Well, I hadn't mentioned on my blogs that a French F1 driver & good friend of Monegasque F1 driver who currently races for Ferrari of Charles Leclerc of the late Jules Bianchi who had a fatal accident during the Japanese Grand Prix in 2014 when he lost control of his Marussia in very wet conditions & collided with a recovery vehicle then 9 months later, he tragically passed away as a result of severe concussion he sustained in a serious crash & was the 1st F1 driver to be tragically killed since Ayrton Senna (Whose car collided head on into the wall, suffering a head injury which resulted in his sudden but tragic passing in which safety was the key priority of slowing the cars down according to the head of the FIA of the late Max Mosley (Who took over a year earlier from Jean-Marie Balestre as FIA president until in 2009 that former Ferrari F1 team principal Jean Todt (An ex-partner of famous Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh) took over) as well as introducing chicanes especially at the Imola circuit & other race tracks to follow suit) in 1994 at the San Marino Grand Prix in Imola which is located in the Emilia-Romagna region in Italy therefore the sports governing body of the FIA introduced the Virtual Safety Car system (Or VSC) in which drivers are asked to slow down (This is similar to the safety car period in which the safety car is out) to avoid getting pinged by the race stewards for speeding under the VSC (And the halo was implemented in 2018 in response to the tragic passing not only of Bianchi but of both the late 18 year old British driver Henry Surtees (Son of the late John Surtees who was the 1964 F1 world champion) in 2009 (Same year that Felipe Massa had suffered life threatening injuries after being struck by a spring detached by a rear suspension of Rubens Barrichello's Brawn when he drove at full speed during practice at the Hungarian Grand Prix, & he survived the impact caused by it) when a flying wheel struck his head killed him during a Formula 2 race in Brands Hatch in the UK which put head protection on the agenda & also in 2015 (The year that Bianchi died 9 months after his crash at the Japanese Grand Prix that sent him to hospital & had been in a medically induced coma) during an Indycar race in Pocono, Pennsylvania in America that former British F1 & Champ Car driver of the late Justin Wilson got killed when flying debris struck him instantly causing death by feeling the blunt force trauma of it (And it was 4 years after the events of 2011 when the late British Indycar driver of Dan Wheldon (The twice Indy 500 winner in 2005 & 2011) also got killed after causing a multi car pileup when his car sailed 325 feet through the air into a catchfence & his head hit a post in the fence when the blow created a non-survivable injury in the 2011 Indycar season finale at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada).
And it is 70 years to the day that the late Sir Edmund Hillary who stood atop of Mount Everest along with the late Sherpa Tenzing Norgay on the 23rd of May of 1953 in such an historic achievement (And there is a fee for those who want to climb Mount Everest which is worth 200,000 American dollars not just for the worthy rich people) for our country of New Zealand (And Hillary stood atop of Mount Everest 70 years ago was much sweeter than Team New Zealand's first America's Cup triumph in San Diego 1995 & was bigger than the All Blacks Rugby World Cup triumph on home soil in both 1987 (In which we co-hosted the tournament with Australia) & it was more meaningful than in 2011 (In which we were the sole host of that tournament) in which Hillary famously said after climbing that dreaded mountain which is the highest in the world "We knocked the scum off".
And I also hadn't mentioned but I did mention about a pair of shootings in El Paso, Texas (It was at a Walmart store where a far-right white individual opened fire by killing 23 innocent people & wounded 23 others as the FBI is investigating the shooting as an act of domestic terrorism as well as a hate crime as well as the gunman has since pleaded guilty to 90 Federal Hate Crimes & Firearms Infringements regarding to the mass shootings) & Dayton, Ohio (Where 9 innocent lives had been taken as well as 17 have been wounded near the entrance of the Ned Peppers Bar in the Oregon District before the gunman was fatally shot by responding cops 32 seconds after the first shots were fired) in America (And it must've something to do in which both shootings in the United States in 2019 was influenced by the Christchurch terror attacks (It has been 4 years since the tragic events have taken place where 51 have been killed by a sensless gunman who opened fire which resulted a crack down on high powered guns being brought into the country (Along with gruesome & violent content being shown on social media like Facebook but if the uploaders fail to remove that banned/illegal video, they'll be sent behind bars for the matter) by following Australia & the UK's footsteps of introducing gun control in wake of the tragic events unfolded which was similar to the mass shootings in Port Arthur, Tasmania in Australia in 1996 where the clamp down on gun violence was introduced such as the ban of semi-automatic rifles in light of the massacre being unfolded but the Christchurch mass mosque shootings (Then followed by the events of 2019-20 such as the protests in Hong Kong followed by the eruption on White Island here in New Zealand, the bushfires in Australia & of course, the global corona virus pandemic (Which was my most tragic event throughout my generation according to the previous blogs that I did compared to the September 11th tragedy in America way back in 2001) which lasted 3 years) was worse than Aramoana in 1990 according to the previous blogs that I did before) that took place on the 15th of March (And the gunman who opened fire by killing 51 people has since been locked up as he serves an imprisonment for life sentence which is a severe punishment) which looked pretty bad/terrible.
And in rock music related news that the latest reports from the famous American rock band the Foo Fighters that they have announced that Josh Freese (Formerly from A Perfect Circle) is in, as the new drummer of the Foos for touring purposes as he takes over from the late Taylor Hawkins who passed away in March last year & with the band announced that they're intending to both make & play live music again following Hawkins's passing.
And I always say my dear cuzzie Paige's daughters name Norah (Well, I've never met her before since she was born (And I could meet her one day when Dad told me on the 9th of June on the phone) but I suggested her a new nickname which is Nozi compared to her mother Paige (Who could be my honorary sister because I don't have any sisters in my family (And I think I treated Paige like my sister when I last met her in 2016 along with Cathey) since Leon Benbaruk has an honorary daughter named Sophia Ong (And how does Sophie is now being friends with Pops on Facebook? Mainly due to the fact that I'm best mates forever with her in real life since I 1st met her in 2007) being Paigey as well as Norah's grandmother & Paige's mother (And my biological aunty) Cathey being possibly Cath) nearly every day as I told Pops about it on the 24th of May (And Hera (AKA 'HR' (Which stands for Hera Ruby because Ruby is her middle name in contrast to her brother Bernard of Bernard Thomas (Known as 'Bernie/BT') due to the fact that Thomas is his middle name) who is with an Australian partner named Brendon & she lives in Brisbane, Australia now) has got a daughter now named Willow who is named after possibly a character from Buffy: The Vampire Slayer (And I saw a picture from the 3 of them including the couple with their child but unlike Benny's sister & Kathy's eldest daughter Gemma naming her daughter Rosalie, which was inspired after the famous character from the Twilight series of Rosalie Hale) unlike I used to call Bryan, uncle Bryan but I call Aunty Tania, Aunty Tan now since Tan is her nickname but I address her as Aunty Tan anyway.
And finally, here are the results of round 13 of the Super Rugby Pacific competition:
Moana Pasifika 7 - 41 Crusaders (It was the Crusaders (Who had their prop forward George Bower gone for the season with a bad knee injury in round 6 against the Reds which includes the Rugby World Cup that ended his dream of playing on the world stage along with Sevu Reece) night who maintain their 100% winning record against Moana at the newly named Go Media Stadium Mount Smart in Auckland)
Reds 26 - 45 Blues (It was the Blues who return to winning ways after defeat against the Crusaders in round 12 at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane)
Highlanders 20 - 17 Rebels (And it was the Highlanders who pick up the win via a match winning penalty goal scored by Sam Gilbert (Who did a Kemu Valetini when he scored both match winning penalty goals against the Crusaders & the Hurricanes respectively) at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin)
Chiefs 23 - 12 Hurricanes (And it was the Chiefs (Who brought back 4 key men such as co-captain Sam Cane, Brodie Retallick, Samisoni Taukei'aho & co-captain Brad Weber (Who is heading to France with Stade Francais with the 2023 season will sadly be his last) night as they bounce back from defeat against the Reds (Who subsquently became the 1st side to defeat the Chiefs in this years Super Rugby Pacific competition) for their 1st loss of the season to also return to winning ways against the Hurricanes (Who bagged in both quick tries to both Josh Moorby & Brayden Iose) at FMG Stadium Waikato)
Waratahs 32 - 18 Fijian Drua (It was the Waratahs who dismantle the Fijian Drua by continuing their pursuit of making the quarterfinals at Allianz Stadium in Sydney)
& Force 34 - 19 Brumbies (And it was the Force who dispatch the Brumbies (Who are without their key frontline players who left themselves out due to the Wallaby rest requirements policy) to claim a boil over at HBF Park in Perth)
So that is my 501st blog of the year 2023 (MMXXIII) & my 25th of this year, viva Ukraine.
P.S. And the music industry is in mourning as 'The queen of rock'n'roll' of Tina Turner who now was the famous American singer & entertainer has recently passed away at 83 years of age as a result of a lengthy illness so all thoughts, condolences & prayers are with the family of Tina Turner as well as colleagues, friends & fans from not just the United States but around the world that shared throughout an incredible music career.
Tina Turner
1939 - 2023
And I would like say that I'd like to give Pops a shout out for his 76th birthday last Wednesday so best wishes all around.
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