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Q: i want to join three tables in sql but cannot get the desired results SELECT COUNT(TAB1.ID),
       COUNT(TAB2.ID) Results,
       COUNT(TAB3.ID) Dropout
  FROM TAB1 INNER JOIN
       TAB2 on TAB1.ID = TAB2.ID INNER JOIN
       TAB3 on TAB1.ID = TAB3.ID
 WHERE TAB1.ID='405'

The answer i expect is 2,3,4 but it returns 24,24,24.

IT MEANS IT MULTIPLY ENTRIES

A: You can try below - using distinct count
SELECT COUNT(distinct TAB1.ID),COUNT(distinct TAB2.ID) Results,COUNT(distinct
TAB3.ID) Dropout FROM TAB1
INNER JOIN  TAB2 on TAB1.ID=TAB2.ID
INNER JOIN  TAB3 on TAB1.ID=TAB3.ID
WHERE TAB1.ID='405'

A: I'd switch to correlated sub-queries:
SELECT TAB1.ID, COUNT(TAB1.ID),
       (select COUNT(TAB2.ID) from TAB2 where TAB1.ID=TAB2.ID) Results,
       (select COUNT(TAB3.ID) from TAB3 where TAB1.ID=TAB3.ID) Dropout
FROM TAB1
WHERE TAB1.ID = '405'  -- to be removed when GROUP BY is added
GROUP BY TAB1.ID  -- more general version

Will even return rows having zero Results or Dropouts.

A: I am guessing that COUNT(DISTINCT) does what you want.  Without sample data, it is hard to make a more concrete suggestion:
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT TAB1.ID),
       COUNT(DISTINCT TAB2.ID) as Results,
       COUNT(DISTINCT TAB3.ID) as Dropout
FROM TAB1 INNER JOIN
     TAB2
     ON TAB1.ID = TAB2.ID INNER JOIN
     TAB3
     ON TAB1.ID = TAB3.ID
WHERE TAB1.ID = '405';  -- Are the single quotes really necessary?

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Prior to joining Michael Best, Tony was a partner in the North Carolina office of a patent law firm where he focused on intellectual property litigation. Before entering the private practice, Tony served as a United States District Court judicial clerk to the Honorable William L. Osteen, Sr., in the Middle District of North Carolina. Tony Biller began his legal career after serving four years as an Army Airborne Ranger in the 82nd Airborne Division where he advanced to the rank of Captain.
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Sandpiper Golf Course Hole 2: The best inland golf hole by far features a very tight drive between huge trees to the left and a hazard to the right. The green is relatively wide open but slopes strongly.
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Sandpiper Golf Course Hole 6: Although this par 3 is fairly straight forward and easy, running along the Pacific, the view are fantastic. A pin placement left could actually yield some nervous swings.
Sandpiper Golf Course Hole 10: This fantastic short dogleg left par four has a great view of the ocean. The driver can lay up right or try to cut the corner of the dogleg over the bunkers. A miss short or left however will either be in the hazard or leave, at best, an awkward lie. The green is perched along the cliff top and has strong break from back to front. The shorter the approach and 1st putt, the better.
Sandpiper Golf Course Hole 11: Picking a club on this golf hole is tough as the tee shot is strongly elevated, usually into the wind and hitting into a green 40 yards deep. This is not made any easier by the creek running right and the ocean sitting right behind the green for extra distraction.
Sandpiper Golf Course Hole 13: This good par five goes along the ocean cliffs to the right. The key is the canyon crossing in front of the greens. There are two greens on this golf hole. The left one is fairly boring, but might give the player the chance to reach in two. The right one, however, is behind the canyon and devilishly guarded by a deep front bunker.


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int main()
{
    float invoice_amount;
    float percent;
    float VAT;
    float total;
    float raw_percent;
    cout << "Type your invoice amount: ";
    cin >> invoice_amount;
    cout << "Invoice percent in numbers: ";
    cin >> raw_percent;

    percent = invoice_amount * raw_percent;
    VAT = percent / 100;
    total = invoice_amount + tax;
    cout << "your VAT is " << VAT << endl;
    cout << "Your total is  " << total << endl;
    string END;
    cout << "";
    cin >> END;
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}

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Ehizua joins Institute of Tourism Professionals as fellow
By Gloria Nwafor
The founder of OAA Study and Travel Agency Limited, Matthias Ehizua, has been admitted as a fellow of the Institute for Tourism Professionals of Nigeria (ITPN). Ehizua was inducted as a fellow into the awarding body for the hospitality, travel and tourism industry at a ceremony in Lagos, recently. The fellowship title, which is…
The founder of OAA Study and Travel Agency Limited, Matthias Ehizua, has been admitted as a fellow of the Institute for Tourism Professionals of Nigeria (ITPN).
Ehizua was inducted as a fellow into the awarding body for the hospitality, travel and tourism industry at a ceremony in Lagos, recently.
The fellowship title, which is the highest grade of the institute's membership, is only given to accomplished professionals in the travel industry.
Congratulating the new fellow, the management described the fellowship as a remarkable and well-deserved accomplishment.
National President of ITPN, Abiodun Odusanwo and Chairman, Lagos chapter, Dr. Babatunde Olaide, were among those who commended the newly inducted fellow.
Ehizua, who expressed gratitude to the agency and the institute, said: "I am grateful for the induction and for the opportunity to contribute positively to Nigeria's travel and tours industry. I have been privileged to travel to 35 countries, visiting and hosting study tours and international students' activities."
He described how he oversaw the processing of over 2,000 student admissions, visas, as well as tourist visas across 11 offices in Australia, the Philippines, Nepal, Vietnam, South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Kenya and Uganda, with over 100 employees.
Among his many accomplishments, Ehizua was a panel speaker and delegate at several travel education agent conferences around the world.
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Stakeholders in the tourism and hospitality industry have continued in their hopes that the recently appointed Director General, National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR), Alhaji Nura Sani Kangiwa, will not fall short of expectations in repositioning the institute.
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Ryder Richards, born and raised in Roswell until the age of 16, has returned to Roswell as a RAiR fellow. Since receiving a Masters Degree in Fine Arts from Texas Christian University he has taught art and directed art galleries. Currently gallery director and professor for Richland College in Dallas, Richards curates exhibitions, writes art reviews, and participates in several collaborative art groups as part of his arts practice.
While in Roswell Richards opened The Cube, an art gallery built inside his studio. Curating exhibits into the space for monthly art openings has provided an outlet for his curatorial disposition while offering a chance to engage in communal conversation.
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Living with a star: NASA and partners survey space weather science
NASA has long been a leader in understanding the science of space weather, including research into the potential for induced electrical currents to disrupt our power systems. Last year, NASA scientists worked with scientists and engineers from research institutions and industry during a pair of intensive week-long workshops in order to assess the state of science surrounding this type of space weather. This summary was published Jan. 30, 2017, in the journal Space Weather.
Storms from the sun can affect our power grids, railway systems and underground pipelines through a phenomenon called geomagnetically induced currents, or GICs. The sun regularly releases a constant stream of magnetic solar material called the solar wind, along with occasional huge clouds of solar material called coronal mass ejections. This material interacts with Earth's magnetic field, causing temporary changes. That temporary change to the magnetic field can create electric currents just under Earth's surface. These are GICs.
Long, thin, metal structures near Earth's surface -- such as underground pipelines, railroads and power lines -- can act as giant wires for these currents, causing electricity to flow long distances underground. This electric current can cause problems for all three structures, and it's especially difficult to manage in power systems, where controlling the amount of electric current is key for keeping the lights on. Under extreme conditions, GICs can cause temporary blackouts, which means that studying space weather is a crucial component for emergency management.
"We already had a pretty good grasp of the key moving pieces that can affect power systems," said Antti Pulkkinen, a space weather researcher at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. "But this was the first we had solar experts, heliospheric scientists, magnetospheric physicists, power engineers and emergency management officials all in a room together."
Though GICs can primarily cause problems for power systems, railroads and pipelines aren't immune.
"Researchers have found a positive correlation between geomagnetic storms and mis-operation of railway signaling systems," said Pulkkinen, who is also a member of the space weather research-focused Community Coordinated Modeling Center based at Goddard.
This is because railway signals, which typically control traffic at junctures between tracks or at intersections with roads, operate on an automated closed/open circuit system. If a train's metal wheels are on the track near the signal, they close the electrical circuit, allowing electrical current to flow to the signal and turn it on.
"Geomagnetically induced currents could close that loop and make the system signal that there's a train when there isn't," said Pulkkinen.
Similarly, current flowing in oil pipelines could create false alarms, prompting operators to inspect pipelines that aren't damaged or malfunctioning.
In power systems, the GICs from a strong space weather event can cause something called voltage collapse. Voltage collapse is a temporary state in which the voltage of a segment of a power system goes to zero. Because voltage is required for current to flow, voltage collapse can cause blackouts in affected areas.
Though blackouts caused by voltage collapse can have huge effects on transportation, healthcare and commerce, GICs are unlikely to cause permanent damage to large sections of power systems.
"For permanent transformer damage to occur, there needs to be sustained levels of GICs going through the transformer," said Pulkkinen. "We know that's not how GICs work. GICs tend to be much more noisy and short-lived, so widespread physical damage of transformers is unlikely even during major storms."
The scientists who worked on the survey, part of the NASA Living With a Star Institute, also created a list of the key unanswered questions in GIC science, mostly related to computer modeling and prediction. The group members' previous work on GIC science and preparedness has already been used to shape new standards for power companies to guard against blackouts. In September 2016, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC, released new standards that require power companies to assess and prepare for potential GIC disruptions.
"We're really proud that our team members made major contributions to the updated FERC standards," said Pulkkinen. "It also shows that the U.S. is actively working to address GIC risk."
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A "very good lawyer - he's an excellent communicator, on top of all the detail and highly dependable."
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He advises managers, investors and other industry participants on a wide range of funds-related matters, including fund formations; joint ventures; co-investments; fund investments; secondary transactions; and acquisitions of fund management businesses. He has considerable experience across a number of asset classes, including real estate, private equity and infrastructure.
Consistently ranked as a key individual by the legal directories, Tim is identified as "thoughtful and experienced" with a "pulse on investor sentiment globally" (Chambers UK 2014). A "good organiser, calm and confident" (Legal 500 2014), clients appreciate his willingness to explore all the options available (Chambers UK 2013).
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Ames () is a city in Story County, Iowa, United States, located approximately  north of Des Moines in central Iowa. It is best known as the home of Iowa State University (ISU), with leading agriculture, design, engineering, and veterinary medicine colleges. A United States Department of Energy national laboratory, Ames Laboratory, is located on the ISU campus.

According to the 2020 census, Ames had a population of 66,427, making it the state's ninth largest city. Iowa State University was home to 27,854 students as of spring 2023, which make up approximately one half of the city's population.

Ames also hosts United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) sites: the largest federal animal disease center in the United States, the USDA Agricultural Research Service's National Animal Disease Center (NADC), as well as one of two national USDA sites for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), which comprises the National Veterinary Services Laboratory and the Center for Veterinary Biologics. Ames also hosts the headquarters for the Iowa Department of Transportation.

History
The city was formed in 1864 as a station stop on the Cedar Rapids and Missouri Railroad and was named after 19th century U.S. Congressman Oakes Ames of Massachusetts, who was influential in the building of the transcontinental railroad. Ames was founded by local resident Cynthia Olive Duff (née Kellogg) and railroad magnate John Insley Blair, near a location that was deemed favorable for a railroad crossing of the Skunk River.

Geography
Ames is located along the western edge of Story County, roughly  north of the state capital, Des Moines, near the intersection of Interstate 35 and U.S. Route 30. A smaller highway, U.S. Route 69, passes through the town. Also passing through Ames is the cross country line of the Union Pacific Railroad and two small streams (the South Skunk River and Ioway Creek).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which  is land and  is water.

Campustown
Campustown is the neighborhood directly south of Iowa State University Central Campus bordered by Lincoln Way on the north. Campustown is a high-density mixed-use neighborhood that is home to many student apartments, nightlife venues, restaurants, and numerous other establishments, most of which are unique to Ames.

Climate
Ames has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfa). On average, the warmest month is July and the coldest is January. The highest recorded temperature was  in 1988 and the lowest was  in 1996.

Demographics

2010 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 58,965 people, 22,759 households, and 9,959 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 23,876 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 84.5% White, 3.4% African American, 0.2% Native American, 8.8% Asian, 1.1% from other races, and 2.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.4% of the population.

There were 22,759 households, of which 19.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.6% were married couples living together, 5.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 56.2% were non-families. 30.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.82.

The median age in the city was 23.8 years. 13.4% of residents were under the age of 18; 40.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.9% were from 25 to 44; 15% were from 45 to 64; and 8.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 53.0% male and 47.0% female.

2000 census
As of the census of 2000, there were 50,731 people, 18,085 households, and 8,970 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 18,757 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 87.34% White, 7.70% Asian, 2.65% African American, 0.04% Native American, 0.76% Pacific Islander and other races, and 1.36% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.98% of the population.

There were 18,085 households, out of which 22.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.0% were married couples living together, 5.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 50.4% were non-families. 28.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 2.85.

Age spread: 14.6% under the age of 18, 40.0% from 18 to 24, 23.7% from 25 to 44, 13.9% from 45 to 64, and 7.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 24 years. For every 100 females, there were 109.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 109.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $36,042, and the median income for a family was $56,439. Males had a median income of $37,877 versus $28,198 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,881. About 7.6% of families and 20.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.2% of those under age 18 and 4.1% of those age 65 or over.

Metropolitan area

The U.S. Census Bureau designates the Ames MSA as encompassing all of Story County. While Ames is the largest city in Story County, the county seat is in the nearby city of Nevada,  east of Ames.

Ames metropolitan statistical area combined with the Boone, Iowa micropolitan statistical area (Boone County, Iowa) make up the larger Ames-Boone combined statistical area. Ames is the larger principal city of the Combined Statistical Area that includes all of Story County, Iowa and Boone County, Iowa. which had a combined population of 106,205 at the 2000 census.

Economy
Ames is home of Iowa State University of Science and Technology, a public land-grant and space-grant research university. At its founding in 1858, Iowa State was formerly known as the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. Ames is the home of the closely allied U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Animal Disease Center (See Ames strain), the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory (a major materials research and development facility), and the main offices of the Iowa Department of Transportation. State and Federal institutions are the largest employers in Ames.

Other area employers include a 3M manufacturing plant; Danfoss Power Solutions, a hydraulics manufacturer; Barilla, a pasta manufacturer; Ball, a manufacturer of canning jars and plastic bottles; Workiva, a global cloud computing company; Renewable Energy Group, America's largest producer of biomass-based diesel; and the National Farmers Organization.

The Iowa State University Research Park is a not-for-profit, business development incubator located in Ames, and affiliated with Iowa State University.

In 2015, Ames was ranked in the top 15 "Cities That Have Done the Best Since the Recession" by Bloomberg Businessweek.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics ranked Ames and Boulder, CO as having the lowest unemployment rate (2.5%) of any metropolitan area in the US in 2016. By June 2018, unemployment in Ames had fallen even further, to 1.5%, and wage increases for workers were not keeping pace with rising rents.

Top employers
According to Ames's 2020 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city are:

Arts and culture
Ames History Museum - founded in 1980, the museum also operates a historic schoolhouse.
Brunnier Art Museum (Scheman Building)
Ames Public Library - located in a Carnegie library, it was founded in 1904. it has 1,386,273 items in circulations, including 799,349 books and 586,924 multimedia items.
The Octagon Center for the Arts - the Center includes galleries, art classes, art studios, and retail shop. They sponsor the local street fair, The Octagon Arts Festival, and hold an annual National Juried Exhibition Clay, Fiber, Paper Glass Metal, Wood.

Sports
Iowa Sports Foundation

The Iowa State Cyclones play a variety of sports in the Ames area. The Iowa State Cyclones football team plays at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames. Also, the Cyclones' Men's and Women's Basketball teams and Volleyball teams play at Hilton Coliseum just across the street from Jack Trice Stadium. The Iowa State Cyclones are a charter member of the Big 12 Conference in all sports and compete in NCAA Division I-A. The Iowa State Women's Tennis is also well known and very successful.

The Ames Figure Skating Club provides recreational to professional level skating opportunities.  The club sponsors the Learn to Skate Program.  Coaches provide on and off ice lessons or workshops. The club hosts the figure skating portion of the Iowa Games competition every summer.  In the fall the club hosts Cyclone Country Championships.

The Ames ISU ice arena also hosts the Iowa State Cyclones hockey team. The arena also hosts the Ames Little Cyclones hockey program for high school students and children in elementary or middle school.

Education
Much of the city is served by the Ames Community School District.

A portion of northern Ames is zoned to the Gilbert Community School District.

Public high school in Ames
Ames High School: Grades 9–12

Public elementary/middle schools in Ames
David Edwards Elementary: K-5
Abbie Sawyer Elementary School: Grades K-5
Kate Mitchell Elementary School: Grades K-5
Warren H. Meeker Elementary School: Grades K-5
Gertrude Fellows Elementary School: Grades K-5
Ames Middle School: Grades 6–8

Gilbert CSD students are zoned to Gilbert High School.

Private schools in Ames
Ames Christian School
Saint Cecilia School (preK – 5th grade)

Iowa State University

Iowa State University of Science and Technology, more commonly known as Iowa State University (ISU), is a public land-grant and space-grant research university located in Ames. Iowa State University is the birthplace of the Atanasoff–Berry Computer, the world's first electronic digital computer. Iowa State has produced a number of astronauts, scientists, Nobel laureates, and Pulitzer Prize winners. Until 1945 it was known as the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. The university is a member of the American Association of Universities and the Big 12 Conference.

ISU is the nation's first designated land-grant university In 1856, the Iowa General Assembly enacted legislation to establish the State Agricultural College and Model Farm. Story County was chosen as the location on June 21, 1859, from proposals by Johnson, Kossuth, Marshall, Polk, and Story counties. When Iowa accepted the provisions of the Morrill Act of 1862, Iowa State became the first institution in nation designated as a land-grant college. The institution was coeducational from the first preparatory class admitted in 1868. The formal admitting of students began the following year, and the first graduating class of 1872 consisted of 24 men and 2 women.

The first building on the Iowa State campus was Farm House. Built in the 1860s, it currently serves as a museum and National Historic Landmark. Today, Iowa State has over 60 notable buildings, including Beardshear Hall, Morrill Hall, Memorial Union, Catt Hall, Curtiss Hall, Carver Hall, Parks Library, the Campanile, Hilton Coliseum, C.Y. Stephens Auditorium, Fisher Theater, Jack Trice Stadium, Lied Recreation Center, numerous residence halls, and many buildings specific to ISU's many different majors and colleges.

The official mascot for ISU is Cy the Cardinal. The official school colors are cardinal and gold. The Iowa State Cyclones play in the NCAA's Division I-A as a member of the Big 12 Conference.

Media
Online and newsprint
Ames Tribune, Tuesday-Sunday paper produced in Ames.
Iowa State Daily, independent student newspaper produced at Iowa State University.
The Des Moines Register also provides extensive coverage of Iowa news and sports to Ames.
Story County Sun, weekly newspaper that covers the entire county published in Ames.
Radio stations licensed to Ames
KURE, student radio operated at Iowa State University.
WOI-FM, Iowa Public Radio's flagship "Studio One" station, broadcasting an NPR news format during the day and a music format in the evening, owned and operated at Iowa State University.
WOI (AM), Iowa Public Radio's flagship station delivering a 24-hour news format consisting mainly of NPR programming, owned and operated at Iowa State University.
KOEZ, Adult Contemporary station licensed to Ames, but operated in Des Moines.
KCYZ, Hot Adult Contemporary station owned and operated by Clear Channel in Ames.
KASI, news/talk station owned and operated by Clear Channel in Ames.
KNWM-FM, Contemporary Christian Madrid/Ames station owned and operated by the University of Northwestern – St. Paul - simulcast with KNWI-FM Osceola/Des Moines
KHOI, Community Radio station licensed to Story City with studios in Ames. KHOI broadcasts music and local public affairs programs and is affiliated with the Pacifica Radio network.
Ames is also served by stations in the Des Moines media market, which includes Clear Channel's 50,000-watt talk station WHO, music stations KAZR, KDRB, KGGO, KKDM, KHKI, KIOA, KJJY, KRNT, KSPZ and KSTZ, talk station KWQW, and sports stations KXNO and KXNO-FM.
Television
Like radio, Ames is served by the Des Moines media market. WOI-DT, the ABC affiliate in central Iowa, was originally owned and operated by Iowa State University until the 1990s. The station is still licensed to Ames, but studio's are located in West Des Moines. Other stations serving Ames include KCCI, KDIN-TV, WHO-DT, KCWI-TV, KDMI, KDSM-TV and KFPX-TV.

Channel 12 is owned by the City of Ames and overseen by the City Manager's Office. The channel broadcasts meetings for city council as well as other city government councils and boards. Channel 12 also produces its own original content focused on news and other happenings in Ames. Channel 12 has won various regional and national awards including a NATOA Government Programming Award and a Telly Award. Channel 12's goals are "To provide quality programming to the citizens of Ames that educates and informs about city government issues" and "To provide live coverage and rebroadcasts of council and commission meetings."

Channel 16 serves as Ames' public access TV channel. "The purpose of Ames Public Access TV (Channel 16) is to provide residents the opportunity to broadcast locally produced programs on cable television.  APATV provides cablecasting of non-commercial, public access programming independently produced by professionals or non-professionals in either a VHS or DVD format.  This service is provided on a first-come-first-served, non-discriminatory, non monopolistic basis.  Other services include video messaging to serve as a community calendar."

Infrastructure

Transportation

The town is served by U.S. Highways 30 and 69 and Interstate 35. Ames is the only town in Iowa with a population of greater than 50,000 that does not have a state highway serving it. , Ames currently has three roundabouts constructed on University Avenue/530th Avenue. The first is at the intersection of Airport Road (Oakwood Rd.) and University Avenue, the second at the intersection of Cottonwood Road and 530th Avenue and the third at Collaboration Place and 530th Avenue.

Ames was serviced by the Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railroad via a branch from Kelley to Iowa State and to downtown Ames. The tracks were removed in the 1960s. The Chicago and North Western Transportation Company twin mainline runs east and west bisecting the town and running just south of the downtown business district. The C&NW used to operate a branch to Des Moines. This line was removed in the 1980s when the Spine Line through the nearby city of Nevada was purchased from the Rock Island Railroad after its bankruptcy. The Union Pacific, successor to the C&NW, still runs 60–70 trains a day through Ames on twin mainlines, which leads to some traffic delays. There is also a branch to Eagle Grove that leaves Ames to the north. The Union Pacific maintains a small yard called Ames Yard east of Ames between Ames and Nevada. Ames has been testing automatic train horns at several of its crossings. These directional horns which are focused down the streets are activated when the crossing signals turn on and are shut off after the train crosses the crossing. This system cancels out the need for the trains to blow their horns. Train noise had been a problem in the residential areas to the west and northwest of downtown.

Ames Municipal Airport is located  southeast of the city. The current (and only) fixed-base operator is Central Iowa Air Service. The airport has two runways – 01/19, which is , and 13/31, which is .

The City of Ames offers a transit system throughout town, called CyRide, that is funded jointly by Iowa State University, the ISU Government of the Student Body, and the City of Ames. Rider fares are free for children under five, while students pay a set cost as part of their tuition. In addition to local transit, Ames is served by intercity buses from Jefferson Lines, which stop at the Ames Intermodal Facility.

In 2009, the Ames metropolitan statistical area (MSA) ranked as the third highest in the United States for percentage of commuters who walked to work (10.4 percent).

Ames has the headquarters of the Iowa Department of Transportation.

Health care
Ames is served by Mary Greeley Medical Center, a 220-bed regional referral hospital which is adjacent to McFarland Clinic PC, central Iowa's largest physician-owned multi-specialty clinic, and also Iowa Heart Center.

Parks and recreation
On September 10, 2019 the City of Ames proposed a $29,000,000 bond for building a fitness center called the Healthy Life Center. It failed to pass. Iowa State University owns the land it was to be built on.

In popular culture
The character of Kate Austen in the television series Lost (2004–2010) is from Ames.
Ames is prominently featured in Jeffrey Zaslow's 2009 book The Girls from Ames.
Ames is featured in the 2012 Supernatural episode "Heartache".
Ames is mentioned in the music video for Bo Burnham's 2013 song "Repeat Stuff", which shows satirical subliminal messages quickly flashing up on the screen, one of which states that "Michael Clarke Duncan is alive and living in Ames, Iowa".

Notable people

This is a list of notable people associated with Ames, Iowa arranged by career and in alphabetical order.

Acting
 Evan Helmuth, actor (1977-2017) (Fever Pitch, The Devil Inside)
 Nick Nolte, actor, lived in Ames, 1945-1950

Artists and photographers
 John E. Buck, sculptor
 Robert Crumb, cartoonist and musician, the Crumb family moved to Ames in August 1950, for two years.
 Margaret Lloyd, opera singer
 Laurel Nakadate, American video artist, filmmaker and photographer
 Velma Wallace Rayness (1896–1977), "V.W. Rayness," author, painter and artist
 Brian Smith, Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer, born July 16, 1959

Aviation
 Mary Anita (née Snook) Southern, pioneer aviator, taught Amelia Earhart to fly.

Musicians
 John Darnielle, musician from indie rock band The Mountain Goats; former Ames resident
 Envy Corps, indie rock band
 Leslie Hall, electronic rap musician/Gem Sweater collector, born in Ames in 1981
 Peter Schickele, musician, born in Ames in 1935
 Richie Hayward, drummer and founding member of the band Little Feat; former Ames resident and graduate of Ames High School

Journalists
 Robert Bartley, editorial page editor of The Wall Street Journal and a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient; raised in Ames and ISU graduate
 Wally Bruner, ABC News journalist and television host
 Michael Gartner, former president of NBC News; retired to own and publish the Ames Tribune

Politicians
 Ruth Bascom, Mayor of Eugene, Oregon
 Edward Mezvinsky, former U.S. Congressman; father-in-law of Chelsea Clinton; raised in Ames
 Bee Nguyen, Georgia (U.S. state) state representative
 Bob Walkup, Mayor of Tucson, Arizona
 Lee Teng-hui, President of the Republic of China, ISU graduate
 Henry A. Wallace, 11th United States Secretary of Agriculture, 10th United States Secretary of Commerce, and 33rd Vice President of the United States, ISU graduate; lived in Ames from 1892 - 1896

Sports
 Harrison Barnes, NBA player, 2015 NBA champion, 2016 U.S. Olympic gold medalist, Ames HS graduate
 Joe Burrow, NFL player, 2019 Heisman Trophy Award Winner, 2020 CFP National Championship Winner. Born in Ames, but grew up in The Plains, Ohio
 Juan Sebastián Botero, soccer player
 Doug McDermott, basketball player, Ames HS graduate
 Kip Corrington, NFL player
 Dick Gibbs, NBA player, Ames HS graduate
 Terry Hoage, NFL player
 Fred Hoiberg, retired NBA basketball player; raised in Ames, ISU graduate, former ISU basketball coach, former coach of the Chicago Bulls and current Nebraska men's basketball coach.
 Cael Sanderson, U.S. Olympic gold medalist; undefeated, four-time NCAA wrestling champion; former ISU wrestling coach and alumnus
 Herb Sies, pro football player and coach
 Billy Sunday, evangelist and Major League Baseball player; born in Ames in 1863
 Fred Tisue, Olympian water polo player

Scientists
 George Washington Carver, inventor, Iowa State University alumnus and professor
 Laurel Blair Salton Clark, astronaut, died on STS-107
 Charles W. "Chuck" Durham, civil engineer, philanthropist, civic leader, former CEO and chairman Emeritus of HDR, Inc.; raised in Ames
 Lyle Goodhue, scientist, lived and studied here 1925–1934
 Dan Shechtman, awarded 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "the discovery of quasicrystals"; Professor of Materials Science at Iowa State University (2004–present) and Associate at the Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory
 George W. Snedecor, statistician, founder of first academic department of statistics in the United States at Iowa State University

Writers and poets
 Ann Cotten, poet, born in Ames, grew up in Vienna
 Brian Evenson, author
 Jane Espenson, writer and producer for television, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Star Trek: The Next Generation, grew up in Ames
 Michelle Hoover, author, born in Ames
 Meg Johnson, poet and dancer
 Fern Kupfer, author
 Joseph Geha, author
 Ted Kooser, U.S. Poet Laureate; raised in Ames and ISU graduate
 John Madson, freelance naturalist of tallgrass prairie ecosystems
 Sara Paretsky, author of the V.I. Warshawski mysteries; born in Ames in 1947
 Jane Smiley, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist; former instructor at ISU (1981–1996); used ISU as the basis for her novel Moo
 Neal Stephenson, author, grew up in Ames
 Hugh Young, coauthor of University Physics textbook
 Lincoln Peirce, cartoonist/writer of the Big Nate comics and books

Other
 Neva Morris, at her death (2010) second-oldest person in the world and oldest American at the age of 114 years; lived in Ames her entire life
 Nate Staniforth, magician

Politics
From 1979 through 2011, Ames was the location of the Ames Straw Poll, which was held every August prior to a presidential election year in which the Republican presidential nomination was undecided (meaning there was no Republican president running for re-election—as in 2011, 2007, 1999, 1995, 1987, and 1979). The poll would gauge support for the various Republican candidates amongst attendees of a fundraising dinner benefiting the Iowa Republican Party. The straw poll was frequently seen by national media and party insiders as a first test of organizational strength in Iowa. In 2015, the straw poll was to be moved to nearby Boone before the Iowa Republican Party eventually decided to cancel it altogether.

See also

 Ames process
 North Grand Mall
 Reiman Gardens

References

External links

Official Ames City Website
 Ames Campustown official site
The Main Street Cultural District

Cities in Iowa
Cities in Story County, Iowa
Populated places established in 1864
1864 establishments in Iowa

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The "floating campus" of the Semester at Sea, the MV Explorer en route to a new port.
Nicole Salapa, Feature Editor
On Saturday, August 23, six Baldwin Wallace students set out on a journey to have an incredible semester.
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Electowiki
Talk:Asset voting
1 Asset voting or Delegated voting
2 Smith Set
3 Content from deleted Wikipedia article
4 Asset voting discussion over on reddit
Asset voting or Delegated votingEdit
It's interesting seeing the history of the "Asset voting" page on Wikipedia. It appears as though this is the chronology:
2008-2009: w:Asset voting is created and nominated for deletion three times (one, two, three) on Wikipedia. The outcome of the first was "keep", but the second and third were both "delete".
December 2009: just before conclusion of the third nomination, two things happen:
w:User:Homunq merged the article into the w:Proxy voting page (see the "Asset voting" section of the 2009 "Proxy voting" Wikipedia article).
an anonymous editor creates Asset voting on Electowiki.
January 2010: w:User:Robert_Philip_Ashcroft deletes the "Asset voting" section, calling it "linkspam"
May 2010: w:User:Homunq fixes the w:Asset voting redirect to point to the "Delegated voting" section of the Wikipedia "Proxy voting" article (where it points today).
It would seem that "w:Delegated voting" is how it is referred to on Wikipedia. That seems like a perfectly cromulent name to me.
I discovered all of this looking when I was replying to a thread on reddit. As I'm about to say there, I think this method is really interesting as a way of dealing with crowded primaries. However, I'd like to use preferred terminology to refer to it, and it appears as though "Delegated voting" is winning out over "Asset voting" as the preferred term. -- RobLa (talk) 04:38, 26 February 2019 (UTC)
"Delegated voting" has lots of meanings, though, including Liquid Democracy, SODA, PLACE, etc. Sounds like Homunq moved it there out of desperation, not because anyone actually calls it that.
Also it's not clear to me why Asset doesn't suffer from center-squeeze effect, since it seems that center candidates with low numbers of votes will be compelled to give them to other candidates nearby. — Psephomancy (talk) 02:49, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
Smith SetEdit
Asset always picks a winner or winner set that is in the Smith Set of negotiators' preferences if the negotiators are given enough time to negotiate
I don't see how this could be true, since it's a single-mark ballot and suffers from vote-splitting/center-squeeze. I find it hard to believe that a candidate who received zero votes would win under Asset, even if they are the Condorcet winner and sole member of the Smith set. — Psephomancy (talk) 17:40, 15 December 2019 (UTC)
There are two Smith Sets to consider: the Smith Set of voter preferences (which is what Psephomancy addressed above) and the Smith Set of negotiator preferences (whoever the negotiators can give more votes to than any other winner or winner set.) To explain, if there are four candidates, and the voters' ranked preferences of them are:
49 Liberal>Moderate>Conservative>Kim Kardashian
10 Moderate
41 Conservative>Moderate>Liberal>Kim Kardashian
The Moderate is the Condorcet winner of voter preferences here. But suppose the voters submit a single-mark ballot, and now the votes are: 49 Liberal, 10 Moderate, 41 Conservative, 0 KK. Let's say the negotiators are corrupt and got paid off to elect KK; then the negotiator preferences now are:
49 KK>L>M>C
10 KK>M
41 KK>C>M>L
So the Condorcet winner, and sole Smith Set member, for negotiator preferences is KK. - User:BetterVotingAdvocacy
Ok, so ignoring the fact that the negotiators' preferences may be completely different from the voters' preferences, if one of the negotiators is a Condorcet winner (among the negotiators), but has zero first-preference votes to barter with, how, realistically, are they going to be selected by the other negotiators as the winner? — Psephomancy (talk) 23:01, 15 December 2019 (UTC)
Suppose at every point in the negotiations, the negotiators are keeping track of the candidate (candidates equalling the number of seats, in the multiwinner case) with the most votes committed to them, and consider such a candidate "the one to beat", because this is the one who will win if the negotiators do nothing. Then, all it takes for Asset to elect a CW with no votes is for the other negotiators to keep looking for candidates who they a) prefer over "the one to beat" and who b) can get more votes to be committed to them. As an example:
It's clear that even without any 1st choice support, if no negotiator preferences change here, eventually A and C's votes will go to B, because there's no other way to beat D, and because once B becomes the one to beat, there's nobody that can get more votes committed to them and is preferred over B by those committing the votes. If, let's say, A and C made no move to elect B (even despite having a weak preference for B), then we could say their functional preferences (their mental preferences modified to fit their negotiating behavior) were
26 A>B=D
26 C>B=D
in which case B isn't the CW or in the Smith Set of negotiator preferences.
I did add to my claim that the negotiators must be honest in their negotiating moves; in other words, they can't promise to give their votes to someone at the end of negotiations and then not do so, since that breaks this mechanism.
Also, it's worth pointing out that the more candidates there are, the more negotiation is required to find the Smith Set, since the negotiators are in essence doing pairwise comparisons. Even if given enough time to theoretically reach the optimal negotiating outcome, they may simply stop after a while when they've reached a satisfactory enough outcome, which is conceptually similar to an optimal PR algorithm getting a very good bit not best winner set because of long computations. Note that this still would be an outcome in the Smith Set, since the negotiators' functional preference is to equally rank the outcomes they would prefer negotiating for with the outcome they reached, or said differently, they're equally ranking the candidates they prefer over the ones in the final winner set with those ones in the final winner set. Some of the negotiators might even rank the final outcome as being better than what they earlier preferred, perhaps because they really want to finish the negotiations quickly.
Here is a visualization of Asset done algorithmically if it helps support my claim: https://www.reddit.com/r/EndFPTP/comments/eac87u/demonstrating_condorcet_pairwise_counting_with_an/ BetterVotingAdvocacy (talk) 14:53, 16 December 2019 (UTC)
So then it's just an oligarchy where the opinions of the negotiators are the only things that matter, and the votes given to them by the populace are irrelevant? — Psephomancy (talk) 16:56, 16 December 2019 (UTC)
Probably, though this view must be balanced by the fact that if Asset is used as a PR method with a hundred or more seats with the entire country voting as one district, and the candidates are forced to be elected whenever they receive a Droop quota (and perhaps the voters have the option of going with a normal party list rather than picking an individual candidate, if they want to), then the voters will have much more of a say in who wins and who doesn't. Also, suppose that you did Asset but with ranked or rated ballots, and where the negotiators' only role is choosing who within the voter-preferred Smith Set (either for a single-winner method or multi-winner method) wins; that would be also be more democratic.
Anyways, do you still find the claim that Asset elects from the negotiators' Smith Set dubious? The point of that claim is to demonstrate that Asset, as a concept, is really just a reframing of the Condorcet principle (which can also be applied to PR), and when applied appropriately (i.e. if a small group election is held where the voters themselves negotiate, so that they actually elect the voter-preferred Condorcet winner, or at least begin to figure out who that is, then they start to understand that the Condorcet winner is like an equilibrium outcome that's iteratively reached if everyone is maximally strategic) or used only as a concept (as an algorithm, or for demonstrating how Condorcet pairwise counting works, for example) can help explain that principle. In other words, the simplicity of Asset can be a segue to understanding voting theory. Consider that understanding Asset PR is a lot easier than understanding CPO-STV or Schulze STV, even though the concept (elect from the Smith Set of winner sets of some group of voters or negotiators) is almost the exact same; once someone understands those finer details of how Asset can get proportional results, they can then use that insight to understand Condorcet PR in general, and then perhaps use that to better understand cardinal PR as well. BetterVotingAdvocacy (talk) 17:20, 16 December 2019 (UTC)
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Asset voting or candidate proxy is a voting system which provides proportional representation by allowing all candidates to negotiate the outcome, using the votes cast for them as proxies in subsequent rounds. It is unconventional in the sense that not only voters, but also candidates, can directly affect the outcome.
Candidates may use, distribute, or redistribute votes they received in the election, negotiating with each other to put together a coalition of enough votes to win office. This was proposed in a pamphlet published by Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) in 1884.[1] Though famous for his Alice stories, Dodgson was also a mathematician who pioneered voting theory.[2] The mathematical economist, Duncan Black, analysed his work and described the process: candidates receiving votes may treat them as "if they were their own private property" for purposes of creating proportional representation.[3] The term "asset voting" for this was coined by Warren D. Smith of the Center for Range Voting in 2004[4]. Mike Ossipoff (in 2000) and Forrest Simmons (in 2002) earlier referred to a similar idea as "candidate proxy".[5][6]
This voting system may be used as a model to coordinate multiple heterogenous autonomous systems which have a mission with multiple objectives. The autonomous systems are allowed to influence the weights assigned to each objective. Results from a simulation demonstrated a level of overall mission success comparable to that obtained in an ideal centralised mechanism.[7]
↑ Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, Francine F. Abeles (2001). The Political Pamphlets and Letters of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson and Related Pieces. Charlottesville: Univ. Press of Virginia. ISBN 0930326148.
↑ Duncan Black, Iain McLean, Alistair McMillan, Burt L. Monroe, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1996). A Mathematical Approach to Proportional Representation. Boston: Kluwer. ISBN 0792396200. CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
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↑ Warren D. Smith. "Asset voting – an interesting and very simple multiwinner voting system". The Center for Range Voting. Retrieved 29 May 2008.
↑ Yahoo! Groups
↑ "Candidate Proxy Methods". Election Methods mailing list. 2 Dec 2002.
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Can we remove the old Wikipedia content above from the Talk: page? We can add it in an appropriate spot on this wiki if we find a place that makes sense and if it belongs on Electowiki, but I made a rudimentary attempt to find the original content in the history over on enwiki, and wasn't able to find it. We should make sure we keep track of the provenance of the text that gets added to this wiki, and this takes a big block of this Talk: page, but isn't really part of a conversation. -- RobLa (talk) 01:44, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
It's from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Asset_voting&action=history which you can't see unless you're a Wikipedia admin. I posted it here in case there's some content that can be rescued from the deleted article. If it's all redundant, then delete it from here, too. — Psephomancy (talk) 02:05, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for the prompt response, Psephomancy. I appreciate your taking the time to pull things that were aggressively deleted from English Wikipedia (enwiki). I'm an enwiki admin too, so I can at least see the old revisions. What is the oldid and/or timestamp of the revision you pulled this from? We might want to cite the Wayback Machine version of the article as the public source. Ultimately, someone should probably do a plagiarism-free rewrite of the parts we want to keep. -- RobLa (talk) 19:09, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
Asset voting discussion over on redditEdit
User:Psephomancy started a very interesting discussion about asset voting over on the EndFPTP subreddit. The discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/EndFPTP/comments/eniyfl/i_dont_understand_why_anyone_likes_asset_voting/
I haven't had the chance to really read through it, and wrap my brain around the pros and the cons, but it looks like it prompted many great explanations of asset voting that could be used to improve this article. -- RobLa (talk) 20:01, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
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twenty-first post in a Thursday series of snoops into experiences of taking tiffin with (black) tea in the NW USA.
recommended venue for an atmospheric, private, conversation with special friends or family over a good cup of tea and to stock up some sizable conkers.
Inside, high quality retro décor, not kitsch or overdone. White table-clothes and napkins. Antique furniture that is not 'distressed'. The establishment blends beautifully American and English tea taking ceremonies with excellent food in a tasteful, timeless ambiance. Let me say 'excellent food' once again. Prices are neither cheap nor exorbitant. I had a large bowl of Coconut Chicken Lemon grass soup with a scone and a small pot of Darjeeling that came to about $10 including tax.
staff attentive and clearly amenable to customer requests not currently on the menu. I overhead a customer asking for, and receiving, iced tea. In January.
Those tiny imperfections that even an excellent establishment can have…they are trivial….
small (3 cups) stoneware (not china) pot with external tea leaf strainer, no extra pot of hot water provided. I was offered a top-up for the existing pot with stewed leaves. Yuck.
30 mins or more drive from Downtown Seattle into small-towns-ville.
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Lenders use your debt-to-income ratio (how much you owe on credit cards and loans compared with how much you earn) to help evaluate your creditworthiness.
Calculating debt-to-income ratio is fairly simple.
Add up your total net monthly income. This includes your monthly wages and any overtime, commissions or bonuses that are guaranteed; plus alimony payment received, if applicable. If your income varies, figure the monthly average for the past two years. Include any monies earned from rentals or any other additional income.
Add up your monthly debt obligations. This includes all of your credit card bills, loan and mortgage payments. Make sure to include your monthly rent payments if you rent.
Divide your total monthly debt obligations by your total monthly income. This is your total debt-to-income ratio.
Take action if your ratio is higher than 0.36, which industry professionals would call a score of 36. The lower the better. Any score higher than 36 may cause an increase in the interest rate or the down payment on a loan you apply for.
Can Collection Agencies Sue You for a Debt Over 7 Years Old?


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Q: Exact couples (section 14 of Bott Tu book "Differential Forms in Algebraic Topology") In section 14, an exact couple,
\begin{equation}
\begin{array}{c}
A\overset{i}\longrightarrow A'\\
k\nwarrow\quad\swarrow j\\
  B
\end{array}
\end{equation}
is introduced.
I have a question about the map $i$.
Is it an inclusion?
$i:A\hookrightarrow A'$.I
I also would like to ask follows:
Here the author defined the map $d := j\circ k$ and says
$d^2 = j(kj)k = 0$.
Does the last equality follow from the exactness of the sequence?:
($\text{im}j = \ker k$).
\begin{equation}
\cdots\rightarrow
A\overset{i}\rightarrow A'\overset{j}\rightarrow B
\overset{k}\rightarrow A\overset{i}\rightarrow\cdots
\end{equation}
Is the first triangle diagram a rewritten of this exact sequence?
If so, I would like to ask why this definition is useful and its motivation.


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Duplachionaspis eritreana är en insektsart som beskrevs av Williams 1955. Duplachionaspis eritreana ingår i släktet Duplachionaspis och familjen pansarsköldlöss.

Artens utbredningsområde är Eritrea. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

Källor

Pansarsköldlöss
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text:
AWS Expands Connect's Reach, Adds Dashboard
Amazon Web Services (AWS) this week announced several enhancements to Amazon Connect, its cloud-based call center offering.
Amazon Connect became publicly available in March after being put through its paces internally at Amazon.com as the online retailer's in-house call center and customer service platform. It's designed to be a self-service platform that lets companies quickly set up, scale and customize their own contact center under a low-cost, pay-as-you-go model.
At the time of its launch, Amazon Connect was available only out of AWS' Northern Virginia region. On Tuesday, however, AWS announced that Amazon Connect is now supported out of its Sydney region.
In addition, AWS has added support for seven new languages: Spanish, French, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, German, Brazilian Portuguese and Korean.
"This update provides you with a localized view when accessing the Amazon Connect management console, as well as your Amazon Connect contact center instances," AWS said in its announcement of the added language support.
Finally, the company has introduced a new dashboard that gives administrators real-time insight into their call center operations. According to a video announcing the new "visual dashboard," administrators can single out certain indicators to monitor -- such as agent occupancy and service levels -- and react to changes in these indicators as they take place.
"You can use the comprehensive dashboard to define and monitor the service levels and agent occupancy performance indicators that are most important to you," AWS said in its announcement. "You can configure the dashboard so that the metrics you care about are always visible. This allows you to identify issues and address them quickly. You can configure your dashboard from the home page of your Amazon Connect contact center instance."


text:
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    Promise     = require('bluebird'),
    errors      = require('../errors/index'),
    api         = require('../api/index'),
    loader      = require('./loader'),
    // Holds the available apps
    availableApps = {};

function getInstalledApps() {
    return api.settings.read({context: {internal: true}, key: 'installedApps'}).then(function (response) {
        var installed = response.settings[0];

        installed.value = installed.value || '[]';

        try {
            installed = JSON.parse(installed.value);
        } catch (e) {
            return Promise.reject(e);
        }

        return installed;
    });
}

function saveInstalledApps(installedApps) {
    return getInstalledApps().then(function (currentInstalledApps) {
        var updatedAppsInstalled = _.uniq(installedApps.concat(currentInstalledApps));

        return api.settings.edit({settings: [{key: 'installedApps', value: updatedAppsInstalled}]}, {context: {internal: true}});
    });
}

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        try {
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                var aApps = response.settings[0];

                appsToLoad = JSON.parse(aApps.value) || [];
            });
        } catch (e) {
            errors.logError(
                'Failed to parse activeApps setting value: ' + e.message,
                'Your apps will not be loaded.',
                'Check your settings table for typos in the activeApps value. It should look like: ["app-1", "app2"] (double quotes required).'
            );

            return Promise.resolve();
        }

        // Grab all installed apps, install any not already installed that are in appsToLoad.
        return getInstalledApps().then(function (installedApps) {
            var loadedApps = {},
                recordLoadedApp = function (name, loadedApp) {
                    // After loading the app, add it to our hash of loaded apps
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                    return Promise.resolve(loadedApp);
                },
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                        return loader.activateAppByName(app).then(function (loadedApp) {
                            return recordLoadedApp(app, loadedApp);
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                        return loader.activateAppByName(app);
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                        return recordLoadedApp(app, loadedApp);
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                // Save our installed apps to settings
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                _.extend(availableApps, loadedApps);
            }).catch(function (err) {
                errors.logError(
                    err.message || err,
                    'The app will not be loaded',
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Mt. Thor Expedition
Baffin Island, Canada
In the summer of 1982 I was part of a group of cavers on an expedition to Mt. Thor on Baffin Island, just north of the Arctic Circle. Our goal was to rig a mile-long rope down the overhung west face of this 5,000 foot mountain in order to make the world's longest single-rope rappell and climb.
Hiking into Thor with 80 pounds on my back across endless miles of glacial scree was one of the toughest things I've ever done. It took me over 16 hours of trudging into a steady 20 MPH wind to make the 10 mile hike. I was alone nearly the entire time. Towards the end, I remember falling down more than once and going to sleep for a few minutes with the pack still strapped to my back. When I finally reached the base of Thor around 2:00 AM, I crawled into a tent and slept for 24 hours straight.
From our base camp at the foot of the mountain, we crossed the meltwaters from the Fork Beard Glacier with Mt. Thor ominously in the background, then climbed the steep hillside 2,500 feet until we stood atop the massive glacier. We made camp on a snowfield and waited two days before we were able to move up the 45 degree scree slope and cliff faces that formed the back side of the mountain.
The drop at Thor was 3,300 feet, about half of which hung completely free from the wall. Looking down with absolutely nothing to use for scale--there are no trees in the Arctic--it was impossible to judge the distance. I remember feeling the rope getting lighter beneath me as I descended, looking down at the boulders below me, and estimating that I had about 100 feet to go. A moment later I was startled to discover that the boulders I figured to be the size of cars were actually the size of footballs. I was hanging less than five feet off the ground.
Steve Holmes (aka "Flatrock") was the organizer and leader of the expedition. Unfortunately, when we got to the Arctic, dissention arose in the ranks from some who didn't agree with his style of leadership. At the time I didn't appreciate how much pressure was on Holmes. At one point, frustrated by delays, he set off alone to climb the back side of the mountain. While descending from the summit, he took a nasty fall and very nearly went over a thousand foot drop. Today, if you look in the Guiness Book of World Records, you'll see his name listed for the world's longest rappell. He earned it. Steve Holmes pretty much dropped out of caving after the Thor Expedition. The last time I saw him was at the base camp as I loaded my pack to start the trip home.
Photographs:
Title: Dan Twilley climbing the backside of Mt. Thor
The author about 12 hours into his 18 hour hike. Note size of pack.
Stream crossing with Thor in background.
Crossing the Fork Beard Glacier on the backside of Thor.
Jim Youmans hanging just below the rig point.
Looking straight down the 3,300 foot drop
Steve Holmes comes by to say adios.


Ksenia Sobchak, the daughter of Vladimir Putin's political mentor, has said she will stand in Russia's presidential election next March, which Putin is expected to win.
Sobchak, a socialite and liberal journalist who has taken part in opposition protests, said she was standing as an "against all" protest candidate.
"Over the past 17 years a whole new generation has grown up that wants to see a different Russia that is civilised and European," she said in an interview on Russia's TV Rain in which she announced her candidacy.
Analysts said her candidacy looked like a Kremlin-backed "spoiler" campaign to boost the legitimacy of the elections and split the liberal opposition. Alexei Navalny, the country's most prominent opposition figure, is unlikely to be allowed on to the ballot.
Sobchak refrained from direct criticism of Putin, making her candidacy look a lot like that of the oligarch Mikhail Prokhorov in 2012, who stood on a vague change platform without ever seriously criticising the Kremlin. He received 8% of the vote.
Sobchak acknowledged on Wednesday that she had met Putin recently to interview him for a television programme she was working on about her father, Anatoly Sobchak. She said by this point she had decided to run for president and informed Putin, who "did not look happy".
Many Russians will find implausible the idea that she chose independently to fight for the presidency. In September the newspaper Vedomosti said the presidential administration was considering asking Sobchak to run.
Anatoly Sobchak was mayor of St Petersburg in the 1990s, and Putin was his deputy. The Russian president has spoken on many occasions about his political debt to Sobchak, who died in 2000.
Ksenia Sobchak's candidacy is likely to be seen in the Kremlin as a way of conferring legitimacy on an otherwise tedious electoral race in which Putin's only challengers will be the elderly men of the "managed opposition" parties – such as the Communist Gennady Zyuganov and the nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky – both of whom have long ceased to offer any real opposition and are broadly supportive of Putin's policies.
Putin has yet to declare his candidacy officially but is widely expected to stand and win another six-year term. He has high ratings and genuine support among Russians, though state television covers the president uncritically and opposition voices are not given a platform.
Navalny has spent the past months travelling around Russia holding campaign rallies and setting up volunteer headquarters in various cities, in an attempt to bypass the media and get through to ordinary Russians. He has drawn large crowds in a number of cities but has been jailed for short periods on a number of occasions for organising unsanctioned protests. He is currently in jail serving his latest 20-day sentence.
This year a source close to the presidential administration told the Guardian that there had been serious discussions about allowing Navalny to stand. In the end, however, it was decided that the "negative noise" he would create would make him an intolerable candidate, even if Putin would eventually win.
Sobchak said she saw Navalny as a "friend and ally" and hoped he would support her. She said she hoped to meet Navalny when he leaves jail, and said if he managed to get on to the ballot then she was ready to withdraw her candidacy.
In order for Sobchak to get on to the ballot, she will need to collect 300,000 signatures from Russian citizens. Shortly before she announced her candidacy, Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said she "fulfilled all criteria" to stand, in what appeared to be Kremlin blessing for the move.
Sobchak said she would hold a press conference next week in which she would elaborate on her programme and name her campaign team.
Formerly known as Russia Today, the channel gives airtime to pundits from left and right – many of them UK politicians. After a week watching its often surreal output, our writer asks himself: is this really the best Moscow can do?