Look to the Stars
April 1, 2021
Nonprofit disability services provider and resource Easterseals Southern California announced today that Critics Choice Award-winning comedian and actor Michelle Buteau, Actor Matthew Jeffers (New Amsterdam), Academy Award nominee Paul Raci (Sound of Metal), and Tony Award-winning actor Ali Stroker (Oklahoma!), will all serve as presenters during the 2021 Easterseals Disability Film Challenge: Home Edition 2.0 virtual awards ceremony on Thursday, May 6.
Stroker will also serve as a mentor for one of this year’s winners, along with Gena Desclos (SVP of Post Production, HBO and HBO Max), Tiffany Smith-Anoa’i (Executive Vice President, Entertainment Diversity & Inclusion, West Coast, ViacomCBS), Brett King (VP, Creative Programming, Diversity & Inclusion, Sony Pictures Entertainment), and Emerlynn Lampitoc (Vice President of Inclusion – Talent & Content for NBCUniversal).
RAGIN CAJUNS BASKETBALL: Louisiana Wins Fourth Straight; Edges Texas State, 62-60
Courtesy of ragincajuns.com
Posted: Jan 29, 2021 9:46 PM
Posted By: Olivia Sanders
SAN MARCOS, Texas – Cedric Russell scored 13 of his game-high 21 points in the second half and the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns Men’s Basketball team won its fourth straight game with a 62-60 Sun Belt Conference victory over Texas State on Saturday at Strahan Arena.
Dou Gueye added a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds as Louisiana (12-4, 6-3 Sun Belt) improved to 6-2 overall in games decided by six points or less while improving to 3-1 overall in road games.
Jan 13, 2021 By Jim Ash Senior Editor Top Stories
Joshua Houss Marks
With a January 20 deadline for comments fast approaching, standing Committee on Technology members proposed some last-minute changes to The Florida Bar’s proposed “Recommended Best Practices Guide for Remote Court Proceedings.”
At a January 11 videoconference meeting, several committee members zeroed in on Remote Procedures Applicable to All Proceedings 1.12: “The preferred videoconferencing platform is Zoom.”
Some committee members expressed concern that the recommendation was too specific, considering that some judicial circuits are using alternate platforms, including WebEx and Microsoft Teams.
“Is there a need to offer a preferred platform within this guidance?” asked Vice Chair Joshua Marks.
[co-author: Iris Karaman]
The Guide provides useful information on UN sanctions prohibitions as well as best practices guidance for the implementation of UN sanctions by stakeholders. Whilst the Guide is primarily targeted at Chairs and members of UN sanctions committees, it is also intended to serve as guidance for the entire network of UN sanctions implementation stakeholders.
Compliance & Capacity Skills International has produced and published a revised version of the Best Practices Guide for Chairs and Members of United Nations Sanctions Committees. This follows from an extensive consultation process involving both state and non-state actors including, amongst others, representatives of Member States, members of the Security Council, private companies and human rights and gender-based violence specialists. The project was supported and sponsored by the governments of Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden.