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Is The Evangelical Movement Crumbling?
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On February 15, 2017 Scot McKnight posted some reflections under the title "The Soul of Evangelicalism: What Will Become of Us?" As with a lot of things that are posted on the Internet I didn't have time to comment on it at the time.
I'm one of those people that owes a debt of gratitude to evangelical Christianity. It was through evangelical Christians — primarily holiness and pentecostal and charismatic Christians — that I heard the Gospel of Christ and was nurtured in the faith. To be honest, I don't really understand how Christianity can be anything other than "evangelical." The word evangelical comes from the Greek word εὐαγγέλιον (euaggelion) which means "good news" and is generally translated "Gospel." Christianity has good news to share about Christ. The desire to spread that message — with the notion that it is good news for everyone — is the evangelical impulse.
In that respect, I agree with this guy, "evangelical" is a good word:
The news media is wrong. "Evangelical" is not a political word. Many church leaders are wrong — "evangelical" is not a set of strict and rigid doctrinal standards (often Calvinistic ones) to which anyone who uses the word must conform. It is, at its heart, a belief in the message of Jesus Christ — crucified and risen — and a desire to spread that message. Truth be told, I have a hard time understanding how Christians can be anything other than evangelical — in the true sense.
When Christianity becomes allied with partisan politics it damages itself. The rise of the Religious Right (which I associate with the late Jerry Fallwell and others) has made "evangelical" a political word — it means extreme right wing politics. But in the nineteenth century in the USA, revival movements — which were of course highly evangelical in the true sense — were often allied with efforts for social change. Consider the ministry of Charles G. Finney — one of the greatest evangelists ever in the history of the USA — which allied evangelism and revival closely with efforts to improve society. Evangelical is not a partisan political term. Allying the Gospel with a partisan political agenda is to sell out the Gospel. I believe this is why fewer and fewer people today are willing to identify as "evangelical" Christians — it has nothing to do with the message of Christ and a whole lot to do with partisan politics.
In this regard, Scot McKnight does a good job indicating just what he mans by "evangelical." He writes:
Let's get the standard definition of evangelicalism on the table first: an evangelical is committed to these four elements: the Bible, the cross as the place of atonement, the necessity of personal conversion, and an active Christian life both in missions/evangelism as well as justice, peace and reconciliation. On top of this, evangelicalism is non-denominational and cross-denominational.
These four elements are what I love about evangelical Christianity.
1. The Bible.
It was evangelical Christianity that began my personal love affair with the Bible. I was encouraged to read it — both individually and in groups. And, I did this. I stuck with it — even through Leviticus, even through the genealogies in 1 Chronicles, even through the parts I could not comprehend at the time. As I persisted, things became clearer. Earlier parts of the Bible illuminated later parts. When I later went to Seminary, I was introduced to a whole new set of tools to understand the Bible. My mission became: to proclaim the message of the Scriptures in order to build up the Church. I initially conceived of my ministry as a teaching ministry. Bible study had shaped me as a person and I wanted to share my enthusiasm about it with others.
I was concerned about the degree of Biblical illiteracy in the Church. In my own mind, was setting out to correct that.
While many conservative churches are quite authoritarian, there is nonetheless, a check on the power of the leadership. The people are taught to read the Bible for themselves. They can arrive at their own conclusions. They are encouraged to meet together to share insights with one another. Preaching is supposed to have a Biblical basis. It is rooted in a book which is the common property of the community. In my youth I remember hearing Billy Graham's frequent repetition of "The Bible says…." Teaching people to read the Bible, to pray, to fellowship with others beyond Sunday mornings has the natural effect of empowering them to think and serve on their own.
In my younger days it seemed like the "evangelicals" were the only Christians who cared about the Bible.
But, in my opinion the Biblical illiteracy problem has grown far worse than it was in the days when I set out in ministry. The mega church culture of our day is uninterested in that. People attend less frequently, preaching is more topical, the people are dependent on their leaders to tell them what is true and what is Christian. What works to build a large ministry is preferred over the business of imparting the faith. As a result, I'm not sure people know what the faith is, or what events and records it is based upon. I'd be overjoyed to be wrong about this. But, I don't think I am. Scot McKnight says:
The most prominent example of this diminishment of Bible is the routine shrug of the shoulders with respect to creeds, confessions and theological claims. It may be the 500th anniversary of the Reformation but what was most central about the Reformation was not Luther, Calvin, and Erasmus but Bible, Bible, Bible. …The most important act of a Reformationist is to open the Bible and read it.
Maybe the renewal of emphasis on the Bible which has given rise to new perspectives and Paul as well as new calls to social engagement to improve society is causing conservative Christian to retreat from emphasis on the Bible. Thus, the rise of neo-Calvinism and so forth. I don't know.
2. Evangelism.
Another issue McKnight raises is the evangelical retreat from evangelism. This is really odd. He says:
Missions, international missions and foreign missions are now engulfed in NGOs and global justice and water and infrastructure. Evangelicalism was built on evangelistic church-planting pioneers. Always, or at least nearly always, such missionaries were fully engaged in church-planting as well as compassion and provisions so far as they were able. But they were there to preach and teach the gospel and win people for Christ. That's evangelicalism. A friend of mine, a missionary, told me that the last 15 years in his corner of the missionary world has seen not one new missionary concerned with church planting and evangelism; they are all NGO types. Giving to NGOs is on the rise; giving to church-planting on the decline. Organize a day for evangelism training and you will be alone or close to it; organize a day for some kind of social action and you may see more than Sunday morning service.
But, this is what I remember that evangelical Christianity was — a movement consumed by a desire to spread the message of Christ. The (every evangelical) United Methodist church I attended in my youth voted to let some of us young people start a "coffee-house" ministry in the church. We wanted to reach the community for Christ — and we understood that that was one of the new ways to do that. I don't think our efforts accomplished all that much — but we had an evangelistic intent. We had found hope and direction for our lives through Jesus Christ — and we felt that others would benefit from this faith, as well. My brother and then I both joined up with Teen Challenge in Detroit (long, long ago) — a Pentecostal ministry that was based in the inner city and which ministered primarily to drug addicts and alcoholics. Our motivation in this was to bring hope to the hopeless — we were certain we had a message of hope. And, yes, when you become involved with people in impoverished areas — whatever your original motivation — you become aware of the social factors that are grinding people down. But, it's because you care about people — and you are certain that God cares about them even if no one else does. Evangelical ministry cannot be simply transactional — come to us, we will give you food & clothing, then go away — it is relational. It's about people and about their relationship with God. Do we care about people anymore — or just ideas and policies? Do we still believe that the message of Christ is good news?
But, I must admit, there is another side to this that McKnight doesn't mention. Maybe in a day and age when so many Christians got behind the Donald Trump bandwagon there actually is a renewed need for Christians to demonstrate that they really do care about the good of society. I don't know. But, the church has to do something that politicians will never do — get involved in the lives of real people and hel[p them to find hope for temselves in their day-to-day situations.
I understand that people are reluctant to use the evangelistic methods of a previous era. I understand that. They can be legitimately criticized. But, the questions that then remains is: but what methods are we going to use?
Well, there is more yet in the McKnight article — read it, think about it. I'd be interested in what you think.
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John Meunier March 2, 2017 / 8:57 am
Craig, I saw that article, too, and have not had much time to respond to it. I came into faith the opposite way you did. I was an atheist baptized in a theologically progressive church — but during the brief pastorate of a theological moderate who actually preached from the Bible. My discovery of evangelical Christianity really began with John Wesley, and I have to say I find that our weaknesses as a denomination often seem to be related to the ways in which we have strayed from what he put emphasis on — including the Bible, evangelism, and cross-centered salvation.
Craig L. Adams March 2, 2017 / 9:19 am
It will not surprise you to hear that I agree with you about the UMC, John. Personally, I see politics — either right or left — as being a corrupting influence on the church. And, it would be good for all parts of the Church to become more truly evangelical again.
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An overarching definition of sustainability for a five-year-old
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NANCY Mitford popularised the designations 'U' and 'non-U' in the 1950s to designate 'Upper class' and 'non-Upper class' behaviour and language, and has since been widely credited with their invention. In fact, the terms originated in 1954 in an academic paper on 'Upper-Class English Usage' by Alan Ross, Professor of Linguistics at Birmingham University. The following edited extracts are taken from Ross's 'U and non-U', published in 1956.
TODAY, in 1956, the English class system is essentially tripartite - there exist an upper, a middle, and a lower class. It is solely by its language that the upper class is clearly marked off from the others. In times past (eg, in the Victorian and Edwardian periods) this was not the case. But, today, a member of the upper class is, for instance, not necessarily better educated, cleaner, or richer than someone not of this class. Nor, in general, is he likely to play a greater part in public affairs, be supported by other trades or professions, or engage in other pursuits or pastimes than his fellow of another class.
There are, it is true, still minor points of life which may serve to demarcate the upper class, but they are only minor ones. The games of real tennis and piquet, an aversion to high tea, having one's cards engraved (not printed), not playing tennis in braces, and, in some cases, a dislike of certain comparatively modern inventions such as the telephone, the cinema, and the wireless, are still perhaps marks of the upper class. Again, when drunk, gentlemen often become amorous or maudlin or vomit in public, but they never become truculent.
I am concerned with the linguistic demarcation of the upper class. This subject has been but little investigated, though it is much discussed, in an unscientific manner, by members of that class. Both the written and the spoken language of the upper class serve to demarcate it, but the former to only a very slight extent. A piece of mathematics or a novel written by a member of the upper class is not likely to differ in any way from one written by a member of another class, except in so far as the novel contains conversation.
The line of demarcation (in the examples below) is, often, a line between, on the one hand, gentlemen and, on the other, persons who, though not gentlemen, might at first sight appear, or would wish to appear, as such.
1 In a few cases, a difference of stress serves to demarcate a pronunciation as between U and non- U. Thus yesterday is non-U as against U yesterday; or, again, U temporarily / non-U temporarily; U formidable / non-U formdable. In some cases two stress-variants may both be U as sponge-cake or sponge-cake (non-U speakers hardly use the word, substituting sponge for it).
2 To pronounce words like ride as if spelt raid is non-U (raid was, however, undoubtedly Shakespeare's pronunciation of ride). This kind of pronunciation is often called refained.
3 Many (but not all) U-speakers make get rhyme with bit, just (adverb) with best, catch with fetch.
4 U-speakers do not sound the l in golf, Ralph (which rhymes with safe), solder.
5 Real, ideal have two, respectively, three syllables in U speech, one, respectively, two in non-U speech (note, especially, non-U really, rhyming with mealie).
6 In Berkeley, Berkshire, clerk, Derby, U-speakers rhyme the first syllable with dark, non-U speakers with mirk. Since it is definitely non-U to pronounce Berkeley with first syllable rhyming with mirk, U- speakers get a frisson if they have to enunciate the surnames Birkley, Burkly (correctly pronounced with first syllable rhyming with mirk) for, if a U-hearer does not appreciate the spelling of the names (rare ones), they may be suspected of using a non-U pronunciation.
7 Some U-speakers pronouce tyre and tar identically (and so for many other words, such as fire - even going to the length of making lion rhyme with barn).
8 Miscellaneous words. Acknowledge: U-rhymes with college/non-U - second syllable rhymes with bowl. Either: U - first syllable rhymes with buy / non-U - first syllable rymes with bee. Forehead: U-rhymes with torrid / non-U - fore-head. Handkerchief: U - last syllable rhymes with stiff / non-U - last syllable rhymes with beed or weave. Hotel and humour: to drop the h is old-fashioned U. Medicine and venison: U - two syllables /non-U - three syllables. Tortoise: U - pronounced identically with taught us / non-U - last syllable rhymes with boys or Boyce. Vase: U - rhymes with bars / non-U - rhymes with cause or maize. W (the letter): U double-you / non-U dubby-you.
Bath. To take a bath is non-U against U to have one's bath.
Civil: this word is used by U- speakers to approve the behaviour of a non-U person in that the latter has appreciated the difference between U and non-U, eg The guard was certainly very civil.
Cruet. The sentence Pass the cruet, please is very non-U; cruets are in themselves non-U. In gentlemen's houses there are, ideally, separate containers.
Cultivated in They're cultivated people is non-U and so also is cultured. There is really no U-equivalent (some U-speakers use civilised in this sense).
Cup. How is your cup? is a non- U equivalent of Have some more tea? or the like. Possible negative non-U answers are I'm doing nicely, thank you and (Quite) sufficient, thank you. There is a well-known non-U affirmative answer: I don't mind if I do (but this was U about a century ago).
Cycle is non-U against U bike, bicycle (whether verb or noun); non-U motorcycle / U motorbike, motorbicycle is perhaps less pronouncedly so.
Dinner. U-speakers eat lunch in the middle of the day (luncheon is old-fashioned U) and dinner in the evening; if a U-speaker feels that what he is eating is a travesty of his dinner, he may appropriately call it supper. Non-U speakers (also U-children and U-dogs), on the other hand, have their dinner in the middle of the day. Evening meal is non-U.
Greens meaning 'vegetables' is non-U.
Home: non-U They've a lovely home / U They've a very nice house.
Horse-riding is non-U against riding. From the non-U point of view, the expression is reasonable, for to the non-U there are other kinds of riding.
Ill in I was very ill on the boat is non-U against U sick.
Lounge is a name given by the non-U to a room in their houses; for U-speakers, hall or dining- room might well be the nearest equivalent (but all speakers speak of the lounge of a hotel).
Non-U mental / U mad.
Pardon] is used by the non-U in three main ways: (1) if the hearer does not hear the speaker properly; (2) as an apology (eg on brushing by someone in a passage); (3) after hiccuping or belching. The normal U-correspondences are very curt, viz. (1) What? (2) Sorry] (3) (Silence).
Pleased to meet you] This is a frequent non-U response to the greeting How d'you do? U-speakers normally just repeat the greeting; to reply to the greeting (eg with Quite well, thank you) is non-U.
Posh is essentially non-U but, recently, it has gained ground among schoolboys of all classes.
Non-U radio / U wireless.
Rude meaning ''indecent' is non-U; there is no universal U- correspondent.
Non-U serviette / U table-
napkin; perhaps the best known of all the linguistic class-indicators of English.
Teacher is essentially non-U, though school-teacher is used by the U to indicate a non-U teacher. The U equivalent is master, mistress with prefixed attribute (as maths-mistress). Non-U children often refer to their teachers without article (as, Teacher says . . .).
Non-U toilet-paper / U lavatory-paper.
Non-U wealthy / U rich.
IN ENGLAND today the question 'Can a non-U speaker become a U-speaker?' is one noticeably of paramount importance for many Englishmen (and for some of their wives). The answer is that an adult can never attain complete success. Moreover, it must be remembered that, in these matters, U-speakers have ears to hear, so that one single pronunciation, word, or phrase will suffice to brand an apparent U-speaker as originally non-U (for U-speakers themselves never make 'mistakes'). Under these circumstances, efforts to change voice are surely better abandoned.
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In response to my toilet talk number one (geddit!?!) post, one of my most assiduousest followers (Here's to you, M******t!) asked when it became de rigueur in British polite society not to refer to the kasi as a toilet. In other words, when toilet became what is/was known as non-U. It's a long story, so please bear with…
For the benefit of my transatlantic reader(s) and the young … toilet falls– or fell – into the category of words that the English/British upper classes would supposedly never use, a group of words classified as 'non-U' [i.e. non-upper-class].
Such distinctions must seem entirely baffling to those drinking nectar and ambrosia in the land of the free. Let's explain. At one time, not that long ago, in England/Britain, which synonym you chose of a pair immediately identified the rung you occupied on the social ladder.
Referring to 'a square piece of cloth or paper used at a meal to wipe the fingers or lips' as a serviette meant you were a lower-ordersy sort of cove, and to be confined instantly to social outer darkness, while calling the same item a napkin meant either you really were posh or else had skilfully trained yourself to sound it.
Napkins looking like an unlikely ancient observatory.
Similarly, 'Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all' is not a sentiment a well-born British Evil Queen would have expressed, since looking glass, scansion notwithstanding, was the snob-approved synonym.1
Where did the U/non-U distinction come from?
While the distinctions themselves must clearly predate any description of them, it was a linguist who coined the terms and then an aristo who brought them to somewhat clamorous public attention—the first in 1954, the second, the following year.
That linguist was Professor Alan S. C. Ross, then Professor of Linguistics at Birmingham (UK) University, and the aristo was Nancy Mitford, one of the almost legendary Mitford sisters.
An obscure Finnish academic journal, Neuphilologische Mitteilungen2 ('The Bulletin of the Neo-Philological Society of Helsinki, Vol. 55. No. 1, 1954, pp. 20-56, available at JSTOR and also here) published an article by Ross entitled Linguistic Class Indicators in Present-Day English. Not a title, or indeed a source, you might think, to set the Thames on fire. But in 1954, in a British (specifically English) context, 'class', and in particular class-defined language, was a seriously hot-button topic.
Ross included in his article a list of word/phrase pairs, such as writing paper (U) and notepaper (non-U), How do you do? (U in reply to How do you do?, while Pleased to meet you would be utterly non-U), and so forth.
While toilet is not listed in its own right, toilet paper is listed as non-U compared to lavatory paper (U), implying therefore that lavatory was the 'polaite' word for the bog.
One of Ross's sources was Nancy's The Pursuit of Love. The professor consulted la Mitford about her language in that book, but she decided to have a jolly jape about the whole thing, which resulted in her rejoinder-as-essay titled The English Aristocracy for the left-leaning-intello-snob magazine Encounter.
Here's a telling contrast. The Prof started his article thus:
'Today, in 1956, the English class system is essentially tripartite—there exist an upper, a middle, and a lower class. It is solely by its language that the upper class is marked off from the others.'
If one manages to pass over the wording 'a lower class' without choking on a pheasant bone, and then not stumble on the Anglocentric 'English', the Prof's thesis was that members of the upper class had only language to distinguish them from—and, let's admit it, elevate them above—(the) hoi polloi3. For, as Ross pontificated, they were 'not necessarily better educated, cleaner, or richer than someone not of this class'.
At this distance, it seems impossible to say how in earnest the Prof was; to me, some of his article reads like someone gloriously extracting the Michael at the expense of the Finns and everyone else. That impression is only reinforced by the knowledge that Nancy Mitford considered him U. However, a Wikipedia list of his publications shows a learned philologist, so one has to take what he wrote at face value.
Nancy in a rather fabulous wedding dress
Which is what la Mitford did, when she began her riposte with…
'The English aristocracy may seem to be on the verge of decadence, but it is the only real aristocracy left in the world today'.
The touchpaper of linguistic insecurity had been lit, and it blazed [What is 'it'? The touchpaper or linguistic insecurity? Please review this rather far-fetched phrase. Ed.] fiercely for at least a couple of years, leading to the publication in 1956 of the Prof's (simplified and condensed) paper, la Mitford's rejoinder, and contributions from that ur-snob Evelyn Waugh, among others, in a slender volume called Noblesse Oblige. To cash in on the furore that had been sparked off, the title was changed to 'U and non-U' with the subtitle 'An essay in sociological linguistics'. The embers of the issue burned on for years.
Nowadays, as British English arguably4 morphs into a Calibanish second cousin of American (when visiting Buck House as a member of the public a few years back, a young whippersnapper asked us 'to form a line' – I ask you! I remonstrated, and reminded him that in this country we speak of queues, but that laddie was not for learning. And now it is obligatory if you are under 120, to talk of 'shtructures' and 'orcheshstras' and 'shtreets' – need I go on?) it takes an effort of the imagination to think how different things were in the constipated Britain – well, England, actually – of the mid-1950s.
The Second World War had supposedly effaced the rigid pre-war class distinctions and Labour had swept to power (excuse the cliché) in 1945. The NHS had been created, fair enough, but underneath nothing much had changed, and a Conservative government had been returned to power in 1951.
Toffs were still toffs, the working classes generally knew their place and were definitely not upwardly mobile; to wear a hat of some kind outside the house was a virtual obligation for men as well as women; Britain still clung to an Empire on which the sun was rapidly setting; and possibly a third of the British population believed that the Queen had been appointed by God.
At home my mother drank a vile coffee-substitute confection called Camp, a hangover I suspect from her time as a Frontier Corps wife in the dying days of the Raj; olive oil came in tiny phials bought at great expense from the chemist to loosen childish ear wax; on winter outings my brother and I were cocooned like mini-me Jack Hawkinses in military-style dufflecoats whose toggles constantly frustrated childish hands, and, when the cold really bit, we were topped off with balaclava helmets; our father schooled us laboriously and aspirationally in how to say 'How do you do!' and shake hands with adults we were introduced to; and everyone leapt to attention when the national anthem was played in cinemas at the start of the programme.
In such a world, to get on in most walks of like, you had to enounce your thoughts in an RP (Received Pronunciation) accent (but not a refained and therefore put-on one). Social climbers who had a gift for mimicry could train themselves to talk like the clipped-most BBC announcer or the orotund-most Shakespearean actor. But such social tightrope-walking was perilous. Like the German spies in Holland who, anecdotally, were unmasked [Can you be 'anecdotally unmasked'? Ed.] by not being able to pronounce Scheveningen5 like a true Netherlander, one lexical slip could send your social ambitions straight down the toilet. Which is where we came in.
You might sound like a toff, but was your vocabulary U?
The next sheet of this blog will be about the phrase toilet talk and loo.
Incidentally, the first uses of lavatory to mean either room or receptacle are quite close to those for toilet (1874/1886, i.e. earlier for the room, but later for the receptacle 1894 for toilet vs 1903 for lavatory), which raises the question of when it became U in the first place, and why.
I've been editing far too many academic articles and monographs of late…that's my excuse for the endnotes, anyway.
i In the Grimms' original, the mirror is a diminutive Spieglein, which is hard to match: mirrorlet? I don't think so. »Spieglein, Spieglein an der Wand,
Wer ist die Schönste im ganzen Land?«
so antwortete der Spiegel:
»Frau Königin, Ihr seid die Schönste im Land.«
ii It is easy to forget that German was well placed to become the universal lingua franca in the nineteenth century, above all because of its scientific and scholarly credentials. This seems to have been the case in Finland, as witnessed by the aforementioned journal, whose title is in German, as is, naturally enough, the information about it. However, Ross's article is in English, and the one, also in English, preceding it in the journal, mentions how English was taking over in Finland in scholarly circles.
iii Pray don't tell me that hoi means 'the' in Greek, and therefore 'the' in English is redundant. I know already what it means. But English is not Greek, just as Hungarian is not Mandarin, nor Slovene, Punjabi, etc., etc., ad nauseam.
ivArguably is such a wonderfully, conveniently weasel word. It would like to sound as if it means 'there are objective arguments to support what I am about to claim'; what it really means, as here, is 'because I say so'.
v Scheveningen is a suburb of the Hague, where, as a mid-teenager, I spent my first solo European holiday, when my father was working there. It's a word that does not trip easily of an untutored British tongue, and my dad's Dutch friends had hours of harmless fun trying to get me to say it properly.
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Q: How do you grep results from 'find'? Trying to find a word/pattern contained within the resulting file names of the find command.
For instance, I have this command:
find . -name Gruntfile.js that returns several file names.
How do I grep within these for a word pattern?
Was thinking something along the lines of:
find . -name Gruntfile.js | grep -rnw -e 'purifycss'
However, this is doesn't work..

A: While this doesn't strictly answer your question, provided you have globstar turned on (shopt -s globstar), you could filter the results in bash like this:
grep something **/Gruntfile.js

I was using religiously the approach used by Tom Fenech until I switched to zsh, which handles such things much better. Now all I do is:
grep text **/*(.)

which greps text through all regular files in current directory.
I believe this to be much cleaner syntax especially for day-to-day work in shell.

A: Use the -exec {} + option to pass the list of filenames that are found as arguments to grep:
find -name Gruntfile.js -exec grep -nw 'purifycss' {} +

This is the safest and most efficient approach, as it doesn't break when the path to the file isn't "well-behaved" (e.g. contains a space). Like an approach using xargs, it also minimises the number of calls to grep by passing multiple filenames at once.
I have removed the -e and -r switches, as I don't think that they're useful to you here.

An excerpt from man find:

-exec command {} +
This variant of the -exec action runs the specified command on the selected files, but the command line is built by appending  each  selected               file name at the end; the total number of invocations of the command will be much less than the number of matched files.

A: When too many files exist for the * expansion to run:
$ grep -o 'xxmaj\|xxbos\|xxfld' train/* | wc -l
-bash: /bin/grep: Argument list too long
0

Then this code fixes the "too long" problem:
$ find junk -maxdepth 1 -type f | xargs grep -o 'TVDetails\|xxmaj\|xxbos\|xxfld'
junk/gum-.doc.out:TVDetails
junk/Zv0n.doc.out:TVDetails
$ find junk -maxdepth 1 -type f | xargs grep -o 'TVDetails\|xxmaj\|xxbos\|xxfld' | wc -l
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It runs faster on my system, and maybe yours, when using the -P 0 option:
$ /usr/bin/time -f "%E Elapsed Real Time" find train -maxdepth 1 -type f | xargs -P 0 grep -o 'TVDetails\|xxmaj\|xxbos\|xxfld' | wc -l
0:02.45 Elapsed Real Time
358
$ /usr/bin/time -f "%E Elapsed Real Time" find train -maxdepth 1 -type f | xargs grep -o 'TVDetails\|xxmaj\|xxbos\|xxfld' | wc -l
0:11.96 Elapsed Real Time
358

Hope this helps.

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Rechargeable lights for hinterland airstrips
The Annai Airstrip
Hinterland airstrips will soon be bright and easily accessible at nights with use of rechargeable lights that will better facilitate use by aircraft at nights.
For years, insufficient lighting on several hinterland airstrips has significantly hindered flights entering and leaving the hinterland regions at nights, especially during emergencies. Recognising that, Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson said efforts are ongoing to have rechargeable lights available on all hinterland airstrips.
The minister made this disclosure at a recent meeting with regional officials during a visit to Cuyuni Mazaruni, Region Seven. He explained that this intervention will aid in alleviating the longstanding challenges faced by residents, and provide adequate lighting on the airstrips.
"These rechargeable bulbs that can stay lit for hours, no power is needed just put them in the holders and they stay lit for four hours and that's just enough time for the plane to come and leave. So, we're looking at that for all the airstrips. They're simple and effective", Patterson was quoted as saying by government's Department of Public Information.
The Public Infrastructure Minister pointed out that containers for the lights will be constructed shortly, and a caretaker will be hired to maintain and recharge the lights. He added that there are already receptacles for the lights along the airstrips. "This is a practical solution which works well for pilots as well, so, we definitely have to work to make it a reality", Minister Patterson reiterated.
Supporting this initiative was of Regional Chairman, Region Seven, Gordon Bradford. "We have critical moments when we have to evacuate cases, from the hospital in the night and we have to do it by calling out citizens to shine the lights from their vehicles for the aircraft to land. The air trip is now used frequently so we definitely need to look at upgrading it and installing lights."
In an effort to guide the continued transformation and modernisation of the aviation sector, $250M was provided in the 2018 Budget to improve airstrips and aerodromes across the country. From this amount, $140M will be used to commence the rehabilitation of airstrips at Bemichi and Kamana. Another 12 airstrips across the hinterland region will be rehabilitated at a cost of $110.3M.
There are 57 licensed government airstrips in Guyana. From this amount 47 are maintained by the Aerodrome department of the Ministry of Public Infrastructure while the remaining 11 are maintained by the villagers in their respective locations. However, inspections are conducted on a regular basis to ensure that they comply with standards outlined by Guyana Civil Aviation Authority.
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But there's a problem. The CDE doesn't know which private schools "receive federal funds," so it simply sends the notification to all private schools. By reading the remainder of the information on this page, you will have a better understanding of what being a "recipient of federal financial assistance" means. Most importantly, you'll learn that private schools whose students and/or educators receive federally funded services under programs such as Title I, or Title II, Part A are not deemed recipients of federal financial assistance by the U.S. Department of Education.
This year's correspondence from the CDE contains the following confusing sentence: "Additionally, the law may not be applicable to all private schools receiving federal funds." That sentence probably should have read: Additionally, the law may not be applicable to all private schools.
On April 4, 2017, the California Department of Education distributed an email with the words "SB 1375 Notice" in its subject line. To the best of our knowledge, the correspondence was sent to all private schools with affidavits on file for the current school year.
Accompanying the email is a three-page attachment titled "Implementation of SB 1375" in which various compliance requirements drawn from California Education Code Section 221.6, and selected federal regulations accompanying Title IX appear.
Nowhere in the body of the email, or in the accompanying attachment, does the CDE address the question of how one would determine whether a private school is regarded as a recipient of federal funds, and is, therefore, subject to the requirements of Title IX.
"No. Private schools whose students and teachers receive equitable services under ESEA or IDEA are not considered recipients of federal financial assistance. These programs are considered to be operated for the benefit of students and teachers in private schools, not for the benefit of the private schools themselves. As a result, certain requirements that apply to recipients (which may include certain civil rights requirements and the military recruiter requirements discussed in question 10) do not apply to private schools by virtue of their students or teachers receiving equitable services under ESEA or IDEA. However, if a private school otherwise receives federal financial assistance, including a grant or subgrant of federal funds to implement a federal education program, the school would be considered a recipient.
Thus, a private school whose students and educators receive federally funded services furnished under provisions of the Every Student Succeeds Act and/or the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is NOT regarded as a "recipient of federal financial assistance" by the U.S. Department of Education. Only private schools that receive federal financial assistance to implement a federal education program are so regarded.
If you have questions about whether or not your private school receives federal funds and is subject to the requirements of Title IX – and is, therefore, also subject to the provisions established by SB 1375 – you are encouraged to seek advisement from qualified legal counsel. Please bring the information contained on this page to your attorney's attention.
Note: The content displayed on this page is neither intended, nor should be construed as legal advice.
SB 1375 was a bill authored by California State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson (D. – Santa Barbara) that was signed into law by Governor Brown on September 26, 2016. The text of the bill can be viewed, here. The legislation requires various entities to post specified information relating to Title IX "in a prominent and conspicuous location on their Internet Web sites" on, or before July 1, 2017. The specific information to be posted is enumerated in California Education Code Section 221.61.
Title IX regulations indicate that Title IX applies to recipients of "Federal financial assistance" (34 C.F.R. §106.11).
"Federal financial assistance" is defined in the regulations as assistance "authorized or extended under a law administered by the Department" (34 C.F.R. §106.2(g)).
The "Department" is defined as the "Department of Education" (§106.2(b)).


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Hazra, Bodhisatwa and Vishal, Vikram and Sethi, Chinmay and Chandra, Debanjan (2022) Impact of Supercritical CO2 on Shale Reservoirs and Its Implicationfor CO2 Sequestration. Energy & Fuel . ISSN 0887-0624
Hydraulic fracturing has transformed the interna�tional energy landscape by becoming the go-to method for the exploitation of natural gas from unconventional shale reservoirs.However, in the recent years, the search for an alternative method of shale-gas exploration has intensified, because of various problems (e.g., contamination of ground and surface water,overexploitation of precious water resources, air pollution, etc.) associated with the usage of water-based fracturing techniques. The use of CO2 for shale gas exploitation has emerged as a better alternative to aqueous-based gas exploration techniques. CO2 when injected into deep shale reservoirs, transitions into supercritical CO2 (SC-CO2) when temperature and pressure condition exceeds the critical point, i.e., 31.1 °C and 7.38 MPa. In this paper, we comprehensively review the impact of SC-CO2 on shale gas reservoirs during the different stages of shale-gas exploration, i.e., (i) drilling, which involves the superiority of SC-CO2 over water-based drilling fluids, in terms of achieving under�balanced well condition, higher rates of penetration, and resistance to formation damage; (ii) fracturing, which involves factors affecting the tortuosity of fractures created by SC-CO2 fracturing, breakdown pressure, and proppant-carrying capacity; and (iii) injection, which involves the twin-headed benefit of enhanced recovery due to CO2/CH4 competitive adsorption and geological sequestration, CO2 vs CH4 excess sorption as a function of pressure, etc. Several research works have indicated discrepancies on how SC-CO2 impacts different shale properties. Some studies show low-pressure N2-gas-adsorption-derived surface area and total pore volume to be increasing with SC-CO2 imbibition, while others show a decreasing trend for the same. Similarly, for some shales, the quartz content, along with the clay mineral contents, decreased as the exposure to SC-CO2 increased, while in some other studies, with similar long-term exposure to SC-CO2, the quartz content was observed to increase along with the decrease in clay content and vice versa. Essentially, the increased exposure to SC-CO2 results in the dissolution of primary porous structures and fractures, and reformation of newer porous structure and conduits in shales. Nonetheless, these changes in the mineralogy weaken the microstructure of the rock bringing significant changes in the mechanical properties of the shales with implications on the wellbore stability and fracturing efficiency. The mechanical properties such as uniaxial compressive strength (UCS), Young's modulus, and tensile strength decrease as the SC-CO2 saturation period increases. However, some studies have shown factors like bedding angleand phase-state of CO2 having varying effect on the strength behavior of the shales. Moreover, changes in the structure of shalescaused by the creation of fractures and the reduction of their strength can also pose major risks, because of potential leakage of CO2through these created pathways. How these processes would interact at field scale would control the sealing capacity, especially at field-scale for addressing long-term seepage of CO2.
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New Book: CHT Director Dr. Dru Johnson's Biblical Philosophy
The ideas underlying the Center for Hebraic Thought culminate in a new book by CHT director Dr. Dru Johnson, Biblical Philosophy: A Hebraic Approach to the Old and New Testaments, published by Cambridge University Press on April 30, 2021.
The premise of the CHT is that the biblical authors advocated a way of understanding reality, and that those ideas and their development form what we call "Hebraic thought," or Hebraic philosophy.
In his book, Dru Johnson explores how the biblical authors argue philosophically, showing that they shape cohesive views on truth, epistemology, and ethics that span the Christian Scriptures. He
questions traditional definitions of philosophy and compares the Hebraic style of philosophy with the intellectual projects of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Hellenism. Identifying the genetic features of the Hebraic philosophical style, Johnson . . . shows how the Gospels and letters of Paul exhibit the same genetic markers, modes of argument, particular argument forms, and philosophical convictions that define the Hebraic style, while they engaged with Hellenistic rhetoric. His volume offers a model for thinking about philosophical styles in comparative philosophical discussions.
Quoted from Biblical Philosophy.
The book is available in paperback, hardcover, and ebook formats. Order the book today from Amazon, Walmart, or directly from the publisher, Cambridge University Press.
Dru Johnson's Biblical Philosophy asks questions that urgently need asking: Is there a philosophical tradition in Hebrew Scripture? Does this Jewish tradition find defenders in the Christian New Testament? Johnson has been at the forefront of academic debates over these questions. In this book, he musters a dazzling array of scholarship to answer both questions in the affirmative.
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Make Some Manuka Honey Sriracha Shrimp!
When it comes to good seafood, there are fewer things better than cooked shrimp whether it's served with cocktail sauce or cooked on top of a white sauce pizza. For those who have dinner ideas in mind that are just shy of complete, see if you can add these Manuka honey sriracha shrimp to the meal! Combining spiciness and sweetness as well as the zestiness of lime, this blending of flavors perfectly complements fresh shrimp, with the grill adding slight hints of smokiness. This recipe is one even the kids will love, so let's get started on those Manuka honey sriracha shrimp!
Note: This recipe requires about four or five wooden skewers. Soak them in water for about 20 minutes before using, as this will keep the skewers from burning while on the grill.
Before you begin, heat your grill up to medium-hot heat, which should be about 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Rub your grill grates down with some olive oil.
In a smaller pan on medium-high heat, melt down the butter. Once it's melted, throw in your garlic and fresh ginger, stirring until fragrant, which should be around 1 minute. Then, add your ground cloves and smoked paprika, letting the blended ingredients simmer for about 4 or 5 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat before stirring in the Manuka honey, lime juice, and sriracha.
Now, thread your shrimp onto about four or five wooden skewers before placing them on the grill. Cook your shrimp for about 2 or 3 minutes until they easily release from the grill and then flip the skewers to grill the other side of the shrimp for the same amount of time.
Brush your Manuka honey/sriracha glaze onto both sides of your shrimp and then grill both sides for about another minute.
Remove your shrimp from the grill before glazing them one more time. If you want to, you can sprinkle the shrimp with cilantro and serve with a few lime wedges. You should have about four servings' worth of shrimp. Now, enjoy your Manuka honey sriracha shrimp!


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Sleep Disorders in Attention Deficit Disorder
Parental perceptions of sleep patterns in children presenting at an ADHD clinic in Washington, DC, were assessed prospectively over a 6-month period.
Keywords: Sleep Behavior Questionnaire, Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist, Daytime Tiredness
How to Cite: Millichap, J.G., 1999. Sleep Disorders in Attention Deficit Disorder. Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 13(9), pp.72–72. DOI: http://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-13-9-11
Parental perceptions of sleep patterns in children presenting at an ADHD clinic in Washington, DC, were assessed prospectively over a 6-month period. Of 108 children diagnosed with ADHD, 46 were taking stimulant medications. Parents of all ADHD patients, 35 controls with psychiatric disorders attending the same clinic, and 84 general pediatric outpatients were given a Sleep Behavior questionnaire, the Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist, and a medical history questionnaire.
Moderate to severe sleep disorders occurred in 22% of ADHD children, 10% of psychiatric controls, and 6% of pediatric controls (p<0.05). Among ADHD children, insomnia was increased three-fold in patients receiving stimulant therapy. In addition to insomnia, ADHD patients had daytime tiredness, decreased sleep requirement, and frequent awakenings, not associated with parasomnias, enuresis, or respiratory disturbances. [1]
COMMENT. Sleep disorders are more common in ADHD children than in other pediatric patients, and are more prevalent and severe in patients treated with stimulant medications. Questions regarding sleep habits are important in the initial and follow-up examinations of children with ADHD. The substitution of an antihypertensive agent, clonidine or Tenex, may be advisable when insomnia is severe. A combination of stimulant and clonidine is not generally advised, because of reported cardiac complications and rare fatalities. See Ped Neur Briefs May 1999;13:40, for a debate regarding methylphenidate and clonidine combination therapy. [2]
Pearl, PL, Stein, MA, Broitman, M, Efron, L and Hamburger, E (1999). Sleep disturbances in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Ann Neurol Sept 199946: 524. abstract.
Wilens, TE, Spencer, TJ, Swanson, JM, Connor, DF and Cantwell, D (1999). Combining methylphenidate and clonidine: a clinically sound medication option. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry May 199938(5): 614–9, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0890-8567(09)63146-4 [PubMed]
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Survey: National Anthem Protests Hurt NFL Ratings
RUSH: James in Alexandria, great to have you. I'm glad you waited, sir. How you doing?
CALLER: Hi, Rush. Thank you for taking my call today. As your show was beginning today I came across an article on ESPN, and I knew that you would want to hear about this 'cause it once again proves that you're right about something. The article is about anthem protests, and there was a survey by J.D. Power, and it revealed that the number one reason why people were turning off NFL games last year was because of these protests during the National Anthem like Colin Kaepernick in this case and others. It was the reason I turned away from NFL games last year.
It absolutely infuriated me that the NFL would allow this to go on after this. We have a league that scripts every last part of its presentation down to the kind of socks the players wear, and yet they were letting this go on last year. I would watch on ESPN stuff like Pardon the Interruption, and, you know, their anchors would insist that these protests were having no effect whatsoever on dwindling NFL viewership last year. So when I came across the article, I thought it was something you'd like. I teach high school, and it really frustrates me 'cause this behavior filters down, and I have kids who won't stand up during Pledge of Allegiance each day.
RUSH: That's exactly right. Whether these guys want to admit it or not, they do have influence. Some of them are role models, some aren't. But there still is the copycat influence, particularly if you acquire a lot of fame with certain behavior. That's gonna be emulated even more so. This business here, the Kaepernick and taking a knee? It would have been okay except you know what happened at every game? The TV networks covering every game during the anthem sought those people and put them on camera and made them heroes.
It's one thing, okay, if you have an idiot player that wants to take a knee in protest, fine. But when the cameras are gonna find the guy and announcers are gonna proclaim him heroic and brave and courageous, I guarantee you that's gonna turn off well over half the people tuning in to watch the National Football League. That's not why they want to watch it. They want to watch it to get away from that kind of stuff that they have to deal with every other day of the week. Sports is an escape.
It's three to four hours of mindless twaddle and an escape from the daily rigmarole that everybody has to deal with. That's what being a fan of a sports team is all about. There's a lot of fantasy involved. There's a lot of dreaming, "Gee, I wish I could do that."
Your team — one thing about sports fandom — I had a sociologist from Harvard once tell me that the great thing about sports — and I've never forgotten this, folks. I was working for the Kansas City Royals, winter meetings one year in Scottsdale, Arizona. We had this Harvard sociologist, and my first reaction, "Are you kidding me? We've got some Ivy Leaguer coming down here trying to tell us added techniques on marketing our teams?"
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I went. Well, it was mandatory. I went. And the guy said something that was actually one of those things that when he said it, "Yeah, absolutely." Wish you could have thought of it yourself, but you didn't. He said the beauty of sports — now, remember, all this is in the context of us who were in marketing and sales trying to expand the number of people that visit the ballpark or watch on TV and ways to exploit their fandom.
He said the unique thing about sports is it's the one thing you can invest total passion without consequence. He said try that with a woman. There were some women there, he looked at them and said, or try that with a man. What he meant by that was, your team may lose, and they may disappoint you, but your team will never try to take half of what you've got. Your team will never divorce you. Your team will never reject you. Your team, unless you throw beer on a player, they'll never kick you out of the place.
But with interpersonal relationships, everybody, the first time they experience heartbreak or hurt, they're reserved after that, they don't want that to happen again, and so they do not invest their passion totally because there's consequence. This is the definition of uber-fandom: invest total passion without consequence.
Well, Colin Kaepernick taking a knee and a bunch of others protesting the United States of America as an oppressive state and then the TV networks broadcasting the game zeroing in on that behavior and heralding it and promoting it, there's no doubt it's gonna disgust people. There's no doubt it's gonna result in fewer people watching. I don't know if it's enough to affect ratings, but the ratings in the NFL were down last year significantly. And they didn't come back, to the point that advertising rates, the league actually had to refund or offer make-good commercials at no charge later in the year because the price they were charged, they didn't reach the audience they were promised, which is a staple in advertising. If the differential is great, then the network has to make it good somehow, either refund the money or give 'em free spots that make up the lost audience.
And this year it's a crapshoot, nobody knows what's gonna happen. Last year the excuse was the election. Trump and the election. That never made sense to me. Trump and the election? "Yeah, they're watching Fox News every afternoon on Sunday." Oh, come on, give me a break. That's not why. And I don't think it was exclusively Kaepernick. I think there's all kinds of factors. This attack on the game by the uber-left as something barbaric and dangerous. They're taking the fun out of it! They're turning it into a Mad Max and the Thunderdome kind of thing.
They're doing all kinds of damage. They're chipping away at the ingredients why people want to invest their passion in it. And it's not just football. But football is the target of the leftist agitators who are of course trying to wipe out things in society that offends them and they don't like.
I'm telling you the socialist from Harvard was right on the money. Once you eliminate the characteristic, the desire, the willingness to invest your passion without consequence, then that's a game-changer in the world of sports.
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RUSH: After our caller James in Alexandria, I found the article that he's talking about. It's actually on the ESPN website, it's a J.D. Power survey. Twenty-six percent, a quarter of the potential audience say it was national anthem protests which caused them to watch less NFL, 25% said that was the reason. And James was right, all of these anchors and analysts at ESPN, "No way." Everyone was pooh-poohing that, 'cause they knew it was. They knew it was.
See, every liberal group wants to think that the audience is fellow liberals. The NFL protests? All these people protesting the NFL, all these people suing it, CTE stuff, too barbaric, they all think everybody agrees with 'em. They all think everybody watching is also liberal and horrified by it. They don't understand that they're not the majority, and they're not typical. That's the whole point. They are not typical and yet they exercise all this control over everything. But I'm telling you, in addition to the protests, it was because TV highlighted 'em and then praised them.
Kaepernick was courageous, Kaepernick was brave, Kaepernick had guts, taking on this big time institute, taking on his own country for the sake of making it be blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. I guarantee you, your average, ordinary, patriotic American who doesn't see America as a problem in the first place is gonna look at that and go "yuk" and turn it off. They don't want to be hit in the face with that every damn time they turn on a game. That's not why they're watching it. But the left thinks that the game attracts parishioners to the liberal religion. They don't want to be serviced with all this tripe.
ESPN: National Anthem Protests No. 1 Reason Viewers Tuned Out NFL Games


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Thanks Bruce and Doug!! We will make announcements here as well. The plan is a Friday evening social at my house before the event Saturday. Elite coach Mike Bartolina has been added as our lead instructor as well as two time Olympian from Australia, Simon Arkell (5.80m/19' 1/4").
That's awesome! I'd love to go, unfortunately, I'll have to wait until 2015 as I have a conflict that weekend. I hope it is a huge success so that it continues for years to come. I wish it were a couple of weeks later (or earlier) in the year.
Bubba had an idea for a t-shirt design and asked my wife Jodi to bring it to fruition. (As a side note, she designed a couple of the Pole Vault Power t-shirts a few years back.) Back on topic, her design is shown below and is available on many styles of shirts, hats and mugs at her Zazzle store at http://www.zazzle.com/justmyart/gifts.
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Fran Molloy
As technology becomes embedded in nearly everything we do, computer science skills and knowledge are in demand everywhere. One way computer science graduates are improving their appeal to certain industries is by adding another specialisation to their degree – and for those adding education skills, a plethora of job opportunities await, particularly for technology in schools.
Education is a huge and growing sector in Australia and New Zealand, providing 50,000 jobs in New Zealand and with an estimated 600,000 people expected to be employed in Australia as education professionals by 2022.
The sector is also a critical source of export income; international students bring around $32 billion into the Australian economy and around $5.1 billion into New Zealand's economy each year. Demand for education is ongoing and is likely to keep rising; in 1989, just eight per cent of Australians had a university degree; by 2018, that number had climbed to 27.3 per cent. Meanwhile in New Zealand, graduates made up 12.8% of 20-24 year olds in 2012, rising to 20.5% in 2018.
Today's classroom is already very different from its equivalent a generation ago, with teachers using technology in schools such as electronic whiteboards, collaborative tools, Skyping remote students and distributing texts via PDF rather than on paper.
"Computers and technology do not reduce the importance of the teacher. In fact, the exact opposite is true," says US tech teaching expert Matt Miller.
A whole new generation: virtual reality allows students to immerse themselves in data and research projects.
Shifting to a different style of teaching
Growing evidence suggests that reading comprehension is better when it is paper-based rather than screen-based, prompting a push towards making better use of a range of technologies in appropriate ways, rather than just transposing old style learning straight onto screens.
Wearable tech is one example of a potential game-changer in education, with devices like Fitbits and VR (virtual reality) displays used in classrooms and in the field. At the University of Technology, Sydney, computer science students use the 360-degree interactive data visualisation facility which allows students and researchers to immerse themselves in data. Meanwhile students and researchers at Macquarie University's Body Perception Lab are able to track brain signals while using VR displays.
Technology seems to work best when it is applied to a task. Predictions of holographic teachers, for example, fell somewhat short when the real-life practice showed that the technology affected teacher-student interactions and learning.
However simple technology in schools that is transforming classrooms include smartphone quizzes with the Kahoot app, interactive visual tools like Popplet for design and mindmapping – and even a collaborative video making tool such as Flipgrid – all great ways to focus student attention on a central collaborative task.
While computer science and digital technology continue to change how we learn and how classrooms are run in often-unexpected ways, the one thing we can be sure of is that classrooms of the future will be quite different to those of today.
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New Augmented Reality app brings the Periodic Table to life
Australia's Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) recently launched a new, free Augmented Reality (AR) app that brings the dusty old Periodic Table well into the digital age.
Using the app, you scan a special ANSTO periodic table poster and the elements are brought to life – they jump off the page, sharing key facts about their properties. "This app is set to change Australia's science classrooms as we know them," says ANSTO CEO, Dr Adi Paterson. Find out more: bit.ly/ANSTOapp
This article originally appears in Careers with STEM: Code 2019.
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Secondary school teacher, technology and computing:
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Corporate trainer, software: A$51K–A$93K / NZ$40K–NZ$88K
Software developer, education apps: A$50K–A$99K / NZ$48K–NZ$91K*
*Source: salaries according to payscale.com
Author: Fran Molloy
FRAN MOLLOY is a freelance journalist and university lecturer whose career has spanned newspapers, radio and online publications. She writes about business, careers, research, science and environment.
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As women, we have options.
We, as women should be informed and take responsibility for our health. I am especially referring to our breast health.
Breast thermograms do not replace mammograms, but should be used as an additional tool in accessing our risk of breast disease.
I recently had a thermogram done and will be meeting to discuss the results. Am I scared, no. Are there measures to take to improve breast health, yes. Knowledge is power and there are options.
Where Is Your Life's Path Taking You?
Some times the trail is well marked, a beginning and and end point. But, many times we are just wandering, not sure where we are going or why.
Some times the trail is clear and no clearing trails is needed. At times much trail clearing is needed. At some point we reach a fork in the trail, which way? There is no wrong way, just your way. Pray and allow God to lead you.
Are you on a clear path, or just wandering enjoying the scenery.
Wife and mother to four children. One is in college, one in public high school and two are homeschooled. Finding balance between all my "hats".


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Japan investors plan bigger bets on emerging market debt in 2020
Stanley White
TOKYO, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Japanese asset managers are planning to venture deeper into emerging markets in the coming year as falling bond yields in traditional investment destinations, such as Europe, force them into riskier assets.
The country runs a large current account surplus and Japanese investors have routinely recycled that by buying up bonds in investment grade markets in Europe, and more recently China, to diversify from the extremely low interest rates at home.
Expectations of looser monetary policy from the world's major central banks due to slowing growth and the Sino-U.S. trade war, however, have driven bonds to new lows and forced Japanese investors such as insurers and pension funds to look further afield.
"We will increase exposure in Mexico next year and are looking for the opportunity to enter South Africa, which has one of the steepest yield curves around," said Akira Takei, global fixed income fund manager at Asset Management One in Tokyo.
Italy and South Africa are appealing to money managers as they are among the few countries that still boast a steep yield curve. In both countries, long-term yields are well above shorter ones.
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) has sent clear signals that it will allow the yield curve to steepen to help domestic banks and investors make money but, after years of quantitative easing, portfolio managers like Takei are unimpressed.
The spread between two-year and 10-year South African government bonds is around 150 basis points, versus a mere 10-basis-point spread in Japan for the same tenors.
In contrast, yield curves in the United States and other developed markets are extremely flat due to subdued inflationary pressures and uncertainty about growth.
"Japanese investors are gradually lowering the grade they invest in" said Koichi Sugisaki, executive director at Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities in Tokyo.
"First, it was JGBs, then Treasuries, then mortgage bonds, then France, and then Spain, which is where the banks are now. Next year, the banks will probably go to Italy," he said, adding that any assets rated below Italy's would be junk and most banks wouldn't be able to buy those.
Japanese investors not only expect inflation to remain subdued in 2020, they also reckon the United States and China will continue to clash over trade policy, meaning that global investor appetite for safe haven assets will persist.
"I expect U.S.-China trade friction to remain a risk in 2020," said Toshinobu Chiba, chief portfolio manager at Nissay Asset Management in Tokyo. "I want to be overweight in Indonesia and Malaysia."
One reason emerging market sovereign debt is becoming an option for more Japanese investors is that other popular high-yield investments have become too crowded. Investors have for years bought into packaged loans, known as collateralised loan obligations (CLOs), for better returns.
Large Japanese banks' holdings of CLOs, which repackage risky corporate loans into tranches, stood at 12.7 trillion yen ($116.10 billion) in the fiscal year ended March, more than double the 5.1 trillion yen in CLO holdings in fiscal 2015, BOJ data show.
Japan's large banks now hold around 15% of the global CLO market, and 99% of these holdings are tranches rated AAA, according to the BOJ.
Asset Management One's Takei monitors the U.S. leveraged loan market, which supplies the bonds that go into CLOs, but he worries that excessive lending to U.S. shale companies could cause problems next year.
Nissay Asset Management's Chiba would consider buying U.S. corporate debt but is wary of the leveraged market, because Japanese investors "have been buying too much."
Japan has pulled back from the U.S. CLO market before, but when this happened earlier this year spreads tightened because of strong demand from U.S. investors also hungry for yield, according to Thomas Majewski, managing partner at Eagle Point Credit Management in Greenwich, Connecticut, which invests in CLOs.
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Sometimes people come into our life at the most perfect time.
Maggie and I met in high school and kept in touch through Facebook since. We congratulated each other on our marriages, on the birth of our first kids and fun activities that we so willingly put out in the social media universe. After some contemplation and finally getting enough courage to share my very private struggles with miscarriages on social media, Maggie wrote me the most touching message. It brought tears to my eyes and gave me hope. Sometimes we tend to forget that others are fighting their own battles and sharing a glimpse into our REAL lives will bring others peace and closure. Maggie's openness, kindness and positive outlook was exactly what I needed to hear. So I couldn't be more excited when Maggie asked me to take maternity photos this spring! With baby no. 2 this stunning momma looked radiant during her Chicago maternity session. Her beauty simply showed, inside and out. I am so excited for her and her growing family! Maggie, thank you for being so wonderful and kind.
With a sudden drop in temperature, (thank you crazy Midwest weather) Maggie's Chicago maternity session ended up being a little more frigid than we planned for. However, this stunning momma and her cute family embraced the chill and we had a lovely sunset session in the Chicago suburbs. Little Jake was adorable, bringing his new toy saw to the forest to chop down trees. He picked flowers for his momma, attempted to cut down any tree he saw and giggled while his dad tickled him.


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12 Jul. Introducing.
Bringing an idea to reality for the first time is always a hard way. It's not just about creativity. Designing fashion in today's world, requires a deeper investigation, a collection that tells a story, a conscious production, a final product linked to the need, to awaken minds through activism, something to declare a new idea of beauty. A new generation of designers is working to change the rules of the fashion industry.
The Fucking Young! editors have chosen seven final collections by students of the Undergraduate Degree in Fashion Design and BA (Hons) in Fashion Design from the latest promotions of the IED Barcelona – Istituto Europeo di Design to show that something is changing:
CARLA ALBERCH
This collection titled "1933" won the Franca Sozzani Award 2019 for the best collection given by IED Barcelona. Carla Alberch was inspired by the memories of her grandfather, who grew up in a textile printing factory of family tradition. The proposal investigates new ways to print on fabrics following the technique "à la Lyonnaise", typical of the company. The seven looks designed for men evoke the clothing of the sixties and the clothes that his grandfather wore. @carla.alberch
BRENDA GONZÁLEZ
Brenda González compares the act of taking a selfie with the photography of artistic works in a reflection on the growing prominence of the image in communication and in social bonds. It also establishes a comparison between the creative process of the designer and that of the sculptor: just as the sculptor works with material, the designers also sculpt, mold with fabrics. A collection inspired by sculptures, the human body and the Freedom of Panorama. @brendagz22
ANNA ZAMORA
This student has been inspired by the subculture called "AREA 3xxx", that is born of a repressed society, invaded by technology and subjected to totalitarian systems. She's trying to represent the vision of a group of young warriors that defies the established. Orange is the color that represents the creation and freedom of this subculture. The collection presents asymmetrical garments, zippers that join different pieces forming whole pieces, silhouettes and shapes inspired by brutalist architecture. @annazamora.a
VICENTE PAOLO CHULIA
"Couture Maladroite" by Vicente Paolo Chulia is a collection inspired by the designer's own story. A boy who feels different until he finds his way of expression through creativity. The collection integrates the French and Valencian roots of the student and, at the same time, takes inspiration from art, graffiti or the culture of the night, aspects that have marked his life. @paolochulia
CLAUDIA ALEU
"POAL" is the collection project created by Claudia Aleu. The collection portrays these references using structural, somewhat deformed shapes, leaving conventionalities behind, striving to exaggerate and accentuate the things we tend not to highlight so as to reveal a different, unusual view. The breeze, the North Wind, strong and cold, Cap de Creus (a peninsula and a headland located at the far northeast of Catalonia), white houses, vineyards, the sea, the rocks, natural sculptures, surrealism, madness, and art are the elements that have inspired 'Poal'. @claudiaaleu
ÁLVARO MARTÍNEZ PÉREZ
"Lo Pagano" (Pagan) is an ode to Spanish culture by Álvaro Martínez Pérez. The power of flamenco and its symbolism are present in this proposal that serves as a letter of introduction to the Mediterranean roots of the designer. The garments aim to enhance the figure of the woman behind the twentieth-century ateliers and the Spanish seamstress tradition throughout history. @alvaromarsinfo
LUIS DE JAVIER
Luis de Javier wants to create a type of social critique with his collection about the LGBTphobia in society and how queer culture has influenced him in his teen years. "I decided to focus on some of my idols so I could analyze them deeply and thoroughly extract the true essence of each one of them and transform all metaphors in something physical and wearable: Venus Extravaganza, an American transgender performer, and Michael Alig, a former New York club promoter, who ended up creating the biggest underground club scene in history during the 90's" – said Luis de Javier. The collection portrays the true decadent and obscure feeling behind the glamorous and extravagant lifestyle that all queer kids desire to live. @eledejavier
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