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Why Nazis love Bashar al-Assad
Why Nazis from Charlottesville to Europe love Bashar al-Assad
James Snell
Comment: Assad's message of him holding back hordes of enemies and killing 'undesirables' falls on receptive ears in the US' fascist, white supremacist circles, writes James Snell.
The Syrian Baath regime provided material help and shelter to Nazis fleeing Europe [AFP]
This week's march, entitled "Unite the Right", by a collection of neo-Nazis, white supremacists and other right-wing extremists in Charlottesville, Virginia, has thrown the United States into turmoil.
One counter-marcher lies dead, and many more have been injured, rammed by a suspected terrorist in a vehicle. And the country as a whole remains shocked and raw.
The president, Donald Trump, has made several rounds of remarks on the subject, sometimes appearing to equivocate, other times seeming to condemn the marchers and the violence their ideological ally unleashed.
Many have said that this does not amount to enough, and they would be right. But the story then becomes one about Trump's reticence or bluster, and the nature of the march itself recedes into the background.
This will not do.
Amid all this chaos, and the tumult in America more generally, some aspects of this march could be lost and forgotten. Etymological concerns abound. It concerns the "alt-right", as they style themselves. Do we call them fascists?
They were certainly behaving like fascists.
Another thing these marchers seemed to have in common with Nazis was something that might seem initially incongruous: Love for the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.
In this fanciful telling, Assad is manning the gates of civilisation, holding out against unspecified barbarians
When used in relation with such people, "love" might seem a strong word, but the sentiment was there and it was real. On film, marchers wearing Assad-themed t-shirts affirmed that Syria's tyrant "did nothing wrong" in between chants of "blood and soil".
Referring to a crude, vicious means by which the Syrian air force kills civilians, the same people were positively gleeful. "Barrel bombs, hell yeah!" one said, promising to use the same weapons on "commies".
James Fields, the man who drove his car into a mass of people and vehicles protesting against the march, had, as Joyce Karam notes, posted a picture of Assad in uniform bearing the legend "undefeated" on his Facebook page.
This love fits a type. American Nazis, like their European and Middle Eastern counterparts, all seem to love Assad.
Britain's far-right British National Party loves Assad. Its on-again, off-again leader, Nick Griffin, has made visits to Damascus to pay tribute. While there, he has given glowing interviews to the Russian state media channel, RT, describing Assad's cause as a just one.
Greece's neo-Nazi Golden Dawn also loves Assad. Its leaders have repeatedly pledged solidarity with his violent crackdown. There was even the suggestion, reported on three years ago, that Golden Dawn-linked mercenaries may be fighting for the Assad regime. Even though these rumours were likely inflated, their appearance at all, in neo-Nazi newspapers, shows apparent willingness to fight and die for Syria's brutal dictator.
Lebanon's Syrian Social Nationalist Party, which marches under a modified swastika, is so pro-Assad that it has been fighting on his side, and even serving as a conduit for pro-Assad speakers from outside Syria to enter the country.
In America things are clearer cut. David Duke, a white supremacist and former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, has been a fan of the Assad regime for years. This affection, which is possibly down to Syria's long-term opposition to Israel, has lasted to this day. Duke tweets gushingly that Assad is a "modern day hero standing up to demonic forces seeking to destroy his people and nation".
This language of Duke's - "demonic forces" in particular - is noteworthy. It gets to the heart of things.
Nazis like Assad because he has killed, and is killing, a lot of Muslims. This is essential to their view of the world. Anyone who sets out to murder Muslims and Arabs can be considered a friend. In this sense the far-right love affair with Assad can be considered almost tactical, a means to an end.
But there is more to it than that. The far-right seems to genuinely believe part of Assad's rhetoric. Its proponents parrot Assad's line that he is at the head of a force which is protecting Syria and therefore Europe from "Sunni barbarism".
The far-right and Assad share hatreds
In this fanciful telling, Assad is manning the gates of civilisation, holding out against unspecified barbarians.
How neatly this slots into the far-right worldview. Sunni Muslims are, in Duke's mind, "demonic forces". That he conflates Syrians protesting for freedom and an end to dictatorship with jihadists is almost incidental. The far-right and Assad share hatreds.
But more than that, there are also links between Baathism and historical fascism. Early Baath leaders sought to emulate the tactics and practices of European fascists. They attempted to modify its doctrines to suit Arab chauvinism, but otherwise the fascist component of Baath ideology is clear to see.
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The centrality of the all-powerful leader; loud talk of racial purity and the superiority of a chosen race, in this case Arabs; hatred of the Jews - all these mark out Baathism's origins and the sources of its early inspiration.
Saddam Hussein, Iraq's Baathist dictator, took signal lessons from many twentieth century tyrants, but his borrowings from the catalogue of fascist practices are most obvious of all.
The Syrian Baath regime provided material help and shelter to Nazis fleeing Europe. One of them, Alois Brunner, most likely died in Damascus after being harboured by the Baath regime for many years. He was never extradited and was in fact generously rewarded by Hafez al-Assad, Bashar's father, for passing on Nazi methods of torture.
Those methods have, it can be assumed, found extensive employment under the Assads.
Nazis across the world love Assad partly because it is transgressive to do so. Their governments, or most of them, acknowledge Assad's crimes and so to downplay them or embrace them seems an exciting, daring act.
More than this, however, Assad's message of him holding back hordes of enemies and killing undesirables falls on receptive ears. Nazis find this message attractive, and admire him because, in both rhetoric and method, he is more than a little like them.
James Snell is a writer and blogger whose work has appeared in National Review, Prospect, CapX, NOW News, Middle East Eye, History Today and Left Foot Forward - among others.
Follow him on Twitter: @James_P_Snell
Opinions expressed in this article remain those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The New Arab, its editorial board or staff.
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Schalfkogel (3537 m n. m.) je hora v Ötztalských Alpách, části Centrálních Východních Alp. Leží v rakouské spolkové zemi Tyroly. Severozápadní svahy vrcholu přikrývají ledovce Gurgler Ferner a Kleinleitenferner, dále Diemferner a od jihu Schalfferner.

Na vrchol je možné vystoupit ze středisek Hochwildehaus (2883 m n. m.) nebo Ramolhaus (3006 m n. m.). Vrchol jako první zdolal Frédéric Mercey v roce 1839 spolu s několika nosiči z údolí Pfelder a horským vůdcem z Meranu.

Název Schalf pochází z latinského názvu saxus albus (Bílá skála), což odkazuje na celoroční sněhovou pokrývku.

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Schalfkogel se nachází vzdušnou čarou asi sedm kilometrů jihojihozápadně od Obergurglu, části obce Sölden. Hora je zcela obklopena ledovci. Na severozápadě leží Diemferner, na severovýchodě Gurgler Ferner, stejně jako Kleinleitenferner a na jihu Nördlicher Schalfferner, který byl dříve spojen s Schalfferner. Sousedními vrcholy jsou 3398 m vysoký Hintere Diemkogel na západě, který odděluje Diemjoch (3315 m n. m.). V průběhu severního hřebene, odděleného Firmisanjoch (3287 m n. m.), leží Firmisanschneide (3490 m n. m.). Na jihu, oddělená vrcholem Schalfkogeljoch (3373 m n. m.), leží Kleinleitenspitze (3446 m n. m.).

Základny a trasy
Trasa prvních horolezců v roce 1830 vedla z údolí Pfelderer na Hochwildejoch (3225 m n. m.) a přes Schwärzenkamm na Steinernen Tisch, kde dnes stojí Hochwildehaus. V roce 1830 zde již stála kamenná bouda, kde si Mercey a jeho společníci odpočinuli a poté se vydali západním směrem k Schalfkogelu. Ukázalo se, že silné sluneční světlo na ledovci způsobuje některým členům výpravy vážné problémy s očima. Po krátkém pobytu na vrcholu sestoupili na Katharinaberg v údolí Schnals.

Pro výstup na Schalfkogel normální cestou slouží jako výchozí bod Hochwildehaus ve výšce 2883 m, kam se dostanete z Obergurglu. Trasa vede od chaty jako vysokohorská túra s odpovídajícím vybavením a ledovcovými zkušenostmi nejprve západním směrem po výškové linii 2800 metrů přes Gurgler Ferner. Z vrcholu Schalfkogeljoch se na vrchol dostanete po skalnatém jižním hřebeni, podle literatury za celkem čtyři hodiny chůze od Hochwildehausu. Výstup je možný také z Ramolhausu (3005 m) na sever. Výstup ze severu přes Firmisanjoch a severní hřeben trvá tři hodiny.

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If you are asked to create the death penalty essay, you should decide whether you'll write in favor or against the claim. Your personal attitude to the death penalty depends on which side you'll comfortable with. Once you've chosen the right side, it's time to deeply research the topic looking for the testimonies of your claim. The clear developed paper outline will be the best guide on how to properly structure the essay. One of the most important aspects contains some short background knowledge and influence of the problem. Keep in mind, the great essay needs to support its claim using facts and statistics.
Developing an excellent essay introduction, the writer should represent the issue to be discussed utilizing the descriptive words to draw reader's attention within the first sentence. Use a background information here followed by a solid thesis to give an understanding of what the essay will talk about. As you write the introductory part, select which side you are for. Your potential readers should know if your paper is against the death penalty or for it. Make this paragraph fairly simple because more detailed are waiting for you a little bit further. Just four or five sentences are more than enough here.
Before submitting your death penalty argumentative essay to the teacher or professor, you have to go back over and proofread it again. Make sure that the paper is well structured and all requirements are taken into consideration, it is really important. Such type of paper can stir up strong emotions, so be ready for this, no matter which side you've decided to follow.


We have seen about several variable functions available in PHP to work with variables. Among them, isset() is one of the widely used function. isset() is used to check whether a given variable is set with a not NULL value.
PHP isset() returns TRUE if a given variable is set to any value including the empty string. And, it returns FALSE, if the variable is not initialized or having NULL.
Using PHP isset() function, we can check multiple variables at the same time. In such scenario, this function returns boolean value TRUE, if and only if, all variables passed as its arguments are set. Or else, it will return FALSE.
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Johann Georg Schmidt (* um 1685 in Böhmen; † 15. September 1748 in Krems) war ein Barockmaler. Zur Unterscheidung vom bekannteren Namensvetter Martin Johann Schmidt (Kremser Schmidt) wurde er auch Wiener Schmidt genannt.

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Johann Georg Schmidt genoss eine Ausbildung im Atelier von Peter Strudel und wurde von Martino Altomonte beeinflusst. Er arbeitete oft mit Architekten wie Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt zusammen. Vor allem in Niederösterreich und Wien sind viele Hochaltarbilder sowie Deckengemälde erhalten, unter anderem in Stift Altenburg, Stift Klosterneuburg, Stift Lilienfeld und Stift Zwettl.

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 1719 Martyrium des Heiligen Sebastian und Glorie des Heiligen Ignatius in der Annakirche in Wien
 1720 "Heiliger Nikolaus" aus der Kapelle des  Jagdschlosses Schmida (heute Stiegenaufgang des Rathauses von Stockerau)
 1720 "Marienkrönung mit hl. Petrus und Paulus" in der Pfarrkirche St. Veit an der Gölsen, ehemaliges Hochaltarbild
 1721 Hochaltarbild Verklärung des hl. Ulrich von Augsburg mit einer Darstellung der Schlacht von Ebenfurth in der Pfarrkirche Ebenfurth
 1724 "Heilige Familie mit Anna, Judas Thaddäus u. Nikolaus von Tolentino", in der Pfarrkirche Maria Jeutendorf, Seitenaltar
 1725 "Johannes Nepomuk" in der Pfarrkirche Etsdorf am Kamp, Seitenaltar
 1727 "Marienverehrung" in der Stiftskirche Klosterneuburg
 1730 Die Taufe Jesu durch Johannes den Täufer in der Malteserkirche in Wien, Hochaltar
 1732 "Altar der Ordensheiligen" im Stift Zwettl, südlicher Querschiffaltar
 1733 Hochaltarblatt "Johannes der Täufer" und Seitenaltarblatt "Martyrium des Johannes Nepomuk" in der Pfarrkirche Weißenalbern
 1733 "Tod des heiligen Benedikt" im Stift Altenburg
 1734 "Martyrium des hl. Vitus" in der  Pfarrkirche St. Veit in Krems, Hochaltar
 1737 "Vierzehn Nothelfer" in der Pfarrkirche Imbach, rechter Seitenaltar
 1739 "Karl Borromäus" und "Johannes Nepomuk", Wallfahrtskirche in Maria Taferl
1739 "Heiliger Isidor von Madrid" in der Pfarrkirche Vöcklamarkt, Seitenaltar
 1747 "Apokalyptische Frau" in der Pfarrkirche Weitra

 "Johannes Nepomuk", Priesterseminarkirche Hl. Kreuz in Linz, Seitenaltar
 "Heilige Familie", in der Filialkirche in St. Michael in Weißenkirchen
 "Johannes Nepomuk", "Augustinus" und "Nikolaus"  im Stift Sankt Andrä an der Traisen

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The FIA is facing a challenge over Formula 1's engine freeze, as some teams believe there is a loophole in the 2015 regulations that could hand them extra development time.
With attempts to convince Mercedes to relax the freeze rules to allow rivals a mid-season upgrade having failed, Renault and Ferrari are now pondering how best to make up ground over 2015.
One issue that has emerged in recent technical meetings with the FIA is that there is no date specified in the regulations for when 2015 engines must be homologated.
Although it is widely believed that the new upgraded power units have to be lodged with the FIA for the first race of the season, some teams believe that the way is open for them to not homologate their engine until later in the year.
Such a delay could prove valuable in allowing longer development time to make further improvements.
The matter was brought up by Ferrari technical director James Allison in recent technical meetings with the FIA in Abu Dhabi, but the governing body argued that although no date for homologation is set, other clauses in the engine regulations make it clear what can be done.
The FIA argues that the clause prevents manufacturers from running two types of engine in one season, making a late homologation impossible.
However, teams argue that a manufacturer would still only be homologating a 2015 engine, as any running earlier in the season would be done with its 2014 unit.
One high level source at a team said Ferrari was not alone in questioning the rules.
"There is no specified date to homologate the engine, so in theory you could wait a few races before doing it," said the source.
Although the FIA has expressed its opinion, the door is open for teams to ultimately challenge the matter with race stewards at the Australian Grand Prix if they wanted.
An FIA spokesman made it clear, however, that the governing body hoped to have the matter resolved well before the first race.
"Our position, as stated very clearly in the meeting [in Abu Dhabi], is you can only have one type of homologated engine per year," he said.
"So whatever you turn up with in Melbourne is your homologated engine.
"It was always envisaged, although not explicitly stated in the rules, that manufacturers would have to deal with modifications on the engine within the constraints of the rules, and then submit their 2015 engine [at the first race].
"It is simple, but when you read it [the rule book], it doesn't say that unfortunately.
"However, you have paragraph 2 of Appendix 4 and countless meetings beforehand where it was made clear.
Honda, as a new F1 manufacturer, has been told that its 2015 engine must be homologated by February 28 next year rather than for the start of the season.
London's Formula E fixture in Battersea Park has been given final approval by the local council.
Wandsworth Borough Council's community services overview and scrutiny committee last week approved the plans for the Formula E Championship to host its seasonal finale in the London Park at end of June next year.
That decision is due to be rubber-stamped by the council's executive this week, but the race will still be subject to the necessary planning permission being obtained for the temporary structures required to turn the grade II listed park into a racing venue.
Tentative approval for the race was given by the relevant council committee in September, but the final decision was delayed from a planned extra-ordinary meeting of that body in October until last week.
That was to allow time for the Heritage Lottery Fund, which made a major investment into the park's infrastructure between 1998 and 2003, to have its say.
The council only gave its blessing to the Formula E fixture after the HLF concluded that the event was appropriate for the park.
The all-electric event will take place on a track made out of the park's perimeters roads measuring just under two miles.
The London event, scheduled at the moment for Saturday, June 27, could become a two-day double-header.
Formula E boss Alejandro Agag revealed at the Beijing series opener in September that one of the European venues could hold two races to bring the inaugural championship up to 10 rounds.
A spokesman for Formula E said: "It is an option for London and we want to give ourselves that possibility.
British Touring Car champion Colin Turkington has admitted that he may need to switch teams to continue in the championship next season.
Turkington took the 2014 title with the West Surrey Racing BMW squad, which lost main sponsor eBay last week.
Although the team is looking for a replacement backer, and Turkington is keen to stay, he admitted that he is now looking at different options.
"With eBay not being involved it is making it difficult for me to be there," said Turkington, who was forced out of the BTCC after taking his first crown – also with WSR – in 2009. "It came as a real surprise to all of us.
"My number one priority is to be on the BTCC grid. I see myself as a British Touring Car driver and I don't want a repeat of 2009-10.
Turkington also said he was happy to race rear-wheel-drive machines, like WSR's BMW 125i M Sport, or front-wheel-drive cars, which form the majority of the grid.
"You want to put yourself in the car that has the best chance to win, irrespective of whether it's FWD or RWD," he added.
F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone says he is disappointed in Sebastian Vettel for the way he behaved during his difficult 2014 campaign.
Ecclestone, who has been a long-time supporter of Vettel, believes the German adopted the wrong approach in getting frustrated by the troubles he had with poor reliability and a down-on-power Renault engine.
"I'm a super supporter of Sebastian, but I'm a little bit disappointed with his attitude, which I think has changed," said Ecclestone, in the foreword to the official Formula 1 season review.
"He's acting like a defeated guy, and he isn't – that's not his mentality.
Ecclestone also suggests that Fernando Alonso could have acted better during a troubled second half to the season that resulted in him parting ways with Ferrari.
"Ferrari was very disappointing, getting lost somewhere," added Ecclestone.
Ecclestone reckons, on the back of Mercedes' dominance, 2014 could have been a terrible season if the Brackley-based outfit had not let its drivers race against each other.
"If we hadn't been lucky with Nico [Rosberg] and Lewis [Hamilton] racing each other and one of them had got away and been dominant, the season would have been over by Silverstone," he said.
"We've been extremely lucky with what happened, these two guys have been racing each other and it's good that Mercedes allowed them to do that.


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11/11/2018 · Nits are the tiny eggs laid by head lice. While you need to kill the adult bugs to complete a lice treatment, getting rid of all nits (or eggs) is also necessary. Properly removing nits from hair means that the lice eggs never hatch, which...... How to Treat Head Lice with Vinegar Vinegar is commonly used as an effective head lice treatment , but it is actually often misused. Most people are told that it will remove both adult lice and head lice eggs .
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Mexican National Team soccer match at Soldier Field sells out
May 7, 2010 By paulmbanks 1 Comment
Chicago's Soldier Field has sold out for the international soccer match featuring the World Cup-bound Mexican national team and the African nation of Senegal, scheduled for this upcoming Monday, May 10 (9 p.m. ET), organizers announced today. The second consecutive sell-out in "El Tri's" May tour matches prior to traveling to South Africa, over 60,000 fans are expected to attend the game in the Windy City.
The Chicago match is the second of three stops for El Tri during a span of a week in May prior to Mexico's final send off to South Africa. Leading up to Monday's event, Mexico will inaugurate a sold-out New Meadowlands Stadium in the New York metropolitan tonight, May 7, against Ecuador. To finish off the tour in what will be another major event for the Mexican side, the national team will then travel on to Houston, to face Angola at Reliant Stadium on Thursday, May 13. Tickets for the Houston match are still available and selling quickly, and fans are recommended to purchase in advance.
Fans attending the game in Chicago are urged to arrive at the stadium early to avoid traffic and long lines, and enjoy Futbol Fiesta, an interactive fan zone of more 120,000 sq. ft. featuring live entertainment, autograph sessions by legendary Mexican players, sponsor booths and giveaways.
Futbol Fiesta will open at 4 p.m. local time in the Southwest lawn of the stadium. Stadium parking lots will open at 2 p.m. local time.
Fans that have purchased advance tickets from Ticketmaster can pick up tickets at Soldier Field Gate "O" starting Monday morning at 10:00 a.m. The Soldier Field Box office will not be open over the weekend.
Reminder: This is a sold out event. Tickets will not be available at the stadium box office on game day.
The complete 2010 U.S. Tour schedule follows below:
Date Opponent City Stadium Time (ET)/Result & Attendance
Feb. 24 Bolivia San Francisco, CA Candlestick Park 5-0 W / 34,244
Mar. 3 New Zealand Los Angeles, CA Rose Bowl 2-0 W / 90,526
Mar. 24 Iceland Charlotte, NC Bank of America Stadium 0-0 T / 63,227
May 7 Ecuador New York, NY New Meadowlands Stadium 9 p.m.
May 10 Senegal Chicago, IL Soldier Field 9 p.m.
May 13 Angola Houston, TX Reliant Stadium 9 p.m.
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OMG! I just love that Simpsons video I posted. It works on so many levels, in so many ways! That's when The Simpsons really was at their best. As much as I love their take on soccer it led off one of all time favorite episodes- the gun control one. Remember when Homer was obsessed with guns?
"what did I tell you this morning, Homer no guns at the dinner table."
"you said the breakfast table."
"it's the same table."

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Q: reload UITableViewCell after push In AViewController there is a UITableView contains some data, call
[self.navigationController pushViewController:bViewController animated:YES]
to push bViewController, after doing some thing in bViewController, the cell selected in aViewController would change some info(for example update read count).
My solution:

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*add notification in aViewController

*post notification in bViewController with parameter (selected cell's indexPath)

*when get notification from bViewController, reload cell of indexPath.

now I meet this issue:
most of time there is no problem, but sometime the app would crash, the problem is
the cell in aViewContrller with indexPath(get from notification posted by bViewController)**is invisible.

A: You can reload the whole table view in viewDidAppeare method.
It will work every time you go back from bViewController.
Or just to keep performance in mind you can reload just visible rows:
[tableView reloadRowsAtIndexPaths:[tableView indexPathsForVisibleRows]
                 withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationNone];

Or even reload just one cell you made the changes, replace [tableView indexPathsForVisibleRows]  with array which contains one index path of the cell you want to reload.

A: First of all you should not use NSNotifications for this - they are meant to be used in one to many relationship. In your case you better adopt Delegate Pattern.
In addition you should not update table view which is not currently on screen, you better just update it's data, and when it comes visible again you call reloadData to make changes in data model visible to user.

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Episodes, DC's Legends of Tomorrow episodes, Season 4 (DC's Legends of Tomorrow)
Tender is the Nate
"When I first stepped on to this ship, I was, you know, trying to get away from all my baggage back home, and I can't believe I'm gonna say this.... Hemingway once wrote "Can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another." And thanks to you guys, I don't have to run anymore."
"Tender is the Nate"
Phil Klemmer
Matthew Maala
Dean Choe
"Tagumo Attacks!!!"
"Hell No, Dolly!"
"Tender is the Nate" is the sixth episode of the fourth season of DC's Legends of Tomorrow, and the fifty-seventh episode overall. It aired on November 26, 2018.
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When Hank Heywood confronts Ava about the spending habits of the Legends, Nate steps in to try and smooth things over by inviting Hank on to the Waverider. The Legends then show Hank what they do by visiting 1920s Paris, trying to capture the newest fugitive. Meanwhile, Mona is trying to make a good impression with Ava, but her over eagerness gets her and Ava stuck in a cell instead[src]
Brandon Routh as Dr. Ray Palmer/The Atom
Caity Lotz as Captain Sara Lance
Maisie Richardson-Sellers as Charlie
Tala Ashe as Zari Tomaz
Jes Macallan as Director Ava Sharpe
Courtney Ford as Nora Darhk
Amy Louise Pemberton as Gideon (voice)
Ramona Young as Mona Wu
Nick Zano as Dr. Nate Heywood/Steel
Dominic Purcell as Mick Rory/Heat Wave
Special appearance by
Matt Ryan as John Constantine
Tom Wilson as Hank Heywood
Andrew Lees as Ernest Hemingway
Jason McKinnon as F. Scott Fitzgerald
Meganne Young as Zelda Fitzgerald
Darien Martin as Konane
Daniel Cudmore as Minotaur
Sergio Osuna as Salvador Dali
Daniel Deorksen as Django Reinhardt
George Boutros as Delivery Guy
Craig Haas as Marcel
"Tender Is The Nate" begins with Monda showing up at he Time Bureau, she's been given a vocation at the association after her presentation in a week ago's scene. Ava shows her around the workplace, acquainting her with a portion of the detainees at the office, including Nora Darhk.
Ava returns to her office, where she's welcomed by Sara Lance in full underwear, needing to observe Ava's birthday. The two beginning getting private when Hank Heywood busts in and an abnormal discussion among Hank and Ava results while Sara has a go at staying silent under the work area.
Hank's disturbed that the Time Bureau is costing the administration millions and he arranges Ava that she needs to give the Pentagon sufficient thinking to draining cash. Hank at that point orders Nate to take him to the Wave Rider — where the Legends have a go at diverting Nate from finding the Amaya copy being held in the storm cellar.
The gathering is fruitless in their endeavor and Nate unintentionally discovers Charlie. Sara and Ray pull Nate aside and clarify their circumstance. Nate consents to one doing one crucial that Charlie is his ex so Hank doesn't understand they're holding an outlaw.
Sara separates the group into two crews — Sara, Nate, Mick, and Hanky travel to 1927 Paris to deal with a period chronological error. There, the incredible craftsman Salvador Dali discloses to the gathering that he saw a massive man. Hank gets diverted by Ernest Hemingway, his preferred creator. Hank and Mick warmly embrace Hemingway and they let it slip the Legends are chasing a beast. Hemingway demands chasing the beast with the group.
The groups enter the Catacombs to start finding the animal.
Mona goes to visit Nora, and sneaks her a letter from Ray. Nora gets resentful and utilizes her forces to destroy her the prison cell containing her. Ava calls for crisis reinforcement.
Nate's attempting to discover his way around Paris when he chances upon Charlie and the two contend. The pair at that point finds the Fitzgeralds, the team Nate was making the rounds searching for.
Down in the Catacombs, the gathering runs into a minotaur and start battling it.
The Fitzgeralds disclose to Nate the account of the minotaur and he understands he needs to substantiate himself to his dad so he leaves to go into the Catacombs to discover the remainder of the group.
In the battle, Hank gets sliced by the minotaur and the team surges him back to the Waverider. Gideon directs a narcotic to Hank and the remainder of the group head pull out to stop the minotaur.
Ava and Mona are currently secured Nora's cell and the three take a stab at holding. Ava's irate with Mona about her activities with Nora however the three beginning drinking wine bought for Ava's birthday. The three beginning becoming inebriated.
Constantine prepares a creation that emits the aroma of a female minotaur and Nate says that once the beast is diverted, he'll play a tune on his lute to make it nod off.
They accumulate at the watering opening they met Dali and Hemingway at prior and sure enough, the minotaur comes to assault. They almost get the minotaur snoozing yet Hemingway's firearm goes off and awakens it with a following battle.
It's uncovered that Ray shrouded himself in the letter of Nora's and jumps out to enable the trio to break out of the cell.
The minotaur's going to gut Nate when Hank gets a guitar and starts singing James Taylor. Hank's arrangement attempts to divert the minotaur, taking care of it. The gathering hosts a pizza get-together to commend their main goal.
Preparation ran from August 23 until August 31, 2018. Shooting ran from September 4 until September 14, 2018.[1]
This is the last episode of Season 4 that Ray is in his A.T.O.M. suit.
The episode's title is a play on the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel Tender Is the Night.
It may also be a pun referring to Nate's retirement from serving with the Legends as the superhero Steel.
Sara asks Hank if he ever got hit by a girl, a reference to Back to the Future (1985), in which Biff (who, like Hank, is portrayed by Tom Wilson) gets smacked by Lorraine McFly.
Gideon gets a new look in this episode.
During the American accent lesson on the Waverider's bridge, a mask worn by the female DC superhero Katana can be seen on the shelf behind Constantine.
Mona refers to Ray and Nora as her generation's Rachel and Ross, a reference to Friends.
When the team is talking about a lute Constantine mentions the artist Sting. In John Constantine's first appearances in the pages of Swamp Thing his look was based on Sting as per writer Alan Moore's request.
As of this episode, the only characters from the first two seasons who are still on the Waverider are Sara Lance, Ray Palmer, Mick Rory, and Gideon.
Rip Hunter, Leonard Snart, Carter Hall, and Martin Stein are all deceased.
Kendra Saunders, Scythian Torvil, Jefferson Jackson, Amaya Jiwe, and now Nate Heywood have all retired from the Legends.
However, Nate will most likely remain a series regular as an agent of the Time Bureau.
As of this episode, there are officially no meta-human members of the Legends, due to Nate's leave of absence becoming his retirement.
This episode features many references to older episodes:
The death of Henry Heywood in "Moonshot".
Rip's sacrifice in "The Good, The Bad and The Cuddly".
Ava finding out she is a clone from the future in "I, Ava" and her brief experience of childhood in "Wet Hot American Bummer".
Nora's start of her own darkness in "Daddy Darhkest".
Nate talking about "that heart of yours" to Ray, which is a parallel to "No Country for Old Dads".
Nate's goodbye is similar to that of Jax in "Beebo the God of War", with both revealing their retirement to Sara, hugging her goodbye, receiving a surprise dinner, giving a speech about their growth aboard the Waverider, and finishing with a toast.
This is the 14th episode in the Arrowverse and the fourth episode of DC's Legends of Tomorrow to be named after a character in a civilian sense, after "Sara", "The Secret Origin of Felicity Smoak", "Who is Harrison Wells?", "My Name Is Oliver Queen", "Alex", "Zari", "When Harry Met Harry...", "Run, Iris, Run", "I, Ava", "Schott Through the Heart", "Harry and the Harrisons", "Nora" and "The Virgin Gary".
At one point during the pizza party, Nate is holding beer in his right hand and rubbing Ray's shoulder with his left, but the camera returns to him a second later with these actions switched.
Hank Heywood claims that the Legends have spent $1.7 million on historical costumes. However, previous seasons have shown that the Waverider creates both historical clothes and equipment for the crew for free using Gideon's programming.
He also made a similar complaint about the Legends' food supply, which is actually provided by Gideon as well.
The only situations that seem likely is that he was somehow misinformed about the Legends' actions, or that Gideon creates them out of some unknown material, like a 3D printer, which means the process costs money.
"The Virgin Gary" • "Witch Hunt" • "Dancing Queen" • "Wet Hot American Bummer" • "Tagumo Attacks!!!" • "Tender is the Nate" • "Hell No, Dolly!" • "Legends of To-Meow-Meow" • "Lucha De Apuestas" • "The Getaway" • "Séance and Sensibility" • "The Eggplant, The Witch & The Wardrobe" • "Egg MacGuffin" • "Nip/Stuck" • "Terms of Service" • "Hey, World!"
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Below are the people who completed the challenge this week!
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Next week we'll talk about Big decisions. We make decisions every day – what am I going to eat for breakfast? What color shirt will I wear today? These are little, almost subconscious decisions, but there are other decisions that are huge – team or even company changing decisions. When it comes to making BIG decisions, are you a whole picture person, or an "in the weeds" type? Do you need to know all of the details, or are you satisfied with making a choice with just knowing the end goal? If your team needs to get you on board, how can they convince you something is the right choice?


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This is an increased action of the heart both in force and frequency that causes the patient distress.
Etiology: It is observed more in the young than in the aged, and in those who are anemic and suffer from reflex gastro-intestinal causes, and emotional and mental disturbances during the climacteric period. The toxic condition of the blood — the result of the infective disease, has often been noticed as a cause, as well as alcohol, tobacco, tea, and coffee. Regarding the sexes, the female suffers most during puberty and the menopause; while in the male it appears most during the middle and later period of life; when worry and business care are heavy. Hypertrophy of the heart is frequently a cause of palpitation.
Symptoms: It is usually paroxysmal, being seldom constant. Preceding the attack there is a slowing of the heart's action and a pallor of the skin. This is followed by a sense of an increased force and rapidity of the heart with mental anxiety of dyspnea.
Physical Signs : There is seen a throbbing of the vessels and the cardiac impulse is diffused. The pulse is rapid, full and strong (110 to 150). The area of cardiac dullness may be enlarged. The valvular sounds are more distinct than is natural. Cardiac palpitation should not be mistaken for those forms where there is great rapidity and irregularity of the heart's action without the patient knowing it. The palpitation due to valvular disease should not be mistaken for that due to nervous derangement.
Prognosis : There is no real danger in itself but hypertrophy may ensue.
Treatment: To arrest the attack the patient should be placed in bed where it is quiet and all clothing loosened over the precordial region. In some cases cold, while in others hot drinks relieve it.
Aconite: This remedy is indicated when the palpitation is the result of fright, excessive physical exertion, functional or structural disease of the heart, lungs or stomach, in young, plethoric, robust individuals with an excitable temperament.
Arsenicum alb : Violent palpitation of the heart, the paroxysms being worse just after midnight. They are often accompanied by a paroxysm of nervous asthma and are attended with great restlessness and anxiety. There is frequently a periodicity about the attacks in those who are chlorotic and addicted to the excessive use of alcohol.
Arsenicum iod : This remedy should be studied where the arteries and heart show indications of degeneration.
Nux vomica: This remedy is often indicated when the palpitation is the result of a deranged stomach, liver or bowels, or from the abuse of alcohol, tea, coffee, or the result of excessive study.
Spigelia: When this remedy is indicated there is violent palpitation which is audible to the patient. The action of the heart is irregular both in rhythm and impulse, giving it an undulating motion. The palpitation is associated with shooting pains about the heart, rheumatism and intestinal worms.
Cinchona: When palpitation appears as a result of debilitating losses from diarrheas and hemorrhages or fevers, study this remedy.
Ignatia: When violent emotions or grief is acute; also, asafoetida, nux moschata and cocculus.
Ferrum: This remedy is adapted to anemic patients. The face changes color frequently and is red at the beginning of an attack. These patients are often tubercular; are easily excited, and if females, the menses are scanty and uterine catarrh is present.
Digitalis : We have no remedy so frequently indicated in palpitation resulting from self abuses as this. It not only relieves the palpitation but it also diminishes and arrests the nightly emissions that so frequently accompany it.
Cannabis sat : This remedy should be thought of in those cases of palpitation of the heart that are the result of self abuse. It is second only to Digitalis in the relief of the palpitation from this cause and in its control over the sexual excitement.
Coffee: The palpitation is strong and visible; the patient is restless and weary, yet cannot sleep.
Calcarea carb. and Sulphur: — Should be studied in chronic cases.
Chamomilla and Opium, for cases that are the result of fright.
Platina: In cases of menstrual irregularity, retention of the menses and in cases of great sexual excitement.


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The shareholders of Nowata Filtration selected Acquisition Advisors to represent them in the divestiture of their interest in the business. Acquisition Advisors developed and executed a quiet, confidential and effective strategy that resulted in a transaction that met all of the client's primary goals and objectives.
Nowata is a highly successful fourth-generation company. The owner was at retirement age and it was not a viable option to pass the business to the next generation. It was large, complex, capital intensive, and the industry was very competitive. The owner had received regular inquiries from interested buyers. One in particular was a large, acquisitive company with a product line and customer base that would offer a strong fit with Nowata Filtration. Darrel Fry, the controlling shareholder, was not experienced in M&A transactions. He knew that he would be outmatched by experienced teams of buyers.
Acquisition Advisors listened to Fry's objectives and devised a sound strategy to attempt to work out a deal with a firm by the name of Amafilter – a Dutch firm backed by the renowned Netherlands-based multinational investment bank ABN Amro. If the suitor's terms were found to be "fair market" – as judged by AA's experience – Fry would forego bringing in competing bidders.
AA negotiated a generous price and terms on behalf of Fry. The terms included a retention package for the key senior employees. After much work, the deal closed as planned and no alternative suitors were contacted.
Aside from the challenge of maintaining confidentiality, which is always a priority, the most significant challenges were the following:
Challenge #1: Getting the buyer to pay a maximum price without the pressure of competing bidders. This challenge was overcome by Acquisition Advisors' experience with deals of this type. The buyer was also very experienced in deals, and knowledgeable of what price and terms were "market." Once the buyer came to realize it could not outwit the seller and its representative in connection with fair price and terms, it capitulated and paid the premium that was merited.
Challenge #2: Valuing the company and pegging a fair working capital level, given the rapid growth and wide swings in working-capital levels that occurred due to the concentration of high-value orders common in the business. In this case, AA's experience and skill brought logical analysis to the task of communicating and selling the methodology to the buyers. The end result was a significant working-capital adjustment bonus for the seller at closing, which in effect added 20 percent to the purchase price.
Challenge #3: Incentivizing and retaining key managers to run the company and allow an early exit for Fry. Securing and maintaining active cooperation of key managers is frequently essential to closing a deal. In this case, it was necessary to inform key managers early in the process. They became convinced of how the deal could benefit them personally, which is often the case (and runs contrary to conventional wisdom). They were also briefed on what to expect and what roles they would be expected to play in the transaction. Finally, as a parting reward for their good service in building the business and assisting in the transaction at hand, they were promised a bonus upon closing of the contemplated transaction. Each key employee received, as part of the deal, an employment agreement with the new owner, and the new, larger ownership entity promised them opportunities for further growth and professional development.
WHAT YOU CAN LEARN FROM THIS DEAL:
In a multimillion-dollar transaction with many intricacies, there is no replacement for the experience and advice of a specialized M&A advisor who has successfully negotiated a similar situation many times before. The value that can be delivered from using an experienced dealmaker is unique and creates significant value in addition to the role of accountant, legal or tax advisor.
I made the right decision hiring Acquisition Advisors to assist me. They worked with me throughout the deal, coaching me at each stage and skillfully orchestrating the process all the way through to closing. There's no doubt that they added considerably to the deal, in excess of the fee that I paid to them.
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If you're an expert in some field, there's a chance you and your plus one (if you have one) could take a cruise vacation for pennies on the dollar. This is particularly true if you know a cruise port destination inside and out.
These are temporary positions that might last a week or two, or sometimes a little longer — the length of your vacation.
"There is a need for those who know the general history, art history, geography, geology, oceanography, social economics, culture, wildlife and nature" of where the cruise is going, says a spokesperson at Compass Speakers and Entertainment. That's one of the major companies in the cruise booking field, engaging speakers and entertainers for Azamara, Celebrity, Crystal, Cunard, Oceania, Regent Seven Seas, SeaDream Yacht Club, Silversea and Windstar lines.
And the need for expert speakers applies for such diverse geographic areas as the Mediterranean, Asia, Africa, Antarctica, the Caribbean, South America, Australia,, Alaska, New England and Canada.
Also in demand, but not to the same extent, are people who can lecture to fellow cruise passengers about art, film, health, music, science, theater and world affairs.
Artists Wanted for Cruises
If your specialty is more creative, such as watercolors, pastels or drawing and sketching, some cruise lines might like to have you, too. The same goes for face painting, balloon twisting and other talents to entertain children during school breaks.
Paul DiFilippi, director of cruise ship enrichment programs for Sixth Star, another major booking company (for MSC, Royal Caribbean, Princess, Azamara, Celebrity, Cunard, Norwegian, Seabourn, Silversea and Disney), says during the summer, there's even a call for grill masters.
For those with a more spiritual bent, cruise lines also can use members of the clergy (more for Catholic priests and rabbis than other denominations).
Upscale cruise lines including Crystal, Cunard and Silverseas also employ what are known as "gentlemen hosts." These are men, usually single and over 40, hired to dance with women passengers and sometimes teaches dance classes. Besides knowing most ballroom dances, they're expected to be outgoing and able to talk about many topics. There's a year-round demand and the longer the cruise, the more hosts are brought onboard.
Paul Jones, of Orlando, has been a host on Crystal ships and Cunard's Queen Mary 2. He says, "I spend about six hours a day, every day of a cruise — not just at-sea days — doing what I love almost better than anything else in the world: dancing."
The Small Catch
What's the catch? Well, for the most part (unless you are in high demand), you have to pay a little for one of these jobs.
That may be $30 a day or as much as $65 a day. Art instructors are expected to provide supplies, so they pay less than those who don't.
But keep in mind that the cruise might ordinarily run $500 or so a day, per person, so it's quite a bargain. (You may be responsible for transportation to and from the ship.)
What You Need to Do on the Cruise
So, what do you have to do to get on a cruise this way?
Lecturers and instructors usually give three 45-minute presentations a week (on at-sea days when the ship isn't in port) with a 15-minute Q and A following.
Occasionally, speakers may work as the cruise line's representative on a shore excursion; in that case, the excursion is free to the speaker.
Otherwise, in exchange for your work on the ship, you receive accommodations, meals, beverages (on some ships) and access to amenities like the fitness center and pools. Sometimes, gratuities are included.
You can bring a plus one unless you'll be a gentlemen host.
Allan Jordan and Bill Miller, noted ship historians, each speak on as many as 10 cruise lines a year, talking about the history of cruise ships and ocean liners. Richard Morgan, who worked for the Panama Canal Company for 25 years, lectures on numerous cruise lines as they transit the canal. Steve Friedman, a classically trained lyric tenor from North Bethesda, Md. and author of The Ultimate Broadway Musical List Book lectures on Crystal and Celebrity cruise lines about musicals, which entertains passengers.
Cruises With Experts on James Bond and Rum
Matt Sherman and Robert Burr do things a little differently. Sherman's a James Bond expert and Burr is a rum aficionado. They organize their own cruises, book the ships, set the itineraries and promote the events.
For 20+ years, Sherman has been "bonding fans together" on cruises through his company, Bond Fan Events. His last cruise went to Jamaica and included seminars, themed games, scavenger hunts and tours of locales with a Bond connection from Goldfinger, Thunderball, Live and Let Die, Dr. No, The Spy Who Loved Me, For Your Eyes Only and Casino Royale. He chooses the cruise line according to the itinerary.
Burr, author of Rob's Rum Guide, will lead an 11-day Rum Renaissance Caribbean Cruise though the Eastern Caribbean starting on November 11, 2019, departing from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., on the Holland America Konigsdam. Guests will savor the best rums of the region with private seminars, tasting events, rum shopping and excursions to rum distilleries and visitor centers.
How to Get Started as a Cruise Speaker or Instructor
If you're interested in becoming a speaker or instructor, contact one of these agencies: Compass Speakers and Entertainment and Sixth Star Entertainment and Marketing.
Be ready to provide a DVD of a presentation you've made or a link to one or more YouTube clips. Also, provide a resumé demonstrating your expertise. There may be an in-person or Skype/FaceTime interview.
If you're accepted, the booking company will give you a list of open ships, dates, topics and itineraries and you then indicate your preference. After your first gig, if you like the teaching and cruising life and the cruise line is happy with your job, you can request back-to-back cruises if you wish.
A few tips:
Be prepared to accept a cruise that may not be your first choice in dates, cruise line or itinerary. Saying no the first time could mean not being called again.
You can sell items related to your lecture, including books or CDs, but the ship may take a percentage of your sales.
You must have a passport valid for at least six months from your original date of departure, even if you don't plan to get off the ship. It's up to you to determine if you need a visa or any vaccinations for any port on your itinerary.
Most likely, you will be asked to not play at any table games in the casino and may be asked to not sit on bar stools or carry a drink when walking in public.
You may have to wear a badge identifying you as a speaker (technically a crew member). You will be expected to mingle with the other guests.
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Plot Outline:
Blood Beast is set about a year after the events recounted in Slawter. Grubbs Grady is back in Carcery Vale. His life seems to have settled down at last. He's getting on well with Dervish. He has lots of new friends at school. He's sweet on a girl and he thinks she might fancy him too. Apart from a few bad nightmares, all should be fine.
But it isn't.
Grubbs has been struggling to contain the magical talent he discovered in the town of Slawter. He doesn't want to become a Disciple and he hopes his abilities will fade if he hides them long enough. But they're starting to bubble to the surface and he suspects he's reaching a crisis point.
He also suspects he might be turning into a werewolf.
So much for an easy life!!!!
Things come to a head when a playful treasure hunt leads Grubbs and a couple of his friends to the find of a lifetime. But there's more to this treasure than meets the eye. When tragedy strikes, Grubbs's life threatens to spin out of control. There are a number of strange, seemingly malevolent forces at work. Dervish stands by Grubbs and tries to help him through the tough times, and he receives further help from an quarter. But has he finally faced one beast too many????
Blood Beast is the first half of a two-part storyline. It ends on a HUGE cliffhanger. The story will be concluded in Book 6.
PART ONE -- "ORIGINS OF THE BEAST"
Blood Beast, book 5 of The Demonata (and the 20th book that I had published), went on sale on the 4th of June 2007. It became a #1 Children's Bestseller in the UK, and also go to #5 on the overall hardback bestseller chart in the UK. This was the first time that I'd had a #1 children's bestseller in the UK, so it was a BIG thing for me! It had taken seven and a half years, but I'd finally made it to the top of the pile -- at least for a little while! The book also hit the top in style, selling more than 70% more copies than the #2 places book each of the weeks that it was at the top -- sweet! It also hit the top spot in Ireland, and as a bonus it was shortlisted for the first ever UK Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Book Award!
Blood Beast was the third Demonata book that I wrote, after Lord Loss and Bec. It started life around the same time as Bec, after a visit I made to Mitchelstown Caves. (You can read more about that in my Bec notes). I thought it would be cool to write a scene where humans have to fight demons in a cave. As I played around with all sorts of stories which would allow me to write such a scene, I came up with the threads of a book set in the past, which became Bec, but I also toyed with the notion of doing a book set in the present.
As I've said before, I never planned to write a series of connecting Demonata stories. When I first contemplated ideas for this book, Grubbs wasn't going to be the main character. I thought I'd probably work Lord Loss in, but even that wasn't a definite in the early days. But as I teased at the story and worried it like a dog gnawing a bone, I realised this was a perfect story for Grubbs Grady. When I finished Lord Loss I assumed that was the last I'd ever write about Grubbs, but he wouldn't go away inside my head, and the more I thought about the new story, it seemed like they were a perfect match for each other. Once I made that link, the story developed swiftly as I saw how to fit Grubbs and other characters from Lord Loss into it -- and also, crucially, how to connect the new story to Bec. When I wrote Bec, I didn't plan for it to tie in with Grubbs's story -- it was going to be a stand-alone book. But now that I had returned to Grubbs, I realised I had to either not publish Bec or else find a way to link her story to that of Grubbs -- otherwise it would make no sense. Well, obviously I didn't want to sacrifice my Celtic book, so I put my thinking cap on and luckily I came up with some answers.
Finding links is the really difficult, magical part of writing. The question I get asked all the time is, "Where do your ideas come from?" But, as I always answers, everyone has ideas. We all have dreams and nightmares, and our minds wander and we imagine ourselves kissing a beautiful lady or fighting a monster or whatever. What I do differently is try to make stories out of those ideas. I do that by asking questions and trying to come up with stories to link scenes together. Sometimes it's easy -- with Cirque Du Freak I had a couple of early ideas, about a boy meeting a vampire at a circus, and walking off with the vampire as his assistant. It was relatively easy to link those ideas together -- boy has to meet vampire, boy has to do something to get vampire interested in him, something has to happen to make the boy agree to become his assistant, etc, etc.
It was harder with this book. A LOT harder. There were no logical links with Bec. For a long time I couldn't think of a way to build a bridge between the two novels. I figured out early on that Bec and Grubbs could be distant relations (that's why I went back later and put in the scene with the werewolves in Bec -- that wasn't in the first draft), but in terms of a connected series that was a fairly thin link. That wasn't reason enough to release Bec. I had to give readers more than that. Bec had to be more than an interesting experiment -- I didn't want to write a historical novel and then return to the present and just dismiss it as a side-story.
Finally I saw how I could do it. Like everything in life, it was obvious in retrospect, but figuring it out was one of the hardest and most complicated things I've ever had to do. When you read this book, and book 6, it will all be clear. My master plan will reveal itself and you'll have no problem following the flow of the story. In fact you'll probably think, "Of course! Why didn't I see that coming? It had to happen that way. It couldn't have worked any other way." But, trust me, nothing was clear early on -- for a time I was juggling ideas wildly and it was complete chaos inside my mind! I'm still not sure how order emerged out of the mayhem, how I whittled the ideas down and pieced the links together. But a writer doesn't need to know HOW his brain works -- just as long as it DOES work!!
Once I had most of the kinks figured out, I sat down on the 12th of January 2004 and wrote up my plot notes -- three pages, outlining the full story. I started writing the book soon after that. I'm not sure when exactly I realised that the long story would work better if I split it into two, but at some point I made that decision, and after a short break I began writing book 6 in March 2004.
PART TWO -- "TEENAGE ANGST"
One of the things that interested me most when I was toying with the idea of writing another Grubbs Grady book (and remember, Blood Beast was written BEFORE Slawter, so this was the second Grubbs book that I wrote) was exploring the relationship between Grubbs and Bill-E. Relationships are central to most of my books -- The Saga Of Darren Shan, for instance, was built around the bonds between Darren and Mr Crepsley, Darren and Steve, Darren and Harkat, Darren and Debbie, etc. I think those books have proved so popular not just because they were fast-paced and action-packed, but because fans liked the way Darren interacted with other characters -- you could see him fall out with Steve, suspect and then grow close to Mr Crepsley, and so on. For a story to be interested, you need interesting characters, and over the course of a series you need to see the relationship between characters change and evolve, like relationships do in real life.
In Lord Loss, Grubbs and Bill-E connected instantly, because Grubbs was lost and lonely -- he would have become friends with anyone who was nice to him at that time in his life. Bill-E was also lonely -- I didn't make a big deal of it in the book, but I think the fact that he hung out with Dervish so much, and never mentioned any other friends or brought them around to see Grubbs, hinted that all was not as coolio in his world as he was letting on. Fan opinions on Bill-E after Lord Loss and Slawter were divided -- a lot of people thought he was just a wiseass, a smart-alec, a bit full of himself.
But Bill-E is actually one of the loneliest, saddest characters I've ever created. Like many teenagers, I wasn't especially happy. I did have friends, and I enjoyed school, and I was never really bullied. But I became self-conscious in my teenage years. I withdrew from the world a lot. I found it hard to make new friends, and my relationships with those I had from when I was younger underwent a lot of change -- a guy might be my best friend one month, then we might be hardly talking to each other a month later. It was a weird, chaotic time. The ground felt like it was shifting beneath my feet. I never knew what the next day was going to bring, or when a friendship might fall apart. I often felt out of place, awkward, lonely. It was a hard, sometimes miserable time -- but the good news for any of you going through similar trials is that things DO change -- teenage angst ISN'T forever, and better days ARE ahead -- you just have to sigh and see out your teen years, then get on with the rest of your much more adjusted and evenly-keeled life.
But back to Bill-E. Although he had a big role in Lord Loss, I felt there was much more I could do with him and Grubbs. And Blood Beast was my chance to explore their relationship in real depth. Grubbs has grown a lot by the start of this book. He's become popular at school. He has other friends. He hangs out with a cool crowd, and there's a girl he fancies -- and he thinks she fancies him! He's more confident than he was before, enjoying life again, more like he was when we first met him at the very start of Lord Loss.
But Bill-E isn't part of Grubbs's new group. Bill-E has always been an outsider and he can't change, even though Grubbs wishes he could, so that they could still be friends. Grubbs hates the way he's losing Bill-E. He wants them to be just like they were, best friends. He wants Bill-E to be part of his new gang, to hang out with him, to laugh at his jokes. He can see what nobody else can see in Bill-E. He feels sorry for his small, shy friend. But, being a typical teenage boy, he can't verbalize his feelings or do anything to help -- he just lets the world roll over him.
Blood Beast is by no means a slice-of-life story. This isn't a gritty, realistic book about the hell that school can be. It's a book about magic, transformations, secrets, death and horror. But it also covers ground which I haven't really explored in most of my other books. I think it comes closer to the real world than any other book of mine. And I think that lends it an extra depth -- I hope fans will really FEEL for these characters and identify with them, and that when bad things start to happen (as they always do in a Darren Shan book), you'll share their sense of desperation and hurt -- because you'll have seen that for all their magical trappings, underneath it all, these people are just like YOU.
PART THREE -- "BITS AND PIECES"
Book 5 is where the storylines of the first 4 books start to come together. It doesn't become crystal clear until the sixth book, but eagle-eyed readers should be able to spot many of the links and start drawing the story threads together by themselves. Pay attention to the minor details -- there are clues everywhere!
Remember Lord Sheftree's legendary stash of buried treasure from Lord Loss? How Bill-E and Grubbs went hunting for it regularly until events distracted them? If you thought that was just a bit of side-nonsense which was never going to be mentioned again... you were wrong!
This book is set about a year after Slawter. Although I've never mentioned Grubbs's age, I think it's pretty clear that he's in his mid-teens, so he's about 15 or 16 in this book. And, like most teenage boys that age, he's interested in girls. One girl in particular. And he gets to put the moves on her in a game of Spin The Bottle! But anyone who thinks this is going to turn into a slushy chick-lit kind of story is gravely mistaken!
Some familiar faces pop up again in this book -- in some ways it's like Book 8 of The Saga of Darren Shan, when I started bringing back characters from earlier in the story. Only not all of the old faces are familiar straight away!
I played around with a number of names for this book. Blood Beast was a working title from quite early on (I think!) but I considered a number of other options. One of them -- the earliest -- was "Of Wolves and Demons".
Book 5 ends on a HUGE cliffhanger -- so be prepared to left tearing your hair out at the roots if you don't have book 6 close to hand when you finish!
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The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ): A proxy measure of parenting stress
Dominic Mc Sherry, Montserrat Fargas Malet, Kerrylee Weatherall
The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) (Goodman, 1997) is a brief behavioural screening questionnaire for three- to sixteen-year-olds. It is commonly used in clinical practice and research, particularly in the UK, and is completed by parents, carers and teachers. The measure was utilised in a cross-sectional phase of a longitudinal study of children in care, namely the Care Pathways and Outcomes Study, alongside a measure of parenting stress, the Parenting Stress Index – Short Form (PSI-SF) (Abidin, 1995), with a sub-sample of children (n=72) aged nine to fourteen, and their parents and carers. A Pearson Correlation Coefficient indicated a strong positive correlation between these two measures (r= .71), with normal and abnormal scores on one measure corresponding to normal and abnormal scores on the other. Consequently, it is argued that the SDQ may be considered a proxy measure of parenting stress, with scores in the clinical range being highly predictive of clinical levels of parenting stress. As such, SDQ-informed interventions for adopted children and children in care, and others where behavioural problems have been detected, should be developed to include a consideration of the needs of parents and carers, specifically in relation to reducing levels of parenting stress.
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Mc Sherry, D., Fargas Malet, M., & Weatherall, K. (2019). The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ): A proxy measure of parenting stress. British Journal of Social Work, 49(1), 96-115. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcy021
Mc Sherry, Dominic ; Fargas Malet, Montserrat ; Weatherall, Kerrylee. / The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ): A proxy measure of parenting stress. In: British Journal of Social Work. 2019 ; Vol. 49, No. 1. pp. 96-115.
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Megan may have already rounded up the best Twitter reactions from this week's major, major, MAJOR episode of Game of Thrones, but I've got one more to include from none other than Arya Stark herself. Not to worry, I have four other (totally random) gems before it, so you have time to avoid the spoiler if for some crazy reason you have yet to watch. Consider yourself warned!
A lot was said about Michael Douglas' now infamous Guardian interview this week but B.J. Novak won this one, you guys.
As a life-long boy-band lover (thanks to Anna, Lance Bass's would-be blockbuster On the Line is sitting on my desk as I write this), I'm grateful that YouTube funny guy Tyler Oakley has explained this mystery for us.
Jimmy Kimmel Live!'s Molly McNearney has a pretty convincing theory on kale's rapid rise to fame.
I can always count on some quality snark from Parks and Rec star Retta. Love her.
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Which tweets were you loving this week?