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When Is a Saint a Saint?
"According to legend, Saint Barbara was executed by her father when she refused to recant her Christian faith. The four sinister-looking witnesses may be the Roman authorities who tortured Barbara in an attempt to persuade her to sacrifice to pagan gods"
Christ…was a religious innovator who opposed the traditional religion of his time and his people…That is why he experienced the transcendent function, whereas a Christian saint could never experience it, since for him no fundamental and total change of attitude would be involved. Carl Jung, Letter to M. Zarine, 3 May 1939, Letters, Vol. 2, p. 268.
On Sept. 14, 2016, the BBC News reported:
Mother Teresa, revered for her work with the poor in India, has been proclaimed a saint by Pope Francis in a ceremony at the Vatican. Francis said St Teresa defended the unborn, sick and abandoned, and had shamed world leaders for the "crimes of poverty they themselves created." Two apparent cures of sick people after Mother Teresa's death in 1997 have been attributed to her intercession.
Recently, an old and dear friend told me he was uncomfortable with what I wrote about Mother Teresa in The Soul's Twins. In Chapter Three I cite her as a manifestation of the Mother archetype and question the meaning of sainthood. Does sainthood mean spiritual perfection? Is it perfect belief, goodness, and selflessness? Are saints people who Ignore their own feelings and needs and devote their lives to serving others in order to unite with God? Is that healthy? Possible?
By 'transcendent function' Jung meant harmonizing one's conscious and unconscious data to attain their consummation and union, a transforming spiritual experience of oneness that puts an end to divisiveness and allows life to flow on with renewed power to new goals. He believed it was
"a true labour that involves action and suffering…it represents a function based on real and 'imaginary,' or rational and irrational, data, thus bridging the yawning gulf between conscious and unconscious." Carl Jung, CW 7, par.121.
Was Jung right? Does a person who aspires to moral perfection, scrupulous adherence to religious convictions, and single-mindedly serving others deny themselves the opportunity to experience union, oneness, and healing new life—what some deeply religious people think of as salvation?
Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism. Carl Jung, Memories, Dreams, Reflections, 329
When is a saint a saint? Can you only be considered a saint if you want to help others so much that you have to torture yourself for the sake of your god-image? Could you be a saint if you questioned the traditional and often one-sided religious beliefs of your time and people? Could you take your personal wounds, emotions, imaginative life, and respect for your truths as seriously as you take the lives and misfortunes of others?
Christopher Hitchens claimed Mother Teresa loved the idea of alleviating poverty more than the people she served. He called her "a fanatic, a fundamentalist, and a fraud" and accused her of ignoring the only cure for poverty—giving women the right to choose what to do with their own bodies and relieving them of the burden of compulsory reproduction.
Writing in Slate magazine in 2003, Hitchens pointed to Mother Teresa's description of abortion as the "greatest destroyer of peace" in her Nobel Prize acceptance speech, and her opposition to abolishing Ireland's ban on divorce and remarriage. India Today reported that "during the deliberations over the Second Vatican Council…MT [Mother Teresa] was to the fore in opposing all suggestions of reform. What was needed, she maintained, was more work and more faith, not doctrinal revision." (India Today:Ganesh Radha-Udayakumar New Delhi, July 12, 2018)
There is no doubt Mother Teresa selflessly devoted her life to what she believed her God wanted her to do. There's no doubt she alleviated the suffering of countless human beings. And there's no doubt she suffered for it. Her ideas of what God wanted of her were shaped by the religious beliefs of her time, and she did her best to act on them.
Was that enough to make her a saint? Does sainthood only come from believing and obeying religious authorities? Were all the beliefs of her authorities healthy? Were they helpful to some and harmful to others? Did her actions come from spiritual ideals or a caring heart? Or both? Did she allow herself to feel joy and pleasure or only pain and suffering? I don't know, but the fact that she confessed to struggling with her faith for 50 years makes me wonder if she ever accepted and loved herself.
I believe God is Love. I don't believe love is just about serving others. I don't believe ignoring our personal suffering serves a god of love. Nor does enabling and prolonging the suffering of impoverished families who are forced by the church to have children they can't feed. Love is seeing the worst in ourselves, loving ourselves anyway, and treating ourselves and everyone else with caring and compassion.
Was Mother Teresa as good as the church believes? As bad as Christopher Hitchens believed? Somewhere in between? Saint or not, I hope she came to accept and love her humanness. If she did, I believe she would have felt the love for herself that the God of Love feels for her. She certainly deserved to feel that.
Image credit: The Martyrdom of St. Barbara, by Lucas Cranach the Elder
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dianecroft says:
A powerful and nuanced post – one of the best I've read on a sensitive topic.
Jean Raffa says:
Thank you, Diane.
Sensitive, indeed.
We all want someone or something to trust and believe in. When our idols, religious or political, prove to have feet of clay, it can be devastating. Channeling our fear and pain into outwardly directed social action–whether anger in Hitchens' case or selflessness in Teresa's–can provide a measure of relief. In that way they were alike, though their perspectives couldn't have been more different. Taken together they are yin and yang, proof that life and creation are only possible with the interaction between opposites.
That will never change. We can't change the world. We can only change ourselves. We might as well get used to it.
Susan Scott says:
Well, Jeanie, I read your post earlier this morning and it is only now almost 9.30 p.m. that I'm sitting down at my computer. Easier than on an Ipad or phone. But a few times during the day I was thinking about Hitchen's who I've watched on youtube a few times in the last few years. His was a keen intelligence, and amusing at times. He stuck to his guns – though I was pleased to see him outwitted by a Rabbi, twice … no matter 🙂 But he held on to his views and there was something perfectly rigid about him, however entertaining he was.
Mother Theresa was also a depressive. I think somewhere along the line she admitted that, no doubt due to the suffering she saw. I can't remember if I read that in her words, or someone else wrote that about her. All I can say is that she acted on her surroundings. She was not an idealist, she acted. And doubt, such as she had with her faith, strengthens it. How one sided to be totally certain – as with Hitch, the one-sideness
It's been a debate forever, serve others first or self first and then others if and where and when one can. A question I have battled with. Which comes first, the chicken or the egg. The Dalai Lama is I know of the belief that serving others first is the highest ideal. In my view, the two don't have to be exclusionary to each other, but a good start to loving others and being compassionate towards others, is to love oneself and be compassionate towards oneself, warts and all .. I can give to another only what I am.
I didn't mean this to be this long, and there was something else I wanted to note, but it's gone out the window for the moment. (I must remember to close them before I go downstairs!)
Thank you for this very thought provoking post. Oh, yes, it's good to be stripped of our illusions about people who disappoint us, hard though this is. A way of getting real, not unlike withdrawing projections. Love, and thank you again, Susan
Hi, Susan. Thank you for your many thoughts. And for the added information about Hitchens and Teresa.
I've struggled with the chicken and the egg too and agree they aren't exclusionary. In fact, they're inextricably linked. I think that's true of everything in creation. We struggle in vain when we try to put one pole in any pair of opposites first. Not even the Greek philosophers of the Golden Age knew who mothered Gaia, the mother of the gods! It's a mystery. 🙂
I also agree that it's good to be stripped of our illusions about people who disappoint us. Idolizing and expecting too much from anyone, including ourselves, is a recipe for disappointment. I can think of several people I placed on pedestals in the first half of my life. I did the same thing with God. I always ended up disillusioned and angry….a real problem for perfectionists. But I've been learning from experience and now I can usually recognize the pattern and the problem—my own projections—before anyone gets hurt, including myself.
With love and gratitude, Jeanie
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Monday afternoon orphanage visit was a great success. We are used to orphanages with small children but this one actually had teens. The guys played basketball with a little football since one of the guys kept trying to tackle them. Good think half of our team are football players.
Our basketball game last night was successful on many levels. We had a physical win and I believe a spiritual victory as well. Szazhalombatta is a suburb of Budapest. The town's main employer is a oil refinery. The "Batta Boys" team was prepared for 7 ft tall NBA type players so they were happy to see us as we were greeted with lots of smiles. The facility was a great multifunctional community gym. I could only hope we have a facility like it one day. There were news camera's filming the game not sure if they televised the whole game or just a line item on the news. These parents appeared similar to any east Cobb mom wanting to cheer on her son. All of our team played hard and won by about 20 points. We exchanged gifts between the players. Drew Parsons had East Marietta jerseys donated for our guys to give each player. They gave our players a key chain and jump drive. Their parents provided all of us with a wonderful spread of desserts and hearty snacks. We anticipate our visit will help the church plant team in this town of Szahalombatta continue to grow.
Quick stop by McDonald's for burgers and back to hotel for lights out which again seemed to give these boys a second wind as I heard heavy feet in the hallways.
7:30 we divided into two groups to head out to two different local high schools.
When we arrived at the school we met the English teacher who escorted us to her classroom. We played some team games and then spent time talking to the students. This allowed them to practice their English. We also invited them to a Friday night social and Bible study. We went to four different classes. Each had a different level of English students. It is interesting to see that these teens are the same as our guys.
We went to a new Mall for lunch. It is in the 11th district of Budapest which is the nicer area. Drew Meadows commented on fact that our new malls are build away from the downtown areas and this one was in the middle of Budapest.
We have a game again tonight with local club team. This should be a more competitive game.
Please pray for our continued safety and health. Christin had a bit of nausea but we hope it has passed.
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Music and singing have always been especially important for Finns. In Millenniums long past, before literacy and Christianity, traditions and beliefs were taught to new generations by singing. These stories in verses were the base for the edition of "Kalevala", a poet book of Finnish mythology, in the 19th Century. As Finland was struggling under the ruling of the Russian Tsar, traditional Finnish folk music raised to it's renaissance. As the independence was finally achieved in 1917, music and choir music in particular was a vital tool to emphasize the identity of a new born state. In those days Finland was full of active choirs.
Also in Orivesi, a little town in Southern Finland near the biggest inland city Tampere, a grounding of a male choir was recorded in 1878. Later on it became a part of the activities of The Orivesi Music Society from 1928 until 1964. A separate Orivesi Male Choir association was officially grounded October the12th 1964.
The renewed choir was lucky to engage from the beginning much talented, enthusiastic singers, although they, with only few exceptions, have been amateurs representing a variety of occupations and social classes. Over the years there usually has been 30- 60 singers in the choir. The choir has always been blessed to have talented musical leaders, who have set the artistic target high enough.
Traditional Finnish music, e.g. composers like Sibelius, Madetoja or Pacius, is the core of the repertoire of The Orivesi Male Choir. This unique Northern music, greatly influenced by styles from both Western and Eastern Europe, our choir has eagerly promoted overseas in its tours to Denmark, Poland, Romania, Switzerland, Sweden and Estonia. During recent years our choir has, however, expanded its repertoire towards more popular, sometimes even entertaining direction, and also included visual elements to music. In these productions a broad variety of songs from classical ones to pop tunes specially arranged for a male choir is linked to each other with a plot and presented as a music theatre with appropriate acting, costumes and staging. This way were born productions such as "The Trench", bringing back feelings and themes from the years of the 2nd World War, "Those Golden Days", in co-operation with The Orivesi Female Choir describing events in a Finnish countryside dancing place back in the 1950's, and "Let's Go North, Lads!", a boy school class reunion after 38 years, which was entirely based on songs of a very popular Finnish troubadour Juha "Junnu" Vainio. These all were utmost successful in the last decade and without a doubt made many new friends for choir singing.
The diversity of singers appears also in many other activities besides singing that our choir has been involved in, e.g. editing of a Christmas magazine. Especially noteworthy is the rescue of an old but culturally valuable house other vice to be pulled down; after a huge reconditioning work made on a voluntary basis by the members of music society in Orivesi this house has for 15 years now served as a training and meeting place for the local choirs and orchestras.
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If I book 2 spaces for the Rally Driving Experience, would we be able to race each other?
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Catering to the common complaint from Cambodia's contemporary artists over the lack of space to display their work, a new gallery is hoping to propel them into international realms. Words by Marissa Carruthers; photography by Lucas Veuve.
It was while enjoying a few drinks watching the colourful boat races at last year's Water Festival in Phnom Penh that Sokchamroeun Yi and colleague Pierre-Andre Romano found their mutual love of art.
"We discovered we are both art lovers and have a real connection with Cambodian art," says Yi. "We wanted to help promote the great art that comes out of Cambodia, and show that to the world."
Destiny played her part, and while walking back from the Bonn Om Touk celebrations at riverside, they passed a small wine bistro that was for rent on the stretch of Sothearos Boulevard, between Wat Ounalom and Street 178.
"We started thinking about turning it into a venue where people can come and look at the art and appreciate a nice glass of wine while discussing it," says Yi, whose art appreciation started when he attended exhibitions puts on at venues such as the French Institute, Meta House and Java Café – "A few years ago, that was really all we had in terms of galleries. I would go to all the exhibitions and started to make friends with the artists. This was when my interest started," he recalls.
The next few months were spent calling on their network of artistic contacts across the country, securing artists for the opening exhibition and radically revamping the venue to transform it into the light lofty space that today houses the gallery and wine bar, Khmer Sense.
Having opened in March, the focus is on providing a platform for young contemporary artists to shine alongside their more established peers. "We are looking for new innovative artists, especially young ones," says Yi. "They are the ones who most need the space to present their work."
While space for artists is on the increase across the capital and beyond, Yi says that many galleries showcase local work, however, expat artists and other international creatives often put
in appearances.
He is quick to add he is not critical of this, but says Khmer Sense aims to throw the spotlight solely on fresh Cambodian creativity.
"We want to see artists from the provinces showing their work in the city," Yi says. "We want to introduce them to artists in the capital, as well as give their work exposure to the expats, tourists and Cambodians here."
The ultimate goal is to gather local artists and send their work to be displayed at European art galleries, giving them the international recognition they deserve. "In order to reach that level, we have to get it right in Cambodia first," he says.
"We want to do something really big like this, and we have the resources and contacts abroad, but we have to start small, and inspiring more Cambodians to love art is a very good first step."
Helping to stimulate the art scene locally is another aspiration, with Cambodians, especially older generations, preferring traditional paintings, such as landscapes of Angkor Wat and rolling paddies.
"There is nothing wrong with that," says Yi. "This is our culture and our art but we want to show that Cambodians can create something new, we don't always have to focus on what is already there. We need to strive towards this. In order to do that, our gallery focuses on contemporary works."
And Yi hopes that nurturing more interest locally in contemporary art will encourage more Cambodians to invest in local art and nuture more of a buyers and collectors' scene.
"This is a good investment in their heritage and culture," he adds.
Six artists feature in the opening exhibition, including award-winning photographer Kim Hak, an intriguing series of self-portraits from Khun Vannak, painter Chan Sophorn who recently graduated from a Masters in contemporary painting in South Korea, revered artist Em Riem, and artists Ou Meng and Thav Sovann.
Yi says they chose more high-profile Cambodians to launch the gallery. However, the second exhibition, which is set to open this month, will feature lesser known artists from the provinces and other parts of the country.
Yi and Romano are currently working with galleries in Battambang, such as Romchiek 5, to source the scene's rising stars.
"All of the galleries have a similar vision and mission so why not work together?" says Yi.
"There is a strong artistic community in Cambodia, we need to come together more and help push this movement in the right direction to really benefit the art community."
Khmer Sense is open Tuesday to Sunday, from 2pm to 9pm. For more information, follow Khmer Sense on Facebook.
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Ecobank raises alarm over Flour Mills of Nigeria's planned acquisition of Honeywell Flour Mills
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NIGERIA – The planned acquisition of Honeywell Flour Mills Plc (HFMP) by Flour Mills of Nigeria (FMN) Plc has hit a brick wall as pan-African banking conglomerate, Ecobank Nigeria Plc, has challenged the move by placing a caveat on the deal.
Earlier last week, in a joint communique the two-wheat processing outfits, announced the signing of a proposed combination of FMN through its affiliates and HFMP.
Under the proposed agreement, HFMP's parent company Honeywell Group Limited will dispose 71.69% stake in the manufacturer of diverse and differentiated range of wheat products, to FMN based on an enterprise value of N80 billion (US$193m).
However, the final equity price per share payable will be determined based on HFMP's adjusted net debt and net working capital at the date of completion which has not yet been revealed and is subject to approval from the appropriate regulators.
In a separate statement, FMN announced it had entered into an agreement with First Bank of Nigeria Limited to acquire the bank's 5.06 per cent equity in HFMP.
"Consequently, upon completion of the acquisition, and subject to obtaining all requisite regulatory approvals, FMN is set to hold a circa 76.75 per cent equity interest in HFMP," it said.
However, Ecobank Nigeria has challenged the deal on the grounds that the company is hugely indebted to it despite denials, reports This Day.
Ecobank has placed a caveat on any share of HFMP and that the debt is currently a subject of litigation.
The financial institution highlighted it had advanced several loan facilities which included working capital disbursements to HFMP and that due to the failure of the company to liquidate the said loan facilities, it was constrained to commence winding up proceedings against Honeywell Group Limited at the Federal High Court, Lagos in suit no: FHC/L/CP/1571/2015.
The bank said that Honeywell Group Limited, being respondent to the winding up petition, objected to the jurisdiction of the trial court to preside over the said suit, this the bank said was upheld by the trial court.
Aggrieved with the decision of the trial court, Ecobank said it filed an appeal (with appeal No: CA/L/1041/2016) at the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division and that upon review of Ecobank's case, the appellate court found merit in the appeal, and held that the winding up proceedings against Honeywell Group Limited was properly commenced and that the Federal High Court had jurisdiction to hear the said petition.
Ecobank said that while the said decision of the Court of Appeal has been appealed to the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal's judgment remains valid and subsisting till date.
It indicated that Honeywell Group Limited is legally estopped from sequestering and/or disposing any of its assets pending the final determination of the winding up action commenced against it.
Consequently, the bank demanded that FMN in its best corporate interest immediately cease and desist from consummating the subject transaction which aims to divest the assets of a company being wound-up (Honeywell Group Limited).
Determined to proceed with the deal, FMN and Honey Well Group in their response, said the proposed acquisition is not in breach of any court order.
"The issue as to whether HFMP is indebted to Ecobank is still before the courts and the final decision remains the exclusive preserve of the courts.
"It is also important to state that the Court of Appeal judgement being referred to in the reports did not declare HFMP to be indebted to Ecobank," said Honey Well Group.
The company assured investors, regulators and stakeholders that in all of its engagements with FMN, it received independent legal advice.
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The Reviews Are In: FatCat Is a Hit
Last week, Lexham released its first children's book: The Apostles' Creed: For All God's Children. The feedback we've received has been overwhelmingly positive. Here are just a few of the reviews that have come in so far.
Michael Bird gave the book a glowing recommendation on Twitter:
This book is by far the most beautifully illustrated and theologically simple-but-sublime catechism for children in the English language. Buy it, buy it by the bundle and give them to every Christian family with small children you know. @LexhamPress @_BenMyers_ pic.twitter.com/C3tQI5fFkB
— Michael F. Bird (@mbird12) February 2, 2022
On her site Finding God Among Us, Shirley Alarie praises the book's accessibility for all age levels:
I love the idea of the FatCat – making the Church's core messages of the Bible (the catechism) approachable for young learners. The Apostles' Creed meets children's level of understanding at any given time, making it a tool that can be used over and over again.
Brent Niedergall praised overall quality of the artwork and the content:
Myers and Kennedy put an amazing level of care into this book. There are clever details like FatCat measuring the gate with a measuring tape in eternity and the Hebrew word for "Amen" framing the scene on the page for the creed's concluding "Amen." And the book is even typeset in a custom FatCat font designed by the illustrator.
Thanks to @LexhamPress for this new children's book on the Apostles' Creed by @natashakennedu and @_BenMyers_ .My youngest loved hunting for the cat on each page (especially when we reached "The Resurrection of the Body")! 🐱☠😄 pic.twitter.com/anTDkSzm09
— Brent Niedergall (@BrentNiedergall) January 10, 2022
Spencer Robinson appreciated the focus on teaching children such significant truths:
This is a fantastic book on a fantastic subject. The Apostles' Creed has always been an important part of learning in church, and this book will certainly help to begin training up the little ones (and their parents too!).
Amber O'Neal Johnston also valued the deep-yet-approachable content in the book:
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There were also many adults who just as excited to learn about the creed as their kids were:
It's been awhile since a children's book gave me goosebumps and made me tear up. pic.twitter.com/OulbipXitk
— Gretchen Ronnevik (@garonnevik) January 14, 2022
Thank you @LexhamPress for this review copy of "The Apostles' Creed: For All God's Children." Very excited for this, for both myself and my son! pic.twitter.com/PxTAtWVHbF
— Ben A. Brown ⚓ (@brwnbn) January 9, 2022
Join FatCat, the friendly feline, as he learns the traditional text of the Apostles' Creed. Enjoy vibrantly illustrated scenes of Jesus's life and search for FatCat on every page! Get The Apostles' Creed: For All God's Children today!
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This page contains up-to-date news items for CAO Applicants. Always remember to read the CAO Handbook and any important correspondence sent to you by CAO throughout the application process.
The 2019 Offer and Acceptances Schedule is now available to view here. [more...] In the CAO Handbook you will note that the expected date for the issue of Round One offers (for applicants competing on the basis of school-leaving qualifications) is Monday, 19 August at 06:00. Working with our colleagues in the higher education institutions and the State Examinations Commission, we plan to issue Round One offers earlier this year, on Thursday, 15 August at 14:00.
As a result of this change there will be no postal offer notices in Rounds One and Two. You can view and accept offers online via the 'My Application' facility at www.cao.ie . Applicants will also receive an email and SMS text message if they have been deemed eligible for an offer in Round One. Due to the number of people expecting offers in Round One, expect heavy traffic when trying to access your CAO account at 14:00 on the 15 August - please remain patient. Applicants have until Friday, 23 August at 17:15 to accept an offer.
What happens if I don't get an offer?
If you have not been deemed eligible for an offer you will receive a 'Statement of Application' email from CAO asking you to check your account information carefully. If you notice any errors or omissions in this email you must contact CAO immediately.
You can also practise your application in advance by using the Demo Application facility which is available in the Student Resources section of our website. All applicants should read the CAO Handbook in its entirety before submitting a CAO application, and watch the video guides available here.
Interested in applying for a restricted course?
Applicants applying for restricted courses must have applied to CAO by the 1st February deadline and included the course(s) on their application by this date. In general, you cannot introduce a restricted course using the 'Late Application' or 'Change of Mind' facility so you must apply to CAO and include the restricted course on your application by 1st February at 5:15pm (there are some exceptions – see the CAO Handbook).
If you register on the CAO system by 1st February at 5:15pm, but you forget to list a restricted course on your application, you can introduce the course for a fee of €10 using the 'Change of Course Choices' facility which is accessible via the 'My Application' section of the CAO website from 5 February to 1 March at 5:15pm.
Are you a restricted-category applicant (e.g. Mature/HEAR/DARE applicants)?
You are considered a restricted-category applicant if you are applying to CAO on the basis of mature years (Mature Applicant) or if you wish to apply for the HEAR or DARE schemes. Such applicants must have applied to CAO by 1st February at 5:15pm. In the case of mature applicants some exceptions apply; in general, institutions will be conducting mature applicant assessments and interviews during spring so applying by 1 February at 5:15pm will be a requirement for many. The majority of applicants applying on the basis of mature years are required to complete mature applicant sections 1-11 of the CAO online application form and must submit supporting documents to CAO within ten days of the 1 February closing date.
Applicants applying for HEAR or DARE schemes must apply to CAO by 1st February at 5:15pm; fully complete the online HEAR or DARE application forms by 1st March at 5:15pm; and submit supporting documents to CAO by 1 April at 5:15pm – for more information on HEAR or DARE and the supporting documents required go to www.accesscollege.ie.
For more information about restrictions read the CAO Handbook and visit the 'Restrictions' page of the CAO website.
A certified English translation is required in the case of qualifications not issued originally in English or Irish, in addition to the certified A4 photocopies of the documents themselves.
If your documentation is in a different name, e.g. by marriage or deed poll, then a certified copy of your marriage certificate or deed poll must also be provided. CAO cannot check that the documents supplied meet with the requirements of the institutions.
What is a certified photocopy?
Where transcripts/certificates are required to support your application, please do not send the original. You must send certified photocopies as these documents will not be returned to you. In order to obtain a certified photocopy of a document you can bring the original document and a photocopy to a recognised secondary school, the Admissions Office of a CAO-participating Higher Education Institution (HEI), or a Notary to have the photocopy officially stamped.
What is a certified English translation?
If you are submitting documents in languages other than English or Irish, you must also submit a formal, certified translation carried out by a professional translation service – for advice on where to obtain such a service you can contact your relevant Embassy in Ireland (if you are currently living in Ireland) - if you are not living in Ireland you should contact the institution awarding the transcript for a recommendation. The translation document must accompany the certified photocopy of the original document.
What level of English language proficiency is required?
Individual institutions require different levels of English language proficiency – for advice on English language requirements please e-mail the Admissions Office of the institution(s) that you wish to apply to. Contact details for Admissions Offices are available here. An entry requirements criteria document for EU/EFTA Applicants is available here.
Please note: The matriculation and English language requirements contained in the EU/EFTA document are the minimum and will be higher for certain courses and in certain institutions – e-mailing the Admissions Office of the individual institutions is advisable.
Supporting documents for Supplementary Admissions Routes (e.g. HEAR/DARE or Access Programmes) For HEAR or DARE applicants please go to www.accesscollege.ie for details of supporting document requirements. For Access programmes other than HEAR or DARE schemes you must contact the Admissions Office of the institutions directly.
What about posting the documents?
When sending supporting documents to CAO please write your CAO application number on the front of each page and obtain a certificate of posting from the post office (free service). If you wish to receive confirmation from CAO that your documents have been received you must include a self-addressed and stamped postcard listing details of all of the documents enclosed in your mailing - you do not need to enclose a stamp if you are residing outside of the Republic of Ireland.
All documents should be sent to: CAO, Tower House, Eglinton Street, Galway, Ireland.
Are my documents too late?
Documents arriving within ten days of the 1st February closing date will be considered as having arrived on time. Do not delay starting your CAO application due to outstanding issues or missing documentation – make sure to apply by 1st February at 5:15 pm.
Round Zero offers issued on 2nd August. This included offers to Graduate entry medicine applicants; additional mature, deferred and Access applicants; and applicants presenting QQI FET/FETAC for consideration for entry to courses with a quota for QQI FET/FETAC applicants. Many courses have an entry route for applicants presenting QQI/FET but do not have a specific quota. These courses will be offering places in Round One.
Read the CAO Handbook, then go to www.cao.ie and click on 'Apply'.
Enter your personal information carefully in the spaces provided.
Select the 'Qualifications and Assessments' section that is relevant to you. You should select every section that is relevant to you.
Create a password for your CAO account – you will need this password and your date of birth to log in to your account in future, so keep the details safe.
Click on 'Proceed with Application'. Wait for your application to be processed. If successful, your CAO application number and personal information will appear on the screen – you will also receive an email and an SMS text if you have selected this option.
After this process has been completed, you can log in to your CAO account using the 'My Application' facility to provide additional information in support of your application, and to add, remove or re-order course choices, free-of-charge, using the 'Change of Mind' facility available from 4 May until 1 July at 5:15pm.
Please note, however, that restrictions do apply for both the Late Applications facility and the Change of Mind facility – in the case of restricted-category applicants and restricted courses. Details of all restrictions are listed in the CAO Handbook and on the CAO website.
The Change of Mind facility allows registered applicants to add, remove or edit their course choices, as many times as they like, until 1 July at 5:15pm. This facility is free of charge and applicants can log in to their CAO account using the 'My Application' facility on the CAO website. Some restrictions do apply and applicants can find details of these in the CAO Handbook (pages 3 and 14).
For a guide on how to use the Change of Mind facility, you can watch the CAO Change of Mind Video Guide.
Please note the Change of Mind facility closes on 1 July at 5:15pm.
Details of the documents required to support your application can be found at www.accesscollege.ie or on pages 9-12 of the CAO Handbook.
Please ensure that you include your CAO application number on each document.
Once registered on the system, you can log in to your account (via 'My Application') to update some of your information and add, remove or change the order of your courses choices free of charge up to 31st January.
You can also practise your application by using the Demo Application facility which is available in the Student Resources section of our website. All applicants should read the CAO Handbook in its entirety before submitting a CAO application, and watch the video guides available here.
When you accept an offer, you will receive formal notification from CAO by post within three working days of the reply date. If you do not receive this correspondence, you must contact CAO immediately through www.cao.ie. If you accept your offer online, you will also receive an acknowledgement email, and you can check that your acceptance has been recorded online at www.cao.ie via the My Application facility.
All remaining applicants should note that Round 1 offers will be available online from 6am on Monday, 21st August.
Round 0 offers will be available tomorrow, Thursday, 3rd August from 6am online. You can log in to the 'My Application' facility on the CAO website to check if you have received an offer. [more...] Successful applicants will also receive a paper offer notice by post, as well as an email and a text message (if you have selected this option) with details of your offer.
Round Zero offers concerns the following applicants - graduate entry medicine applicants, additional mature applicants, deferred and Access applicants, and applicants presenting QQI FET/FETAC qualifications for consideration for entry to courses with a quota for QQI FET applicants.
The reply date by which applicants must accept their offer is Thursday, 10th August at 5:15 pm.
A further offer round (Round Zero) will take place on August 4 for additional mature applicants, deferred and Access applicants, graduate entry medicine applicants, and applicants presenting QQI FET/FETAC qualifications for entry to courses with a quota for QQI FET/FETAC applicants.
When making any changes to your CAO course choices, you are advised to list your courses in genuine order of preference. You will be offered the course highest up on your list, for which you are deemed eligible.
Make sure to carefully check your application and ensure that all of the course codes are correct and listed in order of preference.
When entering new courses or editing existing course choices applicants must list ALL courses on the New Choices list.
Use the online Change of Mind facility – it is quicker, easier and helps to reduce the opportunity for applicant error.
Carefully read any correspondence from CAO, including the 'Statement of Course Choices' which is sent to applicants after amendments are made to CAO course choices. Applicants will also receive an e-mail showing these changes.
More information is available on the CAO website in the CAO Change of Mind Video Guide.
The Change of Mind facility allows registered applicants to add, remove or edit their course choices, as many times as they like, until 1st July at 5:15pm. This facility is free of charge to use and applicants can log in to their CAO accounts using the 'My Application' facility on the CAO website. Some restrictions do apply and applicants can find details of these in the CAO Handbook (pages 3 and 14).
Please note the Change of Mind facility closes on 1st July at 5:15pm.
The CAO Late Applications facility will close on Monday, 1 May at 5:15pm.
Applicants can use the online 'Demo' facility on the CAO website to practice with before submitting your own application.
You do not need to enter course choices at this point, if you wish, as you will have an opportunity to add course choices, free-of-charge, using the 'Change of Mind' facility from May 5 until July 1 at 5:15pm.
Enter your personal information in the spaces provided.
Select the 'Qualifications and Assessments' section that is relevant to you. You may select more than one section if necessary.
Click on 'Proceed with Application'.
Wait for your application to be processed. If successful, your CAO application number and personal information will appear on the screen – you will also receive an email and an SMS text if you have selected this option.
After this process has been completed, you can log in to your CAO account using the 'My Application' facility to provide additional information in support of your application, and to add, remove or re-order course choices, free-of-charge, using the 'Change of Mind' facility available from May 5 until July 1 at 5:15pm.
All applicants who have applied under the HEAR and DARE schemes are required to submit the relevant documentation to CAO by 1st April 2017 at 5:15pm.
[more...] Details of the documents required to support your application can be found at www.accesscollege.ie or on pages 9-12 of the CAO Handbook.
If you have not already done so, please log in to your CAO account (go to www.cao.ie and click on 'My Application') and check that all of the information on your account is correct and complete.
If you have omitted any restricted courses you now have an opportunity to introduce these courses.
If you are a restricted category of applicant (e.g. mature) you must ensure your course choices are correct and complete before 1st March at 17:15.
If you need to change course choices at this time go to 'My Application', log in to your account and, in the course choices section click on 'change course choices' (or add course choices) and follow the instructions. There is a 10 Euro charge for this service. A video guide to the Change of Course Choices facility is available online: http://www.cao.ie/index.php?page=video (click on "February Change of Course Choices").
If you wish to be considered for these schemes you must complete the appropriate sections of the CAO application form no later than 1st March at 17:15.
Supporting documentation for these schemes must arrive in CAO no later than 1st April at 17:15.
See www.accesscollege.ie, the CAO Handbook and the CAO website for more details. Instructions for submitting a HEAR or DARE application may be found in the 'My Application' facility on the CAO website.
Mature applicant section If you are a mature applicant and you have not yet completed the mature section of the application form you can do so up to 1st March at 17:15 log in to your account via the 'My Application' facility and click on "Modify Qualification and Assessment Details".
Apply to PAS before 22nd February under the job category 'Medical' sub category Nurse/Nurse Management'. If you have not received a confirmation email from the PAS within two days of submitting your application you should contact them at maturecode17@publicjobs.ie or phone 01-8587730.
The course codes for mature entry to nursing/midwifery are the same as those used by standard applicants.
If you intend to apply for a grant (www.susi.ie) you may indicate this on your CAO online application (the closing date for you to indicate this on your CAO Application is 8th August at 17:15). CAO will then provide your identification, contact and offer/acceptance details to the grant authority (SUSI). Other than providing these details to the grant authority, CAO plays no role in the processing of grant applications. Grant applications should be made on the grant authority website www.susi.ie.
You should ensure that you will meet the minimum entry requirements of the courses you are applying for. The Higher Education Institution websites and prospectuses have details of these. There may be some concessions, such as exemption from minimum age requirements, Irish language and other language requirements, etc. You should contact the relevant Admissions Office and/or the NUI (www.nui.ie) for information on applying for exemptions.
Statement of Application Record We will post a Statement of Application Record to all applicants in May. You must check the statement carefully and contact us if anything is incorrect or omitted.
We will also contact you by email and/or text, so please regularly check the email account that you provided on your application. Please read the 2017 CAO Handbook carefully - the Handbook is available on the CAO website.
Individual institutions require different levels of English language proficiency – for advice on English language requirements please e-mail the Admissions Office of the institution(s) that you wish to apply to. Contact details for Admissions Offices are available here.
An entry requirements criteria document for EU/EFTA Applicants is available here.
For HEAR or DARE applicants please go to www.accesscollege.ie for details of supporting document requirements.
For Access programmes in institutions not participating in the HEAR or DARE schemes you must contact the Admissions Office of the institutions directly.
Documents arriving within seven days of the 1st February closing date will be considered as having arrived on time. Do not delay starting your CAO application due to outstanding issues or missing documentation – make sure to apply by 1st February at 5:15 pm.
If you register on the CAO system by 1st February at 5:15pm, but you forget to list a restricted course on your application, you can introduce the course for a fee of €10 using the 'Change of Course Choices' facility which is accessible via the 'My Application' section of the CAO website from 6th February to 1st March at 5:15pm.
You are considered a restricted-category applicant if you are applying to CAO on the basis of mature years (Mature Applicant) or if you wish to apply for the HEAR or DARE schemes. Such applicants must have applied to CAO by 1st February at 5:15pm. In the case of mature applicants some exceptions apply; in general, institutions will be conducting mature applicant assessments and interviews during spring so applying by 1st February at 5:15pm will be a requirement for many. The majority of applicants applying on the basis of mature years are required to complete mature applicant sections 1-11 of the CAO online application form and must submit supporting documents to CAO within seven days of the 1st February closing date.
Applicants applying for HEAR or DARE schemes must apply to CAO by 1st February at 5:15pm; fully complete the online HEAR or DARE application forms by 1st March at 5:15pm; and submit supporting documents to CAO by 1st April at 5:15pm – for more information on HEAR or DARE and the supporting documents required go to www.accesscollege.ie.
Applying for entry to nursing/midwifery on the basis of mature years? Don't forget to register and apply with PAS between the 2nd and 22nd of February 2017.
If you are applying for entry to nursing/midwifery on the basis of mature years you should apply for these courses through CAO by 1st February 2017 at 5:15 pm [more...] *.
Register with PAS (or log in if you have previously registered) at www.publicjobs.ie.
Apply to PAS between the 2nd February and 22nd February under the job category 'Medical' sub category 'Nurse/Nurse Management'. If you have not received a confirmation email from the PAS within two days of submitting your application you should contact them at maturecode17@publicjobs.ie or phone 01-8587730.
*The course codes for mature entry to nursing/midwifery are the same as those used by standard applicants.
Please note: If you are applying for courses in other areas and wish be assessed on the basis of mature years, please make sure to complete mature applicant sections 1-11 of the CAO application form no later than 1st February at 5:15 pm. You must also provide any of the necessary supporting documents by the deadlines stated in the CAO Handbook.
For more information on mature applications go to the Mature Section of the CAO website and read the CAO Handbook.
Applicants who apply online to CAO by 5:15pm on 20th January will avail of a discounted application fee of €25 [more...] - the normal application fee of €40 applies if you apply between 20th January (after 5:15 pm) and 1st February at 5:15 pm.
You can also practice your application by using the Demo Application facility, and watch the short video guides available here. All applicants should read the CAO Handbook in its entirety before submitting a CAO application.


The weather will be partly cloudy throughout Greece on Monday, with increased clouds in the western and northern parts of the mainland and a possibility of local storms mostly on the mountainous areas of Epirus and Macedonia. Winds will be northerly, light to moderate, temporarily turning strong in the Ionian. Sunny in Athens, with temperatures ranging from 24-38 C. Sunny in Thessaloniki with possibility of local clouds in the afternoon hours, and temperatures ranging from 22-35 C.
The last wave of summer vacationers is returning to urban centers with normal traffic flow reported on both national highways. Traffic police have added one additional lane on the Athens-Corinth national highway at Kakia Skala and from the Elefsina tolls until Dafni. In the meantime, effective tomorrow once again will be odd-even license plate vehicular traffic in the city center.
Much political interest is focused on the coming week particularly in view of the International Trade Fair in Thessaloniki opening next week. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Simitis will meet with the governmental committee in order to discuss the economic proposals for strengthening the weaker financial classes.
On Wednesday, September 3rd, the Prime Minister will speak at the Panhellenic stadium at an event marking the 29th anniversary since the founding of the PASOK party.
On Thursday, the Ministrial Council will finalize the government's six month action plan to be followed by the PM's departure for Thessaloniki for the opening of the 68th International Trade Fair. During his opening speech, Mr. Simitis will outline the basic axons of the government's economic policies for the coming year.
The leader of the New Democracy party, Konstantinos Karamanlis begins a two-day visit to Thessaloniki tomorrow while during the week the main opposition leader will address a gathering of his party's members in Athens. On Saturday evening, Mr. Karamanlis will speak at an open-air gathering in Halkida.
Dozens of U.S. soldiers, backed by armoured vehicles and helicopter gunships, searched farms on the outskirts of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul today in their hunt for followers of Saddam Hussein. U.S. forces killed six Iraqis who attacked their convoy with rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire, a U.S. military spokesman said on Sunday.
Taliban fighters put up stiff resistance todaz as Afghan and U.S. forces backed by artillery, jet fighters and attack helicopters continued to hunt hundreds of militants. The U.S. military has confirmed 33 Taliban deaths during the first three days of fighting, which has involved the largest concentration of fighters from the hardline regime since the movement was driven from power late in 2001. In a separate clash, two U.S. soldiers were killed near their base at Shkin, in the eastern province of Paktika a few km from the Pakistani border. A third soldier who was wounded was in a stable condition and awaiting evacuation.
Nineteen people from the same family were killed today when their overcrowded jeep collided with a bus in northern India. Another four people suffered critical injuries in the accident, which occurred 35 km west of Jaipur, capital of Rajasthan state.


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Do soutěže ženské dvouhry na tenisovém turnaji Baku Cup 2015 nastoupilo třicet dva hráček. Obhájkyní titulu byla ukrajinská tenistka Elina Svitolinová, která se turnaje neúčastnila.

Andrea Hlaváčková, figurující na 149. příčce žebříčku WTA, podruhé v probíhající sezóně přešla první kolo hlavní soutěže okruhu WTA Tour. V první fázi zdolala pátou nasazenou Srbku Bojanu Jovanovskou, aby ji následně vyřadila ruská tenistka Alexandra Panovová. Ukrajinka Lesja Curenková, která den před rozehráním získala svůj premiérový titul WTA na Istanbul Cupu 2015, z turnaje odstoupila.

Dvě nejvýše tenistky nasazené vypadly v semifinále. Turnajová jednička Anastasija Pavljučenkovová nestačila na Gasparjanovou a druhá nasazená Italka Karin Knappová překvapivě podlehla rumunské kvalifikantce Țigové.

Ruska z druhé stovky žebříčku Margarita Gasparjanová pak v boji o titul zdolala Patricii Marii Țigovou po třísetovém průběhu 6–3, 5–7 a 6–0. Připsala si tak premiérové turnajové vítězství na okruhu WTA Tour. Na turnaji získala "double", když triumfovala i v deblové soutěži.

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Jarrett Fuller
Raleigh, NC © 2022 Jarrett Fuller.
2022 was supposed to be a quiet year; a year of settling in after last year's big move and new job, not to mention the remaining lingering pandemic. Professionally, it was indeed a year for deepening in favor of the new but that was complicated by a series of personal changes in the second half of 2022 when we welcomed our second child and bought a home here in Raleigh. The end of the summer was spent preparing for the baby and coordinating contractors for a remodel before we moved in. The timing worked perfectly: we moved into our new house and three weeks later, we brought home a new baby. Needless to say, it's been a good year.
It's hard to believe but I'm already in my second year as an assistant professor at North Carolina State University. The year began with the Spring semester where I introduced and wrote a new class called "Publication and Distribution." The class operated as a sorta-hybrid seminar and studio where we spent a lot of time reading about the histories, theories, and futures of publishing while also enacting these ideas through experimental projects. I brought in a handful of guests (via Zoom) like Paul Soulellis, Sara de Bondt, and Andrew LeClair to speak about their practices and thinking. The class was a blast (for me, at least) and built upon a lot of the thinking and work I've been doing the last few years. It was a nice space to test some ideas and get a group of smart students together to work through them. I'm teaching it again this Spring and am excited for round two.
At the beginning of December, I stepped away from my role as contributing editor at Eye on Design. What started as a three month contract in 2020 turned into a two and half year engagement that proved to be one of the most intellectually stimulating activities of my recent professional life. I am forever grateful to my colleagues there — Liz Stinson, Meg Miller, Maddy Morley, and Zac Petit — all of whom made me a better editor and a better writer. This year, I got to commission, edit, and publish a variety of stories, essays, and interviews like Rick Poynor's piece on Ed Fella, Nika Simovich Fisher's essay on early 2000s web design, George Kafka's look at online exhibitions, Saha Hammari's personal essay on how social media changed design, Rachel Berger's look at John Updike's cover designs, Jacquelyn Orgorchukwu Iyamah's look at white bias in interface design, among others. Eye on Design has one more project I'm involved with — that I spent the most of my time on these last few months — but let's not talk about that until next year. :)
As for my own writing, I published two major essays on Eye on Design this year including the AIGA Medalist biography for this year's winner Andrew Blauvelt and a long exploration on the intersections of cults and branding. Both of these were fun to work on and related to so many of my interests. The cult piece, especially, was one I'd been thinking about for years and it was nice to finally get that out in the world. The biography of Blauvelt, too, was special. Blauvelt is a figure who means a lot to me and has served as model of sorts for the kind of career in design I want to have. To tell his story — and in a subtle way, frame it within my own interests — was a fascinating writing challenge. Additionally, I published a handful of interview on Eye on Design this year including with Sara de Bondt about Belgian graphic design, Kevin Finn about the the Australian design journal Open Manifesto, and designer Morgan Crowcroft-Brown about the art of designing photobooks. Eye on Design also republished my interview with designer and educator Lucille Tenazas about design education that was originally published in 1, 10, 100 Years of Form, Typography, and Interaction at Parsons, the book I edited last year. I also moderated a panel on books and branding for EoD, for one of our online web events, an edited transcript of which we republished this fall.
One of my goals for the year was to do more writing elsewhere, for different publications and with different audiences. For Fast Company, I wrote about the best design books of 2022 which was a fun list to put together. I published two book reviews in academic journals: I wrote about The Auto-Ethnographic Turn in Design for Design and Culture in the Spring and After the Bauhaus, Before the Internet: A History of Graphic Design Pedagogy for the Journal of Design History in the Fall. It's not published yet, but I wrote about the book Graphic Events for Eye Magazine — my first piece with them! — that'll be out in the next issue. Finally, I was honored to write the foreword for Mitch Goldstein's excellent new book, How to be a Design Student (And How to Teach Them), due out in March from Princeton Architectural Press. Having a small part of this wonderful new book is a true treat.
I'm continuing to try to use this blog to work out ideas in public, often before they become bigger essays or commissioned pieces. This year, I wrote about Robert A.M. Stern's memoir as a lens to think about theory and practice, the role of design journalism, why Elon Musk buying Twitter won't help it become a public square, an anime about the architecture of Roman and Japanese bathhouses, watching HBO's The Staircase adaptation as meditation on storytelling, appreciating Robert Caro's prose, reframing design as cultural invention, and the vapidity of design PR.
Scratching the Surface continues to chug along; the conversations I have on the show are central to my practice and thinking. This year, I took the summer off for the first time which was a nice break and helped me find my interest in the show again. I released nineteen episodes this year with designers, architects, curators, novelists, artists, filmmakers, and other people who do work I'm fascinated by. I already have a few episodes recorded or scheduled for next year that I am very excited about.
I'm in the middle of working on a big design project right now, my only one this year! It's a mix of publishing, editorial design, and branding — in other words, exactly the kind of work I love doing the most. I'm hoping that'll wrap up early next year and itching to do more design work next year.
I gave a series of presentations this year, all revolving around my research into graphic design and publishing, once at the Royal College of Art and again at the University of Brighton (both virtual). It's interesting to give a talk multiple times, thinking about tailoring it to different audiences and contexts, continually refining it. I also led a virtual workshop on modular typography for the American University at Sharjah and was honored to return to my alma mater, Maryland Institute College of Art, as a guest thesis critic.
Lastly, I joined the steering committee of the AIGA Design Educators Community this summer and am excited to dig into the work they are doing and think through ideas of publishing, writing, and research with that group of educators.
With no moves, new jobs, and new children planned, I'm excited to continue explore our new(-ish) city and neighborhood and community. There is, as always, more work to do on the house and I'm excited to build a much bigger garden than I was able to have at our last place.
The first phase of my work as this year's Latham Fellow at the Institute of Design at Illinois Tech will launch in the first few months of the year, with more work coming later in the Spring. I'm excited to share this work and more about my thinking in the coming months.
I'd like to continue to try to write for more places with more audiences. I want to continue building on the design writing I've been doing and experiment with writing outside of a design context. (I'd also like to write for myself again — I'm hoping this blog can be more active than it has been the last few years.) I also have a possible book project that I'd like to begin working on in earnest next year.
I want to continue to refine my thinking on graphic design as publishing (in class form and in the talk I've been giving). I'd like to turn that into a paper and hope I can deliver a version of it elsewhere this year.
I'd like to continue to pick up client work where it makes sense and when the opportunities arise. I'm fortunate to be able to be selective about the design projects I do and love working with smart people on interesting projects. If you want to work together, let's talk.
Finally, I'd like to spend some time on personal projects again. Here's hoping this year affords a bit more space for me to make things just because I want to. I have ideas.
Thank you, always, for your support. Wishing you much happiness and love in 2023.
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In this case, you could enable the job using the ENABLE procedure. Table 28-1 shows the valid values for job state.
The job is scheduled to be executed.
The job is currently running.
The job has completed, and is not scheduled to run again.
The job was scheduled to run once and was stopped while it was running.
The job was scheduled to run once and failed.
The job has failed at least once and a retry has been scheduled to be executed.
The job was scheduled to run once and completed successfully.
The job is of type chain and has no steps running, no steps scheduled to run, and no event steps waiting on an event, and the chain evaluation_interval is set to NULL. No progress will be made in the chain unless there is manual intervention.
Note that, for the column CPU_USED to show valid data, the initialization parameter RESOURCE_LIMIT must be set to true.
You can check whether the job coordinator is running by searching for a process of the form cjqNNN.
The Scheduler supports two kinds of logs: the job log and the window log.
You can control the amount of logging that the Scheduler performs on jobs at both the job class and individual job level. Normally, you control logging at the class level, as this offers you more control over logging for the jobs in the class.
See "Viewing the Job Log" for definitions of the various logging levels and for information about logging level precedence between jobs and their job class. By default, the logging level of job classes is LOGGING_RUNS, which causes all job runs to be logged.
You can set the logging_level attribute when you create the job class, or you can use the SET_ATTRIBUTE procedure to change the logging level at a later time. The following example sets the logging level of jobs in the myclass1 job class to LOGGING_FAILED_RUNS, which means that only failed runs are logged. Note that all job classes are in the SYS schema.
You must be granted the MANAGE SCHEDULER privilege to set the logging level of a job class.
Oracle Database Reference for details on the job log views.
There are no logging levels for window activity logging.
Notice that log IDs correspond in both of these views, and that in this case the rows in the DBA_SCHEDULER_WINDOWS_DETAILS view correspond to the CLOSE operations in the DBA_SCHEDULER_WINDOW_LOG view.
Oracle Database Reference for details on the window log views.
You can also set the class-specific history when creating the job class.
Note that log entries pertaining to steps of a chain run are not purged until the entries for the main chain job are purged.
Another example is the following, which purges all entries from the jog log that are older than three days. The window log is not affected by this statement.
You should grant the CREATE JOB system privilege to regular users who need to be able to use the Scheduler to schedule and run jobs. You should grant MANAGE SCHEDULER to any database administrator who needs to be able to manage system resources. Granting any other Scheduler system privilege or role should not be done without great caution. In particular, the CREATE ANY JOB system privilege and the SCHEDULER_ADMIN role, which includes it, are very powerful because they allow execution of code as any user. They should only be granted to very powerful roles or users.
A particularly important issue from a security point of view is handling external jobs. Only users that need to run jobs outside of the database should be allowed to do so. You must grant the CREATE EXTERNAL JOB system privilege to those users. See "Creating External Jobs" for further information. Security for the Scheduler has no other special requirements. See Oracle Database Security Guide for details regarding security.
When upgrading from Oracle Database 10g Release 1 to 10g Release 2 or later, CREATE EXTERNAL JOB is automatically granted to all users and roles that have the CREATE JOB privilege. Oracle recommends that you revoke this privilege from users that don't need it.


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Hundreds of young people experience trans regret
Hundreds of young "transgender" people are seeking help to live as their biological sex.
That's according to former "trans" man, 28-year-old UK woman Charlie Evans, who is setting up The Detransition Advocacy Network.
Charlie was born female but identified as male for nearly 10 years before returning to living as her real gender.
Sky News states that the number of young people seeking gender transition is at an all-time high and there is currently no data to reflect the number who may be unhappy in their new gender or who may opt to detransition to their biological sex. Sky News reports that Charlie was stunned by the number of people who want to detransition like her:
"I'm in communication with 19 and 20-year-olds who have had full gender reassignment surgery who wish they hadn't, and their dysphoria hasn't been relieved, they don't feel better for it," she says.
"They don't know what their options are now."
Charlie says she has been contacted by "hundreds" of people seeking help - 30 people alone in her area of Newcastle.
"I think some of the common characteristics are that they tend to be around their mid-20s, they're mostly female and mostly same-sex attracted, and often autistic as well."
She recalls being approached by a young girl with a beard who hugged her after giving a public talk, who explained she was a destransitioned woman too.
"She said she felt shunned by the LGBT community for being a traitor. So I felt I had to do something."
Sky News reported on the case of "Ruby", a biological female who experienced trans regret.
Ruby had been taking testosterone and was about to have her breasts removed when she decided to detransition.
"I didn't think any change was going to be enough in the end and I thought it was better to work on changing how I felt about myself, than changing my body," said Ruby.
"I've seen similarities in the way I experience gender dysphoria, in the way I experience other body image issues.
"When I was at my gender clinic to get referred for hormones, we had a session where I went over my mental health issues and I told them about my eating disorder and they didn't suggest that that could maybe connected with my gender dysphoria.
"For everyone who has gender dysphoria, whether they are trans or not, I want there to be more options for us because I think there is a system of saying, 'okay here's your hormones, here's your surgery, off you go'. I don't think that's helpful for anyone," Ruby added.
Christian florist could lose everything
Christian florist Barronelle Stutzman's faces losing everything if the Supreme Court does not weigh into her religious freedom case.
That's according to her lawyer Kristen Waggoner from Alliance Defending Freedom, who is representing Stutzman in a legal battle over her refusal to participate in a "same-sex" wedding.
Appearing alongside her client on "FOX & Friends" recently, Waggoner said that in Masterpiece Cakeshop, the U.S. Supreme Court said the government can't express hostility toward people of faith.
"We now need it to weigh in on the broader principle to say it can't force creative professionals to create art or to have to participate in religious ceremonies", said Waggoner
"We have clients right now that are facing jail time. Jack Phillips [Christian baker] is in his third round of litigation and Baronelle is basically faced with losing all she owns unless the Supreme Court weighs in in this case."
Stutzman, who owns a florist business in the US state of Washington, said she had served Robert Ingersoll for almost ten years.
"When he came in to talk to me about his [same-sex] wedding, I just simply put my hands on his and told him I could not do it because of my relationship with Jesus Christ," Stutzman said.
"Without any complaint from Rob ... the attorney general from the state of Washington sued me personally and corporately simply because I have a different viewpoint on marriage".
Writing in an op-ed earlier this year, Stutzman wrote that:
Our ideals run up against each other. We disagree. Sometimes we debate. Sometimes we end up avoiding each other, or smiling and gently steering around the more sensitive points of disagreement. That's how we respect each other's freedom. That's how we get along.
But sadly, my home state of Washington has chosen not to get along with me. In June, my state Supreme Court reaffirmed what it said just over two years ago: that I must use my skills as a creative professional to express messages and to celebrate and participate in events that violate my faith.
And that's why I'm appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court once again. As a floral artist, I am required by law to use my soul and imagination, as well as my mind and hands, to design original floral arrangements that celebrate events and ideas I don't believe in.
Waggoner finished the interview saying that a win for Baronelle is a win for everyone.
"If you think about it, it protects an atheist musician from having to perform at an Easter service or a Democrat speech writer having to write for a Republican," said Waggoner.
"It's about tolerance being a two-way street," she added.
Teacher sacked for refusing to refer to student by non-biological pronoun
A teacher in the US who refused to refer to a "transgender" student by their preferred pronoun has been sacked.
The teacher Peter Vlaming had yelled out "Don't let her hit the wall!" when he was supervising the student, to prevent her injuring herself. Vlaming was suspended the next day for not using the biological female's preferred male pronoun.
He was subsequently sacked when he refused to refer to the student as male in future.
Mr Vlaming has taken legal action against the West Point School Board.
According to a filed complaint, the defendants gave Mr Vlaming an ultimatum: use male pronouns for the female student or lose your job.
But Mr Vlaming would not violate his conscience - and this cost him his job.
He says the school did not have any written policy about pronouns.
The complaint goes on to state that the school forced Mr Vlaming to "take sides in an ongoing public debate regarding gender dysphoria and use pronouns that express an objectively untrue ideological position".
The complaint adds that "this is not the type of philosophical disagreement in which the government may compel individuals to take sides".
Christian actress sacked for quoting the Bible takes legal action
A Christian actress in the UK sacked from an acting role due to a social media post on human sexuality is taking legal action.
Seyi Omooba secured the lead role in a stage version of The Color Purple. But one day later, she received a tweet with a screenshot of her Facebook post from five years earlier asking if she still stood by her comments.
In September 2014 she wrote on social media: "It is clearly evident in 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 what the Bible says on this matter. I do not believe you can be born gay and I do not believe homosexuality is right…"
Omooba was subsequently sacked from the role and has had difficulty obtaining other work in the field.
"I'm heartbroken," she said. 'If I'm unable to get back to the stage, then I feel there is no point."
"It's the only thing I have ever wanted since I was a young girl."
Omooba is launching a legal action with the assistance of the Christian Legal Centre.
Christian Concern, a UK-based advocacy organisation, said that "the case raised the question of whether Christians have the freedom to hold and express Biblical mainstream views in public."
"It also raises the issue of whether, as a society, we are allowed to hold and express opinions and interpretations of art, literature and drama in ways that are contrary to LGBT ideology", the group added.
British court rules belief in Bible is "incompatible with human dignity"
A Christian doctor who refused to refer to a biological man as a woman has lost his court case, with a British court ruling that belief in the Bible is "incompatible with human dignity."
Dr David Mackereth, a doctor with over two decades experience with the National Health Service, was dismissed by the Department for Work and Pensions on the grounds that refusing to call a patient by their preferred pronoun was "harassment" under the UK's Equality Act.
Dr Mackareth has previously said that "Christians must be able to hold and express their faith in private and public and to uphold Biblical and scientific truths without fear of losing their livelihoods".
But a British court ruled against the doctor.
"Belief in Genesis 1:27, lack of belief in transgenderism and conscientious objection to transgenderism in our judgment are incompatible with human dignity and conflict with the fundamental rights of others, specifically here, transgender individuals", said the court.
The court went on to say that "in so far as those beliefs form part of his wider faith, his wider faith also does not satisfy the requirement of being worthy of respect in a democratic society, not incompatible with human dignity and not in conflict with the fundamental rights of others."
Dr Mackarth said he was not alone in being disturbed by the court's decision.
"Staff in the NHS, even those who do not share my Christian convictions, are also disturbed as they see their own freedom of thought and speech being undermined by the judges' ruling.
"No doctor, or researcher, or philosopher, can demonstrate or prove that a person can change sex.
"Without intellectual and moral integrity, medicine cannot function and my 30 years as a doctor are now considered irrelevant compared to the risk that someone else might be offended", he added.
Andrea Williams, the chief executive of the Christian Legal Centre, said that "it is deeply disturbing that this is the first time in the history of English law that a judge has ruled that free citizens must engage in compelled speech".
Dr Mackereth says he will appeal the decision.
"I believe that I have to appeal in order to fight for the freedom of Christians – and any other NHS member of staff – to speak the truth.
"If they cannot, then freedom of speech has died in this country, with serious ramifications for the practice of medicine in the UK," he said.


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Mrs H. Cartwright (fl. 1776 -1787) was a novelist who also wrote a book of advice about educating girls.

Cartwright's first publication, Letters on Female Education, addressed to a Married Lady (1777), offers advice to a mother on how to bring up her daughter(s). It was translated into German in 1778 alongside works by Hannah More and Hester Chapone. One critic wrote, "These letters have as much originality in them as we generally find in compositions of this nature. At least they discover the indications of a rational understanding and good heart." In the preface, Cartwright claims that she had been encouraged in this project by Elizabeth Montagu, an advocate for women's education and a leading figure in the London literary world.  The author ends her remarks with the address "Warwick Court": presumably Warwick Court in Bloomsbury, London. This address is one of the few personal details known about Cartwright.

One of Cartwright's novels, The Platonic Marriage (1786), was used by Mary Wollstonecraft to illustrate the foolish and unwholesome reading tastes of a silly character in her own novel Mary. Since the plot involves a young man falling improbably in love with his grandmother-in-law, it can also be taken as a challenge to the practice of marrying young girls to much older men. The Platonic Marriage attracted sarcastic reviews but one critic, at least, felt it demonstrated "tolerable skill and address".

Most of Cartwright's fiction is epistolary: the story is told through correspondence. Contemporary reviews, though by no means full of praise, suggest that her novels were considered entertaining. The Duped Guardian, or, The Amant Malade (1785) was described by the Monthly Review as a book where "the construction is inartificial [constructed without art or skill], and the catastrophe is particularly confused; but the work is neither tedious nor insipid; it may afford amusement to please an idle mind, and instruction to warn a thoughtless one."

Other novels of hers were The Memoirs of Lady Eliza Audley (1779), Letters Moral and Entertaining (1780), and The Generous Sister (1780).

The Vale of Glendor, or, Memoirs of Emily Westbrook (1785) is attributed to Mrs. Cartwright, but it gave Emily Westbrook's name as author on the title page. There is a note from "the editor" saying that "having found them among some papers of the deceased relation, she thought they contain some moral reflection that might convey instruction".

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External links
Letters on Female Education, addressed to a Married Lady
Vale of Glendor, or, Memoirs of Emily Westbrook
UCL Bloomsbury Project: Warwick Court

18th-century British women writers
18th-century British novelists