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NEW YORK, NY - 28 Mar, 2017 - On Thursday, April 6, Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO) will honor three champions of educational and career opportunities at the SEO Annual Awards Dinner at the American Museum of Natural History. The evening will take place in the Hall of Ocean Life, home to the lifesize blue whale model, where 1,000 guests will gather to raise funds for SEOs programs, which benefit underserved and underrepresented youth in New York City and San Francisco.

The evening will shine a light on SEOs flagship program, SEO Scholars, a free eight-year academic program that gets underserved public high school students to and through college with a 90% college graduation rate. Six SEO Scholars will take the stage to share their stories of overcoming adversity in their personal lives on their journey to and through college.

Honorees are business leaders who have demonstrated their commitment to educational and career opportunities for young people from underrepresented backgrounds. This year, SEO is pleased to honor:Joe Plumeri, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, First Data Corporation, and SEO Board Member;Robert F. Smith, Founder, Chairman and CEO, Vista Equity Partners;Cesar Conde, Chairman NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises and SEO Career Alumnus '94. This year,Michael L. Corbat, Chief Executive Officer, Citi, will serve as Chairman of the Annual Awards Dinner, andGayle Kingof CBS This Morning and editor-at-large forO, the Oprah Magazine,will Emcee the event.

In addition to SEO Scholars, SEO is comprised of two other distinct programs SEO Career and SEO Alternative Investments. Both aim to achieve greater diversity and inclusion in the workforce by providing access to careers in high-level business sectors for those who have been traditionally underrepresented.

There is one common thread that runs through all our programs, says William Goodloe, president and CEO of SEO. That is helping underserved and underrepresented young people meet and surpass the existing standards, whether for admission and graduation from top tier colleges, or entry into some of the most coveted industries. SEO provides opportunities to move young people forward, to the benefit of themselves, their families, and their communities.

Since 1963, SEO has provided educational and career opportunities to over 11,000 young people from underserved and underrepresented communities, breaking barriers both in higher education and the corporate world.

About Sponsors for Educational Opportunity

SEO was founded in 1963 with a mission to provide talented and motivated young people from underserved and underrepresented communities with access to superior educational and career opportunities. Today, SEO runs three programs:SEO Scholarsis a free, eight-year academic program that gets low-income public high school students to and through collegewith a 90% college graduation rate;SEO Careeris a summer internship and professional development program targeting talented Black, Hispanic, and Native American undergrads and pre-law school candidateswith 80% of 2015 and 2016 interns receiving full-time job offers at SEO partner companies;SEO Alternative Investmentsprovides education, exposure, training and mentoring opportunities to talented professionals traditionally underrepresented in the alternative investments sector. Nearly 90% of AI Fellows have secured jobs in the alternative investments sector.

For more information, visitwww.seo-usa.org

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We are happy to coordinate interviews with our honorees, members of SEOs executive team, and SEO Scholars.

For access to the event and to coordinate interviews and photo opportunities, please contact Karmen Royall at 646-435-9559 orkroyall@seo-usa.org

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Media Contact Company Name: Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO) Contact Person: Karmen Royall Email: kroyall@seo-usa.org Phone: 646-435-9559 Country: United States Website: http://www.seo-usa.org

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High-profile attorneys Scott Schiff and Kevin Kurgis team up to sue online marketer over Google ads Columbus Business First Scott Schiff, attorney, Schiff & Associates Co. LPA Enlarge. Scott Schiff, attorney, Schiff & Associates Co. LPA. Two Columbus lawyers well versed in television advertising are suing a firm allegedly using their names without permission in online ... and more »

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Boston, MA, March 28, 2017 --(PR.com)-- The Web Marketing Association announces the winners of its annual Internet Advertising Competition (IAC) Awards, an effort to honor excellence in online advertising and to recognize the individuals and organizations responsible for the best in Internet marketing. The IAC Awards are the first and only industry-based advertising award competition dedicated exclusively to online advertising. The Competition web site with a complete list of winners is located at http://www.IACAward.org

"As more and more marketing dollars are poured into online advertising, the creativity and excellence in online advertising continues to rise," said William Rice, president of the Web Marketing Association, Inc. "The Web Marketing Association is pleased to help set the standard for Internet excellence with the IAC Awards by highlight the best in online advertising by medium and industry."

Best of Show Winners

These Best of Show winners represent the pinnacle of achievement across all industries. The Web Marketing Association is pleased to help set the standard for Internet excellence with the IAC Awards by highlight the best in online advertising by medium and industry.

Here are this year's Best of Show winners:

Disney Creative Group for Disney x Coach won Best of Show Online Ad

TMV Group for FaygoUnbottled.com won Best of Show Website

USA Network for Mr. Robot Email Campaign won Best of Show Email Campaign

Think Jam for Trolls International Media Campaign won Best of Show Rich media Online Campaign

The Regional Municipality of York for #YRMatters won Best of Show Online Newsletter

TVGla for PetMOJI Best of Show Mobile application

true[X] & OMG@WB for Warner Bros. Suicide Squad won Best of Show Rich Media Ad

Razz Interactive for Pitbull Messin Around Album Launch won Best of Show Interactive Application

Sanky Communications for Covenant House 2,000 Heroes for Homeless Kids won Best of Show Email Message

These Days for Coins of Hope won Best of Show Integrated Ad Campaign

These Days for Put a Price on your Precious won Best of Show Social Media Campaign

These Days for Sound of Tomorrow won Best of Show Online Campaign

Pretty Damn Sweet for Back to Work won Best of Show Online Video

Top Agency Winners

The Web Marketing Association recognizes the agency that demonstrates consistent excellence in online advertising development by winning more IAC Awards than any of their peers in a single competition. Each entrant was awarded points based on the level of award for each award received. The agency with the most points is awarded the Top Agency Award.

These Days is recognized with the 2017 Top Agency Award, winning 10 IAC Award winning entries, including three Best of Show awards and a total of 66 quality points towards the Top Agency Award. Founded in 2001, These Days is an integrated, multidisciplinary communication agency with 150+ employees delivering services (strategy, creation, production, media, analytics) to customers worldwide.

Seven additional organizations were recognized as Outstanding Advertising Developers in the 2017 IAC Awards for winning 6 or more awards. They are:

AGENCY (number of awards)

Scorpion (12) USA Network (12) TMP Worldwide (9) INNOCEAN USA (9) Giants & Gentlemen (6) Sanky Communications (6) TMV Group (6)

The IAC Awards web site with a complete list of winners is located at http://www.IACAward.org

About the Web Marketing Association

The Web Marketing Association was founded in 1997 to help define the standard of excellence for online marketing. Our internationally known award programs, such as WebAward Competition for Website Development, Internet Advertising Competition and the MobileWebAwards recognize the people and organizations responsible for developing the most effective online marketing programs on the Internet today. Entrants benefit from assessment of their marketing efforts by a professional judging panel and the marketing opportunities presented by being recognized as an award-winning web developer.

Editor Note: The Web Marketing Association is now accepting entries for the 21th annual WebAward Competition for Web site development. Deadline for entry is May 31, 2017.

Contact Information: Web Marketing Association William Rice 860-558-5423 Contact via Email http://www.IACAward.org

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Ms. Shazina Masud joined Greenstar Social Marketing in February, 2017 as its Chief Technical Officer. She brings with her over 20 years of experience in private sector marketing and sales, including experience in social marketing and social franchising of reproductive health products and services. Previously, she was serving as the Country Director and Chief of Party of a DFID supported project on Provision for Reproductive Health Services through Social Marketing ,implemented in three provinces of Pakistan.

Before that she was the Country Director for Population Services International - Nepal, where she was responsible for streamlining the entitys social marketing of family planning products and introducing innovative initiatives to create a brand identity for the network. She also worked in a similar capacity with PSI in Somaliland for two years. And also provided technical support to PSIs Reproductive Health programs in South Africa and Cambodia. In an exclusive interview with You! Ms. Masud shares her views with our readers...

You! What Greenstar is all about?

Shazina Masud: Greenstars goal is to contribute to the development of Pakistan through family planning. Historically it has worked towards mother and child health as well as in areas of prevention and treatment of TB as well as Malaria. It focuses on the private sector channels to deliver health results at an affordable price but works closely with the government to support their efforts so that the sum of the two create an impact that reduces the burden of disease in the country.

You! What is your modus operandi?

S.M: We use commercial marketing techniques and processes for social gains in Pakistan. We use modern marketing tools and strategies to create demand for affordable heath solutions to our target market which is the lower half of the economic pyramid enabling them to lead healthier and happier lives.

You! How have other women received your work?

S.M: I interact with women at two levels, those with whom I work and those whom we serve. With women who work with me, work as a team and learn from each other and strengthen each other. There is no way to succeed without doing that. And the women who we serve, because it is a collective, team effort - there are many instances where their lives have changed for the better, where they feel more enlightened and more empowered. This affects not only the woman but her family and eventually her community.

You! How successful you people have been in creating awareness among women through your programmes?

S.M: Greenstar has worked in the area of family planning in Pakistan for the past twenty-five years. The government of Pakistan has been a major player since the 1960s in tackling family planning issues of the country. There are other organizations who also work in this area. Collectively a lot of progress has been made over the years in creating awareness. According to Pakistan Demographic Health Survey of 2012, over 90% of the women in Pakistan are aware of family planning. While there is still a gap in knowledge and practice, this in itself is a great achievement.

You! Do your teams go to rural areas too?

S.M: Actually, our main focus is on urban and peri-urban areas, as they are heavily populated due to the internal migration, that continues to take place in the country. But yes, our teams do go to rural areas.

You! How important do you think is it for a common woman to know about precautions?

S.M: I think women should know and have the knowledge and ability to plan and space a pregnancy. This impacts her health, her body, her childs health and her familys well-being.

You! What difficulties or problems you guys face while promoting family planning messages in rural areas or slum areas?

S.M: The biggest issue is of myths and misconceptions about family planning! This is especially true where education and literacy is low and issues get distorted as they spread from word of mouth. We devote a lot of effort in dispelling these misconceptions through information, one to one interactions, media campaigns and counselling.

You! What is the most important advice you can give to women?

S.M: I would ask women to be confident, to take charge of their lives, they have the ability - they lack nothing. They should not be subservient to anyone, but be bold and strong and live as equals to men.

You! Do you think general mind set of our society is changing regarding family planning?

S.M: I think there is more acceptance but there is still a long way to go.

You! What are the challenges, in your eyes, being faced by Pakistani women today?

S.M: There is no easy path to success for either men or women though our challenges might be different. I do not consider men as adversaries of women. We are partners and working together in that spirit, there is always success.

You! What do you think are the main ingredients or traits essential to attain success?

S.M: The most important is that you should have a passion or a strong interest in what you are doing. An attitude of learning as you move ahead, irrespective of your years of experience or qualification. With this combination and with some hard work thrown in, I do not see anyone not being successful.

You! What are the positive points of being economically independent?

S.M: Nine times out of ten a womans economic independence will translate into better opportunities for her family in terms of education, health and nutrition.

You! Do you think a professional can be a good wife and mother?

S.M: Women who work and have families and children are far more conscious that they should give proper attention to their family than perhaps who stay at home. A professional woman has to prove herself at work and at home and I have the utmost respect for them for managing that balance.

You! How do you unwind?

S.M: I watch sports and News on TV. Otherwise I meet with friends and family. Ten years ago I would have said I read books to unwind, but it has become impossible to find time to that. This is my resolution for this year - to start reading again.

You! What is a typical day in your life?

S.M: I get up quite early in the morning and the first action is to check my office emails. I then read the newspaper and have my breakfast. I give the instructions for the day to my house team and get ready for office which ends normally late evening around seven or eight. I come home, talk to my mother and have dinner with her. I enjoy watching the news to update myself and chill for a couple of hours in front of that. After a final check of the office emails, its off to bed.

You! Any lessons learnt the hard way...

S.M: I have been very fortunate so far, professionally and personally. The only lesson learnt the hard way is no to jump when trekking - I broke my ankle because of a fall six months ago and it still hasnt healed!

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Under censorships nefarious grip, cinema becomes not just a driver of social justice but a sophisticated tool of oppression.

There is, however, a positive side effect of censorship: Sometimes it inspires filmmakers to be more experimental, innovative and free-thinking. Case in point: Poland after World War II.

Under the Communist regime, Polish authorities raged war on moviemakers who tried to reveal that the states ballyhoo about progress was nothing more than propaganda. Any critique of the Soviet Union or the Polish Peoples Republic was silenced. For a new generation of filmmakers, young people disillusioned by the sacrifices made during the war, these laws became an invitation to rebela cinematic revolution handed to them on a silver plate.

Polish censors, under the primary censorship board at Gwny Urzd Kontroli Prasy, Publikacji i Widowisk (i.e. the Main Office for Control of the Press, Publications and Public Performances), were highly literary, capable of deciphering even the most sophisticated subversions in books, newspapers and other written formsbut they were quite impotent when it came to evaluating images. So beginning in 1957 with Andrzej Wajdas Kanal, Polish films started to develop and expand upon an intricate cinematic language of metaphors, allegories, symbols, poetic imagery and other means of non-verbal expression. In Kanals devastating final act, the dying fighters of the Warsaw Uprising represent different parts of Polish society, past and present. For censors, this sequence may have seemed like a condemnation of the insurrection.

Polish filmmakers were forced to learn how to say something without saying it directly, how to depict a reality that did not officially exist, says Ryszard Lenczewski, the Oscar-nominated cinematographer of Pawe Pawlikowskis Ida (shot together with ukasz al). Lenczewski began his career in 1970s, when the battle for Polish cinema was raging on many fronts. This was a responsibility we all felt: to create layered images, images with double meanings that dared viewers to interpret them differently.

Andrzej Wajdas 1958 film Ashes and Diamonds

Viewers were depended upon to be active participants, decoding hidden meanings. It was all in the detailslike using wider lenses to show things you would not be able to show any other way. Something may be occurring in the background, slightly blurred. Sometimes all the film needed was to not include something or someone in the frame. Or to show a person in an unbalanced manner, i.e. a drunken assistant to a town mayor in Ashes and Diamonds.

That film, Wajdas 1958 masterpiece shot by cinematographer Jerzy Wjcik, is filled with symbols and layered imagery portraying everything wrong with post-war Poland. It made the censors heads spin. They knew the material was dangeroussome of them tried to stop it from reaching a wider audiencebut ultimately had to back off. Unsurprisingly, some messages were too cryptic for international audiences to decipher. Yet a universal cinematic language resonated for viewers in different parts of the globe. In the films most famous scene, the protagonist lights glasses of vodka as if they were candles, and the world understood the symbolism.

Censors, perturbed by the growing international acclaim, grew more paranoid. After we finished The Wedding, the censors held the material for two or three weeks without uttering a word of explanation, remembers Sawomir Idziak, camera operator under cinematographer Witold Sobociski on that Wajda film. The Oscar-nominated cinematographer (Black Hawk Down) started his career at the end of 1960s. They supposedly watched the film shot by shot, comparing it to the novel by Stanisaw Wyspiaski on which it was based to see if something was added or missing in an attack of the Communist order.

Idziak shot Krzysztof Kielowskis 1988 film A Short Film About Killing. I shot the film in this hideous yellow-greenish color to subtly hint at the directors idea that the country could be a killer, just like the main character. I remember one reviewer in Cannes writing that because the screen assumes the color of urine, it encapsulates the reality of Communist Poland. That was beautiful.

Krzysztof Kielowskis A Short Film About Killing, shot by Sawomir Idziak

The paradox was that state funding of these films and the censors decisions on how they should be seen were intrinsically linked. The government valued art, and wanted to produce films, yet wanted art to be propagandisticso instead of denying moviemakers the ability to create movies, officials chose to marginalize those that they didnt agree with, or those who they suspected of being subversive. Polish films were huge outside of PolandAmerican auteurs like Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola saw them as masterpiecesbut their directors sometimes had to be content for the titles to, domestically, only reach a handful of city intellectuals who were opposing the regime anyway, as Idziak puts it. The truth is, many of these internationally applauded films, now classics, were commercial failures in Poland.

2017 marks the 28th anniversary of the fall of Communism in Poland, and the beginnings of a differentperhaps harsher and less forgivingtype of censorship: the dictates of the commercial market. Yet Idziak and Lenczewski, both distinguished film educators, consider this a good test for their countrymen.

We had to work with many limitations and yet we managed to speak our own voices, says Idziak. Now, the limitation is only within yourself. MM

Darek Kuma is a cinephile, film journalist, translator, freelancer, husband, father and Camerimage Film Festival programmer, not necessarily in that order.

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