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Keynote Speech of
William E. Kennard, Chairman
Federal Communications Commission
before the
Annual General Meeting
Telecommunications Regulators Association of Southern Africa (TRASA)

August 11, 1999
Gaborone, Botswana
(as prepared for delivery)

Telecommunications Development
in Southern Africa

Thank you, TRASA Chairman Eddie Funde, for that generous introduction. And let me also thank Mr. Lekaukau, Chairman of the Botswana Telecommunications Authority, for hosting this dinner.

I also want to thank all the members of TRASA for inviting me to this conference. The FCC participated in your inaugural meeting in Dar Es Salaam in 1997, so we know firsthand the good work that you do.

And this visit has allowed me to meet one of the most dedicated public servants serving today: Ambassador Robert Krueger. He has shown tremendous dedication to his home state of Texas, having represented it in the U.S. Congress, and has ably represented the United States abroad here in Botswana, to the Southern African Development Community (SADC), and indeed, to the entire region. This is a man who cares deeply about Africa, and very much wants to see it achieve its true potential. Ambassador Krueger and his staff have provided tremendous support and hospitality to us during our visit. And for that we thank them.

I would also like to thank USAID, and especially my old friend Ed Spriggs and Brian Goulden, for their tremendous efforts at promoting telecom development in this region.

Now, when my wife found out that I was traveling to Botswana for this meeting she was very excited. I thought perhaps she heard about the animal preserves at Moremi or the lush beauty of the Okavengo Delta. But I should have known better. She knew about Botswana's other main attraction: diamonds. I think souvenirs on this trip could get costly.

For me, I am honored to be here in Botswana, for it gives me an opportunity to see so many of my colleagues together in one place. One of the frustrations of my job is that the FCC is deluged with many requests to offer assistance and work with our counterparts all over the globe, but we have limited time and resources. So to come to one place and be able to see and work with friends and colleagues from all over Southern Africa is a golden - or diamond - opportunity.

As I was flying here earlier this week, I had plenty of time to think - almost 20 hours in fact. And as we flew over the Atlantic, I thought about the first attempt to link the New World to the Old - the effort to lay the first trans-Atlantic cables a little over 130 years ago.

Arthur C. Clarke, the futurist and science fiction writer, called the laying of the first trans-Atlantic cable the "Victorian equivalent of the Apollo project," the project that put the first man on the moon. And in many ways it was.

Like sending a man to the moon, it required millions of dollars of investment. It required new technologies in fields as diverse as shipping and wire insulation. It required people to venture out into the vast expanse that is the Atlantic Ocean with only their wits to survive on if something went wrong.

And, like the first voyage to the moon, the laying of the first trans-oceanic cable also succeeded, in its own way, in bridging two worlds.

Commerce became easier between North America and Europe. Then, cables were laid across the Pacific, stimulating trade and interaction between North America and Asia. And then eventually, over time, telegraph links were extended to Africa.

But Africa was not the focus of communications development. Some ignored the continent out of close-mindedness. Some bypassed it out of ignorance.

And for too many years, these two attitudes predominated among too many people. But now we realize the price of this decision. We realize the untapped potential of Africa. We realize that we cannot continue our own prosperity if we do not lift the level of prosperity of the entire world.

This is why I am here -- because Africa is poised to take advantage of the Information Revolution. Africa is the next great frontier in that revolution. There is an urgency in this task. Our challenge is like no other in history. As regulators, we will be judged on the basis of whether we had the courage to make the tough decisions required to usher in this new information era. The FCC stands ready to assist you in unleashing this potential.

The great American president Franklin Roosevelt told a crowd in Chicago over 60 years ago, "There is a solidarity, an interdependence about the modern world, both technically and morally."

If this was the case in 1937, it is even more so in 1999. No country - not the United States or any other -- can hope to prosper in the Information Age by shutting itself off from the world, by hoarding technological know-how, by thinking that its concerns end at its borders. Just as in the Industrial Age the key to development was the telegraph, in the Information Age it's the Internet. The communications networks that all of us oversee are the foundations upon which all of our countries' economies will grow.

Now, as we leave the 20th century and cross the digital frontier, we in the U.S. see that our global commitment must be redoubled. And that it should not be focused just on our past partners, but also on the sites of tomorrow's promise.

In a world where mail circumnavigates the globe in the time it took Christopher Columbus just to sharpen his quill, we can ill afford to leave any nation behind. In a world where resources and markets know no boundaries, it would be unfair for all of us to leave any country on the outside looking into these new networks of information and opportunity.

That is why almost five years ago in Buenos Aires, Vice President Gore laid out his vision for a Global Information Infrastructure built on private investment, competition, a flexible regulatory environment, and open access that would link the nations of the world in a way that the trade routes of yesteryear never could.

That is why last year, President Clinton made his historic trip to Africa -- the first of any American President - so that he could - as he said, "see for myself what America can learn from Africa and how we can work with you as partners to build a better future for all our children." As an African-American -- as an American -- I could not have been prouder.

Following up on the President's trip, my country's Overseas Private Investment Corporation established a $350 million New Africa Infrastructure Fund and entered into 14 new bilateral agreements with African nations.

Also, four months ago in Washington, the President, the Secretary of State, eight other Cabinet members, and four agency heads - including myself -- joined 83 ministers from 46 African nations in the first ever USA-Africa ministerial to draw up a blueprint for American-African relations in the 21st century.

Moreover, because of the President's leadership, the House of Representatives just last month passed the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act to foster trade and business development in sub-Saharan Africa.

And last month, Vice President Al Gore announced the President's Internet for Economic Development Initiative to help spread Internet and electronic commerce to developing countries. Of the 11 countries selected by the President to first participate in this initiative, six are in Africa, and they include all three of the African countries I have selected to participate in the FCC's development initiative. We hope to provide technical assistance in areas of policy reform so that the critical foundation for infrastructure investment and development can be laid to support the Internet, e-commerce, telemedicine, and distance-learning applications envisioned in the President's initiative.

This is a new era in American-African relations - an era that recognizes the promise of this continent and the realities of the global economy.

Lately, I have been reading a book by Thomas Friedman, a columnist for the New York Times. In this best-selling book, he draws on his years as a foreign correspondent to describe the realities of globalization and what it means for America and the world. He does this by comparing the world of 1999 to the world pre-1989 - the Cold War world. He writes that if, "the defining perspective of the Cold War was 'division,' the defining perspective of globalization is 'integration.' The symbol of the Cold War system was the Wall, which divided everyone. The symbol of the globalization system is a World Wide Web which unites everyone."

The challenge for us all is to make globalization work. We must make sure that all nations can upgrade their infrastructure, plug into this network, integrate into the global economy, and bring its prosperity to all their people.

How do you do this? Friedman gives an answer that we as regulators know well. He writes that to attract capital and investment, a country needs transparent, non-discriminatory regulatory regimes. It needs to abide by established technical and business standards. It needs to stamp out corruption, by establishing the rule of law.

These criteria are crucial for telecommunications because telecommunications is so vital to success in the global economy. A strong, independent, impartial regulatory agency can lay the foundation for a burgeoning, competitive market; investment; and economic growth.

Establishing this foundation is hard work. I know this because we in the US wrestle everyday with how to successfully monitor an ever-changing industry. Knowing the challenges that developing countries face in establishing these regulatory regimes, I began the Chairman's Development Initiative. With this effort, I committed the FCC to working with developing nations to help them achieve the goals of the WTO Basic Telecom Services Agreement: the promotion of competition, the liberalization of markets, and the adoption of transparent, pro-competitive regulatory policies. I am here today as part of that initiative.

I hope to work with developing countries here in southern Africa and around the world that are moving toward regulatory reform and competitive telecom marketplaces. I want to share not only pro-competitive principles, but also the lessons that the FCC has learned in implementing them.

For instance, I want regulators here in Africa and around the world to be able to draw on the experiences that we've had with universal access in the U.S. to find innovative ways - whether through wireline, terrestrial wireless or satellite - to bring phone service to all their citizens no matter where they live. And as we constantly work on our own system, I eagerly await to learn from you as you approach this challenge.

Overall, we hope to provide nations with: technical assistance; expert guidance, training, and consultation on how to develop and implement pro-competitive, transparent regulatory regimes; and support for the full integration of all nations into the Global Information Infrastructure.

For we cannot have a Global Information Infrastructure without an African Information Infrastructure, an Asian Information Infrastructure, a Caribbean, a South American, an Eastern European Information Infrastructure.

Part of this initiative involved the development of an FCC manual called, "Connecting the Globe: A Guide to Building the Global Information Community." It is my hope that this handbook will serve as a valuable resource for regulators around the world.

The other part of the initiative is formulating work plans with partners in Eastern Europe, South America, the Caribbean, Asia, and Africa.

When I unveiled the Development Initiative earlier this summer at AFCOM '99, I announced that the first of these work plans would be signed later this year. I am happy to report that this coming week I will be in South Africa meeting with representatives from SATRA to sign a work plan that will outline the steps that the FCC can take to assist that country.

And I hope that in the coming months we can sign work plans with Uganda and Ghana. From there, I hope to extend these efforts across the developing world.

Now, some may ask, why Africa? After all, I didn't have to fly 20 hours to meet a colleague who has asked for regulatory advice. Well, we're beginning this development initiative in Africa for one simple reason: it has the most promise.

There are 739 million people in Africa and approximately 14 million phone lines -- 80 percent of which are in six countries. Africa has 12 percent of the world's population, but only two percent of its phone lines.

In central and sub-Saharan Africa, there is less than one Internet host per 100,000 people. There are only about one million users of the Internet on the entire continent.

There is much to be done. But I don't need to tell you this because you've already begun to do it.

You've established TRASA and committed your countries to forward-looking, pro-competitive principles that will attract private investment and benefit your citizens. Many of you have established new communications regulators, a move which quite simply will prepare you for further growth. These are important steps, and you should all be commended for them.

These are important, for when the regulatory house is in order, ordinary people benefit. Teledensity has steadily climbed in several countries in Africa and has done so because of telecom reform. In Ghana and the Cote D'Ivoire, for example, the number of lines have nearly quadrupled since they began reform.

Cellular phone service is available in more than 35 African countries. And here in Botswana, liberalization of regulations and a commitment to grant licenses quickly has produced a cellular presence in the country in a little more than a year's time.

In fact, some of the world's most sophisticated national networks are here in Botswana where 100 percent of its main lines are digital, compared to just less than 50 percent in the United States.

And because regulators in Africa have been working with their counterparts through the ITU, we have developed a regulatory framework that will ensure users can access global satellite service without interruption. To date, 16 countries in Africa have taken the lead and signed the GMPCS Memorandum of Understanding in order to ensure the free flow of satellite phones and other satellite terminals across national borders.

Finally, as recent statistics only corroborate, there has been tremendous growth in the number of Internet hosts. The number of Internet hosts in Africa is growing at a rate almost double the world average.

I believe that we can build on this growth. I believe that we can bring phones to areas that never had them before. I believe that we can make Africa the "connected continent."

I believe that we can do this because I know the commitment that all of you have to build the regulatory structures that undergird this growth -- and because you know as well as I the real effects that these advances have on the lives of the people of Africa.

Competition has drastically brought the price of a cell phone down all over the continent. And with cell phones reaching places more cheaply and easily than copper wires, more and more ordinary Africans from towns to rural villages can be connected.

One company installing these type of community cell phones in South Africa said that they have had a "profound" impact on life there. For some, it's an entrepreneurial spark allowing people to open small businesses. For others, it's the opportunity to call relatives in different towns or countries.

Internet access has had an equally deep impact. In Kenya, doctors at rural clinics are able to use HealthNet to consult with experts in Nairobi and as far away as Boston, giving families in remote areas better healthcare.

And at a women's craft cooperative also in Kenya, they were able to go on the Internet and learn that they should be charging 15 times more than what they previously had been charging. They became better businesswomen because they had access to that most precious of resources: information.

Working together, we can connect southern Africa and all of Africa to the opportunity and prosperity of the next century.

While a good deal of the job of connecting the globe is sharing regulatory know-how, another part is ensuring that scare spectrum resources are put to the best possible use. We are less than a year away from the next World Radiocommunication Conference, which will address a number of issues important to Africa. We in the United States want to work with you before and during the conference to ensure that Africa reaps the benefits that satellite and wireless systems can provide.

And we want to work with you to connect southern Africa and all the nations of the world through the forum of the World Trade Organization. I urge all of you in TRASA to sign the WTO Telecoms Agreement during the next round of negotiations in 2000.

Connecting the globe also requires that we act responsibly to ensure the reliability of our networks. This means working together to meet the challenges presented by Y2K. All of us are extremely dependent on any number of networks and devices that are affected by this glitch. We need to share information and assist each other so we can make it through this New Year's eve and embrace the coming millennium.

Cooperation is key to this future. Realizing that we are all indispensable partners in one global network is the mindset that we all must have. In Silicon Valley, they talk about Metcalfe's Law, which states that the more people that are connected to the network, the more valuable it becomes.

I couldn't agree more. That's why I am happy to be here at TRASA to see the countries of this region working together toward a common goal. That's why I began this Development Initiative. I want to see an Africa that has its markets, businessmen, teachers, thinkers, doctors, students, and children linked together and connected to the entire community of nations.

The SADC region has a gross national product of about $187 billion and 180 million people. Your challenge is to harness the synergies of the region to create an integrated regional marketplace. I know that this is the vision of SADC, and when you make this vision a reality, you will greatly improve the lives of every citizen in the region.

A few decades ago in a different context, the great American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, wrote that we are all tied into an "inescapable network of mutuality." As globalization takes root, as commerce and trade among all regions becomes easier, and as the problems that we all face affect us all, this could not be more true.

That's why I am here today -- to make sure that these networks built on the technologies of tomorrow reach not only Manhattan and Madrid, but also Malawi and Mozambique. To join with you to ensure that the opportunities found in these phones, wires, and webpages are there for the children of Norway and Singapore as well as the children of Namibia and Seychelles.

That's the challenge for us all. We cannot wait a decade to get this done. We must bring to this task dedication and a sense of urgency because the world cannot afford to leave a generation of Africans in the digital dark ages.

The time is now for all of us to step up to this challenge. And if we go forward together, I am confident that we can and we will succeed.

Thank you.


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Ihsan , also spelled ehsan, is an Arabic term meaning "perfection" or "excellence" (Ara. husn). It is a matter of taking one's inner faith (iman) and showing it in both deed and action, a sense of social responsibility borne from religious convictions. In Islam, ihsan is the Muslim responsibility to obtain perfection, or excellence, in worship, such that Muslims try to worship God (Arabic Allah) as if they see Him, and although they cannot see Him (due to the belief that Allah is not made of matter), they undoubtedly believe that He is constantly watching over them. That definition comes from the Hadith of Gabriel in which Muhammad states, "[Ihsan is] to worship God as though you see Him, and if you cannot see Him, then indeed He sees you". (Al-Bukhari and Al-Muslim).

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Ihsan (also transliterated as Ehsan, ) is an Arabic given name, it may refer to:

Given name
  • Ihsan Nuri (c. 1893–1976), Kurdish soldier and politician
  • Ihsan Sabri Çaglayangil (1908–1993), Turkish politician
  • Ihsan Danish (1914–1982), Urdu poet
  • Ihsan Ketin (1914–1995), Turkish earth scientist
  • Ihsan Dogramaci (1915–2010), Turkish academic
  • Ihsan Abdel Quddous (1919 –1990), Egyptian writer, novelist, and journalist
  • Ehsan Yarshater (born 1920), Iranian historian
  • Ihsan Saraçlar (1928–2008), Turkish lawyer and politician
  • Ihsan Yüce (1930-1991), Turkish actor
  • Ihsan Sabanci (1931–1979), Turkish businessman
  • Ihsan Ali Al-Shehbaz (born 1939), Iraqi American botanist
  • Ihsan H. Nadiem (born 1940), Pakistani archaeologist, museologist, author and poet
  • Ehsan Elahi Zaheer (1945–1987), Muslim scholar
  • Ehsan ul Haq (born 1949), Pakistani general
  • Ehsan Aman (born 1959), Afghan singer
  • Ihsan Oktay Anar (born 1960), Turkish writer
  • Ihsan Hakan (1965-1993), PKK defector
  • Hafiz Ihsan Saeed (born 1978), Pakistani Guantanamo detainee
  • Ihsan Burak Özsaraç (born 1979), Turkish footballer
  • Ihsan Emre Vural (born 1984), Turkish rower
  • Ehsan Haddadi (born 1985), Iranian discus thrower
  • Ehsan Jami (born 1985), Dutch politician
  • Ihsan Poyraz (born 1988), Austrian footballer
  • Ehsan Hajysafi (born 1990), Iranian footballer
  • Ihsan Khan, Pakistani politician

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"Financial Corruption, secretive sexual affairs, drugs use, and other such security tight behaviors are not a result of the money --- they are a result of the hearts of those collecting the money." --- Trey Smith

Q: Is someone "bad" because they use the Prosperity Gospel?

A: I don't think life is "black & white" like that. This is all I know... Once it becomes all about the cash flow and not the supporters or God Himself --- that's probably the moment the dark madness begins.

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Benny Hinn was born in Jaffa, in 1952, in the then newly-established state of Israel to Palestinian Christian parents. Soon after the 1967 Arab-Israeli War (a.k.a. "The Six-Day War)", Benny Hinn's family emigrated to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where he attended but later prematurely left the Georges Vanier Secondary School. In his books, Hinn states that his father was the mayor of Jaffa at the time of his birth. These claims, however, have been disputed by critics of Hinn.

Benny Hinn traveled to Orlando, Florida, where he founded the Orlando Christian Center in 1983. Eventually, Hinn began claiming that God was using him as a conduit for healings, and began holding healing services in his church. These new "Miracle Crusades" were soon held at large stadiums and auditoriums across the United States and the world, the first nationally televised service is believed to have been held in the hometown of documentary film maker Michael Moore, Flint, Michigan.

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At Hinn's Miracle Crusades, he has allegedly healed attendees of blindness, deafness, cancer, AIDS and severe physical injuries. However, investigative reports by the Los Angeles Times, NBC's Dateline, the CBC's The Fifth Estate, and the Nine Network's 60 Minutes have called these claims into question. Hinn is notable for his mistaken prophesies relating to the end times, including the destruction of homosexuals in the USA and the death of Fidel Castro.

In December 2006, Benny Hinn Ministries sent out mailings asking for donations that ultimately went towards a new Gulfstream G4SP jet valued at an estimated US$36 million and costing over US$600,000/year to maintain. The 22-seat craft was purchased in 2007 and christened "Dove One"

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Benny Hinn is amongst a short list of ministries that have repeatedly been accused of financial misconduct: Paula White, Kenneth Copeland, Eddie L. Long, Mike Murdock, Creflo Dollar, etc...

NOTE: Joyce Meyer, Gabriel & Jimmy Swaggart, Joel Osteen and others often get crammed onto these same lists as their ministries are financially successful. Having looked at ministries that provide public benefit versus those who practice (full-blown) Prosperity Gospel --- there is a severe difference between the two. The less Prosperity Gospel is always the better.

"Again, the issue is not the money --- the issue has to do with the heart ." --- Trey Smith
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Benny Hinn: Rise of the Dark Faith

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"It is in the name of blessing that they bring the gifts of pain and poverty." --- Trey Smith

The Prosperity Gospel (originally known as Seed Faith) began as what could be considered a "grift" (scam) that took shape in the early to mid 50s through tent meetings that moved from town to town, and city to city, in a procession of eighteen wheeler trucks. It initially attached itself to the Pentecostal movement who were excited to hear about the advertised claims of miracles that would happen at these tent meetings --- the precursors to the cleaner looking multimillion dollar "healing and miracle" events of today. Many of the early tent meeting miracles apparently involved gags, trickery and, in some cases, the most outrageously colorful fraud. According to news articles archived by the Trinity Foundation (perhaps the oldest religious fraud investigative unit in the US), at one Miracle Crusade a casket was brought up to the stage and a supposedly dead woman was resurrected back to life. The performance was apparently so convincing that people in the audience were said to have fainted. Shortly afterwards it was reported that the dead woman was actually a prostitute the minister had been with the night before.

Never-the-less, it is assumed that it was at these events that the world was first introduced to the tag line, "You have to plant a seed to get a harvest"

You will be blessed if you give and cursed if you don't.

The most widely used Bible scripture by Seed Faith --- and now Prosperity Gospel evangelists in nearly every Christian media today --- is found in the the Old Testament, Malachi 3:10 "Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it."

But, when going deeper than just the surface issues of alleged narcotics use, claimed prostitution and reported fraudulent miracles; the dark and blinding heart of the problem was that even the people coming to the meetings were so focused on that single Bible passage, that they forgot about this one."The love of money is the root of all evil, and those whose hearts were fixed on it turned away from the faith, and have been wounded with unnumbered sorrows." 1 Timothy 6:10 Greater still, the money collected had no visible or true public benefit other than to those directly collecting it. However, it would be difficult to argue that the founders of Seed Faith were not inventive and persistent to take many, many practical Bible scriptures and sculpt them with a twist that always led to a high pressure close.

The men of Seed Faith were also masters at something else. Although they may not have been giving back to the public, they did understand that they wanted to spread the "Good News" to larger audiences at lesser cost. You see, they needed more money so that they could expand into more places.... and from those places they would need even more money so that they could expand into even more places... and more places... and places upon places.... so that they could spread the "Good News" to everyone.... the Good News that God needs your money....

The term "Seed-Faith," as well as the more glittery phrase "Prosperity Gospel," truly began to take shape when the tent meeting founders began investing in large, mass mail-out operations that were monumental in scale. As I understand it, the "golden" lists of those selected to receive Seed Faith letters were generated from US census records targeted at those with low or no education. It was in these mail-outs that the Prosperity Gospel's most financially successful tool against the faithful was birthed, "The Seed-Faith Blessing Plan." This was the first time in history that hard-working Americans would begin receiving professionally produced materials that used the very same Bible scriptures they were familiar with as children. Yet these letters would go on to explain that their monies (prior to that point likely supporting their local church and community) were now "urgently" needed to go to claimed Christian efforts in foreign locations and with distant PO Boxes.

It was success beyond measure.

In fact, the Seed Blessing Plans were so successful that similar versions of them are used by Prosperity Pastors on almost every major Christian show, broadcast and station today (2011). The math on this is simple ---- They get the blessing, and you get the plan.

By the 1960s - 1970s these mailing operations were boasting millions of tax free dollars annually, almost no expenses, no oversight, no consequences.... and piles of money large enough a man could swim in it. It was time to expand again --- to truly get the Seed Faith / Prosperity Gospel message out there farther than it had been before. After all, there were still millions and millions of people in the US alone who had not yet heard the "Good News" ---- the Good News that God wanted their money or He would not bless them.

The rise of Seed Faith -- The founder of the extremely profitable Seed Faith Blessing Plan mail-outs (the very man once accused of having a prostitute pretend she was resurrected from the dead in a coffin) and the world's first televangelist (with an enormous Christian university in severe financial distress at the time) sat down together for a meeting in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

It was like a match touching gasoline.

The message of Seed Faith would now begin pumping into living rooms through television screens all across the nation. The original message of the Azusa Street Pentecostal Movement (the Charismatics) shifted one hundred and eighty degrees from its focus on Christ, the Holy Spirit and his redemptive work for the poor, the lost and the needy ---- To a new focus. The new message was simple; God wants to bless you, He wants to prosper you.... in fact, He wants to make you rich. It is just going to cost you a little something, an act of faith. You are going to need to plant a seed, make that a monthly seed. The more you give, the more God will give you back; a few loose scriptures, a dash of emotional hype... and a pinch of good old fashion devilish greed --- Prosperity Gospel was born.

The mailing operations moved to Oklahoma.... Tulsa became dubbed the, "Christian Mecca." Management teams were now needed to handle donor lists (prayer partners) which were, and now even today, generated largely by "prayer-lines" where personal information is collected at the onset of every call. People seeking help (prayers) from the mega-ministries generally receive a standard 3 minute prayer after which their personal information is used repeatedly (relentlessly in many cases) to solicit them for money. These mass monthly solicitations, hand-in-hand with the message of the "prosperity" television programs themselves, pushed Seed-Faith and the Prosperity Gospel harder than any message before it; now acting as predators on their own listeners, and the weakest of our society.

There is a quote by Hubert Humphrey that says, "The moral test of a government is how it treats the sick, the needy, and the handicapped." These had become exactly the Prosperity Gospel's prime targets --- the soft-hearted, the sick and the elderly now being pressured into the sacrifice of basic needs and occasional luxuries to pay for jet-planes, mansions, and even private zoos owned by claimed "Men of God." It is reported that 80% of Prosperity Gospel's targeted donors are women, the elderly, those on Social Security, and low / fixed incomes. Our government permits it and our churches endorse it.

The free-for-all Prosperity Gospel financial pillage:

The International Bulletin of Missionary Research reports that Christian religious leaders will have committed an estimated $34 billion in financial fraud this year, 2011 (More). And, researchers from the Center for the Study of Global Christianity estimate that Christian religious leaders are committing roughly $90 million in financial crimes every single day (See Citations at bottom of blog).

But none of this is actually a secret. To the contrary, off-camera, the men of Prosperity Gospel are often arrogant, evasive, boastful of their playboy lifestyles and seem proud of exploiting others. One of the attorneys supporting the practices of current Christian television boastfully stated to Trinity Foundation investigators that they, "have the right to defraud the public in the name of freedom of religion."

I can remember personally sitting on a patio at the lake house of an ex-wife of one of today's most powerful men in Christian television. She said, "When I first met my husband, he was good man. The devil never rose his head until we got involved with the money-mailer men." I had no idea at the time what this meant. I knew about the corruption... I had lived with that. But I didn't know its roots. I also didn't know at the time who was being talked about when terms like "Grand-Daddies of Prosperity Gospel" and "Fathers of Seed-Faith" were used.

She went on to say, "I can understand that examples had to be set, but what happened to Jim Bakker really was going too far."

"What do you mean?" I asked. "Bakker was the bad pastor of the bunch. Even the Christian mega-ministries will tell you that."

"Are you kidding?" She laughed. "None of them go to prison for what Jim did. He was a builder. Jim was making Christian theme parks, massive family-friendly hotels and finding entertaining new ways to express the message of Christ...... I guess they figured that since Jim liked Jesus so much, they'd put him on a cross right up there with Him. Bottom line, Jim Bakker was sending ordinary Christians the wrong message --- that they deserved something in return for their money..... They hated him for it."

I was brought up to believe that the church should be as a candle on the hill ---- a beacon of both light and hope. Right now it is most certainly NOT either of these.

Even though I understand that many of those in the "ivory towers" of mainstream Christianity have deliberately taken advantage of people's faith, cost them their resources, preyed on their generosity, and managed to weaken a new generation's perception of honorable leadership in the process; I am not angry with the men. I am angry at the model under which they do business. With Seed Faith and the Prosperity Gospel... the best hustlers will always come out on-top.

The United States, a country I believe to have been blessed by the very hands of God Himself, was built by a great many who were not perfect, but many were Christian in their beliefs. They also were not asking for hand-outs, like cleaned-up pan-handlers ..... as these men on our TV screens do. This nation was built with blood and sweat and endless labors that we today could not even imagine..... some laid down their very lives on the grandest alters of sacrifice so that we could have this precious gift of freedom.... a gift that only 5% of ALL humanity has ever tasted.

I can only think to myself as I type this page: What a dishonor to the very memory of those who labored before us that we have allowed, endorsed and created.

It was
Benjamin Franklin who said, "I believe in one God.... And that the most acceptable service we render to Him is in doing good to His other Children."

When the church endorses manipulation, theft and the ability of a select few to act as predators on the many ---- why are we shocked when those in power in our nation do the very same. Abraham Lincoln stated, "In regards to the Bible, I have but to say it is the best gift God has given to man...."

When the god of our country and the god of our churches is the great god Greed; then I too (just as the founding fathers) fear for our future.

In closing, it was John Adams who declared, "The general principles on which the founding fathers achieved independence were. . . . the general principles of Christianity. . . . Jesus is .... an example for all men..."

That being said, I find it appropriate to end with what would appear to be the feelings of Christ Jesus Himself conserning the matter.

And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all of them who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers.... And said unto them, "It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves." --- Matthew 21: 12-13

Thank you for reading,

Trey Smith ---

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1. The table "Status of Global Mission, 2011, in Context of 20th and 21st Centuries", line 56, notes an estimated $90 million per day ($34 billion per year) lost to ecclesiastical crime as of mid-2011. Reference is Todd M. Johnson, David B. Barrett, and Peter F. Crossing, "Christianity 2011: Martyrs and the Resurgence of Religion", International Bulletin of Missionary Research, Vol. 35, No. 1, January 2011, pp. 28-29.

2. The Atlas of Global Christianity (on p. 296, in the article "Christian finance, 2010") says "The annual total [for 2010] of USD 35 billion embezzled exceeds the worldwide Church's foreign mission expenditures of USD 32 billion." That is the first sentence of a paragraph on embezzlement/ecclesiastical crime (I can send you the whole paragraph is you wish). Reference is Todd M. Johnson and Kenneth R. Ross (eds.), Atlas of Global Christianity (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2009).

In fact, I saw an evangelist on TV last night that I had never seen before. It seemed that every other word he said was something about "planting a seed" or "getting a harvest." Joyously he announce that he had just come back from Haiti. He said that he was encouraged that, "...such a poor, hurting people would reach so deep to give (him) an offering of what little they had." Just before asking viewers to plant a seed on his program, he stated that he intends to return to Haiti as it is "untapped" and plans to use the money he collected from the last visit on a better motor home.

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Are triathlons dangerous to your health?

Couch potatoes and other non-athletes assume this kind of impressive physical exertion improves lives, rather than takes them.

But in New York City last weekend, two competitors died from heart attacks after diving into the Hudson River during the swim-bike-run race. A 64-year-old man from New Jersey and a 40-year-old woman from Illinois each lost consciousness in the Hudson during the swim portion of the Nautica New York City Triathlon and later died from heart failure.

“New Yorkers signed up for a triathlon -– not a game of Russian roulette,” said Scott Stringer, the Manhattan Borough President who on Monday called for a full review of requirements for participation and precautions. “With triathlons increasing in popularity,” he noted in a statement on his website, “we must do everything we can do to ensure the safety of all participants.”

He offered that the deaths might have been caused either by the extreme heat and humidity Sunday or the choppy waters and strong currents of the Hudson due to a heavy rain Saturday.

But race organizers said that neither the weather nor the water conditions was a problem.

Still, race director Bill Burke told the Associated Press that in the future he would like participants to provide a health certificate or proof that they have participated in another triathlon. He said the organizers of this 11th annual event, which drew 3,000 participants, make an effort to encourage participants to train and prepare properly by asking questions such as: “Have you done an open-water swim? Have you participated in another triathlon? How much training have you put into this?”

The New York competition involves athletes swimming a mile in the Hudson, biking 25 miles and running 6 miles in the city.

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Friday, Nov. 9, 2012, 12:01 a.m.

Many people regarded Bob Medonis as a man with a true sense of responsibility.

It showed when he served in the military, taught his children or advised clients as a lawyer.

During the Korean War, Mr. Medonis, a member of the Army ROTC at the University of Pittsburgh, became an armored cavalry commander in the United States.

“My father was proud to have served his country,” said his son, Robert Medonis Jr. of Mt. Lebanon. “In fact, he'd often tell our mother that one of the most important periods in his life, besides his dedication to his family, was serving his country.”

Robert X. Medonis of Mt. Lebanon died on Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, in his home. He was 81.

In 1955, Mr. Medonis received his law degree from Pitt. He earned a master's degree from Duquesne University. He began practicing law with the Allegheny County Public Defender's Office, then joined the staff of the district attorney, where he earned the reputation of being a hard-working man of integrity.

“Dad also maintained law offices in Downtown, Oakmont and Mt. Lebanon,” his son said. “Dad had a great work ethic, which he passed on to my sister, Peg; my brother Mark; and me. And although he kept a busy schedule, he was always there for our family, especially during the years we were in school.”

U.S. Senior District Judge Maurice B. Cohill Jr. recalled Mr. Medonis' reputation. “He was an excellent lawyer and a credit to the Allegheny County Bar Association, where he was a member.”

Mr. Medonis grew up in the South Side, one of four children of Vincent Medonis and his wife, Anastasia Puia Medonis. His father was the organist and choir director for several parishes in the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh.

“Dad never forgot his Lithuanian heritage,” said his son. “He was an active member of the Lithuanian Citizens Society of Western Pennsylvania and very much involved with the Lithuanian Room of Pitt's Nationality Rooms.”

In addition to his son Robert and his wife, Mary Kathleen Castor Medonis, whom he married in 1962, Mr. Medonis is survived by daughter Margaret E. Medonis of Paso Robles, Calif.; son Mark D. Medonis of Allison Park; and three grandchildren.

His siblings, David Medonis, Gwen Medonis and Gloria Freire, preceded him in death.

A blessing service will be held at 9:30 a.m. Friday in Laughlin Memorial Chapel, 222 Washington Road, Mt. Lebanon. Interment with military honors will follow in National Cemetery of the Alleghenies in Cecil.

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WASHINGTON — Health insurers are seeking double-digit increases in rates for individuals much less frequently than four years ago, according to a government report released on Friday.

Researchers at the Department of Health and Human Services examined data from 15 states and found that in 2010, 74 percent of the time, health insurers sought an increase of more than 10 percent in the rates they charge for individual health coverage. By 2012, double-digit increases constituted just 35 percent of rate hike requests.

Preliminary data for 2013, which covers 10 states, show that only 14 percent of rate-increase requests call for a double-digit bump.

The study covers rate increases that could affect 2.6 million and 2.7 million people, about one-third of the overall individual insurance market.

While the study is not comprehensive, researchers consider it a good indication of the direction of health care costs in this market.

The Health and Human Services report credits the decline to a provision of the Affordable Care Act that gives states more power to scrutinize rate increases. Beginning in 2011, the health care law required state regulators to review each proposed rate increase and determine whether it is “reasonable” or “unreasonable.”

“The sharp drop in requests for increases of 10 percent or more is most likely the result of the increased scrutiny,” the report states.

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One militant and eight volunteer workers – including a top commander of a peace militia – were killed in a 12-hour-long skirmish in the Bukaar area of the Tirah valley in Khyber Agency on Sunday, the political administration said.

The battle was fought between Toheedul Islam and Lashkar-e-Islam over the occupancy of a strategically-located Stani check post in the tribal area.

The check post was under the control of peace militia Toheedul Islam which was taken over by the Lashkar-e-Islam and after a firefight in the area, three members of the peace militia were killed. Sources said that the peace militia continued to retaliate in order to recover the check post and after the battle which stretched overnight, they succeeded in taking control on Sunday.

Khalid Mumtaz, the assistant political agent of Landikotal, while confirming the incident said that the militants left an explosive device in Bukaar area of Landi Kotal which killed six members of Toheedul Islam. Sources said that a prominent commander of the peace militia, Naik Afzal Afridi, was also killed in the blast.

“It was a planted bomb and was detonated when the anti-militiamen reached a private checkpoint run by the militants, who had deserted the checkpoint,” Mumtaz told AFP.

Bukaar – a relatively remote area of the Tirah valley – administratively falls under the Landi Kotal sub-division where hundreds of people have lost their lives in clashes between militant outfits based on sectarianism.

However, the war between these factions has recently shifted to Peshawar and its outskirts where officials have traced back many suicide bombings and target killings to the Lashkar-e-Islam who have been vociferous about the notion that their rival groups are supported by the government.

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When I got the Wii fit I was so excited. I was ready to to rid myself of this weight for once and all. I wanted to be that beautiful skinny momma that you see dropping her kids off at the soccer field. Ok, you got me there. I would never be one of those moms. I am just not that type of person but you know what I mean. I did so well for two weeks. I was exercising, playing all the games, running in place, doing my body test and stamping my calendar every week. THEN…….

I got sick. And it felt like I hit a brick wall. I was at a complete stop. I did not want to even look at the Wii fit much less step up on it for it to tell me oooohhhh, great, or measuring. Now how weird is that. It is not like the Wii fit made me sick, it is not like the Wii was to blame. The sicker I got the worse I disliked the Wii. Once I started getting better I still could not get on the Wii. I felt frumpy. I no longer liked my Wii fit but why. What was wrong with me? Why was I feeling this way? What did my Wii ever do to me?

It took me a long time to get to those answers. I first thought about it then I started chatting with my Weight sponsor, (that is what I call her). I told her what was going on. We discussed how my week had went. And as she talked to me I realized I had done so much with the Wii Fit in the little time I had it that I was bored with the Wii fit. That was my problem.

What would of happened if I did not have my sponsor? Would I have ended up giving up that easy? I feel it is so important that you have someone to talk to, about what you are going through. Someone who is going through what you are going through or has gone through what you are going through. I found a great group of ladies at Wii Mommies Forum that I often turn to for support. But more important I believe you need to find a sponsor, accountability partner or just someone to talk to. There are times when you will feel down in the dumps, feel like you just can’t do it. Times where you just need someone to talk to. Someone to listen to you and tell you get your rear back up there and work out. Put down the brownie. It is not worth it.

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    Start over or try again.

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  4. Great post, I am happy to have found this supportive group of gals at Wii Mommies as well.

  5. Support…sponsor…all the same and very importnant in a venture such as weight loss. Happy you ahve that, some do not, you will get though and be stronger for it.

    Keep smiling!

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A series of articles entitled "Some

paper on the Kelly Gang, by Mr. H. H. Nihil." has been appearing in the Gympie Times. From the last one we take the following account of how the constables went after the gang were mur- dered :—Just then they heard the tramp of the absent constables, and almost immediately after they came in sight; Kelly cried out " Hush, lads, here they are" and ordered McIntyre to sit down on one of the logs, at the same time placing himself behind it. McIntyre said" For God's sake don't   shoot the men, I will get them to sur- render." As Kennedy unsuspiciously advanced into the clearing, with Scan- lan a couple of horses' length in the rear, McIntyre went forward telling him quietly they were surrounded by Kelly and his party, and advising him to surrender; while to a sign from Ned Kelly the police were covered by the guns of the outlaws, with the com- mand " Bail up, throw up your hands." Kennedy apparently thinking it a joke smilingly placed his hand on his revol- ver case, whereupon shots were in- stantly fired by some of the bushran- gers; both Kennedy and Scanlan   hurriedly dismounted, and the latter struck for a tree, trying at the same time to unsling the Spencer rifle which hung at his back, but before he could gain the shelter, he fell from a bullet

which struck him in the side under the

right arm, the blood spurting freely from the wound. After several fruit- less attempts to draw his revolver, Kennedy cried out "All right boys, don't shoot." He was, however, either misunderstood by the gang, or enraged by the resistance they had met with, they took no notice of his words for they again fired. By this time Ken- nedy had managed to extract his re-

volver from the case and at once

opened fire on his attackers, whereupon McIntyre seeing no chance of mercy, jumped on Kennedy's horse and gal- loped off. It is said that one of Kennedy's bullets passed through Ned Kelly's whiskers and another through his sleeve. Kennedy's ammunition getting short, he commenced retreating at a rapid pace, closely followed by the Kellys; after running about thirty   yards and seeing all lost but honor, he as a last resource darted behind a tree, and as soon as Ned Kelly came within pistol shoot, he discharged the sole re- maining bullet in his revolver from the cover of the tree. Kelly avoided the bullet by dropping quickly on his knees,

and almost returned the fire from his

gun with fatal effect, the ball entering Kennedy's right side causing him to fall mortally wounded close to the tree,

where his body was eventually found by the search party from Mansfield. Hart and Byrne then came up, but on seeing Kennedy down, and in custody of their mate they hurried off after McIntyre who, as we have stated, had fled from the scene of action. Ned Kelly tried to relieve his victim, altering his position from time to time, whilst Dan

fetched some water from the creek to

cool his lips. The sufferer's thoughts

and words were all on his wife and family, and to such an extent was Ned Kelly at last touched, that he cried out excitedly with a genuine impulse of remorse " Kennedy, I am sorry I shot you for you are a brave man; here, take my gun and shoot me;" the wounded man nobly replied " No, I forgive you from my heart and I pray that God stay forgive you too." At   Kennedy's request he was propped up, And being handed a note-book and pencil from his pocket, he proceeded to write cheifly advice as to his wife's future proceedings, until he could write no longer when he delivered the papers into Ned Kelly's charge, with an earnest request that he would have them forwarded to his wife, which Kelly faithfully promised to do. By this time it wat getting late in the evening, and the gang deemed it advisable to leave the place. Kelly, it it said, out 0f a feeling of compassion for his victim, and wishing to spare him the agony of a lingering death in the bush, seized a moment when he thought the sergeant was in a wandering fit, and was about to put a speedy termination to his suffering, when Kennedy, notic- ing his action, cried out "Let me alone for God's sake, let me live if I can for the sake of my family, surely you have shed enough blood;" without allowing himself time for reflection, Kelly placed the muzzle of his gun to his victim's left breast, and fired the shot which closed the brave man's career. The gang then took from the body a valu- able gold watch and a small sum of money, and left the fatal spot. Just after McIntyre got on Kennedy's horse the animal made a plunge which caused his rider to lose one stirrup, and whilst leaning to recover it the bushrangers cheered thinking he was wounded; he, however, started off at full gallop down the creek, urging his horse to full speed; during the ride his clothes were reduced to tatters, and he was covered with cuts and bruises caused by the branches of the trees which impeded his way; at last his horse being about   knocked up stumbled and fell, throw- ing his rider heavily on the ground; shortly recovering himself, McIntyre got up and continued his flight on foot, after a weary tramp reaching the head of a gully called Holland's Creek, which flows into the Broken River; here he   hid himself in a large wombat hole, having looked carelully round and listened attentively for sounds of his pursuers. Having satisfied himself that they were not on his track, he

sat down and wrote in his pocket- book a memorandum, of which the

following is said to be a copy :—"Ned and Dan Kelly and two others stuck us up while we were unarmed. Lonigan and Scanlan are shot. I am hiding in a wombat hole until dark; the Lord have mercy on me. Scanlan was shot while trying to get his gun out." McIntyre stated in Mansfield that he had made this memorandum with the intention of leaving it in the hole, so that there should be some record in case of his being discovered and shot by the Kellys. In the excitement of the moment he stated in his notes that they were unarmed when the Kellys came up, whilst the fact was that he alone was unarmed at the time of the attack. McIntyre remained in con- cealment till dark, when, following a bright star which he observed in the west, he set out for Mansfield; after travelling two or three miles he lost the run of the star, and had to fall back on a pocket compass, which he fortunately had wilh him ; he had but three matches, the second of which he succeeded in lighting; the country through which he was travelling was of the roughest description; he at length arrived at a place he knew called Bridge's Creek, where he lay down overcome with fatigue, weariness, and excitement; after resting awhile he felt somewhat refreshed, and started again on his journey. After a hard struggle he reached John McColl's place, distant one mile from Mansfield,

at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Here his wants were attended to, and a buggy provided by a neighbouring farmer, in which he was driven to the police camp at the township, where he reported all he knew of the dreadful occurrence to Sub-Inspector Pewtress, who, without a moment's delay, pro- ceeded to organise a party to find the murdered constables, and search after Sergeant Kennedy, whose fate was at that time the subject of doubt to all but

the outlaws.

A party of fourteen or fifteen was soon got together, including McIntyre and two of the police. The party which started about 6 o'clock in the afternoon would have consisted of many more, had they been able to provide themselves with fire-arms; even those who did start were but poorly supplied. The search party reached the scene of the terrible murder about 2 o'clock on the fol- lowing morning (Monday), and, finding the corpses of constable Loni- gan and Scanlan, they had them con- veyed by means of pack-horses to the Wombat Saw-mills, a distance of about seven miles, where they were met by Mr. Thomas McMullen, from Mans- field, with a four-horse dray, on which the remains were conveyed to the township. On the following morning Dr. Reynolds made a post-mortem examination of the bodies before Mr. H. H. Kitchener, the conclusion ar- rived at being that the constables came to their death by gun-shot wounds inflicted by the bushrangers; after the enquiry the fuueral took place, and was largely attended by the residents of the district. No trace had yet been discovered of Kennedy, and the same day as the funeral another party was started, which also returned unsuccessful; at four o'clock on the following Wednesday another party started, headed by Mr. James Tom- kins, president of the Mansfield shire, and sub-Inspector Pewtress, accom- panied by several residents, and on the following morning the body of the unfortunate sergeant was found by Mr. H. G. Sparrow, and was forwarded to the township in the same way as the other bodies. Kennedy's remains were interred in the Mansfield ceme- tery the same afternoon, the burial service being very impressively read by the Reverend Father Scanlan, in the presence of about two hundred persons. Subsequently to these frightful murders, the Mansfield and Benalla districts were swarming with police and artillerymen from Mel- bourne, in numbers almost sufficient to surround the Wombat ranges, not-

withstanding which the Kelly gang passed unobserved through this cordon and stuck up the Faithful Creek station, as well as the bank at Euroa, from which they took over £2,000. We next hear of them at Jerilderie where they stuck up the police-station, dressed themselves in the police uni- form, paraded the streets, and, at their leisure, stuck up the bank from which they abstracted nearly £3,000. After this raid, they re-crossed the Murray, and, it is supposed, concealed them- selves in their mountain fastnesses where they probably still remain, and where we will leave them to be captured or shot by the police, although I fear many more lives will be lost before this desirable end is affected.


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Ok back to cats briefly. Here is a nice synopses of some recent research showing that cat shit controls every aspect of our lives!!! Triffids have nothing on them. I knew I never should have lived with cats. Crap crap crap crap crap, oh no, I said crap, now I am infected with rage!!!! I think I was thirty before I emptied a litter box. Lo, what a horrible stinky brain parasite inducing mistake that was.

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View Full Version : Yonex RD7 vs RD-Ti 80 (orange cosmetics)

03-10-2008, 08:44 AM
Which one would you choose?

I could get either one at a similar price, the main difference I see between the two is the swingweight (342(?) vs 315).

Can anyone give me any options on this?

03-10-2008, 09:48 AM
RD-Ti 80 has a somewhat metallic tinny feeling and sounding response, but the results you get coming off the racket are very good and very versatile. The racket is maneuverable without being a fly swatter (meaning you sacrifice 'stroking presence', which allows you to feel like you can meter and are in control of your desired swing speed at all times).

The RD-7 however is a better racket for a 5.0 or above, true advanced player. The RD-7 is the king of stroking presence, but you must have advanced level footwork and stroke mechanics to get the frame moving fast enough many times. If you can, you'll be rewarded with a ball cupping sensation that's hard to describe and is very fleeting. On your good days, you'll probably find that the RD-7 has one of the, if not the, sweetest shot response you've ever experienced. It makes your hand feel like a perfectly broken-in, leather baseball mit...that kind of sensation, very organic.

On your bad days, which will come heavy and often, you'll find the racket to feel dead on impact and do nothing for you in terms of control, feel, or response.

To reiterate, it's only on your good days that this racket shines like no other. On good days, when you're connecting regularly with voluptuous swings, you'll find that you get it ALL. Bite from another planet, zen control, the touch of a succulent plum, and the power of an angry Sergi Bruguera. In other words, this racket on its better days is a Sergi Bruguera or Marcelo Rios' dream racket, heck, it even worked for Malivai Washington who stocked up on as many of these as he could find when Yonex discontinued it.

The RD-7 is really a unique (if tempermental) 'DIVA' racket, a real classic with one of the greatest paint jobs of all time, the RD-Ti 80 by comparison is merely a 'neither here nor there' type of racket.

I would go for the RD-7 personally, as you'll find in years to come that'll it be the rarer of the two and more valuable of the two. Meanwhile, the RD Ti-80 is like a basket of fish & chips, you can pick up it or something similar anywhere your heart so desires.

03-10-2008, 10:08 AM
this could be a stupid question, but what is the difference between the orange cosmetics and the blue cosmetics. Isn't it just a difference in color?

03-10-2008, 10:20 AM
^ I've read on here that the old orange one is feels better and is less 'tinny' than the blue and red one.

From what you say I don't think the RD7 would be a good idea lol. I'm more like 4.5, not 5.0 because I haven't been coached that long.. been playing for about 4-5 years. I can hit all the shots but i'm not consistent enough. I think the RD 80 would let me be more competitive?

03-10-2008, 05:01 PM
i like the old Orange pj
and it does feel A LITTLE different than the new version, even though they are suppose to be exactly the same.

!tym is right on with his comments.

i have both racquest and really like both.

RD-7 is really really demanding. super flexible, unlike any racquet that i have tried.

when you are on, RD-7 can enhance ur game n fold.

ti-80 is a good racquet too, but some dont like the "metallic/tingy" feel. I solve it by putting a rubber band on.
one of my favorite serve and volley racquets.

if you can get a RD-7 in good condition, i suggest you do it...

i dont have to worry because i have 7 stocked up.. :)

03-11-2008, 03:04 AM
When you say demanding and flexible, do you mean it has very low power, or it has a small sweetspot?


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View Full Version : Something similar but different to a Ti Radical lol

04-23-2004, 11:05 PM
Hi, I'm in need for a help here. Thanks to everyone who puts their suggestions as they really will help me alot.

Anyway, i'm not sure of the rating system so i will just call myself an advanced player who plays in just regional tournaments and usually make it to quarters...-_-

I currently have a Head Ti Radical, which i have enjoyed playing with. However, i think it's time for me to go looking for a racquet that would suit me more now, as i have purchased this racquet 3 years ago, and my style of playing has changed.

I put a lot more topspin than i did before, actually I put a lot of effort into all my shots creating quite a lot of spin, in slices, topspins etc. and serves.
Also, I tend to go into the net everytime i have the chance to, (whenever the ball is short or i make a good shot).

I'm looking for a racquet which can create a bit more spin and more power but also maintain the control i have with the Ti Radical. Also, i would like a racquet with a bit more "punch" in my volleys as the Ti Radical is sometimes too stiff when it comes to volleys.

Any suggestion?

Look forward to hearing from you and thank you~!!

04-24-2004, 01:17 PM
Dunlop 200G. Same dense string pattern as Ti Rad, soft flex, and an ounce or so heavier. The extra power will come from the extra heft (assuming you put the same speed swing to the shot).

Don't get rid of your Ti Rad yet, you might find that it's hard to replace. It is still a great racket!

Steve H.
04-24-2004, 02:23 PM
You don't say if you use a Radical midplus or oversize -- they're pretty different. Not sure the 200G would give you more spin than either one, although it is very solid and flexible.

In general, for what you describe look for a more open string pattern and more weight. Maybe the first thing to try would be adding some lead tape to your TiRad.

04-24-2004, 09:27 PM
I use Ti Radical Midplus 4 1/2 grip.
Thanks for all the suggestions and advices. Really appreciate it.
Any others who have their opinions are more than welcome.
Thanks so much guys

04-25-2004, 06:02 AM
Give the Wilson PS Tour 95 a demo.


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I recall Borg against Vijay Amritraj in the 1974 US Open had a really long game in that match at 4-2 for Vijay in the fifth.

I think Borg and Laver had a really long game (from reading about it) in their match in the 1975 WCT Championship.

It's not something I keep track of but I'll try to think of some.

Edit-I tried to find some newspaper accounts of the Borg/Laver WCT match but the only thing I could find was that it was a 4 hour and 5 minute match. I would guess there were some long games. I thought I read something about them playing a twenty point game or so. Could be wrong.

I also think so.
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Rewatched the 1988 US Open final recently. Amazing tennis.

Mentally, maybe two of the toughest players at a particular moment in time. Wilander was so locked in, as was Lendl.

Lendl may have played better in that match than in most of his finals wins. But still lost.
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