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http://ift.tt/2s07mqv British actor Robert Pattinson talks on May 25, 2017 during a press conference for the film 'Good Time' at the 70th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France.Laurent EMMANUEL / AFP “Twilight” star Robert Pattinson earned the best reviews of his career at Cannes on Thursday playing a New York bank robber — and revealed he had to outsmart the paparazzi in order to play the part. Pattinson, 31, shed his heartthrob looks for the role in “Good Time” by American brothers Josh and Benny Safdie, sporting a shaggy bleach-blond mane and a torso full of tattoos to portray a man on the run. As one of the world’s most sought-after celebrities, Pattinson told reporters the hardest part of shooting the film was dodging the photographers who routinely hound him. “I always wanted to look like I’ve been street cast,” he said about creating his look for the movie, whose cast has many amateur actors including a former convict. “Because we wer...

http://ift.tt/2qYBSTq UNITAR Sir: The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) has since its inception in 1965 continued to make concrete contributions to developing the capacities of tens of thousands of people around the world. The agency’s unique expertise and knowledge has enabled it to respond to the growing demand from UN Member States for training and capacity development in various thematic fields such as Governance; Economic Development, Environment; Peace & Security, and Monitoring and Evaluation. Following the achievements made in some areas through the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), world leaders have resolved to continue the fight to end poverty and address other pressing global development challenges by agreeing on a new set of goals to be pursued under the Sustainable Development Goals 2030, which emphasizes 17 key areas to be addressed to attain economic development, environmental sustainability, and enduring peace. The SDGs offer a ne...

http://ift.tt/2rWJbs2 Diri Douye The House of Representatives on Tuesday took a significant step aimed at passing the anti doping Bill into law, which it believes will help protect Nigerian athletes. The bill, which scaled the second reading stage at the plenary session of the House presided by Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, specifically seeks to establish the Nigerian Sports Anti-Doping Agency in the polity. Sponsor of the Bill, Mr. Diri Douye (PDP, Bayelsa) said the agency would be responsible for carrying on the functions of Nigeria Anti-Doping Organization as enshrined in the World Anti-Doping Code in accordance with the various international standard. Noting that the Bill would boost public confidence in sporting activities, he said the passage of the legislation would help the country’s sports industry in partnering with other international bodies. The lawmaker warned that failure to pass the bill expeditiously is likely going to result in the country falling foul of Articl...

http://ift.tt/2qYGyJl Olumide Akintayo The immediate past President of the Pharmaceutical Society (PSN), Olumide Akintayo, has decried a situation where the academic pharmacists are witnessing unending tales of woes, which have manifested in lack of teaching aids and research grants for the academic pharmacist. Akintayo in a lecture on Leadership and Excellence in Pharmacy Practice delivered at the 2017 Marquis Annual Memorial Lecture at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, said the dearth of chemicals, well equipped laboratories and absence of conducive teaching environment characterize the darkness which has of late enveloped this important sector of the practice. Akintayo who is also a Fellow of PSN said even when hospital and administrative pharmacists have enjoyed pay increases like other health personnel, all is still not well in relative terms because the era of discriminatory salary wages in the health sector ensures that a young...