So, we reached 100 in the #100daysofbooks project! Thankyou to everyone who followed along and made suggestions on what we should read. Some of the books I wasn't able to source in time, but I have on my list to find and read anyway. And having reached the end, as pledged, we have today made a $250 donation to the Indigenous Literary Foundation. Thankyou to everyone who's bought one of my books for making this possible.
In 30, the gender of the characters was not clear.
It's a bit disappointing to me, especially as some of the books also perpetuated gender stereotypes and "traditional" roles. I believe very strongly that stories are a huge part of how we make sense of the world. For women to achieve true equality (and no, we are NOT there yet) we need both men and women to see stories that represent the proportions of us, and the multitude of roles we play. With a few exceptions, I have this slightly sinking feeling that picture books aren't doing that for children. And if they're not, then I really want to ask why not. Anyway, food for thought.
Day 100. So, I saved John Brown, Rose and the Midnight Cat for last because if someone had asked me to name a picture book from my childhood, this is the one I'd have said. It's the story of an old woman (Rose) and her protective dog (John Brown). I have a curious sense of nostalgia about the story, mixed with the same sadness it gave me as a child - Rose seems very lonely, even with her companions, and the illustrations convey that in their muted colours and careful attention to the olde-worlde details of her house. Even when the Midnight Cat comes into the picture, the story still feels melancholic - the sense this is a temporary reprieve only. I have those same impressions now, but I guess I have a slightly healthier relationship with change these days. Even so, I find it's a story I only want to consume sparingly, as carefully as it's been constructed.
Master A's verdict: Patiently looked at the pictures through the whole reading.
Day 99. Penguin and Pinecone is one of many stories in the Penguin series, and this one is about a friendship with a lost pinecone. Penguin eventually returns the pinecone to the forest, but the friendship has a lasting effect. This is one of those stories that's a direct analogy for broader ideas ... that everyone has a right environment in which to flourish, that souls very different to one another can still have commonality and friendship, and probably a bunch of other things I haven't considered. It's a sweet story when viewed that way, with simple, appealing illustrations and prose text. I would look for others in the series.
Master A's verdict: Thought the pictures were good enough to eat. Yes, we're still on this.
What's on tomorrow? Our last book!
Day 98. The 21st Century Guide to the Birds and the Bees is exactly that. I remember as a child having something called The Body Book that tried to teach about how the body worked, including reproduction. But these days, a book like that is lagging behind the times. This book covers IVF, IUI, and surrogacy using proper terms and delightful pictures. I met the authors of this book at a library event and they are really passionate about these issues, and it's reflected in the high quality production of the book. Regardless of whether or not you have a child conceived in these ways, these days they're still bound to have friends who were, so it's a good one to have when needed.
Master A's verdict: Too young yet for the information, but particularly enjoyed the pictures.
What's on tomorrow? another library pick.
Day 97. Five Stinky Socks is a rhyming story about exactly that. One after another, the character (who has five legs because ... no idea) finds stinky socks for his feet. It's short, energetic and fun. Enough said.
Master A's verdict: Enjoyed the rhymes. Just short enough to engage before wanting to eat it.
What's on tomorrow? An educational choice.
Day 96. I'm all for introducing kids to the wonders of the natural world, I'm just not sure this is the book to do it. Newtonian Physics for Babies introduces Newton's three laws, but there's a couple of tests that I thought it should have passed. Firstly, I thought that we (adults, and both mechanical engineers) should have had no trouble understanding it. But I actually found it confusing to follow, and that gives me alarm bells. The pictures are really basic, too, and I'm not sure it would engage many children - it doesn't seem geared for them at all - there's no narrative, rhythm, rhyme, or characters, just statements. Production quality is also a bit low. Now, having said all of that, it has a bunch of high reviews on Amazon, so maybe it is working for some people out there. I don't think our household will be one of them, but I would be curious to look at the other two volumes in the series (Optical Physics and Quantum Physics).
Master A's verdict: Not much to say here.
What's on tomorrow? Again, not sure.
Day 95. Racing Ruby is one of the Little Mates series that all seem to be alliterating stories with Australian animals. This one is naturally crammed full of R words, and set under the sea with a racing rainbow fish, it has a frenetic pace and engaging illustrations. There's good words, too - like ricochet and rankle. I give it lots of credit for creativity, and would love to read it again.
Master A's verdict: Good length for attention span.
What's on tomorrow? Not sure ... it's a public holiday and we're out of library books :/.
Day 94. I try to find something positive in each of these books, but for a bunch of reasons this one just got up my nose. Annie's Feet Can... is just ... odd. It's very simple text (all the things Annie's feet can do - like jumping, splashing, and so on), and that part isn't really an issue, I guess. But the illustrations are just ... weird. The Annie character is like an anthropomorphised cloud with strange watercolour blobs on the side of her head (ears?) and is done in pink (because she's a girl, which bothered me more because an accompanying volume is about Oscar, and he's blue. Let's reinforce those gender colours. Again.) There's two "touchy feely" pages (one so subtle you miss it), and another "pop-up" page, which was sadly broken in our library copy. The mix of elements was confusing, and the cover listed an illustrator, but not an author. Again ... odd. The story left me feeling perplexed and a little cross. I'm hoping it's not the sort of thing Master A wants to read over and over.
Master A's verdict: More interested in an HG Wells novel sitting on the couch end. Not a good sign.
Day 93. One Funky Monkey is set in a toy store after dark, but it's basically a counting book. In that need to rhyme as we count up (one funky monkey, two happening hippos, etc), there are some pretty horrible rhymes (the worst one in our opinion is pictured). But it's kind of in that so ridiculous it's funny category, so all is forgiven. If I had to choose between this and many other quite ho-hum counting offerings, this one would get the nod.
Master A's verdict: Another perfect length for attention winner. He doesn't care about laboured rhymes.
Day 92. I have to be honest - I saw a lot of euphemisms in Lucky Tucker. I have no idea if it's intentional (probably not) but from the title, to some of the illustrations, there were moments of hilarity for me. I started wondering if it was a secret stash of humour for adults (a bit like The Simpsons always had), especially as it's a story with an Irish flavour. Basically, Tucker has a bad luck day, then rolls in some four-leaf clover and his fortunes change, and from then on it's icecream and frivolity. This was a fun read for me, and illustrations are simple and bright. It's not a glorious pinnacle of the genre, but we've read many a less enjoyable tale than this.
Master A's verdict: Enjoyed, while crawling across our laps.
Day 91. As a child, I remember reading Town Mouse, Country Mouse, and Town Possum, Outback Possum re-imagines that classic tale but with a very Australian setting. The text rhymes and creates a clear distinction between the two settings, and the illustrations do the same - big and colourful in the city, muted and relaxed in the country. The two characters are cute, and the story is familiar. I enjoyed rediscovering it with animals I see walking the fence every night. Seems appropriate.
Master A's verdict: Enjoyed this one.
Day 90. Checkers and Dot on the Farm appears to be one of a number of Checkers and Dot books, all of which feature high contrast (black and white) illustrations (which are supposed to be engaging for babies). The text is rhyming with animal noises (as might be expected on a farm). The illustrations are the most striking part of this - as an adult I find it kind of boring to look at, especially as the figures are so simple (contrast with The House in the Night earlier in our series which has very detailed illustrations), but kids may see it differently.
Master A's verdict: Paid attention, which is a win at the moment.
Day 89. Between the Pages reminded me a little of The Neverending Story in the sense of that book about the book itself (there's no horses dying in this picture book, thank goodness). Basically, two little boys are on a man adventure through a jungle, and on each page they're getting into a big scrape and it's a hurry to turn the page and therefore get them out of it (or at least move on). In this way, the story picks up a frantic pace towards the end, which I can see being good fun with an older child (an it's Australian too, given the redbacks - beware of that page, arachnophobes). The pictures are lush, and they help tell the story. My only detracting comment (besides yet again male protagonists) is that the opening of the book doesn't make it entirely clear at first that we are "within" the book we're reading, so the first time it extols to turn the page to get out of trouble, I was a bit confused. Other than that, I like the ingenuity.
Master A's verdict: Turning pages faster was a good thing to avoid another chewing of a library book.
Day 88. Best of Friends is a pretty simple story. I'd go as far as to say it isn't really a story, just a series of statements. Wombat and Bandicoot are friends. They do stuff together. Sometimes they fight, but they always make up. There, now you don't need to read it. To be fair, there's a bit more information in the pictures than the words (but just a bit) and it's probably intended for early readers with simple, big, clear text. But as a book to share - or even to read, I hedge - it seems a bit of a yawn. Master A's dad read this one and declared he wouldn't be going back for a second go. I concur.
Master A's verdict: Not really interested - no rhyme or rhythm to engage him.
Day 87. Daddy Is My Hero is back in less whacky territory as books go ... well, sort of. As Master A's Dad said, it certainly makes dads look good - heroic I guess - fending off all manner of monsters, dragons, aliens and pirates, but this is definitely in a fantasy make-believe way, and that makes it sweet, despite the sometimes laboured rhymes, at least to my adult ears. The child of the story wasn't clearly male or female, which (based on some previous rants from me) is a good thing, I think. Overall I think it's a nice, short and sweet book to prime role playing and dress-up games.
Master A's verdict: Made lots of interested noises. Probably because pirates/space/dragons/monsters.
Day 86. We're getting to the business end now, and I seem to be on a crop of the more left-of-middle books. Today's was The Midnight Feast, which after the fact I understand to be a sequel. No matter. This is, as Master A's dad described it, a flight of fancy which assumes that babies escape their houses every night to roam the streets and form gangs and have ... feasts. Though, initially, it looked like there was going to be some kind of baby turf war, Bloods and Crips style, (meeting of the two gangs pictured) and I was seriously worried about where it was all going. Fortunately, it becomes a good-natured food riot, and all the babies are still so full the next day, the protagonist doesn't want breakfast. In the scheme of things, this is really whacky. I'm not such a fan of the pictures myself, but they are expressive and there's plenty of onomatopoeic words, mostly related to jelly.
Master A's verdict: Very distracted today. No interest in jelly, it seems.
Day 85 was quite a schmozzle, so we're late with the book we read, Pirates Love Underpants. That's quite a statement, I thought, and the story is just whacky. Treasure map, pirate rivalry, a skirmish, all in the name of a moral to check that your underpant elastic is functional, lest you embarrass yourself. There's one page in the middle that reverses orientation (pictured) just to keep it interesting. The whole thing reminded me somewhat of Robert DeNiro's character in the movie of Stardust. In any case, it rhymed and had big bright illustrations. Lots of fun for everyone.
Master A's verdict: Tried to turn the pages.
Day 84. I had a very different idea of what Dinosaur Rescue! would be about from the title. But it's actually dinosaurs being rescuers. And they're not anthropomorphised dinos either - it's a T-rex and a triceratops (etc) driving firetrucks and ambulances, rescuing people when there's a mishap at the old train tracks. This is madness, and will no doubt be awesome fun for fans of: dinosaurs, trucks, emergency services, sirens of any kind, and trains. Quite a ride. I can just imagine the acquisitions meeting when this one came up - yeah, it's like police rescue, but WITH DINOSAURS!
Master A's verdict: Seemed again to enjoy this one. Would wouldn't?
Day 83. Tabby McTat ended up having far more text than I'd anticipated - which I blame on an especially fast library trip last time. Normally I check these things, and veto the extensive-texters for Master A's attention span. But no matter. For whatever reason, it was loved at this end, as Master A paid attention to all the pictures and "talked" along with it. It did seem epic to me as a picture book, but I'm not going to argue! And anyone who's fond of feline exploits will no doubt enjoy it.
Master A's verdict: Don't get me wrong, he did want to chew it, too, but in addition to enjoyment this time!
Day 82. Goodnight Moon is a book with an interesting history. It's a well-loved classic, purported to have hypnotic effects for putting children to sleep, and has a sad tale in the benefactor of the author's estate. Master A's dad read it while we all listened, and we both agree that getting the rhythm right, especially the first two pages, is tricky. I think, given the choice, I'd still go for Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site - it seems a bit more cohesive than Goodnight Moon. But for a story that's been around for 65 years, something must have long-range appeal.
Master A's verdict: No hypnotic effects here - have to try again when older.


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Microsoft has shown its hand with the revealing of the Xbox Series X, and now there is a possible colossal development in regards to PlayStation 5 having backwards compatibility.
With the launch of Sony's next console less than a year away, reputable video game aficionado, and journalist, HipHopGamer is reporting that the PS5 will have backwards compatibility but on a much higher level. He says that Sony is working on a "Remastering Engine" for the PS5 that will allow the console to play PS1, PS2, PS3, and PS4 titles with enhancements.
What that means similar to Xbox One X's backwards compatibility, PS5 won't just play the games but also enhance them to 4K support.
Now Sony has not confirmed this, so this news should be taken with a grain of salt, but HipHopGamer is a very reliable source, and he is very confident that this news is legit. Furthermore, Sony has filed for patents that strongly suggests the PS5 will support backwards compatibility for all previous systems as well as the ability to add trophies for PS1 and PS2 games.
Despite the PS4 system being the superior console over the years, the one clear advantage Microsoft's Xbox One had over it was backwards compatibility. It would seem Sony has learned from its only mistake with the PS4 and is looking to rectify the situation with the PS5. Outside of this news, all details about PS5 remain a mystery or hearsay, except for the confirmed news of it being eco-friendly, extremely powerful, and sporting a new DualShock5 controller, which could feature the recently released back button attachment.
We will continue to keep our ears to the video game streets until then.
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Q: How much time will xgboost model take? I have run xg boost model on R. Dataset has 130 columns and 130,000 observations. I have run xgboost model with default parameters, like this-
xgb_model <- train(x = trainX, y = xtrain$loss, method = "xgbTree")

It has been running for 2 hours. How much time will it take generally? Is it so complex? Can someone explain me in lucid way ,what exactly happens inside xgboost algo ?

A: It's hard to say. It also depends on the machine you're running it on. You can set a max.depth parameter for the trees. This should speed it up, but you'll lose expressive power, i.e. the accuracy could suffer. Default is set to 6.
The learning rate $\eta \in [0,1]$ (eta) can also speed things up. Low eta value means the model is more robust to over fitting but is slower to compute. Default is set to 0.3.
Try
xgb_model <- train(x = trainX, y = xtrain$loss, method = "xgbTree", eta=1, max.depth=2)

And as Dex Groves said:
You could also change the hyperparameters colsample_bytree and/or colsample_bylevel to something less than 1.0

A: This question is not answerable. It depends on what is your computational resources. xgboost is good at taking advantages of all the resources you have. And it can run in clusters with hundreds of CPUs. Of course, time would be different for different platforms.
However, you can estimate how long it will take on your computer. Just pay attention to nround, i.e., number of iterations in boosting, the current progress and the target value. For example, if you are seeing 1 minute for 1 iteration (building 1 iteration usually take much less time that you can track), then 300 iterations will take 300 minutes.
To understand boosting and number of iterations you may find following posts helpful.
How does linear base leaner works in boosting? And how it works in xgboost library?
Boosting: why is the learning rate called a regularization parameter?
How to know if a learning curve from SVM model suffers from bias or variance?

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Q: What is the meaning of speed is good in the context? I saw an advertisement of a telecom company which says:

speed is good

What is the meaning of speed is good? Is it a habitual action like speed is always good? Or they are talking about their internet speed? But if they are talking about their speed, shouldn't they have said The speed is good. Right?

A: "The speed is good." may be grammatically correct, but less colloquial. My guess is the ad sought to take on a conversational or colloquial tone. For example, if a friend of mine told me "I just got a new internet connection and the speed is way better than my previous one!" I might reply, "Speed is good!"
You're right that in this context, a few other words might be implied, such as "Speed is (always) good." or "(Internet) speed is (a) good (thing to have)."


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Gujarat 2002: The CM Supported the VHP during the Riots to get Hindu Votes, says Former Home Secretary
Gujarat Files: Anatomy of a Cover-Up, is a racy memoir of reporting undercover in Modi's Gujarat. Rana Ayyub, formerly with Tehelka, posed as 'Maithili Tyagi', a USA-born filmmaker and interviewed key figures in the state, including senior police officers. Tehelka's first such sting by Ashish Khetan, Operation Kalank, has been used as valuable evidence in key trials in the state.
In this excerpt from the book, Ashok Narayan, the state home secretary during the 2002 pogroms, speaks.
Rana has faced threats and fought depression. She releases her book in Delhi on May 27. The book will be available on sale from tomorrow, May 26.
Lunch was ready by the time I reached. It was on that day that I began talking to him about his most crucial responsibility, that of being the Home Secretary of Gujarat. The ambience was just perfect, I had initiated the topic in a manner that looked like just another light conversation over food. Narayan spoke uninhibitedly.[Rana AyyubGujarat Files:
By the time we sat down for post-lunch tea, he had started getting into the details of how Narendra Modi had handled the riots. I remarked, 'You know Mr Narayan, I have been doing a Google search on you for the last one week and your name threw up so many links on Gujarat riots, Modi, the various commissions. It has been so intriguing for me and I am sure it must have been very difficult for you to deal with a man so controversial who almost bordered on the wrong during the Gujarat riots. For a person like you, so idealistic, so humane, I can only try to imagine what you must have gone through.'
And thus began the conversation.
Q) You must have gone red in the face when the CM asked you to go slow [while controlling the riots]?
A) He would never do that. He would also never write anything on paper. He had his people and through them the VHP, and then through them [it would] trickle down through informal channels to the lower-rung police inspectors.
Q) And then you were rendered helpless?
A) Precisely. And then we would say, 'Oh why did this happen,' but by then things would have already taken place.
Q) And there is no proof for enquiry commissions?
A) Several times ministers were standing on the roads and inciting crowds. One such incident happened when I was sitting in his room and we got a call. Then I told him a minister was doing this. So he recalled [him]. At least at that time he [Modi] recalled [someone].
Q) Was he a BJP minister?
A) Yes of course his own minister, a guy.
Q) There was a Maya Kodnani too, I hear she has turned quite anti-government.
A) She could have been there, yes.
Q) It was manic?
A) I will tell you something first hand. I know of a Muslim civil services officer, administrative officer. He called me and said, Sir, save my life, my house is being surrounded. I called the Commissioner of Police… he recorded or didn't, but I think the man was saved. Next day the officer called and said, Sir, yesterday somehow I was saved but it does not look likely today.
So again I called the Commissioner and asked him to save him. After fifteen days this officer walked into my cabin. He said Sir, it was the same story, in the colony Hindus were in a majority and Muslims were being killed. He said to me, 'When you rang up, the police force arrived and a minister was standing outside leading the crowd. The police officer saluted him. He saw the police officer and told them everything was fine. Later somehow one police officer recognized me and saved me.'
Q) But this minister is behind bars?
A) They are all out. But somebody has to do that. Unless somebody gives evidence how can you do that?
Q) Nobody has the guts to do that?
A) Nobody has the guts to do that.
Q) Who will take action against the ministers?
A) Let me tell you, I was the Vigilance Commissioner post the Home Secretary position. You know there is the Lokayukta in every state which looks after the ministers. So one day I go. Now honestly, A/C kamron mein makkhiyan nahi hota, warna I could have used the word ki woh makkhiyan maar rahe the [A/C rooms don't have flies, or else I could have said they were just swatting flies.]
So I asked what is happening?
They said sir, what to do. Nobody complains about ministers. When people are not willing to take on ministers in cases of bribery and corruption, how will they gather courage to [go] against ministers involved in riots. Kiski shaamat aayi hai.
Unless they come forward. And they are so smart they will make the conversations so smartly on the phone—they will call up the officers and say, 'Achcha take care of that area.'
Now a common meaning for a layman technically would be, 'Take care that riots don't take in that area' but the real meaning is 'take care that the riots take place in that area.'
They don't do things themselves, there are agents and agents and agents.
Achcha then you see that the FIRs are registered against mobs, so how will you arrest a mob?
Q) But haven't the commissions been helpful, those set up to look into the riots?
A) There was a Nanavati Commission, nothing has still come of it, they have still not been able to give any report.
When I was the Home Secretary I had given orders that nothing will happen unless written orders are given. So when the bandh call was given, the Chief Secretary Subbarao called me and said one leader from the VHP Pravin Togadia wants to hold a rally so what do you think. I said, Sir no such permission should be given because then things will go out of hand.
The CM came to know of this. He said how can you say this. We have to give them permission. I said, Ok, then give me written orders. He [Modi] just stared at me.
Q) So weren't you in the meeting?
A) Which meeting?
Q) Apparently a very controversial meeting in which the CM asked the officers and bureaucrats to go slow [in curtailing the riots].
A) Haan haan, I was there in that meeting. I told you no.
Q) But why has the CM been so much in the line of fire? Is it because he's with the BJP?
A) No, because he supported the VHP during the time of the riots. He did it to get Hindu votes which he did. He did what he wanted to do and that happened.
Q) But he asked people to go slow?
A) He would not say that in the meeting. He would say that to his men. He would convey to the VHP and then to officers like Tandon and other officers and the VHP. And as an officer you can choose to toe the line.
Q) Chakravarthy [the Director General of Police in 2002] did not toe the line?
A) We two were the only people. We did our job. I told them, when I joined the forces it was to serve the people, not to serve the ruling party.
Q)Why didn't the others do that then?
A) Because they had to play the game, they had a goal, you have to compromise. Look at people like Chakravarthy, they haven't got promotions, not sent abroad, but he did what his conscience said.
Q) How did the people outside know of this controversial meeting?
A) There was this minister here, Haren Pandya, he was the first one to say in the press.
Q) Who all were in the meeting?
A) CS, ACS, Home Secretary, DGP, officers.
Even for a layperson the above conversation would reveal the level of complicity of the state administration during the Gujarat riots. What Ashok Narayan was telling me was something most of us knew but it had never been said by an official figure, the man on whom most eyes were fixed during the Gujarat riots. What is more revealing is the sociological and political context the ex-Home Secretary talked of when he spoke about the Gujarat riots and what it meant for Narendra Modi. That he is objective can be ascertained from the fact that at no point does he try to mix facts with fiction. He even expresses his apprehensions about the manner in which Sreekumar leaked his affidavits to the media. He further talks of a meeting which took place in Gandhinagar during the Gujarat riots but at no point suggests that the CM gave marching orders against Muslims. Rather he makes a more nuanced argument about how these orders were given personally to officers who found favour with the dispensation.
I sat there listening to this gentle, unassuming man as he said things to me that he had not even stated during his cross-examination by the Nanavati Commission.
A) VHP at the behest of BJP called the bandh and that's how it began.
Q) That was a big problem for you to handle?
A) Yes, unless the signal went from the BJP it was difficult to handle.
Q) What is Modi's reputation?
A) He is worshipped, orthodox Hindus believe he holds the flag.
Q) Wasn't his role partisan?
A) He could have apologized for the Godhra incident, he could have apologized for the riots.
Q) I have been told that Modi did play a partisan role though, that of instigating, like bringing the bodies from Godhra and dilly-dallying on decisions.
A) I had given a statement that he is the one who had made the decision of bringing the bodies to Ahmedabad.
Q) Then the state must have been up against you?
A) See, bringing the bodies to Ahmedabad flared up the whole thing but he was the one who took the decision.
(Rana Ayyub is a former editor at Tehelka and currently an independent investigative journalist. Gujarat Files: Anatomy of a Cover-Up is self-published and available at online retailers and online)
Credit: Sabrangindia https://sabrangindia.in/article/gujarat-2002-cm-supported-vhp-during-riots-get-hindu-votes-says-former-home-secretary
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Q: In CUDA programming how to understand if the GPU kernel has completed its task? In CUDA programming suppose I am calling a kernel function from the host.
Suppose the kernel function is,
my_kernel_func(){
 doing some tasks utilizing multiple threads
}

Now from the host I am calling it using,
my_kernel_func<<<grid,block>>>();

In the NVDIA examples, they have called three more functions afterwards,
cudaGetLastError()

CUDA Doc : Returns the last error that has been produced by any of the runtime calls in the same host thread and resets it to cudaSuccess.
cudaMemcpy()

CUDA Doc : Copies count bytes from the memory area pointed to by src to the memory area pointed to by dst, where kind specifies the direction of the copy, and must be one of cudaMemcpyHostToHost, cudaMemcpyHostToDevice, cudaMemcpyDeviceToHost, cudaMemcpyDeviceToDevice, or cudaMemcpyDefault. Passing cudaMemcpyDefault is recommended, in which case the type of transfer is inferred from the pointer values. However, cudaMemcpyDefault is only allowed on systems that support unified virtual addressing. Calling cudaMemcpy() with dst and src pointers that do not match the direction of the copy results in an undefined behavior.
and then
cudaDeviceSynchronize()

CUDA Doc : Blocks until the device has completed all preceding requested tasks. cudaDeviceSynchronize() returns an error if one of the preceding tasks has failed. If the cudaDeviceScheduleBlockingSync flag was set for this device, the host thread will block until the device has finished its work.
Now I have tried to put a print statement at the end of the kernel function,
my_kernel_func(){
 doing some tasks utilizing multiple threads
 print D
}

As well as printed at different locations of the sequential flow,
cudaGetLastError()
print A
cudaMemcpy()
print B
cudaDeviceSynchronize()
print C

This thing prints in the following order
A
D
B
C

Basically, I need the time by which the kernel completes its task. Now I am confused to take the ending time. Because there should be a considerable time taken for copying back the data. Now if I put the ending time stamp after that it might incorporate the copying time also.
Is there any other function available to catch the ending?

A: As pointed out in the documentation, cudaMemcpy() exhibits synchronous behavior, so the cudaDeviceSynchronize() turns into a no-op because the synchronization was done at the memcpy.
The cudaGetLastError() checks whether you make an okay kernel call.
If you want to time for the kernel and not the memcpy's, switch the order of the cudaMemcpy()/cudaDeviceSynchronize() calls, start the timer just before the kernel call, then get the timer value after the cudaDeviceSynchronize() call. Make sure to test the result of cudaDeviceSynchronize() call as well.


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Actor, Assistant Director, Host/presenter, Makeup Artist, Production Manager, Prop Master, Puppeteer, Set Decorator, Singer, Stage Manager, Voice Artist, Comedian, Voice Actor, Editor, Costumer, Crafty, Wardrobe Supervisor, Production Coordinator, Production Assistant, Narrator, Marketing/pr and Hair Stylist
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About Gerry
NYC Entertainer and Cabaret artist, Gerry Mastrolia was most recently seen as a featured guest artist at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Appel Room in Music Over Manhattan, produced by John Senakwami. Gerry has also been touring with Tony n' Tina's Wedding, is currently working on his Very Gerry cabaret series and other various projects. He began his New York Cabaret career at 19 with his debut solo show, Me, Myself & Goldie which played Don't Tell Mama and The Bitter End. Gerry was a finalist in the first installment of New York's Next Top Drag Queen and hosted a portion of the Longest Variety Show Ever: Marathon Variety Show - Guinness World Record Attempt at the Metropolitan Room. He was featured on CBS The Couch & E! News for his work in the Off-Broadway show, Totally Tubular Time Machine starring Debbie Gibson. Special thanks to his family and friends for their constant love and support.
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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/officialgerrymastrolia/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/entertainernyc/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/entertainernyc/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/MrGerryMastrolia
Unique traits: Comedian, Accents (British, Italian, & Jewish), Speaks light Italian, Stewie from "Family Guy" Impression, Liza Minnelli/Judy Garland Impersonator, Goldie Fische (Original character), Facial Expressions, Drag/Old Age Makeup, Assistant Stage Manager, Prop/Wig Design & Management, Set Dresser, Speaks loudly, snaps with both fingers and drives.
Tony n' Tina's Wedding (2016 - 2017)
Theater by Corcoran Productions/Tony Lauria/Chris DePierro Joey Vitale
Thank You For Being a Friend the Musical (2017)
Theater by Spin Cycle NYC/Nick Brennan Roz The Cutting Room NYC (44 East 32nd St)
Very Gerry (2016 - 2017)
Series by Gerry Mastrolia Himself/Performer A 90 minute Cabaret series that I've put together. "Very Gerry: An Evening of Showtunes", "Very Gerry: Don't Be a Drag, It's Christmas", "A Very Gerry Christmas".
The Zombie Wedding (2015 - 2016)
Theater by Corcoran Productions/Greg D'Alessandro Rowena Jones
Very Gerry: Here's To The Ladies (2015 - 2016)
Theater by NiCori Studios & Productions/Corinna Sowers Adler Himself/Performer In a homage to the ladies, cabaret singer, Gerry Mastrolia is a man who sings songs… sung by women. The show is chocked full of impersonations, stories and songs from Broadway standards to cabaret favorites saluting tough divas who didn't take smack from anyone! Ladies like, Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand, Carol Burnett, Tallulah Bankhead and more. The show played the Metropolitan Room NYC and Don't Tell Mama.
Totally Tubular Machine (2013 - 2014)
Theater Performer/Queen of the Decades u/s The Culture Club NYC (20 West 39th St)
Me, Myself & Goldie (2013)
Theater by NiCori Studios & Productions/Corinna Sowers Adler Himself/Performer NYC Solo Cabaret debut Performance. Began the show as Gerry where I sang classic standards, then transformed (onstage) as my drag alter ego, Miss Goldie Fische. The shows played Don't Tell Mama NYC and The Bitter End.
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Q: Can I change Android signing certificate Subject while keeping the private key I have developed an Android app that I am transferring to another person to further development. I have understood that if the new developer uses the same keystore, the seamless upgrade process continues.
How does Android validate the certificate when it is updating apps? Does it just validate only signature or does it compare whole certificates along with the Subject name?
My problem is that the new developer would like to market the app under their company name, not mine, hence the Google account change. But the certificate also contains my name and I would like to generate new certificate with the same private key, which should produce identical signature, but with different Subject in the Cert.
I have not used the certificate for any other apps, so I have no problem giving it away.
PS. Is it at all possible to upload the same application from another Google Account using the same keystore and package name so that seamless upgrade continues?

A: No, when a certificate is signed the TBS field of the certificate is signed. As you can see the TBS filed contains a Subject  field.
 Certificate  ::=  SEQUENCE  {
        tbsCertificate       TBSCertificate,
        signatureAlgorithm   AlgorithmIdentifier,
        signatureValue       BIT STRING  }

   TBSCertificate  ::=  SEQUENCE  {
        version         [0]  EXPLICIT Version DEFAULT v1,
        serialNumber         CertificateSerialNumber,
        signature            AlgorithmIdentifier,
        issuer               Name,
        validity             Validity,
        subject              Name,
        subjectPublicKeyInfo SubjectPublicKeyInfo,
        issuerUniqueID  [1]  IMPLICIT UniqueIdentifier OPTIONAL,
                             -- If present, version MUST be v2 or v3

So, you cannot change fields in the TBS. Either continue without changing the certificate(the subject) or create a new certificate with the other person's credentials. But for that you will have to deactivate your app. And upload a fresh app(not as an update, but as a new app), which I think is not a good solution. So it is better to continue with your certificate.
It doesn't care about the actual 'details' (certificate DN, serial number, etc.), but just compares the certificates as binary blobs as told here. Since the certificates are different, you can't update an app originally signed with cert1 with another signed with cert2.

A: You cannot change details of already issued certificate nor issue new certificate as drop-in  replacement for your old certificate. So basically if your application is already released you either stick with the cert you used or you need to drop the certificate which in this case means you need to release new application (not the update).


Learn how to create a backup of the files on your Mac.
You can use Time Machine, the built-in backup feature of your Mac, to automatically back up all of your files, including apps, music, photos, email, documents, and system files. When you have a backup, you can restore files from your backup if the original files are ever deleted from your Mac, or the hard disk (or SSD) in your Mac is erased or replaced.
To create backups with Time Machine, all you need is an external storage device. After you connect the device and select it as your backup disk, Time Machine automatically makes hourly backups for the past 24 hours, daily backups for the past month, and weekly backups for all previous months. The oldest backups are deleted when your backup disk is full.
Connect one of the following external storage devices, sold separately. Learn more about backup disks that you can use with Time Machine.
When you connect an external drive directly to your Mac, you might be asked if you want to use the drive to back up with Time Machine. Select Encrypt Backup Disk (recommended), then click Use as Backup Disk.
An encrypted backup is accessible only to users with the password. Learn more about keeping your backup disk secure.
Open Time Machine preferences from the Time Machine menu in the menu bar. Or choose Apple () menu > System Preferences, then click Time Machine.
If the disk you selected isn't formatted as required by Time Machine, you're prompted to erase the disk first. Click Erase to proceed. This erases all information on the backup disk.
After you select a backup disk, Time Machine immediately begins making periodic backups—automatically and without further action by you. The first backup may take a long time, depending on how many files you have, but you can continue using your Mac while a backup is underway. Time Machine backs up only the files that changed since the previous backup, so future backups will be faster.
To start a backup manually, choose Back Up Now from the Time Machine menu in the menu bar. Use the same menu to check the status of a backup or skip a backup in progress.
If you back up to multiple disks, you can switch disks before entering Time Machine. Press and hold the Option key, then choose Browse Other Backup Disks from the Time Machine menu.
To exclude items from your backup, open Time Machine preferences, click Options, then click the Add (+) button to add an item to be excluded. To stop excluding an item, such as an external hard drive, select the item and click the Remove (–) button.
If using Time Machine to back up to a network disk, you can verify those backups to make sure they're in good condition. Press and hold Option, then choose Verify Backups from the Time Machine menu.
In OS X Lion v10.7.3 or later, you can start up from your Time Machine disk, if necessary. Press and hold Option as your Mac starts up. When you see the Startup Manager screen, choose "EFI Boot" as the startup disk.


Get unlimited calling to 5 (or 10) numbers on your AT&T cell phone.
This new free add-on to AT&T Cell phones that starts today for sign-up. You'll get to choose 5 numbers with unlimited to and from calling for individual plans $59.99 a month or higher. Family plans $89.99 a month or higher get to choose 10 numbers (shared between all users). It looks like this is Unity or Nation plans; see http://att.com/alist for more info (this link still gives you info, but the login seems to generate an error, so just login normally and click on manage your A-List).
That's calling to any other company cell phones or land-lines! It's a free upgrade to those who qualify so it's kind of a no-brainer to sign up.
Five numbers for an individual plan. That's huge! I'd guess 95% of my minutes go to the same five numbers; 75% percent probably go to just three numbers.
Only standard domestic landline or wireless numbers may be added. Directory assistance, 900 numbers, customer's own wireless or Voice Mail access numbers, and machine to machine numbers are not eligible. Only voice calling is eligible.
Even if you have enough minutes, it's silly to not sign up and get the free leftover minutes put into your rollover account. It might even be worth it to lower your plan if you have a much higher plan.
Here's the thing though, if you have more than enough minutes, this really isn't going to help much, you're probably already on an appropriate plan. It's really most helpful if you were already considering raising your minutes. If you were considering adding another phone (or two) to your plan, you might get away with doing it and not having to add more minutes. Or if you've considered ditching your land-line and just going cellular. Remember AT&T is doing this to be competitive and probably did the math for everyone's most called numbers; it was probably this or lower prices and who wants to give up money these days…?
Please let me know in the comments how this plan might benefit you most. And remember to come back in a few months and let me know how this affects your bill, especially if you change your plan and save money because of it.
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Fishermen of an important species of lobster bait will have to contend with a deep cut in quota this year due to concerns about the fish's population.
Atlantic herring are the source of a major fishery on the East Coast. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced on Thursday that it's cutting this year's herring quota from nearly 110 million pounds to about 33 million pounds.
A June 2018 assessment of the herring stock found that the fish's population is declining. The report sounded alarms among scientists, fishermen and conservationists because of herring's economic importance and because of its critical role in the ocean food chain.
NOAA says herring aren't overfished, but the catch of the species needs to be reduced to prevent overfishing. The fishery's based in New England.


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The Architect's Ultimate Golf Trip
By Erik Matuszewski
The Old Course. Photo by Kevin Murray
Golfers love few things better than a great road trip, with the opportunity to experience new courses in new locations.
With this being LINKS, it only made sense to envision the ideal golf excursion for an aspiring golf course architect or aficionado of course design. Setting aside logistical obstacles—such as costs and flight time—that usually accompany a golf getaway, the focus here is instead on the experience, that being an educational architectural immersion.
Would such a trip involve a variety of courses with unique designs, template holes, or playing characteristics? How much would it draw on the game's storied history and the way it's evolved over the years? What would be the geographic makeup with golf being such a global sport?
We asked a number of architects to weigh in and help shape our adventure, and their input was both valuable and intriguing, most notably that the architectural import of courses should extend beyond the unique feature of an individual hole (at least for the purposes of this educational endeavor). The end result is a collection of courses that have very different looks and feels, a mix of both private and public layouts, and a wide geographic footprint that isn't exactly conducive to a single trip but properly reflects the game's global reach.
St. Andrews, Scotland
Really, how could you start anywhere other than the Home of Golf? Whether with hickory or steel, gutta perchas or Titleists, the game has been played by all comers at the iconic Old Course at St. Andrews Links for more than 600 years. Old Tom Morris probably had the most influence on the current layout of the course, which originally could be played in both directions. The Old Course has a special place in the hearts of not only golfers but golf architects, and it's easy to see why. It's a virtual certainty that no course has had more influence on design over the years and the strategic nature of the layout, including its variety of options and hazards in the line of play, has quite literally stood the test of time.
Royal Melbourne, Australia
Among the finest designs from Dr. Alister MacKenzie during the "Golden Age" of golf architecture (the 1920s and early '30s), Royal Melbourne features two courses in Australia's Sandbelt that have regularly been rated among the best in the world. The challenging green complexes and unmistakable bunkering stand out, but what also sets the property apart is the way MacKenzie and his Australian design partner, Alex Russell, used the land. The use of "consulting architects" has also been something of a unique approach for the Sandbelt clubs, including Royal Melbourne, where a designer like Tom Doak has helped to continually oversee and suggest changes over time, rather than undertake wholesale renovation efforts.
Royal Melbourne
Shadow Creek, Las Vegas
While golf has been around for centuries, almost 33 percent of the U.S. course supply has been built over the past 3 ½ decades. Perhaps none was more ambitious than Shadow Creek, where Tom Fazio took a barren stretch of flat desert and created the ultimate manmade course. When it opened, it was the most expensive course ever built, with more than 200 feet of elevation change, more than 21,000 mature trees transplanted, and streams and waterfalls built from scratch. It was also completely covered in sod rather than seeded. From a design standpoint, the manufactured nature of Shadow Creek is as unique as they come.
Sand Hills, Nebraska
On the flip side of Shadow Creek is one of the most esteemed modern courses in golf, as the Coore & Crenshaw design at Sand Hills is widely regarded as perhaps the epitome of the natural use of land. Numerous architects have celebrated the pervasive influence of Sand Hills, which was seamlessly routed through thousands of acres of rolling sand hills in central Nebraska. The private course is a master class in minimalism (only 4,000 cubic yards of earth were moved) and should be on the radar of any aspiring golf architect. While the construction demands were relatively limited—irrigation was 85 percent of the project cost—Coore & Crenshaw spent more than two years walking the property over numerous visits before settling on the best 18-hole layout.
Royal County Down, Northern Ireland
The powerful dune landscape delivers much of what Royal County Down is known for: blind tee shots and a feeling of visual isolation on each hole. The course is blessed with spectacular views, thanks to the coastline, the dunes, and the soaring Mountains of Mourne as a backdrop, but it's the endearingly quirky design dating back to 1889 that offers a decidedly unique character. Bernard Darwin, a golf writer and accomplished amateur golfer who was the grandson of British naturalist Charles Darwin, perhaps most aptly described Royal County Down as the type of golf people play in their most ecstatic dreams, with "big and glorious carries, nestling greens, entertainingly blind shots, local knowledge and beautiful turf."
Pine Valley, New Jersey
This private course in the pine barrens of New Jersey, midway between Philadelphia and the Jersey Shore, has a testing layout that has helped define great golf architecture. While it's known for being fearsomely difficult, Pine Valley at its core embraces the strategy that makes a golf hole both exciting and challenging. The course was the obsession of hotelier George Crump, but served as a gathering place for many of the game's great Golden Age architects who contributed to his masterpiece, among them Harry Colt, MacKenzie, Charles Blair Macdonald, Hugh Wilson, William Flynn, A.W. Tillinghast, Donald Ross, and Perry Maxwell. While aesthetically pleasing, Pine Valley forces a golfer to think and make choices throughout. It's precisely the kind of memorable experience that architects aspire to create.
Pinehurst No. 2
Pinehurst No. 2, North Carolina
It's abundantly clear that the architect of Pinehurst's No. 2 course, Donald Ross, is familiar with the virtues of the Old Course at St Andrews. The resort layout in North Carolina can test the best players in the world while still being playable for the widest range of golfers possible. The relatively recent restoration of the famous course brought back the original strategy and look, with wide fairways, no rough, sandy waste areas, and greens that funnel errant shots into swales, humps, and hollows a golfer would prefer to avoid. Architect Kyle Franz, who worked on the restoration with the Coore & Crenshaw team, called the green complexes at Pinehurst the "eighth wonder of the architectural world for a student of design." Enough said.
Have you played any of these courses? Let us know in the comments below!
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Steve introduced himself to the other guests.
Стив представил себя другим гостям.
Я не хочу, чтобы ты платил за меня. Я заплачу за себя.
Julia had a great holiday. She really enjoyed herself.
Ты разговариваешь с собой иногда?
Если захотите добавки, накладывайте себе сами.
It's not our fault. You can't blame us.
Это не наша вина. Ты не можешь винить нас.
It's our own fault. We should blame ourselves.
Это наша вина. Мы должны винить только себя (досл.: нас).
I feel nervous. I can't relax.
Я нервничаю. Не могу расслабиться.
Он встал, помылся, побрился и оделся.
Вы также можете сказать get dressed (He got dressed).
How long have you and Bill known each other? или ... known one another?
Sue and Ann don't like each other. или ... don't like one another.
Do you and Sarah live near each other? или ... near one another?
Let's paint the house ourselves. It will be much cheaper.
Steve to the other guests at the party.
Bill fell down some steps, but fortunately he didn't .
It isn't Sue's fault. She really shouldn't .
Please try and understand how I feel. in my position.
The children had a great time at the beach. They really .
Be careful! That pan is very hot. Don't .
Sometimes I can't say exactly what I mean. I wish I could better.
2. Вставьте myself/yourself/ourselves и др. или me/you/us и др.
Julia had a great holiday. She enjoyed .
It's not my fault. You can't blame .
What I did was really bad. I'm ashamed of .
We've got a problem. I hope you can help .
You must meet Sarah. I'll introduce to her.
Don't worry about us. We can look after .
I gave them a key to our house so that they could let in.
I didn't want anybody to see the letters, so I burned .
Martin decided to grow a beard because he was fed up with .
I wasn't very well yesterday, but I much better today.
I climbed out of the swimming pool and with a towel.
I tried to study, but I couldn't .
If somebody attacks you, you need to be able to .
I'm going out with Chris this evening. We're at 7.30.
You're always rushing around. Why don't you sit down and ?
There was no water, so we couldn't .
4. Закончите предложения, используя -selves или each other.
How long have you and Bill known	 ?
If people work too hard, they can make ill.
I need you and you need me. We need .
In Britain friends often give presents at Christmas.
Some people are very selfish. They only think of .
Tracy and I don't see very often these days.
We couldn't get back into the house. We had locked out.
They've had an argument. They're not speaking to at the moment.
We'd never met before, so we introduced to .
5. Закончите ответы на вопросы, используя myself/yourself/itself и др.
— Who repaired the bike for you?
— Who cuts Brian's hair for him?
— Nobody. He cuts .
— Do you want me to post that letter for you?
— Who told you that Linda was going away?
— Can you phone John for me?
— Why can't you ?


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112mm OT pocket comb in Larissa calf leather case and 90mm metal nail file.
112mm Fine comb - With Leather tab and case.
Oval club made from Satinwood with pure black bristle.
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By day you can find me blogging about wedding after gorgeous wedding, but in my free time I consider myself the unofficial President of the Donna Morgan fan club – and it has everything to do with those dresses. They are bridesmaid dresses that I would wear in a millisecond and I just know the leading ladies in my life would too. Hence why Donna Morgan will forever be on my recommendations list. The Morgan Dress has long been a favorite, and now there is a new beauty based on this popular design, the Blaire Dress, and it has one very awesome feature setting it above the pack. It's convertible!
When one dress can be worn a multitude of ways – that is pure magic. The kind that allows your best friends to put their own stylish spin on their attire. The kind that allows a dress to be worn time and again, always with a fresh, new twist and the kind that Donna Morgan has completely perfected with their new Blaire Dress. Not only is it an adorable name for an equally adorable dress, but it's a style that can be worn by all shapes and sizes. Weddings are all about finding your own unique style after all, so why not let your girls do it too?
Now lets cozy up to the details of this All Star. The Blair Dress comes fitted with a traditional corset found on Donna Morgan's best-selling gowns. Add to that four panels that allow for eight different ways of styling and fifteen pretty, pretty colors to choose from, and we have a dress that can fit right into everything from a rustic outdoor affair to a high glamour city fete too. In other words, it's a versatile dream and quite possibly my favorite style to date.


stranger things have happened, but I can't cycle through the player names after pressing '.' (dot) by using the left- and right-arrow as described here https://wiki.bzflag.org/Message.
I've got no clue. I reinstalled BZF. I reset my config file, in case I did something strange there, but nothing changed.
I'd appreciate any hints or help!
I once had a flag dropping issue with the mouse, but turns out it was just the mouse which was going bad.
There is some setting that affects that... I think you have to turn off "jumping while typing"... it may also have to do with whether you are driving by mouse or keyboard.
Yes, when it's driving by keyboard (a message appears), your ability to switch names stops at some point. You have to move mouse or use touchpad a bit to enable mouse driving (a new message appears) and then you can do it again. I think it does not work (very well) if you are dead or paused.
It's not the 'type while jumping' option. It does not affect that.
It's the 'active input device''. I can't cycle through player names while keyboard is active. On the other side, it's possible while driving with mouse.
Many thanks. I'm a keyboard player and this was bothering me for ages and I just got around to seeking the cause (and found this thread). I'd worked around by locking on to a player before going into PM.
Need "Active input device" as Mouse and player names can be cycled fine with left/right keys (dead or alive).
As Keyboard, name cycling is not possible.
As Auto, name cycling is not possible unless you first wiggle the mouse and see "Mouse movement" message.
If I recall correctly, I'd changed AID to Auto/Keyboard because I found that it gave me a fractionally slower turn rate, making the CW spike to wire jump possible by k/b.
Name cycling being force-enabled while dead would make life so much easier.


Hi, I'm Deborah Good, Director of Organizational Learning and Research for a nonprofit called Future Focused Education. Our organization works toward individual and system changes, always with an eye toward our city's most vulnerable young people. We run a paid internship program for high school students, support a network of innovative schools, elevate student voices, and advocate for policies that nurture student learning.
As an internal evaluator, I have the fun of working closely with my colleagues as they design, plan, and implement initiatives, while doing my best to maintain an evaluator's perspective. We also contract with external evaluators, who provide an invaluable point of view and frequently employ more robust methodologies than we use inhouse. That said, the decision to invest in internal evaluation has proven indispensable to our organization.
I am learning lessons along the way. Here is my brief guidebook to success as an internal evaluator.
Prioritize continuous improvement. I strive to use data as a flashlight, not a hammer, but it is common in the nonprofit and social service arenas to assume internal evaluation is for compliance. In a previous job where I served as the quality improvement coordinator, "improvement" was only in the job title. The data I collected was primarily used to demonstrate to our higher-ups and the State of New Mexico that we were in compliance with rules and regulations. Now I gently remind colleagues that grant reporting is important, but using data to improve is our North star.
Regularly revisit your evaluation questions. I have adapted Results Based Accountability (RBA) to the needs of our organization. This means my go-to research questions are (a) How much did we do? (b) How well did we do it? and (c) Is anyone better off? I am learning not to limit myself to these three questions, and to listen everywhere for interesting questions in our work. For example, today's question is: Does students' school attendance correlate with their attendance at internships?
Get creative with your methods. RBA traditionally uses quantitative measures, but I always use varied sources, including qualitative data. In addition to surveys, interviews, and observations, what about using mobile applications like ImBlaze, facilitating discussions using unique protocols, or analyzing hand-drawn ecomaps?
Lead frequent data dives with staff, partners, and young people. Who better to make sense of data than the people who live it? When leading data dives, I usually hand out graphs, tables, and qualitative data summaries without significant interpretation. I then lead a discussion on what is interesting and surprising, and what implications the data might have for planning next steps and future strategy.
The American Evaluation Association is celebrating New Mexico (NM) Evaluators (www.nmeval.org) Week. Do you have questions, concerns, kudos, or content to extend this aea365 contribution? Please add them in the comments section for this post on the aea365 webpage so that we may enrich our community of practice. Would you like to submit an aea365 Tip? Please send a note of interest to aea365@eval.org. aea365 is sponsored by the American Evaluation Association and provides a Tip-a-Day by and for evaluators.
I am an elementary school teacher in Québec City, Canada and found your piece very interesting. Where I teach, my colleagues and I use evaluation as a "flashlight" in our own classrooms, yet the school board only seems to be interested in "hammer" data for their own ends. We evaluate students in grades 2, 4, and 6 at the elementary level, with 2 and 4 being school board wide exams and 6 being provincial exams. These exams do not seem to be used to improve things, as we never hear about them again after we submit the results.
That said, the Ministry of Education gives us a general framework of targeted goals for each grade by the end of the year, but each teacher is responsible for getting their students there (no mandated curriculum) so it ensures that each teacher must use their evaluations as a flashlight to shine light on where their students are and how to push them further with that knowledge in mind. This reminds me of your third tip of using multiple methods. We use lots of qualitative as well as quantitative evaluation methods as our report card evaluation guidelines allow for professional judgement and for example, how much support the student required that term. If a student scored 60% on paper in math but needed me to sit with him for help many times, then he would be "passing" on paper but not in reality and his mark would reflect that and be lowered according to the amount of support he needed. Another example would be an undiagnosed student with suspected dyslexia writing an exam and the meaning/understanding getting lost. If I have that student tell me what he wants to put down on paper but can't, I can better gauge his learning. I am thankful that my school board (and Ministry of Education) trusts teachers professional judgement enough to allow for some wiggle room!


Intruders have robbed and wrecked a visitor centre, fishing lodge and office and forced the temporary closure of the popular visitor destination.
Scaling Dam reservoir on the moorland border of Cleveland and North Yorkshire was ransacked between Sunday evening and Monday morning (1st and 2nd September).
Extensive damage and theft of stock running into several thousands of pounds is being investigated by Cleveland police who today appealed for witnesses.
It is expected that the visitor centre and the popular trout fishery will be closed for about a week to allow police to carry out a full investigation and for extensive repairs to take place.
A substantial amount of shop stock, outdoor clothing, fishing tackle and cash was taken and there is considerable damage to the building and its communications and power.
Cleveland police today appealed for any witnesses of the raid at the reservoir on the A171 Guisborough to Whitby Road. Anyone with information should contact investigating officer pc Stephen Woodacre on the non emergency 101 telephone line.
Don Coe, Fisheries and Waterside Parks Manager for Northumbrian Water, said: "We will do all we can to get the lodge and the fishery open again as soon as possible. It's a very popular spot which has so far this year been enjoyed by more than 4,500 people for walking, fishing and picnics.
"We want to make sure that this destructive and wanton damage doesn't spoil the future enjoyment for very long as around 10,000 people will visit Scaling Dam during the season from March to October," he said.
News of the fishery reopening will be posted on 'Fishing with Northumbrian Water' Facebook and information will also be available on the Leisure line 0845 155 0236.
The sailing club at the reservoir is not affected and remains open.
For further information contact : Alistair Baker, Communications & PR Manager 0191 3016851 / 07711 793493.


Welcome to Episode 104 of HubShots!
What we want to highlight here is that inbound is about being remarkable. This story clearly demonstrates that if we think about how we can do better for those we serve then we too will excel as a business.
A little gotcha. You need to connect your Facebook Ads account in Settings > Marketing > Ads and add your Facebook pixel. If you don't you will get a blank screen that spins with no ad creation!
Lead Ads are Facebook ads show that form, prefilled with the person's Facebook data, so that it is easier to submit (ie don't have to fill anything in).
Craig's comment: Interesting that HubSpot is adding this kind of functionality, because for anyone who has been working with Lead Ads, they will find it much easier to prepare in Facebook natively.
Some, there must have been some research that showed that most HubSpot users haven't used them before, and thus highlighting it as a HubSpot item might be useful.
Also: anecdotal experience using Lead Ads – they were much more successful when they first launched, more recently people seem more wary of filling them out.
Facebook Messenger is much more successful lately in terms of response.
Consumers today expect three things; convenience, simplicity, and a solid experience.
In the ad world conversion is what matters and context (not content) is king! Double down on investments in mobile digital advertising (and kill any investments in print), but ensure that you have the right ad at the right place and right time. This requires complex multi-variable context. Think user location + route + time of day + personal preferences.
Voice search is slowly replacing typing; 20% of mobile queries are made through voice and almost 70% of Google Assistant requests are conversational interactions.
This is really, really cool!
Note: not available in Forms. I thought this might be great for using in internal forms eg sometimes we add forms to a hidden page that staff can fill out. You could use it as a field to nominate staff member of the week etc. But sadly this isn't possible.
The importance of understanding conversion sources.
A client spends a fortune on a social media guru, and they love his ideas.
But when you analyse the results – the traffic and leads are coming from organic and AdWords.
Be mindful of getting caught up in the latest shiny object tactics!
Trust us – just go and check it out.
How many close friends do you really have?


School breaks during the late winter and early spring are the perfect time to enjoy a family vacation. Bring your loved ones to the Gulf Shores area to take advantage of all of the amazing attractions and beaches, most of which can be enjoyed at any time of year.
It's never too early to start planning what kind of adventures your family will have during school vacations. Most schools have week-long breaks in the late winter and early spring, and these times are ideal for planning a family trip that will thrill all of your loved ones. If you're ready to begin organizing these experiences, you should look to Gulf Shores vacation rentals, which can act as the setting for a wonderful family getaway.
One of the best things about Gulf Shores is that the weather is generally enjoyable all year long. Even in February, March and April, the temperature along the Gulf Coast tends to stay in the 50s and 60s, creating a comfortable environment for all guests. You can enjoy many of the popular activities found in the area in this weather, and depending on the time of year you will even be able to make a visit to the beach to soak up some rays.
Just because your kids will be on a break from school doesn't mean they have to stop learning. There are many attractions in the Gulf Shores area that encourage visitors young and old to gain knowledge about the region and its history. Spots like the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park, Fort Morgan Historic Site and the National Naval Aviation Museum all offer interactive exhibits and fascinating information, making it easy for vacationers to have fun and learn new things at the same time.
With so much going on during the school year, it can be difficult to fit quality family time into your schedule. However, when you have several days without homework, social commitments and other distractions, you and your family can enjoy each other's company. There are tons of family friendly activities found throughout the region, and those visitors who would rather lay low can relish the privacy of their rental home, playing games and cooking meals in their own space.