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What is Delight-Directed Learning?
Delight-directed learning begins with following the needs and interests of the child. I recognize that my children are individuals who have unique interests and goals, and distinct learning styles. I've learned that I have to take their learning styles, their curriculum requests, their passions, and their unique gifts and talents into consideration when choosing the direction of our studies. Well, I don't have to, but it makes for a more personal and pleasant learning experience for everyone involved.
It means if my son wants to spend longer learning about a particular historical figure, we'll check out another biography. It means when my other son is interested in learning more about insects, I'll get him extra nature study tools and real insects to study. It doesn't mean we don't do structured or systematic learning, but we do it with their best interests in mind.
Charlotte Mason purists will tell me something along the lines of "Charlotte Mason would have said delight-directed studies should take place after formal studies, during the child's free time." Sorry Charlotte, but I take offense to this idea because it undermines my child's intelligence. If children are born persons and are capable of their own thoughts and ideas, and we are not to use adverse strategies (fear, authority, power of suggestion, etc) to force a child to learn . . . then how can I possibly discount the merits of a delight-directed path?
Therefore, we are limited to three educational instruments--the atmosphere of environment, the discipline of habit, and the presentation of living ideas.
I understand the idea of wanting to expose them to a variety of topics and ideas, the buffet so to speak, but children are naturally curious and most will eagerly explore what interests them, continuously following rabbit trails. The more they go off the beaten path, the more their interests will broaden, thus continuing the cycle of exploration and learning. They need more than "free time" to do this, though. They don't need to be told (forced, bribed, etc) to follow a contrived scope and sequence or a list of pre-selected books, but they do need encouragement and facilitation.
How do I Incorporate Charlotte Mason Methods into a Delight-Directed Homeschool?
I see the beauty in several educational philosophies, but as with many other eclectic homeschoolers, I take what works from each one and apply it in a natural way, to do what is best for my family.
In other words: I take what works, and leave the rest at the door.
Although Charlotte Mason and Delight-Directed learning may seem at odds, I still embrace many aspects of the Charlotte Mason philosophy, and have found that applying her methods to delight-directed learning is not only possible, but leads to an enriching experience.
Education is an atmosphere. That means I look for natural opportunities in our environment to teach. We learn through everyday life--intelligent conversation with adults, learning life skills, observing the beauty in nature as we walk through the woods. These instances should not be set aside for artificial lessons and reading selections. We should take time to embrace these moments for what they are--fleeting opportunities to educate in a loving and nurturing way.
Living Books. Although educating naturally is important, when my kids have a special interest or request, I look for living books so that we can read well-written, interesting material together and expand our knowledge.
Narrations. Narrating what they have learned allows them to assimilate the information in a way that makes sense to them. I ask open-ended questions, and I also model my own narrations so they learn how to present their thoughts in more detail. This is also when they are likely to ask more questions, opening up new discussion and research opportunities.
Short and varied lessons. For our structured activities, I want the boys to be fresh and attentive, so rotating activities quickly and efficiently is key. Even in delight-directed approaches, trying to hyper-focus and study one thing for too long will cause them to grow weary. Short lessons means more time for play, creativity, exploration, free time and thinking . . . which often leads to more questions and more interests to pursue!
Copywork. I weave their interests right into their copywork. I really like All About Spelling, but the dictation sentences can be a little simple and dull. Sometimes I change up a lesson by turning them into copywork and adding complexity, but I also alter them to reflect their life and personal interests. It's a touch of fun that often adds a smile to their face.
Nature study is also easy to implement in a delight-directed manner. When we are outside, I make sure they have plenty of time to explore, examine, wonder, question and observe -- all on their own. We do engage in formal nature study as well, but I let them take the lead there too. I may suggest the topic, but I let them choose the actual specimen to study. I let them choose what goes into their nature journals as well. I want them to take ownership of the material, and form their own relationship with the natural world.
Fine Arts. I admit, I have been guilty of neglecting music and art in pursuit of "everything else that needs to get finished first," which is a shame. So lately I've been harnessing their love of audio books and using the Stories in Music from Maestro Classics to springboard into famous tales, history, composer studies and music appreciation. Art can lead us to biographies of artists, historical events that affected artistic movements and so much more. Just watching what excites them gives me so many ideas to help them discover more about the topic, and when I was focusing on "getting it all done" I was neglecting my responsibility to give them more living ideas.
What Does This Mean for Our Homeschool?
While I love what we were doing, it's not working during this current stage of our homeschool. We may, or may not, come back to it. A love of learning is important to me. No curriculum, no matter how good, how beloved by the masses, should take precedence over my child's happiness and desire to learn.
"We need not labour to get children to learn their lessons; that, if we would believe it, is a matter which nature takes care of. Let the lessons be of the right sort and children will learn them with delight." (Charlotte Mason, Volume 6, pg 99)
Right now, we're taking a break and enjoying our holiday studies--I'm planning a lot of art, cooking and handicrafts to go along with it! After the holidays, I'm looking towards a very hands-on, project oriented history program, that I would flesh out myself with living books of my choice. Each lesson lasts 1-3 days, giving us a day off for co-op and much more time for art and nature study.
My hope is that by taking their requests into consideration, choosing programs that meet their learning styles even more, and focusing on what interests them, they will continue to find delight and joy and take ownership over their learning.
Thoughts from Others about Delight-Directed Learning
Child Led & Delight Directed Learning from Creative Jumble
What I've Learned about Curriculum and Charlotte Mason's Philosophies form The Unplugged Family
31 Days of Delight-Directed Learning from Ben and Me
What homeschooling method do you use? Do you find that you also piece together elements from different philosophies to do what works for each individual child?
This post is part of the Blogging through the Alphabet series. D is for Delight-Directed Learning.
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Estate Fiorentina (Florentine Summer) is a manifestation of the City of Florence that collects and connects all the activities and cultural events taking place in Florence and surroundings (Municipality of Florence and other surrounding municipalities) from June to all of September. Dance, Theater, Cinema, Circus, Art, Music and all other events that animate the summer of Florence are networked by a single big project dedicated to the city.
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During the years that my addiction to Adderal progressed I became more and more obsessed with my creative side. Designing for hours on end, sometimes for days, forgetting everything around me as the ideas took hold and needed to be expressed. I would sometimes start a project at 6 in the morning only to realize that 5 hours had passed and I had not eaten, or gotten up from my computer for the entire day. Forget about getting dinner ready or doing laundry, I could not be bothered with such trivial things while the art was speaking to my head.
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This is about an incident that occurred last night with my 17-year-old daughter. While she did come home safe and sound the hours that passed while we waited felt like a lifetime. I want to write it all down in effort to express the sheer terror that goes through a parent's mind when they do not know where there child is, even if it is only for a short time.
Driving in the Rain
You don't get off any kind of drug and miraculously go right back to where you where. There is a feeling though that I have not had in some time. Hope. Hope that each day will get a little better. Hope that I will be brave enough to venture further and further out my front door. Hope that someday I will fully reclaim my life and all the fears and challenges and depression that was once a part of my day to day life will continue to feel more and more like a dream that was.
A Lamb to the Slaughter
This is my story of dealing with a gang rape when I was a young girl. It is only now as a grown woman that I am able to write about and acknowledge what happened to me as a teenager. I spent many years denying and hiding what happened in an effort to forget and move on. Rape is not just a violation of your body, it touches your very soul, strips away a piece of you that you will never get back. This is my story, I hope it will let you know that you are not alone.
A Good Day
I write a lot of poetry, stanzas about my feelings, thoughts at certain times. I want to clarify that because I chose to share these so publicly does not in any way, shape or form, mean that I advocate or embrace anorexia, drug abuse etc… I am in recovery and very, very proud of it.
To My Brother
My brother Ruben died on Sept. 21 in his sleep at the age of 31. I have been struggling the last few weeks on how to process and deal with his death. Like me he too had an issue with prescription medications, his choices where pain killers (downers) while mine where speed (uppers).
My Battle with Food
I have a hate / hate relationship with food. I hate that I have to eat it, I hate that I actually need it. Every day it is the same routine. First I pop that glorious orange pill of mine that does nothing for my ADHD but works wonders on my appetite. Then I down 1, 2, 3 cups of coffee (I stop counting after a while) and chain smoke cigarettes until the afternoon.
Evil in Orange
If I had known 5 years ago what I know now I would have never started taking the drug. I know my experience may be unique only to myself but for me at least, Adderal was the devil cloaked in orange, and I am so glad I'm finally on the road to being able to ignore his tempation.
My Journey Part 1
Life has not always been easy for me over the years but I am working each day to make it better. While I have found my life's passion by becoming a self-taught graphic design and photography manipulation specialist, I have also struggled for years with addiction to an amphetamine based ADHD drug called Adderral. It has wreaked havoc on my personal and professional life and each day is a slow (and sometimes) painful step towards recovery.


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I was gonna write a response to this but, way to little info. to even begin.It should have variety in race if they keep all the same races playable at least. I'm not gonna speculate, I'll give it a chance based on weather it's free to play or pay to play for the most part. which is also why I have a very open mind on D3 and my eye on GW2. ( ^ ^ )/□
Anyway, interesting debate, game looks decent - lets see how it turns out, and how quickly it goes F2P.
Quote from: Tenchi-no-Ryu on January 24, 2013, 02:26:51 PMAnyway, interesting debate, game looks decent - lets see how it turns out, and how quickly it goes F2P.Didn't both Zenimax MMO go F2P after a year? If so... a year.
Our President was one of the founders of Mythic Entertainment and was the producer of Dark Age of Camelot and lots of other titles there. Our team is made of many other people who worked at Mythic, as well as NCsoft, Firaxis, Sony Online, EA, and Bethesda Softworks. ZeniMax Online's staff had leadership roles on popular MMOGs like Dark Age of Camelot, Warhammer Online, Star Wars: Galaxies, Ultima Online, and The Sims Online.


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Transfiguration Church is a member of the Central Westchester Deanery under the direction of Monsignor John T. Ferry, Pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Scarsdale, New York. All regional Deans are appointed by Cardinal Dolan. The Lay Deanery consists of representatives from the parishes. This group meets eight times a year.


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D'Vine Dreamcatcher - "Crow"
"Crow" Dream Catcher has been uniquely hand-crafted using strangler vine which has been clear coated for protection. The centre peace is Lapis Lazuli which helps to strengthen the throat chakra. It's deep celestial blue remains the symbol of royalty & honour, gods & power, spirit and vision. It is a universal symbol of wisdom and truth. It is a powerful crystal for activating the higher mind and enhancing intellectual ability. It stimulates the desire for knowledge, truth & understanding, and aids the process of learning. Lapis encourages honesty of the spirit, and in the spoken & written word. Surrounded by Clear Quartz chips which have been placed among the web strengthening the influence of the whole piece. Raw Emerald chips surround the vine. African Turquoise beads are attached above the crow & rooster feathers.
Crow is a very grounded and intelligent animal. He too, is a symbol of Truth & Ancient Wisdom. He is not afraid to use his voice and is considered fearless. Crow nests in very tall trees to gain a birds eye view of prey and predators alike. They are very protective of their young. Crow often appears at times of great change and transformation. Crow feathers are a symbol of balance & cunning. Releasing the past and embracing the new.
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I had to have a little challenge quilt ready to hand in at Contemporary Quilt Group this week. A while ago we were given a background fabric pattern to use as the basis for a door quilt. I had no idea what type of door to make until the last minute, when I remembered I had a lot of coffee fabric bought to use for 'Fair Trade', which would be perfect for a cafe door.
I really enjoyed making this quilt (it only measures about 12"x 18") and am looking forward to seeing all the other 30+ door quilts on display at QuiltWest in May.


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A Guide For Tandy's Leather Conditioners & Oils
It's not uncommon that we'll have a customer come in and show us a project that was passed down to them from a family member or mentor. Whether you are preserving an heirloom or just keeping your boots oiled, it's good to know what conditioners to use for different projects.
Note: Most leather conditioners are intended for smooth finished leathers, not suede or nubuck. Conditioners may darken light colored leathers, so test in an inconspicuous area first.
Dr. Jackson's Leather Conditioner – This product is one of the most effective ways to restore the new look to leather. It nourishes, softens and protects while extending the life of the leather. Use as a regular maintence program to keep your leather articles looking their best.
Dr. Jackson's Hide Rejuvenator – This paste is great for restoring old, dried out smooth leather items such as boots, garments and saddles, as well as upholstered furniture and vehicle interiors. It actually replaces natural oils, cleans, softens, protects and increases water repellency. This is the finest leather restorative available.
Canauba Crème – This product is a water based, blended wax conditioner and finish for natural or dyed, new or aged smooth leather. It provides a durable wax finish that resists water and dirt while conditioning leather. This product will not seal color, so if using with a dyed project, apply a finishing coat after the Canauba Crème.
Tandy Pure Neatsfoot Oil – Neatsfoot Oil is a natural preservative used for conditioning, softening and preserving leather. The primary function of this product is to replace evaporated oil with other natural oils. It is great for reconditioning and oiling leather working equipment like saddles, baseball gloves, horse tack & harnesses and other outdoor gear.
Tip: When working on large projects (i.e. saddles) that are saturated and allowed to dry multiple times, the water can remove some of the natural oils and make the leather more rigid. Adding Neatsfoot Oil between tooling and dying can help better preserve the leather, however you will want to make sure that it is oiled evenly and wait 12-24 hours after oiling to ensure that the project is dry to prevent uneven coloring when dyeing.
Tandy Prime Neatsfoot Oil Compound – This medium weight oil is heavier than Pure Neatsfoot and is ideal for saddles, tack and boots that need oil that is easily absorbed in to leather with deep. The combination of essential and synthetic oils helps lubricate fibers and restores suppleness to leather.
Fenice's Leather Care Kit – This kit proves everything you need to care for your furniture leather. It contains a mild cleaner that thoroughly cleans leather while maintaining its natural beauty and feel, as well as a protective cream, which creates a protective barrier allowing leather to remain clean and soft for years to come. It also includes an ink remover that removes recent ink stains, lipstick and chocolate.
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In Pictures: Best of CES 2015
The best and most noteworthy products and technologies found at CES 2015.
The best and most noteworthy products and technologies found at CES 2015.
Bluetooth, the short range wireless data communications technology, is in a huge range of products these days, and not just computers and phones.
Here's an alphabetic sampling of products; prices as of October 10, 2013, based on data from Google Shopping and Amazon.
Even if you have an enterprise-level Wi-Fi spectrum analyzer, free Wi-Fi tools can also come in handy
A war in low-cost computers could be in the making with a new $15 computer that could challenge Raspberry Pi 3 finally shipping.
Microsoft and Raspberry Pi want people to build businesses and start Kickstarter campaigns around cool devices making use of the new Raspberry Pi 3 computer.
Optus has launched an app for iPhones and Android handsets that allow voice calls and text messaging over Wi-Fi connections.
Everyone wants their home to be safe and secure, yet only 17% of homeowners own a home security system. Why? Because traditional systems cost hundreds of dollars to install, require long-term contracts and mean a lifetime of monthly fees.
There are plenty of places online to bounce ideas off of other network and IT pros, but Kevin Franzen felt there was a need for at least one more, and he calls it the WirelessGeek.net forums.
I'm a big fan of working at offsite locations--meaning my local Wi-Fi-equipped coffee shop. In fact, I'll often spend the afternoon hunkered down at Panera Bread, iced tea in one hand and a French Toast bagel in the other. (It's bad form to set up shop without buying something.)
Hair-pullingly bad experiences with wireless networking have led me to formulate Snyder's First Law of Home Networking: No matter who sells you the router, you'll have at least one excruciating session with tech support before you have an Internet connection.
Network problems are the thorniest to resolve. They've been known to reduce my vocabulary to curses so strong they'd embarrass Quentin Tarantino.
Google Latitude is a useful--if slightly creepy--way to track your location on a mobile phone or GPS laptop. But you can get roughly the same sense of fleeting privacy on any old Wi-Fi PC; Google Latitude automatically pegged me within about 100 feet of my ground-floor office on GPS-free laptop.
Gibbs ponders how a Starbucks coffee cup could become the greatest business edge
The continuing saga of Google's wireless snooping and the maelstrom it's generated won't end anytime soon.
Google is cleaning up its mess after the company says it mistakenly collecting browsing data from unencrypted Wi-Fi networks as part of its Street View project.
The recent formal approval of the IEEE 802.11n wireless standard marks not the end but the start of a wave of Wi-Fi innovation. In the next three to five years, the Wi-Fi experience will be very different from today.
Sometime on Friday, at the sprawling Hyatt Regency hotel in New Brunswick, N.J., an IEEE group called the Standards Board is expected to approve the 802.11n wireless LAN standard.
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Visitation Denial
If a father was unmarried to the child's mother at the time of the child's birth, Kentucky law states that he is not the child's legal father. He has no rights to visitation and the mother may deny visitation until paternity is established. Mothers should not deny visitation to legal fathers until a judge issues an order severing visitation rights, however. Denying visitation when there is a custody order in place authorizing visitation may constitute contempt.
Visitation Modification Petition
To modify an existing visitation order, you must petition for a visitation modification. Kentucky family courts have jurisdiction over custody cases, and you should file your petition in the same court in which the original custody order was issued. Complete the petition, then pay the filing fee and return it to the clerk. You must serve the father with a copy of the petition. In most counties, the clerk will provide you with a service of process form to have the sheriff serve the father, but in some counties you must serve the father yourself. The clerk will schedule the petition for a hearing; the hearing is typically scheduled within 60 days of the filing.
Prior to the hearing, the judge may order that you and your child's father attend mediation or may appoint a guardian ad litem to represent the child's best interests. If mediation fails, there will be a hearing. Kentucky law only permits visitation modifications if there has been a change in the child's circumstances, and you must demonstrate such change. Material changes might include a newly discovered addiction or abuse, one parent's move or a change in the parent's mental health. You must also demonstrate why the requested change is in your child's best interests.
Evidence and Witnesses
You may call witnesses and submit evidence at the hearing. If a person has witnessed, for example, your ex abusing your child, they may be a good witness. You should also submit any evidence indicating that your ex is unfit or that there has been a substantial change in his parenting competence. Emails, text messages, online postings, arrest records and similar documentation is admissible in Kentucky.
Judge's Order
After hearing evidence from each side, the judge will issue an order. If visitation is revoked, it may be temporarily revoked. The judge may add provisions allowing the father to seek visitation again if he, for example, gets counseling, changes his living arrangements or goes to drug rehabilitation. It is very rare for visitation to be permanently revoked the first time a custodial parent requests it. The judge may also order supervised visitation during which the father may see the child while being monitored by a court-appointed neutral third party. This ensures that the child is safe while preserving her relationship with her father.


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We are delighted to announce our partnership with McBain's Cooper Consulting Ltd to deliver Project Management Multi-led services across the length and breadth of the UK.
We are also delighted to introduce Holmes Miller, one of Scotland's most respected Architectural practices, to our supply chain on an exclusive basis. Together our team is the only Scottish SME on the Framework.
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Crown Commercial Service (CCS) is one of the biggest public procurement organisations in Europe and an Executive Agency of the Cabinet Office. The CCS Framework provides access to Project Management, design and a range of additional technical services to help public sector organisations deliver construction projects.
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The Shared Service Center in Barcelona is the first line of contact for Bayer in western and southern Europe and Latin America. Its tasks include global accounting and IT services for Bayer, and it's also responsible for controlling activities, i.e. monitoring and managing planning processes within the Group.
The average age of the roughly 400 employees in Barcelona is 37. What's exciting is that it's a truly international team made up of people of 36 different nationalities. That also makes it a career springboard within Bayer: so far around 120 talented employees from Barcelona have transferred to 19 different sites and positions within Bayer to build on their skills and take on new challenges. It's a real talent engine!
There are so many prejudices about dry book-keeping and IT nerds, here's a film that dispels the myths. Because what the team in Barcelona has achieved is brilliant.
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Children love routine, which is one reason why this time of year is difficult for them. They are bursting with anticipation. The holidays disrupt their routines.
One routine many parents are challenged by is getting ready in the morning. Parents are frustrated when children dawdle, procrastinate, ignore parents' suggestions-demands-threats-yelling-sarcasm and more.
Which is why I wrote this short e-book as an introduction to the Raising Able Family Management System to coach parents to set up a system for their children in the morning that empowers the children.
Parents will find out how to teach children to take responsibility for getting up and getting ready in the morning by using family meetings, expectations, encouragement, empowerment, and natural and logical consequences.
The book is easy to read with many examples. It will take three days to three weeks to implement a new morning routine. The older the child/teen, the longer it will take for them to believe that PARENTS have changed.
I look forward to hearing your stories of success and challenges — there's a comment section on the e-book page. Please share the link with your circle of friends and family.
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Brynithel against Llanharan stands out in the East as the leaders entertain the second-placed club and in the West, Haverfordwest try for their 12th successive win at home to Tumble, though Kidwelly, also on 33 points, visit Hendy.
Though South-East leaders Treherbert are at home to Brecon, it is the Nelson versus Rhydyfelin match that stands out and in the South-West Banwen will find
Kenfig Hill as stubborn as their name of Mules, especially if deadly left-foot goalkicker Mark Jones is playing. The outstanding match could be Nantyffyllon at home to Bryncoch.
East leaders Bargoed are favourites to extend their unbeaten season when they take on Cardiff HSOB with Blaina still chasing and travelling to Caldicot. In the South-East, leaders Abercwmboi face a hard match at Pontyclun and both
Pontycymmer and Fairwater have away matches to win if they wish to keep in touch.
Ruthin, with 10 wins in 10 matches, travel to Pwllheli at the top of the North, while second-placed Nant Conwy will be extended at home against Llangefni.
Llanelli Wanderers are the West leaders by three points from Loughor and they should stay in from as Tycroes are the opponents with the Laugharne match against Loughor being very important at the top. In the South-West new leaders
Alltwen face a difficult match at Briton Ferry and Taibach, one point behind, are at home to Rhigos.
If Trinant against Oakdale is the top match in the East, it is even more so with Resolven at home to Aberavon Green Stars in the South-West, where the Green Stars did not in fact win at Porthcawl last wek as stated by the media.
The gap is four points, so a Resolven win would see them pull well away. Cefneithin are six points in front in the West and entertain third-placed Pembroke while Llandaff have a five-point lead in the South-East and travel to bottom club Ogmore Vale. In the North, Bangor University would have to create a massive shock by winning at Colwyn Bay. as would next-to-bottom Llanidloes in their game at home to leaders Denbigh.


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text: Brand MarketingRobin Williams Left a Legacy of Humor and Humanity in AdsHis talents ranged from high-energy showmanship to powerful narrationBy Roni Robbins|August 13, 2014 ShareBy Roni Robbins|August 13, 2014 Share "The powerful play goes on and you contribute a verse." The powerful monologue Robin Williams recited in Dead Poets Society is also part of his legacy in advertising, as it became the voiceover for one of the actor's last spots in a line of commercials dating back to 1977. Williams, who died Monday at the age of 63, gained attention as an alien in the comedy series Mork & Mindy—a spinoff of Happy Days—in the late '70s and early '80s. The Oscar-winning actor-comedian is known for such films as Good Morning, Vietnam; Good Will Hunting; Mrs. Doubtfire; and Aladdin. Williams was also equally prolific in the advertising arena. His ads spanned decades from the Illinois Bell Telephone Company spot in 1977 in which he tested rotary and push-button phones as a retail store customer, using his trademark voice impressions, to his most recent ads for Apple iPad Air and Snickers. In his recent Snickers spot, Williams plays the main character, a coach who isn't acting like himself until he has his candy bar. The spot was a callback to the frenetic improv style that made Williams a household name in the 1980s. One campaign that's both touching and sad to revisit is Williams' Celebrate Humanity campaign for the 2000 Olympics. "To be a giant. This has forever been our passion," he narrates in one spot. "Giants rise above fear, triumph over pain, push themselves and inspire others. To be a giant. To do giant things. To take giant steps. To move the world forward." Perhaps one of Williams' most emotional ads to look back on, though, is his 2011 spot for Nintendo's newest installment in the Legend of Zelda series. The ad highlighted the fact Williams named his daughter, Zelda Rae Williams, after the game series' eponymous character. "You're both," he tells her, "so magical." Sharehttp://adweek.it/1sVdags copy Adweek Adweek


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The Atlantic Hotel has announced that Executive Head Chef Mark Jordan is to step down at the end of the season after a successful 13 years at the helm of the hotel's kitchens.
Mark Jordan has been instrumental in The Atlantic Hotel's mission to place itself and Jersey on the map as a gourmet destination. Since he joined in 2004, Ocean Restaurant has achieved several prestigious accolades including four Rosettes from the AA in addition to a coveted Michelin star which has been retained for 11 years.
After a long and successful career with The Atlantic Hotel and Ocean Restaurant, Mark has taken the decision to move on at the end of the season and will continue to work alongside Managing Director, Patrick Burke, while a suitable successor is recruited. Mark and Patrick will remain partners in their informal restaurant, Mark Jordan at the Beach, a joint venture which they plan to continue to develop together.
Patrick Burke comments: "I would like to thank Mark for his passion and dedication to The Atlantic Hotel. We are excited at the prospect of embarking on the next leg of our journey with a new Head Chef. Investment in developing talent has always been our focus and we feel that The Atlantic Hotel and Ocean Restaurant will make the perfect platform for the next rising star".
Mark Jordan reflects on his time at the hotel and looks towards his next career phase: "It has been an incredible 13 years here at The Atlantic Hotel and Jersey has become my home. I have so enjoyed settling into the island, working with all the amazing food producers and fishermen, to make Ocean so highly regarded by both locals and hotel guests. Mark Jordan at the Beach will become my main focus, working in partnership with Patrick Burke, while I explore other opportunities. Jersey is renowned for its outstanding food and I am excited about developing other culinary experiences in more locations across Jersey and beyond".
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Southside Food Co-op offers people in the south & west of Bath an opportunity to buy fresh locally grown produce at affordable prices. You can buy a veggie box or make up your own personalised order.
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Students to occupy buildings in university protest
Students across Sweden will protest Thursday against what they call the privatization of higher education, Swedish Radio News reports. After the demonstrations, several students plan on occupying school buildings.
Organizing through Twitter and other social media outlets, the group is urging other students and university employees to attend rallies in Lund, Gothenburg, Uppsala and Stockholm.
The students are upset over a recent government initiative that would transform state-owned colleges and universities into private foundations. The proposal would offer universities more autonomy by allowing private foundations to manage them but students view the change as a threat to their education.
"This would seriously affect the quality, accessibility, and openness of the Swedish universities. Even if this reform recently has been pulled back from Parliament a new version is to be presented the coming spring," the group wrote on their website.
The Ministry of Education is still studying the proposal, especially how it would affect students' rights and employees.
Leaders of the protest are hoping for a large turnout.
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A few years ago when I wrote about technology of benefit to elders, there was limited interest and adoption by much of the older adult population.
How times have changed.
Take, for example, the smartphone. According to the Pew Research Center, four in 10 seniors own smartphones, which is more than double the number of users than in 2013. In these past few years, more elders have been going online with an estimated 67 percent of adults over 65, plus adults regularly "logging on." Younger seniors are also using social media with increased frequency. Social media platforms such as Facebook and Skype are very effective in helping to stay in touch with both local and
Younger seniors are also using social media with increased frequency. Social media platforms such as Facebook and Skype are very effective in helping to stay in touch with both local and long-distance friends and family and provide many with the opportunity to reconnect with old acquaintances. This can be very beneficial in helping many to feel less isolated. As elders continue to embrace this new world, technology companies are focusing much of their energies toward addressing interests and preferences of this population.
When conducting a very informal Internet search on technology and older adults, I was presented with pages of results. Furthermore, as reported in Tech Crunch (a leading technology website) "when the App Store debuted in 2008, it grew to 5,000 apps by the end of its first year, and that growth has continued to be explosive ever since. By the end of 2015, it reached 1.75 million apps, and today hosts 2 million apps worldwide."
One particular area that seems to be of great interest is the technology focused on helping older adults who may be experiencing some memory challenges. There are now, for example, a number of "smart pill boxes" and apps to help remind people about their medication regimen. This might include visual and auditory reminders. This supportive assistance extends beyond the user and can be programmed to alert a family member if a loved one may have forgotten to take prescribed medication. There are now activity sensors that can be placed around the home to provide a family member a "snapshot" of a loved one's daily routine. Should something seem "off" — such as a suspected fall, or little activity in the home — emergency contacts will be alerted. Although likely somewhat intrusive for the elder, there are now indoor video cameras that enable a loved one's activity to be monitored on a family member or caregiver's smartphone.
A recent online posting from the website "Aging in Place Technology Watch" highlighted some exciting new innovations. As seen in a recent episode of the television series "Saturday Night Live," voice activated technologies can function as a virtual assistant. Among countless other applications, these devices can adjust the thermostat, help to stay informed about current events, provide weather reports, answer questions, create personalized music play lists, and provide reminders of upcoming appointments. It is not too far in the future that these devices will become more interactive with additional capabilities directed toward keeping elders engaged and self-reliant.
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The Drop
The Short- Based on a short story and written for the screen by Dennis Lehane, The Drop is the crime drama you have waited all summer to see. Tom Hardy gives an Incendiary performance along with the final appearance from a brilliant James Gandolfini on screen. The Drop is a dark, twisted, crime fantasy with a fantastic script and enough tension to keep you nervously staring at the screen.
Dennis Lehane is more known for writing the crime drama's that later get adapted for the screen (Gone Baby Gone, Shutter Island, and Mystic River) then he is for actually writing for the screen. The Drop is based on the short story "Animal Rescue" also written by Lehane, and even though this is debut as a screen writer the script is one of this films greatest achievements. Lehane and helmer Michaël R. Roskam keep the tension dialed all the way up and the rest of the film is carried by the films brilliant cast. Tom Hardy plays Bob, a bartender at Cousin Marv's bar, which is owned by the mob and run by Marv (James Gandolfini). Cousin Marv's is used as a drop bar, a place where thousands of dollars are laundered whenever they are called on to do it. After a night where thousands of dollars come in to be dropped the bar is robbed, what follows sets up The Drop as one of 2014s top crime films.
For Tom Hardy and James Gandolfini it is par for the course, Hardy is electric as the quiet bartender Bob and Gandolfini is fantastic as the moody Marv who spends just as much time reliving his past toughness. Noomi Rapace (Prometheus) plays Nadia, a waitress who Bob meets when he finds a puppy that has been beaten and put in her garbage can. Nadia has her own issues just like every other character in The Drop, Nadia is complex and Rapace and Hardy have fantastic chemistry as they begin a relationship. The guy who steals the show is Matthias Schoenaerts (Rust and Bone), who plays Nadia's psychopathic ex-boyfriend. The Belgium native is scary good and plays an incredibly memorable bad guy. Schoenaerts plays Eric Deeds with a devilish flair, Deeds is a wild card and as he breaks into houses and threatens Bob and Nadia the more unpredictable he starts to feel. Hardy and Gandolfini you expect to come into a film like this and give top shelf performances by Schoenaerts is a wonderful example of an actor who shows up in a movie and instantly grabs your attention.
The Drop is directed by Michaël R. Roskam (2011 Oscar nominated foreign film Bullhead) using the brilliant work of Dennis Lehane, Roskam creates a dark moody version of Brooklyn. Cameras capture conversations and normal movements from a distance as if someone else is always watching which adds a creepy dreamlike feel to the film. His direction which makes the movie feel a lot like another Lehane adaptation, Ben Affleck's Gone Baby Gone. You get to see the underbelly of a place that were used to seeing referred too for trendy bars and eateries, Cousin Marv's is not a clean bar where you can order a martini. The Drop shows you an older, scaled back Brooklyn and it becomes a comparable setting for Roskam's thrilling crime drama. I'd also be mistaken if I didn't mention Roscoe, the adorable puppy Bob finds at the beginning of the film, the one piece of light in a movie filled with darkness. Roscoe steals scenes from Hardy and Rapace and is the perfect distraction in a film filled dark figures.
In a year filled with disappointing box office and somewhat disappointing summer popcorn flicks it's nice to see the last few weeks we have gotten indie movies that have been able to give us that first introduction to the 2014-2015 awards season. The Drop is one of those films that have gotten good enough reviews that critics may find it fit to award it with some nominations but it's a nice start to our awards season slate. The Drop is also a fine ode to the career of James Gandolfini who spent his career playing dark mobsters and in The Drop he gives a memorable final performance. The Drop just might be that dark crime drama we were missing during the summer.


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Electronic Data Capture (EDC) is an amazing tool for preclinical or animal labs. Because of the intricacies involved in conducting animal studies, it's become increasingly important to use a system that was built around the workflow of a preclinical lab. Some of the more popular features offered by Clinical Studio make it an ideal tool for conducting preclinical studies. Here are just six features in Clinical Studio that make it an incredibly user-friendly tool for researchers who are designing and managing preclinical studies:
- Animal care is of great importance to preclinical labs. Keeping highly detailed, meticulous animal care records for each animal that is received by the lab is very important. With Clinical Studio, you can create the most detailed animal care forms and track animal care data for each animal from quarantine to study completion. Having those animal care records readily available and attached to the animal (through bar code or Animal ID) allows preclinical labs to instantly demonstrate their level of animal care.
- Clinical Studio can operate on the USDA calendar year. It can be configured to create animal IDs that are based on the USDA calendar year. You can configure any type of animal ID and keep your current animal ID convention. In addition, Clinical Studio is GCP and GLP compliant. If that is not enough, it is also Part 11 compliant. In fact, you can conduct human and animal trials in the same system with Clinical Studio. Those trials can be single site, multi-site or both.
- Using a naming convention when creating lab forms (such as blood or urine), Clinical Studio can be configured to read the electronic version of the lab report and import the lab data directly into the case report form without any human intervention. This allows you to analyze more data and eliminates the cost of data entry as well as the errors of data entry. This can be setup to pull from the central (or local) lab or have the lab push the data straight to Clinical Studio.
- Clinical Studio allows you to create roles and assign those roles access rights within the system. That means that preclinical labs can allow their sponsors limited access to their studies to monitor progress. The sponsors love this feature and are more likely to return for subsequent studies, both animal and human.
- Clinical Studio's sister product, TrialKit, is a mobile app that supports 17 different bar code formats. Most animal suppliers will bar code the animal. In fact, some animals can have a code stamped right on them. Bar codes can be attached to the cage of the animal and go wherever the animal goes. To access the animal record, take out your iPhone or iPad (soon any Android device) and scan the code. TrialKit will go immediately to the animal's record in the relevant study to which the animal belongs. For the daily checkup, this will bring up the electronic version of the daily checkup form. If an adverse event occurs, the electronic version of that form can be completed on the spot. Never again mix up animals and eliminate daily checkup and adverse event paper forms.
- Studies can be conducted completely on TrialKit, which is available on the App Store and soon on Google Play. That means all data can be captured point of care in real-time. This eliminates all paper within a study. Imagine a paperless study where the closeout documents are on a flash drive in the form of printable PDF documents! Completing CRFs on TrialKit is easier than paper or a browser based version of the CRF. With the shift from browser to mobile app, be ahead of the curve and eliminate paper.
The benefits don't end here. Clinical Studio and TrialKit are fully-featured systems that puts you in complete control of all your studies. If you can use Microsoft Word, then you can create and manage your own studies. We will provide training at no additional cost and always be there to instantly provide an answer to any questions you may have, 24-7-365.
Clinical Studio costs $499/month for preclinical studies, which includes full access to the system (everything included above) and you're free to create and host as many studies as you need. In addition, you can track non-study related items such as animal care and inventory. To learn more about how Clinical Studio can expedite and streamline your preclinical or animal lab studies, register for a product demonstration at a time that's convenient for you.


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Pilot Carbon Dioxide Storage Project
The Pilot Carbon Dioxide Storage Project (PCSP) is the first National andnInternational collaborative Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage Research & Development project on the African Continent. The PCSP is a proof of concept for Carbon Capture & Storage in South Africa and is critical to addressing climate change. Read More...
CCS Study Tour to Canada
The Petroleum Technology Research Centre in conjunction with Sask Power hosted a delegation from SANEDI, UMkhanyakude Local House of Traditional Leaders, UMkhanyakude District Municipality, UMhlabuyalingana and Big5 Hlabisa Local Municipality. The visit was part of the CCS Study Tour which was aimed at exposing the stakeholders. Read More
Pilot School Programme
SACCCS through its Stakeholder Engagement component has established a Pilot School Programme (PSP) to conduct outreach activities for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Educators and Learners. The aim is to build understanding of Carbon Capture and Storage as one of the climate change mitigation measures as well as energy related topics. Read More...
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The Institute welcomes SANEDI
The Global CCS Institute is pleased to announce that the South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI) is one of the newest Institute members. In this article, SACCCS's Evelyn Nyandoro and... More
Carbon Capture and Storage Market to Witness Exponential Growth by: Exxonmobil Corporation, Schlumberger, Huaneng, Linde AG, Halliburton
The latest research Carbon Capture and Storage Market both qualitative and quantitative data analysis to present an overview of the future adjacency around Carbon Capture and Storage Market for the forecast... More
UK's biggest carbon capture project is step-change on emissions
Tata-owned Cheshire plant to turn 40,000 tonnes of CO2 a year into useful products The UK's biggest carbon capture project will soon block thousands of tonnes of factory emissions from contributing to the... More
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Carbon capture and storage is punted as one of the most effective ways of reducing carbon emissions, and South Africa has two perfect sites for this, in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. But progress seems... More
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In an interview with ETCIO, the company's CEO Manish Gupta talks about the challenges of the life sciences industry, how Indegene helps pharma companies combat them and the future roadmap of Indegene.
What are some of the challenges facing life sciences industry today?
The life sciences companies are going through far-reaching changes with trends such as the introduction of specialty products, outcomes-based contracts, and at the same time, increasing barriers in engaging physicians due to their inaccessibility to reps and preference for multiple different channels to receive drug information. With the shift to more digital channels, the sector is finding it hard to engage health service providers and patients.
Traditionally, medical representatives were the key component of sales and marketing strategies of pharma companies as they formed the primary link between the company and the physician. But the traditional field medical rep model for pharma companies is changing rapidly in the digital world.
More and more doctors esp experts are not willing to meet reps. They want the information needs to be met through digital media. Consequently, the number of reps has come down from 1,10,000 to 70,000 over the last 8 years.
The field reps now need to work on multiple fronts that depend on less on face time with physicians. The reps have to play a hybrid role both on site and off site. They also have to address and coordinate with different emerging roles within the company including insider sales personnel, lead generators etc. Lifesciences companies, therefore need an integrated software to interact, address, track and predict physician behavior.
With the rep-based approach losing its effectiveness, pharmaceutical companies are focusing more on multi-channel marketing programs which promise a more effective and cost-optimized engagement of the physician.
Rapidly growing adoption of new/virtual channels of communication by the healthcare professionals (HCPs), and shifting of influence from HCPs to new stakeholders (patients, payors, etc) on the choice of treatment is driving the shift from traditional to virtual marketing.
How does Indegene help them combat these challenges?
Indegene provides R&D and marketing solutions to pharma and life sciences companies. We help customers in the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry to establish enterprise capabilities in marketing and analytics.
We modernize the whole sales and marketing and medical compliance functions of life sciences companies by seamlessly integrating analytics, technology, operations and medical (ATOM) expertise to drive better health and business outcomes.
Our IP-based solutions help clients drive revenues and productivity by making transformational leaps in digitalization of customer engagement, health reform, healthcare cost reduction, and health outcomes improvement.
With so much riding on Sales and Marketing effectiveness (SME) software for life sciences industry, Indegene is on a high growth trajectory? What are your future plans?
We want to be a leader in multichannel marketing for life science organizations from an engagement and technology perspective.
Indegene has made a series of acquisitions and strategic alliances in the recent past to strengthen its sales and marketing software offering for life sciences companies. This includes Option in 2012 and Skura in 2016, besides internally developed Channel HQ and Live Planners for data and dashboards. Late last year we acquired US-based Enicma Group Rs 109.54 crore to ramp up our analytics and omnichannel digital solutions capability.
By 2020, we aim to emerge as the leader in full stack commercial software convergence solutions in the life sciences industry. Indegene's next gen solutions include Omnipresence, which the company is betting big on to communicate, track, analyze, predict and manage physician relationships.
We are already working with the top 20 life sciences companies in the world managing digital transformation, customer engagement, commercial analytics and medical engagements. These are highly specialized areas that require specialized skill at scale for us to prepare for our next revenue goal
We are looking at hiring solution architects, data scientists, medical doctors and biostatisticians.


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Topic: Barbeque/Cookout (09/06/12)
- TITLE: Something's Cooking
By C D Swanson
My shopping cart had crashed into the man's cart ahead of me in the
checkout line. "I'm so sorry," I said. "I guess I was in another world."
"Well, fly back down to earth. You almost ran over my foot."
"I said I was sorry."
He mumbled something nasty under his breath and put his purchases
on the conveyor belt. Idly, I noted charcoal briquettes, steak, peppers,
onions, tomatoes. Back in the parking lot, I dumped my paper bags on the
back seat, opened the driver's side door and, deep in thought, smacked
it into the passenger side door of the car next to mine. The driver
looked across at me, his eyes afire. Whoops. Mr. Cookout Man again. "Oh,
no," he yelled. "My brand new car!"
As he jumped out to assess the damage, I looked at his door. I had
indeed made a dent. A deep one. "Darn it, lady, look what you did! What
is it with you? Why are you haunting me today?"
"I'm sorry. So so sorry. Please, let me pay for the damage." And
just like that, I started to cry. Loudly and wetly.
"Hey, don't cry. Please, stop. I didn't mean to yell. Please."
Stupidly, I couldn't stop crying. For the past month it had been
building up. Day by day, misery by misery. "I can't take any more," I
wailed. "My boyfriend left me. For my best friend. Yesterday I almost lost my job. And now, now this."
"Hey, forget about paying me. It's only a car, after all. Look, I was just about to go home and cook up a steak kebob on the barbecue. Why
don't you follow me in your car and join me for dinner. Okay? Just stop
And just like that, I nodded yes, followed him to his house, ate
his food, and got to know the sweetest, dearest man I had ever met. When we had finished eating, I mustered up all the courage I had and asked him, "Tell me, do you believe in God?"
"Absolutely," he said. "And I believe He looked down at us today in
that supermarket and saw me in my foul mood and you in your sad thoughts and said, 'I think those two should meet.' And here we are."
"Yes," I said, laughing for the first time in ages. "Yes, here we are!"
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He said he feels kind of guilty for being such a hermit. "I tend to really cut myself off. It's not a good thing. You wind up getting sort of crotchety and pissy. Your friends call up and just want to get together for dinner and it's like, 'oh Jesus,' and you feel so put upon. You get really obnoxious and particular about your time."
Wells Tower talking about himself in talking about writing fiction, in a New York Observer story earlier this year entitled "Wells Tower, Fiction Writer, Is Looking for Joy" (which sounds a little ironic, when you're looking at this snippet only.) But yeah, I know this/these writers.
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I hadn't driven my car for a few days, but as I turned out of my street, I knew that noise was not a good one. Already late, I happily noted it dissipated as I accelerated.
If you know everything there is to know about cars, you might as well quit reading now. This is for those who don't. For those of us who turn the key, who obey the little sticker telling us to get the oil changed, who answer the automated call to bring it in.
The thing is, you don't have to be a gearhead to know what your car is telling you. It talks to you all the time. What you do have to do is be attentive, be rational, and to not put your head up your butt when you hear a noise like squeeeeee.
The squeeeeee was definitely not a going-away noise. The old days of cars needing to warm up is over; I can't shake off weird sounds from all over my vehicle the way my dad used to, as if a car, like a person, rose slowly and creaked until the blinds were open and first cup of coffee got downed. I pulled into a parking spot, and knew this was about my steering. I wasn't going anywhere. Except, I was in the middle of a small town on a Saturday afternoon, attending a friend's book signing.
I pushed the thought of my wounded car to the back of my mind, and tried to concentrate on the world of books and writers and all those other things that don't go squeeeeee. As the novelist sat signing books, I chatted to a friend of his.
"So, you know anything about cars?" I asked, nonchalantly. I'd known the man 10 minutes. He raised an eyebrow, which I took as permission to carry on. "My car is going squeeeeee. I'm thinking steering," I finished. He agreed squeeeeee could indeed mean steering, and that I shouldn't drive it any farther.
My mechanics of many years standing are used to this. We were still driving my late mother's 1994 Intrepid when it was 15 years old, and I had the cornucopia of sound effects down to an art. I would call the garage to explain if it was making the diggity diggity diggity sound of a gasping solenoid, the ruh ruh ruh of a fading battery, or the lonely, tiny click of a dead starter. My car was talking to me; I was merely translating.
Maintenance is always cheaper than repair. Always.
There is no upside to camouflaging that weird thumping noise by turning up the radio. Sometimes when you drive your car every day, you fail to notice the gentle eroding of some components. Your brakes feel fine to you, until you get in a friend's car or a rental, and wonder why the brakes are so damned touchy. They're most likely not; yours are probably just spongy, but you haven't noticed. By the time you hear a nasty grinding sound, you're down to rotors and will wish you'd noticed your un-touchy brakes.
I find car owners, regardless of their mechanical aptitude, usually know more than they believe they do. Like knowing that you have a cavity in a tooth because of where the pain is coming from, a driver can usually identify a weird sound or pull in the steering, often knowing even which side. If your transmission is bucking or lagging, you feel the difference. You may not know why, or to what extent, but you can usually tell the difference between right and not right.
Listen to your car. Don't dismiss a new noise or feel. Walk around your car and look at it; do this at night, too, to note any bulbs burned out. Check your tires. If you don't know how to check your tire pressure, learn. How often have you seen a car on the road with a nearly flat tire, the driver oblivious? Just looking will tell you that. Drive with your window down periodically – winter can cocoon us and muffle a sound that might be more readily evident in warmer weather.
Cars are generally far more reliable now than they've ever been, especially for the turn-the-key-and-drive brigade. Keep to the manufacturer's recommended schedule, and most problems will be averted long before your safety is at risk. But as my squeeeeee reminded me, things happen, and you are ultimately your own best early responder.
Oh, and that novelist? He's also a mechanic. He diagnosed my power steering fluid leak and got me to safety. I bought an extra book.


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Moderator: Axel Wenblad, Senior advisor and independent MSP expert
- Jacek Zaucha, Chairman of VASAB Committee on Spatial Planning and Development of the Baltic Sea Region
- Thomas Johansson, Head of Marine Spatial Planning and Maritime Affairs, Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management
- Haitze Siemers, Head of Unit for Maritime Policy in the Baltic and North Sea, EC Directorate General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
Marine Spatial Planning in support of a sustainable ocean based economy
Alejandro Iglesias Campos, Programme Specialist at Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
Maritime Spatial Planning process
Lodewijk Abspoel on behalf of Leo de Vrees, Senior Advisor at Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment of Netherlands
Environmental aspects in MSP: the art of the possible
Rhona Fairgrieve, Manager, Scottish Coastal Forum
WWF's experiences of MSP across Europe – lessons and common themes
Alec Taylor, Marine Governance Programme Manager, WWF-UK
Maritime Spatial Planning and Offshore Wind Development
Per Hjelmsted Pedersen, Independent Senior Advisor at Hjelmsted Consulting
Panel discussion: Transforming borders into solutions
Moderator: Axel Wenblad, Senior advisor and independent MSP expert
Representatives of the BSR MSP Authorities
Ingūna Urtāne, Latvia
Kai Trümpler, Germany
Thomas Johansson, Sweden
Jacek Zaucha, Poland
Tiina Tihlman, Finland
Anni Konsap, Estonia
Peter Dam, Denmark
Recommendations on trans-boundary planning from Baltic SCOPE
Moderator: Axel Wenblad, Senior advisor and independent MSP expert
Presentations and speakers:
- What is Baltic SCOPE? by Ingela Issakson, Project Manager and Coordinator Baltic SCOPE, Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management
- Findings and recommendations from Central Baltic case by Ingūna Urtāne, Director of Spatial Planning Department of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development
- Findings and recommendations from Southwest Baltic case by Tomas Andersson, Senior Analyst at Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management
- Better evidence for MSP in BSR by Manuel Frias Vega, Project Manager at HELCOM
Obstacles and enablers in a transboundary planning collaboration (Baltic SCOPE)
Moderator: Johanna Egerup, Senior Adviser at Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management
- Michael Kull and Andrea Morf, Baltic SCOPE lessons learned, Senior Research Fellows at Nordregio (Nordic Centre for Spatial Development)
- Riku Varjopuro, Baltic SCOPE monitoring & evaluation framework, Head of unit at the Finnish Environment Institute, Environmental Policy Centre, Interactive Governance Unit
- Hannah Thomas, Senior Programme Officer of the Marine Programme, United Nations Environment Programme – World Conservation Monitoring Centre
- Anni Konsap, Advisor of the Planning Department at the Estonian Ministry of Finance
- Jan Schmidtbauer Crona, Senior Analyst at Swedish Agency of Marine and Water Management
- Wesley Flannery, Lecturer in the School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering (SPACE) and Institute of Environmental and Spatial Planning (ISEP) at Queen's University, Belfast
Past two years all over the Europe: case studies 1
Moderator: Talis Linkaits, Head of VASAB Secretariat
Presentations and speakers for the 1st session:
- Social network analysis and possibilities for transboundary MSP. Case of Adriatic Sea by Marija Lazić, Maritime Spatial Planner, MSc, Waterway Transportation Organisation and Infrastructure Planner, B/MSc
- MSP activities in Black sea area and achievements of MARSPLAN-BS project by Laurenta Alexandrov and Alina-Daiana Spinu, MSP experts, National Institute of Marine Research and Development "G.Antipa", Constanta
- Belgium case by Steven Vandenborre, Attaché senior Jurist Marien Milieu
- The past two years of MSP in Estonia: the good, the bad, the ugly by Anni Konsap, Adviser of Spatial Planning Department at Ministry of Finance, Estonia
Past two years all over the Europe: case studies 2
Moderator: Talis Linkaits, Head of VASAB Secretariat
Presentations and speakers for the 2nd session:
- MSP approaches in the Basque Country (Bay of Biscay, NE Atlantic) by Kemal Pinarbasi, Marine Spatial Planner, PhD Scholar in AZTI, Spain
- Cross-border cooperation in the Celtic Sea area and intended activities of the SIMCelt project by Joseph Ansong Onwona and Celia Le Lievre, Marine and Renewable Energy Ireland Centre, University College Cork
- Croatian spatial planning system and strategic approach to MSP by Vesna Marohnić-Kuzmanović, Head of Department at Croatian Institute for Spatial Development
- Latvian case by Ingūna Urtāne, Director of Spatial Planning Department of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development
Defense and maritime spatial planning
Moderator: Johanna Egerup, Senior Adviser at Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management
Presentations and speakers:
- From separate planning issues at sea to the holistic perspective of MSP – how does it affect the interest of national defence? by Camilla Bramer, Urban planner, team leader of spatial planning at Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters, Infrastructure department
- Defence interests in MSP context by Ilona Ekmane, Deputy Head of Civil-military Cooperation Section at Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Latvia and by Vera Solovjova, Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Latvia
- Issues arising in ongoing MSP processes by Eva Rosenhall, Senior Adviser at Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management and by planner from another country´s MSP process – e.g. DE
- "The open process of MSP versus the secrecy need of national defence" and how national defence has been handled in a MSP process by Nerijus Blažauskas, Senior researcher, Coastal Research and Planning Institute, Klaipeda University
What are the research needs for planning in 21st century?
Moderator: Alda Nikodemusa, Deputy Head of VASAB Secretariat
Presentations and speakers:
- Geography, Process, and Governance: future needs for MSP by Helena Colado, University of the Azores Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources
- Towards adaptive planning of marine space – from theory to practice by Robert Aps, University of Tartu
- Setting the scene for transnational MSP – Conceptions in the Baltic Sea and North Sea Region by Malena Ripken, Centre for Environment and Sustainability Research University of Oldenburg
- Findings of Baltic Coast project! by Gerald Schernewski, Leibniz-Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Head of Coastal and Marine Management group
- Genetic biodiversity in Baltic Sea Marine Protected Areas: a study of policy, implementation and platforms for knowledge transfer by Annica Sandström and Carina Lundmark, Luleå University of Technology
- Supporting marine management from the bottom up by Jacqueline F Tweddle, MarCRF Research Fellow in Marine Spatial Management at the University of Aberdeen and Marine Scotland Science
Working with culturally significant areas in maritime spatial planning (ICES)
Moderators: Kira Gee and Andreas Kannen, Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht, ICES Working Group for Marine Planning and Coastal Zone Management
Work session structure:
- The CSA concept – origins and key principles
- Applying the CSA concept in practice – a case study from the UK
- Mapping Cultural Ecosystem Services and CSA – a case study from Sweden
- Group discussion round 1: Practical opportunities and constraints of the CSA concept from the perspective of planners
- Group discussion round 2: How would the application of the CSA concept work in MSP practice?
- Presentation to the plenary and summary discussion.
European Union Maritime Spatial Planning Platform
Moderator: Angela Schultz-Zehden, Contract lead manager
Presentations and speakers:
- Introduction into the MSP Platform and the related service offer by Angela Schultz-Zehden, Contract lead manager
- Resources on MSP from the Baltic Sea by Susanne Altvater, s.Pro – sustainable projects GmbH
- MSP in the North Sea and Atlantic Ocean by Stephen Jay, University of Liverpool and Lucy Greenhill, Scottish Association for Marine Science
- MSP in the Black Sea by Laurenta Alexandrov, NIMRD
- MSP in the Mediterranean Sea by Emiliano Ramieri, Thetis and by Javier Fernandez, Ecorys Madrid