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Homeschooling with TechnologyWhy Scratch is the Perfect First Programming Language to learn326: Why Scratch is the Perfect First Programming Language to Learn
In this episode, host Meryl van der Merwe is joined by returning guest Matthew Jurison, a homeschool teen. Together, they explore why Scratch is an ideal language for beginners learning to code.
What You’ll Learn:
How Scratch compares to text-based languages like JavaScript and Python
Why Scratch’s drag-and-drop interface is approachable for all ages
Matthew’s journey learning programming—from JavaScript to Scratch to Unreal Engine
The benefits of learning through a structured class vs...2025-06-0417 min
Emmanuel Reformed ChurchThe LORD is My Shepard (Part 1)1. I Shall Not Want (vv. 1-3)2025-01-2642 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchThe LORD Is My Shepard (Part 2)2. I Will Fear No Evil (v. 4)
3. I Shall Dwell In The House Of the Lord Forever (vv. 5-6)2025-01-2637 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchThe Name of the Lord1. What God Forbids
2. What God Commands
3. What About Oaths2025-01-1929 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchFar Above All Rule, Authority, Power, and Dominion1. The Release
2. The Reaction2025-01-1929 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchIn The Father's Family, This is Who You Are1. Little Children of the Father
2. Fathers and Mothers in Faith
3. Young Men and Women in Battle2025-01-1225 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchThe Gospel of the Hand of God1. Everything in God's Hand
2. Everything from God's Hand
3. Everyone takes God's Hand2025-01-1228 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchMaster and Commander1. The Storm
2. The Questions2025-01-0527 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchA Picture is Not Always Worth a Thousand Words1. Make No Image of God
2. Worship God as He Commanded2025-01-0527 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchThrough David, God Exhorts Us to Put All Our Trust in Christ1. David Describes Christ's Execution for Us
2. David Speaks of Christ's Unwavering Faith2024-12-2946 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchThe Triune God Comforts Us Through a Three-Fold Knowledge1. The Knowledge of Sin and Misery
2. The Knowledge of Our Deliverance
3. The Knowledge of Our Thankfulness2024-12-2944 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchHe's Here!1. Born In A Manger
2. Born For Glory2024-12-2528 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchThe Son/Sun Is Almost Here!1. Zechariah Names His Son
2. Zechariah Prophesies2024-12-2230 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchIdolatry is Adultery2024-12-2233 min
The Zoologists' CampfireMatthew Rowe on his close encounters with snakes, scorpions, and a brazen baboon called WimpyBehavioral ecologist Professor Matthew Rowe of the University of Oklahoma shares many stories of close animal encounters, serendipitous findings, and his love for biology.For more information on his work:https://rowelab.oucreate.com/Follow Matt on ResearchGate:https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Matthew-Rowe-12View the video of this episode here: https://youtu.be/6QV93RWoAM42024-12-201h 01Emmanuel Reformed ChurchMiracle Mothers Meet1. Mary Magnified
2. Mary's Magnificat2024-12-1532 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchGenuine Repentance1. Dying
2. Living2024-12-1532 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchWhy Should You Do Good Works2024-12-0833 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchThe Coming Son1. The Announcement
2. The Answer2024-12-0834 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchThe Coming Sun1. The Righteous
2. The Rendezvous
3. The Rebuke & Reassurance2024-12-0130 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchThe Keys of the Kingdom1. Preaching
2. Christian Discipline2024-12-0134 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchJesus' Love and Lament2024-11-2429 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchKept2024-11-2442 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchContentment: Part 12024-11-2341 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchContentment: Part 2 and Q&A2024-11-2346 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchThe Aroma of a Christian Home2024-11-221h 05Emmanuel Reformed ChurchKeep Your Eyes on Your Ears2024-11-1727 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchWho Should Come?2024-11-1729 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchThe Real Presence of Christ?2024-11-1031 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchSeed and Soils2024-11-1030 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchThe Holy Supper1. How Does it Remind and Assure?
2. What Does it Mean to Eat and Drink?2024-11-0324 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchHow Much Do You Love2024-11-0330 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchWhat Faith Says2024-10-2728 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchFree From Shame2024-10-2734 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchThe Case for Infant Baptism2024-10-2029 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchGod's People1. Radical Identity
2. Radical Lives2024-10-2030 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchAn Apostolic Prayer1. Joyful Thanksgiving
2. Heartfelt Petition2024-10-1335 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchHoly Baptism2024-10-1330 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchWhat Did You Expect2024-10-0631 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchThe Means of Grace1. Preaching
2. Sacraments2024-10-0626 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchThe Almighty God is My Faithful FatherThis Confession:
1. Is Rooted in Christ
2. Gives Reason for Confidence
3. Contains Great Comfort2024-09-2937 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchPeter Warns the Church About the False Teachers and Their Teaching1. He Explains the Nature of Their Teaching
2. He Reveals the Results of Their Teaching
3. He Exposes the Motivation Behind Their Teaching2024-09-2937 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchDead Man Talking2024-09-2234 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchWhat About Good Works?2024-09-2231 min
Tijdboek LuMensHeilige Geometrie, taal van de Creatiebron | LuMens #317 Iris Huizing, onderzoeker en intuïtief coachLuMens - Seizoen 3: Het verschijnende pad
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LuMens #317 Iris Huizing, onderzoeker en intuïtief coach
Podcast seizoen 3, aflevering 17 (S03E17)
Heilige Geometrie, taal van de Cre...2024-09-191h 44Emmanuel Reformed ChurchRighteous Before God2024-09-1535 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchA Marvel of Faith1. A Worthy Man
2. An Unworthy Man
3. A Man of Faith2024-09-1532 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchOur Future Comfort1. Bodily Resurrection
2. Life Everlasting2024-09-0829 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchThree Parables1. Follow the Leader
2. Trees and Their Fruit
3. A Good Foundation2024-09-0833 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchRadical Love2024-09-0132 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchOne Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church2024-09-0131 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchI Believe in the Holy Spirit1. Who is Eternal God
2. Who is Given to Me2024-08-2533 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchBlessings and Woes2024-08-2536 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchHeaven's Hallelujah Chorus1. Singing at the Funeral of Babylon
2. Singing at the Wedding Feast of the Lamb2024-08-1836 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchThe Fall of Babylon the Great1. The Certainty
2. The Exhortation
3. The Lament
4. The Finality2024-08-1845 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchWhy Believing Parents Baptize Their Children1. Biblical Background
2. Biblical Basis
3. Biblical Benefits2024-08-1142 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchThe LORD God Sets Before You Life and Death, Blessing and Curse1. Choose Life That You May Live (v. 19)
2. The LORD is Your Life and Length of Days (v. 20)2024-08-1136 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchThe God Who Answers Prayers1. The Lord is Robbed of His Praise
2. The Acceptance of a Broken Repentance2024-08-0439 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchChrist Exalted1. The Session of Christ
2. The Second Coming of Christ2024-08-0433 minEmmanuel Reformed ChurchThrough David, God Exhorts Us To Persevere Even When The World Derides Us1. David Is Scorned By His Enemies
2. David Recalls God's Providential Faithfulness2024-07-2847 min
Emmanuel Reformed ChurchRev Matthew Van der Woerd ordination2024-02-1528 min
Emmanuel Reformed ChurchRev Matthew Vander Woerd ordination2024-02-1532 min
Emmanuel Reformed ChurchRev Matthew Van der Woerd ordination2024-02-1527 min
Emmanuel Reformed ChurchRev Matthew Van der Woerd ordination2024-02-1531 min
De zorgouderschap podcast6. Levend verlies (deel 2) - met Judith van der SpankIn deze aflevering praat ik opnieuw met Judith van der Spank over levend verlies bij zorgouders. We zoomen vooral in op helpende factoren deze keer. We leggen ook de brug naar de omgeving hierbij en bieden concrete handvatten.
Hier alvast de gegevens van de boeken waarnaar verwezen wordt:
“Als verdriet op bezoek komt” - door Eva Eland
“Black dog” - door Matthew Johnstone (vertaald door Yves Peeters)
Daarnaast is er ook een hoofdstuk over levend verlies beschreven door Manu Keirse in zijn boek “Helpen bij verlies en verdriet - Een gids voor het gez...2023-09-1644 min
Future Matters#8: Bing Chat, AI labs on safety, and pausing Future MattersFuture Matters is a newsletter about longtermism and existential risk by Matthew van der Merwe and Pablo Stafforini. Each month we curate and summarize relevant research and news from the community, and feature a conversation with a prominent researcher. You can also subscribe on Substack, read on the EA Forum and follow on Twitter. Future Matters is also available in Spanish.
00:00 Welcome to Future Matters.
00:44 A message to our readers.
01:09 All things Bing.
05:27 Summaries.
14:20 News.
16:10 Opportunities.
17:19 Audio & video.
18:16 Newsletters.
18:50 Conversation with Tom Davidson.
19:13 The importance of understanding and forecasting AI takeoff dynamics.
21:55 Start and end points of...2023-03-2141 minFuture Matters#7: AI timelines, AI skepticism, and lock-inFuture Matters is a newsletter about longtermism and existential risk by Matthew van der Merwe and Pablo Stafforini. Each month we curate and summarize relevant research and news from the community, and feature a conversation with a prominent researcher. You can also subscribe on Substack, read on the EA Forum and follow on Twitter. Future Matters is also available in Spanish.
00:00 Welcome to Future Matters.
00:57 Davidson — What a compute-centric framework says about AI takeoff speeds.
02:19 Chow, Halperin & Mazlish — AGI and the EMH.
02:58 Hatfield-Dodds — Concrete reasons for hope about AI.
03:37 Karnofsky — Transformative AI issues (not just misalignment).
04:08 Vaintrob — Beware saf...2023-02-0300 minFuture Matters#6: FTX collapse, value lock-in, and counterarguments to AI x-riskFuture Matters is a newsletter about longtermism by Matthew van der Merwe and Pablo Stafforini. Each month we curate and summarize relevant research and news from the community, and feature a conversation with a prominent researcher. You can also subscribe on Substack, read on the EA Forum and follow on Twitter. Future Matters is also available in Spanish.
00:00 Welcome to Future Matters.
01:05 A message to our readers.
01:54 Finnveden, Riedel & Shulman — Artificial general intelligence and lock-in.
02:33 Grace — Counterarguments to the basic AI x-risk case.
03:17 Grace — Let’s think about slowing down AI.
04:18 Piper — Review of What We Owe the Future.
05:04 Clare & Ma...2022-12-3037 minFuture Matters#5: supervolcanoes, AI takeover, and What We Owe the FutureFuture Matters is a newsletter about longtermism brought to you by Matthew van der Merwe and Pablo Stafforini. Each month we collect and summarize longtermism-relevant research, share news from the longtermism community, and feature a conversation with a prominent researcher. You can also subscribe on Substack, read on the EA Forum and follow on Twitter.
00:00 Welcome to Future Matters.
01:08 MacAskill — What We Owe the Future.
01:34 Lifland — Samotsvety's AI risk forecasts.
02:11 Halstead — Climate Change and Longtermism.
02:43 Good Judgment — Long-term risks and climate change.
02:54 Thorstad — Existential risk pessimism and the time of perils.
03:32 Hamilton — Space and existential risk.
04:07 Cassidy & Mani — Huge...2022-09-1331 minFuture Matters#4: AI timelines, AGI risk, and existential risk from climate changeFuture Matters is a newsletter about longtermism brought to you by Matthew van der Merwe and Pablo Stafforini. Each month we collect and summarize longtermism-relevant research, share news from the longtermism community, and feature a conversation with a prominent researcher. You can also subscribe on Substack, read on the EA Forum and follow on Twitter.
00:00 Welcome to Future Matters
01:11 Steinhardt — AI forecasting: one year in
01:52 Davidson — Social returns to productivity growth
02:26 Brundage — Why AGI timeline research/discourse might be overrated
03:03 Cotra — Two-year update on my personal AI timelines
03:50 Grace — What do ML researchers think about AI in 2022?
04:43 Leike — On...2022-08-0831 min
Chemistry Made SimpleWhat are van der Waals, Dipole-Dipole and Hydrogen Bonding?In this episode:What is a dipole momentvan der Waals forcesDipole-Dipole forcesHydrogen Bonding - including the specific requirements for this type of bondRelative level of attraction of these types of forcesWant to know more, or support the show? Become a Patreon supporter of the podcast and get more from each episode patreon.com/chemistrymadesimpleFind out more about the Chemistry Made Simple academyContact me:Instagram @chemistrymadesimpleEmail Matthew@ChemistryMadeSimple.netJoin the discussion at the Chemistry Made Simple podcast co...2022-08-0213 min
TalkWard with Matthew van der WantTalkWard with Matthew van der Want episode 10 - Rian Malan and Renée MontagneTalkWard with Matthew van der Want - episode 10. My talk with Rian Malan and Renée Montagne. Rian is a humble genius and Renée Montagne's reputation at NPR in the US speaks for itself. Renée and Rian shared a mic. Please direct mail to matthew.vanderwant@gmail.com2022-08-011h 14Future Matters#3: digital sentience, AGI ruin, and forecasting track recordsEpisode Notes
Future Matters is a newsletter about longtermism brought to you by Matthew van der Merwe and Pablo Stafforini. Each month we collect and summarize longtermism-relevant research, share news from the longtermism community, and feature a conversation with a prominent longtermist. You can also subscribe on Substack, read on the EA Forum and follow on Twitter.
00:00 Welcome to Future Matters
01:11 Long — Lots of links on LaMDA
01:48 Lovely — Do we need a better understanding of 'progress'?
02:11 Base — Things usually end slowly
02:47 Yudkowsky — AGI ruin: a list of lethalities
03:38 Christiano — Where I agree and disagree with Eliezer
04...2022-07-0400 min
TalkWard with Matthew van der WantTalkward with Matthew van der Want - episode 9 - John EllisMatthew talks to musician and songwriter John Ellis about all sorts of things, including his new album "Native", and how 9/11 messed up his band Tree (63)'s shot at international stardom.2022-06-291h 07Future Matters#2: Clueless skepticism, 'longtermist' as an identity, and nanotechnology strategy researchFuture Matters is a newsletter about longtermism brought to you by Matthew van der Merwe and Pablo Stafforini. Each month we collect and summarize longtermism-relevant research, share news from the longtermism community, and feature a conversation with a prominent longtermist. You can also subscribe on Substack, read on the EA Forum and follow on Twitter.
00:01 Welcome to Future Matters
01:25 Schubert — Against cluelessness
02:23 Carlsmith — Presentation on existential risk from power-seeking AI
03:45 Vaintrob — Against "longtermist" as an identity
04:30 Bostrom & Shulman — Propositions concerning digital minds and society
05:02 MacAskill — EA and the current funding situation
05:51 Beckstead — Some clarifications on the Future Fund's appro...2022-05-2823 minFuture Matters#1: AI takeoff, longtermism vs. existential risk, and probability discountingThe remedies for all our diseases will be discovered long after we are dead; and the world will be made a fit place to live in. It is to be hoped that those who live in those days will look back with sympathy to their known and unknown benefactors.
— John Stuart Mill
Future Matters is a newsletter about longtermism brought to you by Matthew van der Merwe and Pablo Stafforini. Each month we collect and summarize longtermism-relevant research, share news from the longtermism community, and feature a conversation with a prominent longtermist. You can also subscribe on Su...2022-04-2429 minTalkWard with Matthew van der WantTalkWard with Matthew vd Want - episode 8: Gail SchimmelGail Schimmel is the CEO of the Advertising Regulatory Board in South Africa and also a prolific author and respected colleague and friend. We had a very good talk, some weeks before the ARB's court victory in the Supreme Court of Appeal this past week. Her father, Fred Schimmel was a very talented artist. 2022-04-151h 46Future Matters#0: Space governance, future-proof ethics, and the launch of the Future Fund> We think our civilization near its meridian, but we are yet only at the cock-crowing and the morning star.
> — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Welcome to Future Matters, a newsletter about longtermism brought to you by Matthew van der Merwe & Pablo Stafforini. Each month we collect and summarize longtermism-relevant research, share news from the longtermism community, and feature a conversation with a prominent longtermist. Future Matters is crossposted to the Effective Altruism Forum and available as a podcast.
Research
We are typically confident that some things are conscious (humans), and that some things are not (rocks); other things we’...2022-03-2200 min
The Money MinisterGod Calls Us to Make Choices Before Life Gets Harder: Genesis 4:17 through 6, Matthew 2:19-3, Psalm 3Send us a textIn today’s scripture, we see three stories: the beginning of Noah’s story, when God was furious with the wickedness of the people of the world. They had a LOT of hardship - lots of work. To remind you, God cursed humanity and caused them to work really, terribly hard for what they needed. We still have to work hard for what we need, but not always the kind of backbreaking hard work they had to do. They were looking for relief and even named Noah “This one will comfort us in our wo...2022-02-2831 minThe Money MinisterOur God is Big and Powerful and Wants to Help You: Genesis 1-2:17, Matthew 1, Psalm 1Send us a textThe Money Minister has decided to start a new, long season. We're going through the Bible to see what it says about money!In the next 365 episodes, we'll see what God really says about money. It's the #2 topic in the Bible, just after God himself. He wants you to relate to the world well and the world is run on money. So let's get into it.In today’s passage, we see our God. We see him show up in all his glory and power and we see him sh...2022-02-1425 minTalkWard with Matthew van der WantTalkWard with Matthew van der Want: Episode 7 - Gus SilberOn this bumper end of year episode of TalkWard with Matthew van der Want, I talk to journalist, writer, screenwriter, author and media expert, Gus Silber. We discuss media, social media, the army, Kris Kristofferson, satire, his experiences with the law, and many other things. It was lovely to meet and have a conversation with Gus, who is as friendly, sensible, intelligent, witty and wise as he appears to his enormous social media followers.
The show contains excerpts of the track "Psychotropic" off my album "play my way" (2001) and my song "Comeback" off the Koppies ep (2021)2021-12-112h 08
Talk Ward with Matthew van der WantEpisode 7: Gus Silber – journalist, writer, Master of Media and social media
On this bumper end of year episode of TalkWard with Matthew van der Want, I talk to journalist, writer, screenwriter, author and media expert, Gus Silber. We discuss media, social media, the army, Kris Kristofferson, satire, his experiences with the law, and many other things. It was lovely to meet and have a conversation with Gus, who is as friendly, sensible, intelligent, witty and wise as he appears to his enormous social media followers.
The show contains excerpts of the track “Psychotropic” off my album “play my way” (2001) and my song “Comeback” off the Koppies ep (2021)
You can su...2021-12-112h 08TalkWard with Matthew van der WantTalk Ward with Matthew van der Want - Episode 6: Stephanie Simpson (Engineer)Back with a talk with an exceptional, civil, civil engineer. My talk with Stephanie Simpson. 2021-12-0730 minTalkWard with Matthew van der WantTalkWard with Matthew van der Want Episode 5 - Asanda BuzaBack already with a new episode, featuring my conversation with personal trainer, hiking partner and friend, Asanda Buza, who grew up in Mdantsane in the Eastern Cape, moved to Jhb, waitered and waited around for a while, then pursued his goal of helping people to look and feel better, while practicing what he preaches. We discussed fitness, motivation, the law, boundaries (I learned that he trains a female Judge, but won’t say who). We discussed music too: Nas, Snoop Dog and Ye’s album “Donda”. Then we moved onto how it was to be a trainer during lockdown, zoom tra...2021-12-0246 minTalk Ward with Matthew van der WantTalkward with Matthew van der Want episode 4 – Alan Finlay
Welcome back! Finally, some Finlay. In this episode, I catch up with my long-term friend, poet, academic, journalist and media analyst, Alan Finlay, who has recently released a new anthology of poetry. Respect!
Talkward with Matthew van der Want – episode 4 – Alan Finlay
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