http://www.mellin.co.uk/index.php/site/index/ Gareths Development Site en gareth@mellin.co.uk Copyright 2010 2010-10-19T06:05:26+00:00 http://www.mellin.co.uk/index.php/celtic_hotspot_content/Development_Site/ http://www.mellin.co.uk/index.php/celtic_hotspot_content/Development_Site/#When:20:03:12Z Welcome to my development center . Here we test plugins and structure for our clients. Our aim has been to design a solution specific web designs for various market areas. Currently we are working on The golf industry and Night Clubs but the objects will work or can be tailored for all industries. Benefits   Full key word Tagging Google Site Map integration Google Analics integration Site Stats/Traffic monitoring. Simple wysiwyg (MS word authoring). Give it a try here. Multi user content posting. Full Blogging and Comment Posting Integration. Simple file upload integration (vastly improved over our basic system) Real time weather forecasting. Change your image by the click of a button. Notice Boards Calendar Members posting facilities i.e. find a playing partner. Integrated news from various sources including the BBC. Rss and Atom integration. Rss and Atom news pulling from affiliates. You Tube Integration (including randomising of Videos. Virtual Golf instruction (online golf videos). Twitter integration (twitter your members with your latest site updates). Share this integration Golf Handicap Calculator. Drag and drop layout changes. Give it a try here. Welcome to my development center . Here we test plugins and structure for our clients. Our aim has been to design a solution specific web designs for various market areas. Currently we are working on The golf industry and Night Clubs but the objects will work or can be tailored for all industries. Benefits   Full key word Tagging Google Site Map integration Google Analics integration Site Stats/Traffic monitoring. Simple wysiwyg (MS word authoring). Give it a try here. Multi user content posting. Full Blogging and Comment Posting Integration. Simple file upload integration (vastly improved over our basic system) Real time weather forecasting. Change your image by the click of a button. Notice Boards Calendar Members posting facilities i.e. find a playing partner. Integrated news from various sources including the BBC. Rss and Atom integration. Rss and Atom news pulling from affiliates. You Tube Integration (including randomising of Videos. Virtual Golf instruction (online golf videos). Twitter integration (twitter your members with your latest site updates). Share this integration Golf Handicap Calculator. Drag and drop layout changes. Give it a try here. Mell's Bits 2010-07-05T20:03:12+00:00 http://www.mellin.co.uk/index.php/celtic_hotspot_content/iframe_test/ http://www.mellin.co.uk/index.php/celtic_hotspot_content/iframe_test/#When:06:05:26Z Your browser does not support iframes. Your browser does not support iframes. 2010-10-19T06:05:26+00:00 http://www.mellin.co.uk/index.php/celtic_hotspot_content/The_Longest_Day/ http://www.mellin.co.uk/index.php/celtic_hotspot_content/The_Longest_Day/#When:06:38:32Z Seven AM until 2 AM got to be stupid !! Had To Be done the External Feed Plugin is now finished with the ability to add the feed content to the database. A customer with holiday lets requested the ability to import calendar dates from Google Calendar and display availability in an EE calendar so this functionality was added at the same time. Seven AM until 2 AM got to be stupid !! Had To Be done the External Feed Plugin is now finished with the ability to add the feed content to the database. A customer with holiday lets requested the ability to import calendar dates from Google Calendar and display availability in an EE calendar so this functionality was added at the same time. 2010-08-24T06:38:32+00:00 http://www.mellin.co.uk/index.php/celtic_hotspot_content/On_The_Pull/ http://www.mellin.co.uk/index.php/celtic_hotspot_content/On_The_Pull/#When:09:20:35Z Content is king Long live content !! Distributing content via RSS is not new. However displaying the content within your own site is !!. Let me try to explain we would never advocate plagiarism  but the content within the RSS feed is in the public domain. The usual feed contains a most of the content of the web site it originated on. However most aggregators (feed displayers) show minimized content (description and a link back) forcing you to visit the originators site to view the full article. We have just completed an object that effectively pulls and displays the full content of the feed within your own site. Here is an example of F1 Jake Humphry's blog distributed by the BBC Formula One Site Here . In this instance the content is pulled from the BBC site and displayed from within our site structure. All the content is beond your control as its generated by the content provider in this instance the BBC. Why is this functionality important to us ? Lets say I'm a night club owner with live music three times a week managing my website content to reflect my performers can become a nightmare task for my site administers cutting and pasting content from one site to another. Not any more you can effectively just request a RSS feed from the bands and display their content from within your own site. To take this a stage further we have the ability for users to save the content into a database and manipulate the content as if you owned it (well effectively you do). The problem we have a present the inconsistency of the feed structure so not an automated process at present. Content is king Long live content !! Distributing content via RSS is not new. However displaying the content within your own site is !!. Let me try to explain we would never advocate plagiarism  but the content within the RSS feed is in the public domain. The usual feed contains a most of the content of the web site it originated on. However most aggregators (feed displayers) show minimized content (description and a link back) forcing you to visit the originators site to view the full article. We have just completed an object that effectively pulls and displays the full content of the feed within your own site. Here is an example of F1 Jake Humphry's blog distributed by the BBC Formula One Site Here . In this instance the content is pulled from the BBC site and displayed from within our site structure. All the content is beond your control as its generated by the content provider in this instance the BBC. Why is this functionality important to us ? Lets say I'm a night club owner with live music three times a week managing my website content to reflect my performers can become a nightmare task for my site administers cutting and pasting content from one site to another. Not any more you can effectively just request a RSS feed from the bands and display their content from within your own site. To take this a stage further we have the ability for users to save the content into a database and manipulate the content as if you owned it (well effectively you do). The problem we have a present the inconsistency of the feed structure so not an automated process at present. 2010-08-19T09:20:35+00:00 http://www.mellin.co.uk/index.php/celtic_hotspot_content/back_from_london/ http://www.mellin.co.uk/index.php/celtic_hotspot_content/back_from_london/#When:08:44:22Z Arrived back last night after 5 days in the smoke not been up for a few months as my customer base is swiftly disappearing up there. Nipper might be working in a dodgey area @ the moment but is coping well. In line with government cutbacks The Met IT department is forcing all staff to re-apply for their positions. Their aim is to cull non hands on staff i.e. Project Managers to reduce their overhead by 40%. As my nipper is hands on she's looking OK and could come out with an increased role. An hour was enough in Oxford St before I hit a boozer to get away from the Grockles and I thought it was only in Tenby we had the problem. Started @ 6 this morning in an effort to catch up for the lost 5 days. Did manage to solve the Digital Dashboard problem whilst away by calling the embeds from the database instead of from EE. It works OK now so is ready with a little more work to deploy for customers. Unfortunately during my absence we lost one of our regulars in my Local Watering hole. Monty was a welsh sheep dog who was often seen wondering the streets of Tenby and normally ended up in my local with his mum and dad great friends of mine. He will be sadly missed even by the butcher who had a daily visit !! RIP Monty Bach. Arrived back last night after 5 days in the smoke not been up for a few months as my customer base is swiftly disappearing up there. Nipper might be working in a dodgey area @ the moment but is coping well. In line with government cutbacks The Met IT department is forcing all staff to re-apply for their positions. Their aim is to cull non hands on staff i.e. Project Managers to reduce their overhead by 40%. As my nipper is hands on she's looking OK and could come out with an increased role. An hour was enough in Oxford St before I hit a boozer to get away from the Grockles and I thought it was only in Tenby we had the problem. Started @ 6 this morning in an effort to catch up for the lost 5 days. Did manage to solve the Digital Dashboard problem whilst away by calling the embeds from the database instead of from EE. It works OK now so is ready with a little more work to deploy for customers. Unfortunately during my absence we lost one of our regulars in my Local Watering hole. Monty was a welsh sheep dog who was often seen wondering the streets of Tenby and normally ended up in my local with his mum and dad great friends of mine. He will be sadly missed even by the butcher who had a daily visit !! RIP Monty Bach. 2010-08-11T08:44:22+00:00 http://www.mellin.co.uk/index.php/celtic_hotspot_content/Moving_Boxes/ http://www.mellin.co.uk/index.php/celtic_hotspot_content/Moving_Boxes/#When:06:27:17Z Give it a try simply move your mouse over the objects in the right column. Your curser will change to an arrow hold down your left mouse button and you can now drag and drop the boxes withing the column. Move the boxes to where you want them so your effectively creating your own online experience you will also be able to switch the boxes on and off.. This is achieved by using script.aculo.us Web 2.0 JavaScript once a box is moved an AJAX command is triggered that updates a database with the new position. You would normally do this from an admin panel that would set a cookie with your preferences so the next time you visit the site your changes will be reflected. For this example we have ignored the cookie deployment so the changes are for all users. Give it a try simply move your mouse over the objects in the right column. Your curser will change to an arrow hold down your left mouse button and you can now drag and drop the boxes withing the column. Move the boxes to where you want them so your effectively creating your own online experience you will also be able to switch the boxes on and off.. This is achieved by using script.aculo.us Web 2.0 JavaScript once a box is moved an AJAX command is triggered that updates a database with the new position. You would normally do this from an admin panel that would set a cookie with your preferences so the next time you visit the site your changes will be reflected. For this example we have ignored the cookie deployment so the changes are for all users. Trouble at de'Valence 2010-08-11T06:27:17+00:00 http://www.mellin.co.uk/index.php/celtic_hotspot_content/About_Old_School/ http://www.mellin.co.uk/index.php/celtic_hotspot_content/About_Old_School/#When:06:15:30Z A little about me known by mates and or others as Old Skool living in Tenby Pembrokeshire otherwise known as little England beyond Wales. Moved here some 5 years ago (2005) after a divorce. A bit like coming home in a way as I'm Welsh by birth. The area was a bit of a culture shock after 35 years working and playing in London but one of the better moves in my life once you become accustom to dealing with holiday makers ne Grockles. After many years running my own business and latterly working a sales manager of a MS Software Development house running out of Bracknell and Cambridge. The concept was to work in a more relaxing environment and develop my Web Technology Skills hopefully to to create a more convivial work ethic. Have a daughter who works for the Met Police based in London who specialises in GIS makes me look like an amateur when it comes to dosh. She has just finished her masters and is now pondering a PHD. Totally the reverse to myself other than an out of date MCSE during my time with the software house all my software development knowledge has been self taught and self financed. A real pain in the butt for your CV however I would rather work with up to date technology not out dated stuff. My background has always been sales with a technical bias. Left college many years ago with a HNC in Engineering Design and spent a few years on the drawing board and Auto Cad (really early). Primarily working for a contractor attached to the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment (AWRE). The work was so top secret you never knew what you were working on so boring . An opportunity to work in specialist sales for a Material Handling company based in Birmingham (designing industrial storage areas and warehouses) quadrupled my salary overnight and provided my first company car Really Kool. After 5-6 years moved on to 3M managing and setting up a contractor reseller network for Solar Control Film liked what I'd done so much I took one of the franchise areas myself. Sold the company in 1995 and moved into software. For fun I live by the sea so I have a small boat (RIB). In the past spent many years Motor Racing (Circuit and Hill Climb) various categories mostly special saloon. So am an avid F1 fan. For my sins I'm sorry to say I'm also a football supporter Chelsea (not because of their money) went there for a trial when I was 14 years old and have supported them ever since. Obviously didn't get picked however but Ray Wilkins did who was with me on the day and at Hayes FC juniors Ray went on to become captain of Chelsea and England. In fact Ray is still there as assistant coach if only !! Any way I'm always looking for new projects and am currently investigating a return to Software Sales in London for a product called Oxygen. Its prime function is helpdesk /incident tracking to the nth degree. Unlike most systems its proprietary not opensource but built an the opensource model with hooks every ware. The upshot is it can be used for tracking/initializing the response to every SLA and can be tailored to virtually any industry. Overall I can work as a contractor or employee I don't mind either way as long as I'm working we all have bills to pay unless your a Banker!! A little about me known by mates and or others as Old Skool living in Tenby Pembrokeshire otherwise known as little England beyond Wales. Moved here some 5 years ago (2005) after a divorce. A bit like coming home in a way as I'm Welsh by birth. The area was a bit of a culture shock after 35 years working and playing in London but one of the better moves in my life once you become accustom to dealing with holiday makers ne Grockles. After many years running my own business and latterly working a sales manager of a MS Software Development house running out of Bracknell and Cambridge. The concept was to work in a more relaxing environment and develop my Web Technology Skills hopefully to to create a more convivial work ethic. Have a daughter who works for the Met Police based in London who specialises in GIS makes me look like an amateur when it comes to dosh. She has just finished her masters and is now pondering a PHD. Totally the reverse to myself other than an out of date MCSE during my time with the software house all my software development knowledge has been self taught and self financed. A real pain in the butt for your CV however I would rather work with up to date technology not out dated stuff. My background has always been sales with a technical bias. Left college many years ago with a HNC in Engineering Design and spent a few years on the drawing board and Auto Cad (really early). Primarily working for a contractor attached to the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment (AWRE). The work was so top secret you never knew what you were working on so boring . An opportunity to work in specialist sales for a Material Handling company based in Birmingham (designing industrial storage areas and warehouses) quadrupled my salary overnight and provided my first company car Really Kool. After 5-6 years moved on to 3M managing and setting up a contractor reseller network for Solar Control Film liked what I'd done so much I took one of the franchise areas myself. Sold the company in 1995 and moved into software. For fun I live by the sea so I have a small boat (RIB). In the past spent many years Motor Racing (Circuit and Hill Climb) various categories mostly special saloon. So am an avid F1 fan. For my sins I'm sorry to say I'm also a football supporter Chelsea (not because of their money) went there for a trial when I was 14 years old and have supported them ever since. Obviously didn't get picked however but Ray Wilkins did who was with me on the day and at Hayes FC juniors Ray went on to become captain of Chelsea and England. In fact Ray is still there as assistant coach if only !! Any way I'm always looking for new projects and am currently investigating a return to Software Sales in London for a product called Oxygen. Its prime function is helpdesk /incident tracking to the nth degree. Unlike most systems its proprietary not opensource but built an the opensource model with hooks every ware. The upshot is it can be used for tracking/initializing the response to every SLA and can be tailored to virtually any industry. Overall I can work as a contractor or employee I don't mind either way as long as I'm working we all have bills to pay unless your a Banker!! 2010-08-10T06:15:30+00:00 http://www.mellin.co.uk/index.php/celtic_hotspot_content/Ferrari_boss_slams_F1/ http://www.mellin.co.uk/index.php/celtic_hotspot_content/Ferrari_boss_slams_F1/#When:12:54:59Z Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has slammed the "hypocrisy" of those who have criticised Fernando Alonso's victory in Sunday's German Grand Prix. Ferrari have been fined $100,000 for appearing to give Felipe Massa a coded order to allow Alonso through to win and referred to F1's governing body. But Montezemolo replied: "Enough of the hypocrisy. This has always happened." "If one races for Ferrari, then the interests of the team come before those of the individual," he added. The result at Hockenheim put Alonso firmly back in what looks a five-way fight for the drivers' championship, with McLaren pair Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button, and Red Bull duo Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber the others in with a realistic chance of battling for the title. Alonso is now 34 points behind championship leader Hamilton with eight races remaining, while Massa, who had failed to score a single point in the previous three races, is 38 points adrift of his Spanish team-mate. The controversial incident occurred when Massa, marking the first anniversary of his near-fatal crash in Hungary, was given a veiled radio message on lap 47 indicating that the Spaniard was the faster of the two drivers and, two laps later, the Brazilian slowed to let Alonso past. It prompted heavy criticism from outside the Ferrari camp, though, with the likes of Button, Red Bull boss Christian Horner and BBC F1 pundit Eddie Jordan questioning the Italian team's race strategy Montezemolo remained unrepentant, though, telling the Ferrari website : "The polemics are of no interest to me. "These things have happened since the days of (Tazio) Nuvolari (a Ferrari driver in the 1930s) and I experienced it myself when I was sporting director, in the days of Niki Lauda. "Therefore, enough of this hypocrisy, even if I can well believe that some people might well have liked to see our two drivers eliminate one another, but that is definitely not the case for me or indeed for our fans. "I am very happy for all our fans who finally saw two Ferraris lead from start to finish as they dominated the race. "The result is down to the efforts of all our people, who never give up. "Now we have to continue working like this, to improve the car so that is competitive at all the circuits we will encounter. "Alonso and Massa also did very well, giving their all throughout the weekend." The next race is at Hungary this weekend. The committee considered all options, including using some of the council’s reserves, but it was agreed that, based on the net projected income these events would generate, the likely deficit amount required from the public purse was too great to warrant such action. Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has slammed the "hypocrisy" of those who have criticised Fernando Alonso's victory in Sunday's German Grand Prix. Ferrari have been fined $100,000 for appearing to give Felipe Massa a coded order to allow Alonso through to win and referred to F1's governing body. But Montezemolo replied: "Enough of the hypocrisy. This has always happened." "If one races for Ferrari, then the interests of the team come before those of the individual," he added. The result at Hockenheim put Alonso firmly back in what looks a five-way fight for the drivers' championship, with McLaren pair Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button, and Red Bull duo Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber the others in with a realistic chance of battling for the title. Alonso is now 34 points behind championship leader Hamilton with eight races remaining, while Massa, who had failed to score a single point in the previous three races, is 38 points adrift of his Spanish team-mate. The controversial incident occurred when Massa, marking the first anniversary of his near-fatal crash in Hungary, was given a veiled radio message on lap 47 indicating that the Spaniard was the faster of the two drivers and, two laps later, the Brazilian slowed to let Alonso past. It prompted heavy criticism from outside the Ferrari camp, though, with the likes of Button, Red Bull boss Christian Horner and BBC F1 pundit Eddie Jordan questioning the Italian team's race strategy Montezemolo remained unrepentant, though, telling the Ferrari website : "The polemics are of no interest to me. "These things have happened since the days of (Tazio) Nuvolari (a Ferrari driver in the 1930s) and I experienced it myself when I was sporting director, in the days of Niki Lauda. "Therefore, enough of this hypocrisy, even if I can well believe that some people might well have liked to see our two drivers eliminate one another, but that is definitely not the case for me or indeed for our fans. "I am very happy for all our fans who finally saw two Ferraris lead from start to finish as they dominated the race. "The result is down to the efforts of all our people, who never give up. "Now we have to continue working like this, to improve the car so that is competitive at all the circuits we will encounter. "Alonso and Massa also did very well, giving their all throughout the weekend." The next race is at Hungary this weekend. The committee considered all options, including using some of the council’s reserves, but it was agreed that, based on the net projected income these events would generate, the likely deficit amount required from the public purse was too great to warrant such action. Pavilion is not viable 2010-08-08T12:54:59+00:00 http://www.mellin.co.uk/index.php/celtic_hotspot_content/Red_Bull/ http://www.mellin.co.uk/index.php/celtic_hotspot_content/Red_Bull/#When:05:18:50Z The movement of Red Bull’s much-discussed ‘flexi-wing’ was clear to see on their cars during the race – and Vettel’s at Silverstone. The same movement was not apparent at Valencia. Watch how the top of the endplates on Webber’s front wing slowly dip as he builds up speed on the straight, then quickly rise as he begins to decelerate: The FIA tests wings to ensure they do not deflect excessively and had Red Bull’s wings not complied with those tests then they wouldn’t have been allowed to race them. The same goes for Ferrari who had a similar wing, though the degree of deflection was harder to spot on video. In other words, the wings are legal to the letter of the law and if the FIA wishes to ban them it’ll have to change its rules to do so. In the meantime expect other teams to show up with their versions of the wing very soon.   If the flexi-wing shows one of Red Bull’s characteristics this year – aggressive development in the pursuit of better performance – Weber’s race was spoiled by their other defining trait: unreliability. Webber was told by the team to leave a four-second gap to Jenson Button, who he was chasing, in order to keep his oil temperatures down. He had led Button before the pit stops but lost time behind Nico Rosberg, allowing Button to get ahead of him. Webber ended the race in sixth and the two Red Bull drivers are now level on championship points. The movement of Red Bull’s much-discussed ‘flexi-wing’ was clear to see on their cars during the race – and Vettel’s at Silverstone. The same movement was not apparent at Valencia. Watch how the top of the endplates on Webber’s front wing slowly dip as he builds up speed on the straight, then quickly rise as he begins to decelerate: The FIA tests wings to ensure they do not deflect excessively and had Red Bull’s wings not complied with those tests then they wouldn’t have been allowed to race them. The same goes for Ferrari who had a similar wing, though the degree of deflection was harder to spot on video. In other words, the wings are legal to the letter of the law and if the FIA wishes to ban them it’ll have to change its rules to do so. In the meantime expect other teams to show up with their versions of the wing very soon.   If the flexi-wing shows one of Red Bull’s characteristics this year – aggressive development in the pursuit of better performance – Weber’s race was spoiled by their other defining trait: unreliability. Webber was told by the team to leave a four-second gap to Jenson Button, who he was chasing, in order to keep his oil temperatures down. He had led Button before the pit stops but lost time behind Nico Rosberg, allowing Button to get ahead of him. Webber ended the race in sixth and the two Red Bull drivers are now level on championship points. 2010-07-26T05:18:50+00:00 http://www.mellin.co.uk/index.php/celtic_hotspot_content/Simple_Content_Editing/ http://www.mellin.co.uk/index.php/celtic_hotspot_content/Simple_Content_Editing/#When:17:28:08Z Welcome to Old Skool's sample website. This object allows you to manage your websites content without the need of a web designer. Our simple to use wysiwyg editor Just type what ever you wish here save the changes revisit the page and refresh it to see the changes. You don't need any technical knowledge the system looks after it all for you. Dissabled functions. Once live you can insert/upload pictures insert You Tube content N.B. Once you log out your content will revert back to its original state. To reset the content press the Reset Page Welcome to Old Skool's sample website. This object allows you to manage your websites content without the need of a web designer. Our simple to use wysiwyg editor Just type what ever you wish here save the changes revisit the page and refresh it to see the changes. You don't need any technical knowledge the system looks after it all for you. Dissabled functions. Once live you can insert/upload pictures insert You Tube content N.B. Once you log out your content will revert back to its original state. To reset the content press the Reset Page 2010-07-18T17:28:08+00:00 http://www.mellin.co.uk/index.php/celtic_hotspot_content/contact/ http://www.mellin.co.uk/index.php/celtic_hotspot_content/contact/#When:15:31:47Z 2010-07-18T15:31:47+00:00 http://www.mellin.co.uk/index.php/celtic_hotspot_content/Ecclestone_wants_team_orders/ http://www.mellin.co.uk/index.php/celtic_hotspot_content/Ecclestone_wants_team_orders/#When:09:30:30Z Ecclestone wants end to ban on team orders Premium Article ! Your account has been frozen. For your available options click the below button. Options Premium Article ! To read this article in full you must have registered and have a Premium Content Subscription with the The Scotsman site. Subscribe Registered Article ! To read this article in full you must be registered with the site. Sign In Register Click on thumbnail to view image Click on thumbnail to view image Click on thumbnail to view image Click on thumbnail to view image Click on thumbnail to view image « Previous « Previous Next » Next » View Gallery Published Date: 27 July 2010 By Ian Parkes FORMULA One supremo Bernie Ecclestone believes team bosses should be allowed to call the shots as they see fit. Ecclestone was speaking following the furore that erupted at Sunday's German Grand Prix at Hockenheim when the stewards fined Ferrari $100,000 (£64,800) for implementing team orders. The stewards saw through Ferrari's coded messages to Felipe Mass ADVERTISEMENT a that were issued by race engineer Rob Smedley, that culminated in the Brazilian slowing down and allowing team-mate Fernando Alonso to claim victory. The incident has been referred to the World Motor Sport Council for further consideration, which may yet result in additional sanctions. Critics, commentators and current F1 personnel have since proposed a number of potential penalties, such as the order of the top two being reversed, or the team having their points deducted but with the drivers allowed to retain theirs. At the heart of the matter is article 39.1 of the FIA's sporting regulations that caught Ferrari, that team orders which interfere with a race result are prohibited. Ecclestone was naturally unable to comment on the specific incident as he will be sitting on any WMSC meeting should the case be heard. However, the 78-year-old was able to offer his thoughts on the proposal, as mentioned by former driver David Coulthard after the race, that it is time for the rule to be scrapped. "I must confess I would agree with anyone who thinks that," said Ecclestone. "We make people call it a team, we say it's got be a team. All the cars have to be exactly the same, the drivers wear the same overalls, so everybody has to look like a team - a team of people that are racing." Given his power, Ecclestone is obviously in a position to suggest the possibility of the regulation being written out of the rule book. "I don't know, we'll have to see. It's something that needs to be discussed," he added. It is a regulation that came into force after the Austrian Grand Prix of 2002 when then Ferrari team boss and current FIA president Jean Todt ordered Rubens Barrichello to give up his race win for team-mate Michael Schumacher. Barrichello did so at the final corner, causing an outrage, and just a year after he had ceded second place in the same race to the German after again being told to do so. Unsurprisingly, in the wake of stinging criticism from many F1 observers such as Eddie Jordan and Niki Lauda, one man who could see no wrong in Ferrari's actions was Schumacher himself. "I have been criticised in the past for exactly that (being given the win)," he said. "I have to say I understand 100 per cent and I would do exactly the same if I were in their situation. Ecclestone wants end to ban on team orders Premium Article ! Your account has been frozen. For your available options click the below button. Options Premium Article ! To read this article in full you must have registered and have a Premium Content Subscription with the The Scotsman site. Subscribe Registered Article ! To read this article in full you must be registered with the site. Sign In Register Click on thumbnail to view image Click on thumbnail to view image Click on thumbnail to view image Click on thumbnail to view image Click on thumbnail to view image « Previous « Previous Next » Next » View Gallery Published Date: 27 July 2010 By Ian Parkes FORMULA One supremo Bernie Ecclestone believes team bosses should be allowed to call the shots as they see fit. Ecclestone was speaking following the furore that erupted at Sunday's German Grand Prix at Hockenheim when the stewards fined Ferrari $100,000 (£64,800) for implementing team orders. The stewards saw through Ferrari's coded messages to Felipe Mass ADVERTISEMENT a that were issued by race engineer Rob Smedley, that culminated in the Brazilian slowing down and allowing team-mate Fernando Alonso to claim victory. The incident has been referred to the World Motor Sport Council for further consideration, which may yet result in additional sanctions. Critics, commentators and current F1 personnel have since proposed a number of potential penalties, such as the order of the top two being reversed, or the team having their points deducted but with the drivers allowed to retain theirs. At the heart of the matter is article 39.1 of the FIA's sporting regulations that caught Ferrari, that team orders which interfere with a race result are prohibited. Ecclestone was naturally unable to comment on the specific incident as he will be sitting on any WMSC meeting should the case be heard. However, the 78-year-old was able to offer his thoughts on the proposal, as mentioned by former driver David Coulthard after the race, that it is time for the rule to be scrapped. "I must confess I would agree with anyone who thinks that," said Ecclestone. "We make people call it a team, we say it's got be a team. All the cars have to be exactly the same, the drivers wear the same overalls, so everybody has to look like a team - a team of people that are racing." Given his power, Ecclestone is obviously in a position to suggest the possibility of the regulation being written out of the rule book. "I don't know, we'll have to see. It's something that needs to be discussed," he added. It is a regulation that came into force after the Austrian Grand Prix of 2002 when then Ferrari team boss and current FIA president Jean Todt ordered Rubens Barrichello to give up his race win for team-mate Michael Schumacher. Barrichello did so at the final corner, causing an outrage, and just a year after he had ceded second place in the same race to the German after again being told to do so. Unsurprisingly, in the wake of stinging criticism from many F1 observers such as Eddie Jordan and Niki Lauda, one man who could see no wrong in Ferrari's actions was Schumacher himself. "I have been criticised in the past for exactly that (being given the win)," he said. "I have to say I understand 100 per cent and I would do exactly the same if I were in their situation. 2010-07-14T09:30:30+00:00 http://www.mellin.co.uk/index.php/celtic_hotspot_content/dev_moblog_test/ http://www.mellin.co.uk/index.php/celtic_hotspot_content/dev_moblog_test/#When:09:54:30Z Moblog testing on dev account Description: gee_email The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Moblog testing on dev account Description: gee_email The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. 2010-07-08T09:54:30+00:00 http://www.mellin.co.uk/index.php/celtic_hotspot_content/Martin_Brundle/ http://www.mellin.co.uk/index.php/celtic_hotspot_content/Martin_Brundle/#When:19:13:51Z Martin Brundle is the BBC's expert analyst in the commentary box. In a long and successful career as a racing driver, Brundle competed in 158 Grands Prix, with a best result of second for McLaren at the 1994 Monaco Grand Prix. He was World Sportscar Champion in 1988 driving for Jaguar, with whom he won the famous Le Mans 24 Hours in 1990. After quitting F1 at the end of 1996, Brundle moved into broadcasting, joining Murray Walker in the commentary box as ITV took over as the UK's broadcaster in 1997, and continuing alongside James Allen following Walker's retirement in 2002. Brundle has won the Royal Television Society's Television Sports Award for best Sports Pundit in 1998, 1999, 2005 and 2006. Martin Brundle is the BBC's expert analyst in the commentary box. In a long and successful career as a racing driver, Brundle competed in 158 Grands Prix, with a best result of second for McLaren at the 1994 Monaco Grand Prix. He was World Sportscar Champion in 1988 driving for Jaguar, with whom he won the famous Le Mans 24 Hours in 1990. After quitting F1 at the end of 1996, Brundle moved into broadcasting, joining Murray Walker in the commentary box as ITV took over as the UK's broadcaster in 1997, and continuing alongside James Allen following Walker's retirement in 2002. Brundle has won the Royal Television Society's Television Sports Award for best Sports Pundit in 1998, 1999, 2005 and 2006. 2010-07-06T19:13:51+00:00 http://www.mellin.co.uk/index.php/celtic_hotspot_content/Eddie_Jordan/ http://www.mellin.co.uk/index.php/celtic_hotspot_content/Eddie_Jordan/#When:19:13:51Z Eddie Jordan ran the Jordan F1 team from 1991 until selling it in 2004. In that time, he established a reputation as one of the sport's most maverick senior figures, with as many connections in the world of entertainment as in F1. Jordan was a racing driver in Formula Atlantic and Formula Three in the 1970s, before setting up his own teams first in F3, then Formula 3000 and finally F1. Jordan famously gave Michael Schumacher his F1 debut in 1991, before he was poached by Benetton, and the team's most successful period in a roller-coaster career was 1998-99. Damon Hill gave Jordan their first victory in Belgium in 1998, before German Heinz-Harald Frentzen won two races and mounted an unlikely - and ultimately unsuccessful - title challenge the following year. Despite being renowned for his wheeler-dealing, Jordan faced an increasingly difficult struggle to survive as major car manufacturers came to dominate F1 in the early years of the 21st Century, and eventually sold his team to the Midland Group in 2004. After a succession of owners, it is now racing in the guise of Force India. Eddie Jordan ran the Jordan F1 team from 1991 until selling it in 2004. In that time, he established a reputation as one of the sport's most maverick senior figures, with as many connections in the world of entertainment as in F1. Jordan was a racing driver in Formula Atlantic and Formula Three in the 1970s, before setting up his own teams first in F3, then Formula 3000 and finally F1. Jordan famously gave Michael Schumacher his F1 debut in 1991, before he was poached by Benetton, and the team's most successful period in a roller-coaster career was 1998-99. Damon Hill gave Jordan their first victory in Belgium in 1998, before German Heinz-Harald Frentzen won two races and mounted an unlikely - and ultimately unsuccessful - title challenge the following year. Despite being renowned for his wheeler-dealing, Jordan faced an increasingly difficult struggle to survive as major car manufacturers came to dominate F1 in the early years of the 21st Century, and eventually sold his team to the Midland Group in 2004. After a succession of owners, it is now racing in the guise of Force India. 2010-07-06T19:13:51+00:00 http://www.mellin.co.uk/index.php/celtic_hotspot_content/David_Coultard/ http://www.mellin.co.uk/index.php/celtic_hotspot_content/David_Coultard/#When:19:13:51Z David Coulthard joined the BBC as an F1 pundit last year after a 16-year career as a Grand Prix driver in which he won 13 races and finished a best of second in the world championship to Michael Schumacher in 2001. The Scot began his F1 career at Williams following the death of Ayrton Senna in 1994 and moved to McLaren in 1996 - the start of a 10-year spell that made him the longest serving driver in the team's history. After leaving McLaren at the end of 2004, he joined Red Bull, scoring the team's first podium at Monaco in 2006. Coulthard scored 535 points in his F1 career - putting him, at the start of the 2009 season, fifth on the all-time list behind multiple world champions Michael Schumacher, Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna and Fernando Alonso. David Coulthard joined the BBC as an F1 pundit last year after a 16-year career as a Grand Prix driver in which he won 13 races and finished a best of second in the world championship to Michael Schumacher in 2001. The Scot began his F1 career at Williams following the death of Ayrton Senna in 1994 and moved to McLaren in 1996 - the start of a 10-year spell that made him the longest serving driver in the team's history. After leaving McLaren at the end of 2004, he joined Red Bull, scoring the team's first podium at Monaco in 2006. Coulthard scored 535 points in his F1 career - putting him, at the start of the 2009 season, fifth on the all-time list behind multiple world champions Michael Schumacher, Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna and Fernando Alonso. 2010-07-06T19:13:51+00:00 http://www.mellin.co.uk/index.php/celtic_hotspot_content/Lee_Mckenzie/ http://www.mellin.co.uk/index.php/celtic_hotspot_content/Lee_Mckenzie/#When:19:13:51Z Lee has covered most sports, specialising in motor racing and rugby, in a career that has spanned both journalism and broadcasting. She has worked for the BBC, ITV and Sky Sports, and has also competed as a co-driver in several rounds of the World Rally Championship. Lee has covered most sports, specialising in motor racing and rugby, in a career that has spanned both journalism and broadcasting. She has worked for the BBC, ITV and Sky Sports, and has also competed as a co-driver in several rounds of the World Rally Championship. 2010-07-06T19:13:51+00:00 http://www.mellin.co.uk/index.php/celtic_hotspot_content/Murray_Walker/ http://www.mellin.co.uk/index.php/celtic_hotspot_content/Murray_Walker/#When:19:13:51Z Murray Walker became a broadcasting legend during 50 years of commentating on F1 for the BBC. Murray was the BBC's F1 commentator from 1948 until 1996, and continued in the same role for ITV until retiring in 2001. He became a household name for his exuberant commentary style, which was famously described by critic Clive James as "like his trousers are on fire". He was also famous for his infectious, and obvious, enthusiasm for his subject, and earned the nickname Muddly Talker for mis-speaking entertainingly in the heat of the moment. Among his more famous utterances were: "I'll stop the startwatch", "you can cut the tension with a cricket stump", "excuse me while I interrupt myself" and, perhaps most famously of all, "unless I'm very much mistaken… and, yes, I am very much mistaken". Murray will be a regular feature on the BBC Sport website in 2010, sharing his views of the weekend's racing and taking part in interactive sessions with F1 fans. Murray Walker became a broadcasting legend during 50 years of commentating on F1 for the BBC. Murray was the BBC's F1 commentator from 1948 until 1996, and continued in the same role for ITV until retiring in 2001. He became a household name for his exuberant commentary style, which was famously described by critic Clive James as "like his trousers are on fire". He was also famous for his infectious, and obvious, enthusiasm for his subject, and earned the nickname Muddly Talker for mis-speaking entertainingly in the heat of the moment. Among his more famous utterances were: "I'll stop the startwatch", "you can cut the tension with a cricket stump", "excuse me while I interrupt myself" and, perhaps most famously of all, "unless I'm very much mistaken… and, yes, I am very much mistaken". Murray will be a regular feature on the BBC Sport website in 2010, sharing his views of the weekend's racing and taking part in interactive sessions with F1 fans. 2010-07-06T19:13:51+00:00 http://www.mellin.co.uk/index.php/celtic_hotspot_content/Jake_Humphreys/ http://www.mellin.co.uk/index.php/celtic_hotspot_content/Jake_Humphreys/#When:19:13:30Z Jake heads into his seconds year as the main presenter for the BBC's F1 coverage in 2010. He has worked for the BBC for eight years, starting out at CBBC before moving into sport, where he has worked for the last three years. He has covered the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Euro 2008, the 2007 Fifa Women's World Cup, fronted the BBC's American football coverage, and was the BBC's host for the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations. Jake was also a co-host of the 2008 and 2009 Sports Personality of the Year shows and has also presented Match of the Day, Football Focus and Final Score. He started his career at Anglia Television, before hosting the live daily sports show TWI and then moving on to Children's BBC, where he spent six years.jakejake Jake heads into his seconds year as the main presenter for the BBC's F1 coverage in 2010. He has worked for the BBC for eight years, starting out at CBBC before moving into sport, where he has worked for the last three years. He has covered the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Euro 2008, the 2007 Fifa Women's World Cup, fronted the BBC's American football coverage, and was the BBC's host for the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations. Jake was also a co-host of the 2008 and 2009 Sports Personality of the Year shows and has also presented Match of the Day, Football Focus and Final Score. He started his career at Anglia Television, before hosting the live daily sports show TWI and then moving on to Children's BBC, where he spent six years.jakejake 2010-07-06T19:13:30+00:00 http://www.mellin.co.uk/index.php/celtic_hotspot_content/give_us_your_ideas/ http://www.mellin.co.uk/index.php/celtic_hotspot_content/give_us_your_ideas/#When:16:37:30Z Give us your ideas on how the De Valence could be maximised for the community. It doesn't matter how wild or out of the box let us know here. We will publish your suggestion so the community can vote and comment on your thoughts. Once your idea is published we will let the Tenby Town Council know of your suggestion and any comments that people may make of it. A valid e-mail address is required and your name to post. Dont be shy. 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People use Twitter to follow the sources most relevant to them and access information as it happens—from breaking world news to updates from friends. In just a few short steps, you'll be among these esteemed ranks. How to sign up on Twitter Navigate to Twitter.com and select the yellow button on the right hand of your screen, or simply navigate to twitter.com/signup. This will take you to the main signup page. Following Us Once you have created an account follow us on garethmellin. Following someone on Twitter means you are subscribing to their Tweets, and their updates will appear in your personal timeline on your Twitter homepage. If you follow Poshy, you'll get her updates on your homepage when you log in. When you follow someone, they will then have permission to send you private tweets, called direct messages, too. People use Twitter to follow the sources most relevant to them and access information as it happens—from breaking world news to updates from friends. In just a few short steps, you'll be among these esteemed ranks. How to sign up on Twitter Navigate to Twitter.com and select the yellow button on the right hand of your screen, or simply navigate to twitter.com/signup. This will take you to the main signup page. Following Us Once you have created an account follow us on garethmellin. Twitter With Us 2010-05-27T07:49:30+00:00 http://www.mellin.co.uk/index.php/celtic_hotspot_content/Sennas_50th_Birthday/ http://www.mellin.co.uk/index.php/celtic_hotspot_content/Sennas_50th_Birthday/#When:11:24:31Z Ayrton Senna would have been 50 today. I think not a race goes by without someone in the paddock talking about Senna, the triple world champion who died in a crash at Imola in 1994, and his spirit is certainly still present throughout the series. Now, of course, his nephew Bruno Senna has arrived in Formula One. I was thinking while interviewing Bruno in Bahrain during the press scrum after his first day in the F1 car, about the huge contrast to his uncle’s career in the series. That is to say, Bruno was some 12 or so seconds off the fastest time in his first practice session in his new Hispania car in what felt hardly just for such a name. But then, as I saw the way Senna spoke about his day, and the guts and simplicity with which he has accepted to start off in such difficult circumstances, I felt complete respect for him. And I can only imagine how his uncle would be coaching him and helping and encouraging him. And instead of the seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher now racing, perhaps history would have been completely different. Schumacher is the first to say that he would not necessarily have won that first title, at least, had Senna not died on May 1, 1994, at Imola in a Williams that would by the end of the season have regained much of its former strength. I have not written much about Senna, but I still remember the strong feelings I had researching and writing the story on the 10th anniversary of Senna’s death at Imola. Ayrton Senna would have been 50 today. I think not a race goes by without someone in the paddock talking about Senna, the triple world champion who died in a crash at Imola in 1994, and his spirit is certainly still present throughout the series. Now, of course, his nephew Bruno Senna has arrived in Formula One. I was thinking while interviewing Bruno in Bahrain during the press scrum after his first day in the F1 car, about the huge contrast to his uncle’s career in the series. That is to say, Bruno was some 12 or so seconds off the fastest time in his first practice session in his new Hispania car in what felt hardly just for such a name. But then, as I saw the way Senna spoke about his day, and the guts and simplicity with which he has accepted to start off in such difficult circumstances, I felt complete respect for him. And I can only imagine how his uncle would be coaching him and helping and encouraging him. And instead of the seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher now racing, perhaps history would have been completely different. Schumacher is the first to say that he would not necessarily have won that first title, at least, had Senna not died on May 1, 1994, at Imola in a Williams that would by the end of the season have regained much of its former strength. I have not written much about Senna, but I still remember the strong feelings I had researching and writing the story on the 10th anniversary of Senna’s death at Imola. 2010-03-21T11:24:31+00:00