Thứ Năm, 4 tháng 1, 2018

Waching daily Jan 4 2018

What's up, my homies?

My name is Bradlee,

and I am here on set with This Free Life

and they challenged me to the

Get Ready for Anything Challenge,

which is really awesome.

You know you've seen the YouTubers,

they're all getting ready, getting their makeup done,

they're showing you the outfits they're using for the day.

Well, I gotta do that!

But, I have to do it to what is ever inside this box.

I have no idea. A dinosaur? Maybe there's a dino in here.

We're gonna figure it out right now!

I have no idea what's inside this card,

I have no idea what's inside the box,

and I'm really scared

I'm like shaky, I'm actually kinda nervous.

This Free Life, through the magicness of the interwebs

will allow your fans to hang out with you -- me, Bradlee

so get ready for an awkward or awesome

day with your fans.

It's like Christmas! But probably not shake too hard.

If it's glass, then it's broken. Ok!

Um. What the freak?

Corn?

Oh my God, sweatbands?

A green sweatband.

I have really big hair, so this is gonna be intense.

We gotta run with corn?

I am from Ohio, I know how this works, ya'll.

Ya peel the dang corn.

Ya peel it, and then you chop off the little ends.

Boom. Corn on the cob.

There's another envelope in here!

A corn-husking competition with your biggest fan.

What's my favorite animal?

Unicorn.

This is a-maize-ing.

Too corny for you?

Aw, shucks!

I can do better.

C'mon, guys, you know these jokes are popping.

Alright guys, so now that I know what I'm up against,

I need to get pumped up!

Let's go!

Six thousand and four.

You got this, you got this.

You are the corn master.

Let's do this!

So now I need a husky outfit

no pun intended - to go with my

my beautiful corn.

So we got some outfits over here.

I'm gonna show you what I'm gonna pick out.

Oh, a denim jacket! I really love denim.

We got a lot of denim.

I love this! I like me some dark denim.

This is beauteous.

Dark jeans, with dark jacket, with cute top.

Alright, so now that I have all these awesome clothes,

it's time to jump into them. Literally.

So I've seen This Free Life campaigns

and all their commercials, and guys,

cigarettes damages nearly every single

part of your body.

It leaves you smelling like an ashtray,

and you saw what I had to go through to get ready,

and why in the world would I wanna undo

that with cigarettes?

It like damages my lungs, it leaves tar in there.

It's just like, makes you feel gross, and like wrinkles.

And like,

ya'll know I ain't getting any wrinkles any time soon,

so, cigarettes? No way.

So guys, click the link in the description,

come on this crazy fun adventure with me.

We're gonna go shuck some corn, husk some corn.

It's gonna be a blast,

so click that link and let's do the

awkward or awesome challenge.

Let's go!

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Facebook Tutorial For Setting Up A Business Page 2018 - Duration: 6:03.

So you've decided that your brand

or business needs a Facebook Business Page. Well first of all you're right, it probably does and here's how to set it all up

Thank you for checking out Five Minute Social Media. If this is your first time here

I teach you how to do the best possible social media in the least amount of time

And if you've watched before welcome back, and consider taking a second to subscribe down below here

So I'll tell you not all businesses need a Facebook page, a business page, but most of you

do. There are a few exceptions

and I put them in a video about whether or not your business needs a Facebook Business Page

and you can see that right here or get the link down in the comments. But let's talk about what we're talking about today

which is how to set up a Facebook Business Page. By the end of this video

you'll not only know how to set it up, but also how to get it verified by Facebook, which will help you not only with credibility for your customers and clients

but also in search results. By the way Facebook Business Pages, "Like" pages,

what was it, oh, fan pages? They're all the same thing now

They're just Facebook Business Pages. Now before you start make sure you have your

company logo if your company has a logo

your photo for your profile photo, cover photos, different things like that, and all pertinent information about your business

what's your website, your address if you have a physical address

ways people can contact you, email, phone, all of that stuff. Make sure you gather all that and then let's get started

So from facebook.com when you're logged into your account just go up to the little down arrow on the upper right

Click on it

then you want to click down to Create Page

Next you want to go through the selections and decide what you are. A Local Business or Place, Company, Organization or Institution

Brand or Product

Artist, band or public figure, Entertainment, or Cause or Community, and

I'm gonna create a page today for a tech support company

so we're going to actually call it a local business or place. Fill out your information

Once you've got your information hit Get Started. Next

it'll ask you to upload a

profile picture. If you are a one person company, strongly consider using your own face if you are the face of the company

Otherwise, maybe your brand logo

So I threw together a quick logo for our computer repair service. Next it'll ask you to upload a cover photo

Boom. Just like that you've built a page, that's how easy it is. Now

I see my cover photo didn't quite come out where I wanted it, so I'm gonna click up here and say Change Cover

Reposition

Then I can lower my cover photo there so it fits a little better

Facebook offers some tips here in the center on how to set up the rest of your page

I strongly suggest you go ahead and go through them. For example, we want to create a username for our page

This is how someone will get to your page when they go to

Facebook.com/whatever your username is. I'm gonna go ahead and just do the name of the company

If it's not available, it'll tell you. If it is available you just hit Create Username

Next thing I would do before you invite anybody to like your pages, come on over here to the menu on the left

click About and

here you want to go through all of your information and add

anything else that is pertinent. So now that your page is all set up

let's look at how to get it verified. Start off by clicking Settings in the upper right corner of your page

Then in this main center area here you're gonna see Page

Verification and if it's not verified it'll say "Page is not verified"

Now if you don't see this on your page there could be several reasons, and I'll cover those here in just a second

So I'm gonna go ahead and click on it to verify the page. The fastest way to verify your page is with a publicly listed

phone number. So if your business has a phone number that's on your website, on your Google business

listing, things like that, you can go ahead and type in your phone number and say Call Me Now

They'll call you with a code, you put the code in, just like that

you are registered! Super fast. If you do not have a phone number,

or a publicly listed phone number, or an ability to answer your phone because it's just a voicemail

you can also verify this page with documents instead. You see it says here at the bottom

So I'm gonna click on that, they give you a whole list of different documents that you can include

It does need to have your

organization or your business's name and address, could be a utility bill, business license is what I use most often for clients

business tax files, you can see a whole bunch of different things. You upload it to the file

It'll take a couple of days for them to verify it, they'll message you back

you'll have your check mark, simple as that. So what do you do if you don't see the option to get

verified? Well that means your page ineligible to be verified, at least not at the moment

Facebook is kind of vague about all this stuff, but here's my understanding. If your page isn't for a local business, company or organization

you're gonna have to become pretty big before they might consider you for a badge

Those are the blue badges that they give out for non local businesses. If you want to apply

I'll include the link down in the comments

but I can tell you it's quite difficult unless you get pretty big. Now if you are a local business, company or

organization like this tech support company Dog Gone IT that

I just set up, make sure you have a profile photo and a cover photo

which you should have done when you set it up. There are a few other things

You can try that might help. Get some people to Like the page. It

helps if you already have a web history as a company, for example, if you already have a website, a Google business

listing, something like that Fill out as much info as you can in the About section of your page

Link to your Facebook page from your company website that you have listed

And start posting. If you've done all those things and it's still not showing up here

you might just have to give it a couple of days or wait for some more likes to roll in. So just keep an eye

on it, but do get verified when you can because it helps not only with your credibility

but also with your results when people search for you on Facebook

So if your brand or business has been running without a Facebook Business Page until now you're gonna

have a whole bunch of new tools at your disposal

like audience targeting and even spending a little bit of money to advertise and reaching a lot more people

So I hope that goes well for you

Let me know down in the comments! And take a second to subscribe while you're here to Five Minute Social Media

I teach you how to do the best possible social media in the least amount of time

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At Issue #3013 - The Arts: A Time for Reflection - Duration: 26:43.

(MUSIC)

>>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON

"AT ISSUE."

I AM H. WAYNE WILSON.

AT THE END OF THE MAIN HALLWAY

AT THE PEORIA COUNTY JUVENILE

DETENTION CENTER, THERE IS A

LARGE MURAL.

IT IS A PAINTING OF A POND.

THERE IS A BIG FROG IN THE

MIDDLE OF THE POND.

AND IT IS THERE FOR A REASON.

WE KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE THAT

YOUNG PEOPLE ARE HIGHLY

INFLUENCED BY THE ARTS. AND IN

THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THAT MURAL

HAS MADE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE

LET'S CALL IT THE PERFORMANCE OF

THOSE JUVENILES WHO ARE AT THE

DETENTION CENTER.

THEY HAVE DONE BETTER IN THEIR

SCHOOL WORK, AND IT IS A CALMING

INFLUENCE IN THE DETENTION

CENTER.

AND TO FURTHER DISCUSS THE

IMPACT OF ART IN EVERYONE'S

LIFE, ESPECIALLY AT THIS TIME OF

YEAR, I HAVE ASKED THREE LEADING

ARTISTS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS TO

JOIN ME FOR THE CONVERSATION.

FIRST LET ME INTRODUCE TO YOU

LONNIE STEWART.

LONNIE IS A SCULPTOR AND PAINTER

WHO HAS STUDIOS IN CHARLESTON,

SOUTH CAROLINA, AND IN PEORIA,

AND HAS DONE WORK ALL OVER THE

WORLD.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> ALSO WITH US IS KEVIN

STEIN.

KEVIN IS -- CHECK THAT, WAS THE

POET LAUREATE FOR THE STATE OF

ILLINOIS FOR 14 YEARS HE WAS THE

POET LAUREATE.

HE IS NOW RETIRED FROM THAT

POSITION AND YOU ARE NOW RETIRED

FROM BRADLEY UNIVERSITY.

>> THAT'S CORRECT.

>> WE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

HAPPY TO BE HERE. AND ALSO WITH

US IS GEORGE STELLUTO. GEORGE

IS MUSIC DIRECTOR FOR THE PEORIA

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.

HE IS ALSO THE ASSOCIATE

CONDUCTOR FOR RAVINIA, AND HE IS

A MEMBER OF JULLIARD SCHOOL.

THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.

>> THANK YOU.

>>I MENTIONED THE MURAL AT THE

PEORIA COUNTY JUVENILE DETENTION

CENTER AND THE IMPACT IT HAD ON

THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE.

SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM EACH OF

YOU WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE ON,

IN YOUR PARTICULAR DISCIPLINE,

WHAT IMPACT YOU THINK ART HAS,

NOT JUST ON YOUNG PEOPLE, BUT IN

LIFE IN GENERAL.

GEORGE, WHY DON'T YOU START US.

>> WELL, FOR ME, THE IMPACT OF

THE ARTS OCCUR ACROSS A SPECTRUM

OF YOUR OWN DEVELOPMENT,

YOURSELF, YOUR COMMUNITY, AND

THE ECONOMY OF A COMMUNITY.

THERE IS ALL KIND OF RESEARCH

NOW THAT SHOWS THAT THIS IS

THESE THREE THINGS ARE REALLY

IMPACTED BY THE ARTS IN A

HEALTHY COMMUNITY.

BUT THE FIRST THING I THINK

ABOUT WHEN I THINK ABOUT WHAT

ART MEANS TO ME, IT REQUIRES

REFLECTION AND IT REQUIRES AN

INTERACTION BETWEEN A CREATOR

AND A RECEIVER.

AND SO CREATOR HAS TO REFLECT IN

ORDER TO CREATE, AND A RECEIVER

HAS TO REFLECT IN ORDER TO

CREATE MEANING FOR THEMSELVES.

SO THAT'S KIND -- THAT'S KIND OF

WHERE I SEE IT, IF YOU WILL.

>> SO THERE MIGHT NOT BE ART IF

I DIDN'T RECEIVE --

>> YES.

>> THE MUSIC.

>> YES, THERE IS ACTUALLY SOME

PHILOSOPHERS THAT HAVE SAID THAT

IT IS KIND OF A MULTI-LEGGED

STRUCTURE, IF YOU WILL, THE KIND

OF REAL ART WHERE IT ACTUALLY

EXISTS THAT I CAN CREATE

SOMETHING, BUT IF YOU DON'T

RECEIVE IT OR YOU DON'T EVEN

UNDERSTAND IT OR TRY TO, IT

REALLY DOESN'T COME INTO AN

EXISTENCE.

SO IT IS KIND OF ONTOLOGICAL

THEORY OF ART, BUT IT IS AN

INTERESTING ONE THAT I THINK

KIND OF MAKES ME THINK A LOT

ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT I

AM DOING FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE

HEARING THE MUSIC.

>> AS A POET, KEVIN, DO YOU --

POETRY IS NOT AT THE FOREFRONT

OF OUR DAILY THOUGHT.

SO HOW DO YOU CREATE SO THAT WE

CAN RECEIVE WHEN IT COMES TO

POETRY?

>> WELL, OF COURSE, THAT'S ANY

ARTIST'S GREATEST CHALLENGE HOW

TO MAKE A PERSONAL ART THAT HAS

INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS AND

CONNECTIONS.

I THINK AS EARLY AS 8 BC HORACE

LAID IT OUT PRETTY WELL FOR A

POET IN HIS ARS POETICA.

HE TALKED ABOUT A READER AND

TALKED ABOUT A WRITER AND HE PUT

THE POEM RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.

AND ALL THREE MUST BE THERE FOR

THAT ART TO EXIST.

I'D LIKE TO THINK OF IT THIS WAY

THAT A COOKIE IS PROBABLY NOT A

COOKIE UNTIL IT IS EATEN, AND A

POEM IS NOT A POEM UNTIL IT IS

READ.

I THINK THE SAME WITH A MUSIC,

WITH SCULPTURE, WITH PAINTING,

THE ENJOYMENT OF THAT, THE

ENGAGEMENT OF THAT.

BECAUSE IT IS AN EXPERIENCE, AN

AESTHETIC EXPERIENCE THAT ONE

RECREATES IN ENGAGING THAT ART.

>> LET ME ASK

I REMEMBER VISITING WITH YOU OUT

AT YOUR HOUSE.

I HAD READ THE POEM THAT YOU

WERE GOING TO READ, I

INTERPRETED IT IN A CERTAIN

CAPACITY, AND I ASKED YOU FOR

VIDEO PURPOSES, I SAID WOULD YOU

PLEASE READ THIS POEM.

AND YOU READ IT DIFFERENTLY, AND

I AM SITTING THERE GOING, I HAVE

GOT A LITTLE DIFFERENT MEANING

FROM IT BECAUSE OF YOU READING

IT AS OPPOSED TO ME READING IT.

MAYBE THAT'S BECAUSE YOU READ IT

OUT LOUD, AND I READ IT

SILENTLY.

BUT PERFORMANCE COUNTS.

>> POEM IS AT ROOT PERFORMATIVE.

IT'S ROOTS ARE IN THE MEASURE OF

SONG AND DANCE.

IT IS ABSOLUTELY PERFORMATIVE.

FOR ME, IT TAKES INDEED A LOT OF

PRACTICE THAT PERFECT IT.

IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU

DASH OUT.

AND POETRY, REMEMBER, EARLY ON,

YOU PUBLISHED A POEM IN ANCIENT

ROME WHEN YOU READ IT ALOUD TO A

GROUP OF PEOPLE IN PUBLIC, IN

THE FORUM.

THAT WAS PUBLICATION WHEN IT WAS

SHARED AND PUBLICLY PERFORMED.

I AGREE WITH THAT NOTION.

POETRY AND ARTS HAVE A PUBLIC

FUNCTION AND A PUBLIC ROLE THAT

IS KEY.

IT IS IN MANY WAYS REVIVIFYING

FOR THE COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH

ART ON A DAILY BASIS.

NOW THERE IS A POETRY WEB SITE,

TITLED "POETRY DAILY."

IT GETS WELL OVER 3 OR 400,000

HITS A DAY.

NOW WHETHER IF IT COULD BE

200 MILLION, IT MIGHT BE A

BETTER THING.

BUT THERE IS THE NEED TO ENGAGE

THE PUBLIC WITH A VERY PRIVATE

OR PERSONAL ART FORM.

>> MAYBE YOU CAN START TWEETING

SOME POETRY.

>> (LAUGHING) 140 CHARACTERS.

>> I THINK THEY EXPANDED IT,

ISN'T IT 280.

>> AN OPUS.

(LAUGHING)

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

LONNIE, KEVIN MENTIONED THAT YOU

HAVE TO PRESENT IT, AND THERE

WAS A TIME WHEN WE DID IT

PUBLICLY.

NOW SOME OF YOUR SCULPTURE WORK

IS ON PUBLIC DISPLAY, THE EAGLE

OUT AT THE SHOPS AT GRAND

PRAIRIE FOR INSTANCE.

>> I HAVE SEVERAL ON DISPLAY I

THINK AROUND THIS AREA, RIGHT.

AND IT IS VALUABLE FOR AN ARTIST

TO RECEIVE RECOGNITION FOR HIS

WORK AND PARTICULARLY IF IT IS

POPULAR, YOU KNOW.

BUT -- AND IT DOESN'T REALLY

HAVE TO BE POPULAR IN A POSITIVE

WAY AS LONG AS IT IS LOOKED AT

AND FELT.

I MEAN THERE HAS TO BE AN

EMOTIONAL RESPONSE FOR THE

ARTIST TO BE SATISFIED WITH THE

VIEWING, PUBLIC VIEWING.

BUT I THINK THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE

THINK ART HAS TO BE PLEASANTLY

RECEIVED, AND I DON'T THINK

THAT'S TRUE AT ALL.

I THINK AS LONG -- AND AN

ARTIST--

I FEEL AN ARTIST'S PURPOSE IS TO

CREATE HIS EXPERIENCES WITH LIFE

AND LOOK AT EGON SCHIELE. IT IS

ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT TO RECORD

WHAT YOU FEEL AROUND YOU, AND

THAT CAN START AT A VERY EARLY

AGE.

I FEEL AN ARTIST'S PURPOSE IS

RECORD LIFE FROM BIRTH TO DEATH.

AND THAT CAN BE BEAUTIFUL.

THAT CAN BE SERENE.

THAT CAN BE HORRIFYING, WHATEVER

IT IS.

IT IS NOT NECESSARILY THE

RECEIVER PERCEIVES IT AS ARTIST

BECAUSE OFTEN IT IS NOT THAT

CASE.

BUT THE ARTIST HAS TO BE TRUE TO

HIMSELF IF HE REALLY PRODUCES

WORK THAT IS SUCCESSFUL.

>> HOW IMPORTANT IS IT THAT IN

CITY OF PEORIA, WE NOW HAVE A

SCULPTURE WALK DOWN WASHINGTON?

>> I THINK IT IS WONDERFUL.

I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT,

AND I WISH WE COULD SEE MORE OF

THAT IN EVERY CITY.

FIRST OF ALL, THE ARTIST -- WE

HAVE SOME REALLY WONDERFUL

ARTISTS AROUND HERE, AND NOW

THEY ARE EXPOSED.

OTHERWISE, THEY ARE JUST IN THE

STUDIO, AND IT IS SAD.

THERE HAS TO BE MUCH MORE OF

THAT.

>> WHAT ABOUT STREET MUSICIANS.

WOULD THAT APPLY?

WE DON'T SEE TOO MANY IN PEORIA,

BUT IN NEW YORK YOU WOULD HAVE

THAT EXPERIENCE.

>>IT APPLIES BECAUSE I HAVE DONE

CONDUCTING DOWN IN SAO PAULO,

BRAZIL.

THEY HAVE WHAT THEY CALL CHOROS

OR CHOROS LITTLE STREET GROUPS

THAT PERFORM.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU TALK ABOUT

THEIR EXPERIENCES, YOU LOOK AT A

COMPOSER LIKE VILLO LOBOS, AND

HE GREW UP THERE.

AND SO A LOT OF HIS MUSIC

INCORPORATES THE EXPERIENCES OF

THE CHOROS ON THE STREETS.

AND IT IS OFTEN THE CASE THAT

THE RESPONSE OF THE PUBLIC --

AND I DON'T MEAN CRITICS. I MEAN

THE PUBLIC, THE HONEST RESPONSE

TO ART IS OFTEN SOMETHING THAT

INSPIRES THE ARTIST FURTHER.

AND I THINK WITH VILLO LOBOS

CERTAINLY THAT WAS THE CASE.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS IN DOING A

LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH ON THIS

ISSUE, I FOUND THAT MANY PEOPLE

REFERRED TO ART AS A REPOSITORY

OF A SOCIETY'S MEMORY.

SO, KEVIN, IN TERMS OF POETRY,

WE CAN LOOK BACK AT GREEK

POETRY.

WE CAN LOOK BACK AT ROMAN

POETRY, AND IT IS A REFLECTION

OF THEIR LIFESTYLE ALMOST.

>>IT IS A CONNECTION, A HUMAN

CONNECTION.

OVER CENTURIES, OVER IONS, OVER

DIFFERENCES, REAL AND IMAGINED

IN CULTURE, AND THAT'S THE

SUSTAINING ELEMENT.

THE ANCIENT TO GREEK WORD FOR

POETRY

POESIES TRANSLATES "TO MAKE."

IN THE RENAISSANCE, POECY WAS

EXACT DUPLICATE FOR MAKERS.

SO ARTISTS ARE MAKERS, AND THEY

MAKE THINGS OF THE WORLD THEIR

RESPONSE TO THE WORLD. SOME OF

THAT IS KNOWN.

YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING,

OTHER TIMES YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT

IT IS YOU ARE DOING.

AND SOMETIMES THAT'S A HAPPY

RESULT, AND OTHER TIMES IT IS A

BACK-AT-IT AGAIN.

I THINK THE POINT THAT LONNIE

MADE, I DON'T WANT TO LET IT

DROP IS THAT POETRY AND ARTS,

MUSIC, SCULPTURE PAINTING, IS

MEANT TO BE DISRUPTIVE,

BEAUTIFULLY DISRUPTIVE IN SOME

CASES, OTHER TIMES IN DISRUPTIVE

IN MORE UNGST FILLED WAY IF YOU

WILL.

ARTISTS ARE SUPPOSED TO TAKE YOU

OUT OF YOURSELF AND JOIN YOU

WITH SOMETHING LARGER AND

BIGGER.

FOR ME, THAT'S THE EXCITING PART

OF IT.

OFTEN AFTER A DAY OR MORNING OF

WRITING, I FEEL I RESURFACE WHEN

I COME UP TO GET A GLASS OF

ORANGE JUICE FOR EXAMPLE.

>> THAT'S AN INTERESTING

POINT -- IGNORE THE NOISE.

(LAUGHING) THAT WAS ONE OF THOSE

INTERRUPTIONS THAT JUST --

>> DISRUPTIVE.

>> DISRUPTIVE.

>> PERFORMANCE ART.

(LAUGHING).

>> APPROPRIATELY TIMED.

SO TO KEVIN'S POINT OF WE FIND

TIME TO READ THE POEM OR TO TAKE

IN THE SCULPTURE, TO LISTEN TO

THE MUSIC.

ARE WE IN TOO MUCH OF A RUSH

TODAY?

>> WE ARE IN TOO MUCH OF A RUSH

BECAUSE THE ART -- INTERACTION

WITH ART REQUIRES REFLECTIVE, A

REFLECTIVE TIME, BOTH AND WHEN

YOU ARE RECEIVING AND EVEN AFTER

TO DO WHAT I CALL FINDING

YOURSELF IN THE ARTWORK.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE ARE SO RUSHED

AND WE ARE SO IN A HURRY, THAT

WE ARE -- WE ARE IN DANGER OF

LOSING THAT ASPECT OF OUR LIVES

WHICH I THINK IS ALSO VERY

IMPORTANT FOR JUST, YOU KNOW,

REFLECTION AT THE END OF THE DAY

THAT HELPS YOU MAKE SENSE OF

YOUR LIFE.

I WANT TO KIND OF TELL A LITTLE

QUICK STORY ABOUT IN THAT WHEN I

WAS IN AUDITIONING FOR GRADUATE

SCHOOL, I WAS IN NEW HAVEN,

CONNECTICUT, AND I HAD DONE MY

AUDITION, AND I WENT TO THIS

LOCAL PIZZA PLACE, AND I SAT

DOWN.

IT WAS CROWDED LIKE YOU COULDN'T

BELIEVE, AND SO THIS

CONSTRUCTION WORKER COMES UP AND

THERE IS ONLY ONE CHAIR LEFT AND

IT IS AT MY TABLE.

HE WAS ALL DIRTY AND EVERYTHING.

HE SITS DOWN AT MY TABLE AND HE

SEES MY VIOLIN CASE.

HE SAYS, HE STARTS GOING INTO A

MONOLOGUE ABOUT BEETHOVEN'S

FIFTH SYMPHONY AND HIS DIRTY

CLOTHES AND THICK ACCENT.

HE IS LIKE, YEAH, I HEARD THAT

BEETHOVEN FIFTH SYMPHONY.

I THINK THAT GUY REALLY

STRUGGLED, BUT HE KEPT WITH IT

AND HE TRIUMPHED.

IF I WOULD HAVE SEEN THIS GUY ON

THE STREET, I WOULD HAVE CROSSED

TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET.

WHEN HE GOT UP AND LEFT, I

REALIZED I JUST GOT SCHOOLED BY

SOMEBODY ABOUT WHAT THE ARTIST

BECAUSE HE TOTALLY FOUND HIMSELF

WITHIN THE ARTWORK.

AND I THOUGHT ISN'T THAT WHAT

BEETHOVEN WOULD WANT YOU TO DO.

JUST LITTLE MOMENT OF REFLECTION

THAT HE TOOK TO JUST SIT AND

LISTEN TO SOMETHING GAVE HIM A

NEW PERSPECTIVE.

>> IS THAT A STRUGGLE WHEN YOU

ARE WRITING, IN YOUR CASE,

KEVIN, YOU WRITE A POEM, THAT DO

YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU

THINK THE MESSAGE IS FOR THE

READER OR IS IT "I WILL LET THEM

DECIDE"?

>> WELL, I DON'T THINK I KNOW

OFTEN.

WHEN I DO KNOW WHERE POEM IS

GOING, I DON'T FEEL THERE IS A

NEED TO PURSUE IT.

IT IS DONE.

IT IS FINISHED.

SO, FOR ME, ART AND THE MAKING

OF ART IS ALWAYS A GREAT VENTURE

IN DISCOVERY, ACT OF DISCOVERY.

AND IF I AM NOT AMAZED, BUT

FROST HAS A GREAT PHRASE IN THIS

REGARD, NO SURPRISE FOR THE

WRITER.

NO SURPRISE FOR THE READER.

I THINK FROST IS EXACTLY ON

TARGET THERE.

>> SO THAT WOULDN'T BE TOO GOOD?

>> (LAUGHING) WELL, A POEM THAT

DOESN'T HAVE A SURPRISE FOR THE

WRITER IS A BAD POEM, YEAH.

>> LONNIE, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF

WHEN YOU ARE AT LEAST PUTTING

THE MAQUETTE TOGETHER AND HOW

YOU WANT TO PORTRAY A PARTICULAR

INDIVIDUAL OR SCENE?

>> WELL, WHEN I AM WORKING ON A

MAQUETTE AS YOU SAY, FIRST OF

ALL, YOU HAVE TO LAY DOWN THE

FOUNDATION, AND THAT'S RESEARCH

AND IT IS AND INSPIRATION IS

VERY IMPORTANT.

AS I SAID EARLIER THIS

AFTERNOON, I THINK THE BASIS OF

ANY ARTIST IS INSPIRATION AND

RESEARCH.

AND IF YOU ARE NOT RECEIVING

THAT, THEN IT IS NOT GOING TO BE

WORTHWHILE TO PURSUE AND MUCH

LIKE WHAT YOU SAID, KEVIN.

AND I THINK THAT I PROBABLY HAVE

TO FEEL ALL OF THOSE THINGS

BEFORE I START A MAQUETTE.

I DON'T REALLY SKETCH MY WORK

FIRST.

I JUST START.

AND I START WITH CLAY.

I WORK A -- I FORMULATE ALL THAT

IN MY HEAD, AND THEN I JUST

START WELDING THE ARMATURE AND I

GO WITH THAT.

TEDDY ROOSEVELT AND I AM WORKING

ON THE HORSE.

HE WAS QUITE AN EQUESTRIAN, AND

I WANTED THE HORSE TO BE ALMOST

AS IMPORTANT, THE MOVEMENT OF

THE HORSE AS HIS -- AS THE

RIDER, AS TEDDY.

AND I THINK IT IS A CHALLENGE

WHICH YOU LOVE.

I REALLY DO.

AND I LOVE HIS EXPRESSIONS AND

WHO HE WAS.

I LOVED HIS POSTURE, AND I AM

SCULPTING HIM AT ONE POINT OF

HIS LIFE WHICH IS SOMETHING I

RARELY DO. WHEN I DID CARL

SANDBURG IN GALESBURG, I DIDN'T

REALLY WANT A PARTICULAR PERIOD

OF TIME, YOU KNOW, REPRESENTED.

I WANTED HIS ESSENCE. YOU CAN'T

REALLY LOOK AT HIM AND THINK

THAT IS, YOU KNOW, CARL SANDBURG

AT THE AGE OF XX.

SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET ALL OF

THAT IN YOUR HEAD BEFORE -- OR

AT LEAST FOR ME BEFORE I START.

>> SO IT IS AN EVOLUTIONARY

PROCESS?

>> IT IS DEFINITELY AN

EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS, YEAH.

>> HOW OFTEN DOES A POEM CHANGE

AS YOU WRITE IT.

>> IF ONE IS LUCKY.

IF ONE IS LUCKY.

I AGREE WITH LONNIE.

I DO A GREAT DEAL OF RESEARCH

AHEAD OF TIME ABOUT THE SLINKY.

INVENTION OF THE SLINKY.

I HAD TO DO A LOT OF READING

ABOUT THAT.

BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I THOUGHT

ABOUT WHAT I HAD LEARNED UNTIL I

BEGAN THE PROCESS OF MAKING THE

POEM.

AND THEN OVER TIME, OVER

REVISION, THE POEM OFTEN REVEALS

ITSELF TO YOU.

THAT'S WHAT I MEAN WHERE I DON'T

KNOW WHERE I AM GOING.

I KNOW WHAT I THINK MY CONSCIOUS

IDEAS ARE, BUT HOW THEY WILL

UNCONSCIOUSLY BLEND IS SOMETHING

THAT IS REVEALED IN THE PROCESS.

>> THAT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THAT'S

SOMETHING I DISCUSS WITH YOUNG

MUSICIANS A LOT WHEN WE ARE

LOOKING AT SCORES AND

EVERYTHING.

I SAY PEOPLE ARE GREAT AT

ANALYSIS OF TAKING IT APART, BUT

WHAT WE DO IS SYNTHESIS.

WE HAVE TO TAKE ALL THESE

COMPONENTS AND PUT THEM TOGETHER

INTO SOMETHING MEANINGFUL.

SO THAT'S -- I AM GLAD YOU SAID

THAT.

>> SO WHEN YOU ARE PREPARING FOR

A CONCERT, YOU WANT TO PRESENT A

PARTICULAR PIECE IN A PARTICULAR

WAY. IS THERE A PROCESS?

I SUPPOSE IT IS DIFFERENT EVERY

TIME, BUT IS THERE A MESSAGE YOU

WANT TO GET ACROSS THE TO THE

AUDIENCE, LAST TIME WE DID THIS

PARTICULAR SYMPHONY,

I DID THIS, AND NOW I WANT TO

PRESENT IT IN A TOTALLY

DIFFERENT WAY.

>>YEAH, IT IS A PROCESS, BUT IT

IS A PROCESS THAT TAKES PLACE

OVER YOUR ENTIRE LIFETIME.

SO IF I AM DOING A BRAHAM'S

SYMPHONY, AND THIS IS ANOTHER

THING I SAY TO STUDENTS, YOU CAN

CRAM ALL THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS

OF THE SYMPHONY INTO YOUR BRAIN,

BUT WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN OVER

PERIOD OF YOUR LIFETIME, EVERY

TIME YOU GO BACK TO IT, IT IS

LIKE COMING BACK TO VISIT AN OLD

FRIEND AND FINDING THINGS OUT

YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THEM.

WE GET TOGETHER AFTER TEN YEARS

AND SAID, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU

LIKED BASEBALL.

SO YOU DISCOVER THESE THINGS.

SO IT IS THE WAY THE SYNTHESIS

HAPPENS THAT SHOULD BE EVOLVING

BECAUSE THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF

THE SCORE DON'T CHANGE, SEE.

SO IT IS THE MEANING EVEN THAT

PERFORMER HAS TO CREATE THE

CHANGES.

>> LET ME ASK ALL THREE OF YOU,

IF YOU COULD--THIS MAY NOT BE AN

EASY DISCUSSION, BUT WHAT DO

CENTRAL ILLINOISIANS NEED TO DO

TO BETTER APPRECIATE MUSIC,

SCULPTURE, POETRY, NAME AN ART?

WHAT -- AS A CONSUMER OF ART,

HOW COULD I BETTER APPRECIATE

WHAT WE HAVE HERE IN CENTRAL

ILLINOIS AND BETTER APPRECIATE

POETRY?

>> KEEP YOUR HEAD UP.

KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN.

THERE IS A LOT GOING ON.

A TERRIFIC PERFORMANCE POETRY

SCENE HERE.

A LOT OF LIVELY YOUNG WRITERS,

AND FROM ALL RACES, ETHNIC AND

ECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS.

THEY ARE UPHOLDING THAT ROMAN

TRADITION OF PERFORMING IN

PUBLIC.

THERE IS A LOT OF ART, AND THERE

IS A LOT OF MUSIC AVAILABLE.

I AM ALWAYS JUST HUMORED BY MY

FRIENDS WHO SAY, WITH GREAT BACK

WATER OF PEORIA, AND THEY COME

HERE AND THEY ARE LIKE "THERE IS

STUFF TO DO" AND IT IS ARTISTIC.

I SUPPOSE KEEP ONES AYES OPEN.

NOTE THINGS, PAY ATTENTION TO

WHAT YOU SEE ON VARIOUS LIST

SERVES AND BOARDS AND ART

ORGANIZATIONS.

THERE IS A LOT GOING ON EVERY

FRIDAY NIGHT AND EVERY SATURDAY

IN PEORIA.

>> I MIGHT LEARN SOMETHING NEW.

I THINK ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS

WE HAVE TO DO IS FIGHT AS HARD

AS WE CAN TO GET ART BACK INTO

OUR SCHOOLS.

AND CURRICULUMS TO EXPOSE

CHILDREN TO ART AT EARLY AGES

WHERE THEY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN.

IT IS VERY SAD TO SEE IT

DISINTEGRATE.

I THINK WE NEED IT.

>> AND I WOULD AGREE WITH HIM

AND TO ANSWER A YOUR QUESTION, I

WOULD SAY THAT JUST TO HAVE

COURAGE TO GO OUT AND EXPLORE,

AND NOT BE AFRAID, AND DON'T

FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T

HAVE TO BE AN EXPERT TO GO TO

HEAR A GREAT SYMPHONY.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AN EXPERT

TO GO SEE AN ART EXHIBIT OR READ

A POEM.

YOU ARE SUPPOSE TO DEVELOP WITH

IT.

THIS WHOLE POINT THAT LONNIE

MAKES ABOUT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM I

THINK IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT

BECAUSE ALL THE LATEST BRAIN

RESEARCH IS NOW SHOWING THAT

INTERACTION WITH THE ARTS, NOT

JUST AS YOU ARE DEVELOPING, BUT

AS THROUGH YOUR WHOLE LIFE AS

YOU ARE LIVING FOR JUST THE

MAINTENANCE OF THE WAY YOUR

BRAIN WORKS IS VERY HEALTHY AND

IMPORTANT.

AND ART CAN BE -- BY THE WAY, I

WENT TO THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT

MUSEUM OUT IN PHOENIX.

>> GREAT.

>> IT IS A FABULOUS EXPERIENCE.

MUCH MORE ENLIGHTENING THAT I

EVER DREAMED.

BUT IT SHOWED ME SO MUCH ABOUT

THE DIFFERENT MUSIC AROUND THE

WORLD AND HOW PEOPLE APPROACH

MUSIC.

AND TO THAT POINT, LONNIE, YOU

ARE HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO

TO ZAMBIA.

>> RIGHT.

>> CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT

AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO BRING

THAT ARTWORK TO AMERICA.

>>IT IS VERY IMPORTANT.

THESE ARTISTS ARE EXTREMELY

TALENTED. WHEN I SAW THEIR

PORTFOLIOS, THEY HAVE PORTFOLIOS

REPRESENTING THEIR SCHOOL.

I WAS BLOWN AWAY JUST BLOWN AWAY

THEY ARE GOING TO TEACH ME MORE

THAN I AM GOING TO TEACH THEM.

I AM PROVIDING SOME VEHICLES FOR

THEM TO TRY NEW MEDIA.

AND THAT'S VERY EXCITING FOR ME,

AND TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE GOING

TO BE SHOWN IN NEW YORK. AND IT

IS WONDERFUL BECAUSE THE WORLD

WILL SEE THESE ARE CHILDREN,

KNOW, AND THEY ARE JUST

MARVELOUS.

AND I THINK, REALLY, HONESTLY,

THERE SHOULD BE MORE EXHIBITIONS

OF CHILDREN'S WORK BECAUSE

CHILDREN HAVE THE BEST

IMAGINATIONS AND FASCINATION,

AND INSPIRATION, AND IT IS GREAT

TO SEE, TO SEE THAT.

>> SO BROADEN OUR PERSPECTIVES

BY HAVING ART FROM YOUNG PEOPLE,

FROM HAVING ART FROM AFRICA AND

GO TO THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT

MUSEUM.

I MEAN I WAS JUST STUNNED AT

WHAT IT MEANT TO ME.

REAL QUICK STORY.

YOU MAY NOT LIKE THIS, BUT THE

MOST IMPORTANT INSTRUMENT, BEST

KNOWN INSTRUMENT IN THE WORLD IS

INSIDE THIS CASE.

AND IT WAS EMPTY.

IT WAS THE AIR GUITAR.

(LAUGHING)

>> ACTUALLY, I DO LIKE THAT.

(LAUGHING)

>> BUT THAT IS A FORM OF ART.

REAL QUICKLY, THIS IS THE

HOLIDAY SEASON.

THE ROLE OF ART AT THIS TIME OF

YEAR, IS IT DIFFERENT THAN OTHER

TIMES?

>> I THINK WE THINK IT IS

DIFFERENT.

WE WELCOME IT AND WE ACCEPT IT

IN WAYS WE DON'T IN THE REST OF

THE YEAR.

WE GIVE OURSELVES OVER TO

NOSTALGIA THIS TIME OF YEAR.

WE GIVE OURSELVES LICENSE TO

BROOD ON THINGS.

WHAT INTERESTS ME A LOT OF

STUDIES, PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES

SHOW NOSTALGIA NOT ONLY CONNECTS

YOU TO THAT TIME, THAT MOMENT,

BUT IT AFFECTS THE CURRENT

MOMENT AND THE FUTURE.

FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU THINK ABOUT

A LOVING GATHERING OF BUNCH OF

YOUR PALS IN THIS GROUP IT IS 20

YEARS AGO, RESEARCH HAS SHOWN IT

MAKES PEOPLE WANT TO MORE

ACTIVELY CREATE LOVING

RELATIONSHIPS, CIRCLES OF

FRIENDS IN THE MOMENT IN THE

FUTURE.

PART OF WHAT WE DO IS JUST

NOSTALGIA, HAS AN AFFECT ON THE

MOMENT.

>> GEORGE, MUSIC AT THIS TIME OF

YEAR.

>> WELL, IT IS FUNNY YOU MENTION

THIS BECAUSE WE ARE PROGRAMMING

A CONCERT CALLED "WINTER

DREAMS."

AND I WANTED TO DO A PROGRAM

THAT WASN'T HOLIDAY MUSIC SO TO

SPEAK, BUT WAS JUST THE KIND OF

IMPRESSION OF WINTER THROUGH THE

PRISM OF THE MINDS OF SOME GREAT

COMPOSERS.

THERE IS TCHAIKOVSKY, WAGNER,

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS.

SOME GRAVITATE TOWARDS HOLIDAYS,

AND SOME GRAVITATE TOWARDS THE

PHYSICAL QUALITY OF WINTER.

VIVALDI'S WINTER HE REPRESENTS

CHATTERING OF TEETH IN THE COLD.

SO I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT IN

THE HOLIDAYS, BUT I THINK IT

BECOMES AS KEVIN WAS SAYING, IT

JUST BECOMES OUR PERSPECTIVE IS

A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

>> AND ON THAT CHILLY NOTE, WE

WILL SAY THANK YOU TO GEORGE

STELLUTO WHO IS THE MUSIC

DIRECTOR FOR THE PEORIA SYMPHONY

ORCHESTRA, TO

LONNIE STEWART, PAINTER AND

SCULPTOR BASED IN CHARLESTON AND

PEORIA.

>>PRIMARILY PEORIA.

>> PRIMARILY PEORIA.

>> AND THANK YOU TO KEVIN STEIN

WHO IS RETIRED AFTER 14 YEARS,

ILLINOIS POET LAUREATE.

YOU WILL BE SHARING YOUR LIFE IN

BRECKENRIDGE AND WHERE NOW.

>> THAT'S CORRECT.

>>WELCOME TO RETIREMENT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US

ON THIS EDITION OF "AT ISSUE."

NEXT WEEK, IT IS CONGRESSMAN

DARIN LaHOOD WITH ALL THAT IS

HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON D.C.,

THIS SHOULD BE AN INTERESTING

PROGRAM.

PLEASE JOIN US NEXT TIME ON "AT

ISSUE."

(MUSIC)

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How and Why to Use Newsletters for Your Business - Duration: 7:57.

Hi, everyone!

I'm Melissa from Melissa Forziat Events and Marketing.

And today, I wanted to share another Marketing Tip of the Week with you.

This one is about "How and Why to Use Newsletters for Your Business."

Now, just before I dive into the content, I wanted to give you a little more information

why I chose to talk about this this week.

Very often, I find that business owners are just chasing new leads all the time and not

really thinking about customer retention and how to keep those leads and customers in the

fold.

Newsletters are something that I recommend for anybody's customer retention plan.

To make it really easy to stay in touch with people.

But, a lot of people have objections to the idea of newsletters.

So, today I wanted to give you both some answers to the common objections that I hear and some

reasons why newsletters are really worth a look for your customer retention plan.

So, if you prefer to read this tip in greater depth, I've included a link in the description,

and you're welcome to read it on my website.

But if you prefer to consume this information in video format, stay tuned, and I will read

it for you right now.

"How and Why to Use Newsletters for Your Business" Marketing is one of those "working on the

business" skills that can seem foreign at first.

Often, the first part of a marketing plan that small businesses address is getting brand

new leads.

The plan for retaining and building those leads tends to be lacking.

Yet, it is the leads that are already in your pipeline that are most likely to convert and

be more profitable for you.

So, if you want to tap into that potential in your marketing funnel, newsletters are

a great way to start.

Today, we'll talk about how and why to use newsletters to advance your business.

Now, there are a few common objections that I tend to hear when I recommend newsletters.

So, let's address those right off the bat.

Objection 1 is when people tell me: "People don't want to hear that much from me."

Okay, some people don't.

Some people do.

If you know about the "rule of seven," you know the idea that it takes at least seven

impressions on a lead before they are ready to buy something from you.

If you aren't making impressions because you are afraid people will dislike it, you

are preventing yourself from closing all those future customers who just needed to be a little

bit warmer.

Sure, some people will unsubscribe.

But the people who are really your customers will convert once they are warm enough.

Objection 2: "I can't think of that much to say."

Newsletters can take a lot of forms.

If you get creative, there are so many different types of content you could share in your emails

and you only need to churn them out as consistently as you can maintain.

If you want ideas on how to create content for your newsletters, I will share a link

in the description that can help you generate more ideas.

Objection 3: "I don't have time to write newsletters."

Okay, now this is an objection about writing blogs, also.

It turns out, I had this objection, and I DID have time.

In fact, now I do it every single week.

Educating was such an important aspect of my business that I was doing it anyway in

far less impactful formats.

My blogs became the centerpiece of my newsletter.

Realistically, if there is a type of content that would be logical or even enjoyable for

you to produce, all you need to do is set up your newsletter for the very first time,

and the hard work is done!

Now when I sit down to put together my newsletter, it takes about maybe 15 minutes - 15 minutes

a week.

If you haven't already signed up to receive my marketing tips of the week newsletter and

you want to get a case study of how this could look for your business, you can go to my website

and you can sign up for the newsletter at the footer of any of the pages, and you can

get a weekly sample of how this might potentially work for your business structure.

Now, those three objections are the most typical ones that I tend to hear for including newsletters

in your marketing plan.

All of them are surmountable, and I hope you'll take another look if one of them resonates

with you.

Because newsletters can do some great things for you.

so, now, let's talk a little bit about some of the HUGE benefits that newsletters can

have for your business.

First of all, they're great for warming your leads.

I already pointed out the rule of seven.

If it takes upwards of 7 impressions with your leads before they are ready to buy from

you but you have not built in a way to make those impressions….how are you supposed

to sell your products and services?

Warming your leads is an absolutely critical part of your success in this process.

In fact, not doing it makes the sales process so much more painful.

Wouldn't you rather try to close a warm lead than a cold one?

Another advantage is warming your leads…in volume!

Yes, you could call up every single lead.

You could send them a personal email.

You could invite them to dinner in your home if you wanted.

And you may very well want to include individualized outreach in your marketing plan.

But when it comes to keeping the masses aware that you exist, newsletters are a smart time-saving

marketing tool.

Newsletters allow you to remind everyone what you do all at once.

The next time they need you or know someone else who does, they are more likely to think

to remember you.

And newsletters are far less time consuming than doing individual outreach 100% of the

time, so it will become easier in the long-term.

Another big advantage of newsletters is segmenting your messages.

So, if you feel like it is too impersonal to send newsletters, remember that many newsletter

services let you split your audience into different groupings so you can focus certain

types of messages to the people who need to see them.

Another great advantage to newsletters is access to analytics.

Newsletters are incredibly informative for you because of the analytics they provide.

They give you concrete evidence of who is interested and what they are interested in.

They also tell you who does not appear to be interested in your material.

All of this information is critical for you so you can better serve your audience.

You should review the information and use it regularly!

So, newsletters are a wise option for so many businesses.

If you are not in some way reaching out to your audience consistently, you are probably

leaving money on the table.

Maybe even a lot of money is being left on the table for your business.

Do you want to be leaving that money on the table?

If the answer is no, it is worth taking another look at newsletters.

I know there are objections you may have to it.

And I probably even had those objections myself in the early days of my own business.

But if you take a closer look at your objections, you may find that they can be easily overcome.

A world of benefit awaits you!

So, hopefully this marketing tip shows you how and why you can use newsletters to advance

your business.

And I'd love to hear from you in the comments to learn more about what you think about this

tip.

If you prefer to read it in greater detail, again, you're welcome to click the link in

the description to go back to the blog on my website.

Good luck, and Happy Marketing!

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SE ARRUME COMIGO para o meu ANIVERSÁRIO! | GRWM for my BIRTHDAY! - Duration: 4:53.

GET READY WITH ME

BIRTHDAY EDITION

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Mira Sorvino expresses love for father Paul after Weinstein comment (2018) - Duration: 4:21.

Mira Sorvino expresses love for father Paul after Weinstein comment (2018)

Mira Sorvino is sharing the love for her father once again.

In a video posted Wednesday by TMZ, Paul Sorvino addressed the sexual harassment and/or assault claims made against Harvey Weinstein, including those by Sorvino's daughter, saying he hopes the disgraced movie mogul "goes to jail" — because "if not, he has to meet me.

And I will kill the motherf—er. (Weinstein has denied all allegations of non-consensual sex, as well as claims that he retaliated against women who rebuffed him.

Replying to a tweet by journalist Yashar Ali, Mira Sorvino had nothing but an outpouring of affection for her 78-year-old father after his interview made headlines. "My love for my father has only continued to grow since this moment.

All the love in my heart," she wrote on Twitter. "He is the most loving father, the most brilliant actor, the most beautiful operatic tenor, the most talented visual artist- the wisest and most human advice giver, & best Grandpa ever!!".

Part of Ali's Twitter thread included video of her 1996 Oscar speech, in which she paid tribute to her actor dad, saying, "When you give me this award you honor my father Paul Sorvino, who taught me everything I know about acting.

The elder Sorvino told TMZ his daughter is "a courageous and a wonderful human being" for speaking out against Weinstein and said he was unaware of her alleged experience with the producer, as well as his alleged attempt to derail her career.

Last month, director Peter Jackson said Weinstein and his brother, Bob Weinstein, tried blacklisting the Oscar-winning actress by calling her a "nightmare" to work with; Bad Santa director Terry Zwigoff later made a similar claim, saying the Weinsteins would hang up the phone whenever he mentioned her in prep for his 2003 film.

In a statement provided to EW about Jackson's claim, representatives for Harvey Weinstein said, in part, "Mr Weinstein has nothing but the utmost respect for Peter Jackson.

However, as Mr Jackson will probably remember, because Disney would not finance the Lord of the Rings, Miramax lost the project and all casting was done by New Line.

While Bob and Harvey Weinstein were executive producers of the film they had no input into the casting whatsoever.".

The statement also directly referenced Mira Sorvino: "As recently as this year, Mira Sorvino called Mr Weinstein and asked if her husband could be part of the SEAL television series [Six] he was producing and Mr Weinstein cast him; when Christopher Backus received a better offer, Mr Weinstein allowed him to amicably break his contract to pursue the opportunity.

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Finding a Vector Valued Function for a Function of Two Variables - Duration: 1:23.

This is a video on equations for a parametric surface. The question states: Find a

vector-valued function whose graph is the surface x^3 + y^2 + z = 1

The key to this problem is to solve for z in terms of x and y. We get z = 1 - x^3 - y^2.

Whenever we have a function z of x and y, we can always set x=u and y=v. Then we can substitute

u for x and v for y into this equation to get z = 1-u^3-v^2. Now I can just put this

together into a vector valued function and get that r(u,v) = ui + vj + (1-u^3-v^2)k

I am done with the problem.

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New Internet Slang for 2018 - Duration: 3:11.

Happy New Year, Lou-vers!

"Lou-ver," it's a hip new term for fans of me, Lou Perez.

2017 was quite the year for hip new terms.

There was a new word for and against every conceivable group of people.

Now that 2018 is rolling around, you don't want to get caught spitting out last year's vocab in next year's status updates.

Your New Year's resolution is to lose some weight and put on some outrage.

To match that intensity, you're going to need to use the latest terms, and more importantly, up the ante.

Let's start with "woke."

"Woke" was a way to distinguish how much you, like, 'get' that gender is a social construct that patriarchal whiteness unfairly places on intersectional beings.

But now even Pepsi is "woke!"

So what do you call yourself?

Really woke? No.

"Non-Unconscious."

"Woke" implies everyone you disagree with is asleep, so turning it up and implying that they're unconscious,

even when they're literally awake, alert, and responding to you verbally,

that's how you let people know you're so woke, you basically have insomnia.

"Red-Pilled."

That's the term for when a man realizes he's being oppressed by feminism.

It's a reference to The Matrix, but that movie came out in the '90s.

You're outdated saying Wachowski Brothers, and you're way outdated saying "red-pilled."

Try this on for size: "Birth-Control-Pilled."

You know what women are up to!

So now you're going to appropriate their pill,

and achieve a level of hormonal intersectionality that is beyond non-unconscious.

You're on birth control, dude!

"Rape Culture."

It's old, hackneyed...

We need something new, something bold, something totally triggering.

Only "Western-Capitalist-Bourgeois-Sex-Slavery"

accurately describes what an upper middle class graphic designer in Cambridge, Massachusetts

goes through every single day of her life.

"Nazi" comparisons were huge in 2017.

But being called a nazi, or even Hitler, is so over!

I mean, everyone's a nazi now.

To stand out in 2018, you're going to need to goosestep your insults to the next level.

But you're probably wondering, what could possibly be worse than calling someone Hitler?

Simple: "Hitler Reincarnated."

Yeah, you're no longer calling someone names,

you're calling out the literal spiritual manifestation of humanity's most ubiquitous enemy.

And blocking their ass on facebook!

Just make sure you're not being overly sensitive,

or you might risk being called a "cuck."

At some point, alt-right folks decided that calling you a "cuck,"

someone who watches their wife have sex with another man, preferably a black man,

was the greatest insult of all time.

But you can do even better in 2018 with: "Meta-Cuck."

That's a person who watches their wife have sex with another cuck.

How humiliating!

So there you have it!

Those are our new terms and definitions for 2018.

Do you have any new ones you'll be using in the new year?

Let us know in the comments, and check back next year for your 2019 vocab lesson, Lou-vers.

It'll catch on.

For more infomation >> New Internet Slang for 2018 - Duration: 3:11.

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The Top Choices for South America Travel - Around The World - Duration: 3:41.

The Top Choices for South America Travel

South America is a fount of stunning landscapes, diverse ecosystems, historic cities and architectural masterpieces.

Numerous UNESCO World Heritage Sites await your discovery on this great continent, and below are some of our top choices for must-see destinations.

Be sure to add these to your bucket list!.

Iguazu National Park (Buenos Aires).

Over 250 feet high and nearly 9,000 feet wide, the magnificent waterfalls at the heart of Iguazu National Park, situated on the border between Argentina and Brazil, emit a thunderous roar as their spectacular cascades crash into the massive river below.

Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea (Rio de Janeiro).

From the highest peaks in Tijuca National Park to the shores of the sea, this site includes lush botanical gardens, Corcovado Mountain with its iconic Christ the Redeemer statue, and the scenic hills around Guanabara Bay.

Historic Center of the Town of Olinda (Recife).

Dating mostly from the 18th century, the historic center of Olinda is celebrated for its harmonious balance between public and private buildings, accented by beautiful gardens, charming Baroque churches, convents and numerous small chapels.

Peninsula Valdés (Puerto Madryn).

The nearly 250-mile shoreline of Peninsula Valdés supports a diverse ecosystem that is home to a variety of rare and endemic species and is a breeding ground for the endangered southern right whale as well as southern elephant seals and southern sea lions.

Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaiso (Valparaiso).

One of the first and most important ports on the sea routes along the Pacific Coast of South America, Valparaiso's historic quarter presents a beautifully preserved example of late 19th century urban architectural design in Latin America.

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BREAKING!! ANOTHER 'TRUMP' Will Run For President!!! - Duration: 4:45.

BREAKING!!

ANOTHER 'TRUMP' Will Run For President!!!

When President Donald Trump took office, Americans' hope was officially restored and he doesn't

plan to stop making the country great again after just two terms.

While he's almost certain to win in the 2020 election, the golden legacy won't end

there.

Confirming Democrats' worst nightmare, Trump's successor after what we're sure will be

an exceptionally successful two terms in office, will be another very capable leader bearing

his namesake.

This is sure to end Hillary Clinton for good as she's lost all control of her chances

of ever achieving office in her lifetime.

Hillary assumed she could win the White House based solely on her gender, despite all of

her crimes and inability to do the right thing for the country.

We learned that picking a president based almost entirely on a characteristic that hasn't

been in the presidential role before, doesn't make a person a good or capable leader.

The majority of citizens don't have a problem with an African-American in office or a woman,

they just want a qualified person who puts the country and citizens first.

As records have been set in Trump's first year, which is a trend that will continue

through two terms, history could be made in 2024 if and when one of his children takes

office.

We've seen that Trump's presidency has been a family affair as he's involved his

very successful kids in different ways of running the country.

The most prominent involvement of his oldest three children has also been the most controversial,

which could soon become far more of a problem for Trump detractors, namely Hillary Clinton

who could lose the honor of being the first female president to her worst nightmare.

Yahoo News reports:

Excerpts from an explosive tell-all book about Donald Trump's reluctant road to the presidency

have hit the internet, alleging behind-the-scenes chaos in the White House, Melania's tearful

acceptance of her new role — and Ivanka's plans to be the first female president.

Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House by political writer Michael Wolff hits stores

Jan. 9 but on Wednesday, New York magazine published a juicy preview titled "Donald

Trump Didn't Want to Be President."

The book, published by Henry Holt, is based on more than 200 interviews done over an 18-month

period, from Election Day 2016 to October 2017, with White House senior staff members

who allowed Wolff to assume "something like a semi-permanent seat on a couch in the West

Wing — an idea encouraged by the president himself."

On Election Day, when polls indicated he might win, Wolff paints the president as shell-shocked

and "looked as if he had seen a ghost," while "Melania was in tears — and not

of joy."

Wolff also delved into the relationship between Trump and his former chief strategist Steve

Bannon, "one of the world's most powerful men" who he said took advantage of the administration's

disorganization to push through his personal agenda.

But one of the more surprising revelations concerned Ivanka's political aspirations.

"Balancing risk against reward, both Jared and Ivanka decided to accept roles in the

West Wing over the advice of almost everyone they knew," wrote Wolff.

"It was a joint decision by the couple, and, in some sense, a joint job.

Between themselves, the two had made an earnest deal: If sometime in the future the opportunity

arose, she'd be the one to run for president.

The first woman president, Ivanka entertained, would not be Hillary Clinton; it would be

Ivanka Trump."

Wolff continued, "Bannon, who had coined the term 'Jarvanka' that was now in ever

greater use in the White House, was horrified when the couple's deal was reported to him.

"They didn't say that?" he said.

"Stop.

Oh, come on.

They didn't actually say that?

Please don't tell me that.

Oh my God."

On Wednesday, the White House dismissed the book.

The only thing better than Hillary being beaten out of office by Donald Trump is for his daughter

to win over her as first female president.

Hillary's gender was the only factor she had going for her and a big reason why she

got any votes to begin with.

While she wouldn't probably run against Ivanka since the energy and funds to do so

will run out after she loses again in 2020, if Ivanka were to run and win she would be

silently sticking it to Hillary.

Ivanka's immense involvement in politics and actual move to Washington, D.C. has suggested

her loftier aspirations of a presidential position on the horizon.

As long as she can stay true to conservatism and not go the way of liberalism some are

starting to suggest is her genuine intentions, she could do more for women in America than

any Democrat candidate could dream of.

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Miles McKenna: Get Ready for Anything Challenge | This Free Life - Duration: 3:02.

Oh, hello there.

Hey, what's up, you guys?

It's your boy, Miles McKenna.

If you don't know me, I'm a trans guy,

and the video you're about to watch

is filmed really early on in my personal transition.

So I may look and sound a little bit different.

But nonetheless, enjoy.

Hey, what's up, you guys,

I'm here with This Free Life

to do a Get Ready for Anything challenge.

It's basically like the YouTube videos

where people get ready to go out and about on the town,

but this one has a twist.

This Free Life challenged me to open this box

that I have no clue what is inside.

And I gotta get ready with whatever I got in here.

So let's do it.

There's a card.

"This Free Life, through the magicness of the Interwebs

will allow your biggest fans to hang out with you.

So get ready for an awkward or awesome

day with your fans."

There's purple leggings.

Okay, we got wristbands,

headband,

chattering teeth.

What is this?

Is this like a headband?

"Facial fitness." That's what this says.

I have no clue. Are we cleaning toilets?

Is that what this-- does this go with it?

It's like a mouth guard? Right?

Now this can't be correct.

Do I want to look in the mirror?

Okay. Okay, we've got things.

Another card.

"A facercise class"

What is facercise?

So I don't know what facercise is.

This is so fun.

Either it can be really awkward

or it can be really awesome.

Okay, so I think I did it.

So now let's actually get ready.

My instinct is to go to this,

but is this too many colors?

A nice neutral.

This Free Life, This Free Life.

We have all these free lives.

So hair--I don't really do the thing--you guys know.

I just--this is--that's what we're working with.

That's what we're gonna get.

Makeup. I don't do the thing,

but I have been blessed with these gorgeous features,

my girlish figure, and my boyish charm.

But on a real note, because I don't smoke cigarettes,

you won't see premature wrinkles on this gorgeous face.

Look. You see? No wrinkles.

You don't see it.

You don't really see anything at this point, but that's--

Okay, I got the hair, the face, the outfit.

Breath check.

It's dainty.

Really excited for today.

Obviously I'm not gonna undo it by smoking cigarettes.

Why would I do that to myself?

This was so much.

Imagine ash-tray breath as a first impression.

That's not cute.

Why would I set myself back in the game like that?

This is the look.

This is the finished product.

I feel like I can facercise.

This was a lot of effort today.

Normally I don't put this much effort in,

but I'm doing it for you.

Today's gonna be an awesome day.

Check out the information below

so you guys can go on this adventure with me.

It's gonna be interactive.

Lots of things are gonna be happening.

We're facercising.

Click the link down below.

Check the information, all of it.

Miles!

Has good manners, and that's what matters.

Miles!

Facercise, let's do it. Booyah!

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