Stephen Crabb, a Conservative MP, claimed his "main home" was a room in another MP's flat, after buying a new house for his family at taxpayers' expense.
Mr Crabb claimed more than £8,000 to refurbish a flat in London and sold it for a large profit. He then "flipped" his second home expenses from the flat to a house he was buying for his family in Wales.
The MP then designated a room in another flat, rented by Daniel Kawczynski, a fellow Tory backbencher, as his main home. When approached by The Telegraph, Mr Crabb said he made the flip after being encouraged by an official in the Commons fees office.
Mr Crabb bought the orginal flat in Southwark for £68,000 in 1997. Over seven months, from July 2006, he took advantage of the small mortgage interest charges on the flat to claim £8,049 for refurbishment.
This included £1,451 on repainting, £549 for a sofa and £435 for bedroom furniture at John Lewis, where he also claimed £500 for a goose down duvet and corner TV unit.
Mr Crabb claimed a further £662 for a leather chair, £535 on three rugs and £350 on a coffee table from Laura Ashley. Having claimed for refurbishing it, Mr Crabb sold the flat for £240,000 in September, 2007.
He then switched his allowances from the flat to the new £310,000 family house in his constituency of Preseli Pembrokeshire, Wales, where he lives with his wife, Beatrice, and two children.
This allowed him to claim £9,300 in stamp duty and £1,325 per month in interest on its mortgage. Mr Crabb said "an official in the fees office" told him, "Steve, I'm looking at your allowances and you've spent hardly anything".
"He said, 'you'd get more for your allowances if you switched'," Mr Crabb said.
He made the switch and claimed the stamp duty on his new house. He assigned a room in the flat rented by Mr Kawczynski, the MP for Shrewsbury and Atcham, as his main home and began to pay half the rent. Commons officials were informed. He continued claiming mortgage interest for the Pembrokeshire house until August last year. In all he has claimed £67,633 in second home expenses since 2005.
Mr Crabb said he had since moved out of Mr Kawczynski's flat and into another. He said he had flipped his expenses to this flat because he was carrying out renovations to the Pembrokeshire house and it "didn't feel right" to use taxpayers' money.


on 11/01/2017 On the occasion of Annual day celebration.
Honourable chairman distinguished Guests, members of the Vidyalaya Management committee, Members of the staff, Parent Teacher Council members, Dear parents, press reporters and beloved Children.
On this Pleasant morning, it gives me an immense Pleasure to welcome you all for the Annual Day Celebrations.
It is my Privilege to brief you all about the activities and achievements of this Vidyalaya during the academic year 2016-17.
Navodaya Vidyalaya samiti is, an autonomous body formed by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India and was established by the government of India in 1986, under NEP (New Education Policy) of 1986 to provide good Quality Modern Education, to the talented children of predominantly from rural areas, without any consideration to their Family socio, economic conditions.
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Krishnapuram, Nellore, had its birth in a humble manner in residential buildings in 1986. Ever since its birth it has hatched out 23 batches.
Through a systematic academic planning, activity oriented lessons, and unit wise testing and C.C.E (continuous comprehensive evaluation), remedial Classes, action plan for low Achievers and retesting after every unit, the School is trying its best to achieve Academic excellence.
All the students from class VI to class X completed FA1 ,FA2 ,FA 3 and SA1 Exam and 4 U.Ts and T.T-1 for class XI /XII also completed. Each class achieved 100% pass.
With a view to cope up with the ever altering learning process, and to avoid the boredom of the traditional method of learning, computer aided learning has been given the utmost importance. In the well-furnished Multi Media centre with 41 computers, PGT(IT), and FCSA and Teachers trained in computers under Project Siksha are adopting and supplementing this objective.
Our Vidyalaya has Samsung Smart room, with latest Laptops loaded with the softwares incorporated with animations and rare pictures , servers, broad brand, LCD projectors, laser & Ink Jet printers televisions and Digital Cameras.
All subjects are taught in smart computer room with separate Time Table.
Children are given access to educative, Informative and entertaining programmes with the help of TATA Sky connection at regular intervals.
To keep pace with changing times, teachers of this Vidyalaya are given training from time to time at various venues.
Myself (Mr. Rajan.N.P. principal of the Vidyalaya) attended a work shop on "Safety And Security And Adolescent Mental Health Issues" held at NLI Hyderabad from 09/09/2014 to 13/09/2014.
Mr. M. Arumugam PGT English attended a workshop on "ASL English PGTs & TGTs English at NLI Guntur on 08/01/2014.
Mr. Adi Narayana Reddy PGT Maths attended a workshop on Effective Class room management for PGTs at NLI Guntur form 04/08/2014 to 08/08/2014.
Mrs. T.S. Dhanya PGT Biology attended a workshop for Master Trainer on Adolescence education program at JNV Mysore from 12/05/2014 to 17/05/2014.
Mr.K. Srinivasa MoorthyTGT (Science), Mr.B.V.Ravi Krishna TGT Maths, P. Samyuktha Rani TGT Hindi, N. Lakshmi TGT English, K. Malleswar Reddy TGT Maths, D.V. Ramana chari TGT Telugu, M. Parama Sivaiah TGT Social Science attended workshop on Effective Class room management for TGTs at JNV Visakapatnam from 14/07/2014 to 18/07/2014.
Mr. S. Krishna Reddy TGT English attended a workshop on "ASL English PGTs & TGTs English at NLI Guntur on 08/01/2014.
Mr.B.Jagan Pet attended 21 days Induction course for newly recruited PETs at NLI Hyderabad form 04/07/2014 to 24/07/2014.
Mr. J. Hemanth Kumar Office Superintendent attended workshop value education at RIMSE Mysore from 10/11/2014 to 19/11/2014.
Mr. J. Prudhvi Raj LDC attended workshop on induction course for LDCs at JNV Mysore from 24/11/2014 to 29/11/2014.
1. Dr. C. Ram Prasad deputy DM & HO Udayagiri cluster Dr. N. Koteswara Rao ophthalmic officer,community health nutrition officer , udayagiri and Shri Sk.Akbar bhasha Health Supervisor PHC Marripadu –graced the celebration Dr.N.Koteswara Rao Ophthalic officer impressed upon the importance of health and specified of the eyes and briefed about the wrap of maintaining it.
3. Quit India day was Observed on 9th of August 2016 Rally was conducted the children of class IX went to krishnapuram center and recited the slogans and public about Quit India Day.
4. World Literacy day was observed on 8th of September 2016.a Rally was conducted and the children of class X went on procession to krishnapuram center reciting the slogans improving upon the importance of education.
5. Swacch Bharat fort night was celebrated 9th November to 23rd November Mr.M.siva Sankar (HM & MRP) of Govt. CPS school Krishnapuram.gave message on the importance of cleanliness.
7. An AIDS rally was conducted by all the VIII class students on 01/12/2016 at the nearby village to educate the villagers about the causes and remedies for AIDS.
Our School has a rich and voluminous library with valuable books – 8433 and 27 periodicals published in three languages and seven prominent Dailies.
National Book week was celebrated from 14/11/2015 – 20/11/2015.
1. T. Lohit Sai (Scout) XI, M. Mounika (Guide) XI are participated in adventure course on leadership, team building and disaster management oragnisation by Everest Foundation held at Manali from 8th Oct to 13th Oct.
2. On 7th Nov, 2016 Scout & Guides of this Vidyalaya observed Bharath Scout & Guides Foundation day and fund raising prograsmme by selling of flags.
A unit of Bharat Scouts & Guides functions efficiently under the guidance of the Scout Master, Sri.G.Janaki Reddy & Guide Captain Smt.P.SATHYA PET(L).
1. CATC-V NCC Camp (27.07.2016 – 05.08.2016) 10 days.
As in the past different national and religious festivals like Independence Day, Republic Day, Gandhi Jayanthi, Teachers Day, Ganesh chathurthi, Ambedkarjayanthi, ……etc were celebrated with solemnity and joy at the Vidyalaya.
On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanthi and Lal Bahudar Sashtri Swach Bharat Swach vidyalaya Abhiyan campaign started on 2nd October 2014 to November 2014. Various activities carried out such as posters making, poem recitation, skits film shows etc.. to inculcate habits of cleanliness among the students. Sramadhan and oath taking was done by the students and the staff on 02.10.2014.
On the occasion of international white cane day a demand draft of Rs2200/- was sent from J.N.V Nellore to educate visually challenged child.
Vigilance awareness week was observed from 27.10.2014 to 01.11.2014. The Chief guest Shri. Vijay Bhaskar,Circle Inspector of udayagiri gave an exhaustive lecture on corruption and suggested urgent measures for eliminating it.
National education day was observed on 11.11.2014 in M.P Hall and various programmes related to importance of education were displayed and also highlighting the contributions of our first education minister Shri.Moulana Abdul Kalam Azad in a befitting manner.
The vacant posts of PGT Chemistry, PGT physics, PGT Geography, PGT Hindi PGT IT, TGT Hindi, Music teacher and FCSA were filled up on contract basis.
In case of cluster level athletic meet held at JNV Chittoor, 06 students were selected out of 19 participants and one was selected for national 24% of regional selected candidates.
National Science Congress is the programme organized by Samiti to improve scientific thinking and scientific temper in children. From our school four students were selected for National Science Congress and presented their projects held at JNV GUNTUR.
PARENT TEACHER COUNCIL MEETING is conducted on every second Saturday of every month to discuss the developmental process and various problems faced by the students. I am thankful to the PTC for giving full co-operation &contribution for cement concrete construction at dormitories.
Once again, I thank to all the PTC members and other donors for their kind support.
As part of the Migration policy NVS, 30% of the total number of students who are studying in class 9th are migrated to Hindi Speaking districts of India for the promotion of National integration. Accordingly the students of our Vidyalaya migrated to JNV SIRSA, Odhan (Dt.) of Haryana every year. It is a pleasing experience to observe children of different states of India living together and sharing rich culture and learning.
We are very grateful to the Honorable district collector & VMC Chairman, for his constant support towards the management of the Vidyalaya. I thank all the parents for their support and active participation. I also thank PTC members for their tremendous support whenever I demanded from them. I thank all my colleagues who work with untiring zeal and dedication. And above all the almighty for His abundant blessings.


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Breese Stevens Field Lease Extended
posted by iHeartMedia Sports Staff - May 16, 2018
The Madison City Council voted unanimously to approve a 10-year lease extension for Breese Stevens Field to be managed by Big Top Events.
The measure includes provisions to alter the schedule of improvements that were previously scheduled to happen over the next five years to now proceed in 2018. The expedited stadium renovations clear the way for a new professional soccer team to launch at the facility in the Spring of 2019. The owners of Big Top Events, who also own the Madison Mallards, have scheduled a news conference and public event for this Thursday, May 17th at Breese Stevens Field. Gates will open at 5:30 pm and a limited number of commemorative items will be distributed to the public to celebrate the announcement.
"As we look forward to the 2019 summer with the anticipation of professional soccer at the venue, which we all agree is the best purpose, the best years and the best use of that facility is certainly in front of us," Big Top Events president Vern Stenman said.
The new 10-year agreement calls for:
• A City investment in improvements to the facility to include increased seating capacity, a new public address system and player amenity upgrades.
• Adding eight free community access days to the stadium.
• Maintaining seven concerts per year with the option for an additional concert pending prior approval of the Parks Division superintendent in consultation with the alder.
• Maintaining a 10 p.m. curfew for concerts.
• Capping school-night events at 20 over the 10-year period, approximately two per year, and a maximum of three in any given year.
• Allowing the facility to host a professional soccer team.
Breese Stevens Field is a multi-purpose stadium listed on the National Registry of Historic Places and located in downtown Madison on East Washington Avenue. The facility is managed by Big Top Baseball, the same group that operates the Madison Mallards and three other baseball teams throughout Wisconsin. The stadium hosts athletic events, concerts, community events and more annually.
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FDIC: Doral 'significantly undercapitalized;' stock plunges
Doral had an active corporate social responsibility agenda prior to its closing last month. (Credit: © Mauricio Pascual)
Doral's dwindling capital levels are under the FDIC's watch. (Credit: © Mauricio Pascual)
Doral Financial Corp.'s stock plunged nearly 25 percent Wednesday after disclosing it had received a warning by Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. that it falls within its "significantly undercapitalized" category.
In a filing before the Securities and Exchange Commission, Doral disclosed it had received a letter from the FDIC on Sept. 26, in which the regulator notified the bank's Board of its grim status. The letter follows a first the FDIC sent the bank in June, in which it said Doral fell within the "undercapitalized" category.
Like the first missive, the second letter stated that Doral Bank must increase its capital enough to comply with the minimums required by a Consent Order the FDIC previously issued, or "submit a contingency plan for the sale, merger or liquidation of Doral Bank by July 7, 2014."
The most recent letter informs the Board that to date, the FDIC has not received the capital restoration plan or the contingency plan, and that both plans must be "submitted immediately."
In response, Doral said "given that transactions that form the basis for these plans have only recently been completed or are still underway, information for the plans is still being developed and finalized."
Doral said continues to keep the FDIC apprised of the development of its written capital restoration and contingency plans.
"Once Doral Bank has consummated the last of the transactions that are underway, and which are subject to compliance with regulatory requirements, [it] intends to embody the information already provided to the FDIC in a formal written capital restoration plan and a contingency plan reflecting the then-operating size and business activities of Doral Bank and to submit those written plans to the FDIC to satisfy FDIC requirements."
Doral Bank maintains it has readily available liquidity sources of approximately $1 billion, which "is adequate liquidity to continue to operate its business and serve its clients both in the Puerto Rico and U.S. market."
Meanwhile, in the filing, Doral also informed the SEC that it had amended its previously disclosed deal to sell $17.5 million in commercial real estate loans to Abbey Finance Holdings PR, LLC to include additional assets consisting of approximately $24.1 million of residential mortgage loans and residential real estate owned properties.
Abbey Finance Holdings agreed to pay $16.7 million in cash, consisting of approximately $13.2 million for the residential assets and $3.5 million for the commercial assets. Doral Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of Abbey Finance Holdings, will continue to service the assets for an interim period, the bank said.
Despite the sale, Doral will continue to be undercapitalized, it said, estimating that the total amount of losses expected in connection with the sale will be between $20 million and $25 million, before income taxes.
Wednesday's developments are the latest in a string of events Doral has been navigating through in recent months as it addresses its bottom line issues. The bank is also tangled up in a battle with the Treasury Department over a tax refund of $229.8 million it claims the government agency granted it in 2012, but which Treasury nullified in April.
The judge presiding the case reportedly said Wednesday a decision on the trial that concluded last week will not be made until at least Oct. 8.
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Men's T&F Competes at BU; Three CCSU Records Fall
The Central Connecticut men's track and field team completed competition at the Boston University Terrier Invitational on Saturday. Three Blue Devils broke CCSU records in the meet including senior Craig Hunt as well as juniors Brian Biekert and Jordan Watkins.
Hunt broke the CCSU 3,000m record with his time of 8:17.22 on Saturday morning. His time surpasses the previous record of 8:17.58, set by current assistant coach and former Central standout distance runner Sam Alexander in 2012. Hunt finished 22nd out of 103 runners and was followed by junior Andrew Hill in 38th. Hill crossed the line in 8:28.81, registering a new career-best time in the event.
In the one mile run, Biekert finished the race in 4:06.05 for 18th place out of 176 runners. His time shattered the previous Central record of 4:09.05 which Biekert set last season as a sophomore.
For the fourth-consecutive meet, Watkins surpassed the CCSU record in the 60m hurdles. He posted a time of 8.22 seconds, finishing fifth and shaving even more time off of his own record. Watkins began the season holding the record at 8.39 seconds.
In the 400m dash, junior Jamal Fruster finished 18th of 152 with his time of 48.60. Fruster was followed by freshman Zach Andrews (67th, 50.45) and junior Ryan Budd (70th, 50.58).
Fruster also performed well in the 200m dash, placing 42nd of 159 with his time of 22.54. Fruster was followed closely by freshman Kendall Walker (50th, 22.64). Also competing in the event were juniors Jamie Tobias (22.82) and Chris Savvidou (22.88). Both earned new career-best times in the race finishing 61st and 68th, respectively.
Sophomore Matt Walker also registered a new career-best time Saturday, finishing the 5,000m run in 14:57.86.
Also performing well on the track was freshman Jevon Elmore. Elmore, who is also on the Central football roster, sprinted the 60m dash and finished 14th of 106 with his time of 7.01 seconds. Kendall Walker and Savvidou followed in 7.16 and 7.29, respectively.
The Blue Devil 4x400m relay team, consisting of Budd, Fruster, Andrews and sophomore Malcolm Connor, placed 19th out of 44 squads (3:19.88).
In the field events, Tobias finished 14th in the high jump (1.90m) and was followed by Watkins who earned a career-best height of 1.85 meters.
Junior Michael Ficorilli competed in both the shot put (13.74m) and weight throw (13.86), earning 29th and 37th place overall. Freshman Jeremy Willis also competed in the weight throw. His toss of 10.68m registered a new career-best for Willis.
Sophomore John Sudol also bested his own previous career-high. He leapt for 12.88 meters in the triple jump event, good for 22nd place. He was trailed by freshman Kwency Crittenden in 23rd (12.85m).
The Blue Devils are set to return to action next Saturday, Feb. 1 when they travel to Kingston, RI for the URI "Coaches" Coed Invitational.
July 24, 2014 Men's Track & Field, Hunt Earn Academic Honors
July 3, 2014 Sauter Competes in USATF Junior Outdoor Championships
June 6, 2014 Rashad Williams Qualifies for PR National Track Meet
June 4, 2014 Blake Prepares to Defend Mt. Washington Title
May 29, 2014 Fruster, Hunt Compete at NCAA East Prelims
May 28, 2014 Trio Set for NCAA East Preliminary
May 27, 2014 MTF Earns 21 All-NEC Spots; Blake & Staff Recognized
May 16, 2014 Men's Track Completes IC4A Championships
May 10, 2014 Men's Track Completes New Englands Saturday
May 9, 2014 Walker Wins 5K at New England Championships
May 4, 2014 Men's Track Wins First NEC Outdoor Championship
May 3, 2014 CCSU 4th on Day One at NECs; Hunt Wins 10,000m
April 26, 2014 Men's Track and Field Second at UNH
April 22, 2014 Biekert Two-Time NEC Track Athlete of the Week
April 19, 2014 Men's Track Completes Day Two at Princeton
April 18, 2014 Biekert Breaks 3,000m Steeplechase Record
April 15, 2014 Biekert Tabbed NEC Track Athlete of the Week
April 12, 2014 Men's Track 4th at UMass Invitational
April 12, 2014 Biekert Breaks 1,500m Record Set in 1964
April 8, 2014 Hunt Named NEC Track Athlete of the Week
April 5, 2014 Men's Track & Field Competes at Stanford and AIC
March 29, 2014 Men's Track Competes at Monmouth
March 22, 2014 Men's Track Wins CCSU Meet
March 2, 2014 Fruster Competes at Boston University Last Chance Meet
February 15, 2014 Fruster Breaks 400m Record Saturday
February 9, 2014 Men's Track & Field 3rd at NEC Championships
February 8, 2014 Men's Track Tied for Second After Day One at NECs
February 1, 2014 Men's Track & Field 6th at URI
January 25, 2014 Men's T&F Competes at BU; Three CCSU Records Fall
January 17, 2014 Biekert 1st at UAlbany; Watkins Breaks 60m H Record
January 11, 2014 CCSU Competes at Yale; Watkins Breaks 60m H Record
December 7, 2013 Watkins Breaks Record in Season Opener
Fri, 01/10 | Men's Indoor Track and Field Dartmouth Relays 3rd of 9 (All Day) RC | R
Sun, 05/05 | Men's Outdoor Track & Field NEC Championships 2nd of 9 (All Day) RC | R
Sat, 04/13 | Men's Outdoor Track & Field UConn Northeast Challenge 8-of-10 (All Day) RC | R
Sat, 02/16 | Men's Indoor Track and Field NEC Championships 4-of-10 (All Day) RC | R
Sun, 05/06 | Men's Outdoor Track and Field NEC Championships 2nd Place RC | R


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M.A., LMFT (MFC 50298), M.S., LAc. (AC 8941)
What's Your Attachment Style?
Couples who are secure together intrinsically know that they can both depend on each other. Such couples thrive because they know their partner has their back. They are not trapped in the false mindset promoting total independence from each other, a belief that is rooted in the fear of being co-dependent on each other. They know that there is a world of difference between being co-dependent and inter-dependent. As A. Levine and R.Heller, the others of the book "Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find – And Keep Love" point out, most people are only as needy as their unmet needs. Because our physiology is deeply connected to our psychology and our attachment system, when we become attached to someone who is unable and/or unwilling to meet our attachment needs, our mental and emotional health suffers. In fact, brain scans show that emotional pain is registered as intensely as physical pain. In other words, to truly feel and be independent, we need to know we can truly depend on our chosen person. All of this to say, it behooves us to choose carefully the person we attach to.
As pointed out in this video, the pairing of a person with an avoidant attachment style (aka Island) with someone with an anxious style of attachment (aka Wave) can be, especially in periods of high stress or emotional needs, quite rocky and challenging. Because each person is coming into the relationship from a totally different definition of what it means to be a couple, the clashes are often quite overwhelming and/or unsettling for both. In such pairings, "opposites attract" is activated to its fullest. Initially, each person is attracted to how different the other person is. Those differences are part of the "lust factor".
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They greatly contribute to the excitement each person experiences in the early stages of the relationship. As each person's individual attachment style returns –and soon or later they always do– the clashes in attachment needs begin to erode the connection and sense of safety in the relationship. When "Opposites attract" turns on its head, each partner confirms his/her innate views of relationships. The Island will be proven right that intimate relationships are suffocating and are asking too much from him/her. The Wave will be proven right that his/her needs don't really matter, that people are cold, selfish and distant, and that they are always left or easily discarded.
To avoid this heart-wrenching trap, it is very wise to vet our potential mates more mindfully. Letting our hearts, intense emotions, fascination with his/her personality, professional, financial, material or physical attributes, and the intense mind-blowing sexual connection –is such is the case– be the predominant forces guiding the dating process often lead to emotionally painful outcomes –and often break-up– down the line. When the relationship goes south, Islands have a tendency to move-on in search of the real, REAL ONE. Waves, on the other hand, are often affected more deeply and take much longer to mend their wounds and rebuild their sense of self. In fact, they are frequently left with an intense state of guilt and shame for their need for deep connection. Unfortunately, in most cases both Island and Waves will return into the dating pool and repeat the same missteps with someone new. This will only reinforce each person's initial beliefs about relationships.
As pointed out in the video, people who are deeply polarized at the extreme of either poles of the avoidant <––> anxious spectrum have a greater challenge when it comes to creating a culture of safety and trust in their relationship. On the flip side, they also have a greater potential for profound transformation and healing; untangle themselves from familial and trans-generational lineage of attachment styles. While this doesn't happen overnight, it holds the potential for real freedom; untangled oneself from what might hold him/her from having a successful intimate relationship!
What about couples who are, or want to be deeply committed but struggle to keep an organic flow between their different, often opposite needs for proximity and distance? And what about those couples who know that their ongoing fights are not really about the texts that were not returned in timely matter –which makes the person feel unseen and unimportant (Waves)– or the harsh judgment towards their partner for being too needy and wanting to hold hands in public –which makes the partner feel trapped and suffocated (Island)? When these couples, and the countless others also trapped in their negative relational dances, become aware that their ongoing patterns of arguing are ignited by archetypal forces bigger than themselves, they are a step closer to finding win-win solutions. Such couples may greatly benefit from a book like this one, and/or the help of a qualified professional. With proper support and expertise, these couples can; develop greater insights on their own interpersonal attachment styles and that of their beloved; learn how each person's attachment style affects his/her partner in daily life; learn to more accurately read each other's physiology; develop better skills to short-circuit the escalation of their negative bonding patterns, which only further damages their relationship; and learn to communicate more efficiently and lovingly.
Lastly, while working on our couple's dynamic requires consistent and steady work, and a genuine desire to learn a different way of being in a relationship, such work is quite transformative for both partners. While we can't change our partners but only ourselves, when each person is committed and dedicated to become an updated version of him/herself, in time a new couple dynamic emerges. A "couple's bubble" is created where each person knows he/she is safe because s/he is both dependent on, and independent of his/her partner. A "couple's bubble" within which it is safe to be inter-dependent!
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• Very dynamic! Experiencing & watching Nathan's facilitations provided a wonderful perspective.
• Great! I really liked Nathan's style. His work was very respectful and attuned. Working with him made me realize how much more I want to learn.
Nathan, thank you for sending me the blog titled "How Our Attachment Style Affects Our Relationships". I learned a lot about myself, and about my connections to others. I am hoping to apply this knowledge in my life and appreciate the audio clips immensely. I still feel so GRATEFUL for the time spent in your counsel and I have recommended you. Your calming presence and ability to be a great listener, is appreciated. I will pass on your name, especially when I believe they can benefit from Chinese Medicine as an adjunct.
Best wishes! And a heartfelt thank you!
Nathan brings deep insight and instincts to his Voice Dialogue work that allow him to know just what to focus on. This training provided a profound shift in the way I see myself and the world. His mastery of this work, especially in the area of human energetics, puts him in among the top practitioners and trainers of Voice Dialogue in the world. Nathan's gentle and accepting presence alone open the pathway for healing and insight.
Martha-Lou Wolff, Founder & Director of the Southern California Voice Dialogue Institute
Co-facilitating workshops and classes with Nathan, since 1996, has always been a great experience. His passion for Hal & Sidra's work (the founders of Voice Dialogue) and his extensive expertise with the work, make him one of my favorite facilitators with whom I can deepen my own process. Nathan is definitely an asset to the Voice Dialogue community.
Thanks again for our Skype meet up. As always, helpful and refocussing!
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Nathan is a gifted clinician who is always exploring new areas of learning and research to integrate into his already extensive "therapeutic tool kit." Most importantly though, he is compassionate and cares deeply about others, which are the qualities that, when combined with the tool kit, make Nathan a truly wonderful therapist.
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In my thirty years of work in the mental health field, I have interacted with a host of psychotherapists. Mr. Bergeron has distinguished himself as one of the most gifted of therapists I have ever known. He integrates exceptional professional skills with a compassionate, nurturing heart. As a psychologist, I regularly make referrals to him. Although there are many people who hold a license as a "therapist", Mr. Bergeron practices the art and science of a therapeutic healer.
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If someone knows about the comprehensive care a person confronting a serious illness needs to receive, that person is Mr. Bergeron. He brings a wide array of methods and strategies for the well being of the emotional, mental and physical wellbeing of his patients, along with a friendly and compassionate approach.
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Prior to having the treatments by Nathan, I had a feeling of intense pain and heat in my lower abdomen with fatigue, weakness and sometimes nausea. Since my first treatment from Nathan I have been pain free. I'm happy to report that these symptoms are no more a painful concern of mine! PS: I didn't believe in acupuncture and hated the thought of it.
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Years ago an ear infection had left me in terrible pain and no specialist or drugs could cure me. With no optimism, I came to Nathan. Three days after my fist visit the pain had drastically subsided to soon be totally cured. For years now, I have been coming back for problems as varied as backaches to sinus congestion. His great knowledge along with his gentle and caring ways has made him a tremendous help to me. Thanks Nathan.
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WhatsApp extends support for BlackBerry, Nokia until July 2017
Encrypted messaging app WhatsApp first announced its big move on the last day of February. We now know that the move will not fully take place before the last of the year as originally promised.
The Facebook-owned company has updated its original post that announced the end of WhatsApp support on several older mobile software platforms.
But if you have a Nokia S40, a Symbian S60 or a BlackBerry OS (including BB10) device, fret a little less — WhatsApp announced it will continue support for your device through June 30, 2017.
Those of you who have smartphones running any version of Android earlier than 2.3 Gingerbread will still be locked out at the end of the year — and even then, good luck firing up the Google Play Store. Windows Phone 7 and iOS 6 users will also find the same to happen to you. The company is advising that you upgrade your phone.
With over a billion users, WhatsApp is turning the page on millions of them — beginning in just days.
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Charlie passed away on 2 December 2006. He had been diagnosed with cancer earlier in the year but it was thought to be in remission. Indeed he and his wife had enjoyed a holiday in Canada as recently as October before the cancer returned in a particularly aggressive form and took him from us.
family. This was a trait that stayed with him all his life —thinking about and acting for others.
On being made redundant Charlie did not lie back and accept his fate. He felt he had responsibilities so off he went and retrained and became a self-employed as a joiner/handyman, a position he held until his untimely death.
While serving his apprenticeship Charlie joined 2 Troop of 300 Sqn. On being called up he joined 9 Sqn where he was in 1 Troop. He was amongst friends in 9 Sqn — Brian Earl, Theo Henderson and Willie Russell were all serving at that time and were all ex 2 Troop, 300 Sqn men. Charlie rejoined 2 Troop on his discharge and served until the reorganisation of the TA in the late 1960s.
3 members of the Association and 3 from the PRA carried Charlie's coffin at his funeral. This was a humanist funeral and the coffin was cardboard. This was particularly appropriate, as he had been heard to comment in his capacity as a joiner "coffins are a waste of good wood". His son and daughter both spoke movingly of him and there could be no doubt he was a much-loved man who will be sadly missed.
Charlie leaves his wife, son and daughter behind and our thoughts are with them.


Okay first of all, I am thirty. Not thirty one. I just want everyone to know that before you read any further, but yes, I'm in my thirties. Barely. But there. No longer in my twenties. Thirty. Oh God.
I was visiting the new (and incredible) Restoration Hardware in Denver a couple of months ago and as I was making my way down the grand stairway, I looked at myself in a mirror the size of a food truck and said, "Woah, I look old". My friend immediately attempted to comfort me by saying, "No you don't!", and I said, "No, no, not like in a bad way, but like…matuuure. I look like a woman who could be the mother of… high school kids". It was so weird; almost like I was looking into a mirror of the future and seeing myself as an adult, only it was present day and I was looking at me…I guess as an adult? It must be said that I was wearing a black turtleneck (yes, that one) and a vintage Bill Blass coat that can be best described as the coat Kevin's mom wore in Home Alone (visual), so perhaps that added some years, but I saw her…I saw Brittany, or should I say Ms. Rowan, at forty.
As we age our personal style evolves, or at least it should. I don't shop in all of the same stores I did when I was twenty one and I tend to buy classic pieces with more structure, but every now and then I see a look and I wonder, "Am I too old?".
A couple of weeks ago I wrapped up work on a late Friday afternoon and started to get ready to meet a friend for happy hour and a movie. The evening required comfortable clothing, but a cute look given the fact that it was a Friday night and we were heading to a restaurant downtown. I paired a billowy top with some leggings and boots, added a few accessories and light makeup for a look that felt appropriate in a social setting with wine and oysters, yet comfortable in a recliner chair inside a theater. The time came to fix my hair and as I flipped it to one side as usual, recalled the half bun I'd seen around. I shrugged it off; absolutely not Brittany. I know when to shut it down and my shut it down alarm was ringing loud and clear. After a little back and forth, I chose to ignore said alarm and see what it looked like, you know…for fun. It wasn't bad and I wasn't sure, but I did know that if there was a time to experiment, it was tonight when the bulk of my evening would be spent in the dark. Perfect. Could I do it? Reinforcement needed.
I texted fellow thirty somethings, my sister (very conservative, brutally honest) and girlfriend (less conservative, still honest) and not only did I get good feedback, I also found that my girlfriend was fighting the same bitter war!
Me: Guys, I need advice. And be realz. Heading to happy hour and then a 7pm movie. Going super casual but still trying to be cute. Can I pull off the half bun or is this my first encounter with being too old to be trendy?
Me: Really? Okay, you are the harshest critic so I think I'll go with it. Thanks!
Carlye: Okay, so I tried the half bun last week. I did it in private when I went to the doctor because I was scared of it too and figured the gyno had bigger things to judge. You rock it!
Ugh, what a relief to know I wasn't alone. Also a huge relief to know I had chosen friends who are also aware of aging gracefully (half buns are very graceful).
Carlye: Keep me postie on the half bunnie feedback!
*It should be noted that Carlye wore the half bun a week later (in public) and received a compliment from her beau. Yes, girl.
So where is the line drawn? How will we know what is appropriate and what is not in the coming years? Can we pull off less as we age more?? Should I start only wearing Talbots to ensure I am never on an offender list?! What if I don't have a bitchy daughter to tell me when I shouldn't wear something?! How will I know!?!? It's so easy to judge when you're not being judged. Enjoy it while you've got it, twenty somethings.
I wish I could end this by saying, be yourself. Who cares? Wear what makes you feel good! But I can't. Because I care. And I feel good when I look good.
As I transition into my thirties I will try to limit myself on peaking trends, leave costume goods such as hippie headbands and flash tats for festivals (you guys I've never worn flash tats anywhere other than a festival, I swear), and if I do experiment with something that is "in the moment", will try my best to pair with understated and classic pieces.
Good luck to you. Better luck to me.


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package org.scalaide.debug.internal.model

import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
import scala.collection.JavaConverters.seqAsJavaListConverter
import org.junit.After
import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
import org.junit.Assert.assertFalse
import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
import org.junit.Test
import org.mockito.Mockito.mock
import org.mockito.Mockito.times
import org.mockito.Mockito.verify
import org.mockito.Mockito.when
import com.sun.jdi.Location
import com.sun.jdi.Method
import com.sun.jdi.ReferenceType
import com.sun.jdi.VirtualMachine
import com.sun.jdi.event.ClassPrepareEvent
import com.sun.jdi.request.ClassPrepareRequest
import com.sun.jdi.request.EventRequestManager
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference
import scala.concurrent.Future
import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext

class ScalaDebugCacheTest {

  val toShutdown = scala.collection.mutable.ListBuffer[() => Unit]()

  @After
  def shutdownRegistered(): Unit = {
    toShutdown.foreach(_())
  }

  /** Test the returned nested class when no data was cached.
   *  Check a few possible false-positive in the regex match.
   */
  @Test
  def getNestedTypesNotCached(): Unit = {
    val BaseName = "test01.a.Test"

    val (debugCache, classPrepareRequest1, classPrepareRequest2) = initNestedTypesMocks(BaseName, BaseName + "$", BaseName + "$a$b", BaseName + "$" + "Test", BaseName + "$Test2", "test01.a.TestTest", "test01.b.Test", "a." + BaseName)

    val actual = debugCache.getLoadedNestedTypes(BaseName)

    assertEquals("Wrong set of loaded nested types", Seq(BaseName, BaseName + "$", BaseName + "$" + "Test", BaseName + "$Test2", BaseName + "$a$b"), toSortedListOfTypeName(actual))

    verifyNestedTypesCalls(debugCache, classPrepareRequest1, classPrepareRequest2, BaseName)

  }

  /** Test the returned nested class when a new nested class has been loaded after an initial request filled in the cache.
   */
  @Test
  def getNestedTypesUpdateCache(): Unit = {
    val BaseName = "test02.a.Test"

    val (debugCache, classPrepareRequest1, classPrepareRequest2) = initNestedTypesMocks(BaseName, BaseName + "$", BaseName + "$a")

    val actual = debugCache.getLoadedNestedTypes(BaseName)

    assertEquals("Wrong set of loaded nested types", Seq(BaseName, BaseName + "$", BaseName + "$a"), toSortedListOfTypeName(actual))

    // 'receive' a ClassPrepareEvent from the VM
    val classPrepareEventFromVm = debugCache.subordinate.handle(createClassPrepareEvent(BaseName + "$b"))(ExecutionContext.global)
    while (!classPrepareEventFromVm.isCompleted) {}

    val actual2 = debugCache.getLoadedNestedTypes(BaseName)

    assertEquals("Wrong set of loaded nested types", Seq(BaseName, BaseName + "$", BaseName + "$a", BaseName + "$b"), toSortedListOfTypeName(actual2))

    verifyNestedTypesCalls(debugCache, classPrepareRequest1, classPrepareRequest2, BaseName)
  }

  /** Test that ClassPrepareEvent events are sent when needed, and not when no requested.
   */
  @Test
  def addAndRemoveListener(): Unit = {
    import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext.Implicits.global
    val BaseName = "test03.a.Test"

    val (debugCache, classPrepareRequest1, classPrepareRequest2) = initNestedTypesMocks(BaseName, BaseName + "$", BaseName + "$a")

    // a latch listener. It releases the latch when it receives a ClassPrepareEvent
    val testing = new ClassPrepareListener {
      val latch: AtomicReference[CountDownLatch] = new AtomicReference(new CountDownLatch(1))

      override def notify(cpEvent: ClassPrepareEvent): Future[Unit] = Future {
        latch.get.countDown()
      }

      def awaitLatch(time: Int): Boolean = {
        latch.get.await(time, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
      }

      def resetLatch(): Unit = {
        latch.getAndSet(new CountDownLatch(1))
      }
    }

    // register listener, and check get data

    debugCache.addClassPrepareEventListener(testing, BaseName)

    // 'receive' a ClassPrepareEvent from the VM
    debugCache.subordinate.handle(createClassPrepareEvent(BaseName + "$b"))

    assertTrue("Message was not received by listener before timeout", testing.awaitLatch(500))

    // unregister listener, and check get no data
    debugCache.removeClassPrepareEventListener(testing, BaseName)

    testing.resetLatch()

    debugCache.subordinate.handle(createClassPrepareEvent(BaseName + "$b"))

    assertFalse("Unexpected message was received by listener before timeout", testing.awaitLatch(500))

    verifyNestedTypesCalls(debugCache, classPrepareRequest1, classPrepareRequest2, BaseName)
  }

  /** Checks that the information about existing anon function method is correctly cached.
   */
  @Test
  def getAnonFunctionSome(): Unit = {
    val BaseName = "test04.a.Test"
    val MethodName = "applyOneMethod"

    val (debugCache, refType) = initAnonFunctionMocks(BaseName, MethodName)

    val actual = debugCache.getAnonFunction(refType)

    assertEquals("Wrong method", MethodName, actual.get.name())

    // and ask again, to check caching

    val actual2 = debugCache.getAnonFunction(refType)

    assertEquals("Wrong method", MethodName, actual2.get.name())

    verifyAnonFunctionCalls(refType)
  }

  /** Checks that the information about non-existing anon function method is correctly cached.
   */
  @Test
  def getAnonFunctionNone(): Unit = {
    val BaseName = "test05.a.Test"
    val MethodName = "notApplyMethod"

    val (debugCache, refType) = initAnonFunctionMocks(BaseName, MethodName)

    val actual = debugCache.getAnonFunction(refType)

    assertEquals("Unexpected method", None, actual)

    // and ask again, to check caching

    val actual2 = debugCache.getAnonFunction(refType)

    assertEquals("Unexpected method", None, actual2)

    verifyAnonFunctionCalls(refType)
  }

  /** Checks that method flags with 'true' value are correctly cached.
   */
  @Test
  def methodFlagsAllTrue(): Unit = {
    val BaseName = "test06.a.Test"
    val MethodName = "someMethod6"

    val (debugCache, method, location) = initMethodFlagsMocks(BaseName, MethodName)

    when(method.isConstructor()).thenReturn(true)
    when(method.isBridge()).thenReturn(true)

    assertTrue("Should be transparent", debugCache.isTransparentLocation(location))
    assertTrue("Should be opaque", debugCache.isOpaqueLocation(location))

    // and ask again, to check caching

    assertTrue("Should be transparent", debugCache.isTransparentLocation(location))
    assertTrue("Should be opaque", debugCache.isOpaqueLocation(location))

    verifyMethodFlagsCalls(method)
  }

  /** Checks that method flags with 'false' value are correctly cached.
   */
  @Test
  def methodFlagsAllFalse(): Unit = {
    val BaseName = "test07.a.Test"
    val MethodName = "someMethod7"

    val (debugCache, method, location) = initMethodFlagsMocks(BaseName, MethodName)

    when(method.isConstructor()).thenReturn(false)
    when(method.isBridge()).thenReturn(false)

    assertFalse("Should be not transparent", debugCache.isTransparentLocation(location))
    assertFalse("Should be not opaque", debugCache.isOpaqueLocation(location))

    // and ask again, to check caching

    assertFalse("Should be not transparent", debugCache.isTransparentLocation(location))
    assertFalse("Should be not opaque", debugCache.isOpaqueLocation(location))

    verifyMethodFlagsCalls(method)
  }

  private def toSortedListOfTypeName(types: Set[ReferenceType]): List[String] = {
    types.map(_.name()).toList.sorted
  }

  /** Create all the mocks required for nested type cache tests.
   *
   *  @param initialTypeNames the name of the types to return for 'allClasses'
   */
  private def initNestedTypesMocks(initialTypeNames: String*): (ScalaDebugCache, ClassPrepareRequest, ClassPrepareRequest) = {
    val debugTarget = mock(classOf[ScalaDebugTarget])
    val virtualMachine = mock(classOf[VirtualMachine])
    when(debugTarget.virtualMachine).thenReturn(virtualMachine)

    import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
    val allClasses = initialTypeNames.map(createReferenceType(_)).asJava
    when(virtualMachine.allClasses()).thenReturn(allClasses)

    val eventDispatcher = mock(classOf[ScalaJdiEventDispatcher])
    when(debugTarget.eventDispatcher).thenReturn(eventDispatcher)

    val eventRequestManager = mock(classOf[EventRequestManager])
    when(virtualMachine.eventRequestManager()).thenReturn(eventRequestManager)

    val classPrepareRequest1 = mock(classOf[ClassPrepareRequest])
    val classPrepareRequest2 = mock(classOf[ClassPrepareRequest])
    when(eventRequestManager.createClassPrepareRequest()).thenReturn(classPrepareRequest1, classPrepareRequest2)
    (classPrepareRequest1, classPrepareRequest2)

    val debugCache = ScalaDebugCache(debugTarget)

    toShutdown += (() ⇒ debugCache.dispose)

    (debugCache, classPrepareRequest1, classPrepareRequest2)
  }

  /** Check that the expected calls where made, and not too often.
   */
  private def verifyNestedTypesCalls(debugCache: ScalaDebugCache, classPrepareRequest1: ClassPrepareRequest, classPrepareRequest2: ClassPrepareRequest, baseName: String): Unit = {
    val virtualMachine = debugCache.debugTarget.virtualMachine
    // allClasses should be called only once
    verify(virtualMachine, times(1)).allClasses()

    // 2 ClassPrepareRequest should have been created, enabled then disabled
    verify(virtualMachine.eventRequestManager, times(2)).createClassPrepareRequest()
    verify(classPrepareRequest1, times(1)).enable()
    verify(classPrepareRequest1, times(1)).addClassFilter(baseName)
    verify(classPrepareRequest2, times(1)).enable()
    verify(classPrepareRequest2, times(1)).addClassFilter(baseName + "$*")
    verify(debugCache.debugTarget.eventDispatcher, times(1)).register(debugCache.subordinate, classPrepareRequest1)
    verify(debugCache.debugTarget.eventDispatcher, times(1)).register(debugCache.subordinate, classPrepareRequest2)
  }

  /** Create all the mocks required for anon function cache tests.
   */
  private def initAnonFunctionMocks(typeName: String, methodNames: String*): (ScalaDebugCache, ReferenceType) = {
    val debugTarget = mock(classOf[ScalaDebugTarget])

    val debugCache = ScalaDebugCache(debugTarget)

    toShutdown += (() ⇒ debugCache.dispose)

    val refType = createReferenceType(typeName)
    import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
    val methods = methodNames.map(createMethod(_)).asJava
    when(refType.methods()).thenReturn(methods)

    (debugCache, refType)

  }

  /** Check that the expected calls where made, and not too often.
   */
  private def verifyAnonFunctionCalls(refType: ReferenceType): Unit = {
    verify(refType, times(1)).methods()
  }

  /** Create all the mocks required for method flags cache tests.
   */
  private def initMethodFlagsMocks(typeName: String, methodName: String): (ScalaDebugCache, Method, Location) = {
    val debugTarget = mock(classOf[ScalaDebugTarget])

    val debugCache = ScalaDebugCache(debugTarget)

    toShutdown += (() ⇒ debugCache.dispose)

    val location = mock(classOf[Location])
    val method = createMethod(methodName)
    when(location.method()).thenReturn(method)
    val refType = createReferenceType(typeName)
    when(method.declaringType()).thenReturn(refType)
    val virtualMachine = mock(classOf[VirtualMachine])
    when(method.virtualMachine()).thenReturn(virtualMachine)
    when(virtualMachine.canGetBytecodes()).thenReturn(false)

    (debugCache, method, location)

  }

  /** Check that the expected calls where made, and not too often.
   */
  private def verifyMethodFlagsCalls(method: Method): Unit = {
    verify(method, times(1)).isBridge()
    verify(method, times(1)).isConstructor()
  }

  private def createReferenceType(name: String): ReferenceType = {
    val referenceType = mock(classOf[ReferenceType])
    when(referenceType.name()).thenReturn(name)
    referenceType
  }

  private def createMethod(name: String): Method = {
    val method = mock(classOf[Method])
    when(method.name()).thenReturn(name)
    method
  }

  private def createClassPrepareEvent(name: String): ClassPrepareEvent = {
    val event = mock(classOf[ClassPrepareEvent])
    val referenceType = createReferenceType(name)
    when(event.referenceType()).thenReturn(referenceType)
    event
  }

}


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Outdoor Technology has been growing its line of wireless audio products quite steadily. After a successful Kickstarter campaign last year, it launched its funky Turtle Shell speaker. It showed off several new wireless audio products at CE Week last month and is preparing to launch the Armadillo speaker, which doubles the size and intensity of the Turtle.
Outdoor Technology says that the Armadillo, which it first showed at CES in January, packs the same rugged, outdoor-ready design as the Turtle Shell into a package that's twice the size. The Armadillo can also be daisy chained from a single audio input with a second Armadillo to boost sound.
The Armadillo has Apple Airplay capabilities, giving iOS users a quick, seamless route to enjoy wireless audio. Other users can create a wireless connection with Bluetooth. Since it's aimed at heavy outdoor use, the Armadillo is waterproof and shockproof and includes an integrated carry handle for easy transport.
Outdoor Technology plans to get the Armadillo to market in the fall (northern hemisphere) for US$229.95.


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The champions of the pro driver esports boom
By Valentin Khorounzhiy
As COVID-19 forced society into lockdown, almost every major motorsport championship made use of the progress made by racing games and simulators over the past couple of decades to stage genuine sporting contests virtually.
But while there's no reason simracing shouldn't continue to thrive well beyond the coronavirus era, with most real-world championships either having already returned to the track or preparing to do so, the pro racer virtual contests are about to take a back seat to the real thing.
And though simracing equivalents have been mooted as potential winter series, many of the tournaments run by the real-world championships will not become regular fixtures, or even return for a second edition.
The various virtual series differed in how seriously they were taken or meant to be taken, they were still sporting contests – and their respective victors deserve a place in racing history.
Formula 1 Virtual GPs
Champions (unofficial): George Russell, Lucas Blakeley
F1 held a total of eight replacement Virtual GP events, on dates that were initially due to host grands prix in the real world.
Current F1 drivers were seven of the eight events, with Williams driver George Russell emerging as the dominant force down the stretch as he capped off the series with four wins on the trot.
F1 had not set out to make the events into a full-on campaign, but crowned Russell the unofficial champion in the end, with he and Nicholas Latifi also contributing to an unofficial teams' title for Williams.
Alongside the Virtual GPs, F1 also ran Pro Exhibition Races for its F1 Esports drivers, with Racing Point man Blakeley topping the standings.
Champion (unofficial): Scott McLaughlin
Penske Supercars driver Scott McLaughlin is in line for a real-life IndyCar outing (eventually), and became a permanent fixture in the series' six-round iRacing detour alongside all the championship regulars.
IndyCar made it clear it wouldn't award a title, but tallying up points under its real-life system left McLaughlin an obvious standout, aided by wins at Barber and Indianapolis.
The latter came in a controversial series finale, in which F1 guest Lando Norris – who had previously won on his online IndyCar debut at Austin – was taken out of the lead by Simon Pagenaud.
Champion (unofficial): Timmy Hill
Real-life Cup series underdog Timmy Hill was the top performer across the seven NASCAR Pro Invitational Series races on iRacing.
Hill finished all but one of the seven races in the top three, albeit taking first place just once – at Texas.
The other wins went to Denny Hamlin, Alex Bowman and William Byron, the latter picking up a series-high three victories. Byron sat out the North Wilkesboro finale, but had already been behind Hill in the unofficial standings by that point.
Champion: Shane van Gisbergen
The Australian series set the gold standard when it came to virtual replacement series, nailing the balance between entertainment and competition in its iRacing-based championship, coming up with a superb, fairly eclectic calendar and attracting some big guest names.
McLaughlin, the Penske driver who has won the last two real-life Supercars titles, looked in good position to add to his virtual IndyCar successes for much of the campaign.
Yet in the end he relented to a charging Shane van Gisbergen, the 2016 series champion racking up win after win (a total of 14 in 31 races) to beat McLaughlin by nearly 200 points in the end.
The Race All-Star Series
Champions, season one: Erhan Jajovski (overall), Maximilian Gunther (pros)
Champions, season two: Jenson Button (Legends), Nicki Thiim (Pro Cup), Bono Huis (Sim Masters)
Champions, season three: Juan Pablo Montoya (Legends), Oliver Rowland (Pro Cup), Yuri Kasdorp (Sim Masters)
After a series of standalone events, the All-Star Series transitioned into a championship and crowned its first champion in Erhan Jajovski, who made it a clean sweep of the three-round mini-campaign and was added to Romain Grosjean's new simracing outfit shortly after securing the title. BMW Formula E racer Maximilian Gunther was the highest-placed pro and therefore won $30,000 for charity.
The second season expanded to five rounds and split the competition into three classes. F1 2009 champion Jenson Button saw off Emanuele Pirro and Jan Magnussen to win the Legends Trophy crown, while a technical issue heartbreak for Esteban Gutierrez allowed Nicki Thiim to bag the Pro Cup title (with his Aston Martin squad winning the teams' championship). The honours in the Sim Masters class went to Mercedes and its driver Bono Huis.
The third season was held under the 'Triple Crown' format, and crowned another trio of champions. After a decider crash for Fernando Alonso, Juan Pablo Montoya narrowly saw off David Brabham to win the Legends title, while Nissan Formula E driver Oliver Rowland denied Agustin Canapino in the Pro Cup and Yuri Kasdorp stayed out of trouble to ultimately take the simracer crown by a substantial margin.
Formula E Race at Home Challenge
Champions: Stoffel Vandoorne, Kevin Siggy (Challenge Grid)
Daniel Abt's ringer prank and his subsequent sacking by Audi will go down as the defining moment of Formula E's virtual series, but its title fight was thoroughly engrossing, with Stoffel Vandoorne, Pascal Wehrlein and Guenther emerging as the standout competitors.
Guenther had won the first two races, but lost his early advantage and began to noticeably run out of luck over the rest of the schedule, leaving Wehrlein and Vandoorne as the two contenders heading into the decider.
And after Vandoorne was nudged into Wehrlein early in the finale by Sebastien Buemi, the Mercedes FE driver – who was earlier in the calendar denied an extremely likely win due to a clash with Abt's simracer ringer – capitalised to snatch the title.
For the luckless Wehrlein, this was his final appearance in Mahindra colours, as he announced his exit from the team the very next day and is now headed for the Porsche squad.
BMW i Andretti representative Kevin Siggy was a dominant force in the companion Challenge Grid events, and saw off fellow simracers in a winner-take-all finale to bag an FE test drive as the prize.
MotoGP Virtual Races
Champion (unofficial): Alex Marquez
Alex Marquez's unofficial title in the series that began as #StayAtHomeGP is probably scant consolation for the fact he appears to have lost his factory Honda ride for 2021 before having even started a race in 2020 – but it's an achievement nonetheless.
Marquez, Pramac's Francesco Bagnaia and Yamaha's Maverick Vinales each posted a first-, second- and third-place finish during the first three races of the series, held on first the 2019 and then the 2020 official MotoGP video game.
But Marquez's win in the fourth round was enough to leave him with an unofficial points lead that proved unassailable, even as he sat out the finale at Silverstone – won by debutant Jorge Lorenzo.
The only two riders who contested all five races were Bagnaia and Fabio Quartararo, placing second and fourth either side of Vinales in the unofficial standings, with Alex Marquez's MotoGP-dominating brother Marc competing the top five.
BRDC British F3
Champion: Nico Varrone
Argentinian racer Nico Varrone won the BRDC British F3 replacement series on iRacing, made up of five double-header rounds.
Varrone, a race winner in a part-time British F3 campaign last year, is due to link up with Chris Dittmann Racing for a full campaign in the series in 2020 – and represented the team in the virtual competition.
He sealed the title with his fourth win, which came in the penultimate race of the season at Donington.
British F4 iRacing Trophy
Champion: Chris Lulham
Free entry to one round of the real-life 2020 British F4 season was put up as reward for winning its seven-round virtual series in Dallara F3 machinery.
Luke Browning topped qualifying in each of the seven rounds, but arrived into the Brands Hatch finale with a 14-point deficit to Chris Lulham and surrendered his title aspirations as he went off in the reverse-grid finale – which Lulham won.
Both drivers represented Fortec, with Browning confirmed as part of its real-life full-season line-up for 2020, whereas Lulham's exact programme is still unclear.
Road to Indy eSeries
Champion, first season: Phillippe Denes
Champion, second season: Phillippe Denes
The IndyCar-supporting Road to Indy ladder of championships has already managed to fit in a pair of title contests in the virtual world since the start of the season, and Phillippe Denes won both.
Denes won three of the five races in the opening campaign to see off the challenges of Eduardo Barrichello (son of ex-F1 driver Rubens) and Braden Eves.
He then triumphed in the 10-race follow-up too, edging nearest rival Andre Castro by 50 points in the final standings.
Denes was 11th in the Indy Pro 2000 series, the middle tier of the Road to Indy, last year, and is continuing in the championship this year, having switched to the established RP Motorsport outfit.
Champion: Bruno Spengler
One-time DTM champion Bruno Spengler saw off fellow BMW factory driver Nicky Catsburg by six points to win the IMSA iRacing Pro Invitational series.
Spengler won the first two races at Sebring and Laguna Seca, and though he only collected one podium in the four remaining rounds, that initial cushion proved enough to secure the title.
This was despite a big collision with a spinning Ford in the finale at Watkins Glen, which sent Spengler airborne and cost him a lap – but though he only recovered to a 14th-place finish, Catsburg needed to win to snatch the championship and couldn't pull it off.
Shinya Michimi made up the top three in the championship, with Shane van Gisbergen a close fourth. But the Kiwi would've been a surefire title contender had he not missed the Sebring opener.
Esports WTCR
Champion: Gergo Baldi
The World Touring Car Cup's initial lockdown esports offering was largely dominated by simracers, and won by Hungarian driver Baldi, who had been its simracing champion the year prior.
Three wins in eight races propelled Baldi to this crown, as he saw off nearest rival Moritz Lohner.
Pro drivers were not completely outclassed however, with 2019 WTCR runner-up Esteban Guerrieri proving competitive and capping off a strong campaign with a reverse-grid win in the finale.
Subaru iRX All-Star Invitational
Champion: Mitchell deJong
The iRacing-based, Subaru-backed rallycross series comprised five rounds and featured a regular cast of RX specialists and IndyCar drivers, alongside the likes of World Rally Championship driver Craig Breen and NASCAR's Greg Biffle.
Breen placed fourth in the standings but with only half the points of runaway leader deJong, with Williams Esports driver Sami-Matti Trogen and ex-F1 driver Scott Speed – a multiple rallycross champion in the United States – slotting in between the pair in the standings.
DeJong's title came as little surprise, the California native being a past champion in Global Rallycross Lites and RallyX on Ice, but also a world champion in iRacing's rallycross discipline.
Velocity Racing Development International F4 Series
Champion: Dino Beganovic
The iRacing-based series, organised by F3 Americas and US F4 outfit Velocity, spanned 12 races in March and rotated Dallara F3, Formula Renault and Pro Mazda machinery.
Lots of drivers signed on to race in various F4 categories in 2020 took part, and a Ferrari junior emerged victorious.
Beganovic won four races en route to the title, clinching the crown in the penultimate race.
There were also four wins for Zak O'Sullivan, three for his British F4 peer Luke Browning and a sole win for new Red Bull Junior Team recruit Jak Crawford.
SRO E-Sport GT Series
Champions: Louis Deletraz (Pro), Jesus Sicilia (Silver)
GT World Challenge organiser SRO put on a five-round esports series in Assetto Corsa Competitizione, with a Pro class for professional racing drivers and a Silver category for simracers.
Haas F1 reserve Louis Deletraz, driving a Porsche, saw off McLaren driver Ben Barnicoat to clinch the title, picking up a single win at Barcelona along the way.
In the Silver class, Triple A Esports driver Jesus Sicilia won the Kyalami finale in the rain to move up from fifth in the standings and snatch the championship honours.
Virtual F2
Champion: Arthur Leclerc
Louis Deletraz has a claim at being the standout Virtual F2/F3 driver as well, having outscored everyone when it comes to race finishes only across the eight-race competition.
However, while Deletraz edged Arthur Leclerc 90 points to 86 in those calculations, Leclerc edges ahead when bonus points for pole positions and fastest laps are taken into account.
Ferrari-backed Prema driver Leclerc, who will race in the Formula Regional European Championship, swept the Bahrain opener in spectacular style – and while (much like with his brother Charles in Virtual F1) he couldn't recapture similar glories later on in the season, he still scored enough to emerge as the unofficial champion.
The teams' title went to Leclerc's Prema team, which was also represented by Renault junior Oscar Piastri, Sebastian Montoya and Frederik Vesti.
Formula Renault Esport Series
Champion: Cem Bolukbasi
Formula Renault Eurocup's online equivalent featured not only regulars from the series, but also guests from other categories and established simracers – and it's one of the latter who ultimately emerged victorious.
However, F1 Esports regular Bolukbasi – who actually had a real-life Eurocup outing with M2 Competition last year – was made to work hard for the trophy by ex-Renault F1 junior Victor Martins.
Martins and Bolubasi went into the final race of the championship level on points, and Martins actually got the jump on his pole-sitting rival at the start – only to suffer a bizarre spin that left Bolukbasi free to bring home the virtual silverware.
Bolukbasi will compete in the GT4 European Series this year, while Martins will enter a third Eurocup season as a likely title favourite – having finished fifth as a rookie and runner-up as a sophomore.
BRDC Esports Championship
Champion: Johnathan Hoggard
BRDC British F3 runner-up Johnathan Hoggard won three races in the five-race series organised, which was enough to secure him the crown with an event to spare.
The other two race winners in the campaign were Nissan Formula E driver Oliver Rowland and British GT race Sandy Mitchell, the latter seeing off the DTM's Ed Jones in a photo finish in the Interlagos finale.
Rowland finished runner-up in the standings.
Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup Virtual Edition
Champion: Larry ten Voorde
iRacing already hosts a high-prestige Porsche tournament for simracers, but has also put on an eight-race competition for real-life Supercup drivers.
The title in this one went down to Larry ten Voorde and Ayhancan Guven, both avid simracers but also race winners in the real-world Supercup.
Ultimately, ten Voorde swept the Monza finale to add this title to his simracing CV, which already included a win in the iRacing Bathurst 12 Hour in February with Team Redline.
Kokoro Invitational Series
Champion: Richard Verschoor
Reigning Macau GP champion and former Red Bull F1 junior Richard Verschoor edged Frederik Vesti by six points to claim the title in the four-round Kokoro Invitational Series, held in Dallara F3 machinery among racers from various junior single-seater categories.
Vesti had entered the final round at Silverstone ahead of Verschoor in the standings, but lost out to Verschoor in a close duel for victory in the opening race before being eliminated from contention right after the start in the reverse-grid finale – which opened the door to Verschoor's title.
The two drivers are both signed on to compete in F1 support series FIA F3 this season, with Verschoor lining up for MP Motorsport and Vesti turning out for reigning champion Prema.
Team Redline's Real Racers Never Quit
Champion: Max Verstappen
Redline's pro driver series gathered a truly impressive grid for its 12-race pro driver series, held on iRacing and using a wide variety of machines.
Current F1 drivers Max Verstappen and Lando Norris – both affiliated with Redline – headlined the entry list, and the former won six races en route to the title.
Two-time ADAC GT Masters champion Kelvin van der Linde was Verstappen's closest rival, racking up five wins of his own, while Norris triumphed in the remaining race – albeit only after a post-race penalty for on-the-road winner Guven.
Isolation eRacing Series
Champion, first season: Felipe Drugovich
Champion, second season: Muhammad Ibrahim
The WH Sports-organised Dallara F3 contest has put on a pair of championship seasons during the lockdown, with the second of them televised on UK broadcaster BT Sport. Both campaigns attracted an eclectic grid.
Lamborghini racer Ramez Azzam had won the first season's title on the road, but received a post-event points penalty for a collision, which put him level on points with FIA F3 racer Drugovich and handed the latter the title on countback.
F4 South East Asia driver Muhammad Ibrahim then won the second championship, beating DTM race winner and sometime F1 tester Dani Juncadella by eight points.
Audi RCCO #RaceHome
Champion: Nico Muller
Audi's charity series was hosted in Gran Turismo Sport in Audi e-tron cars, and featured its full DTM line-up along with other Audi-affiliated racers across 10 rounds.
It also allowed fans to take part, with the manufacturer selecting participants via a livery design contest.
Nico Muller, who was runner-up in DTM last year and also races for Dragon in Formula E, clinched the title with a round to spare.
Race for the World
Champion: Charles Leclerc
The F1 driver-organised three-round Race for the World series featured many of the Virtual GP regulars, albeit in much more informal circumstances and with the addition of Charles Leclerc's Ferrari-backed brother Arthur and Alex Albon's brother Luca.
The two younger brothers both ran at the sharp end, but ultimately could only complete the top three behind the elder Leclerc.
The series raised over $70,000 for the World Health Organisation's COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund.
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Q: TypeError: can only concatenate tuple (not "str") to tuple line 6 import os

import time

source = [r'C:\\Documents','/home/swaroop/byte', '/home/swaroop/bin']

target_dir =r'C:\\Documents','/mnt/e/backup/'

today = target_dir + time.strftime("%Y%m%d")

now = time.strftime('%H%M%S')

os.path.exists(today)

os.mkdir(today)

print 'Successful created directory', today

target = today + os.sep + now + '.zip'

zip_command = "zip -qr '%s' %s" % (target, ' '.join(source))

if os.system(zip_command) == 0:

print 'Successful backup to', target

else:
    print 'Backup FAILED'

today = target_dir + time.strftime("%Y%m%d")

Plees help
TypeError: can only concatenate tuple (not "str") to tuple

A: Check the comma as @MosesKoledoye said, the book has:
# 1. The files and directories to be backed up are
# specified in a list.
# Example on Windows:
# source = ['"C:\\My Documents"', 'C:\\Code']     # Example on Mac OS X and Linux:
source = ['/Users/swa/notes']
# Notice we had to use double quotes inside the string # for names with spaces in it.

# 2. The backup must be stored in a
# main backup directory
# Example on Windows:
# target_dir = 'E:\\Backup'
# Example on Mac OS X and Linux:
target_dir = '/Users/swa/backup'
# Remember to change this to which folder you will be using

your code has:
source = [r'C:\\Documents','/home/swaroop/byte', '/home/swaroop/bin']

target_dir =r'C:\\Documents','/mnt/e/backup/'

In the target_dir assignment the comma makes the right-side of the assignment a tuple.  To join two strings together use a +, not a comma:
 target_dir =r'C:\\Documents' + '/mnt/e/backup/'

better yet, use a single string.  However, /mnt is a Linux directory name, not a Windows one.  I suspect you actually need:
 target_dir = '/mnt/e/backup/'

You have also made the Windows path a raw string, which means the two back-slashes will be retained.  Either do this:
'C:\\Documents'

or this:
r'C:\Documents'

(unless or course you actually do want \\)
Edit:  I just noticed you also have an indentation problem:
if os.system(zip_command) == 0:
print 'Successful backup to', target
else:

should be:
if os.system(zip_command) == 0:
    print 'Successful backup to', target
else:

Finally, when you say "I copy all the code" and it fails, look to see where yours differs from what it says in the book.

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Are humans wired for violence? Evolutionary biology begs to differ
Marcia Pally | November 27, 2015
(RNS) Given the terrorist attacks of the last few weeks, one might be forgiven for feeling a bit bleak about the human species, its frequent use of violence and its failure to negotiate solutions. We must be hard-wired for violence. Or perhaps "war is a force that gives us meaning," as Chris Hedges put it in his 2002 book of the same title.
It turns out, however, that we're evolutionarily wired not for violence but for cooperation. "The vast majority of the people on the planet," writes Douglas Fry, "awake on a typical morning and live through a violence-free day — and this experience generally continues day after day after day."
The real story should be the 13,748 gazillion times human beings default to cooperation and kindness!
So we might want to look a bit closer at aggression and its causes.
For three millennia, the Abrahamic religions have said we're created — "wired" by God so to speak — for covenantal relationships. Violence is a sin against God.
But in the modern era, some think religion causes violence — though the French philosopher Rene Girard, who died earlier this month, believed violence causes religion.
These causal claims miss the target.
First, the idea that religion causes violence is belied by the staggering amounts of it perpetrated by secular regimes. The mayhem of the 20th century was unleashed by Europe's economic competition, by Stalinism, and by Nazism.
None of these had the defining feature of faith: a transcendent being whose principles one cannot tweak to suit oneself. We can look also at the violence committed by Pinochet, Idi Amin, Robert Mugabe, Mao, and the remaining roster of faithless murderers. Or we can look to the violence of East Asia, which proceeded for millennia without religion as motive.
In fact, the major faith traditions move us to compassion and understanding.
The first advocates of toleration before the 18th century Enlightenment — Sebastian Castellio, Baruch Spinoza, Roger Williams, and John Locke — were schooled in Judeo-Christian teachings.
With this in mind, blaming religion for human aggression is like blaming adultery on the marriage vows.
And to the list of modern religious leaders who championed peace (Dorothy Day, Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, Martin Luther King Jr., Desmond Tutu, Emmanuel Levinas, Abraham Joshua Heschel, etc.) we can add the Grand Mufti of Egypt, the Council on American-Islamic Relations and many other Muslims who condemn ISIS and its recent attacks.
So it seems religion doesn't cause violence. But neither does violence cause religion, as Girard held. The religion scholar maintained that a scapegoat must be found to resolve societal strife. The scapegoat is then expunged in a group rite that releases pent-up aggression and unites the group. This rite, Girard held, is the root of religion and other societal institutions.
Trouble is, Girard's theory is unsupported by evolutionary biology and anthropology. We are not governed by competition but rather by "hyper-cooperation."
The evolutionary benefits include improved hunting among cooperative rather than competitive clans and basic survival, as families and communities helped each other rear children. Even war is not genetically hard-wired but emerged through historical/cultural processes that are neither universal nor biologically necessary.
The idea that our gravest aggression is not biological but cultural suggests that we don't need to alter our cooperative nature but to address perversions of it.
One perversion comes not from competition for what others have but from fear that they will take what we have. This was Hobbes's point: fear drives people to "us-vs.-them" polarization and to zero-sum thinking. It overrides our cooperative biological-default and yields Hobbes' famous "war of all against all."
A second violation of our "reciprocal altruism" is the absence of a life commitment. The search for purpose beyond survival and "lifestyle" pushes us towards our greatest achievements in work, art, and moral conduct. A lack of such meaning — of self-transcendence — is corrosive. It leads to the familiar apathy, substance abuse, crime, suicide, and vulnerability to any "meaning" that comes one's way.
Millions of people in the Middle East, Central Asia, and immigrant neighborhoods of the West have reasons to feel that what they had (resources, dignity, control over one's life) has been taken away from them or their societies. Or they can't see any future opportunities. This is the upshot of longstanding regional problems, political and economic corruption, colonial policies, and globalization that leaves entire economic sectors and socio-economic classes out of the game.
Marcia Pally teaches multilingual multicultural studies at New York University and in the theology department at Humboldt University, Berlin. Her book "Commonwealth and Covenant: Economics, Politics and Theologies of Relationality" will be out in early 2016. Photo courtesy Marcia Pally
So when a chance for purpose comes along, a chance to belong, to repair wrongs, and work for a cause that gives one status and a sense that one matters, it's inviting. Self-sacrifice in war or terror can seem the greatest self-transcendence of all.
This is by no means justification for violence, just a bit of explanation of how our cooperative default gets sabotaged and ISIS-type "causes" move in.
Something to think about if we want to halt the violation of our biological good-naturedness so we can get to the 13,749 gazillionth human encounter of cooperation and kindness.
(Marcia Pally teaches Multilingual Multicultural Studies at New York University and is a guest professor in the theology department of Humboldt University, Berlin. Her book, "Commonwealth and Covenant: Economics, Politics, and Theologies of Relationality," will be out in early 2016.)


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Note Frank's middle name is not on his birth certificate. When he started school his teacher asked all the children for their first, middle and last names. When he got home he told his mother, "I need a middle name". And she gave him Yrungari. Em told me this story 4/26/09.


Kari Johnson, Program Director at Sojourn, is full of music to share!
The flow of Kari's recital included plenty of conversation between pieces. The goal was to "see" imagery in the music Kari would play.
Kari wrote four themes on a chalkboard: rivers, love, deep thoughts, and family. Then, she asked for imagery based on each theme. Rivers brought talk of canoes, trees, waterfalls, and bridges. Love and family both inspired memories about children, relationships, and time together. Deep thoughts delved into loneliness, work, the universe—even aliens!
Then, Kari took a melody related to each theme, like "Children of the Heavenly Father" and "The Prayer," while Sojourners listened and thought about the imagery. At the end of each song, any new images would be written on the board as well.
For the fifth song, a light, lively tune, there was no theme on the board! Instead, Kari asked Sojourners to use their imagination to create images and themes for the music. Afterwards, people shared their images. Family members, water, sunshine… "A little bit of everything!" said one Sojourner with a smile.
Kari's studies are impressively well rounded. After studying at St. Paul Bible College, she finished at Northwestern in St. Paul, graduating with degrees in Music Education, Music Performance, Psychology, and Bible Studies. This wide background helps her think creatively about music and how it affects people.
Kari, your music skills are just a small part of the blessing you are in this Sojourn family. Thank you for sharing your talents with us!


The concern is growing among fans at BS3 that time is slowly running out for the Robins for them to be able to turn it around.
After Bristol City's Tuesday night's defeat to Aston Villa, Lee Johnson said that "There's no getting away from it, Saturday against Burton is now a must-win game. A draw will not be good enough". So what happens now? We did draw and it wasn't good enough. We have dropped into the relegation zone and I honestly cannot see that with the current set up we will get out of it come May.
We have won 2 out of the last 20 games, losing 11 out of the last 15 and earning just 10 points out of the last 60. I honestly cannot think of any other manager who would stay in his job with statistics that are so bad. If you then consider the money that has been spent and the players that are at his disposal it makes it even more incredulous.
I know of a number of fans who have said that they will not be going to Ashton Gate whilst Lee Johnson remains in charge. Some of these fans have been following City home and away for 40+ years. Mr Lansdown please take note!! Your loyalty to Lee Johnson is admirably but it is sadly misguided.
All of your hard work over the last few years in providing the funds to reach the Championship and to build our fantastic stadium will be wasted, as we are sleepwalking into League One. We are losing fans now and will undoubtedly lose more if we get relegated and the stadium will feel empty.
I was at Newcastle and at Aston Villa and the fans were brilliant. Throughout both games they sang their hearts out and encouraged the team forward, even when things were going against us and despite poor second half performances. We received many plaudits from both the Geordies and Villans for our support. Let's not forget, these are fans that are used to the likes of Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool fans.
It seems that every time we take a step forward we take two steps back. Do we really look like we are capable of staying in this league? Of course things could have been different if Lee Tomlin's shot had gone in rather than hitting the bar, if Aaron Wilbraham's disallowed goal had been given and if Lee Tomlin had scored his penalty. However, it's all shoulda, woulda, coulda, the facts are you make your own luck and Burton could also point out a couple of good chances that they had, especially one from Lloyd Dyer when it seemed impossible not to score.
This WAS a must win game and the team did start brightly but I don't think we played with the intensity and tempo needed in our position. Once again our second half performance left a lot to be desired.
Something needs to change, the constant changing of players and formations just show that the Manager is lost. There is of course no guarantee that a change in Manager will make a difference but you only have to look at the likes of Leicester City and Blackburn Rovers to see what effect it can have. Claudio Ranieri lost his job despite achieving possibly the most unlikely of feats ever when winning the Premiership for Leicester last season. Craig Shakespeare has won two games in a row. At Ewood Park, Tony Mowbray has won 7 points out of 9 for Blackburn which has seen them switch places with City in the relegation zone.
I actually think it may be too late even if a new Manager / Head Coach is appointed. In truth we all know that if a change is made we won't get a proven Manager in, we will go cheap and for someone that is happy to do what the owner wants.