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"You've Been Trumped": The Ugly Story Of The Donald's Environmental, Social Comb-over
Journalist and doc filmmaker Anthony Baxter was trained for shooting in hostile environments in Afghanistan. But he didn't know rough until he started making a film about Donald Trump's efforts to carve a golf course into a pristine Scottish coastline.
"You've Been Trumped" is a compelling documentary about Donald Trump's newest golf course, built on a previously unspoiled stretch of coastal dunes in Aberdeenshire that has been described as Scotland's equivalent to the Amazon rain forest.
Focusing on the environmental impact of the project on the once-protected coastline and its effects on the quality of life of nearby residents, the film also offers candid glimpses of Trump in ugly American mode: making grandiose claims about his luxury golf resort in the birthplace of golf, invoking the ghost of his Scottish mother for publicity purposes while trying to bully local residents out of their modest homes. The doc has won 8 awards at film festivals in the U.S. and U.K. and opens for a brief run in New York on August 3, then for another in L.A. starting August 17.
Filmmaker Anthony Baxter is a mild-mannered Scottish answer to Michael Moore. A broadcast journalist who had produced a BBC documentary about man made erosion in his home town of Montrose, some 40 miles away from the dunes, he was interested in the environmental story behind Trump International Golf Links (which opened in July), one that he said was all but missing from accounts in the local Aberdeen papers.
"If you pick up a copy of those newspapers from the last five years, they read like PR free sheets for Donald Trump," Baxter says. "It's extraordinary, the way they have just told one side of the story and have failed in any way to investigate the impact on the people living in the path of this development or to report the environmental impact."
So Baxter went looking for the rest of the story. Trump refused his interview requests; Scottish politicians and police held their tongues. But Baxter had no trouble gaining access to scientists, economists and residents, the kinds of weathered salt of the earth locals with decades-long ties to the area who will invite a stranger in for tea and a chat and make for instantly sympathetic characters.
"I was amazed to find these incredibly warm ordinary people who were genuinely concerned about their environment," Baxter says. "I just started filming. This was unfolding on my doorstep and I felt a sense of duty to document what was happening."
He spent 18 months reporting, trying and failing to secure support from British broadcasters, raising $40,000 on the crowd-funding site Indiegogo and mortgaging his house to cover costs.
"When I first pitched the film at the Edinburgh Festival, there was this TV executive there from the States and he said 'Well I hope you've got a good lawyer if you're gonna do this story,'" Baxter says. "There's a general feeling amongst some of the commissioning editors and distributors as well that if you take on Trump, you're going to have the lawyers after you so you shouldn't touch it."
Trump only deigned to speak at Baxter during press conferences. In one scene, Trump insinuates that the journalist is not a "real journalist." After the film came out, Baxter says: "He challenged me at a news conference saying that the film was 'a failure' and he'd heard it was boring." (New York Magazine, for one, called it "riveting." Reviews have been uniformly excellent.)
"He's not going to answer the important questions in any case, he doesn't seem to want to engage with those questions," Mr. Baxter says. "As a documentarian you've just got to follow what you're following and approach those people and hope they will participate in the film. And if they don't you still have to try to do your best to tell the story without their help. Even though Donald Trump didn't participate in the film, he actually has more screen time than anybody else."
If Baxter doesn't exactly paint a flattering portrait of Trump, assuming such a thing is even possible, suffice it to say that the Donald doesn't do himself any favors, brashly declaring that the farmer whose perfectly normal Scottish rural house he wants to tear down lives like a "pig" in "slum-like conditions." Claiming that he's making the coastline more beautiful to the delight of environmentalists when Baxter does a tidy job of demonstrating their opposition to the project. And in one probably gratuitous but nevertheless revealing scene that comes off as surreal parody, Trump — who seems constantly flanked by kilt-wearing bagpipers—stops the cameras to fret about his infamous coif.
But some of the most disturbing moments in the film show local residents holding their ground while their electricity and water supplies are cut off, giant mounds of bulldozed dirt are piled outside their windows to block their ocean views, fences go up without their permission and private security vehicles begin stopping and surveying them on their own land.
"The Trump organization called the local residents in the film a national embarrassment to Scotland," Baxter says. "I think that they're inspirational and that everyone who has seen the film feels they are in fact a fantastic advertisement to what Scotland is all about—people caring about their heritage and their environment and the lives of their neighbors. And when you see how Trump is behaving to his neighbors, it's extraordinary to pick disputes with them by putting up thousands of tons of earth next to their houses and bickering about a couple of inches of property line when he owns hundreds of acres, but that's not enough for him."
About a year into filming, Scottish police arrested Baxter and his producer Richard Phinney while they had their cameras rolling (no charges were pressed and the police eventually apologized for the incident).
"It was never my intention to be in the film," Baxter says. "But it was a kind of turning point really." Baxter points out that he and his producer have made films in Afghanistan and other far flung areas for Britain's Channel 4 and the BBC. "Broadcasters don't like you to go to those places unless you've taken a hostile environments course," he says. "It shows you how to behave if you're arrested or thrown into prison cells or what have you. I was expecting that training to be tested one day maybe in Afghanistan or in Africa. I never thought it would be in rural Scotland, where I'm being hustled off to the local police station and being thrown into a prison cell and having fingerprints and DNA and all the rest of it taken. It seemed such a bizarre series of events."
Baxter doesn't narrate the story, letting his subjects speak for themselves; and he appears sparingly on camera. But he is relentless.
Trump claims that his project will bring 6,000 jobs to Scotland, and Baxter finds an economist to point out that the area has a mere 1.8 percent unemployment rate. "He'll say 'I spent 100 million pounds of my own money on this thing,'" Baxter says. "And that is just nonsense according to the figures which show he has spent actually a fraction of that."
Baxter says that Trump's claim that he has made a 750,000 pound to 1 billion pound investment in the local community is based on a purported plan for a resort with 1,500 houses, two golf courses and a luxury hotel has been stalled for one reason or another — the economic downturn, or Trump's distaste for planned offshore windmills—though he owns the rights to the once protected land and could sell it off at a profit. "What's happened is he's opened one golf course, a flimsy temporary clubhouse and that's all," Baxter says, "but we've basically lost the crown jewels of Scotland's natural heritage."
"Besides," he continues, "it isn't an economy on its knees in need of being saved by Donald Trump. I think the local journalists have been swept up by the celebrity and bringing these claims to a community which just seemed oblivious to the reality of just how serious this was environmentally. Donald Trump's approach to PR is that if you say things enough times, people will believe them and print them as fact."
It takes determination and nerve to make a documentary about somebody who won't talk to you. Did Baxter ever feel like giving up?
"Yeah I did, lots of times," Baxter says. "But I kept coming back to the fact that this was something I had to get to the end of. And I still haven't got to the end of it. I mean making the film is one thing but it's been an utter battle getting the film out to an audience."
Nevertheless, Baxter says that he's been struck by the collective nerve the film has struck amongst audiences from Scotland to New York to Croatia.
"I think it comes as a big shock to people in Scotland and elsewhere in the world, the way that ordinary people in the footprint of this thing have been treated by the Trump organization," Baxter says. "It's very powerful when you have a cinema full of people who feel maddened by it, shouting at the screen. But it's hard to know what to do with that anger. I've spent a lot of time doing question and answer sessions at film festivals and at screenings where people have told us, we've got our own situation like this, we've been Trumped too. People feel helpless up against this power and seeming situation where you have the politicians and the police and authorities all working together with somebody who is incredibly wealthy and is used to getting his own way, Trump being the ultimate one percenter able to ride roughshod over ordinary people's lives and the planet."
Baxter says that the local residents have refused to decamp. "But their lives have been made hell," he adds. "There's a real difference here, I think, between right and wrong. I think that the local people saw early on that this was wrong for the environment and for our planet and we just can't afford too many of these mistakes again. I think after seeing the film people are saying 'never again.'"
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I recently saw this film. I was horrified by what the ugly American has done. I hope that people viewing this don't believe that all Americans are greedy, money stealing people. I live a modest life, within my means and I don't understand why people are so cold. To the Scottish people whose land has been taken, I am so sorry. Your land is beautiful and I am sorry to see it destroyed. So sad.
I was disgusted to see the police acting like black shirted bully boys when arresting the cameraman. Completely over the top and obviously acting on instructions from higher up. How can they order anyone to stop filming when they are the worst offenders for using cameras to make their own crime documentaries for TV programs? I dread to think what happens to anyone who commits even a very minor offence in Aberdeenshire!
Great to see that David still isn't intimidated by Goliath even if he has a horrible comb over. Best wishes on the success of the film and to the Scottish people with the backbone to stand up for what is right.
You've Been Trumped movie is doing well and receiving applauds from all parts of the movie world. This movie has got some advantage because of Barack Obama new ad which questioned Mitt Romney for using Trump's plane. I've found several interesting facts of Donald's assets in Scotland -


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Burger King to unveil new "satisfries"
- Firegoat Sep 24, 2013 06:09 AM
Crinkle cut fries with less fat and calories than the regular fries.
Because, as the release says "It's not realistic to ask people to replace french fries with carrots or celery sticks,"
Trick appears to be a batter coating that resists oil penetration during frying. Good concept. May not be a bad thing. Then again.....
I can't imagine anything at BK tasting good, no matter the amount or type of chemicals they use in their food.
"A batter coating that resists oil penetration during frying"...man, that sounds just awful.
Theirs has to be the worst tasting food on the planet. Makes McD's seem gourmet by comparison, and that isn't saying much.
re: GK in SO
Haven't been to a McD's in some two years and don't ever expect to return. On the other hand, after about a five year absence, I tried BK about six months ago and got hooked.
Ironically, I avoided them due to their really awful fries, but much to my surprise, recently found them IMO to have the best fast-food frozen fry. Evidently they made a major change vs. perhaps 5-10 years ago. I've always preferred their burger vs. McD's salty, otherwise tasteless burger and I refuse to pay Wendy's to remove the cheese from their cheeseburgers.
Now I'm wondering if I'll like the change. Cycle may have run its course..... again.
re: Clams047
You don't have to pay for no cheese at Wendy's.
re: Samalicious
Unless something has changed, the last time I was there (nearly two years ago) they did not have any hamburgers on the menu. I had to pay for a cheeseburger and beg them to leave off the cheese. Thus, it cost me extra to have no cheese vs. what a hamburger should have cost.
re: Clams047
Not only do you have to beg to leave the cheese off, more than half the time they include it anyway, even after multiple requests. McDonalds is even worse, it just boggles people's minds that some of us don't want bad cheese on a burger.
re: James Cristinian
I used to occasionally request McDonalds $1 McDouble without the cheese - essentially a double hamburger. Rarely would they charge me $1. More commonly, they would try to charge me the full price of a double cheeseburger or even worse, some places had a $1.29 (or thereabouts) price for a double hamburger vs. the $1 price for the Mcdouble (a double hamburger with one slice of "cheese").
Even when the printed receipt clearly stated NO cheese (should actually be no imitation cheese food product, please), more times than not, it would appear with the cheese.
Back on topic - Have not yet tried the BK fries, but I'm curious to try them. At the same time, I'm amused that they are expecting nearly a 20% premium in price for them. I mean really, does the coating cost more than the potato itself?
re: James Cristinian
the trick to making them take it off is to have something else added or subtracted. Be sure to ask for the other modification first (extra onion, no pickle, plus mayo whatever) and the 'no cheese' last. They get a Quarter Pounder no pickle, no cheese right far more often than a Quarter Pounder no cheese. Its still not 100%, but close to 95%-98%. Yes, I eat too much fast food. But getting two Mc Doubles, both of them no pickle no cheese results (after me removing both bottom buns and mating the rest) in one large burger, half the bread, and with an Unsweetended Ice Tea, a not wholly unhealthy meal for only $3.
re: GK in SO
Have you tried the new fries?
re: Boston_Otter
I tried the Satisfries today. I didn't detect any kind of coating or batter on them. They just tasted like crinkle cut fries that weren't too greasy or oily.
At least this thread is not about Trader Joes.
re: rochfood
I don't think you have to pay for no cheese there either.
re: Samalicious
Or at Burger King.
re: Samalicious
Big thread on no hamburgers at Wendy's a couple of years ago.
Check out the burgers on their website, they all have cheese, They're not going to give you a discount for no cheese.
re: James Cristinian
No discount mentioned. They do not charge extra for no cheese.
re: Samalicious
The point is you pay cheeseburger prices for a hamburger. You have to understand the price of cheese is built into a "hamburger." They are not charging extra for no cheese, but believe me you are paying for the cheese. Whatever happened to a hamburger that cost less than a cheeseburger?
re: James Cristinian
I don't like tomato or mayo on my burgers. I don't get a discount when I ask to have them left off. Why expect a discount for leaving off any other condiment?
Btw, I rarely eat cheeseburgers and usually do ask for no cheese.
re: rockycat
Because if you ask for extra ketchup for example, or for mayo on a sandwich that doesn't ordinarily have it, you won't be charged extra. However, if you add cheese to a sandwich that does not come with cheese, you will be charged extra. Thus, by charging the same for a cheeseburger and a hamburger, Wendy's is effectively charging "extra" for leaving off the cheese. I can't fathom not understanding that...
re: carolinadawg
The sandwich is the same price with or without cheese. So what.
re: Samalicious
I think I've explained it pretty well. Happy eating!
re: carolinadawg
Agree totally. Somebody still needs to fall on the sword and try the BK fries.
re: James Cristinian
Just tried them this afternoon. While not to be mistaken for a good fresh-cut fry, I did find them to be much better than typical non fast-food, frozen fries and way better than the battered fries I recall of BK some 5-10 years ago which I found to be quite repulsive.
I did find them to be less oily and have a somewhat drier texture compared with a typical McD's, BK or Wendy fry. I did not detect the coating - definitely does not have a batter texture. On my first try, I thought the potato flavor was somewhat less vs. their regular fry and much less than a good fresh-cut fry, but perhaps still acceptable vs. other fast-food frozen fries.
Without coupons, I'm not sure I'd spring for a premium full-priced BK combo (30 cent upcharge for the small fries) vs. a stop at Five Guys. Approaching the 5G price point for a small burger fries& drink, I prefer the better quality of the 5G burger & fries. (If 5G had a small $1 drink, there would be no comparison.)
Since I do not all that much care for frozen fries, I don't eat enough of them to really care about having a lower calorie fry, but will give them another try.
Next, I'll have to stop at BK with someone so we can order one of each type fry & do a side-by-side comparison.
re: carolinadawg
And there are restaurants that charge extra for adding tomato to sandwiches that don't otherwise come with tomato. I can't fathom your not understanding that...
re: rockycat
Huh? Thats not the same situation being discuused in regard to Wendy's..
re: carolinadawg
Why yes, it is. But I don't see how any of this relates to BK's fries at all. And since, clearly, we hold differing opinions on this matter, that's how it will have to remain.
re: rockycat
Had them today. No upcharge at my Eastern Mass location. Thought they were pretty tasty, and since I prefer a thicker fry, I liked them better than the usual BK product.
Hurray for crinkle cut fries!
I was talking with friends about the lack of crinkle cut fries in fast food. I see the advantage of crinkle cut fries is you have more surface area for a crisp exterior and the fries are thicker so the center is fluffy soft.
Lo' and Behold - Satisfries are available. BK must have been reading my mind. lol.
The fries took care of my crinkle cut craving.
I prefer a steak fry over a thin and crispy fry so for me they were a yea. Nice and fluffy insides and crispy, but not to crispy.
As my son advised me this past weekend was FREE SATISFRIES in our area. (NJ)
So during our travels we stopped at a BK to take advantage of this offer. (apparently no purchase was required, but we indulged).
The "satisfries" were actually pretty good, I'm not an expert on what BK's regular fries are like, however I didn't find these offensive in any way, so I guess I give them a thumbs up!!
Now for the thumbs down on this experience. Without looking at the menu I just ordered a Chicken Parm sandwich, which has been a life long fav of mine at BK.
When did BK get all serious about their chicken parm sandwich? I wanted that oblong shaped roll with a similarly shaped or manufactured "chicken" breast.....with the seasoned katchup and processed "not real cheese" slice on top. What I received was a regular round bun, with what seemed to be a real piece of chicken deep fried, and actual cheese and sauce on it? WTF???? This is not the chicken parm sandwich of my youth, and while superior in quality, inferior in childhood memories!!
Dam you BK with your healthy satisfries and actual chicken, chicken parm sandwich!!!
re: jrvedivici
My parents used to buy that BK original chicken sandwich for us, in the mistaken belief that it was healthier than the burgers. How wrong they were, but because of that childhood imprinting I also like those remanufactured oval patties with the limp lettuce and greasy mayo.
Don't like these new fries. They are just like bland grocery store crinkle cut frozen fries.
re: RealMenJulienne
I have to admit, I still love those chicken sandwiches. Haven't eaten one in years... oh but the memories.
re: jrvedivici
I really like these fries, they are much better than their regular ones. I'm glad they don't have the nasty skins on them, those are just vile, in my opinion. I am pretty picky and like crinkle cut fries a lot, I will order more from Burger King now that they've offered these. I hope they keep them around.
re: Thorkim
According to the TV news today, the Satisfries did not sell well. BK told franchisees they could stop offering them if they wanted to, and virtually all of them do.
I tried them last week and they suck. The outside never got crispy and the inside was mealy, like a undercooked frozen crinkle fry.
I had to wait for my order so I know that they were fresh.
I'll pass on this "improvement".


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Too many churches today are allowing music to be used in their services that is not glorifying to the Lord and can actually be a hindrance to the teaching of sound doctrine. Pastors and leaders should be using their leadership role to test what is being played and sung in their churches. Though some are quick to test preaching and teaching from their pulpits, many ignore the music being used in the same services. This is a tragic mistake. Music is a powerful medium. It is something that effects deeply the body, mind and emotions. It is a proven fact that music often stays with a person far longer than what is taught or preached. Songs roam around in our heads, especially if the melody appeals to us. What is often overlooked is the serious impression music makes on people, and the teaching they are getting over and over again as they allow the song to repeat in their minds and on their lips. Music teaches things much more subtly yet sometimes far more effectively. That's why the lyrical content of music in the church, as well as its effect on the spiritual lives of those who perform and listen, should be vigorously examined by the leaders of the church. This is a 2-DVD set.
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Examine Yourselves & Hold On!
2 Cor. 13:5 Examine yourselves to see whether
you are in the faith; test yourselves.
People who call themselves followers of Christ or "Christians" and claim they are born again must believe certain things. If they do not then they fail the test of faith. They can claim they are born again all they want and "once saved, always saved" but if they fail the test of faith there is no eternal security. Only God knows who will be saved, from beginning to end, because of His foreknowledge and omniscience (Rom. 8:29, 1 Pet. 1:2). God did not make an arbitrary judgment about who would be saved and who would not. His Spirit is given to those He foreknew, when convicted of sin by His Holy Spirit, would choose to believe and commit themselves to Jesus Christ. We are not God and we do not have His omniscience. Therefore, according to Paul, we must be sure our belief system is in the right place once our eyes have been opened to the Truth. I am not saying we do not have assurance of salvation, but our assurance comes not only because of His Atonement and promises of salvation but from our continuing in the Faith, which is always the Biblical criteria. Those who would be Bible teachers must teach according to the whole counsel of God's Word. Let me be clear. There is only one way to salvation. That is by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone. I will deal with a few of those issues following, but it is important to recognize that being saved is not just a matter of believing that Jesus lived, or that He was a man, or simply giving mental ascent to His existence in whatever form.
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"Blasphemizing" The Bible
I am going to go over an article I wrote back in 2006 in preparation for the book I wrote with Mike Oppenheimer called Idolatry in Their Hearts. This book is an apologetic against the false teachings of the World Christian Gathering on Indigenous People movement, the Emerging Church and the New Apostolic Reformation which got their ideas from the book Eternity in Their Hearts by Don Richardson. At the time that book came out no one really saw the dangerous ideas Richardson was promoting. All they would have had to do was look at the two subtitles of that book to understand the implications. The first subtitle in the 1981 edition read: The Untold Story of Christianity among Folk Religions of Ancient People. Those who read this book found some interesting cross-cultural ideas but apparently missed the false premise of the book starting with the subtitle. How could Christianity be among folk religions where the Gospel had not been preached (Rom. 10:14-15)? At that time Christians who read the book were apparently satisfied that, though there was some questionable material present, it made for an interesting discussion on how to do cross-cultural ministry. The subtitle it has today, which was first published in 1984, is as follows: Startling Evidence of Belief in the One True God in Hundreds of Cultures Throughout the World. This should have been a red flag for many Christians but then, who reads subtitles? But how could the One True God be known to Gentiles who, the Bible states, did not know God.
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Resources For Pastors
I was talking with a pastor after a Wednesday night service and he mentioned that I said I had done an article comparing English Bible translations. He called me up later and asked me to come back and present the contents of that article I sent out in about 2002 to my mailing list for the Pacific Waves Newsletter which, unfortunately, I can no longer afford to publish and mail. However an archive of past issues of that newsletter can be found here. In that article I detailed a number of good and bad resources for pastors including Bible translations, concordances, commentaries, Bible dictionaries, etc. I present an edited version of part of that article on this DVD, particularly dealing with English Translations of the Bible. Translation is a very detailed endeavor and should only be undertaken by those with a proper education in that subject and a sound doctrinal background. I read a few books on that subject and it helped me understand the complexities involved. Hebrew is a rich language so it is hard to distill one Hebrew word down to one English word. Greek is a very technical language and it is also not easy to translate. This is why it is imperative to use the good English translations out there for comparison along with a good concordance and Bible dictionary.
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There are two kingdoms being taught in many churches today. Teaching about one of the kingdoms is on the decline while the other is being promoted all over the place. I am warning Christians that they need to check out who is using the word "kingdom", the books they have been reading and recommend on building "the kingdom", the people they have been hanging out with at conferences, and what they mean by "the kingdom".
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A Whole Lot Of Wishful Thinking These Days!
In this DVD series I want to detail a number of beliefs people have these days that have no basis in Scripture. I am going to roam all over the map, so to speak, and try to give fairly short answers on a number of topics and also give you useful links to articles that will help you deal with any particular issue. It is truly amazing how many false ideas people cling to without giving a thought to what the Bible has to say on the subject.
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Signs Of Apostasy In The Churches In The
End Times
There are many signs of the great Apostasy, or falling away (2 Thes. 2:3) indicating we are living in the end times (Mt. 24: 3-14) I am going to go through some indications of the Apostasy in the churches as a follow up to the signs of the times in the world.
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(1) Benny Hinn's Duplicity in Christianity Today, Oct. 5, 1992 Benny Hinn lies about heretical statements he made, as well as his testimony. He is credited as being a mentor for John Arnott of the Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship. "Television preacher Benny Hinn, whose sales in Christian bookstores in the last year-and-a-half have exceeded those of James Dobson and Charles Swindoll combined, told CT last September that he would submit to the counsel and constructive criticism of others (Christianity Today, Oct. 28, 1991, p. 44). But Hinn's rhetoric since then has raised questions in some people's minds about his sincerity. For instance: "Now I'm pointing my finger with the mighty power of God on me. ...You hear this. There are men and women in Southern California attacking me. I will tell you under the anointing now, you'll reap it in your children. You'll never win. ...And you children will suffer. You're attacking me on the radio every night; you'll pay, and your children will. Hear this from the lips of God's servant. You are in danger. Repent, or God Almighty will move his hand. ..." That is what Hinn told an audience on August 7 at Melodyland Christian Center in Southern California."
(2) Beware
Of Charismatic Leader Benny Hinn in Dave Hunt's CIB
Bulletin, Feb. 1992
(3) Benny
Hinn - His Teachings Biblical Discernment Ministries, 1992
(4) One Pastor's
Experience And Response by JDS, 1995
(5) Benny Hinn Controversies
Continue After Resignation The Inkhorn Vol. 8 No. 1, 1997
(6) Televangelist
Benny Hinn Has Publicly Renounced Faith Theology by Ron Rhodes
and Paul Carden, 1993
(7) E-Mail Comment
On Benny Hinn's Recent Remarks by Name Withheld, 1997
(8) Benny Hinn
And Necromancy (Talking to the Dead) by Joseph R. Chambers, 1997
(9) Kathryn Kuhlman
- From "Occult ABC" by Kurt Koch, 1976
(10) A Foundation
Of Sand by Perry Pellegrini, 1991
(11) The Battle
of the Hinnites by Deception In The Church, 1998
(12) Benny
Hinn: His Golden Egg by E.L. Bynum, 1998
(13) Benny Hinn
by Watchman Fellowship, Inc., 1992
(14) Benny Hinn's
Move Into Necromancy by G. Richard Fisher with M. Kurt Goedelman,
(15) A History
Lesson For Benny Hinn by G R F, Quarterly Journal, October-December
Summary Critique - "Good Morning, Holy Spirit" by Christian Research
Institute, 1994
(17) Prophesy
Or Presumption? - Time Is Running Out On The Spurious Oracles Of Benny
Hinn by G. Richard Fisher and M. Kurt Goedelman, © 1996 -
(18) Be
A Berean by Ken Ham, © 1997 Institute For Creation Research
(19) Benny Hinn Expose by
(20) Benny
Hinn Claims "A Dead Man Raised" In Ghana by Deception In The Church,
(21) Is
Benny Hinn Lying Again? by Personal Freedom Outreach, 1998
(22) Benny
Hinn Tries To Keep Ex-Aide Quiet by Henry Pierson Curtis, The Orlando
Sentinel, Dec 9 1998
(23) Shocking
Facts About Benny Hinn by Christian Witness Ministries, 1998
(24) Unmasked
... Benny Hinn by Christian Witness Ministries, 1998
(25) Benny Hinn
- Touch, Topple, Tilt! by Let Us Reason Ministries, 1998
(26) Benny
Hinn - Truth Or Consequences by Let Us Reason Ministries, 1999
(27) Lourdes
And Fatima Endorsed By Hinn by G. Richard Fisher, 1998
(28) Benny Hinn
- A "New" Dark "Anointing" by Sandy Simpson
(29) Benny
Hinn And His "Fire Anointing" by Cross + Word, 1999
(30) Is
Benny Hinns Fire Anointing Really Just The Emperors New Clothes?
by M. Kurt Goedelman, 1999
(31) The
Next Level Of The "Anointing" According To Benny Hinn by
Mike Oppenheimer, 1999
(32) Shocking
Facts About Benny Hinn by Christian Witness Ministries, 1998
(33) Former General
Secretary Of AoG In Australia
(34) Benny
Hinn's Romance With Necromancy, Part 2
(36) Benny
Hinn - Going Lower! by Philip L. Powell, 1999
(37) David Wilkerson
Blasts Faith Preachers In Sermon by Billy Bruce in New York City,
(38) Benny Hinn Claims Dead Will Live ... Just Place Them Next To The TV Set by The Calvary Contender, 12/99 "Charismatic leader Benny Hinn on Paul & Jan Crouch's TBN said people are going to be raised from the dead watching TBN. He said "People are going to be canceling funeral services and bringing their dead in their caskets, placing them before a TV set, waiting for God's power to touch them." People with brain damage, that is.
(39) Benny
Hinn Solicits Funds In Queensland, Australia by The "Lamp" Ministry,
(40) The
Many Faces Of Benny Hinn by Greg Hartman, 1999
(42) Review
Of "The Many Faces Of Benny Hinn" by Sandy Simpson, 2000
(43) Benny
Hinn - Catholic Mystic by Rev. Joseph Chambers, Paw Creek Ministries,
(44) The Cult
Of Benny Hinn by Rev. Joseph Chambers, Paw Creek Ministries, 2000
(45) Benny
Hinn - Possessed By Devils? by Rev. Joseph Chambers, Paw Creek
Ministries, 2000
(46) Jerry Falwell
Endorses Benny Hinn At Liberty University report by Jackie Alnor,
(47) From
Shoplifting To "Holy Ghost Enemas" - The Misadventures Of Mrs. Benny Hinn
by Jackie Alnor, Eastern Christian Outreach, 2000
(48) Visions
And Revelation Knowledge Of Benny Hinn by Jackie Alnor, The Christian
Sentinal, 1992
(49) Jesus
Christ Slated To Star With Benny Hinn ... IN PERSON! by Sandy Simpson,
(50) More
Outragious Prophesies By Benny Hinn by Belfast Berean, 4/00
(51) Benny
Hinn - False Prophet by Sandy Simpson, 5/6/00
(52) Hinn
Endorses Trips To Heaven by Mike Oppenheimer, Let Us Reason, 5/4/00
(53) Benny
Hinn The Puppet Master by Sandy Simpson, 5/8/00
(54) Additional
Audio Clips Relating To The "Appearances Of Jesus" Prophecies by
Cross + Word, 5/8/00
Open Letter About Benny Hinn by Sandy Simpson, Deception In The
Church, 5/16/00
(56) All
In The Family: The Visions And Vanities Of Sam Hinn by by G. Richard
Fisher, Personal Freedom Outreach, Vol 16, No 4., 1996
(57) Under
My Anointing - Under My Thumb The Ministry And The Money Of Benny Hinn
by Mike Oppenheimer, Let Us Reason, 9/19/00
(58) Hinn's
Newest Faux Pas by Mike Oppenheimer, Let Us Reason, 11/00
(59) Hinn Invites
Chinese House Churches To His Upcoming Crusade In China. Is This A Death
Sentence? from an e-mail to DITC, 12/11/00
(60) Benny
Hinn - False Prophet Extraordinaire by Jackie Alnor, The Alnor
Report, 1/3/01
(61) Skating
on Thin Ice: Benny Hinns Fiasco in New Guinea by G. Richard Fisher
with M. Kurt Goedelman, Personal Freedom Outreach, Jan. - Mar. 2000
(62) Benny
Hinn And His Anointing by Cross + Word, 2/01
(63) Benny
Hinn - False Prophet
(64) An
Examination and Critique of Benny Hinn's "Good Morning, Holy Spirit"by
Richard J. Vincent , TheoCentric, 11/27/97
(65) Benny
Hinn: Canada's Most Famous Televangelist by CBC.CA, Eyewitness,
(66) Benny
Hinn And HBO by Mike Oppenheimer, Let Us Reason Ministries, 6/01
(68) Benny
Hinn In Oahu, HI 1/02 - A Report From The Outside
by Sandy Simpson, 1/12/02
(69) Benny
Hinn - A Prototype Cult Leader? by
Sandy Simpson, 1/24/02
(70) Healing,
Harvest, Glory, Jezebel, and Elijah
by Mike Oppenheimer, Let Us Reason Ministries, 1/31/02
(71) The
Perfect Healing Crusade? by Mike Oppenheimer,
Let Us Reason Ministries, 2/3/02
(72) This
Old House And Other Tall Tales - Who Has Really Touched Benny Hinn?
by G. Richard Fisher and M. Kurt Goedelman, Personal Freedom Outreach,
January -March 2001
(73) What
Happened To Hinn's Promised Healing Center? - Evangelist raised funds
but never built project; use of money defended
by STEVE McGONIGLE / The Dallas Morning News, 06/23/2002
(74) Benny
Hinn - False Healer by Discernment
Ministries, 7/02
(75) Faith
Healing Or Mesmerism by Immanuel Ministries
(77) Clerics
Warn Of TV Evangelist Benny Hinn's Healing Claims - Church leaders say
the public should be sceptical of a visiting preacher's powers
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong), Feb. 10, 2003
(78) Chalk Up
Another False Prophecy By Benny Hinn by Sandy Simpson, 3/7/03
(79) The
Same Old Thing As The New Thing by Mike Oppenheimer, Let Us Reason
Ministries, 3/03
(80) When A
Prophet Is Not Right by Mike Oppenheimer, Let Us Reason
Ministries, 6/03
(81) The
Loving And Intelligent Face Of The "Revival" by Cross +
Word, News Flash, July 2003
(82) Benny
Hinn's Response To Dateline NBC by Sandy Simpson, 1/11/03
(83) Benny
Hinn Promotes The Rebuilding Of The Temple In Jerusalem by
Sandy Simpson, 11/19/03
(84) Building
A Home For The Antichrist by Mike Oppenheimer, Let Us Reason
Ministries, 11/03
(85) The
Cult Of Benny Hinn by Paw Creek Ministries, 1/04
(86) Gene
Edwards - A Mystic's Way by Mike Oppenheimer, Let Us Reason Ministries,
(87) Benny
Hinn - The Heretic by The Door Magazine, August 2003
(88) The
Most Popular Man In The World? by Mike Oppenheimer, Let Us Reason
Ministries, 6/04
(89) Benny Hinn - False Prophet Flier by Sandy Simpson - Hand this to Hinn followers.
(90) Heading Toward an Imaginary Middle East Peace Process by Mike Oppenheimer, Let Us Reason, 7/1/04 Imagine Benny Hinn being invited to participate in the peace talks? Read Part 1 and Part 2.
(91) Out
Of Control, Again! by Bud Press, Christian Research Service, 9/04
(92) When The Truth
Becomes A Lie by Mike Oppenheimer, Let Us Reason, 10/17/04
(93) Do You
Believe In Miracles? by Justin Peters, CBC News, 11/04
(94) Vinod K. Isaac of Jasmine Computers
Hosts A Pro "Benny Hinn" Web Site (The site belongs to his sister who
is not revealing her name!) by Sandy Simpson, 3/05
(95) Benny
Hinn Sues Dateline NBC, 3/05 - Update!
- Benny Hinn Suit Dropped! by Wittenburg
Door Insider, April 1, 2005
(96) 'We
Are All Children Of The One God'(?) - Benny Hinn Overlooks New Age Statement,
Fails to Correct and Defend the Faith - Bud Press, Director,
Christian Research Service, 10/24/04
(97) Christian
Research Service Issues A Challenge to the Officials and People of the
Fiji Islands by Bud Press, Director, Christian Research Service,
(98) Letters About Benny Hinn In Fiji
compiled by Bud Press, Director, Christian Research Service, 12/05
(99) ACT Letter To The Fiji Times
About Benny Hinn
(100) Faith Healers
Or Fake Healers by Rev. Keith Gibson, Forgotten Word Ministries,
(101) Controversy
In Fiji Over Benny Hinn Miracle Show by 2006 RadioNew Zealand International,
(102) Jacob Prasch Confronted Benny Hinn
Before He Arrived In Fiji by Jacob Prasch, Moriel Ministries, Be
Alert Newsletter, 1/31/06
(103) Benny
Hinn's Prophetic Track Record by Jackie Alnor, Apostasy
Alert, exerpt at Moriel Ministries, 2/06
(104) It
Just Doesn't Add Up - Benny Hinn & Fiji by Steve Muse, Eastern
Regional Watch, 3/6/06
(105) Special
Report: Benny Hinn's Fiji Crusade - The Figures versus The Facts
by Bud Press, Christian Research Service, 05/11/06
(106) Hinn Crusade In Trindad & Tobago Not As Advertised
Reports by Trindad & Tobago's Newsday, May 2006
(107) A Perspective
on Benny Hinn's May 2006 Crusade by Mike Oppenheimer, 6/06
(108) An Open Letter to the People
of London, England
(109) Benny
Hinn: A Simple Oversight-Sight, Perhaps? by Bud Press, Christian
Research Service, 2/07
(110) Videos
exposing Benny Hinn on YouTube, 2007
(111) Benny
Hinn in Kampala, Uganda - Was the 'crippled' man really healed?
by Bud Press, Director, Christian Research Service, June 12, 2007
(112) Benny
Hinn - Preaching the miracle of money by Lou Robson, SundayMail,
February 17, 2008
(113) Pastor
leaves $800K richer By Lou Robson, CourierMail, February 24, 2008
(114) Why
Benny Hinn Became Our Wacky Neighbor by John Bloom, The Door Magazine,
(115) Benny
Hinn Videos Research Page at Christian Research Service, 9/08
(116) Benny Hinn: "Methinks
thou protest too loudly" - Who is willing to follow the blind leading the
blind? by Mike Oppenheimer, Let Us Reason Ministries, 12/5/08
(117) Lifestyles of
the Wealthy and most famous evangelist - Benny Hinn's emergency letter
by Mike Oppeneheimer, Let Us Reason Ministries, 10/12/09
(118) Wife
of televangelist Benny Hinn files for divorce by Gillian Flaccus,
Associated Press Writer, Tampa Bay Online, 2/18/10
(119) Benny Hinn: That's
Just the Way it is - for now by Mike Oppenheimer, Let Us Reason
Ministries, 4/1/10
(120) Benny
Hinn: Video Proof Hes a Charlatan by Slaughter Of The Sheep, 4/30/10
(121) Benny
Hinn Strikes Again on TBN! by Bud Press, Christian Research Service,
(122) Benny
Hinn and Neanderthal Man by Bud Press, Christian Research Service,
(123) Benny
Hinn's False Prophecies for the 1990's transcribed by Bud Press,
(124) Hearing only
what he says but ignoring what he does by Mike Oppenheimer, 8/16/10
(125) One
Simple Question for Benny Hinn and Paula White by Bud Press, Christian
Research Service, 8/24/10
(126) Benny
Hinn's 'Special Message' on the National Enquirer - Word-for word transcript
by Bud Press, Christian Research Service, 8/24/10
(127) The Heretic
by John Bloom, Trinity Foundation, August 2003
(128) Benny
Hinn's Buckets 'O' Cash - Time to starve the money monster by Bud
Press, Christian Research Service, February 12, 2011
(129) Publisher:
Faith healer violated our morality clause by Rene Stutzman, The
Orlando Sentinel February 17, 2011
(130) Till Divorce Do Us Part
by G.R. Fisher, 1/30/12
(131) Benny
Hinn Remarriage Ceremony Canceled? by Michael Gryboski, Christian
Post Reporter, 9/13/12
(132) Benny
Hinn Asks Followers for $2.5 Million to Get Out of Debt by Stoyan
Zaimov, Christian Post Reporter, 5/1/13
(133) Liberty
University Partnering With Benny Hinn? by Ken Silva, 4/4/14
(134) Benny
Hinn Ministries removes Web ads tied to Liberty University by The
News And Advance, 4/11/14
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Night Marchers and UFOs on the Big Island
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With the resurgence of the old religion of Hawaii and the continual invocation of Pelé and other "deities" for years in the secular culture and even in churches with regards to worshipping 'Io, is it any wonder that those beings are beginning to manifest again? In a story called "Night Marchers" on the Kawaihae site and in a YouTube video on the same subject, eyewitnesses claim all kinds of sightings that they think are the warriors, ancestors and demi-gods of Hawaii coming back. Interestingly the first book the Hawaiian Heritage site recommends in its "Suggested Reading" list is "Perpetuated in Righteousness" by Daniel Kikawa that we reviewed in our book "Idolatry In Their Hearts" by Sandy Simpson and Mike Oppenheimer. Since Kikawa claims that 'Io is the True God and one that the Hawaiians worshipped in secret, we have to wonder if Kikawa also thinks 'Io is showing up in these night marches? Since YWAM, Aloha Ke Akua and Hilo New Hope participated in worshipping 'Io at the "edge of Hale-ma'uma'u Crater" it sounds like they have all been inviting the old "gods" to return to Hawaii.
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I am doing a Bible study right now on what I would call "renewing our minds". It is based on this verse:
Romans 12:2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is - his good, pleasing and perfect will.
The only way to renew our minds is to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, confess our sins, and be saved, then to study the written Word and allow the indwelling Holy Spirit to teach us. Our minds are corrupted by virtue of the sin nature and what we have learned in life because our filters are off. I gave an illustration of straining coconut to make coconut milk. If you use a 1 inch screen everything will pass through. Even if you use a quarter inch screen you will get mostly coconut meat in your milk. You have to use a fine screen in order to separate the milk from the leftover. Our filters are off and the first thing God begins to do is correct our worldview, because if your worldview is off you will not understand God's reality. We need to learn to see things from His perspective. This is why I started this study by going back to an original problem.
2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie, and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.
This has always been an interesting passage to me for a few different reasons. What is "the lie" that is talked about here in verse 9 and 11? What are the ways that "wickedness deceives those who are perishing" and how long has this been going on or does this only begin to happen at the coming of the lawless one? In what way does "the lie" cause those who do not believe the truth to "delight in wickedness"?
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Is there a way to get Windows to use a specified adapter as the default internet connection interface? I have tried editing the routing table and made some progress, but the problem is that if I use the command "route -p add 0.0.0.0 MASK 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 metric 25 if 13" but if I unplug the adapter that was set to be default (13 specifies my wireless adapter that I want to use for internet by default) if will not allow me to connect on my wired connection (adapter number 11).
If I have both the wireless adapter and the ethernet cable plugged in, I will by default get my internet access from the ethernet port. The problem with this is that I live in a dorm where wall connections get rate limited if we exceed 2GB in a 24 hour period. I have managed to get a reasonable connection to a campus wifi network across the street (these are not rate limited) but if I have both plugged in, it will default to the dorm connection. I want to make the wifi connection the default connection, and if I have to, use the dorm connection as the fall back (in case I loose the signal).
I have a theory that if I can make the interface number of the wifi adapter lower than the interface number of the ethernet connection, I will be able to get the computer to use the wifi connection by default. Am I right in this thinking, and if so, how do I do it?
EDIT: Figured it out. It doesn't matter what the interface number is. Windows will pick whichever connection costs it the least. this is defined by the metric. So all you have to do is change the metric of the desired interface to something that is lower than the metric of the undesired connection and you are good to go. What I wonder is if this means if you made the metrics equal, could you double your speed (ie load balancing)?
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the question is what is 192.168.0.1 ?
is it the IP gateway from your wireless ? If it is, so you're right.
check your computer routes using "route print"
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|22 Apr 2010
Ok, I think that setting the metrics to be equal will do some sort of load balancing, but not on a packet by packet basis. That would be the holy grail if I could figure out how to do that.....
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|23 Apr 2010
Windows can do load balancing also if you set equal metric.
But i will not do perfectly like router do.
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What you want is just to send your internet traffic to a particular interface, not all your network traffic. Opening a command prompt and using the Route Print command, you'll see a route for your 127.0.0.0 network traffic, which is how Windows views your internet traffic. Type route change 127.0.0.0 mask 255.0.0.0 <gateway> metric 10 if <interface#> press enter. This will direct all your internet traffic to the interface you typed in the command, and leave all your other network traffic to go out their normal interface.
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Don't be embarrassed! I love Ali for Alaric and it's my second favorite for Alexander. I like a lot of nicknames that people would considered feminine.
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"Forgive Raguel; he does not deal with mortals well. He is a warrior through and through. Maintaining the balance is his purpose, keeping a watchful eye on us is his responsibility. The troubles of our father's favorite creation are of little and no concern to him," the angel who had been introduced as Nemamiah said. His words were noticeably more cordial than Raguel's had been.
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Helen turned and looked at her. She didn't know who she was, but she knew what she had been, she knew that she had gotten at least one of their group killed in the past, and she didn't trust her. Becky met her eyes, and if Helen's were soft and naïve to the ways of the world, Becky's were hard and cold. Those of someone who has lived through the worst and come out the other side, uncertain which side of the line they had returned on. They find themselves forever perched upon a fence as they wrestle with themselves, with what they have done and what they wish they could have done differently, yet at the same time they take on the world with the subtle, brute force of a Caterpillar running full speed on the building site. Helen held the stare that was returned to her for what felt like an age. She felt her heart race, her mouth begin to dry and her palms to moisten. When it became too much, Helen averted her gaze, dropped her head to study her feet. She could feel Becky's eyes burning into the top of her bowed head. After making sure that her feet were all in good order, Helen raised her eyes more. Becky had returned her attention to the angels, who they all realized stood like fish out of water. Their appearance seemed more and more bizarre with each passing second.
Out of the corner of her eye Becky glanced over at Helen but said nothing. She had changed, and while buried deep down inside her was a small voice that spoke from the corners of dark streets in the early hours of the morning, a taunting, goading voice that told her to fight, to grab that beautiful blonde by the hair and throw her face first into the first wall or tree she saw but she silenced it before even realizing that the thought had truly occurred. After all, that person was the fake. Who she was trying to become was the same person she had been before that dark figure in her mind had taken control. She forgave them their thoughts and perception of her; she didn't even like whom it was they believed her to be, and she promised herself that she would give everyone the chance to see who she really was.
God, it all feels like so long ago, she thought to herself, already finding it harder to remember her old life, both the highs and lows.
"Raguel, he's an archangel, isn't he?" Marcus said with a reassuring confidence. He wasn't a big religious fan, and certainly didn't claim to be able to regurgitate his favorite psalms or quotations when the right situation arose, but he knew enough to make his statement one based in knowledge rather than pure speculation.
"Yes, he was sent out of Heaven to oversee your… collection." The word came after a slight pause and sounded wrong, but what better word was there for what happened to them other than those offered by a thesaurus? "But now is not the time for that discussion; we have business at hand and it is time for you to hear it to the end." This time is was Nakir who spoke. Now that Raguel had gone, the group had expected the others to become more relaxed, but they remained in their rigid positions, standing to attention the whole time. When one spoke they did so by stepping forward, raising their eyes from the floor and looking at the group as a whole, rather than from one to the other in turn. Now that he finally spoke and had their attention, they all noticed – apart from Sammy, of course – that Nakir's eyes were jet black. In fact, they thought there was a good chance he had no eyes at all, and all that they saw was a heavenly void, filled with flawless rounds of onyx or possibly, given his angelic persuasions, black sapphires or even diamonds. For they did seem to sparkle with a little bit of what Marcus liked to call the 'Ali gleam'.
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Nobody noticed that, the more Nemamiah talked, the more Sammy's eyes bled.
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New Holland India-Tractors
New Holland India
About Us
Current Updates
Contact Us
Plant & Offices
Email/Call Us
Sales and Service
Dealership Enquiry
Agricultural Tractors Indian Market
Agricultural Tractors International Market
Hay and Forage Equipment
Supporting Attachment
Farm Mechanization
After Sales
Choose the Best: Choose New Holland
Unmatched Potential of New Holland
Voice of the Customers
Genuine Parts
Why CNH Original Parts
How to identify CNH Original Parts
CNH Original Parts Vs Non Genuine Parts
Our Mission -
New Holland's mission is to maximize the success of our customers by supplying innovative products and services nationwide
GLIMPSES OF HAPPY CUSTOMERS. Click here to watch video
2013 New Holland Fiat India rolled-out 250,000th Tractor from Plant
2012 New Holland 3630 Turbo Super, 5500 Turbo Super, 6500 Turbo Super, 7500 Turbo Super models launched.
2011 New Holland 3630 Super, TD-90D launched.
2009 New Holland 3030 MU, 3600-2, 6500, 3032, 3510, 4010, 4510 models launched.
2008 100,000th Tractor Rolled Out. 3037 NX model launched.
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CNH Industrial brand wins TOTY® 2015 award for Best of Specialised Tractor
New Holland Agriculture smashes the current GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title for most wheat harvested within eight hours with the CR10.90 Combine
Notice of EGM Scheduled on 13th Oct 2014
New Holland Fiat India signs MOU with Government of Madhya Pradesh for establishing new Agri training center
New Holland Fiat India launched new model EXCEL 6010 (60 HP) tractor from its EXCEL series during Kisan Mela 2014 exhibition at Punjab Agriculture University (PAU), Ludhiana.
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