Young entrepreneur Nick Caster raises the bar and the house
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 26. 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Nick Caster prefers to work behind the scenes, but it’s finally time for him to step into the spotlight. A natural businessman with his hand in the entertainment and corporate markets, Caster’s latest work in progress comes in the form of breaking down a major barrier in Nashville music – the second House Music Awards will be held at the legendary Grand Ole Opry in April 2023 Ticketing will begin in early 2023.
Nick Caster is the development director of the new awards show created by house music artist, DJ and producer Jesse Saunders (creator of house music). The house music genre continues to grow in the US market, but bringing the genre and its leaders to Nashville is a serious step into the Music City market. Caster is a seamless addition to the team, bringing the vision for the awards show to life while consulting with companies and artists.
“Nick has done an amazing job as Chief Marketing Officer and as a result we have seen tremendous growth and visibility for our brand. He has been a pleasure to work with over the past few years.” – CEO Chris Van Doeselaar, Newco Design Build/Blox
With a background in writing and producing pop, EDM, country and rock music for other artists, Caster has his finger on the pulse of what listeners desire. He bridges artistic pursuits and business consulting with NC1 Agency (Nashville, Tennessee). His previous experience includes collaborations with Tesla, Google, Universal, Live Nation, etc. The proof of Caster’s expertise lies in his successes — including bringing “25x more revenue in 18 months” to a design-build architecture firm, Caster said. He also consulted SAFE Structure Designs, which creates support equipment for the military defense and industrial industries.
“I have always appreciated Nick for his honesty and integrity. He is motivating, energetic, which combined with his skill set makes him an extremely valuable asset.” – CEO Johnny Buscema, SAFE Structure Designs
The business-minded consultant brings his expertise and connections to the entertainment industry, making Caster a sought-after producer, artist development professional, and songwriter. The upcoming House Music Awards are another opportunity for Caster to celebrate his professional creative endeavours, as well as his entrepreneurial success.
“Our team is thrilled to bring the House Music Awards to the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. Jesse Saunders and I have created a new ‘country house’ genre category to open more doors for country artists to work with DJs and performers. remixers” Caster talks about the upcoming event.
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Hundreds of galaxies have been discovered in a tiny corner of the universe by the South African radio telescope, MeerKAT. According to CNN News, the MeerKAT has been scanning the southern hemisphere since late 2015. At the present time, only 16 of the 64 MeerKAT telescopes are working. The remaining telescopes are scheduled to be finished at the end of 2017.
The Square Kilometer Array (SKA) Project, has more than 20 member countries, of those, Britain hosts the headquarters. Although South Africa is in a slowing economy, it has invested $205 million into the telescope project. The funds mostly came from the public at large, as well as science and research partners. There have already been 500 scientific groups, from 45 countries, who have booked spots for their turn to use the MeerKAT telescope, between 2017 and 2022. South African project director Rob Adam said this technology will bring to astronomers worldwide, the most profound and powerful tool ever used in radio astronomy.
The radio telescope, MeerKAT is under construction in Karoo. It is being constructed in phases to allow the system to be verified, tested, and to be used while other sections are still in the completion phase. Professor Justin Jonas, SKA South Africa chief technologist, says that he is sure that due to the results shown from the MeerKAT, once all 64 dishes are working it will become the world’s leading telescope of its kind. Prime Minister of Science and Technology Naledi Pandor made a statement in a press release that said the telescope locally designed telescope proves to the world that South Africa is able to compete worldwide in science, engineering, and technology.
When the MeerKAT is completed, each one will have a 13.5-meter diameter dish antenna, cryogenic coolers, digitizers, receivers, and other electronics. According to Gizmag, the MeerKAT radio telescope is part of a larger grid, which is the SKA. The larger scale of the SKA will bring together 133 more dishes in South Africa and more than 130,000 low-frequency antennas from Australia. This will allow the universe to be scanned at a rate a thousand times faster than current technology.
Even though the headquarters is located in the U.K., South Africa and Australia are the main places of operation. The SKA is set to be fully operational by the 2020s, and will consist of about 3,000 dishes that will be placed within 0.4 square miles. The SKA will be focusing the telescope. It will have 10,000 times the ability than current instruments and will be used to research dark energy, supernova, black holes, and looking into the dawning of the universe, 14 billion years ago. The evolution of this technology will enable astronomers to study the evolution of the universe on the largest scale ever available.
The MeerKAT radio telescope has captured images of less than 0.01 percent of the celestial sphere. This means that previous glances into the sky only revealed 70 galaxies, whereas the MeerKAT has now detected more than 1,300 in a distant universe. One of the galaxies that has been seen is 200 million light years away and is reported to be where new stars are forming, from hydrogen gas, in large numbers. The telescope with pick up radio waves billions of light years away. CNN News also reports that there is a massive black hole, Fanaroff–Riley Class 2, shooting jets of powerful electrons that are moving at close to the speed of light.
By Tracy Blake
Edited by Jeanette Smith & Cathy Milne
Gizmag: MeerKAT First Light image exposes more than 1,300 new galaxies
IOL: MeerKAT stands tall for local science
CNN News: Super telescope finds hundreds of previously undetectable galaxies
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When preparing to build a system in a new chassis, the first thing I like to do is install a full size ATX motherboard to determine how much space will be available to work with cables and such. The photo above shows us that the GS 6000 II Optimus has some room around the components for the installation phase.
We installed our power supply with the fan facing downward so that it can take advantage of the ventilated area below to draw in cool air from outside the chassis.
Our next step is to install the GPU. The GS 6000 II Optimus supports graphics cards up to 270mm long. Some of the largest graphics cards will not fit in this case.
Above: The Radeon 6950 is one of the longer cards and it just fits inside the GS 6000 II Optimus with perhaps a mm or two to spare.
Sentey uses a tool free design to secure any add on cards. The clips are made of sturdy red plastic and they make securing cards a simple task. For those of you that are concerned about the weight of large graphics cards; we need to release the retention clip so we can use of a thumb screw to secure the card.
When it comes to cable management the GS 6000 II Optimus is too narrow to allow any of the thick power supply cables to be hidden behind the motherboard tray. We can still hide SATA and other flat power cables, but it is not ideal.
The last photo shows the finished system build. Even with the limited amount of cable management options available, the end result is not that bad.

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Polestar has helped bring the vision of a trio of aspiring designers to reality with an electric supercar concept.
The Polestar Synergy concept is the product of a collaboration between the Swedish manufacturer’s design team and members of the public who won the brand’s open design contest.
Presented this week at the IAA Munich motor show, the concept supercar is a 1:1 scale model
Dubbed an ‘electric fantasy’ by Polestar, the model’s futuristic exterior was inspired by the proportions of a hammerhead shark around a cabin said to focus on ‘floating comfort’.
The model is only 1.07m tall and 4.56m long, giving it a low-slung stance and an aerodynamic look.
Pronounced wheel arches create a hollowed-out front bonnet which is dominated by a glass top that hinges vertically.
An aerodynamic fascia features a large front splitter and cut-out air intakes on the bonnet side of the wheel arches, as well as L-shaped LED light bars stretching back behind the front wheels.
Halfway between a Le Mans racer and an aircraft-inspired monocoque cabin, the single-seater configuration is filled with ambitious tech.
A steering yoke sits in front of a floating bucket seat with harness-style seat belts.
A floating digital dash sits behind the steering wheel and a miniature instrument panel sits in the centre of it, acting as a replacement for a dash in the compact cabin.
The model’s design comes from three student designers, two exterior and one interior, picked from over 600 entrants.
Winning designers Devashish Deshmukh, Swapnil Desai, and Yingxiang Li have their names featured on the exterior near the cockpit.
Polestar provided entrants with a brief that asked them to conceptualise a model focused on performance while also making sustainable considerations.
After its initial showing at the Munich show, the Synergy will commence a world tour throughout various Polestar locations, beginning in October in the U.S. at the Hot Wheels Legends Tour in El Segundo, California.
Polestar has also announced it is launching a partnership with the Hot Wheels brand, which will see Polestar’s models being made into Hot Wheels Matchbox collectibles.
The design competition and the resulting concept model are intended to showcase Polestar’s design ambitions and potential when applied to electric vehicles (EVs).
Speaking of the design competition and the upcoming Hot Wheels partnership, Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath said, “All of this proves that electric vehicles – in reality, or as toys – can be just as, if not more, exciting than their ICE equivalents.”
Availability of models in Australia has stunted the brand’s expansion, but with supply issues easing Polestar Australia confirmed that more units of its Polestar 2 will be available at the end of this year.
The brand’s next model, the Polestar 3 SUV, will land in Australia a few months later than intended in the second quarter of 2024.
The slightly smaller Polestar 4 SUV is also set to arrive late in the second quarter of 2024.
While these are all fairly practical models, Polestar is working on its first electric two-door which it previewed with the O2 and 6 LA concepts. An unspecified number of examples of the production folding hardtop convertible will come to Australia.
Polestar’s first vehicle as a standalone brand was a two-door coupe, though the Polestar 1 featured plug-in hybrid power and was never sold here.
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Boralex has secured €136m in financing for five wind farms in France totalling 112MW.
Crédit Industriel et Commercial, Auxifip, Caisse Régionale de Crédit Agricole Mutuel Nord de France and BPI France Financement will provide the money on a 80:20 debt/equity ratio.
The projects are the 33MW Inter Deux Bos, 26MW Côteaux du Blaiseron, 23MW Sources de l’Ancre, 20MW Hauts de Comble and 10MW Le Pelon wind farms.
Construction of the projects is either underway or will start in the coming months, with commissioning scheduled from the end of 2018 through to 2019.
The finance consists of a 15-year €108.8m fixed-rate tranche and a 15-year €27.2m variable-rate tranche.
Short-term funding of €20.4m has also been provided to meet temporary requirements related to French value-added tax.

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth
With more sales of loan portfolios likely, potential purchasers should consider commercial issues, impact on pricing & terms.
Carey Olsen has added Bermuda law capabilities to its London office with the appointment of experienced corporate lawyer Sheba Raza.
British Virgin Islands
The British Virgin Islands continues to be a jurisdiction of choice for corporate vehicles entering into secured finance transactions, and remains a markedly creditor-friendly jurisdiction.
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Since the beginning of March, 15 companies within the S&P/TSX Composite Index have gone to market to raise capital.
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guide is a global publication that provides international expert analysis in key areas of law, practice and regulation for corporate counsel, cross-border legal practitioners...
On March 13, 2020, Hakken Capital Corp. announced that it had completed its initial public offering of common shares in the capital of the company for gross proceeds of $400,000, ...
The Cayman Islands is changing the way it regulates funds. Two new measures – the Mutual Funds Law (Revision, Amendment 2020) and the Private Funds Law and Regulations 2020 – have been implemented.
The Cayman Islands continues to be a jurisdiction of choice for the establishment of investment funds, portfolio investment companies and corporate vehicles,...
Several members of our global fund finance team attended the 10th Annual Global Fund Finance Symposium at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach, 12-14 February 2020.
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
European Union ("EU") national regulators have regulated the short selling of shares and certain aspects of credit default swaps ("CDS") ...
On January 23, 2020, the European Banking Authority (EBA) acknowledged in an Opinion1 (the Opinion) the European Commission's (EC) decision to consider the supervisory and...
Central banks provide credit funding to financial institutions on specific legal terms and in return for receiving eligible collateralization as security against that funding. In the Eurozone...
It is a question which lenders have to consider every time the terms of a facility are amended: will the existing security remain effective following the amendment? Zoë Hallam and Jon Le Rossignol...
Structured finance is a financial instrument whereby an asset, such as a bond, or a pool of assets, such as residential mortgages, credit card repayments
1. Intellectual Property Rights are often High Value Assets: Lenders will want security and rights over the most valuable assets of a borrower.
Banking deposits in Jersey are on the rise (£139.2bn as at September 2019 according to the figures from the Jersey Financial Services Commission).
It is no surprise, as a result of the wider economic unpredictability arising from COVID-19, that listed companies requiring urgent access to capital are turning their attention back to Jersey
On 14 May 2020, the European Commission (″EC″) sent formal notice letters to advise Luxembourg and Portugal to remove the exemptions from interest limitation rules currently available to certain securitisation vehicles...
Arendt & Medernach
Luxembourg, 2 April 2020 – As is the case every three years, the partners of Arendt & Medernach have decided on the new governance of the law firm.
An independent EU member state in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea - Malta -offers an advanced legal basis for a set-up of securitization structures.

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5 things you need to know Monday
Good morning, Pensacola. Here are five things you need to know as we begin another work week:
1. As Troy Moon says it in his moving tribute, "J. Earle Bowden, one of the greatest Pensacolians, has died. But the iconic Pensacola historian, newspaperman, cartoonist and preservationist built a legacy that will outlast us all." If you call Pensacola your home, you owe it to yourself to read Moon's tribute, as well as others' heartfelt words about J. Earle Bowden, and learn how much he contributed to this city and our future.
2. Escambia County School Board member Jeff Bergosh isn't mincing words. Discipline in the Escambia County School System is ineffective and a handful of troublemakers are ruining learning for entire classrooms of students, he says. "I just can't sit here meeting after meeting and hear that our options are limited or we're doing everything that we can, because I don't believe that we are. I believe we need to do more."
3. At 73, Pete Rose hasn't let aging change his passion for life, for interest in talking baseball. The all-time hits leader in Major League Baseball (4,256) was the keynote speaker at Friday night's 46th annual All Sports Association Awards banquet at the Emerald Coast Convention Center in Fort Walton Beach, and he sat down with sports writer Bill Vilona for a few words.
4. We learned this morning that Ransom Middle School teacher Louis O'Rear, unfortunately, no longer is in the running to be among the first human beings to touchdown on the the red planet. O'Rear, 50, was one of 663 remaining candidates for the Mars One program, a Dutch-led venture that aims to send four people on a one-way trip to Mars in 2025. Last December, O'Rear was notified he was one of 1,058 people worldwide selected as potential candidates for the trip. More than 200,000 applied, including O'Rear. But he didn't make the cut of the final 100, released today.
5. We should see rain today and highs in the 40s and 50s toward the week's end, according to the National Weather Service.
Today is forecast to be cloudy with a high near 70. There will be a 50 percent chance of showers this afternoon. A wind advisory will be in effect from noon today until 10 p.m., and wind gusts may reach speeds of up to 30 mph.
Flags are currently yellow on Pensacola and Navarre beaches. There will be a high risk of rip currents today and tomorrow.
The strong winds will continue into tonight, and the chance of rain will be about 80 percent.
The low should fall to 40.
There will be a slight chance of showers tomorrow, and the high will be 51.
The low will be 34 Tuesday night.
Wednesday should be sunny with a high and low of 54 and 29.
The high Thursday is expected to be near 46, and the low should be 35.
Friday will bring a high and low of 57 and 51 respectively.


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Silicone mold for Christmas Star or Poinsettia Set 1 ( includes e 5 veiners for petals)
Poinsettia Christmas Star
Euphorbia pulcherrima known as Poinsettia or Christmas Star is an ornamental plant native to Mexico, and on our website certainly we could have not missed such a beautiful and popular plant.
We have created for you a few sets of silicone veiners and cutters complete with flower and leaf to achieve it.
These molds once removed ensure a perfect result regardless if the paste used is that of corn, sugar or porcelain.
Cutter Christmas Star 1
Silicone mold for a Poinsettia or Christmas star (petals and leaves)
Poinsettia Cutter 2
Cold Porcelain or Corn dough ready to use ..
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“A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION”
Krishna Consciousness and the Judeo-Christian Tradition
A Guide to Interfaith Discussion
There are many passages throughout the Old Testament which speak of death with finality, and make no mention of an afterlife. "Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return," said the Lord to Adam and Eve in Genesis 3:17. Humans lost a physical immortality, and there is no mention of existence beyond the body.
Psalm 49:12 says man is like the animals that perish. Psalm 103:15 says mans’ days re like the grass or a flower of the field. Psalm 115:17 says, "The dead do not praise the Lord, nor any who go down into silence." According to Psalm 143:3, those long dead "dwell in darkness." The Book of Ecclesiastes (3:19-20) says men are like beasts; "as one dieth, so dieth the other," that man "hath no pre-eminence above a beast"; "all go into one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again." Job (6:18) teaches that there is no existence after death; men "go to nothing, and perish," and "he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more." (7:9)
Reincarnationist thought, nonetheless, has found its way into Judaism. The Pythagoreans, Neoplatonists, Hindus, Buddhists and Jains have all forbidden animal slaughter at various times in human history because of a belief in transmigration of souls and, consequently, the equality of all living beings. The doctrine of reincarnation is taught in the Kabbala, or mystical Judaic tradition, and was used to advocate ethical vegetarianism in Sedeh Hermed—a huge, talmudic encyclopedia authored by Rabbi Hayyim Hezekiah Medini (1837-1904).
In Wheels of a Soul, Rabbi Phillip S. Berg, a renowned contemporary Kabbalist, explains: "...the concept of reincarnation is by no means exclusive to Judaism. The idea was prevalent among Indians on the American continent; and in the Orient, the teaching of reincarnation is widespread and influential. It is the basis of most of the philosophical systems of India, where hundreds of millions accept the truth of reincarnation the way we accept the truth of gravity—as a great natural and inevitable law that only a fool would question."
According to Rabbi Jacob Shimmel: "We are reborn until we reach perfection in following the Torah...In Hebrew, reincarnation is called gilgul, and there is a whole section of the Kabbala entitled Sefer HaGilgulim. This deals with details in regard to reincarnation.
One remarkable figure from this mystical school of Jewish thought is Rabbi Isaac Luria (1534-72). Born in Jerusalem, he became a brilliant student, noted for his intelligence, logic and reasoning abilities. By the age of 15, Luria had surpassed all the sages in Egypt in his understanding of talmudic law.
With a thirst for higher knowledge, he studied the Zohar and the Kabbala. For seven years, he lived as an ascetic on the banks of the Nile River; fasting often, seeing his wife only on the Sabbath, and merely for brief conversation, if necessary. During this time, he experienced many strange voices and ecstatic visions.
At times, the prophet Elijah appeared to teach him the secrets of the Torah. Luria later went to Safed (in Palestine) and became the spiritual master of the community of mystics there. He taught that the good souls in heaven could be brought down to inhabit human bodies.
Luria saw spirits everywhere. He heard them whispering in the rushing water of rivers, in the movement of trees, in the wind and in the songs of birds. He could see the soul of a man leave the body at the time of death. Intimate conversations were often held with the souls of past figures in the Bible, the talmudic sages and numerous respected rabbis.
Luria’s disciples said he could perform exorcisms and miracles and speak the language of animals. They wrote: "Luria could read faces, look into the souls of men, recognize that souls migrated from body to body. He could tell you what commandment a man had fulfilled and what sins he had committed since youth."
Is reincarnationist thought compatible with Christianity? The first books of the Bible speak of man as a physical being, formed from the dust and then infused with a divine "breath of life." New Testament writings, however, describe the individual as a spiritual being, clothed in an earthly body of flesh.
The New Testament clearly distinguishes between the carnal and the spiritual. "It is the spirit that giveth the body life," taught Jesus, "the flesh profit nothing." (John 6:63) Paul taught that Jesus had both an earthly and a spiritual nature (Romans 1:3), and referred to his own spiritual self . (Romans 1:9)
According to Paul, the soul can do no good while it is in a body doomed to death; it is merely a prisoner to sin and the flesh. (Romans 7:18-24) The brethren are to behave in a spiritual manner, rather than in a fleshly way. (Romans 8:4; 13:14; I Peter 2:11)
The brethren have been called to liberty; they should not misuse their freedom as an opportunity to gratify the flesh. If they behave in a spiritual way, they will not carry out the desires of the flesh. The desires of the Spirit and those of the flesh are in opposition to one another. (Galatians 5:13,16-17) The deeds of the flesh are evident in immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, magic arts, animosities, strife, jealousy, bad temper, outbreaks of selfishness, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness and carousing. Those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
But the Spirit’s fruition is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, generosity, fidelity, gentleness and self-control. Those who belong to Christ have "crucified the flesh with its passions and desires;" they "live by the Spirit" and are "directed by the Spirit." (Galatians 5:19-26)
To be carnally minded is to die, but those under the control of the Spirit have transcended their lower, bodily nature. (Romans 8:5-14) Paul regarded envy, strife and divisions among the brethren as carnal or unspiritual. (I Corinthians 3:3) He distinguished between saving the spirit of an individual and the destruction of the person’s flesh. (I Corinthians 5:5)
God’s kingdom is not carnal, but spiritual: "But I make this statement, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, neither does the perishable inherit the imperishable...For this perishable must put on imperishability and this mortal must put on immortality. (I Corinthians 15:50,53)
According to Paul, the body is like a lump of clay. (Romans 9:21; II Corinthians 4:7) Although one’s outer nature decays, one’s inner self is continually renewed in spiritual life. (II Corinthians 4:16-17) The body is merely a temporary, earthly tent in which the soul resides; the spirits of the faithful shall soon be clothed in everlasting, heavenly bodies. (II Corinthians 5:1-3) The soul resides inside a body of flesh. (II Corinthians 10:3) To identify with the body is to be absent from the Lord. (II Corinthians 5:8-10)
Paul gave an example from his own life to distinguish between being with Christ and remaining "in the body," to illustrate that one’s actual self is spiritual and separate from the physical body. (Philippians 1:21-24) He told his followers to set their sights on heavenly, not earthly things, and to put to death their earthly nature. (Colossians 3:1-5)
Before salvation, many of the brethren indulged in fleshly desires, and followed the inclinations of their lower natures. (Ephesians 2:3) The sensual are considered "lost," because "their minds are set on earthly things." Paul told the faithful their real home is in heaven, and they would soon be clothed in spiritual bodies. (Philippians 3:18-21)
The New Testament teaches that those who have become God’s children through Christ owe their birth not to flesh or blood, but to a transcendent God. (John 1:12-13) There is a difference between a physical birth and a spiritual birth. (John 3:6-8) Jesus made a distinction between teaching "of earthly things" and "of heavenly things." (John 3:12) Jesus said his home was heaven (John 3:12), and that neither he (John 8:23) nor his disciples (John 15:19) were of this world. His disciple John repeated this message to the brethren. (I John 4:4-6)
The brethren have undergone a spiritual rebirth, not from a perishable but an imperishable seed through the word of God. The flesh will decay, but the word of God is eternal. (I Peter 2:23-25) One must not love this world nor the things in this world. To do so is to alienate oneself from God’s love, because the passions of this world are flickering and temporary. (I John 2:15-17)
This world belongs to the devil (II Corinthians 4:4), this present world is evil (Galatians 1:4), and pure religion means keeping oneself unstained from the world (James 1:27). The brethren have been granted "great and precious promised blessings," so that they "might become sharers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world that arises from passion." (II Peter 1:4)
"He who loves his life will lose it," taught Jesus, "and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life...For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?" (Matthew 16:26; Mark 8:36; Luke 9:25; John 12:25) Jesus thus taught his followers to seek the eternal treasures in heaven rather than pursue temporary, earthly gain. He demanded the self-sacrifice and renunciation of earthly possessions and family ties and duties. (Matthew 6:19-21, 6:24-34, 8:21-22, 10:34-39, 19:20-21,29; Luke 9:57-62, 12:51-53, 14:25-26,33; James 5:1-3)
Jesus himself had no interest in worldly disputes over money and property. (Luke 12:13-14) He taught that life is meant for more than the accumulation of material goods. He condemned those who lay up treasures for themselves, but are not rich towards God. (Luke 12:15-21) In the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus, Jesus showed concern for materialistic persons (Luke 16:19-31). It is difficult for those attached to earthly riches to enter the kingdom of God. (Matthew 19:16-24; Mark 10:17-23; Luke 18:18-25)
In the Gospel According to Luke, Jesus says, "The kingdom of God does not come by looking for it, neither will they say, ‘Look! Here it is,’ or ‘There it is!’ for the kingdom of God is in your midst. (Luke 17:21) Another translation reads, "...the kingdom of God is within you." In either case, these verses indicate that the kingdom of God is not earthly or material. In the Fourth Gospel, Jesus explicitly tells Pontius Pilate, "My kingdom is not of this world." (John 18:36)
Jesus also told his disciples, "In my Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you." (John 14:2) Paul spoke of being "caught up as far as the third heaven...whether in the body or out of the body I do not know..." (II Corinthians 12:2-3)
On the question of the afterlife, Paul taught that God rewards each individual according to his deeds. (Romans 2:6) One reaps what one sows. (II Corinthians 9:6; Galatians 6:7)
Some souls remain entangled in decaying flesh and blood, while others turn to the Spirit. "The one who sows for his own flesh will harvest ruin from his flesh; while the one who sows for the Spirit will harvest eternal life from the Spirit." (Galatians 6:8) According to Paul, a kernel of spirit is sown into a particular kind of body.
"...God gives it a body as He plans," explained Paul, "and to each seed its particular body. All flesh is not the same; but one kind is human, another is animal, another is fowl, and another fish." (I Corinthians 15:38-39) Paul further distinguished between earthly, or physical bodies, and heavenly, or spiritual bodies. "There are heavenly bodies and also earthly bodies; but the radiance of the heavenly is one kind and that of the earthly is another kind." (I Corinthians 15:40)
Resurrection, then, as taught by Paul, is not the Old Testament doctrine of the reassembling of dust into living bodies, but rather, the clothing of the spirit with a new body; the placing of a kernel of spirit into a new body, from where its existence continues.
Paul’s letters emphasize the distinction between the soul and the body, the clothing of the spirit with a new body, and the eternal nature of the soul and its relationship to God versus the temporary nature of the flesh and the material world. These concepts can all be found in the doctrine of reincarnation.
The Lord told the prophet Jeremiah, "Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations." (Jeremiah 1:4-5) In prayer, Jesus spoke of his eternal relationship with God, who loved him before the founding of the world. (John 8:58, 17:24) Paul wrote to both the Romans and the Ephesians that God knew the faithful and favored them before the world even came into being. (Romans 8:29-30; Ephesians 1:4)
During the second century, the Christian teacher, Justin Martyr, in his Dialogue with Trypho, taught that the soul inhabits more than one body in its earthly sojourn. He even suggested that those who lead carnal lives and thus deprive themselves of the capacity to serve God may be reborn as beasts.
The earliest Christians who taught the pre-existence of the soul came to be known as the "pre-existiani." Clement of Alexandria wrote with interest about what he called "metensomatosis." "...we have existed from the beginning," wrote Clement in his Stromata, "for in the beginning was the Logos...Not for the first time does (the Logos) show pity on us in our wanderings; he pitied us from the beginning."
Origen (185-254), was one of the fathers of the early Christian Church, and its most accomplished biblical scholar. His influence upon the early Church was second only to that of Augustine. Origen taught that God creates spirits, and all spirits are created equal. All are endowed with free will. Some fall into sin, becoming demons, or imprisoned in bodies. This process of growth or retardation is continuous. A human being, at the time of death, may become an angel or a demon. Origen gave a highly allegorical interpretation of Genesis and the Fall from paradise.
Origen held that the various orders of living creatures in the world corresponded to the varying degrees of perfection and imperfection. All of God’s children are created free and equal, but received their present condition "as rewards or punishments for the manner in which they used their free will." Therefore, "as befits the degree of (the soul’s) fall into evil, it is clothed with the body of this or that irrational animal." (Compare Genesis 3:21)
Writing in the third century, he explained: "By some inclination toward evil, certain souls...come into bodies, first of men; then through their association with the irrational passions, after the allotted span of human life, they are changed into beasts, from which they sink to the level of...plants. From this condition they rise again through the same stages and are restored to their heavenly place." (De Principiis, Book III, Chapter 5)
Origen based his theology upon passages from Scripture. The prophet Elijah lived in the 9th century B.C. Elijah never died, but was lifted up into heaven. (II Kings 2:11) In the closing lines of the Old Testament, Malachi recorded the prophecy: "Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord." (Malachi 3:1, 4:5) Elijah would precede the Messiah.
When the disciples asked Jesus about the prophecy that Elijah must precede the Messiah, Jesus replied, "Elijah will come indeed and will restore all things. But I tell you that Elijah has already come and they did not recognize him, but have done to him as they pleased." The disciples then realized he was talking about John the Baptist. (Matthew 17:9-13) Jesus even told the multitudes, "It is he (John) of whom it is written, ‘Behold I send My messenger ahead of you, who will prepare the road before you’...If you will accept it, this is Elijah who was to come." (Matthew 11:10,14; Luke 7:27)
Many in Jesus’ day believed him to be the reincarnation of an Old Testament prophet. In Matthew 16:13-14, when Jesus asked his disciples, "Who do men say that I am?" they replied, "Some say John the Baptist; others, Elijah; others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets." Similarly, in Luke 9:18-19, when Jesus asked, "Who do the crowds say that I am?" his disciples respond, "John the Baptist; but some say Elijah, and others that one of the old prophets has risen again."
Mark 16:14-16 records King Herod saying of Jesus, "John the Baptist is risen from the dead, and therefore these miracles are being done by him." Others said, "He is Elijah," while still others believed, "He is a prophet like one of the prophets of old."
Tertullian, one of the earliest of the Latin Fathers of the Christian Church, vehemently attacked any and all reincarnationist interpretations of Scripture. His attacks indicate the widespread influence of reincarnationist thought upon Christianity at the time.
Tertullian took the position that the above passages do not presuppose reincarnation. Since Elijah was lifted into heaven (II Kings 2:11), he never died. His appearance as John the Baptist was not reincarnation, but a return visit. However the Gospel of Luke (1:5-25,57-80) indicates that Elijah did not return to earth as a mature man, but was miraculously reconceived and reborn as John the Baptist.
Origen remarked that the fact that the Jews specifically asked John the Baptist if he was Elijah (John 1:21) indicated "that they believed in ‘metensomatosis,’ as a doctrine inherited from their ancestors and therefore in no way in conflict with the secret teachings of their masters."
In the Fourth Gospel, Jesus and his disciples encounter a man who had been blind from his birth. The disciples asked, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents? Why was he born blind?"
Since reincarnation was a widespread belief during the time of Jesus, (as were beliefs in apocalypses, judgement day, heaven, hell and resurrection), one cannot help but wonder if the disciples had reincarnation in mind. For if the man had been born blind, he could not have committed the sin in his present life.
Jesus did not reject the notion of pre-existence as a solution to the problem of evil. He merely replied that this man was afflicted so that "the works of God should be displayed in him," and that it was their duty to practice the works of a merciful God. (John 9:4)
On another occasion, Simon (Peter) said to Jesus, "Look, we have given up everything and have followed you..." Jesus replied: "I assure you, there is no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mothers or father or children or fields on account of me and the gospel, but will receive a hundred times over now in this age homes and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, along with persecutions; and in the world to come, eternal life." (Matthew 19:27,29; Mark 10:28-31; Luke 18:28-30)
It is difficult to imagine these rewards—including hundreds of relatives, parents and children—being fulfilled in one brief lifetime.
According to Origen, God sent forth Christ to bring about the redemption of all souls; a salvation so universal, even the demons will be saved. "The purified spirit will be brought home; it will no longer rebel; it will acquiesce in its lot."
In the 3rd century, Chalcidius taught, "Souls who have failed to unite themselves with God, are compelled by the law of destiny to begin a new kind of life, entirely different from their former, until they repent of their sins." Arnobius (A.D. 290) said, "We die many times, and often do we rise from the dead." (Adversus Gentes) St. Gregory of Nyssa (257-332) taught, "It is absolutely necessary that the soul should be healed and purified, and if this does not take place during its life on earth it must be accomplished in future lives." (Great Catechism)
St. Jerome (340-420), wrote in Epistola ad Demetriadem, that "The doctrine of transmigration has been secretly taught from ancient times to small numbers of people, as a traditional truth which was not to be divulged." In his Confessions, St. Augustine (354-430) prayed, "Say, Lord to me...say, did my infancy succeed another age of mine that died before it? Was it that which I spent within my mother’s womb?...and what before that life again, O God my joy, was I anywhere or in any body?"
Synesius, Bishop of Ptolemais (370-430), wrote in his Treatise On Dreams, "Philosophy speaks of souls being prepared by a course of transmigrations...When first it comes down to earth, it (the soul) embarks on this animal spirit as on a boat, and through it is brought into contact with matter...The soul which did not quickly return to the heavenly region from which it was sent down to earth had to go through many lives of ‘wandering.’"
Dr. Geddes MacGregor, Professor of Philosophy and Religion, and author of over twenty books, believes reincarnation is compatible with the Christian faith.
"The Bible does not explicitly teach reincarnationism," he admits. "That is to say, there is no pronouncement on the subject, either in the Old Testament or in the New, to which one could point and by means of it compel the acceptance of a person who felt bound to receive as divine revelation everything that is clearly and unequivocally affirmed in Holy Scripture. No such biblical warrant for reincarnation exists.
"That, however, does not take us far, since much the same could be said of the doctrine of the Trinity, which is surely held to be a classic expression of orthodox Christian belief about God. Except for the text in the first letter of John (1 John 5:7), known by scholars to be a very late interpolation, no direct biblical warrant exists for the doctrine of the Trinity as formulated by the Church.
"That absence of direct biblical warrant for the doctrine of the Trinity does not mean, however, that the trinitarian formula is antipathetic to the teaching of the New Testament writers. On the contrary, it was held to be, and within Christian orthodoxy it has continued to be accounted, a proper formulation of a great truth about God that is implicit in New testament teaching. There is no reason at all why the doctrine of reincarnation might not be in a similar case.
"Might not an orthodox Christian see the samsara or chain of incarnations, of which we hear so much in Hindu lore, as the most satisfactory way in which to conceptualize the journey of the soul to the state that Christians traditionally call heaven or the Beatific Vision, in which the soul at last is so completely purified that it can stand in the right relation to God and, as the Old Scottish Catechism promises, ‘enjoy Him for ever’ ?
At first sight, at any rate, it would now seem that Christians, far from resisting reincarnationism as an exotic, alien idea, should be ready to embrace it as one that might both enlighten their minds and add a new and exhilarating dimension to their faith."
Although belief in reincarnation was widespread in early Christianity, orthodoxy prevailed. The doctrine of reincarnation never really caught on, in part, because of the apocalyptic mood of the early Church. The Second Coming of Christ and the resurrection of the dead were thought to be imminent. During the fourth century, Origen became an easy target for ecclesiastical authorities seeking victory in power struggles with other theological factions within the Christian Church.
Under circumstances that to this day remain shrouded in mystery, the Byzantine emperor Justinian in A.D. 553 banned the teachings of pre-existence from what had by then become the Roman Catholic Church. During that era, numerous Church writings were destroyed. The doctrine of reincarnation was forced underground, but persistently appeared in sects such as the Cathari, the Paulicians, and the Bogomils.
The Cathari (who were also vegetarian) taught that the reason we are on earth in the first place is we are fallen souls forced to be repeatedly incarcerated in bodies, and must seek salvation from transmigrating from one body to another. The Cathari saw Christ as the means of divine redemption from the wheel of death and rebirth.
According to Dr. MacGregor: "Reincarnation is, of course, a kind of resurrection. Great importance was attached by Christian theologians, however, to the notion of the resurrection of the ‘same body’ that we now have, though in a glorified form. The so-called Athanasian Creed affirms that all men shall rise again with their bodies...and a council held at the Lateran...asserted that all shall rise again with their own bodies...
"St. Thomas Aquinas considered that the body that is resurrected must be in some sense the same as the one on earth; otherwise, he thought, one would have to talk, not of a resurrection, but of the assumption of a new body...such very Latin teaching about a carnis resurrectio does not seem to fit Paul’s teaching in the New Testament, which is that the body is to be of a new order...not otherwise recognizable as the same body as the one on earth. The curious notion of the revivification of the material particles of the body does not arise in St. Paul."
Both Origen and Clement of Alexandria spoke of an intermediate state, considering it one of punishment, training and purification. Ambrose, the teacher of Augustine, taught that departed souls await the end of the world in various "habitations," which vary according to their deeds on earth.
Augustine taught that the souls of men are immediately judged upon death, with some going to a place of purification. By the time of Thomas Aquinas, the doctrine of purgatory as a place of punishment for those not yet fit for residence in heaven was well established.
St. Catherine of Genoa (1447-1510), taught that when one dies, one immediately recognizes the impediments which prevent one from fully enjoying God, and therefore, one voluntarily throws oneself into purification. The soul desires final union with God, which theologians call the Beatific vision in heaven.
In its purification, the soul suffers pain, yet this pain is the discovery of obstacles within itself that impede its own progress towards God. Such a doctrine is compatible with reincarnationist thought; reincarnation may be seen as a kind of purgatory; purification towards reunion with God.
In addition to the notion of purgatory, there was also the sate of "limbo." Two kinds of limbo were recognized: limbus patrum and limbus infantium. The first was assigned to holy men and women who died before the advent of Christ and had to await his descent to their abode to retrieve them and carry them up to heaven. The second was given to infants who died before baptism and were, therefore, ineligible for heaven. Both states of limbo were thought to be pleasant, but incomparable to heavenly joy or bliss.
Dr. MacGregor explains that conflicting theological and Scriptural accounts of the afterlife have caused many, including regular churchgoers, not to concern themselves with such affairs. Many Christian theologians have discouraged "idle speculation" on the afterlife. Luther recognized the theological difficulties, while Calvin, in a commentary on I Corinthians 13:12, questioned his own doctrine of the eternality of the soul. According to Calvin, Paul intentionally gave no details on the subject, since details "could not help our piety."
Dr. MacGregor suggests, however, that just as we have ceased to take literally Archbishop Ussher’s biblical concept of a 6,000 year old universe, so also might reincarnation be consistent with a more enlightened world view.
During the Renaissance, a new flowering of public interest in reincarnation emerged. One of the prominent figures in this revival was Italy’s leading philosopher and poet Giordano Bruno. Bruno had entered the Dominican Order at the age of fifteen. As a scholar, Bruno upheld the Copernican world view, that the Sun—and not the earth—is the center of our cosmos, teaching that there are an infinity of worlds and that many are inhabited.
Galileo had announced other worlds and Giordano Bruno spoke of other life forms. Bruno believed there are no privileged reference frames for viewing the universe; the universe looks essentially the same from wherever one happens to view it. Bruno taught that at death the soul passes out of one body and enters into another.
Because of his teachings, Bruno was ultimately brought before the Inquisition. In his profession of faith before the Inquisition, Bruno acknowledged that, speaking as a Catholic, he must say that the soul at death goes directly to heaven, hell or purgatory. However, Bruno insisted that as a philosopher who had given much thought to the question, he found it reasonable that since the soul is different from the body, yet is never found apart from the body, it passes from one body to another, as Pythagoras had taught 2,000 years before.
In his final answers to the charges brought against him, Bruno defiantly responded that the soul "is not the body" and that "it may be in one body or in another, and pass from body to body." Giordano Bruno was eventually burned at the stake in Rome on February 17, 1600. His teachings influenced 17th century philosophers such as Leibniz and Spinoza.
Since the Renaissance, belief or interest in reincarnation has continued to spread in the West. Shakespeare, Milton and Coleridge made references to it in their literature. The French philosopher Voltaire wrote that the doctrine of reincarnation is "neither absurd nor useless," insisting, "It is not more surprising to be born twice than once."
Many of America’s founding fathers, including Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, accepted or expressed interest in reincarnation. Napoleon told his generals that in a previous life he was Charlemagne. Goethe, the great German poet, also believed in reincarnation. Schiller, Blake, Shelley, Browning, Southey and Wordsworth alluded to reincarnation in their own writings as well. American poets Longfellow, Lowell, Whittier and Whitman all showed interest in and sympathy towards reincarnationist views. American Transcendentalists Emerson and Thoreau wrote with deep interest in reincarnation.
French author Honore Balzac wrote Seraphita, a novel devoted entirely to reincarnation. "All human beings go through a previous life," wrote Balzac. "Who knows how many fleshly forms the heir of heaven occupies before he can be brought to understand the value that silence and solitude whose starry plains are but the vestibule of spiritual worlds?" Jack London also made reincarnation the main theme of his novel The Star Rover, and had the central character exclaim, "Oh, incalculable times again shall I be born."
In David Copperfield, Charles Dickens explored the possibility of reincarnation and recalling events from past lives. Paul Gaugin wrote that when the physical organism is destroyed, "the soul survives." It then takes on another body, "degrading or elevating according to merit or demerit." Poets W.B. Yeats and John Masefield wrote with conviction about reincarnation. British statesman Lloyd George believed in rebirth. Reincarnation was a major theme in Ulysses, by James Joyce.
U.S. auto magnate Henry Ford told an interviewer, "I adopted the theory of reincarnation when I was twenty-six...Genius is experience. Some seem to think that it is a gift or talent, but it is the fruit of long experience in many lives." U.S. general George Patton similarly believed he had acquired his military skills on ancient battlefields.
"Has it occurred to you that transmigration is at once an explanation and a justification of the evil of the world?" wrote W. Somerset Maugham in The Razor’s Edge. "If the evils we suffer are the result of sins committed in our past lives, we can bear them with resignation and hope that if in this one we strive toward virtue our future lives will be less afflicted."
One of the greatest modern psychologists, Carl Jung, believed in reincarnation, and saw its potential as a tool in understanding consciousness and the self. British biologist Thomas Huxley wrote that reincarnation has served as a "means of constructing a plausible vindication of the ways of the cosmos to man." Authors J.D. Salinger and Richard Bach (Jonathan Livingston Seagull) made reincarnation a central theme in their literatures as well.
Sir William Jones, a Christian missionary who helped introduce East Indian philosophy to Europe in the 18th century, wrote: "I am no Hindu, but I hold the doctrine of the Hindus concerning a future state (reincarnation) to be incomparably more rational, more pious, and more likely to deter men from vice than the horrid opinions inculcated by Christians on punishment without end.
In an essay entitled "Christian Metempsychosis," the 19th century American philosopher Francis Bowen of Harvard, admitted, "An eternity of either reward or punishment would seem to be inadequately earned by one brief period of probation on earth."
Arthur Schopenhauer, the great 19th century German philosopher, once observed: "Were an Asiatic to ask me for a definition of Europe, I should be forced to answer him: It is that part of the world which is haunted by the incredible delusion that man was created out of nothing, and that his present birth is his first entrance into life."
In his monumental work, The Story of Christian Origins, secular historian Dr. Martin A. Larson notes that according to Hindu, Buddhist, and Pythagorean doctrine, "hell itself was actually a kind of purgatory, since it was a place in which perhaps a majority of all people underwent repeated refinement and punishment," before being reborn as a plant, animal, or human being.
Examining the concept of eternal damnation, Dr. Geddes MacGregor concludes: "It is no wonder that purgatory seemed by comparison, despite its anguish, a demonstration of God’s mercy. Purgatory is indeed a far more intelligible concept, in the light of what the Bible says about the nature of God. Even the crassest forms of purgatory suggest moral and spiritual evolution.
"Surely, too, even countless rebirths as a beggar lying in misery and filth on the streets of Calcutta would be infinitely more reconcilable to the Christian concept of God than is the traditional doctrine of everlasting torture in hell. The appeal of reincarnationism to anyone nurtured on hell-fire sermons and tracts is by no means difficult to understand."
Archbishop Passavalli (1820-1897), a learned Roman Catholic archbishop accepted the teaching of reincarnation from two disciples of the Polish seer Towianski. Archbishop Passavalli admitted that reincarnation is not condemned by the Church, and that it is not in conflict with any Catholic dogma.
Another Catholic priest who came to believe in reincarnation was Edward Dunski, whose Letters were published in 1915. Many other priests in Poland and Italy have believed in reincarnation, influenced by the great mystic Andrzej Towianski (1799-1878).
In her autobiography, A Servant of the Queen, Maude Gonne wrote that when a priest asked her why she was not a Catholic, and she replied, "Because I believe in reincarnation," she was told: "The soul comes from God and returns to God when purified, when all things will become clear; and who can tell the stages of its purification? It may be possible that some souls work out their purification on this earth."
Anthropologist Dr. Margaret Mead observed in February 1971: "It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or should be regarded as merely cowardly."
The Reverend Alvin Hart says, "In the Second Letter of Peter, the word exitus (‘exit or ‘a way out’) is used for ‘dying.’ The expression implies that something does exist which at death goes away, or ‘exits’ the body.
"Reincarnation would explain a great many things—such as just where the soul goes after death. After all, it is unlikely that a merciful God would send a sinner to ‘hell’ after just one birth into this...world...It takes time...
"Reincarnation was also accepted by many philosophers in the early church. To my way of thinking it is a logical explanation of what happens at the time of death. Reincarnation is an acceptable answer."
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Recurrent and persistent thoughts, impulses or images, which are intrusive and cause anxiety or distress.
They are not just excessive worries about real-life problems.
The person wants to get rid of the obsession (tries to ignore it, suppress it, or do something to counter it).
The person is not delusional.
Repetitive behaviors (e.g., checking) or mental acts (e.g., counting) that a person feels driven to perform in response to an obsession.
These are aimed at preventing or reducing distress or preventing a dreaded event. However, they are not connected in a realistic way with what they are supposed to prevent, or are excessive.
Symptoms of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Obsessions and/or compulsion.
The person recognizes these are excessive or unreasonable.
They cause marked distress, are time-consuming, or interfere with functioning, social activities or relationships.
One in 40 people will suffer from OCD at some point in their life.
There are different types of OCD, but in almost all, the sufferers tend to overestimate the probability of negative events and believe that they could not cope if these occurred.
They tend to have an exaggerated sense of responsibility and need for safety. For instance, one may believe that he/she will likely catch a disease from touching the surface of a common area and would not be able to stand being sick or would die. Others believe that leaving an appliance turned on while they are not home is bound to cause a fire which would burn the whole building, and they could not cope with the loss and guilt. Yet, others believe that because they have a thought this means they somehow want to do the action and are likely to do it, and may be a bad person (e.g., “I could kill my baby”, or “I could jump in front of an oncoming train”).
Thoughts associated with compulsions tend to be unrealistic. Examples are: “If I count to 100, nothing bad will happen”, “If I wash my hands 100 times per day, I will never get sick”, or “If I don’t check that every appliance is unplugged before leaving home and/or that the door is locked, I am being irresponsible”.
These unrealistic thoughts need to be challenged.
The core treatment for OCD is called “Exposure and Response Prevention” (ERP).
When one suffers from OCD, the obsessive thoughts, images or memories, are associated with anxiety, and the compulsion serves to reduce that anxiety. For instance, one may obsess over their loved one being hurt.
This causes anxiety. To cope, they engage in counting, which they believe protects their loved one. The belief is self-reinforcing since each time they count nothing happens, and their anxiety is reduced. What this person does not learn, not intellectually but mostly emotionally, is that there is no relationship between the safety of their loved one and the counting, and that there is a risk that needs to be accepted that their loved one could die at any time (acceptance of reality). The only way to learn this emotionally is to refrain from engaging in the compulsion, ideally with the gentle guidance and support of a therapist experienced in ERP.
Optional additional treatment strategies
Relaxation and Deep Breathing.

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Menorca to play at 2023 Island Games in Guernsey
Menorca are set to field teams in both the men’s and women’s football competitions at the 2023 Island Games, hosted in Guernsey.
A total of 16 teams will take place in the men’s football tournament, which will be held between 8-14 July.
Such was the interest, that a draw had to be made to select the final 16 teams from 19 candidates to ensure the format of the competition can be preserved.
Each team will play three group games, with a rest day before the semis and final.
The other participating teams are: Aland, Bermuda, Falkland Islands, Froya, Gozo, Greenland, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, Jersey, Orkney, Saaremaa, Shetland Islands, St Helena, Ynys Mon.
The Menorca squad will be selected on the basis of calls for players who attend training sessions leading up to the event. The men’s coach will be Joan Melia and the women’s coach Vicente Martinez.
In the last Island Games tournament back in 2017, Menorca finished fourth – losing 1-0 to Guernsey in the third-placed play-off.
They were bronze medal winners in 2015, beating Shetland at the same stage.
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It will be the sixth time the Menorca national team has featured, having made its debut in 2007.
Because Menorca is represented by Spain internationally, the Menorca national team is not affiliated with FIFA and as such the Island Games is pretty much the only time the team plays.
The Island Games usually take place every two years between a range of different island communities in a number of multi-sport events.
The 2023 edition will be the 19th since the first in Isle of Man in 1985.
There hasn’t been an Island Games since 2019 due to the COVID pandemic. Menorca had been due to host the 2019 event, but withdrew from doing so following a change in government in 2015.
There was no football at the 2019 games due to a lack of available venues in Gibraltar.
The schedule for the 2023 tournament is expected to be confirmed next month.
Emma Beardsell, Deputy Games Director, said: “We now have a draft events programme written up and the final version will be published in early February. Final allocations and confirmations for accommodation are all in place.
“The transport team is working on a travel strategy for the week of the Games. There are lots of logistics involved with welcoming 3,000 athletes and team members, and expectations are high, but we are feeling positive about delivering a very special and memorable event.”
The other sports at the 2023 Island Games are: archery, athletics, badminton, basketball, cycling, golf, indoor bowls, sailing, shooting, swimming, table tennis, tennis and triathlon.

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If, like me, you're unable to go due to a lack of money and/or a lack of spoons then the United Front against benefits cuts has organised a "virtual protest".
To take part they're asking everyone, for just one day on 3rd October, to replace their user pictures on sites like Facebook and Twitter with this image:
The organiser of the event describes the reason for the image as:
Cuts hurt when its you thats bleeding
Those participating in the physical protest in Birmingham will be using fake blood also to convey the message that benefits cuts kill
The online protest is an accessible way for most of us to show that we are opposed to the cuts. On Monday you can change your avatar back to the image you usually use to represent yourself online. Please spread the message far and wide. Hopefully between us we'll be able to get some public figures to change their icon with us in solidarity to get the message out that these benefits cuts are not acceptable to us.

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The effort to achieve video rate image processing with an Microprocessor (MP)-based system led to the development of an enhanced MP architecture. Such architecture can be used whenever large blocks of data must be processed in a short period of time and the processing itself is a repetition of some relatively simple operations. A hardware MP-controlled Vector Processor was designed. A DMA controller is used to transfer the data to and from the array processor. The MP sets up the mode of operation, initiates the process, and regains control upon process completion for further processing. The Vector Processor controller is a DMA controller for Vector operation, and a special array address generator for 2-D array operation. We shall describe the system, and the architecture used to achieve very high speed operation while keeping the size and the price reasonably low. The system was built as part of a more complex video rate image enhancer. Evaluation of the Vector Processor will be included.

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Watch: Matt Damon’s “Saturday Night Live” monologue
Matt Damon, hosting “Saturday Night Live” for the second time, played up his Boston roots several times during this weekend’s episode.
He started his opening monologue this weekend with a brag about Boston that came at New York’s expense.
“There’s no place like Christmas in New York . . . except Boston,” the Cambridge native said. “Go Sox!”
During his monologue the actor paid tribute to his father who passed away a year ago Friday.
Kent Damon suffered from multiple myeloma and received treatment at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center in Boston.
Damon reminisced about the days when he would try to stay up to watch “SNL” as a child and said that his daughter is watching tonight.
“My wife and I told her that she can stay up all the way until 1 a.m. and she can watch Saturday Night Live,” he said. “And she said, ‘Who’s hosting?’ ”
Apparently unimpressed by “me, your father, Matt Damon,” his daughter inquired about the musical guest.
In honor of the last episode of “SNL” for 2018, Damon raised a glass for a toast “to everyone out there watching. Here’s to closing out the year, and to an even brighter year ahead.”
“But mostly,” he added. “here’s to all the moms and dads who let their kids stay up too late for all the right reasons.”
You can watch Damon’s full monologue at the top of this story.
Damon made a few more local jokes on the show and poked some fun at his hit movie “Good Will Hunting.”
Watch: The “Good Will Hunting” Christmas Tree ornament
In a sketch about forgotten Christmas tree decorations, he played a promotional “Good Will Hunting” ornament placed on the back of the tree with other rejected ornaments, including a drunk Santa and a souvenir from Cleveland.
Damon wrote and starred in “Good Will Hunting,” about a janitor at MIT who has uncommon intelligence.
On Saturday’s episode, he also appeared as a boxer named Tommy Ray Donovan with a thick Boston accent on “Weekend Update.”
His character appeared at the end of the segment to reconcile with Angel, otherwise known as “Every Boxer’s Girlfriend From Every Movie About Boxing Ever,” played by Heidi Gardner.
The two argue briefly, and Gardner’s character threatens to take their children to her sister’s house (at 343 Donnie Wahlberg Way), before revealing that Gardner’s character is pregnant with the family’s fifth child — joining their other four kids Mikey, Nickey, Peppers, and Keno. They reconcile and the skit ends.
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Wonderful film.. The child actor is awesome. Beautiful display of understated emotions.
This movie is the MOST saddest movies in life! All of the main character's friends and family got their lives taken away by some green light monster! This movie scares me. When you see the end, you may never want to see this movie AGAIN.
Not a well known film but if you can relate to the situation the characters are in, especially Paulie, it is heart wrenching
I love this movie, and I cried a lot...
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You really have to watch this film
Just saw this again today and cried.
First movie I saw where I literally couldn't breathe from crying so much!
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A dying man and a lost kid teach each other about life? Great acting and beautiful landscape as a backdrop? How did it not make this list...
Seeing James Potter and Lily Potter in the mirror is a real tear jerker
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A city of Eau Claire road construction project along State Street will close a major route to the UW-Eau Claire lower campus starting Wednesday, June 19. The route is expected to remain closed through early October.
State Street will be closed to vehicles and pedestrians between the north side of Bartlett Court and the north side of Hamilton Avenue. See a campus map for the site of the road project in relation to the UW-Eau Claire campus.
A future phase of the State Street project, which may take place this fall or be pushed back until 2020, will affect travel to and from UW-Eau Claire's lower campus from the north side of Garfield Avenue to the north side of Bartlett Court. The dates of this phase and related traffic detours will be provided as soon as they are available.
Driving, walking detours
Beginning June 19, State Street detours for drivers and pedestrians traveling to and from UW-Eau Claire’s lower campus are as follows:
- Driving detour to lower campus from State Street/Hamilton Avenue intersection: East on Hamilton Avenue to Rudolph Road, north on Rudolph Road to Harding Avenue, west on Harding Avenue to Washington Street, southwest on Washington Street to State Street, south on State Street to lower campus.
- Driving detour to southbound State Street from lower campus: North on State Street to Washington Street, northeast on Washington Street to Harding Avenue, east on Harding Avenue to Rudolph Road, south on Rudolph Road to Hamilton Avenue, west on Hamilton Avenue to State Street.
- Pedestrian detour to lower campus: Walk west along Clairemont Avenue from Patton St. to University Drive, then down the campus hill on Garfield Avenue or via the stairway behind the McPhee Center that leads to the parking lot behind Davies Center.
Eau Claire Transit detours
Changes to Eau Claire Transit bus routes as a result of the State Street closure are noted on the city of Eau Claire website.
Further details about the State Street reconstruction project, additional city construction projects and related detours are available on the city of Eau Claire website.


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HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. — Two 16-year-old girls have been arrested after a credible threat was made to Mountain Vista High School, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday.
On Saturday, the sheriff’s office said it was made aware of the threat at the Highlands Ranch school. Investigators determined it was a credible threat and led to the arrest of the girls.
The 16-year-olds have been arrested and face pending charges of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder.
“We take these types of threats extremely seriously and will take all efforts necessary to ensure the safety of our schools, students, and teachers,” Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock said in a news release.
No details of the plot were released. Detectives are working with the 18th District Attorney’s Office and the Douglas County School School District to ensure the safety of all students.
“At this time we believe the situation has been contained and the threat disrupted,” the sheriff’s office said in a news release.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the sheriff’s office at 303-660-7500 or the major case tip line at 303-660-7579.
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North Carolina High School Volleyball - Wheatmore over Providence GroveOctober 17, 2018: Trinity, NC 27370
In Wednesday's non-league contest, the Wheatmore Warriors (Trinity, NC) volleyball squad were winner over the visiting Providence Grove Patriots (Franklinville, NC), by a margin of 3-0.
Next up, the Warriors face the Trinity Bulldogs (Trinity, NC) in a non-league contest, on Thursday, October 18. Wheatmore will attempt to better on its 20-4 season record. The Bulldogs go into the contest with a 19-6 record after their 3-0 non-league win over Randleman (Randleman, NC).
With the loss, Providence Grove moves to 10-13 on the year.