Hi, I'm Rusty Komori, and this is Beyond the Lines on Think Tech Hawaii. I was the head coach for the Punahou Boys varsity tennis team for 22 years, and we were fortunate to win 22 consecutive state championships. My book Beyond the Lines is about leadership, creating a superior culture of excellence, and finding greatness, which is what this show is all about. My special guest today is the general manager of Bloomingdale's Hawaii, and she is a very caring and respected leader. She is Adria Stephens, and today we are going beyond luxury stores. Adria, welcome to the show today. Thank you, Rusty. Thanks for inviting me on the show. It's great to be here. I want to know where you grew up at, if you can tell me about your early years. Sure. I grew up, I was born and raised in Long Island, New York, and I lived there until I was about 12 years old, and then my father's job took us to California, and we lived in the Bay Area, and that's where I learned my love of dance and of acting, and I actually worked on the, or participated in the auxiliary squad with our marching band, which was a lot of fun. That brought me into high school. And then after high school, I went to Cal State Hayward University, and shortly thereafter moved back to Manhattan, where I started a career as a makeup artist. Nice. So, Adria, what was the first job that you ever had in your life? Oh, wow. My first job was working at a carnival selling stuffed animals at the Pleasanton Fairgrounds. That was the first real paycheck I ever received. And what did you learn from that experience? I learned that you need to be very patient and understanding of all different types of personalities, and I learned how to work in a very hectic and busy environment. Yeah. Now, what other jobs have you had leading up to you going into Bloomingdale's? I've actually had quite a few. In high school, I worked as a line cook, which is kind of interesting and completely different. And then I worked in luxury beauty for many years. I started off behind a counter as a makeup artist with a brand called Prescriptives. From there, I grew in the beauty industry working as a freelance makeup artist for numerous brands. After I had my oldest son, I took a more corporate approach, and I started working as a regional trainer with a company called Stila Cosmetics, and that was great because I got to travel nationally for them and do special events, do spots on the Today Show in New York, you know, a lot of really fun fashion week, a lot of really fun opportunities there in fashion. After Stila, I started working as an account executive, and I worked with NARS. I worked with Kiehl's at L'Oreal, which was the final job that I had before I joined Bloomingdale's. That's a lot of stuff that you worked at a lot of places. Yeah. Now, Adria, let's talk about your family. Tell me about your husband, John, and your three kids. So my husband, John, and I have been, this actually will be our 10-year anniversary. Congratulations. This year in September. Thank you. And John is a substitute teacher here on Island, and he actually works at James Campbell High School and some of the elementary schools on the west side. We live in Ewa Beach, so he works over on that side, and very involved. He can teach any subject, whether it's Spanish class, calculus. He's even taught some Japanese classes, although he doesn't speak Japanese. And he coaches baseball. He and I both work on a beach ministry together every weekend with the homeless. And then I have three beautiful, amazing, smart, funny kids. I have Miles, who is 19, and Patrick, who is 8, and Lily, who just turned 7 a few days ago. Wow. So eventful. Now, how did you and John end up meeting? So I was having lunch outside in an outdoor café with one of his co-workers. I didn't know that they worked together, and he was leaving work. We were down the street from their real estate office in New York City, and he happened to walk by and saw her and said, hello. And she introduced us, and I said, hey, who's your friend? And then probably a couple of weeks after that, we ended up hanging out, and from the moment we met each other, and I know that might sound cliche, but we ended up spending every day together, and nine months later, he proposed to me, and we were married. Well, I'm looking forward to meeting him hopefully sometime soon, and I want to ask you now, Adri, about how you ended up getting to Hawaii and becoming Bloomingdale's general manager here in Hawaii. So I've worked with Bloomingdale's for 10 years this April, and I actually started in Bloomingdale's as a selling manager on the floor, managing the men's department, which was a really big change from luxury beauty. I knew nothing about men's wear. I didn't know how to tie a tie. I didn't know anything about suiting, and I took a big leap of faith and started working there. That was actually, we had moved to California, so I started at our south coast plaza location. And then throughout my journey within Bloomingdale's, I worked as a group manager in our Roosevelt Field Store and just kept taking on different roles and experiencing and learning about different departments. While I was at Roosevelt Field in New York, I found out that we were going to be opening the store in Hawaii about two years before we broke ground. And I literally, first thing I did was call my husband to tell him. And then I ran down to the general manager's office and asked if I could send an email to the CEO to put my name in the hat for the store. And he laughed and said, we haven't even put a brick up to build the store. But if you want to, yes, you can. And I sent this long five paragraph email to our CEO telling him how much my husband and I always had a passion and a love for Hawaii and really wanted this opportunity. And that's how it came about. Wow, I love hearing that. And tell me about the culture of Bloomingdale's, Andrea. The culture of Bloomingdale's, we're a store that I would say innovative risk takers, very people-centric. So we talk about being fun, fashionable and personal. And the personal piece, really important. We really try to create an experience in our stores for our customers. Yeah, I love hearing that. And I know you personally have such a really high culture of excellence for yourself and for your team. What do you do to keep improving on that culture for your team? Well, I think it starts with foundational excellence. So making sure that the basics are well recognized and observed, things like be on time. That's important. And sometimes people forget that. Setting high standards to push yourself further than you think you can go, which helps inspire teams beyond what they think they could do. I can't tell you how many conversations I've had with my team where I've said, this is great, but what if we did this? And their response will be, oh my gosh, that's impossible. There's no way I don't have enough team. I can't do it. And we'll sit together and say, no, I think we can. What's the plan look like? How can we get there? What's that first step? So really encouraging them to think beyond and keep driving themselves is incredibly important for us to be able to continue building on a culture of excellence. Yeah. And let's talk more about your Bloomingdale's team of employees. You have such a great team that you put together. And everyone seems to work well with each other. And I want to know what do you do to keep enhancing the trust and respect among your team members? I think the key factor in enhancing or really creating trust and respect is for everyone to understand just how important every single individual's job is. There's no job too big. There's no job too small.  And if one part isn't working, the machine doesn't work. So we all play an incredibly crucial role. In addition to that, communication is key. So I have touch bases with my team twice a day. We meet in the morning first thing to talk about the day, talk about our game plan. And then we meet in the middle of the day around four o'clock where we sort of break down where are we at, and we get the closing team prepared for where they need to go. We have regular monthly touch bases. We have regular weekly touch bases. I think not overdoing the meetings, but making sure that we're meeting consistently and talking about where we're at and what our opportunities are is incredibly important too. Yeah, talking about meaningful, impactful things rather than just having a meeting just to do a meeting. Yes, correct. No meetings about meetings. Yeah. Now, Adria, I love shopping at Bloomingdale's. And how important to you is your frontline employees? I think the frontline is, you know, they're the most important part of the store because they're the heart and soul of the store. They're the customer's first interaction in many cases with Bloomingdale's as a brand. So it's incredibly important for them to be warm and genuine, greeting the customer, listening to the customer, and really displaying, you know, what we represent in Bloomingdale's, making it fun, making it fashionable, making it personal for the customer. Because that becomes the customer's idea of who Bloomingdale's is.  And I just find that, you know, they're so, they're all experts in their field. I mean, they're so professional. And for me, when I come in, I'm always asking, you know, the person helping me is like, you know, what do you think about this? What's the style? I think that's really important. I agree. I mean, I think, you know, we have so many different customers. There are customers who come in knowing exactly what they want. So we need to make sure that we've got a team that is fast, you know, that they can make it easy and get them in and out. And then we have customers who need a little bit more guidance. And, you know, that's where, you know, we empower the team to be what we call mixed masters, which are basically associated to understand up-and-coming trends and understand how to put together a full wardrobe and be, you know, a style master for that customer who might need a little bit more direction or even for the customer who knows what they want but might just want something new or want something different, different perspective. And then what do you guys do online, you know, in terms of online selling and versus, you know, in-store selling? So we do have Bloomingdales.com.  And what we've noticed, you know, a lot of times, the stigma is that if your customer's shopping online, they're not going to come into the store, but it's quite the opposite. So for our Omni customer who shops multiple channels, we find that they end up spending more with us. And, you know, a great example of that is we might have a limited assortment in our Hawaii store but we haven't expanded assortment online. So even if they can't find something in our store, they can also shop online to get different brands or, you know, a different colorway, a different product. So it gives them the opportunity to tap in with the team and have the personal connection, but then also do independent shopping to fill other needs, which keeps them wholly in the Bloomingdales family. Now, Adria, what are some of the challenges you face in this business? I think the retail market's ever changing. So remaining relevant is incredibly important. You know, it's a very competitive landscape. As we do see more and more customers yielding towards online purchasing, you know, you see things like Stitch Fix where they can have a box sent to them with a whole entire outfit picked out for them that they get to experience and bring back. For us, you know, we need to maintain animation and experience and a reason for the customer to want to come. We need to be a destination. And, you know, when you're competing against many different retailers, you have to continue reinventing yourself to make that exciting and make that compelling, different events, localized events, events that speak to the customer in your neighborhood that are meaningful to them. No, I totally get that. Adria, we're gonna take a quick break and when we come back, we're gonna continue going beyond luxury stores, okay? Great. You're watching Beyond the Lines on Think Tech Hawaii with my special guest, Adria Stephens. We will be back in a quick minute. I'm Lillian Cumick, host of Lillian's Vegan World, the show where we talk about veganism and the plant-based diet located in Honolulu, Hawaii. I am a vegan chef and cooking instructor and I have lots of information to share with you about how awesome this plant-based diet is. So do tune in every second Thursday from 1 p.m. Aloha. Welcome back to Beyond the Lines on Think Tech Hawaii. My special guest today is the general manager of Bloomingdale's Hawaii. She is Adria Stephens and today we are going beyond luxury stores. Adria, you have an amazing executive team and I was a guest speaker for your executive team last year. What kind of impact did we make with them? Well, first and foremost, thank you for joining us and being a guest speaker. The team thoroughly enjoyed their time that they spent with you. I speak in lots of sports analogies often when I'm quoting different things and I think your relevancy with a sports background to business, it resonated with them and when I go into their office area, I often see little quotes or excerpts from the book that they have taped up there to remind themselves. They keep you as their own personal coach within the store, which is exciting and we certainly look forward to continuing on all of those things that we learned with you as we head into 2020. Well, it was so much fun for me to be there with them and I could see that everybody was absorbing it and really appreciative that you cared so much about them to bring someone like me in and to really make a positive impact and really kind of inject some insights with them in. I want to ask you about, I saw a segment of you and Nancy look on KHON2 and I know Nancy has been with you for a while and she just recently retired. What was that KHON2 segment like for you? So we do a lot of work with KHON2. The segment that you're speaking about was actually for the kind campaign which was an anti-bullying campaign that we did and it was exciting. It was fast but very exciting to be able to speak about our care and concern for really creating an inclusive environment where everyone can feel loved and respected and appreciated and also with KHON2 we do an annual or twice a year, we do a makeup date event with them where they come and they are live hosts to us. So great, great fun working with that team. Well, you know my super close friend Justin Cruz. I mean, I was hoping that the makeup segment was gonna be there so you could put some makeup on him. I don't know if he'd love that. But we love having Justin as one of our co-hosts. That's wonderful. Yeah, he's super amazing and I saw a picture of you with some flamingos about breast cancer awareness. Can you tell me about what that was about? Yeah, for many years Bloomingdale's has done an event called Give Pink Get More and it's a charity event that raises funds for breast cancer research and provides breast cancer awareness. The Pink Flamingos were a photo op for survivors, families of survivors and just our customers to come and share a story and take a picture, come and meet our team. It's a really terrific event. We have many survivors in our store. It gives them an opportunity to share their journey and share their story with the store family and with our customers. Adria, let's talk about my book Beyond the Lines a little bit more now. What parts of the book stood out to you the most? I would say the first part that stood out to me was really the whole idea of speak last, listen first. That's a big life lesson for me and so relevant. I think that when you're taking the time to pause and listen to what your team has to say instead of in your mind, thinking about what your next response is going to be, you actually learn, it's very humbling. And I think it's incredibly important to understand the temperature of the crowd around you and if you are constantly giving direction and telling them what to do, you're not creating an environment of empowerment, you're not helping them become critical self-thinking, critical thinkers, you're just dictating and that's not an environment for growth. We can learn a lot by listening and we get to really learn what the vibe and pulse is of our team and what they're feeling and thinking as well. Now, you're a great leader obviously and great leaders have to have courage and I talked about that in the book as well and you have to have courage to make some tough, difficult decisions at times. Can you give me an example about you making a tough decision? Sure, when I was working in luxury beauty, I worked for the L'Oreal group and we went under a major restructurization. We basically took three different divisions and combined them into one division and within doing that, there were many layoffs and navigating through that with our vendor partners, with our team, having to decide who stayed and who went was extremely difficult. You have to make great decisions for your business because at the end of the day, it is a business but you can't forget the human element. Every decision that you make is impacting a human being and impacting their life and their family and that was a big learning experience for me. I love your awareness about that and I wanna share a quote with you and I wanna get your thoughts about it. The grass is not always greener on the other side. It's greener where you water it. Well, that couldn't be closer to the truth. I mean, I completely agree. I think that so often people have an idea of what it could be like instead of really looking at what they have and how they can personally add to it or enhance it or speak up to change things that might be a concern to them. A great example of that, we have what we call bloomarangs and these are people who have left us and come back and it's not just in Hawaii really throughout the company but particularly here in Hawaii where we've had people leave and maybe they left for a higher salary, they left for a bigger job and then ended up coming back and every time that happened and someone came back, I asked them the question, what made you decide that you wanted to come back? Why did you wanna come back? And all of them said, it's the culture. This is a culture where you feel like you belong, you don't just feel like a number. It's an ohana, it's definitely a close knit family and it's a lot of fun. So that was really meaningful to me to hear that, that we were able to create that kind of environment that wasn't necessarily about a higher dollar. They love Adria. I hope so. Now, Adria, we've all been on teams in the past whether it be sports or business and we know if the leader was good or bad, what are some of the things that bad leaders do? Yes, I've certainly had experience with some more challenging leaders. I think not listening and just telling, all the time, telling, telling, telling. I think that leaders who aren't connected with their team, so maybe they only operate out of their office or by email, there's no personal connection. Leaders who are consistently concerned with their own empowerment growth or gain as opposed to looking at the bigger picture, whether it be the company, their team, the store that they're in, I think that you've got to really take yourself out of that equation and always have a bigger view of what you're doing and how it's impacting the greater company. Totally agree with you. Now, what do you feel the best leaders do? Well, so the exact opposite.  I think it's incredibly important for them to see me out there, see me on the floor and also to spend time with the associates. I learned so much about how my managers are doing by asking questions of the associates to determine what knowledge they have, what they may or may not be learning or what's being communicated to them. See, Adria, that's why you're a great leader. Thank you. Now, Adria, I want to ask you, have you experienced a big adversity in your own life and how did you overcome that?  I had 96 stores that I was responsible for and I was traveling quite a bit and having to find that balance between being mom and having my career needing to support my son and provide for him and doing all of that under the lens of Manhattan, which is so fast paced, definitely difficult but taught me so much in my life and I'm very, very grateful for that time. Very admirable, Adria, I have to say, very admirable. Now, I want to ask you, what's the best advice you ever received in your life? Best advice I ever received came from Mike Gould and it was don't try to boil the ocean. And I tell that to my kids when they're freaking out about something that's, or freaking out about many things and that's really what the quote means. You've got to deal with one thing at a time.  You know, for me as a coach, words and actions meant a lot, you know, whether it's for me or for my team, how important is words and actions to you? Words and actions are everything.  I think people don't realize just how powerful their words are, you know, you can say something in passing and in your mind you're thinking, oh yeah, I was just shouting out a quick, you know, correction or comment to someone but to that person, you know, they perceive it very differently so you have to be very hyper aware of, you know, what you're saying and how you're saying it and who your audience is and then really backing that up with your actions, you know, I would never ask my team to do something that I wouldn't do or haven't already done. You know, I think that you have to be genuine and you have to work with integrity and that's mostly with your words and actions. Yeah, if you say you're gonna do something, do it.  Sure, absolutely.  The most valuable lesson and we touched on it in your book, you know, it was really just be quiet, stop talking, quiet down.  I learn from my team every single day by listening to their contribution. Yeah. I love hearing that and Adria, I wanna ask you one more thing before we wrap. Who is someone that inspires you? Nelson Mandela, very inspiring to me and I think a lot of his life lessons are very applicable not only to personal life but to business. But you know, someone who really just sought after you know, peace and justice and an unjust circumstance.  No, I totally agree with you there. And Adria, I wanna thank you for taking time in your schedule to join me on the show today. Oh, it was my absolute pleasure, Rusty. Thank you so much for having me. And thank you for watching Beyond the Lines on Think Tech Hawaii and a special thank you to my clothing sponsor, Yolani Incorporated. For more information, please visit RustyKomori.com and my book is available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. I hope that Adria and I will inspire you to create your own superior culture of excellence and to find your greatness and help others find theirs. Aloha.


Hi and welcome to the session. I am Asha and I am going to help you with the following question which says write the relation R having ordered this X comma X cube such that X is a prime number less than 10 and roast a phone. So first let us learn what is a relation. Suppose A and B are any two non-empty sets, the relation from A to B is a subset of the Cartesian product of A and B. Cartesian product of A and B is a set of elements X, Y such that X belong to A and Y belong to B. So this is the key idea we are going to use in this problem to define the relation and roast a phone. Let us now start with the solution and we are given a relation R having the ordered pair X comma X cube such that X is a prime number less than 10 that is R in a relation having ordered pair X comma X cube such that X have values 2, 3, 5 and 7. Now when X is equal to 2 then X cube is equal to 8, when X is equal to 3 then X cube is equal to 27 and when X is equal to 5 then X cube is equal to 125 and when X is equal to 7 then X cube is equal to 343. Thus the relation R in the roast a phone can be written as 28, 327, 525 and 7, 343. So this completes the solution hope you enjoyed it take care and have a good day.


What is feedback? Well, it's really interesting when you look at that from who's asking the question. When you ask teachers, what do they mean by feedback? Typically they talk about two of the three feedback questions and that is where am I going and how am I going. And they spend a lot of time saying that their role is to give students comments, give them critique, give them constructive content, this whole notion of how they're going relative to where they're going. When you ask students what is feedback, almost to a T they say feedback is helping me what to do next, the third feedback question. So my answer to your notion about what is feedback, it is about those three feedback questions. Where am I going, how am I going, or where to next. But the focus is different depending on what you ask. And another way of looking at what is feedback is if you have a concept of where you're going and if you know where you are now, then feedback should be aimed to reducing that gap between where you are now and where you're aiming to. This is why we put a lot of emphasis on telling students up front what success looks like so they can be part of the feedback cycle.


Hello everyone. Welcome to NPTEL course on groundwater hydrology and management. This is week 11, lecture 3. In this week, we have been looking at important data that we would need and require to manage groundwater properly. The explanation about the parameters and data has already been done in the previous weeks. In this week, we'll be looking at exactly where we can get these data for better analysis. So we will start with the groundwater parameters on WRIS website, after which we also identified groundwater quality data that can be taken from these websites. I also want to urge that there are a lot of reports and publications from which data can be taken. This is called kind of data mining and data research where you would read papers and then find data that is suitable for your work. You would also take data like groundwater levels, storage, etc. from government reports, which can later be incorporated into your work. So since we've already seen the most important groundwater data parts, now we'll be focusing on the hydroclimate data. Why do we need hydroclimate data? We already saw in the hydrological water balance slide that there is a storage change, which is estimated from your precipitation plus your Q in, which is your discharge coming in, you have it here, and then minus your Q out, which is your discharge going out. We also would take the negative part in the equation coming from your ET because it is a loss. So evapotranspiration is taken as a loss and ET, and you have G in, G out. So groundwater in, groundwater out. So this can be your net storage inside the basin or inside the watershed along the surface, or it could be a storage in the groundwater. So there could be either a surface storage, which is given at the bottom, or a groundwater storage. So if you make the equation in such a way that you are focusing on the groundwater as the parameter, then this would be precipitation converted into your infiltration and coming in, recharge, but all these would be captured here also. So please understand that the storage is a combination of your surface water plus groundwater. And then we would look into more focussily on the groundwater for this course because it is a groundwater course. Still you would need to understand the dynamics of all the other parameters for which you need to get the data. So let's look, one of the most important, we won't go to all the data sources because all of them are in the WRIS website. But I'll just show you the major ones, which include your precipitation, your discharge and evapotranspiration. Groundwater levels have already been seen. So rainfall data is collected by IMD as a point observation data. IMD stands for Indian Meteorological Department. It is the key nodal agency that is responsible for collecting these weather parameters and hydro climate parameters, most importantly, rainfall, air temperature, humidity, etc. Then what happens is because the location of IMD may not be fully covered, you would include ISRO data. And ISRO data is a satellite data, Indian Space Research Organization. And then you have the state agency. So NRSC is a wing under ISRO, which is responsible for collecting the data and providing it back to the community as a product. NRSC stands for National Remote Sensing Center. This is a national level agency under ISRO. Then you also have RRSC, which is the Regional Remote Sensing Center. Then you have the SRSC, which is your state remote sensing center, and SAC, which is your space application center. So you could see that just the umbrella of ISRO has some satellite manufacturing designs, etc. On the other side, there is launching all the hardware, software, the rockets and all. And they also have a wing where they process this data and give it to the public in open source platforms. We will look at the remote sensing data platforms also while we close up this course. And as I said, NGOs also give data, and all of this data can be housed in one location, which is the WRINs website. There are other state agency websites also, which would take these data out and store it individually in their own archives and database. But the government has given the provision to all states to host it on WRIS, because groundwater doesn't have state boundaries, nor your water basins have state boundaries. So there is no point in restricting the data to just one state. You will have to share it to better manage it. And this novel idea has been used across many countries, wherein one rainfall portal is available and all the data is stored there. So slowly, all these state agencies are also putting their data. Now, one should understand that the IMD takes observation as a point and then converts it into a smooth surface, which is a raster, a pixel. It takes it at a point location, but then it converts it into an area, area of influence or area where it interplays it into an area. Whereas the analysis by default, a satellite image or a satellite data, which comes as a raster or a grid. The state agencies are point data, again, which are very useful for locations, specific rainfall. And these points need not be the same as the IMD. For example, if IMD is putting a station along one street or in a village, the state agency might have it on the 10th street in the village. So there could be some differences in the rainfall calculation and estimation. Just broadly view it as there are multiple agencies. One is at a national level, observation data. One is at a national level satellite data. And then you have the state agencies and NGOs. So without further ado, I'm going to start the website for the data that we can show for at least rainfall. So what we have here is we are going to show that your rainfall data can be taken from the WRIS website. Since we already work on the WRIS a lot, and you know how to navigate it from the previous data sources, we will continue to look at the new data sets that we are going to show. And that includes your rainfall. So I hope you could see it. It is coming up slowly because of the internet. And as I said, you can have this in a fashion where you can have the data coming and then later you can have the remote sensing satellite data all coming in in the same webpage. What we need to understand is there might be some differences in the data that is collected at a point and location. So now we have this WRIS website set up. What I'm going to do is I'm going to go back to home where we had the initial data. And then we go to water data come down to hydro metrological and first option is rainfall. So hydro means water and metrological means the atmospheric data parameters, etc. So you have a set given here rainfall evapotranspiration soil moisture and agro climatic ecological regions. We're not going to talk about that the last one now. We'll just focus on the rainfall and the other data. So I'm clicking rainfall. It does take a little bit of time depending on the internet speed because it has to pull a lot of data to make this webpage open and it's opening now. You could see that while it populates it automatically by default takes a data range which is 01 June 2021 to 29 March 2022 using IMD grid data. As I said IMD is a point data at a location they collect data and then they merge it with other products to give us space, a grid. The grid is nothing but let me draw it. It is like your graph paper. So you have this as a point data. This is your point location where the measurements are taken and now this is going to be converted into a grid. So they'll make it as a grid. And so what happens is whatever is within this grid is taking the value of this point. So this is 50 millimeters of rainfall and this whole grid is given 50 millimeters. Like that all of the grids have will take one value based on the point data they have. If they don't have a point data in the box then it is interpolated. And this creates a beautiful map. So it doesn't mean that every inch of India is monitored for rainfall using IMD but it is interpolated. Those who would like to have more information can search what interpolation means and understand the part. So as you know there is a right panel which is similar to the groundwater data. In the right panel you have the India focus and then the date and then the normal rainfall NRF or RF which is your average rainfall for the past years. And then you have the actual rainfall and how much deviation. So right now you could see that 115 millimeter rainfall is there for a normal and the actual is a little bit lesser. So it is if you do the calculation it is 5 percent lesser. When you come down you could see that there is a graph which says clearly which months is below the average. You could see June, July, August 2021 has been below the long-term average and the other months have picked up more rainfall than the average time. So it's slightly a shift or a double peak happening. Instead of one peak happening you have a double peak happening which is also a concern. Because for example if a farmer says I'm going to plant my June crop like June 6 the rainfall comes in Maharashtra western Ghat region. So if they say I'm going to plant my crops and then suddenly there's a good rainfall which fits the crops and then a dip in the rainfall then there is a loss. So this is what this graph shows in the overall trend how does your year perform for the data that we have. So what I'm going to do is I'm going to say all agencies because I want all the data to be present and if you click the time step there is daily, monthly and annual. Please be informed that daily and monthly are good to understand the variations in the rainfall whereas yearly will just be a big number okay and we won't know like these double peaks or these things happening. So it will be good to understand the differences in the scale resolution. The data, the point data is collected every hourly or sub-daily or at least daily intervals and then it is summed to a month and all the months are summed or added to an annual rainfall. Remember rainfalls are normally given as annuals or seasonal okay so then so for that you need to understand daily which is converted to monthly and then monthly converted to annual and season. The other important aspect about rainfall data is the millimeters unit. It comes in millimeters which is given here and you could see that overall average is given as 115 normal rainfall and most of the regions don't get that rainfall so if it is below the average normally it's zero to 600, 600 to 1000 are in the red region and then your 1000 to 1400 are the yellow region and the blue and the green are where good rainfall is happening which is about the average rainfall. You could see here above the average rainfall. There are some regions with more than 6000 millimeters as they mentioned and I would assume mostly it is here where Chirapunji and etc where it is one of the most bettest part of the planet we have. So that's where the beauty of India where we have the extreme high rainfalls in the planet and also a deserted region where there's not much rainfall all in the same country. Okay so let's do one study. I'm going to take the annual rainfall for 2021 so let's go Jan to December. So you could see that I've taken a year 2021. For some reason the long-term data is not showing right now but most of the time the long-term data does show up so don't worry about why it's not showing up so just check the website often and you will eventually get it. You can also give a feedback maybe they will reply to you by email if you can contact them why the data is not coming. So I'll just show you how long the data exists. You could see here that the data if you click the same as the groundwater.  It's the first year that you have this monthly or daily data taken from rainfall and then the latest as it's given here is 29 March just two days before this recording. So I'm going to leave it at the same date which I am 2021 December 2021 and I want the some not the average. Average would give me only the monthly average of the whole of India which there's not much use of it because monthly average is different for different regions. The monsoon period is different for different regions. Let's take for example Kerala and Maharashtra both are getting the monsoon from along the western guards but the Kerala monsoon first comes and then after that some days later the rainfall happens in Maharashtra. So let's do some and then advanced filter doesn't work. This is all stations or telemetry or manual. So you're just going to say all see telemetry is where data is collected through the instrument and GSM box relays the data back to the computer and then you have the manual where a person goes and collects the data every day and then records it and to the database. Let's say all just for the clarity and I've clicked submit. Now you have a beautiful picture of the how the rainfall has occurred and where it is almost zero and where it is increasing and decreasing based on the monsoon onset. You could see that in across India how many stations are there. So there's 23,000 plus stations recording data throughout India. There's not many here in the Kashmir part but then there is a total taken per year for that data range and then you average it and then take the long-term average and actual rainfall is for this period 1 Jan to 31 Jan, December 2021. So that's exactly one year of data and this is how much rainfall we get 2006-72. That is a 119% more positive than the overall trend which shows that 2021 has been a blessed year with good rainfall. There's also been a lot of floods but at least most of the rainfall has helped in recharging your groundwater system which is important for this lecture. So now I'm also going to show you how to zoom into a particular location and a particular station. So now you can download this data, you can convert it into a line graph by clicking the line. You can download the data by clicking this button. We have already seen this in the groundwater class and then all the states are here. Since IIT Bombay is from Maharashtra, let me just type Maharashtra and Maharashtra comes. Once I click Maharashtra, what happens is similar to the rainfall groundwater data that we do. See groundwater also, I'll just check if Maharashtra has been selected. So here you can see that Maharashtra has been selected because of the dust it's not clearly visible. So this is Maharashtra selected and that comes here. Now what has happened is the total number of stations come down. Even though you see all of India's stations, what has been used for this average is 1,473 and the deviation is plus 61 percent. Then the data has come. Now I also want to focus on eight particular districts. So let me delete this to see all the districts and I'm going to say maybe Amaravati, I will take the data. You'll be surprised to see that once I click on the data sets, there will be other data that we never looked at in this exercises. Because most of the time we are told which data is available on the slides. But here what happens is they don't tell you exactly where the data sample is taken on the drop down menu. But when you look at the station, it is coming. So I've selected Nagpur. You can see Nagpur district has been selected and these are the stations. So in Nagpur, how many 34 stations? So if you come down and count all this, there will be 34 stations in Nagpur. 35 is the total. So here is where the source is given. You could see here that Maharashtra state, the state government body has sponsored a lot of stations and they are monitoring it. And then you have the CWC, which is the Central Water Commission, another agency which is responsible for water data, especially the discharge data. Then you have, I'll just see what else IMD data is there, but it's not in this at least picture. So I'm going to click one here and look at it. When you have a dash, when a dash is put at the actual millimeter rainfall column, that means that station is there, but it is not collecting data. Some issues there. Maybe the person didn't go and collect data or the instrumentation is broken under repair maintenance. So for now, let's take number 30 and the station name is Thimbuddo. Thimbuddo and you could see that in June, July, the rainfall picks up and then comes down in September and there's not much rainfall. You don't see other data in the first Jan to 31st December, only this much you see. And we'll have to go with that rainfall because here we just go giving an exercise of how to identify the stations and stuff. So for example, if you want that station in that particular district, you can also click on it. So I'm going to click on another station to see if there is good data. And as I said, mostly the data is not available. But here, luckily, we do have data. Now, if you come down, you can download this data into your Excel PDF or tabular format. And it is also giving you the lat log, which means exact location of the station. Please understand the format of that number. It is very useful to understand that these decimals are given to correctly position you at that point. And that is what is happening here. We have selected that point. And we have the lat log, which gives you the exact location. And the actual rainfall, which is the total rainfall in that period is given as 128.6, which the division is giving here. And then there's a small report, if needed, generated by these websites to support the data. So now we have started with India Rainfall, come to Maharashtra State, then from, say, to Nagpur and Nagpur to Kamalthi Kiran, which is the flow chart, what we want. Kamthi Kairi. Kamthi Kairi is the Kamthi Kairi. We have come from India, Maharashtra, Nagpur to Kamthi Kairi. So please understand, this is the format in which this website houses the data. India State District and then the station. You could download this and keep it for your analysis. And further, you could also select which locations you want. Most of the data will not be available, as we saw, not all data is available. And it's also good to understand which is the agency that is supporting this data. And also the basin in which the data is placed, which is the Gujarati Basin, Maharashtra State, the agency's Maharashtra State. Okay, so with this, I've showed you how to take rainfall, all the other data aspects are similar as your locations and ground water data that we discussed. I will see you in the next class for the next data set. Thank you.


Yeah. Yeah. Yes. That's right. We're streaming live too on our social. Well, welcome to what it's a very windy, windy, really, really windy, uh, fan it here today. We weren't done low earlier on this morning. We now made the scenic, uh, trek up here to, uh, fan it. And it's like it is windy, but thankfully it's dry. We thought there was going to be a bit of a shower in there earlier, but thankfully it held off for us. And we've seen some fantastic scenery because me obviously being from south of the county wouldn't be too used to these kind of roads up here, but it's great to get out and about here today. And it's great to celebrate all things at Donegal as well today, too, because we partnered up with the team at Donegal County Council, and says would hit the road and showcase what is great about our county of Donegal. Oh, brilliant. And, uh, yeah, so you're going to other locations as well, but, uh, you're, you're in fact, and it looks beautiful there in the background and you're, you're right beside the helipad. And then we're actually, we're actually just standing here pretty much on it. If we had a big camera, we've had to show you the big head chair, but yeah, you can see a fan of lighthouse out here behind me and I'm joined now by Yvonne, me and Yvonne. She's, she's dying to get on the radio. So she is Kevin. How are you? I'm not too bad. How are you listening? Thanks very much for, uh, coming on and having a chat with us today. So Alice, all about fan of lighthouse. I have to say, first of all, looking around the scenery is absolutely spectacular. It is indeed. And what can I say about fan of lighthouse is one of the most iconic lighthouses in fact around the world. It's one of the most beautiful. And this lighthouse is here because of a very sad tragedy of the HMS Saldana, where all 250 lives were lost that evening. So the lighthouse itself was opened and, uh, on 1817, built by a guy called George Halpin. So, um, this lighthouse is, um, a fantastic place to come and see. We have a visitor center here. We have, um, um, fantastic home baking, coffee shop, and most of all, the light house. The light house. It's absolutely. It's absolutely brilliant. So it is. So you said about visitors. Would you find her this time of year visitors starting to slacken off or would you be busy all year round? Well, we're fairly busy most of the year round. Um, at this time of the year now, the children have gone back to school. So it's a different sort of clientele. But, uh, however, they, uh, visitors are coming from all over the world.  So it's, uh, from naught to 90, as I always say. And is open all year round? Mostly all year round. And a couple of weeks closing for Christmas last year, we opened all year. So, uh, we're just about to decide now what we're gonna do for this year. Yeah. So we've had a very good season. And, um, we also have, uh, our three cottages here, uh, self catering cottages, which are hugely popular. Okay. And usually they are, um, booked up from year to year. So people would like to come, they can, they can stay in the area. They can actually do the accommodation. Yeah, they can actually stay here. And, um, it's lovely accommodation. It's very original, and it's kept in the original theme of the, um, 1817 around that time, you know? So apart from the lighters, if people are heading up this direction, what else can they find around the fanatarian? The fanatarian here is absolutely stunning. The scenery here is amazing. Um, you'll get the four seasons in the one day, so you'll get some amazing photographs. Um, you'll see the good, the bad and the ugly. We also have a nice place here to visit called the, um, the Pollard Arch. Okay. And that's a wonderful place to visit as well. And that has recently been refurbished to facilitate cars, et cetera. So yes, there's plenty to see, plenty of beautiful beaches. And, um, it's just a really popular, popular place to come to. And I advise people to come and see it because it's so unspoiled. That's the thing about Fanat Lighthouse here. It's very unspoiled and it's just beautiful. Yeah. And how long have you been working here yourself? I've been here now for two years. Okay. Yeah. What have you enjoyed most about it? Um, it's kind of like a joke because I always say it's the best office I've ever worked in. Right. Okay. Okay. So as you can see, this is my office here. So it's a nice office, isn't it? It's a nice office. Yeah, it is indeed. And as I say, we, you know, we get all kinds of weather here. So perfect. And if people would like to find it more information or say, you know what, we'll head away someday, we'll visit Fanat Lighthouse. Can they go on to social media or have you just got a website running? Yes, they can go on to our Fanat Lighthouse website and you can get all your information there, including the accommodation as well. Okay. Well, look, Yvonne, you think we're supposed to be doing a tour at half 12 when you cancel to come over and speak to us. Thank you. Thank you very, very much for joining us. So there you have it, John. Listen, if you're looking for a place to go, Fanat is certainly one of the places that you should have on your list. Yeah, absolutely. And it looks, you know, given the cloud formation itself is spectacular above you, but just at the background of the lighthouse and the coastal scenery. And let's face it, around Fanat, the coastal scenery is as nice as anywhere you'll see anywhere in the world. And as Yvonne just pointed out there, it's a place to visit and also to stay, if you're looking enough to be able to book one of those, one of those lodges. All right, Kevin, safe travels, you're off to another iconic destination now. We're hoping, we're hoping now, I don't know if we're going to make it enough, we're hoping to catch a ferry to head to Fort Dunray, but looking at the clock now, I don't know if they're going in our favor, but we're going to try, try our best. If you're listening, listening on the Swilly ferry, now don't be leaving without Kevin. Yeah, exactly. If you're listening, give us five minutes. Yeah, that's all I'll take. Thanks, Kevin. That's all, that's all. Cheers, John, thank you. Get with the best. Virgin Media, Ireland's best broadband with full fiber and speeds of two gig is now available in Donegal. Check your area on virginmedia.ie. It's playtime. Virgin Media, sponsors of Around the Northwest. 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This film is called Gold Just start the video I'm Corbin, as with me as always is Please follow us on Instagram! It's so juicy Have a good weekend Bye, juicy lady And today we'll be reacting to a Do you know how to pronounce that? Gold Well done, Corbin Maybe it's more in the Epiglottis Yes Gold Um, but it has Akshay Kumar Yeah So we love him, we saw him in Kasari We finally did Yeah, that was such a good one We've probably seen more of his trailers than We have Maybe Amir Khan It's true We spent, what, five years watching Amir Khan Yeah, we did But this one's very requested for An awful long time No idea what it's about I'm assuming it's about gold Yeah In some way, shape or form It's a good guess, right? Yeah, I think you're pretty close to Hitting that one on the head British Indian There's still a record of our country Three golds But British India can't match that We had a British flag on our head That we all believed that You are not free Yeah India is going to win After that We're going to get an Olympic So we're going to defeat the British In London We're going to take our 200-year-old Gulabi's revenge Very good, Shokna But Shokna is going to die Shokna Shokna Yeah I'm going to win I'm going to die I'm going to win I'm going to win I'm going to win I'm going to win I'm going to win I'm going to win I'm going to win Yeah, that one told me deep into it Yeah, it did And that's... I forget what other ones of his We've reacted to I did too But when I see his face now I think Kasari And this is the first time He's had this particular look And man, he looked like Douglas Fairmax He looked like the old Classic Hollywood movie stars His face in this one is just Absolutely just Yeah Captivating That was... I'm very interested Really truly interested in how it is Because this has gone almost To the top of the list In terms of, especially of his stuff That I want to see Because it really intrigued me And it looked like it was all high quality And all about The performances And the story behind it And obviously this is the first time I know Field hockey is y'all's national sport Are you proud we knew that? Yep It isn't cricket We know that It isn't cricket It's this I've never Seen field hockey played In my life Is it the same rules as hockey Just on a field? That's my understanding And that's just a stupid guess I think it's exactly the same It's just played on grass Well obviously you can't bounce it Off the walls Maybe you do No there's no walls You've got to keep it in bounds But I think the rules are pretty identical So it's soccer field with hockey Soccer field That's bigger than an ice hockey rink It's big Comparatively I think Because I've seen it played But I've never watched a full game Gotcha And watching this Reminded me of when we saw Kasari And when the trailer And then we were going to go watch it Everybody was saying Nobody else could portray That character But Akshay Kumar Because he is of all the actors That come out of India This is the one guy Whose films are the patriotic And the national And the pride of India Does he have a thing Because obviously this is very similar to Kasari In terms of getting free from the British I mean obviously that's a huge topic For India in terms of film Because that's a huge part of your history Recent history Just like English and American Yeah we've got the same thing But it seems like He's had a different character But them kind of Fring themselves from that What would you call it? Tyranny? Yeah The oppression? Yeah the oppression of the English Who oppressed everyone Sorry guys I mean we've gone our fair share We're not pointing one at you And not pointing back And they were the last huge superpower In the world Yeah and this is obvious This looks like it's There are some movies that we have With American sport Like I immediately go to movies like Hoosiers And Rudy and Oh yeah My favorite baseball film is The Natural But those don't have Like we talked about this in the other review Where the national The camaraderie of a nation Surrounding the national cricket team In the World Cup And then field hockey In the transition Into them being a free country This looks like it's just an epic historical Like if you want to know about India And you want to know about field hockey And the connection of this sport with our country This is probably the go to movie to watch It looked awesome It looked awesome man Please let us know how it is I would love it if we could watch it But obviously if you guys say Trey there's good Film sucks Yeah which would be a bummer That would be a real bummer But the amount this has been requested I think it'll be good But please let us know If not let us know what other Akshay Kumar film we should watch Yeah just notice that I started off With a doofy high Goofwadded Yeah that's how you do it And that movie was just like Pulled me into the Doofy


Proudly we hail. Hello from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen. This is C.P. McGregor speaking and welcoming you to another performance of Proudly We Hail, a program presented by your War Department. Through the courtesy of the Hollywood Coordinating Committee, we welcome Mr. Alan Jocelyn, as the star of our play, Authors Are Such Dopes, written by Tom Petty with music by Eddie Skravanik. Hugh Settit's first novel is Selling Like Hot Cakes. But so far as the public's concerned, the book is by Don Torrance, the pen name chosen by Hugh's publisher, Mr. Feingold. And here he is. All right, take a memo, Miss Clotch. Sit here. Okay. Comfortable? Okay. Quote, I want every employee of the Planet Publishing Company to put their shoulders to the wheel and do a lot of constructive thinking about bitter tears by Don Torrance. I want you to hit the line of fighting. I want you to take the bit in your teeth and put your nose to the grindstone. With a lot of sincere promotion ideas for bitter tears, I've just ordered another 500,000 copies printed. Unquote. Now, you see that every department head gets a copy of that. That's all, Miss Clotch. You can get off my lap now. Okay. All right. Oh, I'll see that author now if he's still out there. Oh, come right in, Mr. Torrance. Have a seat. You have to keep on calling me Torrance. Oh, now, now, my boy. Let's don't have any more arguments about that silly name of yours. I'm not finding a sincere pen name for you. Okay. Don Torrance wrote bitter tears, but remember to make out the royalty checks to Hugh Settit, H-U-G-H-S-E-D-D-I-T. You said it. Now, you got me saying it. No, my boy. You better have your name legally changed. You know, a friend of mine named Smelt had his name changed to Lincoln, Washington, Jr. and got rid of two generations of Smelt's at the same time. All right. I'll think it over. After all, a herring by any other name would smell as sweet. Oh, never mind about that. Now, I had you come in here today before, but I'm busy on another book. I want to do something serious this time, something worthy of the name of Settit. Oh, please, don't joke with me. I'm a busy man working day and night to make you rich. But I'm not joking. Well, neither am I. Now, it's in your contract that you speak to these women's clubs and you help sell the book. All right, Sam, I agree. When do I start? Wisecracks all the time, wisecracks. Tonight you take the train to Hill City. You will be the guest of Mrs. J. Stanley Updike and you will speak to her club. And I'm to speak about bitter tears. Certainly. Everything is arranged. Next week you will speak in another city. And the next and the next. I'll go, but sometimes for crying out loud I wonder why I ever wrote bitter tears. It doesn't look like what I expected, but it's the only stranger to get off the train at Hill City. I'll take a chance. Oh, pardon me. Were you expecting someone to meet you? Well, yes. I rather expected to encounter Mrs. J. Stanley Updike. Well, you came pretty close. You're now encountering Mrs. Sally Updike. I hope you're a good driver. As a matter of fact, I am. I took first honors in my class in college for one-arm driving. How did you? I don't believe they told mother she was getting a college man. I'm afraid Mr. Feingold's slipping.  Well, you move in fast. Don't you think we should decide about you first? Possibly. Is this your car? Yes, but you'll be driving mothers most of the time. It's a bit more sedate. All right, let's go. It's pretty well. Keep an eye open for speed cops. Will you? I'm going to let her out a bit. You'll do nothing of the sort. Do I just call you James or do you have a name? What? You mean you don't know my name? Of course I don't know your name, but I'm sure you must have one. Well, certainly I have a name. You said it. I said what? You said it. That's my name. Oh, no. It couldn't be. I'm afraid it is. I guess I'm stuck with it. You said it. Never mind. Mother will give you a new one. What is this? A conspiracy? Everyone trying to change my name? I'll... Sure. I know what you'll do. You'll pull into that driveway on the left. This is where you work, you said it.  Oh, we're glad you like it. You can put the car in the garage. I think I'll leave it parked right here. I never did like bossy women. Well, I've never known a chauffeur with worse manners. You think I'm a chauffeur? Me, a chauffeur? Oh, I'm beginning to wonder. Is that you, Stanley? Oh, yes, Mother. I have your new chauffeur here, but I think we'd better send him back to the agency. No, since we need him. The agency recommended him very highly. Madam. Madam, will you please quit circling around me like an Indian in a war dance? Mm-hmm. You'll do. I'll have to order new uniforms. You're far too large to wear Henry's old ones. All right, all right. Get the limousine out. I want you to drive me to the station. Sir, did you hear from Don Torrance? Yes, the telegram said he'd be in this morning. I suppose I'll have to meet every train. What is your name, young man? What? Oh, uh, just call me James. We pause briefly from our story. Authors are such dopes, starring Alan Jocelyn to bring you an important message from your war department. Imagine that you're at your local airport watching a nearby army jet-propelled plane. Suddenly, with incredible speed, the plane takes off and in an instant disappears. Then you hear the roar the engine made as the plane left the ground, out of sight before you even heard a take-off. That's speed. Is this just a tall story, some fantastic machine of a distant future? No, indeed. Already, the army has planes that fly faster than the speed of sound. Already, the army has developed radio-controlled rockets that can fly seven times as fast. Aviation is just one of many fields in which our new, regular army is daily making new discoveries. Army technicians are doing research and development in such fields as photography, engineering, medicine, radar, and others of a scientific nature. If you're a physically fit young man between 17 and 34, there's a worthwhile career waiting for you in the army. Your local army recruiting station will be glad to tell you about it today. Act two of Authors Are Such Dopes, starring Alan Jocelyn as Hugh Settit. Well, it's almost time for Mrs. Updike's club meeting, and the famous Mr. Don Torrance is still among the missing. But here comes Hugh. Maybe he'll admit his identity. Sorry to disturb you again, madam, but I've been to every hotel in Hill City. Your author must have taken a powder. Taken a powder? You mean he's ill? He means Mr. Torrance has run away, mother. Or if that word slingers in town, he's traveling if I may coin a phrase. In cog? Say, you sound like a character out of bitter tears, Hugh Settit. Darling, I wish you wouldn't use those awful slang expressions. Oh, dear me, and I did so want Don Torrance as my guest. I've told everyone he would be with me and they're dying with envy. Now they laugh right in my face. Perhaps I'd better take another look around town. Perhaps you had. I have an idea I can find this fellow, Torrance, but you'll have to help me. Go with him, Sally. I know how I'm ever going to face Lena Klotzmeier. She had a poet as her guest last week. Well, you just walk right in and tell all of them that Don Torrance has been delayed, but he's expected at any minute. Well, suppose he doesn't come? What if you can't find him? Don't worry, Mrs. Uptight. Don Torrance will be there, or I'll produce a reasonable facsimile thereof. That'll be all, waiter. Thank you, sir. All right. Here I am in the palace hotel with my chauffeur. I think you'd better start explaining, Mr. Torrance. Oh, so you do know who I am? I've known ever since you parked my car in front of the house. Then why did you introduce me to your mother as the new chauffeur? I wanted to teach you a lesson for trying to fool me at the station with that corny name. But my name is Hugh Settlet. Don Torrance is a pen name selected by my publisher. I never can remember to use it at the right time. Why didn't you tell mother who you really are? Oh, I don't know. I had an idea it might be fun playing chauffeur with you around. Oh, you did? Yes, and it has been. Only your mother takes this club thing pretty seriously. I think it would break her heart to say nothing of her pride to show up at the club empty-handed. Oh, I'm not going to disappoint her. I'm going over there right now. But she won't accept you as Don Torrance. Have you forgotten? You're her new chauffeur. Well, you'll go with me. We'll break right in. You'll introduce me as the author of Bitter Tears, and I'll take over from there. All right, Don. But this one's on you. Do you have to call me Don? Forget who you are. Maybe you're right. Anyhow, I kind of like the way you say Don. Here we are. It's your move, Don. Go ahead, Sally. I'm right behind you. You better be. Quickly tell them who I am. Ladies, I bring you Don Torrance, the author of Bitter Tears. He's all yours, mother. Hello, Mrs. Updike. What, you? Good afternoon, ladies. I'm so sorry. But I'm afraid I don't understand. There, there. I'll get right into my lecture, Mrs. Updike. After all, I am unpardonably late. You said it. Mother! Such language! I was never so glad to get home in my life. My chauffeur walking right into the club meeting and impersonating Don Torrance. I won't permit him to accept all those invitations for my friends. Mother, will you please calm down and listen? He is Don Torrance. He did write Bitter Tears. He's my chauffeur, and I invited my friends to a dinner party for my chauffeur. Are we going to convince her? Well, I'll have a talk with her later. Let her go to her room and rest. Maybe she'd rather have a good chauffeur than an author around. Why can't she have both? Why not? I'm in love with the job. Is it the job, Don? The job and, of course, my, my employers. Employers? You sort of like to narrow things down, don't you? What do you think? I'll show you what I think. You and I are going to have to do a lot of thinking. Right now I could write a book about this sort of thinking. And I could help. But there's one thing you're going to have to do. I know. I'm going to have to persuade you to change your name. That's good son thinking. But you're going to have to change yours first. You set it. We'll, we'll do it together. This is C.P. McGregor speaking. I hope you've enjoyed our proudly we hailed story starring Alan Jocelyn. Before leaving you, Don Forbes has an important message for all of us. The atomic bomb has proved that atomic power can be used in small quantities to do large amounts of work. This new power is a development of the United States Army. Although first employed for a military purpose, this new form of energy has unlimited possibilities for civilian use. Skilled men are needed to handle the new apparatus and equipment of this age. The regular army is composed of such men. They are educated to a special mechanical trader job for their part in the Army's program. Atomic energy is but one phase of this program of scientific experimentation. Others are supersonics, the complex problems of speeds faster than that of sound. Radar, the location of material objects through the reflection of radio waves. Jet propulsion, medicine, engineering, communication, photography. These are some of the fields in which army technicians are making scientific advances. Over a six-week period concluded by the AAF conference June 3rd through 5th, Air Force technicians set 20 new world records in aviation. This is a result of army research and development in the field. Besides providing for national defense, our army has an important part in further scientific progress. A soldier is more than just a man in uniform. He is specially trained and educated in one or more fields of knowledge. He is an expert in his line and a part of an organization engaged in scientific work. In peace as in war, the army serves mankind. There are few careers of such a beneficial nature open to intelligent young men between 17 and 34. You are urged to go to your nearest army recruiting station now and find out about the unusual opportunities in a regular army career. Thank you, Alan Jocelyn, for your wonderful performance on our program. Proudly, we hail will come to you again over this station next week. Listen in.


The Schenle Laboratories, producer of penicillin-Schenle and Schenle Pharmaceuticals, presents the Encore Theatre. The Encore Theatre play tonight, Dark Victory. Our stars are Franchotone and Susan Peters. Schenle Laboratories presents another and a new series of great dramatic programs. Some of our stories are fact. The struggles and accomplishments of great men of medicine. Others are fiction. Stories of devotion to an ideal. Individual heroism or great courage. By these programs, Schenle Laboratories would remind you that medical science and progress is not cold in personal research or pages of statistics, but a warm human story told in living terms. Whether it's the life of one of medicine's immortals or the everyday record of service rendered by your own physician. Dark Victory, starring Susan Peters as Judith Treheun and Franchotone as Dr. Fred Steele. I'm sorry, but I've closed my office for good. I built a little laboratory on my farm up in Vermont and I've been waiting nine years to get started on my research. But don't tell me you've been bitten by the bug for scientific research. Something like that. On what? Cells. Brain cells. Tell me, why do healthy cells suddenly go berserk and grow wild? Do you know? No. Neither does anyone. We call them tumors, gliomas, cysts, cancers. We operate and cure with a knife. But one of these days, someone's going to find a serum that'll be to these growths what anti-toxin is to diphtheria. Can't you put off leaving and see this girl? She's desperately ill. I've been watching her like a hawk and she's losing ground each day. Count found that you're always talking about the obligation of doctors to humanity. Well, there's humanity waiting for you in the reception room. Well, all right. I'll have a look at the girl. But I warn you, I'm taking that train. I'm not going to be stuck here another nine years. I'll have her come in. Oh, Fred, you may find her a bit, uh, well, defiant. She didn't want to come. She's trying desperately to convince herself and me that nothing's wrong with it. All right. Let me see her. Come in, Judas. This is Dr. Steele. How do you do, Dr. Steele? How do you do? And now will you please excuse me? I have to run over to the hospital. Sit down, Mr. Hearn. Uh, Dr. Parsons tells me you're a great hunter. You don't look like a hunter. Well, you could hardly expect me to enter your office leading a pack of hounds. Hardly. Well, tell me about yourself.  I weigh 115 pounds stripped. I've had mumps, measles, and whooping cough all at the proper ages. Is that all? All the inconsequential facts. What are the consequential ones? Does that light bother you? No. Do you use your eyes a great deal? I generally keep them open, doctor. That light is in your eyes. I'll lower the shade. I wish you wouldn't keep harping on that. There's nothing the matter with my eyes. You're squinting. There, there. That's better. Suit yourself. It's your office. What did you do yesterday? I went to the theater in the afternoon. I played bridge in the evening. By the way, round, wasn't it? Why? Yes, I guess it was. What was the play? Uh... Cirono, wasn't it? Yes, why? Did you like it? Well, you see, I... You had a headache, didn't you? How long have you had these headaches? Oh, I... I don't have them. You have one now? No, I have not. How did you come out at bridge yesterday? Well, let me think. Quickly. I don't remember. You've been losing a lot lately, haven't you?  There's nothing wrong with me. I'm well, absolutely well. I'm young and strong and nothing can touch me. Neither you nor Dr. Parsons can make an invalid out of me. Now I'm going. I'm sorry to have wasted so much of your time.  That's not true. Oh, yes, it is. That's why you held certain things back from Dr. Parsons. You were afraid to admit them. You've been having those headaches for months. They've been getting worse lately, and your eyes have been cutting up too, just as though someone were shutting a pair of folding doors until your vision's almost cut in half. You pretended it was imagination, but it isn't. You can't concentrate.  You're afraid to admit it, but you can't deny it. It's a lie. I'm well. Why do you bully me like this? Because I want to help you. Won't you let me? How about your train to Vermont? There'll be other trains to Vermont. I want to examine you now. Take some X-rays. Yes, of course. I'm sorry I was so difficult. I like the way you fought back at me. You've been a good sport. Come on. Now let's see what we can find out about this head of yours. Well, Fred? It is Glyoma, Dr. Parsons. I was afraid of that. We'll have to operate immediately, of course. But there'll be a recurrence? Yes. Well, you know all the men I called in for consultation, they were all of the same opinion. And that means approximately 10 months. She'll be an invalid in the meantime, I suppose. No, this is a rare case. She'll apparently be as well as any of us. That is, until... Well, her sight may fail near the end. There'll only be a little time after that. Fred, I... I don't know what to say. I love that girl. So do I. Are you going to tell her? Would you want her to know? No. That's your answer. Ready in surgery, Dr. Steele? Yes, Judith. Well... Yes, darling. You'll have a complete surgical recovery. That's good. When you got inside my head, did you find any sense in it? You like this hat, Anne? Well, I like each of the other 12. Say, you've certainly gotten fussy since that operation. One day out of bed and you're going through those hats like a cyclone. Oh, I want to look my best. I'm going to meet Fred at five. Oh, I want to look so dazzling that he won't look at another girl. Judith, you're in love with him. Does it show? Oh, does it show? I'll just take a good look in that mirror. Has he given you any encouragement? Not a ripple in the water. It's awful, but it's wonderful. I've got something to live for now, something to hope for. Anne, the next time he comes over, any time there's a lull in the conversation, you might just mention what a good wife I'd make and what an ideal mother. Well, as a matter of fact, I have an appointment with him this afternoon in his office. I'll toss it in the conversation and let you know the results if you're serious. I'm horribly afraid. I'm terribly serious. Well, it couldn't happen to a nicer girl. You take these powders, Mrs. Robertson. You'll be all right. Dr. Steele, I've only known you since Judith's operation, but I've known her and loved her most of her life. May I take the liberty of an old friend? Yes, of course. Does Judith mean anything more to you than just the patient? Very much more. Marriage would mean to her a home, children, plans for the future. Could you watch her growing happier every day with this thing creeping up behind her back? Could you stand that? It isn't a question of what I could stand. The only thing that matters now is that she should be happy every hour. All my life, I've told people what to do. Now, I don't know what to do. I love her, but I... Hello, Mr. Hearn. Dr. Steele had to go out on a case. He wants you to wait. He didn't think he'd be long after five. All right, Miss Wainwright. I'll sit down here at the desk and wait. Oh, do you mind if I finish packing the books in the reception room? Not at all. Do you think he's really going to Vermont this time? I don't know. I've given up trying to guess. I'm just going to have everything ready just in case. He's going to be a great scientist. He... Case history folder. Judith Hearn. Well, this looks interesting. Might as well spend my time reading about myself. What did you say, Mr. Hearn? Nothing, just doing a little reading. My dear Dr. Steele, a study of the case history of Miss Judith Hearn and an examination of the tissue sample sent me lead me to concur with your diagnosis. The prognosis is definitely poor. Death in such cases is... Miss Wainwright. Yes? What does prognosis mean? Why? What a case looks like. What does... prognosis poor mean? It means hopeless. Why did you ask? What are you reading? My case history, Miss Wainwright. My case history. Tell the doctor that... that I couldn't wait. Telling that... that I had nothing to seem about. After all. Oh, Mr. Hearn, please wait. These things don't necessarily... Just tell Dr. Steele. Thanks. And goodbye. In a moment we shall return to our play, Dark Victory. But first, a message of importance concerning the miracle drug of our time. Ladies and gentlemen, you and most other people realize that the early production of penicillin was beset by countless difficulties. But do you also realize that the expansion of production facilities for penicillin has resulted in more than increased quantities, has permitted the development of new forms of penicillin as well. When Shanley Laboratories, along with 20 other firms, was designated by the United States government to produce penicillin for the saving of lives on both battlefront and homefront, the miracle drug was manufactured only in its original powdered form. Today, however, the Shanley Laboratories program of continuing research has developed additional, specialized penicillin products that your doctor may and his judgment prescribe as penicillin trochies and tablets for administration by mouth, penicillin ointment to be directly applied to affected skin surfaces, and a thalmic ointment for treating certain infections of the eye. In the spirit of medical progress, Shanley salutes at this time the extensive experimentation which has brought the boon of many new cures to all mankind. In addition, Shanley Laboratories pledges itself to continue its extensive program of research in the field of pharmaceuticals with the purpose ever before it of placing more and greater healing aids in the hands of your doctor. Now we return to our play Dark Victory starring Franchotone and Susan Peters. Why aren't you laughing, Alec?  All right, how would be gay and laughing? What should we laugh about? How about life? Life and the things it does to us on top were on the bottom. When we started making plans about all the years we're going to live, we find we haven't any left. What are you talking about?  I've been hunting all over town. Did you forget you had a date with me? I suddenly found I didn't have time to keep it. Hello, Dr. Steele. Sit down. Yes, yes, sit down. Join the party, the more the merrier. Let's keep everything as merry as possible. A short life but a merry when I always say, what do you always say? I've been meaning to ask you, doctor. Was I a specimen case? Will I make the medical journal? Judas, I don't... Why didn't you tell me? What is all about? Tell him what it's all about. Explain to Alec about prognosis, poor. A few months of pretending you're well and then blindness. Then so long, my friend... Judas, don't talk like that. Oh, stop it, Fred. It's no longer necessary to humor the patient. You'd have done anything to make me happy, wouldn't you? Even married me, if necessary, out of pity. Oh, you're very kind. But thank you so much. It won't be necessary. You see, I'm not in your care anymore. You will always be in my care. Judas, I hadn't thought to say it here under these circumstances, but I do want to marry you. I love you. I want to marry you. Why? What for? What's the point? What's the reason? Judas, don't do this. Don't strike back at me this way. I want you to find peace. We all have to die. The tragic difference is that you know when and we don't. The important thing is the same for all of us, to live our lives so we can meet death when it comes decently, beautifully, finally. I'll die as I please. Come on, Alec. Let's get out of here. Let's go someplace where there's more laughs. Judas. Goodbye, Fred. Sorry I can't stay longer, but I'm sure you understand. I just haven't the time. Hi, Miss Judith. What are you doing down here in the stables at this hour of the night? I couldn't sleep. I just got in from a party and I didn't feel like going to bed. Saw your lighter. Thought you might like some company. Yeah. Uh, sit down and make yourself comfortable. Thanks. How's Challenger? He's a good horse. He will write about him. I can tell a champion every time. Oh, I'm so tired, Michael. You've been going too hard. For weeks now it's been party after party. If you'll forgive my saying so, it's a great waste of time. Waste of time? Well, why do you say that? We only live once, Miss Judith. That's right. Only once. Talk to me, Michael. I need someone to talk to tonight. Talk to me as one human being to another. Talk to me as a man. Are you happy, Michael? Is anybody? Are you afraid to die, Michael? I wouldn't want to die while you're alive. You're making love to me. You invited me to talk to you as a man. One thing I know. I'm a lot better than a lot of them that's playing around with you. Are you, Michael? Yeah. If you only knew the things I've wanted to say to you ever since the first time I came to work for you. Say the Michael. We had all what you're saying, Miss Judith. And I think we're both a little crazy tonight. You're right. We are a little crazy. And you're right about something else. I can't go on this way. Tonight it would be you and after tonight someone else and on and on until the last hour.  Die? What are you talking about?  Does that frighten you? Heaven forgive you for saying a thing like that. Yes. Heaven forgive me. When it comes, it's got to be met finally and beautifully, doesn't it? Michael, thank you. Thank you for waking me up. Hello, Fred. Look here. I wanted to say that I'm sorry. I hope you don't mind the unorthodox hour. Come in, Judith. I've been such a fool, darling.  That happens to all of us periodically. If only Olympia let me see you sometimes.  You're coming to Vermont with me all this time I've been waiting for you, counting the moments. A moment is all we have. It's all lovers ever have. A few perfect hours. I tried to explain that to you before. What will this do to you? The shadows fallen on my earth. It mustn't fall on yours. Your shadow's mine. And your victory over it will be mine too. I'm afraid it will be a dark victory. Vermont agrees with you. Oh, but look, I haven't seen Fred yet. He's working in there. You go on in and talk to him. I've got to see you about dinner. All right. Hello, Fred. Oh, it's good to see you. I'm sorry I couldn't get away to meet you with the train, but we're working on an experiment. Oh, I know. You just couldn't tear yourself away from the microbes, huh? How does Judith look to you? Oh, just like a bride of two months should look. Radiant. Fred, is there a chance for her? No. Does she realize it? Yes.  But I've never seen anyone like her. From what deep well she draws her courage, I can only wonder. Well, you saw her. She laughs, sticks out her chin. She can take it. But she must think that there's a... No, she doesn't think. It's forgotten. That's our pact. We never mention it. And you mustn't either. You'll want to, but you mustn't. Not even with your eyes. You're in the pact too. I'll try. Beautiful. Pretty soon, I'll be all in bloom. There'll be roses over there, Arbor over there. Hey, look how it's clouding up. It must be going to rain. But Judith, it's not. It's getting darker by the second. Well, look how dark it's getting. Yes. Yes, I see, dear. Anne, I can still feel the heat of the sun. Anne. No. No, it isn't true. There are clouds. The sun has gone. It's all right, Anne. Anne, it's all right. Hey, out there. I got some news. We're going to New York. They just read me a wire over the phone. Come on in. I'll show you. Judith, you can. Don't tell him. Maybe it isn't anything. Come on. Hey, read this. A wire from Fisher in Philadelphia. Martha took it down. Yes, of course, darling. Well? It's very nice. Nice? Is that all? Well, you read it, Anne. I never could read Martha's writing. Dr. Frederick Steele, Rattlebore of Vermont. Wild with excitement over your latest report. Biological tests convinced me you may be on right road with isolation. Isolation, you see? Choke off the oxygen. No, no, you two wouldn't understand. Believe we should present material at board meeting in New York tomorrow. Please wire. My enthusiastic congratulations, Fisher. Oh, it's wonderful, darling. Isn't it, Anne? Oh, excuse my lack of enthusiasm. I was bowled over for a moment. Sure, don't I know? I'm in the clouds myself. I wired Fisher. I'd meet him at 10 in the morning. I've got to hurry and get packed. Martha's got your bags already. You're going to tell him. And keep him from going? No. I wouldn't dream of it. This means everything in the world to his career and his future. His life must go on. Judith, come up here a moment, will you? Anne, please. Just go on as though nothing had happened. Please. I know what's best. All right, darling. Whatever you say. Judith. Coming. Where did Martha hide my shirts this time? Darling, you know, I don't think I'll go. I'll be busy and I just be sitting around in the hotel room. That sense. A couple of days in New York will do you good. Please, darling. Don't force me to call. Force you? Well, of course, honey.  New York would bore me. Really at what? This is my home now. I'd rather stay here. Judith, you're trembling. Am I? Well, it's the first time we've been separated. May the girl get a little sentimental? I'm not going. Darling, are you worried about me? Every moment you're not in my sight. You needn't be, Anne's here. Yes, but if anything should happen... It won't. But even so, I'm not afraid anymore. Didn't we agree we wouldn't talk about it? I used to be afraid. I died a thousand times. The next time, death will come as an old friend, gently and quietly. Oh, Judith. We've had so much, Fred. If we lived to be a hundred, we could have no more. Darling, you've done so much for me. Judith, I've... I don't want to go on living without you. You must.  Oh, darling, I'm so proud of that. What a great thing it is to be a doctor and a scientist. And what a proud thing to heal pain and save lives. You have so much to give to the world, Fred.  I want you to wipe out this thing that is going to take me away from you. You must. And you will. Darling, I'll try. Nothing can hurt us now. For what we've had can never be destroyed. That's our victory over the dark. And it's a victory because we're not afraid. Thank you, Judith. Now, come on. You've got to hurry. You take your bag and I'll take your hat and coat. You serve me back there. Hurry. I brought the car around the front for you. You will take care of everything, Ann. Hurry, darling. You've got to drive like mad. Goodbye, darling. You know where to reach me if you need me. Myself in the big city. Bye. Bye. Did we plan any hyacinth yet, Ann? Yes. No, I don't know. I... Would you go out now and plant some? They're his favorite flowers. They should do well in this soil. The garden will be very beautiful in June with everything blooming. You'll take good care of my flowers, won't you? Yes. Go on. Plant them now. Do you think I'd leave you, darling? You must. Please understand, Ann, that no one must be here. No one. I have to prove to him that I can do it alone. Maybe it will help him over some bad moments in the future to remember it. I'm going up now and... and sleep. There used to be a prayer. Do you remember it? If I should die... No, I lay me down to sleep. Yes. That's it. I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should... If I should die... before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take. That's a beautiful prayer, isn't it? I haven't thought of it in years. Good night, Ann. Good night, Judith. Ladies and gentlemen, before Franchotone comes back to the microphone, may we leave this thought with you. All of us take for granted our feeling of confidence in our own doctor. Could there be any greater tribute to the medical profession than this fact that we do take for granted the confidence we feel in its members? Shemley Laboratories presents this series of programs in honor of America's doctors. And now, Franchotone. Ladies and gentlemen, to sum up the spirit of this program, the simple and beautiful prayer of the physician written centuries ago by Maimonides seems to me to be apt and fitting. The eternal providence has appointed me to watch over the life and death of all thy creatures. May I always see in the patient a fellow creature in pain, grant me strength and opportunity always to extend the domain of my craft. This is the prayer of the physician, its age is old, yet today it is as new as the hope for a peaceful way of life for all the world. May we invite you to listen again next week at the same time when Shemley Laboratories presents a man to remember, Mr. Lionel Barrymore, a great star in a great story. Good night. That victory was produced and directed by Bill Lawrence, and was presented through the courtesy of Warner Brothers, who this year is celebrating the 20th anniversary of sound pictures. It was a Gene Holloway adaptation. Susan Peters appeared through the courtesy of Metro Golden Mayor, producers of the Technicolor musical Holiday in Mexico. This is Frank Graham speaking for Shemley Laboratories, producer of Penicillin Shandley, and inviting you to listen next Tuesday at the same time when you will hear Mr. Lionel Barrymore in A Man to Remember. This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.


This research paper discusses the development of a biomimetic ink that mimics the tendon-to-bone interface. This ink contains tendon and bone-related cells as well as a mo-containing silicate MS, biosyramics. These components are then used to create three-dimensional bioprints that replicate the hierarchical structure and cellular composition of the tendon-to-bone interface. Additionally, these bioprints also contain the desirable ionic microenvironment created by MS biosyramics, allowing them to induce both tendon and bone-related cells to differentiate into their respective lineages. Finally, this biomimetic ink and its corresponding bioprints are able to simulate the tendon-to-bone interface, promoting the regeneration of soft to hard tissue interfaces. This article was authored by Lin Du, Chen Qin, Hong Jian Zhang, and others.