Freebird Publishers Brings Rehabilitation Through Literacy

North Dighton, MA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 02/07/2023 -- Freebird Publishers ( https://www.freebirdpublishers.com/single-post/freebird-publishers-recognized-as-the-leader-in-prisoner-publications ) brings rehabilitation to our country's prisoners by teaching them to be something greater than they have ever been. They have and continue to educate prisoners, who are at their lowest level, to be everything that they could have never become. Freebird Publishers accomplishes this task by providing educational materials to inmates who wish to be more and to live a crime-free life upon release. They have gone as far as to transform prisoners who were high-school dropouts into best-selling authors.

One such success story is that of Kelly Patrick Riggs. He is the Freebird Publishers best-selling author who is responsible for writing books such as the Post-Conviction Relief series and How to Write Your Own Check, a book that details how he became what he is today. And most importantly how anyone who can write a text message can follow in his footsteps. His story goes beyond becoming a nationally known author, he also teaches how to achieve financial freedom through writing. Kelly Patrick Riggs is also the author of Under Seal, the first of what he intends to be many fiction novels.

As illustrated in How to Write Your Own Check, Kelly Patrick Riggs failed high school English twice. He dropped out of high school to join the United States Army and hated to read or write anything. Upon his release from the Army, he lived a relatively unremarkable life and later ended up in prison where the staff of Freebird Publishers found him. Mr. Riggs had a gift of learning that was cultivated by the staff of Freebird Publishers and over time their interaction transformed Mr. Riggs with rehabilitation. Today Mr. Riggs Writes for prisoners, lawyers, and Freebird Publishers.

Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, once wrote, "the measure of a society is how it treats the weakest members." This is indeed the mantra of Freebird Publishers. They not only transform prisoners who wish to be more, but they also provide much-needed services to those who do not know yet what they want to become. Prison is a time of transformation and even though our system of correction fails to provide change, Freebird Publishers reaches out to all incarcerated Americans in hope of changing the future of our society.

For more information about how a prisoner can become more than they have ever been, visit www.freebirdpublishers.com.

About Freebird Publishers
Freebird Publishers (https:// www.freebirdpublishers.com) is headquartered in North Dighton, Massachusetts (MA). They serve the entire United States and international locations. They have earned the confidence of prisoners and their families nationwide by being a leader in the business of providing necessary information and specialized publishing services to inmates and their loved ones since 2013. Freebird Publishers provides a full listing of the hundreds of services available to prisoners in their detailed publication, the "Inmate Shopper". For more information about the "Inmate Shopper" and the tools, it provides that an inmate can use to make their incarceration productive visit:

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Recognizing the challenges employers are facing, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser has expanded opportunities for the spouses of lower workers and working-age children

Vancouver, BC -- (ReleaseWire) -- 01/16/2023 -- The Vancouver Immigration Lawyers at Sas and Ing Immigration Law Centre have exciting news for workers hoping to live and work in Canada with their families potentially.

Last December, Canada's Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Sean Fraser, and Tourism Minister and Associate Minister of Finance, Randy Boissonnault, introduced a significant expansion of employment opportunities for the spouses and working-age children of temporary foreign workers (TFWs) already in Canada. For more, go to https://canadian-visa-lawyer.com/canadas-white-hot-labour-market-leads-immigration-and-tourism-ministers-to-dramatically-expand-employment-opportunities-for-spouses-and-working-age-children-of-canadian-foreign-workers/

The move is a response to the white-hot labour market. Recognizing the significant challenges employers face in the current Canadian labour market, the changes introduced will now provide employment opportunities for the spouses of lower and low-skilled workers and their working-age children. This new measure is set to be implemented in January 2023 and will last for two years.

Canada's unemployment rate sits at near-historic lows of 5.2%. Employers across Canada have struggled to find workers across all strata of the economy, particularly in the tourism and hospitality sectors that traditionally employ entry-level workers. To enhance employers' opportunities to fill these positions and get Canada's post-pandemic economy on track, this announcement dramatically widens the net of potential Canadian employees who have historically been denied the opportunity to work in Canada.

While spouses of TFWs and international students have been able to work in Canada for many years, this opportunity has only been afforded to the spouses of highly skilled workers (employed in NOC level O, A or B occupations) or the spouses of international students who are engaged in employment in these higher skilled occupations. (For more information about the NOC levels, please refer to "Canada's Changing Occupation Landscape: How the New NOC 2021 System Will Impact Our Immigration Program").

For the children of TFWs in Canada, this opportunity has rarely existed. For a brief period in 2009/2010, Canada's immigration department at the time, CIC, introduced a pilot program in Ontario and Alberta allowing the teenage children of skilled TFWs to seek employment in Canada on a limited basis. This pilot program was short-lived and never applied across Canada. For TFW parents anxious for their children in Canada to gain the benefit of obtaining work experience at an early age, these announcements come as welcome news.

According to the Ministers' announcement, this unprecedented expansion of worker eligibility will be launched in 2023 in three phases. The phased approach will commence in January with the families of high-wage stream workers in the Temporary Foreign Worker or International Mobility Programs. Subsequently, the second phase will extend the measure to include family members of TFWs in low-wage stream occupations. The final stage will deal specifically with seasonal agricultural workers and their families, following consultations with agricultural stakeholders to determine the operational feasibility of the measure.

Recognizing the post-pandemic challenges of Canada's economy and the struggles that Canadian employers are facing with unprecedented labour shortages, Ministers Fraser and Boissonnault's announcement is welcome news. It is also a further recognition of the talent immigrants at all levels of society can bring to contribute to Canada's ultimate economic and cultural success.

To learn more about opportunities for immigrating to Canada, contact the Vancouver immigration lawyers at Sas and Ing Immigration Law Centre. Call 1-604-689-5444 to get started.

About Sas and Ing Immigration Law Centre
Sas and Ing Immigration Law Centre has over 30 years of continued in-depth and comprehensive expertise in most aspects of Canadian Immigration practice. Sas and Ing have facilitated applications to Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC), Service Canada and Canada Border Services Agency. Catherine & Victor work closely with other lawyers specializing in Business, Employment, Tax, and Real Estate to provide comprehensive legal advice to companies and individuals as they navigate the regulatory requirements necessary for temporary or permanent establishment in Canada.

For additional information, please visit canadian-visa-lawyer.com or call (604) 689-5444

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Catherine Sas
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Company website: canadian-visa-lawyer.com

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new rules reflect changing labour market needs in the province

Vancouver, BC -- (ReleaseWire) -- 07/07/2022 -- The BC Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) has been highly successful for 21 years in operation. However, local and global events, such as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, have changed provincial mandates. On March 10, 2022, British Columbia's Ministry of Municipal Affairs announced a crucial need for more healthcare workers and early childhood educators (ECEs). The Vancouver Immigration lawyers at Sas & Ing discuss the changes in their latest blog. For more, go to https://canadian-visa-lawyer.com/key-changes-to-the-bc-pnp-improving-access-to-british-columbias-care-economy-and-boosting-economic-growth/

To stimulate British Columbia's care economy, changes to the BC PNP focus on prioritizing healthcare workers and ECEs for immigration to increase the number of workers to BC in these vital sectors.

As part of the changes, a new category of applicants has been introduced: the Health Authority Category. When introducing this new program, BC's Parliamentary Secretary for Seniors Services and Long Term Care, the Honourable Mable Elmore, made the following statement:

"We're taking action to better meet the growing needs of British Columbians. By improving access for these occupations, we're showing that we understand the need to bring in more qualified healthcare workers and streamline the process, which also means that our seniors will have access to more help as even more healthcare workers are able to be hired into our health system."

The rules of the new Health Authority Category broaden the scope of eligible healthcare workers to include any occupation that has an indeterminate, full-time job offer from a health authority. Qualified physicians, nurse practitioners and midwives not directly employed by a health authority may also be eligible under the new program. The previous system only allowed physicians, nurses, allied health professionals or midwives with job offers from a BC health authority to apply while the new system opens the doors to any relevant occupation with a job offer.

This new BC PNP category implements a targeted draw system for in-demand healthcare occupations that will be prioritized by offering a lower points threshold to obtain an invitation to apply (ITA). Furthermore, targeted draws will be occurring every week rather than bi-monthly.

Early Childhood Educators

Like health care, the rules of the BC PNP have been adjusted to address the dire need for early childhood educators—skilled professionals who care for children at the most important time of their lives. Points required for an ITA are lowered, with draws held every week to meet provincial requirements of almost 10,000 ECEs to join the profession over the next 10 years.

In addition to two new program categories, the BC PNP has been further amended to make it easier for applicants to qualify for nomination under the Skilled Worker Category. Before March 10, 2022, skilled workers required two years of directly related full-time experience to be eligible to apply as BC PNP skilled workers. This requirement has now been relaxed to allow for two years of full-time experience in any skilled occupation in Canada's NOC system, at skill levels 0, A, or B.

Overall, the amendments to the BC PNP are welcome news for immigrants and workers looking for a pathway to Canada. To learn more about obtaining a job offer and pursuing a provincial nomination for permanent residence in British Columbia, reach out to Sas & Ing as trusted Vancouver Immigration Lawyers.

About Sas & Ing Immigration Law Centre
Sas & Ing Immigration Law Centre has over 30 years of continued in-depth and comprehensive expertise in most aspects of Canadian Immigration practice. Sas & Ing have facilitated applications to Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC), Service Canada and Canada Border Services Agency. Catherine & Victor work closely with other lawyers specializing in Business, Employment, Tax, and Real Estate to provide comprehensive legal advice to companies and individuals as they navigate the regulatory requirements necessary for temporary or permanent establishment in Canada.

For additional information, please visit canadian-visa-lawyer.com or call (604) 689-5444

Sas & Ing Immigration Law Centre
Catherine Sas
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Parsifal congratulates four long time employees reaching notable anniversary milestones.

Fairfield, ME -- (ReleaseWire) -- 02/24/2022 -- Parsifal Corporation is pleased to congratulate four long time employees as they reach notable anniversary milestones last year in 2021. Mark Olsen, President and CEO shared that "Parsifal is proud to claim ongoing strong retention rates with 43% of the total staff achieving a tenure of 10 years or more."

Dayle Gervais, began working at Parsifal 25 years ago as a domestic auditor. Dayle, has performed audits on a majority of clients (including GSA) over the years, and assists in training classes. She is currently a Team Audit Lead for a major Relocation Management Company, overseeing the domestic team.

Jackie Suarez, also started with the company 25 years ago working as an operations clerk and progressively advancing, she is now our Operations Manager overseeing all Parsifal offices for operations. Jackie has her "hands on" every client account and ensures all invoices come in and go out efficiently with optimal accuracy.

David Jones, VP, Client Relations, who has now been with Parsifal for 20 years, explains that "he has been privileged to experience many layers of our business and the ever-changing marketplace as a whole." David looks forward to many more years of expert contribution to Parsifal's future success.

Deb Hicks, also a 20 year veteran, has been a loyal part of the Parsifal team as an Account Manager providing expert support to many of Parsifal's major key accounts, while also anchoring the Home Sale Transaction Audit (HST) program. Deb will be retiring shortly at the end of February. We give our best wishes to Deb in her future plans!

Parsifal applauds and greatly appreciates all four associates for their dedication and many years of hard work, flexibility and tenacity to become exemplary employees and major contributors to the ongoing success at Parsifal Corporation.

Parsifal Corporation products and services are in constant global operation in over 120 countries, with corporations, carriers and move managers in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia and Europe. Parsifal assists clients in obtaining best in class household goods pricing and quality of service. And, we offer to protect that pricing and quality with expert global auditing.

Mission: At Parsifal Corporation we are dedicated to our passion and craft, focused on ensuring outstanding accuracy and sound fairness through quality-driven and innovative technology to all our clients, partners and stakeholders in the global relocation experience.

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John E. Holloway and Indigo River Publishing Team up to Publish War Novel on Combat Operations in Grenada and Beirut in the Early 1980s

Virginia Beach, VA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 12/08/2020 -- Indigo River Publishing is pleased to announce the release of John E. Holloway's war novel, Apricots.

A veteran of the Marine's, Holloway grew up in Williamsburg, Virginia and graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1981. Following graduation, Holloway was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps. He deployed with Second Battalion, Eight Marines, from 1983-1984 during which times he participated in combat operations in Grenada and Beirut. After leaving the Marines Holloway attended George Mason University School of Law and held the position as editor-in-chief of the law review. Since his graduation he has practiced maritime law in Virginia and written about his wartime adventures. Since 1981 Holloway has published an illustrated journal and has been published in The Sewanee Review and the Tulane Maritime Law Journal.

"I wanted to tell the story of historical events that are now often forgotten – the invasion of Grenada and operations in Beirut" said Holloway, author of Apricots. "It was a pivotal time. Ronald Regan was in the middle of his first term. Terrorists had destroyed the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon and a Marine headquarters at the airport just south of Beirut."

Holloway tells his story in a way that takes the reader from their home and out on the ship with Second Battalion, Eighth Marines, and then ashore for operations in Grenada and then on to Beirut. This novel tells the story of Marines in combat in a way that is anything but superficial – readers will learn about the comradery, humor, and sacrifice of the men on the ground thousands of miles from home. While the story is fictional, it is framed by real events including true accounts of the terrorist attack on the marine headquarters in Beirut and the coup in Grenada that triggered the invasion.

"I have a story that the world deserves to hear" said Holloway. "Almost 40 years after war has ended, we need to not forget what happened."

Apricots has received a glowing review by Captain Dale Dye Jr. (U.S.M.C. Ret.), actor and military consultant for several films including Platoon, Saving Private Ryan, and Band of Brothers.

Apricots can be purchased at Indigo River Publishing, Amazon, or any of your favorite online bookstores.

About Indigo River Publishing
Indigo River Publishing is a modern cooperative publisher founded in 2011. We take the best parts of traditional publishing—such as expert editors, award-winning cover designers, and strong sales distribution—and thrown away what's not working to create a business model that allows for a true partnership between authors and publishers. We work with authors across all genres and have proudly published books from internationally recognized executives and celebrities as well as debut authors. Transparency and partnership are our guiding principles, and we pride ourselves on identifying new voices and rising talent while leading the evolution of the publishing industry's business model.

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Atlanta, GA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 11/24/2020 -- Political power comes at a cost, and money isn't the only currency people are interested in. No one understands this more than author Dr. Glenn Toby, a man who went from sleeping on trains in New York City to running an international holdings company and talent management companies.

In his new book, The Asian Power League, Dr. Glenn Toby examines the intersections of business, politics, race, and power through the eyes of Michael Hy-yung, heir to his father's successful business ventures who pivots his own goals towards politics in a bid to be the next and greatest President of the United States. To get there though, he aligns himself with the Asian Power League, a secretive yet deeply influential political organization. Through this alliance, Michael reaches new heights of success, but also must come to learn the true price of power.

The Asian Power League draws from Toby's own experiences with racism and business in America, examining the crossroads of the Black and Asian experiences—where they intersect and where they diverge - and the power that these types of experiences offer through an exciting story of political intrigue. This novel offers a "short pathway to power, politics, and the human experience" as told by a businessman and philanthropist who has a breadth of personal experience in all of those fields.

This novel speaks to the power of the individual and the power of dedicated communities, all while offering a fictional window to the very real underbelly of the powerful in America. Order now for the fresh perspective on race and power in The Asian Power League by Dr. Glenn Toby.

About Dr. Glenn Toby
Dr. Glenn Toby is an entertainment pioneer, entrepreneur, philanthropist, motivational speaker, advisor to the stars, and author. Dr. Toby grew up in Brooklyn, facing hardships that fueled his drive to succeed. His greatest passion is philanthropy, starting with his Book Bank Foundation in Brooklyn with the mission to combat homelessness, poverty, and abuse. Throughout his career he has worked with some of the most popular stars in sports and entertainment, and written and produced films, all with the goal of inspiring the world to reach for success.

Dr. Toby is best-known to focus on providing new perspectives in business, charting new waters in the world of international business and thinking outside of the box in philanthropy. He thrives off fresh ideas and inspiring perspectives which he brings to all business ventures.

As a man with a diverse background of success and accomplishments, he has earned a lifetime of respect among his clients, associates, and peers and has no plans to slow down on his path on making an impact for long lasting change.

About Indigo River Publishing
Indigo River Publishing is a modern cooperative publisher founded in 2011. We take the best parts of traditional publishing—such as expert editors, award-winning cover designers, and strong sales distribution—and thrown away what's not working to create a business model that allows for a true partnership between authors and publishers. We work with authors across all genres and have proudly published books from internationally recognized executives and celebrities as well as debut authors. Transparency and partnership are our guiding principles, and we pride ourselves on identifying new voices and rising talent while leading the evolution of the publishing industry's business model.

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A commitment to invest over £80m in a UK Space Centre of Excellence in Ayrshire, was made by both UK and Scottish Governments, in partnership with South Ayrshire Council, as part of the Ayrshire Growth Deal signing yesterday.

Edinburgh, UK -- (ReleaseWire) -- 11/23/2020 -- The funding package will develop and support a wide range of new, cutting-edge aerospace and space activities around Glasgow Prestwick Airport, including a satellite launch site and a range of other advanced technology initiatives beyond space launch.

This significant investment forms part of an even larger £250m package that was announced via the Ayrshire Growth Deal Head of Terms agreement 18 months ago. This saw the Scotland Office pledge to invest £103 million in the region over the next 15 years, alongside £103 million from the Scottish Government over 10 years, augmented with further investment from the three local authority areas of East, North and South Ayrshire. This will help drive economic development across the region, create new employment opportunities and encourage further inward investment.

Secretary of State for Scotland, Alister Jack, referred to the announcement as, "a landmark moment for Ayrshire", adding that the Deal would have a "profound positive impact on the region for generations to come".

The signing of a deal of this size reinforces Ayrshire's position as a leading UK aerospace hub. The region already employs over 3,500 people in global companies such as Spirit AeroSystems; BAE Systems; GE Aviation; Collins Aerospace; Woodward and National Air Traffic Services (NATS), accounting for more than half of the aerospace industry's workforce in Scotland. The financial boost aims to add another 4,000 jobs by 2035, helping Ayrshire capitalise on the exciting opportunities offered by the fast-growing commercial space sector.

Ian Annett, Deputy CEO, UK Space Agency said, "The deal will deliver another boost to the UK's growing space sector by funding a range of new, cutting-edge aerospace activities around Glasgow Prestwick Airport, including development of the spaceport site".

"This will not only create highly-skilled jobs across the region, but also further the UK's reputation as Europe's leading new space destination and bring us one step closer to small satellite launches taking place in the UK."

£80m of the Growth Deal investment will be used specifically to help realise Ayrshire's vision of creating a leading cluster, for both space, and wider aerospace supply chain activity. Detailed plans are already in place for a spaceport development that would provide the capability to launch small satellites from within Europe for the first time, utilising modified aircraft that would begin their journeys from Glasgow Prestwick Airport. These aircraft will carry out rocket launches at high altitude and provide access to the orbits required to observe Earth's changing climate from above. The technique, known as 'horizontal' or 'air' launch, would make use of the existing infrastructure and coastal location at Prestwick, and the capability to launch satellites could make the UK a 'one stop shop' for commercial space companies.

Minister for Trade, Investment and Innovation Ivan McKee said: "The signing of the Ayrshire Growth Deal marks another major milestone in our journey toward the delivery of a world-leading commercial space sector. This is an exciting time for the emerging space sector globally, and Scotland is at the very forefront of it. In particular, the sector will play a critical role in the global fight against climate change with satellites used to measure essential climate variables".

"In Scotland we already produce more small satellites anywhere outside of California and the provision of horizontal launch capability at Prestwick will further complement the launch offering across the country. This deal represents a major opportunity to inspire the next generation of space scientists and engineers as well as to deliver a major economic boost for Ayrshire."

The innovative space activity, enabled by the ambitious Aerospace and Space Programme element of the Ayrshire Growth Deal, is expected to provide a host of opportunities beyond launch, too. The additional interconnected projects which are being planned include a technical innovation centre to support UK business and academia, a national flight test centre with training facilities for skills development, and an educational outreach and visitor centre. The deal also provides for various commercial building developments and improvements to the region's transport infrastructure — improving quality of life for local residents and providing an opportunity for Ayrshire to profit from the rapid growth of the space sector.

John Innes, Chair of the Scottish Space Leadership Council described the announcement as "An exciting development that will ensure the UK remains at the forefront of new space applications, and keeps pace with the high-speed developments characteristic of the industrial space sector."

While Leader of South Ayrshire Council, Councillor Peter Henderson said, "The signing of the Ayrshire Growth Deal marks a huge moment in our plans for enhancing Prestwick's already established aerospace reputation.

"I very much look forward to seeing vibrant, on-site, space activity that goes beyond launch facilities."

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Little News Ears Asks Young Kids (through Parents) to Trump to Stand Up to Racism, Violence

Hoboken, NJ -- (ReleaseWire) -- 06/09/2020 -- The death of George Floyd and the resulting protests in the United States and abroad have caused Dan Buck, founder of Little News Ears and director of Tessa International School in New Jersey, to create a petition for 4 year-olds and up to petition Donald Trump. The petition, available at https://tinyurl.com/ydyatf4o asks children, through their parents, to demand Donald Trump to speak out against racism and violence, especially on Twitter, a platform that he frequently uses. Buck is trying to gain 100,000 signatures on the petition by the deadline set by the White House, July 4th. The petition cites two news websites, ABC News and Vox.com, as sources for its claim that Trump has a history of promoting racism and violence.

Buck and his family attended a peaceful protest in Bayonne, New Jersey, on June 7th. He and his family reached out to attendees to increase awareness and for them to join Buck's cause. Little News Ears was announced to the crowd as a place to go to petition the President. Buck hopes that the petition will, at the very least, teach children around the world that activism, protests, and petitions are important parts of democracy.

Little News Ears, a news podcast and video site for young children, released a segment devoted to the death of George Floyd on June 8th, which also included a call to action to sign the petition. The segment includes audio from evangelist Pat Robertson, who has criticized Trump's response to Floyd's death, and touches upon aspects of commentary and news related to Floyd's death, including Laura Ingraham's claim on Twitter that protesters could try to take down the Washington Monument and the sheltering of protesters by Rahul Dubey in Washington D.C. This segment is in line with other episodes of the show, which strives to be politically neutral, that have broached politics. Previous episodes have touched upon the insider trading scandal and Richard Burr, gay marriage, and Trump taking hydroxychloroquine.

Little News Ears, recently featured on Mental Floss is a subdivision of Zoocenia, LLC, a company based in Hoboken, NJ, that provides news, education, and entertainment. It sees itself as a news resource for kids, parents, and teachers.

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Arlington, VA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 12/12/2019 -- In November of 2019, Norway announced plans to allow dual citizenship beginning January 1st, 2020. The news comes a few weeks after the Dutch parliament voted to permit 100,000 of its citizens residing in the UK to seek dual nationality in the event of a no-deal Brexit, according to The Irish Times.

Dual citizenship is a fairly common occurrence with U.S.-Canada citizens, but how other countries and governments handle more than one nationality varies.
News outlets have recently speculated about what kind of citizenship Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's child will have. According to CNN Travel, the child is granted dual citizenship on the basis of each parent holding citizenship in two different countries.

The fascination of their citizenship within the media cycle doesn't end there. Meghan Markle is reportedly in the process of becoming a UK citizen, a process which could take years. However, it is unclear whether or not she will retain a dual citizenship with the U.S.

Why is it that the subject of singular, dual, or multiple citizenship is such a hot political topic? Does it truly matter where someone lives or where they come from?
It appears that it comes down to the question of loyalty. Can someone retain loyalty to more than one home or country they've come to love and know?

Ken Reiman, first-time author and U.S. Foreign Service diplomat says "yes". Duality can be used to open diplomatic doors to strengthen peace and bilateral and multilateral ties, so long as dual national assets are effectively employed and empowered to leverage their diverse background.

In his memoir, Love Both Keep Both, Reiman details his personal and public life as a diplomat with dual citizenship. He tells readers the story of his heritage from a Japanese mother and American father, and his lifelong desire to serve the United States as a member of the U.S. Foreign Service in Japan.

Reiman traces his education in Arizona, childhood summers in Japan, and both his grandmothers' love as driving forces behind his unwavering commitment to be a bridge between the U.S. and Japan.

At 24, after completing a Bachelor's degree in Foreign Service at Georgetown University, a year at Keio University studying Japanese politics and a Master's degree at Stanford in East Asian Studies, Reiman entered the world of diplomacy serving the U.S. with distinction in Asia, Africa, and South America. He takes us on many journeys describing the good times as well as the high stress and bureaucratic obstacles he faced while seeking an assignment in Japan.

Throughout heartbreak and struggles to prove his loyalty, he argues for the advantages for both countries to utilize dual nationals instead of shunning them. Diversity is not just about accepting those with one passport or nationality. Two countries as vibrant and strong as the U.S. and Japan can surely find ways to utilize dual national talent to strengthen the alliance further – diplomatically and economically.

He makes a strong case for letting dual national diplomats serve in the country of their national origin without asking them to renounce their non-U.S. nationality. He calls for beneficial new considerations governments should undertake to maximize the background, language skills, and talent of dual citizens to promote diversity, diplomacy, and peace. He challenges the way we view multinational human beings.

He inspires those whose very DNA is multicultural and multilingual to "dare" to be themselves to create a more just world together. He shows us how to advance a relationship further through dual citizens who embody the values of both, can translate those values to each side, and demonstrates that united we can accomplish so much more if we do not let prejudice defeat us. Ultimately, love not hate prevails. You can love one and hate the other, hate both or love both. Ken Reiman choses to love both heritages equally.

Love Both, Keep Both is informative as well as heartfelt, especially for Americans who understand the inherent value of diversity and for Japanese who view the U.S. as their greatest ally. If Japan becomes a country that accepts dual citizenship, the wealth of ideas and people this transformation brings not only can make Japan a more "global" country but also help her redefine her identity amidst a rapidly declining population.

The message is simple: embrace dual nationality as a gift, and never apologize for loving all of who you are to become the positive force for change God intended you to be.

You can purchase your copy of Love Both, Keep Both on Amazon and Indigo River Publishing.

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Court Records Confirm Allegations That Judges Conspired to Violate the Law in IRP6 Case

Denver, CO -- (ReleaseWire) -- 12/03/2019 -- "The basic rationale of the law of conspiracy is that a conspiracy may be an evil in itself, independently of any other evil it seeks to accomplish." U.S. Supreme Court, 1951

Americans are aware that in criminal cases prosecutors call witnesses before a jury to prove charges it levied against criminal defendants. To guarantee due process, a fair trial and to ensure that powerful prosecutors don't have an unfair advantage to convict the innocent, the Sixth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution grants defendants the right to call witnesses in their favor to disprove government charges or cast reasonable doubt in the minds of jurors that they committed a crime. In a Colorado federal criminal case (case no. 09-cr-00266-CMA or "IRP6" case), court records prove that federal judges and prosecutors entered into a conspiratorial agreement to deprive pro se criminal defendants of their 6th Amendment rights to call expert witnesses and did so by overtly violating a federal statute.

According to a 1995 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals opinion, "an agreement constituting a conspiracy [in violation of U.S. federal criminal code 18 U.S.C. 371] may be inferred from the acts of the [judges] and other circumstantial evidence indicating concert of action for the accomplishment of a common purpose." The trial judge in the IRP6 case was Judge Christine M. Arguello, 10th Circuit judges are Bobby Baldock, Harris Hartz and Jerome Holmes and federal prosecutors were former Colorado U.S. Attorney John Walsh (an Obama appointee) and his underlings, Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSA) Matthew T. Kirsch and Suneeta Hazra.

The IRP6 case exposes the dark underbelly of the American criminal justice system where secret deals to violate the law are struck between federal judges and prosecutors to determine the outcome of convictions against those who dare to defy them by aggressively defending their innocence--where evidence of innocence doesn't matter--and where you're guilty simply because elite win-at-any-cost prosecutors and crony judges want you to be guilty and are willing to employ a nefarious, ends-justifies-the-means approach to gain a wrongful conviction. After an unfair trial rife with constitutional violations Judge Arguello imprisoned the innocent IRP6 defendants (David A. Banks, Clinton A. Stewart, Demetrius K. Harper, David A. Zirpolo and Kendrick Barnes) to harsh sentences of 7 to 11 years.

BACKGROUND

Walsh and Kirsch claimed in their indictment (which was shown to be fraudulent at trial- See http://bit.ly/2r2MX8c) that the IRP6 conspired to violate U.S. mail and wire fraud laws by making false statements about having a current or impending contract with a large law enforcement agency to induce staffing companies into extending them unsecured credit for temporary labor services -- credit which the government's own staffing witnesses testified was based on credit checks, not statements related to a government contract as the indictment falsely alleged. Former federal appeals judge H. Lee Sarokin confirmed the government's case was a fraud, telling the Washington Post the IRP6 were "indicted and imprisoned for failing to pay their [corporate] bills." "The government's contention that their business was a scam defies reality," added Sarokin, "ALL the proof in the case goes the opposite way," declared Sarokin (Washington Post article online at www.wapo.st/29jXqSC).

Because their defense attorneys were apathetic and continually pressured them to take a plea deal, all of the IRP6 fired them on the same day and chose to represent their innocence against the government, which included calling expert witnesses from the staffing industry to testify at their trial. Prior to trial, two staffing experts who agreed to testify for the IRP6, sent letters to Walsh discussing staffing industry business practices and explaining that the IRP6 had done nothing untoward, that their business dealings with staffing companies were consistent with customary industry practices, and that the staffing companies were not deceived or forced to do business but consciously chose to do business with IRP Solutions based on the potential of their innovative criminal investigations software. One of the experts (Andrew Albarelle) was such as well-respected expert by law enforcement he had been previously called on by the FBI to assist them with staffing fraud cases -- a point Albarelle alluded to in his letter to Walsh. (See expert's letters online at http://bit.ly/2jDm4Uf & http://bit.ly/2f7mFZ3).

Kirsch wasn't going to allow these experts destroy his case so he allegedly initiated an unlawful scheme to disqualify them from testifying but to be successful he would need trial judge Christine Arguello and the 10th Court of Appeals to conspire with him. It can be inferred from evidence in court records that Judge Arguello and 10th Circuit judges Baldock, Hartz and Holmes gave Kirsch their full cooperation.

Kirsch began by falsely arguing to Arguello that Rule 16(b)(1)(C) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure gave him the right to view a written summary of what the IRP6's experts intended to testify about at trial. Kirsch told Arguello that because the IRP6 defendants had not provided him with written summaries, the IRP6's expert witnesses should be disqualified from testifying.

Rule 16(b)(1)(C) staes that "a defendant must, at the government's request, give the government a written summary of any expert testimony that the defendant intends to use...[IF AND ONLY] IF the defendant [first] requests disclosure" of the government's expert witnesses "AND THE GOVERNMENT COMPLIES."

Court records show that government didn't call expert witnesses and that the IRP6 did not request a written summary nor had reason to. With those uncontroverted facts of law in hand Judge Arguello conspired with Kirsch to violated Rule 16(b)(1)(C) and the IRP6's 6th Amendment rights and disqualified the experts from testifying. Shockingly, 10th Circuit judges Baldock, Hartz and Holmes followed suit, but their acts were much more sinister -- they partially quoted Rule 16(b)(1)(C) in their opinion to make it appear as if they were abiding by the law.

The 10th Circuit opinion (United States v. Banks, 761 F.3d 1163, 1198 (10th Cir. 2014)) shows that Judge Holmes cited and quoted Rule 16(b)(1)(C) without the "IF" clause which shows that IRP6 had no obligation to provide Kirsch with written summaries of their experts. "If intentionally excluding a portion of federal statute doesn't prove that Baldock, Hartz and Holmes corruptly conspired with Kirsch and Arguello to violate the constitutional rights of the IRP6, nothing else does," says Lamont Banks, Executive Director of A Just Cause and brother of David Banks (IRP6). "Their behavior was despicable and inexcusable in light of Congress giving them very explicit instructions on how to apply Rule 16(b)(1)(C)," adds Lamont Banks (AJC).

According to the 1997 Amendment of Rule 16(b)(1)(C), the Congressional Notes of the Advisory Committee states that "pretrial discovery of...expected testimony of both defense and government expert witnesses...are TRIGGERED BY DEFENSE REQUESTS for information." "If the defense makes such requests and the government complies, the government is [then] entitled to similar reciprocal discovery," the Congressional Advisory Committee noted. Court records show that in 2009 the entire 10th Circuit Court of Appeals which includes judges from the IRP6 case issued a landmark opinion about applying Rule 16 (b)(1)(C) and it included the "IF" clause. That landmark opinion was United States v. Nacchio, 555 F.3d 1234 (10th Cir. 2009).

In Nacchio every judge in the 10th Circuit confirmed that defendants are ONLY obligated to provide a written summary of their expert witnesses "IF they first request the same of the government and the government complies." The 10th Circuit also explained how Rule 16(b)(1)(C) was derived from the "special CONSTITUTIONAL constraints of criminal proceedings." "In criminal proceedings, the defendant is entitled to keep his cards close to vest," said Judge McConnell dissenting, meaning that in criminal cases, the government has no right to know what a defendant's experts are going to testify about unless the defendant surrenders that right by first requesting to see the proposed testimony of the government's expert witnesses.

"Congress mandated in unambiguous language how Rule 16(b)(1)(C) should be applied but Kirsch, Arguello and the 10th Circuit intentionally disregarded it to make it impossible for us to defend our innocence," says David Banks (IRP6). "Prosecutors, like judges are required to know the law and took an oath to uphold the Constitution but throughout this entire fraudulent case, Kirsch, Judge Arguello and the 10th Circuit went to great lengths to ensure we were wrongly convicted, unlawfully imprisoned and continued that unlawful imprisonment, and that included violating Rule 16 and our 6th Amendment rights. We never committed a crime and didn't deserve to be treated this way by our justice system," states Banks (IRP6).

"A Just Cause will continue its aggressive campaign to vindicate the IRP6 by publicizing and disseminating the irrefutable evidence of malicious, intentional misconduct by justice officials that was responsible for their unlawful conviction and imprisonment," says Lamont Banks (AJC).

Be on the lookout for Federal Judges Behaving Badly (Part 3) and expect to be shocked again by more acts of misconduct by justice officials in the IRP6 case.

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Separated individuals should be aware of tax law changes that take effect in 2019 (and affect 2019 tax returns), caution US Tax Professionals in Vancouver

North Vancouver, BC -- (ReleaseWire) -- 10/18/2019 -- US Tax Professionals in Vancouver has just published an article on how changing tax laws will impact divorce and alimony payments in 2019. For more information, go to: https://us-taxprofessionals.com/newsletter.php#2

Divorce and separation can be painful on both an emotional and financial level. As people go through the process of rebuilding their lives, it's quite natural that the tax situation would be the last thing on anyone's minds. However, it's more important than ever to consider, as changes to tax legislation will impact 2019 tax returns.

Tax rules regarding divorce and separation can and do change. To complicate matters further, most court decisions do not account for the effects that divorce or separation has on an individual's tax situation. In the case of a recent divorce or separation, it's a good idea for Canadians and Americans doing business cross border to review the situation with an accountant who's knowledgeable in filing US taxes for Canadian citizens, and vice versa.

The new rules relate to alimony or separate maintenance payments under a divorce or separation agreement, and includes all taxpayers with:

- Divorce decrees
- Separate maintenance decrees
- Written separation agreements

For example, for agreements executed beginning January 1, 2019, under the new laws alimony or separate maintenance payments are not deductible from the income of the payor spouse. They are also not includable in the income of the receiving spouse, if made under a divorce or separation agreement executed after December 31, 2018.

Unfortunately, divorce is often a painful situation and the changing tax laws have made it more so. For Canadians or Americans who are living cross border and need to reassess their tax situation, the team at US Tax Professionals in Vancouver can provide guidance, insight, and support. Call (604) 281-3318 to get started.

About US Tax Professionals
US Tax Professionals provide tax services for dual American and Canadian citizens in Vancouver. Founded in 2013, they specialize in taxation for US citizens and expats, taxation and accounting for business, cross-border taxation for US and Canadian citizens, as well as accounting and taxation of alternative investments, including private equity funds and hedge funds.

For more information, visit https://www.us-taxprofessionals.com/ or call (604) 281-3318.

US Tax Professionals
Mark Schiffer
(604) 281-3318
Company Website: https://www.us-taxprofessionals.com

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The U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held a motorcyclist injured in a drunk driving could seek criminal restitution against the negligent driver.

Upper Marlboro, MD -- (ReleaseWire) -- 08/13/2019 -- Most people know they can file a personal injury lawsuit if they are injured in an accident. But in some cases, victims may also seek compensation through the criminal justice system. Federal judges can award "full and timely restitution" to a victim as part of a criminal sentence.

In a July 26 decision, the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals said the right to restitution includes misdemeanor cases. The court addressed a sentence arising from a 2017 accident. The defendant was driving drunk and hit a motorcyclist. The accident took place on a federal highway. Prosecutors subsequently charged the defendant with six federal traffic violations.

The defendant pleaded guilty to three misdemeanors before a federal magistrate. The magistrate sentenced the defendant to two years probation. The injured motorcyclist also asked the magistrate to award restitution. The magistrate declined, citing insufficient evidence of the victim's damages. The magistrate also suggested a misdemeanor court was an "unsuitable forum" for the victim to seek compensation.

The Fourth Circuit disagreed. It said the magistrate needed to apply a "balancing test" to the victim's restitution request. This test weights the "victim's need for restitution" against the "burden imposed on the sentencing court." Here, the magistrate acknowledged the need for restitution. But the magistrate did not explain why "the burden of complexity or delay in sentencing" would make restitution impractical.

The appeals court directed the magistrate to reconsider the victim's request. In doing so, the Fourth Circuit said the magistrate could consider the "availability of a civil remedy." But the magistrate should not place "great weight on this factor."

Upper Marlboro, MD, personal injury attorney Rick Jaklitsch said the Fourth Circuit's decision is a common-sense victory for accident victims. "Criminal restitution is an often overlooked avenue for accident victims entitled to compensation. In certain situations, a victim can actually recoup their medical expenses and lost wages more quickly through restitution. This does not mean, however, that victims should not also explore filing a separate personal injury lawsuit. As the Fourth Circuit noted, the availability of such claims is a factor a sentencing judge can weigh in deciding restitution. Additionally, there are many accidents where authorities fail to bring criminal charges, and therefore restitution is not available.

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Employees and employers alike in the Chicago area should know about a recent class action lawsuit filed against the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign (UIUC).

Chicago, IL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 02/21/2019 -- The case, Brown v. Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, alleges employment discrimination on the basis of race under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a federal law, and the Illinois Civil Rights Act of 2003, a state law. The plaintiffs in the case specifically allege that racial discrimination and harassment are part of the University of Illinois's "standard operating procedure. The case is likely to highlight the harms of racial discrimination in employment and to underscore the steps that employers must take in drafting and enforcing a non-discrimination policy.

In the complaint, the plaintiffs cite overt and pervasive incidents of racial discrimination and harassment on the basis of race. For example, the complaint describes threats of racial violence, including the appearance of nooses, KKK paraphernalia, confederate flags, racist graffiti, and swastikas. Other overt acts of racism, according to the complaint, include racial slurs that the plaintiffs allege other employees used against them. Moreover, the complaint also alleges that racial discrimination persisted in more subtle forms, as black employees were subject to disrespect from supervisors and coworkers in addition to being subject to excessive monitoring and scrutinizing from supervisors.

The University has a written non-discrimination policy. However, as the recent lawsuit alleges, the policy only prohibits racial harassment if it is "sufficiently severe or pervasive," "objectively offensive," and "unreasonably interferes with, denies, or limits a person's ability to participate or benefit from employment opportunities, assessment or status at the University." Accordingly, the plaintiffs argue that the non-discrimination policy permits a hostile work environment that violates both federal and state law.

According to Arthur Ehrlich and Jonathan C. Goldman, Chicago employment discrimination lawyers, "harassment can be a form of employment discrimination under both Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Illinois Civil Rights Act of 2003 when it creates a hostile work environment. An employee has a right to file a claim when facing discrimination on the basis of race."

It is important to note that this lawsuit comes at a point in which Illinois legislators recently amended the Equal Pay Act of 2003 to prohibit employers from discrimination against African American employees by paying African American employees lower wages for substantially similar work. This recent change to the law, along with the recent lawsuit against UIUC, should make clear that employment discrimination on the basis of race is taken very seriously in Illinois.

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Denver, CO -- (ReleaseWire) -- 02/01/2019 -- On January 23, 2019, based on a legal brief filed by the Colorado Springs Fellowship Church (online at http://bit.ly/2Ntk3U9), three judges from the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals (Briscoe, Murphy & McHugh) confirmed in a unanimous opinion (case no. 18-1273, doc. # 010110115512) that Judge Christine M. Arguello abused her discretion when she deprived the public access to court records where it is alleged in a judicial complaint she displayed religious animus, made hostile and slanderous comments about Pastor Rose Banks of the Colorado Springs Fellowship Church (CSFC), and used her court to conduct a religious inquisition into Pastor Banks' Christianity and CSFC. This is the second judicial complaint in the Colorado federal criminal case that is widely known on the Internet as the "IRP6" case where violations of the Constitution and alleged prosecutorial and judicial misconduct have been confirmed by a former federal appeals judge. Based on a dossier compiled and published online by justice advocacy organization A Just Cause, members of Congress are now seeking answers about the government's actions against Pastor Banks (who was not and never has been a criminal defendant) and questioning why the men in the case from her church (one of whom is Pastor Banks' son) remain imprisoned when former federal appeals judge H. Lee Sarokin told the Washington Post the facts and evidence in the case show the software executives of the IRP Solutions Corporation are innocent, had their constitutional rights violated and were "indicted and imprisoned for not paying their bills."

"For some strange reason, the Colorado U.S. Attorney's Office and Judge Arguello were allegedly secretly targeting Pastor Banks and CSFC from the very beginning," says Lamont Banks, Executive Director of A Just Cause and son of Pastor Banks. "And they used IRP Solutions where her son David was the chief operating officer as a subterfuge to bring down my mother and the church," adds Lamont Banks. "The IRP executives were collateral damage and a consolation prize for the government," contends Lamont Banks. Court records substantiate A Just Cause's claims.

Transcripts from the 2007 grand jury (No. 06-01) shows the government only selected CSFC members (including Pastor Banks' daughter) who worked at IRP to testify before the grand jury when dozens of other employees unaffiliated with the church were not called. Church members say they were peppered with questions about Pastor Banks and asked whether the church was a cult. Court records show that when Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew T. Kirsch asked grand jury foreman Cynthia Haid who was the target of the criminal investigation, the first words Haid uttered were Rose Banks (View court transcript online at http://bit.ly/2flpma2)."

According to court records the government allegedly illegally seized church and parishioner banking records without a warrant and wrongly-imprisoned Pastor Banks' daughter (Lawanna Clark) for six months after post-trial evidence surfaced showing she was innocent of making a single false statement to the grand jury after being asked 285 questions by the prosecutor.

Court records shows Kirsch was unrepentant about unlawfully seizing church records, stating in open court that "even if the records were improperly obtained, how would it be relevant in this case." Kirsch was also hell-bent on imprisoning the innocent Clark, requesting she be locked up for 18 months. Clark never fully recovered from the stress of being wrongly-imprisoned and the wrongful imprisonment of her innocent brother the other IRP executives who were decades-long close friends of hers from church. Clark died of a massive stroke on November 14, 2018.

"Wanna called me on the phone when she didn't know she was having a stroke and said "Mama! Mama! My head! Something's wrong with my head! Please pray for me," says Rose Banks. "We prayed intensely together, and I told her to put a cold cloth on her head and call me back," adds Rose. "When she didn't call me back a short time later, I sent a close friend of hers from the church to the house, after which she was taken to the hospital and later died," laments Rose Banks. "Wanna's only other complaint about intense head pain was after the unnecessary stress she experienced at the grand jury," recalls Rose Banks. "Kirsch and Judge Arguello's violent abuse of the law wrongly-imprisoned my son David and the men he worked with at IRP and greatly contributed to my precious daughter's untimely death," laments Rose Banks. "I pray every day that God will put it on the hearts of someone in our government to hold these officials accountable and give us justice for the horrible wrong done to us," says Rose Banks.

After failing to allegedly implicate Pastor Banks in a money laundering scheme with the 2007 grand jury, AUSA Kirsch then attempted to gain an indictment by criminalizing the IRP executives for failing to pay their corporate debts. But the 2007 grand jury rejected Kirsch with one grand juror pointing out: "But if I don't pay somebody for the work they've done, that's not a federal crime." Court records show that in 2009, Kirsch went to another grand jury (no. 09-01) where he only called a single FBI agent (Robert Moen) to testify and did not present any evidence/testimony from the first grand jury.

"The 2009 grand jury unknowingly gave Kirsch and his boss (U.S. Attorney John Walsh) an ill-gotten indictment," says Cliff Stewart of A Just Cause. "What followed was an unfair trial poisoned by alleged prosecutorial and judicial misconduct where Judge Arguello and AUSA Kirsch imprisoned the IRP6 for 7 to 11 years while continuing their persecution of Pastor Banks and CSFC in post-conviction proceedings," adds Stewart. "AJC will not relent until we get justice for these men and their families who continue to suffer immense pain from the loss of their loved ones to prison and the death of their beloved Lawanna Clark," concludes Stewart.

Based on the comprehensive dossier compiled by A Just Cause (which is online at http://bit.ly/2wBaCyJ), four Democrats from Congress sent a letter to the DOJ seeking answers about the alleged prosecutorial and judicial misconduct (viewed online at http://bit.ly/2HuvgTc). The dossier includes both judicial complaints filed against Judge Arguello, the Washington Post interview with Judge Sarokin, and a report published by Dr. Alan Bean, Executive Director of the Friends of Justice who conducted a six-month investigation into the IRP6 case that included interviews with the IRP6 and CSFC members and dozens of court records.

For more information or to schedule interviews with parties in the IRP6 case, contact A Just Cause.

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Church To File Complaint With Attorney General Jeff Sessions' Religious Liberty Task Force

Denver, CO -- (ReleaseWire) -- 10/15/2018 -- After serving 3 years of an 11-year prison sentence, convicted felon Gary Walker decided he'd had enough of the prison life and filed a motion and affidavit requesting release on the basis that he was not responsible for his actions because he was under a religious spell of his mother-in-law pastor, Rose M. Banks of the Colorado Springs Fellowship Church (CSFC). Walker also claimed that a junior attorney and close friend from CSFC (Gwendolyn Lawson), one of two attorneys on his legal team, was also under the religious control of Pastor Banks which caused a conflict of interest representing him and four other defendants during sentencing.

All the executives, known on the Internet as the IRP6, faithfully worshipped together at CSFC for 30 years and mounted a very vigorous and public campaign proclaiming their innocence from the very beginning in several online videos (http://bit.ly/2sdCTVA - http://bit.ly/2szeGIH - https://www.denveropenmedia.org/shows/just-cause-episode-3-irp-solutions-foundercto-gary-walker ). The government was aghast at Walker's religious coercion claims and discussed the absurdity of them in its answer brief (Dist. Colo. no. 09-cr-00266-CMA-3, Doc. #922, online at http://bit.ly/2Oe82Y3 ).

"Mr. Walker claims that when he made the decision to [represent himself], he was operating under the spell of Rose Banks, his mother-in-law," said the government. "According to Mr. Walker, when he waived his right to appointed counsel at trial he was convinced that Pastor Rose spoke 'with the voice of God,' and that God wanted him to waive his right to counsel," added the government. "Having time to reflect further upon the matter in the Bureau of Prisons, Mr. Walker has seemingly concluded that God did not want him to [represent himself] after all. Mr. Walker "provides no evidence of this other than his own self-serving affidavit, which asserts little more than that Sister Rose told him to fire his lawyer and that he viewed Sister Rose as the voice of God," wrote the government. (See full Government answer brief online at http://bit.ly/2Oe82Y3 ).

The government admits on pages 18 to 19 of its response brief (http://bit.ly/2E5rW2Y ) to CSFC's 10th Circuit motion to unseal, that Walker, as part of a (secret & sealed) settlement agreement, "abandoned" both his claim that Pastor Banks coerced him into representing himself and the collateral attack on his conviction. Court records show, however, Judge Arguello, violating the separation of church and state, continued using her court as a vehicle of religious persecution where she personally attacked Pastor Banks on religious grounds and applied a religious test to Lawson's representation of Walker during sentencing even though the government admitted Lawson did not "play any role" in sentencing. (See page 27 of Government Answer Brief at http://bit.ly/2Oe82Y3 )

Irrespective of Lawson not playing any role in Walker's sentencing, Judge Arguello, applying her own biased religious analysis, stated Lawson "was prevented...by her allegiance to Pastor Banks...from presenting argument and evidence that would have affected the Court's" determination that Mr. Walker was a leader in the conspiracy. Judge Arguello not only permitted former disgruntled church members to testify about how they felt about Pastor Banks' spiritual leadership at the church, but also allowed Bureau of Prisons Chaplain Henderson from the federal prison camp in Florence, Colorado to testify about Pastor Banks', someone he has never met. After conducting her religious inquisition, Judge Arguello made Pastor Banks the leader of the alleged conspiracy, absolved Walker of the leadership role she assigned to him and released him from prison and left his codefendants in prison who worked under him at his companies, four of whom were NOT assessed as leaders of a conspiracy by Judge Arguello.

"You have to question Judge Arguello's motives and judgment when she first concludes from what she heard at trial that Walker was the leader of an alleged conspiracy of close friends and family who were executives at his small business only to later conclude that he was not a leader and release him from prison based on his self-serving claims that he and his attorney were under the religious control and coercion of his mother-in-law pastor," says Cliff Stewart of A Just Cause. Here's what Judge Arguello had to say https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/c392f0_b1c7c3a59ec3480d86aeb1c77d1b8587.pdf :

"Now during the evidentiary hearing there was evidence demonstrating the extent of coercion that you and others were subjected to by Pastor Banks, and your inability to challenge or evade directions received from her as a result of the duress that was imposed," Arguello said to Walker in his June 28, 2017 re-sentencing hearing. "But after your hearing, I have a better understanding of why you did what you did," added Arguello. "I could see the hold Pastor Banks had on you," Arguello expressed to Walker. Next, Judge Arguello viciously and publicly attacked Pastor Banks from the bench, calling her a "vindictive and mean-spirited" Christian and prophet of God. At the end of Walker's public proceeding, Judge Arguello restricted public access to virtually every document and transcript from the proceeding, violating the public's First Amendment and common law right of access to judicial records. CSFC, concerned about its clearing its name from alleged slanderous public remarks from Walker and former CSFC witnesses during an open proceeding, appealed to the 10th Circuit to unseal.

In its appellate brief (10th Cir. case no. 18-1273, Doc. #010110031010, online at https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/c392f0_e6d1c0d0d34b436eb606eba04401f13a.pdf), CSFC discusses how Judge Arguello ignored a litany of constitutional law from the Supreme Court, 10th Circuit and every other U.S. federal circuit that says judicial records should be sealed in only the rarest of circumstances such as under-age rape victims and confidential informants. In its order denying CSFC and the public access to court records (http://bit.ly/2pKUqoA), however, Judge Arguello in citing cases justifying its denial compared Walker and his adult witnesses to vulnerable 16 year-old rape victims and prison confidential informants/snitch's and claimed she needed to protect them from potential serious injuries they could suffer from harassment from Pastor Banks, Walker's wife and CSFC members, none of whom have any history of such conduct. CSFC believes Judge Arguello was poisoned by Walker's affidavit and sealed proceedings to conceal the use of its court to conduct a religious attack against Pastor Banks and the improper release of Walker. Walker's five codefendants say he is a fraud who manufactured religious coercion and cowardly threw his wife and her mother under the bus to get out of prison.

"Judge Arguello and the government's religious bias against CSFC in Mr. Walker's habeas proceedings is nothing new and is just the latest malfeasance in a continuing pattern of partiality and misconduct that has permeated the IRP6 case and resulted in the wrongful imprisonment of these men," says Stewart of A Just Cause. "We are in the process of contacting Attorney General Jeff Sessions about the Colorado U.S. Attorneys religious bias, illegal seizure of church banking records, use of the grand jury as a subterfuge to persecute the church, and the attack on Pastor Banks, CSFC and its parishioners, all which are discussed in a dossier (online at http://bit.ly/2wBaCyJ) that was sent to the DOJ over a year ago seeking dismissal of the indictment," adds Stewart. "Aside from CSFC's motion to unseal, there is also a pending judicial complaint appeal against Judge Arguello concerning religious bias that was filed in July 2017 which has not been answered by the 10th Circuit Judicial Council (http://bit.ly/2vmk73J), and a letter from four members of Congress sent to the DOJ seeking answers about the allegations of misconduct in the dossier (http://bit.ly/2HuvgTc )," concludes Stewart.

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Advanced Data Classification Automatically and Continuously Identifies Sensitive Data on Structured Data Stores

San Diego, CA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 08/27/2018 -- DB CyberTech, a pioneer in machine learning based predictive data loss prevention, today announced advanced data classification for structured data as a new capability of their security and privacy platform. This new capability supports compliance with EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

DB CyberTech's advanced data classification utilizes natural language processing to continuously and accurately identify high value sensitive data such as personal data, intellectual property, and financial information. With this capability, privacy professionals and Data Protection Officers are now able to focus more of their attention on a set of databases that store sensitive data and therefore pose the greatest risk to the organization.

Advanced Data Classification is available now for DB CyberTech's Predictive Data Loss Prevention and GDPR solutions. Data classification operates completely non-intrusively by analyzing database conversations. No database login credentials are necessary and there's no impact on database performance.

"To defend against today's security threats to structured data, DB CyberTech offers database asset discovery, automatic data classification, and continuous monitoring to identify where sensitive data is stored along with which clients and applications process sensitive information," said Brett Helm, CEO of DB CyberTech. "We then apply machine learning and behavioral analytics to pinpoint rogue activities including insider threats."

About DB CyberTech
DB CyberTech innovates predictive data loss prevention for databases. Its customers include the world's largest financial institutions, healthcare providers, manufacturers, and governments. DB CyberTech's technology non-intrusively assesses database to client conversations through deep protocol extraction, machine learning, and behavioral analysis. Customers gain insights by discovering information assets including sensitive data, identifying tables being accessed, and mapping the specific applications accessing the databases. In addition, machine learning technology immediately pinpoints and alerts to insider threats and external database threats before data is stolen. DB CyberTech is a privately held company headquartered in San Diego, Calif.

For more information, call 800-598-0450 or visit the company's website at www.dbcybertech.com.

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Intrusive Searches & Elimination of Visiting Days Hurts Innocent Families of Inmates

Denver, CO -- (ReleaseWire) -- 08/07/2018 -- On July 1, 2018, the federal prison camp in Florence, Colorado hurt families by eliminating three-hour Friday evening visits which has been in existence for decades and has cited no reason for doing so. Now, prison management, who claims they are financially and operationally constrained by staffing shortages, are taking more time from visiting families and children by subjecting them to intrusive and intimidating search procedures.

About 25 correctional officers along with local police stationed outside the Florence prison complex, mobilized outside the federal prison camp visiting room equipped with a mobile command center and drug-sniffing dogs to conduct intensive searches of vehicles, wallets, and purses of visiting families. The dogs are even permitted to walk on the seats inside of the vehicles and it has been reported the dogs have left scratches on or in vehicles. Correctional officers remove visitors from their cars, telling them to leave their purses, wallets, and cell phones inside the car while they rummage through their personal belongings that include money, jewelry and other valuables that could potentially be stolen by BOP staff. The elderly and disabled are forced to stand outside, sometimes in oppressive heat, while indifferent correctional officers violate them and their Fourth Amendment rights.

"These types of searches at both federal and local prisons are unprecedented and to the best of my knowledge have never occurred, especially at a minimum security, out-custody federal prison camp housing non-violent offenders," says Lamont Banks, Executive Director of A Just Cause. "It's disgraceful of Florence Warden's Matevousian, Stancil, and Goetz to abuse visiting families and their children by treating them like common criminals," add Banks.

A Just Cause would like to understand the Florence Wardens' decision to suddenly eliminate Friday evening visits when BOP visiting regulation policy (Program Statement 5267.09, section 540.40) says it "encourages visiting by family, friends, and community groups to maintain the morale of the inmate and develop closer relationships between the inmate and family members and others in the community."

"Eliminating Friday evening visits shows a lack of humanity and compassion by the Wardens towards the many innocent wives and children who have to make great financial sacrifices and travel great distances just to see their husbands and fathers for a single weekend," says Banks. "The Florence Wardens certainly can't say that staffing shortages or financial issues are the reasons they canceled Friday visits when they're spending thousands of dollars to pay overtime to 20 plus correctional officers and administrative staff to shakedown and conduct intrusive searched of visiting families. Unfortunately, the BOP has a colorful history of abusing both inmates and their families," contends Banks.

In the summer of 2015 a non-violent inmate at the Florence federal prison camp named Anthony Anderson was thrown into solitary confinement and allegedly killed by Florence correctional officers after being accused of receiving tobacco in the visiting room, which was never found. Florence officials claimed that Mr. Anderson committed suicide and soon cremated his body after the coroner examination. But according to Anderson's mother who recently appeared on A Just Cause's Blog Talk radio program, the coroner told her to hire an attorney because her son did not take his own life.

In the early 2000s a three-year government investigation found that there was a vast conspiracy by correctional officers and management to abuse inmates and falsify records to cover up that abuse at the Florence federal prison complex. More than a dozen Florence correctional officers and their supervisors (infamously known as "the Cowboys") were indicted and convicted for conspiring to physically assault inmates as a form of vigilante discipline. "The arbitrary canceling of Friday visits and bullying of visiting families is symptomatic of an ingrained abusive culture that has existed for many years at the Florence federal prison," says Banks. I have addressed these concerns with Warden Goetz and Matevousian but, not surprisingly, they don't appear concerned at all about these abuses. The matter has been escalated to the BOP Director's office and we are in the process of notifying members of Congress in hopes of putting a stop to these abuses," concludes Banks.

In recent weeks on its internet radio show that reaches an audience of up to 30 million people, A Just Cause launched a new series called "Behind the Wall" that is dedicated to discussing the horrible abuses of inmates and visitors at American prisons and invites everyone to listen in and join the discussion every Tuesday and Thursday at 8PM EST http://www.AJCRadio.com.

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Carlsbad, CA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 06/19/2018 -- Lietta Ryan, Executive Director of American Society for the Positive Care of Children (American SPCC) announced that the organization is joining other child authorities to say the treatment of immigrant children under the White House's Zero Tolerance Immigration Policy is completely unacceptable. It's child abuse.

"Children are children, no matter where they are from," said Ryan. "How could a civilized nation like America hold such blatant disregard for the moral and ethical treatment of children? These are kids, not criminals. As a mother, I'm heartbroken for the pure terror these kids must be feeling! We must reunite these children before the damage is irreversible."

The Zero Tolerance Policy is being condemned by individuals and organizations that include the United Nations, the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Psychiatric Association, American Psychological Association, First Lady Melania Trump, and former First Ladies Rosalynn Carter, Laura Bush, Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama.

It's well-documented that separating children from their families is traumatic, abusive, and has short- and long-term effects. It exposes youngsters to the potentially devastating effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). The longer children are separated, the greater the risk of developing lifelong physical and mental issues encompassing alcoholism, depression and suicide, eating disorders, lower academic achievement, high-risk sexual behaviors, and impaired social and economic success.

All children have the right to be nurtured, protected, and treated with dignity and respect. As the recognized super power, the U.S. has a responsibility to lead the way in ethical and moral treatment of all people, especially the world's most vulnerable individuals – children. The White House's Zero Tolerance Policy is government-sanctioned child abuse.

"This isn't about politics," said Ryan. "This is a human rights issue. We need our lawmakers to do what's right for these children. The Zero Tolerance Policy should be zero-tolerance on child abuse, not causing trauma and devastation by not separating children from families. Your voice matters! We all need to speak up on behalf of these kids. To end this, we urge everyone to call their senators and Congress members at 202-224-3121 and ask to be connected with their individual lawmaker's office."

The U.S. is facing a moral and ethical crisis of epic proportions with the implementation of the Zero Tolerance Immigration Policy and the way it's addressed will set the tone for future society. The American SPCC is committed to protecting youngsters from physical, emotional and mental harm – even if that includes protecting them from harmful policies.

About American SPCC
American Society for the Positive Care of Children is a non-profit charitable organization founded in 2011 from the strong desire of one caring individual to make a difference in the lives of abused children in America. From its inception, the organization has focused on filling a void that exists in American society, acting as the Nation's Voice for Children. Through education, awareness and advocacy, American SPCC is working to inspire a positive generational cycle that leads to a better human race. American SPCC received the 2017 Great Non-Profits Award for 2017 and the GuideStar 2017 Platinum Seal of Transparency. Consumers can make a donation to American SPCC when they shop through the AmazonSmile program.

Media Contact
Lietta Ryan
American SPCC – Executive Director
Email: info@americanspcc.org
Website: https://americanspcc.org

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President Trump Asked to Investigate Malicious Actions of Denver FBI and DOJ Prosecutors and Pardon Wrongly-Imprisoned Tech Execs

Denver, CO -- (ReleaseWire) -- 05/16/2018 -- Many people may not want to believe the FBI is capable of violating the law, but there is plenty of evidence showing Denver FBI agents and the Colorado U.S. Attorney's Office conspired together (likely on behalf of a competitor) to take down a small Colorado technology company and its executives to steal its valuable criminal investigations software, which threatened to disrupt the status quo of billion dollar defense contractors and system integrators winning post-9/11 federal law enforcement technology modernization contracts. The Denver FBI and Colorado U.S. Attorney's Office would be called upon to manufacture a criminal case to ruin the company and/or steal its software for a competitor who would then sell it to the FBI. The software was called CILC (pronounced "silk"), an acronym for Case Investigative Life Cycle, which was developed by the Colorado Springs-based IRP Solutions Corporation.

After 9/11, FBI Director Robert Mueller was under pressure to replace the FBI's outdated case management system, which the congressional 9/11 commission found contributed to information sharing failures that allowed Al Qaeda to carry out the 9/11 attacks that killed 3000 Americans. Congress gave the FBI $400 million dollars for the Virtual Case Files (VCF) case management modernization project which failed and was declared "unfit for use" in the summer of 2004. By the fall of 2004, Mueller was made aware of CILC by the Department of Homeland Security who had been vetting CILC for nearly a year and half and found it was the only case management software that could support the modernization needs of the FBI and DHS.

On October 28, 2004, at the request of DHS, four senior FBI technology officials attended a demonstration of CILC as part of the joint DHS/DOJ Federal Investigative Case Management System (FICMS) initiative whose goal was to find a single commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) case management solution that could be used by all federal agencies to modernize their case management systems, thereby making it easier to share information and collaborate on a common technology platform.

After the demonstration FBI officials expressed satisfaction and interest in CILC. DHS was so impressed, that on December 1, 2004, they requested and received a $100 million quote from IRP for two CILC modules. On February 3, 2005, one of those FBI attendees, supervisory special agent Melissa McRae, is documented saying CILC was "suitable" to support investigative operations in an FBI field office. Coincidentally (or maybe not), on the same day, Mueller told Congress the FBI was going to purchase a COTS case management software product and would have that product working within a year. Just six days later, on February 9, 2005, twenty-two FBI agents armed with guns and a search warrant conducted a SWAT-style raid on IRP Solutions offices and spent 13 hours imaging every single desktop, laptop and server computer in the building.

Why were they there and how was the FBI able to obtain a search warrant at a company where there was no criminal activity and where former FBI agents from the Denver field office were on staff for a year? Certainly, IRP executives wouldn't be involved in criminal activity with federal agents working for them. The government decided they would take down the small, minority-owned IRP using their unpaid debts to staffing companies. Since having corporate debt is not a crime, Denver officials lied about IRP being a bogus business whose African-American executives were not only incapable of developing world-class case management software but were pretending to have software to defraud staffing companies out of money. The government scheme started with an FBI agent lying on an affidavit to fraudulently obtained a search warrant to gain access to IRP computers.

The FBI search warrant affidavit shows that Colorado Springs FBI agent John W. Smith falsely claimed that IRP was a "purported" software development company and suggested CILC was sham law enforcement software being used by IRP executives to misrepresent their contractual relationships with large law enforcement agencies (DHS, NYPD) for the purpose of wooing staffing companies into entering into agreements to providing temporary labor to work on the fake CILC software.

Smith's suggestion is absurd not only given McRae's statement received six days before the raid, but also because Smith had received a January 18, 2005 letter (http://bit.ly/2hS2JNX) from retired ICE agent Gary Hillberry, who, speaking on behalf of himself and two other retired FBI agents who were working as independent contractors at IRP, said "We decided IRP Solutions had a viable product and appeared to be moving forward to acquire state and federal law enforcement contracts." Furthermore, Smith had knowledge that CILC had been nationally featured in 2003 and 2004 in Law Enforcement Technology magazine (http://bit.ly/2xspI9D) and Police magazine (http://bit.ly/2JwdCPm) and received high praise from many other law enforcement agencies around the country.

"The warrant cited the seizure of financial records, but the real intention seemed to be the imaging of the IRP computers that contained anything related to IRP's CILC software," said Dr. Alan Bean, Executive Director of Friends of Justice, who conducted a six-month investigation into the case. Two weeks after the raid, a business consulting firm contacted IRP executives seeking to purchase the company on behalf of an undisclosed third-party. When the execs persisted in knowing who the third party was, the consulting firm wouldn't divulge and finally backed off.

Former federal appeals judge H. Lee Sarokin, who reviewed the facts and evidence of the case, including trial records, told the Washington Post that the FBI's claims about IRP and CILC being a scam "defies reality" and that "all the proof in the case goes the other way." Furthermore, "attempting to scam law enforcement agencies as their sole customer, seems an unlikely target," noted Sarokin, especially when the men "left their jobs to create the software, hired former FBI and immigration agents as consultants and made no profit from the [alleged] scheme," added Sarokin. The IRP executives were "indicted and imprisoned for failing to pay corporate bills," said Sarokin.

Washington Post article - http://www.wapo.st/29jXqSC

By 2009, there was no indictment and IRP's COO David Banks was successful in winning two contracts from Philadelphia's Police Department (PPD) and Inspector General's office. "Establishing the viability of their product would immediately catch the attention of other jurisdictions and lead to additional orders, cash flow and the ability to discharge the company's debt," said Dr. Bean. Furthermore it "would have derailed the government's case," added Bean. Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Kirsch wasn't going to let that happen and scuttled the deal by making a phone call to Philly officials to tell them an indictment was coming. Director of Information Technology for PPD told the FBI "PPD was very close to having the (CILC) product installed prior to discovery of the IRP investigation." (See email communications between IRP and Philly officials at (http://bit.ly/2fOxbEJ)

What did Mueller know about CILC and was he aware of the Denver FBI office's rogue actions? Could he have been involved? It's certainly reasonable to conclude that Mueller was briefed on CILC by his chief information officer after four officials from his office expressed satisfaction with CILC's capabilities. The timing of McRae's statement, Mueller's promise to have COTS software within a year and the offer to buy IRP certainly indicates the conspiracy to takedown IRP may have been planned at a higher level even if Mueller was unaware. It appears the head of the Denver field office was in the dark about the IRP case when he sent a letter to a staffing company six months after the raid, stating the matter would "best be handled civilly." (See letter at http://bit.ly/2ibF7Qp)

Judge Sarokin sent a letter to President Obama asking him to grant clemency for the IRP executives, but Obama refused to give justice to these men. Obama can't claim he didn't know because Sarokin's letter was emailed to his senior aide Roy Austin. In the past weeks, A Just Cause sent a request for a pardon to President Trump at the White House for five IRP executives who remain imprisoned at a Florence, Colorado federal prison camp for six years and counting. (See http://bit.ly/2JImAZp). Four congressmen also sent a letter to the DOJ asking for an investigation into the government misconduct on November 1, 2017 but have not received a response. (See letter at http://bit.ly/2HuvgTc)

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Trump May Be the Only One Courageous Enough Stand Against Justice System Misconduct Resulting in Wrongful Conviction

Denver, CO -- (ReleaseWire) -- 04/30/2018 -- A Just Cause believes President Donald Trump may be the only U.S. president courageous enough to pardon five innocent Colorado software executives (4 black, one white) who were unconstitutionally convicted and imprisoned as a result of prosecutorial and judicial misconduct. President Obama denied clemency to these businessmen after receiving a letter from a former federal appeals judge asking him to grant clemency based on evidence that the businessmen were indicted and imprisoned for "failing to pay corporate debts" and had their constitutional rights violated by the trial judge and prosecutor. In November 2017, four concerned members of Congress sent a joint letter to the Justice Department seeking answers about the civil case being criminalized and "serious" allegations of misconduct and violations of the law by the prosecutor and trial judge. The DOJ has yet to respond, presumably because it's taboo to challenge misconduct by federal judges and prosecutors. According to prominent federal appeals judge Alex Kozinski, it takes a brave and courageous person in the Justice Department or courts to report misconduct or take action to hold them accountable. Another federal appeals judge says federal judges are stubborn and refuse to acknowledge their wrongdoing.

In his 2015 article titled "Criminal Law 2.0", Judge Kozinski described the FBI agent who reported prosecutorial misconduct in the wrongful conviction of U.S. Senator Stevens as "brave" and said the federal judge who had those DOJ prosecutors investigated and forced them to admit wrongdoing as "courageous." In 2014, 9th Circuit federal appeals judge Andrew Hurwitz said the following in criticism of the federal judiciary: "To err is human" but "to make a mistake and stubbornly refuse acknowledge it -- that's judicial." Kozinski also chided that even after the Stevens prosecutors got caught, they "argued strenuously that their ill-gotten conviction should stand because boys will be boys."

"These five innocent Colorado software executives were denied a fair trial and have languished in prison for nearly six years because establishment federal judges and prosecutors are too stubborn to admit wrongdoing and take responsibility for their actions," says Lamont Banks, Executive Director of A Just Cause. "It's shameful that reporting misconduct, protecting the constitutional rights of defendants and holding prosecutors and judges accountable for misconduct are so rare that a federal judge characterizes those who do as brave and courageous," adds Banks. "These IRP executives are patriots, had no criminal records and were developing software to help protect our nation from another 9/11 terrorist attack," says Banks. "A Just Cause hopes that President Trump as a businessman will not only see the horrible injustice of imprisoning business executives for failing to pay contractors, but has the courage to do what the Obama administration refused to do; confront prosecutorial and judicial misconduct head-on by granting clemency to five innocent men who were trying to help our country," adds Banks.

A Just Cause is asking President Trump to review the following in consideration of granting clemency:

The five software executives of the Colorado Springs-based IRP Solutions Corporation (David A. Banks, Demetrius K. Harper, Kendrick Barnes, David A. Zirpolo and Clinton A. Stewart) developed innovative criminal investigations software after 9/11 to help improve our nation's law enforcement information sharing and collaboration capabilities. IRP's CILC software (pronounced "silk"), which is an acronym for Case Investigative Life Cycle, was highly-touted by law enforcement at all levels.

CILC is "powerful enough to become your agency's primary computerized investigative case management tool," said Police Magazine in 2004. CILC "was the best software I'd ever seen," said a senior official responsible for evaluating and recommending case management software for the NYPD Detective Division. We "unite in praise to the IRP staff and their software product," said the Chief of Detectives for the Denver Police Department. IRP Solutions "developed an innovative and timely solution for law enforcement agencies," said the former Chief of Police for the Colorado Springs Police Department, who was previously an LAPD commander. CILC "looked exactly like what...PPD was looking to purchase," the Director of Information Technology for the Philadelphia Police Department told the FBI. CILC "had a lot of features that law enforcement and case agents can really use," said a senior Department of Homeland Security technology official. "We decided IRP Solutions had a viable product and appeared to be moving forward to acquire state and federal law enforcement contracts," said retired Immigration and Customs official Gary Hillberry in an affidavit to the FBI. Hillberry and two other FBI supervisory special agents worked as independent contractors at IRP providing subject matter expertise for CILC.

With full knowledge of IRP's substantial sales activities and law enforcement's serious interest in CILC, FBI agent John Smith, on February 7, 2005, fraudulently obtained a search warrant by swearing in an affidavit that IRP Solutions was a "purported" software development company and raided IRP Solutions on February 9th. As a matter of fact, the FBI was aware of the following IRP business activities that occurred six months prior to the raid:

1) On October 28, 2004 four senior FBI technology officials attended a joint DOJ/DHS presentation of CILC along with a dozen or more representatives from ICE, Secret Service, Border Patrol, U.S. Marshals and more.

2) On December 1, 2004, DHS requested and received a $100 million quote for two CILC modules to use for their 2005 budget exercise.

3) On January 18, 2005, Hillberry sent the affidavit to the lead FBI agent stating IRP had a "viable" product.

The local paper reported that IRP was suspected of stealing money from staffing companies. There was no theft. IRP signed staffing company contracts for temporary workers to support modifications being made to CILC on behalf of the Department of Homeland Security and NYPD. Staffing company credit departments conducted credit checks, approved credit limits for IRP, paid their employees for work done at IRP, billed IRP and didn't receive payment. IRP execs were optimistic about generating revenue with DHS or NYPD to pay its debts but many months of hard work to sell CILC was destroyed by Denver FBI agents poisoning DHS, NYPD and other law enforcement agencies from purchasing software from a company under criminal investigation.

"FBI agents and DOJ prosecutors never saw this as a civil matter, a case of well-intentioned businessmen incurring business debt," said Dr. Alan Bean, Executive Director of the Friends of Justice. "Instead, scores of federal officials concluded, in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, that a Colorado software development company had no prospects of success, no interest in success, and existed for the sole purpose of defrauding business partners," exclaimed Bean. "Until you realize that...the men at the heart of this story, the public face of the company, are African American, nothing else makes sense," said Bean.

A 2007 grand jury also saw IRP's business activities as a civil matter and refused to return an indictment based on a wild theory manufactured by the government that the IRP execs were laundering money through the church through kickbacks they were receiving from some church friends who worked at IRP through staffing companies. "But if I don't pay somebody for the work they've done, that's not a federal crime," one grand juror pointed out.

"No one questioned the staffing company's obligation to seek civil remedies, but so long as IRP executives were making good faith effort to secure a contract, where was the fraud?" asked Dr. Bean.

In 2009 the federal prosecutor pursued a dishonest prosecution by going to a second grand jury with a new "contract theory, alleging that staffing company representatives who personally interacted with IRP execs were duped into providing services to IRP based on false statements made by them about a having a "large current or impending contract" with the DHS or NYPD. But those same representatives, when testifying for the government at trial, said they were not duped because they didn't make the decision to do business with IRP, it was their credit departments who did so based on Dun & Bradstreet credit reports and other credit checks. Unlike the 2007 grand jury that included testimony from numerous witnesses who worked at the company including IRP Vice President David Zirpolo, only a single FBI agent was called to testify before the 2009 grand jury, thereby depriving the grand jury of other witnesses to guarantee an indictment.

According to Dr. Bean, AUSA Matt Kirsch dishonestly presented the IRP defendants as "slick opportunists who had learned to game the American dream", not as "real entrepreneurs developing a viable product in response to consumer demand." Kirsch told the jury that the IRP execs had a better chance winning the lottery than selling their software to DHS or NYPD. "The IRP6 case departs from the typical failed-scam scenario for the simplest of reasons: the government's case can't stand up to scrutiny," said Bean. "The fraud alleged in the indictment is a mirage," concluded Bean. A former federal appeal judge who is reviewed the case agrees.

Former federal appeals judge H. Lee Sarokin (Retired, 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals) immersed himself into the facts of the case after learning from A Just Cause about the suspicious disappearance or destruction of a critical portion of the trial transcript related to alleged judicial misconduct by the trial judge. After reviewing facts of the case and trial transcripts, Sarokin was not only convinced the IRP executives were innocent and were prosecuted for failing to pay corporate debt, but found the case was mishandled by both the government and the courts, which included violations of the defendants 5th Amendment rights and a violation of a federal discovery statute. Sarokin spoke to the Washington Post about this case in July 2016 (http://www.wapo.st/29jXqSC).

"I thought it was rare for corporate executives to be indicted and imprisoned for not paying their corporate bills," Sarokin told the Washington Post. "What amazed me about the case was theory of the government that this program they were developing was a scam," added Sarokin. "All the proof in the case goes the opposite way," said Sarokin. He also blogged about the 5th Amendment violation and the disappearance of the transcript on the Huffington Post (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/judge-h-lee-sarokin/the-case-of-the-missing-t_1_b_5340397.html).

In his letter to Obama, Judge Sarokin exposed the inconsistent theories of the prosecutor that rendered the prosecution of the IRP executives absurd. Here is an excerpt from Sarokin's letter:

"The prosecution argued to the jury what I consider two wholly inconsistent theories. First, that the petitioners lied about their prospects for business in order to get staffing companies to work on the program, and second, that the program was a scam. Any reasonable analysis of the two theories sided-by-side would and should have led to the evitable conclusion that there was no evidence of criminal intent on the part of the petitioners. All one must do is ask a series of questions that renders the inconsistent charges absurd.

Assuming the petitioners exaggerated or even lied about their business prospects (which they denied doing):

1. How would they make money, if the staffing companies hired and paid the workers directly?

2. Why would the petitioners continue to engage staffing companies to work on a program if it were a phony scam?

3. If it were a scam:

a. Why spend years working on it?

b. Why invest money with friends and family?

c. Why hire former FBI agents and law enforcement officers to work on the project?

d. Why focus as your only target--law enforcement, FBI, Homeland Security, Congress, etc.

e. Why hire two law firms to guide and assist you?

f. Why lease expensive space and invite local law enforcement to the opening?

g. Why personally guarantee the obligations to the staffing companies?

h. Why fly around the country and incur the expenses of demonstrating it?

There can be only one logical conclusion from all of this. The petitioners continued to engage staffing companies because they believed in their program; expected it to be successful and be able to pay their debts. Totally lacking--contrary to any credible evidence, is proof of criminal intent. Petitioners never denied owing the money, but insisted they always intended to pay. There is no evidence that they incurred the obligations not intending to pay or knowing that they could not. The bottom line is that they were indicted, convicted and received long sentences for not paying their corporate bills."

IRP COO David Banks also sent a letter (http://bit.ly/2wUlqTQ) to President Trump around February 2017 [prior to four members of Congress sending the letter to the DOJ], where he stated in part:

"The lead FBI agent in the case publicly admitted on two occasions during court proceedings that if we had PAID OUR DEBTS there would not have been a criminal case. So why are we in a debtor's prison? Why did officials ignore our innocence, ignore gross violations of our constitutional rights and ignore official misconduct? The answer is simple--to protect the image of the establishment at the expense of our freedom, our constitutional rights and pain to our families."

It is inarguable that the five IRP executives who are currently imprisoned at the federal prison camp in Florence, Colorado are innocent and were prosecuted by an over-zealous prosecutor for failing to pay corporate debt and it is undeniable that federal justice officials were unwilling and did not properly exercise their power or perform their duty under the law to vindicate the wrongly convicted men because they weren't brave or courageous enough to hold fellow judges and prosecutors accountable for their malfeasance.

Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy's said "clemency power can correct injustices that the ordinary criminal process seems unable or unwilling to consider" and based on that, we ask President Trump to do what the Obama administration was unwilling to do, grant a pardon to David A. Banks (Reg. no. 36319-013), Kendrick Barnes (Reg. no. 36324-013), David A. Zirpolo (Reg. no. 36323-013), Clinton A. Stewart (Reg. no. 36322-013) and Demetrius K. Harper (Reg. no. 36320-013).

For more information contact A Just Cause.

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Washington, DC -- (ReleaseWire) -- 04/27/2018 -- The Daniel Morgan Graduate School of National Security will host General Michael Hayden, former Director of CIA and NSA and retired US Air Force General, at their campus in Washington, D.C. on Monday, April 23rd at 11:30am for an event focused on key developments in 2017, a year of disruption. General Hayden, a retired four-star general and former Director of both the CIA and NSA, spent more than two decades as an intelligence officer. His unique experiences will serve as the foundation for a discussion on recent national security developments, and what they mean for the future of the country.

Daniel Morgan Graduate School students and faculty will be in attendance, as will members of the public. The media is invited to cover General Hayden's remarks. Additional details below.

WHAT: 2017: Year of Disruption, 2018: Year of Consequences
WHO: Remarks from Gen. Michael Hayden, Former Director of the CIA and NSA, USAF (Ret.)
WHEN: Monday, April 23, 2018 from 11:30am – 12:30pm
WHERE: Daniel Morgan Graduate School of National Security
1620 L Street NW, Suite 700, Washington, D.C. 20036

To RSVP or request additional information, please contact Bari Golin-Blaugrund at bblaugrund@mercuryllc.com or (202) 261-4000

About Daniel Morgan Graduate School of National Security
Established in 2014, the Daniel Morgan Graduate School of National Security is a Washington DC-based, non-profit graduate school established to accelerate the education, hands-on experience and research competencies of aspiring men and women committed to serving in the US national security community. With an experienced faculty and a crafted curriculum, DMGS seeks to become the leading institution to educate and train graduates to fulfill the future leadership required to meet the expectations of the national security community in the years to come.

FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY
BARI GOLIN-BLAUGRUND – bblaugrund@mercuryllc.com

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Liberia will be the first developing country with clean water, border to border, in every household by December of 2020.

Safety Harbor, FL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 04/19/2018 -- With the help of Sawyer filters, Liberia will be the first developing country with clean water, border to border, in every household by December of 2020. Sawyer filters will bring clean water to the last 20% of rural Liberia that everyone said was impossible to reach. The Last Well joined forces with other NGOs and Sawyer Products to accomplish this goal set in 2008, mapping out the country in it's entirety so access to clean water can be strategically implemented and tracked.

Using GIS Cloud (Geographic Information System) and mobile devices, teams of Liberias are traveling all across the country are gathering and tracking location, population, heath, and water resource data. This data is then uploaded to the cloud based system for evaluation. After the plan has been established and implemented, the effects of the clean water access can be analyzed through multiple follow ups to track diarrhea reduction, health improvement, work and school days recaptured, as well as purchased water savings and medical savings associated with waterborne sickness.

The survey was carefully designed and is being analyzed by an independent United States based university. As the results come in, the data is impressive. In the first 3,000 households analyzed, there were 2197 households that reported cases of diarrhea. After a 2 week follow up that number was down to 107, a reduction rate of 95.13%.

Sawyer's Hollow Fiber Membrane filters are the perfect solution for Liberia's clean water needs, especially in the rural hard to reach areas. The filter simply attaches to a 20-liter bucket which are plentiful in Liberia. There are currently 100,000 Sawyer filters in Liberia that are in process of distribution to the villages; The filters, buckets, and much of the distribution costs were paid for by Sawyer. The water filtration systems removes 99.99999% of bacteria and 99.9999% protozoa from any fresh water source, providing enough water for a family's daily drinking, cleaning and cooking.

More information on The Last Well and the other NGOs that Sawyer works with can be found on our website international.sawyer.com.

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Hundreds of Hurting Constituents Organizing to Build Large Statewide Grassroots Juggernaut to Unseat Senator Bennet

Denver, CO -- (ReleaseWire) -- 04/12/2018 -- Hundreds of Christian constituents from a local Colorado Springs church say they are fed-up with U.S. Senator Michael Bennet treating Christians and minorities like trash and are organizing together with advocacy organization A Just Cause to build a powerful grassroots juggernaut capable of unseating the Colorado Democrat.

According to parishioners of the Colorado Springs Fellowship Church (CSFC), Senator Bennet told them to get lost after receiving numerous complaints and irrefutable evidence from court documents showing how Denver federal Judge Christine M. Arguello and prosecutors from the Colorado U.S. Attorney's Office repeatedly committed various acts of malicious misconduct between 2003 and 2017, including viciously slandering them, CSFC and their Pastor Rose Banks as well as illegally seizing parishioner and church banking records in a criminal case (Dist. Colo. no. 09-CR-00266-CMA) that didn't involve them. Senator Bennet was provided with a comprehensive dossier (which can be seen online at http://bit.ly/2wBaCyJ detailing the misconduct which A Just Cause says he completely disregarded in favor of covering for Arguello and prosecutors.

"Senator Bennet, through his chief of staff, told me and hundreds of others from the Christian community, including many African-Americans and Hispanics, that we were not his constituents," says Cliff Stewart of A Just Cause. "He treated us like trash," adds Stewart. "Senator Bennet became squeamish and fearful after receiving the dossier with overwhelming evidence showing Judge Arguello's egregious abuses," says Cliff Stewart of A Just Cause. According to Lamont Banks, Executive Director of AJC, a staffer speaking on behalf of Senator Bennet said: "You are asking Senator Bennet to challenge a judge here, he is in support of the process."

"Senator Bennet's talk about process is pure chicanery," says Banks. "He has the backing of former federal appeals judge H. Lee Sarokin who publicly exposed Judge Arguello's misconduct in his Huffington Post blog (www.huffingtonpost.com/judge-h-lee-sarokin/the-case-of-the-missing-t_1_b_5340397.html) and what appears to indicate an orchestrated plan by Judge Arguello to destroy a critical portion of a trial transcript that implicated her in violating defendants 5th Amendment rights," adds Banks. "Transcripts just don't disappear in the technologically-driven 21st century and the excuses given on the record by Judge Arguello and by the clerk's office about the missing transcript prove there was collusion to conceal Judge Arguello's misconduct," says Banks.

"Does the Senator actually believe that a former federal appeals judge would lie about Judge Arguello and the prosecutors mishandling of the case?" asks Banks. "It is disgraceful and cruel that Senator Bennet would allow innocent men to continue languishing in prison and leave Colorado families and their children hurting to protect Judge Arguello and prosecutors after they abused them," adds Banks.

After Senator Bennet spit in the face of his constituents and Judge Sarokin, AJC took the dossier (http://bit.ly/2wBaCyJ) to members of Congress from other states. Four members from the House of Representatives, including a former judge from the Judiciary Committee and one from House Oversight and Government Reform committee, were so disturbed by the evidence in the dossier, they sent a letter (http://bit.ly/------) in November 2017 to the DOJ requesting answers to the "serious" allegations of misconduct in the dossier. The DOJ has yet to respond to their letter.

Prior to the DOJ letter being sent, Senator Bennet was contacted again to see if he would join his colleagues and sign on the letter to the DOJ, but once again he declined to help his own constituents. "It is shameful that Coloradans had no support and were forced to seek help outside of the state," says Stewart.

The dossier concerns the IRP6 case where six Colorado Springs technology executives of IRP Solutions Corporation were, as Judge Sarokin says, indicted, prosecuted and imprisoned for failing to pay corporate debt. The six men were faithful members of the Colorado Springs Fellowship Church. One of whom (COO David Banks) was Pastor Banks' son. When the Colorado U.S. Attorney could find no crime to charge the executives, it unsuccessfully attempted to gain an indictment with a 2007 grand jury by using the church and Pastor Banks as the central target of the investigation. When the government failed to gain an indictment with the first grand jury, it manufactured a new theory to gain an indictment and violated federal law and the Constitution to convict and imprison the IRP6. In another related proceeding in 2017, Judge Arguello took to the bench to slander the church, Pastor Banks and parishioner by saying CSFC was a cult who controlled the minds of the defendants and all church members.

"The 24-page dossier presents a compelling and truthful story about prosecutorial and judicial abuses perpetrated on Colorado families, a Colorado business and a Colorado church by Obama's Justice Department," says Banks. "All of which is corroborated by documentary evidence from the court, Judge Sarokin's writings, judicial complaints and more," says Banks. " Apparently, Senator Bennet is an elitist crony who cares more about protecting the reputations of corrupt friends in the government than defending his constituents against their abuses," adds Banks.

A Just Cause's goal is to ensure that every single Coloradan is aware of how Senator Bennet abandoned these Colorado families in favor of protecting corrupt friends. The wives, children, mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters as well as CSF church members will hit the roads throughout Colorado to talk to other families and will be relentless on social media. AJC will disseminate press releases to each and every TV, radio station and newspaper in Colorado and AJC Radio will be dedicating numerous broadcasts to discuss Senator Bennet's lack of humanity.

"If Senator Bennet thinks our movement to unseat him will fade away because he's not up for election until 2022, he'd better think again," says Banks. "That gives us plenty of time to build a strong, cohesive grass roots organization to defeat him," adds Banks. "The families and parishioners of CSFC will never forget that he treated them like the scum of the earth when they asked him for help against Judge Arguello's abuse," says Banks. "I ask all Coloradans who are reading this to pass it to a friend," says Banks. "A Just Cause would like to talk to other Coloradans who Senator Bennet has ignored," concludes Banks.

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New center has construction finalized and shipping transactions underway.

Celina, OH -- (ReleaseWire) -- 01/16/2018 -- Celina has finished the new 100,000 square foot Distribution Center on their 58 acre campus in Celina, Ohio. This consolidates all of their manufacturing, kitting, and shipping into one area and will allow for sweeping changes in the efficiency and easy with which business can be handled.

The Distribution Center has been designed and equipped with state-of-the-art stocking equipment for maximum efficiency. "Celina Tent's new distribution center will allow us to process and ship orders more efficiently than ever," said Randy Garman, Celina's Director of Finance. "It's been laid out to allow us increased speed in all aspects of our shipping and receiving functions. Separating our shipping and receiving areas – now located at opposite ends of the building – will provide our employees with more space and less clutter, letting them to be more efficient and accurate when packing and shipping orders. New equipment, selective pallet racking and cantilever racking have allowed us to utilize the full 43' tall height of our building, nearly tripling the storage capacity we had at our previous warehouse.

"The new offices in the distribution center will not only be home to the logistics department but will also house the accounting and purchasing departments, putting the individuals responsible for inventory management on location. These individuals will use new warehouse management software to handle inventory and keep track of all inbound and outbound shipments.

"We believe this investment in building, equipment and technology will not only allow us to expand our business into new product lines, but also puts our distribution capabilities ahead of anyone in our industry."

Due to the wide variety of product that passes through the distribution portion of the business, Celina is gearing much of the equipment and processes toward the handling of complicated or 'ugly' freight. This includes shipments that have been kitted with all required materials, but said materials are often very disparate in nature and difficult to contain in simple, easy to ship boxes. Our new machinery has been oriented with this style of distribution in mind.

Also located in the new Distribution Center is the new dedicated and secure IT/Server complex. With the proliferation of requests for online data availability, a secure storage area is required for all of Celina's graphics storage, video files, ecommerce information, and engineering materials used in the day-to-day operation of manufacturing, sales, marketing. This added protection to our electronic footprint allows Celina to give every customer protection for their personal information and privacy regarding their product details.

All aspects of the new center, from the energy-saving LED motion-sensor-controlled lighting to the modern dock locks and trailer restraint systems, will ensure an efficient and safe working environment to all warehouse personnel and surge manufacturing and kitting workers.

About Celina Tent, Inc.
Celina, a Division of Celina Tent, began as a rental company in the mid-1990's and has since grown into a world-wide vinyl fabric product manufacturer. With production facilities in the US and China, along with the UK Distribution Center, Celina works to create quality party tents, military housing for soldiers, and humanitarian aid shelters. Site preparation began in 2016 on Celina's main campus. Bruns Construction Enterprises, worked through 2017 to create the 100,000 square foot center. Racking equipment was provided by Crown Equipment.

Celina Tent, Inc. (W911QY-18-D-0033) shares an $8.276 billion contract for the Joint Enterprise Research, Development, Acquisition and Production and Procurement (JE-RDAP) program to support research and development of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosives (CBRNE) defense systems, capabilities, equipment, supplies and material. The Celina Distribution Center will provide Logistics Support for the JE-RDAP contract.

Find out more at: https://www.celinatent.com/je-rdap.

Tel: 866-438-8368
Email: Sales@CelinaTent.com
http://www.celinatent.com
http://www.celinaindustries.com

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Government-based healthcare coverage recipients helps ease the burden to come, publishes medifees.com

Eau Claire, WI -- (ReleaseWire) -- 12/08/2017 -- Proposed legislature could soon bring major changes for a number of Medicaid recipients. This development leaves an estimated 100 million Americans searching for solutions in the event the Senate's latest tax bill regarding healthcare passes. With this in mind, Hugo Gallegos has launched medifees.com, a new website geared toward the needs of those caught in the gap left by such reformation.

Said Gallegos, "If those suggested changes to the current healthcare market happen to pass, millions of Americans will be affected. They'll be paying for healthcare options previously covered by Medicare, Medicaid and various branches of the Obamacare sector. We offer a free platform for people to learn more about the costs of procedures and treatments based on a wide variety of factors. Our purpose is to help them compare procedure cost and other issues to lessen the burden left by the changes in legislature during the months to come."

While the previously mentioned bill being pushed through the Senate would eliminate tax penalties for those not currently covered by healthcare insurance, it could also have negative ramifications for Americans who rely on government-based coverage, particularly where Medicaid and Medicare recipients are concerned. In fact, analysts forecast a spending cut amounting to millions of dollars in Medicare and Medicaid. Previous cutbacks in this regard left millions lacking in coverage for a wide range of critical treatments.

Medifees.com allows users to perform a hospital price comparison and compare ratings for various healthcare facilities based on a number of elements. Those interested may look up medical providers according to gender, state, city, cost and volume among other factors. The website's GoMedi Score star rating is based on an algorithm designed to provide insight into a medical provider's score according to volume of specific procedures performed, patient reviews, out-of-pocket cost and other parameters.

Concluded Gallegos, "We're here to help empower people with information, so they can find the highest quality and most cost-effective solutions to their healthcare needs based on the factors most important to their individual situations. We act as a search engine for cost and quality comparisons on medical and dental procedures with the end goal of helping reduce medical expenses and stress for those affected by the 'tax' bill guaranteed to impact millions relying on government-based healthcare coverage if it passes. We hope our website will help bridge the gap sure to be left by all the changes set to take place during the months to come."

About Medifees.com (MediVerity Inc)
Serving as a search engine for cost and quality comparisons on medical and dental procedures and treatments throughout the healthcare industry, Medifees.com is dedicated to providing a one-of-a-kind platform for those left paying out-of-pocket expenses for much-needed medical care.

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