Animation company sets up a film festival
UK Newsquest Regional Press – This is The Lake District
October 7, 2004
BY: Gazette News Desk
A KIRKBY Stephen-based animation company is lending its talents in organising
a major film festival for young people.
Sisters Bryony Cadi and Linnhe Catlow the directors of film company 3 Bear
Animations have helped organise this year’s Co-operative Young Film Makers
Festival.
The annual celebration of cinema is targeted at young people aged 21 and
under and aims to give a new understanding of TV and film productions.
This year’s festival will take place at the National Museum of Photography
Film and Television in Bradford. A programme brimming with activities boasts
more than 30 events for children and young people aged five to 21.
“We’re particularly proud of the programme this year said joint event
coordinator Bryony Catlow.
We have Nick Dudman coming up from the set of Harry Potter Four to talk about
his work as special effects supervisor on films such as Star Wars and Harry
Potter which we are very excited about.”
In addition to the workshops and talks there will be screenings of films made
by young people from places as far flung as Armenia and Australia.
“We received around 400 entries this year and selected 100 for screening. The
filmmakers are of all ages and abilities ranging from five and six year olds
to 21 year olds producing films of almost professional quality said Cadi
Catlow.
Some of the films will receive awards from organisations and companies
involved in the film industry including 3 Bear Animations, BBC Blast and the British
Film Institute.
We decided to present an award at the festival because we want to encourage
the next generation of animators said Linnhe Catlow.
We used to enter Co-Operative Young Film Makers ourselves when we were
younger and the festival definitely inspired us to continue to produce animation. We
know from experience how important it is to have encouragement when you’re
starting out she added.
Co-operative Young Film Makers 2004 is open to everyone and will run today
(Friday) and tomorrow (Saturday). Entry to the majority of the events is free.
For a full programme see or call the festival
office on 0161-2462216.

JOINT POSITION IS NECESSARY OVER KARABAKH ISSUE
A1 Plus
07-10-2004
Resignation of Robert Kocharyan, Serj Sargssyan and Vardan Oskanyan is
the only possible way to avoid settlement of Karabakhi conflict in a
manner unfavourable for Armenia and they have a few months for
that. Aram Sargssyan, Chairman of Democratic Party of Armenia, has
today announced this in `Azdak’ Club.
‘Now Armenia has to resume the negotiations with minus. Azerbaijan is
ahead in the propaganda aspect’, Aram Sargssyan reminded adding the
worldaccepts the arguments of Azerbaijan regarding the territorial
integrity.
DPA Chair Aram Sargssyan, ex Defence Minister Vagharshak Harutyunyan
and Vice-Chair of Constitutional Right Union Hayk Babukhanyan together
with NKR representatives and Azerbaijan’s delegation have partaken in
Dortmund 7th conference. It was held under the chairmanship of
American and Russian co-chairs.
At the conference the stage-by-stage and package version for the
conflict settlement was suggested, in other words, to find a package
solution which will be implemented step-by-step. Azerbaijan side even
agreed to negotiate over the intermediate status of NKR. But at the
end of the conference the Azeri part started dwelling on the same old
subject on `returning the territories’, and the meeting ended without
reaching any results.
Aram Sargssyan finds that the Armenian side has 6 versions for
Karabakhi conflict settlement to start negotiations with each and to
reach the solution favourable for Armenia – political, legal, military
and economic variants, reservation of status quo and establishment of
a common union. Mr. Sargssyan is surprised why the Authorities have to
protect or justify themselves insteadof appearing at the position of
initiators.
Aram Sargssyan thinks hearings must be held in Parliament, joint
position and state conception must be formed. We asked if Opposition
having 23 MPs was ready to share responsibility with Authorities in
the present conditions unfavourable for Karabakhi conflict
settlement. Aram Sargssyan said if Authorities don’ t share the same
standpoint with Opposition, no joint stance will be set and Opposition
won’t accept responsibility.

YEREVAN PRESS CLUB WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
OCTOBER 1-7, 2004
HIGHLIGHTS:
“PRESS CLUB” ON AIR
HEARINGS ON THE CASE OF ATTACK ON PHOTOJOURNALIST STARTED
COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT REPORT OF THE PACE MONITORING COMMITTEE
MDI SEMINAR: NGOs AND MEDIA
YSU JOURNALISM DEPARTMENT IS FIVE YEARS OLD
“PRESS CLUB” ON AIR
On October 4 on the evening air of the Second Armenian TV Channel the “Press
Club” program cycle was launched. The cycle is organized by Yerevan Press
Club under “Strengthening Democracy by Free Expression in South Caucasus”
project, implemented jointly with “Article 19” international organization
with the assistance of Open Society Institute. Once every two weeks, on
Mondays the heads of leading Armenian media and journalistic associations
will gather in the studio of the Second Channel to discuss the topical
issues, also of information sphere.
One of the main subjects of the first “Press Club” show was the
media-related legislation, in particular laws “On Mass Communication”, “On
Freedom of Information” and “On Television and Radio”. The second issue
discussed referred to the documents of the Parliamentary Assembly of the
Council of Europe that have recently been at the focus of media attention:
two draft reports, on Mountainous Karabagh (rapporteur Terry Davis) and that
of the Monitoring Committee on the fulfillment of Armenia’s commitments to
the Council of Europe (corapporteurs Jerzy Jaskiernia and Rene Andre).
HEARINGS ON THE CASE OF ATTACK ON PHOTOJOURNALIST STARTED
On October 7 in the court of primary jurisdiction of Kotayk region of
Hrazdan city hearings on the case of attack on the correspondent of
“Photolure” news agency Mkhitar Khachatrian and the obstruction of
professional activities of Mkhitar Khachatrian and the correspondent of
“Aravot” daily Anna Israelian started. As it has been reported, the incident
occurred on August 24 in Tsaghkadzor, where the journalists were preparing a
piece on the forest cutting in the vicinity of sports complex for the
construction of summerhouses of high-ranked officials. After the end of the
shootings the memory chip of Khachatrian’s camera was taken away by force
(see details in YPC Weekly Newsletter, August 26 – September 2, 2004).
Charges of public disorder (part 1 of Article 258 of the RA Criminal Code)
and the obstruction of legitimate professional activities of journalists
(part 1 of Article 164 of the RA Criminal Code) were introduced to a Yerevan
resident, formerly twice convicted Gagik Stepanian.
At the first session the court started the interrogation of the parties. The
next session is scheduled for October 11.
COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT REPORT OF THE PACE MONITORING COMMITTEE
On October 4 in Yerevan the Partnership for Open Society Initiative, uniting
over 40 public organizations, held discussions of the draft report of the
PACE Monitoring Committee on implementation of Resolutions 1361 (2004) and
1374 (2004) on the honoring of obligations and commitments by Armenia
(corapporteurs Jerzy Jaskiernia and Rene Andre), to be heard on October 7 at
the PACE session. At the discussion comments on the report developed by the
Partnership for Open Society Initiative were presented, too.
In the beginning of the comments the Initiative points out the preferability
of a more detailed examination of the situation in Armenia and their taking
into account the opinions not only the state representatives but also of the
NGO-community. “We work together with the government, international
organizations and civil society towards achieving the common goal of
democratic reforms in Armenia”, the comments read. “This will happen only if
accurate information and analysis is provided. Unfortunately, lack of
accurate information and thorough analysis of the situation is manifest in
both the points that the rapporteurs highlighted as positive and also in
those that they present as negative.”
The omissions named are also present in the reference the corapporteurs make
to the media situation. Thus, in item 3 iii of the draft report of the
Monitoring Committee it is noted that “the investigations on incidents and
human rights abuses reported during the recent events, including assaults on
journalists and human rights activists, were led and information was
provided to the Assembly on their findings and of any legal action taken
against persons responsible”. Yet, as the comments of the Partnership note,
the corapporteurs do not specify that the investigation of many such cases
was stopped, and it was not conducted at all on the abuse of journalists by
the police on the night of April 12-April 13, 2004. The events of April
12-April 13 were not reflected in the report at all, even though in them
several journalists were injured. Only the punishment imposed on two
attackers for violence against journalists on the rally of April 5, 2004 is
mentioned (the punishment left the journalistic community and the public
discontent, the comments note).
In the opinion of the Monitoring Committee, the request to the National
Commission on Television and Radio to add arguments when awarding broadcast
licenses, as stipulated in the last amendments to the RA Law “On Television
and Radio”, will prevent “the adoption of arbitrary decisions” (item 9). The
corapporteurs also hope that the expected renewal of the composition of the
NCTR, proceeding from the same amendments to the broadcast law, will
contribute to the creation of “fair conditions for awarding broadcast
licenses to televisions, in particular ‘A1+'” (item 11 iii). Firstly, the
comments of the Partnership stress, the mere giving additional arguments is
not a guarantee for preventing arbitrary decisions. This requires other
methods of open and public discussion, too, also involvement of NGO
representatives and experts into the process of bid evaluation, as allowed
by Article 26 of the RA Law “Statutes of the National Commission on
Television and Radio”. Such a proposal was made by a number of NGOs to the
NCTR Chairman during the last broadcast licensing competition, however, it
was rejected. Secondly, the comments of the Initiative say, the amendments
to the broadcast law do not stipulate changes in the NCTR composition: they
only refer to competitive appointment to vacancies. And, finally, the
comments note, the corapporteurs link the creation of fair competition
conditions with the changes in the NCTR composition, whereas attention
should be drawn to its formation procedure which “does not ensure the
independence of the body and makes it a tool in the hand of the executive”.
When quoting negative examples, the comments of the Partnership note, the
report of the Monitoring Committee has a number of mistakes. Thus, item 30
of the report says: “The situation regarding media still gives cause for
concern. Newspapers are regularly found guilty in court and ordered to pay
heavy fines for publishing defamatory articles about prominent figures in or
close to the government.” Yerevan Press Club and the Committee to Protect
Freedom of Expression monitor the media situation, also the media-related
litigations, and during the past year, fortunately, nothing has been
recorded, the Initiative writes in its comments.
Among the most vivid examples of information lack, in the opinion of the
Partnership, was the mentioning of the corapporteurs that “Kentron” TV
company stopped broadcasting and was replaced by “Aravot” TV company. In
reality, the comments explain, “Kentron” did not stop its activities, it
only changed the air name. As the corapporteurs note, “Yerkir Media” TV
company that got a broadcast license is managed by Armenian Diaspora. In the
Partnership’s comments this statement is characterized as “irresponsible”.
MDI SEMINAR: NGOs AND MEDIA
On October 4-6 in Yerevan a training seminar for non-governmental
organizations representing various society groups and minorities and for
journalists of Armenia was held. The training on NGO relations with media
was organized by the London-based Media Diversity Institute under “Minority
Empowerment and Media Development in South Caucasus” project, implemented
with the financial assistance of the European Union and the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. The practical activation of relations of
the “third sector” and the “fourth estate” were discussed in the mode of
interactive communication, moderated by Tim Grout-Smith and Lily Poberezhska
(“Media Player International” consultancy partnership, UK) and Elina
Poghosbekian (Yerevan Press Club).
YSU JOURNALISM DEPARTMENT IS FIVE YEARS OLD
On October 1 the Journalism Department of the Yerevan State University
celebrated the fifth anniversary since it was founded. The Journalism
Department grew out of the journalism major groups of the YSU Philological
Department. The greeting address of the Yerevan Press Club noted the
progress of the study process, the availability of technical facilities and
wished the school success, conscientious students and open-minded graduates.
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Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
Sept 29 2004
Armenia Wants to Postpone Talks on Karabagh
30/09/2004 08:46
After the Astana meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents the
official Yerevan has come out with an initiative to postpone the
talks over the settlement of the Karabagh conflict.
AssA-Irada — Commenting on the Armenia’s initiative, Deputy Foreign
Minister Araz Azimov confirmed the fact that the Armenian side has
requested to be granted a delay to analyze the results of the talks
held so far. The date for the next talks with the Armenian side has
not been ascertained yet, he said.
Azimov underlined there is no need for a meeting of the Azerbaijani
and Armenian presidents’ special envoys as all issues related to the
conflict settlement are discussed during the regular meetings of the
two countries’ foreign ministers.
At the Astana summit official Baku called on Armenia to recognize
Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity and withdraw its armed forces from
the occupied lands.
Azimov stressed that the government of Azerbaijan is ready to ensure
the security of the Armenian community in Karabagh if Armenia accepts
the conditions laid by the Azerbaijani side.
Armenia occupied former autonomous Nagorno-Karabakh region and also
seven other Azerbaijani districts in 1991-94 war, forcing over
700,000 Azerbaijanis to leave their homes. Despite an armistice
signed in May 1994, no final solution has been achieved to the
conflict between the two countries.

Boston Herald, MA
Sept 30 2004
Style calendar
By Raakhee P. Mirchandani
Join the Armenian International Women’s Association’s New England
affiliate for a fashion show featuring the latest designs from the
Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts in Armenia. The event on Oct. 10
begins at 5 p.m. at the National Heritage Museum, 33 Marrett Road,
Lexington. The fashion show starts at 7:30 p.m. For more information
or to buy tickets, call 781-729-6457. Tickets are $50 and include an
Armenian buffet.

Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
Sept 30 2004
Parliament’s Decision May Impede Armenian MPs’ Participation In NATO
Seminar
30/09/2004 09:03
The participation of Armenian parliamentarians in the “Rose Roth”
seminar of NATO Parliamentary Assembly to be held in Baku in November
depends on the decision to be adopted by the Milli Majlis
(Azerbaijan’s parliament).
AssA-Irada — This statement was made by Araz Azimov, Deputy Foreign
Minister also the Azerbaijani President’s special envoy on Karabagh
issue. Azimov noted that the Azerbaijani MPs’ position will play a
particular role in impeding the visit by Armenian parliamentarians to
Baku as well.
“The Azerbaijani parliament is the organizer of the seminar and
should express its position on the matter,” said Azimov, adding that
Armenians won’t be able to attend the seminar if Azerbaijani
parliamentarians reject their participation.

Azer Tag, Azerbaijan State Info Agency
Sept 30 2004
RELATIONS WITH COMPATRIOTS LIVING IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
STRENGTHENING
[September 30, 2004, 13:49:13]
Employees of the State Committee on Work with the Azerbaijanis living
in foreign countries have visited Australia and New Zealand.
As was told AzerTAj from the State Committee, at the meetings carried
out within the framework of visit with chairman of the Azerbaijan
Association of Australia Mikayil Oyta, and also members of the
organization, the consul of Turkey in Sydney Nihat Ershen, discussed
were problems of our compatriots living in this country, and
underlined the importance of consolidation of efforts in bringing
into the notice the realities about Azerbaijan and Turkey is
underlined.
At the general session of the organizations of the Azerbaijan,
Turkish and Turkmen Diasporas, discussed were prospects of joint
activity.
At the meeting in Canberra with chairman of International festival
committee Dominick Miko, it was decided to provide participation of
the Azerbaijan masters of art in forthcoming international festival
in February next year and also carrying out during same time in three
cities of Australia of Days of Culture of Azerbaijan.
At the press conference for local mass media, was presented
information on the economic situation in Azerbaijan, its position in
region, the Nagorny Karabakh conflict and occupation by Armenians of
the Azerbaijan lands.
A number of other important meetings also have been carried in New
Zealand.

The Setonian, NJ
Sept 30 2004
Protestors criticize Peres’ visit, honorary degree conferral
Elizabeth Hendler
Editor in Chief
[email protected]

Article Body >>
Activists from New Jersey Solidarity, a Rutgers-based group,
protested former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres’ speech
Wednesday outside of the university gates. About 10 individuals
unaffiliated with Seton Hall held signs reading `Shimon Peres = War
Criminal’ and waved a `Free Palestine’ flag.
Peres is a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
He spoke as part of a World Leaders Forum held in the Walsh Gymnasium
at 4 p.m. He was conferred an honorary degree.
The group was told to leave campus, where it first wanted to protest
on the university Green. Patrick Linfante, director of Public Safety
and Security, asked them to leave, saying Seton Hall sits on private
property and is not required to allow outsiders to protest.
`This is a ticketed event with invited guests, students,
administrators, staff and faculty,’ Linfante said. `Mr. Peres is here
to have a conversation with our community. If New Jersey Solidarity
wants a conversation with Mr. Peres, they can have him visit their
events.’
For the event, Seton Hall had additional security help from South
Orange police, New Jersey state police, the Essex county sheriff and
the county prosecutor.
A county narcotics and counter-terrorism task force was also on hand.
A state police helicopter surveyed the campus. Peres arrived via
motorcade.
One protester was arrested soon after arriving on campus because of
an outstanding warrant.
Protesters allege Peres is responsible for the Qana bombing in
Lebanon and occupation and expulsion of Palestinians from holy land.
They also critized Peres’ comments that the mass murder of Armenians
in 1915 was a tragedy `but not a genocide,’ made in a Turkish
newspaper in 2001.
`Palestinians, all arabs, all Muslims, are treated as terrorists in
this country,’ protester Noel Winkler said. `We support the right of
return to the homeland. A two-state solution is not a means for
lasting peace.’
Several protesters were Catholics who said the university is honoring
a politician who is responsible for violence against Palestinians.
`In America, it’s hard to understand this situation because we did
the same thing (to Native Americans), taking their land and killing
them,’ former South Orange resident Mary Costa said.
Protester David Hungerford, a teacher in Newark, said he believes the
Nobel Peace Prize has lost its value as it has been awarded to people
like Peres.
Vincent Fisher, of Teaneck, commented, `This is one of the most
pressing moral imperatives of our time.’
He alleges the university chose Peres to speak for political reasons.
`Catholic Palestinians are suffering horribly under occupation,’ he
said, noting the bombing of the Catholic Bethlehem University in 2002
in the West Bank.
Sophomore Ibrahim Khaddash commented, `The protest shows the students
he’s a war criminal, and he shouldn’t be honored by a Catholic
university.’
He said both Muslims and Christian Palestinians have died in bombings
like those in Lebanon in 1997.
Junior Romi Saleh is in favor of a two-state plan and was glad to see
Palestinian supporters outside of the campus gates.
`I’m pro-freedom,’ he said. `I support everyone enjoying the quality
of life we have in this country. That means no occupation.’
Caity Fodor contributed to this article.
Elizabeth Hendler can be reached at [email protected].

Manitou Messenger Online, MN
Sept 30 2004
Sudan situation dire
Politicians on both sides of the aisle in Congress have suggested
that the United States should have known that the Iraqi “liberation”
effort would go sour, citing the Vietnam conflict as proof of the
inevitable failure of “Operation Iraqi Freedom.”
Politicians who argue so vehemently that we remember history seem to
have forgotten the Armenian Genocide following World War I, the
Holocaust of World War II and the brutal ethnic cleansings in
Cambodia, Serbia and Rwanda.
In the Darfur region of Sudan, this century’s first major genocide is
unfolding while the supposed defenders of righteousness stand by
powerless and unmotivated.
In Darfur, one million people have been forced to live as refugees.
Following an uprising by the oppressed African minority, roving
Pro-Government Arab militias have killed 50,000 or more of the
region’s Black African population.
The government admits to forming self-defense militias against the
rebels in Darfur, but denies any links to the Janjaweed militia
groups responsible for the mass murders and rapes in the region.
Refugees, however, paint a very different story.
According to victims, the Sudanese Government Air Force is bombing
villages suspected of being rebel strongholds. Following the
bombardment, the Janjaweed militias ride through the village on
horses and camels, massacring men, women and children. The Janjaweed
themselves admit to these atrocities, claiming that men are killed
and women are raped if they stray too far from the protection of the
refugee camps in search of wood or water.
The African Union (A.U.) seems powerless to stop the violence.
Neighboring countries, like Chad, have closed their borders for fear
of spreading the battlefront of Arab-Black confrontation. Sudan
itself seems at best complacent and at worst complicit with the
slaughter of the mostly Christian Black African population by their
Arab-African countrymen.
Under massive political pressure from the United Nations and the
United States, Sudan has weakly promised to disarm the Janjaweed. The
United Nations is threatening sanctions  with the United States
leading that push, yet some nations are still resisting a broader
A.U. or U.N. military presence to ensure the safety of the refugees,
including Sudan itself.
Given the remoteness of Sudan, it is not likely that a western nation
will be involved in any broad-based military action to protect the
refugees as they did in Kosovo in 1999. Despite the similarity of the
Darfur crisis to the Kosovo genocide, Darfur is considerably vaster
and much further away from NATO’s main bases of operation than
Kosovo, Serbia.
Because of Africa’s status in the world, an African crisis somehow
always needs to be especially gruesome for western nations to take
notice. Rwanda practically bled itself dry before the United Nations
decided to care.
While it is understandable that the West is apprehensive about
putting troops into yet another Muslim country, a multi-national
coalition featuring the United Nations or African Union would not be
there to challenge the validity of the Sudanese government. The U.S.
Congress recently declared the conflict “genocide” but only in a
non-binding resolution in the House of Representatives. The Senate
has yet to agree, but if they were to concur, such a decision would
set off intervention actions under the guidelines of the Genocide
Convention, although the depth of the resolve of such action is
uncertain.
Secretary of State Colin Powell recently visited Sudan, and in a
promising first step, stated, “Genocide has been committed in Sudan,
and the Sudanese Government and the Janjaweed militias bear
responsibility.”
For all those in the government today who continue to question the
moral basis of the war in Iraq, Sudan presents itself as a clear
example of when intervention is not only necessary, but also vital to
the preservation of human rights for an entire region of the world.
To have invaded Iraq on shaky foundations with vague moral reasoning
was bad enough. For the United States to ignore Sudan as its people
die by the thousands would only further blemish a record of
righteousness already on life support.
Staff writer Byron Vierk is a senior from Lincoln, Neb. He majors in
history.

The Gateway, NE
Sept 30 2004
New sunscreen technology reported by Omaha scientist
As summer comes to an end, an Omaha physician-scientist has recently
reported research findings on a unique sunscreen that could help
people against the sun’s exposure.
Dr. Ramon M. Fusaro, M.D., of the UNMC and Creighton University
Medical Center faculty, presented the results of a sunscreen that is
built into and bound to the skin. The results were presented at the
Eighth International Symposium on the Maillard Reaction in
Charleston, S.C. He conducted the research along with colleague Edwin
Rice, M.D. of Minneapolis’ Park Nicollet Clinic.
The two reported that the formation of melanoidins in the skin, a
keratin-bound sunscreen, protected 30 Caucasian patients from
developing a sun rash from their allergy to sunlight without any
therapeutic failures. The sunscreen was chemically formed in the top
later of the skin by the overnight sequential bedtime applications of
two chemically pure medications. The first medication was
dihydroxyacetone (sunless tanning lotion) followed 15 minutes later
by lawesone (active dye in henna). Serious side effects could be
caused by over-the-counter versions, if used by the public. Fusaro
and Rice warn that those are not pure and may degenerate.
Fusaro said that experimental records of the studied patients
revealed that they also never experienced any sunburns during the
seven months of the study even though 60 percent of them were in
sunlight for eight to six hours per day.
While there are many advantages to the sunscreen, there remains one
major disadvantage of the keratin-bound sunscreen. It cannot be used
in individuals who have a rare disease known as glucose-6 phosphate
dehydrogenase deficiency. Fusaro said, however, that the presence of
the genetic mutation could be identified by a blood test.
The keratin-bound sunscreen will most likely be a prescription
medication, and the user will have to take vitamin D supplements
because of the sunscreen’s efficiency of blocking the sun’s rays
entering the skin.
UNMC teams to help Arab nursing education
Last Monday, UNMC’s College of Nursing formalized a three-year
contract affiliation with the Al-Zaytoonah Private University of
Jordan that will include sharing UNMC’s traditional and online
nursing education and clinical curriculum. It also will provide
faculty training in integrating online courses into traditional
curriculum.
The affiliation was established to advance nursing education in
Jordan and the Arab region.
UNMC’s college of nursing already provides courses to faculty of
Erebouni College in Armenia -the pilot site for the college’s
strategy of a “global classroom” moving into other regions– as well
as India and China.
Officials say the advantages of the partnership include raising the
quality of nursing education, ultimately improving patient care, and
addressing nursing shortages in Jordan and the Arab region. There are
eight colleges of nursing in Jordan.
One of the first things the partnership will support is the creation
of a learning resource center at AZPU. The center will be equipped
with computers and other technology allowing students to learn and
practice nursing skills on their own. The center will also integrate
online courses, audio-visual resources and address improvements in
clinical instruction and evaluation.