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What is the Buddhist philosophy on...
Discussion in 'Buddhism' started by xdianax, May 18, 2004.
xdianax Member
...homework?
Haha, I know it sounds kinda silly, but I was very curious, especially because I get so much of it, and either am too lazy to do it before its late at night, or do it and STILL don't have time to meditate.
xdianax, May 18, 2004
ericf Member
At the very least, I expect a person who is a Buddhist to agree with the four noble truths and live according to the Eightfold path.
Quick google turns up this page listing those for you. I would recommend finding a site with detail if you are interested.
http://www.buddhaweb.org/
Pretty much everything else on that site is a core belief also... so you probably already would agree with them. If you understand the four noble truths and are on the eightfold path the rest of those things are already included as part of your understanding.
ericf, May 18, 2004
jackovgoesjacko Member
hmmmmm-buddhists take on homework. They believe that inner happiness and being at peace with yourself leads to true awakening. put another way, if it makes you happy do it. Not like hedonism, but genuine happiness.
jackovgoesjacko, May 18, 2004
Well, I was waiting for you to ask which of the 12 things I mentioned applied to homework... but I'll just say it.
Suffering Exists.
lol... seriously though, there is nothing opposing homework at all. Unless your homework involved harming others or something that violates the eightfold path. You can't get out of it that easily. A life of study if not wrong.
I would actually think homework would be encouraged if it was beneficial to you. I know most people agree that studying Buddhist writings is good -- so studying must be acceptable. Just don't become too attached to your studies... have fun also.
EDIT: I totally forgot to mention homework in my first post. I just zoned out.
Ooo there is the connection. Haha, I was kin dof confused on what that had to do with the thread. =) I guess there isn't a good excuse for not doing homework. Hmmm, well then, now I wonder if there is any Buddhist philosophy on how to actually get it done without slacking off the entire day.
Yeah, those were supposed to be in one conherent post... tied humorously together. But my phone rang halfway through. I started talking to my sister, and thought... just finish this sentence and post it now. You can complete it later. I didn't even think about the fact that it would make no sense like it was.
I swear I am sober. I just am a dunce sometimes.
to cure the problem of slacking off and procrastinating, you need to learn to meditate and become mindful of your surroundings. This practice will filter down into your daily activities and you will become a lot more spontaneously creative-thus homework will become a piece of cake-it all starts with getting grounded with yourself (not the chided version and then punished) but again at peace with yourself
Now all I have to figure out is how to not procrastinate meditating.
rainbow dew Member
'breathing in i calm my body
breathing out i smile
dwelling in the present moment
i know that this is a wonderful moment'
this works, even for homework!
BREATH YOU ARE ALIVE!
in dharma,
rainbow dew, May 20, 2004
Chodpa -=Chop_Chop=-
As said above the simple philosophy of the historic Buddha Siddhartha Gautama Shakyamuni was layed out in the 4 Noble truths and includes the (1) existance is suffering (2) due to impermanence of everything (3) and that there is a changeless state of nirvana (4) which can be realized by the 8-fold path. The 8 fold path simply states that karma brings results and so to raise life to a heavenly status virtuous actions must be adhered to, and to escape hellishness nonvirtue must be relinquished. So if homework is virtuous then it will make life better for everyone. Buddhists are typically very disciplined and austere so that should tell you.
Chodpa, May 24, 2004
Scholar_Warrior Be Love Now
the buddhist practice of detachment applies to either doing homework, or not doing homework. either way, if you want to make an attempt at practising Buddhism, you will not be attached to the outcome of your decision. you may decide that there is no reason to decide at all and simply wait, watch, and see what you do....
Scholar_Warrior, May 24, 2004
xdianax said:
or do it and STILL don't have time to meditate.
i didnt thouroughly read all the replies, but i just wanted to say this. a teacher of mine once said that even if you feel like you "dont have time" to meditate, just go and DO IT for at least 10-15 minutes. no matter what you´re doing, you CAN spare 15 minutes. after that, you might see that you really DO have time. i feel like i´m preaching to the choir here, cause if you meditate, you probably already know what i´m talking about.
MelvnDoo, May 29, 2004
I have to admit, I could probably set aside at least 10 minutes to meditate, but I think the reason I end up avoiding it is because I make it into a bigger deal than it actually is. I close all my shades and take my noisy ticking clock out of my room before meditating, and always feel I have to be in super comfy clothes, (so if i am wearing jeans I feel I have to change if I want to meditate). Does anyone else do this? I don't have a quick meditation spot and can jush go to that is isolated. In fact I have trouble deciding where in my room to meditate. I don't have much wallspace (and I prefer to have my back to the wall, to help keep a good posture), so I awkwardly sit against the side of my bed. Anyone have any suggestions about how to get rid of so many difficulties and preparations?
xdianax, Jun 2, 2004
nephthys Member
You could use a Nidra Yoga posture (a corpse in essence).
nephthys, Jun 3, 2004
IdentityCrisis Member
My mother once told me that when she was graduating law school, once of her fellow collegues made a speech at the bar. He was a buddhist, and the only student to get absolute straight As. My mother said that she'd never forget what he said.. probably because people who are deeply involved in Buddhism always have wise things to say. Anyway, he said, "Keep your homelife happy, and all will fall into place."
That's all he said for his speech.
I thought that was pretty cool.
I'm pretty educated about Buddhism, I've read numerous websites about it and have read books (including one recommended on the hipbooks site, "Awakening the Buddha Within" by Lama Surya Das). I think it's a pretty cool philosophy/religion. My mum said if she were to commit to any "religion", it would be Buddhism. I would have to agree.
The only reason I do not commit myself is because for me to find my own truth, I have to find it for myself.. I mean, I used many of the same methods of Buddhism (ie. meditation, breathing, stopping and thinking and realising, smiling... just simple things), but I choose not to believe nor disbelieve in reincarnation or eating meat (All beings are on their way to enlightenment - linked with reincarnation). Buddha said to challenge his teachings and not just believe everything he says... so.. All I can do is wait to die and see if I can remember this life as a human. ..
So yeah, completely off track now.. but anyway, I think if you're happy, you'll do your homework on your own.. If you're not happy, use the noble truths to guide you to happiness
IdentityCrisis, Jul 9, 2004
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Our buddhist practice and faith are not separate from daily life.The essence of faith is how we should live our lives according to the principles of Buddhism. Health, work, family, school, our struggles, fears, hopes, dreams and desires blend together to weave the fabric of our lives. Rather than limit or restrict people through narrow-minded dogma, Buddhism seeks to empower self-reliant individuals who, acting with true reason-based upon the law of cause and effect-manifest unlimited creativity and value.
SGI President Ikeda said: "Faith and daily life, faith and work-these are not separate things. They are one and the same. To think of them as separate-that faith is faith, and work is work-is theoretical faith. Based on the recognition that work and faith are one and the same, we should put one hundred percent of our energy into our jobs and one hundred percent into faith, too. When we resolve to do this, we enter the path of victory amid the realities of society and in our own daily lives" (For Today And Tomorrow, p. 175).
Contemplation or meditation for its own sake is absurd. In the Vimalakirti Sutra, Shakyamuni clearly explains that true meditation is not solitary contemplation beneath a tree but playing an active role in society while embracing the truth.
Mahatma Gandhi, to someone who urged that he pursue a life of meditation, is said to have remarked that he felt no need to withdraw to a cave for that purpose. He carried the cave with him, he said, wherever he went. This episode is characteristic of Gandhi, who devoted his life to taking action and practicing among the people.
Buddhism is not a religion that closes its eyes to people's suffering; it is a teaching that opens people's eyes. Therefore, Buddhism is the path that enables people to become happy. To turn away our eyes from the contradictions of society and rid ourselves of all worldly thoughts is not(i.e erroneous) the way of Buddhist practice.
The true spirit of meditation lies in manifesting our innate wisdom in society and resolutely struggling for the happiness of ourselves and others, and to construct a better society.
The "Benefits of the Teacher of the Law" (nineteenth) chapter of the Lotus Sutra states that those who uphold the sutra will enjoy the benefit of having their six sense organs (eye, ear, nose, tongue, body and mind) purified. With regard to the to mind benefits" of upholding the sutra, it says:
The doctrines that [good men and good women who accept the Lotus Sutra] preach... will conform with the gist of the principles and never be contrary to true reality.
"If they should expound some text of the secular world or speak on matters of government or those relating to wealth or livelihood, they will in all cases conform to the correct Law. (LS19, 263)
Great Teacher T'ien-t'ai of China commented on this passage: "No affairs of life or work are in any way different from the ultimate reality [true entity]"
The Buddha's revelation of the true entity of all phenomena is very important. The truth (true entity) of things is not found in some far distant realm removed from reality. In this unwavering focus on the true form (true entity) of everyday reality, never moving away from real things and events (all phenomena), we can discern the true brilliance of the Buddha's wisdom.
The "Life Span" (sixteenth) chapter of the Lotus Sutra says: "The Thus Come One perceives the true aspect of the threefold world exactly as it is" (LS16, 226). The "threefold world" is the world of reality. The Buddha is determined never to become alienated or divorced from the actual world (all phenomena). At the same time, the Buddha is not influenced by the superficial appearance of the actual world (all phenomena), but instead grasps the supreme truth (true entity) concealed therein and teaches it to others so that they may understand and apply it in their own lives. This is the [true] wisdom of Buddhism.
Where and when is the realm of eternal life of the true entity to be found? It is now; it is here. Enlightened to this truth one is a Buddha; ignorant of it, one dwells in the nine worlds. Consequently, the world of Bodhisattva is not necessarily close to the world of Buddhahood nor the world of Hell far from it. All living beings in any of the nine worlds can equally manifest the state of Buddhahood within their lives just as they are. Each individual life (all phenomena) is one with the cosmic life (true entity). Nor does this cosmic life (true entity) exist separately from each individual life (all phenomena).
Nichiren Daishonin, 13th century japanese reformer Buddhist monk, expressed this realm of life of the true entity of all phenomena as follows: "The Lotus Sutra teaches that the mind is one with the earth, and the earth is one with its plants" (MW-1). "Mind" here is equivalent to the cosmic life.
The pre-Lotus Sutra(representing other Mahayana and Hinayana sutras) teachings, representing a still-shallow and provisional body of philosophy, expounded that all phenomena (individual life) derived from the mind (cosmic life). In this case, the mind is like the earth, while all phenomena are like the plants growing in it. According to this paradigm, the mind and phenomena are separate entities.
But the Lotus Sutra teaches something different. The mind is the earth and the earth is one with the plants that grow in it. The true entity and all phenomena are one and the same thing. They cannot be divided. The moon and the flowers, each and every thing, are one with the totality of the life of the universe itself. In the same Gosho, the Daishonin writes: "The provisional sutras say that a tranquil mind is like the moon and a pure heart like a flower, but the Lotus Sutra states that the flower and moon are themselves heart and mind"
Thus, Nichiren states contains the very famous statement in the "Gift of Rice": "The true path of life lies in the affairs of this world" (Major Writing- Vol 1). Only in the actuality of the "affairs of this world" (all phenomena) can we demonstrate the "true path"--that is, the wisdom of the true entity; the wisdom of the Lotus Sutra(or faith in the Wonderful Dharma).
mahasattva, Jul 14, 2004
To speak of discovering the true entity "behind" phenomena might give the impression that the Law exists somewhere apart from the phenomena. This is definitely not the case. Phenomena and their true entity are always inseparable. The Buddha observes the true entity as it manifests through phenomena and correctly perceive that the true entity exists only as the phenomena. They certainly do not exist separately.
To illustrate, if phenomena, which are constantly changing, are likened to waves, then the true entity is comparable to the ocean. Waves are produced by the ocean, and wave crests consist of sea water. Conversely, there is no ocean that does not manifest as waves. The two are one in essence.
Again, if the true entity is likened to the surface of a mirror, then phenomena would be comparable to the images appearing therein. The mirror reproduces all kinds of things as images. There is no mirror that does not reflect images as long as there is light. Conversely, there could be no reflected images without the mirror.
"The true entity of all phenomena" is, therefore, a philosophy that sees into the real aspect of every reality in the universe, especially human life. All phenomena and the true entity are "two but not two," for one cannot exist without the other. This is what binds the true entity and all phenomena together, making them one and the same, even though they may seem to be different. All phenomena --- the sun and the moon as they rise and set, the ebb and flow of the seas, the bending of trees before the wind --- in the eye of Buddhism all appear as the action or manifestations of Law(i.e.Myoho-renge-kyo). Unlike the Lotus Sutra, which gives careful, deep treatment of this principle, all the other sutras deal solely with the phenomena themselves and point out only differences among them. The Lotus Sutra sees beyond the superficial differences and discovers the Mystic Law equally permeating the depths of all. This is what sets the "perfect and all-embracing Lotus Sutra" above the "provisional teachings of discrimination." The principle of equality meant by "the true entity of all phenomena" is an expression of the Buddha's great and impartial wisdom, which recognizes the potential for Buddhahood in all people alike.
What is the true entity of all phenomena speaks of? "The true entity is invariably revealed in all phenomena, and all phenomena invariably possess the Ten Factors. The Ten Factors invariably function within the Ten Worlds, and the Ten Worlds invariably entail both life and its environment."
This is a passage from the Kompeiron, Great teacher Miao-lo's, the 2nd pathriarchs of Tientai school of China, thesis on the Buddha nature inherent in all things, living and non-living. It explains the structure of ichinen sanzen(3000 factors in a single life-moment(mind). As mentioned earlier, the true entity represents ichinen (the life-moment) of ichinen sanzen or expressed by Nichiren as Myoho Renge Kyo. " "The true entity is invariably revealed in all phenomena" means that the ichinen or cosmic mind(i.e. expressed in essence and title of the Lotus sutra- Myoho-renge-kyo) is eternally manifested in phenomena. In the following passage, Miao-lo states the true entity by analyzing all phenomena into the Ten Factors, the Ten Worlds, and life and its environment.
First of all, the Ten Factors represent the ten aspects common to all phenomena. They are appearance (nyoze-so), nature (nyoze-sho), entity (nyoze-tai), power (nyoze-riki), influence (nyoze-sa), inherent cause (nyoze-in), relation (nyoze-en), latent effect (nyoze-ka), manifest effect (nyoze-ho), and consistency from beginning to end (nyoze-honmatsu-kukyo-to). All phenomena have these Ten Factors and all of them manifest one or another of the Ten Worlds. The Ten Factors are inherent in each of the Ten Worlds --- even in Hell and Buddhahood. This is what is meant by the reality of all phenomena.
"The Ten Worlds invariably entail both life and its environment," means that each of the Ten Worlds is certainly seen in both a living thing and its surroundings. This is the working of the principle of esho funi, the oneness of life and its environment.
"All phenomena invariably possess the Ten Factors" is another way of saying that life as it changes moment by moment never loses its Ten Factors. No one can say, "I have no nyoze-so (appearance)." Everyone has a face and figure. He has also nyoze-sho (mind or nature). Could he exist as a stone? Even that is impossible, for a stone, too, has its own nature. The same is true for nyoze-tai (entity).
Also, everyone has his own specific power, influence, inherent cause, relation, latent effect, and manifest effect. A person's life-condition, whatever it is, as it is, is reflected simultaneously in all the nine factors, from the first, "appearance," to the last, "manifest effect." This is "their consistency from beginning to end," of the Hoben(2nd) chapter.
The true entity, if it were not to exist as phenomena or possess the Ten Factors, could not be true any more. For example, such Buddhas as Amitabha or Dainichi (Skt., Mahavairochana), who appear in the pre-Lotus Sutra teachings, do not possess the Ten Factors. They do not even have nyoze-so (form or appearance). Who on earth has ever seen Dainichi(or Amitabha) Buddha? Buddhas who are not endowed with appearance, nature and entity have no power to save people.
The Judeo-Christian religions may assert that their supreme beings do not appear in any real form, but the Lotus Sutra proclaims that there is no true entity outside of phenomena or the Ten Factors. Shakyamuni Buddha was a real person, and Nichiren Daishonin also plunged into the midst of actual society, shared the people's sufferings and gave his enlightenment equally to all mankind. I insist that the Buddha is not an imaginary or an abstract being but one who clearly expresses himself in real behavior through the function of his Ten Factors.
"The Ten Factors invariably function within the Ten Worlds" --- the Ten Factors are not indifferent to suffering and joy. Each factor represents a facet of the same momentary life-condition, and for that reason, all the Ten Factors are involved in any one of the Ten Worlds. The Ten Factors reflect Buddhahood just as easily as they reflect Hell.
Lastly, "the Ten Worlds invariably entail both life and its environment" --- the Ten Worlds we experience become apparent both within ourselves and our environment. When a person is in the state of Hell, he finds his environment in Hell, too. Conversely, a man whose life-condition is Buddhahood makes his place the Buddha's land. This is what we can attain by human revolution or attaining Buddhahood.
The true reality (true entity) of all phenomena is that each possesses latent potential (nature and power) and an openness to change (internal cause, relation, latent effect and manifest effect). Moreover, each is a self-consistent whole. Phenomena depend upon each other, are open to each other, yet remain consistent and unified.
Metaphorically speaking, perhaps we can explain this best in contemporary terms by saying that "all phenomena" refers to each individual existence of life, while their "true entity" constitutes one great cosmic life force(mind). Each of these infinite number of lives, governed by "the cause and effect of the material and spiritual aspects of life," plays an infinitely diverse melody of life. It may seem superficially as if each plays its own random and independent melody, but that is only a partial view. In fact, the truth is that each of those melodies combines together to perform in a single great symphony called the Mystic Law. While each individual melody has its own internal consistency and is whole and complete in its own terms, each also is an indispensable part of the great symphony of cosmic life known as the Mystic Law. Mystic here means "difficult" or "unfathomable' reality. It is called Mystic Law because it explains the Mutually inclusive releationship of life and phenomena
Huckleberry Finn Member
The Buddhas last words. "Life is a river always changing. Hold on to nothing, work hard."
Zen Quote "before enlightenment, work hard. After enlightenment, work hard." One of my personal favorites.
Huckleberry Finn, Aug 4, 2004
MushroomDreams Senior Member
I believe the need for detachment is because the people, thing, inner desires can keep up from the ultimate Enlightenment.
When we pass from this world into the Bardo, all thoughts and desires will leave. At least that was my experience when I had a NDE.
If there is nothing to draw on our awareness, we can go forward beyond all illusion. If your desire is more volition than a thought, than this can hold you in a place where you are still longing. Longing for the pleasures and experiences of this world.
If you can go through life without desires (true tantra) than your passing will be without obstacles.
That is my limited understanding of why Buddhist teach us to be detached.
MushroomDreams, Aug 4, 2004


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{ June 27, 2015 @ 12:26 am } · { in performance }
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The defining moment of last night's sold out John Prine performance at the Singletary Center for the Arts came in the closing minutes. Never one for long goodbyes, the veteran songsmith summed up an immensely spirited two-hour performance with show opener Amanda Shires, her Americana celeb husband Jason Isbell ("our special guest and her special guest," as Prine put it) and the three stringmen that have long served as his touring band (guitarists Jason Wilber and Pat McLaughlin and bassist Dave Jacques) for a near-euphoric encore version of Paradise.
The song remains one of Prine's most familiar works, so its inclusion in the setlist was hardly a surprise. But given the regional resonance of the tune (it details a Muhlenberg County countryside from the singer's youth where coal definitely did not keep the figurative lights on) and the obvious joy triggered by having a pair of new generation disciples singing along, Paradise became a celebration. The cherubic, 68 year old Prine beamed like a schoolkid after it concluded and exited the stage with a citywide smile on his face. In short, the song he should have grown the weariest of playing had become a multi-generational anthem instilled with renewed vigor.
There were loads of less obvious treats, as well. Capitalizing on the camaraderie, Prine also enlisted Shires and Isbell for a trio version of what was perhaps the least likely offering of the evening, the bittersweet title tune from his 1980 album Storm Windows. All three hammered home the chorus, Prine and Isbell swapped verses and Shires iced everything with a fiddle solo full of Appalachian gusto. From a more playful terrain came a duet version of In Spite of Ourselves played as a sparring session between Prine and Shires.
The quartet tunes with Wilber, McLaughlin and Jacques formed the basis of the concert, from the three tunes off of 2005's Fair and Square album that began the set (Glory of True Love, Long Monday and Taking a Walk) to darker vintage fare (Six O'Clock News, Souvenirs) that reached back to the early '70s. But the band's most dramatic collaboration came when the four returned to the mid '80s for Lake Marie, a scrapbook meditation that mixed cultural folklore, a marriage on the rocks and TV coverage of a murder in the wilderness.
"You know what blood looks like in a black and white video?" sang Prine as the song headed into its homestretch. The audience, well versed in the lyrics, shouted back the grim reply: "Shadows." That earned a grin, too
"Thank you, class," Prine replied.
A brief unaccompanied section by the singer, which included a calm but still discomforting My Mexican Home, concluded with Sam Stone, the harrowing saga of a displaced, drug-addicted war veteran who dies alone of an overdose. Perhaps more than any other tune in the repertoire last night, Sam Stone benefited most from the vocal creases and coarseness of age, a reflection of both its potently succinct lyrics ("Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios") and its sadly unfortunate topicality.
"I still sing this song at every show because there are still a lot of old veterans around," Prine remarked.
Shires' 40 minute opening set was a delight, as well. Though possessed with a voice full of pure country charm, her songs deviated from any kind of roots music symmetry. The show opening The Garden (What a Mess) possessed an air of somber mystery that brought some of the less prog-ish songs of Kate Bush to mind while Bulletproof set a portrait of hippie legend with references of weaponry and self-preservation to a neo-Spanish lilt.
Husband Isbell, an unadvertised addition to the proceedings, was largely an accompanist, engaging in a brief but feisty electric guitar and fiddle flare-up near the end of Shake the Walls and adding tasty slide colors to Mineral Wells. But he and Shires met on equal terms for a lovely cover of the underappreciated Warren Zevon gem Mutineer.
That didn't keep a few Isbell fans in the audience from the misreading the occasion and calling out for several of his tunes (Cover Me Up earned the most vocal requests). But Mrs. Isbell remained in the driver's seat of this set.
"If you want to request any of Jason's songs, you'll have to go his show tomorrow," Shires told the crowd. "In Chicago."

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Forget the former things, do not dwell on the past, See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.
Dear Friends and Partners of ETC, we wish you all a Happy and Blessed New Year. We thank God for His bountiful mercy in seeing us through the past year with all its blessings and challenges and bringing us to this Ethiopian New Year. Ethiopia unlike the rest of the world celebrates its New Year (Enkutatash), on September 11, and not on January 1. According to Ethiopian Calendar it will be 2014 on September 11. This is because the Ethiopian Calendar follows the Coptic calendar which was laid down by the Emperor Augustus in the Julian calendar. In the past year our nation has been passing through a lot of turmoil because of the internal war, displacement and the Covid pandemic. Through it all, God has been faithful to us here at ETC and has helped us to achieve a lot. We want to praise Him for His faithfulness.
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ETC in partnership with Langham Partnership / Langham Publishing has translated and published Dr. John R. W. Stott's book "God's Word for Today's World" in Amharic under the title "የእግዚአብሔር ቃል ለዘመናችን" (Ye Egziabher Kal Lezemenachen ). We praise God for helping us to have the work of this esteemed pastor and distinguished scholar for all Amharic readers. We also thank Langham Partnership and Langham Publishing for allowing us to have this book for the Langham Preaching Movement work in Ethiopia.
Update on ETC Expansion Site
Though COVID and political unrest in the Northern part of Ethiopia have made life difficult in many ways, steady progress on the building has been made. Realizing the slow progress of the project, the Ethiopian Kale Heywot Church the owner of ETC, in August 2020 took a construction loan from an Ethiopian bank so that construction will resume and be ready for its intended purpose. This loan helped us greatly to finance the project during this difficult year.
With this loan, approximately 60% of the new building is now complete. The main building structural work with all the 13 floors, roof, and sub-ground level parking area are fully completed. Furthermore, work on the front part of the 3 stories building resumed after we received the loan. Right now, all the three floors of the front building are completed and we are also in negotiation with another construction firm to outsource the "Post Tension-Concrete Slab" work on the roof of the three floors building. Once this critical front part of the building is completed, the area will accommodate commercial renting space providing income, which will allow ETC to provide more scholarship to students and also pay the bank loan. It will also help ETC to be self-sustained and less dependent on donors.
More pictures that show the progress of the front part are attached below. We are very grateful for all you have done for us since the start of this building construction and appreciate your continued partnership and support.
Rear view of the building
Front view of the building
Updated Images from the Building Site
ETC Alumnus' Impact and the Kafa Bible
Matewos Gebremariam was born in Kafa region in Chena Woreda. His parents were Ethiopian Orthodox believers. The known Christian Mission organization "Serving in Missions" (SIM) sent Missionaries to Kafa region in Chana Woreda. They shared the Gospel of Jesus Christ with the community in Chana. Matewos' mother came to know the Lord through their ministry. Matewos and his siblings started going to church with their mother and they learnt the Word of God in Sunday school. SIM opened a primary school in the area and Matewos and his siblings joined that school.
Derg (socialist regime) and imprisonment
After a few years, the Derg (socialist) regime took over the country. The missionaries left and all of the evangelists who came from other parts of Ethiopia were thrown out. The school was taken by the government. The government started persecuting Christians. Meanwhile, Matewos finished his high school, joined a Health Science College and studied nursing. He was hired in a government hospital where he met other believers and started fellowshipping with them. He also started listening to the word of God on Seychelles radio. One day, while listening to the radio with his colleagues, they heard a familiar gospel song and without any precaution they started singing. Their neighbors called the government authorities and they were surrounded by the police. They were taken to the police station. There, they got interrogated and asked to renounce God. When they refused, they were imprisoned. However, Matewos had favor with the police. He was also needed because of his medical background and he treated patients in prison.
Conviction and Spiritual Growth
One day, one of the revolutionary guards mistreated Matewos and started pushing him around. Matewos fought back and the police that favored him came in-between and sent him back to his room. In his prison room, Matewos felt guilty about what he did. He asked himself a question, "Why was I in prison?" He was actually there for believing in Jesus who forgave the people that crucified him; on the contrary, he realized that he fought back and could not even forgive the prison guard that was harassing him. That really convicted him and he cried out to God. This became the turning point of his life. He asked for forgiveness and continued to study the Word of God.
New Life of Ministry
While he was imprisoned, he was working as a nurse in the prison clinic. The officials in prison told Matewos and his friend they could be free if they renounce their faith; but if they do not, they will have to join the army and go to war. That was one of the scariest news in Matewos' life. After a while, he was conscripted into the military and sent to the war front. Along the way to the front, God gave him favor with the officer in charge and he was released from the military service. He eventually made his way to the SIM headquarters in Addis Ababa. He had no family or friends in Addis but he remembered Ms. Cremer whom he had met on one of her trips to the Kafa area, along with Mekonen Maageto, one of the translators. Ms. Cremer was an SIM Missionary and she was heading a team working on the Kafa Bible translation. Upon hearing Matewos' story; she invited him to join the translation team.
Joining ETC and Joining in Holy Matrimony
In between this, the socialist government was overthrown and along with it came religious freedom. Ms. Cremer sent Matewos to ETC to be trained and equipped for the translation work. Matewos did his Bachelor of Theology degree at ETC.
While studying at ETC he met his wife Workinesh and they got married in 1999. They are now proud parents of four lovely children. Matewos graduated in 2001 from ETC and rejoined the translation team at SIM.
In early 2008, Ms. Ruth Cremer was diagnosed with Acute Leukemia, and in March 2008 the LORD took her to her heavenly home. For this reason, Matewos took over the whole responsibility of the project and worked as a project manager and a translator. God provided dedicated missionaries to help in administering the work. The Lord also provided for him to earn his Master's Degree in a hybrid program of online and face to face at Africa International University in Nairobi, Kenya. He graduated in July 2016.
Tekalign Shiferaw, another ETC graduate joined the translation team for 3 years. They completed the consultant check of the Kafa Old Testament in late 2016. The Latin script was used for the translation to agree with the government's education system. Kurt Michler another SIM missionary offered to typeset the Kafa Bible.
Finally in August, 2020, typeset copy was sent to the publisher and 10,000 Kafa Bibles were printed and arrived in Addis Ababa on April, 2021. Then the first printed Kafa Bible was dedicated in Bonga town on May 22, 2021. Matewos faithfully dedicated 27 years of his life in translating the Kafa Bible.
Future Endeavor
Matewos was recollecting the memories of the dedication day and he said, "what brought tears to my eyes on the day of the inauguration was the Kafa people embracing the Bible translated in their own mother tongue." His next project is joining Wycliffe Ethiopia as a missionary to be a consultant in Bible translation for the people groups of Ethiopia and Eritrea.
We are very grateful to the Lord for enabling ETC to train students like Matewos who bring a visible impact in the Kingdom of God in the area of their calling. We thank you for supporting and partnering with us to produce laborers for the Kingdom work in Ethiopia and beyond.
Praise and Prayers
We praise God for His protection and sustenance during this past difficult year.
We Praise Him for the impact that our graduates are making in the areas of their calling.
We praise God for the progress made on ETC expansion building.
For the peace & stability of Ethiopia
For the Lord to control the Covid Pandemic so that we can continue with our teaching and learning activities without any interruption.
For God's financial provision to ETC and for the completion of the expansion Project.
Financial Donations Information: Please visit the how you can help page.
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/**
 * @module ember-flexberry
 */

import Ember from 'ember';
import SortableRouteMixin from '../mixins/sortable-route';
import PaginatedRouteMixin from '../mixins/paginated-route';
import LimitedRouteMixin from '../mixins/limited-route';
import FlexberryObjectlistviewRouteMixin from '../mixins/flexberry-objectlistview-route';
import ProjectedModelFormRoute from '../routes/projected-model-form';
import QueryBuilder from 'ember-flexberry-data/query/builder';
import ReloadListMixin from '../mixins/reload-list-mixin';

/**
 * Base route for the List Forms.

 This class re-exports to the application as `/routes/list-form`.
 So, you can inherit from `./list-form`, even if file `app/routes/list-form.js`
 is not presented in the application.

 Example:
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 // app/routes/employees.js
 import ListFormRoute from './list-form';
 export default ListFormRoute.extend({
 });
 ```
 If you want to add some common logic on all List Forms, you can define
 (actually override) `app/routes/list-form.js` as follows:
 ```js
 // app/routes/list-form.js
 import ListFormRoute from 'ember-flexberry/routes/list-form';
 export default ListFormRoute.extend({
 });
 ```

 * @class ListFormRoute
 * @extends ProjectedModelFormRoute
 * @uses PaginatedRouteMixin
 * @uses SortableRouteMixin
 * @uses LimitedRouteMixin
 * @uses ReloadListMixin
 * @uses FlexberryObjectlistviewRouteMixin
 */

export default ProjectedModelFormRoute.extend(
  PaginatedRouteMixin,
  SortableRouteMixin,
  LimitedRouteMixin,
  ReloadListMixin,
  FlexberryObjectlistviewRouteMixin, {
    _userSettingsService: Ember.inject.service('user-settings-service'),
    userSettings: {},
    listUserSettings: {},
    sorting: [],

    model: function(params, transition) {
      let page = parseInt(params.page, 10);
      let perPage = parseInt(params.perPage, 10);

      Ember.assert('page must be greater than zero.', page > 0);
      Ember.assert('perPage must be greater than zero.', perPage > 0);

      let modelName = this.get('modelName');
      let moduleName = transition.targetName;
      let projectionName = this.get('modelProjection');  //At this stage we use routername as modulName for settings
      let serializer = this.store.serializerFor(modelName);

      //let sorting = this.deserializeSortingParam(params.sort);

      //get sorting parameters from DEFAULT userSettings

      let userSettingPromise = this.get('_userSettingsService').getUserSettings({ moduleName: moduleName })
      .then(_listUserSettings => {
        if (_listUserSettings) {
          this.listUserSettings =  _listUserSettings;
        }

        return _listUserSettings;
      });

      let ret = userSettingPromise
      .then(
        listUserSettings=> {
          this.listUserSettings = listUserSettings;
          let sorting = [];
          if ('DEFAULT' in listUserSettings) {
            this.userSettings = this.listUserSettings.DEFAULT;
            sorting = 'sorting' in this.userSettings ? this.userSettings.sorting : [];
          }

          this.sorting = sorting;
          let builder = new QueryBuilder(this.store)
          .from(modelName)
          .selectByProjection(projectionName)
          .top(perPage)
          .skip((page - 1) * perPage)
          .count()
          .orderBy(
            sorting
            .map(i => `${serializer.keyForAttribute(i.propName)} ${i.direction}`)
            .join(',')
          );
          return this.store.query(modelName, builder.build());
        })
      .then((records) => {
        this.includeSorting(records, this.sorting);
        records.set('userSettings', this.userSettings);
        records.set('listUserSettings', this.listUserSettings);
        return records;
      });
      return ret;
    },

    setupController: function(controller, model) {
      this._super(...arguments);

      // Define 'modelProjection' for controller instance.
      // TODO: remove that when list-form controller will be moved to this route.
      let modelClass = this.store.modelFor(this.get('modelName'));
      let proj = modelClass.projections.get(this.get('modelProjection'));
      controller.set('userSettings', this.userSettings);
      controller.set('modelProjection', proj);
    }
  }
);


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After homebirthing Melody in Melbourne in 2012, followed by Arianny in Brisbane in 2015, we now found our growing family living in Canberra, just in time for the birth of our third baby. Having moved to the ACT in December 2017, only 3 months before our baby's "due" date, it was quite an eventful time to simultaneously be pregnant.
I'd also had morning sickness up until 18 weeks - a new experience for me, with the previous two pregnancies being relatively nausea-free - not made any easier by the fact that John happened to be on a work trip in Switzerland when the nausea first hit at 7 weeks. My poor girls were fed basically nothing but roast chicken with bland vegetables for the next two weeks; it was the only food that I could bring myself to cook and eat! They (and I!) were more than a bit excited when their Daddy got home and could provide them with a variety of different foods once again.
Before moving down to Canberra, I was regularly checking in with my integrative GP in Brisbane as my healthcare provider for the first two trimesters of the pregnancy, as well as having phone appointments with our midwife Marie Heath, who would later be attending our homebirth in Canberra.
With a personal history of Hashimoto's thyroiditis, gut health issues, and gut-related nutrient deficiencies, my GP kept a close eye on my blood work. As with the previous two pregnancies, John and I had weighed up the risks and benefits and had decided against having any routine ultrasounds unless a significant reason presented itself, so instead my GP checked on the baby's heartbeat with a doppler and took note of my fundal measurements to ensure that everything was on track.
At around 26 weeks of the pregnancy, my fundal height was measuring 5 weeks ahead of schedule. Considering this alongside the prolonged morning sickness that I had experienced, my GP wondered out loud if I could perhaps be carrying twins. As this could significantly impact our birth plan if it were the case, John and I decided at this point that our first ever ultrasound was indeed warranted.
The next available appointment for a scan was three days away, so we spent those three days in a slight panic, thinking about the logistics of having twins, birthing options, and the adjustments that we'd possibly have to make as a family. In the end it turned out that we didn't need to think through any of these things anyway, as only one little baby showed up on the sonographer's screen - and very clearly a baby boy! He was also no larger than average for 26 weeks and no issues were found at all during the scan, leaving us to conclude that my belly must have been measuring larger simply due to this being my third pregnancy. Thankfully all was well; our baby's development was on track and we were all very excited that we were having a boy!
By the time 2018 rolled around, this pregnancy in particular felt like it was dragging on forever and ever, and suffice to say, by the last month of the pregnancy I was feeling well and truly ready to not be pregnant anymore. So when I first started feeling contractions at 39 weeks, I was more than a little bit excited, thinking that our baby was going to arrive slightly early and that we'd finally get to meet him.
I'd been having mild, occasional contractions throughout the day, which then turned into more consistent contractions by nightfall, but at around 9.30pm I decided to try and get some sleep. I awoke the next morning with the bittersweet realisation that I'd had a really good sleep ( - a somewhat rare occurrence at this stage of pregnancy), but also that the contractions had completely stopped.
And then the mild contractions started again, building up gradually throughout the next day, and getting strong enough again by the evening that we even considered filling up the birth pool. But I decided once again to go to bed and rest and to wait and see what happened. And yet again, I woke up the next morning having had a restful sleep, with the contractions having stopped completely. I was experiencing prodromal labour, just as I had before Melody's birth over five years ago.
After another couple of days of this same pattern, the contractions calmed down entirely, and our baby's official "due" date, the 5th of March, came and went. I was left with the helpless, albeit irrational feeling that this baby was simply never going to come and that I was clearly going to be pregnant for the rest of my life!
Knowing full well that it is completely normal for a baby to arrive as late as 42 weeks, I tried my very best to be patient. But patience is not exactly a strength of mine. Despite my attempts at encouraging labour naturally ( - eating spicy food, walking for up to an hour daily, using acupressure points, doing hip circles on the birthing ball, rubbing a massage oil with lavender and clary sage on my belly, and an osteo appointment to make sure my pelvis was aligned), this baby was clearly determined to teach his mummy that good things really do come to those who wait. In the end, it wasn't until I was 41 weeks and 1 day pregnant, on the 13th of March, that Freddy decided he was finally ready to come earthside.
My parents had organised to visit Canberra for the weekend on the 10th of March, staying in a hotel just down the road, with us all originally figuring that either the baby may have arrived by then ( - he hadn't), or alternately that they could simply catch up with us all, and potentially help out if the baby decided to arrive while they were here.
We all had a great weekend together, taking the girls for walks to the local playground, watching some of the AFL preseason, and going out for dinner for some amazing Thai food. My mum was particularly empathetic towards my constant half-joking-half-serious whinging and moaning - having had three kids herself, she sympathised with how uncomfortable this stage of pregnancy could be. Each night, Mum and Dad would return to their hotel, telling us to give them a call any time during the night if I went into labour and wanted them to come back.
On the morning that my parents were scheduled to head back home to Melbourne, I woke up to find that I had a hind water leak. Being an indicator that labour was probably imminent, my folks decided to book in for one extra night at their hotel, just in case this was actually the real deal! And as it turned out, it was finally the night that I would end up in active labour.
The house was calm and quiet by the evening. Mum and Dad had returned to their hotel once again, and our girls had already been asleep for a few hours when John and I went to bed at 10pm. John fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow, but I couldn't sleep myself - I was having mild contractions again, and they were quite consistent. I lay in bed, resting as much as I could for the next two or so hours, before suddenly feeling a "pop" and realising that my waters had actually broken!
When I gave birth to my girls, my waters didn't break either time until hours and hours into labour, just before I started pushing in fact - but this time, they'd broken just as active labour was starting. I felt a sense of relief, due to knowing that I was actually, finally in labour and was soon going to meet our baby boy, as well as knowing that I probably wasn't going to have to experience the extreme pressure during contractions that I had felt when my waters stayed intact for the majority of Melody's and Arianny's births.
I woke John up, and he gave our midwife Marie a call to let her know that I was in labour, followed by a call to my parents to invite them to come back over. It was just after midnight, and my contractions were still relatively mild and short, but had now become very consistent; between 2 - 3 minutes apart. I lit some beeswax candles in our front room, the same room in which the birth pool had been patiently waiting, inflated and ready to go for over a week, with it now finally being filled up with water via a hose that John had attached to our ensuite shower.
Mum and Dad arrived at around 12.30am, coffees in hand. We all chatted quietly in the lounge room for a little while with some classical music playing in the background, until my contractions started to get slightly more intense. I took myself back into the front room to kneel and lean against the birth ball, rocking side to side until each contraction passed. Mum came and sat near me to keep me company, while John and Dad continued to chat quietly in the lounge room, creating an ambient humming background noise that I found quite calming. In between contractions, Mum and I chatted too, and she shared some memories of her own experiences of giving birth.
Marie arrived around 2.30am. I was still kneeling against the birth ball when I saw John let Marie in the front door; helping her to bring in a suitcase of medical supplies and a tank of gas ( - with all midwife-assisted homebirths, medical equipment is always brought just in case, for example, there is a need to resuscitate the baby or inject the mother with syntocinon to slow any haemorrhaging following the birth). Our second midwife Alana arrived soon after.
My labouring continued in much the same way over the next two hours, with the contractions very gradually increasing in intensity each time. Marie checked on the baby and I every so often to make sure that we were doing okay, occasionally checking the baby's heartbeat with the doppler, but she mostly stayed in the lounge room taking medical notes from there, as by this stage I still had Mum and now John keeping me company. As a midwife, Marie allowed me the perfect combination of both space and security; never intruding on my labouring nor distracting me from my concentration on the job at hand, but also providing me with a reassuring sense of safety by closely but quietly monitoring the labour from afar.
Everyone had become significantly more tired by around 4.30am, as was to be expected. My dad was having a sleep in the guest room, and Mum had set up a makeshift bed on the floor so that she could camp out near me. John had been massaging my lower back with each contraction for the last couple of hours, which had helped immensely. He now asked if I felt ready to get into the birth pool.
I was initially hesitant to get in so soon, as my labour with Melody had slowed down once I'd relaxed into the warm water. Because of this, for Arianny's birth I had intentionally waited until I was close to pushing before I got into the pool. But because my waters had already broken this time and I wasn't feeling the intense pressure that I remembered from the other births, I was finding it much harder to gauge how far off I was from feeling the urge to push. I decided to get into the pool anyway, figuring that I could get out again if it did seem to slow down the frequency of the contractions.
It was so comforting and relaxing to get into the pool, with the buoyancy of the warm water taking away some of the heaviness of my big belly. Thankfully the contractions simply continued as they already were; increasing in intensity ever so gradually each time. In a very similar fashion to the previous two births, I leaned on all fours against the side of the birth pool while John used a jug to pour warm water onto my lower back during each contraction.
Everyone else was napping by this point, including the midwives, and the house was very still, dark, and quiet - besides my low humming with each wave of pressure that came and went. John and I both started to drift off ourselves until the next contraction arrived, at which point I'd grab his hand and squeeze it as hard as I could while he simultaneously used his other hand to continue with pouring more water on my back.
Roughly another hour or so passed, and I was starting to feel a lot more pressure, and the contractions were now quite long and intense. I was exhausted and becoming pretty uncomfortable, but kept reminding myself that every contraction brought me closer to finally meeting our baby.
By around 6.20am, I could feel it was time to push. The length and loudness of the sounds I was now making must've made this pretty clear to the midwives and my parents too, for they had all appeared around the birth pool.
Still kneeling on all fours against the edge of the pool, I was very much in my own world; almost in a state of trance at this point, although I do remember mentally reminding myself to simply breathe and to allow my body to do the majority of the pushing itself. After pushing a bit too hard during Melody's birth, which had resulted in a second degree tear, I had gone on to birth Arianny without any tearing at all, and knew that I could do the same again if I remained as relaxed as possible - not exactly an easy feat under the circumstances! But I just kept on focusing on my breathing as I felt the baby's head crown, and by the end of what felt like the longest contraction ever, the baby's head was out!
The rest of the baby's body remaining inside me was not a comfortable feeling at all, and I must have still been attempting to push, as Marie reminded me to wait for the next contraction. John was in the birth pool behind me, ready to catch our baby boy. For the next couple of minutes of pretty extreme discomfort, all I could do was wait. I was mentally telling myself that this was it, I was almost done, our baby was almost, actually, finally here!
And then finally, the last contraction came - but I could feel some resistance from the baby, despite my body's urge to really push. I heard Marie calmly mention that his shoulders were a little stuck, then felt her presence near me as she gently used her hands to help the baby twist and rotate into the correct position while I was still mid-contraction. All of a sudden I found myself reaching down into the water in front of me and scooping our baby up into my arms - our perfect little boy, all purpley and squishy and covered in vernix, with dark brown hair and a little face not dissimilar to his sisters' as newborns. Marie gently used a towel to rub his tiny chest while he was still in my arms, and after a few seconds he took in a deep breath then let out a healthy cry.
After a short time, I was carefully helped out of the pool by John and Marie; Freddy still in my arms with his cord still attached to the placenta that I was yet to birth. I sat down on some towels beside the pool and leant against John to support my back, while we waited for my body to deliver the placenta itself (a physiological third stage of labour). After Freddy's umbilical cord had stopped pulsating entirely, allowing him to receive all of the placental blood full of nutrients and stem cells intended just for him, John cut the cord. Freddy then had his first breastfeed of colostrum.
By now the morning sunlight was starting to shine through our windows. Mum and Alana helped me to the shower while John held Freddy skin-to-skin and called his parents to tell them the news. Once I returned from my shower, Marie weighed and measured Freddy. Meanwhile, everyone else had helped get the girls dressed and fed, and my mum and dad were getting sorted to walk Melody to school after each having a quick hold of their very first grandson. Freddy and I relaxed on the couch while he breastfed, both of us naturally high on oxytocin, while John cooked Marie and I some bacon and eggs for breakfast. I could hear the distant bird songs of rosellas, magpies and currawongs against the backdrop of screeching cockatoos.
A new day had dawned, and just like that, our family was complete.
The story of Freddy's arrival was beautiful, and as your Grandmother Mikaela, I want to say how proud we are of you and John for bringing all three of our precious Great Grand children into this world. Your account of this most sensitively-told event is in such contrast to my own experience.
Way back then in 1959, with my first pregnancy, I had no understanding before the birth of what to expect – women were never given any information or education beforehand. So for this young first-time mum-to-be my trip to hospital on a stormy night in June was a journey into the unknown. Husbands were never part of the scene and once they presented their wives to the waiting matron in reception, they were told to go home and phone later to find out if their child had been born. It was totally "women's business". Never a chance of the father to be part of the experience, and as for parent / baby bonding as you described, it simply was never given a thought. As soon as baby was born, he was whisked away to be checked out, cleaned up, wrapped and placed a crib in the nursery.
Not a great deal had changed between 1959 and 1963 when your father was born, except to say that the staff were perhaps more attentive, but still "left you to it" alone to battle through the various stages of labour – which, by the way in this case,went on for four days before David decided to emerge from his comfort zone! And this time I did get to hold my baby soon after he was born; presented to me as a wrapped up bundle like a little cocoon. For someone to be there beside me, to offer encouragement and comfort and to share the miracle of birth would have been a special time. But….. that was then and that was how it was done in those days. It makes me so happy to read of your wonderful experience delivering our dear little Freddy in to this world.


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How to Become Invisible In Facebook: Facebook Messenger has expanded to become an all-encompassing messaging app that works with several different platforms. The app is no longer a simply a means for you to share a few jokes with your friend. Depending on the system you're making use of, it could review your SMS messages, make voice telephone calls, as well as make video clip phone calls.
If it's all end up being excessive and you're fed up with being bothered daily, you need to reduce your connections. It's time to go invisible.
But how? With numerous versions of the app, it's much easier claimed compared to done. In this short article, we're mosting likely to go through the process on several of the most preferred operating systems.
If you still log on to Facebook with an internet browser, you're in the minority. Inning accordance with the company's most recent collection of stats, practically 90 percent of its day-to-day energetic customers access the network on smart phones.
Possibly that's why Facebook seems to have neglected the chat facet of the web app. Honestly, it's complex.
The two apps link to the exact same collection of messages in your inbox, but they have slightly various sets of alternatives as well as work in somewhat various ways.
The easiest means to go offline is making use of the Facebook Messenger portal.
To get started, click the Messenger faster way in the panel on the left-hand side of your screen. Additionally, you can pick the suitable symbol in the blue bar on top of the Facebook house screen, then click See all in Messenger.
When you're looking at your Messenger home display, you should find the equipment icon in the top left-hand corner. Click it and also choose Settings.
A new home window will pop up. Aggravatingly, the means to become invisible (or go offline) isn't really labeled. You need to move the toggle beside your name right into the Off placement. Click on Done when you have actually finished.
It's likewise feasible to become invisible making use of the Facebook Chat function on the major residence screen.
Oddly, Facebook chat in fact provides an extra granular level of control over your visibility. It appears unusual offered it's the only place throughout the entire social media where Facebook still makes use of the Chat brand extensively.
The conversation function takes up the panel on the right-hand side of the display. To go offline, click the gear symbol in the very lower right-hand corner (next to Search).
This is where you can get particular. You'll see 2 essential alternatives you need to take note of: Turn Off Chat and Turn Off Video/Voice Calls. These are ideally obvious. You can disable one as well as leave the other allowed if you want.
Remarkably, you could specify specific individuals for which you wish to appear online or offline. Click Turn Off Chat as well as a brand-new window will appear.
Selecting one of the bottom 2 choices - Turn off chat for all contacts except ... or Turn off chat for some contacts only ...- allows you control who specifically could and also can not see you. Simply kind the people's names right into the box as well as click OK when you prepare.
Similarly, the Turn Off Video/Voice Calls choice additionally supplies additional levels of granularity. When you click on the web link, you could choose to disable the feature for one hr, until 8 AM the complying with day, or until you transform it back on manually.
Finally, it's additionally worth noting the Block Settings option. It allows you entirely avoid certain individuals from calling you. Simply go to Block Settings > Block users to set it up.
Like on mobile, there are 2 versions of Facebook in the Windows Shop; a fundamental Facebook application and also a Messenger-specific application.
If you make use of the major Facebook app, you can just appear invisible making use of the Facebook Chat technique I defined above. There's no other way to gain access to Messenger.
If you just utilize the Messenger app, click the People icon in the bottom right-hand edge, then choose the Active tab on top of the page. Move the toggle alongside your name to suit your choices.
Although the Android and iOS Messenger applications still have some extremely minor design differences, the capability of the two applications is virtually similar. The procedure for making yourself invisible while talking is the same on both platforms.
Again, the process isn't noticeable if you aren't sure just what you're doing. It's practically as if Facebook doesn't want you to show up offline!
Fire up the application, and you'll see a listing of all your newest chats. On very first glimpse, you might expect the offline toggle to be concealed behind your account image, but you would certainly be wrong. Instead, you have to tap on the Contacts icon below the display (it looks like a picture of a menu).
Now, transform your attention to the top of the screen as well as faucet on the Active tab. Glide the toggle alongside your name right into the Off placement to become invisible.
Why does Facebook make it so challenging to go offline while utilizing its different chat-based items? It's so complicated that very few users possibly trouble to make the changes.
Without a doubt, contrast the process on Facebook to an application like Skype, makings it very easy to alter your status, and it's very easy in conclusion that Facebook has hidden agendas.
As constantly, you can leave all your ideas as well as point of views in the comments below.


Chemotherapy is the use of potent drugs or chemicals, often in combinations or intervals, to kill or damage cancer cells in the body. Chemotherapy drugs are often called anticancer agents. The drugs must be toxic enough to kill leukemic cells, which is why chemotherapy can be hard on your body; the drugs' toxicity can harm your healthy cells as well. However, successful chemotherapy depends on the fact that cancerous cells are more sensitive to the chemicals in the drug than normal cells are.
The progress in treatment and survival for patients with blood cancers is largely due to the development of chemotherapy drugs over the past 40 years. Today's treatments for leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma sometimes combine chemotherapy with radiation therapy. Very high dose chemotherapy followed by stem cell transplantation can also be used.
The goal of chemotherapy is to damage or kill cancer cells so there's either no sign of illness (remission) or the disease's progress is slowed. Chemotherapy can produce long-term remission or outright cure for many persons, depending on the cancer type and its extent.
Normal, healthy cells divide and grow in a controlled pattern. As each cell divides, a replica is produced. Cancer cells, on the other hand, grow uncontrollably and rapidly with no pattern. When a cancer cell comes into contact with a normal cell, the cancer cell takes over and copies itself many times, overburdening the body with cancer cells.
All chemotherapy drugs interfere with cancer cells' ability to grow or multiply. Different groups of drugs harm cancer cells in different ways. That's why it's essential that the disease be accurately diagnosed: Certain chemotherapy drugs are used only for certain disease cell types.
DNA-damaging agents. These drugs, referred to as alkylating agents, damage the DNA so severely that the cancer cell is killed. Examples of alkylating agents are chlorambucil (Leukeran®), cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan®) and melphalan (Alkeran®). Other DNA-damaging agents, such as carboplatin (Paraplatin®), attach to the DNA and prevent the cancer cell from growing.
Antitumor antibiotics. By inserting themselves into a cancer cell's DNA, these drugs prevent the DNA from functioning normally and often kill the cancer cell. Examples are daunorubicin (Cerubidine®), doxorubicin (Adriamycin®, Doxil®), idarubicin (Idamycinv®) and mitoxantrone (Novantrone®).
Antimetabolites. These drugs mimic the substances that the cancer cell needs to build DNA and RNA. When the cancer cell uses the antimetabolite instead of the natural substances, it can't produce normal DNA or RNA and the cell dies. Examples are methotrexate (Rheumatrex®, Trexall®), fludarabine (Fludara®) and cytarabine (cytosine arabinoside, ara-C, Cytosar-U®).
DNA-repair enzyme inhibitors. Repair of DNA damage is a normal and vital process in the cell. Without this repair process, the cancer cell is much more susceptible to damage and is prevented from growing. These agents attack the cancer cell proteins that normally repair DNA damage. Examples are etoposide (VP16, Etopophos®, Toposar®, VePesid®) and topotecan (Hycamtin®).
Hormones such as prednisone and dexamethasone (Decadron®) in high doses can kill lymphoma or lymphocytic leukemia cells.
Antimitotic drugs such as vincristine (Oncovin®) or vinblastine (Velban®) damage cancer cells by blocking a process called mitosis (cell division), preventing cancer cells from dividing and multiplying.
Antibodies made specifically to attach to cancer cells interfere with a cancer cell's function and kill the cell. Some antibodies are combined with a toxin or radioactive substance.
The drugs can sometimes be swallowed in pill, capsule or liquid form. But in most cases, you'll receive the drugs through a catheter, or central line — a small device that's placed in one of your veins, usually in your upper chest, by making a small surgical incision. The catheter can stay in place for weeks or months.
Your doctor or nurse uses the catheter — a thin, flexible tube or intravenous (IV) line — to deliver the drugs directly into your bloodstream. Using a catheter instead of repeatedly inserting an IV needle can help ward off infection and irritation and may be more comfortable.
Patients may have to go through several rounds, or cycles, of induction therapy before all the leukemic cells are destroyed. Doctors know induction therapy is successful when they can't see leukemia cells in blood or marrow. Patients also start to feel better. This is what's known as being in remission.
Induction therapy is done in a hospital, where most patients will spend four to six weeks undergoing several cycles of chemotherapy. Generally, a cycle of chemotherapy consists of a week of receiving the drugs followed by several weeks to let the body recover. Patients who have a full-time caregiver and live near the treatment center may be discharged sooner, depending on the center's policies and the patient's health status.
Once patients complete induction therapy and enter remission, they still need additional therapy. This second phase of treatment is called post-remission therapy, or consolidation therapy. Without this second step, the cancer will likely return.
Post-remission therapy includes chemotherapy and sometimes a stem cell transplant. Its purpose is to destroy the stray leukemic cells not found by blood or marrow tests. Patients undergo post-remission therapy in the hospital or an outpatient setting over a period of four to six weeks, sometimes longer, depending on the post-remission treatment and its side effects.
Patients who don't undergo stem cell transplantation are generally given four cycles of chemotherapy. For best results, intensive chemotherapy is given with high doses of cytarabine or other drugs.
Patients who have ALL need a longer period of post-remission therapy than AML patients do. Their continued therapy after the initial post-remission therapy is called maintenance therapy and lasts for about two years.
Having to make choices about chemotherapy and other treatment options can cause a great deal of anxiety. Asking your doctor any questions you have may ease stress and give you some sense of relief in making these choices. In addition, your nurses, social workers and other health professionals understand the complexity of the emotions and ongoing needs of what you're enduring. They're available to spend time with you, answer questions, lend emotional support and provide referrals to other useful resources.
What if I vomit immediately after taking my medication?
Is it safe to drink alcohol during my use of this drug?
When should I take the medication?
Do I need to take this drug with food?
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Just got back and how we didn't go 3 or 4 nil down at HT God only knows.
We were dreadful, and the defense all over the place, they hit the bar twice before they scored their first. I think all though I stand to be corrected if wrong that they have only scored 7 at home in the league prior to this game.
Positives,? Well once 3down we actually started to play, my personal thought was that we looked better when Michael Bryan and George Moore went wide and Josh Andrew came on.
Mind you we still nearly nicked a draw at the end when there keeper pulled off a fantastic save from a Moore pile driver in the dying seconds.
But we really wouldn't have deserved it over all.
Defensively we've got to sort it out and start playing from the start, not just in the last half hour.


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আপডেট: July 15, 2021 7:53 pm
Bangladesh has recorded the second highest 226 deaths from deadly coronavirus in just 24 hours ending 8:00am on Thursday while it posted 12,236 COVID-19 positive cases, the third highest in a day, during the same period.
The single day death toll was recorded at 210 on Wednesday, while the country's highest ever 230 deaths were reported on July 11.
With Thursday's figure, the total death counts reached 17,278 and the current death rate stands at 1.61%, according to a press release sent by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
However, the positivity rate witnessed a downward trend declining to 27.23% from 29.14% a day ago after the health authorities tested 44,981 samples at 627 labs across the country.
The DGHS statistics showed of the people infected from the beginning, 84.51 percent recovered, while 1.61 percent died.
The DGHS said Bangladesh's COVID-19 confirmed cases crossed 5,000 mark on March 29, 2021, 6,000 mark on April 1, 202, 7,000 mark on April 4, 2021, 8,000 mark on June 24, 2021, 9,000 mark on July 5 and 11,000 mark on July 6.
According to month-wise statistics last year, 51 COVID-19 positive cases were detected in March 2020, 7616 in April, 39,486 in May, 98,330 in June, 92,178 in July, 75,335 in August, 50,483 in September, 44, 205 in October, 57,248 in November and 48,578 in December.
The beginning of the current year witnessed a drastic fall of coronavirus cases in the country but the trend lasted for only two months — 21,629 cases were detected in January and 11,077 in February.
After the drastic fall of COVID-19 confirmed cases, the country witnessed sharp increase of infection as 65,079 cases were reported in March, 2021 and 1,47,837 cases in April. The country again witnessed a fall in May, 2021 as it recorded 41,408 cases. From the beginning of June, 2021, the country recorded a sharp rise with 1,12,718 cases, the DGHS said.
According to month-wise statistics last year, five COVID-19 deaths were reported in March, 2020, 163 in April, 482 in May, 1,197 in June, 1,264 in July, 1,179 in August, 970 in September, 672 in October, 721 in November and 915 in December.
Month-wise data of the current year, 568 coronavirus fatalities were recorded in January, 2021, 281 in February, 638 in March and 2,404 in April, 1,169 in May and 1,884 in June, the DGHS sources said.


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Can you believe it? It's been three years since Aaron & Melissa Klein landed in hot water over the lesbian wedding cake incident.
As you may recall, and how could anyone not, the Kleins, owners of Sweet Cakes bakery in Gresham Oregon, were charged with discriminating against a lesbian couple who wished for them to make a wedding cake.
The Kleins declined on religious grounds – but as we know, religion has no place in liberal Oregon (except Islam, I'm sure). For their impertinence, they were forced to pay $135,000 for "emotional damages" in 2015 and subsequently closing their store.
The author, Brianna Wiest, attempted to explain the current human condition of many young people. Although she never explicitly stated it regarded young adults, I surmised it must be so being that she spoke of college and other concerns that millennials and generation whatever follows appear to have.
The article was a bit confusing at times but the gist was that unapologetically being yourself and not particularly special is not a bad thing. In other words (I think) one does not have to bow to social pressure or strive to be exceptional just to be noticed – that being "average" is not so bad.
Conservative geeks like me, and a lot of you, listen to our fair share of talk radio. Often times commercials during these various radio broadcasts repeat, either several times during the same program, or the sponsor will purchase ads on a number of conservative talk shows.
One such ad which has been repeated lately is for the purchase of precious metals, like gold and silver. The commercial informs us that country X has purchased several hundred tons of gold and that investment bank Y recently bought 1 million ounces of silver. The inference is that if they are buying precious metals, shouldn't you also? What do they know that we don't and why aren't we being told?
Precious metals have historically been purchased as a hedge against inflation or when the "fit hits the shan." Preppers have long advocated the ownership of some gold and/or silver as a source of barter if there is an economic collapse – or the government comes-a-calling and decides it wants what you have. Maybe the government decides their desire is so great that they simple seize your assets, like your bank accounts?
Federal Express (FedEx) was simply following federal law. But a surviving spouse disagrees.
A homosexual (lesbian) couple lived together for many years. One of them was employed by FedEx. She was with the company for 26 years where she accumulated a decent pension. The couple was together for about the same amount of time.
In this episode I discuss the further implosion of Jeb Bush, as his campaign appears to be sinking fast. A huge money donor has pulled his support for poor old Jeb and will now back Marco Rubio.


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Recently I started to think about how teams test and how quite often it's difficult to think about testing as a bigger picture when you aren't aware what that bigger picture is.
Quite often people tend to stick to what they know and so unless they are aware of other things they could be doing, then they aren't going to start thinking about doing it.
To give an example, I've worked with people who have always tended to stick to manual happy path testing and then writing UI (selenium) automated tests to try and save some time and gain some confidence in the software that they are shipping every few weeks. The problem is that these types of tests are slow to implement, expensive to implement and to maintain, plus there are lots of different ways which these individuals and teams could and should be testing this software!
Imagine a shopping cart, a user can visit your website, add some items, if they buy more than one of the same item they get money off, and finally you get a final balance which you can then click pay to go to the checkout.
The number of times I've seen testers write UI tests to test all of the logic of the shopping cart is unbelieveable. Not only is this absolutely crazy, but it's a waste of time - if the tester had conversations within their team they could have looked to add these tests further down the stack at the unit and integration levels. Whilst testers often have less technical skills than developers, they often have more business knowledge than the developers and so developers and testers should be working together to add as much value as they can, together!
It can be difficult sometimes to see where you can add value or to identify opportunities to pair together, but using things like WIP (Work in Progress) limits can help, look for opportunities to pair up, pairing can be a fantastic way to rubber duck for the developer and also give you as a tester a real overview of how the new feature for example has been implemented to start help you generate ideas on how you may try to test the new feature.
I believe often it can be a cultural thing, companies, teams and people work in a certain way and people get used to that way of working. I also believe that quite often there are people who want to push boundaries, do the best job they can, but it's difficult sometimes if you haven't been exposed to different ways of working or other ways to possibly add value as a tester.
One way we've tried to do this where I work is to run an exercise where we got the test team together to start to think about testing on the applcations we work with. The testers were asked to break in to small teams and given three different colour post it notes (green, yellow red). On the green post it's testers were asked to write down testing they think they always do, yellow what they sometimes do and red what they think they don't do. For example, some of the types of testing which were written down were Unit, integration, stress, performance, localisation, api, accessibility visual, database, manual testing.
Next a test pyramid was drawn on to the board. Here testers were asked to stick the post it notes on to the board where they believed that type of testing belonged. This was quite eye opening, the majority of green post it notes were at the top of the pyramid, showing that the majority of testing carried out by the teams was where we were getting the slowest feedback, from the tests which took the longest to implement and maintain. The other quite interesting thing was that some of the post it notes were actually stuck next to levels where the test types didn't belong, for example, a visual testing post it note was stuck next to the integration level and note the UI level.
The exercise I felt was also great beccause it helped to identify knowledge gaps within the team, helping us to start talking about other levels/types of testing teams and individuals hadn't previously thought about. An outcome from the exercise was an idea to start to look at having testers as SMEs (Subject Matter Experts) in different areas of testing so that we can start to start thinking about the bigger picture and have people highly skilled in the various areas of testing.
Whilst we cannot all be experts in every aspect of testing, if we are aware of different types of testing and are able to identify when we may benefit from changing our approach, then we can reach out to others to get help if we lack experience or knowledge in that area.
Time can often be an issue to test in other ways but as part of scrum ceremonies (3 amigos, refinement and planning) we have the opportunity as part of the definition of done, to get time in order to test 'enough' to give us the confidence in the software that is being shipped. If you find you are not given the time then this is a bigger problem which should be taken up with your scrum master or team.
It's always good to reflect and think what can I as an individual or we as a team do better. How can you look to add more value sooner? What can you do as a team, to work smarter in order to deliver software with more confidence.


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S84 • A bill to provide for an exception to a limitation against appointment of persons as Secretary of Defense within seven years of relief from active duty as a regular commissioned officer of the Armed Forces. Passed
Armed Forces and National Security
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 115-2.
Rule H. Res. 48 passed House.
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 48. (consideration: CR H520-529)
Rule provides for consideration of S. Con. Res. 3 and S. 84. The resolution provides for two hours of general debate on S. Con. Res. 3 under a structured rule, and ninety minutes of debate on S.84. The resolution also provides for one motion to commit on S. 84.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with 90 minutes of debate on S. 84.
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on S. 84, the Chair put the question on passge and by voice vote announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Smith (WA) demanded a recorded vote, and the Chair postponed further proceedings on passage of S. 84 until later in the legislative day.
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H531-532)
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 268 - 151, 1 Present (Roll no. 59).(text: CR H520)
On passage Passed by recorded vote: 268 - 151, 1 Present (Roll no. 59). (text: CR H520)
Committee on Armed Services. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Committee on Armed Services. Reported by Senator McCain without amendment. Without written report.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 2.
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S299)
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
Measure laid before Senate by motion. (consideration: CR S299-307)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative (pursuant to H.R. 2028, 114th Congress), without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 81 - 17. Record Vote Number: 27.(text: CR S307)
Passed Senate, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative (pursuant to H.R. 2028, 114th Congress), without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 81 - 17. Record Vote Number: 27. (text: CR S307)
Received in the House.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Held at the desk.
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 48 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of S. Con. Res. 3 and S. 84. The resolution provides for two hours of general debate on S. Con. Res. 3 under a structured rule, and ninety minutes of debate on S.84. The resolution also provides for one motion to commit on S. 84.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.