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is colour management for me? Yes & I can help you
I'm Neil Barstow, since 2002 I've been helping clients achieve image consitency through the workflow using colour management and ICC profiling and supplying relevant equipment and software.
Colour management is a process which enables users to better control image appearance, it is able to free users from the drudgery and stress of dealing with visual inconsistency in the imaging chain which can affect digital capture, display screens & printers as well as disappointing clients. I can help YOU with that.
Inconsistency can even get in the way of signing off on completed commissions. Continuity of appearance across various devices and media is the goal of good colour management.
25 years in advertising photography led me into a career as a colour management specialist. I first came across issues in the digital workflow when solving my own print problems, eventually working on this in collaboration with Pixl in Denmark. Now my scope of work has expanded to cover the whole colour management area.
Over the years I've worked with a wide range of those involved in digital imaging; from professional photographers, offset printers, artists, designers to students, beginners and retired hobbyists.
I have worked extensively with Christie's the Art auctioneers, helping to implement an end to end process to control colour, from image acquisition by digital or film and scan - via retouch and proof all the way to recalibrating the offset press used to produce their 600+ catalogue issues per year. Read more about the Christie's project here. There's some client feedback here.
"But, to me, a Dell or Apple screen looks great and my clients aren't complaining. Why do I need to know about colour management?"
The answer is straightforward: you need to take charge because good colour management policies will improve the quality of your work and give you an advantage over competitors who maybe don't know any better, or don't care.
I'd like to work with you to help you to solve your colour management problems and, ideally, to help you learn how to think this through; so you can help yourself when issues pop up. Maybe it's a little advice, perhaps workflow optimisation, screen calibration, printer profiling or installation of a proofing system. I am ready to come out to work on your system, or to support you remotely by phone, email or remote access. We can have a free introductory chat or we can meet for a survey/assessment or set-up session.
You might like to start with the intro page.
There's lots of information here on the site ranging from basic to in-depth, which will, I hope, help you to either begin to grasp the "idea" of colour management or to learn a little more.
You can get started with help for free from Neil Barstow, please click here, read the info and use the link to get in touch.
I hope you enjoy your visit and find the information you need here on my website. Would you like to get in touch or send feedback, please, click here to send me an email.
That's Pismo Beach above, one of my own pictures, taken on 6cm roll film on a wide format Wista camera, what a beautiful place


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December 5, 2013
Two finalists to be interviewed for the College of Arts and Sciences assistant dean for diversity, recruitment and retention
Two candidates will interview next week for the assistant dean for diversity, recruitment and retention position in the College of Arts and Sciences. They will present talks in open sessions as follows:
Rescheduled for 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 16, Town Hall, Leadership Studies Building — Tara Jabbaar-Gyambrah from Hilbert College.
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11, Room 227, K-State Student Union — Janice Hamlet from Northern Illinois University
A position description, a listing of search committee members and curricula vitae for both candidates may be viewed here.

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Just wanted to share an awesome post that I found on The Warrior Forum. You can view the post right here.
It's written by Justin Michie.
50 Tips On Getting More Traffic To Your Website
1. Write and submit articles to the article directories.
2. Leave comments on other people's blogs with a backlink to your site.
3. Answer people's questions on www.answers.yahoo.com.
4. Post in forums and have a link to your site in your signature.
5. Write a press release and submit it to www.PRWeb.com.
6. Advertise your website in the appropriate category on www.CraigsList.com.
7. Give an unbiased testimonial on a product/service that you have used in exchange for a backlink to your site.
8. Start a blog and submit it to the 100's of free blog directories.
9. Manually submit your website to the major search engines.
10. Optimize each page of your website for a particular keyword or search phrase.
11. Add a link in your email signature to your website. It's a free and easy way to get a little more traffic.
12. Make a custom 404 error page for your website redirecting people to your home page.
13. Use PPC search engine advertising.
14. Add a "bookmark this site" link to your webpages.
15. Have a tell-a-friend form on your site.
16. Send articles to ezine publishers that includes a link to your website.
17. Hold a crazy content and make it go viral.
18. Give away a freebie (ebook, report, e-course) to keep people coming back to your site.
19. Add an RSS feed to your blog.
20. Submit your site to any related niche directories on the net.
21. Participate in a banner or link exchange program.
22. Create a software program and give it away for free.
23. Purchase the misspellings or variations of your domain name, or those of your competitors.
24. Buy a domain name related to your niche that is already receiving traffic and forward it to your site.
25. Pass out business cards with your domain on them everywhere you go.
26. Start and affiliate program and let your affiliates send you visitors.
27. Start a page on social bookmarking sites such as www.MySpace.com.
28. Submit a viral video to www.YouTube.com
29. Conduct and publish surveys to your website.
30. Find joint venture partners that will send you traffic.
31. Start your own newsletter or ezine.
32. Use a autoresponder or email campaign to keep people coming back to your site.
33. Purchase ads on other sites.
34. Send a free copy of your product to other site owners in exchange for a product review.
35. Sell or place classified ads on www.eBay.com with a link to your site.
36. Post free classified ads on any of the sites that allow them with a link to your site.
37. Exchange reciprocal links with other related websites.
38. Network with other people at seminars or other live events.
39. Purchase advertising in popular newsletters or ezines.
40. Advertise on other product's "thank you" pages.
41. Create a free ebook and list in on the "free ebook" sites.
42. Buy and use a memorable domain name.
43. Do something controversial.
44. Create an Amazon profile and submit reviews for books and other products that you have read.
45. Start a lens on www.Squidoo.com.
46. Use a traffic exchange (low quality traffic, but can sometimes be worthwhile).
47. Get referrals form similar but non-competing sites.
48. Create and sell a product with resell or giveaway rights and include a link to your site in it o others pass it around for you.
49. Email your list. If you don't have one, get one.
50. Buy a pair of sandals; get your website engraved on the bottom and walk on the beach, stomp in the mud or play in the snow.


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We take reservations for lunch and dinner. To make a reservation, please call us at (01) 888-999-3333 between 10am-6pm, Monday to Friday.
We do not book the bar area – we leave this for walk-in guests to ensure that we always offer some tables for those who have not booked.
Whatever your event or celebration, we are here to make your special day a truly memorable one. Reon private dining experts are more than happy to create custom floral arrangements and arrange for guests to meet Chef Parker during the course of their meal. For parties of 8-12 we have the roastery table which is available for private hire.
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2, The company guarantee provided by the equipment after its correct guidance in the whole system work 3 days after the installation and debugging, to achieve product technical performance indicators.
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4, The whole machine quality guarantee period for the production line for 12 months after acceptance. If found in quality guarantee period, the quality of the goods or the specification and is not in conformity with the provisions of the contract, or prove that the goods are defective (including potential defects or the use of substandard materials, etc.), the buyer is entitled to according to the inspection certificate issued by the legal department of the goods within the quality guarantee period the seller treatment scheme is put forward.
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Sebastian Agneessens sat down to interview Vivian Rosenthal on November 2nd, 2009 about Tronic's recent personal spot, I AM:
I AM from TronicStudio on Vimeo.
This is Sebastien Agneessens recording Vivian Rosenthal on November 2, regarding the piece I AM.
I find the title I AM to be an interesting title, because the poetry that is spoken in the piece is mainly about the future or the past, but not about the present. How would you describe your choice of I AM for the title for this piece?
The title comes from the animals' declaration of who they are. Each animal says, "I AM the elephant" and "I AM the horse" and it's through language that they are reinforcing their physicality and their place in the world. And the irony, of course, is that animals don't have access to our language, they have their own languages, but we privilege ours. And so with this piece, the idea was that by giving them access to language, it was giving them agency, giving them power, giving them the ability to be heard. And so the title I AM I chose really as a way to underscore the importance of our understanding of the self. And by expressing the self, I think people can understand how to relate not just to animals, but to the planet at large, and to see it as a reflection of themselves and therefore hopefully care more about its future and our future collectively.
I feel that in this piece there is a juxtaposition of a known city, which is New York City, with some kind of generic urban landscape without any people in it. It's very desolate, and there is some kind of archeological relic that is being built in this architectural landscape. And this relic, even though it's being built in front of your eyes, seems very old. It seems like a ruin of some sort. Why did you choose to depict the animals in such a fragile and man-made state, almost like a vestige?
I love that question, because I think it's so insightful in terms of the thinking that went into the piece. Essentially the reason the animals have this archaic feeling is because that's how they are quickly becoming, they are becoming relics. So instead of giving them a more sleek form or language, we chose to have them made out of detritus, just out of found wood. And the reason for that was that it feels that they are becoming these vestiges of trash essentially, because that's how we are treating them. By treating the planet and our environment that way, we are essentially doing the same to these creatures. They are becoming almost like walking ghosts that are just drifting through a manufactured landscape.
Now, the only animal that is free is the one that disappears. Which means that it's the one that doesn't belong to the human world anymore, or the manufactured landscape as you call it. Do you think that this piece is mainly about the relationship between nature and culture? Or mankind? Or do you think it's a piece about the place of animals in the environment?
Well, hopefully it can have a personal interpretation for each viewer. Since I can't speak for everyone, and only myself, I think for me, yes, it's very much about the erasure of history as we move forward. And I think as animals and human cultures become extinct, they are only going to live on through our memory, and obviously through images and film. But really, I think we almost need to be forced to see them in a new light, made up of wood, to recognize their fragile state. That's a big part of why they keep breaking and collapsing, it's almost like these are their last words, their last breath, before they are destroyed, before they are made extinct.
Why the choice of these 4 particular animals- the elephant, the horse, the bear and the bird?
It's not really about the specificity of these particular animals, it could have been any type of animal, it's more about capturing a moment in time. The elephant, the horse, the bear- those three were chosen for their size and their feeling of power. The bird, and I think you touched on this in one of your other questions, the bird was really speaking to the idea of hope. So the other three kind of have the sense of defeat and nostalgia, and a sense of having given up and lost. Whereas the bird, because it can fly, symbolically to me still held hope, the hope that somehow it could escape to a better landscape or a better point in history. Whether or not it can is a whole other question, but this was really talking about the symbolic nature of the bird.
But from what I understand in this piece, is the hope for survival of the bird to actually escape human civilization?
Yeah, I guess sadly it is, at least metaphorically. I'd like to think that maybe they'll be a shift, and instead of damaging the environment and the planet, we'll start to help it. But I think we are a long way off. There is a lot of damage that we would have to undo before we could get back to a place of equilibrium, and then actually do something with a positive effect. So, yes, maybe this escape fantasy is stronger, even if it's not necessarily more viable than the actual solution.
Now on a more visual and cinematic level, the way the animals are being built and unbuilt is very magical because it starts with the top, instead of starting with the bottom. Why this decision?
I like that you feel like it's magical, because there is an element of magic and dreaming in this piece. I mean, obviously, we are giving a voice to the animals, and they can't normally speak, and in that same way we wanted to show that not only are they interrelated but we are too, with them, and with the world around us. And so in the deconstruction and the reconstruction of them, it was the idea that the weight of one collapses onto itself, it literally can't support itself anymore. The planet is not self-sustaining, it too could collapse. The declaration of I AM is their last breathe, and hearing that basically gives rise to the next utterance, and so on and so forth, until they have basically lost all ability to exist.
Your personal work often involves writing, how did you bring it into this piece?
I've always loved words and I actually wrote the voice over for the animals before we started on the animation. The writing was actually the birth of the piece.
Have you realized that the title could be read as "I AM" or as "One AM", which is the start of a new day?
I hadn't thought of that. (laughs) One AM, the dawn of a new day, certainly has more of a hopeful feeling.
How do you see the future of humanity as it relates to technology and its environment? What is a new day for you?
Well, I would like to say that I believe in an enlightened future, but I'm not convinced that's the case. I mean, it will be enlightened in some ways, certainly as it relates to technology, but I think in its wake there is going to be a lot of loss and a lot of destruction. And that is somewhat consistent with the cycles of civilization that we have seen to date. Every great civilization is replaced by the next great civilization. This project speaks to those losses. We must not become so seduced by technology that we forget the natural world around us.
Including our natural condition, I guess….
Yeah, we are an extension of the animals, so yes, I think technology is pulling us further away from our physical selves. So, in essence, the piece is a reminder that our corporeal selves are as important as our digital selves.
Why didn't you put a human being as one of the characters in this piece?
I guess because it feels like in some way we have a bit more power than animals. There's an innocence with them, that their future is really dependent on us. We have more choice in our future.
This was Sebastien Agneessens interviewing Vivian Rosenthal on November 2, 2009. Thank you for listening.


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CINCINNATI (AP) — The family of the 3-year-old boy who got into the gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo says he is "still doing well."
The family released a statement Wednesday morning through a representative saying he just had a checkup by his doctor. They say they continue to "praise God," and are thankful to the zoo for "their actions taken to protect our child."
Zoo staffers shot and killed the endangered 17-year-old western lowland gorilla named Harambe on Saturday after concluding the boy's life was in danger.
The family expresses thanks to those expressing concern and support. It says some people have offered money and they recommend a donation to the Cincinnati Zoo in Harambe's name.
Spokeswoman Gail Myers says they have no comment on a Cincinnati police investigation into their actions.
The Cincinnati Zoo, where a gorilla was shot and killed over the weekend after a 3-year-old boy climbed over a fence and fell into its enclosure, has an open viewing area that was among the first of its kind and is now common in many zoos around the country.
The exhibit was at the forefront of zoos moving away from cages in favor of more realistic living environments and adopting a range of exhibits, from natural habitats behind glass walls to jungle-like settings separated from the public by hedges and bamboo fences.
While police in Cincinnati are investigating the child's parents and federal inspectors plan their own review, the zoo says it will look at whether it needs to reinforce the barriers even though it considers the enclosure more secure than what's required.
"The exhibit is safe, the barrier is safe," said zoo director Thane Maynard, who noted the exhibit is routinely checked by federal inspectors and the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, which also plans to investigate what happened.
The breach, the zoo director said, was the first time a visitor had entered the zoo's Gorilla World, which opened in 1978 and was billed as the first "bar-less" outdoor gorilla habitat in the nation.
A federal inspection less than two months ago found no problems with the gorilla exhibit, but earlier inspections reported issues including the potential danger to the public from a March incident involving wandering polar bears inside a behind-the-scenes service hallway.
Some critics have blamed the boy's parents for not keeping a close eye on the child, who is doing fine after being treated at a hospital, according to his family.
Police said the investigation will look at the parents' actions — not the operation of the zoo, which is overseen by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Police then would discuss with prosecutors whether charges should be filed.
At least two animal rights groups were holding the zoo responsible for the death of the 17-year-old western lowland gorilla on Saturday, charging that the barrier made up of a fence, bushes and a moat wasn't adequate.
Most gorilla exhibits around the country now have open-viewing areas — often protected by a combination of glass walls, mesh netting and moats.
- Zoo Atlanta, which boasts the nation's largest gorilla collection, has several outdoor viewing spots that are designed to give visitors the feeling of being very close, but they are still separated by a series of safety barriers.
- Gorillas at the Columbus Zoo are in two enclosed areas behind glass and mesh. The approach is an exception to the type of open enclosure in Cincinnati, which is the industry standard, said spokeswoman Patty Peters.
- The Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington has an indoor area with glass walls and an outdoor habitat surrounded by barriers made from a combination of glass panes, metal and metal frames filled in with mesh. Metal railings and large planters also stand between the viewing area.
Child safety expert Kimberlee Mitchell, who runs a childproofing business in southern California called Boo Boo Busters, said attractions need to be made as safe as possible because many people drop their guard at an amusement park or zoo.
But even an attentive parent can be distracted, she said.
"It's unthinkable that a zoo exhibit would be created in such a way that a little 3-old-boy could climb in," she said. "He shouldn't be able to get in there even with his mom's head turned."


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Pairing Wine and Food
Taste may be everything here, but food and wine pairing need not be rocket science. Use these simple guidelines to pair confidently!
Choose Similar Flavors
Similar food and wine flavors complement each other.
Example: Sole with lemon sauce and Sauvignon Blanc both have citrus flavors.
Choose Similar Weight and Texture
Similarly weighted food and wine complement each other. Food and wine can be light, medium or heavy-bodied.
Example: Lobster and Chardonnay are both medium-weight and rich so they complement each other.
Choose the Same Sweetness Level
Wine should be equal to or higher in sugar than the dish.
Example: Roasted pork with apple glaze pairs beautifully with Sauvignon Blanc.
Salt Needs Crispness
Crisp wines balance salty flavors.
Example: A crisp Sauvignon Blanc balances salty olives and feta cheese.
Pair with the Sauce
Pair the wine to the sauce served.
Example: Light citrus sauces pair with Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay.
Example: Heavy cream and mushroom sauces are ideal with Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.
Example: Red and meat sauces match Merlot, Cabernet and Petit Verdot.
No Sauce? Pair with the Meat
Match wine to meat, fish or poultry when serving without a sauce.
Example: Pinot Noir tastes great with duck.
Spicy Foods
Sweeter wines offer relief from spicy foods.
Example: Sauvignon Blanc pairs well with Asian cuisines.
Tannins Need Fat to Balance Out
Tannic wines such as Cabernet Sauvignon cut through the coating that fat leaves in the mouth.
Example: Cabernet pairs great with steak.
Look: Pair by Color
Nature has color-coded fruit and vegetables with the wine best suited to their flavors. Light wines – light foods; deeply colored wines – rich foods.
Example: Sauvignon Blanc is pale yellow and pairs well with citrus.
Consider Acid Levels
Like sweetness, wine should be equal to, or higher, in acid than the dish.
Example: Pinot Noir matches well with tomato tapenade.
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by James P. Campbell, D.Min.
Jesus chose 12 men to be apostles. One of them, Judas, betrayed Jesus, and then hanged himself. After Jesus' ascension, the apostles had the important mission of spreading the news about Jesus, but they were lacking one member. At a gathering of Jesus' disciples, Peter told the group that a replacement for Judas was needed. The man to be chosen needed to have been a witness to Jesus' life, death, resurrection, and ascension. Two men were proposed, Justus and Matthias. Peter and the apostles prayed for the Lord to show them whom to choose. Matthias was chosen and became the new apostle (Acts 1:15-26).
The apostles chose a new Church leader to be a witness to Jesus Christ and continue his work. Today the pope and bishops have been called and chosen to continue Jesus' work; they are successors to the apostles.
All members of the Church participate in the priesthood of all believers through Baptism. However, some men are called to serve Jesus and the Church today through the celebration of the Sacrament of Holy Orders. Through their leadership in the Church, they help continue Jesus' presence on earth in the tradition of the apostles.
Those who are called to be priests are ordained through the Rite of Ordination. In celebrating this Rite, men receive a permanent spiritual mark, called a character, signifying that they represent Jesus' presence in the Church.
There are three levels of participation in the Sacrament of Holy Orders: as bishop, as priest (from presbyter, which is Greek for "elder"), and as deacon.
A bishop receives the fullness of the Sacrament of Holy Orders. He is the head or Ordinary of the local church. The local area entrusted to him is called a diocese. A bishop is also a member of the episcopal college: this is all the bishops who, with the pope, guide the Church.
Priests serve the community in various ways. They may be called to serve in their dioceses or as religious order priests, carrying out the mission of a particular religious community. They preside at liturgies, preach, administer the sacraments, counsel people, serve as pastors, and teach.
Deacons help and serve bishops by serving the needs of the Church, proclaiming the gospel, teaching and preaching, baptizing, witnessing marriages, and assisting the priest celebrant at liturgies.
Deacons are ordained for service in the Church. There are deacons who are studying to become priests. There are deacons that include married men who are called to remain deacons for life and to serve the Church in this capacity.
Priests receive the Sacrament of Holy Orders in the Rite of Ordination. The bishop lays his hands on the head of the candidate and says a prayer asking for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. In one part of the rite, the candidate lies in front of the altar while the Litany of the Saints is sung or recited. In another part of the rite, a priest's hands are anointed with chrism. In the rite for a bishop, the new bishop's head is anointed.
© Copyright Loyola Press All Rights Reserved. Used with permission. www.loyolapress.com
Contact Fr. Andy at [email protected] or the Parish Office for more information.


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Connors's Reign
1978–1985 Advertising Club of Boston
1978–1985 New England Broadcasting Association
1990–present American Ireland Fund
1998–2006 Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce
1998–2008 Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston
1999–present Jobs for Massachusetts
2007–present Camp Harbor View Foundation
2009–present Massachusetts Competitive Partnership
1975–1980 Sportsmen's Tennis Club
1978–1988 Boston Ballet
1980–1995 Wang Center for Performing Arts
1979–present Boston College
1990–2002 Newton Country Day School
1992–2010 Brandeis University
1992–present Belmont Hill School
2000–2007 Nativity Preparatory School
2003–present Harvard Medical School Board of Fellows
2004–present Emmanuel College
1991–1995 Brigham and Women's Hospital
1995–present Partners HealthCare System
1996–present Dana Farber/Partners Cancer Care
2005–present Partners in Health
2010–present Red Sox Foundation/MGH Home Base
1991–1994 John Hancock Financial Services
1994–2009 M/C Communications
2001–present Hasbro
2006–present Covidien
2000–2009 Carmel Terrace
2007–present Campaign for Catholic Schools
In the late 1970s, Connors approached Boston College president Father J. Donald Monan with a proposition: Connors would host $1,000-a-plate fundraisers for the school. In exchange, Monan would consider Connors for a seat on BC's board. Connors's first fundraiser raised $15,000 for BC. His next raised $250,000. He's been on the board since 1979.
What's now called the Citi Performing Arts Center was once the Metropolitan Theatre. Back in 1980, it was falling in on itself. Connors convinced one of his clients, Wang Laboratories, to spend $5 million to rename the theater the Wang Center for the Performing Arts. He was thereafter appointed chairman of the prestigious institution. That, says Connors, "was a very big deal."
In 1991 John MacArthur, the chairman of Brigham and Women's Hospital, asked Connors if he'd like to sit on the nonprofit's board. Connors said, "I've never been sick in my life, and I don't know anything about medicine." MacArthur's reply: "We know medicine. We need someone who knows the town."
Brigham and Women's and Massachusetts General hospitals merged in 1994 to form Partners HealthCare System, the 800-pound gorilla of New England healthcare and one of the city's most important employers. In 1996 Partners asked Connors to serve a one-year term as chairman of the board. He still serves in the role.
Today Connors can dictate his own terms. That's the case with Camp Harbor View, a summerlong oasis for 11- to 14-year-old inner-city kids that Connors started with Boston Mayor Tom Menino. After explaining the need for the camp, Mayor Menino let Connors oversee the non-profit's financing and operations. It's now so successful that it's had to extend its term to accommodate all the kids on the waiting list.


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Lockhart's Water Based Paradox Pomade is a firm holding water based pomade that has all day hold, high shine, and a fresh, complex fragrance some of you may already know and love called "Aqua Di Goon." Paradox is a new take on the traditional water based pomade. It's not orthodox, nor is it "unorthodox" it's a paradox. Through several experiments over the past couple of years we have fine tuned the formula with a blend of natural ingredients and co-polymers to create a firm hold that remains flexible and doesn't give you the crunch, or helmet head, that's typically associated with "orthodox" water based pomades. The natural ingredients provide the hair with the nutrients needed to keep your hair strong and hydrated, instead of dry and brittle like other products currently available. Long story short, you're going to get all the benefits of a traditional pomade with the convenience of a modern water based pomade.
BASE: Water Based
HOLD: Firm
SHINE: Medium/High shine
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Students will learn to use basic statistical techniques and apply them to problems in accounting, finance, management, marketing, and business in general. Students should also be able to effectively communicate the results of their analyses. This unit covers descriptive statistics for revealing the information contained in data; probability as a tool for dealing with uncertainty; probability distributions to model business behaviour; confidence interval estimation and hypothesis testing techniques for single populations; analysis of relationships between variables using simple linear regression; and simple tools for forecasting time series data. Applications to critical analysis of business and economic data will be emphasised. Excel software will be used.
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- interpret business data using descriptive statistics techniques, including the use of Excel spreadsheet functions
- apply simple concepts of probability and probability distributions to problems in business decision-making
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Production Company: StudioCanal, Relativity Media, Working Title Films
Kent Filming Locations: The A299 carriageway and Cliffs End, Ramsgate.
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Uplands School, (BJJ), Roy Dean, Poole, UK - 22/05/2010
Last year, the Roy Dean UK seminar was a relatively small affair, and I felt very lucky to be the only outsider present. I had the privilege of staying with Kirsty, Steve and Paul, getting to chat at considerable length to them and Roy on both nights, along with Rick and Glen, Roy's students. This year, things were a little different, as the seminar was over a single day and much busier, with a number of people popping down from outside the club.
That included not just one blogger, but three, as Seymour from Meerkatsu and Matt from Martial Farts/The Grappling Dummy were both down too (he lives in the area, so was able to benefit from classes with Roy earlier in the week). So, I still felt very lucky to be able to attend, but the secret is out: I'm sure these seminars are going to grow and grow over the next few years. The school itself is noticeably bigger, now with a number of blue belts. The turn-out was therefore larger too, with around thirty BJJers in attendance.
Things kicked off with a takedown, which was all leverage. Overhook their arm, pulling in your arm rather than reaching over the back. Step in front with your near leg and across, so that your foot is between their legs. Grab their far wrist with your opposite hand and drag it across. The leg you have between theirs swings back, straightened out, into their inner thigh.
At the same time, release the grip you have on their wrist and post on the floor: as you've broken their balance, they should be doing the same. Next, you put your foot back down, but position so your leg is braced behind their same side leg. Your posting hand now reaches for their ankle. Yank that up, while at the same time pressing with your leg to take them down.
From there, you can move into a straight footlock. Your arm wraps around, staying high, on their Achilles tendon. Drop back, putting your outside foot on their hip. Your other leg can stay underneath, or you can hook behind their knee (which means you can roll both ways, still staying competition legal). Also, be sure to squish your knees together.
Your other hand grabs your wrapping wrist and pulls it across, so their ankle is now nearer the crook of your elbow (but still on your forearm). Your other elbow points up into the air, at an acute diagonal angle. Roll your shoulder back on the side you've trapped their foot, look up, puff out your chest and arch your back. If you need more leverage, roll to your side, facing away from them. This gives you much more room to arch your back for the tap.
If you end up on the outside of their leg, you can also go for the knee bar. Swivel around to face their legs, stepping your inside foot through. Squat down and sit on their hips, then drop back in the direction of the leg (you don't cross over their body). Holding tight, squish your knees together, then arch your back for the submission.
Roy then did something different from last year, with a question and answer session. At first, people just asked for pointers on the technique he'd shown earlier, but when Roy specifically indicated the questions could be broader, more people piped up, including me. There were other technical queries, like Matt asking about engaging in the stand-up phase of a BJJ competition, along with non-technical musing, like somebody asking how often Roy trained early on (if you're interested, his first year was once a week, after which he was able to up it to twice, then upon moving to San Diego he could train three or four times).
Roy also talked about the massive importance of training partners, but he wasn't referring to drilling and sparring and class. He meant somebody who would train with you at home, which is a wonderful prospect, but can be tough to put into practice. Still, I do have a couple of mats at home, so it would be brilliant if I had a regular training partner to drill with at home. I continue to live in hope that my girlfriend will start to take an interest in BJJ...
My own question was about spider guard, specifically the problem I've been having recently getting to that strong control position with their sleeve around your thigh and your leg threaded through the arm. Roy emphasised the importance of getting the right angle, swinging your head to the other side, then raising your hips to reach that ideal grip.
After the first ten minute break (just about enough time to scribble all my notes, like last time: very handy part of Roy's seminar structure!), Roy moved on to maintaining side control. He used the orthodox gable grip under the head and arm, with knees in tight. He then suggested sprawling one leg back, dropping your hip so you can really press with your shoulder. That twists their upper body out of alignment, making it much tougher for them to initiate an escape.
There was then an interesting variation I hadn't seen before. With the arm you have over their far side, slide the hand palm up (I think, might have been knuckles up) under their back. If you can get this a little lower than the spot between their shoulder blades, you can then drive your weight into them, creating a strange sort of pressure-point on the spine. When it was being done to me, I had to raise up to relieve the pressure, which not only messes up bridging, but acts as a handy distraction benefitting the person on top, who can then launch attacks.
Frequently, the person underneath will push up into your neck, pushing you towards their legs (if they push towards your head, you can move your head past their elbow and work for an arm triangle). This gives you a shot at the Americana from side control. You're going to stick with a central jiu jitsu principle and flow with that motion, letting your upper body be moved backwards, but then switch your legs, basing and therefore putting your weight into them. You can now bring your hand to their wrist and switch your legs back the other way, using that momentum to press their arm to the floor, with your figure four grip established, where you can finish the submission.
From that same set up, you can move into a straight armbar from side control. As I'd expected, Roy then demonstrated the side control lockflow from last year (it is also taught on Purple Belt Requirements), shifting through the Americana, straight armbar and finally kimura. However, he also added in a nifty triangle finish, along with some points on the kimura from side control.
You've gone for an Americana, they straighten their arm, your slide into a straight armbar, and they then point their bent arm towards your legs. Clamp the arm to your chin, which also enables you to switch the other arm under, ready for a kimura. For better leverage, switch your base and face their legs. This will give you a greater range of motion.
As you switch your base, bring a knee under their elbow. That enables you to step over their head, and if they try and roll into you (which especially powerful opponents may attempt), you can happily roll with that motion. Due to bring the leg over the head, you're set up for the triangle, and even better, you still have their arm in the kimura position. This leaves you with a beautiful double attack: either complete the triangle, go for the kimura, or use one to distract them from defending the other.
Roy then looked to apply some similar principles to top half guard. They have managed to swim through for an underhook over your back. Switch your base to face their legs, getting fairly low on their body, so that one side of your rib cage is lying along their belt line. This should effectively immobilise their hips.
You can now slip an arm under their elbow, while leaning back and then reaching with the other hand to grab their wrist. From there, you could go for an Americana from half guard, but Roy prefers to push right into the straight armbar from half guard. The aim is to point their arm off at a diagonal angle, towards their head but away from their side.
That concluded the second session, and again I used the Q and A to ask about another technical niggle I've encountered over the last few months. This time it was on escaping north-south, where I've been trying to wriggle out then kick over to take the back. Roy said that while that escape is ok, he prefers to first try and get his elbows into their hips (IIRC, arms clasped, but I might be remembering incorrectly). That helps him make enough room to spin out to guard.
If you miss that position and have to just grab their belt or gi (as in the Gustavo Machado escape), you can being the taking the back escape as I've been doing. However, rather than going right over to take the back, you could be a little less ambition and end up hanging off their side. That will normally tempt your opponent to try and drive forward to come on top. Once they do, you already have one side locked, so you can just grab their free knee, lift and sweep them. Either way, you're out from under north south.
Somebody else asked about escaping knee on belly, for which Roy had a few options. The first was a little reminiscent of Saulo's DVD, but instead of the elbow, Roy wrapped his inside hand around their knee (thereby involving the usual armbar problem). You could then bolster that with your outside hand, making sure to keep your elbow down and tight by your side.
Alternatively push with the outside hand, but again keeping that elbow really tight to your side, so there isn't any space from them to reach through and take the armbar. The last option looked a bit difficult, but from what I remember, you basically want to get the person on top to shove their weight forward. Once you've tempted them to do that, by shrimping away or something, grab the knee that isn't on your stomach and lift them over, rolling to the top position. This won't work unless they've already given you that forward momentum.
After that second break, the final technical series was based around chokes. Roy began with a cross choke from the guard, with some little details that make the submission much tighter. Instead of reaching in for a deep grip while on your back, post on your elbow and sit up (and importantly, you stay sitting up, possibly even opening your guard). You can now reach really, really deep, past the back of their neck. This means that your other hand doesn't need to be so far into their collar. Bring it underneath the first arm, grip the collar then squeeze for the choke, twisting from palm up to palm down and also curling your wrists towards you.
Alternatively, from that same deep grip, you can bring the other hand to the other shoulder, grasping a handful of gi. Use that to yank them over, which will make it easier for you to circle your elbow past and around their head, into the side of their neck. As before, squeeze for the choke, though this time it is palm up/palm down, as opposed to the previous palm up/palm up variation.
The third option is sneakier, and relies upon their reaction. As before, you sit up for that super-deep grip. They're wise to it, and duck their head under, so now you're holding their same side collar, without anything pressing into their neck. Your other hand will grab their other collar, thumb inside. The cunning part is dropping your leg on the palm up side, inviting them to pass your guard.
If they take the bait, immediately run your legs around, so that you're circling towards your thumb grip. Your elbows will be coming together as you do so. You also want to turn in the direction of their head, to keep them off balance. When the time is right, squeeze your grip, and land the baseball bat choke from underneath side control.
Roy also showed a standing version of the same thing. Again, you've got a deep grip and they've brought their head underneath. Get the grip with the other thumb into their other collar, then bring your leg out and drop to your bum, then your back. They'll probably roll over the top to stop you going for that choke. Quickly move to north-south, leg over their head, driving your head and shoulder into their belt line. From here, squeeze to finish the baseball bat choke.
The last two techniques of the seminar were two chokes from side control, or at least that's where they started. They push up, and you go with it, switching to knee-on-belly. Get your hand, palm up, into their near collar, good and deep, curling the arm around. If they push on your knee, let them, as this now enables you to bring your other arm over to establish the thumb in the collar grip. Complete the baseball bat choke by dropping that elbow and straightening your first arm, your weight staying tight to their shoulders.
Even if they block your second arm, you can still complete the choke. Drop to their near side, so that you are lying parallel, but make sure you are still close to their side. This means you have a much greater range of motion for straightening your first arm against their neck, which will get the submission regardless of their attempts to block the second arm.
That was the end of the technical portion of the seminar, which now moved into an open mat for an hour. I had intended to get in some drilling and sparring with guys like Seymour and Matt, but as it turned out, after scribbling my notes and taking some pictures, I only had time for one roll. That was with one of Matt's students, who I think had been doing either JKD or MMA for a while. He's also a bit beefier than me, though having said that, most people are!
Unusually, I spent most of the roll on top, looking to use shoulder pressure to pass: there was a lot of getting to half guard, almost passing, back into my guard, almost passing, and so on. I was able to slide through to mount a couple of times, though. I tried to shift forward with my weight into his head and then walk my hand up, trying to remember Nathan's lesson on the topic, but without much effect. Still, I was at least able to maintain the mount, which is always gratifying when it is against somebody bigger.
I had a comparatively high mount, so looked to shift around into technical mount. Normally I try get my hand through to grab the collar, but it had disappeared from reach. So, I looked for the armbar instead. As often happens, that just resulted in him grabbing his hand, then managing to turn and get into my guard, then stack me.
I attempted to switch to a triangle, but without any luck. This happens almost every time I go for an armbar from mount, unless they're smaller than me, so definitely something I need to work on. Most likely I'm leaving too much space, failing to be sufficiently steady and controlled as I attempt to free the limb, or just not getting that arm tight and away from their grip properly.
When I was in his guard, I should have used something Colin showed me at the Southend Throwdown a few weeks ago. As soon as he grabbed my collar, I could have grabbed that sleeve and jumped up, ready to initiate a pass. I'm still not thinking too quickly when it comes to passing, and I remain hesitant to stand up, especially against somebody bigger.
I also found myself on top in side control, and again I should have capitalised on the situation. He wrapped both hands around my back, which opens up the possibility of moving to north south, then taking a kimura. However, I couldn't manage to strip his grip properly and secure the right position on the arm. I also got a bit fixated on stepping over for the triangle, which I think meant I ended up in guard again, but I can't remember.
It was only a one day event this year, and Roy was heading off the next morning. So, less of a chance to socialise unfortunately, but still, it was great to train with Roy again. His seminars are always packed with information, and I always come away with something useful. It was also cool to meet Matt from Martial Farts/The Grappling Dummy, and see Seymour again.
Steve's club is clearly going from strength to strength, and the affiliate in Basingstoke also looks set to grow, especially now that Kev got promoted. Poole is becoming a great place for BJJ, and then there's Matt in Bournemouth too. It will be interesting to see how the Roy Dean Academy in the UK expands in the future: things are certainly looking promising, and with Steve's guidance it has already become a popular place to train.
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The new edition of Warhammer 40,000 is soon to be released, and Games Workshop has been revealing a lot of information about its changes from previous editions via their Community site. We spend the episode talking about some of these changes from the perspective of people who did not get too invested in the previous edition, partially because of how bloated it became and how little it focused on the narrative elements that we enjoy most.
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MIMM: Weekend in Pictures
It's Marathon Monday! This is my first Marathon Monday as a Boston resident and I hope to get out of work a little early today so I can meet up with friends and take in the event. To do that I had to put in Sunday work time, and since I write these posts on Sundays, this will be a quick one! And don't worry, I'm sure I'll do a marathon-centric blog post, but seeing as I haven't experienced it yet I'm holding off!
It was a marvelous weekend despite a Sunday spent feeling pretty guilty about my eats/drinks from the night prior, and also not loving my body at all. But gotta push on and hopefully the meaningful day here in Boston will help me refocus on what is most important in life.


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Declaration of Commitments in Favour of the Populations Affected Both by Uprootedness and by Conflicts and Extreme Poverty, within the Framework of Consolidating Peace in Central America
Publisher | CIREFCA |
Publication Date | 29 June 1994 |
Citation / Document Symbol | CIREFCA/CS/94/4 |
Related Document(s) | Declaración de compromisos en favor de las poblaciones afectadas tanto por el desarraigo como por los conflictos y la extrema pobreza, en el marco de la consolidación de la paz en Centroamerica |
Cite as | CIREFCA, Declaration of Commitments in Favour of the Populations Affected Both by Uprootedness and by Conflicts and Extreme Poverty, within the Framework of Consolidating Peace in Central America, 29 June 1994, CIREFCA/CS/94/4, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3f43394e4.html [accessed 23 May 2023] |
Comments | Adopted by Consensus at the 4th Plenary Session of the Third International Meeting of the Follow-up Committee of the International Conference on Central American Refugees (CIREFCA), 29 June 1994. Includes Annex I ("Priority Target Areas"), Annex II ("Agreement on the Establishment of a Temporary Commission for the Transition from Emergency to Development Upon the Finalization of CIREFCA"), and Annex III ("Statement by Mrs. Rebeca Grynspan, Second Vice-President of Costa Rica, on Behalf of the CIREFCA Convening Countries"). |
Disclaimer | This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States. |
The Governments of the convening States, non-governmental organizations, donors, United Nations agencies and programmes, and the intergovernmental organizations represented at the Third International Meetings of the Follow-up Committee of the International Conference on Central American Refugees (CIREFCA), held in Mexico City on 28 and 29 June 1994,
Noting the important achievements of the CIREFCA process with regard to: strengthening international protection and respect for the fundamental rights of Central American refugees, returnees and displaced persons: implementing lasting solutions for the uprooted populations of Central America; supporting the incorporation of uprooted populations into the development process; incorporating the gender approach into activities in favour of the uprooted population; promoting dialogue and consensus-building among all the actors at both national and regional level; and mobilizing significant financial resources to implement projects benefiting uprooted populations;
Reiterating the importance and legal force of the principles of full respect for the rights of the individual, as expressed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and elaborated upon in various International Conventions, including the United Nations Convention on the Status of Refugees, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, as well as inter-American conventions on asylum and important declarations of principles such as the Declaration of Cartagena de Indias, and in the strategies for action set forth in the document "Principles and Criteria for the Protection of and Assistance to Central American Refugees, Returnees and Displaced Persons in Latin America", in order to achieve lasting solutions to the problem of uprootedness in the region;
Noting the messages of support for the CIREFCA process and the request that all the participants continue supporting uprooted populations once the aforesaid process has been finalized, as expressed in the Conclusion adopted by the Forty-fourth Session of the UNHCR Executive Committee in October 1993; in the Agenda of the Declaration of the Fourteenth Summit Meeting of Central American Presidents in Guatemala on 29 October 1993, in General Assembly Resolution A/RES/48/117 of 24 March 1994; and at the San José X Meeting, held in Athens. Greece, on 28 and 29 March 1994;
Bearing in mind the important resolutions adopted by the Central American Presidents during their Fourteenth Summit Meeting in Guatemala to consolidate peace, democracy and integrated development: their commitment to "intensifying democratic processes and ensuring respect for human rights in the region, combatting poverty, and advancing in modernizing production with benefits for all the sectors that comprise our societies, while preserving the environment;" and their initiative to convene the forthcoming "International Conference on Peace and Development in Central America."
Recalling the request made to the agencies of the United Nations system, in particular to United Nations Development Programme, and to international institutions to "provide the necessary resources to establish updated and new programmes of a regional nature, under mechanisms to be defined by the Central American countries jointly with the donor community ", included in Resolution A/48/L.21/Rev.1 * on "The situation in Central America: procedures for establishing a firm and lasting peace. and progress towards shaping a region of peace freedom, , democracy and development", adopted on 10 December 1993 by the United Nations General Assembly during its Forty-eighth Session;
Recalling the Tegucigalpa Commitment and Protocol and the National Plans or Action on Human Development, Childhood and Youth, signed by the Central American Presidents at the Eleventh Summit Meeting held in Honduras in December 1991, as well as the commitments made through Agenda 21, adopted at the Earth Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in June 1992;
Emphasizing the need to uphold respect for the fundamental rights of refugees, returnees and displaced persons, as well as of other impacted and affected populations, and to incorporate them as a whole into the reconciliation process and into equitable development, in order to strengthen the peace process;
Recognizing that the process of national reconciliation demends effective participation at the local level and that it is therefore imperative to strengthen local institutions in order to advance in the pacification and democratization processes;
Noting the ethnic and cultural diversity of the populations that compose the societies of the convening countries, and that it is essential to consider this reality in formulating proposals for development;
Considering that the condition of gender is one of the central elements on which the concept of sustainable human development is based:
Considering the continued existence of refugee populations for which adequate levels of assistance will need to be maintained, and that the most favourable prospects for voluntary repatriation require facilitating and supporting the option of reintegration in their country or origin;
Bearing in mind that despite substantial advances with regard to attention to the target population of CIREFCA, the continued existence of specific issues of uprootedness affects significant sectors of' the Central American population;
Noting with satisfaction the progressive involvement of representatives of beneficiaries' organizations in the CIREFCA process:
Noting the recent " Agreement on the Resettlement of Populations Uprooted by the Armed Confrontation", signed in Oslo within the framework of the Guatemalan peace process and the efforts the International Community has been making in favour of those uprooted populations:
Taking as the basis for a process of consensus-building the strategies set forth in the official document "National Strategies in Favour of the Populations and Areas Most Affected by Extreme Poverty; Conflicts and Uprootedness" of this international meeting;
Noting that progress has been made in each country in identifying a pending agenda with regard to uprootedness, to which the commitments assumed by all the actors in the Concerted Plan of Action in Favour of Central American Refugees. Returnees and Displaced Persons, adopted by CIREFCA in May 1989, are applicable;
The Governments of Belize, Costa Rica. El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua, duly represensed at the Third International Meeting of the Follow-up Committee of the International Conference on Central American Refugees, held in Mexico City on 28 and 29 June 1994,
Convinced that in order to continue advancing towards the consolidation or peace in the new Central American context and give continuity to the treatment of uprooted populations, a change of emphasis has become necessary from the emergency programmes that have prevailed, so that once this stage has been overcome, actions will be initiated towards sustainable human development strategies in the areas or populations prioritized by our countries for the consolidation of peace and the eradication of extreme poverty;
Assume the commitment to:
1. Concentrate efforts on areas in the Central American countries characterized by situations in which the problems of uprootedness are further aggravated by the highest indices of extreme poverty, social exclusion, conflictive situations or severe environmental degradation. depending on the case. These have been identified and prioritized in each country and included in the Annex to the present Declaration;
2. Apply concerted sustainable human development strategies in those areas as specified in the documents submitted to this meeting by the seven convening countries, with the aim of equitably guaranteeing to all their inhabitants the full exercise of their civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights;
3. Adopt measures that favour and strengthen a climate and a process of dialogue and consensus-building with organizations representing society, open up these processes to new actors and take them to the local level, since it is believed that community participation in defining problems and in designing, programming, financing, executing and following up on projects is essential to national reconciliation, the consolidation of peace and the strengthening of democracy;
4. Increase the capacity for managing development in the prioritized areas, especially through the strengthening of local government and organizations and the training of their human resources;
5. Link strategies for the prioritized areas to national development plans, making the necessary national and local budget allocations for investment and operation, and proposing the necessary amendments in the legal and institutional frameworks;
6. Execute actions to broaden employment and income opportunities for the poorer populations in the prioritized areas and to ensure the feasibility of durable solutions for the Voluntary repatriation and the reintegration of returnees and displaced persons, within the framework of concerted I sustainable human development strategies and programmes, and adopting a specific gender approach;
7. Place special emphasis on measures to solve problems of access to land. land tenure and certification of land titles, as well as access to technical assistance, credit and markets, and on an environmental management and regional planning approach. Furthermore, adopt measures tending to complement agricultural development projects with initiatives aimed at the generation of employment and income from, industry and services, to guarantee longterm sustainable development, bearing in mind that land is a finite resource.
8. Recognize that the document entitled "Principles and Criteria for the Protection of and Assistance to Central American Refugees, Returnees and Displaced Persons in Latin America " adopted as a reference document in Guatemala City in 1989, today serves as a guideline for the practice of asylum in the region. In keeping with the spirit of this document, the governments commit themselves to promoting the durable solutions established in international law on asylum and political asylum, particularly as regards voluntary repatriation, and it the latter is not possible, they will evaluate, in accordance with their internal norms and legislation, the possibility of local integration of refugees, ensuring that refugees who are unable to return to their country of origin can enjoy the exercise of their fundamental rights and lend a decent, productive life. To that effect, the governments will carry out in accordance with their own legislation, the documentation procedures to guarantee the legal security of refugees, returnees and displaced populations;
9. Place priority attention on internally displaced populations having urgent needs as regards assistance and protection, as well as on women, children and other populations affected by the internal conflicts and uprootedness, by adopting policies, strategies and participatory programmes to involve all the actors at the local level and to allow and encourage reconciliation;
10. Include the gender approach as an explicit part of all programmes and projects formulated within the framework of national and regional development:
11. Continue to respect the right of association and the autonomy of non-governmental organizations and of organizations of the affected population.
In view of the foregoing considerations and commitments, the non-governmental organizations, United Nations agencies and programmes, intergovernmental organizations and donors represented at this meeting make the commitment to:
12. Support the implementation or the actions necessary to ensure compliance with the above commitment, based on recognition or and mutual respect for the different mandates, roles and capacities of each actor;
13. Promote , as far as possible, the harmonization of criteria among donors. United Nations agencies and international financial institutions in order to optimize the use of resources and the results in benefit of the affected populations, within the framework of sustainable human development;
Specifically, the non-governmental organizations express their willingness and their commitment to:
14. Participate through their presence and provide technical assistance and human, material and economic resources to strengthen the culture and practice of peace and democracy in the region, so that the human rights of women, men and children are fully respected, and so that all sectors of the societies in the region participate fully as social, political and economic actors, respecting the Rule of Law;
15. Participate in the formulation of concerted responses to the specific and urgent needs of the uprooted population in a vulnerable situation, through forums, working groups and processes aimed at following up on the pending agenda of CIREFCA, at both national and regional levels;
16. Contribute to the definition, design, implementation and evaluation of programmes and projects aimed at responding to the urgent needs of uprooted populations;
17. Strengthen and intensify dialogue, consensus-building and co-ordination among themselves, as well as with governmental institutions, United Nations agencies and international financial institutions, in order to increase their contribution to the consolidation of peace and development by seeking lasting solutions to the problems of uprootedness at local, national and regional levels;
18. Strengthen the presence of their networks in areas prioritized by consensus and support the processes of organization, participation and reconciliation in those areas.
Similarly, the donors represented at this meeting make the commitment to:
19. Continue providing their political, technical and financial support to the region. duly taking into account in their co-operation policies the humanitarian and transitional requirements of a post-conflict situation;
20. Participate, as far as possible, while respecting the norms and procedures of each donor, in the concerted formulation, financing and implementation of strategies and actions for the prioritized areas and support the processes of return and reintegration of repatriates and displaced persons and the local integration of refugees. Also. call upon other donors and international financial institutions to adhere to this commitment:
21. Provide priority support to local efforts and initiatives promoted by both governmental and non-governmental actors and include the beneficiaries in the evaluation of results and projects:
Likewise, the United Nations agencies and programmes represented at this meeting make the commitment to:
22. Provide joint support, through their offices, resources, services and their national and regional programmes, to the efforts and actions of the Central American governments and societies to address the pending agendas related to uprootedness, development of prioritized areas and implementation of national policies adopted or to be adopted in support of such development, and participate in the efforts to harmonize the criteria of international donors with the aforementioned policies, in keeping with their respective mandates;
23. Continue to promote the processes of dialogue, work and reconciliation with the affected populations, non-governmental organizations and representations of society, bearing in mind the agreements of the co-ordination meeting of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with NGOs (Managua, Nicaragua, March 1993), and of the PARINAC meeting between the United Nations High Come missioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and NGOs (Oslo, Norwav, June 1994);
24. In particular, UNDP commits itself to providing priority support, through its national and regional programmes, to the efforts and actions of the Central American governments and societies to eradicate poverty and address the pending agendas on uprootedness, as well as to continue formulating, in a concerted and participatory manner, strategies, methodologies and periodic evaluations to make the concept of sustainable human development operational in its different dimensions;
25. UNHCR, for its part, will continue to ensure international protection and the promotion of durable solutions for the refugees, returnees and populations "of special concern" to UNHCR. This will be carried out in accordance with its mandate, the policy established by the High Commissioner with regard to prevention, the principles established in the Conclusions of the UNHCR Executive Committee and the document adopted by CIREFCA in 1989 entitled "Principles and Criteria for the Protection of and Assistance to Central American Refugees, Returnees and Displaced Persons in Latin America."
The Governments of the Convening States, non-governmental organizations, United Nations agencies and programmes, donors and intergovernmental organizations represented at this meeting consider it necessary to:
26. Carry out an evaluation, in the light of the finalization of the CIREFCA process, of both its implementation and its methodology and mechanisms, to be submitted to all the actors;
27. Establish a Temporary Commission in accordance with the contents of the Annex, to propose national and regional mechanisms that will favour the promotion, implementation and follow-up of the commitments assumed under this Declaration between the Central American countries and the donor community;
28. Inform the organizers of the International Conference on Peace and Development in Central America, convened by the Central American Presidents, of the contents of this Declaration;
29. Request the international community to provide special technical and financial support for the fulfillment of the specific accords being reached in the Guatemalan peace process.
Finally, the participants in this international meeting:
Emphasize the important efforts made by the CIREFCA convening countries to implement policies. programmes and projects in favor of the uprooted populations;
Recognize and underscore the importance or the political, technical and financial support provided by the International Donor Community for the consolidation of peace in the region through CIREFCA;
Recognize also the valuable contribution of non-governmental organizations in the implementation of the CIREFCA Concerted Plan of Action;
Recognize the collaboration of the Office of the United Nations Secretary-General,. UNHCR and UNDP in implementing the Concerted Plan of Action, particularly through the CIREFCA Joint Support Unit, and of the UN system's agencies and programmes as a whole;
Express their gratitude to the people and Government of Mexico for the hospitality extended during the holding of the present meeting.
ANNEX I: Priority Target Areas
(Source: Executive Summaries of the national strategies concerted between the Governments NGOs and other representatives of civil society, UNDP and UNHCR)
(Currently being identified in a concerted manner and according to sectoral priorities)
Costa Rica:
Border regions with Nicaragua and Panama. and the region of Limón: particularly the districts of Upala, Sarapiqui and Los Chiles (Huetar Norte region), Limón and Talamanca (Huetar Atlántica region), Corredores and Buenos Aires (Brunca region).
El Salvador:
The 115 municipalities (located in 12 departments) included in the National Reconstruction Program (PRN) and the priority areas identified by the NGOs, which include 193 communities located in 36 municipalities and 11 departments, some of which are not covered by the PRN
One hundred and nineteen municipalities of the departments of Alta Verapaz, Baja Verapuz, El Petén. El Quiché, Guatemala City, Huehuetenango, San Marcos and Santa Rosa.
-. The five departments forming the Western Region and located in the border with El Salvador and Guatemala: Copán, Intibucá, La Paz, Lempira and Ocotepeque
-. The Department of El Paraíso, in the Southeastern Region and in the border with Nicaragua.
-. The Department of Gracias a Dios (La Mosquita), in the Northeastern Region and in the border with Nicaragua.
The micro-regions and adjacent areas around the refuge: settlements in Campeche and Quintana Roo: refugee communities and areas with Mexican communities living in extreme poverty in the State of Chiapas.
Municipalities of Somoto (Region I); El Rama, Muelle de los Bueyes, El Almendro, Villa Sandino. Santo Domingo, Acoyapa, Nueva Guinea and Camoapa (Region V); Waslala, Rancho Grande. Tuma-La Dalia and Matiguás (Region VI); Siuna. Bonanza and Rosita in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN).
Bearing in mind the clear awareness of all the actors involved in the CIREFCA process of the need to agree on and give concrete form to appropriate mechanisms to oversee the stage following the finalization of CIREFCA, which is interpreted as a transition from emergency to development, the participants in the Third International Meeting of the CIREFCA Follow-up Committee agree to the following:
1. The will has been expressed to establish co-ordination mechanisms at local, national and regional levels, as part of regional efforts towards peace, reconciliation and development with full participation, so as to reflect the change in emphasis from emergency programmes towards human development strategies in prioritized areas, and to give continuity in addressing the problems of the uprooted populations.
2. To that end, advantage will be taken of ClREFCA's experience, as well as the results of the evaluations of the process in all its efforts to ensure participation and consensus-building by the different actors, which will require mechanisms for consultation, decision-making and followup appropriate to this new stage.
3. For that purpose it has been agreed to establish a COMMISSION, of a TEMPORARY nature, for a maximum of 90 days to DRAW UP A PROPOSAL FOR SUPPORT, CO-ORDI NATION AND MONITORING MECHANISMS for the implementation and follow-up of the corresponding, commitments and tasks.
4. The new mechanisms should reflect and put into practice the following elements, among others:
a) Direct involvement of local institutions in the process of agreement, implementation and follow-up of the actions to be carried out (local participation in decisions on development and project management);
b) Clear, agile and simple co-ordination mechanisms between the local, national and regional spheres;
c) Nature, establishment, objectives and functions of a REGIONAL FORUM AT THE POLITICAL LEVEL for dialogue and consensus-building, among the different actors involved, which, taking advantage of CIREFCA's experience, should expand its objectives for action to the agreed upon spheres of development and combatting poverty in keeping with the commitments assumed at this Meeting;
d) Nature, establishment, objectives and functions of technical mechanisms in support of the above;
e) Seeking mechanisms to co-ordinate and make these efforts compatible with other Central American co-ordination, implementation and institutional initiatives, reproducing, as far as possible, CIREFCA's methodology and mechanisms for consensus-building and participation in other spheres.
5. This TEMPORARY COMMISSION will be made up of two representatives from each of the sectors that have participated in the CIREFCA process. The possibility of participation by representatives of the beneficiaries remains open. The Temporary Commission will consult with different sectors to incorporate representative contributions from organized civil society, local governments, central governments, donors and the United Nations system into the resulting proposal.
6. In order to give concrete form to the elements of this agreement, a request is hereby made to UNDP to provide the necessary operational and technical support.
7. In view of the above, thirty days after the Temporary Commission has sent its proposal, UNDP will convene a meeting with the representations of the sectors involved to consider and approve the mechanisms to which this agreement refers.
The CIREFCA convening countries, in view of the request made by the Government of Panama to effectively become integrated into the process which we will be convening after this International Meeting, wish to make the following statement:
1. To approvingly welcome the desire of Panama to participate together with our countries, in the phase which is now being initiated.
2. To invite Panama to become part of the group of CIREFCA convening countries, in order to jointly convene the process which we are now initiating.
We wish to acknowledge our satisfaction for the request by the Government of Panama, as it clearly shows that the Central American integration process is currently experiencing, a renewed impetus.
Our warmest regards to the people of Panama.
Many thanks.