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Q: Getting driver files for a particular device I would like to know how I can get all the driver files for a particular device just like the Device Manager does?
I have the following code:
procedure TdlgMain.Test(const DeviceIndex: Integer);
var
  PnPHandle: HDEVINFO;
  DevData: TSPDevInfoData;
  DeviceInterfaceData: TSPDeviceInterfaceData;
  FunctionClassDeviceData: PSPDeviceInterfaceDetailData;
  Success: LongBool;
  Devn: Integer;
  BytesReturned: DWORD;
  SerialGUID: TGUID;
begin
  ZeroMemory(@DevData, SizeOf(SP_DEVINFO_DATA));
  DevData.cbSize := SizeOf(SP_DEVINFO_DATA);

  ZeroMemory(@DeviceInterfaceData, SizeOf(TSPDeviceInterfaceData));
  DeviceInterfaceData.cbSize := SizeOf(TSPDeviceInterfaceData);

  if not SetupDiEnumDeviceInfo(hAllDevices,
    DeviceIndex, DevData) then Exit;

  SerialGUID := DevData.ClassGuid;

  PnPHandle := SetupDiGetClassDevs(@SerialGUID, nil, 0, DIGCF_PRESENT or DIGCF_DEVICEINTERFACE);
  if PnPHandle = Pointer(INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) then
    Exit;

  Devn := 0;
  repeat
    DeviceInterfaceData.cbSize := SizeOf(TSPDeviceInterfaceData);
    Success := SetupDiEnumDeviceInterfaces(PnPHandle, nil, SerialGUID, Devn, DeviceInterfaceData);
    if Success then
    begin
      DevData.cbSize := SizeOf(DevData);
      BytesReturned := 0;
      // get size required for call
      SetupDiGetDeviceInterfaceDetail(PnPHandle, @DeviceInterfaceData, nil, 0, BytesReturned, @DevData);
      if (BytesReturned <> 0) and (GetLastError = ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER) then
      begin
        // allocate buffer and initialize it for call
        FunctionClassDeviceData := AllocMem(BytesReturned);
        FunctionClassDeviceData.cbSize := SizeOf(TSPDeviceInterfaceDetailData);
        //FunctionClassDeviceData.cbSize := BytesReturned;
        if SetupDiGetDeviceInterfaceDetail(PnPHandle, @DeviceInterfaceData,
          FunctionClassDeviceData, BytesReturned, BytesReturned, @DevData) then
        begin
          ShowMessage(FunctionClassDeviceData.DevicePath);
        end else
          RaiseLastOSError();
        FreeMem(FunctionClassDeviceData);
      end;
    end;
    Inc(Devn);
  until not Success;
  SetupDiDestroyDeviceInfoList(PnPHandle);

But the ShowMessage() is either not called at all or returns \. How do I get the files properly?
I had a look at devcon from the WinDDK, but it does not return the files either.
Thank you.

A: I figured it out. There's no API to do it for you, you need to parse the INF files to achieve the result. Here's a quick-n-dirty solution for all of you, who are interested.
procedure TdlgMain.Test(const DeviceIndex: Integer);
var
  Paths: TStringList;
  I: Integer;

  function GetWinDir: string; inline;
  var
    dir: array [0 .. MAX_PATH] of Char;
  begin
    GetWindowsDirectory(dir, MAX_PATH);
    Result := IncludeTrailingBackslash(StrPas(dir));
  end;

  function GetSpecialFolderPath(const folder: Integer): string; inline;
  const
    SHGFP_TYPE_CURRENT = 0;
  var
    path: array [0 .. MAX_PATH] of Char;
  begin
    if SUCCEEDED(SHGetFolderPath(0, folder, 0, SHGFP_TYPE_CURRENT, @path[0]))
    then
      Result := IncludeTrailingBackslash(path)
    else
      Result := '';
  end;

  function LocateInfFile(const F: String): String; inline;
  var
    T: String;
  begin
    Result := '';

    if (Pos(SysUtils.PathDelim, F) > 0) then
    begin
      Result := F;
      Exit;
    end;

    T := GetWinDir();
    if (FileExists(T + 'inf\' + F)) then
      Result := T + 'inf\' + F
    else if (FileExists(T + 'system32\' + F)) then
      Result := T + 'system32\' + F;
  end;

  procedure ReadSectionNoKeys(const AFile, ASection: String;
    const SL: TStringList);
  var
    TheFile: TStringList;
    Line: String;
    TrimEnd: Boolean;
    Idx, Tmp: Integer;
  begin
    TrimEnd := False;

    TheFile := TStringList.Create();
    try
      TheFile.LoadFromFile(AFile);
      Idx := TheFile.IndexOf('[' + ASection + ']');
      if (Idx <> -1) then
      begin
        Idx := Idx + 1;
        while True do
        begin
          Line := Trim(TheFile[Idx]);
          Inc(Idx);
          if (Pos(';', Line) = 1) then
            continue;

          if (Pos('[', Line) > 0) then
            Break;

          Tmp := Pos(',', Line);
          if (Tmp > 0) then
            TrimEnd := True
          else
          begin
            Tmp := PosEx(';', Line, 3);
            if (Tmp > 0) then
              TrimEnd := True;
          end;

          if (Line <> '') then
          begin
            if (TrimEnd) then
            begin
              Line := Trim(Copy(Line, 1, Tmp - 1));
              TrimEnd := False;
            end;

            SL.Add(Line);
          end;

          if (Idx = (TheFile.Count - 1)) then
            Break;
        end;
      end;
    finally
      TheFile.Free();
    end;
  end;

  function IniReadStr(const Ini: TIniFile; const S, L, D: String): String;
  var
    T: Integer;
  begin
    Result := Ini.ReadString(S, L, D);

    T := Pos(';', Result);
    if (T > 0) then
      Result := Trim(Copy(Result, 1, T - 1));
  end;

  procedure ParseInfFile(const InfFile, SectionName: String);
  var
    I: TIniFile;
    SL, FilesList: TStringList;
    X, Y, Tmp: Integer;
    Pth, S, S1: String;
  begin
    I := TIniFile.Create(InfFile);
    try
      if (SectionName <> '') and (I.SectionExists(SectionName)) then
      begin
        // Check if the section has a value called "CopyFiles".
        if (I.ValueExists(SectionName, 'CopyFiles')) then
        begin
          // It has. Read it to a string and separate by commas.
          SL := TStringList.Create();
          try
            SL.CommaText := IniReadStr(I, SectionName, 'CopyFiles', '');

            // Now, every line of the string list is a section name. Check
            // the destination directory of each.
            if (I.SectionExists('DestinationDirs')) then
              for X := 0 to SL.Count - 1 do
              begin
                S := IniReadStr(I, 'DestinationDirs', SL[X], '');
                if (S = '') then
                  S := IniReadStr(I, 'DestinationDirs', 'DefaultDestDir', '');

                if (S <> '') then
                begin
                  // Split the path by comma, if any.
                  Tmp := Pos(',', S);
                  S1 := '';
                  if (Tmp > 0) then
                  begin
                    S1 := Trim(Copy(S, Tmp + 1, Length(S)));
                    S := Trim(Copy(S, 1, Tmp - 1));
                  end;

                  // Convert the numeric value of S to a proper directory.
                  Pth := '';
                  if (S = '10') then
                    Pth := GetWinDir();
                  if (S = '11') then
                    Pth := GetWinDir() + 'system32\';
                  if (S = '12') then
                    Pth := GetWinDir() + 'system32\drivers\';
                  if (S = '50') then
                    Pth := GetWinDir() + 'system\';
                  if (S = '30') then
                    Pth := ExtractFileDrive(GetWinDir());
                  if (StrToInt(S) >= 16384) then
                    Pth := GetSpecialFolderPath(StrToInt(S));

                  if (S1 <> '') then
                    Pth := IncludeTrailingBackslash(Pth + S1);

                  // If we got the path, read the files.
                  if (Pth <> '') then
                  begin
                    FilesList := TStringList.Create();
                    try
                      ReadSectionNoKeys(InfFile, SL[X], FilesList);
                      for Y := 0 to FilesList.Count - 1 do
                        if (Paths.IndexOf(Pth + FilesList[Y]) = -1) then
                          Paths.Add(Pth + FilesList[Y]);
                    finally
                      FilesList.Free();
                    end;
                  end;
                end;
              end;
          finally
            SL.Free();
          end;
        end;

        // Check if there're "Include" and "Needs" values.
        if ((I.ValueExists(SectionName, 'Include')) and
          (I.ValueExists(SectionName, 'Needs'))) then
        begin
          // Split both by comma.
          SL := TStringList.Create();
          FilesList := TStringList.Create();
          try
            SL.CommaText := IniReadStr(I, SectionName, 'Include', '');
            FilesList.CommaText := IniReadStr(I, SectionName, 'Needs', '');
            if (SL.Text <> '') and (FilesList.Text <> '') then
              for X := 0 to SL.Count - 1 do
                for Y := 0 to FilesList.Count - 1 do
                  ParseInfFile(LocateInfFile(SL[X]), FilesList[Y]);
          finally
            FilesList.Free();
            SL.Free();
          end;
        end;
      end;
    finally
      I.Free();
    end;
  end;

begin
  Paths := TStringList.Create();
  try
    ParseInfFile(LocateInfFile(DeviceHelper.InfName), DeviceHelper.InfSection);
    Paths.Sort();

    ListView_InsertGroup(lvAdvancedInfo.Handle, 'Driver Files', 2);
    for I := 0 to Paths.Count - 1 do
      ListView_AddItemsInGroup(lvAdvancedInfo, '', Paths[I], 2);
  finally
    Paths.Free();
  end;
end;


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Share this Story: International cancer research office in the works for Windsor (with video)
International cancer research office in the works for Windsor (with video)
The University of Windsor and Windsor Regional Hospital have kicked off an ambitious campaign to make Windsor an international cancer research hub.
Oct 07, 2013 • October 7, 2013 • 2 minute read
Dr. Lisa Porter, left, and Dr. Caroline Hamm speak during a kickoff event for a new cross border cancer research program in Windsor on Monday, October 7, 2013. The program named Passports was created to establish a global cancer research office that will foster cross-border collaborations and lay the foundation for international clinical trail access for Windsor cancer patients. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
The university and the hospital have already been working together on innovative cancer research for years through the Windsor Cancer Research Group, funded by a Seeds 4 Hope grant from the Windsor Essex County Cancer Centre Foundation. On Monday, representatives from the centre announced plans to take the success they've had with clinical trials to the next level by formalizing partnerships with hospitals across the border.
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"There's a great deal of red tape that surrounds research in general. Between two different countries, it's almost unheard of to have a clean corridor of research. And this would really be a first," said Lisa Porter, scientific director of the Windsor Cancer Research Group. "For our patients, that's amazing because then they have access to our types of technologies and databases that are available in the U.S. as well."
Windsor Regional oncologist Caroline Hamm has been working on a clinical trial of a chemotherapy regimen for patients with a unique form of breast cancer known as triple-negative. Hamm and Porter said they hope an international research centre could add American patients to the trial.
Dr. Caroline Hamm thanks Kevin Laforet, president and CEO of Caesars Windsor, after he presented a cheque for $25,000 during a kickoff event for a new cross border cancer research program in Windsor on Monday, October 7, 2013. The program named Passports was created to establish a global cancer research office that will foster cross-border collaborations and lay the foundation for international clinical trail access for Windsor cancer patients. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
Research centres like this help improve patient outcomes because they can participate in clinical trials like this, Porter said. They also help the region attract and retain highly skilled and ambitious professionals who want to get involved with cutting-edge research.
Caesars Windsor president and CEO Kevin Laforet presented the organization with a $25,000 check Monday, which brings the team a quarter of the way to its $100,000 fundraising goal. Once the centre sets up an office, establishes some procedures for making it easier to get tissue across the border and sets up regular meetings with participating Detroit hospitals, staff will start looking for a fundraising group to work with that can help secure funding on an ongoing basis.
Laforet said Caesars was happy to get the fundraising ball rolling. "It's a very dedicated, diligent group and we are very proud to be associated with it," he said.
The centre invited anyone looking for more information or ways to donate to visit www.windsorcancerresearch.ca
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Dr. Caroline Hamm speaks during a kickoff event for a new cross border cancer research program in Windsor on Monday, October 7, 2013. The program named Passports was created to establish a global cancer research office that will foster cross-border collaborations and lay the foundation for international clinical trail access for Windsor cancer patients. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
Dr. Lisa Porter, left, and Dr. Caroline Hamm are photographed with Kevin Laforet, president and CEO of Caesars Windsor, after he presented a cheque for $25,000 during a kickoff event for a new cross border cancer research program in Windsor on Monday, October 7, 2013. The program named Passports was created to establish a global cancer research office that will foster cross-border collaborations and lay the foundation for international clinical trail access for Windsor cancer patients. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
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A fierce commitment to student centeredness has long been a hallmark of Brewster Academy. Yet what has struck me in the past few weeks is how student initiated the Brewster experience is. Here are a few quick examples.
Just hours ago, a group of students and faculty members arrived at Lord House for the second meeting of the newly formed Harry Potter Club. Craig and I had no cookies or cider to offer, but the attendees couldn't have cared less. They had come to trade Potter trivia, discuss their individual house sortings, and plan for the upcoming group reading of the new play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. They had come because John Scala '17 and Dexter Hanson '17 had taken the initiative to create and promote a club, which they hoped would provide a forum for BA Potter aficionados to gather and share their passion. John and Dexter's initiative has already brought students, new and old alike, together and orchestrated what has been the highlight of at least one faculty member's week.
Last Wednesday Alicia Childers '01 and I took a group of students over to Sugar Hill Retirement Community for a tour of the facility before commencing our volunteer work there in the coming weeks. Our tour was to be about 40 minutes long, and we knew that a couple of the students needed to return to campus for commitments later in the afternoon. In the midst of our tour, we passed by a dining area, where a group of residents were just finishing their lunch-time desserts. Cued by our host, the students stopped to say what I imagined would be a quick hello. I was expecting a "here's my name and where I'm from, see you next week" sort of engagement. But what the students launched into – what they (not Alicia nor I nor our host) initiated – was one of the most sincere introductions and calls to dialogue I have ever witnessed. With no eye on the clock, the kids headed over to the residents' dining tables and sat down to talk about college aspirations, life in Wolfeboro, the map of China, and much more! Most of the residents in the assisted living area are deep into their 90s, and a number of residents repeated their questions over and over. Our students responded with patience, interest, and sincerity. Watching them step forward to engage so thoughtfully filled Alicia and me with both pride and admiration.
This year the juniors are taking a course called "Engaged to Educate" (E2E) during the SEL (Social and Emotional Learning) block. The impetus for this course came directly from two former BA students, Abdullah Al-Farsi '16 and Isaac Weiss-Meyer '16. Co-heads of O.N.E. (One Nationality and Ethnicity Club), Isaac and Abdullah were interested in helping the Brewster community foster dialogue across various lines of difference. Throughout 2016-2017, they pursued their commitment to examining how exploring differences within a group can enable individuals to connect, gain perspective, and develop self-awareness. Heading into their final term on campus, Abdullah and Isaac were looking for ways to leave their mark, to contribute. That drive led them to use the project-based learning period to create the framework for the course that is now the E2E course being taught to all juniors. Education doesn't get much more student initiated than that!
Brewster's commitment to student centeredness has created an environment that avidly supports student initiatives, and that environment in turn supports the growth of faculty and students alike. Pretty cool.


We are regularly approached by journalists to comment on key HR issues and challenges. Please find below, links to our most recent pieces of coverage.
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Strict dress code relaxed at Virgin Atlanic - should other companies follow suit?
Female flight attendants under the employment of Virgin Atlantic will no longer be required to wear makeup whilst working and will be given the choice of wearing trousers or a skirt, the airline announced today.
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The research, part of which was seen exclusively by HR magazine, found that organisations' overall perception of hiring manager capability was medium to good.
Are your recruitment and resourcing strategies matched to the individuals you want to hire?
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Everyone thinks Santa is a jolly old fella saying ho ho ho all the time and being all rotund and jovial but really he's an uber hipster dude and keeps spare reindeers in his beard when his regular reindeers breakdown on Chrismas eve. He actually was the originator of the hipster craze wearing his hipster beanie and his hipster beard before anyone knew what a hipster was. One year heaps of dudes had Christmas wishes to be cool dudes so Santa gave them the gift of hipsterness and before long everyone was being a hipster and growing radical beards and doing all the things that hipsters like to do like having a cold pressed juice.


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The rough footprint of the recently passed Jerome Avenue rezoning.
Amid an uproar among Bronx automotive businesses, the city's Department of Small Business Services has announced the availability of financial assistance for the auto-body shops that might be forced to relocate after the City Council passed a rezoning for the Jerome Avenue corridor last month.
The rezoning encourages residential and commercial development in a 92-block area including the Jerome Avenue corridor, most of which is currently zoned for auto-uses, and some neighborhood crossstreets. The rezoning would require a percentage of all new development to be income-targeted under the city's mandatory inclusionary housing policy, and due to the current weakness of the market, the Department of City Planning predicts that new construction in the near term would be subsidized and likely 100-percent income-targeted.
During the rezoning debate, concerns were often voiced about the fate of the auto businesses, which supporters say provide decent, blue-collar wages. Property owners who have a chance to transform their property from accommodating low-lying auto shops to instead hosting rental buildings are likely to uproot the auto firms, and there is evidence that is already happening.
SBS Commissioner Gregg Bishop said in City Council testimony on Monday that his office has made available an estimated $1.5 million in relocation grants for the auto businesses. Also on Monday, , SBS tweeted about a mobile office on Jerome Avenue on Wednesday with resources on financing for businesses being affected by the measure.
But Pedro J. Estevez, the president of the United Auto Merchants Association, described the funding as insult to injury, "This is worse than Willets Point. Willets Point was dressed in a tuxedo. Jerome Avenue is in shorts and a T-shirt," he said during a phone interview, referring to the city's botched relocation plan for auto businesses displaced by a troubled development project launched near CitiField during the Bloomberg administration
Estevez said he will be testifying Wednesday morning at the City Planning Commission hearing about how small automotive businesses have already been affected by the rezoning.
According to the Department of City Planning website, rezoning measure went through a seven-month review process during which community members had the opportunity to make official comments on the proposal before it was approved by the City Council.
Clarification: The Jerome Avenue rezoning also included several small "retention zones" intended to protect some of the existing auto-repair industry.
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This week is the National Association of Broadcasters NAB conference/tradeshow in Las Vegas. Broadcasters from all around the country and technology companies converge to showcase new products and services for the industry. We will be monitoring the coverage and will bring you some highlights from the show that will be interesting to the church and non-profit industries we serve.
This is the year of NDI we plan on doing a segment on NDI in an upcoming video podcast. NDI is a great method to transport video over a standard ethernet network. This is a game changer in the church and non-profit sectors as it allows less cabling and less expense when adding cameras to your production as well as moving video from one place to another on your network.
One of the biggest announcements for those creating content using tools like Skype is the announcement coming from Microsoft.
In a future update to Skype will be a new mode in which content creators can use to get a clean NDI feed of each person in a skype call. Not exactly sure about all the details yet but we are watching this very closely and will be providing more updates once we get a clear picture on how this will impact out Tech Merge audience.
This year we are seeing a ton of new NDI based cameras here is some information from Marshall.
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More information about this camera should be available soon.
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Arsenal have passed on consequences wrought by a bloated sense of status
Everyone knew an extended period playing behind closed doors would be damaging but 55 redundancies have no parallels among the club's peers
Club owners are expected to make decisions responsibly but in opting to cut 10% of their permanent staff the Kroenkes have sold Arsenal's short.
When Arsenal announced in April that the majority of their players and coaching staff had agreed to take wage cuts, a section of their statement shed telling light on the tone of the negotiations. "In these conversations there has been a clear appreciation of the gravity of the current situation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and a strong desire for players and staff to show their backing for the Arsenal family," it read.
The squad believed they would be helping to protect other employees, most of whom enjoy nothing like footballers' levels of financial security, from being plunged into a job market whose brutality seems likely to be unmatched in modern times. So it is no surprise that eyebrows have been raised, to put it mildly, among Mikel Arteta's players at the news on Wednesday that 55 redundancies are proposed across the club. The players can argue they have done their bit off the pitch – and on it to a certain extent, through winning the FA Cup and reaching the Europa League – and are entitled to question what has changed.
That is particularly the case given, in April, Arsenal could foresee a certain degree of the medium-term hit they would take during the shutdown. They knew their matchday income, which was around £96m in the 2018-19 season, constituted a quarter of their revenue and that no other Premier League club could point to a similar reliance on that cash stream. With that, they were aware an extended period playing behind closed doors would be damaging.
While nobody knows how long it will be until the Emirates Stadium corporate suites are wining and dining again, there was never any serious suggestion they would be back by the start of next season. The hospitality department is one of several believed to be in line for cuts when the details are fine-tuned.
There is a point at which raking over knowns and unknowns becomes harsh: in a global pandemic of indeterminate length it is hard to plan with confidence. But club owners should be expected to take decisions responsibly and it is no surprise many feel that, in opting to cut around 10% of Arsenal's permanent staff, the Kroenkes have sold theirs short.
The knife taken to the scouting department has occupied particular attention, and will apply to a number of the roles that are being discontinued. That may prove to be part of a longer-term plan, regardless of the logic and much as it is no comfort to anyone affected. But it is striking that, viewed en masse, these redundancies have no parallels among Arsenal's peers and perhaps the more relevant question is how has it come to this. Continue reading
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Arsenal have passed on consequences wrought by a bloated sense of status

by The Haitian Times, The Haitian Times
August 7, 2020

Everyone knew an extended period playing behind closed doors would be damaging but 55 redundancies have no parallels among the club's peers

 Club owners are expected to make decisions responsibly but in opting to cut 10% of their permanent staff the Kroenkes have sold Arsenal's short.

When Arsenal announced in April that the majority of their players and coaching staff had agreed to take wage cuts, a section of their statement shed telling light on the tone of the negotiations. "In these conversations there has been a clear appreciation of the gravity of the current situation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and a strong desire for players and staff to show their backing for the Arsenal family," it read.

The squad believed they would be helping to protect other employees, most of whom enjoy nothing like footballers' levels of financial security, from being plunged into a job market whose brutality seems likely to be unmatched in modern times. So it is no surprise that eyebrows have been raised, to put it mildly, among Mikel Arteta's players at the news on Wednesday that 55 redundancies are proposed across the club. The players can argue they have done their bit off the pitch – and on it to a certain extent, through winning the FA Cup and reaching the Europa League – and are entitled to question what has changed.

That is particularly the case given, in April, Arsenal could foresee a certain degree of the medium-term hit they would take during the shutdown. They knew their matchday income, which was around £96m in the 2018-19 season, constituted a quarter of their revenue and that no other Premier League club could point to a similar reliance on that cash stream. With that, they were aware an extended period playing behind closed doors would be damaging.

While nobody knows how long it will be until the Emirates Stadium corporate suites are wining and dining again, there was never any serious suggestion they would be back by the start of next season. The hospitality department is one of several believed to be in line for cuts when the details are fine-tuned.

There is a point at which raking over knowns and unknowns becomes harsh: in a global pandemic of indeterminate length it is hard to plan with confidence. But club owners should be expected to take decisions responsibly and it is no surprise many feel that, in opting to cut around 10% of Arsenal's permanent staff, the Kroenkes have sold theirs short.

The knife taken to the scouting department has occupied particular attention, and will apply to a number of the roles that are being discontinued. That may prove to be part of a longer-term plan, regardless of the logic and much as it is no comfort to anyone affected. But it is striking that, viewed en masse, these redundancies have no parallels among Arsenal's peers and perhaps the more relevant question is how has it come to this. Continue reading

This article first appeared on The Haitian Times and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.


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'Decision to quit acting is not a cry for attention, it is for a greater good', says Hamza Ali Abbasi
Hamza Ali Abbasi said that he strongly feels about the Islamic message that 'Death is the beginning of a new life.
By Sara Rasheed On Nov 21, 2019
Wanting to be a religious activist, Hamza Ali Abbasi decided to leave acting. In an interview recently, while talking to Voice of America, the former-actor told that he had called quits to the media industry. Using his name and fan following for good, he now wants to be a religious activist.
Looking at the response of the public, Abbasi was questioned by the interviewer about all the criticism he's getting at this, to which the former actor politely replied that he doesn't need fame anymore or else he would have never decided to quit. Needless to say, the acting is the best medium in order to gain popularity.
The oh-so-popular Alif hero said: "All my projects were a hit and I am already popular. If anything, I want to use that popularity to spread the message of Islam."
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He further added that he hopes and prays that people finally get to see the reason behind his decision and understand that it was only for the greater good. It is certainly not a cry for attention, Abbasi claims. He further added:
"Adopting the way of religion was because I realized that I would be held accountable in the hereafter, given that I believe in eternal life. I have not slept peacefully for the past two and a half years, knowing that I'll be held accountable in front of God."
According to Abbasi, people usually choose the route of spreading Islam from a non-Muslim region, but charity begins at home. Therefore, the Alif actor feels that our people need to be educated, he said: "Even though our people love the Prophet (PBUH) and are ready to sacrifice their lives for Islam, they are still not educated about religion and are easily misguided by emotions."
Furthermore, Abbasi added that people need to think about Islam rationally rather than emotionally. "People have been telling me that I will not survive on this route that I've taken, but I tell them that I'd rather die in the way of God than changing my route," he mentioned.
'Death is the beginning of a new life'
As the interview came to an end, Hamza Ali Abbasi said that he strongly feels about the Islamic message that 'Death is the beginning of a new life,' and hence, he is going to make every effort to be the voice of it.
Abbasi feels that he needs to help and play a part in educating the youth intellectually about the religion so that none of them walks down the path of atheism. He also quoted his movie 'Jawani Phir Nahi Aani' that touched the topic of adultery, which is illegal in Islam and apologized for it. He ended the interview saying that he will resume directing films and dramas as well as serve the religion using a similar medium.
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We should praise him on this action , What are his intentions only Allah knows but its The Allah Almighty keep him firm on good path & bless him with advice ….Good brother keep it up
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An Ideal personality, May Allah bless you Taufeeq for his good intentions
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Generally stars quit after being declined and getting flopped.
He did it at his top.
May Allah swt help him and help us to serve the humanity and following the right path.
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Tourist industry
Story: Tourist industry
Māori entrepreneurs in Rotorua
Tourism in the Southern Alps
Slow growth until 1960
Long-haul air travel
Tourism boom
Challenges to the industry
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Camping, 1950s
Closed at the weekend
Tourist Hotel Corporation
In the early 20th century most New Zealanders could afford only one- or two-day excursions. In the 1920s the Railways Department aggressively promoted weekend excursions which drew crowds to places like Caroline Bay in Timaru, Arthur's Pass, Rotorua, Te Aroha, Waitomo Caves and Waihī Beach. In the 1930s, with New Zealand now one of the most motorised countries in the world, families explored further afield – from South Island lakes to Far North beaches.
The Second World War brought petrol rationing and severe travel restrictions. Hotels in remote areas were hit hard by the loss of traffic. The post-war years saw domestic travel boom again.
Tourism in the 1950s
Although advances in aviation during the Second World War brought optimism to the tourist industry, many difficulties confronted its development. At heart New Zealand remained an agricultural country. Although the 1940s Labour government fostered manufacturing, in the 1950s Treasury poured scorn on the idea that tourism could make a valuable contribution to the economy. It based its forecasts on the history of tourism in New Zealand and judged that the country was too far away from the rest of the world.
Dining out in the fifties
While tourists today enjoy fine wines and seafood, there was only one trained chef in the country in the 1950s and New Zealand meals were a shock to sophisticated visitors. Americans looked in vain for coffee, iced water, salads and steak at dinner-time. In one city hotel, visitors were offered a choice of two soups – thick, or thin.
Ordinary New Zealanders remained suspicious of the 'frivolous' industry of tourism. Accustomed to bach (holiday hut) and caravan holidays, they tended to resent wealthy outsiders and preferred to keep New Zealand to themselves. Politicians and public alike underestimated the cost of providing decent hotels and access to remote areas, and the need for sophisticated entertainment for tourists who grew weary of gazing at nature. Young people's preference for working in factories rather than a service industry led to severe staff shortages in hotels. The local taste for simple meals made food a national disaster for the tourist trade. Hotels lost money unless they focused on selling large quantities of beer to locals.
No entertainment
In 1950 New Zealand was a tight society. Imported goods were severely restricted and preference was given to agriculture and manufacturing − equipment for milking sheds rather than carpet for hotels. International hotel chains were deterred by the cost of labour and New Zealand's restricted working hours. Regulations against licensed restaurants, weekend shopping and Sunday cinema screenings also irked visitors – the whole country seemed to be closed at weekends.
The lack of interest from the private sector led the government to set up the Tourist Hotel Corporation (THC) in 1955 to make use of business expertise to expand government hotels. There was a chain of modern THC resorts from Waitangi to Milford Sound by 1973, but they remained unprofitable until the mid-1980s. The only advance was the introduction by general manager Eric Colbeck of formal staff training and elegant meals. This set standards for the rest of the industry to follow.
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(CNN) — His parents remember Dylan Hockley as such a happy child.
He was 6 and full of joy, his mother, Nicole Hockley, says.
It's been exactly a month since Dylan and his teacher, Anne Marie Murphy, and 24 other students and adults were killed by a lone gunman at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
As would be expected, coping has been hard.
On Monday, after putting themselves "in a little cocoon," as she put it, Hockley decided it was time to tell the world about Dylan.
Most of all, Dylan loved to bounce on a trampoline in the family's backyard, remembers his father.
Together, they would vault up on the trampoline and bounce, sometimes joined by Dylan's brother, Jake, who is two years older.
Just down the street lived Adam Lanza, 20. Authorities said Lanza opened fire inside Sandy Hook Elementary before taking his own life. They said he killed his mother, Nancy, before the school shooting.
Asked whether they knew the Lanzas, Nicole Hockley stiffened and said no.
But they say the pain has made it impossible to even drive past the Lanza home. So they are moving elsewhere in the community.
And they have trouble answering Jake's questions, such as why? And will this happen again?
Nicole says these are not things an 8-year-old should have to worry about.
But Ian says it's Jake's difficult questions that give them the will to get involved — to try to make something positive come from the tragedy.
"We're just focusing on getting up each day," Nicole said.
They've started a fund in Dylan's name to raise money to support programs and educational aids for other children with autism and other special needs.
They haven't learned all the details of the massacre that happened on December 14. Until now, they haven't felt much like watching TV or interacting with the outside world.
But one detail has given the Hockleys comfort.
A few days after the tragedy, the Hockley's ran into Mike Murphy. His wife, Anne Marie Murphy, taught their son at Sandy Hook.
He revealed to her that — in the terrible aftermath of the attack — first responders found Dylan and his teacher together.
My heart goes out to the victims of the gone, but not forgotten.
Why did they leave the victims in the school and sneak them out in the middle of the night? Why was there no ambulance at the school? Where is the school videos? Why was no one running in panic? I've only seeb one picture of the kids being lead out of the school. There was at least 400 peole in that building and no pictures of anyone coming out.. This story does not make sense. Of course they want money..
Yes this is so sad i can relate about losing a spouse it took me 4-5 years too get over him being gone i can't imagine what the parents are going threw though i have 4 children my youngest is 8 i would have a breakdown if anything happen too them. my prayers go out too the families at Sandy Hook Elementary what a tragedy that should have never happen.
Why are you trolling on a Sandy Hook article?
What ARE you talking about woman??
Well, how about some evidence and facts. The access drive to the school did not permit for all of the emergency trucks up the drive. Several victims were taken to the hospital in ambulances. Only one adult did survive. I am a teacher. I know for a fact that you can not display photos or videos of minors publicly. In order to do so each photo/video needs approval by all of the parents of the students and the school board or super. (To go further in depth, if a photo depicts a child but the face of the child is smaller than so many bytes it can be shown with only the school board or super's permission). Also, look at some photos of all of the emergency crew around the school. Go here if you need to: http://www.newstimes.com/local/article/For-many-S… Further more, the scene needed to be left so that all of the evidence could be accounted for and documented properly. Once they could do that the police department could release the bodies. From reading and watching on tv, they very respectfully let each family go in one at a time that is why some families did not get to go in until much later into the night. But to in conclusion…way to be a troll.
WTH ARE U TALKING ABOUT? IF the families involved DO get $, they deserve it! God dont like ugly LORI & what u just posted is pretty ugly. HOPEFULLY u meant something else, maybe you commented on the wrong thread. Geeeesh. And please, this is not a conspiracy.
God bless the families ….
I agree with you Lori, To many things that doesn't add up..
May God give you comfort and peace !


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New York Latino Film Festival
NAME OF FESTIVAL: New York Latino Film Festival
WHERE: New York, New York
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ABOUT THE FESTIVAL: Launched in1999, the New York International Latino Film Festival (NYILFF) is now the premier Urban Latino film event in the country.
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Andrew Morgan's LONG GONE BY will Premiere at NY Latino Film Festival
LONG GONE BY, starring Erica Muñoz who is also the associate producer, and directed by Andrew Morgan will premiere at HBO's New York Latino Film Festival.
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Venezuelan film The Rumble of the Stones is Big Winner at HBO NY International Latino Film Festival
The films Under My Nails took the top US film prize, and the Venezuelan film The Rumble of the Stones took the top international prize as well as best director prize for Alejandro Bellame Palacios at the 2012 HBO® New York International Latino Film Festival (NYILFF). The festival presented its 2012 awards at a ceremony on Sunday, August 19, in the categories of Best Domestic Feature, Best International Feature, Best Director, Best Documentary and Best Short.
"This year's festival line up was outstanding in its quality and range of diversity," said Calixto Chinchilla, NYILFF Founder and Co-Executive Director. "We hope to continue to bring the highest quality films and stories to the New York community."
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Mature, Barbarian, Supervillains,
Kick-Ass Villains
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Destroyer of Innocence
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Chris Genovese
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Red Mist
The Motherfucker
Christopher Genovese
Kick-Ass graphic novels
Supervillain
Combat proficiency
Reading comic books.
Gain his father's approval (Vol.1; succeeded).
Get revenge on Kick-Ass for killing his father (Vol.2; failed).
Help Hit-Girl and Kick-Ass from his uncle and seek redemption (Vol.3; succeeded).
Delusional Supervillain
" Well, I used to be called Red Mist and I'm here to send a message to the a**holes who killed my father. "
~ Chris to Colonel Stars.
Chris Genovese is the overall primary antagonist of the Marvel Icon graphic novel series Kick-Ass first appearing as the secondary antagonist in Vol.1, the main antagonist in Vol. 2 and an anti-hero in Vol.3. He is the son of mob boss John Genovsese and the archenemy of Kick-Ass.
Vol.1
Chris Genovese is the son of mob boss John Genovsese and winded up getting caught up in an elaborate plot of his father's first appears as a superhero Red Mist and an ally to Kick-Ass. They first worked together after saving a cat from a burning building and having to be rescued themselves by firemen after being trapped inside the building.
Kick-Ass then arranges for Chris to attend a meeting with he, Big Daddy and Hit Girl to which Chris does wind up reluctantly attending. It is here that Chris reveals his true colours and betrays the three heroes revealing that not only was he John Genovese's son but also working alongside his father in his plans. Chris then knocks Kick-Ass unconscious and sadistically watches as his father shoots Hit Girl out of a window.
He and John then take Big Daddy and Kick-Ass to their apartment where Chris reveals his motive behind his betrayal. Chris then looks on as Kick-Ass gets brutally tortured and later leaves to bring Big Daddy into the room, the latter of whom reveals why he was targeting Frank in the first place and that everything he built up about himself was a lie in order to impress his daughter, he then gives his two captors the code to his suitcase which contained various valuable graphic novels.
During the final battle John ordered Chris to remain hidden in his bedroom to which he reluctantly agreed to until he was confronted by Kick-Ass. Feeling rather cocky Chris insulted Kick-Ass before the latter whacked him over the head with one of his batons knocking him out.
After learning of his father's demise Chris' uncle Ralph takes over the mob much to his annoyance. Chris hires two henchman simply known as the Hoods, while at first only sending them to do petty and stupid things such as gather his collectables he uses them more appropriately when he becomes a full on supervillain.
After many travels and his own training Chris returned home and adopted his new supervillain alias (The Motherfucker). He commits his first act of villainy under this name after murdering Colonel Stars & Stripes the leader of Justice Forever the organization Kick-Ass and several other superheroes became members of. He then discovered Kick-Ass' identity (Dave Lizewski. He sear or Kick-Ass' long time crush Katie Deauxma killing three kids giving him her location and her father in the process. He then told her to give Kick-Ass a message before raping her and putting her into a comatose state. Chris is then told by a family friend the corrupt detective Vic Gigante that when he next sees Chris he'll arrest him for his brutal crimes much to the latter's anger.
Some time later Chris orders two of his henchmen to kill Dave's father after Mother Russia told him the latter was imprisoned, he then attempts to kidnap Dave at his dad's funeral however this backfires as Dave was saved by Hit-Girl before his henchmen could take him.
During the final battle Chris and his gang head to Times Square and begin causing chaos before Dave, Hit Girl and the rest of Justice Forever arrive. Dave and Chris wind up on a roof where their battle comes to an end after Dave once again hits Chris in the face with a baton. Instead of knocking him unconscious however Chris instead loses his balance and falls off of the building breaking his arms and legs. He is then arrested and spends months in the prison hospital wing recovering from his injuries.
When Chris is finally released from jail, he attended his get out of jail party thrown by his uncle Rocco, but not enjoying it. One of Rocco's men Vic then gives Chris a new cell phone with a GPS so they can always know were he was at all times and he is introduced to a pair of naked girls and told to have fun by Vic. Kick-Ass appears and sets off bombs in the he gets caught.
After the party was crashed by Kick-Ass, Rocco takes Chris to a meat house were he forced him to beat up the guard who was in charge of security, Chris didn't want to do it but his uncle tells him that if he wants to be part of the family business he has to get his hands dirty. After he hits the guard one more time he tells him he is sorry. Chris sees his uncle take out a gold ice pick and asks him whats it for, Rocco tells him that its his main weapon and tells him that Hit-Girl is going to be the 100 victim.
In jail which Mindy is being kept, is drugged by Rocco's corrupt guards, who plans to have Chris to execute Mindy in front of all the other gang leaders on the Eastern Seaboard. Chris saves Mindy out of guilt for how his actions turned his mother into a pariah, he kills the guards and getting wounded from the gunfight. He helps Mindy escape and enters in a van, which he accidentally crashes and gets injuries and dies from his wounds. Later, his body is found by Rocco's corrupt police.
Movie appearance
Main article: Chris D'Amico
Chris' role differs from the graphic novels into the movies since he appears as a much more sympathetic and tragic character in comparison to his original counterpart who is far more bloodthirsty and brutal character.
Red Mist Commiting The First Super Crime.
Chris' training.
Chris guns down four children.
Chris attacking Kick-Ass.
Chris falling off the roof.
Chris in the Hospital Wing in Jail.
Chris at his party.
Chris being forced to beat up the Guard.
Chris' redemption.
Chris helping Mindy to escape jail.
Chris' demise.
Big Daddy | John Genovese | Chris Genovese
Kick-Ass: Frank D'Amico | Chris D'Amico | Big Joe | Vic Gigante | Rasul | Leroy | Stu | Maya | Tony Romita
Kick-Ass 2: Toxic-Mega Cunts (The Motherfucker, Mother Russia, Black Death, Genghis Carnage, Javier, Tumor & Goggles) | Brooke | Ralph D'Amico
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Francis de Rottenburg (eigentlich Franz Baron von Rottenburg; * 4. oder 8. November 1757 in Danzig; † 24. April 1832 in Portsmouth, England) war ein in Europa, Ägypten und Amerika im britisch-englischen Dienst stehender General und Militärschriftsteller.

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Franz (von) Rottenburg wurde als Sohn von Franz Gottfried Rottenburg, einem wohlhabenden Danziger Kaufmann und Gutsbesitzer schweiz-deutscher Herkunft geboren. Die Herkunft des von ihm geführten Adelstitels ist nicht bekannt. Über seine Jugend weiß man wenig, doch erlaubte es das Vermögen seines Vaters ihm zweifellos, eine gute Bildung zu erwerben. Sie ermöglichte es ihm, 1782 mit dem Rang eines Vizeleutnants in die französische Armee einzutreten. 1785 wurde er Leutnant, quittierte aber im September 1791 den Dienst und kehrte nach Polen zurück, wo er sich bei Warschau an Tadeusz Kościuszkos erfolglosem Aufstand gegen die Teilungen Polens beteiligte. Er kommandierte ein Infanteriebataillon und wurde 1794 in der Schlacht bei Praga verwundet.

Nach dem Ende des Aufstands trat Rottenburg Ende 1795 als Major in das Husarenregiment Hompesch ein, eine Söldnereinheit der British Army. 1798 half er bei der Aufstellung eines Regiments Leichte Infanterie (Tirailleure/Füsiliere, engl. Rifles). Als aus dieser Einheit das 60. britische Infanterieregiment gebildet wurde, erhielt Rottenburg den Rang eines Oberstleutnants und das Kommando über das 5. Bataillon. Hierbei handelte es sich um die erste Einheit der britischen Armee, die nicht mit Musketen, sondern mit den weiter tragenden Gewehren ausgerüstet und für den Einsatz in aufgelöster Formation (als Scharfschützen, Plänkler u. ä.) ausgebildet wurde. Mit diesem Riflemen-Bataillon, bekleidet und ausgestattet als Jäger, war Rottenburg an der Niederschlagung eines Aufstands in Irland und an der Eroberung von Surinam im August 1799 beteiligt.

Während dieser Zeit verfasste Rottenburg eine Reihe von Instruktionen für die Ausbildung leichter Infanterie in deutscher Sprache. Sie wurden 1798 vom "War Office" übersetzt und unter dem Titel "Regulations for the exercise of riflemen and light infantry" veröffentlicht, mehrfach neu aufgelegt und entwickelten erheblichen Einfluss auf das militärische Denken der britischen Armee. Sir John Moore, der neben Wellington brillanteste britische Offizier dieser Zeit, nutzte sie als Grundlage für die Aufstellung einer Leichten Division, die bei seinen und Wellingtons Feldzügen in Portugal und Spanien eine prominente Rolle spielte. 1805 wurde Rottenburg zum Oberst befördert, erhielt 1808 das Kommando über eine Brigade und nahm 1809 als Kommandeur der Leichten Infanterie an der Walcheren-Expedition teil.

Rottenburg war zwar bereits 1808 zum Brigadegeneral im Generalstab für Nordamerika ernannt worden, trat diese Position in Québec erst 1810 nach seiner Beförderung zum Generalmajor an. Nach dem Ausbruch des Kriegs von 1812 gegen die USA erhielt er im Juli 1812 das Kommando über den strategisch wichtigen Distrikt von Montreal, zeitweilig vertrat er auch Generalgouverneur Sir George Prevost. Nach der Ablösung von Sir Roger Hale Sheaffe als Administrator und Oberkommandierender von Oberkanada übernahm er im Juli 1813 dessen Amt.

Rottenburg brachte für die Angelegenheiten der Zivilverwaltung kaum Interesse auf und erwies sich militärisch als vorsichtiger Kommandeur, der es vermied, Risiken einzugehen. Auf dem Hauptschauplatz des Kriegs am Niagara River versuchte er, die Amerikaner so weit wie möglich auf Fort George zurückzudrängen, vermied aber eine offene Schlacht. Durch seine Weigerung, zusätzliche Truppen bereitzustellen, hinderte er Generalmajor Henry Procter und den Marinekommandeur Robert Heriot Barclay daran, die US-Flottenbasis Presque Isle am Eriesee anzugreifen. Bei einem Erfolg hätte dieser Angriff die folgenden Niederlagen in der Schlacht auf dem Eriesee und am Thames River verhindert, durch die die britische Position im Westen weitgehend zusammenbrach. Auf die Nachricht von der Niederlage Procters am Thames River erwog Rottenburg die Räumung des ganzen westlichen Kanada bis Kingston, beschränkte sich aber auf einen Rückzug bis zu den Burlington-Höhen auf der Niagara-Halbinsel.

Rottenburg war immer noch in Kingston, als im September eine amerikanische Armee unter Generalmajor James Wilkinson entlang des Sankt-Lorenz-Stroms auf Montreal vorstieß. Der von Rottenburg mit einem kleinen, hauptsächlich aus Berufssoldaten bestehenden Kontingent detachierte Oberst Joseph Wanton Morrison konnte den weit überlegenen Angreifern jedoch am 11. November in der Schlacht bei Chrysler's Farm eine empfindliche Niederlage zufügen und sie zum Rückzug zwingen. Großen Ärger handelte ihm anschließend die Verhängung des Kriegsrechts für einige Distrikte Oberkanadas ein, mit der er die Farmer zwingen wollte, der Armee Nachschubgüter zu verkaufen.

Nach der Ankunft seines Nachfolgers Generalleutnant Gordon Drummond im Dezember 1813 erhielt Rottenburg den Oberbefehl über Truppen in Niederkanada am Sankt-Lorenz-Strom. Generalgouverneur Prevost, der ihn als verlässlichen Untergebenen schätzte, übertrug ihm für seinen Feldzug vom September 1814 gegen die USA das Kommando über drei Brigaden. In der Schlacht bei Plattsburgh spielte er trotzdem keine nennenswerte Rolle und war wahrscheinlich deswegen kaum von der massiven Kritik betroffen, die Prevost nach diesem gescheiterten Unternehmen über sich ergehen lassen musste. Ende 1814 vertrat Rottenburg Prevost zeitweilig als Administrator und Oberbefehlshaber in Niederkanada, hatte den Vorsitz des Kriegsgerichtsverfahrens gegen Generalmajor Henry Procter inne und wurde im Sommer 1815 nach Großbritannien zurückberufen. Er kam nicht mehr im aktiven Dienst zur Verwendung, erhielt mehrere Auszeichnungen, darunter auch 1819 die Beförderung zum Generalleutnant, und starb am 24. April 1832 in Portsmouth.

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Francis de Rottenburg war seit 1802 mit Juliana Wilhelmina Carolina von Orelli verheiratet, der Tochter von Johann Ulrich von Orelli, einem neapolitanischen General. Aus der Ehe stammten der Sohn George Frederick de Rottenburg und eine Tochter.

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Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland speaks to the media during a break in trade talk negotiations at the Office of the United States Trade Representative, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018, in Washington. (Jacquelyn Martin / Associated Press)
McMorris Rodgers calls for deals with both Mexico, Canada
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers said through a spokesman Friday that trade deals with the U.S.'s bordering neighbors should be made concurrently.
"The Congresswoman believes the most important thing is free, fair trade deals with Mexico and Canada that put Eastern Washington farmers and exporters first," Jared Powell, a spokesman for McMorris Rodgers, said in a statement. "Whether that's a renegotiation of NAFTA or dual bilateral agreements, the most important thing is that we have agreements in place with both countries simultaneously as soon as possible."
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WASHINGTON – Talks to keep Canada in a North American trade bloc broke up Friday and will resume next week with the two longtime allies divided over such issues as Canada's dairy market and U.S. efforts to shield drug companies from generic competition.
President Donald Trump notified Congress on Friday that he plans to sign an agreement in 90 days with Mexico to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement – and hopes Canada can be brought on board, too. Congress eventually would have to approve any agreement.
The U.S. and Mexico reached a deal Monday that excluded Canada. The top Canadian trade envoy, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, then hurried to Washington for talks aimed at preserving Canada's membership in the regional trade agreement.
But Freeland couldn't break an impasse in four days of negotiations with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer. The U.S.-Canada talks will resume Wednesday.
The negotiations had taken an odd turn for the worse Friday over news that President Donald Trump had told Bloomberg News he wasn't willing to make any concessions to Canada. Trump said he wanted the remarks to remain off-the-record; otherwise, the president said, "it's going to be so insulting they're not going to be able to make a deal."
The comments were leaked to the Toronto Star, and on Friday afternoon, Trump took to Twitter to angrily confirm the Star's report:
"Wow, I made OFF THE RECORD COMMENTS to Bloomberg concerning Canada, and this powerful understanding was BLATANTLY VIOLATED. Oh well, just more dishonest reporting. I am used to it. At least Canada knows where I stand!"
Freeland tried to brush off the controversy in a news conference. "My negotiating counterparty is Ambassador Lighthizer," she said. "He has brought good faith and goodwill to the table."
"It is Trump's bluster at best, but obviously he is not going to force anyone into a bad deal," said Jerry Dias, president of the Canadian private-sector union Unifor. "It is clear the U.S. economy is much bigger than ours, but trying to embarrass the Canadian team, trying to insult Canadians, is not going to get him anywhere."
Still, Freeland expressed confidence that Canada could reach a deal with the United States on a revamped trade accord that could please all sides.
"We know a win-win-win agreement is within reach," she said.
Some questioned the Trump administration's hardball approach – cutting a deal with Mexico and pressing Canada to comply or risk being left out.
"The approach the Trump administration has taken – 'my way or the highway' – doesn't seem designed to get to yes," said Michael Camunez, CEO of Monarch Global Strategies who served in President Barack Obama's Commerce Department.
Philip Levy, senior fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and a White House economist under President George W. Bush,, added, "The president's approach of brinksmanship is so far not very successful in international agreements."
The 24-year-old NAFTA tore down most trade barriers dividing the United States, Mexico and Canada. Trade between the three countries surged. But many manufacturers responded to the agreement by moving factories south of the border to take advantage of low Mexican wages, then shipping goods north to the United States and Canada.
Trump has charged that the deal wiped out American factory jobs. He has vowed to negotiate a better deal – or withdraw from NAFTA altogether. Talks on a new trade deal started a year ago but bogged down over U.S. demands, including some meant to return manufacturing to the United States.
A few weeks ago, the United States began negotiating with Mexico, leaving Canada on the sidelines. Outgoing Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto wanted to sign a deal before he left office Dec. 1. The deal announced Monday would, among many other things, require that 40 percent to 45 percent of a car be made in a North American country where autoworkers made at least $16 an hour – that is, not in Mexico – before qualifying for duty-free status.
Canada doesn't have much of an objection to the auto provisions of the U.S.-Mexican deal, which would benefit Canadian workers, too. Ottawa does have other complaints. Neither U.S. nor Canadian negotiators are talking publicly about the issues that divide them.
But Daniel Ujczo, a trade attorney of the law firm Dickinson Wright in Columbus, Ohio, and others say the flashpoints include trade barriers that protect Canadian dairy farmers and Ottawa's insistence on keeping NAFTA provisions for resolving disputes.
Also nettlesome is a provision in the U.S.-Mexico deal that shields U.S. makers of biologics – ultra-expensive drugs produced in living cells – from generic competition for 10 years instead of the eight Canada is willing to live with: The Canadians fear the protection will drive up drug prices and make their government health care system more costly.
The Trump administration had insisted that it wanted a deal by Friday, beginning a 90-day countdown that would let Mexico's Nieto sign the pact before leaving office.
But under U.S. trade rules, the U.S. team doesn't have to make public the text of the revamped agreement for 30 additional days, buying more time to reach a deal with the Canadians.
Denise Bode, a partner at the Michael Best Strategies law firm, downplayed the importance of deadlines. "If they're making progress, they'll continue to work until they get a resolution or realize they can't reach a resolution," she said.
Freeland likewise shrugged off the time constraints. "For Canada, the focus is on getting a good deal," she said, "and once we get a good deal for Canada, we will be done."
Lighthizer's statement Friday said Trump intends to sign a new trade deal with Mexico, whether or not Canada is part of it. But it might not be that easy.
When the Trump administration notified Congress last year that it intended to renegotiate NAFTA, critics note that it said it would enter talks with both Canada and Mexico. It's unclear whether the Trump team even has authority to reach a pact with just one of those countries. And Congress, which has to approve any NAFTA rewrite, might refuse to endorse a deal that excludes Canada.
"There is no NAFTA without Canada," said John Bozzella, president of Global Automakers, a trade group. "Auto rules included in the understanding reached between the United States and Mexico are predicated on Canada's participation."
Even while gripped in negotiations with Mexico and now Canada over a new North American trade pact, the administration has been fighting major trading partners on other fronts. The president has imposed wide-ranging tariffs that, he argues, will help protect American workers and force U.S. trading partners to stop exploiting trade deals that are unfair to the United States.
Since March, for example, Trump's team has applied new tariffs of up to 25 percent on nearly $85 billion worth of steel and aluminum on the grounds that these imports pose a threat to America's national security.
The administration has also applied taxes to $50 billion in Chinese products, mostly goods used in manufacturing. And it's considering slapping tariffs of up to 25 percent on an additional $200 billion in Chinese imports after a public comment period ends Thursday. Unlike the previous Chinese imports subject to U.S. tariffs, this larger group of goods includes parts and materials that U.S. companies depend on, along with consumer goods.
These tariffs are the administration's response to its charges that Beijing uses predatory tactics to try to supplant U.S. technological supremacy. Beijing's tactics include cyber-theft and a requirement that American companies hand over trade secrets in exchange for access to China's market.
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Published: Aug. 31, 2018, 11:02 a.m. Updated: Aug. 31, 2018, 8:13 p.m.
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Snark: It's Mean, It's Personal, and It's Ruining Our Conversation by David Denby
"It's Mean, It's Personal, and It's Ruining Our Conversation," exclaims Denby (Great Books), longtime film critic for The New Yorker. The noun snark, an apparent conflation of "snide" and "remark," harkens back to Lewis Carroll's fictional animal, though there's no need to "hunt" for this incarnation of the beast; it's ubiquitous according to Denby, and it's nasty: "the most dreadful style going, and ultimately debilitating." Not to be confused with satire, which at least has human betterment at its heart, snark plays on others' vulnerabilities to no good end. Snark is not a recent phenomenon; Denby traces its origins back to ancient Greece and is not himself above naming names, counting writers James Wolcott, Joe Queenan, Tom Wolfe, and Maureen Dowd (who actually gets a whole "fit," as the book's sections are called, to herself) among its better-known current practitioners. Alice Roosevelt Longworth might not have appreciated it, but this relatively brief, witty (a quality he claims that snark lacks) work is highly recommended for all libraries.
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The Los Angeles Rams win the 2022 Super Bowl
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It took a pinpoint 79-yard drive capped by Cooper Kupp's 1-yard touchdown reception with 1:25 remaining for a 23-20 Sunday win over the Cincinnati Bengals to give the Rams their first NFL title since the 1999 season. – and their first Los Angeles performance since 1951.
They did it at their home, the $5 billion SoFi Stadium, making the Rams the second straight host to win the championship after Tampa Bay became the first a year ago.
This year's Super Bowl took place at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, even as the omicron variant drove up the daily coronavirus death toll in the United States.
The winning streak, in which Kupp's 4-yard touchdown reception was nullified by penalty kicks, ended soon after with the NFL Offensive Player of the Year easily beating Eli Apple in the right corner of the end zone for the winning score.
Kupp had four receptions for 39 yards on the championship run.
Even with this brilliant and decisive march towards the Lombardi Trophy, it was the "fearsome quintuple" from Los Angeles who made the difference. Led by Aaron Donald and Vin Miller, they sacked Joe Burrow, a Super Bowl record seven times, ending Cincinnati's offense after a 22-second surge to start the second half, giving the Bengals the lead .
Fittingly, Burrow was under pressure on fourth-and-first and pitched incomplete, sparking a football celebration this town hasn't seen since the LA Raiders won the 1983 championship.
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This teenager's unconventional way of shooting archery is becoming a national champion
Wes Blake's story began when he was 13 years old. Blake tried his hand at archery after a spectator showed him a photo of a famous archer. The 55-year-old told ESPN: "I wanted to be …
Wes Blake's story began when he was 13 years old. Blake tried his hand at archery after a spectator showed him a photo of a famous archer. The 55-year-old told ESPN: "I wanted to be that guy."
After discovering the sport, he was moved to it after graduating high school. Though he had a love for the green and white stripes, Blake says his skills were much closer to current example than to the 2008 shot-put Olympian.
After a chance encounter with an archery coach, Blake entered the 2013 Ironman World Championships for the first time. Though he failed to finish in the top five in his age group, he competed at the 2014 event and finished fourth.
In the 2015 event, Blake had a big breakthrough. Though he failed to make the finals, it was his first time winning an international event in the sport he loves. With a few months down the line, his current ambition is to hit the Paralympic Games.
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