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As-Is Home Buyer – Memphis provides cash offers in as few as seven days to Memphis homeowners facing foreclosure, tax delinquency, or costly repairs

MEMPHIS, TN, UNITED STATES, March 15, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — More than 10,000 properties in the City of Memphis have been tax-delinquent for five or more years, according to data from the Memphis Property Hub. Shelby County as a whole accounts for nearly one-third of all foreclosures in Tennessee, and homeowners who fall behind face penalties of 1.5 percent monthly interest — compounding to 18 percent annually — on unpaid balances.

“Most people we work with aren’t in this situation because of bad decisions,” said Nick Hedberg, founder of As-Is Home Buyer – Memphis. “A medical emergency, a death in the family — they need a clear path forward, not more uncertainty.”

For many Memphis homeowners, the traditional market doesn’t solve the problem fast enough. The median home price in the metro sits near $175,000, and the average property takes 50 to 70 days to sell through conventional channels. Homes needing substantial work often sit longer or require steep price reductions. Homeowners who need to sell a house quickly — especially one with delinquent taxes, code violations, or deferred maintenance — face limited options on the open market.

As-Is Home Buyer – Memphis purchases properties directly for cash, in any condition, with closings possible in as few as seven days. There are no agent commissions, no repair requirements, and no closing costs to the seller. The company works with homeowners throughout Memphis and surrounding communities including Germantown, Collierville, Bartlett, and Lakeland.

Hedberg noted that homeowners facing a potential tax sale should act before the Shelby County Chancery Court files suit, which typically occurs when property taxes are more than one full year delinquent. Once the court orders a sale through the county’s online Zeus Auction platform, the redemption process becomes significantly more costly and uncertain.

Memphis homeowners who want to explore a no-obligation cash offer can visit https://shelby.as-ishomebuyer.com/memphis or call (901) 763-6616.

Nick Hedberg
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How the visionary scholar bridges botanical history, Latin American literature, and visual arts to redefine our relationship with the natural world.

CHELSEA, MANHATTAN, NY, UNITED STATES, March 15, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — New York Art Life, the premier publication dedicated to the vibrant intersections of contemporary art, culture, and intellectual discourse, is deeply thrilled to announce the publication of an exclusive and highly comprehensive interview with Dr. Lucas Mertehikian. Currently serving as a Researcher and Research Scholar at the New York Botanical Garden, and formerly the visionary Director of its Humanities Institute, Dr. Mertehikian is an internationally recognized scholar whose transformative work masterfully bridges the disciplines of Latin American literature, landscape architecture, environmental history, and the visual arts. This expansive feature article, spanning over three thousand words, is the magnificent centerpiece of the magazine this week. It offers readers an unprecedented and profoundly enlightening look into the rapidly burgeoning interdisciplinary field of the plant humanities.

As global ecological challenges increasingly dominate contemporary cultural conversations, the necessity for brilliant scholars who can translate complex botanical histories into accessible artistic and literary frameworks has never been greater. Dr. Mertehikian stands at the absolute vanguard of this cultural movement. His impressive academic journey, which began with his studies in Latin American Literary Studies in Buenos Aires at the National University of Tres de Febrero and the University of Buenos Aires, ultimately culminated in a doctorate in Romance Languages and Literatures from Harvard University. This rigorous background provides him with a uniquely profound lens through which to view the natural world. In this exclusive interview, New York Art Life explores how his initial encounters with centuries-old botanical collections fundamentally shifted his academic focus. He eloquently reveals how historical herbaria and pressed plant specimens function not only as vital scientific records but as magnificent works of art and critical artifacts of global human exchange.

The extensive profile delves deeply into his multifaceted leadership roles and his exceptional ability to foster lasting collaborations between the hard sciences and the fine arts. During his tenure as Director of the Humanities Institute at the New York Botanical Garden from October 2023 through July 2025, Dr. Mertehikian worked tirelessly to position the esteemed institution as a dynamic cultural hub. The interview provides an illuminating discussion on his careful stewardship of the highly prestigious Larry Lederman Landscape Photography Fellowship, which he continues to coordinate today. Now in its third triumphant year under his ongoing guidance, the fellowship awards a massive twenty-thousand-dollar grant to exceptional photographers whose work explores the landscape as a complex social and cultural construct. With the application period having recently closed on February 15, the global art world eagerly anticipates the announcement of the 2026 fellow in mid-March. The interview highlights how he collaborates closely with a distinguished advisory committee, including luminaries such as Todd Forrest from the New York Botanical Garden, Jay A. Levenson from the Museum of Modern Art, and Bryan Whitney from the International Center of Photography, to nurture the creative visions of landscape photographers.

Furthermore, readers of New York Art Life will discover the profound impact of his collaborative artistic endeavors worldwide. A major focus of the magazine feature is his intellectual contribution to the acclaimed exhibition, Vanishing Trees, by the brilliant contemporary artist Debora Hirsch. Currently captivating international audiences at Palazzo Citterio in Milan, Italy, from January 15 through April 15 this year, the magnificent exhibition uses artificial intelligence and a range of sophisticated visual techniques to explore plant extinction and botanical resurrection. Dr. Mertehikian provided the foundational critical texts for this exhibition, perfectly grounding her breathtaking visual artistry within the historical weight of the plant humanities. The phenomenal success of the Milan exhibition, which has garnered immense praise from prestigious publications such as Rivista Arte Mondadori, ARTUU, and Il Giornale dell’Arte, underscores the vital importance of curators and scholars who can effectively contextualize ecological fragility.

The expansive interview also celebrates the release of his newly published academic book, The Boom of Natural History in Latin American Culture. Released just last month in January 2026 by the University of Florida Press and co-edited with Nicolas Campisi, the magnificent volume explores how contemporary Latin American literature and visual arts are increasingly turning toward natural history to navigate current ecological and political crises. Dr. Mertehikian passionately explains how artists and writers across the region are dismantling colonial hierarchies of knowledge by adopting the languages of science, taxonomy, and botanical exploration. This scholarly achievement is just one facet of his prolific output. New York Art Life gives readers an exclusive preview of his upcoming monographs, including Unpredictable Architectures: The Politics and Aesthetics of Gardening in Latin America, currently under contract with Brill, and Fake Originals: Collecting Latin America.

Another deeply compelling segment of the feature explores his involvement in monumentally important historical projects. The magazine highlights his crucial oversight during the execution of the African American Garden at the New York Botanical Garden between 2023 and 2024. Curated by the legendary food studies scholar Dr. Jessica B. Harris, this living exhibition brilliantly documented the history, resilience, and immense agricultural contributions of African Americans from the transatlantic slave trade to the present day. Dr. Mertehikian reflects on the profound educational power of physical botanical spaces to serve as living archives that honor and preserve marginalized histories, a topic he recently presented on alongside Rhonda Evans at the Council of Botanical and Horticultural Libraries Conference at Michigan State University.

In addition to his museum and archival work, the feature showcases his immense dedication to higher education pedagogy and the public humanities. As a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Master of Landscape Architecture program at Pratt Institute, he introduces a vital layer of cultural and historical consciousness into the design process of future landscape architects. The interview captures his brilliant pedagogical philosophy, in which he teaches his graduate students that planting a garden or designing a public plaza inherently involves navigating deep historical traumas and colonial legacies. The piece also delves into his fascinating literary research, specifically his upcoming essay on the anti-botany of the legendary Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges. Furthermore, he discusses his wildly popular articles for JSTOR Daily on everyday plants like Guarana and Yerba Mate, proving his exceptional talent for translating specialized academic research into highly engaging narratives for the general public.

The Editor-in-Chief of New York Art Life issued a formal statement regarding the publication of this landmark interview: “We are absolutely honored to feature Dr. Lucas Mertehikian in our publication this week. His extraordinary ability to seamlessly weave together Latin American literature, historical archives, landscape architecture, and visual arts is completely reshaping how we understand our relationship with the natural world. At a time when environmental consciousness is paramount, his rigorous work serves as a powerful reminder that the botanical world is deeply intertwined with our human history, cultural identity, and artistic expression. This interview is an absolute must-read for anyone passionate about contemporary art, the environmental humanities, and the preservation of our shared global ecological heritage.”

The exclusive interview also provides an exciting preview of his upcoming public initiatives, including the highly anticipated Plant Humanities Conversations series. Organized in collaboration with Dumbarton Oaks, where he previously served as a Postdoctoral Fellow and continues to contribute externally to the Plant Humanities Initiative by providing insights into the development of public programming and editorial content, the series brings together diverse experts to discuss biodiversity and human diversity. The conversation sheds light on his extensive volunteer experience, including teaching English as a Second Language to vulnerable populations at the Cambridge Public Library, and on his linguistic fluency in Spanish, English, Portuguese, French, and Latin. He articulates beautifully how his polyglot background informed his vision during his directorship, making the Humanities Institute a deeply inclusive and profoundly welcoming space for all communities in the immensely diverse Bronx.

New York Art Life formally invites scholars, artists, environmentalists, landscape architects, and culture enthusiasts to read this deeply inspiring and intellectually rigorous conversation. The full feature provides not only a comprehensive retrospective of his impressive career thus far but also a visionary roadmap for the future of interdisciplinary environmental studies. Dr. Mertehikian stands as a beacon for how cultural institutions can ethically and creatively engage with both the historical past and the pressing ecological demands of the twenty-first century. His work demonstrates that the botanical archive is not a static repository but a vibrant, living entity with immense power to inspire transformative art, progressive literature, and equitable landscape architecture.

The complete, exclusive interview with Dr. Lucas Mertehikian is available in this week’s issue of New York Art Life, in digital formats on the publication’s official website. Readers are strongly encouraged to engage with the profound insights offered by one of the most dynamic and forward-thinking scholars operating at the intersection of the humanities and the natural world today. Furthermore, the publication urges its global readership to acquire his newly released co-edited volume, The Boom of Natural History in Latin American Culture, and to experience the masterful, critically acclaimed exhibition Vanishing Trees by contemporary artist Debora Hirsch, which remains on view at Palazzo Citterio in Milan.

About New York Art Life: New York Art Life is a premier, globally recognized publication dedicated to showcasing the most innovative and culturally significant voices in contemporary art, design, literature, and the humanities. Based in the cultural capital of the world, the magazine provides rigorous critique, exclusive interviews, and comprehensive coverage of the exhibitions, scholars, and visionary artists who are actively shaping our modern cultural landscape. With an unwavering commitment to intellectual depth, aesthetic brilliance, and multidisciplinary discourse, New York Art Life remains an essential resource for collectors, academics, landscape architects, and art enthusiasts worldwide.

We’re living in a very exciting moment when art and science are interconnected in understanding nature. There’s a lot of room for experimentation in that area, and there’s nowhere as New York to see what comes next.

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Max A.Sciarra
New York Art Life Magazine
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A groundbreaking framework to quantify cyber resilience and transform how enterprises measure, insure, and certify Digital Trust

DALLAS, TX, UNITED STATES, March 15, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — DigitalXForce, global leader in AI-powered Automated GRC and Enterprise Security Risk Posture Management (ESRPM), today announced a new global initiative to collaborate with regulators, cyber insurance providers, and industry leaders to advance the Digital Trust Score as the next-generation benchmark for continuous cyber risk certification.

As cyber threats intensify and regulatory scrutiny grows worldwide, organizations are facing increasing pressure to demonstrate their cybersecurity posture in measurable, transparent ways. Traditional compliance assessments and security audits provide only point-in-time snapshots, leaving enterprises and insurers without a reliable measure of ongoing cyber resilience.

The Digital Trust Score, developed by DigitalXForce, introduces a quantifiable, real-time trust metric—similar to a credit score for cybersecurity—that enables organizations to continuously measure, benchmark, and communicate their cyber risk posture.
Establishing a Global Benchmark for Digital Trust.

Through this initiative, DigitalXForce will work with regulators and cyber insurance providers to establish a standardized framework for continuous cyber risk assessment and certification based on Digital Trust Scores.
The framework enables organizations to:
• Quantify cybersecurity posture through objective, data-driven scoring
• Continuously monitor security and compliance controls across environments
• Provide transparent risk signals for regulators, insurers, and partners
• Accelerate cyber insurance underwriting with verifiable risk metrics
• Strengthening trust across digital supply chains and third-party ecosystems

The Digital Trust Score evaluates multiple dimensions of enterprise security including risk posture, compliance status, threat intelligence, and control effectiveness, delivering a comprehensive view of digital resilience.

“The world has long relied on standardized credit scores to measure financial trust. It is time for cybersecurity to have the same level of transparency and objectivity. The Digital Trust Score represents a transformative step toward establishing a universal benchmark for cyber resilience—one that regulators, insurers, and enterprises can rely on with confidence.” Said Lalit Ahluwalia, Founder and CEO of DigitalXForce. He added “By collaborating with global regulators and cyber insurance providers, DigitalXForce is helping define the future of cyber risk certification—moving the industry from subjective assessments to continuous, verifiable digital trust.”

Introducing the Digital Trust Score™
The Digital Trust Score is a dynamic, continuously updated measure of enterprise trustworthiness—powered by real-time evidence, automation, and business-aligned risk intelligence.
Rather than scoring isolated controls or compliance checklists, the Digital Trust Score unifies all major cyber and risk postures into a single, defensible trust signal, including:
• Security Posture – real-time control effectiveness, exposure management, and threat alignment
• Compliance Posture – continuous validation against global standards and regulations
• Enterprise Risk Posture – quantified, business-aligned cyber risk insights
• Audit Posture – always-on audit readiness with traceable, defensible evidence
• Third-Party Risk Posture – continuous trust assessment across vendors, suppliers, and ecosystem partners
• AI Risk Posture – governance, control assurance, and risk oversight for AI-enabled systems
• Operational Resilience Posture – readiness across availability, recoverability, and disruption scenarios.

Powered by AI-Driven Risk Intelligence
Digital Trust Scores are generated through DigitalXForce’s AI-powered Enterprise Security Risk Posture Management platform and X-ROC™ (Risk Operations Center), which integrates telemetry from hundreds of security technologies to continuously validate controls and risk exposures.
By transforming complex cybersecurity signals into a clear, standardized score, organizations gain a common language for communicating cyber resilience to executives, regulators, insurers, and customers

Transforming Cyber Risk Certification
As organizations increasingly depend on digital infrastructure and third-party ecosystems, the need for trusted, real-time risk indicators has never been greater.
The Digital Trust Score initiative aims to enable:
• Continuous cyber risk certification
• standardized security posture benchmarks
• faster cyber insurance underwriting
• trusted third-party ecosystem validation
• improved transparency across digital supply chains
With adoption from Fortune 500 enterprises and global organizations, DigitalXForce is positioning Digital Trust Score as a foundational standard for the next era of digital trust and cyber resilience.

Powered by X-ROC™: Continuous Risk Monitoring at Machine Speed
At the core of the Digital Trust Score is X-ROC™ (Extended Risk & Operations Center)—DigitalXForce’s continuous risk intelligence engine.
X-ROC enables the Digital Trust Score to operate at machine speed, not audit speed, by:
• Continuously ingesting signals from security, IT, cloud, compliance, and operational systems
• Detecting control drift, posture degradation, and emerging risk in real time
• Correlating threat exposure, vulnerabilities, and control effectiveness across all postures
• Automatically recalibrating the Digital Trust Score as enterprise conditions change

This approach transforms cybersecurity from a static, compliance-driven exercise into a living trust system—where risk is continuously monitored, trust is continuously validated, and confidence is continuously earned.
Redefining Cybersecurity Outcomes
With the Digital Trust Score, DigitalXForce reframes how cybersecurity success is measured:
• From controls → confidence
• From point-in-time assessments → continuous assurance
• From technical metrics → Board-relevant trust outcomes

About DigitalXForce:

DigitalXForce is a next-generation, AI-native platform for Automated Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) & Enterprise Security & Risk Posture Management (ESRPM), that empowers enterprises to manage complexity with intelligence, agility, and confidence. Designed with a modular and composable architecture, DigitalXForce delivers an integrated suite of capabilities spanning automated GRC, Enterprise Security Risk Posture Management (ESRPM), Third-Party Risk Management, Cyber Resilience, and Regulatory Compliance.

At the core of DigitalXForce is its AI-powered engine, which leverages intelligent agents, machine learning models, and a dynamic control library to autonomously monitor controls, map evidence, assess risks, and generate real-time insights. Trusted by global enterprises across healthcare, finance, critical infrastructure, and technology sectors, DigitalXForce delivers measurable value by reducing manual effort, accelerating audit readiness, and improving organizational resilience in today’s fast-evolving threat and compliance landscape.
Learn more about DigitalXForce at https://digitalxforce.com

Lalit K Ahluwalia
DigitalXForce Corporation
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Florida’s Trusted Countertop Experts Share What Homeowners Are Choosing This Season

ORLANDO, FL, UNITED STATES, March 15, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Spring is one of the busiest times of year for home remodeling. In 2026, Florida homeowners are paying closer attention than ever to the small details that make a big difference. With kitchens considered the heart of the home, more people are asking questions about which stone to choose, but also about how it should be cut, shaped, and finished.

High Class Granite and Cabinets, a trusted expert in countertops, shares what homeowners should be looking for.

A countertop’s edge and finish shape how the kitchen feels as it’s used daily. A sharp mitered edge is part of modern elegance, while a rounded edge is safer for homes with young children. A matte or leathered finish hides fingerprints and daily wear better than glossy surfaces. These choices also affect long-term value. Kitchens with intentional, on-trend design details consistently stand out.

Taking a closer look at edges, mitered edges join two slabs at a 45-degree angle to create the look of a much thicker countertop. Waterfall edges are where the countertop material flows down the side of an island to the floor. Eased edges are a simple, lightly softened 90-degree edge. For families with children, rounded or bullnose edges are a practical choice.

“Homeowners are becoming much more detail-oriented in 2026,” says High Class Granite and Cabinets owner Dreyker Febres. “They’re not just choosing a countertop material, they’re choosing the exact edge and finish that reflects their style.”

What about the finish? Matte finishes absorb light instead of reflecting it. Leathered textures add subtle depth and visual interest. Soft-polish looks offer a refined finish.

Homeowners are doing their research, learning about and comparing options, and choosing with care, and High Class Granite and Cabinets recognizes the value of that.

About High Class Granite
High Class Granite is a Florida-based countertop fabricator and installer specializing in granite, marble, quartz, and quartzite surfaces for residential and commercial clients. The company is known for craftsmanship, attention to detail, and a personalized approach to every project.

To schedule a consultation, contact High Class Granite and Cabinets:
Phone: 407-545-1484
Email: dreyker@highclassgranite.com
Or visit the showroom:
9331 E Colonial Dr, Orlando, FL 32817, USA
Website: www.highclassgranite.com

Dreyker Febres
High Class Granite and Cabinets
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