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Discussion in 'Strings' started by SAFMAN69, Oct 26, 2009.
is there any difference in the two strings in how they play?
If you ask Tecnifibre, they will answer NO to this, BUT BUT BUT......
In my personal view and I know many other Tennis Talk guys shares my point of view in this regards, the red X1 plays NOTHING LIKE THE ORIGINAL natural colored X1.
The red coating takes all of the really great things away from the X1 string. I bought several packs of the red version because it looked cool, and at first I was stubborn and wouldn't admit it played like cr#*#ap, but now I'm back testing and using the natural colored X1 in 1.24 gauge and love it.
So STAY AWAY FROM THE RED X1 - IT STINKS COMPARED TO THE NATURAL X1 !
It's certainly NOT VS natty gut, but X1 Natural 1.24 plays like what it is - one of the best multis you can get for money.
^^I think the balls tend to fly with X-1 sometimes. NRG2 is less powerful but has better control. better ball pocketing..
fedace you are wrong. as usual.
x-1 is stiffer and therefore has less power.
LOL, stiff has nothing to do with power.... Where does it say that X-1 is less powerful than NRG2 ??? prove it. Most people in the forum think X-1 is more powerful...:???:
i am on a red x1! i will try the other color on my next string job. there's white too right?
He's right about the ball pocketing though.
what?? you too think NRG2 has more power ?????????
NRG2 has more power. I have tested them at the same tension. also not to mention the facts state that x one is a bit stiffer.
X-1 is stiffer, that i agree. so what does stiffness have to do with power ? X-1 is stiffer and has more power, i felt like.
Fedace, Everyone has their own opinion on strings. For most people, this string has less power than NRG2. It is agreed these two are similiar strings, but in general, nrg2 is known to have more power.
and what stiffness has to do with power is alot. think of kirschbaum super smash spiky, a really stiff poly vs pro supex big ace, which has more power and why? the big ace because it pockets the ball better and is less stiff
LMAO........... Proline 2 has Tons more power than big ace. and big ace is alot softer than the Proline2. does that not blow your theory out of water ? and Another myth. Ball pocketing doesn't give you more power, it gives you more CONTROL..............
natural gut is the least stiff of all strings and it pockets the most. and yet it has the most power.
also higher tensions pocket less, and how is it that it gives more control?
Natural gut cannot be figured into the equation. Natural gut has more elasticity than any other known string in the market,, that is why it has so much power. But then according to you, 18 gauge NRG2 would have more power than 17 G NRG2 right ??? since 18 gauge pockets the ball more. IS that what you are saying also ????
18 gauge does have more power than 17 gauge.
A higher stiffness means more control, less power, and less comfort. Stiffer strings exhibit higher peak impact tension, higher peak force, less string deflection, and shorter dwell time (time on the strings). This leads to less power because the higher force crushes the ball more and loses energy.
then why does X-1 perform better at higher tensions and NRG2 at lower tensions ?
don't know why ? I just feel like my opponents have more problems if i am serving with X-1 then the NRG2. and i think X-1 is so much lighter than NRG2. it is odd.
for X one to perform better at higher tensions is an opinion and not a fact. In order to make such a conclusion, you must be able to back it up with a reliable source. In my case, My reliable source is tenniswarehouse and I can conclude that stiffer strings have less power, more control and less comfort.
What you are saying can be false for all I know, both your statements are opinions and not facts. First off, you said that X-One Biphase has more power than NRG2. That is a opinion that you have failed yet to prove to be a fact. Second of all, you said X-one Biphase plays better at higher tensions. Again, that is a opinion and not a fact because I believe that for my use, it is well at 55.
I rest my case.
(I plan on getting a bachelors in psychology or business then going to law school, so this was good practice.)
then why does 90 % of the people say X-1 has more power than NRG2 ?
play nice guys :S
so, coming back to the final question
how is the red x-one different? is it still a good multi? because they only have the red x-one at my club.
My local stringer tells me that any grips/strings that are dyed a different color usually perform different then natural/white ones (usually not as good) since the dye alters some things. I'm not sure if this applies to the X-1, but I usually use the natural colors.
Ive heard that as well.
Although in some objects "white" is a color as well, it's not natural by any means.....
(obviously most "natural" string is "natural" though)
I had good luck with the Red X1. It might be different but Im not sure it's horrible or anything. It seemed to have more of a coating to it that got sheered off after awhile.
More dye could mean it has more coating, With my friend's red X-1 it felt like i could almost stick my fingernails into the string and "peel" a thing layer off, of course i really cudn't but thats what it felt like,
I am using the red XOne and it seems to play identical to the natural.
again this is totally personnel preference and opinions, some might like the natural better, others might think the red plays better my best suggestion would be to string 2 rackets with the same string but diff colors and hit with them
i only have the red available from my stringer.
I played with both and while the natural felt like a top multi the red just felt like a cheap synthetic.
If you do search on the forum you will see many guys agreeing with my statement.
Ive played both and IMO the natural is completely different, a much better string, dont know why, maybe it is to do with the coating??
I originally had my Rebel strung with full natural x1 and it was amazing for a short time in every department. When I saw the red on the bay cheaper I bought it to save a few bob and it was like playing a totally different string.
I agree with this, the red sucks @$$
Again this is a opinion and not a fact. Do you have proof that 90% of the people think it has more power?
I am totally alright with you stating your opinion. BUT for you to state your opinion and call it a fact, that is just wrong. What I am saying is that I believe NRG2 has more power.
this is quite true. i've only hit lightly for one hour on my new red x-1 and its already fading, turning white.. another plus point to get the natural color. when everyone is arguing which color is better etc, at least cosmetic-wise, i would say "pink" strings aint cool. :neutral:
I think only way to prove it is if you went out and measure the speed of your serves and groundies with two different strings. NRG2 and X-1.
The only way this can be done is if we had a consistent radar gun that read serves consistently. We also would need to have the rackets strung at the same time with the same machine. The machine would have to be accurate. Then we would have to do an average of about 50 serves because statistics show, the more something is recorded, the more accurate the average will be. From then, we would have to look at the data for any influental points or outliers that can make the data inaccurate. From there we can look at the lows and highs and also check to see how many standard deviations most of the points lie from the mean or median. If the data from that matches up pretty evenly, we can then conclude which string is more powerful based on expiremental studys.
Once we do that, we can culminate this argument about which string is more powerful. It is also intuitively obvious to the most casual observer with a quick perusal of talk tennis members that this process is a lengthy process and that it will not change peoples opinion on this string. it will only prove facts that will not change my opinion. I am also showing some clemency here by explaining to you this whole process while instead I could be blasting you like other members about your habit of saying things that are opinions and yet you call them facts which irritate people.
makes sense. anybody doing it?
I got an idea. Why don't we just make a Poll with a thread, which string is more powerful ? I think this forum has so many people who has tried both strings that we should have a good enough votes ? what do you think ?
its useless throwing this back to the polls. might as well try it out ourselves and keep our own opinion. anyway, lets not hijack this thread.
Fedace, A poll will be better than our opinion BUT a poll will tally up peoples opinions and not facts. Like I said, one of the only accurate ways is to get statistics on the data, match up outliers and influental points, see how many standard deviations the points lie from the mean and median. if it matches up there, we then have a conclusion.
And yes, lets not hijack this thread. sorry you guys.
Preemptive Poll strike!
A Poll?
Geez, who cares? If you think it's more powerful then good, that's all that matters after all.....
Just count all the responses on this thread (which probably already at least is something anyone who's used X1 is going to look at).
And then all that, someone would still disagree about whether it's more powerful or not.
A rebound test would probably be more accurate then anyone's opinion anyway. Usually when you hit a tennis ball it's not like you know for sure you're swinging at the same speed so you dont always know what the racquet is doing anyway.
For me usually if I have a string that pockets the ball more, I get a more accurate shot, and I feel more like letting go and firing away. (thus I can hit the ball harder)
I agree with you. A poll is just a whole bunch of opinions tallied up. In order for the test to be accurate as far as groundstrokes go, you must need several groundstrokes measured with a radar gun. I am talking hundreds.
think of it this way, you flip a coin twenty times, you are probably not going to get 50-50, but the more flips there are, the more closer to 50-50 it is and half and half is the probability.
Ok then what if i called up the Technifibre string experts at the company, what would they say ? would they also say NRG2 is more powerful ?:???:
Depends on which one they would rather you buy?
More expensive probably means more powerful?
Not sure about that. Technical experts for the company will usually give you a honest opinion. they sell both strings very well so i don't think they have reason to lie.
But then again, who cares?
I think it's about a horse a piece.
X1 is probably just has a crisper feel to it and it makes more of a "thunk!" so that makes people think that it's hitting the ball either faster or softer depending on whatever their imagination tells them....
I gotta go with Fedace on this one, X-1 did feel like it had quite a bit more power then the NRG. As for the OPs Q, the red really does have an odd and nasty (imo) feel. Go with the X-1 Natty!
Natty wins!
Here is the technifibre contact.
WHat do u mean by "nasty"? Did u compare it with the natural?
It feels little more dead, the red one. feels more paperly....if you get my meaning..
I have no idea what u mean.
I don't know how the string could be differenct just because its red?
It doesn't make sense???
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Saints have confirmed the sale of Luke Shaw to Manchester United.
The 18-year-old has signed a four-year contract at Old Trafford, with the option to extend it by a further year.
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As revealed by the Daily Echo, Shaw told Saints at the end of the season that he wished to leave for United this summer, and he has got his way soon after returning from the World Cup with England.
Saints have issued a statement to say: "Southampton Football Club can confirm that Luke Shaw has today completed his move to Manchester United.
"The Saints Academy graduate moves to Old Trafford for an undisclosed fee. The fee will amount to the highest-ever transfer fee received by the club, making the 18 year-old the most expensive teenager ever.
"Executive Director Les Reed commented: "While we are sad to see Luke depart the club, we fought to ensure that we got the right deal for a player in whom we have invested a great deal of work over the past decade.
"Luke joined us at the age of eight, and our academy staff and coaches have helped him to progress into a top-class player. He will leave our club and carry forward our top-class pedigree, as others have done before.
"This deal is a good one for Southampton Football Club, and hopefully sends a clear message to other clubs wishing to bid for our players.
"Luke's transfer fee will be reinvested into the team as our new manager, Ronald Koeman, builds for the new season and for years to come."
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Family feels complete, thanks to adoption
PLUM CITY --- Upon walking into the Paul Horsley/Michelle Lorch home in Plum City, one can't help but notice their two-year-old son Jack, bounding around the house with all the energy of a typical two-year-old.
He's usually shadowing his eight-year-old sister Gaby, in a way that younger siblings do to their older ones.
There's just one difference from everyone's so-called "typical" family: Jack and Gaby were born in Guatemala and were adopted.
"These two kids are a great story," Horsley said.
Although the exact figures are unknown, in 2001, about 127,000 children were adopted in the U.S., according to the NAIC (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse), with about 2,100 being in Minnesota and over 2,500 in Wisconsin.
And while Horsley and Lorch didn't adopt Jack and Gaby until 2004, 2001 was a significant year for them.
After the 9/11 terrorist attack, the two were ready for a lifestyle change.
The pair, who was married in 1999, wanted to escape the daily lifestyle of the Twin Cities for something more relaxing. They found it in Pierce County, specifically in Plum City, where they have resided ever since.
Now, with that hurdle down, the couple went on to their next one--adding to their family.
"We're interested in pursuing the adoption of an older child," Lorch said. She added the couple tried the U.S. system, but described it as "hit and miss," especially when they heard the news older children in the U.S. who are up for adoption have usually been neglected or abused and the increased likelihood younger children could be abused due to their past experiences.
Then, to factor in the difficulties, as Horsley described it, he and his first wife had in adopting a daughter, Ariel, which was a U.S. adoption, made the decision for Horsley and Lorch to go international an easy call.
The couple enlisted the help of Crossroads Adoption Services of Hudson and, with their help, settled on Guatemala as the place.
The process then began, which the two laugh about now, but not quite back then.
"It's definitely challenging due to the amount of paperwork," Lorch said. "There were pieces of uncertainty, but it's completely worth it because these are wonderful kids."
Among some of the challenges faced were getting good letters of conduct from law enforcement officials wherever they've lived for the last 10 years, including states such as Texas, New York, Missouri, Minnesota and now Wisconsin. (Both Horsley and Lorch are pilots for a major airline.)
"We had to be squeaky clean," Lorch said.
And of course, there is the money. As Crossroads Adoption Services Director Charlotte Vick said earlier, in her eight years associated with the agency, she has seen most adoptions reach $10,000 or more.
Lorch said her only request before they started the process was she wanted to bring home an infant. That wasn't a problem, as within a couple of months, they were told two Guatemala mothers were pregnant with boys and were ready to give them up for adoption, and they would get the first one. Jack was born in January 2004.
Gaby was a different story. The agency they worked for in Guatemala said they had an older girl available from the same orphanage as had cared for Jack. She just turned six.
"We didn't even need to look at her picture," Lorch said, indicating how convinced they were.
Because the two weren't biologically related, it was one more obstacle for them, as government rules in Guatemala call for separate paperwork for each child.
With that matter solved, Horsley and Lorch were finally ready to see their children for the first time in June 2004. It was an interesting plane ride, as it consisted of one day down to Guatemala, the next day there to pick them up and the following day the plane ride back.
Because Gaby (born Ana Gabriela) was never around the English language before coming here, there was concern how she would adjust, especially when she started school the following September. Those concerns were quickly eased, as within the first three weeks of coming to the U.S., she was picking up everything she could in English and, by the second week of school, was sounding like every other normal kid.
"She's like a little mother to him," Horsley said. "Jack's crazy for Gaby."
And while some adoption couples end up not having enough cash or can't survive the paperwork or even end up getting conned on the other end, Horsley and Lorch are more than happy they went through it.
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The advocates asked state Attorney General Bob Ferguson and the Employment Security Department to investigate the actions of the Lacey, Thurston County-based Washington Farm Labor Association regarding the survey.
"We also request action to protect agricultural workers from economic harm as a consequence of such actions," said the letter from the Washington State Labor Council, the AFL-CIO, Columbia Legal Services and others.
The voluntary survey asked growers how and how much they pay workers for different tasks and different crops, such as hourly wages for pruning and piece-rate pay — or how much they produce — for harvest. The data is used by the U.S. Department of Labor to set wage rates for employment contracts, such as those for temporary guest workers from foreign countries.
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The Washington Farm Labor Association did not immediately return telephone calls from The Associated Press on Tuesday.
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Fazio wrote that the association recommended providing hourly base-pay rates instead of piece rates because they are more consistent through the season.
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"We apologize if you believe that our guidance created bias in the survey and we pledge to work with you on outreach in upcoming surveys to provide accurate results," Fazio wrote.
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Officials became aware the association was distributing specific answer suggestions to growers this fall when the survey was conducted.
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The "influenced" responses changed the average wage for harvest of Fuji, Golden Delicious, and Granny Smith apples from more than $20 a bin to $9.47 an hour.
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The series follows the life of Egyptian Islamic activist-preacher, Zainab el Ghazali, from the cradle to the grave. It sheds light on the most important period of her life, her role in the Muslim Women's Association alongside Huda Shaarawi, and her involvement with the Muslim Brotherhood, until her death, aged 88.
Rania Yassin has recently dismissed the rumors circulating that this series was making a political statement in support of the Muslim Brotherhood, in defense of their ideas and political history. She said: "flirting with the Brotherhood or any other successful political party that is in power just now is a stupid move as no one can predict whether this party will hold on to power or not. The time of flirting with political parties and regimes is over".
She also added that this series was inspired from the Egyptian Revolution which paved the way to tackling social political issues with religious ingredients through film. This is revolutionary for the world of Egyptian cinema, where these kind of works were forbidden pre-revolution.
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Wentworth helps celebrate World Rivers Day
Wentworth had a slight population increase last week and people were all headed to the waterfront because it was World Rivers Day.
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The Lower Darling Murray Catchment Authority (LMCA) organised a hands on day of activities and information for people to find out more about the river that is on their doorstep.
This year Lesley Palmer who is the general manager of the LMCA says they have taken a more 'hands on' approach to the day that recognises rivers around the world.
"Last year we'd taken an approach and done it through the Internet and found that a bit impersonal so we thought we'd try this approach to engage with the community," says Ms Palmer.
Ms Palmer says the day had a focus on shining a light on the river and turning away from the negative aspects.
"It seems like we get so focused on busy lives and problems in the river and the issues that sometimes I think we don't take the time out to really enjoy the fact that we live on two of the biggest rivers in the country, little lone the state," she says.
Just a short distance away, people trying their luck on the banks of the river in the carp catching competition. The competition is not only for bragging rights but as Leigh Pyke from the LMCA explains, it also serves as a teaching tool for the public.
"It's been really successful, we've had quite a few kids down there catching carp and having a good time and we're promoting catching and removing carp from the system.
"It's all about education and what carp are doing to our system and what effects they're having on our native fish and the water quality in the Murray and Darling rivers", he says.
When questioned about the negative perception that carp carries, Mr Pkye says that once people understand the purpose of the competition, they are happy to throw a line in.
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"Julius Caesar," with its theme of taking action against the threat of perceived tyranny, has always been a favorite for contemporary treatment. Here we have women in the senate, the youngest soothsayer ever as a sort of cub reporter (Caleb Carlson), and the assassination of Caesar achieved with shiny letter openers. None of this distracts, because Shakespeare's words are being given a pleasing incisiveness and the plot is afoot.
To Cassius (Sid Solomon), Caesar (Bjorn DuPaty) has become a leader about to seize total command of Rome and its empire. Together with Casca (Kevin Orton), he is at great pains to persuade the noble Brutus (William Sturdivant) to his cause of bringing Caesar down. As Brutus debates the men through the night, he is confronted by his loving wife, Portia (Kathleen Wise). With Brutus finally on board, the several conspirators prepare for the assassination. Caesar's wife, Calpurnia (Kaliswa Brewster), unsuccessfully tries to keep Caesar from venturing forth to the senate. There the murder takes place, and chaos begins. A wary Mark Antony (Zachary Fine), beloved of Caesar, asks for the leaders' slain body and the chance to speak at his funeral. Brutus assents, beginning a series of flawed executive decisions. In his oration, Antony moves the mob against Brutus and his faction then joins with Octavius Caesar (Joseph Midyett) and Lepidus (Noah Putterman) to do battle with Brutus and company to gain the power that is Rome.
While DuPaty is a dignified Caesar and Sturdivant a well-reasoned Brutus, it is left to Solomon's Cassius to provide the play's spark and driving force. His characterization has a sharpness in this excessively suited world. Fine makes a forceful Antony, but one devoid of irony and guile, while Orton's Casca, here a campy public-relations executive, is certainly an original if eccentric interpretation. Wise's Portia provides some needed emotional heft, and Ernest Bentley, in the small role of Lucius, is wonderfully well-spoken.
A final word on those well-cut suits from designer Candice Donnelly: As Antony began his funeral oration and asks all present to lend their ears, the intrusive image of an insurance salesman making his conference pitch flashed to mind.
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Chapter 15 of : The Great Dream
|No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. YE CANNOT SERVE GOD AND MAMMON.
|It is plainly evident that Modern Christendom has abandoned 'Christianity according to the Bible': in that "Religious notions" are no longer allowed to interfere with so-called "practical wisdom" about our finances. The clear and totally unambiguous command of Our Lord Jesus Christ, that we lay not up for ourselves treasures upon earth (Matt.6:19), has become, in these last days (James 5:3), totally MEANINGLESS for any practical purpose. Should anyone actually dare to speak or act in such a way as to take no thought for the morrow (Matt.6:34), he is labeled as "irresponsible", regarded as "unreliable", and DISMISSED AS A FOOL.
|In these last days, the teachings and commands of Our Lord Jesus Christ about how our needs should be met, have now been reduced to nothing more than sentimental consolations for the poor, and emotional tranquilizers for the insecure. There is NEVER communicated from the pulpits of Apostate Christendom ANY idea that there is ANYTHING to OBEY in the commands of Our Lord Jesus Christ, when it comes to OUR MONEY; except it be, Give, and it shall be given unto you (Luke 6:38): in which case, "giving" is only seen as means to "getting". When was the last time you were reminded to, Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again? (Luke 6:30)
|The Bible also says, "The love of money is the root of all evil" (1 Tim.6:10). But now, even this famous epitaph on greed can be found in the mouth of the rich man who has devoted his entire life to the service of mammon; for by quoting this phrase they hope to be justified; when in fact, all they are doing is mocking the poor, and admitting their own guilt! And, since most people now think that this phrase only condemns, "Anyone who demands more than I get"; it has also become THE WHIP OF JEALOUSY: used by covetous and envious people to denounce anyone who is more successful or ambitious than they themselves are. THUS, you may visualize the human race: all standing in line to get their share of "the good life": with the very poor at the rear, and the very wealthy at the front; each man beating at the man in front of him WITH THE SAME WHIP.
|Jesus said,
|But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
|And here, is another popular 'one liner' that is often quoted, but rarely with any sincerity; for if it is not understood how seeking first the kingdom of God means anything other than GET A JOB and live within your means....BUT DON'T FORGET TO ATTEND CHURCH, too: this also, becomes, ABSOLUTELY MEANINGLESS.
|Jesus also said,
|Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
|AND HERE, Our Lord Jesus plainly says that "our living" is not dependant on "our working", and that "our future" is not dependent on "our savings". BUT...anyone who refuses to labour for the meat which perisheth (John 6:27), and DENIES any need to take thought for tomorrow; while insisting that the words of Christ GUARANTEE that every need WILL BE MET; will be accused of using religion as a cloak for their selfishness, pride, and laziness.
|Many of us have even watched others who CONTINUED TO ASSERT that God would supply all their need, according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus, until THEY were so sunken into ruin and poverty that they "gave up", and yielded to all the "normal" requirements for economic survival (Philippians 4:19). These examples seem to furnish the proof that WE had better not try anything like that! NO! we dare not even inquire into WHY these others failed to receive the promise, lest we be tempted by what we learn to try that SAME "path of faith" for ourselves: for we fear that we will end up in the same fix they did; in spite of our additional carefulness.
|IN THE END, the only real use that most people now have for the teachings of Our Lord Jesus Christ about HOW our material needs should be met, is to use them as a sort of `cooling sponge' to be laid upon the feverish brow of exhausted desperation. We hope these reassurances of scripture will revive the sagging spirits of those who are tired, broke, and defeated: but ONLY so they may regain some courage to go out and "try harder", AGAIN. If, in our view, they fail to make "sufficient effort", we withhold even the reassurances, and warn them about the SIN OF SLOTH. It takes a LOT OF WORK to keep the groceries on every table, and we're watching carefully to make sure that EVERYONE ELSE is `doing their share', or at least `trying their best'. YET SOMEHOW, all this carefulness to see whether or not the other guy is doing "his fair share" of the world's work IS UTTERLY FORGOTTEN whenever we encounter THE RICH. What this proves, is that what we are REALLY worried about, is that the poor man may require something FROM US.
|I fail to find any unqualified proclamation of the teachings of Our Lord Jesus Christ about OUR MONEY and OUR NEEDS in Modern Christendom. Actually, I fail to find ANY unqualified proclamation of the teachings of Our Lord Jesus Christ on ANY subject whenever those teachings will conflict with CONVENTIONAL WISDOM, the FINDINGS OF SCIENCE, or with the "unwritten rules" of SOCIAL AND FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS. The lifestyles of most professing Christians are now barely distinguishable from "respectable heathenism".
|Don't think for a minute that I intend to resolve the BIG MYSTERY of the teachings of Our Lord about YOUR MONEY for you, for THERE IS NO MYSTERY; and if you require of ME that I do this, then you are avoiding the point! The agony of insecurity is the sign of bad faith, or no faith. You either believe, obey, and receive; or you doubt, despise, and do without: and the Bible says the same things to all of us. We all have the same needs; we all face the same threats and fears, and we all read the same Bible! No one was ever confused about the meaning of "Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth", or, "Take no thought for the morrow", or "Labour not for the meat which perisheth" the FIRST TIME they read these things. The confusion we have in these matters is always invented on the spot, when the need to escape social or economic pressures becomes greater than the need to vindicate our faith. What I am going to do, is provide you with an exposition on Matthew 6:24, which is quoted at the beginning of this article. Perhaps you will find something there to help you. I certainly believe there is something there to help me. To hope, to think, and to assert that something is "SO" according to your faith; but then CHOOSE to live as if it ISN'T SO, because of what you call "reality", is to live in HYPOCRISY.
|No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one (God), and love the other (mammon); or else he will hold to the one (God), and despise the other (mammon). YE CANNOT SERVE both GOD AND MAMMON at the same time.
|In Modern Apostate Christendom, this statement by Our Lord Jesus Christ has become useless and meaningless for any practical purpose; there being no way to make it conform to the social and economic expediencies of these times. This just might be almost, slightly, forgivable: because no one seems to know what mammon is, or what to serve means. You may have read this verse in one of those "new and improved" translations, and seen the word mammon replaced by the word MONEY: but this is an interpretation, not a translation. MONEY has it's own word in the Greek, and is used elsewhere. Mammon is an Aramaic word which means, "That which is kept safe, or secured". This word mammon came to be used as another name for money because of the common belief that MONEY PROVIDES SECURITY. Actually, mammon doesn't have to be money at all, to be mammon. Family connections, or property, or a career, or anything which guarantees and secures an income, can be mammon. In ancient Israel, the word mammon was the DIRECT EQUIVALENT to what we now call "SAVINGS". A man's mammon was his BANK ACCOUNT, his "safety net" against that unforeseen "rainy day" that so many spend their entire lives trying to be prepared for. When a Jew of ancient Palestine referred to his "mammon", he was talking about THE THING THAT GUARANTEED HIS FINANCIAL SECURITY. Mammon is not the money itself, but is whatever guarantees the power to obtain all the things that money can buy.
|You need MONEY to pay the rent, and the gas bill. MONEY (lots of it) buys medical care. MONEY brings friends (not real friends, of course). MONEY can bail you out, and may keep you out of jail, EVEN WHEN YOU ARE GUILTY. MONEY pays for evangelism, and rescues the needy. MONEY can gain you the respect and attention of people who would otherwise ignore you completely. MONEY may keep a troubled marriage together, until the MONEY runs out. Money is a defense, and Money answereth all things (Eccl.7:12, 10:19). I am not the least bit confused about what we need MONEY for! MONEY is dangerous, for men will kill you for it. MONEY is power, for men will defer to you because you have it. MONEY is regarded as a symbol of righteousness: we generally believe that those who have it, have 'done something right'; even though Jesus said, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. And His disciples were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved? (Mark 10:25-26). And we can see that even Christ's own disciples were convinced that prosperity was a sign of righteousness! It is no wonder, then, that we often evaluate a man's worth, and even his spiritual state, by how much MONEY he gets to spend. Any man, who embarks on a 'faith venture', but then begins to run out of money as a result of it, will likely be judged by others (and even by himself) as having misapprehended the will of God (see 1 Cor.4:11). If this "faith venture" brings any financial inconvenience or embarrassment into the lives of his friends or family, it will then become almost a foregone conclusion that God did not approve: for almost everyone around you automatically supposes that GAIN IS a sign of godliness (1 Tim.6:5). And who does not know that we are all prone to think like this?
|And what can we say to these things? We all wish that we had more money; and when it comes, we rarely ask ourselves whether it came from God, or the Devil. MONEY is like a drug, for those who have plenty tend to forget that they may die today, or be stricken by illness or some other tragedy that MONEY will not prevent. MONEY is a peacemaker, for there are always arguments where there isn't enough to go around. MONEY has a terrible and unrighteous authority in THIS world: granting equal power and dignity to WHOEVER has it, no matter how they got it, or how they spend it.
|The poor useth entreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
|Yes, the poor man must be polite, and go groveling in the hope that someone will give him the money; while the rich man gets away with arrogance because he already has the money.
|Sickening isn't it? But we both know that's how it is in this present evil world. Both the poor man and the rich man ARE who they ARE and act like they do because OF THE MONEY.
|Yes indeed.....I know what it feels like to be judged by others, and even by myself, as having NO MORAL AND SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY; because I have less money than the people I dare to preach to. But the Bible says that if you evaluate a man's worth by his wealth, ye have despised the poor (James 2:6), and are become judges of evil thoughts (James 2:6). And in the end, it rarely matters to most men how hard you have worked and how sincere you are, if you don't get enough money to "keep up appearances". So, even when you work your fingers to the bone and try with all your might, but your efforts do not bring enough money: you will be regarded by most people as being morally or mentally deficient. If then, you attempt to justify yourself by pointing out that we are commanded to be content, as long as we still have food and clothing (1 Tim.6:8), you will be regarded as an idiot: for in these last days, it is presumed that gain IS Godliness (1 Tim.6:5). We all like to say, "Money doesn't buy happiness": but this is only easy to say when you have all you need; and whenever religious people become destitute (Heb.11:37), they are strongly tempted to believe that God has denounced their ambitions and repudiated their faith.
|And I, who am writing this, am no different. I have spent the past several years struggling to be faithful to my calling under relentless financial pressures, which have often driven me to despair, and to doubt that God approves of my labors. I am continually tempted to change my course AND MY FAITH, suspecting, that if I do so, I can GET THAT MONEY. This is me. This is, my life. I do not know all the answers: but I do know that Christ said, Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for the meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you (John 6:27). The teachings of Jesus Christ about how His disciples should 'get by', are so totally foreign to the way we feel forced to live, that we are tempted to resign ourselves to the idea that we simply cannot, and therefore will not, live the way Jesus has described. BUT, giving up hope in Christ's promise that if you seek first the kingdom of God, all these things shall be added unto you; leaves you fully engaged, day and night, with trying to figure out how to get enough money; by working for it, or by stealing it. It's not hard to figure out WHY the teachings of Jesus about MONEY, are either ignored or explained away, by those for whom the pursuit of financial security is ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
|Never does the Bible ever mention such a thing as worshipping money: as if to suggest that there are men somewhere who are kneeling in front of and praying to a dollar bill. The pulpiteers of Apostate Christendom are sure to remind you that you "better not worship money"; but you know that what they really mean is that you better share some of that money WITH THEM. AND, by conjuring up such ridiculous pictures, of "men worshipping money", EVERYONE in their congregation feels justified and relieved, for no one EVER sees themselves as guilty of THAT. AND, as usual, the simple and easily understood commands of Our Lord Jesus Christ are REPLACED by a bombastic rant about things that never really happen, and pompous denunciations of imaginary people that you will never meet.
|Jesus says that no man can SERVE two masters: there is no discussion of 'worship' here. It is a matter of WHO or WHAT you WORK for: a matter of WHO or WHAT dictates what you do with your time. We are plainly told by Our Lord Jesus Christ that God is one master, and that FINANCIAL SECURITY is the other master, and that they are in direct competition with each other for your service. You must decide, YEA, YOU HAVE ALREADY DECIDED which you shall serve; and the life you are now living reflects the choice you have made. You will either hate GOD and love financial security; or you will hold to GOD and despise financial security.
|But WHY should we despise financial security?
|BECAUSE IT COMPETES WITH GOD to be the source of our hope, our confidence about the future, and our expectations for happiness.
|Jesus said, Seek ye FIRST the kingdom of God, and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you: but the WORLD, the FLESH, the DEVIL, and Apostate Christendom say, "seek first financial security, and then you shall have both timeand money for the kingdom of God." Am I right, or what?
|You dress a certain way to get a job: you get a job in order to get money: MONEY DECIDES HOW YOU WILL DRESS.
|You go to school to learn a skill: you learn a skill to get a job: you get a job to get that money: MONEY DECIDES THAT YOU MUST GO TO SCHOOL, AND WHAT YOU WILL STUDY WHEN YOU GET THERE.
|You tolerate, or even flatter, what you would otherwise denounce as false religion to avoid offending your family: and this of course, because you don't want to be thrown out of the house, lose their support, or be cut out of the will: MONEY DECIDES WHAT YOU WILL PREACH TO YOUR FAMILY.
|You befriend a man because he has influential connections: his friendship may get you a job, or a promotion, or even a partnership: MONEY DECIDES WHO YOUR FRIENDS ARE.
|You postpone getting married; thereby exposing yourself to prolonged temptation to sexual sin, because you are waiting to get enough MONEY: MONEY DECIDES IF YOU WILL MARRY, WHO YOU WILL MARRY, AND WHEN.
|You work 80 hours per week to maintain a lifestyle: MONEY DECIDES HOW MUCH TIME YOU WILL SPEND WITH YOUR FAMILY.
|Your wife works too, because you need the money: MONEY DECIDES THAT YOUR CHILDREN ARE BETTER OFF SPENDING THE DAY WITH SOMEONE OTHER THAN THEIR MOTHER.
|ou postpone having children, or even consider abortion; because the cost of bearing and supporting children may take away from the ease or luxury of your lifestyle: MONEY DECIDES IF YOU WILL HAVE CHILDREN, AND WHEN.
|You preach to the people who will give you a paycheck: MONEY DECIDES WHAT YOUR RELIGIOUS LOYALTIES AND YOUR DOCTRINES SHALL BE.
|Money is, without a doubt, THE MASTER OF THE MILLIONS. Jesus said,
|... seek not what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of a doubtful mind.
|For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
|But RATHER seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.
|Let me ask you: Are you now free to seek and do the will of God, no matter WHAT it may be? Or do you require that "the will of God" always include a complete explanation for exactly where the money will come from and when it shall arrive? Do you quickly reject any idea that appears to be "financially irresponsible" as wrong and dangerous? IN SPITE of ALL your "religion", is your life inevitably governed by the need to know exactly how, when, and from where you will get the money? Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey? (Rom.6:16) And do not think, my Friend, that these are the "ivory tower observances" of one who already knows exactly how, when, and from where, God will meet his needs! I bear in my conscience the wounds from many long years, in which I secretly despised and angrily dismissed what Jesus said about money. Oh yes.....I managed to get the money, but my life was poisoned by bitterness, fear, and anger at God, as I trudged resentfully off to WORK FOR the meat which perisheth. I demanded of God that He prove Himself, by giving me the money first, or else I would simply have to "do what it takes" to get by; and then I would flatter myself with thoughts of how "mature and responsible" I was. My faithless submission to THE MASTER OF THE MILLIONS poisoned, to some degree, my whole life, and all of my faith. Since I couldn't believe what Jesus said about my MONEY, it was hard to believe anything else He said either. I argued with God about it: I tried to make deals with God; and sometimes I exploded with rage and accused God of lying and treachery; but I wouldn't take the risk of living as if The Word of God could be trusted in this matter: AFTER ALL, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MONEY, HERE!!! But now, at the end of these years, while the shadows of my faithless past are still haunting me, I have run out of time, I have run out of excuses, and I have run out of options. I repent. The Lord is my shepherd, and therefore, I SHALL NOT WANT.
|...BE NOT CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
|Now certainly, those who wish to be Christians can find the will of God in the commands of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and He said,
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A TEENAGE boy and girl are to stand trial accused of raping another teenage girl in Dublin in 2012.
The boy and girl, who are aged in their mid-teens, have appeared at the Children's Court in Dublin and each face a charge of rape of the same female.
It is alleged that the attack occurred at the boy's home in 2012 and the pair also face charges for sexual assault, which allegedly happened on the same date.
The two defendants, who were accompanied to their hearing by family members and lawyers, have not yet indicated how they will plead.
Due to the nature of the charges, Judge John O'Connor was told that the DPP had directed that the pair were to face trial in the Central Criminal Court.
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They have also been told by the judge that they have to obey nightly curfews at their homes.
The boy and girl, whose cases were called separately, were remanded on bail to appear again at the same court next month.
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Efficiency in Public Education
The purpose of the paper is to investigate the influence on efficiency in public education from teacher characteristics and private school competition. Using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) an efficiency model introduced by Olesen and Petersen (1995) is extended to include the production environment of the schools. This increases the number of dimensions in the DEA why the possibility to discriminate between production units using educational data is discussed. Efficiency is estimated for 851 of Sweden's approximately 1000 secondary schools in 1994/95. Estimated efficiency implies that the schools can use 9-19% less resources on average, still achieving the same results. The efficiency scores are used as dependent variable in a Tobit regression model. Our primary finding is that competition from private schools has a positive influence on the efficiency in public education but that the teacher characteristics do not significantly explain any efficiency differences.
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Rivera could return for series in Philadelphia
Rivera could return for series in Philadelphia
Juan Rivera was back with the club in Colorado on Friday for reevaluation following four rehab starts as he works back from a left hamstring strain that put him on the DL on May 9. He will not be activated in Colorado, but may well return to the 25-man roster when the team goes to Philadelphia for a four-game set starting Monday.
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Rivera played his second of two games with Class A Rancho Cucamonga on Thursday night, logging four innings in left field and three at first base. He went 1-for-4 with a home run, and he has hit .250 (3-for-12) in his four rehab starts.
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Aiming to put a lid on any more lost members, the Pennsylvania Credit Union Association is ditching the concept of mandatory dues to fund awareness campaigns and the switch has already paid off with its first convert, the $475 million Merck Sharp & Dohne CU.
In reaffiliating, the CEO of the Chalfont CU, David Whitehead, told Credit Union Times Wednesday he is now "most satisfied" with the policy switch announced this week by the PCUA board to reverse a four-year-old mandatory rule.
That policy has rankled a number of small and medium-size CUs, triggering some disaffiliations. The vast majority, however, ended up paying the ad assessments to cover the $1.1 million iBelong TV/radio campaign which its backers claim has been highly successful in reaching a younger and female demographic.
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As a single-sponsor CU with a handful of SEGs, the awareness factor for the Merck CU was mostly inconsequential, said Whitehead but "having that lobbying presence was important to us" and that was something Merck was willing to pay for.
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Last year the PCUA board said it recognized the mandatory rule was having a negative impact on small CUs and so it cut the support fees by a third, but still small and mid-size CUs continued to drop out. Among them was the $689 million Franklin Mint CU.
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May 31 is the deadline for requests for assistance from Building Hope. The B uilding Hope Helpline is (973) 361-5553. "FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency), the Red Cross and Salvation Army come in and do immediate relief," explained Gloria Anderle, Board Administrator of Building Hope. She said that her committee, on the other hand, was created to assist in long-term recovery.
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Since November, when Building Hope mailed fliers to 1,140 flood damaged homes within the area with the assistance of FEMA, 71 cases have requested assistance. Approximately one-third of these cases have been concluded and nearly $17,000 has been awarded to area home and business owners, she said.
The Building Hope Board consists of representatives from FEMA, the First Presbyterian Church of Berkshire Valley, Hope House, Jefferson Rotary Club, the America n Red Cross, the Salvation Army, Star of the Sea Catholic Church, St. Peter's Episcopal Church of Mount Arlington, and the United Methodist Churches of the Lake land area.
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Jason i agree that fact is that its just too small and heavy yes i have seen one thats been modified and it does work kind of if you want a better model and one that will work have a look at http://www.modelhovercraft.co.uk/ the fusion 400 and the griffon 600 are about the same size as the tyco thing but they will work a lot better
I have just bought a 2nd hand Edge and going by the previous posts it must be in good shape - on a full charge it really motors, from lino, across carpet over rugs on carpet and even outdoors on concrete.
I also have an old Typhoon - I made a new skirt out of a plastic rubbish bag (I read that somewhere) light, strong and very flexible and only needs shaping and joining on the back corners. (I also added a small amount of polystyrene inside the skirt so it floats - interesting to find that is now standard on the edge). What really made the difference just now was trying the 9.6v battery pack from the Edge in the Typhoon (which comes with 12v 8 AA holder). The Typhoon with 9.6 V leapt off the ground and for the first time travels across carpet.
A question which someone might be able to answer: why do the hovercraft seem to accelerate more easily at speed when in theory they are bleeding more air from under the skirt. Another question: the Evo 21 looks as though it has smaller thrust motors - does that mean they are an improved motor - lighter and just as powerful and an altogether a better hovercraft? One final question: has anyone ever tried to build a RC model of a CC7. That is where I started - without success.
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i have seen this operate on water and to be honest i was not impressed it may work well on land as thats a soild surface but on the water it never really gets going. A plastic rubbish bag may help this but they are not ideal for skirts as they tear quite easily have a look at using ripstop nylon hovercraft acelorate quickly as they do the contact the ground so when power is applied theres nothing to stop them getting up to speed.I would not know about the other make i have never really looked at the different types but as said above this is a toy so it was not designed by someone that knows about hovercraft it you want a model that really perfoms well have a look at http://www.modelhovercraft.co.uk/ what happed with your cc7 theres is a model of a CC5 at http://www.model-hovercraft.com/cc5/cc5.html
ahh .. my CC7. I was very impressed with the reports of quiet running and superior control of the full sized CC7 and decided to improve on it in an RC model. I figured that directing the airstream at a solid object (the ground) would give added performance. I built my model so that at full thrust rubber flaps at the front or rear (each side) would open and direct the subsequent jet of air at the ground either accelerating or stopping the craft. One airfoil in the hull (servo controlled) controlled the air movement front and back and a 2nd servo controlled airflow left and right. In theory on full reverse all the air would be directed from the back of the skirt forwards towards the ground, causing the front skirt to deflate as well. (The left and right would cause one side to rise and other side to drag - in theory much better steering control. Unfortunately my craft was too heavy (balsa sandwiched between thin plywood decks) and my turbines (from hairdryers) were too small. I just recently found and bought "Introduction to Radio Controlled Hovercraft" by Jackson and Porter and that has relit the fire so to speak.
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yes avoid using hairdryer motors and fans they are not right for our needs.As far as i know the CC7 had two fans for lift and thurst all centrifugal but i m not sure how air was divided I would sart off wiht a Griffon 2000 its a nice easy build and it will provide a nice platform for your atnomos hovercraft
From memory the CC7 could alter the lift in various parts of the skirt and that gave the improved steering (less drift) (same as the driver leaning to make tight turns in 1 man racing machines).
You have suggested elsewhere that alkaline batteries aren't worth the trouble and I have just been trying various options and came to the conclusion that Alkaline batteries simply dont release their stored energy fast enough. The 9.6v nicad gives 12v reading across the terminals at full charge (work that out) and at full charge there is no drop in hover height with thrust motors on full, forward or reverse. Replacing that with the 12v AA pack from the typhoon is not as good despite the extra volatage. However, replacing the alkaliness in the AA pack with 8 Nicad AAs (9.6v) and its top performance again - maybe even better - the extra weight in the nose improves the balance and the hovercraft rotates on a dime. Just the usual problem of short run time. As soon as the voltage drops to 10v (in all three systems) the skirt partially collapses whenever the thrust motors are turned on and travelling over carpet is no longer an option. I tried adding an extra 1.2v nicad in series with the 9,6v pack as suggested by an aussie contributer elswhere and that gives another 10 minutes of run time. His suggestion of sealing the top of the skirt to the hull with clear tape is worth doing too. There is another earlier thread where an Edge was refitted with brushless motors and variable control thrust but the Edge in the video posted doesn't seem to be much different than a standard Edge with the full 12v charge. The variable thrust doesn't seem to add much in a confined space either - even a little continuous thrust to a frictionless object results in continuously increasing velocity!
an early photo of the CC7 model.
Not sure I agree with that rule of thumb Tim - there are plenty of small models that work very well, look at the griffin 600! It's more about following some basic principles. Here, the problem is that centrifugal fans do not scale very well in terms of thrust of output although they're looking ok for lift where pressure is more important.
Thanks for the encouragement - following Mr RcAddict's success I would like to try brushless motors, lipos and tiny servos (+ larger turbines) in it next. Not sure where I am going to find those things yet. (I had also made it a bit narrow for extra speed and that was probably a mistake too). It will probably end up more true to the original CC7.
My model is not that small since it is actually over half a meter long. I have dug up the original specs for the CC7 and I didn't find anything about being able to control pressure in different parts of the skirt (although I thought I had read that somewhere). Apparently the superior handling was due to a combination of steering vanes and being able to reverse the air thrust between the two turbines (schematic in "Introduction to Hovercraft and Hoverports"). According to Angela Croome's book the CC7 was able to complete a high speed slalom beween the piers of the Hungerford bridge in a manner no other watercraft could match and left a Russian Hydrofoil for dead in a straight speed run. It makes you wonder why they aren't still in production.
PS. I have since read that the CC2 could alter the pressure in different parts of the "skirt" for steering, and was close to getting airborne - now there is a candidate for a flying hovercraft!
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I have 2 of these Taiyo things that were given to me about 6 months ago. I was soooo disappointed with the way these things perform but at the same time they are the reason I got interested in hovercrafts. 3s lipo was interesting on it, but still wasn't worth it.
Tyco edge
I always tell people to aviod these really they kind of work on a very smooth surface but they do not work on water i tend to point people in the direction of http://www.modelhovercraft.co.uk/ they are better than the cheap toys and they can be built with little hastle and far better performance
Do you know if anybody is making nice light, balanced 80, 90 or 100mm diameter centrifugal fans that follow the recommended guidelines: ie outer diameter 1.5 xs inner diameter, blade height at inlet 1/4 of the inlet diameter and outer edge narrower than inlet height to compress the air etc? (The Taiyo fans don't follow any of the guidelines so no wonder they struggle!). (I know you probably made yours Tim but the idea of getting the balancing wrong puts me off trying to do it myself. I am going to need a matching pair too.)
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