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A marriage is the legally or formally recognized union of (usually) two people.[1] This socially recognized union establishes rights and obligations between the spouses, as well as any biological or adopted children and affinity.[2] Numerous marriage customs are described in A Song of Ice and Fire. These customs vary considerably between the lands and major faiths, i.e. followers of the old gods, the Faith of the Seven, R'hllor, and the Drowned God. All appear to be religious ceremonies between one man and one woman (who should not be more closely related than first cousins), involving the exchange of vows in the presence of particular sacred witnesses e.g. a septon (for the Faith of the Seven), a heart tree (for the old gods),[3] or a priest or priestess (in case of the Drowned God or R'hllor). The wedding is followed by a feast, where the bride and groom eat and drink with everyone. Afterwards, the bedding takes place, where the marriage is consummated.
2 Betrothals
3 Marriage
3.1 Age at marriage
3.2 Wedding ceremony
3.3 Consummation
4 Legality, divorce and annulment
5 Polygamy
Prince Maegor Targaryen takes Alys Harroway as his second wife in a Valyrian ceremony officiated by Dowager Queen Visenya Targaryen.
In the Valyrian Freehold it had been custom among the dragonlords to marry brother to sister, or, if that was not possible, an uncle to a niece, or an aunt to a nephew. Also accepted were polygamous marriages, though this practice was less common. The Valyrians had their own religious ceremonies, though a priest does not seem to be a necessity here, as Queen Visenya Targaryen was capable of officiating a wedding performed per this Valyrian ceremony.[4] Following Aegon's Conquest, House Targaryen continued their incestuous marriage customs, even though the Faith of the Seven, the main faith in the southern kingdoms of Westeros, saw incest as a vile sin.[4] This resulted in an uprising by the Faith Militant, which began during the reign of King Aenys I Targaryen,[4] and continued during the reign of King Maegor I Targaryen.[5]
Betrothals
See also: List of known betrothals
Most betrothals among nobility are to ally with another family, not for love;[6][7] such marriages of convenience are also common among the middle class and peasants.[7] According to Stannis Baratheon, "the surest way to seal a new alliance is with a marriage".[8] Betrothals and marriages can be part of a pledge of support: For example the marriage of Margaery Tyrell to King Renly Baratheon,[9] King Joffrey I Baratheon,[10] and later King Tommen I Baratheon,[11][12] the offer of a marriage of King Cleon to Queen Daenerys Targaryen,[13] and the secret marriage pact, in which Viserys Targaryen is promised military support from Dorne in exchange for marrying Princess Arianne Martell.[14]
The head of house is expected to arrange matches for his or her children and any unwed younger siblings. Although a lord cannot force the marriage if their dependent refuses to say the vows, this would carry serious consequences.[15] An example is Ser Brynden Tully, whose refusal of a girl his brother and liege, Lord Hoster Tully, had chosen for him, caused a severe strain on their relationship.[16] While lords do not necessarily arrange marriages for their vassals or household knights, they would be wise to consult him and respect his feelings when arranging their own matches.[15] Betrothals can be made at a large variety of ages. Children might be as young as two years old (e.g. ladies Baela and Rhaena Targaryen[17], though generally betrothals are made when the people involved are somewhat older. Eleven is considered a more normal age for a betrothal,[18] though when severe political matters are involved, children might be younger (e.g., Myrcella Baratheon, who at nine years old, was betrothed to eleven-year old Trystane Martell to form an alliance between the Iron Throne and Dorne during the War of the Five Kings.[19])
Betrothals can be broken.[20] However, this can have serious consequences. When Prince Duncan Targaryen broke his betrothal to a daughter of Lord Lyonel Baratheon to marry Jenny of Oldstones, Lord Lyonel rose in rebellion.[21][22] When King Robb Stark broke his betrothal to a girl from House Frey to marry Jeyne Westerling,[23] the Freys refused to lend him any further aid in the War of the Five Kings, resulting in the Red Wedding.
If a nobleman who has been betrothed dies before a political marriage can occur, a sibling or heir may take his place. An example is the case of Brandon Stark, who died before he could be wed to Catelyn Tully, after which his younger brother and the new Lord of Winterfell, Eddard Stark, married her in Brandon's place during Robert's Rebellion.[24]
Though dowries in the Seven Kingdoms are paid by the family of the bride to the groom's family,[25][26][27][28][29] in the Free Cities this might not be the common practice, as King Daeron II Targaryen paid a dowry to the Archon of Tyrosh as had been promised by his father, when his half-brother Daemon Blackfyre married Rohanne of Tyrosh.[30]
Just as men and women can be betrothed at a large variety of ages, they can also be wed at a large variety of ages, which might depend on the necessity of an heir, or the political environment. While marriages to girls who have not yet reached their majority or even their first flowering have happened, they are rare. Moreover, bedding these girls before they are at the least flowered is seen as perverse. Generally, weddings are postponed until the girl has passed into maidenhood with her flowering (i.e., has had her first menstruation).[31] Most highborn girls have their first menstruation at the age of twelve or thirteen.[32] It is not uncommon for a girl to be married after she has had her first menstruation,[33] or within the first year following her first flowering.[12] Usually weddings are postponed until the bride is even older, closer to her majority (i.e., the age of sixteen)[31] or even beyond (e.g., Catelyn Tully). Nonetheless, infants have been married (e.g., the marriage of the infant Lady Ermesande Hayford, no more than a year old, to Tyrek Lannister, so a claim could be placed on her family's lands)[34][35], though this is very rare.[36] Marriages when the bride or groom is under the age of puberty are not consummated,[12][37][38] though the bride and groom may ceremonially share a bed on the wedding night.[12]
In Westeros, the wedding ceremony is a religious ceremony. The bride's father, or the person standing in his place (usually kin or whoever else is closest to living kin), will escort the bride to her future husband and those presiding over the marriage.[39][40] Thus far, all the wedding gowns that have thus far been described have been a shade of white – Sansa Stark wore a gown of ivory samite,[39] Margaery Tyrell wore ivory silk,[41] and Jeyne Poole wore white lambs-wool[40].
In case of the Faith of the Seven, a septon presides over the ceremony, which involves prayers, vows, and singing,[39] and takes place in a sept.[42] The bride wears a cloak in the colors of her house, called the "maiden's cloak".[39][41] The bride's father, or the person standing in his place, is to remove the cloak from her shoulders, so that her husband can place a cloak of his own house colors about her shoulders. This signifies the bride passing from her father's protection into her husband's protection. The bride and groom speak the words "With this kiss I pledge my love",[39][41] potentially followed with an additional "… and take you for my lord and husband" and " …and take you for my lady and wife" by the bride and groom respectively,[39] after which the septon will declare them to be man and wife, stating they are "one flesh, one heart, one soul, now and forever".[39][41]
Jeyne Poole wearing her brides cloak while being escorted to her groom by Theon Greyjoy.
For those who follow the old gods, ceremonies are significantly shorter, and contain no priests. The bride is escorted to her groom, who awaits her in front of the weirwood tree in the godswood, and a ceremonial conversation follows, where the identity of the bride, of the groom, and of the person giving the bride away are established. The bride is asked to accept her husband, and upon her agreement ("I take this man"), bride and groom join hands, kneel before the heart tree, and bow their heads in token of submission. When they rise following a moment of silent prayer, the groom removes the maiden's cloak, and places the bride's cloak around her shoulders, after which he will carry her to the feast in his arms.[40]
Wedding customs in Essos differ somewhat from Westerosi ceremonies. Weddings done under the Lord of Light do involve priests. A priest (or priestess) recites ceremonial prayers, which are answered by the wedding guests. The priest and groom await the bride by a ditchfire. The bride is escorted to the priest, who first asks the bride to identify herself, and next asks who comes to claim the bride. Both bride and groom are asked whether they will share their fire with their spouse-to-be, to warm him/her "when the night is dark and full of terrors". Bride and groom are to leap over the ditchfire together, to emerge as one. Following this, the groom removes the maiden's cloak and places the bride's cloak around the bride's shoulders.[43]
As is traditional in Ghiscari wedding customs as practised in Meereen, the female relatives of the groom examine the bride's womb and female parts, to ensure her fertility. Three Graces witness this ancient ritual, and recite prayers. The bride is to be stripped completely naked for this purpose. After the examinations are done, the women eat a cake baked specially for betrothals, which men are forbidden to taste.[44] Usually, the bride is to wash the groom's feet, signifying that she will be her husband's handmaid.[44] Under special circumstances, it might be the groom who washes the feet of the bride.[14] When Daenerys Targaryen marries Hizdahr zo Loraq, she sits in an ivory chair whilst he washes her feet with water from a golden bowl, while fifty eunuchs sing to them.[14] The bride traditionally wears a tokar of white silk, with dark red veils. The tokar is fringed with baby pearls, which symbolize fertility.[44] Weddings of the highest nobility in Meereen takes place at the Temple of the Graces. The ceremony might last up to four hours, and when husband and wife emerge from the temple, they are bound together wrist and ankle with chains of yellow gold.[14]
Both the different Westerosi wedding ceremonies as well as the Ghiscari ceremony is followed by a feast, which in turn is followed by the bedding.[39][41][40][43] For highborn weddings done by the Faith of the Seven, a wedding pie will be presented during the feast, which the bride and groom cut open. The pie is filled with living birds (e.g. doves, bluejays, skylarks, pigeons, mockingbirds, nightingales, sparrows, parrots or other songbirds), which fly away once the pie is cut open.[45][41]
It is considered to be ill luck to refuse a knight hospitality on your wedding day.[45] Tourneys might be held to celebrate a wedding.[45][30] It is not customary to have melees at a wedding,[45] but the Golden Wedding of 49 AC had the War for the White Cloaks melee tournament. The ceremony was the largest wedding in Westeros history, with 40,000 guests.[46]
Among the Dothraki, weddings occur beneath the open sky. The ceremony might last the entire day, during which the guests feast, drink, dance, and fight. A wedding without at least three deaths is seen as a dull afair.[47] Towards the end of the ceremony, the bride is presented with her bride gifts. A khaleesi will be presented with a gift from each of her husbands bloodriders, which she is to decline and give to her husband instead. Following the receiving of the gifts, the khal and khaleesi will consumate their marriage.[47] Following the wedding, the khal is to present his new bride to the dosh khaleen at Vaes Dothrak.[47]
Main articles: Bedding and First night
Following the feast, the bedding takes place. The bride is escorted to her bedroom, usually by the male guests from the feast, who will undress the bride along the way while making rude jokes.[45][26][39] The women at the feast will do the groom the same honors.[39][45] Usually, once the bride and groom are in the bedchamber they are left alone, though wedding guests might stand on the other side of the door, shouting suggestions.[39] Nonetheless, in some cases, witnesses might be present for the bedding,[48] though it is unknown how far this witness duty goes.
Women, more so for noble women, are generally expected to be virgins on their first wedding night. After some weddings, the bedsheets are displayed to show the blood, thereby proving the breaking of the bride's maidenhead and thus her virginity at her wedding night. However, since it is known that horse riding can break a girl's maidenhead, few families are insistent on physical proof.[49]
Even though it is rare for a marriage to occur before the bride has had her first flowering, they do sometimes occur. However, it is considered to be perverse to bed a bride who is so young.[31] Nonetheless, it is considered to be bad luck for the marriage if the man to sleep apart from his bride on their wedding night.[12]
Lords in Westeros once had the right to the first night, the custom of bedding newly-wed women before their husbands. Queen Alysanne convinced King Jaehaerys I to abolish it,[50][14] but it is still practiced illegally in some parts of the north.[51]
Legality, divorce and annulment
Vows said at swordpoint are not held to be valid,[48] and in theory, a person cannot be declared to be married if they refuse to say the vows.[52] However, there can still be issues of consent even if vows are spoken willingly. Marriages may be conducted between children or babies.[34][35] Even if the marriage occurred under force, a lord might claim the marriage to be legal if lands are at stake.[48]
In the cult of the Drowned God, it is possible for someone to be married by proxy, without their consent and without saying the vows for oneself.[53] However, as such a marriage has thus not been consummated, it can easily be set aside again.[54]
Divorce in Westeros is not common.[55] Instead, man and wife might decide to live separately (e.g., Doran Martell and Mellario).[6]
However, marriages in the Seven Kingdoms can be ended in several ways. A king is able to put his queen aside – even if she has given birth to his children – and marry another.[56][57] In the Faith of the Seven, a marriage that has not been consummated can be set aside by the High Septon or a Council of Faith.[58][59][60] Even a marriage that has been consummated can be set aside,[61][62][63][21][64][65][37][66] even a marriage of many years with children.[67][68] Neither bride nor groom needs to be present for an annulment; however, it must be requested by at least one of the wedded pair.[69] The role and procedure of a Council of Faith has not yet been stated.
Another way of ending a marriage is by having the bride join the silent sisters.[45] Similarly, when a man takes the vows of the Night's Watch, his marriage is over.[70]
Main article: Polygamy
While most marriages are between only one man and one woman, polygamous marriages do occur in the known world.
In the times before the Andals came to Westeros, King Garland II "The Bridegroom" Greenhand, King of the Reach, had multiple wives. In order to marry the daughter of Lord Lymond Hightower, he put aside his other wives aside.[67][68] And according to the songs, Storm King Ronard Storm had twenty-three wives.[71]
Though not a common practice, the dragonlords and sorcerer princes in Valyria sometimes took multiple wives.[4] King Aegon I Targaryen, who invaded Westeros and united six of the Seven Kingdoms under the rule of one monarch, had wed both of his sisters.[29] While the Faith of the Seven does not allow polygamy and considers it to be a sin,[72][4] Aegon I's rule was accepted. In fact, during his Conquest, Aegon received a proposal from the Storm King, Argilac Durrandon, who offered his daughter Argella as a wife to Aegon, while Queen Regent Sharra Arryn of the Kingdom of Mountain and Vale offered herself in marriage to Aegon as well.[29] Aegon's younger son, Maegor I Targaryen, is the last Targaryen known to have taken multiple wives. In doing so, he upset the Faith of the Seven, resulting in his own exile.[73] However, according to Maester Yandel, Daemon I Blackfyre believed he would be able to take two wives,[30] and according to Jorah Mormont, Daenerys Targaryen is able to take two husbands.[74]
While followers of the Drowned God may take only one "rock wife", with whom they have trueborn children, they are allowed to take multiple "salt wives". Children fathered on salt wives are not considered to be bastards, and may even inherit if there are no heirs by a man's rock wife.[72][75]
Among the Dothraki, at least the Khal is known to be allowed to practise polygamy. For example, Khal Jommo is known to have four wives.[76] Additionally, according to the "ancient ways", a Khal might share his Khaleesi with his bloodriders, a custom still practiced in some khalasars.[77]
What has love to do with marriage? A prince should know better.
—Gerris Drinkwater to Quentyn Martell[6]
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By Brian O'Hear, Director, Calkain: The outlook for the triple-net-lease market for the remainder of this year promises to be exciting.
As we work our way through the dog days of summer, we can take a moment to reflect back on the second quarter of 2016 and forecast for the upcoming months, sure to be fraught by the most highly acrimonious U.S. presidential campaign to grace social media pages. In particular, let's take a look at the investment sales and debt markets.
General consensus supported by Calkain research shows cap rates for investment volume have remained steady for the first half of 2016. Albeit understandable given the equity market volatility, it is still clear there remains an appetite for the real estate triple-net product, especially for the private investor.
In this time of low interest rates, the case remains strong for real estate investors, given the longer triple-net lease terms and attractive spread over bond rates and 10-year T-bills, which are at historical lows of 1.5 percent as of the middle of August 2016. In some cases involving triple-net sales, we see the difference of 500 basis points between T-bills and average cap rates for triple-net-leased properties.
Given the slowdown in triple-net sales, changes in the U.S. debt market are stirring that potentially could have implications for the single-tenant market. We can all agree that commercial real estate fundamentals are stable, demand is meeting supply due to continued employment gains, and most property types are seeing rental increases. However, investors threw some caution to the wind in the first half of the year, in the face of proposed Fed increases and T-bill declines from calendar year 2015. The upcoming 2016 presidential election will not have any effect on interest rates through year-end 2016.
With headquarters in the Washington, D.C., area, Calkain Cos. and others always like to take a peek at the federal government agencies, along with the General Services Administration in any given presidential election year. Reflecting back to the presidential election of 2012 and the first half of 2016, we see that most federal government agencies have taken a low profile on leasing more space and choose mostly to remain in existing space, using renewals and short-term extensions as a forerunner of the election results. Moving forward, any likely government growth will have to be tied to specific programs, most notably cyber security (such as at the Democratic National Convention) and the growing market of health care technology.
What's ahead for the balance of 2016? The Presidential election is weighing heavily on the minds of all American voters. Will rumors of change in the capital gains tax cause investors to delay buy or sell decisions or hasten their decision? Regardless, real estate investments will continue to play a big part in the economy. Private capital is still seeking higher fixed-income yields, which triple-net investments satisfy, while institutions have monies allocated to invest for this year, the remainder of this year should prove to be an exciting time.


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Well, after all the excitement, celebrations and hoopla over The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films I took a little breather from the Blog. Starting to gush.
So with feet firmly back on the ground I thought I would dig out something grittier and Hobbit free. David Baldacci is an internationally-acclaimed best selling thriller writer. They all say that in publishing but, with 100 million books in print no less, it is a very fair claim. And I have to say having read six of them they are actually great, fast-paced page-turners. Hailing from Virginia USA, Mr. Baldacci practiced law for nine years in Washington, D.C., as both a trial and corporate attorney. This informs the credibility of his story lines. You may recall his debut novel Absolute Power which was filmed, starring Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman and Ed Harris.
The design work I undertook for Simon & Schuster UK was a complete author make-over, comprising the new hardback, Last Man Standing and fresh covers, in the new livery, for his paperback backlist. Interestingly the commission came from S&S art director Glen Saville (now freelance). Interesting because Glen worked for me at Pan Books in a former life. So the first move was a quiet sober lunch to catch up and make sure the old roles threw up no problems in working together with Glen as 'The Boss'. It was a wise investment of a couple of hours and roles and functions were clear. Initially I produced covers for Douglas Coupland and Seth Godin – which I can't find for the life of me. Bald head, tight crop, bright colours.
The David Baldacci make-over was based on a very dramatic use of white space working off the bottom of the page. And, sorry to bang on about it, attention the spines as display areas. Glen was great in giving me space to work and championing the look through the publisher's processes, a real ally to the project. It is worth pointing out that within a strong publishing genre, such as mainstream thrillers, you can stretch things to a certain extent but must not lose the instant recognition factor for your audience. I'd love to try it but publishers do not warm to thriller jackets/covers that reference literary fiction or cookbooks! Publishers, I dare you to let me try!
We tackled the photo-shoot in one – very long – day. As so often, my first choice behind the lens was Colin Thomas. Colin is a tall thin, sometimes bearded, odd sock wearing fellow who has quite the easiest manner you could wish to work with. His skill and adaptability are superb. We have worked on hundreds of assignments together, from Ed McBain and Dick Francis to wild PhotoShop forays where Colin is a master. He does great location, advertising and portraits and catalogue work. Damn, he's talented. You would love working with him. Check the Digital Imaging on his website. It's insane.
By the way, the model on A Simple Truth was a cracking fellow who appeared as an actor in a Guy Ritchie film. I think due credit is so important and I am maddened I cannot remember or find his name to check him. Maybe you can help, film buffs?
Anyway, returning to the 'internationally-acclaimed best selling thriller' schtick and the commercial imperative, the David Baldacci make-over exceeded the publishers' expectations winning prime display and shelf space everywhere. His industry currency soared and the auction value of his next book went stratospheric.
What I would like to know is what thriller covers have appealed to you? Why not leave a comment and tell us why you like them?
And I'd love to hear what you think of Colin Thomas portfolio . . .

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The effectiveness of international environment agreements has so far been studied almost exclusively from an institutional or regime-centric perspective. Such analysis focuses on the actors in agreement-making and downplays the role of the structures and constraiunts within which they operate. Environment, Society and International Relations argues that a distinction must be made effective institutions dealing with environmental problems, and the remedying of an environmental problem. Gabriella Kutting introduces the concept of environmental effectiveness to address this problem, and goes beyond previous studies by not only criticising existing approaches, but actually offering an alternative. Kutting's approach introduces a new perspective to the effectiveness debate, based on a more holistic methodology and an ecocentric rather than environmental management viewpoint. Based on a critique of regime theory, this book outlines the structures in which agreement-making operates, and demonstrates that a fundamental reassessment of the relationship between environment and society is necessary. Environment, Society and International Relations offers new insights into the study of social organisation and its effect on the environment. It also offers a compelling critique of neoliberal institutionalist thought, which has rarely been presented in such a thorough and convincing way. This ground-breaking volume is an essential resource for researchers and students of International Relations, Environmental Studies and International Political Economy, as well as for policy analysts.
Part 1 Distinguishing between institutional and environmental effectiveness. Part 2 Empirical studies. Part 3 Environment, society and IR.


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Coronavirus: Testing Center Opens At Budapest Airport
21 Dec 2020 7:29 AM
From now on, it is possible to take COVID-19 tests at Ferenc Liszt International Airport. Budapest Airport and Universal Medical Hub have established a test center at Terminal 2B, where not just passengers, but anyone can have PCR or rapid-antigen tests performed.
A COVID-19 testing center has opened on the arrivals level of Terminal 2B at Budapest Airport, in the freely accessible landside area.
The service is available for everyone, but may be especially useful for arriving and even departing passengers.
From 18 December, Friday, passengers can have PCR tests carried out immediately, without an appointment.
The result is then sent to them electronically, within 24-48 hours.
The center also offers rapid antigen tests, the result of which is available within 15-20 minutes following testing, and is also sent out by e-mail.
Testing is carried out under professional circumstances by healthcare professionals, in a 37 square meter facility established on the arrivals level of Terminal 2B.
Anyone can request information about the testing process at the information counter located next to the testing center, and hostesses are available at several locations in the terminal, to help direct customers to the facility.
An appointment is not necessary for testing, only online registration is required, which anyone can complete on a smartphone or computer via https://bud.umedhub.com/.
Users then receive a QR code by e-mail, which they can scan contactlessly on site, upon which they immediately receive their line number.
The airport operator has placed take-a-number machines in the waiting area in front of the testing center, whereby customers can wait conveniently, without queuing, in compliance with social distancing rules.
Users can pay the 19 500 HUF authority price of PCR tests online, during registration, facilitating seamless administration.
"Ever since the appearance of the coronavirus pandemic in Europe, we have strict protective measures in place to safeguard the health of passengers and staff.
In line with the protocol issued by EASA, we ensure that the airport should be a safe environment from a healthcare perspective, with continuous disinfectant cleaning and by facilitating social distancing," said Dr. Rolf Schnitzler, the CEO of Budapest Airport.
"It was very important for us to open the COVID testing center at the airport before the holidays, thus offering a quick and safe testing opportunity for everyone, and especially passengers arriving home for the festive period," he added.
The airport operator established the testing center with the involvement of healthcare professionals, and selected experienced medical service provider Universal Medical Hub in a tender to perform the testing.
"Private healthcare as a whole is undergoing great changes in Hungary.
During this transformation, which is still ongoing, there is even greater demand from patients to receive customer-focused service from private providers," said Gábor Molnár, the owner and managing director of Universal Medical.
"With nearly fourteen years of experience, Universal Medical Hub operates in a European-level service system where patients come first not just in terms of words.
We can thus provide the best possible service to those who have COVID-19 testing performed at Budapest Airport," he added.
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Charlie Daniels' single "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" earned gold status, signifying sales in excess of 500,000 units, 39 years ago today (Aug. 21, 1979). The song was the debut single from Daniels' Million Mile Reflections album.
In addition to going gold, "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" also became Daniels' first No. 1 hit. The artist co-wrote the song with five other writers, as a last-minute addition to the record on which it appears.
"The idea may have come from an old poem that Stephen Vincent Benet wrote many, many years ago," Daniels adds. "He didn't use that line, but I just started, and the band started playing, and first thing you know, we had it down."
"The Devil Went Down to Georgia" tells the story of a boy named Johnny, who makes a deal with the devil, wagering his own soul for a chance at a golden fiddle. It became Daniels' biggest hit, reaching No. 3 on the pop charts as well. The song was also used in the 1980 movie Urban Cowboy, starring John Travolta and Debra Winger.
Daniels included "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" on several of his compilation albums, including A Decade of Hits in 1983, Super Hits in 1994, Fiddle Fire: 25 Years of the CDB in 1998 and 2006's 16 Biggest Hits. The song is available on iTunes.


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Blount tourism impact spikes to $408M
The Smokies are among the oldest mountain ranges in the world, but they keep drawing visitors to Blount County like they were new attractions.
The 2018 Economic Impact of Travel on Tennessee Counties report released shows Blount and Sevier counties finished in a virtual dead heat for the top spot when it came to increased visitor expenditures in the state.
Blount County's 7.91% increase in visitor spending was edged out by Sevier County's 7.97% increase last year.
"The growth of the tourism industry in the state and in particular Blount County has been tremendous," Smoky Mountain Tourism Development Authority Director Kim Mitchell said in a statement. "We see these positive results as a success of our focused and strategic regional and national marking efforts to promote Blount County as a place for outdoor tourism and a meeting destination."
Because of the taxes generated by visitor activity in Blount County, each household sees a savings of more than $700 in local and state taxes, according to the report.
The number of motels near McGhee Tyson Airport attest to the fact that business travelers contribute to the economy as well as vacationers to Townsend and Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
The benefits of visitation also goes beyond the direct exchange of dollars. It boosts employment. Tourism jobs in Blount County were at an all-time high of 3,650, which also led to an all-time high payroll of $109.9 million.
Blount ranked eighth among Tennessee's 95 counties in visitor expenditures at $408 million, according to the report issued by the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development.
Statewide impact
Davidson County, including Nashville, topped all county indices with $6.9 billion in tourism economic impact. Shelby County was second at $3.7 billion, Sevier third at $2.5 billion, Knox was fourth at $1.17 billion and Hamilton fifth at $1.16 billion.
"From our thriving cities to our beautiful rural landscapes and everything in between, Tennessee has solidified its place as a leader in tourism across the country," Gov. Bill Lee said, commenting on the report. "Our booming tourism sector is outpacing the nation in every category. World-class food, music and adventure are just a few things folks find when they come to Tennessee, and thankfully, folks are visiting this remarkable place more than ever."
All 95 counties saw an increase in economic impact with each having more than $1 million in direct travel spending. Twenty-one counties saw more than $100 million.
"Tennessee's diverse cities and small towns offer quality tourism products and remarkable brands that drive visitation," Department of Tourist Development Commissioner Mark Ezell said. "We would not have these numbers if it weren't for renovations, capital investments and passion shown by tourism partners across the state. The record-breaking millions who come here discover the music, history and culture, family experiences and scenic beauty that make Tennessee 'The Soundtrack of America.'"
Lee and Ezell talked of the report's findings while speaking at the Ford Theater at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. They noted Tennessee's growth is outpacing the nation in all areas of travel. That includes tax revenue, expenditures, payroll and employment.
Across Tennessee, tourism generated more than $50 million in new state and local tax dollars in 2018, about $25 million of which supports public education. Travel across the state generated 189,757 jobs and $1.81 billion in state and local tax revenue.
It's not all due to fellow Americans traveling around the country. In 2018, Tennessee ranked No. 3, after Pennsylvania and Colorado, for international spending growth over 2017, according to Tourism Economics.
International spending growth in Tennessee is seven times the national average, with a 5.4% in-state increase compared to 0.8% in the U.S.
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Warwick-based software developer Rivo is delighted to announce the successful installation of a risk-management solution with Stobart Group. Rivo now provides risk management software for Stobart Group, City Link, Wincanton and Scania UK.
As the UK's leader in multimodal logistics, warehousing and biomass fuel sectors, Stobart Group is one of the most recognised and strongest brands in Britain, best known for its iconic Eddie Stobart trucks. With a road haulage fleet of some 2,280 trucks and over six million square feet of premium quality warehousing, Eddie Stobart has the best vehicle utilisation in the industry, helping to maximise efficiency and environmental benefits.
Stobart Group decided to replace its existing risk management system which was limited by flexibility. Rivo rapidly implemented the new system within 3 weeks using a powerful configuration tool which enables the user interface to meet exact requirements. The use of Stobart specific terminology within the system and the ability for the software to match Stobart's existing processes means that user adoption and the quality of data input has already improved significantly.
Rivo Software are developing their knowledge of the industry even further by running a Transport & Logistics - Safety Management event on Thursday March 29th in Warwick. The event will see industry speakers talk about their experiences and offer educational sessions to enable delegates to improve existing processes.
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Pepim é uma freguesia portuguesa do município de Castro Daire, com 11,94 km² de área e 334 habitantes (2011). A sua densidade populacional é 28 hab/km².

Pertenceu ao extinto concelho de Sul até 1853.

População

Média do País no censo de 2001:  0/14 Anos-16,0%; 15/24 Anos-14,3%; 25/64 Anos-53,4%; 65 e mais Anos-16,4%

Média do País no censo de 2011:   0/14 Anos-14,9%; 15/24 Anos-10,9%; 25/64 Anos-55,2%; 65 e mais Anos-19,0%

Presidentes da Junta
 Marcelo Ramos Martins (PPD/PSD) - 2013 a 2017;
 Avelino Ferreira da Rocha (PS) - 2017 ao presente.

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Freguesias de Castro Daire
Antigas freguesias de Sul
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Q: MVC3 Model with collection creating new collection I have a model that contains a collection property as List().  In my view, each of the ChildModel objects is rendered in a table row via it's own Editor Template.
On postback, my model gets bound correcty in that contains a list of ChildModels with the correct about of items originally created in the view, but all the properties of the ChildModel are null, with the exception of the single Editable field.
Based upon this, it appears as if it is creating an entirely new collection of objects, and forgetting all about any values set previously.
I've tried adding the other child object properties to hidden fields, but I still get default values (nulls or zeros) for all properties accept for the one I have created an edit control for. (textbox).
Any thoughts on how to get at a minimum a key field for my item so I can simply update my existing collection?
I found that my hidden field value is in the Request.Form on postback with the Quantity values as well as the values I put in the Hidden fields.  I'm not sure why the FormValueProvider isn't parsing those values.

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France will meet Croatia at the Luzhniki Stadium on Sunday, when history will await the victors in the Russian capital.
The final that kicks off at 10pm Thailand time is one very few people could have anticipated four weeks ago, when the competition in Russian Federation was just beginning.
France coach Didier Deschamps has fielded the same starting line-up in every knockout-round match except the quarter-final against Uruguay when Blaise Matuidi was suspended and replaced by Corentin Tolisso.
Mario Mandzukic became the first player to score an own goal in the tournament's final, heading an Antoine Griezmann free-kick past team-mate Danijel Subasic after 18 minutes. According to Opta statistics, France are unbeaten in 14 games when Kante and Paul Pogba start in midfield together. Even in their best game of this tournament, a 4-3 thriller over Argentina in the round of 16, Les Bleus were pushed to the limit by a mediocre side that was lucky to have even made it out of the group stage.
Then they hit form, sweeping aside Argentina in a match which announced to the world that Mbappe is set to be an global superstar as he scored twice and outshone Lionel Messi.
Croatia got off to a winning start for the first time at a World Cup since 1998 with a comfortable victory over Nigeria.
Packed house: The Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.
Tens of thousands of people poured onto the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris after France´s semi-final win against Belgium and expectations at home are high. They deserve to be in the final just as much as us.
She told Mr Marr on his weekly Sunday morning show: "Carve-outs are things that are done in trade deals around the world". However, under the blue skies of the Chequers' garden, he said their relationship was "the highest level of special".
"They have demonstrated their worth and that they have the physical and mental resources to go and win it".
Dalic said on Saturday he was prepared to make changes for the final if any of his players have failed to recover from their exertions. "It will be a special match because it is a World Cup final and we have to stay in our bubble to focus on the ultimate goal".
Dalic revealed his team are being driven on by the support back home in Croatia and regardless of the result their run to the final will be a joyous occasion. One thing that brings me happiness is that all my players tell whether they are not 100 per cent fit. Averaging these two models gives us our final prediction of 62 to 38 in favour of France.
Croatian dreams were reignited as Ivan Perisic netted to level the scores. "We need to perform at a high level and deliver a flawless match to win", said the goalkeeper.
"We have some minor injuries, minor problems, and I hope my players will be ready". "I'm not interested who is the opponent".
Croatia's World Cup dreams were dashed as France clawed back from a goal down in the semi-final to win 2-1, before going on to beat Brazil in the final.
France are the established power with a young team full of speed and skill while Croatia have the veterans that have shown they can never be counted out. He sent in a unsafe free kick through traffic, and it came off the back of Mandzukic's head in the 18th minute, sailing into his own net for an unfortunate own goal that gave France a 1-0 lead.
One of the most thrilling World Cups ever comes to an end on Sunday at 11 a.m. ET when Croatia and France square off with the title on the line.
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Rebecca finds herself fighting a chance with love when she is tempted by the handsome Andrew Simpson. When Miranda finds out she accuses her of sleeping with the enemy. But Rebecca stands her ground and proves that she is the only one in control of her life and takes a chance on love again.
Carmella receives a surprise invitation from Oliver via video for her and Chloe to join him in Portugal. She's tempted, but she's not sure she can take a chance on love again. Rebecca tells her to seize the day and take a risk, besides, shouldn't she give Chloe the opportunity to have a relationship with her father? She later reveals she's leaving for Lisbon in a week.
Bridget starts to feel overwhelmed by Steve, Miranda and Declan trying to control her life. Everyone wants a piece of her and she can't stand the lack of freedom she is already feeling. Fed up, she decides to assert her independence again and grabs a backpack and heads for the open road.
Harold has disappeared on the day of his cancer treatment and Lou searches high and low to try and find him. When he has no success, he raises the alarm and tells the Parkers about Harold's illness.
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Atmeh Refugee camp, Idlib, Syria.
I want to share a in a small and highly condensed manner a visit to Atmeh refugee camp. Bare in mind when reading this, I have visited Atmeh on countless occasions.
Current estimates from Atmeh on their count of refugees here are around 12,000, however, that varies depending on who you speak to – showing just how disorganised this camp is.
There is no official count of people staying in this refugee camp. There are no records of those at the camp, and there will be no change in this any time soon.
There are various aid groups, organised by individuals, made up of Syrians around the world raising funds, collecting vast amounts of medical supplies, clothing, blankets and so forth for this camp, I myself have even attended some fundraising events for these things, yet inside the camp these efforts are not to be seen.
I spent about one hour just walking around the camp at first to gather my bearings and understand what was happening here.
As I walked through the camp, I could look to my far left and see a man urinating in the not too far distance, a lady squatting to use the toilet behind a walk erected as some form of bathroom facility, but of course lacked any privacy. In this area, the stench of faeces & urine was a little much for me to handle.
On continuing my walk, we see a young girl of 6 crying, the man with me at this moment spotted her first and we rushed over to her aid, we asked her what was wrong, she was lost. She had been wandering lost trying to find her mother at their tent again after going to get some food. We spent some time calming her down and locating her family; she was not far from them, but again, just a small indication of the disorganisation.
As anyone will know who has entered a refugee camp, you are fast to gather a vast number of followers, the children gather in great numbers and follow closer than your own shadow, my shadow started calling for me to follow them, and so I did. They took me to another section of the camp where a family had found a snake in their tent. The families begin to share their stories with me of their encounters with snakes entering their tents, a common occurrence for many.
As they share their stories of escape from regions across Syria, yet another family arrives after a long journey from Syria. They women are already in tears upon arrival and reluctant to speak with me as they were so scared & confused with what has happened to them. One lady tries to speak with me, but turns her back to me mid-sentence as she could no longer contain her outburst of tears. The men of the group come to share to me what has happened, more family members had been lost, their homes shelled and destroyed, everything lost, understandably a highly traumatic time for them as they arrive to a stench ridden camp after falling asleep in their own beds the previous night.
This lady had just travelled from Hama to Atmeh, she had to turn away as she broke down in tears after trying to gather her emotions to talk to me.
One another walk through the camp, I am drawn to a woman sitting alone on a small rock outside her tent. I could see the distance & deep sadness in her eyes as she stared into a dark abyss. I had to sit down with her to speak with her; her 4 young children appear to join us as we talk. The lady had come from Homs 12 days prior to our meeting, she travelled from Homs to Hama at first where she had other family after her home had been destroyed, sadly that day there was an air attack on this village and was left with no other choice but to try to get to Turkey to seek refuge – 4 days later after a tiring & terrifying journey she was in Atmeh at the camp. Loved ones lost, others left behind with their destiny's unknown. The lady appeared to be in pain also so I enquired as to what was wrong. She had kidney stones and was in a lot of pain. After many visits to the field hospital they were unable to give her anything to help her, I took it upon myself to get her the medication she needed. After a short trip to the now rather bustling village of Atmeh compared to my first visits long before there was such a thing as a refugee camp, I had the medication from a pharmacy there, 300SYP (Around $3.50) and we were on our way back to the camp again 30 minutes later, the only problem was it took another 30 minutes to find her again through the maze of tents.
Interviewing the refugee mentioned above, I gave her children each a lollypop, the smallest little thing, yet the gratitude and joy it brought is indescribable. The true appreciation, care, & love of the families in Syria is a beautiful experience that no-one can understand truly until you spend time with them to understand what I am talking about.
As night fell, I spent time at the field hospital; a young nurse struggled to deal with the amount of people turning up at moments asking for bottled water because they were sick from the water, appearing with sick babies, children malnourished and very ill in appearance. I commend this young man for all he is trying to do, he stays at the camp, and helps out of the goodness of his heart.
I was compelled to spend a few hours there assisting matters and learning from him his experiences at the camp. Lack of medication the largest problem, medication being given for the wrong problems another.
It all led me to wonder, where on earth is all this aid that I keep hearing is being sent in, yet I don't see it ever there? Something doesn't make sense that's for sure and without question there is as great disorganisation on the outside as the inside.
You can see limited amounts that have been donated previously from groups in various countries, tents, some medicine, when asking the majority living there they have the same answer, they don't see any aid. There are various banners that have been hung by groups to show their advertisements of what I presume are their work, but I don't see anything else past the banners.
On driving through the village, I see 5 British Ambulances sitting in a condition far from how they would have once left their destination, sitting on driveways where FSA and others reside, but certainly not in use as ambulances.
An FSA leaders new car in his driveway / Just one of the ambulances sitting for the wrong use.
In Atmeh there are at least 6 opposition groups, I am reluctant to call them all FSA (Free Syrian Army) groups, as they most certainly are not. The number of groups there continually rises.
One small village of importance in many ways. A safe haven for many escaping terror from their home villages; also a haven to foreign fighters in need of housing in Syria.
I have known Atmeh for quite some time, but sadly, I have watched some men change from the more innocent, poor men they were, to the growing powerful, yet uneducated in what they strive to achieve.
Various leaders plead their cases of we need help, we need aid, we need money – nobody helps us and so forth. These same leaders now in possession of good cars, from BMW's to Mercedes brought in from outside of Syria, the same men who did not even know how to drive months prior. Dressed smart now, equipped with good weapons, their houses getting repairs and luxuries added to them. The sad problem with this is that there are many groups who have nothing, who need help, but finding who to trust is not an easy task nowadays in Syria until you see things with your own eyes.
One of the leaders was unable to afford a pack of cigarettes I was told before the revolution, now; he has a rather nice BMW in his drive. How? Well, he helps to find housing for the foreign extremists entering from Turkey, that's partly how he made his money. That day, that same leader had held a gun to another leaders head ready to pull the trigger in an argument the both declined to share more about.
I am told stories from those working for the opposition about some aid, trades being made for weapons and so forth. Such things would not be shared with me of course by any leaders.
By all means, please don't take me wrong. I am not here to pick sides. I care for the humanity and truth in all of this and nothing more. I only share what I see, what I know in truth and have found with my own eyes. This will anger many, I'm sorry for that, but facts are facts.
If the groups could get their act together in Atmeh they could be doing great things. Most of the young men are bored, sitting around smoking and on the internet when they get a chance for access. Some of them want to help the refugees more, want to build toilets, help in many ways, but they are stopped from doing so by those higher up, due to the clashes of various groups in Atmeh. Other members in the FSA say the refugees damaged the toilets (2 in particular that were meant for thousands to use) and that some steal and other tales that no-one had anything to actually back up other than tales that were Chinese whispers. Some young men now just happy to be on a weekly salary.
Understand one thing from this if you are not fully up to date on the matters of Syria. This is just one village, one example, by no means are all the FSA like this, each village, each area of Syria has its own different situation happening. The only common factors amongst the areas of Syria are that numbers of groups and different kinds of groups in the opposition are growing continually.
There are countless numbers of displaced internally. Each has their own tragic story to tell, each in dire need of help. There are many good people trying their best inside and outside of Syria trying to help, but it gets outweighed at times by the corruption inside. It is a very difficult thing to contain your emotions inside when interview those in crisis and seeing all that you see inside.
Sadly, like any war situation, it is the innocent families who end up in the greatest harm, there are those who get poorer and those who gain greater finances within war, a tale that I can only personally wish would stop happening in our world.
Memories of these moments at the various camps I have been to, of being trapped through shelling, of trying to recover those from rubble, of dodging snipers, mortar shelling… the stories are endless, are memories that never leave.
But those faces you see of the family members weeping over their lost loved ones, humans – people like you reading this now dismembered, in pieces from explosions, beyond recognition, burned and dumped after torture from a corrupt regime, little children in a puddle of their own blood as it flows from their own neck, women raped in horrendous ways along with men, both too ashamed to speak about their experiences, children afraid to sleep even after a long period of safety, the countless wounded in horrific manners, again – endless stories, but ones that the whole world needs to open their eyes to. I don't post the graphic images just to respect those who cannot handle look at them. Well, as much as I respect your views, I ask you to look at what is happening to other humans in our world, take a moment and be thankful for all you have, the safety you have, the family you have, some may think well it's not my country, not my problem. I ask you to rethink that, we should be as one in this world, we should be helping for humanity, we should always have our eyes open and remember that everything in this world has a ripple effect.
Always think of those in need across the world, it is our responsibility for humanity to help one another in this world.


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Knotweed is an invasive plant in the western United States. Common names include Japanese Knotweed (Fallopia japonica), Bohemian Knotweed, and Hybrid Knotweed. For our purposes we will refer to all as knotweed. The plant is a native to Asia and was originally imported as an ornamental screen or hedge plant.
The plant lives in a wide variety of conditions including streambanks, roadsides, and other moist distrubed areas.
Much of the information contained in this description was adapted from the King County's noxious weed web site.
Figure 1. Knotweed leaves. Photograph: King County, Washington. www.kingcounty.gov
Hybrid Knotweed: An Invasive Plant
Hybrid Knotweed: What it is
Hybrid knotweed is an upright, shrub like, herbaceous perennial that can grow to over 10 feet in height. As with all members of this family, the base of the stem above each joint is surrounded by a membranous sheath. Stems of Hybrid knotweed are smooth, stout and swollen at joints where the leaf meets the stem. Although leaf size may vary, they are normally about 6 inches long by 3 to 4 inches wide, broadly oval to somewhat triangular and pointed at the tip. The minute greenish-white flowers occur in attractive, branched sprays in summer and are followed soon after by small winged fruits. Seeds are triangular, shiny, and very small, about 1/10 inch long.
Figure 2. Knotweed plant. Photograph: Lynn Rasmussen. Nez Perce Soil and Water Conservation District. 2004.
Figure 3. Knotweed - early growth stage. Photograph: Jan Samanek, State Phytosanitary Administration, Bogwood.org
Figure 4. Knotweed flower. Photographer: Jan Samanek, State Phytosanitary Administration, Bogwood.org.
Figure 5. . Knotweed stem. Photograph: Chris Evans, River to River CWMA, Bogwood.org.
Knotweed has been located in the City of Lewiston, along the stream at Mission Creek, Lapwai Creek, Garden Gulch and Tom Beall Creeks. Control efforts focus on injecting the stems.
Dense thickets exclude native vegetation and greatly alter natural ecosystems.
Significant threat to riparian areas, where it can survive severe floods and is able to colonize scoured shores.
Knotweed is a herbaceous perennial, this means that the plant dies down to ground level each winter and lasts for an indefinite number of years.
The main way in which it spreads is by human activity. Essentially any part of the plant can, if broken off, grow into a new plant. The most usual way is for rhizomes (the underground root system, used to store food) to be broken off and spread onto new areas. The rhizomes are easily identified; normally they are brown, knobby and hairy. They snap easily (like a carrot) and are orange colored within.
Knotweed grows in dense colonies (stands) and is interlinked through the rhizome system.
Plants begin growing in the fall and go dormant in the winter.
Knotweed is difficult to control. Landowners should refrain from cutting or digging as the plant can regenerate from a single piece. The most effective means of control is through herbicides. The District has an on-going control program within the Lapwai Creek watershed.
Ahrens, J.F. 1975. Preliminary results with glyphosate for control of Polygonum cuspidatum Proceedings of the Northeast Weed Control Conference 29:326.
Child, L.E., L.C. De Wall, P.M Wade, J.P. Palmer. 1992. Control and management of Reynoutria species (knotweed). Aspects of Applied Biology 29:295-307.
Hirose, T., K. Kitajima. 1986. Nitrogen uptake and plant growth. I. Effect of nitrogen removal on growth of Polygonum cuspidatum Ann. Bot. 58(4):479-486.


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Розмагнічувальний апарат (, , ) — у технології збагачення корисних копалин — належить до допоміжних апаратів при магнітному збагаченні. Апарат для магнітної обробки пульпи, в якому знімається залишкова намагніченість магнітних частинок і руйнуються магнітні флокули.

Розмагнічувальні апарати відрізняються від намагнічувальних тим, що напруженість поля підвищується спочатку, а потім меншає по довжині апарата, весь час змінюючи свій напрям. Багаторазове циклічне перемагнічування агрегатів частинок у змінному полі, амплітуда напруженості якого зменшується в напрямі їх переміщення разом з пульпою, зумовлює дефлокуляцію, тобто руйнування флокул. Тиристорний Р.а. типу «центральна труба» (рис.) має продуктивність 50–80 т/год, напруженість магнітного поля 40 кА/м.

Апарати для розмагнічування застосовують для руйнування флокул сильномагнітних частинок (дефлокуляції), оскільки наявність магнітних флокул утруднює процеси класифікації і фільтрування.

Див. також
 намагнічувальний апарат,
 магнітна флокуляція,
 магнітне збагачення корисних копалин.

Література

 В. В. Кармазин. Магнитные, электрические и специальные методы обогащения полезных ископаемых. — М. — 2002.

Магнітне збагачення корисних копалин


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ATLANTIC RECORDS FIRST FEMALE A&R EXECUTIVE DETAILS THE 80'S MUSIC SCENE IN NEW MEMOIR
September 3, 2018Dana 6 Comments
Michael Kaplan of the New York Post reports:
Dorothy Carvello remembers the first time she was sexually battered by music-industry legend Ahmet Ertegun, the then-chairman and CEO of Atlantic Records, the company he founded in 1947.
The man who discovered Ray Charles, palled around with Mick Jagger and signed an emerging Led Zeppelin had accompanied Carvello, who was 25, to a converted roller rink in Allentown, Pa., in 1988. The two were seeing the heavy-metal band Skid Row, hoping they would sign the group to a record deal.
Carvello dreamed that the inking would propel her from an entry-level job as Ertegun's secretary to a coveted spot in the Arts & Repertoire department, where she'd be scouting and securing talent.
Ertegun, in his mid-60s at the time, was in a clamor to score Skid Row because his rival David Geffen had his eyes on them, too. Ertegun had a nickname for the mogul: "Jew motherf–ker."
The piggish Ertegun — who passed away in 2006 at age 83 following a fall on his head backstage at a Rolling Stones concert — was blasted on cocaine and vodka. As Skid Row played, he jammed his hand between his secretary's legs. "I was stunned," Carvello, now 56, told The Post from her Upper East Side apartment.
This sordid tale is featured in the new book Anything for a Hit (Chicago Review Press), a memoir about her 23 years in the sex-and-drugs-filled music biz. "He was like an octopus with hands all over my body. I started hitting him."
After that initial incident, Carvello was promoted and became Atlantic Records' first female A&R executive. In her time there, she dined with Jon Bon Jovi and hung out with Steven Tyler. When Ertegun discovered that she had slept with Michael Hutchence, lead singer of INXS, the randy exec heaped praise on her.
Even for a wild industry, Atlantic approximated the "Animal House" of record labels. Ertegun — who, Carvello said, used drugs on an almost daily basis — set the partying pace.
Another time, when she was dispatched to a Manhattan recording studio to get a document signed by Ertegun, she walked in on him with his pants down, being serviced by a woman. "He looked at me, I looked at him and I walked over to get the signature," said Carvello, who grew up in Brooklyn. "At that moment, I knew I either had to go along with it or quit. I decided to go along with it."
After Ertegun's nights out on the town, Polaroids sometimes came in, showing the bald and spectacled icon participating in sex acts. The senders meant to use the scandalous snaps to blackmail the CEO. "We would bring the pictures to the vice chairman's office, where there was a safe full of cash; the women were paid off from there and [made to sign] NDAs [nondisclosure agreements]," said Carvello. "They'd get thousands of dollars."
Sometimes the injuries Ertegun inflicted were more than just emotional. Enraged at a rotten live performance by the just-signed Skid Row, he grabbed Carvello's arm and slammed it so hard on a nightclub table that she sustained a hairline fracture. "He never apologized and didn't even ask if I had enough money for the doctor's bill," Carvello said.
Carvello lasted four years at Atlantic — she was fired in the wake of a tiff that originated when she rebuffed a superior who slapped his thighs and insisted that she sit on his lap — and went through a succession of jobs at labels such as RCA, Giant and Columbia. She held her last A&R gig in 2010, and now works as a publicist.
Despite Ertegun's boorishness, Carvello and her former boss stayed in touch until his death. She visited him a few months before he passed. "He had two fake hips, was blind in one eye and nevertheless said, 'Show me your p—y for old time's sake.'"
Before Carvello left, Ertegun had a last request. "He asked me to tuck him into bed. I said, 'No way.' Ahmet was still an animal. If you got too close, he would grab you."
The above photo features Dorothy Carvello (center) with White Lion guitarist, Vito Bratta (left), and Aerosmith frontman, Steven Tyler (right) on tour in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1988.
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Dana on September 3, 2018 at 7:42 pm
Wow, so Ahmet Ertegun was a racist, and a sexual predator, I am shocked…said no one ever.
D 🙂
Doug R. on September 3, 2018 at 8:50 pm
This is "Serious Business"
Sex and violence and rock and roll – John Cougar Mellencamp, 1983.
robert davenport on September 4, 2018 at 6:34 pm
I have seen some horrible sh–t in my time but this guy… f–k – this guy was revered in the industry –
woman have been abused and marginalized for so long, and not just in the music industry, that I think people {meaning mostly men } over the years somehow had gotten desensitized to it and pushed the dehumanizing ,humiliating nature of what they were doing out of their head and thought I can & will get away with this- and they rationalized their deluded behavior…. well, I have bucket loads of money, I'm the boss so I'm gonna bang and go after whoever the hell I want and if I cant pay em' off and they dont like it they can leave or get fired- I could care less he's dead I'm glad she is shining a light on this a-hole like the thousands of other mistreated women who have shared their stories this last year- he may have been great at what he did – but he was a sh– stain human being – I'm going to support Dorothy and buy her memoir – I wish I could do more –
He sounds like "he was a sh– stain human being."
Very well stated, Robert.
Absolutely! The guy was definitely the definition of a creep!
genesraccoonwig on September 25, 2018 at 10:05 am
Cocaine was a hell of a drug in the 80s


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The Free Library > Literature > James Matthew Barrie > Margaret Ogilvy > Chapter IV: An Editor
Chapter IV: An Editor
A devout lady, to whom some friend had presented one of my books, used to say when asked how she was getting on with it, 'Sal, it's dreary, weary, uphill work, but I've wrastled through with tougher jobs in my time, and, please God, I'll wrastle through with this one.' It was in this spirit, I fear, though she never told me so, that my mother wrestled for the next year or more with my leaders, and indeed I was always genuinely sorry for the people I saw reading them. In my spare hours I was trying journalism of another kind and sending it to London, but nearly eighteen months elapsed before there came to me, as unlooked for as a telegram, the thought that there was something quaint about my native place. A boy who found that a knife had been put into his pocket in the night could not have been more surprised. A few days afterwards I sent my mother a London evening paper with an article entitled 'An Auld Licht Community,' and they told me that when she saw the heading she laughed, because there was something droll to her in the sight of the words Auld Licht in print. For her, as for me, that newspaper was soon to have the face of a friend. To this day I never pass its placards in the street without shaking it by the hand, and she used to sew its pages together as lovingly as though they were a child's frock; but let the truth be told, when she read that first article she became alarmed, and fearing the talk of the town, hid the paper from all eyes. For some time afterwards, while I proudly pictured her showing this and similar articles to all who felt an interest in me, she was really concealing them fearfully in a bandbox on the garret stair. And she wanted to know by return of post whether I was paid for these articles as much as I was paid for real articles; when she heard that I was paid better, she laughed again and had them out of the bandbox for re-reading, and it cannot be denied that she thought the London editor a fine fellow but slightly soft.
When I sent off that first sketch I thought I had exhausted the subject, but our editor wrote that he would like something more of the same, so I sent him a marriage, and he took it, and then I tried him with a funeral, and he took it, and really it began to look as if we had him. Now my mother might have been discovered, in answer to certain excited letters, flinging the bundle of undarned socks from her lap, and 'going in for literature'; she was racking her brains, by request, for memories I might convert into articles, and they came to me in letters which she dictated to my sisters. How well I could hear her sayings between the lines: 'But the editor-man will never stand that, it's perfect blethers' - 'By this post it must go, I tell you; we must take the editor when he's hungry - we canna be blamed for it, can we? he prints them of his free will, so the wite is his' - 'But I'm near terrified. - If London folk reads them we're done for.' And I was sounded as to the advisability of sending him a present of a lippie of shortbread, which was to be her crafty way of getting round him. By this time, though my mother and I were hundreds of miles apart, you may picture us waving our hands to each other across country, and shouting 'Hurrah!' You may also picture the editor in his office thinking he was behaving like a shrewd man of business, and unconscious that up in the north there was an elderly lady chuckling so much at him that she could scarcely scrape the potatoes.
I was now able to see my mother again, and the park seats no longer loomed so prominent in our map of London. Still, there they were, and it was with an effort that she summoned up courage to let me go. She feared changes, and who could tell that the editor would continue to be kind? Perhaps when he saw me -
She seemed to be very much afraid of his seeing me, and this, I would point out, was a reflection on my appearance or my manner.
No, what she meant was that I looked so young, and - and that would take him aback, for had I not written as an aged man?
'But he knows my age, mother.'
'I'm glad of that, but maybe he wouldna like you when he saw you.'
'Oh, it is my manner, then!'
'I dinna say that, but - '
Here my sister would break in: 'The short and the long of it is just this, she thinks nobody has such manners as herself. Can you deny it, you vain woman?' My mother would deny it vigorously.
'You stand there,' my sister would say with affected scorn, 'and tell me you don't think you could get the better of that man quicker than any of us?'
'Sal, I'm thinking I could manage him,' says my mother, with a chuckle.
'How would you set about it?'
Then my mother would begin to laugh. 'I would find out first if he had a family, and then I would say they were the finest family in London.'
'Yes, that is just what you would do, you cunning woman! But if he has no family?'
'I would say what great men editors are!'
'He would see through you.'
'Not he!'
'You don't understand that what imposes on common folk would never hoodwink an editor.'
'That's where you are wrong. Gentle or simple, stupid or clever, the men are all alike in the hands of a woman that flatters them.'
'Ah, I'm sure there are better ways of getting round an editor than that.'
'I daresay there are,' my mother would say with conviction, 'but if you try that plan you will never need to try another.'
'How artful you are, mother - you with your soft face! Do you not think shame?'
'Pooh!' says my mother brazenly.
'I can see the reason why you are so popular with men.'
'Ay, you can see it, but they never will.'
'Well, how would you dress yourself if you were going to that editor's office?'
'Of course I would wear my silk and my Sabbath bonnet.'
'It is you who are shortsighted now, mother. I tell you, you would manage him better if you just put on your old grey shawl and one of your bonny white mutches, and went in half smiling and half timid and said, "I am the mother of him that writes about the Auld Lichts, and I want you to promise that he will never have to sleep in the open air."'
But my mother would shake her head at this, and reply almost hotly,
'I tell you if I ever go into that man's office, I go in silk.'
I wrote and asked the editor if I should come to London, and he said No, so I went, laden with charges from my mother to walk in the middle of the street (they jump out on you as you are turning a corner), never to venture forth after sunset, and always to lock up everything (I who could never lock up anything, except my heart in company). Thanks to this editor, for the others would have nothing to say to me though I battered on all their doors, she was soon able to sleep at nights without the dread that I should be waking presently with the iron-work of certain seats figured on my person, and what relieved her very much was that I had begun to write as if Auld Lichts were not the only people I knew of. So long as I confined myself to them she had a haunting fear that, even though the editor remained blind to his best interests, something would one day go crack within me (as the mainspring of a watch breaks) and my pen refuse to write for evermore. 'Ay, I like the article brawly,' she would say timidly, 'but I'm doubting it's the last - I always have a sort of terror the new one may be the last,' and if many days elapsed before the arrival of another article her face would say mournfully, 'The blow has fallen - he can think of nothing more to write about.' If I ever shared her fears I never told her so, and the articles that were not Scotch grew in number until there were hundreds of them, all carefully preserved by her: they were the only thing in the house that, having served one purpose, she did not convert into something else, yet they could give her uneasy moments. This was because I nearly always assumed a character when I wrote; I must be a country squire, or an undergraduate, or a butler, or a member of the House of Lords, or a dowager, or a lady called Sweet Seventeen, or an engineer in India, else was my pen clogged, and though this gave my mother certain fearful joys, causing her to laugh unexpectedly (so far as my articles were concerned she nearly always laughed in the wrong place), it also scared her. Much to her amusement the editor continued to prefer the Auld Licht papers, however, as was proved
(to those who knew him) by his way of thinking that the others would pass as they were, while he sent these back and asked me to make them better. Here again she came to my aid. I had said that the row of stockings were hung on a string by the fire, which was a recollection of my own, but she could tell me whether they were hung upside down. She became quite skilful at sending or giving me
(for now I could be with her half the year) the right details, but still she smiled at the editor, and in her gay moods she would say,
'I was fifteen when I got my first pair of elastic-sided boots. Tell him my charge for this important news is two pounds ten.'
'Ay, but though we're doing well, it's no' the same as if they were a book with your name on it.' So the ambitious woman would say with a sigh, and I did my best to turn the Auld Licht sketches into a book with my name on it. Then perhaps we understood most fully how good a friend our editor had been, for just as I had been able to find no well-known magazine - and I think I tried all - which would print any article or story about the poor of my native land, so now the publishers, Scotch and English, refused to accept the book as a gift. I was willing to present it to them, but they would have it in no guise; there seemed to be a blight on everything that was Scotch. I daresay we sighed, but never were collaborators more prepared for rejection, and though my mother might look wistfully at the scorned manuscript at times and murmur,
'You poor cold little crittur shut away in a drawer, are you dead or just sleeping?' she had still her editor to say grace over. And at last publishers, sufficiently daring and far more than sufficiently generous, were found for us by a dear friend, who made one woman very 'uplifted.' He also was an editor, and had as large a part in making me a writer of books as the other in determining what the books should be about.
Now that I was an author I must get into a club. But you should have heard my mother on clubs! She knew of none save those to which you subscribe a pittance weekly in anticipation of rainy days, and the London clubs were her scorn. Often I heard her on them - she raised her voice to make me hear, whichever room I might be in, and it was when she was sarcastic that I skulked the most:
'Thirty pounds is what he will have to pay the first year, and ten pounds a year after that. You think it's a lot o' siller? Oh no, you're mista'en - it's nothing ava. For the third part of thirty pounds you could rent a four-roomed house, but what is a four-roomed house, what is thirty pounds, compared to the glory of being a member of a club? Where does the glory come in? Sal, you needna ask me, I'm just a doited auld stock that never set foot in a club, so it's little I ken about glory. But I may tell you if you bide in London and canna become member of a club, the best you can do is to tie a rope round your neck and slip out of the world. What use are they? Oh, they're terrible useful. You see it doesna do for a man in London to eat his dinner in his lodgings. Other men shake their heads at him. He maun away to his club if he is to be respected. Does he get good dinners at the club? Oh, they cow! You get no common beef at clubs; there is a manzy of different things all sauced up to be unlike themsels. Even the potatoes daurna look like potatoes. If the food in a club looks like what it is, the members run about, flinging up their hands and crying, "Woe is me!" Then this is another thing, you get your letters sent to the club instead of to your lodgings. You see you would get them sooner at your lodgings, and you may have to trudge weary miles to the club for them, but that's a great advantage, and cheap at thirty pounds, is it no'? I wonder they can do it at the price.'
My wisest policy was to remain downstairs when these withering blasts were blowing, but probably I went up in self-defence.
'I never saw you so pugnacious before, mother.'
'Oh,' she would reply promptly, 'you canna expect me to be sharp in the uptake when I am no' a member of a club.'
'But the difficulty is in becoming a member. They are very particular about whom they elect, and I daresay I shall not get in.'
'Well, I'm but a poor crittur (not being member of a club), but I think I can tell you to make your mind easy on that head. You'll get in, I'se uphaud - and your thirty pounds will get in, too.'
'If I get in it will be because the editor is supporting me.'
'It's the first ill thing I ever heard of him.'
'You don't think he is to get any of the thirty pounds, do you?'
''Deed if I did I should be better pleased, for he has been a good friend to us, but what maddens me is that every penny of it should go to those bare-faced scoundrels.'
'What bare-faced scoundrels?'
'Them that have the club.'
'But all the members have the club between them.'
'Havers! I'm no' to be catched with chaff.'
'But don't you believe me?'
'I believe they've filled your head with their stories till you swallow whatever they tell you. If the place belongs to the members, why do they have to pay thirty pounds?'
'To keep it going.'
'They dinna have to pay for their dinners, then?'
'Oh yes, they have to pay extra for dinner.'
'And a gey black price, I'm thinking.'
'Well, five or six shillings.'
'Is that all? Losh, it's nothing, I wonder they dinna raise the price.'
Nevertheless my mother was of a sex that scorned prejudice, and, dropping sarcasm, she would at times cross-examine me as if her mind was not yet made up. 'Tell me this, if you were to fall ill, would you be paid a weekly allowance out of the club?'
No, it was not that kind of club.
'I see. Well, I am just trying to find out what kind of club it is. Do you get anything out of it for accidents?'
Not a penny.
'Anything at New Year's time?'
Not so much as a goose.
'Is there any one mortal thing you get free out of that club?'
There was not one mortal thing.
'And thirty pounds is what you pay for this?'
If the committee elected me.
'How many are in the committee?'
About a dozen, I thought.
'A dozen! Ay, ay, that makes two pound ten apiece.'
When I was elected I thought it wisdom to send my sister upstairs with the news. My mother was ironing, and made no comment, unless with the iron, which I could hear rattling more violently in its box. Presently I heard her laughing - at me undoubtedly, but she had recovered control over her face before she came downstairs to congratulate me sarcastically. This was grand news, she said without a twinkle, and I must write and thank the committee, the noble critturs. I saw behind her mask, and maintained a dignified silence, but she would have another shot at me. 'And tell them,' she said from the door, 'you were doubtful of being elected, but your auld mother had aye a mighty confidence they would snick you in.' I heard her laughing softly as she went up the stair, but though I had provided her with a joke I knew she was burning to tell the committee what she thought of them.
Money, you see, meant so much to her, though even at her poorest she was the most cheerful giver. In the old days, when the article arrived, she did not read it at once, she first counted the lines to discover what we should get for it - she and the daughter who was so dear to her had calculated the payment per line, and I remember once overhearing a discussion between them about whether that sub-title meant another sixpence. Yes, she knew the value of money; she had always in the end got the things she wanted, but now she could get them more easily, and it turned her simple life into a fairy tale. So often in those days she went down suddenly upon her knees; we would come upon her thus, and go away noiselessly. After her death I found that she had preserved in a little box, with a photograph of me as a child, the envelopes which had contained my first cheques. There was a little ribbon round them.


Welcome back to another update on Corey's Boosted B-Series Build. Today we'll be taking a look at the tear down process on the coupe, and I also have some shots of the hatch as it goes through another phase while at the paint shop.
Based on his vision, the engine bay will be to be the most intricate part of the build. He wanted it to be as eye catching as possible and with the colour chosen he should be able to achieve it.


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For the past 2 weekends we've visited Bliss Lane Nursery in Flore to bottle feed the lambs. Flore is a village just off of junction 16 of the M1 and the nursery is situated just off the main road.
The Nursery has a fantastic team room, where cream teas and delicious lunches (including yummy jacket potatoes!) can be purchased at a really reasonable price. There is also a small farm shop, which is where you pay to enter animal corner, feed for the sheep and goats and bottles of milk for the lambs. Each are £1 which makes this very reasonable to take the children.
The first week we took T he was a little unsure, but within minutes he was loving every minute of it, and in no time was disappointed because his milk had gone and he asked to come again soon!
The chickens are usually free ranging but sometimes they are shut away, T loves to see how close he can get to them before they run off, there's a gorgeous big white cockerel who walks about, but we didn't see him this weekend.
As well as lambs, there are some super cute baby goats, although they don't need feeding and some horses.
There are no set feeding times but the Nursery does state that once the lambs are full they will stop selling milk, my advice would be to get there early to make sure that this doesn't happen to you.
We love spending time at this quaint family run small holding, it's such a cheap activity for us to do and only just a few miles for us to get there.
I'd love to hear from you if you've visited!
Look out for more reviews of cheap, fun family things to do in and around Northamptonshire in the coming weeks.


The IAEA says that the findings of the US intelligence review on Iran's nuclear capacities are consistent with their own, adding to the propaganda woes for the Bush administration. Obviously, Bush is extremely pissed off. "Iran is still a threat", he hoots, refusing to rule out air strikes. The neocons are thunderous - another Munich, Podhoretz says. And look who else is floundering. "None of us is advocating a rush to war," a flustered Clinton says. Really?


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Beacon of Hope may refer to:
 A Beacon of Hope, a 1963 United States report on cultural exchange programs
 Beacon of Hope (sculpture), in Belfast, by Andy Scott
 Beacon of Hope (monument) in Stiles Circle Park, Oklahoma City
 Beacon of Hope, a sculpture in Sackville Gardens, Manchester, England
 Beacon of Hope, an album by Sea Scouts
 "Beacon of Hope" (Arrow), an episode of Arrow