Irving, Texas – Irving Independent School District has selected a new transportation provider to deliver safe and reliable transportation to approximately 6,500 students for the 2018-2019 school year and beyond. First Student will manage and operate all student transportation services for the district as part of a five-year contract.

First Student has partnered with school districts for more than a century to deliver tailored student transportation solutions. The company’s hiring, training and ongoing development programs for drivers and monitors help deliver a ride that is twice as safe as the industry average.

“Student safety is our top priority,” said Irving ISD Superintendent of Schools of Schools Jose L. Parra, Ed.D. “We are confident First Student will deliver the high-quality transportation services we expect, while continuously looking at ways to make the experience even better for our students who ride the bus.”

Current Irving ISD drivers are being offered the opportunity to join First Student. The company is raising starting wages for drivers to $17.95 an hour and offering a $1,500 sign-on bonus. First Student plans to hire more than 180 employees, including drivers, bus monitors, mechanics and staff to support Irving ISD. The district will continue service with its current transportation provider through July, and First Student will assume operations August 1.

“We look forward to working closely with Irving ISD and appreciate the trust administrators have in us,” said Liz Sanchez, First Student senior vice president. “We are committed to using our insights, expertise and resources to provide the best start and finish to the school day for the students and families we serve.”

More than 25,000 students in Texas currently ride First Student buses to and from school. The company has five locations in the state.

About First Student, Inc.
As the leading school transportation solutions provider in North America, First Student strives to provide the best start and finish to every school day. First Student completes five million student journeys each day, moving more passengers than all U.S. airlines combined. With a team of highly-trained drivers and the industry’s strongest safety record, First Student delivers reliable, quality services including full-service transportation and management, special-needs transportation, route optimization and scheduling, maintenance, and charter services for 1,100 school district contracts. For more information, please visit firststudentinc.com.

About Irving ISD
Irving ISD is the public PreK-12 school district of choice for 35,000+ students in Irving, Texas, where educators help students excel and reach their maximum potential. Irving ISD operates 38 educational facilities comprised of more than 5.15 million square feet across 613 acres.

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Release ID: 260899

February 22, 2018 – Shop Insurance Canada says; according to a new study, Canadians believe distracted driving is getting worse, even though authorities has tightened laws, made punishments heavier, and engaged in public education programs. While most Canadians recognize distracted driving as a problem, most of them are still participating in the driving behavior.

Four out of five Canadians (83%) think texting while driving is a bigger issue than it was just three years ago. The data was presented by the Canadian Automobile Association (CAA), completing a poll of 2,003 Canadians.

“Despite anti-texting and driving laws in all provinces across the country and several years of public education campaigns, Canadians still don’t seem to be getting the message,” says Jeff Walker, chief strategy officer of CAA National.

Distracted driving has become so frequent, it is now tied as the Number 1 road safety concern alongside drunk driving. CAA has been following Canadians concerns for years and texting while driving entered the top 10 for the first time in 2011. Since then it has become an increasing concern for Canadians.

“Studies show drivers are as much as 23 times more likely to get into a collision when they text and drive,” says Walker. “It’s important we all put our devices down and stay focused on the road.”

According to Shop Insurance Canada, Insurance companies and authorities have been battling against distracted driving, and it is increasingly looking like it is a losing battle. Most jurisdictions have brought tougher penalties on drivers, but still distracted driving continues to grow.

Shop Insurance Canada is a subsidiary of RDA Insurance, a major Ontario based insurance provider with a stable of online outlets that includes Shop Insurance Canada family sites. The company has two goals, to give you the very best insurance policy possible and to help you save money when looking for coverage.

Shop Insurance Canada
1210 – 141 Adelaide St. W
Toronto, Ontario
M5H 3L5
Canada
(905) 266-0533

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Shop Insurance Canada
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https://www.shopinsurancecanada.ca/

Release ID: 260929

Odd-I-Sea: The Lightest of the Light, the Darkest of the Dark, a new book by Lynn Palmer, has been released by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc.

My Greek protector became “My Love.” I know what love is now. Love is “I choose him, he has my heart, and I have his heart.” The first time he said that to me was on Mannar. It was as if the planet stopped. My breath went in and came back out so slowly. Everything changed in that moment-I felt it. We did go through a period of adjustment where I had to yell at him a lot, but that was then, this is now, and I have never been happier on this Earth!

But I still ask myself one question: How can we be going into an enlightened transformational period when the Vatican is allowed to ritualistically murder our children, our future?

Odd-I-Sea: The Lightest of the Light, the Darkest of the Dark is the result of promises made to a man in a dream and to author Lynn Palmer. Light, warmth, and beauty are easy to share. Sharing and embracing the dark is not as comfortable. Only by being aware of the truth can we bring the light of change.

The point of this story is to stop the ritualistic murder of children who visit Gozo and their parents!

About the Author
Lynn Palmer has been a Reiki Master since 1998. Reiki energy comes through her. She likens it to being a faucet. The energy appropriate for the person comes through to them.

This book came through her in that manner. Palmer’s memory was crystal clear – as if this experience had written itself on her heart and soul. It is the lightest of the light and the darkest of the dark.

Odd-I-Sea: The Lightest of the Light, the Darkest of the Dark is a 70-page paperback with a retail price of $20.00. The ISBN is 978-1-4809-4048-2. It was published by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For more information, or to request a review copy, please go to our virtual pressroom at www.dorrancepressroom.com or our online bookstore www.bookstore.dorrancepublishing.com.

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Jessica Stillwell
Dorrance Publishing

http://www.dorrancepublishing.com

Release ID: 260928

Beware the Commerciality Doctrine and Other Nonprofit Law Poetry, a new book by Bruce R. Hopkins, has been released by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc.

Welcome to the world of nonprofit law, summarized here in a form loosely poetical. Beware the Commerciality Doctrine and Other Nonprofit Law Poetry sheds new light on the world of nonprofit law. Some of these offerings read more like inside jokes – how rude! – than one’s customary poem. Delightfully unique, entertaining, and enlightening, these poems and prose may not fully explain the ins-and-outs of law, but they certainly offer a closer look at the sentiment and realities of nonprofit law.

About the Author
Bruce R. Hopkins concentrates on the representation of tax-exempt organizations, practicing with the Bruce R. Hopkins Law Firm, LLC, Kansas City, Missouri. He is the Professor from Practice at the University of Kansas School of Law. He has authored or coauthored over 35 books on nonprofit law subjects, including The Law of Tax-Exempt Organizations, Eleventh Edition; The Tax Law of Charitable Giving, Fifth Edition; Tax Law of Charitable Giving, Fifth Edition; The Law of Fundraising, Fifth Edition; Starting and Managing a Nonprofit Organization: A Legal Guide; Ultra Vires: Why the IRS Lacks the Jurisdiction and Authority to Regulate Nonprofit Governance; Bruce R. Hopkins’ Nonprofit Law Dictionary; Nonprofit Governance: Law, Practices, and Trends; and Tax-Exempt Organizations and Constitutional Law: Nonprofit Law as Shaped by the U.S. Supreme Court. He writes a monthly newsletter, the Bruce R. Hopkins’ Nonprofit Counsel, now in its 35th year.

He is listed in the Best Lawyers in America, for Nonprofit Organizations/Charities Law, 2007-2017. He earned his JD and LLM degrees at the George Washington University, his SJD degree at the University of Kansas, and his BA degree at the University of Michigan. He is a member of the bars of the District of Columbia and the state of Missouri. See brucerhopkinslaw.com. He notes that, in the event it is not immediately apparent, the poem “Casket Distinction” was inspired by IRS private letter ruling 200033049.

Beware the Commerciality Doctrine and Other Nonprofit Law Poetry is a 72-page paperback with a retail price of $21.00. The ISBN is 978-1-4809-5042-9. It was published by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For more information, or to request a review copy, please go to our virtual pressroom at www.dorrancepressroom.com or our online bookstore www.bookstore.dorrancepublishing.com.

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Jessica Stillwell
Dorrance Publishing

http://www.dorrancepublishing.com

Release ID: 260926

Atlanta, February 21, 2018 – International Wireless Communications Expo (IWCE), the premier annual event for communications technology professionals, will showcase modern critical communications technologies in its Exhibit Hall Product Showcase. The event is scheduled to take place March 5-9, 2018 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. To register to attend, click here.

“From new devices to antennas to new uses for devices, technology is the lifeblood of our industry,” said Stephanie McCall, Show Director, IWCE. “Innovative technologies will be on display in the Product Showcase within our Exhibit Hall to help the government/military, public safety, utility, transportation and business enterprise professionals attending find the best solutions to do their jobs effectively.”

The latest exhibitor technology at IWCE 2018 includes:
TC Communications, Inc., 4-wire Analog Radio over IP Gateway (Booth #2173)
Dantherm Cooling Inc., Air Conditioner 4000 BTU (Booth #1373)
911 Circuits, Ch27.1M3 (Booth #2672)
Comba Telecom Inc., CriticalPoint TM 700/800MHz Public Safety Fiber DAS (Booth #1272)
PowerTrunk Inc., MBS (TETRA Lite Base Station) (Booth #2159)
TC Communications, Inc., Mini Channel Bank 4-wire Analog Radio over T1 (Booth #2173)
Talkpod Technology Co., LTD, N58-Ready for a Push-to-Talk Future (Booth #1658)
PCTEL, Inc., New Product to be Released (Booth #1951)
Nicepower Tech, Nicepower (Booth #941)
Newmar, PE Series UL Listed Enclosures (Booth #1434)
Samlex America, Inc., PSR Rack Mount Series Inverter with Transfer Relay (Booth #2135)
Safe-Comm Wireless, Public Safety DAS – Distributed Antenna System (Booth #779)
Discount Two-Way Radio, RDR4300 Series DMR Digital Two-Way Radio (Booth #3547)
Ritron, Inc., Ritron DMR Callbox (Booth #2551)
Ritron, Inc., Ritron NXDN Liberty Repeater (Booth #2551)
SureCall, SureCall Fusion 2Go 3.0 (Booth #1472)
STI-CO Industries, Inc., WavStreamer MIMO Antenna (Booth #559)

For additional information on IWCE and to register for the event, visit iwceexpo.com. Use promo code PRESS to save 20% off any IWCE conference package and FREE Exhibit Hall.

Stay connected with @iwceexpo on Twitter and Facebook and be sure to follow our LinkedIn company page.

Media interested in obtaining media credentials, email press@iwceexpo.com.

ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS EXPO (IWCE)
IWCE (International Wireless Communications Expo) is the premier annual event for critical communications, featuring an exhibit hall with over 400 exhibitors and a five-day comprehensive conference program. Over 7,000 individuals attend from a diverse group of industry professionals including product distribution, government, public safety, critical infrastructure, business enterprise and more. IWCE 2018 will be held March 5-9 in Orlando, FL. For more information, visit http://www.iwceexpo.com.

About Informa
IWCE is part of Informa, the international business intelligence, academic publishing, knowledge and events group. Informa serves commercial, professional and academic communities, helping them connect and learn, and creating and providing access to content and intelligence that helps people and businesses work smarter and make better decisions faster.

Informa has over 7,500 colleagues in more than 20 countries and a presence in all major geographies. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 100.

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IWCE
(770) 618-0121
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Release ID: 260893

The Heart Adventures with PuppyGirl: The Lake, a new book by Barbara A. Johns, has been released by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc.

PuppyGirl and her BigBestFriend like visiting their favorite lake. The lake is surrounded by colorful trees that sparkle on the clear water. As they walk on the path around the lake, it turns into a heart adventure where they meet JesusSaviorFriend. Together they learn about the beauty of Creation that comes from God’s own heart.

Heart Adventures with PuppyGirl: The Lake is the first book in a series written to promote a “together life” between children and their “BigBestFriend.” The author’s goal is to make sure children know that Jesus is with them all the time, every day, ready to share His love and grace.

About the Author
Barbara A. Johns is a retired registered nurse, having spent 33 years in the field. Her last 13 years were spent providing pain and symptom management to Hospice patients in northern California. Traveling from her home town in Pennsylvania to work there, she was inspired to write the books. In addition to writing, Johns is a public speaker, sharing her belief that knowing the love of Jesus can alleviate children’s fears that are faced in this ever challenging world. When she is not writing, Johns enjoys hiking, poetry and Ballroom dancing. She is currently working to attain her bachelor’s degree in Biblical Studies/Theology. Her constant companion, Abby (better known as PuppyGirl!) is always ready to impart her unconditional love to others they met along the way. Abby is a registered therapy dog who enjoys meeting children and people from all walks of life.

The Heart Adventures with PuppyGirl: The Lake is a 48-page hardcover with a retail price of $26.00. The ISBN is 978-1-4809-4999-7. It was published by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For more information, or to request a review copy, please go to our virtual pressroom at www.dorrancepressroom.com or our online bookstore www.bookstore.dorrancepublishing.com.

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Jessica Stillwell
Dorrance Publishing

http://www.dorrancepublishing.com

Release ID: 260896

Some Guidelines for the New Investor, a new book by Darrell D. Young, has been released by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc.

Money: it’s nice to have and not so nice if you don’t have any. This book is written with retirement in mind, that time in which there is no longer a regular paycheck coming in and we are reduced to living on Social Security and/or a pension, if we are lucky. Some reports state that nearly a quarter of all Americans have less than $10,000 saved for their golden years. That’s one out of every four of you who are going to have to scrimp because you did not save when you could have. Quite frankly, that is not going to do it, as there is no wiggle room for travel, or catastrophic illness, or if your rowboat with its expensive motor just sank in the middle of the lake, or whatever. Therefore, you need a financial cushion – and the bigger the better.

About the Author
Darrell D. Young retired early from his position as a professor of General Science and Science Education at SUNY in Buffalo, New York, to care for his wife, Judith. He has a BA from the University of Northern Iowa, an MA from the University of Northern Colorado, and a DEd from SUNY. In his youth, he served in the U.S. Army as a clerk typist before getting his education and becoming a teacher. He has traveled extensively in the UK. His interests range from finance and investing to botany and fishing.

Some Guidelines for the New Investor is a 56-page paperback with a retail price of $10.00. The ISBN is 978-1-4809-5056-6. It was published by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For more information, or to request a review copy, please go to our virtual pressroom at www.dorrancepressroom.com or our online bookstore www.bookstore.dorrancepublishing.comp.

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Jessica Stillwell
Dorrance Publishing

http://www.dorrancepublishing.com

Release ID: 260892

Louis B. Mendelsohn, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Market Technologies, LLC, the company behind the artificial intelligence trading software, VantagePoint, has been recognized as an honoree of the Marquis Who’s Who Albert Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award.

Mendelsohn is among the first to receive this award celebrating his professional accomplishments and longevity as a Marquis biographee since the early 1990s. As one of the highest distinctions available through Marquis Who’s Who, the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award is an honor reserved for outstanding thought leaders who have demonstrated leadership, excellence and longevity within their respective industries and professions. Mr. Mendelsohn has been endorsed by Marquis Who’s Who as a notable thought leader in trading software development for his extensive accomplishments and contributions to the financial industry.

With nearly 50 years of experience as an individual trader and investor in the financial markets and as a trading software developer, Mendelsohn has made his mark on how traders view the global markets and make their trading decisions with his software breakthroughs and pioneering work with Artificial Intelligence.

In 1983, the Carnegie Mellon graduate stunned the financial industry when he released ProfitTaker, the first commercially available strategy back-testing trading software for personal computers. This early effort was followed in 1991 when he released VantagePoint Software, which pioneered the application of artificial intelligence and fully-trained deep-learning neural networks to financial market analysis. Since founding Market Technologies, LLC in 1979, it has grown into a multi-million dollar, Inc. 500 trading software company with customers in more than 120 countries and has been recognized for many awards.

Because of his pioneering achievements and impact on the trading software industry, Mendelsohn’s biography was selected for inclusion in Marquis Who’s Who in the World, Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in Finance and Industry, and in a time capsule at the White House in Washington, D.C.

Learn more about Louis’ achievements and get a free live demo of VantagePoint software and its artificial intelligence market forecasting at https://www.vantagepointsoftware.com/

About Market Technologies
Headquartered in Wesley Chapel, Florida, Market Technologies, developer of VantagePoint Software, is a pioneer and leader in trading software research and development. VantagePoint forecasts Stocks, Futures, Forex, ETs and cryptocurrencies with proven forecasting accuracy of up to 86%. Using artificial intelligence, VantagePoint’s patented neural network processes predict changes in market trend direction up to three days in advance, enabling traders to get in and out of trades at optimal times with greater confidence.

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Market Technologies
8139730496
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Release ID: 260900

Waltham, MA (February 21, 2018) – Snowbound Software, the market leader in document viewing technology, today announced the addition of OCR (Optical Character Recognition) support to VirtualViewer®, the firm’s award-winning pure HTML5, web-based document viewer, as well as its conversion SDK.

The latest version of VirtualViewer® HTML5 allows users to perform text and pattern search on files such as PDF, TIFF, JPEG, and PNG, as well as text selection after the document has been OCR’d.

“We’ve had many requests from our market for the ability to OCR a variety of documents,” said Snowbound CEO Simon Wieczner. “We are confident this addition to VirtualViewer will help our customers better search, review and collaborate on their documents without ever having to leave the viewing interface.”

To OCR a document in VirtualViewer, all a user must do is search for text in a non-text document to get the OCR prompt. The original image will overlay the OCR’d textual data to maintain the greatest similarity to the original document, while the search text string is highlighted on the client’s display. The user also has the option to then individually extract, redact, or batch redact all matches, as well as apply redaction tags to the results.

Along with being available in Snowbound’s universal web viewer, VirtualViewer HTML5, it is also available in the firm’s powerful document conversion SDK, RasterMaster.

“We anticipate the greatest use of OCR will be in our VirtualViewer product because of the added ability to search any document, whether raster or textual,” said Wieczner. “Our customers are accustomed to sophisticated tools and this feature adds to the powerful workflow capabilities provided by our pure HTML5 document viewer.”

Snowbound currently deploys an OSS OCR engine for Windows systems. Additional OCR engines will be added as demand requires.

To see a quick video demo of the OCR support, click here.

Snowbound’s VirtualViewer HTML5 document viewer is a pure HTML document viewing solution enabling file retrieval through a universal web application. It does not require any client-side installation or plug-ins such as Flash, Adobe, or Office. VirtualViewer HTML5 works with any modern browser, provides on-the-go mobile document viewing, and delivers flexible cross-platform support. Snowbound offers a variety of out-of-the box connectors for several popular ECM applications, as well as a built-in-interface that offers a suite of APIs that allow you to seamlessly integrate the viewer with any repository, including homegrown applications. OEM and subscription options available.

Pricing and Availability
OCR support in VirtualViewer HTML5 and RasterMaster (.NET or Java versions) is available now. Visit http://html5.snowbound.com/ to demo. For more details, please call (617-607-2010) or visit Snowbound.com.

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Who is Snowbound Software?
For over two decades, Snowbound Software has been the independent leader in document viewing and conversion technology. It plays an integral role in enhancing and speeding company workflows for the Fortune 2000, including insurance claims processing, financial transactions, and more. Snowbound excels in providing customers with powerful solutions for capturing, viewing, processing, and archiving hundreds of different document and image types. Thanks to its pure HTML5 technology and multi-environment support, Snowbound’s products operate across all popular platforms and can be easily integrated into new or existing enterprise content management systems. Nine of the 10 largest banks in the United States (seven of 10 in the world), as well as some of the biggest healthcare providers, government agencies, and insurance companies rely on Snowbound for their mission-critical needs.

For more information, contact us at 617-607-2010 or info@snowbound.com, or visit www.snowbound.com

Twitter: http://twitter.com/snowbounds
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/companies/snowbound-software
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/snowboundsoftware.

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Snowbound Software

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Release ID: 260891

Learn Bass Fiddle, a new book by Bruce G. Dundas, has been released by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc.

With nearly fifty years experience playing the bass fiddle, Bruce G. Dundas sets down the basics for the novice fiddle player. From tuning to chording to “walking the bass,” Learn Bass Fiddle has everything you need to know to get started making music today!

About the Author:
Bruce G. Dundas grew up in a musical home. His father played violin, and a brother played fiddle in country bands through the 1930s.

Music and square dancing was a constant in their home during the Depression years. Dundas began piano lessons at age four and played trumpet in the school band from fifth through twelfth grade. He also played button-box accordion and piano accordion, playing in dance bands up to the present.

After leaving military service in 1955, Dundas took up bass fiddle, playing in country bands through the late ’50s, moving on to electric bass and playing rock music in the early ’60s, as well as playing acoustic bass, piano, sax and drums combos throughout the late ’60s. In the ’70s, he transitioned to bluegrass and still plays accordion and bass in various dance and show bands.

Learn Bass Fiddle is a 30-page paperback with a retail price of $9.00. The ISBN is 978-1-4809-4142-7. It was published by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For more information, or to request a review copy, please go to our virtual pressroom at www.dorrancepressroom.com or our online bookstore www.bookstore.dorrancepublishing.com.

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Jessica Stillwell
Dorrance Publishing

http://www.dorrancepublishing.com

Release ID: 260889