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Interview with painter Stefanie Leigh Kirby

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Stefanie began her creative journey in her late teens where she fell in love with the fluid and luscious nature of paint. She obtained a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree in 1997 from the prestigious Mount Allison University School of Fine Arts where she was awarded the title of best drawing in 1994. Stefanie also is a Nurse Practitioner and holds a Masters degree in advanced nursing practice. She manages a delicate and rewarding balance between both her artistic and health care careers in her hometown of Ottawa. Stefanie has exhibited her artwork across North American and has been included in private and corporate collections globally. We have conducted an interview with her. What is this 'movement' in painting that you appreciates the most, in the sense of an ebb and flow? “Capturing it” meaning a point in time is paused for the viewer. Now having said this, it is not always easy to capture or translate this well as ‘movement’ per se. I see myself as a visual storyt...

Leading Crypto-Exchange ERB Secures $1B Investment, Creating PDG Program to Investors

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Tallinn, Estonia, 28 February 2020 – ERB, an Estonia crypto-exchange platform relocating to Dubai, has announced that it has secured a $1 Billion investment from McKINLEY Investment, LLC. USA. With this investment, ERB will create a Project Default Guarantee (PDG) program that returns initial investments to investors when projects fail. Creating a low risk and high return investment environment, PDG is attracting U.I.B (User, Investor, Business) investment globally and expanding its reach in Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. About ERB's Project Default Guarantee (PDG) Program The PDG program guarantees initial investments when investment projects fail. The PDG program, developed jointly by the ERB Exchange and McKINLEY Investment LLC, USA, takes advantage of credit default swaps to lower the risk for project investors. There exist two ERB guarantees. The first, fixed price, in case of failure guarantees the ERB exchange in the amount regardless of number or quantity....

Interview with fine art artist Scott Gieske

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"I constantly feel like most humans try to control the uncontrollable. To counter this notion with my art, I began getting input directly from nature. I leverage the natural world to influence and create beautiful images. I do not control the formation, just like we do not really control life. I started sending sheets of paper into the heart of nature, leaving them to the wind, the streams, and the forests. I left them in the natural environment for extended periods of time, letting mother nature imprint upon them what she would. The interplay between color and texture, creates intriguing and indescribable ambiances. The aesthetic production of nature oriented in such a way, proved to be something fascinating, a finesse of refined compositions evoking feelings of harmony, motion and nature itself. For some of the collage pieces, the final step is to take the paper out of the natural environment and bring the image into Photoshop to create the final composition." Scott Gieske...

ROMAN CIGI - Countdown To Fight (RC Edit)

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DJ/Producer ROMAN CIGI has long ago stepped out of the box as a music maker and mixer. He can re-contextualize any music in a creative and novel way, and has a breadth and depth of knowledge, of different genres through which he can flow effectively. We have conducted a short interview with him about his new single ROMAN CIGI - Countdown To Fight (RC Edit). Why did you want to be a professional DJ? What were the other choices and what led you to music eventually? I would like to be a professional DJ/Producer - Because music means a lot to me. When I listen to music , I feel relaxed , music gives me energy and can't hurt me :D . This is something what I want to do in the future. It's still fresh, but the music makes me happy, and if people enjoy my songs or mix it makes me happy even more. What do you think (in part of your childhood/younger adult life that) cultivates creativity and allows imagination to create great music? If you want to create great mus...

Discovering New Possibilities with Glasscore Entertainment

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I’m fascinated by the evolution of entertainment whether it’s the relationship of music artists to platforms like Spotify, the direct communication of celebrities to the general public via social media, or the ability of technology to empower artists of numerous mediums to find an audience on the other side of the planet. It feels as if the opportunity to be artistic is higher than in any other era. There is most certainly a paradigm shift happening in terms of creativity. In regards to film, the unrivaled preeminence of Hollywood has given way to vibrant and exceptional film production around the world; this year’s Oscar award-winning film Parasite is simply the most obvious example. If you’re going to pay attention to film, the perspective demands that it be a global one. When I saw a large amount of dialogue about a new Chinese film which was trending high, I decided to investigate the movie Dragon Scale, or 火线行动 as it’s known in China. What I discovered surprised me and deepened m...

Cutting to Hone Greatness with Editor Vishnu Perumal

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There’s no question that the talent in front of the camera can attract audiences to a film. The female and male lead of the painful romance Love in the Rain have major accolades to boast of in their resume; Vibish Sivakumar for his role in the Oscar winning Best Film Life of Pi and Briana Evigan’s for the Step Up franchise films which earned her an MTV Movie Award. Respectively as Manish and Michelle, the chemistry and talent of these two actors lights up the screen but it’s the work of the professionals behind the camera who emphasize the performances these actors have delivered. This is particularly accurate in regards to Love in the Rain ’s editor Vishnu Perumal. Perumal was enlisted by writer/director Rajendra Thakurathi (winner of “Best of Festival” at the Berkeley Video & Film Festival for My Claire ) when the previous cut of the film was not achieving the tone and potential he’d envisioned. The editing of a film can be as daunting, arduous, taxing, and eventually creativ...

Jayhawk Advisors Shares Five Tips For Managing Your Small Business

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When you are running a small business, you must manage your finances with great care. The five tips listed below come from Jayhawk Advisors and their expert team. You must organize your business based on these tips, and you can greatly improve the performance of your business. You can deploy each of these tips at different times, and you can spend a few months creating a new business plan that helps you avoid issues in the future. 1. Your Business Needs A Budget When you start a small business, you must create a budget. You must add your employee costs, vendor costs, taxes, and benefits to the budget. You should add petty cash to the budget, and you must adjust your budget so that you have more income than expenses. Do not be afraid to trim items from your budget. Do not start new projects until you have enough money. Find investors who might buy into your business to improve the budget, and carefully reconcile your budget every month so that you are not losing money....

The Dock Construction Company That Everyone is Talking About

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Owning a dock is a fantastic feature, especially for people with access to the ocean. The amenity turns any property into an activity hub, that's an ideal setting for launching boats and great times. For people who want to enhance their property's resale value while enriching their lifestyle, nothing beats dock construction. Why Is Dock Construction a Big Deal? Docks are significant additions to the property that only bring great joy to the owner, but they also add value while improving quality of life. Few additions will ever match the curb appeals of docks, especially for houses located near the ocean. Not only that, houses with Decks & Docks are good sellers when they come on the market. In coastal areas, waterfront access is a premium feature that never goes out of style. Even more essential, a new dock in a sunny state holds its value while also being extremely useful! Few people who ever buy a property with a dock will complain about the feature. Buy...