Think tech Hawaii civil engagement lives here. The word of the day is Russell Liu a Hawaii attorney practicing and teaching in Beijing He joins us by zoom from Beijing and he looks great. Let's take a flash and there's Russell Russell, how are you in your favorite coffee shop in Beijing? I'm great. Jay. Nihao. It's 10 a.m. Now we're live in Beijing and we're in the Heidi and district in Beijing, China You look terrific. Anyway, so I wanted to want to talk with you about this very provocative title You made for the show today. This is of course think tech Asia. We do this with you every week or two and The title of the show is America on the wrong road to making America great again and the tagline my favorite part is one road wrong turn Russell that is so creative and provocative But tell us what do you mean? What are you getting at? What is this about? What's going on here? Well, it's very interesting Jay China has a polish now one road one belt. So this is a converse. This is America's road one road remember one road. There's only one road. You can't move in it and It's going the wrong way. It took the wrong turn. We got we got off on the back roads So so that's what we were going to talk about today, Jay Why do I feel you're referring to none other than Donald Jay Trump and his policy and the policy of this administration? Yes, it's a very interesting times. I'm you know as an American it is my daily duty to open the internet and to read the latest and That's a big talk even among the Americans or the expats here. What is he doing today? What did he do last night? Where's this going to go? We're on this one big road all of us and I think we took a wrong turn Well, you know, I just came back from Australia and I asked people as a regular matter You know what they thought about what was happening in the United States and one guy summed it up pretty well He said I am so sorry for you people I Think that's a sentiment with a lot of people who are not Americans especially I know a lot of Europeans in the European community here and They always have they always come up to me and joke and say are you coming to the party? I said what party and they then tell me what would come to party. It's it's for your president It's it's it's the party, you know, so we can commiserate with you We're in this together. That's the word of the day commiseration So, okay, let's let's let's talk about the relative policies as they are emerging in the when we call it the the The administrations on the one hand of Xi Jinping in China now president for life and like to talk to you about that and and the and the administration here at Donald Trump over the past year and change and and how they differ and How they relate to each other and why you say One road wrong turn referring to the road in the United States Well, yeah, I take this approach because it's interesting how the policy of the u.s. Is headed by one man And how everybody on that road, I think are missing what's happening, you know, I think the that The big the big the big theme here. We talked the last week the last show about it the tariff on the sea of steel industry but we're taking this path where the president is making good in his promise of Going back and Making America great again, but his strategy is well, we're going to rebuild these industries That have died out Such as steel industry. So we put a 25 percent tariff on imported steel And so we're building an industry that has changed because of computerization so forth and we're talking about industry with very few workers Uh, and so we're taking this approach that we're going to go back into and and rebuild these industries and the question is How does this back up against where the world is going where we have technology Where it's a new economy And you have to be on that road. So that's a different road the road that Looks and is the future using high technology. We're there We're continuing the road and I see it in china because in china I don't I carry a very few little cash as you know, I carry my Smartphone I use my way chat. I buy my cup of coffee, which I have here Using my smartphone using way chat. I go to the grocery store. I buy groceries using way chat And it's a great way. It's it's it's the future. It's a technology, you know, we hear but when I go back to the us We're still hung up in an old world And we're going back even further to the old economy a labor economy When the when everybody around us around the world, it's it's not long. It's no longer labor economy It's a knowledge technology innovation economy Yeah, and what I what did I see recently? You know, one would believe that the united states was a Manufacturing country. It's not It provides services most workers in this country provide services not manufactured goods That has been taken over by other places in the world not only china In fact, china is giving manufacturing up to some extent itself It's farming out delegating out manufacturing to other countries in asia So what I find interesting is that we're still living in this kind of dream of returning to you know America as a manufacturing country it's it's not and it's not going to be either That's the remarkable thing. So here you have the united states folding in on itself becoming isolationist Isolation is never a good policy And you have china opening up and actually, you know as far as shijing ping is concerned This is a good break for him to find donald trump, you know going isolationist and leaving the world To him to shijing ping to open up and exploit now exploit is the wrong word But to find opportunities and he is finding opportunities and china is finding opportunities. So Even if you assume it's a zero sum game, which I don't think it really is You find china is is developing in the vacuum that donald trump has left And the question I put to you and I put it to other other guests in our show on the same general topic is So if you have an administration like this In the united states Folding up on you know on on world influence And and abusing and criticizing and sending negative tweets to our allies our allied countries Who have been our allies for years and hundreds of years sometimes? That's damaging our international reputation Tarnishing our brand so to speak the piece about that this morning in the newspaper Um And otherwise, you know damaging our opportunities damaging our prospects in the world in the global world How quickly can you repair that damage if at all?  Don't you think there's a momentum involved? He's not going to stop He's going to you know, the more opportunity he sees the more he will seize And and the the more opportunity we lose Um, the more likely we won't be able to get it back because shijing ping and others will have seized it So my my view and I like your view is that this damage to our brand and our global reputation Um, it may not be permanent, but it is long term and it is not easily easily You know, we reversible Mm-hmm But jay, I think you raised some really good points here I think it's a long term damage and I think it goes beyond maybe just the president It goes beyond because if you look what happens In the us and our congress, they're fighting all the time in partisan politics But they don't give leadership. They don't lead the country They don't come out with policies to help people to earn an extra dollar due to live a better life Um, I see it very different in in china for the last 15 years You know in china about 40 35 40 years ago They had a new policy with they started having their children as a core requirement They must learn english every year So they learned a second language They knew back even back then for a long term that they had to build capacity The real life set the business world outside of china even through that time when it was closed its borders So okay, they knew that they had to integrate The knowledge comes outside. They had to get that knowledge So when the internet opened up they could read english and fast forward When they started to do business abroad unlike the japanese who are very limited and speak mostly japanese The chinese can speak english they can read and write english and as you know, I teach law school here Everything is seamless. I speak in english The kids read cases that are in the us law Facebook's They're up the curve and again what scares me for most americans and and my fellow americans is that You're not doing anything about it. The leadership in the country is not helping To transition to what is the real world and that's the knowledge economy innovation So we're going on this One road right now and that road is going back.  It's paved But that road will not bring us anywhere that road will lead us down nowhere and Again, so I think there's a big divergence. We've taken two different roads. China's gone one way the us has gone another road Well, I think we've been doing this for some time and you know, it didn't begin with trump You know, I remember they used to joke about the Members of congress how only a small fraction of them had passports They didn't travel, you know travel is not only broadening. It's necessary You can't appreciate the world unless you get around a little and talk to people from other cultures and so forth So it's really going on for a while now that the us has been shutting itself in now. It's accelerated, of course And this and this does damage to our own, you know, we're shooting ourselves in the foot In this way, but what I find most interesting and we really need to talk about it is the the immigration of chinese Over the past what couple of decades anyway I mean I that's quite remarkable how many chinese are in this country And doing well I remember going back to my old neighborhood, which is in queens new york And there was a chinese restaurant there that was as big as anything i've seen Even when i'm with you in in china it was huge And then a chinese supermarket, you know everything chinese old chinese foods Huge as big as anything i ever saw in china So what you have is, you know a substantial immigration Of chinese nationals to the united states Going to school Taking out, you know permanent residents whatever And doing very well, you know participating in the economy building their cultural The cultural islands if you want all across the country And that's part of this global process of Of diversity and you find it everywhere i found it in australia where i recently visited And you find it in europe although it hasn't really settled down in europe and people are not particularly happy with it But in fact is diversity comes from transportation It comes from softening borders Diversity is ultimately the the destiny of the world no question about it With diversity comes in my view better thinking better relationships better economies all that So what i want to ask you about Is whether this migration from china to the united states is somehow threatened By the trump administration who seems to change his mind, but mostly he's into white supremacy And and whether that Immigration into the united states is threatened Whether it will be reversed or diminished and what the effect of that will be on on the You know the economy and the diversity of the country going forward Well jay i think he reached out some really very important key points here It's sort of like a national will What trump has done is he's he's brought up these people For many years who kept quiet silent who've come out In charlotteville who've come out and Expressing viewpoints that maybe is a greater problem in america And so trump what he's what he's doing now. I think He's he's turning back the clock. We're going to be a society that does not Want immigration. We don't want borders to come to the us And and the question is who is a u.s. Citizen? I think the country is built upon diversity people from different nationalities from different ethnic groups Who've contributed to a society that's supposed to be equal And in along the way is if we take a look at back of the years The chinese came to the u.s. Late 1800s and built a railroad And in hoi to to build a sugar plantation And then at during that time we were there are anti chinese policies 1898 the anti immigration policies get some chinese uh and and The chinese exclusion act lest we forget Yes, we can't forget that and then fast forward Uh, we had uh In the in the 50s 60s Influx of taiwanese who came to america students a lot stayed a lot in some return But they helped bring a lot of engineering skills a lot of technical skills Uh, and today it's the chinese Uh, it's no secret that for example one of the big industries is artificial intelligence And you're talking about eight eight percent of the workers are from china These are students who who stuck along in the u.s. Who are contributing to an american economy There's a lot of great things happening because these kids come to the u.s. Study Their masters or phd's and fine jobs settle in the american dream But we're seeing a change now with this policy now Where the u.s. Is is flip-flopping. They're making it Anti chinese to some extent they're they're targeting chinese there was a 10-year visa now Trump is considering to eliminate that uh, also, uh, you know the eb 5 that you know the quotas for chinese that's used up So you won't get that kind of money not for a while But again, uh, the contributions are are tremendous in the science field In the high tech deal. Well, I think is if a chinese immigrant comes to united states Goes to school excels in school on his own merits his own effort for sure Then he gets into business and makes a good living in business Who would who would begrudge him that I don't understand it at all And he stays here as you said he participates in the united states economy All of that is really good for us And he's not you know, he may be competing with other people as to how well you do in school But so do we all that's the way of the world Uh, I think there were some people believe that because he's in school doing well It takes something out of their rice bowl, but that's not really true at all. It's not a zero sum game so Yeah, go ahead I think we've got to really be cognizant of what's happening on a global scale the big huge tech companies E-commerce alibaba Ted said by do all these companies For example are listed in the u.s. Okay They bring money to the economy. Okay And they're attracting talent and now there's a reversal because many chinese in the u.s We're working in these industries are telling you That because of trump policies because of where things are going We don't feel at home We don't feel at home. So um, there's a major push For them, uh, there's recruiters that actually go out and recruit these These these skilled technology people The pay is getting better in china the opportunities are getting better And uh, again, so they're going to come back and really cement and accelerate china's policy of Moving towards the number one leader in artificial intelligence and technology We're going to be behind the game because of this anti immigration. There's a kind of feeling you're not welcome here Well, we not two hours ago russell. We had a show uh with uh, pete mcginnis mark of the school of ocean earth science and technology the hawaiian studio geophysics and planetology Who's in houston right now? um at the lunar and planetary science conference And one of the things that was remarkable about that about that conference is that the preliminary part of it was called china in space And china has entered into The science of space and exploring space to the point of sending, um, you know missions to mars To the moon already done and mars to come And uh, what's what's interesting about it is that china is joining The international science community at a very rapid rate And participating shoulder to shoulder with uh, the science, you know, the scientists in that area around the world And at this conference in houston So what you have is, uh An equality if you will in science What you have is a um a very, uh, express Ambition by china to be in science to be among the world leaders Why would we the united states send chinese scientists away? Why would we discriminate against them? That that puts us at a disadvantage Because where will they go and then i want to ask you about this Where will they go many of them would go back to china Because china is offering them incentives shijin ping is no slouch He's trying to get him to come back home with their american education Um, why would we do that? Why would he want that? Excuse me. Why would we want that to happen? But jay you we raised some really very interesting observations Uh, and i've been in china for 15 years 15 10 years ago I would see the president of all the major universities in the u.s And the governor for example wisconsin, minnesota Uh all these companies are these, uh states why because these universities Would attract a lot of chinese students.  They were in the technical programs And you know one of the things that i think people forget to realize is that these people bring a lot of the Court competencies that america has lost out on if you go to google you go to silicon valley A lot of workers are foreign workers. They're not americans because you can't find them in the american In the america system the education system in the u.s relies on it It's a 12 billion dollar year industry of the the universities attracting these students from foreign country Well russell, um, I think we're going to take a short break while we reconnect with russell. You he's in beijing He's an american lawyer practicing and teaching in beijing. We take a short break to reconnect and we'll be right back I'm going to the game and it's going to be great early arriving for a little tailgate I usually drink but won't be drinking today because i'm the designated driver and that's okay It's nice to be the guy that keeps his friends in line keeps them from drinking too much so we can have a great time A little responsibility can go a long way because it's all about having fun on game day Welcome to sister power i'm your host sharon thomas yarbrough Where we motivate educate and power and inspire all women We are live here every other thursday at 4 p.m. And we welcome you to join us here at sister power loha and thank you Okay, we're back. We're live. We're in contact again with russell you american lawyer hawaii lawyer practicing and teaching in beijing joining us by zoom And russell, you know want to continue the conversation about the incentives that chi jing ping and the chinese government are offering people for example If you wanted to be you russell american citizen If you wanted to become a chinese permanent resident or chinese citizen, uh, would you have the possibility the right to do that? Yes, a new policy effective february 1 uh the china government has a new policy to uh attract uh Ethnic chinese overseas chinese as they would call it back to china many have skills talents To bring entrepreneurial skills as well as bring in knowledge back to china So the new program started february 1 and it applies to quadrant or of former chinese citizens Or and it also applies to born born chinese like me If i can prove that i have an ancestor that was a chinese citizen Which means i presumably think i would go to the state of hawaii Vital statistics office I would get the um that certificate of my grandfather And i would also i have his records from the u.s. Government as to his uh entry into the country and it shows where he came from I believe that that and i and my birth certificate showing Instead of what birth certificate says my ethnicity chinese So i think i would take that back and i could get a maybe a five-year residency permit Okay, would you have to give up your american citizenship if you took a five-year residency? No, you won't give up your american citizenship Well, that's pretty interesting. So, you know people doing this You have any information about americans chinese americans in in the united states who are taking advantage of this kind of program Going back to china and trying their luck there I mean and and if so are they what are they doing when they get there? What is the government offering them in a way of economic incentives? You know if they take permanent residents? Well, I think that's great for a american company That needs to get residents in china That maybe needs somebody to be the bridge uh, and To to be in china because the hardest part is getting the permanent residency Um, I think that's a great bridge uh second of all. I think it's it's great for Somebody who does a global business For example, if I am a Example if i'm a mediator arbitrator I arbitrate disputes between chinese and us companies. I need to be back in the us to do the arbitration Or I need to be out out of the country But I can still be based in china and I can still do my work there So I think it opens up opportunities But I think this is really this this new policy visa is really to bring back what they call the chinese highway These are called the sea turtles sea turtles because these are the chinese citizens that went across the ocean and the turtle laid eggs in another place and that and it has Brought it into america where they're in Silicon valley. They're living the american dream But you know what when they pick up the paper they read about these things with china the u.s. The trade war Uh, then they look around themselves saying oh the chinese food here in uh, al alt is Who culture or not tasty? Let me think about China, you know and the chinese policy really is saying you have black hair. You have black eyes You may have a race in america But you always will be chinese You also will be chinese so we welcome you back So that has been the approach of the government But I think with it comes the economic incentive because they are also doing something to you All the big companies like why do alibaba tencent that are listed overseas? Uh, for example, you know how successful, uh, alibaba was the largest ipo in us history And last year it went up 495 billion dollars Stock shot up The investors are great. They're happy. You said money goes there. You said I thought you said billion Billion billion. I thought that's what I thought you said Billion billion dollars several several hundred billion dollars now imagine if you had that money raised in china And you had a listing if alibaba could list in china a secondary list Imagine how much money that would generate the capital money markets to stay in china. Okay So And that money doesn't have to go overseas. It would be china So what they're doing is they're setting up a new policy or new law They're looking to where they're going to allow these companies to do a secondary list in china And with with the easing of restrictions. They're also trying to bring back these companies Because that will advance and feel They're they're they're their whole goal Of this going on this road to technology Whereas the u.s. We're going to put it in the steel ministry We're going to slap tariffs on everybody in the u.s. And we're going to keep it american only the chinese are saying Well, no, we're going to go in this technology road. We took this turn. You guys could go in that turn We're in this turn and we're going to have lots of money to fuel this economy Well, you know, you know what I get out of this. I mean the united states policy is essentially rejecting brainpower it's rejecting smart and you know studious citizens and Not not valuing them not keeping not taking steps to keep them here I remember I told you before about a story in the new york times about an an indian doctor from india Who went to medical school in this country? And he was doing, you know medical practice in a hospital that serviced to disadvantage somewhere in the south And there was an attack on another indian not too far away From his hometown there And the other indian was was killed I think And he and his wife who had lived in the united states for many decades So we can't tolerate this. This is this is racial hatred The worst sort of bigotry. We're we're leaving We're not only leaving our town in the hospital. We're not only leaving our careers in the united states We're leaving the united states and they left And I think that that's a sad story because think of the brainpower We we lost that one individual one family stable responsible productive achievers in the united states economy And now, you know You multiply that times how many thousands or hundreds with thousands or millions and you get you get a result and the result is that We are losing brain power Brain drain call it, you know, that's what we're talking about the international brain drain and we created ourselves We are creating right now on a racial if not racist basis And china is getting the benefit and other places too getting the benefit of that So what you have is the the flow of the intellectual pursuit from one country to another Which one do you think makes out in that trade? Which one do you think makes it, you know, it's better suited for the future? Which one will have the better economy in 10 years? And that's the that's the ridiculous wrong turn here that in 10 years or 20 We will not have that talent and we will not be as well suited to run a country in an economy and do the right thing And we will be second class, you know, I mean, I don't know what other conclusion you can come to rustle Yes, we're doing business with china right now Walmart, you know Bison sells some 90 percent of its stuff in and from and with China but over time You know, that's not going to be the case. We're going to be second class in that trade in that economy And I hope you'll still talk to me after you become a chinese citizen I hope you'll still say hi and get on our think tech show Jay I guess if I go back to the u.s I can now apply to be a job in a factory wouldn't that be great? Give up your law practice become a factory worker We can we can make shoes and umbrellas for the world. Maybe that's what we want to do And I and I and I say that because you know, I think the whole perception in the u.s Is this the world has changed around you You know and china is is is like this. I have a saying that goes like this With a herd of 1.3 billion People moving you feel the wind No matter what you feel the wind You always will feel the wind and so If they're moving in one direction, they've got to be doing something right and pay attention to it Yeah, and um And and so, you know, I say that because even getting back to locally in hawaii I think even hawaii Donald trump is good for why because he is allowing hawaii to choose its destiny We know that you can't depend on the old game federal funding pork barrel legislation Use your destiny. Do we choose to be a labor economy or do we choose to be a knowledge economy? Okay, if we choose to be a knowledge economy where all the action and the money is How do we get there? Well, we need to build capacity. We need knowledge. We need education Bringing all these chinese students that didn't go to mit. There's tons of smart technical people Get them into u.h Our kids in u.h will learn to be multicultural global and they will go up the curve faster I'm convinced a lot of these chinese students are much more of the curve when you talk about math science Bring that then you can attract federal money for applied research Then these chinese students will give the brain power to attract global Foreign direct investment. I think I think you've got it rustle I think that you know aside from shijing ping benefiting by this isolation policy Somehow hawaii is also benefiting by it because we understand diversity and we understand, you know Diversity hopefully in in economics. I like to believe more of that in the in the future So anyway, I mean, it's a very interesting Track is a very interesting thread to watch It's one one road wrong turn We'll have to we'll have to watch it on both sides We'll have to watch it on shijing ping side and on donald trump side. We'll have to keep on talking Thank you so much rustle for this enlightening conversation. We'll see you in a couple of weeks Thank you jay, and we'll see you in a couple of weeks xie xie side jen Bye jen. Hello


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Patrick has been instrumental in guiding the development of a sustainability strategy for the group with a focus on education, environmental and humanitarian sustainability. At the age of 42, the French government awarded him with the Medal of Chevalier de l'Ordre Nationale de Murie. He's a founding member of the Rotary and Capital Club and also an active member of the Young Presidents Organization. He also co-chairs the Board of Directors of Endeavour's UAE affiliate. Mr. Patrick Shalub. Good morning everyone. It's a pleasure being with you. Thank you for hosting us. Thank you for your nice words and I much appreciate this partnership which we have established now since a few years with the American Versus of Georgia. As you mentioned, the Shalub Group is a family business. It's a family business which has been established 60 years ago. 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But the earth is strong and have faced since four billion years or more many big crisis. Nevertheless, we have to act and we have to act seriously, all of us in any industry or an activity where we are. What we are witnessing today is a change of mindset. What we are witnessing today, including in the Gulf countries, are totally what we could call a silent revolution. This revolution of consciousness where people are becoming much more conscious of the needs of creating sustainability around us. At government level, at corporate level, and at individual level. So we'll have to create much stronger awareness and have multiple initiatives which are taking place. Let me introduce few paradoxes which we are living in this region. Some of them which have been the basis of our white paper. Every year since now, three years we are publishing this white paper on a different topic and different subject. And this year, white paper was about luxury and sustainability. So it has been built on few paradoxes which we have discovered and which I will develop. I will then explain the inherent social value which you could see in our society into the Gulf. I will then focus a little bit on the family business as we are a family business and I think that the family business create a really sustainable model and then reveal some of the strong initiatives which are facing in order to face those current challenges which we have and showcasing this change of mindset. We are in a polarized region. We are in a polarized region and as I said, we are facing many paradoxes and I will highlight three of them. Our region is a region where we have probably some of the highest GDP per capita in the world. Qatar is on top of the list. It even went up from the figure I'm mentioning. It's over $100,000 per capita today, but it's not only Qatar. Even the UAE are among the 10 highest GDP into the world, very comparable to the GDP of the US. At the same time, we are facing a critical problem, a critical problem which we could see all around the world but which is even more credible and less understandable into the Middle East. We have a very high use in employment into a region which have highest GDP into the world. About 30% of the region in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, of the GCC region use are unemployed today. If we compare it to other part of the world, it's much higher even than Africa where there is only a lot, 24% of unemployment about it. So is it sustainable to have such a high GDP and such a high level of unemployment? I think that I will try to bring some of the answer about it. Sorry. It's welcome. In our part of the world, we have a very high consumption of natural resources. We are among the highest, probably, users of natural resources. We have, I would say, a very high carbon footprint per capita, again, amongst the highest into the world. At the same time, we could be very proud that some of the initiative, we have one of the only four worldwide urban sustainable projects. I'm speaking about MasterCity and soon other projects which are, again, not giving any carbon free, which would be quite spectacular to see and which probably is the way forward in order to reduce this very high consumption of natural resources. Again, in our part of the world, we have some of the highest consumers spent into the world. According to our consumer research, we have an average spend of over $2,400 on fashion, beauty, and gift, while if we compare it to some of the Western world, those figures would stand at $1,000 or less than $1,000 on the same category of it. But at the same time, we have a part of the world which is giving a lot into foreign ads into the world with a huge contribution among the 10 biggest in the world, not per capita, in value as we are reaching about over $5 billion of foreign ad for the only country of the UAE about it. So those paradox explain why we felt it was important that we focus a lot on sustainability because sustainability is key to shape for us, for you, a different future and the future into the region. But let me go back a little bit to some of the social value of this part of the world. A lot of you know them, have lived these cultural and social values, but I think it's important to remind them because I'm sure that this will contribute a lot for the sustainable future. The ancient tribal structure have shaped the culture of the modern Gulf region and are an integral part to the region inherited social value which still feature prominent today. Community, solidarity, trust are deep rooted values into the society which stem from a between culture and anchored into a strong interpersonal bonds. Traditional regional custom include caring for the community through caring for the environment, the economic roots and pastoral nomadic societies. The traditional conservation model, Al-Hima sees pastoral areas set aside for regeneration purposes. Transitional architecture created harmonious environment for harsh climate through sustainable designs. Wind towers for natural cooling system, tall allways for shade and thick wall for natural isolation. Generosity towards the community is also a pillar of Islamic tradition. The tradition of Zakat guarantees support through a fixed contribution for the community and in particular giving to those less fortunate. In response of the harsh desert environment, hospitality, Diyafa is an integral part of tribal generosity and follows a strict code of honor. Gifting is deeply entertained in the Arab culture of hospitality and generosity when choosing a gift high quality is a priority. The art of perfuming is a strong part of Arab identity and encompass the sense of community. Ritual and gifting the use of layering of wukhur powders, oils and perfume is an ancestral tradition passed down through generation. Luxury is firmly embedded in the story of the Gulf social traditions. The highest quality premium materials and the finest craftsmanship are symbols of the region strong sense of respect and honor toward the community and its members. In a region where trust is abiding luxury is a trusted choice. In addition to the social values, the way of doing business is also a key factor for long-term perspective. Family forms the basis of community structure in the Gulf providing both financial and emotional support to a wide network of family members, relation, relationship and social ties are an integral part of the Middle East business culture. 90% of the companies in the region are family-owned businesses constituting over three quarters of economic activity in the private sector. The previous seller of the American University of Sharjah said family business model has become a culturally appropriate vehicle for the region's sustainability. Family businesses into the CCC are principally first and second generation established over 50 years ago. Respect for tradition and older members still prevail in family businesses today. Women specifically are taking a larger and larger role into those businesses. These companies are facing one of the largest challenges yet, managing the transition to the third generation in the next five to 10 years. And we know that the passage for the third generation is also always very critical in a family business. Formal family governance structure are pivotal in succession planning and securing solid sustainability for the future of the business. Family business model in the Middle East tend to reinvest into the businesses for generations to come rather than a rip-off in short-term profits. My brother said that a family business driven like ours, driven by values of respect, excellency and entrepreneurial spirit, we really believe that this region and its potential, and we want to make sure that our group will be still around in six years from now. The social culture and the family business are the roots which explain this region can play a key role in building sustainability despite all the criticism which we have heard about it. But obviously it's not enough. I will show some of the key initiatives currently done to go further in response to the priority challenges exposed into the three paradoxes I exposed. The challenge is to be a society dependent on energy and non-renewable resources. Oil and the gas accounts for 33% of the GCC GDP and 84% of the GCC government budget. According to the government, sustainable solution will come economic diversification, innovation, entrepreneurship. GCC is committed to reinvest oil and gas revenue into infrastructure, housing, education and healthcare in order to develop long-term economic environment and social sustainability for generations ahead. His Highness, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum said, we want our public and private sector to explore new horizons to develop our economy. Innovation is our only way to build a great history of the United Arab Emirates. The future will be for those who adapt or adopt innovation. In Saudi Arabia, the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology is a graduate level research university established by Aramco, the world's largest energy corporation and the first platinum-led certified project. Another example is the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development. Master plans of a new vision of social and environmental harmony will reshape social principle of living. Abu Dhabi Master City, a subsidiary of Mubadala Development Company with the aim to achieve a low-carbon or zero-carbon waste city through solar and other renewable sources. It will cover an area of 2.4 kilometers, the equivalent of 250 football fields. And will be powered by Shamswan, the largest solar plant into the Middle East. Dubai Expo 2020, the world exhibition that will celebrate innovation and connecting minds. 50% of the operational energy requirements will come from renewable sources. 30% of construction for the expo site will come from recycled materials. In conjunction with Dubai 2020, government vehicles will switch to compressed natural gas. The current challenge remain use in employment. High population growth rates, a young population, an increased in labor force, together with skills mismatch, have all contributed to one of the region's most problematic social challenges. 30% among youth in Saudi Arabia are unemployed. MENA will require more than 50 million jobs over the next decade to ensure social and political stability. Thank you. The sustainable solution is a qualitative education. I'm glad that we have such initiative that the American University of Sharjah to offer it to us. Qualitative education for all with the necessity of a stronger vocational training and national integration. National integration in its various form of gulfanization. Etisalat Academy has been one of the first initiatives. It is the training and development arm of Etisalat and the largest single source provider of training and development solution in the Middle East. Partnered with the program Educate a Child, build a nation to support computer literacy program for children living in the United Arab Emirates. Our group have engaged into many initiatives about education. We have established in Dubai but also in Jeddah in Riyadh retail academies to train and our workforce into getting a great retail component into their education. Another one in our industry has been the creation with the American University of Sharjah of the luxury brand management professorship. Accompensing courses in luxury brand management, fashion, marketing and basic in luxury principles. The objective is to fill the gap between industry and academia. Students are mentored by eight senior executive of our group. Today more than 70 students have completed the senior level course since its launch in 2012. Mrs. Murtada former vice chancellor of the American University of Sharjah said, the luxury brand management professorship established at AUS has demonstrated the strengths inherent in partnering business and education for an economical sustainable United Arab Emirates. Sustainable solution is also making entrepreneurship a priority for national agendas. The fastest growth in the entrepreneurship worldwide is taking place into the MENA. Again, let me present here only two of those examples. Abu Dhabi government founded the Khalifa Fund. Our group have partnered with the Khalifa Fund in order to create three projects merging knowledge, sharing, mentorship and experiential learning. Worship are delivered to Khalifa Fund staff on retail specific skills as well as annual seminar organized for entrepreneurs who are given the opportunity to observe back and store operation. Dr. Hilal Al-Sukari, advisor of the CEO of Khalifa Funds have said public private relationship encourage positive change in our society by nurturing entrepreneurial activities in their development. In the event other key initiative have been taken a better young entrepreneurial program in which again our group has participated is a joint venture with the Lebanese Finance Ministry and 40 young business leaders which is providing education financing and networking for the next generation of entrepreneurs. Today millions of dollars have been invested into those startups. Hundred thousands of dollars have been invested into scholarship to train those entrepreneurs and have been awarded to those entrepreneurs in order that they can fulfill their initiative. Those examples are among many which exist today of a lot of initiative which are being taken in order to be able to face the challenges which we are facing. It clearly demonstrate the importance of environment and education to which our group is investing quite heavily. And it is important to create this sustainable future into the region for consumers as well. It's a lot of question mark. The challenge which we have to face together is a very high expectation of our customers towards corporate sustainability. 83% of people whom we have surveyed are expecting our retail stores where they buy to be engaged in environmental and friendly activity. 68% of our customers still feel that we are the brands that retailers are not caring enough about the environment and the community. But those customers trust us and we shouldn't disappoint them. So we have to work clearly in order to make it happen. Consumer expectation is to see more and more the private sector contributing to this need for the future as demonstrated into some of those examples. Dubai Future Fashion is an initiative, a concept for sustainable and responsible fashion. A marketplace bringing together beauty and fashion driven sustainable product from all around the world. The main purpose is to maximize benefit to people and communities with minimizing impact on the environment such as the sustainable abaya made out of high-end eco-fabrics from certified manufacturers. The green building of Majed Futem Properties is an initiative driven by the real estate and properly serviced company. Member of the UN Global Compact since 2013, 33% of the asset have green building certification. 20% of water consumption in all malls have been reduced and 100% of all new talents and leases have green closures. The previous CEO of Majed Futem Properties declared, I fundamentally believe that every organization into the Middle East and North Africa should hold sustainability as a core philosophy. What we are noticing is this change of mindset and about sustainability. A new archetype is arriving with greater sense of pragmatism and consciousness to be part of a fragile world. This new archetype is distanced itself from the materialistic world and appreciate luxury for the experience it offers, for the enjoyment it offers. They have a passion which they like to share bound with their key driver. They are attached to bespoke and made to measure items and intimate events. In store, knowledge of the brand history, heritage plus deep understanding of how the product is made are paramount. There are the need of us becoming storytellers. The answer of the big picture of this world challenges start by visionary leaders. Today, more and more, the private sectors combine their efforts with public sectors and NGO to set the path in order to change the mindset and shape a different future. Today, the consumer like the government, the public and private sectors are totally part of this silent revolution, of consciousness. They are all becoming engaged actors with a clear social and environmental conscience. It's not a war anymore but real contribution. And to conclude, I believe that by combining our individual efforts, we will be able to contribute into this region sustainable future. Thank you.


Yeah, back on the Sportsman zone time now for some updates on the cricket West Indies four day championship. We have a result at Sabina Park where Gerard Marcily is on location. Let's join him for a report. So the first result of the West Indies Championship unsurprisingly coming from Sabina Park where Jamaica Scorpions took on the win with Islands Volcanoes. Jamaica Scorpions would have started today 72 for four. Still 106 runs behind the win with Islands Volcanoes first in the score of 341. They added 162 runs but ended up losing by nine wickets in the end. It was a really good day though. Romain Morris top scored with 68 for the Jamaica Scorpions to add to his 35 in the first innings. He really looked like the best batsman out there full of intent full of confidence and of course he was rewarded with his 68 which would have pushed Jamaica Scorpions over the line and allowed them to get the win with Islands Volcanoes to bat again. There was a really good bowling performance from Darius Martin. Darius was really good, very economical and he was very disciplined. Four for 85. He finished with those figures for the match and he was really well rewarded in that second innings. It was a interestingly enough day for Jamaica Scorpions. This is now their 13th consecutive winless match in all formats of West Indies of regional cricket and they have a lot of work to do of course coming up to the next game against Barbados Pride that will be played here next Wednesday but three win with Islands Volcanoes batsmen would have gotten half centuries here while only one scorpion batsman would have gotten a half century. A lot for them to work on in the batting department. I have here Jermaine Blackwood, the captain of Jamaica Scorpions. Let's hear a little bit about what needs to be worked on from him. Jermaine, not the result you would have wanted, not the start you would have wanted to this four day tournament but what went wrong for this Jamaica Scorpions team? I think the batting let us down in both innings. I think if we score anywhere over 250 in the first things I think it would have been a much better, a much different result because now we have some quality bowlers that we could get the job done in the bowling department but I think in the batting I think it's just shot selection. I think we just have to choose the right ball that we want to score off and you know just be more clear I don't want to approach things in the batting and just mind the situation after game as well. Jermaine Morris, he was really confident of course he would have been in position where it looked as if you wouldn't be able to make the Volcano's bat again but he just showed intent. He was very confident, played his natural game and was able to get a half century in the second innings. Yeah I'm very happy, very pleased with my performance in both innings. You know I know from the pre-season he have been batting extremely well you know and the same way he approached the game in the same way he batted right through out so we just give him that freedom to just go there and express himself in any situation because he's a positive player and once he get off you know he can be very good for us. It's not going to happen at the time but you know we have to just have to back him and just give him that support as a captain and as the coaching staff you know we we we believe to give players freedom to go there and express themselves so that is what we're doing with Morris. Yeah well obviously the Jamaican fans and Westinian fans would know that you have Bonner yourself and McKinsey who all have test experience not able to fire in this game what do you have to do though to ensure that that doesn't happen a second time around and you can get your batting order in check. I mean it's just the first game so I won't come to out and any of the battles we just have to regroup and come back again we know that you know we play a test cricket but as soon as the end of the day it's still quick you have to come and play so we still have to go out there and score runs and that is our job and that is our duty and we just have to find a way to get it done. Yeah you have Barbados pride in it so of course Craig Bartholid in that side they've been they've been really good you played them here but do you think it would be of course it would be a tough game but do you think you can get a win in that one? Yeah for sure I think I think we're playing CCC next year combined on campuses but I'm just looking forward to the next challenge next week but again we always have the bowlers to get us 20 wickets so it's just us as batters have to just come and put the roads runs on the board and let the bowlers come and do their thing. We're looking forward to seeing you that. Thank you. Thank you so much Jermaine and time now to hear from Kimani Melyas who would have been really instrumental. His first win as a win with the Islands Volcanoes captain in a four-day format and yeah he was really aggressive in the field with his field placements with his bowling changes and I thought it was tremendous we saw a lot of Denver today some off-break bowling that wasn't really prevalent on the first day but it would prove to be very productive it proved to be efficient and he got the results that he wanted. Kimani let's have a chat with you. You must be very happy with that result. Definitely always good to start off the tournament on a positive note. The guys must be commanded for the effort that they gave especially Darius Martin with the aggression that he showed in the first innings and also he was one of our most economical bowlers along with Ryan John you know taking five and coming in and score 50 and Shema Springer who supported very well with the ball and came and scored half century as well but we should still be a disappointment. I should still be disappointed as a batting group everybody got starts but nobody went on to score a hundred so that's what we strive for consistency and come next game if anybody gets starts we need to go on and get a hundred. Yeah the toss was very important here to win what really made your decision to bowl first? Speaking to the grounds man you know I haven't come to Jamaica in over 10 years I asked them what was the best decision and they told me no bowling first try to get as many wickets as possible and really just that we pick up five wickets in the first session so like I say the guys especially the fastest bowlers must be commanded for the effort that they gave. Yeah talk about your fast bowlers it was an entire day of fast bowling on the first day it got 10 wickets out of them but then you'd introduce Spain a little bit more coming on to yesterday and today tell me a little bit about that what was the reasoning behind that why introduce Spain so late in the game. Well the fast bowlers got most of the wickets on the first day and the wicket was conducive to fast bowling at this point in time and hence the reason why them bad didn't bowl in the first innings and he bowl in the second innings because the wicket started spinning a little bit. Yeah yeah well now your next game we're looking forward to that you're basically on top of the table now because you have the first win what's going to be the strategy going into the next game. Well we we can get complacent as a team it's just one game we win like I say we want to strive to be consistent and in being consistent we want to do the simple things for longer periods of time both with the bat ball and in the field so I urge you guys you know to keep trusting the process and the results will take care of itself. Yeah when we're the islands volcanoes they are a team that have come really close in the last couple years to win in the regional four day championship of course Guyana would have been prevalent in some years but you've been second third always at the top the table of course as much as you could be. Do you think this year you have the team the unit that can bring that championship home? Yeah definitely people don't remember who came first who came second who came third people remember who wins so like I say and I would say again we need to be consistent and if you want to win a championship we need to play consistent cricket right through we can just play consistent cricket in the first innings or in the first session we need to play consistent cricket over a period of four days in each game. Thank you Kimani. Thank you. Yeah so that was Kimani Melias there the Winwood Islands Volcanoes captain and yeah Winwood Islands Volcanoes they have the first win of this regional four day championship, West Indies Championship as is now known. A reminder of the scores Jamaica Scorpions batting first they would have been bowled out for 164 in the first innings. Yeah they would be bowled out twice and yeah just 100 and yes just Jamaica Scorpions they would have been bowled out for 159 and 234 Winwood Islands Volcanoes 341 and a 55 for one to win by nine wickets. That's it here from Sabina Park in Kingston Jamaica. Yeah all right Gerard Marseille there at Sabina Park over at Chedwin Park the combined campuses and colleges following on are 96 for two at Stumps CCC were bowled out for 185 in their first innings responding to the prides 344 for eight declared now Jonathan Carter topscored for CCC with 59 the out of favor West Indies left arm spinner Jamil Warkin 4 4 29 so there you have it the pride 344 for eight declared CCC 185 and 96 for two they have the trail sorry by 63 runs that means they need a further 63 to make the Barbados pride but again in that contest so that is at Chedwin Park let's head now to St. Kitts and Nevis where two matches are taking place there as well in a rain affected encounter Jeremiah Louie picked up five for 29 to bowl out West Indies Academy for 177 with Joshua Bishop topscoring with 48 and the Leeward Islands Hurricanes 124 for four in their second innings Mikhail Lewis topscoring with 55 for 84 run lead at Stumps on day number three so that one could be quite a good one on tomorrow's fourth and final day Hurricanes 137 and 124 for four West Indies Academy 177 and at Connery Cricket Ground no play was possible for a second consecutive day some would say the cause came home others would say there was C pitch under the covers and yeah there was no player rather disappointing remember Trinidad and Tobago um against defending champions Ghana Harpy Eagles and the TNT Red Force scored 215 for four that was on Wednesday's opening day with Jason Muhammad scoring and on beaten 100. Lance Wittega quickly what a story coming out of Connery today yeah well we we we have a confirmed report that there was C pitch which caused the pitch to be unplayable but we also hear that some cows invaded the pitch but that was not the reason but that was not the reason but the cows invading the pitch did happen there's no there's no there's no confirmation that that didn't happen or in or in a rebuttal to that story that's the word I was looking for all right great to see that the Barbados probably looking as if they can get a result at Chedrin Park after losing the first entire first day very much the case in three days let's go to our break we'll go back on the sports mic zone


In this video we provide the solution to question number four for practice exam number three for math 1220 In which case we have a hydrostatic force integral that we have to set up We do not have to evaluate it, but we do have to set it up So what's the information we're given we have a trough that is filled with a liquid of density 840 kilograms per meters cubed some things to note here is that this liquid is not water because that is not the density of water But the units are also kilograms per meters cubed That means in order to calculate the weight of this liquid We are going to have to incorporate the acceleration due to gravity which is 9.8 9.8 meters per second squared, which is left. It's mentioned here as a reminder in case you forgot that Um, we aren't we aren't going to be told the length of the trough because when it comes to hydrostatic force problems It really doesn't matter How much water is behind it? Because of laws of fluid dynamics And so that the this trough has a equilateral Triangle on both sides for which each side of the triangle is 8 feet long and the vertex is at the bottom So it's like I have drawn here on the board on the slide. I should say It'll be relevant to us in just a moment that we're going to need to know the height of this thing Let me try that again Again, my diagram is not a perfect equilateral triangle, but we're going to be very interested in the height of this thing Be aware that because this is an equilateral triangle this altitude Which meets the other side at a right angle does cut the other side in half So that this distance right here is 4 Also, since it's an equilateral triangle, each of the angles is 60 degrees for the whole triangle This is a right angle like we said it was an altitude and by symmetry of equilateral triangles It cuts this in half so that 60 degree angle gets bisected into a 32 into two 30 degree angles And so in particular this triangle right here is a 30 60 90 triangle So using some simple trigonometric properties if this side is four and this side is eight Like you can use the Pythagorean theorem for example We're going to see that the other side is four times the square root of three that'll be useful to us in a little bit That's that's about as extensive as the trigonometry is going to be for us Now remember when we do hydrostatic force problems, we're using the fact that force is equal to pressure times area The pressure for these problems is always fairly simple The pressure is going to be these constant numbers. We have this 840 kilograms per meters cubed Times by the 9.8 Meters per second square then we have to multiply that by the depth So depending on how we set this thing up the depth could be a couple different things The way I like to handle hydrostatic force problems is I'm going to put X I'm going to call my variable x. I usually just like to call it x x equals zero And then I'm going to orient my axis so that x equals zero is at the surface of the liquid And then I'm going to point it downward so that depth is actually x in that situation Here's our x-axis so we observe that depth is just equal to x In this situation and therefore our pressure is just going to be this 840 times 9.8 times x now you can actually multiply 840 times 9.8 if you want to but if you leave it factored I'm not going to have any problem with that in this integral whatsoever So that takes care of the pressure part then the area, okay when it comes to area We look at a typical cross section at depth x right here. So the distance from the surface downward is x The thickness of this is going to be a small change of x. That's going to be a dx So then what we're left with is the width of this thing. We're going to call that w for a moment So the area is equal to w times dx Putting this all together. We see that the hydrostatic force is going to be the integral of pressure times depth Excuse me pressure times area that the pressure was this 840 times 9.8 times x The area was then w times dx like so We're integrating the respect to x do make sure that you have this dx as part of the integral that is necessary for full credit As we're integrating the respect to x we then ask ourselves What is the depth of this thing like how did how far do we go? We go from the top to the bottom and so we're going to integrate from 0 to 4 times the square root of 3 So those that bound did come into play there Um, so this is pretty good. The the next thing we need to deal with of course is the w itself I mean you could factor you can pull the 840 times 9.8 out in front All right, but we still have to deal with that w here. So I'm actually gonna I'm going to move this down here. I'm going to pull this out 840 times 9.8 Times the integral from 0 to times 2 4 times root 3 you're going to have that x there So what's left here is then that The w how do you express w? To handle w we're going to play around with some similar triangles If you look at the whole triangle and actually I don't necessarily want to do the whole triangle Well, no, no, we we'll do the whole triangle. You have of course this whole triangle right here You cut in half if you want to look at this triangle, that's fine as well If you look at the whole triangle, you're going to have that on the top four Excuse me eight is the whole length coincides to the height, which is four root three On the other side The whole length right here coincides with w So we get w there and that coincides with its height Its height right here, which notice the whole distance is four root three This distance is x so the difference will actually be four root three minus x So if we solve for w, you'll get w equals Well eight over four root three there you can cancel you get two over the square root of three times four root three minus x like so we're going to plug that in for w And so we end up with two x over the square root of three times four root three minus x like so If you want to distribute that two x over the square root of three through you can do that You can multiply these things out too as well, but those won't none of those things will give you extra points This we could argue is a set up and sufficiently simplified integral that will measure the hydrostatic force against one side of the One of the triangular sides of this trough


Why do people love Shane Gillis so much that even other Asians are defending his past? Let's talk about it.  Why does this keep going on? Because I think a lot of people think that Shane Gillis is saving comedy for comedy's sake because it's like comedy fans Comedy fans of all colors even us even Asians who like comedy They're like yo Shane Gillis is one of the best comedians of recent. He pushes the boundaries He's a friendly guy. He makes fun of himself.  He doesn't try to be cool, right? Right, but he's legitimately funny and he's a rising star So let him do his thing and he doesn't mean in a malicious way. He made jokes He addressed them before on some platforms, so I guess a lot of Asians are just like man I don't want to be a snowflake. I don't want to be too sensitive about this. Just let Shane Gillis do his thing I can understand that honestly as a comedy fan By the way being doing comedic things on the internet is not my transcendent identity in my entire life I got a couple other identities that I value above those that one But yes from that perspective, could I see where they're coming from? however, and this is a advocacy group that is a non-profit of course the M-A-N-N-A and a I'm sorry should do their thing. Yeah Listen if you're an Asian and you're like dude get this advocacy crew key group out of here Identify as a comedy consumer you never fought for Asians in your entire life on any sort of real level in a mixed context Yeah, you have no idea what that means on any sort of real level, right? You can acknowledge that Shane Gillis is hilarious and his comedy muscles are amazing and it's great He should continue to be a millionaire Forever and ever funny. He should still acknowledge that this advocacy group Absolutely is well within its right to ask for an apology No, that's like saying to me the advocacy group is essentially like the police and then Shane Gillis is like a Known small-time drug dealer like the for example the police are always gonna check up on this drug dealer Whether or not they bust him and they're gonna bust his balls and keep tabs on them because that's what the police are supposed to do That's what the how that's how the whole dynamic works, right now Maybe I don't think Shane Gillis is a bad guy I mean ultimately I think he is a comedian. He does push the limits Apparently he has used the n-word in a jokingly way. I can't find a clip of it So if anybody has the clip of it, let me know because I just I'm just curious to see it because previously I'd been like if he uses it with the hard ER. He's not coming back from it He's no But I'm saying we said earlier people don't take things against Asians very seriously a lot of people don't sometimes even Asians don't Yeah, but ultimately guys, I mean, I think that if you're an advocacy group That represents for people in Chinatown, which the joke was specifically about Chinese people in Chinatown And it was a joke, but it was a harsh joke. I could see that being hurtful So of course this group is doing what they're supposed to do ultimately listen We're gonna get into the comment section and we're gonna talk about people disagreeing on this and that's fine You don't have to fully agree, but I would you should probably agree on this Podcasts are not the best platform to test super edgy jokes out on here's the thing podcasts Are not necessarily it's not a comedy setting necessarily I know a lot of people joke around on podcasts and Exercise things and go into characters, but I'm just letting you know that podcast kind of blur the lines between what is reality and joke When you go on stage at a comedy club those things are for sure jokes So that's why I would have preferred the harshest jokes be set on stage in front of people's faces To people's faces so that people know you're joking versus on a podcast somewhere. That's my opinion I mean listen if you use the worst racial slur for a group in The last five years you're getting in trouble right right right um anyways the truth is a lot of Asians They don't really know what it's like to fight for Asians in a sort of real way They just sort of like live their life even if their life is super Asian They just don't know what it's like to be a warrior on the battlefield in a lot of different contexts They've never been you know what I mean in a high school that mirrored like whatever prison dynamics Whatever I'm the truth is a lot of Asians and they have identities that they've bought into that They feel like transcend their Asian identity right so they're almost like more valuing their identity as like a fanboy of this thing Overbeing Asian and then they're leaving that comment from that perspective on the next shark page Right, so it's sort of like causing a lot of arguing back and forth And I really think that's the primary driver of it different people have lived different lives and seen really really Different people view Asian hate differently I think a most Asians were upset about it on some level at the peak of it But obviously some Asians were getting boots on the ground and patrolling Chinatown and had out there elder You know grandparents living in Chinatown, so they were fearing for their lives You know at one point and then there's so many Asians who are removed from it so obviously there's a lot of Asians who are removed from the pain or the Ridiculing of being Asian or the targeting of being Asian so there's a lot Everybody's on a different range Asians are not a monolith So you Asians who are getting but I almost have the worst understanding of the variance. Yeah. Yeah That's what I'm saying like listen it like if you're an Asian that's not offended by Shane Gillis That's fine. I'm not actually not disagreeing with you But also if you're an Asian who wants to fight against Shane Gillis and ask for an apology You do your thing too. Yeah, right all means I'll still watch Shane Gillis his clips because I do think he's funny But I'm also not gonna like his special was funny His special was really really funny, but literally if you go to ride for Shane Gillis over Asians and your Asians man, you got a question some of the Choices in your life to be honest. Um, somebody said you can make Asian fun of Asians because y'all are on the top You don't get to wine when you're winning it has a lot to do with like income numbers and stuff like that Here's the thing though. He was making fun of like poor Asians in Chinatown, which is more riddled by poverty Do you think people see that or is it like? You know I'm saying because there was a lot of people in the comment sections They're not from Chinatown, but they're defending his joke about people calling people in Chinatown the seaworth. Yeah So again, I mean it's kind of goes back to like What is he really making fun of you know, he's not making fun of the model minority Harvard From millionaire family Asians. He's not making fun of this other type of Asian He was making fun, you know what I mean So I guess it's hard because there is so many Asians in poverty But then there are so many the general narrative is that Asians are up, right? And then so you can't punch you you you like punching up is okay Well, it's confusing because it's like let's say you're actually trying to punch somebody's face But they have two faces one's high and one's low. So if you're punching down on the one face, it's like You're punching down technically. I don't know Let's just get into the main argument this guy said his name is yin of ace You guys act like a bunch of Asian old heads having said something racist against other cultures Am I the only one that isn't soft and doesn't care? This guy is from Omaha, Nebraska And he does seem like he's bought in a little bit into the redneck lifestyle But somebody else and then a bunch of guys more from the city and I think that are tatted up Got at him and been like man this guy's so soft He thinks he's strong and he'll let anybody just walk over us and laugh about it And it goes back and forth this other guy said I'm right there with you He was just joking this guy is also shotgunning beers and has an American flag on his truck So it looks like the Asian guys that have more adopted into the truck Budweiser culture are more going with Shane side some of the more street guys from the city going against it Well, guess what Asians have different perspectives, right? Right now I guess again, I think you'd ask Not that it fully matters, but I guess it does in this context who the people who care the most about Asians are probably going to Feel more offended and demand an apology more so than the Asians who are just like man I'm just Asian, but I'm just trying to live Right It's almost like the people who are just trying to live and then give Shane Gillis a complete hundred out of a hundred past I can see what they're trying to do Andrew. They want to live the best life for themselves Yeah, but these guys are also not fighting for Asians in a macro sense I guess in a weird way just shows the the split and the diversity amongst Asians David that we have these different that Asian guys Asian males primarily are arguing about this Because that's who they they would even care about Shane Gillis because they watch his comedy like Asian girls Do not watch Shane Gillis, but Asian guys of different ends are arguing about how offended they should be about Shane Gillis That's interesting. That's just interesting like A lot of times I don't ever like you said surprise people have different perspective due to different life goals different Geographic location different upbringings and just different like images that they see themselves with when they look in the mirror Someone said, you know, you have freedom of speech in this country, but you're not free of consequence He's just is facing the consequences of what happened. So it makes it No, that's a very matter-of-fact way of putting it right like he has the all the freedom to make all those jokes You know, everybody thinks Asians are free game There's some evidence to support that Asians were free game. He pushed it too far He got but so I was watching that video where he goes off the racist jokes There's still one clip on YouTube that shows it and I was going on the comment section of the video and it said Bro after watching several videos about him getting fired I finally found this clip and I'm so pissed at how tame it is Yes, and then someone goes especially since they together have said way worse stuff And so there's a lot of comments talking about how this clip from this podcast this old podcast Was not even the worst clip But it's the clip that's saved so I'm like I'm kind of curious to see the other stuff Oh, you're saying that apparently he there was way worse stuff that got apparently he has said the n-word in a joking way But there's no clip of it.   These were white guys that do not look that cool I do think that that's a lot of his fans. Yeah, and I do think they're like some of them are possibly even autistic themselves I'm serious. Yeah. Well, why do you think that? Shane just got such a rabid fan base. I Think he represents like I said the not the Matt Rife's who it just like the hot frat guy, right? He's not the Andrew Schultz, which is like the super cool guy. He's literally Like the shlubby dude at the town local bar, but way more accomplished way quick more prolific way more You know, I mean just a hyper elevated version up here. Listen guys Shane Gillis fans, I'll give you one I'll give you one that I can relate to you guys at Jeremy Lynn's peak during Linsanity You couldn't tell me nothing about Jay Lin There was a time I was riding with Jay Lin so hard even when I knew that he kind of like couldn't go left That good with his left hand I would you couldn't tell me nothing well because he meant so much Yeah, cuz I was just like man I just had never seen it and meant so much to me. So you're saying Shane Gillis is the white Jeremy Lin of comedy For these like white outcasts or whatever Yeah, but this like sort of like I'm not the Schultz Matt Rife perspective. Yes. I think so Um, of course, some people are saying if you don't like him. Just don't watch his specials It goes back and forth. This guy's funny. Nah, he's good. Can other Asians say nah He's good on behalf of all Asians.  I don't care what ratio. I hate it when Latinos do this I don't when any group does this Asians do it. How can one person be like nah, he's good in our book It doesn't make any sense. Who is our book? Well, who you can't speak for all Asians, I guess, right People were talking about Mark Wahlberg literally hospitalized the Asian guy now. He's a spokesperson for Jesus Oh, how come he did something way worse and people gave him the past. Here's the thing This is what I'm trying to tell people you can have opposing ideas in your mind I always was a fan of the way Mark Wahlberg ran his Hollywood career. He kind of treated it like rap music He brought his boys up sort of like LeBron in the sports world. I thought that was tight I really enjoyed entourage. I can say that by saying that young Mark Wahlberg was probably a racist a-hole I can hold those ideas simultaneously in my head. Yeah, and maybe he's changed I mean, maybe he is a completely different person than he was when he was like 17, you know, I mean that is fair To say but also it's also fair be like, yo, when you were 17, bro He was a problem. Yeah Why why does it seem like it's so impossible for people to understand that Shane Gillis can be hilarious Incredibly talented as a pure comedian and been completely wrong for saying that stuff about Asians at the same time. Yeah I think why is that those are compatible you can't hold it No, but I don't understand why it's not that different than people who commit crimes when they're younger or in their earlier years And then apologize and be like, you know what, you know, and they don't do it again Right, right. Yeah, it's just like that like he just like just because He's a comedian doesn't mean you can't commit Violations It was still a violation like I said, and I think he should have lost his job at snl at that time But since then that is fine that he has risen back up Got a fan base and now snl needs him I think that's totally fine to acknowledge and that that is the arc of things and you know, ultimately It's not wrong, right? Ultimately, here's my takeaway Andrew. There's a lot of people in the comments section Who have like never really fought for Asians, right? If you never really fought for Asians like at your school me and you we grew up in a very contentious Environment from elementary to middle school to high school. Sometimes it was more playful. Sometimes it got really crazy with the You know what I mean? I mean, we've even heard just racist things said in public and Defended Asians on their behalf, you know, not saying I fought 10 guys, but I'm just saying We've been in verbal spats Defending Asians in public, right? By the way, I'm not saying Asians are in the right 100 out of 100 times We can be wrong too this particular time I'm not going to tell the advocacy group to back off when they're doing their job defending Asians Yeah, yeah, what I personally think that this is like if they had limited political willpower And only one or two bullets to spend it on what I spend it on this one or two I'd have to take a look at what what what were the other options in the field But you know what I mean? It's in the it's in the middle zone, you know, it's right there It's a way to get their name out too. Yeah, you know, I'm saying I'm never going to go Against Asians defending Asians whether I fully agree with it to the same extent that they do or not You know what it is a lot of Asian some of the Asians who are going against other Asians for being offended they Feel like It makes Asians look weak and they want that validation too. So there's two reasons one They don't want to be a snowflake which I didn't understand that right? You don't want to be seen as overly sensitive But then there's this other side that I don't understand where the Asians are like Dude like They almost are defending Shane Gillis because in a weird way they like want his validation Right and they relate to his archetype, right? Yeah, and they think it's whack or uncool in America to stand up for Asians Right because they must have some perception Maybe possibly driven by their own experiences in their life that Asians don't struggle or that Asians are not going through anything Yeah, and they want that validation from Other people and they feel like that if they voice their opinion And they defend Asians then They lose validation in their American way. They'll get kicked out of the the dogs. They can't be part of the dogs anymore Yeah Yeah, listen guys man every Asian has a different perspective But some perspectives are more valid than others because you've seen more reps you've been through more things Other people who just you lived a quiet life of consumption somewhere in the middle of nowhere never really stood up for anything You can have your opinion by all means but I counted less Or maybe In their defense, I don't know any guys out there. Maybe they've physically fought people In defending Asians, but then when it comes to comedy, they're like, I don't care man People can say whatever they want. That could be a valid perspective. Hey, man. We tell Asians across the board I'm not just gonna be like a media guy. I'm telling Asians to defend themselves in IRL In their house, too So as long as you got a reason On why you feel that way you let us know in the comments down below Are you defending Shangela's? Are you defending comedy or are you defending this watchdog group? And that Shangela should apologize Either way you feel is valid. But why don't you let us know in the comments down below why have a good rationale Have a good rationale. Let us know what you think in the comment section below until next time. We're the hot boys. We out. Peace


Can acupuncture really help with migraine headaches? I mean, how is it possible that some of the strongest pharmaceuticals can provide even marginal relief sometimes and How is it that putting in a needle the size of a human hair would really do anything for serious migraines? Well in this video I want to share a couple pieces of research and the outcomes they found based on a meta analysis so a series of research that's been compiled into one and then analyzed and Take a look at what some of the outcomes have been regarding migraine headaches Hey, it's Alex Hine author of the health book master the day Now I've included the first link below is for a free PDF download Five daily rituals that can possibly help you add 10 years to your life with traditional Chinese medicine So you can check it out right there down below the video. So let's take a look at some of this research here really quick Now some of the research analyzed by the Cochrane collaboration found that Acupuncture was associated with a moderate reduction of headache frequency over no acupuncture. So over no treatment the no treatment group saw headache frequency go down by at least 50 percent in 17% of people that did no treatment. Okay, but in the acupuncture group it was almost triple that at 41% saw their headaches go down at least half or more now another series of studies there were 12 trials analyzed with 1,646 participants and a follow-up of 1,534 participants and they found that acupuncture was associated with a small but statistically significant frequency over sham Which we'll talk about in just a sec after treatment the headache frequency also went down by again 41% of the people and 50% specifically in the true acupuncture group and in the follow-up 53% had still had a reduced frequency of these migraine headaches now Here's a third study on acupuncture versus a conventional pharmacological treatment with a pharmaceutical drug Now in this study acupuncture reduced the migraine frequency significantly more than drug prophylaxis after treatment after three months the headache frequency went down at least 50% in 57% of the people receiving acupuncture Versus 46% receiving prophylaxis drugs and then after six months in 59% of people in the acupuncture group and 54% in the drug group Now what's interesting too is that these participants in the acupuncture group are less likely to drop out due to adverse effects and Even report side effects versus the prophylaxis drug group now Here's a final study coming out of Germany seeing how many days the frequency of headaches were reduced So let's say you had five days of headaches this month. How many days could that be reduced to? so in this study Between a baseline study in weeks 9 to 12 the number of days with a headache of moderate or severe intensity decreased by 2.7 from an average of 5.2 in the acupuncture group compared to the sham group compared to the weighting this group So the weighting this group only went down by literally 0.8 days versus the original of 2.2 now what's interesting that in this group They found no difference between the acupuncture and the sham acupuncture group Which is really interesting and we should talk about that right now so because in a double-blind study you need to have some kind of sham or a Control and then an experimental group, but how do you test that with acupuncture when you're literally putting a needle into somebody's skin? How could you possibly come up with a fake version of that now? Unfortunately, I can't access these papers, so I can't see what the sham was used But the problem is in many of these studies the sham used is for example acupuncture on the same channel But off the recommended points so not the proper points for a migraine headache the other sham often used is either putting in the needle very superficially or just on the surface of the skin or Being off the channel and in some point. That's not considered an acupuncture point So what's fascinating is that in one of these studies? The true acupuncture was only a little bit more efficacious than the sham again I don't know what it is. Sorry. I'll try to find out later and post it below, but here's what's really interesting Unfortunately Conventional researchers assume this to be an effective sham But there's a couple things that come up and a couple problems The first is that there's an entire section of Chinese medicine in Japan that uses non-insertive acupuncture They literally will put the needle on the surface of the skin and tap it there or twirl it gently on the acupuncture point Stimulated or it's so gentle that it just goes into the first superficial layer of two to three millimeters of the skin So that's a big problem in trying to study acupuncture with the sham The second is this idea of on the channel, but not the right point or off the channel Why is that sometimes working as effective as the true acupuncture in one of these studies to me being off? The point means very little because in a lot of traditional lineages again, Japanese Burdian therapy Wang Juyi a physician who lived in Beijing has a whole book a textbook called applied channel theory where he emphasizes Just stimulating the channel not the points to me if the channels really are whether it is something physiological or it's Bioelectricity if the goal is to wake up the whole channel so to speak the circulation in the whole channel Then the point itself is a lot less important than choosing the right channel And there are a lot of physicians whose primary goal is to find the right channel and have that treatment approach But what about being off the channel? How would that? Actually reduce the myriad headache does that mean acupuncture's BS? Ultimately, I don't know but what I can say is that it's interesting that people believe that if it's off the acupuncture point There is no acupuncture point there that it somehow devalues acupuncture To me saying that there's no acupuncture point there is like saying there's no blood circulation there if acupuncture is Strongly tied to the activity of circulation and if a lot of what it does is increase the circulation Then there's pretty much no point in your body that circulation is an access so saying that Putting a point using a needle off the point off the channel in some ridiculous spot How could that prove that acupuncture is not a placebo to me? All it proves is that the body is a unified system and that acupuncture on some level has a global effect Maybe the global effective acupuncture is purely that it helps the body get into parasympathetic mode And that there's some kind of global relaxation of the nervous system regardless of where you place a needle I could see that happening, but again This is just conjecture some thoughts on my end and some opinions But either way some interesting research coming out of Cochrane collaboration Which usually looks at meta-analyses of all these randomized control trials So just some interesting food for thought as well as what all these shams are that are being used for acupuncture So I hope now maybe if you've been experiencing migraine headaches specifically the study comparing acupuncture and the sham versus Conventional pharmacological therapy. I thought that was pretty interesting especially a lot of people do take some pretty heavy-hitting drugs because the migraines can induce vomiting or light sensitivity or They need to be in their room for two days So maybe it's an option you want to consider maybe not but that's up for you to judge Again, the first link in the description is for a free PDF download Five daily rituals that can possibly help you add ten years to your life with traditional Chinese medicine So check it out down there below and then check out my related video on this exact topic right over here