TfNN, headline, news update, here's Tom O'Brien. Welcome folks, appreciate you guys growling a problem with us out here. We have the Dow industrials right now at 14, Nasdaq at 47, S&P's up 10, Fed come up with this statement but Powell's speaking bottom line folks is at no rate hikes in 2019, saying the economy's going fine and yes what, I'd agree with them there but the bottom line is that this market, you're going to see this market, it went from negative to positive, I expect you're going to go back to negative, why? Because guess what? This economy's slowing down, these PEs and these equities are pretty high. You get the gold contract trading up by $7.90 at $13.14, silver's up $0.12, $15.49, notes and bonds this same at all, so check it out man. We are at the lows for the last 12 months. This thing is going to blow by its high right now as we're speaking, this is a low of the year for 12 months, 2.535 and the high out here for the year is 3.237, so bottom line is that you go look at this 10 year, what you're going to see at the 10 year, it's an ABC structure on the way up, it already hit the high of January 4th, I expect this thing is going to just blow it away and this very well folks can be a much larger ABC structure on the way up, so rates are going down, if it's a much larger structure on the way up, we're talking about 6 points, we're talking about a 125 to 126, 10 year, right now you're at 123, 2013, if you go look at the TLC that's following along, that's going to be an ABC structure on the way up to, taking out a B point right now, B point at 6.4 million, you're at 7.3, 7.1 right now, another hour left, so you're going to be up into and over this January high at the 123.86, we can open and take a look at King Dollar, King Dollar's finally getting a little volume on the way down, you're down 631.6, you have 22,000 contracts traded, we are at 95.200, it's blowing away that swing point there at 95.240, that's saying that we're going to be running down to this 94.150 and we'll see whether we actually get followed through in that baby, so next 60 minutes you can expect the volatility to stay high, we'll see if the S&Ps basically can stay there, small caps still the weakest end to see out here, we take a look at the IWM, it's up 81 cents right now, bottom line, still no juice behind that move, three cap out here, we have the Dow industrials right now, up 13, Mazdax up 50, S&Ps are up 10, bonds notes, that's what it's all about folks, higher price, lower rates coming at us, stay right there folks, come right back. You know what's cool, taking something.


Hey, what's up coach? It is a bit neighbors here and in this video. I'm gonna teach you how to make a thousand dollars This weekend By training kids. All right, let's get into it. All right. Now. I have my notepad here and I'm gonna show you two Very simple ideas a lot of coaches that I work with in my consulting program They do these two ideas all the time I think this can help you not only make a thousand dollars this weekend But it can help you generate thousands of dollars over the course of the next 12 months if you do it all the time All right, so here's idea number one So idea number one is you put on a small clinic, right? So this clinic is probably 60 minutes to 90 minutes long and we have 20 clients sign up All right, so when the 20 clients sign up, they all pay $50 each $50 might sound expensive. It might sound cheap on average coaches that I work with they typically charge $50 per clinic And so we take $50 times 20 clients. That's a thousand dollars of revenue right there And you can make that and 60 to 90 minutes. I'm making it sound really easy. It's not that easy All right, absolutely takes work to put this together, but the numbers are there All right 20 clients times 50 bucks and you don't get paid cash. You don't get paid check You need to do everything online So you get all the money at front before the clinic happens and you send out a registration form to collect credit card or debit card and From there you make thousand bucks. All right, there are coaches. I'm helping right now They put on these types of clinics every single week during the year All right, some coaches I work with put on multiple of these clinics per week because they have coaching staff and they run their whole business Through this model that I'm teaching you right here. All right second one here It's the same sort of thing, but you're putting on a camp. All right It's a little bit longer, but we have less clients sign up So the model I have here you have 10 clients that the clients pay a hundred dollars each So it comes out to the same thousand dollars We're just charging more and we have less people there So you have something that's more specialized for less people making the same amount of money You're be working a little bit longer and these types of camps so I have here these are two to three hour camps and You could run these types of camps with teams As much as you want right and that's been really successful for me in the past And with this right you could run one camp per weekend All right, you can make four thousand dollars Every single month by running these types of camps again. There are less clients there. They're paying a little bit more money These numbers here are very achievable for any coach out there if they have a contact list All right if they have a payment system in place and if you have those things in place Then what happens is after you start running these you start selling more products and more services to those customers All right, so you don't just run out, you know run these one-off camps or clinics You run these all the time. All right, and this way these customers start spending hundreds of dollars with you per month To get training whether you are the one doing the training or you have an assistant who's running the training So that's it. That's all you need to do if you want to start making a lot more money per month In your business follow this business model It will absolutely help you if you need more one-on-one help from me Shoot me a text at<PHONE_NUMBER>. That's it for today's video and I'll see you soon


I've got some great news, which is that I was completely wrong when I said in a previous video that I suspected that the Streamer X may not have full functionality on the Mac. And if you watch no more of this video, just know that it will be fully compatible with the Mac and all will be revealed in due course as it is released. But what on Earth am I talking about? Why did I even think this? Well, first of all, let's talk about the device itself. This is their new Streamer X, which was announced at NAB along with a slew of other new products as well. And this is essentially combining some of the functionality of the roadcaster with a mic input. You can connect wirelessly to one of the Road Wireless Go 2s or the new Road Wireless Maze, which were also announced. It's also got obviously the smart pads as well. And then the thing that sets this apart is that it now also has HDMI in on it, which is an indication that there is an onboard capture card as well. So you can actually use it as a capture card either for your camera. But if we just have a look at that again, there's actually an in and a through as well. So that means that you can use it to capture maybe gameplay or something from a second computer where you want to pass through a screen, for example. So it's a great little device, but I was a bit disappointed and I expressed this in the previous video. And it was because of something that Ryan from Road said during his announcement video, which was... And you can add studio quality Apex processing to your inputs and route your audio any way that you like using Unify. And the problem I had with that was that Unify is part of the Road X suite. And in fact, if you look at the device itself, it even says Road X right there up at the top of it. And it's Streamer X, so it is part of their X branding. So this to me seemed more in line with their Road X line of products, which includes microphones and so on. And this all uses Unify their software. And this is the software that Ryan mentioned, and this is it. It is basically a software mixer that you can have on your computer to do all sorts of routing, apply effects and all of that kind of thing. But the problem, it is PC only. So given that it was a sort of Road X device, branded device, and given the fact that Ryan said specifically that you need Unify to do it, then I was quite disappointed and I thought, oh, surely this means then that it is PC only. So I have been through for the past couple of days since I made that video. Frantically trying to actually find out the real facts about this. So I've asked some people to find out if they have heard anything different from Road. Doc Rock was at NAB as well, and he did a demonstration where he showed the capture card working with the PC and a mic going into ECAM so we could see the levels going. And I was thinking, well, that's great, but that only proves that the capture card works and the mic works. It doesn't show the processing going on on board the actual device itself. So I called Road directly in Australia and I got through to their support and they put me through to a technician and I asked them. And they said, we can't tell you anything more other than the fact that what was said in their launch video would have been accurate and we can't say any more than that. We don't have any sort of official line on this. It was a new device to them, apparently the people that I spoke to. Obviously, I'm not as well connected as some people. So anyway, there we go. There was me thinking that, well, perhaps this is it. Perhaps it is really a road device that is only going to work on PC for that advanced functionality. I followed up with Doc and Doc said he believes it will work with the Road Connect software. So that gave me some hope as well. But again, I wasn't sure if that had actually been said explicitly or demonstrated. And then just today, I saw a wonderful video, which included this. You have full Apex processing ability on all of the channels. So when you run Road Connect, sorry, Road Central on your Mac, you can basically set up a custom profile just like you would with a roadcaster probe. So you can set Apex or Elixir, Big Bottom, compression, gating, all that kind of stuff. So essentially, that is confirmation from Ryan himself that all of the effects, the processing and things like that that was mentioned in the first video that you would need to unify for, in actual fact, you can also do with Road Connect on the Mac. And we've already seen the demo of the actual capture card and everything working on the Mac. So at this point, I am really quite a happy bunny because I was really excited about this device when I saw it. And so, yeah, I shared my frustration in the previous video, but thankfully it was all for nothing. And I'm sorry if I have inadvertently passed that disappointment and frustration on for you with my somewhat incorrect information. And when I say somewhat, I mean completely incorrect information on that respect. The price of the Streamer X is going to be $399. And incidentally, the Roadcaster Duo, which was also announced, is going to be $499. And I should say also, whilst we are here, that I am running a giveaway for the Roadcaster Duo. You can find a link for that down in the description. And the draw will be at the end of May. And one lucky winner will be winning indeed a Roadcaster Duo. I'll be certainly trying them all out. I can't tell you how happy I am actually that I was wrong about this whole thing with the Streamer X because it's certainly something that I will be trying out and adding into my setup. Once again, sorry for any disappointment caused. Thanks for watching, and I'll leave a link to some of my other Roadcaster comments with slightly more accurate information over there on the right-hand side.


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Why are all these close-up shots on their crotches? The people who made Madden loved the movie Batman Forever, where they kept zooming in on their crotches. Alright, folks, listen up. Listen up, fellas. I got a damn podium in the locker room, because that's how serious I am, okay? We got ourselves a big game today. Alright, Los Angeles Chargers, and I know what a lot of you folks say.  You don't look a day over 22. And I say, listen, my NFL career may have been cut short. And I may have been brought here on a whim the week before the pre-season started. But listen, there's a reason why the Jones family brought me in, okay? That's because I'm here to lead this football team. That's because they trust me. This ain't gonna be an easy game. They got a good young quarterback, Justin Herbert, okay?  They run a little bit of West Coast style offense. They're gonna try and move the ball in horizontally on us, okay? They're gonna try and find a seam, open up some holes on us. Defensively, it's very, very important that we go in there. And we make a statement early on, okay? The media's doing a whole lot of this. They're talking, okay? The media's going out there. They're talking the whole damn time, saying this team, this defense, can't keep up with the offense. They're saying that offensively, we're fine.   We gotta prove them wrong, okay?  All right, break them out, let's go. I'm gonna give you the easy walkthrough of how football works. Right now, we're on first down. Wow, it's got glasses. So what a down is an attempt. And you have four tries, you have four attempts to try and get to that orange line. That orange line is the first down marker. That means one of you get to that orange line at reset. So that was second down in one, and that is a fumble. So we just got a fumble, and we got the ball back, okay? So that was big time. We hit him so hard that he dropped the football. So I'll continue explaining why I'm on offense now, because we got the football back. I will go one, two, three, four downs to try and get that orange, really three downs. On fourth down, I have an opportunity to either punt the football away, which is more of a defensive move to get better field position for our defense, or I can kick a field goal and try and kick it through those yellow uprights right there and try and get three points if we're close enough. Nice, okay. My own lineman just freaking pinging me. What was that? Nice. Cooper, Amari Cooper. Injury timeout. David DeCastro. Remember, we reduced his injury rating because he's injury prone in real life. Brick, Bruce Sternum will not be able to return for this game, okay? So we already lost our new lineman. Good play. Good deed, dude. I like running a lot of what is called a 46 defense. Oh my gosh. And in a 46 defense, it is a variation of the 4-3, where you bring your strong safety down into the box, the box being the area around the offensive line, and so you bring a defensive back to the strong safety, and he's almost like a fourth linebacker. It's so weird seeing them wear different numbers because they changed the NFL numbers. Randy Gregory is injured, okay. Another injury timeout.  Oh my gosh. And the tackle made it the 13. He just punched him in the face. Play action. Oh, yes. Gosh, what a catch. Oh my, hold your block. What is that? Who has sprinkled? We got frickin', what? Like, what? I swear, sprinkle. Dude, we got frickin' Baskin' Robbins out there blocking for us at tight end. It's okay. We're gonna carry a field ball and we're gonna make it one touchdown game right here. Ready? Unless the legend of Lake Travis has something to say about it. He's gonna say, no, coach, I got this. I'm gonna hand it off to this guy and he's gonna get... Is that sprinkle again? We have 28 seconds left in the half.  What are you doing? I'm gonna kick a field ball. I'm just gonna, I'm gonna be smart about this. We have Greg's warline. We're gonna kick a field ball. We're gonna go into the half. Three points. Easy. Boom. That's a good first half of football. But listen, if you think that was our best half of football that you could have possibly played, put your hands up for me. Y'all think that's the best half of football you could have possibly played. Listen, I don't know if y'all need a little bit of confidence boost or a reality check. But I'll tell you, that was not the best first half of football you could play. No, it's Sprinkles. I need to sit out.   Please don't send me back to the ice cream factory. Whee. Listen, Sprinkles. Coach, I've got some dipendots in my locker melting. Let's make this quick. Listen, that ain't no dipendots.    You're an NFL athlete.   You got to block. That is what you do in the NFL tonight. Y'all just keep talking about ice cream the whole damn time. We do not... You can't expect to get ice cream when you're playing football like this. Listen, you win this damn Super Bowl and then we'll talk, okay? I expect better football than what happened in that first half. Yes, we're up one touchdown. Only one. It's zero to zero at half. It's zero to zero at half as far as I'm concerned. Because this game can go either way. This game can easily go either way. Coach, it's seed. Am I going to be able to get extra butter on my popcorn? See, you're about to get an extra can of whoop-ass. I know I ain't been here for long, okay? I know Craig Weird ain't been here for too long, but listen to me, son. We've got a chain of coals around here, but let's go out there, let's get after it. Deck, break them out. Somebody needs to get open. Oh, no. Oh, my gosh. What? That was a massive hit, dude. Just executed. I think it's a run. I think it's a run. Counter to the right side. No, it's a pop. Just getting... Frick. Oh, yes. Let's go, Schultz. Okay, no shakes. Dude, I do need a good tie-in on this roster, though. But I understand why the app...  What the frick? Nice, big sack, dude. Oh, God, oh, God. Oh, no! He dropped it! When the ball was in the air, he was... Oh, look at that, dude. The collision with the receiver actually knocked the football out. No way. That's so badass. That gives you a way to defend against picks. That's game. That's game chat. Hey, that's game. We gotta run it out. I'm just trying to score a touchdown. How do y'all help a game, yeah? Yeah, absolutely, yeah.  I am happy with how the fell has played today. I think that we could have done a little bit better than that. I ain't satisfied. And that's the important thing. It's knowing that we can do better. Hey, coach, Sprinkles paid me $100 for this question. What flavor of ice cream are we getting?  Sprinkles is a dad-gum jackass. He probably is not even going to be on this roster come next week, just to be completely honest with you.  I think if you're an NFL athlete, you've got to be able to unhitch the trailer.   Defensively, I think we need to lock up our secondary a little bit. Justin Herbert went out there, and he was honestly passing all over us. We didn't really have any turnovers, but they didn't push the ball downfield on us, neither. So I was really happy with that. What we're probably going to have to focus on is we're going to have to focus on opening up some running lanes. We may come in with a different kind of game plan offensively to be able to open up the run a little bit. Coach, Cindy from BuzzFeed News. Can you comment on the reason your predecessor was fired? Yes, ma'am. Because he was two hands on with the team's butts if you know what I mean. No, no, ma'am. It's reported he would scream slap-ass. Each time and the boys feared the locker crawl. No, ma'am. That's a figure of speech. That was not what happened. I'm not here to discuss what happened with the previous regime. All I know is what's happened since I stepped in this locker room, and there's been none of that hanky-panky going on.


Welcome, everyone, to the Washington Foreign Press Center. My name is Miranda Patterson, one of the media relations officers here at the FPC. I am pleased to welcome back Dr. Mira Rapp Hooper to the Washington Foreign Press Center this afternoon, and the purpose of today's briefing is to preview the official visit of Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio as well as the first U.S.-Japan Philippines Trilateral Leaders Summit, along with President Vernon N. Marcos Jr. Dr. Mira Rapp Hooper is special assistant to the President and Senior Director for East Asia and Oceana. She is a top White House advisor responsible for the Indo-Pacific strategy and many other initiatives. A quick reminder of the ground rules for today. The briefing is on the record. After her opening remarks, Senior Director Rapp Hooper has kindly agreed to take questions.  If called for a question, please begin your question by stating your name, outlet, and country. For our journalists joining via Zoom, if you have a question, please go to the participant field and virtually raise your hand. We will call on you and you can unmute yourself if you like turning on your video and ask your question. You can also submit questions in the chat box. If you have not already done so, please take the time now to rename yourself in Zoom in your Zoom profile with your full name and the name of your media outlet. This briefing will end promptly at 12.45. We will post a video and the transcript of the briefing afterwards on our website, which is fpc.state.gov. And with that, I'm going to turn the briefing over now to Senior Director Rapp Hooper. Thank you so much, Miranda, and thank you to the Foreign Press Center for having me today. It's good to see you all. As you know, tomorrow, Wednesday, the President and First Lady will welcome to the White House Prime Minister Kishida Fumio and Mrs. Kishida of Japan for an official visit that will include a state dinner. Since day one of this administration, we have been focused on reinvesting in and reinvigorating our alliances in the Indo-Pacific. And nowhere has President Biden's strategy paid off more than in this region and with respect to our alliance with Japan. Our alliances and partnerships have long been critical to securing a free, open, prosperous, and resilient global order. And in the last three years, Japan has been working tirelessly and in lockstep alongside the United States as we look to achieve our shared vision for this region and for the world. What you'll see on display over the course of this state visit is that we are strategically aligned and cooperating in every area across every part of the world. This state visit is a celebration of our bilateral relationship as it evolves into a true global partnership that is a force for peace and prosperity. Since both President Biden and Prime Minister Kishida took office in 2021, the two leaders have met nearly a dozen times. When President Biden welcomed Prime Minister Kishida to Washington for the first time in January of 2023, Japan had just published its historic national security strategy, which called for an increase in defense spending to 2% of GDP, said that Japan would seek to acquire counter-strike capabilities alongside the United States and would enhance its cooperation with like-minded partners. Throughout the official visit with state dinner this week, the president will honor and celebrate Prime Minister Kishida's courageous leadership in the Indo-Pacific, including his domestic reforms to strengthen Japan's defense posture and increased defense spending, his work alongside President Yen of the ROK to build a new foundation in Japan-ROK relations, his work to support Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands, and on the global stage Japan's unwavering support for Ukraine. I'll briefly highlight just some of the areas where you can expect announcements from our leaders tomorrow. First, we will bolster our defense and security cooperation to enable greater coordination and integration of our forces to ensure they are optimally postured and linked to one another. Second, our leaders will announce some important deliverables on civil space cooperation as we lead the way in space exploration and the return to the moon. Third, our two countries will announce major research partnerships between our leading institutions on critical and emerging technologies in areas including artificial intelligence, quantum, semiconductors and clean energy. And all of this will of course strengthen our economic ties and our economic security as we announce commercial deals as part of the state visit as well. Fourth, Japan is one of the leading providers of economic assistance and budget support to Ukraine and development infrastructure in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. This visit will highlight Japan's continued role in global diplomacy and development and will showcase some important deliverables on consequential work the United States and Japan are doing together, in particular in the Pacific Islands. And finally, we'll announce some important new initiatives to further foster our cultural connections and promote closer people to people ties, especially amongst our young people. Since the beginning of this administration, our theory of the case for the Indo-Pacific has been that we would reinvest in and modernize our alliances and partnerships. And when we did, our allies and partners would seek to step up alongside us. And we have seen that theory of the case proven many times over. We are indeed not taking any of these actions alone, but in every case, in close partnership with our allies and partners within the region and beyond. So while it is undeniable that we are all living in a challenging geopolitical moment, the president continues to prioritize our work in what we see as the critical region for the long term of American foreign policy. That's why, in addition to this important state visit this week, the president will also welcome President Marcos of the Philippines for his second visit in as many years to the White House and will also hold the first ever trilateral leader summit between the United States, Japan, and the Philippines. As Indo-Pacific nations, the U.S., Japan, and the Philippines share a joint vision for the future of the region. And with this first ever leader level trilateral summit, we are continuing to innovate the groupings with whom we're working closely, adding to the fit for purpose lattice work that we are using throughout the Indo-Pacific. This trilateral format was really innovated by our national security advisors who met for the first time in Tokyo last year to discuss how we might better work together and cooperate. And out of that June 2023 meeting, they identified a few critical areas of cooperation amongst the United States, Japan, and the Philippines that our leaders will be taking to new heights later this week. On Thursday, our leaders will announce new initiatives to enhance energy security, economic and maritime cooperation, partnerships on technology and cyber security, and some considerable joint investments in major infrastructure areas. Our three countries will embark on this new era of trilateral cooperation as equal partners guided by a shared vision and unwavering commitment to a free, open, peaceful, and prosperous Indo-Pacific. The events of this week clearly illustrate the President's continued commitment to strengthening our key alliances and partnerships, innovating around shared challenges, and exploring new areas of cooperation. With that, I look forward to your questions. Thank you, Dr. Ratpooper. Now we're going to open up for the question and answer portion. Please be advised that the question should relate to the information that was just provided to us in opening remarks. Yes, we'll have you here in the front row. Please say your name and outlet. Thank you very much. Dong Wei Yu, with China Review News Agency of Hong Kong. It was widely reported that the AUKUS is considering expanding the security pact that will include Japan in the defense alliance, where the U.S.-Japan summit discussed this issue. And what is the implication of this new movement for the U.S. approach to China? And is it a new mechanism that is different from other alliance mechanisms to deter China? Thank you. Sure. I'll start by taking your question by creating an important distinction up front. And that is, when we talk about the AUKUS partnership, there are two very distinct tracks of cooperation. AUKUS-PILLAR-1 is a partnership that is exclusively amongst the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom. And that is the partnership that is focused on providing nuclear-powered conventionally armed submarines. That PILLAR-1 track has not and will not expand. Full stop. There is a second track of AUKUS, which is AUKUS-PILLAR-2, that is focused on the development of additional advanced capabilities projects, which are entirely separate from PILLAR-1. The AUKUS defense ministers, that is the U.S., and Australian defense ministers, yesterday announced that they would begin consultations with a small group of additional partners towards their possible inclusion in some AUKUS-PILLAR-2 projects. What that means is that we will begin consultations with a range of additional partners, including Japan, as was indicated yesterday, towards their possible participation in these additional capabilities projects. So want to be clear that since the inception of AUKUS, we have always indicated that it would include a PILLAR-2 track. This is not a new partnership. It is part of AUKUS that has been designed from the beginning. And what the defense ministers announced yesterday is really just the starting point of a consultation period to understand better which partners might be a good fit for PILLAR-2. We expect that work to continue over the course of the next many months and all decisions about the ultimate composition of PILLAR-2 will be made by the AUKUS defense ministers as a trilateral grouping. Thank you. Let's go here in the second row, the tan shirt. Hi, thank you for doing this. My name is Yuko Mukai from Japanese Yomiya Shimbun. My question is about U.S., Japan, and the Philippines trilateral summit. There is a media report that President Biden will stress that the U.S.-Philippine mutual defense treaty, Article 4, will be applied to Sierra Madure, which is the stage of the ongoing conflict between China and Philippines in the South China Sea. Could you please confirm that? And also, I would like to know what specifically does it mean that Article 4 will be applied to the Sierra Madure, which means like if the Chinese, well, what if there is an attack by the Chinese side by the Coast Guard, but in the result, it turned to be a, you know, a damage to the Philippines side. Will it cause any kind of military interference by the U.S. side? What I can say in response to your question is that the United States and President Biden in particular have been consistent and clear for the entirety of this administration, that the U.S.-Philippines mutual defense treaty applies in the South China Sea, including to Philippines vessels underway, including Coast Guard vessels, and including in the South China Sea. That declaratory policy is consistent from the beginning of this administration, is held on a bipartisan basis, and has not changed. The President last articulated it publicly from the Rose Garden when Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was here in October from his state visit, and what I imagine you will hear over the course of the next few days is language that is identical to what you have heard in the past. What the ultimate meaning here is I think is crystal clear to any observers, and that is the fact that the U.S.-Philippines mutual defense treaty applies to the Philippines in the South China Sea, again to vessels underway, including Coast Guard vessels. We stand strongly by our alliance commitments to the Philippines, and that is one of the things we will be talking to President Marcos about when he is in town. Of course, this trilateral meeting comes at a very important time, as the Philippines has found themselves under increasing pressure from the PRC in the South China Sea. This should, of course, be taken as a sign that not only President Biden, Prime Minister Kishida, wish to show their support and resolve for President Marcos and his handling of this incredibly difficult issue. I think what you will see is a strong showing of support and solidarity amongst our three leaders for a common vision of a South China Sea that is governed by international law. Thank you. We're going to turn online really briefly to one of our journalists from the Philippines, Don Tagala. Please unmute yourself and turn on your camera if able. Ask your question. Don Tagala, ABS-CBN News on the Filipino Channel. My question is, what is the status of the reciprocal access agreement between Japan and the Philippines? Please tell us about the timeline in getting this agreement in operations. Thank you. Thank you. I will not suppose to share updates about the timeline for a negotiation that is taking place bilaterally between our Philippines allies and our Japanese allies, but what I can say is that the US government has consistently expressed its support for those negotiations and for the growing set of ties between the Philippines and Japan, and will continue to do so over the course of this visit. Okay, Josie. Good morning. My name is Josie Moraleda-Zaiman from the Radio Mindanao Network in the Philippines, but I'm based here in Alexandria, Virginia. I have several questions, but if you don't mind, I'm going to ask two questions, and it's up to you how to answer it. Can you share any examples of successful past initiatives or collaborations between the Philippines, Japan, and the United States? This is the first tri-lateral summit meeting, right? What inspires optimism for the outcomes of this summit, and how do you believe the outcomes of this summit will positively impact the lives of people across the Indo-Pacific region? Thank you. I'll be happy to try to take those questions as one. I think we have many indications of really strong cooperation amongst our three countries in the past. As you know, while our Japanese friends have been deeply invested across a range of sectors and areas in their support for Filipino friends for a very long time, this is really a natural fit for our partnership. One recent example that I'll highlight that folks in the room may be tracking is that just a couple of days ago, the United States, the Philippines, Japan, and Australia conducted their first joint sale in the South China Sea, which was intended to signal our common support for international law in that critical body of water. I think over the course of the last many years, our ability to better work together in and around the Philippines and with the Philippines has been growing, but we will take that to new heights with our announcements on Thursday. To your important question about how those deliverables will show that we are delivering for the Filipino people, what I can say is there will be some particularly important announcements related to infrastructure in particular, whereby the United States and Japan will agree to cooperate on their investments in the Philippines. And we do believe that together and working closely with the government of the Philippines, we will be able to deliver for the Filipino people by helping to work together on high-quality, high-standards infrastructure that makes a difference in the lives of everyday people. Okay, we'll go to song here in the third row, the edge. Thank you very much. My name is Hong Sang-ho, reporter from Yeonap News Agency, South Korea. I'm wondering about if there will be any specific and concrete progress in terms of trilateral cooperation involving South Korea about deterring North Korea from the summit I'm talking about between President Biden and Prime Minister Kishida. My second question is that you talked about pillar two of the AUKUS security partnership. Do you see any possibility that South Korea could be a potential partner in pillar two of advanced capability projects? Thank you. Thanks very much. Of course, we will primarily be focused on bilateral deliverables in our summit with Prime Minister Kishida, but I will say that there will be a few grace notes in some of our documents marking the fantastic progress we are making in our trilateral relationship with the ROK, including in the defense and security space. So some of those developments will be noted in the joint leaders statement on the fact sheet that we bring out. I'll point to just one area in which we have redoubled our trilateral cooperation since the Camp David summit, and that is in our partnership to monitor and push back against the growing cooperation between the DPRK and Russia, which of course is of grave concern to all three of our countries and should be of concern to anybody who is interested in peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific, as well as in Europe. So we remain very confident and enthusiastic about the work we continue to do together in that trilateral format. To your question about additional partners, as I've noted, the AUKUS defense ministers did agree yesterday to begin consultations with additional partners towards possible inclusion in pillar two. They'll be talking to a range of highly capable partners who would be good fits for these projects, and I'll leave those consultations to the defense ministers. Okay, we'll go to Lisa in the front row. Thank you. I'm Lisa. I'm with Nippon TV. We're based in Tokyo, Japan. My question is, I think President Biden mentioned about his concerns on U.S. Steel Deal publicly with the proposal, with the proposed merger on Nippon TV, on Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel also be one of the topics to be discussed in the meeting. What I can say is, you know, of course the President's views on the subject are well-known. The President has made clear that he will always stand up for American workers, but he's equally strong in his conviction that he will always stand up for the U.S.-Japan alliance. I'll leave it at that. Here we go here in the third row, the black shirt. Thank you for this opportunity. This is Rio Kiyomiya from the Asahi Shimbun Japanese Daily Newspaper. I have two questions. First, regarding the command and control between U.S. and Japan, Japan will establish a joint operational command by next year. So as a counterpart of Japan's J-Joke, what could be an ideal USFJ command structure in order to promote cooperation between U.S. and Japan? And separately, regarding the U.S.-Japan cooperation and U.S.-Japan Philippines bilateral cooperation, how much are you hopeful that countries can institutionalize cooperation and deliver votes in spite of a potential presidential transition or change of government? Thank you. To your question about Japan's stand-up of its joint operational command, we will have more to say tomorrow about the United States approach towards modernizing its own approach to command and control in Japan. However, I will note that it will take a bit of time for some of these details to be worked out. So tomorrow we'll give some additional color on these questions, but we are prepared and fully expect to be working closely with the government of Japan on the question of how best to match up with J-Joke for months to come. On the question of the U.S.-Philippines trilateral, we are absolutely hopeful about being able to institutionalize this cooperation. As I mentioned, this trilateral track really began at the national security advisor's level about nine months ago. But since that meeting where our national security advisors crafted a joint program of work for us, there have been several additional meetings at other levels and in other formats to include our foreign ministers meeting trilaterally, Vice President Harris meeting with Prime Minister Kishida and President Marcos, and most recently Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell meeting with his Philippines and Japanese counterparts at the vice ministerial level. So we believe strongly that this format will continue across a range of agencies and different levels, and that the program of work that you see unveiled on Thursday will be a project for our three countries for many years to come. Thank you. I'm in the front row, Jessica here. Thank you, Marina. Thank you, Ms. Cooper. I've been Ruan with Hong Kong Phoenix TV. So in terms of the trilateral cooperation, the Chinese foreign ministry said China opposes coupling together exclusive groupings. How do you want China to portray this summit? Are you concerned a closer U.S.-Philippine military cooperation may trigger escalation in the South China Sea? Thank you. I'm not going to opine too much on China's portrayal or a sort of gain to project how Beijing will portray the summit. What I will say is what we've said throughout the Biden administration, which is that the U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy and our groupings of alliances and partnerships are not about being against anyone or anything, they're about what we're for, and that's very clear in our Indo-Pacific strategy. We make clear that we stand together for a free and open Indo-Pacific that is prosperous, resilient, and secure, and we welcome into that approach all comers who share in that vision. The U.S.-Japan Philippines trilateral that you will see on Thursday is a perfect representation of three maritime democracies who are aligned in that vision, and we believe that the world will see that summit as such. Okay, let's go here in the corner. Hi, thank you for this opportunity. My name is Shin Nichi Akiyama for Manichu Newspaper Japan. I have two questions. One is for Japan U.S. Security Alliance. As you mentioned, this summit will emphasize the merit and the need, necessity to bolster the cooperation. And there is an ongoing discussion in the paycom to establish a new joint task force. What is the role of this joint task force in terms of the U.S.-Japan alliance? And my second question is about the trilateral summit. What role do you expect for the Japanese self-defense forces to protect their stability in South China Sea? Thank you very much. As already indicated, we will have more to say tomorrow about our approach to future alliance modernization. But as I've also already indicated, it'll take some months to work through the details. So I think it's premature to opine on any details related to any particular task forces. This is a really important set of alliance modernization steps that the Secretary of Defense and our new Indo-Paycom commander will be putting a lot of thought into along with the President. And of course, the primary representation of this progress right now is, of course, Japan's stand-up of JJOC. So we'll be working closely together to come up with the right fit there. On the question of Japan in the South China Sea, we expect that our leaders will have a really fruitful conversation on what more we can do together by way of building our capacity building, our operational integration, and our work to support international law in the South China Sea. But of course, the ultimate contributions are up to the government of Japan. And we're going to go to the back a little bit. Second row in the black dress. Eunjung Cho with The Voice of America. Earlier, Mr. John Kirby said that North Korea will be on the agenda in the summit between President Biden and Prime Minister Kishida. Relatedly, Dr. Rap Hooper, you earlier said in March that the Biden administration is going to consider interim steps on the pathway to denuclearization. Will interim steps involve nuclear freeze and capping of the number of missiles? What is your response to skepticism from both in Washington and Seoul that interim step is something that has been tried and failed many times before? My second question is that it's been reported that the summit will discuss the hypersonic light vehicle. What can you preview us about the discussions regarding the missile defense against North Korean missile threat? Thank you. Thanks. I'll start first with the second part of your question. I think we have a long history of cooperation on ballistic missile defense, both with our Japanese friends and with our friends in the ROK. I'm not expecting any sort of DPRK specific announcements to come out tomorrow. But we are excited about continuing to further the progress that we make on regional missile defense integration more broadly. The question of the DPRK, I want to be clear that the comments you cited are totally consistent with the same policy that we have been articulating for the entirety of the Biden administration. That is the fact that we remain open to talks with the DPRK without preconditions and on a wide range of topics. As you know, we have reached out to the DPRK many times and have not had any response. The message that was articulated there is that we would like them to come to the table and tell us what they want to talk about, and we'll be ready to talk. The comment about interim steps is often being interpreted in a strict arms control sense of the definition of what interim steps might mean. We are open to talking about a wide range of topics with the DPRK should they wish to talk to us about things that can make the Korean Peninsula and the Indo-Pacific safer. Okay, back here. This is Sangmin. I'm from Radio Asia. Chinese government announced that their highest official will visit North Korea this week. I want to know how to see this visit at this moment. Why do you think the Chinese government sent their highest official to North Korea at this moment? Thank you. Again, I'm not going to interpret that particular signaling behind a specific visit. I don't pretend to know what exactly Beijing's calculation is here. What I will say though is part of what I've already articulated is that there are a number of areas in which we are concerned about North Korean actions and North Korean rhetoric. That includes the fact that since the New Year, Kim Jong-un has been using more threatening rhetoric about potential actions he might take in and around the peninsula. We are also deeply concerned about growing DPRK Russia cooperation, which has clear implications for Ukraine as well as for peace and stability in Indo-Pacific. So whatever the reason might be for the Chinese government wanting to have a high level touch now, we hope that they will raise these issues in the interest of making the region more peaceful and stable. Okay, we'll go for a row here. Hi, thanks for doing this. I'm Mokako Hoshisada from NHK. Regarding to the South China Sea, this will be a bit broad question, but do you see a link between the Second Thomas Shoal and the stability in the Taiwan Strait? I'm sorry, could you repeat the last part of the question? Okay, so do you see a link between the Second Thomas Shoal and the stability in the Taiwan Strait? I don't think I'll connect those two areas too directly except to say that of course, you know, the United States stands for peace and stability in all of maritime Asia and for maritime Asia that is governed by international law. Obviously, these are areas of concern on which we are keenly focused, but I won't draw further connections between the two of them here. Okay, right next time. Thank you so much, senior director Igor Naimushin, RIA News Agency, Russia. So as Japan plays a really active role in supporting Western sanctions in the Pacific, including price cap on Russian oil, import ban for Russian diamonds and long list of expert bans. Are there any plans during the Japanese Prime Minister visit to discuss additional sanctions on Russia? And are there any plans to discuss maybe potential transfer of Patriot systems to Ukraine via the US? Thank you. Thank you. I won't get ahead of any private discussions that might take place between our leaders. Okay, right. Let's see in the fourth row. Hi, and this is Tomoko Ashizuka of the New Kenyans paper. Thank you very much for doing this. So the Biden administration has emphasized on the importance of alliances in the Indo-Pacific region and in other parts of the world compared to the previous administration. Just I would like to know why do you think that enhancing and expanding the alliance is critical for the interest of the United States and other countries? Thank you. Thank you. I certainly tried to speak to this in my opening remarks, but happy to say a little bit more here. I think as the United States laid out in President Biden's Indo-Pacific strategy that was published in February of 2022, we see cooperation with our alliances and partnerships and the expansion of those is critical because by growing these relationships and improving our ability to work together, we can build what we term collective capacity in the Indo-Pacific. And that is to our ability to deliver on specific concrete results that further our shared objectives in that region. So that's why we put such an emphasis in that strategy on alignment with our alliances and partnerships. And I'll note that while of course on display this week you'll see really strong and concrete cooperation between two of America's closest and oldest allies in the Indo-Pacific, we feel that this approach to building collective capacity has had appeal with a far broader grouping of countries. I think we need only look at the fact that the president paid a historic visit to Vietnam to upgrade to a comprehensive strategic partnership last September to appreciate that this rationale for building collective capacity towards common goals has a widespread appeal beyond just treaty partners. So we're very gratified that we continue to see steps forward, not only with some of our closest allies with whom we know we share a vision, but with a wider range of partners who see some of themselves in that vision. Okay. Did Josie have another question? Yeah, we'll go here. My next question is advisor in the White House. What do you think is the impact of this trilateral meeting for the people of the Philippines? As you mentioned before, you mentioned about infrastructure, but how about in the lives of Filipinos? Right now there's a high rate of poverty, unemployment in the Philippines, and most of these people are also affected by the tension in China. Thanks. You know, I think I've opined already and shared a bit about the fact that infrastructure investments from the United States and Japan will make a difference in the lives of everyday people. But do you want to be clear that beyond those areas, there's a number of areas for cooperation, which we'll be discussing with President Marcos, that also have the ability to deliver for the Philippines people. Those include energy security, which of course is a very important focus for this government. They include digital connectivity to make sure that the people of the Philippines have access to reliable trusted networks, and a number of other areas, which if we can more effectively hone our trilateral cooperation will make the Philippines economy stronger and will affect the everyday lives of the Philippines people. On top of that, of course, what we'll be showing on Thursday is that amidst the tensions with the PRC and the South China Sea, the Philippines people, not just President Marcos, have the support of the United States and Japan. So we think that between these very concrete deliverables, some of which have significant economic implications and those statements and demonstration of resolve, this is indeed not just about three leaders but about all their people. Does anyone new have a question? Yes, we'll go in the back. Hello. I just wonder if David Smith of The Guardian, just wonder if Taiwan will be on the agenda in the discussion between the President and Prime Minister tomorrow. We've heard the President in the past say that if Taiwan was attacked, yes, the US military would defend it. Is it the expectation that Japan would join in that operation? And finally, is the President concerned that if Congress fails to send more military to Ukraine, that sends a worrying signal about whether the US really would help Taiwan? Thank you. I think the United States and Japan have crafted a common position on Taiwan that's very clear. It has appeared in our last many leader statements and I think you'll see similar language over the course of this visit. Our leaders often talk about the importance of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait but I don't have more to share for you than that at this point. I do think that of course the President is very hopeful that Congress will pass this up for a wide range of reasons to include its important implications for Indo-Pacific security beyond security in Europe. And we'll go back here in the beige. Hi, Yuko Mukai from Japanese Yomi Rishinbun. Just a follow-up question about Taiwan. So you earlier mentioned that you don't connect South China Sea and Taiwan to directory, but do we expect like in the Toronto meeting that the leaders will discuss about like Taiwan Strait issues like in the context of like peace and stability? And also as my understanding that the reason like Japan finds this territorial framework is more meaningful is because Japan is facing the same kind of pressure by China in the East China Sea. Does East China Sea issues will be discussed by the leaders? Thanks. Again, I'm not going to go into too much depth on private conversations amongst our leaders that haven't happened yet. What I will say however is that the United States is totally consistent in reaffirming the fact that our Mutual Defense Treaty and Article 5 apply to the Senkaku Islands. You will see that position reaffirmed by the President and in relevant language as it always is. I don't have any further detail to share on the East China Sea at this time. But again, we often discuss the importance of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, and we have a well-crafted series of common positions. Okay. This is going to end the question and answer portion of the briefing, but I did want to give Dr. Ratpooper a chance to say any concluding words. Thanks. I really appreciate the strong and detailed set of questions today and appreciate all of the engagement from this great group of reporters. Again, we think that what you'll see on display this week is of course a series of visits that are very consequential in their own right, whether that's with the Japan official visit with state dinner, really serving as the capstone of three years of extraordinary alliance modernization between the U.S. and Japan, or the U.S.-Philippines-Japan trialat demonstrating that we continue to innovate our work with allies in the Indo-Pacific towards common cause and common goals. But overall, beyond just the symbolism and the significant deliverables that will come out of these two visits, I think we hope that what the world will take away, again, is the fact that investing in alliances and partnerships and working in close coordination with our key allies and partners has paid dividends and will reaffirm the fact that we will continue to do so under President Biden's leadership, because the theory of the case for his Indo-Pacific strategy will never be more clear than it will be this week. Thank you so much. This concludes our briefing. I want to give another special thanks to our briefer for joining us here again, Senior Director Rat Pooper, and for sharing her time with us today. I know it's a busy week for everyone and to those of you who participated, you can find the transcripts and this briefing and more about our programs online later today at fpc.state.gov. Thank you very much. Thanks.


you can have different engaging activities for students to get to know people from their community more. And on down you have a study area, you can book rooms, there are a lot of rooms to the students who book in advance and you can come here and study during your three hours. And this is a stage where like if campus is hosting an event, it will take place here with the DJ and everything. That's the stage. So a very typical visa question is, tell me something unique about your university. And this is something a lot of you struggle with. So this video, we're going to explore Cal State LA and we'll try and find unique points about the university which you can use for your visa interview. So let's go. So we are on our way to CSU LA and this is the metro line, this is the starting point. It's going to take about one hour, right? So let's go. I think the metro station is quite close to the university. So one thing which we get asked a lot and I think I had discussed with you also when we did that interview, visa interview preparation, is about student clubs, right? So what kind of student clubs are here and? I'm actually vice president of MAS club, that is marketing analytics research society. And you have many different types of clubs. What I've been interested in because I'm in business area, marketing and research clubs. And there's a astronomy club. You can actually, I've seen people come out with telescopes and K that's us. So it's easy to get into clubs and there are many different kinds of clubs. So how is the general like, what do you think? Are they really useful? They're really useful. Maybe if you stay in marketing clubs, like one I've been, I mean it will give you a network to or like connections with the successful alumni or like connect you with good professors. So every club has a mentor, as a professor as a mentor. So I think they will be pretty well connected with industry professionals or like successful alumni. So they can help you get connected to them. And you meet a lot of students over there who share the same interest. So from there you can get connections for your career. So it's good to be part of. I think California universities will have more student clubs, right? So it's quite a vibrant campus, I would say. A lot of people around that. I say the maximum maybe. It can go down on holidays. Friday is not many classes. And since it's a beginning, like it's just fall. Yeah, were there any events, specific events? Yeah, there will be orientations and we actually had City of Augs.  So students can go up and go there and then sign there. Okay. Yeah. I get registered. Yeah. Students who come here prefer to stay off campus. Yeah, but you are staying in the dorm. Yeah. What is the reason for that? Was it like your parents felt? No, actually, I wanted to get to know people. I like that living on campus and having that college experience. So and I came to US from India to make different, like get good exposure and everything. So I chose to stay in dorms and it's actually pretty good. Comparatively on the budget side and the rent and utilities and everything, it almost matches up. But more on the expense side, but it's still fine. But the community, you get, you don't have to commute to college. If you're doing a part-time on campus, it will be very easy to just go back and one of the classes, as I'm doing master's, I only have three classes per week. So whenever my class is done, I can just go back to my dorm. So I felt it is a bit easier. But how is it more expensive? Must be, right? It is. Me and my friend, we calculated it at the budget. It was like around $300 more. Okay. That is like the South Village cafeteria. It's actually a very new building. This is huge. Yeah. These are tower one, tower two, tower three. And then this is the South Village cafeteria. And then you do have a South Village cafe market. When you say South Village, you mean like for undergrad? Yeah. So the name of these buildings is called South Village area. So it has classes? No, no, no. The doms. Oh, this is only the dom. Oh, wow. And then the underneath, you can see the glass one. Yeah. That is the cafeteria. Okay. So this looks new. Yeah. This is the new building. And you see that one, those are the lobbies. You can watch a movie together. This hangout area, the longest. Most people hang out near the green circle, you see the green lawn. Yeah. And this side we have this side is the smaller apartments for students about 21. Okay. They can stay over here. These are the independent houses. And you can opt to stay two per room, three per room. So this is for the older? Yeah, older. About 21 can opt to choose here. So this is the sports area. There is running, there's basketball, football, and there's swimming pool somewhere nearby. Yeah. How often do you see games here? The matches, yeah, every alternate day or something, but I only come here twice. Twice, okay. Do they have like any sport they're more focused or more passionate about? No, football only. Football. You can see tennis over there. Yeah. And actually the background all, it's all those mountains, right? Yeah, I think it's covered with fog. Covered with fog. It is actually pretty scenic place. Yeah. I've seen jobs about being posed for research assistants, quite common, but not sure about how much it is going. So you're saying campus jobs are easy to get? You just need to start in advance? Yeah, you just need to start in advance. It is really easy to get. It's just student assistant. So is there like a portal? How do you apply? Yeah, handshake portal. You will need to create a login ID and password, and then it'll show you jobs on campus, off campus, around LA. Okay. And even now, in different states as well. But you as a student can only apply to these on campus jobs? Yeah. Right. So somebody like who gets an admin, even before they reach campus, they can apply. They can apply and start the process. Just need to send a good tailored resume. Okay. What all do you need? A good resume. And then they'll ask for a student employee application. That is you put in your schedule of the classes, like when you free, what is your work schedule? You must have enrolled for your classes before coming to campus, right? Right. So just put in your class schedule and previous work experience. They'll ask for the resumes, things in there as well. That's it. Okay. Thank you so much. I am so happy to meet you. Thank you so much for taking out the time. Yeah. I'm glad you're here, sir.


Welcome traders to another tick mill chart here with me, Patrick Munley. Enjoy your attention to a developing opportunity in the Aussie year and you can see we're in this descending trend channel. We broke out of there into the back end of last week. Coming in this morning on the China news, we're having a bit of a pullback here. We've got a new projected channel support area or a potential price reversal zone. Looking for a move down out to test the 7575 to 7540 area. Watching for bullish reversal patterns in this price reversal zone set long positions, targeting a move up to test initially the equality objective 7712 and the top side of the channel in extension up to 7760. As always traders, plan the trade, trade the plan, most importantly manage your risk. Until next time, thanks very much.


I am here with UCSD, University of California, San Diego Pre-Dental Society. The great thing about PDS is that they recruited medical professionals from across the country. Even though they are a pre-dental society, mainly in San Diego, they recruited medical professionals like pharmacists, nurses, EMTs, as well as dentists to help assist with this mission. And I'm very grateful. As a general dentist, I'm selected with several other dentists on a daily basis to go ashore and treat the local population. The camaraderie is extraordinary. Our partner nations are the most delightful people, the most capable professionals, the collegiality, the reliance on each other for perspectives and clinical judgment making and the treatments rendered as well as interpreting for each other in many cases. It's been such an amazing experience just to be able to make those connections. All the partner nations have been super friendly and helpful, and I've made some great friends throughout this process. It's a great collaborative effort that's a joy to work with.


My namem Samoil Gabreselasev z Krzpovoj Eterpjenih Ekonomi. Neseleko vse je z vsezvršenim srpitej, je to, da je vsezvršen je vsezvršen vsezvršen na konovoj Kultu. Vsezvršen je vsezvršen v zelo. Vsezvršen je vsezvršen na kultu, predsledaj, kot je vseh taj pelj pomečnja, ki je zelo taj taj taj vseh pomečnja in taj taj taj taj taj taj taj taj taj taj taj taj prikazil in je je prikazil, izgleda vseh taj postane. Zelo taj taj taj taj taj taj taj taj taj taj taj taj taj Let's start with some background information, production and export of horticulture crops, as well as commercialization for our culture has got high policy priority in Ethiopia since the past five or six years. But the government took different strategies to develop or support the sector and policy for the promotion of large modern commercial farm could be considered as very comprehensive and attractive. And this refers to easy and cheap access to large and suitable farm lands, long term credit mainly from government bankers, duty free import of machineries and farm imports, tax holidays both for profit and export. And there is also the government established federal agency to coordinate these incentives. Policy measures and incentives to encourage small horticulture producers, however, is not equally transparent and supportive. There is no federal agency, that means there is weak intervention from federal government and support is largely a regional issue and mostly limited to horticulture extension and training and focused on integrating small farmers into the market economy. Impljajte zestivikacije for exclusive incentives package or policy support for large commercial producers includes production is mainly destined for export market and large commercial producers to require interprinera and modern management skills and large economies of skills, which lacks the sector. This is a major justification for government to provide exclusive support for large producers. On the other hand, the low policy support to small producers might reflect the pessimistic view on private investments in small horticulture. Moreover, small farmers are largely considered as homogenous units and few believe that small farmers have the aspiration and as well as the capacity required to progress themselves into modern and large commercial farms. These policy bias or divergence might reflect two points. First, private or long term investment might not be considered appropriate as this stage of small farmers development and policy makers might not have sufficient information or data to change their view. Second, this might be the hypothesis why small farmers have got small or relatively small support from the government. Then the objective of this study is using small group of emerging class of small investor farmers. This study intended to document the diversity and the dynamics among small farmers in the study area as well as the development opportunities and challenges they faced. And it also aims to support debate and further rigorous studies on the need to evaluate and adopt policies and service provision post to emerging as well as conventional problems. Over the past four years, two separate but complementary studies focused on small horticulture producers were conducted. And this study indicates the positive impact of regated horticulture crops in improving producer's cash income as well as reorienting our culture from subsistence oriented into market oriented. Also more dynamism has been introduced into the farming systems. Farmers, however, were not equally benefited. Moreover, the study identified few farmers who are performing exceptionally different from the majority. This heterogeneity or disparity could be explained in terms of investment or scale of production and in terms of productivity. In terms of investment or scale of production, for example, the survey shows that the top 25% of the farmers managed to double their irrigated farm size from 2 to 4 to mark. That means from half to hectare of farm land. While a very irrigated plot for farmers in the bottom 25 declined marginally. This is between 2010 and 2012. Similarly, this wide disparity in productivity was in the two crops, which are considered in the study, was the onion and tomato production. This disparity in productivity reflects corresponding differences in the level of investment and intensity of management. Existing support to small order sector, however, does not reflect such disparity. That means the extension system is homogeneously targeted to different kind of farmers. And it's also biased towards the average or below the average performing farmers. Then the question comes why I study on these farmers. The motive behind the separate study on this emerging small farmers is from the following points. First, the ultimate objective of any intervention by the public sector in small order is to speed up the rural urban integration. Second, then also transform the rural economy as well as to push the process of agroenter price development in the rural areas. And such objectives demand a group of farmers that lead the process. These farmers were considered to push or to lead this process. So the study believes that there should be an institutional support for such kind of farmers. The study is expected to improve awareness on the changing realities of small order farmers in the study era. It is also expected to lead the way for future studies on typology or dynamism in small farmers. Being as a model, as well as agent of change, any support to these farmers is expected to have a pulling effect on other fellow or average farmers. Then the question comes who are the emerging small investor farmers. This is a new study so it needs to define these kind of farmers. For this study, emerging small investor farmers could be considered as a group of small farmers who are dynamic enough to lend themselves to emerging opportunities as well as emerging challenges and emerging tasks. But we don't have prior information on the size as well as the basic characteristics of these farmers. Therefore, the study adopted a temporary working definition. That should be necessary to identify such farmers from other farmers. Based on a sorrow evaluation of characteristics of sample farmers, surveyed in previous studies, the following temporary definition was adopted. An emerging small investor farmer is expected to consider himself or herself not a part of traditional farm householders and investing in farming as a business. This is a subjective judgment and based on subjective awareness of their position. Apart from this, very important but difficult to assess criteria, such farmers are expected to meet one or more of the following measurable criteria. They were expected to engage in factor markets, at least in a different way from the other farmers. They have also expected to harvest and sell significantly higher than the other farmers. They also have some aspirations or some dreams to invest on their farm and other activities, both on the value chain and also beyond their farms. So this will be considered as temporary definitions to identify this group of farmers from other farmers. This shows the study area. It is located as the central part of the country on the rift valley. And it is very close to the capital as well as the regional markets of Vishofto and Adama. And it is on the highway that runs both to neighboring countries, to Djuboti and Kenya.  Matters and data, based on this temporary definition and following the Snow World principle, about 40 emerging small investor farmers were selected. And after the initial contact with a given emerging small farmers, expected to be suitable, we have the study team asked him or her to name other relevant person. He or she knew to make the second contact. And this process has continued until we reached the 40 numbers of farmers considered. And different kinds of data were collected, both on production, transport, marketing, and other non-farm activities. It is also background information on the households that were collected. Then this study is a purely descriptive study and it is not an import statistical representative sample. The objective is not included. Asamples for the study were not random observations, largely drawn from unknown population. Any finding should be considered as provisional, because we don't know the samples and other important characteristics of these small investor farmers. Resultati, the study shows major internal differences among small farmers and the difference extends from variation in basic household characteristics to access to resources, ability to use them efficiently, that means in terms of productivity, as well as future investment and aspirations. There is clear differences. Farmers cultivate farms that varies from half a hectare to six hectare and produce various annual crops, including tea, wheat, chickpeas, and vegetables, mainly onion and tomatoes. Our culture is largely rain-fed, but vegetables are produced through irrigation using both underground water and surface water, both from Kokalik and Mojo rivers, which runs in. And this table shows the difference in terms of the household characteristics. As you see, on these two columns, there is a big difference between emerging small farmers and other farmers, both in terms of household characteristics and experiences, in terms of farm size and relations, and in terms of participation in factor markets and of farm jobs. And most of these differences were statistically significant. And this figure shows disparity in terms of access to farmland, and the first chart on the left side shows the disparity on the average farmers. And it is not only distributed, but the disparity on small investor farmers is more or less normally distributed. And this shows these farmers have dynamic enough. There is high dynamism among these farmers because the process or the differentiation is continuous. So it shows there is more dynamism among these farmers in terms of expanding their farm sizes. This also shows disparity in productivity. And similarly, here this chart shows disparity in terms of average productivity. And here also disparity is more or less normal distribution. Still this indicates there is more dynamism among these farmers compared to these farmers. This more or less similar table shows the difference in productivity, farm income, and expenses, and the story is more or less similar. This is in terms of a picture. This is one farm of the sample taken in the study era, and you can see many laborers were employed, and the farm is more or less could be considered large farmers. This also shows another picture, which shows incomes from vegetable production is invested outside the farm invested on livestock production. Similarly, this table shows disparity in future investment and aspiration. And this simply shows a result on the question to yes or no, whether they have interest to invest. For example, in agro-business, in transport input supply, for sale reagent, and also to diversify to investment outside their farms. And this shows that emerging small investor farmers have very high interest to invest both along their value chains and outside the farm. This is only their wish. The result shows simply their wish, whether they have interest to invest more. But they face critical problems, because every support from the government in terms of policy, in terms of institutions is focused on very low-level producers and commercial producers, especially foreign investors. And these farmers have been almost neglected in terms of policy and institutions. And our discussion with such kind of farmers shows that they have major problems to get access to land, because land cannot be used as collateral, and the rental markets operate under different problems. And they have also big problems to access capital, especially long-term credit, which requires to invest on different activities. Yeah, thank you. They also get weak support in terms of business skill, marketing, and post-production activities along the whole value chains. This is a very critical constraint for such farmers. Let's conclude with four slides. The heterogeneity of the small-holder sector in the study area cannot be interpreted as reflected to single groups. The study shows a range of internal dissimilarity between emerging small investor farmers and other or average farmers. In general, emerging small investor farmers are at the forefront in terms of job creation or other positive multiplier effects. They are also better suited for any interventions that aim for further investment and for spreading entrepreneurship spread in the study area. Though any exclusive treatment of such farmers might fuel up the process of social differentiation that might narrow the space for equal or free participation in the development process, it is important to note that high probability for nonlinear growth process among farmers in the study areas is visible. So it needs the system to be flexible and dynamic enough to reflect such heterogeneity. Finally, as samples for the study were not random, observations largely drawn from unknown populations. Any findings should be considered as temporary and needs further verification using more formal meters, and especially large sample drawn from pre-identified populations. Similarly, the study indicates the need for more studies on internal differences and dynamism among small farmers, in high potential and cash-crop-producing areas, as opposed to the study area.


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But it's not. There's a huge amount of progress that's taken place that a lot of people just don't take into account, especially smart people who are attending to the real problems of the world, but not getting the long-term view, which is what we try to provide in this particular book. Ronald Bailey is reasoned science correspondent and the co-author of the new book Ten Global Trends Every Smart Person Should Know. Bailey and the Cato Institutes, Mari and Tupi, take a long-term look at positive global developments that have been mostly underreported or ignored. For instance, the world's poorest people have gotten richer at an accelerating pace. The natural state of humanity is abject poverty. And one of the benchmarks you can look at is what they call absolute poverty threshold, which is living on $1.90 per day per person. What we find is is around 18, 20, 84 percent of the world's population lived on less than that a day. And that took 160 years for that to get down to only 41 percent, 160 years. But since then, it's now below 10 percent, in fact. The last data we have from the World Bank is down to 8.6 percent and will probably be 5 percent or less by 2030 of current trends continue. The planet has gotten significantly greener, too, in the last 40 years. Most people don't know that actually forests around the globe have been expanding since the 1980s, and kind of amazingly so. Of course, there's deforestation taking place in places like Brazil and so forth. But if you look broadly across the entire globe, what you find is that the forests have expanded since the 1980s to an area that's about the size of Alaska and Montana combined, basically 800,000 square miles of land. The world is also getting safer for the poor in particular. We're looking at a rate of deaths from natural disasters. That includes earthquakes, tornadoes, flooding, hurricanes. What have you? All natural disasters, as you could think of them. And what we find is that over the period of time is the rate of deaths from natural disasters. And remember, world population has increased four times since the beginning of the century has declined 99% and more. A major environmental problem is climate change. Left unchecked, it is literally an existential threat to the health of our planet and to our very survival. The world is going to end in 12 years if we don't address climate change. Bailey says these claims are based on a misreading of UN climate change reports. There's no cliff that we're running off of. All it means is, well, it's going to be warmer than 1.5 degrees, most likely. Higher increases will cause real problems. But Bailey says we're equipped to deal with them thanks to technology and economic growth. Climate change is going to become a significant problem. But my best guess is that we'll have the wealth and the technology for future generations will to be able to adapt to it and to start ameliorating what problems do arise. There will be sea level rise and people will have to retreat from the coast. But they're not going to have to retreat tomorrow. Bailey attributes global progress to better ideas about how to organize society. Let's sum it up with the word, the Enlightenment happened, basically, the Enlightenment. Essentially what happened is democracy is the way to decide who gets the wheel of power and to be able to throw that out. The second thing is that we ended up basically with free markets, is that all of a sudden we had property rights and there was respect for the rule of law. The third stool of this, and I think this is the most important one, is called liberal science, how we decide what the truth is. And it's essentially a radical notion of free speech is everybody gets to criticize everybody else and there are no consequences other than you being shown for that criticism. And so it goes from the worst blog post on the planet to peer reviewed science today or the most rigorous thing, everything gets checked by everybody else. And that really speeds up innovation. If human progress is so ubiquitous, why don't we hear about it more? So what we have is a news media that obviously focuses on what sells, and that is bad news. Good news is not news, bad news is news. To build a house takes months, years to do, to burn it down, takes an hour. Another glitch, of course, is that progress hides itself. As things get better and better all the time, we move on and go, all right, we've got that win, we just take it for granted. And what we're trying to do with this book is to not let people take it for granted and remind people this is what has happened and look to the future if we keep the same institutions that enabled this, then much more of it will happen in the future.