping statement, I did my research on Google when I got bak to my room!).<br /> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So what else has been happening in my life? Not too much if I am honest. I took on some study recently (Buddhism) and did very well in my exam; 99%. It was a weird feeling when I got my score, a mixture of both happiness and complete disappointment that I got one wrong. Anyway, the good thing is that it gave me the impetus to look in to a more serious course and I have just started online study with Kathmandu University. It's only a short 5 week course but it will give me an idea if I want to purse something longer term. For the record, the course is call Buddhist Ethics.<br /> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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Today I think of this song. Feelings never change. For some reason this doesn't play on mobile devices, If you can't see it it's Colorblind by Counting Crows.Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16600382726536894812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10144950.post-41436439884081450142012-05-28T23:06:00.004+10:002012-05-28T23:06:54.342+10:00Buddha's Birthday Celebration<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The 12th/13th May, 2012 was Buddha's Birthday Celebrations at Darling Harbour. As always it was well attended and a good opportunity for Buddhists to get together for a celebration. It also presents a good chance for passers by to experience a little Buddhism and taste some great vegetarian food! For the record, I am not vegetarian, but am of course Buddhist.<br />
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Since officially becoming Buddhist (taking the Triple Gem and the Five Precepts), I believe that I have improved myself, and the life of others around me. I could argue that I did it too late but at least I did it.<br />
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Of course I had many happy times before that period, but it is sad looking back knowing that I lost that special person, but that is a part of life's journey I guess.<br />
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While I was there, I spent some time lying on the grass in the sun looking up at the clouds and the beautiful Sydney skyline. One of the pictures below actually looks a little weird as the clouds make it look a little like 9/11.<br />
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<br />Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16600382726536894812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10144950.post-30822429902590001562012-05-28T22:53:00.002+10:002012-05-28T22:53:16.411+10:00Sydney Rangers Supporters Club Harbour CruiseI recently attended (and help organise) a Sydney Rangers Supporters Club Harbour Cruise. It was to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Sydney RSC, but also to raise money for Rangers Football Club (or more specifically, the Rangers Fans Fighting Fund) as, for those that don't know, there are serious financial problems at our great club.<br />
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We had a great day out and also managed to raise a total of $12,000! I also won one of the main prizes, a signed framed Rangers shirt as seen below!</div>
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<br />Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16600382726536894812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10144950.post-68191769833694943672012-05-28T22:42:00.001+10:002012-05-28T22:42:34.714+10:00Inspirational Prince<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's been a long time again, sorry!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I managed to go to all three of the Sydney shows and as I type this, I am working from my Melbourne office. By complete coincidence (cough cough), Prince is also playing in Melbourne on Wednesday...lucky me!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Purple Rain was an obvious highlight (I had never seen Prince play this live before and he played it at all three shows), although The Most Beautiful Girl In The World was also great as it has special meaning (up there with I Can Feel a Hot One, Stolen, and a few others).</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I suspect the Wednesday will be the last chance that I ever get to see Prince as he is 53 now, and only seems to come to Australia once a decade. Who knows, at 63 he could still be a great guitar player, dancer, piano player and all round entertainer!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Prince quote of the day: "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; line-height: 16px;"><em style="color: black; font-style: normal;">How can I get through days when I can't get through hours".</em></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; line-height: 16px;"><em style="color: black; font-style: normal;">Keep safe.</em></span></span>Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16600382726536894812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10144950.post-91172552206588775592012-02-26T17:14:00.001+11:002012-02-26T17:14:50.276+11:00Watching Dashboard Confessional<br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/02/25/3187.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/02/25/s_3187.jpg' border='0' width='400' height='400' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />I'm at Soundwave watching Dashboard Confessional singing Stolen, a very special song for me. <br /><p class='blogpress_location'>Location:<a href='http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Holker%20Busway,Sydney%20Olympic%20Park,Australia%40-33.836556%2C151.065930&z=10'>Holker Busway,Sydney Olympic Park,Australia</a></p>Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16600382726536894812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10144950.post-19148087648216733562011-11-08T22:23:00.002+11:002011-11-08T22:23:58.024+11:00On the long road to fitness..<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDcrhKgAfoP1GyY0-sDLqimSmAvVkB99hJk_pr4p2ejGTLxPkIjKDRyh3b_LyDPJRFLBDF6K3iNZaDJ8gj0YGwAGAEvP5Sy6pVw0_QeXRT9s_QQWgjOrPUL_Bz_CP8gAYsCETtdA/s1600/cert20x30-FFJB2075.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDcrhKgAfoP1GyY0-sDLqimSmAvVkB99hJk_pr4p2ejGTLxPkIjKDRyh3b_LyDPJRFLBDF6K3iNZaDJ8gj0YGwAGAEvP5Sy6pVw0_QeXRT9s_QQWgjOrPUL_Bz_CP8gAYsCETtdA/s640/cert20x30-FFJB2075.jpeg" width="451" /></a></div><br />
Last weekend I completed the Run4Fun 10km run at Homebush. I have been trying very hard to get back in to shape as it has been far too many years since I was healthy. Long overdue...<br />
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My time was OK, as always it could have been better, but first and foremost I was happy to complete the run, especially as in the weeks leading up to it I had a problem with my left knee. That meant that although I was comfortably running 3.5km each night, I had not ran more than that for about 15 years! 10km seemed a long way off...<br />
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I felt a lot better at the end of it than I thought I would, but have been very stiff for the last few days. Hopefully I will now keep trying to get healthier, and lose some more weight over the coming weeks and months.Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16600382726536894812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10144950.post-52779862534819077992011-10-31T20:59:00.001+11:002011-10-31T20:59:46.472+11:00Still Loving You...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/fPBRrl6eSw0?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">Time, it needs time</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">To win back your love again.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">I will be there, I will be there.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">Love, only love</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">Can bring back your love someday.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">I will be there, I will be there.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">Fight, babe, I'll fight</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">To win back your love again.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">I will be there, I will be there.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">Love, only love</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">Can break down the walls someday.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">I will be there, I will be there.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">If we'd go again</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">All the way from the start,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">I would try to change</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">The things that killed our love.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">Your pride has build a wall, so strong</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">That I can't get through.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">Is there really no chance</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">To start once again?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">I'm loving you.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">Try, baby try</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">To trust in my love again.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">I will be there, I will be there.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">Love, your love</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">Just shouldn't be thrown away.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">I will be there, I will be there.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">If we'd go again</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">All the way from the start,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">I would try to change</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">The things that killed our love.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">Your pride has build a wall, so strong</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">That I can't get through.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">Is there really no chance</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">To start once again?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">If we'd go again</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">All the way from the start,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">I would try to change</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">The things that killed our love.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">Yes I've hurt your pride, and I know</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">What you've been through.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">You should give me a chance</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">This can't be the end.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">I'm still loving you.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">I'm still loving you,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">I need your love.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">I'm still loving you.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;">Still loving you, baby...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px;"> </span>Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16600382726536894812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10144950.post-91288088284611707392011-10-26T23:07:00.010+11:002011-11-05T09:49:05.489+11:00RIP Marco Simoncelli<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<h1 style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Italy in mourning as tragic Simoncelli's body is flown back home for funeral</span></h1><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><h2 style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: red; font-size: small; font-weight: bold;">WARNING: INCLUDES GRAPHIC PICTURE CONTENT</span></h2></li>
</ul><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">By <a class="author" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Sportsmail+Reporter" rel="nofollow" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">SPORTSMAIL REPORTER</a></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Last updated at 11:01 AM on 26th October 2011<br />
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</div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 14px;"></span><br />
<h1 style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Sourced from: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-2053209/Marco-Simoncelli-funeral-Italy-mourns-body-flown-home-death-crash.html</span></h1><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: silver; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: silver; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; white-space: normal; z-index: 10;">The body of MotoGP rider Marco Simoncelli has arrived back in Italy following Sunday's fatal accident in the Malaysian Grand Prix.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Simoncelli's father Paolo and fellow rider Valentino Rossi were aboard the flight that arrived at Rome's Leonardo Da Vinci airport on Tuesday.</span></span><br />
<div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">They were greeted by Italian Olympic Committee president Giovanni Petrucci.</span></span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Devastated: Marco Simoncelli's father Paolo (left) is embraced by Italian Olympic president Giovanni Petrucci" class="blkBorder" height="264" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/10/25/article-2053209-0E86659400000578-230_634x419.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="400" /></span><br />
<div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Devastated: Marco Simoncelli's father Paolo (left) is embraced by Italian Olympic president Giovanni Petrucci</span></div></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="artSplitter" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="artSplitter" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Home: Airport officials remove the container with the coffin of Simoncelli on the Rome runway on Tuesday" class="blkBorder" height="259" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/10/25/article-2053209-0E86753E00000578-982_634x411.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="400" /></span><br />
<div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Home: Airport officials remove the container with the coffin of Simoncelli on the Rome runway on Tuesday</span></div></div></div></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Petrucci ordered a minute's silence before all football matches Sunday and players wore black armbands as a tribute to the young rider.</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'On Sunday when we held a minute's silence there was a total demonstration of how much this kid was loved,' Petrucci said. 'We're here to demonstrate the love and affection for this kid.'</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Simoncelli died of chest, head and neck injuries after he lost control of his Honda and swerved across the track, straight into the path of American rider Colin Edwards and Rossi.</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Rossi, the seven-time world champion, was a good friend of Simoncelli's.</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">A public viewing of Simoncelli's body is planned for Wednesday in the city theatre of his hometown, Coriano, with the funeral scheduled for Thursday.</span></span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Tribute: A biker pays homage as the car with the body of Simoncelli leaves the airport in Rome" class="blkBorder" height="252" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/10/25/article-2053209-0E8666C500000578-397_634x400.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="400" /></span><br />
<div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tribute: A biker pays homage as the car with the body of Simoncelli leaves the airport in Rome</span></div></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Rossi led the tributes for</span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"> Simoncelli after he became the second high-profile death in motorsport in a week.</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Simoncelli was killed exactly a week after British star Dan Wheldon died at the IndyCar 300 in Las Vegas.</span></span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Loss: Marco's father Paolo as the hearse drives away on Tuesday morning" class="blkBorder" height="215" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/10/25/article-2053209-0E8675DB00000578-360_634x342.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="400" /></span><br />
<div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Loss: Marco's father Paolo as the hearse drives away on Tuesday morning</span></div></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The Gresini Honda rider lost control of his bike on the second lap of the circuit in Sepang and was hit by Edwards and Rossi.</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The 24-year-old's helmet came off in the collision and he was taken to the medical centre for treatment, but died from his injuries.</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Simoncelli suffered 'serious trauma' to the head, neck and chest in the accident.</span></span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The organisers cancelled Sunday's race as soon as the extent of Simoncelli's injuries became apparent.</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Gresini Racing has now withdrawn its teams from the season-ending races at Valencia.</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Team boss Fausto Gresini also confirmed his riders would miss the end-of-season tests which follow on from the November 6 races.</span></span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Shattered: Marco's girlfriend Kate at the Fiumicino Airport in Rome as his body returns home" class="blkBorder" height="263" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/10/25/article-2053209-0E86740F00000578-342_634x417.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="400" /></span><br />
<div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shattered: Marco's girlfriend Kate at the Fiumicino Airport in Rome as his body returns home</span></div></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'The only certainty is that my team won't participate in the upcoming Valencia Grand Prix and in the tests programmed after the race,' Gresini told Corriere dello Sport.</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'Everything happened so fast. I'm lost for words. I know our job is dangerous, that risk is part of the game, but you always hope nothing happens. </span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'When it does happen and you find yourself in the middle of it, everything changes, it's difficult to accept it.</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'The crash was caused by a sequence of incredibly negative circumstances, the bike that moved towards the inside of the turn instead of the outside, being run over on the widest track of the season.'</span></span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Hero: Fans laid flowers in Cattolica after the death of Mario Simoncelli" class="blkBorder" height="258" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/10/24/article-2052712-0E7FFA5800000578-760_634x409.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="400" /></span><br />
<div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hero: Fans laid flowers in Cattolica after the death of Mario Simoncelli</span></div></div></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Rossi said: 'Marco was a star and I'll never forget him. There are a lot of memories that I'll hold onto. We were together everyday, we trained together and racing was our passion. We already knew that this was something that can happen.'</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Rossi, who is struggling with Ducati this season, dismissed speculation that he might retire in the aftermath of the crash.</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'I never said that. It was probably made up just to sell newspapers,' Rossi said.</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Spanish rider Dani Pedrosa had a dispute with fellow factory Honda rider Simoncelli earlier this season, but news of his rival's death left last season's championship runner-up reeling.</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Repsol Honda's Pedrosa said: 'In a tragedy like this there is not much to say. I just want to give my condolences to his family and all the people who love him. </span></span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Moment of horror: Simoncelli loses control on the second lap" class="blkBorder" height="207" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/10/23/article-2052436-0E7EADC400000578-449_634x329.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="400" /></span><br />
<div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Moment of horror: Simoncelli loses control on the second lap</span></div></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Fall: Edwards spins off the track along with Simoncelli's bike as the 24-year-old Italian devastatingly lies motionless" class="blkBorder" height="203" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/10/23/article-2052436-0E7EABF800000578-997_634x323.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="400" /></span><br />
<div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fall: Edwards spins off the track along with Simoncelli's bike as the 24-year-old Italian devastatingly lies motionless</span></div></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'I've been with his father and all we could do was to hug, nothing else matters. It was a fatal accident and everybody in the paddock remains in shock.</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'Many times we ourselves forget how dangerous this sport can be and when you lose people on the way nothing has any meaning. It's clear that we all do what we like, what we love, but on days like this nothing matters.'</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Newly-crowned MotoGP champion Casey Stoner added: 'I'm so shocked and saddened by the loss of Marco. When things like this happen it reminds you how precious life is, it makes me feel sick inside.</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'All I can say is how sorry I am for Marco's whole family. I can't imagine what they are all going through and our thoughts and wishes are with them at this time. I hope they all stay close and pull through this tragedy together.'</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Speaking at a press conference following the tragedy, medical director Dr Michele Macchiagodena said of Simoncelli: 'Because of the crash he had during the race, in which he was hit by other riders, he suffered a very serious trauma to the head, to the neck and the chest.</span></span></div><div class="artSplitter" style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Agony: Marco Simoncelli's father is comforted as he waits outside a medical centre where the rider was taken following a crash at the Malaysian Grand Prix" class="blkBorder" height="246" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/10/23/article-2052436-0E7E7D7B00000578-225_634x391.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="400" /></span><br />
<div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Agony: Marco Simoncelli's father is comforted as he waits outside a medical centre where the rider was taken following a crash at the Malaysian Grand Prix</span></div></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Sorrow: Honda team members react to the sad news of the Italian rider" class="blkBorder" height="229" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/10/23/article-2052436-0E7E7DE300000578-181_634x364.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="400" /></span><br />
<div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sorrow: Honda team members (above and below) react to the sad news</span></div></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Upset: Honda team members console each other after learning the horror news" class="blkBorder" height="268" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/10/23/article-2052436-0E7EAB4C00000578-421_634x425.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="400" /></span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'When our medical staff got to him he was unconscious. In the ambulance because there was a cardiac arrest they started CPR (cardiac pulmonary resuscitation).</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'Immediately in the medical centre, with the help also of the doctor of our staff at the Clinica Mobile and local doctors, he was intubated and it was possible to take off some blood from the thorax.</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'The CPR was continued for 45 minutes because we tried to help him for as long as we thought it was possible. Unfortunately it was not possible to help him and at 16:56 (local time) we had to declare he was dead.'</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Simoncelli's compatriot and Repsol Honda rider Andrea Dovizioso said: 'I watched the images and I'm shocked: in a race you fight and push hard and disaster is often around the corner.</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'Marco was a strong rider and he always pushed hard. We raced together since we were kids, I saw him always pushing to the maximum, he crashed many times, but without major injuries, he was seemed invincible. What happened today seems impossible.'</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Simoncelli, who won the 250cc world championship in 2008, clinching the crown in Sepang, stepped up to MotoGP in 2010 and he finished eighth overall last season.</span></span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Losing control: Simoncelli (No 58) crashed on the second lap of the race, riding between Edwards and Valentino Rossi" class="blkBorder" height="217" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/10/23/article-2052436-0E7EECB000000578-315_634x345.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="400" /></span><br />
<div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Losing control: Simoncelli (No 58) crashed on the second lap of the race, riding between Edwards and Valentino Rossi</span></div></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Emergency: Race marshalls quickly arrive at the scene to assist the stricken Simoncelli" class="blkBorder" height="218" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/10/23/article-2052436-0E7EE96000000578-906_634x347.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="400" /></span><br />
<div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Emergency: Race marshalls quickly arrive at the scene to assist the stricken Simoncelli</span></div></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">His death was the first fatality in MotoGP since Japan's Daijiro Katoh died from his injuries sustained at the 2003 Japanese Grand Prix.</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">When asked about Simoncelli's helmet coming off, race director Paul Butler said at the press conference: 'I think if I may reply, that will be for another occasion. Quite clearly the consequences and circumstances surrounding the accident will be thoroughly investigated.'</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Tributes poured in for Simoncelli from both MotoGP and the wider world of motorsport.</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Formula One driver Mark Webber wrote on Twitter: 'R.I.P Marco A special talent that will be missed... Thinking of your loved ones, and all the motogp paddock..mark."</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Britain's Jenson Button wrote on his Twitter account: 'R.I.P Marco... Such an exciting talent lost. My thoughts are with his family, friends and everyone involved in MotoGP. Motorsport can be so cruel...'</span></span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Wheeled away: Track officials remove Simoncelli's motorcycle after the dreadful accident" class="blkBorder" height="242" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/10/23/article-2052436-0E7EC30900000578-991_634x384.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="400" /></span><br />
<div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wheeled away: Track officials remove Simoncelli's motorcycle after the dreadful accident</span></div></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">British rider Cal Crutchlow added on Twitter: 'RIP Marco Simoncelli ! A great rider and all round nice guy. My thoughts are with all his family & friends.'</span></span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Cancelled: Rubbish covers the track after the race was abandoned early in Sepang" class="blkBorder" height="218" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/10/23/article-2052436-0E7E7CCF00000578-745_634x347.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="400" /></span><br />
<div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cancelled: Rubbish covers the track after the race was abandoned early in Sepang</span></div></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Delivering the news: MotoGp officials relay the tragic announcement" class="blkBorder" height="228" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/10/23/article-2052436-0E7EED1800000578-764_634x362.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="400" /></span><br />
<div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Delivering the news: MotoGp officials relay the tragic announcement</span></div></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'An inconceivable death which has stunned Italian sport. For this reason we decided that all sport today should honor him with a minute's silence.'</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">A statement on the MotoGP official website read: 'On Sunday 23rd October, during the MotoGP race at the Shell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix at the Sepang International Circuit, San Carlo Honda Gresini's Italian rider Marco Simoncelli suffered a serious accident in which he received critical injuries.</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'The race was stopped immediately with the red flag and Simoncelli was transported by ambulance to the circuit medical centre where the medical staff worked to resuscitate him.</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'Despite their efforts, Marco sadly succumbed to his injuries at 4:56pm local time.</span></span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Support: Simoncelli's girlfriend Kate is consoled by a TV crew member following her partner's tragic crash" class="blkBorder" height="328" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/10/23/article-2052436-0E7EF31500000578-878_634x521.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="400" /></span><br />
<div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Support: Simoncelli's girlfriend Kate is consoled by a TV crew member following her partner's tragic crash</span></div></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'Everybody involved in MotoGP extends its deepest condolences to Marco's family, friends and team at this tragic loss.'</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Simoncelli, who won the 250cc world championship in 2008, clinching the crown in Sepang, stepped up to MotoGP in 2010.</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">A message on Simoncelli's Gresini Honda team website read simply 'CIAO "SUPER SIC"'.</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The Rizla Suzuki team wrote: 'All at Rizla Suzuki are deeply affected by today's tragic events and send their deepest condolences to Marco's family and friends during this time of great loss.</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'R.I.P Marco Simoncelli, 20 January 1987 - 23 October 2011 - A true competitor.'</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Of the other riders involved, Edwards suffered a dislocated shoulder after being thrown from his bike, while Rossi managed to limp back to the pits.</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Meanwhile, Rossi's mentor has denied the Italian great will be retiring from the sport in the wake of his Simoncelli's death.</span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Davide Brivio, Rossi's manager at former team Yamaha, responded to widespread internet rumours that the 32-year-old was too upset to carry on racing.</span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"> </span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'Many are asking about Vale stopping races. This is absolutely not true and I'm sorry even that I have to explain it,' Brivio wrote on Twitter. </span></span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Tribute: A huge screen shows a picture of Simoncelli during a minute's silence at the Roma v Palermo at the Olympic stadium" class="blkBorder" height="266" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/10/24/article-2052712-0E7FC7AF00000578-680_634x423.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="400" /></span><br />
<div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tribute: A huge screen shows a picture of Simoncelli during a minute's silence at the Roma v Palermo at the Olympic stadium</span></div></div><div class="cleared art-ins sport" style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 50px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><h3 class="wocc" style="background-color: #0cac0c; color: white; font-size: 1.6em; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #003300; font-weight: bold;">MARCO SIMONCELLI: 1987 - 2011</span></span></h3><div class="ins cleared xolcc bdrcc" style="background-color: #e8ffe8; border-bottom-color: rgb(12, 172, 12); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(12, 172, 12); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(12, 172, 12); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(12, 172, 12); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="ins cleared xolcc bdrcc" style="background-color: #e8ffe8; border-bottom-color: rgb(12, 172, 12); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(12, 172, 12); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(12, 172, 12); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(12, 172, 12); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">1987:</span></span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"> Born in Cattolica, Italy on January 20.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">1996: </span></span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Runner-up in the Italian Minimoto Championship.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">1999: </span></span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Champion of the Italian Minimoto Championship.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">2000: </span></span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Claims a back-to-back title in the Italian Minimoto Championship and is runner-up in the European Minimoto Championship.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">2001</span></span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">: Moves up to the the Italian 125cc Championship and wins the title in his rookie year.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">2002:</span></span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"> Wins the European 125cc title.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">2003: </span></span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Takes part in his first full season in the 125cc World Championship with the Matteoni Racing team.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">2004:</span></span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"> Joins the Rauch Bravo team and wins his first Grand Prix at a rain-soaked Jerez.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">2005: </span></span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Completes another 125cc campaign with the Nocable.it Race team and finishes fifth in the final standings.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">2006:</span></span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"> Moves up to the 250cc class riding for Gilera. Finishes the season in 10th overall with a sixth place finish at the Chinese Grand Prix his best result.</span></span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Marco Simoncelli: 1987-2011" class="blkBorder" height="346" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/10/23/article-2052436-0E7E9FC400000578-293_457x346.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="457" /></span><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">2008: </span></span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">June - Wins his first 250cc race at the Italian GP in Mugello in controversial circumstances when Hector Barbera crashed into him after Simoncelli appeared to try to block him off.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">October - Wins the 250cc World Championship after a successful season with Gilera with a third place finish in the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">2009:</span></span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"> Finishes third overall in the 250cc World Championship behind Japan's Hiroshi Aoyama and Spain's Barbera.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">2010:</span></span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"> Moves up to ride in his debut MotoGP season for Honda. Finishes 16 of the 18 races en route to eighth place in the championship.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">2011: </span></span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">May - Collides with Dani Pedrosa while battling for second in the French GP. The resulting crash saw Pedrosa break his collarbone and Simoncelli receive a ride-through penalty, eventually finishing fifth. Simoncelli accepted he needed to re-evaluate his driving style and at times be more cautious.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">June - Claims his first MotoGP pole at the Catalan GP but a poor start resulted in a sixth placed finish.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">October 23 - Killed in a crash during the Malaysian GP in Sepang.</span></span><br />
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<h1 style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Sourced from: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-2053209/Marco-Simoncelli-funeral-Italy-mourns-body-flown-home-death-crash.html</span></h1></div></div></div></div>Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16600382726536894812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10144950.post-33076985035939530392011-09-24T15:42:00.004+10:002011-09-24T15:46:40.580+10:00Reamonn - Goodbyes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/oX3c8btUob0?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;">We both dressed as we thought fit</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;">What do you wear to goodbyes?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;">The tome would come for us both to sit</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;">And near each other's lies</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;">I don't feel like I've been holding back</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;">Breaking up is hard on us both</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;">I feel so empty as you walk away</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;">These words have no meaning</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;">There's nothing to say</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;">So Goodbye</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;">Goodbye</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;">These words have no meaning</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;">When your heart set on leaving</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;">Goodbye</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;">Goodbye</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;">Now there's nothing worth keeping</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;">Nothing left to believe in</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;">And when think the fighting is over</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;">Then come the sleepless nights</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;">Of wanting to hold her</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;">Goodbye</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;">I can barely remember the love</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;">But I can still hear the fights</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;">Standing in the hallway</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;">Screaming the top of your voice</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;">You know you were right</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;">I don't feel like I've been holding back</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;">It cuts like a knife but it still feels like life</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;">So Goodbye, Goodbye</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">These words have no meaning<br />
When your heart set on leaving<br />
Goodbye, Goodbye<br />
Now there's nothing worth keeping<br />
Nothing left to believe in<br />
And when think the fighting is over<br />
Then come the sleepless nights<br />
Of wanting to hold her<br />
<br />
Goodbye<br />
You said it wouldn't hurt<br />
But now say it's not getting better<br />
We tried<br />
So hard to make it work<br />
I thought that I'd be with you forever<br />
<br />
Goodbye, Goodbye<br />
These words have no meaning<br />
When your heart set on leaving<br />
<br />
Goodbye, Goodbye<br />
Thought this might be worth saving<br />
But I must be mistaken<br />
<br />
Goodbye, Goodbye<br />
Now I'm ready to let you<br />
<br />
I see you leaving<br />
I start believing<br />
<br />
I finally think the fight is over<br />
No more sleepless nights<br />
Of wanting to hold her<br />
Goodbye</span></span>Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16600382726536894812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10144950.post-12493300559593170142011-09-21T22:57:00.000+10:002011-09-21T22:57:24.863+10:00I know that I said no more Counting Crows, but...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/olvAHf9XvbA?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16600382726536894812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10144950.post-24645365136142400012011-09-14T21:33:00.000+10:002011-09-14T21:33:11.687+10:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/kPy4YM4ov-E?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hear you crying and I know<br />
What it's like to be alone<br />
you're scared and I'm not there<br />
it's like you're living with a ghost<br />
Someone you can't hold<br />
And you say it's so unfair</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
And just so you know<br />
The distance is what's killing me<br />
Time and space have become the enemy<br />
And what I need is so far away<br />
And so it goes<br />
The distance makes it hard to breathe<br />
My heart won't let go easily<br />
I don't want to be this far away</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
I'm lying by myself<br />
The silence seems to swell<br />
Someday this all will change<br />
it's a temporary pain<br />
See your face and speak your name<br />
Till then I'll scream into the night</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
And just so you know<br />
The distance is what's killing me<br />
Time and space have become the enemy<br />
And what I need is so far away<br />
And so it goes<br />
The distance makes it hard to breathe<br />
My heart won't let go easily<br />
I don't want to be this far away</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
Well I've got my life<br />
And you've got my world tonight<br />
And I miss you (I miss you), I miss you (I miss you)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
And just so you know (killing me)<br />
The distance is what's killing me (time and space)<br />
Time and space have become the enemy (enemy)<br />
And what I need is so far away<br />
And so it goes (hard to breathe)<br />
The distance makes it hard to breathe (won't let go)<br />
My heart won't let go easily (easily)<br />
I don't want to be this far away</span>Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16600382726536894812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10144950.post-90747880435382585072011-09-09T00:49:00.000+10:002011-09-09T00:49:37.932+10:00The Melbourne CupIt's still 2 months until the big race, yet I'm already thinking about it. But I hate racing. Sigh.Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16600382726536894812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10144950.post-27847118686676349512011-09-01T00:48:00.000+10:002011-09-01T00:48:08.168+10:00ColorblindThis song brings back some very happy memories. OK, no more Counting Crows songs for a while!<br />
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Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16600382726536894812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10144950.post-10223475295925060542011-09-01T00:41:00.000+10:002011-09-01T00:41:29.995+10:00New Counting Crows DVD/BlurayThere is a new Counting Crows Blu-ray out now. Below is an amazing version of Round Here.<br />
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