So we have some breaking news regarding the WTA Finals location and it's official that they are going to Saudi Arabia at the end of the year. In fact, they'll be in Saudi Arabia for the next few years. Let's go over look over on Twitter at what the WTA had to say about moving the WTA finals this year. That's what they had to say over on Twitter. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia will host the next three editions of the WTA Finals from 2024 to 2026. The 2024 season ending finals will take place November 2nd to 9th, featuring the top eight singles players and doubles teams in the race of the WTA Finals. Some more details regarding it as well, thanks to Stuart Frazier over on Twitter. He says one of the worst kept secrets in tennis has at last been confirmed. The WTA Finals are heading to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in a three-year deal from 2024. Record prize money of 15.25 million on offer to the players. Also goes on to say the move to Saudi Arabia defies the wishes of Martina Navratilova and Chris Ebert, who jointly penned an article about their concerns. WTA has spoken to both to explain its position, while calls have been held between Saudi officials and active players. So there it is, they're going to be playing for the next three years in Saudi Arabia, and it is a bit of a controversial thing. Of course, last year they were meant to play at the WTA Finals there. They obviously didn't go there in the end. A few players last year had their concerns whether or not they should be playing at this venue and in this country in particular, but it seems like there's a lot of players that are in support of it. Anshaba is stoked to be going to Saudi Arabia. She really wants to support Arab tennis and Arab women, especially, and is really excited to go there if she does qualify. So it's going to be interesting over the next couple of months. Let me know down in the comments below. Do you like the fact they're going to Saudi Arabia? Do you not like the fact they're going to Saudi Arabia for the WTA Finals? Remember, it's not just this year. It'll be for the next three years. I'm just glad that we have a venue, because remember the last couple of seasons they've left to the last minute. So it's nice to see that we're actually nowhere we're going come April already. So we've got six months to get ready for the WTA Finals. But the WTA Finals have set their place. They're going to be in the Saudi Arabia for the next three years.


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This is ThinkTech Hawaii. Community Matters here. It's all about global connections. I'm Jay Fiedel. This is ThinkTech Global Connections. And with me is my co-host, essentially, Carol Mon-Lee. Hi, Carol. Hi, Jake. Welcome back from Alaska. Yeah, I managed to get back. It's all about travel, you know. Travel is broadening, and you've got to keep on traveling. Even if you don't really want to, you still have to keep on traveling for so many reasons. And I think people in Hawaii, they need to know that. They need to get out. Otherwise, we, as a community, we are less aware about what goes on. We have to go to Europe. We have to go to mainland, certainly. We have to go to, we have to go to, we have to go everywhere. And one of the places that seems to be du rigor these days, I mean that in every sense of the word, is Alaska. And the funny thing is, when I told you that I was planning to go Alaska, you told me that you were also planning to go Alaska, and like one week apart. Exactly. Same, same idea with the cruise ship, and for that matter, the same cruise line, and for that matter, the same ship. Unbelievable. You're reading my mind again. Right. Same itinerary. But I was in a different suite. I was in 9048. Do you remember your suite number? Your cabin number? Oh, 9048 is terrific. Yeah. Yeah, we were in 4302. Okay. 4203, whatever, 4203. That's right next to the waterline. If the thing sank, we'd be the first ones to go. Oh my goodness, okay. Well, you knew where the life boats were, right? On deck six. On deck six, our station was G. What was your station? M. Okay. Now, she's talking about a muster station. And, you know, pursuant to solace, that's the safety of life at sea convention, which I think is an outcropping of the Titanic way back a hundred years ago with the Coast Guard and trying to save lives at sea. They had this convention. And one of the things the convention requires, as adopted by the U.S., is that you've got to have, and the Coast Guard has regulations on this, is that you've got to have a muster drill. And that's what we did. That's what you did, and that's what I did. And it's actually before the ship sailed. Right. So if the ship sails at nine o'clock, at eight o'clock, pencils down, forks and knives down, if you're having dinner, and you've got to go and do muster. They were pretty serious about it, weren't they? Absolutely. But I think that's comforting, don't you think? Yeah.  It's the one you can walk around the whole ship, you know, 360 degrees. And I think it's 1500 feet all around. And if you walk three times or so, you get to walk a mile. There's a plaque, and I don't know if you notice, there's a plaque that says that. And so after every meal, it was our commitment, my wife and me, that we should walk around, we didn't walk a mile, but we walked at least once in order to, you know, digest and not be sedentary, because it's easy. Am I right? It's easy to be sedentary. Very easy. And actually, that deck, part of the deck was reserved for runners. Did you notice the right side was for runners? Running. And that's the deck where they had the muster drill. And so you remember that because you pass under your letter every time you walk around. Oh, gee, I know, gee, that's what I'm supposed to be. So anyway, you know, cruising, the last time I cruised was 50 years ago. And that was an allurelline, yeah. And I didn't really know what to expect. And, you know, if you asked me, you know, two weeks ago what to expect, I couldn't have answered the question. And I bet it's the same with you. You imagine things, but you don't know how it works. There's so many details. So many things you'll have to know and follow and learn. So many things you have to check every day. You've wrote all your brochures. There's a lot of written material involved. A lot of information. It's not that easy. You have to follow the schedule, the ship schedule. You have to make reservations in the various restaurants and for the entertainment and all that. Right. And not only that, there were a lot of announcements that were made from a loud speaker, but the loud speaker did not project into each cabin. It was only outside. And once in a while I would hear this voice. Quick open the door. But who would want to do that? I was, you know, reading or something. And so I think we missed a lot. Yeah, right. It's true. Yeah. We caught it once in a while when we heard the sound, we quick open the door and hear something. But, you know, it's challenging because if you don't do anything, you could just, you know, get to be a couch potato or an eating potato as a case, maybe you're going to get bored. And I think part of part of this experience is not to get bored. You have to be, you know, you have to acclimate yourself to the life on the ship. Right. Well, the Alaska cruise and everybody has said since I've gone and actually before I went that this is really being able to see Alaska from a ship is really one of the most beautiful cruises in the world. And part of it is because there's so many stops along the way as opposed to along ocean cruise where you don't get to get off the ship and you may have three, four, five days on a ship and not see anything but blue ocean. And then you are really fending for yourself to entertain yourself. At least here we stopped, you know, you and I both our ships stopped in four ports. Yeah. And that's good because they're not all the same and they show you what Alaska is like. And there are certain common denominators that you saw in each port that were a little surprising to me about how Alaska works as a state, as a community. It's, it's not like Hawaii at all. You know, it's, it's a lot of mountains. It's a lot of trees, a lot of trees, green trees all over those mountains, steep mountains. Mountains you could never really walk on. You'd have to, you'd have to climb inch by inch to get up those mountains.  Well, it was really cold. My wife had a pair of gloves. She was wearing the gloves every day and it was overcast and it was fog and rain, sometimes heavy rain. And so, I mean, it's not, you know, I know there are beautiful views out there, but we didn't see a lot of them because for most of our trip, only day we had sun was the last day pulling into Vancouver. Yes. The last day. But otherwise, you know, you had to live in this sort of imperfect environment where you couldn't see it. And I guess that's okay. That's, that's the way it is. Well, and you know, we both traveled in July and we've been told that July is actually the warmest month to visit Alaska. It was lovely from, you know, just to see the vastness and the beauty of the mountains and the water and the wilderness and, but coming from Hawaii is a shock as to how cold it is every day. Yeah. Yeah. It was cold every day and after a while you get used to it and you tend to spend, you know, if you're outside and you go through those big wooden doors, these big wooden or sometimes sliding doors to get from, say, the promenade deck inside, the temperature variation is like 20 degrees, maybe more. And it's really lovely to come inside from cold. But most of our time, I'm sure the same with you was spent inside, not outside. Right. Absolutely. The ship, of course, had a pool and jacuzzi. See anybody? Well, not until the very last day did we even dare to venture out onto the deck with the pool and the jacuzzi. We didn't even dare because it was so cold and overcast until the last day. And as you say, that last day we're already heading down to our Vancouver where it's warmer and, you know, it's sunnier. So but I understand that particular ship in the winter months goes down to Central or South America. So that would be easier. But there are, you know, a number of jacuzzi's there, a number of pools. And as you say, the last day people were out there, especially the kids, and they had a lot of stuff for kids. It wasn't overwhelming for kids. I didn't feel that, you know, kids are underfoot or anything like that. No, they have a kids camp. They have kids camp and they have kids walking around with counselors and and there's a basketball court and various things like that. So they try to, you know, do it for everybody. I thought the entertainment was pretty good, actually. They had, did you see this? I saw a couple of the shows. Yeah. Yeah. Variety shows. Variety shows, right. There was a comedian, a woman comedian. There was an evening of the staff, the inter, the international staff from the ship itself, dancing and singing. And, you know, it varied in terms of ability, but it was fun to watch. The Variety show, which featured a lead who was actually very modest, she would never admit that she was the lead, but you knew she was. Her name was Shari. Shari. Ooh, you'll come to me. Shari. Shari. I'll think of the last name later, but it was a French name. And she was actually a professional out of Chicago. Singer. Singer and dancer. Variety. And they had about 10 people in the cast. I don't know if you saw this. No, I didn't see that one. It was excellent. So much so that we went back and saw it again. But the comedy, the comedy was interesting. There's one guy by the name of Ziegfeld. I'm not kidding. Ziegfeld was his name. Michael Ziegfeld. Ridiculous. Who was very funny. Funny in the sense that he would engage with the audience. He'd walk right up with his microphone and he'd find something amusing to say with no matter who he talked to. And you've got to be good for that. And then there was a guy the next night, Sam, something. And Sam was gross. Gross. Gross. And we met some of the people on the ship and they were really puritanical people. They were Trumpers and came from the south and all that, just very on the right wing side.  Well, she would have really hated Sam. Even me. I was getting uncomfortable with Sam. So how about the food? Did you like the food? I felt that the food was it was prepared in a central kitchen somewhere. Yes. And it was a lot of similarities between restaurants. It was supposed to be different. Yeah.  What's going on here? Well, I thought what surprised me was here we are in Alaska, where fresh fish is everywhere, bountiful. And the four, the stops that we made, the towns that we made, they're noted for their catch, fresh halibut and fresh salmon. But whenever there was salmon on the menu, we would ask, yeah, they said, well, it's frozen. There's no fresh, fresh, fresh meats or fish.  Well, you can't. But here we are in Alaska. You have to buy from just anyone. And you have to buy in bulk. Right. And so I thought they were slightly, you know, over-concerned about hygiene.  And I think they probably have had some bad experiences because if somebody catches something on a ship where everybody's in such proximity like that, wow, the whole ship will be sick in no time at all. Right. Yeah. Yeah. Well, the way the ships work, which I hadn't realized is that there are the main dining rooms, right, that the price of your ticket includes, of course, all your meals, breakfast, lunch and dinner. But no liquor doesn't include an open bar at all. But if you want to have a special meal, there are, I think, four or five special restaurants in Italian, French, steak, Japanese. Brazilian. Oh, yes, right. And those you have to pay a premium for. So you have to sign up in advance. Yeah. So it's like going to a restaurant. Although it was relatively cheap. Well, it was like half the cost of a regular restaurant outside. Except you've already paying for your regular meal, right? Right. So that's why it's cheap. Yeah. So it seems cheap, but actually it's just an add-on to what you've already paid for your regular meal. Well, we did that two or three times, yeah. We did that, yeah. And, you know, it was a cut above in the sense of the dining experience. But restaurants were, you know, they were ubiquitous on the ship. Right. You could stumble into them all day long. Well, I think for families, that's what I think the appeal, great appeal for cruises, because there are so many families. And so where you're bringing maybe grandma and grandkids, then you have a variety. You can have, you know, french fries and hamburgers. And at the same time, grandma can get served a regular meal and, you know, everybody's happy and nobody's afraid of somebody getting lost or anything because they're all on the ship. So I think we met a group of 52 people who were there for a wedding anniversary for one of the family members. 52. 52, yeah. Expensive wedding anniversary. Yeah. And they were all having a great old time. But a lot of groups, people family, traveling in groups, families. It's better to travel in groups, isn't it? Yeah. Well, yeah, for something like that, it makes a lot of sense because you're all together and yet you're not on top of each other. You're not in the same state room or in the same deck. Right. But you can get together pretty easily. We're going to take a short break and when we come back and we're going to talk about, you know, I would like to talk about the diversity on these ships, because diversity is really everywhere on these ships in every capacity. That's Carol Monalie. She's co-host today on Global Connections and we're talking about what the inside passage in Alaska, well, exciting. We'll be right back. This is Think Tech Hawaii, raising public awareness. You're watching Think Tech Hawaii, which streams live on ThinkTechHawaii.com, uploads to YouTube, and broadcasts on cable OC16 and Olelo 54. Great content for Hawaii from Think Tech. Aloha. My name is Steven Phillip Katz. I'm a licensed marriage and family therapist and I'm the host of Shrinkwrap Hawaii, where I talk to other shrinks. Did you ever want to get your head shrunk? Well, this is the best place to come to pick one. I've been doing this. We must have 60 shows with a whole bunch of shrinks that you can look at. I'm here on Tuesdays at 3 o'clock every other Tuesday. I hope you are too. Aloha. Okay, we're back. We're on the other side now. We're going to talk about the diversity on the ship before we go to our slideshow. You do want to see our slideshow, trust me. The selected slides. There's not all the slides. So, diversity. A lot of diversity. I noticed that the minute I was on the board. So, are you talking about passengers or staff and crew? All of the foregoing. Mm-hmm. Is that true? Mm-hmm. Great. I mean, every language. Every language in the world. Mm-hmm. A lot of South American, Mexican, a lot of that. A lot of European was there. A lot of Asian was there. From all countries, Chinese was there. Mm-hmm. Okay, and I guess the, what do you call it, Norwegian cruise lines knows that. So, they mirror image their passenger base with their staff. And they recruit everywhere, everywhere. I was so amazed. You get to talk to the staff, how they function, how they work. We talk to some of the staff, and it's interesting, they are on contract. So, they're on contract for eight months. And at eight months, they don't have a day off. They're on, cruise is going up and down, Alaska up and down. And they may get time off during the day, in between their responsibilities. And as each ship lands in a town or a city, they may be able to get off. But in general, they don't really have a full day off where they can go home, because of course they're miles and miles away from home.  And we talked to people who had been doing that for five, 10 years. So it's an interesting life. Not a bad life. Yeah, it's an interesting life. When you're young without maybe as many obligations to be on a ship and get to travel around the world and meet all sorts of people. Yeah. And they're paid well. I can't say exactly what that means, but they get room and board for free, and then they get money. Some kind of salary or eight-month contract. So that works pretty well, actually, as a style of life. What interested me probably more than anything else was this thing about the entertainers. The entertainers came from everywhere. So we followed two bands, okay? Two bands. Bands. Uh-huh. Did you dance? They played it in a lounge on the, I guess it was the fifth deck or the sixth deck. Oh, okay. And no, we didn't dance, no, no. We left that for the younger people, older people. They were both younger and older. So one of them was an Italian band. Italian. All four of them. There were four in this band. They all played Italian music all day. And they were charming. And there's a market for that. Uh-huh. Another was a Spanish band from Spain. But actually, one of them was from Venezuela, which was Argentina. Sorry, Argentina. And Venezuela has its trolls right now. And they were also charming. And they have a great gig. It was a kind of boyfriend-girlfriend combination, two of them. And it's a great way to spend time. I agree. This is a real benefit. If you're free and you can get away like that. So you have the passengers, tremendous diversity. You have the entertainers, tremendous diversity. And you have the staff in general. True. Although I would say that the plurality of it was Filipino. Yes, it seemed to be. And I mean, but it was everybody else too. Right. And there were a lot of Indians, as you know. A lot of Indians, both in the staff and the passenger base. I'll tell you one thing that surprised me. I don't know if you felt this is that the amount of marketing, for instance, there's a art gallery on the ship and a major push to sell diamonds. Now, I don't recall this at all as a market that would seem to make sense. Then it was pointed out to me, well, when you're on a ship for as many days, seven days and nights, and if you're walking around and nothing else to do between meals, looking at art, I guess, is something that people with suddenly having time would do. And so there's a big promotion to sell art. Personally, I didn't think the art was very high quality, but it's something that I had never thought of. And the other thing was. There's an art auction there. Yeah. So he was actually doing an auction. And he was the manager of art auctions. That was his title, that guy. Yeah, it's a picture of somebody. Peter Max. Peter Max. Oh, those are the posters. Peter Max used to do posters in the 60s and 70s. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. Anyway, I believe that that's all intended to try to avoid the boredom, because if you stay inside, it's cold outside, you can't get off the ship for a day or two at a time. You need things to keep you active. And so art auctions and sales, jewelry, diamonds, watches. You see the watches? Yeah. Invict the watches. I don't know if it's that good, but watches. So did you buy? Did you buy anything? Not a thing. No. No, did you? I bought some postcards. No. All the way. Let's see some photographs and try to describe our little slideshow here. There's my wife. You can see she's wearing gloves and she's freezing. She's wearing a hood and a jacket and all buttoned up. We can barely see her chin and that she's on deck six, right? She's right. That's the promenade deck where you can walk or jog around if you like. Hi, Sharon. And that's me at the muster drill. Putting on a yellow life vest with a crewman. The staff was so friendly, they would take a photograph with you anytime. Okay, and this is the staff at one of those restaurants. I can't remember which one it was. Looks like Seven Seas. Seven Seas, yeah. Okay. And they were so friendly. They were really dolls and they were whatever you wanted. Let's see more. There's plenty more here. We are going to see more. I know we're going to see more. More slides. They're coming soon. Rich, here we go. There's the deck with the swimming pool. Nice overcast day. Yeah, a nice regular overcast day. But behind that door over to the left is the restaurant. It's a huge restaurant. It was a garden restaurant. I think it was called? Garden Cafe. Garden Cafe. Yeah, and if you notice everybody, and there's another picture with dozens of people. This is the glacier. This is the glacier and of course everybody's wearing dark jackets and hoods and, you know, long pants. I picked this picture because I wanted to try to demonstrate how high the glacier was. That, you know, you can't really tell. This is at the fan tail of the ship and you can't really tell, A, how close we were. We were very close to the glacier. It almost gave me concern. And B, the glacier was like 400 feet high. This is not a small glacier. And C, I don't have a video of it. But part of the glacier came down. It's called calving. Calving. Calving. It's calving. Is that a verb? Yes, to calve. Yes. And is this the Hubbard Glacier? Yes. This was Hubbard. Yes. This is the first glacier and the ship goes as close to it as it can so we can see it. And it's right in the water. It's just dropping fresh water into the ocean. And, you know, this is a moment in time. Here we are in 2017 seeing this picture of it where 10 years ago it was much bigger, larger, taller, and in another 10 years it was going to be smaller. Yeah. Yes. And you could see the sides of it were all, you know, soil and rocks. You could see that it was shrinking and you could watch it. You could watch it shrink. Okay, we've got more pictures. I know they're coming. They're coming soon. All right. There's Annabelle's, you know. And there's Sharon. And there's Sharon. All bundled up again. This was in, this was in the last stop. Ketchikan? This is in Ketchikan. Aha. The rest can. In Ketchikan is, talk about diamonds. Half of Ketchikan is diamond stores. Exactly. I don't understand. Are diamonds mined in Alaska? No. No. So they come from some other place and tourists are going to come because, of course, these towns, main industry is tourism. These big ships that come in and sometimes four or five ships at a time unloading eight, 10,000 people at a time. And they're selling diamonds. I just found that as opposed to gold. It's hard to imagine. And it's not only in Ketchikan, but it was also in Juno. Yes, in Juno. Big, big diamonds. Store after store after store. And the other place, what was the other place? Well, we stopped in Icy Straits. Yeah, Icy Straits. No diamonds there. There was an Indian island. Skagway had diamonds. Skagway had diamonds. All right. Skagway, Juno and Ketchikan. All with the diamonds. And we're not talking about just one or two on a block. We're talking about everything on a block is diamonds. And Cheerios also, Alaskan Cheerios. But it struck me that this is ridiculous. They're not indigenous to Alaska. Well, it would be like if Hawaii had a diamond market. It just isn't a place that people are going to come to buy diamonds. So my wife asked one of these diamond merchants, you know, do you stay here during the winter? What happens? And the diamond merchant said, no, we close up. We leave the premises.  It could be anywhere. And we open another diamond store on the cruise ship route. We follow the cruise ships. And there are places you can rent over that period, whatever it is, six or eight months, where the cruise ships are coming in and sell you diamonds. And then you move on for the next season. Now I understand more. Right. But for some reason, people are wild about diamonds. I don't know. I think it's kind of, I don't understand it. But let's talk a little bit about the town. So the first stop was called Icy Straight Point. And actually, I guess it's a private town that is only open during the season, which is. It's owned by the Klinkett. Klinkett, Alaskan native. I don't know if they call them, they don't call them tribes. I think they call them communities. It's an Indian tribe. Yes. And it's only open during the season. That means when ships come in to port, which is between. Oh, it's beautiful. Did you notice the incredible improvements they've made? Oh, beautiful town. The steer gangway goes on for hundreds of feet. And the waterfront. And the waterfront and the tourist houses and restaurants. It's really beautiful. Very, very nice. Somebody put a lot of money into this. So I asked Harry. Harry is my buddy there. He's one of the Klinkett guys. He was a security man. I really liked it. We talked to him both coming and going. And Harry said, well, it's a corporation of Indians that owns the town. And he was a stockholder, a shareholder. And there were other shareholders, too. I asked everybody, are you a shareholder? They all were shareholders. Members of the tribes, those things. And he said, well, we got the money from loans, but also from the state of Alaska who gives money or who loans money in order that the tribes can do this kind of thing. Klinkett is one of the big tribes in Alaska. Right. And I don't know about the winter. Maybe they do nothing in the winter. No, they close up and a lot of them come to Hawaii. Yes. That's right. No. Yes, it's true. But I see straight point is definitely a success story because a lot of the tribes, as we know, may open, whether it's gambling casinos or just haven't been able to thrive. But because they use their money invested in this kind of entrepreneurial opportunity to bring in tourists to build the ports so that ships could dock and then unload massive number of tourists like us to spend money. When I was in Ashley Straight Points, I took a cooking class with Kamali Schultz. Right. I learned that well. Alaska cooking class. Salmon dip. And I watched, we grilled halibut and salmon and Sherry Broder and Ned Schultz went on a hike. And then we took a lovely. Beautiful, beautiful. We went on a lovely tram ride around the coast to see where the salmon was caught. I had the best salmon in my life in the last port. Ketchikan. Ketchikan. At Annabelle's, you saw the picture. That was unbelievable. It was too bad the ship didn't have salmon of that quality. It was really, really fabulous. But I wanted to get to a couple of main conclusions on this. Number one, we're talking about the investment that the clinkets made in order to build this Indian center there. Gee whiz, Hawaii doesn't have anything like that. No. For that matter, the ship terminal at Aloha Tower is nothing compared to the ship terminal for the Norwegian cruises. Nothing. It's beautiful. Both at both ends, even in the starting point. Sewer. Sewer. Nothing fishing town, but they got this really nice terminal. And at the Vancouver end, oh, it was beautiful. Right. We don't have that. Why don't we have that? And they have, but I don't know whether it's a Jones Act or what. I guess, see, the Jones Act says you have to have an American ship with an American crew and American, something else. Three things, American ship, American crew, and American flag in order to go between inter-coastal ports. Well, we went to three, four inter-coastal ports. And there was an Norwegian flag. I don't know how they deal with the Jones Act problem. There must be some solution there. But what struck me is that they were over a season and over years, they were delivering virtually millions of tourists to these towns that had really no significant industry aside from that. Oil is a little slow in that part of Alaska. Fishing is a big deal, but relative to tourism, fishing is peanuts. You know, that's what they got. Right. Well, Ice Strait Point used to have a salmon cannery, but it's long since closed. And now tourism is its main industry. So we're talking about millions of tourists coming by. I don't know where we missed the boat, literally missed the boat, but Hawaii could be just like all of those places. Hawaii with stops on all the islands by foreign flag vessels like Norwegian cruises with a foreign crew and all that. I don't know why we haven't done that. I don't know why we haven't improved our facilities. I don't know why we don't have millions of people. You know, as a destination port, it's much better for you not to have to have the hotels and infrastructure. It's all provided on the ship and the tourists come off the ship and they buy diamonds or whatever. They just lay money all over the community. Of course, the type, the geography is so different. And as you know, Juno, the capital of the state, which only has a population of 30,000, which still is kind of mind-boggling when you think of the state capital as only a small population. But the only ways to get to Juno are either by air or by ship, by water, by ship or ferry. You can't drive to the state capital. So the shipping abilities are much more important than for us because we have so many, you know, the ability to travel by plane. That's, you know, most people come. Well, last I heard you couldn't drive between here and Mali. We can't, but, you know, taking a ship from the West Coast to Hawaii takes too many days to make it efficient. So flying is really... It's certainly a different place. It's really the wild, the wilderness. It was beautiful. The last American wilderness. Maybe the last wilderness in the world that's right there. And you can see it eroding as you take the ship. And that's why it's such a precious holiday. Take a look at that and feel the wildness of it and feel the, you know, the beautiful nature, unspoiled nature. So that made it worthwhile all on itself. Absolutely, right. And we were visitors, respectful visitors to that place. What was your favorite port? My, you know, I think... Actually, I liked a little bit about each of them. And in Juno, we visited a museum called the Walter Soboloff Museum, which had some wonderful native art. That was really inspiring. As I mentioned, in Icy Strait's point, getting to grill some fresh salmon and halibut.  She said, oh, I've never had your cooking. This was my one opportunity to actually make something for her. And Ketchikan, lovely, lovely town. And then, of course, in... I guess it was Ketchikan. We went up to the, no, Skagway, White Pass Yukon Route train, which goes up where the bold minds would say yes. And lovely views and very desolate and, you know. So, no, I think I enjoyed every stop for different reasons. They all had their strong points. Common denominators all around. But the trip would not have been complete with any one of them that you had to see. And we did. We saw all the major points along the road from that fur place again. The first place? The first place. Icy Strait point. Starting, starting. Oh, Seward. Seward, Seward's Folly. South of Anchorage. Uh-huh. So all in all, it was very interesting. It was a getaway of its own sort. And you had a chance to, you know, be removed and remote for a little while. Right. And so a snapshot of Alaska in 2017. Thank you, Carol. Yeah. Well, thank you, Jay. I'm glad you're back, though. We missed you. Nice to be back. Okay. Oh, there's my picture. Oh, nice. Look at that, will you? That's very nice. Off to Fantail, proceeding southeast.


In this video, we're going to learn how to use data table to let us investigate what happens when we change two variables. Remember, we looked at goal seek. Goal seek allows you to look at changing one variable on your outcome. Here we're going to change two variables. And we're going to change the quantity, Q, and the demand, D. When you're setting up a data table, you need to arrange it something like this. Across this column, I've got my quantities. And I want to check the differences between 3,600 to 4,400 increasing by 200 each time. And of course, these values can be whatever is appropriate for your particular model. My row variable, as this is called, I want to check demands ranging from 3,400 to 4,400, again increasing by two. At the intersection here, we need to have the variable, the objective that we're interested in. In this case, it's my profit, and I select my profit sale there so that I'm linking my data table to my profit. Now, how are we going to change these values? Well, we're going to use the data table tool. We need to start by selecting this entire range starting from your objective function, in this case the profit, including your column variable and your row variable values, not the labels, just the values. And then we go to data, back to what if, and select data table. And we get a little dialog box there. We need to input the variables we're going to change. And our row input cell, this is the row, is demand. So I want to select that cell. My column is quantity, so I'll select that cell. And I'm going to click OK. And as quick as that, it calculates the profit for these combinations of demand and quantity. Now, I've added a little trick there. I like to use conditional formatting to help me see what's going on here. And conditional formatting is pretty straightforward. I don't know if you know how to do that. You just go to home, go to conditional formatting, highlight rules. Well, first of all, you've got to select the cells you want to do that on. Conditional formatting, color scales, and I'm just going to pick that one again. And it goes from smallest values over here and red to the highest values in green, kind of a logical scale. And you can see that if we buy more quantity, 36, then demand, we have a low price there because they can only sell whatever the demand is. And as they buy more than that demand, they go smaller and smaller and smaller profit. And obviously, the more the demand and the more you buy, the higher the profit is going to be. So the best solution in this case would be to buy 4,400 if the demand is 4,400. So that's how to use data table. And it's a very useful tool when you have two variables you want to change and see what their impact is on your objective function.


Every year, since 2006, Geneva has played host to a key conference on technology and development. It's called the World Summit on the Information Society Forum and it's hosted by the International Telecommunication Union based here in Geneva. It is the largest annual gathering of its kind. 1500 delegates from more than 100 countries will come together here and at the neighbouring World Intellectual Property Organisation to work on the best way to implement the WISIS Action Lines. That is, those strategies adopted at the original summits held in Geneva in 2003 and Tunisia in 2006. At its heart, the aim of the summits and conferences is a simple one. Creating an information society for all. But just how does this forum contribute to that goal? Well, that's a question I put to Huling Zhao, Secretary-General of the ITU. Over the last ten years, we have achieved a lot. Today, among 7.3 billion population, we almost have 7.3 billion mobile subscriptions. Ten years ago, nobody can imagine that way. So that is a marvellous achievement. And we also have one-third of population already online. So this is also a marvellous achievement. We are talking about information society and we really enjoy the information we can access. This is marvellous. So, that's the message from the head of the ITU, Huling Zhao. But who are the delegates coming to this WISIS Conference 2015? And what do they expect? I come to this summit to find people, to collaborate with us and to help people in Cameroon with materials education. I'm here because this is the most important congress or meeting of ministers in telecommunications of the information society, which is so important for our development for the world in general. And also to celebrate ITU's 150th birthday. We're very happy with that. ITU has made a great contribution in over a century to the development of telecommunications and communications in the world and so we would like to stress that and celebrate that occasion. I expect from the WISIS Forum this year more opportunities to spread the gospel of the global partnership in professionalism. I've been coming to WISIS for the past ten years when it started having great aspirations and hope that technology was going to change the world. And over the last ten years I've seen how much things have happened and progressed and it's a wonderful opportunity for people to exchange ideas and share their experiences with each other to make technology really work. So today we've heard from delegates arriving here at the WISIS Forum of 2015 and learned about their approaches and expectations to this conference. In coming days we'll learn more about how they and their colleagues at meetings like this one plan to address the issue of opening the information society to everyone.


Welcome to the Unit 5 review for Strategic Project Management. My name is Dr. Lucinda Stanley. For the past few units, we've been looking at the phases of the project management lifecycle. We'll continue that here in Unit 5. But first, a bit of a reminder of how this works. There are seven units in this course. In Unit 1, we learned what a project is, who makes the decision to take a project on, and what the triple constraint theory is. In Unit 2, we were introduced to the project lifecycle. In Unit 3, we looked at the initiating phase. In Unit 4, we looked closely at what goes into planning a project once it's been chosen. So in Unit 5, we're going to look at executing or implementing the project now that we have a plan. There are a number of learning outcomes for Unit 5. The first one is all about creating an effective project team. Managing a successful project is not just about getting to the finish line. It's about how you can assemble and work with a team who has together a project there as efficiently as possible. Understanding how teams work together and putting processes in place to facilitate communication and collaboration is going to be a big factor in keeping a project working within the triple constraint. Speaking of the triple constraint, once the project is underway, it's easy to get caught up in the day-to-day activities and forget to keep an eye on the budget, the schedule, or the scope of the project. A good project will refer back to the planning documents to ensure that the project is still in line with the original plan. If it's not, the project manager and their team need to have in place controls that will help them manage things that need to be changed from the original plan. Project management isn't just about the project team that has been assembled who have the skills required to complete the project. It's also about managing the other stakeholders of the project, anyone who has an interest in the outcome of the project and how they will impact the project needs to be kept in the loop and having good interpersonal skills will help those relationships run smoothly. Risk management is a necessary reality in managing a project. Having a risk assessment and plans for dealing with risks laid out in the planning process will help minimize the impact of known risks, which gives the project team more time to deal with the risks that weren't predicted. Not only do we want our projects to come in on time and under budget, we want the work product to be of high quality so that all the stakeholders are happy with the outcome. Getting back to risk management once again, project managers keep an eye on risk factors to see how they will impact the scope, schedule, or budget. A risk factor that will have minimal impact on our triple constraint isn't as high a priority as a factor that could potentially derail the entire project. Just a reminder about why learning outcomes are important. Every resource in the course can be tied back to one of the learning outcomes, which means that all assessments, including the final exam, are directly linked to the learning outcomes. Once you get to the end of the course, review the learning outcomes and see which ones you feel comfortable with that you know. If there's some that you're not sure about, it's a good idea to go back to the units that cover that outcome and review the material. This will ensure that you have all the knowledge you need to be successful in the exam. So in this unit, we'll look at some definitions and review some concepts based on the learning outcomes. Well, you'll find many more vocabulary words in the study guide. In this review, we're going to concentrate on these few. So keep an ear or eye out for them as they come up. Remember this graphic from the Unit 2 review? As we noted in Unit 3, we're going to be seeing this over and over in the next few units as we look at each of the five processes of the project lifecycle. Initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling and closing. So in this unit, we're looking at executing the project. But notice that there's also an arrow that goes back to planning, which means that we are going to go back to the planning stage, either to finish what we hadn't finished before we started the project or to make adjustments to our original plan. One of the most important duties of a project manager is to build an effective team. There's a lot that goes into building a team, finding people with required skills, understanding the goals of the project, building trust and accountability. First, every member of the team must have the skills needed to complete the project. That isn't to say that all team members start at the same time. If there's a skillset that isn't needed until the last quarter of the project, that team member is likely more useful someplace else until his or her skills are needed for the project. So assemble those team members whose skills are needed now or needed throughout the project. Another important element of an effective project management team is that each team member understands what the goals of the project are so they know what will be expected of them as the project develops. The project manager needs to hold each team member accountable for their part of the project. Remember the days of doing group work in high school and how irritating it was when one of the group members didn't put in the same amount of effort as the rest of the group. Project managers don't want that situation to develop on their teams, so they must hold each team member responsible for the work they are expected to do. To create the most effective project management team, it's vitally important to build trust between you and the team members and between the team members. There are a number of strategies a project manager can use to establish trust, and we'll take a look at some of them a bit later. We have talked in previous units about the stakeholders of the project. A stakeholder is anyone who has an interest in the outcome of the project. Team members can certainly be stakeholders. Their advancement within the company may depend on the project outcome. The sponsors of the project or those who initiated the project have a clear stake in the outcome of the project. Vendors who perform work that cannot be performed in-house as well as suppliers who provide the raw materials for the project also have an interest in the outcome of the project, since they would probably like to be paid for their work or the materials and they would like to build on their reputation for future projects. No matter which stakeholder the project manager is managing, using these essential interpersonal skills will lead to a successful project. For articulate and able to persuade stakeholders, we'll help get them on board and willing to help you succeed. Any one of your stakeholders can come to you with a problem and they will likely expect you to have an answer for them right away. Having the answers gives them confidence in you that they can also be successful. Having a good understanding of how things work in your organization will help you see the big picture of where your project falls and who might have influence over it. They can also keep your project moving forward. Building internal and external teams with people who have the necessary skills to complete the project means everyone has a purpose and will work together to accomplish the goal. And of course, recognizing when there's a problem between team members and working toward resolution before it impacts the success of the project. Remember units 3 and 4 where we discussed project documents and project planning? We talked a lot about the project scope. The scope document details exactly what the project will accomplish and what its deliverables will be. Remember when we said we might and likely will revisit the scope document once the project is underway? Has things come up that call for a change to the original scope? Well, here we are. We're executing the project and as we get into the actual tasks involved it's quite likely that some things may need to change. Perhaps the raw materials we thought we could find easily are no longer available. Perhaps the contractors who are going to install lighting in a new facility are having difficulty finding workers. These are pretty major changes to the scope of the project if we need to use different raw materials or if we find we need to provide the human resources to accomplish a task. But changes could also be relatively minor. Maybe the end user decided to change the background image from blue to green. Probably not enough of a scope change to significantly impact the successful completion of the project. Every time some little change is made to the tasks of the project it affects the original idea of the scope and leads to what we call scope creep. It starts out as just a little change and it gets a little bigger. And eventually it gets so much different that it affects our triple constraint. So how do project managers keep scope creep from happening? Most project managers will include a section in the planning documents that detail the process that is to be used to make change requests to the scope of the project. The change needs to be justified in that it is necessary for the project. Remember back in Unit 1 when we learned about the triple constraint, the three areas of project management that need to work together and stay in alignment in order for the project to be successful. We've revisited the triple constraint a number of times since then. And here we are again looking at those three elements. But now we want to consider what happens to the balance between the scope, the schedule and the budget when there's a risk factor. Risk factors have the potential to interfere with the delicate balance of the triple constraint. The more risk, the more unbalanced the triple constraint can be which could lead to project failure. So what can a project manager do to keep risk from derailing their project? There are a number of strategies and plans that a project manager can employ to help manage project risk. The first is to have a risk mitigation plan. That is a plan to reduce as much as possible the impact of known risks. When we were talking about the various planning documents in Unit 4, one of the plans was risk management. The project manager, the team and the stakeholders brainstorm any possible risks that may impact the project. With enough experience, most project managers have a good idea of what sorts of risks could happen. Once the team has a list of potential risks, they develop contingency plans for what they will do should the risk factor occur. They would also develop a contingency plan for unexpected risks. No matter how good a project manager and their team is, they may not be able to think of everything that could possibly happen. So they build in a contingency plan. For example, there's a possibility that the cost of the project will end up being more than originally planned. A project manager could have a contingency fund set up that will help cover the cost of unexpected changes. The project management team will also develop a risk assessment chart. They will gather the risk factors, those things that could happen to impact the scope budget or schedule of the project, and determine what its likely impact will be on the project. Those risks that are designated as high impact will be the ones the team will work to create a contingency plan for and put processes in place to mitigate that risk as much as possible. If there's still time or money available, they'll do the same for the low impact risk factors. The idea is to concentrate on those risks that can make an impact big enough to lead to the failure of the project. All of this information, mitigation plans, contingency plans, and assessment charts are all saved in a risk register. It's a one-stop shop for the project management team to keep track of risks, add to the list if necessary, and understand at which point in the project an identified risk is no longer a factor. A risk register is a tool for managing the risk of a project. We've talked about the elements of the triple constraint before. Many project managers consider quality to be another equally important element leading to the success of a project. It won't make much difference if the project comes in under budget meets its deadline and matches the scope of the project if the result of the product isn't high quality. The team will often conduct quality control analyses to make sure the product they are working on meets specifications for quality. They can use a variety of tools to help them gather and analyze quality data, including checks, histograms, run charts, control charts, and Pareto charts. All are designed to visually show a pattern of quality. In this unit, we looked closely at the execution phase of the project lifecycle by learning about creating effective teams, managing those teams, managing changes, managing risks, and analyzing the quality of the project delivered. Unit 6 will look more closely at the monitoring and controlling phase of the project lifecycle.


The number of mass shootings in the United States of America increased to 307 this year with the most recent being in Thousand Oaks Bar in California where 12 people were killed. This increase in mass shootings has seen the American public call for stricter gun control laws and a ban on guns. There have been a number of changes to gun control laws over the past century. However, these have not been enough to stop the constant stream of shootings in the US. We asked the students at DCU what they thought about the American gun laws and if they think they should be changed. I don't think they're as great as they are, but it's not as great as anyone can have a gun. But here it's much better because no one really has a gun except for the higher ups in the guarda.  I personally think the American gun laws are out of date because they were drafted in the Constitution in the 1700s which was, as you can tell, a very long time ago. So I believe that they really require an update at this point. Yeah, I really think because it's really not that much of an issue in Ireland that whenever we hear the stories there's just that immediate panic. And we can't really understand why gun regulations haven't brought in, especially in countries like Australia where they had one mass shooting and they realized that they had to regulate gun control. So we don't understand now why America don't just follow suit with that. We then asked them if they thought that Ireland would be prepared for a mass shooting like the ones in the US and would we be able to cope with it? I personally don't think we would cope very well because it would be so alien to us. I feel like we'd resonate somewhat with it because we see mass shootings on television from America. But if it was closer to home I don't think we'd be able to cope as much. If we had the same thing I think there'd be a lot more humanity about it and we'd change things a lot quicker. But like that's easy to say, it's different when it actually happens. I think if that were to ever happen in Ireland it would be like a completely harrowing experience. Like it's really not something we've had since like maybe the Troubles or anything like that. So I really don't know how we'd cope with something like that. I think everyone here would be scared because it'd be really hard to defend yourself against it and there's really no way until you have to call the guard for it. The United States is still a long way to go before the number of shootings has produced significantly and stopped becoming a reoccurring thing. Cary McMillan DCUTV News.


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What is up you guys welcome back to another one if you are new to the channel I am go pony I do new car truck SUV reviews on YouTube and today We are in the new 2021 Genesis GV 80 courtesy of Jack G and Volvo Genesis in York PA for more information on their inventory Please feel free to check out the link in the description box below And so of course wanted to check this one out because this is Genesis's first SUV They have ever built and that is super exciting to me all-new model for Genesis And this one has actually already began to start racking up awards from different publications as well Does come with America's best warranty in addition to that being five years sixty thousand mile bumper to bumper ten Year one hundred thousand miles on the powertrain You do also have three years of complimentary maintenance to save you a little bit of money there as well with the GV 80 and really all Genesis products so that's always nice plus you get the Genesis experience what that is essentially So whenever you need an oil changer or tire rotation or essentially whenever you need to go to the dealership You don't have to because all you need to do is just call them up And they actually bring a loaner to your house or your place of work They drop it all for you and they take your vehicle and then they return it to you when they are done with it So you actually never have to leave and it is especially important in times like we are living in right now And even after that that service is still there was there before the pandemic It's gonna be there afterwards And so essentially the GV 80 is going to compete with vehicles like the BMW X5 Mercedes Benz GLE And of course we will be going over everything about this one today testing everything out from acceleration of braking to steering Field of ride quality the sound system exhaust clip and so on so having said all that what do you guys say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it and as always Let's start with pricing and so as you can imagine there are several different trim levels for the 2021 GV 80 First one being the 2.5 T starting at forty eight thousand nine hundred dollars 2.5 T advanced which actually is the one we have today starting at fifty two thousand eight hundred dollars 2.5 T prestige for fifty seven thousand fifty dollars Then you have the three point five T for fifty nine thousand one hundred and fifty dollars 3.5 advanced for sixty four thousand three fifty three point five T advanced plus Which actually is the one and only trim level that you can get a third row on for the GV 80 That one starts at sixty five thousand fifty dollars and there's a three point five T prestige for seventy thousand nine hundred fifty dollars And so for the three point five T trim levels all wheel drive is going to come standard on all of those for the two point five T trim levels it actually comes standard as a rear wheel drive Configuration, but if you wanted to add all wheel drive simply add five thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars to any of those prices But so then as I alluded to in the pricing there you guys could probably tell there are two different engine Configurations for the GV 80 first one being the one we have today And that is a two point five liter turbocharged inline four cylinder putting out three hundred horsepower at fifty eight hundred RPM Three hundred and eleven pound feet of torque available from the power band of around sixteen hundred to four thousand RPM Again power sent to rear wheels or all wheels through an eight speed automatic with paddle shifters Which you guys know we will be testing out in a little bit here red line comes in at sixty two hundred RPM zero to sixty and six point four Seconds we'll give that a shot later here MPG numbers coming in at twenty one in the city twenty five on the highway taking premium Unleaded fuel, but so the other engine configuration being a three point five liter twin turbo V six Three hundred and seventy five horsepower at fifty eight hundred RPM 391 pound feet of torque available from the power band of thirteen hundred to forty five hundred RPM Power sent to all wheels only that is strictly an all-wheel drive configuration with that engine set up red line 6200 RPM again zero to sixty approximately six seconds flat with MPG numbers at eighteen in the city 23 on the highway taking premium unleaded fuel and so before we do the paddle shifter test and the acceleration test Did want to mention there are drive modes for the GV80 including comfort snow eco sport and custom so to actually adjust There's driving modes. There's actually a circular dial directly behind the cup holders And so when you hit them essentially that will adjust things like the shift points thought a response steering sensitivity Suspension settings and also the gauge cluster to a certain degree as well Did one also mention just to the bottom right hand corner of that circular dial for the drive minutes There's also an all-wheel drive lock button if you go with one of the all-wheel drive configurations I've used that on Hyundai products and Genesis products before it's amazing Especially if you live in Pennsylvania in the snow You know that you're gonna constantly have all-wheel drive rather than the intelligent all-wheel drive system that kicks in when it feels It is necessary not that that was a bad thing It's just a little peace of mind there for you as well So that's always good in the snow But anyways now that I've mentioned all that what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and find a straightaway here and let's first test out the paddle shifters and see how quickly They are going to react for us here. All right, we're in first gear turning out onto the road. Here we go That's sound Wow paddle shifters are Quick go figure usually with SUVs. I say that way because usually with SUVs You don't always get quick reacting paddle shifters and quite honestly It surprised me because in the car like the Genesis It's a luxury vehicle not that you would need quick reacting paddle shifters, but you got them That's kind of cool Not only that you can of course also use paddle shifters when you're going down a hill perhaps and it's snowing outside You can use them to downshift do a little engine braking rather than actually hitting the brakes going down a hill So you're less inclined to slide off that hill So it's kind of a safety feature in itself in my mind as well So wow paddle shifters actually do surprisingly react quick. Well done Genesis Anyways, next thing we want to do here is a quick little Acceleration test here in our GV80 and I'm going to give back full control to the GV80 and let's see how quickly We can get this one here up to speed. All right. Here we go another acceleration There it is All right, definitely no issues emerging onto the highway. Honestly, that is plenty powerful I mean, you do have the upgraded engine setup available for you if you do it a little more power But let me tell you unless you're racing this thing This is really probably all you're gonna need unless you wanted that extra power, of course But plenty of an acceleration here in the GV80 with the 2.5 liter I can tell you guys that right now. So that is definitely a good thing But anyways to go along with that acceleration as always braking is equally important So that braking configuration is actually going to differ dependent upon which engine configuration you go with Believe it or not, 14.2 inch ventilated front disc for the 2.5 liter 14.9 inch ventilated front disc for the 3.5 liter in the back It's gonna be the same though 14.2 inch solid rear disc overall when it comes to that 60 to 0 stopping distance again It's going to differ obviously slightly but not by much 60 to 0 stopping distance for the 2.5 liter comes in at 117 feet Which honestly is insanely respectable usually with SUVs It comes in the 120s a lot of times even the 130s 139 feet for the Volkswagen Atlas so 117 is brilliant quite honestly But having said that the 3.5 liter stops you from 60 and only 112 feet So that's even better, but definitely no issues with the braking whatsoever and that's usually something I tend to critique I know at least Hyundai with so Genesis definitely tuned the braking feel quite nicely here in the GV80 So I'm a huge fan of the braking feel kind of surprised me quite honestly They're touching on suspension and handling GV80 will give you an independent front and rear suspension front and rear stabilizer bars Also electronic limited slip differential which essentially is going to send torque between the left and right Rear wheels which increases traction for both on and off road actually So it's going to give you a little better handling characteristics on the back roads in PA like I am on right now So that's always a good thing as well Also, though an electronically controlled adaptive suspension itself Genesis does their adaptive suspension a little bit differently Then a lot of other manufacturers and so essentially the way this one works This is going to use a forward-facing camera which scans the road and helps detect any kind of adjustments that are necessary At any given time to the suspensions damping force So essentially that is going to help absorb a lot of road imperfections and create the smoothest ride possible With the Genesis GV80 and so overall though when it comes to the ride quality It's pretty much as expected I will say I don't feel like it's quite as nice as the Mercedes to the BMW But still it is plenty fine Although I think it could be better Maybe if Genesis were to add an air suspension on top of that in the future to give it an even better ride quality That would be nice as well But having said that it is still going to be perfectly fine for the majority of people out there looking for it SUV like the GV80 so we'll say that when it comes to steering feel I love it That was one of the first things I noticed when I got in this one Not only are the 10 and 2 grips on the steering wheel itself bolstered quite nicely They're a little bit on the thicker side much more so than I'm used to in Genesis products So I loved that but also it is very weighty at slow speeds And then it definitely loosens up as you get higher up in speed But I love the weight of your steering feel on the GV80 again. It definitely took me by surprise I wasn't expecting that and usually with SUVs you have looser steering feels and they're not as enjoyable to drive because of that But that is not the case with the GV80 So when to emphasize that it actually is enjoyable to drive this thing partly do because that heavier steering feel It better helps point you in the direction that you want to go gives the driver more feeling of being in control So definitely a big fan of that as far as cabin noise goes you guys could probably hear it There's not a whole lot of exterior noise is coming into the cabin The only thing I would say is when you really get on it You do have some engine noise coming into the cabin but other than that once you hit highway speeds There isn't a whole lot of exterior wind noise coming into the cabin whatsoever And there's also an active noise cancellation system that comes with the GV80 So that contributes to that of course as well by the way If you were unfamiliar with that actual system is essentially measures cabin sound levels in any given time and produces an Opposing sound wave to help counter that noise. So that's partly why we have such a serene cabin here in the GV80 that touching on visibility actually could see plenty fine The second row headrests do protrude up slightly I guess you could say into that visibility But really it's pretty much as expected for any SUV So no issues with the visibility there for me also wanted to mention though rain sensing windshield wipers Do come standard on the GV80 for all trims meaning when this one detects any kind of mist or rainfall It is going to automatically turn on those windshield wipers kind of like automatic headlights So there's just one last thing you got to worry about there That's always nice and if you wanted a head-up display assisting with visibility yet again Simply go with one of the prestige packages that is going to project your speed speed limit and safety information onto your windshield You can of course adjust different colors of that head-up display as well Which I always think is pretty cool with Genesis. So do but also mention that as well, but That about rounds out the performance segment of this review guys Let's now go ahead and take a look at the exterior of this all-new 2021 Genesis GV80. All right, and so here she is you guys the new 2021 Genesis GV80 Finished in Adriatic blue with the dune interior very nice color combination on this one So let me go ahead and start up front as always with the GV80 here large aluminum front grille coming standard on this one Definitely a very nice look to it Definitely a lot better than a lot of the other plastic front grills that are out there right now on the road So love the look to that love the chrome perimeter surrounding the bottom portion of that front grille as well Front air curtains to the side you guys can see that to better help direct air around the wheel entire combination Give me a little better aerodynamics there as well Best part about the front end though is the quad beam LED headlights coming standard for every single trim level Yes, there's no halogens. Of course on the Genesis GV80 gotta love that of course There's headlights do come with the automatic feature meaning when it starts to get dark at night They will turn on automatically for you there LED daytime running lights coming standard as well one of the coolest things about these headlights is when you put on the turd signals the LED daytime running lights essentially turn into those orange turd signals They look so good up front and I'll get more into the turd signals as we go on because there's a cool element to The side of the GV80 with those turd signals as well But overall a very original very nice look to the front end Especially with the grille design and let me show you guys something real quick You guys probably know where the grille design came from you see that Genesis logo and the shape of that Genesis logo That is essentially where the grille design came from it's the exact same shape Up front on that front grille in case anybody didn't know so a little cool fun fact for you Let's go ahead now and make our way to the side of the GV80 So but now since we are around to the side of this one taking a look up top You guys can probably see there's silver roof rails coming standard on this one chrome windows surrounds also standard as well Chrome slats in the front fender Let me show you guys that and actually let me turn on the turd signals for this part and show you guys that as well Because part of those slats is actually LED lighting which are used for the turd signals It looks absolutely amazing up there. So it's kind of functional if you think of it that way Definitely like the look but anyways There's chrome accents do continue towards the bottom portion of the GV80 as well and they tie around to the back And there are some chrome accents on the door handles there. They take a look at the side mirrors They are body-colored power adjustable side mirrors They will be heated and they are power folding as well coming standard across the board And of course in case anybody didn't know rear privacy glass as well does come standard on the GV80 And taking a look down at the wheel design on this one It is going to differ slightly dependent upon the trim level that you go with 19 inch alloys is going to be the standard configuration Then you jump up to 20 inch alloys for the advanced packages and 22 inch alloys for the prestige packages and of course all of them wrapped in Michelin all-season tires It's a definitely a very nice setup there But now let's go ahead and make our way to the back of the GV80 and so of course body colored shark fin antenna Located on the roof of this one just below that rear spoiler just below that rear window wiper as well Also loved the Genesis lettering spelled out horizontally It's definitely a nice design element there do have some all-wheel drive badging located on that rear liftgate as well Of course LED quad tail lights to match the headlights a very original look to the back end I don't think I remember anything else on the road right now looking like the back end of the Genesis GV80 Which is a good thing got to be different. I absolutely love that just below it Although dual exhaust outlets surrounded in quad trapezoidal tips. I love that look as well And they're kind of integrated into that rear bumper as well given in a more high-end look But nonetheless do believe you guys know what we have to do next as always here is that exhaust clip So but now since we are around back of the GV80 there are several different ways you can go about Opening that rear liftgate. It is a hands-free power liftgate for every single trim level So the way I would particularly do it more than likely is just use the hands-free method That is going to be the simplest way There is though a button on the key fob itself that is yet another way There is also a button by the driver's side left knee and there is actually kind of a hidden button Located on the rear window wiper back there as well in case anybody was curious where the actual physical button is on the Liftgate that's where it's going to be located is kind of hidden kind of integrated into that back end there And so but once opened up as far as cargo capacity goes There actually isn't any official cargo capacity numbers for the Genesis GV80 yet But I'm still going to show it to you guys Genesis has said it can maybe come in at up to 84 cubic feet Which would put it above the Mercedes GLE and BMW X5, but again, no official numbers have been released quite yet So this is how much space that is actually in the cargo area, but it gets better than that There is also cargo tie-down hooks back there. There is also LED cargo lighting a lot of times halogens are put back there So love that LEDs are still in the cargo area as well. It's pretty nice Also, there is a cargo area cover back there as well not to mention in-floor storage Which is pretty nice Which is where you keep the cargo cover if it wasn't in use of course So overall pretty much everything you could possibly want in that cargo area But if that was not enough space of course that second row seating does fold down And that is a good bit of extra space once again, then if you needed it But so now making our way to the rear legroom again There is a third row configuration for the GV80, but that is only going to be available with a 3.5 liter advanced Plus package starting at $65,050 Otherwise you were simply going to get the two-row configuration, which is what we have today But you can imagine with that third row rear legroom is going to be kind of tight back there But with the second row that comes in at 38.7 inches Which essentially is right in the middle of the pack when you compare it to the GLE Which comes in at 40.9 and the X5 which comes in at 37.4 So 38.7 inches, this is what that actually looks like. I mean even six feet tall I am sitting behind my own driving position So definitely decent amount of space back there Trizone climate control is going to come with the prestige trim levels And that gives the rear passengers the ability to set their own temperatures back there Rear window sunshades, believe it or not, come standard on every single trim level across the board I absolutely love that. A lot of times with the rear window sunshades It's only available on the upper trim level So I love that the GV80 put in on every single trim level across the board This is especially nice when you have newborns coming home from the hospital Or even small children to keep the sun out of their eyes So definitely a nice feature there Also wanted to mention heated second row seats come with the prestige packages That's always nice to spoil the rear passengers Also there of course are some front seat back map pockets There's a 115 volt power outlet back there I was surprised to see that, that's pretty cool Dual USB charging ports, not just one but two So if you have two kids, both of them can stay connected and charged up Also rear center armrests with cup holders back there as well And I do like the wood trim found on the side doors back there too So overall a very nice place to be Not to mention the LED interior lighting found on the roof of this one as well So overall very nice setup for the rear passengers there But now let's make our way to the front seats Leatherette seating actually does come standard on the GV80 However, if you were to go with any of the packages Advanced or the prestige, you will get full leather seating 12-way power adjustable front seats coming with the standard and advanced 16-way power adjustable driver seat with the prestige Smart posture seating coming with all trim levels Essentially that is where the GV80 kind of takes your height and body measurements And then creates the best possible driving position for you It's kind of an interesting feature there Heated and ventilated front seats coming with all trim levels There's also an Ergo motion seat with the prestige package only That essentially uses seven different air cells within the seating Which can provide additional support when needed Like adjusting the side bolsters around the back roads here in Pennsylvania Give you a little better support there, so that's kind of cool It is not a full massaging seat like Mercedes-Benz does But still, I love that it's there though Seats are plenty comfortable, we'll say that My short test drive today, the seating has been plenty comfortable It's due in part because you got lumbar adjustments Tons of adjustments for the seating basically Memory settings as well as going to come standard on all trim levels So if you have two adults driving the GV80 in your family Those buttons are located on the driver's side door there Let's take a look at the steering wheel It is tilt and telescoping, I love the oval design to it You see no other steering wheels like that on the road Besides what Genesis does right now at least It is leather wrapped, of course That's pretty much as expected at this price point It is heated though as well for all trim levels And that's located in the digital portion of the climate control settings up front here And I'll get more into that in a second But that's pretty cool that they're heated across the board as well And again, the 10 and 2 grips are actually bolstered a little bit more on the thicker side So I absolutely love that as well Give this driver a better feeling of being in control It's a very nice steering wheel Taking a look at the startup Now let me first start by showing you guys the key Because once again it gets better Genesis logo on the one side, of course When you flip it over, you got lock Unlock that button to pop the rear hatch There is also the remote start Which is the circular hold button in the top portion of the key there And then there is smack pack Yes, it's just like the commercial You also have smart park on the GV80 So if you were in a tight parking spot And you needed to get out And you did not want to bang your door against the vehicle beside you Simply hold down that smart park feature It is going to pull the GV80 out for you And then simply just let it go And when you let it go, it will stop Or if it gets too close to an object It's also going to stop then as well So definitely a very nice feature there And of course the Hyundai Sonata did kind of premiere that But now Genesis has it on all of their products as well So that's pretty cool, I love that key Also digital key does come standard on every single trim level That's kind of nice You can download an app on your phone And so just hold your phone up to the door And that's going to unlock it and lock it for you And then put your phone just in front of the cup holders here And that's how you're going to be able to start this one up Let's say if you were to lose your keys or something like that But at the same time, it does take a little bit longer Than the hands-free access when you have the key fob on you So if it's raining outside, I have found personally That that's the only downside About using the digital key at least But anyways, let's now go ahead and take a look at the gauges here You do have your speedometer all the way to your left There is a digital portion all the way to your right There is a 3D digital gauge cluster That is available as well And that, that is the digital gauge cluster That is going to adjust the driving modes As I was alluding to earlier in the video But for this one, it is definitely still pretty nice When you turn the turn signal on You have that blonde spot monitor that displays Within the digital portion of the gauges So I did like that about the gauges Also of course tells you how many miles you have left Until you hit empty There's your trip A, trip B The tachometer is going to be the digital portion And you do of course have a ton of different settings You can control up there as well There's your average fuel economy, tire pressure information If you wanted it, there's when you need your next oil change There's radio settings Really the list goes on So quite a bit of information you could check out up there However, I think the 3D digital gauges Are much cooler than this setup Anyways, touching on overall interior quality Panoramic sunroof, believe it or not Coming standard on every single trim level So both the front passengers and the rear passengers Have a view of the sky, that's always nice LED interior lighting, as I was mentioning Does come standard across the board as well Homeland controls, also standard Found on the bottom portion of our Frameless rear view mirror That's kind of a feature in itself A lot of times comes with black plastic surrounding it So I like the frameless design there to it Wireless phone charger, all trim levels get that Wood trim with a matte finish Again, all trim levels get that It's not only found on the doors Also around the circular dial and shifter And all that stuff in the center here as well So definitely a very upscale look there Multi-color ambient lighting coming standard Gotta love that as well Gives you 64 different color options So you can really configure this one to make it your own Dual-zone climate control coming with the standard And advanced packages, tri-zone climate control Again, coming with the Prestige And like I was mentioning to you guys earlier All of these climate control settings In front of the cup holders here It is going to be all a digital setup So you can simply just touch, let's say The heated seat buttons and that is going to turn On the heated seat, but I love that it's all digital It's like, welcome to the new age here This is how it's supposed to be done This looks so cool up here So I like that it's digital there But with Genesis, I've noticed this in the past It's really the attention to detail That I absolutely love Take for instance, the foot pedals They're not aluminum foot pedals But there's actually a design to the foot pedals There's like indentations in there So I think that is pretty cool It's one of the first things I noticed And those little indentations They really do create a nice finish to this one Like for example, around all of the controls To control what's on the infotainment screen Which we'll get to in a second here There's a nice groove design there It's also around the shifter as well And the shifter is like a clear kind of look It's like a 3D look to it So I absolutely love the style of the shifter There's also some indentations on the actual air vents To control them as well Not to mention the push button start You guys can see the perimeter of that push button start There's a nice design to that as well There's some nice stitched leather on the doors That looks really, really good and really high end I love the contrast between the dark navy bluish And the dune interior that we have here today It looks absolutely amazing Wireless phone charger in front of the shifter Dual USB charging ports as well Of course you have your cup holders Again, with that design being the perimeter of the cup holder It's really a nice look to it Just below the cup holders though You have even more storage It keeps getting better So if you wanted to hide, I don't know, a wallet Or maybe a small purse or a birthday gift I don't know You can put it under here And you really can't see it It's kind of out of sight out of mind There's a 12 volt power outlet Within that little storage area as well So like that little hidden section with the GV80 there And of course within the center armrest There is a decent amount of storage I guess within there as well But just on the roof here Another thing I wanted to mention The sunglass holder It's almost completely integrated into the ceiling here You almost don't even think it's a sunglass holder Until you press it And then you see it's actually a sunglass holder But there's no button that says press Or anything like that Like you usually find on other vehicles So I find that pretty cool too actually But anyways, let's now go ahead and make our way To detect display on this one This is one of the best parts about the GV80 14.5 inch infotainment screen Coming standard across the board And it does respond to voice activation It is also a touch screen like I said And there is a circular dial Located just in front of the shifter You can control that with as well But either way, Bluetooth and audio streaming Come standard Android Auto Apple CarPlay Factory navigation system Come standard for all trim levels And by the way, with that factory navigation system You do get three years of free map updates And that's part of the Genesis experience As I mentioned at the very beginning of this video So that's another part of the cool little features Of Genesis Voice memo section Also wanted to mention that up there If you wanted to let's say not forget something Simply record your voice And then play it back at a later date That's pretty cool Also ambient sounds And speaking of ambient sounds I always like to do this in my Genesis videos Let me go ahead and let you guys take a listen here There are several different ambient sounds And they're pretty darn cool to be quite honest So let me let you guys take a listen I'll be right back And so besides that There are actually plenty more features On this infotainment screen I feel like I could go on and on There's a quiet mode Where you can essentially cancel out the speakers In the rear portion of the GV80 And then it limits the speaker volume In the front That feature is there because If you have small kids in the back And they happen to fall asleep And you want to keep them asleep On a long road trip perhaps That is going to help out with that So I found that pretty cool Also of course you can adjust your Climate control settings Up on this infotainment screen As well as your seating settings Like heated seats Things like that There's also your traffic information Weather information You can check out up there as well As your radio settings So let me get to that now Couple different sound systems for the GV80 The standard setup is going to be 12 speakers Which quite honestly is still pretty good It's more speakers than you usually get With standard sound system But if you were to go with the advanced Or prestige packages You will get a 21 speaker Lexicon sound system So having said that What do you guys say? Let's go ahead and turn the radio See what we've got playing today And let's test out the clarity This one I'm not sure it gets a whole lot Better than that quite honestly 21 speakers to start with Is ridiculous Even for the size of this SUV 21 speakers is more than overkill Plenty of bass with that Plenty of clarity It did feel like it was coming at you From all directions Still like Bowers and Wilkins That's my favorite But that was an amazing sound system For the GV80 So absolutely love that But last thing I wanted to mention To you guys on that tech display Is when you do put this one in reverse You will of course find a rear view camera Coming standard across the board And if you go with the advanced Or prestige packages You will also get a surround view Monitor giving you a bird's eye view Letting you know who or what Is behind you and around you Which is always Is going to lead us into safety And so standard setup When it comes to airbags This is pretty good 10 airbags Including one between the front seats You never see that You never see that on any other vehicles And that's to keep the driver and passenger From smashing into each other If someone were to T-bone you Or something on the side collision That is pretty cool You never see that on any other vehicle So I like that And of course you still get front side Side curtain airbags There's knee airbags All that fun stuff But the center airbag Wanted to mention that That's pretty cool In the back you're going to have latch AKA lower anchors and tethers for children For the rear car seats Rear child door locks Tire pressure monitoring system That's all pretty boring stuff at this point But also standard For every single trim level across the board Forward collision avoidance assist Lane keep assist Lane following assist Blind spot monitor With rear cross traffic alert Safe exit assist There is a driver attention warning system High beam assist Adaptive cruise control Highway driving assistance 2 Which is kind of feature similar to a level 2 Semi-autonomous driving system So that's essentially what that is for the highway Rear occupant alert then as well But then if you were to go with the advanced package That we have today Or the prestige of course You will also get a blind spot view monitor So if you turn signal on That is going to display what is in your blind spot Up within the gauges up front That's pretty cool Also remote smart parking assist And reverse automatic braking As well and so Overall let me give you guys My final thoughts here of the GV80 A very original approach To the luxury SUV segment I honestly absolutely love it Stunning interior quality Especially with this dune And navy blue interior That we have here today Very nice attention to detail What other manufacturer out there Like even BMW and Mercedes Don't always pay attention to the design On their foot pedals Nobody does that That's awesome I love the little attention to detail That Genesis does with things like that An incredible value for the segment To be quite honest It starts thousands less than the competition Honestly I could go on about the positives But let me give you my one Constructive criticism for this one That is this slight need to improve the ride quality Not to say it's bad Because it is plenty good But when you compare it to Mercedes and BMW With their adaptive damping suspensions And air suspensions on top of that There is a little bit of room for improvement But having said that This one is plenty fun This is an amazing SUV With an incredible warranty You got the Genesis experience You got three years of free maintenance Not to mention the insane luxury And all of the features that this thing comes with But that is about it for this one you guys Thank you so much for watching Let me know what you think of the GV80 In the comments section below Feel free to follow me on social media At the bottom of the screen there If you want to see what's coming next on the channel Be sure to hit the subscribe and the bell notification Button there if you're into new car reviews That is what we do here on this channel after all Do appreciate you guys watching more than you know And I will see you guys all in the next video Stay cold Genesis definitely made the braking feel Okay, okay, okay, okay I'm turning, I'm turning Did put the signal on I'm so sorry