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2016 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Discussion in 'Motorsport' started by TenEightyOne, Nov 24, 2016.
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Teammates are no longer teammates if they're both fighting for a title, especially if the constructors title is over. Considering the downright dirty and insane things drivers could and have done before this to try and secure titles, there is absolutely nothing whatsoever that Hamilton did that warrants any hostility. Might as well blame him for why the wind blows, or for why 2 Broke Girls made it to 6 seasons.
Mercedes saying they would give Rosberg help if he was stuck behind Lewis, is funny enough, different from their usual refusal to give the driver being held up, usually Lewis, an undercut on their teammate. But I'm sure you wouldnt have an issue there.
You have to accept losing as you accept winning, it's a sport ! I wouldn't ruin or intervene with anyone's race in order to win. That's cheating in my prospective. I mean ! I dont get why people try to defend what Hamilton has done ! Whether you cheer for Him or not , there's nothing justifies his low sportsmanlike that we have seen.
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You have to accept losing as you accept winning, it's a sport !
Absolutely. And you're allowed to do everything within the rules to win, it's a sport.
I didn't see any black flags out there - did you?
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It's not nice, but it's not illegal.
Hamilton did not weave in front of Nico.
Hamilton did not block him.
Hamilton did nothing to prevent Nico from overtaking him in those sections where he slowed him down.
It's a perfectly legitimate race strategy that doesn't risk Mercedes' first place in the Constructor's Championship (They've won it already) or their 1-2 in the Driver's Championship (they could both crash out and still be 1 and 2... and no, Lewis did not try to make Nico crash).
Nico himself said he "understood"... winning is everything to many racers. Hamilton is not a gentleman. He is a racer. He will do everything he can to win. Psychological tricks. Bending (not breaking) the rules. Driving aggressively and purposefully.
Hamilton has beaten Nico two years in a row by pushing hard, getting into Nico's head and dominating him both mentally and physically (on track). I think this year, however, Nico has simply chosen not to let Hamilton get to him. Sure, he's done a few boneheaded things, but by and large, he's kept his head down and has raced well, focusing on the racing itself and not distracting himself with thoughts about the championship, "which girlfriend do I bring to the race next week" and "how's my Twitter feed doing". Hamilton could learn something from that. Hell... I thought he learned it from Jenson, already... how quickly he's forgotten!
In the end, the fact that Lewis threw everything but the kitchen sink at Nico made Nico's victory just that much sweeter.
I would not want a race in which either driver rolled over and let the other win.
That simply would not be racing.
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I mean ! I dont get why people try to defend what Hamilton has done !
It's because he's popular. Everyone will dismiss his behaviour as the ends justifying the means. They'll say "he's a racer, and if he didn't try to win it, then he wouldn't be a racer anymore", or "the team still got the result that they wanted, so he didn't really do anything wrong", or the old favourite "if you see a gap, you have to go for it". It's obvious Mercedes won't do anything, because Toto Wolff has already said that this episode is something that Mercedes will need to take into account every time they make a decision mid-race from now on. It just enables Hamilton; he already disobeys team orders, forces others wide and publicly questions the wisdom of team decisions.
But imagine for the moment, this scenario: Hamilton has a twelve-point over Rosberg lead in the WDC. Rosberg streaks away at the start, but Hamilton is pinned behind Verstappen in second. Meanwhile, Red Bull just need thirty points to secure the WCC, so they give Verstappen the order to help Ricciardo, who sits fourth, by blocking Hamilton. Going into the final lap, Ricciardo has the pace to take Hamilton. If he makes it work, Rosberg is champion and Red Bull win the WCC. If he fails, Hamilton is champion and Mercedes win the WCC.
Those same people who defend Hamilton today would be the first to crucify Verstappen.
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I did see an irony flag.
"Formula One is terrible," they said. "The drivers can't push at 100% because they have to look after the tyres and the fuel levels. But it's okay if one drivet deliberately drives nine seconds per lap off the pace if it means he might win the World Championship."
There might not have been a black and white flag, but that doesn't mean that what Hamilton did was sporting.
Except he hadn't lost. He was trying to win. You don't win if you accept losing before it's over.
He didn't intervene in anyone's race. He drove his own race, slower than he could have done. As @niky said he didn't block anyone passing, he didn't weave around the track, he didn't brake check. He just drove slower. People in cars down the grid do that all the time because they won't go any faster, you know how the others deal with it? They try to overtake them. Just because Hamilton was doing it on purpose is irrelevant, nothing says you have to drive at 100% of your car capability.
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That is a......rather specific and rather different fictional scenario.
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It calls to mind a race a few weeks back where one of the RBRs (I believe, the memory is hazy, as most F1 races come on around midnight here) backed a Ferrari into the other RBR as part of their race strategy to try to leapfrong him.
It's a viable strategy. And as long as you don't break the rules, perfectly legal.
That is a......rather specific and rather different fictional scenario
I was trying to create a scenario where a) a driver - in this case, Verstappen - who was unable to win the WDC was impeding Hamilton, but b) actually had a reason to be doing it, such as helping his team win the WCC.
So let's simplify it: Hamilton has a twelve-point lead over Rosberg. Rosberg leads, and Hamilton is second. Rosberg starts backing Hamilton up, hoping that Vettel and Verstappen can pass him, and he wins the championship. In other words, exactly what happened last night, but the other way around. I guarantee you that the people who defend Hamilton today wiould be the same people who are first in line to condemn Rosberg.
The point that I am trying to make is that there is a double standard among fans: Hamilton is well within his rights to do X, but if someone does X to him, they'd better watch out. Earlier in the year, Hamilton was apparently free to ignore team orders if they were inconvenient, but expect Rosberg to obey them if asked.
Isn't that the same for any fan of a specific driver? Hamilton is certainly not unique in that respect, it's just that naturally as a veteran, driving the best car and 3x WDC he has a lot of vocal fans.
You're always going to get bias and double standards among fans with any sport so I'm not sure what point you're trying to make.
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Actually, I thought it was quite impressive what Hamilton was doing and yeah, I don't see how it was unfair or anything - pretty much everyone would have done this in his position imo.
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Whilst Hamilton was getting Slower, Rosberg wasn't really getting closer to him, Hamilton was literally using the one tactic he could use to win the championship and it didn't involve crashing.
The Team getting involved was pointless, Both championships are theirs regardless so let their drivers sort it out on track.
Exactly, if anything I found it weird they did this, didn't they always say they wouldn't interfere with the championship...?
PS: This race had the worst commentary ever on RTL, like seriously I think I'll not watch them anymore - if I can find a better alternative, I don't mind paying either.
They basically kept saying things how Rosberg would lose the championship, by backmarkers doing some desperate stuff taking him out, then Hamilton blocking him into Verstappen (somehow?) who would then proceed to Maldonado him off the track and of course Rosberg's engine was in imminent danger of exploding at time, it was absolutely ridiculous.
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Once again, how is this the pinnacle of motorsport? I'd like see them in Formula Fords or F4 style cars fighting for the C'hip. Won't be any of the backing up traffic stuff. Might see more whincing and knashing of teeth.
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You have to consider the context though; Nico Rosberg was 2nd in the race and Lewis Hamilton slowed down because his only win scenario was for Rosberg to not finish on the podium. It's just the circumstances, that's not the norm for a race like that.
The fact that the title went down to the wire and was decided by 5 points, just 2 points in old money, coupled with the fact that the title went down to the last laps of the last race... that was exciting stuff.
That being said, I did not enjoy Hamilton's tactics. It's all fine and dandy having a "win at all costs" attitude but don't pretend that it wasn't deliberate or pretend that you were chivalrous in the quest for the title. Be the heel and suck up the hate if that's how you're going to play it.
Where do team orders come into play? The team were guaranteed the driver's title but one of their drivers was deliberately trying to ruin the other driver's race. If they were from two separate teams I'd have no qualms about any of it and consider it racing but because they were team mates, the team should take priority and be listened to. Regardless of Rosberg not being able (or simply not being willing?) to overtake Hamilton, a team order is there for a reason; the team are protecting their own interests.
It kind of reminds me of Belgium 1998 and the famous "Ralf, you cannot overtake Damon. That is a team order." call. Had Ralf ignored that and tried to overtake, sure it would have been racing and exciting to watch but the team would have been furious that one of the drivers on his own initiative risked the entire team's race.
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It wasnt as thrilling as when Hamilton got his C'hip(1- pt still) by Jarno letting him pass. It ould have been just as thrilling if Lewis put the hammer down. Slowing at a snail's pace actually preserved the cars(unless there was some overheating telemetry I missed).
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To be fair to Mercedes, their radio interventions late in the race looked like they were in response to Vettel - who at one point was catching the leaders at an alarming rate - and I think they were worried that Lewis wasn't fully aware of it, and his backing up would leave him vulnerable to Vettel easily getting past him and taking the win. I guess you could argue Mercedes shouldn't care much about a single race win after getting a million of them, but either way I don't think they were meaning to directly interfere with the championship.
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I wanted Nico to win the WDC but I understand Lewis's tactics. It's a heel move but he didn't really have much choice, it gained Nico some new fans though like Brundle said.
They did show him one
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I hope Mercedes doesn't punish Hamilton like I've been reading. Lewis didn't do anything I've seen that anyone else in motorsports wouldn't have done if in his position, they got their 1-2, nobody got hurt
At the end they got their 1-2 finish, true. But Lewis still ignored clear instructions from the team. If they don't punish Lewis now they will give future drivers the impression, that they can carelessly ignore team instructions and don't have to fear punishment afterwards. I think instead of "should they punish Lewis?" the question should be rather "how could they even punish Lewis?" Giving him a fine surely won't bother him or stop him from doing it again.
Lewis did what he needed to,you cant blame him for that. Nico deserved the wdc. He showed us all he CAN,fair play to him,proved me wrong!
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You applying a blanket assumption here to try and support what seems to be a pro-Rosberg/ anti-Hamilton bias of your own.
Personally I have no issue at all with what Hamilton did, nor would I if the circumstances were reversed (my personal favorite F1 driver retired yesterday - so I have no horse in this race).
If Rosberg had an issue with Hamilton's pace then he did have an option, its called overtaking him.
Hamilton didn't weave, block or attempt to take Rosberg out at all, he controlled the pace to maximise his chances of still retaining the WDC. Did it make Rosberg's job harder? Yes it did, but the last time I checked it wasn't supposed to be easy.
Oh and I don't doubt for a second that if the situation had been reversed that Rosberg would have done the exact same thing (and I wouldn't have an issue with it at all).
Lets also not forget the elements of sports psychology that go into this. Had Hamilton let Rosberg passed and he gone onto win he would have also taken the lead in the number of wins in 2016 as well (10 to 9) as the WDC. Going into 2017 that would have given Rosberg a significant psychological edge, as it is they go into 2017 with Rosberg WDC, but with Hamilton retaining the win lead from 2016. Its a factor that can't be underplayed or ignored.
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I could be wrong but I don't think ROS actually made a single attempt at overtaking HAM, did he? That's what makes the moaning about Hamilton all the more bizarre, if ROS felt he was so slow he could've at least tried to overtake him. He didn't, presumably because he feared HAM would ease him out, compromise him and potentially lose 2nd/3rd. That would have been a genuine talking point, as it is nothing actually happened.
Like I said, nobody complains at a Sauber for driving slowly, they just do something about it. ROS chose not to, for whatever reason.
justin credible
Well done Nico Rosberg a deserved Championship Winner.
Well a championship is won over the full season, Inc bad luck, bad starts, penalties etc the same for every driver.
So the question on peoples lips is did Hamilton drive the race fairly?
I am no Hamilton fan at all but I can see what he was doing, simply trying every LEGAL trick in the book to win the title.
It's not nice on the eye and maybe shows a lack of dignity for himself and his team. But as Lewis said himself he is there to win.
I love the winners mentality but there is something in Hamilton which always has me cheering for the other bloke, can't say exactly what it is I don't know I just don't like the way he comes across I suppose.
I have heard others say maybe it's because he lies or because he will take out his own team mate to stop them winning again I am not sure I just am not a fan.
Alas he is quick very quick but if I was Toto or Christian would I want him in my team? No I wouldn't If I had the pick of the talent available Lewis would be quiet a way down the pecking order due to him being How can I put it? just such an unlikeable presence with what seems to me an underlying vile streak.
Nico drove well again brilliant overtake on Max when he had to Congrats to Max on another fine display but huge well done to Seb who was going like a man possessed.
A Fond farewell to Jenson Button and one of my favourite drivers ever Filipe Massa god bless to you both and good luck in future endeavours, Thanks for entertaining us.
Enjoy it Nico well done again Champion.
Niki Lauda eluded to a problem with a critical component in Hamilton's Mercedes at the end of the race that caused a dramatic drop in expected pace.
Mercedes may have to isolate the rogue part and find out if they can retool and reprogram it for next season or if they have to discard it and replace it for 2017...
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Is this a wind up?
If this was the case why didn't Nico's side tell him to push and overtake Lewis?
Lewis knew what he as doing speeding up in places to ensure Nico wasn't within DRS then slowing to allow Max or anyone overtake Nico. A race tactic simple as. Mercedes will cover themselves by saying anything to save face from a undignified display.
And on that track it is difficult enough to overtake but surely if Lewis was struggling for pace he would have been overtaken by a few. He had the pace imo but tried tactics.
If you were Nico would you have settled for a podium or took the risk of attacking Hamilton thinking there could of being different circumstances to talk about today if he had attacked?
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Just my personal opinion, but I believe Nico may have been too skittish to try a move on Lewis once it was obvious he wasn't going to meekly surrender the title. It's one thing to make a pass on any of the other 22 drivers in the field (as he did on Verstappen), it's quite another to try it on your championship rival who has nothing to lose from a collision... accidental or otherwise. Considering the engine gremlins Lewis suffered from, I'm guessing Nico didn't want to tempt fate one more time.
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Niki said something along those lines on the C4 coverage, he was definitely being facetious. He knew what Hamilton was doing.
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It would have been fun to see Lewis give Nico a brake test. Massive dignity points.
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If Mercedes do punish Hamilton, the only impression they'll give is that they don't give their drivers the opportunity to battle for the title.
If Hamilton is punished in the form of a penalty, all they'll achieve is to demotivate him into losing his trust in Mercedes and possibly looking for another team to race for.
As it stands, what he did in the race didn't change the results in any way. Had he just sprinted off into the distance with Rosberg following suit a little way behind, the race and championship results would have been exactly the same.
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Niki was grumpy after the race with a TV interview, probably as he could see everything going wrong from what should have been a very easy 1-2 for his team. - The critical component was the driver. It did make for a very entertaining last few laps of the race.
But From Niki's point of view he was looking at a glorious 1-2 turning into a double retirement like Barcelona again.
Niki said "Er untergräbt die gesamte Struktur des Teams und alles, was wir machen. Damit stellt er natürlich einen Präzedenzfall für zukünftige Fahrer auf."
"He (Lewis) undermines the whole structure of the team and everything we do, which naturally sets a precedent for future drivers."
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So let me check, Max drives just fine but Hamilton is a vile person who takes people out?
Have you missed the constant blocking that Max has engaged in for most of the season or are you simply applying a huge double standard?
Hamilton has a lack of dignity for himself and the team, but Vetal's outburst at Charlie Whiting over the radio was dignified was it?
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When Lewis got the instructions Verstappen and Vettel were catching up more and more with each sector. Just because nothing happend at the end (one reason being Vettel not even trying to overtake in the final lap) doesn't mean that what Lewis did was ok and should just be swallowed by the team. Mercedes surely doesn't care which one of the two will be WDC. They mostly care about the team results and Hamilton brought this 1-2 finish to an unnecessary risk.
Predictably the Beeb are positing garbage like this:
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    $emails = $file;
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solve the problem).
    $cf = fopen($file, "w") or die("Error: file does not exits, and it can not
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    fputs($cf, "Mailing list subscribers\n");
    fclose($cf);
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    // check whether the email is already registered
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included in this mailing list");}
    // write the email to the list (append it to the file)
    $cf = fopen($file, "a");
    fputs($cf, "\n<$email>");       // new email is written to the file in a
    new line
    fclose($cf);
    // notify subscription
    print "Your email has been added to our mailing list.
Thanks for
    joining us.";
    }
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FILE
if ($action=="unsubc"){
    // if email is not in the list, display error
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included in this mailing list");}
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    $file_content=preg_replace ("/\n<$email>/","",$file_content);
    // print the new content to the file
    $cf = fopen($file, "w");
    fputs($cf, $file_content);
    fclose($cf);
    // notify unsubscription
    print "Your email has been removed from our mailing list. ";
}

?>

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    <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en">

    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">

    <title>TAPITAP APP</title>
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We're about to launch our game app really soon!
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That's what I would like to do, could someone help me to understand how to solve this? appreciated.

A: You can save your output into a PHP variable and echo it where you need.
Instead of print use like this:.
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   ....
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 ?>

A: You could wrap your PHP script into a function and call the latter in your HTML where you want to display your message.

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A picture made by Rick Riordan, picturing Bacchus.
ter. He is referred to multiple times as "The Wine Dude" but does not seem to enjoy that. He used to be a demigod before the first Giant War, where he was made a god by his acts of valor for defeating the twin giants.
Bacchus is said to be "less dumpy" then his Greek form, Mr. D. His clothes are not as loud and he seems more organized and thoughtful. As all Roman gods are, he is also more war-like and militaristic. He carries a thyrsus, a staff covered with ivy vines and leaves and topped with a pinecone.
Bacchus appears to Piper McLean in a vision in her knife, holding a silver goblet and gesturing to her. Behind him was a sign that read: Topeka 32.
The demigods head to Kansas on the Argo II, and Percy Jackson, Piper McLean and Jason Grace leave the ship to find the sign Topeka 32. They stumble across Bacchus, whom Percy manages to annoy. Piper finally intervene la before Bacchus changes Percy into a dolphin, and charm speaks him into talking with her. She tells him, hale has to help them with their quest, and he takes it the wrong way. Bacchus states that to decisive help from him they would need to offer him a tribute, which he knew they didn't have so did not tell them what it was. Bacchus, later into the conversation, leaves because he senses danger nearby.
Later into the book, Percy defeats Chrysaor, (son of Medusa and Poseidon), and his army of hybrid dolphins, by scaring them away with Bacchus' name. In the end, they take the enemy ship, with more than 6 million in gold inside and use the Horn of Plenty to fill it with Diet Coke as a tribute to Bacchus.
When they arrive in Rome, Percy, Jason and Piper have to face the giants. Bacchus appears in the middle of the battle, and thanks them for the tribute. He doesn't jump into help though, but instead makes a show out of them fighting the giants and raises them up into the Colloseum. He tells Percy and Jason that if they do well fighting the giants, he would pop in at the end and finish them off.
Percy and Jason take out Otis and are still working on his twin brother, when he disarms both boys.
The Argo II blasts him from behind and Bacchus finally comes to help. He taps the giants on the head with his thyrsus, and they both explode into dust.
Bacchus in one of his, generous photos.


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What caused the increase in the number of members of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus in Europe?
'Revelation theology' through an online press conference
I was very impressed that the president testified without even looking at the book of Revelation. And concerning certain events such as the sixth trumpet, again there was a date. How did he know this date with so much precision, until with the time?
-Samuel KABO, Pastor of the Evangelical Reformed Church of Alès-
After participating in Shincheonji Seminar,I realized that there is something new.
I was learning different to what i had learned before.
How can our churches become one within God?
-Celismar Oliveira, Pastor of the Assembly of God Awake in Christ-
On the 18th, an online press conference was held through the Zoom videoconference platform with Mr. Lee Man-hee, chairman of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony (hereafter Shincheonji Church), media officials and pastors from 48 European countries.
The Press conference, which was planned at the request of European pastors who had questions related to the explanation of the Revelation who attended Shincheonji online bible seminar. With the growth rate of Christians on the European continent almost stagnant, the Shincheonji Church of Jesus held a meeting to suggest a solution to this situation of the decline.
Face-to-face worship is restricted due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, and each church is having difficulty in missionary work. However, the number of members of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus is increasing, and attention is focused on the background.
In an online press conference on the 18th, the Shincheonji Church of Jesus cited the fact that unlike other churches, the cause of the increase in the number of church members was "testifying the fulfillment of the prophecies in the Bible."
Chairman Lee Man-hee replied to the reporter's question that the reason for the growth of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus was that he could testify the meaning and reality of the Revelation that other denominations could not solve.
Chairman Lee said, if pastors study the Revelation and teach church members, the church will revive.
In fact, many pastors and churches have signed an MOU with Shincheonji Church of Jesus and are actively pursuing them.
The message of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, which presented learning about the fulfillment of the prophecies of the Bible for pastors as a solution to revive European Christianity, is drawing attention.
Press-release of the HWPL
Africa Press Conference of Shincheonji Church Attended by Journalists From 55 African Countries
Philippines, Americas after Africa! Online press conference with about 300 journalists from 55 African countries
I wish everyone across the world will come and study the word from Shincehonji seminar to change people's life. – Ugnada, Stephen Ogwang, secretary general of born again churches
I have never encountered the word of God before, I have only learned from Shincheonji.
– South Africa, Daisyman Goniwe, Independent Methodist Church
On the 28th, an Africa Press Conference of Shincheonji Church: Testimony on the Parables of the Secrets of Heaven and Their True Meanings was held through the Zoom platform with Man Hee Lee, chairman of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony(Shincheonji Church) and journalists from 55 African countries. This press conference was planned at the request of African journalists and pastors and was hosted by Shincheonji Church.
The organization of Shincheonji Church, announced that it had planned a press conference to inform the true meaning of the New Testament in the Bible. The press conference started with the introduction of Shincheonji Church. And after The results of the Revelation seminar held last year were shared, followed by the Shincheonji Online Seminar: Testimony on the Parables of the Secrets of Heaven and Their True Meaning, which started in January of this year.
Shincheonji Church of Jesus has testified the prophecies and fulfillment recorded in the Book of Revelation to the world through YouTube for a total of 10 weeks from October last year. It has recorded 8 million cumulative views on YouTube so far. Through this seminar, Shincheonji Church signed MOUs with more than 1,200 pastors and seminaries in 57 countries (of which 235 MOUs were signed in 16 countries in Africa). And now Shincheonji church is supporting the exchange of the word of the Bible to each church and seminary.
The journalists who attended asked questions about the Revelation seminar and introduction seminar, which they heard objectively from the reporter's point of view, and how they felt about Shincheonji. The chairman Man Hee Lee, who was directly present at the press conference, answered plans after the MOU and questions about the seminars clearly.
Chairman Lee said that he especially loves Africa among global village and that he hopes Africans who have good faiths would come into the Word and get to understand God's stance and His Will.
Long with that, he stated that the secret of the heaven is recorded with parables in the Bible, and he hopes that whole world would understand the true meaning of parable through word seminar so that they could believe in it and reach salvation.
Furthermore, Chairman Lee asked all the press associates to promote that there is a testimony on the prophecy and fulfillment of Revelation and the secrets of kingdom of heaven available to everyone today.
"Testimony on the Parables of the Secrets of Heaven and Their True Meanings" which is an on-going seminar that uncovers the meaning of the parable begun on the 3rd of January will be broadcasted 2 times a week on Monday and Thursday through Shincheonji YouTube Channel in 24 different languages.
South Korea: Plasma Donation by Shincheonji Church Facilitates Development of the Vaccine for COVID-19
Friday, 28 August 2020 10:02
On August 27th, over 1,000 members of religious organization called Shincheonji Church of Jesus participated in donating plasma for the cure of COVID-19.
This is carried out under the invitation of the health authorities in South Korea back on 24th, asking Shincheonji Church to cooperate for donating additional plasma for the development of the vaccine.
Early this year, around 5,000 confirmed cases were found in Shincheonji Church members with most infections from the city of Daegu, while most of them recovered from the virus with 11 deaths.
According to the report from the Korea Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (KCDC), 562 recovered members from the church registered to donate plasma and 409 completed donation in July through the cooperation between KCDC and Shincheonji Church. Facing the need for "facilitation of developing a cure through plasma donation and clinical trial", the KCDC asked another round of a large-scale donation by members of Shincheonji Church in August.
The KCDC in its official document expressed appreciation to Shincheonji Church (Chairman Lee, Man Hee) for "active participation in the collection of plasma as a group for the development of corona(virus) cure for the purpose of national health safety under the global crisis caused by the COVID-19."
"With the cooperation of Daegu city, Daegu Athletics Center plans to provide GC Pharma equipment and personnel (for the donation) from 27th August to 4th September. We express our gratitude to the city for providing a location for the group donations. We also express our gratitude to the congregation members of the religious organization, Shincheonji to be specific," said Mr. Kwon Jun-wook, Deputy Director of the KCDC.
Research and development of the convalescent plasma treatment is underway by National Institute of Health under the Ministry of Health and Welfare in cooperation with Green Cross (GC) Pharma, a biotechnology company in South Korea.
On the same day, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized an emergency use of convalescent plasma for the treatment of COVID-19. Experts say that more data need to be collected to see the benefit of such treatment.
Major challenges of researching the effectiveness and the development of convalescent plasma treatment come from limited supply from donors who must be recovered from the virus.
As a religious leader, Chairman Lee, Man Hee of Shincheonji in July said, "This (plasma donation) is the work that needs to be done as citizens of this country and as true believers. It is keeping the command of Jesus of loving your neighbor as yourself (Mt 22:39 of the Bible)."
Source: The South Korea Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention.
International Scholars Raise Concerns over "an Attempt to Destroy a New Religious Movement" in South Korea
On July 20, a webinar on a new religious movement in South Korea and its political, religious, and social dimensions with the recent COVID-19 crisis invited international scholars and experts in the field of religion, international law, and human rights.
Titled "COVID-19 and Religious Freedom: Scapegoating Shincheonji in South Korea", the webinar addressed the recent issues of aggressive attack from politically powerful conservative and fundamentalist Protestant churches in the country on a newly-established, fast-growing Christian denomination named 'Shincheonji (New Heaven and New Earth) Church of Jesus' founded in 1984.
The new Christian movement by Shincheonji has become a target of "persecution from fundamentalist protestants" because of its successful religious expansion "from the conservative and fundamentalist protestants who see Shincheonji as competitors and want to destroy it," said Massimo Introvigne as an Italian sociologist of religion who studied Shincheonji before and after the COVID-19 pandemic and published the first account of the religious group in English.
Alessandro Amicarelli, Chairman European Federation for Freedom of Belief, pointed out that the South Korean authorities problematized Shincheonji as a cause of the COVID-19 crisis to shut down the church. "Already 30 other people were tested positive before the patient 31 (a member of Shincheonji criticized for the widespread of the virus). Many Chinese including ones from Wuhan had visited Daegu (of South Korea) and infection spread," he said.
Willy Fautre, Director of Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF), said that the recent attack on Shincheonji can be viewed as an attempt by the fundamentalist Protestant groups in South Korea to weaken and destroy the competitor in the religious market. He added, "Human rights violations against Shincheonji members through coercive conversion program (also known as 'deprogramming') with kidnapping and confinement for the last decade have been made as a result of the failure of competition from the Protestant churches in the country."
Ciaran Burke, Associate Professor in University of Derby, said that the South Korean health authorities explicitly link Shinchoenji and outbreak of the COVID-19 until now even though a greater link between the virus and confirmation cases has been found in other churches. He also expressed concerns over "collecting personal information of 300,000 domestic and international Shincheonji members by the government which is a possible violation of international agreement, especially the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) South Korea ratified in 1990."
The prosecution initiated investigation of Shincheonji leaders including founder Man Hee Lee for his alleged role in the widespread of the COVID-19. Three Shincheonji officials were arrested on July 8 on a charge of playing a role in major outbreak at its early stage by "(submitting) inaccurate list of members."
"The authorities ignored requests to change the word 'sect' in their official reports when referring to Shincheonji church. Local governments encouraged the residents to report Shincheonji congregation and facilities to the authorities, creating stigma that the members were to be treated as criminals," said a Shincheonji official in the webinar.
A recent statement issued by "families of the deceased and victims of COVID-19" wrote that "the thousands of the damage and deaths of Koreans reflect the failure of initial response to contain the virus by the government." It added that the Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae "allowed COVID-19 patients from China to enter Korea, leading to a widespread outbreak of the virus across the country, which resulted in the deaths of the Korean people." It also stated that she is trying to avoid her responsibility for the damage by "giving direct orders to prosecutors for a raid and arrests against Shincheonji Church".
A leading South Korean TV network, MBC reported that a recently conducted screening at Daegu, epicenter of COVID-19 major outbreak within South Korea added the weight to the failure of initial response to contain the virus by the government. The report, citing analysis from a local university hospital, inferred that at least 180,000 of the total population of 2.4 million people in the city of Daegu were infected with the COVID-19, 27 times to the official 6,800 confirmed cases. Most of the confirmation cases, over 5,000, are members of Shincheonji Church as their personal information was collected by the government, while the remaining 180,000 potential infections have not been investigated.
Press Release of the Department of Public Relations
Heavenly Culture, World Peace, and the Restoration of Light
NGOs in the UN and Religious Leaders Demand Correction on Repression and Violation of Human Rights against Religion
NGOs in association with the United Nations and religious communities in the globe are raising their voices on the need to correct inappropriate persecution and human rights violation against a religious group in South Korea named Shincheonji Church of Jesus.
11 NGOs including European Coordination of Associations and Individuals for Freedom of Conscience (CAP-LC) submitted a report for "annual report for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights" to the UN Secretary General at the 44th session in the UN Assembly Human Rights Council. The report is titled "scapegoating members of Shincheonji for COVID-19 in the Republic of Korea."
By referring to the report from United States of America Commission of International Religious Freedom, the report to the UN said, "Shincheonji was suffering harassment from the South Korean government and society. Although some government measures appeared to be driven by legitimate public health concerns, others appeared to exaggerate the church's role in the outbreak."
"The government of Seoul locked down Shincheonji churches in the capital, and some mainline Protestant groups have accused the church of deliberately spreading the disease," it continued.
The report stated, "The virus cannot be an excuse to violate human rights and religious liberty of hundreds of thousands of believers. Intolerance, violence, and discrimination against Shincheonji should be put to an end."
Religious communities initiated to issue statements to advocate improvements in the unequal treatment against Shincheonji.
"The news of Chairman Lee and Shincheonji are being singled out and blamed for COVID-19 spread and sued is deeply concerning to all faith leaders who valued freedom of religion and the protection of human rights. This adverse action shall have chilling repercussions through the religious world," said Mr. Sheikh Musa Drammeh, Chairman of Islamic Cultural Center of North America.
And Swami Vedanand Saraswati, a Hindu Spiritual Leader based in Durban stressed the tolerance and harmony. "As members of the HWPL, our primary goal is unity, equality, respect and tolerance. Only together can we overcome the enormous challenges we face. United we stand, divided we shall fall. Let us unite and support each other and stop these unwarranted attempts to tarnish pure intentions and righteous actions."
Recently, Chairman Lee of Shincheonji Church of Jesus encouraged the members who recovered from the COVID-19 to voluntarily join in donation of plasma. Around 4,000 recovered members said they are willing to donate plasma for research on a new treatment.
He said that there has been political motives in persecution of Shincheonji Church of Jesus and HWPL (a peace NGO) by "using us (Shincheonji), the victims of COVID-19, as their scapegoat in order to hide their own faults." He added, "Persecuting peace organizations, religious organizations, and violating human rights must be stopped in Korea."
Press Coordinator of Georgia
Department of Public Relations (International)
4,000 Recovered COVID-19 Church Members in South Korea Declare Donation of $83 Billion Worth Plasma for Cure
A South Korea-based religious group named the Shincheonji Church of Jesus said that over 4,000 members of the church recovered from COVID-19 are willing to donate plasma for developing a new treatment.
The amount of blood will be about $83 billion worth if the 4,000 patients donate 500ml individually, according to the current transaction in the United States. "It is difficult to accelerate developing a medicine for COVID-19 with only 200 recovered patients who expressed their will to donate blood. The massive donation from the recovered patients in the Shincheonji Church will solve the problem of the lack of blood for research," said an official from Green Cross Pharma, a biopharmaceutical company in South Korea.
For the first quarter of this year, the rapid virus spread hit the church members in Daegu of South Korea, where the early signs of the crisis appeared with the controversy over the massive visitors from China before the infection of church members.
Mr. Man Hee Lee, founder of the Shincheonji Church, said that members of the church are advised to donate plasma voluntarily. "As Jesus sacrificed himself with his blood for life, we hope that the blood of people can bring positive effects on overcoming the current situation," said Mr. Lee.
"We had a discussion with the health authorities and tried to establish a plan with details for donation. Some of the recovered members have already donated individually, feeling thankful for the assistance from the government and medical teams. They expressed their will to make contribution to the society," said an official in the church.
Some local governments in South Korea recently brought lawsuits against the church with allegations that the church did not cooperate with the authorities by not submitting the full list of church facilities and members.
"No evidence has been found that Shincheonji supplied missing or altered lists. And there were only minor differences," said Kim Kang-lip, vice-minister of Health. Academic researches on Shincheonji and COVID-19 stated that the church "provided the list of its South Korean members six days after it was requested" and "it was initially unclear whether shut down facilities and properties should be included" when the government asked for the lists of real estate.
(Shincheonji and Coronavirus in South Korea: Sorting Fact from Fiction - A White Paper https://www.eupoliticalreport.eu/covid-19-and-the-shincheonji-church-in-south-korea-a-white-paper-reveals-the-truth/)
A Shincheonji media coordinator said the church will cooperate fully with investigations from government agencies.
South Korea reported 12,535 confirmed cases and 281 deaths from COVID-19.
Press Release of the HWPL
The Coronavirus Spreads the Virus of Human Rights Violation and Intolerance
The rapid spread of the Coronavirus infections in South Korea with many cases found among members of a Christian denomination named the Shincheonji Church of Jesus is raising concerns that hatred and animosity targeted to the specific religious organization increase human rights violations.
The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC), an organization under the Ministry of Welfare and Health, stated that 123 additional cases have been confirmed with the total of 556 as of February 23. Many of confirmed cases were found in the city of Daegu and the North Gyeongsang Province.
South Korean prime minister Chung Sye-Kyun in his public statement asked citizens to cooperate with the government and avoid large-scale gatherings and the virus has low fatality rate and can be cured sufficiently by early isolation and treatment.
But the South Korean government did not mention prohibition of entry from China, which has constantly been raised by Korean Medical Association and opposition parties. For the online national petition to the executive office for the President of South Korea on the prohibition of entry, no official responses have been made by the government despite 760,000 supports. The South Korean public news agency, Yonhap News, introduced the possible relationship between the influx of 1,000 Chinese school trips to Daegu last month.
The Shincheonji Church, which has gained main attention for the virus proliferation and counteraction, released a statement on the same day that the church is in close cooperation with the health authorities, including offering the full list of members the Shincheonji Church in Daegu to the KCDC, as many members of the church have been exposed to the virus after the 31st confirmed case from a member of the church was found.
With the fear of increasing infection cases, major newspaper reports and social media posts in South Korea turn their eyes on the Shincheonji Church, many of which are speculative information. Some South Korean media owned by the conservative and fundamentalist Protestant groups that have denounced Shincheonji released an article saying that Shincheonji ordered its members to participate in other church services so that the Coronavirus is not solely the Shincheonji problem.
"As a scholar who has studied Shincheonji, I am concerned with the fact that international media that obviously know nothing about it have "discovered" this church overnight because of the coronavirus incidents in Korea, and have repeated inaccurate information they found on low-level Internet sources," said Prof. Massimo Intovigne, a well-known Italian sociologist of religion and the managing director of CESNUR (Center for Studies on New Religions).
"Even of more concern is the fact that Shincheonji members who have contracted the virus, who are the victims in this story, are being treated unfairly by the Korean media and described as "cultists." Worse still, some Shincheonji members have been insulted, discriminated and forced out of their jobs, as scapegoats for what has become a national and international hysteria about the virus," added Prof. Intovigne.
The negative attitude against the new Christian denomination is on the ground of decades-long confrontation with the conservative and fundamentalist Christian groups whose political activism raised controversies on corruption, which triggered breakaway from these groups and joining the new Christian movement led by Shincheonji.
"Turning a blind eye and a deaf ear to the illegal activities of the conservative church in South Korea, such as kidnapping and confinement for forced conversion, resulted in violence against the rapid increase of Shincheonji members. Intensifying the degree of indiscriminate hatred promoted by unfounded information in media and communication platforms poses a continuing, grave concern for the already gross violation of human rights against them," said Willey Fautré, Director of Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF).

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The Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics
About Us Academics Scholarships Internships Faculty & Staff Research Alumni & Giving
A bipartisan research, teaching and experiential learning institute dedicated to increasing understanding of the political process with special emphasis on political parties, grassroots activity, civility and ethics, and hands-on learning through internships and events.
The State of the Parties: 2020 & Beyond Virtual Conference
November 4 - 5. 2021
The University of Akron's Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics will sponsor the eighth quadrennial "State of the Parties" conference on American political parties on November 4 – 5, 2021. The purpose of the conference is to assess changes in American political parties resulting from the 2020 presidential campaign and election. The conference will bring together scholars and practitioners for this purpose, and the best papers will be included in the 9th edition of The State of the Parties, scheduled to be published in 2022.
Papers on any aspect of contemporary American political parties are welcome, including political polarization; regional voting patterns; national, state and local party organizations; presidential primaries and campaigns; the role of money and other resources in the 2020 campaigns; and the role of parties and partisanship in the federal, state, and local governments.
Scholars interested in presenting a paper should submit a one-page proposal by March 1, 2021 to the Bliss Institute at bliss@uakron.edu. Please feel free to share this information with interested colleagues and students.
Spring 2021 events are forthcoming.
The Greater Akron Civility Center
Setting standards, providing resources, and working to create a culture of civility in the Greater Akron community.
Bliss Institute in the News
What Congress must do to protect itself
Interim Director David Cohen co-authored an opinion piece about the need for Congress to consider alternative means of conducting its business.
Sen. Brown renews calls for Trump's removal via 25th Amendment, impeachment
Interim Director David Cohen says using the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office is "an expedient process" that would give Trump no ability to seize back his presidential power before the end of his term.
Ohio Political Scientist: Use of 25th Amendment Could by Swift to Remove Trump from Office
Interim Director David Cohen was interviewed about the mechanisms available to members of Congress for removing a U.S. president from office.
Rep. Tim Ryan and University of Akron Political Professor on Capitol Attack
Interim Director David Cohen provided historical context and offered his perspective on the attack on the U.S. Capitol. His interview begins at minute 14:00 of the program.
Why Study Applied Politics?
Alumnus Jason Huff (MA '04), Senior Policy Advisor to the Tennessee House Democratic Causcus, discusses his career path and shares advice for students.
Why Take an Internship?
Graduate Student Kevin Cohen shares his internship experience with the Tim Ryan for Congress Campaign.
Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics
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The end of the World: NOTW's final edition was a PR exercise
by Anthony Bullick | Jul 11, 2011 | General
For anyone who has been living under a rock for the past couple of weeks, the last ever edition of the News of the World was printed on July 10 amid allegations of phone hacking.
About 3.8m copies were sold, fuelled mainly by readers' curiosity or the desire for a souvenir.
Despite growing public outrage over the scandal, people were clearly (and understandably) interested to see what the 'historic' final edition would look like.
In essence, it amounted to a PR exercise – and a reasonably successful one at that.
The editorial team (many of whom did not work for the paper at the time of the alleged phone hacking) decided to remind readers of the tabloid's long list of scoops during its 168-year history.
As well as some of the NOTW's more salacious tales of 'love rat' footballers and celebrity gossip, we were reminded that the paper has been responsible for some fine examples of what could be termed campaigning, public-interest journalism.
The ex-wife of a member of the royal family allegedly sells access to him. An MP attempts to pay off a prostitute to silence her. These are stories that should be investigated and exposed.
The final edition also reminded readers of some of the NOTW's front pages covering world events from the early 20th century, before the paper moved downmarket.
In short, Sunday's swansong represented an attempt to protect the NOTW brand on the same day it was consigned to history.
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And I end up with a bundle costing me a cool two bills a month.
Outside of the occasional on-demand movie or DVRd show I missed when it originally aired, I was just throwing away money with my cable subscription.
With the exception of HBO, I rarely watch anything on EPIX, STARZ, or any of the other premium channels I pay so dearly for.
So you can imagine my delight to hear that I'll be able to decouple from cable and still get my HBO on.
Well maybe you can't actually imagine my delight – but I am delighted damn it!
I started transitioning away from cable a few years ago when I got my Apple TV.
With Hulu Plus, Netflix, and iTunes, I've got access to virtually the same content as if offered on premium cable channels.
And the HBO GO app also allows me to watch all the content on that channel (albeit with my cable subscription) on the go.
The bigger thing for me, though, is not the decoupling of HBO from cable, it's the precedent that HBO has set with this move.
Already, premium networks like EPIX, STARZ, ESPN, and Showtime have apps that let you access their content on demand.
With Apple TV, Roku, Chromecast, Amazon Fire and gaming systems like Xbox and Playstation all offering streaming services, once other broadcast companies follow suit, you're no longer going to be beholden to the cable companies.
And soon(er than later) you'll be able to cut the ties that bind (literally and figuratively) and get rid of that stupid cable bill.
We'll have to see what kinds of deals HBO is able to strike with other set top box manufacturers, and how many of them ultimately end up carrying the channel.
But it's definitely a sign of things to come.
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Watching TV on the toilet. Simulcasting to apps is the future (of broadcasting)
You must master the four screens.
This weekend, I was watching The Alien, 48 year old Bernard Hopkins defend his title against Karo Murat, the 30 year old challenger from Germany.
The fight was fairly spirited and I was thoroughly engaged.
But as my salsa and cheese dip decided they wanted out, I had a difficult choice to make.
Do I suffer through the next six rounds and try to suppress my bowels or make a b-line for the commode and miss the fight?
My trips to the latrine are rarely brief.
My intestines got the better of me, and as round six ended, I reluctantly broke for the bathroom.
Back in the day, this story would have ended with me Googling the results or checking The Bleacher Report or ESPN.
But something told me to check out the App Store to see if there was an app that would let me watch the fight live from the toilet.
The fight was on Showtime, so I decided I'd start there.
What was there to lose?
As I plopped down upon my throne to handle the affairs of state, I whipped out my iPhone and quickly located the Showtime Anytime app.
I downloaded and launched the app, and true to form, there was a Live TV tab in the footer.
When it pulled up the program choices, there was a 'Watch Now' button next to the Hopkins/Murat listing of the fight.
Before I knew it, I had taken in six rounds of boxing on the crapper, and I realized that broadcasting had come a long way.
The future of broadcasting was in my hands.
No. Not the toilet paper. I had already flushed that.
Although toilet paper is a wonderful invention.
I'm talking about apps which allow you to consume live media.
I think HBO was the first content provider to drop an app which let their subscribers access content from their mobile devices.
Others quickly followed suit and there were similar offerings from the likes of ESPN, A&E and Cartoon Network.
Soon regular broadcast players joined, including ABC, PBS, CBS and TBS.
Not to be left out, cable providers made sure they had skin in the game with their apps, including Time Warner, Cablevision, Verizon Fios and Xfinity.
The battle for eyeballs has gotten so fierce that if you're not present on all platforms, you're giving up valuable ground to the competition.
It used to be enough to have a broadcast channel with good content.
Back in the day, all you had were the broadcast television networks, like ABC, CBS, and NBC.
The networks had a virtual monopoly.
Then came cable, which changed the game.
No longer were you restricted to 'tame' television.
You had options. And no commercials.
And then the internet decided to change things up a little more, offering tons of video content that you couldn't find on television or cable.
And for the most part, it was free.
YouTube was the genesis of this, but other players like Hulu and Vimeo kept things interesting (and ever expanding with user generated videos and internet only shows).
When Netflix brought their DVDs by mail into the home, first streaming over the internet and then through set top boxes, the broadcast ecosystem fractured even further.
And now there's mobile.
It's not enough that you're proficient on one platform at the expense of the others.
To meet the needs of an increasingly mobile and demanding audience, you've got to master them all.
And as a content creator, you're going to want to leverage distribution methods that ensure you're meeting your audience, wherever they are.
If you're not simulcasting (or offering your content simultaneously across multiple platforms), best believe the next guy is.
As technology evolves, users are going to expect faster, more streamlined access to all forms of media.
I predict that in the future, we're going to see more players offering content that is traditionally delivered to televisions being delivered to set top boxes, online, and through apps simultaneously.
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BNP Paribas Wealth Management reinforces its investment strategy
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BNP Paribas Wealth Management is strengthening its investment strategy resources in order to meet the growing demand from its Private Banking clientele for market intelligence. Given the rapid and complex developments taking place in the financial marketplace, the ability to communicate a clear view of the markets is key for BNP Paribas Wealth Management to be able to provide clients with first-class advice on how to invest their assets.
In order to meet this need, BNP Paribas Wealth Management is able, when drawing up its investment strategy, to call on Group-wide expertise in various specialist fields – including asset management, investment banking and real estate – in addition to Wealth Management's own global and local analysis capability.
The BNP Paribas Group's international reach and structure are a major plus in achieving these objectives, as our investment strategists working at the various Wealth Management entities act in concert, pooling their local knowledge to draw up an investment strategy across all markets – the United States, Europe, Asia, plus emerging markets. BNP Paribas Wealth Management is thus well-placed to provide clients with local market intelligence coupled with a global view.
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Here Are The Weirdest 12 Quotes From Trump's New York Times Interview
My brain hurts.
By Amber Jamieson
Amber Jamieson BuzzFeed News Reporter
Last updated on July 20, 2017, at 12:25 p.m. ET
Posted on July 20, 2017, at 11:26 a.m. ET
President Trump sat down for an interview with the New York Times in the Oval Office on Wednesday. He made tons of political news — for example, he said he wouldn't have picked Jeff Sessions for Attorney General if he'd known Sessions would recuse himself from the Russia investigation — but he also said a bunch of bonkers stuff.
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1. First, the president doesn't seem to know the difference between health insurance and life insurance. He says a 21-year-old can get health insurance for $12 a year which is...no.
It's not the first time Trump has apparently confused health and life insurance, either. He did the same thing back in May in an interview with The Economist. The Washington Post has a good explainer of this brain puddle here.
2. Trump thinks his recent speech in Poland about fighting for the West was the greatest speech, just huge, maybe even the best speech ever given on foreign soil by a US president.
The Southern Poverty Law Center said Trump used his speech to "fan flames of nationalism and promote the idea of a clash of civilizations," emboldening the European far right.
3. Trump also mentioned the incredibly awkward handshakes he keeps having with French President Emmanuel Macron. First there was the white-knuckled death grip from May, then there was the seemingly never-ending handshake last week.
It's true, though. Macron does love holding Trump's hand.
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Donald Trump just broke his own awkward handshake record with Emmanuel Macron 😂😩😳
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4. And then Trump praised Macron some more, but came back again to the whole handshake thing.
5. Speaking of handshakes, Trump also reminisced about that time he failed to shake the hand of German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the Oval Office for the cameras. He said he never heard the photographers asking for a handshake.
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6. Trump described last week's Bastille Day parade in Paris as "super-duper" — even if he didn't seem so into the marching band playing Daft Punk at the time. But he liked the planes!
"It was one of the most beautiful parades I have ever seen," he said. "And in fact, we should do one one day down Pennsylvania Ave."
7. Now, we know Trump loves a crowd, but he thinks the crowd that gathered outside the Eiffel Tower when he dined there was maybe the largest ever such gathering.
Here's a photo of people gathered under the Eiffel Tower that evening during the dinner:
Jean-sebastien Evrard / AFP / Getty Images
This wasn't the first time he'd inspired people to gather under the Eiffel Tower, though. This is from Nov. 19, 2016, shortly after Trump won the election.
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And this is Paris during the Women's March in January, the day after his inauguration.
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Huge crowds.
8. Trump also spoke about Napoleon and Hitler and how cold it is in Russia and then, for some reason, about how great the economy is doing...
9. Trump reminisced about sitting next to the Japanese prime minister's wife, who he said doesn't speak a word of English, at a dinner during the G20.
FYI, Madame Akie Abe, the first lady of Japan, normally gives public presentations in Japanese, but she's given at least one speech in English (although it's not immediately clear how much she speaks).
10. Trump was busy talking about the firing of James Comey when a little tiny visitor appeared in the Oval Office.
Trump is super proud of his granddaughter speaking Chinese — even having her sing to Chinese President Xi Jinping when he visited in April.
11. Back to the election, Trump said "there wasn't much I could say about Hillary Clinton that was worse than what I was already saying" — except if, say, she shot someone.
12. But, despite all the Hillary trash talk, Trump doesn't want to say whether she should face any charges.
Got all that?
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Amber Jamieson is a reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in New York.
Contact Amber Jamieson at amber.jamieson@buzzfeed.com.


With more and more Americans, especially Millennials, reporting chronic 'loneliness,' the San Antonio Better Business Bureau warns that Valentine's Week is the peak time for 'romance scams,' News Radio 1200 WOAI reports.
Jason Meza, who is the regional director of the Better Business Bureau in San Antonio, says the scams prey on lonely people of all ages, and frequently follow the same pattern.
He says it starts with the scammer using traditional dating apps to contact the potential victim and determine if that person might be vulnerable.
"Fraudsters will take weeks or months to 'groom' a victim, increasingly asking for small favors, and then they have an 'emergency,' some sort of emergency where they ask for a lot of money."
He says the scammers are very good and hitting the places where the victim is the most vulnerable.
He says the communication is generally by text, although telephone calls are used as well. He says they often start using terms of endearment like 'honey' and 'sweetheart' right away, and see if the potential victim responds.
"They are using legitimate dating sites and apps, and they frequently carry a story from site to site, in hopes of finding a victim."
He says because the scammers are frequently working on multiple victims at once, check out the text and see if there are any suspicious sounding phrases, that might, for example, have been meant for another person who lives in another city or has different characteristics. If the scammer has commented on your blue eyes, and then sends a message complimenting your 'lovely brown eyes,' that is a solid clue that the person is actually stringing along several prospective victims.
"The profess their love in a matter of days," he said. "And victims often don't report the money loss to authorities because they feel ashamed or embarrassed."
He says frequently the scammers will claim to be service members living overseas or people who work for a company in another country. He says those claims can generally be checked out, and if the person claims to be working on some 'classified' mission, in an attempt to stop you from checking on him or her, be very suspicious.
He says romance scammers steal profile pictures for use on the dating app they use to troll for victims, so if you scan the picture, Meza says chances are good that you will find it is some completely unrelated person's Facebook profile.


An exhibition by art photographer Jiří Šebek called Temples of the New Age (Chrámy nové doby) opens on the afternoon of May 15 and runs to June 10 at the Czech Photo Centre.
Šebek won the Prague Grant in 2016 at the Czech Press Photo competition, which helped in the development of this group of photos. The work is still ongoing.
The current exhibition has 33 large-format square black-and-white photographs of architectural details on modern and postmodern buildings. They were made with time exposures of several minutes using neutral density filters so that there are dynamic effects from clouds and rich dark tones. The movement of the clouds is meant to contrast with the static nature of the buildings.
Visually and in terms of content, this series runs against the classical style of depiction of Prague's buildings. As is true for all the works by Šebek, there is characteristic precision, minimalism and purity in the rendering of the images.
Šebek, who began his carer in 2004, has continued to take pictures of old Prague, towers and churches as well. This has naturally resulted in the idea of creating a contrasting series of new and modern Prague architecture.
The current group of photos does not document changes in the developing parts of the capital. Šebek conceived the works exclusively as art. The individual buildings are examined in such a way that they function independently but also systematically complement the overall concept. Each building has a specific shape, making it irreplaceable in this series.
Šebek does not seek to evaluate the individual architectural works. He does not try explore their beauty or ugliness. In every building, he tries to capture its essence and uniqueness.
He is also not commenting on urban planning. "The building itself, such as Crystal at metro Želivského, does not have to fit into the urban style, but it offers the possibility to create an extraordinary photo," Šebek said in a press release.
The buildings included date from the 1970s up to ones completed recently and even ones still under construction.
The exhibition space gives the viewer the ability to view the buildings and photos separately or consider them all together. One does not depend on the other.
After the May 15 opening, the exhibition will be open daily except Mondays starting May 16. From Tuesday to Friday it is from 11 am to 6 pm and on weekends from 10 am to 6 pm. The Czech Photo Centre is just 100 meters from Nové Butovice metro station at Seydlerova 2835/4 in Prague 5.
For more information visit www.chramynovedoby.cz and www.czechphotocentre.cz.


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Ex-Charger Antonio Gates takes a loss in sale of Encino mansion
The 8,500-square-foot home in Encino had been listed for as much as $7.249 million.
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By Neal J. LeiteregStaff Writer
Former Chargers tight end Antonio Gates and his wife, reality television personality Sasha Gates, have sold their modern mansion in Encino for $6.5 million.
The couple bought the property two years ago for $6.995 million, the Los Angeles Times previously reported.
The multilevel house, built in 2016, was updated during the Gateses' ownership and features an open-concept floor plan with 15-foot ceilings and skylights. A two-way fireplace divides the family room and gleaming chef's kitchen. In the family room, a glass-enclosed wine cellar and tasting room fills the far wall.
The 8,500-square-foot contemporary home sits behind gates on two-thirds of an acre. (Wayne Ford)
A home theater, six bedrooms and eight bathrooms fill out the 8,500-square-foot interior. There's also a converted office in one of the garages.
Outside, grounds measuring two-thirds of an acre center on an infinity-edge swimming pool with a spa, a fireplace and a built-in barbecue. Elsewhere on the property is a sports court.
Antonio Gates, 39, sat out the 2019 NFL campaign despite expressing an interest in returning for a 17th season with the Chargers. The talented pass-catcher is the Chargers' all-time leader in receptions (960), receiving touchdowns (117) and receiving yards (11,882).
Sasha Gates was a main cast member on "Wags," a reality TV show that documented the lives of spouses of professional athletes, from 2015-17. Last year, she appeared in the romance-drama film "Kinky."
Chris Lucibello and Natasha Noreiga of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties were the listing agents. Alma Schwartz of Real Estate Masters Group represented the buyer.
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Tim Tebow passes Jacksonville home for $1.4 million
In his hometown of Jacksonville, former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow has sold his waterfront home for $1.4 million — the same price he paid in 2014.
The Band's Robbie Robertson stages a sale in Beverly Hills
Musician and composer Robbie Robertson just trimmed the price of his sleek modern home in the Beverly Hills Post Office area to $4.2 million.
Santa Monica's Sunset Park neighborhood sees highest sale ever at $5.387 million
A jagged concrete home in Santa Monica's Sunset Park neighborhood just sold for $5.387 million, a price record for the community.


While the rule establishes enforceable national standards for the on-farm growing, harvesting and holding of domestic and imported produce, it also includes many other provisions that have raised many technical and business questions.
The recommendations ensure that the ingredients derived from these techniques will not be in certified organic food or beverages.
This year Food Engineering's revived Sustainable Plant of the Year Award has been given to Clif Bar for its newly built bakery in Twin Falls, Idaho.
Market research has proven that being the first in a category or introducing a novel flavor is beneficial. However, it isn't always who is first, but who is doing it better.
New technology is helping members of the food processing industry improve the management and performance of their supply chain.
From water quality to our exclusive list of the Top 100 Food and Beverage companies, these were Food Engineering's Top 10 stories of 2016.
Small business and very small business see FSMA compliance dates coming soon.
Two of the most futuristic sounding technologies are working together to change the manufacturing world while saving processors a lot of upfront costs.
The sale also includes PFFJ farm operations in California, Arizona and Wyoming.
Sabra Dipping Co. has voluntarily recalled certain hummus products due to Listeria monocytogenes being found at the manufacturing facility.
Estimates suggest that by 2030, the number of overweight and obese people will have increased from 1.33 billion in 2005 to 3.28 billion.
Whether you're anticipating using lean or another strategy or a combination, realize that it will require a total commitment of everyone in your company.


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Death toll rises to 7 in NE China tornado (9)
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Seven people were killed, 98 injured after a tornado and hailstorm struck northeast China's Heilongjiang Province on Saturday, a local official source said Sunday. Photo taken by Li Yong, Xinhua News Agency.
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On Sept. 26, a resident passes by a flower terrace decorated for the coming National Day. (Xinhua/Hang Xingwei)
The photo, taken on Sept. 26, shows the SWAT team ready for the joint exercise. (Xinhua/Wangkai)
Two metro trains in Shanghai collided Tuesday afternoon, and an identified number of passengers were injured in the accident, the Shanghai-based eastday.com reported. Equipment failures were believed to have caused the crash on the Line 10 subway, Xinhua quoted local subway operator as saying.
An employee at a gold store in Yiwu, located in east China's Zhejiang province, shows gold jewelry on Monday.(Xinhua/Zhang Jiancheng)
Tourists ride camels near China's largest desert lake Hongjiannao in Yulin, north China's Shaanx Province, Sept. 24, 2011. Hongjiannao is shrinking as a result of climate change and human activities, and may vanish in a few decades. Its lake area, which measured more than 6,700 hectares in 1996, has shrunk to 4,180 hectares. Its water level is declining by 20-30 centimeters annually and its water PH value has risen to 9.0-9.42 from 7.4-7.8. (Xinhua/Liu Yu)
Actors perform royal dance at the Gyeongbok Palace in Seoul, Sept. 27, 2011. A ceremony commemorating the 38th South Korea Sightseeing Day was held in Gyeongbok Palace on Tuesday. (Xinhua/He Lulu)