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It's a grim fact.

Suicide is a major issue in the United States, where someone takes their own life

Children, mothers, fathers, grandparents.

"If the black dog of depression makes you feel like the saddest soul on earth, you're not alone."

There's no easy answer as to why people choose death by suicide, but there are some clues out there.

An increase among middle-aged people from 2005 to 2010 may have been in response to

the economic recession.

That's what a 2015 medical study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found.

Also, young people in rural areas are more likely to end their lives than those in urban

regions.

There's even a pattern of more suicides taking place in the springtime.

And for some young people, entertainment might create a link or at least interest.

A study published in journal Internal Medicine found that since the 2017 release of the Netflix

series "13 Reasons Why," which centers on a teen girl who kills herself,

The problem here is multidimensional, as are the people who consider or carry out suicide.

Often — maybe most of the time — the cause is unique to whatever darkness is driving

despair.

it depression or anxiety or PTSD.

One thing that we know can be done is this:

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The Role of State Solicitors General [POLICYbrief] - Duration: 4:21.

State solicitor generals typically are chief appellate advocates for their states.

That involves state agencies, it involves defending state laws.

Essentially, we do represent the state, but as the state has been sued as a specific entity or person.

The decision to have a solicitor general or not depends upon the elected public officials

in that state.

In many states, the solicitor general office was created by, uh, the legislature, like in Wisconsin,

and in some states, it was just created as a position appointed by the attorney general

without legislative author- authorization.

In many places, it's a newer development.

It's sort of coincident with the rise of appellate practice as an acknowledged specialty.

In order to protect the interests of your states and their citizens, it's important

to have an office of lawyers dedicated specifically to appellate litigation, core experts in that field.

The duties of an SG will vary state by state, and that's typically defined by the attorney

general, or maybe the attorney general in conjunction with the solicitor general.

And, so there's no standard set of duties.

Um, in Georgia, the SG wears a lot of hats.

The SG is actually reviewing, or having some strategic partnership on almost every appellate

brief that comes through the office, both on the state level, and on the federal level.

In different states, the job is composed a little bit differently, but in Arizona, we

oversee both criminal and civil appeals through the SG's office.

Some of the large cases that we've handled in the state of Wisconsin's solicitor general

office involve defenses of the laws the Wisconsin legislature has enacted.

The attorney general takes it very seriously, that's he sworn a duty to defend the state's

laws, and so we- we defend them as much as we can, and that can be a challenge sometimes,

it- it certainly involves sometimes taking positions that are not the same I would take

as a- as a voter, or as a legislator.

The work of, uh, pushing back against federal overreach has become sort of a hallmark of

state SG offices now.

So, when states band together in litigation to- to fight some kind of cause together,

or to present some kind of case together, those typically are managed by the solicitor

general's unit.

And an area where that's happened a lot recently is in the area of federal overreach.

That's a new role practiced by both blue and red states alike now, that has sort of elevated

state attorneys general in their- in their role as a check against the federal government.

I'm basically a professional sore loser.

The resolution on some of those federal regulation questions could affect dozens, if- if not

all of the states.

The number of states with SGs is growing.

There are a lot more of us now then there- then there once were.

It's good, because it gives, uh, the counsel that states need in order to uphold the- the

work of democracy.

You spend your whole day running around doing really fun, and exciting, and engaging things,

but it's almost never the thing you thought you were doing when you showed up for work that day.

So, I think that's one of the more fun things about the job, but it's also something that

makes it challenging.

This is the nerdiest occupation in the world.

It is a gift if you love the law, if you really love to do brief writing, and legal research,

and sort of build out arguments that are based on the law.

I think it is increasingly common for young attorneys to want to go back home, or to go

to other states, and to serve the states, whether it's their home state or a different state.

And, in that way, the evolution of the SG's office has been a great thing.

Because, I think it's encouraged young attorneys to go back home, and to enter into public

service.

It is amazing to me to think that we have put together a network of state-level civil

servants, who are so interested in federalism.

State solicitor generals do a lot of exciting work, uh, in- in courts of appeals, at both

the state and the federal level, and they often provide a great opportunity for younger

lawyers to get experience in courtrooms, especially in appellate courtrooms, which may not be

available in other- in other jobs, especially in the private sector.

I think it's inspiring to see how many people take that so seriously, that they're willing

to move across the country, take pay cuts, and- and really devote some serious time and-

and energy to putting together briefs, and- and arguments on these important issues.

For more infomation >> The Role of State Solicitors General [POLICYbrief] - Duration: 4:21.

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Mike Pompeo sworn in as US secretary of state - Duration: 1:03.

Repeat after me.

I, Michael Pompeo, do solemnly swear--

I, Michael Pompeo do solemnly swear--

--that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United

States--

--that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United

States--

--against all enemies, foreign and domestic--

--against all enemies, foreign and domestic--

--that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same--

--that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same--

--that I take this obligation freely--

--that I take this obligation freely--

--without any mental reservation--

--without any mental reservation--

--or purpose of evasion--

--or purpose of evasion--

--and that I will well and faithfully discharge

the duties--

--that I will well and faithfully discharge

the duties--

--of the office upon which I am about to enter.

--of the office upon which I am about to enter.

So help me God.

So help me God.

Congratulations.

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U.S. officials looking into reports of American detainees' release from North Korean labor camps - Duration: 2:54.

Multiple reports are emerging that the three American detainees in North Korea have been

freed from labor camps and moved to a hotel near Pyongyang ahead of their possible release.

The Trump administration says it's looking into the details and the president himself

seems to be telegraphing a big announcement.

With a breakthrough looking likely,... a son of one of the American detainees says he's

feeling calm.

Shin Se-min reports.

President Trump taking to Twitter late Wednesday, local time:

"As everybody is aware, the past Administration has long been asking for three hostages to

be released from a North Korean Labor camp, but to no avail...

Stay tuned " His tweet was posted moments after U.S. officials

confirmed they were looking into reports the three remaining American detainees in North

Korea have been relocated from a labor camp to a hotel near Pyongyang.

The Financial Times quoted campaigners that said North Korea has freed the prisoners as

a 'goodwill gesture.'

AFP, citing South Korean activists with contacts in the North, reports that North Korea and

the U.S. are extremely close to reaching a deal on the detainees' release.

North Korea's human rights abuses are likely to make up a significant bulk of the agenda

during the upcoming summit between President Trump and Kim Jong-un that should happen sometime

in May or early June.

The Trump administration has long been demanding the North free the detainees -- Kim Hak-song,

Tony Kim and Kim Dong-chul.

It was reportedly brought up during a one-on-one between then-CIA Director Mike Pompeo and

Kim Jong-un when Pompeo -- now Secretary of State -- made a secret visit to Pyongyang

in early April.

Watching this unfold before the upcoming Kim-Trump summit is surreal to a relative of one of

the detained Americans.

Sol Kim says he's hopeful North Korea will take steps toward peace and release his father

Tony Kim unharmed.

"It's exciting, and it is hopeful that North Korea is engaging in any form of communication

with other countries,... and that they are not closed anymore."

Sol has not heard from his father since he was arrested in North Korea in April 2017.

To this day he checks in with the State Department on a weekly basis for updates.

With the latest developments that seem to be suggest his father could be home soon,...

Sol says he's calm.

"Although it is exciting news,... all I can do is to be patient."

Shin Se-min, Arirang News.

For more infomation >> U.S. officials looking into reports of American detainees' release from North Korean labor camps - Duration: 2:54.

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DC Should Be a State - Duration: 5:09.

About a year ago, I posted something on Facebook asking people to contact their Senators.

I got one comment - from my grandparents.

They told me they would love to contact their own Senator, but they don't have one because

they live in Washington D.C. which is not a state not really represented in our representative democracy.

(intro).

Almost 700,000 people live in the District of Columbia - our nation's capital, but the

people who live there lack the representation given to the rest of the country.

Citizens of Washington D.C. do not have senators, they have a representative in the house who

is not allowed to vote on the house floor, and have only been able to vote for president since 1961.

The license plates in D.C. have the slogan "taxation without representation" and that

is accurate - we became a country because we were subject to laws and taxes that we

didn't have a voice in creating, but we do that to people who live in D.C.

And, like a lot of things don't make sense in the United States, this was a problem that

was built by a handful of white guys in the late 18th century.

In 1783, there was a mutiny in Pennsylvania.

Soldiers from the American Revolution went to Congress and asked, "Hey, could we get

paid for all the work we did - you know, since we won the war and didn't get paid while we

were fighting it?"

Congress ignored these soldiers and a few days later the soldiers marched on Congress

- which at the time, was meeting in Philadelphia.

Hundreds of soldiers surrounded the place where Congress was meeting and refused to

let them leave until someone talked to them and paid them.

This is when everyone learned not to ignore the requests of Veterans because that is a

political move that does not end well in our country.

Congress eventually left, and met somewhere else, and tried to figure out where they could

meet permanently and where the capital should be.

In 1790, they passed the Residence Act, establishing a home on land ceded by Virginia and Maryland

- a federal land protected by federal security.

This protects them from mutiny, but also stopped individual states from having too much power

in the new union.

For more background information, you can read about the residence act on the Library of

Congress' website or listen to The Room Where It Happens from Hamilton.

The song doesn't offer very much background information, but it does sound phenomenal.

The actions of these men from over 200 years ago created a problem that we are still dealing

with today: there are people living in the United Staes who are being disenfranchised

and live without the full rights of citizenship because of where they happen to live and that's

not right.

This isn't a problem that only happens in DC, although I will continue to only discuss

DC in this video.

Washington DC has a larger population than Wyoming and Virginia, but they have to have

every law they pass for their citizens approved by Congress.

As of 2017, Washington DC has a larger GDP than Arkansas, Nebraska, Mississippi, New

Mexico, Hawaii, New Hampshire, West Virginia, Delaware, Idaho, Maine, Rhode Island, North

Dakota, Alaska, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, and Vermont, but the budget they pass needs

to be approved by the federal government before they can implement it.

Washington DC is home to key institutions of all three branches of government, but aren't

fully represented in them.

Over the years, there have been several bills to grant DC Statehood - the last one was introduced

in March of 2017 with 18 co-sponsors in the Senate, which is kind of amazing because DC

has no representative in the Senate.

On a surface level, this isn't an issue that impacts most Americans, because most Americans

live in a state and have full representation int heir federal government.

But we should strive to ensure that every American has full rights, has full representation,

and has the full ability to determine their future and the future of our country.

It is the most American thing to fight for representation and for the rights of our neighbors.

You can contact your representatives about granting Washinton DC statehood, you can talk

to people who live in DC about what they think, and maybe every so often let your friends

know that the fact that the people living in Washington DC don't have full representation

in our country and therefore do not have the full rights of citizens and that isn't right.

If you want to see more from me you can subscribe, watch another video of mine, or support me

on Patreon.

And, hey, I love you.

For more infomation >> DC Should Be a State - Duration: 5:09.

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New House Intel Docs Confirm This Obama 'Deep State' COUP Against President Trump - Duration: 4:37.

For more infomation >> New House Intel Docs Confirm This Obama 'Deep State' COUP Against President Trump - Duration: 4:37.

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Bad Chad SHOCKING Moments Compilation | The Bachelorette US - Duration: 9:04.

Hey, hey Jojo hey Chad yeah, hi God

I'm just really excited to

Take this wrong with you get to know you and I think we're gonna. Have a good time

I don't know if he's here for the free food, or if he's here to find love

Chad has taken the term meathead to a whole

Unparalleled level he would take an IV of meat if he could get one you've gone a full life of not seeing Jojo

You can't wait a couple like a day like you can chill she'll be here. She's not gonna disappear next week

She's not gonna get on a jet and fly away to Malaysia the dangers steroid usage and really steroid overdose

Irritability

Withdrawal from people saying things like the girl. I'm trying to date is nagging me. I don't know

Evan is essentially implying chad takes steroids. I don't have to look at Chad to feel his anger

Guys final story of the night you've been such an amazing audience guys you've been amazing

We're gonna bring down our grand grand finale

I

Don't think today's about the past. I think about you. It's about the future okay with that being said

That's all

You're gonna

Happen

Door walked in the way on my hand if I can't lift weight some of the murders in

This game might kill somebody

Don't you freaking trust me I decided to give every rose

You're actually right now

vibe in this dude no girl on planet earth ever chooses Evan

For anything other than to come like sweep their front yard. We're out of door. Why are you here?

What

Leave me alone man stop talking about me stop trying to bump into me stop trying to work out when I'm working out

I'm trying to cook when I'm cooking just stay away

He's protecting you guys from me, I have never been a group guys, so sensitive. This is ridiculous. It's like you know

This is pretend. You're Hitler if I'm here friends with you. Let's not pretend. I'm Hitler well. Let's just say let's just say you know

Oh

And in there bleeding was that you Ted

The Meinl thing was like if you had any interest in heaven like

There what am I doing here like you and ice cream or you want steak? You got bleeding crying sensitive guy?

Oh, but kids and you got

scared of people since that guy

This guy though you're doing yoga. You're saying things in the I can't get you to shut up

So the only way that I know and I think that I can get you to shut your mouth is to hit you in it

You're the spokesman for Chad's the I'm the one that Jojo wants Alex knows

He knows

Whatever guy like me stole your girlfriend or whatever

It wasn't me

I don't know you I barely talked to you and honestly

You just keep worrying in me up

We come back and we hear about these misogynist the comments are making is that your business welcome salutely

That's my business because I care about her and what this experience is for me from what I've heard for me from day one

It's not about you and her this is about you getting in front of a camera

Okay, I'm serious. Hey cool, bro cool. Just don't go over there

Keep that up you're gonna lose your damn teeth don't touch me don't touch us Jordan

You think this is a show and you think you're safe for now

But one day this ends and when this ends you go home

When you go home you think I can't find you you think I won't go out of my way to come to your house

I'm dead serious you think I'm scared you. I think you should be

Alright good woman tough guy

I'm not very happy with you with me with you. I'm not mad. I'm just disappointed

Laughing all blueberries and paper airplanes. I mean in other words is not a wise decision to poke in the chat Barry

Have you threatened anyone in the house? I mean it's not

100% false there have been things that have happened in the house. You just this morning

Threatened Jordan that you would go find him after this show and beat his ass is that true I?

Mean I may have said something that I shouldn't have said but like if every day backed me into a corner had no option

Chad I

don't

think that you're the person that you say you are I

Don't think that the way that you behave and resort to violence is something. That's acceptable I

Don't want somebody that threatens other people who can't get along with other people

And I think that physical violence is the way to solve things

So with that said Alex sneaks up let's go

Um I'm gonna say goodbye to your hair, sorry

This guy

Sayonara

Well man Beach, so what's up? What's up? How was your date really good?

Let's have an opportunity right here where we can say

Sorry if anything came off on our end as far as not understanding

You because that's a difficult place for us as well

So if you want to take this opportunity to be genuinely sorry that would be great for all of us moving on

Like I've said all along I'm gonna say what I want to say what I want to say it

Looking back. I would still say the same damn things and when you all attack me

There's absolutely nothing that I can do the only thing that I could think of

Literally to get physical you could have a choice of just saying

whatever

Here's the deal you all put me in a position where I had to say things. I wouldn't normally say

Word read them. If you literally think that you don't have half a brain inside. This app you know

Jenna it was interesting getting to know you it was and I'm

Sorry that you think that this is intimidating that you're gripping my hand hard

I'm sorry that you can't come to the point to be a man to apologize because I was

apologizing I think all of us were apologizing for directed, so let me finish pologize for something but

You have your wallet on you you owe me a shirt. Are you that broke? I thought you owned companies like don't turn insults

It's worthless. Let's go. Let's enjoy the time. He's that you're not here anymore all of us are still here

He's not so let's enjoy this

Have fun going home you can only give somebody so many clear opportunities to be an adult and

Walk away from things cordial. I was expecting a reasonable action from a very unreasonable and

Frankly unstable person, I'm out

Best of Chad Johnson Moments from The Bachelorette Season 12. Check out how JoJo Fletcher reacts to his confrontations with Jordan, Wells Adams and Luke Pell

For more infomation >> Bad Chad SHOCKING Moments Compilation | The Bachelorette US - Duration: 9:04.

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Seattle Gives Millions for Illegals Gives Boot to Homeless as US Senate Candidate Speaks Out - Duration: 13:10.

Hello everybody I Matthew Heines and I'm running for the United States Senate.

Now the reason I'm running for the United States Senate, actually one of the many reasons

I'm running is behind me up on this hill.

Now, on this film there is a huge homeless camp and the people in Seattle have just directed

this is the Seattle city Council have just directed the people who have no place to live,

they have to vacate this hill.

They got no place to go.

The fact is, in the last budget session they gave $1.5 million to help illegal refugees

have lawyers and have a place to live.

And what's here for American citizens?

Actually in 2017 when the Trump government told the city of Seattle they would lose up

to $250 million in funding if they didn't close down the sanctuary city, they sued.

Right?

So, these people could have had funding and shelter and everything else, but because of

Seattle's politics, they sacrificed these people.

Were going to go up on the hill and were going to talk to some of these human sacrifices

that people like Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray who want to have all this high cost

high density housing in the city.

Well, now there's no place for these people to live.\

In order for me to get where I need to go, it was necessary for me to climb a long flight

of stairs and follow a line of refuse and the strong and pungent smell of urine.

When I got close to the encampment, I found a shopping cart where I took a left and began

walking down this trail.

And, as you can see there is a lot of cover here and it's probably not.

the safest place because I'm sure at night it's probably not lit.

So I made my way along this trail, and I noticed that as we went along remember the city of

Seattle is kicking these people out of these homeless camps and so you can see these empty

campsites.

They've been cleaned out and so I was almost fearful that I wouldn't be able to find anybody,

but luckily I did.\ Okay, so actually made it to the homeless

camp.

It's right behind me.

And as you can see to my left of the hustle and bustle of Interstate 5 is right here.

And so all these people who live here they probably don't have a lot of room to complain

about the noise but as you can see, a lot of these places have already been cleared

out.

So I guess these are just the holdovers.

So I'm going to go and ask him what these people think about this and try to get somebody

on video.\ \

Okay so were standing at one of the encampments and I have a gentleman who has been living

here but they are kicking him out.\ \

Now, sir do you have any place to go?\ \

Anywhere I go there is a place.\ \

All right.

There is a place waiting for me.\ \

Good.

So you have a little bit of hope.\ \

Do you have any\ \

What do you mean I have a little bit of hope?

There is 100% hope there is no such thing as a little bit of hope.

You must not be a Christian.

A pagan probably.\ \

I am a Christian.

I'm a Mormon\ \

whom?\ \

Mormon Latter Day Saints next.\ \

That's great.

That's good.\ \

So what we want to do is to make sure because Jesus said, no poor people.

So can I just ask you\ \

What did you say again\ \

There should be no poor people among you Jesus said that it's in the book of Mormon read

it.\ \

Why are you pointing at me?

I am not poor.\ \

I'm sorry.

So you are not poor.

So what will you do now?

Where will you go now?\ \

Anywhere I feel like it I think I'm going to go to the food bank.\

\ To where?\

\ The food bank!\

\ But what about your house?

Where will you live?\ \

I'm taking my house with me.\ \

Okay.

And do you own an automobile?\ \

I am not a rich people like you\ \

So all the stuff you'll just leave here?\ \

Can I ask you how long you've been here?\ \

One year\ \

You been here for over one year?

Can I ask you what you do for an income?\ \

Carpenter drywall or remodeling homes\ \

Okay because of my microphone it might not pick you up.

So this gentleman he is a carpenter he does drywall.

Do you work a lot in Seattle?\ \

I built 30 or 40 houses.\ \

He built 30 or 40 houses so why do you live here then?

Obviously you can make money.

Why do you live here?

I\ \

Obviously, you don't understand anything and you're just asking questions because you are

outside\ \

Exactly.

Just so you know, I am poor.

My wife and I, were one paycheck away from being here with you.

We are poor just like all of America and trying to do something about that.

But it looks to me like this is the life you like right?

Do you enjoy this?

You have no responsibility?\ \

I enjoy being here even talking to you because you are not very bright.

You are asking dumb questions.\ \

What questions should I ask?\ \

Let me tell you something.

You have to come one more time I will educate you about what this is all about.

I will give you a little hint about what homelessness is all about.\

Okay so in case you can't hear this I've been invited to come back and this gentleman is

going to tell me what it is like to be homeless because he thinks I come from a different

world and I don't understand what it is to be poor and he thinks that I'm not very bright

person and I certainly want to be educated these are the people I represent.\

\ Oh shut up we came from the same world but

somehow when God sent you here to do your mission and do your work, you forgot what

he told you.

And now you're wondering around with the homeless people who are.

First of all, they don't vote.

They hate politicians.

They don't vote because they think you are crooked greedy bastards!\

\ Exactly.

I agree.\ \

And you won't help us.

Because you hate us.

Look at you!

Hate!\ \

No no.

I would be one of you.

So, as a politician what can I do?\ \

\ \

You've got another agenda I know what it is.You're not an FBI agent because your dressing like

clown.

You look like you want to be governor.\ \

Okay so let me give you some statistics.

In 2017 Seattle said that they're going to have a sanctuary city.

So they're going to bring in all these illegal refugees.

So we lost $15 million scheduled for people like you for outreach shelters hygiene in

healthcare for the homeless.

The federal government cut off $15 million because Seattle keeps allowing refugees that

come here to prey on Americans.

So people who are hardly working like this gentleman well, who cares about him?

Will I care about them now here are some more statistics a block grant of $4 million was

cut off.

$4 million for the homeless in Seattle.

The city of Seattle last year gave $1.5 million to illegal immigrants for their legal aid.\

\ So does anybody give you any legal aid?\

\ I don't know what legal aid is?\

\ Will assume he's kicking out of your house

you need an attorney.

You have access to an attorney?\ \

I don't need any attorney.

Because I don't have any problems with law.\ \

Well the fact is you don't have access because they spent 1.5 million on immigration.

On people that are here illegally.

I assume you are a legal resident.\ \

Well you're going to guess you're going to go home and guess if I'm legal or not.\

\ Okay if you're not legal.\

\ Do you want to see my green card?\

\ No no\

\ Sorry!

We don't have it.\ \

No no no I don't care if your legal I don't want to show you on TV.\

\ No no no show on TV everything I said\

\ Okay.

Well I'm going to bother you that much something to shut this off.\

\ So I'm actually outside of the camp who can

actually go down and talk to some of the people here what I would like to do is at some point

in time is have a town hall meeting what these people and have a little feedback on my 12

item agenda.

So right now are just can walk down and talk to some of the people in the camp and see

how they like being kicked out.\ \

This is Greg.

This is my new friend.

Down at the homeless camp I guess this is off of Spokane Street that yeah we came down

to talk to Greg.

He's got to go to a meeting right now.

Anyway, these are great people and were going to do something for them.\

\ Thanks Matt I appreciate that.\

\ Watch those hands.\

\ When I finished talking to Greg it became

more than apparent I had made him go to and microphone off late for an appointment he

needed to leave for so I give them a ride down to downtown Seattle.

And along the way, he educated me about things that you would never think about being homeless.

And the first thing I noticed is that he took everything he owned with them.

He says he moved from camp to camp.

And so, that was his lifestyle.

It was very shocking that these people live like this and are completely forgotten by

the rest of society.

But with somebody like Greg, who had spent time in Alaska and had worked on some of the

boat signing from Dutch Harbor, it was just amazing that a few mistakes or a few breaks

the other way and he would be back making money and supporting himself.

But now, I think it's a question of substances and lifestyle choices for a lot of these people,

and if we could to show them a little bit of hope, maybe there wouldn't be the lifestyle

choices is an option that they choose.

I Matthew Heines I'm running for the first Congressional District in Washington state.

Please watch for the next video.\ \

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Generating Trade in East Africa is Win-Win for US and Africa - Duration: 3:46.

Hi I'm Miriam, what I love most about this cup of coffee is that it's from

East Africa, where I grew up and where my parents are still coffee farmers.

East Africa is one of the fastest growing economies in the world, from small

farmers to delivery truck drivers and grocery store owners, people rely on

local and regional trade to do business. And for goods of any kind to reach you

halfway around the world, like the beans that made this coffee, the regional

systems of trade need to work well. In a region half the size of the United

States, over 27 million people go to bed hungry and 46 million live in poverty.

This is partly because the region's systems for trade and food security are

still developing and need improvement. With the assistance of the U.S. Agency for

International Development, USAID, local and regional partners are creating

solutions and the region is improving every day.

At the farm level, programs work to improve farming practices

like better seeds and planting techniques to grow more food.

USAID also helps farmers to respond to devastating threats like pests and drought, that destroy crops.

But natural threats aren't the only challenges East Africa faces.

40% of a product's price comes from high

transportation costs, making it hard to do business and even harder for people

living in poverty to make ends meet. That's why USAID is working with local

governments to reduce trade barriers, making the movement of goods at borders

and ports easier, faster, and cheaper.

And it's working!

In recent years, the cost of importing or exporting a shipping container in the

region has been cut in half, and almost all goods entering East Africa clear

customs just once.

As a result USAID helps get nutritious food

to people and communities who need it most, by improving the movement of

staple foods and seeds across borders, and ensuring food is inspected and safe

before it reaches customers.

USAID programs in the region target areas to

boost economic opportunity, increase food security, and connect East Africa with

global markets and businesses.

As doing business improves, USAID helps to

attract more investment to the region

and increase access to capital for local entrepreneurs.

By the way, it's not just East Africans that benefit from these

improved regional systems.

Since 2011, US businesses have exported 37 billion dollars

worth of goods to East Africa,

which support nearly 13,000 American jobs every year.

As the region becomes more self-sufficient and regional

stability increases, USAID's programs are reducing the need for more aid in the future.

So you see, when I look at this cup of coffee, I love it because I see

all the hard work that goes into it, from East Africa to America, and I see all the

opportunities brewing between our nations, thanks to the American people.

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• They Shall Not Pass and Dragon's Teeth Now Free | All US and European Players - Battlefield - Duration: 2:04.

So the other day I did a video talking about if all Battlefield 1 expansions would be free

to the public.

Well about 2 days ago we got word that Battlefield 1's They Shall Not Pass DLC and Battlefield

4's Dragon's Teeth DLC is now free to all US and European players.

Just take note that it might be worth looking if these expansions are free in your area,

even if you don't reside in either the US or Europe.

They Shall Not Pass includes 3 new maps and an additional 6 new weapons, 9 if you decide

to count their variants.

Dragon's Teeth includes 4 new maps and 5 additional weapons, Propaganda being one of

the best maps in the entire game.

So if you're interested in jumping on some of the DLC maps or even trying out one of

the new weapons, I definitely recommend getting hold of these expansions.

Battlefield 1 will require you to download a small file which will allow you to gain

access to those maps which are already preinstalled on both the PS4 and XBOX ONE.

Battlefield 4's Dragon's Teeth DLC will require you to download the complete expansion

which will be much larger than They Shall Not Pass.

Hopefully over the next few days DICE will release more expansions to the public in order

to get more players experiencing everything these games have to offer but anyway I hope

you enjoyed this short little video, if you did, smash that like button and hopefully

I'll see you in the next one.

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Trump hints three US prisoners in North Korea may be released - Duration: 3:19.

For more infomation >> Trump hints three US prisoners in North Korea may be released - Duration: 3:19.

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Several States Sue To End DACA Program - Duration: 1:10.

For more infomation >> Several States Sue To End DACA Program - Duration: 1:10.

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Innovation in the US Patent System [Fourth Branch] - Duration: 3:15.

Over the last few decades, the Patent and Trademark Office

has dramatically increased the number of patents it has issued.

At the same time, patent litigation has increased dramatically.

Alex Blumberg of our Planet Money team and NPR's Laura Sydell have this report on

a patent system that's been turned on its head.

When you talk about the patent system among techies in Silicon Valley, there's usually an audible groan.

If I say patent system what do you say?

I think it's just a way for lawyers to make money.

Josh Malone, inventor of Bunch O Balloons — a device that allows you to fill one hundred

water balloons in a minute — had some trouble enforcing a patent for his invention.

Josh invented the product and ran a very successful Kickstarter campaign in 2014.

It was very easy to copy and it was quickly copied by a company named Telebrands,

who started immediately selling a copycat product and,

within the first year of them selling the copycat product they made 40 million dollars,

just off of their own infringing product.

Even though the Patent Office gave Josh a patent for the invention,

he found himself having to defend the patent again and again in the PTAB — a court within the Patent Office.

Josh Malone actually has six issued patents that I'm aware of and they all relate to the Bunch O Balloons,

and Telebrands has filed eight petitions for what's called post-grant review at the PTAB.

If your product's worth tens of millions of dollars, you have to have the resources to fight it

because the patent's just not straightforward to enforce.

Josh ended up in the middle of a broader public debate about what patents should be granted

and how those patents are to be enforced.

Innovators like Josh need patents.

They need them in the way that everyone sees every week on the show Shark Tank —

where the venture capitalist asks the inventor, the very first question: "Do you have a patent?"

And sometimes they say, "No." And the response is, "Are you insane?

You just went on national television and gave away your idea.

There's no way we're going to invest now in you thousands if not millions of dollars."

There are huge problems when patents get issued by mistake because it prevents the entire public

from exercising their knowledge over the invention or using their knowledge over the invention.

So, this is a big debate that's currently going on in patent law, in patent economics, and patent policy,

of how do we tailor property rights in patents that actually do promote innovation?

70 percent of my revenue is going to litigation.

Why has Josh encountered so many problems with enforcing a patent for Bunch O Balloons

and how has that affected his work?

For more infomation >> Innovation in the US Patent System [Fourth Branch] - Duration: 3:15.

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Russian Foreign Minister Accuses US of Trying To Divide Syria - Duration: 5:44.

For more infomation >> Russian Foreign Minister Accuses US of Trying To Divide Syria - Duration: 5:44.

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Video: US Representative, Val Demings to hold town hall against gun violence - Duration: 1:15.

For more infomation >> Video: US Representative, Val Demings to hold town hall against gun violence - Duration: 1:15.

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S. Korea and U.S. complete annual Key Resolve military exercise Thursday morning - Duration: 0:34.

Seoul and Washington wrapped up their annual Key Resolve exercise this morning.

The two-week long combined drill began on April 23rd.

According to a South Korean military official... all operations have been completed.

Come Friday, the after-action-review of the exercise will be carried out.

On the day of the inter-Korean summit,... the computer-simulated training was halted

in line with the rare peace momentum between the two Koreas.

Considering the changing dynamics on the peninsula,... this year's Key Resolve didn't open its session

to the media,... and U.S. strategic assets like aircraft carriers.... were not mobilized.

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U.S. Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady - Duration: 1:47.

In a widely expected move,... the U.S. Federal Reserve has left rates unchanged.

Releasing a statement after its latest policy meeting,... the Fed said inflation is finally

climbing... after years of being stuck below its two-percent target level.

Lee Seung-jae reports.

Wrapping up a two-day meeting,... the Federal Open Market Committee held U.S. interest rates

steady on Wednesday,... expressing confidence that a recent rise in inflation would be sustained,...

putting it on track to raise borrowing costs in June.

The Fed's decision to leave its benchmark overnight lending rate in a target range of

between one-point-five percent and one-point-seven-five-percent was unanimous.

The Fed said inflation had "moved close" to its target,... and the "price stability" part

of its dual mandate from Congress had almost reached its two-percent target.

Experts say the two-percent target is symmetric,... meaning it would be equally problematic if

inflation lingers too far above or below that level.

The Fed's comments on the U.S. labor market were also of interest.

It downplayed a recent slowdown in economic and job growth,... saying the activity had

been expanding at a moderate rate and job gains, on average, had been strong in recent

months.

Last month,... the Bank of Korea left its key interest rate unchanged,... deciding to

hold the rate at one-and-a-half percent.

U.S. interest rates are now higher than South Korea's lending rates.

Prior to that, they had been on par with each other since December of last year.

Back in the U.S.,... the Federal Reserve currently forecasts two more rate hikes this year,...

while an increasing number of policymakers see three as possible.

All eyes turn to the Fed's next meeting in June,... when rates are set to go up.

Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News.

For more infomation >> U.S. Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady - Duration: 1:47.

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TRUMP IS RIGHT! — ACTUAL NUMBER OF "DREAMERS" IN US REVEALED & IT'S WORSE THAN WE THOUGHT! - Duration: 15:57.

TRUMP IS RIGHT!

— ACTUAL NUMBER OF "DREAMERS" IN US REVEALED & IT'S WORSE THAN WE THOUGHT!

The Left must be close to getting what they want on the 'Deferred Action on Childhood

Arrivals' (DACA), because they are now revealing the numbers of illegals that will be granted

amnesty when the Republicans cave on this illegal Obama program.

USA Today is now admitting that the 800,000 "mostly young" illegal beneficiaries of

DACA are actually the numbers of DREAMers attached to an entirely different piece of

legislation, the unpassed DREAM Act of 2001 that was coopted by DACA, and that the real

number of DACA illegals is around 3.6 million.

The American people have been duped once again by political smoke and mirrors.

To make matters worse, the 3.6 million number is just a start.

According to the Federation of American Immigration Reform (FAIR), DACA beneficiaries would only

feed into the driving force of this nation's dangerously burgeoning immigrant numbers:

chain migration.

Numbers USA says chain migration is the "primary mechanism that has caused legal immigration

in the U.S. to quadruple from about 250,000 per year in the 1950s and 1960s to more than

1 million annually since 1990.

As such, it is one of the chief culprits in America's current record-breaking population

boom and all the attendant sprawl, congestion, and school overcrowding that damage Americans'

quality of life."

With that kind of ballooning effect, think what 3.6 million amnestied illegals will do

to the flood of humanity crashing onto our shores!

DACA will unleash the death knell of the American Republic.

What do you think?

Should DACA be shot

down

by President Trump?

For more infomation >> TRUMP IS RIGHT! — ACTUAL NUMBER OF "DREAMERS" IN US REVEALED & IT'S WORSE THAN WE THOUGHT! - Duration: 15:57.

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U.S. Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady - Duration: 1:52.

In a widely expected move,... the U.S. Federal Reserve has left rates unchanged.

Releasing a statement after its latest policy meeting,... the Fed said inflation is climbing

after years of being stuck below its two-percent target level.

Lee Seung-jae reports.

Wrapping up a two-day meeting,... the Federal Open Market Committee held U.S. interest rates

steady on Wednesday,... expressing confidence that a recent rise in inflation would be sustained,...

putting it on track to raise borrowing costs in June.

The Fed's decision to leave its benchmark overnight lending rate in a target range of

between one-point-five percent and one-point-seven-five-percent was unanimous.

The Fed said inflation had "moved close" to its target,... and the "price stability" part

of its dual mandate from Congress had almost reached its two-percent target.

Experts say the two-percent target is symmetric,... meaning it would be equally problematic if

inflation lingers too far above or below that level.

The Fed's comments on the U.S. labor market were also of interest.

It downplayed a recent slowdown in economic and job growth,... saying the activity had

been expanding at a moderate rate and job gains, on average, had been strong in recent

months.

Last month,... the Bank of Korea left its key interest rate unchanged,... deciding to

hold the rate at one-and-a-half percent.

The South Korean economy is on track to grow three percent this year,... but inflation

is projected to be one-point-six percent,... slightly below the central bank's previous

forecast.

Back in the U.S.,... the Federal Reserve currently forecasts two more rate hikes this year,...

while an increasing number of policymakers see three as possible.

All eyes turn to the Fed's next meeting in June,... when rates are set to go up.

Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News.