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Robotic Farm Completes 1st Fully Autonomous Harvest
By Tereza Pultarova 29 September 2017
Hands Free Hectare is an experimental farm run by researchers from Harper Adams University, in the United Kingdom.
(Image: © Harper Adams University)
It's harvest season in many parts of the world, but on one farm in the United Kingdom, robots — not humans — are doing all the heavy lifting.
At Hands Free Hectare, an experimental farm run by researchers from Harper Adams University, in the village of Edgmond in the U.K., about 5 tons (4.5 metric tons) of spring barley have been harvested from the world's first robotically tended farm. Everything from start to finish — including sowing, fertilizing, collecting samples and harvesting — has been done by autonomous vehicles on the farm, according to the researchers.
The team behind the project thinks that robotic technology could improve yields in agriculture, which is necessary if the world's growing population is to be fed in coming years. [Super-Intelligent Machines: 7 Robotic Futures]
The researchers tackled this problem by using commercially available agriculture machines and open-source software that is used to guide hobbyists' drones.
"In agriculture, nobody has really managed to solve the problem of autonomy," said Jonathan Gill, mechatronics researcher at Harper Adams University, who led the project."We were like, Why is this not possible? If it's possible in drone autopilots that are relatively cheap, how come there are companies out there that are charging exorbitant amounts of money to actually have a system that just follows a straight line?"
The researchers purchased several small-size agricultural machines, including a tractor and a combine, a machine for harvesting grain crops. They then fitted the machines with actuators, electronics and robotic technology that would allow them to control the machines without the presence of a human operator.
"The first stage was to make it radio controlled," Gill said. "This was our first step towards autonomy. From that point, we moved on to preprogram all the actions that need to be performed into the autopilot system."
Gill's collaborator, Martin Abell, who works for Precision Decisions, an industrial agricultural company that partners with the university, explained that the system follows a certain trajectory with preprogrammed stops to perform certain actions.
"The vehicles navigate entirely based on the GPS, and they are just essentially driving towards targets that we predetermined," Abell said. "At different GPS targets, there are different actions designed to be carried out."
Abell said the researchers struggled to make the machines follow a straight line, which initially resulted in quite a lot of crop damage. However, the scientists think they will be able to fix the problem in the coming years and will eventually achieve better yields than a conventionally maintained farm of the same size could produce.
To monitor the field and take samples of the plants, the researchers developed special grippers attached to drones. As the drone flies above the field, the grippers can cut off some samples and deliver them to the researchers.
The scientists said that the robotic technology could enable future farmers to more precisely distribute fertilizers and herbicides, but could also lead to improvements in soil quality. Currently, to achieve all the required tasks in a reasonable amount of time, farmers rely on very large and heavy machines. In the future, they could use flocks of smaller robotic tractors and harvesters, the researchers said.
The farmer would, for example, be able to apply fertilizer only to the plants that are doing poorly and wouldn't waste it on those that don't need it, the researchers explained.
"At the moment, the machines used in agriculture are large, they operate quickly, they cover large areas of ground quickly, but with it comes inaccuracy," Abell said. "Small machines working with smaller working widths would provide a means to bring the resolution down. Instead of a 100-foot (30 meters) sprayer, you would have a 20-foot (6 m) sprayer, and that's just the beginning of making things smaller."
The Harper Adams team plans to use the robotically harvested spring barley to make a limited batch of "hands-free" beer that will be distributed to the project's partners as a token of thanks.
In the coming years, they want to focus on improving the precision of the procedures and quantify the effects of the robotic technology on the yields.
Original article on Live Science.
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Jeremy Hayes 'Tales Most Strange' Review
Posted on May 28, 2015 in Authors A-L // 0 Comments
Written by: S.T. King
The Crypt-keeper, you remember him? – that cackling bag of worn and dirty bones. Some good memories I've had with him as an husky young boy: taking trips across town to see my grandmother, eating fried chicken and mashed potatoes and cheese and macaroni (because there was more cheddar than pasta) – and pulling weeds from around the hedges, and chasing hens around her backyard. My grandmother was the nearest family member who knew the thrill of cable television. And it was a twenty-five minute drive to her modest country home in North Jacksonville: across an overpass that took us over a cemetery a few blocks from her front door. I didn't like sleeping at my grandmother's house, for what I think are obvious reasons; because in the dark, I always thought of the cemetery.
What made it worse was the Crypt-keeper. The first time I saw his likeness was in the T.V. guide (am I giving away my age yet?)He grinned with his rotten teeth and dared me to meet him when the night was heavy. So when the laziness of the Sunday set in, and my parents chatted with my grandmother over tea and crackers, I went off to her room, and I saw the Crypt-keeper for the first time.
Tales Most Strange, written by Jeremy Hayes, reminded me of the Crypt-keeper: of the scampering camera wandering through the creaking front doors of his house, of the descent down the murky stairs, a quickening rush to the corpse's tomb, and the ghoul himself laughing hysterically to greet me.
I didn't sleep for days because of the Crypt-keeper.
And it took me the rest of my adolescence to gain the balls to see the Crypt-keeper again, thereafter. But I did. And I ate the black comedy like candy.
Black comedy, to me, has a fairly simple formula: a straightforward progression of events, a twist ending, just desserts. What we see in Tales Most Strange, at least to me for that matter, is a walk through similar foliage. And it's refreshing to see it resurface.
One of the problems though, I think, with the animal that's black comedy, at least in anthology form – through comics, prose, or late-night cable television sitcom – is the simplistic nature of plot. It relies less on actual story telling than it does on its headlong rush to each tales twist conclusion. Consequentially, the stories lose their novelty fairly quickly — even with new characters, new plots, or new situations. Maybe that's part of the reason why there were so many guest actors on Tales From the Crypt – because with the same faces the show would have died within its first season.
Susceptible to the weakness of Black Comedy, the Achilles heel of Tales Most Strange, is lack of diversity: both in voice and point of view. Each voice sounds the same: whether it be a troubled teenage boy without a backbone — or a business woman, the lone survivor of a plane crash in the dessert. The ventriloquist in Throwing Voices and the middle-aged writer in Writer's Block think and amble around in the same pair of loafers, harboring the same fears. This, paired with tales that often reference each other's places and events, and originate in some way, from the same nameless "Big City", while cute, at first, gives each tale the same atmosphere and feel. You turn the page to the next story; and yet the tempo is unchanging.
Now, proportions!
I think, the only way to fairly judge an anthology, is to rate each of its stories separately, then average them together. The average you get should represents a good approximation of the reader experience moving forward through each tale in the volume.
The true worth of a good story rested solely on its ending, of this I firmly believed. I built my career on it, in fact. A twist, an unforeseen event, anything the reader did not see coming, left them with a sense of awe and ensured they would talk of the story for years to come.
Excerpt from Writers Block (Sub-rated 3.5/5).
Writers Block is among the stronger tales in the volume. It's, of course, about a writer, who is blocked (Or at least that's how if often feels, doesn't it?). It's paranormal in nature. And this particular tale poses the question pondered by many of us story-tellers for eons: is writers block real? And if so, where does it sleep? Is it in the authors themselves – or is it something else, entirely? Hayes tackles this question with plain, cut and dry prose; and the conclusion is black comedy at its finest. These stories are good for whetting a leisurely reading appetite. There aren't many, but there's enough to keep it interesting.
The others riding shotgun:
Throwing Voices (Sub-rated 4/5).
Before the Gates of St. Peter (Sub-rated 3.5/5).
The Panhandlers Will (Sub-rated 3.5/5)
I should at first mention the immediate sense of horror I felt after discovering the ghastly truth of the floor that we tread upon. It felt even and I quite nearly tripped before I crouched low for a closer inspection. I gasped out loud but it did not seem to startle Sebastian, as he had already made the same discovery as I.
Excerpt from Tombs of the False (Sub-rated 3/5).
Tombs of the False lingers with the bulk of the books contents, in the middle. These tales each have a beginning, middle and end. But there isn't much more to offer that's fresh and new; the prose is tight and plain, like before; but the storytelling lacks something. Indeed, many of these tales read like an interview with someone on the five o'clock news; perhaps the event that came before it was shocking or compelling in its own right. But the reporter, or the eye-witness, lacked the voice to make it touch the viewer, to bridge a connection with an interesting or fresh perspective.
Some of the others, sagging the middle:
The Weeping Willow (Sub-rated 3/5).
Mars-Four, Can You Hear Me? (Sub-rated 3/5).
Shooting by the Light of the Moon (Sub-rated 3/5)
In each of those places, someone went missing and was never found. The monster that was named Erwin Baardwik left a trail of death everywhere that he went. Now he was here in Vandenbourg and I needed to find him before he chose his next victim. I just hoped that I was not already too late.
Excerpt from One Less Hunter (Sub-rated 2.5/5).
This quote, minus whatever places were mentioned before, the name, the new place, Vandenbourg — is, more or less, the theme of pages upon pages of fiction, long written and enjoyed before the day of this review. This is beyond mere horror fiction, and has bled into dark fantasy, and crime fiction, and thriller, and drama. Clichés are what I'm talking about; and are one of the unfortunate burdens that anchor these bottom dwellers on the dark and rocky sediment, pressing them into the watery abyss.
And those lowly few, whose mouths evolved to the bottom of their bodies, for they can only feed from the floor of the ocean:
Jungle Johnny (Sub-rated 2.5/5).
My Haunted Chambers (Sub-rated 2.5/5).
The Unremembered Solder (Sub-rated 2.5/5).
I should be clear: for those of you who've missed the guilty pleasure of black comedy, (which are probably those of you much younger than my Sega Genesis) this volume may offer you (albeit, to a lesser degree) something structurally different, even refreshing, at least for a spell. There are certainly laughs to be had, a bump in the night here or there. I'd be lying to say I didn't smile at least a few times reading this little volume. Once, however, you've made it a few tales in, you'll likely be very familiar with the formula dictating the prose. The "twists" of each ending will start to jump at you before you get there. And once you've arrived you'll have little left to look forward to.
Final Rating: 3/5
About The Author: S.T. King is an aspiring novelist with a ravenous appetite for the dark, and an insatiable thirst for the ink of the fantastique. Currently he's a mental health counselor, helping people purge the skeletons from their closets – though admittedly, he thinks it's more fun putting them back in.
Jeremy Hayes
Tales Most Strange


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Home/TV/Or I will go in the background: Afzal Hossain
Or I will go in the background: Afzal Hossain
Afzal Hossain is considered the main hero of the golden age of television series. He admits it himself, in a slightly different way. He said, "This is my chance to have the golden age of TV series." However, according to analysts, Afzal Hossain did not end up on the same scale as a later actor. Because this actor was on a long hiatus.
But fortunately, Afzal Hossain has been found regularly lately. Especially on the OTT platform, it surprises by playing multidimensional roles. Based on this, this time he will be seen in Desh Bhag's film "Yapit Jeevan". Habibul Islam Habib is producing the film with a government grant. Continuous shooting is ongoing on Peshkar's house in Rajbari district.
This legend faced the Bengali Tribune there on Sunday, December 4. He talks about his past, present and future thoughts. He said that even though he plays regularly now, he can go backstage again. Words full of pride and regret. But before we get into the details, let's find out the story of his "lived life."
Based on the novel by Selina Hossain, the film was scripted by Animesh Aich. Filming for the film's first phase began on November 22 at various locations in Rajbari. Afzal Hossain took part in the filming from November 28. His role was completed on December 4. At the time of his farewell, he was talking on the set.
Afzal Hossain said of his association with the film: "When director Habibul Islam Habib sent me this manuscript, I read it. What I liked to read is that the story of the film is about our past history. Our generation knows first-hand the events that took the country through the movement-struggle-struggle. But I learned to know the movement of language by reading or hearing. The partition of the country in 1947 is older. Partition of the country, migration of people from the country and attempts to appropriate the country are many such events. What the current generation should know. If there is a past practice, how did you get a country, this feeling or patriotism is created. That's why love.
The actor said, "Japit Jeevan" will show the story of a family fleeing from India to here (East Pakistan) during the score. This story will reach the language movement.
Afzal Hossain said of the story's unraveling in the film, "When I came to shoot, I saw the pain of being left behind in everyone." There is also the attempt to settle in a new country. But man's unhappiness through various crises, the place where man reaches the end is pain. We try to tell that through this story. So I did my best to be the character of that era.
Afzal Hossain thinks there are challenges in such stories. According to him, 'Standing at this time, the characteristics of the characters of the time, walking-walking, dress-makeup, location, speaking style must be done correctly. Because if the period we are talking about cannot be made credible for the public, then the appeal is lost. As a result, the task is very difficult. So we all try to be those people, even now. We came to this place (Rajbari) away from Dhaka. The place has a particularity. I hope the public will like it.
Afzal Hossain receives a group of actors from this generation in 'Yapit Jiban'. Such as Imtiaz Barshan, Moushumi Hamid, Ashna Habib Bhavna, Raonak Hasan etc. There is also the talented actress Rokeya Prachi. Afzal Hossain sees the experience of working with these artists differently.
He said, "But for me, it's a new experience. I've been an actor for maybe 75 years. But it's true, not everyone I know or work with are talented artists of this generation. I recently started working out regularly. So when such an opportunity arises, I try to take advantage of it. I like to see how the next generation does things. I believe that every human being has a lot to learn every day. It makes me more mature.
47 years of acting life of Afzal Hossain. However, for a long time in between, he became involved in the management and establishment of advertising agencies. Other than that, he has been acting steadily lately. So why did you take a long break? Why did you become regular now? Afzal Hossain opened his heart in response to such a question. He gave a speech of pride and joy.
Active since 1975. It's now 2022. I had my lucky golden age in television. Not much work was done later. Because, I think, when nothing new can be done, it is better to do nothing. That's why I was away. Note that the younger generation of creators have been doing great things for years. They present new ideas. I think it's a lot of fun as an actor to engage with that idea. Now I regularly act or am able to do so because these opportunities are available. Because many characters are coming, which I couldn't find a reason not to do. It was more the characters that attracted me. That doesn't mean I can stay consistent. If such characters keep coming, I will, otherwise I will go backstage.
In such a comment, legend Afzal Hossain meant that the practice of creating character-based content started from OTT in movies; May he continue. Otherwise, in this way, pride will arise, Amitabha will remain in the background.
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Q: How to store a response json body to local storage in k6 load test scripts? Want to use response body item in different post issue in my script. Is there any way holding response body item anywhere and getting that item in another post issue? Searched for k6 load test scripts but didn't find anything.Searching for alternative ways

A: k6's biggest strength is it's scriptable, you can use js.
To show an example, I'm using reqres.
import http from 'k6/http';

export default function(){
    let response = http.get("https://reqres.in/api/users?page=1");

    let users = response.json("data")

    // List users
    for (let user of users){
        console.log(`${user.id}\t${user.first_name} ${user.last_name}`)
    }

    // Do some dummy PATCH operations, change their first_name to firstie
    for (let user of users){
        const response = http.patch(`https://reqres.in/api/users/${user.id}/`, JSON.stringify(
            {
                first_name: "firstie"
            }
        ));

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EU referendum: Universities back drive to keep UK in \'overwhelmingly positive\' union
By Ian Silvera
July 27, 2015 12:22 BST
Universities UK will claim that Britain benefits from staying in the 28-member bloc Reuters
The chiefs of some of the UK's top universities will throw their support behind the campaign to keep the UK in the EU, arguing that membership of the 28-nation bloc has an "overwhelmingly positive" impact on the education sector.
Dame Julia Goodfellow, the president elect of Universities UK, will explain why the organisation wants to avoid a so-called "Brexit" in a speech in London later today (27 July).
"It is abundantly clear that the UK's membership of the EU has an overwhelmingly positive impact on our world-leading universities, enhancing university research and teaching," Goodfellow will say.
UK universities are at the heart of the biggest knowledge producing region in the world – and we all benefit from that – individuals, the economy and society
- Dame Julia Goodfellow
"UK universities are at the heart of the biggest knowledge-producing region in the world – and we all benefit from that – individuals, the economy and society.
"The case for staying in Europe is about ensuring the future prosperity of the UK, it's about maximising the chances of new discoveries that enhance the society in which we live, it's about the UK's standing in the world, it's about British jobs and it's about opportunities for British people now and in the future."
The comments will come as Universities UK, which has 133 members, launches its Universities for Europe campaign.
Labour's shadow business secretary, Chuka Umunna, and Conservative former minister Damian Green are also expected to make speeches at the event.
The intervention will come as George Osborne visits Paris to hold talks with officials from the French government. The chancellor is expected to make the case for a reformed EU ahead of a promised referendum on the issue by the end of 2017.
Osborne will visit his counterparts and officials across the EU over the coming six months in a bid to gain key concessions from Brussels.
Paul Nuttall, a former university lecturer and deputy leader of Ukip, said: "Universities UK should represent the interests of British education and not embroil itself in a political debate that has seen people denied any democratic say whatsoever on how Britain should be governed for the past 40 years."
More about the EU referendum
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Labour party leadership race: Jeremy Corbyn says he wants to be Prime Minister
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EU referendum: Finance firms want \'thoughtful\' reforms not Brexit says TheCityUK
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This time I'll only be posting in English. And the reason for that is that I am thinking of going back to write my blog in English all the time. Why you might wonder?
Well I have lost a few readers that always came around when the blog was in English and I sort of miss reaching a wider audience. Especially since I'm thinking about starting making AMV videos again.
I'm also doing quite a lot of posts on Instagram in English, it's fun to reach more people. But then again it feels pretty good and comfortable to write in Swedish.
My grammar had gotten better since then and bunch of other stuff has changed and when I decided to write in my native language it felt right. But now I do miss writing in English. So I guess I'm going to try a few of my upcoming posts in English and I'll see from there. I hope you all will keep reading and hopefully doing more posting here on the blog instead on replying to this post on Facebook.
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Jaffareadstoo....: One from the Shelf..
for far too long !!
Well, firstly, this one has lingered far too long on my book shelf, and I have absolutely no excuses for not reading it before now, as I was a huge fan of this author's first book, The Silent Hours.
The Last Night is a dual time story, which takes us back to the 1950s, and to the Lynmouth Flood, a true event which happened in this beautiful part of the West Country. To say too much about that would be to spoil a big part of the story, so, all I will say is that I was fascinated that something so catastrophic happened in the past, and was now largely forgotten. The modern day element of the story captures the essence of a quiet coastal village and the part that furniture restorer, Irina Woods, plays in it makes for fascinating and compelling reading.
That Irina has secrets of her own is obvious in the way she has withdrawn from the world She hides away, sheltered by her ability of lovingly restoring old pieces of furniture. However, it is her connection with the restoration of a beautiful antique bureau which opens up a whole series of long buried secrets which have been left undisturbed for far too long.
As always, this author get right into the heart of the story, the insightful nature of her characters allow their individual stories to evolve slowly, so that nothing about the plot ever feels rushed or hurried. There is the usual fine attention to detail which is so much a trademark of this authors exceptional storytelling ability and the subtle way that she weaves both past and present is done with a lightness of touch which belies the overall strength of the novel.
The Last Night is an atmospheric and emotional story which captivated me from start to finish. The mystery at the heart of the novel is beautifully developed and allows a glimpse into a really traumatic event, whilst at the same time tying the story to the present time.
Cesca Major read history at Bristol University. She went on to work in television before becoming a history teacher.She has written regularly for the website www.novelicious.com and films writing videos for www.writersandartists.com. She currently works as a housemistress at a boarding school in Berkshire.


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Q: Ruby - "undefined method 'at'" class Book
def isBook()
    return true
end

def initialize(isbn, userID)
    @isbn = isbn
    @userID = userID
end

def ==(var)
    if(var.isbn == @isbn && var.userID == @userID)
        return true
    end

    return false
end

def print()
    "ISBN: %{@isbn}\nWypozyczono przez: %{@userID}"
end
end

class BookList
def initialize()
    @arr = Array.new()
end

def add(book)
    if(book.isBook())
        @arr.push(book)
    end
end

def at(var)
    @arr[var].print()
end
end

booklist = BookList.new()
print booklist
booklist.add(Book.new(1231231231231, "d_zeglen"))

print BookList.at(0)

I don't know where did I made mistake. When I try to run this program, ruby prints into console:
undefined method 'at' for BookList:Class (No method error)

Anybody got idea what's wrong here?

A: #at is an instance method of the instances of the class BookList, not a class method. Thus below will work
print booklist.at(0)

Here is the code :-
class Book
  def isBook()
    return true
  end

  def initialize(isbn, userID)
    @isbn = isbn
    @userID = userID
  end

  def ==(var)
    if(var.isbn == @isbn && var.userID == @userID)
      return true
    end

    return false
  end

  def print()
    "ISBN: %{@isbn}\nWypozyczono przez: %{@userID}"
  end
end

class BookList
  def initialize()
    @arr = Array.new()
  end

  def add(book)
    if(book.isBook())
      @arr.push(book)
    end
  end

  def at(var)
    @arr[var].print()
  end
end

booklist = BookList.new()
print booklist
booklist.add(Book.new(1231231231231, "d_zeglen"))

print booklist.at(0)
# >> #<BookList:0xa013de4>ISBN: %{@isbn}
# >> Wypozyczono przez: %{@userID}


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Q: error in mysql query, does not return MIN value I'm trying to get this query to work.
The query was written by "OMG Ponies" as an answer to: fix mysql query to return random row within subgroup
The query below calculates correctly the difference in dates, but then fails to select the ROW (within ID1-ID2 pairs) with the minimum value of that difference.
  DROP TABLE IF EXISTS temp4;
    CREATE TABLE temp4 AS
    SELECT x.id1,
           x.id2,
           x.YEAR,
           x.MMDD,
           x.id3,
           x.id3_YEAR,
           x.id3_MMDD
     FROM (SELECT t.*,
                   ABS(DATEDIFF(CONCAT(CAST(t.id3_YEAR AS CHAR(4)),'-', LEFT(t.id3_MMDD,2),'-',RIGHT(t.id3_MMDD,2)),
                            CONCAT(CAST(t.YEAR AS CHAR(4)),'-', LEFT(t.MMDD,2),'-',RIGHT(t.MMDD,2))))  AS diff,
                   CASE
                     WHEN @id1 = t.id1 AND @id2 = t.id2 THEN @rownum := @rownum + 1
                     ELSE @rownum := 1
                   END AS rk,
                   @id1 := t.id1,
                   @id2 := t.id2
              FROM temp3 t
              JOIN (SELECT @rownum := 0, @id1  := 0, @id2 := 0) r
          ORDER BY t.id1, t.id2, diff, RAND()) x
     WHERE x.rk = 1;

I'm using the query to randomly draw one row within each group defined by a ID1-ID2 pair. I want the ID3 with minimum difference in dates to YEAR-MMDD (i.e. the absolute difference between YEAR-MMDD and YEAR_ID3-MMDD_ID3 should be minimized). If there is more than one with the exact same date, the query should select one at random.
If this were the table...
ID1 ID2 YEAR  MMDD  ID3 YEAR_ID3  MMDD_ID3
---------------------------------------
1   2   1991  0821  55  1991      0822
1   2   1991  0821  57  1991      0822
1   2   1991  0821  88  1992      0101
1   3   1990  0131  89  2000      0202
1   3   1990  0131  89  2001      0102

Then the query should return
1,2,1991,0821,55 (OR 1,2,1991,0821,57 - ACCORDING TO THE RANDOM DRAW)
1,3,1990,0131,89

I'm pasting here a SQL DUMP of a TEST TABLE...
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `temp3`;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `temp3` (
  `id1` char(7) NOT NULL,
  `id2` char(7) NOT NULL,
  `YEAR` year(4) NOT NULL,
  `MMDD` char(4) NOT NULL,
  `id3` char(7) NOT NULL,
  `id3_YEAR` year(4) NOT NULL,
  `id3_MMDD` char(4) NOT NULL
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;

INSERT INTO `temp3` VALUES('1', '2', 1992, '0107', '55', 1991, '0528');
INSERT INTO `temp3` VALUES('1', '2', 1992, '0107', '57', 1991, '0701');
INSERT INTO `temp3` VALUES('1', '3', 1992, '0107', '88', 2000, '0101');
INSERT INTO `temp3` VALUES('1', '3', 1992, '0107', '44', 2000, '0101');

A: This is a working solution. Thanks @OMG Ponies for your help.
SELECT
    x.id1,
    x.id2,
    x.YEAR,
    x.MMDD,
    x.id3,
    x.id3_YEAR,
    x.id3_MMDD
FROM
(   SELECT
        t.*,
        @rownum := CASE
            WHEN @id1 = t.id1 AND @id2 = t.id2 THEN @rownum + 1
            ELSE 1
            END AS rk,
        @id1 := t.id1,
        @id2 := t.id2
    FROM
    (   SELECT
            t.*,
             ABS(DATEDIFF(CONCAT(CAST(t.id3_YEAR AS CHAR(4)),'-', LEFT(t.id3_MMDD,2),'-',RIGHT(t.id3_MMDD,2)),
             CONCAT(CAST(t.YEAR AS CHAR(4)),'-', LEFT(t.MMDD,2),'-',RIGHT(t.MMDD,2)))) AS diff
        FROM temp3 t
        ORDER BY t.id1, t.id2, diff, RAND()
    ) t,
    (   SELECT @rownum := 0, @id1 := null, @id2 := null ) r
) x
WHERE x.rk = 1;


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Issue 99, 2019
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Catenated and spirocyclic polychalcogenides from potassium carbonate and elemental chalcogens†
Phil Liebing, a Marcel Kühling,a Claudia Swanson,a Martin Feneberg, b Liane Hilfert,a Rüdiger Goldhahn, b Tristram Chivers *c and Frank T. Edelmann *a
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a Chemisches Institut der Otto-von-Guericke-Universität, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany
E-mail: frank.edelmann@ovgu.de
b Otto-von-Guericke-Universität, Institut für Physik, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany
c Department of Chemistry, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
E-mail: chivers@ucalgary.ca
The reaction of potassium carbonate with elemental sulfur or selenium in acetone in the presence of [PPN]Cl (PPN = (Ph3P)2N) produces catena-[S12]2−, the longest structurally characterised polysulfide dianion, or spiro-[Se11]2− as ion-separated [PPN]+ salts.
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Q: Need more Efficient way to read subarrays The problem statement asks the number of such subarrays where i < j < k, such that sum of any two numbers should be greater than or equal to the third in the subarray:
What I did:
I ran a loop from i=0 till n-2:
  and the basic logic I used was if the first two elements in the sorted subarray are greater than or equal to the maximum, then all pairs will be greater than any element. and every time I get the subarray, I add the next element into it and set those three variables again. Am passing 15/20 TCs other am getting TLE:
Constraints:
1<=n<=10^5
1<=ai<=10^9
for(int i=0;i<n-2;i++)
{
    int r=i+2;
    vector<int> temp(inp.begin()+i,inp.begin()+r+1);
    sort(temp.begin(),temp.end());
    max_elem=temp[1];min_elem=temp[0];
    int maximum=temp[temp.size()-1];

    //cout<<max_elem<<" "<<min_elem<<"\n";

    while(r<n && max_elem+min_elem >= maximum)
    {
        //cout<<max_elem<<" "<<min_elem<<" "<<inp[r]<<"\n";
        cnt++;
        r++;

        if(inp[r]<min_elem) {max_elem=min_elem;min_elem=inp[r];}
        else if(inp[r]<max_elem) max_elem=inp[r];
        else if(inp[r]>maximum) maximum=inp[r];

    }

}
cout<<cnt<<"\n";

Sample TC:
I1:
5
7 6 5 3 4
O1:
6
Explanation:
6 subarrays fulfill the conditions: (7,6,5),(7,6,5,3),(7,6,5,3,4),(6,5,3),(6,5,3,4),(5,3,4).

I2:
5
1 2 3 5 6
O2:
3
Explanation:
(1,2,3),(2,3,5),(3,5,6) --(NOTE: 1,2,3,5 isn't the ans coz 1+2 < 5 )

A: A naive approach to do this is this is as the following. Your logic is correct and it is what I implemented. I changed the sort (NlogN) with a single pass (N) finding only the 2 smallest and largest numbers. I haven't compiled the code and not sure it works as intended. It has the overall complexity of (N*N*N).
Execution time can be improved by doing some extra checks:

*

*min1 + min2 >= maxcondition can be checked after each inner (k) loop, breaking if it violates for single case.

*If condition is not satisfied for say subarray 4-7, there is no need to check any other substring including 4-7. By storing violating cases and checking against them before each loop, overall execution time can be improved.
int min1;
int min2;
int max;
int count = 0;
for(int i = 2; i < n; i++){
    for(int j = 0; j < i - 2; j++){
        max = -1;
        min1 = min2 = 1000000000;
        for(int k = j; k <= i; k++){
            if(inp[k] > max)
                max = inp[k];
            if(inp[k] < min1){
                min1 = inp[k];
                continue;
            }
            if(inp[k] < min2){
                min2 = inp[k];
            }
        }
        if(min1 + min2 >= max)
            count++;
    }
}

A: There might be some bugs, but here is the general idea for a O(n log n) solution:
We keep a windows of elements from startIdx to endIdx. If its a valid subarray, it means we can expand it, we can add another element to it, so we increase endIdx. If its not valid, it wouldnt be valid no matter how much we expand it, so we need to reduce it by increasing startIdx.
pseudocode:
multiset<int> nums;

int startIdx = 0, endIdx = 0;
int sol = 0;

while(endIdx != inp.size()) {
    if (endIdx - startIdx < 3) {
       nums.add(inp[endIdx]);
       endIdx++;
    } else  {
       if (nums.lowestElement() + nums.secondLowestElement() < nums.highestElement()) {
          nums.remove(nums.find(inp[startIdx]));
          startIdx++;
       } else {
            sol += endIdx - startIdx - 2; // amount of valid subarrays ending in inp[endIdx - 1]
            nums.add(inp[endIdx]);
            endIdx++;
       }
    }
}


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Originally organized as Disaster Services (Civil Defense) by County Commissioner's in February 1978, the name was changed to Emergency Management in 1989. In 2003, upon the recommendation of the US Department of Homeland Security, EMA officially changed the title to Darke County Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Management Agency (EMA).
The Darke County EMA was established in accordance with the Ohio Revised Code (ORC 5502) for the purpose of overseeing the planning, response, recovery and mitigation of any and all major disasters/emergencies that occur within the county. The Darke County EMA serves all political subdivisions within the county including all townships, villages and municipalities.
The EMA has the responsibility for maintaining the county's Emergency Operation Center (EOC) located at the Darke County Sheriff's Office complex, 5183 County Home Road in Greenville. The agency is also charged with the establishment and updating of the county's Emergency Operations Plan. This plan is the county's formal outline of emergency response to all types of disasters/emergencies likely to occur here including flood, tornado, winter storms, drought, earthquake, hazardous materials releases, transportation crashes, civil disorder, terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, and radiological emergencies.


This year I'm taking on a number of additional duties, on top the usual research, teaching and administration requirements of a tenured academic in the 21st Century. Among them is my role as an inaugural Fellow of the Australian Council of Deans of ICT's Learning and Teaching Academy. I'll call it ALTA from now on because it takes a very long time to type. We're still in the planning stages for exactly how we, as a group of fellows, will bring together the people who are carrying out good learning and teaching in Australia but I thought that I could blog some of my own early thoughts here.
So that is a quick diagram I drew up using Adobe Ideas. I love having an electronic sketchpad but the flow of my hand across the relatively cramped screen of an iPad often gives me jittery lines. Enter Ideas, which smooths the lines and makes up for my rubbish neural feedback.
My first question is "What do the arrows mean?" We can see the words "learning" and "teaching" on the screen, but it's not immediately clear what the arrows signify, nor the relationship between the bubbles themselves.
Normally, I'd draw this diagram and get people to think about the way that information flows when we are conducting one or other of the activities in question. Then, it starts to make sense. The arrows show information flow. Teaching is all about the flow of information out of the person who has it, and learning is all about the flow of information in the person who wants to learn. I like this diagram because it also hints at one of the core issues in both activities – as a teacher, I can push my knowledge out but, once it leaves my boundary, there's no guarantee that it's going to be any good. Similarly, the act of learning requires the learner to bring the knowledge into their own sphere and then carry out some work on it. The bubble boundaries signify the locus of control in both activities. I have deliberately not connected the two bubbles together because there is a medium of exchange that the knowledge has to traverse – if I accept that there is no guaranteed connection between learners and teachers, then it's up to me to think about the way that the largest number of teaching arrows end up in a space where a learner can grab them and start doing something with them. In designing good educational activities, I have to think about the role of the teacher, and the learner, and the vagaries of the mechanism if I want to succeed.
I've deliberately avoided words like teacher or student in the diagram because good teachers are also, quite frequently, learners and some very good students are also teachers, of themselves, of their peers and as part of the informative framework that makes teachers better teachers.
The diagram also has one more important function for me as it clearly illustrates that some of my learners are learning things from other people, whether it's uni work, life or how to juggle relationships, the knowledge that I'm trying to share is only one part of their sphere of influence. I'm competing with other interests and I should always keep that in mind. At the same time, if my students thought about it, they'd understand that I'm teaching more than just them and that could explain why I make some of the decisions that I do.
It's a simple diagram but it's effective. Or, at least, it is for me!
Is this diagram clear to you now? It is helpful? Could it be better? What do you think?


Pharmacy schools require 65-70 hours of courses prior to professional school. Requirements for pharmacy schools vary, so consultation with the pre-health advisor is recommended. Pharmacy school graduates can work in a number of different environments, including pharmacies, research laboratories and hospitals.
Pharmacists in community pharmacies dispense medications, counsel patients on the use of prescription and over-the-counter medications and advise physicians about medication therapy. They also advise patients about general health topics, such as diet, exercise and stress management and provide information on products, such as durable medical equipment or home healthcare supplies. In addition, they often complete third-party insurance forms and other paperwork.
Those who own or manage community pharmacies may sell non-health-related merchandise, hire and supervise personnel and oversee the general operation of the pharmacy. Some community pharmacists provide specialized services to help patients with conditions such as diabetes, asthma, smoking cessation or high blood pressure. Some pharmacists are trained to administer vaccinations.
Pharmacists in healthcare facilities dispense medications and advise the medical staff on the selection and effects of drugs. They may make sterile solutions to be administered intravenously. They also plan, monitor and evaluate drug programs or regimens. They may counsel hospitalized patients on the use of drugs before the patients are discharged.
Some pharmacists specialize in specific drug therapy areas, such as intravenous nutrition support, oncology (cancer), nuclear pharmacy (used for chemotherapy), geriatric pharmacy and psychiatric pharmacy (the use of drugs to treat mental disorders).
Most pharmacists keep confidential computerized records of patients' drug therapies to prevent harmful drug interactions. Pharmacists are responsible for the accuracy of every prescription that is filled, but they often rely upon pharmacy technicians to assist them in the dispensing medications. Thus, the pharmacist may delegate prescription-filling and administrative tasks and supervise their completion. Pharmacists also frequently oversee pharmacy students serving as interns.
Some pharmacists are involved in research for pharmaceutical manufacturers, developing new drugs and testing their effects. Others work in marketing or sales, providing clients with expertise on the use, effectiveness and possible side effects of drugs. Some pharmacists work for health insurance companies, developing pharmacy benefit packages and carrying out cost-benefit analyses on certain drugs. Other pharmacists work for the government, managed care organizations, public healthcare services or the armed services. Finally, some pharmacists are employed full time or part time as college faculty, teaching classes and performing research in a wide range of areas.
For more information on the pharmacy work environment, training and employment, please visit Bureau of Labor Statistics-Pharmacist.


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Biocompatibility of an experimental glass-ionomer cement sealer in rat mandibular bone
Takako Ogasawara, Yoshito Yoshimine, Mayumi Yamamoto, Akifumi Akamine
Pediatric Dentistry & Special Needs Dentistry
Oral Rehabilitation
Objective. The purpose of this study was to compare an experimental glass-ionomer cement sealer, KT-308, with a conventional zinc oxide-eugenol sealer, Canals, in terms of tissue compatibility and solubility. Study design. Tissue reactions were examined under light and electron microscopes at 3 and 20 days after the implantation of either freshly mixed KT-308 sealer or Canals sealer into prepared cavities in rat mandibles. Results. At 3 days after implantation, no inflammatory reaction was seen around KT-308 sealer, which was in direct contact with the bone surface. In contrast, Canals sealer elicited an initially severe inflammation in the surrounding tissue. At 20 days, the majority of KT-308 sealer remained in the bone cavity. Canals sealer was largely absorbed and surrounded by fibrous tissue with many macrophages. An ultrastructural examination also revealed that no intervening tissue was present between the cut bone surface and the glass-ionomer cement sealer and that disintegrated zinc oxide-eugenol particles were engulfed by macrophages. Conclusions. KT-308 sealer possesses better tissue compatibility and lower solubility compared with a conventional zinc oxide-eugenol sealer, suggesting its potential for use as a root canal sealant.
Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology, and endodontics
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Bone Medicine and Dentistry 100%
Tissue Material Science 50%
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Ogasawara, T., Yoshimine, Y., Yamamoto, M., & Akamine, A. (2003). Biocompatibility of an experimental glass-ionomer cement sealer in rat mandibular bone. Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology, and endodontics, 96(4), 458-465. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1079-2104(03)00060-X
Biocompatibility of an experimental glass-ionomer cement sealer in rat mandibular bone. / Ogasawara, Takako; Yoshimine, Yoshito; Yamamoto, Mayumi et al.
In: Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology, and endodontics, Vol. 96, No. 4, 01.10.2003, p. 458-465.
Ogasawara, T, Yoshimine, Y, Yamamoto, M & Akamine, A 2003, 'Biocompatibility of an experimental glass-ionomer cement sealer in rat mandibular bone', Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology, and endodontics, vol. 96, no. 4, pp. 458-465. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1079-2104(03)00060-X
Ogasawara T, Yoshimine Y, Yamamoto M, Akamine A. Biocompatibility of an experimental glass-ionomer cement sealer in rat mandibular bone. Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology, and endodontics. 2003 Oct 1;96(4):458-465. doi: 10.1016/S1079-2104(03)00060-X
Ogasawara, Takako ; Yoshimine, Yoshito ; Yamamoto, Mayumi et al. / Biocompatibility of an experimental glass-ionomer cement sealer in rat mandibular bone. In: Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology, and endodontics. 2003 ; Vol. 96, No. 4. pp. 458-465.
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Boost HPV screening, vaccines to end cervical cancer from India by 2070
IANS February 22, 2019 07:19 AM IST
Human papillomavirus (HPV) screening and vaccination must be taken up on a war footing in countries like India to prevent 15 million cervical cancer deaths among women by 2050, a Lancet research said.
Causing the second-highest number of deaths among Indian women among cancer variants, cervical cancer, in a majority of cases, is caused by HPV, a group of more than 150 viruses.
The efforts might even result in cervical cancer being eliminated as a public health hazard in India by 2070-79, according to the study, published in The Lancet Oncology journal.
Combining high uptake of the HPV vaccine and cervical screening could eliminate cervical cancer as a public health hazard in 149 out of 181 countries by 2100 and up to 13 million cases of cervical cancer by 2050.
If the high coverage of HPV vaccination and cervical screening cannot be achieved globally, over 44 million women could be diagnosed with cervical cancer in the next 50 years with two-thirds of these cases and an additional estimated 15 million deaths, would occur in countries with low and medium levels of development.
"More than two thirds of cases prevented would be in countries with low and medium levels of human development like India, Nigeria, and Malawi, where there has so far been limited access to HPV vaccination or cervical screening," said lead author Professor Karen Canfell from the Cancer Council New South Wales in Australia.
However, large disparities exist in cervical screening and HPV vaccination coverage among countries.
"Awareness about cervical cancer is extremely poor among common people; that makes containing the disease a challenge," Anjila Aneja, director at Fortis La Femme, New Delhi, told IANS.
"While societal barriers prevent women from seeking medical help in advance, women are forced to come out at a later stage when the disease has reached an advanced stage," she said.
However, Canfell says that despite the enormity of the problem, their findings suggest that "global elimination is within reach with tools that are already available, provided that both high coverage of HPV vaccination and cervical screening can be achieved.
Cervical cancer is the fourth-most common cancer among women, with an estimated 5,70,000 new cases diagnosed worldwide in 2018, of which around 85 per cent occur in less developed nations.
Screening and broad-spectrum HPV vaccines could potentially prevent up to 84-90 per cent of cervical cancers, the study said.
"Diagnostic tests such as the pap smear are effective in identifying cancerous tendencies.
"However, these tests are available with a limited number of providers and largely within the cities. This makes screening sporadic and leaves out women who live in rural areas," Aneja added.
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Astronauts set off into space with a suitcase full of scientific experiments and personal belongings designed to make the most of their time in orbit. They can choose to bring along objects that will accompany them throughout the voyage and after their return to Earth. Astronauts often select objects that carry meaning or represent their personal values.
The status of these objects is completely different when they return to Earth: thanks to their space voyage, the objects and the cause they defend are available for the whole world to see.
For his next voyage, Thomas Pesquet is keen to bring along an object with an environmental connotation: environmental protection, sustainable development, recycling, etc. Invent the special object that will be launched into space in his suitcase!
This object will live in orbit for several months, alongside an international crew, and be associated with a new stage in space exploration. Life on board the International Space Station (ISS) is unlike life elsewhere: zero gravity, specific daily routine of astronauts, and so on. Bear this in mind, in order to develop an object that will take full advantage of these specific conditions.
Size is limited when it comes to luggage: design an object that takes into account size and weight constraints, so that an astronaut can tuck it into his bag.
Think about the future life of the object once it has returned to Earth (new services, new applications, etc.) and the positive effect it could have on the environmental cause.


Following the Walkers: On my prom date turning 25.
I blinked, and suddenly I'm 23 and you're 25. With a quarter of a century under your belt, I couldn't be more proud of the person that you've become - you're strong, determined, hard-working, servant-hearted and so invested in the lives of the people that you love.
You make me laugh, husband, and I can't wait to see what kinds of adventures we're going to take with this life in the coming year.
I love you. More than I can fully explain, I love you. Happy birthday.


Well, we're on the ultimate BMX Mom Adventure. The boys were deposited today at Ohio Dreams Action Sports Camp, where they will learn the skills they need to win win win!! OK, whatever.
"Are you ok?" I asked Vann, as we walked briskly to the car. It was an odd feeling-- leaving our babies at this bizarre place to fend for themselves. I did get to make their beds though, and it comforted me to know that their corners would be properly tucked.
We know that they are in good hands. The coaches are patient and kind, and truly love what they do. We lingered as long as we could, watching the boys enjoy the indoor skate and freestyle bmx complex. Wyatt's face was lit up- "It's fun to fall Mommy! It doesn't hurt!" He was riding his scooter amongst the freestyle bmxers, having the time of his life.
We're a 15 hour drive from home, and will retrieve our hopefully unbroken boys in 6 days time. So, we've decided to stay four miles away in the Mohican Lodge. This has turned out to be part disco, part paradise. Although dated and groovy, it's a quite lovely place. Vann and I have plans to hike, canoe, and hob nob with the local Amish. There's a lovely lake here that is not visible from our room, but Vann's keen eye detected a spotted fawn this evening from our little balcony.
Camp really is a good thing.


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Meet the Grumpy Hero Who Saved Times Square
Filed to: Heroes
Lance Orton
Times square bombing
Faisal shahzad
Lance Orton: Our hero! He is the Vietnam vet and T-shirt vendor who saved Times Square by noticing that there was a bomb inside of an SUV and notifying police. But why won't he love us like we love him?
Times Square Evacuated Because of 'Failed Explosive Device' (Updated)
Reuters and MSNBC report that a "failed explosive device" has prompted an evacuation of…
When journalists approached him, the hero said "I'm fed up," and hustled to a Taxi without giving his name. (Luckily, journalists were able to read the badge around the hero's neck which identified him as Lance Orton.)
You saved a bunch of tourists from being blown to smithereens, Lance. And for that, you owe us: Interviews; a life story; help us understand you and sell your story to the world. Being a hero is not a right—it's privilege. Capt. Sully testified in front of congress and everything. At least give us a soundbite that the New York Post can superimpose over your face on their cover, ALL CAPS-style:
Before he left, he was asked what he had to say to New Yorkers.
"See something, say something," he said.
Heroes these days. [NYT]
Here's the full video of the grumpy hero. He really is quite grumpy!


Laced weed may be a rarity, but it can still happen. Being "laced" means it's being sold with something more dangerous in it. The result could be feelings of nausea, dizziness, vomiting, diarrhea, organ failure and even death. If you are buying pot from an off-the-cuff source, it is best to have your guard up. Here are some tips for how to tell if your weed is laced.
If there is glass in your bud, you can tell by rubbing it on a CD. If the CD scratches, there is glass in the mixture. If not, no glass. Easy.
Also simple is the test for how to tell if weed is laced with detergent. Put a bit of bud in a glass of water and swirl it around. If you see suds, the detergent is in there.
In general, if you worry that there are other drugs in your weed, use a drug testing kit. They are available fairly cheap online. Residue drug tests can pick up the presence of drugs in mere seconds.
If you worry that what you are buying is not pure, here is some advice. Firstly, don't buy bud if is it has already been ground up by the seller. Moreover, if you are not allowed to look closely at it, you will want to avoid it. The same holds true if the seller rushes you. Trust your gut on this one.
If you already have the suspicious weed in your possession, use your senses to help determine if it is laced with another drug. It should be green and have a strong scent. If it has a powerful chemical smell and burns when you inhale, the possibility is high (excuse the pun) that you have a laced version.
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Councilmember Paul Krekorian is proud to announce that applications are now open for the 2018 class of the San Fernando Valley Youth Leadership Academy, a summer leadership development program for high school students that will train and cultivate the next generation of young leaders in our community. The youth leadership academy is seeking students who are thoughtful, responsible and inquisitive about the functions and purpose of our city government. Candidates should possess a desire to make their community a better place.
During the academy, students will learn about the role of city government and participate in fun, practical projects that directly impact San Fernando Valley residents. Topics include youth empowerment and education, homelessness and social services, sustainability and protecting the environment, emergency response and preparedness, city planning and infrastructure, public transportation, jobs and the economy, outreach and public relations, and careers in public service. Students will also complete interesting research projects that grapple with the challenges facing our city and help develop problem-solving skills.
The youth leadership academy is open to all high school students who live in the San Fernando Valley portion of the city of Los Angeles.
The deadline to apply is Monday, April 15, 2019. Candidates will be notified if selected for an in-person interview.
Read what SFVYLA alumni had to say about their experience.