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Hotel Channel Guide
ROKU & Amazon TV
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Roku Marketing with Custom Travel Channels
The Vacation Channel recently had the opportunity to prepare a presentation on Roku marketing at the VA1 Governor's Tourism Summit 2022.
We shared our experience as tourism marketers focused on video production, and discussed how we grew our business from a small TV channel that was exclusively featured in coastal Virginia hotels to a streaming media service that has exploded in the East Coast travel market.
Since our Roku launch in 2020, we've developed custom Roku channels for destinations looking to provide potential tourists with a unique experience that shows them everything they need to know to plan their next vacation.
The Vacation Channel on Roku
Our custom Roku channel features a variety of content from Virginia tourism destinations: museums, historic sites, amusement parks, attractions, outdoor activities, shopping, dining and lodging opportunities.
Content on our channel is mostly produced by our team, and varies in length from 15-second spots to 15-minute programs. Advertisers can purchase airtime in variable increments, but we charge a flat rate for any spot under 2 minutes. New viewers tune in every month to learn more about travel in Virginia!
Why Roku?
Streaming TV just surpassed cable in terms of viewership numbers, and Roku has been the dominant streaming platform since 2018, followed closely by Amazon Fire TV (all our streaming channels are also developed on Amazon Fire TV, but Roku is where we are seeing traction and growth because it's native to so many new smart TVs).
Plus, it has a targeted advertising platform that helps us grow our subscriber base each month. The Vacation Channel's Roku app is consistently ranked in the Top 15 Travel Apps on Roku (of more than 400).
Roku and Amazon Fire TV have shown steady growth since 2018, where other platforms have plateaued.
In 2022, streaming TV cornered 37.6% of overall TV viewership, making it the top medium. That 37% is comprised of various streaming platforms you're familiar with, like Netflix, YouTube and Hulu, but one-third of viewership on streaming TV is made up of other smaller apps, including The Vacation Channel!
30% of streaming viewers are tuning in to smaller apps like Peacock, AMC, Showtime, etc. But that category also includes a world of independent, niche apps like The Vacation Channel. There are currently more than 400 apps in the Roku Travel category alone!
Who is Tuning In?
The Vacation Channel has more than 40,000 household subscribers, and we're on track to have more than 50,000 by year's end! Most Roku households are a prime audience for travel marketing: they're concentrated on the East Coast within a day's drive to Virginia. Ages are a broad range of Millennials to Boomers.
Why Are They Tuning In?
We're targeting these viewers through Roku poster advertising on the home screen. Users who click the ad will install the channel and start watching. More than 4,000 new users per month turn on their TV, see our ad, and choose to watch The Vacation Channel over other streaming services like Netflix, HBO and Hulu.
After that, our app remains on the home screen next to their other favorite entertainment apps—it's like having a billboard in someone's living room, reminding them that their next great vacation is just around the corner.
How Long Are They Watching?
Our viewers are watching The Vacation Channel for an average of 25 minutes! Most of our videos are 30-seconds long, so that means they're seeing programs from multiple advertisers each time they tune in. On the channels we've built for regional tourism partners like Currituck, NC and Colonial Williamsburg, we're seeing viewership extend to an average of 40 minutes and 62 minutes, respectively.
Unlike social media, where you're competing against a deluge of content for your audience's attention, Roku provides an uninterrupted experience. Our viewers aren't tuning in while they're at work, or waiting in line at the store, or distracted by their busy lives—they're at home on the sofa, relaxed and eager to plan their next vacation.
What Would You Say to Your Audience if You Had Their Attention For More Than 15 Seconds?
For the past few years, marketing has been trending toward short-format content on social media. Most YouTube ads see viewership drop off after 5 seconds, and many videos on Facebook won't be viewed for more than 30 seconds.
But if you knew you had someone's attention for a half hour or more, how would that change your marketing message? What new information could you share with viewers?
We all know that video production is costly and time-consuming, so it helps knowing that the ROI is a captive audience. With viewership numbers like that, potential visitors can do a deep dive into your content and get the full picture of what it's like to experience your destination. Lead them down your marketing funnel in a brand-new way!
Average watch time on our Roku channels is more than more than 40 minutes! How would it change your messaging if you didn't have to squeeze it into a 30-second video? What if you had long format content that shows viewers all the fun they could be having at your destination?
With your own custom channel, you can give viewers exactly what they want to see, and showcase a variety of content based on their interests. Streaming media allows users to do a deep-dive into everything your destination has to offer.
It's not apples-to-apples, but it's important to consider how each of these platforms are different, and how they can be important to your Media Mix. Most Roku users are watching content for an average of 40 minutes.
Don't you wish you had that kind of engagement on your other digital platforms?The best part is that Engagement is CONTAINED. There are no other brands competing against you, and your video doesn't roll into your competitor's. It's all YOU, and we have seen that users will watch one program after another.
What Type of Content Works for Roku?
Give old videos new life on Roku! It's a great place to showcase both short and long-format content. Our clients gained traction with a wide variety of topics: holiday videos, behind-the-scenes snippets, how-tos from makers/creators, and outdoor adventures!
Is Roku a Good Fit For Your Destination?
Marketing your destination or attraction with The Vacation Channel is a great fit for anyone in Virginia who is trying to reach tourism audiences. We have options that will fit most budgets, whether you're a small business looking for an airtime package on The Vacation Channel or you're a DMO looking to leverage your existing video library on a new platform.
Check out this guide to see which Roku option is right for your business.
Let The Vacation Channel help you find a way to leverage all your video assets in a way that aligns with your marketing goals! Click here to learn about our airtime packages, with pricing to fit every budget. If you're interested in airtime or a custom channel, send us an email!
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Jean François Sigault (Parijs, 14 februari 1786 – Amsterdam, 20 januari 1833) was een Nederlands beeldhouwer.

Leven en werk
Sigault werd geboren in Parijs als zoon van de Brugse beeldhouwer Charles François Joseph Sigault (ca. 1756-1831) en Jeanne Francoise Mathieu. Hij trouwde in 1822 in Amsterdam met Johanna Frederica Schönbeck (1797-).

Vader en zoon Sigault woonden en werkten als beeld- en steenhouwers in Amsterdam en hebben diverse opdrachten samen uitgevoerd. Ze werkten onder meer met marmer en hardsteen. De eveneens uit Frankrijk afkomstige etser Alphonse Pierre Giraud maakte diverse gravures van hun werken.

Sigault overleed op 46-jarige leeftijd, slechts twee jaar na zijn vader. Het bedrijf werd voortgezet door zijn weduwe, tot zij in 1846 -op eigen verzoek- onder curatele werd gesteld. In 1852 werd de zaak te koop gezet.

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 Grafmonument voor predikant Jan Nieuwenhuyzen (1724-1806) in de Grote of Sint Nicolaaskerk in Monnickendam
 Borstbeeld koning Willem I en gedenkplaat (1825) in de Sint-Bavokerk in Haarlem
 Guyotmonument (1829) ter nagedachtenis aan Henri Daniel Guyot (1753-1828), oprichter van het eerste Nederlandse doveninstituut, in Groningen
 Grafmonument (1831) van commandant Jan van Speijk (1802-1831) in de Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam
 Gedenkteken (1831) voor Van Speijk in het Burgerweeshuis, Amsterdam.

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Zie ook
 Lijst van Nederlandse beeldhouwers

Nederlands beeldhouwer

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Flowers tend to be one of the first subjects that new photographers set their eyes on. Flowers are already so beautiful, and they don't fidget or run away. Photographing flowers should be easy. In the end, though, their natural beauty and commonness can make them harder to photograph, not easier. Your photo has to somehow be as beautiful as the flower itself. And it has to stand out from the countless other flower photos everyone has seen before.
Photographer Tammy Schild has managed to be successful at both of these challenges. She has almost 11,000 followers on Flickr, and for a good reason. Her photos capture the delicate beauty of flowers (and other subjects), while also presenting a viewpoint unique from the rest.
Although flowers aren't her only focus as a photographer, she does love being outdoors, and her pictures reflect that joy. "To get out in nature and wander to see what little treasures I may find is just pure bliss for me. I feel like any frustrations or stresses that I have fade away and I am able to just enjoy the moment," she says.
Fortunately, there are plenty of flowers around her home, either in her yard or within walking distance. She goes out to shoot them in the morning or evening, when the light is perfect, or on bright, overcast days when the light is always great. She especially loves overcast days like that because she can go out and shoot all day long.
With so many flowers to see and capture, it might be tempting to go out and take 500 random flower photos, leaving time to sort through them later. Tammy doesn't take this approach, though. Before taking each photo, she likes to make sure everything is exactly how she wants it.
This method ultimately cuts down on post-processing. Her final pictures haven't been altered much from their originals. "I initially just clean the image up a bit if needed… little specks of dirt on a flower's petals or anything else that I find distracting." Then, depending on her mood, she might soften the image or add a vignette, as well as bring the focus more to where she wants it.
Taking time before shooting is her main piece of advice for new photographers. Though flowers are small and commonplace, they're worth the same attention as other subjects. "Study them, look at them from all angles, pay careful attention to the surroundings and the background and especially the light." In particular, you should avoid direct sunlight.
To see more of Tammy's photos, visit her Facebook page or Flickr photostream.


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Q: adjust form controls according to the size of the window I am trying to resize/ re-position controls based on the size of the form. This is the class i am using :
Public Class Resizer
    '----------------------------------------------------------
    ' ControlInfo
    ' Structure of original state of all processed controls
    '----------------------------------------------------------
    Private Structure ControlInfo
        Public name As String
        Public parentName As String
        Public leftOffsetPercent As Double
        Public topOffsetPercent As Double
        Public heightPercent As Double
        Public originalHeight As Integer
        Public originalWidth As Integer
        Public widthPercent As Double
        Public originalFontSize As Single
    End Structure

    '-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    ' ctrlDict
    ' Dictionary of (control name, control info) for all processed controls
    '-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Private ctrlDict As Dictionary(Of String, ControlInfo) = New Dictionary(Of String, ControlInfo)

    '----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    ' FindAllControls
    ' Recursive function to process all controls contained in the initially passed
    ' control container and store it in the Control dictionary
    '----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Public Sub FindAllControls(thisCtrl As Control)

        '-- If the current control has a parent, store all original relative position
        '-- and size information in the dictionary.
        '-- Recursively call FindAllControls for each control contained in the
        '-- current Control
        For Each ctl As Control In thisCtrl.Controls
            Try
                If Not IsNothing(ctl.Parent) Then
                    Dim parentHeight = ctl.Parent.Height
                    Dim parentWidth = ctl.Parent.Width

                    Dim c As New ControlInfo
                    c.name = ctl.Name
                    c.parentName = ctl.Parent.Name
                    c.topOffsetPercent = Convert.ToDouble(ctl.Top) / Convert.ToDouble(parentHeight)
                    c.leftOffsetPercent = Convert.ToDouble(ctl.Left) / Convert.ToDouble(parentWidth)
                    c.heightPercent = Convert.ToDouble(ctl.Height) / Convert.ToDouble(parentHeight)
                    c.widthPercent = Convert.ToDouble(ctl.Width) / Convert.ToDouble(parentWidth)
                    c.originalFontSize = ctl.Font.Size
                    c.originalHeight = ctl.Height
                    c.originalWidth = ctl.Width
                    ctrlDict.Add(c.name, c)
                End If

            Catch ex As Exception
                Debug.Print(ex.Message)
            End Try

            If ctl.Controls.Count > 0 Then
                FindAllControls(ctl)
            End If

        Next '-- For Each

    End Sub

    '----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    ' ResizeAllControls
    ' Recursive function to resize and reposition all controls contained in the Control
    ' dictionary
    '----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Public Sub ResizeAllControls(thisCtrl As Control, Optional wform As Form = Nothing)

        Dim fontRatioW As Single
        Dim fontRatioH As Single
        Dim fontRatio As Single
        Dim f As Font
        If IsNothing(wform) = False Then wform.Opacity = 0

        '-- Resize and reposition all controls in the passed control
        For Each ctl As Control In thisCtrl.Controls
            Try
                If Not IsNothing(ctl.Parent) Then
                    Dim parentHeight = ctl.Parent.Height
                    Dim parentWidth = ctl.Parent.Width

                    Dim c As New ControlInfo

                    Dim ret As Boolean = False
                    Try
                        '-- Get the current control's info from the control info dictionary
                        ret = ctrlDict.TryGetValue(ctl.Name, c)

                        '-- If found, adjust the current control based on control relative
                        '-- size and position information stored in the dictionary
                        If (ret) Then
                            '-- Size
                            ctl.Width = Int(parentWidth * c.widthPercent)
                            ctl.Height = Int(parentHeight * c.heightPercent)

                            '-- Position
                            ctl.Top = Int(parentHeight * c.topOffsetPercent)
                            ctl.Left = Int(parentWidth * c.leftOffsetPercent)

                            '-- Font
                            f = ctl.Font
                            fontRatioW = ctl.Width / c.originalWidth
                            fontRatioH = ctl.Height / c.originalHeight
                            fontRatio = (fontRatioW +
                            fontRatioH) / 2 '-- average change in control Height and Width
                            ctl.Font = New Font(f.FontFamily,
                            c.originalFontSize * fontRatio, f.Style)

                        End If
                    Catch
                    End Try
                End If
            Catch ex As Exception
            End Try

            '-- Recursive call for controls contained in the current control
            If ctl.Controls.Count > 0 Then
                ResizeAllControls(ctl)
            End If
        Next '-- For Each
        If IsNothing(wform) = False Then wform.Opacity = 1

    End Sub

End Class

The problem with this code is that
1) It flickers a lot while resizing the controls or moving them around.
2) Some labels and buttons are moved around to random positions on the form and,
3) the size of the background image is not responsive to the size of the form (Not much knowledge on how to execute this.)
Any sort of help is appreciated.

A: Instead of manually doing this, look into properties on the form such as "Dock", "Anchor".
Examples:

*

*Setting dock to top (or bottom) will allow a module to always cover
the entire top (or bottom) of the form, keeping the height the same.

*Setting dock to left (or right) will allow a module to always cover the entire left (or right) of the form, keeping the height the
same.

*Setting the anchor property to all of Top, Left, Right, Down will allow the control to expand as the form grows, but keep it's x/y top-left position.

*Setting the anchor property to Top, Left, Right will allow the control to expand to the right as the form grows, but keep it's x/y top-left position

*Setting the anchor property to Bottom, Right will allow the control to stay in a fixed position relative to the bottom corner of the form.

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Q: filter table from database in jsp using jquery I am retrieving data from database and putting into table. I have combo box to select type.On change of combo box I want to filter data from database.I want to use jquery in jsp.
Below is code for select type
    <form method="post" action="dashboardcontrol.jsp">
            Type: <select name="type" id="type">
                <option value="select" selected>..select..</option>
                <option value="agriculture">Agriculture</option>
                <option value="fiction">Fiction</option>
                <option value="Religion">Religion</option>
                <option value="music">Music</option>
            </select>
           <input type="submit" value="ok" />
    </form>

this is the table which contain all data
<%=resultset.getInt(1)%>
<%=resultset.getString(2)%>
<%=resultset.getString(3)%>
<%=resultset.getString(4)%>
<%=resultset.getString(5)%>
<%=resultset.getString(6)%>

Any advice!!!

A: function getSelectedComboBoxValue(boxValue) {
if(boxValue!="select") {
$.ajax({
    type : "POST",
    url : "getDatabaseRecordClassName",
    data : {
        BOXVALUE : boxValue,
    },
    success : function(data) {
        if(data!=""){
           $("#tab_container").html(data);
        }
    }

}
}
}
<form method="post" action="dashboardcontrol.jsp">
        Type: <select name="type" id="type" onchange="getSelectedComboBoxValue(this.value)">
            <option value="select">..select..</option>
            <option value="agriculture">Agriculture</option>
            <option value="fiction">Fiction</option>
            <option value="Religion">Religion</option>
            <option value="music">Music</option>
        </select>
</form>

Here "getDatabaseRecordClassName" is Java Class Name.
Here "#tab_container" is table DIV id.


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Home > Special counsel
DOJ Should Appoint Special Counsel to Prosecute Trump
Prosecuting Donald Trump for violating federal law is the job of the Justice Department and appointing a special counsel would be the best way of getting it done.
By Neil Baron On 2/8/21 at 5:30 AM EST
Mitt Romney Accuses Trump of Having 'Blind Spot' When It Comes to Russia
The Republican senator described the SolarWinds cyberattack—which Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and top GOP lawmakers blame Russia for—as "extraordinary." The president has downplayed it.
By Jason Lemon On 12/20/20 at 12:08 PM EST
Biden Calls Hunter Accusations 'Foul Play' as GOP Seeks Special Counsel
The president-elect said he isn't concerned about the accusations against his son, in part because he believes they're being used to get to him.
We Need a Special Counsel
A special counsel would give Americans confidence that the Hunter Biden investigation will proceed fairly and without political influence.
By Tom Cotton and Ken Buck On 12/16/20 at 1:48 PM EST
Trump Touts Mueller, Not Barr, for Stepping Up to 'Set Record Straight'
"Who isn't disappointed? Joe Biden lied on the debate stage, he said 'there's nothing happening' and Barr should have stepped up," the president told Fox News host Brian Kilmeade.
By Benjamin Fearnow On 12/13/20 at 10:01 AM EST
GOP Rep Says 'Impeachable Conduct' May Be on Hunter Biden Laptop
Colorado's Ken Buck says America can't "move forward" with a Joe Biden presidency unless the DOJ appoints a special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden's laptop—that is, Buck claims, if Biden even won.
By Benjamin Fearnow On 12/8/20 at 5:52 PM EST
Ex-FBI Lawyer Admits to Doctoring Key Email in Russia Investigation
Kevin Clinesmith, who worked as a lawyer with the FBI for four years, is the first person to be charged in the Justice Department's review of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's 2017 investigation.
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Federal Watchdog Recommends Coronavirus Whistleblower Be Reinstated
The Office of Special Counsel says it has "reasonable grounds to believe" that Dr. Rick Bright was fired for publicly questioning Trump's advocacy of thydroxychloroquine as a coronavirus treatment.
By Daniel Villarreal On 5/8/20 at 5:01 PM EDT
Ex-Prosecutor, Who Defended William Barr, Admits He Was 'Flat-Out Wrong'
"I have been deeply disappointed by what I've seen," Chuck Rosenberg said.
By Jason Lemon On 10/9/19 at 10:24 AM EDT
CNN Anchor Confronts Lewandowski With Alleged Obstruction in Mueller Report
Lewandowski again acknowledged that he never read the Mueller report but said he understood its conclusions.
By Jason Lemon On 9/18/19 at 11:50 AM EDT
Fox News Host Suggests Robert Mueller Has 'Onset Dementia'
"Look, I've seen people with onset dementia, I'm not going to mock this man. He obviously shouldn't have been there."
By Jason Lemon On 7/25/19 at 3:48 PM EDT
CNN Anchor Accuses Republicans of Outsourcing 'Their Oversight' to Hannity
"In a perfect example of the Fox-Trump feedback loop, it turns out that many of the GOP questions yesterday came straight from Sean Hannity," John Avlon said.
By Jason Lemon On 7/25/19 at 12:15 PM EDT
Republicans 'Have Flung Open Their Arms' for Russia, MSNBC Host Says
"So, Republicans, yes, please celebrate what a great day it was for you and Vladimir Putin," Joe Scarborough said.
Fox News Anchor Questions Whether Mueller Was in Control of Probe
"He has seemed very uncertain with his brief," Chris Wallace said. "He doesn't know – seem to know things that are in the report."
Watergate Journalist: Mueller Can Show Trump Is 'Contemptuous of the Law'
"Mueller has enormous power here to move the perception of Americans," Carl Bernstein said.
By Jason Lemon On 7/24/19 at 9:12 AM EDT
Russian Election Meddling Allegations Were 'Peak Absurdity,' Putin Says
Putin said it was "not possible" for Mueller to find evidence of collusion "because it simply did not exist."
By David Brennan On 7/4/19 at 7:23 AM EDT
Kellyanne Conway Subpoenaed on Hatch Act After Most Violations in 30 Years
Kellyanne Conway violated the Hatch Act more than a dozen times, the Office of the Special Counsel noted. There were just two violations during the eight years of the Obama administration.
By Jessica Kwong On 6/26/19 at 1:49 PM EDT
'No Doubt' Trump Campaign Wanted Russian Help, Says Former FBI Director
"There's absolutely no doubt that the Russians were interfering with the election for the purpose of helping the Trump campaign," Andrew McCabe said.
Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham Attack Robert Mueller
Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham and Tucker Carlson all lashed out at Robert Mueller during their respective Fox News shows on Wednesday after the special counsel spoke publicly for the first time since starting the Russia probe in 2017.
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"These facts that he laid out are so substantially similar to the matured allegations against Bill Clinton and Richard Nixon, it's clear where he was going," Andrew Napolitano explained.
Mueller Moving On and Everyone 'Should Do the Same,' Says Sarah Sanders
"After two years, the Special Counsel is moving on with his life," Sanders' statement read. "And everyone else should do the same."
By Asher Stockler On 5/29/19 at 2:17 PM EDT
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"It was not anywhere as clear cut as Attorney General Bill Barr [characterized the report]," the political anchor said. "In fact, it was almost exactly the opposite, not clear cut."
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The veteran journalist said the situation challenged "whether our institutions are able to function in this country to deal with a president of the United States who is unique in our history, who has nothing but contempt for Democratic traditions and the rule of law."
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"Are they looking for a redo because they hated seeing the strong NO COLLUSION conclusion? There was no crime," the president insisted on Twitter.
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Omarosa Accuses Trump Admin of Destroying Evidence Relevant to Mueller
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Mueller "felt the Attorney General's letter was inaccurate" and "wanted it changed... or at least added to," Wallace said. "Those are the facts."
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In his condo, overlooking the financial district of Downtown Richmond on one side and the James River on the other, BK Fulton is restless; he's wrestling with an idea, a vision that will serve as an extension of Soulidifly Productions where he serves as founding chairman and CEO. Fragments are beginning to take shape as tangible ideas. He walks back and forth and then he stops and looks out at his patio. He feels the ancestors are laughing at him with love as he realizes that it's up to him to tell the stories that have not been told. "SoulVision," he utters and that was it. In less than a week, he finds a founding editor, web developers and designers, lawyers to protect the name and a band of contributing authors. In a world where black and brown people are too often thought of as less than, BK created SoulVision to exemplify the positive energy inherent in urban communities worldwide.
BK doesn't shy away from making it known that Soulidifly Productions is the first independent film company in cinema history to produce and release four feature-length films in its first year. Produced by a mostly unknown team of diverse industry insiders and creatives, these films include Charniece Fox's Love Dot Com, Menelek Lumumba's 1 Angry Black Man, and Wes Miller's River Runs Red and Atone. With respectable offers from major movie producers in the film and paid TV business, there is only one way to go but up for Soulidify Productions.
Known for his positive outlook on life, BK believes that "God blesses us all to turn our dreams and ideas into their tangible equivalents; we must have the faith, be willing to do the work and expect the outcomes." With a team of talented folks behind him, BK has the recipe for phenomenal success.


Toward Rue du Taur, Toulouse. Original acrylic painting.
Continuing the series of celebrating the very beautiful city of Toulouse is this small original painting of Place Capitole, with a view looking toward where Eglises Notre Dame du Taur and Basilique St Sernin can be found (each represented in some of my other paintings).
The beautiful brickwork and blue skies are simply stunning at any time of year but particularly during the summer months.


David Kurtz is Managing Editor and Washington Bureau Chief of Talking Points Memo where he oversees the news operations of TPM and its sister sites.
President Trump's past statements denying, clouding, blame-shifting, and minimizing (Prime access) the Russian hacking of Democrats in 2016 read in an especially stark light after today's indictment of 12 Russian military intelligence officers.
President Trump announces via Twitter the resignation of EPA administrator Scott Pruitt.
Federal judge in DC thrashes Trump administration's approval of Medicaid work requirements for Kentucky. The devastating decision blocks the new requirements from taking effect Sunday.
The comeback attempt by ex-con Michael Grimm on Staten Island came up way short.
Longtime incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley (D-NY) is trailing his 28-year-old challenger Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 57-43 with 74 percent of precincts reporting.
Federal judge in Paul Manafort's case in Virginia goes off on special counsel Robert Mueller's case as "distasteful" – while offering up all manner of other prejudicial commentaries in an order just out this afternoon. Must read.
Tierney Sneed reports in from the federal courthouse in D.C. where a judge is considering whether to revoke former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort's bail, amid allegations he tampered with witnesses in special counsel Robert Mueller's pending criminal case against him.
The hearing is in recess while the judge apparently contemplates her ruling on whether to move Manafort from house arrest to jail.
Just to be clear, the New York attorney general has sued the President and three of his children, each in their individual capacities, for alleged wrongdoing in the operation of what was supposed to be a charity, the Trump Foundation. The foundation itself is also a defendant in the lawsuit, but the alleged (and to be honest pretty obvious) self-dealing and mismanagement of the foundation by the Trumps, including Don Jr., Eric, and Ivanka, now has them potentially on the hook personally. It's no less remarkable just because we already knew about some of the wrongdoing via great reporting by the Post.


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Sherbrooke Museum of Fine Arts
(Organization)
Colby-Curtis Museum (Stanstead Historical Society)
Beaulne Museum
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, Centre de l'Estrie
Eastern Townships Resource Centre
Louis S. St-Laurent National Historic Site of Canada
Laurier Museum
Société de généalogie des Cantons-de-l'Est
Little Forks Branch, United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada
Coaticook Historical Society
Megantic County Historical Society
Potton Heritage Association
Lennoxville-Ascot Historical and Museum Society
Cowansville Historical Society
Patrimoine-Ascott-Heritage
Compton Historical Society
Alfred Laliberté (1878-1953)
Celebrated Quebec sculptor and painter Albert Laliberté was born in Ste-Élisabeth-de-Warwick in 1878.
The Granada Theatre, Sherbrooke
Opened in 1929 at the dawn of the talking movie, the Granada Theatre in downtown Sherbrooke is one of Canada's most beautiful atmospheric theatres.
Centennial of Sherbrooke's First Catholic Mass, 1916
The composite photograph seen here was published as a postcard in 1916 to commemorate the centennial of the first Roman Catholic mass celebrated in Sherbrooke.
Bishop Antoine Racine (1822-1893), First Catholic Bishop of Sherbrooke
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The Prime Minister, David Cameron, has insisted the government was right to offer Kids Company one last chance by giving it a £3m grant just days before the charity announced its closure.
Cameron said this morning that he was sad that Kids Company, which closed earlier this week, had been forced to shut its doors.
But he told the BBC that the government had been right to give the charity a final opportunity to continue operating by making the £3m grant, which was signed off by Cabinet Office ministers against the advice of the department's most senior civil servant.
"The government thought it was the right thing to do to give this charity one last chance of restructuring to try and make sure it could continue its excellent work," said Cameron.
"Sadly that didn't happen, not least because of the allegations that were made and private donors withdrawing their money, but I think the government was right to say 'let's have one last go at keeping this charity going given the excellent work it has done for so many people'."
It emerged last month that Cabinet Office ministers had decided to award the grant to Kids Company despite warnings from Richard Heaton, permanent secretary to the Cabinet Office, that the charity was unlikely to meet the government's conditions for the funding.
It comes as The Guardian newspaper reported this morning that senior directors at Kids Company repeatedly warned trustees of the need to build up reserves or face going bust.
The paper quotes an unnamed senior source, who worked at the charity for several years, as saying: "If you keep building an organisation without building reserves, then it's a house of cards and it will fall down.
"Kids Company didn't have any reserves, the government knew they didn't have any reserves, and they bailed them out time and again. The charity, the trustees, got complacent – they got into this habit, they knew they would always get bailed out," the source said.
The Times reported today that the trustees of Kids Company last week turned down offers of donations totalling £3m from a group of philanthropists.
This was because the trustees believed that the allegations around child sexual abuse at the charity meant that it would not receive sufficient donations to make it viable going forward, the paper said.
The Independent also reported that James Lupton, a multimillionaire Conservative party donor, was involved in the campaign to persuade the Cabinet Office to award the £3m grant. There is no suggestion that Lupton had acted improperly, the newspaper said.
The Daily Mail also reported that staff at the National Portrait Gallery were deciding whether to take down a painting of Camila Batmanghelidjh, founder of Kids Company, following the charity's closure.
Supporters of the charity staged a march in London this morning to call for more funding.


The Beethoven Club and Luna Nova Music co-sponsor an international composition contest for young academic composers from around the world. Details and applications procedures for the 2018 contest are available here. Questions should be sent to Patricia Gray pgray@pgray.net.


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Stream It Or Skip It: 'Song of the Shark' on Discovery+, Where No V.O. Lets These Iconic Fish Speak For Themselves
By Johnny Loftus Twitter @glennganges Jul 12, 2021 at 12:45pm
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Discovery+ describes the films in its Immersions series as expanded long-form originals. Presented without narration or much extra information beyond place and species names, the films aim for stunning visuals over educational content, and in that respect, Song of the Shark takes the form of a viewing platform for a deep water aquarium on an international scale.
SONG OF THE SHARK: STREAM IT OR SKIP IT?
The Gist: Song of the Shark boasts a pretty impressive passport. From the waters off of Hawaii and coastal California, it travels to the Southern Hemisphere, hitting Argentina and the surging tides around Africa's Cape of Good Hope before bouncing over to the Indian Ocean and southward to Australia's Great Barrier Reef. It visits the Gulf of Mexico, America's Eastern Seaboard, and even the Red Sea. And in each one of these environments, as we plunge beneath the surf and shifting whitecaps, a different breed of shark is revealed to be patrolling the waters for its next meal. Unlike so many nature documentaries — nowadays, the bulk of which seem to be narrated in some form by British broadcaster and naturalist David Attenborough — Song of the Shark is completely devoid of narration, and dispenses with the data dumps that often accompany docs in this genre. Instead, it presents itself as a silent observer, transmitting its visuals of sharks and other sea life from a neutral perspective. It doesn't probe too much, nor does it wade into the deep end of aggressive cuts and edits, or worse, punctuating "kill shots." Song of the Shark is all about the natural order and motion of the undersea world its titular subjects inhabit.
With its unhurried, "as it happens" vibe, Song of the Shark aligns with the slow TV movement popularized by the Norwegian Broadcast Corporation's 2009 airing of Bergensbanen train journey across Southern Norway, which presented a multi-hour rail route from Bergen to Oslo in all of its exquisite minutiae. The journey was the hook, and the naturalism of its sights and sounds occurring in close to real time. In Song of the Shark, a point on the map is presented with an establishing shot and bits of "local color" — the variegated surface of a reef, or a group of pulsing sea anemone; schools of glittery tropical fish flitting to and fro in unison — before the big fish enters the frame, a tiger shark in Hawaii, a nurse shark in California, a long-nosed blue shark in Argentina, and a few more minutes into Song than you might expect, a great white shark, traversing the blue deep off Africa. Elsewhere are the requiem sharks, silkies and bulls, as well as a hammerhead, and the giant-bodied, viciously grinning mako. In each instance, a camera tracks the shark in close-up as it moves through the water, or even as it occasionally seems to hover; shot from below, the ocean surface glittering above, the shark's steady movement suggests tracking the fuselage of a commercial airliner as it makes its way across a vast expanse of sky.
What Movies Will It Remind You Of? Disney+ is traveling the terrain of slow TV, too, offering a five-episode set in association with National Geographic entitled Earth Moods that sets drone footage of vast dunescapes and the arctic world to an ambient soundtrack. And speaking of the slow viewing movement, Ron Fricke's 1993 doc Baraka (available via Amazon Prime) was a progenitor of the form, presenting places in people in an exclusively visual narrative that was a triumph of symmetry and the lasting echoes of chaos theory.
Performance Worth Watching: Toting its distinctive cephalofoil that offers it a 360-degree view of the deep cerulean waters of the Indian Ocean, the hammerhead shark trolls the continental shelf in schools during the day and solo later as a nocturnal hunter. Also, the hammerhead required to be included on anyone's list of coolest animals on the planet. Sorry, that's just the way it is.
Memorable Dialogue: No dialogue! Which in itself is refreshing in an age of "extreme" documentaries, where the narrative itself seems to be shouting at or even berating the viewer.
Sex and Skin: Nope.
Our Take: For every viral Internet story of a three or four hundred-year-old Greenland shark operating under the Arctic ice shelf, or great white shark 20-footers garnering new size records for the cartilaginous class, there are hundreds of millions more sharks caught up in the ecological ravages of overfishing on an industrial scale. Many of the largest species, like hammerheads and mako, once so numerous, are now regularly found on the endangered species list. From Jaws and "Baby Shark" to Shark Week and Sharknado, these iconic fishes are part of the fabric of popular culture. But that's a legacy that unfortunately doesn't translate to ecological durability, making a doc like Song of the Shark all the more valuable, since it visits these majestic sea dwellers in their natural habitat, and treads lightly while doing so. This is their home, its quiet camera seems to suggest; we're not here to agitate that.
While it visits with its sharks as they do what they do best, Song of the Shark admirably lets its stylistic cues flow from an environmental aesthetic. Whether it's the flickering sun in the epipelagic zone reflecting off of and changing the hue of the blue shark's graceful pectoral fins, or the manner in which it subtly defines each region visited by noting the visibility and clarity of the sea water, Song of the Shark consistently discovers wonderful ways to define its narrative and setting without having to resort to voiceover or too much on screen graphical content. And even when it does present a place or species name, it's with understated flair, scaling lines connecting to rock face, shoreline, or shark fin like the action of rolling your cursor over a hyperlink. Song of the Shark is part of Discovery+'s Immersions series, but it's the first to do the immersing.
Our Call: STREAM IT. Song of the Shark offers a refreshingly unstructured point of view on the world's shark population and their varied aquatic habitats. The message is simple: turn on, tune in, bliss out.
Will you stream or skip the expanded long-form original #SongOfTheShark on @discoveryplus? #SIOSI
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Johnny Loftus is an independent writer and editor living at large in Chicagoland. His work has appeared in The Village Voice, All Music Guide, Pitchfork Media, and Nicki Swift. Follow him on Twitter: @glennganges
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Durban - Kandasamys: The Wedding, a local movie directed by Jayan Moodley will open in 41 cinemas around South Africa on Thursday, April 18.
The sequel Keeping up with the Kandasamys, which was South Africa's number one movie at the box office in 2017, is opening a day earlier than usually scheduled releases, due to the unprecedented demand from the movie's fans, and in time for the holiday weekend.
The family comedy Jailoshini Naidoo, Maeshni Naicker, Koobeshen Naidoo, Yugan Naidoo, Mishqah Parthiephal, Madhushan Singh and Mariam Bassa.
Scripted by the dynamic writing duo Rory Booth and director / co-producer Jayan Moodley this highly entertaining and hilarious Kandasamys: The Wedding is South Africa's very own big fat Indian Wedding, packed with colour, character and comedy.
Centred around the forthcoming wedding of Jodi and Prishen (Mishqah Parthiephal and Madhushan Singh), the mothers Jennifer Kandasamy (Jailoshini Naidoo) and Shanthi Naidoo (Maeshni Naicker) try to push their own agendas for the "big day".
Keeping up with the Kandasamys took local audiences by storm when it released in 2017 becoming SA's number 1 film in 2017 earning a massive R 16.3 million at the Box Office with a 12-week run in cinemas.
"We cannot thank our audiences enough for their incredible support. Keeping Up With The Kandasamys drew thousands of patrons to cinemas nationally, and while it was a story out of Chatsworth, it's universal appeal was enjoyed by the greater South African audience which was wonderful to see.


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The third and final round of group matches in the Courts Pee Wee Primary Schools Football Championship will commence today at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.
The opening fixtures at 12:30hrs will pit F.E. Pollard against Colaaco and Redeemer against Enterprise.
This will be followed by defending champion West Ruimveldt battling St. Stephen's and Tucville opposing Mocha Arcadia from 13:10hrs.
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United States' Evolving Tattoo Culture
The tattoo industry today is worth $1.4 billion. It didn't start that way, though. Tattooing was created by native people, washed out by settlers, brought back by hardened sailors, popularized by socialites and social security numbers, and then made into TV shows and stickers! So we'd say the tattoo culture in the United States is evolving well. Thanks for asking!
Confused? Let us break that down for you.
How Did Tattoos Get to the States?
Tattoos were already here! Tattooing was a part of the culture of the native people who inhabited the lands of North America before colonists came around. Native Americans' tattooing practice was for cultural markings and healing. Specifics changed based on the tribe you belonged to, but the commonality was that settlers squashed tattooing as a common practice as they tried to impose European culture into the Americas.
However, your tattoo probably has its roots in a different part of the world altogether. While Native Americans were tattooing, so were the Pacific Island natives. Sailors had already explored the Pacific Islands, and when colonizers started moving to the Americas, sailors brought their interpretation of Pacific Islands tattoos to the ports.
How Did Tattooing Evolve in the United States?
For decades upon decades, tattoos only belonged to criminals, pirates, sailors, and people in the navy. Typical members of society looked down on people with tattoos, mostly for religious and classist reasons.
Sailors popped up tattoo parlors in seaports along the coast. These weren't friendly, airy contemporary shops, though. They were in back alleys, boardwalks, and homes.
The point was to make the tattoos fast so that someone who came into port for a few hours could get their tattoo and return to sea on the same day. This is where the concept of "flash tattoo" comes from. Fast as a flash. Limited color, thick lines, and very little shading.
This is also where the American traditional tattoo style comes from (diluted Polynesian influence and wherever-the-hell these sailors docked). The shops were very exclusive and had a harsh culture. Bad boys gotta gain respect.
High-Society
In the 19th century, word got out in the States (New York City) that British royalty and high society were getting inked on their world travels.
Winston Churchhill's mother had a dainty snake around her wrist. The Prince of Wales and his two sons were inked on their travels to Jerusalem and Japan. There's a rumor that lady socialites back in NYC got dainty tattoos that could be covered whenever the moment didn't call for them. And on the other hand, there were circus women who got tattoos and were paid to show them in a strip-tease format.
Social Security Numbers
In the 1930s, when social security numbers were introduced, people were in a hurry to get these tattooed on their bodies, so there wasn't a possibility of forgetting. Imagine doing that today?!
The Machine Gets Going
Tattoos started becoming more popular after the 1930s. Not a snowball effect (save that for the 2000s), but more tattoo shops began to open. At some point, it was no longer crazy to know a few people with tattoos.
Names like Ed Hardy and Sailor Jerry start popping up. Chicano/Cholo tattooing creates a name for itself in Southern California. Women like Painless Nell and Cynthia Witkin start showing it's not just a boys' game.
What Is Tattoo Culture in the United States Like Now?
In the past two to three decades, tattoos have become more common and way less taboo. Tattoos have evolved past bad-boy markings into cool body art celebrating life experiences, meanings, and beyond.. We are seeing cosmetic tattooing, temporary tattoos, sticker tattoos, and countless reality shows about tattooing as well.
Tattoo Reality Shows
"Miami Ink," airing in July 2005, was America's first TV reality show about tattooing. Kat Von D, a Mexican-American tattoo artist, got her start from this show and now has an incredibly successful tattoo dynasty and beauty brand.
Miami Ink and Kat Von D were such a hit that Kat moved to LA and created a spinoff of Miami Ink called LA Ink. You can imagine that after the wild success of this show, many other tattoo reality TV shows started popping up.
A light pink blush, a darker lip color, fuller eyebrows, full-time eyeliner, post-mastectomy areola, or nipple re-creation — you can get it all with tattooing. Social media, bodily perfection, and more medical reasons have created a huge market for permanent makeup or cosmetic tattooing.
You can really get your face beat forever. Well kind of. Usually, cosmetic tattooing uses lighter pigments that need touching up every so often.
Sticker Tattoos
Tattoos you can put on kids! Monkey see, monkey do, right? Sticker tattoos are a memorable part of any Yankee 90s kid's childhood. Henna tattoos were reserved for special vacation moments. And short-term tattoos are just coming to market!
Sticker tattoos are temporary tattoos that are transferred from sticky paper to skin, last fully about a day or two, and then slowly peel off for a week.
Remember when you were younger and loaded up with probably more tattoos than you have now? Those little sticker packs, some warm water, plus the tiniest bit of patience, and you were the coolest kid on the block.
There are companies now that will morph any image you want into a temporary sticker tattoo for you. A great way to test out designs and placements if you're feeling undecided!
Another type of "sticker tattoo" has taken the meaning a little more literally — sticker tattooing is actually a newly emerging style of tattoo design where it looks like someone has physically slapped a sticker right on top of your skin. This style includes fine shadowing, a fairly thick white outline to resemble the outline of a sticker when lifted from white sticker paper, and some highlighting to help enhance that 3D effect on skin.
Now you can bring your childhood dreams right into adulthood, just like all that cake and ice cream we know you had for breakfast at least once.
Henna tattoos are made from natural ink, and they dye the skin a nice brown color. They last for about three to four weeks.
Henna originates from a few different places (India, Africa, the Middle East, and Pakistan) and have been practiced for 5,000 years for cultural purposes. In the States, lucky kids love to beg for them when they visit beach towns with their families.
Semi-Permanent Tattoos
Semi-permanent tattoos have just cropped up in the past year or so. They are real tattoos, made by real tattoo artists with real tattoo machines. The difference between these tattoos and permanent tattoos is that made-to-fade ink is being used. Depending on the kind of made-to-fade ink being used, your tattoo will last about a year.
The Current State of Tattoo
Tattooing in the States has evolved from tribal to criminal to common. There aren't any laws in place to prevent discrimination because you have a tattoo, but even workplaces don't really care anymore. Grandmas are getting tattooed, and so is your 15-year-old brother at the skate park (highly not recommended).
For the 411 on all things tattoo and tattoo culture, explore the rest of Mad Rabbit's blog here.
Native American Tattoos - A New Generation Is Reviving Indigenous Tattooing | Sapiens
Where Cultures Collide: Polynesian Tattoo | PBS
American Tattoo Culture's Messy Past and Hopeful Future | Dismantle Mag
Skin Stories: History of Tattoo | PBS.
The Evolution of Tattoo Culture in America | Alternative Press Magazine
See Rare Images From the Early History of Tattoos in America | TIME
The Evolution of Tattooing in America | GREY Journal
Miami Ink (TV Series 2005–2008) | IMDb
Henna: Its History and Cultural Significance | St Thomas University
Semipermanent Tattoos That Disappear in a Year Now Exist | Allure


Meet the Texas McCombs MPA Student Ambassadors!
Student ambassadors are current MPA students who are here to answer questions about life at Texas McCombs, job searches, living in Austin, and MPA classes. While student ambassadors don't address admissions questions, if you're looking for answers from someone who has experienced our program first-hand, you've come to the right place!
Why Texas McCombs MPA? I chose the Texas McCombs MPA program for three reasons. First, the flexible curriculum allows me to design my own area of specialization. Second, the incredibly exceptional faculty and peers continuously challenge me to grow and improve. Lastly, this is the #1 accounting program in the U.S. that will prepare and expose you to tremendous career opportunities.
Why Texas McCombs MPA? I chose the accounting program at Texas because I was seeking to be part of the tradition of excellence that is the Texas McCombs MPA program. I knew this program would be well worth the investment in my future career as an accountant no matter where I landed.
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Why Texas McCombs MPA? I chose the Texas McCombs MPA program because of the prestige of the program and also the people representing the program that I got to meet. Everyone was willing to help and wanted to make the best of my time in the MPA program so that I may have a successful future.


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Q: Facebook Login for app. Should I be logging in every time the app is launched? I am using the Facebook Login Button for authentication and login for my app.
After logging in the first time to Facebook, do most apps require to keep logging into Facebook after the first time (each time they return to the app)? Or should the app just save the info received from the first time login: fbId, full name, etc?
What is considered best practice for apps that authenticate users with Facebook?
My main concern is what happens if the Facebook Login API goes down one day. I wouldn't want my users to not be able to enter the app for that reason.
How would you guys tackle this?


Are you planning to travel in Japan anytime soon? Well, that's a good thing since Japan has recently offered multiple-entry visas for foreigners, thus giving you more leverage when it comes to repeat vacations. After all, Japan is one exquisite country that has a distinct culture and lifestyle everyone immediately falls in love with.
Japan is often pictured to be a very busy, populated city, but actually that can only be found in Tokyo. If you want to be in the middle of Tokyo's city life, then you must visit the Shinjuku district, where all the Japanese skyscrapers can be found. Yes, you'd feel like you're in New York City, but only the signs are in Nihonggo.
Mt. Fujis is always among the best places to check out in Japan. It's more than just the country's highest peak; it has also been a symbol of Japan's simple but totally classic beauty. You may want to visit Mt. Fuji during the spring, as it is the most ideal time to take pictures and hike around the mountainside.
If you're going to travel in Japan you may wish to visit Osaka, and pay its famous imperial castle a visit. Rich in history and culture, the Osaka Castle is one of the most precious landmarks in the country. It is also in close proximity to the Himeji Castle, which boasts a wide array of Zen gardens on its yards.
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Awesome post with great info dear! Thanks for sharing this amazing blog with everyone.I would like to add my favorite places in japan are: Kiyomizudera in Kyoto and Golden Pavillion, although beautiful and more.


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Inaugurating Centre of Excellence ( Skill Development CSR Initiative in India ) by DAFFPL and SeedCSR
Seed CSR > Blog > CSR INITIATIVES IN INDIA > Inaugurating Centre of Excellence ( Skill Development CSR Initiative in India ) by DAFFPL and SeedCSR
Dec 27 2017 By seedadmin
The need of a skilled person is the most important thing which exist in the today's globalized world. Our country is also not far behind in fulfilling this task of making every effort to make its youth skilled and talented. Apart from the policies formulated by the government to enhance the skill qualities of the youth through CSR initiatives in India, the individual corporates are also trying to tackle this issue through their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) interventions. Delhi Aviation Fuel Facility Private Limited (DAFFPL) has also tried to benefit maximum number of youth under their CSR paradigm. Partnering with SeedCSR, it has opened a Learning and Skill Development Centre in Mahipalpur for imparting skill training to the potential candidates in electric fitter trade and housekeeping.
The Centre Of Excellence was inaugurated on 26th December 2017 in Mahipalpur. The inauguration was done by our Chief Guest of Honour Mr. Pradeep Panicker, CSR Chairman DAFFPL, and Mr. Anirban Roy, Managing Director Seed CSR. The event was also graced by Mr. Rakesh Arora, CEO, Mr S. Bhattacharya Company Secretary and Mr. Ankur Chugh, CSR Coordinator, DAFFPL. The guests were highly enthusiastic for this venture and participated in this event with full vigor. Mr. Pradeep Panicker and Mr. Anirban Roy along with the other officials from DAFFPL visited the entire Centre of Excellence (CoE) and had a very influential interaction with the selected students. These students were selected on the basis of active mobilizations done in the communities by the SeedCSR team. A total of 100 students have been selected after the mobilizations, 50 each for housekeeping and electric fitter trade.
The event was further graced by Mr. Pradeep Panicker who shared his valuable thoughts on the importance of CSR initiati ves in India as well as skill development for the betterment of our society. A number of discussions also took place with the students and a lot of their queries were solved. The DAFFPL's officials also appreciated the Electric fitter and housekeeping labs. They were very positive about CSR skill development training and expected a lot of skilled personnel after utilizing these labs.
The learned and the skilled students will be given proper placements after completing the trainings from this CoE. There would be a dedicated Project Coordinator to do the market linkages for the appropriate placements of the students in the various industries. At the centre, 230 students will be covered in the first phase (5 months), 500 in the second phase (12 months) and 530 in the third phase (12 months).
As the event was move towards its conclusion, the Chief Guests and the officials of DAFFPL were presented with plant saplings and Mementos by the official team of SeedCSR. We will, in our power, make all the necessary efforts to make this initiative a success just like our other CSR projects in India.
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Corporate Social Responsibility also known as corporate citizenship is the sense of conscience that a corporation integrates with its business model. CSR initiatives in India demonstrates to both consumers and the media, the selfless social interest of a company that is not undertaken for profit margins. The companies that have embraced CSR stands exceptional in terms of brand differentiation, socio-economic contentment and employee satisfaction.
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We have come far from the time when females were meant to stay at home. They were neither given chance to enter educational institutions, nor they were allowed to work. In this era, women are no less than males and hence have entered every profession. The ratio of educated women have increased to a good level, but still there are many females, especially in rural areas or slum areas who are not educated enough to generate livelihood opportunities.
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