2 part series of messages in titled hid in my heart taken from Psalms 11911 you remember that word have by. My heart that I might not sin against the will be focusing on the Word of God as a relates to the Christian experience and today the focus of our message is found in Matthew Chapter 4 verses one through 4 will be looking at the 1st temptation of Jesus right after he has been baptized Matthew chapter 4 and verse one Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil when you're reading this passage some of you may be inclined to think that somehow the devil and the spirit were in collusion to frame this temptation for Jesus when that is not the case there is not an alliance between the spirit and the devil can you say amen the actual translation of the word tempted here is literally tested and I want to make very clear that in this situation Jesus is not placing himself wilfully on Satan's ground Jesus is right after his baptism before his ministry preparing for a ministry in the wilderness and is in his in this situation that the devil comes and temps Jesus Matthew Chapter one Verse 2 and when he had fasted 40 days and 40 nights afterward he was hungry your fasted before I cannot imagine fasting for 40 days and Satan knew that he was not going to wait 30 days he was going to wait 40 days. And it's not by accident that this temptation came right after the baptism of Jesus Christ which means that when you go down into the watery grave which we have witnessed this year many times that afterwards you are a marked individual but the difference is now you're not alone and when he had fasted 40 days and 40 nights afterward he was $100.00 now when the tempter came to him and said If you are the Son of God command the stones to become bread that 1st part of that phrase and says if you are the Son of God Satan was tempting Jesus to doubt the words that he had just heard before. At the baptism of Jesus saying this is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased there's a myriad of things that we can focus on what I want to focus this morning on this particular passage in Matthew Chapter 4 in verse 4 it says but he answered and said it is written man shall not live by bread alone but by what your bible say but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God I want to make a few observations about this passage and then we will go to the heart and the thesis of our presentation here this morning Jesus in all 3 temptations says the words why it is written you have an advantage of ministry today entitled it is written Jesus is quoting Deuteronomy Chapter 8 verse 3 we're not going to go there here today at this afternoon if you have some time one encourage you to read Deuteronomy Chapter 8 he's quoting the Old Testament. Matter of fact in the temptation number 2 and temptation number 3 Jesus quotes Deuteronomy the 2nd time and the 3rd time in all 3 temptations Jesus quotes the book of Deuteronomy the Old Testament we live in an age today in the Christian community where they say you know the Old Testament it's not really as relevant today you heard that before we are New Testament Christians but Jesus here shows that the Old Testament is relevant can you say Amen so relevant that in this great controversy between Christ and Satan at the greatest moment of temptation Jesus looks through his mental 5 miles of scripture and he quotes the book of Deuteronomy in response to the temptation by the devil himself which means that Jesus thought that the he believed that the Old Testament was relevant powerful and transformative in the life of the Christian can you say man. Jesus quoted the words it is written another observation that Jesus made or Jesus said of this passage in Deuteronomy Chapter 8 verse 3 it says Man shall not live by bread alone Jesus is pointing out that we are not only physical beings there is another element of being human that is our spiritual nature we're going to be making some more observations about this passage but Jesus points out that just as important for our spiritual nourishment it's a relationship to our physical nourishment of bread. And then Jesus says but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God we're not to be selective when it comes to God's word he says that every word is a pliable and powerful I want to focus here this morning on this relationship that Jesus alludes to man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God Jesus here is implying that there is some sort of relationship between physical bread and the spiritual word there is an interesting parallel comparison between these 2 and this is not the only time that Jesus alludes to this reality remember in John chapter 65152 Jesus said I am the living what is a say I am the living bread that came down from heaven he's talking about the man this is an allusion to the Heavenly Man of that came down during the times of the Old Testament he says I am the living bread that came down from heaven and notice the language here it says if anyone eats this what does it say bread he will live forever and the bread also which I will give for the life of the word is my flesh and this verse 56 is shocking the people heard this and many of disciples went away Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in them and the people many of the disciples many of the fairest sees thought that Jesus was alluding to cannibalism. But Jesus later on clarifies in John chapter 6 for 63 says the words that I speak unto you they are spirit they are life Jesus is implying that there is a special unique relationship between physical bread and the spiritual world are you following me here this morning yes or no there is an interesting fascinating relationship with tween the word and physical Brett is what we call a parallel comparison it is written man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God What do we mean by a parallel comparison remember in elementary school you had these parallel comparisons matter of fact that come up in I.Q. test only some of the ones I've taken this is a very simple parallel comparison to illustrate my point here is a parallel comparison hit in is to cat as puppy is to was all right how did you know that it's brilliant here all right I.Q. tests are you guys are all scored 100 aren't kitten is to cat as puppy is to dog now the way that you find the answer right here is that you look at the unique relationship between kitten and cat isn't that right and then you analyze that relationship you say kitten cat let me see kitten is an adolescent cat that is the relationship then you think puppy is an adolescent dog and then you say this is what we call a parallel relationship Jesus in Matthew Chapter 4 verse 4 is giving an implied parallel. And allergy a parallel relationship and here it is bread is too physical as the word is too spiritual The bread is too physical as the word is to spiritual Now I know this is a morning and you're like Oh Pastor come on this is what this is I try to keep it as basic and elementary as possible all right so the bread is the physical as the word is to spiritual and so we do the same thing Jesus says that the word is like bread the same relationship or a parallel relationship between bread and our physical nature is the same as the word is to our spiritual nature so the exercise I want to do here this morning is for us to understand how is sensual The word is to the physical nature I want us to go in there in Analyze to think about the relationship between physical bread and our physical nature and so here is some reflections in my sermon preparation this week the way that we relate to bread is a active interaction is the right it is not a passive interaction at least if you want to receive the full benefits of the bread right let me give you an illustration of a passive relationship a passive relationship is carrying bread. Having the bread on your lap. Even smelling the bread you know putting your tongue on the bread passive. You're not going to receive the full nutritional benefit of the bread having the bread in your cupboard and in fact you can have a 1000 loaves in your cupboard passive relationship in other words possessing bread is not the relationship that is going to give you the most nutritional value matter fact is going to give you 0 nutritional value now the relationship between us and bread by the way when Jesus said bread he's not just talking about specifically bread he's talking about the material necessity for human existence food that's what he's talking about when we look at bread and the way that you interact with food in general I want us to look at the relationship when you take bread you have to go through certain steps 1st you have to put the bread in your right in your mouth that shows some commitment I don't put anything in my mouth are you following yes or no now when when you're little OK when I was a child I imagine that I put all kinds of stuff in my mouth because I have very little discernment my parents that you can't eat that OK But now as an adult I with my star rebore all powers I look at something I smell it and analyze that especially if it's something foreign and then I ask myself Is this safe. Is this going to cause me to get sick and then after I've gone through that analysis and we've done this so many times that we don't even think about it it's automatic we look at the bread or we look at the food and then we say OK I think it is safe to put in my mouth in chew but have you ever had a situation where you thought something was beneficial and you put it in your mouth and you're like. And what do you do you say you spit it out OK So so there's another level there before it goes down the hatch if it's not acceptable you spit it out so this is the level or so the War of the bread has to come in and it has to be accepted it has to be receive it has to be chewed it has to be masticated and then it has to be digested and after digestion it becomes what a part of you literally physically it's a very intimate transfer transform made to process and this is a very unique relationship in Jesus says the same relationship as bread is to the physical the word is to the spiritual you following me this morning yes or no which means that the interaction with the word should be the same type of dynamic active interaction now you fill in the blanks it's not just a nuff to have a 1000 Bibles in your home I don't have a 1000 Bibles but I have a lot that is a passive relationship we must go through the steps of reading the word receiving the word meditating on the word which means to go over it again and again and again and until the word becomes a part of us and it is a transformative interaction that is the type of interaction that the Bible is talking about Furthermore when we talk about bread it is what we call and essential relationship an essential relationship there's a book out came out a number of years ago called Darwin's Black Box. Michael B. he talks about something called irreducibly complex and he gives the illustration of a mouse trap a mouse trap is irreducibly complex irreducibly complex meaning that you have the catch the hammer the spring the holding bar and the base every element in a mousetrap is eroded deucedly complex meaning that every ingredient or every element of a mouse trap is essential meaning that if you remove any part of the mousetrap the mousetrap ceases to function you take away the hammer it ceases to function you take away the catch it ceases to function you take away the base it ceases to function and Jesus is pointing out that the relationship between the word and our spiritual nature is the same as bread is to our physical nature and the relationship between bread and our physical nature is and essential relationship meaning that you have to have an I looked up in my piece Saurus some synonyms or some definitions of the word essential essential absolutely necessary in possible without crucial in this tense of Will all of these things is what the word is to the spiritual nature it is essential absolutely necessary in possible without and crucial the Word of God is just as essential for spiritual life as food is for physical life it is essential it is absolutely necessary it is impossible without I want to think about this. The Word of God. Is essential for spiritual life because I will admit that at certain portions of my Christian experience I have assumed or I have lived like the word is supplement it's extra It's the bonus and I've lived my life especially at the beginning of my Christian experience immediately after I was baptized with this concept of a supplemental reading of God's word and it went something like this wake up in the morning I'm going to try to get my morning devotions in but if I don't I'll be OK and I go through my week and sometimes the only time that I would crack open the Bible is on Sabbath I get my Sabbath supplement All right this is the this is the way I would live I come to church and I get oh I get my money my Sabbath message and I open my Bible and this is where I get my Sabbath supplement for the week and I was living a life in a paradigm of not essential biblical living but supplemental biblical living and it showed in my individual life and if you are a draw this parallel practically it's like you saying you know what I'm only going to eat once a week that that is what we are kind of saying when we have this kind of a supplemental approach to God's Word it is not an essential relationship it's kind of like the cherry on top of a cake Jesus is saying look it's not the cherry on top of the cake it's the flower meaning that if you remove the flower the cake ceases to exist the Word of God is essential spiritual life is in possible with out this type of dynamic this type of relationship with God's word now. Some of you may be saying and I ask myself this question to you after I did this study pastor I thought we were saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. Which is true but Pastor when you get up and say that spiritual life and the word must be in this dynamic relationship saying that without reading the word your spiritual life is not going to exist or not going to subsist any longer it is seems like you're saying that this is salvation by bible study. How can we have this dichotomy on one side you say we're saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ then and don't get me wrong here this morning I preached many sermons in my time here at the University Church about the Gospel when you accept Jesus as your savior in that instant in that moment when you send those prayers to heaven you are accepted as a son of Jesus Christ and you are justified in that instant and your name is written in the Lamb's Book of Life no questions asked you are born again by faith in Jesus Christ by grace and when we talk about this relationship of the Word of God It seems like there is a contradiction and this is the way that I have tried to frame it for you here this morning feeding on the word we stay alive notice language feeding on the word we stay alive after we have been what made alive let me read that again feeding on the word we stay alive after we have been made alive there are 2 phases to human existence in this context you are born and you are alive there is something that has to happen for you to be born. And there is something that has to happen for you to continue to live after you have been born Let me give this indication or application to a baby when a baby is born no one says look you've been born good that's great you're alive now let's just put you here on the shelf exhibit A And that's it you're alive. I mean this is ludicrous because we know that even though the baby is born it must what remain alive he must stay alive so just because someone has been born a Christian doesn't mean that something has to happen in this divine transaction called sanctification where the Christian must grow and stay alive and the Bible is pointing out that after you have been born again that in the process of saying difficult ation the Word of God is essential for staying alive as a Christian let me put this in the context of the sanctuary when you walk into the sanctuary there are actually several phases of the Christian experience and I want to point out 2 phases here this morning it's in this 2 phase relationship I want to address here is one phase the outer court hears the other phase the holy place you come into the sanctuary this is in relationship to the Christian this is where the lamb was slain This is where you accept Jesus this is where you are justified that happens immediately your past is cleansed and you stand before God as if you have never sinned can you say men you come in you are justified at the cross the laver can represent baptism for the Christian but you do not stay here. You do not camp out here the trajectory is to stand face to face with God as Adam did open communion with God This is the goal so God has you go into this 2nd phase of your Christian experience this is where you have been made to live this is where you stay alive through these 3 essential elements of the Christian experience of table to show bread represents the Word of God we have the lamp stand which represents the Holy Spirit's ministry through the Christian we have the altar of incense which represents the prayer life and intercessory prayer prayer Bible study and ministry are essential for staying alive after you have been made alive Bible study essential for remaining a Christian but it must be preceded by being born again after you have been born again you go into the Holy Place experience I believe that every person that is baptized that it's born again should be taught how to study their bible in their morning devotions. The same in every person that goes through that water should be taught practically how to stay alive after they have been made alive after they've been born a Christian you have to be taught how to remain a Christian and this is the Word of God the Word of God is essential for spiritual growth and this is a practice and I believe that as a pastor I am of you know part of the same community of faith and my colleagues we have been responsible many times in our history for her baptizing an individual and saying all gather good but let's let's move on to the next one another person is born you put them on the shelf and let's move on to the next one without having a systematic discipleship model in place so that every person that is born is taught Look you've been saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ not of works less anyone should boast but God has made beautiful divine provision in his word for you to grow as a Christian after you have become a Christian and that is by feeding on the Word of God on a regular basis Christian education 582 keep your Bible with you as you have opportunity reading fix the text in your memory even while you're walking the streets you may read a passage meditate upon it thus fixing it in the mind and today with technology if you have a smartphone. Takes one click of a button and you can download the Bible onto your phone and you are taking your Bible with you all right this is very easy in the 21st century to do and I want to tell you that I have made this by the grace of God my practice and I praise the Lord for being a pastor in this regard some people say oh a pastor that it's a difficult challenge in 21st century to minister and there are difficulties but one of the beautiful things about being past a pastor is that I get paid to be spiritual Amen amen I I mean this is great this is great I get paid I get paid to study my Bible all praise God this is the great position to be in so I have made this is my practice and I want to tell you on my phone I have this app called audible where you can download audio books. And I actually sent out an e-mail this week through Mary there was a link there. Click to Autobytel dot com and you can download the entire Bible dramatize to your i Phone And that's what I've done I this is the best reading of the Bible I've ever had because I have 3 versions or Bible readings and this is the best one I've Alexander score be another one but this is this is by far the best and when I get up in the morning my wife knows as I'm going about my morning routine after I've had my devotions Maybe I'm getting some things ready and so forth I turn on my i Phone. To that audible app and I click on the Bible and as I'm going through my day I'm listening to the Word of God in the car I go my Bible on I'm going through the Word of God This is becoming a part of my life in and Pastor Daniel have been going through this journey together and he was walking around through can meeting with his ear buds on in and out and I look at him and I just smile because I know my my brother Daniel is listening to the Bible and this is becoming a a transformative experience all throughout the day and I want to encourage you to do this you may not have the time that I do but you can surely carve out moments in your day just like you do for breakfast lunch and dinner make time to feed on the Word of God Make time to fill your mind we need the Word of God because this is as Jesus said the word is Spirit the Word is life and this is where we get our nourishment to remain a Christian after we have become a Christian make this a daily part of your Christian experience and I want to invite you to look in your bulletin there is a handout in there I wanted to make this as practical as possible and I forgot my belt and so Sophia I promise I'll give you this back afterwards. And I'm not going to go through this whole thing but this is a practical way one way that I have sought to apply Scripture in my morning devotions Right now I'm going through the correlated Bible readings but this is a practical way that we have taught to our new members and I want to encourage you to use this is also made available online at our website at our You Tube. Our You Tube media cast that you could download this is available in P.D.F. but this is one practical way this is not the only way but in your morning devotions this is one way to have a personal practical devotional life and many people have said you know Pastor I want to study the Bible in my morning devotions but I don't know how well this is one way want to go through some of the things Number one you must prepare you must always start your morning devotions or a study of the Bible with prayer the 2nd thing that you can do is paraphrase take out a blank sheet of paper and jot down the date and passage you are studying cover only as much as you have time to digest this is important you don't want to get indigestion in your morning devotions Amen so this is something that you want to apply in practice bite sized pieces and you can even start small number 3 you look at principles of God's word this is how you practically apply God's Word you can ask these questions is there a sin to confess. Is there a promise to claim is there an attitude to change is there a command to follow is there an example to follow is there a prayer to pray is there an error to avoid Is there any truth to believe is there something to thank our praise God for and you fill this out then you go to your project this is a practical way that you apply that Scripture to your life finding a principle is only half the battle you must then go and apply it to your personal life this means transforming that principle into a project by answering the more questions or the following questions Who what when where why how what exactly does this verse suggest you do and the Holy Spirit brings a certain projects your mind jot them down checking to make sure they pass personal achievable specific and scriptural and then you put that Bible passage if you decide to into your memory this is a commitment that you must make on a daily basis and this is just a simple way that you can apply this I suggest getting a devotional journal I have a mole skin devotional journal but I got from Staples and and it's my journal entry for that morning it's my devotional book and I grab it it's on the same place in that same room on that same shelf I grab it in my morning devotions and and I have a systematic devotional life just as you should have a systematic place for your meals it's the same thing the same principle applies to your morning devotions. What you say Pastor. I don't have time I would say make time. I meant make time you make time to eat make time for God's word and it doesn't have to be 2 hours start out small start out with 10 minutes set your alarm a little bit earlier and I have my alarm in the bathroom because I know my human nature if I have my lawn next to my bed I hit the snooze button for the next hour and it's a miserable way of sleeping every 9 minutes an interruption but what I put it you know I've done that before for an hour and I'm just like why did I just get up the 1st time is this is ridiculous but you know I said in the bathroom because then I have to stumble out to the bathroom and I turn on the light and I pray that that that exercise keeps me up in the morning and that way I can have my morning watch with God make time for God's word the word of God is the answer to every spiritual problem can you say men if you're dealing with spiritual malnutrition this could be one of the reasons I do an assessment am I spending time in God's Word is my relationship with the Bible a passive relationship or is it an interactive transformative relationship the Word of God is the answer to every spiritual problem if you're struggling with impure thoughts the Word of God is the answer if you are struggling with secrets in the Word of God is the answer if you're struggling with a temper. The Word of God is the answer if you're struggling in your human relationships and you're finding it very difficult to think Christ like thoughts about an individual that is not being very nice to you the Word of God is the answer and man and it is my prayer as the pastor of this church that our congregation will daily feed on the Word of God wouldn't that be beautiful. That if our congregation by the grace of God lives by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God If every member in our congregation spends personal time in their morning devotions you will see a transformative effect in your home a man you will be a different father a different mother a different husband you will have a different family we will have a transformative powerful presence in this community because of the power of the Word of God and it's my prayer that by the grace of God that these words will become true for you and me Psalms 1103 through one of 5 How sweet Are you are what to say how sweet are your words I What a beautiful relationship with the Word of God He's not thinking all you know I have to study my Bible this morning this is this is a very different relationship how sweet are your words to my taste yes sweeter than honey to my mouth from your precepts I get understanding therefore I hate every false way your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path and that is my prayer for every member every person that is in this congregation that we by the grace of God can say your words are sweet to might taste is that your desire here today one of my you to stand with me this morning. As we prepare to close every head bowed and eyes closed on to make a simple appeal here this morning Bal your heads with me in the quietness of your own heart I want to make this appeal if you want to say by the grace of God. I recognize that my promises without him are like ropes of sand but I want to commit to spending regular time in my morning devotions and this is your desire and you want to say Lord help me I desire to do this I recognize that I am weak in moral power but with you I can do all things and I want to say Lord I have become a Christian I have accepted you but I want to be strong as a Christian I want to be sustained as a Christian and that's your desire today in USA Lord help me I want to make this commitment by your grace to spend regular time in my morning devotions Why don't you just put your hand up to God The Lord knows this Lord knows your heart and you want to Lord I want to make this commitment God bless you God bless you can put your hands down. My 2nd appeal is this and this is a very specific appeal I want to open the doors of the church here this morning and there is someone here and you have not fully accepted Jesus Christ as your personal savior you've been holding back and if you're hearing this appeal here this morning and you've accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior I want to invite you to continue to pray as I make this appeal this appeal is specifically for someone that has not fully accepted Jesus as your Savior I want to give you here this morning the opportunity to respond to God's voice Jesus says Behold I stand at the door knock if any man opens the door if any woman opens the door if any child opens the door I will come in to him or to her and that is the promise and that promise still stands here this morning this is a specific appeal. For someone here today and you've heard the Holy Spirit speaking to your heart and today Jesus is inviting you to respond to that invitation if that is your desire to respond and say Lord I want to accept you as Savior of my life I have not previously fully done so and today I want to respond I want to invite you to come forward for special prayer is there someone here today that wants to respond to Jesus this is not Pastor shin this is Jesus Christ that is giving this open invitation you want to respond and say Lord I want to accept you as Savior of my life is there someone you're today that wants to respond to that voice is there is someone here today that wants to respond to that invitation on invite you to come forward I'm not going to belabor this but I just want to open that invitation at this time you want to say Lord Jesus police I want to respond to your spirit here today that appeal is still open my 3rd appeal is this. You have a prayer request that you have a burden for I don't know what it may be perhaps Jesus only knows perhaps as a person perhaps as a personal decision perhaps as an area of your life for someone else and you have up this prayer request and you want to bring this prayer request before the Lord today I want to invite you to come forward at this time God bless you have a special prayer request that you want to submit before God God answers prayer in men and this is a specific appeal for those that have a perk West that they want to bring before God God bless you God bless you we serve a God that hears and answers our prayer he always answers that request. It may not be at the time or in the fashion that you requested but he says that he hears our hearts in your purse God bless you bless you. Bless it's parents together as we pray our Father in heaven we thank you that you are a god that hears and answers our prayers we thank you that your ear is not heavy that it cannot hear nor your arm shortened that it cannot say we thank you that right now our prayers are ascending to the most holy place of the heaven the same sure where you are ministering on our behalf and I pray for every person that has come forward here this morning for this prayer request perhaps it's a person that they have a burden for Perhaps it's a personal decision perhaps as a personal struggle whatever it may be Lord we come to you today laying this part of our lives this prayer request before you asking not in our name but in the name of Jesus Christ who died for us on Calvary depending on the merits of the blood of Jesus here this morning we plead with you to answer this request in answer to our petitions in your own way and in your own time I pray that you would answer our hearts here this morning and father today we have seen how the word of God is essential to our Christian experience not supplemental not an addition not extra that after we have been born again you want us to live and grow as a Christian to be strengthened as a Christian and today lord many of us have made this commitment to spend regular time in our morning devotions Lord give us the strength give us the. Desire to spend time in your word in regular bible study that the Psalmist's phrase thought I word have I hid in my heart would be true for every single person here today help us by your grace that we can come to the place to say your words are sweeter than honey to our mouth we pray this we thank you that you have answered our prayers in accordance with your perfect will we ask these things in Jesus name. This media was brought to you by audio 1st a website dedicated to spreading God's word through free sermon audio and much more if you would like to know more about audio verse if you would like to listen to more service leader Visit W W W audio verse or.


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Kylie Burrett
This article was originally published on newcastle.edu.au.
Kylie Burrett of Design Nuts (formerly Nuts and Bolts Design) believes that most people are capable of drawing in the same way most people are capable of reading.
She and her husband, Glenn Lawrence, have spent years working with children of all ages, which has helped them realise a gap in spatial reasoning education.
"When I was completing my Master's Degree in Education & Information Science, I discovered this gap. I couldn't find suitable resources to develop visual spatial ability, and that's what started the journey," she says.
Prior to being a teacher, Kylie was an education consultant in media strategy and product development. Glenn, like her, previously worked in industry before he also became a teacher. He was an industrial designer, and now he's an Engineering Studies teacher based at Whitebridge High School. When Kylie's not working on her startup, she's working in the libraries department at Hunter Valley Grammar School.
"Drawing is a learnt skill," Kylie says. "Imagine if you never got taught the alphabet, never learnt to read from left to right. If you never got the basics, you'd never be able to progress."
The lack of options in the education system is what led to the evolution of Splat, a tool which helps students draw three dimensional shapes and understand how to use shapes for engineering design. Unlike so many modern educational devices, the Splat requires no battery, screen nor electricity. It's manufactured in Australia and made of recyclable plastic.
The couple invested $5,000 of their own money to develop a minimum viable product over a six month period; she and Glenn prototyped it at home on a 3D printer. This is a junior tool; they have a prototype for a more complex tool. And they have big plans beyond this.
"Our end goal is to offer a scalable digital program in the education space which helps students develop their design skills and visual spatial abilities," Kylie says "Drawing in 3D is one of the top three ways to improve spatial awareness, and spatial reasoning is the number one predictor of success in STEM. You need it for careers such as medicine, engineering, spatial computing and architecture."
She said many students are slower to develop their visual spatial ability today because kids don't play and manipulate things the way they used to; they're now more digitally dependent, as are adults. By the time schools start connecting design skills and spatial reasoning, it often misses targeting students at an optimal time developmentally; as visual spatial skills are best developed in the early years.
The Splat is mainly for children, starting at kindergarten age, but they've been contacted by hobbyists as well as university lecturers. It sparks imagination in different kinds of people.
Kylie has always wanted to do something creative. Her fascination with information and products goes back to her mum, who she describes as a "guru of domestic engineering."
"She was always developing some sort of silly prototype to fix something around the house. We used to call her MacGyver," Kylie says.
Together she and Glenn have five children, so their experience as parents and their broad backgrounds are helping them advance their ideas, with assistance from the local innovation ecosystem as well.
Both attended an Ideas Collider including high school student participants. They received some 'tough love' and insightful advise from visiting entrepreneurs, hosted by the Integrated Innovation Network (I2N). Glenn attended the Immersives in customer Discovery and Business Model Canvas, which gave him more confidence and understanding as to how to develop as a startup. I2N connected them both to a community of like-minded people in the Hunter.
"That was around the time that we had gone to Engineers Australia for their endorsement of the Splat and we were just coming up with our business plan. The I2N course really helped confirm that we were on the right track," Kylie says. "What the dedicated team at I2N are doing to support local innovation is amazing! It's incredible and there is no vested interest for them. That's what I took away from it: here are some really genuinely interested people offering valuable help."
Kylie and Glenn are seeking funding to grow the business. By the end of this year they plan to pre-sale their 'Five For Design' initiative, a membership option for schools which would supply them with short, ongoing design drills to help develop spatial ability in students. They currently have 100 lessons prepared, and that's just the foundation stage.
But her work is ultimately focused on young girls. She said that when girls are correctly taught spatial ability early on, they perform just as well as boys. "The number one cognitive difference between boys and girls is often spatial ability, and it's a learnt skill," she says. "My youngest daughter is definitely an inspiration."
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Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.

The full license is in the file LICENSE, distributed with this software.

Created on Sept 5, 2017

"""
from atom.api import List
from .android_content import Context, SystemService
from .app import AndroidApplication
from .bridge import JavaCallback, JavaMethod, JavaProxy

class LocationAccessDenied(RuntimeError):
    """User denied access or it's disabled by the system"""

class LocationManager(SystemService):
    SERVICE_TYPE = Context.LOCATION_SERVICE
    __nativeclass__ = "android.location.LocationManager"

    ACCESS_FINE_PERMISSION = "android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"
    ACCESS_COARSE_PERMISSION = "android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION"

    GPS_PROVIDER = "gps"
    NETWORK_PROVIDER = "network"
    PASSIVE_PROVIDER = "passive"

    PROVIDERS = {
        "gps": GPS_PROVIDER,
        "network": NETWORK_PROVIDER,
        "passive": PASSIVE_PROVIDER,
    }

    requestLocationUpdates = JavaMethod(
        str, "long", float, "android.location.LocationListener"
    )

    removeUpdates = JavaMethod("android.location.LocationListener")

    class LocationListener(JavaProxy):
        __nativeclass__ = "android.location.LocationListener"

    # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    # LocationListener API
    # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    onLocationChanged = JavaCallback("android.location.Location")
    onProviderDisabled = JavaCallback(str)
    onProviderEnabled = JavaCallback(str)
    onStatusChanged = JavaCallback(str, int, "android.os.Bundle")

    #: Active listeners
    listeners = List(LocationListener)

    @classmethod
    async def start(cls, callback, provider="gps", min_time=1000, min_distance=0):
        """Convenience method that checks and requests permission if necessary
        and if successful calls the callback with a populated `Location`
        instance on updates.

        Note you must have the permissions in your manifest or requests
        will be denied immediately.

        """
        request_fine = provider == "gps"
        has_perm = await LocationManager.check_permission(fine=request_fine)

        if not has_perm:
            has_perm = await LocationManager.request_permission(fine=request_fine)

        if not has_perm:
            raise RuntimeError("Location permission denied")
        mgr = await LocationManager.get()

        #: When we have finally have permission
        mgr.onLocationChanged.connect(callback)

        #: Save a reference to our listener
        #: because we may want to stop updates
        listener = LocationManager.LocationListener(mgr)
        mgr.listeners.append(listener)
        mgr.requestLocationUpdates(provider, min_time, min_distance, listener)

    @classmethod
    def stop(cls):
        """Stops location updates if currently updating."""
        manager = LocationManager.instance()
        if manager is not None:
            for listener in manager.listeners:
                manager.removeUpdates(listener)
            manager.listeners = []

    @classmethod
    async def check_permission(cls, fine=True) -> bool:
        """Returns a future that returns a boolean indicating if permission
        is currently granted or denied. If permission is denied, you can
        request using `LocationManager.request_permission()` below.

        """
        app = AndroidApplication.instance()
        if fine:
            permission = cls.ACCESS_FINE_PERMISSION
        else:
            permission = cls.ACCESS_COARSE_PERMISSION
        return await app.has_permission(permission)

    @classmethod
    async def request_permission(cls, fine=True) -> bool:
        """Requests permission and returns an async result that returns
        a boolean indicating if the permission was granted or denied.

        """
        app = AndroidApplication.instance()
        if fine:
            permission = cls.ACCESS_FINE_PERMISSION
        else:
            permission = cls.ACCESS_COARSE_PERMISSION
        perms = await app.request_permissions(permission)
        return perms.get(permission)

    def __del__(self):
        """Remove any listeners before destroying"""
        self.stop()
        super().__del__()

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Desire ("desiderio" in lingua inglese) può riferirsi a:

Cinema
 Desire – film del 1923 diretto da Rowland V. Lee
 Desiderio (Desire) – film del 1936 diretto da Frank Borzage
 Desire – film del 2000 diretto da Colleen Murphy
 Desire (Desearás al hombre de tu hermana) – film del 2017 diretto da Diego Kaplan

Musica
 Desire – album di Bob Dylan del 1976
 Desire – album dei Tuxedomoon del 1981
 Desire – album di Toyah Willcox del 1987
 Desire – album dei French Affair del 2001
 Desire – album di Pharoahe Monch del 2007
 Desire – singolo dei Talk Talk del 1988
 Desire – singolo degli U2 del 1988
 Desire – singolo dei Do As Infinity del 2001
 Desire – singolo di Geri Halliwell del 2005
 Desire – singolo dei The Winery Dogs del 2013
 Desire – singolo dei Years & Years del 2015
 Desire – album degli Hurts del 2017
Desire – EP di Eunjung del 2019
 Desire – gruppo musicale

Altro
 Desire – visual novel del 1994
 Desire – manga yaoi di Maki Kazumi del 2004
 Desire – serie televisiva statunitense del 2006
 HTC Desire – smartphone prodotto dalla HTC Corporation nel 2010

Pagine correlate
Désiré

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Nieul-le-Virouil är en kommun i departementet Charente-Maritime i regionen Nouvelle-Aquitaine i västra Frankrike. Kommunen ligger  i kantonen Mirambeau som ligger i arrondissementet Jonzac. År  hade Nieul-le-Virouil  invånare.

Befolkningsutveckling
Antalet invånare i kommunen Nieul-le-Virouil

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 Lista över kommuner i departementet Charente-Maritime

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Home — Elite Scholarships — NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program – United States/United Kingdom
November 16, 2020 November 16, 2020 Elite Scholarships, PhD Scholarships, Scholarship in America, Scholarship in Europe, United Kingdom, United States
NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program – United States/United Kingdom
University of Cambridge/University of Oxford, and The National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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United Kingdom/United States
Applications are invited for Fully Funded NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program (PhD) at the University of Cambridge or University of Oxford, United Kingdom and The National Institutes of Health (NIH), United States.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program is an accelerated, individualized doctoral training program for outstanding science students committed to biomedical research careers. The program is based on the British system, in which students perform doctoral research without required formal courses other than those students choose to take in relationship to their own interests. Students selected for admission to the program have already developed a passion for science through engagement in summer, job related, or undergraduate research programs.
Open to US citizens only – three institutions have come together to offer a collaborative 4 year PhD programme, (with the option to combine this with an MD at a US Medical School). Students are allocated two supervisors: one based at the University of Cambridge or University of Oxford; and one based at NIH. Students spend two years at the NIH and two years at either the University of Cambridge or the University of Oxford, working on a project that involves a collaborative undertaking by the two laboratories.
Tuition and fees will be paid for by the program, while stipend, medical benefits, and travel allowance for all four years of the program are funded by NIH mentor.
The NIH OxCam scholarship funds a 4-year PhD including stipend, lab consumables in the USA, health insurance in the USA, a travel and training budget and University fees.
Research is conducted collaboratively between the University of Cambridge and the National Institutes of Health. The student divides their time equally between the two institutions.
To be eligible for NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program:
U.S. citizen or permanent resident
Will receive tuition and stipend support, based on NIH policy, for the duration of the program
(approximately 4 yrs.)
Can partner with other scholarship programs
The Doctoral Research
Self derived and self driven
In any area of biomedical research
Conducted in both the NIH and U.K. laboratories (time split evenly between both)
Has no formal coursework required
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Two Mentors
Form a dual collaborative mentorship
One mentor at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) intramural campus, Bethesda, MD
One mentor at either the University of Oxford OR the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom
Earn a DPhil or PhD from Oxford or Cambridge respectively
Average time to completion is just over 4 years (approximately 2 years at each location)
Faster than the average PhD program in the U.S.
Applications to NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program are made via the NIH in the USA in the first instance, each year. See the NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program website.
The NIH application portal is open on 3 August and closes 1 December 2020. Invitations for interview are sent out in mid-January and interviews will be held in February 2021.
If you receive an offer from the NIH and you would like to study at the University of Cambridge, please submit an application via the University's Graduate Admissions Applicant Portal. You should apply directly to the PhD programme of the department where you intend to undertake your PhD, eg. Psychiatry, Engineering, Chemistry. You may find the National Institutes of Health Oxford/Cambridge Program course in the course catalogue. This should be used if no alternative is available.
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The Fine Art World Doesn't Make Space For Black Women. These Artists Are Changing That.
Tila Studios is helping black women artists gain access to places where they've historically been shut out.
By Taryn Finley
The fine art world has grossly neglected black women artists.
So much so that only black women make up only 4 percent of artists within fine art institutions across the United States. Many of these institutions, meant to elevate and expose artists, are difficult for black women to gain admission to. And a lack of money, resources and access to (white) cultural gatekeeper's approval can keep them stifled. Tiffany LaTrice knows this firsthand.
When the Atlanta-based visual artist and painter began creating art full time, she submitted applications to various studios in hopes of advancing her career. She was denied by countless galleries and MFA programs and told that her work wasn't good enough. But suggestions that didn't fit her vision and attempted to disrupt her creative agency were abundant.
"I was selling my work for thousands of dollars online. And so, I was so confused," LaTrice told HuffPost. "I thought, OK, I have this talent. I've been awarded numerous accolades for my artwork, but I can't get into these institutions that are obviously, mostly ran by white women ... so they don't know my story or my narrative and my artwork. So when I saw that, I was like, 'Well, what's being done for black women? What's being done for us in this industry?'"
Tila Studios received a special recognition from Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson at their EmpowerHer Brunch in Miami.
LaTrice is on a mission to find a solution by creating a door where there once was a brick wall. In 2016, she founded Tila Studios, a co-working space of empowerment and community for black women artists. Tila aims to provide creative development, networking opportunities and access for black women through a series of programming, initiatives and events. One of their earliest accomplishments was launching the More Than 4 movement to help start a more national conversation about the dismal number of black women in fine arts.
"Knowing, historically, black women have always empowered each other to attain success," she told HuffPost, "I was like, 'Well, let's create an actual physical space where black women can gather and support each other and get all of our own network and develop our own opportunities to kind of disrupt this industry.'"
Part of disrupting the industry involves shaking up the term "fine art" itself, which LaTrice called "a power-structured concept."
"It's meant to be exclusionary because actually to produce art it's so expensive. In terms of cost of materials, cost of canvases, you can spend upwards to a thousand dollars to produce whatever you would consider a fine art piece," she said. "To me, fine art is anything that you create that exists to be displayed on a wall that is valued at a price, and prices vary. That is valued in a way that can build longevity and create an ROI for the investment is fine art. And that can be something that you pay $150 for. But over time, as the artist grows, it can be worth thousands of dollars."
Recently, Tila Studios raised enough funding to admit its inaugural class of Garden Fellows for an opportunity to display their work at Miami's Art Basel, one of the largest art fairs that gathers more than 70,000 people and 4,000 artists each year. Though more black and brown people, even outside of the art industry, are familiar with it, the presence there is still mostly white. And considering the funding and resources it takes not only to create art, but to be in the right spaces, LaTrice thought it a fitting opportunity for the artists.
Courtesy of Tila House
Tila Studios gave 10 black female artists the opportunity to elevate their art and attend this year's Art Basel.
The 10 fellows (Christa David, Sachi Rome, Shon Pittman, Jasmine Nicole Williams, Evelyn Quiñones, Ebony Black, Ariel Dannielle, Ayanna Smith, Angela Davis Johnson and Grace Kisa) were selected by a team of curators and completed a series of programming sessions leading up to the fair. They range in media from painters and sculptors to photographers and performers.
"People are buying art for millions of thousands of dollars. The top collectors, the top influencers, corporations are there to specifically buy art. And there still exists a lack of representation of black women artists at this fair. So for us to be doing that and being a thought leader and actually disrupting the notion of that we don't exist. For us to show up the day before Basel and host this spark and have this national conversation and be a part of an art fair."
During this year's Art Basel, they showcased their art while building with other black women in the field during Tila Studios' events throughout the week, including a brunch hosted at the Pérez Art Museum Miami. Tila also received praise from Rep. Frederica S. Wilson (D-Fla.) who noted that black women's "skill, promise, and 'magic' is unstoppable, if we are simply given a chance."
One of the most noteworthy things about the special nature of these women's journey to Art Basel was that these women, by lifting each other up, were able to retain creative agency over the work they displayed through their black, female lens and infiltrate a space hellbent on keeping them out. That's rare.
"An artist has many different shapes, forms and facets in their narrative. And I think we've been seeing that a lot and I think you need to start seeing that in such a traditional space like the art industry," LaTrice said. "We're having these conversations across our community and I think it's time to disrupt the traditional and kind of stale industry that hasn't really seen a lot of shakeup. So [we went] down there to kind of shake things up."
Taryn Finley
Black Voices Editor, HuffPost
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I bought this to go with my pewter bag. The colors don't match up, but it's great all the same. This is the perfect size wallet for me. I don't need anything larger. It fits my cards, and all the papers I need to have on hand like insurance stuff and what not. The money slot would work great if I had money, but don't because I spend it all on Brahmin! Great wallet, will be buying more in the future!
A good size wallet for a smaller handbags. It's slim but still hold all the necessities. I like this metalic color.


Yesterday I took the day off to go shoot pictures at the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park with my new lens. And at the risk of sounding immodest I really think it was a great day. But I'll just let the photos speak for themselves. You can see them at my web gallery.


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Q: How to add a module into Spyder 2.3.4? I've read elsewhere on this forum that to add a module into Spyder, simply open an ipython console and type:
!pip install trading_ig
Unfortunately I get the following error:
Collecting trading-ig
  Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement trading-ig (from versions: )
  No matching distribution found for trading-ig
Help please? (Windows 10, Spyder 2.3.4)

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Luxembourg Times - Archives - How "good" is Luxembourg?
Luxembourg has been ranked the 16th best country out of 125 states for contributing to the common good of humanity.
According to the newly created Good-country Index based on data from the UN and other international organisations, Luxembourg was a strong contributor for the greater good but it could do better.
The ranking, which assessed all countries on their efforts abroad according to seven themes, esteemed Luxembourg highly for its contributions to worldwide culture (10th), planet and climate (12th) health and well-being (13th) and prosperity and equality and world order (both at 19th place). However, Luxembourg was let down in its ranking for International Peace and Security where it occupied 101st place.
The result may seem surprising given the Grand Duchy's recent activity in welcoming Syrian refugees and its efforts to promote peace. However, the poor ranking can be explained by the country's diminutive size and small number of international peacekeepers. It was also let down in the area of science and technology because of a lack of Nobel prizes and international science publications.
Index top spot was awarded to Ireland for general prosperity and equality, followed by Finland, Switzerland, the Netherlands and New Zealand. The UK was in 7th place, Belgium 10th, France 11th and Germany 13th.


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Check Out The New Kia Optima Plug-In Hybrid - Review Video
Jan 19, 2017 at 12:00pm ET
By: Mark Kane
An interesting, and somewhat rare review of the new Kia Optima Plug-In Hybrid has been filed by Car Keys UK.
Overall, the Korean plug-in is considered a good choice for all those intending to cover distances within its all-electric range; especially considering its reasonable pricing.
In Europe, the Optima plug-in is rated for 54 km/33 miles of all-electric range, but in reality, around a 47 km/29 mile range (as tested via the US/EPA metric) is a more realistic number.
The Kia Optima PHV is a sister-vehicle to the Hyundai Sonata PHV, with the Kia arriving in the US in the next few weeks (reportedly) after missing its December's arrival date.
Says Car Keys UK:
"Kia has been spreading its wings in the UK market significantly in the last five years or so, and hybrid power is one of its latest endeavours.
First with its Niro SUV and now with its already established Optima saloon, Kia aims to tackle German rivals like Volkswagen and hybrid kingpins like Lexus.
But Kia is a newcomer to the UK hybrid market – has it got what it takes?
In this review, we take an in-depth look at the interior of the Kia Optima Plug In Hybrid including its boot size, dashboard and back seats. We then run through performance, price and finish up with the all-important verdict - is the Kia Optima Plug In Hybrid a good car?"
Inside the Kia Optima Plug-In Hybrid
Quick specs:
9.8 kWh battery and 27 miles expected EPA range (54 km / 33 miles NEDC)
0-60 mph in 9.1 seconds
50 kW electric motor and 2.0-liter "Nu" four-cylinder GDI (Gasoline Direct Injection) engine, mated to a six-speed automatic transmission, power output is targeted for a class-leading 154 hp @ 6,000 rpm
estimated 600 miles of total driving range
Full charge in less-than 3 hours via a 240V (Level 2) charger
segment's lowest coefficient of drag, tied with the Tesla Model S at 0.25 Cd


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Friend(chips)
I did it. I survived a girls weekend at the Chesapeake Bay with nine of my girlfriends that I have loved, laughed and cried with, for over 30 years (that 30 was not a typo which is truly unbelievable to me). And yes, "survived" is not an exaggeration. Immediately upon arrival, before all my bags (yes, 48 hours requires more than just one bag) were out of the car, a "beverage" was thrust into my hand. Heaven forbid, my hand be empty for fear of that old high school name (think another word for "cat") being bestowed upon the empty handed one and echoed across the water for other families, (who immediately hated our arrival as we are a very, very loud group of women) to hear. Clearly, I did not want to be called a "cat" or some other equally derogatory word for someone who only drinks soda, so I did what any other high school girl would have done, I went along with the crowd.
Just like high school, sometimes you pay the price for being a follower or a crowd pleaser. My fear of high school name calling lead me to lie awake most of the night with a headache that had me Googling, "symptoms of aneurysm" at 4AM. As I lie in bed wondering who was sober enough to drive me to the hospital and who would actually believe me that this time, the hypochondriac really was in peril and on the verge of dying...again, I took a moment out of my near hysteria and lie in bed smiling at the memories of the night before. More fabulous, hysterical, laughing until you pee yourself (we are all over 40) memories, to add to the collective memories of the past 30 years. With a contented smile on my face and the glimmer of hope that perhaps the headache stemmed from the red wine (very, very, good red wine) and not an aneurysm, I decided that if I was going to go (again), that going while surrounded by my lifelong girlfriends in a beautiful home overlooking the Chesapeake Bay, wasn't a bad way to go. Being the sick, twisted friends that we are, I knew that come morning, my girlfriends would have been initially horrified had they found me "gone", but after they recovered, I felt quite certain I would have donned a hat and sunglasses and been dragged to the bar later and propped up in the corner a la "Weekend at Bernie's" style.
Obviously, since I am typing this, I survived the night (again) only to be greeted with the smell of coffee (gag) and the sounds of trying to be quiet giggles as everyone relived the night before. I awoke with my head still pounding, but somewhat better, so I ruled out aneurysm and was greeted by my dear friends with rude comments of my all too obvious sleepless night (we have been known to have an "Ugly Wall" of old 80's photos with bad outfits and bad hair, and sadly, I have graced the wall...repeatedly). And although my "Weekend at Bernie's" remark may have seemed a bit off the cuff, I wasn't too far off the mark. I told my friends how I was convinced my wine induced aneurysm was going to blow in the middle of the night, which lead to a very detailed discussion of how my "friends" would have disposed of my body. Such concern over where they would find a rock big enough to tie to my ankle ("She's skinny, doesn't need to be too big."), or how they would get the boat out of the garage and back into the water without others becoming suspicious, but more importantly, was there enough beer and wine left from the night before to take on the boat to celebrate my cast off? They reassured me that they have NEVER discussed or considered anything like this before and of course, being lifelong friends, I believed them. Yep, they are those kind of friends. The friends who hold you up when life gets you down, prop you up when you can no longer stand on your own and dump you over the side of a boat with an amazing toast and a great party. I can't imagine going through life without them.
It really was a great weekend, and, I have to be AWEnest, there were several times, I looked around that room and thought how fortunate I have been to have such wonderful, beautiful friends in my life (even after I realized I wasn't dying...at least not at that particular moment). Friends who have been there for me for some of the best and worst moments of my life. Friends who know my fears and abuse me about them, but, who also love (I think) and accept me and all my craziness. In addition to my childhood friends, I have been equally blessed with lifelong friends that I met in adulthood. Friends that have supported me, loved me and also abused me (I really do bring much of it on myself) while traveling life's "grown up" journey. With such deep and heartfelt gratitude for these friendships, it's no wonder I had plenty of moments that weekend that I thought, with an intense, gut wrenching heartache, "How can Ryan go through life without friends?" Who will prop him up in the corner when he can't stand on his own? Who will make fun of all his quirks, anxieties and tics, but accept him and love him not in spite of them, but because of them? And just like stepping into a time machine, Denial was next to me again.
As I gazed around the room, in a wine induced head throbbing state, I thought to myself, "Ryan has learned to read, to write, to communicate, to love, and to laugh, so he can learn to be a friend, I just know it." Every obstacle that life has thrown Ryan's way, he has overcome....in time. Finding lifelong friends is just one more hurdle he has to jump, and he too, will have wild weekend parties with nine of his closest friends! In the back of my mind, I heard a little voice that sounded remarkably like Ryan's say, "Not having friends doesn't make me sad at all.", and with the help of Denial, I quickly jumped off the couch for an ice cold Diet Coke, grabbed my pounding, glad to be alive, head, and ignored that all too familiar voice. After all, Ryan has had a friend or two....sort of, so, he just needs to understand the importance of fostering a friendship and he will totally see what he has been missing.
Although Denial jumped in the backseat and followed me home from my girls weekend, that Ryan-like voice kept getting louder and assuring me that Ryan was happy and content without friends constantly by his side. Other voices of my past began creeping in too, with phrases like, "Chances are Ryan will never shout, 'Woohoo, I love friends'." and "Friendships won't come easily to Ryan." and the loudest voice of all, "I PREFER BEING BY MYSELF". Humph...stupid Denial....stupid voices...stupid autism. I decided to give my over worked, over tired, over partied brain a rest and not think about this friend business until later. Little did I know, "later" would be in less than 24 hours.
The day after I decided to throw Denial back in the time machine, where she clearly belonged, the friendship issue hit home...hard. Ryan was meeting with his AWEsome speech teacher, Mrs. P and they were discussing some of the social aspects of middle school like, working in small groups, lunch time, walking in the halls, etc. Ryan admitted to Mrs. P that no one says hi to him in the hallways at school and that although he sits with "friends" at lunch, there isn't a whole lot of "socializing" going on. Mrs P told Ryan that was ok, and that although some people don't mind being alone, other people would feel very "lonely" without friends. Well, that was when the damn burst...all out uncontorllable sobbing and there was no getting Ryan back at that point.
As Mrs. P filled me in, I gathered all my strength to hold back my own flood of tears. My boy feeling lonely made me feel incredibly helpless. If Ryan were hungry, I would get him a Jello Pudding. If Ryan were cold, I would fetch his Mario blanket. If Ryan were sad, I would console him with a "squeezy tight". I didn't know how to make Ryan feel less lonely in school. How to make him have friends. Mrs. P and I discussed how hard it is to decipher if the tears were a result of Ryan really feeling lonely or if the idea of the word lonely caused his tears. Maybe Ryan wants friends, but since understanding friendships and the social nuances and conversation that goes along with having friends, makes being alone much easier. I told Mrs. P, I would try and get something out of Ryan at home, which I knew would be almost as easy as asking him to remove a wasp's nest from the back porch for me.
Hours later, as I approached Ryan's bedroom door, I longed for some of my girlfriend's good red wine from the weekend to sort of dull my frazzled edges. I had hoped that a good solid hour of Pikmin 3 would have Ryan in his happy place and that he would respond to my questions. I asked Ryan, why he got upset today. "I dunno." I asked Ryan if talking about friendship upset him. "I dunno." I asked if it's hard to talk to friends. "I dunno....sometimes." Then I said, ok Bud, I'm not going to "beat around the bush". "What are you talking about Mom? There is no bush in here! You must be losing your mind!" Sigh. Then I just blurted it out, "Ryan, do you want to have friends?" Pause. And then, what I believe was a true, heartfelt response, not an "I will tell you whatever you want to hear to get you out of my room response". Ryan actually looked me in the eye and said, "Yes. One." One friend. Not nine, not twenty, not three. One. Ryan assured me he had one friend and didn't need or want anymore. That it's too hard to remember how to talk to the one friend by asking his likes and dislikes and trying to remember what those likes and dislikes are and that having more friends would, "hurt my brain." Once again, I was in AWE...of his understanding, his clarity and most importantly, his happiness. Not MY happiness....HIS.
When Clueless and I were still in cahoots, I once believed the fallacy about autism, the notion that kids with an ASD, don't have emotions or feel sympathy or empathy. It's true that some kids with an ASD have a harder time expressing their emotions in a way that exemplifies that they have sympathy or empathy or care for others as much as they care about themselves. When the world is so loud, so scary and so big, it's hard for these kids to do anything, but fight for their own survival, which may "look" like lack of empathy, lack of emotions, or lack of understanding. I have no doubt that Ryan "feels". In fact, the intensity of his feelings are so severe that a little bump on the knee is a hair raising scream of "I'm dying!" (I have no idea where such histrionics comes from) and a slighlty touching moment on television can evoke stifled sobs. This sensitivity, and at times perceived insensitivity, makes friendship difficult for Ryan, but not impossible.
So, whether Ryan's breakdown with Mrs. P was truly about not having friends and feeling lonely, or if it was just the understanding of what lonely is and the power and depth of that word evoking such an emotion in him, is hard to say. I don't know if I will ever fully know or understand. There are many mysteries of autism I will never comprehend, but the choice to not have or be a friend, is by far the most difficult one for me to swallow. One thing is for certain. Ryan knows what he wants, what he needs and what he can and can't handle. One friend playing Pikmin 3 with him is his desire for today, not a weekend away with a bunch of cackling, loud, abusive friends who plot how to dispose of your body (It's hard to believe it's what I wanted?). Only Ryan can decide the importance, if any, friendships will play in his life. Mrs. P can give Ryan the tools to learn how to make and be a friend, and as his mom, I can give him the opportunity to foster friendships through play dates, activities, etc, but Ryan has to want to have and be a friend.
And even though, my mantra for the past several years has been, "What makes me happy, doesn't necessarily make Ryan happy." (repeat 10,000 times), sometimes I forget, especially when my happiness comes in the form of friendships that make me feel complete. I mean, how can Ryan miss something he has never really had? After so many years of battling Clueless and Denial and opting instead to hang and chill with Acceptance, I have to be AWEnest when I say, it still makes me sad that Ryan was not given the friend "chip". I recognize that there are so many other things in Ryan's life that make him happy and feel fulfilled and I truly love his extraordinary AWEsomeness, but, this difference, although something I can accept, is just something I will never fully understand, and that's ok. Just as incomprehensible as it is for me to not possess the friend "chip", Ryan is equally baffled by me missing the music "chip". I swear if my girlfriends don't tie a rock to my ankle and toss me over a boat one day, Ryan may snap when he no longer can stand to hear me sing one more Adele song out of tune. One thing's for sure, if that happens chances are good Ryan will get away with it. Unless there is a WiiU on the boat with Pikmin 3, I'm betting Ryan will be alone, so there will be no witnesses and no one to blackmail him later. Something to be said for standing on your own and not following the crowd.
It only takes one.


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2021 Proposal Seminar
WCRESST II Proposal Seminar will be held virtually on February 5th, 10 am to Noon. This year the Proposal Seminar will be divided in two sessions:
Proposal Writing Session: 10 am to 11 am - A panel comprised of experienced CRESST II scientists and CRESST II sponsors will answer your questions on the art of writing proposals. Our panelists have extensive experience in writing successful proposals and have served on proposal review panels. Bring your questions to ask them.
Proposal Submission Session: 11 am to Noon – A presentation and Q&A on administrative and financial processes involved in writing and submitting proposals. This will include discussions on procedures and requirements from GSFC, and from CRESST II institutions, followed by breakout sessions. CRESST II Institution representatives will lead the break-out sessions and will be able to answer any institution specific questions you may have.
CRESST II Brain Break Series
We at CRESST Central are extremely excited to announce our "CRESST II Brain Break" series. The series will be held on Microsoft Teams and will serve as a fun, social event for all to attend! Our different CRESST partners will compete in teams in a variety of games including Family Feud, Jeopardy and more. The games will be played in a bracket style with the final winner receiving bragging rights throughout CRESST!
Following January 2021, the subsequent events will take place on the second Friday of every month from 3pm-4pm. If at any time you feel you may need a "Brain Break" in between our monthly events, CRESST Central would be more than happy to set up ad hoc sessions.
We are looking to create Brain Break teams to participate in our future events! Teams can be as small as one and as large as (preferably) six. If you are interested in creating a team, joining a team, or competing individually please fill out this Google Form.
The official Brain Break events began in January 2021. A kick off to our new series was hosted on Monday, December 14th, 2020.
CRESST II Retreat: December 04, 2020
The Annual CRESST II Retreat was held on Friday, December 4th from 11:00 am - 4:00 pm. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the CRESST II Retreat was held virtually, via the WebEx platform. The event began at 11:00 am with a welcome from CRESST II Director, Lee Mundy, followed by a keynote talk titled "Venus: the ExoPlanet Next Door and our Gateway to the Solar System" by our keynote speaker, Dr. James Garvin (NASA/GSFC). The rest of the day was filled with many CRESST II scientists giving talks and/or poster presentations. Topics ranged from augmented reality application, the Roman Space Telescope Coronagraph Instrument and much more! This year there was a total of six talks and three poster presentations. These presentations and talks gave insight into the incredible work happening by our CRESST II scientists and facilitated potential opportunities for collaboration between scientists. Following the main event, scientists attended breakout sessions for their respective home institutions. Thank you to all who participated, and we look forward to the next Retreat in 2021.
2020 Undergraduate Interaction Day
CRESST II will be hosting a virtual Undergrad Interaction Day on Friday, November 13th along with NASA scientists within the Sciences and Exploration Directorate at Goddard Space Flight Center. Students from eighteen CRESST II-affiliated universities will be invited to attend the event which will include overview presentations from NASA leadership about the work happening in the Directorate as well as project-specific presentations from 16 scientists in the NASA/GSFC Astrophysics Science and Solar System Exploration Divisions. This event will allow students to learn more about the research happening at NASA and talk directly to NASA scientists about their work, career path, and education. We look forward to having a great event.
2020 Agency Honor Awards
Congratulations to Katja Pottschmidt for receving Exceptional Public Achievement Medal (EPAM) and to Francis Reddy for receiving Exceptional Public Service Medal (EPSM).
CRESST II PY3 Highlights
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) was launched April 18, 2018 and will be two years old on April 18, 2020. TESS has been extremely successful, discovering over 1,800 candidate exoplanets and counting. The mission has been renewed for an additional two years until September 2022. CRESST II scientist Dr. Thomas Barclay is leading the TESS Science Support Center at GSFC. The Science Support Center is the community's interface to the TESS data and science. Dr. Barclay won an Astrophysics Scient Division Peer Award for his leadership of the TESS Center.
The joint NASA and JAXA X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) is developing rapidly with a target launch date of 2021. CRESST II scientist Dr. Yang Soong played a major role in the construction, delivery, and testing of the collector mirrors for XRISM. There are unique, high-precision x-ray mirrors that collect and focus x-rays for delivery to the instruments. The mirrors are now in final testing for integration into the overall system.
The Neutron Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) instrument was installed on the International Space Station (ISS) in June 2017. It has been observing x-ray light curves of neutron stars for nearly three years to learn the size and structure of neutron stars. Recently, NICER produced the first ever surface map of a pulsar (a rotating neutron star). The NICER team was awarded the ISS Compelling Results Award by the American Astronautical Society for their creative and remarkable research results. The NICER team also received the GSFC Team Award for their scientific accomplishments. The recognized members of the NICER team include CRESST II scientists Drs. Steve Sturner, Elizabeth Ferrara, Michael Corcoran, Kenji Hamaguchi, Mike Loewenstein, Katja Pottschmidt, and Petrus Bult.
CRESST II member Ms. Jeanette Alexandra Kazmierczak won an Astrophysics Science Division Peer Award for constantly seeking new projects and challenges as the junior science write on the Goddard Astrophysics Communications Team. Ms. Kazmierczak, as well as CRESST II members Dr. Barbara Mattson, Ms. Sara Mitchell, Ms. Sarah Eyermann and Mr. Francis Reddy, were also highlighted at SFDC for their supermassive black hole animation which attracted over 2.3 million views and 475,000 likes on Instagram. This was a component of a very successful "Black Hole Week" the group led as a NASA agency-wide effort.
CRESST II Retreat Highlights - November 2019
The 2019 CRESST II Retreat was held on Friday, November 22 at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). CRESST II scientists gathered for an all-day event that began with a keynote presentation from the Deputy Senior Project Scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope, Jonathan Gardner. The day was filled with other talks from CRESST II scientists on topics ranging from the stellar flare views from NICER, results from CALET currently on the International Space Station, and high energy emissions from gamma-ray bursts. During breaks in the day, twenty CRESST II scientists presented two-minute poster summaries to their peers. These short presentations helped give a broader view of the work happening within the CRESST II Program at NASA/GSFC and helped spark possible collaborations between scientists. Thank you to all who participated, and we look forward to the next Retreat in 2020.
Marc Neveu presenting his poster on the geophysical and geochemical controls on abiotic carbon cycling on Earth-like planets.
Jonathan Gardner discussing the status of the James Webb Space Telescope launch.
Mehdi Benna describing the discovery of water releases at the moon by meteoroid impacts.
Chris Shrader pointing to his poster which details the low-luminosity core dominated radio galaxies and the extragalactic gamma-ray background.
Yasmina Martos-Martin speaks about Jupiter's magnetic field and source location of decameter radiation observed by Juno.
Awards and Recognitions - Summer 2019
Congratulations to Dr. Mike Lowenstein and Dr. Yang Soong for receiving 2019 NASA Agency Honor Award - Group Achievement, for the NICER Instrument Development Team. Group achievement award is given to individuals for an outstanding group accomplishment that has contributed substantially to NASA's mission.
Congratulations to Dr. Jacob Richardson for receiving Solar System Exploration Division 2019 Peer Award, for the scientific connections he enables across the Division, the reliability he brings to his team while in the filed, and his exceptional ability to engage with the public at outreach events.
Congratulations to Ms. Jeanette Kazmierczak for receiving Astrophysics Science Division 2019 Peer Award, for constantly seeking new projects and challenges as the junior science writer for the Goddard Astrophysics Communications team.
Congratulations to Dr. Thomas Barclay for receiving Astrophysics Science Division 2019 Peer Award, for supporting TESS and WFIRST missions on behalf of the Agency at the 2019 American Astrophysical Society meeting.
Science Highlights - Winter 2018-2019
Congratulations to Dr. Jordan Kendall! He attended the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group (LEAG) in November 2018. At the LEAG meeting, Dr. Kendall received the Dr. Bernard Ray Hawke Next Lunar Generation Career Development Award.
The CRESST II ASD communication team (Dr. Jeanette Kazmierczak, Dr. Barbara Mattson, Dr. Sarah Eyermann, Dr. Sara Mitchell and Mr. Francis Reddy ) provided a NASA Instagram posting showing a supermassive black hole visualization. The animation had over 2.3 million views, 475,000 likes, and 4,000 comments.
The annual CRESST II Retreat was held on Friday, November 16, 2018. Over 50 CRESST II scientists met at the University of Maryland - Baltimore County to exchange information on the variety of CRESST-affiliated projects taking places at Goddard. CRESST scientists gave eleven presentation and displayed sixteen posters on topics including the geophysical consequences for scattered terrestrial exoplanets, exploration of lava tubes in California, and insights into the modeling of the Apollo 17 lunar landing site. The retreat allowed each scientist to reconnect with past colleagues or meet new ones, and to leave with a greater understanding of the breadth of projects occurring within the CRESST Program. Thank you to all who participated, and we look forward to seeing everyone at the 2019 CRESST Retreat.
Shawn Domagal-Goldman describing his research on exoplanet science with space-based observatories.
Nicole Whelley displaying her poster on the work of the Goddard Instrument Field Team (GIFT).
Dina Bower explaining her work on the versatility of Raman spectroscopy for planetary science.
Wade Henning presenting is work on the geophysical consequences for scattered terrestrial exoplanets.
Science Highlights - Summer, 2018
The GSFC/ASD Communications Team received a Special Act - Team award "For outstanding support fo Astrophysics Science Division communications," dated August 1, 2018. The CRESST II team members include Frank Reddy, Sara Mitchell, Jeanette Kazmierczak, and Barbara Mattson..
CRESST II scientist Dr. Wade G. Henning was a recipient of one of three Early Career Public Achievement Medals granted GSFC. The award was for outstanding and significant early career contributions toward understanding terrestrial exoplanet interiors.
CRESST II scientists Dr. Eleonora Troja and Dr. Elizabeth Ferrara received awards for their accomplishments from the UMD Astronomy Department. Dr. Troja received the Early Career Research Scientist Prize for Excellence. Dr. Ferrara received the Distinguished Research Scientist Prize.
CRESST II scientist Dr. Kenji Hamaguchi was lead author on a paper establishing that collision of strong stellar winds in the massive binary systems from eta Carina produce high-energy cosmic rays through Fermi acceleration at the shock interface. This is an example of a specific source producing cosmic rays. (See image and caption on CRESST II home page photo carousel).
New Opportunities - Winter 2017-18
There are two new position openings. Details are on the CRESST II website, and links are provided in the summaries below. As new openings arise, we will continue to post them on the Opportunities portion of the website, and also point to them in subsequent News posts.
Howard University, one of the CRESST II partner universities, is now advertising for a tenure track position in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. This position would involve teaching, research related to astronomy, astrophysics, and/or physics and also in helping to build positive research and education connections between Howard and NASA/GSFC.
Jeremy Perkins, in the Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics, is advertising for a CRESST II post doctoral position to work on BurstCube, a CubeSat to detect astrophysical counterparts to GW signals as well as other gamma-ray transients.
Science Highlights - Fall 2017
Dr. Eleonora Troja led the discovery of X-ray emission from the gravitational-wave event GW170817. This is the first gravitational-wave event with an identified electromagnetic counterpart. Dr Troja was involved in extensive multiwavelength monitoring campaigns. The results were published in a Nature article: Troja, E. et al. Nature 551, 71–74 (2017). Dr. Troja was featured in an NSF Press Conference on October 16, 2017. Here is an image associated with the published article.
CRESST II scientist Dr. Wade Henning received major press recognition for his work on "An orbital dance may help preserve oceans on icy worlds." The paper argues that tidal interactions can provide heat input to support subsurface oceans on otherwise cold and inert icy objects in the trans-Neptunian region. Such interactions could extend the range of environments where life could develop and persist.
Awards and Recognition - Fall 2017
Jacob Slutzky, as a member of the ST7 Operations Team, received a NASA Group Achievement award, "For the successful operations of the Space Technology 7 (ST7), meeting all mission success criteria." This is a part of the LISA Pathfinder, and he was also recognized for this success as part of the European Operations Team.
Science Highlights - Summer 2017
Neutron Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) Launched on June 3 headed for Space Station
Dragon capsule "captured" June 5; NICER extraction scheduled for June 11 and power up for June 14
Cubesat UV Experiment (CUVE) selected for a Deep Space SmallSat study.
CUVE (PI Valeria Cottini) will study the Venus atmosphere at UV wavelengths to:
Determine the nature of the "unknown" UV absorber
Measure SO2 and SO distributions
Study atmospheric dynamics
Study nightglow emissions
Awards and Recognition - Summer 2017
The CubeSat UV Experiment: "Unveil Venus' UV absorber with CubeSat UV Mapper Spectrometer (CUVE)" was selected for study by the Planetary Science Deep Space SmallSat Studies Program. For this and related work, Dr. Valeria Cottini, the PI of CUVE, was the recipient of the UMD Astronomy Department Early Career Research Scientist Prize for Excellence.
Diana Cheatham: Successfully defended PhD. on Accreting Pulsars. Tested newly implemented models and provided the first direct connection between physical parameters of the accretion process in rotating neutron stars.
Awards and Recognition - Spring 2017
Giuseppe Cataldo: Agency Honor Award "For exceptional insight and tireless efforts to bring advanced mathematical methods to the correlation of thermal models for the James Webb Space Telescope."
Thomas Barclay: NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal: "For effective and innovative leadership of the Kepler/K2 Guest Observer Program, which has opened the mission up from a search for new worlds to the study of stellar systems and galaxies."


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Suspicion of Misrepresentation of Time Worked: Damages Awarded Member of Works Council for Covert Observation
Dr. Hagen Strippelmann
[Cologne, ] If, for example, an employer suspects an employee of calling in sick to simply take time off or suspects that a member of a works council is not devoting working hours to activities called for under co-determination law as agreed, the only practical way to investigate this suspicion is often to hire a private detective. However, any decision to engage a private detective to observe an employee must be weighed carefully, as is shown by a recent judgment of the Rhineland-Palatinate Higher Labour Court of 27 April 2017 (Ref.: 5 Sa 449/16).
The plaintiff, who was the chairman of both an individual and a general works council, but not officially released from his work duties, represented to the defendant, his employer, that his activities on behalf of the works council took up so much time that he should be completely released from his work duties in order to be able to properly carry out his activities for the works council. As a result, he refused to perform any of his normal work. However, the defendant suspected that the plaintiff was actually involved in other employment during the time reserved for works council activities and therefore had the defendant observed by several private detectives during regular working hours for a total of 20 days. The plaintiff was anonymously informed of the observation. He felt that his general right of personality had been breached by the covert observation and brought an action for payment of damages.
The Kaiserslautern Labour Court dismissed the action, reasoning that the private sphere of the employee had not been affected since the observation had taken place only during the plaintiff's working hours. In addition, the court argued that the detective agency did not make any film or video recordings, which the plaintiff, however, disputed. The Higher Labour Court did not follow the argument of the Labour Court and awarded the plaintiff damages in the amount of EUR 10,000.
According to the Higher Labour Court, observation of the plaintiff for a period of 20 working days by several detectives at the same time without any concrete reason to suspect improper use of time during working hours already constituted a serious breach of the right of personality. The court added that this is supported in particular by the legal assessment of § 163f of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Strafprozessordnung – StPO), according to which covert observation by criminal prosecution authorities over a longer period must be approved by a judge even if there is sufficient concrete evidence of serious wrongdoing.
To avoid claims for damages, any employer who contemplates covert observation of an employee due to suspicion of illegal activity or other serious breach of duty will regularly be well advised to make sure – even if no plans exist to collect film or photographic evidence – that such suspicion is based on concrete evidence.
The judgment of the Rhineland-Palatinate Higher Labour Court is especially important in terms of the impact it can have in practice due to the fact that the damages awarded the plaintiff by the court were relatively high. In a judgment of 19 February 2015 (Ref.: 8 AZR 1007/13), the Federal Labour Court considered damages in the amount of EUR 1,000 appropriate although the plaintiff in that case was filmed and photographed over a period of four days both during and outside working hours. This shows that the labour courts have significant discretionary authority when it comes to awarding damages.
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The focus is on the process rather than on the end product. Motivation and comfort levels have a remarkable effect on learning. Programming exercises given to the student are both motivational as well as catered to the comfort level of the individual student.
A student does not just learn programming. He learns to apply problem solving skills to solve problems.
So how do we apply the process?
The student moves through three stages. He sees an expert modeling a solution in front of him. The expert who is also the faculty, thinks aloud all the time, as he explains the structure he uses and why he has used that structure. Every decision taken by the expert is talked about and merits of that explained and understood.
The student then moves to the second stage where the student does the task and the expert holds his hand. This stage is also popularly called 'The Scaffolding Stage'. The student discovers solutions to problems with his own problem solving skills. The instructor will help the student if he is unable to find the solution and/or is able to find a solution, but a better solution exists. Learning is most effective when a student is given just enough information that is enough to boost the students' ability to finish the task. When the student starts to master the task by himself, the scaffolding is slowly dismantled.
Educationists call for apprenticeship-type mentoring to the software industry as well, where the recently graduated apprentices would work in a software project context with constant interactive guidance by journeymen and masters.