So, I am going to give a overview about what is happening in Amrita. Basically, I will be covering the Amrita School of Engineering, we have the Amrita University has the School of Business, School of Medicine and all that and we are not doing this one or one for the other school. So, basically we are just going to cover what we are doing in the engineering school. Basically whatever was asked to be presented will have all these. So, before I go, the reason I am stating this is we need to know the scales so that how we are going to doing it in Amrita. We have three campuses in the Amrita School of Engineering, one in Coimbatore which is in Tamil Nadu, one in Amrita Puri which is in Kerala which is near Kullam and third one is in Bangalore. So, in total we are taking around 2300 first years every year for engineering. So, this is spread across these three campuses. So, we have around 1000 students at least in the Coimbatore campus because which is the biggest campus. So, this is the scale and what we do in Amrita is that we have a common syllabus for all these three campuses especially for IT 101. So, the second programming is done for both first semester and second semester we do 101 in first semester and then C++ is done in the second semester and it is for all departments. So, the syllabus is basically set by a group of experts that is decided I think and it is remodified every 2, 3 years and that is that is determined by the academic council. But how the syllabus and how this program is implemented every year is based on one team which is pretty much the IT 101 team and in addition we also have a regular faculty development program specially for this course which is conducted by the department of IT in Amrita in Coimbatore. So, they do they are planning to have this session coming June for all the faculty who will be teaching this computer programming. So, one of the goals is to take this what we are going to be doing in this course and also try to see if we can merge those faculty development programs so that they can benefit from this too. So, the IT 101 team has a chief course mentor who will be the most experienced or senior most faculty who has taught this subject and this can be from any one of these three campuses. And we have a campus mentor for each of these campuses so we have three campus mentors and we have 10 faculty each from each school. So, this is the group and in addition we will have some other faculty who will be assisting in labs for the IT. So, before the semester starts there is a meeting held for all these people who are in that team and they come up with a common lecture plan common evaluation pattern which is common to all the campuses and only the chief mentor is can modify any of this. But how they want to structure the periodical test labs quizzes and that can be done based on the different campuses and they collaborate with the campus mentors approval. So, that is how it happens. In final exam is where it is very it takes lot of the work because each of the campuses comes up with a question paper and then the chief mentor results any issues between these three question papers and then sends them to the chief examiner. One question paper is chosen and is given to all the campuses and then evaluation of this exam is done by all the faculty who are teaching this course. It is a lot of work but some percentage of the questions are graded by all the faculty so that there is no bias among the campuses. So, that will be lot of work in terms of the final exam grading. But once the evaluation is done, gradient is done again according to the institutes. So, if Coimbatore has its own grading system it is all relative and it is done in the individual campuses. So, this is the syllabus we are teaching it has the introduction to problem solving there will be a little bit of introduction to algorithmic development flow chart which is very basic level introductions and then you go to see fundamentals you have data types expressions and loops and all those fundamentals of programming. And then we go into arrays user defined functions pointers structures and finally files. One thing I forgot to mention is IT 101 there is two components one is the theory session and one is the lab session and I will come to the how these different things are structured. So, the course schedule is as follows you have theory sessions of 45 hours. Then we have 10 tutorials sessions which is again optional and if there are more slots we can vary this then we have 12 lab sessions. And the scale is that we have about 16 batch of 65 students each in Coimbatore. This is the what we have there and we have lab mentors for each of these labs. And we have computers enough computers to support students one on one. And if there are students who are not having the necessary fundamentals of C and because they come from say biology background or something like that then we will also have some special tutorial classes on demand basis. So, the evaluation scheme I can go into a little bit of the lecture sessions. This is how it is broken down where you have module one you have introduction control structures and we have we spend 10 hours for that. Then we have arrays we spend around 8 hours then we have pre-order equals functions pointers 12 hours then structures for 10 hours and files another 10 hours. So, this is how it is periodical is that intermediate mid term mid term evaluation. So, we have usually we have 2 periodicals. So, for the evaluation scheme is as follows theory we have periodical exams and we evaluate 35 percent of it then there is class tests and online exams. Most of these are done using Amrita University management system which is a management system developed at Amrita, but I believe that one of the few one of the campuses is using Moodle. So, it looks like we will be using Moodle also in the other campuses. And then there is open book exams for 5 percent and then there is a final exam. For the lab this is the structure for the lab and there is assignment and online test which is 45 percent. They also have a mini project which they have to do which mostly includes file structures and they have to do some simple project. But the most important importance is laid on what is the fundamentals and have they understood programming more than the complexity of the project. And then they have they have some evaluation for the project report and they have a final exam. Final exam is compulsorily held for all the courses. Next slide. You have a total weightage of 100 percent sort of month for here. Yes. An equal weightage for the lab as well. Yes. Okay. I think the units are I think it is two. So, in each of these labs we have been given assignments and so we have these 12 sessions over the entire semester. So, the algorithms if you give us assignment for that particular lab then what we will be doing this is how the labs are evaluated. We have algorithms they have 10 marks for that. Flow chart they have 10. Then the source code they have 30. Then output is 25 and then we also have two extra lab assistants who will be doing the Viva and all that. So, there will be 20 for that. And finally programming etiquette. We insist on commenting and all that. So, we do give some marks for that. We are trying to bring our own standards for how to comment. But we do insist on commenting. So, quizzes and online test we use the AUMS in Coimbatore. In Amrita Puri I think they use both AUMS and the Moodle. These are some of the examples. This is I think from Amrita Puri. It is one of the first year, first assignment. This is one of the implementation. And then other example this is from Coimbatore other lab questions. I have some 5-6 lab exams assignment questions. And so I can show some samples. So, for example these are some sample programs from there is multiplication tables. Then a lot of menu driven programs and palindromes, mathematical. We get various and there is a sample quiz. We try to do something like output of the codes. We give some code snippets. This can be done online. Then we are supposed to try to do how to find this. So, this they can take online and we are providing facilities for this. This is a sample periodical. Periodical is a little bit more lot of little bit theory and little bit programming. So, there is a combination of questions in the periodicals. So, this is a sample question paper again from Amrita Puri. So, lab environment we have across the campuses we have around 3000 to 4000 machines. And we have our own even supercomputer. So, we have a very good lab environment. And we make sure that every student has one to one access. If we provide Linux machines for the labs and each student has an account in a Linux server for the duration of the semester. They are programming using WIM editor and GCC. And we use GDP for preliminary debugging. They do not do very advanced debugging. And then we also teach multi file compilation and how to do make file and all those. And we also have an exam login. And where you will be giving a fixed duration login so that students will be only logging in at that time for their lab assignments. So, we are also trying to enhance our system so that students cannot cheat or use their internet and other facilities to copy the program. So, we have any questions. So, as you said the teaching environment by the way you have LCD projectors and all in the classrooms. Not in all classrooms but they do use if you want to take it. So, they use blackboard or whiteboard. Mostly blackboards. Blackboard. I think they also use transparencies. Overhead projectors. Overhead projectors. And what is the class strength typically in a class? 60. 60. So, the same as you are saying batch size. Bad size yeah. I think for labs the batch sizes are smaller. And how many teachers are there? Totally you said 10 plus 10 plus 10. 30. And in the three campuses. In the three campuses. So, because we have around 1000 students student per campus almost. I was just saying that if you have 10 teachers then how 1000 teachers means it will be a batch of 100 or you have more batches. 16 batches of 65 students each. This is in Coimbatore. 16 batches. Yes. Okay. So, some teachers will have to teach two batches. Yes. I think some of them are doing the teaching and then they have extra load. But we will have more faculty for the labs. So, we have lab mentors for each lab and we have extra faculty who will be doing labs. Lab mentors are not just technical staff. No, no. We will be faculty. Yes. Programming. I mean they can make it. Yes. Like Holjita said you also don't have adequate number of M.Tech or Ph.D. students to provide T.A. shift. Actually we are right now I think because we are slowly starting the Ph.D. program. We are taking in-house Ph.D.s. That is people who are doing faculty members M.Tech. They are doing Ph.D. So, you can't count them twice I mean. Exactly. But you don't have enough Amy. M.Tech students the yeah not really. Using them. They are not using them. And when you said special classes for students without necessary background. So, do you pre-suppose some background on part of the students when they come? Yeah. I mean suppose I have absolutely no clue about programming. I should because the syllabus that you mentioned you are starting from ground zero actually. Right. So, there should be no background that I should be required to have at all. What are the books that you use? I could see K.R. there. Yes. Except that there is another edition by K.R. It's not 1992 anyone. That's okay. I think they have sent me the older version. Yeah. So, introduction arrays, pointers, structures, files are pretty much similar to what we saw elsewhere. Yes. Except that at Vellore they handle pointers and files in the second semester. Yes. Any other questions? Friends are here on this. So, this is and do you also have a follow-up course? Isn't this course taught to all branches? All branches. Not just CS or IT? No. Everyone. That is why we are having problems because we are the IT. The students who are going into CSC want more depth so that they can learn better. But then there is how much to cover and how much not to cover. We are in the process of decongesting the first year so that we don't want to burden the students already. So, there is a question as to do we reduce the amount of syllabus covered in programming but then it affects the computer science students. So, that's the thing that is going on right. And roughly what is your semester schedule in a year when does the first semester begin and end? I think around the end of July. End of July. Mid-July. Yeah. So, that's the IT timetable also right away. But at some places the semester begins in June, I am told. Is there a month of July? Any month of July only. Okay. That's another worry we have because we have planned this course, this workshop from 6th July to 22nd July. So, because at least from the Maharashtra our experience is that the admissions to first year get delayed. The first year courses typically start in fact sometimes August. Yes. August. I think first year will start late. So, therefore the teachers who are going to teach first year courses should be free during 6th July to 22nd July. That is what we have pursued. And even those cases where the semester starts regularly such as yours, you start only around the last week of July. Yes. So, 6th to 22nd should work out well. I think so. I can confirm that. What I wanted to know because you have at three different centres including Bangalore. Okay. Would you be able to take the material that we have covered here including video lectures etc. etc. and conduct a similar program or have discussions with two of your colleagues from these two campuses so that they could conduct at each of these centres a program like this for 30 teachers. Yes. That should be possible. That should be possible. 10 of them would be from your own place. Yes. Yes. Could be I mean if they are interested. Because ordinarily I would like to have about 30 to 40 centres. In fact, ideally we could have 50 centres. This is a scalable proposition. Right. So, less number of teachers at one place but more number of centres would be better. But we can't afford that and we need to show results to the Mandarins in Delhi. So, we have to be able to scale this up to maybe as many as 500 teachers if possible. Okay. And if we have only 10 centres we may not be able to do that. So, if we increase these centres and these are request to colleagues here that in cities like Pune, Nagpur, wherever you can, if you can actually have more centres and somehow a person can co-ordinate effectively, you should have a co-ordinator from the other colleges also. But for example, I would regard you as the co-ordinator in chief of the three campuses kind of thing. Okay. So, what you should do is you should get at least three other colleges involved, not just two from the other two campuses, but one more at your own place itself. And you should be able to handle issues pertaining to all the three campuses, something of that sort. That's what I would suggest to Venkat. Okay. If that is possible, that would be very nice. Okay. Okay. All right. Thank you.


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Yours truly, Johnny Dollar. To make every day more enjoyable, treat yourself often to refreshing, delicious Wrigley's Spearmint Chewing Gum. Here's a taste treat you can enjoy indoors, outdoors, at work or at play. The cool, long-lasting mint flavor refreshes you. The smooth, steady chewing helps keep you fresh and alert, adds enjoyment to whatever you're doing. Wrigley's Spearmint Chewing Gum. Healthful, refreshing, delicious. Expense account submitted by special investigator Johnny Dollar to the associated insurance companies of New England, attention Calvin Porter. The following is an accounting of my expenditures during investigation of the Henry J. Unger matter. Expense account item one, two dollars and twenty cents, night letter to warden of state penitentiary, the dossier on Henry J. Unger. I just hung up and the doorbell rang. Just a second. Oh, Johnny. I lean. Well, can I come in? Yeah, sure. Oh, nice place. Been so long I'd almost forgotten. I see you got rid of that imitation road dance, the miniature. Wasn't your type, anyway. Oh, I must say, you're not being very hospitable. Don't I deserve a drink? Oh, sure. What's the latest? You're working as hard as ever. Oh, thanks. I'm sorry that I'm a lousy conversationalist, Eileen, but like you say, it's been a long time. I thought you said you never wanted to see me again. I did, once. But when I got your wire yesterday, I decided that... My wire? I didn't send you any wire.  I got a wire from you asking me up here this evening. You said you wanted to talk things over. Look, I don't know who's playing that gag on you, Eileen, but I didn't send you a wire. I know how you felt two years ago when we said so long. Maybe I was wrong two years ago. I know I made some mistakes and you made some mistakes. Let's see that wire. Well, sure. Right here, my purse. Tonight at 7.30, let's talk things over at my place, love, Johnny. I didn't send that. You sure you don't know a few other Johnny's? That was a dirt cry.  You like to write yourself notes, make up stories. You've got an A-number-one imagination. Well, I went all through that a long time. Now, you listen to me. This is no gag and it's not my imagination. All right. I think things are pleasant as possible as long as you've come. Fair enough. I thought a lot about you, Johnny. Oh, I'm not apologizing. Really, I'm not. Just thinking back. I'm glad it didn't turn out the way we originally planned it. I just spent half my life worrying over you. Oh, that's very touching, especially in light of the fact that every other evening it was somebody else. I told you, Johnny. Yes, but we were going to be pleasant. Well, I tried. We were going to be pleasant. Oh, you expecting someone? No. Mr. Dahlin? Yes? Maybe you don't recall my face. The name is Uncle. Henry J. Unger. Mind if I come in? I'm busy. All right, as I see. Well, we won't take much of your time. We'll refer to it. Well, very minimal amount of your time. Mind introducing me to the lady? What do you want, Uncle? My name is Henry J. Unger, Miss... Well, maybe... Maybe I better go, Johnny. No, stick around. Go on, Eileen. I'll see you later. I said stick around. I guess you better stick around. She just came over for a visit. I'm going to let her go home. Oh, no. Maybe she'd like to watch the activities. Ferdy, get out the needle. Now, look, Uncle. Oh, you talk, talk, talk. Just like someone in insurance. Make so much noise and you don't say anything. How's it coming, Ferdy? Satisfactorily. It's all ready. And they were each having a drink, too. I noticed that. You got the rope? Now, you know I have the rope. That chair will be fine. Sit down, darling. What's the angle, Uncle? You'll find out. Sit down. Any work with gloves on, Ferdy? Sure, sure. I could do it with mittens. And once around. Twice around. Once around. Twice. Hey, look. What are you going to do? Why don't you let him alone? It's love, Ferdy. Let her go home, Uncle. She hasn't anything to do with this. Finished, Ferdy? Come on, Uncle. Ferdy, you're finished. One, one more little... There. All done. And very sturdy, too. All right, Ferdy. Roll up his sleeve. Right. Hey, look. He's got a nice big blue vein right here. You know, it's so hard to find a good nice blue bulgy vein on somebody. Feel, Uncle, feel, feel. He loves his work, yes, Ferdy? It used to be a lab technician at some big hospital. Didn't you, Ferdy? That's right, Mr. Unger. Hold very still, Mr. Dollar, and concentrate on this lovely girl you see standing before you. Just the conceiv of yourself as being a very big man, the president of the United States or something. Someone with influence. There's a great deal in it. My head was loaded with nails. The warm air clouded my nostrils and I couldn't breathe. I tried to open my eyes, but no luck. I longed for something bitter and bubbly and cold.  I finally forced my eyes open. One of my hands felt heavy and the other felt light. I turned my head painfully. There was a gun in my right fist, on the floor, dried blood, a lot of blood, and a girl named Eileen. I remember the keys hanging in a great silver ring from a wide waist, and she was gone. Empty liquor bottles, two in the corner, one near the body. I focused my eyes on the gun. It was my own. I sat up and opened the breach. It had been fired. I looked up to my face and I looked at it hard. Ten, I had been out almost three hours. I went out into the fresh air and it hit me like a slap in the mouth. I almost passed out again, but I took it slow, not breathing too deeply. Expense account item two, one dollar, and I forget how many cents cab fare to the combination home and office of my good friend, old Dr. Norwich. I was still so groggy I almost fell into the house when he opened the door. Why, Johnny, here, let me take your arm. I'm a little woozy. Glad I can see. Here, here, sit down before you fall down. Look, Doc, I gotta trust you. I just been framed. Look at my right arm. The vein. It's been punctured. What did they give me? I don't know. I can take a blood sample and lab it up for you. Thanks, Doc. I can't be certain, but my opinion is you've been given a very adult dose of alcohol. Possibly a mixture of 50% alcohol and intravenous fluid. Can I prove it? Did you have a drink? Yeah, one. Well, I'm afraid gastric analysis would show a trace of alcohol. Yeah, but not enough to make me pass out. Well, by now, most of the alcohol would be in the blood whether you drank it or had it pumped into you. Oh, it's at that end, huh? If it's a frame, Johnny, I'm afraid the evidence I could supply wouldn't be much help to you. You've been radically anesthetized, my friend, but that little round dot on your arm could have been self-inflicted. A good prosecuting attorney could make mincemeat out of your case. Then you at least make me solid again? It'll take a few hours, but I can get you on your feet. If you don't mind being treated a little rough. I don't mind anything, Doc, as long as you can get me awake enough to keep myself alive. After a Swiss bath consisting of ice cold water pressured at the body out of a stout hose plus a potent shot of vitamin B complex and another cup of coffee, I felt almost normal. The throb in my head was gone. In its place was the cold realization that I was wanted for murder. Spencer County Item 3, 50 cents taxi fare to Asylum Street. It was funny going through all the motions of a murderer. I began to feel an edge of guilt creeping into me. By the time I hauled myself into the Lost Soul Cafe, I felt as much a part of the place as the tramp at the elbow of the bar. I found an old informant at a front table at Spencer County Item 4, $25 strict play for information.  With that kind of money, sit down. Thanks. Now, what was that question again? Henry J. Unger, Victor. Henry J. Unger. Just on frozen. That's right. Well, $25 isn't very much. $25 is my present limit. This isn't too big a case. I could do better on quish. Henry J. Unger and his character man, Ferdy. $25 and a shot. Right. Won't you join me? I can't look at this. I took the cure one. Fisterer, what are they saying? Henry J. Unger. Well, he hasn't been around long enough for me to know his habits. Just a few weeks. He just got on frozen, you know. Yeah, yeah, that's what you said. Did I? Oh, yes. So I did. Well, he's been dropping in here every afternoon about... What time is it? 3 o'clock. In the afternoon? Yeah, in the afternoon. I've been here a long time. Well, he should be here at any minute. You know, I should stop him by being... You know, Fye, it isn't really good for you. You heard the treatment I had last night, you'd quit. Oh, wonderful. Give me a temperance lecture. I haven't heard one in 14 years. The last lady that lectured me, I married. Turned her into a derelict and got rid of her. Give me a temperance lecture. Yeah, yeah, some other time. I just saw her. See you later, Victor. Thanks. Well, darling, the police know you're out. I'll sit down and talk it over. I wouldn't stay in one place too long if I were you. It won't be too long. Well, speak your pieces. Hey, revenge, Uncle. Let's put it this way. Five years is a long time. Good thing I learned to behave myself, or I'd still be running the prison paper. You're the noisy type, Uncle. You'd be the finger man if I so much as stubbed my toe. Correction, I would have been. Now, I've got the law doing my dirty work. If you haven't made a mistake... I planned this for five years. You won't find any mistakes. Oh, I thought a lot about you, Dollar, up at the resort. You know, in the years I've been in the insurance game, I've seen you guys come and go by the dozen. They turn you out of the same mold. You have a few jobs and it gives you a kick and it goes ahead. Then comes that one mistake.  The world's the blame. You look around for somebody to take it out on. You talk a lot for a fugitive, Dollar.  What makes you think so? This confession and the duress isn't worth very much. It'll be worth a lot to me. For one thing, it'll be the truth.  Drop it, Dollar. What? I said drop it. You're under arrest for the murder of Eileen Kennedy. To make every day more enjoyable, treat yourself often to refreshing, delicious, wriggly spearmint chewing gum.   Helps you keep going at your best. So for real chewing enjoyment, that's refreshing and long-lasting. Always keep wriggly spearmint chewing gum handy. Healthful, delicious wriggly spearmint gum will make every day more enjoyable. And now with our star, Edmund O'Brien, we return you to the second act of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. Now, Johnny, it's my duty to warn you that anything you say may be held against you. If you've got a good lawyer.  You know I'm not a killer. Do you want a good lawyer? Yeah. I guess I better get one. Call Joseph P. Harris. Numbers in the book. Take care of that, Sergeant. That looks bad for you, Johnny. When the DA gets hold of this evidence, he's gonna be pretty nasty. You have any contradictory facts? Yeah, sure. I'm innocent. Can you prove it? Oh, come on, Dollar. You're in trouble. It was a beautiful job of framing, Lieutenant. All right, tell me what happened. Eileen Kennedy received a telegram yesterday. She asked her to meet me up at my apartment at 7.30 the next night that I wanted to talk. You two had quite a romance at one time. Yeah, we had quite a romance, but I didn't send that telegram. Can you prove it? I didn't send the... No, I can't prove it. Go on. Well, she got there at 7.30. We had a few words. Fight? Not a fight. Differences of opinion. We weren't up there five minutes when the doorbell rang. It was hungry. He was with a guy he called Ferdy. Well, what happened? Unger pulled a gun on me. He sat me down in the chair and Ferdy tied me up. Ferdy injected alcohol into my vein enough to make me pass out. He dumped a few bottles around the apartment, probably pouring the liquor down the drain. And when I woke up, Eileen was lying dead on the floor next to me. That makes a good story, though. Well, here's the mark on my arm. You can still see it. Yeah. All right, Johnny, now it's my turn. We found Eileen Kennedy in your apartment. There were two bullets on her. One in the abdomen, one in the chest, penetrating the heart at the right ventricle. From my gun? Yeah, the one we took from her when we captured you. Thirty-eight automatic. Lieutenant, we found empty liquor bottles around the place. Gastric analysis at autopsy of the girl showed alcohol. Sure, we each had a drink. A drink or many. There was a trace of alcohol. Now, you say you didn't take more than one drink. Can you prove it? Can you prove it? Can you prove it?  I don't have to, Johnny. OK, Sergeant, take him to his cell. As long as you come, send him right in. I'll try to remember something that might help me defend you, Johnny. Joe, Joe, I just can't think anymore. My head's going around like a pinwheel. You've got to keep yourself under control. Now you're an investigator. You're used to dealing with things like this. Certainly when it comes to your own life. Yeah, that's just it. When it comes to my own life, I'm tied up in knots. Well, I'll be frank. It'll be a rough one. Are they... Are they still holding, Unger? They couldn't hold them. They had no charge against them. Uh-huh. And it looks like the indictment will go through, huh? It looks like it. You were terribly drunk, Johnny. Dr. Norwich told me the percentage of alcohol in your blood. You... You think I killed her. Don't you? Now look, Johnny, I'm trying to help you. Forget it. Forget it, Joe. I'll see you in court. Yee-hee! The Honorable Court of Connecticut is now in session pursuant to adjournment. Judge Samuel B. Epstein, presiding, be seated. The State of Connecticut versus John Dollar. We'll waive a jury, Johnny. I think you'll have a better chance. We'll take a jury, Joe. Start picking. Your name, please. David W. Norwich.  Physician and surgeon. No, Dr. Norwich. Did the defendant, Mr. Dollar, make a visit to you on the night of July 10th last? He did. Well, do you mind explaining the circumstances of that visit to the jury, doctor? He was very sick. I had to help him inside. He was so sick. A laboratory analysis of his blood showed him to be under the influence of alcohol. Did the defendant, or did he not show you a spot on his arm where a hypodermic needle had penetrated? He did. And did you or did you not suggest to him at that time that the alcohol may have been administered by means of a hypodermic needle? I did, but also... That'll be all, doctor. Not quite all, doctor. Now, doctor, you know as well as I do that a little black dot on the underside of the elbow might have been done by an enterprising young investigator, such as Mr. Dollar, in order to put forth a fairy tale that he was drugged. Do you not? I object, Your Honor. The prosecuting attorney is attempting to intimidate the witness and interject his own opinions through the medium of his questions. That's the thing. Doctor, is there any possible way of showing through laboratory tests of one sort or another whether alcohol had been administered by hypodermic or by mouth? Yes, there is. Gastric analysis.  I did. Will you tell the jury what you found, please? I found a trace of alcohol. That will be all, doctor. Thank you. Rochelle Haverson. You know her, Julie? Haverson, where do you live? 1024 and a half Pitkin Street, East Hartford. What relationship did you have to the murdered girl, Miss Kennedy? I was her roommate. How long had you roomed with Miss Kennedy? Oh, about three years. Now, Miss Haverson, did the defendant, Mr. Dollar, ever call on Miss Kennedy? Well, not for the last two years. But prior to two years ago, he did call it her place of residence. Is that not correct? Two years ago, yes. Now, is it not true that Miss Kennedy and Mr. Dollar were about to be married? Yes, that's true. But that was two years ago, too, so far as I know. Just answer the questions, Miss Haverson. Well, you want the truth, don't you? We'll get the truth, Miss Haverson. Now, were you present when Miss Kennedy received the wire from Mr. Dollar requesting her to meet him at his apartment at 7.30 the night of July 10th last? Yes, I was. And what do you remember to be her reaction? Hand me that paper. Well, she was very confused. She said she didn't love him and she was hoping he wouldn't ask her to start again. And she went to Mr. Dollar's apartment under the impression that there was a chance that he might ask her to get together again? Objection, Your Honor! A witness cannot know what went on in the mind of the deceased. Justine, strike the previous question from the record. Proceed. In your opinion... No, let me put it this way. Did Miss Kennedy not say to you only a day before the time that she left for Mr. Dollar's apartment that she was not in love with Dollar and that she hoped he would not ask her to marry him? Yes, she did. That will be all, Miss Haverson. Your name, please. Harvey S. Sawyer. Would you state your occupation? I'm a lieutenant, homicide bureau, hybrid police department. Lieutenant Sawyer, you were in charge of the Kennedy case, were you not? Yes, I was. You examined Mr. Dollar's apartment following the crime? I did. Did you find empty bottles of whiskey in the apartment? I did. How many? Four. And where were the bottles placed? I only saw three. Well, one was adjacent to the body, two were in one corner of the living room, and one was in the kitchen. Now, is it possible that one or more of those bottles might have been consumed previous to the night of July 10th? The night that Eileen Kennedy was killed? No, sir. Why do you say that, Lieutenant? Well, there were a few drops of liquor in every one of the four bottles. Had the liquor been consumed previous to that night, these drops would have evaporated by the time we got there. Thank you, Lieutenant.  No questions. It looks bad, Johnny. Four. Four bottles. I only saw three. Maybe a plea of guilty. I put them, eh? What'd you say? Joe. Joe, I've been in the fog. Put me on the stand. I'd advise against it. Put me on the stand, Joe. Your name? Johnny Dollar. Where do you live? 390 Pearl Street, Harford. I'm going to point out to you as your attorney that you don't have to testify. You're aware of that. I am.  I did not, and I can prove it. Please, ladies and gentlemen. Please continue, Mr. Dollar. There were four empty liquor bottles found in my apartment the night Eileen Kennedy was killed. Get that? Four bottles. One near the body, two in the corner, and the police say they found one in the kitchen. All empty. Lieutenant Sawyer testified that by examining the degree of evaporation in the bottles of the residual whiskey, those bottles had been emptied the night of July 10th and not before. Go on. The medical examiners proved that Miss Kennedy had a high percentage of alcohol and a blood. She could not then have consumed as much as a pint of liquor, and the police say even that much is doubtful. That means, ladies and gentlemen, that the night of July 10th, I would have had to consume over three-and-a-half quarts of whiskey. I've got to admit that I would have been unconscious long before I reached that point. Order. Order. Order. Oh, see, Mr. Dollar. As for the hypodermic needle, assuming I were about to go under from an overdose of alcohol, is it likely that I, who have had no practice at the administration of hypodermics, would have used my left hand to administer a hypodermic to myself and be accurate enough to hit the vein so exactly?  That motive was to get me, something he'd been threatening to do for five years, and that's the man, the next witness, the elevator boy in my building saw come up to my apartment the night of Eileen Kennedy's murder. That man is here in this courtroom. His name is Henry J. Unger. Look how he's making a break for it. I've been beaten by him. Good to have told me you did it. So the case of the state versus Johnny Dollar became the case of the state versus Henry Unger. Ferdy's confession under fire isn't going to help Unger any. You might sum up my whole case in one sentence. Alcohol and murder don't mix, but I'm not kidding myself. If Unger hadn't got panicky at the mention of the next witness, I might have gotten what he deserved. It just shows what a little nerve, some fast bluff, and somebody else's sense of guilt will do for you. You see, there is no elevator in my building. Expense account total $50.39, and more worry than you've got stockholders. Yours truly, Johnny Dollar. Remember friends, to make every day more enjoyable, treat yourself often to refreshing delicious Wrigley Spearmint chewing gum. There's lots of cooling real mint flavor in every stick, and chewing Wrigley Spearmint helps keep you feeling fresh and alert. You feel better, work better, get more fun out of doing things. So indoors, outdoors, wherever you go, keep some healthful, refreshing Wrigley Spearmint chewing gum handy. To make every day more enjoyable, treat yourself often to delicious Wrigley Spearmint chewing gum. Yours truly, Johnny Dollar, brought to you by Wrigley Spearmint Gum, stars Edmund O'Brien in the title role and is written by Gil Dowd and David Ellis, with music composed and conducted by Leith Stevens. Edmund O'Brien can soon be featured in tonight's cast, where Lou Krugman, Gene Bates, Raymond Burr, Sidney Miller, Mary Ship, Harley Bear, Herb Butterfield, and Bill Conrad. Yours truly, Johnny Dollar, is produced and directed by Jaime Del Valle.  We invite you to join us again next week at the same time when, from Hollywood, Edmund O'Brien returns in another transcribed adventure of yours truly, Johnny Dollar. Bob Stephenson speaking. This is CBS The Columbia Broadcasting System.


So we have now come to the point where we have our wonderful keynote speaker. Our keynote speaker is Dr. Michelle Wilson. She's director of, she's going to get very right. She's director of evaluation and learning at the National Fund for Workforce Solution. She's a trusted social scientist and nonprofit executive and she has demonstrated a commitment to community level research, identifying the key drivers of inequity and prioritizing actionable strategies to advance equity through policy efforts, programs and investments in health and educational settings. Since Jerry 2019, Michelle has served as director of evaluation and learning at the National Fund for Workforce Solutions and she leads and directs the National Fund's partnership with PolicyLink, which is the National Research and Action Institute Advancing Racial and Economic Equity and the Advancing Workforce Equity Project, which is a multi-year collaboration between the National Fund, the National Equity Atlas and Burning Glass Technologies with the support of JP Morgan Chase. Under Michelle's guidance and expertise, a theoretical and practical framework for data-driven equitable workforce strategies has been developed and implemented for targeted populations in Boston, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco and Seattle. With over 18 years of experience, Michelle has sought after workforce equity subject matter expert and a regular speaker at industry conferences, workshops and podcasts. She's an active member of the American Evaluation Association, the National Association for Practicing Anthropologists, Society for Applied Anthropology and the Council for the Study of Community Colleges. Michelle earned a doctorate in adult and community college education from North Carolina State University, a master's degree in applied anthropology from the University of Maryland and a bachelor's degree in sociology and anthropology from North Carolina University. Please all welcome Dr. Michelle Wilson. Hello, everyone. So I wanna say thank you to the panelists. That was a great discussion and it's a pleasure to be here with you today. I wanna start by also thanking the ex-prides folks for the honor of speaking with you all today. And just I wanna say what a fantastic time it is to come together as workforce practitioners where we have the opportunity to reshape the future of work in ways that make it accessible for all who seek it. I think we can agree that we're living through a time that in many ways has facilitated a hard stop on a multitude of practices that have forced us to rethink and innovate our ways of doing in every facet of our lives. But what's also true and not lost on anyone here, I'm sure is that we're also living through a time that has exacerbated inequities that contribute to the ills of an unjust society. It's why being here, speaking with you all today is so exciting, mainly because your work is part of the resistance. And now more than ever, we have to resist the old norms and use the opportunities before us to create equitable norms because we understand what's at stake. As an applied anthropologist, I like to drone stories from the field to make real the work that can often get lost in the politics and policies and the minutia and everything in between that we all get pulled into no matter how hard we try not to. So to that end, I'd like to share with you Esther's story. It's a compilation of true stories of young women that represent a life course for so many across the globe. I met Esther when she was 12. She was spiky, quick with it and full of life. I was her case manager at a mental health treatment facility for girls removed from their homes for many reasons related to child welfare issues. As part of the intake process, we asked everyone to tell us about their family. When I asked Esther, she replied, my mom was a jailbird and my daddy's a bum. I wanna note that Esther was admitted into a good program but it was not a good fit for Esther. It wasn't a good fit because when placing Esther, the interest was in finding a place to put her and a reasonable fit was a matter of how long she could remain in the program before finding a new placement. The reality is that her lived experience were not a primary consideration. Esther didn't last long with the program and her subsequent placement was in jail. Esther's ecosystem failed her. The lesson in Esther's experience highlights the importance of understanding your who. And although this story starts years before Esther is a candidate for the workforce, I share it because her experience will shape the challenges we face in the workforce today. I met Esther again some years later. This time she was interviewing for a spot and a research study on low income women with postpartum depression. Esther is now a 24 year old mom of two babies under two. During the interview, Esther talked about suicidal thoughts and visions of tossing her baby out of a window. Unfortunately, she didn't make the research study. It was determined that she was not a fit as her symptoms were beyond the scope of treatment for the proposed study. She was given a folder, finding, with resources and was encouraged to seek help from the sources provided. I saw her months later at the same clinic while I was still recruiting. I asked her if she had followed through on getting help. She said no. She was still grappling with her depression, but now she saw the assistance in getting her kids out of foster care. Esther's ecosystem failed her yet again. This time, appropriateness for the program was considered, but less consideration was given to help those who didn't make the cut. The third time I met Esther, she was a 35 year old mom of three and she had just completed the accelerating opportunity program at the community college. This is a program that combines GED prep exam with a technical certificate of credit. Her certificate was in healthcare. Esther was excited to be back in school. She was eager to learn and was clear on what she wanted to do. She was pursuing a two year nursing degree program and she received a full two year academic scholarship. She started strong, but began to fade during her second semester. Transportation and childcare became barriers to her attending class regularly as her main support person re-entered the workforce. Esther had options for completing some of her course requirements online, but she struggled with the technology and she struggled with finding time to commit to her studies while tending to her family. Unfortunately, Esther didn't return for the summer session and subsequently stopped out. Once again, her ecosystem failed her. These days, I see and talk to Esther's all the time and my role was a workforce development practitioner. It's clear they wanna work and earn a living wage. And even though she may have the ability to do the job, she lacks the experience that is often required. So I think about what I can say to Esther to let her know whether she trusted or not, that there are people, teams, organizations, foundations, employers that are trying to get it right. I want her to know that we see her and the myriad of structural barriers that stand between her and the living wage and ways that we never did before. We see it because we've done the work to understand. I want her to know that equitable solutions start in job design and that job quality is just as important as a living wage. I want her to know that we learned a lesson on the inherent challenges of trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. I want her to know that we've learned that it takes more than a folder with referrals to support individuals struggling with mental health. I want her to know that we know that oftentimes it takes more than having your tuition covered to help a struggling student through school. We understand the importance of wraparound supports. We know and acknowledge that we must go beyond that myopic view of workforce development as a job and focus on the social determinants of work like childcare, like healthcare, like transportation, commute times and the like if we are to truly make a difference. And the reason I know we've learned that lesson is because we all showed up here today to root on eight teams understand the assignment and what it means to improve a piece of the system. We have the honor of watching eight teams step up to the challenge, daring and to be and do differently than before. We understand the challenge and the urgency behind rapidly scaling, we do. And we all know it's at stake, but we also know that rapid rescaling is but one part of it. We understand and accept that we must also have that same energy for designing and implementing programs that focus on building worker support and engagement to truly equipped workers for success. Because we know it's not just a matter of rescaling but designing jobs that invite people to belong. But just in case we aren't all there, I wanna share what I believe to be critical elements that can put you on your path to getting there. And it's the why, the who, the how, the you and what difference will it make? Starting with the why, I think we can all agree that we do what we do because we know that to reach our fullest potential as a just and fair society, we must ensure that everyone has access to opportunities that help us build toward that reality. What are the conditions we seek to change? I can tell you without hesitation that the esters of the world are but one of my why's. So who do you bring into the room with you? I can tell you that as a black woman born and raised in the Southern US, I must bring the esters of the world into the room with me. It's important because, but for grace, go I. And I seek to change the conditions in which women who look like me are told to conform to standards that are not inherently part of their cultural norms. One in which access to possible solutions to the challenges we face are conveniently outside the realm of white centeredness and placed in a space that renders us as an ill that needs to be fixed or silenced rather than an asset that has been and is capable of contributing to the wellbeing of society. And I can go on, but I'm gonna pose that question back to you all. What is your why? What are their story informs the decisions you make? And why does it matter? Are you clear on the conditions you seek to change through your work? Let's talk about the who. Who's your who? Understanding who means going beyond surface level data and getting specific with deeply disaggregated data that will allow you to understand the full scale of the challenge and who's most impacted by the barriers to accessing good jobs. For example, developing access opportunities for women who wish to work in areas that suffer from occupational segregation is one thing. But do we know why? Do we understand the inequities at play that allow such a system to thrive and exist? And it's essential that we do, as that as we do our sleuthing to understand the who, we don't move into this one size fits all model. Occupational segregation is going to look much different in Dublin than it will in Sydney. It just will. And allow me, again, to just take a few seconds longer to underscore the importance of intelligent data like disaggregated data. Disaggregated data is a beautiful thing. It really is, I love it, but it's not the whole thing. This work requires that we understand the lived experience of the folks that we serve. My friends, stories matter. And unfortunately, we don't all think about stories as data and the ways that we should. There are ways to gather stories, data, and a way that fully illuminates our understanding of how to move forward to craft solutions that work, like for real, for real work. Numbers matter, but numbers can't speak to the human condition. And when we discount or underestimate the impact of an inequitable system by overestimating our solutions and not checking our assumptions, we miss out on understanding the real who, much like we did with Esther at 12. Simply identifying your target as people without a college degree will not cut it. Because we know that white workers with a high school diploma earn on average a dollar more than black workers with an associate's degree. Why is that? Simply seeking fundraising to complete a prototype will not cut it. You have to go deep and wide into the structural barriers that exists and unearth the drivers of inequities to guide you to your how if your aim is truly seeking to change the system. Let's talk about the how. AI is a great tool to bridge the gap. I love looking at the overviews of all of the contestants. But how might we, how might you identify the drivers of inequity that provide a fuller picture of the challenge? How does your work, how does your work design to reach those who dropped out of the pipeline and into an abyss of a system that keeps people straddled to the bottom because our solutions are not within their reach like Esther when she sought help for postpartum depression. Rabbit reskilling is a necessary part of the overall equity agenda. And here's what I want to say about that. Equity work is messy work. Equity work is messy. Think about it. You're creating a solution to combat. You're creating solutions to combat the structural design of inequity. It's not polite work. It just isn't. We have to go through it to get to it. And so to that end, how might you make racial equity a priority? How might you ensure people who dropped out of the pipeline are brought back in? And once they are, once they are in, how do you prepare them to succeed in the labor market? How might you dismantle barriers in your work and respective positions and develop targeted strategies to connect people to the fantastic work you're doing on their behalf? In other words, how might you fund programs and partnerships that address the inherent inequities in the social determinants of work? How might we engage employers to commit to true systems change and employment practices and culture? How might it ensure high standards of job quality for all? How might funding resources be reallocated to strategically invest in programs that offer direct links to high wage jobs? How might we engage employers that demonstrate a shared commitment to job quality, safety, equity, and career advancement and lift them up as models to emulate? These are all things worth considering if you were to maximize the work that you're doing, if you were to fully maximize the work that you're doing. I wanna talk now about the you of it all, right? It's critical that we accept, know, and believe that we all have something to contribute. At this moment, you have the power to make a difference in your role as philanthropists, job designers, educators, workforce intermediaries, and the like. You understand the importance of leveraging your considerable and collective resources to create space for equitable solutions that make thriving individuals, communities, and employers possible. You understand that you have the capacity to not only disrupt, but reconstruct a racist system that, by design, is not for all of us. You can do that, and we can do that. There's no choice. The alternative is too scary to consider. As the story is not the beginning, remember how she described her parents, a jailbird, and a bone. Equal systems have been failing our brothers and sisters across the globe for far too long. And what an incredible privilege and opportunity it is for us to serve in a manner that can have a lasting impact beyond our lifetime and that of our children's lifetime. And lastly, after you've considered all of the above, ask yourselves, what difference will it make in the lives of others? And how will you know? How will this qualitatively make a difference in the conditions you seek to change? And along with that, how will you develop systems to track and measure your progress? What will success look like? These are questions we must continuously and iteratively ask ourselves along the way. And I'll say it again, workforce development is incredibly complex, and there are levels and layers that we must actively engage in reaching our maximum, if we were to reach our maximal potential. So the challenge goes beyond the X Prize. The work that you all have started is so important and your work must continue ever you land in this contest. The prize is but one piece of the journey. And for those of us cheerleading you on from the sidelines, there's a role for us to play in supporting these teams beyond the finish line of the prize. And so as I wrap up, I'll ask you again, what's your why? Who's your who? What's your how? And what difference will it make in the lives of others? Congratulations to my finalists. I am rooting for you all. Thank you so much, Dr. Wilson, for those wonderful, inspiring words. Thank you so much, Crayonka, the virtual hand clap, wherever you are, and thank you so much for bringing that knowledge, that passion and that story. We also talk about qualitative and quantitative, but sometimes that story is so important. I see some amazing clauses. I see some hand emojis, someone saying spot on in the comments. So thank you so much for being here and gracing us with your presence. And if you wanna get in touch with Dr. Wilson, is there a way that they can find you? Is there a website, LinkedIn, or anything like that? Yes, I will post in the chat the National Fund for Workforce Solutions, and I will post my contact information in the chat. Thank you, thank you. So be on the lookout for that. And we'd love to thank every one of you for attending, for coming today, for getting your time to learn, to connect, and to be.