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May 14

Mayor Jim Watson Speaks at Artifex

Posted on
Friday 22 June 2012

National Gallery of Canada, June 20, 2012

Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Bonsoir, Mesdames et Messieurs. It
is a pleasure for me to be here tonight. I would like to take this
opportunity to welcome you to the Professional Artists Gala and the
inaugural “Artifex” event in support of Ottawa’s artistic entrepreneurs.

J’aimerais saisir cette occasion pour accueillir tout le monde à
l’activité inaugurale « Artifex » en soutien aux artistes entrepreneurs.

I would also like to congratulate Exploriem.org, protoypeD.org, and
every artpreneur and entrepreneur as we celebrate the diversity of our
city’s artistic community and industry.

Like you, the City of Ottawa is passionate about the arts.

That’s why:

• The City’s 2012 Budget included $12 million capital investment for
the redevelopment of Arts Court, Ottawa’s centre for local arts
organizations, including the Ottawa Art Gallery.

• The City has invested in the creation of a Major Events Office, in
partnership with Ottawa Tourism, to attract major events to the nation’s
capital, which will help grow the city’s tourism sector.

o Examples of major events include the 2012 JUNO Awards, which the City successfully hosted earlier this year.

o The JUNOS had an estimated economic impact of $10 million on the National Capital Region.

Well, tonight our artists in attendance include designers, new media
creators, filmmakers, musicians, visual artists, writers and more.

Included within this talented group is well-known individual and
entrepreneur, Bruce Firestone. I am pleased to be able to recognize
Bruce this evening on the launch and release of his new book “Quantum
Entity | We Are All ONE” – Book One of his new trilogy.

I would also like to recognize Director Janak Alford for his short
film production, Quantum Entity, Generation Q, which is based on Bruce’s
book. I am a science fiction fan, so I can’t wait to watch the film and
read the book.

In addition to Janak Alford’s short film, his not-for-profit
organization, prototypeD.org, is launching a new Ottawa-based industry
here tonight – ‘film trailers’ – with all original material for new
books, products and services.

Lastly, I would like to thank Jawad Rathore and Vince Petrozza of
Fortress Real Capital who has made a huge commitment to our city by
working with Brad Lamb and Lamb Development Corporation on impressive
projects, including the Soba and Gotham condominium developments.

These projects not only add to the urban fabric of our city, but make it a more interesting place to live.

I understand that Jawad and Vince have something to present to Exploriem.org and their manager, Ms. Erika Godwin.

Jawad and Vince, if you would like to come join me here…

[Jawad Rathore and Vince Petrozza say a few words. Erika Godwin says a few words. Cheque is exchanged.]

Thank you, Jawad, Vince and Erika.

I would also like to remind everyone that Bruce and his family gave
one of the most extensive and impressive collections of Canadian Art to
the City of Ottawa, centred on the Group of Seven. With the $12 million
capital investment for the redevelopment of Arts Court and the Ottawa
Art Gallery I discussed above, the Firestone Collection will finally
have a deserving place to be exhibited in.

In closing, this is a wonderful night for a great cause. Thank you for inviting me.

Merci beaucoup,

Jim Watson, Mayor

Prof Bruce @ 2:00 pm

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Radio Plays

Posted on
Friday 22 June 2012

Some of the cast of the film Quantum Entity | We Are All
ONE, Generation Q came together at prototypeD.org to record two scenes
from Book 1 as radio plays.

In Scene 1, you’ll hear superstar performance artist Nell reporting
to business dynamo, the fabulous Ellen Brooks, that CEO, Damien Bell,
leader of their upstart, globe-spanning tech company, Quantum Computing
Corporation, has been kidnapped by persons unknown. Next Ellen, assisted
by Quantum Entities, Pet3r, Ash3r and Su7e, have to figure out what’s
going on and then decide what to do about it.

In Scene 2, we will listen to an exchange between Damien and his captor.

Book Synopsis

In mid 21st Century America, the young people who have created,
founded, grown and defended a world-spanning new tech company come face
to face with implacable enemies– entrenched political and business
interests who want to break up or destroy Quantum Computing Corporation.

More Background

The radio plays are based on the book of the same name by Bruce M Firestone and available at https://www.brucemfirestone.com/.

For more on why Prof Bruce wrote Quantum Entity, please see: https://www.eqjournal.org/?p=3426

You can find us on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/QuantumEntityTrilogy. You may also engage with the author via https://twitter.com/#!/ProfBruce and https://twitter.com/#!/Quantum_Entity

Images and animation by prototypeD.org available from: https://qrankcase.com/.

If you or your friends would like to get your FREE copy of the first
four chapters of Bruce M Firestone’s fabulous new trilogy, Quantum
Entity, We Are All ONE, please visit: https://www.exploriem.org/quantum-entity-subscribe. We’re sure you’ll be hooked!

Here’s a short review of Book 1: “Congratulations Prof Bruce, you’ve
got a winner here. After reading Part I, Discovery, I was totally
hooked. It’s better than ‘The Goal’ and more entertaining even than
‘Dune’!” David Perry, Partner, Perry-Martel International, co-author,
Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters 3.0.

If you would like to watch the film trailer for Book 1 made by
prototypeD.org, it is embedded below. Best watched full screen, high
volume and good connection speed.

@ProfBruce

Prof Bruce @ 5:35 am

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Blessing on Artpreneurs

Posted on
Thursday 21 June 2012

Blessing at Artifex given by Padre Chris Brydges, my brother from another mother

Gracious and loving God, I want to thank you for the gift of
fellowship, for the gift of music, and talent, for the arts, for the
blessings that these gifts give others in the joy they bring, the
reflection they cause, the hearts they stir.

Create in our hearts an ongoing and continuing passion that reminds
us that we are all one; one people, one creation. Give us the desire to
see more clearly, to hear the sounds of Creation that echo all around
us, to connect with others who hear and who need to be heard, to make
the world better through our action and commitment.

Make us stewards of not only the physical world, but the
insubstantial. Make us champions of love. Make us warriors for
justice. Make us the ones to stand up and say what is right, to help
put an end to inequity everywhere. As our world continues to see
political struggle and upheaval, embolden us to continue to press for
human rights, for dignity, for universal integrity, where no child
should go hungry, no society remain in chains of oppression and tyranny,
and no culture subjected to perversion for evil and selfish reasons.

Give us all insight, and help us to be better people. The Hopi word
for insight, or a vision quest is Hanblecheyapi. Grant us the peace to
accept what you would tell us, and grant us the strength to stand up,
and the courage to talk about revolution in a whisper, for we are the
Successors and we pass our own revolution, on to the next generation.

In Jesus’ name, AMEN.

Christian Brydges

Prof Bruce @ 5:59 pm

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Artifex Schedule and Script

Posted on
Thursday 21 June 2012

How to Plan and Execute an Event

Here is the schedule and script from the First Annual Artifex,
Professional Artist Gala held at the National Gallery of Canada on June
20, 2012.

This shows the level of detail you need to put into planning any event and, even then, things can and will go wrong.

This script and schedule took more than 45 hours to prepare and had
input from over ten industry people; two persons (Theresia Scholtes and
Bruce Firestone) did most of the writing.

The Script:

Complete agenda, schedule, script, music and videos for Artifex
Professional Artist Gala, June 20, 2012, held at the National Gallery of
Canada.

Rob Woodbridge, Master of Ceremonies.

Preparations begin:

8:00 am – 9:30 am Darryl + Freeman delivery and upload
9:30 am Volunteers arrive
9:45 am Move in
10:00 am Set up registration table with biz card bowl or box
10:15 am Set up Silent Auction table
10:30 am Set up QE Sign and Artifex Sign
11:00 am prototypeD.org/Janak Alford arrive to set up their Brevis Galleries and prep film
Noon All other Brevis Gallery Artists arrive to set up
Noon QEs arrive. QEs wear all WHITE. A professional makeup artist will do QE makeup at the Gallery so just come with clean face.
1:00 pm Musicians and singers arrive to rehearse
3:00 pm Test all videos (except film), slideshows, radio plays, recorded music

Preparations continue:

3:00 pm Rob Woodbridge arrives
3:05 pm First movie test
4:00 pm Test mikes and retest movie and all tech and sound systems
4:15 pm QEs arrive
4:30 pm Set up food
5:00 pm Rob is mic’d for the evening.
5:05 pm Sound check
5:55 pm Volunteers, Staff and Ushers Ready
5:55 pm Matthew Firestone 613.794.5560 c matthew.firestone@century21.ca
to take care of Jawad Rathore and Vince Petrozza from Fortress Real
Capital. Siavosh Noruziaan 613. 276.9009 c s.noruziaan@gmail.com to take
care of His Worship, Mayor of Ottawa Jim Watson. Adam Lambros
613.266.4134 c a.lambros@novatech-eng.com to take care of Scott Devries.
6:00 pm Doors open/QEs are there to silently greet guests

The Event:

6:00 pm – 6:30 pm Registration
6:30 pm Food and beverage service begins
7:15 pm Lights Flicker—Rob introduces himself briefly and asks people to move from Water Court to Theatre.
7:15:38 pm Music videos start (LOUD) in Theatre: *Meet me half way –
Black Eyed Peas* [whole song, 4:49 minutes] [Show video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7HahVwYpwo] [Music video is played
inside theatre to help draw people into theatre] Guns N Roses – Knocking
On Heaven’s Door https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcWTTs8QVRc [4:49
minutes]
7:20 pm Lights Flicker—Rob asks people again to move from Water Court to
Theatre. 2 VOLUNTEER USHERS ASK PEOPLE FROM BEHIND THE CROWD TO TAKE
THEIR SEATS AND QEs GIVE EVERYONE A PROGRAM AS THEY ENTER THE THEATRE
7:22 pm Lights Flicker—Rob asks people again to move from Water Court to
Theatre. 2 VOLUNTEER USHERS ASK PEOPLE TO TAKE THEIR SEATS AND QEs (2
AT ONE DOOR AND 1 AT THE OTHER THEATRE DOOR) GIVE EVERYONE A PROGRAM AS
THEY ENTER THE THEATRE
7:25 pm – 7:34 pm Rob introduces himself again: Hi everyone and welcome
to the First Annual Artifex Professional Artists Gala presented by
Fortress Real Capital. Tonight is a celebration of artpreneurs—people
who add so much to our lives. Did you know that the average Canadian
artist makes just $22,000 per year? Artifex is a showcase for music,
visual art, film, technology, writers, designers, actors and much more.
It’s our own South By Southwest but packaged into a few hours instead of
eight days!

Artifex is organized by the people at Exploriem.org—which is an
Ottawa-based not-for-profit organization dedicated to mentoring and
assisting entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs and artpreneurs.

Why artpreneurs? Well firstly they don’t get enough recognition and secondly they add so much to our community.

Each year Artifex will have, in addition to its brevis gallery artists, two featured artists. This year’s featured artists are:

– Filmmaker, Janak Alford. Please stand up, Janak. Janak is an
architect, a hacker, an artist, a filmmaker, a father and a former
student of Professor Bruce M Firestone. He has his Masters in
Architecture. The Committee at his thesis defence gave him the highest
mark possible and noted that his was perhaps the best work seen at that
level in the history of Carleton’s School of Architecture. His film
tonight launches his not-for-profit Ottawa-based studio, prototypeD.org
in a new direction—creating original, live action, green screen short
films with digital effects that take on the role of a film trailer but
not to promote films. Instead they are used to help launch new books,
products and services.
– Next we have Novelist, Bruce M Firestone. Bruce please stand up. Prof
Bruce went to McGill at 15 which meant that he graduated as a Civil
Engineer before he was legally an adult here in Canada. So he had to
move to Sydney, Australia where they had already lowered the age of
majority to 18 so he could get a job. There Prof Bruce worked for the
New South Wales government doing operations research while adding to his
education first at the University of New South Wales (where he got a
Masters of Engineering-Science) and then at the Australian National
University in Canberra, where he received his PhD in Urban Economics.
Seven years later Canada got him back. Since returning he’s been a
practicing engineer, a real estate developer, a hockey executive (he is
the Founder of our NHL team, the Ottawa Senators and Scotiabank Place),
University Prof, a consultant, art collector and benefactor, real estate
and mortgage broker, columnist with Ottawa Business Journal which he
founded in the 1980s (when it was called Ottawa Business News), blogger
and futurist as well as Executive Director of not-for-profit
Exploriem.org dedicated to assisting entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs and
artpreneurs everywhere. Now he is a novelist too with the launch tonight
of Book 1 of his new trilogy—Quantum Entity. He is also married and has
five kids and one handsome 4-month old grandson as well.

It’ll be a great show I’m sure! This evening we are using hashtags
#QE and #Artifex. Feel free to tweet all you like and smartphones are
welcome here! The only thing we ask is that you put them on mute or
vibrate but feel free to take photos or make videos or tweet as we go
along tonight.

We have special guests with us tonight and as I mention your name, can you please rise and wave to everyone?

– First, I would like to welcome his Worship, Mayor of Ottawa, Jim
Watson. Jim please stand up! Jim really needs no introduction since he
has probably been to everyone’s home at least once to have tea with you
and your family. Suffice it to say that Jim barely squeaked into office
in his last election with a margin of just 64,853 votes.
– Next a special thanks to our presenting sponsor Jawad Rathore and
Vince Petrozza, Founding Partners of Fortress Real Capital. Fortress is
an RSP eligible syndicate mortgage product that allows a consumer to
invest directly into the proven market of Canadian real estate by
becoming a mortgage lender. In English, that means you get a higher rate
of return on your investments but they’re in solid mortgages and not in
petro-gold penny stocks on the Vancouver Stock Exchange. Without the
incredibly generous assistance of Fortress and our other sponsors, we
would not be here in this fabulous place, the National Gallery of
Canada, celebrating Artpreneurs at the First Annual Artifex Professional
Artist Gala. Jawad and Vince please stand up.
– I would also like to recognize our Silent Auction sponsor, Scott
Devries, Founder of Devries Wealth Management. Devries is an independent
financial services and wealth management firm founded in 1997. They
provide advanced wealth, retirement and estate planning solutions for
higher net worth clients and owner/manager businesses and professionals.
In English, they show you how to invest your money and not lose it.
– I would also like to recognize that we have with us tonight world-famous, explosive jazz vocalist Diane White. Welcome, Diane.
– Now I would like to welcome all our brevis gallery artists. Please stand as I call out your name:
– Hilde Lambrechts, who does drawings and sculpture plus Hilde is the
founder of Figureworks.org, a non-profit organization promoting visual
art of the human form.
– Sandra Hawkins is a dynamic contemporary visual and media artist
– Robin Andrew runs unposed photography
– Jean Smith is a visual artist extraordinaire—focused on abstract expressionism
– Sue Perley-Robertson is an international award winning abstract artist
– Chris Manning is a master jeweller at Silver Hand Studios
– Victoria Van Eyk is the tough, hard-driving boss at MAFIA Jewellery, an international jewellery company
– Sue Shuker is a mixed media artist and an inaugural member of Ottawa Mixed Media Artists Association
– Pamela Ravek produces exquisite glass art
– The charming, ever-smiling Carlo Lombard runs shotgun video. He uses a
shotgun to entice people into his car where they ride shotgun and
record a video while driving around. Only half of that statement is true
– Ryan Conrad is an emerging filmmaker who runs smiling pig productions
– Claudia Salguero is a visual artist who uses a combination between photography, digital art and traditional art
– Bruce Spurr represents a meeting place called AtTheSpace where they transform meetings into meaningful encounters
– Jana Fox is acrylic artist who loves to paint movement
– Joanne Savoie, a voyage from graphic art to full-time painter
– Music is an incredibly important part of our lives, all of our lives.
It focuses the mind, relaxes us, inspires us and marks our lives—falling
in love for the first time, the birth of a child, a victory on the
sports field or in any other field of endeavour, a sense of loss, a
feeling of euphoria. Tonight, we are fortunate to have with us wonderful
musicians and singers—Carl Bray, Andres del Castillo, Melanie Cloutier
and Chris Brydges. Carl is one of Canada’s leading young composers.
Andres played with world-famous band Eight Seconds and is Senior
Producer at r+d creative which he founded in 2004. He wrote the original
hit tune for the Ottawa Senators in 1992 which is still heard today.
They are joined by mega talented singer Melanie Cloutier and Red Pine
Camp’s own balladeer, Chris Brydges who wrote original music and lyrics
for the movie we are all anxious to see tonight, Quantum Entity, We Are
All ONE based on the book of the same name written by Prof Bruce.
– Music plays an important role in Book 1 of Quantum Entity—Miss Nell
from Palos Verdes, California is a performance artist in their mid-21st
Century world. But you won’t have to wait until 2050 to hear her work,
you’ll be hearing it tonight! Please join me in welcoming Carl, Andy,
Melanie and Chris!
7:34 pm-8:09 pm [Songs and Music of Quantum Entity performed live by
Carl, Andy, Chris and Mel. Videos play in the background sans audio.
Talk of Hands video MUST be cued when Carl plays solo. Other videos can
follow in any order.]

Carl Bray Solo:

Talks of Hands
[‘Talk of Hands’ video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tx3MmGN-eI) plays in the background when Carl performs his solo]

Andres Del Castillo and Melanie Cloutier (with piano accompaniment by Carl):

Amazing Grace
People Get Ready
Ring of Fire
Hallelujah
[Play other slideshows in background for balance of performance:
‘Damien’s Theme’ video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qouhJmYz6QI)
QE Birth: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrdvpW9pUAg
Play Sponsor Slideshow plays as well]

8:09pm-8:10pm – Wow, thank you for those wonderful, inspirational moments. Could I ask Chris Brydges to the front of the stage?

Chris, I understand that you are Chief Balladeer at Red Pine Camp. What’s Red Pine Camp and what’s a Chief Balladeer?
[Chris answers]
I also understand that you are a Minister and you are going to say a blessing for us tonight?
[Pause for music]
*People get ready – Curtis Mayfield* [40 seconds] [No video]
8:10pm-8:11pm – Chris Brydges says Blessing
8:11pm-8:12pm – Musicians and singers and Chris Brydges exit
*I’ll Kiss You When its Dangerous – Eight Seconds* [50 seconds] [Show
video in background: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO3bPUCgCAk]
8:12pm – Mayor Jim Watson can you please join us on stage?
8:12pm-8:14pm – [Mayor says a few words]
Mayor Watson, please stay with us for a few more minutes.
8:14pm – Can Presenting Sponsor Jawad Rathore and Vince Petrozza from
Fortress Real Capital and our Silent Auction Sponsor Scott Devries
please join us on stage along with the two people who also really made
this whole event possible Ms. Erika Godwin, Manager, and Ms. Theresia
Scholtes, Assistant Manager of Exploriem.org, a not-for-profit
entrepreneur, intrapreneur and artpreneur network. Can everyone join me
in thanking Jawad, Vince, Scott, Erika and Theresia?
8:14pm-8:19pm – I understand Mr. Rathore and Mr. Petrozza you have something for Erika and Exploriem.org.
[Jawad and Vince to say a few words and hands Erika a big cheque]
Now we have a special video for Erika! So Erika I want you to listen to this then I have a few questions for you!
[Rob looks at the audience]
[Elmira College: Song of Simeon Benjamin, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLiELSsz8wU] [Play entire video with audio: 50 seconds]
So Erika I understand that Elmira was the first college on the planet to
offer women degrees equivalent to men (that was in 1855!) And you went
there, right? But not in 1855!
[Erika answers]
What was the College like?
[Erika answers]
Now I understand that Ellen Brooks, one of the heroes in Quantum Entity,
We Are All ONE, went to Elmira. Now can you explain how Elmira got into
Prof Bruce’s new trilogy?
[Erika answers]
Now tell me, Erika, was the founder of Elmira, Simeon Benjamin, right
when he said: that ‘perfection would be designed if women and books
combined?’
[Erika answers]
If people want to get more involved with Exploriem.org or with Quantum Entity, how do they do that?
If people have any questions, where can they go for answers?
[Erika answers: they can find us on Twitter, @ProfBruce and @Exploriem
as well as @Quantum_Entity. And people can engage with us via Facebook
by going to: https://www.facebook.com/Exploriem and
https://www.facebook.com/QuantumEntityTrilogy
Oh by the way, everyone can send the first four chapters of Quantum
Entity to their friends for FREE by pointing them to:
https://www.exploriem.org/quantum-entity-subscribe/. So if you really
want to impress a client or give something really nice to a friend, you
could do this! Like I said it’s free to them but also free to you to
give away! So do it everyone!]

Mr. Devries can you please come forward? I see you have an envelope for Exploriem.org?
Scott gives the envelope to Theresia Scholtes.
[Scott says a few words]
So Theresia, how long have you worked at Exploriem?
[Theresia answers]
I hear it’s a boring place to work—you do the same things day after day?
[Theresia answers]
I also learned from a confidential source that you’ve already had an all
expenses trip to the Dominican Republic and are planning on going to
Austin next March, all expenses paid again, to attend South by
Southwest?
[Theresia answers]
Any jobs open up at Exploriem, you’ll have to let me know, OK?
[Theresia laughs]
Also, rumor has it that you have a bit part in this film we are going to see tonight. What role did you get to play?
[Theresia answers]
8:19pm-8:20pm [Mayor shakes hands and thanks Jawad Rathore, Vince Petrozza, Scott Devries, Erika and Theresia]
8:20pm-8:21pm [Jawad Rathore/Vince Petrozza/Scott Devries/Erika Godwin/Theresia Scholtes/Mayor Exit Stage]
*Ride of the Valkyries – Richard Wagner* [40 seconds]
8:21pm – 8:22pm Remember we are using the hashtag #QE and #Artifex
tonight. Also, don’t forget we have incredible silent auction items you
can bid on. Proceeds from the evening go to benefit not-for-profit
Ottawa-based filmmaker prototypeD.org based right here in Ottawa in the
Glebe—their studio is literally underground—and Exploriem.org. Items
include:
• A one-hour live performance by International Jazz Vocalist Diane White and her accompanist at your home or small event
• Business Adventure Package from Pirate Adventures
• An elegant Three Tier Wedding Cake from Desserts First
• Two Half Suites at a 2012-2013 Ottawa Senators Game
• A One Year Health Club Membership from Executive Fitness Leaders at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier
• 40% off a Shotgun Show Video from Carlo Lombard’s The Shotgun Show
• Two Items from the Ottawa Food Bank, with 50% of the proceeds going to the Ottawa Food Bank
• Two Diagnostic Consultations from McNian Management Business Services
• Two Scholarships to attend an Institute Of Entrepreneurs course
• One Team Entry at the 2012 H.O.P.E. Volleyball Summerfest
• $200 Discount on a 4-Day Digital Art Workshop from Claudia Salguero
• $300 Discount on a 20 x 16 inch Commissioned Portrait from Claudia Salguero

Also if you forgot to add your biz card to the bowl at the
registration desk, there will be time to do that later so you will still
be eligible for some great door prizes!

8:22pm-8:23pm Now it is my great pleasure to introduce the Director
of film we have all been waiting for: Quantum Entity | We Are All ONE.
Janak Alford and his Ottawa-based not-for-profit film studio
prototypD.org produced this short film based on the book of the same
name by Bruce M Firestone. Janak can you please join us onstage and tell
us a little bit about the adventure you are about to take us on?
*Oh Ellin – Gob* [29 seconds]
8:23pm-8:26pm Hello everyone, my name is Janak Alford. I met Prof Bruce
many years ago when I was a student of his at Carleton’s School of
Architecture. More recently, about eight months ago actually, Bruce
shared with me an early version of his manuscript which became the novel
Quantum Entity | We Are All ONE that is being released here tonight
along with my film based on it.

I was captivated by the world he created of a near term future that
is both wondrous and dangerous. One Sunday afternoon, I invited Prof
Bruce to our not-for-profit Ottawa-based, underground studio,
prototypeD.org—it’s in the Glebe on Bank Street—and I asked him, “Do
people ever create original, live action, green screen short films with
digital effects that take on the role of a film trailer but not to
promote films—instead to help launch new books, products and services?”
His immediate reaction was enthusiastic and so we decided to make a film
trailer for his book. But somehow a 4 to 5 minute trailer has become a
22 minute long short film which you will see in a few moments.

You are soon going to meet young Damien Bell, perhaps the greatest
physicist of his day. He has created Quantum Entities, artificially
intelligent creatures that bond with their human counterparts—they are
more like familiars than pets and they are very, very clever.

One of the central questions of the novel is at what point do
artificially intelligent creatures acquire consciousness, at what point
do they or should they acquire human rights? In the book, there is a
struggle before the Supreme Court of the United States to make this
determination in a case that closely reflects the earlier civil rights
struggle there as well as the efforts by women to acquire the vote and
cease being property. It is a problem that our society is only too
likely to face and perhaps it won’t take to mid-century before it is
upon us.

Damien also faces implacable opposition from established US-based
industry whose economic interests are damaged by this upstart, ultra
fast growing, globe spanning tech company he and Ellen Brooks have
founded—Quantum Computing Corp. He has many interesting experiences in
his journey through life not least of which is that he is loved by two
women—performance artist Miss Nell from Palos Verdes, California and the
fabulous Ellen Brooks from upstate New York. Damien’s family is partly
based in Rochester, New York and Toronto.

The book that Prof Bruce wrote moves in one direction and this film
is a cross-section of it—we call it Generation Q because it is our
artistic interpretation of parts of his novel—it’s a ride and I very
much hope you will enjoy it.

Darryl, can we roll film?

8:26pm-8:48pm [View Short Film—Darryl cue movie + sound]
8:48pm-8:49pm – Wow! I want to see the full length movie now! Can I ask
Director Janak Alford, Author Bruce Firestone, Editor Murray McGregor
and Lead Actors—Jess Edwards, Julien Nolin and Theresia Scholtes to come
onstage please. Can our QEs join us onstage too please?
*Lose yourself – Eminem* [1 minute 18 seconds] [Rob and all the cast and QEs rock a bit and dance around a bit to
Eminem—They dance and walk to the music like Ellen DeGeneres does on her
show] [THEN EVERYONE SITS INCLUDING ROB ON CHAIRS ON STAGE PROVIDED FOR THEM.]
[The QEs sit in front of their people. Su7e sits in front of Nell
(Jess), Pet3r in front of Ellen (Theresia) and Ash3r in front of Damien
(Julien).]

8:49pm-8:59 pm [Q & A – Inside Actors Studio with Janak Alford,
Bruce Firestone, Murray McGregor and Lead Actors—Jess Edwards, Theresia
Scholtes and Julien Nolin]

Wow. What a wild ride! Thanks Janak.
Q1: So Janak, how are you feeling right now?
[Janak answers]
Q2: I’m told that you put twice as much work into this as you did your
Masters. So do you think they ought to give you your PhD now?
[Janak answers]
Q3. As the song says, do you feel like you only have one chance, one opportunity so don’t blow it?
[Janak answers]
Q4. Janak, why did you call this version of Quantum Entity, the ‘Q Edition’, what’s the meaning of that?
[Janak answers]
Q5. So Janak, what’s next for the studio?
[Janak answers]
Q6. Murray, I’ve heard that the answer to the question, ‘What makes a
great writer?’ is ‘A great editor!’ How much editing did you have to do
of Prof Bruce’s novel? Just how many rewrites did this thing go through?
[Murray answers]
Q7. Murray, you suggested to Bruce that he launch Book 2 in the trilogy
next March in Austin at South by Southwest. What’s weird about that is
that you suggested it without knowing that Prof Bruce had already
written Chapter 1 of Book 2 and it’s set entirely at and around the
University of Texas at Austin. Is it possible that you guys having
worked together for a long time can now read each others minds?
[Murray answers]
Q8. So ladies and Julien? What do you think of the film now that it’s all come together?
[Group answers]
Q9. So I only have one question for you, Julien—who does Damien end up
with? Is it Ellen (pointing at Theresia) or Nell (pointing at Jess)?
[Julien answers]
Q10. I understand that you, Jess, are the only professional actor in the film. What was it like working with this cast and crew?
[Jess answers]
Q11. Janak, where can people go to see your film?
[Janak answers: They can visit our YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/user/quantumentitytrilogy]
OK, thanks for that. Now do we have another video we want to show? I
think we do. This one shows the very first sighting of the very first
Quantum Entity—his name is Pet3r. Can we run that now?
8:59pm-9:01 pm [Watch two minute Pet3r movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqSSM5d1e9w]
[PET3R – The First Quantum Entity]
9:01 pm-9:09 pm [Q+A continues]
Q9. So those guys don’t look too scary. What’s all the fuss about, Bruce?
[Prof Bruce answers]
Q12. What on earth prompted you to write Quantum Entity, Bruce? How long is this trilogy thing going to be anyway?
[Prof Bruce answers]
Q13. Janak, how did you make Pet3r move like that and tell us about the whole creative process behind bringing a #QE to life!?
[Janak answers]
OK, let’s take a few questions from the floor. There are two volunteers
going around with mikes. If you want to ask a question, put up your hand
and we will try to get to you.

[QEs start to move around, leave the stage, move around in the
audience, then they are still for a few moments, then move again, then
they are still again. They will be called back to the stage by the MC,
coming to sit back with their human counterparts as the radio plays
begin.]

Saad Rashid’s Question:
I got a chance to read an early version of Quantum Entity and it made me
a more effective leader—I respond to challenges in my own life in ways I
have never been able to do before. I wanted to ask Prof Bruce—did you
intend to make your trilogy a learning experience or was it just for
entertainment?
[Prof Bruce answers]

Chris Beaudoin’s Question:
I have a question for Julien. Damien Bell, QE’s main protagonist, is an
attractive character—he embodies the spirit and drive of top tech
entrepreneurs but still he’s pretty humble while he faces a lot of tough
challenges. How do you think you would do if you faced some of those
hard times yourself?
[Julien answers]

Isack Galib’s Question:
I want to say my favorite character in the book is Nell. So my question
is for Jess. But first I want to say that I think you captured Nell
perfectly. How do you channel a character like her when she’s from
California and you’re from Ottawa? How do you talk in front of a green
screen to something that’s not even there?
[Jess answers]

OK, we have time for just two or three more questions?
9:08 – 9:09 pm Gifts are given to Jess Edwards, Theresia Scholtes and Julien Nolin on stage as well as Janak Alford.

9:09 to 9:20 pm Intermission

9:20pm – 9:22pm Alright, time to move on!
Some of the cast of the film came together at prototypeD.org to record
two scenes from Book 1 as radio plays. In Scene 1, you’ll hear superstar
performance artist Nell reporting to business dynamo, the fabulous
Ellen Brooks, that CEO, Damien Bell, leader of their upstart,
globe-spanning tech company, Quantum Computing Corporation, has been
kidnapped by persons unknown. Next Ellen, assisted by Quantum Entities,
Pet3r, Ash3r and Su7e, have to figure out what’s going on and then
decide what to do about it.
In Scene 2, we will listen to an exchange between Damien and his captor.
Before we cue the radio plays, can our QEs please rejoin us onstage?
[*Play Habenera while QEs come back on stage looking a bit shamefaced:
https://www.dropbox.com/home/Radio%20Show/Audio, Habanera.mp3*] [30
seconds]
9:22pm-9:41 pm [Cue and play Quantum Entity We Are All ONE Radio Plays (HD): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab_ukkl4m5U]
9:41 pm – 9:42 pm Thank you to our cast and QEs, Prof Bruce and Janak. Please take your seats!
9:42pm-9:43pm Now I would like to ask Scott Williams to join me on
stage. Scott is the President and founder of EyeVero Marketing
Communications Group. The company specializes in behavioral
science-based marketing methodology and marketing process management.

EyeVero’s portfolio includes many of the largest companies in the
world including OpenText Corporation, Hewlett Packard and Symantec.
EyeVero also manages the marketing and communications efforts for many
of Ottawa’s premier companies including bluArc, Nitro IT Business
Solutions, RjR Innovations and StoneShare.

EyeVero is the company that created the dramatic cover art for Prof
Bruce’s new novel, as well as built the trilogy’s website
www.brucemfirestone.com. They also did an extraordinary rebrand for
Exploriem.org last year.
*John Lennon- Give Peace A Chance* [38 seconds]
9:43pm-9:45pm Great Scott! So how did you get involved with Exploriem.org, prototypeD.org and Prof Bruce’s new trilogy?
[Scott answers]
So you are here to officially launch all the platforms where people can
go to download the e-book or get a paperback copy of Prof Bruce’s new
book and also launch the film live on YouTube, right?
[Scott answers]
Can you tell us how much is it for an e-copy of the book?
[Scott answers: $9.95]
And for a paperback?
[Scott answers: depending on where you go, it’s under $20]
And where can people get a copy?
[Scott says: well they can get a copy here tonight signed by the
Professor. And they can always go to: www.brucemfirestone.com too.]
Well thanks for that, Scott. Now I heard that you brought a friend along to help you with the launch. Correct?
[Scott answers. He congratulates prototypeD.org, Exploriem.org and Prof Bruce on Artifex, the movie and the book.]
9:45pm-9:46pm Scott Williams says, “Pet3r come here, I need you.” Pet3r
pushes button on screen and launches book and all videos, live.
[Run video and audio of Pet3r pushing the live button.]
9:46pm – 9:56pm – Thank you Scott! Nice job Pet3r! I have to get me one
of those to help me with untether.TV! Prof Bruce, can you rejoin me on
stage? I know you wanted to say a few words.
*Travelin’ Soldier – Dixie Chicks* [38 seconds]
[Run Sponsor Slideshow in background]
[Prof Bruce thanks all sponsors and attendees, congratulates Brevis gallery artists and Janak and cast and crew]

Prof Bruce: Wowza, what a show.

First I want to thank Rob Woodbridge for a great job tonight.
[Applause]

Here’s a thought experiment for everyone to try tonight, in fact right now!

People, close your eyes for a moment, come on, close your eyes. Trust me, nothing bad will happen.

Now go to your Happy Place. See it in your mind’s eye. The place where you are happiest. Is everyone there yet? OK.

[Pause]

Now ask yourself: What would that place feel like, what would it be
like without any sunshine, music, water, books, gentle breezes, friends,
games to play, dancing, beautiful gardens, waves, smells, fabulous
paintings, flowers, bird song, poetry, humor, singing, family or photos
to remember it all?

[Pause, 10 seconds of silence]

OK, you can open your eyes now.

Your happy place just became your unhappy place—a horrible, horrible mess. And that’s life without Art and Artpreneurs.

I mean how diverse, sustainable, interesting and vibrant a place
would Ottawa be or any city if every one of our artists went on an Atlas
Shrugged-inspired strike forever?

So I wanted to personally thank each of you for coming here
tonight—brevis gallery artists, sponsors, entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs,
artpreneurs, all our guests. It is marvelous that you came.

Not everyone though believes that artpreneurs are important but everyone here believes it just by being here, you’ve shown that.

I asked a lot of people to help and I got turned down a lot—many
people said to me: Well, the arts just aren’t important enough to
warrant my support. I got that a lot.

Then I’d ask ‘em: Do you like music?
Oh, sure I got some great tunes on my iPod.
How about films, I’d ask?
Yeah, my girlfriend and I love going to the movies.
You ever go out for dinner?
Sure, sure, they’d answer.
Do you that those incredible meals you eat—someone actually had to go to
culinary school and apprentice for YEARS to learn how to do that.
Really?
How about the jewellery you gave your girlfriend for her birthday? Did they self design?
Naw, I got ‘em from an auction house in Montreal in an estate sale—heck of a deal.

But even after all that, many would still turn me down cuz the arts
aren’t important. So to those that didn’t, to our sponsors and partners
and all our guests here tonight, who made an unbelievable commitment of
time and money, wow, thanks. It took a lot of courage to step out and do
this with us.
[Pause. Hold hand up in black power salute. Applause.]

Thank you!

You can see our sponsor names on the slideshow running behind me but I wanted to take a few moments to name them individually:

Artifex sponsors include:

Fortress Real Capital, Devries Financial Group, Eagle
Professional Resources Inc, Alterna Savings and Credit Union, BTI
Systems Networking Company, Claridge Homes, Connelly Group of Companies,
Desjardins Financial Security Independent Network, FaveQuest,
Footeworks Inc, GGFL Chartered Accountants, Granite Networks, Investors
Group Financial Services, KPMG, Let It Shine Cleaning Services, Mold
Busters, Nelligan O’brien Payne LLP, Nitro IT Business Solutions, North
Innovation Fund, Ontario Centres of Excellence, University of Ottawa –
Faculty of Engineering, PCL Construction Leaders, PODS Moving &
Storage, The Regional Group, Renaissance Repair and Supply Ltd, Richard
Chmiel Architect & Associates, Ross Video, Rumidifier Home Comforts
Inc, Tindr Software Outsourcing, Vittorio Motors, Embrylin Estates
Limited/Terlin Construction Ltd, Pirate Adventures, HLD.ca,
StumpsBeGone.ca, Magenta Mortgage Corporation, David St-Jean &
Associates Inc, Westin Health Club/Fairmont Chateau Laurier Health Club,
Chide.it, Glenview, Century 21 Explorer Realty, Empire Deck and Fence,
Royal Bank of Canada, the Properties Group, KWC Architects Inc,
VerTerra, PwC, prototypeD.org, qrankcase.com, Mixed Media Group, Digital
Folios, EyeVero, Cyberwitch Press, Kettleman’s Orleans, Grype
Solutions, Ottawa General Contractors, Broccolini Construction,
UNTETHER.tv, Grandor Group, Tripp Photography, Signs To Go, Deserts
First, Fudge Face, McNian Management, Shotgun Show, Ottawa BuzzTV,
Ottawa Food Bank, Founder (Ottawa Senators), Institute of Entrepreneurs,
Claudia Salguero, Diane White, Developpement DRB, Back Lane Cafe

If I forgot anyone, 1,001 apologies.

Dedication:

By the way, I wanted to mention to everyone here tonight that I
dedicated the trilogy to all of my students but especially Gen Y. It’s
these kids aged 19 to 32 who are building not only great enterprises,
some of them world-spanning, global-altering ones like the one I
describe in my trilogy, Quantum Computing Corp, but they’re also
contributing to building better communities through vision, talent,
focus and hard work as well as finding innovative ways of giving back to
society. It’s peculiar that entrepreneurs today, who are in it only for
the money, have none while those that are building insanely great
products and services while contributing back to their communities, have
it all.
Gen Y could be the real successors to perhaps the greatest Generation
who ever lived—my father’s generation who in the period from 1914 to
1969 took us from buggies to planes and then to the Moon, who faced down
two World Wars, a Great Depression, the Nazi menace and the long Cold
War. They gave us the integrated circuit and the Internet. Gen Y, it’s
your turn now.

Thank You:
I would be remiss if I did not personally thank the staff at
Exploriem.org and our Board of Directors for their perseverance,
dedication, hard work and just flat-out guts. Can these folks please
stand up:

Erika Godwin, Theresia Scholtes, Matthew Firestone, Alex Wolfe,
Siavosh Noruziaan, Peter Hauderowicz, Larry Poirier, Todd Jamieson and
Matt Davis—come on, please stand up!

[Applause] [Our three QEs silently come on stage and stand around me, a little
behind me in a semi circle. Janak Alford also comes on stage and stands
next to me.]

There are four other thank yous I have to add:

First to my gentleman editor, Murray McGregor and my filmmaker partner, Janak Alford—Bravo.

[Applause]

Second, to my family, Cora, Dawn, Andrew, Rachel, Mimi, Matt,
Jessica, Yulia and Godric, Peter and Catherine, and my later father,
Professor OJ Firestone, thank you for caring for me and about me—it’s
way more than I deserve.

[Pause]

Thirdly to the musicians heard tonight, Carl Bray, Andres del Castillo, Melanie Cloutier and Chris Brydges—Bravo!

Lastly, to entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs and artpreneurs everywhere, remember brothers and sisters: PRESS ON!

[Janak speaks]

There are many symbols that we use in our world. We have gestures
which express a variety of things—peace, victory, anger, liar, come
near, go away, OK, even die.

[Janak hand signals: V, V, clenched fist, BS symbol, hand motion—come
here, waving motion—go away, thumb and index finger in an ‘O’, throat
slitting]

We clap our hands to encourage, we salute to respect. But Prof
Bruce’s book expresses a moral truth that many great minds from many
different backgrounds have expressed before—that we are all one. He
raises the question—that gets argued before the Supreme Court of the
United Stares in the book—when do artificially intelligent creatures
acquire human rights? It is an argument similar to the ones raised in
the fight for civil rights by black people or the fight by women to get
the vote and to cease being property. It is one that we are only too
likely to face and soon…

So we need a symbol for this. We’ve reached back 1700 years to the Roman Hand of Constantine I who was the first to use it.

Ellen describes it this way, “The Hand Signal of Constantine I is
subtly different from the ‘I’m No. 1’ or ‘We’re No. 1’ hand signal that
you might see from a NBA player or team. The thumb is in support of the
index finger not wrapped around your middle finger. You actually have to
practice it a bit.

[Janak demos the ‘We’re No. 1’ hand signal then transitions to Constantine’s version then back again then back again.]

Ellen continues, “To us, it expresses the support that our Quantum
partners give us and we give them—that we are moving forward together to
reach a common destiny, whatever that might be. “

And now I would ask everyone to rise, come on please rise, everyone, and do it with us:

WE ARE ALL ONE!

[QEs, Janak Alford and Prof Bruce raise their hands and we look around the audience and point at people everywhere.

Darryl raises the lights in the theatre a little (not full on) so we
can pick out people a little easier. After I leave the stage with the
QEs, Darryl turns them down again.] [Prof Bruce and co. use the Constantine I salute as does Erika,
Theresia, Matthew, Sia, Alex, CJ, Saad, Isack, Murray, volunteers, QEs
and anyone else who feels like it.] [Prof Bruce, QEs and Janak leave the stage waving to the crowd and to thunderous applause—]

9:56 pm – 10:00 pm [Rob speaks] Ms. Scholtes can you please rejoin me
onstage? May we ask Diane White to join us as well? You can help us
with our door prize draw!
*Play Moanin from https://www.dianewhite.com/ as Theresia and Diane come onstage: 20 seconds*
[Theresia brings up box or bowl with all biz cards in them. Diane does the draw]

It’s not too late to add your biz card for the draw! Just hold up
your card and pass it along to the end of the row and one of our
volunteers will collect it. But be quick!

[Collect biz cards] [Diane draws name and reads it out] [Winners come on stage to collect their prizes] [Continue until all prizes are won]

10:00pm – 10:08pm OK, we’re almost at the end of the formal show. But
not the end of the party! Stick around! We’re going to continue to rock
for awhile yet! Also, remember the silent auction ends at 10:30 pm. So
get your bids in! Also visit each of our Brevis Gallery Artists and
support them too. And don’t forget to get your Goodie bag when you do
(eventually) leave this beautiful place.

For myself I just wanted to say what a privilege it’s been to be here
and serve as your MC. I believe in what we are dong here
tonight—creativity and design is not something you can outsource or
offshore and we need more artpreneurs not fewer.

OK, we have asked our balladeer to end our show tonight. Can we have Chris Brydges back onstage please?

Chris is going to play a beautiful melody he composed and wrote; it’s
called The Successors also known as Nell’s Folly. By the way, Book 3 in
the Quantum Entity trilogy is named ‘The Successors’.

Chris, can you tell us a little bit about the song? Why does it have two names?

[Chris answers: Well, one of Miss Nell’s teachings is that if you are
going to change the world—if you are going to have a revolution—you are
not really the successor, it’s your successors you should worry
about—how you pass whatever you have created on to the people who will
come after you. As to why it is also called Nell’s folly, well, you’ll
just have to read the books.]

Chris Brydges performs Nell’s Folly
[Nell’s Folly slideshow playing in background: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Kh_SijPmCo sans audio]
10:10 pm [LIGHTS COME ON/SHOW IS OVER/EVERYONE EXITS]

MUSIC STARTS PLAYING IN WATER COURT STARTING WITH:
Imagine John Lennon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxLnIRVVwIM
My Girl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltRwmgYEUr8
Hey Soul Sister – Train (full song): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YudKHla9LUY
Edith Piaf – Non, Je ne regrette rien: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3Kvu6Kgp88

Here is the playlist for the rest of the evening and private after party:

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros on Letterman:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb9jY8yAxgs&feature=BFa&list=FLzB8I_CVb2dhVKR6kvEmbpA
The Proclaimers – I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbNlMtqrYS0
Kiss You When It’s Dangerous, Eight Seconds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO3bPUCgCAk
Urami Bushi – Meiko Kaji: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqgewUvgdz0
Katy Perry – California Gurls ft. Snoop Dogg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F57P9C4SAW4
Lay all your love on me – Mamma Mia soundtrack from ABBA + lyrics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQKk1nkDa8U
Johnny Cash/Willie Nelson Ring of Fire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99CT3wQmiFU
Coldplay – Yellow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MwjX4dG72s
Mumford and Sons – Little Lion Man: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLJf9qJHR3E
BO Death Proof: Joe Tex – The Love You Save(May Be Your Own): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZio8rJP-mA
Rolling in the deep – Adele: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYEDA3JcQqw
Jack Rabbit Slims Twist Contest/You Never Can Tell – Pulp Fiction Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEXqr0jhXg0
Laura Nyro, “Up on the Roof”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVYqR0bnoqQ
BO Death Proof: Eddie Beram – Riot In Thunder Alley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-31s46jYNQ
Van Morrison – Gloria – live
Vanilla Fudge You Keep Me Hanging On: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFabNBveHOk
Barry McGuire – Eve of Destruction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntLsElbW9Xo
BO Death Proof: Pacific Gas & Electric – Staggolee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J07UDPLLbU
The Band, The Weight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjCw3-YTffo
Taper jean girl- Kings of Leon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w38hpcABQWE
Joan Baez – The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnS9M03F-fA&feature=BFa&list=FLzB8I_CVb2dhVKR6kvEmbpA
Unchained Melody: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiiyq2xrSI0
Make Your Own Kind of Music (Mama Cass Elliott ): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEQxEJ5_5zA
Jackson 5 – ABC (Full song): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOXG8wtxx_w
Honey, Honey – Mamma Mia! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nwac8FeG5VQ
Evolution of Dance – By Judson Laipply:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMH0bHeiRNg&feature=BFa&list=FLzB8I_CVb2dhVKR6kvEmbpA

10:10 pm 10:45pm [Dessert, Silent Auction, Art Exhibition]
10:40 pm Silent Auction closes
10:55 pm MC says goodnight to everyone. [Lights come on/music stops]

11:00 pm to midnight [Private Party begins in theatre]
11:05 pm [more wine] [more food]

Replay:

Movie from Janak’s channel:

https://www.youtube.com/user/quantumentitytrilogy

PET3R – The First Quantum Entity

Bruce M. Firestone on Exploriem, Entrepreneurs and the Ottawa Senators

Quantum Entity, First of 3 Sci-Fi Novels by Bruce Firestone

Talk of Hands

The Successors—Nell’s Folly

QE Birth

Damien’s Theme

Quantum Entity We Are All ONE Radio Plays (HD)

MIDNIGHT—CINDERELLA GOES HOME!

GOODBYE, GOODNIGHT AND GOOD LUCK!

Prof Bruce @ 4:38 pm

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Generation Q

Posted on
Thursday 21 June 2012

Film by prototypeD.org, Directed by Janak Alford

My name is Janak Alford. I am an Architect, a hacker, an artist and a
filmmaker. I run not-for-profit, Ottawa-based, underground film studio,
prototypeD.org.
About eight months ago and after reading an early version of his
manuscript, I was captivated by the world of Quantum Entity created by
novelist Bruce M Firestone
which describes a near term future that is both wondrous and dangerous.
You are shortly going to meet young Damien Bell, perhaps the greatest
physicist of his day. He has created Quantum Entities, artificially
intelligent creatures that bond with their human counterparts—they are
more like familiars than pets and they are very, very clever. One of the
central questions of the novel is at what point do artificially
intelligent creatures acquire consciousness, at what point do they or
should they acquire human rights?

Before you see my film, take another few moments to read the rest of my introduction, then roll film OK?

Damien faces implacable opposition from established US-based industry
whose economic interests are damaged by this upstart, ultra fast
growing, globe spanning tech company he and Ellen Brooks have
founded—Quantum Computing Corp. He has many interesting experiences in
his journey through life not least of which is that he is loved by two
women—performance artist Miss Nell from Palos Verdes, California and the
fabulous Ellen Brooks from upstate New York.

The book that Prof Bruce wrote is available at www.brucemfirestone.com.
It moves in one direction and this film is a cross-section of it—we
call it Generation Q because it is our artistic interpretation of six
parts of his novel and also this story to me is about a generation of
Quantum Entities who, in their mid 21st Century world, are the real
successors of today’s Gen Y, hence the name, ‘Gen Q’. It’s a ride and I
very much hope you will enjoy it.

More Background on the Book

If you would like to read the first four chapters of Quantum Entity | We Are All ONE, you can get them free by signing up here: https://www.exploriem.org/quantum-entity-subscribe.
It will start you on an incredible journey that over the course of the
trilogy will combine action/adventure, romance, politics and the law
with science and science fiction as well as business and
entrepreneurship. You will learn many things as Firestone tries to
answer the big questions in life and finally the tale becomes a
spiritual one as well.

More Background on the Film

I met Prof Bruce many years ago when I was a student of his at
Carleton’s School of Architecture. More recently, about eight months ago
actually, Bruce shared with me an early version of his manuscript which
became the novel Quantum Entity | We Are All ONE that was released at Artifex on June 20, 2012 along with my film based on it.

One Sunday afternoon, many moons ago, I invited Prof Bruce to our
not-for-profit Ottawa-based, underground studio, prototypeD.org—it’s in
the Glebe on Bank Street—and I asked him, “Do people ever create
original, live action, green screen short films with digital effects
that take on the role of a film trailer but not to promote films—instead
to help launch new books, products and services?” His immediate
reaction was enthusiastic and so we decided to make a film trailer for
his book. But somehow a 4 to 5 minute trailer has become a 26 minute
long short film which you can see above.

In the book, there is a struggle before the Supreme Court of the
United States to make a determination as to whether sufficiently
intelligent, yet artificial creatures, have any rights or can they be
turned of with no more thought than when you unplug your toaster? These
creatures have laid bare the architecture of the Internet and can access
all information there– paywalls, firewalls, security systems mean
nothing to Quantum Entities, they are as transparent as a clean window
pane of good quality glass. Damien says that QEs can do no harm since
they are bound by Issac Asmiov’s three laws of robotics (actually, a
close but not exact version of those). Others think they are not only a
national security threat but a threat to the economic interests of
large, entrenched mega-corporations. It’s a case that closely reflects
the earlier civil rights struggle as well as the efforts by women to
acquire the vote and cease being property and the struggle by gay
persons for equality under the law. It is a problem that our society is
only too likely to face and perhaps it won’t take to mid-century before
it is upon us.

I hope you enjoy the ride.

Helping Us

If you would like to help our not-for-profit studio, you can purchase images from the film from a related site: qrankcase.com.
Images on practically indestructible canvas will last four generations
and are ready to be hung on your wall the moment you receive them from
us. You may also purchase the DVD of the film which will allow you to
enjoy it in a way that improves on the YouTube experience.

You will also be helping propel our studio in a new direction:
creating original, live action, green screen short films with digital
effects that take on the role of film trailer but not to promote films.
Instead, they are used to help launch new books, products and services.

Also if you believe in Ellen’s message that ‘We Are All ONE’, can you
help us spread the word? Let your friends know that they too can get
the first four chapters of Quantum Entity | We Are All ONE free by sharing going to this page: https://www.exploriem.org/quantum-entity-subscribe/

You will be introducing them to a future that is both marvelous and
frightening—filled with abundant opportunity and many challenges and
populated by characters who seize their days on this planet, every day,
making each day count.

Please also follow us @JanakAlford, @ProfBruce, @Exploriem and @Quantum_Entity.

Thank you,

Janak Alford
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prototypeD.org
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youtube.com/quantumentitytrilogy

Please note: the launch of the book and film at Artifex were assisted by not-for-profit Exploriem.org, a not-for-profit, professional entrepreneur, intrapreneur and artpreneur network.

Meet Pet3r, Whose Quantum Number is 1

Media Release about Artifex, Film and Book Launch: https://www.eqjournal.org/Artifex-Media-Release-18-june-2012.pdf

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Introduction to the World of Quantum Entity

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Tuesday 19 June 2012

Tomorrow Wednesday June 20th, 2012 at Artifex*, we introduce
everyone to a mid 21st Century world that is both marvelous and
frightening; it is on the verge of being swept up by a revolution where
new artificially intelligent creatures have come to join humanity in
their march to their joint destiny whatever that may be.

* Media release is available at: https://www.eqjournal.org/Artifex-Media-Release-18-june-2012.pdf

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Artist Entrepreneurs Converge on National Gallery of Canada

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World Premiere of Short Film by Not-for-Profit, Ottawa-based Studio, prototypeD
Media Release

OTTAWA – June18, 2012 – Artist entrepreneurs are coming to the
National Gallery of Canada to participate in the first Annual Artifex
Professional Artist Gala on June 20, 2012. Presented by Fortress Real
Capital, the Gala starts at 6:00 p.m.

Mayor Jim Watson will kickoff the Gala, which is hosted by
UNTETHER.tv’s Rob Woodbridge. It will include a concert by Carl Bray,
Andrés del Castillo, Mélanie Cloutier and Chris Brydges. Carl Bray is
one of Canada’s leading young composers. Andrés played with world-famous
band Eight Seconds and is Senior Producer at r+d creative. They are
joined by talented singer Mélanie Cloutier and balladeer Chris Brydges.

Featured artists at this year’s Artifex are:

• Filmmaker – Janak Alford. Mr. Alford is an architect, hacker,
artist and filmmaker. He has his Masters in Architecture. His short film
Quantum Entity, We Are All ONE, will premiere at Artifex. It is based
on the book of the same name written by Bruce M. Firestone. With the
release of his film, Mr. Alford is taking his not-for-profit
Ottawa-based, underground studio, prototypeD in a new direction—creating
original, live action, green screen short films with digital effects
that take on the role of film trailer, but not to promote films—instead,
they are being used to help launch new books, products and services.
• Novelist – Bruce M. Firestone. Professor Firestone is launching Book 1 of his new trilogy Quantum Entity at Artifex.

“Writing Quantum Entity, We Are All ONE, book 1 of my new trilogy, is
one of the great joys of my professional life. This trilogy is an
opportunity for me to share with everyone a vision of a future that is
both marvellous and frightening—filled with abundant opportunity and
many challenges and populated by characters who seize their days on this
planet, every day, making each day count,” said Bruce M. Firestone.

“After reading Part I, Discovery of Quantum Entity | We Are All ONE, I
was totally hooked. It’s better than ‘The Goal’ and more entertaining
even than ‘Dune’!” said David Perry, Partner, Perry-Martel
International, co-author, Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters 3.0.

Artifex is organized by not-for-profit Exploriem.org, a network for
business entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs and artist entrepreneurs. Proceeds
from the Gala go to prototypeD.

“On behalf of all of us at Fortress Real Capital, we are delighted to
be part of Artifex. We are committed to giving back to the communities
we are invested in and to the City of Ottawa. We believe organizations
such as Exploriem.org who support the arts are helping to build a more
vibrant community—artist entrepreneurs are one of the keys to creating
more diverse, more interesting, more sustainable cities and we want to
support their efforts in this regard,” said Jawad Rathore, President and
CEO, Fortress Real Capital, Toronto.

Brevis Gallery artists include:

• Robin Andrew – Unposed Photography
• Ryan Conrad – Emerging Filmmaker, Smiling Pig Productions
• Jana Fox – acrylic artist who loves to paint movement
• Sandra Hawkins – Contemporary Visual and Media Artist
• Hilde Lambrechts – Drawing and Sculpture
• Carlo Lombard – Shotgun Video
• Chris Manning – Master Jeweler, Silver Hand Studios
• Sue Perley-Robertson – Abstract Artist
• Pamela Ravek – Glass Art
• Claudia Salguero – Visual Artist, Photography, Digital Art and Traditional Art
• Sue Shuker – Mixed Media Artist
• Jean Smith – Abstract Expressionism
• Bruce Spurr – Transforming Meetings into Meaningful Encounters
• Victoria Van Eyk – MAFIA Jewelry
• Joanne Savoie, a voyage from graphic art to full-time painter

Pamela Ravek commented, “It is extremely positive and rewarding that
our community leaders see the value in supporting the arts. The arts
enrich people’s lives, whether it is to evoke emotion, to cause people
to stop in their tracks with awe, or simply to enhance and beautify an
environment. Artifex provides a sense of caring about local artists by
offering a glimpse of the wonderful talents that Ottawa artists have to
offer.”

Janak Alford, founder of prototypeD Urban Workshops Inc. added, “All
young artists and entrepreneurs talk about changing the world. Growing
into an artist and taking your first steps are not unlike the transition
from childhood to adulthood and is equally transformational. The
skills of an artist transform not just his or her own world but
everyone’s by providing a window and a vision that was once
unimaginable.”

Silent Auction sponsor Scott Devries of Devries Financial Group said,
“I have had the pleasure of working with a number of the young people
at Exploriem.org and have always come away impressed by their energy,
perseverance and creativity. As an entrepreneur myself, I fully support
what they are doing as I think they are an essential fabric of today’s
and, more importantly, tomorrow’s business community.”

About Exploriem.org
Exploriem.org is a registered Canadian not-for-profit organization. It
provides mentorship, conducts events, creates networking opportunities
and provides early stage funding and office incubator space to assist
young business entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs and artist entrepreneurs in
Eastern Ontario and West Quebec.

Exploriem.org is led by a team of executives including Executive
Director, Professor Bruce M. Firestone; Manager, Ms. Erika Godwin; and
Assistant Manager, Ms. Theresia Scholtes. Governance is provided by a
Board of Directors made up of Larry Poirier, Nitro Microsystems; Todd
Jamieson, Envision Online; Peter Hauderowicz, PODS; Matt Davis,
VirtuStructure; Matthew Firestone, Terrace Investments Inc. and
Executive Director of Exploriem.org. For more information, please follow
@Exploriem, @ProfBruce and @Quantum_Entity.

Artifex sponsors include:

Fortress Real Capital, Devries Financial Group, Eagle Professional
Resources Inc, Alterna Savings and Credit Union, BTI Systems Networking
Company, Claridge Homes, Connelly Group of Companies, Desjardins
Financial Security Independent Network, FaveQuest, Footeworks Inc, GGFL
Chartered Accountants, Granite Networks, Investors Group Financial
Services, KPMG, Let It Shine Cleaning Services, Mold Busters, Nelligan
O’brien Payne LLP, Nitro IT Business Solutions, North Innovation Fund,
Ontario Centres of Excellence, University of Ottawa – Faculty of
Engineering, PCL Construction Leaders, PODS Moving & Storage, The
Regional Group, Renaissance Repair and Supply Ltd, Richard Chmiel
Architect & Associates, Ross Video, Rumidifier Home Comforts Inc,
Tindr Software Outsourcing, Vittorio Motors, Embrylin Estates
Limited/Terlin Construction Ltd, Pirate Adventures, HLD.ca,
StumpsBeGone.ca, Magenta Mortgage Corporation, David St-Jean &
Associates Inc., Westin Health Club/Fairmont Chateau Laurier Health
Club, Chide.it, Glenview, Century 21 Explorer Realty, Empire Deck and
Fence, Royal Bank of Canada, the Properties Group, KWC Architects Inc,
VerTerra, PwC, prototypeD.org, qrankcase.com, Mixed Media Group, Digital
Folios, EyeVero, Cyberwitch Press, Kettleman’s Orleans, Grype
Solutions, Ottawa General Contractors, Broccolini Construction,
UNTETHER.tv, Grandor Group, Tripp Photography, Signs To Go, Deserts
First, Fudge Face, McNian Management, Shotgun Show, Ottawa BuzzTV,
Ottawa Food Bank, Founder (Ottawa Senators), Institute of Entrepreneurs,
Claudia Salguero, Diane White, Developpement DRB, Back Lane Cafe.

For more information contact:

Ms. Theresia Scholtes
Assistant Manager, Exploriem.org
1.613.566.3436 x 204
tscholtes@exploriem.org
@tclscholtes
www.exploriem.org/events/artifex
www.brucemfirestone.com

Images from the Film: Quantum Entity, We Are All ONE*

(*Images by prototypeD.org and available at www.qrankcase.com)

Book Cover Art: Quantum Entity, We Are All ONE**

(** Cover art by EyeVero Marketing Communications Group and prototypeD. Book is
available at www.brucemfirestone.com)

Important Links:

https://prototyped.org/
https://www.youtube.com/quantumentitytrilogy
https://qrankcase.com/
https://www.brucemfirestone.com/
https://www.facebook.com/QuantumEntityTrilogy
https://twitter.com/#!/ProfBruce
https://twitter.com/#!/Quantum_Entity
https://www.exploriem.org/quantum-entity-subscribe/

Book is available for all major platforms: iPad, Nook, Kobo, Sony and
PDF and as paperback and soon as a hardcover as well. The book is
carried by all major online stores and can also be ordered and delivered
from the Author’s site: www.brucemfirestone.com. Local Ottawa area book stores, Collected Works and Books on Beechwood have copies of the book in stock.

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The Haps

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Sunday 17 June 2012

Artifex Schedule

Just to bring everyone up-to-date, here are the haps for Artifex to
be held at the National Gallery of Canada, Wednesday June 20th, 2012:

DRESS CODE IS CLASSY CASUAL. COME HOWEVER YOU ARE MOST COMFORTABLE.

Doors Open/Registration 6:00 pm
Brevis Galleries Open 6:00 pm
Fine Food Service Begins 6:30 pm
Enter the Theatre 7:20 pm

We were also hoping everyone would go to: https://www.exploriem.org/quantum-entity-subscribe/ and get the first four chapters of Book 1 of Prof Bruce’s new trilogy: Quantum Entity. It’s FREE
and, if you have time to read them before Artifex, it’ll give you some
background first on the film by prototypeD.org that is premiering at
Artifex based on Prof Bruce’s book and then on the book and trilogy
itself.

Ellen Appears on Media Wall
(Image by prototypeD.org, available at qrankcase.com)

More haps:

Introductions by MC—Rob Woodbridge from UNTETHER.tv
7:25 pm
Concert by Carl Bray, Andres del Castillo, Chris Brydges and Melanie Cloutier
7:34 pm
Blessing by Chris Brydges
8:10 pm
Mayor Jim Watson, Fortress CEO Jawad Rathore, Scott Devries
8:12 pm
Quantum Entity, We Are All One, Film by prototypeD.org
8:23 pm
Q&A with Film Director, Janak Alford, Author, Bruce M Firestone, Cast Leads—Jess Edwards, Julien Nolin, Theresia Scholtes
8:44 pm
Meet Pet3r, the First Quantum Entity
8:54 pm
Quantum Entity We Are All ONE Radio Plays
9:11 pm
Eye Vero Founder Scott Williams and Pet3r officially launch Film & Book
9:31 pm
Address by Prof Bruce
9:36 pm
Door Prizes with Theresia Scholtes and singer Diane White as ‘Vanna’
9:46 pm
Balladeer Chris Brydges plays The Successors—Nell’s Folly
9:50 pm
Dessert, Silent Auction, Brevis Gallery Exhibitions continue
10:00 pm
Silent Auction closes
10:30 pm
MC says Goodnight, Goodbye and Good Luck
10:55 pm

See you all soon,

Ms. Theresia C.L Scholtes
Director of Communications
Exploriem.org
LINCOLN FIELDS SHOPPING CENTRE, 2525 CARLING AVE, SUITE 23, OTTAWA ON K2B 7Z2
Phone: 613.566.3436 ext. 204 Fax: 613.422.2807
Internet: www.Exploriem.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tclscholtes

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Exploriem.org Newsletter: June 12, 2012

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Tuesday 12 June 2012

Join Exploriem, all our sponsors and Artistic Entrepreneurs
displaying their works at Artifex on June 20th 2012 at the National
Gallery of Canada. Doors open at 6:00 p.m.

There will be a silent auction. View items
Tickets can be purchased: Here.

This Year’s Spotlight Artists
Spotlight Writer – Bruce M. Firestone
The official Book Launch and Release of Quantum Entity: We are all
ONE-Book One of a new trilogy written by Bruce M. Firestone will take
place at the Gala.
Pre-Order Quantum Entity at www.brucemfirestone.com

Spotlight Filmmaker – prototypeD
prototypeD has created Quantum Entity-the movie. This will be shown after the launch and worldwide release of the novel.
Pre-Order Quantum Entity Artwork at www.qrankcase.com

INOVATECH ENGINEERING NEEDS YOUR VOTE — BDC Young Entrepreneur Award

2011 recipient of Fastest Growing Start-Up Bootstrap Award needs your help!

Inovatech Engineering specializes in the and creation of 3D robotic
plasma cutting machines for the structural steel industry. They are
also looking at expanding their product line to gain the ability to cut
3D shapes for custom applications. Please visit our website to learn more about our business.

Voting ends June 19th and winners will be announced June 25th
First place winner will receive $100,000.00 to help finance a new project

Vote for Miguel Clement and Inovatech HERE
‘ A Robot with Smart Arms’ – Current Rank: 3rd

How do you get your Windows 8 app to the store?

The Windows 8 Release preview is coming in June, and Microsoft has
already announced expansion of the Windows Marketplace to new countries!
This presents a great opportunity to get your apps into the store
early. Find out how Canadians can get into the Windows 8 store as early
as possible!

Learn more…

Perley-Robertson Hill and McDougall LLP
Partners with Exploriem to help Start-Ups

Josh Moon is a Partner at Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall
LLP/s.r.l., an Ottawa law firm founded in 1971. Josh and the firm have
provided effective, innovative legal solutions to Canadian and
international clients on a broad range of corporate issues for four
decades. Our commitment to client focus and our exceptional team has
helped us become the largest independent law firm in Canada’s National
Capital Region with an international reputation as an industry leader.

The firm is pleased to offer Exploriem members two (2) hours of free
law services with a relevant lawyer at the firm for any start-up entity
in its first year of operation, as well as a 30% discount on regularly
charged rates for that same entity during its first year of operation.

About the Author

Bruce is an entrepreneur/real estate broker/developer/coach/urban guru/keynote speaker/Sens founder/novelist/columnist/peerless husband/dad.

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