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The ballpark Cal Ripken Jr., Gary Carter and Don Mattingly once called home while honing their skills has become as soiled as the reputation of a formerly proud, dominant league in this U.S. commonwealth of 3.9 million people.
This six-team circuit was the birthplace of native sons Roberto Clemente and Orlando Cepeda, as well as the proving ground for fellow future Hall of Famers such as Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Johnny Bench, Steve Carlton, Jim Palmer and Reggie Jackson. Now it's immersed in an extended slump brought on by neglect from team owners and players, which drove away once-rabid fans. The concern is what the league's failure could mean for all of winter ball.
It wasn't until a week before the first pitch was set to be thrown in mid-November that owners decided to play a 68th uninterrupted season, one likely to leave them awash in red ink. "If somebody's making money, let them raise their hand," says Carolina Giants owner Benjamin Rivera, the league's interim president, the one who first suggested canceling the season. "I need to keep mine down."
Lou Melendez, Major League Baseball's vice president of international operations, says the commissioner's office might consider assisting the league financially, and he acknowledges its eight-year decline is a concern. By most accounts it has fallen behind the winter circuits in the Dominican Republic, Venezuela and possibly Mexico.
"The quality of baseball is not as good as in other years when I played here, like in 2000-2001," says Arizona Diamondbacks infielder Alex Cintron, who plays for the Caguas Criollos team south of San Juan. "You couldn't possibly compare this league with those in the Dominican and Venezuela and maybe not even ... Mexico."
Until a decade ago, it was at least on par with them.
Nothing made easy for fans
Puerto Rico represents not only a significant source of talent — 34 natives began the season in the majors last year — but also a key market in Latin America. Two early rounds of the World Baseball Classic in March are set for Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan.
The park once housed the Santurce Crabbers, who in the 1950s had an outfield that included Mays and Clemente, as well as the longtime rival San Juan Senators, who featured such standout catchers as Bench, Thurman Munson and Manny Sanguillen. Both teams moved to smaller towns in recent years after drawing too many crowds only numbering in the low hundreds, leaving the capital city bereft of pro baseball.
Juan Gonzalez, a 42-year-old lawyer who became the league's executive director last spring, underscores Puerto Rico's traditional status as a baseball force and its close ties to the USA when he warns about the possible consequences if the league crumbles.
"I've told Major League Baseball officials that if the Puerto Rican league collapses, baseball in the Caribbean would collapse as well," Gonzalez says. "We need to work together to improve baseball in Puerto Rico because it would be beneficial to the major leagues and to the whole Caribbean region."
Lately, there have been signs of a revival, as the tightest playoff race in league history and some late-season controversy caught the fans' attention. Postseason games have drawn crowds in the 5,000-6,000 range, small by the standards of the glory days but about three times the 1,912 regular-season average.
Remaining a fan has become as much chore as diversion. The league has no TV contract, website or publicity department. Even finding a schedule is an ordeal.
In the game at Caguas, the scoreboard posted a "7" when the visiting Giants scored a run in the fourth. It was that way the rest of the game. Malfunctions occur frequently. Many bring radios to the park to learn information not readily available on the scoreboard, such as the identity of the players, scores of other games and which player has just deserted the team.
On this second day of the playoffs, Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Alex Rios, a hero of the Criollos' late surge into the postseason, has left the club to go on a cruise. Such defections have long been common among the foreign players. Now even the locals jump ship — or in this case, jump on the ship.
The next night the Ponce Lions are hosting the Manati Athenians in the other semifinal series. When showers hit the field, the two available maintenance workers are overwhelmed by the task of covering the infield; the area around the bases becomes a quagmire.
"The league's poorly organized, and they do very little marketing to draw fans to the ballpark," says Juan Torres, a hard-core follower who still attends games. "They don't make anything easy for the fans. And also the major leaguers' refusal to play in front of the fans that saw them start out, that has been a factor, as well."
Big leaguers full of complaints
The infrequent participation by the established big leaguers hits a raw nerve among many, especially with 2002 AL MVP Miguel Tejada and last year's runner-up, David Ortiz, playing in the Dominican league. In Venezuela, Miguel Cabrera, Francisco Rodriguez and Victor Martinez played at least part of the season, and Bobby Abreu was a regular until this year.
"I don't understand it," says infielder Carlos Baerga, who used to own a team in Puerto Rico and played for the Arecibo Wolves this winter. "Why can't players here take some time and play, even if it's just the last three weeks of the season? It helps you get in shape."
The New York Mets' Carlos Beltran, who hasn't played in Puerto Rico since 2001, says players don't want to risk a serious injury, and he questions who would pay for their care if they got hurt. Local teams' insurance only covers up to $10,000 in medical costs.
"Sometimes the owners and the general managers in Puerto Rico want you to play but they don't really take care of the players," Beltran says. "They treat us like big-league players when we're in the United States, but when we come here to Puerto Rico, they don't want to treat you like that."
Puerto Rico: Six teams play a 40-game schedule, with the top four advancing to the semifinals. That's followed by a best-of-nine championship series. The Carolina Giants led 4-3 in the final over the Ponce Lions entering Tuesday night. Prominent players: Jose Valentin, Alex Cora, Yadier Molina, Carlos Baerga. Dominican Republic: Six teams play a 50-game schedule followed by a four-team round-robin of 18 games each, then the best-of-nine championship series. The Licey Tigers led 3-2 in the final over the Cibao Eagles entering Tuesday night. Prominent players: Miguel Tejada, David Ortiz, Juan Uribe, Luis Castillo. Mexico: Eight teams play a 68-game schedule split into halves, followed by a six-team first round of the playoffs. The top four advance to the semifinals, followed by a best-of-seven championship series. The Guasave Cottonpickers and the Mazatlan Deer were tied 1-1 in the final entering Tuesday night. Prominent players: Fernando Valenzuela, Jorge Cantu, Oliver Perez, Rodrigo Lopez. Venezuela: Eight teams play a 62-game schedule, with the top five advancing to a playoff in which each club faces the other four times. The Caracas Lions and Aragua Tigers begin a best-of-seven final Wednesday night. Prominent players: Miguel Cabrera, Francisco Rodriguez, Ramon Hernandez, Victor Martinez. By Jorge L. Ortiz
Rivera strongly denies that claim, saying players such as Juan "Igor" Gonzalez, Roberto Alomar, Carlos Delgado and Edgar Martinez were treated with deference.
Nobody disputes that high salaries in the majors act as a deterrent. Big leaguers who play in Puerto Rico don't make much more than $10,000 a month — about the same as 20 years ago and half or even a third of what top players can earn in other winter leagues. Beltran's average salary with the Mets is $17 million a year — he was paid more per at-bat ($29,210) in 2005 than he makes in a full season of winter ball.
Still, the sight of Tejada — who earns $12 million a year with the Baltimore Orioles — sliding head-first in a Dominican game rankles the game's followers on this island.
"In the Dominican Republic they love baseball," says Los Angeles Angels reliever J.C. Romero, who pitches for Carolina. "I'm not saying that's not the case here, but Dominican players love to play and fans support them. That's one of the reasons they go back and play."
The best of the so-called "imports" — the American players brought in to bolster teams — are shunning the Puerto Rican league, as well. Gone are the days when the likes of a young Rickey Henderson, Wade Boggs or Tony Gwynn displayed his skills here. Top prospects now usually opt for the higher wages and more competitive brand of the other winter leagues.
"Hopefully a couple of years down the road, guys will start going back over there because it's a good league to be in," says David Wilder, director of player development for the World Series champion Chicago White Sox. "Travel-wise it's great, and it's a lot easier for the guys to get used to the culture."
Time, money are needed
Depending on who's evaluating and at what time of the season, the league's play is regarded as anywhere from high Class A to Class AAA. In the past two Caribbean Series, the yearly tournament that matches the champions of the four winter leagues, Puerto Rico has gone 1-11.
Following the strike that wiped out the 1994 World Series, most of Puerto Rico's star players returned to play in the local league and banded together to form a Dream Team — including Alomar, Gonzalez, Baerga, Delgado, Martinez, Ruben Sierra and Bernie Williams— that swept the Caribbean Series at Bithorn Stadium.
That prompted a baseball fervor that sent attendance soaring to record levels, capped by the total turnout of 1,149,870 (an average of 7,666) in the 1996-97 season. Two years later, though, total attendance had dropped by more than 500,000, beginning a precipitous downturn. This winter's figure was 237,033.
Although basketball has overtaken baseball as Puerto Rico's No. 1 sport and volleyball has emerged as a competitor, baseball's defenders on the island insist the game remains viable.
They point to the late-season spike in attendance, the keen interest in televised major league games, the healthy turnouts in the first of two seasons when the then-Montreal Expos played some home games at Bithorn Stadium and to the excitement the Classic has generated.
But even the most ardent supporter acknowledges the league, run by owners who tend to pull in their own direction, must make significant changes to survive. Chief among them is investing in a marketing program and in better amenities for the fans.


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Me and Arc were edging closer together, smiling - we were so close I felt his warm breath tickle my cool face. All of a sudden, the music went off downstairs and there were gasps and whispers. Me and Arc both froze. I listened close enough to hear Kayden say,
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The FTSE 100 finished at 6678.61, up 72.03 points on the day and ahead of 6650 level seen at the start of December.
The leading index is currently up around 13% on the year so far and is on course for its best annual performance since 2009, when it rose 22%.
Investors have been buoyed by hopes of strong US economic growth after upbeat comments from the International Monetary Fund, while last week's news that the Federal Reserve was trimming its $85bn a month bond buying programme by $10bn does not seem to have caused too many ructions.
There was also a limited reaction to growing fears of a credit crunch in China, which mainly sent precious metal prices tumbling again. Gold is on course for the biggest annual fall since 1981, helping push Randgold Resources 14p lower to £37.51.
Arm led the FTSE 100 risers, up 42p at £11.10. The chip designer was boosted by news one of its key customers, Apple, has signed a long awaited deal with China Mobile, giving it access to one of the world's fastest growing markets. Marc Kimsey, senior trader at Accendo Markets, said:
Traders are snapping up shares in Arm today after Apple agreed a tie-up with China Mobile. The state-owned network boasts more than 750m subscribers, put in to context the entire US population consists of 318m. With Arm technology in every Apple handset, the potential is obvious. Expect to see Apple's 5% share of the $80bn Chinese smartphone market increase significantly in 2014.
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But Hendry, looking to win his first world ranking title in 15 months, still considers the unpredictable 25-year-old to be a threat, whatever his frame of mind.
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After the Rapture, What's Next
Book by: Richard B Barnes
Status: Finished
Genre: Religion and Spirituality
Chapter1 (v.1) - After the Rapture, What's Next
After The Rapture, What's Next?
(UPDATED JUNE 4th, 2015. I believe the Bible predicted these end time wars and these increasing problems on a world wide bassis, so occasionally I will update this book to reflect it.) This book contains information on what happens before the tribulation period begins and after the Christians are taken out of the world in what is known in ancient Greek as the snatching away, or as Christians refer to it, the RAPTURE. I also look at Isaiah chapter 17 and discuss why I think it has not likely taken place as of yet and is likely going to in the near future.
The new testament of the Bible was written in ancient Greek and so when a Christian said that they believed in the rapture, others would say that the Bible does not contain the word "rapture" and they would be both correct and wrong. The Bible uses the ancient Greek word that means to be caught up. The ancient Greek word was basically, harpazo(sorry, my PC does not do the ancient Greek alphabet) Harpazo was translated to the word rapere and some say rapturo, which is Latin as part of the 5th century Vulgate translation for the pope. Anyway, rapture the meaning was taken from it. I'm not sure which word is used as I have not actually read the vulgate translation.None the less the Latin word Rapere translates to "abduct" while rapturo translates to "raptures". However let me be clear on this, the Bible does talk about the Christians being taken out of the world at the return of Christ. The rapture will happen fairly soon and thus I am writing this book to maybe help those who become brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ after the rapture occurs. I would however prefer that everyone accept the gift of Christ Jesus and get their sins forgiven NOW! Those people who are saved before the rapture of the Church will not have to go through the tribulation period. Either just before or after the rapture occurs, there will be a large push to form an overall governing world body. The man in charge of it "at some unspecified point after the rapture" will be loved by the whole world. He in reality is the "anti-Christ", there will also be someone known as the false prophet who will work with him. There will also be an agreement made in the middle east with the Arab states and others with Israel. Israel's temple will be rebuilt and that may be a part of this agreement as well. The agreement will be for a term of seven, 360 day years or to keep it simple 2520 days. However this will be the most turbulent time in world history, with all types of problems cropping up not long after the government is up and running. However, other things will seem quite nice apparantly as the world will love the anti-Christ. However at the mid point of the seven years the worst war in history will start. In mathematical terms I believe that's at the 1260th day into the seven year agreement. Billions will lose their lives. Those who accept Jesus forgiveness for their sins will have their souls saved and those who don't, won't. More on that latter. After the rapture at the end of the Tribulation period the second coming of JesusChrist will be to the earth and will be right after or right at the end of the 2520 days is up. Jesus as I understand it will then raise his children from the dead that were not part of the resurection and the rapture BEFORE the tribulation, and take them into his Kingdom. However the sinners who are raised from the dead will be judged and thrown into the lake of fire. This is how I understand the phrophecies in the Bible. For now however, let's get to the basics.
First things first. Jesus is the son of God. He was sent to earth to live as a true man and true God. He had mans abilities, but he wilfully denied his own Godly powers and trusted God the father and God the Holy Spirit as we must also do, and yet he overcame sin and did not sin himself. He was born sinless. The virgin Mary his mother was forgiven her sins because she believed God's word and believed that her son Jesus would someday provide forgiveness of her sins and the sins of the whole world. So when she gave birth to Jesus, he was not born in sin as other men were. He was conceived of God and a righteous women. He lived a sinless life so that he could give his life up as a sacrifice for us. As a replacement death for you and I. Just as a lamb was sacrificed in the old days for the Jews, Jesus gave himself as our sacrifice. When a man or woman admits that they are sinful and want to follow Jesus and do God's will. Then all they need to do is admit they are sinful and ask for Jesus gift of forgiveness of their sin. If they do this then all sin they have ever committed or ever would in their life has been instantly forgiven. They are reborn spiritually and placed into the resurrected body of Jesus Christ. Because Jesus raised from the dead and returned to heaven and promised to return for us we will also be changed and made like him when he raptures the church. Many of us who have accepted God's gift of eternal life in his son Jesus Christ are expecting the rapture of the Church very soon. ******
If you pray to God a prayer like this; Dear Saviour Jesus, I am a sinner, I want to change my life and live according to your will and no longer mine. Please forgive me of my sins, I accept your free gift of forgiveness of my sins and I thank you for it. In the name of Jesus Christ I pray, amen.
Amen, just means that you Really mean what your saying. If you just prayed that, then congratulations, you have just been saved in the forgiveness of Jesus Christ!
What you need to know now! **********
First off, the world government run by the anti-Christ will cause everyone on earth to receive some type of mark on the skin or some type of computer chip implant under the skin. It will be on the hand or forehead as I understand it. It CANNOT be taken by you!!! If they come after you to get you to willfully take the mark then you need to totally refuse and tell them it is a sin against God. God is one in three persons. The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Don't worry too much about that right now, just accept it. It is a spritual matter and I don't think a mere mortal man can "fully" understand it. Just content yourself that because God said it; it's true. They may toss you into prison or just leave you on the streets or perhaps kill you if you refuse. Without the mark, the Bible says that you will not be able to buy or sell; it sounds like you will be a non-person of sorts and cannot even hold a job. I do not know for sure at what point in the tribulation period the mark will start being forced on the people, so my advice is to start preparing for life without money as quickly as you can. If you can safely share the gospel then do so. The going won't be easy, but God will not forsake you! If you find other Christians you may be able to pool your resources, land, food, medical etc... Remember God will be with you! Have faith, God will provide for you. The Bible says that many Christians will be murdered by the non believers of that time. However, they CAN'T take away your salvation and those that do have to lay down their lives will be greatly rewarded in heaven. There will also be several punishments that are brought on the world by God during this 7 year tribulation period, but these are not meant for you when you become a Christian, but that does not mean that you will not suffer as this will be a very troubled time.
As of right now(November 5th, 2015), we have wars that are ongoing in Yeman, the Ukraine and in Syria and Iraq and things have gotten worse. Today we have the addition of Russia, the US, Iran and China with boots on the ground and I'm not sure that were done adding nations to the list. In addition to war we have an estimated number of over 800 million people who don't take in enough food to sustain themselves. As far a disease goes, you can take your pick. We don't seem able to produce the cures fast enough to keep up with the changes in viruses or bacterial infections. The Bible also states that many Christians would suffer and it's playing out right in front of our eyes! In the middle east we have homes and churches being burned with regularity and this is only going to get worse in the tribulation period soon to come! Those who take Biblical moral positions are taken to court - Their businesses are sued and judges support the case against them even though the rulings sometimes violate the constitution of the United States. My fear is that soon attacks from radical Muslim groups here in the US may hit a high enough number to compel even our conservative officials to vote to make amendments to the constitution that would reduce our religious freedoms to the point that were all shut up or put away, our churches either shut down or burned down. All we can really do right now is to pray and trust in God. The signs of the end times are with us! Pay close attention of who you are voting for!
I expect that the tribulation period is about to start. ISAIAH 17 is very likely to unfold and "may" be the trigger that causes the world to form a one world government. That is only a speculaton however, But the additional nations that have been added to the roster of nations in Syria today is starting to look a lot like I would expect it to look before the war starts.I fear that in Syria such a move would eventually entangle us in the Syrian war and that could lead to the fullfilment of Isaiah 17. When I wrote this in the beginning Assad had the upper hand. As of today that is no longer the case. Thus Russia sent troops in on the ground in Syria to help and now other nations are there suppossedly to protect their interests. This looks to me to be a scenario that can only end badly. If something should take place to cause the Arab armies to turn in mass against Israel and start launching rockets by the thousands it would over come Israel's defenses and leave Israel in a position where they are losing heavy civilian lives and have no choice left but to answer with a nuclear strike, but where? HERE'S THE KICKER, As far as I can tell, most intellegence sources say that most of the chemical weapons facilities have been based near and around the city of Damascus. Damascus has been defeated in war over the thousands of years of it's exitance, however it has never arguably been destroyed to the point that it was no longer inhabited. As far as we know it has always remained a city and the Bible in Isaiah chapter 17 states that it will be taken away from being a city and will become a ruinous heap. It's claim to fame is that it's the oldest CONTINUOUSLY inhabited city on earth. The Bible also states that the cities of Aroer will be forsaken and not inhabited except by flocks. If Assads forces along with Hezbollah were to strike Israel heavily with chemical or biological weapons, Israel would likely strike Damascus in retaliation and that strike would likely be nuclear if Israel were taking too many civilian casualties. The fall out of such an attack could come down in the area or the old city of Aroer. The local towns would evacuate to avoid the radioactive fallout. I don't know this to be the case but I feel confident Isaiah 17 has not occured and what we are seeing in Syria with Assad, the rebels, and ISIS is a growning concern. Aroer was a city in Jordan on the banks of the Arnon river, close to an ancient trade route that started in Damascus and went on into Egypt. It seems that God could have destroyed Damascus and caused people to never return to the cities of the area of Aroer, but it could not have been done by a human army of thoese days. No army could have destroyed the city of Damascus and killed or captured everyone over night and then traveled down some 140 to 150 miles to the area of Aroer to drive people out, NOT ALL IN ONE NIGHT. It's was just physically impossibe, in ancient times.So to put this in a nut shell I'll say this. If cities are attacked with weapons of mass destruction in the middle east, coupled with the world's economic system already on the ropes, I think the economic system would likely fall. Especially if Iran becomes something of a problem and oil from the gulf is slowed or stopped, with a nod to our troubles with Iran in Yeman. Under those conditions, with an economic system dead in the water and millions dead due to weapons of mass destruction in the middle east, a one world government will have an ideal type of moment to step in and convince the whole earth that a world government is needed to avoid this type of economic trouble in the future and to work out and control the best way to stop wars. Now many of us Christians would see this for what it is and would vote against this, so it's likely to me that the rapture of the Christians is about to happen. At that point the newly born one world government could use forgiveness of debts both public and private as a sugar cube to get people to accept it. I'm just speculating here but It would also give the new monetary system a better starting point, rather than unsolvable debt. I also want to point out that the war that takes place in the middle of the tribulation period, listed in Ezekiel 38, does not appear to list Syria as one of the nations involved. Having said that, its November 5th, 2015 and there is no guarantee that Isaiah 17 is about to be fulfilled, however it looks very likely that it may take place soon and may usher in the new world order. I may be wrong. Some other thing could take place BUT whatever it is, it is just about to happen! When this world government takes shape a leader will be chosen at some point. Either he will step up before it is formed or at the point it is formed or after it is formed. However you may be sure that this man will be the anti-Christ. He will do miracles of all sorts. He will be wounded to the head at some point and seem to raise himself from the dead. He will perform wonders and almost everyone will love him and follow him. At one point he will go to Jerusalem in Israel and go to the newly made Temple of God and stand in the temple and proclaim that he is God.
So the general outline is this as I believe it in the Bible. The rapture of the Church will happen very soon and a one world government will form. It may form just prior to the rapture or just after, but it will be soon, not likely years down the road. It will have a great leader either push to get it started or he will come to power after it is formed. The only thing that I know is that in either case the rapture of the Christians will happen before the anti-Christ is revealed. That great leader will perform wonders and is known in the Bible as the anti-Christ. After the church is taken out of the earth some people will likely start to think about what they have learned before about the rapture and other events they now see happening and turn to Jesus Christ as their savior. When millions of people around the world go missing, I'm not sure what the governments lie will be, but I can tell you for sure, it won't tell you that the rapture of the Christians has actually happened! Maybe it will say they were all killed due to alien activity, or that the new atom smasher created a weird condition and people just went missing, who knows, but it will sound possible so don't be fooled by it! During the tribulation there will also be 144,000 Jewish people who become saved in Jesus Christ and become great evangelists. At about this time there will also be two witnesses sent by God who can not be killed by anyone but the anti-Christ. They will witness to many about Jesus Chrst. Now it is important to know so I will restate it quickly that a peace treaty in the middle east will be signed by Israel and handled/guaranteed by the anti-Christ. When this treaty is signed it will mark the start of the tribulation period. The tribulation period is going to last for 2520 days. This is sometimes known as 7 lunar years. 7 years that each consist of 360 day years. At the end of this period Jesus Christ and his saints will return down to the earth itself to establish Jesus Christ reign on the earth. This tribulation period will start out looking like the anti-Christ is the greatest ruler of all time, but God will be punishing man for their continued rejection and the punishments will get progressively worse. Listed below are a basic outline of the judgments that will take place as I believe it. There are three groups of judgments: The 7 seal judgments, the 7 trumpet judgments and the 7 golden bowl or vial judgments. These are listed below.
The Tribulation Judgments
These judgments are started after the rapture of the church in my belief. Each group of 7 judgments are played out with the 7th and last judgment starting the 1st judgment of the next group. They start with the 7 seal judgments which are presented as a scroll which has seven seals. Each time a seal is broken it presents more of the writing on the scroll. Jesus Christ breaks the first seal and the judgments are started.
1st seal: The white horse. It is believed to represent - The judgment of the anti-Christ being made the conqueror of the earth.
2nd seal: The red horse. It is believed to represent - The judgment of war, where the peace treaty that was made for 7 lunar years is broken, which I believe represents the war listed in Ezekiel Chapter 38. I will briefly state that I believe that this war will start in the middle of the tribulation period and will start with an invasion of Israel and Egypt of what I believe are people that likely represent Russia, Turkey, Iran, Libya, and Ethiopia and likely others that I don't clearly understand. This will really start a whole series of terrible judgments.
3rd seal: A black horse. It is believed to represent - The judgment of starvation because food is scarce and costs a great deal of money. My advice here would be to anyone that is a Christian and living before the war started is to save a huge amount of food and hide it and yourself as best as you can devise. Preferably with other Christians. And as you likely can tell, you must be very careful about who you would share the word of God with.
4th seal: A pale horse. Also known as an ashen horse. It has as it's rider death and hell follows it. It shows that 1/4 of the earths population has died, likely due to the war.
5th seal: The Christians that have been saved during the tribulation that died for Jesus Christ are under the alter of God and ask God when will he avenge them of those on the earth and God gives to them white robes and tells them that they should rest yet a little time while their brothers and sisters in Jesus who should be killed, should fulfill their course. I'm paraphrasing of course but the point is made.
6th seal: A great shaking of the earth. Due likely to earthquake, volcano's or to my mind the most likely possible cause, Nuclear weapons. It speaks of the sky's darkening.
7th seal: When open there is a 1/2 hour of time in heaven of silence and 7 angles with 7 trumpets prepare to sound off. This 1/2 hour could be literal or it could simply represent a short period of time that will pass before the next set of judgments starts. It may even represent a few days or weeks but the exact amount of time I can't be sure of.
The Trumpet Judgments
1st Trumpet: 1/3 of the earth is set on fire. All green grass and likely grain type crops will be destroyed with the grass.
2nd Trumpet: 1/3 of sea life is killed.
3rd Trumpet: 1/3 of all fresh water is polluted and poisoned. This is a tough one, but I would recommend finding a spot under ground where a large amount of water could be stored and stirred to keep it fresh and out of the open air, to protect it from radiation fall out or pollution.
4th Trumpet: 1/3 of the light of the sun, moon and stars will be darkened. This may mean that the day light is reduced by 1/3 and the light at night by 1/3, or it could be a literal 1/3 blockage that I cannot figure out at this time. I am paraphrasing this information in an attempt to keep it as simple and straight forward as I can. It is far better to take this information and open up a Bible and read it and see what you think. I would recommend reading a King James version Bible, but you may have to use whatever you can find.
5th Trumpet: This is a judgment of locusts that sting men like scorpions. These are likely creatures that literally sting non-Christian people during this time period. They will continue tormenting men for 5 months. These locusts will not have an interest in Christians, so don't go poking at them. My best advice is to leave them alone and they will leave you alone. This torment is not meant for Christians. I do wonder if the mark of the beast is in fact some type of chip implant and if it is, it may emit some type of signal that will be irritating to the locust but that is purely speculation.
6th Trumpet: 4 angles are let loose that have been bound at the river Euphrates from the time of Noah's flood. They will kill 1/3 of the men still alive at that time. An army of the kings(nations?) of the East. The number of soldiers will be 200 million and they will be riding some type of armored vehicle that seems to fire what may be nuclear war heads. It's hard to say because it's something that I have not yet seen. But the US used to have short ranged nuclear artillery for small nuclear warheads in the 1950's I believe. With that in mind and the fact that today it's 2012, it's possible that China has devised a mobile tank like vehicle that can fire small nuclear warheads. My advice? Try to find somewhere well below ground that is not in a weak geological place where they normally have earth quakes. I know that's pretty vague, but that's the best I can offer. Your number one help is prayer to God.
7th Trumpet: In heaven are heard great voices that say: "The kingdom of the world is become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ: and he shall reign for ever and ever". At this point God has taken his kingdom but is not done yet with the tribulation period. Next in chapter 16 of Revelation we have 7 more angels with 7 golden bowls or vials as I will talk about in the next section below.
The Seven Golden Bowl or Vial Judgments
Revelation 16: 1
And I heard a great voice out of the temple, saying to the seven angels, Go ye and pour out the seven bowls of the wrath of God into the earth.
1st Bowl: Is poured out into the earth and it became a noisome and grievous sore upon the men that had the mark of the beast ,and that worshiped his image.
2nd Bowl: Is poured out into the sea and it became blood as of a dead man; and every living soul died, even the things that were in the sea. So at this point there is no more sea life at all.
3rd Bowl: Is poured out into the rivers and the fountains of water and it became blood. So now the fresh water is undrinkable.
4th Bowl: Is poured out upon the sun and it was given unto it to scorch men with fire. Again under ground housing would be preferred.
5th Bowl: Is poured out upon the throne of the beast; and his kingdom was darkened.
6th Bowl: Is poured out upon the river Euphrates and it's water is dried up. This will allow the army of the kings of the east, that has already killed 1/3 of the remaining population, to cross into the middle east. The nations will gather for battle in the valley of Har- Magedon.
7th Bowl: Is poured out upon the air and there came forth a great voice out of the temple, from the throne saying, It is done: Now several more things in Revelation are spoken of and then it returns to this point in Revelation chapter 19 verse 19. And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat upon the horse, and against his army. (this is talking about Jesus Christ and his saints returning to earth). And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought the signs in his sight, wherewith he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast and them that worshiped his image: they two were cast alive into the lake of fire that burneth with brimstone: and the rest were killed with the sword of him that sat upon the horse even the sword which came forth out of his mouth: and all the birds were filled with their flesh. After this battle, Satan is then bound in the abyss for 1000 years and Jesus sets up his kingdom here on earth. All those who became Christians during the tribulation rather alive or dead will be saved. Jesus Christ and his saints will rule a world that is restored and beautifull at this time. After 1000 years however, Satan is released for a short period of time and deceives men and they take up arms against God again and then they are destroyed when they apparantly surround God and his saints. The remaining people who are not found to be believers in Jesus Christ are thrown along with Satan into the lake of fire. After that happens, a new heaven and earth are made.
It is at this point that we enter eternity. What we will be doing is'nt fully known, but death and pain are no more. The Bible conveys that the wonderful things God will have us doing for eternity have not even entered the imagination of men. I hope that this is a help to some if not many people either now or after the rapture. Now, I would like to encourage you to read the Bible for yourself and with other Christians if possible. Pray often and have faith in God and your salvation in Jesus Christ.
It's my hope that this booklet will bring many to salvation in Jesus Christ and be an aid to those who become saved during the tribulation period.
My name is Richard Barnes, if you have read this before the rapture of the Church and have any questions please feel free to email me at firstname.lastname@example.com and I will try to get back to you. If I can't be reached please follow-up with other Christians and be sure to pray to God about all of your troubles and read the Bible. May God bless my brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ. Amen.
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For those who believe that this already happened, note this. Damascus has NEVER been destroyed and the war in Ezekiel 38 does NOT list Syria as a participant. Also, if you think this was performed in ww1 and ww2. Israel was not back in their historical land at that time and that is a MUST for Biblical prophecy. WW1 and 2 were foreshaddows of the times today and those soon to come.
Thank you Richard.
"Behold a certain great image! That image stood before you with a brilliant brightness; and its form was dreadful. The head of this image was of fine gold; its breasts and its arms were of silver, its belly and its thighs of bronze; its legs of iron, its feet were partly of iron and partly of clay" Dan.2:31-33
This is the description of "locusts" also described in Revelation Chapter 9 verses 1-11.
The F-22 warplane "locust", like a horse, is something ridden into battle. Look into the dome of the F-22 and you will see the face of a man.
Never having seen helmet gear and not knowing what the wires and oxygen hoses are; they would be described as hair. I saw a US Navy pilots' helmet and it was painted yellow/gold with black arched stripes that look a lot like insect antenna. I have seen photos of some pilot helmets that look like they have 2 large, white fang shapes something like a lion.
This is a perfect description of the American F-22 raptor superbomber plane. The F-22 Raptor
Dome is actually infused with real gold! The F-22 in flight with the bottom section open, this "belly" color looks like bronze, the arms/wings are silver and so are the "breasts" under the plane. The "feet" of the plane (since I am describing it as if living in the past & have never seen rubber) might be described as iron & clay. The tail part that sticks out looks like a scorpion stinger. Compare a US Navy pilots' helmet with the head of a locust. Nothing in the natural world is such a perfect visual match. The warplanes and the locusts fly and destroy.
"A stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them to pieces. Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold, were together broken into pieces, and they became like chaff on the summer threshing-floors; and the wind carried them away, so that no trace was found of them: and the stone that struck the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth" Dan.2:34-35.
The stone is a nuclear missile and the mountain is a great nuclear mushroom cloud. The fallout covers the world via jetstream.
This observation certainly fits the description and it fits the context of the written scripture. Also
I think the 4 angels bound at the Euphrates are 4 military powers that will unite in war = Turkey, Syria, Iraq & Iran.
In behalf of Maestro Erano Evangelista of www.thename.ph
May you read this message; In our present generation, for us to know that this is the time of trouble, where will it start?
'See, I am beginning to bring disaster on the city that bears my Name, and will you indeed go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword upon all who live on the earth, declares the LORD Almighty.'
Jeremiah 25:29 (NIV).
God said he will start to bring disaster on "the city that bears my Name" - What is this city that bears His Name?
18 Give ear, our God, and hear; open your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears your Name. We do not make requests of you because we are righteous, but because of your great mercy. 19 Lord, listen! Lord, forgive! Lord, hear and act! For your sake, my God, do not delay, because your city and your people bear your Name.".
Daniel 9:18-19 (NIV).
And in 2 Chronicles 7:12-14 (NIV)
12 the Lord appeared to him at night and said:
"I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a temple for sacrifices.
13 "When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people, 14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
If the city and the people of God are called Israel, and the city and the People of Israel bear and are called by the Name of God, (Dan.9:18-19 & 2 Chr.7:12-14), what is the Name of God?
The Name of God is ISRAEL ! Our God is LORD GOD ISRAEL!
Let us read again Jer.25:29
'See, I am beginning to bring disaster on the city that bears my Name, and will you indeed go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword upon all who live on the earth, declares the LORD Almighty.'
Jeremiah 25:29 (NIV).
God will start to bring disaster on the city that bears His Name which means God will bring disaster on the land of Israel and "all who live on the earth" (Jer.25:29)- together with all the people of the world, no one will be spared from the judgment of God.
If God would punish the people of Israel who are even called By His Name, how much more those who are not?
Why would God bring such punishment on the city or people that bears His Name and a sword to all who live upon the earth?
Psalm 79:6
New International Version (NIV)
6 Pour out your wrath on the nations
that do not acknowledge you,
on the kingdoms
that do not call on your name; It is because we do not call on His true name!
Let us now read again Jeremiah 25: 30 to 31
"Now prophesy all these words against them and say to them: " 'The LORD will roar from on high; he will thunder from his holy dwelling and roar mightily against his land. He will shout like those who tread the grapes, shout against all who live on the earth. The tumult will resound to the ends of the earth, for the LORD will bring charges against the nations; he will bring judgment on all mankind and put the wicked to the sword,' " declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 25:30-31 (NIV).
When the people are bad, they will be punished with wars and killings.
This is what the LORD Almighty says: "Look! Disaster is spreading.
from nation to nation; a mighty storm is rising from the ends of the earth."
Jeremiah 25:32 (NIV).
We have experienced the violent storms, even the change in climate around the world, which has not been experienced before. We hear and see these things as they are happening through the news on Cable or Satellite TV broadcasts.
If not natural calamities, they will be subject to other disasters, famine and plagues.
At that time those slain by the LORD will be everywhere - from one
end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned or gathered up or buried, but will be like refuse lying on the ground.
Jeremiah 25:33 (NIV).
With the great number of the dead, they will be left unburied. We should avoid this; the leaders should talk it over to acknowledge, repent, and return to God.
If we will not --
Weep and wail, you shepherds; roll in the dust,
you leaders of the flock. For your time to be slaughtered
has come; you will fall and be shattered like fine pottery.
Jeremiah 25:34 (NIV).
Even the religions will bear God's wrath. The leaders of the religions will be questioned by the people because of the great deception that they have done to all the people of the world by making them (people) call on the false names they made up for the one true and living God!
Will the leaders of the religions escape the wrath of God?
The shepherds will have nowhere to flee, the leaders of the flock no place to escape. Hear the cry of the shepherds, the wailing of the leaders of the flock, for the LORD is destroying their pasture.
Jeremiah 25:35-36 (NIV).
Their destruction will be complete.
The peaceful meadows will be laid waste because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
Jeremiah 25:37 (NIV).
All the people, whether they are good or bad, do not call on the true Name of God! Thus, all are cursed.
Like a lion he will leave his lair, and their land will become desolate because of the sword of the oppressor and because of the LORD's fierce anger.
Jeremiah 25:38 (NIV).
After all of this, the religions will be exposed that they have deceived humanity. This is the cause of the curse from God. It is also the reason why we had wars. Maestro asks: How important it is to know the Name of God?
I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and billows of smoke. The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD.
Joel 2:30-31 (NIV).
How can we be saved?
And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved;.
for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance,
as the LORD has said, among the survivors whom the LORD calls.
Joel 2:32 (NIV).
It is very clear, he who calls on the Name of God will be saved.
The people who will call on the Great Name of God. How will they be considered by God?
This third I will put into the fire;.
I will refine them like silver.
and test them like gold.
They will call on my name.
and I will answer them;.
I will say, 'They are my people,'.
and they will say, 'The Lord is our God. '"
Zechariah 13:9 New International Version (NIV).
The people who will call on the Name of God will be called the People of God. It is no longer the people who are called by the Name.
This is what the Sovereign LORD showed me: a basket of ripe fruit.
"What do you see, Amos?" he asked. "A basket of ripe fruit," I answered. Then the LORD said to me, "The time is ripe for my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.
Amos 8:1-2 (NIV).
"I will spare them no longer" – Indeed, God is no longer with them!
Regarding the disasters and wars in our generation, who has the right to ask salvation from God?
The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.
Psalm 9:9-10 (NIV).
God will not forsake those who will call on His Great Name!
May all the people of the world especially the Jewish People know more of God's True name in the Bible and Why He gave it first to Jacob and His message for our time in www.thename.ph.
Disastrous events will continue to happen all over the world, for the people to realize that the world is cursed. These will only stop when they accept and acknowledge the true Name of God, whom we should call LORD GOD ISRAEL
Thank you.
For those of you Christians who are in love with Israel,can you explain to me,how is it that Jews killed your God,till this day they still don,t believe that he was the Messiah,but yet somehow in your eyes Jews are still so call God,s people.
You are all full of you know what.
Dear Chachouu,
We, as Christians, have faith that the words in our Holy Bible were constructed and inspired by God who loves us. Consider reading the bible. Call it what you may, the bible is at least a historical document. If you do not agree that it is somewhat or entirely accurate, you can at least appreciate it for the wonderful narrative story it portrays. There are many stories where the Jews "messed up" by not following God's commandments. Yes, Jesus Christ was crucified by the very people he came to save. The wonderful thing is that through this, the doors to heaven became available to everyone! Not just jews alone. The Jews do not believe the second coming has not yet occurred. Once again, God will give them a chance to repent and redeem themselves. Like many people, this may include you, they must see to believe. In Revelation 7, God will choose 144,000 Jews and they will be used to convert many more during the tribulation period. As for Christians recognizing that the Jews are God's people, our bible clearly states it so we believe it must be true. Those who haven't come to believe in God think that our faith is foolish. If God's Holy Spirit is not in you, it will be tough to understand why we believe. God's word says many times that those who have ears will hear. This only means that a person must be open to hearing from the Lord. I pray that one day soon, as I also believe the rapture is near, you will understand and come to believe. God loves you.
To Chachouu
The 1st Act:
The Bible tells the story differently: Jesus Christ, as part of the Godhead, came down to Earth to lay down his Life of his own accord to redeem Mankind of the Original Sin committed By Adam and Eve.
His own words were: "No man takes my life from me. I lay it down voluntarily"
God used The Jew, as His chosen priestly nation, to initiate this sacrifice.
The Gentiles were also present and involved - via the Romans.
Were a court case like that to take place today, it would actually be the GENTILE who did the deed - though egged-on by The Jew.
So we are equally 'guilty' of Deicide - if it wouldn't have been a voluntary action by Jesus himself.
Had The Jew succeeded in sacrificing Jesus, Mankind would have to be thankful to The Jew for her Salvation instead of full of Hate.
I trust this clears up your 1st concern.
2nd Act:
In order to reach 'the nations' - the biblical term used for the Gentile World, God allowed His priestly nation to be expulsed from the land of Israel and made to live all over the globe.
In addition - so it is written in ROMANS, He blinded their understanding for the benefit of the Gentile world - in other words, it was GOD who stopped His Own from believing what the Gentiles believed. I don't know WHY God did this, I only know that it is written.
Does this answer your 2nd question? Through the travels of the early Apostles, the Christian Faith had spread throughout the then known Greek and Roman world.
Now follows a lot of ugly History - you can read it up - but God's end result was achieved: The Gentiles had accepted Jesus Christ as their Messiah, world-wide.
The Bible continues to say, that 'The Times of the Gentiles' shall come to a close with the approaching 'End-Times' and God shall return His People to their Homeland, with the ultimate goal of awaiting the Return of The Messiah.
1948 - after almost 2000 years, this became Reality:
"Can a Nation be born in one day?" asked the Prophet Isaiah, Chapter 66.8
Well ... she was, as it is written: a UN General Assembly Vote allocated the ancient territory to the dispersed European Jewry.
Matthew 24, 32-34, the words of Jesus: "The same generation witnessing the rebirth of Israel, is the generation who shall see The End of days"
One generation is counted as 60-65 years.
1948-2013=65 years
All the trouble happening in the Middle East has also been prophesied - you'd be surprised in what detail.
We are right there...D-Day is around the corner - unless The Bible is a Hoax - YOU decide!
Shalom - God bless, Gitta
Wonderful post Gitta. I've read Matthew 24 many times and never clearly noticed those words from Jesus and put a timeline on what he was saying. Thanks for that.
Thank you for this booklet. This is one of the clearest writing I have seen on what to expect from now on. As a born again Christian, it is good to see you are using your gift of writing for others.
The resurrection of the dead and the living is just that; after the dead in Christ rise, those who have been walking with God (a portion of the whole church; the disciples of the 2nd coming ministry of the two witnesses) will be caught up alive in what will be the first resurrection. The last trumpet (7th) shall sound and the dead in Christ shall rise. In a twinkling of an eye, then we which are alive and remain shall be added in, caught up to the throne of God.
Read your bible.
Thanks for sharing Richard. I enjoyed your post and will take time later to reread as you have packed an awful lot of info into the post. I also write, my url is www.womenandthechurch. I liked your bit about encouraging others to read the scriptures. That is what I do, I encourage women (and sometimes men) to believe in the God who loves them, to believe He wants the best for them, and to encourage themselves to build up their most holy faith by reading the scriptures and growing in relationship with the Lord. I hope you are right and we will be raptured soon, no man knows the time or the hour but the light is being stifled and covered and this world is growing darker by the minute, but we can comfort ourselves in knowing that JESUS is Lord and He has a plan and a purpose for us and an eternity with our Heavenly Father in store for us. I am Messianic and I was wondering if you are as well. We tend to be very thorough in our writing and preaching of the scriptures. Anyway, God bless and thank you for sharing.
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You have the rapture at the wrong place. It happens in the Sixth Seal, concurrent with the abomination of desolation and the beginning of the Wrath of God. It's preceded by the Fifth Seal, a 3 1/2 year period (the tribulation) during which the not-yet-announced anti-Christ makes war on the saints and overcomes them, making them martyrs. We see the raptured arriving in Heaven (and identified) in the Seventh Seal, and the 3 1/2 year period of the Great Tribulation (and "time of Jacob's trouble") commences. Jesus saves from Wrath, not tribulation. I'm not citing all the scriptures, because you know them, or can look them up easily.
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I know, it's been awhile, and my last project post was a teaser as well... (remember this pic below?)
In my defense, that other project was completed. However, once we put it to use, we found a problem with it, and we have yet to fix it. Anti-climatic, yes? I still plan to show it as soon as it's fixed (pinky swear!).
The current project, therefore, has happened because of this lil beaute! (cel phone pic, sorry)
Via the wonderful Scruffy the truck, we picked up this buffet table for our dining room at an estate sale last weekend for exactly what I'd budgeted for ($75!). It's a sturdy wood piece in great condition with no scratches or missing fixtures. And just look at those sexy legs, eh?
It's hard to see in the pic above, but the wood is a dull honey-ish brown color, which is rather 'blah', and I knew the moment I saw it that this would be an awesome piece to paint. I've been wanting to experiment with milk paint - more on that in another post - so here was my opportunity! With a stroke of luck I bought Miss Mustard Seed's milk paint on a week with free shipping that brought it to me just in time to start on it this past weekend.
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If you suffer from vertigo then this is most definitely not for you. Imagine standing in the sky suspended between two snow-covered mountains gazing down through the glass floor of a metal box at the fir trees in the valley nearly 1,500 feet below you.
Welcome to Whistler's PEAK 2 PEAK gondola, which opened to the public amid an enormous fanfare yesterday. It will be the showpiece of the next Winter Olympics, in 2010, and has already been hailed as the most daring ski lift ever built.
Earlier this week, in a sneak preview with senior resort staff, I made the 2.7-mile crossing from Whistler to Blackcomb mountains as the final maintenance checks and preparations for the opening ceremony were being carried out.
Scary? No: on a glorious sunny morning with the valley partly shrouded in a sea of cloud the experience, from the moment we swooped out of the terminal, was too exhilaratingly beautiful to be even remotely frightening.
At one stage far beneath our ski boots we could see four snowboarders resting on the piste, blissfully unaware of their spy in the sky. From our viewpoint they were minute splashes of colour on an otherwise all-white canvas. To make guest photography easier, the windows are glass rather than Perspex. The gondola will also run in summer to give visitors access to some 40 miles of hiking trails.
It takes just 11 minutes for the 28-person cabins to cross the void between the two mountains that already offer one of the longest vertical drops in North America.
The two mountains are joined at the base, but until now skiers and riders have had to descend all the way to the valley to switch from one to the other. The new £29 million lift will transform skier traffic around what remains the premier resort in North America – and, many would argue, in the world.
Instead of choosing the contrastingly different terrain of either Whistler or Blackcomb as your playground for the day, you can now swap at will without a tedious journey back up to the best high-altitude runs. The two peaks also tend to have different climates. If it is snowing on one, the other may be bathed in sunshine, while it is raining in town. As they say around here, if you're not happy with the weather, wait five minutes.
As a feat of mountain engineering, the construction of the PEAK 2 PEAK has rewritten the record book. It's the highest, longest and heaviest of its kind in the world, and can operate safely in winds of up to 50mph. Incredibly, at its highest point, above Fitzsimmons Creek, the unsupported span between two pylons – there are only four in all – is just short of two miles.
Each of the two terminal stations supports the equivalent force of two Boeing 747s in flight. Each spool of cable – 28 miles in total – weighs 90 tons.
Officials are quick to point out that the safety systems are exceptional, with backup after backup in place in case of a failure in any part of the cable or lift.
As we left the Whistler terminal a team of piste patrollers was practising evacuation drill on the roof of a single gondola isolated in the station.
The only comparable lift in terms of engineering enterprise is the Vanoise Express, twin double-decker cable-cars that span a mile-wide valley between Les Arcs and La Plagne in the giant 141-lift Paradiski area. The lift was closed for safety reasons for the whole of last winter after a fault was found in a cable. After a multi-million-pound refit it is scheduled to reopen on December 20.
Let's hope that the PEAK 2 PEAK proves more popular than its French counterpart: research has showed that less than one in three weekly visitors to Paradiski bothers to use the Vanoise Express.
The idea for building the world's greatest ski lift was born 11 years ago when the once quite separate and rival destinations of Whistler and Blackcomb were taken over by the giant Canadian resort developer Intrawest.
Hugh Smythe, who started his career as a humble ski patroller on Blackcomb and is now senior vice-president of the company, was on holiday in Zermatt. He was riding the Klein Matterhorn cable car and was struck by the similarity in distance to the span between his own two mountains. It took a decade of planning and a new parent company for Intrawest before he got the financial and technical go-ahead. The European lift specialist Doppelmayr came up with the final blueprint. Ueli Schmid, a Swiss engineer, and his 13-strong team then spent six months threading cables down one mountainside, across the valley and the creek, and up the other side.
"It's a lot of hiking," he said, "but there's simply no other way to do it. In the end, the blisters are worth it."
The towers had to be built last winter – which happened to attract the heaviest snowfall in the resort's history. Some 600 truck-loads of concrete had to be pulled up across huge banks of snow by giant tractors.
On Friday morning the forecast predicted snow again – not so good for the photographers and TV cameramen who have gathered here two hours north of Vancouver, but welcome news for Whistler itself. The resort, which for the past two seasons has clocked up the best snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere, has been in trouble during the opening weeks of this winter.
While its European counterparts are enjoying bumper conditions in the best start to a winter since 1974, Whistler has been looking distinctly green on its lower slopes. Skiers and snowboarders this past week have had to descend by lift to the village from both mountains.
Despite expert grooming, only a small amount of terrain is currently open. During one of the mildest autumns on record, it has been too warm to make much artificial snow. Both the men's and women's downhill courses, which will be the venues for the blue riband ski events of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, remain closed, but the glacial terrain on Blackcomb should open this weekend.
The new £70 million concrete-based bobsleigh course snaking down the Blackcomb mountainside looks unhappily out of place without sufficient surrounding snow cover. As I stood by a summertime pitch-and-putt course at Blackcomb base on Thursday, a sand wedge would have been more useful to me than my rented pair of skis.
Let's hope that 12 months from now the Olympic season dawns better.
The atmosphere is essentially cosmopolitan, with an excitement and après-ski scene not always present in a North American resort. Its Pacific Rim position makes it popular with Australians, New Zealanders and Japanese, while British gap-year students are coming in increasing numbers.
By the time I had hired skis and boarded a couple of lifts, there wasn't much I didn't know about the weather in South Island's Wanaka last July or the new piste at Perisher Blue in New South Wales. In the rental and "lifty" business here, Canadians seem distinctly thin on the ground.
You can stay, eat and shop better in Whistler than in almost any other resort on the continent, while the skiing is phenomenal. Both mountains offer an endless supply of easy and intermediate trails, but it's the top halves that make the long journey from home worthwhile.
Blackcomb has some seriously steep chutes and seemingly endless glacial descents, whereas Whistler Mountain is given over to a succession of glorious powder bowls. Both mountains have long thigh-burning runs from top to bottom, and Peak to Creek on Whistler is a classic for wannabe racers.
But in recent years the resort has become in danger of overreaching itself. After 10 years of continuous construction, Whistler and Blackcomb have evolved from two villages into what amounts to a ski city that sprawls down the valley in an endless conurbation to the satellite of Whistler Creek. For any resort, the window between discovery, development and over-commercialisation is narrow; in the case of Whistler it is now closed.
The Fairmont Chateau Whistler on the edge of the piste at Blackcomb remains my favourite ski hotel in the world. The Four Seasons and the Westin Resort & Spa also maintain the highest standards, and there are a lot of less exotic alternatives. I recommend Delta Whistler Village Suites, Crystal Lodge, and Summit Lodge.
Mountain restaurants have always been a Whistler shortcoming, with large soulless self-service places rather than European-style huts. Steeps at the Roundhouse Lodge on Whistler is a notable exception. Monk's Grill at the Blackcomb base is also welcoming. The Garibaldi Lift Company wins my award for the best après-ski venue in North America.
By night The Barefoot Bistro, Il Caminetto di Umberto, and Sachi Sushi are fine restaurants of international standing. But these days we're talking Courchevel-style prices for beds, food and entertainment. When you factor in the fiendish currency exchange, the price difference between this year and last can be as much as 25 per cent.
In the Four Seasons, the PEAK 2 PEAK Martini costs a modest £55. Expect to pay £90 for dinner with wine for two in a moderately smart restaurant; a lunchtime snack costs £18, and a glass of wine £7–£10.
Whistler, the best resort in the world? The jury's still out. But with its gleaming new gondola, it is certainly a wonderful contender...if you can afford it.
- Peter Hardy's trip to Whistler was arranged by Inghams (020 8780 4444, www.inghams.co.uk). He flew British Airways (www.ba.com) direct from Heathrow to Vancouver, and stayed at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler. One week here with Inghams costs from £829pp based on four people sharing a room, or £1,190pp for two people. Prices include flights, transfers and accommodation but not food. Inghams also offers the Four Seasons, Westin Resort & Spa, Crystal Lodge and Summit Lodge as well as other hotels and apartments.


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(NEWSER) – Senior year may not be ending so pleasantly for 62 students at New Jersey's Teaneck High School. They were arrested in connection with an ill-advised senior prank that involved them busting into their school around 2am today and allegedly doing the following: rubbing Vaseline on door handles, peeing in hallways, flipping over and breaking desks, graffiti-ing the place, and leaving balloons in their wake, report the Record and NBC New York. They caused extensive damage, say police, in what may have been a very short window: Police responded to a security alarm at 2:11am. Read the full story on Newser.com
The story reminds me of breaking into St. John, my high school in Mississippi. Now, I'm not going to admit how many times it happened; but, most recently, it was after our 20th Class Reunion. After dinner, a few of us found ourselves hanging out in the recently abandoned school parking lot. The school was permanently closed a few months earlier, so we figured what the hell ... And, I've got a few pictures to prove it.
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That's a really interesting observation. I wonder if we took all the most discussed ideas on CBOF, looked at the trading prices from the first month (averaged) till today, what the performance would be like. I often wonder whether online investing forums are worth visiting anymore. Might be easier just to do passive investing, ala Bogleheads, for the average folk than all of this "analysis" junk.
JGW is a frustrating situation, because, on the one hand, endur is likely right: the company has a lot of earnings power relative to its current valuation. It remains the dominant player in its market, and its margins have held up fairly well. However, we came to believe that other parts of our initial thesis were wrong or at least less certain than we thought: volume growth has been approximately zero (as opposed to modest but consistently positive), management has not been able to deploy excess cash via cheap M&A in its core business, and judicial and regulatory pressures increased (although we still don't expect any material negative outcomes). Moreover, while expansion into mortgage origination could certainly turn out to be a smart move, we think it's quite risky: origination is a ruthlessly competitive, low-margin business with many regulatory and capital-markets complexities, and JGW's senior management has no experience in this area. It's hard not to worry that these expansion efforts are meant to guard against the risk that structured-settlement volumes will ultimately shrink (as opposed to just not growing). Finally, management changes over the past year have brought uncertainty that to us added an extra element of risk.So we thought we had a cheap stock and a company with decent organic and inorganic growth prospects in a market it knew better than anyone else. Now we're concerned that we just have a cheap stock. Buying cheap stocks tends to work well on average, but given our general preference for less messy longs as well as faster growing companies, we moved on. If we end up regretting exiting the position, it wouldn't be terribly surprising.
Quote from: John Hjorth on January 09, 2017, 12:55:06 PMThe only problem I have with this is: How did this escalate into 874 pages on this board? Oh well, that may just be me <pressing the unnotify button now>Well, COBF did it again! Almost all of the most frequented names under Investment ideas have been mediocre to plain duds. You can sort the Investment Ideas section by # replies and see that. I even posted the lack lustre to poor stock price performance for the most popular names from post #1 to post #xxxxx here in 2015. http://www.cornerofberkshireandfairfax.ca/forum/general-discussion/what-happened-to-this-board/msg223221/#msg223221Stay away from the most discussed stocks on COBF!
The only problem I have with this is: How did this escalate into 874 pages on this board? Oh well, that may just be me <pressing the unnotify button now>
But an absolutely terrible 2011/2012/2013/2014, when it was most actively discussed on the board.


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Fending off the slings and arrows...
Poem by: lifeofrhyme
Status: Finished
Genre: Poetry
I hear amazing revelations
Pathetic misinformed accusations
Borne of non-intellectual educations
Intrusive, nonsensical condemnations;
Fully aware of my current position
Mocking sarcastically my disposition
Disregarding the period for my transition
I saw this coming in a premonition;
I fend off slings and arrows at my intentions
Hear sarcastic reasons, inventions
Jealously watch as they draw their pensions
Sidestep situations with tensions;
Feel out of place due to lack of finances
Try to explain my lack of chances
Avoid invitations to dinners and dances
My current plight this only enhances;
Presently my options are restricted
Settle down, then get evicted
All of these things have been depicted
I have become the pathetic afflicted;
I have ideas and I try to speak
They see me as a loser, meek
My squashed plans render me weak
Yet still the assailants turn the other cheek;
One day my desire will blossom fruition
I will have the key that fits the ignition
Drive far away from my worthless position,
Leave the attackers with a sorry admission;
Thankfully there are those that see my plight
Choose to shadow me through this fight
Have the sense to see with more than their sight
Give me courage and wings to aid me in flight;
Grateful for this as I pick up the stones
They do not destroy me, I'm down to bare bones
And those that sit in their glittering thrones
Will have less than me in their showroom style homes;
For I have inside me strength and resolve
The problems my stomache shall dissolve
As long as I walk and the World does revolve
I shall be reborn refreshed; and evolve;
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Moyes fury at AJ
FURIOUS Everton boss David Moyes will delay Andy Johnson's £10m move to Fulham after the striker pulled out of a pre-season friendly at the last minute.
Moyes is angry Johnson claimed his mind wasn't right to face Preston on Tuesday after learning of Roy Hodgson's bid. [>
And now the Everton chief will block the move until he finds a replacement, with Real Zaragoza star Diego Milito and Tottenham's Darren Bent top of his wanted list.[>