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FormFree names former ICE finance executive Patrick Rutherford as CFO to fuel its next stage in company growth

ATHENS, Ga. /ScoopCloud/ -- FormFree® today announced that it has appointed Patrick Rutherford, former finance executive at Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), as chief financial officer (CFO). In his new role at FormFree, Rutherford will lead the organization's finance, accounting and compliance functions.

Prior to joining FormFree, Rutherford served as a leader within ICE's global finance function. As a financial leader at the publicly traded Fortune 500 company, Rutherford oversaw multiple aspects of global forecasting, planning and analysis. He was also a key participant in ICE's mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activities, including its strategic equity raise for the company's initial venture into digital assets and its more recent entry into the mortgage space.

Rutherford served as a finance leader at The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) before joining ICE. During this time, he gained a broad set of finance and strategy experiences while progressing professionally, earning formal recognition by the CEO and CFO for his achievements on multiple occasions.

Rutherford earned his bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, and his master's degree in business administration from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

"I am thrilled to join FormFree, a company dedicated to revolutionizing how lenders come to understand people's ability to pay," said Rutherford. "As CFO, I will strive to further FormFree's drive of facilitating a more inclusive credit landscape while supporting lenders' business goals."

FormFree welcomes Rutherford to its executive team following years of financial growth. Notably, by helping mortgage lenders understand people's ability to pay (ATP®) with innovative, direct-source data retrieval methods, FormFree saw triple-digit revenue growth between 2017 and 2020, earning it a place on the 2021 Deloitte Technology Fast 500(tm) rankings.

"Patrick's breadth of innovative financial management experience at Fortune 500 companies like ICE and Home Depot made him the perfect choice for helping FormFree reach new heights," said FormFree Founder and CEO Brent Chandler. "We look forward to having Patrick at the helm of FormFree's financial growth."

About FormFree®

FormFree® is a market-leading fintech company whose revolutionary products AccountChek® and Passport® make for a more inclusive credit decisioning landscape by enabling lenders to understand people's true ability to pay (ATP®). To date, thousands of U.S. lenders and brokers have ordered millions of FormFree's patented verification reports representing trillions of dollars in loan verifications. FormFree delights borrowers and lenders with a paperless experience, dramatically reduces origination timelines and offers automated analysis and standardized delivery to lenders and investors using a secure ReissueKey®.

For more information, visit: https://www.formfree.com/.

Follow FormFree on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/formfree/.

FormFree today announced that it has appointed Patrick Rutherford, former finance executive at Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), as chief financial officer (CFO). In his new role at FormFree, Rutherford will lead the organization's finance, accounting and compliance functions.

Related link: https://www.formfree.com/

Move For Hunger and Today’s Local Media Renew Partnership in the Fight Against Hunger Nationwide

RED BANK, N.J. /ScoopCloud/ -- Today's Local Media, a full-service marketing agency serving moving companies nationwide, and Move For Hunger, a national hunger relief non-profit organization, announced that they have renewed a partnership that will reduce food waste and fight hunger nationwide.

Today's Local Media partnered with Move For Hunger in 2020 and has since contributed nearly 20,000 meals to food insecure communities nationwide. They have also been named a top 50 marketing agency in the United States every year since 2018, and have many clients that also contribute to the mission of Move For Hunger.

It was important for us to take a more active role in the fight against hunger," said Ben Wright, Founder, Today's Local Media. "Because we work directly with movers across the country, we have an even greater ability and responsibility to help. We are a family owned and operated organization. And there seems like no better organization to partner with than one that feeds families in need."

Founded in 2009 by Adam Lowy, Move For Hunger has provided more than 26 million pounds of food, equaling over 22 million meals, to food pantries and banks across the United States. Move For Hunger's network of more than 1,000 moving companies, more than 2,000 multi-family apartment communities, and many of the world's leading relocation management companies, volunteer to collect this unopened, non-perishable food and deliver it to their local food banks.

"With the support of partners like Today's Local Media, Move For Hunger is able to continue to make an impact throughout the United States and Canada at such a pivotal point in time," said Adam Lowy, Executive Director and Founder of Move For Hunger.

About Move For Hunger

Move For Hunger is working to end hunger and food waste in America. 42 million Americans struggle with hunger while 35% of the food produced in this country goes to waste. By mobilizing moving companies, multifamily apartment communities, corporations, and volunteers, Move For Hunger has delivered more than 26 million pounds of food to food banks - providing 22 million meals for those in need.

Move For Hunger is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

Get your company involved by registering to hold a food drive, fundraiser, or team building opportunity. Visit Move For Hunger to learn more about their work at https://www.moveforhunger.org/.

About Today's Local Media

Today's Local Media is a full-service marketing agency serving moving companies nationwide. Our mission is to bring new leads to movers and accelerate their growth. We do this by SEO, mobile friendly websites, and leveraging online advertising. Our clients love us, and we have built a great reputation by taking a straightforward and honest approach to customer service. Visit Today's Local Media to learn more at https://www.todayslocalmedia.com/.

Today's Local Media, a full-service marketing agency serving moving companies nationwide, and Move For Hunger, a national hunger relief non-profit organization, announced that they have renewed a partnership that will reduce food waste and fight hunger nationwide.

Related link: https://moveforhunger.org/

Stacy Mayer’s Book Reveals How Powerhouse Corporate Women Get Promoted to The Executive Suite

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- In 2018, less than 10% of senior executives at the world's largest Fortune 500 companies were women. But it wasn't from lack of trying. Women were becoming better managers, but still weren't getting promoted to executive leadership positions. Stacy Mayer took on this problem as a personal challenge. She vowed to change the way organizations did business from the C-Suite out and she set about doing it, one executive-level promotion at a time.

To achieve her goal, the number of women promoted to the executive suite each year needed to double. It seemed like an impossible challenge. With so many systemic factors at play, how could she tackle this gigantic global challenge and disrupt the status quo?

Stacy knew there was only one way to bring more diversity to the leadership table: more women needed to get themselves promoted. But first, she needed to figure out what was really standing in their way and what they could do about it.

"These are powerful corporate leaders who are otherwise successful, but their pay didn't match their titles. They didn't have a proper voice at the table. That didn't sit well with me," says Mayer.

THE REAL REASON WOMEN AREN'T GETTING PROMOTED TO EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP POSITIONS

Stacy uncovered the real reason women didn't receive the promotions that matched their capabilities. They were too good at their job.

Instead of focusing on letting their work speak for itself, powerhouse women needed to take ownership of their promotion process, take steps to pioneer their next promotion and stop waiting for their boss's approval or next performance review.

Stacy says that your organization shouldn't dictate your next promotion - you should. "A promotion is not a reward for your hard work. Corporate leaders need to understand that the right time and the right place aren't something that just happens to you. It is something that you create. You don't need to wait for your next performance review to get promoted. You can take the steps to get yourself set up now."

HOW DO POWERHOUSE WOMEN GET PROMOTED TO THE EXECUTIVE SUITE?

Stacy's alternative approach to executive coaching got her clients big results right out of the gate. Within six months of implementing her new strategies, three of Stacy's clients got promoted into C-Suite positions.

How did she do it? She ignores traditional executive coaching and takes a non-conventional approach to women's leadership. She gives controversial advice like "Stop doing what you're good at" and "If you really want a promotion, don't focus on your boss".

Stacy tested her theories in her flagship executive coaching intensive "Executive Ahead Of Time."

And led women to achieve executive level promotions at prestigious companies like Facebook, Intel, Home Depot, Comcast, Nike, and more. Approximately one hundred women (and counting) landed or set themselves up for their next promotion. 25% of her clients received skip-level or double promotions within six months. And after their promotions, women exceeded their company's expectations of what's possible in their new executive level roles.

She adds, "I want powerhouse corporate women to realize that their organization needs them more in the C-Suite than they need them. No kudos, thank you. Show me the money!"

HOW DO YOU DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF WOMEN PROMOTED TO THE C-SUITE EACH YEAR?

Stacy knew that in order to double the number of women promoted to the C-Suite, she needed to reach women worldwide, faster. And so she wrote the bestselling book "Promotions Made Easy."

Her book turns the confusing process of executive promotions into a clear step-by-step guide. It shows women how to get their first promotion into a leadership position and to keep the promotions and success coming.

She adds, "The steps outlined in my book will get you promoted."

The instant bestseller is helping women get promoted to the executive suite, have success once they get there, and receive the pay to match.

"Women are the new definition of power in leadership. And they don't need to wait for anyone."

As Heather P says on Stacy's Amazon reviews, "It works! I received a title and salary boost. And the promotions kept coming!"

Stacy's book is changing the way organizations do business from the C-Suite out. And she's only just begun.

"Promotions Made Easy: A Step-by-Step Guide to the Executive Suite" is endorsed by:

* John Gray: bestselling relationship author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus.

* Trudy Bourgeois: Author of "Equality" and CEO of The Center for Workforce Excellence.

* Minette Norman: inclusive leadership consultant and the former Vice President of Engineering at Autodesk.

* Scott Jeffrey Miller: Senior Advisor for Thought Leadership at Franklin Covey and host of the world's largest leadership podcast, On Leadership.

* Eleanor Beaton: CEO of SAFI Media

Forbes wrote an article about the book and rave reviews continue to pour in.

For more on Stacy Mayer, visit: https://stacymayer.com/book

To purchase her book, "Promotions Made Easy: A Step-by-Step Guide to the Executive Suite" (ISBN: 978-1544525228), visit: https://geni.us/PromotionsMadeEasy

In 2018, less than 10% of senior executives at the world's largest Fortune 500 companies were women. But it wasn't from lack of trying. Women were becoming better managers, but still weren't getting promoted to executive leadership positions. Stacy Mayer took on this problem as a personal challenge. She vowed to change the way organizations did business from the C-Suite out and she set about doing it, one executive-level promotion at a time.

Related link: https://stacymayer.com/

Leading Technology STEVA powered by Stack Sports Helps lift Finland to First-Ever Olympic Hockey Gold

PLANO, Texas /ScoopCloud/ -- Finland just won their first Olympic Hockey Gold Medal at the Beijing 2022 Olympics. While everyone watched them play each game on the ice, what they didn't see was the behind-the-scenes preparation the team put into breaking down their opponents with STEVA - a live video breakdown and analytics tool powered by Stack Sports.

After the ROC team scored first, the Lions had an uphill battle to face, but after the equalizing goal in the second period the team knew it had the edge. With just 31 seconds off the clock in the 3rd period, the Finns pulled ahead on a deflection from Hannes Bjorninen and the bench erupted. "We controlled the puck. We controlled the game. We kept believing," defenseman Petteri Lindbohm said. That belief led the team to their first Gold Medal in team history.

In addition to an outstanding play on the ice, what you don't often see or hear about in the press or on television is how teams like the Finnish Men's team prepare and make in-game adjustments behind the scenes. In this era of heightened technology, video and analytics apps like STEVA are extremely important to professional teams, elite national teams, and top tier college teams.

"The most successful teams in the Olympics, the ones who compete at the top of their abilities and win medals, are taking advantage of tools like STEVA. In this hyper-competitive sport, video analysis is key to getting a team ready," said Jukka Jalonen, Head Coach for Finland. "The technology and level of support we get from the team at Stack Sports help us compete at the highest level."

STEVA and its sister tool GamePlan are available to all levels of play from elite high school sports to the professional ranks and include a number of key features:

* Analytics and Film Breakdown

* Mobile Distribution - Seamless mobile video distribution for online or offline viewing

* Side-by-Side Video/Document - Dynamically pair videos or a video/document combo side-by-side

* Video-to-Doc Embed - Attach video to documents to create a powerful and interactive film study experience

* Go Contactless - Sync up with your calendar and instantly distribute scouting reports, playbooks, travel itineraries, and more

* Team Messaging - Built-in direct messaging to individual players or groups, attach documents to messages, access chat history, and more

* Survey - Share surveys, quizzes, and flashcards to gain valuable insight and continue growing

* Video Telestration & Analysis - Write, draw, comment, and speak over video clips to streamline player development through advanced video analysis

* Reporting - Keep track of usage by athletes and monitor who is engaging regularly with your content

STEVA is Game Prep Made Easy. For more information on STEVA, GamePlan or Stack Sports, please visit: https://steva.stacksports.com/, https://gameplan.stacksports.com/ or https://www.stacksports.com/.

About Stack Sports

With nearly 50 million users in 35 countries, Stack Sports is a global technology leader in SaaS platform offerings for the sports industry. The company provides world-class software and services to support national governing bodies, youth sports associations, leagues, clubs, parents, coaches, and athletes. Some of the largest and most prominent sports organizations including the U.S. Soccer Federation, Little League Baseball and Softball, and Pop Warner Little Scholars rely on Stack Sports technology to run and manage their organizations. Stack Sports is headquartered in Dallas and is leading the industry one team at a time focusing on three key pillars -- Play, Improve, and Engage. To learn more about how Stack Sports is transforming the sports experience, please visit https://www.stacksports.com/.

Finland just won their first Olympic Hockey Gold Medal at the Beijing 2022 Olympics. While everyone watched them play each game on the ice, what they didn't see was the behind-the-scenes preparation the team put into breaking down their opponents with STEVA - a live video breakdown and analytics tool powered by Stack Sports.

Related link: https://stacksports.com/

Corporate Summit Reveals Why Fortune 500 Companies Rely on Toastmasters for Workforce Training

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- A top-level Corporate Summit held by Toastmasters' Districts 52, 100 and F showed business and corporations why a big number of mega-companies rely on their educational program. Companies such as Amazon, Google, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Oracle, Bank of America, FedEx, General Electric, JPMorgan Chase and Lockheed Martin all have benefited from the Toastmasters International program.

It helps them to develop and enhance valuable employee soft skills like communication, leadership, public speaking, and confidence-building.

The event was hosted by Pamela McCown, former vice president of JPMorgan Chase Bank; and Pat Johnson, former manager, Workforce Development and Strategies at Capital Regional District of Canada. Both are current regional advisors for Toastmasters International.

Cathy Daoust, former executive director, IT Organizational Change Management at SONY Pictures Entertainment, attended and shared what it was like to help implement the Toastmasters´ educational program at SONY.

Daoust says that they had a large number of employees register and participate and explains that she saw a big positive change in their skill levels and confidence.

"They became the first ones to raise their hands for new challenges. If we had a new initiative, they were there; they wanted to do it. They asked if they could make the presentations and wanted to practice. They'd have their weekly [Toastmasters] meetings, but they wanted to practice outside of that. They weren't afraid to stand up in front of 400 IT people and present. Toastmasters made a significant difference."

Other attendees included public servants from the City of Arcadia and representatives from companies like Kimball Midwest, Serendipity & Co., and NUCONET.

The Corporate Summit will be held again on March 7 at 5 p.m.

RSVP to: https://D52.me/summit

About District 52

District 52 comprises more than 90 corporate and community Toastmasters' clubs in California: Burbank, Glendale, Los Angeles, Santa Clarita, San Fernando Valley, Valencia, Calabazas, and Malibu.

Learn more about District 52: https://www.district52.org/

About Toastmasters International

Toastmasters International is a worldwide nonprofit educational organization that empowers individuals to become more effective communicators and leaders. Headquartered in Englewood, CO., the organization's membership exceeds 364,000 in more than 16,200 clubs in 145 countries. Since 1924, Toastmasters International has helped people from diverse backgrounds become more confident speakers, communicators and leaders.

For information about local Toastmasters clubs: https://www.toastmasters.org/

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A top-level Corporate Summit held by Toastmasters' Districts 52, 100 and F showed business and corporations why a big number of mega-companies rely on their educational program. Companies such as Amazon, Google, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Oracle, Bank of America, FedEx, General Electric, JPMorgan Chase and Lockheed Martin all have benefited from the Toastmasters International program.

Related link: https://www.district52.org/

Cottonwood Art Festival Selects Marjolyn van der Hart as Featured Artist for May 7-8

RICHARDSON, Texas /ScoopCloud/ -- Cottonwood Art Festival has selected Marjolyn van der Hart as the featured artist for the 53rd semi-annual show in Richardson, Texas. A panel of jurors reviewed artwork from hundreds of artists competing in 14 categories and chose the Canadian mixed-media artist to represent the spring event set for May 7-8. Marjolyn's custom artwork is incorporated into the new poster, festival merchandise, marketing graphics and recent collection of originals that are available for purchase from her booth.

Creating captivating scenes with layers of nostalgia, Marjolyn uses history to piece together charming stories. The meticulously layered work expresses the ways that men and women cope with the world's demand for perfection. They tell the story of persistence, challenges of change, perspectives and positive attitudes.

"The last couple of years, Cottonwood Art Festival has been incredibly supportive by promoting my work online," Marjolyn van der Hart said. "These lean years of not showing in person at festivals did not deter their art loving group of loyal collectors. I'm looking forward to seeing and thanking the Cottonwood patrons in person for their generosity by sharing a new body of work that brings them a bit of nostalgia and joy."

Marjolyn's art captures the realistic need to normalize the challenges of work and home balance. Her work encourages stimulated self-esteem, promotes self-empowerment and accepts that an occasional escape from the bindings of reality is not only tranquil, but often a requirement for self-regulation.

The artist along with her family reside in Toronto and she travels extensively throughout North America showing her work at prestigious art fairs, including Cottonwood Art Festival. Marjolyn is represented by Blue Crow Gallery in Toronto and Wall Space Gallery in Ottawa, Canada.

Admission, Hours, and Location Information:

Admission for Cottonwood Art Festival is free and open to the public on May 7-8. The event is held at Cottonwood Park located at 1321 W. Beltline Road in Richardson, Texas.

Hours for the 2022 Spring Festival are:

* Saturday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.

* Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Festival Food, Beverages and Activities:

* Within the gates guests are welcome to stroll beneath the shaded trees and meander through the rows of art. They'll also discover a Food Court, Courtyard Beer Tent, live music on stage and ArtStop area for children of all ages.

* The Food Court offers a variety of Festival favorites such as corn dogs, funnel cakes, gyros, tacos, and more. Booth and food truck vendors accept cash or credit cards.

* The Lakeside Courtyard Beer Tent includes craft beer, wine and margaritas for patrons 21 years and older with valid identification.

* Live entertainment on two stages features performances by Matthew Fiock, The Shepherds, Retrophonics, Maylee Thomas Band, and Midnight Soul. A full lineup and schedule of performances will be announced soon.

* ArtStop is where kids can learn that there's an art to having fun at Cottonwood Art Festival. These hands-on activity stations provide an introduction into weaving, painting, clay pottery, and jewelry.

Festival Parking:

Parking is available across from the festival grounds at the Richardson High School football stadium. Shuttles are provided throughout the weekend to and from the parking area.

About Cottonwood Art Festival:

Celebrating 53 years, the semi-annual Cottonwood Art Festival is a juried show ranked among the Top 10 Fine Art Shows in the country. Local artists staged the first Festival at the scenic Cottonwood Park in Richardson, Texas in its humble beginnings in 1969. Cottonwood has since established itself as an internationally, award-winning, signature art event and become a tradition within the community. The Festival designed outreach programs as innovative tools to mentor students, to broaden the interest in visual arts beyond the art festival and bring the art world into classrooms.

Learn more at: https://www.cottonwoodartfestival.com/

Cottonwood Art Festival has selected Marjolyn van der Hart as the featured artist for the 53rd semi-annual show in Richardson, Texas. A panel of jurors reviewed artwork from hundreds of artists competing in 14 categories and chose the Canadian mixed-media artist to represent the spring event set for May 7-8. Marjolyn's custom artwork is incorporated into the new poster, festival merchandise, marketing graphics and recent collection of originals that are available for purchase from her booth.

Related link: https://www.cottonwoodartfestival.com/

Neotrope and Send2Press Renew Support of Hunger Relief Charity, Move For Hunger, for Second Decade

TEMECULA, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- Send2Press®, a service of Neotrope®, announced today that it will be renewing its support in helping promote the efforts of Move For Hunger as part of its JL Simmons Nonprofit PR Grants program. With this program, Send2Press has helped disseminate MFH's news to media, social and syndication vis its newswire service for over 10 years.

Move For Hunger was founded in 2009 by Adam Lowy, and has provided more than 26 million pounds of food, equaling over 22 million meals, to food pantries and banks across the United States. Since the pandemic started, Move For Hunger has had to meet the growing need of food insecurity in the United States and Canada, where 42 million Americans and 1 in 8 Canadians struggle with hunger. Move For Hunger is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

"With the support of partners like Neotrope and Send2Press, Move For Hunger is able to continue to raise awareness and make an impact on food insecurity throughout the United States and Canada," said Adam Lowy, Executive Director and Founder of Move For Hunger.

"We have been honored to help support the good works of Adam and his team and partners in fighting hunger across North America the past decade," said Send2Press co-founder and Neotrope CEO, Christopher Simmons. "We look forward to helping support their promotion efforts for some time to come. We truly believe in what they do, and are donating our own time and abilities in support of their cause."

The JL Simmons Nonprofit PR Grants program was launched in 2000 to help promote worthy causes with a grant of in-kind donation of services. It was created by the late Dr. JL Simmons, PhD and Christopher Simmons.

About Move For Hunger:

Move For Hunger™ is working to end hunger and food waste in America. 42 million Americans struggle with hunger while 35% of the food produced in this country goes to waste. By mobilizing moving companies, multifamily apartment communities, corporations, and volunteers, Move For Hunger has delivered more than 26 million pounds of food to food banks - providing 22 million meals for those in need.

Get your company involved by registering to hold a food drive, fundraiser, or team building opportunity. You can also simply make a donation to help end hunger.

Visit Move For Hunger's website to learn more about their work at https://moveforhunger.org/.

About Send2Press:

Send2Press®, founded in 2000, offers affordable press release distribution, writing, and social media marketing. Send2Press was named "best overall" of the top six press release services in 2020 by Fit Small Business. Send2Press is a dba of Neotrope, founded in 1983 in California.

Send2Press has consistently been ranked one of the top newswire services overall based on honesty and credibility.

Neotrope has been an innovative content development, publishing, audio/video, public relations (PR) and marketing company since Jan. 1983. Neotrope was an INC. 5000 listed company in 2009.

The company was co-founded by author, artist, journalist, musician and marketing/PR expert, Christopher Laird Simmons, and the late Dr. JL Simmons, PhD, a best-selling author and respected university professor.

Learn more about Send2Press® at: https://www.Send2Press.com/

Send2Press Newswire offers:

* Professional press release writing with accredited staff

* Local, regional, or national targeted press release distribution to both U.S. daily media and trade periodicals

* Social media sharing with custom tags and over 275,000 monthly impressions for our social channels

* National syndication via the AP, including the AP website, AP newsrooms and online syndication to newspaper and broadcast sites

* Agency pricing for all™.

View current plans and pricing at: https://www.send2press.com/services/price-list.shtml

View current client projects at: https://www.send2press.com/wire/

LEGAL NOTE: Send2Press® and Neotrope® are U.S. registered trademarks and service marks. Neotrope is a registered trademark in Europe. Nonprofit PR Grants™ is a trademark of Neotrope.

Send2Press®, a service of Neotrope®, announced today that it will be renewing its support in helping promote the efforts of Move For Hunger as part of its JL Simmons Nonprofit PR Grants program. With this program, Send2Press has helped disseminate MFH's news to media, social and syndication vis its newswire service for over 10 years.

Related link: https://neotrope.com

One Reason You May Love to Immerse Yourself in the Scientology Network

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- Featured this week on the Scientology Network, photographer Christy Lee Rogers creates breathtaking photographic works of art using her own unique underwater technique.

In a melding of baroque aesthetic with modern technology, Rogers created her own genre. Winner of the Sony World Photography Open Photographer Award in 2019, she was also commissioned by Apple to create her Water + Light underwater images with the iPhone. Apple featured this in one of its behind-the-scenes process films.

In an interview with CNN, Rogers described how she named her most recent collection "Human" to embody strength during the pandemic. She later donated one of the works "to the heroic doctors, nurses and staff of Mount Sinai" in the hopes that it would bring them "hope and inspiration."

Meet a Scientologist provides an in-depth look into the lives of individual Scientologists from the frontiers of art, science, sports and entertainment. And no one qualifies more as "cutting edge" than this award-winning artist. Rogers' episode of Meet a Scientologist introduces viewers to the genius behind these otherworldly creations.

Born and raised in Hawaii and growing up in and around water, she developed an affinity for the element that would play a pivotal role in her future career.

As a teenager, she became passionately interested in photography, spending hours in a darkroom developing her images. After finding the courage to pursue her passion professionally, she presented her first collection - models submerged in water, surrounded by billowing gowns against a solid black background.

Because her artwork defied conventional categorization, Rogers found gallery owners hesitant to take her on. But the stunning luminescence, color and composition of her work garnered admirers and clients, and quickly become a gallery favorite. Today, her art is world-renowned, and the story of how she got there is a picture worth a thousand words.

The Scientology Network debuted in 2018. Since launching with a special episode featuring Scientology ecclesiastical leader Mr. David Miscavige, Scientology Network has been viewed in 240 countries and territories worldwide in 17 languages.

Satisfying the curiosity of people about Scientology, the network takes viewers across six continents, spotlighting the everyday lives of Scientologists, showing the Church as a global organization, and presenting its social betterment programs that have touched the lives of millions worldwide. The network also showcases documentaries by independent filmmakers who represent a cross-section of cultures and faiths, but share a common purpose of uplifting communities.

Broadcast from Scientology Media Productions, the Church's global media center in Los Angeles, the Scientology Network can be streamed at Scientology.tv and is available through satellite television, mobile apps and via the Roku, Amazon Fire and Apple TV platforms.

LEARN MORE:

https://www.scientology.tv/series/meet-a-scientologist/christy-lee-rogers.html

https://www.scientologynews.org/press-releases/one-reason-you-may-love-to-immerse-yourself-in-the-scientology-network.html

Featured this week on the Scientology Network, photographer Christy Lee Rogers creates breathtaking photographic works of art using her own unique underwater technique. In a melding of baroque aesthetic with modern technology, Rogers created her own genre.

Related link: https://www.scientology.org/

More Than 10,000 Comic Books from One Collector to Be Auctioned

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. /ScoopCloud/ -- Maltz Auctions, a premier full-service auction company serving the Continental United States and Caribbean, has announced it will auction more than 10,000 comic books owned by a single collector, with online bidding commencing March 28, 2022, at 10 a.m., and concluding March 31, 2022, at 10 a.m.

"Although an auction of comic books is not in itself rare," stated Maltz President and CEO, Richard Maltz. "The fact that the collection was compiled by a single owner and includes more than 10,000 issues is noteworthy. It includes well-known titles with the superhero archetype produced during the Silver Age of 1956-1969 and the Bronze Age of 1970-1985. Just a few highlights in this auction are Tales of Suspense #39, Amazing Spider-Man #1, Fantastic Four #48, Daredevil #1, and X-Men #1."

A selection of titles includes but is not limited to:

* Action Comics (396 Issues)

* Adventure Comics

* Amazing Spider-Man: Including #1, 4, 6, 8-19, 21-17.

* Aquaman: Including #1-13, 17, 18, 19, 35.

* Atom: #1-44

* Avengers: 300+ Issues Including #1-80.

* Batman: 500+ Issues Including #130-132, 140, 142, 144, 146-150, 171, 181.

* Blackhawk: #131, 139, 143, 144, 166

* Blue Beetle: #1, 2, 3

* Brave & the Bold: Including #42-44, 47, 51, 54.

* Captain America: #100-133.

* Daredevil: 200+ Issues Including #1-68.

* Defenders: #1, 3, 4, 12, 13.

* Detective Comics: 200+ Issues Including 254, 274, 298, 359.

* Fantastic Four: 200+ Issues Including 6, 7, 10, 12, 13, 17, 19.

* Flash: 200+ Issues Including #115, 117, 119, 120, 122.

* Ghost Rider: #1-7

* Green Lantern: Including #2, 4, 9, 11-13, 76.

* House of Mystery

* Incredible Hulk: Including #6

* Iron Man

* Justice League of America: #1-92, 94-136.

* Marvel Team-Up

* Metal Men: #1-32

* Mystery in Space

* Silver Surfer: #1-18.

* Star Wars: Including #1

* Strange Adventures

* Sub-Mariner: Including #1-41, 43-46.

* Superboy: 200+ Issues

* Superman: 800+ Issues

* Tales of Suspense: Including #39 & 52

* Tales to Astonish: Including #44

* Teen Titans

* Thing: #1-18

* Thor: 200+ Issues Including #165

* World's Finest: 200+ Issues

* X-Men: 200+ Issues Including #1-66, 71, 72, 75, 76.

* And Many More Including Annuals, King Size, Magazines & Special Editions

Viewing: Monday, March 28, 2022, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Asset Location: 39 Windsor Place, Central Islip, NY 11722.

Pre-Registration Required to Bid:

You must send in signed Terms & Conditions of Sale, signed Online Bidding Form and a 25% deposit (you will be approved to bid up to 4x your deposit amount) to be approved for bidding. Acceptable forms of deposit are cashier's check, cash, postal money order, and wire transfer (funds must be received at least 24 hours prior to the scheduled end time of the auction or you may not be approved to bid prior to the scheduled conclusion of the auction).

Auction Date:

Online Bidding Will Open Monday, March 28, 2022, at 10 a.m. and scheduled for the first lot to close on Thursday, March 31, 2022, at 10 a.m.

Visit https://remotebidding.maltzauctions.com/ or download the Maltz Auctions App on the Apple Store or Google Play.

Bidding Process:

If a bid is placed with less than one minute remaining, the bidding period will be extended so one minute remains for competing bids to be entered. If any further bidding occurs, the extension timer will reset to one minute. If/once no further bidding activity occurs, the sale closes when the time runs out.

Terms & Conditions of Sale: Assets sold "as-is" and "where-is", and free and clear of all liens, claims or encumbrances. To register to bid, all prospective bidders must deliver a cashier's check, cash, postal money order or wire transfer in the amount of 25% of your maximum total bid amount made payable to "Maltz Auctions", signed Terms & Conditions of Sale, and signed Online Bidding Form to Maltz Auctions at 39 Windsor Place, Central Islip, NY 11722 twenty-four hours prior to the scheduled close of bidding. Please download the complete Terms and Conditions of Sale. Learn more: https://maltzauctions.com/

Maltz Auctions, a premier full-service auction company serving the Continental United States and Caribbean, has announced it will auction more than 10,000 comic books owned by a single collector, with online bidding commencing March 28, 2022, at 10 a.m., and concluding March 31, 2022, at 10 a.m.

Related link: https://maltzauctions.com/

ViewTech Borescopes Exhibiting at Inaugural AMPP Annual Conference & Expo

TRAVERSE City, Mich. /ScoopCloud/ -- Since the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE International) and the Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC) merged in 2021 and formed the Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP), a global community with more than 40,000 members was formed to advance corrosion prevention. ViewTech Borescopes will be one of hundreds of exhibitors connecting with corrosion and protective coating professionals March 7 - 9 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas during the first annual AMPP Annual Conference & Expo.

With corrosion affecting nearly every industry, ViewTech's inspection video borescopes allow contractors, inspectors, engineers, and technicians to see inside critical components without costly, time-consuming disassembly. As the largest international coatings and corrosion trade show, the AMPP Annual Conference & Expo is anticipating more than 6,000 attendees to visit the expo hall, which will also feature a heavy equipment area and coatings experience area.

With a variety of insertion tube diameters and lengths, ViewTech will have several borescope options on-hand at booth 926 throughout the AMPP Annual Conference & Expo. Inspection borescopes available include the VJ-3 Dual Camera video borescope, VJ-3 Far Focus video borescope, VJ-3 2.8mm video borescope, and VJ-3 3.9mm video borescope. ViewTech Sales Consultant, Evan Miller, will be able to share the advantages of using a VJ-3 video borescope to assist with inspections, maintenance, and quality control.

Both AMPP attendees and exhibitors are encouraged to visit ViewTech at booth 926, select a borescope that would work best for their inspection application, and reserve a no-cost demo during exhibit hall hours. While not all AMPP members are able to attend the first AMPP Annual Conference & Expo, the video borescope experts at ViewTech suggests contacting them to trial a VJ-3 mechanical articulating video borescope at their own facility for free with a no-cost, no-obligation demo.

VJ-3 Video Borescope

The VJ-3 mechanical articulating video borescope is a nondestructive visual testing instrument used for the remote visual inspection of machinery, equipment, and components. The VJ-3 facilitates the visual recording and photo documentation of an inspection and components in areas that are otherwise inaccessible or require great effort and expense to access directly. The VJ-3 consists of two modules integrated into one system: an insertion tube with distally mounted camera/LEDs, and the base unit with control panel, LCD monitor, power source and all necessary circuitry.

About ViewTech Borescopes

ViewTech Borescopes, founded as RF System Lab in 2008, is North America's #1 seller of video borescopes. Their first product, the VJ borescope, set a new standard for portability, ergonomics, and ease-of-use, with its industry-first mechanical, joystick-controlled articulation.

Learn more: https://www.viewtech.com

RELATED LINKS:

https://www.viewtech.com/about-us/tradeshows/ampp-conference-expo-2022/

https://www.viewtech.com/borescope-videos

https://www.viewtech.com/borescope-demo-offer/

Since the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE International) and the Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC) merged in 2021 and formed the Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP), a global community with more than 40,000 members was formed to advance corrosion prevention. ViewTech Borescopes will be one of hundreds of exhibitors.

Related link: https://www.ViewTech.com

Financial Advisor Keith Eckhardt of Edward Jones Receives Chartered Retirement Plan Specialist® Designation

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. /ScoopCloud/ -- Financial Advisor Keith Eckhardt of the financial services firm Edward Jones in Colorado Springs has achieved the professional designation of Chartered Retirement Plan Specialist.

Eckhardt successfully completed the Chartered Retirement Plan Specialist, or CRPS®, Professional Education Program from the Denver−based College for Financial Planning.

Those who complete the program, pass a final exam, and sign a code of ethics and disclosure form earn the CRPS® designation.

Because of ever−increasing client demand for financial advisors who are knowledgeable in the administration of retirement plans for businesses and their employees, this advanced training is specifically designed to focus on design, installation, and maintenance of retirement plans.

Keith Eckhardt's office is located at 1763 South 8th St, Ste 1, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80905. The office phone is 719-578-5833.

Edward Jones, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in St. Louis, provides financial services in the U.S. and, through its affiliate, in Canada. Every aspect of the firm's business, from the investments its financial advisors offer to the location of branch offices, caters to individual investors and businesses. The firm's nearly 19,000 financial advisors serve more than 7 million clients with a total of $1.8 trillion in assets under care.

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Financial Advisor Keith Eckhardt of the financial services firm Edward Jones in Colorado Springs has achieved the professional designation of Chartered Retirement Plan Specialist.

Related link: https://www.edwardjones.com/

Registration Now Open for NEA Dell National Entrepreneur Pitch Contest: Over $10,000 in Cash and Prizes

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. /ScoopCloud/ -- The National Entrepreneurs Association (NEA) will host a National Virtual Pitch Contest on Wednesday April 20, 2022 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Eastern Time on Zoom. Contestants will have an opportunity to win over $10,000 in cash and prizes. The event was created to give entrepreneurs and small business owners an opportunity to receive national exposure, professional coaching, funding and other resources that can be used immediately for growth and expansion. The event is sponsored by Dell Technologies and Comerica Bank.

This competition is for existing businesses. Start-ups and established business owners are invited to apply. 10 finalists will be chosen to pitch their business ideas to a national audience for three minutes. First, second and third place winners will be selected by a panel of judges.

The first place winner will receive a $3000 cash prize. The second place winner will receive a $1,000 cash prize. A third place winner will be selected by the audience and will receive a $500 cash prize. In addition, all three winners will receive a Dell laptop computer and a one-year membership to the National Entrepreneurs Association. The event is open to the public and entry is free. Application deadline is March 4, 2022.

"This will be our fourth pitch contest. We began offering these events twice a year to help entrepreneurs deal with the impact of the pandemic. It has become one of our most popular events. We give entrepreneurs the ongoing resources and support needed to be successful which includes exposure, professional coaching, networking opportunities, training, funding and the latest in technology," said National Entrepreneurs Association President, Dr. ZaLonya Allen.

NEA is a 501(c)(3) member-based non-profit corporation that was created to empower entrepreneurs to grow through quality networking events and educational programs. Annual training conferences are held twice a year. The Entrepreneur Bootcamp and Certification Training Program is offered twice a year and networking events are held monthly. For more information or an application visit https://www.nationalentrepreneurs.org/.

The National Entrepreneurs Association (NEA) will host a National Virtual Pitch Contest on Wednesday April 20, 2022 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Eastern Time on Zoom. Contestants will have an opportunity to win over $10,000 in cash and prizes. The event was created to give entrepreneurs and small business owners an opportunity to receive national exposure, professional coaching, funding and other resources.

Related link: https://www.nationalentrepreneurs.org/

How a Village Adopts the Scientology Tools for Life to Help People Thrive

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- A family and their friends decided to make Wanga Parish in Eastern Uganda a self-sustaining community with people empowered through Scientology online courses.

"It all started when my Aunt Milly gave me a phone call in August last year," says Arthur Wamatsu. She introduced him to the Scientology Volunteer Ministers program and its 19 online courses. "She asked me to take them as they would change my life for good."

Arthur began studying the courses and was so excited about what he learned, he shared it with his brother and his aunt Agnes. He introduced the courses to his dad, Martin, and his uncle Hanan, who are both teachers. Next came his friend Sarah who is studying nursing and midwifery, and she shared the news with four of her friends.

Arthur, his dad, uncle, and aunts Agnes and Milly decided to extend this life-changing project to Wanga Parish, their birthplace - a community struggling in poverty.

"We all arrived from different areas to our birth village on the same day," says Arthur. "Since then, we have never looked back. Our primary target has been making Wanga Parish a self-sustaining community with fully empowered people using the Scientology online courses."

They worked out four immediate projects:

* To train 400 residents of Wanga through Scientology online courses.

* To start a secondary school in this parish - there is none now.

* To create a medical clinic there - none now exists.

* To provide seeds, pigs and chickens to Wanga residents to mitigate famine and starvation and give them the basis of creating a livelihood.

They met with village elders and local leaders, who endorsed their plan.

Key was to put 400 people through the courses, because then they would have the skills to help accomplish the other targets. They immediately began an intensive training program.

"So far, 360 have completed the training and the remaining 40 are about to begin," says Arthur. "A secondary school has now been registered and we are mobilizing resources to start construction. Our family has donated 10 acres to build it on."

"We are still in the process of mobilizing seeds for planting since most of these residents have been in an 84-week lockdown and they ate all their seeds and now have none to plant."

When they began the program, they discovered that many of the youths were alcoholics and used drugs. So they had them study the online Scientology course on drugs. But they also introduced a football tournament and grouped the young kids and the older ones in two different groups.

"After doing their garden work, they play soccer late into the evening instead of doing drugs," he says.

Vicky, a nurse who has completed the Volunteer Ministers training, has moved to Wanga and will work in the clinic once it opens. Meanwhile, she provides first aid and Scientology assists - techniques developed by L. Ron Hubbard to speed recovery by addressing the emotional and spiritual factors in stress and trauma.

"The other very good news is that the parish next door has requested we train their people too," says Arthur. "In a village of 1,000 people, we will soon have 400 fully trained Volunteer Ministers. That is almost the entire adult population as 60 percent of our population is children."

The Church of Scientology Volunteer Ministers program is a religious social service created in the mid-1970s by Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard. It constitutes one of the world's largest independent relief forces. Scientology ecclesiastical leader Mr. David Miscavige, calling on Scientologists to use what they know to redouble their efforts to aid their fellow man, has inspired tremendous growth in the Volunteer Ministers movement.

A Volunteer Minister's mandate is to be "a person who helps his fellow man on a volunteer basis by restoring purpose, truth and spiritual values to the lives of others." Their creed: "A Volunteer Minister does not shut his eyes to the pain, evil and injustice of existence. Rather, he is trained to handle these things and help others achieve relief from them and new personal strength as well."

Their motto is no matter the circumstances, "Something can be done about it."

LEARN MORE:

https://www.scientology.tv/series/voices-for-humanity/binod-sharma.html

https://www.scientologynews.org/press-releases/how-a-village-adopts-the-scientology-tools-for-life-to-help-people-thrive.html

https://www.scientology.org/courses/

A family and their friends decided to make Wanga Parish in Eastern Uganda a self-sustaining community with people empowered through Scientology online courses. "It all started when my Aunt Milly gave me a phone call in August last year," says Arthur Wamatsu. She introduced him to the Scientology Volunteer Ministers program and its 19 online courses.

Related link: https://www.scientology.org/

Doctor with an Autism Podcast Believes We Are All on The Autism Spectrum and It Is About Living with Autism, Not Trying to Fix It

PHOENIX, Ariz. /ScoopCloud/ -- The Otherness Podcast is a narrative exploring and engaging autism through experienced stories from those who have lived with it. Dr. Todd Peter Levine, a psychiatrist with a brother with autism, presents conversations, concepts and guests covering an array of interactions and experiences from those with or close to autism. It is the establishment of a voice to curate the stories that he feels have deep meaning for those people who are living with autism in their daily lives.

The Otherness Podcast started when Todd was with close friends on a boat and he asked for their advice on what a creative endeavor on a life spent in autism could look like. The idea of a podcast took shape and became a narration of family stories of autism. Todd remembers how the support of his friends started his path towards opening up the conversations he was having in his office treating children and adults with autism, "It was really the establishment of a voice, a narration to curate the stories that I knew would have deep meaning for those people that have lived with autism, whether they have autism themselves or whether they are family members of someone on the spectrum."

Dr. Todd Peter Levine now has one season under his belt and as the second season has started, he is sharing more stories of what it means to feel the vast spectrum of feelings that include terror, rage, sadness, and pain that can create a venue to move into the humanity of autism and away from the diagnosis itself.

Todd believes "We define our children by who they are as humans. Then looking with the lens through which autism is viewed, while different, has a unique perspective that can actually open our minds up to humanity in a greater way.

"I feel everyone is on the autism spectrum to some degree and the official diagnosis comes from the realization that some of us have more struggles with how our minds and bodies respond differently to the social and non-social environment."

The Otherness Podcast is also amplifying how the stories of living with autism have been much more important than any textbook, any medical journal or any lecture he's ever been to. Todd also states "Most of these stories do not have happy endings, mostly because they are still being told."

For season 2 and beyond, Todd wants to have people come on and share their stories, and ask questions that can get us to those places of vulnerability and resilience that many can relate to. He is particularly interested in those who have family members affected by autism and are affected by autism themselves.

For more information, visit: https://othernesspodcast.com/

Listen to the Otherness Podcast and Dr. Todd Peter Levine on:

Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/otherness-podcast/id1558614588

Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/podcast/otherness-podcast/PC:78573

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0syuA1Py9z8am7FkpbI9yp

And wherever else podcasts are available.

The Otherness Podcast is a narrative exploring and engaging autism through experienced stories from those who have lived with it. Dr. Todd Peter Levine, a psychiatrist with a brother with autism, presents conversations, concepts and guests covering an array of interactions and experiences from those with or close to autism.

Related link: https://othernesspodcast.com/

Red River Athletic Conference Partners with Stack Sports to Simplify Travel

PLANO, Texas /ScoopCloud/ -- The Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) - with member institutions are located across a three-state region that includes Texas, Louisiana, and New Mexico today announced that it will partner with TEAMINN powered by Stack Sports.

The RRAC which promotes the education and development of students through intercollegiate athletics participation, academic achievement, and character development will partner with TEAMINN to simplify the travel experience for its members, teams, and participants. Since its inception in 1998, the RRAC has had the explicit purpose to provide a community of member institutions that share a commitment to vigorous and principled competition between teams of student-athletes who represent their colleges and universities across 9 sports.

"We're excited to align our conference and member institutions with TEAMINN," says RRAC Commissioner Tony Stigliano. "Through this partnership, our members will realize cost savings and will receive best-in-class service throughout the hotel booking process."

TEAMINN is a premier travel service that simplifies the travel experience for athletes and parents. In addition to that through their relationships, they are able to provide more complimentary rooms to organizations combined with the best rates in the industry for team travelers. These factors along with the best-in-class service that is standard at Stack Sports are why TEAMINN is the fastest-growing travel service in the industry.

"It's a great opportunity to partner with the Red River Athletic Conference and their 30,000 plus students that cheer them on annually," said Jeff Brunsberg Chief Revenue and Strategy Officer at Stack Sports. "We are proud to serve such a great organization and support the growth of their conference through TEAMINN."

About Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC)

Founded in 1998 with the explicit purpose to provide a community of member institutions that share a commitment to vigorous and principled competition between teams of student-athletes the RRAC now serves 14 schools across 9 sports in 3 sporting seasons. With over 30,000 students enrolled at its member universities, the conference has a rich tradition of competition in Texas, Louisiana, and New Mexico.

About Stack Sports

With nearly 50 million users in 35 countries, Stack Sports is a global technology leader in SaaS platform offerings for the sports industry. The company provides world-class software and services to support national governing bodies, youth sports associations, leagues, clubs, parents, coaches, and athletes. Some of the largest and most prominent sports organizations including the U.S. Soccer Federation, Little League Baseball and Softball, and Pop Warner Little Scholars rely on Stack Sports technology to run and manage their organizations. Stack Sports is headquartered in Dallas and is leading the industry one team at a time focusing on four key pillars -- Grassroots Engagement, Participation Growth, Recruiting Pathways, and Elite Player Development. To learn more about how Stack Sports is transforming the sports experience, please visit https://www.stacksports.com/.

The Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) - with member institutions are located across a three-state region that includes Texas, Louisiana, and New Mexico today announced that it will partner with TEAMINN powered by Stack Sports.

Related link: https://stacksports.com/

2022 iToolab New Release: RecoverGo (Android), A Professional Software for Android Data Recovery

NEW YORK, N.Y. /ScoopCloud/ -- iToolab is a professional software development company that's consistently working towards developing a full-scale toolkit to help users tackle unexpected technical errors on their smartphones. After releasing several iOS-related tools, iToolab is now venturing into the Android community with a powerful data recovery solution known as iToolab RecoverGo (Android).

The tool is specifically tailored to help Android users recover accidentally deleted or lost files on an Android device and avoid any unexpected data loss. So, let's share some insight into this brand new iToolab tool and how it can help daily Android users.

RecoverGo (Android) is iToolab's second addition to its list of Android-based software. Earlier, the company had released Unlocker (Android) which was tailored to help users recover files on their Android devices in different situations. With RecoverGo, the company has envisioned creating an application that makes data recovery a hassle-free task for all Android users. The best part is users don't have to root their device for data recovery, irrespective of the location (SD card or internal memory).

Supported Files Types

iToolab RecoverGo (Android) supports multiple file formats. Users can use RecoverGo (Android) to retrieve Contact, Message(attachment), Video, Photo, Audio, Document, Call History, Compressed (ZIP files), Installation (APK), E-Book and more than 11 other file formats. So, even if someone has accidentally formatted the entire device, RecoverGo will allow them to get back everything easily.

Applicable Scene

Now, it's worth understanding that RecoverGo (Android) can help users recover files in different situations. Some of these situations include:

Accidental Deletion

Accidental deletion is more common than you can imagine. While browsing through the phone's gallery or File Manager, many users end up accidentally deleting important files. In such situations, RecoverGo (Android) can allow users to get back their accidentally deleted data.

System Crash

RecoverGo (Android) even works if an Android device is not working properly or has even crashed. By simply connecting their crashed device to a computer, users can easily get back the lost files and store them securely on their computer.

Water Damage

RecoverGo (Android) can also help users restore files from a device that has taken a trip into the water. Whether someone has accidentally dropped the phone in a pool or any other water body.

Forgotten Password

Forgot your password but need the data inside urgently? RecoverGo (Android) allows you get the data without unlocking Android devices quickly.

ROM flashing

Smartphone crashed while flashing a custom ROM? RecoverGo (Android) will still allow you to recover the data and then restore the original OS on the device.

Supported Brands & Android OS

In terms of supported devices, iToolab RecoverGo (Android) is a complete package. The tool is compatible with all the popular Android manufacturers including Samsung, Google, Oppo, Xiaomi, etc. In addition to these tech giants, the iToolab RecoverGO is also compatible with 6,000+ Android models that run on different Android versions, ranging from Android 2.0 to Android 11.

Price

RecoverGo (Android) is available at competitive pricing, which makes it one of the most affordable data recovery solutions for Android. With different price models, you can get RecoverGo (Android) at a price that best suits your requirements.

Duration / Price

1-Month Plan $35.95

Yearly Plan $39.95

Lifetime Plan $49.95

Information: https://itoolab.com/buy/recovergo-android-for-windows/

About iToolab:

iToolab is an international software company since 2008, with a passion for programming and a vision to help users tackle unexpected technical errors, Jesse Lau and his technical partner started iToolab to build a professional toolkit for all smartphone users. Now, it aims to help Android users to solve the Android issues such as Android data recovery and Android passcode unlock, etc.

For more details, please visit: https://itoolab.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/itoolab

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iToolab is a professional software development company that's consistently working towards developing a full-scale toolkit to help users tackle unexpected technical errors on their smartphones. After releasing several iOS-related tools, iToolab is now venturing into the Android community with a powerful data recovery solution known as iToolab RecoverGo (Android).

Related link: https://itoolab.com/

Pop R&B Singer-Songwriter JADE Debuts with Celestial Original Dance Single ‘Lucky Stars’ Airing on MTV Spankin’ New and BETJams

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- Classy in style, massive in appeal and savvy beyond her years, singer/songwriter and actress JADE has taken her time to learn her craft and study the business before jumping into it. The strategy is set to pay off like triple-cherry jackpots with her vibrant debut single and video, "Lucky Stars" (dropping on the artist's own TS2 Records imprint). Young enough to know she hasn't figured out all the how's and why's of love, JADE { @thisisjadej ) sings about finally taking that plunge into the sweet unknown with a man worth betting on.

"The phrase, 'I count my lucky stars' usually means that a bad situation has been avoided and a good outcome has occurred," JADE explains. "In the same way, there is a hint throughout the song that my man and I may not make it. There's a risk... but it's worth it."

Musically, as produced by Bobby Genius, "Lucky Stars" creeps up on the listener with a sexy guitar refrain followed by fittingly spacey synthesizer washes and a chattering beat. Vocally, JADE sings lead and her own backgrounds, making for a clean intimate delivery as she enunciates her whip-smart & wistful lyrical offering.

The single plus an early edit of JADE's "Lucky Stars" video (directed by Jovan Thomas with cinematography by Sam Wilkerson and editing by Elnar Mukhamed Yarov) were privately premiered to an SRO focus group of industry professionals at legendary

The Village Recorders in Westwood to a rousing response. JADE led the presentation herself, sharing her vision for her debut and the career she has been carefully calculating with her hand-picked team of experts. While the single is being intentionally targeted to young females and males, its overall appeal, thanks to its catchy melody and mind-bending chorus, actually spans across all ages - demo-graphically speaking 16 to 65.

"Lucky Stars" is the inaugural single from JADE's April 22nd-slated debut EP, "CONTACT," which will reveal even more of this exciting new artist's gifts.

"Lucky Stars" music video -- https://youtu.be/W_CaLMRXZ1g

With early response being so positive, Paradise Valley, Arizona-native and USC graduate JADE remains earthy and realistic as she finally releases her first musical offering to the universe. As the qualities of her moniker and birthstone reveal, JADE is poised with luminous luster on the surface with sublime good fortune and serenity at the core. Watch her work her magic!

"CONTACT" EP debuts on April 22, 2022; TS2 Records

KEEP UP WITH JADE BY VISITING: https://www.thisisjadej.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thisisjadej

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisisjadej/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thisisjadej

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thisisjadej

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thisisjadej

#TeamJADE

Classy in style, massive in appeal and savvy beyond her years, singer/songwriter and actress JADE has taken her time to learn her craft and study the business before jumping into it. The strategy is set to pay off like triple-cherry jackpots with her vibrant debut single and video, "Lucky Stars" (dropping on the artist's own TS2 Records imprint).

Related link: https://www.thisisjadej.com/

Recently Launched LoanMAPS™ LOS Now Integrated with DocMagic Eliminating Need for Disclosure Desk and Closing Department

TORRANCE, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- DocMagic, Inc., the premier provider of fully-compliant loan document preparation, regulatory compliance, and comprehensive eMortgage services, is pleased to announce that it has integrated multiple digital lending solutions with Take Three Technologies' ("Take3") cloud-based and fully-integrated loan origination system (LOS), LoanMAPS™. LoanMAPS - an all-in-one LOS, POS, CRM, and report generator - was introduced to the industry via a soft launch in 2019 and is now commercially available for clients.

The new integration with LoanMAPS empowers clients by eliminating the need for an initial disclosure desk and closing department, which results in reducing the clients' full-time employee count and slashes clients' cost to produce loans. Via the integration, LoanMAPS users can easily and compliantly generate loan documents for borrowers, eSign documents, and will offer eClosing capability. Together, the solutions enhance the initial disclosure process, streamline closings, and provide users with an efficient and simplified mortgage process.

"The integration that we developed with Take3's LoanMAPS LOS is seamless and bi-directional, giving users the ability to harness several of our solutions to optimize the borrower experience, reduce lender costs and ensure compliance," stated Steve Ribultan, director of business development at DocMagic. "We are pleased to partner with Take 3 and extend this offering to mutual lender clients residing on LoanMAPS."

LoanMAPS, a cloud-based LOS, runs completely off a standard internet browser accessible from the user's desktop, laptop computer, or mobile device. Automating the entire lending process for mortgage bankers, LoanMAPS applies AI and sophisticated business logic to implement newfound efficiencies across the system from production through post-closing. Additionally, unlike most commercially available LOSs, LoanMAPS also includes a robust CRM, POS, and Report Generator, which eliminates the need to add third party applications, dramatically lowering the cost to originate loans while maximizing productivity. Take3 encourages clients to take their Cost to Produce Challenge and see how much they could save with LoanMAPS.

"A team of mortgage lenders developed LoanMAPS after decades of experience working with other solutions and realizing the value that having one technology provides in terms of one database and one training system," stated Anita Padilla, CEO of Take 3 Technologies. "LoanMAPS was built by mortgage bankers, for mortgage bankers."

Padilla continued: "From its conception, LoanMAPS was developed with the objective to give lenders the flexibility to grow their volume while saving time and money, alleviating compliance and underwriting guideline concerns, and slashing the total cost to manufacture loans. Working with a proven industry leader like DocMagic enables us to optimize the overall value that LoanMAPS offers."

DocMagic's Audit Engine fully automates data and document validation at all phases throughout the lending process to ensure accuracy and compliance. Continuous automated compliance checks validate that the documents are always generated in compliance with federal, state and investor rules and regulations. The integration with LoanMAPS also ensures that the TRID rules are adhered to at all times, eliminating costly errors.

"The interface between DocMagic and LoanMAPS has been hugely beneficial in streamlining our entire initial document disclosure process and ensuring compliance," said Gail Maes, Vice President of Operations at Megastar Financial. "The ease of use it gives our customers helps elevate the borrower experience and complements the intuitive functionality that LoanMAPS gives our back-office staff."

Take 3 Technologies is also integrating DocMagic's Total eClose™ platform with LoanMAPS. Total eClose automates the entire eClosing process via a single-source solution that guides users through a highly efficient eClosing experience which allows them to securely eSign and eNotarize a loan from anywhere via a simple internet browser. The addition of Total eClose to LoanMAPS saves borrowers significant amounts of time at the closing table and helps lenders enhance the borrower experience.

About DocMagic:

DocMagic, Inc. is the leading provider of fully compliant document generation, automated compliance, eSignature and comprehensive eMortgage solutions for the mortgage industry. Founded in 1987 and headquartered in Torrance, Calif., DocMagic, Inc. develops award-winning software, mobile apps, and web-based systems for the production and delivery of compliant loan document packages. The company's solutions connect industry participants, promote collaboration, and ensure data integrity to execute precision-based digital lending transactions. The company's compliance experts and in-house legal staff consistently monitor legal and regulatory changes at both the federal and state levels to ensure accuracy. For more information on DocMagic, visit https://www.docmagic.com/.

About Take 3 Technologies:

Take Three Technologies developed LoanMAPS, a cloud-based and fully-integrated loan origination system. With LoanMAPS, you can replace your current LOS, CRM, POS, and Report Generator with one easy-to-use solution that covers of all of your mortgage banking technology needs. From client management and origination to processing and closing, LoanMAPS is here for you with easy implementation and training at your fingertips. Reduce your cost to close and increase your productivity with LoanMAPS today. For more information, visit the company's website https://welcome.loanmaps.com/.

DocMagic, Inc., the premier provider of fully-compliant loan document preparation, regulatory compliance, and comprehensive eMortgage services, is pleased to announce that it has integrated multiple digital lending solutions with Take Three Technologies' ("Take3") cloud-based and fully-integrated loan origination system (LOS), LoanMAPS™.

Related link: https://www.docmagic.com/

Jerry Elman to Release Book ‘Miracles Through Hell’ – A True Story of Holocaust Survival and Intergenerational Healing

HONEOYE, N.Y. /ScoopCloud/ -- Very little has been written about the children of Holocaust survivors and the psychological impact passed on to them through the silence of their parents, says author Jerry Elman in his new book "Miracles Through Hell" (ISBN: 978-0578348711; Waterview Books).

Elman also questions if America of today compares to Germany in the 1930s. Holocaust denial is a trend; fascism is on the rise, books are being banned, voting rights are being suppressed, women's rights are under attack, racism and antisemitism are on the rise, and freedom of the press is under attack. American institutions are being attacked and delegitimized. White supremacy is on the rise, and evangelicals are pushing hard to make America a "Christian Nation." Will American democracy survive?

"'Miracles Through Hell' is a deeply moving account of bravery, luck, and redemption, uncovering the details of my parents' lives before the Nazis took control of Poland, leading through the miracles and hell my parents experienced as the war raged on, and finally, reveals the trauma of second-generation survivors," says Elman.

Through the telling of his family history, Elman's own story and concerns about America's future are told.

The release of the book is planned for March 2022 on Amazon.

Book Review:

"To be honest, I have never had such an emotional reaction to reading about the Holocaust and the experience of the Jews in Europe during this time. I had to go slowly because I found myself reacting very strongly to some of the details you have included. For example, I thought about the vulnerability of Jewish women specifically and was placed back in time, feeling nauseous at the thought of my brother escaping while I stayed behind. I thought about all the untold stories of pain, bravery, and guilt. I had to stop working, close my computer, and talk to my husband about the emotions I was feeling. I am confident your book will have a huge impact on those who read it." -- Yasmin Gruss, Professor/lecturer, Brooklyn College, CUNY Professional Book Editor.

About Jerry Elman

Jerry Elman was born in 1954 in Syracuse, NY. He has lived in the Rochester, NY area for almost fifty years. Both his parents were Holocaust survivors. He is a first-generation American. Children of Holocaust survivors have been referred to as second-generation survivors. The emotional impact on the parents carried over to their children. The Holocaust was never discussed. Like other second-generation survivors, Jerry lived most of his life not knowing his parents' stories or his European roots and family. He did not understand his emotional issues as he grew up.

His father passed away in 1989, his mother in 2004. Jerry retired in 2021. The desire to know his parent's story kept nagging at him.

In 2021, at age sixty-seven, he began searching files and documents his parents left behind. He started his research effort. Every piece of information led to other information. He connected with resources at the US Holocaust Museum, Yad Vashem in Israel, YIVO, JewishGen, the University of Southern California (USC) Shoah Project and others.

Jerry successfully found all the information that became the basis for this book. This is his first book as an author. It is a work of love and closure to questions never answered most of his life. Writing this book was a cathartic experience for Jerry.

Learn more: https://www.jerry-elman.com/

Very little has been written about the children of Holocaust survivors and the psychological impact passed on to them through the silence of their parents, says author Jerry Elman in his new book "Miracles Through Hell" (ISBN: 978-0578348711; Waterview Books).

Related link: https://www.jerry-elman.com/

EPIC Private Client Practice Poised for Success with the Appointment of Steve Nelson as Chief Growth Officer

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants ("EPIC"), an independent insurance brokerage and consulting firm, announced today that they have appointed Steve Nelson as Chief Growth Officer of their Private Client Practice.

In this newly created role, Nelson is being elevated to continue to drive growth within the Private Client Practice of EPIC. He will provide broad direction in the high-net-worth private client space regarding national strategy, new sales development, and talent acquisition.

Nelson's background and his private client intellectual capital make him the perfect fit for this position. He brings over 30 years of personal risk management and experience advising some of the wealthiest families in the world.

"We are pleased to elevate a highly regarded private client professional like Steve Nelson into national leadership. This is another example of EPIC's commitment to build a dedicated platform for high-net-worth clients and their advisors," commented Tim Brenneman, President of EPIC Private Client Practice.

EPIC CEO Steve Denton, agreed, "We couldn't be more excited to have Steve step into this role and help take our Private Client practice to a new level."

"I am thrilled to continue the journey with the EPIC Private Client team. We have fantastic prospective client opportunities that are only going to grow exponentially. We will continue to bring aboard the brightest and best talent to meet the challenges of our meteoric growth mindset," said Steve Nelson.

About EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants

EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants, a retail insurance brokerage, has more than 2,600 team members operating from offices across the U.S., providing Property and Casualty, Employee Benefits, Specialty Programs, and Private Client solutions to clients. EPIC ranks among the top 15 retail insurance brokers in the U.S.

Learn more at: https://www.epicbrokers.com/

EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants (EPIC), an independent insurance brokerage and consulting firm, announced today that they have appointed Steve Nelson as Chief Growth Officer of their Private Client Practice.

Related link: https://www.epicbrokers.com/

Amanda Gorman Future Voices Poetry Prize Open for Applications

VENICE, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- Beyond Baroque, one of the nation's leading literary arts centers, has announced that the Amanda Gorman Future Voices Poetry Prize is now actively accepting applications. The prize, created in honor of Beyond Baroque alumna and U.S. Presidential Inaugural Poet Amanda Gorman, will accept applications until May 1, 2022.

"We're very excited to start receiving submissions from young poets of color, and for the opportunity to foster their growth as artists," said the nonprofit's executive director, Quentin Ring.

"The Amanda Gorman Poetry Prize is an important opportunity for young poets of color to be recognized for their poetic talent," added Shonda Buchanan, President of Beyond Baroque's Board of Trustees. "We hope it will inspire them to follow Amanda's lead in creating a legacy in which poetry and social justice work combine to infuse America with a richer human agency."

The Amanda Gorman Future Voices Poetry Prize will award scholarships to college-bound student poets of color. As a special feature of the debut of the fund, there is a poetry contest for 9th, 10th and 11th graders, the same age at which Gorman began her development as a poet in the Beyond Baroque Student Poets' program. All told, $10,000 in scholarship and contest money will be awarded in 2022.

The prize continues Beyond Baroque's long history of nurturing some of Los Angeles' most prominent poets, including Wanda Coleman, Amy Gerstler, and Amanda Gorman herself. Gorman describes Beyond Baroque as the place "where a young poet found the love of her life" and shared more about her history with Beyond Baroque on the recent ABC 20/20 Special Amanda Gorman: Brave Enough with Robin Roberts.

The Future Voices Poetry Scholarship is open for all poets currently enrolled in grades 9-12 in California, and who self-identify as Black, Indigenous, or people of color. College-bound students in 12th grade can apply for a scholarship award, and 9th, 10th and 11th grade can submit to the poetry contest. Prize winners will be announced by July 1, 2022.

For more information and to apply, please visit https://www.beyondbaroque.org/.

ABOUT BEYOND BAROQUE

Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center is one of the nation's most successful and influential grassroots incubators of the literary arts. Founded in 1968, and housed in the original Venice City Hall building in Venice, California, it is a nonprofit public space dedicated to cultivating new writing and expanding the public's knowledge of poetry, literature, and art through cultural events and community interaction. The Center offers a diverse variety of literary and arts programming, including readings, workshops, art exhibits, and education. Across five decades, Beyond Baroque has provided crucial support to a series of seminal writers, artists, and musicians that include Wanda Coleman, Dennis Cooper, Amy Gerstler, Exene Cervenka, John Doe, Mike Kelley, Viggo Morternsen, Will Alexander, and Amanda Gorman. Today the Center continues to provide a vital cultural forum through its free workshops, reading series, and general programming.

ABOUT AMANDA GORMAN

Amanda Gorman is the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history, as well as an award-winning writer and cum laude graduate of Harvard University, where she studied sociology. Born and raised in Los Angeles, she is the author of the "The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country" (Viking Books for Young Readers, March 2021), the poetry collection "Call Us What We Carry" (Viking, December 2021) and "The One for Whom Food Is Not Enough" (Penmanship Books, 2015). In 2017, Gorman was named the first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate of the United States after previously serving as the first-ever youth poet laureate of Los Angeles. She is the founder and executive director of One Pen One Page, an organization providing free creative writing programs for underserved youth, and serves the Write Change program in her role as International Changemaker for Estee Lauder.

Beyond Baroque, one of the nation's leading literary arts centers, has announced that the Amanda Gorman Future Voices Poetry Prize is now actively accepting applications. The prize, created in honor of Beyond Baroque alumna and U.S. Presidential Inaugural Poet Amanda Gorman, will accept applications until May 1, 2022.

Related link: https://www.beyondbaroque.org/

Sales Boomerang teams up with OptifiNow to offer lenders an integrated experience for mortgage customer engagement

BALTIMORE, Md. /ScoopCloud/ -- Sales Boomerang, the mortgage industry's top-rated automated borrower intelligence and retention system, today announced its application programming interface (API) integration with OptifiNow, a cloud-based sales, marketing and customer relationship management (CRM) platform. The integration ensures accurate borrower data flows seamlessly and automatically between the two systems, giving lenders more time to focus on nurturing borrower relationships and exceeding sales goals.

Sales Boomerang monitors mortgage lenders' customer and prospect databases to notify them exactly when a prospect or past customer is ready for a new loan. Sales Boomerang loan opportunity alerts may be triggered by market factors, like interest rate changes and home price appreciation, and consumer behaviors, such as listing a home for sale or improving one's credit score.

OptifiNow is a cloud-based sales and management software platform designed to meet the evolving needs of today's sales force. Optifinow's CRM is tightly integrated into its all-in-one platform of sales and marketing modules, giving users a simple end-to-end solution for managing all aspects of sales, marketing and business development.

Sales Boomerang's new integration with OptifiNow can be applied to any of the borrower intelligence platform's 11 unique loan opportunity alert offerings. When an opportunity alert is triggered by someone in a lender's database, that alert data is automatically ingested into OptifiNow. The CRM will then notify the loan originator (LO) associated with that customer and, depending on the user's specifications, automatically trigger personalized borrower outreach.

OptifiNow's CRM also generates a history of alerts for each prospect in a lender's CRM database. Synchronizing Sales Boomerang's real-time opportunity alerts with OptifiNow's CRM offers LOs a more nuanced understanding of a prospect's financial situation and enables lenders to build custom borrower data reports based on Sales Boomerang alert history.

"OptifiNow's intuitive, all-in-one CRM platform leverages Sales Boomerang's borrower intelligence to create a more streamlined lead generation experience," said Sales Boomerang Vice President of Product Mike Spotten. "Activating the integration between our systems will help our shared users harness the power of their database to ensure no borrower gets left behind at the closing table."

"We are thrilled to add Sales Boomerang to our ecosystem of best-in-class mortgage technology partners," said OptifiNow Vice President Sales Linn Cook. "The integration of OptifiNow and Sales Boomerang will drive greater borrower data integrity for our mutual lender clients, freeing them from the tedious process of manually gathering and tracking borrower information."

About Sales Boomerang:

Sales Boomerang transformed the relationship between mortgage lenders and borrowers with the introduction of the first automated borrower intelligence system in 2017. The company's intelligent alerts notify lenders as soon as a past customer or prospect is ready and credit-qualified for a loan. As the mortgage industry's #1 borrower retention tool, Sales Boomerang is trusted by more than 150 lenders - including brokers, independent mortgage companies, credit unions and banks - to help build lasting borrower relationships that maximize lifetime customer value. To date, Sales Boomerang alerts have enabled lenders to close more than $150 billion in additional loan volume that would have otherwise been overlooked and achieve customer retention rates that outperform industry norms by an average of 3-5X. To learn more about Sales Boomerang and its No Borrower Left Behind(tm) ethos, visit https://www.salesboomerang.com.

About OptifiNow:

The OptifiNow platform combines CRM, Intelligent Sales Automation, Configurable Sales Processes, Sales Enablement, Reporting & Analytics and a robust API with integrations into a variety of complementary technologies. Many Lenders use different sales platforms for their Retail, Reverse, and Wholesale products lines, forcing them to maintain, train and support multiple technologies within their companies. OptifiNow offers a single platform that Lenders can offer to their Loan Officers, Account Executives & Call Center Agents, while Management can build their benchmark sales processes and gain critical insight on business performance to maximize revenues. More information can be found at https://www.optifinow.com/industries/mortgage.

@SalesBoomerang @OptifiNow #fintech #digitalmortgage #mortgageindustry #mortgagemarketing #noborrowerleftbehind

Sales Boomerang, the mortgage industry's top-rated automated borrower intelligence and retention system, today announced its application programming interface (API) integration with OptifiNow, a cloud-based sales, marketing and customer relationship management (CRM) platform. The integration ensures accurate borrower data flows seamlessly and automatically between the two systems, giving lenders more time to focus on nurturing borrower relationships and exceeding sales goals.

Related link: https://www.salesboomerang.com/

Reefer Rabble Rouser Ed ‘NJWeedman’ Forchion to Present Oral Arguments in Federal Lawsuit Against New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy

TRENTON, N.J. /ScoopCloud/ -- Reefer rabble rouser Ed "NJWeedman" Forchion and his longtime attorney, John Vincent Saykanic, Esq. will get another day in court to fight the green fight on Wednesday, February 23, 2022 when oral arguments are presented per his cannabis related lawsuit directed at Governor Phil Murphy (Case 3:20-cv-16582-PGS-TJB FORCHION v. MURPHY at: http://njweedman.com/Federal_Cannabis_lawsuit.pdf).

The state is once again seeking dismissal of the case. Governor Murphy, represented by the Attorney General of New Jersey Gurbir S. Grewal, initially requested the dismissal last year to no avail. Honorable Peter G. Sheridan, U.S.D.J., United States District Court for the District of New Jersey will preside.

The case sets an unheralded precedent in the ongoing battlefield for representation with legalization in the booming cannabis industry. In a 40-page document, initially filed November 19, 2020 at the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, Forchion declared "unconstitutional and invalid the application and implementation of the 'Constitutional Amendment to Legalize Marijuana,'" asserting that the Regulated Cannabis Act, as the amendment is referred to in the lawsuit, "deprives him of equal protection and due process under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution as it subjects him to selective prosecution."

In addition, Forchion noted that voters were duped into believing that they were voting to legalize marijuana, while unwittingly sanctioning a cannabis industry which only grants legalization to a majority of Caucasian owned corporate entities while criminalizing individuals of color, who in effect will not be granted similar access to grow, sale and distribute.

Fast cut to 2022 and Forchion's assertions have become quite substantial. The state of New Jersey made national headlines just recently for their limited awarding of medicinal licenses to minority contractors. To date, reportedly, only one out of 56 medicinal licenses have been granted to a partially Black owned and operated business.

Ed Forchion, along with his attorney, John Vincent Saykanic, Esq., have a zealous history of fighting and documenting the inequities in the cannabis industry. They challenged the state of New Jersey before the United States Supreme Court regarding pertinent issues pertaining to reefer, racial discrimination, and religion back in March of 2016 when Forchion's legal team filed a Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court (US Supreme Court Docket - 15-8533). They proceeded to present ten questions for review and response from the Court per the subject of race and religion, as it relates to cannabis. The filing marked a landmark stance in the marijuana movement though the case was eventually dismissed.

"Ed has always taken a somewhat radical stance in the fight for legalization and representation in the marijuana community. A visionary of sorts, his observations have tremendous legal merit. Considering the state's longtime racial disparity in marijuana arrests which have taken an unfair toll on its minority communities, this current filing against the governor is sure to set a benchmark as all eyes are currently on New Jersey," states Saykanic.

As Forchion, who recently appeared on MSNBC's "The Cross Connection with Tiffany Cross," explains, "I've been talking about reefer, race and reparations for decades now. Finally, the media, politicians and community leaders are echoing what I have been saying all along. When I created the hashtag '#SellWeedLikeImWhite,' I was taken to task. But here we are in 2022, and the now legalized cannabis industry is run by predominantly Caucasian owned corporations who are benefitting and stepping on the backs of legacy market vendors like myself."

"In short, the community that paved the road for legalization and paid the price with incarceration and felonies, are being locked out of the 'new' industry. My lawsuit boldly addressed these issues, and we are hoping to effect change. This next opportunity for us to present oral arguments in court is a huge victory in this ongoing battle," notes Forchion.

As cited in his lawsuit, Forchion has been vehemently retaliated against in the past by the State of New Jersey. In 2002, he was jailed for advocating the legalization of marijuana. Forchion was held at the Burlington County Jail from August 19, 2002, until late January 2003 when United States District Court Federal Judge Joseph E. Irenas, U.S.D.J., hearing his civil rights suit, agreed that the state had violated Forchion's First Amendment right to advocate marijuana's legalization and ordered him to be released.

In 2016, Forchion and his former partner, Debi Madaio, had their restaurant raided by Mercer County law enforcement authorities on marijuana dealing charges. Forchion was held without bail for over 400 days due to the retaliatory charge of witness tampering. He was acquitted by a jury and all charges were dismissed with no convictions.

Media, legislature, politicians and cannabis activists and supporters worldwide are continuing to take close heed of this case as it maneuvers the smoky realms of legalization.

To light it up with Ed "NJWeedman" Forchion go to https://linktr.ee/NJWeedman .

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Reefer rabble rouser Ed "NJWeedman" Forchion and his longtime attorney, John Vincent Saykanic, Esq. will get another day in court to fight the green fight on Wednesday, February 23, 2022 when oral arguments are presented per his cannabis related lawsuit directed at Governor Phil Murphy (Case 3:20-cv-16582-PGS-TJB FORCHION v. MURPHY).

Related link: https://www.facebook.com/NJWEEDMAN

Send2Press Announces 22nd Anniversary Celebration with 22% off its Press Release Distribution Services

TEMECULA, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- Send2Press®, a newswire service of Neotrope®, announced today that for its 22nd anniversary celebration in 2022, it will be offering both new and existing clients a 22% discount on services starting 2/22/22 and running through March 2. Send2Press has consistently been ranked one of the top newswire services overall based on honesty and credibility.

"It's been quite a journey for our family-owned business the past 22 years," said Send2Press co-founder and Neotrope CEO, Christopher Simmons. "The news dissemination business has changed markedly with the ongoing shift from print to online, and the rise of social media as a major media platform."

Simmons added, "Remaining small and agile has allowed us to weather many economic storms including the recession and pandemic, and retain our focus on quality over quantity. We thought numerically, we should do something fun, and 22 percent off on 2/22/22 for our twenty-second anniversary would be good timing."

How the Promotion Works:

Starting Feb. 22, 2022, North American customers can get 22% off on Send2Press press release distribution plans using the coupon code: 22222 (five '2's). Limit one use per person, agency, company, group, or org. Can be used for multiple plans/packages, but all must be used in 2022, and there is maximum discount of $222. Does not apply to writing services or social media promotion or other "add-ons." Cannot be combined with any other promotion or discount.

Coupon/offer expires March 2, 2022 and no credit will be applied to orders not properly entering coupon during checkout (discount will clearly be shown when coupon entered) and cannot be applied to any prior or existing orders. Use of this coupon will be for "no rush" push time, with 48-hour turnaround from approved copy submission (e.g., news approved Monday, would push Wednesday, not same or next day; news approved Tuesday would push Thursday, etc.).

View current plans and pricing at: https://www.send2press.com/services/price-list.shtml

View current client projects at: https://www.send2press.com/wire/

All pricing is per release issued and not a subscription or membership. All content accepted subject to our Acceptable Content Policy (ACP).

About Send2Press:

Send2Press®, founded in 2000, offers affordable press release distribution, writing, and social media marketing. Send2Press was named "best overall" of the top six press release services in 2020 by Fit Small Business. Send2Press is a dba of Neotrope, founded in 1983 in California.

Neotrope has been an innovative content development, publishing, audio/video, public relations (PR) and marketing company since Jan. 1983. Neotrope was an INC. 5000 listed company in 2009.

The company was co-founded by author, artist, journalist, musician and marketing/PR expert, Christopher Laird Simmons, and the late Dr. JL Simmons, PhD, a best-selling author and respected university professor.

Send2Press Newswire offers:

* Professional press release writing with accredited staff

* Local, regional, or national targeted press release distribution to both U.S. daily media and trade periodicals

* Social media sharing with custom tags and over 275,000 monthly impressions for our social channels

* National syndication via the AP, including the AP website, AP newsrooms and online syndication to newspaper and broadcast sites

* Agency pricing for all™.

Learn more at: https://www.Send2Press.com/

LEGAL NOTE: Send2Press® and Neotrope® are U.S. registered trademarks and service marks. Neotrope is a registered trademark in Europe.

Send2Press®, a newswire service of Neotrope®, announced today that for its 22nd anniversary celebration in 2022, it will be offering both new and existing clients a 22% discount on services starting 2/22/22 and running through March 2. Send2Press has consistently been ranked one of the top newswire services overall based on honesty and credibility.

Related link: https://neotrope.com

Nate Morris Speaks to Rotary Club of Louisville About Waste and Entrepreneurship

LOUISVILLE, Ky. /ScoopCloud/ -- Rubicon Chairman & CEO Nate Morris spoke before the Rotary Club of Louisville today in a one-on-one interview format. The topic was entrepreneurship and how waste and recycling can change the world.

"Garbage is one of these industries that has been overlooked. We all want to get it to the curb, get it out of the house. We don't want to see it," said Morris, adding, "it is one of the last environmental issues we can talk about."

Morris answered questions about how Rubicon is utilizing its software and technology to transform the waste and recycling industry.

"We started with this great mission to end waste - wasted time, wasted energy, wasted material. And that really informs everything we do in this business," he said.

Rubicon, a technology company focusing on the waste and recycling industry, was founded with a $10,000 line of credit and recently announced a merger with Founder SPAC that will bring the company public on the New York Stock Exchange at an implied pro forma enterprise value of $1.7 billion.

Asked why Rubicon has its world headquarters in Lexington, Kentucky, Morris said, "Rubicon was started here in Kentucky. I believe Kentucky is the future of what's happening in the industry. Because of our quality of life. Because of geographic advantage."

Morris went on to discuss some of Rubicon's major customers, like Walmart and Starbucks.

"I believe we can get to a zero-landfill world," he said. "Walmart, one of our customers, diverted about 90 percent of their garbage from landfills. They extract commodities and they are able to resell those materials. This is a testament to what is possible if we get good information and are asking the right questions. And a customer like Starbucks signs up with Rubicon for a reason. I believe it's because they believe in our mission to end waste."

Speaking to the importance of the Rotary Club, Morris alluded to his own success story.

"My mother was a single mother. Scholarships were very important to me in my life and Rotarians stepped up for me," he said. "Rotarians provide good, supportive services to their communities."

About Nate Morris

Nate Morris is the Chairman & CEO of Rubicon, a widely acclaimed software company focused on waste and recycling. Morris is a ninth-generation Kentuckian born in Lexington and raised by a single mother. He remains close with his grandfather, a long-time union leader at the local Ford automobile plant. Morris attended Kentucky public schools. He was the first Kentuckian to be named to Fortune Magazine's 40 Under 40 list and to be recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. He is also the youngest inductee ever to the Kentucky Entrepreneur Hall of Fame. Morris is a Senior Advisor to the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, a member of Business Executives for National Security (BENS), a member of Concordia's Leadership Council and the Trilateral Commission.

Learn more about Nate Morris at: https://natemorris.com/

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Rubicon Chairman & CEO Nate Morris spoke before the Rotary Club of Louisville today in a one-on-one interview format. The topic was entrepreneurship and how waste and recycling can change the world.

Related link: https://natemorris.com/

LUI Releases New Album as Belated Valentine’s Gift to Fans

GRAYSLAKE, Ill. /ScoopCloud/ -- Today, Lui Salazar, known by his stage name as LUI, released his new art rock album, "Astronomical Ways to Die" under the Dead Internet Records label. The album can be found on most music streaming platforms, and plans for a limited physical release are underway.

LUI, a recording artist and music producer based near Chicago, says that his release didn't start out as a love album but became one.

"The album began a time in my life when I needed change and wanted to find love," LUI explains. "The songs started as quirky fantasies and desires. By about the second half of the project, I found love. Some of the lyrics became more direct and personal, but the songs retained my campy, weirdo vibe."

"Astronomical Ways to Die" is a belated Valentine's gift to LUI's fans. For the better part of a year, he has been obsessively recording and producing vocals, violins, flutes, guitars, and various folk instruments for the album.

LUI reflects on his release: "I always felt my last album, 'Truth Is Like a Seed,' was too preachy. This time, I wanted to be profound but in a fun way. It's a love album, not a philosophy book. Life doesn't suck, and woe isn't me. Happy belated Valentine's Day."

About Lui Salazar:

LUI is a multi-instrumentalist born and raised near Chicago. He is the co-founder and primary music producer for Dead Internet Records. His unconventional rock music combines eclectic instrumentation with a maximalist, wall-of-sound production style. He does everything, from song conception and production to mixing and mastering, at his home studio in Grayslake, Illinois.

For more information about LUI: https://deadinternetrecords.com/LUI

For more information about Dead Internet Records: https://deadinternetrecords.com/

"Astronomical Ways to Die" (Audio) on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/theluisalazar/sets/astronomical-ways-to-die

Today, Lui Salazar, known by his stage name as LUI, released his new art rock album, "Astronomical Ways to Die" under the Dead Internet Records label. The album can be found on most music streaming platforms, and plans for a limited physical release are underway.

Related link: https://deadinternetrecords.com/LUI

WGI Sport of The Arts and CaptainU Announce Partnership

PLANO, Texas /ScoopCloud/ -- WGI Sport of the Arts (WGI) - the world's premier organization producing indoor color guard, percussion, and winds competitions - today announced that they have selected CaptainU, powered by Stack Sports, to provide its organization with a self-managed recruiting software tool that will connect high-school performers with college band directors.

Headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, WGI is a non-profit youth organization that not only produces indoor color guard, percussion, and winds competitions but also serves as the governing body for these activities.

"We are proud to welcome CaptainU as the official recruiting software for WGI Sports of the Arts," says Bart Woodley, Director of Operations and Sponsor Relations at WGI. "This partnership is about helping high school performers navigate the recruiting process and further develop and showcase their performing abilities in a safe environment. We are eager to provide this platform to performers and directors to be able to give them the right tools to continue their success and growth."

CaptainU allows athletes and performers to take what can often be a confusing recruiting experience and make it simple. With the most comprehensive suite of online recruiting tools and hands-on assistance, CaptainU boosts the athlete's and performer's exposure to college coaches and directors.

Through this exclusive partnership, CaptainU provides support and one-to-one connections through CaptainU's database. Performers will be able to use their free CaptainU profile, which allows them to post skills and highlight videos, store academic information, and much more, to connect with college directors across the nation.

"We're excited to partner with WGI to bring recruiting to the performing space to provide performers with more opportunity to continue their performing careers," said Brandon Hollmann, General Manager of CaptainU. "Our mission has always been to assist athletes/performers and college coaches/directors with the recruiting process. By working together with WGI, we have the incredible opportunity for performing arts to start to build an entire college recruiting ecosystem for performers and directors".

About WGI Sport of the Arts

Founded in 1977, WGI was founded to draw together the growing winter guard activity, standardize rules, and provide leadership and guidance. WGI Sport of the Arts is the world's premier organization producing indoor color guard, percussion, and winds competitions. As a non-profit youth organization, WGI also serves as the governing body for indoor color guard, percussion, and winds activities. It is called the Sport of the Arts because it brings music to life through performance in a competitive format. Even with over 40 years of history, the sport continues to evolve and grow. To learn more about WGI visit https://wgi.org/

About CaptainU

CaptainU empowers athletes and performers to take it to the next level through recruiting and discovery tools to connect with college coaches, directors, clubs, and events. More than 3 million high school athletes & performers, college coaches & directors, club coaches, and tournament directors have used CaptainU tools to network, build relationships, and build championship teams and groups. CaptainU was founded in 2008 and acquired by Stack Sports in 2017. To learn more about CaptainU, visit http://www.captainu.com/

About Stack Sports

With nearly 50 million users in 35 countries, Stack Sports is a global technology leader in SaaS platform offerings for the sports industry. The company provides world-class software and services to support national governing bodies, youth sports associations, leagues, clubs, parents, coaches, and athletes. Some of the largest and most prominent sports organizations including the U.S. Soccer Federation, Little League Baseball and Softball, and Pop Warner Little Scholars rely on Stack Sports technology to run and manage their organizations. Stack Sports is headquartered in Dallas and is leading the industry one team at a time focusing on four key pillars - Grassroots Engagement, Participation Growth, Recruiting Pathways, and Elite Player Development. To learn more about how Stack Sports is transforming the sports experience, please visit https://stacksports.com/.

WGI Sport of the Arts (WGI) - the world's premier organization producing indoor color guard, percussion, and winds competitions - today announced that they have selected CaptainU, powered by Stack Sports, to provide its organization with a self-managed recruiting software tool that will connect high-school performers with college band directors.

Related link: https://stacksports.com/

California Soul Food Cookout and Festival: An Event with Purpose

PLEASANTON, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- The California Soul Food Cookout and Festival is an exclusive, two-day weekend event being held on September 17 and 18, 2022 at the Alameda Fairgrounds. In its 12th year, this year's lineup will feature some of the state's top food vendors, hottest R&B artists and gospel greats. What's more, Chef Milly, a celebrity chef from "Hell's Kitchen," is the food venue host at the heart of it all.

Having earned a reputation as, "The Bay's Premier Outdoor Event," this exciting festival is focused on bringing friends and family together through good old-fashioned fun, family-style cooking and music. A Job Fair and Career Expo will also take place on both days.

Event organizers are expecting more than 12,000 attendees, 35 food truck vendors and a variety of small business vendors. To date, 11 musical artists are confirmed with a combined number of 3 million Instagram followers.

"That's an impressive number of people for sponsors to reach," says Annette Jackson, the CEO of The California Soul Food Cookout and Festival. "We'll be posting often and the excitement we're building is sure to pay off. It's all coming together in one great location and we've put every precaution in place to ensure a safe, entertaining and successful event."

Corporate partners are invited to help underwrite the California Soul Food Cookout and Festival, while showcasing and promoting their company's services and products. Customized sponsorship packages are available here: https://eventhub.net/events/California-Soul-Food-Cookout-and-Festival_3027

"The California Soul Food Cookout and Festival is sure to evoke a spirit of unity, wholeness, peaceful gathering, love, celebration and memories that will resonate within the souls of all those who attend, while transferring positive energy back into the community," Jackson says.

A portion of the proceeds raised will provide much-needed resources to organizations throughout the Bay Area that help victims of domestic violence and the homeless population. To ensure that all members of the community get to participate, The California Soul Food Cookout and Festival will also provide complementary tickets to various community organizations, so those less fortunate may attend.

"We look forward to working with great community organizations and corporate partners to make this year one of the most unforgettable family entertainment experiences yet," Jackson adds.

As Margaret Mead once said: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."

For event information: https://www.californiasoulfoodcookoutandfestival.com/

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The California Soul Food Cookout and Festival is an exclusive, two-day weekend event being held on September 17 and 18, 2022 at the Alameda Fairgrounds. In its 12th year, this year's lineup will feature some of the state's top food vendors, hottest R&B artists and gospel greats. What's more, Chef Milly, a celebrity chef from "Hell's Kitchen," is the food venue host at the heart of it all.

FormFree’s AccountChek joins forces with Freddie Mac for industry-first automated assessment of direct deposit income

ATHENS, Ga. /ScoopCloud/ -- FormFree® today announced that its AccountChek® digital asset verification service will support a first-of-its-kind solution from Freddie Mac that allows mortgage lenders to assess a prospective homebuyer's income using direct deposit data. Available to mortgage lenders nationwide, Freddie Mac's Loan Product Advisor® (LPASM) asset and income modeler (AIM) solution fulfills mortgage verification of assets (VOA) and verification of income (VOI) requirements.

FormFree's AccountChek leverages tens of thousands of data connections with more than 16,000 financial institutions to instantly deliver consumer-permissioned asset and income verification all in one report. With an estimated 93% or more of U.S. workers paid via direct deposit, collapsing asset and income verification into a single, paperless step provides cost-saving efficiencies for lenders, reduces the risk of fraud and manual errors and helps borrowers get approved for - and into - their homes more quickly.

"We have long contended that a consumer's data - in particular, asset data sourced directly from financial institutions and extending over 12 months or more - holds the key to better understanding consumers' financial DNA, streamlining lenders' underwriting processes and driving inclusion in homeownership," said FormFree Founder and CEO Brent Chandler. "This latest enhancement to Freddie Mac's AIM brings lenders money-saving process efficiencies by making income assessment instantaneous."

"We're pleased to have FormFree's AccountChek product support this game-changing enhancement to our AIM offering," said Christina Randolph, Director, Strategic Technology Partnerships at Freddie Mac. "Partnering with FormFree has helped unlock more consumer financial data that allows us to uphold our risk management standards while streamlining the mortgage process and increasing homeownership opportunities."

A March Freddie Mac Single-Family Seller/Servicer Guide Bulletin will provide lenders additional requirements and information about when the solution will be available. Once Freddie Mac releases AIM for income using direct deposits, it will be available to lenders using LPA v5.06 or higher.

To learn more, visit https://www.formfree.com/direct-deposit-income/.

ABOUT FORMFREE:

FormFree® is a market-leading fintech company whose revolutionary products AccountChek® and Passport® make for a more inclusive credit decisioning landscape by enabling lenders to understand people's true ability to pay (ATP®). To date, thousands of U.S. lenders and brokers have ordered millions of FormFree's patented verification reports representing trillions of dollars in loan verifications. FormFree delights borrowers and lenders with a paperless experience, dramatically reduces origination timelines and offers automated analysis and standardized delivery to lenders and investors using a secure ReissueKey®.

For more information, visit https://www.formfree.com/ or follow FormFree on LinkedIn.

Twitter: @RealFormFree @FreddieMac #mortgage #fintech #automation #homeownership

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https://www.linkedin.com/company/formfree/

FormFree® today announced that its AccountChek® digital asset verification service will support a first-of-its-kind solution from Freddie Mac that allows mortgage lenders to assess a prospective homebuyer's income using direct deposit data. Available to mortgage lenders nationwide, Freddie Mac's Loan Product Advisor® (LPASM) asset and income modeler (AIM) solution fulfills mortgage verification of assets (VOA) and verification of income (VOI) requirements.

Related link: https://www.formfree.com/

Applications are open for the second year in a row at this Arizona-based accelerator built for female founders 40+

PHOENIX, Ariz. /ScoopCloud/ -- RECREATE Now LLC is taking applications for its second cohort in Arizona and it's first cohort in San Francisco, California to help aspiring women entrepreneurs build and launch their idea. Following an expansion into the Bay Area, the Arizona-based organization is aiming to support the underserved market of women over 40 who are transitioning from the corporate world and wanting to start their own business or non-profit without being surrounded by twenty-something tech bros.

* Even as millions of women in the U.S. quit their jobs, women over 40 are still an underserved demographic in the entrepreneurship community

* Start-up funding for female founders is on the rise for both for-profit and non-profit sectors

* The deadline to apply for the Recreate Action Tank is March 1, 2022

Coming from the world of executive coaching and corporate training on Diversity and Inclusion, Recreate Co-founder Melissa Lamson knows how to identify a gap in the market. Even with nearly 40 million people leaving their jobs in 2021 and a clear rise in entrepreneurship, she hasn't found an accelerator tailored to the uniqueness of women over 40-so she built one.

"I've seen so many women hesitate on their own ideas, and not having the guidance they need means those ideas fall by the wayside. We want to give them a chance by surrounding them with extraordinary women who have done it before and who are doing it now," says Lamson.

With full-day sessions led by big-name entrepreneurs like Heidi Jannenga of WebPT and Courtney Klein co-founder of SEED SPOT, among other talented women, the accelerator aims to nourish the founders with a cohort of talented women building alongside them.

Encouraging this new wave of female founders, the Recreate Action Tank is in partnership with the Arizona Commerce Authority and has been sponsored by Carvana, Bank 34 and Blue Cross Blue Shield.

"We curate the tools, practices, connections, and funding opportunities - everything these women need to give their business idea or non-profit a chance to thrive," says Lamson, "It's not just about teaching or lecturing, it's about taking action with a core community to support you."

To learn more about the program or to apply, visit https://www.recreateactiontank.org/

RECREATE Now LLC is taking applications for its second cohort in Arizona and it's first cohort in San Francisco, California to help aspiring women entrepreneurs build and launch their idea. The organization is aiming to support the underserved market of women over 40 who are transitioning from the corporate world and wanting to start their own business or non-profit without being surrounded by twenty-something tech bros.

Related link: https://www.recreatenow.org/

Kiosk Association (KMA) Releases Articles of Organization for ADA

DENVER, Colo. /ScoopCloud/ -- February Self-Service News: KMA is pleased to announce our Articles of Organization. The document is now available on the kma.global website. "This is another step towards strengthening the association and providing an even more effective accessibility and ADA direction for the Association," said Craig Keefner, manager.

On Feb 16, 2022 we had our quarterly call with over 50 participants. Topics included the upcoming rulemaking session scheduled to begin in April, industry-wide certification options and POS terminals. The newly appointed eight members of the U.S. Access Board will be introduced at the March 9th meeting.

This month we published the leading article by attorney Lainey Feingold, Kiosk Accessibility - It's The Law -- Lainey is an expert at structured negotiation. We added Marsha Mazz & David Capozzi as new honorary members of the Hall of Fame. And finally, the Senate has formed a commission to modernize HIPAA.

And new technology like Smart City deployments and EV Charging Stations (new ones at Walgreens) are using blanket statement "units are ADA-compliant". It would help if those items were documented. There are also data privacy issues and the revenue potential for selling personal data.

Tech Highlight This Month

Lidar -- the new Grabango C-Store deployment continues the trend for ultimate contactless. 340 convenience stores and we can assume it's lidar-based. Nourish-Bloom in Georgia is using the same lidar technology as well. It's the new "just walk in -- just walk out" shopping model.

Coming Events

Our next in-person event is in Chicago May 21st and the National Restaurant Association show. We are booth 6576 in the Tech Pavilion next to Epson and SpotOn.

June 8, 2022 in Las Vegas is InfoComm 2022 and we are an official media partner for InfoComm. Big screens for menu boards, EV charging stations at places like Walgreens and Kohls.

For more information contact Craig Keefner, 720-324-1837 or craig@catareno.com or you can visit https://kioskindustry.org/. Since 1996 for 26 years serving the self-service technology market.

For a complete list of verticals visit The Industry Group, at https://industrygroup.org/.

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https://kma.global/about/

https://kma.global/kiosk-accessibility-the-law-is-paying-attention/

https://directory.nationalrestaurantshow.com/8_0/exhibitor/exhibitor-details.cfm?exhid=62520315

https://kioskindustry.org/infocomm-avixa-media-partner/

February Self-Service News: KMA is pleased to announce our Articles of Organization. The document is now available on the kma.global website. "This is another step towards strengthening the association and providing an even more effective accessibility and ADA direction for the Association," said Craig Keefner, manager.

Related link: https://kioskindustry.org/

KROST CPAs & Consultants Announces Greg Kniss as Chairman of the Board, Jason Melillo as CEO and Keith Hamasaki as Principal of Assurance and Advisory

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- Los Angeles-based CPA Firm, KROST CPAs and Consultants announced that Greg Kniss has been appointed to Chairman of the Board, Jason Melillo promoted as the new CEO, and Keith Hamasaki to Principal of Assurance & Advisory services.

Greg Kniss has been actively involved with the firm's business consulting and tax practice for nearly 40 years and has grown the firm from just a few members to now over 270 members. Through his leadership and guidance, the firm has been awarded Best of the Best and Top 100 firm for the last five consecutive years. KROST is proud to appoint Greg from Managing Principal to Chairman of the Board.

"We are grateful for Greg's leadership, and I hope to follow his footsteps to continue to grow firm with the same entrepreneurial spirit and progressive culture," said Jason Melillo, CEO of KROST.

Stepping in as the new CEO, Jason Melillo brings a tremendous amount of institutional knowledge with over 25 years at the KROST. As the previous Principal of the Accounting, and Advisory & Assurances Services team, his areas of expertise include foodservice, manufacturing, real estate, retail, as well as technology and professional services industries. Jason is a recognized as an industry speaker and has been a lecturer to large organizations such as the California Society of CPAs, the American Institute of CPAs, and organizations such as the California Restaurant Association.

"I am very excited for Jason to start his journey as the new CEO of KROST. His dedication to the firm gives me no doubt that he will take KROST to next level," said Greg Kniss, Chairman of the Board.

Following suit, Keith Hamasaki has been promoted to Principal of the firm's Assurance and Advisory practice. With over a decade of consulting experience, Keith specializes in audit and business advisory services to emerging and middle market companies. As an active member of the community, Keith has been a recurring Selection Committee Member for the Los Angeles Business Journal's CFO of the Year Awards and is on the Professional Advisory Board for Accounting Curriculum at Pasadena City College and Glendale Community College.

"I'm most proud of Keith's contribution to the profession. He has been instrumental in leading the A&A practice and has taken an active role in our campus recruiting and mentorship program to ensure a diverse and inclusive firm culture," said Jason Melillo, CEO.

About KROST

Established in 1939 in Pasadena, California, KROST, is a full-service Certified Public Accounting and Consulting firm serving clients across various industries. Their focus is recognizing opportunities and creating value for clients by equipping them with the tools to make better business and financial decisions for the future. As trusted advisors, clients depend on KROST to provide timely information, innovative solutions, and result-driven teamwork to ensure success. Along with provide traditional services as Tax, Accounting, Assurance & Advisory, KROST provides special services including Client Accounting, Mergers & Acquisitions, Wealth Management, Tax Specialty Services and KROST Business Intelligence/Data Analytics.

Learn more at: https://www.krostcpas.com/.

Los Angeles-based CPA Firm, KROST CPAs and Consultants announced that Greg Kniss has been appointed to Chairman of the Board, Jason Melillo promoted as the new CEO, and Keith Hamasaki to Principal of Assurance & Advisory services.

Related link: https://www.krostcpas.com/

Study Confirms Mentoring Makes a Significant Difference in Youth Overcoming Pandemic-related Challenges

AUSTIN, Texas /ScoopCloud/ -- Seedling Foundation, a nonprofit organization providing school-based mentoring for children impacted by parental incarceration, recently released its annual program evaluation showing that children who had access to a Seedling mentor had stronger social, emotional, and school-based outcomes than children who were without a mentor during the 2020-21 school year.

Seedling Foundation recently released its independent program evaluation conducted by Dr. Karen Looby, an Austin-based researcher and program evaluator with more than 30 years of experience in public education.

The 2020-21 program evaluation compared outcomes for children in several categories including personal development skills, persistence, school engagement, and attendance. The results of the survey show that students who met with a Seedling mentor had significantly higher positive outcomes than students who did not meet with their mentor in the areas of persistence (84.2% vs. 73,3%), student engagement (88% vs.67.3%), and positive attendance outcomes (65.6% vs. 42.1%). The report also states that overall, 87% of Seedling mentees who met with their mentors had three or more positive outcomes on the selected measures.

"We are very proud of our staff and mentors and grateful to the school districts for the hard work and persistence that went into finding effective ways for mentors to meet with mentees last year when mentors were not able to visit campuses. The results for our mentees are remarkable," said Dan Leal, Seedling Foundation Executive Director.

The program evaluation concludes that "in a year characterized by increased stressors of the pandemic in addition to adverse childhood experiences resulting from the trauma of having an incarcerated parent, mentoring becomes increasingly important in the mitigation of potentially negative impacts," (Looby, 2021).

About Seedling Foundation:

Since 2006, Seedling Foundation has provided school-based mentoring for children impacted by parental incarceration. During the 2020-21 school year, Seedling mentors provided mentoring for 361 children in more than 10 Central Texas school districts, including Austin ISD, Del Valle ISD, Pflugerville ISD, KIPP Public Schools, and Hays CISD with 518 of the children considered active in the program. Each year, Seedling Foundation also awards scholarships of up to $5,000 to 8th grade students to use toward their post-secondary education. Seedling is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, Tax ID #74-2841791. Donations are tax deductible.

To learn more about Seedling or to become a mentor visit Seedling's website at https://seedlingmentors.org/ or call (512) 323-6371.

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Seedling Foundation, a nonprofit organization providing school-based mentoring for children impacted by parental incarceration, recently released its annual program evaluation showing that children who had access to a Seedling mentor had stronger social, emotional, and school-based outcomes than children who were without a mentor during the 2020-21 school year.

Related link: https://seedlingmentors.org/

National Bankers Association Endorses Promontory MortgagePath for Mortgage Fulfillment Services and POS Technology

DANBURY, Conn. /ScoopCloud/ -- Leading digital mortgage and fulfillment solutions provider Promontory MortgagePath LLC today announced the National Bankers Association (NBA) has endorsed its mortgage fulfillment services and proprietary point-of-sale technology, Borrower Wallet®.

Founded in 1927, NBA has served as a voice for minority-owned banks. Its members include Black, Hispanic, Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American and women-owned banks across the country, all working to help low- and moderate-income communities that are underserved by traditional banks and financial service providers. NBA's endorsement recognizes Promontory MortgagePath's mortgage fulfillment service and POS technology for their ability to help minority depository institutions (MDIs) build their mortgage businesses.

Utilizing Promontory MortgagePath, NBA's member banks can offer a full suite of mortgage products without the need to invest in significant internal infrastructure while also lowering their origination costs. In addition, Promontory MortgagePath facilitates secondary market investor relationships to support clients' mortgage origination activities.

"Providing our member banks with technology and solutions that will help them increase access to financial services in minority communities is essential to our work," said Nicole Elam, president and CEO, NBA. "We are pleased to have successfully vetted Promontory MortgagePath, which will offer member MDIs shared access to a mortgage fulfillment solution necessary to making homeownership a possibility in communities aspiring to build generational wealth."

Founded by former U.S. Comptroller of Currency Gene Ludwig, Promontory MortgagePath began with a mission of empowering community banks to participate profitably in mortgage lending. Promontory MortgagePath's community development and minority-owned bank initiative is focused on increasing access to homeownership in underserved communities. Via the initiative, Promontory MortgagePath provides competitive pricing models, access to its user-friendly technology, dedicated U.S.-based teams of mortgage experts and robust strategies to help clients drive origination growth, with the overall goal of helping build long-term wealth in communities through increased homeownership.

"Minority depository institutions are critical conduits for financial services in the communities they serve," said Ludwig, founder and CEO of Promontory MortgagePath. "We are proud to have the endorsement of the National Bankers Association, which for nearly 100 years has supported these important institutions. Promontory MortgagePath is committed to working with the NBA to increase access to homeownership, which is central to wealth building in these communities and the American Dream."

The National Bankers Association joins the Community Development Bankers Association (CDBA) and American Bankers Association (ABA), as well as a growing list of state banking associations, in endorsing Promontory MortgagePath's services and technology.

About National Bankers Association

Founded in 1927 as the Negro Bankers Association, today, the association NBA has expanded its membership to also include Hispanic-American, Asian-American, Native American, and women-owned banks. Member banks are located in twenty-two states and the District of Columbia. Recognized as the voice of minority banking in the U.S., the NBA continues its role as chief advocate for these banks in the nation's capital. Through the decades, NBA has helped to shape public policy at the White House, on Capitol Hill, within the regulatory community and throughout the federal bureaucracy. For more information, visit https://www.nationalbankers.org/.

About Promontory MortgagePath LLC | NMLS ID 1532373

Promontory MortgagePath is a fast-growing team of passionate problem solvers on a mission to fundamentally change the way lenders approach their mortgage business. The company combines an intuitive, collaborative digital mortgage platform with modern, comprehensive fulfillment services, giving lenders the progressive technology and scalability required to profitably compete in today's rapidly changing residential mortgage market. Promontory MortgagePath's founder, former U.S. Comptroller of the Currency Gene Ludwig, is widely recognized as a visionary thinker on the critical issues confronting financial services, and his companies are renowned for helping community lenders resolve their most pressing challenges. To learn more, visit https://www.mortgagepath.com.

Leading digital mortgage and fulfillment solutions provider Promontory MortgagePath LLC today announced the National Bankers Association (NBA) has endorsed its mortgage fulfillment services and proprietary point-of-sale technology, Borrower Wallet®.

Related link: https://www.mortgagepath.com/

Bay Brewers and Half Time Partner to Deliver Series of Mixed Packs, Starting with SF Beer Week Beers, to Consumers in 33 States

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- The Bay Area Brewers Guild and Half Time Beverage have partnered to launch a series of unique guild-curated mixed packs to celebrate California craft beer and the robust Bay Area craft beer scene.

This partnership with a national direct-to-consumer retailer means the Guild will be able to showcase its membership of independent and world-class craft breweries to beer lovers within and outside of the Bay Area.

The initial pack, out now, spotlights SF Beer Week, the internationally renowned craft beer celebration currently running through February 20.

The exclusive official SF Beer Week Mixed Pack is available through Half Time, shipping to 33 states, and features rare one-off releases, brewery collaborations, and beers from highly sought after breweries such as Humble Sea Brewing Co., HenHouse Brewing Co. and Temescal Brewing Co.

The series of mixed packs, released periodically throughout 2022, will directly support the work of the Guild, and feature both singular creations and brews that rarely, if ever, make it outside of the Bay Area.

SF Beer Week Mixed Pack combines official guild collabs with local favorites

The SF Beer Week Mixed Pack is beginning to land at the doors of craft beer fans. It contains twelve beers in which 16 brewers from the Bay Area Brewers Guild had a hand, including three one-off official SF Beer Week collaboration beers, each brewed by a team of member breweries using ingredients from Admiral Maltings and sporting labels designed by Barretto-co.

* Temescal Brewing - Intrinsic, a West Coast IPA enhanced with New Zealand Phantasm and featuring experimental and cryo hops, and an official SFBW collab brewed with Headlands Brewing Co. and Del Cielo Brewing Co.

* Devil's Canyon Brewing Co. - Pure Harmony, a Cold IPA made with local honey, and an official SFBW collab brewed with ShaKa Brewing Co. and Brewing With Brothas; the label also features famed SF street artist fnnch's iconic honey bear

* Cooperage Brewing Co. - Hop Drip, a Sour Fruit IPA and an official SFBW collab brewed with Adobe Creek Brewing Co. and Parliament Brewing Co.

* Humble Sea Brewing Co. - Ocean Party, a Dual Stage, Double Dry Hopped 'Foggy' IPA

* Fort Point Beer Co. - Prime 5, a Double IPA, brewed as a stand alone collaboration with HenHouse Brewing Co.

* HenHouse Brewing Co. - Weekly Beer Name Generator, a Doppelbock

* S27 Alehouse & Brewery - Belgian Experimental Series #1, a Saison featuring Belgian hops, grains and yeast, but dry hopped with German Saaz for a twist

* Gilman Brewing Co. - Maison de Campagne, a French Farmhouse Ale

* Original Pattern Brewing Co. - Smoked Coffee Porter featuring coffee from Timeless Coffee, plus a bonus brew, Hella Hallertau Blanc, a Helles Lager

* East Brother Beer Co. - Red Lager, a Vienna-style Amber Lager, plus Oatmeal Stout, a bonus brew featured in virtual cheese pairings at https://sfbeerweek.org/cheese.

"Thanks to this first-of-its-kind partnership with Half Time, we're able to curate a taste of SF Beer Week and get these special releases into the hands of beer lovers across the country," says Bay Area Brewers Guild Executive Director Joanne Marino. "It's thrilling to hear from people who lived in the region before and have fond memories of how special SF Beer Week is, and still others who are curious to try new beers from Bay Area breweries."

To learn more visit: https://sfbeerweek.org/mixedpack

SF Beer Week is Back

Continuing through Feb. 20, 2022, SF Beer Week, organized by the Bay Area Brewers Guild, continues to surprise and delight as craft breweries, bars and beer-savvy restaurants add to the collection of events that make this annual celebration of the Bay Area's unique beer culture so memorable. Visit https://sfbeerweek.org/

About the Bay Area Brewers Guild

The Bay Area Brewers Guild is a non-profit 501(c)(6) trade association. Its mission is to support and promote local independent craft beer and breweries throughout the greater Bay Area. Stay atop the region's world-class craft beer scene year-round at DrinkBay.Beer ( https://drinkbay.beer/ ).

The Bay Area Brewers Guild and Half Time Beverage have partnered to launch a series of unique guild-curated mixed packs to celebrate California craft beer and the robust Bay Area craft beer scene. This partnership with a national direct-to-consumer retailer means the Guild will be able to showcase its membership of independent and world-class craft breweries to beer lovers within and outside of the Bay Area.

Related link: https://bayareabrewers.org/