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Back to the Future, Solar Decathlon Style
By Ruby Theresa Nahan
Now that Solar Decathlon 2017 has officially come to a close, and the 11 innovative houses have moved from the competition site at the 61st and Peña Station in Denver to their next destination, I think it's a perfect time to reflect on the impact the Solar Decathlon might have on the future. Most students who have participated in Solar Decathlon since 2002 might not be familiar with the 1985 film to which my title alludes, but all are very familiar with, quite literally, holding the future in their own hands. Even if they don't realize it yet.
A recent report released by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory demonstrates just how much the 18,000-plus students who have participated in the U.S. Solar Decathlon may have influenced the market adoption of some once-futuristic technologies that are now readily present in our homes.
The report, titled Insights on Technology Innovation – A Review of the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon Competition Entries 2002–2015, focuses on several technologies, including solar photovoltaic (PV) technologies, innovative materials, construction techniques, efficiency strategies, and building-integrated vegetation. While solar is the most visible star of the Decathlon, the efficient technologies that reduce a home's energy demand set the stage for reaching a net-zero energy status. That kind of energy savings is critically linked to the successful adoption and execution of solar electric systems, as homes that require less energy also require fewer solar panels and lower costs for consumers.
The NREL report offers the use of smart home technologies as one example of technology early adoption and demonstration by Solar Decathlon teams. Smart home systems, especially those that give consumers greater control over when, how much, and for what purpose their household requires electricity, allow both consumers and electricity providers an opportunity to optimize electricity use with the time of day when solar electricity production is highest, and vice versa.
According to recent reports by CNBC and Business Insider, smart home technologies are really only likely to take off in the consumer market beginning this year, whereas NREL reports that multiple Solar Decathlon teams were showcasing some form of residential control technologies as early as 12 years ago. In 2007, "at least two team houses featured touch-screen controls that interfaced with the Internet." In 2009, "at least seven teams were demonstrating integrated graphical displays and experimenting with responsive control algorithms and remote access." Then in 2011, one team "programmed their house to respond to hand movements and signals by modifying a Microsoft Kinect attached to an Xbox." That's the same year Apple released the iPad on which I am typing this blog post, and six years before Google acquired NEST smart thermostats!
The report goes on to provide examples of more innovation in smart home technologies in the 2013 and 2015 competitions that reflect trends we're seeing in the consumer market more recently. These systems did more than just optimize heating and cooling in accordance with the weather, but also allowed occupants to operate lights and appliances, assisted with home gardening, and supported a house in performing as an essential neighborhood energy hub in the event of a disaster.
Solar Decathlon students were experimenting with smart home technologies, including home automation, interactive screens for monitoring home performance, and controls via Internet connectivity, years before commercial smart home products appeared on the market. Some of the technologies demonstrated in the most recent competitions, such as automated management of home energy use to optimize time-of-use pricing and resilient design, offer a glimpse of potential future smart home products. Credit: NREL
Solar Decathlon team use of LED lighting provides another stunning example of technology early adoption and demonstration. According to the NREL report, LED lighting "represents the fastest growing, most common new lighting source for residential" applications. And, that's a good thing, as the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) estimates LEDs use 75% less energy and last 25 times longer than incandescent bulbs.
According to the National Electrical Manufacturers Association "A-line LED lamps" (that's LED light bulbs to the rest of us) currently account for 32% of the consumer market. Compare that to NEMA's estimate for LEDs just five years ago in 2012—0%. I'd call that a fast-growing trend!
What does the Solar Decathlon have to do with this? It's impossible to draw a straight line from the Solar Decathlon to such significant market growth, but Solar Decathletes were certainly important early adopters who worked with industry partners to develop the technology.
The NREL report notes that in 2005, LEDs were not really being considered for the residential market and that "compact fluorescent (CFL) bulbs were going to change the world, but Solar Decathlon teams thought differently." Four teams in 2005 experimented with LED lighting in novel ways. In 2007, teams began to use LEDs as "functional general-purpose lighting, replacing fluorescent and incandescent bulbs." In 2009, 100% of teams used LED lighting in some way, and five teams are discussed as "already demonstrating 100% LED solutions in their houses." Contrast this timeline with DOE's announcement of the L Prize as part of the 2007 Energy Independence Security Act "to develop super high-performance, energy-saving replacements for conventional light bulbs that will save American consumers and businesses money." And consider, Phillips did not win the L prize for their LED 60-Watt replacement bulb until 2011.
Solar Decathlon student houses demonstrated the potential of LED lighting years before the technology became common for residential lighting. As early as 2005-2007, Solar Decathlon teams were using the technology to light their houses, proving the versatility and potential of the technology. Credit: NREL
What is the connection between the Solar Decathlon and market transformation and diffusion of new technologies? It's easy to spot at least three critical links. First, Solar Decathlon, as a workforce development project, has provided tens of thousands of students the opportunity to grapple with potentially transformative technologies, and these students will or have gone on to work in or create the businesses that bring transformative technologies to market.
Second, Solar Decathlon teams must fund their own projects. That means they are always looking to industry for assistance. Often, this assistance comes in the form of technology development or demonstration. A team's experience with a particular product provides critical feedback to the developer and has the potential to influence the way in which the product is ultimately delivered to the market.
And last but by no means least, the Solar Decathlon is a huge consumer demonstration event. NREL reports an average of 90,000 visitors attended each of the seven Solar Decathlons held from 2002 to 2015.
So, when it comes to a link between the Solar Decathlon and, for example, significant growth in the smart home technology and LED lighting industries—coincidence? Those of us lucky enough to participate in the Solar Decathlon certainly don't think so.
To find out what's on the horizon, sign up to receive email updates through the Solar Decathlon Village Insider. We've got our eyes on future competitions and innovation insights to come!
Tags: Competition, Contests, Solar Decathlon 2002, Solar Decathlon 2005, Solar Decathlon 2009, Solar Decathlon 2011, Solar Decathlon 2013, Solar Decathlon 2015, Solar Decathlon 2017, Technologies
This entry was posted on Monday, October 23rd, 2017 at 1:02 pm and is filed under Competition, Energy Balance, Solar Decathlon, Solar Decathlon 2002, Solar Decathlon 2005, Solar Decathlon 2009, Solar Decathlon 2011, Solar Decathlon 2013, Solar Decathlon 2015, Solar Decathlon 2017.
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The Land of Stories: An Author's Odyssey
Auteur(s): Chris Colfer
Narrateur(s): Chris Colfer
Série: The Land of Stories, Livre 5
Catégories: Livres audio pour enfants, Contes de fées, contes populaires et mythes
4,7 out of 5 stars 4,7 (46 évaluations)
The Land of Stories: Worlds Collide
In the highly anticipated conclusion to the Land of Stories series, Conner and Alex must brave the impossible. All of the Land of Stories fairy tale characters - heroes and villains - are no longer confined within their world! With mayhem brewing in the Big Apple, Conner and Alex will have to win their biggest battle yet. Can the twins restore order between the human and fairy tale worlds?
Écrit par Shyloe le 2019-06-22
The Land of Stories: Beyond the Kingdoms
The Masked Man is on the loose in the Land of Stories, and it's up to Alex and Conner Bailey to stop him...except Alex has been thrown off the Fairy Council, and no one will believe they're in danger.
Écrit par David Ley le 2020-10-30
A Grimm Warning
The Land of Stories, Book 3
Conner Bailey thinks his fairy-tale adventures are behind him - until he discovers a mysterious clue left by the famous Brothers Grimm. With help from his classmate Bree and the outlandish Mother Goose, Conner sets off on a mission across Europe to crack a two-hundred-year-old code. Meanwhile, Alex Bailey is training to become the next Fairy Godmother...but her attempts at granting wishes never go as planned. Will she ever be truly ready to lead the Fairy Council?
Favorite Series
The Land of Stories: The Enchantress Returns
After decades of hiding, the evil Enchantress who cursed Sleeping Beauty is back with a vengeance.Alex and Conner Bailey have not been back to the magical Land of Stories since their adventures in The Wishing Spell ended. But one night, they learn the famed Enchantress has kidnapped their mother! Against the will of their grandmother, the twins must find their own way into the Land of Stories to rescue their mother and save the fairy tale world from the greatest threat it's ever faced.
A Tale of Magic...
When Brystal Evergreen stumbles across a secret section of the library, she discovers a book that introduces her to a world beyond her imagination and learns the impossible: She is a fairy capable of magic! But in the oppressive Southern Kingdom, women are forbidden from reading and magic is outlawed, so Brystal is swiftly convicted of her crimes and sent to the miserable Bootstrap Correctional Facility. But with the help of the mysterious Madame Weatherberry, Brystal is whisked away and enrolled in an academy of magic!
Écrit par Jessica le 2021-01-07
A Tale of Witchcraft...
Brystal and her friends have saved the world from the evil Snow Queen and secured worldwide acceptance for the magical community. But in this magical series, their journey is just beginning. When a mysterious new witch arrives at the academy, the celebrations are cut short. As the witch begins recruiting faeries into her rival school of witchcraft, it becomes clear she has dark intentions. And soon Brystal's friend Lucy becomes embroiled in an ominous plot against mankind.
The Land of Stories
Alex and Conner Bailey's world is about to change, in this fast-paced adventure that uniquely combines our modern day world with the enchanting realm of classic fairytales. The Land of Stories tells the tale of twins Alex and Conner. Through the mysterious powers of a cherished book of stories, they leave their world behind and find themselves in a foreign land full of wonder and magic where they come face-to-face with the fairy tale characters they grew up reading about.
Incredible story for the whole family!!
Écrit par Aric p. le 2019-02-20
Auteur(s): Jessica Townsend
Narrateur(s): Gemma Whelan
Morrigan Crow and her friends have survived their first year as proud scholars of the elite Wundrous Society, helped bring down the nefarious Ghastly Market, and proven themselves loyal to Unit 919. Now, Morrigan faces a new, exciting challenge: to master the mysterious Wretched Arts and control the power that threatens to consume her. But a strange and frightening illness has taken hold of Nevermoor, turning infected Wunimals into mindless, vicious Unnimals on the hunt.
Great series. Easy read. Can't wait for more books.
Écrit par Cassaundra le 2021-01-16
Adventures from the Land of Stories Boxed Set
The Mother Goose Diaries and Queen Red Riding Hood's Guide to Royalty
Featuring Mother Goose and Queen Red Riding Hood, fan favorite characters in the Land of Stories series, this boxed set is a must-have for new and old fans alike. From New York Times best-selling author Chris Colfer comes two new books about two beloved characters, Mother Goose and Queen Red Riding Hood. Mother Goose's diary entries over the last 500 years take listeners on a journey to learn buried secrets.
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow
Durée: 11 h
Morrigan Crow is cursed. Having been born on Eventide, the unluckiest day for any child to be born, she's blamed for all local misfortunes, from hailstorms to heart attacks - and, worst of all, the curse means that Morrigan is doomed to die at midnight on her 11th birthday. But as Morrigan awaits her fate, a strange and remarkable man named Jupiter North appears. Chased by black-smoke hounds and shadowy hunters on horseback, he whisks her away into the safety of a secret, magical city called Nevermoor.
Quick, Fun and Magical Read
Écrit par Shelby le 2020-04-27
The Land of Stories: A Treasury of Classic Fairy Tales
Auteur(s): Chris Colfer, Brandon Dorman - illustrator
Enter the world of fairy tales in this stunning book that includes more than 35 beloved stories and rhymes retold by New York Times best-selling author Chris Colfer. This companion book to the Land of Stories series will appeal to new and old fans alike, who will delight in favorite classics such as "Cinderella", "Sleeping Beauty", "Little Red Riding Hood", "Jack and the Beanstalk", and more. Here is the beloved fairy-tale treasury that Alex and Conner fall into in The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell.
The Land of Stories: The Ultimate Book Hugger's Guide
A combination travel guide, encyclopedia, and exciting fan compendium, this ultimate guidebook includes sections such as "Who's Who", "Places to Go", and "Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Things" that explore the backgrounds and histories of the many characters, places, and magic items throughout the beloved Land of Stories series.
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The Calling of Morrigan Crow
The captivating and heart-pounding sequel to the New York Times best-selling and number-one Kids' Indie Next Pick Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow, as heroine Morrigan battles a new evil. Morrigan Crow and her best friend Hawthorne Swift are now proud scholars in the elite Wundrous Society, but life is far from perfect. Does Morrigan have what it takes to prove that she belongs in the Society? Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow was an instant New York Times best seller and an IndieBound best seller.
Will listen again!
Écrit par That Girl There le 2019-09-13
Auteur(s): Shannon Messenger
Narrateur(s): Caitlin Kelly
Twelve-year-old Sophie has never quite fit into her life. She's skipped multiple grades and doesn't really connect with the older kids at school, but she's not comfortable with her family, either. The reason? Sophie's a Telepath, someone who can read minds. No one knows her secret - at least, that's what she thinks.... But the day Sophie meets Fitz, a mysterious (and adorable) boy, she learns she's not alone. He's a Telepath too, and it turns out the reason she has never felt at home is that, well...she isn't. Fitz opens Sophie's eyes to a shocking truth....
An enjoyable story, will continue the series
Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2020-01-07
The Magic Misfits
The Magic Misfits, Book 1
Auteur(s): Neil Patrick Harris
Narrateur(s): Neil Patrick Harris
Do you believe in magic? Carter doesn't. He knows magic tricks are just that - tricks. And as a street magician he's also pretty good at them. But then Carter runs away from his con man uncle, and he finds himself alone and in danger from dastardly carnival ringleader, B. B. Bosso. He could really use some magic now.... A chance encounter with the mysterious Mr Dante Vernon leads Carter to a magic shop, where he teams up with five other like-minded kids, and the Magic Misfits are born! Can the gang use their magical talents to save the day and stop B. B. stealing a priceless diamond?
Écrit par Hillary A. le 2020-12-30
Auteur(s): Cornelia Funke
Narrateur(s): Lynn Redgrave
Imagine it were possible to bring the characters from a book to life. Not like when you listen to an audiobook with such enchantment that the characters seem to jump off the pages and into your bedroom...but for real. Imagine they could actually climb out of the pages and into our world. Then imagine if those characters brought their world into ours.
Good story!
Écrit par Brittany Johnston le 2018-09-15
The Dragonet Prophecy
Wings of Fire, Book #1
Auteur(s): Tui T. Sutherland
Narrateur(s): Shannon McManus
A thrilling new series soars above the competition and redefines middle-grade fantasy fiction for a new generation! The seven dragon tribes have been at war for generations, locked in an endless battle over an ancient, lost treasure. A secret movement called the Talons of Peace is determined to bring an end to the fighting, with the help of a prophecy - a foretelling that calls for great sacrifice. Five dragonets are collected to fulfill the prophecy, raised in a hidden cave and enlisted, against their will, to end the terrible war.
I loved the way you did the voices of different dragons Shannon
Écrit par PH Amazoner le 2021-01-14
Everblaze
Sophie Foster is ready to fight back. Her talents are getting stronger, and with the elusive Black Swan group ignoring her calls for help, she's determined to find her kidnappers - before they come after her again. But a daring mistake leaves her world teetering on the edge of war, and causes many to fear that she has finally gone too far. And the deeper Sophie searches, the farther the conspiracy stretches, proving that her most dangerous enemy might be closer than she realizes.
Great series for children
Écrit par B le 2020-04-24
The fifth audiobook in Chris Colfer's number-one New York Times best-selling series, The Land of Stories!
In the highly anticipated continuation of the Land of Stories series, Conner learns that the only place to fight the Masked Man's literary army is inside his own short stories.
When the twins and their friends enter worlds crafted from Conner's imagination, the race begins to put an end to the Masked Man's reign of terror. Can the twins finally restore peace in the fairy tale world?
©2016 Chris Colfer (P)2016 Hachette Audio
Ce que les auditeurs disent de The Land of Stories: An Author's Odyssey
Shyloe
I love The Land of Stories series; always have, always will. The only thing that kinda bothered me in this book was chapter 21, and the way Chris Colfer pronounces 'roof'. I kid you not, he said it over a dozen times in a matter of literally 5 minutes, it was almost torturous haha. He says it like "ruff", and I just almost couldn't. Otherwise, it was fantastic like always, and I'm a little sad I still have 3 weeks to wait for another credit to listen to the final book in the series.
Ashley P
My kids absolutely loved the series, this book is a cliffhanger. Very well written and read #Audible1
I love this whole series! I'm 35 years old, and I'm hooked on these books! I think they are good for all ages.
Mark Warrington
Amazing and adventurous
This book was fun and lively the whole time! I would recommend this book to people who love fairytales and mysterious adventures!
ZenFriend
This book is amazing.
I spent only 2 days on this book. It's an amazing cliffhanger! I have listened to all the land of stories books and they are all just so awesome. I could write much more about this (In a good way)
Boo Hye Won
a very good story interesting!!!!!
i loved it ! and I hate to finish this amazing book of fairy tails!!!
Great Book Series
Aside from the random cuss word (come on, Chris, these books are for kids), all of the Land of Stories books are awesome. We listen to them when we make the 6 hour drives to see Grandparents (which is often!), and it keep my 5, 12 and 10 year old's attention. As soon as I turn it off, they are asking to turn it back on again. ♡♡♡ High five for an awesome book series that can work for a variety of ages and gender!
I love the land of stories!!!
This audiobook is awesome.My eleven year old daughter listens to it over and over.Even my two year old daughter loves the music. Signed,Sabrina Starr
Jinie
More less permanently changed my vision
So, I just wanna say that this is definitely the BEST story series I have ever seen. This has definitely changed the way I look at the characters, in school we are currently learning about fairy-tales and she mentioned Goldy Locks and I pictured a tall girl, with jack, a sword strapped to her side, and a menacing look. If you like fairy tales, I suggest you listen to this book. It is the most amazing, wonderful, detailed, and funny stories ever. Warning to younger viewers: the word d@mn is used a few times throughout the series
Jason Bartee
another masterpiece
each book is a masterpiece. anyone who loves fairytale and fantasy should love this books
Malaki Armenta
fairy tail world continued Love it!!
I love all of his books!! I think the world needs to know that they exist anybody who is a fairytale fan will love these books!!
Great series for the family!!!
We loved listening to all of these books! So sad that there is only one book left to listen to. When are the movies coming out?......

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After A Pandemic School Year, JCPS Summer Learning Attendance Increases Six-Fold
By Jess Clark
Published June 30, 2021 at 11:58 PM EDT
New friends Nina, 6, (left) and Mia, 5, put together a robotic car at St. George's Scholar Institute.
School is out for summer, but across Jefferson County Public Schools, thousands of students are still learning. Concerned that kids may have fallen behind in reading and math during the pandemic, JCPS dramatically expanded summer programming.
In a classroom at the California Community Center, five-year-old Mia and her new summer camp friends were figuring out how to take a container full of tiny Lego-like pieces and build a robotic car.
89.3 WFPL News Louisville · After A Pandemic School Year, JCPS Summer Learning Attendance Six-Fold
"The motor, it takes electricity and it lets it go in here, these little silver things," Mia explained, pointing to two shiny nodes on the half-built car.
Mia's camp is run by St. George's Scholar Institute, where Keishanna Moore is the program director.
"We can't get anything out of kids until they know they're going to have some fun with us," she said.
Adding instructional time through summer programming is one major way JCPS is trying to make up for a year and a half of remote learning, which many students struggled with.
In 2019, before the pandemic, JCPS had about 1,000 students in its six-week summer learning program known as Backpack League. This summer, the camps are serving 6,500 students at 125 sites across the city. Some are run by JCPS in school buildings. Others, like the one at St. George's, are run by community partners with help from the district.
"For any student who is academically behind, we want to be able to serve them," JCPS chief academic officer Carmen Coleman said.
She anticipates the district will continue to expand summer learning over the next few years, using federal pandemic relief funds. The district estimates this year's programming will cost $10 million of the total $578 million JCPS stands to receive in federal aid. Eventually, Coleman said, they hope to see as many as 30,000 students in summer learning. JCPS has about 92,000 students total.
But there are challenges. Already, the district has struggled to target the kids it most wants to serve. JCPS offered first dibs on summer learning slots to 5,000 students who had low participation or got a failing grade last year. But in the end, only 725 of those targeted students actually registered. Spots filled quickly with other kids.
"Sometimes the kids who need it most are hardest to engage," Coleman said.
Staffing is also a challenge. Coleman said she knows teachers are tired after a difficult year, so JCPS is sweetening the deal for those who work over the summer. For each hour a teacher teaches, they're also paid for an hour of planning. And the district is being flexible with scheduling, allowing teachers to work virtually any number of weeks and any number of days in a week.
To attract students, the camps are trying to keep programming as hands-on as possible. At St. George's, students spend the morning in a pretty traditional classroom environment with teachers from JCPS. But the afternoon is all about enrichment activities. While Mia and her friends were building robotic cars, Steven Edwards was teaching another group of elementary school students how to make salsa.
Steven Edwards teaches students how to make salsa during a JCPS summer camp.
"Who wants to taste a piece of green onion?" he asked a gaggle of kids peeking over the counter in the community center's kitchen.
"Me!" they shouted.
Upstairs, another group of students were working with local writer Tytianna Wells.
"We made a '"Black Lives Matter'" poem!" a small boy named Damiontae said.
"It says 'Black lives matter, no matter what. We are always kings and queens. We always beautiful,'" he read from his paper.
Wells said she was helping students use poetry, writing and art to talk about what happened in the last year-and-a-half: the pandemic and the protests over the killing of Breonna Taylor. Eventually their work will be bound into a book and published.
"We want to give them a platform to tell their story," she said.
Down the hall, some middle school students were learning how to DJ from Brandon Washington. The students oohed and ahhed as Breyshia, 12, managed to mix two different songs together, matching the beat.
Local writer Tytianna Wells helped students write about the pandemic, protests and self love.
While the camps are focused on reading and math, those skills are not Coleman's biggest concern. She thinks students will catch up quickly, if they're engaged.
"It's the social emotional parts that we're really going to have to focus on as much as the academic learning," she said. "And going from elementary to middle, middle to high."
Research shows, even outside of a pandemic, kids are vulnerable to becoming overwhelmed, and disengaging from school, during those transitions.
To address the social and emotional learning piece, JCPS is putting an emphasis on mental health. Each camp has a mental health practitioner and a nurse. At St. George's, JCPS social worker Emily Stocking spent the morning teaching the middle school students how to identify different emotions.
Moore says for her kids at St. George's, the mental health focus has been really important, and not just because of pandemic-related trauma. Several of the students at this camp have lost older siblings this past year to gun violence.
"I've been able to pull kids in the morning just this first week because I could tell they needed conversation," she said.
Over the next five weeks, Moore is hoping to help students process what they've gone through since March 2020, and set them up for success when they return for in-person learning in the fall.
Jess Clark
Jess Clark is LPMs Education and Learning Reporter. Email Jess at jclark@lpm.org.
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Indiana Senate passes bill with 'modest' increases to TANF eligibility limit, payments


This week, as part of the Childhood Asthma Leadership Coalition (CALC), Families USA and other coalition members submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) expressing concern with the proposed rule, "Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science," which would limit the use of critical research in EPA decision-making. We believe this rule would have the effect of erecting barriers to science-based decisions in the regulatory process, and could remove consideration of public health studies that might otherwise improve health outcomes of children with asthma.
Bob Berenson, Visiting Scholar and Senior Advisor for Value Initiatives at Families USA, and Alan Lazaroff, American Geriatrics Society, explain in this Health Affairs blog that The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' proposed rule that makes changes to the Medicare physician fee schedule would worsen payment incentives for clinicians, compromising the quality of care and increasing costs for seniors.
Mississippi has submitted a revision of its Medicaid waiver now up for federal comment. This revised waiver would allow affected parents to retain Medicaid for up to 24 months of "transitional medical assistance" for each month that they comply with the work requirement and its associated documentation.
Those hottest days of summer have arrived, which means that it's finally the season of congressional recess. The House began its August recess this week and will return to Washington on September 4th. The Senate is taking a truncated August recess this year, coming home the week of August 6-10th. It will be in session for the remainder of the month.
Most everybody remembers the dramatic middle of the night vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act on July 28 of last year, punctuated by Senator John McCain's thumbs-down on the Senate floor. A focus only on that much-televised vote overlooks the significance of what actually happened in last summer's failed effort by President Trump and his Republican allies to repeal the health law. The vote on July 28 was actually the third and least substantive of three bills repealing the ACA to lose in the Senate last year.
The first and more telling vote took place one year ago today, on July 25. The key vote involved the final version of the detailed bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, known as the "Better Care Reconciliation Act" or BCRA.


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Will A Million Little Things Really Let Sophie Resolve Her Assault Trauma In The Season 3 Finale?
By Laura Hurley
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Warning: spoilers ahead for Episode 16 of A Million Little Things Season 3, called "No One Is To Blame."
The Season 3 finale of A Million Little Things is less than a week away, and fans can be confident that the show is going to close the third season with some pretty big developments. ABC is airing the finale as a two-hour event on June 9, and both parts will feature Sophie in her efforts to resolve the trauma from her sexual assault at the hands of her music teacher. Her decision to report Peter in "No One Is To Blame" was undoubtedly brave, but the episode description and promo for the finale definitely don't indicate that she's going to have an easy time of chasing justice.
Fittingly, the two parts of the Season 3 finale event are called "Justice: Part 1" and "Justice: Part 2," and they even share an episode description. The finale has a lot in store for all the characters, but Sophie is top-billed in the description for a reason. Check out the official ABC episode description for the "Justice" Season 3 finale:
Sophie seeks justice for her trauma, and Maggie forces Gary to take a hard look at himself and his relationships. Meanwhile, Eddie goes to extreme measures to fight for his family, and Rome and Regina make big changes for their future.
Rome and Regina making changes for their future was inevitable after "No One Is To Blame" revealed that the effects of the concussion caused Regina to accidentally miss a deadline that would allow her to keep her restaurant afloat as she (hopefully) recovered, prompting Rome to agree to handle a root beer commercial that made a mockery out of the Black Lives Matter movement because they'll need the money.
Additionally, Eddie going to "extreme measures" and Gary dealing with relationship drama aren't twists that haven't happened before. Sophie's storyline seems to be the one to really watch. After her emotional scenes with Rome this week after she confessed to suicidal thoughts (and has been dreaming of Layla, who killed herself due to what Peter did to her), Sophie made the decision to go to the police. Unfortunately, the promo for the finale indicates that she's going to face some opposition. Take a look:
Hey, at least Delilah will be back to literally be a shoulder for Sophie to cry on, if that's what her daughter needs, although Maggie is the one holding her hand at the beginning of the preview. It also looks like Gary's temper will be flaring, and that could mean bad things both for Sophie's case and for Gary himself. After all, it looks like he's starting to lose his temper at the police station! Are we in for another huge cliffhanger?
At this point, I'm just hoping that Sophie's trauma doesn't get worse. It might be overly optimistic to cross fingers hoping that everything will be better by the end of the two-hour finale. But A Million Little Things has surprised me before! Find out if Sophie gets her justice with the Season 3 finale of A Million Little Things on Wednesday, June 9 starting at 9 p.m. ET on ABC.
The season of finales is coming to an end, meaning that some all-new shows are hitting the airwaves, with A Million Little Things renewed to return for Season 4 in the 2021-2022 TV season.
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By Aaron Levy, Kevin Ryan & Michael O'Brien on December 20, 2022
Posted in LIBOR
As market participants prepare to submit comments on the recent proposal of the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (the "FCA") (available here) to require the temporary publication of a "synthetic" 1-, 3- and 6-month USD LIBOR, some have voiced concern that such a compelled publication of a synthetic USD LIBOR could precipitate a wave of litigation over whether certain U.S. law-governed contracts will be able to fall back to contractually agreed alternative rates in June 2023.
Although the Federal Reserve Board's recent regulations implementing the LIBOR Act (available here) (the "FRB regulations") aim to address these concerns, they acknowledge that many LIBOR legacy contracts (i.e., those that identify a specific benchmark replacement) fall outside the scope of the Act and its regulatory authority.
On November 23, 2022, the FCA announced a proposal to require ICE Benchmark Administration ("IBA"), the administrator for LIBOR[1], to continue to publish the 1-, 3- and 6-month settings of US dollar LIBOR[2] under a non-representative, "synthetic" methodology until end-September 2024.
The FCA proposal on US dollar LIBOR follows prior mandates to IBA to continue to publish, on a synthetic basis:
1-, 3- and 6- month yen LIBOR to the end of 2022;
1- and 6- month sterling LIBOR until the end of March 2023; and
3-month sterling LIBOR until the end of March 2024.
FCA's recent proposal aims to smooth the market transition away from LIBOR and seeks feedback on whether to:
require publication of USD LIBOR for 1-, 3- and 6-month settings beyond the end-June 2023 deadline until the end of September 2024, using a synthetic methodology based on the sum of the CME's Term SOFR Reference Rate plus the relevant ISDA spread adjustment; and
permit use of these synthetic USD LIBOR settings in all legacy contracts except for cleared derivatives (consistent with prior synthetic LIBOR rates).[3]
Compelled publication of synthetic USD LIBOR would be intended for use only in legacy (not newly entered) contracts and would be accompanied by an FCA announcement that the synthetic rates are not "representative" of the markets that the original LIBOR setting were intended to measure. The FCA also stressed that synthetic USD LIBOR settings would be "only a bridge to appropriate alternative risk-free rates, not a permanent solution", and thus market participants should prioritize active transition and focus on converting their legacy contracts to risk-free rates as soon as possible.
Potential Impact on Certain U.S. Law Contracts
In its November proposal, the FCA cited a substantial number of non-U.S. cash market contracts that would benefit from a 15-month extension. The 15-month extension is intended to address this set of international "tough legacy" contracts not covered by the existing US legislative fix in the LIBOR Act, while balancing the interests of market participants whose contractual fallbacks will be delayed by publication of a synthetic USD LIBOR.
However, some are warning of collateral consequences for US law governed contracts that either identify a specific benchmark replacement or determining person or opt out of the LIBOR Act, and thus are not covered by the US legislative fallback to the SOFR replacement rate. Specifically, for any such contracts containing fallbacks that are not expressly triggered unless USD LIBOR becomes "unavailable", the continued publication of a synthetic USD LIBOR that, although non-representative, arguably remains "available" may raise questions as to whether the LIBOR Act's safe harbor for such excluded contracts applies.
In the adopting release accompanying the FRB regulations, the FRB seeks to resolve this ambiguity with respect to a subset of contracts that (a) authorize a party or person to select a benchmark replacement when USD LIBOR becomes unavailable (without identifying a specific benchmark) and (b) do not expressly authorize such selection when USD LIBOR ceases to be representative. Specifically, the FRB regulations clarify that, notwithstanding the lack of an express non-representativeness trigger, such contracts will fall back to the SOFR replacement rate if the determining person does not select another benchmark replacement by the LIBOR replacement date (i.e., June 30, 2023).
The FRB declined, however, to extend this interpretation to contracts that identify a specific benchmark replacement (but lack a non-representativeness trigger), as the FRB has concluded such contracts are outside the scope of the LIBOR Act.
Although publication of synthetic USD LIBOR should not affect loan agreements with fallbacks based on LSTA-recommended language (as such fallbacks apply if USD LIBOR becomes non-representative), it may raise issues for a set of legacy contracts that specify a benchmark replacement but lack such a non-representativeness trigger.
Comments on the FCA proposal are due by January 6, 2023 and a final announcement is expected by the end of the first quarter or early in the second quarter of 2023.
[1] The FCA is the regulatory supervisor for IBA.
[2] The announcement has no effect on the publication of other remaining USD LIBOR settings (i.e., overnight and 12-month), which will cease permanently after June 30, 2023.
[3] The expectation is that, for derivatives used to hedge cash products (e.g., bonds), synthetic USD LIBOR would be permitted for such hedges if it is permitted in such cash products.
Tags: FCA, Libor
Aaron Levy
Aaron Levy is a partner in the Finance and Bankruptcy Practice Group in the firm's New York office.
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Kevin Ryan is a partner in the Finance and Bankruptcy Practice Group in the firm's Chicago office.
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Michael O'Brien is a partner in the Finance and Bankruptcy Practice Group and is based in the firm's Chicago office. He is also the leader of the Derivatives & Structured Products Team.
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Q: diff two versions of a file that reside in different directories I would like to diff two versions of a file that reside in different directories, for example:
diff ./dirA/foo.txt ./dirB/foo.txt

I vaguely remember there is a way to write this in a more condensed way, so that the filename appears only once. Something like:
diff {./dirA/, ./dirB/}foo.txt

Anyone know how to do this?

A: You're close:
diff {dirA,dirB}/foo.txt

that should work for you.

A: So close.
diff {./dirA/,./dirB/}foo.txt

or
diff ./{dirA,dirB}/foo.txt

A: Close. No space.
diff dir{A,B}/foo.txt

or, in the more likely case that the two folders don't actually have a common substring like that,
diff {dir,folder}/foo.txt

And, should you want to compare the whole tree, note that diff has a recursive (-r) option.

A: You could do this:
diff ./dirA/foo.txt dirB

is this what you were thinking of?

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What is Gem Diamonds' stock symbol?
Gem Diamonds trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "GEMD."
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7 brokerages have issued 12 month price objectives for Gem Diamonds' shares. Their predictions range from GBX 90 to GBX 145. On average, they anticipate Gem Diamonds' share price to reach GBX 113.33 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 29.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Gem Diamonds.
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const Base = require("./Base");
const CDN_URL = require("../rest/Endpoints").CDN_URL;
const Constants = require("../Constants");

/**
* Represents a user
* @prop {String} id The ID of the user
* @prop {Number} createdAt Timestamp of the user's creation
* @prop {String} mention A string that mentions the user
* @prop {String} defaultAvatar The hash for the default avatar of a user if there is no avatar set
* @prop {Number} createdAt Timestamp of user creation
* @prop {Boolean} bot Whether the user is an OAuth bot or not
* @prop {String} username The username of the user
* @prop {String} discriminator The discriminator of the user
* @prop {String?} avatar The hash of the user's avatar, or null if no avatar
* @prop {String} defaultAvatarURL The URL of the user's default avatar
* @prop {String} avatarURL The URL of the user's avatar which can be either a JPG or GIF
* @prop {String} staticAvatarURL The URL of the user's avatar (always a JPG)
*/
class User extends Base {
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            this._missingClientError = new Error("Missing client in constructor"); // Preserve constructor callstack
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        this.bot = !!data.bot;
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    update(data) {
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        this.discriminator = data.discriminator !== undefined ? data.discriminator : this.discriminator;
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    get mention() {
        return `<@${this.id}>`;
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    get defaultAvatar() {
        return Constants.DefaultAvatarHashes[this.discriminator % Constants.DefaultAvatarHashes.length];
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    get defaultAvatarURL() {
        return `https://discordapp.com/assets/${this.defaultAvatar}.png`;
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    get staticAvatarURL(){
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            throw this._missingClientError;
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        return this.avatar ? `${CDN_URL}/avatars/${this.id}/${this.avatar}.${this._client.options.defaultImageFormat}?size=${this._client.options.defaultImageSize}` : this.defaultAvatarURL;
    }

    get avatarURL() {
        if(this._missingClientError) {
            throw this._missingClientError;
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        return this.avatar ? `${CDN_URL}/avatars/${this.id}/${this.avatar}.${this.avatar.startsWith("a_") ? "gif" : this._client.options.defaultImageFormat}?size=${this._client.options.defaultImageSize}` : this.defaultAvatarURL;
    }

    /**
    * Get the user's avatar with the given format and size
    * @arg {String} [format] The filetype of the avatar ("jpg", "png", "gif", or "webp")
    * @arg {Number} [size] The size of the avatar (128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048)
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        if(!format || !~Constants.ImageFormats.indexOf(format.toLowerCase())) {
            format = this.avatar.startsWith("a_") ? "gif" : this._client.options.defaultImageFormat;
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            size = this._client.options.defaultImageSize;
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    /**
    * Get a DM channel with the user, or create one if it does not exist
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    /**
    * Create a relationship with the user (user accounts only)
    * @arg {Boolean} [block=false] If true, block the user. Otherwise, add the user as a friend
    * @returns {Promise}
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    /**
    * Remove a relationship with the user (user accounts only)
    * @returns {Promise}
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        return this._client.removeRelationship.call(this._client, this.id);
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    /**
    * Get profile data for the user (user accounts only)
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        return this._client.getUserProfile.call(this._client, this.id);
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    /**
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    * @arg {String} note The note
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    * Delete the current user's note for another user (user accounts only)
    */
    deleteNote() {
        return this._client.deleteUserNote.call(this._client, this.id);
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            base[prop] = this[prop] && this[prop].toJSON ? this[prop].toJSON() : this[prop];
        }
        return base;
    }
}

module.exports = User;

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Scientific Publishing: A new twist on peer review
Mark Patterson ,
Randy Schekman,
eLife, United Kingdom;
Editorial Jun 26, 2018
eLife is conducting a trial in which authors will decide how to respond to the issues raised during peer review.
The form of peer review used by eLife differs from that used by most other journals in a number of ways: for example, editors and reviewers discuss their comments before reaching a decision on a submission, and authors are sent a decision letter that consolidates these comments and outlines what authors have to do to have their manuscript accepted (King, 2017). Multiple rounds of review and revision are discouraged, and the decision letter and author response are published with the article. This month we are launching a trial to test the feasibility of an even more radical form of peer review -- an approach in which the authors will control the decision about publication and how they respond to the comments made by peer reviewers (Stern and O'Shea, 2018). The essential idea is that once an editor has invited a manuscript for full peer review, the journal is committed to publishing the work along with the reviewer reports, the decision letter, and the author response. Potential benefits of the new approach include a reduced emphasis on journal brands in research evaluation, a rebalancing of the relationship between authors, editors and reviewers, and greater efficiencies in journal publishing.
The trial process will be offered to all authors at the 'initial submission' stage until 300 have opted in. The first stage of the new process will be the same as our existing editorial process: each initial submission will be assessed by an eLife Senior Editor, usually in consultation with one or more other editors, to identify work of the highest scientific standards and potential significance. The authors of these papers will be invited to make a full submission that can be sent to external referees for peer review. Currently around one third of initial submissions go on to be peer reviewed, and roughly half of these go on to be accepted for publication. The crucial difference to our current process is that, as mentioned above, the decision to send a manuscript to external referees for peer review will be tantamount to accepting it for publication.
Under this new approach, once all the reviews have been completed, the editor and reviewers will discuss the manuscript and their comments on it, as happens now, and the editor will draft a decision letter that lists all the points that the authors must address in their response. However, the authors can decide how they respond to these points. For example, they might decide to perform additional experimental work, they might decide to adjust the claims being made in the article, they might respond to certain points in their rebuttal letter, or they might do all of the above. And if serious flaws in the work are revealed during peer review, the authors might decide to withdraw the paper. But in the end, the final choice to publish or not will be made by the authors. All articles will also have to comply with our Journal Policies; those that do not will be returned to their authors to address the concerns.
Once a revision is received, the editor, in consultation with the reviewers if necessary, will assess how the authors have responded to the issues raised during peer review and decide between the following three options: all the issues have been addressed; minor issues remain unresolved; or major issues remain unresolved. The article will then be published, with the editor's assessment appearing in a prominent position at the end of the abstract. The reviewer reports, the decision letter and the author response will also be published. Articles published as part of the trial will be designated Research Communications, to distinguish them from articles that have undergone the usual eLife process. Data on the outcomes of the trial will be collected and we will share our findings over the coming months. More details about the trial are available in this blogpost.
The decision to send a manuscript to external referees for peer review will be tantamount to accepting it for publication
We see several potential benefits to this new approach. The first relates to how it could shift the function of a selective journal, such as eLife, in the context of research evaluation. Rather than the journal name being used as a proxy for the possible quality of an article, the journal becomes a venue for the critical and transparent evaluation of work that is judged to be making important claims for a field. With articles being accompanied by the detailed thoughts of the referees, the authors' responses to them, and the editor's assessment of the author response, those hoping to use or evaluate the work reported in an article will have much more information at their disposal.
The second potential benefit concerns the relationship between authors and reviewers. By removing the gatekeeping role of reviewers, the peer review process can focus on how the work can be strengthened. Reviewers will know that it is very likely that their comments will be published and they will have an opportunity to gain recognition for well-crafted and thoughtful advice. And authors will be incentivized to offer the most robust and careful response because the editor's assessment of their response will be available to all readers. In this way the process builds on eLife's existing efforts to shift the editorial process towards a constructive dialog among peers, and aligns with our broader mission to foster a more collaborative and transparent scientific culture.
A third benefit is related to efficiency. Many selective journals reject a large fraction of articles after peer review, although most of these articles go on to be published after further review in other journals. If the gate-keeping function of peer review is removed and selective journals become venues for the high-quality evaluation of selected work, they would be able to publish more of the content that is submitted to them. Such a change, if broadly adopted, would save a huge amount of time and resources for authors, editors and reviewers by, for example, cutting down on 'reviewer experiments' and reducing the burden on referees caused by manuscripts being reviewed multiple times as they 'bounce' from one journal to another.
We cannot predict how authors, editors and reviewers will behave in the trial process, given that we are changing a fundamental part of what they normally do. There will almost certainly be unintended and unexpected consequences, both good and bad, and we will discuss these when we report back on the outcome of the trial. However, given that our aim is to explore how selective journals and peer review can evolve in order to support science more effectively, we are convinced that this trial is worth conducting.
Consultative review is worth the wait
SRF King
Scientific publishing in the digital age
BM Stern
EK O'Shea
Accessed June 8, 2018.
Mark Patterson is the Executive Director of eLife
m.patterson@elifesciences.org
Randy Schekman
Randy Schekman is the Editor-in-Chief of eLife
Receives funding from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
The trial described in this article is based on ideas proposed by Bodo Stern and Erin O'Shea of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). eLife is funded by HHMI (and other funders) and Erin O'Shea is on the eLife Board of Directors. However, the decision to undertake the trial was taken by the editors of eLife, who are also responsible for the conduct of the trial.
Version of Record published: June 26, 2018 (version 1)
© 2018, Patterson et al.
research assessment


So ive saw the news of the heavy weather/water flood which is causing incredible damage, and already costed 15 people their lives.
So unknowing where Team Sylvanie is living, im asking are you all OK?
And is anyone closely connected or in possible danger to place where its happening?
We are living in south-france, but not where the disaster was. We are living in South-West, disaster strikes in south-east. We just have more rain than normally, no more damage.
the rain finaly stop, so we can go to see the show (incredible live performance of the band, like always ), and even if rain restart during it, it was only rain, not storm! so, at the end, we finished soaked, bud incredebely happy of our evening.
at this time, we are back at our house, in the west-south, but i go away again tomorrow morning, going to Nantes to see the "Hellfest", the biggest heavy metal festival of France (Kiss, Motorhead, Alice Cooper, etc...., more than 110 bands during 3 days and nights ). Hope this time the only thunder i hear is those of the music^^, normally i back at home monday evening.
cu soon, and like pahl say, thanks for your empathy.


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Q: R DBI bind variable performance I am facing performance issues when using bind variables with DBI package. My original use case is with Postgres database, but for reproducibility, below I use in-memory SQLite that has exactly the same issue - when I select data from some table by id (in Postgres the column is indexed) the parametrized version runs multiple times longer on selecting number of rows than SQL with IDs pasted in IN statement:
library(DBI)
library(tictoc)

sample.data <- data.frame(
  id = 1:100000,
  value = rnorm(100000)
)

sqlite <- dbConnect(RSQLite::SQLite(), ":memory:")
dbWriteTable(
  sqlite, "sample_data",
  sample.data,
  overwrite = T
)

tic("Load by bind")
ids <- 50000:50100
res <- dbSendQuery(sqlite, "SELECT * FROM sample_data WHERE id = $1")
dbBind(res, list(ids))
result <- dbFetch(res)
dbClearResult(res)
toc()

# Load by bind: 0.81 sec elapsed

tic("Load by paste")
ids <- 50000:50100
result2 <- dbGetQuery(sqlite, paste0("SELECT * FROM sample_data WHERE id IN (", paste(ids, collapse = ","), ")"))
toc()

# Load by paste: 0.04 sec elapsed

Seems that I should have some obvious mistake as prepared queries are supposed to be faster (and I do see it with Python/SQLAlchemy on the same Postgres example).

A: Your first query ... id = $1 is executed 101 times; your second query ... id in (..) is executed once. If you audit on the DBMS side (not demonstrating that here), then you'd see 101 individual queries.
Up front, a common mistake is to simplify modify your statement to use an IN (?) clause,
dbGetQuery(pgcon, "SELECT * FROM sample_data WHERE id in (?)", params = list(ids))

but this also executes the query 101 times, feeling the same performance woes of result1.
To use parameter binding with the much more efficient IN (..) clause, you need to provide that many question-marks (or dollar-numbers).
bench::mark(
  result1 = dbGetQuery(sqlite, "SELECT * FROM sample_data WHERE id = $1", params = list(ids)),
  result2 = dbGetQuery(sqlite, paste0("SELECT * FROM sample_data WHERE id IN (", idcommas, ")")),
  result3 = dbGetQuery(sqlite, paste0("SELECT * FROM sample_data WHERE id IN (", qmarks, ")"),
                       params = as.list(ids)),
  min_iterations = 50
)
# # A tibble: 3 x 13
#   expression      min   median `itr/sec` mem_alloc `gc/sec` n_itr  n_gc total_time result             memory                  time          gc
#   <bch:expr> <bch:tm> <bch:tm>     <dbl> <bch:byt>    <dbl> <int> <dbl>   <bch:tm> <list>             <list>                  <list>        <list>
# 1 result1    280.97ms  347.4ms      2.86    20.6KB        0    50     0      17.5s <df[,2] [101 x 2]> <Rprofmem[,3] [14 x 3]> <bch:tm [50]> <tibble [50 x 3]>
# 2 result2      7.31ms   8.21ms    115.      15.6KB        0    58     0    502.2ms <df[,2] [101 x 2]> <Rprofmem[,3] [12 x 3]> <bch:tm [58]> <tibble [58 x 3]>
# 3 result3      7.57ms   8.93ms    113.      28.4KB        0    57     0      506ms <df[,2] [101 x 2]> <Rprofmem[,3] [28 x 3]> <bch:tm [57]> <tibble [57 x 3]>

If you're curious, it performs the same (significantly faster) on a postgres instance (though I changed your $1 to ?: sqlite accepts both, odbc/postgres only supports qmarks):
pgcon <- dbConnect(odbc::odbc(), ...) # local docker postgres instance
bench::mark(...)
# # A tibble: 3 x 13
#   expression      min   median `itr/sec` mem_alloc `gc/sec` n_itr  n_gc total_time result             memory                  time          gc
#   <bch:expr> <bch:tm> <bch:tm>     <dbl> <bch:byt>    <dbl> <int> <dbl>   <bch:tm> <list>             <list>                  <list>        <list>
# 1 result1     967.4ms    1.05s     0.933    20.6KB        0    50     0     53.57s <df[,2] [101 x 2]> <Rprofmem[,3] [14 x 3]> <bch:tm [50]> <tibble [50 x 3]>
# 2 result2        57ms   67.7ms    14.4      18.1KB        0    50     0      3.47s <df[,2] [101 x 2]> <Rprofmem[,3] [13 x 3]> <bch:tm [50]> <tibble [50 x 3]>
# 3 result3      56.9ms  65.17ms    14.3      21.4KB        0    50     0       3.5s <df[,2] [101 x 2]> <Rprofmem[,3] [15 x 3]> <bch:tm [50]> <tibble [50 x 3]>

I also tested on odbc/sql-server with very similar results.
result2 and result3 are generally quite close here on all three DBMSes, and in fact on different samplings the former is faster than the latter, so I'll call their performance comparison a wash. What, then, is the motivation for using binding? In many cases, it's mainly an academic discussion: most of the time, you're doing nothing wrong by not using it (and instead using your paste(ids, collapse=",") method).
However:

*

*Inadvertent "sql injection". Technically SQL injection must be malevolent to be labeled as such, but I informally attribute "oops" moments in SQL queries where the data has embedded quotes, and by pasting it into a static query string, I broke the quoting. Fortunately for me, all it did was break the parsing of the query, I have not deleted this year's student records.
A common mistake is to try to use sQuote to escape embedded quotes. Long-story-short: nope, SQL does it differently. Many SQL users do not know that to escape an embedded single quote, one must double it:
sQuote("he's Irish")
# [1] "'he's Irish'"                      # WRONG

DBI::dbQuoteString(sqlite, "he's Irish")
# <SQL> 'he''s Irish'                     # RIGHT for both sqlite and pgcon

*Query optimization. Most (all? I don't know for certain) DBMSes do some form of query optimization, attempting to take advantage of an index and/or similar measures. To be good at it, this optimization is done once for query and then cached. However, if you change even one letter of the query, you risk a cache-miss (I am not saying "always" because I have not audited the caching code ... but the premise is clear, I think). This means that changing a query from select * from mytable where a=1 to ... a=2 does not get a cache-hit, and it is optimized (again).
Contrast that with select * from mytable where a=? with parameter-binding, and you benefit from the caching.
Note that if your list of ids changes length, then the query is likely to be re-optimized (changes from id in (?,?) to id in (?,?,?)); I don't if that is truly a cache miss, again not having audited the DBMSes code.
BTW: your mention of "prepared statement" is very much aligned with this query optimization, but the performance penalty you are experiencing is much more about running the same query 101 times than anything to do with cache hits/misses.


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Tag Archives: On 10 March in Southeast Asian history
On 10 March in Southeast Asian history
To see another date, on Internet (Google…) type "On (date + month) in Southeast Asian history"
1830: The Royal Netherlands East Indies Army is created
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/nl-landmacht-knil.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Netherlands_East_Indies_Army
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2RYcv-yPQY
1906: Birth of Alejandro G. Abadilla, Filipino poet who died on August 26, 1969
http://kahimyang.info/kauswagan/articles/993/today-in-philippine-history-march-10-1906-alejandro-g-abadilla-was-born-in-rosario-cavite
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_G._Abadilla
1909: By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Siamese_Treaty_of_1909
1917: Batangas is formally founded as one of the Philippines's earliest encomiendas
http://en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php?title=Encomienda
1945: Japan declares Vietnam independence
1948: Laos becomes a member of the French Union
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Union
1949 : Birth of Sam Rainsy, Cambodian politician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rainsy
1951: Birth of Gloria Diaz, Filipino actress, Miss Universe 1969
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Diaz
http://www.globalbeauties.com/mbmu/2011/03/55th-place-gloria-diaz-miss-universe-1969/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSpocfZ8Qu8
1965: During the Konfrontasi, in Singapore a bomb placed by two Indonesian marines explodes in the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Building known as MacDonald House. The explosion killed 3 people and injured 33 others
http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_62_2004-12-17.html
https://roots.sg/learn/stories/macdonald-house-bombing/story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4NSDSj0lgA
1966: North Vietnamese capture US Green Beret Camp at Ashau Valley
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_A_Shau
http://www.google.fr/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=11&ved=0ahUKEwj667fVprTLAhVJtRoKHRiLDMUQFghTMAo&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.catkillers.org%2Fhistory-1966-Battle-of-A-Shau.pdf&usg=AFQjCNHyjd0GrJqo6qsT124k3r49xNdAwA&sig2=S55ozbEloVQPru0RJnxHOw
1966: Military Prime Minister of South Vietnam Nguyen Cao Ky sacked rival General Nguyen Chanh Thi, precipitating large-scale civil and military dissension in parts of the nation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguyen_Chanh_Thi
1968: During the Vietnam War, Battle of Lima Site 85, a victorious attack by forces of the Vietnam People's Army on a clandestine United States base in the neutral Kingdom of Laos
http://historywarsweapons.com/battle-of-lima-site-85/
https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/95unclass/Linder.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC3mqwVuLgU
1970: Captain Ernest Medina is charged with My Lai war crimes
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/mylai/MYLAI.HTM
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/army-captain-charged-with-my-lai-war-crimes
1971: Saigon announces that an South Vietnamese offensive in Laos in the purpose to cut the Ho Chi Minh track caused the death of 7,000 communist
1972: Marshal Lon Nol takes all powers in Phnom Penh and becomes President of the Khmer Republic up to the Khmer Rouge victory in April 1975
http://www.mekong.net/cambodia/banyan2.htm
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7288655
1974: Last Japanese soldier, Hiroo Onada, a guerilla operating in Philippines, surrenders, 29 years after World War II ended
http://www.badassoftheweek.com/onoda.html
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/02/a-japanese-soldier-who-continued-fighting-wwii-29-years-after-the-japanese-surrendered-because-he-didnt-know/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivAuQRrNevA
1975: North Vietnamese take the larger part of Ban Me Thuot, capital of High-Plateau in South Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/communists-surround-ban-me-thuot
1983: General Suharto, only one candidate is reelected President of Indonesia for the fourth time for five years
1986: Birth of JC de Vera, Filipino Actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JC_de_Vera
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCTSmBvM1jY
1998: Suharto, only one candidate is reelected unanimously President of Indonesia for the seven time, but will be obliged to resign two months later
2010: Myanmar's military government announces a new election law that bars Aung San Suu Kyi, the country's detained opposition leader, from standing in polls expected later this year. The Political Parties Registration Law excludes anyone convicted of a crime from joining a political party and thus, from contesting in elections
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2010/03/2010310513981448.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8559048.stm
2013: Death of Danny Zialcita, Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter, born on November 24, 1939
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Zialcita
http://www.rappler.com/entertainment/24309-danny-zialcita-tribute
http://starforallseasons.com/2013/02/15/danny-zialcitas-vilma-santos-films/
2013: Aung San Suu Kyi is re-elected leader of the Burmese National League for Democracy
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/mar/10/aung-san-suu-kyi-reelected-burma-opposition
2015: At least 16 police officers and eight protesters are reportedly hurt, after Myanmar police clashed with students, monks and journalists as they broke up protesters calling for academic freedom
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/03/myanmar-police-crack-student-protesters-150310123609713.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-31812028


It's only been a few years since new FMVSS 121 Reduced Stopping Distance (RSD) Requirements took effect. The amended regulation reduced the previous stopping distance by 30 percent. The update to the previous standard is a safety measure. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration hoped it would decrease the number of injuries and fatalities linked to semi crashes. The NHTSA also expected the new RSD requirements to reduce the severity of heavy-duty truck accidents. In response to the FMVSS 121 RSD requirements, brake manufacturers changed the way they make brakes, pads, and shoes. The good news is that fleets and heavy-duty repair shops can stock RSD brakes to keep handy for regular PMs.
Before the new FMVSS 121 RSD requirements, all heavy-duty vehicles were subject to a 355-foot stopping distance. That's just 5 feet short of the length of a football field. That RSD applied to fully loaded trucks coming to a complete stop from 60 mph. The new rules give the same trucks only 250 feet to stop. However, trucks with 3 axles carrying more than 70,000 lbs and ones with 4 or more axles carrying more than 85,000 lbs get up to 310 feet RSD.
How Are Brakes and Brake Shoes Affected?
Since stopping distance is shorter with air disc brakes, many truck builders and fleets rely on them to meet the FMVSS 121 RSD requirements. Additionally, brake manufacturers began producing RDS drum brakes. These specialized parts typically meet or exceed the RSD. Some of the changes brake companies have made include using advanced friction material to reduce brake fade and resist high temperatures better. Also, most RSD brakes are larger, and include increased wearable lining. In addition to improving stopping distance, larger brakes last longer. That means extended time between relining and brake changes.
What's more, durable material such as steel go into making RSD brake shoes. Plus, heat-treating super-hardens them, and a powder coating helps them stand up better under extreme conditions.
The FMVSS 121 RSD requirements only apply to brakes on new trucks. Once a semi joins a fleet, it's OK to install non-RSD parts when brakes and linings need replacing. However, with safety and performance so closely tied to profit margins, it makes sense to use RSD brakes, linings, and shoes certified to meet FMVSS 121 RSD requirements whenever your trucks need brake maintenance, whether it's after a pre-trip inspection or during regular preventative maintenance. That goes for older vehicles, too, since the certified parts will reduce stopping distance and improve safety.
When it comes to brake maintenance, it helps to have assistance in keeping track of repairs, changes, and parts used. Fullbay is the fleet management and heavy-duty repair software for the job. It manages maintenance schedules and parts, builds estimates and invoices, and, since it operates in the Cloud, you can access it on any Internet-enabled device from anywhere. It's a versatile tool that helps keep you on top of safety and compliance issues while freeing you up to run your business the way you want to.


He popped the question while on vacation in Canada.
Congratulations are in order for country singer Chuck Wicks and girlfriend—or should we say, fiancé!—Kasi Williams!
And as if that wasn't sweet enough, the caption Wicks chose for the clip is enough to make your heart melt. "About last night..... I lOVE YOU @kasirosa ❤," he wrote. "We could hear a pin drop in that woods. Nothing but us and the snow falling. It was absolutely perfect. Even if the camera stand I got just for this moment was having some issues. Lol. I've waited forever for you and now I will forever be yours. #arewedreaming" He also posted a photo of the proposal to his story, writing, "I will never forget this moment and will always cherish it."
Williams, who is sister to country singer Jason Aldean, also shared the video to her own feed, writing, "My person—my FOREVER. You make me so happy beyond my wildest dreams @chuckwicks 💫❤ I love you! #pinchmeimdreaming." And after Williams said yes, she and Wicks celebrated with a bottle of champagne in their hotel room.
The couple first went public with their relationship in the summer of 2018, and have never been shy about sharing cute shots of their love to Instagram. Case in point: Shortly before asking her to marry him, Wicks posted a video of himself and Williams on a horse-drawn carriage ride through the snow with the caption, "We MADE it!! @fairmontcll This place is AMAZING!! and so is @kasirosa ❤."


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Four Friends Quotes
Coldplay are just four friends trying to make great music.
Will Champion
Trying, Four, Great Music
Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart
Friendship, Best Friend, True Friend
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Some friends leave footprints in your heart
Heart, Two Friends, Friends Come And Go
One good reason to only maintain a small circle of friends is that three out of four murders are committed by people who know the victim.
Friendship, True Friend, Funny Best Friend
I maintain that, if everyone knew what others said about him, there would not be four friends in the world.
Friendship, Gossip, World
Actually, I don't even like parties. I would much prefer a room with four friends who sit around and have dinner. I detest nightclubs. And I don't like places where the noise is so loud you can't talk to people.
Party, People, Four
The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.
Rita Mae Brown
Funny, Friendship, Depressing
Rita Mae Brown (1989). "Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual", Bantam
All men naturally hate one another. I hold it a fact, that if men knew exactly what one says of the other, there would not be four friends in the world.
Hate, Men, World
Blaise Pascal (1829). "Thoughts on Religion and Other Subjects", p.276
I play- it's kind of like a slice-of-life, LA women in their forties, playing forty kind of what's their friendship like, and what's their life like and so I just play one of the four friends.
Friendship, Play, Four
The detachment of the artist is kind of creepy. It's kind of rude, and yet really it's where art comes from. It's not the same as courage. It's closer to bad manners than to courage. If you're going to be a writer, you basically have to say, 'this is just who I am'. There's a certain indefensibility about it. It's not about loving your community and taking care of it — you're not attached to the chamber of commerce. It's a little unsafe. You have to be willing to have only four friends, not 11.
Lorrie Moore
Art, Who I Am, Loving You
"Lorrie Moore" by Louisa Kamps, www.elle.com. September 16, 2009.
I think one of my favorite things to do is just lock myself up in a small room and listen to music and watch films for a day. Also I just like seeing my friends. We have pizza parties which means I get four friends round, we eat a pizza and we're really lazy and we play PlayStation.
Party, Mean, Thinking
I take it as a matter not to be disputed, that if all knew what each said of the other, there would not be four friends in the world. This seems proved by the quarrels and disputes caused by the disclosures which are occasionally made.
Gossip, World, Four
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