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International Filmmaker Yingli Cheng

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One of the things America can be most proud of is the wide influence our film industry has had on the entire planet. Though Hollywood is still THE global film capitol; the UK, Bollywood, and China have developed huge film industries and communities that are rivalling that of the US. This is not a threatening fact but rather one which serves entertainment in general. Director and writer Yingli Chen is from Leshan (China); a city known for Pandas and a 200 foot Buddha statue. and now this acclaimed filmmaker. While in Shanghai she was a part of the original television production of the Masked Singer , currently airing on FOX in the US. In the past couple of years, she has received attention for her film work such as Can’t Without You and Lily . The combination of talent, a global resume, and a modern feminine perspective as a director has repeatedly placed Cheng in the spotlight. Her strong yet compassionate voice as a storyteller has been an essential element of indie films and featur...

Interview with attorney Kelly Hyman

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Noted attorney Kelly Hyman focuses on class action law and mass tort litigation. With a background in acting and solid fundamentals in the law, Hyman is a powerful force in the industry. Ms. Hyman was born in Florida. She grew up in Southern California and New York City. She took many acting jobs when she was a young woman, ranging from film to television to off-Broadway plays. She played Loretta on The Young and the Restless. Kelly Hyman attended the University of California at Los Angeles, where she majored in Communications. She was a White House intern during her undergraduate years. She also received a Master’s degree in the discipline from Barry University. After graduate school, Kelly Hyman continued on to law school. She attended the University of Florida College of Law, where she received a J.D. with honors in 2003. She clerked in several Federal courts, including a Bankruptcy Court, and a District Court. She will continue to be an important name in the ...

The Best Ways to Encourage Innovation in Your Business

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Only businesses that are innovative enough can survive in today’s competitive world. As seen in the global markets, the most successful businesses keep surprising people with new products design, ideas, and marketing strategies. Innovation can be driven by technology and creativity in the team. As an entrepreneur, you need to come up with ways to keep the team motivated at all times. All said and done, this article brings you the details of the best ways to encourage innovation in your company. Empower Employees to Make Decisions Employees are one of the best assets a company can have. Initially, they are supposed to make logical decisions that concern work at all times. Therefore, it is important to empower them, but through guidance so that the decisions they make can have a positive impact on the business. The most innovative employees are managers who are empowered. However, they also need to seek the opinion of their junior staff who need to feel like part of the team. ...

Professionally Provocative - Interview with Kyle S. Parsons

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Kyle S. Parsons has been getting a lot of attention recently after the Rich Kids of Instagram, Daily Mail UK, and Bild (Germany) featured him in various articles. He has been receiving mixed reviews from people either hating him for being more well off and other people thinking its cool and wanting to be like him. Two years ago we conducted an interview with him and now we asked him again about his new book Professionally Provocative . How has your social media channel evolved over the last few years? You know, when I first interviewed with you guys a couple of years ago, I was at the peak of developing my 'Rich Kid if Instagram' image. I was very strict with the types of photos I posted, I spent a lot of time working on my posts and thinking how people would react to them. But slowly over the past year, I started posting more creative - edgy - risqué photos on my Instagram page. So they still fit with my 'rich kid' image, but added some flavor to otherwi...

G. I. Tax Service - Interview with Glenn Sandler

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Founded in 2013 by Glenn Sandler, CPA , G. I. Tax Service is America’s premier provider of year-round tax preparation and financial services including tax planning and small business formation assistance. G.I. Tax also reaches out to military vets with turn-key franchise opportunities. G. I. Tax Service believes in corporate responsibility and is active in a variety of local charities that help military families. How does G.I. Tax Service stay ahead of the competition? That's an easy one. We work every single day at being better tomorrow than we are today. What has been the biggest accomplishment for G.I. Tax Service to date? We have figured out how the tax preparation business is supposed to work—how we can be number one in the market, how to take care of our customers, and how to present our message to America. As of January of 2019, franchising G.I. Tax is the biggest accomplishment. We will be visiting some of the largest shows across the country beginning w...

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ and Livi Zheng Honored For Awards

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“When I first started my career in film someone told me that I am everything wrong about a director, because I am Asian, I am a woman and I am young.” That was the opening salvo in Livi Zheng’s speech at the Unforgettable Gala. Zheng was honored with an award as an Asian pioneer in Hollywood along with the actor John Cho and the Director of Crazy Rich Asians, Jon M. Chu. Her speech was unforgettable; the crowd cheered for the young director at the conclusion of her speech. Already a household name in Indonesia, Zheng’s rise to fame in the United States is not a surprise to her many followers back home. She is the product of three countries: Indonesia, China and the United States. A simple search of her name will show you Zheng’s how popular she is amongst Indonesians and Chinese and the enthusiasm they express for this talented young filmmaker. Who is Livi Zheng? Zheng is an Chinese-Indonesian director who directed her first feature film at the young age of twenty-three....

The Sandman

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Pinpointing that line where adult and children’s entertainment overlap is difficult but when done successfully, it provides numerous benefits. Beyond appealing to both demographics and the obvious monetary dividends, it allows artists to push themselves and technology further. The essential ingredient is a great story. Director Natalia Hermedia may be known for psychological dramas like Transient Passengers and Gamerger (about feral children who communicate without language) but in The Sandman she has created a message with brings danger and whimsy. Using the dreamworld which everyone shares, The Sandman unifies everyone in the potential benevolent or malevolent impact of this alternate reality. An Official Selection in festivals around the world, The Sandman won Best Animated Short at the Hollywood International Moving Image Awards (2018) and was nominated in the “Best International Film” category at the Underground Cinema Short Film Awards in Ireland (2018). The film’s small cas...

The Feverish Journey of Tomas Gomez Bustillo’s Exotica

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It’s difficult for the United States to understand exactly what its identity is these days. While this is not a purely American dilemma, it seems to consume our daily lives in a way that few other locations feel and discuss so openly. It’s the type of concept which director/writer Tomas Gomez Bustillo is presenting in his upcoming film Exotica . Lauded for the film Jose starring Pepe Serna ( Scarface, American Me, Silverado ), the award-winning Flight , and others; Tomas presents his family’s own Latin American roots that are intertwined with the US in Exotica . Through the film’s main character Manuel, we witness the very timely tale of a man seeking to find the essence of who he truly is within a world where he may not belong. Manuel and his journey spotlights the propensity we all have to evolve into that which we abhor the most. Exotica blurs the lines between reality and dark fantasy by utilizing the toxic tantalization of fear. When a mysterious figure from the past sho...

Freelance travel writer Colby Lee Burke

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Colby Lee Burke is a sought-after freelance travel writer. Based in both Portland, Oregon and Charleston, South Carolina, he has a fresh and unique outlook on American travel. Burke also travels around the world, with recent trips taking him to Scotland, Italy, and Switzerland. Burke grew up in Portland and attended the University of Oregon in Eugene. He majored in English. While he was studying abroad in Florence, he began writing travel pieces for his college newspaper. A mentor encouraged him to begin a career as a travel writer. Burke worked as a copy editor for a major Northwest newspaper for several years before he was able to make travel writing his full-time job. When Burke explores a new city for the first time, he is careful to leave enough time in his itinerary to discover new things. He believes that every traveler should search off the beaten path for the best possible experience. He uses his language skills to communicate with the locals wherever he goes, and th...

Travel blogger Stephen Andrew Stepaniuk

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Stephen Andrew Stepaniuk is a passionate travel blogger and professional photographer based in Boston, MA. He mostly blogs and documents stories about entertainment, food and culture. The majority of people who frequent his blog are students and travel industry professionals. Stepaniuk is a go getter who has set his sights on enhancing his profile as an influential travel blogger and budding professional photographer. His efforts have seen several corporate sponsors and media syndicates come aboard. Stephen Andrew Stepaniuk was raised up in Connecticut and attended Northeastern University in the neighboring state of Massachusetts. He majored in English and holds a Degree in the same. He is adept at communication and creative writing. The interest in linguistics emboldened Stephen Stepaniuk to study French, Polish and German. He is currently learning Esperanto, an auxiliary language spoken by nearly 2 million people around the world. Stepaniuk has visited several countries in Euro...

Email, SMS & Push: How to Automate a Multi-Channel Experience Automation

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Any company that deals with customers, sooner or later confronted with the necessity of presenting their information to them. It could be anything: promotions, new services, moving to a new address (if the business is offline), changing tariffs or just birthday greetings. For all these tasks, you need to choose a method that will allow you to convey information as conveniently as possible for the company and for the recipients. Despite all the diversity of modern ways of communication, one of the most appropriate ways of informing customers was and remains - email, because everyone who uses the worldwide network has it, and therefore it is ideally suited for the above purpose. The choice of email-mailing service is very important task. You should start by deciding what exactly you want to receive: how often you want to make an online newsletter, how big your subscriber base is, whether you need fine-tuned letters with HTML elements, or you are ready to use the built-in templates of va...

Award winning artist Diamante Lavendar

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Diamante Lavendar is an award winning artist. She has three published books (all which have won awards) with another book that will be published in early 2019. She also has an art site where she uploads all of her work. Diamante has won numerous awards for her art, including winning in the American Art Awards last year and this year for her photography and digital art. We have conducted an interview with her. Comparing writing music, publishing books and creating art, which is your personal preference in art form and expression? I don't really have a preference as far as creativity is involved regarding the different things that I do. Generally, I will be in certain moods to either write, create art or music. Each form of creativity is a deep expression of who I am and what I've been through. Everything I create holds meaning for me in a personal way. Sometimes when words can't capture what I want to show I will go to art. At the times when words are bubb...