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The 2007 Ig Nobel Prize Winners

The 2007 Ig Nobel Prize Winners. MEDICINE : Brian Witcombe of Gloucester, UK, and Dan Myer of Antioch, Tennessee, USA, for their medical report “ Sword Swallowing and its Side Effects ."

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The 2007 Ig Nobel Prize Winners

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  1. The 2007 Ig Nobel Prize Winners MEDICINE: Brian Witcombe of Gloucester, UK, and Dan Myer of Antioch, Tennessee, USA, for their medical report “Sword Swallowing and its Side Effects." PHYSICS: L. Mahadevan of Harvard University, USA, and Enrique CerdaVillablanca of Chile, for studying how sheets become wrinkled."Wrinkling of an Elastic Sheet Under Tension," E. Cerda, K. Ravi-Chandar, L. Mahadevan, Nature, vol. 419, October 10, 2002, pp. 579-80. BIOLOGY: Prof. Dr. Johanna E.M.H. van Bronswijk of Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands, for doing a census of all the mites, insects, spiders, pseudoscorpions, crustaceans, bacteria, algae, ferns and fungi with whom we share our beds each night.“Autotrophic Organisms in Mattress Dust in the Netherlands," B. van de Lustgraaf, J.H.H.M. Klerkx, J.E.M.H. van Bronswijk, ActaBotanicaNeerlandica, vol. 27, no. 2,  1978, pp 125-8."A Bed Ecosystem," J.E.M.H. van Bronswijk, Lecture Abstracts -- 1st Benelux Congress of Zoology, Leuven, November 4-5, 1994, p. 36. CHEMISTRY: Mayu Yamamoto of the International Medical Center of Japan, for developing a way to extract vanillin -- vanilla fragrance and flavoring -- from cow dung. PRESS NOTE: Toscanini’s Ice Cream, the finest ice cream shop in Cambridge, Massachusetts, created a new ice cream flavor in honor of Mayu Yamamoto, and introduced it at the Ig Nobel ceremony. The flavor is called "Yum-a-Moto Vanilla Twist."

  2. Matthew 4:1-11 1Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. 2After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3The tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread."  4Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’"

  3. Matthew 4:1-11 5Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. 6"If you are the Son of God," he said, "throw yourself down. For it is written:    " 'He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’" 7Jesus answered him, "It is also written: 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’"

  4. Matthew 4:1-11 8Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. 9"All this I will give you," he said, "if you will bow down and worship me." 10Jesus said to him, "Away from me, Satan! For it is written: 'Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’" 11Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.

  5. Matthew 4:1-11 Satan says . . . 1. “Take time for some food; 2. Take a flying leap; 3. Take a knee to me.”

  6. What does God want us to know?

  7. What does God want us to know? About Jesus Christ He is the “Son of God” He was human He was tempted and temptable He did not sin He used Scripture to combat temptation

  8. What does God want us to know? About Satan He is real He (thinks he) has access to all worldly power He knows and uses Scripture He tried to exploit Jesus’ weaknesses He tried to exploit Jesus’ strengths

  9. What does God want us to know? About The Scriptures Jesus thinks they are really important Jesus thinks they are authoritative Jesus quotes the actual words “It is written . . .” Jesus’ first response was God’s Word

  10. What does God want us to DO? Temptation What are my strengths? What are my weaknesses? Am I seeing through God’s eyes? Am I keeping in the Word?

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