Memorial service of our beloved CIU student Emrah Bektaş would be held in CIU on 2nd May, Tuesday at 2:30pm

                                                                                                                                   

Dear All,

We would sincerely like to inform you that the memorial service of our beloved student Emrah Bektaş would be held on 2^nd May, Tuesday at 2:30pm in Çevik Uraz Conference Hall Cyprus International University.

                          
      

Acı kaybımız Emrah Bektaş’ın Anma Töreni 2 Mayıs Salı saat 14:30’da Çevik Uraz Konferans Salonu’nda yapılacaktır. Bilgilerinizi rica ederiz.

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George Clooney Rides Shotgun With Burt Reynolds (Sort Of)

Even George Clooney isn’t immune to the feeling of really, really needing a cup of coffee … it just has to be Nespresso.

Yahoo Celebrity has an exclusive first look at Clooney’s new ad, which reunites the 55-year-old actor with Ocean’s Eleven co-star Andy Garcia. The new spot, set to Mel Torme’s classic “Comin’ Home Baby,” shows just how far the U.S. brand ambassador for Nespresso will go for the perfect cup of coffee.

After Garcia calls Clooney — who is at work on a rainy film set — from his home in the Hollywood Hills on a gorgeous sunny morning, Amal’s hubby decides to head back and join his friend in La La Land. Clooney finds himself in a montage of iconic movie travel scenes from The Muppet Movie, Psycho, Easy Rider, Smokey and the Bandit, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, and Seabiscuit to get there.

The faux scene with Burt Reynolds in Smokey and the Bandit is a standout one for Clooney, as he said the actor was his favorite “co-star.”

“I never met Burt Reynolds, but I would like to,” Clooney tells Yahoo. “Burt was the biggest star in the world in the ’70s and one of my favorite actors. There was always a sense that as an audience we were in on it with him. So I might say Burt Reynolds on this one just because I haven’t met him and I would like to.”

Hey, the admiration is mutual. Reynolds recently told Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric that if Smokey and the Bandit ever gets remade, he’d want George Clooney to play the bandit. “Well, George Clooney is my favorite actor,” said Reynolds. “But he wouldn’t do it, I don’t think. He wouldn’t have to do that. He would do what he does, but … I love his work. He has a sense of humor about himself, which the Bandit had.”

Taryn Ryder

Writer, Yahoo Celebrity

See Sofia Vergara Get Bucked Off a Bull Pool Float

The only thing you can hear the Colombian beauty say in the video — after emerging from the water — is, “No puedo” (“I can’t”). Though she added in the caption, “I have all summer,” and she also has a gorgeous pool to practice in.

Vergara, rocking a white one-piece with side cutouts later posted a cute photo of her atop the bull, but she captioned it, “Looks like I did it but I didnt.”

Vergara and the pool float is one of our favorite things from last week. On Thursday, she climbed aboard a giant flamingo float in a pretty summer dress, presumably just for the photo op (who goes in the pool in a dress?), but she had a little bit of a rocky go of it. She posted a series of photos, including one of her holding on to the float around the neck for dear life, and wrote, “Girls..this is how u graciously get on your pool bird,” with the crying emoji.


Suzy Byrne

Editor

Kim and Kourtney Kardashian Are Busting Out of Their Bikinis in Mexico

Baby got back! Kim Kardashian flaunted some major curves while on a girls’ getaway to Mexico over the weekend. Kim and a group of pals headed south of the border to celebrate Kourtney Kardashian’s 38th birthday.

The girl gang also included Brittany Gastineau, Malika Haqq, a newly single Larsa Pippin, and Kim’s assistant, Stephanie Shepherd. The crew posted up as usual at Joe Francis’s Casa Aramara — a Kardashian favorite — in Punta Mita.

Not so coincidentally, paparazzi also happened to get the memo about the fiesta. That means there are plenty of bikini-clad pics of Kim, Kourtney, and their crew because, duh.

Kanye West’s wife wasn’t shy about showing off her voluptuous physique in a vintage Dior two-piece suit. In case you were wondering, this is what Kim’s bikini body looks like after losing 6 pounds due to an “amazing diet,” aka the flu.

Last week, the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star, 36, tweeted, “The flu can be an amazing diet. So happy it came in time for the Met lol #6lbsdown.” She was immediately blasted for the “joke” and quickly deleted the comment. But as we all know, you can’t ever really erase anything online.

Taryn Ryder

Writer, Yahoo Celebrity

Yahoo CelebrityApril 25, 2017

WATCH-OUT: EPISODE 1 OF A NEW SERIES MOVIE TITLED "UNCERTAIN" WILL BE RELEASED IN CYPRUS ON 30TH APRIL 2017

Jeivaworld studios presents UNCERTAIN (A CRIME, DRAMA, ROMANCE AND COMEDY SERIES) coming soon... Episode 1 will be out soon.

The director of the movie Miss Tina Olorunfemi confirmed that the upcoming movie can be seen at CIU theater North Cyprus after release on 30th April 2017. CIU cinema will provide an eight weeks schedule of "Uncertain-Episode 1-8", to be viewed for free by all students in Cyprus. Free entry and refreshments (Popcorn) will certainly be free. Students can make reservations for sit online by login into CIU Cinema tickets portal. 

Persons invited to watch include students from:

- Cyprus International University

- Near East University

- Eastern Mediterranean University

- Middle East Technical University

- Girne American University

- European University of Lefke

- Akdeniz Karpaz University

- Kibris Ilim University

- Final University

- Cyprus Health and Science University, etc.

 Click on the movie name to see synopsis, cast, director and other relevant information.

A dispute has emerged over the release of Aaron Hernandez's brain

BOSTON (Reuters) - A lawyer for former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez on Thursday accused the Massachusetts' medical examiner's office of reneging on a deal to turn over the athlete's brain to a Boston laboratory a day after he was found dead in his prison cell.

The 27-year-old former National Football League star hung himself early on Wednesday in the prison cell where he was serving a life sentence for the 2013 murder of an acquaintance, dying less than a week after he was cleared of a separate double-murder charge, according to state officials.

Attorney Jose Baez, who successfully defended Hernandez in his most recent trial, on Thursday said that the state's Chief Medical Examiner's Office had turned over Hernandez' remains to his family but retained his brain.

"The family should be able to have the dignity of a proper service in the proper possession of Aaron's remains," Baez told reporters after exiting the medical examiner's office.

Baez said the family wanted Hernandez's brain turned over to Boston University's CTE center, which studies chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a condition linked to the sort of repeated head hits common in football that can lead to aggression and dementia later in life.

When a Boston University representative arrived to pick up the brain for testing, they were denied possession, Baez said.

He said officials from the chief medical examiner's office told him they wanted to prepare the brain for study.

"This is not amateur hour," Baez told reporters. "I have serious questions as to their ability to conduct this study."

A Boston University spokeswoman declined comment. A spokesman for the chief medical examiner's office did not respond immediately to a request for comment.

Local media, citing unnamed law enforcement sources, reported on Thursday that Hernandez's body was found with a reference to a Bible verse written on his forehead, perhaps in blood.

Baez declined to comment on those reports saying, "I'm not going to address something so ridiculous as that."

(Reporting by Scott Malone; Editing by Andrew Hay)

APOSTLE ASST. PROF. DR. ANYI OBI CELEBRATES HIS BIRTHDAY!

Today is the birthday of Apostle Pastor Papa Assistant Professor Dr. Anyi Obi. His titles have grown over time and right now, i am confused about which title to address this great man with on this blog. This is the result of His hardwork and commitment towards changing lives both on pulpit and in the University classroom.
We wish him many more years ahead, and a thousand fold of blessings from the Almighty. So many members have been extending their birthday wishes to the man of God through social media platforms, and amongst many lines of text read by ciuconnect, we singled out a line written by Mr Shadran who prayed that His anointing will never run dry.



Happy birthday Papa Anyi!!