G'day guys, how you going? My name is Tech and welcome to my channel called Bootlossophy I work and record on widget country Western Australia and I acknowledge the traditional owners of this land. In today's video I'm looking at the Parkhurst Richmond boot made up in Seidel's double-shot leather It's a combination tanned and pump full of oils and waxes like chrome excel But is it a more rugged leather? So this is the Parkhurst Richmond boot It's a cap toe 6-inch service boot pattern and this makeup is in Seidel tanning corporation's double-shot leather in a finish that's called light natural Parkhurst being a small batch manufacturer has made the Richmond boot in a variety of makeups and continue to do so Each makeup varies in the leather of course, but Parkhurst also mixes it up by changing the design elements like the backstay for example Sometimes making it a single-piece backstay like in this model and sometimes make it in a double backstay format where there's a strip that runs up the shaft and a heel pocket backstay that covers the External heel counter. That's the heel stiffener underneath this here that gives the boot its shape at the heel other design changes From makeup to makeup may be a variation in the stitching at the toe cap This one in a closely stitched double row others in a triple stitch pattern a single and double row stitches and so on Other variations with the type of hardware brass antique brass or coloured and varying the number of eyelet and speed hook combinations Finally Parkhurst will also mix up the soles Dana in this case Sometimes they mix it up to Ridgeway or to its hide commander souls. It makes life interesting Just before we go on I wanted to look at this leather from Seidel. That's called double shot It's a relatively new development and only came up at the beginning of 2021 Rugged bootmaker Truman only started producing boots using double shot in February 2021. In fact, I think they were the first To make boots in that leather and then leather suppliers started offering double shot later that year Seidel seems to have been playing with some pull-up leather crust That's leather that's been dried after tanning but not yet died And they tried hot stuffing it with waxes and finishing it like a regular pull-up leather What they've produced is something similar to chrome excel being hot stuffed with waxes and oils It is definitely a pull-up leather caused by infusing Multiple hot wax processes into the leather and as you pull on it the fibers in the leather Relaxes so that the waxes and oils move around underneath the full grain leather. That means it's uncorrected Not removing any pores hair holes other skin surface variations It feels smooth in the finish and really quite buttery Chrome excel is slightly corrected. So mostly gives a smooth and finished look and feel Double shot is more ruggedly unfinished and the natural grain takes dye in Depths to produce natural variations of shade Where the piece comes from a looser part of the animal like near the belly Which has been stretched and more elastic in life. You get some really interesting wrinkled contrasts like on this quarter of the boot here This particular model is in light natural, which means it's not dyed came quite light brown Honey colored and it will darken as it has even now and show variation even more as it pertains Parkhurst is very adventurous in its leather selection Tending toward the rugged end of the spectrum more Truman than Grant Stone in that spectrum This leather suits parkhurst's vibe perfectly Moving on to talk about parkhurst They were started in 2018 by former stock analyst Andrew Savisco when he realized there was a poorly filled niche Looking for boots he found here to choose between expensive well-made boots or cheap fashion brands So he decided to make the great american boot in heritage service boot style supporting american labor and businesses and producing quality made boots at a mid-range price I said earlier parkhurst is a small batch manufacturer What that means is that they make small batches at a time Once that batch of leather bought is used They will move on to a new makeup and may or may not return to a particular makeup later While they do make them on specific model platforms the cap toe Richmond or the plain toe allen Specific leathers may or may not be available from time to time So for us as customers it does mean that if you like a particular makeup You need to buy it now because once it runs out you may not see it again Now while that may be a disadvantage if you're still shopping and deciding If you've already bought it means that you've got yourself what is probably a pretty unique boot Dealing with parkhurst is also a great pleasure I speak like it was a big company, but of course it's actually a one-man ban Andrew does it all from designing lasts to closely involving himself in the manufacturer at contracted factories To nailing on the heels himself to doing all the social media and website marketing So if you contact parkhurst and you will be answered personally by Andrew Customer service from him is excellent and he provides very personal contact and service himself Now let's look specifically at this makeup The Richmond is a six inch cap toe service boot meaning it's modeled after the boots worn by service men and women from the two world wars This is built on parkhurst's 602 last which has been sleep down from the real service boot designs To fit with a more modern aesthetic A last is the usually wooden foot shaped mold that the boot maker Pulls the upper leathers around to shape the boot. So what the last looks like is what the boot will eventually look like Andrew designed the 602 last himself and named it after the number of the landing ship tank his grandfather served on It's a combination last in that it starts at a narrow width at the heel And opens up to an e width at the ball of the foot The toe is rounded to be more anatomically inclined than some sharply almond toe shape lasts So what you get is a pleasing heritage style shape. That's also comfortable and very modern looking The heritage service boot pattern combines with the natural colored double shot and the patina and variation that will evolve To present a rugged looking casual Outdoorsy boot So clearly you'd pair it with casual gear and not dressy or business casual in any sense If you disagree you might want to take a look at my video on my five best business casual boots to see how I define business casual up there Leaving aside business casual I reckon this would work with any smart casual outfits down the casual scale to good old t-shirt and jeans On the smart casual side, I've worn it with chinos or five pocket pants Paired with button-up shirts with or without a relaxed casual sports coat or maybe a bomber or herrington jacket It even suits. I think a little preppy style Maybe not the full-blown Harvard Yale vibe, but white or pastel chinos and polo shirts would work with these On the most part I'd pair the matte tan honey color leather with earth tone colors like tans browns and greens However, I think the tan aspects at least until they darken with age Will be quite an attractive contrast with some of the dark neutral colors like black or dark gray Under an all-black outfit. I think they would pop Traveling down the rugged casual look they would be perfect for rugged casual styles Jeans check shirts work shirts or anything wax canvas If you allow them to get a beat up a bit Super casual in faded jeans and a t-shirt is fine Okay, now let's take a look at how they're constructed as usual. I'll start from the bottom and go up The outsole is a day night sole not a proprietary product, but the real thing Day night is an English manufacturer of rubber outsole and they came up with this product in 1910 So it's not a modern design even though it looks sleek and quite modern The advantage of the day night studded sole is that it's quite thin And so can look okay on a dressy boot or shoe Yet at the same time the studded design gives a reasonable grip in most places The studs are actually quite low and inset into wells so that it maintains that low profile And the wells help you to knock off dirt so that it doesn't stick and you can walk in and out of homes without leaving a trail of mud behind Day night is actually pretty good for most of my use case scenarios But just remember where I live. There's no snow or ice I wear my footwear mostly in urban situations indoors for sure But also when I'm outdoors it's walking over parkland or the concrete jungle Dry in summer or in the rain and winter I have taken day night sole boots for a walk in muddy and sandy forest reserves without problems But they really excel in mostly town-based circumstances Depending on the midsole and insular boots, they can feel a bit thin underfoot But the other side of the coin is that they give you a sureness of where you put your feet Sitting above that is a full length leather insole about three mils thick The rubber outsole is glued to this leather in uh midsole and then both are sewn to the welt A welt is used in this form of construction called Goodyear welter construction A welt is a thin strip of leather that goes around the edge of the boot The outside edge is sewn to the sole and the inside edge is separately sewn to the turned in uppers inside the boot In this way there is a stitch outside connecting the welt to the sole and a stitch inside connecting the welt to the uppers And neither shall pass between so that there are no stitch holes passing directly through the boot from inside to the outside Which in turn means that there's less chance of water wicking into the boots It also means that when you wear out the day night rubber sole, you don't throw away the boots You get them resold because it's easier to just undo the stitches Peel the outsole off replace it and sew the new one back on or without even touching and possibly damaging the uppers Heritage built is all about durability as well as slow fashion This welt is in fact a variation of a simple flat welt. This is a split reverse welt This is where the inside edge of the welt is split horizontally halfway to the outside edge The bottom half of that split is sewn to the uppers as usual The top half of that split is flanged upwards and pushed against the side of the boots Producing a raised lip for better water resistance Also, this welt is called a wheeled welt rather than a flat leather surface The surface as if has been passed through a wheel that presses these corrugations into it for decoration and a little extra Sturdiness now if you think about it putting a strip of leather about two mils thick around the edge of the boot Along with all the stuff it's sewn on to will cause a well or cavity inside the bordering welt In these boots that cavity is filled by cork and then on top of that to smooth it out is a leather insole This is this good year welting Leather plus cork plus leather construction is the gold standard While it doesn't have the immediate comfort of say foam or poron like in the thursday captain It said that the leather cork leather combination will compress to the shape of your feet in time to give you bespoke Tailor made comfort and certainly last longer on top of this natural comfort The arch support and stability is helped by the placement of a strong but flexible fiberglass shank into the cork bed Inside on the leather insole is a leather half length heel pad Or sock liner which gives you a little more comfort in the heel as well as protect your heels from the clinch nails that hold the the heels on The heels are real stacked leather on the day night layer and topped by a day night rubber heel top lift for shock absorption and grip Moving up we've talked about the double shot leather the panels vamp toe cap quarters and backstay sewn together with double and triple stitch stitching This is not a real toe cap in this model the toe cap is attached to the vamp piece and it's not an extra piece that's sewn on top of the vamp The boot is unlined in the back and up the shaft and lined in the vamp and up to two Two and a half mil leather It's really heavy enough to feel sturdy without any lining The toe and the heel is stiffened by celastic That's a thermoplastic that's shaped while warm and then stiffens to create shape in the toe and in the heel The hardware is antique brass goes very well with this tan color all eight unbacked eyelets no speed hooks I don't mind that although I do generally take the laces out of the first One or two eyelets in order to get the boots on and off and speed hooks usually helps save a second or two The tongue is semi gusseted up to the fourth eyelet So that helps with water resistance again, and it helps with keeping the tongue from slipping The edges of the collar and the lace facings are unfinished, but there is a leather ring at the collar to reinforce it Quality control is pretty good. All the stitches seem okay A couple of loose stitches that I just leave there or burn off no biggie The stitches look even and reasonably straight This is a handmade boot so I can overlook maybe some slightly misaligned stitching Again, no biggies amongst this lot The only odd thing might be this in a quarter, which I'm pretty sure comes from the inside belly of the cow You can see it's showing fat wrinkles Some would be strict and say that's bad leather selection during the clicking process But that's almost certainly why it's placed on the inside quarter at the least noticeable part of the boot And what do you want to do throw away every wrinkled but probably a passable piece of leather Apart from being costly. Frankly. I think it's a waste of a natural material And anyway, don't you think the variations caused by the fat wrinkles are actually quite attractive? so on to leather care Because it's so new I can't find a definitive guide to caring for double shot Truman boots do have a web page on caring for double shot Which says to use their leather protector or leather cream to condition double shot And you can do that. I'm sure but since almost every page in the leather care guide says to use the same things I'm not sure that's especially tailored for double shot So as my math teacher used to say, let's go back to first principles We know it's hot stuffed pull-up leather like chrome excel It feels waxy and oily right out of the box We also know it's a more rugged finish Because it's clearly uncorrected full grain less evenly smooth and less potential for a shine So based on that, I think I have two candidates for conditioning this leather The first is my go-to for all smooth leathers one that works well with chrome excel and that is of course venison shoe cream I think that would be a safe bet The other product i'm thinking of is some type of waxy balm or leather dressing One of my favorites because I know it works is feebing's ozzy leather conditioner It has a beeswax base and won't darken the leather and will give it a waterproofing coat as well You can always so use big four I guess that definitely won't darken this leather But i'm not sure it absorbs as well as either the venison or the ozzy So you may have to apply it more often than those two I'll leave links to where you can get these products in the description below I would not use mink oil or even neat foot oil I think those would be absorbed too deeply and really darken this leather Unless you want it darker or faster, of course, it's totally up to you The important thing because it is a rugged boot and you may wear it in more rugged conditions is to keep it clean Make sure you brush it regularly and often A vigorous brushing in and of its own will move the infused waxes around and you'll be surprised at how brushing alone Can give it a good luster Repair scuffs and scratches and actually build that patina As for sizing the parker 602 last is perfect for my feet At a half down from my true size What I call my true size is a us eight and a half in d width as measured on a us brannock device I just a note for ozzy's and uk viewers uk size numbers are one number down from us So an eight and a half is a seven and a half in the uk Anyway, in almost all of my heritage style good you weltered or stitched down boots I take an eight d coming down a half size from my brannock measurement Parkers has started offering wider widths But when I bought these they only had one width and you had to size up if you were wider So the 602 last is a combination last starting narrower in the heels and opening to an e width in the forefoot For me, this means that parker's boots grip my heels very securely Are snug in the waist so offer pretty good arch support At the ball of the foot where the last widens and in the toes I have room to feel that my toes are not scrimped together This means that straight out of the box These fit my feet and felt comfortable except for one issue Out of all my parker's boots, I have nine to date Only one was problematic in the breaking in thereof These were the richmans in gaucho mousse Which I think were made slightly narrower than my other parker's pairs because the leather is so soft and stretchy But even then they loosened up within a week These however also presented an issue The solastic heel counter in the left boot had been cut or placed a little higher in the pocket You can see for the first couple of weeks they cut into my Achilles tendon when I walked and flexed my ankle When I couldn't walk that away I got a hair dryer and heated the area to reactivate the solastic And then bent it back until it was flexed backwards a bit more They're good now While with the shank and narrow waist I said arch support is good I think it could be improved I have reasonably low arches not flat but low and I always appreciate a little extra support from the bottom And these feel a little missing underneath But I can't report tired feet after being in these all day So maybe it's in my imagination Taking a look at cost and value these cost us 352 in february 2022 Parkers boots rain from the mid 300s to the high 300s depending on leather and makeup New models have crept higher over the start of the pandemic to now And I guess that's to be expected with longer supply chains and global rising costs due to the price of oil Rising interest rates and other factors They sit in between the 300s of redwing heritage models and the 400s of makes like oak sick boot makers and Truman While we're not necessarily talking apples and apples I think they sit well between these two price ranges They are better made and with better materials than entry level 200 Thursday boots They are more individualistic and at least as well made as redwing heritage models Maybe even with a little more care in the making They are not as sturdy as Truman and to be fair I don't think you can compare them with any Pacific Northwest boot anyway Frankly, I think oak street boot makers are not worth the extra hundred dollars I put them as a comparable to park host in build Um, I guess the outlier we have to recognize is grandstone Grandstone are really well made and at the same price while more refined and not aiming for the rugged market I personally think that they're worth more than they're listed mid 300 dollar price range And they're the outlier probably because of cheaper manufacturing unit costs All in all, I think these are fairly priced at the mid to high 300s in today's market So there you go guys, there you have it I hope you enjoyed my review of these park host boots They're Richmond boots in Seidel's double shot leather in the like natural colorway or or lack of colorway If you enjoyed this video, you know what to do click on the like and subscribe buttons, please I'm planning some really cool stuff coming up Ellen Edmonds more Thursdays more RM Williams and a boot and brand comparison or two Don't miss them. 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Hi, it's Sarah here with CalTV to give a one-minute movie review of Sony's Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse. Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse centers around a 13-year-old boy named Miles Morales who lives in Brooklyn. After being bitten by a radioactive spider, Miles finds himself developing the same powers as the one and only Spider-Man. Miles then discovers there are different versions of Spider-Man in parallel universes.  Miles then must master his newfound abilities to help his friends defeat the evil kingpin. Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse is also considered one of the best animation styles of 2018. The attention to detail is so strong that the movie nearly looks 3D. Not only is the animation and plot captivating, the soundtrack is beautifully designed to fit Miles' music taste, and it includes artists such as Post Malone and Khalid along with many more. This movie made me cry and laugh, but I won't spoil anything. Go check out Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse this Friday.


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This is George Mason. Hello George. George is an average American government contractor. His plant isn't the largest in the country but it isn't the smallest either. Up until now, George has had things pretty well licked. In doing business with the government he's been able to rely on a government inspector for his quality control. George, this figure represents that inspector who's been around to see to it that all of your products have met government specifications. Of course, once in a while George has muttered about that inspector's constant harping on better plant inspection. But at the same time he's been able to rely on him. Until now. For undercurrent policy the role played by that inspector is going to be greatly changed and George is going to have to do his own inspection. Advertisements for government contracts and the invitations for bid now require that contractors will perform or have performed all necessary tests and examinations according to precise specifications. This includes George's component parts, his end item and his packaging, packing and marking materials. And he must certify the results and furnish reports to the government as required by his contracting officer. The provisions are very specific. George is going to have to plan his inspection system to include all examinations and tests required by the invitation for bid, both on components and end items. As a result, George will have to apply a great deal of care, thought and planning throughout his production. Of course the government will help him work out his new system. That's right George, you're going to have to plan for a complete inspection system before production. During it and afterwards. Naturally when you prepare your bid you've got to include the quality control system and take into consideration the extra work, the extra expense of the inspection requirements. But it is expected that the cost of your new system will be reflected in your bid.  When George has finished a detailed outline of his plans it will help him figure his bid more accurately. Therefore the thoroughness with which he has worked out his system will have a great deal to do with his chances of being awarded the government contract. Of course companies with established quality control systems have a decided advantage in estimating bids. If George has fulfilled all the requirements and his bid is the lowest from a responsible bidder he'll get that contract he's been hoping for. Ah there it is George.  You're already counting your profits. But what about that due date? You've still got some work ahead you know. Take a look at that chart on the wall. There's your first step to perform the required inspection on all raw materials and or component parts that come into your plan. You may do this in a variety of ways. You may require that your supplier provide you with the certificate guaranteeing that raw materials or components meet government standards. Or you may perform inspection in your own plant. Or you may send samples to a laboratory for testing. The important thing is that you are assured that all of the incoming materials you receive comply with specification requirements. Another thing George. Once you've established quality control covering pre-production phases of your operation the specifications may require you to set up control checkpoints at certain critical steps in your production. These inspection stations may involve examination or testing or both. George you need to know the exact condition of your product through every step in its development. If there's a faulty operation anywhere along the line you'll be able to pinpoint it at once. Now the final phase of the required inspection system George is to set up controls to cover your end item and its packing. According to a list of the allowable number of major or minor defects you will determine for yourself if your product meets government standards exactly as that government inspector used to do and you'll keep complete records as he did. Whether your inspection will be by random sampling or on a one hundred percent basis will be spelled out in your contract. That's it George. When your end item inspection station has found your product acceptable you can ship with assurance. Thanks to your own inspection system you know you're turning out a quality product. All that government inspector will still drop around once in a while particularly in the beginning when you're getting your new system started. It's his job to conduct a verification inspection to see that you're fulfilling all the requirements of your contract. That verification inspection consists of reviewing the records you've been keeping records covering raw materials in process control points and end item inspection. That government inspector will also look over your quality control stations. He will perform examinations and arrange testing to verify the accuracy of both the supplier certificates and your own procedures. Recognize that all important paper? Here comes the payoff George. Here comes that government stamp of approval. Basically you're on your own now.  Yes it's been difficult setting up the required inspection system but there are many advantages here that will help you not only with your government contracts but with your civilian contracts as well. Your maintaining better product quality throughout your entire production system. Now you know that your shipments won't be rejected. Quality control means faster shipping less warehouse space and much quicker payments.  Would you like to see quality control in action? Alright, let's look at one in the general supplies, equipment and parts field. Of course the quality control program applies to every contractor who supplies the government. No matter what the article under production a system of quality control is a necessary management tool across the board. General supplies, equipment and parts include the manufacture of thousands and thousands of different items. This is a medium-sized plant which manufactures among other things tableware for the government. For some time this plant has had a complete quality control program a program tailored to the needs of its production system. Quality control begins the moment that raw materials are received. Almost every item that is used in the production or packing of the tableware must meet rigid specifications before being used. In most cases suppliers guarantee that their products are up to standard. This stainless steel for example is certified as meeting government requirements. Nevertheless to assure quality a sample from each shipment is sent to the plant's own laboratory for testing. Where testing is to be performed it is up to management to choose between setting up its own laboratory or employing an outside commercial lab. In making such a choice economy and the reliability of results are the main factors for management to consider. For its management's job to administer the quality control program and to see that it is effective. Supervision of quality control is an executive function. Of primary importance at this level is the maintenance and evaluation of meaningful records. These include reports on all incoming raw materials. They may be in the form of supplier certificates or reports from an outside commercial laboratory or from the plant's own lab. But they provide assurance that every material used in the production or packing of tableware conforms to specifications. The reports also cover the findings of the in-process inspectors who control quality during manufacturing. Keeping all records complete and up to date is important. But in addition management also periodically visits all inspectors to see that they are doing their jobs effectively. To see that their reports mean what they say. Typical of the items produced here is a stainless steel table spoon. During the preliminary stages of its manufacture this plant uses a roving inspector whose job is to check on the first five operations of the production line. It is the inspector's duty to see that each of the machines under his supervision is properly in control and that as the spoon passes from operation to operation it is correctly formed. At each step the rough spoons must be inspected for burrs, dimensions, holes or dirt marks, and straightness. Records at each station assure management that the quality control function is being properly executed. A Rockwell testing machine supplements visual examination. In verifying precise calibrations it assures that the spoon meets specifications throughout manufacturing as required in the contract. All inspectors are responsible directly to management. Most of the inspection stations work on a sampling basis examining a few spoons from each tray of production rather than attempting to examine every single item. Defects are classified as either major or minor. If the number of defects found exceeds the allowable limit the entire tray is rejected. These spoons will be fed back into the production line for reworking. Of course what you have seen is not the entire in-process inspection system. There are numerous other points which check not only the spoons themselves but the machines that produce them making sure that every die, every tool is properly under control. In addition there is also a careful and thorough end item inspection. Few defects no matter how small escape the eyes of the skilled end item inspector. This spoon is rejected because it is flawed. To supplement the visual check there is also an examination which is performed using small measuring gauges. Spoons are inspected for length, width of the bowl and of the handle. All according to the specifications of the contract. This complete end item inspection assures the plant management that it has a finished acceptable quality product. The role of the government inspector is substantially changed. He is now primarily a verification inspector. His function is to see that the contractor is maintaining proper records and meeting his other contractual obligations. For as the quality control system is tailored to each plant so the amount of verification inspection is also tailored according to each plant's past performance record. Since the past performance record of this firm has been highly satisfactory the inspector is usually satisfied to check the contractor's records and perform only a minimum of sampling to verify the results of the contractor's system. Thanks to good management and the good product reputation of this plant verification inspection is greatly reduced here. And thanks to quality control this company has a more efficient, more profitable operation. Shipping sooner means less storage space and quicker payments. For quality control is not a theory. It is a highly practical means of obtaining a more economical production. It also serves the government by assuring quick supply of our armed forces. Today every civilian contractor can truly say quality control is our business.


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Another type of characterization which is normally conducted is morphological characterization. Morphology is basically the shape of the particles, size of particles and so on. Now, this type of study was done by my PhD scholar Dr. Prasad Bhattake, very extensive study he has done and I would like to show you the outcome of the study and you should understand that what type of intricate studies are being done by people in geotechnical engineering. Now, can you identify what this system is? Here I have written confocal micrographs two dimensional. So, this imaging technique is known as confocal micrography which always gives you two dimensional photograph of a grain. So, these are the grains which you normally consider them as standard sand and you say the particles are almost perfect spheres. So, truly speaking the standard sands are of this size and this shape clear and if you look at them at three dimensional which is known as optical micrographs you get the real picture of the sand. So, this is how irregular shaped grain particles are particles of a sands are which normally we use in our studies when we say we are using standard sands and we assume their size and shape to be perfect spheres. So, here I have shown you the micrographs of sands standard sands then senospheres. So, remember senospheres are nothing, but the hollow spheres which are present in the fly ash and these are the glass beads perfect glass spheres of different sizes different diameters. So, when we are doing micro analysis of these systems in terms of morphological characterization what we want is we want few numbers. So, that we can classify the granular material unfortunately granular material is not got much due you know from the researchers everybody talks about defined grain soils much more because fine grain soils are supposed to be much more reactive. So, except for crushing strength you will not find much fundamental work going on in case of granular soils, but here we define a granular material by using its three components that is ferricity, roundness and irregularity. Now, this is the grain which is highly irregular all right and then this was the model which was proposed by Dr. Bartakay if you draw two circles one which is subscribing this and the another one which is inscribing it. So, the radius of the circle which is inscribing is r max in and the circle which is outside is r min circle all right the ratio of this to this will be this ferricity. So, if these two radii are same ferricity is 1 for a flaky particle what will happen r max in will be 0. So, a ferricity number will be 0. So, this is how you can do morphological examination of clay particles then comes roundness you take a particle of the sand the way it has been shown here and try to fit in as many as circles possible inside clear like this is one circle another circle another circle another circle and so on. So, depending upon how many circles you can fit in the inside this area you count them find out their radius divide by number of particles which you have taken and then the radius of maximum radius which is inscribing the material. So, this number is roundness number and regularity is nothing, but the average of the two. So, this is the way you can characterize the granular materials this was interesting scheme which we use for defining the its ferricity of different soils. So, these are standard sands which will be the courses possible sand and the finest sand this is the courses material this is the finest material. So, this is how we define the index associated with this materials all right. So, what essentially it requires is that you have to study at least five six hundred grains of the sand and come up with some average values of s and r. So, the table which you are seeing here is based on the results of about 700 grains of the sands each sand this was the part of his PhD thesis. Yes, the use of this is that we want to understand how interlocking will take place how crushing will take place how shear strength will get mobilized in the coarse grain materials and so on. If you go by the interlocking theory if you concentrate on this figure for some time if another particle is sitting let us say close to this all right and there is a protrusion like this. If you apply external force what is going to happen this particle may get chopped from this plane and that would be one of the ways of defining the crushing strength. So, crushing also has different manifestations associated with it it is only the breaking of one teeth of the grain and it may give you a picture which is not correct. So, these type of studies are required to understand at granular level what is happening in the material what comes to your mind why this type of study should be done and you thought which comes to your mind any other questions related to this or maybe answer or idea what can be done further with this. Suppose, if I give you this map what else you can do see this is the genesis of a very big research idea. Most of the time you talk about void ratios you know e max e min which are very gross in nature where you assume lot of things cubic arrangement, rhombic arrangement of the coarse grain materials based on perfected sphere. But what we are trying to show here is that those models are not correct because we have not looked into the microstructure of the grain and the bottom line is that we are supposed to do something new so for the heck of doing it we have to do all this unless you propose new ideas your papers and your ideas will not sell. So, if we have to survive in our profession we have to think of new things and we have to keep on publishing it has to be some new concept. So, this is what is known as reading between the lines. So, let us talk about physical characterization which most of you have been doing quite extensively. For particle size analysis you normally do sieves or hydrometer tests. Well, this is a sophisticated instrument which is known as image analysis system or particle analyzers also sometimes call it laser particle analyzer also sometimes you call it. So, there is a microscope kept here tabletop you can spread your sample on this pedestal and you can please the picture. There is a PC connected to this on which you can see on the screen you can see different types of shapes or the particle and basically it is a statistical analysis. I will show the results of this sometimes you can use ultra sieves you might have seen in the lab where you can do dry sieving to get the particle sizes and what you end up is with a particle size distribution cracks. So, in my opinion whenever you do a direct shear test on sands you should always work out its particle size distribution before shearing and after shearing and you should see the difference why it is required. The difference should be studied to ascertain that no significant change has taken place in the material which has been sheared clear. So, these are all parameters which are normally considered when you are talking about the mechanical response of sands. Well, these are the results of laser particle scanning system or the soft imaging system which I had shown you earlier. You have to literally count the number of particles which are present in a batch and the particle size. So, what this analyzer does is for different particle sizes it gives you a range. So, let us say from 2 to 3 micron the number of particles is approximately 900. So, literally you have to count 1 by 100 particles 1000 particles and so on research is not so easy and each test you have to repeat at least 5, 6 times. So, that you may get the representative value this was done by Dr. Krishnaya who was that J N T you now is now this is from his P I D C S. You will notice here that if you do the analysis for silica fume first of all the question comes that why should we do this analysis for silica fumes can not you find out particle size distribution by some other method. No, why? First of all they are all submicronic particles and they are much lighter than air. So, even you make a slurry of it nothing will settle down. So, hydrometer cannot be done. Why sieving cannot be done? Yes, there will be lot of losses and nothing will pass through the sieves. So, in this case situation soft imaging analysis becomes the best option where you can magnify the grains and you can see their shape and you can count what is the size. This is the table which gives you different properties of the materials. So, fly ash as you can have specific gravity of 2.0, 2.3, 2.1 for silica fume a specific surface area if you look at it is almost 2 lakh centimeter square per gram. That means, 20 meter square per gram is the specific surface area of this material. So, the question is how to find out the specific surface area of this type of a system. I will show you how specific surface areas are determined. And this is the analysis for different materials fly ashes and glass furnace slag silica fume. What you will notice is in the range of 0 to 3 microns you have approximately 4,000 particles. So, your hydrometer analysis cannot be done for particles less than 2 microns. So, 0 to 3 micron range basically corresponds to 0.003 micron range, but then those who are working in concrete and HVFC they are they require this type of classification of the material. So, you will find that in the range of 36, 39 microns nothing is available for this material and that is the reasons why fly ashes and silica fume and ggbfs they are used in concrete. So, if you remember the basic idea of using this material says that you can seal the pores and you can make a concrete which is much more durable. This is partly any doubts. So, from the number of particles then you can compute the percentage of particles and then you can plot it in a form of a histogram the way it was done earlier. The second attribute of the materials is specific surface area. Why specific surface area is so important to be determined? It shows the reactivity potential. All right. How much reactive a material would be? So, more finer a material more surface area highly reactive with the water environment contaminant and so on. So, that is why most of the studies in presented geomechanics deal with precise determination of specific surface area. Now, what is the difference between surface area and specific surface area? Why do you call it specific? Correct. So, specific surface area is always surface area divided by grams per unit gram of the material. So, that means 1 gram of the material of silica fume gives you specific surface area of 20 meter square. What is the size of a hockey field? Any guess? You are interested in any sports? What is the size of a swimming pool? Sneha. The new one is 50 by 25. The old one? No. It is 28 by 23, 22 approximately meters. All right. So, this comes out to be approximately how much? 400 meter square. Clear? So, one tenth of that will be approximately 40 meter square. So, that is the surface area of each particle of silica fume. Just imagine. So, when you go for assembly of the particle, the reactivity is going to be so high. It is just to give you an idea about what surface area is all about. So, this is why mineralogy which has been ignored till now by geotechnical people is becoming more and more. It is coming in more and more limelight and everybody wants to study at the micro level and this is where all these characterization schemes and tools become very important. I hope now this point is clear. So, when we talk about specific surface area, there are different techniques. These instruments are very expensive. All institutes and organizations may not have them. That is why Government of India had set up advanced center for research in different corners of the country. There were five you know CSREs type in the entire country. These are known as regional sophisticated instrumentation centers. One of them is located IIT Bombay which is known as SAIF now. So, the first instrument which is normally used is BET nitrogen adsorption. This is now available in chemical engineering, metallurgy and chemistry department. To my knowledge, the recent version of this instrument costs about 50 to 60 lakhs. Then second instrument not sorry it is not instrument is a method absorption of ethylene glycol monosylene ether. This work was done by Dr. Nidu. He is an expert in determining surface areas of the soil. Another student professor at IIT Chennai. So, he spent enough time in coming up with a methodology and showing that which method out of all these is the best method for determining specific surface area of soil. Then there is a method known as methylene blue, MB dye method. It is a dye which you have to put in the soil mass depending upon the absorbing capacity of the soil. The concentration of dye gets reduced and then you can use a photospectrometer to determine how much concentration of dye has been absorbed by the soil mass. Detect the two, find out the percentage and that is what is related to the surface area. Mercury intrusion porosimetry which we have shown you the other day when you came to the lab. MIP is also used for finding out the surface area of the grain, but not a very good technique I would say. Helium gas spectrometer can also be used for determining the surface area and blend separators. You must have I am sure that you might have used this blend separators in the undergraduate for determining surface area of cement or sand. It is also known as air permittivity method, blend permeability. So, this is the MIP, mercury intrusion porosimetry. You have already seen that helium gas spectrometer you have seen. Now, this is the blends permeability apparatus for finding out the specific area. Now, this is as per ASTM C204 for admixtures and photonomic materials and issue is that you use here as a reference material the Portland cement and for Portland cement the specific surface area is 3460 centimeter square per gram. So, what do you think that this method can be applied to any material or there is some constraints limitations yes not below not not below higher. So, the materials which are finer than cement particularly silica fume where the surface area is of the order of 20 40 meter square per gram. Most of the synthetic materials zeolites raisins in chemical applications whatever they are using you cannot use this technique. So, if you use air permittivity method you will end up in getting wrong results. So, as per this method the specific surface area can be obtained by using this equation where SS is the surface area of cement which is standard 3460 meter square per gram centimeter square per gram. E is the void ratio there is a tube and above the tube there is a collar in which you keep the sample. So, it is a sort of a manometric tube where you can firm the air in and you can release this air so that the air passes through the sample. So, how easily air passes through the sample this is what you are trying to judge over here. So, E is the void ratio of the sample in this tube E s is the void ratio of the cement these tests are always done in duplicate one with the material for which you are trying to find out the surface area and second test would be done on cement. So, with respect to cement you can always work out the surface area and T corresponds to the time taken by the manometric drop for the standard material that is the cement and T is the time drop for the sample. So, using this equation you can work out the specific surface area not void ratio E s this is a typical example. So, the container which is shown here when you pack the cement in this container it will give you a typical value of 0.5 of E s normally it is a old method. Now, I should say that people do not use this method and they normally go for the method which I have shown you earlier. Just to give you an idea that where the research is in you know cement and cement manufacturing people are trying to maximize the surface area of the cement. So, if you can create a cement of the order of let us say 50 meter square per gram that would be wonderful. Well, this instrument shows you a TGA analysis thermo gravimetric analysis why do you think that these double studies are required you have been finding out gravimetric moisture content all the time is it not by keeping the wet soil in oven and after it dries up you take it out and find out the difference in the weight and then you can work out the moisture content. Thermo gravimetric analysis is normally done to see the stability of the material when it is heated up. So, you should not use a material which is thermally instable particularly let us say when you are talking about admixtures or the materials for their application in concrete at elevated temperatures always what will happen they will simply disintegrate and if they disintegrate the structures are going to collapse. Now, this is a typical result which I am showing you for a TGA and DTA analysis TGA corresponds to thermo gravimetric analysis and DTA corresponds to differential thermal analysis. These are two methods of finding out the thermal stability of the system. So, in thermo gravimetric analysis what you do is you heat the sample what at different temperatures clear. So, with respect to temperature you find out what is the weight loss on y axis there is a weight loss percentage weight loss. So, depending upon the material what is happening here as the temperature increases the weight loss increases this is always from 0 to 100 weight loss. So, as temperature increases the weight loss increases and then it becomes constant alright. However, a DTA shows you there is a hum. Now, what this hum corresponds to this hum basically corresponds to exothermic or endothermic reaction. So, if this hum is above the line of starting point it is always a exothermic reaction. That means, when system is being heat enough it shows heat emitting out of it vice versa if this dips down it takes heat from the system. So, for designing different type of concrete what type of cement should be used in what type of environment in every environment you cannot use the same of cement these type of studies become quite useful and these type of studies are normally done in two atmospheres. So, the first gravity I have shown you is normally in dry air. The same experiment is replicated in inert atmosphere like nitrogen gas. So, what is the difference between the two? In what way you can use these two information? If there are some organic which are present they will not show up in inert atmosphere. So, the difference if you want to make out what is the organic content what is the hydrocarbon content associated with the geomaterial. You can do this simple test and you can work out what is the amount of organic content which are present what is the amount of volatile which are present in the material. So, again this is a very good scheme to differentiate the amount of contamination which is present in the geomaterial. Now, if I ask you a question can you differentiate between this response and this response and what is your intuitive feeling? What it essentially means is that is inert atmosphere the exothermic reaction is less as compared to correct. So, this happens to be a very active material which reacts with the air or the atmosphere and under inert atmosphere condition also it has a tendency to show you some exothermic reaction. So, you have to deal with this material very carefully it is a typical example of one of the fly ashes which we have been working with. So, the whole idea of showing you all this is that lot of intricacies are involved in you know studying the material behavior. This is oh this is basically the difference between the activated ash and the natural ash or the non activated ash. I do not want to go in all those details I just wanted to show you what is the application of this type of study any suggestions or notes proceed further. This is a good relationship with I wanted to show you which is a response in a DSC. DSC also stands for Doctor of Science highest degree in engineering or technology or any subject much higher than the PhD, but here DSC corresponds to any guess essential scanning calorimetry. So, what happens here is you heat the sample slowly and then try to see whether the heat flux is in the sample or out of the sample again the same thing either exothermic or endothermic. Now, whenever there is a drop certain drop what is the meaning of this? This shows thermal instability clear that means material is becoming unstable at this point what it indicates to if you are using this material for fire resistance application it is a misfit. So, as I told you after you know this twin tower collapse civil engineering lot of people are concentrating on now thermal fluxes thermal heating procedures and so on and designing the structures. So, this is where the steel materials and mixtures are to be tested for thermal stability. So, this indicates that the material which you are dealing with is not a very good material to resist 100 degree centigrade because there is a thermal collapse or instability. Now, this is the result of a typical fly ash which I have been showing you. So, most of the fly ashes they have calcium oxide in them and because of calcium oxide they will show you exothermic reaction. Now, if you are trying to use a mineral for your you know as a cosmetic what type of mineral you will use a mineral which shows exothermic reaction or endothermic reaction yeah it should cool for facial particularly ladies use is it not. So, you have to have a mineral when it comes in contact with water it should give you a cooling effect. So, all your Ayurvedic treatment they use the mineral where they take the heat from the body and they show you cooling effect all right. So, this type of mineral logic can also be studied by using this technique. Now, this project we were doing for pretty light industry by the way for designing their brand you know the brand which they make what is the name of the brand Fevicol. The biggest question is that why Fevicol should be studied what are the gradients of Fevicol. Fevicol has lot of minerals of clay elite or kaolin for that matter your Colgate toothpaste also has lot of kaolin is it not you agree or no. Now, the question is if you make a paste which cannot be squeezed out of the tube what is going to happen you get up in the morning you try to press it and nothing comes out. So, this becomes a very interesting problem related to rheology of minerals where we have to contribute to the society. Similarly, the minerals which are used for you know remediating the nuclear waste hazardous spaces so on applications are tremendous you cannot believe any glue which you use must be having a binding material as a mineral. So, this is where the mixing of minerals with the glue, rheology of the air, thermal stability of the paste, the type of you know color which you are adding to this, the type of perfumes which you are adding to this they should remain there becomes a big issue.


I am presently at the Rodney Bay Medical Facility on a second review. Actually, based on what I have seen today, it appears that things are looking better. Persons in their rooms, actually there's no one on the outside. Persons understand now what it is to be in quarantine. I think it has been explained and the medical team is doing it almost to explain to persons what quarantine is about. I think they are receiving it better and the persons are there. I must report that based on the information received from the medical team, all persons accounted for now. That is the persons who run away, they have returned and that is after they heard the message from myself. I would like to thank members of the public who assisted us in bringing these persons back. One individual, I must say, I must commend the fire service who assisted us in retrieving that individual and taking them back to the centre. I must also thank the police officers who are working very hard out there, especially with this COVID-19 and leaving their families and then to be there assisting. That is what we are there for and then we will continue to do it. I must say that it is a challenge now, especially with the resources. Since we have the COVID-19, we have Datuman, we also have other incidents happening and then we have to cover the entire country. I must indicate at this point that I am pleased that the Prime Minister has indicated that he is in support and would be giving all the necessary resources that is needed to overcome all these challenges. I can inform you that at this point I have called in all the members of the police band. They are full grown police officers, they are shown as police officers, so they would be coming in, so these extra resources. We will be calling in all reserve police officers who are not presently on actual duty to assist us. They would be coming in from Monday, they would be available to us and once again I must again thank members of the public for their cooperation, those who send calls, WhatsApp and so on, indicating possible areas that may have persons who were supposed to have been in quarantine. I once again thank all.


So let's get right into it. I guess we're going to start with TikTok. We keep bang on about how important it is, but it is crucial. Yes, yes, extremely. So they're testing out some brand new features in the social commerce sector. So users could soon be able to put URLs in their bio, same as Instagram's got right now, you know, linking the bio. Currently on TikTok, there is no way to put links in here, but it's a big opportunity for artists to put smart links to their music on their direct field of the platforms to listen to the music. And they're also experimenting with ways to sort of advertise your products and merchandise in the app. So you could post a video and users could directly buy your products straight from the app by opening up third pie websites. Yeah, man, I'm going to tell people why to me this is so important. All right, because if you're on TikTok right currently, yes, it does allow you to do your YouTube link allows you to do your Instagram link. And I have ran so many campaigns with artists at this point where I've tried to tell people the greatest thing that I've found on TikTok is the fact that it's transferable to other platforms like nothing I've seen before. People hear your sound and they go listen to your music. They're not even necessarily even looking for you or right off the bat, but they're they're going to hear your music and then becoming a fan or they're on your profile and they're following you, but then they go to see your Instagram if they're following you as a content creator. But it's not even you having to ask. All right, they people are just going for whatever reason they're going and gauging on other platforms. I don't know. It's just because TikTok currently has limitations which is where they're actually trying to build out to make that less of a thing. I don't know if that's what they want, but currently they're hopping over to other platforms and why that's so relevant to me is because when you're talking about adding a URL for e-commerce or whatever other URL, that means people will go.  Right? That's a very real thing. And people currently are going, they're seeing the sound. Let me go Google search it. Right? That's the current behavior or let me go to Spotify actively. It's not clicking a link to then just go straight to the song. So the fact that they're doing that, going over that barrier, making that barrier of entry even smoother is going to be crazy. So you'll often see as well in the comments like fans asking what's this guy's artist name or what's the name of this song.  Like they're all very actively engaged on the comment section. So you can see it just from that level as well, the impact that now a URL is going to have. Exactly. People are looking. They're looking, they're looking, they're looking. Now some cases, I'm like, why are you asking? Because we just clicked the sound it'll show. Yeah, but yeah, people are already looking, they're hungry and they're trying to find this information. So just making it easier for that to happen. I could only imagine you, I remember you mentioned earlier when we were talking at being able to add a fan link now as artists, which can be done before, right? Every all of these artists at this point, well, most artists at this point are using some kind of link where you can choose Spotify, SoundCloud, Apple, all that on Instagram. You can't do that on TikTok, but it's still having an impact. So you being able to do that, I could, I could only imagine that impact. I'm excited to see what happens. Because I'm also interested to see the stat, because some of those fan links, right, you can see the actual stats in the back end, how many people put through and where it went to. That part is going to be really cool to be able to see. Just making things constantly easier to, you know, to monetize, like it's just everything, all the features they add have such a good purpose. Like, so obviously the first thing was live and beyond the tip artists. And now suddenly you can advertise your own merchandise or products in house. Yeah. Yeah, I'm actually going to share the screen. So Joshua, I would definitely love before I even get into this, in my opinion, I would love to see what you think in terms of how this would feel as an ad or e-commerce link. But what I like is how subtle it is. Obviously instantly your eyes are drawn to the panda and then obviously the caption. You can just see the little pandaloon costumes in the, in the bottom left above the outhandle, but obviously your eyes not drawn to that for quite some time. It doesn't feel like an advert. It feels like a regular post. Exactly. That's my thing. So for those who are actually looking and not just listening to this, there's just, there's this panda on the screen, right? But it's this small thing where it says pandaloon where you see the yellow box next to it. That is essentially the click through. The part that says www.uplabesia.com, that website, that's not a part of this. That's not a part of the post. That's more just somebody adding the watermark. So really it's only that yellow box that you see and it's so clean. If you actually watched this, the first thing that came when you watched the live video, we're not going to show it's kind of weird. That's a great example, but yeah. Yeah, but there was an example that gave us, it shows your eyes go directly to the video. So it feels organic right into the platform with anything else versus, yo, when I'm on Instagram, you didn't even think about the line of scrolling. As I scroll up, the first thing I see, I can read that it says sponsored before I even see the post. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. And at the very least, this is the opposite. Like it would be cool if that makes me think if on Instagram, if they could at least put the sponsor thing below the post, right, to give it a chance of feeling organic. Yeah. First, that would make a huge difference because this does that. And of course your videos, this is all video on the platform, it's motion. So you're not even looking to read first, you're looking to engage and get into that before you even look at the rest of it. Because if you're advertising like your music, it's a music video, it might just come up like a regular TikTok video, won't it? It won't look like something that's sponsored or advertised.  Exactly. Yeah, so I'm excited about that. TikTok is doing a lot of things right. I can, I could definitely attest to that. And I'm interested to see where things go. I can't wait till it gets to the phase where other people are on the platform, outside of, you know, a lot of dancing and comedy, because it's going to go that way. It's going to have the deep side. It's going to have everything in the same way Instagram does. At some point, there are other people going to figure out a way to make it make sense for them. All right, they're going to, they're just going to have to. There's already churches, there's already motivational speakers and some aspects. If you look at somebody like Gary V, right? That's just his persona on that platform. And it's successful partially because he's already bringing people over and also the main advertiser for people to come over. But at the same time, the engagement is true that that's happening on that platform. So he's somebody to model and there's artists on the platform, like visual artists. There's all these aspects on TikTok. And once it starts to evolve and the power of these organic ad systems, that's, that's going to be really interesting to see. And they're not far away either, you know, like Instagram's got over a billion monthly active users, but TikTok's already over half a million, like it's really quickly catching up for the growth this year has been ridiculous. It was the number one downloaded app on the App Store in the first quarter of 2019.