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Making history: Rihanna launches brand Fenty in Paris store
By Thomas Adamson | The Associated Press 05/23/2019
Singer Rihanna, the first black woman in history to head up a major Parisian luxury house, poses as she unveiled her first fashion designs for Fenty at a pop-up store in Paris, France, Wednesday, May 22, 2019. The collection, named after the singer turned designer's last name, comprises ready-to-wear, footwear, accessories, and eyewear and is available for sale Paris' Le Marais area from Friday and will debut online May 29. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
Rihanna, the first black woman in history to head up a major Parisian luxury house, is unveiling her first fashion designs for Fenty at a pop-up store in Paris.
The collection, named after the singer-turned-designer's last name, comprises ready-to-wear, footwear, accessories, and eyewear and is available for sale Paris' Le Marais area from Friday and will debut online May 29.
"This is a moment in history," Rihanna, 31, said at a preview of the store in a white structure tuxedo dress. "It's a big deal for me and my entire generation."
Singer Rihanna, the first black woman in history to head up a major Parisian luxury house, poses as she unveiled her first fashion designs for Fenty at a pop-up store in Paris, France, Wednesday, May 22, 2019. The collection, named after the singer turned designer's last name, comprises ready-to-wear, footwear, accessories, and eyewear and is available for sale Paris' Le Marais area from Friday and will debut online May 29. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
News of the singer's groundbreaking new deal with LVMH, the world's largest luxury group, shook up the fashion industry earlier this month.
The Barbados-born star's lines are the second time LVMH has created an original brand.
But the move also acknowledges the fashion industry of today considers a major popstar can have as much to say in fashion design as established and trained designers such as Nicolas Ghesquiere of Louis Vuitton, or even the lauded Alber Elbaz, formerly of Lanvin, who is out of work.
Singer Rihanna, the first black woman in history to head up a major Parisian luxury house, poses as she unveiled her first fashion designs for Fenty at a pop-up store in Paris, France, Wednesday, May 22, 2019. Fenty says the brand will be based in Paris, like its parent company, conglomerate LVMH, but will operate from a digital flagship on a "See-Now-Wear-Now" model forgoing to usual luxury fashion seasonal previewed designs. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
Fenty has been heralded by some critics as the first major house of the Instagram age.
Fenty says the brand will be based in Paris, like its parent company, conglomerate LVMH, but will operate from a digital flagship on a "See-Now-Wear-Now" model forgoing to usual luxury fashion seasonal previewed designs.
"They were flexible enough to allow me to have a different perspective on the way I wanted to release things," she said. "Coming from such a traditional background in fashion (as LVMH), you don't think there's another way that will work and they allowed me to do that."
A creation is displayed as Singer Rihanna, the first black woman in history to head up a major Parisian luxury house, unveiled her first fashion designs for Fenty at a pop-up store in Paris, France, Wednesday, May 22, 2019. Fenty says the brand will be based in Paris, like its parent company, conglomerate LVMH, but will operate from a digital flagship on a "See-Now-Wear-Now" model forgoing to usual luxury fashion seasonal previewed designs. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
It's expected to capitalize on the acclaim received by her most popular luxury venture Fenty Beauty line in 2017 — which some said revolutionized the makeup industry by celebrating diversity by showcasing foundations in 40 shades.
If she looks calm, "it's a facade," acknowledged the star when faced with the expectations before the historic launch.
"There's pressure every single second," she said. "It's not like crumbling pressure, but it's like 'you better get it good girl.'"
Creation are displayed as Singer Rihanna, the first black woman in history to head up a major Parisian luxury house, unveiled her first fashion designs for Fenty at a pop-up store in Paris, France, Wednesday, May 22, 2019. Fenty says the brand will be based in Paris, like its parent company, conglomerate LVMH, but will operate from a digital flagship on a "See-Now-Wear-Now" model forgoing to usual luxury fashion seasonal previewed designs. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
Rihanna poses as she unveils her first fashion designs for Fenty at a pop-up store in Paris, France, Wednesday, May 22, 2019. Singer Rihanna is the first black woman in history to head up a major Parisian luxury house, and the collection, named after the singer turned designer's last name, comprises of ready-to-wear, footwear, accessories, and eyewear and is available for sale Paris' Le Marais area from Friday and will debut online May 29. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
A woman looks at creations by Rihanna as she unveils her first fashion designs for Fenty at a pop-up store in Paris, France, Wednesday, May 22, 2019. Singer Rihanna is the first black woman in history to head up a major Parisian luxury house, and the collection, named after the singer turned designer's last name, comprises of ready-to-wear, footwear, accessories, and eyewear and is available for sale Paris' Le Marais area from Friday and will debut online May 29. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
A design by Rihanna is unveiled as her first fashion designs for Fenty at a pop-up store in Paris, France, Wednesday, May 22, 2019. Singer Rihanna is the first black woman in history to head up a major Parisian luxury house, and the collection, named after the singer turned designer's last name, comprises of ready-to-wear, footwear, accessories, and eyewear and is available for sale Paris' Le Marais area from Friday and will debut online May 29. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
Designs are displayed as Rihanna unveils her first fashion designs for Fenty at a pop-up store in Paris, France, Wednesday, May 22, 2019. Singer Rihanna is the first black woman in history to head up a major Parisian luxury house, and the collection, named after the singer turned designer's last name, comprises of ready-to-wear, footwear, accessories, and eyewear and is available for sale Paris' Le Marais area from Friday and will debut online May 29. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
Rihanna unveils her first fashion designs for Fenty at a pop-up store in Paris, France, Wednesday, May 22, 2019. Singer Rihanna is the first black woman in history to head up a major Parisian luxury house, and the collection, named after the singer turned designer's last name, comprises of ready-to-wear, footwear, accessories, and eyewear and is available for sale Paris' Le Marais area from Friday and will debut online May 29. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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Q: How to unpack an expression tree and check for null values With reference to the 2 classes below, I am regularly writing LINQ statements like this..
using (var db = new DBContext())
{
    var result = db.Countries
        .Select(c => new
        {
            c.Name,
            c.Leader != null ? c.Leader.Title : String.Empty,
            c.Leader != null ? c.Leader.Firstname : String.Empty,
            c.Leader != null ? c.Leader.Lastname : String.Empty
        });
}

public class Country
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public Leader Leader { get; set; }
}

public class Leader
{
    public string Title { get; set; }
    public string Firstname { get; set; }
    public string Lastname { get; set; }
}

My issues that I am having to constantly repeat my null checks on children navigation properties and I was wondering if there is a way I can use some kind of expression tree to extract the property values dynamically whilst checking for null values and if they didn't exist send back an empty string, something like the method below..
public class Country
{
    // Properties //

    public string SafeGet(Expression<Func<Country, string>> fnc)
    {
        // Unpack fnc and check for null on each property?????
    }

}

Usage:
using (var db = new DBContext())
{
    var result = db.Countries
        .Select(c => new
        {
            c.Name,
            c.SafeGet(l => l.Leader.Title),
            c.SafeGet(l => l.Leader.Firstname),
            c.SafeGet(l => l.Leader.Lastname)
        });
}

If someone could provide a basic example that would be great as I don't have a whole lot of experience with expression tree's other than creating them.
Thanks.
Update -> would something like the following work?
public string GetSafe(Expression<Func<Country, string>> fnc)
{
    var result = fnc.Compile().Invoke(this);
    return result ?? string.Empty;
}

A: I see no need for an expression. I would simply go for an extension-method like
    public static class ModelExtensions
    {
         // special case for string, because default(string) != string.empty
         public static string SafeGet<T>(this T obj, Func<T, string> selector)
         {
              try {
                  return selector(obj) ?? string.Empty;
              }
              catch(Exception){
                  return string.Empty;
              }
         }
   }

It works for all classes and you could implement further for other datatypes. The usage is the same as yours.

A: I think that you want something like this:
public static class ModelExtensions
{
    public static TResult SafeGet<TSource, TResult>(this TSource obj, System.Func<TSource, TResult> selector) where TResult : class
    {
        try
        {
            return selector(obj) ?? default(TResult);
        }
        catch(System.NullReferenceException e)
        {
            return default(TResult);
        }
    }
}

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Mental Health Services Monthly Statistics
Mental Health Services Monthly Statistics, Final September, Provisional October 2019
Publication, Part of Mental Health Services Monthly Statistics
Official statistics, Experimental statistics
Clinical Commissioning Groups, Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities (CASSRs), Independent Sector Health Care Providers, Provider, Mental Health Trusts, Regions, Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships, NHS Trusts, Clinical Commissioning Regions, Country
01 Jul 2019 to 31 Oct 2019
Mental Health Services Selected NHS England Measures File Update
Investigations into an issue with the previously published MHSDS Monthly: Final April to June 2019 Mental Health Services Selected NHS England Measures File have now been completed. This file was removed pending investigation, but as of this update, has now been reinstated. If you hold a previously downloaded version, we advise downloading the up to date version (v3) from the link below.
9 August 2021 09:30 AM
This publication provides the most timely picture available of people using NHS funded secondary mental health, learning disabilities and autism services in England. These are experimental statistics which are undergoing development and evaluation. This information will be of use to people needing access to information quickly for operational decision making and other purposes. More detailed information on the quality and completeness of these statistics is made available later in our Mental Health Bulletin: Annual Report publication series.
The Data Collection Board (DCB) has now approved the decommissioning of the interim collection of Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) waiting times information, known as NHS England Unify Collection within this publication. Waiting times for EIP for October 2019 activity onwards are now monitored using data from the Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS).
An issue was identified and corrected in the Access and Waits / EIP code that derives CCG. This does not impact national figures, but the corrected code now more accurately assigns activity to CCGs, reducing activity in the Unknown CCG category. The correction has been applied to this publication and notifications will be made or changes applied to previously published figures as soon as possible.
A correction has been made to this publication on 07 May 2020. This amendment relates to the Data Quality VODIM files; the specific measures effected are listed in the Metadata file available in the below link. All listed measures have now been corrected. The provisional Data Quality VODIM file has been removed as it is now superseded by the Final data published in the following month. NHS Digital apologises for any inconvenience caused.
Women in contact with mental health services who were new or expectant mothers analysis was added to this publication 08 June 2020.
From April 2020 onwards, NHS Digital has been implementing a multiple submission window model (MSWM) for MHSDS. This allows providers to retrospectively submit data for a specific reporting period once the initial provisional and performance submission windows have closed. For a limited time, providers were given the opportunity to submit revised monthly data for all months within 2019/20 using the MSWM.
As of January 2021, NHS Digital has now released revised 'End of Year' versions of the main monthly csv files for each month between April 2019 and February 2020 which reflect these revised 2019/20 MSWM submissions that occurred after 'Final' monthly data had already been published.
Both the 'Final' and 'End of Year' versions of the main monthly csv files are available to download under 'Resources'. The key facts corresponding to both versions are also presented below.
Key Facts based on 'End of Year' data
At the end of September, there were 1,338,550 people in contact with services; the majority of these (1,037,309) were in adult mental health services. There were 22,1428 people in contact with children and young people's mental health services and 127,805 in learning disabilities and autism services.
309,713 new referrals were received into services during September and 1,754,155 care contacts were attended.
21,531 people were subject to the Mental Health Act at the end of September, including 15,507 people detained in hospital.
Key Facts based on 'Final' data (superseded by 'End of Year' statistics)
At the end of September, there were 1,342,125 people in contact with services; the majority of these (1,048,354) were in adult mental health services. There were 218,056 people in contact with children and young people's mental health services and 121,648 in learning disabilities and autism services.
MHSDS Monthly: End of Year Final September 2019 MHSDS Data File
csv 30 MB
MHSDS Monthly: Final September 2019 MHSDS Data File
MHSDS Monthly: Provisional October 2019 MHSDS Data File
csv 5 MB
MHSDS Monthly: Women in contact with mental health services who were new or expectant mothers, October 2018 to September 2019 Reference Tables
xls 292 KB
MHSDS Monthly: Women in contact with mental health services who were new or expectant mothers, October 2018 to september 2019 CSV
csv 295 KB
MHSDS Monthly: Final July 2019 to September 2019 Mental Health Services Selected NHS England Measures v3
MHSDS Monthly: Final July to September 2019 Access and Waiting Times Reference Tables
MHSDS Monthly: Provisional August to October 2019 Access and Waiting Times Reference Tables
MHSDS Monthly: Final September 2019 Data Quality Coverage File
MHSDS Monthly: Provisional October 2019 Data Quality Coverage File
MHSDS Monthly: Final September 2019 Data Quality VODIM and Integrity File
MHSDS Monthly: Final September Provisional October 2019 Data Quality Comments File
csv 2 KB
Pre-release access file
Mental Health Data Hub
Report from the latest consultation on adult mental health services statistics
Further information on the Mental Health Services Dataset (MHSDS)
Learning Disability Services Statistics
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Embedded systems are fun, relatively simple to create and becoming more popular. With the IoT bringing more and more opportunities for more and more markets, the ideas are – to use a flip cliche – finite. We see an opportunity for bringing in a standard platform, regardless of the device being interfaced or the infrastructure being used. Regardless if you are tracking assets via satellite, controlling vending machines via the Web or dispensing drinks and golf balls via a network, there can be a universal and extensible platform to allow you to build these systems and realize the little dream your dream a little.
Admin Client that sets the access parameters for all users, the available functions for all devices for all instances and users, records and reports on those interactions and acts as the configuration tool.
Your Device Client can be any device you can imagine and stick a network into and your Admin Client can be made on any platform with any technology, LAMP, UWP, Lazarus.. You could create a vending machine MDB purchase control unit with a web administration or a golf ball dispenser relay control with a WPF administration system. Your server may also be any technology stack you dream. All your stacks can be different (but probably shouldn't be unless the platforms offer compelling reasons for such a decision).
Our vision is to design a reference implementation: server in .NET, the device client in C# and administration clients in UWP and ASP.NET. Then, we'll release the specifications AND the reference implementations. We hope to see a variety of technologies opened up for use in sHARDs, so all of us can happily thingify the networks.


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The Iceman
Production Co: Bleiberg Entertainment
Director: Ariel Vroman
Writer: Ariel Vroman
Cast: Michael Shannon, Chris Evans, Winona Ryder, Ray Liotta, David Schwimmer, Stephen Dorff, Robert Davi, James Franco
Witness the last of Michael Shannon's obscurity to movie audiences (you already know him well if you're a Boardwalk Empire fan). Until now he's just been that extremely tall guy with the crazy eyes, wide mouth, brooding menace and threat of violence with one gaze of his steely eyes.
The reason he won't be obscure any more – after impactful roles in small films from Revolutionary Road to Take Shelter, is because he's about to explode onto Hollywood's radar playing General Zod to Henry Cavill's Superman.
But for now Shannon relies on slicked-back hair, a 70s porn tache and his even, icy gaze to play hitman Richard Kuklinski, who's supposed to have whacked 100 people during his two decade-long career.
Happily married to the sweet Deborah (Winona Ryder) with two teenage daughters, the most amazing thing about Kuklinski's story is that the entire time he was killing people for unpaid debts and graft, his wife and daughters thought he was a bond trader.
We meet Kuklinski as a young man with a beautiful girlfriend and no real prospects when the illegal porn film lab he works at is shut down. When his former employer, mobster Roy Demeo (Ray Liotta) challenges him to kill a homeless guy, he's impressed with Kuklinski's coldness at the act, earning him a new job and contributing to nickname along with his propensity to freeze his victims so the police can't establish the time of death.
An early coda shows Kuklinski's true nature – after an argument in a bar he casually waits for the guy to get in his car and slices his throat. So the midsection of the film – setting Kuklinski up as a man with an inner darkness – isn't actually necessary. Writer/director Ariel Vroman seems to agree, glossing over a lot of Kuklinski's career in a montage that shows his hair getting increasingly greasy and his beard and moustache growing increasingly alarming.
The final third doesn't have very far to go thematically other than setting up Kuklnski in a series of ever-more desperate alliances and double crosses as his wealth is threatened – despite his essential evil, he loves his wife and kids and the high life he provides for them.
Ironically for such a sombre, menacing performance, Shannon is great at portraying Kuklinski's inner torment – particularly the constant worry his living will follow him home. He's surrounded by a host of barely-recognisable but impressive cast of support actors, from Chris Evans as fellow hitman Pronge to David Scheimmer as a low life protégé of Demeo's.
In the end The Iceman doesn't really say much about the criminal underworld a dozen other movies haven't already, and the premise doesn't leave as much room for the psychological journey as you might like, but if the blend of inner and outer journeys don't entertain you, the casual brutality and Shannon's insane eyes – perfect for a Kryptonian despot – will glue you to your seat.


Our journey started in 1987 in Ndola , Zambia. Over the past 22 years, the company has moved from strength to strength and the company is now the largest fuel transporter in the Country with Head office in Lusaka and branches in Ndola Zambia, Solwezi Zambia, and Boksburg South Africa.
To have the most elevated and attractive BRAND in the transport sector.
To be the most sought after Zambian transporter locally and regionally through quality, reliable and efficient performance.
To contribute effectively to the wider economy through efficiency and devotion to duty.


Wayne Walter Dyer was an American philosopher,self-help author, and a motivational speaker. His first book, Your Erroneous Zones , is one of the best-selling books of all time, with an estimated 35 million copies sold to date.
Don't program yourself to break down as you age with thoughts that decline is inevitable. Time may be passing for our bodies, but because they house our ageless souls, we never need to see ourselves as old and infirm.


Dolomitenlauf is unusual in that there are two locations in which races may be held. They are held in Lienz and Obertilliach which are 45 km apart. On Saturday the 42 km and the 20 km Classic races are held in Obertilliach. On Sunday the main 60 km Dolomitenlauf freestyle and a short freestyle race of 25 km are normally held in Lienz. Because of frequent poor snow conditions in Lienz, Obertilliach is used as a back-up site for the Sunday races.
* Dry road conditions. Distances and times from various databanks.
Obertilliach is about 44 km west of Lienz by car and is usually accessed via Lienz. If you are coming from Innsbruck then the turn-off to Obertilliach is 7 km from the Italian-Austrian border.
Travel by train or bus: see timetables at www.oebb.at. It gives also the details of the transfer from the Vienna Schwechat airport to various places in the city center. Probably the most convenient transfer is by bus. From the airport to the Südbahnhof railway station it takes 20 minutes and costs 6 Euros. The bus stop at Vienna Airport is situated right in front of the arrival. Bus departure from the airport: first bus at 6.00, then 20 min intervals until 20.00, then 30 min intervals, last bus at 23.59.
From Vienna Südbahnhof to Lienz 7 hours, trains every 2 hours with change in Villach, one direct train per day which takes 6 hours. From Munich airport to Lienz there are 7 trains per day, duration 6h15' , from Zurich airport 3 trains per day, duration 8-9 h. For timetables see www.db.de and www.sbb.ch .
If you are not travelling by car you are probably better off staying in Lienz than in Obertilliach since the race organization normally provides bus transportation from Lienz for the Saturday race but may not provide bus transportation from Obertilliach on Sunday. If this is a concern to you check with the race organization before you book your acccomodation.
In Lienz and surroundings there is a vast variety of accommodations ranging from very cheap to expensive. For information on accommodation in the whole area see www.osttirol.com orwww.hochpustertal.com where you find maps, descriptions of towns and villages, email addresses, phone and fax numbers etc.
It is not necessary to reserve a room in advance. On your arrival (during office hours), you can get a room in a private house immediately. However, it may be located a few km from the centre which is not an inconvenience if you travel by car. The local tourist office is just off Hauptplatz, at Europaplatz 1in Lienz. There is also a tourist office in Obertilliach near hotel-pension Weiler which you can see on your left as you arrive.
Lienz as well as surrounding villages have very good restaurants, pizzerias, Greek restaurants, Chinese restaurants, a McDonalds and inexpensive snacks. In Obertilliach several of the hotels have restaurants.
We suggest making an inquiry at the local Tourist Offices.
Stadtpfarrkirche St Andrä (St Andrew's Church) is north of the Isel River. The impressive Gothic building is noted for its murals (some dated from 14th century), organ loft (1616) with winged organ and two 16th century tombstones, sculpted in red Salzburg marble. There's good view of the Dolomites from the church area – visit in the early evening when peaks catch the sun.
The Kutschenmuseum in Obertilliach is worth visiting.
The forecast is available at Accuweather for Lienz and Obertilliach.
The race web site is at www.dolomitensport-lienz.com.
I am looking for accomodation for 1 person skiing Dolomitenlauf Sat and Sun 19, 20 Jan 2013. Arriving Lienz 15 Jan 13. . . departing 21Jan 13. . .train transport so in-town Lienz requested.
Lori, did you find accommodations? I might be a last-minute entrant-undecided. I am from Chicago area and did this raceonce before in 1992.


Aesthetic TV, a web-based beauty network, offers helpful resources on the latest surgical and non-surgical cosmetic enhancement procedures and products. The program recently invited Dr. Christine Petti, our skilled plastic surgeon, to participate as an expert alongside a panel of other leading female aesthetic professionals. The topic at hand was the modern female patient and what her motivations might be, as well as the latest treatments available to help achieve her aesthetic goals. Speaking with host Stuart Brazell, Dr. Petti and the rest of the panel analyzed some of the most popular methods of facial and body rejuvenation in addition to discussing their personal experiences treating women.
In addition to analyzing the most popular non-surgical enhancements, such as BOTOX® Cosmetic and the PrecisionTx™ Laser Lift, Dr. Petti also explored the relationship between self-esteem and plastic surgery. She emphasized the importance of providing information, guidance, and attentive care with all patients, as in many cases women will be seeking a boost in confidence as well as aesthetic improvement.
Furthermore, Dr. Petti also discussed the broadening age range of patients seen at her practice, from the early 20s to beyond the 80s, and remarked upon a growing sentiment held by most individuals: the desire for natural-looking results. Facing a new generation of women who have been surrounded by retouched images and "selfies," she has also noticed an increase in patients seeking preventive anti-aging treatments.
Watch the broadcast below to see the full discussion on what motivates the modern female aesthetic patient. If you have additional questions about facial or body rejuvenation, or if you wish to schedule a consultation with Dr. Petti, please contact us today.


CAMP is the College Assistance Migrant Program. It is a special program offered by at Central Washington University that provides Financial and Academic Support Services to freshman students from migrant and seasonal farm working backgrounds.
CAMP is designed to help students success as they begin their college careers. Camp students are eligible for a valiety of services, which include : financial support, academic assistance, career plannning services, and cultural enrichment opportunities.


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How Google Ads can help you grow your Social Media following
July 25, 2022 Google Ads, PPC, SEM, Social media, Uncategorized
Throughout all time, the personal brand has been an important part when it comes to getting new customers, networking and influencing the outside world. It is said that your reputation of you and who you are always come first when you walk into a meeting.
Possessing a strong personal brand not only opens doors to you that were previously closed, but it can also put you in contact with people who can invite you to forums that were previously inaccessible.
No matter what you work on, where you are or what professional field you operate in, your personal brand will be a critical part when it comes to winning new business.
With the intrusion of social media, everyone now has an opportunity to create a following and the opportunity to create a brand around our own person. Whether it's lifestyle blogs, sports people or in your professional field. The platforms allow us to spread our brand to the masses in a way that has not been possible before.
With several of the larger social media platforms, it is included in the algorithm that if a user creates content on a regular basis, the algorithm prioritises that account. If the user also gets a high level of commitment to their cash, the spread of the published material increases even further.
Although your brand is partially protected on the social media platforms in the form that no other user can create an account with the same name as you, this does not mean that there will not be accounts that will try to capitalise on your brand's success.
There are several examples of this, but to be a little more concrete, we can take the successful hip hop artist 2pac. 2pac's brand is perhaps a typical example of how a person's brand that does not have a central organisation that protects the brand can be used to market all conceivable products and services.
Even though the artist has been dead for 26 years, his merchandising, music and artistic integrity are still being spread on social media. There are whole YouTube channels that create music in his name, Instagram accounts that upload pictures of 2pac on a daily basis, but also websites that capitalise on his success in order to sell t-shirts and make money.
Much of the royalties that would normally be paid to 2pac's relatives or company instead end up in the pockets of individual users or companies that have no regard for the artist's integrity.
It is not only artists who are affected by this, but there are also companies that are used for the purpose of generating income for individuals who have nothing to do with the company's operations.
This is a consequence of the free information society in which we all live, but it also shows the ignorance of many companies and personal brands who do not understand how the various channels of the digital landscape can be used to ride the wave of the brand in order to generate income for people who do not represent the brand in question.
Some of the absolute most popular social media channels can be broken down in several different ways, the below categorization is just one way of breaking them down:
TikTok – Video content in short format
Instagram – Mainly used for pictures but are trying out short video format.
LinkedIn – For businesses and entrepreneurs. In recent years, influencers of all imaginable following bases have begun to enter the platform.
Facebook – The platform is one of the oldest SOME platforms on the market, which means that it is generational. While TikTok often consists of a younger audience, FB is both for younger and older people.
YouTube – Among the first platforms that allowed creators to monetize their content, creating a whole new profession. YouTuber.
Twitch – Used many times to stream your hoppy to a live audience.
Google+ came, it saw but did not conquer
In 2011, Google made an attempt to enter the SOME market by creating its own social media platform, Google+. On Google+, users could, among other things, share status updates in the form of text, share images and videos, and also create groups.
This was not the first time that Google tried to enter the SOME market, but it was the first project that gained international impact. A big reason why Google+ did so well at first has to do with the fact that Facebook had largely laid the foundation for how a successful social media platform should be designed. Many of the functions that Facebook had developed were also implemented in the Google+ platform.
However, there was a fundamental difference between the two platforms, a difference that might be hard to measure, but that was the coolness factor. The truth was that the target audience that Google+ was targeting was already established on Facebook, all their friends were on Facebook, and Google+ didn't appeal to the masses in the same way. Partly because Google+ was used a lot and only by people in the digital industry but also because the interface was stripped down and perceived as boring for many of the more common users.
The fact that Google then made the decision to link Google+ accounts to YouTube, which meant that the user had to have a Google+ account to be able to comment, did not make matters any better. This was before you had to have a Gmail account to interact with the platform, so Google adding Google+ didn't make things any better. At the time, YouTube was still considered a neutral place for sharing information without prying eyes prying into what content was on the platform.
After a few years of stagnating growth and Google not seeing the results it had hoped for from the SOME platform, the company eventually chose to shut down the project. At that time, Google+ had over 200 million users.
Google+ is proof that, just because your platform has the same features as another, it is not a guarantee that the platform will succeed in the long term. What made Facebook successful was not just the copy-paste of MySpace but also all the unique features that were available in the platform's infancy.
To name a few:
The ability to see who visited your profile the most
The ability to rank who was the prettiest among your friends
Endless platforming
Facebook has received a lot of criticism for these functions, but we must remember that even fixed internet has existed "for a long time", so certain functions have not been available to the general public for as long.
It may seem laughable that some of these features were considered controversial when they arrived, especially when today via dedicated applications we can swipe right and left based solely on another person's appearance and it is considered "normal". – Time really does fly!
How to use Google Ads to increase your following in social media
But the fact remains that Google search is the world's largest search engine and it is the service most of us turn to search for information about products, services or the latest news about our favourite influencer.
It is a website that presents information to us in an efficient, relevant and visually appealing way, and the service is also completely free to use.
Since many of us use Google as our first point of contact to find information, it is a very good platform to strengthen your brand online.
Many people do not think that Google and Google Ads are perfect platforms for strengthening your brand. Although there may be SOME channels that we turn to when we want to follow the influencer itself, it is Google that we go to when we want to search for information about our influencers.
Whether it's news, products or we want to see what influencer social presence looks like over the internet, we still turn to the search engine.
By buying your own brand on Google via Google Ads, you can ensure that your brand's exposure is owned by you and not by your competitors.
This means that when a user searches for your brand, your ad is triggered so that you can lead users to the landing page that you believe is best for your brand. Instead of a competitor buying your brand name and taking potential customers away from you.
A clear example of where companies buy each other's brand names on Google is in the financial industry.
In this industry, it has almost become best practice to buy your competitors' names on Google in order to win over potential customers from the competitor. This is because the banks, credit institutions and loan brokers know that the customer's number one priority is to take a loan from a supplier that offers the absolute best benefits for the customer and that customer loyalty is limited. Nobody wants to pay an unnecessary amount for a loan.
If you are an influencer and work with SOME to grow your follower base, it is critical that you use Google Ads to ensure that none of your competitors buys your name in order to lead potential followers to other influencers' accounts. Especially not if you also sell products or services using your personal brand.
How Adcasa.io can help you strengthen your brand online
Adcasa.io is a lead-generating PPC agency that focuses on helping both companies and influencers improve their brand online.
We start all our collaborations by holding a dialogue about your goals but also by setting the right expectations in order to avoid friction in the collaboration later on.
After we have had a dialogue about how we can help you in the best way, we set a Google Ads strategy that is in line with Google's best practice for PPC marketing in order to make your Google Ads investment cost-effective with a focus on ROAS.
Our company consists of PPC Managers with extensive experience in working with Google Ads investment for large and small companies where we make no difference to our customers' brands


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AmericaStoryHuésped by Diego Moreno
I grew up in a family environment where domestic violence is one of the most marked circumstances in my life, the same setback that has made me constantly migrate.
Through photography, I explore these events. I return home to find pending issues, I use fiction to try to understand and assimilate the psychological density of my environment generated by "private violence".
When the male presence disappears from the home, there is a fracture; The women of my family are slowly unraveling the teachings of submission and machismo that for years were affected, they appropriated their bodies trying to reconfigure their identity and that of the rest of the family. It is transformed into a matriarchal space surrounded by liturgy and Catholic rituals.
The body becomes that territory that allows me to understand the events in which we are involved as members of a clan. I create an accumulation of actions in which the photographic act unties the complexity of the relations between the members of my family, helping me to weave ties and affections in a land plagued by violence and pain.
This process allows me to build a present to find a place in the world as a person and to reflect more deeply on the fury and vulnerability of the human condition and especially the hostile time in which we live.
Huésped | Diego Moreno
About Diego Moreno
San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas. Mexico. 1992. He formally started his photography studies in the Chiapas Art Gymnasium in 2012. In 2014, he studied the Diploma in Photonautical and new media, awarded by the World Press Photo association. Graduated from the Seminary of Contemporary Photography 2015 of the Center of the Image and the Center of the Arts of San Agustín, Etla, Oaxaca. He has been awarded several prizes around the world such as: The Ibero-American Photography Award POY LATAM 2019; The International Prize of the image 2019; Young Talent Award Of the fifth African biennial of photography in Ethiopia and The LensCulture Emerging Talent Award 2018.
In 2018, he published his first photo album entitled HUÉSPED and in 2019 his second book IN MY MIND THERE IS NEVER SILENCE by the Mexican publishing house INFRAMUNDO.
Selected in 2017 by Foam Amsterdam as Young Mexican Talent. And in 2016 Named as one of the photographers to follow in the world by The British Journal of Photography in its talent show in London, United Kingdom. He has been awarded the Acquisition Award of the X Puebla de los Ángeles Biennial 2015 in Mexico and the Young Creators Grant of the FONCA in 2015 and 2017.
His work is part of individual and collective exhibitions in Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia, Chile, Brazil, India, Ethiopia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Israel, Italy, Spain, Amsterdam, Norway, Greece, Paris, Lithuania, London and the United States. He has also had various publications in different international and national media such as: The Guardian, The British Journal Of Photography, Vogue Italy, Internazionale Magazine, Vice Magazine, LensCulture, Der Greif, Blink Magazine, The sun, BuzzFeed, FutureShoots, Dienach Magazine, Photo World Magazine China, Burn Magazine, The culture Trip, Joia Magazine, PROPA Magazine, Tierra Adentro Magazine, Cuartoscuro among others. [Official Website]
Teaching photography in Africa by Nick Dale
Nude photography by Igor Amelkovich


Three children were born to Martha Jane Wallace and Peter Cole Riley. The exact date when they moved to KY is not known but it was before 1880. He served as sheriff of Montgomery County, NC for several years after the end of the Civil War. They first appear in KY in the U.S. Census for 1880. As of 1973, only one living descendant of Martha Jane and Peter Cole Riley was known to Allen Wallace. It is thought there are others but no information of them was obtained by Allen Wallace. (from the work of Allen Wallace).


the dj's take: Pretty good song for a college graduation party or reunion festivities for young alums. Personally, I don't remember much about being 22. Other than the fact that it was fun. This single captures the sentiment pretty well.


CALGARY - The historic downtown Bank of Montreal building, which sat vacant for more than 10 years, is springing back to life and will be the future home of GoodLife Fitness.
Just recently, Seven Generations Energy took over office space of about 25,000 square feet on the third and fourth floor of the building, at the corner of 8th Avenue and 1st Street S.W., and GoodLife will be setting up operations hopefully by the summer on the mezzanine, main floor and basement in about 24,000 square feet of space.
Maggie Schofield, executive director of the Calgary Downtown Association, said the downtown corner is an important one along the Stephen Avenue corridor and it's exciting to see a heritage building come alive again.
"It's an extremely vibrant area and a really important corridor and (the building has) been a real blight on that corner and it's such a shame because it's an extraordinarily beautiful building," said Schofield. "It's been an area where we've had issues with crime and vandalism . . . We are absolutely delighted to see that someone has embraced the building and is going to make it viable once again.
A&B Sound was the last business to operate at the location, more than 10 years ago. The building, built in 1931, is owned by Steiner Properties.
The limestone-clad building features Corinthian columns, inside and outside, a 35-foot coffered ceiling in gold leaf as well as extensive use of marble.
Sue Chambers, vice-president of operations for GoodLife Fitness, said it's going to take the company longer to build a club on the site than it normally does because of the building's historic nature. But it's shooting for an opening in June.
"We're maintaining everything in it. It's going to be our flagship club," said Chambers. "It's going to be a very unique club for us to build but it's going to be the most beautiful club that we have.
The company has about 300 locations across Canada. Currently there are 12 clubs in Calgary and two in Airdrie. Another club is opening in Cochrane Wednesday. There are three more in Edmonton and one in Lethbridge.
Bernie Bayer, president of the Taurus Property Group which leased the retail space in the building, said the introduction of GoodLife will 're-energize" the downtown corner.
In recent years, the building underwent a massive multimillion dollar restoration.
Aly Lalani, vice-president/partner with Colliers International, which leased the office space in the building, said the third and fourth floors of the building were completely re-done.


The Miller family is well represented in the Norfolk County tithable lists between 1751 and 1780. They own land and tithable property in the same area of Norfolk - the Eastern Division and near Portsmouth - as the Hutchings and Herbert families.
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U.S. Rep. Dave Camp, R-Midland, presented 20 area veterans with military commendation medals Tuesday at two separate award ceremonies.
In the case of seven soldiers, the medals and commendations were awarded posthumously to their families.
The ceremony at Houghton Lake took place at VFW Post 4034 and included veterans from Houghton Lake, Prudenville and Roscommon. The Clare ceremony, at VFW Post 5738, included veterans from Clare, Evart, Farwell, Harrison, Lake, Lake George and Midland.
Helen Adams of Roscommon: European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.
Robert Bailey of Lake: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Presidential Unit Citation, Marine Corps Discharge Button and the Honorable Service Lapel Pin.
Thomas Burke of Midland: Purple Heart with three Gold Stars, Vietnam Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, Presidential Unit Citation and the Combat Action Ribbon.
Rex Clark (deceased): presented to his brother Jerome Clark of Roscommon, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, American Campaign Medal, Honorable Service Lapel Pin and the Navy Discharge Button.
Terrence Godwin of Evart: Vietnam Service Medal with four Bronze Stars, Army Good Conduct Medal and the Cold War Certificate.
Kenneth Haines (deceased): presented to his widow June Haines of Clare, the WWII Victory Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with two Bronze Stars, and the Honorable Service Lapel Pin.
William Harris of Houghton Lake: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, American Campaign Medal, Honorable Service Lapel Pin and the Marine Corps Discharge Button.
Gregory Hernden of Farwell: Republic of Vietnam Campaign Ribbon with Device (1960), Vietnam Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal and the Good Conduct Medal.
Charles Howell (deceased): presented to his widow Joyce Howell of Lake George, the Korean Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Korean War Service Medal, Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal and the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon.
Edward Killian (deceased): presented to his son Michael Killian of Harrison, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, American Campaign Medal, Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon, Honorable Service Lapel Pin and the Marine Corps Discharge Button.
Gerald Killian (deceased): presented to his brother Michael Killian of Harrison, the Army Achievement Medal, Overseas Service Ribbon, Army Honorable Service Lapel Button, Army Good Conduct Medal and the Marksman Badge with Rifle Bar.
Kenneth Lipka of Farwell: National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon and the Good Conduct Medal.
Theodore Longnecker of Clare: United Nations Service Medal and the Korean War Service Medal.
Charles Lowery of Prudenville: Korean Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, China Service Medal, Korean War Service Medal and the Good Conduct Medal.
Arthur McNabney (deceased): presented to his daughter Mary Singleton of Harrison, the American Campaign Medal, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, Honorable Service Lapel Pin and the Navy Discharge Button.
Millard McPherson of Houghton Lake: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, American Campaign Medal, Honorable Service Lapel Pin and the Marine Corps Discharge Button.
Mahlon Parsons of Farwell: Presidential Unit Citation and the Meritorious Unit Commendation.
John Pike (deceased): presented to his widow Lois Pike of Prudenville, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, American Campaign Medal, Honorable Service Lapel Pin and the Navy Discharge Button.
Donald Reetz of Lake: Bronze Star, Army Commendations Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Ribbon with Device (1960), Vietnam Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge 1st Award, Expert Badge with Auto Rifle Bar, and the Sharpshooter Badge with Machine Gun Bar and Rifle Bar.
Richard Tabaka of Houghton Lake: WWII Victory Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, Army of Occupation Medal with Japan Clasp, Army Honorable Service Lapel Button and the Army Good Conduct Medal.


DETROIT, MICHIGAN - BYD Co Ltd, a Chinese car and battery maker backed by Warren Buffett, expects to enter the mass U.S. auto market in the first quarter of 2012, starting with its e6 electric car model, its chairman said.
"Many auto companies will pay attention to this market, and BYD will take this opportunity as well," he said through a translator, adding he wanted BYD to lead in the field of electric cars and buses in the world's second-biggest auto market.
He said BYD would work with independent dealers to set up a sales network in the United States, although it was undecided whether they would be exclusive sellers of BYD cars.
BYD, which has sold several hundred e6 electric cars in China, mostly to government entities, will be competing against well-established automakers planning to offer pure electric vehicles EVs by 2012.
Among them, Toyota Motor Corp, Honda Motor Co and Ford Motor Co will have pure electric cars on offer in the United States by next year, joining Nissan Motor Co and Tesla Motors Inc in the segment.
Hong Kong-listed BYD has said it expects the e6 to cost around $42,000 when it hits showrooms in the United States, meaning it would likely need subsidies and other incentives to appeal to consumers.
BYD, which last year sealed a partnership with Daimler AG to develop electric cars for the Chinese market, also said his company was talking with an undisclosed number of global automakers over a deal to supply batteries for electric cars. He did not elaborate.


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Russia's First World War: A Social and Economic History
Author: Peter Gatrell
Pearson Education ltd.
The story of Russia¿s First World War remains largely unknown, neglected by historians who have been more interested in the grand drama that unfolded in 1917. In Russia¿s First World War: A Social and Economic History Peter Gatrell shows that war is itself revolutionary rupturing established social and economic ties, but also creating new social and economic relationships, affiliations, practices and opportunities. Russia's First World War brings together the findings of Russian and non-Russian historians, and draws upon fresh research. It turns the spotlight on what Churchill called the unknown war, providing an authoritative account that finally does justice to the impact of war on Russias home front
Gavrelle: Arras (Battleground Europe)
Author: Kyle Tallett, Trevor Tasker
Pen & Sword
Format: ePub (e-book)
During the Battle of Arras 1917, the village of Gavrelle was captured by the Royal Naval Division; the Royal Marines suffered the highest casualties in their history. This guide explains the battles and the area today.
Eden to Armageddon: World War I in the Middle East
Author: Roger Ford
The definitive and epic account of World War I in the Middle East The Great War in the Middle East began with an invasion of the Garden of Eden, and ended with a momentous victory on the site of the biblical Armageddon. For the first time, the complete story of this epic, bloody war is now presented in a single, authoritative volume.
The Marshall Cavendish Illustrated Encyclopedia of World War I (vol.1 1914)
Author: Peter Young
Marshall Cavendish Limited
In the Marshall Cavendish Illustrated Encyclopedia of World War I, you can find a remarkably thorough and detailed account of this earth-shattering conflict. A well-researched, painstakingly documented reference work of this kind will be an invaluable source for students and researchers of this period. Yet this is not just a record of facts or an academic work without significance beyond its subject matter; it is also the story of what happened to ordinary men and women in extraordinary times. Tales of courage, endurance and suffering, many recounted at first hand, enrich the pages of this set, bringing back to life those momentous events that helped to shape our century. This, coupled with the many superb illustrations throughout, will ensure that this unique and authoritative Encyclopedia will be welcomed by teachers, scholars and librarians at all levels.
The Illustrated History of World War I: The Battles, Personalities, Events and Key Weapons From All Fronts In The First World War 1914-18
Author: Andrew Wiest
Amber Books Ltd
The first truly total war, the 'war to end all wars', shocked the world with its scale and brutality. Men from both sides went to war in August 1914 expecting to be home by Christmas, but on the Western and Italian Fronts troops became locked in a grim stalemate of trench warfare. For the first time, advances in both agricultural and industrial production had made it possible to equip and sustain mass armies for years in the field.
The Illustrated History of World War I describes a conflict that began with a naval arms race in the early 1900s, and ended in 1918 with the deaths of nearly 23 million soldiers of all nations. As many more would die in the influenza pandemic that raged after the fighting had ceased. The war brought great social, political and military change. The innocence of the Victorian world was gone, replaced by an era of uncertainty.
With the aid of more than 250 black-and-white photographs and full-colour artworks, The Illustrated History of World War I recreates the battles and campaigns that raged across the surface of the globe, on land, at sea and in the air. Including full colour maps of specific actions and campaigns and feature boxes explaining important events and personalities involved in the conflict, The Illustrated History of World War I provides a graphic and compelling account of the first truly modern war.
Early Aircraft Armament. The Aeroplane and the Gun up to 1918
Author: Harry Woodman
Smithsonian Institution Press
A true history of early aircraft armament would cover all the minor diversions and descriptions of experimental work. However, the purpose of this book is to concentrate on equipment which was in general use, and although the term 'armament' covers all kinds of weaponry, including bombs, rockets and torpedoes, it is the gun and the artifacts connected with it which form the subject of this work. The story of aircraft armament up to 1918 is more complicated then might be imagined. This was a period of improvisation on a large scale and on experimental (and sometimes desperate) measures taken to meet everchanging circumstances. Within the limitations of this work it is only possible to cover that which was in operational use as indicated by documentation and photographic evidence.
World War I (Greenwood Press Guides to Historic Events of the Twentieth Century)
Author: Neil M. Heyman
Greenwood Press
This book is a readable analysis and ready-reference guide to the war. An introductory essay presents a lucid overview of the main features of the conflict, incorporating the most recent scholarship. Five essays analyze crucial aspects of the war, from the battlefield to the homefront, and a concluding essay assesses the consequences of the war from a contemporary perspective. Ready-reference features include: a chronology of events; lengthy biographical profiles of twenty-one major figures, stressing their role in the war's origins, conduct, or outcome; the text of fifteen key primary documents such as diaries, memoirs, and newspaper editorials; a glossary of selected terms; and an extensively annotated bibliography of recommended further reading and major documentary and feature films made about the war.
Aeroplanes and Flyers of the First World War
Author: Joseph A. Phelan
Grosset & Dunlap Publishers
This book not only includes detailed, readable accounts of great pilots and their machines,but also about everything from balloons to artillery spotting to boot. The illustrations are top shelf (if you're looking for a book with photos, this will disappoint) and the writing lucid and entertaining.
The Russian Struggle for Power, 1914-1917: A Study of Russian Foreign Policy During the First World War
Author: Clarence J. Smith
Philosophical Library
Size: 141.17МБ
A study of the war aims pursued by Tsarist Russia and the Russian Provisional Government between 1914 and 1917. Suggests that one of the keys to Soviet imperialism in the 1940's was the revival by Stalin of these same war aims. Deals with the once controversial "secret treaties" of the Allies during the First World War. Based on diplomatic documents published by the Soviet Government.
Posters of the First World War
Author:Robert Fleming
Size:82 mb
Pages:201
The First World War coincided with a golden age of advertising, and throughout the conflict striking and colorful poster art was used to recruit soldiers, promote investment in the war, keep up morale - and, of course, to vilify the enemy.
Prominent artists including Norman Wilkinson paired bold images to punchy text to maximize the pieces' impact, and the selection in this book offers an informative guide to the range of posters used and how government appeals and messages were displayed to the general public.
From the iconic image of "Your Country Needs You!" to others that take less a less direct approach such as "Daddy, What Did You Do in the War?" and "Buy War Bonds Now!", this book puts the reader in the shoes of the First World War "man in the street"
Color Profiles of World War 1 Combat Planes
Author: Giorgio Apostolo
Crescent Books
This book with 479 illustrations (323 in full color) is filled with dozens of both color illustrations of combat planes from WWI plus black and white photos from that era. The text describes 25 different planes.
The Marshall Cavendish Illustrated Encyclopedia of World War I (vol.6 1916-1917)
The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East
Author: Eugene Rogan
In 1914 the Ottoman Empire was depleted of men and resources after years of war against Balkan nationalist and Italian forces. But in the aftermath of the assassination in Sarajevo, the powers of Europe were sliding inexorably toward war, and not even the Middle East could escape the vast and enduring consequences of one of the most destructive conflicts in human history. The Great War spelled the end of the Ottomans, unleashing powerful forces that would forever change the face of the Middle East.
In The Fall of the Ottomans, award-winning historian Eugene Rogan brings the First World War and its immediate aftermath in the Middle East to vivid life, uncovering the often ignored story of the region's crucial role in the conflict. Bolstered by German money, arms, and military advisors, the Ottomans took on the Russian, British, and French forces, and tried to provoke Jihad against the Allies in their Muslim colonies. Unlike the static killing fields of the Western Front, the war in the Middle East was fast-moving and unpredictable, with the Turks inflicting decisive defeats on the Entente in Gallipoli, Mesopotamia, and Gaza before the tide of battle turned in the Allies' favor. The great cities of Baghdad, Jerusalem, and, finally, Damascus fell to invading armies before the Ottomans agreed to an armistice in 1918.
The postwar settlement led to the partition of Ottoman lands between the victorious powers, and laid the groundwork for the ongoing conflicts that continue to plague the modern Arab world. A sweeping narrative of battles and political intrigue from Gallipoli to Arabia, The Fall of the Ottomans is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the Great War and the making of the modern Middle East.
The Early Birds of War: The Daring Pilots and Fighter Airplanes of World War I
Author: Thomas R Funderburk
A detailed, fully illustrated overview of the various planes, and by extension the pilots, used in World War I.
The German Offensives of 1918: The Last Desperate Gamble
Author: Ian Passingham
Campaign Chronicles
Few pivotal years in history are less understood than that of 1918. It was a momentous period, which began with Germany's desperate gamble to win the Great War through a sequence of offensives on the Western Front. Ian Passingham's graphic new study draws on a wide range of original German, British and French sources, and it features previously unpublished eyewitness accounts and photographs.
Tanks on the Somme: From Morval to Beaumont Hamel
Author: Trevor Pidgeon
On 15 September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme, tanks - one of the decisive weapons of twentieth-century warfare - were sent into action for the first time. In his previous books Trevor Pidgeon, one of the leading authorities on the early tanks, has told the story of that memorable day, but only now has his account of later tank operations during the Somme battle become available.
Britain's Forgotten Fighters of the First World War
Author: Paul R. Hare
Those with any interest in the First World War will have have heard of the planes most associated with that conflict - the legendary Sopwith Camel and Royal Aircraft Factory's S.E.5a, which are often called the "Spitfire" and "Hurricane" of the Great War. Aviation enthusiasts might even know of the Camel's predecessors, the Sopwith Pup or the Triplane.
World War I Battlefield Artillery Tactics (Osprey Elite 199)
Author: Dale Clarke
World War I Battlefield Artillery Tactics
Osprey Elite 199
As the First World War bogged down across Europe resulting in the establishment of trench systems, artillery began to grow in military importance. Never before had the use of artillery been so vital, and to this day the ferocity, duration and widespread use of artillery across the trenches of Europe has never been replicated. Featuring specially commissioned full-colour artwork, this groundbreaking study explains and illustrates the enormous advances in the use of artillery that took place between 1914 and 1918, the central part artillery played in World War I and how it was used throughout the war, with particular emphasis on the Western Front.
The Fighters: The Men and Machines of the First Air War
Here is the story of the epic days when men first spread their wings in war, with authentic eyewitness accounts from American, British, French, German, and Canadian fliers. Here you will find superb descriptions of the tactics, combats, triumphs, and tragedies of fighter aviation from its earliest days of improvisation to the final massed formations in the air.


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Offences and Punishment (continued)
Marginal note:Defence
51.1 A person shall not be found to have contravened any provision of this Act, other than section 50, if it is established that the person exercised all due diligence to prevent its commission.
Marginal note:Continuing offence
52 Where an offence under this Act is committed or continued on more than one day, it shall be deemed to be a separate offence for each day on which it is committed or continued.
53 Proceedings by way of summary conviction in respect of an offence under this Act may be instituted not later than two years after the time when the subject-matter of the proceedings arose or the Commission became aware of the subject-matter of the proceedings.
54 [Repealed, 2001, c. 26, s. 314]
Marginal note:Evidence by certificate
55 (1) Subject to this section, a certificate purporting to be signed by an analyst, stating that the analyst has analysed or tested a substance or product and stating the result of the analysis or test, or a copy or extract of a certificate certified as such by an inspector or designated officer is admissible in evidence in any prosecution for an offence under this Act without proof of the signature or official character of the analyst, inspector or designated officer and is proof of the statements contained in the certificate.
Marginal note:Attendance
(2) Any party against whom a certificate, copy or extract referred to in subsection (1) is produced may, with leave of the court, require the attendance of the analyst, inspector or designated officer, as the case may be, for the purposes of cross-examination.
Marginal note:Notice
(3) No certificate, copy or extract shall be received in evidence pursuant to subsection (1) unless the party intending to produce it has given to the party against whom it is intended to be produced reasonable notice of that intention, together with a copy of the certificate.
Marginal note:Offence outside Canada
56 Every licensee who resides or carries on business in Canada and commits, outside Canada, an act or omission that would, if committed in Canada, be an offence under paragraph 48(c) or under paragraph 48(i) in relation to its licence, is deemed to have committed that act or omission in Canada.
Marginal note:Trial of offence
57 A prosecution for an offence under this Act may be instituted, heard and determined in the place where the offence was committed, the subject-matter of the prosecution arose, the accused is resident or the accused is carrying on business.
Marginal note:Absolute or conditional discharge
58 (1) Where an offender has pleaded guilty to or been found guilty of an offence under this Act, the court may, instead of convicting the offender, order that the offender be discharged absolutely or on conditions that have any or all of the effects described in paragraphs 60(1)(a) to (j).
Marginal note:Application by prosecutor
(2) Where an offender contravenes an order made under subsection (1) or is convicted of any other offence under this Act that is committed after the order under subsection (1) was made, the prosecutor may apply to the court to revoke the discharge, convict the offender of the offence to which the discharge relates and impose any sentence that could have been imposed if the offender had been convicted at the time the order was made.
Marginal note:Suspended sentence
59 (1) Where an offender is convicted of an offence under this Act, the court may suspend the passing of sentence and may order that the accused comply with any condition having any or all of the effects described in paragraphs 60(1)(a) to (j).
(2) Where the offender contravenes an order made under subsection (1) or is convicted of any other offence under this Act that is committed after the order under subsection (1) was made, the prosecutor may apply to the court to impose any sentence that could have been imposed if the passing of sentence had not been suspended.
Marginal note:Orders of court
60 (1) Where an offender has been convicted of an offence under this Act, in addition to any other punishment that may be imposed under this Act, the court may make an order having any or all of the following effects:
(a) prohibiting the offender from committing any act or engaging in any activity that may, in the opinion of the court, result in the continuation or repetition of the offence;
(b) directing the offender to take any measure that the court considers appropriate to protect the environment or the health or safety of persons from harm resulting from the act or omission that constituted the offence, or to remedy such harm;
(c) directing the offender to publish, in the prescribed manner and at the offender's own expense, the facts relating to the conviction;
(d) directing the offender to notify, in the prescribed manner and at the offender's own expense, any person who is affected by the offender's conduct, of the facts relating to the conviction;
(e) directing the offender to post a bond or pay an amount of money into court that the court considers appropriate to ensure compliance with any order, prohibition, direction or requirement provided for in this subsection;
(f) directing the offender to submit to the Commission, on application to the court by the Commission made within three years after the date of conviction, such information with respect to the activities of the offender as the court considers appropriate in the circumstances;
(g) directing the offender to compensate the Commission, in whole or in part, for the cost of any remedial or preventive measure taken by or caused to be taken on behalf of the Commission as a result of the act or omission that constituted the offence;
(h) directing the offender to perform community service, subject to such reasonable conditions as may be imposed by the court on the recommendation of the Commission;
(i) directing the offender to pay an amount for the purposes of conducting research into the use and disposal of any nuclear substance, prescribed equipment or nuclear facility in respect of which the offence was committed; or
(j) requiring the offender to comply with such other conditions as the court considers appropriate in the circumstances for securing the offender's good conduct and for preventing the offender from repeating the same offence or committing any other offence under this Act.
Marginal note:Coming into force and duration of order or condition
(2) An order made under subsection (1), 58(1) or 59(1) shall come into force on the day on which the order is made or on such other day as the court may determine and shall not continue in force for more than three years after that day.
Marginal note:Additional fine
61 Where a person has been convicted of an offence under this Act and the court is satisfied that, as a result of the commission of the offence, monetary benefits accrued to the person, the court may order the person to pay, notwithstanding the maximum amount of any fine that may otherwise be imposed under this Act, an additional fine in an amount equal to the court's estimation of the amount of the monetary benefits.
Marginal note:Compensation for loss of property
62 (1) Where an offender has been convicted of an offence under this Act, in addition to any sentence imposed, the court may, at the time sentence is imposed and on the application of any person who has suffered loss of, or damage to, property, as a result of the commission of the offence, order the offender to pay to that person, within such period as the court considers reasonable, an amount of compensation for the loss or damage.
Marginal note:Enforcement
(2) Where an amount that is ordered to be paid under subsection (1) is not paid within the period specified, the applicant may, by filing the order in the superior court of the province in which the trial was held, enter the amount ordered to be paid as a judgment, and such a judgment is enforceable against the offender in the same manner as if it were a judgment rendered against the offender in that court in civil proceedings.
Marginal note:Variation of sanctions
63 (1) Where a court has made an order under section 58, 59 or 60 in relation to an offender, the court may, on application by the offender or the Attorney General of Canada, require the offender to appear before the court and, after hearing the offender and the Attorney General, may vary the order in one or any combination of the following ways that is applicable and, in the opinion of the court, is rendered desirable by a change in the circumstances of the offender since the order was made, namely,
(a) make changes in the order or the conditions specified in the order or extend the period for which the order is to remain in force for such period, not exceeding one year, as the court considers desirable; or
(b) decrease the period for which the order is to remain in force or relieve the offender, either absolutely or partially or for such period as the court considers desirable, of compliance with any condition that is specified in the order.
(2) Before varying an order under subsection (1), the court may direct that notice be given to any persons that the court considers to be interested in the order and may hear any or all of those persons.
Marginal note:Subsequent applications with leave
(3) Where an application made under subsection (1) in respect of an offender has been heard by a court, no other application may be made with respect to the order except with leave of the court.
Marginal note:Application of Nuclear Liability and Compensation Act
64 Nothing in section 58, 59, 60, 62 or 63 shall be construed as restricting
(a) any right, obligation or liability of any person arising under the Nuclear Liability and Compensation Act ; or
(b) the jurisdiction of a nuclear claims tribunal established under the Nuclear Liability and Compensation Act .
2015, c. 4, s. 125
Marginal note:Publication
65 (1) Where an offender is required by an order made under section 58, 59 or 60 to comply with a condition having the effect described in paragraph 60(1)(c) and the offender fails to comply with the condition, the Commission may publish the facts in the manner referred to in that paragraph and may recover the costs of publication from the offender.
Marginal note:Debt due to Her Majesty
(2) Where the Commission incurs publication costs under subsection (1) or an offender is required by an order made under section 58, 59 or 60 to comply with a condition having the effect described in paragraph 60(1)(g), the costs and any interest thereon constitute a debt due to Her Majesty in right of Canada and may be recovered as such in any court of competent jurisdiction or in any manner provided for by law.
Administrative Monetary Penalties
Commission's Powers
Marginal note:Powers
65.01 The Commission may
(a) establish the form of notices of violation;
(b) designate inspectors, or designated officers, who are authorized to issue notices of violation;
(c) establish, in respect of each violation, a short-form description to be used in notices of violation; and
(d) designate designated officers to conduct reviews under section 65.13.
Marginal note:Commission of violation
65.02 (1) Every person who contravenes or fails to comply with a provision, order, decision, term or condition designated under paragraph 44(1)(u.1) commits a violation and is liable to an administrative monetary penalty of an amount to be determined in accordance with the regulations.
Marginal note:Purpose of penalty
(2) The purpose of the penalty is to promote compliance with this Act and not to punish.
Marginal note:Liability of directors, officers, etc.
65.03 If a corporation commits a violation, any director, officer, agent or mandatary of the corporation who directed, authorized, assented to, acquiesced in or participated in the commission of the violation is a party to the violation and is liable to an administrative monetary penalty of an amount to be determined in accordance with the regulations, whether or not the corporation has been proceeded against in accordance with this Act.
Marginal note:Proof of violation
65.04 In any proceedings under this Act against a person in relation to a violation, it is sufficient proof of the violation to establish that it was committed by an employee, or agent or mandatary, of the person whether or not the employee, agent or mandatary is identified or proceeded against in accordance with this Act.
Marginal note:Issuance and service of notice of violation
65.05 (1) If a person designated under paragraph 65.01(b) believes on reasonable grounds that a person has committed a violation, the designated person may issue a notice of violation and cause it to be served on the person.
Marginal note:Contents
(2) The notice of violation must
(a) name the person that is believed to have committed the violation;
(b) set out the relevant facts surrounding the violation;
(c) set out the amount of the penalty for the violation;
(d) inform the person of their right to request a review with respect to the violation or the amount of the penalty, and of the prescribed period within which that right must be exercised;
(e) inform the person of the manner of paying the penalty set out in the notice; and
(f) inform the person that, if they do not pay the penalty or exercise their right referred to in paragraph (d), they will be considered to have committed the violation and that they are liable to the penalty set out in the notice.
Rules About Violations
Marginal note:Certain defences not available
65.06 (1) A person named in a notice of violation does not have a defence by reason that the person
(a) exercised due diligence to prevent the commission of the violation; or
(b) reasonably and honestly believed in the existence of facts that, if true, would exonerate the person.
Marginal note:Common law principles
(2) Every rule and principle of the common law that renders any circumstance a justification or excuse in relation to a charge for an offence under this Act applies in respect of a violation to the extent that it is not inconsistent with this Act.
Marginal note:Continuing violation
65.07 A violation that is committed or continued on more than one day constitutes a separate violation for each day on which it is committed or continued.
Marginal note:Violation or offence
65.08 (1) Proceeding with any act or omission as a violation under this Act precludes proceeding with it as an offence under this Act, and proceeding with it as an offence under this Act precludes proceeding with it as a violation under this Act.
Marginal note:Violations not offences
(2) For greater certainty, a violation is not an offence and, accordingly, section 126 of the Criminal Code does not apply in respect of a violation.
Nuclear Safety and Control Act
3 - Purpose of Act
8 - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
8 - Establishment of Commission
9 - Objects
10 - Members
12 - President
13 - Remuneration and Expenses
14 - Meetings
15 - By-laws
16 - Officers, Employees and Contractors
18 - Civil Liability
19 - Directives
20 - Powers
22 - Panels
23 - Decision-Making
27 - Records and Reports
28 - Analysts and Inspectors
37 - Designated Officers
38 - Procedures for Decisions and Orders
43 - Redetermination and Appeal of Decisions and Orders
45 - Exceptional Powers
48 - Offences and Punishment
65.01 - Administrative Monetary Penalties
65.01 - Commission's Powers
65.02 - Violations
65.06 - Rules About Violations
65.1 - Reviews
65.16 - Responsibility
65.18 - Recovery of Penalties
65.2 - General
73 - Transitional Provisions
83 to 105 - Consequential Amendments
124 - Conditional Amendments
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Il suo mandato è scaduto il 1º luglio 2017, con l'insediamento di Carrie Lam.

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MIAMI — "It should be easy for you. You're in the music business," Buccaneers defensive line coach Brentson Buckner says to Chad Thomas 10 minutes into the workout. The former Hurricanes defensive end is standing next to a neon yellow agility ladder on the University of Miami's practice fields.
Buckner asks Thomas to do a reverse karaoke drill, something he hasn't done since high school. He must tap his right foot inside the ladder, then cross his left leg behind him and tap the opposite side of the ladder. It's a difficult drill.
He nails it on the first try.
"It's just rhythm," Thomas says after zig-zagging his way through the ladder, displaying his agility and hip mobility.
And it's just become part of the predraft process for Thomas, who's been asked about his music career constantly in workouts and meetings with NFL teams.
The 22-year-old already has an impressive resume, producing tracks for artists like Rick Ross, Kodak Black and City Girls; being sampled by DJ Khaled and Drake; and recently dropping a five-track EP, Lil Tape. He can read and write music and has the ability to play nine different instruments (piano, organ, drums, guitar, bass guitar, trombone, clarytone, tuba and trumpet).
Projected as a Day 2 pick by B/R draft analyst Matt Miller, Thomas will soon become a professional football player—something his parents never imagined while supporting his passion for the sport—but is also creating his own wave at the intersection of South Florida's subculture: hip-hop.
Which is why the conversation around his future in football always transitions into the one question he hates: How much do you love football?
"You ask me that question, I feel like you trying me," Thomas says after his workout with the Bucs while sitting on a couch at his cousin's smoke shop in Liberty City, the predominantly African American neighborhood five miles north of downtown Miami in which Thomas grew up.
NFL teams are uncomfortable when a football player pursues off-the-field interests, maybe none more so than hip-hop. Even if Thomas' musical talents are more virtuoso than just another athlete trying to be a rapper, the lifestyle is viewed as a distraction. It causes decision-makers to question whether a player wants to be a rapper or a football player.
If they only knew what it took to get to this point, this wouldn't be a question.
"Anybody can do something and make a million dollars without hitting they head, breaking their bones or losing their life on the football field," says Thomas, who suffered a concussion at Miami and broke his hand in high school. "I love football so much that I'm willing to sacrifice my body for it."
Thomas loves football so much that he spent his last year at Miami fighting NCAA eligibility rules to play. As he was set to begin spring football for his final collegiate season, Rick Ross informed him on FaceTime that one of his beats would be showcased on "Apple of My Eye," the opening track on Ross' album Rather You Than Me, featuring Raphael Saadiq. Ross, a Miami native, has known Thomas since high school.
Soon after the release of the song, Thomas says he was contacted by Miami's office of NCAA compliance demanding documentation of income he earned in this profession before he entered college and of payments he had received from music during college.
Although he wasn't held out of any offseason practices or workouts, Thomas says he was told his eligibility hung in the balance. "They kept reminding me, 'Boy if we had a game this Saturday, you won't be playing,'" Thomas says.
He cooperated with the compliance office to remain eligible without profiting off his likeness. He used "Major Nine" as his rap name, a nickname that started as "Nine-Nine" in high school because of his jersey number but evolved in college. He used his Twitter account solely to promote his music and couldn't post his songs on streaming sites for profit. He says he was prohibited from tweeting about Miami or posting pictures wearing Miami attire on that account.
"They were trying to take away my love, football. You can't take that away from me. If somebody takes football away from me right now, Imma find my way back around it. Imma be coaching, doing something."
Thomas expressed his frustration on "Do Not Disturb" last summer for his mixtape For Sale and then didn't release any music for the rest of the season. He channeled the anger on the field, developing into a leader on a team that went 10-3 and played in the Orange Bowl. He finished the season with 5.5 sacks and tied for a team-high 12.5 tackles for loss.
"They robbing us," Thomas says of the NCAA. "You walk by stores and they got your number in there—some of them even got your name on the back of it—and you can't get no money from them. They feel like they giving us a free education like that's all we need. People still got families at home, and they're struggling. We gotta use those college checks to help our [moms] out and stuff."
Thomas will soon secure his NFL bag and help financially provide for his parents, who didn't expect their son to make it to the league given the extremely slim odds. They were reluctant to let him play in the first place. His mother, Stefanie Jones (who Thomas calls "Shawty Red" when she's listening to his music and giving her opinion before it drops), isn't a football fan and didn't want her son to get hurt.
Thomas started playing at around five years old but stopped soon after due to a heart murmur. He says it doesn't affect him anymore and that there wasn't an issue during his physical at the NFL combine.
Jones' uncle, Roger Finnie, played 11 NFL seasons during the 1970s with very little to show for it after he retired. Jones and Thomas' dad, Chad Sr., didn't want that for their only child. They envisioned Thomas pursuing a career in his first love, music.
Thomas has had rhythm ever since he was three years old, when he took piano lessons from his grandmother and became obsessed with Mystikal's "Here I Go," a song that still speaks to Thomas when Mystikal repeats, "I know y'all n---as ain't f--king with me cause I can't f--k with my damn self!"
"Ain't nobody messing with me because I don't even know how great I am until you put me under pressure, and I just go to work," Thomas says.
At the same age, Thomas played the drums at two church services on the weekends. On Sundays, when his grandmother cooked family meals after service, Thomas would grab a couple of old pots and make his own drum set on the floor, switching out the pots to get the sounds he wanted to replicate the songs he played at church.
After his grandmother died from cancer when he was five, Thomas continued to learn the piano on his own. He later would add the trombone, bass and acoustic guitar to his repertoire. At age 11, he was accepted in the Norland Middle School band, where they played songs by South Florida rappers like Grind Mode and Piccolo. It was the one class where Thomas and his friends gave their undivided attention because, "We was gonna play something gangsta."
"He's an actual musician, which is what I thought he would be," says Chad Sr., who envisioned Thomas becoming a band teacher who would play side gigs at events like weddings.
After seven years of saying "no" since that heart murmur, Chad Sr. finally agreed and signed him up to play—without telling his mother—as a reward for his performance in the classroom. Hovering around 160 pounds at 12 years old, Thomas played on both sides of the trenches against kids older than him, some by three years.
In a state where toddlers sign up for football immediately after their first steps, Thomas lacked experience. He was extremely raw. But he loved it. And his parents supported his passion.
"You can't walk on the street and just hit nobody," Thomas says. "I like fighting. I ain't gonna lie. I like fighting, but I'm too old for that. So I go on the field and know I can legally hit somebody and smash 'em and the worst I get is a flag or kicked out the field—that's cool with me. I ain't trippin' about that."
In high school, Thomas learned how to balance football and music. His father enrolled him at New World School of the Arts, a public magnet high school known for its performing arts, and he played football at Miami Jackson, where his father worked. Thomas would ride the bus to Miami Jackson, where he was often late to practice. And all this as a third-stringer.
It wasn't until his junior year that Thomas gained buzz in both fields. He transferred to Booker T. Washington, where legendary head coach Tim "Ice" Harris began developing him into a 5-star defensive end prospect.
After a victory over Miami Carol City, Thomas' phone blew up. But it wasn't about the game; it was about his music. He had just started making music again after a brief hiatus, and local artist Lil Dred jumped on the remix to one of his tracks, "No Shone."
"I felt like I was the man," Thomas says. "I'm doing football and music, and I'm doing good at both. Ain't nobody doing that."
His platform continued to grow as he stayed home to play for the Hurricanes, developing into a full-time starter during his junior season and snagging 4.5 sacks and 11 tackles for loss. At the end of the season, Thomas made the saxophone-laced beat for Ross in his bedroom.
"N---as who play football love football, and they love something else," says DJ Sam Sneak, who is Ross' official DJ. "A lot of the times it's just not in entertainment. With Chad, it's music. Music is like his second love next to football. You can't tell him he's not going to do it. You tell him that, and he's going to show you he's going to do it."
Thomas' lyrics and production are fueled by his environment in Liberty City, where the sounds of police sirens, helicopters and dirtbikes are common at any given point near his cousin's smoke shop—a place where Thomas resides when he's not working out or at home. "Where we sitting at right now, there could be about 100 traps around us," he says of the lower-income community. "It's just poverty. That's just what it is."
Liberty City has birthed rappers like Luther Campbell of 2 Live Crew, Trick Daddy and Trina, as well as athletes like Chad Johnson, Santana Moss, Teddy Bridgewater and Devonta Freeman. Moonlight, which won an Oscar for Best Motion Picture, was set in Liberty City. Director Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney, who co-wrote the film, are both from there too.
Thomas puts on for his city by making beats for local rappers, including one for the Ball Greezy song "Dats My Bae," which has over 3.5 million views on YouTube. Just after he gave the beat to Greezy, Sneak reached out to ask if he still had it. Rihanna was interested. But it was too late. He'd already sold it.
Thomas was so mad, he didn't make music for a week.
"If I would've sold it to the person it was supposed to go to, yeah, they would've really questioned me about football," Thomas says.
He's expected to have another beat on Rick Ross' upcoming album, Port of Miami 2: Born To Kill, which will feature A Boogie wit da Hoodie (who leaked the beat on his episode of Netflix's Rapture docuseries) and Denzel Curry. Sneak, who wore Thomas' college jersey during Grammy weekend this year, says the record is a "banger."
"My n---a is gonna win a Grammy," says Sneak. "I'm telling you right now. He's gonna win a Grammy."
When Ross' album drops after Thomas is drafted, it will probably cause another wave of questions about whether he cares about football. There's "one or two percent" of Thomas' mind that reminds him the NFL can also stand for "Not For Long," with the average career lasting about three years. But he considers it one of the greatest temporary jobs ever, and he wants it to last as long as possible.
The music will always be there for Thomas, who has displayed over the last decade he's capable of dropping it or picking it up when he sees fit. But don't get it twisted: Football is his priority, as it always has been, whether NFL teams are able to wrap their heads around that or not.
"They'll never understand somebody doing something and being great at two things that require a lot of mental ability, a lot of strenuous hours," Thomas says. "They'll never understand that because it ain't easy to them. But it's easy to me."