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module ActivitiesHelper

  def busy_projects(events, count)

    # Transform events list into hash from project id to number of

    # occurrences of project in list (there is surely a tidier way

    # to do this, e.g. chunk() in Ruby 1.9 but not in 1.8)

    phash = events.map { |e| e.project unless !e.respond_to?(:project) }.sort.group_by { |p| p.id }

    phash = phash.merge(phash) { |k,v| v.length }

    threshold = phash.values.sort.last(count).first

    busy = phash.keys.select { |k| phash[k] >= threshold }.sample(count)

    busy.map { |pid| Project.find(pid) }

  end

  def busy_institutions(events, count)

    authors = events.map { |e| e.event_author unless !e.respond_to?(:event_author) }.compact

    institutions = authors.map { |a| a.ssamr_user_detail.institution_name }

    insthash = institutions.compact.sort.group_by { |i| i }

    insthash = insthash.merge(insthash) { |k,v| v.length }

    threshold = insthash.values.sort.last(count).first

    insthash.keys.select { |k| insthash[k] >= threshold }.sample(count)

  end

end