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- The President of the Security Council announced that a formal meeting will be held on the situation in the Middle East at 8:00 on Friday evening. That meeting will concern Syria.
- The Secretary-General and the Joint Special Representative for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, will hold a high-level preparatory meeting for the International Conference for Syria at 6:30 Friday evening.
- Asked whether the Secretary-General is pleased about the developments in the Security Council on Syria, the Spokesperson said that the Secretary-General has been calling for a long time for Security Council unity on Syria. He is closely engaged on the topic and would await the Security Council meeting later Friday.
- He added that the Secretary-General also continues to focus on holding an international conference on Syria in Geneva.
- Since its return to Syria on 25 September, the Mission under Prof. ?ke Sellström has been able to resume its fact-finding activities related to all pending credible allegations of the use of chemical weapons. Those allegations include the 19 March incident at Khan al-Asal, reported first by Syria and subsequently by other Member States. As previously agreed with Syria, the other allegations include the 13 April incident at Sheikh Maqsud, reported by the United States, and the 29 April incident at Saraqueb, reported by France and the United Kingdom.
- In addition, the Mission has continued to follow up with Syria and to evaluate information it has provided on three additional allegations it reported, including the incidents at Bahhariyeh on 22 August, at Jobar on 24 August, and at Sahnaya on 25 August.
- In light of the proximity of these locations to Damascus, the Mission has undertaken preliminary visits to a field hospital in relation to the Jobar and Sahnaya incidents, where it has collected blood and DNA samples.
- It should be recalled that the decision to proceed with an investigation for any given allegation is made on the basis of the Mission's technical and scientific assessment of the available information.
- In any event, under the General Assembly-approved guidelines, the Mission is obliged to evaluate all available information related to all allegations reported by Member States, for the purpose of preparing its final report. In this sense, and as the Secretary-General has previously stated, the final report of the Mission will be comprehensive.
- The Mission expects to finalise its activities in the country early next week.
- The Secretary-General welcomes the report of the Fifth Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and is deeply concerned by its conclusions. The report clearly demonstrates that human influence on the climate system is now evident in most regions of the globe and it is extremely likely that human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century.
- Limiting climate change will require substantial and sustained reductions of greenhouse gas emissions. The Secretary-General urges all countries to make every effort needed to reach a global legal climate agreement by 2015, and to take action swiftly in order to limit the effects of climate change.
- The Secretary-General began his day by attending a meeting of leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum, at which he underscored how climate change is the greatest single threat to our sustainable development agenda and to our long-term security.
- He noted that Pacific Islands are among those that contribute least to global warming, yet suffer the most.
- The Secretary-General also addressed a ministerial meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement on cooperation for the rule of law at the international level.
- He said that in these turbulent times, the UN Charter must guide all of our efforts to keep peace between our nations.
- At a conference on facilitating the entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban-Treaty, the Secretary-General called on all members of the international community to break the stagnation in the disarmament process.
- He said that we must secure the Treaty's entry into force, enforce a complete ban on nuclear testing and take further concrete steps towards achieving and creating a world without nuclear weapons.
- The Secretary-General also addressed the closing session of the UN Alliance of Civilizations' Group of Friends ministerial meeting.
- On Friday afternoon, at 3 p.m., the Secretary-General will host a meeting of the principals of the Middle East Quartet.
- The Deputy Secretary-General has also been attending a number of events, including one on the Sudan/South Sudan consultative forum meeting and a meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
- The Humanitarian Coordinator in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Moustapha Soumaré, has expressed his concern about the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Ituri district in the north-eastern Orientale province of the country.
- He also condemned the killing this week of 10 civilians, including three health workers. These are the latest victims in a month-long escalation of violence.
- The United Nations and humanitarian partners have delivered 1.8 tons of medicine, 80 tons of food and essential household items to the affected area. However, much more is needed to be done as most of the 100,000 people in need have not yet been reached because of the security situation.
- The Spokesperson also issued a statement on the death of a peacekeeper from the Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- In response to earlier questions, the Spokesperson said that fighting had broken out in Mabenga, north of Goma, when patrols of the M23 and the Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) ran into each other.
- The UN Mission reports that two M23 were killed in the clash and one FARDC soldier was wounded. The fighting has since stopped. The Mission is closely monitoring the situation and stands ready to protect civilians at risk in the area.
- The Mission said on Friday that there has been no more fighting in regard to this specific incident.
- The UN Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Friday that it is deeply concerned about reports that a significant number of people have been killed during demonstrations taking place across the country since this past Monday.
- The Office has called on all parties to refrain from resorting to violence and on protesters to maintain the peaceful nature of their demonstrations.
- In response to questions about reports regarding the Roma community in France, the Spokesperson said that the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, has expressed her concern over the continued social exclusion and segregation of Roma in many European States.
- Ms. Pillay has also said that alongside worrying reports about Roma increasingly becoming the targets of hate speech, demonstrations and violence by non-State actors, the authorities themselves have in some cases adopted policies that increase the vulnerability of Roma populations.
- She has also noted with concern that forced evictions of Roma in France were taking place in ways that were incompatible with international standards and national legislation.
- She also stressed that this issue needs to be resolved with full respect for human rights.
- The Secretary-General has often spoken out in support of marginalized and vulnerable groups and he is monitoring these developments closely.
SECRETARY-GENERAL HAS NOTED IMPORTANCE OF INTERNAL REPORT ON SRI LANKA: Asked about the internal review panel on Sri Lanka, the Spokesperson noted that the report and its findings are important. The Secretary-General had said at the General Assembly that an internal review of UN action at the end of the war in Sri Lanka identified a systemic failure: Member States did not provide the United Nations system with support to meet the tasks they themselves had set; and the system itself unfortunately did not adapt properly or deliver fully.
SECRETARY-GENERAL MEETS WITH IRANIAN PRESIDENT: Asked about the Secretary-General's meeting on Thursday with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, the Spokesperson noted that they had discussed human rights, among other subjects, including the recent release of Nasrine Setoudeh and other human rights activists.
** The guests at today's Noon Briefing were Mr. Gyan Chandra Acharya, the Under-Secretary-General for Least Developed Countries (LDC), Landlocked and Small Island Developing States and Mr. Nassirou Bako Arifari, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Benin. They discussed the launch of a new LDC report entitled "Productive Capacity Building in the Least Developed Countries and the Post 2015 Development Agenda".
(This document is for planning purposes and is subject to change.)
Saturday, 28 September
Today is World Rabies Day.
Today is World Heart Day.
At 4:00 p.m., at the Great Lawn in Central Park, there will be a Global Citizen Festival, organized by the Global Citizen and the United Nations.
Sunday, 29 September
There are no major events scheduled for today.
Monday, 30 September
At 10:00 a.m., in the Economic and Social Council Chamber (CB), there will be a meeting of the Group of Landlocked Developing Countries (Twelfth Annual Ministerial Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs).
At 11:00 a.m., in Conference Room 2 (CB), there will be an informal meeting on the "Preparatory process for the High-level Dialogue on International Migration and
Development", organized by the Permanent Mission of Mexico.
At 3:00 p.m., in the Press briefing room, there will be an end-of-presidency press briefing by Mr. Gary Quinlan, Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of September.
In Geneva, at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), there will be the 64th session of the Executive Committee. It will end on 4 October.
In Geneva, at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), there will be the 8th session of the Human Rights Council Working Group on Discrimination against Women in Law. It will end on 4 October.
In Geneva, at the OHCHR, the UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture will hold the 38th session of the Board of Trustees. It will end on 4 October.
In Geneva, at the OHCHR, there will be the 56th session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). It will end on 18 October.
Tuesday, 1 October
Today is International Day of Older Persons.
The General Debate of the sixty-eighth session of the General Assembly will end.
At 9:30 a.m., in the ECOSOC Chamber (CB), there will be a briefing on "Building the resilience and capacity of African countries, regional and sub-regional institutions to pre-empt, and respond to humanitarian crises and disasters" (by the African regional economic communities, co-organized by the Permanent Observer Mission of the African Union, the Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (OSAA) and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
In Geneva, there will be a press conference by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the Chair of the UNHCR Executive Committee at the end of the High-Level Segment on the Syria situation.
In Geneva, at the OHCHR, there will be the 14th session of the Meeting of States Parties to the Convention Against Torture (CAT).
Wednesday, 2 October
Today is International Day of Non-Violence.
At 11:00 a.m., there will be a press conference on High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development.
At 11:15 a.m., in Conference Room 2 (CB), there will be a special event on the occasion of the International Day of Non-Violence, organized by the Permanent Mission of India.
At 3:00 p.m., in Conference Room 7 (NLB), there will be a briefing on the "10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns", organized by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Thursday, 3 October
At 9:00 a.m., in the General Assembly Hall (NLB), there will be a High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development.
At 11:00 a.m., in the Press briefing room, there will be a press conference on the General Assembly High Level Dialogue on Migration. Speakers will be Mr. Abdelhamid El Jamri, Chair of the Committee on Migrant Workers and Mr. Francois Crepeau, Special Rapporteur on the protection of migrants.
In Geneva, at the OHCHR, there will be a seminar on the right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications. It will end on 4 October.
Friday, 4 October
At 10:00 a.m., in the Economic and Social Council Chamber (CB), there will be a high-level discussion on the theme "Resilient Design for Sustainable Urbanization" (on the occasion of World Habitat Day, organized by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), in collaboration with the Consortium for Sustainable Urbanization, the Center for Resilient Design at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and the American Institute of Architects New York Chapter.


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July 24th, 2013 - Category: Charts
Chores can help teach your kids responsibility and help them grow up to be conscientious and dependable adults. By creating a job chart, a chore chart, or I've even heard them called a responsibility chart, children will know what they are responsible for, and be able to help out around the house in a more orderly fashion. That means less stress on parents and kids.
Here are some tips on creating a chore chart that everyone can live with and maybe even love.
1. Identify what chores need to be done. Make a list and be sure to ask the kids and your spouse what chores they think are important. Involving them as much as possible gives them a sense of ownership and it can improve their willingness and enthusiasm for finishing their jobs.
2. Ask each child what chores they would like to do. Of course it's not a perfect world and you probably aren't going to be able to hand out chores to each child that they love, but if they would prefer to take out the recycle instead of the trash, we can always try to be accommodating. Remember to assign age appropriate chores.
Read this related article: Ideas For Kids Chores
3. Decide how often the chores need to be done. A bed has to be made everyday but the living room may only need to be dusted every other week.
4. Give each chore a deadline of when it needs to be completed by. Some ideas for deadlines may be before leaving for school, before dinner, or before playing with friends.
5. Assign a reward for each chore. Rewards may include money, items, privileges, or any other benefit you can think of.
6. Log into MyJobChart.com and use what you came up with above to set up your child's online chore chart. You've already done the hard part, figuring out the chores, deadlines and rewards. Entering it online is the easy part.
7. Here's an idea. Set an example by including yourself on the job chart and doing your chores alongside your children.
It may be easier to just do the chores yourself, but think about the long term benefits and the lessons you are teaching your children by including them in the household chores. By making chores a family ordeal and giving your kids a voice in the process, it may not solve all your problems but it should certainly help with the chores.
February 13th, 2013 - Category: Charts
You know that kids are more likely to do their chores, do them better, and do them faster if they get a reward at the end. But how do you figure out what dollar amount to attach to each chore? Everyone has specific situations, but here's an idea for a place to start.
For some reason, it is easier as adults to figure out how much a person should get paid per hour, and harder to figure out how much you should pay someone to clean out the sink. So, lets figure out how much your child should get paid per hour. Yep an hour. That doesn't mean they will be working for an hour. But if they were, how much would you pay them for an hours worth of work?
This number is usually most dependant on their age. For example, you may give your 12 year old $6 per hour, and only give $3 per hour to your 6 year old. But other things may come into play here, like how mature they are, or how much you make an hour.
Now, take their hourly wage and divide it by sixty to see how much your child should make per minute. So, If you are paying your 12 year old $6 per hour, that would be 10 cents for each minute of work. This is their minute wage.
Next, we are going to start figuring out how much time it takes to do each chore. Watch your children do their chores for a week or two and keep track of how long it takes to do certain tasks, down to the minute.
Lastly, multiply the number of minutes it takes for them to finish a job, by their minute wage, and you have your job pay rate.
So, if I'm paying my 12 year old $6 per hour, or 10 cents per minute, and it takes him 3 minutes to clean a window, he would get 30 cents to clean the window. Or if it takes him 5 minutes to clean the sliding glass door, that would be worth 50 cents, and so forth.
Be sure to update your "hourly" rate as their ages increase and check in on your job pay rates every now and then to make sure that they are fair. As your children get older they will be able to finish their chores faster so, your time table and job pay rates need to be adjusted accordingly.
MyJobChart.com makes it easy to reward your children for doing their chores. And never fear if you set up a chore with a reward that is way too easy or just the opposite, never going to get done. With just a click of a button, you can change the reward that each job is worth and keep things fair and on track.
Leave a comment and let us know how you decide what to pay for chores.
January 22nd, 2013 - Category: Charts
How do you keep track of chores at your house? Do you have a paper that you have to print out every week with updates and changes? Or maybe it is a big poster on the wall with magnets or clothespins or word strips that get lost under the couch? Maybe it's one with stickers, and the stickers always get pulled off or you forget to go buy more? Here's another one, maybe it's in chalk or dry erase board, and every time you walk by you have to fix the scuff that someone accidently wiped off? How many hours have you spent just making and managing your chore charts?
If you've always had a hard time sticking with a system, there is a better solution. Have you ever considered an online chore chart? Think about it. In our fast paced, instant gratification, tech savvy world, how better to get your children to be motivated about doing their chores?
Build and Manage With Ease
No more hours spent finding all of those pictures to put on your chart or using rulers to make the tables just right. No need to change the whole format of your chart just to add another job. MyJobChart.com makes it easy to build and manage your child's chores online. Sometimes it's just a matter of communicating exactly what you expect to your children, and we make that easy. With the touch of a button you can add specific and general chores. You can also set up personal hygiene objectives, homework and reading desires, and even behavior goals.
Simple to Keep Track Of
Keep track of completed jobs, points earned, savings, gifts, and rewards. And there's no need to feel tied to the computer to make it happen. MyJobChart.com can even send you an email or a text when your child's chores are complete or when they have cashed in their points.
Easy Follow Through
I don't know how many times our previous systems didn't work because as the parent, I had a hard time following through with the payment. Either I didn't have enough time to get the change I needed to pay everyone, or we didn't keep good enough track of what each child had saved over time. Well, with MyJobChart.com, each child can keep their savings in their own bank account, and when they make purchases online, a text will be sent to you so you know how much money was taken out of your bank account. There couldn't be anything simpler. No more counting quarters!
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"If there are two reasonable explanations for the same facts, you must accept the one that favors the defendant," Speiser said. "You must do this in this case. End of discussion."
Prosecutor Kal Kaliban is a calm fellow, but he had one word to describe the defense's sperm theories: "ridiculous."
"Use your common sense," Kaliban told the seven men and five women of the jury. "We all know how his semen got in her vagina. He was inside her."
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It wasn't a surprise that Piceno testified. The defense needed a miracle. The victim, now 75, and her husband had given emotional testimony through translators. Jurors looked sickened by the assault.
After a two-minute hushed discussion with Speiser, Piceno stood. Wearing an untucked white button-down shirt and khakis, he walked slowly to the witness stand. His hands were shoved into his pants pockets. His eyes focused on the carpet.
"Nobody wants to be in this position," he said softly. "I'm sorry for everything that's happened."
"Why did you pull her pants off?" Speiser asked.
"Because I wanted to have sex with this lady," he said. "I tried to get hard, and I couldn't. I just masturbated."
Every prosecutor dreams of drilling a defendant. When it was his turn for questioning, Kaliban pounced, asking if Piceno expected the jury to believe that he stalked that woman, beat her, pulled her clothes off, digitally penetrated her, ejaculated but never entered her?
"I couldn't get it up," Piceno said. "I don't know what I was thinking that night. It just happened. I didn't plan it out."
An incredulous Kaliban fired back, "If you couldn't get erect, how did you come?"
"I don't know what happened. All of a sudden, I just came. It just came out."
The surveillance video proves Piceno's assault lasted 10 minutes. After he finished, he walked away, stopped, turned around and re-entered the Dumpster area. Seconds later, he re-emerged carrying something.
"Why did you go back inside?" Kaliban asked.
"I took her shoes," he said. "I thought they had my fingerprints on them."
In one of his last moves, Kaliban displayed four enlarged pictures of Huong taken in the UCI Medical Center. A large, gory cut required numerous stitches. Her face was black, blue, purple and red. White fluid dripped from her swollen-shut eyes. An eardrum had been ruptured. There were abrasions and lacerations outside and inside the vagina. Her upper chest showed discoloration as if she'd been scalded. Three of her ribs were broken. There was extensive bleeding in her brain. Blood had poured into her lungs, stomach and urine. Two hours after the attack, a trash-truck driver rescued her. The intensive-care unit at the hospital held her for eight days.
"Take a look at those pictures," Kaliban ordered Piceno.
"I don't want to look at it," he said. "I didn't hit her that many times. I don't remember hitting her in her ribs."
"But you remember that you didn't put your penis in her?"
An annoyed Piceno shot back, "I know for a fact I didn't."
The jury didn't buy it. After less than six hours of deliberations on June 18, they announced that Piceno was guilty of two felonies: rape and inflicting great bodily injury on an elderly person. The statutory minimum sentence is 15 years to life in prison.
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Beebe Medical Center will be the anchor tenant in the nearly completed 47,000-square-foot, two-story College Park Medical Pavilion, located in College Park, a new and expansive, mixed-use development at the intersection of routes 404 and 113 and across the street from Delaware Technical Community College.
The development already houses La Red's new and expanded medical facility and will house hotels and retail and commercial establishments.
Beebe Medical Center is leasing the ground-floor space of the Medical Pavilion and will offer the following services:
? Beebe Lab Express to include blood specimen collection and EKG, with no appointments necessary.
? Beebe Imaging to include radiology, CT, MRI, ultrasound, bone density and mammography.
? Beebe Rehab Services to include physical rehab, occupational rehab and speech/language pathology.
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Local Hiring Policies Facilitate Reentry of People with Criminal Records
Karpman, Michael, Nation's Cities Weekly
Each year, more than 725,000 people reenter their communities from prison, with a disproportionate number returning to cities. Moreover, an estimated one in three Americans have arrest or conviction records that pose barriers to employment, even when those records reflect minor offenses committed many years ago. In response, municipal leaders have established innovative local hiring policies that enable these individuals to find work, live within the law and give back to their communities.
The National Employment Law Project (NELP) and NLC's Institute for Youth, Education, and Families (YEF Institute) highlight these local models in a new strategy guide made possible by support from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, entitled "Cities Pave the Way: Promising Reentry Policies that Promote Local Hiring of People with Criminal Records."
More Cities "Ban the Box"
The guide highlights an emerging trend in which cities "ban the box" that asks about an individual's criminal record on city job applications (see Nation's Cities Weekly, May 22, 2006). Twenty-three cities and counties--from Norwich, Conn., and Worcester, Mass., to Austin, Texas, and Alameda County, Calif.--have now implemented ban-the-box policies, deferring criminal background checks to the end of the hiring process and creating a level playing field for all job applicants. In the past year, three states--Connecticut, Minnesota and New Mexico--have adopted similar policies that apply to state employment.
In addition to encouraging people with criminal records to apply for city jobs and broadening the pool of potentially qualified applicants, ban-the-box policies save cities money and personnel time by requiring criminal background checks only for those applicants who reach the final stages of the hiring process rather than for all job applicants. These policies do not alter the hiring process for jobs such as law enforcement for which criminal background checks are required by law.
Innovative Hiring Incentives
The guide also features a range of other hiring strategies to encourage employment of people with criminal records, such as:
* Ensuring compliance with and expanding upon federal civil rights standards that regulate local hiring practices;
* Using first-source hiring policies, project labor agreements and community benefits agreements to target city development jobs toward people with criminal records;
* Expanding bid incentive programs to promote local hiring priorities through government contracts; and
* Providing financial incentives (e.g., tax credits, bonding programs) for private employers who hire residents with criminal records.
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A Thursday Interruption: Street Harassment
I think the thing I love about this monologue is that both Sasheer AND her harasser seem mutually troubled by the incident. <3
A Thursday Interruption: Re: Rosas
Beyonce's choreography in "Countdown" received a lot of criticism; Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker accused Bey of plagiarizing the routine… and of doing so poorly! Ouch. Here's Rosas Danst Rosas, which is stunning in its anger. And here's "Countdown" which is stunning in its utter sass. I find conversations like this fascinating, because I think there's […]
Into the Woods: The Agony of Rapunzel's Prince
I just saw Into the Woods. I've loved the musical for ages, and have been agonizing about its transition to screen. Fortunately, I think the changes from stage to screen have nicely updated some aspects of the original I struggled with. The movie cuts out a couple songs intrinsic to the plot of the original musical. […]
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Harrod UK 3G Aluminium 7 a Side Football Portagoals
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- Welded joints for added strength.
- With 4 U peg grass anchors.
- For grass and synthetic surfaces.
- Manufactured from 102mm x 112mm x 2.2mm thick reinforced aluminium.
- International net supports and diagonal braces manufactured from 31.8mm diameter x 1.5mm thick galvanised steel.
- Welded crossbar/upright corner joints provide added strength and aesthetic appearance.
- Complete with unique lock-on synthetic net hooks and stainless steel bolts.
- Complete with four 'U' Peg grass anchors.
- Conforms to BS 8462:2005.
- Iron phosphate coating used to help protect posts against the elements. Properly maintenance is still required to prolong the life of the posts.
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Cato is among the Midwest's best new hip hop artists. He continually tours all across the Midwest, whether Cato is the headlining act or direct support for a national touring act. Never leaving fans disappointed, Cato has become a staple in underground Hip Hop. Cato's most recent addition to the underground hip hop community is his Indie Hip Hop release, Go For Broke EP, available for download on iTunes.
Go for Broke EP is the latest release from Cato channeling his inner underground hop hop roots and his love for uptempo/pop tracks. With all that goin on, Cato still has room to showcase lyricism. Go for broke is an eclectic mix of hip hop and pop music, while making the bold statement that Cato will go for broke for you to hear his music.
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Adjunct and Clinical Titles
The Adjunct and Clinical Titles Policy was approved by Council at its meeting of 13 December 2013. This new policy replaces the Voluntary Positions Policy. In support of the new policy, an Adjunct and Clinical Titles Procedure has also been developed.
The nature of the role for adjunct title-holders has been broadened beyond learning and teaching and research to include the provision of other benefits to the University, its Faculties and Institutes.
An Adjunct and Clinical Titles Committee has been established to consider nominations at the Professor and Associate Professor levels. The Committee will review nominations at regular intervals.
All nomination materials must be submitted to the Office of the Provost, via email firstname.lastname@example.com by the due date which is listed below.
Meetings for 2015:
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Peter Dinklage is Tyrion Lannister in "Game of Thrones." / Helen Sloan
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Lance Gross, left, and Jurnee Smollett-Bell in "Tyler Perry's Temptation." / K.C. BAILEY/Lionsgate
From left: Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy, Miranda Tapsell and Shari Sebbens in "The Sapphires." / Lisa Tomasetti/The Weinstein Co.
Jack Nicholson shows his teeth in "The Shining." / Warner Bros.
'Friday Night Lights' actress tackles 'Temptation'
Ever since her breakthrough role as a 10-year-old girl from Louisiana in 1997's "Eve's Bayou," Jurnee Smollett-Bell has been someone to watch. After guesting on "House" and "Grey's Anatomy," the young actress graduated to a regular role on NBC's "Friday Night Lights" as Jess Merriweather, a teen who wants to break the glass ceiling by becoming equipment manager of the high school football team. Now, in "Tyler Perry's Temptation," which arrived in theaters Friday, she's a married career woman whose life gets complicated when she's tempted by a handsome social media tycoon. The film is worth seeing just for the stunning Smollett-Bell, even though it also means watching her costar Kim Kardashian attempt to act.
'Game of Thrones' returns with more scheming
It's time for a new semester of European fantasy history 101, courtesy of the return of HBO's "Game of Thrones" at 9 tonight. Let's review the major Houses (the nearly extinct Targaryens, the noble Starks and the dysfunctional Lannisters), the key beasts (the dragons of ethereal Daenerys Targaryen), not to mention the cutest half-brother (Stark half-sibling Jon Snow), the cruelest ruler (teen King Joffrey) and the wiliest royal of shorter stature (Tyrion Lannister). What's up for Season 3? Plenty of malevolent schemes and brutal conflicts, plus new arrivals like Olenna Tyrell, the Queen of Thorns (played by Diana Rigg).
Gwyneth's recipes for success
When Gwyneth Paltrow was diagnosed with anemia, a vitamin D deficiency and sky-high stress levels, her doctor advised a diet of "no coffee, no alcohol, no dairy, no eggs, no sugar, no shellfish, no deep-water fish, no wheat, no meat, no soy, nothing processed at all." He forgot to say no enjoyment whatsoever. But leave it to the Oscar-winning actress, rock-star wife and Goop.com founder to find the happiness in abiding by such stringent guidelines. Her new cookbook, "It's All Good: Delicious, Easy Recipes That Will Make You Look Good and Feel Great," is out Tuesday with tasty recipes for hummus, pesto and power brownies. Please note that a certain seasoning was not banned for the woman who plays Pepper Potts in the "Iron Man" series.
Discover 'The Sapphires,' a gem of a foreign movie
When was the last time you went to a film you'd never heard of and left feeling happier than when you arrived? That's the overall effect of "The Sapphires," which opens Friday. In this musical girl-group dramedy set in the 1960s, four young women who hail from an Australian Aboriginal mission find their voices -- and not just as singers -- while touring Vietnam to entertain the troops. While the movie does explore the discrimination faced by indigenous Australians, it's essentially a love letter to the liberating power of R&B and Motown music -- and to the powerful female characters, who are inspired by real women. The charming cast includes "Australian Idol" runner-up Jessica Mauboy as Julie, the lead singer, and Chris O'Dowd of "Bridesmaids" as the group's soul-music-obsessed manager.
Check in to 'Room 237' through video on demand
Anyone who has savored Stanley Kubrick's scary good horror movie "The Shining" knows that all work and no play makes Jack Nicholson a dull boy. Since the movie first hit screens in 1980, some fans have detected hidden meanings, beyond the obvious lessons that managing a haunted resort can be stressful and that Shelley Duvall should switch to decaf. Director Rodney Ascher looks at the conspiracy theories and other clues debated by "Shining" devotees in "Room 237," a fascinating documentary that's new to video on demand and opens at the Birmingham 8 on April 12. It could be viewed as the ultimate compliment to a filmmaker whose work always left audiences thinking about what they'd just seen -- and continues to do so. You know, it is strange that the letters in Scatman Crothers' name also spell Scorn Chat Matters if you add an extra "t."


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Created by London-based creative duo Bompas & Parr in collaboration with NYC's Museum of Sex, this boob inspired 'Jump for Joy' is a bouncy house that's filled with humungous plastic boobs!...
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Aleksandra Waliszewska is a Warsaw-based graphic artist who is highly nterested in depicting states of emotion in her art, allowing the narratives to evolve by themselves. Though her work can be often dark at times, there is still a hint of playfulness in her gory renderings....
Paul Richmond's WarpaintErotica // Friday, June 27, 2014
Paul Richmond is an internationally recognized visual artist and activist whose paintings draw inspiration from his own experiences as a young gay man. He graduated from Columbus College of Art and Design in 2002 and came out of the closet shortly thereafter....
Converse Wall to Wall: Ron English in Los AngelesJuxtapoz // Thursday, June 26, 2014
In downtown LA the Converse Wall to Wall series was graced by the presence of an absolute legend. Bringing his incredible eye for the warped and wonderful, Ron English created a piece on 7th and Imperial in the emerging DTLA district, featured on the back cover of the January, 2013 issue of Juxtapoz Magazine.
Leo Eguiarte: Holographic ConjurationJuxtapoz // Thursday, June 26, 2014
"Leo Eguiarte is a Los Angeles-based multimedia artist. Holographic conjuration is a visual metaphor for the illusionary state we as people are subjected to by our material desires. The work addresses issues of perceived power and its consolidation by a selected minority, the psychological, social, spiritual, and cultural effects of which are visible on both micro and macro levels..."
Gene Guynn: "A Life In the Woods" SeriesPhotography // Thursday, June 26, 2014
We love this series so much, we wanted to take a look again. Gene Guynn is an artist from California. Guynn works primarily in film, developing it himself in his darkroom. His 'In The Woods' series sets female models amidst various forms of flora and fauna, both as intimate studio portraits and on location in a dreamy forest setting. The results are surreal and breathtaking.
This is Your Future: "Last Breath"Juxtapoz // Thursday, June 26, 2014
Some morning cheer for you. This is "Beakus (an animation studio in London) director Ping's graduation film, created at the Royal College of Art in 2012. An account of events when Yeuk Seng slowly grasps the fact that he has become a social outcast as a breathing person. Refusing to give in, he is now struggling to live in a city that he does not belong to anymore."
Amelia and the AnimalsPhotography // Thursday, June 26, 2014
For twelve years, photographer Robin Schwartz has been documenting her daughter Amelia's interactions with wild and exotic animals. The project began when Amelia was 3 and grew to become more of a photographic collaboration between mother and daughter as the years progressed.
Scene Report: Los AngelesGraffiti // Thursday, June 26, 2014
Each week we feature updates on current graffiti scenes in a number of major U.S. cities with the help of a few select photographers. Walter Yetman aka The Harsh Truth Of The Camera Eye delivers this week's Los Angeles Scene Report.
In the Magazine: Jeremy Fish in Conversation with Todd FrancisJuxtapoz // Thursday, June 26, 2014
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Does Beaumont student population affect self-storage prices?
Colleges and universities located in or nearby Beaumont include Lamar University. College students often need storage during summer and winter breaks and can drive prices up during these seasons.
How does seasonality affect Beaumont storage prices?
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1997 Nissan Primera • 6 cylinder 2WD Automatic • 50,100 miles
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- hanspeter_W.
- Reviews: 1339
gayana eco resort baya villa: overwater bungalow near k.k.
amazing place to spend my 50th birthday on the bayu villa (overwater bungalow)
very friendly staff allover the resort, very delicous food, dream place to relax
amazing beautiful villas, delicious food, free boat to bunga raya with its sandy beach
mountain trail, merc , fish feeding
at bayu villa you have direct access to seabath
- hanspeter_W.
- Reviews: 1339
selingan island turte accommodation: comfortable accommodation at selingan island
described at simple accommodation we found the accommodation of seling island (turtle island) very comfortable.
service very friendly from all the staff at the island
food simple but rich and good
nice beach
especial experience to see the turtles coming on land at night and lay their eggs
- hanspeter_W.
- Reviews: 1339
tabin wildlife resort: exclusive rainforest lodge
in very beautiful surroundings, beautiful cottages either at riverside or uphills
special atmosphere especialy at night with all the wildlife sound
lot of different organised trips/excursions available either on foot or by lodges vehicles
experience guides who find you even very hidden animals like we had luck to have found a clouded leopard
beautiful, but service could be improved..at buffets often missing food when coming back late from official excursion
company not very flexible in transport times (pick up / drop off)
- hanspeter_W.
- Reviews: 1339
bilit rainforest lodge: wonderful eco lodge in sukau rainforest
beautiful relaxing atmosphere, great river trip for sunset
felt pity to not have spent longer time there instead of one night, one of best lodges i ever had been
amazing friendly quick service, delicious rich buffets
beautiful cottages on stilt
free internet
- hanspeter_W.
- Reviews: 1339
sepilok nature resort: nature resort near sepilok orang utan sanctuary
beautiful cottage in big garden / park with nice small lake infront at reception
delicious buffet, friendly service
just beware of leeches while going out in the park
Hidden amongst a veritable treasure trove of tropical plants and grasses, hug trees and spectacular orchids in bloom, the quaint bungalows of the Sepilok Nature Resort are within walking distance of the world-famous Kabili-Sepilok Forest Reserve, precious home of the last wild Orang-Utans of Northern Borneo.
- hanspeter_W.
- Reviews: 1339
gaya centre hotel: luxus hotel to eco price at k.k. city
well equipped rooms, nice view, helpful staff
free internet
gym and other facilities are still in progress
very well located near to the main malls and infront of harbrour front
withnice view from the room
- hanspeter_W.
- Reviews: 1339
beverly hotel: comfortable hotel at end of town
pleasant gym and swimming pool
good breakfast
drinks lightly overcharged
friendly service, nice view, clean
- Stepwalk
- Reviews: 28
Langkah Syabas Beach Resort, Kinarut: Good feel place
The accommodation at this resort was straightforward motel-style cabins, clean and air-conditioned and the location was away from most things. However, the people who run this place made it a most wonderful stay for us.
- kyoub
- Reviews: 2221
Sepilok Jungle Resort: Great location
We had chosen the upgraded room and it was a nice size room with nice bathroom.
There was also a balcony that over looked the grounds.
The power went out when we first arrived and it was hot and steamy inside and out.
The beds were terrible, like sleeping on a soft piece of foam.
I don't know if I would stay there again.
This resort is located in an excellent location. It is a 5 minute walk from the rehab center.
A short drive from the airport in Sandakan. The grounds on the river are beautiful.
- Andrewooi
- Reviews: 3
Borneo Backpackers: Great Lodge
A great place to stay for backpackers & budget travellers. With a very reasonable price, I got to enjoy a clean room & common bathroom & many great facilities (for the price i paid).
There are free internet access, tight security & great living room to hang out. There's even a small kitchen providing some simple foods & drinks without charges (normally brought in by the workers & guests). The workers there were friendly & warmth.
Moreover, the lodge is located in the centre of the town.
The overall service were great.
- Richard#B
- Reviews: 3
Bilit Village Homestay: Stay with the River People in the Borneo Jungle
Instead of staying in the lodges to explore the jungle, we stayed with a local family in their house next to the Kinabatangan River in the jungle of Borneo. It was wonderful, we had lovely traditional homecooked food - 3 good meals plus snacks - as the family got on with their normal life around us.
The price was also good around 360RM per person for 2 nights, all meals and cruises & treks; and around 55RM for additional nights.
Zul is the co-ordinator for the village, he picked us up from the bus route and acted as our personal guide on our river trips and jungle treks. The local people here are the Orang Sungai (river people) and excellent at spotting the local jungle wildlife. Zul was great - he found elephants, crocodiles, monkeys, hornbills, lizards; he made us feel at home in the jungle and spotted loads of animals. Throughout, we felt happy to be with such friendly people and to be helping their natural village lifestyle to have a chance of continuing.
Note: there is no swish website: best to book by phone (+6013 8913078) - Zul will check dates and transport with you.
Staying in the Borneo jungle with the River People; eating traditional meals; jungle treks and river cruises led by a local villager; helping the local village life and community to survive.
- Dinah21
- Reviews: 18
Royal Main Chalet
We stayed at Royal Main Chalet together weith Right Wing and Left Wing chalets connected.
Royal Main chalet has a living room which has connecting door to both the Right & Left wing chalet. All the chalet has verandah overlooking Danum river. The verandah is where we spent much of our time in the evening. Listening to the water flows, the sounds of gibbons call and watching Rhinohornbills. So tranquil!
The Main Chalet is much bigger than the other two and all chalet comes with modern amenities and free coffee and tea making facilities.
BRL also do have chalet that comes with Jacuzzi overlooking the river too.
- Dinah21
- Reviews: 18
Borneo Rainforest Lodge: Luxury Stay in the Jungle
Borneo Rainforest Lodge has 31 units timber chalet twin or double sharing. The Main building upper level consist of spacious lounge, dining hall, bar counter, reading corner and a viewing platform overlooking Danum river.
It is a great place to just relax and enjoy nature.
- GenuinelyCurious
- Reviews: 190
Uncle Chang's backpacker lodge: Best budget choice for Sipidan
Uncle Chang calls himself the "backpacker's choice" on Mabul island and certainly at 50RM /night for a dorm room (100 for a couple in a private room), shared bathroom with electricity only at night and simple buffet food, it will feel like a good choice for those on a budget.
Chang's Mabul staff is pleasant, fun, outgoing and each of them seems to have some extra musical talent that they may choose to break out later in the evenings. The dive masters are competent and knowledgeable as a group, but there are some apprentices who have heart but may not be as eagle-eyed as the locals who have spent time in the islands.
Uncle Chang also has one more very important feature. He seems to be the only dive operator who can dependably get dive permits to Sipidan island with only a day's notice. I was told by every other dive shop that it would take a week. Don't know how he does it, but he does…
- GenuinelyCurious
- Reviews: 190
Borneo Rainforest Lodge: Very nice. Very, VERY expensive
The lodge is basically only one of two venues to visit the remote and rugged Danum Valley. I did not visit the other (the field center), but if cost is an issue you may want to look into that. With the use of an agent and transportation worked in, the effective rate for the lodge is 700 RM per PERSON, so a night there can cost your couple US$500 and a weekend $1000 (half that for the independent traveler). Apparently, a price rise is coming at the end of summer 2008.
Is it worth it? Well, if you compare to other high-cost resort venues, the answer would have to be yes and no. There are nowhere near the amenities one might expect at high end places like Shangri-La, though apparently management has planned upgrades to partially address this gap.
On the other hand, after visiting rainforests in Costa Rica, Thailand, Hawaii and the game-viewing parks of Africa, Borneo Rainforest Lodge does offer something rare and becoming more unique all the time: a large extent of pristine, primary rainforest that is still relatively undisturbed by humans. If you're a true nature enthusiast (of means), you may consider these features enough for a short visit. I did.
Set in a pristine, primary rain forest with a lot of pro-ecological features including graywater recycling and no-impact sewage handling.
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The official Farming Simulator Twitter account broke the news earlier today, though it failed to mention exactly when in June these games might appear. However, the official Farming Simulator 14 website links to Amazon listings for both the 3DS and Vita games which claim they will appear on June 24.
Scant information is available on any new features these games will introduce to the classic Farm Simulator formula, though fans should be aware that neither the 3DS nor Vita games will have access to the plethora of mods and community-created content that have made the PC incarnation of Farming Simulator 14 such an engrossing, unexpected hit.
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E. EDUARDO CASTILLO Associated Press
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Young Americans wanting to study in Latin America have stopped looking so intently at Mexico, which has dropped from first to fourth for U.S. students going to university in the region over the last 10 years.
Only about 4,000 U.S. students now study in Mexico, with crime and drug violence being the main deterrent. More go to Costa Rica, Argentina and Brazil.
The U.S. government is seeking to boost the number of Americans studying in Latin America, which was one reason for coinciding visits Wednesday by both Secretary of State John Kerry and former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, who heads the 10-campus University of California system.
Napolitano, in an interview with The Associated Press, said she wants to increase exchanges between University of California campuses and Mexican universities at all levels, from undergraduates to faculty and researchers. Of 233,000 students in the UC system, only about 40 study in Mexico each year, while about 1,900 Mexicans were at UC schools last year.
Student exchanges would help correct misperceptions on both sides of the border that Mexico is dangerous and that the United States is unfriendly to Mexicans, Napolitano said.
"The best way to change that is to have an actual experience," she said. "There has to be marketing on both sides of the border if we're going to make this work."
Kerry announced the new goal of launching a bilateral forum for higher education, innovation and research. President Barack Obama's new higher education exchange initiative aims to have 100,000 U.S. students studying in Latin America and 100,000 from the region studying in the U.S. by 2020. A similar program in Mexico, "Proyecta," has the goal of sending 100,000 Mexican students a year to the U.S. by 2018. Just over 14,000 Mexicans study there today.
"I'm convinced this is a way to strengthen our ties," Kerry said.
Mexico was once the top location for U.S. students studying in Latin America, with so many economic and familial ties between the two neighbors. But the numbers have dropped with the spike in drug violence, especially during the stepped-up attacks on cartels by the administration of President Felipe Calderon, who left office in 2012. He served at the same time Napolitano was in charge of homeland security for the U.S., which openly supported Calderon's strategy.
"Once (the exchanges) are delayed or stopped, institutions set up affiliations and programs elsewhere, having longer term consequences for the numbers," said Shannon O'Neill, senior fellow at the New York-based Council on Foreign Relations. "So even if violence wanes, it can be hard for the numbers to rebound."
Current Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto argues that violence is down, but several hot spots around the country belie his depiction, including western Michoacan state, the state of Tamaulipas bordering Texas and both Morelos and Mexico state surrounding Mexico City.
Justin Bogda, 21, did an internship at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City in the summer of 2013 while studying at the University of Southern California. He said when he told his family about his plans, they were frightened.
"They said, 'Oh my God, there's all the violence,' because of what they see on the news,'" said the Kinnelon, New Jersey native. He said that in places like Mexico City, it's more the perception than the reality.
According to the Institute of International Education, 8,360 Americans studied in Mexico in the 2000-2001 academic year. That dropped more than 50 percent to 3,815 by the 2011-2012 school year — the most recent figures available.
"It's the perception of safety, that's the main reason," institute president Allan Goodman said.
Today, laid-back Costa Rica is the No. 1 pick of U.S. students, with nearly 8,000 Americans. The increase in students there can also be attributed to the U.S. emphasis on environmental studies, with Costa Rica's rainforests and national conservation programs, Goodman said.
In a document describing the "Proyecta" plan, the Mexican government acknowledges that the perception of insecurity has inhibited U.S. students. It also cites a lack of English speakers in Mexico and Spanish speakers in the U.S. as obstacles, and says most Americans know nothing about educational opportunities in their neighboring country to the south.
Goodman said both countries would benefit from increased exchanges, especially given the number of Americans now of Mexican origin.
"To have Americans growing up and know nothing about our Spanish-speaking citizens … means that our education is incomplete," he said. "Knowing Mexico to me is as important as taking another course in economics."
Associated Press writers Katherine Corcoran and Mark Stevenson contributed to this report.
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