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MULLICA HILL, NJ, UNITED STATES, March 20, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Author Joseph Hyacinthe Jr. has announced the release of The Foundation for a Successful Life: Golden Truths for Personal and Family Growth, Volume 01, a new personal development book designed to help individuals navigate life’s challenges, strengthen relationships, and build a meaningful and balanced future. The book is the first installment in a planned series centered on practical life principles, personal responsibility, and faith-based growth.

In a time when many individuals report feeling overwhelmed, uncertain, or disconnected, the book addresses common life experiences such as feeling undervalued, facing repeated setbacks, or struggling to find direction. Through a structured collection of guiding principles, Hyacinthe aims to provide readers with tools to better understand their circumstances and take intentional steps toward improvement.

According to the author, a central theme of the book is the importance of personal choice and accountability. “What we do today can influence what happens tomorrow. Our choices shape the environment we live in, and the actions we take today will ultimately contribute to the world of tomorrow,” Hyacinthe writes. This perspective underscores the book’s emphasis on self-awareness, discipline, and long-term thinking.

Unlike highly technical or research-driven publications, The Foundation for a Successful Life presents its message in a clear and accessible format. The content is designed to resonate with a broad audience, including individuals seeking personal growth, families aiming to strengthen relationships, and readers interested in faith-based guidance. The book addresses real-life challenges such as navigating difficult relationships, overcoming negative patterns, and building confidence.

Addressing Everyday Challenges

The book explores the idea that many individuals experience internal and external struggles that can limit personal growth. These challenges may include feelings of being taken advantage of, confusion about life direction, or difficulty breaking recurring habits. Hyacinthe’s approach focuses on helping readers recognize these patterns and develop strategies to address them.

As part of its framework, the book introduces eleven key principles intended to guide readers toward greater clarity and stability. These principles are presented as foundational truths that influence decision-making, relationships, and long-term outcomes. The goal is to help readers better understand how their actions affect both their personal lives and those around them.

Through practical lessons and reflective guidance, readers are encouraged to:

• Recognize and respond to unhealthy or manipulative behaviors
• Build character through discipline and consistency
• Take responsibility for personal decisions
• Develop a mindset focused on growth and resilience
• Approach challenges with confidence and clarity

The book emphasizes gradual, consistent improvement rather than immediate transformation. By focusing on small, intentional changes, readers can begin to build habits that support long-term success.

A Focus on Faith and Personal Growth

A distinguishing aspect of the book is its integration of faith-based principles with personal development concepts. Hyacinthe incorporates spiritual perspectives alongside practical advice, offering readers an approach that addresses both internal beliefs and external behaviors. This combination is intended to support growth in multiple areas of life, including relationships, decision-making, and personal purpose.
The book is positioned as a resource for individuals who are open to reflection and change. Rather than targeting readers who feel they have already achieved stability, it focuses on those who recognize a need for improvement and are willing to take steps toward it.

Encouraging Reflection and Action

Throughout the book, readers are prompted to evaluate their current habits, relationships, and priorities. The content encourages individuals to consider how their daily actions align with their long-term goals and values. Key areas of focus include time management, personal discipline, and maintaining a clear sense of purpose.

Hyacinthe presents a perspective that acknowledges life’s challenges while emphasizing personal agency. The book suggests that while individuals may not control every circumstance, they can influence how they respond. This approach is summarized in one of the book’s core analogies, which describes life as containing both challenges and opportunities, with individuals having the ability to choose their responses.

Readers are encouraged to:

• Use time intentionally and avoid complacency
• Maintain focus on personal goals and values
• Avoid comparisons that may hinder progress
• Reduce negative influences and distractions

The book also explores how applying these principles can impact various aspects of life, including family relationships, communication, financial decision-making, and overall well-being.

Experience-Based Insights

Hyacinthe’s work is informed by more than 25 years of experience studying and applying principles related to business, leadership, relationships, and personal development. Drawing from both personal challenges and professional observations, the author presents insights intended to be practical and relatable.
According to Hyacinthe, many individuals face obstacles not due to a lack of ability, but because of limited awareness, direction, or discipline. The book seeks to address these gaps by offering guidance that can be applied in everyday situations.

Part of a Broader Series

The Foundation for a Successful Life serves as the first volume in a larger series that will continue to explore themes of personal growth, faith, and life development. Future volumes are expected to expand on the concepts introduced in this initial release, providing additional tools and perspectives for readers.

The book is 117 pages and is currently available in both ebook and print formats through major online retailers, including Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

Availability and Additional Information

For more information about The Foundation for a Successful Life: Golden Truths for Personal and Family Growth, Volume 01, or to learn more about upcoming releases, visit the official website at www.WisdomForHeaven.com. Readers can also follow updates on social media platforms, including Instagram and Facebook.

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Documentary Through My Board Profiles Burnside
Legend Paul Johnson

PORTLAND, OR, UNITED STATES, March 20, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — A new documentary set to screen at the Panorama Film Festival in Portland next month chronicles the 33-year skating journey of Paul Johnson, a Black, Deaf skater navigating life and community at Portland’s iconic Burnside Skatepark. Through My Board takes viewers into Paul’s world and the lives of the park’s OG skaters as they face aging, addiction, and the challenges within skate culture.

The film was directed and produced by Dan Eason, a skater from the Cincinnati Tri-State area who moved to Portland two decades after the first wave of his peers descended upon Burnside in the early 1990’s. From music videos and documentaries to community arts, Eason’s production work spans the U.S., bridging the gap between commercial media and narrative storytelling.

Over the course of his career, Eason has worked with a range of respected production companies, including 4th Row Films in New York City, World of Wonder, and Kamp Grizzly. His feature film credits include Eagle Eye (starring Shia LaBeouf and Billy Bob Thornton), The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (starring Robin Williams, Mila Kunis, and Peter Dinklage), I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore (starring Melanie Lynskey and Elijah Wood), The Night Always Comes (starring Vanessa Kirby, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Julia Fox) and in television, Dan contributed to several seasons of NBC’s hit series Grimm, as well as Netflix originals’ The OA and Everything Sucks!.

Through My Board was a cathartic experience for Eason. He bonded with Paul by the fire outside of the old Doug Fir Lounge when he first moved to Portland. “Skateboarding has always been grounding for me – to connect with my community, myself, and to be outside away from screens. Paul and the Burnside family are as authentic as you can get… his dedication to connecting through skateboarding, and the tenacity to communicate with hearing people, is inspiring.”

Paul started skateboarding around age 10, and what began as a simple pursuit quickly became a way of life that helped shape him into the man he is today. He was initially introduced to skateboarding after following his cousin to a skate shop, where they both bought skateboards. Due to being deaf, and with no interpreter at the time, Paul learned to skate by observing other skaters, and watching his friends and cousin skate at parks like Burnside.

“Skateboarding taught me persistence and patience, and made me eager to learn, practice more, and learn things like a kickflip by constantly trying and never stopping,” Paul said. “I learned slowly by watching others’ movements and studying like it was homework, which also helped me with my schoolwork.”

As Burnside grew, people from all over the world came to skate. The Burnside culture was notoriously gritty and territorial in the 1990’s, but it evolved into a more welcoming space that now supports skaters of varying abilities.

Paul found belonging and acceptance at Burnside: “They are my family and I think the film will show that. I think that hearing people will definitely like [Through My Board] and I hope it will show people how the director and interpreters worked together, demonstrating something never seen before about deaf culture.”

Eason says he believes audiences will feel more inclusive to deaf communities, Burnside and to Portland as a city that listens to communities and accepts subcultures. “I wanted to remind the world what community looks like when diversity, altruism, and unity occur naturally… and when it’s not just lip service.”

The world premiere for Through My Board will screen on April 16, 2026, at 5 PM at the Hollywood Theatre during the Panorama Film Festival in Portland, Oregon.

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A breakthrough deterministic physics kernel delivers molecular, materials, and reaction screening across three scientific domains from one unified engine.

OLBIA, SARDINIA, ITALY, March 20, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — FluxMateria today announced the public launch of FluxMateria.com and research-preview availability of its computational screening platform for scientific and industrial R&D teams.

FluxMateria is a fundamentally new approach to computational screening. It is neither built on density functional theory (DFT) nor on machine learning or AI. Instead, the platform is powered by a novel, deterministic physics kernel derived from a first-principles geometric framework with no training data. This single engine evaluates molecular properties, materials properties, reaction pathways, and spectroscopy, delivering the interpretability and reproducibility of physics-based methods at speeds previously achievable only by opaque AI models.

The public launch includes published benchmarks, no-signup interactive demos, guided walkthroughs, and pilot-access pathways for organizations to evaluate FluxMateria against their own workflows and datasets.

A New Category of Computational Tool

Computational chemistry and materials science have long faced a core tradeoff: physics-based methods like DFT are rigorous and interpretable but too slow for large-scale screening; AI/ML models are fast but lack explainability, struggle with out-of-distribution chemistry, and offer no way to know when they are guessing.

FluxMateria’s physics kernel breaks this tradeoff. Derived from first principles rather than fitted to data, it generalizes to novel chemistry immediately. Being fully deterministic, every result is traceable and reproducible. Operating at speeds up to 3.6 million times faster than conventional DFT, it makes exhaustive screening practical for the first time.

Headline Benchmarks

Life Sciences. Full ADMET panel (solubility, permeability, CYP inhibition, hERG, hepatotoxicity) at approximately 350 molecules per second (single-threaded, no GPU), validated across more than 175,000 compounds. Mechanism-of-action prediction 91% accurate across more than 10,000 targets. Binding affinity Pearson r = 0.77 on CASF-2016 (zero calibration).

Materials Science. Band-gap prediction MAE under 0.7 eV across more than 1,000 materials (metals, semiconductors, perovskites, TMDs). Bond-length prediction under 0.1% mean error across more than 450 bonds and 60+ elements.

Chemistry. 100% mechanism classification accuracy across 336 experimental cases; activation barrier MAE 7.4 kJ/mol. Solvation, synthesis planning (29 reaction types), and spectroscopy (IR, NMR, UV-Vis); all from the same kernel.

Every prediction includes a built-in confidence indicator (high, medium, or low) so teams know exactly where experimental follow-up is most valuable.

Full benchmark methodology and test conditions are published on the FluxMateria platform.

Platform Architecture

FluxMateria offers 11 computational modules through an API-first architecture (150+ endpoints). Enterprise features include role-based access, append-only audit logs with full provenance, organization-level data isolation, and usage-based billing.

“Scientific teams should not have to choose between speed, interpretability, and reproducibility,” said Roberto Campus, serial entrepreneur and founder of FluxMateria. “We built a new physics kernel. Not a faster DFT, not another AI black box. When the cost of asking a safety or screening question drops to near zero, the entire discovery pipeline changes: ADMET profiling moves to the beginning, materials screening becomes exhaustive instead of selective. That’s the real shift.”

FluxMateria is currently in research preview via live demos, pilot collaborations, and direct engagement with research teams. Initial focus areas include drug-discovery support, materials screening, reaction analysis, and enterprise platform evaluation.

Organizations can explore the public site, run no-signup demos, or request tailored pilot access at https://fluxmateria.com.

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FluxMateria
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About FluxMateria
FluxMateria is a computational discovery platform for life sciences, materials science, and chemistry. Built on a breakthrough physics kernel: not DFT, not AI. It evaluates molecular, materials, and reaction properties from a single deterministic engine with no training data, preserving full interpretability, traceability, and reproducibility with confidence indicators on every prediction.

Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding product capabilities, planned workflows, pilot programs, and platform development. Actual results, availability, and product features may differ as the platform evolves during the research-preview period.

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Strategic Combination Will Accelerate Product Development and Growth

SAN DIEGO, CA, UNITED STATES, March 20, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Environmental Lights, a leading innovator in LED lighting solutions, announces that it has acquired Nova Flex. Nova Flex, based in St. Cloud, Minnesota, is a leader in linear lighting to commercial, architectural, and high-end residential markets. Nova Flex provides customizable, flexible lighting solutions that make it easy for agents, specifiers, national account groups, and distributors to seamlessly meet their customers’ needs.

The acquisition brings together two linear lighting providers serving different markets, enabling Nova Flex to leverage the power of a larger, more diversified supply chain and tap into the combined product expertise to accelerate growth of its product catalog. Nova Flex will continue to operate independently, with David Kidd remaining as President, and all his key team members remaining in their existing roles. David remains an owner in Nova Flex through an investment in Environment Lights as part of the transaction.

Nova Flex becomes the newest brand in the Environmental Lights family, joining City Theatrical, as Environmental Lights continues to build its lighting brand portfolio with leaders in the industry. Environmental Lights and City Theatrical will continue to serve their markets and customers separately from Nova Flex.

“We are excited to welcome Nova Flex to our family as this brings two strong lighting companies with deep product experience together to help fuel each other’s growth,” said Brad Tedder, CEO of Environmental Lights. “Nova Flex’s differentiated, high-performance solutions and responsive, customer-first approach perfectly align with our strategy and vision.”
“Environmental Lights is an excellent strategic and cultural partner for Nova Flex,” said David Kidd, President of Nova Flex. “My goal has always been to build a great lighting company, and this partnership will deliver expanded product breadth for customers while deepening our organization and its technical capabilities, without changing the high levels of service and responsiveness provided to our agents, specifiers, national accounts, and distributors.”
The transaction closed in February 2026. To learn more about Environmental Lights and Nova Flex, please visit environmentallights.com and novaflexled.com.

About Environmental Lights
Environmental Lights was founded in 2006 in San Diego, California, and has been listed on the Inc. 5000 as one of the fastest-growing private companies in America on eight occasions. Environmental Lights transforms environments with LED lighting technology by engineering our customers’ visions into innovative solutions. We partner with our customers from project inception through planning, specification, and installation of their LED lighting systems to create solutions that meet their exact needs. Our work transforms environments across a range of industries, including retail display, entertainment, trade show/exhibit, gaming, and residential & commercial construction. Learn more at EnvironmentalLights.com or by speaking with a sales engineer at (888) 880-1880.

About Nova Flex
Nova Flex designs, assembles, and supplies high-performance LED lighting solutions for commercial and architectural environments. Since 2009, lighting specifiers, agents, and national account distributors have trusted Nova Flex for custom linear LED solutions that arrive inspection-ready — no surprises, no delays. What sets Nova Flex apart is simple: responsiveness, precision, and a genuine commitment to being easy to work with. Every order is built for its application, backed by technical expertise, and delivered with the consistency that demanding projects require. Learn more at novaflexled.com.

About City Theatrical
City Theatrical, an Environmental Lights Company, invents, manufactures, and customizes unique lighting accessories for the live entertainment, film and video, and architectural industries. City Theatrical is the winner of 40+ product and business awards, including the New Jersey Small Manufacturer of the Year. Founded in 1986, City Theatrical has offices in Carlstadt, New Jersey, and London, England. City Theatrical’s extensive product catalog includes wireless DMX, test tools, beam control accessories, and more. City Theatrical also performs custom manufacturing services and manufactures products on an OEM basis for other lighting manufacturers. Learn more at CityTheatrical.com

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Georgia’s Largest Public HBCU Joins National Cohort to Expand Campus Behavioral Health, Mental Health Services, and Student Crisis Response in Southwest Georgia

ALBANY, GA, UNITED STATES, March 20, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Albany State University (ASU), Georgia’s largest public Historically Black College and University (HBCU), has been selected to participate in the 2026 SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) HBCU Policy Academy. The selection followed a competitive national application and a thorough committee review. Albany State University will attend the in-person Policy Academy convening in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 27–28, 2026.

The SAMHSA HBCU Policy Academy is a federal program administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration that provides selected Historically Black Colleges and Universities with expert guidance, technical assistance, and peer learning to strengthen campus behavioral health systems, mental health services, and crisis response infrastructure. Albany State University’s selection reflects its demonstrated commitment to student wellness and its readiness to build a nationally recognized model for HBCU behavioral health.

Albany State University Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management Dr. Jarrod Benjamin will lead the seven-member institutional team representing ASU at the 2026 convening.

“Being selected for the SAMHSA HBCU Policy Academy is a testament to the outstanding work Albany State University is doing every day to support student wellness, safety, and success. This opportunity will accelerate our ability to build a data-driven, culturally responsive behavioral health system at Albany State — one that meets our students where they are and prepares them for where they are going. I am proud of this team and deeply grateful to everyone who helped make this possible.” – Dr. Jarrod Benjamin, Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, Albany State University

What Is the SAMHSA HBCU Policy Academy and Why Was Albany State University Selected?

The SAMHSA HBCU Policy Academy is a competitive federal initiative that selects a cohort of Historically Black Colleges and Universities to receive structured, expert-led technical assistance in building comprehensive campus behavioral health systems. Participating institutions develop evidence-based mental health policies, strengthen crisis prevention and response protocols, and establish sustainable frameworks for student wellness that are grounded in culturally responsive practice.

Albany State University was selected following a rigorous national application process that assessed institutional readiness, existing behavioral health infrastructure, and the strength of the University’s proposed direction. ASU’s selection is recognition that its student wellness programs, counseling services, and cross-functional approach to campus health have reached a level of development — and a standard of ambition — that positions the University as a leader in HBCU behavioral health nationally.

The application was prepared under the leadership of Dean of Student Development Dedra Williams and Director of Counseling and Student Accessibility Services Nicola “Simone” Bradley, whose expertise and commitment were essential to Albany State’s competitive submission.

How Albany State University’s Participation in the SAMHSA HBCU Policy Academy Will Benefit Students

Albany State University’s participation in the 2026 SAMHSA HBCU Policy Academy will produce concrete, lasting improvements to campus mental health resources, crisis response systems, and behavioral health infrastructure that directly benefit ASU students — particularly first-generation students, rural students, and underserved communities who depend most on expanded access to behavioral health support.

Through the Policy Academy, Albany State University will pursue the following outcomes:

• Develop a coordinated, campus-wide behavioral health strategic plan grounded in data and culturally responsive practices that reflect the lived experiences of ASU’s student population.

• Strengthen crisis prevention and response protocols — including after-hours emergency procedures, postvention planning following a campus crisis, and formalized collaboration between the ASU Counseling Center and the University Police Department.

• Expand mental health and substance-use screening using evidence-based clinical tools, including the PHQ-9 (Patient Health Questionnaire), GAD-7 (Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale), and SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment).

• Advance suicide prevention programming and trauma-informed care across campus, with a focus on reducing stigma and lowering barriers to help-seeking for all students.

• Formalize partnerships with local behavioral health providers and community crisis resources to ensure warm handoffs, improved continuity of care, and long-term collaboration between the University and the Albany, Georgia, behavioral health network.

• Expand student-centered wellness programming, peer engagement initiatives, and campus-wide educational campaigns around mental health awareness and substance-use prevention.

• Reinforce ASU’s Behavioral Health and Campus Wellness Task Force, ensuring that recommendations, progress, and measurable outcomes are communicated clearly to campus leadership, students, faculty, staff, and the broader Albany community.

This work directly advances Albany State University’s institutional mission to support total student success. Albany State University believes that academic excellence and personal well-being are inseparable, and that a student who is supported, safe, and mentally well is a student who is positioned to thrive.

Albany State University’s 2026 SAMHSA HBCU Policy Academy Team

The following Albany State University professionals will represent the University at the 2026 SAMHSA HBCU Policy Academy convening in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 27–28, 2026:

Dr. Jarrod Benjamin, Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management
Dedra Williams, Dean of Student Development
Orlandria Bennett-Reed, Interim Director of Student Health Services
Nicola “Simone” Bradley, Director of Counseling and Student Accessibility Services
Dr. Kimberly Burgess, Executive Director of Student Success
Tatotshia Grier, Assistant Chief of Police
Shayla Taylor, Director of Greek Life and Community Engagement

Special recognition is extended to Dean Dedra Williams and Director Nicola “Simone” Bradley for their leadership in preparing the competitive national application that secured Albany State’s selection.

Albany State University: An HBCU on the Rise in Student Success and Academic Excellence

Albany State University’s selection for the 2026 SAMHSA HBCU Policy Academy reflects a broader trajectory of institutional momentum, academic achievement, and national recognition. Albany State University is Georgia’s largest public HBCU, serving more than 6,800 students and generating $282 million in annual economic impact across Southwest Georgia.

Albany State University has recorded four consecutive years of enrollment growth, and achieved the highest retention improvement in the University System of Georgia. ASU placed first in a NASA University Design Challenge and has secured more than $10 million in competitive grant funding. The University supports more than 2,600 jobs across the region and serves as the intellectual and economic engine of Southwest Georgia.

The SAMHSA HBCU Policy Academy selection adds a significant dimension to that record, affirming that Albany State University’s commitment to student wellness is not only deep, but nationally recognized. Under President Dr. Robert Scott’s leadership, Albany State is building toward its full potential as a premier regional university where academic excellence and student well-being advance together.

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