There are five people in our family. Two of us that can drive, two that are currently learning to drive (pray for us) and one who is waiting, desperately, to get behind the wheel. As our children have grown they have moved from the back seat to the driver's seat. In order to make that move they need to read, pass tests, and develop the necessary skills that will prepare them for a lifetime behind the wheel.
Coincidentally, leaders must follow the same process in order to move from the back seat to the drivers' seat in life. As you read the following 7 skills see if you can view a few similarities between a new driver and the role of a new leader.
All new drivers need to be trained in order to operate their vehicle safely and not bump or crash into those around them. Reading and following certain certain laws and guidelines help each driver navigate their car in a respectful and responsible way.
When you are in the driver's seat you can't text, play a game or sleep. You must be aware of who and what is around you at all times. You must not only be aware of what you are doing but aware of what the person in the lane next to you is doing. Driving requires hyper focus and awareness.
Vision to see what's a head is critical for a new driver. Most young drivers don't look far enough down the road but rather focus on the vehicle immediately in front of them. New drivers need to be taught to "aim high" in their steering. They need to look beyond the immediate to see the bigger picture. They need vision to see what's further down the road. Reading the traffic flow and traffic lights in front of them will help everyone in the driver's seat to be successful.
When you are in the driver's seat you are responsible for your vehicle and everyone in it. Knowing how to fuel your car, change a flat or deal with an accident are important for each driver to understand. Likewise, when you sit in the driver's seat you are responsible for the health and well being of everyone who is on the journey with you. Understanding these roles and responsibilities help new drivers become better drivers.
There is no substitute for hours behind the wheel. The more hours you accumulate, the more situations you experience, the more wisdom you gain. Experience alone does not make a new driver better. Experience, if processed in the right way, will help the new driver become more wise and discerning with the decisions they make while behind the wheel.
As you spend more time in the driver's seat your skills become more focused, more in tune. They become second nature. You can tell an experienced driver from a novice. A 16 year old driver will often drive with tighter hands around the wheel but over time the hands loosen as confidence builds.
After hundreds of hours behind the wheel there is a maturity that comes with being in that front seat. Giving others the right of way, letting someone cut in front of you at an intersection or stopping to help someone who has broke down are all signs of maturity in the driver's seat.
How about you? Do you remember your first time behind the wheel? Your first time in the driver's seat? Do you remember how nervous you were about how it would all unfold? Do you remember how excited you were? Do you remember the possibilities of your new found independence?
The same is true for each new leader who get's behind the wheel. Whether they are behind the wheel of a vehicle or a team there are feelings of fear, excitement, nervousness and possibility.
Seasoned leaders, remember to help younger leaders learn each skill necessary to drive and lead in a healthy and responsible way.
Young leaders. You don't know it all. Listen to that leader next to you in the passenger seat. They are filled with wisdom and experience and probably know what it's like to have a few flat tires or a fender bender along their journey. They are your mentor and guide to help you sit in that driver's seat with confidence and steer carefully toward the future.
What skill are you working on as a leader? I have been doing this for a long time and I keep coming back to number one, training. Remember, it's what you learn after you know it all that counts.


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Project Health: Assessing Open Source Projects with More Context
By Kevin Xu
Article Thursday, April 4 2019
I have a habit of scrolling through Hacker News at least once a day, checking out both its front page and the "new" section. Besides getting a general pulse on what developers like to share and discuss, I love discovering new open source projects. Some projects gain temporary fame, though most only get only a few upvotes, but it's the increasing frequency of more and more open source projects being developed and showcased that's a noteworthy trend.
Both veteran technologists and investors have picked up on this trend for sometime. While Marc Andressen famously declared in 2011 that software is eating the world, it's really open source software that's eating the world.
The open source development phenomenon, however, presents a new set of questions. Which projects can be used in a production environment and which ones are still experimental? Which projects are actively maintained and developed, and which ones are idle or dormant? Which projects are responsive to and inclusive of outside suggestions and contributions, and which ones are not? Ultimately, which projects are "healthy" enough to use in the real world?
These are questions that developers, particularly those working for end user organizations and are now the primary deciders of technology adoption, need to answer constantly. And as obvious as these questions may seem, they are surprisingly hard to assess when looking at a project's repository (repo), mostly on GitHub, because the most prominently surfaced metrics on GitHub often lack context, can be easily gamed, and thus not useful enough to assess a project's "health".
(Note: this post is not aimed to pick on GitHub. I love GitHub as do many developers; it's the default destination for developers to host and collaborate on projects. But with this great power and influence comes great responsibility and scrutiny. And I hope the analysis and suggestions presented here would be helpful not only to GitHub, but also GitLab, Bitbucket, and other project hosting and collaboration services.)
The number of stars attached to a GitHub project is the most visible and least meaningful metric of them all. It's the quick dopamine hit to the project creators and maintainers, what "likes" and "hearts" are to the ordinary social media users. It's often cited as a shorthand for project popularity or momentum, which isn't totally meaningless and does provide a "smell test" for developers to decide whether to spend more time looking at a project or move on.
However, because it's a vanity metric, and thus plays into the pride and insecurity of all human beings, the stars feed a popularity contest that overexposes a symbol without context, while creating noise that masks a project's true health, usability, and usefulness. It also incentivizes marketing practices and competitive comparisons that are solely anchored on star count.
Most developers seem to have picked up on this. The only utility GitHub stars has seems to be a bookmarking tool for projects developers find interesting. Thus, the motivations for starring can vary widely from "cool idea and design", to "the creator is famous so worth following", to "I want to dig deeper but don't have time right now".
How I Wonder About PR
The number of Pull Request (PR) is another metric that often gets cited as a reason why an open source project should (or should not) be taken seriously. It's more meaningful than star counts, but sadly not by much. It's a decent indicator of a project's rate of evolution and capacity to efficiently consider and absorb suggestions from the wider community; the ratio of open-to-closed PRs can be a shorthand for that evaluation.
But not all PRs are created equal. Any given PR can range from a significant component that presents a major step forward in a project's roadmap, to relatively straightforward bug fixes that should probably be filed under "issues" (more on that later). The labels being applied to tag and sort different types of PRs are project-dependent, thus wildly inconsistent. For example, the PR page of the popular Kubernetes can look like a bursting rainbow, while the similarly popular and useful etcd (on which Kubernetes actually depend) has a PR page that resemble a zenful meditation retreat, with hardly any labels at all.
Kubernetes PR page screenshot (taken April 3, 2019)
etcd PR page screenshot (taken April 3, 2019)
Similarly to the star count, it's a metric that can be gamed. By filing and closing lots of small bug fixes as PRs, or intentionally breaking down a large component into smaller parts just for the purpose of increasing PR count, this metric can be abused. There's nothing wrong with decomposing problems in development of course; it's more often the preferable engineering practice than not. But as an outside developer examining a project, she can't easily tell and PR counts can't help her tell.
Contributors and Issues
I used to place a lot of value in the number of contributors. After all, the number of developers who would bother spending time contributing code and fixes to a project must speak volumes about the project's value, potential, and the people maintaining it. Sadly, the picture isn't that straightforward — it's another metric that can be artificially inflated if it's known that having a higher count would make a project look more promising.
For one, not all contributions are created equal, but all contributors appear to be equal. Did you provide a significant bug fix or build a feature? Contributor. Corrected a few typos in the documentation? Contributor. Removed some whitespaces to make the formatting prettier in a markdown file? Contributor! You see my point. Of course, you can dig up these details by going through the commit history of each contributor, but that's an onerous investigative process that most developers don't have the time to do. Thus, the contributor count at a glance became yet another out-of-context vanity metric.
On the other hand, the number of issues is something I've started to pay more attention to than before — as in more issues the better! Counter-intuitive perhaps, but for me, more issues actually mean more "health" and more traction. There's no piece of technology that doesn't have issues, and a project's rate of maturation is tightly linked to the rate in which issues get discovered, filed, and fixed. One of the core differentiating strengths of the open source development mode is that the entire world's developer community is theoretically your Q&A team, thus an open source project that has a lot of issues has likely tapped into that strength.
However, issue count also suffers from the same set of weaknesses as PR counts in that the labeling system is not standardized, project-dependent, and lacking in qualitative context. Without an easy way to categorize both the types of issues and the people who file them, the raw count can be rather misleading.
How Do We Surface Context?
To be clear, the major GitHub metrics that I've poked holes in are not all meaningless, but their meaning is often inflated, open to abuse, and ultimately don't give developers enough information about whether a project is "healthy" enough to be trusted for production-level adoption. So how do we surface more "context metrics" to help check on a project's "health" that's hard to game?
Here's a few ideas:
Response time to PRs and Issues: the ability of a project's maintainers to respond quickly to any given PR or issue can demonstrate the project's capacity to grow, both in terms of technical improvement and people power. This metric is quantifiable yet hard to game. Any automated bot responses would not be counted, and human responses can be qualitatively assessed by applying natural language processing to conduct sentiment analysis, similar to what large e-commerce platforms already do to analyze customer service and reviews. In fact, customer service is the operative analog here (engineers are people too!). A project that has a customer service mindset when interacting with incoming requests, as measured by this metric, can help developers determine whether the project's technology and people can be relied upon if she was to use it in a serious way.
Standardized labels for "issues": just a few standard labels that all open source projects would use to tag "issues" could go a long way in helping developers quickly see the context behind them. We can start with four: "Bug", "Enhancement", "Question", "Support", which corresponds to four distinct types of requests: "fix something", "add something", "curious about something", and "help me with something" — the last one possibly indicating that the project is already deployed in production by the inquirer and serious support is needed. The project maintainers can (and should) use more labels to triage issues to an additional level of nuances relevant to the specific project at hand, but maintaining a breakdown based on these four types can give developers a helpful baseline context to the current state, direction, and community engagement level of the project.
Standardized labels for project participants: as a corollary to standardizing issue labeling, it's also valuable to sort through who is doing the issue filing and Pull Requests, and their respective roles in the project's community. We can also start with four: "Maintainer", "Committer", "Contributor", and "End User", which correspond to the four main roles typically present in a functioning community. (Further breaking down roles to Issue Tracker, Tester, or others could also be helpful.) These labels would appear next to the account name of the person. Most well-maintained open source projects have a Governance document and Contributor Guide that lay out who are the key people and how does a new developer get included into the fold. The "End User" role, however, would require additional manual effort to confirm.
Interoperability: perhaps the most valuable aspect of any piece of open source software is its interoperability with other open source projects, programming languages, or frameworks. It's also an indicator of a project's potential for wide, if not viral, adoption. This metric could be framed as a coverage percentage that include clients in different languages to third-party libraries to plug-ins. What exactly goes into this calculation will require more nuances as interoperability is use case dependent. But in general, surfacing the degree of interoperability would directly speak to a project's usability. This is difficult to game, because achieving good coverage will require thoughtful upfront design, development time, and likely significant community contribution.
All four buckets of "context metrics" can be surfaced either as badges, labels, or graphs, and most of the data can be collected and updated automatically. There are of course many other contextual elements to a project that can and should be gathered and measured; this is just a start.
Hopeful Efforts
Some organizations are already doing work to expose interesting metrics to assess a project's health. One example is the Cloud Native Computing Foundation's devstats dashboard, which surfaces many additional measurements on its member projects, which are all hosted as public repos on GitHub. One metric I found instructive to observe is "Issue age", which tracks the amount of time taken to close issues. It's particularly interesting to check this metric on Sandbox-level projects, since they are defined as young projects in the cloud-native space that can be nurtured to gain maturity and wide adoption, or become defunct. At the moment of this writing, out of the 14 CNCF Sandbox projects, Telepresence has the shortest quarterly median "Issue age" at about 17 hours, while Brigade has the longest at roughly 4 days.
Telepresence's Issue age dashboard screenshot (taken April 3, 2019)
Brigade's Issue age dashboard screenshot (taken April 3, 2019)
Another effort worth mentioning is CHAOSS Metrics, which is a Linux Foundation committee whose goal is to build a repository that captures metrics for assessing open source community health and sustainability.
As the developer class gains more influence, power, and responsibility in deciding technology adoption, and as more open source technologies proliferate every level of any given organization, a more contextualized framework to assess an open source project's "health" is much needed and long overdue.
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Kevin Xu is the General Manager of Global Strategy and Operations at PingCAP. He studied Computer Science and Law at Stanford. He's interested in distributed systems, cloud-native technologies, natural language processing, and open-source.

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Purchased Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia with some of the money that I got for Christmas.
Back on the way home from Christmas, I stopped at a variety of stores looking for anything that might have been left over after the Christmas rush. Among them, we picked up a variety of accessories for Starlink on the Switch (though in hindsight, the digital version might be ultimately better -- not to mention much cheaper -- since it apparently includes access to a wider variety of accessories than the physical version), but the favorite acquisition is a figurine of classic Spyro the Dragon. Not an NFC figure or anything, but apparently it was a GameStop exclusive and I picked up the last one from the location we stopped at.
The Wii U with Xenoblade Chronicles X (spare me) and four Wii games which were No More Heroes, Super Smash Bros Brawl, Boom Blox and SpongeBob's Truth or Square.
No such luck on the PS4 side this time around.
They all work, but all of them except Shadow of the Colossus needed a little bit of warming up before they started working. I was scared for a few minutes each time that they'd given me a dud, but they all booted up eventually and worked perfectly after that. Both of the cartridge-based games (Turok and Sonic Battle) were loose and the labels were in rough shape, but I expected both of these things, in fact none of my N64 or GBA games have the boxes, so I'm fine with that. Soulcalibur II was also loose, and for a disc-based game I have a problem with it not having a case, since I get really anxious about scratching discs. Shadow of the Colossus had a reproduction case, definitely not the original case it came in, but I appreciate the gesture all the same and it's a case with cover art, so it's fine by me.
Etrian Odyssey Nexus, it'll get here Feb 5th since I preordered it on Amazon. Kinda sad it's the final send off for EO on the 3ds.
Downloaded Dawn of the Breakers on the Switch today, saw that it was free and thought "why not try it out." It's a really cute fun gacha game with brawler combat, the fights are very simple sure but I thought it was a fun game to sink time into, I also like the game board style you move around on. Gonna play some more of it a bit later, I'm kinda hooked on it now lol.
Kingdom Hearts III on the day of it's launch.
An NES with controllers, zappers, and Super Mario Bros.
Looking into buying more games I 've played (Duck Hunt, Kirby's Adventure, SMB3, Gauntlet) and some I haven't played (Castlevania, Metroid).
Pre ordered Fire Emblem Three Houses Seasons of Warfare.
Like Ana I also pre-ordered the FE Three Houses Seasons of Warfare, really wanted the calendar that came with it!
I bought the games Dragon Warrior III and this super short PS Vita game called Drowning.
Danganronpa 1 and 2. Most likely my last Vita games.


TJARONN Chery's goal-of-the-season contender wasn't enough to secure all three points for Rangers, who were pegged back after initially leading in W12.
QPR's top scorer registered his fourth league goal of the campaign thanks to an outrageous 30-yard free-kick effort in the 65th minute.
But the Dutchman's blockbuster was cancelled out 17 minutes from time, as Rovers – still winless in the Championship thus far – levelled through Sam Gallagher in what was a mostly-scrappy affair.
Hoops boss Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink made two changes to his side following our 1-0 victory at Wigan Athletic two weekends ago.
Yeni Ngbakoto missed the visit of Blackburn due to a family bereavement, while Massimo Luongo wasn't risked owing to his recent international commitments with Australia.
So Nasser El Khayati and Olamide Shodipo were drafted into the starting XI.
QPR, in their usual 4-2-3-1 formation, lined up with Alex Smithies in goal, behind a back four of James Perch, Nedum Onuoha, Grant Hall and Jake Bidwell.
Karl Henry and Jordan Cousins took on the central midfield roles, with Shodipo, Chery and El Khayati deployed behind striker Seb Polter.
Visitors Blackburn had the better of the early chances.
As the rain lashed down at Loftus Road, both Danny Graham and Hope Akpan went close for Rovers.
Rangers improved a little after that. In the 15th minute, Perch's fierce drive from the edge of the box flew just over the bar.
But, in the main, the first half made for a very-close contest. Clear-cut opportunities were extremely limited and, much like the weather, it wasn't pretty.
The R's did look to finish the half in the ascendancy.
After advancing down the right flank, Perch pulled the ball back across the face of goal in the 41st minute. However, both Gordon Greer – and then Polter – missed their kicks.
At the other end, the home side had Bidwell to thank for clearing off the line on the stroke of half-time, after Gallagher's header from a corner looked to be heading in.
Hasselbaink decided to freshen things up at the break.
It was all change up front, as Conor Washington replaced lone striker Polter.
Rangers should have been ahead only three minutes after half-time.
Chery's lovely ball over the top was followed by an equally-impressive touch by El Khayati – but he could only shoot straight at Jason Steele from 10 yards.
Blackburn twice went close just after the hour mark.
First, Smithies tipped the ball around the post from Corry Evans' volley in the 63rd minute.
That was before Bidwell produced his second goal-saving block of the match from the resultant corner, after a scramble ensued in the box.
Two minutes later, Rangers took the lead courtesy of Chery's stunning solo effort from a free-kick.
QPR's leading marksman had no right to beat Rovers' Steele from fully 30 yards. But he did just that – curling home in sublime fashion via the underside of the bar.
Soon after, it was almost two. In the 67th minute, Washington eventually broke free of the visiting defence after Chery's dinked assist, only to be denied by Steele thereafter.
To their credit, Blackburn responded well – twice going close before eventually equalising in the 73rd minute.
Evans' cross was met by Gallagher, whose header looped over Smithies and in.
In response, Hasselbaink threw on recent capture Idrissa Sylla for his QPR debut 10 minutes from time. He replaced El Khayati.
And Sylla should have won it for Rangers in the 89th minute. He found space in the box – but was thwarted by Steele at point-blank range.
That proved to be the last real chance of note, despite four minutes of second-half stoppage time.
VIEW over 10 minutes of action from Loftus Road.


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Tributes flow for tragic Dublin officer Alan Leblique hailed 'gentleman and credit to his profession
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The young guard is being hailed 'a hero and a credit to his profession and to the community and the country he served'
Tributes are flooding in for a popular south Dublin-based garda who died tragically earlier this week.
Garda Alan Leblique, who died on Monday evening, featured in a viral Gemma O'Doherty video last April during the first lockdown, in which he politely told her that she did not speak for the people of Ireland.
Hundreds of deeply saddened Dubliners are sending messages of support to Alan's husband, family and colleagues as they pay their respects to "Gentleman Garda F390", whose garda number the anti-masker called out during the awkward live stream posted on her social media.
Alan, who was stationed in Dun Laoghaire, is being hailed as "a hero and a credit to his profession and to the community and the country he served".
The coastal town's community is in shock over the tragedy. Alan, who was only in his 30s, was a popular guard who was "a real credit to the guards and particularly Dun Laoghaire Station".
The mild-mannered guard was targeted on a widely viewed video streamed live on social media in which Ms O'Doherty loudly called out his Garda number (twice) and screeched, "We are your masters".
The Irish Coast Guard – Dun Laoghaire branch posted a moving tribute on its Facebook page last night, writing: "Our condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Garda Alan Leblique, who we had the pleasure to meet and work alongside in our local community.
"May he rest in peace. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam delis."
One poignant comment under the post read: "To his colleagues, please know that you are all doing amazing work during difficult times and 99% of the population know it and support you fully. We have your backs and to all frontline staff we have your backs too."
Another well-wisher, from West Dublin wrote: "Rest in Peace Garda F390. Thank you for your Service."
The International Police Association Ireland also paid tribute to the young garda in his 30s on the social media platform.
It said: "Earlier this week a terrible tragedy befell our Association and An Garda Síochána with the passing of Garda Alan Leblique.
"Alan was remembered by colleagues family and friends on Tuesday evening at a vigil outside Dun Laoghaire Garda Station.
"The service was led by Garda chaplains Fr Joe Kennedy and arch Deacon David Pierpoint.
"Alan served his community as he lived his life, with pride and compassion. To his husband Patrick, family, and friends, we pass our condolences.
Time and again, scores of people described Alan as a "gentleman" and a "patient, kind man".
Tributes on the IPA Ireland page came from as far afield as the UK, with another branch's chairman, Andy Write, writing: "Condolences to his family, colleagues and friends from the IPA in Scotland. RIP."
Closer to home, a south Dubliner posted: "Another brave young Garda gone far too soon. Condolences to his family and colleagues, Rest in peace."
After Ms O'Doherty's video of the incident, in which she was stopped by the garda, hundreds of people rallied around the mild-mannered guard, praising him for his calm response to being told "we are your masters".
In the video, O'Doherty twice calls out Alan's badge number, accuses the polite guard of being "out of control" and screeches, "We are your masters".
The young guard remains calm at all times during the two-minute feed, even when she bizarrely claims he is "intimidating the people of Ireland". There isn't a sinner in sight along the stretch of road overlooking Killiney towards Bray.
The video begins with O'Doherty telling him: "You are streaming now to thousands of people. F390, please report him to GSOC. We are your masters, we are. We pay your wages."
Later in the video, she repeats his badge number, before he tells her she doesn't "speak for the Irish people". She responds by saying, "really, we'll see about that."
The distasteful footage ends with O'Doherty pointing her camera directly at him as she says, "absolute scum of the earth, these people. Look at them".
Gardai have been subjected to torrents of abuse by far-right anti-maskers masquerading as "patriots".
Many of these protesters claim the pandemic is a hoax and that the Government and "left-wing fake news" media are part of a "globalist conspiracy".
Several highly publicised and deeply controversial marches were organised by anti-maskers last year, with one in the autumn lockdown ending in violent scenes on Grafton Street.
In a video of one march taken by a protester, demonstrators can be heard abusing and insulting ardai who were stationed outside the National Convention Centre in Dublin city centre, where the Dail had been sitting for social distancing reasons.
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Q: Hive error: parseexception missing EOF I am not sure what I am doing wrong here:
hive> CREATE TABLE default.testtbl(int1 INT,string1 STRING)
      stored as orc
      tblproperties ("orc.compress"="NONE")
      LOCATION "/user/hive/test_table";

      FAILED: ParseException line 1:107 missing EOF at 'LOCATION' near ')'

while the following query works perfectly fine:
hive>  CREATE TABLE default.testtbl(int1 INT,string1 STRING)
       stored as orc
       tblproperties ("orc.compress"="NONE");
       OK
       Time taken: 0.106 seconds

Am I missing something here. Any pointers will help. Thanks!

A: @Haiying Wang pointed out that LOCATION is to be put in front of tblproperties.
But I think the error also occurs when location is specified above stored as.
Its better to stick to the correct order:
CREATE [TEMPORARY] [EXTERNAL] TABLE [IF NOT EXISTS] [db_name.]table_name    -- (Note: TEMPORARY available in Hive 0.14.0 and later)
  [(col_name data_type [COMMENT col_comment], ... [constraint_specification])]
  [COMMENT table_comment]
  [PARTITIONED BY (col_name data_type [COMMENT col_comment], ...)]
  [CLUSTERED BY (col_name, col_name, ...) [SORTED BY (col_name [ASC|DESC], ...)] INTO num_buckets BUCKETS]
  [SKEWED BY (col_name, col_name, ...)                  -- (Note: Available in Hive 0.10.0 and later)]
     ON ((col_value, col_value, ...), (col_value, col_value, ...), ...)
     [STORED AS DIRECTORIES]
  [
   [ROW FORMAT row_format]
   [STORED AS file_format]
     | STORED BY 'storage.handler.class.name' [WITH SERDEPROPERTIES (...)]  -- (Note: Available in Hive 0.6.0 and later)
  ]
  [LOCATION hdfs_path]
  [TBLPROPERTIES (property_name=property_value, ...)]   -- (Note: Available in Hive 0.6.0 and later)
  [AS select_statement];   -- (Note: Available in Hive 0.5.0 and later; not supported for external tables)

Refer: Hive Create Table

A: Try put the "LOCATION" in front of "tblproperties" like below, worked for me.
CREATE TABLE default.testtbl(int1 INT,string1 STRING)
  stored as orc
  LOCATION "/user/hive/test_table"
  tblproperties ("orc.compress"="NONE");

It seems even the sample SQL from book "Programming Hive" got the order wrong. Please reference to the official definition of create table command:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/LanguageManual+DDL#LanguageManualDDL-CreateTable

A: Check this post:
Loading Data from a .txt file to Table Stored as ORC in Hive
And check your source files present at the specified directory /user/hive/test_table. Incase the files are in .txt or some other non ORC format then you can follow the steps in the above post to come out of the error.

A: ParseException line lineNumber missing EOF at '.' near 'schemaName':
Got the above error while trying to execute the following command from linux script to truncate a hive table
dse -u username -p password hive -e "truncate table keyspace.tablename;"
Fix:
Need to separate the commands within the script line as follows -
dse -u username -p password hive -e "use keyspace; truncate table keyspace.tablename;"
Happy coding!

A: Got the same error while creating a table in hive.
I used the drop command to drop the table and then run the create table command that I had again.
Worked for me.

A: If you see this error when running the HiveQL from a file with the command "hive -f file.hql". And that it points the first line of your query most definitely this is because of a forgotten semicolon(;) for a previous query.
Since parser looks for semicolon(;) as a terminator for each query.
for example:
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS default.emp
create table default.emp (
field1 type,
field2 type)
ROW FORMAT DELIMITED FIELDS TERMINATED BY '|'
STORED AS TEXTFILE
LOCATION 's3://gts-promocube/source-data/Lowes/POS/';
If you save the above in a file and execute it with hive -f, then you'll get the error:
FAILED: ParseException line 2:0 missing EOF at 'CREATE' near emp.
Solution: Put a semicolon(;) for the DROP TABLE command above.

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Kent ISDIssues in EducationThe Burden of Poverty
State Poverty Numbers Grim, but Local Student Advocates See Signs of Hope
2015 Kids Count Report
Lynn Heemstra has been working to improve the lives of Grand Rapids children since 1998. As executive director of Our Community's Children, a nonprofit advocacy agency, Heemstra has seen some success in getting youths into after-school programs and other means of preparing them for college and careers.
But when the Kids Count Data Book comes out each year, she is reminded of how much work remains to be done.
"What this report shows me every time is we still have a long ways to go," Heemstra said of the Kids Count in Michigan Data Book 2015, released Feb. 19. "Michigan families are still struggling. And we have such a growing divide between those that have and have not."
The report painted a grim picture of child poverty in Michigan, and Kent County in particular. Nearly one in four Michigan children lived in an impoverished home in 2012, an increase of 35 percent from 2006. Kent County saw an even greater increase, as children living in poverty jumped by 40 percent.
And while there were some encouraging trends in education, nearly half the county's students qualified for free or reduced-priced lunches – higher than the state average and a 27 percent increase over six years. Infants and young children whose families qualify for food stamps rose by 29 percent.
"Until the poverty issue is addressed across society, some things will never change." – Carol Paine-McGovern, Kent School Services Network
Despite improvements in fourth-grade reading and high school graduation rates, the numbers are a sobering splash of reality for those who work to reduce poverty's impact on students.
"It's encouraging to see the improvement," said Carol Paine-McGovern, executive director of the Kent School Services Network (a community school model bringing direct services into schools). "It continues to be discouraging to see poverty has increased at such an alarming rate over the past six years.
"Until the poverty issue is addressed across society," she added, "some things will never change."
Poverty's 'Toxic Effect' on Children
The Michigan report, released by the Michigan League for Public Policy, is part of the nationwide Kids Count project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation tracking child and family well-being. The 26th annual national report is due out in July.
Michigan League officials framed the report as a continuation of disturbing trends at a time when state lawmakers are reducing help for families. They cited a 70 percent reduction in the state Earned Income Tax Credit for low-income families, lifetime limits on cash assistance and restrictions on federal food aid.
The tax credit would be restored to 2010 levels if voters pass Proposal 1, the road maintenance proposal that would increase the sales tax by 1 cent. Lawmakers added restoration of the earned income tax credit to the proposal to offset the impact of a sales tax increase, which hits lower-income families the hardest.
"The unraveling of a family's economic security cries out to be addressed by state leaders, but what's happened is just the opposite of what is needed," said Jane Zehnder-Merrell, Kids Count in Michigan Project Director, in a press release.
Stressing the "toxic effect of poverty on children," the report cites research that children growing up poor are "more likely to drop out of school and less likely to have stable employment as adults."
Those effects and others have been highlighted by School News Network's continuing series on poverty in Kent County public schools. Factors ranging from lack of transportation and inadequate medical care to poor nutrition affect students in the Kent ISD's 20 school districts, including a strong impact on test scores.
The Kids Count report puts a magnifying glass on some of those factors in 82 of Michigan's 83 counties (Keweenaw lacked enough data), including Kent County's approximately 158,000 children ages 0-17. It shows Kent ranking 26th highest for overall child well-being but 30th in child poverty.
Abuse and Neglect Cases Rise Sharply
Most glaring is Kent's 40 percent increase in children living in poverty, defined as $23,600 or less for a two-parent family of four. At 23 percent, Kent's child poverty rate is less than the statewide figure of 24.7 but grew at a faster rate over the past six years.
By contrast, Lake County had the state's highest child poverty rate at 52.2 percent, while neighboring Ottawa County had the third-lowest at 12.7 percent. However, Ottawa's rate shot up 69 percent over six years.
In an especially startling finding, the report shows a sharp increase in children whose families were investigated for abuse and neglect, and in the number of confirmed victims. Statewide, investigations increased by 41 percent between 2006 and 2013, and by a whopping 87 percent in Kent County. Confirmed victims in Kent were up by 49 percent.
Part of the increase is due to a centralized toll-free number for reporting allegations adopted in 2012, said project director Zehnder-Merrell. But neglect is the most common driver of the numbers and is closely aligned with poverty, she said, adding prevention services have been cut as well.
The abuse and neglect numbers make an unfortunate kind of sense given the stress among impoverished families, added Heemstra of Our Community's Children: "When parents are stretched to the limit, you often have situations where children take the brunt of it."
Helping Students In and After School
Heemstra noted some encouraging trends in the report, such as a 23 percent county decline in teen births. "Kids are getting smarter that that's not necessarily a cool thing to do, and it's expensive," she added.
Providing after-school opportunities for students has been a key focus of Our Community's Children, a partnership between the City of Grand Rapids and Grand Rapids Public Schools. Its ELO Network includes more than 60 organizations serving 21,000 children with activities and learning programs, at a time of day when they are vulnerable to drugs, sex and violence.
"We're doing all we can so children can see the possibilities that lie ahead of them, can see the careers that exist and can see themselves in a place that's different than what they grow up in," Heemstra said.
"It takes a lot of work and it takes all of us. But there's hope."
– Lynn Heemstra, Our Community's Children
However, students are still up against "appalling" economic and racial disparities, realities that call for policy changes and community commitment to lift them out of poverty, she added. The Mayor's 100 campaign, for instance, partners the city with businesses to provide jobs for youth.
Meanwhile, the Kent School Services Network provides counselors, case managers and health workers in 29 schools. Since its founding in 2006, more schools have joined to help meet growing student needs, said Paine-McGovern, the director.
"As we've seen some positive outcomes for the work we are doing, more and more schools are seeing more and more students and families in poverty," she said.
Her organization focuses on areas such as improving student attendance, reducing hunger and helping parents gain literacy. Paine-McGovern saw the countywide improvement in fourth-grade reading test scores as a sign KSSN is helping.
"Hopefully our work in getting children to be in school every day on time is helping them to learn, to succeed and graduate," she said.
Despite Kids Count's discouraging findings, the problems are not insurmountable, she and Heemstra agree.
"It takes a lot of work and it takes all of us," Heemstra said. "But there's hope. There's hope we can do it, and we have to prioritize it."
Kids Count in Michigan Data Book 2015
Our Community's Children
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Q: GCP instance group rolling update fails with error "Invalid Fingerprint" Rolling update for an instance group fails with "Invalid Fingerprint" error message at console. Earlier rollouts had no issues but recently started seeing this error and updates are failing, even a times Instance Group section of console is going unresponsive.
Already tried :
Creating New Image and using it in a new Template for rolling out update in instance group
Appreciate any clues or help.
Thanks

A: When trying to roll-out an update to my instance group with the "ROLLING RESTART/REPLACE" button, I got a "Invalid Fingerprint" error message in the Notification. This issue might also be caused by the "ROLLING UPDATE" button. (capital letters are shown at the source GCE interface)
My instance group size was set to 1 instance, and I was getting the error:

"Invalid fingerprint"

To solve the problem, I changed the Instance Group size from 1 to 2, and then rolled the update.
After the update was done - I change the group size back to 1.
For documentation purposes, the error looks like this:

Edit the Instance Group (set number of instances) by clicking the edit button:

.. and update the number of instances:

A: Currently, our Internal Compute Engine team working on the issue, The current workaround is to use the gcloud command which should also fix the issue on the Cloud Console afterwards. you can do a rolling replace using:
gcloud beta compute instance-groups managed rolling-action replace [instance group]
You can find the details of the command at this link. Also, you can keep an eye for complete resolution of the issue at this public issue tracker link where other users field a defect report. I must also mention that Updating Managed Instance Group is a beta feature as of now.


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What an outrage it is for the Speaker to use public money to go to the High Court to block an order to unveil details of the expenses of several senior politicians. It's all being done on the pretext that it would not be right to release the address details of MPs' second homes, presumably on anti terror grounds. How laughable. Does Michael Martin really think that if a terrorist wanted to find out where an MP lives, he couldn't? Many MPs' home addresses are listed in Who's Who or Dod's anyway!
It's about time the Speaker cottoned on to the fact that the winds of transparency are blowing in his direction, and there's no more undergrowth for him to take cover in.
If David Cameron has no concerns about the details of his expenses being published, why should any of the others? Or indeed why should Michael Martin?
This whole episode is so depressing to those of us who know that not all MPs are on the make and on the take. This is just so very very damaging to politics generally and to MPs in particular. What a awful and crap decision to do this.
Iain, aren't all candidates' addresses on a big sign outside polling stations? I'm sure they appear there, along with the names of the people who nominated them.
Nick Robinson - ever there to cover up the crimes and misdemeanors of this administration - made out that it was an 'all party' decision with the usual 'they're all as bad as each other' tosh wheeled out to save Labour's skin. No mention of the crucial role of Michael Martin.
Daily Referendum said...
One of the major problems with society today is the loss of shame. Unfortunately the public are not being set a good example by those in power.
Yes it is sickening the contempt in which they hold us.
But-
Don't you think Clinton's toast??
Claiming to be under fire (to drive home the experience/courage/leadership message) when her Bosnian arrival couldn't have been more cordial.She repeated it several times apparently so it was a strategy and not an oversight.I can't imagine how any friends in the press/media could spin it positively?
Ah, yes, but Iain you forget the old motto of the tobacco industry.. 'one small concession buys an extra ten years'..
Each small concession to Freedom of Information has to be used wisely and in a lean and miserly way.
MPs expenses being released has bought them a year or two of peace. This one has to be kept up the sleeze, ooopss.. typo there, I did really mean to say 'sleeve' for an other occasion.
You can't use all your aces and trump cards in one go...
dxiaIf they are so worried about having the addresses of their second homes (if even they are claiming on them AND sending their children to local schools) then just DON'T publish them ....
The rumours are that some of the information will wreck careers. Some of the information wouldnt just cause blushes on the front benches, but result in MPs not getting reselected....
One would assume that Labour has more to lose, just because more of them...
Did we ever get to the bottom of Guido's question of why Cameron (and Brown) is claiming 20,000 quid a year second home allowance when his main home is very close to Parliament?
They are all on the make.
drevetailimin said...
F*** this story and corrupt politicians in general.
What really upsets me is that photo of Simon Heffer you have published. A walrus sporting a ginger hair piece.
This blog has sunk to a new low.
Michael Martins' wife doesnt think she has to show her security pass when entering Westminster. She caused a big flap because some security geezer asked to see her security credentials not so long ago. How dare they ask me to prove who I am. Which makes Michael Martin's comments about not wanting to give addresses out hilarious. She doesnt think there is a need for security; he does!
As the saying goes: What a right load of old cobblers!
Seeing as Michael Martin is one of them cocky Glaswegian types i'll be quite glad to see him get what he deserves! And he does deserve it. What an example to children ah? No wonder so many kids act like they do. What, as a parent, can you say to an unruly child when they see people in govt setting such pathetic examples? Still, isnt that the goal of political correctness?
"Or indeed why does Michael Martin".
It's obvious--he's got more to hide!
Martin doesn't even deign to live in his working-class Glasgow constituency, but spends his allowance on a house in a more affluent area. How New Labour is that?
I know the rules are very lax, but how can he justify that, which brings us back to the reasons for his coyness.
If David Cameron has no concerns about the details of his expenses being published, why should any of the others?
Why indeed? Care to share the URL where I can peruse the full details of all expense claims made by Tory MPs over the last few years?
I have a feeling in my water that the Speaker's bid will fail. What will be interesting is just how many MPs will be forced to step down when their outrageous expenses are disclosed. I do suspect the bulk will be NuLab MPs - is it not a political truism that Labour is beset by financial scandals, while for the Tories it's all about sex? (Conway exempted, of course)
"... the winds of transparency are blowing in his direction."
Elegant and telling phrase, Iain!
Well my local Mp has his details in BT directory and I have called him in the past let alone all the details that His Party may put through the door.
Then again this is the party that would break any kind of perceived Protocol.
The Pratt would not have been there in the first place
It's time to draw a line under the expenses row. They have nearly all been at it. I will say that again, they have nearly all had their snouts in the trough.
The way to deal with this is to have an amnesty and make the process one hundred percent transparent from now on. Make it clear that fiddlers will be found out and shamed. Clarify the process and appoint an independent office to scrutinize the finances of MPs and ministers. Make it impossible to fiddle expenses or mask payments etc, and make it clear that the penalties for detractors are instant removal from the Commons.
The problem has been that MPs have seen expenses as a way of adding to their modest salaries. They are caught up in a world of one-upmanship and fame, in a world where they are rubbing shoulders with the fabulously wealthy. Hardly surprising if they get carried away with the lifestyle and feel the need to spend our money.
The sad thing is, there are probably a few honest johns and honest janes who have been scrupulously honest. It does happen because I was once the recipient of receiptless public expenses and I didn't cheat either.
"... the winds of transparency are blowing in his direction, and there's no more undergrowth for him to take cover in."
An elegant and killing phrase, Iain.
I think the winds of transparency is dead right. Those schooled in the super-control old-world politics of smoke-filled rooms have completely failed to see what's happened.
Those on the list include Martin, McBroon and Leninspart. All of them are flailing around because of the information revolution - they are completely unable to grasp how much the world has changed.
Anybody see the three-way slag-match between Lenin, Paddick and the Red/Green woman on Comment is Free?
The Grauniad has run it as story on the website tonight. I recommend you have a look at the thread. Livingstone and Paddick have a massive scrap over the meaning of 'privatisation' of the tube.
Lenin is furious that Paddick could split the vote and let Boris through. Sian Thing is already on Lenin's side, no doubt with the promise of being deputy mayor.
Lenin is trapped in Zone 1 gesture politics and Boris is running around the suburbs gathering up the huge anti-Ken no-show votes.
Over 60 percent of London that didn't vote last time....
There's a phrase that's sometimes used to describe the impact of price comparison and review sites on the internet.
It is: "The Tyranny of Transparency"
Every year, more and more people turn to these sites before making purchases, booking holidays etc. Slowly but surely companies are realising that consumers are getting much more savvy at working out who is offering good value and good service.
In the past, there were always magazines like "Which", but the internet has made such scrutiny available to everyone, for free, in just a few clicks of a mouse.
MPs need to wake up. What they are now experiencing is "The Tyranny of Transparency" at first hand.
However much they dislike this scrutiny, it's not going to go away and the more they wriggle, the worse it will get.
If the Tories on that list have nothing to hide, then they should publish their expenses now and put the rest to shame.
Yes why are Cameron and Brown claiming for a second home?
Hiding behind the security argument is plainly a ruse and as you quite rightly point out any self respecting Terrorist could easily find an MP's address. I take it most MP's do vote.
What is needed is for someone to put those addresses into the public domain, so that excuse can be shot down in flames. Iain? Anyone?
Could it be that there is a pattern in the expenses claims which would indicate that a large number of (longstanding) MPs have been involved in a conspiracy to maximise their take?
This might involve sharing information about the claims limits in the John Lewis list. If, for example, fifty MPs had claimed £289.95 for an air conditioning unit it might rather give the game away, might it not?
Of course they don't want any addresses published. When they exercise their right for a new kitchen and bathroom every year its always sent to a different address. The public would find out that they'rwe furnishing houses. flats and rental properties belonging to their children, parents, friends and business partners
Iain you're being unfair! As someone working for one of the MPs whose expense claim has been asked for, the Speaker has never asked these MPs whether or not they mind them being released.
It's yet another sign that the doddery old fool needs to be sent off to the knackers yard.
What an outrage it is for the Speaker to use public money to go to the HighCourt ................
He didn't use a Taxi did he????
Michael Martin is of course cocking a snoot at democracy and the taxpayers here. He's a chippy little oik, who's got above his station in life and now wnats to preen over the plebs.
A pox and plague on'im, time for radical change at Westminster.
Anonymous @ 8.22 PM and patrick Vessey @ 11.02 PM. I agree. Why has Cameron not said, 'As from 5th April all conservative MPs, including myself, will make full disclosure of all their expenses, and produce receipts for every item of expenditure; and any MP who declines will lose the whip'?
It's going to happen anyway. Gorbals Mick is going to lose his ridiculous case and Carter Ruck are going to charge him [i.e. us] a fortune for the litigation.
Twig said...
MPs should declare all benefits in kind and pay the tax and NICS - in the same way that everybody else does.
Only then will they feel the effects of their own tax hiking policies.
"time for radical change at Westminster."
1. all expenses only according to a publicised list of reimburseeanble items .
2 all expenses published - immediately- on the net
3 a committee of non- parliamentarians to vet the system
4 equal sized constituencies
5 make the whip system illegal
6 two yearly elections - five years is far too long in the 21st century
7 take away 85% of the work of Westminster and give it to an English parliament
8 reduction in size of the British parliament to 250 seats
9 rename it the British Grand
just for starters !
If the House of Commons Commission loses this pointless and groundless appeal, then surely the case for the Speaker to resign / retire will be unanswerable. If he doesn't he should be removed - were that not consititionally impossible. Single-handedly he will have done more than most to drag the reputation of the Commons through the gutter, and by failing to recognise and meet the need for greater transparency and accountability, he has failed to serve the Members of the House and the electorate.
'There's no fool liek an old fool' and it will certainly be time for this old fool to retreat to his Glasgow homeland whence he came.
Cameron is quite right to attack this appeal and the utter waste of taxpayers money (£100k forsooth !!!) that it will involve. There's absolutely no justification for it and it's a great pity that Martin cannot eb sacked. I would hope that the next Speaker will be elected on a pledge of reform, openness and restoration of the reputation of the House and its members. It's about time.


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The well-established conference is a popular event at which the Raman imaging community can present and discuss its latest scientific results. Talks from various fields of application and over 20 poster presentations provided a comprehensive overview of modern Raman microscopy for the 80 participants. Another conference highlight was the presentation of the new Raman and Scanning Electron Microscope RISE.
On the first day of the symposium Professor Dr Sebastian Schlücker from the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, began the scientific talk session with an introduction to the theoretical basics of Raman spectroscopy. With several examples from experience and quantum-mathematical descriptions, Schlücker explained the Raman scattering effect. Furthermore, he discussed the Resonance Raman effect and described specific Raman techniques such as surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and non-linear Raman spectroscopy. Afterward the audience participated in an interactive quiz that evaluated their theoretical and practical Raman knowledge.
Next was the contributed talk session for which three distinguished researchers were selected from among the submitted abstracts. Dr Dieter Fischer from the Leibniz-Institute for Polymer Research in Dresden, Germany, introduced his work on micro-plastics in the Baltic Sea. These particles appear from cosmetics and cleaning products or are debris of larger plastic pieces and pose a threat for aquatic animals and coral reefs. Fischer investigates the micro-plastic particles with topographic, large-area Raman imaging to determine the particle size, type and distribution. Fischer mentioned sensible, global recycling management and the avoidance of plastics usage as solutions for increasing environmental pollution.
In the next presentation Andrey Denisyuk from the Czech company TESCAN talked about correlative microscopy techniques for electron microscopy. In addition to EDX Denisyuk showed several results acquired by the new Raman-SEM combination from various fields of application.
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On the second day of the symposium, Dr Olaf Hollricher, WITec Managing Director R&D, started the talk session with a practical introduction to confocal Raman microscopy and instrument configurations. He provided useful information on characteristics and specifications of Raman microscope systems and explained their impact on, for example, spatial and spectral resolution.
In the presentation that followed Dr Ute Schmidt and Dr Thomas Dieing from WITec illustrated various applications of Raman microscopy. Schmidt and Dieing explained the generation of 3D Raman images and introduced Raman techniques such as topographic TrueSurface Microscopy and Raman-, Atomic Force- and Electron-Microscopy combinations.
The subsequent talk session included life science presentations. Professor Dr Klaus Gerwert from Ruhr-University in Bochum, Germany gave a talk about using Raman microscopy to study changes in cellular proteins that regulate the proliferation and death of cells. The aim is to develop a new method for the early detection and diagnosis of colon cancer that provides more precise and more reliable results than present techniques. In order to generate compelling results, Gerwert and his team combined IR and Raman spectroscopic data. The data should be included in a computerised database and used for the automatic differentiation between neoplastic and non-neoplastic tissues.
During the next talk, Clara Stiebing from the Leibniz-Institute for Photonic Technology in Jena, Germany, presented her work on lipid metabolism in macrophages. Lipid uptake and storage in macrophages is related to the appearance of atherosclerosis. Stiebing showed confocal Raman imaging results of the uptake of different fatty acids in macrophages over time. She could show that in contrast to arachidonic acid, palmitic and oleic acid are well absorbed by the macrophages and this can increase the risk of atherosclerosis.
The topic of the presentation from Dr Admir Mašić of the Max Planck Institute in Potsdam, Germany, was the investigation of structures and compositions of various biological materials with topographic confocal Raman microscopy. Mašić presented comprehensive results of his work on the bio-mineralisation of crayfish mandibles, orientations in collagen fibers of bones and calcium-containing tissues and vessels in living fishes.
Group picture of the conference attendees.
The afternoon session began with Dr Christian Weikusat from the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven, Germany. He investigates the composition of ice cores from Antarctica to draw correlations with climatic changes. To prevent melting of the ice cores, the complete Raman investigations were performed in a cryo-lab. Weikusat analysed the gas composition of air pockets in the ice. Furthermore, he generated 3D Raman models of air hydrate crystal structures in ice to calculate their volumes. Air hydrate crystals emerge at great depth under high pressure from air bubbles in ice. Through his analysis Weikusat obtained information about the gas composition of the atmosphere during past climatic periods.
The following talk was given by Dr Paul Pudney from Unilever Discover in the UK. Pudney presented his studies of different contents in consumer goods with a primary focus on investigations of hair treatment products. He analysed the penetration depth of certain substances such as resorcinol or glycerol in hair with Raman depth profiles and applied confocal Raman imaging to investigate changes in the hair structure through humidity.
The next session featured presentations from the field of materials science. Professor Dr Sabine Hild from Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria, talked about her research on polymers and the correlation of micro-structures and materials characteristics. She investigated crystalline structures, polymorphisms, macro-molecular orientations and the tacticity of polymers with confocal Raman microscopy. The acquired results give her insights into the material characteristics of the polymers.
Professor Dr Ting Yu from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore reported on the work of his research group in the field of graphene. Yu and colleagues investigated not only graphene layers, defects, strains, electrical and chemical doping, thermal conductivity and quantum interference but also electron movement in graphene. Furthermore, his research focus is on the investigation of other 2D materials such as tantalum-disulfide, molybdenum-disulfide and wolfram-disulfide.
The contributed component was then closed by Dr Martin Süess from ETH Zürich in Switzerland. Süess investigated semiconductors and the possibility of increasing their efficiency through strain states. He studies strain states in 25-nm small silicon nano-bridges with confocal Raman microscopy.
On the evening of the second conference day the conference participants met in the Ulm city centre for the conference dinner.
During the third day of the symposium the participants had the chance to receive more practical information about Raman microscopy systems during the instrument and software demonstration at WITec headquarters. In addition to Raman and AFM demonstrations, the new Raman-SEM microscope RISE was also introduced.
The 12th Confocal Raman Imaging Symposium will be held from 28 to 30 September 2015 in Ulm, Germany.
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Q: Get the total Count of down line record using SQL Server CTE How to Sum all down-line to their immediate up-line using SQL.

*

*All Staff Sales are the Sales of Supervisor.

*All Supervisor Sales are the Sales of Manager.

*All Manager Sales are the Sales of Head.

Current data:
ID   Name     Role            Level      Reportingto     Sales
---------------------------------------------------------------
1    Joe      Head              1          NULL           0
2    Smith    Manager           2           1             0
3    Mike     Supervisor        3           2             0
4    Mitch    Staff             4           3             10
5    Jen      Staff             4           3             20
6    Ian      Manager           2           1             0
7    Jess     Supervisor        3           6             0
8    Rocky    Staff             4           7             5
9    Jessica  Supervisor        3           6             0
10   Rolly    Staff             4           9             3

Ideal output
ID   Name     Role            Level      Reportingto     Sales
---------------------------------------------------------------
1    Joe      Head              1          NULL           38
2    Smith    Manager           2           1             30
3    Mike     Supervisor        3           2             30
4    Mitch    Staff             4           3             10
5    Jen      Staff             4           3             20
6    Ian      Manager           2           1             8
7    Jess     Supervisor        3           6             5
8    Rocky    Staff             4           7             5
9    Jessica  Supervisor        3           6             3
10   Rolly    Staff             4           9             3

I'm using SQL Server 2016

A: You can use outer apply.
select t1.id,t1.name,t1.role,t1.level,t1.reportingto,coalesce(t2.sales,t1.sales) as val
from t t1
outer apply (select sum(sales) as sales
             from t t2
             where t1.id<=t2.id and t1.level<t2.level) t2

A: There might be a simpler way to do this, but it seems to me like you need to start at the 'staff' and recurse up:
;with cte as (SELECT [ID], [Name], [Role], [Level], [Reportingto], [Sales], Sales as Sum_Sales
              FROM #Table1
              WHERE [Role] = 'Staff'
              UNION ALL
              SELECT a.[ID], a.[Name], a.[Role], a.[Level], a.[Reportingto], a.[Sales], a.Sales + b.Sum_Sales AS Sum_Sales
              FROM #Table1 a
              JOIN cte b
                 ON b.Reportingto = a.ID
              )
SELECT [ID], [Name], [Role], [Level], [Reportingto],SUM(Sum_Sales) as Sales
FROM cte
GROUP BY [ID], [Name], [Role], [Level], [Reportingto]

A: Assuming the table as KTemp I created a new column. Hope this helps.
 SELECT *,
           CASE
               WHEN LEVEL=1 THEN
                      (SELECT sum(Sales)
                       FROM KTemp x
                       WHERE x.Level IN (1,
                                         2,
                                         3,
                                         4) )
               WHEN LEVEL=2 THEN
                      (SELECT sum(Sales)
                       FROM KTemp x
                       WHERE x.Level IN (2,
                                         3,
                                         4) )
               WHEN LEVEL=3 THEN
                      (SELECT sum(Sales)
                       FROM KTemp x
                       WHERE x.Level IN (3,
                                         4) )
               WHEN LEVEL=4 THEN
                      (SELECT sum(Sales)
                       FROM KTemp x
                       WHERE x.Level IN (4) )
           END AS [Up-line Sales]
    FROM KTemp

A: Declare @YourTable table (ID int,Name varchar(25),Role varchar(25),Level int,Reportingto int,Sales int)
Insert into @YourTable values
(1    ,'Joe'      ,'Head'              ,1           ,NULL          ,0),
(2    ,'Smith'    ,'Manager'           ,2           ,1             ,0),
(3    ,'Mike'     ,'Supervisor'        ,3           ,2             ,0),
(4    ,'Mitch'    ,'Staff'             ,4           ,3             ,10),
(5    ,'Jen'      ,'Staff'             ,4           ,3             ,20),
(6    ,'Ian'      ,'Manager'           ,2           ,1             ,0),
(7    ,'Jess'     ,'Supervisor'        ,3           ,6             ,0),
(8    ,'Rocky'    ,'Staff'             ,4           ,7             ,5),
(9    ,'Jessica'  ,'Supervisor'        ,3           ,6             ,0),
(10   ,'Rolly'    ,'Staff'             ,4           ,9             ,3)

Declare @Top int = null --<<  Sets top of Hier Try 6

;with cteP as (
      Select Seq  = cast(10000+Row_Number() over (Order by Name) as varchar(500))
            ,ID
            ,Reportingto
            ,Lvl=1
            ,Name
            ,Role
            ,Sales
      From   @YourTable
      Where  IsNull(@Top,-1) = case when @Top is null then isnull(Reportingto ,-1) else ID end
      Union  All
      Select Seq  = cast(concat(p.Seq,'.',10000+Row_Number() over (Order by r.Name)) as varchar(500))
            ,r.ID
            ,r.Reportingto
            ,p.Lvl+1
            ,r.Name
            ,r.Role
            ,r.Sales
      From   @YourTable r
      Join   cteP p on r.Reportingto  = p.ID)
Select A.ID
      ,A.Name
      ,A.Role
      ,A.Lvl
      ,A.Reportingto
      ,Sales  = (Select sum(Sales) from cteP where  Seq Like A.Seq+'%')
    From cteP A
    Order By A.Seq

Returns


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For this dating app's RM1K genetic matching to take off, it needs to improve 3 things
In my own social circles, some of the more common dating apps used include Tinder, Coffee Meets Bagel, and Bumble, which are all US-based companies.
Singaporean-based matchmaking service, MatchMde, is trying to make its mark with a different strategy. It claims to provide an AI dating coach to help users secure dates, among other things.
But its AI function wasn't what caught my eye—it was its recent collaboration with Malaysian Genomics Resource Centre (MGRC) to release an add-on, opt-in service dubbed The Gene Match, available for US$245 (about RM1K).
Essentially, The Gene Match is a biocompatibility relationship matching service that isn't a new concept globally, but it's one that's newer to SEA.
Finding your genetic match
It sounds pretty sci-fi, and there's even a Netflix series called The One based on the concept. So we had to ask the team, what were they thinking?
"MatchMde's approach has always been to help our users establish meaningful connections by leveraging science and technology," Fabian Foo, CEO of MatchMde shared in our interview. "Our conversation with MGRC started with the idea and possibility of biocompatibility matching."
This led to the team's discovery of the 1995 "sweaty T-shirt study" conducted at Bern University, Switzerland.
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The experiment involved women sniffing T-shirts that were recently worn by men. Its results found that women favoured the scent of those whose immune response genes were different from their own.
Further research and studies have shown that up to 40% of physical attraction may be determined through human genes alone, according to Fabian.
Though we weren't able to get an interview with MGRC, it appears that the Bursa-listed company was also looking at new areas to expand into, other than the more common healthcare and agriculture sectors.
Having been in the business of genome sequencing and analysis since 2004, its CEO Sasha Nordin stated in a press release that the company has the capability to expand its offerings in other new areas.
"[This] partnership is proof of the opportunities to innovate and apply the science and technology of genomics in other new applications," Sasha said.
Looking at 4 areas of biocompatibility
Most genetic tests that have taken off lately involve DNA sampling via saliva, and the same applies to The Gene Match.
Once the sample is sent back to MatchMde, it will be processed at MGRC's recently expanded lab. Samples will require at least 18 business days to process before users can check their My DNA section on the MatchMde app for status updates.
The theory of biocompatibility believes that the higher the dissimilarity in terms of the genetic traits between 2 people, the more compatible they are.
Samples will be analysed at MGRC / Image Credit: MatchMde
The Gene Match looks at 4 deciding areas to determine the compatibility between people. "In simple language, it helps determine if there are any deal breakers ahead," Fabian said.
Firstly, they look at one's Degree of Attraction. This will allow users to find out if they have a strong degree of attraction with their match, and vice versa, based on their genetic profiles.
The second is Intimacy Satisfaction, where users can discover their preferences and response to physical, emotional, intellectual, psychological intimacy, and ways to find a match that can meet their needs.
Thirdly is the Wish for Children. This refers to their compatibility in the desire to have children, which can make or break a relationship.
Lastly, Partnership Satisfaction. It's where factors such as the individuality of the user as a person, tendency towards positive emotions and moods VS the nature of their potential match can determine if they can both be happy together.
But the question remains, will this actually help users find "the one"? What if a person has more than one biocompatible match that checks all the boxes?
Fabian clarified that it is important to understand that there are different matching algorithms within the MatchMde platform itself. The Gene Match is more of a complementary add-on to identify a potential connection, providing another layer of filters, so to say.
"As with the main matching algorithm, the user can decide if they want to engage with the recommended match or not," he explained.
He also addressed that there are many factors that influence or determine the overall compatibility of 2 people. Even within these 4 traits, different users have different priorities of which will play into their ultimate decision to pursue the match.
Ultimately, MatchMde's goal is simply to provide users with information that is usually not accessible to them in order to make an informed decision about a match.
Before people pay, the app must improve
MatchMde itself is free to use, and you can certainly find matches without paying a dime. That being said though, it appears that a lot of more attractive features like The Gene Match that claim to increase your quality matching chances are locked behind a paywall.
From my perspective, there are 2 reasons that one would pay for a dating app's services: 1) they are desperate for a match, or 2) they like the free features enough and have seen results, but would like even better ones.
To properly capture the second market, MatchMde still has room for improvement. Upon downloading the app and going through its offerings, it doesn't seem like it has much to boast about other than its clean interface and verification process to hopefully minimise catfishing.
Despite being clean though, I noted that the interface was a little buggy. For example, some features were slow to load or respond to my touch, and sometimes there were UI elements that blocked other details.
Also, although the app makes you verify yourself via a selfie, I noticed some profiles with cartoon or blacked out images anyway, so the team will have to tighten this process much more if they really want to prevent catfishing.
I did appreciate the clean user interface of the app, and there was a short personality test to determine your MBTI results
What drives the usability of a dating app is also its pool of candidates, aka its user base. For the most part, I observed that there weren't as many potential matches available to me, in comparison to my experience on other established dating apps.
To add, my colleague saw several of the same people recommended to me too, despite being over 30km away. From this, I would conclude that because the candidate pool is still limited, the app shows you people from all over the place to maximise your matching chances.
While there are reviews about the app on the App Store and Google Play saying that its AI service has helped with conversing on the app, one user complained that despite buying the VIP package, they still had trouble finding recommendations.
The overall concept that MatchMde has is certainly intriguing and new in Malaysia, but in order for The Gene Match to fully take off, the team would need to fine-tune its basic dating app services.
On the plus side, if you manage to find a match on MatchMde, at least the app offers location recommendations as date spots.
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Hi I'm Dr. Sangaralingam Ramesh. Welcome to Talk Number 10 in this Henry Stewart Talks "Introduction to Microeconomic" series. In this talk, we'll be looking more closely at the firm's production and seeking to answer questions such as what is production and how does it vary between the long run and the short run. In this talk, we'll be putting together many of the different types of analysis that we've been looking at in previous talks, and we start off with looking at the production function.
So in a previous talk, we define the production function as being mathematical taking the relationship between the quantities of capital (K) and labor used to produce the maximum level of output Y for a specific level of technology. This production function gave rise to isoquants which we looked at when we were looking at how firms optimize their production behavior by reaching the highest possible isoquant represented by a production function for a given budget.
We've also defined the short run and the long run in the context of a firm's production, where in the short run we say that the amount of capital that the firm uses in production for example machines and the number of factories remains fixed but the firm can vary the quantity or number of workers (L) it employs and uses in production. On the other hand in the long run, we can depict as a period of time in which the firm can change both the quantity of capital (K) the amount of machines and factories use in production, as a number of workers (L) it employs. So in the long run, the firm can negotiate contracts with suppliers to buy more machines, it calls and negotiate to buy more land in order to build more factories. So therefore in the long run, the firm's production is much more flexible than it is in the short run. So in the long run, we'll say that the firm's production supply more elastic. Whereas in the short run, the firm's production and supply of goods tends to be less elastic.


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