This is Beyond the Lines. I'm Rusty Komori. We broadcast live on Mondays at 10 a.m. from the Think Tech Hawaii TV studio in the Pioneer Plaza in downtown Honolulu. This TV show is based on my book, also titled Beyond the Lines, which is about achieving and sustaining success, leadership, striving for excellence, and finding greatness. My guest today exemplifies all of this. He is Dr. Glenn Maderos, president of St. Louis School. But in his early years, he achieved international stardom traveling the world performing his number one hit song, Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You. We will be going in-depth with him to find out why he is successful and how he is positively impacting countless students at St. Louis School. Today, we are going beyond education. Dr. Glenn Maderos, great having you here today. Thank you for having me here.  You know you're dating yourself. But to this day, I still like, I love those songs. Most people don't know the other two songs, but no, that's nice to hear. They need to go in-depth and listen to that whole CD. It's a great CD. Thank you. Thank you so much.  Yes, I did. Can you tell me about your growing up? Well, I grew up on the island of Kaua'i and until this very day, I feel so blessed that I've had the chance to grow up on a small little town and learn so much. Family is number one there. And I grew up around a great family, wonderful parents. And it was a great experience for me growing up there. What did you do in your youth? Did you just hang out at Hamura Simon all day? What did you do? What kind of things? Well, I did what most people do, actually. Life is simple there. So I'd grow up, go to school, that was a big part of our lives and everyone's life there. Go to the beach on the weekends, go to church, play sports. So life was simple and I think that was important for me. It helped me to ground me. And Kaua'i is special in particular for my family. My mother grew up on the plantation on Kaua'i and McBride plantation. And so I remember in my younger years, going to the plantations and experiencing, listening to kachi-kachi music and all the wonderful food at the potlucks. And so I was born and raised at a time where I could still learn a little bit about Old Hawai'i then. So what did your parents do? My father was a tour guide, actually. And so it was wonderful. Sometimes he'd take me on his tour bus and I'd get to meet people from all over the world. And he loved to sing on the bus and share stories. It was a history buff like me. My mother would stay at home. My mom and dad wanted to have someone at home to watch over the kids. And she's an amazing mother and I'm very lucky because of that. So she watched us very closely. When did you first realize that you had an incredible talent for singing? I always remember singing. Really? I don't know when. But my mother is a really great singer and she never performed publicly. But she would sing at home all the time. We'd have a record player on and we'd just sing. She loved Elvis. So we grew up singing a lot of Elvis and we'd sing together. And that side of the family, my mother's side of the family, there are a lot of really talented singers and dancers. I can't dance, but some of my family members can.  Oh, great. Great.   And in the statewide competition, you didn't place. What happened in this brown bags to stardom thing? Well, it was a good experience for me because I'm naturally a very kind of shy person. So people that know me well understand that. And it took a lot for me to start entering contests. But I was lucky enough to have a couple of teachers growing up in elementary school that really encouraged me to get out there, which is one of the reasons why I actually eventually chose to become an educator because of them. But I entered in the ninth grade. I was lucky enough to win the competition kawaii high school and then the island of Oahu, I mean the island of kawaii. And then on Oahu, I didn't place in the top three and I was very discouraged. I thought I must have done something wrong. Maybe I didn't choose the right song. I think I was confident because I had won several contests on kawaii. But at the same time, I needed that experience of losing, of not being able to win all the time. And the next year, I went back and won the same contest again on kawaii. Got to Oahu. And the second time I got there, I said, you know, I'm going to go here. I'm just going to experience it. Whatever happens, happens. Last time I went, I met a lot of great people. And I'm just going to look forward to the positive aspects of it. And then I ended up winning. So but it was a good lesson for me to just keep putting yourself out there. And eventually something will happen because a lot of it is subjective in nature. It just depends on the judges that are there and whether they like the type of singing you do or music you're singing. That's good that you were resilient and you bounce back and winning it as a 10th grader. That's amazing. And then you went on to sell millions of CDs. So to date, over 7 million CDs. So how did all of this happen? Oh, good question. A lot of times it's luck. But you have to be prepared when that luck comes about. So I had worked really hard on trying to get myself out there. And eventually, after winning Brownbacks to Stardom, just one thing led to another. Program director at I-94 J Stone had a friend in Arizona said, why don't you give this song some play, some rotation. He played in Arizona. Just so happens that there was a record executive vacationing in Arizona. Heard it, listened to it, found that it was number one on request there. Signed me to his independent recording label. And next thing you know, the song was becoming popular in the United States. It didn't really have the push of a major recording label. And so it became popular on the West Coast and then the East Coast. It eventually topped at about number 11 in the United States. But once I was signed to MCA Records and Polygon Records, and they were able to do a general push on the record, the song went to number one in almost every country it was released. It was amazing to be able to see that.  Yes, yes. That's amazing. And then you became, you had a collaboration with Bobby Brown. Yes. How did that happen? Well, I mean, there's an interesting story behind that. My career had been doing well in Europe, not so much in the United States. And I had been working hard at MCA Records with record executives to see, okay, what kind of record should we do? I wanted to continue on the approach that I was taking, which is somewhat like a Richard Marks-type sound. But the record company had said, no, grunge music was just starting to become popular and hip hop. And they kind of wanted to move away from artists that were doing pop music. And so basically, they kind of actually kind of forced me into the hip hop thing.  And so I ended up moving forward with it. And I was a huge fan of Bobby. And he was in between Records at the time and MCA Records thought that once we started recording the hip hop tunes, one in particular, they liked a lot. And they felt that if they had Bobby rap on it, that it'd be more likely that it'd become a hit. And that was true. It ended up becoming number one. Yeah. That song, She Ain't Worth It, and in that video, you said you can't dance. I saw you dancing in that video. You had some moves in that video. So people need to see you dancing in that video. I wouldn't call that dancing. I still have my students today to this very day saying, oh, my God, Dr. Medes, you shouldn't be dancing like that. Now, being world famous and traveling the world singing, what did you like and not like about doing that? For me in particular, what I did not like was the fact that I was a very family-orientated person. It was difficult to be away from home. I missed my family and my friends. It was tough. In that particular time, just to make a phone call could easily cost $200, $300 for about a 10-minute phone call. It was so expensive. So you didn't have the technology there to keep in touch with your families. Didn't speak the language in most places that I went to. That was tough. The positive aspect of it was that I got to learn about a lot of different cultures, a lot of the stereotypes, a lot of the assumptions that I had about me as an American or me living in Hawaii and what the rest of the world was like. Things became a lot clearer to me when I started traveling. So my whole idea of perspective kind of changed during that process. I heard you are a great father and husband. You're a great family man. Can you tell me a little bit more about your family? Well, I had great role models. My parents, my father worked six days a week, but on the one day a week when he was off on Sundays, his family was it. That's all he would do.  And so that's a real clear message to us that family is number one. God is important. They're going to church. And then having fun, too, being going to different sports and following football or big football fans, growing up. My mother was always there for us. She would always try to warn us against what not to do. And I try to do the same thing. And luckily for me, it's a partnership with my wife. I've been married for 21 years now. Congratulations. Thank you. And my wife is truly amazing. She's helped to make me a better person. And I feel truly blessed to be a part of this duo, Mom and Dad, just trying our best to raise our kids. You obviously have a passion for singing and songwriting. And your kids, what are your kids' names? Well, my son's name is Kord, C-H-O-R-D, and my daughter's name is Lyric. And a lot of people think that was my idea, but it was my wife's idea. To their credit, they've taken it pretty well. People will ask them, what was your name again? But they both, ironically, they love music. My son plays the bass, and he enjoys that. And my daughter likes to sing. And so luckily for both of them, they've been able to kind of carry on that gift. And so I'm really proud of them. But I'm most proud of them because of the people that they become. I'm so proud of him for graduating from St. Louis School and accomplishing the things he has done in school. And my daughter at Punahou School is doing a great job there. Awesome. Now, beyond singing and songwriting, what else do you have a passion for? Well, singing and songwriting is big. But for me, there are a couple of things. I do really enjoy playing tennis, ironically. That's great there. That's great. I could use some lessons so maybe we could talk about that. But I love playing tennis. I play it almost every weekend. And it's just one of those things that I can just do for hours on end. And I just love it. I don't ever feel like I'm exercising when I'm playing tennis.  I spend time with my family. I love football. I'm an incredibly huge football fan. I'm a 49ers fan. And so I play a lot of fantasy football with my friends. And I'll spend a lot of time watching football with my son. Well, you must be happy that the 49ers have Garoppolo now. Thank you, God. Thank you, yes. Now, how did teaching come about? How did your love for teaching evolve? Well, my love for teaching evolved actually when I started school. I always held teachers very high. I've always respected them. And it wasn't about the third grade when the teacher came to me and made a huge difference in my life. His name is Arnold Meister. He was my music teacher in elementary school. And he did something very simple. He noticed that I had a talent in singing. And he said, Glenn, you need to nurture this. You need to get out. And you need to put it out there. You need to share this gift that you have. And I was very, very nervous in front of crowds of people. I had a difficult time talking to people. And he encouraged me to get out there. And the feeling that I got from it really helped me overall. It helped me to gain confidence so that I could do other things better. And so immediately I said, I want to be like him. I want to be a teacher. I want to make a difference in other people's lives. And I never thought that the singing would actually take off, knowing that I was from Kauai and so far away from LA and New York. And I had to put that on hold until the music career started fading a little bit. Before joining St. Louis, what schools did you teach at? So I started as a public school teacher at Milani Middle School. And I learned a lot there. And then I moved on to St. Joseph's School in Waipahu. I taught music there and to pre-K to eighth grade. And then I moved to out of the Pacific Academy. And I taught elementary school there. And then I moved to Marino School, where I was a high school teacher and then an administrator. After that, I actually, once I achieved my doctorate degree, I moved to Shyamalan University and worked there for a year as a professor. And then found out about the opportunity at St. Louis School. Awesome. Glenn, we're going to take a quick break. Okay. And when we come back, I want to really talk to you about the amazing things that you're doing at St. Louis School. Okay. Thank you. You are watching Beyond the Lines on Think Tech Kauai with my guest Dr. Glenn Maderos. We will be back in one minute. Hey, Stan Energyman here on Think Tech Kauai. And they won't let me do political commentary. So I'm stuck doing energy stuff. But I really like energy stuff. So I'm going to keep on doing it. So join me every Friday on Stan Energyman at lunchtime, at noon, on my lunch hour. 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If you are just joining us, my guest today is Dr. Glenn Maderos, president of St. Louis School. Glenn, it's great having you here today. Thank you. In 2015, you became head of school principal for St. Louis School. And then in 2017, you became president of St. Louis School. Tell me about why you love St. Louis and the students so much. Well, it's a special place. As soon as I stepped in, I didn't honestly, I came in as an outsider. There were over 100 people that interviewed for the position of head of school. And I did not, I thought to myself, this would be a good experience for me to try and interview for the position, not thinking that I would actually attain it. So I came in as an outsider, and I have just been blown away by the people at St. Louis School. Some of the most amazing people I've ever met. And if you talk about leadership, so many great leaders have come from St. Louis School and I've had the opportunity to work with them on a daily basis. So it's helped me to grow. As far as the students are concerned, those students are so special. Being in an all boys environment at school kind of brings out a different side to the students. And you get to know them at a different level. And it's been a great experience so far. Well, you are a great leader and a person's beliefs are very important, extremely important. What are your principles and values? That's a tough question. I think that continues to grow for me each and every day. I don't think of myself as a great leader. I think of myself as someone who is continuing to learn. Each and every day. And I hope to become a great leader someday. As far as my leadership is concerned, I think intention is very important. What is your intention? And my intention has always been, I want to be in a position where I can help. And one of the reasons why I chose to try for the position at St. Louis School is because I know that many Catholic schools right now are suffering. And I wanted to be a part of a Catholic school, a part of a team that helps to turn it around so that we can make people aware of the wonderful things that are happening at the school and in Catholic education in general. Well, in my book, I talk about leadership and the difference between leaders and bosses and what makes great leaders. And great leaders are always learning. They're always evolving. You check off all those boxes in terms of being a great leader. And that's why I know you're a great leader already. I've been seeing things from the outside what you're doing with St. Louis, and it's incredible. It's exciting things. St. Damien, what is St. Damien's connection to St. Louis School? Well, a lot of people don't know that St. Damien actually attended St. Louis School. St. Louis School started in 1846. It was called the Huimano College on the windward side of the island. And St. Damien actually attended school, graduated from Huimano College and went on to do the incredible things that he did. He went on to, of course, inspire people like Mohatma Gandhi, who then inspired Martin Luther King. And there are many examples of St. Louis graduates that have gone on to do well. And I think part of it is because of just what Catholic education does provide people. It talks not just about people being leaders, but being servant leaders, people that go out there to make a difference in the community, to be out there for others. And I think that's important. At St. Louis School, we want them to learn about science, of course, but what will you do with that knowledge once you attain that knowledge? What will you do with that next discovery that you do? Will you do something to help society or to hurt society or just to make some type of to gather power or to make money? So I think that's what really makes Catholic education special. I had no idea about that St. Damian connection and St. Louis. I think that's absolutely fantastic. Amazing. I had no idea. Yes, and not a lot of people know about that, actually. Now, let's shift gears to football. I know a lot about St. Louis football and their dominance there. Now, St. Louis football, I mean, they're the reigning champs and they have incredible success through Coach Cal Lee and Coach Ron Lee. It's amazing. Now, how do you get your other sports teams up to that level? Oh, that's a good point that you make. We've had success over the years in different sports. At one point, I think in the 50s or so, we were pretty dominant in basketball. And we've done well. I think we won the state championship in 14, 15 in baseball. But when you talk about dominance, yes, in football, that's been the one thing that year after year, we've had that tradition of that. I'm very proud of that. And we want to continue that because, and thanks to Coach Cal and Ron and Cal, they've been able to perpetuate that. As far as the other sports, I think part of it is facilities. So we're working on a brand new athletic center, a trained athletic center. And we should start building that in another two months. It looks like we're going to, of course, we're getting through the whole permit process and all of that. But I think providing more practice time for basketball and volleyball teams will help. I do think it's a little challenging for Catholic schools because a lot of our best players will go to other schools sometimes when they hit their freshman year. A lot of our kids are going to put a hole in Yolani elsewhere. So that, I think, hasn't happened so much on the football side, but maybe in the other sports. That's okay, too. People have to find the right fit for themselves. And there are a lot of great schools out there. And we're very lucky in Hawaii. We're going to try and help on the facilities side. And we just keep finding the right people. Ultimately, I think a lot of it comes down to coaching, too, and finding the right mixture of coaches. You could be a great coach, but maybe not necessarily in a certain environment. So finding the right coach for the right environment is important. Completely agree. Now, let's talk about Marcus Mariota and Tua Tunga Wailoa. They are incredible role models and great representatives of St. Louis School and Hawaii. Can you share some insights about them? Well, I've been lucky enough to get to know Tua at a pretty personal level because he was there at school when I was there. Unfortunately for me, I wasn't there at St. Louis School when Marcus was there, but I did have the chance to fly up to Tennessee and meet with him and meet with his family. Marcus has done so much for St. Louis School and I think he's done a lot because the first thing people will say is he's just such a nice guy.  And I think that has a lot to do with his parents. His parents are just amazing people. He's so giving, so kind. And I think one of the reasons why our enrollment, about five years ago, was somewhere in the mid-500s and now we're at about 900 students is because of what he's done.  This is what you can potentially become. For Tua, I was so proud of him at the end of the Alabama camp. Oh, yeah. I was sitting there thinking, okay, what is he going to say? And the first thing he did say is that he wanted to praise God. And again, a lot of it comes down to his family. You meet his family members and their faith in God is so strong. And it is in him too. So I think both of them, I pray for them all the time. And I hope that both of them will continue to inspire others to do whatever they dream they would like to do. Well, Marcus and Tua, they stayed at St. Louis all the way through. They didn't switch schools at all. And look at the people that they've become because of St. Louis. Yes. Now, since you joined St. Louis, you've been doing amazing things for the school. Can you share with me some of those things? Well, you know, I'd like to take credit for it, but it's been a real team effort. I'm supported by a lot of incredible graduates of the school. People like Walter Dodds, people like Tony Guerrero, people like Mike Hogan, Darrell Hulk, just many people that have worked together. We've done several different things. The first thing we did was we basically took all of our classrooms and had it renovated. And so people were not willing to pay a lot of money to come to school where you have dilapidated classrooms. So that was one thing that we've done. And we've done a lot of fundraising for them, a lot of hard work on that. The other thing we've done is we've basically taken a look at our curriculum and we said, okay, do we want to grow St. Louis men from the sixth grade or do we want to start from kindergarten? And we felt that it would be important for us to grow St. Louis men from the age of kindergarten. And so we started our elementary school in my second year. And we were able to take these classrooms that we were literally using as storage, turn it into an elementary school. And that elementary school has grown in the last two years and has been doing well. We've also had, other than the renovations, other than that, we've also taken a look at our curriculum to try to see what can we do. And so we've been trying to install this blended learning curriculum where students can learn in a traditional fashion, where everyone's moving at the same level, a grade level, learning the same text, learning the same information, but then also providing the teachers resources so that students can move in their own zone of possible development. So if they're falling behind, there's some help that they can get so that they can catch up. Or if they want to push forward, we have the programs that will allow them to be able to push forward in their skills. So a lot of different things have been happening, but we were really excited about it. And then finally, of course, we entered into a collaboration with Kamehameha Schools, knowing that we have population of about 53% Hawaiian students. And so they've been able to help us and help to fund our Hawaiian students to attend St. Louis School. And that just started this year. Now, high school graduation is always special, and you greatly care for every student at St. Louis. But this last month's graduation was extra special for you. Can you share what happened? Well, St. Louis School has been around for 172 years, and people were stating before graduation, they said, Glenn, you're making history because this is going to be the first time that a president gives his son a diploma. And so for me, I was very excited about that. Now, little did I know that there were people behind the scenes making other plans. So I was about to give my son his degree, and they kind of stopped the proceedings and said, hey, they started talking about this person that had been there for three years, and had done all these things. And I thought, oh, were they talking about it? And all of a sudden, they asked me to come up, and my son actually gave me an honorary award as a degree to become a St. Louis School graduate. And for me, I have to say that that's one of the greatest honors in my life, I have to say. Not only because I have so much respect for St. Louis School and the graduates that have walked through those halls, but also having my son give that to me it was a special moment. And I'll never forget it, and I'll never take it for granted. I try my very best to make the best decisions for St. Louis School as a whole. And it may be that some people may not always agree with what I do, but I know in my heart that I'm trying to make the best decision for the school to survive and thrive. Well, thanks for sharing that. We can only imagine what you were feeling. That's amazing that your son was able to present that to you on his graduation day. It's an amazing day. I was numb the whole morning. Now, you shared some great insights into why you're successful and the exciting times for St. Louis and what's coming. And I just want to really thank you again for being here. Oh, thank you so much. Thanks for all that you do. And thank you for watching Beyond the Lines on Think Tech Hawaii. I'm Rusty Komori reminding you to strive for excellence every day and find your greatness and help others find theirs. Please tune in next Monday as we go in depth with Governor David Ige Aloha.


Hi, Geoffrey here with theCUBE. We are on the ground at a really special presentation is the MID Chief Data Officer West, the second one that they've done. We cover the Eastern one at MIT all the time, but we wanted to come out and check out the MIT CDO West conference. Had a great panel discussion following on the human face of big data, great movie, something everyone should watch, we'll have to find out if we can get it on theCUBE site. But we're joined by our first guest, Timo Elliott, Innovation Evangelist from SAP. Welcome. Thank you very much, hi. So that's quite a movie, really puts a face and some really interesting use cases on big data beyond what I think a lot of people think of, which is do I get a lot to keep on when I walk by my local Starbucks? Some fantastic examples of people really taking data to the next level and not just to improve business, but really to improve every aspect of life. Yeah, and you jumped on always a hot topic, causality versus correlation, right? And the two are not connected, they're related but not connected. And you really can't use correlation as causality. Yeah, the example was, did you know that children with bigger feet have better handwriting? It's absolutely true. It's because they're older. I still don't believe you. I'm gonna check that one. I don't think anybody can handle it. Maybe I can type faster. But the key point is that we have this fantastic technology, we have this fantastic new data that we can sift through, but at the end of the day, it's about how human beings actually use that data. And one of the easiest things we can do in organizations is actually help people learn how to use data more intelligently. Right, right. And there's an interesting correlation too out there. The movie talked about the target example, right? Which is the often cited example of target sending stuff to a home for a woman, or a girl who was pregnant at 18 year olds and her father didn't know it and had a conniption fit, turns out she was pregnant after all. And kind of the responsibility of what do we do with that data? And can we build the algorithms? Can we predict the outcomes when we start to kind of get into a path with the scale of data and the type of data and algorithms that we really haven't seen before? So it really opens up a lot of new challenges around governance and regulations and really ethics. These are really early days. We've come a long way, but there's a whole new culture around information that we need to create. And data privacy in particular is incredibly important. The data target example is interesting because what came out was something that normally would be very anodyne. You just using data to do some promotion of your materials. But in this case, it turned out to be something that was quote unquote embarrassing. One of the problems with data is that your most embarrassing secrets are already stored in a database somewhere. It's just waiting for somebody with bad intentions or just by accident to reveal that to people that you'd rather not reveal that information to. Yeah, there's a saying I've heard too, where if it's done well, it's magic. If you get that right thing in your inbox, in your Google card, in whatever, it's terrific. If it's not done well, it's creepy. And then of course then you've got this example with the target example that it just wasn't the right thing to do, whatever right really means. But you're from Paris, and Paris has different data laws in the US historically much tighter. So you've got a different perspective and you talked on the panel really about governance and laws, and this is really an opportunity for some laws to be dictated to kind of help corral kind of the opportunity at hand. But my question is at the rate of change, at the rate of speed of technology change, implementation change, big data change, can the laws keep up? How can government really keep abreast on what's going on? And the speed of government in terms of even if they're on top of it to get to decide they want to do something, how do they keep up? What does government do in this situation? It's really hard, but one of the basics and this is an area where European law, as far as I understand, is much stronger in the US is that you have a right to transparency. So in Europe, if I want to be able to download everything that Facebook has on me, then I can request that and that data has to be made available. So I can at least see what people are doing with my data. I live in Paris in France and there's an organization where anybody that stores any information about me has to register with that organization. So I can go and at least find out who is storing information about me and then I have a certain right to go and see that data and eventually try and correct it. That I think is a minimum, transparency. Today, one of the key things that I would say to any organization is that if you were doing things that you would be ashamed of if your customers found out about how you were using that information, that's probably a good sign you shouldn't be doing it. Yeah, other you're gonna say grandma. You know, if you're doing something that you wouldn't want to tell your grandma, maybe you shouldn't. But it's really an interesting concept because people do click on the eula, right? And it's kind of a joke. A lot of people, they click on it, they don't really read it. And the other thing that I came up in the movie was what is the real value of that information? I don't know that people have valued the information that they're making in exchange for these services to the degree in which those providers are doing it. But maybe it isn't that good. Maybe it's in the aggregate is really where they get a one plus one makes three impact in terms of the value of that data. And it isn't just my individual. So again, how do we deal with that kind of reality when I'm happily giving that data as the movie said, I'm happy to post my pictures on Facebook for the opportunity to keep up with my high school friends, not really knowing exactly what they're doing with that. And again, this is probably where I have the European point of view where I do believe that just like we make people wear seatbelts because it's something that they should probably do that they might not do. Then I think we do have the responsibility to protect people from themselves a little bit when it comes to giving their data away. But there is a trade-off. A best example I know of is medicine. So it's vitally important, for example, that we're able to collect information from different patients and how they're treated and use that to improve patient care. In aggregate, it's absolutely vital and a fantastic opportunity. But at the same time, we have to absolutely protect the rights of any individual patient to make sure that their data is not freely available. So that trade-off is really difficult. It's something that we're going to be struggling with for years to come. Yeah, and just a couple other kind of big topics is that you touched on there's really central control versus kind of a federation control. And then there's this thing called the cloud where the data goes up there. And I don't even know, I don't think Google deletes anything. I think it's easier for them to turn off access than to actually find the bits of files that are distributed throughout this massive system. So again, a unique set of challenges that deliver tremendous value in the services they provide but from really a regulation and really a governance point of view, a very different type of challenge. And so one of the topics we covered is that there's been a huge change in the culture of information use. It used to be back in the day that the information that people are using in organizations was generated by their own systems and controlled by the IT organization that they get limited access to it. But now there's been an explosion. People have their own devices. Most of the data that executives use comes from outside the organization now. So there's a whole new cultural approach that we have to create. In particular, existing IT organizations have to go away from this command and control type of structure because they just don't have the power to implement that anymore. And they have to have more of a community and culture building approach to get what needs to happen. Well, Timo, thanks for taking a few minutes. It's early days, but it's late nights. So we'll let you go. And again, thanks for taking a few minutes and good luck tomorrow at the conference. I'm Jeff Frick. You're watching theCUBE. We're at the MIT CDO West in Santa Clara, California. Thanks for watching.


Item number SCP-207. Object Class. Safe. Special Containment Procedures. SCP-207 is to be stored in a waterproofed locking metal container, measuring 1 meter by 0.5 meters by 0.5 meters. The key is to be issued to the current head researcher of Site-1's biocontainment area. SCP-207 is to be retained inside this area at all times. And all personnel entering the area should be checked for any food or drink items, in addition to any other searches required. Any staff seen ingesting SCP-207-1 are to be retained for future study, with all Foundation clearance levels removed. All vending machines in Site-1 are to only dispense clear carbonated beverages. Any variation from transparent is to be investigated immediately. Description. SCP-207 refers to a crate containing 24 Coca-Cola brand cola drinks. The bottles are designated SCP-207-A to X. SCP-207-B is currently the active bottle for testing, and no other bottles are to be opened without authorization from two Level 4 researchers. All bottles have been clearly labeled to aid identification. The liquid held inside these has been confirmed to be identical across all of SCP-207, and should not be ingested, outside of supervised testing. The liquid has been classified as SCP-207-1, and is to be treated as a Class 2 chemical hazard. SCP-207-1 does not appear to alter with age. However, the active testing bottle should have its protective cover kept on the outside of removing liquid for testing. Mass spectroscopy and chemical tests have shown higher than usual concentrations of caffeine and sugars, both natural and artificial, along with data expunged. The practical effect of this is when a subject drinks SCP-207-1, they will effectively no longer require sleep or rest, nor attempt to sleep or rest. This effect is not lessened by any soporific or medication yet tested on test subjects. However, only a quantity larger than 5 milliliters will cause this effect. The reason for this lower boundary existing has not yet been found, although it is hypothesized by Dr. C that data expunged. As such, unless authorized by two Level 3 researchers, only 5 milliliters of SCP-207-1 is to be used for testing. Amounts higher than this have shown no difference in effect, with the exception of the subject SCP-207 was recovered from. In addition to removing the need for rest, SCP-207-1 also causes an increase in motor, reaction, and psychological functions. The increase is linear in progression, with an estimated 50% increase, measured by standard medical protocols, plus or minus 5%, every 6 hours. The practical application of ingestion is that the subject is able to think, react, and move faster than others who have not ingested SCP-207-1. Mental proficiencies show the IQ of the subject to rise in line with other increases. However, SCP-207-1 does not alter the body of affected subjects. Physiology remains unchanged, and as such, can rarely support the increase in activity. No subjects have lasted longer than 48 hours during testing, with the cause of death varying from massive internal organ failure to exsanguination, due to major artery ruptures. Subjects also begin to show stress after roughly 24 hours, usually making each movement extremely carefully, in order to avoid accidents. Tests SCP-207-Alpha and Rho have shown that after approximately 24 hours, the increases caused by SCP-207-1 mean subjects can easily underestimate their speed. Most specifically, in test subject SCP-207-Rho, the subject was able to escape the containment area, despite a 5 meter wall. However, this caused the test subject's internal bone structure data expunged. Addendum. SCP-207 was recovered from Rho College, after reports of a student moving from failing grades in all areas, including physical sports, to top percentile marks, and record-breaking performances in physical areas. Agent Rho Embedded in the local police force, brought said student in for interview. Subject revealed the existence of SCP-207 during the interview. However, escape attempt while Class A amnestics were being administered resulted in the subject violently data expunged. Cause of death, organ failure, due to massive internal hemorrhage. As SCP-207-A was empty on recovery, it is believed ingesting a full-bottled data expunged. SCP-207 recovered from subject's home. SCP-207-A already empty. Subject reported to local police force as missing person. No further cause for surveillance of Rho College required at this time. Item Number SCP-195 Object Class Euclid Special Containment Procedures One case containing 17 bottles of SCP-195 exists in Foundation custody. It is kept in a No. 3 Secure Containment Locker Unit, in the safe-class storage section of Site-1279. Access to SCP-195 requires written authorization from no fewer than two Level 4 personnel, an accompaniment by a member of Site Security. Due to the untested possibility of exposure due to the inhalation of evaporated SCP-195, access requires full Level C hazmat kit, including respirator gear. It is possible that further instances of SCP-195 exist. All recovery agents are advised to make note of bottles of similar style, or bearing similar labels to contained samples of SCP-195, as well as... Should further instances of SCP-195 be discovered, they are to be collected by a temporary containment team in full hazmat kit, including respirators. Description SCP-195 is a medicinal whiskey sold by a pair of traveling salesmen in the pre-Civil War south. Various historical sources agree that the whiskey was targeted primarily to the slave-catchers of that era, and was advertised as having mind-enhancing properties. These sources agree that the salesmen were often driven out of town when the side effects of their concoction were discovered, and were hanged for their devilish ways. At least two occasions. When a subject consumes any quantity of SCP-195, they will initially react in a manner consistent with the consumption of an equal quantity of gut-rot whiskey, or moonshine. Within a short span of time, time frame varies by subject. They begin to experience heightened awareness, an increased sensory input, taste, touch, smell, etc. This effect of the whiskey was advertised by its salesmen, and was the reason for its target audience. With this heightened sensory capability, however, comes a general decrease in impulse control, and heightened fight-or-flight response, which has, in testing, been shown to lead to markedly increased levels of violent behavior. This response is theorized to explain the brutality shown by data expunged. D-class personnel under the effect of SCP-195 are capable of and willing to data expunged to enjoy the violence of the act. D-183578. First-degree murder. Rape. Terminated. Expressed a desire to rip the rags head off with my teeth. Further testing on the capacities of SCP-195 is deemed unnecessary. Late research assistant Renfield has been posthumously awarded a foundation citation for performance above and beyond the requirements of duty. After the whiskey's effects wear off, the test subject will generally return to normal, with the exception of those who data expunged. Within a month, however, all subjects will experience a generalized feeling of ennui, coupled with fatigue. MRI scans at this stage show development of ulcer-like wounds in the stomach and lungs. These continue to spread indefinitely until the death of the subject. Additionally, the subject's skin and muscle structure begins to degrade, particularly around points of stress or motion. This degradation also continues indefinitely or until the death of the subject. SCP-195 was discovered by the son of a historian in Alabama in late 2000. Mr. Walsh's arrest and sentencing for the murder of Walsh was an item of minor interest in local news in the area. The foundation became interested in his case when he was admitted to a hospital, at which point the unusual degradation of his skin and organs was noted by foundation informants in the medical community, and traced back to an antebellum home where he had assisted his father in cataloging various items of historical interest. A foundation team was dispatched to the home and located an open case containing several bottles of SCP-195. Addendum, historical sources' descriptions of the salesman seem to agree that one man was blonde and unusually tall while the other had dark hair and walked with a stoop. Both men had strange bright eyes and wore matching clothing. All personnel are reminded that their capture is level 6 priority. Item number, SCP-389 Object Class, Safe Special Containment Procedures SCP-389 requires no exceptional containment. When not in use, it is stored on a shelf in the office of Dr. Walsh at site due to the site's proximity to the sea. Description, SCP-389 is a green glass bottle, approximately 45 cm in length. There are no markings or other distinguishing features on it. SCP-389 appears highly resistant to damage, having been dropped or knocked from its shelf multiple times with no fractures, chips, or other damage. Analysis of the material it is made of show it to be identical to normal glass. Object was discovered on data expunged in the possession of a 15-year-old girl named R- She shared the history of the object as she knew it, which was. She discovered it on the beach approximately six years ago. On a whim, she composed a note, placed it inside SCP-389, and threw the object into the sea. Several days later she returned to find SCP-389 washed up on shore with a reply enclosed. She had been corresponding with another person this way ever since this discovery. Upon testing, it was discovered that this phenomenon appears to work with any note and after being cast into the sea would return at high tide the following day, containing a letter. A test consisting of sending the bottle without a note ended with the discovery of the still empty bottle the next day. Messages received are written in English and appear to have been produced with a mechanical typewriter. The composer of the letter seems loathe to reveal any personal details beyond her name, Gedrill, and sex. Any questions about or requests for her geographic location are ignored. Gedrill will describe the area surrounding her home, wildlife, food, culture, customs, and apparently anything not relating specifically to herself readily and in detail when possible, though her knowledge of many things is limited. Many of the things described are unusual. Among them are trees that uproot themselves and migrate, and the life cycle of insects physically resembling coxinellidae, colloquially known as ladybugs, which at one point includes multiple larval members of the species gathering, spontaneously liquefying into a single mass, then reforming again as adults. Tracking devices sent along with SCP-389, regardless of whether they are contained within it or simply affixed to its outside, invariably fail after SCP-389 is beyond approximately 100 meters from the shore. All other attempts to track SCP-389 have likewise resulted in failure. Lesson complete. To continue with your orientation training, subscribe to SCP Orientation right now and make sure you don't miss any of our upcoming videos.


Well, let's move to Ladislav from the international companies viewpoint, please, go ahead. Yes, thank you very much. Thank you, I have a presentation here. What basically I'd like to do is to share with you the point of view from an oil and gas company on how we can integrate this climate change issue in the strategy of the company. So it turns as an example, but I think it can be useful actually to use that as not necessarily a reference, but at least an example. And to set the scene, I have to say, well, we're oil and gas company, we sell oil, gas, electricity, we are part of the problem, no doubt. So we need to be part of the solution and we take this responsibility very seriously. And the main difficulty for us, if I want to summarize for your benefit, is on the one hand, we consider our responsibility is to provide energy to people who need it. And it was very clearly stated this morning that energy demand is going to increase. So we have to supply more energy, affordable, reliable, clean energy, but more energy. And at the same time, we need to reduce the carbon footprint of what we sell to our clients. And so joining the two together turns out to be quite challenging. And on top of that, we have to do that as a profit because we're in business. So basically, in a nutshell, I'd like to tell you the way we look, we could actually try to achieve this kind of challenge which seems difficult. To do that, we take as a reference the two-degree scenario of IE. I don't know whether this scenario is going to happen or not, but at least it's a good reference that we use. And when you look at that, that's on the right-hand side actually, well, on the left side of the slide, but the right bars, I think there are interesting things to note. The first one is that the share of oil, which is in dark blue, is decreasing between 2016-2040. But still, oil represents more than 20% of the energy mix. And as you all know, of course, we have to fight against the natural decline of oil fields. So at the end, that's quite a significant amount of oil which has to be produced and brought to the market by 2040 in this two-degree scenario. Now, if we assume that the steel demand for oil over the long run is going to decrease, we cannot ignore the possibility that oil price would go down. And this is why it seems to us extremely important as a strategy to take that into account in order to already anticipate that trend and position ourselves on low-break even oil. Second, you see that gas is increasing in relative terms and in absolute terms also. So clearly, and I share the views that you mentioned, Richard, that probably gas actually, yes, will be an energy that will be needed because the demand for gas is increasing significantly. So definitely going and developing our activity along the gas chain does make sense. And finally, of course, you can note that what is called renewable, low-carbon electricity, is developing very fast as well. So we look at it as an energy company, as an opportunity to develop our activity. But when we want, actually, at the same time to reduce the carbon footprint, it's clear that there are many different levels that we have to work on. And for us, it's clear that that's not by just following one path that will manage to improve our situation, but that's really by combining different levels together. I mentioned five of them and I'm going to run you through those ones. The first one is, of course, energy efficiency. Actually, as an oil and gas company, we consume energy. We are very large consumers through the refining or even the production activities. And so by reducing our own energy needs, by improving our energy efficiency, and I can tell you that something that I think is extremely effective in terms of reducing at the end carbon emissions is something critical. The second aspect that I want to mention is methane. You know that methane has impact in terms of CO2 equivalent impact, which is much higher than the CO2. So we need also, and OGCI was mentioned as part of OGCI, we are working with a group of companies to reduce actually or to calculate and reduce our methane emissions. And thirdly, carbon pricing, of course, is absolutely key because if there is no carbon price, there is no way. You talked about CCUS. It's good to be the last one because you can take everything which has been said ready by different people. So I do appreciate that, but it's clear that without any carbon price, it will be extremely difficult to develop CO2 battle because, of course, you need to give a price to the negative impact that it can have in order to combine business models with carbon fight. So energy efficiency is number one. Clearly, gas is number two, and it seems extremely important as I bounce back on something which has been said already, but we have to keep in mind that wood gas replaced coal in electricity generation. Of course, this is difficult to imagine right away, but you mentioned no more coal plants. But if gas was to replace coal, we would save about 5 gigatons of CO2 emissions, which represents about 10% of what is being emitted worldwide today. So the objectives would be achieved right away. Of course, that's not going to happen, but that's to give you the order of magnitude of how gas can be effective actually, in particular for power generation if it was to replace coal. Third aspect is low-carbon electricity. I'm not talking electricity only, but low-carbon electricity because as it was rightly mentioned, it depends where electricity comes from. But I think that for a company like ours, what is very important is not just to be on one aspect of electricity, but to really develop activities along the chain by producing electricity, trading electricity, selling electricity. And of course, having production coming from either gas through CGT's or renewables that we want to develop in order to integrate actually this low-carbon electricity business. Because it is a growing business, there are some challenges in terms of economy because sometimes it is challenging, we have to face it, but by integrating along the whole chain, we think that we can actually get decent returns along the chain for this low-carbon electricity business. The fourth aspect that has to be integrated is the biofuels. And here, public policies do help to a certain extent as there are some one or more obligations which increase the level of incorporations of biofuels in gasoline or diesel. And you see from the past that actually demand for biofuels has increased quite significantly and so it's also an area that will develop further and that we should capitalize on. Well, as a matter of fact, we are the first distributor of biofuels in Europe and produce biofuels ourselves. So that's an area also that we see as an opportunity to develop further. Finally, and maybe more over the longer run, but there is this issue of getting to net zero emission in the second half of the century, no doubt that this cannot be achieved without negative emissions, compensation. And we see two of them, one of course is CCUS, and again, for us we spend quite some money, 10% of our R&D programs in CCUS. But again, what is absolutely critical is to have a carbon price in order to promote a business model for CCUS. The other one being natural things like forests, where also there are some efforts to be made and we initiated actually some programs through our foundation. But what I want to get at is that at the end I'm going to drop that one, it's probably too detailed, that by combining all these different levels together, we do genuinely believe that an oil and gas company like ours can decrease gradually the carbon intensity of the energy products that we sell to our customers. And at the end, what counts is to be in a position to provide a service, to provide some products which have for the same amount of energy, lower carbon intensity. And you see, we've defined actually, that's an example, but that's for us what we have issued about a month ago, say, okay, it's good to have words, but at the end it's good to have ambitions and to measure what you want to achieve. And so we have as an ambition, for instance, to decrease the carbon intensity of the energy products we sell to our clients by about 15%. You see here, it's between NPS, SDS scenario, but quite in line actually with the efforts that have to be done in order to contribute to climate change challenge, and that's the way we intend to do it. So this presentation is to provide a practical example of what a company, an oil and gas company, major can have as an ambition in order to take into account to integrate climate change into a strategy. Thank you. Could I ask one question? I think Total should have internal carbon pricing for the future investment decision. What is the price level now? It's about $40 per ton. So it's increasing. I mean, I talked with Patrick, he said 30. So does it reflect the current IPC report? I'm going to be very precise. Actually, we have different oil price scenarios. And so depending on the oil price scenario, it goes from $30 per ton to $40 per ton. I see. Thank you very much. One more question, if I can, about Iran. Total announced withdrawal, the big money investment from Iran because of the possible sanctions, secondary sanctions of the United States. The European Union prepared this special clearing house mechanism for the investment to Iran. Even with this program, Total has determined to withdraw and not using this mechanism? I think it was. Maybe my colleague Bertrand knows that better than I do, but I have the microphone. So I take advantage of it. Yes, if he wants. But what I can say, it's very clearly, and it was mentioned by Mr. Trichet today. I mean, there is absolutely no question given the retaliation from the US. We are listed company in the US and we have more than one third of our shareholders, which are American investment firms or pension funds. There is no way that we are just going to ignore that part. That's too important for us. And on top of that, I should mention we had this project in Iran, as you rightly mentioned, but did not commit that much money. That was money to be spent in case we would have had the clearance and we didn't have it. Thank you very much.


Welcome to Seymour's World at Think Tech Hawaii. What a show we're going to have today. Today I have some wonderful guests. And the reason I wanted to do this show, because if you have been following me and Seymour's World, you know that like every other pseudo-athlete who thinks he knows everything and can do anything that he wants, I have reached a certain age which is in the 70 plus range where I'm playing tennis and golf every day and exercising a lot and I get a lot of pains and a lot of aches. And everybody keeps asking me what is the best way to get over all this stuff because they see me coming, I had both my knees replaced, I've had hamstring tears, I've had back issues, etc. So I have two guests here today in which we are going to talk about joint pain and we're going to talk about the physical therapy, the elixir for joint pain, because I honestly believe that our guests are going to open your eyes as to how important it is to do certain things like stretching for instance, like doing certain exercises before you get hurt and after you get hurt. So without further ado, I want to introduce Reina Hawkins. Hi Reina. Hi Seymour. Thank you for joining me. Reina, this little 100 pound woman is able to give me pain and she has given me pain over all the years that I have been a patient of hers. Reina owns Oahu physical therapy, correct? Yeah, East Oahu physical therapy. East Oahu physical therapy, sorry. That's okay. And you have worked on me for about 10 years and the first time I met you was after my knee surgery, right? Yeah. And you got me playing golf in a matter of 30 days which is much faster than my orthopedic surgeon said I was going to play and I was playing tennis in 60 days. I want to talk about how you did that and how you're able to manipulate an old body like mine into being a guy who thinks he's 40 or 50 years old when he's on the tennis court. Okay? Okay. Next, we're also going to invite all the way from Florida. We're going to invite a very good friend of mine, Chris Katowski. Chris, are you live from Florida? Can we get you on the screen? Hi Chris, how are you? Very good to see more. How are you doing Reina? I'm good. How about you? Great to be here. Well, Chris, just to give you a slight introduction and I'll let them talk about themselves a little bit. Chris is a physical trainer for superior athletes. He's worked with football players, professional football players, MMA guys. He'll talk about all that once we get into it. But more important, Chris helped me in a certain situation in Florida when I had a major accident and I had a hamstring tear. So we're going to talk about what Chris did that was able to move me from a 8 to 10 week prognosis before I could play again to 2 to 3 weeks. And as we get into it, you will understand why Chris has now written books and is actually world famous giving lectures all over about his ideas of physical training and jointly. So first, Reina, we're going to start with you. Okay. Tell us a little bit about your practice. We've got four physical therapists and we're all licensed PT's so we don't use aids or assistance and two massage therapists. And all of us are pretty much trained in Pilates, myofascial decompression, which is the cupping, kinesiote, a number of manual therapy techniques. And I've had most of that. Yes, probably all of that. Probably all of that. Including, I remember when I was recovering from my double knee surgery, you had me in the hallway with bands around my feet running up and down the hallway and doing all that stuff sweating. You had that smile on your face. Love it. You loved it.  And I did thanks to you. So tell me a little bit about your theory. Your theory is that if a patient comes in to see you, do you do what the orthopedic surgeon says or do you have your own protocol? Well, of course we follow the general protocol of their surgery because they have pretty general guidelines. I get one month, you're supposed to be doing this two months. But of course I pushed you because I knew you could handle it, but within safe guidelines. So first you need to get full range of motion, right? So some people just have you stretch, but of course I do a lot of manual because if I don't do that, it's going to take a lot longer. So we do a lot of massage, fascial stretching, fascial release, stuff like that. Push a lot of the swelling out because a lot of times you don't have full range of motion because there's so much swelling in the joint. So that's your biggest factor. And once that's all gone, then strengthen you within your protocol. So can people come to East Oahu physical therapy by themselves or must they be referred? If they come by themselves, they have to pay cash. If they come with a referral, then their insurance covers pretty much 90% of it. And that's what you, is that how your business is built? Primarily we do get a bunch of cash patients though. Because I find every time I come to see you, even for when something hurts and I just need you to do something to alleviate the pain. There's a lot of people there. You have a tremendous amount of patients. We see one on one though. So we see one patient to one therapist the whole hour. But we are, there are four of us. So usually four of us and four patients. So we're going to go, we have a lot of pictures because we don't have a table here and you guys can't see her working on me. It's truly amazing if any of you have any joint pain to hear in Honolulu or you feel that something hurts or you're not sure. And if you don't want to go to your doctor, make an appointment with Reina because I can only tell you after 10 years of working with this young lady, I run faster and you know, I'm not exactly on my even weight scale. I should lose a few pounds, but I'm still able to move well and it's thanks to you Reina. So I'm very happy that you do that. You're welcome, but you work hard. So a lot of it is you guys, you know, we do half of it, the manual portion and then give you things that are within your guidelines and to keep you safe, but to get you stronger and then it's up to you guys to do, to actually do it at home too. I will never forget when you put me on the bike right after surgery. I think it was like a week after my knee surgery and it was a fully replacements for my legs. And you put me on the bike and you said pedal backwards, I think first and I said, why does she want me to pedal backwards? And then I pedaled forwards and I realized I couldn't do it. It's easier to pedal backwards. Much easier to pedal backwards and I was able to do whatever you asked in a short period of time and then it worked, which is terrific. So let's look at the first two if we can. There's two videos. Oh, that is me. I think there's two videos first. Let's see if we can bring those up. Chris, the other one is yours. We're coming to you in a second. So what is that first video? We saw that stretching motion. So that first video is a professional. She's a sponsored surfer. So she's a competitive surfer.  She did a spinal fracture from water skiing and holding on with one hand and just all that compression coming down. So we rehabbed her so she could compete again. So we're just rehabbing her core and then adding some strengthening for her arms because she needs to be able to paddle. Let's look at the second one. What was that one right now? So that's Tara. She's one of our therapists and she's just doing a manual glide on your spine. So your spine moves in certain directions.  So she's just manually gliding it in a normal motion that it would, but it is not doing by itself. So Raina, if somebody has a stiff neck or they're, you know, they're always doing this, which I happen to do quite a bit. Should they come to see you? Can you help them? I mean, we should be. Yeah, it could be muscle, joints. It could be a number of things. And you're able to interpret it and put a treatment plan together for them to get rid of that? Yes. So we do an evaluation to kind of narrow it down to whether is it the joint that's not moving correctly? Is it a disc that's in the way? Is it muscle? Is it fascia? Things like that.  You know, everybody is watching and listening and they say, this girl is an expert. You're terrific. Absolutely terrific. Thank you so much. All right, let's go to the next one, which is actually a picture of my hamstring. And Chris, we're going to bring you in on this one.  Chris, how did you treat this? Well, one of the biggest ideologies that I've kind of uncovered while I've been helping people with muscular injuries is that human beings are machines, but we are a little bit more like a web as well. Okay, so I'm going to use a quick example like a car. Say your carburetor, your water pump breaks in your car. You can take it to the maintenance person and they can fix your water pump and then all of a sudden the rest of your car works. So the problem was the water pump. Okay. Now, when we look at you and your hamstring here, anybody would look at your hamstring and say the problem here is the hamstring. But because human beings are a biological system, they're a web of seemingly unrelated parts, but they are still related in some fashion. It is actually your glute that was creating the problem for the hamstring. So the hamstring was the symptom. The hamstring was not why you were breaking down, the glute was why you were breaking down. Now, hold on here for one second. In other words. Okay, hold on. We're going to move to a second slide, which I believe you are now working on my glute.  Anybody looking at this is going to say, why are you doing that? Well, one of the main reasons is because our nerves that come out of our spine are going to travel underneath the gluteals and then on down the leg.  What's going to happen is we are going to have dysfunction at your hamstring. The nerve impulse that's going from your spine on down your leg is going to be somewhat muddled. It's not going to be a clear signal.  So what you were doing is you were asking a little bit extra of your body. Your body sent that signal. It got cut off at your glute and your hamstring didn't pick it up very well. What do we have? We have a little bit of an atom bomb go off in that hamstring and it's your body's way of telling you there's something wrong. So Chris, I think the audience should get the background on this. So here I was playing with my brother who's a physician and we're playing in a tennis tournament and this happens to me and Mark says, oh, your hamstring just popped and he said you're going to need eight to ten weeks. And then you started working on me and if we can move to the next slide, let's see, I think I have one more slide on that hamstring. No, we don't. Okay. But you started working on me. There it is. Yes. You started working on me and the swelling the next day was down by 50%. And then two and three and four days later, the swelling was almost had almost disappeared from my hamstring, went down my leg and basically was leaving my body and I was able to play tennis in three weeks. That was incredible. Absolutely incredible. Right. So we can think of, I mean, we can think of your glute is like the Hoover Dam, right? It's backing everything up. It's delaying your healing. It's delaying your recovery. When we loosen up that gluteal, when we open up your butt cheek and the tissue is allowed to slide and the blood is allowed to flow, it can reach down into the depths of the hamstring a lot easier and help clear out that hematoma that you're experiencing, all the purples and the blues and the yellows and the oranges, all those colors in that hamstring. Your body was able to clear it out. And remember, I told you, I said, I want you to be as active as possible. Human beings are like sharks. If we stop moving, we die. So if someone else were to look at your hamstring, they'd say, oh, Seymour, you know, lay in bed for the next four weeks. Now we know you're not going to do that. So I would rather tell you go and do what you can do pain-free and keep that blood flowing. Keep everything moving. Okay. And one of the other things that we need to know is that our lymph system is going to be responsible for clearing out a lot of that metabolic garbage from your hamstring exploding. So our lymph system works best when there's vibration, whether we walk, whether we run, we can jump up and down on a trampoline, anything like that. So if you lay in bed, you're going to delay the healing. You're going to make that hematoma kind of pool. And what do stagnant, what do stagnant lakes smell like? They smell like death, right? There's just not too much going on. So when we have that blood just pool, you're actually making your tissue much more unhealthy and it's going to prolong your injury. I got it.  Now, Chris and Raina, we have to take a short break and then we're going to come back and we're going to talk about other specific cases. And, Chris, we haven't even gotten to your background yet, so we're going to talk about that as well. As you can see, this is an amazing show that we have today that talks about physical injury and how to fix it. And unfortunately, I'm the guinea pig in all this, but hopefully in the second half of the show we'll be able to see other cases besides myself. You are watching Seymour's World on Think Tech, Hawaii. We'll be back in a minute. Welcome back to Seymour's World on Think Tech, Hawaii. I have two guests with me. I have Raina Hawkins here in Honolulu from East Oahu Physical Therapy that I saved right this time. And I have Chris Kadowski all the way from Florida. So, Chris, tell us a little bit about yourself. People want to know, I've had two questions already. People want to know, what are you doing in Florida? Right now, I am running my own business in Florida called Influential Health Solutions. I am kind of like a rogue therapist, I guess you could say. I seek out the toughest cases, the toughest of the tough, the ones where people have gone to the physical therapist, because they've gone to the acupunctures, the chiropractors, they've done their cupping, and they are either on the brink of two things, having surgery or living with the pain that they have for the rest of their life. So, for me, I'm pretty much the end of the road when people come and see me. Now, you work with professional athletes, don't you? Yes, yeah, I do. I've picked up a generous portion of mixed martial artists as well down here. People like Robbie Lawler, Mike Chandler, and Logan Storley, they all were or are aspiring to be world champions in their division. I've been very, very fortunate with the people that I've been able to work with and work for, definitely. And I know you've worked with the professional football players as well. Yes. And I think working with me as your worst patient of all, you have obviously done wonders for me over the years. So, I appreciate that. We're going to come back to you in a minute, okay? Okay. Now, Raina. Absolutely. I want to know more about different types of treatments that you do at the East Oahu physical therapy. So, is it just joint pain or do you do other things as well? No, we do everything like nerve pain, joint pain, post-operative, elderly who have balance issues, things like that. Oh, really? Now, we've got a slide we want to bring up. Let's see this one. And you can tell us a little bit about it. Oh, that's Chris working on my hamstring, Chris. Look, that was the third day that you came up. And you could see how the swelling is down. Just amazing. But we're going to move to the next slide. What's this one? What am I doing here? So, you're doing a side plank.  And am I doing a good job? Yeah, pretty good. Pretty straight. Well, I'm glad to hear that I was doing a good job. What was this for? The idea that this was my back issue, I think.  He was talking with us on the phone. I was mostly focusing on some fascial stuff from your IT band all the way down and then also your facet joint at T12 area. And we had an issue. As you people are looking at this, I had a back problem and I went to my orthopedist, Dr. Bob Atkinson. And he did an MRI and he did an X-ray. And he said, Seymour, you're getting old. And he said, there's nothing you could do about this. And I said, what do you mean? He said, you're going to have to suffer through all the pain. And I said, I beg your pardon. You know, this is really hard with my tennis, my golf and everything else I do. And he said, well, you know, what was it, L2 or I can't remember whatever the number of the disc was a problem. So I went to you first. And then I went to Chris Kodowski. And I had the two of you together. I said, two is better than one. And you were so agreeable to allow Chris to come in on a FaceTime or a Skype with us. And you guys, in a matter of two weeks, I was pain-free, totally pain-free. We're normal physicians look at it and say, uh-oh, you're in trouble. So you guys did great. And that was part of the treatment was that plank, right? Right, part of your whole exercise. Right. And then, uh, you gave me other stuff too.  Right. And Chris said the same thing. Chris, you said I have to do a lot of exercise at home to make sure... Absolutely. Absolutely. It doesn't matter if I'm working on a 13-year-old ballet, um, teenager, or if I'm working with a professional athlete or you, I give everybody homework. It's absolutely imperative that somebody does something away from what I do because as soon as you get off my table, as soon as you walk out of my office, your body is already starting to undo what I undid. So you came in injured. I undid that. And then your body says, wait a minute, I don't like this. I want to be the other way. And as soon as you start walking out to your car, your brain starts to remodel what I did.   And when you get to a certain point of health, your brain and your body says, oh, I remember this. And you stay there permanently. So if you're not doing that extra work, then it makes my job a lot harder and you're going to recover a lot slower. It's amazing, both of you are actually preaching the same thing, which is wonderful. And I really appreciate that you're able to convince the audience that it is important not to just go for physical therapy and that's it. And then next week you come back, that's not the case. If you really want to help yourself, you have to do it. Of course, joints need lubrication, right? So like you said, if you don't use it, you lose it. You don't move it. And that's exactly what Chris is saying. Let's look at one of those other shots that we have. I think, Raina, this is one of yours coming up. What are you doing here? So that's a single limb bridge. So you did that for your home exercise. Right. And that was for my back injury. Also your core. So you're trying to keep your hips level, not let your hip drop on the left side.   That was one of the hardest ones for me. Yeah. Really, really good. Chris and I totally agree with that exercise. And he also wanted you to have that to strengthen your glutes. And it helped. It really helped. What's the next one? Chris, this is yours. This is somebody lying down on your table. But I don't know. You can't see the video. So let's move to another one. And maybe we can describe it a little better. Oh, that's me. That's me water skiing. Yeah, that's me. I was a little bit younger then. At the same time, I was not a competitive water skier, but a pretty good water skier. So that's pretty cool. Next. Oh, now Chris, this is you with an MMA guy, I think. Yeah, that's me with Robbie Lawler. With Robbie Lawler. And you worked on him, obviously. Yes. What was his issue? Can you tell us? He had several. He had come to me a couple of times with glute issues, pain rating down in his hamstring. And then he had come to me with a couple of issues of pain radiating down into his arm. We found that in his neck. And then he came to me with a clicking in his left shoulder. And we ended up finding and clearing out a lot of junk in his shoulder blade. Wow. Wow. And the next one. And that was me in Las Vegas with him right after he won the World Championship. Now, Chris, I just got a question. Somebody asked me, where do they reach you? How do they get a hold of you? They can reach me at Chris at influentialhealthsolutions.com. That's my email address. And then I don't know if you have show notes or anything like that. I can give people a link to my Facebook page, to my phone number. If you're in the South Florida area, I'd be more than happy to come and help you out if you have problems. And it's Chris at influentialhealthsolutions.com. Yes. All right. Terrific. Terrific. Now, do we have any more slides left, Bob? Oh, here you are with another guy. This is in the gym. Okay. I don't know, Chris, if you can't see it or not, there's a fly behind you. No, is he bending over? He's bending over trying to touch his toes? No, no, no. It's a guy standing up next to you. I'm the only guy. Oh, sorry. That's okay. That's my friend. That's my friend who is actually here. That's my friend who is actually a Navy SEAL. So I trained that gentleman to be a Navy SEAL actually from the big island of Hawaii. No kidding. And that's me and him on the amphibious base in San Diego. Are you still training Navy SEALs? Yes. Wow. Cool. Next one. This is somebody on their back, but it's too hard for me to describe it. We'll go to one more. We don't have much time, unfortunately. This is somebody bending over, Chris. I think he's trying to touch his toes. All right. If you guys look at that picture, you're going to notice that there's a huge discrepancy from the left to the right hand side of his back. And this is what I try to help people understand is true health comes from true alignment. This gentleman here, he was 25 years old, had unbelievable back pain. And as soon as I had him bend over, touch his toes and took a picture, you can see how much more built up the left side of his back is than his right. Now what ended up happening was he damaged his left knee, his meniscus a couple years back and he never got it rehabilitated. He just let it heal. Went back to playing basketball, football, lifting weights and everything like that. And what his body did was it automatically rerouted the torque in the force production and his right leg took over. Wow. So he never ever sent a signal to his brain saying that his left knee is no longer injured. So his body continued to operate as if the injury existed, even though he felt like it had healed. So one day, like I was saying earlier, your glute was the problem. The hamstring was the symptom, it blew. This gentleman, his left knee was the problem. And now it was going up the chain and creating problems with his back. The kid was 25 years old and I mean he couldn't even pick up a wet pair of socks off the floor. Wow. Amazing. So that's one of my biggest preachings to any of my clients. True alignment equals true health. What we ended up doing is aligning that gentleman and he's fine. Obviously, Chris and Raina, you guys are professionals in what you do and I really appreciate that you're able to help people, not just when they come in from surgeries, but able to help them through their daily lives because you can change a person's life. If somebody has bent over and they can't walk normally, you can change that. You can help them do that. And I think for both of you, I really want the audience to realize that this is not just after an injury. It's something that you want to do to learn how to, as you get older, as in me, you want to understand how to take care of yourself. And I think people should realize that it's important to come and see a professional such as yourself to figure out how to make sure that your body is in line. Do you agree with Chris when it comes to alignment? Oh, definitely. I look at alignment first before anything else. Yeah, because like you said, you have to find the cause of the problem rather than the symptoms. Well, thank you, Raina. Thank you, Chris.  You're really, really very helpful. And I know the audience is going to really start thinking about, should I stand straight or what should I do? Am I in alignment or not? You can see Chris Kudowski in Florida. You can see Raina here in Honolulu. You guys were great. I just want to tell everybody that our next show is going to be on Christmas. And it's going to be a show with entertainers from our Make Him Smile program, a patient in the hospital who's going to talk about how they're spending their Christmas. So I hope you join us on the next D-Morse World. Thank you for watching Aloha from Honolulu.


China built a $780 million longest suspension bridge in Africa. A nation called Mozambique is located in Southeast Africa. The persistent civil war and the absence of a strong industrial basis have made the nation's long-term economic development challenging. One of the 48 least developed nations in the world at one point, according to the United Nations. China has been assisting this nation for more than 10 years, constructing significant infrastructure and enhancing local economic development. China paid $780 million to construct the largest suspension bridge in Africa in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, realizing a 30-year-old ambition of the local populace. In truth, not many people are aware that Mozambique is paying China back for its assistance. So, what benefit may a suspension bridge that costs $780 million to build by China provide for Mozambique? This channel focuses on projects and the development of Africa. If you're just discovering this channel, we'd appreciate it if you click the like button. Don't forget to subscribe to our channel as well so that we can expand and continue to provide you with top-notch material. Maputo, a Bay City with 1.2 million residents and the nation's capital, is located in the southernmost point of Mozambique. Maputo, one of southern Africa's largest ports with an annual throughput of 10 million tons, is located to the east of the southern Indian Ocean. Only 580 meters separate the narrowest point on the north and south sides. Maputo port has established itself as a hub for international investors thanks to its prime position, and the city's economy has grown quickly. Only a body of water separates Maputo port's south bank, yet the economy falls behind owing to traffic issues. Mozambique's land transportation has long been hampered by this constrained harbor, which has also severely constrained the urbanization of the area. So for more than 30 years, the Maputo people have wished for the construction of a bridge over the harbor. In actuality, the project to construct the Maputo bridge began under the administration of Samor Marshall, the previous president of Mozambique. The city of Maputo created a plan in 1989 to upgrade the municipal network with assistance from the World Bank, which included the Maputo Bridge Development Plan. However, the ongoing civil wars in Mozambique and Angola over the past 10 years have made the situation in southern Africa insecure. As a result, the Maputo bridge's construction has been postponed for many years. However, this concept was once more incorporated into the plan in 2008 as a result of investors' confidence in Mozambique. Portugal at the time offered to finance the building of the Maputo bridge for Mozambique. Unfortunately, the global financial crisis began in 2008, which caused Portugal's economy to continue to contract and deteriorate. Year after year, the government's debt grew, and it nearly ran out of money to pay it back. Portugal simply cannot contribute to Mozambique's Maputo bridge building under these conditions. As a result, the project once more placed the Maputo bridge building plan on hold. China gave Mozambique hope up until 2011. China intended to contribute $780 million to Mozambique's Maputo bridge construction. The Maputo bridge spans the Indian Ocean Estuary in southeastern Mozambique. The bridge's total design length is 30-34 meters, with a main span of 680 meters. According to the Chinese plan, construction of the Maputo bridge will begin in June 2014, and will last four years. When the Maputo bridge is finished, it will be the longest suspension bridge in Africa, surpassing the Matati bridge in Congo. So how valuable is China's construction of this bridge to Mozambique? The bridge is one of the most important in Mozambique, and plays an important role in determining the level of development of the Canberria. The city of Maputo, which has a population of over 2 million, and a significant concentration of commercial, residential, and industrial regions, are located on the north side of the Maputo bridge. The city of Canem, which has fewer than 20,000 inhabitants and resembles a run-down village, sits to the south of the Maputo bridge. Despite the short straight-line distance between the two cities, it takes three to four hours, and at least 130 kilometers, to drive from Maputo to Canem. Now that the Maputo sea crossing bridge is complete, the two urban centers are directly connected, and the three-hour journey has been cut straight in half to less than 10 minutes. This bridge will have a significant positive impact on local development and traffic in the future. Additionally, the construction of the Maputo bridge will establish trade ties between neighboring South Africa and Mozambique. There used to be only one land route from Maputo to the neighboring country of South Africa. Therefore, the opening of this new economic corridor and international route will have a significant impact on Mozambique's future. Now that the Maputo sea crossing bridge is complete, the two urban centers are directly connected, and the three-hour journey has been cut straight in half to less than 10 minutes. This bridge will have a significant positive impact on local development and traffic in the future. Also, the construction of the Maputo bridge will establish trade ties between neighboring South Africa and Mozambique. There used to be only one land route from Maputo to the neighboring country of South Africa. Therefore, the opening of this new economic corridor and international route will have a significant impact on Mozambique's future. A terrible disaster struck China in 2008 when an earthquake of a magnitude of 8.0 struck the Sichuan province in Wichuan County. The earthquake claimed numerous lives. Following the earthquake calamity, various nations sent donations to China, including Mozambique, which gave 400,000 Mozambique medica to China. 400,000 Mozambique in Medica at the time was equivalent to roughly 6,500 US dollars. Although this amount may appear small, it was a significant amount of money for Mozambique at the time because in 2008, the country's per capita income was only $1.60, and its GDP was only $15,000. Although Mozambique does not contribute much in the way of aid, they have made every effort to assist China. China is extremely appreciative of this nation exactly because of its friendly actions. After its recovery, China has been assisting Mozambique. What then has China done over the years for Mozambique? In addition to the Maputo bridge that we just mentioned, China has also spent $1 billion in Mozambique, offering comprehensive support for the country's development. China has not only donated material aid, but has also worked with Mozambique to erect public buildings like hospitals and schools. The construction of a transportation line for Mozambique, which will make Mozambique one of the primary transportation routes in East Africa, is one of the more notable examples. Three cooperation agreements were also aimed in 2017 between China and Mozambique, one of which included money for the airport's construction in the amount of 15 million US dollars. China also gave material aid to refugees in the nation in October 2021 following the terrorist assault in northern Mozambique to help them successfully navigate the challenges. Cooperation between China and other nations has historically been focused on achieving long-term objectives. Mozambique will undoubtedly join the ranks of China's cooperative partners, marking a key milestone on the historic Silk Road. Mozambique has formally joined the Belt and Road Initiative as it has evolved. Future spheres of cooperation between China and Mozambique are anticipated to be more varied, and Mozambique's development is anticipated to be more prosperous. I appreciate you sticking with the video all the way through. If you enjoyed the video, please consider subscribing to Africa Reloaded so that we can work on future fascinating projects together. What do you think of this project? Let us know in the comments section. To receive notifications of our new videos, please turn on the notification bell.


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