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Centuries ago nations like Portugal, and Iraq, and Syria, Spain, Mongolia, Turkey, Italy,
Egypt, and Greece were the world's most powerful, most advanced civilizations.
Today, though, that's not the case.
While this group does not necessarily represent the losers in the game that is history, they're
also certainly not in first place.
Change has relegated them into second tier status despite their earlier prowess.
One particularly noticeable case is that of Greece.
In a span of a couple thousand years the people living on this peninsula went from shaping
the way the western world would work to being boxed in by the very world around them.
Greece is one of the most celebrated nations in history.
They developed the political system of democracy—the very one used by many of the world's most
powerful nations today.
Because of this perhaps a disproportionate amount of attention is placed upon the history
of this small nation but nonetheless, ancient Greece overcame the odds to create a number
of small yet powerful city-states.
However, many of the factors that led to the success of this ancient civilization are the
same ones holding back the modern state.
On a global scale the country is far from poor but, as a European nation, it's one
of the poorest in a very rich area.
Greece is exceptionally mountainous yet the terrain of Greece is different than that of
many other countries.
Switzerland, for example, has enormous mountains with nice, wide and long valleys in between.
The mountains of Greece, though, are not as tall.
The average elevation of Greece is 1,600 feet compared to 4,400 in Switzerland but the mountains
in Greece are much more irregular.
What this means is that there is only so much flat land in any one place.
Any settlement needed enough land around it to grow the food that would feed its people
and most agriculture can only grow on relatively flat land.
While today we can ship food across the world, in the time of ancient Greece transportation
technology was not advanced enough so one essentially had to have enough fields to feed
the population directly around each settlement.
Therefore, the sizes of ancient Greek settlements were essentially determined by the amount
of flat land they could find in one place.
It was tough for any one political entity to hold power over vast amounts of land because
it was just too difficult to get around.
For that reason, the peninsula was not one unified nation as it is today, it was divided
into hundreds of small city-states unified by a common language and religion.
The most powerful city-states, you'll notice, were the ones that had the most flat land.
The area directly surrounding Sparta, one of the historically strongest city-states,
is a relatively large, flat valley that would have given them more land than other city-states
to grow food and therefore Sparta was one of the largest cities.
Athens was also one of the strongest city-states and still today is by far the largest city
in Greece thanks to being in one of the largest single flat areas in the country.
This geography did, of course, fragment the peninsula into hundreds of political entities
but at the time that wasn't really an issue.
The same geography protected the entire area from outside invasion.
Mountains acted as a thick shield from western Europe but this also, of course, made it tough
to get to these areas, at least by land.
This geography forced Greece to the ocean and the city-states became some of the most
advanced maritime powers.
Because of this, Greece was exposed to civilizations all around the Mediterranean and beyond and
was able to learn from other nations such as Egypt and Mesopotamia.
This exposure to the outside world helped turn the city-states into highly advanced
and cosmopolitan civilizations that produced the era's greatest philosophers.
Nowadays, however, the mountains are less helpful.
As the world has become more globalized trade linkages to other countries have become even
more important and the mountains that pepper the Greek peninsula continue through the Balkans
which means that land transportation infrastructure is limited to get goods and people between
Western Europe and Greece.
More consequently, though, 78% of the land in Greece is considered mountainous making
it tied with Slovenia as the most mountainous country in the European Union.
Greece is also one of the poorer countries in the European Union.
As it turns out, there's a link between how mountainous an EU country is and its GDP
per capita.
The average EU country with 35% of its land mountainous has a GDP per capita of $30,000
while the average EU country with only 25% of its land mountainous has a GDP per capita
of $54,000 proving that there is a correlation between flatness and wealth.
Now, there are some major exceptions—Sweden is one of the wealthiest EU countries while
also being one of the most mountainous while Latvia is one of the poorest while being completely
flat—so the correlation is not that strong and the EU also conveniently leaves out Switzerland
and Norway—two exceptionally wealthy European countries that are also exceptionally mountainous—but
nonetheless, it intuitively makes sense that mountains inhibit development and the statistics
back this up to an extent.
It's worth pointing out that this is not just a European phenomenon.
The five most mountainous countries in the world are Bhutan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan,
Lesotho, and Montenegro all of which have GDP per capita's below the world average.
What you'll notice in Europe is that the wealthy mountainous countries such as Norway,
Sweden, Switzerland, and Finland are all in cold climates while the less wealthy mountainous
countries such as Bulgaria, Spain, Italy, Portugal, and Greece are all in warmer climates.
As it turns out, climate too is a predictor of wealth.
For every additional tenth of a degree Fahrenheit of average yearly temperature in the EU a
country's GDP per capita is, on average, $1,670 lower.
The reasoning behind the link between climate and wealth is massively complex, controversial,
and not yet fully understood so we'll leave that out but Greece is therefore in this double
whammy situation of being both hot and mountainous which has proven itself as an inhibitor to
development.
Of the world's 30 wealthiest countries none could be considered both hot and predominantly
mountainous—many are one or the other but none both.
The two factors together just seem to be the perfect cocktail for poor economic health.
Greece suffers from strong regionalization.
The same geography that cut the peninsula into small city-states today makes it difficult
for a central government to govern the entire area effectively.
You see this often, countries that were formerly multiple countries or nations often have problems
with governance, but part of the difficulty for the Greek government is that their infrastructure
is just not good.
It's hard to get around the country.
Of course Greece is made up of about 6,000 islands and you cannot, of course, build roads
across the Aegean Sea but the country still lacks infrastructure on the mainland.
This can likely be attributed to a mix of a lack of funds and high cost to build through
mountains and the country is therefore considered to have the third worst infrastructure in
the European Union.
With a lack of proper infrastructure to overcome the geographical boundaries this makes simple
government functions like tax collection difficult.
Greece receives about 28% less value added tax than it levies due to how rampant tax
evasion is.
The same is true for income and other forms of taxation so it's no wonder why the country
ended up in a debt crisis.
In fact, this debt crisis that has devastated the country over the past ten years can too
be partially linked back to geography.
You see, Greece's main geographic asset is the Aegean Sea.
Part of this is economic.
Many of Greece's most popular tourist destinations from Santorini, to Mykonos, to Crete are islands
in the Aegean Sea but the more significant asset of the Aegean is strategic.
To the Northeast of Greece is the Black Sea which drains out into the Mediterranean through
the Turkish Straits and the Aegean.
While Turkey holds the most direct level of control over maritime traffic by controlling
the Turkish Straits, the density of Greek islands and the strength of the country's
Navy means that it too, if it wanted to, could relatively easily blockade the Black Sea.
This means that Greece holds the keys for Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, and Georgia's
only ocean access.
Perhaps more significantly, Greece also controls the maritime routes to and from Russia's
most important ports.
Being a very northern country, the majority of Russia's coastline sees ice in the winter
which makes shipping difficult whereas the Black Sea ports do not making them both militarily
and economically critical for Russia.
17% of Russia's shipping containers leave from the Port of Novorossiysk, for example,
which is only one of the many Black Sea ports.
A good portion of Greece's little geopolitical clout is as a result of holding the Aegean.
Given its importance, Greece therefore puts a lot of effort into asserting its sovereignty
over this sea.
This sovereignty, however, has for decades been the subject of a dispute with Turkey.
The dispute is over not only who owns a number of islands near Turkey but also over the extent
of Greek sovereignty over Aegean waters and airspace.
Despite both countries officially being NATO allies tensions do occasionally heat up and
Greece therefore regularly patrols the Aegean by sea and air.
The country has a world class Navy and Air Force that are considered to be some of the
strongest especially for such a small country but this, of course, comes at a cost.
The country spends a full 2.5% of its GDP on its military.
That's a higher percentage than any NATO member except the US.
The high government spending, which high military spending contributed significantly to, along
with the country's seeming inability to collect the taxes it levies forced the government
to take on debt which, after the Great Recession hit in 2008, it could not pay off.
The country was then plunged into years of economic and social crisis.
This affected what is arguably Greece's most important industry—tourism.
A full quarter of jobs in Greece are in or as a result of tourism and the industry represents
20% of the country's GDP so if tourism disappears, the whole country is affected.
During the debt crisis, as violent demonstrations on the streets of Athens were publicized worldwide
the number of tourist arrivals immediately declined which further exasperated the crisis.
For a number of years the country actually had negative GDP growth and an unemployment
rate close to 30% but, after austerity measures and a series of bailouts, unemployment rates
are now shrinking and the country's GDP is once again growing, at least slowly.
The truth about Greece is that its geography, with warm weather, disconnected landmasses,
sheer ocean cliffs, and soaring mountains, is terrible for most types of economic development
but it's these geographical features, along with a fascinating history and warm hospitality,
that make Greece such an attractive travel destination.
Tourist numbers in the country are reaching historic levels to the point where there's
starting to be a problem of too much tourism.
While the country continues its path towards economic recovery the real test will be whether
it can take what it has going for it, most specifically tourism, and use that to fix
what's not.
What's really fascinating about Greece is not that they fell from a position of strength,
it's that they ever had that position of strength.
History has proven that the land of this peninsula, despite all its natural beauty, is not quite
as hospitable and idyllic as it may seem.
In this video I'm sure you noticed the stunning historical footage of Greece.
This all came from Assassin's Creed: Odyssey—a brand new game that has essentially recreated
the entirety of ancient Greece during the Peloponnesian War.
Ubisoft actually brought me out to Greece to try the game and visit the historical sites
they recreated so most of the modern footage of Greece in this video is my own and, even
as someone who doesn't really play video games, I really enjoyed playing Assassin's
Creed: Odyssey for the ability to explore a pretty breath-taking historical world.
Of course the gameplay and storylines are great too but, if you're just in it for
the exploration, they'll be releasing a "discovery tour" mode soon which will
essentially be an interactive museum in the game.
If you want to learn more and maybe even buy Assassin's Creed: Odyssey be sure to click
the link at the top of the description.
Thanks for watching and we'll see you again in two weeks for another Wendover Productions
video.
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Don't Suffer in Silence - Mental Illness, Depression & Suicide - Duration: 10:15.
I Realized that
Most people who take their life
they
suffer from some form of mental illness or depression
90% so what I want to talk about today other people listening right now
Are us suffering and the devil has you suffering alone in?
silence
We've had so many people I have so many questions about
Mental illness suicide, etc
And today the best I can I want to encourage you
To trust God
and not suffer in silence
All of us are in need of help
what you suffer from I suffer from I
Know that mental illness has a stigma that you have to this something wrong with you. You know when you
get a call you go to the doctor and
This medicine for you
when you get cancer you go to the doctor and
There's treatment for you. And you break your leg you go to the doctor
but when someone has mental illness
depressed lonely
But 90% of people who take their life or suffering from something like this and there's so many other suffering silently and
Many people feel too ashamed to talk about it
We've gotten so many questions, you know
Can you be a leader and suffer from this can is there a healing can God heal you? Yes, God can heal you?
Is it wrong to go to a doctor absolutely not
It's not wrong to go to a doctor and many people say we just pray about it when you break your leg
You don't just pray about it
It is not a sin to be sick
It is human. We are all sinners and we were all in a sinful body that is decaying
And what breaks my heart is all of the people who are suffering silently hearing voices in their head
That there's a problem too big
To handle and that the only solution is to take your life taking your life is not a viable solution
It does not solve the problem
God does not want you to do that. We always have hope
Taking your life does not solve your problems. It causes more problems
It brings pain to everybody, you know
God will not forsake you but that's not what he wants you to do
He wants you to reach out to him
It is a permanent solution to a temporary problem
Your problem you have today
the burden you have today is temporary and
I want to tell you that what you have we have you do not need to be ashamed
You do not need to be if I say if I say I'm suffering from this and stuff from that
I can't be in leadership. I can't serve that is garbage
I
Wake up many days not wanting to get out of bed
I wake up many days hear voices in my head saying give up is your failure. It's not working all the time
But yet God
But yet God, you have to fight that battle every single day
And I cannot believe there's not many people in here. Don't hear that so you are not alone
The Bible says God will never tempt you beyond what you could take
That's right
never
you should never ever you will never ever be burdened with you where you can't take it where you can't reach out to God and
somebody
And I would encourage you all who watch
Facebook and look at all this news about how everybody else's life is so great
And then the voice says your life is not that great. Let me tell you something what you're reading is not true
I'm not saying people don't have stuff going on in their life, but don't start comparing yourself to all the people
That's the devil saying look you're not that you're not that you weren't made to be that
God wanted you to be who he called you to be don't let the devil get you confused. We want to help I
Talk to alcoholics all the time. And whenever I meet alcoholics, they tell me their alcoholic
And I know you're a meetings
they tell you to stand up and tell how long you been sober and you say my name is so-and-so and I'm
alcoholic, and I've been sober so in Sawle years you are not an alcoholic you
Are a child of God I?
Did cocaine in the past I'm not a cocaine addict. I'm not an addict. I'm a child of God and
The devil wants you to identify with your ugly past and yes, it was ugly. Can I get amen?
My pass was ugly these things about my president are ugly
That's not who I am
You don't need to stand up and say I am an alcoholic you are cured. You are healed
God has forgiven you God has cleansed you God is give you a new future and
there's so many of you who are you've had things happen to you and the devil keeps reminding you of what you are and what
That made you and God says let me tell you what I want to turn you into
And you have to decide what are you gonna how are you going to define yourself?
You've been suffering for so long and finally, it's time to say goodbye. I don't need to do that anymore
I gave my life to Christ April 12 1984 stop doing cocaine that day
Stop smoking marijuana that day
covered of a whole bunch of garbage in my life that day
Why not because I'm strong and good and none of that because I was so weak and lost and helpless
But I gave it to Jesus I
Gave it. He's the only one that can change your heart
Your nature who you are, but you got it. You got to do your part and come to him
No temptation, no burden no pain will ever overtake you that's too hard for you to handle but not alone
I have leaned on counselors for decades. What does that mean that I have people in my life who counsel me?
What do they do them? They helped me understand me it is no shame. I
Say it all the time. And the reason I say it all the time is a hundred percent for your sake
Because if you feel like, you know, I don't want to go get help
I can't go get help. That is the devil lying to you
We were not
meant to do life
alone
John
13:34 a new command I give you love one another as I have loved you. So you must love one
Another everyone say love one another
By this all men will know that you are my disciples that if you love one another
Three times in that verse it says one another I was talking to someone the other day and this person said to me I am
So strong for other people
It is so easy for me to help other people, but I can't help myself exactly. We need one another
If you are sitting in your seat
sitting at your house
And you're saying I can't do this anymore. You can't by yourself. I
Cannot do my life by myself. I
Cannot pass through this church by myself. I
Cannot be a good husband by myself. I
Need God I need counselors. I need friends
just like you
There are 59 one anothers in the bible. There's like 20 of them that all say love one another
I want to read some of them to you because they're so so powerful
Love one of those says be it be at peace with one another
Wash one another's feet be devoted to one another in brotherly. Love are not one another above yourselves
live in harmony with one another I want you to imagine if we did this I
Wanted to imagine if we did this forget just coming to church
Imagine if we did with the Bible says
Stop passing judgment on one another
Accept one another instruct one another greet one another with a holy kiss when you come together eat wait for each other it have equal
Concern for one another greet one another with a holy kiss greet one another
holy kids a lot of kids in the Bible serve one another
If you keep on biting and devouring each other you'll be destroying each other
Let us not become conceited provoking envying one another carry each other's burdens
Be patient bearing with one another be kind and compassionate with one another forgive one another
Submit to one another in whom we can see this other consider others better than yourself. Do not lie to each other
If we just lived that solve all problems
Bear with each other
Forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another
Some of you hold a grudge against somebody
Let it go. He imagined if God held a grudge against you
Imagine if God forgave you like you forgive other people
You are going to be burdened all your life because we live in a fallen world
You're going to be confronted with stuff
conflict
pain
all your life
But you have to do this
You have to say Lord. I trust you. I
Trust you not
Alone, I trust you in family
We cannot do this alone, but I want to encourage you
There's so many of you out there potentially who are suffering silently and you feel like I can't tell anybody you can
You can
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Going to college, this is the poorest I've ever
been in my entire life, as an adult. I had to, like, step
back and jump into pretending like I was
You know,
in my early twenties financially.
Like, I want to go to school, so
therefore I have to make $14,000 a year.
And, oh sh**,
I just got pregnant. Awesome. That's what I need.
You always have those moments that kind of
take a picture in your head and you're never, ever, ever
gonna be able to forget it.
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I remember when I finally made the definitive decision, and
I finally went to the clinic, it was two days before
Christmas.
And I took the pill for dilation,
and I had to just tell
myself that I was doing it for a reason, that I was gonna
finish my education, and if I want to have another kid
I can have another kid at another time.
And that it was really important for me to finish up my task
And the lady that was sitting right there, you know,
she had to ask me all the questions and really needed to
make sure that I was going to make that definitive decision,
I wasn't going to back out because, you know,
a lot of people get shaky feet right there.
And I remember just being 100% steadfast in knowing that
I didn't want to f*** up someone else's future.
I didn't tell anyone.
I told two people.
One of them was my boyfriend.
My boyfriend was amazingly supportive of the situation.
We had just moved into his mom's house, we -
can barely afford $225 a month on rent. Just for me to
get through school. All of my money goes to my education.
And he knew, we both knew, like, there's no way. There's
no way that we can do this. That we can bring a life into
this situation where we are basically being supported by
someone else. Like, that is so selfish. On so many levels.
I guess the whole thing is
awkwardly selfish on so many levels.
And then the only other person that I told was my former
roommate at the time, and he had just had to go through
something like that, about a year before. So I didn't know
who else to call. I didn't know who else to talk to. And
he drove me there. And he drove me back home.
And he even bought me little Christmas presents.
He said it wasn't his.
He was like, "I guess you probably should go
find your child's father."
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I was in college. Not really focused, obviously.
I had moved from the dorms back home with my mom,
and then I found out I was pregnant, so...
That was the most terrifying thing ever, because when I
told her, I didn't tell her face-to-face, it was over the
phone. And I couldn't really bring myself to just, like,
say it just one-on-one, like, we're having a conversation,
I'm just, "I'm pregnant." Like, it just had to have some
energy riled up inside of me to kind of force myself to say
it. And when I did, the first thing she said was, "How did
that happen?" And I thought, "Really?"
And she was very upset, very, very angry, and she asked me
where was I going to live because her house wasn't big
enough for me and my baby.
I was terrified. I was just, like, I don't know. The father
of my child is telling me to go find the father of the
child, so there's no going to live there. I was afraid.
And I was upset. But I think my mom was, too. Of course, I
didn't go anywhere. I ended up staying there, with her. But
I think that was just - that was her first reaction because
I was the oldest child. She's a single mom, and I was the
oldest. Always the most responsible. And...I have a kid.
Like, didn't think it would be you, but okay.
So, my mom and my grandmother made sure that I learned
what I needed to know about being a responsible adult
and being a mom. And I would say they did very, very good
because my baby just graduated from college with honors,
and I'm just so proud of her. I'm very, very proud of her.
And I always shared my story with her, too. I think it's
really important because had I had someone share a story
with me, could have changed the trajectory of my life at
the time.
So I want to go to law school. That's what I want to do.
I applied to law school when I graduated from undergrad,
and every time I applied to law school, I got pregnant. So
now that that is no longer an option - that will not
happen - I'm going for it again. So I feel really good about
the opportunity and everything that I've created for
myself by just accepting me and embracing my life for
what it is and living authentically. That's important.
So just take it one day at a time. But today is the day
I've decided I'm going to law school. So we'll see...
I talk about it casually sometimes, like, oh,
whatever, it's a thing. But it is, in the long run, it's
really, really hard to deal with.
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One of my whole things growing up, is I knew I was gonna
be a housewife, I was gonna have kids, and I was gonna get,
you know, married, and do this whole, like, you know, 50s
wife life. And I, myself, was born out of wedlock. And my
mom, like, knew she wanted to be a mom, too. So, like, I
was with somebody that I wasn't, like, "with," it was just
kind of, like, an accident situation. Like I said, it was
kind of always my life goal, so I'm like, okay, we're just
getting this started a little early, that's cool. So I
was like, okay, we're gonna get on board, we're gonna do
this and everything. But I didn't have a great job at the
time, and I was living on my own, so it was just kind of,
like, trying to think around how I'm going to do this and
plan my life around this, because this is what I want, and
we're gonna have this baby, and it's gonna happen.
Then, of course, you start worrying about what people are
gonna say about you in the South, being an unwed mother.
I wasn't, like, in my teens or anything - anything "ungodly"
like that. But you still run into the people who are giving
you the look or not afraid to say, "Aren't you a little
young?" Or, "Where's your father at?" You know? We weren't
really together, so... I'm not a really "call people up on
the phone" kind of thing, so I texted him. Of course, the
first thing is like, "Are you sure it's mine? I heard you
were with, like -" No, there was nobody else.
I, like, whatever. And it kind of, like, blew off into this,
well, "I'm gonna ghost you then." And really didn't ever see
or hear from him again. Even, like, now - I don't think he
even knows necessarily that there's no baby. But it's
whatever. It's whatever.
Okay, I was 24. I had my first miscarriage, and then - it
was kind of like, oh, okay, well, you know, there you are.
Okay, cool, you know. I understand. You get over it. And
then it just kept happening, so... It's sad news everywhere,
you know. 'Cause like I said: life goal! I'm gonna be a
housewife! I'm gonna have kids! It's what I'm gonna do!
It's like, oh, nevermind then, I don't know what I'm gonna
do at all now. So it was, like, really, really hard to deal
with. Especially the first time. And sometimes it really
drowns on me some days. I just wake up, I'm like, here's
my life without kids. Cool!
What really kind of just kind of bothered me the most was,
like, in the aftermath, when people were like, "It's okay,
you'll get to try again." You don't understand. I don't
want another chance. I wanted this one to carry. I wanted
this to happen. This is what I wanted.
Then, you know, you gotta do the doctor visits, you gotta
do the tests and stuff like that. Doctors being doctors,
like, too young to do the hysterectomy thing, and like,
what if there's a miracle baby? Nobody wants to just, like,
give up hope, but I mean, as many times as it's happened
now, it's just kind of like, okay, it's not gonna happen.
So the hardest part is just always that little kind of
background, like, maybe it'll stick this time. And dealing
with that. And I think that maybe that's another reason
why I'm like, whatever, let's just do it and see where this
goes. Because, like, there's this kind of hope that I'm
gonna have that miracle baby!
You know, I think I was just tired of laying in bed,
dreaming of better things.
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When I was 20, me and my girlfriend at the time were
living together, and one day she had a little box, and there
was a little thing with a plus sign saying, you know, she's
pregnant, so... You know, at the time, I think I was working
part-time washing dishes. You know, I didn't really have
any job. High school dropout at 16.
So, it was quite a shock at the moment.
Even at the time, I even sold a little pot just to make ends
meet at that time. Just the thought of being a dad, it was
scary, obviously. But I'm up for a challenge, I guess. I was
up for a challenge at that time.
She later became my wife because it was the right thing
to do when I was 20-whatever at that time.
Whatever, because our parents did it, and their parents
did it, the TV sitcoms do it, and that's just what it's
supposed to be.
We didn't even know who we were at that time, and I think
it wasn't until I was around 33 when something just snapped,
and I just needed something better, not only for my children
but for myself. I got a job at Nordstrom's, and I haven't
looked back. I'm now one of the 1% top sellers in the
company. And I started completely over, I had nothing.
But only a goal.
Me and my wife, we split custody with the kid. He's just
like me. Great sense of humor, sometimes sarcastic. He's
just like his dad. He's not into fashion, but
I see a lot of me in him.
Just graduated high school. He already has almost two years
of college credits at 18.
My dad was a young dad, and my mom was a young mom. And I'm
really excited, you know, to break the chain of...
high school dropouts, of early pregnancies-
Unplanned pregnancies.
I used to suffer crippling panic attacks. I don't think I
could handle everything at that time.
Now that I've lived through it,
I try to tell my son when he's scared or
nervous, you know,
it may seem like the worst situation right now,
but man, everything's gonna be okay.
Being in a third world country, a woman would
rather remain silent than actually, you know, even tell
their best friend.
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So, she's my friend from high school. She always told me
about this guy she had met and how deeply in love was she
with him. And while she went to college in Ecuador she
got pregnant from him. Being in a third world country,
dealing with so many criticisms about, oh, she's so young,
oh, she's not married, oh, what does he do, and like, does
his family know, does her family know. Women in my country -
maybe in my friend's case - you decide it's best for me to
be silent than to be in everyone's mouth. And, you know,
even tell their best friend.
Going through all those changes in your body and then, on
top of that, thinking, I have to graduate, you know? If
generation after generation of women have been told you
can't do it, then them not speaking up, it's a problem.
You also see that families actually basically tell the
girls, you know, "You're on your own right now." And
throw them out of their house. Then you hear of all those
clandestine clinics that would perform abortions, but you
don't know if it's safe.
The reason why my friend's story impacted me the most,
she actually made so many decisions at that moment, like,
she decided to continue with college and finish her degree.
She decided to carry on with the pregnancy. And at the same
time, her and the father of the little kid, they decided to
start a fencing business. For her, this has always been
something that she talked about while she was in high school
and seeing her actually achieving a dream, basically, it's
more impacting than saying, oh, she didn't want to carry on
with the pregnancy.
You have so many other women who would rather look away and
tell my friend, oh, because she's not married, it's bad. Or
tell her, you know, like, your life's over. Even a single
phrase, you know, telling your friend, you know, you're
happy about her, and you know, everything's gonna be fine.
We'll find ways, you know. I'm here for you. Maybe not
economically, but yes, emotionally, and that's already half
the battle. A woman that feels good about herself and, like,
surrounds herself with others who believe in her is more
powerful than being alone. Probably the only thing that
would top what she has done is if she adopts a dog, then
I'll be like, oh my god, okay, she's done everything.
For me, to see her starting her own business and seeing that
it works, it's powerful enough. And, you know, it doesn't
matter your economic situation, or - it's not
an excuse, if you want to achieve greatness, I guess.
All things considered, it was-
I think it will always be
the toughest decision of my entire life. And I'm
glad that I have a choice. Because I think it's really
important to understand that not everyone's gonna deal with
it the same way. No one's gonna deal with it the same way.
And I needed to not have a kid. And I needed to be able to
finish my education.
And it destroyed me...
To know that I had to do something like that.
So yeah, it still - it still sits on me pretty heavy. But
I don't regret it at all.
I think I knew that that was
gonna be the smartest choice for my situation. And I knew
that if I even wanted to plan a future where I could do
that, that this would have completely annihilated where
I was hoping to go.
And I was never really much of a mom anyway.
I'm supposed to be the cool aunt.
I know that I can
sleep at night knowing that I want to make a better future
for someone.
And if an unplanned pregnancy would keep me
from making the world a better place, then sometimes you
have to make those
really devastating sacrifices.
I'm still going to therapy for that. I probably will for a
long time.
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FINGER PAINTING Art Challenge| Paint Each Other Challenge - Duration: 4:04.
Hello everybody! Welcome to the Kids Fun Show!
Today we're gonna be doing another Painting Each Other Challenge!
But this challenge will be different!
Instead of brushes we will use our fingers!
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Let's begin!
We finished!
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Vladimir Putin's Remarks on Russia's Current Economic Situation - Duration: 3:05.
Good afternoon, colleagues.
As per tradition, we will discuss the current economic situation and the measures that will allow us to improve its stability and reach higher growth levels, something we keep talking about.
It is important that industrial production is showing outperformance: in the past eight months, industrial growth was 3.1 percent, with the processing industry growing by 3.8 percent.
Investment behavior is another key to the future.
As of the first six months of 2018, fixed capital investments in enterprises and companies has grown by 3.2 percent.
The transport cargo turnover is also growing (by 3 percent in the past eight months), as well as retail business (by 2.7 percent).
These are important indicators of both business activity and the consumer demand of Russian families.
Inflation and unemployment have been consistently low.
In August, the unemployment rate was down to 4.6 percent and today it is at a record low.
In September, the annualised price growth was estimated at 3.4 percent.
It picked up slightly in the course of the past month, but it is still within target values.
The financial market remains stable, partially due to the joint actions of the Government and the Central Bank.
Since the beginning of this year, our foreign currency reserves have increased by 5.7 percent and are now estimated at $459 billion.
In short, the key parameters of the Russian economy show that the overall picture is positive.
At the same time, I would also like to say once again that our systemic goal is to speed up economic growth, support investment activities, stimulate the development of manufacturing industries, small and medium-sized businesses and non-resource-based high-tech exports, and improve Russian citizens' salaries and real income growth.
There is a positive trend here, too: between January and August 2018, people's real disposable incomes grew by 2.2 percent compared with the same time period of 2017, while real wages grew by 8.4 percent.
As always, we specify that this trend is not reflected in every sector of the economy, and varies from region to region; however, in general, a positive trend is in place.
So today, let us go in detail over the steps to be taken to address the challenges that I have just mentioned.
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The Little Mermaid - Poor Unfortunate Souls (EU Portuguese) - Cat Rox cover - Duration: 3:51.
My dear, sweet child,
that's what I do!
It's what I live for
To help unfortunate merfolk, like yourself
Poor souls with no one else to turn to
I admit that, in the past, I've been a nasty
They weren't kidding when they called me, well, a witch
But you'll find that nowadays
I've mended all my ways
Repented, seen the light, and made a switch
True? Yes
And I fortunately know a little magic
It's a talent that I always have possessed
And here lately, please don't laugh
I use it on behalf of the miserable, lonely, and depressed
"Pathetic"
Poor unfortunate souls in pain, in need
This one longing to be thinner
That one wants to get the girl
And do I help them?
Yes, indeed
Those poor unfortunate souls
So sad, so true
They come flocking to my cauldron
Crying, "Spells, Ursula, please!"
And I help them?
Yes, I do
Now, it's happened once or twice
Someone couldn't pay the price
And I'm afraid I had to rake 'em 'cross the coals
Yes, I've had the odd complaint
But on the whole I've been a saint
To those poor unfortunate souls
Oh! And there is, one...more...thing!
We haven't discussed the subject of payment
You can't get something for nothing, you know?
I'm not asking much.
Just a token, really, a trifle.
You'll never even miss it.
What I want from you is...
your voice.
You'll have your looks!
Your pretty face!
And don't underestimate the importance of
body language, Ha!
The men up there don't like a lot of blabber
They think a girl who gossips is a bore
Yes, on land it's much preferred
For ladies not to say a word
And after all, dear, what is idle prattle for?
Come on,
they're not all that impressed with conversation
True gentlemen avoid it when they can
But they dote and swoon and fawn
On a lady who's withdrawn
It's she who holds her tongue who gets a man
Come on, you poor unfortunate soul
Go ahead, make your choice!
I'm a very busy woman
And I haven't got all day
It won't cost much
Just your voice!
You poor unfortunate soul
It's sad, but true
If you want to cross a bridge, my sweet
You've got to pay the toll
Take a gulp and take a breath
And go ahead and sign the scroll!
Flotsam, Jetsam, now I've got her, boys!
The boss is on a roll!
This poor unfortunate soul
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T-Mobile Military Discount I 2018 I MLB - Duration: 0:31.
Sometimes a day at the ballpark, is more than just a day at the ballpark.
All military members stand and be recognized.
Sometimes fans cheer for those who wear a different uniform.
No matter where or when you served, T-Mobile stands ready to serve you.
That's why we're providing 50% off family lines to all military.
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