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The Stranger on the Bridge and Other Stories of Friendship and Support
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In the latest of our Bloggers' Days Out, fellow mental health blogger Aimee Wilson and I attended Stranger on the Bridge and Other Stories of Friendship and Support at George Street Social in Newcastle.
George Street Social is an alcohol-free bar and café run by the Road to Recovery Trust which offers hope and support to people in recovery from addiction problems.
We were among the first to arrive and were greeted warmly by Lucy Nichol who I first met last year at the launch of her book A Series of Unfortunate Stereotypes. Lucy is a trustee and marketing and communications lead for the Road to Recovery Trust, and chaired the event.
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The first to speak was Paula Cowie who is also a Road to Recovery trustee. Paula shared her lived experience and how important the Trust and George Street Social are to the local community.
Matthew Smith from the If U Care Share Foundation went next. He spoke with great honesty and openness about his older brother Daniel who took his life at the age of nineteen, and the impact his death has had on him to this day. The devastating experience led Daniel's family to found If U Care Share.
"Our aim is to prevent anyone feeling the pain we felt as a family when we lost Daniel. We truly believe that talking can save lives." (Shirley Smith, If U Care Share founder and Daniel's mother)
Third to speak was Jonny Benjamin MBE. I imagine most of us at the event knew the story of how a passing stranger stopped Jonny from taking his life in 2008:
The Stranger on the Bridge, which was made into a book and a documentary film, tells the story of how, having been recently diagnosed with Schizoaffective Disorder, Jonny stood on London's Waterloo Bridge and prepared to take his own life. That was until a stranger walking across the bridge talked Jonny down from the edge.
Jonny was immediately taken to hospital and didn't see the stranger again, but, with the support of the charity Rethink Mental Illness, he launched the #FindMike campaign, to track the stranger down. The campaign reached over 300 million people worldwide and eventually led to Neil Laybourn — the man who saved Jonny's life.
Hearing Jonny talk about what happened on the bridge was intensely moving for me, as I'm sure it was for everyone in the room. He spoke of Neil holding space, of his being engaged and "invested." Above all it was Neil's positivity and lack of judgement that made the difference, as well as him telling Jonny there was no need to be embarrassed. This stranger's acceptance, compassion, and simple humanity saved Jonny's life.
The final speaker was Ashley Lowe, Wellbeing Manager at Newcastle United Foundation. Ashley spoke passionately about the Foundation's wellbeing programme, their Be A Game Changer campaign, and why the football community is a great place to support your mates.
After questions from the audience there was an opportunity to meet the speakers. Lucy told me more about the events programme at George Street Social, including an upcoming evening at which she and fellow Trigger Publishing authors Mark Edwards and Paula McGuire will share their personal mental health experiences and discuss the inspiration behind their books.
Jonny and I spoke for a good while, exploring the evening's themes of support and friendship. I told him about me and Fran, our book, and how we support each other despite being three thousand miles apart. I could easily have talked with him for hours but there were other people waiting, Aimee included. There was just time for a photo (thanks, Vikki!)
I apologised to Aimee later for monopolising Jonny's time and for manoeuvring myself ahead of her in the queue. All I can offer in my defence is that I learned how to engage confidently with people from Aimee herself on our first Bloggers' Day Out at Newcastle's Life Science Centre:
Aimee is bolder than I am and I was fascinated to see how she engaged with people I might simply have nodded to in passing.
Seeing how Aimee engaged with people reminded me that you can never tell who you might meet or where a chance encounter might lead. Being passionate about your own work and interested in other people opens doors and possibilities.
All in all the evening more than lived up to its promise of being "an inspirational event for anyone interested in, experiencing or supporting someone with a mental health problem."
You can read Aimee's article inspired by the event on her blog I'm NOT Disordered.
The Road to Recovery Trust
www.roadtorecoverytrust.org.uk
If U Care Share Foundation
www.ifucareshare.co.uk
Jonny Benjamin
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The Stranger on the Bridge: My Journey from Suicidal Despair to Hope
Newcastle United Foundation
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Q: Some questions regarding an alteration of Grzegorczyk's theory of concatenation, $\operatorname{TC}$ Consider Grzegorczyk's concatenation theory $\operatorname{TC}$, a "weak theory of words over the two letter alphabet $\Sigma=\{a,b\}$" (this from Grzegorczyk and Zdanowski's paper Undecidability and Concatenation, pp.72-91 in Andrzej Mostowski and Foundational Studies, A. Ehrenfeucht, V.W. Marek, M. Srebrny (eds.)).

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*TC1: $x{\frown}(y\frown z)=(x\frown y)\frown z$

*TC2: $x{\frown}y=z{\frown}w \Rightarrow \\ ((x=z \land y=w) \lor \exists u((x{\frown}u=z \land y=u{\frown}w) \lor (x=z{\frown}u \land u{\frown}y=w))$

*TC3: $\lnot (\alpha =x \frown y)$

*TC4: $\lnot (\beta =x \frown y)$

*TC5: $\lnot (\alpha = \beta )$,
(where in TC3-5 $\alpha$ and $\beta$ denote the one letter words $a$ and $b$ respectively).
It should be noted that in the aforementioned paper Grzegorczyk and Zdanowski prove $\operatorname{TC}$ essentially undecidable, however, they also note that $\operatorname{TC}$ without $\operatorname{TC5}$ has a decidable extension, e.g., from p.85 of the article:

Indeed, if we drop TC5 then we can interpret all axioms in the model for arithmetic without zero $(\omega \setminus \{0\}, +, 1,1)$.  By Presburger['s] theorem this model has a decidable theory.

Suppose now that one drops TC5 and adds the following axiom introducing the notion of subtext $x \lt y$,  i.e. '$x$ is a subtext of $y$':

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*TC5a:  $x \lt y \Longleftrightarrow y=x \lor (\exists z,w )(x=y \frown z  \lor x=z \frown y \lor x=z \frown y \frown w)$

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*Question 1:  Is this new theory also decidable?

*Question 2:  Is this theory also consistent?

*Question 3:  If this theory is consistent, can the primitive recursive functions (appropriately recast in the language of concatenation) be consistently added? Can the first-order predicate calculus with only bounded numerical quantification be consistently added as well?

*Question 4. How much of 'contentual number theory' does the resulting theory capture?
(It should be noted that semantical (i.e. model theoretic) methods can be used here, much as Hilbert and Bernays did in the Grundlagen, vol I,ch. 2, "Elementary Number Theory--Finitistic Inference and its Limits.)

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Stock warrant represents potential $96M investment By Jon Springer on Oct. 09, 2020
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In connection with an ongoing business arrangement with Amazon, food wholesaler SpartanNash has issued warrants to an affiliate of the e-commerce giant to purchase up to 5.4 million shares of the company over the next seven years.
The agreement gives Amazon the potential to acquire nearly 14% of the Grand Rapids, Mich.-based company's outstanding shares for about $96 million over time at a price of $17.7257 per share upon vesting. SpartanNash stock closed at $17.02 per share Oct. 8 and soared to over $21, a nearly 25% jump, in early trading Oct. 9.
Grand Rapids, Mich.-based SpartanNash has been working with Amazon since 2016, helping to supply its Amazon Fresh delivery business. The new agreement comes as the Seattle-based e-tailer is believed to be on the verge of a major expansion of a new physical store, also known as Amazon Fresh. The first Amazon Fresh store opened last month near Los Angeles, but hundreds are more are expected, sources say.
The wholesaler detailed the warrant late Thursday in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The warrant vested with respect to 1,087,455 Warrant Shares upon issuance, with the remaining shares to vest in accordance with the terms. Any unvested portion of the Warrant will not vest subsequent to the termination of the agreement in accordance with its terms, the filing said.
Mark Shamber, SpartanNash CFO, in an email confirmed that SpartanNash has been distributing ambient, fresh and frozen foods to Amazon since 2016 but declined to comment specifically as to where it would be a supplier of goods to the big company. Asked whether it would be accurate to describe SpartanNash as a "primary wholesaler" for the new grocery chain, Shamber replied, "That would be a better question for the Amazon team. We do not have details regarding their sales and our relative proportion of our volume to their sales."
An Amazon spokesperson declined to comment beyond what was shared in the filing.
Karen Short, a Barclays analyst, said in a note to clients that the business agreement calls for Amazon to commit to making $8 billion in purchases through the life of the warrant agreement but added the new business "would need some time to ramp and wouldn't necessarily be straight line on volume growth."
That would also be consistent with store expansion, even as Amazon has publicly acknowledged only a few such units on the way.
"We view the opportunity with Amazon as a potential game changer for SpartanNash, with Amazon potentially becoming one of Spartan's largest customers," Short added.
Burt P. Flickinger III, a managing director of Strategic Resource Group—and a veteran of the food wholesaling business through his family's since-sold S.M. Flickinger Inc.—interpreted the agreement as a significant partnership that like Amazon's new entry into physical grocery, could have industrywide impacts.
"This is a beachhead position for Amazon to build and expand a long-term, productive and constructive partnership with SpartanNash," Flickinger told WGB in an interview.
And while its not usual for retailers to invest in wholesalers as part of supply agreements, he said the contemplated 14% stake was relatively significant.
"That is a considerable position, because most times when companies take a position to co-invest it's between 4.9% to 9.9%, so to go over 10% is significant," he said.
The deal will give Amazon the opportunity to benefit and learn from Spartan's expertise in areas like private brands, military commissary distribution and retail relationships with branded goods—the latter Flickinger considers to be a "painful achilles heel" for Amazon's other physical grocery chain, Whole Foods Market. Whole Foods, which Amazon acquired in 2017, has a separate supply agreement with a SpartanNash rival, United Natural Foods Inc.
According to Flickinger, who said he reviewed the Whole Foods-UNFI deal while advising a potential acquirer of Whole Foods back then, said he understood nothing in the UNFI-Whole Foods deal would prevent Amazon from working with grocery wholesalers on a different food retail concept.
He also said he believed the deal could represent the potential for further moves among grocery wholesalers, particularly as Amazon grows its retail food business behind the new banner. As in retail, wholesale has been steadily seeing share accumulate among a smaller number of larger players, with Spartan's acquisition of Nash Finch Co., Supervalu's recent buying spree and subsequent sale to UNFI among the key deals.
UNFI's Supervalu deal also diversified the company so as to rely less on Whole Foods as a percent of its business in the event it departs when its agreement expires in coming years, sources have noted.
This story was updated from an originally published version with additional comments from Mark Shamber, Amazon and Karen Short.
Amazon has transported its trademark triple threat of convenience, competitive pricing and cutting-edge technology to its new Amazon Fresh brick-and-mortar supermarket in Woodland Hills, Calif. But the new store offers more than well-priced national brands, Whole Foods Market 365 items and a smattering of tech. There's an intrinsic "wow factor" that accompanies the new discoveries to be had in-store.
The Dash Cart is a sturdy, slightly-more-tiny-than-a-typical-shopping cart equipped with an interactive screen and sensors that links to shoppers' grocery lists, tracking purchases as they are placed in the cart. The carts also feature a tutorial video that plays on the Dash Cart screen, whisking new shoppers through the process.
Shoppers simply open the Amazon app on their phones, hold it above a mini scanner beside the screen, and their shopping lists appear on the Dash Cart screen. The location of each item in the store is indicated as well.
The "Ask Alexa" Kiosk is another handy tech feature of Amazon Fresh. While many shoppers will choose to access their shopping list from the Dash Cart or use their smartphone as an information resource, Alexa is available to answer questions ranging from wine pairings, recipe ideas and more. Amazon Fresh is outfitted with three or four of the interactive stands posted throughout the store.
Competitive pricing is on full display at Amazon Fresh. Bananas for 15 cents, a box of Jumbo Shells for $1.19, and tasty-looking baguettes for the unbeatable price of 89 cents a loaf.
The meat and seafood counter may only stretch for half the length of other stores, but the selections—premade turkey burger patties mingled with mozzarella and herbs, colossal crab legs—stand out. Same for the wine and beer. The section is modest but stocked with solid picks.
The new Amazon Fresh also features a host of Taste of America selections. These are local favorites and culinary heavy hitters from across the country, conveniently rounded up for Fresh's curious shoppers.
The store's prepared foods area offers a global feast with everything from roasted cauliflower to banh mi sandwiches to chicken tikka masala and chipotle chicken enchiladas.

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Tigers are making a circle and look like dancing. This is an artwork created by Hiroshi Fuji, combining each tiger brought from children through the project called "Kaekko (swap)".
We would like to introduce the exhibition "Transformation" held at Museum of contemporary art Tokyo. This exhibition included Japanese artists such as Masakatsu Takagi, Motohiko Odani, Naoki Ishikawa, Jyunya Oikawa and Sputniko!.
Motohiko Odani's solo exhibition "Phantom Limb", is held at Mori Art Museum. This exhibition included from his early to recent artworks.
Kenji Yanobe's solo exhibition "Levitation", was held at Yamamoto Gendai Gallery. The selected pieces were from his entirely new series to operate on magnetic energy.
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Men's Tennis: Sooners blitz Wildcats in finals of ITA Kick-Off
Max Schuman, Reporter
In baseball, momentum is only as good as the next day's starting pitcher. In tennis, momentum is even harder to grasp.
No. 28 Northwestern (2-2) discovered that the hard way at the ITA Kick-Off Weekend tournament in Norman, Oklahoma, as strong play in a 4-2 victory over No. 58 Arkansas on Saturday gave way to a 4-1 defeat against the hosting No. 2 Oklahoma (3-0) on Sunday.
The Cats got out to a fast start against the Sooners in doubles. Senior Alex Pasareanu and junior Mihir Kumar dropped their doubles set, 6-3, to open proceedings, but the pairings of sophomores Sam Shropshire and Alp Horoz and junior Fedor Baev and sophomore Strong Kirchheimer won their sets by identical 6-3 margins to give NU the 1-0 lead.
"We came out super aggressive in doubles and that carried over to singles," coach Arvid Swan said. "We need to come out like that in doubles in every match we play."
With the upset-minded Cats winning their first doubles point of a match this season, they seemed poised for a statement victory over the nation's second-ranked team heading into singles. But the Sooners closed the door on NU with four straight singles victories to clinch the matches.
Freshman Logan Staggs was the first to lose his singles match, falling to 14th-ranked singles player Axel Alvarez 6-2, 6-2. He lost both of his singles matches this weekend in the No. 2 spot after falling to Arkansas' Jovan Parlic on Saturday, 6-2, 6-4.
"What I need to work on is playing every point with a little more intensity," Staggs said. "I could've made my match a little closer, and if I had won, who knows?"
Horoz, who scored the clinching singles point of the team's upset victory over Vanderbilt, started his match with a first set triumph but couldn't hold on to his advantage, losing to Jose Salazar 2-6, 6-2, 6-0. Shropshire was able to take his match to three sets before ultimately conceding to No. 20 Andrew Harris, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4.
Kirchheimer, who had yet to lose a singles contest on the season, battled in his match but was disappointed to ultimately fall 5-7, 5-7 to No. 33 Dane Webb to seal the overall victory for Oklahoma.
"I played some decent tennis and had chances, just wasn't able to capitalize," he said. "If I had done my job I think we probably would've gotten the win, but that's tennis."
The final 4-1 margin of the match betrayed a solid effort by the team in Swan's eyes.
"We came up a bit short, but if you looked at the match, four of the six (singles) matches were in the third set, and that's the No. 2 team in the country," he said.
The win in the four-team tournament qualifies Oklahoma for the ITA National Indoor Championships in February. The event was one of 15 similar events being held across the country to determine qualifiers for the championship event.
To make the finals, NU defeated the Razorbacks 4-2 on Saturday. The Cats put themselves in an early hole after losing in doubles, but were able to surge in singles, taking four of five matches to advance to Sunday's final. Shropshire, Kirchheimer, Baev and Horoz all put points on the board for NU in singles against Arkansas to win the match.
That performance, combined with a match against Oklahoma that was more hard-fought than the final margin indicates, has the team looking up after the loss.
"There's definite progress there," Staggs said. "I feel like as a team we are going in the right direction."
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Spark of Light: Short Stories by Women Writers of Odisha
Author: Edited by Valerie Henitiuk and Supriya Kar
Book Series: Mingling Voices ISSN: 1917-9413; 1917-9405 ISBN: 9781771991674 9781771991681 9781771991698 Year: 2016 Pages: 264 DOI: 10.15215/aupress/9781771991674.01 Language: English
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Spark of Light is a diverse collection of short stories by women writers from the Indian province of Odisha. Originally written in Odia and dating from the late nineteenth century to the present, these stories offer a multiplicity of voices—some sentimental and melodramatic, others rebellious and bold—and capture the predicament of characters who often live on the margins of society. From a spectrum of viewpoints, writing styles, and motifs, the stories included here provide examples of the great richness of Odishan literary culture. In the often shadowy and grim world depicted in this collection, themes of class, poverty, violence, and family are developed. Together they form a critique of social mores and illuminate the difficult lives of the subaltern in Odisha society. The work of these authors contributes to an ongoing dialogue concerning the challenges, hardships, joys, and successes experienced by women around the world. In these provocative explorations of the short-story form, we discover the voices of these rarely heard women.
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Due to the rapid advances in computer technology, intelligent computer software and multimedia have become essential parts of engineering education. Software integration with various media such as graphics, sound, video and animation is providing efficient tools for teaching and learning. A modern textbook should contain both the basic theory and principles, along with an updated pedagogy.
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Thanksgiving Traditions: A Presidential Pardon
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff
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Each year since 1947, the National Turkey Federation and the Poultry and Egg National Board have given a turkey to the President of the United States at a White House ceremony. Since then, presidents have been more likely to eat the turkey rather than give it a reprieve. A notable exception occurred in 1963, when President Kennedy, referring to the turkey given to him, said, "Let's just keep him." It wasn't until the first Thanksgiving of President George H.W. Bush, in 1989, that a turkey was officially pardoned for the first time.
Confusing the Practice
Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama continued the pardons begun under the first Bush. Some confusion about the true origin of this practice has crept into recent presidential speeches though. One story claims that Harry Truman pardoned the turkey given to him in 1947, but the Truman Library has been unable to find any evidence of this. Another story claims the tradition dates back to Abraham Lincoln pardoning his son Tad's pet turkey.
From Frying Pan Park to Disneyland
What's certain is that since 1989 a turkey—and its alternate—have been pardoned each year. An alternate is chosen just in case the first bird is unable to perform its duties. For fifteen years through 2004, the turkeys were given to Kidwell Farm, a petting zoo at Frying Pan Park in Herndon, Virginia. The turkeys would receive a last minute pardon before arriving, and were then led to their new home at the Turkey Barn after enduring a turkey "roast" full of poultry humor and history.
In 2005 and 2006, however, the turkeys were flown to Disneyland in California where they served as honorary grand marshals for Disneyland's Thanksgiving Day parade. After that, they spent the rest of their lives at a Disneyland ranch. A spot in sunny Disneyland seems immensely preferable to a place called Frying Pan Park if you happen to be a turkey who has just escaped from becoming the main course of someone's Thanksgiving feast.
On Wednesday, November 27, 2013, President Obama gave two turkeys named Popcorn and Caramel a last-minute reprieve. Obama made light of the event. "The office of the presidency - the most powerful position in the world - brings with it many awesome and solemn responsibilities," he said. "This is not one of them."
Recent Recipients of the Presidential Pardon
2007: May and Flower
2008: Pumpkin and Pecan
2009: Courage and Carolina
2010: Apple and Cider
2011: Liberty and Peace
2012: Cobbler and Gobbler
2013: Popcorn and Caramel
2014: Mac and Cheese
2015: Abe and Honest
2016: Tater and Tot
More Thanksgiving Features
Slideshow: Thanksgiving Turkey at the White House


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The grant supports the scholarship program of the French Institute, titled "VRIka", for the next three 3 academic years. The scholarship program was established in 2004 and awards scholarships to students who have exhibited a distinguished academic record, both in high school and in their undergraduate studies.
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Dictionary.com defines the word Epic as "spectacular; very impressive; awesome" which perfectly describes why the new LeapFrog tablet is called the LeapFrog Epic.
After it charged, I spent the night navigating the LeapFrog Epic for myself and I have to say, I had a lot of fun with it. I found this great app that was pre-loaded onto it where you take a selfie with the tablet and then insert your face where the animals face is supposed to be (by the way, my little guy stumbled upon this picture the next day when he was playing with it and the laugh that came out of him was truly "epic") making for one funny pic.
Each of my little men have had solo turns playing with the LeapFrog Epic and with my younger one, he might be slightly too young for it (he's 2), but he chooses the app he wants to play with from the main page and he just touches images and he is either navigated by a verbal prompt to do something else or he gets a response from what he has touched and then tries to touch more things (not bad for a 2 year old). My older son on the other hand navigated through it like had been using it for years.
I'm so overwhelmed by the amount of amazing features the LeapFrog Epic Tablet has and I would HIGHLY recommend this product for your kids, you (and the kids) won't be disappointed. Add it to your holiday shopping list.
Oh LeapFrog how I love thee!! I love toys, but these days I am really looking for products that are educational. I find with all LeapFrog products, they are there to assist in learning starting from Scout the dog to LeapReaders to the ever so amazing LeapPads (the Ultra is on my "must have" list).
I was given the LeapReader to test out and even though my son is only 3 and the recommended age is 4-8, I honestly learned of new abilities he had. There was a sampler learning paper writing sheet (it had letters and numbers to trace) included and he immediately took the LeapReader pen and started "loosely" tracing the letters. I obviously freaked out (in a good way) asking him where he learned to do that and he told me that they were doing that at school and so what did I do … I went out and bought more tracing books for the LeapReader!!!
Because we already have and use the LeapReader Junior, he knew that if you drag the pen over the words in the book that the pen would read the words for him. This is slightly to advanced as he had a hard time dragging the pen over the words as you need to basically need to go over the words in a straightly line whereas Scout is bigger and you just put the whole body over a word and it reads it, but I helped him by doing hand over hand and he really seemed to like the idea of it!
I think this is a great tool for older kids who are learning math and to read and write as it helps sound out words, builds vocabulary and improves listening skills. There are tons of fun books with some of your favourite characters (Sully, Nemo and Ariel to name a few) and I found bundle packs at Toys R Us the other day.


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The Sanchize Connecting UNLV Football To Las Vegas
by John Marshall • August 24, 2015 • 0 Comments
Tony Sanchez, UNLV Football Coach
In this Aug. 20, 2015, photo, UNLV head football coach Tony Sanchez speaks during practice in Las Vegas. Sanchez has made the rare jump directly from coaching high school to a head coach position at a college program. (AP Photo/John Locher)
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tony Sanchez carved out a corner of celebrity in a town full of high rollers and high-wire acts as a high school football coach.
Think about that for a second. A man coaching a high school football team squeezed his name onto the marquee with some of the biggest names in the entertainment world.
No wonder he's been called The Sanchize.
But he is no Vegas veneer. The new UNLV coach has some substance to him.
He knows the game of football, how to build a winning program. He's a communicator, connects with players, coaches, community leaders, boosters, fans — whoever, whenever.
And he knows details. Sanchez filled a book with his philosophies, ideas and quotes gleaned from other coaches, tactical and operational information. He has updated it every year and brought it — complete with aerial photos of campus and future plans — to his interview at UNLV.
If there's a coach who can pull off the difficult double of jumping from high school directly into a head job at a major college and invigorating a moribund program, the 41-year-old Sanchez could be the man to do it.
"He is the right guy for this job," UNLV athletic director Tina Kunzer-Murphy said. "We needed somebody who could come into this area and connect immediately. There have been a lot of coaches who have come through Las Vegas who were great people, but we were really irrelevant, I think, in this city and the state of Nevada. Tony has a chance to make us relevant again."
UNLV's football team has been one of the worst in FBS over the past two decades. The Rebels have had a winning record twice since 1994 and won two or fewer games eight times in the past 11 years. The struggles on the field have led to slumping at the gate.
Sanchez also is heading into waters that proved to be too turbulent for other coaches.
Three times in college football's modern era have coaches tried to go directly from high school to the major-college level. None did it successfully. Iowa's Bob Commings (1974-78), Notre Dame's Gerry Faust (1981-85) and North Texas' Todd Dodge (2007-10) went a combined 54-100-1 after making the jump.
Sanchez comes into his chance with a Vegas-show-sized advantage.
He isn't transitioning from some neighborhood high school. He's coming from Bishop Gorman, the football juggernaut across town.
In six seasons under Sanchez, Gorman went 85-5 and won six straight state titles, along with a mythical national title in 2014.
Sanchez ran Gorman like a college program, chartering planes to play games around the country while becoming a regular fixture on national television. Gorman was a big part of a reality TV show with Snoop Dogg and his son, the NFL Network brought its cameras to campus and Sanchez had a weekly radio show.
Gorman became so popular Celine Dion's people asked for tickets. So did Imagine Dragons. The team not only had a pregame hype video, actor Ving Rhames narrated it.
Sanchez already knows the recruiting game. Gorman had 41 players earn college scholarships during his tenure, including 31 to FBS programs.
He also knows fundraising. With Sanchez leading the charge, Gorman built a new $93 million campus and a 41,000-square-foot training facility that's closer to what Oregon has than any high school.
"All the off the field stuff, I'll be honest with you, is probably an exaggerated version of what we were doing before," Sanchez said. "I was in a really unique spot."
Even so, Sanchez knows he doesn't know everything.
To help the transition, he put together a staff of veteran coaches who have worked at some of the biggest programs in the country.
Kent Baer has been a defensive coordinator for 29 years, with stops at Notre Dame, Stanford, Arizona State, Colorado. Offensive coordinator Barney Cotton was at Nebraska, which included a stint as interim head coach after Bo Pelini was fired, Iowa State and New Mexico State.
Offensive line coach John Garrison worked at Nebraska, defensive line coach Joe Seumalo at Oregon State and San Jose State, cornerbacks coach J.D. Williams at Utah, Washington and California. Director of football operations Dennis Slutak held the same job under Pete Carroll at Southern California.
"I'm good at what I do, that's why I'm here, but I'm smart enough to realize that this is different," Sanchez said. "There will be certain things that are a little different, so surrounding myself with guys who have been around the game, have a lot of experience, come from successful places, all been involved in turnaround process, I can lean to the left or to the right if there's something I don't understand."
What Sanchez does understand is Las Vegas. While many of UNLV's previous coaches tried to distance themselves from the bright lights of The Strip, Sanchez has fully embraced it.
UNLV's new helmets have stickers of the "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign on the back. The team's white pants have block letters that spell Las Vegas, the red and black pants have the diamond design from the old neon Stardust sign.
The Rebels' new field has the "Welcome" sign in the end zones and the yard markers overlay symbols from the Stardust sign.
In a short time, Sanchez has created a buzz for UNLV sports that hasn't been around maybe since Jerry Tarkanian and the basketball team took the city by fast break.
"He has a charisma and he's really getting people excited about what he's talking about," UNLV basketball coach Dave Rice said. "It takes time to build a program, but I have no doubt that he will do that."
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Q: Header on even or odd pages Hi everyone I have been trying to create a different header for even or odd pages where I want to see the name of the section and the name of subsections. This is what I have done but it is not working.
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\makeatother

\usepackage{babel}
\begin{document}
\pagenumbering{Roman}

\renewcommand{\thesection}{\Roman{section}}

\section{Introduction}
\newpage

\renewcommand{\thesection}{\arabic{section}}
\setcounter{section}{0}

\pagenumbering{arabic}
\pagestyle{fancy}

\fancyhf{}
\fancyfoot{}
\fancyhead[RO,LE]{\thepage}
\fancyhead[LO]{\small\nouppercase\leftmark}
\fancyhead[RE]{\small\rightmark}

\section{First Section}
\newpage
\subsection{First subsection}
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This is pretty much my example, I would like to see something like this: On even pages the name of the section, and on odd pages the name of the subsection, but I am having the same result always. Only the name of the section appears, and the numeration is not located according with the kind of page (even or odd).
What else do I need to add or erase?.

A: Your MWE seems to give what you are asking for if you add \documentclass[english, twoside]{article} to the beginning. The twoside option is necessary in order to have different even and odd sides.

A: The titleps package provides similar functionality to that of fancyhdr. Here's an implementation using the former which specifies a new main page style using
\newpagestyle{main}[\small]{
  \setheadrule{.4pt}%
  \sethead[\thepage]%                             even-left
          []%                                     even-center
          [\thesection\ \sectiontitle]%           even-right
          {\thesubsection\ \subsectiontitle}%     odd-left
          {}%                                     odd-center
          {\thepage}%                             odd-right
  }

Also see titleps for fancyhdr users for the similarities/transition between the two packages.

\documentclass[twoside]{article}

\usepackage{titleps}% http://ctan.org/pkg/titleps

\newpagestyle{main}[\small]{
  \setheadrule{.4pt}%
  \sethead[\thepage]%                             even-left
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          [\thesection\ \sectiontitle]%           even-right
          {\thesubsection\ \subsectiontitle}%     odd-left
          {}%                                     odd-center
          {\thepage}%                             odd-right
  }
\begin{document}
\pagenumbering{Roman}

\renewcommand{\thesection}{\Roman{section}}

\section{Introduction}
\newpage

\renewcommand{\thesection}{\arabic{section}}
\setcounter{section}{0}

\pagenumbering{arabic}
\pagestyle{main}

\section{First Section}
\newpage
\subsection{First subsection}
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\subsection{Second subsection}
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\section{Second Section}
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\subsection{First subsection}
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Colombia's FARC Deal "Working," But Still Leaves Room for Improvement
March 13, 2017 in Colombia / Current Events / South America by Brian Contreras (updated on March 13, 2017 )
Colombia's historic deal with the FARC rebels, signed last November and initiated earlier this month, means big changes are afoot for human rights and political stability in the country. Although the Red Cross maintains that the peace accord has been effective, the humanitarian organization is calling for more concerted efforts by the Colombian government to halt continued violence.
After over fifty years of conflict, this peace deal represents a momentous shift in the socio-political context of Colombian human rights. The Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, or Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, began disarmament on March 1st, and although the process is ongoing, it is not just an achievement for Colombia alone; globally, the deal finally puts an end to the Americas' longest-running armed conflict. The Red Cross reports that the bilateral ceasefire, alongside other components of the peace process, spurred "a clear reduction in the impact of the internal armed conflict on the civilian population" over 2016. Yet, at the same time, the organization notes that rape, torture, and killing have continued by the thousands and that there is continued work to be done "searching for missing people, clearing landmines and demobilizing minors from the ranks of the FARC." Christoph Harnisch, the Red Cross's delegation head in Colombia, further enumerated emotional trauma, armed urban violence, internal displacement, restrictions on civilian mobility, and the threat posed by "unexploded ordnance" as key issues needing address going forwards.
The FARC, for its part, has followed through with the peace process by registering and taking an inventory of its weapons and then giving them over to United Nations monitors. Rebel leader Ivan Marquez says this represents an "unconditional commitment to peace" and a determination to decisively end the half-century-long armed conflict. But with the Red Cross reporting 86,000 individuals missing and the Colombian government having identified 260,000 dead and 6.9 million displaced since the conflict's beginning, progress will require more healing than just the ceasefire and disarmament alone. For one thing, plans are in place to reintegrate guerrilla rebels into civilian life through a series of transition zones. Yet even then, FARC members have complained that these camps are unfinished, straining their efficacy. The Colombian government attributes this to "logistical difficulties," but regardless of cause, a successful transition to peace will require effective normalization of the rebels into mainstream society. Further issues have arisen in the disarming process itself, with the BBC reporting that far fewer rebels have turned in their weapons than called for by the terms of the accord. Both reintegration and disarmament have a deadline set for May 30th but it remains to be seen whether the process proceeds according to schedule.
Aside from the logistics of the treaty, persistent peace in Colombia will also require similar steps be taken with the other armed rebel groups active in the country. The Red Cross notes that "it is too early to talk about a post-conflict phase" when "armed conflict is still going on with the National Liberation Army (ELN), the Gaitanista Self-Defence Forces of Colombia (AGC) and the People's Liberation Army (EPL)." President Juan Manuel Santos began preliminary formal peace talks with the ELN in February, but the AGC and EPL remain actively involved in armed conflict. Though the peace treaty cannot be ignored as insignificant, painting it as a wholesale panacea to Colombia's persistent issues of public safety and human rights misrepresents the breadth of this complex issue.
Going forwards, it will remain vital that the international community stay aware of and involved in Colombia's push for peace. Not only have individual state actors played a key role in hosting negotiations and guaranteeing the legitimacy of deals made but organizations like the Red Cross and United Nations have themselves been vital. The Red Cross cites 152,000 victims of the armed conflict and other violence as "benefiting" from the group's own work, and President Santos has noted that the Nobel Peace Prize he received for the peace deal "gave [Colombia] a tremendous push" to continue the reconciliation process. There is an enormous way still to go towards reconciliation, with the FARC as well as the nation's other rebel groups, but whatever path is taken forwards will be massively benefited by continued global awareness of (and support for) the move towards mutual peace.
Brian Contreras
Correspondent Intern at The Organization for World Peace
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Xodiak - "My Soul To Take"
6 years ago by Mike Wood
Well, what a week it's been so far for independent label 6J Recordings. The relatively new label, based out of LA, have already premiered the funk-induced debut EP from New York's new kid on the block Art Boy Sin on this very website and at the same time they released the latest album from rising West Coast star, Johnny Rain. No sooner had the dust settled, and the incessant yelps and squeals of delight from fans of both of the aforementioned artists died down, that the label was coming back at us again with more dope music for our ears. Merely a few hours had gone by before we were treated to the debut single from the amazingly talented female vocalist, Xodiak.
For the majority of us, Xodiak will be an unknown name in the ever-expanding music industry, but by the time that the young LA resident bellows out the last note on "My Soul To Take", she'll be the new name on everyone's lips. As far as debut singles go, this one is pretty special. With a pulsating bass line that carries throughout the track, and some down tempo drums to match, Xodiak demonstrates her amazing vocal abilities as she soulfully takes us on a journey through love and relationships, with the kind of storyline a lot of us can relate to.
As far as first singles go, this is one of the best you'll hear for a while. In the same month that Jhene Aiko released her EP, it's clear to see that a new wave of female vocalists are bringing back those classic R&B vibes, but with a modern day alternative twist. So Xodiak might have been someone that you hadn't heard of before today, but I'm certain she'll be the first name you all look out for from this point forward. I've had no word on a full project from Xodiak just yet but you can stream "My Soul To Take" below and it's also available to buy over on iTunes.
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I couldn't help myself when I was looking through these gorgeous wedding photos by our rockstar photographer, Vlad. I just had to put up a little sneak peek early! Vlad had the honor of shooting Tania and Conrad's big day just this past weekend, and it looks like a lot of good times were had by all! The ceremony and reception took place at the beautiful Allegra Banquets and they did the photo shoot at The Grove Redfield Estate. Some other cool photo ops were at White Castle! Awesome idea! From start to finish, this day is really picture perfect. We love it!!
Tania looking at her gorgeous dress, right before putting it on!
Zipping up the dress, almost ready!
Tania's tasteful jewelry is just perfect for her whole look!
Wow, talk about a stunning bridal portrait!
First Look on the Trolley!!
Beautiful Portrait at the Grove Redfield Estate!
More prettiness from the Grove Redfield Estate!
Oh so pretty Wintery Bridal Portrait!
A White Castle visit on the wedding day is pretty epic!
Oh what a cute moment!
Signing the really pretty guest board!
Love this entrance into the Reception!
Giving the speeches! And looking awesome.
Conrad and his mother's first dance. So cute!
thanks Esmeralda!!! SO happy for your family!
I love the pictures! You did a great job! Can't wait to see the rest of them! Congrats to all!


Kris continues his series on prophets by explaining how they comfort and protect nations. Some of the core fruits of prophecy are that people would be edified, exhorted and consoled. In difficult seasons of life it is important to remember the prophetic words of comfort and encouragement that have been spoken over us as we fight for victory. Be encouraged because your personal victory will become a corporate covering!


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Police hunt Port Huron Twp. suspect in father's shooting
George Hunter
The Detroit News
Police are searching for a 19-year-old Port Huron Township man who allegedly shot his father in the face Sunday before escaping on a bicycle.
St. Clair County Sheriffs Office deputies were called to the 2600 block of Oak Street in Port Huron Township at about 10 a.m. after a called told dispatchers someone had been shot, according to a press release from the sheriff's office.
"Further information was received that determined the suspect was the son of the victim and had left the area on a bicycle," the release said. "Tri-Hospital EMS transported the victim to a local hospital with a gunshot wound to his face."
Sheriffs identified the suspect as Mack Kuefler, 19, about 6-feet 2 inches tall and weighing 180 pounds. He was last seen wearing a black tank top and black pants.
"It is unknown if he is armed at this time," the release said.
Sheriff's Office officials are asking anyone with information to dial 911.
ghunter@detroitnews.com
Twitter: @GeorgeHunter_DN


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Doctor Who Specials Recap: "The End of Time, Part One"
With "The End of Time," the Doctor Who careers of two giants of the show—star David Tennant and head writer and executive producer Russell T Davies—reach their conclusion.
Steven Cooper
Photo: BBC
With "The End of Time," the Doctor Who careers of two giants of the show—star David Tennant and head writer and executive producer Russell T Davies—reach their conclusion. With only Part One so far broadcast, we are not even halfway through the story—the second episode is significantly longer—so this can only be a preliminary assessment. But already it looks to be the most ambitious story Doctor Who has ever told.
As ever with a Davies season finale (I know there hasn't been an actual season this year, but the principle's the same), this isn't the place to look if you want a small-scale, tight-knit, self-contained story. Davies can do that when he wants to (see "Midnight"), but here he's looking to pick up threads going all the way back to the beginning of the revived series in 2005 and create an epic. Along the way, there's a certain amount of expediency evident in the plotting. There's some bad comedy. There are irrelevant celebrity cameos. But there's also heartfelt character work, some great performances, and a cliffhanger which turns everything seen so far on its head and left me avid to see what happens next.
We start unusually, with an unseen Narrator, whose wonderful deep, sonorous voice is provided by Timothy Dalton: "It is said that in the final days of planet Earth, everyone had bad dreams." Everyone on Earth is having dreams of the laughing face of the Master (John Simm), premonitions of the events to come. But only one person remembers these dreams—our old friend Wilfred Mott (Bernard Cribbins).
Wilf, out doing his Christmas shopping, finds himself drawn to a church where he notices a stained glass window with a small but recognizable blue box in one corner. A strange woman in white (Claire Bloom) tells him a tale of a demon from the sky, striking a convent on this site in the 1300s, which was overcome by a "Sainted Physician" in a blue box. The woman suddenly vanishes when Wilf's back is turned. As yet, nothing further has come of this, but bear it in mind for next week…
The Doctor arrives on the planet of the Ood in a carefree mood. He's been in no hurry to obey the summons he received at the end of "The Waters of Mars," instead taking time off to do some vacationing—including a brief marriage to Queen Elizabeth I which apparently didn't turn out well (humorously tying up a loose end left dangling at the end of "The Shakespeare Code"). But it turns out he would have done better not to delay. The Ood are also having bad dreams, of something returning "through the darkness" to their world. They show him visions of the Master ("That man is dead!"), Wilf, an unknown man—Joshua Naismith—who we'll meet later, and finally an imprisoned Lucy Saxon (Alexandra Moen). This leads into clips from "The Sound of Drums" and "Last of the Time Lords," reminding us how the Master became Prime Minister, unleashed an invasion upon the world, was shot by his wife Lucy, and died, with his body being burned on a funeral pyre.
An explicit recap of these events from two years ago is very necessary, since this part of the story is a direct sequel to them. Lucy Saxon is taken from her prison cell to a secret ceremony being conducted by a hitherto unknown Cult of Saxon, evidently set up by the Master back then as a contingency plan. One of the cult is revealed to be the woman who picked up the Master's ring from out of his ashes at the end of "Last of the Time Lords." With that, and various other ingredients (including a "biometrical signature" from Lucy), the Master is resurrected in a very Harry Potter-ish sequence. I wasn't particularly happy with this use of what is basically a magic spell in Doctor Who; those of us who prefer the show to have at least a veneer of science fiction have to fall back on Clarke's Third Law here, and assume that this is super-advanced Time Lord know-how which just looks like wizardry to us. (On the other hand, it's an improvement on the 1980s treatment of the Master, when the series stopped bothering to even attempt explanations for his repeated escapes from certain death.)
Back in Series Three, Alexandra Moen made quite an impression as Lucy Saxon despite having only a handful of lines, and she makes the most of her brief appearance here too. It turns out Lucy has been plotting in secret herself, and she manages to disrupt the resurrection at the cost of her own life. A huge explosion destroys the prison, but the Master escapes just ahead of the Doctor's arrival.
In an industrial wasteland, the Master reappears as a feral figure with bleached white hair, in scruffy jeans and a hooded top. We find out the botched resurrection has left his body "ripped open," his life force thrown around with abandon. This unleashed energy gives him the ability to fire lightning from his hands and make Superman-like leaps into the air. But at a cost—he keeps momentarily fading away to just a skeleton, and he is now a creature of unending, voracious hunger able to vampirically drain the life force of others. He scoffs a burger (and later, rips apart a turkey and wolfs it down) in a manner guaranteed to put anyone off their Christmas dinner.
John Simm's performance in this episode is amazing. In the hands of a less skilled actor, such an over-the-top character would have degenerated into mere scenery chewing, but the sheer visceral intensity Simm brings to every moment he's on screen means you can't take your eyes off him. The way a speech will start out normally but turn into long strings of obsessed, gabbled syllables ("Can't hide anywhere. He can see me. He can smell me. Can't let him smell me. Doctor Doctor Doctor Doctor Doctor stop the smell, the stink, the filthy filthy stink") shows a man barely holding together, liable to fly apart at any moment. For once the Master has no plan, no scheme—he has been stripped down to his core essence, an implacable will to survive at any cost.
The Doctor senses him as he arrives at the wasteland, and the Master responds by beating out the four-drumbeat tattoo that we discovered in "The Sound of Drums" has obsessed him for his entire life and driven him insane. However, the Master gets away when the Doctor's chase is interrupted as he is found by Wilf and a gang of his pensioner friends, including a cameo from June Whitfield (Absolutely Fabulous) as Minnie "the Menace." This bit of broad comedy rather outstays its welcome, as Minnie looks the Doctor over approvingly, poses for a photo with him, etc. Still, it's easy to guess Tennant will get lots of invitations to re-enact this scene at the next convention he attends, as Minnie gets to live out the dreams of any number of fans by fondling his bum.
Wilf takes the Doctor to a cafe, where all the episode's sound and fury drops away. No matter how you feel about Davies' propensity to construct overblown epic plots, his talent is obvious in scenes of quiet conversation. Just two characters sitting at a table, talking. But it's not at all cosy—the Doctor starts by staring fixedly at Wilf, demanding "Who are you?" How is it he can track down the Doctor in a matter of hours when others can't? There's some manipulation of events going on here, that keeps pushing them together. But the Doctor has other things on his mind—for the first time, he admits bluntly that he's going to die. And the Tenth Doctor doesn't want to die. Even the prospect of regeneration is cold comfort: "Even if I change it feels like dying. Everything I am dies. Some new man goes sauntering away. And I'm dead."
Suddenly, they see Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) outside. Wilf brought the Doctor here to see her, in the hope that he could reverse what he did to her at the end of "Journey's End," where the memories of her time with the Doctor had to be locked away in order to save her life. But it can't be done—the Doctor reiterates that if the sight of him reawakens those memories, Donna's mind will burn up. For those (like me) who came to love Donna during Series Four, her brief appearance in this episode is a bittersweet gift, but this isn't her story (at least, not yet), and she drives off with her new fiance—yes, she's got engaged again.
The Doctor: "She's got him."
Wilf: "She's making do."
The Doctor: "Aren't we all."
The Doctor tells Wilf he's still traveling alone, and in a near breakdown, confesses his recent errors on Mars ("But I did some things, it went wrong… I need…"). Tennant yet again shows he can take the Doctor to emotional places he's never been before. And Bernard Cribbins is absolutely wonderful throughout the episode—there's not a false note anywhere, from comedy to, as here, the most heartbreaking empathy.
The Doctor leaves to track down the Master. And now, at the exact halfway point of the episode, the voice of the Narrator, backed by Murray Gold's soaring music, breaks in to remind us that this is all taking place on a much wider canvas. The prologue is over, as unseen forces manipulate events towards a grand convergence.
The Narrator: "And so it came to pass that the players took their final places, making ready the events that were to come. … As Earth rolled onwards into night, the people of that world did sleep, and shiver, somehow knowing that dawn would bring only one thing… the final day!"
Cut to the chase. Or rather, cut to after the chase—since we already know the Doctor and the Master can sense each other anywhere on Earth, we go directly to their confrontation in the wasteland. The Doctor steadily advances toward the Master, ignoring bolts of energy being fired to each side, until finally the Master fires directly at him to immobilize him and leave him gasping in the dirt. Ninety seconds have passed without a word of dialogue, just the play of emotions on the two actors' faces.
The Doctor can't get the Master interested in the prophecies and the evidence that something is manipulating them; the Master is still obsessed with the unending drum-beats in his head. But then he mentally links with the Doctor, and the Doctor is shocked by what he hears: "I heard it! But there's no noise, there never has been, it's just your insanity… What is it? What's inside your head?"
The Master is overjoyed to be finally vindicated ("It's real! It's real!") but before he can do anything else, he is abducted by thugs in the pay of Joshua Naismith, and the Doctor is left unconscious.
Christmas at the Nobles' house. Watching television, Wilf again sees the strange woman in white. She salutes him as an old soldier—who never killed a man in his military service—and warns him that a war is coming, in which he will have to take up arms again. She gives an ominous warning, which will no doubt come into play next week.
The Woman: "Tell the Doctor nothing of this. His life could still be saved, so long as you tell him nothing."
From under his bed, Wilf takes out his old service revolver. A stone thrown at his window alerts him to the Doctor lurking outside the house. He goes outside to shoo him away, and is followed by Sylvia (Jacqueline King). Despite the danger to Donna, the Doctor has come to find Wilf because he's the only lead he can think of—he needs more information. The most successful comic interlude of the episode follows as they try to keep the Doctor and Donna apart. Eventually the Doctor takes Wilf with him in the TARDIS, despite Sylvia's protests ("You can't come with me!" "Well, you're not leaving me with her." "Fair enough"), and they head off to the Naismith estate.
Joshua Naismith (David Harewood) and his daughter Abigail (Tracy Ifeachor) are the least satisfactory part of the episode by far. Nothing about them is interesting; they are a couple of cardboard characters who only exist to join up various bits of the plot. He's your standard-issue ultra-rich businessman and author, whose book is bought by Donna for Wilf, who shows it to the Doctor, who recognizes him from the visions of the Ood. She's a spoiled kid whose dilettante investigations into "the legends of Harold Saxon" led her father to the Master. In their house they have the Immortality Gate, a piece of alien technology acquired from the Torchwood Institute (after its fall in "Doomsday") which can perform cellular regeneration. They intend to put the Master's abilities to use to get the device working properly.
It's obvious from the start that Naismith is completely out of his depth with the Master; he might put him on a leash and in a straitjacket, but the Master always has his measure. ("I like you." "Thank you." "You'd taste great.") From the moment the Master sees the Gate, his fierce intelligence starts working again as he begins to turn the situation to his advantage. Naismith's cluelessness is shown even more when, unexpectedly, two of his technicians turn out to be disguised aliens, known as Vinvocci, who are trying to get the Gate activated for their own purposes. These rather silly-looking green, spiky aliens are mostly used for comedy here, although they'll probably be more useful next week, given what happens at the end of the episode.
The Doctor and Wilf arrive, sneaking around and into the house just like in any number of old Doctor Who stories ("Pyramids of Mars" comes particularly to mind). After easily exposing the Vinvocci, the Doctor learns that the Gate doesn't regenerate individuals, but entire populations—it's like a super-powerful version of the nanogenes in "The Empty Child." He realizes immediately what the Master's plan is.
In the completely mad climax, the Master easily brushes aside Naismith's restraints and activates the Gate. Its signal affects everyone on Earth except Wilf (thanks to a handy shielding booth) and Donna (whose Time Lord memories begin to activate in response). The Master changes every other human on Earth to look like himself. There are some eye-popping shots with dozens of copies of the Master in different costumes, which must have been hellish to do. John Simm milks the ending for all he's worth ("Breaking news—I'm everyone! And everyone on Earth… is me!") with a final awesomely dreadful pun about "the Master race" which everyone should have been able to see coming.
But now, the real cliffhanger (which the producers kept back from all preview screenings, to preserve the surprise). We finally see the Narrator in full, and he's not speaking for our benefit: "And so it came to pass, on Christmas Day, that the human race did cease to exist. But even then, the Master had no concept of his greater role in events. For this was far more than humanity's end. This day was the day upon which the whole of creation would change forever. This was the day the Time Lords returned. For Gallifrey! For victory! For the end of time itself!"
Suddenly the Narrator's voice is full of menace. The camera zooms out to show a huge amphitheater full of Time Lords in their ceremonial regalia. With the crowd taking up the Narrator's final shouts, it's a shot reminiscent of the end of "Bad Wolf" four years ago. The two sides of the Time War—the Daleks and the Time Lords—revealed to us in the same way.
TO! BE! CONTINUED!
Obviously, this episode doesn't stand on its own, so a final assessment will have to wait until after Part Two. It really is basically a hugely extended prologue—the Narrator explicitly says so halfway through, but even at the end the sense is that only now are all the pieces in position so the real story can begin. Rather alienating for the casual viewer (especially at Christmas), but if ever there was a suitable time to take such a risk it's now, with the lure of Tennant's grand finale to bring the viewers back next week.
As with the huge, world-destroying climaxes of previous years, there's no real tension generated by the "Master race" event, since we all know it will end up being undone with no lasting effects in the next episode. Its power comes from the fact that the Master could hardly have come up with anything more simply offensive to the Doctor than to see the human race's individuality arrogantly replaced with six billion copies of his nemesis. In that sense, it's already served its purpose, regardless of what happens next week. The biggest question it left behind is, what's going to happen to Donna now that her buried memories are awakening?
The Time Lords, though, are another matter entirely. The idea of the Doctor as the last survivor of the Time War, having seen his entire race wiped out, has been a central component of the new series. It has led to some of the series's most powerful and emotional moments—right up to the Doctor's bout of megalomania on Mars last episode. Are the Time Lords back for good—or evil? Will the Doctor end up having to destroy his people again? Where does the woman in white fit in? What will Wilf's ultimate role end up being? And will we be seeing the Ood again? They did say that something was returning to their world. So many questions, so many possibilities…
Some of the plot construction is disappointingly crude. The episode takes a long time to really get going, as numerous unrelated elements have to be set up one after the other—the Ood, Lucy Saxon, the Master's resurrection, Naismith, Wilf and his friends… The comedy (apart from the scenes involving Donna's family) tends to fall flat. And I've refrained from mentioning the Obama thread until now out of charity—one of those ideas that probably seemed hilarious at three in the morning, but really should have been reconsidered. But when it gets it right, this episode really gets it right—the Doctor/Wilf and Doctor/Master scenes are brilliant, and the performances of Tennant, Simm and Cribbins are pitch-perfect throughout.
I'd like to end by noting that with Part Two of "The End of Time," the new series of Doctor Who will clock up sixty episodes. Davies has written or co-written thirty-one of those, and was involved, to a greater or lesser extent, in all of the others as well. He has successfully taken Doctor Who from a dead-and-gone show remembered mostly as a joke, to a central pillar of popular culture in Britain (and, to a lesser extent, all over the world). I can think of many things he might have done which would have been more to my taste. But I can't imagine a single thing he could have done to make the show more successful with its most important audience—the general public. For this old Doctor Who fan, it's been a glorious five years. David Tennant once described Davies as "the least cynical man in a cynical age." I love Steven Moffat's work, and I'm really looking forward to next year's series with Matt Smith—but the sheer joy, exuberance, and unselfconscious absurdity Russell brought to Doctor Who will, I think, be greatly missed.
Next Week: The arrival of a new year, a new decade, and a new Doctor. It's Part Two of "The End of Time"—see you on the other side.
Classic Who DVD Recommendation of the Week: "The Deadly Assassin," starring Tom Baker. This is the only classic series story where the Doctor traveled alone, without a companion. But its main importance is its depiction of the Time Lords. They had made brief appearances before, but this was the first Gallifrey story, where their society was shown in all its baroque intricacy. Radical in its day, this story became the foundation for all succeeding Time Lord lore, right up to "The End of Time."
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Soccer-Angry Messi slams 'Brazil fix' after Copa red card
Andrew Downie
SAO PAOLO — Lionel Messi was sent off before halftime and then angrily hit out at "corrupt" tournament organizers after Argentina beat Chile 2-1 to win a bad-tempered third-place playoff at the Copa America on Saturday.
The match was 34 minutes old when Chilean captain Gary Medel shepherded out a ball near his own goal. Messi challenged him from behind and Medel reacted angrily, pushing the Argentine and raising his hands.
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The Paraguayan referee showed Medel a red card and even though Messi did not react, he too was sent off, prompting boos in Sao Paulo's Corinthians arena. Reports said the Barcelona forward did not attend the ceremony to receive his third-place medal and he later hit out at the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL).
"We don't have to be part of this corruption," Messi told reporters. "The lack of respect that they have showed us throughout this tournament.
"Sadly, the corruption, the referees, they don't allow people to enjoy football, they ruined it a bit.
"I think the cup is fixed for Brazil," Messi added. "I hope that the VAR and the referees have nothing to do in this final and that Peru can compete because they have the team to do so although I think it's difficult."
His comments came four days after Argentina were beaten 2-0 by arch rivals Brazil in a semi-final that was marked by a number of contentious refereeing decisions.
Argentina were furious that VAR was not consulted for two possible penalty decision, with the Argentine Football Association president writing an angry letter to CONMEBOL to express his disgust.
Messi's frustration was evident in the mixed zone after what was only the second red card of his career.
"You saw what happened," he told reporters. "A yellow would have ended it for both of us. The important thing is that with 10 the team finished well and won."
The referee also showed six yellow cards in a match that was disrupted by 37 fouls.
Sergio Aguero put Argentina 1-0 ahead in 12 minutes and Paulo Dybala made it two 10 minutes later with a nice finish after Giovani Lo Celso put him through on goal.
Artur Vidal pulled one back for Chile from the penalty spot 14 minutes into the second half.
Hosts Brazil face Peru in the final on Sunday in Rio de Janeiro. (Editing by Nick Mulvenney)